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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
PASTOR SUPPORTED
IN DIVORCE ACTION
Wife of DR.. Adams, Former
Philadelphia Clergyman, Be-
Iieved in Atlantic City
RENOVATES HIS OWN HOME

The Rev. DR.. George D. Adams. for
mer pastor Of the Chestnut Street Bap-
tist Church. this city, and now pastor
of the First Baptist Church, Mount
Vernon. n. Y. who is suing his wife
for divorce, alleging unfaithfulness,
has the united support of his congrega-
ton.
Mrs Adams, who is said to be living
in cottage at Atlantic City, \. J.,
apparently has little sympathy among
the members Of her husbands flock.
"The congregation is with him solidly, "
said J X. Clark. chairman Of the board
of trustees, and Charles A. Payer,
chairman of the board Of directors.
Deep sympathy for DR.. Adams was
expressed by members Of his congrega =
ton. very fashionable one. today
They said he had kept up relations with
his wife as long as possible and that the
parting had come only after conditions
| had become intolerable to him.
| The pastor. who Is sixty years old. @
few years older than his wife, sued fol
| divorce on November "a of last year
but it just became known publicly yes
terday. He was cleaning his automobile
! in his garage when seen today. DESPITE
his advancing years he is a member o
the local carpenters union and recent!
renovated his home at 4S East, Secon'
street. Mount Vernon.
Its an old story-a year and
half DID," he explained. That is VIII!
/ am sorry anything came out.
When asked if he thought his con
grcgation would stand by him to tn
end. he replied:
"You can rest assured they will
otherwise I would not be here enjoy
ing myself"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
GETS 2 YEARS FOR ROBBERY
Man Pleads Guilty to Attack on
Taxieab Passenger

Judge Finletter, in Quarter Sessions
Court today, sentenced Frank Hilton,
of New York city, to term of not less
than two years nor more than two and
one half years in the Eastern Peniten-
tiary on a charge of robbery.
The defendant pleaded guilty to being
one of three men who. after inveigling
Dominick Vadela, of Brooklyn, into a
taxicab on the night of September =.
robbed him of 5000 at the point of a
revolver on the Parkway and then
elected him from the automobile. The
defendants two companions are still
fugitives.
Russell G. Myers was sentenced to not
less than eighteen months nor more than
two years in the Eastern Penitentiary
and his companion, John Sharp, was
sentenced to not less than two years. on
a charge of larceny. Sharp had been
arrested once before. The two defend
ants pleaded guilty to stealing an auto
mobile belonging to Ernest F. Sheridan
of 235 South. Fifteenth street, on No.
vember 3. They were apprehended ir
Birmingham, Ala.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
DOCTOR RESENTS ARREST
Says He Was Waiting for Car
Hearing Today

DR.. Henry A. SEecker. 1918 Pine
street, was arrested at Thirteenth and
Market streets last night by Reserve
Patrolman Landy on charge of dis
orderly conduct. He was later released
on his own recognizance for hearing
today in the Central Station.
In his own behalf the physician as
serted his arrest was unjustifiable. He
said that he was merely waiting for
a car at the proper place, and because
he refused to move to a point further
down the street Landy arrested him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
TooAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Robert Mayo. 1922 y. 18th ST.. and Marie
, Williams, 1926 \. 18th 1T.
ben Cohen, a0s Ritner ST., and Ida Petel.
Antonio Ennamorato 6la Sears ST.. and
Anna Ricci ll40 S. 7th st.
sylvan Rosenthal. 672Q, N. Broad ST.. and
Agnes VI. Farrel. southwest corner of 47th
and Sansom SITS.
Robert Ratz. 1910 Latona St. and Freida
NJ Lompert, 8l Emily st.
Robert Mclaughlin 1913 Dyer ST.. and Ell
len d. Krier 1908 Josephine at.
hIcaino Censoloo. Marcus Hook. Pa. and
Rosa di GIac0niO. 21eS w. Toronto st.
plksoh Oda ahashian, h32 N. llth ST., and
,.AAznik Mlkjian. 5a2 n. lin 1t. - '''''
william J.. Perkin 1870 Tulip st., "and
Margaret Barr, 2628 u. Cumberland st.
and leanetta NJ. Mccarthy. 7l8 North
James y, McGovern. Gill Baynton st.
leonard CierVo, 800 Christian "a, and
Elena Aoruzzese. 427 ontrnse st
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
RAPS ANTI-VIVISECTlONISTS
Dr.. John 3. Deaver Says Expert
ments Are for Human Welfare

