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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

sand horsepower. We may need that
sort of thing and all the knowledge that
can be obtained through fights like that
of yesterday if there is ever another
great war.
Ludendorff in his book says nothing of
the plans to fire Washington, Philadel-
pha and New York. But information in
the possession of the authorities at
Washington indicates that the Germans
had some such plan and that an air
assault on Atlantic coast cities was to
have been the last great gesture prece-
dent to a German triumph. The scheme
was abandoned but no one seems to be
sure whether this was because the Ger
mans lost heart or because they were
made aware of reprisals that were in
preparation for them.
A new poison gas was developed in
this country and it was so terrible that
the Allies rcflained from using it either
in France or Belgium. That gas killed
everything. 1t killed even the soil and
left it barren forever 1t is said by those
who knew much about the allied plans
that German cities would have been del
uged with it after the first attempt to
start fires in allied cities. Airplanes or
Zeppelins were the means that the Ger
mans seemingly intended to use in the
last try for victory and, Of course. it
was gas-laden airplancs that they
learned to fear
- Even the rumor of such methods of
warfare is adequate to suggest the pur-
pose of the vast game that was played
all over the sky yesterday while the dis
tracted country was applauding the
comeback of Pat Moran.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10
HAZlNG AT ANNAPOLIS

TIAZING such as has been practiced at
= various times at West Point and An
napolis is stupid, silly and cruel.
Apropos of the mysterious poisoning
at the Naval Academy of Henry G.
Wetherstine, of Germantown, Secretary
Daniels promises that, if necessary, he
will take drastic action to exterminate a
pestiferous, brutal practice. The secre-
tary takes the right attitude and yet it
ought not to be needfu for him to inter-
fere. The preservation of discipline at
Annapolis is the direct function of the
management.
A superintendent who is unable to
combat hazing that conflicts with the
regulations of the institution is unfit for
khis post A confession of Incompetence
,is always implied when the subject is
carried to a higher jurisdiction.
The present situation is somewhat OBJ
scare. One "middy" is reported to have
slashcd his chest with knife, another
had nervous breakdown" another has
slowed poison. If hazing is respon-
a. for these hectic c&neidences yigor-
4 c&t<ps to end il foref should at once
M Ii hazing nothiag to Do
'-' zlr K : y, = adaM Qn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10
Interview With a Publisher

TIME DISH spares no pains to present to
l. its clients the news that really matters,
and when one of our outposts informed us
that Mr.. Russell Doubleday, the New York
nuhlisher. was in town, it was the matter
Of a n,omept to assign one of our bright
Young men to the task of finding and inter-
viewing him.
When a New York publisher prizes himself
loose from the mahogany desks and Circas-
san walnut filing cases of the Gotham lit
erarv mill and takes the long trek to Phila-
delphia, something must be stirring in the
local book world.
NrR. DOUBLEDAY was discovered am
W1 bulating hopefully along Walnut street,
looking for a small by way near Twelfth
where. he had been told, Philadelphia au-
tbors gather about the lunch hour. A re-
porter recognized him by his air of charm
inc natience CthOse who deal with authors
acouire this) and, pretending to be a writer,
induced him to talk All down the quiet
little street resounded the merry clash of
crockery. as Philadelphia well fed artists
and authors foundered among their soups
and rOasts.
uDLEASE don't ask me whether j have
L read Mr.. Newtons Amenities of Book
Collecting, " said Mr.. Doubleday nervously
Everybody in Philadelphia asks me that
In the old DAYS it used to- be Have you
tasted scrapple?' One Of the sad features
Of a bublisher's life IL that he is kept SO
busy with manuscripts that he has little time
for reading books haven't read il vet.
insAVDNHR We Acceb IS 4sse!sS. es',,x
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10
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Crime UnspeCifed

The state welfare
Crime Unspeciied commission seeking
rent proiitcprS has dis
covered 1900 or more vacant houses that are
being held for sale. The man who keeps a
house unoccupied so that he may sell it un-
hampcred by lease may be guilty of some
offense against the moral law, but his offense
is assuredy not that of proftcering.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10
Nor Old Tom

