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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

that is the part Of my work
that yields the biggest share
of profits" Into his note
book goes ideas that other
men have worked out or
adapted. He CLEANS them
everywhere. And in almost
all of them is an idea that
makes his organization run
more smoothly and promotes
his sales. One plan from a
manufacturer, perhaps, an
other from a wholesaler,
rightly combined, yields him
a profit.
Wallace, J. Stebbens, OF
the Stebbens Hardware Co.,
tells in April SYSTEM what
his note book of borrowed
ideas has done for his busi-
ness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

tempt Of court and committed him 10
prison to await trial. The judge ret,
fused to allow him to re enter bail in
any amount.
Doctor Bricker was indicted for per
forming an alleged illegal operation on
patient, who died.
Doctor Brickers Office is on Broad
street near Oxford, and he lives in
Merton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
LAWRENCE STRIKERS QUIET
Governors Action In Urging Arbi-
tration Is Probably the Cause

Lawrence, Mass. April 0.-(By A.
P.D-Pickets representing the striking
textile workers were inactive today for
the first time since the strike for the
fifty four hours pay for forty eight
hour week began nine weeks ago.
Strike leaders made no comment, but
it was understood the withdrawal of
pickets was due to the attitude of Gov :
ernor Coolidge in urging the mill own
ers to accept the strikers suggestion
Of arbitration by Henry B. Endicott,
ex chairman of the state public safety
committee. Many rumors in circulation
today of an carly settlement of the
strike apparently had aLsimilar basis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
Make Your Competitors
Boost Your Sales

CERTAINLY it can be done.
1t has been done! A sales
man of a hustling young COM
pany turned the etrick, with
the result that in two years
the firms business doubled,
and in the third year topped
the million mark. He had
real idea, and it is handed
on to you in the title "Why
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

How TO enlarge your trading
capacity by new markets
How TO use the trade accept,
ance as an aid In fnanc-
ing
How statistics can be put to
work TO strengthen a busi-
ness
How a new house policy was
started-and what II did
How TO secure greater co.
operation from employees
How to cut down ofiice fric-
tion
How to get quick long-dis-
tsnce connections on the
phone
How a printer judses paper
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
England--Our Customer
and Competitor

WHATS what commercial
w ly in the British Isles
these days. SYSTEM want
ed to know, so sent one of its
editors straight to LONDON
to get the facts. Is England
a market for us? What will
British firms buy? And do
we need to fear them in the
race for world wide COM
merce? In the April SYSTEM
you'll find the answer to these
and a dozen other questions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

How to locate stocks easily
How TO speed deliveries
How TO keep up with rising
costs
How to trade with China
How to pick the right work
How TO hnd jobs for the
fiEhters
How TO buy and what to buy
How 70 write a friendly
sales letter that will build
good will
How to increase your Tste OF
turnover for greater prof
its
How to invest your surplus
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

How to save the presidents
time
How to train salespeople
How a man to-man talk
averted labor trouble in
one plant
How square dealing meth
ods win out with custom
ers and employees
How to keep caught up on
work ideas on personal
efficiency
How big men play
How to cut down dealer lit
erature waste
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

We Sell More at High
Prices" by c. o. Alexander,
President of Alexander Bros.
This same firm has hit upon
lot of other wrinkles that
would put ginger into the
marketing methods of any
business. 1t has never had a
comeback" from the dealer,
and has capitalized the fact
in such a way that when it
entered the Boston field the
.iobber who is now one of their
largest distributors closed the
deal before he realized that
no samples had been shown
him. You'll greatly enjoy
this experience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

How 10 keep the mailing list
''IJve" and up TO date
How TO pick executives from
the ranks
How 10 give the salesmen
more time TO sell more
goods
How Ito simplify the ONCE
memo
How q removal was capital
ize.1
How TO apply other mems
Ideas
How TO gain the farmers in
How 10 boost your town
How TO get In 10 see the
right raan for the interview
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
JAIL AND FINE PHYSICIAN
Or. Bricker Surrenders After Bench
Warrant Is Issued

DR.. William II. Bricker. for whom
a bench warrant was issued last week
when he failed to appear for trial. today
surrendered himself before Judge Ryan,
Quarter Sessions Court No. I.
Judge Ryan fined him $500 for con
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
How a Notebook
Yields, a Profit