DR.. John B. Deaver. professor Of
surgery at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, denounced anti -vivisectionists
before the American College of Surgeons
at Buffalo. n. Y, today. DR.. Deaver
said vivisection is performed as care =
fully and with as little pain as opera =
tions on humans.
"Any one who promotes legislation
designed to hinder the battle against
human disease deserves to die a pre- =
mature DEATH" DR.. Deaver asserted.
DR.. Franklin ii. Martin, secretary
general of the organization, said the
question was "a case of experimental e
ton either upon animals or children"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03

Irwin. district superintendent for
Pennsylvania and Delaware. the work
Of the bureau will be facilitated, and
the necessity for service Of a number
of field dental surgeons in the city win
be- dispensed with, as al, work will
bc handled at the dispensary.
Additions are being made to the field
force in counties surrounding Philadel-
phia, several appointments having mcen
made recently. Under the plan now
effective ex service men are entitled TO
dental services. and on filing their ap-
plication with the appointed examiner
in their district this work is done free
of cost to the service men. Opening of
the new dispensary in North Broad
street will permit the treatment Of many
additional hundreds of men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
LEGION POST TO ELECT

State Fencibles, American Legion
Post 142 will elect officers and change
by laws to conform to the new constitu-
ton Wednesday evening. Commander
Walter G. Rhoades was appointed on
the county bonus parade committee by
Senior State Vice Commander David
Simpson. The post will participate in
the bonus parade December II and will
carry it's new national colors recently
presented by the Old Guards, City Of
Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
600 DINERS IN Peril
AS FLOOR
Excitement at Prospect Park
When Room Is Plunged
in Darkness
GAS FUMES RELEASED

The second floor of Masonic Hall at
prospect Park. Delaware county. sag
cod suddenly last night under the weight
Al 600 men assembled for banquet,
wrenching gas pipes loose and throwing
The place into darkness MS the men
stampeded for exits.
The rush for the stairs was halted
by Henry Talbot, an ofioial OF Pros
meet Park Lodge. No. SIS, OF the
Masonic order, which held the banquet.
Mr.. Talbot ordered the crowd to dis
,ribute their weight, instead of milling
.bout in the middle of the floor.
This expedient, which was obeyed in
.,ontjy. prevented a collapse OF the
aoor, In groups of ten, after the i'm
mediate danger had passed, the lodge
members filed from the room until It
had been emptied.
The members had gathered on the
,ocond floor prior to sitting down to
The banquet prepared on the first floor
~ tho building. formerly a church. They
had checked their hats and overcoats
and we're gathered in groups in the big
room m when they felt the floor sinking.
Timbers cracked and gaspipes snap
ned. Gas began flowing into the room.
Those nearest the door rushed out. but
the crowd was so dense that struggling
mass formed in the middle of the floor.
The incident. while it frightened the
nerves of many present, did not affect
their appctites. After the lights had
been restored and it was evident that
the second floor would hold, the men
went on with the banquet.
Mr.. Talbot was congratulated by his
fellow Masons for his presence of mind
which many believed prevented dis
aster. When the lodge bought the
church, flooring was laid to make an
upper room, used principally for initia
tion purposes. Prospect Park is near
Media
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
Boy at Play Hurt by Auto

Struck by an automobile while play
ing in the street near his home. Robert
IIardie, nine years old, of 292O Haw.
thorne street. Frankford, was taken to
the Frankford Hospital yesterday, suf-
fcring from concussion of the brain.
After taking the boy to the hospital
in the machine which struck the child
Alfred Sterne, who gave his address
as 1900 Mulberry street. surrendered
to the police of the Frankford station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
US. TO CARE FOR
TEETH Of VETERANS
Dispensary to Be Opened Here
by Federal Health Serv-
ice Bureau
WORK WILL BE DONE FREE

Equipment of a complete dental dis
pensary is being made ut the Public
Health Bureau, 40 North Broad
street. in amplifcation of the govern
ment's plan that all ex-service men
shall be given any essential dental
treatment free Of cost.
With conduct Of this dispensary
under full sway, directed by DR.. +.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
FISH WIN OVER ART
Aquarium Greater Attraction Thar
Academy Masterpieces

