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The Newark journal., 1920-12-02
NEW PLAN TO GET
 REVENUE FOR ROADS
Highway Commission Would Tax Autos According to
 Horsepower & Weight

A plan for obtaining revenue for road maintenance in Ark ansas through the taxing of automobiles and motor trucks according to horsepower ana gross weight or capacity, will be recommended to the state legislature for consideration by Chairman W. B. Owen of the State Highway Commission in his biennial report.
 The present system of lieens- ing automobiles and trucks, Mir Owen declares, is mani festly negotiable, inasmuch as the owner of light roadster is forced to pay as much as the owner of a heavy truck. The light car takes practically nothing from the roads or streets it traverses, while the heavy truck is the greatest des- tructive factor with which highway forces have to con- tend.
 Arkansas, Mr. Owens points out, is one of the only five states in the country still hay- ing a flat automobile license rate. The others are Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota.
 4Ir. Owens plan would pro- ] vide for the building of roads with the usual funds, after which the automobile license fees would be looked for to
 maintain the highways. In his report, Mr. Owens deals with the plan only in general, but in making public this part of the report he said he had worked out a plan on more technical basis that would provide for l the distribution of automobile license funds according to the cost and kind of road combin- ed with the amount of traffic handled by them.
 MT. Owens declares that the ] present three-mill road tax, provided by law for road main- tenance, if all collected, would furnish only $1,760,000 to be distributed over 52,000 miles of public roads in the state and would properly maintain only 5000 miles of road, leaving nothing with which to main tain the other 46,000 miles.
 The federal aid law, under which Arkansas has received more than $4,000,000 for road i building during the last five years, MT. Owen points out, provides that the roads on which the money is expended must be properly kept up. In the event the state is negligent in this matter the state will face the possibility of having other federal aid refused in the future.
 There will probably not be the flood of local road legisla- tion in the coming session of the legislature that there was in the last session, but the road problem is a vital one in Ark ansas and must be dealt with in some manner.
The Newark journal., 1920-12-02
NO SPECIAL SESSION

Gov. Trough has announced that there will be no more special sessions of the legisla- tare during his term of office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

fore be had everything turned over to
his keeping, which meant he had the
responsibility Of cxpending 500, 1000 to
500 900, the approximate annual cost
Of maintaining the school system.
"Hanson may have fooled. members
Of the board, but he didn't fool me-
read him as soon as ] saw him and IN
glad / discontinued my connections with
the board before the break came. They
seemed to think the sun rose and set
in him and allowed him to do most
anything he wanted
Mayor Lippincott, OF Haddonfeld, +,
said he was positive that there twas
something being covered up 10 corincc
ton with the case.
IF the board has sustained any loss
through this man" he declared. "it is
my opinion that the members will make
up the shortage from their own pockets
in order to back their original Judgment
in the face of opposition at the time
they selected Hanson to fill the princi :
palship.
"The board has not taken me into
its confidence, but there is something
else to this matter than mere type
writer's. Something must have hap
pened at the meeting of the board when
Hanson fed, because n member OF the
board who happened into my office the
next day was all broken up over the
matter. He was not a man to get dis
turbed over typewriters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
COL. CUMMINGS
FLIES TO BERLIN
PhiIadelphian Takes Plane From
Hamburg When Revolt
Stops Trains
SON WITH HIM ON TRIP

An airplane fight Of 175 miles from
Hamburg to Berlin was made Saturday
by Colonel ]. Howell Cummings and his
son, when these Philadelphians learned
other means of transportation through
Germany had been tied up by the revo q
luton, states cablegram received to-
day. In both cities street fighting has
been reported.
Word of the trip reached here today.
In telling Of the fight, Colonel Cum
mipgs explained he took the only means
Of reaching Berlin in time to Keep an
important business engagement. The
Elbe river was followed on the trip,
The cable was sent from Berlin Sat
urday night and received here by the
John 3. Stetson Co., of which Colonel
Cummings is president. II is not known
who piloted the plane, although It was
possible IL was controlled by Colonc
Cummings's son, J. Howell Cummings
Jr.. who was senior lieutenant in the
aviation branch Of the naval service
during the war. Colonel Cummings
made several flights with his son in
| this country.
The Cummings sailed from New York
February 81. for Europe to investigate
the raw material market for hatters
| fur abroad. They are expected to re.
turn within month. They first went
to England. and then into France ant
Belgium. Before the receipt Of the
cable today, they were last heard from
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
NO CUT IS MADE
IN COST OF SHOES
Dealers Say They Don't Make 8
Per Cent Profit, Set
as Maximum.
DECLARE GAINS ARE SMALL

