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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
PATTERSON SPEAKS
IN ACKER'S WARD.
Judge Gets Good Reception, but
Coroner Attacks Charter Can
didate Helped 20 Frame
RECEPTION HELD FOR DAVIS

Thirty eighth ward voters gave Judge
Patterson. organization candidate Tor
the mayoralty. an enthusiastic rccep-
ton last night when he visited the
Stronghold of A. Lincoln Acker.
The demonstration. which was staged
as reception to Harry A. Davis. the
baseball player. who is ono of the or
ganization candidates for Council in
the Sixth district. was preceded by an
automobile tour of me ward with plenty
of red fire and a band.
Judge Patterson addressed two audi
ences. One was in Tioga Hall. Twen-
deth and Tioga streets, where the main
meeting was held.
The other was an overflow meeting
outside the hall. Between 600 and SUI
persons heard the judge declare that he
wants the votes of Americans only.
knight Attacks Charter
Coroner Knight sounded the only jar
ring note of the meeting. lie had just
finished attacking the new charter as
"costly to the taxpayers when Judge
Patterson entered the hall. Judge Pat
terson was n member of the committee
which drafted the charter bill.
Judge Patterson declared that the
new charter was NOW the law aud
pledged Himself 20 carry out its pro
visions.
fRs The Judge said the people wanted
faction. and not talk and announced
that he already had written to the
chairman of Councils finance commit
tee for data concerning immediate work
ON the Delaware river bridge. new sow
.rs and other needed improvements.
II can't suddenly have become
wicked man just because I am running
for Office said Judge Patterson, in
referring to attacks upon his candidacy.
II am no better nor no worse than
I was two or three weeks ago.
Opponents Are Desperate
Judge Patterson said his opponents
were getting desperate" in their at
Jacks upon his candidacy.
Captain Michael Fitzpatrick. re
turned service man, presided. David
LAWS, former secretary of the com
mittee of one hundred, who jumped
recently to the Patterson standard. gave
his idea of the inside workings of that
body.
Other speakers included Daniel F.
Wade. candidate for sheriff; Recorder
of Deeds Hazlett, Captain Merrill A.
Taggart. of the Third Division Harry
Davis and Charles Grakelow.
Davis said he had jumped from the
Moore camp to the Patterson camp
when the Acker forces refused to put
him on the councilmanic ticket
A. Lincoln Acker. leader of the Thir-
" eighth ward, who was mentioned as
q mayoralty possibility, predicted some
time ago that the ward would give
Congressman Moore the biggest ma -
Sority Of any in the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

candidate for school director on the He
publican primary ballot. spl sf
"we feel. =, said Mrs. Gibbons today.
that we need women on the schocl
board. We have tried several times be-
fore to elect woman, but failed. The
demotion of Miss Fite brought matters
to head and many citizens feel that II
injustice was done, 1t might have been
averted had there been woman on the
board.
Mrs. Gibbons is corresponding secre.
tary Of the Woman's Club of Cynwyd,
and has taken an active part IN war
work and in civic movements.
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State Appointments Announced

harrisburg, Sept 2.-The following
appointments have been announced by
the State Department of Health First
assistant at genito urinary, dispensary,
Philadelphia. DIR. Edwin s. Cooke
Philadelphia registrars of vital stats
tics William Dodds, Pittsburgh, for
Dormont borough and Union township.
Allegheny county; Jacob H.. Hetrick,
Beavertown, for Beavertown. Beaver,
West Beaver, Adams and Spring town
ships. Snyder county; Henry W. Car
son, Slate Run, for Cummings, Nc
Henry. Brown and Pine townships,
Lycoming county. B..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
WOMAN A CANDIDATE
FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Mrs. Henry J. Gibbons on Re-
publican Ticket in Lower
Merton

