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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
FREDERICK J. POOLEY
On Aiding Prisoners


OT/ EEP your face to the sunshine ana
n the shadows will fall behind you"
That is the motto of Frederick J. Poolcy.
general agent Of the Pennsylvania Prison
Society. whose job, ms he puts it.. lis to
keep people out Of prison instead of trying
to put them in.
YES" he said. at have been forty years
a member Of the society, and have held this
position for twenty three years. Until eleven
years ago | was stationed at Moyamenslng
Prison Then ! came to the conclusion l
could do more good right at the beginning
so have from then on made my head
quarters in the Central Police Court in
City Hall.
~ am there every morning, and ] make
a daily visit to the cellroom. Many are the
boys and men have aided. and many have
I saved by preventing their being sent 10
prison. One youth sent for me not long ago.
I asked him in surprise how he heard of me.
Why he answered. 4 found written on the
wall of my cell, "lf you are in distress send
for Pooley. He got me out and will get
you out, tOo.''
Visits City Hall Daily
Each day I go to the ccllroom in City
Hall, and | walk down the row, saying
Good morning, gentlemen, as | pass.
Then somebody asks who that man is
who calls them gentlemen. Somebody else
tells them it's Pooley. and in that way |
gain their interest. lbS thc time nave Eone
10 the end Of the rows of cells have their
confidence, too. 7 question them, get their
stories, and many a boy have sent home
to his mother.
"You must understand thnt the police are
n fine body of men, take them all in all, and
they help all they can. Often n policeman
will come to me and say, 'POoley, that boy
has n good mother somewhere, am sure ;
he isn't bnd ; see what you can do for him.
So look into the case, get the boy In touch
with his mother or father, and maybe get
him out.
"I recall one case where n boy was ar
rested for snatching n purse. He admitted
he had done 30 and said he had been forced
to it by hunger. I kept at him to tell me
who his father was. He refused. He said
his father would come to the city in the
spring to buy goods, and he would tell me
then. Finally he let slip the place where
his father bought. l went there, traced the
man and heard he was then in town.
found him. he got in touch with the au
thortics and the boy was sent home, and
today that young man is a partner with his
fnthcr in big business. II things had gone
differently he would have been given a term
in Jail and would have been lost to society
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
A Paradox
From the Los Angeles Times.

FROM the Los Angeles Times.
Alice Robertson, Congresswono, s
Oklahoma, reaffirms her position as m antiD PiH
SuitragSt and declares that the work of Con.
gr"SS is OF a kind that makes It pcculioriv
and properly mans job. 1t does seem ny
funny that the only lady we have in tb"
Nm',onnl IA legislature should be one holding
thr opinion mat women should not yotc o1
hold office. Still funnicr is the fact thot sho ba
Is doing more to Civ" the lie to her argmmrnt
than almost any woman who has inyodnL th'
capital. Sh" seems to be making good n, ,'o y
Representative and is received on terms - =
"GimhIr'" Gqnallty with the men. Yet she
greSHionaI accident, not to be repeated
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
THE SMUGGLERS

TT STANDS to reason that if whisky
1 smugglcrS can operate with fair chances
Of immunity in the region of Atlantic city
they are able to work with almost complete
assurances Of safety in the Delaware Bay
and the Delaware River.
Similarly it is to be presumed that the
Federal authorities are under no deIusion
about the larger scope of the smuggling
business suggested by this general view. If
they have been concentrating all their at
tention on the outer coast lines they are
woefnlly lacking i4 imagination. There is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. Lake Titcaca Is the highest important
lake in the world II lies in the Andes
on the confines OF Peru and Bolivia at
an altitude above sea level of 1885
2@The Revolutionary War ended with the
Treaty of Paris In 1888.
g. Robert Stewart, second Marquis OF Lon
donderry. by courtesy ViSCount Castle.
reagh. was noted British Statesman
born In Ulster, Ireland, in 1909, He
was instrumental in carrying out the
union of Ireland with Great Britain
in 1900 He was Secretary OF State
for War during part Of the period OF
the Napoleonic conflicts represented
Britain At the Congress OF Vienna in
l8l4-l5 and was Foreign Secretary
lSl2-lS22. He committed suicide in a
At of insanity in 1922.
4. CZardas are Hungarian dances, generalIv
opening with a slow movement called
"Lassu," which is followed by the
"FriSka," or dance proper. '"'
3. Two great coffee producing countries a ra
Brazil and Java.
6. Pompei was buried under the ashes of
Nesuvius In the great eruption Of 70
AID. -
7. A portmanteau word Is one formed Ia,
arbitrary combination OF letters Of t,DSo tS
words so as TO suggest something ~
the sense of each, The term is appIIeI
Ch ely to nOnScnSiCal Connges t,,
'sithy,' from 1.-THE and Shiny. Lewis
Carroll was the inventor
5. Metonymy Is the substitution ~ th
name of an attribute for that OF the
., thing meant, as crown for king. VIC
0. Senator Shields is from TENNESSEE
10. Two rulers OF England who wers mn.
royal personages were Oliver Sro,o
Well ana Richard Cromwell
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

