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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-11
SPRING CITY FIRST
OF FCR|MESPLANNED
Five Captured Bank Bandits
Confess PhoenixvilIe and
PottsvilIe Were Next
SIXTH THUG LEFT CAR HERE

A carefully laid plot to rob banks In
Phoenixville. Pottsvilc and other towns
was confessed today by five pris-
cners in the West Chester Jail who
were caught yesterday Afternoon after
they had held up and looted the Spring
City National Bank Of $4,000.
A sixth bandit who aided in the hold
up escaped. He is known to have come
to Philadelphia.
He drove the car in which his con
fcderates travelled to this city and nban-
doned it at Twenty sixth and York
streets.
This automobile. five passenger
touring car. was stolen Sunday night
from Sidney Fl. Bayersdorfer, It having
been left standing In front Of his home
at 1881 Diamond street.
The bandits. according 10 Chief of
Police Williams. of PhOcniXviIle. TO-
Gay, left their wives IN Detroit. whore
they lived, and came to Philadelphia
They confessed. the chief said. that the
plot TO rob the banks was hntchcd in
this city a week ago last Sunday. They
bought automatic pistols and arranged
TO steal n car at some convenient time.
They told police officials they then
carefully looked over the ground a.
Spring City.
They also looked over three hanks
in Phoenixvile. they admitted. and had
| plans carefully laid for the robbing OF
| these banks as soon "a the excitement
over the Spring City robbery had died
down. Pottsvillc was next. they said,
banks there having been carefully in
| spected also.
This they considered to be pIhnhing
far enough ahead. At the conclusion
Of these jobs. they said they intended
lion "aM and rron ~, some more hanks to
N'under.
All Seemed Easy
! II all seemed so easy and the effort
at Spring CITY was so perfectly timed
md executed that the men hung to-
gethpr after the hold up and went TO
| The boarding house Of John Mason. 512
| High street, Phocnixvile. to divide the
| loot and prepare TO carry ont the next
| stcp in their campaign, There the five
prisoners were taken.
The five prisoners at West Chester.
after they had told almost all they
knew. curlcd IN in their coils and went
70 slcep. They stcadfastly refused 70
| lmDllCatN Mason, WnOm Inp DOIlfc SuS-
meet of knowing more about the crime
than he Is willing to admit. although
he gave the first alarm that resulted in
the capture of the men.
The prisoners refused also 10 give the
name Of the sixth bandit. who drove the
big blue touring car in which they
Travelled.
The prisoners told police they had
planned. after making their clean up
TO return TO their wives in Detroit and
take il easy for while. Several OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-11
DEATH MAY SEAL
ASSAULT MYSTERY.
nstay Schmaal, Victim Of
Beating, Fights for Life in
Camden Hospital
NO. CLUE TO SUICIDE

Mystery still envelops the discovery
A. Gustav Schmaal. sixty years old.
hostep nj his home in Billingsport, and
,bs subsequent finding of the body Of
,be carctaker hanging from rafter in
the barn back Of the house.
seminal is in the Cooper Hospital
Camden in n critical condition. Since
so was taken there after he was found
rssterday he has not rcgaincd conscious
ass II may bc the idcntlty Of the
m.n who attacked the old man in his
home and beat him numerically will
remain unknown.
Az authorities for the beating. although
NAV have offered poss ibe solution
tbot Schmaal was beaten by the care
taEsr who. believing him dead. then
committed suicide. They hope to he
able to get the story of the attack from
Schmaal -,-
For the Inst two months he has been
living at Schmaal's home. That repre-.
cents thc sum of knowledge Of nPighbors
Of the man. o..
RilllngSnOrI. NlTludIiN h.'nt lol many
Years, was found in the bedroom of his
home BY a man who went TO the house
10 deliver milk Schmaal had been felled
with terrific blows on the head. His
.kull was fractured. and from surround
inc circumstances. authorities believe
no had been lying there unconscious for
hours,
Il was after discovery of Schmaal' =
unconscious form that an investigation
was made Of the premises and the care
takers body found hanging in the barn
behind n pile Of hay.
The theory advanced by police is that
Scbmaal and the caretaker had quar-
- re and the latter attacked his en-
ployer and 10 Il him for dead. 1t is be-
ieyed when the carctaker saw what he
had done he went to the barn and
b,poad himself
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-11
BACK FROM WAR TRAGEDY
Miss Grace Walker Just Missed
Seeing Fiance Alive in France

