davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
NURSE SAYS CRAIG
WELCOMED CHILD.
Testifies Supposed Bachelor
Was Elated at Birth of Es-
tate Claimant
TESTIMONY OF MARRIAGE

The presence Of the late Hugh Craig.
Werner, now suing for share in the
$50, 900 annual income from the estate
of Mr.. Craig's father. was testified to
by a nurse at the secret hearing given
by Hampton L. Carson, master.
Highly elated, acting like n pea
cock" are the words said to have been
used by the nurse In describing Mr..
Craig at the time. The nurse also said
Craig had once mentioned the woman
belonging to his fathers estate, az my
wife and child
The case. which has been in the
hands of Mr.. Carson for nearly two
years. has created wide interest. due to
Mr.. Craig's social position In Philadel-
phia. and the supposition that he was
q bachelor. He was for many years a
member of the First Troop, Philadel-
phia City Cavalry. and score Of the
best known persons in this city were
his friends.
The defendant in the suit is Mrs. II.
8. Hatfield, sister Of Mr.. Craig, who
under the terms of his will receives a
yearly income of S25 900. Mrs. Wer-
ner, widow, bases her claim on pro-
vision in the elder Craig's will, which
bequeaths half the income Of the es-
tate to any children Of his son.
The story told in court is that in 1865
q Philadelphian named McCausland.
uncle Of Mrs. Hatfield and the younger
Craig. met a sixteen -year-old girl in
Delaware town. The girl accompanied
McCausland to this city, trouble arose
and Hugh Craig, Jr., met the girl and
fell in love with her.
She had been known in Delaware as
Lizzie Cullen, and later became known
in Philadelphia as Mrs. Elizabeth Craig.
The chief fight before the master CEN
tered on the legality Of her marriage
to Mr.. Craig. A Mrs. Worrell. who
was supposed to have been in the pres
ence Of the two when Crnig gave the
woman a ring, testified that Craig had
told Lizzie Cullen that he never wanted
her to use her own name again, as she
was now his wife.
Mr.. Craig is said to have remembered
the daughter. now Mrs. Werner, with
a present every year upon her birthday
and to have signed letters to her with
the word Papa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
.VARE MEN FIGHT
!. N COUNCIL TODAY
More Administrators Foes
Saw They Have Votes to Shear
Law Committee
cry LEGISLATION IS STAKE

A, effort by Ware supporters to de-
...ss the powers of Councils law COM
.,,,.e is expected to develop a lively
s.ht M at today's session of Council.
A. nresent the committee, of which
,.uo. A. Develin is chairman. has
,s,rae of all matters pending before
~, legislature or constitutional
.,.,ges affecting the city or county.
Tho action to strip the committee OF
~. mower by amending the rules will
No taken through resolution to be in
.,oduced BY Councilman Edwin r. Cox.
4 two thirds vote is required.
That means the Cox resolution to pre-
all must have fourteen of the twenty
members for the resolution. Ware
,.aders I"v re- Yesterday claimed they will
s.ro the necessary fourteen and prob
as asv one more. should it be decided to
~ ~ M the resolution for consid-
Wr Develin and his committee have
,.on active in formulating measures
Mich have been introduced in the
t.nislature to effect greater home
~, ~" for Philadelphia and to bring
.bout other recommended reforms in
Icsislation affecting the city.
One of the purposes of the Cox resolu :
~, is 70 take all those matters out of
,Ss No. control Of Mr.. Develin and his
sommttte, and to turn them over to a
.uscial Councilmanic committee on leg
islation, It is planned to name Mr..
cox who is allied with the Ware fac.
Nom Nom as chairman of the special COM
mittee. and TO include on the committee
sverai other pronounced Varieties, to-
,sther with Mr.. Weglein, president Of
founcil and Mr.. Burch. chairman Of
tbs finance committee Of Council. 1t Is
understood that Mr.. Develin. as chair
man Of the law committee, will be
named also.
With a Ware councilman as chair
man. il is planned to have the special
committee appear before Senator Nare's
municipal affairs committee on Friday
Of next week to urge passage of a num-
ber of bills which have been already
sent to Harrisburg by Mr.. Develin's
committee.
Mr.. Weglein yesterday announced
that he will operate with the De-
partmpnt of Public Works to have a
comprehensive and complete repaving
program pushed through Council.
I'VE are all eager to do some con-
structivc work." he said. II will ask
the members of Council to look over
their districts and prepare list Of
streets where repaving is needed and all
Of us will get together and work out
plan that will put the streets in az
good condition as the limitation of the
5000 900 loan money will permit"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
Decorator Fatally Stricken on Street
Deaths Of a Day
JAMES M. RODGERS
mead Of Coffee Firm Here Dies
While on Western Trip

