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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
SAY POLICE Wink
At SUNDAY SPORT
Sabbath Association, in Letter,
Tells corteIyou Of His and
Mayors Promises
OFFER SPECIFIC EVIDENCE

Violations of the blue laws which
the police or the director Of public
safety arc alleged to have failed to act
on, were charged In report submitted
today by the Rev. William d. Forney,
of the Philadelphia Sabbath Associa-
tion, to Director Cortelyou.
Sunday baseball and an ice skating
rink with ninety cent privilege
card to admit on Sunday, were speci-
fled in the report.
The report says:
Mayor, dated December II, 1920. and
committee of the Ministerial Union, he
requested me to present to you as di-
rector our evidence concerning ICON
ditions existing in our city on Sundays
during the last summer
That our evidence may be specific
we call your attention to copies of
statements presented to you and to the
Mayor by n committee representing the
Law and Order Society of the Fortieth
ward. In both these statements definite
conditions of commercialism were pre-
scnted by the committee.
November the Mayor promised the
committee that q game scheduled No
vcmber at Sixty eighth street ano
Elmwood avenue would not be permitted
in view of the evidence presented by
the committee. He instructed his sec.
retary to accompany the committee to
your Office. where like promise was
made.
"Tickets Publicly Sold
Notwithstanding these promises the
game scheduled for Sunday, November
Z, was played and tickets or scorecards
publicly sold, and this was done Wit
the knowledge Of the police.
November IA q game was In prog
ress at the same location; !; q physician
purchased ticket on the public high
way and went to the police station and
succeeded in having the game stopped,
thus proving that such games could be
stopped. ., ,,, ,,
was played at Sixty seventh street and
played with the knowledge of the police.
September % commercialised
game was played on the Stenton Field
Club ground.
"These conditions were permitted in
face of the fact that letter from you
as early as August % states: Il beg
to advise you that so called "commer
cialized" baseball will not be tolerated
on Sunday by this department. Orders
have been issued to prevent the collec-
tion of money, and the tagging of those
who contribute
October u letter was sent to you
announcing that the All Philadelphia
Police would play ball in Roxborough
October II. In your conversation with
me over the phone on October 16 you
stated this game would not be per-
mitted in our Ward on Sunday, October
II.
1--WE were informed that the players
ha,! been promised permit to play
Sunday October "a instead.
Sunday, October "a. 1920, the
Thirteenth Police District stated that
there had been no change in the order
prohibiting Sunday ball games in the
Twenty first Ward, and that a detail
Of officers would be sent to prevent the
game.
Privilege Cards Sold
"The game Sunday, October "a, was
played according to schedule even
though the order from the department
remained unchanged, and this was done
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24

of the most interesting and fascinating
diseases known in the world and he
spends a great deal of his spare time Ia
writing original limericks, many Of
which have been published in various
publications.
Mr.. Hazelton was born at Mays
Landing. \. j.. and for more than
twelve years he was the principal Of
public schools in Atlantic county, New
Jersey.
He gave up his educational work
about ten years ago in order to enter
the government service at the Camden
PostOffice and is now connected with the
income tax division of the Internal
Revenue Department for the First dis
trict of New Jersey, with headquarters
in Camden.
Both Mr.. Hazelton and his wife have
been following the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER'S limerick contest since IL
started and friendly rivalry has arisen
between them as each evening they both
originate the last line for the limerick
published that day and then criticize
each others efforts to win the prize.
Mr.. Hazelton when asked how ae
would Use the money he had just won
answered jestingly that he would buy
Ford for each member of the family
and then purchase two $50 Liberty
bonds. lie added that he would prob
ably put the money aside to be used fol
a fishing trip next summer as he Is d
devoted disciple of Izaak Walton and
! every spare moment is spent with his
reel and line.
And now finally, fans, and once
more
to the same postoffice box. Have @
heart.
And even more finally and once
mOrcr. wc'll end az we began:
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
CARDINAL GIBBONS BETTER
Prelate Spends Restless Night, but
Is improved. Il Is Stated