Those who had expected reduction
in the price Of shoes today. following
Fair price Commissioner McClain :
statement that 3 per cent profit would
be the maximum allowed dealers, were
disappointed
Dealers ore of the unanimous opinion
that not only will there be no reduction
at this time. but that there can be none
until the wholesale prices are reduced.
Factory prices quoted for fall styles are
higher than the cost prices of shoes now
in stock. the shoe men say.
Net profits of from forty five to scv e
enty five cents on pair of shoes were
declared TO be what the retail dealer
is making today.
II do not see how prices can come
down now." said David Strumpf, presi d
dent of the Philadelphia Retail Shoe
Dealers Association. Factories are
showing goods for next fall and whole
sale prices nrc ali higher.
Prices will come down only when
the price Of leather comes down. rs the
fair price commission knows very well
Leather and not labor Is the problem
I am sure that tho retail dealers o
Philadelphia will sell as close as possible
to help Mr.. McClain cut prices"
A. II. Geuting said that a cut il
present prices was impossible now. HC
said Philadelphia dealers would be glat
if they could make Z per cent net
profit. He charged that alleged in
stances of high profits were in isolated
cases and not illustrative OF genera
conditions in the shoe trade.
"As a member of the advisory com
mittee. named to assist the ia ir price
committee. regretted to read state
ments that radical price cut would b.
made in shoes beginning today.
mo such result can possibly b'
Forthcoming. While the shoe retailer
have agreed to mark their shoes q
conform to general scale, and whil
this scale will necessitatc price change
here and there, there cannot be an!
radical reduction in the price of shoe
SO far as the retailers are concerned.
"The best available figures show tha
| the average shoe retailer in Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania makes net profit OF
| SO pair of shoes of approximatel'
sixty five to seventy five cents. IT the,
gave all this profit away and did thei
business without making cent, TN
would be the greatest reduction tn
shoe retailers could offer the public.
az was stated in one paper that
certain store was making 145 per cen
profit on pair of shoes. | found tina
this store had a shoe it was selling u
$3.50. The old cost of this shoe ha
been $3.50, but the replcnlshing' hat
cost S14.75. Federal Investigators re
ported the $3.50 price, ignoring tn
latest cost price to the retailer.
Several other shoe men said thei
prices were well within the percentage
| nIl nj hn did npt Nyhnra If wl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
house COMPAN|E
|EDVOCATEDBYROTH
assistant Welfare Director
Urges Corporations to Finance
Building to Relieve Shortage
NARE WOULD JOIN IN PLAN
|Ho,u Roth and Vare
Look on Housing Plan

Colonel George r. Rotli-"Sens.
,or Ware could help to relieve the
tsusing situation in South Philadel-
phia by forming a corporation to
Ebuild model tenements in that dis
,rict Such corporations could be
formed for other parts of the city
also by men willing to stand n loss
n reaction in real estate values
comes in the fall"
Senator Vare-'I would go in
With others to- form corporation of
that sort. | am not n builder, but I
An not as timid as some other people.
n builders who became wealthy by
erecting blocks Of houses could be
persuaded now to put up rows of
houses at present costs and sell them
at cost it would be a good act on
their part"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

The following decisions of local in
terest were handed down by the Supreme
Court today:
JUSTICE KEPHART:
Iuks VS. American leo Co. appellant. c.
p. No. .. Philadelphia. judgment reversed
and v. {. d; y; awarded. r,,,. ,,
Ohio r. r. Co. c. p. No .. Philadelphia,
Judgment reversed with pToGIsden,,do: par
way Go, G. p. No. .. Philadelphia. JudG-
ment affirmed. ,
No :, Philadelphia. Judgment reversed and
n " d. n. awarded.
Dawson ys. Penneld appellant. G; +: No.
Philadelphia. Judgment reversed and a
v T. d. n. awarded. -
Fitzpatrick, ys. Penneld. appellant. G. J.;
No A. Philadelphia. Judgment reversed and
" e. d n. awarded. s,..,,
Siiberstein, ct al. appellants, ys; ,ShowCll-
ment and V. Z. d, II. awarded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
HADDONF|E[D SPLIT
ON TEACHER FLIGHT
Police Chief Says He Has Been
Thwarted in Effort to
Catch Hanson
HELD CONTROL OF 100000

