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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
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Irwin Winifred, 1873 S, Woodstock st.. and
Gertrude T.. Jones, 6O2 Moss st.
Harry c. Mand 2s25 ~ - ION g., and
Kathryn l. Wiser, SO22 Walker st,
James + L. Munarkey. Three Rivers, Mich.
and Mary E. Burns 602 p. Martin st.
Joseph B Hooermsn, 602l n; 10Th ST., and
Celia " Crumpt, 342 w. Penn st,
Thomas Martin 1910 Master st.. and Addie
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
COURT PROTECTS BRINES
Judge Guards Rights Of Alleged
SLAYER OF Drewes

William T. Brlnes, student, charged
with the murder Of Elmer G. Drewes.
need not fear a grilling at the hands Of
the district attorney.
Judge Finletter decided yesterday the
prosecutor could not remove the accused
from Moyamensing prison for purposes
of questioning or identification.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

man, the iron horse, the arnlored
car, the airship or the submarine,
usually astonished the natives so
completely that they fled in dismay.
We're Fast Writers
The age Of the nickel novel, which
had its golden period from 1880 to
about 1895, produced a company of
writer's who were noted for their
capacity to turn out fast copy. Mr..
Senarens was one of a group of
about twelve men who devoted their
whole time to writing the nicke,
thrillers. Each man was kept to his
speciality. One did the Nick Carter
stories, another handled the Jesse
James series, Old King Brady was
the fantastic hero of another detec-
tive series. There were comic series.
too, that carried strong appeal to
the boys of America.
A novel ran in length from $4,000
to $4,000 words. There was one pub
lished each week, in each series:
therefore the author of a series had
to do a novel week. Typewriters
were not in use. At least, writers
of fiction had not begun to use the
type machine. Typewriters were
not introduced into newspaper Of
fees until the middle Of the '9Os,
and it was not until 1900 that their
use in journalism became universal.
Wrote With Pencil
The author of a thriller did his
$4,000 or $4,000 words a week with
lead pencil. 1t was laborious
work, but he did it somehow and
didn't seem to mind it. The pay
varied, but no author received less
than $50 for a story, and $50 was
big money twenty or thirty years
ago. The pay ran as high as 5000
for a single story. Each of the au-
thors used nom de plume, Mr..
Senarens' pen name being "No-
name AS "Noname" he was known
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

tne new submarine which he has Sc
cretly brought to stage Of compile
ton. Here is the manner in which
the author described the imaginary
submarine:
An Imaginary Submarine
Its shape was like that Of fast
yacht of most approved type, al
though its breadth of beam and
depth of keel were greater. A cabin
of thin but tough steel extended
from the bow almost to the stern.
There was dome roof on the cabin.
with dead-cye windows. In the CEN
ter was stationed a powerful cleo
trio searchlight.
I'm the interior one found smok-
ing rooms, drawing rooms. a small
library, staterooms and dining sa-
ion. Beyond the dining salon were
the gunroom and the magazines.
Below and forward were the i'm
mense electric engines"
Of course, there were no i'm
mense electric engines anywhere on
earth when this story was written,
but after youth read the detailed
description of this engine in the
Electric Tortoise he was convinced
that there was at least one electric
engine in the world and that Frank
Reads jr. had invented it, and that
it was installed in "The Electric Tor
toise," and every boy who read the
"Wide Awake" magazine lay awake
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
emile lhrllers That Foretold the Wonders of Science
The Submarine, the Airship and the
Tank Featured in Dime Novels =
Thirty Years Ago

Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-
had created sensation throughout
the world and every one was read
ing it. 1t was Verne's writings that
stimulated my imagination when I
began writing for the Tousey publ
cations. Young America was seek
ing tales of adventure in those early
days. The West was a dreamland
from which the most adventurous
tales came forth. We read con-
stantly Of the operations of the out
laws, the stagecoach hold-ups, the
Indian attacks and the perils that
faced the settlers in new country.
Early stories Of the nickel-novel
series had been devoted to the BAN
dit and Indian topics.
II hit upon the idea of introduce
ing mechanism into these stories as
means Of giving the readers some
thing new and startling. I had
heard of the steam propelled iron
man at the Philadelphia Centennial
and l built my first stories around
this unique creature. The advance
ment of electrical science some years
later led to the expansion of this
idea into the greater and newer
field.
Verne Read Them
"Verne read many of my early
stories, and he frequently wrote to
me and encouraged me in nv work.
After he had written Around the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
No Danger Of Suffoca.ion

