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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
PIERCE SCHOOL GRADUATION

The fifty fourth annual graduating
exercises of the Peirce School of Busi-
ness Administration will be held this
evening in the Academy of Music. Jo-
sephus Daniels, secretary of the navy.
will be the principal speaker and Mayor
Moore will preside. Secretary Daniels
will arrive in the afternoon and dine
at the navy yard with the commandant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
MAN KILLED BY GAS
Police Believe Wind Blew Out Light
in Bedroom

1t is believed that the wind blew out
the light which Tony Iebansky, thirty
years old, of 432 North Seventh street,
left burning when he retired last night
He was found dead in bed today. The
room was filed with gas.
A window was raised a few inches.
This. the police say, made it possible
for the wind to blow out the light but
not high enough to let the gas escape
freely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
AWARD STREET CONTRACTS
Grading Jobs Total $125, 5,O00-Ask
Bids on $54O,OOO Work.

Street grading contracts totaling
S12o 900 were awarded today by Di
rector of Public Works Winston. The
work is to be done on Bingham, Lawn
dale and Montour streets, Tabor ave
nue., Whitaker avenue, Front street
from Wingohocking street to Nice
town lane. Diamond street from Sixty
fourth to Daggert street. Greene street
from Horton to Carpenter street,
and Nenango street from Front to
Howard street.
The director on Friday will open
bids for grading and for asphalt and
vitritied block paving on proposed con =
tracts totaling $540 600.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
Woman Dies of Burns

Carrie Brady, 2003 Arch street, died
last night in the Hahnemann Hospital
from burns received about ten days ago.
She had been employed in a laundry
and was burned while leaning over a
gas jet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
statesmen

wanted, capable. A financial in
stitutiOn finds larger selling or
ganizatiOn necessary because OF
rapidly expanding business. Several
good positions are open for men
with selling aptitude and experience.
The men should be between 80 and
40 years old. should have active
minds, good health, energy, tact.
enthusiasm and good command of
English; in financial business pref
erable, but not necessary. When
writing be sure to give details as
TO age. selling experience. religion
and former positions held. State
also whether you think you will
succeed best as face-to-face sales
man, telephone salesman" or cor
respOndent-and WHY. Your letters
VIII be treated confdentially. Ad-
dress
Il 53e. LEDGER OFFICE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
FIRE IN MT. AIRY SCHOOL
Little Damage Dooe by Blaze
Which Starts in Cellar

WHICH starts IN Cellar
Fire started in pile of rubbish in
the basement of the Mt. Airy Public
School, Aliens lane and Cresheim road.
early today. 1t was quickly cxt-nguished
by the firemen. Little damage was
done to the building. The cause of the
blaze is not known
Children of the neighborhood, who
expected a holiday today on account of
the fire, were disappointed 1t was
decided to hold sessions as usual,
as the flames burned only a small hole
in the boards of the first floor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
Deaths of a Day
Mrs. Louise v. Sausser

r, Mrs. Louise V. Sausser, widow of
Samuel Sausser. died on Monday
at her home, 1920 Barring street, after
short illness. She is survived by
four children. Miss Florence l.. Saus-
ser, Mrs. |. Smith Raspin, DR.. Emer-
son Il. Sausser and Malcolm G.. Saus-
ser. The funeral will be held this
afternoon at . O'Clock from the Barring
street residence. Services will be con
Quoted by the Rev. DR.. Carl Gram
mer, of st. Stephens Church,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
Rev. j. w. Dwyer, O. S. A.

;. The Rev. John w. Dwyef, o. s. A.
dled yesterday in the Augustinian Mo
mastery at Villanova, after a week S
Illness of pneumonia.
rather Dwyer was born in Bethle
mem, Pa, where his father and sew
eral brothers and sisters still live, Jan
Hary -. 1889. He was graduated from
Nlllanova College and completed his
theological studies in Rome. where he
was ordained July 1, 1915. From
home he was transferred to st. Angus
Mnes College in Havana and last July
came TO the monastery at Villanova
where he was rector of st. Rita's Hall
the house for postulants.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17
THE BIGGEST NAVY

