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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
NOT FOE OF CHARTER,
COUNCILMAN STATES
Ira S. Garman Resents Charges
That He Is Not an
Independent

Select Councilman Ira G. Garman,
Of the Forty sixth ward, resents the
imputation that he is not an indie
pendent. but foe of the new charter.
Mr.. Garman is one of the Charter
party candidates for the new Council
in the Fourth district, which takes in
West Philadelphia. He was twice
elected to Select Council from the
FORTY sixth ward as an independent.
He filed papers for the primary as a
candidate for one of the Republican
nominations in. the district. but with
drew when he failed to receive the IN
dependent Endorsement.
When the Charter party was organ
lied Mr.. Garman became one of its
candidates. Recently the charges have
have been that the Ware forces in the
district would support him. cutting
Common Councilman Francis f..
Burch. one of the independent nomi-
nees. and thereby gaining control of
the new Council.
"If / am elected said Mr.. Gar
man today, Il will be absolutely indie
pendent. as | always have been. ! am
not aligned with any faction now and
do not intend to be,
"My withdrawal in the primary
campaign saved the Moore councilmanic
ticket from possible defeat in West
Philadelphia. / have a right to run
as Charter party candidate and in
tend to exercise that right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
CHARGES CHILDREN
STEAL WITH EASE
Swarthmore Pupils Also Ac-
cused by Superintendent OF
Cussing and Gambling
CAUSES SHOCK TO MOTHERS

Swarthmore school children cuss,
steal and gamble with ease. according
to Hugh Chalmers Stuart. superintend-
ent of the Swarthmore Public Schools.
He amazed Swarthmore mothers yes
terday when he roid them this at n
meeting of the Woman's Club and blam-
ed, as the underlying cause for juvenile
vices, the ease with which the children
obtain more spending money than they
need from indulgent parents.
Mr.. Stuart told of cases where UNI
brellas and overshoes were in the pos
session of children who were not their
owners and said that few days ago
he took from a small boy n $50 bill
which was never intended to be in his
possession.
As n solution Of the difficulty he urged
Swarthmore parents to assign def
mite tasks by which their children should
earn mbney instead of giving them def
mite allowances. He said. when asked
by one mother, what amotint of money
was sufficient to give n child. that the
child should at least have enough to buy
hot lunch. Pay the boys and girls for
doing chores, was his advice.
Another suggestion came from Mrs.
Edwin A. Iarnall, president of the
club which Mr.. Stuart addressed. She
pleaded for the erection of a community
clubhouse as war memorial. In such
n club, she said, where boys could be
free to go, they could exercise the nor
nal gang spirit under proper conditions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
LEAGUES HERE DISAGREE
ON LIVING-COST BUDGET
Can Single Woman Live $1,000 Year? Is Question Which
Brings Forth Dissenting Opinions From Bodies Here

IT'S getting harder all the time to tell
4 !, just how low is the high cost of
living.
DR.. Royal Meekcr. chief Of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics in Wash !.
ington. says he knows. He has issued
an official budget on the annual mini
mum expenses of government clerks
which reads very we'll.
But the Trade Union League of this
city says that its literary value is it's
only strong point. They say that, in
asmuch as a government clerk has a
good many points in common with the
rest of struggling humanity. the case
presents an interesting question.
Doctor Meeker has decided just how
much government clerk, alone or with
the different standard sizes of families,
needs to keep the wolf from parking
in the vestibule.
He says that an unmarried man need
throw only S10S3 annually at the rabid
animal. A single woman must possess
yearly $1,000, the extra eighty three
dollars required of the male evidently
being intended to go toward the pur-
chase of tickets and sundaes for two.
And family of five requires. in Doctor
Meeker's estimation, the scant sum Of
S2260 to keep the home fires Pickering
brightly.
Trade League Is Doubtful
The Trade Union League says that
all this cannot be done, and good
many bread winners will undoubtedly
cheer the decision. The Consumers
League of this city is just as sure that
Doctor Meeker has spoken budgetful.
When these authorities on the daily
struggle disagree, what are the poor
strugglers to do? Go on struggling. of
course, but without the satisfaction of
knowing whether or not they ought TO
be getting away with anything.
Miss Pauline Newman, of the Trade
Union League, laughs at Doctor Meek
er's neat figures. In behalf of her Or
ganization, Miss Newman has made
an exhaustive study of conditions among
the more poorly paid workers of this
city. The Trade Union League is using
this material in its fight for an adequate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
PROBE OF DEATHS
BR|NGSL|QU0RR RAID
Chemists Examine Contents OF
Jugs Seized After Drinks
Kill Women
PR0PRIETRESS IS ARRESTED

