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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-11
AUT0ISTS NEAR DEATH
Car Backs Down Into Rsvine and Il
Stopped by Tree


An old low tree along York road
probably saved the lives of four Phiia-
dephans who met with an odd auto
mobile accident near l.ahaska
The car was occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Clement H. Congdon Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Lytle and Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard q. HanseIl. While trying 10
turn the car near Lahaska on Sun.
day. Mr.. Hansel accidentally backed
down big ravine. The car struck
the tree. branches Of which opened like
a pair Of pincers and cIutched the
machine tightly in its grasp. Mrs
Hansell was slightly cit and bruised
other members of the party escaped
uniniurpd.
II was necessary to cut the tree down
to cXtricate the car.
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Charles Pluck

Charles Pluck, a veteran of the Civil
War, died suddenly of heart disease on
Sunday at the home of his son in law,
William Cowperthwaite. 1888 North
Nineteenth street Mr.. Pluck. who was
born in this city in 1871. served in the
Civil War as a member Of the Seventy
second Pennsylvania Regiment. BaX-
ter's Fire Iouaves. He was a member
Of the Tioga Methodist Episcopal
Church and Of the Survivors Associa- e
ton of the Seventy second Regiment.
He is survived by his widow and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cowperthwaite.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-11
ARTHUR, "UNF|RED,' :
REPORTS FOR WORK
Wont Resign" He Tells Act
ing Director Wagner as He
Drops In" at City Hall
CHARGES NOT FILED YET

Although he has been requested to
resign as chief of the bureau of city
property. John r.. Arthur has declared
that he will stay on the job.
There was an air Of confidence in the
attitude Of Arthur as he Sauntered into
the Office Of the director Of the Depart
ment Of Public Works this morning
There he met Acting Director Wagner.
81 believe that>my resignation was
due yesterday" said Arthur pleasantly.
YES. ! believe II was" agreed Mr..
Wagner.
well. I'll not resign. said Arthur.
Mr.. Wagner elevated his eyebrows
and registered slight surprise. ITS n
nice day." he said. smilingly.
Agree on the Weather
'It is" said Arthur, and hope
It doesn't rain.
He then smiled impersonally at tht
Office force and left.
Arthur's resignation was requested or
the ground of ''incompetrncy and in
efficiency.'
1--WE have good case against Mr.
Arthur" said Mr.. Wagner later, bu
he declined to give hint as to what il
was.
Those who keep in touch with affair,
at City Hall recall that Arthur wa'
one Of the witnesses At the hearnj
before the Board of Registration Com
| missioners when John X. Mclean, Jr.
| candidate for the state Senate from tn,
| Fifth district, filed petition request
| ing that the name Of Senator Davit
Martin be stricken from the voting lis
in the Nineteenth ward.
City's Car Used by Martin
On this occasion Mr.. McLeal
/ brought out the fact Francis Nc
Govern. chauffeur for Arthur. ha,
| frequently taken Mr.. Martin to hi
home in Homesburg in m uutomobi
/ belonging to the city. Many cold wintc
evenings the witness said Mr.. Martil
was. taken home in the city'> ear.
! Whether Arthur will BE- held respon
siblc for permitting his chauffeur t
carry MIR. Martin home in tho city's Ca
is matter of conjecture. Many belev
! il vii be cited among other things il
/ general charges against him.
! Arthur declines Ia say what artio
he will take to hold his job
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Accused of Taking Fountain Pens

Herbert Jefferson. Wanamaker street
near Arch. was held in 500 bail for
a further hearing on May "A by Magis-
tratc Harris this morning on n charge
of stealing tray of fountain pens from
a drugstore at Sixtieth and Market
streets,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-11

Palestine. the mandates over which ars !
awarded TO Great Britain, aud Syria, \
cc,ed similarly TO France. ARE left 70 4
be- determined by special commissions.
The Armenia settlement is left open
for future negotiation aud decision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-11
Thieves Smash Window in 18th st

Thieves broke plate glass window in
the mems furnishing store of Halpn.
BOYD X Turner. l3T South Fifteenth
street early this morning and stole $50
worth Of silk shirts and ncckties. The
window was smashed with a club.
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TOO MANY BOOKS,
DEALERS COMPLAIN
Fewer Volumes and More Read
ers Advocated at Con-
vention Here
WOULD COMBAT "M0VIES"