The description written by Mr..
Senarens, said that trumpet-mouthed
air valves were to be observed in the
interior of the boat. Then:
"These were connected with a
chemical air chamber, through which
the air Of the boat passed. The air
passing over the chemicals was re-
turned to the outer area, freed from
impurities and replete with as good
oxygen as was necessary to the life
Of the BOATS occupants. Through
this remarkable process, discovered
by Frank Reade jr., life could be
sustained under water for an indei-
mite period, or as long as the chem
icals held OUT
In his submarine and airship
stories Mr.. Senarens invariably pro-
vided the party with an ample store
of foods, for the boy reader is more
entertained and thrilled when he is
assured that a party starting on
journey of thousands of miles,
through the air or under the sea,
runs no risk of starvation. In fact,
the interest of the boy reader is bet
ter sustained if he is told in an en-
tertaining way that this party of adj
venturers are going to live on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

Nor was he a scientist, yet his
stories Of fancies produced strange
works of mechanism that actually
have been duplicated by the real in
ventors, who have produced the
motor car, the U-boar, the airplane,
the dirigible balloon and the battle
tank that figured so conspicuously
in the great World War.
Before Electric Lights
No better example of the stretch of
Senarens' imagination can be shown
than in his powerful searchlight,"
with which the Senarens submarine
and airship Of the fiction realm were
always equipped. These wonderful
searchlights cast binding rays for
a mile or more, under or over the
sea.
When Senarens Invented" this
searchlight to help out his lurid
stories Of sea and land, electricity
had not got beyond the storage bat
terry stage; dwellings were lighted
by kerosene lamps and the streets of
cities were illuminated at night by
lamps, fed with oil or gas. The
simple arc light was yet to come.
The powerful and uncanny search
lights Of the Senarens stories were
looked upon as the widest Of fiction
accessories.
The medium of Senarens' express
sion was known as the Frank Reade
series of novels. In the beginning,
in the latter '7Os, the hero of these
stories was just plain Frank Reade,
an inventor Of the story book, who
confined his operations to steam
power. It was too early for cleo
tricity. In the early sos steam gave
way to electricity, and the hero Of
the new series was known as Frank
Reade jr. The fiction son Of the
first hero Of the series improved
upon the patterns Of his father and
made many remarkable, brand-new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

to tens Of thousands of BOYS in
America. AS Lu Senarens, a law
abiding resident of Brooklyn, he was
known to only few.
Mr.. Senarens cannot determine
how many Of the nickel novels he
has written, but he estimates the fig
ure at more than 1000. If the total
is placed at 1000 it would mean
that the Brooklyn man has written
approximately 100000 words Of
this ultra-imaginative fiction, which
dealt in mechanical devices regarded
as weird and impossible two gener-
atoms ago, but which in the flight of
time have been realized in almost
every detail by the inventors of ma
terial things.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
Pure Fiction

Did Senarens believe that these
products of his imaginative mind
would ever be realized in a material
world? He did not. They were
Images of pure fiction. They were
written to entertain and thrill the
young Of America. The submarine
was regarded as a physical impossi-
bility not only by Senarens, but by
most scientists. In fiction the sub
marine was permitted to plunge to
the bottom Of the sea and explore
the ocean bed in the search for lost
gold. In fact, it could never be. 1t
was impossible Senarens was q
writer Of stories. He didn't depend
upon facts. He didn't want them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

