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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-28
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THIRTY-FOUR persons have been killed in acct
dents in Washington since January of the pres
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FINDS RUM SERVED
|NPH|LA. LIKE milk
Inspector Says Trucks Deliver
Liquor to Rich Families
Every Morning
ORDERED OVER THE PHONE

Atlantic City, Sept. 17.-"Liquor
is being delivered to the rich families in
the suburbs of Philadelphia in the same
way they are getting their milk and
bread" said Inspector Reynolds, of the
Philadelphia Customs Office, in a state
ment here yesterday.
Trucks and wagons every morning
take them out their booze. They order
II over the telephone from regular price
lists and in the morning their order is
delivered where they designate"
Mr.. Reynolds refused to 60 into
further particulars.
Norristown, Pa, Sept. 17.-Presi- =
dent Judge Aaron Swartz was SO in
censed at the finding of a jury in a
bootlegging case yesterday that he i'm :
mediately discharged the twelve, de-
claring he would not let them serve
further.
Il can't believe that there are
twelve persons in Montgomery County
| who have so little regard for their
oaths that they will acquit when one of
the defendants admitted that he had
illegally trafficked in liquor"
Harvey Hollar. of Philadelphia, and
Walter Hickman, Of Jamaica. l.. l.,
were charged by Lower Merton police
with selling whisky illegally at Bel
mont race track at the recent races.
Included on the jury was one woman,
Mrs. Jane Thompson. an aged resident
of The Old York road section. She felt
the singing rebuke of Judge Swartz
so much that she sought him out after
ward and explained that she alone had
stood out for conviction and only
yielded when the eleven men Jurors told
her they would keep her out In the Jury
room forever If she didn't yield. The
argument Of the men during their de-
liberation Of an hour or more was along
this line: why make goats of these
Negroes when men Of wealth traffic in
liquor and buy it at will?'
Washington. Sept. 1.-THE amend
ment of Senator Calder, of New York,
designed to legalize 2.75 beer and util- :
ize 1t as a source of revenue for the
Federal Government appeared before
the Senate Finance Committee yester-
day. When the committee quit for the
night, Senator Calder gave notice he
would insist upon vote In the com
mittee today. 1t probably will be brought
up on the Senate floor.
Under lts provisions, tax of S5
would be levied on each barrel of 2.75
beer.
"An attempt to repeal the Volstead
act" is the description applied by the
Anti Saloon League to Senator Calder's
proposal.
Wayne b. Wheeler, general counsel
for the League, said last night:
"Any attempt to legaiize 2.75 per
cent beer in the tax bill would be fought
by the dry forces. This beer issue
has already been settled both in the
State and Federal codes. Neither the
people nor the Congress, in my judg-
ment, will favor this notification
scheme"
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ton to move him he ceases to earn
for his shareholders the dividends to
which they are entitled. So although
It is against his better instincts the
president discharges the old man. His
family Is left in want, for his children
cannot earn enough to support it. His
son, who has an eighteen dollar a week
job in the bank, yields to temptation
and takes $40 which he intends to re-
turn. But the needs of the family are
30 great that he has to give the money
to his mother. He keeps on taking
money till he Is convinced that his
thefts are known. Then he fees and
kills one of the officers sent to arrest
him. He is convicted Of murder and
put to death. While these things are
going on the old mans daughter has
been secretly married to the banker 4
son and the young mans mother has
been urging the girl to give her hus
hand grounds for divorce. There are
scenes in which DIR. King discloses an
almost uncanny insight into the mind o!
his characters and there are pages
in which he has his characters indulge
in the most sophistical arguments
against the system which has crushed
the old bank clerk and justify the son
In taking the money, even going to the
extent Of quoting Scripture about muz-
cling the OK that treads the corn.
This novelist has done some fint
things. ''The Empty Sack" may moi
be his worst novel, but IL Is long way
from equaling his best.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
At THE FREE LIBRARY