The need of less production instead
pressed today when the twentieth an
nual convention of the American Book
sellers Association opened in the Belle
yue Stratford.
More readers and fewer books was the
general plea of the president of the as
sociation, Charles Il. Butler. of New
York city. in his opening address.
According to Mr. Butler, booksellers
are compelled to carry from 5000 to
10000 titles. regardless of, the fact that
many may have only a limited sale.
During the last holiday 1000 books were
put on the market. an average of twenty
books q day. and a serious overstocking
resulted.
eve must fight the pleasures of the
day hc declared 1--WE must fight the
movies. the auto. and the like. and put
| the book in the hands and the homes
Of the public. from the child up. y
drive for 5000 900 moro book buyers
| in the United States for 1921 would not
be impossible of accomplishment if we
all fought for II"
Twenty three Books Daily Is Average
In further advancing his plea fol
/ fewer aud better books, Mr.. Butler said
| that for the last ten years there has
| been an average Of 1000 books published
| a year. or twenty three new titles foi
! every business day.
, He declared that the book ellinl
business cannot survive unless it is made
! safer aud more profitable and urged
publishers to grant maximum discounts
to booksellers. no matter how small th'
number Of books concerned.
| Mayor Moore. in welcoming the dele
| gates. rpcited the literary traditions ol
Philadelphia naming William Bradfort
as the author of the first American
almanac. in 1853. Charles Brocktol
Brown as the first novelist. benjamin
Franklin. Edgar Allen Poe. George w
Childs aud Edwin s. stuart. former
Governor and now head of the famous
! Leary'S bookstore.
Doubleday Optimistic
George W. Jacobs. chairman of th'
Philadelphia committee. replied to thu
welcome with II short address.
Following Mr. Buffers address, 1
discussion of his paper was had by
! Frank y. Doubleday, of Doubleday X
Page. and Y. NJ. Schenck. of the Pill.
grim Press. MIR. Doubleday was more
optimistic Of the book trade than Ne
Butler. declaring that he was looking
forward to very profitable future.
The convention will continue unit
Friday.
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a. Hot IN" least interesting phase of
the situation is the connertion batwoon
NE NE var" organization aud the General
wood supporters. Politicians con.
sner this all tho moro interesting bn.
cause OF Senator Ppurose's declara,ior
iTr hnoS, Roth Senator Penrose and
snc wares will be for Governor Snrnmi
iVf th Preside on the first ballot at Ieast
alter that Senator Penrosc VIII 'IaS., hn,.o
inc 1Ju ahan, VI l, 1he genera situation rcvolv-
wSno 0Vbo Wc senator's Knox and johnson.
stron, ;m NareS vii be able TO finish
Ds gsts n,I.n IN III" nI event that the Wood boom
y" ''''' headway in the convention,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-29
Farming in the Northwest
News and Notes as Compiled by the Grand Forks
Herald
SHEEP

