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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
WOMAN AUTO VICTIM DIES
Lillian Fenton, Hit February 2, Sue.
cumbs In Samaritan Hospital

Lillian Fenton, fifty eight years old
of 1913 Selzer street, who was struck
by an automobile on February 2 at
Germantown and Lehigh avenues, died
this morning in the Samaritan Hospital.
John II. McGinnis. of 2904 Kipps
street, the driver of the car, was ar
rested at the time of the accident, and
held under $400 bail for further hear
ing next Sunday by Magistrate Glenn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
-, 'ra'f'c Officers Guard Wire

DoUpboSr, Two traffic policemen, Tom
guSrd guSsd%VpuS a and Harry Ramsey, stood
and Mornrr oyer dangling wire at Broad
Of pcrYnn'' arN't streets last night, hundreds
policemen stopped and gazcd at the two
hours vn,u This wept up for two
along a nni'l trolley repair crew came
trolley 'md hxed the wire. 1t was A
b,inK u,;,Lie ;W,ife and had fallen the end
The two t%,n,n Two feet Of the pavement.
md msds policemen, warned pssaersby
. VIA" hs,sS sure everybody geve the wire
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
Boy cyelist Badly Hurt In Collision

Edward NJ. Pearce, thlrtecn ytHIh
old, and a son Of Albert Pearcen, Sio
Chambers avenue, Gloucester, Is IN thG
Cooper Hospital, with fractured
skull. The boy was riding his bicycle
when at the corner of Gaunt and
Boulevard streets, he turned out OF
the way of team and rode between
city ash cart and the curb. The hub
Of wheel threw the boy against
pole. His condition is serious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
To Hold Rally at Church

Tho Baptist Young Peoples Union
will hold rally tonight at 8 o'clock in
the Memorial Baptist Church, Broad
and Master streets. DIR. J. G. Massee,
of the Brooklyn Temple, will make the
principal address of the evening. A big
attendance is expected at the rally.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
REV. HENRY SCOTT JEFFERYs

The Rev. Henry Scott Jefferys, for
merly resident of Camden who died
in st. Luke's Hospital, Toxic, Japan,
has been buried in Trinity Cemetery
near the scene of his labors during the
last thirty years. He was half
brother of Upton s. Jcfferys, a Camden
newspaper man and clerk of the New
Jersey House Of Assembly, and William
II. Jefferys, publisher of the Camden
Argus. The Rev. Mr.. Jefferys was at
one time assistant rector of Old Swedes'
Church and Epiphany Chapel, Phila-
delphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
Deaths Of a Day
IRWIN M. JOHNSON DEAD
He Gained Fame with Douahnut
Shops About Country

He Gained Fame With Douehnut
: Shops About Country
Irwin NJ. johnson. who introduced
the now famous "doughnut and coffee"
shops east of the Mississippi. died Sat
urday night at Sunny Rest. White
Haven, Pa. He will be buried tomor-
row ut Sunbury, Pa. \
Opening a shop at S23 Chestnut
street, this city, September %, Mr..
johnson braved the onslaught of Joke
sters, and proved the astonishing com
mercial value Of doughnuts. Many
other shops sprang into existence
shortly, and the ''cream doughnut"
took its rating as luncheon dclicacy.
Mr.. johnson was planning an cxtcn-
sive chain of coffee and doughnut shops
when he became i'll six weeks ago. He
suffered general breakdown.
The doughnut as commercial prod
uct was realized by Mr.. Johnson fol-
lowing a tour of the country under the
auspices of the Masons in the interest
of the Liberty loan.
Mr.. johnson was thirty eight years
old and lived at STAG Windsor place,
West Philadelphia, with his wife. He
is survived by widow and his mother,
who lives in Sunbury. He was a
member OF Une W1lllHm -. 1tNmlltOn
Lodge, No. 500, f. and A. NJ.
Gregory kannersteln
Gregory Kannerstein, n widely known
pianist and composer Of this city. died
yesterday at his home, 1889 North
Fifty ninth street. Pneumonia was the
cause. Mr.. Kannersteiu was thirty six
years old. He had been i'll two weeks
Mr.. Kannerstein was an instructor at
the Zeckwer- Hahn Musical Academy in
this city. The most widely known Of
his compositions was the Symphony of
Death" which was to have been played
by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Re
hearsals were to have been started
within two weeks on this composition.
Mr.. Kannerstein also composed many
orchestra and piano pieces.
He will be buried today at the Har
Nebo Cemetery in Frankford He is
survived by widow and three children.
His widow was the daughter of David
Apothekcr, the author of many books
on Jewish life
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
John Dixie

