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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
The Cop on the Corner
NVNyHAT'S tn meanin' O. all thin
w lam vpar parties I reads bout

"WHAT'S tn meanin o all thim
w leap year parties reads bout
in tn noospapers?" asks Maggie.
'Tis tn latest fad in blow outs
bein' boosted be ole maids n 9ach 10,
girls" says I. february havin nag
20 days makes livery other day IN Tn
year n tn nights as well. an open sea
son for man huntin'. Twas invintea IN
tn stone age be a sooper- -anuatlu du :
bantay who was badly in need o
steady meal tickit.'
''I understap'," says Maggie. vim
min has tn privilege in leap year I ask
min { marry EN-"
"Sich a privilege has been Exercised
be thin since tn time o. Mothr Eve,
says I, "but in leap year tn female o,
tn species git more disperat n cum,
right out in tn open. Out among tn
Mormons th' Ole Maids Union has
rushed tn wheeze so hard tn dis
| tracktid elders already supplied wit Two
or more wives, has took refuge In I'll
cyclone cellars"
9TH custim must be all right, says
Maggie. "or tn paprs wouldn't print SC
much bout it,"
"It has its uses" says I. Lear
year Gums in handy fr sintimintil Hap
pers, burlesaue comedians. iditoria
paragrafers n giddy ole girls"
"Iik'wise it proves us wimmin, o,
tn weaker sex. so { speak, is Untitled t
our rights" says Maggie wit her usua
! "If ye'd seen Mike McGovern this
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
NEW FUNDS HUNT URGED
Walton Does Not Go Far Enough on
Police Rise, Says Gaffney

City Controller Walton and admin
istration leaders in Council have not
searched far enough in an effort to find
money to give increases to the police
and firemen. according to Joseph p.
Gaffney, chairman of the finance com
mittee of the old Council and a Ware
leader.
Mr.. Gaffney made this stateme mt this
morning after reading City Controller
walton's letter to Mayor Moore, ad-
vising him that the funds available to
pay the police and firemen the suggested
increases we're not available.
"Mr. walton's figures are right as
far as they CO." said Gaffney. "but he
docs not 60 far enough. He hasn't
taken into consideration any new. sources
Of revenue"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
AID U. S. HIGH PRICE FIGHT

Howard Figg. assistant to Attorney
General Palmer. has invited Joseph ri.
Hagedorn, chairman Of PHILADELPHIA a
fair price commission, TO Washington
today for the purpose Of studying this
city's plan Of battling with the high
cost Of living. Mr.. Figg, who is the
national head directing the anti high
price drive, is said to have been in
pressed by the workings of the Phila
delpbia plan. It is said PHILADELPHIA 8
methods may be incorporated In a pro
gram which, Mr.: Figg is drawing up
for a campaign throughout the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
ANCESTOR HUNTING
INTERESTING TOPIC
Lectures at Genealogical Soci-
ETY. Meeting Tells Of Ways
to Trace Family Origin
ILLUSTRATED BY VIE W S

At the annual meeting last evening of
the Genealogical Society Of Pennsylvs-
mia at the Historical Society Of Penn
sylvania, j. Gardner Bartlett, Of Bos-
ton and London. delivered an address on
Ancestor Hunting in England"
The address was illustrated with
about sixty stereopticon views of various
depcItories of records in England and
Of fac SMILES of Old documents from the
twelfth to the sixteenth century. which
are made use of by the antiquarian and
genealogist.
The lecture dealt especially with the
sources Of information and methods OF
tracing the English ancestry of the %.
600 colonists who founded New England
before 1843. after which there was lit
tie immigration into New England until
after the American Revolution.
In 1775 this old New England stock
comprised nearly 80 per cent of the
total population of all the colonies and
to the present time has been the pre-
dominant influence in the northern and
western parts Of the United States.
The lecturer first briefly skctched the
racial origins of the English people,
stating that at the time Of the, settle
ment ef New England 1890 1643) Of
the great mass of the then 5000 900
popul' lion Of England (the ye,manry.
craftsmen. etc. nearly two thirds was
Angle Saxon. the remainder being most
ly Norman, Danish and Briton.
Fewer than 10 per cent of the foun-
ders of New England were Of the landed
or the mercantile gentry in England.
It was next pointed out that in attempt.
ing to trace the ancestry in England Of
founder of New England II is a prime
necessity first to thoroughly investigate
the history Of the colonist in New Eng
land as revealed BY the records there,
which research will often enable an
expert on colonial immigration to de-
termine from which one of the forty
counties of England an emigrant came,
thus localizing the work to be done
iD the latter country.
The lecturer explained some of the
difficulties of research in England, due
to increasing paucity of records the
farther back the work is carried, the red
tape used, the meager facilities afforded
to consult records and the bad condition
OF many records due to age, exposure
and dampness.
The speaker also showed specimens Of
several obsolete forms Of writing with
which the searcher must be familiar
and in which all records before 1900 and
many records before 1850 are written
in a debased and contracted Latin, un
Ineligible to a good classical scholar
The probate records were first de.
scribed, many wills of testators of all
parts of England being preserved at
Somerset House, London, and other de-
positories Of wills being located in the
various cathedral towns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02