WHEREVER you go some
w mans experience contains
the germ of an idea which
you could very likely use. A
certain Chicago hardware
man traces an increase of
$500 in his sales to applying
borrowed ideas. As he tells
it himself:
"My biggest job is cary
ing a note. book. At least
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
Eddie Redway, Actor. Dead

Reading. Pa. April S.--Percy Say.
lor. known on the stage as Eddie Red
way. well-known character actor in
musical comedy and other performances,
died at the State Tuberculosis Sana o
torium at Hamburg today He was fifty
years old and had been on the stage
for many years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
IC EDGER-PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY APRIL o. 1919

The Conservatives are still the domi-
nant force in England and the North.
cliffe press is on his back. In fact, the
present situation might be described ss
a fight between President Wilson and
Lord Northcliffe for the possession of
the soul of Premier Lloyd George
President Wilson threatens to take
America away from England.
Northcline Threatens Premier
Lord Northclffe threatens to take the
premiership away from Lloyd George
1t is not clear whether either dares to
make his threats good. President
Wilson's position is difficult because he
has no clear issue. The French and
British protest they cant understand
what he means and that they thought
they were agreeing with irim in every
thing.
Politically Lloyd George has out E
maneuvered the President by appearing
TO be better Wilson man than Wilson
himself as everything until now. when
some question arises which is too
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

Just remember this, English
business is neither to be
feared nor disregarded. There
is a big opportunity here for
Hands across the sea" IL
you'll make the effort. John
Bull is a customer and also .
competitor. Handle with care!
Find out what the English
business man is thinking
about you. It's well worth
while.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
Sales Grew From
$2S1,1S1 to $23, 900, 900

GEORGE NJ. VERIFY Of
the American Rolling Mill
Co. is a dreamer. BY dream
ing along the right lines and
keeping his feet on the
ground he boosted his COM
pany's sales from 1921, ,1S1.12
to $23,000,000. You'll find
the story in April SYSTEM.
Frank M. Wicks will re-
mind you of a dynamo.
Starting as an electrician in
the Westinghouse rank, he
has remodeled all their plants
along lines that he originated.
His methods can be applied
to your business. Find them
in the April SYSTEM. A. A.
Pitt, President of the Pitt
Engineering Co, says that a
man is made up of 9 parts
willingness and 10 parts abil-
ity. His knowledge of men
stood him in good stead
when union delegate tried
to force a strike on him two
years ago. Read this story
in the April SYSTEM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

what would you give for idea that would increase
your business 67?o during the coming twelve months?
What would an idea be worth to you if it cut your
costs 26@o. How much would your profits increase
single idea made your collection letters 639o more
effectve-or saved you the time of each week
or put you in touch with entirely new markets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09

vast fund of ideas like these are found in SYSTEM,
The Magazine of Business. Men in every line of
business proting by them. Someone, somewhere,
may have solved the very problem you have been
experimenting with for months-and the answer may
be in the current number of SYSTEM for April Go
to the nearest newsdealer for your copy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
Threat to WithdrdlU
Worries All Europe
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from PaEe One
amount, fixed yearly by an Allied com
mission, would give the Allies. along
with the control of German exports al
ready described, throttle hold on Ger
many.
Apparently. Mr.. Wilson, whose fears
of German rejection of peace grow from
day to day, has come to realize. on
hearing the German protest against
Allied conversion Of the Brussels agree
ment into an instrument for dominating
German economic life, that he may ex-
pect rejection of the peace being made
because of the economic provisions.
It is impossible to explain in any
other way the sudden outbreak by Pres
ident Wilson. The economic provisions
are vastly important TO Lloyd George.
who has been playing both ends against
the middle in Paris as well as in Lon
don.
His position at home rests on the
| fence between radicalism and conserv-
atism. To the radicals he has thrown
the bone of the league of nations anil
the territorial determination at Danzig
and elsewhere.
Would Throttle Germany
The Conservatives want nothing so
much as to get throttle hold on Ger.
many's economic life. which would
eliminate Germany as the commercial
competitor of England for many years
TO come. The control of Germany's
exports was described yesterday as Just
such n throttle hold. Big rcparations.
or sliding scale of reparaton fixed
annually. according TO Germany's ca :
pacity to pay, but capable of yielding
an enormous amount in thirty years.
would be capable equally of being used
| to render Germany impotent in Eu-
| ropean competition.
Lloyd Georges position is difficult.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-09
On Sale at Principal Newsstands

dealer has already sold his supply ask him
write direct the pubihA W. Shaw either Wabash
Madison Chicago Madison
SYSTEM regularly will be billed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15

Grand Trunk, Maine Central and the
Bangor & AroostookN lines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
Boston, Ind.