never he exercised, but II was also said
when the income tax amendment was
adopted that it was intended only to enable
the Government to raise needed revenue III
n great national emergency. Then as soon
M the amendment was adopted Congress
levied an income tax to provide revenues
cut off by reduction in tariff duties.
We do not know whether Miss Robertson
expects to check the centralizing tendency
which has been affecting legislation Tor
generation or more. But it is evident thn'
she intends to keep herself straight on the
record
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
Loon In Harness

From the St. Marys, Maryland. BEACON
Francis and lIavcrmHn MattinoIr -
Abel; w"r" presented war loon bv Mr.
Ice Norris. They have this loon in tboir
fathers ice pond and are tanning If TO nuIl
them about the pond in II small skiif. Snt.' :
IrumE' E' Mhi" IN" loon was towing the boys
GOWN IN" pond some ON" fired n gun near
by. The loon divcd with the flash and comc
near drowning the boys. After severe
duckihg they were finally rescued by Mr.
James H. Bailey, who happened to see tie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Colonel Harvey is alleged by the rara;;
Mail to have made certain contortioiS .Ss y,
the mouth" while attending meetings OF 'ao ao
Supreme Council. The world Will rise 10 orv Nv
honor to the doughty colonel. lie was s.oH van
evidently biting his tongue to keep from
talking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Great Britain's pro-
Tariff That Isn't tcctiye tariff wall is
being constructed with
breaches ready made. no duties may be
imposed until romponunts prove that
dumping is taking place Cthat is, sale at
five or more per cent less than the home
selling price,, and not even then if con.
sumcrs are able to prove that the impor-
tation is more helpful than harmful. As it
stands, it would appear that the law will
be more fruitful Of debate than productive
of revenue or restrictive Of imports.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The Disarmament Conference II SUN sTt
cessful, will be- nm economic conference wan on
q few ethical frills. Too great S'resS "~
assurance of world peace for all time .n",n n"%y
bring failure. The most effective Sa.I aI "a
runs in channel nt least mario" euoueA
give depth and pOwer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
lle
Times Whirligig changes.

Time works curious
Times Whirigig changes. Thirty years
ago IUbouchere's Truth,
Reynolds Newspaper and other radical Brit
ish publications invcighcd nightly against
the expense Of royalty. Today the people Of
Great Britain, NOR" drHocratic than ever,
getting enough money to put on the style to
which they have been arrustomcd and he il
is who is protesting against any more money
being allotted to him, prrferring rather to
cut out the tlummcrirs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The one thing unquestioned in the
United States Mail Steamship Company
mudde is that Uncle Sam will be better on
when he gets out of the shipping business,
and that the shipping business will be better
off nlSn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Department of Commerce figures show
that while South American countries are
lowering the price of commodities they sell
to MS we are increasing the price of com
moditics we sell to them This, coupled
with the fact that Germany and Great
Britain. our competitors in South America,
are lowering prices, may explain our de-
clining trade thcre.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

As Farmount Park. Rox thorough ana
Hog Island have been suggested ms sites ios
the sesqu centennial, we look forward 70
the suggestion that all three be used anu
that they be connected by scenic railroads
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Old John Bootleg will get II haTu % ~, "a
some Of these days. There Is n"in'"St trou,
prevent Canada and Grcnt lirItHln mO 70
coming to AN agreement with Incle nnh ~
put a sop to shipment of liquor. o"i MO-
agreement would strip the Atlantle ~ Nj
boats Of immunity and put crlmp -
smuggling on the Canadian border
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

/. Through what straits do vessels pass on
voyage from New York to New
Orleans?
2. What kind OF an animal is n gavIal?
3. What Is the administrative capital of the
so-called Eastern Siberian Republic? 4?
T. How old is Sara Bernhardt?
g. Who was the third and last Secretary of
State OF the Wilson Administration?
6. Who was Button?
T. What Is the first name OF Mile. Ienglen,
the champion woman tennis player Of
the world?
8. Why Is n snare drum so called?
O. Who wrote the play of rip Van
Winkle"?
10, Name six materials used in making rome
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Frank A. Vanderlip, American n'I"" hny
cier, is in Berlin making inquiry as ontpal J." Il
Germany twill be able to invade he",, az.
markets and underbid even American an
pOrters.' We suspect TINS queS''o' how
easy one. A difficult one to answer ~ ,,Ins TWr
to prevent such invasion and underDi""'"e'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