mornin'," says 7, ''there'd been doubt
IN Vt mind that his missus b'longed 9
this weaker SEX"
Maggie.
Mike kick'd bout his breakfus bein'
late" says I. en- Missus McGovern
In viry ungintleminly way uses her
right n hangs peach O. black eve
on him."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
increase IN RATES
. SOUGHT BY P. R. R.
Rise in Revenues to Insure Fair
Return on Inestment Asked
in Seventy-third Report
s1,202, 300 DROP IN INCOME

Necessity for a reasonable rate in
crease to insure n fair return on the
present investment is pointed out in the
seventy third annual report of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. which was made
today to its stockholders.
The report reviews the various crises
through which the system passed in
rident to federal control and shows that
the net ircome for 1919 was S42 ,S6S.-
s09S.56, or decrease Of 81 .202 500. -,
rs compared with the previous year.
This is equivalent to S.5S per cent on
the $499. us, 400 capital stock.
An increase in number of stoCkhold
ers is also shown. On December 81,
1919, the report says, there were H.
TBS stockholders, or an increase of
1918 per cent compared with 1918.
with an average holding of Si.S2 shares.
Regarding the proposed rate increase
10 is coutended that such a course is
necessary to enable the company 70
fully discharge its duties to the public
and give efficient transportation serv-
ice In the territory through which it
passes. This step is also necessary,
IL Is held, to enable the company to Sc
cure upon fair terms an adequate sup
ply of the additional capital ssential 70
the growth Of the property.
Confidence that the Interstate Com
merce Commission would approve rea-
sonable increase in rates is shown in
the following excerpt from tho report {:
''It is for the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and for that body alone. to
determine the suficiency of these in
creases; the responsibility is imposed
upon the commission.
"Your directors are confident that the
commission, recognizing the dependence
of general prosperity upon railroad
prosperity, will wisely exercise its dis
cretiou not only as to rates, but also
intrusted to it by the legislation of
Congress. In the performance OF their
duties they will have the full sympathy
and CO. operation of the management Of
the Pennsylvania system.
"In the resumption of the operation
and management of its railroad lines
and property under the new legislation
on March ]. your management looks
forward to efficiently serve the public,
and advance the interests of the ma
tion at large. AS a result of war con-
ditions and the crisis through which
the nation has passed, your property is
bpiny returned to it's own management,
with it's roadbed and equipment below
its usual standard. and the earning
capacity Of the system materially re-
duced.
Nevertheless your directors conf
IDENTIFY rely upon the officers and en-
ployes by their united efforts and ac-
tive supervision to restore the Penn :
sylvania system and its standards of
roadbed, equipment. stations and public
service at the earliest possible date. so
that owners may be assured of a con-
tinued fair return upon their invest
ment.
''The return of the lines and prop
erty of your company to the owners
on March I, and the congressional leg
islation. already referred to, rendered
Il necessary for your directors TO re
constitute the organization.
The financial value Of the system and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
The Regal, a Player-Piano in tn.
$50. Class; Special, $3.50.