The proposition to give this country
the biggest navy in the world is not SO
popular as many appear to suppose.
Thinking people are skeptical Of the
value of monster navy, especially as
means Of national defense. Other
things have proven more effective.
Future wars will doubtless employ
the latest defensive and offensive weap-
ons. Control Of the air will be more
important than control Of the sea. The
submarine will probably continue to
play a part. but the successful resist
ance to sub-sea warfare by the allied
navies in the world war indicates that
the u-boat has about reached its
limits.
There is no physical reason why
enemy lands can not be invaded by air
fleets and whole armies transported by
that means. 1t is only matter Of
having enough planes. Poison gas
and liquid flames have proven more
effective weapons than steel shells and
chain shot. 1t is very likely that the
use Of disease germs will feature the
next world conflict.
}, Warfare is in a transition stage
comparable only to that through which
it passed after the invention of gun
powder. Nobody can say with GER
tainty what equipment will be most
: valuable in the next struggle.
| Under those conditions, is it not the
part of wisdom to go slow. devote
! some time to investigation and expert
ment, study the new and changed con-
ditions, and be sure, when we make
an investment Of billions in fighting ma.
chinery, that we are buying something
: which will not prove obsolete before il
: can be used. The pride of country
which can be satisfied only with the
: biggest nav" in the world may BE-
: commendable and patriotic; but jus
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17
MORE URBAN iHAN RURAL

The census figures for continental
United States show more population
in the cities than in the country. I'm
mediately some begin to see the be
ginning Of shortage for production OF
food, and the staples for cloth max
ing. Not so.
A careful analysis will show, we
believe, that this change Of population
means merely that there has been a
flux to the industrial centers, and
this is a logical flowing when one
considers the price that has been paid
for labor, both skilled and common,
in the industrial centers of the coun
try for the past four years.
Having grown larger by 13,710,-
S42 inhabitants in ten years, we are
inclined to say this country has grown
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17
RACIAL OR ECONOMIC

Congressman Kahn says the objec-
ton to the Japs in California is eco
nomic and not racial. If that is true,
then there is not much for the nation
to get excited over. 1t can not take
serious exception to immigrants whose
only ofense is that they work harder
and more to the point than the natives
with whom they come in competition.
Lakeland Telegram.
Economic affairs play right smart
hell with nation, Harry. 1t has
been economic affairs" that brought
into America so many people who
were pro-enemy in war and radical
strikers in time Of peace. 1t encour-
ages our own millions Of lazy people to
loaf some more to have gang of low.
priced heather here to do all the really
hard work. War or no war, lets keeE
the yellow devils out. They bring nc
contribution to our civilization
Ocala Star.
We agree with the Star that the
Japs should be kept out, but not upor
the grounds suggested. 1t is race
question, and all experience shows tha
a white race and a colored race
whether the color be black or yellow
can not live together on terms of equal
ity. Nor is it desirable to amalga
mate with the Japs. That is an al
sufficient reason why they should b.
excluded, without resorting to hypo
critical evasions. The economic rea
son does not apply to the Japs any
more than to dozen Other places. lie
MIR. Kahn be frank, even at the risk o
offending his Republican colleague
who are committed to the race equalit,
theory, and he will have the full sym
pathy of the south.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17

other season. The farmer can still buy
practically as much with his crop this
year. at existing prices, as he could
buy with his products last years at the
prices then prevailing. Besides, his
lands have had permanent enhance
ment Of value. Some Of this may
shrink away. but it is safe to predict
that the value Of farm lands will never
return to the old level. And that con-
stitutes permanent gain to the farmer.
These two things-lower prices of
non-farm products and enhanced land
values-fully Offset the losses sustained
by the farmers through falling prices.
There may be special cases Of loss
which call for special treatment. But
there is nothing in the situation which
calls for general direct legislative re-
lief. The farmers, like other business
men, can stand alone. 1t is safe to
assume that most Of the talk in con-
gress, and most Of the valuable time
consumed, has reference rather to the
farmers vote than to his genuine wei
fare. But it is high time for both the
lawmakers and the public to under
stand that paternalism, in any form,
and for any beneficiary, is the worst
enemy to democratic government that
exists; and that all proposals for class
legislation should be opposed.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17

fast enough. 1t is better to assimii-
ate more fully what we take In thah
we have done in past decades.
We have made pretty fine showing
all the way through. Our births have
exceeded the deaths by nearly IT,
0cO 900: and the immigration excess
over the emigration is but a paitry
s.377 900, barely enough to over-pal-
ance the foreign born deaths In the
ten years Tampa Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17
NOT SO BAD OFF