Among the matters to
Nor Old Tom be discussed at the
world cotton confer
eence which opens in New Orleans next Mon
day is the improvement of ginning. We
have it on competent authority, however
that it is a matter in which the celebrated
Colonel Hickey is not at all interested
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10
THE CROSS-COUNTRY AIR RACE
is A QUEST AFTER KNOWLEDGE
The Army Is Following the Navy's Ex-
ample in Extensive Experiments
With Aerial Navigation

UNLESS aviators go hunting each
- other they are seldom killed above
the ground. The air is pretty kind to its
conquerors. So long as their wings sus
tain them they are safe. 1t is almost as
easy to get away from the land as it is
to leave home OF a good job or a state Of
happness-and about as difficult to re-
turn. And it is in getting back to the
indispensable earth that fiers are killed
or broken up.
British anmen made toast while the
war was on which revealed as clearly as
anything could this chief concern of their
kind. 1t was solemnly pronounced in
honor of any guest who happened in
from the skies and il was spoken as
sort of brisk benediction in farewells to
the men who went out looking for sub
marines in the North sea or aloft to
awful duels mile or two over the lines
These two words, like a vivid fragment
of a sonnet, were all that the flying men
needed to express their conception of the
full sum of human happiness, the reward
of virtue and all that is desirable in this
life:
"Hdppy iandiugs"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

Nature has way of making man
find time for n vacation, but it isn't way
in which he finds much enjoyment. Admiral
Grayson has heard few remarks on the
subject during the last few days
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

The city market COM
Old ii. c. of l.. mission is planning
Still Grinning Q IL food store on the
cafeteria plan, with
Emergency Aid workers as unpaid clerks.
1t will reduce prices, of course--to the extent
of clerk hire and the profit the government
is willing to forgo. But it will solve no
problems.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

Blood is selling at $50 the half pint at
the University of Pennsylvania. Another
illustration of the law of supply and demand.
Anemic patients need the fluid and the stu
dents need the kale.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

Chinese women are said to be becom
ing a power in politics in their country.
Now that they no longer bind their feet
they feel that there is nothing to prevent
them from running for office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

1t is the boast of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers that
it has never broken a contract. 1t is a
record that any trades union should be
proud to hold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

The ratification of the peace treaty by
the king of Italy was, it would now appear,
merely gesture. The punch will come when
the Italian Parliament gets after it in De-
cember.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

"'Come sevenr' cries the Public Service
Railway Corporation of New Jersey. But
nobuddy kin tell how dem bones is a-gwine
t. roll.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

The fact that the price has been cut to
twenty five cents a pound is indication that
the City Market Commission has mo desire
to save its bacon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

1 On what date does Halloween fall?
Q. What overt act of war does Germany
falsely accuse France of having COM
mitted in order to justify the Berlin
Governments declaration of war
against France in 1914?
3. What is a medcaster?
4. What is simile?
K Which one of the seeded states was the
first to be reSdmitted to the Union
after the Civil War?
G. What is sisal?
7. Which was Mark Twain's native state?
8. Who first popularized the classification
of people as "bromides'' and "sul-
phites"?
0. Which is the higher diplomatic rank,
minister or ambassador?
TO- When w&s the Democratic party also
called Republican?
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
/. General Allenby commanded the victo-
rious British forces in Palestine in the
war;
Q. The abbreviation for hundredweight is
cwt.
2. The metaphorcal name for the London
Times is 'The Thunderer.'
4 John Brown, of Ossawatomie, was exc
cuted on the charge of treason, con-
spring and advising with slaves and
others to rebel, and of murder in the
first degree"
s. Poetaster; paltry poet
g. The real name of Mercator, the Flemish
photographer, is Gerhard Kremer.
7. Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
&. Hans Memling was a celebrated painter
of Bruges. He died in 1494 u
o. The principal commanders on the AmsXe
ican side In the Mexican war
1R40 184S were Generals ZachaH
Taylor and Winfield Scott
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

Three more Delaware river bridges have
been freed from tolls. The toll house and the
saloon are going into limbo together.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

Before we had the bare figures. The
election court has clothed them with au-
thority.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

Congressman appear to have but a dick
ering interest in the pleas of the moving
picture men to have the war tax repealed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

