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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

work would proceed without interrupt
tion. so much so that in 1915 S20,0 900
additional was voted for the project in
the loan Of that year.
It was estimated that the hall would
approximate $4,000, 900 In cost when
completed. Again the courts were in
voked TO halt the project and this time
a decision was rendered which effectively
blocked the plan. 1t was the Judgment
of the court that the $1,000 900 voted
by the people for convention hall in
the loan Of 1911 wns for a hall that
was to be completed for that sum: that
the 81 800, 900 was not to be consid-
cred as a municipal contribution for the
erection of a structure that was to cost
three or four times that amount.
This ended all further attempts
toward convention hall or municipal
auditorium.
1t is manifestly impossible to erect
any suitable building that would be
either a credit or ornament to the city
and capable of seating at least 10000
people for this sum. II would not even
purchase today Glass "B' Hog Island
ship, much less erect and equip build
ing Of the class and size demanded.
Attempt TO Revive Plan
Within the last few weeks an at
tempt has been made TO revive the
project of stadium where athletic
events, races and aviation affairs could
be held. There have been ambitious
plans to bring the state fair to Phila =
delphia as a permanent institution. but
thus far it has been q failure. Some
bright morning Philadelphia will awaken
to hear that an interior town, more
enterprising and ambitious than the
second port on the continent, has seized
the plum and wiped Philadelphia of
the map in this connection.
Another neglected project is tbs
soldiers memorial, for which S100,0
is available. 1t was originally designed
indefinitely, however, as to form, as .
tribute to the survivors Of the Civi
| War. Within the last two weeks O
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Action Should Be Taken at Once
to Push Project, Asserts
Mccain
Two Former Attempts to Erect
Structure Failed, With
$41 900 Expenditure
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

Two attempts have been made TO begin
the erection Of great convention hall
for this city.
There is at present in the city treas
ury available for this purpose 81 ,393.-
600. Contrary to a belief prevalent
among the uniformed. this sum is not
lying idle and losing interest.
In both attempts to get n convention
hall under way, plans have been drawn
and sites selected. Something like
SAL 900 has been spent in architects
fees. Then the projects went to pieces,
for the courts intervened.
There is no manner of doubt that
Philadelphia has suffered lamcntably for
lack of convention hall. The term is
not applied in any restricted sense. BY
convention hall is meant a great build
ing or public auditorium Comporting in
its architectural beauty and features
with the dignity of the city and suit
ably equipped with assembly halls of Il
capacity for anywhere from 80 to
5000 people.
One Big Hall Wanted
It should contain one vase nall large
enough to accommodate Il national po-
litical convention or any other national
or international assembly that should
select Philadelphia as its meeting place.
1t should be absolutely perfect in the
arrangement of light, heat, ventilation,
acoustics and interior seating accom-
modationS and stage accessories. Above
all, it should be accessible. Its location
should be such that transportation ia
cilities to and fro should be ample and
easy and free from congestion.
An investigation of past attempts
and present conditions leads me reluc-
tantly to the conclusion that there is
little immediate prospect of Phnadel-
phia securing such a building.
Previous efforts have left things in
such an inextriCable tangle that it will
require action by Council. ratified by
vote of the people and followed by de-
lays of other kinds, to an extent that
years must elapse before such struc-
ture will grace the city.
Back in the administration Of Mayor
Reyburn an ambitious and beautiful
scheme was launched for group oI
structures that would have embraced
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

venerable group Of surviving officers Of
the great rebellion attempted TO revive
interest in this matter, but apparently
with indifferent success.
It has not yet reached the limbo of
the convention hall scheme, though
unless SOME plan is adopted and n
definite movement started, its erection
may be delayed until the last survivor
of the last Grand Army post totters
down Broad street under tattered
battle flag in the last Memorial Day
parade in honor of the survivors of '6l 1.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
ST $4,000 AVAILABLE
FOR CONVENTION HALL
"What's the Matter
=. o,,
With Philadelphia"

