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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
D'ANNUNzIO TROOPS
BES|EGED IN F|UME
Entrenched Forces Of occupa-
ton Defy Italy and May Even
Destroy City
FOOD SUPPLIES GIVING OUT
BY the Associated Press

Paris. Sept. 1S.-Italy is throwing a
naval and military Gordon about Fiume,
which is still held by Captain Gabrielle
D'Annunzio' forces. Food supplies Of
Fiumc are reported to be low and an
effort is being made to close all ave
nues by which stores can be rushed
into the city and thus to force the sur
render of the troops holding the place.
Advices received here indicate that
Captain D'Annunzio's men have en-
trenched themselves about the city and
intend to defend it against any attack
which may be made. In the event II
is found impossible to hold Fiume, it
Is said, plans have been laid to destroy
the city.
General Badoglio, deputy chief Of
staff of the Italian army, Is in Fiumt
and has issued a proclamation calling
upon the D'Annunzio troops to return
to their units. Some are said to hav,
left the city. General Diaz, command
er- in chief of the Italian army, ha!
been recalled from his vacation anC
has been in conference at Rome will
King Victor Emmanuel and Premie
Nitti.
All dispatches relating to the situa
ton at Fiumc are being subjected t.
rigorous censorship by the Italian Gov
ernment, but it is reported that Rca
Admiral Casanova, who landed II
Fiume on Tuesday to restore order, !
under virtual arrest there.
1t develops there were no American
detachmcnts in Fiume when Captai
! ,D'Annunzio marched into the city las
week. Early reports from Italy state
American units had left by steamer
but it is believed the >uly American
there were members Of the America
food administration mission, who migf
have been mistaken for soldiers hccaus
they wore United States army uniforms
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18

~ NPF'
I rsHontly started to sell household srti-
Gle from house TO house. MY husband Ia
SaTs Se0a no 'fS family Fl 'q' prSfer e Doing Some
;himE Thing, t2 & help my husband. NoTi cSso wnet t,,
S0 me !, SH this 10 can EPoT be SSe SSS T taEg %,
@s no G"H E"s mHS sTSr Doing " Sgf MRs 6 5rfGd E od
II you are selling in the state in which
your household article is made, YOU are
under the laws of the state. II you are
selling in another state. the Supreme
Court of the United States has definitely
ruled that representative of foreign
principal IL engaged IN interstate COM
mcrce and not liable for payment of a
license tax by authority of the state.
should be glad to hear readers expert
ences in tbs matter.
.,,Ss Whst is meant by the "rnent24, ny NJ & & &"
Selling is IL mental operation, OF
course. The salcsman's task Is to take
the mind Of his customer from the state
of mind Cor mental attitude) in which
he finds him and to so present his goods
as to carry the mind of the customer to
| the state wherein he says. II will buy.
! The various mental stages are: First.
attention; second. interest; third. dc e
sire fourth, action: fifth, decision.
In arriving at our turnover We diNlde the
value OF our stock on inventory into our
gross sales Is that correCt7 u. L. w.
No; to arrive at turnover. take the
value of your stock month by month for
II year. Add up the twelve totals and
divide it by twelve. That figure will
give you the average value Of the stock
you carry. Add to this your average
percentage of mark up and divide the
resultant figure into your gross sales.
The result will be your rate of turn
over.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
NEW WAY TO HIT LANDLORD
$4,000 Persons to Remain In Sum-
mer BUNGALOWS During Winter

New York, Sept. 1S.-Approximately
75 900 persons who passed the summer
in bungalows and cottages on the
Rockaway peninsula from Rockaway
Park to Ncponsit are planning to turn
their dwellings into winter houses and
beat the proftcering landlord at his
own game.
A delegation of owners and tenants
of the cottages called yesterday on Off =
cials of Queens borough to learn what
would be permitted in the way Of al
terations and to insure that the at
tention of the street cleaning and
highway bureaus would be given TO the
district during the winter. Efforts also
are to be made to induce the Long
Island Railroad to maintain summer
schedules to the beach.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
MRiiam rem Charter Scaoe
No. 3 South ! weltth Street.
PHILADELPHIA