DR.. Don Mcmahon Of the Agricultur-
al college has spent nearly a week in
Montana, investigating conditions for
sheep purchases in the range terri
tory, and sends to county agents in the
various counties of the state the fol-
lowing report: n.
this fall; consequently very rev ranch
ers are offering any breeding stock for
sale. Sheep men sold themselves short
a year ago, due to the. severe drought
and feed shortage. This has been a
very poor larnb season. 5 per cent
lamb crop or less was the rule rather
than the exception. These conditions
are largely responsible for the scarcity
of breeding stock. Each year, Of
course. brings on a certain percentage
Of "broken-mouthed" ewes which
ever, are asking $500 around for 90
pound "broken-mouths" which can be
purchased on the market at from 81
to "a per hundredweight.
There is a noticeable tendency
among ,ranchers to dispose of holdings
of so-called "black-faces," medium
wooded sheep. Responsibility for this
is largely due to the high price of fine
grades OF wool and the. discrimination
against medium grades, although there
are other contributing factors. Black
quently.s where any offers are being
made. Most OF them are pricing such,
weighing about 100 pounds at
SO a head. and in some cases az high
as $l2 for stuff which can be picked
up In the market fo- from So to S7.60
per hundredweight.
However. pure-bred Hampshire
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ownership Of an immense merchant
tonnage which came into their hands
as n OF the results of the war. In
for preferential treatment of cargoes
shipped in American bottoms. In
substance it provides for carrying out
tho provision Of the Underwood tariff
bill levying on all imports carried in
foreign vessels a duty of 10 per cent
in addition to all other duties impos-
ed, this impost to. apply to articles
on the free list as we'll as to those
which are otherwise. dutiablc. The
Underwood bill however. cancels it's
provision by prescribing further
that this excess duty shall not be ap-
piled in conflict with the provisions
of any existing treaty. AS the United
States has treaties with every mari
time power guaranteeing to the second
party the admission of goods
carried in its ships on the
same terms granted to those
carried in Jul own vessels, this clause
has remained a dead letter. Thc
Jones bill provides for the modifica-
ton of all treaties where necessary
to bring them into conformity with
the provisions of the act.
President Wilson has announced
that he would not enforce this pro-
vision and has given as his reason that
such action would result in the abro-
cation of practically all the important
commercial treaties that thu United
States has with the rest of the world,
and the Inauguration of a series Of
reprisals which would be exceedingly
avs that he signed the bill contain
ing this provision which he considers
obnoxious because of the excellent
features of the bill as a whole.
Critics Of his attitude concede that
he had a right to veto the bill if he
considered it undesirable, but main
tain that, having signed it, he is
bound by it's provisions, and cannot
select certain portions of it to observe
and others to ignore. They point
out that if the president has a right
to ignore one section Of a law he
may likewise ignore any other, or
the entire law, thus placing himself
entirely above congress, whose duty
it is to enact laws.
The discussion is certain to bring
up. some knotty constitutional ques-
tions. The president, of course, will
rely on the constitutional provision
which makes treaties of equal authori-
ty with the constitution itself, and
therefore superior in authority to
any enactment Of the legislative body.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-29
TT ISN'T MUTUAL

In answer to an inquiry the other
day, Governor Cox said that he had
supported William j. Bryan in each
OF Mr.. Bryan's campaigns, and that
he would have supported him again
this year had Mr.. Bryan been a can.
didate.
Unfortunately for Governor Cox,
this attitude is not mutual. Mr..
Bryan is not supporting Governor Cox
and there Is not the remotest possibili-
~ that he will do so.
Before the San Francisco
ton Mr.. Bryan expressed himself in
no uncertain terms concerning Gov
ernor Cox, who was then DISCUSSED al
IN available a for the presidential
nopination. He declared that Cox
was'the candidate of the liquor inter-
ests, and that his nomination would
b. q disgrace I Q the party. HI ii.
pressed himself then % forcsfuily Ind
unquivccaliy as TO make II impossible
10 49, EIL
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and Shropshire ewes ana bucks ara
priced very reasonable, and are Of
Tered for sale in liberal numbers in
sections where such stock has been
used. Good bucks of these breeds
registered and In good condition. car
be purchased at $40 to $25 per head.
and ewes. at SIS to $50. OF course
transportation would he highsunlees as
many as a. carload could be bought. az
|they would have to be Grated and
shipped by express"
Unless DR.. McMahan finds = 4erri-
tory where the ranchers offer their
surplus breeding stock at more nearly
current market levels, advice to farm
ers should be to stay out OF the range
territory this season and purchasa
rather on the market.
Pure-Breds Replaces Scrub Bu]l
7 disposed Of one scrub bull ana
With this explanation q livestock or.
er IN Dodge county, Nebraska. enrolled
In the Better Sires-Better Stnct,ss
movement, which provides for pure.
bred sires In all classes of dome.tio
animals kept.
a pure-bred Holstein bull now head.
his herd OF Is grade cattle. and fha
Duroc swine on the farm are all pure
bred. Horses, sheep, goats and poui
try complete the kinds SOf5 stock kent.
Whiie these are not pNre-bred. thev
wiIi o improved by breeding to pure
The experience of livestock owner.
that scrub. aires are unbrofitabie snn-
ports the results OF numerous 8offiS1sl
experiments which show the stiuer1.
other kinds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-29

