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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
Deaths Of a Day
MRS. GEORGE HAIG
Was Once Wife Of ]. Coleman Dray
ton, Of This CItv

Was Once Wife Of J. Coleman Dray,
ton, OF This City
Paris, July 31.-Mrs. George Ogilvy
Haig, Of London, who before her mar.
riage was Miss Charlotte Astor, died in
the American hospital at Neuilly yes.
terday afternoon. Mrs. Marshall OrmC
Wilson, of New York city, her sister
was at the bedside.
Charlotte Astor was the third of four
children of the late William Astor, oil
New York. Her marriage to J. Cole
man Drayton. of Philadelphia, on Oc =
tober 20, 1879, was notable society
event. They had happy domestic lifc
for twelve years. but In 1891 the fash
ionable world was startled by the an
nouncement that the Draytons had
agreed upon q separation.
Subsequent events were sensational
eliminating in London a year later b,
a meeting of Mr.. Drayton and his wifi,
in a hotel in the company of Hallett
Alsop Borrowe, of New York and Lon
don. Reports reached this country Of
a prospective duel between Mr.. Dray
ton and Mr.. BorroWe, but it did no,
take place.
Divorce was granted TO Mrs. Dray
ton by Chancellor McGill, of New Jer
sey, in March, 1896. In December o.
the same year she was married in Lon
don to George Haig, of the distillinl
firm of Haig & Haig. Mr.. Borrow,
married a daughter of Austin Corbin
Mr.. Drayton did not remarry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
Rice Gets Kane Medal

The Elisha Kent Kane medal of the
the Geographical Society of Philadel-
phia was awarded last night to DR..
of the society in Witherspoon Hall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
SOPHS RAID HOUSTON CLUB;
FRESHMEN'S GARB OFFENDS
Scarfs and Hose Auctioned-Money
Is Used to Buy Regulation Ones

Sophomores of the University, finding
that their august demands were being
disregarded and their time -honored
dominance over the freshmen was being
endangered by the temerity of a number
of insignificant first year men, exc
cuted raid on a body of them at the
Houston Club today.
For years without number, it has
been decreed and implicitly obeyed by
the lowly yearlings that certain rules
and regulations must be lived up to as
laid down by their all ll-powerful su-
pcriors of the upper class. Azure blue
ties, dark -colored hose, skull caps and
other details Of dress to properly iden-
tify the freshmen are at all times re-
quired to be worn. To further impress
upon their then humble place in the
university, they are required to have
matches handy for the use of the sec
ond year men upon demand.
Some forty first year men had the
"effrontery' to defy these regulations
this term. Swift and summary pun
ishment was planned by the sopho
mores at meeting last night. Today
about 300 sophs, led by the president
of the class, Z. V. Hartenstein, sur
rounded the Houston Club, broke in and
forced the vidlators to come outside.
Here they were stripped Of offending
ties and hose, which was auctioned off
and the money given the offenders to
buy attire more suited to their lowly
estate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02

nm like who do you call it? the MAYOR
Of Cork. l was on hunger strike st s0ch
times. do not eat.
A very heavy sea was running for 3
good part of the voyage, Miss Rshnbere
explained, in fact, II was so rough that
one night when they were about tsy
days out from Stockholm half of the
captains bridge was swept overheard.
1T happened at 3 or o'clock In the
morning she added. The second Of
hcer was on the bridge, but 1t was luck
that he was on the other side. II he
had been standing there he would have
been swept into the sea, too"
Miss Rehnberg hastened to prove that
womanly curiosity is very unprovincial.
Il got up right away to see what the
exciting thing was all about"
When asked for her impression of the
American girl as she had chance to
glimpse her on her brief trip from Bal
tlmore to Philadelphia, Miss Rehnberg
said one thing she noticed was the
rouge on the wOmen's faces.
1t would be too much to say that
one woman in a thousand in Sweden
used paint on her face she ventured.
Her own healthy blooming cheeks
seemed to indicate that rouge is super
iiuOus If Miss Rehnberg's sisters in
Sweden are az fortunate as she. The
interesting stranger, who explained that
she will make American history and
Swedish colonization in America her
special study, was dressed in plain but
distinctive fashion. She wore a dark
skirt, striped shirtwaist, long dark coat
and a little velour hat.
Miss Rchnbcrg's home is in Goteborg.
She said she came in the freighter Ito
save money! ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
.ONLy GIRL ON SHIP
ARRIVES FOR STUDY
Ruth {. Rehnberg Finds Way to
Bryn Mawr After Trip
From Sweden
DOESN'T CARE FOR ROUGE