Demotion of Miss Sarah Fite as
principal Of the Bala school brought
school matters to crisis in Lower
Merton township, according to the
women of that community, and they
have iDdorsed Mrs. Henry ]. Gibbons,
of $50 Bryn Mawr avenue, Cynwyd, as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

estate assessor, while his two sons have
minor positions in City Hall.
He has been the right hand man oi
Senator Martin for years and is not
recorded as having any other business
that than of real estate assessor. There
Is permanent objection among precinct
workers of the Nineteenth ward because
they say Senator Martin is always
pushing Mr.. Buchholz to the front and
ignoring ADLER men.
Simon Walter. 1901 North Seventh
street, Twentieth ward. is Common
Councilman. He has large Jewish
following in his ward and is the per
sonal selection of David II. Lane for
leader Of the Twentieth ward. lie is
naturally regarded as the representa- tive
in Council of the United Gas Improve
ment Company and the Philadelphia
Traction interests. lie is a paper dealer,
about forty five years old and has held
no other Office. While he takes orders.
he accepts them from nobody but Mr..
Lane.
Three members of Council will come
down to City Hall from the Sixth Sen.
atorial district
Harry II. Davis, $3.50 North Twenty.
third street, Thirty eighth ward. ia
nous as an oldtime baseball star. and
until within the last few months an
Independent and a follower of A. Lin
coin Acker. has been adopted by the
Ware organization. Mr.. Davis got
"peevcd' because Mr.. Acker didn' t
slate him for Council. He is now under
the personal direction and tutelage of
William Benham. deputy recorder of
deeds. and Frank Paul, coroner's S detec-
tive. who are the Ware leaders of the
Thirty eighth ward
Sees Fight on Davis
There is considerable feeling over the
detection of Mr.. Davis among his former
friends, and it is said that a bitter fight
will be the result. Mr.. Davis is a
member of Common Council, about
forty two years of age, and is engaged
in the scrap iron business.
Pringlc Borthwick. S10S German
town avenue, Twenty second ward, is
another member of Common Council
He has been Il member for years. Mr.
Borthwick is the most ardent apologist
for the organization and the Wares in
Council. He is about fifty years of age.
contractor, and was selected because
of his fidelity to the Ware cause.
There is said to be uncertainty about
the third member of this delegation
but William 7. Weir. Jr.. 1907 Rock
land street. Forty second ward. who
seems to have the call. enjoys the dis .
tinction of being one of the two lonely
nonotfcc holding Ware candidates.
He was a member of the Legislature
four years ago. became disgusted with
the political game after that experience
and decided to abandon it for good.
I He is n we'll known business man,
operating n chain of candy stores q. in
the city. and was finally induced by
the Ware people to enter the contest
for Council Those who know him say
that he is one of the best selections on
the Ware ticket.
From the Seventh Senatorial district
will come three members of Council.
Joseph b. Fay, 1920 West Susque-
hanna avenue. Thirty second ward. and
, the leader of that ward. has been slated
as one of them. Mr.. Fay is at present
assistant director of public health. He
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U. S. FLOUR GOES BEGGING
Product Marketed by Barnes Falls
to Sell In Kansas

Kansas City, Sept. mo flour has
been sold thus far to domestic buyers
by the Kansas City office Of the United
States Grain Corporation.
Only few inquiries have been made.
but as the government agency will not
submit samples and the -four is not Of
desirable grade for domestic trade. buy
ers are not keen to do business with the
grain corpqrp tion. In fact. -four millers
in the SotfHiwest are selling straight
and even better grades Of -four at n
lower figure than the price quoted by
the government agency.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

Women Aid Judge Patterson
The BUSY Bees" Of the Patterson
campaign committee, report
hey have organized in 1856 voting di :
,isions in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
LOOKS LIKE CITY PAYROLL-MCALN|

