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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
GET READY TO REGISTER

TT Is not too early for voters who wish to
i take part in the nomination and election
of a Controller. District Attorney. Register
of Wills and the other public officers to be
chosen in November to begin to think about
qualifying themselves.
The first registration day is Tuesday Of
next week. There will be two other days.
September and September TO- on which
those who do not register next Tuesday may
qualify.
1t should be remembered that no one who
does not designate his or her party atfliaton
may vote in the primaries on September 20
when the nominations are made. Only those
who register as Republicans may vote for
the nomination of Republican candidates.
Every citizen who wishes to back up the
Mayor in his fight against protected vice
and against The restoration of protected ro-
lttical graft should make sure that he or she
is properly registered as n Republican, for
the fight will come in the Republican pri-
maries, just as it did two years ago when
Mr.. Moore was running for the mayoralty
nomination against II candidate supported
by the contractor machine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

air pilots, the battleships proved their right
to be regarded as the greatest and most de-
pendable units in a system of national de.
fense. Bottleships are the costlicst fighting
machines made. Their cost increases almost
daily.
The United States Government contracted
to pay $2,000,0O0 for the ZR-2. II the
vessel is defective the contract is, Of course,
void. But a vast lot Of work done on this
side toward the construction Of a similar
ship was laid out according to British plans.
It may have to be scrapped
The great hangar at Lakehurst will not be
total loss. 1t can be used to house air
planes or small dirigibles at what is regarded
as an extremely important naval aviation
post. But the news from Lakehurst, London
and Washington goes to show again that the
cost of war continues almost undated even
in times of peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
TOO MUCH TYPHOID

THERE was a time not so long ago when
L typhoid fever was n commonly accepted
and recurrcnt aflcuon in Philadelphia.
Every one was supposed to 'CatCh' it at
some time or other. Medical research and
Improved laws of sanitation. and. partcu-
larly, the magnificent work done by the
State Department of Health under the di-
rection of the late DR.. Samuel Dixon, led tc
the control of typhoid and its virtual elm
ination in this and other thickly populated
areas.
The power which the State Department
of Health welded to prevent the pollution of
drinking water and the infection of water
sheds everywhere throughout the State
brought about something very much like n
miracle of disease prevention. For typhoid
Is a preventable disease and its causes are
well known and easily traced
DIR. Furbush in calling attention to the
sudden outbreak of what he terms vacation
typhoid is talking of typhoid brought to the
city by people who have become victims Of
impure water or insanitary conditions Mt
summer resorts. The warning is timely
enough. Water from open streams should
never be used until it Is first boiled.
But the prevalence of typhoid in the Coun-
try districts of New Jersey and pennSyl-
vania shows that n little more vitality and
energy-a little more Of the spirit which
DIR. Dixon put into the State Health De-
partment-is required now in the Health
Departments at Harrisburg and at Trenton
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
Answers to Yesterdays oul,

l. Three American generals of prop,,,oroo
IN the War OF 1912 were Hnrrtsnn
q Jackson and Jacob Brown 'o'''
z Poste restante," French for "ro,,o,
ing post Is direction that n Letter
Se S. Kept at the postofiice until called
D. The Csmorra was secret society formed
In Naples In the eariy norf rSr'1sa ~ .e
nineteenth century. partly for VI I,t, nne
cal purposes and partly far aw,nr potr,i
ton and violence Mana Is o' eX,or, na
given to a society OF SiciIiop'u" '"fle ne
IIa,lans banded together for Hct. or
violence or blackmaiI not necesso i'll u,
POLITICAL In Significance ny
a. Inc rer-de- lance" is an ovt,,,,o,,.
POISONOUS snake found in the rsinnS
: ~, OF Martinique, in the West Indies
D. Inc tHirltories or the United States aro
deiegatp 'eSIm'eq whn tn IN Washington by
gress. '''e III Con-
o. An Gpyornis Is gigantic extinct b,ra
WHOSE remains are found in Madapaa a.
t"r; lts eggs measure thirteen jnebas
, IN leIstl, the largest known '''S
I, Cornelius Tromp was a noted Du,oh 49,,
mrHl who became lieutenant ndr,iro az
general OF the United Provinces Of t%a
SSeIherlahds after the death Of the
c famous l'e ltuNter in 1876.
o. DoIce, italian for sweet, is apnIied r.,
music TO SOFT and sentimental nia vir,, ~
The eight-foot, soft.toned "rran alnr"Eihs' ING
Is also ca led the dolce" e'' "'oP
.. coronach Is II funeral d rye es,,ooio,,..
land. "'u III Ire
~. ~ european country in which the c,ni,o ,
not the largest city Ia Itsjv ~" ~
which Rome, the capital, is smaller IN
population than Naples. '''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
SOME WISE INDIANS
DROGREssIvE. MINDED Sioux -