The disappearance of Alan ID. Han-
son, supervising principal Of the Had
donfield public schools and lay preacher
in the Methodist church there. has split
the town into opposing factions.
Chief of Police Baxter, of Haddon
field, said today that he was being
thwarted in his efforts to unravel the
mystery surrounding the disappearance
of Hanson. 49,,
"Therc is something back Of this
affair that has not yet come to light, "
said Chief Baxter. ''The Board Of
Education knows, am sure, but has
not seen fit to let any one else in on It.
"I am convinced some members of the
board knew about the theft of the type
writer's charged against Hanson last
August, but kept it quiet for some
reason. IL the board had moved when
I wanted ! would have had the man
under arrest before he fed. They have
not yet sworn out warrant for Han
sons arrest, even though IL has bcep
established that there are five Of our
own schools typcwriters missing"
Hanson Seen in Philadelphia
Chief Baxter said he learned from the
daughter of Haddonfield resident that
she passed Hanson on Sixteenth street
between SAMSON and Chestnut streets
in Philadelphia about 10 o'clock Friday
morning. the day following Hanson
| flight from the board meeting wher,
Chief Mulhall, Of Wayne, was expected
to serve q warrant charging him with
the theft of five typewriters from th,
Rosemont school, in Radnor township
| Pa.
J. Linton Englc. president Of tn,
Haddonfield Board Of Education, VIII,
has become the storm center of tn
new developments in the Hanson case
refused to comment on Chief Baxter
charges.
II have nothing to say about the cas-
now" said Mr.. Engle. 1--WE have SAT-
all that can be said at present"
William J. Boning. former mayor o
Haddonfield, who resigned from tn
board last April because, so he says
of his distrust of Hanson. declared tina
it would have been an easy matter fo
the principal to have gotten away wit
$4,000 to $4,000 of the school funds with
out the board knowing anything abou
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
SPANISH SWINDlE AGAIN
Camden Man Is Intended Victim OF
Oldest "Con" Game

What is believed to be an attempt to
revive the old Spanish swindlc in this
country was divulged today when a let
ter written in Madriu, Spain. February
.. was received by A. II. Friedburg,
112S Princess avenue. Camden, explain :
ing chow he could recover S30O,oOO
hidden in secret pocket in trunk con-
ccacd somewhere in France"
The letter. which is signed only by
the initial "R." refers to a cable ad-
dress in Madrid. The writer states
that he is confined in Madrid prison
and therefore unable to recover the
money himself. Mr.. Fricdburg believes
this an attempt to lure him and pos L.
sibly others. who may have been sent
similar letters. to Spain. where they
might either he held for ransom or
otherwise dealt with and robbed. He
has turned the letter over to the postal
authorities for, investigation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
spROUL TO VISIT COOLIDGE
Governor Answers Presidential Boon
Query With Smile

Governor Sproul smiled and hurried
toward his train this morning when
asked IL he was going to carry his pres
idential boom to New England this
week. ,
"Govcrnor Coolidge, of Massach
sctts. is friend of mime he fired
o,or his shoulder as he boarded the
10 .o5 o'clock train from Broad Street
Station for Harrisburg.
The Governor on Wednesday will have
lunch with Governor Coolidge, whose
hat was among the first to hit the ring
dedicated to White House booms.
ON Thursday Mr.. Sproul will address
a meeting of the street Railway As
sociation Of New England.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
ch.stnut Hill Branch Delayed