for him to support Cox, no matter
what happened afterwards, for, while
there are sometimes remarkable
changes Of attitude in politics, a man
cannot, within a few weeks, turn right
about face and lend his support to
one when he has characterized as
Bryan did Cox.
When Mr.. Bryan expressed himself
DC he old. in advance of the conven-
ton. he served notice om the party that
il it accepted the candidacy Of COX
1t would have to get along in this cam
paign without any support from him,
The convention followed the course
which Bryan had declared disgrace
full and nominated the candidate
whom he had declared unfit. Ac-
cordingly, Mr.. Bryan Immediately ef-
faced himself from the campaign, and
he has taken no part in It since.
Should he choose to participate in the
contest at my time the only position
which it is possible for him to take
is that of opposition to the election
OF the Democratic candidate. He can
not give Cox even a moderate support
without contradicting statements
deliberately and convicting himself of
insincerity. Z
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p[lex questions that were battling my
CHAPTER VIII.
ENTER, A

I walked along the paths, my eyes
cast down, and my hands behind me,
While l brooded over the situation. I
had the grace to be utterly ashamed
of the fact, that beneath all other
considerations. I was conscious Of a
realization hat Anne was now free.
| would not allow myself to put this
thought into words; 1 tried to evade
and ignore it; but it brought a peace
to my soul that shone steadily
through all the disturbing problems
That filed my consciousness. Z
First, was the great problem of
Van Wyck's death. Was it suicide or
murder? And. then I thought, how
futile even to wonder about that. I'M
closures might Immediately solve the
mystery.
Next was the problem of what
Anne would do. But that. it seemed
to me, was an indelicacy even to
think about. at present. So l reso-
lutely put it away from me, and
turned my thoughts to the story Beth
Fordyce had told. 1t was certainly
strange that a motor should come in
to the Van Wyck estate at midnight,
and that it should alternately halt
and proceed in such a mysterious
manner. Also that it's entrance and
disappearance should be followed by
the presence of a stealthy, cloaked
figure.
But again, was Beth Fordyce's
word reliable? l had no doubt Of
her integrity-but the girl had such
strange fancies and such a vivid i'm
agination, that I could not place i'm
plicit reliance on the story as she
had told it.
To. her distorted mental vision; a
belated pedestrian might assume the
mystery Of a prowling marauder.
And yet. she had said the figure pass
ed under her window, which would
Of course mean some one intending,
either rightly or wrongfully, to enter
the house. And, too. the strange pro
ceedings of the motor car-though
perhaps exaggerated by her-could
scarcely be all imagination, unless
the girl had wilfully made up this
story. which I did not believe.
But again, if the occupant of the
motor a had indeed been a criminal
"a thief and a niurderer-with fell
intent against David Van Wyck, how
had he entered the study, committed
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-29
I. W. w. CLAIMS FELLOWSHIP

William D. Haywood, the moving
spirit in the I. W. W., who is now at
large pending an appeaa a YER
dict convicting him and some score
of associates of seditious practices,
advocates the amalgo nation Of his
society with the Nonpartisan League.
He expressed himself to this effect at
the New Rockford convention. :
A. c. Townley, founder Of the Nom
partisan League, advocated a work
members of his society and the I. w.
W., through the Agricultural Work.
ers' Union, a branch of the I. W. w.
Haywood, in a formal statement
published by the Agricultural Work
ers' Union, declares that the improved
condition of the farm laborer is due
to the organization Of the A. w. o.,
but ia that the work must go on,
until the earth is redeemed from
private ownership Inc the spirit of
cooperation prevails
The same public action, 1.-The Evo-
luton of American Agriculture" says
that the formation of the Nonpartisan
League which resulted in a political
revolution in the grain-growing states,
is directly traceable to the pressure
exerted from below by the Agricul-
tura, Workers Industrial Union No.
400 of the Industrial Workers Of the
World"
The preamble to the I. w. w. con-
stitution declares that the working
class and the employing class (the
farrners) have nothing in common,
and that a struggle must go on be-
tween these two classes until the work.
ers of the world organize as a class,
take possession Of the earth and the
machinery of production, and abolish
the wage system" &
The farmers of the northwest know
something of the I. w. ". from con-
tact with it's members. They have
seen their threshing crews strike and
give the farmer his choice between
paying exorbitant wages and permit
ting their crops to go to ruin. From
time to time they have been present.
ed with souveniers of the activities of
the organization in the shape of ash
piles where grain stacks had stood,
Of wrecked machinery. and of shocks
scattered to the four winds. And if
they have read the literature of the
society they know that this sort of
wreckage is the logical and legitimate
result of the propaganda on which
this society is based. rs
1t Is this society which seeks ANAL
gamation with the Nonpartisan
League. which is composed principal.
~ of farmers. And it is the organizer
Of h Nonpartisan League who has
sought to bring such amaIgamation
about.
Townley and Haywood are pulling
in h same harness, seeking to achieve
the same objects. And the North Da-
kota administration looks on, approx
ingly, alphabetically, lending what
assistance it can.
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Just Folks
~.
WHEN THE MINISTER CALLS.
By Edea1 d. 0uosk