DROGRESS1NE-MIN Sioux such
red men really exist-have been holding
n grand talk at place called Okreek, s. D.,
and one may only grieve because a rule Of
conduct suggested in their most important
pronouncement cannot be broadly interpreted
and applied to the regulation Of the white
mans civilization.
The Sioux chiefs addressing the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, remind him that
the future is more important than the
past What is done they regard as done
beyond remedy. Their minds are disturbed
because the younger members Of their tribes
resort to snake dances and savage festivals
intended to perpetuate old passions and
states of mind and delusions. The Com
missioner of Indian Affairs is therefore asked
to see that Indian tribal dances, IL per.
mitted at all, be permitted only among those
VINO are over sixty years DID,
Now, the snake dance of the Indian is
very similar in its origin spirit and purpose
to the hocus pocus Of diplomacy with which
many statesmen attempt to rule the world
The incantations of wicked medicine man
are not different at bottom from speeches of
the sort that you often hear In the parla-
ments of civilization.
If the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
could prohibit verbal snake dancing in the
capitals of the earth, the dwcllers in all
lands would owe him an enormous debt of
gratitude. But the ban would have to in
clude men over sixty. The men over sixty
run this planet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
POMERENE WOULD DO

CENATOR POMERENE, of Ohio, whom
the President is considering as one Of
the American representatives in the Dis.
armament Conference, would be a sati>fac.
tory Democratic delegate. 1t would be bot-
ter II Senator Underwood should be invited
for he is the Democratic leader in tho Sen
ate. Mr.. Pomcrenc however, is a man with
a mind of his own who has manifested a
disposition to keep his attention on the main
issue. 1t is that sort of disposition which
will bring results in the conference.
The purpose is to find n way to stop the
armament competition among the nations.
There is a multitude of issues which can bc
used to divert attention from the main uupy-
tipn If the delegates are so disposed What
isneeded to prevent the conference from fail
ing is primary determination to keep the
troublesome issues in the background and n
spirit willing to compromise on them in
order that the greater questions may receive
proper attention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
WHERE THE MONEY GOES

THREE items of current news combine in
= rather picturesque fashion to show
what becomes Of the money paid in the form
OF income taxes. The XR-., the largest mir
ship ever built, which was to have been dc
tivered this month to the navy, has devclopcd
8 tructrral weaknesses and may never dy
ross from England, where she was dc .
yned and ~ tructed after the patterns of
,erman Zeppeins. She may be the Inst
hip Of her type.
Z While news of the ZR R-o's defects was
oming over the cables the naval engineers
I Lakehurst were announcing the com e
Nletion of the immense hangar erected to
house the vast dirigible and a sister vessel
now In course of construction on this side.
Simultaneous experts of the army and
ravy stats, including General Psrshing,
were publishing the findings obtained in
a scientific survey of the trials recently
made between bombing planes and battle.
fNips oil the Virginia Capes. They found
that despite the extraordinary skill of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
IN A WORD.
DRIEFLY stated the political situation in
- Philadelphia is this:

- Philadelphia is this:
Two groups or gangs. cxploiters and
peddlcrs of offices, retailers OF vice and gam
bling privileges, have secretly combined to run
away with the Republican Party in this city,
to stampede the polls and ultimately to seize
control at City Hall. They depend wholly
on the voter who takes orders, the voter
who lets a division leader do his thinking for
him. They believe that the average man is
lazy, careless, unintercSted and therefore not
to be reckoned with or feared.
Because of the silence of Senator Penrose,
Mayor Moore has been left to contend almost
unaided against this movement to seize the
city and sell it out. The people of this COM
munity enjoy none of the advantages that
come ordinarily from n minority party or a
we'll organized opposition to boss rule.
Unless the independent minded voter
wakes un and stops and looks and listens
and makes himself felt. the city and its
government will before long be bound. gagged
and delivered to the political ycggs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
Today's Anniversaries

1723--Increase Mather. famous pard pfeasned
and one of the early presidents OF haTSa.' na.'
University, died in Boston. Born III D''
chester, Mass, June 2l. 1859. /, Tho
1821-Mexico became independent ny S"'
lS24-Reception given General Lafaye'"
at Providence, X. ]. ,,-,. ,oar
1s48-Fort Marcy was established nea'
Santa Fe, y. NJ. oo 70
lsti4-Fort Morgan, at the entrance I"
Mobile Bay. surrendered to the Federa,s.
Gloucester, Mass, began ceieof"
ton of It's 250th anniversary. ..d
10OS--Two thousand buildings Destroyer
in II great fire at STEAMBOAT ,. ~
1920-Confercnce Of allied PremierS ~
IuCernC.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Congress was to recess tomorrow. II the
recess is called before action is taken on the
Anti Beer Bill the Treasury doubtless will
declare for medicinal beer. Action will be
impossible until the views of the House and
Sepate leaders are reconciled by some sort
Of compromise.
If medicinal beer is authorized either by
the Treasury or Congress the brewers will
of course have a right to manufacture, sell
and transport beer freely. That is all they
desire. The doctors prescription for beer
would be nothing but pleasant fiction in the
lives of the thirsty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
INTACLIO