If you contemplate buying player-piano or
in the near future, do it NOW.
The club plan of convenient payments will make
it easy for you to obtain possesson-and clear the
purchase price in small sums, weekly OF monthly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
BURNS CAUSE DEATH
Housekeeper OF James Finley Sue.
cumbs to Fire Injuries

As a result of burns sustained while
cleaning hot coal stove with coal oil
Mrs. Bella Taggert, housekeeper for
James Finley, committeeman in the
Forty seventh ward, died in st. Jo-
seph's Hospital last night.
The accident occurred in Mr.. Finley s
home. 1887 North Lambert street. Mrs.
Taggert. who was fifty -four years old
was leaning over the stove. when her
clothing became ignited by the coal oil
which she was using. She was in a
critical condition before help arrived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02

$50 900 more than the assessed vs,u
The sale was negotiated by Albert \
Greenfield and j. II. Massey q Son.
This ~ said to be the first sale
Girard estate realty. a clause In Std
phen Girard's will prohibiting sales, cd
cept under special circumstances. Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
oIRARD ESTATE SELLS
SO Dwellings Go to Private Pur'
chaser and School Board

Sixty four dwellings in the vicinity
Of Fifth, sixth, Marshall and Brown
streets and Fairmount avenue have been
sold by the Girard estate to John j,
Cree. The estate also has sold five
dwellings adjoining the Wyoming
School to the Board Of Education. The
price Is reported at S300,000. about
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02
Confirm $500, 900 Coal Land Sale

Pittsburgh, March 2.--An order was
filed in the United States District Court
here today confirming the sale Of the
Josiah v. Thompson coal properties to
the Piedmont Coal Co. for an amount
said to be between 81, 900 900 aud $5,-
SOC, 900. The order confirming the sale
and disposing Of the property was
signed by Judge w. II, s. Thompson.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
NEW "CITY DADS"
TO MEET TODAY
With Organization Ready
Commission to Settle
Down to Business.

After being "up in the air for
three days, the newly elected city
commission Will settle down to Work
this morning Today is the first
rcdular meeting Of the commission
to be held sine Tuesday on which
the new officials took their uath-
Uf office.
Since then "A number OF special
meetings have been held to deter
mine various appointments and to
get departments ~ city government
running smoothly No little time
has been spent on the police depart
mont and now hat II Is believed
by the comm ssion to be tuucuoning
properly, officials are ready or
nearly ready to settle down for a
regular business session.
Onlookcrs at the various meetings
have expressed opinions that the
new officials have taken an intelli-
gent grasp ON the CiNs business go
far
Because II is the first regular scs.
sion in which the new officials ar,
To participate, this mornings session
IL looked uuon as AN important one
land many business matters must
necessarily hc disposed Of
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
TO HOLD MAY TRACK MEET
All Public schools win Attend Fcs-
tiyittcs at Lee stadium.

Representatives of all the public
schools In the city will participate
IN the May day program and track
meet 10 be held at 3 o'clock this af-
ternoon at the Lee school. First and
second prizes will be awarded to the
winners of the different events. the
most important OF which will be the
Indian club drill, the May pole
dance and the track meet. Each
school has been assigned "A reserved
section IN the stadium
Celebration of May day festivals
at the Lowell, Mark Twain, Emerson
Central. Rivcrview and Longfcllow
schools yesterday. completed the
May day exercises, which were un-
usually attractive. AS all OF the
programs were given either in parks
or on the school grounds. the bril-
liant costumes OF the children made
colorful contrast TO the green OF the
plant and tree life.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
EMPLOYED GIRLS IN CLUB
- Young Women Organize nj '. "
@. A. for Profit and PLEASURE"

A club for the pursuit OF profit
and pleasure was organized by a
group OF ~ young employed girls at
a luncheon in the Y. W. &. a. yester-
day noon. Officers selected were:
Mabel Delcamp, president. Gladys
Gallagher, vice president, Mildred
McCarro,i, secretary, Helen Crow,
treasurer Club colors of gold and
blue were chosen. The club name
Will be decided upon during the
weekend visit of the girls to the Y.
w. G. a. camp at Parthenia Park
this Saturday and Sunday.
Friendship lodge promises to be
unusually popular this week. Girl
reserves Of Celia Clinton school will
go to the camp Friday afternoon for
a 24-hour stay and young women OF
the Gypsy, Ohio Cities and Oklaho-
ma Natural Gas companies have
made reservations for different
weekend parties.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07