Participants in the industrial confer
ence's battle royal are still sparring for
wind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10
FOSTER AND COMPERS
Thoughtful Analysis Of the Personali'
ties and Viewpoints Of Two Anti
thetiesl Labor Leader Types
BY CLINTON w. GILBERT


Washington, Oct. 10.
"ENNEN our great leader Mr.. Gompcrs.
- whose services during the war were so
splendid, has been lambasted for his part in
this strike
1t was William u. Foster speaking be
fore Senator Kenyon's committee on cdu
cation and labor, which was investigating
the steel strike.
lie turned defcrentially to Mr.. Gompcrs.
the chief of the American Federation of
Labor. who sat three seats away among the
senators, like "A senator himself. 1t was
the radicaiism of the American labor move
mcnt Shcltcring itself behind the mighty
person of Mr.. Gompers. 1t proved what has
been perfectly obvious since the steel strike
promised to fail-that Mr.. Gompcrs is just
as indispensable to radicalism in labor as he
is to conservatism wherever located lie
is the moderator. Labor must wear the
Hompers front no matter what elements are
in its ranks
And business generally, at least business
as represented by the last four adminstra
tions. has realized that it can make its best
bargain with Mr.. Gompers even though it
does scold him when he is forced to talk
radically to satisfy his radical followers or
to appear to give approval of some Of their
impatient notions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-10

TT WAS II triumphant moment for Mr.
Gompcrs when Mr.. Foster sheltered him
self behind him. The ambitious young men
who were tired of Mr.. Gompcrs's slow ways
were confcSsing that they must build anew
IF the present strike fails" said Mr.
Foster. I'VE shall start again and con
struct bigger movement and have "A bigger
strike. one that cannot fail"
All that takes time. and time is the cS-
scncc of the Gompers policy. as of all polit-
cal policies,
You might have expected to see smile of
satisfaction on Mr.. Gompers's face But
Mr.. GompersS face does not record his
emotions. The face of Gompers regarded
Foster fXedly as Foster paid this tribute
and with a changeless expression.
The face of Foster was an utter contrast
Foster is young. He has not vet learned
to compromise. He is taking his first lessons
in compromise since this strike began. He
took another one before the Senate com
mittce, and found it difficult. He compro-
misses as naturally truthful person lies
with pain written all over his countenancp
The Foster face masks nothing. If its
owner ever rises to the place of Mr. Gompprs
in the indefinite future. just postponed, he
will have to develop his mask. His face
is intellectual. 1t is passionate.
Primarily Foster is interested in ideas
Primarily Gompers is interested in prac-
tice.
You can have enthusiasm over ideas. in
youth especially. You cannot over prac
ticc. Ideas come forth to the surface and
mark the viSage. Practice does not if if
is effective practice.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Manager is Mystified.

General Manager Lenders, who was
at the plant a few minutes after the
explosion, would advance no theory
as to its cause. Others said it was n
dust explosion. An engineer who was
blown out of the building said he be
iieyed the boiler had exploded.
The loss will run into the hundred
OF thousands of dollars.
Every window in the central par.
OF the city was blown out. Chimneys
caved in on families at the supper tn
Die and several persons were serious.
iy hurt.
Guests in the dining rooms of no
tells were thrown from their seats
A Chicago travelling man seated in
the Magnus hotel was blown from
his seat and his nose was cut almos5
off.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Wood in Demand.

The unique timber Of Turkey ana a
Few other localities-the fine, hard.
grained, compact lockwood so much
priced for engravingS, rules, etc, is
now so scarce that the forest products
laboratory in Wisconsin is seeking
American substitutes only the Florida
lockwood and the wahoo of Arkansas
ana other parts Of the South approach
Dearly. Other hardwcods suitable for
some Of the coarser uses include mas
ne, torchWo0d, witch hnzel. great rho
H"GeHdf0n, mountain laurel, th0rnap-
pie aud yellow buckevc.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Hair Often Ruined
BY Washing With Scan