1t has been stated by the department
of agriculture that farmers have lost
FIVE billion dollars by the decline of
prices of farm products. This is prob
ably true-on paper. But a large
part of this loss is Offset by the re-
duced prices of other articles, and will
be much further reduced before an
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17

The deportation Of Ludwig Maar-
tens, the soviet delegate to the Y. S.
would be all right; but would it not
leave tremendous burden on the lone
shoulders Of the editor Of the New
York Nation, who would then be the
only remaining advocate Of Bolshevism
in the United States.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17
PlCKARD BROS. co. MOVE
OVER CENTRAL STATE BANK

Pickard Bros. Co. announced that
they have moved their offices from
the Drane building to the Central
State Bank Building, second floor,
where they may be found by their
customers in the future. 394i
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17

There are some interesting Spanish
traditions about the black and white
bean which Republican politicians in
Florida would do we'll to study.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17

Lake county is the first county IN
Ohio to elect a woman as propa'e
Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17

now the people would be better salts
fed with reduced appropriations and
lower taxes.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-17

Most people will approve the prop
osition to cut government expenses to
the lowest possible point.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
COLLEGE HALL CELEBRATION.
Oldest College Building That Has Kept
Its Original Walls.

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. l0.--Massa-
chusetts hall, the Oldest college build.
ing in the United States that has pre-
served its original walls, will be the
scene tonight of formal dinner cele.
brating its 200th anniversary. Gov
Coolidge, President A. Lawrence Low
ell and alumni of Harvard who have
lived, eaten or gone to lectures at the
old hall at various times will be served
dinner there such as those prepared
in Colonial times. A silver service Ct
the period, some of the prices of dhich
are almost invaluable, will be used to
preserve the historical aspect.
''Old Massachusetts" with its quaint
brick walls, quadruple rows of win
dows and partly sloping roof was built
in 1920 as a dormitory with tiny in
dividual studies and small bedrooms.
In l775 these were occupied by the
men of Washington's provincial army
when the college evacuated its build
ings and moved to Concord. After the
Revolutionary war the barracks gave
way to dormitory use again and the
building was so occupied until 1870
when it became place for lectures
and dining hall.
In its infancy "Old Massachusetts"
was boundary of the Harvard yard ;
to-day it is one of several buildings
that mark the inner quadrangle of a
university plant that has gone far
afield for room.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
BOSTON MEN
TO ENTER BOAT
Win Enter a Racing
Schooner for Interna-
tional Championship
PLANS ARE NOW
WELL ADVANCED
The Mayfower-That's to.
Be Her Name-Will Be
a Fast One

Boston, Dec. l0-This port, which
handles more fresh fish than any 9th
er on the Atlantic seaboard, will make
bid next fall for the international
fishing schooner championship. A
schooner to be named the MayfoweI
will be built, financed and manned 10y
Bostonians under plans now well ad'
Vanced,
The boat will be designed by w
Startling urgess, son of Edward Bur
CESS, who originated the present type
of Gloucester fishing schooners. In
30 years no vessel of this type sailing
out q Massachusetts bay has failed
to make port, barring grounding acct
dents.
The Mayflower viii be sent on her
first trip to the Cod banks in April
according to present plans, and after
a summer Of runs to and from the
fishing grounds for tuning up is ex'
peeted to become a strong contender
next fall with the pick of the fleets
sailing out of other fishing ports
Among these ports are Gloucester,
where the Esperanto now holds the
cup. Halifax, ~ S., where the races
will be held, and st. John, n. F.,
which also is understood to be pre-
pairing challenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
COLLEGE STUDENTS
NOW KNOW LESS
Average Intelligence is Lower Than
That Which Prevailed Years
Ago, Declares st.
Louis Man.