Books added to the Free Library,
Thirteenth and Locust streets, during
the week ending September 15:
General
y, aour%ont; Rsmy de-"pseadencs and
Paine. 4. B.--"car That Went Abroad" :"
Fiction
Beerbohm, Max--"Seven Men,"
henson, e; F.."Dodo Wonders"
Bower, d. M.-"casey Ryan"
burt' K N.-"Snow-blind.
Caine, Hall--"Master OF Man"
Chekhov, Anton--"The Horse-stealers and
Chester. q. R.--"son of ,WallinEford,"
Curwood, ]. O.-"Flaming Forest.''
Dobie, c. C.-'Broken to the Piow."
Dowdall. Mrs. NJ. +. H.-'"Three Loving
Gaisworthy. John---"To Let"
Howelis, w, D.-"Mrs. Farrell"
Norris, Kathleen-,' Beloved Woman
Porter, q. s.-"Her Fathers Daughter" :"
Rowland, ii. C,-"Mile High"
sabntinI Rafacl---" "Scaramouch,"
spcarman. +. H.-"Larame Holds the
stsrrott, F. T.-'"These Young Rebels"
turner, q. K.-"whito Shoulders"
Van yschten. carl--'Lords Of the
aSSii;SS. a%risaa. II. B.-'H.,.. q tho OLE House."
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Truth about the South Seas

OF the many books recently published
! ABOUT the South Seas none can com
pare in interest with "The Cruise az
the Kawa" &C. p. Putnam's Sons1.
which bears on the title page the name
Of Walter Il. Traprock, F. r. s. q.
K. u, as author. The book Is an ac :
count of the discovery Of the Filbert
Islands, hitherto appearing on no maps,
and the story of the life of the people
ard the adventures Of the exploring
party among them. Other South Sea
writer's describe the beauty of the women
OF the islands, but no photographs which
they produce justify the praise be-
slowed. Mr.. Traprock includes several
photographs of women, and they will
all satisfy the taste Of the most Der :
nickety Judge Of feminine beauty.
Just where the Filbert Islands are
Mr.. Traprock does not know, as all
the nautical instruments on board his
| ship were lost when a simeon and a
typhoon and monsoon struck the yes
sci simultaneously while 1t was lying
at the most frequented corner in the
Pacific Ocean, the corner made by the
joining of the 1S0th meridian with the
equator. The disturbance was worse,
says the author, than that caused by
an octoroon, an eight sided storm.
which he once encountered off the Blue
Canary Islands in '95. It drove them
before it--he does not know how MANY
days. When calm came they were in
the vicinity Of one of the most remark
able archipelagoes known to man. They
landed, were welcomed by the natives
and in time married one wife apiece.
The captain of the ship was fortunately
a New England Justice of the Peace,
so he could perform the ceremony. They
were interested In the animal life of
the land and the sea, but the most re-
markable creature they discovered wns
the fatu -liva bird, which lays white
square eggs curiously marked on the
sides with black dots running from one
to six. A photograph of nest con.
tanning four eggs is reproduced as proof
that square egg exists, for "the
camera cannot lie.'
We might never have learned of the
Filba Islands had not the white ex
rIorers fled with guilty fear when they
found that they had introduced disease
among the people, and laid the founda-
tions for the ultimate disappearance Of
the race as 1t is disappearing in the
Marquesas. The disease was prickly
heat. But when they fled they sailed
tor weeks without getting anywhere and
II was only when they decided to eat
all their provisions in one glorious
feast and let death come when il would
that the ship, allowed to take it's head,
landed them at Tahiti. They found
there the whole company of SoutL Sea
authors curious to explore the Filberts.
The author says he told the inquirers
that he could not tell their latitude or
longitude, but that their pulchritud,
IL 100" And thus the book ends. A
fnke! Well, didn't they say that Du
ClailIu was taking when he came bnck
from Africa with the report that he had
found gorillas there?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
NOTABLE BOOKS
OF THE SEASON
A Sisters Tribute