Soap should be used very carefully u
you want to keep your hair LOOKING ;ts
best. Most soaps and prepared sian ~.
poos contain TOO much alkali The
dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle
and ruins it. ''''''
Inc best thing for steady use is inc,
Ordinary mulsifed cocoanut oil (Which
IS pure and greaseless), and is better bette.
,han the most expensive soap or anv.
thing else you can use. " any,
:, One or two teaspoonfuls will cleans.
tne mar and scalp thoroughly. SimnIv
noiSten the hair with water and rub :
IN 1t makes an abundance OF r;cb
creamy iather, which rinses out easily
removing every particle of dust. dirt
GandruH and excessive oil. The hair
nries quickly and evenly. and il leaves
the scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to
manage ~
fou can get mulsifed cocoanut oil AZ
any pharmacy, its very cheap. and a few
ounces WIN supply every member Of the
family for months, '
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
BOY LIES HIMSELF
INTO NAVY THEN HE
CRIES HIMSELF OUT

Spin gHold. H.. May 23.-lt appaI-
emily was an easy task for Leo Ed
ward Williams, although under age.
to get into the navy. He "fbbedn
little here and there and the recruit.
ing officer at Springfield sent him
along. But after q few months snlp
ahoying he regretted his perfdy. The
gualms OF Leo's conscience hurt him
so much he finally confessed his du.
pIicity He told officers he wanted to
20 home and was through with the
Jolly tar life Investigation was made
ANA the boys confession proven true
II was disclosed Williams lied" him.
self into the navy, mourning a peni-
Tertiary sentence. Whether he viii
be prosecuted zt!l remains to be seer.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
20 Bodies Found.


The loss Of life cannot be deter
mined as yet, but twenty bodies were
removed within half an hour.
Scores of persons on the streets
and about the works were injured bv
flying wreckage and broken glass.
Windows in the business district
were blown in and people in office
buildings cut by flying glass.
AT s O'Clock last night cries were
still heard from the drying room Of
the starch plant. The fire was so
Intense that it was impossible for the
firemen to cut their way in.
Several overseas soldiers volun-
teered to get into the building and do
what they could, but were driven back
by the flames.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23

April &C. 1918. StaRi Yurguus &w
to Martin Senica &w same. $3.50.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
En- Joyment Spoiia5

'i'IIe girls mother had lust bonobt
heF bright red coat which She b,d
never Worn. There being deatb il
the family her mother dressed her
ana decided it not best 10 weor. -,,h
btlshI coat, 50 put on an Old bio,.s
one AS the child noticed this she ha.
gan TO cry ana said. "If cant ,,aor
MY new red coat 1 sure went Laye a
good time Mt the funeral"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23

Inc pearl is the only jewel worn az
nature formed 1t. All the precious
S'ohes--dIamonds rubies. eupralds
ana the rest-haye 10 be cut before
uiey can be Worn But the pearl is
worn just as it Is taken from the oys.
ter shell, II is among the most AN.
Gent Of jewels.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
q q g q g g g .
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
sssS<s aAs s<xS =

May -, 1918, Arthur Kruger &w
to Jacob Mayor &w ms By Marquette
St addition La Sale 81.
May IT, 1919, sanislaus Kempen &
w to Edwin J. < Anna G. LeHtl It's
a and 3 bis Western addition, Peru.
$4,000.
May 8, 1919, John G. Bartloskewsli
&w to William A Coleman ely I'll b.
Marquette st. addition, La Sale. 81
SO.
April g. 1919. StaRi Yurgutis &w
to Martin Senica &w same $3.50
April Is 1918 Pauline Mmson to
George Dordan ct al lt5 b4 Broadway
3rd addition, Streator. 1928.
May H. 1913 George H. Hrrlburt
&w 10 Martin Chrstopherson Its to
6 6j4 Bowe's Bird addition, Sheridan.
$l,40Q.
May q 1918 Celina Leroy to John
& Anna Demko It's b1 Barlow & Ess-
ington's sub &c Streator. 500
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
70 KILLED, SCORES.
INJURED IN IOWA.
CITY STARCH BLAST
CEDAR RAPIDS PLANT TURNED
INTO SETTLING CALDRON
WHEN MYSTERIOUS BLAST
FIRES BUILDING.