Miss Bernice Urton OF Richmond
visited Miss Mildred Jenkinson sun
day . Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. Beard and
daughter. Mary, motored to Colleee
Corner Sunday. :. George Johnson OF
Losantsville spent Sunday night Win
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnson. Mr..
and Mrs Charles Kennedy and little
daughter, Mae, Of Peru. motored here
Sunday and spent the night with Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Piper en- route to West
Virginia, for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. Dom Robinson and daughter have
returned home from De Long. Ind,
after a two weeks visit with relatives
-. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Benner Of
New Paris, O., were guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Benner last week. :. Mr..
and Mrs. VIII Porterfield and daugh-
ter. Lucille, motored to Cincinnati Mon
gene Canon, Mrs. A. H. Piper and
Monday. >. Mr.. and Mrs. William Sim
ons and daughter, Viola. shopped In
Richmond Monday. Mrs. John Dru.
ley and Mrs. Charles Battlefield arc
visiting in Cincinnati. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Bosworth Of Cincinnati visited
with relatives. E. Mr.. and Mrs. n. +.
Gabbe.'t and son. Gayle. and Herbert
I7cttt.ns / l..utOred 20 Bedford, la. Ior
weeks visit with friends. go. Miss
Grace Pottenger has returned home
after attending summer school at OK
ford, o.. Ray Davis visited friends
at Clay City, Ind, for the past week
-. Mrs. Alph Kulter, Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Kilgus and son attended the wed.
ding of Miss Bertha Kilgus and Carl
Miller at Richmond Thursday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
Glen HAS BECOME PICNIC PLACE
FOR COUNTY and CENTRAL WEST

damned there for the benefit of the
children who wish to wade CoavDe
sand and few large round rocks now
form the brook bed and already a
number Of children have taken advan.
tage Of the opportunity to get their
feet into tho clear II somewhat my
water. On Tuesday from five to tam
small boys and an occasional little
girl occupied the brook all day.
Remarkable six by ten inch boats
and other Injuries can be used here
and doubtless this brook has add I'd
much to the attractiveness of the park
among the younger set.
Two hundred feet Of brick curts ng
has recently been put in along para OF
the deer park road, widening the drAge-
way and making it much safer tbr
pedestrians and autoists.
Animals Popular.
OF never ending JOY. too, Is the Wild
animal department, Torrents and D,p-
pies Of laughter ascend from the be-
witched groups Of kids who stood
around the Red Fox cage on Thlars-
day.
The bright baby foxes took it into
their heads to tustle over a discarded
peafowl feather which some mischaev-
GUS one had pushed into their cage,
and their antics were an exceGon
vaudeville show.
Passing on to the boot owls, the
kids stood in subdued admiration Of
the wisdom portrayed in the wiso old
faces. One Of the meanest things
which the young visitors do, is the az
gravation and fermentation which
they thrust upon the squawkang
parrots.
Although other of the park zoo
animals have their own charm, ind
bring ipterested groups Of visitors to
watch their antics, no family has any
thing on the monkeys. The park SUI
perintendent has had to bring benches
from all parts of the grounds to &C
commodate the crowds who want to
Just sit and watch 'em act like
folks"
The older ringtail and his two
months younger pal have found their
way into the hearts Of thousands OF
people during the past season, and
their season" is not over yet.
The Glen green houses are the best
in any part in this part of the coun-
try, Hollarn thinks. Recently some
hot beds accommodating as many
plants as any one of the houses have
also been added to the flower depart
ment.
About the first of October the chry-
santheum exhibits in the main green
house viii 30 ready and visitors VII
be welcome at any time to see the
flowers, which are expected to be es-
pecially beautiful. The E. G. Hill COM
pany has given over 800 flag Cris)
plants to the park and these are being
planted south of the bear pits, in a
space which has never been decorated
before.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
Waterloo, Ind.