st. Louis, Mo, Dec l0.--The aver
age intelligence of college students is
lower than that which prevailed years
ago, according to the annual report OF
DR.. Frederick A. Hall, chancellor OF
Washington university.
This conclusion, the report explains
comedies with that of authorities in
other educational institutions, as as.
certained through correspondence. The
number of college students has been
increasing steadily, the report states
IF the present grewth OF numbers
is indicative of what may be expected
in the near future" continued the re-
port, "the colleges will have to watch
carefully in order to prevent turning
out lower type of graduate than
that which has characterized colleges
hitherto.
at is only fair to say that, so far
As | can learn from the faculty. it is
thought that the work of the student
body has not this year been as good
as that of previous years; that con
trary to the peoples expectations that
the young would be more purposeful
and earnest by reason of war expert
ence, they seem TO be less inclined TO
serious labor. and that an unusual
proportion of students . had to be
dropped because of the inferior quality
of their work"
The report asserts that until two
years ago the proportional increase
by women in the college section Of the
university was gaining notably in the
proportional increase in the number OF
men. but that in the last two years
the proportional increase by men has
been greater. Men, the report adds,
usually are reluctant to continue in
classes in which they are outnumbered
by women.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
OFFICER PERSONNEL
nv NAVY TOO SMALL
Rear Admiral Thomas Washington
Recommends That 1t Be Aug
mented to Full Strength.

Washington, d. c., Dec, l0.-Declar
ing that the officer personnel of the
navy should be augmented to full
strength and placed on permanent
basis with the least possible delay"
Rear Admiral Thomas Washington,
chief of the bureau of navigation. in
his annual report to Secretary Daniels
to-day, describes the personnel situa
ton as the most serious problem be-
fore the navy Even though 1900
reserve and temporary officers are
taken into the regular establishment
as permitted by law during the coming
year the shortage of officers May /,
1921, will be equal to seven years out
put of the naval academy, Admiral
Washington declares.
From present Indications and unless
remedial legislation is obtained the
temporary appointments of seven rear
admirals, 81 captains, l54 commanders
and 100 lieutenant commanders will
have to be revoked July |, 1921, due
to shortage of officers in the lower
grades, the report says.
More attention must be paid to the
personnel side of the conduct of the
navy, Admiral Washington says, as
serting that 'this point of view does
not now prevail.
THE attention of the navy and of
all those who in any way enter into
the activities of the navy must be
concentrated equally on the ships and
the men who man them, the report
says. The long period of material re-
construction covering new building
programs has diverted too large a
share OF service attention from ques
tons of personnel"
Commenting on the enlisted man
situation, Admiral Washington states
that the navy has very largely recoy.
cred from the post war reaction that
virtually stopped recruiting At the
rate new men are now entering the
service the authorized strength will be
reached by July ! next, his report
states. Due TO the loss Of large per
centage of the nayy's older enlisted
men, however. the report says that the
enlisted force has not vet gained nor
NAL efficiency.
designations during the fiscal year
from the officer force have been Sc
rious, Admiral Washington says, the
line being particularly hard hit At
the end of the year there were more
than $50 fewer line officers in the
service than on Nov. !. despite the fact
that class had graduated from the
naval academy in the meantime. A to-
tai of COG officers resigned from the
regular navy during the yea, of which
"a were line officers. leaving a short
age of about 2.400 officers in the per
manent establishment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
STEAMER RAN
ON THE LEDGE
Norwegian Ship Romsdal-
ford Is Now in Perilous
Position
A HEAVY SEA
is RUNNING
First Reports Said There
Had Been No Loss of
Life

Halifax, n. S., Dec. 10.--The Norwe-
gan steamer Romsdalfjord from Nor
way for Baltimore ran on a sunken
ledge off Sambro Head early to-day.
First reports indicated there was no
loss of life, although the ship was in
perilous position and heavy sea
was running.
The wrecking tug La Canadienne
and several other vessels have been
sent to the assistance of the Roms
dalsfjord, which lies on a ledge just
outside this harboT about half a mile
eastward of the rocks on which the
steamer Bomosene was wrecked last
February. The freighter left Narvik
on Nov. 81 She was putting in here
to replenish her coal supply when she
struck in the darkness and fog of
the early morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
TERRIFIC GAS EXPLOSION.
Shattered Windows in Rutland Hotel
Flying Door Fractured woman's. Skull.