Cedar Rapids, May 23.-A score o
persons We're killed and a hundred
injured by the explosion at the Doug
las Starch Works late last night.
OF the 150 men and boys who had
just gone TO work on the night shift
few escaped injury or death.
The loss in the fire that followed
is S3,000,001.
Following the explosion fire
broke out, which Travelled to all parts
of the works and soon was beyond
control
The cause OF the explosion is an.
known, but ii is thought to be either
a boiler explosion or spontaneous
combustion.
Many employees were in the works
al the time
Many We're buried beneath the
wreckage and are being removed to
hospitals.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Chicago Man Hurt.

D. H. Boorman of Chicago wa.
blown through the window of his
motel and suffered cuts and br,lisaq
FRANK Sodoma was taken out O,
Inc plant alive. His legs were blown
OH He begged the crowd to XIII
him.
j. S, Han, president of the Han
Manufacturing Company, was stand
ing in the Magnus hotel when the
explosion came He suffered serioue
cuts and bruises
Al O'Clock tonight it was said thar
the vacuum was not turned on M
starch driers which caused the dus,
20 accumulate. Another theory wa
mat some person was smoking in thn
building.
no eiiort was made TO estimate the
loss tonight, but it was said that Il
"oaid be several hundreds of thon-
SANDS OF dollars. Just how much in.
sofance is carried is not known
The front Of the city hall and tbo
!. Al, G. a. building were shattered
iieket sellers in picture tbeafarr
We're injured by falling glass
All water mains were cut Inv tho
ioree or the explosion and it wac inn.
possible to fight the flames.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-26

Harvey Phelps was kicked by on
of his horses early in the week an
was badly famed up.
Rev. Arthur Gregg has been i
Burlington the past week attending
! the meetings of the lnter-churc
World Movement.
| Mrs. Fred Quimby, Mrs. George |
Brown and Mrs. liza J. Albee ant
Mary Robie were recent visitors il
St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Ellen Bishop of ST. John bu ,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. X. II
IIaZelton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Frencl
spent Saturday in st. JohnSbury.
At the meeting Of the Red eros:
Wednesday it was decided not tt
have any more meetings at the room,
for work and the unfinished work o.!
hand was divided up among the Ia
dies TO finish up.
There will be a quilting party at
TIE home of Mrs. f. b. Chase Tues
day afternoon under the auspices OF
the Ladies' Missionary society. A
quilt that the ladies have becn max
inc is to be quilted.
Thursday evening the second en-
tcrtainmcnt Of moving pictures will
be given at town hall. 1t will begin
at Il quarter to eight Oh account of a
dance 1t Odd Fellows hall that night
Wednesday evening there will be Il
Thanksgiving service at the parson-
age to which all are cordially invited
to attend
Miss Amanda Quimby was in town
recently spending several davs visit
ing frienrs and renewing old ac-
quaintances.
Saturday p. M, there was an auc-
ton at the Bollow Block when Da-
vid Adams and others sold house
hold stuff. The block was put up
but was not sold. Martin Turner
bought the piece of land owned by
David Adams upon the East Ban net
road above r. p. Robes pasture.
Elmer Roy of st. Johnsbuly was
a recent visitor in Barnet.
Schools are closed and will open
again after Thanksgiving. Miss
Johnson will spend her vacatio at her
home in Brandon and Miss Randall
in Sheffield
Rev. Arthur Gregg was recent
visitor in Fitchburg, Mass.
Thursday Martin Turner had an
auction of cows and hourses at his
place below the village.
Benz. Galley recently had his fine
herd of Jerseys tested and 10 cows
were condemned.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-26
Coolidge for President

Mr.. Gridlcy, the well-known
Windsor manufacturer presents in
strong language the name of Gov
Coolidge of Massachusetts, for pres
ident, and though this is not the first
time his name has been mentioned
Vcrmonters are already rallyilG to
his standard. Gov. Coolidge has dem
onstrated by his attitude in the po-
lice strike that he can be depended
upon in any crisis and he stands for
Americanism OF the highest type.
Massachusetts and Vermont are
united in urging his candidacy, and
if the other New England states will
fall into line their united support
will go long ways towards landing
the nomination. 1t was because New
England was divided in the past that
two chances were lost for securing q"
New England preside lt-once when
our own Senator Edmunds was Il
stron gcandidatc and when Thomas
B. Reed of Maine was in the field.
Gov. Cooli'l"c would make splendid
party lcale. ii The campaign of 1920.