question brought up by the rcsigna
uon Of five teachers Of tho medical
school who disagrccd with the uni
NcrvitN's policies
The destruction ~ the utc "
either mother or child to save one
W their lives is to violate the com
maudWcut thou shalt not KIM he
declared
Father Noonbn druicd that tho
disputed question was a religious
one. saying % waS based on ethical
standards alone.
The five phNsicthns who resigned
are. Doctors Louis WarficId
charles II Stoddard \ J Tttck. g.
II Davis and j II Madison
several of thcm announced that
their rcsiguatious were due to- %
difference OF opinion on tho uni
Ncrsitvs theory mat the lifo " the
infant must hc saved before that ~
tho mother"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
FATE OF GRACE IS
IN HANDS OF JURY
Trial of Former officer
for Murder Of Wheels
Closed Last Night.
READ VERDICT TODAY
Prosecution Claims Shooting
of Express Employe Was
Not Condoned by Law.

with Instructions to the jury 20
return sealed verdict In court this
morning, the case Of the state OF
oklahoma against George =. Grace,
former city plainClothos officer,
charged with murder I'm connection
with the shooting In this city Au-
gust 81. 1919, Of Lon w Wheels, eN-
press company cmployc, was closed
in district court at 9.30 o'clock last
night. The verdict will be read by
the court at 9 o'clock this morning.
Arguments made by Thomas |.
Munroe, county attorney. and Elton
u. Hunt, assistant, went to show
that Grace did not testify to the
truth when he said he arrested
wheels in tho alley cast OF Main
street and on First street, that, IN
fact, II has never been proven and
will never be known since Wheels
tmado no statement before his death,
how Grace came into possession OF
the package OF dress skirts which he
claimed Wheels was carrying at the
time OF the arrest and for which the
arrested man would not give an ac-
count. II was shown that Wheels
for years has been n trusted employe
OF the express company, ranking
third In this city I'm the management
of the local agenCy's affairs and that
II was out OF reason to believe a man
in his position should attempt to
steal seven cheap skirts and then
carry them away through an alley
at o'clock in the morning.
The state also charged that from
their witnesses. II was shown that
Grace did not testify to facts when
he stated Wheels took the officers
billy and struck the latter on the
neck. John Bolen, night watch for
the Vandever Dry Goods company,
who was in the window on the sec
ond floor Of the building at the
time of the shooting and at a point
where he could have seen any fight
between Grace and Whoolis, as the
tlattcr testified, stated positively that
no such affair took place, and that
the officer, without warning, fired
four shots as Wheels ran west on
First street. The shooting, accord
Ing to the state, was unprovoked and
unwarranted under the state statute
which provides that a peace officer
must have knowledge that a felony
has been committed before using
force which may cause the death of
the person whom he designs to ar
rest.
For the defendant, counsel
claimed in their arguments, that the
story told by Grace was i'm fact the
truth and that the officer fired only
after Wheels had struck the former
with the loaded billy and then at
tempted to escaped by running
toward an alley. They claimed that
Wheels was in actual possession OF
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
REPAIR WEST TULSA SEWERS
New Commission Finds Conditions
Unbcarablc-Prom Remedy.

Residents Of West Tulsa who use
the citys sewer system will be given
relief by the present city commission
II such S~lief is possible. The entire
commission visited West Tulsa yes
terday to ascertain true conditions
there, and found that a change for
the better is a necessity II sanitary
conditions are to be made bearable
West Tulsa sewer users are the
sufferers during every heavy rain.
as storm sewers are clogged and
cause a large amount OF water to
back up. The commission found
that the sewer does not reach the
Arkansas river by at least 400 feet.
As soon ~ funds are available. this
sewer end will be extended to the
proper outlet.
Use the Want Ads 10 help you
save.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
DAVIS IS CHOSEN TAX CHIEF
Appointed Head of GroS. produC-
tion Department by Auditor.