was formerly in the Office of sealer OF
weights and measures, is an ld-line
politician, about sixty years of age and
a Fire Department pensioner. lie was
one Of the late Israel w. Durham
lieutenants. but is now dyed i'm the =
wool Ware man.
The Smith Family
William Bond Smith. 1041 Master
street, Forty seventh ward. is com
paratively young man of thirty three,
but all officeholder and the son OF an
officeholder. Young Mr.. Smith is EN-
ployed in the State Department OF
Labor and Industry and is the son OF
Peter f. Smith. ward leader and deputy
tax collector. He at one time conducted
business for his father, who is con
tractor. Orders from the Wares re
ceive prompt and careful attention
might we'll be the motto of the Smith
family, say the Forty seventh ward In
dependents.
Patrick Conner, 23S Oxford street,
Twenty ninth ward, is understood to
be the third man slated in the Seventh
LEGISLATURE for three terms up until
1917, as McNichol man. In the
scrap over Mayor Smith he went over
to the Wares. and was controlled suose.
ouently by them. He is the leader OF
the Twenty ninth ward, is we'll
drillcr by occupation, and past fifty
years of age.
The Eighth senatorial district has
developed quite fracas over the cholce
of its three members of Council
James A. Dunn, 513f Minor street.
Twenty third ward, has the backing OF
Congressman Peter +. Costello, who is
fighting one, it. not two, Of the other
candidates. Mr.. Dunn is said to be
the unique offceholder of the Ware out
fit. Nominally he holds job in the
tax Office. resigning when elected to the
LEGISLATURE each time since 1913. After
adjournment he is reappointed to the
fax Office and thus works the merry GO
round in job holding sense. "hlle
waiting for his old place in the tax
office. Mr.. Dunn is now taking
.Aier" for the new $4,000 position ms
councilman.
Costello In Fight
Meanwhile Congressman Costello IS
fighting F. J. Swartz,, who, IS coroner
Kniebt's man. and there, is a regular
Kilkenny affair on. with Costello also
irving to land an uppercut on Clarence
X. Crossan, another candidate and
leader of the Thirty fifth ward.
J. J. Mckinley, Jr., 2SO3 North Sec
ond street. Thirty third ward. is ward
lender and contractor. He is another
bead on tho Ware string of select Coun-
cilmen uiCked for the new small Coun-
ell. He was formerly a McNichol man,
but was won over by the Wares and
made n ward leader.
Then there is William 7. Scargle. 516
Erie avenue, Forty third ward. and
Frederick J. Schwarz, 4553 Edgcmont
street. Forty fifth ward, who are can
didates and among the "also ran The
situation with regard to these gentle
men. and incidentally also Mr.. Crossan,
is SO complicated that it is difficult to
understand properly. They had better
fight, it out
Meanwhile there are large indications
that the Ware combination. as the result
of this fight, will get pretty badly
bumped unless a peacemaker appears.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03
TINE LOST BY SCHOOLS PRE-
SENT A PROBLEM.

During the mid-winter meeting OF
the County School superintendent of
the Kentucky Educational Assoeia-
ton, the principal topic for discus
sion will be to determine some plan
to make up the time lost in the
schools on account of the influenza
epidemic and the war. The teachers
have not lost, time, as their salaries
went on just the same, but the time
that has been. lost by the children,
and the proposition confronting the
teachers is how to make up this time.
State Superintendent of Public In
(struction Gilbert said that the prob
lem is the most serious that has con-
fronted the teachers in years, and ne
cannot see any other. remedy than to
extend the terms into the summer.
! He will invite many educators to at
| tend the conference to help solve the
problem.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03
GLORY FOR ALL.
.(Ieslie'S Weekly

. WCChAy.I
We find reason for congratulation
that we have no envious regard or
others with respect to the achieve
ment that has been won and the conf
plete victory which has been granted
to us in the most blessed of all hours
of history; whether we look to the
unuuenchable ardor and dauntlees
spirit of the men of France, or
whether we regard the dogged deter
mination, pertinacity. and stubborn
heroism of the men of Great Britain,
or the splendid skill and intrepidlty
of the men Of Italy, or the dash and
energy and courage of our own men en-
of America, who came in almost at
the very last hour and made success
possible and sure-we find the same
spirit. the same animating purpose,
the same lofty conception of duty,
the same self-sacrifice, the same for
titude in dire disaster. We hnd hu-
man nature at its very best enlisted
in the cause of liberty in all the e
armies. and once more vindicatine
man. made in the image OF Coo, ano
defending mans greatest inheritance
the right to live a free and nooi :
life
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03
ANARCHISTS THROW BOMBS IN
PHILADELPHIA HOMES

PHILADELPHIA, December 81
This city has passed through night
of apprehension comparable to moth
ing so much as night in an English
city threatened by Zeppelins. All
night long the residences of Senator
Penrose, Mayor Smith and other
prominent citizens, judges and Off
Gals and the Federal and city build
ing were under guard against bomb
ers. This action followed series of
bomb explosions, all taking place
within a half hour in different parts
of the city, that wrecked three homes
and led to the greatest activity on
the part of Federal, State and city
authorities in the effort to ferret out
the persons implicated in the out
RACES.
Revenge against the judicial and
police authorities for enforcing the
law against sedition and the display
of the red flag of anarchy in this
ed the motive.
The homes wrecked were those OF
Justice Robert Won Moschzisker Of
the State Supreme Court; acting su-
city, the police officials said, furnish
Ernest T. Trigg, president of the
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
The occupants of the houses were
hurled from their beds and scores
of windows in nearby houses were
shattered, but no one was seriously
injured. One man was arrested.
One theory is that one party OF
men, using an automobile, had COM
united all three outrages. From
fragments of iron and steel gathered
up after the explosions, Superintend-
ent Mills hopes to be able to ascer-
tain the type of bomb used. by the
miscreants. Pieces of steel, believed
to be from the inside of the bomb
were found near his home. He be
lieves a shrapnel bomb of the same
type was used in all the explosions
The man taken into custody gave
his name as John Lafferty. The pc
lice say he was seen to pick up many
lof the anarchistic pamphlets found
scattered on the street in front of the
bombed houses.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03
NEW NIGHT MESSAGE RATES.