For years this city has been
Il trying to get a convention hdH
that Would be adequate and rep
resentdtiUe.
Colonel Mccain, in toddY's ar,
ticle, tells of the difficulties ana
smbdrTdSsments that haze delayed
and all but defeated the project
in the past.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

not only a convention hall capable OF
seating 90 900 people, but a stadium
coliseum and n water gate on the
Schuylkill suitable for aquatic festivals.
This proposed assembly center was TO
be located on the eastern bank OF the
Schuylkill. just north of the Girard
avenue bridge. On II tract of nifty SIX
acres, known as Snyder's Woods. was
to be located an auditorium or Conven-
ton hall seating $4,000 people, with
space for permanent exhibitions; coli
scum seating 10000, for open air as
semblies stadium with a seating ca :
pacity for 90, 900. for fairs, athletic and
aviation meets, and a water gate to ta-
cilitate aquatic sports and national re-
gattas.
The site could be reached both by the
Pennsylvania and Reading railways and
by trolley lines.
But the project encountered opposi-
ton. Official jealousy and the pull
back" element defeated it. The avail
ability of the site. cost of construction
and other difficulties entered into the
question and an injunction halted the
whole matter.
Parkway Site Selected
Another site on the Parkway was
later selected and foundation borings
were made. 1t was thought that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30
COLORED POPULATION
IN DAYTON MUCH GREATER
Increase in Decade, S65 Per Cent.
Growth in Other North
ern Cities.

The colored population of Dayton.
Ohio, is announced by the census bu-
reau as 1929, an increase or 4.1Sl. or
S6.5 per cent. Chinese, Indians and all
others numbered 3S4. Fort Wayne.
Ind. has a colored population of 1.476.
an increase of 904.
The negro population of Schenectady.
n. Y. was given as $50, an increase of
116. The white population was SS,242,
an increase of 1913. or 21.7 per cent.
Chinese. Indians and all others num-
bered 81.
The negro population of Lancaster.
Pa was announced at 916, an in
crease of 113. or al per cent. The
white population was given as 52,226,
an increase of SSH. or 1875 per cent.
Chinese, Indians and all others num-
bered s.
The negro population of Peoria. Ill.
was announced as 2,131, an increase of
SCI, or 35.S per cent. The white popu-
lation was given as S3,977. an in
crease of S.616, or 1872 per cent. Chi.
nese. Indians and all others num-
bered 13.
The negro population of Harrisburg.
Pa, was announced as 5,256, an in
crease of 721, or 15.9 per cent. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30
EMPLOYEES IN TREASURY
OPEN FIFTH CAFETERIA
Latest Enterprise Is in Old Build
ing of the Bureau of En-
craving.

Under the direction of their own
committee, employees OF the Treasury
Department have this week opened
their fifth cafeteria, the new eating
place being in the auditors building
formerly occupied by the bureau of
engraving and printing. The cafe
terra was opened in response to a
large petition from workers in the
building.
The four other places, which feed
from 5000 to $500 persons daily, are
situated in the basement of the
Treasury building, in annex No. l. on
the north side of Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; in annex No. 9 at 18th street
and Ohio avenue. and in the liberty
loan building. just north of the bu-
reau of engraving and printing.
The largest business is done by
the cafeteria in annex No. 9. and
that is the only one where break
fasts are served. All of the other
places serve a noon meal only.
The cafeterias are run by the COM
mittee which was appointed by Mrs.
William G. McAdoo when she was
chairman of the Treasury Department
Auxiliary of the District of Column
bia Chapter of the Red Cross. during
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30

the war. But the committee has no
connection with the national orsanl-
cation of the Red Cross. There is no
volunteer labor in connection with
the work except that of serving on
the committee, all other work being
paid for. The government furnishes
the space for the eating places. but
all other expenses must be met by
receipts. just as if the venture We're a
private enterprise.
Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin Is cha irman
of the committee and Mrs. Ralph A.
Shepard is treasurer and business
manager. The first cafeteria was
opened with the idea of giving the
government employees some hot.
nourishing food in the middle of the
day. Physicians. especially during the
influenza epidemic. said that much
ill-health among government work.
ers was caused by improper diet dur
ing the thirty minutes lunch period,
SO from the first the cafeterias have
always had an appetizing soup on
their menu and three or four hot
dishes. There are hundreds of woman
workers who bring their lunch each
day. but go to the cafeterias for milk
or coffee and dessert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30
S;o)l,O)O SAVED
BY WAR CHEMISTS
All Contracts of Service Set
tIed-Would Extend De-
partments.