Founded in 1883 and chartered by William
PENN on the same day as the city Of Phflar
delphin. The Penn Charter School has nslnr
During the past A. years. the school has
sraduat over 1900 pupils, Of whom more
than 1900 have continued their studies in .
tcors OF universities and professional schoois.
tn" unusus' prOportlon of alumni who have
taken one or more university d'Erees IL dug
srgely 10 the character snd permanencs %
tie teaching stan numbering over 30 mem.
tfrS of these the six senior members hav4
even to tho school an average term Of
service Of 26 years. For three years there
ditions 10 meet the reauir ements ot Increase
81 enrolment which has alr, ady taxed
20 capacity the new huilatng added 20 equp..
Of 20 acres AFFORD an,pi. facilities Tor tAs
,Yrrcisr ~ a school Of 800.
The Prospectus for 1920 is ready for dls-
triuutioU. PuiIdinEs are open for inspeotlon
ElCmNND Wnr~ GTSiiERE. Ph. d
HFNpN tSTFR
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
Steel Workers Will
Strike Next MOnddy

Continued From Pare one
other way, the proof. in the form of
a strike, will cffcctually remove all
doubt in Judge Gary's mind.
Closed Sbop Irre,eyap.
.,.- -, -, II ,...
u ,ne se'onu pln''' 'uuse IurS
SS'N "p ,ne pu'st,on OF Ihe c,oseu
S""p' "hICh nus "VSoiut'lN no uaS'S
"halSoeSer III 'hc present :oh,ro-
NcrSf. IL Is Simply dragged III mere
ny Judge SarN as DugaDoo 10 De-
''VI,I ~ Wv ' w. 81 ,,I ,,. ,,,,, ,,,,..;.,,
.. ;as,,o al I' ,hat is V,' ,ha "uu -, &C q
q, ,rn.r """ Tno 1'i"' - i' ,is uu'I' I',"I @ v,
I,ons,oJ o,.or,. n,.o,,,,l ,,a0,l, y,
tI'o oar,oro,;,,' Sow tIo ,,,,r,,"so oS
,na,,ni,,,I na,so.a,,,, a,,J o,.ar,'
nvv"' L Ing & o"'tIaeS' aIanI a ""u UN''s ,SL;,
in". ""o ~. ~" 80. w '"',n' 1
r, ,"n, "i,n ,nn on,S m" laala I'M tLnt ,h, I,,u
,,'If mTm w. ~ ,''i,"s.' III. ", w ~
VIII .v'S' w M"n W. wv In"hu"S
.n",n!ns uniu uni sun ! r.'Ir uS .nt '"I
i'ora''2n ' WI, an,rI 'irr Ltpr'Srm'a.
I'VE ~ ""i'r'"'r 'or '"' P"rppSe
vS'molSn'fiS nunlanc any IrusonH;pISS .;tI
u!'Nu"l vi u'"ilIs Ms'n NV NtI' tila'
problems "hlch anrce thclr IlVes'
th'lr homes Hnd Incir rututCc
~,
-: ); ~ -, >.
MILAN uAMMoN'
W" H. foslEk.
When the committee adjourned last
night Fitzpatrick made the uncquivoca
statement the walkout wuulG take plac,
next Monday morning. as already de.
cided upon. lie said no action wa,
taken at the meeting to postpone thu
strike and that the decision reached Al
Washington last week would not b,
revoked
Sneakers said thcv ,yould NOT cara T,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
Readers Questions Answered

Mr. Whitehead riH dnStCor IN this
column questions on marketing. buy
ing, selling, advertising, letter wrifing,
business education, and on matters per
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
Independents Have Council

If the unofficial figures on Council
are verified in the official count then
the Independents will control that body.
The election In November of j. Hampton
Moore and eleven members of Council
will insure q program of progress for
the city. There will be no pickering,
no domination by the Mayor, nor cOer-
cion by Council. Under this arrange
ment it will be possible to give Phila-
delphia the best and most progressive
government it has ever had.
Senator Ware has frankly declared
that he will support Mr., Moore if the
official returns give him the nomination.
That was the understanding on both
sides when the fight started. At least
George w. Coles declared without equi-
vocation weeks ago that his party would
abide by the decision at the primaries,
that the Town Meeting party was a Re-
publican party.
Does Senator Ware include his or
ganization in his pledge or Is the recog
| milton of j. Hampton Moore to be q
matter of personal choice among the
ward leaders? The attitude that the
Wares assume is of particular interest.
1t will mean either the end of the pres
ent fray or the continuation, in the
event of another candidate coming for
ward, of the battle to the November
election.
1t is foregone conclusion that lead
ers like Senator Dave Martin, David II
Lane, Charles Seger, Harry A. Mackey
| and Magistrate Watson will support
l Moore as the nominee Of the entire
/ party.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18

tanning 10 the choice Of rOcdtiou. All
questions wW be anSwtrcd IN the order
of receipt. No anonymous correspond
ence eau be acknowledged. Readers
initials only wM he published. ~ tcili
take from toUr to fifteen days for reply
TO appear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
TURKS MENACE LIFE
OF NEW ARMENIA
Appeal for Speedy American
Aid, With 10000 Soldiers,
Is Made