Miss Ruth +. Rehnberg. the young
cir, from Sweden who bears the dis -
,,.a,,o. q TT. ann o,,a, amonp
'iiic''o" OF pe'ns o". "o'na' ''t
thirty eight men members OF the ere"
on the eighteen day voyage Of the Swed-
ish freighter Stureland across the At
lantic. was feeling very much at home
in her cosy little white. curtained room
in Rockefeller Hall at Bryn Mawr Col
lege this morning.
Miss Rehnbcrg is twenty three years
old and the first one Of twelve prize
winning girls of her native land to be
sent to America for special study. The
tall. slender pink checked girl was tha
talk Of the campus this morning, first,
because of her remarkable voyage; sec
ondly, because when she arrived on a
later train than the one a Bryn Mawr
teacher had instructions to meet and
found no one at the station she calmly
went out to the college all by herself
"No, / have never Travelled before
she admitted this morning, feeling her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
GLOUCESTER RoBBER BUSY
Same Man Thought to Have Entered
Five Homes This Week

Gloucester police are seeking rob-
Der who forced his way into five homes
this week, in one instance getting $3.50
in Liberty bonds, and in another only
sixteen cents.
The home of Miss Mary Wilmington
and her sister Marie, 407 Somerset
street, was entered when the women
were in the house, which is square
away from the police station. He tried
to enter the room in which the women
were sleeping, but a bolt kept him out
after he had removed the lock. He got
nothing here, while in the home of
William A. Costello, on Gaunt street,
he found only sixteen cents. Costello
Is treasurer of the Gloucester Trust Co.
The Liberty bonds were stolen from
the home Of George Patton, 40S Cum
berland street. Howard Anderson,
Somerset street, lost S25, and Harry
Weise, also of Somerset street, $35 when
the thief entered their homes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
TWO HURT IN CYCLE CRASH

James T. Foley. thirty two years old,
of Crestmont. Pa. was seriously in
jured and John Bosch, twenty nine
years old, of 1923 North Marshall street
was cut and bruised, when Bosch on a
bicycle collided with motorcycle
driven by Foley shortly after o'clock
this morning. The accident occurred
at Twenty first street and Hunting Park
avenue. When picked up by witnesses
of the accident, Foley was unconscious
and was taken to st. Luke's Hospital,
where he is said to be suffering from
a possible fracture of the skull and in :
ternal injuries. Bosch, who was also
taken to st. Luke's Hospital for treat >
ment, was later sent home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
METHODIST BOARD
INCLUDES WOMAN
Only One Ever Appointed to
Like Position Attracts Inter-
est at Missions Session
MORE POWER THAN BISHOPS


The first and only woman to be
chosen for the Board of Home Missions
NJ the Netbod;st E,isoono, Chrrot, vos
y. ,N.' I,p"
center OF interest this morning wheh
this body held joint meeting with the
Women's Home Missionary Society in
the Wesley Building, Seventeenth and
Arch streets.
The meeting was held in con
nection with the last days program Of
the annual conference Of the Board of
Home Hissions and Church Extension.
which wound up it's general business
yesterday. The woman who holds this
distinction Is Miss Jean Dram, of Cleve
land. o.
Miss Dram was formerly chairman of
the ways and means committee Of the
Women's Home Missionary Society,
and she was selected for the board last
May at the general conference held in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
SEEKS BLOOD FOR WOMAN
Poor Patient May Die II TRANSMISSION
Operation Is DELAYED

Unless an immediate offer is received
from some strong young man who is
willing to, give his blood for a trans
fusion operation on woman patient
at the University Hospital. who is too
poor to pay for this service, the patient
will die.
This statement was made today by
DR.. David Smith, clinic resident
physician at the hospital, explaining a
recent appeal for volunteers who will
offer their blood for several anemic
patients.
He explained that in the past he has
always kept a reserve list Of those who
were willing to undergo blood trans
fusion operation, but that he now
wishes to start a new list, as many of
those on the former list have either
moved from this city or have changed
their addresses. Many of the patients
pay for this service. he said, but at
present there il one patient at the hos :
pital who is too poor to pay and so he
is asking for volunteers to save this
woman's life, whose name he will not
reveal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
MUST PARE BUDGET MORE
Council Faces Task Of Looping Hall
Million or Estimates

Clerks are today going over various
items of the city budget for 1921 and
checking up figures on the cuts ordered
by Council.
1t is the final check up on the budget,
which has been cut down so far that
only $500, 900 remains to be pared to
enable the city to maintain the same
tax rate for 1921 as for 1920, which is
$2.15.
Council. which completed it's first
reading of the budget last night. will
make the final reduction of $500,000
next week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
PAYS FOR STEW WITH FIST
Patron Adds Punch After Being
Forced to Give Cash
Ledger Photo Service.