Declaring that the world war
demonstrated that IAN enemy bent on
aggression cannot be trusted to live
up to any set rules for war" Brig
Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of the
chemical warfare service of the Army,
in his annual report to Secretary
Baker. asserts that the development
of this branch OF the United states
Army to a point where 1t is lmpos-
sibie for any nation to go further
will do much toward deterring other
nations from forcing hosthties
against the United States.
All formal war contracts of the
service have been settled and in
formal contracts are more than Us
per cent liQuidated, the report as
serts. OF the formal contracts LIZA
have been settled for slightly more
t..an $2S1,000, a saving to the gov
eminent of more than S6,0OO,0O0.
The salvage and sales section of the
service disposed of plants and ma
terials representing an expenditure
of nearly $7,500,000, the report says,
the sales averaging II per cent of
the cost price.
This country is in a position TO
manufacture and deliver on the field
of battle more chemicals than any
other nation or group of nations. says
Gen Fries. adding that 'the United
States has wisely decided to con-
tinue the chemical warfare service
with sufficient powers and funds to
develop it's posi- Utilities. not for ag-
gression, but to insure that if Ameri-
can boys must ever again shoulder
arms in defense of the liberty OF their
country they will do so on an equal
footing with any other nation SO far
as chemical warfare is concerned
During the past year the service
has conducted experiments of great
value in the production of new gas
and chemical instruments of war. the
report says. and has effected close
liaison with chemists and chemical
societies in civil life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30


white population was placed at 1854,
an increase of 11,0SS. or 1S.5 per cent
Chinese. Indians and all others num-
bered II.
Both white and colored population
of Mobile, Ala. showed smaller IN
crease from 1910 to 1920 than for the
preceding decade, the census bureau
announces. The figures show there
are now in Mobile 36,S69 whites and
o3,S93 colored. Chinese. Japanese and
Indians numbered Is. Increase in the
white population in the last ten years
was S.132. or 2S.3 per cent, as against
1885. or S4.3 per cent for. the preced-
ing decade. while the colored in the
same period increased 1.13o. or per
cent. There were 29,0S5 males in 1920
and 81 692 females! and the females
also outnumbered the males in 1910.
The ratio of males to 100 females
however. was 91.S in 1920. as against
S9.4 in 1910.
Population of Rome. Ga. showed
decrease of 432 colored in 1920. and an
increase of LIST whites, the figures
being 1924 whites, 1896 colored. and
two others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30
SETTLE s2.ooo,ooo BILL.

GALVESTON, Tex, November 90
A controversy surrounding the payment
of a freight bill of approximately
100000 was settled here yesterday.
The sum represents charges on wheat
moving for export. railroads heretofore
refusing to accept payment unless war
tax OH grain also was paid. Under
a ruling wheat destined for export is
eyenDt from war tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30
TWO WILLS ARE FILED.
Benjamin F. Mathiot Makes Pro-
vision for Various Persons

The will of Benjamin T.. Mathiot.
who was found dead last week near
an overturned tractor on his farm
near Sunnyside. Nd. was filed here
for probate yesterday
The document was executed October
"a. 1917. and devises his entire estate
to George c. Gertman in trust to SELL
Out OF the proceeds the trustee is
to pay an amount sufficient to satisfy
her dover to Mrs Gertrude b.
Mathiot. eff she be alive and my wife
in-law at the time of my death, other
wise this bequest to be void and
Intellectual"
A bequest Of $500 is to be paid to
his cousin Laura Hodges OF Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30

and the balance of the proceeds
divided between Emma V. Hill of Wash
ington. sister of the testator, and
Harvey A. Mathiot of Oakland. Calf.
his brother. George e. Gertman is
also named as executor
BY the terms of the will of Sarah
J. Rector $500 is given to her grand
son, Cleon l.. Woolf. The remaining
estate goes to her children and grand
children. Carroll Pierce is named as
executor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30
BANKERS RAISE $3.50. $50.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, November so
At meeting of middle Tennessee bank
ers here yesterday $2S0,750 was sub
scribed to the Federal International
Banking Company. bringing the total
subscription in this state thus far to an
aggregate of $3.50 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30
HaueColorinCheeks
Be Better Looking-Take Olive
Tablets