TNe yalue of Corinne Roosevelt Rob-
inson's hook. "My Brother, Theodore
Roosevelt" 7Charies Scribner's Sons), /,
lies In its disclosure Of the intimate per-
sonal side Of the man. Much was known
about this side Of him, for Mr.. Roose-
welt gave more Of himself 10 the public
than most men. There was never af-.
fectation or pose about him, 30 that he
was to the public the same sort OF man
that he was to his friends. The only
difference lay In the personal affection
which he felt and expressed for his In
timates which could not exist toward
those not SO close to him.
Mrs. Robinson will not pretend that
her book Is an impartial or a judicial
portrait. It Is what It pretends to be,
a tribute Of affection from his sister,
with whom he was on most affectionate
terms all his life. She is aware that
her taste may be questioned In publish
ing some Of the letters that the book
contains, but she insists that there Is
no sacrilege In sharing such memories
with the people who loved him and
whom he loved so WELL" The book
starts with story of the family life In
the home Of his father and mother and
CT fow the parents met, loved and were
married. Then it tells Of the life In
the nursery and the quaint and interest
ing sayings Of the little boy, Theodore.
IL carries him through the travels with
the family in Europe, through college
and so on to his first experience In pub
lie life and ends with his death. She
has deliberately refrained from dealing
extensively with his public career, for
that has been covered by himself and
Dy others. But she does give some in
teresting AMI new glimpses of his rela-
tions with public men. For example,
Mrs. Robinson says that while her
prother was Governor Of New York he
was in the habit of meeting Senator
Platt at her house for conference. The
senator would be invited to breakfast,
ana when the meal was over the Sena-
tor would say that he would like to
nave little private conversation with
the Governor. And Roosevelt, with a
twinkle In his eye, would always say
thaG MRS. Robinson must be present,
as ne had no secrets from her. The
senator did not like this arrangement,
put ne had to submit to it.. She also
tells how her brother gave her an hour
on two mornings a week for a whole
winter to teach her American history.
| When she wondered how he got time
TO prepare for the lessons he explained
tnat ne did not make any preparation,
as nc simply happened to know Amer
| lcan history One summer when he
was Governor she urged him to take a
iong rest, and he said that he was going
70 take a month off, land in that month
. l. snall not do a single thing-except
write a life of CROMWELL
Mhen some maker of books in tn,
next century writes "The Real Theo.
acre roosevelt" he will find much valu.
aoie material in this volume, and wher
student of the life of these time,
tries TO reconstruct It there will b,
morning more useful to him than Mrs
noolnson's revelations of the activitie,
OF a family of independent means il
touch with the best society Of tn,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17

a.. s srss s'ys ss. q sS. Spout ss ': esos q
TRp M qSss sso%sHoh sfnss TfRArL By Edi:op Mar
rsa shall gost1n To- rI;tss dit.ls ceiSmbs and tn.
story se seenS about - m the % adVsstures OF sirl
searching for her missing hance.
THE SPOILERS OF THE VALLEY ~
Robert Watson. New fork' eeo' ."
stIrtins adysnsar. ,om.ee;s e;s,,.rs. Mseh .fs.1 e:
Keith. New York; dsorse H. D0ran
The story Of the advent Of . y.uns 1,,I min,
women Of the village thought OF him.
TIRED W.'.; M.1 AND ssT STHFa F1It 3
ssii:s;ss. .v 3, gr,'';s lszsuss: Sz Ss
81: iamou. spprsisom'nt of woodrow VIII
THE NEW WORLD OF IsLAM; By pyyb.g,s; .gts;
s,,. sop stcddsrd; s, New fork' ''
An attsmg g ssps.n n: nav e. %Sysp'os; S,SsT g;
The Rising Tide Of Color"
LIFE OF yENrzBLos. By 9; B, connssny Gnsst.y'
mat Th' ,ss s'Ty S.s Of hs i s.s 81 sss
years told by an author who has had, hsd en, X
csllent opportunities to qualify himself 70
write with authority.
TURKEY. A World Problem Of Today. BY
Talcott Williams. Garden City; Douo'e'
former head of tho Pulitzer School Of jour.
nalism. who was born in Turkey sno sr nse
going on there.
MY BROTHER THEODORE ROOSEVELT;
By Corinne Roosevelt RoSinson' Ne"
nx- A~f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
fTrmount Park Commission,
Philadnlnhia

1uhuuelpula.
Dear Sirs-I wish to call your at
sention to the careless driving of baby
pet.amoulators pe. In your parks. There Is
Nv. day but numerous collisions
"cur, r, not only those in which the per-
salpuiatorS themselves collide, but more
seilous sous accidents, where innocent pedes-
trans are overtaken from the rear by
rckiess ass perambulatists and hit on the
shghtest pretext, q painful proposition,
!" you may easily imagine.
rlease understand I am not criticizing
you, l do not write this letter to cavil.
iaGt; have never seen anybody cavil
o,,I. . l know or. 1t must be very diff
suii, r something like vcntriloquing. /
css ahze now busy you must be taking
snS ot the lions and seals and picnickers
ns rau other wild animals, not to mention
psuang puing the shrubs, transplanting the
rhh,ohhials ph, and moving the lawn, of
which you have much and more.
ana It isn't because I nm worrying
Soout the occupants of these perambu
s,o'ors or their chaufferettes. They seem
70 enjoy the CONSERVATION and carnage
I"ey spread. 1t Is for the pedestrians
pead. They have been hunted off the
Soulevards. they can't get on the grass
nI,esause' II there isn't a nest of pic
AIN dimnAers pnderfoot, there is a cairn of
us n pickles. banana skins and Sunday
faters which the picnickers thoughtfully
@ nsS. oehind them. And now the poor
ssscues!srians. sscsa! bounded. bedeviled, mas
frnr' are being hunted by new foe
walk. '"'''S Ao"e' tue siue
n.sI tnis growing menace. Make the
nsrse sate FOR the pedestrian. Compel
sm,oulator chaufferettes to take ex-
as%lnstions for licenses; compel them to
sDp before crossing the boulevard. hold
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
Thirteen Travellers