A HIGH hill in distant land
"A A high white distant star-
A whisper Of the restless sand
And, infinitely far.
Lifting n rune Of ancient hate
Cold with an old alright,
Aching and evil. desolate.
a wolf howls in the night.
Slowly and dim the years have run
Yet clear and sharp ] see
Ihe hill the star, the wolf-and one
Notwithstanding with me.
C. 7. Davis, in the Arkansas Gazette
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
What Do You Kno,u?


l. what is the original use of a gargoyle?
q What Is an "a posteriort" argument?
D. VINO was the sun god of cras,,,
mythology? ''ase'o
PAGER In the world? ' 4as'es'
o. VINO wrote a work on "The Art -,
walking the Streets Of London"P VI
'' HdC hre the names OF the -Four
Horsemen Of the Apocalypse"?
l. IN ~tn1 WnSt country did bungalows orisi.
g. What is an Emporium in imper,o",
0. What is a trundle-bed?
10. Who has been appointed Amsr,oo, !,
Tector rector or the famine relief work in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

We trust the discovery in Japan OF
process by which pig iron can be made out
of magnetic sand" will have no serious
bearing on the Disarmament Conference.
4 Japan that can make its own steel may
act little more confidently than Japan
dependent on the United States and Englahu
for the metal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
Today's Birthdays

The ri. Hon. Sir Laming WOrthhg
Evans. Secretary for War in the br'''s"
Cabinet, born fifty three years ago. ,...od
Peter Augustus Jay, the new ' Ha.su
States Minister to Rumana, born at Ne"
port. X. l.. forty four years ago, =,
Bishop Warren a. Gambler, OF the NJ, n'
Church born in Carroll County "eorS'"'
sixty -four years ago. Ca,
James Rolph, the present Mayor OF snn u,o
Francisco. born in San Francisco my ivy
Edgar Lee Masters, N"the spoon nv.
poet" born at Garnett. Kan, htty -tni''
years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
Their Help Needed

While recognizing the
Their Help Needed fact that there is, per
haps some small alloy
of Diplomacy in the charity that prompts the
Allies to promise to take part in the feeding
Of Russin, it is well to remember that their
helm is needed 1t is too big n job for one
country. even one so big and prosperous as
America too big for one organization even
when that organization is headed by so
competcnt n man rs Hoover.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

yolstead will now proceed to point ont
that the product of a Reed instrument 70
principally wind. Vets will be OF the
opinion that the gentleman could have playeg
an even better tune If he had been permlttea
to wet his whistle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Is it not n pleasing, grateful, joyous
and comforting thought that every candidate
for the magistracy, without thought OF SELL
is bent upon giving earnest, faithful and dis, is
interested service to the municipality! anu
Echo, with supreme contempt for the hishe,s
ideals and utter disregard of the law ol
acoustics, answers, "Quit your kidding
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

We arrive, after mature deliberation,
at the conclusion that II the diamonds that
sprinkled the Wheel Pump gamblers were
as phony as their names they wouldn't Do
worth hooking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

There we're more than 9,S58, 900 900
cigarettes made in the United States last
year. and Thomas A. Edison, who doesn't
like them, is wondering how many OF the
smokers could have answered his question
naire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
The jackdaw of Rheimss heinz
won fame first as thiei
and then MS a penitent.
Magpies and ravens have have
Caught
on the Wing

acquired unBRvOry regulations lot 1n'e>InS Me
propensities. But only city, ike :,"n, NrM
York, under Tammany, can produce htp, tor
tomaniac pigeon. When girl who wore te. ss.
engagement ring around her neck iaiu Inv INV
pleasing symbol Of future bliss on tne os ""
policeman later climbed fire escape to lae
BIRDS nest, retrieved the jewelry and re. re-.
ported the robbery to the station house tSs tSs
crime is on the blotter, and although 'is
criminal has not yet been arrested,
understood that the police have eiue'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

1t may be that the average lady tennis
player is the embodiment of grace. but
isn't the camera the mean thing?--the aver
age action picture doesn't prove It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Job printers are making no complaint
over the number Of candidates for the mag
istracy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Auto drivers will note with interest that
the Rockefeller Foundation has given ST.
7s5, 900 to Harvard University for the es'
tablishment Of School of Public Health.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Now that the Shipping Boards wooden
ships have been sold perhaps some Of them
will be hired to carry supplies to Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Once in a great while, remarked Old
Quiz, the thing that is cracked up to be good
turns out, strangely enough, to be good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