John Dixie, veteran inventor. died
on Sunday at his home, 2504 North
Thirty first street. He was eighty nine
years old.
Philadelphians who attended the Cen
tennial exposition will remember the
steam carriage which Mr.. Dixie intro
duced there. and which was probably
the first practical example of the
"horseless carriage" Many improve
ments in watch mechanism also were
invented by Mr.: Dixie, and for years
he was employed by watch company
in this city.
Mr.. Dixie was the last of four
brothers, one of whom. Edmund Carn-
cross Dixie. member Of the CarncrosS
and Dixie minstrel troupe, died four
years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
Mrs. Joseph A. Ball

A telegram from Boston last night
announced the sudden death in Cam
3. Ball, wife of Joseph A. Ball, of PA
Windemere avenue, Wayne. Mrs.
Balls husband is the secretary of the
Franklin Sugar Refining Co.
Mrs. Ball had been visiting friends
in Massachusetts and had spent the
last week with her niece, the wife of
DR.. Chester Noyes Greenough, profes
sor of English in Harvard University.
Her death, it is believed, was due to
ap0plexy.
Besides her husband Mrs. Ball is
survived by four children-Mrs. Her
bert Adams Treat, Of Wayne; Mrs. j.
Ball. of Wayne and Harold Ball, II
student at Cornell University.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-24
Sinister IndOrses Statement

PRESIDENT keIly's statement was in
oorSed % by, James u. Sinister. business
agent OF Local No. 22. who as a mem
ter OF the committee in charge of the
Mo W platoon campaign was an active
"9tker "tk for his associates in the ranks
VI Shs city S fire fighters.
NrOllowing tomorrow's meeting Mayor
MoUre and Director Cortelyou, as well
as as,1g .ns commercial bodies named, will be
"fNTu "f ,S TO cooperate in the presentation
:" tne hremCn-s s Claims TO City Cnnncil
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
WANTS FIXED PLAN
FOR MOVING ARMY
General Hines Declares Trans.
portation Has Been Neglected
in Reorganization.

That more definite plans under
which the element of transportation
may be adequately provided for at the
outset OF subsequent military cam
paigns be formulated and that an
organization be permanently estab-
lished within the War Department .
TO make possible the most effective
execution of such transportation pol
icies is urged by Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines. chief of the Army Transporta-
tion Service. in his annual report 20
Secretary of War Baker, just made
public.
General Hines points out that the
army reorganization act Of June I.
despite the recommendation Of the
War Department and of military eX-
pcrts in every branch of the service"
failed to make provision for the per-
manent establishment OF the trans
portation organization built up dur
ing the war, and ASSERTS that a scien-
tific analysis will demonstrate be-
yond question the need for such an
organization.
General Hines also recommended
the carrying out OF a policy already
decided upon. under which the exist
ing fleet of army transports may be
quickly and efficiently expanded to
proportiops necessary to transport
and maintain an eSpeditionary force
appropriate to any subsequent emer-
gCncy.
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
KNOWS DEPARTMENT.

Ihe war department is a trouble
some institution to govern. Ordina-
riiy' IL runs the Secretary of War in
stead of the Secretary of War run
ming the department. Most men ap-
pointed to head the War Department
are at a disadvantage because they
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
DARKNESS CAUSES
FACTORY M|SHAPS
Insurance Companies TabuIate
$1,000 industrial Accidents
Due to Poor Light.