Chemists are examining the contents
of ten gallon jugs, taken in raid on
an alleged whisky still in Camden,
where two women are said to have
secured liquors that resulted in their
death and several men got drinks that
caused them to wander around the
streets in n stupor.
The raid was made last night by
police and agents Of the Department OF
Justice. Complete apparatus for man
ufacturing whisky. along with guam
titles Of rice, corn and molasses,
"a are said to have been found in the
building. The jugs containing ten gal
Ions of whisky like liquor also were
found. They were taken over by the
agents.
The descent was made on the saloon
property at Third street and Kaighn
avenue. Mrs. Jacob Hoffman, proprie-
tor Of the saloon, and John Quinn, the
bartender, both of whom live in the
building. were arrested as material
witnesses. The saloon is on the first
floor. The alleged still was found on
the third
Mrs. Bertha Bryant, 1130 South
Second street, and Mrs. Lillian Mas :
land. 1873 Mt. Vernon street, both of
Camden. died of commissions last Sat
urday. Both died under suspicious cir =
cumstances. During the investigation
the authorities uncovered evidence which
led them to suspect the presence of an
Illicit still in the saloon property.
Several men arrested wandering
around the streets in semidelirious
condition gave additional grounds for
suspicion. The evidence was turned
over to the Department of Justice
agents and after further investigation
the raid, was ordered.
Mrs. Hoffman and Quinn probably
will be arraigned today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
EVICT WEST. PHILA. WOMAN
storekeeper Charges Deputies Broke
Her Furniture

Miss Rose Wagner, tenant of 275
South Fifty second street, where she
conducted candy shop for two years
was evicted yesterday. Deputy sheriffs
broke into the store when she refused
to open the door. The store furnish
ings were sent to a storage plant. Miss
Wagner charges the deputies broke
more than 500 worth of her furniture.
Deputy Sheriff JamessB. Sseeiberlick'
''There is nothing attaches of the
sheriff's Office hate more than the ne
cessity of forcing some one to move.
But the sheriff is compelled to serve
writs of eviction when they are placed
in his hands. ! was sorry / was COM
PEELED to break down the door, but she
refused to open it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
SPROUL BACKS WILSON
Governor VIII Support President In
Soft-Coal Situation

Strong support Of President Wilson 5
announced attitude toward any walk
out of soft coal workers is promised by
Governor Sproul.
Asked today for an expression Of his
sentiments in the matter, the Gov
ernor repeated the substance of tele
gram he had sent to A. Mitchell Palmer
United States attorney general after
reading the Presidents statement in the
newspapers. 1t read:
1.-The statement of the President was
splendid. He may count on the co
operation of the government of Penn
sylvania in any plans he may feel neces
sary to make in meeting the emergency
feel sure he will be backed by public
sentiment throughout the country"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28