New York, Sept. 1S.-Thc Turks
have resumed their attacks upon the
Armenians, and the very existence of
the nation is in danger. according TO
cable message received by the American
committee for the independence of Ar
menia and made public here. The
message was sent by the Paris repre-
sentative of the Armenian republic.
transmitting information received from
his government.
Forces of Turks, Tartars and Kurds
are surrounding Armenia, the message
says, and the Armenian soldiers have
been comrelled to surrender one border
province after hard struggle. An ur-
gent appeal is made for 10000 Ameri-
can soldiers and the necessary equip
ment for 10000 Armenian volunteers.
Mustapha Kemal, who was arrested
last January and charged with being re
sponsible for massacres of Greeks iu
Asia Minor, is at the head Of the Turk
ish forces.
Paris, Sept. IS. - Ten thousand
French troops are to be sent ihto
Armenia, through Mersina and Alex
andretta, according to an understand
ing reached by the British and French
for realignment of their forces in
Asia Minor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18

sons are along the line given the union
leaders In Now York several weeks aFo
when Mr. Gary refused to meet a com
mittec representing the unions,
The letter added that 1T is the set
tied determination Of the United States
Steel Corporation and its subsidinrics
that the wages and working conditions
Of their employees shall compare favor
ably with the highest standards Of pro-
priety and Justice"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
Both Sexs

,S SELECT \ A.ss school sSs for .;.,.
phsFzy and leta 81,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
There ARE Morals in Big Business
BY HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Of Peter Flint Bruno Duke
Solver Of Business Problems"

TNHE president of huge corporation
l. which occupies prctentious quarters
In one Of the canyons Of downtown
New York had worked his way up from
the ground.
Rung by rung he climcd the ladder
until he found himself the head Of
great and honorable business.
Money he had in plenty-mor than.
but few years before, he ever dreamed
about. Soon after his ascending to the
presidency he began to meet men aud
women who told him what great fell
| low he was.
lie felt that in his position he should
do some entertaining, so he began to
give parties to his new aud we'll to do
acquaintances.
Before many months had passed he
was convinced that he was great
man and that the enterprise whose for.
tunes he guided depended wholly on his
aCumen.
OF course his hours were not long
officially. lie used. before his days Of
prosperity and position, to work long
hours when the business was officially
closed. Now. however, he decided he
owed it to himself to nave some com
fort and pleasure. So he began TO spend
night after night in having good
times"
Things came TO such IL state that he
was known as "sport" and rca
man about town. Stories were told o
II In
called before the board of directors
and told that he must mend HIS ways
1--WE cannot endure having this bust
ness connected with any such-er-un
,, stable proceeding. We must insist tina
, you conduct yourself with the mora
, decorum bcitting your position. S
| spoke the chairman OF the board.
"ITave I proved negligent in IN
business affairs"
,, "No."
"lIavc | not shown you large
profit than you ever made before:'
This is true.
"Then. gentlemen, let me tell 20
o that I resent your interference in III
private affairs. My business time
yours to criticize. have done all yo
p could hope for-bcttcr than you eve
= have had things before. | see no caus
Y for criticism then, and | will not az
G cept It on my private life. My privat
d life has nothing 10 do with my busi
ness affairs
- "No? Then we intend to max
e them such. Let me say, Mr.. - the
s unless you mend your ways we sha
g ask for your resignation"
u The president rose. white with indie
II nation. This, gentlemen, is dctinit
=! I shall live my private life rs l see
and | shall refuse to give you my res
= ignation so long as my work is'progres'
1t ing as well as nOw.'
This terminated the interview.
:, few weeks passed, but no change WI
ID noticed In the presidents mode
living.
nt At the next directors meeting Il
lie president was dismissed.
J. The head of big business is mo
10 10 or less n public figure. If his actor
70 are at all questionable, it will rcfle
l. on the business, for the head is SUI
a posed to represent the spirit of it.
he Every one owes it to himself to s
l. that his private life reflects credit {
his business life. In this particuli
=, y" we can all be prepared to be "thc pres
1t dent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
CONTINUED TOMORROW
N. Y. rRoLLEYs NOT TO RUN