An automobile company reports
that the cost OF a single washing oi
the 500, 900 square feet of it's factory
footed up $4,000. II adds that the
sum was repaid many times over in
the efficiency OF the workers. Insur-
ance companies have tabulated $1,000
accidents. Ten per cent of these wers
due to poor lighting and in cases OF
13.s per cent OF the balance. lack o:
proper illumination was a contribu-
tory cause.
These statistics and others which
.analyze the cause OF accidents. II
added together would show loss In
man power equal to the services OF
an army OF the size of the combined
National Guard and regular army
regiments which went 10 France.
These men lost in earnings. due to
being incapacitated, a sum OF money
estimated at between four and fvo
millions of dollars.
The new order OF working condi-
lions renders the old time factory OBJ
solete. Leaders OF industry find that
IL pays to invest in equipment which
will increase the efficiency of en-
ployes. Glass walls and roofs are re-
placing the dingy brick walls and
narrow, dirty windows which char
day. A flood of indirect lighting
makes the interior as bright as day.
It Is somewhat late, but better late
than never. to recognize the fact that
when a man works, his eyes work. too,
An arm may become fatigued without
necessarily affecting the rest OF the
body. but eye fatigue reacts upon the
whole human system, as one author
ity points out. The natural result is
that work turned out under poor light
is poorer in quality and less in guam
tity while the general lowering of
the workers efficiency make him less
alert and, hence, more liable to in
jury.
II has taken the employer longer
10 appreciate this condition than the
workman. whose complaints have
often gone unheeded. II is hopeful
sign OF the new era of industry that
the movements on foot to better in
,lustrial life contemplate among the
first steps forward the installation Of
iuuminations which will cut down the
terrible waste of human energy due
10 accident and at the same time, pro-
Ipote the efficiency of the individual
;tnd increase the nations output.
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
HARDING SPONSORS
.U.S.BUDGET SYSTEM
President Elect Would Curb Ex-
travagance-G. 0. P. Hopes
to Convert Wilson to Plan.

President-elect Harding favors
early enactment by Congress soon
after II assemblies OF the budget sys-
TEN of control over Government ex-
penditures. Government nscal authori-
ties were advised today. Mr.. Hard
ing's views are said TO have been
made known first to Republican
leaders in Congress and then COM
muntcated to members OF the Presi-
dents Cabinet. ......
Much speculation exists over
whether or not President Wilson
would veto the budget bill again. II
II Is presented at the white House
in the same form as IL was passed
last session. II seems assured that
Congress will preserve in the bill.
which Harding supported, the inde'
pendent supervisory control features
20 which the President strenuously
objected:
The budget system of centralizing 6
control over Government expenses
would reduce to a minimum the pres
ent wave of extravaganza, II Is
claimed.
Republican leaders here in advance
OF tho opening OF Congress, eager TO
see the budget system installed and
put in motion along the lines already
laid down by Comptroller of the
Treasury Walter w. Warwick. arr
pressing members OF the Wilson Cabi-
net to secure favorable action at the
White House when the measure
finally is put through again and Of
fered TO the President for his sigma
ture.
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
Electrical News

tive equipment and the congestion 81
nearly all the steam railroad terml-
nails Of the country has created a con-
dition which Is quite favorable ~
the development OF the new business.
Since years may elapse before the
electrified railroads come To relieve
these conditions, IL Is probable that
the movement OF freight by trucks
will have become so well establish
ed an industry that no one will think
OF short haulage by any way other
than by trucks,
Trucking over distance has placed
the business on the list as - common
carrier. yet In only three States
Nebraska, California and Nevada-
have the trucking companies been
placed under the regulation OF the
Public Service Commissions. There
Is a wide variation IN trucking rates.
Also, there are a number of failures
which. In the end. with evolve q bus
iness based on sound practices. The
advent OF "truckportation," as an ad-
junct to the electrified railways.
seems definitely placed among the
future big business OF the country.
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
TWENTY SHlP-PY-TRUCK
FIRMS OPERATED HERE

There are upwards of 500. 900 mo-
tor trucks operating in the United
States. There are some 900 operating
companies. Some twenty lines oper-
ate out of Baltimore and Washing
ton. No less than 13S>separate COM
panies advertise to do business in
and out of New York. California has
$50 truck companies. Out of Boston.
Buffalo. Chicago. Minneapolis, Sioux
City and out of the main business
centers of the country truckportation
is vastly relieving the short haulages
of the railroads. Figuring these
trucks at the modest cost of $1,000
each one is startled to note a new
81. 200 100000 industry employing
easily more than one million men,
The transportation Of freight by
motor truck is not competitive with
that Of the railroads nor the express
companies. The truck apparently
fulfils its most effective function on
distances of from 80 to 100 miles 1t
Is generally calculated by freight
rate authorities that railroads only
begin to derive profit from freights
after car has been hauled from 30
TO 40 miles
Until the time of the electrification
Of the railroads at least. truckporta-
ton will go forward rapidly. The
shortage OF freight cars and locomo-
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
DRIVE BIG FREICHTER
BY ELECTRIC POWER