inventions in addition. The con-
spicuous feature of the early series
was steam man; a hideous looking
and all powerful steam-propelled
iron figure that drew an armored
car over the plains Of the Wild West.
over the deserts of Africa and Asia
and over wild and barren sections
of every quarter Of the globe. The
idea came from a steam man that
was exhibited at the Centennial Ex-
position in 1876, but Mr.. Senarens
did things with his own personally
conducted steam man of the story
book that the exposition inventor
never dreamed of.
Inventions Forecast
The invention series gained it's
highest popularity, however, when
the electrical devices were intro
duced under the personal direction
Of Frank Reade jr. Looking over
the old files Of these one finds the
dirigible balloon, the airplane, the
submarine and the armored car. The
illustrations were in wood cuts, and
the artists left naught to the imagi-
nation in depicting the wonder de-
tails Of these imaginative creations.
Electric sparks always futtered from
the wheels Of the armored car; also
from the hoofs Of the iron horse,
another unique invention that ri
vailed in ingenuity the steam-pro-
PEELED iron man of an earlier period.
Lu Senarens, the "father" Of all
these stories, still is active and still
is in the same business, although his
writing days are past He sits in an
office in West Twenty-third Street
looking not q day more than forty
five, yet he has counted some fifty
eight birthdays, and he began his
writing career when he was fourteen
years old.
"In the early Tos," said Mr..
Senarens, Jules Verne's Twenty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
A Best Seller

Look at a motor car, an airplane,
a submarine, farm tractor, a tank,
an arnored car or a blimp and you
will find something that closely re-
sembles these imaginative inventions
that made Frank Reade jr. one Of
the worlds best sellers" for nearly
a score Of years.
The sale of the boy stories in
these days doesn't approach the fig
ures Of twenty and twenty-five years
ago." said Mr.. Senarens, but there
is still a demand for them, and it is
manifested in all sections of the
country. We still print them, much
of it new, on new themes, of course,
but every now and then we receive
requests from many quarters to re-
print one of the old Frank Reade
stories, and when these requests are
sufficiently numerous we dig into the
files and select either an airship or a
submarine story and give Frank
Reade jr. new lease on life, that
brand-new generation may follow
him through the arid sands or the
shark-infested waters of the briny
deep"
And Mr.. Senarens smiled broadly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
B Y 80 N o N A NJ Z"

these stories was that no member of
the invading party ever was killed
and there were few fatalities on the
attacking side, the attacking party
usually being made up of savages in
remote sections of the world. 1t was
the better plan to spare life, and the
mechanical nlarvels, whether the iron
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

nights wishing he was to be a men,
Der of the Tortoise crew during it's
forthcoming voyage in search of the
submarine mountains in the North
Pacific Ocean.
In this same story there is an
other example of Mr.. Senarcns'
highly developed imaginative fac
ulties. To go to the bottom of the
sea in a Theoretically sealed steel
beat one must "dig up" air to keep
going, but Frank Reade jr. had at
tended to that little item.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

While Mr. Senarens was not a
scientist, he studied scientific works
constantly, and he aimed to make his
descriptions plain and complete. For
instance, in his story which was
called "The Electric Tortoise" he
has Frank Reade jr., the inventor
hero, bringing a noted scientist to
the Reade laboratory to show him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
ORE than thirty years ago,
when trolley cars were un-
= known, when the tele-
phopa u-oa i,,c% ~ocS;,~

known, when the tele-
phone was just passing
beyond the experimental stage, and
when science had only begun even
to dream of the vast possibilities of
electricity, Lu Senarens, writer of
more than one thousand copies Of
colorful fiction, outlined for the pur-
pose Of romance only the marvels
Of invention that were to become
astonishing realities in the years to
come.
Senarens, a prolific genius, wrote
for those famous old publications put
on the market for American youth
by the late Frank Tousey, and in
these wonder stories of the nickel
novels Senarens invaded the land of
make-believe and produced airships,
the submarines, the armored cars
ard an endless variety Of things
which, if you look at the old wood
cut engravings on the yellowed
covers of the books, you will regard
as the forerunners of the things that
actually have come to pass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
Boys Demanded Details