Philadelphia evidently prefers an or
dinary live fish to q great work Of art.
A statement made by New York
artist, in which he claimed that the
"fish gazers' Of that city outnumber
the art admirers six to one, found a
parallel here, but only in the proper
ton of ten to seven. In other words,
the aquarium holds the odds over the
Academy of the Fine Arts in the popu-
larity contest.
Instead of being an unknown quantity
as to it's location in Philadelphia, as
some believe, the Aquarium had 252 900
visitors from January 1 to December
of this year. No definite figures for
the same length of time were obtainable
from the Academy. but it was said
there that the attendance varies be-
tween 10, 900 and 200 ,000'a year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
WAR WOMEN MEET
Board Of Overseas Legion Plans
Work for Coming Year

The advisory board of the Women's
Overseas Legion met this morning at
the Civic Club. The meeting, which
was held to discuss ways and means
to carry on work during the coming
year, was presided over by Mrs. Oswald
Chew, president of the organization.
Other officers are Mrs. d. Braden Kyle,
vice president; Miss Sophie Norris,
secretary, and Miss Lucy B. Duhring,
treasurer.
The Legion. which was organized
last June, Is composed of the women
in the city who served overseas during
the war. 1t has for its object the main
tanning of patriotic traditions and
the spirit Of comradeship engcndered by
wartime experiences, and also purposes
to further patriotic works.
The society aims to foster the feel.
ing Of friendship between the allies by
every means in its power. There are al
present seventy FIVE members of thu
Philadelphia Legion. Similar organi
cations have been formed in other larg,
cities and it is expected that eventual.
the Woman's Overseas Legion will b.
nationalized.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
POST TO ELECT OFFICERS
Legion Men Also Plan to Hold
Christmas Celebration

The regular meeting of the Oscar
Fl. Gruber Post, 1872. American
Legion. will be held Tuesday, December
"A, when the election of officers for
the ensuing year will be held. Nomina-
tons will be- received by Post Adjutant
James D. Moore. 6420 Jefferson street,
Germantown. up to the night Of the
meeting.
Plans for smoker in the near flu
ture are under way, and the welfare
committee of the post is also making
preparations for spreading Christmas
cheer through some of the local serv-
fec hospitals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
Activities of Students
at University Today

IL 80 o'clock--All- University as
sembly, Weightman Hall.
o'clock-Undergraduate Coun-
ell meeting, Library.
o'clock - Germantown High
School Club meeting, College Hall.
Z o'clock.-Philomathean Society
meeting, College Hall.
S.15 o. o'clock-Combined Musical
Clubs concert, Germantown Cricket
Club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
Woman Dies on Street

While walking on Market street near
Fortieth with a friend last night, Mar
garet Palmer, twenty five years old, Of
4131 Ludlow street, collapsed. She
was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital.
where she was pronounced dead, appar-
emily from heart disease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
MORRIS TO SPEAK TONIGHT
U. S. Envoy viii Address Members
Of Business Science Club

Roland s. Morris, United States
ambassador to Japan, and John Bar
rrett, former director general of the
Pan. American Union, will be the speak
ers tonight at dinner to be held by the
Business Science Club of Philadelphia
In the Hotel Adelphia.
Mr.. Morris will discuss matters of
International Importance touching the
Far East and Mr.. Barrett international
questions in the hemisiphere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
FARM BUREAUS
CONTROL WAGES
STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT
FARMERS BEING CHARGED
EXORBITANT SUMS.

Watertown, July 29.-The aver
age wages paid for farm help
throughout the harvest in Codington
county will be S4 a day for haying
and $3.50 a day for harvest with d
10-hour day, it was stated by l.. V.
Ausman, agent of the Codington
county farm bureau here.
He declared that the farm bureau
in this county in keeping with the
decision of most of the. farm bureaus
throughout South Dakota, has deter
mined not to send out any harvest
hands who demand more than SIS a
day and has taken the stand that
farmers who intend paying more than
this amount should secure their help
independently of the farm bureau.
This decision has been made, said
Mr.. Ausman, and other farm bureaus
are following out similar plan, in
an effort to hold the wages paid for
harvest help to a reasonable figure.
Mr.. Ausman declared that the farm
bureau does not recommend paying
any over SO cents an hour for har-
vest help.
There is a sufficient supply of farm
labor, Mr.. Ausman stated, but many
of the men are unwilling to go out
at the wages offered by farmers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
ARMY WORMS
BY THOUSANDS
SMALL GRAINS ATTACKED NEAR
CANASTOTA BY INSECT NOT
SEEN in 81 YEARS.