With Uncle Sans electrical battle
ships leading the world in efficiency
Of propulsion. it was natural cleo
tricity soon should be. applied to the
ocean freighter.
The first general cargo carrier pro-
PEELED by electricity has made its trial
trip in and about New York Harbor
The ship is 44O feet long and has a
deadweight capacity Of 11.S6s tons
Driving this big ship is an adjustable
marine turbine-generator set and a
5000 horsepower motor.
The ship has been called the Eclipse
Had the shipping board conferred on
this newest product the name Electra.
the title might fittingly have been a
tribute to tho new science which
eliminates at one stroke all the coal
and water carrying compartments Of
the old vessels and the smoke stacks
and stokers that have become one
of the great handicaps In the econom-
ical handling of the ocean going liner
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
ELECTRICITY FIGURES
IN CHRISTMAS GIFTS

There is a good deal more than a
mere sales effort back of the national
campaign to induce people to Say
Merry Christmas Electrically" This
year It Is likely to suggest a suitable
response to the everlasting question: !:
What shall ! buy this Christmasy'
This public in the months. especially
since the end of the war. have come
to look upon the electric servants with
greatest statesmen In the world Is neces-
sty.
When people need things, they ex-
pertinent When servants became scarce
the housewife was thrown upon her own
resources. She found herself quite in
capable OF doing all the household tasks
and yet have time to give proper care
to the children and to enjoy her cur
tailed social affairs.
In her dilemma she invoked electricity
20 her assistance. She started. perhaps.
with a fiat-iron or a toaster. Then she
purchased a grill and now she has
washer-all run by electricity. She is
adding more little household servants.
In most cases the house maid is not
missed. The new servants never
grumble, are always ready and never
tire.
To these housewives and their num-
Der is legion tH we are to accept the
reports of the electrical appliance manu-
facturers which show a tremendous sale
Of home electrical comforts). Christmas
Of 1920 Is sure to have a new meaning.
To these countless thousands who will
undertake domestic preparedness by
adopting electrical household devices.
the greeting of an electrical Christmas
will come naturally and happily.
The exigencies Of the day when grim
necessity in the home sent the house
wife into the electrical store has done
more to advance the sales Of electrical
appliances than years. perhaps. of in
tensive selling. The Society reports the
electrical Christmas campaign n huge
success in its early stages.
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
OREGON RELIEVES
PESQU|ERA HERE

Roberto V. Pesquiera will not re-
turn to Washington as special dip
lomatic commissioner for Mexico. but
will settle down to a quiet life in
Sonora, il was learned in state De-
partment circles today. A new com.
missioner with the rank OF ambassa-
dor is expected shortly after General
Obregon is inaugurated President on
December |.
Not only did Senior Pesquiera fail
to make material progress toward
recognition of Mexico. it was stated
today, but the situation confronting
the two countries was described as
"a mess" worse than at any period
since de la Huerta became President
This, it was pointed out. is not due
altogether to any particular inca
pacity on the part OF Senior Pesauiers.
who did have the faculty of arousing
The Washington times., 1920-11-28
Election Cyclone Leaves
Few Veteran Members
In National House

In the new or Sixty-seventb Con-
gress there will be but thirty-one
House members who have served
ten years or more. These older
and more experienced legislators
are about equally divided among
Northern Republicans and Southern
Democrats.
The majority OF the House of Rep
resentstives membership has been
changed In the past two years. or in
the elections for the present. the
Sixty-sixth and the incoming Con-
gress.
~ devastating political cyclone
struck this country during the early
part of November" commented Rep
resentatiye Sisson OF Mississippi.
MANY men who had built storm
cellars for themselves were lifted
out and swept away"
The Washington times., 1920-11-28

intense antipathy In the State De-
partmeat. but iAsssly - tAs fast tAxt
he was not regarded In any capacity
other than that of private citizen
BY Secretary Colby and Under Seere-
tary Davis. q
, 1920-02-26
WHY CHILDREN EAT CANDY.