"Our stories were intended for the
young minds, but we early decided
that it was necessary to describe
things in detail, and to make our
plots as plausible as possible. OF
course, there were no airships and
no submarines and we didn't con-
scientiously believe that there ever
would be airships or submarines,
but in dealing with our stories we
tried to make the plots consistent
By that I mean that we let the read
er take it for granted that he was
reading about an airship or a sub
marine that actually existed, and
then made the operators of those de-
vices do things that were within the
bounds of reason. AS it has turned
out, the submarines and the airships
of realities have done most of the
things that we had them doing in
pure fiction"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

very fat of the land while they are
engaged in the hazardous pastime of
exploring the ocean deep or the wild
plains Of some far country.
Another interesting feature Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

World in Eighty Days story that
afterward proved to be entirely
plausible, Verne, it seems, ran out of
steam and he did little more along
the highly imaginative line. More
over, he had started others along the
same trend, and Rider Haggard,
while following a different tack,
perhaps outdid Verne in some of the
extravagant tales which he wrote.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-12-23

into world where fraud oppression prevailed,
and to the hour His triumphant death He doubted
that love and justice and freedom possible human re-
latons.
for society contemplated the emancipation of from the
control of material things Mammon should not rule: there
should be occasion for anxious thought concerning need
of the body the spiritual nature of should be free to
In the program that He worked out as toed at
operation the method human industry We have substituted
sefadvantage for SERVICE and mutual exploitation for
operation While these rule in motive and method shall
realize the happiness He desired for usthe happiness
seek.
Jesus small by charity. Fhe philanthropy Of
amsgvng to Him cloak for the imperfecons and
inequites of human relations. He all the emphasis Of
His teaching end example justice and love- In world
where these prevailed charity would be Unnecessary
We have travelled far from the ideals of Jesus is not
anen solution for the troubles that disturb His road
the oay road involves sacrifice We cannot avoid the
But beyond Calvary lies the realization of our hopes
It not enough that the spirit of Jesus should be
SHIPPED temples revered homes 1t not enough
that His sympathy and help should be expressed egr hos
afflicted To be satisfied with this to evade the real challenge
Of His and to lose the real meaning of His promise
The spirit of Jesus must be brought into factory and mine
and bank and railroad system; into store and office.
with which he works. that material wealth meant to be
the servant not the master the human SOUL that the max
ing of life is the thing, for which the making of
livelihood is merely incidental.
Until get this vision, will approach the solution Of
our problems without true understanding
It Is time that who believe in Jesus should make
human relations Civic dny in business in industrial
agenen; in the tasks of office and workshop. .''''4 "
The hope of the world rests the leadership OF Jesus
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-12-23
SERBIA'S BIRTH RATE
LOVE THAN DEATHS
Human Conservation Is Great
Problem in Lite War
Wrecked Country.

Sanitation and preventive medicine
are the greatest needs Of Serbia to-
day. With the approach of cold
weather the country will he called up
ON to combat her old enemy. typhus.
American and foreign relief organiza-
tions will aid the Serbian authorities
In this work.
Human conservation is one Of Ser
bias great problems. War and dis
ease have sadly depleted the popula-
ton, Before the war the hrth-rate
of Serbia was higher than her death
rare. In spite ut the Inroads Of epi-
denies. her population was increasing
at the rate of S5,OOO Il year. Now II
Is decreasing. Bereft Of her m; pow
err. and With her women and CHILDREN
Organically wasted. the Quesl ion Of
population to tin the soil AMI build
up the country Is a most s.'riOus one.
Another pressing problem facing the
country is the immense number of
orphans. In old Serbia there are Co.
coo fun orphans and 100000 half-or-
phans. Only 5000 of these are cared
for In orphanages supported by the
government or foreign relief agencies.
The rest are placed In private homes,
where they are not always welcome
guests on account of the scarcity of
food and the other necessaries Of life
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-12-23
Many Written Documents discovered
and Thousands Of Mummified
Bodies Of Birds.