minimum wage bill in this state. Miss
Newman said:
1T is absolutely impossible for n
single woman, who is not living with
her family. to get along on $1,000 year
That is something less than $40 week
and woman cannot eat and buy clothes
and find place to live deccntly at pres
ent prices on any sum like that
Investigators and organizations who
make itemized budgets showing just how
a working girl should spend her money
to accomplish this feat on $1,000 or less
as some of them have done, may mean
we'll, but they do not know the people
they are trying to help. This is shown
by the fact that working girls of this
city refused to testify in the minimum
wage bill fight unless they would be
permitted to ask for $50 n week.
"And a minimum figure means that
the word is spelled with capital NJ. It
virtually means living in the literal and
not the human sense.
Consumers League Believes
At the Consumers League they see
the life of the over working classes in
n more rose tinted light. They say that
an income of a thousand n year should
bring n fair amount of cheer into the
heart of working woman. They be-
lieve in young mans ability to make
S1OS3 cover years expenses in this
world. And family should exc out an
existence on the stated S2,260.
A good many plain citizens seem to
feel that such schedule would call for
some expert eking. They cannot quite
follow Doctor Meeker when he says
that friend wife should get along on a
hat allowance of one and half hats
per year. S42S for housing, light and
fuel looks more like miracle than a
yearly bill They believe that an amuse-
ment appropriation of $40 for family
of five, which Doctor Meeker pre-
scribed. would result in an unusually
large number of quiet evenings.
Those to whom DR.. Meeker's figures
are meant to apply do not insist that
the budget is all wrong. They simply
admire the .idealsm of the government
and let it 20 at that.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
POISONED BY MUSHROOMS
Neighbors Believe Family Gathered
ToadstooIs In Woods

Ycnard Deninzio. forty three years
Years old and his fifteen year old
daughter. Josephine. all of G0G Van
Hook street, Camden. were poisoned
last night from eating what they
thought were mushrooms.
The family was in the habit of gath
ering berries in the nearby woods. and
ncighbors believe they gathered some
toadstools. thinking them mushrooms,
and ate them for supper.
During the night the entire family
became i'll and their cries attracted
ncghbors, who called the police. The
Dcninzios We're taken to the lIomco-
pathic Hospital. The mother and father
We're better this morning aud able to
return to their home. but the daugh-
ter is still in n critical condition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
PANTS THIEF LICKS TWO
Gives Store Detective Black Eye and
Foorwalker Bad Ear

Ralph Jones slipped a pair of pants
under his coat from a department store
today. and generously paid for it with
a black eye for the store detective and
swollen car for the foorwalker.
Jones is negro porter at the store.
Detective Walker said, before Magis
trate Meceary at. the Central station
today, that he saw Jones lift the trou
scrS. and that when he attempted to
arrest him. Jones hit him in the eye.
floorwalker Davis came to the rescue,
only to receive hefty bolt behind the
ear The two of them finally ovcrpow-
cred the negro. He was held under
$500 bail for court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
FILM STARS VISIT HERE
Players From the Vltaeraph Studio
Omen New EXCHANGE

Three film stars, Gladys Leslie, Co
rinne Griffith and Jean Paige, were met
ters of the Vitagraph Co., 1925 Vine
street. yesterday.
A big crowd awaited the coming of
the moving picture favorites from the
Brooklyn studio. When their automo
bile rolled up before the door they were
covered with floral gifts. Mothers with
babies in their arms eagerly pressed
forward to greet them.
The actresses were visibly affected by
the demonstration.
j. s. Hebrew. local manager, and his
Jazz band entertained the movie fans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
KEEP UP ROOSEVELT DRIVE
Campaign for Memorial Fund Goes
On Another Week

Opportunity for Philadelphians 10
subscribe to the Roosevelt memorial
fund will be held open another week.
A big meeting for the fund will be held
in the Stctson auditorium today.
So liberal was the stream of con
tributors who filed into the fund head
quarters. 1923 Walnut street. and
other pldccs where money for the me-
mortal is being collected yesterday. the
sixty first anniversary Of the birth of
Theodore Roosevelt, and the first since
bis death, that it was decided to con
tinuc the campaign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
SEES RELIEF IN SUGAR
Administrator Believes All Should
Get Supply In Few Days