A perfectly balanced food ration
for Il growing child is a problem that
science has not yet determined.
There is one substitute universally
sought by children to supplement the
demands of a growing physique.
1t is confectionery in the many forms
of food value in which it is now manu-
featured II sold.
lmperfectly baked bread. lack of
p:cteins or ralOries to sustain vitality
result in cravings.
These cravings are all met by can
dies having nuts, dairy products,
fruits. and chocolates in them.
1t is n scientific fact that the basis of
the demand for confectionery that
sugar supplies the needed stimulus TO
growing children.
, 1920-02-26
HAVE TROUBLE WITH OIL MEN.
Homesteaders Have Many Difficulties
With Oil Seekers in Many Sec
tions of Western States.

Homesteaders in some of the Sec
at top notch. are having a tough time
in keeping oil and mineral prospectors
from occupying their ground and sink
ing oil wells in spite of pro
tests, according to reports from vari
Gus western land offices. In some in.
stances would-be prospectors have
threatened to take forcible possession
of the claims unless lease were s,gnec
at once, and in other cases reluctant
homesteaders have been warned that
unless they gave permission to the
~prospectors to sink wells, complaint
would be made to the land office and
their entries would be cancelled.
A communication sent u from the
land office at Washington states that
when Il tract of land is lawfully COW
cred by IL homestead entry and the en-
tryman enters into possession of the
land, which is alleged to be non-min-
eral in character. or has NOT Deen
withdrawn, classified, or reporseG as
containing phosphate, nitrate. potash.
oil, gas, II asphaltic minerals, the right
of the homestead claimant operates
against everyone save he government.
The communication further states
that persons seeking oil leases or en-
gagged in oil development on land In
cluded in unpatented entries cannot by
leasing from the nOn-mincral claimant.
secure the entryman or themselves in
the right to the oil in the land at any
time prior TO patent, and the entryman
cannot. prior to patent. legally en-
force the conditions of an oil lease on
the lands. us he is leasing something
that he does not own
In regard to lands that have been
withdrawn, classified or reported 10
contain mineral, the g~overnmenr re-
serves all mineral rights. but IL agrf-
cultural entryman will be permitted
to take patent TO the surface, INT Will
he guaranteed protection of the surface
against damage to his crops and inn
provements on the land by reason of
prospecting for the minerals.
, 1920-02-26

the war. She has lost a great in
come from tourists. she has lost cheap
labor and is compelled to pay enor-
nous prices for raw material. She
formerly imported IL, 100000 tons of
coal at five dollars "A ton but now
pays $50 II ton.
THE world owe us $4,000. 600, 900
of notice loans and it is estimated that
additional obligations held by our in
dustrial. financial and commercial in
%terests moun to $4,000, OO0, 900 more.
Our manufacturers hold acceptances to
banks. These have been discounted and
renewed repeatedly. They now are
falling due and must be paid.
Hardly anybody expects our gov
eminent to make any further advances
to Europe IL just how far private
investors will 90 in making advances
of credit under such conditions re-
mains to be seem
, 1920-02-26
MAN AND HIS JOB.

If you think your job is merely sec
ular, you have another think coming.
A jobless man is a joyous g%astropod,
and belongs TO the Il WOnts.'
\ man who has a job lie is ashamed
of, owes it to himself and to his fam
lily to get out of it.
The man who is contented to settle
down in the even tenor of his job, with
no thought of improving it, is dead ana
he ought to call the undertaken.
Some men are so narrow that when
they shut II eye they look like a
needle. They ought to either broaden
out or step aside and give a real man
IL nance at the job.-Rev. Jim Thomas.
, 1920-02-26

were served and the crowd was enter
tanned by music for n little while, Mr..
and Mrs. Higbee and Mrs Schalk be-
ing the musicians. A jolly good time
was had by all.
Mrs. JAS. L. Anderson left Tuesday
morning for Denver for a visit with
friends.
Geo. o. Baker returned the latter
part of last week from a visit to Den
yer and points in Nebraska.
n. 7. Carver and Amos Wilcox, with
a force of men and teams, have moved
the building just south of the city hall
to the Wilcox ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Boyd are the
proud parents of IA baby girl, born
Sunday, Feb. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Corlett, Fred
Healey and Miss Mary Brown were
Saratoga visitors Sunday evening.