Tablets
III your skin is yelIow-compIexion
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You have a bad taste in your
mouths lazy, no-good feeling
You should take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
substitute for calomeILwere pre-
pared BY DR.. Edwards after IL
years of study.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil. You will know them
by their olive color.
To have clear, pink skin. bright
eyes, no pimpIes, a feeling of buoy.
ancy like childhood days, you must
get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like caIomeIL
! yet have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome
constipation. Take one or two
nightly and note the pleasing re-
suits. Millions of boxes are sold
annually at 15c and SOC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30

watchmen at the grade crossings
s4ong the Pennsylvania railroad ad-
vanced in years will be replaced by
women.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-16
Get READY NOW TO PROTECT
STOCK AGAINST STABLE FLY
The Pest Is in It's Heyday in August
and September-Proper Meas
ures Now Will Keep It Under Con-
trol-A Successful Trap Describ-
ed.

With the approach of that season of
the year when the stable fly is most
numerous and it's injury to live stock
most acute-August and September
it behoovcs the farmer to prepare for
meeting the enemy and protecting his
stock as much as possible from its
attacks. In tur nthc farmer will be
protecting himself also. for aside from
its annoyance to human beings the
stable fly is suspected Of playing an
important part in the carrying of GER
tain diseases OF man, notably imfantile
paralysis.
The natural time for taking meas
ures against the stable fly is when it
is in its immature stages, and there
is good reason to believe that by pro-
perly caring for substances in which
it breeds the insect may be kept well
under control. Unfortunately, this is
not always done, and the fly has reach
ed its adult stage and begun it's work
Of injury before its mcnGcing pres
cncc is felt. 1t is then very difficult
to combat and guard against.
Various means are used both for
protecting the animals and for ex-
terminating the flies. Among these
are traps. To be effective, however,
the trap should be especially designed
for this particular quarry, as it is i'm
possible successfully to capture adult
stable flies by means of the traps or
dinarily used for the house fly.
4 Successful Trap Recommended
The United States Department of
Agriculture, after q thorough inquiry
into the subject o trapping stable
flies, recommends as a successful trap
one designed by Prof. G.. F. Hodge
which may be used in capturing adults
as they enter or leave the barns. This
trap, it is said is undoubtedly very
effective under certain conditions. and
has the ADVANTAGE Of catching not only
thc stable fly but the house fly and
other undesirable species as well.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-16
INVENTIVE: GENIUS
ROBS CAL0MEL OF
NAUSEA AID DANGER
Doctors Favorite Modicine Now
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Objectionable Effects "Calo-
tabs '--thc New flame.

What Viii human Ingenuity GO nest?
Smokrl"st powder, wireless tc!vgrnphy,
horsclcSS carriages, ccioric2s ioIilc. taste.
less quiniDr,--noW comes Hau>raIcss calo-
mel. The new improvement called "ralo-
tabs is moW on sale at drag, tor"a
For li'iousmcSs. constipation and indi-
FcStion IN" nov c1lomcl tajicl Is 4 p.a"-
ricaIly perfect remedy, as c,Hrnc,d b.
III" fact 'hat the manufacturers have a,i-
thoriz"d ol drJg@iais 10 rnrrnd tie price
If th" Gus mcr is not "Tcrrocl Irfkhtcd'
with Cll"l, b.. One tablet aC Drd-i;lG with
Il SwaI.oa oi Watrr--thotH at. 80 tasto,
no nausea, no gripping, no .a!.s Ry morn
ing your liver is thoroughly cIcanscd ana
son arc feeling fine, with Il hearty apre.
titc Eat what you pIcls"--lo oAuger--l;o
about your business
C"lotab5 are not sol in bulk. Get an
original package, sealed Price, thirty
five ccutS --(ady.)
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-16