Postmaster General Burleson has
announced a scale of greatly reduced
rates for short overnight messages,
as distinguished from the longer
night letters. The new rates 81 into
effect on January 1, and should
prove to be of great value in con-
junction with short communication
by the railway mail service, but
which are not of sufficient urgency
or Importance to warrant the pay
ment of the minimum charges hereto
fore in effect for Geographic trans
mission.
Under the new schedule short
overnight messages may be sent a
considerable distance for as low as
zoe, while the maximum rate is only
soc as against dollar maximum,
which has prevailed. Manager
Thos. Parker, of the local Western
Union office, advises that this new
night message service does not inter-
fere in any way with the popular
night letter service, but is intended
to supplement it in conjunction with
shorter communications which have
been going by mail, but which should
desirably go by telegraph.
Now that the telegraphs are ope-
rated as an integral part of the post
office service it is understood to be
the policy of Postmaster General
Burleson to give the public an oppor-
ltunity to make the widest use of the
telegraph service in the elimination
of delays to communications due to
separation by distance, at the lowest
rates which the actual cost of per-
forming the service on standardized
basis, will permit.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03
A BADGE OF HONOR.

Robert S. Porter, local correspond
ent of the Louisville CONVERSATIONAL,
found in his mail yesterday a hand
some New Years gift in the shape, OF
a solid gold service pin" from the
GU. g ~
The pin bore on its face in blue
.enameled letters the words. Tine
Louisville Courier-Journal." For
Five Years, Faithful Service" Ac-
companying the pin was a personal
letter from Judge Robert w. Bing-
ham, who some time ago purcnaseo
the Courier-Journal and Louisville
Times. commencing Mr.. PorterS ex-
cellent work.
Talk of army decorations! BOZ
Porter wears the Courier-Journal
bin the Red Cross pin and a Ma
sonic pin. which he describes ras De
ing "alI the decorations of merit any
man needs to be proud of"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03
UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVEL.
Frs HAVE BIG DOINGS.

Blue Grass Council No. 80, U. c..
T., put over another big day in Lex
ington, Saturday, when they had
their annual round up for 1918.
Starting the day at 1880 from their
council chamber in Masonic Temple.
on North Broadway, headed by the
U. c. T. drum corps they visited vari-
Gus wholesale interests of the city,
finishing the parade at IL o'clock.
At 1880 delightful luncheon was
served by the ladies of the Broadway
Christian church in the dining hall
of the Masonic order. Several four
minute talks were made by men rep
resenting the different business in
terests.
At $3.50 Frank P Dobbins, Senior
Counselor, called the meeting to Or
der for secret session and ten appli-
cations were passed upon and accept
ed after which six candidates who
were present were initiated into the
mysteries of the great commercial
army, United Commercial Travellers
Among the number was Mr.. Lyttle-
ton B. Purnell, of Paris, representing
the Paris Milling Company as "trav-
cling man."
At o'clock in the evening a So
cial session was held in the Masonic
lodge room, where the members, their
friends and ladies spent very an
joyable evening. Prizes for the
members and also for the ladies were
distributed These prizes were do
mated by the various business con-
Germs of the city. Dancing and mu-
sic was the. entertainment for the
evening.
In the notes of the meeting, the
Lexington Leader of Sunday had the
following regarding Paris representa-
tives:
Noah Rose, who represents the E.
F. Spears & Sons Milling Company,
Of Paris, is out again and is being
congratulated by the boys over Mrs.
Roses recovery. His many friends
among the boys were certainly glad
to see him Saturday at the big meet
ing.
81. e. Soper, with Power Grocery
Company, at Paris, who lives in this
city, was present and promises an ap-
plication for the big March meeting
in the way of son who is following
his dads footsteps in the road life
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT

The biggest and the merriest
Christmas ought to presage the nap
NEST and most prosperous New year.
with the lifting of the influenza pan
and the end of the world war, pros
meets are exceedingly bright for a
year in Paris and Bourbon county
marked by progress and prosperity.
Seems a pity that the beautlful
flags on the court house and other
public buildings in Paris could hot
have had little more care.
through exposure to the weather
they have become tattered and TORN.
AS patriotic emblems they shouio
have received better care. x
@ra -
last winter about this time IT was
a problem with the people OF Paris
as wen as those in the county, as &c
whore or how they, were to procure
coal What little was held by deal.
ers was sold at a high price ane
distributed among the needy IN very
email lots. Now, fuel is much more
nlentiful, but the cost is still hlgn,
Remember the good old days wheI
everybody kept "open house" ant
paid New Years calls? .Tnen
wuz the. days! Nothing like tnen
now. Somehow the old days seeme'
to hold all the best things in HE
We old-timers like to think so, any
way.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03

great rejoicing. When we moved out
OF our positions we passed out into
the broad daylight along the main
road, bold and unafraid To-day
hnds me in a little village in Lux
embourg, near the German border.
We passed through Belgium last
week on the heels or the German
army. Most any day we expect to
pass into Germany and to the Rhine.
where we will remain as part of the
American Army of Occupation Il
trust this will pass the c.nsor all
right. -. Well, dear folks, I will
have to close for this time, and will
try to write TO you from Germany.
When you write to me again use the
same address and it will reach me all
right.
Lovingly Yours,
"JOHN"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03

/ Out West when Poor Lofhas inf1u-
enza he takes vapor baths and jumps
into cold, mountain streams. AS re-
suit Poor Lo never has the "hT"
again. sz-&..
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-10-09
7. P. |. News.

T. P. |. defeated Sparta High
School Friday afternoon by a
score 6 to 0 in an interesting
football game.
Friday night 7. P. !. celebrat-
ed the first football game of the
season by having a shirt tail
parade thru town and thru the
Strand theatre.
C. C. Cloid, one of 7. P. |.
star players was hurt very bad
in the game.
T. P. /. will play the famous
Cumberland University team
Friday. Oct. 10. We expect tc
win this game as We did Sparta.
Courtney Dixon and Will, Ad.
cock were initiated with razol
strap Friday afternoon.
The Y. M. C. A. met Friday
night at Z o'clock and electeC
officers for the year.
Courtney Dixon.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-10-09
Mothers Entertained.

The Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton entertained with reception
in honor of the mothers, at the
High School building last Friday
afternoon.
An interesting program was
rendered. A special feature of
the program was an article read
by the president, Mrs. F. L.
Tardy, Keeping the Parent
Teacher Association to its true
work."
Eleven new members were
added to the organization.
A social hour was enjoyed,
during which refreshments were
served.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-10-09
Organize Institute.

Permanent organization of the
Middle Tennessee Farmers In
stitute will be considered at four
meetings to be held. The Rrst
one is scheduled at Cookeville.
December 10; the others at Tul-
lahoma. March |, Dickson. May
4, Columbia, June l.
Middle Tennessee farmers are
following the example of East
Tennessee agriculturists in this
organization. They have heard
of the tremendous value the East
Tennessee Farmers Convention
has been to the soil tillers. and
hope to accomplish similar re-
suits for their section of the
State.
One of the big purposes of the
permanent organization is to in,
duce a greater attendance Of
farmers at the next session Of
lhe Middle Tennessee Institute
Completion of the Experiment
Station farm hall is anticipated
by that time, and many othe,
things to induce many to attend
Numerous interesting expert
ments that will prove valuabl
are being carried on. and will b
under observation when tn
next general meeting is held.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-10-09
COOKEVILLE r. Z.

Monroe Webb and Miss Matte
Ray. of Overton county. were
married last Sunday, J. D. Smith
]. P. officiating.
Mrs 7 E Dodson visited Mrs
M Roberts Sunday.
Mrs Massa, of Overtcn county,
has returned home.
Ben Brown attended the Webb
Ray wedding.
Mrs Ben A. Fox is not improv.
ing very muce.
] ] Darlington went to Gaines.
boro Saturday on business.
We han a good rain Sunday.
Miss Annie Roberts is better