Lame James NJ Rodgers, president of
rro"d rU"rS' kod dgers Corporation, wholesale
tsUfer" isSTer and roffe" merchants, died yes
pnoy prraay at Santa Barbara. Calf, of
VwJit,SH'hhH1nia. wi,S while on n tour of that state
Ss 'h hIS ms wife. 1t was the first vacation
NC pad taken in twenty years.
RoS ueleSram received from Mrs.
WOa WOaSt[s tE at the Offices of the corporation
ciasoa TSs me hrst word his business asso-
''aSts Uno mad had of his illness.
cosn Sne of the foremost figures in the
Iaee siso !rade, not only of this city, but
Fso Fso OF New York and throughout the
IN i'St' Mr. Rodgers had risen rapidly
mnaS ~ the Lowry Coffee Co, until he as
fo,ico frod control of it, and, later, the Al.
wSiaA SI Lowry & Brother Grocery Co.
az f"tfn tSn We're united under the firm name
" 1ne Lowry Rodgers Co.
0ra e was a member of the Union League
Iuo, Hu OF a number of business clubs. and
Gsrt Gsra at Aliens lane and Greene street,
ttoe'tthhtahto'wn. 10 thtl The body will be brought
sr,o A. oniS city for burial, but no definite
made. '"e iuherai nave Deen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
PR. I. AND CITY TRY
TO FIX NEW 4 FARE
Mayor, Mitten and Clement in
Conference on Frank
ford Line

Figures and facts in connection with
the proposed operation Of the Frank
ford elevated line were submitted at a
conference between representatives Of
the city and the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Co. in the Office of Mayor
Moore. The conference opened shortly
before noon.
The company was represented by
Thomas e: Mitten, president, and G..
A. Richardson, vice president in charge
of operation the city by the Mayor
Director Twining. Of the Department of
Transit, and City Solicitor Smyth.
Public Service Commissioner Clement
was present and gave suggestions
which may help to solve the fare phase
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
FINDS CITY TAXES
ALMOST DOUBLED
Municipal Research Bureau Re-
ports Actual Lazy Up 90
Per Cent Since 1914
RATE HARD TO DETERMINE

The city and county tax levied on the
real estate of a majority Of the tax
payers in Philadelphia has increased 90
per cent over the 1914 rate, the Bureau
Of Municipal Research stated today.
The assessed valuation Of taxable
real estate and taxable horses and cattle
for 1920 amounted to 81 ,042, ,731 .342, an
increase Of 1924 per cent over the 1914
figure, the bureau said.
The assessed valuation Of all property
taxable for local purposes in this city
has risen from S2.271 1923 ,613.62 in
1914 to $2,835 ,O07 $3.50. 80 in 1920, an
increase Of 10 per cent.
The bureau in it's weekly bulletin,
issued today, pointed out that three
bodies--City Council, the Board of
Education and the State Legislature.
levy taxes in this city for local pur-
poses.
Rate Hard to Determine
The report continued:
ut is not easy to say Just what the
tax rate in Philadelphia is. This is
because real estate Is divided into three
classes, and because real estate and
horses and cattle in independent poor
districts are exempt from the poor tax
levied by the City Council. This re :
suits in six rates applicable to real
estate, and two rates applicable to
horses and cattle for city and county
taxes. The tax rate for the school dis :
trict Is uniform throughout the city.
The city and county tax on money at
interest and on vehicles to hire Is also
uniform throughout the city and has
always been at the rate Of four mills on
the dollar.
How Rate Advanced
However, 1t is customary when
speaking Of the tax rate to refer to the
rate applicable to real estate classcd
as city real estate not in poor dis
tricts, because that is the. rate that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
NO RUSH FOR WAR MEDALS
Recruiting Agents Try to Interest
Men In Victory Awards