MY Paw says that it used to be
Whenever the minister came for tea
AT they sat up straight in their
chairs at night
An put all their common things out
o. sight,
An nobody cracked a joke or
grinned.
But they talked o. the way that peo-
pie sinned
An the burnin' fires that would cook
o sure .a.
When you come to die, if you wasn't
pure
Twas a gloomy affair that used to be
Whenever the minister came for tea,
But now when the minister to
call
I get him out for a game of ball,
And you'd never know if you'd see
him bat,
Without any coat or vest or hat,
That he is a minister, no stree!
He looks like a regular man to me.
An he knows how to 60 into the dirt
For the grounders hot without gettin'
An when supper's ready, both him
an me
Have to git washed up again for tea.
He's played all the games that the
fellers play
When he was in college. An one. big
day
He came to bat with the score a tie
An the pitcher slipped him one,
shoulders high.
An he wallopcd it over the fence for
fair
An won that ball game right then an
there!
IN my Pa knows that it's true. COZ he
Wuz up in the grandstand where he
could see.
Once in a football game he played,
An the winnin' touchdown alone he
My Paw say whenever he got the
ball.
He could run so fast that he'd beat
'em all.
He says that the Teller who'll Just
play fair
Is fit for heaven or anywhere,
fun's all right if your hands are
clean
An you never cheat an you don't
get mean.
He says that he never has under
Why a Teller can't play an still be
An my Paw says that he's just the
kind
OF a minister that he likes to find
So I'm always tickled as / can be
Whenever our minister comes for
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-29
POSSIBLE n1PEACHslENr

NaCne Of the interesting possibilities
Aassthe near future is the impeach-
Hs11sant OF President Wilson for his re-
- to comply with certain provisions
1.-THE Jones shipping bill recently
s4snsed by congress. That an effort
yd1a be made TO impeach is declared
hks%sConsressman Edmonds, OF Phila-
4 lstphia, q member OF the Marine
mites which framed the Jones
purpose OF the Jones bill Is to
Affiliate the American merchant
4 19sfre andStO tnsrre to Americana n-
41essaASStfinuafsnn 81 the adyan-
800 which they nov possess Ia their
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-29
FEW SEE CEREMONY.

London, Sept. 10.-Few Americans
who have visited the Tower Of London
have ever witnessed the ceremony Of
the keys, though it has taken place
nightly for many centuries.
The yeoman porter, with an escort
of guards. still nightly locks the gates.
Behind him still walks "a varlet at
two pence a night to carry the keys''
and. broad daylight or no, follows the
bugler with the lantern.
Halt, who ome there?'' demands
the sentry.
"The keys" replies the yeoman por-
ter.
Whose keys?" asks the. sentry. =
King Georges is the answer.
At the end of the ceremony the yeo-
mar porter takes off his hat and says
God preserve King George and
guard and escort reply, Amen" Then
the band or drums and flies play God
Save the King" and ibuglers sound the
Last Post"
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MAKE BIG PROFTT

Madrid, Sept. 8.-(Mail)-Nearly
two hundred per cent profit is being
this moment. says the Libertad, which
is conducting o campaign against high
prices. The newspaper gives details
showing that the refiners have, by an
agreement among themselves, fixed
the price they pay for beet to the
growers. hbertad asks why the gov
eminent does not fix the price for the
public instead Of permitting the man
ufacturers and their Intermediates
to pocket the enormous differences.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-29
Her PLEAsURE sPouiEn

lis your wife's mother enjoying
her trip to the mountainse.
I'm afraid not. She's found some-
thinK at last thai she can't walk