After three ycars' work as Red
Cross executive in Poland and Russia.
M,cs Grace y. Walker. 1897 Wissn
she has taken up the work of the W"'-
fare Federation similar 10 that ST." did
abroad.
Miss Walker spent some time in
France asa volunteer worker IN hoaii
tails during the war. Her trip to France
wnS instigatod by tive nCws her fiauc"
had been wounded. After srurch she
arrived at Il dock in time to seo the
ship carrying him back home just dis
appearing lie later died at Camp
Dix.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-11
ASK REPRESENTATION
Labor Union and Railroad Men Want
70 Be on UnempIoYment Body

Mayor Moore today announced he
had received request, from the Central
Labor I'rion. the affiliated crafts Of
tho Philadelphia and Reading Railway
terers md Cement Finishcrs for rep
rcScntation on thc CH amber Of Com
mCrcc NIn"mpIOymont committee.
The Mayor referred the requests to
Ernest +. Trigg. chairman ~ tho In
dustrinl Relations Committee "f rhr
Chamber Of Commerce.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-11
CLEARED OF DEATH CHARGE
Two Men Acquitted Of Blame for
Fatal Poolroom Row

John MuIlin, 5000 North Chancellor
street. and Frank Brady. G27 North
Thirty second street, were acquitted
before Judge McCullcn today on charges
Of manslaughtcr. following the death Of
Walter MoSley. November 20. 1920. in
fight in poOlroom at Thirty second
and Chestnut street. MoSley was as
nulted and died two days later.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
HIS DEBT TO ESKIMO WOMEN v
Life Of Famous churchman Of the
Yukon Saved by the "Muck-
locks" They Had Made.

That Hudson Stuck, noted archdea-
con of the Yukon, who died recently,
should for Is years have escaped the
death from freezing and hardships
which he risked a hundred times a
year, may have been due to special
protection of Providence, but In one
case at least, he owed his life TO the
strong teeth of Eskimo women. accord
ing to a Seattle dispatch.
He told this story himself the last
time he was in the States. 1t hap
pened just when the first thaws were
setting in one spring. An Indian run
ner brought him an urgent call for
help from the missions on the Kuyu-
kuk, far north of the Yukon, a call
that could not wait until the rivers
were open and the days of dangerous
travel past.
So the archdeacon started from
Fairbanks on foot, with one Indian
and a dog train. They followed the
Tanana to the Yukon. reaching the
great river at shutdown, and striking
out across the ice on sharp diagonal
which heightened the crossing to five
miles. It had been biting cold under
the lee Of the shore. and on the I'M
sheltered river DIR. Stuck's thermome-
ter registered so degrees below zero.
Four miles of ice were behind them
when trouble began. First there was
vast grooming Of the river and thin
cracks zigzagged away from them in
all directions.
Experience told them that the strong
currents below the northern bank
were at work again after their win
ter's rest. AS they turned back to-
ward the stronger footing behind
them. the Ice broke sharply at their
feet, and before they could throw
themselves fiat they were wet to the
thighs in the chilly water
Fortunately one section Of the ice
crust within reach held firm and they
were on their feet again in an instant.
knowing that their only hope against
death by freezing In that terrific cold
was a four-mile race to shore and a
brushwood fire.
1--WE could never have won that
race" concluded the archdeacon, IF
dry feet and the circulation pumped
to them by the tremendous effort of
our running hadn't helped us. Other
wise we should have frozen to death
on the first mile. Our lives were saved
by our leather mucklocks. the high
native boots whose seams have been
chewed to watertights pulp between
the teeth Of the Eskimo women"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
For a severe Cold.

"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
cured my daughter Anna of severe
cold and cough few years ago and
ever since then have never missed
an, opportunity to recommend this
medicine to anyone suffering from
throat or lung troubles. I cannot
speak too highly in praise of it,"
writes Mrs. d. j. Shelley, Earleville,
N. Y. Chamberlain's Cough REM
edy contains no narcotic and may
be given to children with perfect
confidence. 1t is pleasant syrup
SO they do not object to taking it.
Resisting temptation is another
thing that you never know whether
it will work"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
Farm women,s Lonu Hours.