Paul Garrett and wife and Chester
School and wife attended the New
castle fair Wednesday,. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Rutherford entertained the fol-
lowing guests at dinner Sunday: Wal
ter Rutherford and family of near Cen
terville, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Weiser.. Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Cald-
well and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dickson
and John Squires were calling on
friends at Mays Station. Ralph Farr
and wife were entertained at the home
of Basil Bell and family Sunday.
Mrs. Ralph Farr and Mrs. Homer Cal
loway were shoppers in Connersville
Tuesday,. Mrs. J. F. Lyons is spend
ing a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Bertsch, of Centerville.
-. Mrs. Estella Henry and sons,
Frank Snyder and family and Emmett
Fiant and wife motored to Cincinnati
Sunday and spent the day. Mr.. and
to their home in Logansport, after
spending several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Watt. :. Thurman Geise
and wife of Brownsville, called on For
rest Caldwell and wife Monday eve
ming. The Ladies Aid society and
Womans' Home Missionary society of
the Robinson Chapel Methodist church
held their annual meeting Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Carl
Carter. The time spent piecing and
Quiltmaking.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
FORD GETS SIX CENTS
DAMAGES IN SUIT

Mt. Clemens, Mich, Aug. ia jury
last night awarded Henry Ford 6 cents
damages against the Chicago Daily
Tribune for calling him an anarchist.
The jury had been hearing testimony
and arguments for three months In MI.
Fords 100000 libel suit against the
Tribune, which had characterized him
as an anarchist" in an editorial con-
corning his alleged pacifst tendencies
Orvy Hulett, foreman OF the jury.
said that it took nine ballots that
can remember" The first one, &C
cording to Leonard Measel, another
Juror, stood s to 4 in favor Of award
ing Mr. Ford some damages.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15

!. Boston and Maine strikers, who
voted early in the week. we're said to
oppose going back until their griev-
ances had been adjusted, but there
were indications that the New Haven
men favored the adoption of President
Wilson's recommendation for an i'm
mediate return.
Strike leaders announced that a
vote to return would send the men
back to their places Saturday, but that
majority expression to the contrary
would add to the crescent railroad tie
up by bringing out the shopmen and
mechanics of the Central Vermont,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
Simple Funeral Service
Is Held for Carnegie

LENOX, Mass, Aug. 15.-Funeral
services for Andrew Carnegie took
place Thursday at Shadow Brook. his
summer home in the Berkshires. There
was no eulogy and there were no
pallbearers.
The service was as simple as were
the tastes and habits of the man In
life. At least one half of the GO per
sons present were members Of the
Carnegie household. The others were
close friends Of the family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
JAPAN REFUSES TO AID.

TOXIC, Aug. 15.-It has been
learned that the Japanese government,
after mature dehberation both by the
Cabinet and the diplomatic advisory
council, has informed the government
of Admiral Kolchak that Japan is un-
able to accede to its request to send
several divisions of troops to assist
Kolchak in the war against the Bolshe-
Wiki
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
ARLINGTON TO PLAY GIANTS

ARLINGTON, Ind, Aug. l5.-Abing-
toms newly organized baseball team
Will play the Connersvine Giants, a
colored team. here next Sunday.
Castleman. former A. B.,C. star will
pitch fol, the Giants.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
Kills PeSky
Bed Bugs
P.D.Q.

Two ounce box OF P. D. O. makes a
ruJ quart Of the best bug killer on
earth. Better than a barrel Of old-fash-
toned bug-killer
p. D. @. (Pesky Devils Quietus). kills
,,ts I2-centimetre shell. 1t settles
oedbugs. fleas. reaches. ants and chick
en- lice, and not only kills the live pests.
but the eggs as well.
p D. a. won't injure clothing. car
nets. curtains, draperies or wall paper.
TRY it on the dog and see the fleas flop.
Your druggist has 1t or can get 1t for
10, AZ DIV
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15
Traffic Conditions In
Ecst Depend on Vote
(By Associated Pressl

BOSTON, Aug. 15.-Traffio condi-
lions on the New England railroads
after today will depend largely on the
count on ballots cast by mechanics
and shopmen who struck last Thurs.
day and Friday for increased wages.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15

The British milling industry has
started campaign of technical educa-
ton.
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-08-07
AMERICANS KILLED
BY MEy|CANS, 217
LANSING REPORTS TO THE
SENATE THAT U. S. CITIZENS
HAVE 942 DAMAGE CLAIMS.
carranza's Elimination Only Remedy,
House Rules Committee Is Inform
ed by Gates. Damages Asked
Because of Depredations.