Washington, March 24.-(By A. P.)
Difficulty is being encountered by the
War Department in getting service men
of the war with Germany to take the
victory medals which Congress author
lied as q special distinction.
Twenty four officers, whose activi-
ties AZ recruiting agents went under u
ban some weeks ago when Congress cut
the size of the regular army. have been
detailed to the task of canvassing the
ex soldiers and facilitating distribu-
tion Of the medals. The total number
of victory medals so far issued IL l.
SOC, 900, although about 1000, 900 men
saw service in the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
1T MAUNDY THURSDAY
Last Supper commemorated With
Speclal Services in Churches

Today is Maundy Thursday and it
is being observed by services in Episco-
pal and Catholic churches throughout
the city.
Maundy Thursday, which marks the
holding of the Last Supper of Christ
and the Apostles. the institution Of the
Blessed Sacrament and the betrayal Of
Christ by Judas, ushers in the most i'm
portant and closing ceremonies Of Holy
Week.
In the Catholic churches the ccre.
mony consi ,ts of the removing Of the
sacranlenr from the main altar. attended
by an imposing procession of priests,
acolytes and children.
In many Episcopal churches the
ceremonies are very similar to those
in Catholic churches, including the
singing Of the Tenebrae and other
forms
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
TAXI SPILLS MILK WAGON
Man Injured. Horse Killed, Chauf.
feur Arrested, Near EernWood

A driver Of milk wagon was slightly
injured. horse was killed, another
badly hurt. and taxicab driver ar
rested charged with driving car while
intoxicated, after collision on Balti-
more pike. near Fernwood, this
morning
Charles Mclaughlin. Funston street
near Fifticth, was the driver of the
team, aud John Coyle, 1856 Thompson
street, the taxicab operator.
Mclaughlin declared the taxicab
crashed into his team. He was taken
to the Misericordia Hospital and Coyle
locked up in the Upper Darby police
station. At n hearing today Coyle was
held without bail to await the result of
McLaughlinS injuries.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
HALLS CANVAS WINS
Artists "Miss Hawthorne" 10 Most
Popular at Exhibition

Frederick G. Halls portrait, Miss
Hawthorne" was the first choice of the
guests at the twenty fifth annual free
evening" of the Civic Club at the Acad-
emy of the Fine Arts last night.
The second choice was q nude Girl
Combing Her Hair" by William M.
Paxton, and the third favorite was
Marie Danforth Pages Portrait of a
Boy" There were 7O7 guests at the cI-
hibit, 3S1 voting.
The guests were received by the
president Of the club, Mrs. Edward w.
Biddle. assisted by Mrs. Arthur II. Lea, +,
Madame de Santa Eulalia, Mrs. John
Frederick Lewis, Mrs. Sydney Thayer
and members Of the board Of directors.
The committee In charge was repre-
sented by it's chairman and vice chair
man, Mrs. Walter NJ. James and Miss
A. NJ. Archambault.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
DR.. HART MADE DIRECTOR
Judges Name Him to Philadelphia
Saving Fund Society

DR.. Charles ID. Hart was appointed
member of the board of managers of
the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society,
to succeed Charles Biddle, resigned.
Mr.. Biddle left the board recently to
become the society's solicitor, taking
the place made vacant by the death Of
J. Percy Keating.
The appointment Of DR.. Hart was
made by Judges Breezy, Barratt, Nc
Michael, Audenried and Martin. Under
the society's charter, the board of
judges appoints members of the board
Of managers from names furnished by
the board.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
Ford's New Coach Breaks Down

Springfield, o., March 24.-(By A.
P.)-The gasoline passenger coach in
which Henry Ford is making a tour of
his recently purchased railway, the De-
troit, Toledo and Ironton, developed
motor trouble just outside Springfield
yesterday aud was abandoned by Mr..
Ford and his party. They went by
automobile TO DAYTON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
MAN STRANGELY MISSING
,. r. r. Flasman Starts for Walk
Tuesday and DISAPPEARS