Baltimore, Doc. - BN y. i, -
Cardinal ,ubronS spent restless
night Nut was feeling better this morn
'Ac iauir"rS were told.
Tar n" first time in many years the
pr4auI will not pontifca:o at the
".u,5'aI mass ar tho Cathodru, here on
g. rt>rma-, but midnight mass will be
,aI t.uight by his secretary at tn"
ao'uo nf Robert 7. SAriy"r, Union
N'>. Nl.. whcr" the cardinal went
.or a roNt nearly 'Are" week! ago.
Iii, doctor said last night that "a
-,ow Improvement is noticeable in the
.nrdina's ron .ition." IN order 10 con
,cryn his venerable patients strength, ,
ne physician ha~ Discouraged visits
only Il few clerical visitors are per.
mittpd
Plans for tho cardinals New Year re
coption have been abandoned and other
rnCag"mcnys Of III" We,at" have been
can,r'rd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
Enough Material
for 20 Cabinets
Continued from Page One

Of state; Governor Sproul. secretary ot
the navy; James +. Fecney. pcnrose
lnbor leader. secretary Of labor
Charles NJ. Schwah. secretary Of com.
mcrce: Mayor Moore. Of PHILADELPHIA
secretary of commerce; W. w. After
bury. secretary Of commerce.
Illinois offers Governor T.owdcn. sec :
rotary Of the treasury; George VI. Rey-
nolds. secretary Of the trpn~Nry: AL
bert I.asker. baseball magnato secre-
tary Of commerce: Julius Rosenwald.
merchant. secretary Of commerce
Charles G.. Dawes. secretary Of treas
urv.
Ohlo-Myron T. Hcrrick. secretary
of III" treasury; Carmi THOMPSON. post q.
master general; Harry NJ. Daughprty.
attorney general. and Wade Ellis. for
mer assistant attorney general. attor-
ney general.
Indiana - Senator New. postmaster
general and Chairman Hays, pOstuas-
ter general.
District Of COlumbia-Formcr Scna
tor Sutherland. attorney general: David
Jayne Hill. secretary of state. aud
Chandler +. Anderson. secretary OF
Missouri-Walter Dickey. Kansas
CITY. secretary Of commerce.
Iowa - James +. Wallace. Dcs
MoineS, secretary of agriculture.
KansaS-Former Congressman Scott,
secretary OF agriculture.
MiChigan-Charles B. Warren, sec
retary of war.
Montana Senator Dixon, secre.
tary of the interior.
Wisconsin-Senator Lenroot. secre
tary of interior.
New Jersey-Senator Frelinghuysen,
secretary of war.
California; congressman Kahn, sec
retary of war; Herbert Hoover, Secre =
tary of labor. commerce or interior
Congressman NOlan( secretary of labor.
OregOn-Senator Chamberlain. sec
retary of labor.
The South believes it has a chance TO
land cabinet berth. and at the moment
three states below the Ohio river are
competing for that honor.
Tennessee Senator Sanders,
postmaster general; Jesse VI. LittlctOn,
any portfolio, and George y. Tillman,
same.
NOrth Carolina Former Senator
Butler and National Committeeman
John VI. Morehead, any portfolio.
Kentucky lobe Ilert, postmaster
general.
1t is reasonable to assume that at
least nine out of the ten men who are
to go into the next cabinet may be found
somewhere in the list a. just presented.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
CITY'S TINY XMAS TREE
GIVES WAY TO HALF-0'-0NE
Whole Maine Product Smaller Than
DecInnated Jersey Sample

WHo'o "d'Hc FTouuSt oW'd''e' tHoN
DecInated Jersey Sample
Half n Christmas tree from Browns s
Mills, N. J., Is better than a whole tree
from Maine, city officials have decided.
Accordingly. tree which was cut ex-
pressly for Philadelphia, and hauled
across New England fell under "thc
official ax" at City Hall today and less
than half of tree from Browns Mills
was substituted to stand in City Hall
courtyard.
@. II. Graves, who had a red spruce
tree, fifty four feet high, ON his prop
crty Mt Browns Mills, last Wednesday
decided to offer it to the city through
the Poor Richard Club as n community
tree for City Hall courtyard.
Accordingly, n committee was formed
and letter was forwarded TO the
Mayor. formally offering the tree.
Something happened to the letter. Mr..
Graves received no response. He de-
cided to cut 1t whether the city desired
it as community tree or not.
The tree was felled, then cut in two,
and Mr.. Graves brought about twenty
six feet of it to Philadelphia.
Meantime the tree which the city or
dered from Maine arrived, looking like
the kind of tree that would have been
suitable for brownies or Lilliputians.
Mr.. Graves had the tree taken to
City Hall, thinking some of its branches
might be used for decorative purposes.
When the half tree reached City Hall
it eclipsed the whole tree from Maine.
There was last minute conference
Of city officials, and it was decided to
adopt the half tree as the city official
community Christmas tree. Accordingly
the specially imported tree from Maine
was discarded, and electricians are to-
day stringing the Browns Mills product
with colored lights and other ornaments
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
Lin1erickers Get
Christmas Presents