The distinguishing characteristics of
Hugh Walpole's "The Thirteen Travel. =.
ers' George Fl. Doran Company is
sanity: It is book of episodes IN the
life of thirteen Londoners who have
survived the war, but have not sue
cumbed to it.. They are travellers but
they are headed toward a goal. which
may not be completely satisfactory,
but they are pressing toward IL with n
high confidence. They can even be toI :
Grant of the littlenesses which in n
different mood have irritated them. The
book is not Pollyanna stuff. It Is too
knowing for that. But it Is the obser-
vations on life of a man who is con-
WINGED that he and his fellows are more
than the beasts of the field that perish
and that life is very much worth while
after all
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
famine T|CHTENS /.
IT'S GRIP ON RUSSIA
Aoorn Bread Sells at Cent an
Ounce to Those Who Can
Afford to Buy
DEATH LIST MOUNTING FAST
nv the Associated Press

r-.r,,svn Russia, Sept. 5.-(By
=. ntoscow,-Hunrer IA tieht
ov" .be Ioxver vallev of the
sning Its grip on tne io"e, '"e' y, NV
vo,ua, officials of the Near East re
~, ,,,ho reached this city today after
..;ng ~. % survey of ten provinces in
n's,,ne wa sted, sun -scorched South
Is a.nrr Russia, said conditions indi-
eas. as.d wholesale starvation by January
Gs.s - .suts;de helm on a large scale did not
u .,,ive Immediately.
The situation at Samara was found
.. be grave, but farther south It became
S,rse There the soil is poorer, and
..sryation Is already at the door.
The relief workers suggest the pur-
.hsse of grain in Bulgaria and Con-
....ntinople. and vigorous steps to get II
~ the famine districts before the Rus
Isn winter comes and binds fast the
nm and yolga Rivers.
There are in normal times 100, ,0OO
xorkmen employed in the province OF
ssratov. but only 1000 are now engaged
n the factories. During the past three
.,onths there have been 600 cases OF
cSnlsra in this city and 40 per cent OF
mann have been fatal. During the same
nsriod 1850 cases of this dread disease
have been reported from Saratov prov
incs. ......-. .....
Two hundred deaths from starvation
have been reported officially in the last
foftnight. Black bread, made largely
from acorns, is selling at the equivalent
ef one cent an ounce.
'Tn the southern volga provinces,
vhere the soil is thin, starvation has
already set in," said Albert e. John
scn, chairman of the Near East Relief.
Even in the provinces Of Penza and
voronezh, which do not touch the Volga
we observed constant streams of peas :
ants vending their way westward. /
saw eighty three wagons and 400 per
cons pass through one village in East
I'm voronezh In a few hours.
'The Soviet Government is attempt
ipe to encourage those wishing IN mi :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
NEW BOOKS
Fiction