uhoi SS''SNSo ~ S''SN'e
Get Supply In Few Days
Relief in the sugar shortage is seen
today in the allotment for the week by
the three Philadelphia refneries.
John A. Mccarthy, state sugar ad-
ministrator, says that every family in
Philadelphia should be able to get a
moderate amount of sugar within the
next few days.
Mr.. Mccarthy has decided to not
issue his promised statement on the
sugar situation. saying that such a
statement should come from the equal
ization board.
1t was, said today. that if more
serious shortage than at present could
be avoided for sixty days the appear
ance of the Cuban sugar would put an
end to sharp scarcity.
One piece of good news was the an
nouncement of the arrival here of the
steamship Lake Agomac with 22.500
bags of sugar consigned to the Franklin
Co
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
Gets Three Months for shopllttIns

Harry Lewis. S25 Race street. was
sentenced to three months in the House
OF Correction by Magistrate Mecleary in
the Central police station today, on a
charge of shoplifting Lewis was ar
"osted at Sixth and Market streets by
Store Detective Humphries, after he left
department store with the stolen
goods.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
Dennis Ring

Dennis Ring, seventy five years old,
1911 Hart lane. died at his home last
Friday night. He was lifelong Irish
Nationalist. having joined the Fenian
brotherhood at twenty, and was a
member of the William Orr Club, the
Grattan branch of the Land League.
the Father Barry branch of the United
Irish League and was an ardent sup
porter of the Friends of Irish Free
dom.
Mr.. Ring was twice married. his first
wife having been a Miss Julia Ryan,
and the second wife a Miss Alice
O'Brien, both deceased. He is survived
by seven children, four sons and three
daughters, one of the sons, Dennis
Ring, Jr., having been sergeant in
the European war.
The funeral will take place this
morning. There will be solemn
requiem mass in the Church of Our Lady
Of the Visitation at 10 o'clock, and the
interment will be in New Cathedral
Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
MAYORS TRIAL TO WAIT
Smiths Prosecution In Gudehus
Case Put Off by Rotan

Mayor Smith will not be called for
trial on the charge of msdemeanor in
Office in the manner of procuring the ap-
pointment of Edward II. Gudehus, su-
pervisor of Fairgrounds of the Board
Of Recreation. until after election
This announcement has been made by
District Attorney Rotan, who said he
would do nothing in the case that could
he changed as looking like politics.
He refused TO state when the Mayor
would be called for trial.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
Deaths of a Day
Rev. r. II. Barnes

The Rev. r. Heber Barnes, chaplain
of Christ >Church Hospital, died yes
terday morning following a stroke OF
apoplexy. He was eighty two years
old
AS assistant to the Rev DR.. Louis G.
Washburn, rector of Old Christ Church
the Rev. Mr.. Barnes has had charge
of the religious work at the hospital
for many years. The burial service will
be conducted at II o'clock Thursday
morning in Old Christ Church. Doctor
Washburn will officiate.
The Rev. Mr.. Barnes was graduated
from the General Theological Seminary
New York, in 1864. He was called
TO Calvary Church, Greenwich, Conn.
as assistant rector. and later was as
sistant at Calvary Church. Burnt Hill
n. Y. His next charge was st. Peter s
Church. Hobart, n. Y.
He was rector of st. Johns Church
Northern Liberties. from 1891 to 1899
after which he became curate of Christ
Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
FlREMEN SAVE Fl HORSES
Three Others Badly Burned In Blaze
In Stable

Entering burning stable at $40
Locust street, containing twenty five
frightened, kicking horses, firemen of
Engine Co. 80 rescued twenty one of
the animals The three others We're
led from their stalls, but were badly
burned One was shot because of its
condition.
The fire started in shed in the rear
of the stable. Its cause is not known.
A policeman smeled smoke and turned
in an alarm. The damage to the stable
was about $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
Henry Clay Ellis