New Yo"k. Sept. lS.--Fedcral Judge
Mayer declined yesterday to grant the
request of committee of citizens to
suspend temrorRrilv his order stopping
tho operation after Saturday of four
storage battery surface car lines on
the lower Fast Side owned by the New
York Railways Company, which is in
the hands of receiver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
By H. De We're Stacpoole
Copyright. 1918. by John Lane Co.

licemen and his next-door neighbors,
after the departure Of the barometer
man, were of n type that inspired
neither liking nor trust.
lie heard Big Ben booming o'clock.
lie had three hours still before him,
and he determined to take 1T out In
walking. He would go citywards. and
then come back with an appetite for
breakfast.
Having made this resolve. he
started, passing through the deserted
streets till he reached the bank, and
then. onward till he reached the Mile
End road.
AS he walked he made plans When
he had drawn his money he would
breakfast at restaurant, he ilxed
upon Romanos', eggs and bacon and
sausages, coffee and hot rolls would
be the menu. Then he fell to Won
derinE whether Romanos' would be
open for breakfast, or whether 1t was
serves luncheons and dinners. If 1t
were then he could breakfast at the
Charing Cross Hotel.
These considerations led him good
End road beguiled him. lying straight
and foreign looking and empty in the
sunlight. The barometer mans
weather apparatus must have been
at fault, for In all the sky there was
not a cloud, nor the symptom of the
coming of a cloud.
Away down near the docks a clock
over public house pointed to half
past Z, and he judged it time to re-
turn.
He came back. The Mile End road
was still deserted, the city round the
bank was destitute of life, Fleet
street empty.
Pompeii lay not more utterly dead
than this weird city of vast business
palaces and the Strand showed moth
ing Of life or almost nothing, every
shop was shattered though now it was
close upon o'clock.
Something had happened to London,
some blight had fallen on the inhabi-
tants, death seemed everywhere, not
seen, but limited at. Stray recollec-
ticns of weird stories by Fl. G. Wells
passed through the mind of Jones. He
recalled the city of London when the
Martians had done with it, that city
of death. and horror. and sunlight and
silence.
Then Of a sudden, as he neared the
Law Courts, the appalling truth sud-
denly suggested itself to him.
He walked up to policeman on
point of duty at a corner, a policeman
who seemed under the mesmerism of
the general gloom and blight, police
man who might have been the blue
concrete core OF negation.
Say. officer" said Jones, what days
today?"
Sunday" said the policeman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
CHAPTER XXI.
He Finds Himself.

That evening at 9 o'clock Jones sat
in the smoking room writing He
had trusted Church with an important
mission, on the upshot OF which his
whole future depended
If you will review his story, as he
himself was reviewing it now. you
Will see that, despite a strong will
and a mind quick to act, the freedom
of his will had always been hampered
by Circumstance.
Circumstance from the first had de-
termined that he should be lord.
l leave it to philosophers to deter
mine what Circumstance is. can
only say that from fair knowledge
OF life Circumstance seems to me
more than a fortuitous happening of
things. Who does not know the man
OF integrity and ability, the man des-
tined for the presidency or the col
lege chair. who remains in an Office
All his life? Luck is somehow against
him. Or the man who, starting in
life with everything against him, ar
rives. not by creeping. but by leaps
I do not wish to cast shade on
individual effort; only say this: If
other name is Fortune. feeling for
you in order to make you lord,
don't kick, for when Fortune takes
an interest in a man, she Is cunning
as woman. She Is a woman in fact.
At half-past a knock came to the
door. 1t was opened by Church, who
ushered in Teresa, Countess of
Rochester.
Jones rose from his chair, Church
shut the door, and they found them
selves alone and face to face
The girl did not sit down. She
stood holding the back of chair and
looking at the man before her. She
looked scared. dazed, like a person
suddenly awakened from sleep, in
strange place.
Jones knew at once.
You have guessed the truth" said
he, that / am not your husband"
II knew IT," she replied, when you
told us In the drawing room The
others thought you mad, ] knew you
were speaking the truth"
THAT was why you ran from the
room"
yes; what more have you to say?"
II have q very great deal more to
say; will you not sit DOWN."
She sat down on the edge of chair,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
BILE PROBLEM.