Eugene Prole, sixty eight years old.
G2o Webster street. fagman stationed
on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Six
teenth street and Washington avenue,
went out for walk late Tuesday night
after he had come off duty and has not
been heard of since.
Mrs. Caroline Prole, wife OF the
missing man. saw him walking in the
direction Of Seventh and Fitzwater
streets and asked him where he was
going. Prole said he was going around
the block and would return In Il few
minutes.
He is the father Of six children and
has been in good health. The man
weighed 100 pounds. was five feet six
inches tall and had dark hair and mohs-
tache. The police have been notified
and a search Of the hospitals is being
made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
TUGMEN PLAN STRIKE
Ocean. Going Workers Refuse te
Accept Cut In Waqes

Crews Of ocean going tug boats will
strike, according to representatives of
the Marine Engineers Association, on
account of the determination of owners
to cut wages % per cent. The strike.
II is said, will effect all oceangoing
tugs along the Atlantic coast
Members of the association decided
10 take this action W a meeting this
morning in headquarters, Second and
Walnut streets, following orders from
the national council in New York.
There are only seven ocean going
tugs operating from this port, and as
hr as Philadelphia is concerned there
Will be about forty two men affected.
Decorator Fatally Stricken on Street
John II. Bangert, decorator, OF
a4l4 Ridge avenue. died last night in
m me rCCtory Of Our Mother of Sorrows
Caih9Iic Church, at Forty eighth street
sha Lancaster avenue. He was stricken
while walking in front of the house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
William r. Riisa

r I%Gnpury, Pa, March 24.-William
IN tho thoSS; seventy three years old, active
yeo,s ,n' SHnbury school board for many
dsd ana widely known railroad man,
paraIvaai ai ms home here yesterday Of
1N'''SSis after a long illness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
DIDN'T KNOW FRIENDS NAME

When Mary Finn. sixty-t years
old. fell dead at Seventeenth and Ok
ford streets last night, 1t developed
that her friend since 1904, Mrs. 3.
Buchanan, 1920 North Sixteenth street.
did not know the dead woman's last
name. All she ever knew her by, she
told the police, was Mary"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-17

human activity IL calling them. The
future holds more for our boys and
our girls than We will ever know or
see, and they ought to be prepared
for the day in which they are to live
and serve humanity, but they are
not. A few. but OH such a few. are
receiving any training for the great
world work that Is calling them,
while the very great majority are
possibilities without any training for
anything.
And herein Is the most dangerous
revolution our nation has ever
known. The fact that the children
of today actually refuse to be edu-
Gated is one OF the reddest flags float
ing over our nation. 1t means more
suffering. more sorrow, more loss in
every way than anything else that is
going on. IL means loss of time,
loss of money. loss Of energy, and
loss of life. to the future OF our coun-
try. The greatest drawback to our
country today Is IGNORANCE, and
we are multiplying it every day. Most
of our suffering, most OF our unhap-
piness. most of our poverty and crime
today dire the results of an unframed,
uneducated citizenship. What is the
natter? why do our children near
ly all drop out OF our free schools
before they reach the end of the sew
enth grade?
There Is no effect without a cause.
There is a reason for this unnatural
fact II is as natural for children to
learn as it is for them to grow, il the
environment is normal. Children
love to learn until learning is made
unnatural II Is as natural for the
mind to develop as the body. II is
more natural. because the body has
just so many years to grow and then
its srowth ceases. But there is no
limit to the development Of the mind.
Our Creator surely intended II to
grow on forever. And II IL gets a
good start IL will do II. There are
many examples of this in our own
acquaintance and yours. The we'll
educated man or woman Is always
looking for something more to learn,
but the man or woman who has never
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-17
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package OF genuine Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
ths direGtlons and dosage worked out
by. physicians during 81 years, aud
proved safe By millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. II you see
the 8ayer cross on tablets. you can
take them without fear for colds,
headIche, neuralgia. rheumatism,
earache. toothache. lumbago and for
pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists
also sell larger packages. Aspirin
In the trade mark of Bayer Manufac-
ture Of Observation-Disclosures OF Sal
icylicacid.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-17