The Kansas Industrialist remarks
that an extensive survey made by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture shows SO per cent of the farm
women do the family washing and
more than half of them are still using
the washboard. Sixty-one per cent of
the farm women carry water an aver
age of forty feet. Ninety-two per cent
do the family sewing and mending.
and large majority do the famIl,
baking.
The farm wOman's work day aver.
ages eleven and one-half hours, the
survey shows. The department is co.
operating with state colleges of agri-
culture In an effort to bring about bet
ter conditions for women on the farm.
especially more home conveniences. AS
a result of this work a thousand farm
kitchens were remodeled last year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
Opening Instalment Appears In Next Issuel
eocket naoIos.

During the war radio outfits were
made so small and light that they
could readily be carried In small
aeroplane. An even more compact ap-
paratus has now been devised which
is trundled about in a wheel chair.
The antennae consists of a network
of wires forming square Of about a
foot, which is not even raised above
the level of the seat. The receiving
apparatus Is tucked away under the
seat. As the chair is wheeled about
the boardwalk by the sea, messages
are picked up from ships many miles
at sea. The operator sits in the chair
swept by ocean breeze" and listens
In on all manner of radio messages
transmitted from the ships to the
shore stations, or the other way
about, or from one ship to another. It
is possible to pick up messages from
ships thirty miles or more at sea. The
same apparatus may be carried by an
automobile or even bicycle.-Boys'
Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
Firearms.

Firearms are said to have been first
used in European warfare In the Four
teenth century. The first weapon of
this kind that passed into general use
was the hand gun, which was of very
rude construction. It consisted of Q
simple iron or brass tube. fixed in q
straight stock of wood An improve
ment was made in the reign Of Ed
ward Nv. when a cock was affixed to
the hand gun to hold the match which
was brought down to the printing by
a trigger, whence the term matchbox.
Then came the wheel lock and about
1886 the firelock or flintlock. 1t was
the weapon of Marlborough's and
Wellington's armies and became known
as Brown Bess." In 1884 the per-
cussion cap, invented by Rev. Alexan-
der John Forsyth. was successfully
tested at Woolwich. In 1889 the flint
lock muskets were altered to suit the
percussion cap. The percussion mus
ket of 1912 continued in use in the
British army until partially superseded
by the MIME rifle in 1851. and alto
gether by the Enfield rifle in 1866,
and since then the breech-loading,
magazine rifle has been perfected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
YOUNG WOMEN'S
BOARDING HOMES.
Chain OF 20 Social Welfare
Stations Provide Home Cons
forts for Employed Girls.

The Salvation Army has established
chain Of 20 boarding homes through
the country to provide the girls en-
ployed in mills, factories and depart
ment stores with good wholesome liv-
ing conditions at small cost. All OF
the social amenities of the family are
provided.
There are a great number Of young
women who are deprived Of these
pleasures for many causes. Eminent
Iy respectable and self-supporting
though they are, the average earnings
in the positions which they occupy are
not sufficient to meet their needs II
the ordinary methods of living are fol
lowed -
With this need before them The Sal
walton Army met the problem by open
ing UP comfortable and attractive
boarding houses in the larger cities
that have the home atmosphere intro
duced and maintained through the
presence and supervision Of the Saliva
ton Army Matron, who is also a
trained nurse and always the kind,
loving friend to whom the girls may go
with any problem at any time.
The facilities for music, and reading,
the privilege of taking care Of their
own clothes in the laundry and the
use Of the electric iron to do their
pressing, sewing machine. to facili-
tate their dressmaking and an attrac-
tive place where they may receive their
young men and women friends. all
combine to make these Homes popular
and keep them filled to the limit Of
their capacity.
These are entirely self supporting,
though the charge to the girls is far
below what they would be required to
pay in the average city boarding
House
The very splendid CHEEKY Christian
Home in Chicago accommodated 140
girls, at charge of from $3.50 upward
per week for steam heated, outside
rooms, with hot and cold water, cleo
trio light, use Of parlor, laundry and
electrical irons and three good meals
day. These prices are about the
same in all Of the 20 other homes in
the United States.
These establishments are simply fur,
aished with an eye to practical com
tort rather than showiness and the
snowy linens, shining floors and whole
some meals together with the good
cheer and safety with which the girls
are surrounded, has made for them all
long list Of waiting applicants.
e In the cheeriest, sun parlor of one
of these brilliant literary woman
now hopelessly crippled through rail
way accident, is passing serene and
happy days, the pet of the household
Her paper looks out for her Tonthly
rental and she is lavishing all of the
love of lone, friendless shut-in upon
the matron and the girls of the Home
who. brighten her dreary life all they
can.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22