Henry Clay Ellis, a Civil War vet :
eran, died yesterday at his home, 7429
Sprague street, Mt. Airy, after two
years illness. He was born in this
city, November 30, 1S47, a son of the
late Thomas Biddle Ellis, head of the
old tailoring firm of Ellis English and
father, George Woolley. built the
Friends Meeting House at Fourth and
Green streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
c. w. Diuqans

wilmington, DEL, Oct. CSC. w.
Diggans, sixty five, pioneer in the com
mission trade in this city is dead at his
home, 1lO7 West Sixth street, He has
thirty years. He is survived by two
sons, Earl G. and C. Harvey Diggans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
Harry Moore

: Harry Moore, sixtytw years old,
who has been in the city's employ as a
! clerk and in other capacities for more
than forty years, died suddenly early
Saturday morning at his home, 5409
North Third street, of an attack of
acute indigestion. He is survived by a
widow and one son.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
Harry 3. Lonu

Norristown, Oct. 2S.--Harry Il.
Long, justice of the peace of the Second
ward, Democrat, and former coroner
of Montgomery county, is dead at his
home in Norristown, aged sixty seven
years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
Andrew j. Hoyt

Andrew J. Hoyt. seventy two years
old, a retired portrait painter, died
Sunday night at his home, 25S South
Tenth street. Pneumonia, from which
he had been suffering for five weeks,
was the cause of his death.
During his active career Mr.. Hoyt
painted portraits of numerous prominent
Philadelphians. He was a member of
the Academy of the Fine Arts and of
Masonic bodies.
He was a brother of the late Henry
Hoyt, who won distinction as por =
trait painter. A widow and one daugh
ter survive him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28

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Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-25
SPORTING NOTES.

1t 10 took an ex-White Sox pitcher
to help the Yanks trim the league
leaders. Jack Quinn performed the
operation, giving UP seven scattered
hits.
Quinn would have had a shut out
had it not been for an error by We'll
lie Pipp IN the ninth.
Elmer Myers knocked home two of
Cleveland's four runs in the second
inning with a triple a dwon his own
game against his former team mates,
letting the Athletics down with six
hits.
Ty Cobb hit in or>> run and scored
another that gave Detroit a victory
over Boston.
Baby Doll Jacobson was the star of
the Brownies victory over Washing
ton, scoring two runs and driving in
two more with a double and a triple.
Carl Weilman pitched excellent ball,
getting a five-hit shut out.
Charley Harvey has engaged Jimmy
DeForest, who trained Jack Dempsey
for his battle with Willard. to pre-
pare Ted Lewis for his championship
bout with Jack Britton at the Armory
A A. in Jersey City on July %.
frankie Brown the New York boy
who outpointed Johnny Kilbane in
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
THURSDAYS MARKET.

New York, July 24.-The same spec
ulative influences which have been
foremost on the bull de OF the stock
market since last Tuesdays rapid re-
covery were operative again today,
though in midified degree.
Surface developments. expecting the
suspension of extra dividends on the
common shares of Bethlehem Steel,
were mainly encourag ing and the va.
ried character of the trading offered
further proof of the activity of pro-
fessional interests.
Passing of the Bethlehem dividends
course having been predicted ever
since the q. s. Steel directors took
similar action three months ago.
Steels were among the conspicuously
strong features of the early session,
that group opening at material ad-
vances. but falling back irregularly on
announcement Of the Bethlehem ac-
ton.
salaries. notably electric. rubber and
leather equipments, were heavily trad
ed in, Stromberg Carburetor f1uctu-
ating wildly in ~ 1-2 point radius
and closing at a net gain of three
points.
Tobacco, shipping and food shares
contributed their recent large proper
lions at gross advances of two to six
list in the free selling of the final
hour.
All the favorite issues, including o.
s. Steel reverted their positions of
the early and intermediate sessions,
the reactions ranging from to
points and ausing an irregular to
heavy close. Sales amounted to 1900
900 shares.
Bonds including Liberty and for
eign issues, were irregular. but sound
investment conditions were exempli-
fed by the success of the Swiss gov
eminent loan and closing Of the Shell
Transport Syndicate offering. Total
sales of bonds. par value, aggregated
9$,750,0 900.
Old U. S. bonds were unchanged on
call