Sioux Falls, July 29.-Reports
from McCook- county today stated
that thousands of dollars worth of
damage was being done in the vicin-
ity of Canastota to the growing
made their appearance ETAOINNN
crops by army worms which first
made their appearance Sunday night
and had up until o'clock Monday
afternoon damaged the small grain
20 per cent. The infested area is
west. of the town and comprises about
five square sections according to
George L. Wenwright, county agent
for McCook county, who is co-operat-
ing with the farmers i'm the pest-rid-
den country in an effort to check the
further advance of the worms.
According to advices received from
VIM. Mock of Canastota the worms
soon as Matched start in on their
work of devastation through the
small grain and into the corn. The
general movement is said to be in a
southerly direction. Farmers in the
infected area have drafted into serv-
ice every possible man and are laying
down the ripening grain with mowers
binders and even scythes in an effort
to save as much of the crop as pos
sible. Other crews of men are at
work opening up deep burrows
around the infected fields which are
to be bated with poison to prevent
the spread of the migrating worms
According to Mr.. Mock, this is the
first time in the 81 years he has lived
in Canastota that the worms have
put in their appearance in that To-
cality.
County Agent Joe H. Hamilton Of
Minnehaffa county issued a warning
to farmers in this vicinity this morn
ing to carefully watch their fields for
the appearance of the pest here and
to notify him Immediately should it
appear.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
ALIENATION Of
CAR SHORTAGE
PLENTY OF CARS FOR CATTLE
SHIPMENTS ARE AVAILABLE

Sioux Falls, July 29.-The rail-
road car situation in South Dakota
is so per, cent better today than it
was 80 days ago. Railroads will be
able to furnish farmers all of the
stock cars they need and a liberal
number of grain cars during the next
80 days. Indications are that with
the cooperation of farmers and ship
pers there will be a general letup in
the present long continued acute car
situation.
That was the finding during the
early part of the session this after
noon of the state railroad committee
appointed by the South Dakota Bank
ers' association to aid in getting the
state crops to market.
William Ontjes, of Sioux Falls,
chairman of the committee, early
this afternoon, a half hour after the
committee had opened its meeting,
declared the situation favorable to
the American Legion at Cleveland,
September 1929.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
Public Health Nurse
Head Is Experienced

Vermillion, July 29.-Miss Mar
garet NJ. Hughes, who has been APP
pointed director of the six months
course in public health nursing, to be
given for the first time in the state
this fall at the University of South
Dakota, has had long and eXacting
training for her work
Miss Hughes, after teaching school
in Wisconsin, was graduated in nurs-
ing from the Boston city hospital
She then had four months. training in
the Providence lying-ih hospital
Five years of private nursing in New
York, Chicago and Milwaukee fol-
lowed She spent year in public
health nursing at the Phipps tubercu-
losis institute, and the university oi
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She die
visiting nursing with the Visitins
Nurse association of Chicago, spent
two years in public health nursins
under the national Red Cross in Hi
nois and North Dakota and year in
the same work in the state of Wash.
ington under the state anti-tubercu
losis association. The last year sht
has spent in study at Columbia uni.
versity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
JOINS MADISON
BUSINESS CIRCLES
WHAT FORMER HOME NEWSPA-
PERS SAY OF A NEW MADI-
son CITIZEN.

Sheldon Ua.) Sun: "Al West re-
turned last week from Madison, S. D.,
where he purchased half interest
in one of the leading lumber yards
of the city. The invoice will be taken
next week and Mr.. West will get pos
session about July 10. The yard is
nicely improved, well located, and
carries an immense stock. Mr.. West
is a thorough lumberman and a
dandy good citizen. Friends here do
not question AIS success. 1t is
hoped that he will not remain away
from Sheldon permanently, although
this seems to be the object at the
present time. He will be valuable
acquisition to Madison's business cir
cles. The family will move to that
city as soon as a residence property
can be procured. Their friends don't
like their leaving here a little bit but
will have to submit TO the inevitable.
Here's hoping that they will bet so
homesick for Sheldon that their re-
turn is already a determined fact"
Sheldon Ia.) Mail: "Al West
has purchased lumber yard at Mad
ison, s. D., and expects to invoice the
stock the fore part of July when pos
session will be taken. He will move
his family there as soon as a resi-
dence can be secured. The purchase
was made from Mr. Buckman. There
are four yards in Madison, a city of
about 5000 people. The country is
a prosperous and growing one so the
opportunities there are good. Mr..
West is a lumberman of considerable
experience and the firm which he was
one of the members here, did a
healthy business. Mr.. Vests many
friends will wish him abundant sue
cess"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
State Sheriff
Arrests in June