Continued from Page One
SO excited that she couldn't remember
her husbands Office phone number ana
then she told US that the Office was 323
North Broad street instead OF South
Broad street.
II was raining pitchforks, too, but
afterward. as we trudged through It, we
didn't really mind because we remember
that we had heard the baby Growing
over the phone in imitation OF hls
mother s delighted cheer and we COuldn
find il in our limcricking hearts to feel
sore about eight blocks OF walking in
the rain when we were making other
people so happy around Christmas time:
We'd walk eight miles in bIiz%arl
10 hear Mrs. Hewitt and the baby crow
that way again. 1t must be great to De
so happy.
The iIewtts have been living out IN
Germantown for about year and n
half. Mr.. Hewitt was born in Camden
and graduated from the Garfield Gram
mar School there. Afterward he took
courses at the School Of Industrial Art
in this city and at Drexel.
Then he studied and worked az
draughtsman with +. +. Durang *
Sons. architects, and then became a
salesman for a standard building con :
StruCtiOn company. Last February he
ioined the force of Ballinger 4 Co.
Mr.. Hewitt is twenty eight years OF
age. Something over four years ago he
married Miss Isabel Hill, Of Forty first
street and Powelton avenue. The crow E
ing baby is twenty eight months old, 90
it will not join the limerickers for ot
least n year yet.
The one hundred dollar prize is going
10 start bank account, which will BE-
held as reserve fund 10 take care ot
The unexpected things that happen to
roung couples with growing babies.
About Saturdays Winner
Mr.. Hazelton's winning limerick fol-
lows:
Bin wilson, toho !iUed ~ West Philly.
V'as in lore tCith a girlt" named Lille.
lie tried hard to kiss her
But she cried, "NoHe Of this, sir;
Bring your missile toe, Pa"-exit
Billy.
Mr.. Hazelton has been ar ardent
| limerick fan for many years.
lie believes that 'limcriCktis" Is one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
XMAS TREES HIS DOWNFALL
Man Caught In Haymow Held as
Thief Suspect

street and Woodland avenue station at 3
o'clock this morning resulted in Pa
trolman Higgins being sent to the
Christmas tree yard" Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at Thirtieth and Chest
nut streets. It was reported a man
was trying to steal Christmas trees.
When Higgins reached the yard he
was told the man under suspicion was
hiding in a haymow. Under the hay
was Henry Smith. alias Buck Haig.
In his pockets were found revolver
cartridges. a drug outfit and bundle
Of silk socks. according to the police.
Magistrate Harris held the man under
$1,000 bail for a further hearing jan
nnrY G
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24

had sold large part of the loan to our
customers before we decided to with
draw our bid. When we did so, on ad-
vice Of counsel, we called our clients
who had bought the loan and told them
of our action, offering to get them
blocks of the loan if they desired it in
the open market"
j. Il. Ellison, treasurer of the Com
monwcalth Trust Co.. likewise denied
that his institution had received any
anonymous warning against the loan.
Il think it would be outrageous for
any one to try to hurt the Citys credit.
he said Our bank never has had
any trouble disposing of the citys bond
issues"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
Believes Indians Care for FIIers

Ottawa, Ont. Dec. 24.-(By A. PD
Belief that the three United States
naval officers who left Rockaway Point,
y. Y. a week ago last Monday in the
free balloon, A-550S, on an endurance
flight had fallen into the hands Of
traders or were being cared for by In
dians in the lake country, was ex-
pressed today by Lieutenant Evans. the
American aviator who was sent to
search for the missing baloonsts. He
believes 1t would require many days for
the airmen to reach II point of com
municatiOn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
HURT IN AUTO COLLISION
Machines Crash at FIfty.elghth
Street and Washington Avenue