Early morning riders on the Chestnut
Hill branch Of the =. Il. II. were delayed
today for fifteen minutes when an cleo.
tric feed wire broke down a short dis
tance below Chclten avenue station.
Germantown. The break occurred at
6 10 o'clock and the power was off for
fifteen minutes while workmen rushed
to the scene repaired the damage and
aII,wed service to be resumed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Advertising Arithmetic of
Vital Interest to Manufacturers

a MERE matter of adding up thirty diff
A. - ferent figures and then dividing the
total by thirty.
And we are asking you to follow this
simple problem of Striking an average" be-
cause we believe it is going to vitally in
terest you particularly if you are manu-
facturer and want to make the profits of
your business greater.
This advertising organization serves
thirty clients.
The oldest client has been with us for
twenty-five years, others have been served
by this organization for long periods, some
few have only recently chosen us as their
advertising counsel.
If we put down the number of years we
have served each of our thirty clients and
add up, we find the total to be two hundred
and twenty-five. This figure represents col
lectively the number of years we have
served all our clients.
If we divide this total, two hundred and
twenty-five, by the total number of our
clients, thirty, we find the result of this divi-
sion to be seven and one-half.
Seven and one-half therefore is the aver
age number of years we have been serving
each of our present clients.
y -
The thirty nationally known firms which
we serve have not remained with us for an
average of seven and one-half years merely
because we described our service so accu
rately. We had to go through a "test
period" with each-a time wherein they
found out what we could do in the way of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Workman Falls Through skylisht

Robert Forester, thirty-two years
old. of Rock road and Chelten avenue.
fell from scaffolding and plunged
through a skylight at the home of
Clarence Meyer, 2309 North Park ave-
nue. this morning. The man. who was
cmployed as carpenter by Edward
Mccall. was picked up unconscious and
taken TO the Samaritan Hospital. He
received internal injuries, and was
hurt about the head.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

making their business and their profits
bigger!
We regard the first twelve months of our
relationship with client largely as get
acquainted" period time of proving up
of making good on our promises.
You can therefore easily understand that
six and one-half years in excess of that
period means that we have definitely and
absolutely made good in the predictions we
made for each client in the beginning.
In brief, the "life" of an account with an
advertising agency indicates the character
of the relationship: if long the relationship
is good-if short, there is always some
question.
Our average of seven and one-half years
is unusually long and shows a most sat-
isfactory relationship with each of our
clients.
The average life" of accounts with agen-
cies in general is eleven months.
The practical and overwhelming evidence
of our worth as an agency is in the length
of service on our accounts. Seven years and
six months is of vital importance to you,
Mr.. Manufacturer, if you value your propo-
sition and want to place it's merchandising
in responsible hands.
1t is the experience, knowledge, original
lty and skill that get you where you want
to go in advertising, at the least cost and
in the shortest time.
re
our methods, we will be glad to call, at your
convenience and without obligation on your
part whenever you indicate it convenient.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
"DRY" BUREAU TO MOVE
Offices Will Be Transferred to Con
tinental Hotel

The NOnalcoholic Bureau. which,
under the terms of the Nolstead act.
will have charge of the enforcement OF
violations Of the liquor law, will trans
fer its Offices this week from the. in
ternal revenue Offices to the Continental
Hotel.
The bureau will be in charge of Will
liam f.. Hyndeman, prohibition en-
forcement director for Pennsylvania
He will have charge pf all admnistra
tive duties. Applications for purchases
and Withdrawals of licenses to sell liquor
for nonbevcragc purposes will be
handled at these offices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
SHEATH IN CONGRESS RACE
Nominating Papers Being Circulated
for Ex-Treasurer M

Nominating papers for former State
Treasurer John o. Sheatz, OF Philadei- :
pbia, as Republican candidate for
Congress. at large, are being circulated
in western Pennsylvania. First reports
of the circulation Of the papers came
from Blair county.
Representative James A. Dunn filed
papers today at Harrisburg from the
Sixteenth districts, Twenty fifth, Thir-
ty- fifth and Forty first wards, Phila
dclphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Emil Blanc

y 74ih smLGnc, seventy five years old
W March iSo9r street, Fox Chase, who
lhniyersnao, Q, 1919, celebrated the fiftietb
lome Isary Istu OF his wedding, died in his
hess Of four saturday night after an ill
Place tbiS months Burial will take
widow, ii tbront afternoon in Fernwood. A
nlatried SON sprVs o. married daughters, one
|ive, "" and five grandchildren sur.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Deaths of a Day
or' Harry A. Halnes .

y Il, Harry A, Haines died Yesterday
bynw,dI Iate residence. 324 Kent road
promi; Doctor Haines, besides heinz
|,yaS ySu,,nent d,,nt physician in civil life
n tSa uurlng the war as n lieutenant
|is Ia Is s,,n. medical corps at Base No 90
bret F, F'HEIVGd H0isdb by his widow, Mrs. Mar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