Washington.-Two hundred and sew
enteen American citizens have been
killed in Mexico since the end of the
regime of Porfirio Diaz on May 20.
1911, the senate was informed 10y Sec
rotary Lansing in response to reSo-
luton by Senator King. Democrat.
Utah. Claims filed by American cit
liens asking damages because of Mex
lean depredations during the time have
totaled 942, Mr.. Lansing said
Regarding Il request in the reSolU-
ton that the secretary inform the sen
ute regarding the number of citizens
OF other countries who have been killed
in Mexico. the secretary said this list
was not complete, but that inStruc-
tons had been issued TO American dip
lomatic representatives in the southern
republic asking them TO attempt To OBJ
tain this information
Accompanying Mr.. Lansing'S letter
was a table compiled by the state de-
partment. showing the nature and
amount of the various claims filed
Claims for damages To property were
7772, of which lis specified no amount.
The other claims totaled So, $50, so
Claims growing out of the killing of
American citizens totaled seventy
three, of which twenty-five stated no
amount of damages. The others, how
ever, carried claims of S2.3l7.375.
Elimination of President Carranza
"with the least damage possible" is the
only solution of the Mexican prob
lem" the house rules committee was
told today by William Gates, an arch
aeOlOgiSt Of Baltimore.
Mr. Gates said Henry Z. Fletcher.
the American ambassador 10 Mexico.
realized that Carranza was "impOs-
sible," and added that the ambassador
had not obtained the real facts in the
Mexican situation for President Viii
son.
Reiterating his charge that the Car
rama government existed without con-
stitutional right, Mr.. Gates said the
new constitution drafted since Carran-
"a came into power had not been rat
flied by the number of states which
its terms provide shall ratify it.
The witness also presented a docu-
ment from military chieftains in the
state of Oaxaca calling upon other
Mexican states to join movement OPP
posing Carranza.
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-08-07
OSCAR LAWLER IS
BOMB PLOT VICTIM
RESIDENCE OF PROSECUTOR IN
LOS ANGELES DESTROYED
LAWLER AND WIFE VICTIMS.
Police Discover Evidence of Deliberate
Plan at Murder.-Oragnet Is Cast
for iscreants.-Attorney Has
Even Chance to Recover.

Los Angeles.-Revenge for the part
he played in the prosecution of Il group
of dynamiters in the middle west sew
eral years ago was assigned 10y the
police here as the probable motive for
an attempt on the life of Oscar Law
Ter. former assistant attorney general
of the United States. Mr.. LAWYERS
home was practically destroyed by
hOmb and subsequent fire here early
sunday and he and Mrs Lawler both
seriously burned and otherwise in
jured.
According to information gathered
10y the police, Il man driving an auto
mobile stopped in front of the Lawler
residence ut NewhampShire street and
Wiltshire boulevard. in an exclusive
residential district.
He dropped something. leaped into
the car and rapidly drove away. An
explosion followed almost immediate
ly. The house burst into flames. Mr..
I.awler. his wife and one child were
trapped within. William lacy. an from
master, and Ed Puford. who were
driving pass the house, hurriedly oh
tanned ladder and rescued Oscar
LAWYER. j.. five-year-old.
Mr. Lavler dragged his wife to
window AMI in the midst of flames.
lowered her from an upper story I'M
til her feet touched an awning over
a window to the ground
They We're removed to the Sisters
hospital.
Two othe.s of the three Lawler
children, Charles and Jane, were out
of the city. visiting at the ranch of
Dan Murphy the oil producer at Peb-
hly Beach.
The Lawler home was a large brick
and frame structure in the fashionable
Wiltshire district in the west part of
the city.