One man was slightly injured and two
automobiles were damaged as a result
Of a collision this morning at Fifty
eighth street and Washington avenue.
The injured man Is George s. Floyd,
2243 South Bancroft street. lie re-
ceived severe cuts and bruises and was
taken to the Miscricordia Hospital.
Floyd was driving a car east on Wash
ington avenue and the other car was
going south on Fifty eighth street. A
front wheel was knocked off Floyd's
car and the machine was completely
overturned
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
Frankford Avenue Homo Burned

Fire was discovered carly this morn
ing in a third story rear room Of the
residence Of Frank STREET. at 46I1
Frankford avenue. Mrs. Streit was
awakened shortly after 9 o'clock by a
sound which she thought had been made
hy q rat. After an investigation she
discovered the fire. She notified her
husband who turned in an alarm. The
fire was extinguished quickly after the
arrival Of the firemen. who were able to
confine the blaze to the third floor. The
damage was estimated at less than $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER'S
DAHYLLlNERICK CONTEST
One Hundred Dollars Daily
For the Best Last Line Supplied by Any Reader OF the
Evening Public Ledger to the Incomplete
Limerick Which Appears Belo,v
RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST

. Contest is open to any one. All
that Ia required for you to do is to
write and send in your last lines to
the Limericks using for convent
cnce the coupons printed below.
Please write plainly. and be sure to
add your name and address.
All answers to Limerick No. II
must be received Mt the office of the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER by the
first mail Monday morning. Ans
wcrs to Limerick No. IL must be
in by @ o'clock Monday evening.
Answers left at the office Of the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER will
also be admissible.
The award Of the ONE HUNDRED
DOLLAR prize for the best last
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24

line to Limerick No. IL WI, W
announced one week from touai, ,rouo ~
Limerick No. II, one week i'o"
tomorrow. f., ann.
awarded to each successtui co oon.
awarded to each successtu' 5aa. AZ
tcstant. For example. II the 'uusss ,Sss
decide there are two OF To- The
answers Of equal merit for .n,ns rne
prize, the author Of eacn 9uSTEIn5
will receive ONE HCNND..h HC,N n. r..
DOLLARS. The prize Will NOT oe
split up among them. ,,..a h,
!. The Limerick will be jndstp ~ ppS
three editors on the stan OIL nd .nd
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER anu
their decision will be final.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
RI IIIrIOI =


EIGHTEENTH STREET NJ. T.. CHURCH,
r.r W1artDn 1t R"y RICHARD TrR-
NEN j. j.. Pastor. lV.3O a m SPECIAL
rhIstm3s mus, Edth Raymoud H"sron.
kLI,g. u,r. .rEln E,ery0ody welcome
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24
Raps
Bail Reductions
Continued from Page One

went with the victim and was made
sick by the opium. and James Richards,
IIanrock street above Columbia avenue
Both promised to appear as witnesses
when needed and were DISCHARGED.
The prisoners were represented by
widely known criminal lawyers. who
nut UP hard battle at every stage of
the case. Assistant District Attorney
Lpmuol Scofeld was there to represent
the commonw"a. tn. and he demanded
that all the principal defendants BE- held
without bail for court on charges Of
mansIaughtrr and Of violation Of the
opium act. which carries with it
dictment under some fifteen separate
counts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-24

THE WINNER CONTEST 4 ANNOUNCED oNh
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-24
RADCLIFFE GAINS
NAVY ADVANCEMENT

Frank B. Radcliffe. 2o5 W. Chase
street, who recently enlisted in the u.
S. navy, and who is now attached to
the U. S. s. Rochester, has been ad-
vanced in rating from Landsman for
Electrician to Electrician. His pay is
increased from s3s to $50 per month.
Men between IS and 35 years OF age.
weighing I2S or over. who are citizens
of the United States. of sound mental
and physical condition. good moral
character. and able to read and write
the English language. who are inter-
ested in the u. s. Navy are cordially
invited to apply to or communicate
with the Navy Recruiting Officer. Bar
nett Building. Jacksonville, Fla, or the
nearest Navy Recruiting Station.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-24
BOY HERO CLAIMS,
MOVIE GAVE IDEA
BY JACK cAReERRY.