A snake killed in HazletOn, Pa, wM
found to contain ten live baby rabbits Ihe
snake had ten rattles, the dispatch states'
Probably one each for the ten babies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

There are doubtless conferences at when
secrecy is desirable and necessary, but a.
this distance the Disarmament Conference
doesn't appear to be one Of them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Tax bill revision won't relieve the rich,
says the President. We're still demagogc
enough as a Nation to want to sock it to
Dives
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Rumor has it that President Harding
will name no women for the delegation 70
the Disarmament Conference. This may d
cause for hysterical shrieks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

One cannot help but feel that tne
United States has at least as. much intetes,
In the settling Of the Upper SileSia queSt.U"
as Brazil. China or Japan. But: OF courSSedi
we may be right and the rest OF the wofu
a nttln off
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Why. We wonder, is Senator johnson 20
insistent on full publicity for the Disarma'
ment Conference? He'll have as much to
talk about either way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The supposition is, of course. that
preparations for Hoover relief nre going on
right along while negotiations are progress
ing with the Soviet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

II the big roundup of rum runners
comes off ms expected, the disconsolate boot.
logger will be left with nothing but sour
mash.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

They're birds all right. but ever so
many Congressman seem anxious to prove
that they're not railbirds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The Dali Eireann will decide today
whether or not the milk N the coconut de-
mands a separator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The necessity for keeping debtor nations
solvent is destined to play hob with protec.
tive tariffs. One cannot sell unless one also
buys
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The Dali Eireann is thinking long,"
as the old phrase goes, for freedom. May
long thinking lead to right thinking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The only secret some women can't keep
is one they consider of little Importance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Sunday laws are no more than a deli
cate shade Of blue in National Park.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Firemen throwing water on the troubled
oil at Point Breeze had thrills enough for a
lifetime.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

There can be no fifty fifty compromise
between vice and virtue. They don't mix.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Drought merely postponed the famine
bOlsheyism had in store for Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

The back of summer heat may not be
broken, but yesterdays chill was not un.
welcome
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

| We note in the news that pirate ships
still float in a sea Of imagination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
SHORT CUTS

The problem of California almonds is
nuts for the tariff expert.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Edward H. Shaughnessy is likewise sus.
pected of being Irish and likewise has to to
do with railroads. He used to b. tce.
graph operator out in Chicago, climbed the
ladder to the job of division superintendent.
went to France as colonel and wrestlcd
with transportation for the A. +. F., was
drafted by Will Hays as Second Assistant
Postmaster General and has nothing to do
but attend to the problems Of the railway
mail service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16

Printing ink salesmen," said J. i.
Yodcr, secretary of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, used to be the individuals who
laid more weird bets than any other class of
citizens The commission undertook to sup
press their peculiar method of gambling, as
it amounted under the law, to unfair
competition, which it was their duty to sup.
press.
AN ink salesman would 20 into a print
shop TO sell an order. The trade of this one
shop might amount to thOusands of dollars
month to his firm. The foreman was often
the key man in placing the order.
so the salesman would say to the fore
man: You are funny looking bird with
twelve toes. | never saw man with twelve
toes before
What do you mean, twelve toesY the
foreman would respond.
"Ill bet you $500 that you have got
twelve toes the salesman would say.
THE foreman would take the bet, would
take off his shoes and exhibit the customary
number Of little pigs that go to market. The
salesman would hand over the money wa
gered Then he would take an order for II
large amount of ink. He would lay his
bets and lose his money at regular intervals.
IF the boss suggested the use of some
other ink the foreman would discredit it. II
he insisted, the foreman would buy lot,
would put acid in it and afterward show the
boss how it had eaten out his rollers.
THE whole ink business was honey
with this sort of thing before the commits
sion showed the way to united action which
stopped it,
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
MRS. Ia RUE'S BODY
SENT TO VIRGINIA
KilIeen Witness, Called Victim
OF Wood Alcohol. to Be Buried
At Newport News.