After refusing to pay for the oysters
he had eaten during an extensive meal at
Mason's oyster saloon, 1906 York street,
last evening, Charles Jennings, thirty
one years old, of Fifteenth and Dau-
phin streets, added insult to injury or
vice versa by striking the proprietor,
cutting his lip.
Early last evening Jennings entered
the oyster saloon and, after refusing
to pay for his meal, left. The pro.
priet0r informed Patrolman Slattery, of
the Twenty sixth and York streets sta
tion, and Slattery set out in pursuit.
The man was found near Broad and
York streets. Slattery forced him to re-
turn to the oyster saloon, where he
paid for his meal and then hit Mason.
He was, arrested. He was sentenced
to five days in jail by Magistrate Os-
wald today at the Nineteenth and Ok
ford streets station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
STATES BEST APPLE CROP

Harrisburg. Dec. 2.-The apple crop
of Pennsylvania for 1920 is valued by
the State Department of Agriculture at
$1S.742 800, allowing an average of
ninety cents bushel for the crop of
20, ,S25 900 bushels. Tt Is the greatest
crop ever known in the state. The
peach crop is valued by the statisticans
at S4,133 800, the average price being
$2.55 per bushel for crop of .621, :
100 bushels, while the pear crop Of
607 900 bushels is valued at 81 ,153, 500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
QUIZ McFADDEN SERVANT
viii Question Flanagan Today on
Theft Of Necklace

Joseph Flanagan, arrested in connec
ton with the theft of the $500, 900 pearl
necklace from Mrs. George II. Nc
Fadden, Jr., will be cross questioned in
the Office of District Attorney Taylor,
in Media. today.
Flanagan, servant, has said that
he was on the first floor of the Nc
Fadden home at Villanova at the time
the robbery took place. Later the detec-
tives were informed that Flanagan was
seen on the second floor. AS result
they decided to put Flanagan under
detention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
COMMUTERS ARRIVE LATE
p. and r. Locomotive, "8uckIno'
Broncho Fashion, 10 Cause

A brand new excuse was furnished
commuters on the Chestnut Hill branch
Of the Reading Railway for being
half hour late for work this
morning. The train leaving Chestnut
Hill at 7:10 n. m. didn't crawl but
'bucked' broncho fashion into the
terminal, Twelfth and Market, ut 8 10
instead Of 7 :45 o'clock.
The locomotive became disabled just
before reaching Washington lane, owing
to the breaking Of Rink block" in
the right cylinder Of the driving appa-
ratus. 1t continued in jerks until the
Washington lane station was reached.
being pulled by the left driving ap-
paratus Of the engine. which later
stopped on dead center and stalled.
Overtakcn by the 7 40, which is sup
posed to follow twenty minutes later,
the stalled train was showed into mo-
tion and continued its journey to the
terminal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
BOYS TO RUN OWN DRIVE
Scouts Seek to Raise Funds After
Adults Fall

Boy Scouts to the number Of 5000
or more will open a house to house
canvass at o'clock this afternoon In q
wind-up effort to raise the remaining
$120 900 Of the $2OO,0OO goal of the
present campaign. which will end Sat
urday night.
This is the first time in the ten years
history Of Philadelphia scouting that
the boys have made a personal canvass,
and Il Is only as last effort to obtain
the greatly needed money that the local
executive council consented to the
scheme.
Up to this point in the campaign the
canvassing has been done by adult COM
mittees named to do the work by the
boys. This plan has not met with the
desired success and the boys have been
impatiently straining at the leash to
get into action themselves and show
their followers what they can do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
MURDER SUSPECT CAUGHT
Man Wanted In Paymaster Killing
Held at Palmerton