Waco. Tex. June 23.-Eleven-year-
old Roy Kennedy is the hero of Texas
today.
His courage, presence of mind and a
little red sweater saved the lives of
ESQ passengers, including 125 delegates
to the republican state convention,
bound for San Antonio over the NJ. X.
& T. road.
Torrential rains had fallen. The boy
anxious to watch Donahue Creek rise,
left his home at Bartlett There he
discovered 900 feet of trackage had
been washed away.
Less than a mile away he saw the
approaching flyer. He knew the
I train would plunge into IL feet of
water unless itcould be stopped.
Pulling off his little red sweater the
boy raced up the track. Frantically he
waved the danger signal. The engi-
lneer thought the lad was playing. But
when the speeding train came within a
few feet of the boy who still remained
on the track, his creams unheard, the
man in the cab flung on the brakes.
The lad jumped just as the train
came within a few feet of him. The
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-24
A Recent Hog island Victory.

InaSmuch as a notion is prevalent
/ that not only was the construction of
| the Hig Island Shipyard abnormally
expensive, but that its ships have failed
to meet required tests, it is of inter
est to offer the recent experience of
the Quistconck, the first vessel launch
!, ed there and which some think was
! not a success. Her captain reports
that, leaving Norfolk April 1. he made
a trip to Liverpool during a constant
succession of the worst gales he had
i ever experienced, so that he fully ex-
pected to find much of his cargo of
grain and cotton damaged. and that he
delivered his cargo in such shape that
it all was declared to be ''the best
conditioned cargo an overseas vessel
ever landed" in Liverpool or London.
The return trip in ballast was made
in eighteen days. and Immediately he
began loading for a new eastward
ment for repairs.
This is an achievement of which we
may properly be proud. 1t is a COM
plete answer to those who have SLAM
dered our vessels as being hastily and
imperfectly constructed. with the re-
suit that most of the investment would
turn out a loss. There have been
launched more than a hundred vessels
at Hog Island, and it ought to re-
main as one of the great shipbuilding
centres of the world. In days to come
much fiction will grow up around the
Hog Island yard, but it has performed
its task. and its vessels are destined
to sail the seven seas and earn much
|of their cost.
Hog Island was not started as a.
money making affair. but as an eff
fort to supply deficiencies in transport
due to German submarine activities.
1t succeeded, and American shipping is
destined to become one of the great
restorative and revivifying forces IN
the Notwithstanding
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-24

poor girl to whom the money I could
pay her for posing would mean some
thing 1 might try it. But those clothes
she has on spell money and lots of it.
She's rather a classy dame, too, not
the kind that's crazy about posing
for the sake of seeing her face on the
cover of a magazine, the way some of
them are. No, guess it's a hopeless
proposition"
I struggled with a sudden tempta-
ton. l knew that the thing for me
to do was to tell Dicky the things /
had observed about the girls cloth
ing. To any man and to many wom-
en-, she looked as if she were very
prosperous. But she had transformed
clothing which / knew was old into a
very clever imitation of a new out
fit. From many little things l knew
that this girl, if not in actual want,
was in straitened circumstances.
Probably she would be very glad to
accept Dicky's offer.
But / knew in my heart I did not
want to tell Dicky. 1 did not want
this beautiful. stunning creature to
pose for Dicky, to be thrown with
him daily in the intimate companion
ship of the studio.
1 made sudden compromise with
my conscience. If the girl got off at
Marvin, the station which was our
own destination, would tell Dicky.
But if she did not would keep silent.
Continued tomorrow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-24

engine stopped just seven feet from
where the trackage had been washed
away.
Passengers swarmed about the boy,
making up a purse which totaled $1,000.
The railroad announced IL would send
its check for 1000 TO the fund.
Gosh, didn't do nuthin." Roy told
the passengers who crowded about
him. 81 saw a guy do that in a movie.
that's how I knowed what to do"
The youthful hero was later confined
to his bed. physicians explaining the
fear he felt as the engine kept coming
toward him without stopping had
caused a nervous breakdown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-24

chase for dollars. But money is no
better off than perjury as a happi-
ness produced.
For happiness is built on the inside
Eden is an invisible Paradise. It is a
kingdom of the heart, an empire OF
the spirit. The angel of happiness de-
clines to trek along at the tail end OF
baggage wagon. His place is not
with your things, but your thoughts,
your ideals. your aspirations.
Give me neither poverty nor rich
es." 1t is an ancient prayer. It were
wise for men to pray it STILL
The road to happiness is in the
heart, and they find it who love their
fellow-men.