walked, OF the extraordinary none
: tary fluctuations he had experienced
IN this city of London. At the Savoy
that fatal day he had less than ten
as lord. he had only a penny, the
penny had been reduced to a half
penny by the purchase of a newspaper,
the halfpenny swelled to FIVE pounds
sprang in five minutes to 5000, owing
Ep Voles, the 5000 to million eight
6ehousand, owing to Mulhausen; Simms
1and Cavendish had stripped him of his
Hast cent. the Smithers affair had
lgiven him five pounds, now he had
pnly tenpence, and tomorrow at o clock
Pie would have 5000.
1t will be noted that he did not consider
Iet in the form OF notes.-the had learned
,apy bitter experience to put his trust In
eihothing but the tangible He reached the
uHiver and the great bridge that spans
at here, and on the bridge he paused,
tPeaning his elbow on the parapet and
pfooking down stream.
III The waning moon had risen, paint
ll8ng the water with silver; barge
lights and the lights Of tugs and
= police boats showed points Of orange
tend dribbles of ruff1ed gold. while
.kway down stream to the right the
lFkiry fairy tracery Of the houses Of
parliament fretted the sky
II Ut was a nocturne after the heart
and Jones. as he gazed
~ 1t It, felt for the first time the magic
this wonderful half-revealed city
~ Eith Its million yellow eyes. He
~ PASSED on. crossing to the right bank,
lind found the Strand. Here In a bar,
q Ind for the price Of half pint Of
II, keer. he sat for some twenty minutes
. patching the customers and killing
n lme. then, with his worldly wealth
seducsd to eightpence. he wandered
.edn westward, passing the Savoy, and
as}ausing for q moment to peep down
he great archway at the Eayly lit hotel.
lrd At midnight he had gravitated to
,otie embankment and found a seat not
ydyercrowded.
Here he fell in with a gentleman,
pa&Arelict like himself, a free spoken
hdividual, whose conversation whiled
ANYWAY an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
CHAPTER xxx,
A Just Man Angered.

When things are piled one on top
of another beyond certain height
they generally come down with a
crash.
That. one word. Sunday" was the
last straw for Jones. sweeping away
breakfast. bank and everything; COM
ing on top of the events of the last
twenty-four hours, it brought his
mental complacency to ruin. ruin
from which shot blazing Jets OF
wrath.
Red rage filled him. He had been
made game Of every man and every
thing was against him. Well, he
would bite. He would strike. lie
would attack, careless of everything,
needless Of everything.
A mesmerised looking taxicab,
crawling along on tho opposite side
Of the way, fortunately caught his
eye.
"I'll make hay!" cried Jones. as he
rushed across the street. He stopped
the cab.
mo. 1oA Carlton House Terrace." he
cried to the driver. He got in and
shut the door with a bang.
He got out at Carlton House Ter
race. ran, up the steps of 1oA and
rang the bell.
The door was opened by the man
who had helped to eject Spicer. He
did not seem in the least surprised
to see Jones.
PAY that taxi" said Jones.
Yes my lord" replied the turnkey.
Zones turned to the breakfast room.
The faint smell of coffee met him at
the door as he opened it. There
were no servants in the room--only a
woman quietly breakfasting. with the
Life of St. Thomas Kempis" by
her plate.
She half rose from her chair when
she saw Jones. He shut the door
The sight of Venetia acted upon him
almost as badly as the word Sun
day" had done.
"What are you doing here?" said
he. II know-you and that lot had
me tucked away in a lunatic asylum;
now you have taken possession of the
house."
Venetia was quite calm.
"Since the house is not yours" said
she, Il fail to see how my presence
here affects you. We know the truth.
DIR. Simms has arrived at the con-
cluslon that your confession was at
least based on truth--that you are
what you proclaimed yourself to be.
a man named Jones. We thought
you were mad: we see now that you
are an impostor. Kindly leave this
house or / will call for policeman
Jones mind lost all it's fire. Hatred
can cool as well as infiame and he
hated Venetia and all her belong
ings, including her dowager mother
and her uncle, the duke, with hatred
we'll based on reason and fact. All
his fear of mind disturbance should
he go on playing the part of Roch-
ester had vanished. the fire of tribu-
lation had purged them away.
1T don't know what TALK
ing about" said he.
do you mean that joke ! played on
you all? ] am the Earl of Rochester:
this is my house and l request you
to leave it, Don't speak. I know
what you are going to say. You and
your family will do this and you will
do that. You will do nothing. Even
IL I were an impostor you would
dare to do nothing. Your family
washing is far, far too much soiled
to expose II in public.
"If were an impostor. who can say
] have not played an honorable game?
! have recovered valuable property.