John Disanto, wanted for alleged par
ticipation in the murder of paymaster,
September Q, 1910, is under arrest at
Palmerton, Pa.
Disanto il said to have admitted hav-
ing been in the hold-up party, but de-
MED having fired the fatal shots. When
taken into custody loaded .3S- caliber
revolver was found on his person.
District Attorney Rotan will send n
man to Palmerton today to bring the
suspect here.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Contradiction In Berlin,

Fats, oils, clothes, milk for babies
and other necessities are scarce In
Berlin, and SO high-priced that the
poorer people can hardly afford them
at all; yet the shop windows along
Inter den Linden are full Of beautiful
goods.
Housing conditions pinch despite the
fact that Berlin and other cities have
less population than before the war.
Every candy store window in Berlin
has a crowd before 1t all day long.
Adults, as well as children. stand and
stare at the displays Of sweets.
Movies-most OF them immoral-are
always crowded. Twelve new moving
picture houses are to be erected. The
most popular firms are those ION the
ragged edge"
Theaters are crowded, and so Is the
opera. as a rule.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05

pigs that came yesterday" Bib be.
gan a new conversation.
mo; how manyY"
"Five."
II wish they'd send more goats
mOaned Siska miserably. I'm lone
ly. There's no society at all. It's hard
on a well-bOrn goat"
"Well, l like that !" Mina's stripes
stood out. "Ill tell you. I'm not used
to associating with goats. l hope the
next Obus you nibbIe is loaded. Ger,
tainly-"
"NOw. Nina. you know l didn't mean
that. I'm really fond of you and Bibi
but a goats different. that's all. There
are certain things peculiar to a goat
THANK heaven, yes" interrupted
Nina.
'Oh. let Siska finish what she's say
ing"
well. as l vas saying, I have ideas
and desires with which you have no
sympathy, because those things hold
no interest for you. Now another
goat would understand my attitude
toward those red flags that mark the
ammunition piles. There's al irresisti-
BILE fascination in them"
II heard the captain 6f the camp
over there say that the next time you
ate one, and left the explosives UNI
marked. he was going to feed you a
pranada" Rihi worned
"That's just it-no one understands
a goat. I'm homesick." Siska bowed
her head.
"POOr old Siska so am l." Bib con-
fessed, the tears running down his
long brown nos
"Oh. well. ! guess that's why I'm
grouchy. l simply can't forget my
home, and be content" Nina blinked.
II heard Jan Struyf say that's why
he came back here. It's where he
used to live. His home was down
there where the old tank stands
"Uh-huh. | know. He's clearing up
the place TO build again. Imagine be-
ing hOmesick for this scrambled land ="
Siska wagged her beard from side to
side.
"Still they're all alike" Bib went
on. "They work from dawn till night,
and We reconstruction animals were
sent here to help. I suppose we
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
GRAVE HUNTERS STILL BUSY
Gangs Of Searchers Wander About In
Quest Of Overlooked Bodies Of
Fallen Heroes.

fpres is today as she was in 1918.
To the east, south and north stretches
an ugly. shell-chopped lifeless terrain,
where gangs Of body snatchers" 1.-THE
Tommys' name for grave hunters) are
still wandering. Now and then. in
out-of-the-way, grass-snffed
crater they still find a weather-soaked
uniform, gray or khaki, with a human
skeleton inside It. They gather the
homes together In a sack and carry
them back to headquarters.
Or, they find a forgotten grave. prob
ably marked by a little ra~in-blackened
wooden cross. The battle area is dot
ted with these crOsses-the only cpl
taph, on some being a rusty trench he'll
met. The body snatchers'" job is to
dig up the bodies. put them In sacks,
too. and bring them away for reburial.
Wrecked tanks. wagons. trucks, am
munition dumps, pin boxes are scat
tered up to the horizon. Four miles
down the Menin road from Ypres many
British tanks lie in one field. called the
tank cemetery"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
"OId Timers' on Rhine Again.