Pierre, July 29.-The state sher-
iff's office reports over so arrests for
the past month, most of which were
for running Illicit stills or booze ped
ding, along with few for violations
of the auto traffic laws of the state.
Whisky operations were broken up
at Yankton, Hitchcock, Tulare, Arm
adale, Mitchell and other points.
In these arrests number of stills
of various kinds, sizes and capacity
were gathered in and these have
practically all been turned over to
the federal officers for further prose
cutions under the federal revenue
laws.
The office has an active force in
the field, and the booze operations
over the state soon attract attention
enough that they are cleaned up
wherever they attempt to operate.
In one or two cases the reasons for
immunity appear to have been in the
fact that the officers supposed to look
after local law enforcement We're a
part of the operations, and naturally
there was nothing doing on their
part.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
HUNT ALL|GATORS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
ESCAPED ANIMALS FROM CIRCUS
BRIGHTEN FARMER.

Bradley, July 29.-Alligator hunt
ing is the latest sport added to the
list in South Dakota.
This was made possible by a Sc
we're windstorm on July 5, which
swept the region at Bradley and vi
cinity. A small reptile circus was
showing in Bradley at the time and
in the big storm the tent of the show
blew down, and it is the theory at
Bradley that one of the alligators
escaped and later found refuge in the
bayfield, on a farm some miles from
Bradley, where it was caring for its
young.
A farmer named Rhodes, living a
few miles out of Bradley, was work
ing in his bayfield, loading on the
rack when he jabbed his pitchfork
into a pile of hay on the ground pre-
liminary to loading it on the rack.
Much to his surprise the pile of
hay moved, violently and an alliga-
tor and family of little ones speedily
emerged, the tines of the fork hav-
ing struck the mother alligator.
The alligator, angered doubtless by
the pain, Immediately made for
Rhodes, who lost no time in fleeing,
when he discovered the monster al
most at his feet. Rhodes jumped into
the hayrack with the enraged alli-
gator close behind him and was glad
to gain the refuge of the wagon. The
horses attached to the hayrack be-
came frightened at the alligator and
ran away, but the owner had them
under control before they had gone
very far.
When Rhodes reached the wagon
the alligator had its jaws spread wide
ready TO grasp him.
When information of the strange
adventure of Rhodes reached Brad
ley some of the business men closed
their places of business and hurried
to the scene, anxious to participate in
the novelty of an alligator hunt One
report is to the effect that the alli-
gator was shot, while anrother states
that it has been driven into a slough
and surrounded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-07-29
MANY MILLIONS
IN SCHOOL FUND
TOTAL NOW REACHES $27, ABA
9S3 .S3 - ABOUT 81, 5000
TO BE GIVEN SCHOOLS.

Pierre, July 29.-Over $4,000
600 was in the permanent school
fund of this state at the close of the
last fiscal year.
The summary of the trial balance
of the state land department June
80 showed the total to be s27,434,-
9S3S3.
OF this $13,523,7S9.41 is in the
shape of outstanding payments on
land sales. The largest amount of
this is in Marshall county, with ST.
9S4,789.81, and Sphinx is next with
s1,275,04S.12.
Outside of the amounts due on
the different counties of the state
amount to $13,911,194.44, which two
sums make up the total amount of
the fund
The interest and income fund at
the close of the year amounted to ST.
403, 1868.
This will be distributed to the diff
ferent counties for their school funds
in December, but before that time
the collections for August 81 and No
vember 80 will be made, and the fund
is likely to go over $1,5OO,OOO before
it is sent out to the counties, giving
them a good-sized boost in the matter
of their school expenditures for the
next year.
These figures do not include the in
copoa fund annortiOned to the differ
ent state institutions.