Nv Associated Press state Wire
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 6-.J y.
Davis has been appointed head of
tho gross production tax depart
mDut W the state auditors office 'o
succeed Bruce l.. OFT. who resigned
more than a week ago. Frank e
Carter, state auditor, said today
OTIS whereabouts Is not known
now and he has not been heard from
since his resignation. ~ WAS said at
his homo tonight Carter said today
that tu examination ~ Otto's ac-
count books which H. now bcnE
made SO Tar shows them to be en-
urcly correct
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
Union Men Disqualified

M'ALESTER okla. May g.
Union men were disqualified today
to sit on tho jury hearing the evi-
dcnce ia the case of District No. -,
United Mine Workers Of America
against Pete Hanray former prcsi-
dent, who is being sued for $l,3g3 al.
legged to have been appropriated 10y
him from the treasury OF the union
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
WOULD KILL BABY
TO SAVE MOTHER
President of Marquette
University Brands
Idea as Murder.

MILWAUKEE. WIS MAY s Tho
Reverend ilcrhcrt e Nooutn. prcsl.
dent ot Marquette universal, today
branded a~ duc,t murder the killing
OF am infant to save ms mothers
ife, or The killlng ~ the mother to
save the chud.s NE.
lie tchSsrrlcd his position on the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
SCOTS 10 PATROL STADIUM
VIII serve at city Track Meet Iuday
~ Ice school Grounds.

Every boy scout In the city is to
meet at the school headquarters. at
the V NJ g A., In uniform. at !
% clock this afternoon. according TO
John NJ bindly scout executive.
Tho scouts viii be used to patrol
the grounds at the city track meet
being held at Ice school this after
noon They will march IN hiking
formation to tho school and viii he
assigned certain line of patrol
Al of the first class scouts in
the rlty we're the guests Of De Wolf
Noppcr at the "Bcttcr ole" lasI
night Mr Hopper is former
scout himself and wherever he goes
he always has the first class scouts
as his guests
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
Again Chosen DIaI,op

Los ANGELES May 6--Dr Wi
liam Bcrtram stevens ~ san An.
tonic. Texas. today for the second
time was elected bishop coadmtor
~ the Protestant Episcopal diocese
Of Los Angeles Tho question OF the
regularity ~ previous election was
raised because some parishes voted
without The right to do so.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
Back-Ache
Timber Up With Penstrxting
HamiIn's Wizard OIL

harmless and effective prepara-
tlon to relieve the pains OF Rheuma-
tism, Sciatica, Lame Back and Lum-
bago is iiamlins Wizard Oil 1t pen-
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and limbers up stiff, aching joints
and muscles.
You have no Idea how useful Il
will be found in cases OF every day
ailment or mishap, when there rs
need OF an immediate healing, anti
septic application, as in cases of
sprains, bruises, cuts. burns. bites
and stings.
Get II from druggists for 80 cents
II not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back.
Ever constpated or have sick
headache? Just try Wizard Liver
Whips, pleasant little pink pills. %
lcenta Guaranteed --AdYs
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
Oil Kc,ia 10 IlniIlr

LONDON. May IA proclama
ton has been issued urging all hol.
sheviks wherever they may be Ia
leave their peace time pursuits and
hasten to the U<ralnian front, av.
cording to Central News dispatch
from Helslugfors today
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
knON Ia 81.

WASHINGTON. May 6--Senator
Knox observed hs 67th birthday to-
day In the active performance OF his
senatorial duties. He displayed his
customary vigor as he moved about
the senate chamber Il am feeling
bully" he remarked with smile.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07

goods stolen from the express com.
panY and that Grace had u right.
therefore after Hpprchcnding
wheels IN the act Of carrying stolen
property of using all force necessary
In making the arrest or stopping the
deceased after the latter had at
tempted to escape.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07

Want Nj opportunities arc leading
hundreds ~ men daily to those ac-
tionS for which they are best fitted
and which bring the biggest results.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-10-01
FRENCH LEARNING
FRUIT PRESERVING

WASHINGTON, Oct, /. - Tho
American art Of homo canning and
drying Of fruits ana vegetables is
being taught In France. All classes
Of French life have been reached by
tho four American experts lent to tho
French government by tho agricul-
turc department to givc canning
demonstrations,
During Juno. July and August. tho
Americans moved from place to place
In France, carrying their work into
practically every part OF that coun-
try. Al tho first demonstration held
In . chateau near Versailles. pro.
ducts canned BY the French last ycar
were exhibited. Several commercial
Gamers competed with tho house.
wives. but the latter carried off the
first priscs.