Paris.-Thousands Of mummified
bodies of the sacred ibis have been
found by the French savant, M. Lacau.
In the underground necroreiis under
the famous ruined temple at DER
Medineh. Egypt.
Each bird was In an deliberately dec
grated vase of earthenware embedded
In sort of cardboard formed by a
conglomeration Of papyri, which total
ed hundreds Of thousands Of written
DOCUMENTS.
NJ. Lacau said the find was one OF
the most important Of the late dis
coveries in Egyptoiogy. The work OF
deciphering the documents will take
years.
ut Is the wastepaper basket of an
cient Egypt" said one Of those charg-
ed with the work.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-12-23
PLIGHT; OF EUROpE'S
CHILDREN STAGGERS
$500, 900 Facing Starvation Can
Only Be Saved by Americas
Response to Joint Appeal.

II Is utterly impossible for one who
has not actually seen the misery OF
the early Autumn IN Europe to visual
lie what the children of the Eastern
and Central portions Of the continent
face this winter. To say that S5OO,OOO
children have no alternative to starva.'
tion or death from disease except
American aid, Is startling, but independ-
ent observers by the score and care
full scientific surveys of tie economic
End crop conditions overseas brand
the figure as conservative.
In Poland, Tor instance. VI ere l,Sus,'
600 youngsters last year subs.sted a.
most entirely OIL the one free Aneri-
can meal day that they received, con-
ditions as winter closes down. are
worse than ever before 1he Boishe-
yik invasion stripped large portions OF
the country Of all grain Professor
e. D. Durand. Food Advisor to the
Polish government, after an exhaustive
survey, has reported that OILY forty
Der cent IL available Of the food neces
sary to carry the populatlo, through
the winter.
In the city of Vienna tests conducted
10 the American Relief Administration
food kitchens showed that SO per cent
Of the children between the ages of 6
and IA were seriously under-nourish-
ed" Thirty-thyee< per cent were mark
eddy under-nour:shed II per cent were
slightly subnormaI and only per cent
approached the state Of normal
American child The Amer. IA Relief
Administration Is feeding 100000
Austrian children every day now, and
there Is no chance of dimunltion of
need before mex hArvet.
The spectacle of the medical needs
Of Europe's children is equally up
palling. Estimates reaching the Amer
lean Red Cross = to needs cor medical
service in the de-titute areas this win
ter include Old Austria HUI gary, 7M.
600; new Poland. $1,000 70; Czecho.
Slovakia, 100000; Serbia, 10000 and
Roumunin, 100000. In the is"al year
of 1920 the Red Cross has reached
with the W ritnble gift ~ life l,:'C00O0
children In the affected Alsns. Tui,er-
culosis is pre- valent 20 ii terrific degree
Five children out OF seven ir the city
Of Warsaw. for instance. have hceE
found to be trhei culur. 1yphus Is
widespread; ricketts,. the right hand Of
under-nOurishn emf Is alInO:t LLi,ersa,
and cholera lifts its grim bend con
stantly In one place and another
The European Relief Council, com
pris.hg the American Relief Admin:
trati0n, the American Red Cross. the
American Friel ds' Service Cumrittee
(Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distrbu.
ton & ,nmittee, the Federal Council
OF the Churches of Christ IN A rerl
ca, the Knights II Columbus he v. NJ.
G. 4 and the Y. w. G. A.. seeks s33..
000,0I0 with which to meet the s.iun.
ton. 1t has estimated that NJ LEAFS,
S23, $3.50. 900 must he had for food and
$10,JGJ,000 70. medical service to avert
absolute disaster nInOi = the thrpa ened
children Cheeks may he senI 10 YOU
local committee or to Franklin X. Lane.
treasurer EurOr.ai Relief Council. ~
Broadway, New York, or to the Child
Feeding Fund. Lie a-y Digest, New
York City.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-12-23
FAKE PASSPORTS TO AMERICA
Paris golise Afrest Suspects With
Counterfeit Polish Blank
Forms and Stamps.

Parls,-Scores of counterfeit Ralish
passports have been Issued ip the last
few weeks to persons going to the
United States. according to the Paris
police, who say they were sold for from
500 to 1000 francs to persons to whom
the authorized Polish consulate refused
to give vises.
A travelling bag full of blank forms
and rubber stamps. one Of which was
the counterfeit American form, was
taken by the police who watched
lihgns consulate Until o man kn9wn as
the former Russian Lieutenant Bal
mansky went there for his outfit. This
brought about the arrest Of his two
confederates