Rutland. Dec. l0.-Mrs. Margaret
Carrigan is at the hospital here in a
critical condition as the result of an
explosion which resulted Thursday as
she was about to light an oven burner
of the gas stove in the kitchen at the
Hotel Berwick, where she has been
employed for 25 years. A flying door
struck her in the head and a fractured
skull is thought TO have resulted. She
was also somewhat burned.
What caused the explosion is a mys-
terry. Mrs. Carrigan, who had used
the stove for years without any trou-
BILE and was thoroughly familiar with
it. was kneeling before il with a light
ed match when a terrific explosion
came that blew several windows out
in the kitchen and completely ruined
the oven. besides the injuries to the
woman, who is 90 years old.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
Extension of Work Authorized.

The commission authorized the eV-
tension Of the purchase work to Penn
svlyannia and New York and the To-
cation of a purchase unit on the head
waters of the Allegheny river with a
view TO lessening the danger from riv-
er floods az Pittsburgh and az other
places located below Pittsburgh on the
Ohio river.
The commission authorized the pur-
chase of l,Oos acres Of land in the
White mountains and the southern
Appalachians at an average price Of
$500 per acre. OF the lands approved
for purchase one tract Of ASS acres
in Grafton couns@. New Hampshire,
was offered at $50 an acre. The ppr-
chase Of two tracts in Augusta and
Shenandoah counties. Virginia. having
an area Of 2S9 acres. was authorized
at an average price Of 500 az acre.
Two tracts In Madison county. North
Carolina, having = total ARA Of 2.9is
acres were approved for purchase al
- an acre. and ] ,345 acres Of timbered
land in Burk county. North Carolina.
at $50 an acre. There were also sp-
proved for purchase COS acres IN seven
tracts in Winston and Lawrence coun-
ties. Alabama. At an average price II
S5.1e per acre. and 4450 acres in Ar
kansas. chiefly in Polk. Montgomery.
Scott. and Yell counties. offered BY y
different owners ~ an average prizes
q s3lS2 an acre A
Purchase 81 Too0llio feet 81 spruce
timber az - per thousand feet Vas
alsa autharfzed b. the commission.
This timber T. 10 tie White mountain
national forrest. NeU Hampshire. but
was reserved from sele ~ the tire
the lard uas purchased This ar7ui-
sition ulil snabie the government 10
rurtroi c1lttIuE operations mpan ap-
proxirnstely 90 srrrs g lan5- thus
securing Fnoper forrest mansrrmrnt
cgnsi3sraiisn q puhlir interests
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
Col: Il: 1[..)'l'
"Pape's Cold Compound"
Breaks any Cold
in Few Hours

Instant relief Don't stay stuffed
up! Quit blowing and snuffling! A
dose of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken
every two hours until three doses are
taken usually breaks up any cold.
The very first dose opens elogged nos.
trils and the air passages of the head
stops nose-running; relieves the head.
ache, dullness, feverishness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" acts quick
sure, and costs only few cents a:
drug stores. 1t acts without assistance
tastes nice, contains no quinine-Insist
upon Pape's! Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
PIDDLED WHILE TOWN BURNED.
Musician Forced to Do So at Gransrd,
Ireland.

Dublin. Dec l0.-There was q Nero
who tiddled during the burning of
Granard by the BLACK and Tsns" last
week lie was a rowing musician who
makes the town his headquarters.
According to the story told IN the
town. the musician. awakened BY the
tumuIt. rushed from his lodgings with
his precious violin under his arm.
He Was captured by the police. end
under threats compelled 20 walk down
the main street playing English ma
tional airs while the town was burn
ing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10
WHEN MEALS
DON'T FIT
"Pape's Diapepsin" is the
quickest Indigestion and
Stomach Relief

When meals hit back and yanr stom-
ach is sour, acid. gassy or You feel full
and bloated- When You have heavy
.lumps Of pain or headache from indi-
gestion. Here j. instant relief
just a. soon a. you eat tablet OF
two of Pape's Diapcpsin all the dye
pepsia. Indigestion and stomach dis
tress caused by acidity ends. These
pleasant. harmless tablets Of Pape's
Diapepsia never fail 10 neutralize the
harmful stomach acids and make you
feel fine at once. and they cost 50 little
at drug stores.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-10

You are constipated billions and what
fou need Il one ct rs-o Cascarets to-
right sure for your liver and bowels
Then YOU sill wske up wondering
v hat became II vuur dizziness. sick
,cadachc. bad cold o. upset. gassy
-omach. No gripping no incouven-
enos. Children love Cssosrets too D..
>, 50 cents.-Adv