Duttou, Ala.-lu recommending lhed-
ford's Black Draught TO her friends and
neighbors here, Mrs. T. r. Parks, a we'll
known Jackson County lady, said; 81 am
getting up In years; my head is pretty
white. Ihave seen medicines and RENE
dies come and 90 but the old reliable
came and stayed. am talking Of Black
Draught, liver medicine we have used
for years-one tina; can be depended up
on and one that will do the work.
BLACK Draught will relieve indigestion
and constipation il taken right, and know
for I tried it. II is the best thing have
ever fouad for the full. uncomfortable
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-17

gone to school at all sometimes seems
to feel that 1t is kind of a disgrace
TO try to learn anything new. This
idea Is one OF the greatest stumbling
blocks In the progress OF our nation.
And a lot of folks reach the point
where they do not need to know any
thing. Here is one OF our silent
causes for this great educational re-
volt aud revolution. AS a rule such
folks think their children do not need
to know anything. either. So in
stead of building schools to fit the
needs Of the citizens of the future,
we just let them go and a little later
the same tax payers build an addition
to the. poor house. or the peniten-
tiary for them.
Before anybody can put an end to
anything they must discover the
cause and eliminate the cause And
we believe the cause of our educa-
tional revolution is-our present
school system does not fit <he needs
of the children of our country.
"Oh, but" says some OF our great
classic educators, 1--WE are losing sight
of the ideal and the beautiful We
are drifting into nothing but indus
trial ad,ootfn, In uaavapfs mama
how can you lose an ideal, nutil you
have one TO lose? How can you
write poetry or a great thesis on the
classic things Of life until you know
how 70 spell and compose a few SEN
fences correctly? And how can. you
hope to do this until YOU have at
least finished the seventh grade in
cur public schools? And should you
discover there is a germ of talent in
you and you did not have bank ac-
count to keep you going. how would
YOU ever find a way to develop that
germ? II takes means to reach any
end And IL you do not happen to
be born with means and talent. too,
then a way must be made to develop
that talent
We are not talking about classic
education. We are not talking about
the fine artss or course they are
necessary We all want them But
why are there no more artists in our
country? Because only five or six |
Of our American children ever get |
past the seventh grade in school and |
only one IN every three hundred ever
gets as far along as the end OF the
free high school How many artists
Of every kind do you suppose are lost
to the world in the 299 American
children that never have an ideal
aroused in them until IL is too late
for them to go back and make their
lives over? And just how many OF
the ONE in every three hundred are
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-17

has been a slight disturbance among
the teachers and educational leaders
but II was due to financial unrest and
soon put an end to that, or will as
soon as the dollars are In Sight. Adj
this was righteous cause, but H.
few dollars sdded to their salaries
was one of the effects, rather than
cause OF our educational revolution.
No. the trouble is not among the
parents, TO whom the school belongs.
Most of them are asleep and do not
know there is anything unusual go
ing on in our schools. Most Of the
people who own and control the
schools of our nation seem perfectly
satisfied with them. so satisfied that
they seldom step inside OF a school
house to see what is going on.
This silent, bloodless revolution is
going on among the children. There
are % 1000, 900 children in this army
In inst few years these 22,000,O00
children will be the men and women
OF this nation. They are the boys
and girls who are to take our places
just as soon as we drop out and we
are dropping out every day The
world is calling them The earth,
the air. the sea. is calling them. The
farm. the city, and every from OF
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-17
EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS
BY Phebe X. Warner

Ihat we are in the midst OF an ed
lonal revolution. there is not a
oubt, However. comparatively few
81 our American citizens seem to be
Gonscious of II. II is one OF those
1loodless American Revolutions. It
may last for years and years but
here will be no war debt to pay when
h d over. IL 1t ever is over. One
r1&son we do not hear much about
this revolution Is because the srown
IN folks are not taking much interest
A. II. No, II is not among the edu
cetors OF our nation. as you would
naturaIly expect. II it weIe, there
would soon be something done. There
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-17
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

Gsnnot reach the seat OF the disease.
Cntarrh Is a local disease, greatly infiu-
onced by constitutional conditions. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh.
Is Is taken internally and acts through
16e Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the
NSstem. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
NJ composed of some OF the best tonics
known. combined with some of the best
a. the ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE Is what produces such won
dsrfuI results In catarrhal conditions.
. Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
II. J. Cheney a. Co. Props, Toledo. v.