The United Stftes isn't the only
country that has homesteaders-those
enterprising pioneers who leave thick
" populated districts and take their
families into virgin territory to create
homes for themselves. The Philippine
islands have thousands of thrifty home
steaders.
The above photograph shows a pic
ture Of Christian Filipino homestead
er and his family lear Pikit, Cotabato
province, Mindanao, P. l. Five years
ago he was cab driver working for
low wages at Cebu, thickly populated
city. He went into the then wilderness
Of Mindanao. planted hemp and cocoa
nuts, paid for his land and has be-
come wealthy. Thousands of similar
instances could be cited. One Mindanao
homesteader is worth 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
Filipinos Would Welcome
Investigation by Congress
BY JAIME G. DE vEYKA
Resident Commissioner from the Philip.
pines to the United States.


TN ROM various newspaper clippings,
IL l learn that there is an intention
n of sending an investigating body
to the Philippines. 1t is welcome; the
sooner it is. done. the, better.
Let there be light! The Filipino people
are not afraid of light and would not run
away from it. On the contrary, they
want the >fashlight of this Nations in
vestigators focused upon them. The
Philippine Legislature, which has re-
peatedly petitioned the United. States for
independence, has been persistent in it's
invitation to the members of the Commit
tees of the Senate and the House, In
charge of Philippine affairs, to visit that
distant country so that they may see for
themselves and render judgment upon
actual conditions in the Islands. It was
in 1917 when the first petition was made.
They did not insist then, because the
United States was busy in her war activi-
{ ties. and the members of the Congress
were entirely absorbed therein In the
spring of 1919, a Philippine Mission came
and renewed the invitation.
Securely entrenched in our position and
fortified with incontrovertible facts of our
claim. we do not fear the arrival of any
, body of Investigators. We want its y
request it; we urge it.
For what purposes are various ma ~
lent and suspicious spirits working "A
portion of the public alleges malad mis-
tration. negligence in service. and per-
haps inefficiency of some Bureaus not to
saw absolute Generalization of the service.
In view Of these allegations it would seem
:" thc r,'nr os .he new President there
has settled Doubt: and it is said that to
'hase some and satisfv others. Mr..
Harding entertains the idea Of sending
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
Hot Water q SOVEREIGN Remedy


Edmund Burke, the celebrated Brit
ish statesman whom every high school
boy has occasion to know through his
famous speech on Cancellation, was a
believer in the hot water theory of
therapeutics. For whenever Burke
found himself indisposed he ordered
kettle of hot water to be kept boil
ing, ofNwhich he drank large quanti-
ties, sometimes as much as four or
FIVE quarts In morning, without any
mixture or infusion, according to an
old copy Of the Dublin University
Magazine. He would pour out about
pint as hot as he could bear, and
drink 1t with a spoon, as If It had
been soup. Warm water. he said.
would relax and nauseate but hot
water was the finest stimulant and
most powerful restorative In the
world. He not only partook of this
sovereign remedy himself, but pre-
scribed it to every patient that would
listen to him at-all.-Kansas City Star,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
"THE INDUSTRIAL HOME"