Mrs. Evelyn LaRue, star witness
for Edward V. Killeen. District pool
expert. who was acquitted by a jury
at Rockville on Thursday. for the
killing OF Mrs. Bessie Harris at the
Cabin John Bridge Hotel on Janu-
ary 4, will be buried today at New
port News.
The autopsy performed on Mrs. La
Rue's body at the morgue yesterday
showed that her death early yester-
day morning was due to acute gas
tritis, resulting from some irritating
poison. 1t is the opinion of DR.. ].
Ramsay hewitt. District coroner, that
the Irritating poison" was wood
alcohol.
Mrs. LaRue died at the Emergency
Hospital, an hour after she was
found unconscious in her room at the
National Hotel where she had gone
after testifying before the Rockville
court in behalf of Killeen.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
'DESPONDENT WAR
HERO IS SUICIDE
C. N. SchofieId, of Alexandria,
Shoots Self In Front of
His Home,

Eluding members of the American
Legion who had kept him under sur
veillance for several weeks after he
had made threats of contemplating
suicide. c. Marshall Schofield. thirty
five years old, a veteran of the world
war, ended his life yesterday after
noon in front of his home at 91s
Cameron street, Alexandria, by firing
three bullets into his body, one Of
which passed through his heart.
Schofield, a son of Mr. and Mrs. ID.
Webster Schofield. served overseas
with the ambulance corps and was
injured when he fell into shell
hole while. carrying wounded soldiers
off the battlefield. Since his return
to his home in Alexandria Schofeld
has suffered melancholy and frequent
ly had threatened to commit suicide.
Fellow members of the American
Legion had watched his movements
and tried to cheer him. but to no
avail. Schofield was prominent
Mason of Alexandria
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
POLICE WIDOW
GETS PENSION
Mrs. Bradley Awarded $35 Per
Month by D. c. for Hus-
bands Sacrifice.

Mrs. Preston E. Bradley, widow
of the Second precinct policeman who
sacrificed his life in the line Of duty
on February 20. today was advised
that the commissioners had granted
her a life pension of $35 a month.
This is the maximum pension allow
ed by law.
FUND REACHES $500.
Thus far the Security Savings and
Commercial Bank, Ninth and G streets
northwest. has received $56O5O In
contributions to the Bradley relief
fund. The proceeds from the soccer
game played last unday by the This
ties and Harlem A. c. probably will
swell the fund to about $500.
The Delhi Club. which will give a
performance, probably at Central
High School auditorium. for the bene-
fit of Mrs. Bradley, Is holding nightly
rehearsals so as to pesent finished
entertainment. The theatrical club is
composed of thirty talented and
versatile young men and women, and
the entertainment promises to be
strong drawing card.
william Mickey" McPhilomy has
promised to put on his best black
face act for the benefit of Mrs. Brad
ley. McPhilomy Is well known about
Washington for his dancing ability.
and his addition to the show promises
to go far toward bringing The +
Street Revue" above the average.
Aside from his skill in the clog, ec-
centric and soft-shoe line, Mickey"
has a pleasing baritone voice and a
monologue that's a knockout.
No less able is Erwin Rice. an
other Delhi Club black face comedian
Rice is known as the gentleman
with the elastic knees" and his i'm
personation of Bert Williams negro
comedian of roadway fame. is a sure
winner. Rice and McPhilomy are
planning joint skit in addition to
ther individual efforts. and when
these two get together the audience
may be assured of demonstration
OF the black art developed to the
nth degree.
Many professional and amateur en-
tertainers of the District are volun-
teering their services to the Delhi
Club for this worthy cause.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
ALUMNI OF WISCONSIN
PLAN ANNUAL BANQUET

Plans for a get together" dinner
will be discussed next Friday night
at a meeting of the Washington
branch of the University of Wiscon-
sin Alumni Association, at the home
of Mrs. Arthur Buedke, 2913 Porter
street northwest.
On Thursday night the officers Of the
association were. entertained by the
secretary, Miss Louise Evans, at the
Red Cross Woman's Club. 1901
street northwest. All graduates of
Wisconsin University interested in
the forthcoming banquet should COM
municate with Miss Evans
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
LOCAL CAR MENGET
INSURANCE RAISED
Pepco and w., R. & E. to Bear
Partial Expense of En-
pIoyes' Safeguard.

Life insurance of all members of
tho Washington Railway Relief AS
ISOLATION is increased from two to
six times, depending upon length of
membership in the association, ac-
cording to an announcement by the
association today. The increase is
now in effect
The present amount OF insurance is
$3.50, and under the new plan of group
insurance will be increased to $500 for
those. who have been members less
than one year: $1,000 for members
more than one and less than five
years years and 81 800 for all members
over five years.
Membership in the association Is
available to employees both of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company and the Potomac Electric
Power Company.
The new plan was suggested by c.
w. Walker, motorman on the Column
bia line. but as the expense of the
plan was so great the association felt
II could not put the project through
without aid. The officers and direc-
tors of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company solved the situation
and voted to bear one-half fthe cost
of the new insurance plan.