Your brain is keenest when
your blood is circulating
properly; your nerves arc
steadiest when digestive or
gans function normally.
Let US give you a demon
stration.
COLLINS INSTITUTE
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
COLLINS BLDG, WALNUT ST. AT 18TH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
:, mrs. Hugh Kenworthv

Hugh Kenmee, Pa, March %. - Mrs.
n hausnrwa thirty years old. died
Pas a dans. mere Saturday night. She
OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. n
P'f hisba,ss ana besides them she leaves
kAmber' n and son. She a'es
Eihmo,a. ."s y Beta Phi frnternify ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

Creation Of corporations to finance
NE building of houses and model tene-
bents that would relieve the housing
Mutation in this city was advocated
|oday by Colonel George r.. Roth.
Colonel Roth. who retires soon as
assistant director of public welfare. said
e wanted il understood that his views
we're presented not as those of an Of
6dal Of the Welfare Department, but
Ia citizen and a member of the Real
Esate Board.
A special session of the Legislature,
recommended at tenants meeting
(uterday is not regarded as feasible
y Colonel Roth. An immediate start
. house building aud a greater pro-
FACTION Of lumber. he said, would be
bore practical solutions of the problem.
Possibility that special session may
be called was lost today. In this con-
hection Governor SptouL said:
There will be no extra session." he
aid. "Thc matter is not feasible.
Colonel Roth was speaker yesterday
y the tenants meeting in the Colonial
Theatre, Eleventh street and Moya-
nsnsing avenue, at which Senator Ware
lso spoke.
Ware for Special Session
Senator Ware announced he would
A Governor Sproul to call n special
ession Of the Legislature to devise
neans Of protecting tenants from rent
brofteers.
Senator Ware could help relieve the
ituation in South Philadelphia, Colo
el Roth stated today, ''if he would
. M0rm n % h,,;Il 81
hents there"
when this proposal was laid before
enator Ware he expressed willingness
70 into such venture with others.
I am not builder" he said. "but
am not as timid as some other peo-
e ! would go in with others to form
ucn corporatlon.c Builders who have
ecome wealthy by erecting rows OF
ouses should he persuaded to build al
resent costs and sell at cost. 1t would
a. good act on their part"
Inc root Of the difficulty. Senator
are continued, can be traced to the ex
sS pr9hts tax levied by the govern
St Ssnt Lumber operators, he said, are
ylng low on the production OF
Saiuer because most Of their profits
Dye certain amount are absorbed by
'cess taxes.
hent Proflteerlng Bill Defeated
N statement today, Colonel Roth
yanmend ed the work of Frank Il. Nc
IAN; state welfare commissioner, ant
~ efforts of the Philadelphia housing
.si iniission an and seven appraisers of thu
Ia, estate board
ne added he was in favor of urgin,
! onls uahls to buy If they can and com
Ou,lea 0u,a the Emergency Fleet Corpora
plan of selling houses for 10 pei
'1S C,,wn down and l per cent monthly.
IGonel Roth suggested that the stat,
ni.sIae commission, the housing com
noISnl ana the real estate board hole
SSner sS;agr conference and set the tabl,
ssoa 10 pass on the question o
Isrnd ana the proposed 1871 per cen
oi otiInum profit on the sale of houses.
am not sure" he said, that
= per cent profit would be equitable
oOso Sn cases 1t might be all right fo
khNmiS DHlit at prevailing costs, bu
Tu Tn not be allowed for old houses. ;
,tsS tsSSnoer production could be stimu
bs bI, 5,a ne asserted, by diverting labor {,
ysrtsJ Jdoer a hClds just as labor was di
hs s uurlng the war to sections wher
emergency made diversion necessary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Held Control OF Funds

"Prior to the arrival of Hanson as
principal of the borough's schools" said
Mr.. Boning today, "the distribution of
The school expenditures was in the hands
principally of committees. After Han
son was made supervising principal he
got the board to put through n resolu-
tion giving him all the power to make
purchases of supplies that he thought
necessary without going to the board to
get permission.
"Hc hadn't been here five months be-
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in Hamburg. In Germany they had
planned visits to Hamburg, Berlin,
Leipsic and Neuditscheim. and then in
tended going on to Vienna and finally
to Mian, Italy.