The Industrial Home turns waste
into wealth; both waste material and
waste men, Its work, therefore, is alb
solutely of economic and social value.
The man without work and without
home, applying for help, is given moth
ing gratuitously unless from hunger or
illness he is manifestly unable to work
If he is able to work there is a variety
Of labor ready for him through which
he may find home, friends, clothing,
food, sympathy, love and modest re-
Enumeration. He may be placed upon
wagon and set to collecting discarded
material from the homes of sthe city.
If he be tailor, cabinetnnr' r, painter,
or shoemaker, there employment
in the repairing Of used clothing, fur
niture, stoves, shoes and so on.
A list of articles received is most
amazing and instructive: Paper, rags,
twine, clothing, shoes, metals, bottles,
kitchen utensils, bedroom, kitchen,
parlor and Office furniture, crockery,
glassware, clocks. carpets, books, mag
azines, pictures, cutlery, stoves, pianos,
umbrellas, pillows. antiques, hats, rib.
bons, artificial flowers, lamps, sewing
machines monographs, jewelry, among
usual and common things: but we have
also received such uncommon and
special articles as invalid's chairs,
crutches, artificial teeth, limbs, eyes
and hair, which may also be turned
into cash.
Your old newspapers, magazines,
clothes, furniture, ETC., have provided
in year S,163,S7S meals; 1858, sos
beds and cash paid to the otherwise un.
employed in exchange for the labor of
collecting, sorting. repairing and dis
tributing this material.
II the man possesses no especial skill
there is, beside the collecting of the
used material the sorting and baling
OF paper and rags, the care Of the horses
and the wagons, and the janitorial la
bors open to him.
In the big cities the Salvation Army
places all of the repaired clothing in
its storerooms and daily conducts auc-
tions, while regular sales go on at all
times. Here whole families are outfit
ted with hats, coats, shoes, as well as
furniture, at trifiing cost
1t is the boast of the Salvation Army
officers that wedding can be conduct.
ed and housekeeping necessities fur
nished for ten dollars $4,000 by
patronizing the Salvation Army sales
rooms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
Fewer Students.

War and the ind-stries made neces.
sary by war have had the effect Of
depicting the student bodies of English
universities to an extent that will be
serious this year. At the University
OF Birmingham, one of the most mod,
ern and progressive seats of learning in
Britain, where scientific training is a
speciality, all the graduates who re.
ceived the degree of bachelor Of sci
ence this year were women.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22

The Philippine government is encour
aging the immigration Of Filipinos
from the thickly populated sections in
to Mindanao. This is the second larg
est Ct the islands of the archipelago
It is still sparsely settled, although
1t Is one Of the richest and most pro
ductive islands in the world. Many
Americans have established planta'
lions there and become rich.
Filipinos are using the stories Of the
many successful Filipino homesteaders
as an argument for independence. They
make the point that people that car
go out into a1tropical wilderness with
no capital save their patience, perse-
verence and energy and win homes 81
themselves, have the necessary stamina
to run their own affairs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
PRESIDENT ENDORSES THE
KINDERGARTEN.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

March %, 1871
MY DEAR Mr.. GERARD;
Replying to your request for an expression
OF my views regarding the utility of the kin
dergarten, may say that because the kinder
garten seems to me an effective means of pro !.
viding early moral, social and intellectual
training, and promoting patriotism, am
hopeful that this educational advantage may
presently be provided for all children of the
Nation. Very truly yours.
tsigned) WARREN G. HARDING.
Mr.. Julian B. Gerard,
Treasurer, Natl Kindergarten Asso.,
SW. 10th st., New York City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22

Commission of investigation to. the
Alippines. / repeat: we are not afraid
the proposed investigation. As in all
human institutions, defects or inefficiency
may be found in the administration Of
Philippine affairs; but we deny that they
are such as to invalidate our claim of
being able to maintain a good govern
ment.
Interested as we are in the good name
of the Filipino people, of the government
of whose mana cement we are participants
and in the truth ITSELF we cannot but
plan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
one ExceptIon.

"I never heard of girls being sue
cessful at leap"
my dear man. did you never see
one jump at proposal7"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22

after eating
When you have a headache
They will improve your .,peti'e,
regulate your bowels and n me you
feel fine as a flddle.'' They are
easy to take and agreeable in effect.
cleanse and invigorate your s-cmach,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-04-22
An fli?Ns

=, AZ : fao.s;s AZ .lust
What yoa Need.
'-'han l'lli?as
rrtl- -se ~ -~'i->, ~
= When you have no appetite
When your digestion is impaired
When your liver is torpid
When you feel dull and stupid