Quite a number of regular "Old tim
ers" who marched to the Rhine with
the American army of occupation in
December, 1918. and who have been
TO the United States and discharged
and enlisted again. go to make up the
Fifth and Fiftieth infantry regiments
which arrived recently in the vicinity
of Coblenz to await possible dispatch
in the near future to Upper Silesia to
supervise the plebiscite.
Some Of them saw ten and twelve
months service in France and Bel
GUM before the armistice.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05

grew %oratorical. "Siska gives all her
milk to the people. There's none for
u poor. hard-wOrking cat. Hard-work-
ing-that's 1t! I'm Overworked. DO
they expect me to catch all the rats
and mice In Belgium? These shell
holes are full of them. Talk about
their underground tunnels. I don't
know which has made the most of
them, the rats or the Germans. And
the homes they've made In those dead
trees IL mean the rats. l tell you
Tn just worn out, working night and
day."
well, at least you can eat them.
You don't have to live on what little
food people can give you, as we do"
Bib finally spoke. You're not always
hungry"
Eat them !" Nina snarled. "They
are all l get to eat. I'm sick and tired
OF mice-and such poor quality. too.
Ugh! You've no idea"
Eyes, yes, I know. It's the same
with what little grass / find. It's rank
and weedy. The best kind grows on
the edge Of the shell pits. but even a
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
BelgiumSketches
In Government
Service
By Kasharine Esslesson Roberts


The striped cat sat on a broken
tone in an old Flanders battlefield.
She fuffed her tail and glared across
her whiskers at Bib. the pup. EVERY
body's always talking about a dogs
life.' as though 1t were the hardest
in the world. HUH l wonder how
they'd like to be a government a out
here in this devastated cGdntry. The
rest Of you animals don't have any
thing to do except sit around"
The gloomy dog didn't attempt to
answer. His drOoping eyes stared
down the street of newly built huts.
"Oh, stop it, Nina you're always
fussing." Siska. the goat. wrinkled
her nose In disgust. "Why do you
suppose the government gives all of
us animals to these people who've
come back to rebuild Dlxmude and
other places if we aren't good for
s~omething"
Its all very well for you to talk,
Siska. There's no effort in merely
giving milk and as for Bib, all he
does Is bark if he hears a stranger
coming at night"
Bib got up and turned around a few
times and dropped down on another
spot. He was tired of being respon-
sible for everyOne's safety, but he didn't
feel like arguing about it.
when i was drafted" continued
Nina after a pause, my mother said:
Nina, it's a fine thing to serve your
country, but l hate to see you going
to live In those awful places Even
then she thought I'd get a little milk
once in a while. But no! Mo-" Nina
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Widow Fills His Pulpit

Hazeiton. Pa.-Mrs. Anna Kindt.
secretary Of the Young Mems Chris
tian association. is filling the pulpit
Of Salem Evangelical church during
the month Of November. she having
preached before. Her husband was
pastor of this congregation until his
death in the summer. Mrs. Kindt was
asked to take the vacancy until the
meeting of the conference next Febru-
airy. but did not feel able to accept.
She had since been made secretary Of
the Young Mems Christian association
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Shortage Of American Leather.

There is much complaint on the part
Of Belgian shoe manufacturers because
Of the recent heavy purchases from
absoad. At the same time local manu-
facturers are greatly handicapped be
cause of n shortage Of all materials.
particularly Of American leather. With
a view Of %ameliorating the situation
the Syndicate of Shoe Manufacturers
of Belgium has taken up with the gov
eminent the question of producing o
national standard shoe at a standard
price. II is thought that in this way
the home manufacturer may be able
TO produce an article to sell at not
more than 30 francs, thus fulfilling an
urgent public demand and at the same
time stimulating and protecting the ma
tional industry.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
AIR POWER.

An Italian inventor has produced a
scheme by which vehicles of wheels
and carriages and springs are to be
propelled by air. According to the
accounts, the scheme is to have huge
tanks BY the wayside holding Isl
quantities of compressed air. Loco
motives and automobiles and tractors
and motorcycles can run alongside and
connect their tanks to the mother
tank, get a lot of compressed air on
board and run TO the next stop.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05

ton. They obtained employment IN
the woods, where the younger was
killed five years after his departure
from home.
Since that time the eldest brother
has wandered over the Pacific coast.
He never wrote home and never re-
ceived any word from relatives. Short
ly after his arrival In Clarion county
he located his mother, Mrs. Anna
Burrows Keaster, and a happy reunion
followed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
KEEP UP YOUR CONVENIENCE.

The majority of failures began TO
deteriorate by doubling or ~depreciat-
ing themselves or by losing confidence
In their own ability. The moment
YOU harbor doubt and begin TO lose
faith in yourself you capitulate to the
enemy. Every time you acknowledge
weakness, in~eficiency or lack Of abil-
ity you weaken your self-conidence.
and that is to undermine the very
foundation Of all achievement-Orison
SWEET MS-tea I'm Chicago Daily News.