The trap is inexpensive and can be
made by anyone with box, or box
lumber, and screen wire. The frame
work of the trap should be made so
that it will fit snugly into the barn
window intended for its use, prefer
ably one on the brightest side of the
barn and close to the stock kept with
in. The screen entanglements are so
arranged that flies either trying to
leave the barn or enter it's are caught.
At the bottom of the trap is space
about one-fourth of an inch wide run
ming entirely across the frame on both
sides. This crack admits the flies
beneath a peaked roof or ridge Of
screen wire having holes large
enough for flies to go through, punch
ed along its top at 2-inch intervals.
The flies enter this space, ascend
through the holes into the upper cham
Der of the trap and are unable to
escape. &Thc sides of the trap, also,
are made of ordinary screen wire bent
inward and upward in two horizontal
folds running across the window, one
near the bottom and one near the top.
The ends of the screen are securely
tackled and series of small holes
punched along the inner edge of each
of the folds. The flies, in trying to
go in or out through the window, crawl
into the folds and enter the chamber
through the holes. They are unable
to escape, because on the inside the
folds form a projecting ridge that
makes it next to impossible for the
fly to retracc his steps.
Other Windows Should Be Darkened.
The trap is especially we'll adapted
to well-madc barns where the flies do
not have numerous places for entrance
and exit. 1t is also more suited to
small barns in which animals are kept
more or less constantly than to large
dairy barns where the cows are
brought in only at milking time. Un-I
der the latter conditions the flies en-
ter the barns on the cows and many
remain on the walls until after the
cattle have been turned out.
If such barns are tightly closed
during the daytime and the windows
without traps darkcned, practically all
the flies will catch themselves in try-
ing to escape through the trap win
dow or windows.
Ia al i
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-26
More Pay for Less Work.
(keene Sentinel. }

Ask while the asking is good, seems
to be the motto of large number OF
workers A plasterers' and cement finish
ers' organization has recently presented
a new set of demands to the contracting
plasterers of a Pennsylvania county.
They ask an increase of 81 day IN
wages, with a five-day week and street
car fare to and from work. At present
they are receiving 81 an hour for an
eight hour day. They urge that high
prices have compelled them to make this
demand.
Can it be that high living prices arc
responsible also for the shortening of the
working week to five days?
There is still much amiss in the reason.
ing of many workers. Wage increases
beyond a certain point will not help to
bring down the cost of living. And gen.
orally wage increases accompanied by
work decreases may be counted on tC
give another upward push to that same
distressful c. of l.
1t is absolutely right that every work
er should receive full reward for his
services, and that means not merely
enough money to buy the most necessary
food, clothing and housing, but enough
more to provide suitable education fol
children and suitable opportunity fol
recreation and self improvement.
In sincere honesty and zeal for justice
however, many intelligent citizens vii
seriously question the fairness of sucl
a demand, involving more pay for less
than normal work. Economic facts and
common sense do not justify it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-26
START TOMORROW
AND keep It Up
EVERY MORNING
Get into the habit Of drinking a
glass of hot water before
breakfast.

Millions of folks battle internally now
instead of loading their system with
drugs. What IS an inside bath?" you
say. Well, it is guaranteed to perform
miracles according to hot water enthu-
siasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
women, who Immediately upon arising
IN the morning, drink glass of
hot water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it. This is a verv
excellent health measure. 1t is intend
ed to flush the stomach, liver, kidneys
and the lntestines of the previous day 5
waste, sour bile and indigestible ma
tcrial left over in the body which if
not eliminated every day, become food
for the millions of bacteria which in
fest the bowels, the quick result is
poisons and toxins which are then
absorbed into the blood, causing head
ache, bilious attacks, foul breath, bad
taste, colds, stomach trouble, kidney
misery, sleeplessness, impure blood and
all sorts of ailments
People who feel good one day. and
badly the next, but who simply cannot
get feeling right, are urged to obtain a
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
at the drug store. This will cost very
little, but is sufficient to make anyone
real crank on the subject of internal
sanitation.-Adv