Stories. -By richard DeSsn. New York
rsIss S poDasr pDSf fSTHans ba:s srsms..t and
noysIist. ciotilds Ines Mary q5sy.sa q;SS,a Yno ns'
BE and how he was undons.
sawS ssS n a,' Ms Rsas't cd%S.s sS so'-
,ss,'! sss. ::s a. s~s''R. sSe hero q
THE noyqH cRossINo. BY ssylyis Thomp-
bs sn n9ste r
the years that d,ade the child from the
THE ls1s @Tz a.ss.T sasT sss.. ss BASIN King. New
rAI ~ MIRDIBSs a,g BSSas.Js, Jgs Ts,o as. pes''
'TS yns iSsy s% fes snd % WHAT h:s
THE CRUISE or THE KAwA. wander
lpss & in the south Seas n ~ Wsifsr W,,S ,.S. q.
sntssn liu;irasiSn. I snd ss, : map. New
THE .AEHI4SE E,sn OF sysAH ouSs Ss H.lsP s.H;
story of .ns plight e psnasy,v.n,. az nj,
RSs:s ISsss T e .n9 S' h snslss1: and pss &
at FIRST with insult. but In time her lot i'm
MEssER MARcou poLo; BY ponn syrns
a.ss, s ov sS RaSls q KHAN, '" written sSS I With
dramatic imagination.
THE WASTED GENERATION. BY Owen
johnson. Boston; Little. Brown a Co.
of life. his pas.ionate love AFFAIR. his kesnly
tions and his disAlusionment with respect
ao & hs Eas.ns N. s IT, foSE New e'i York
Boni q Liveright.
ssz s X. sS 'as Ss %a brilliant
THE LUMINOUS FACE. By Carolyn Wells
A detective story about the unravelinR OF
.s n.. oSs the Nor Ssxs %Sn,
BABBTTB BoMBERLINqs BRIDEGROOM
Py Alice Berend. New York: Boni a
translation Of German humorous tai,
| his family.
DANGEROUS AGES; BY Res. M.csui.y
New York: 9oni & Lyerisht; :.
It's Key 1: found p the remark o. one Of
ri. danssTss. n sE:: aEs IL. Ss to all people
ooLRR R.w sHSR York. RS RSpi N;-t2R 2v.Tss Esss Ne"
"A, second novel By the apthor Of Tn,
iner ln,tino.,. Gampiinr down the ever artls a
York. poni q Liverlsht.
oo. 0s: Ss ss SS q Mns .s =. Ss ssss
the only novel Of promise last year.
DEN THORPE. BY Arthur CrabSc. New
| York: The Century Company.
to love whS Is hs
Of how II came about.
aIBBETED GODS. By Lillian Barrett
New York: The Century Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
Historical Novels Popular

As eminent a critic as Jean Richie
pin. Of the French Academy, believes
we are now coming into a new ern OF
literature-an era that will be domin-
ated by the historical novel. The war,
the almost sickening realism of many
contemporary novels, are both perhaps
causes. In America, we can see the
truth Of Mr.. Richepin's prophecy by
the tremendous sale Of "Scaramouche'
(Houghton Miflin Company, a novel
based on the French Revolution by Ra =
fael sabatini, which has sold wei lover
20. 900 copies already.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
A Blow at Efficiency

1t Is not easy to decide whether
Basil Kings Empty Sack" Harper
& Bros.) is novel or a social tract.
Il deals with what happens when an old
man Is discharged from bank because
he has ceased to earn his salary. The
banks efficiency expert tells the presi.
dent that he must consider the economic
laws If his business Is to succeed. The
moment he allows any other considera-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
Perils of the Perambulator ::
--ByJ p McEyOY
An Open Letter

out their hands when they're going to
turn, sound horn before going around
the corner, keep on the right side Of the
walk and have headlights and tail
light lit on each perambulator after
dark. Or else make them share the
borlcvards with the automobiles and
let the motorists take a chance on the
survival of the flittest.
Earnestly,
J. p. McEVOY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
INDICT BooKBIMDER TWICE
Unlawful Possession and conceaIIno
Imported Liquor CHARGED


The Federal Grand Jury returned a
bill of indictment in the Federal Court
yesterday charging Emanuel Book :
binder, of 125 Walnut street, with
violation of the Volstead act.
One count alleges that Bookbinder
had unlawful possession of intoxicat- :
Ing liquors in violation of the law" :"
and the second count charges the
'"concealment of intoxicating LIQUORS
known to have been illegally imported. -
The indictments are the result of a
raid made on Bookbinder's place rs.
emily during an investigation of liquor
smuggling on the Jersey Coast.
In concluding the business Of the
Federal Court the Grand Jurors made
a presentment to Judge Thompson
urging that court to use its influence
toward raising the jurors pay. They
are now paid SO day.
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-01-10
DEPARTMENT STORE PROFITS

= DEPARTMENT. ID : STORE PROFITS
The profits made by department
stores in the large cities are. Indicated
by suit brought to dissolve the Hill
man & Co. store, Chicago. Papers
filed show last years profits were
1886 900, or 40 per cent. There are
seven larger stores than the Hillman
store in Chicago alone, and on the
basis of the Hillman profits the largest
one made net profits Of $4,000 900 last
year.