What John Shelton Williams typiae.
appears to be Federal Unreserve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

As DR.. Furbush sees 1t, there are fish E.
ermen who catch nothing but typhoid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Federal Reserve Governor Harding has
discovered Shelton in his closet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

The Irrepressible One says Coto Is very
evidently not Dove Cote-o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Following registration days some poll.
ticians are destined to register surprise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
SHORT CUTS

The Governments wooden ships NAV
now sail into history.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

The finding of the Joint
Defensive Army and Navy Board
BaCkbOneS that the battlcship is
still the backbone of the
navy is interesting. The really important
thing if its declaration that the development
of aviation in both the army and navy is
imperative,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
TEN DOLLARS WAS CHANGE
Member Of Federal Trade Commls-
sion Hears Terse But illuml-
mating Lecture on Indus.
trial Economics
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

GRANVILLE HUNT, of the Federal
~ Trade Commission, was riding down
from New York to Washington during the
war. He had found a day coach, entirely
empty, and had taken It unto himself. His
train reached Aberdeen, Md, where mu
nitions of war were being prepared, and
hundreds of colored workmen swarmed
into it.
He overheard a conversation between two
of them which gave him the irrefutable
measure Of just what money had come to
mean to these men in halcyon days of war
wages.
''Mose," called one laborer to another,
us you got change fo' ten dolla'sT'
Change nothin'!'' said Nose derisively.
Ten dola's Is change
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

Brigadier General Amos \. Fries, Rcad
of the Chemical Warfare Service of the War
Department. has lusty family of growing
children and was the inspiration for the
establishment, this summer, of Camp Brad
ley, for Girl Scouts, on the grounds of
Edgewood Arsenal, on the bay near Bal
timore.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-10
DOUBLE MURDER
ATTEMPT FAILS;
WOUNDS SPOUSE
John Loan Efudes Davenport Pc.
lice for Hours Then Surrenders,
Denying Shooting.

John Loan, 1872 Rockingham
road, Davenport, better known as
Jack Malone" walked into the
Davenport police station at 2:3C
O'Clock this morning, surrendering
himself for the shooting of his
wife Saturday night and an at
tempt made to kill his daughter
Mrs. Stella Hitler, PAPA Third ave-
nue., Rock Island
Loans wife is In the Mercy hos
pital with a serious wound in her
throat, but it was said today that
she will recover. The shooting oc-
Cured at 319 Gaines street, the
home of Mrs. Nora Werner.
Loan is a Davenport city en-
ploye. He and his wife had been
estranged for several months. The
wife is said to have been contem-
plating divorce and the husband
had made frequent attempts to Ell
feet q reconciliation. Failing in
this, he is claimed to have planned
both the murder of his wife and
daughter, the latter believed by
Loan to have been responsible for
his domestic troubles.
On leaving her husband Mrs
Loan moved TO Ali Gaines street,
block from where the shooting
occurred. The Loans moved TO
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-10
Get WHERE We
ARE GOING is
CHAMBER AIM
Open Drive This Morning with
Meeting Of Workers-Hugo
Mosenfelder Speaks.

The annual inventory and stock
taking campaign of the Rock Is
land Chamber Of Commerce opened
with vim this morning. when the
various majors and captains as
sAmbled for the drive
In talking to the workers this
morning. Hugo Mosenfelder voiced
the following sentiments:
when General Pershing ad-
dressed the words, Get where you
are going to the newly arrived
American soldiers, he voiced the
very spirit OF America-thati ndom-
liable spirit that knows no obsta-
Gle, that recognizes no difficulties
too great to be overcome.
I'VE here in Rock Island may
well adopt that slogan with refer
ence to some of the things that will
make Rock Island better. Let's
get where we are going.
Merely admitting and realizing
the need for better things is not
enough. Action added TO this re-
afizationfs the only thing that will
ever bring about the things we
wish for What we need now is TO
do things. As we said in a recent
meeting. There seems TO be a feel
ing prevalent of fear of treading
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-10

1872 Rockingham road a short time
before their separation.
Mrs. Loan and her daughter,
Mrs. Hitler, were visiting Saturday
night with Miss Laura Kyle, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Werner. The three wo-
men were in the kitchen of Mrs.
Werner's home when the door op-
ened and they said that Loan stood
In the doorway with a revolver in
his hand He fired, the shot TAX
ing effect in his wffe's right shout
der. The bullet ranged upward
and lodged just underneath the
skin beneath her chin. Two more
shots were fired but neither took
held the gun close to his daugh-
ter's heart and pulled the trigger,
but the hammer fell on a defective
shell. Mrs. Hitler and Miss Kyle
began screaming and Loan ran.
The police were called and thought
that Loan had either ran to the
river to drown himself or that he
would shoot himself, as they said
that he had been to see them on
several occasion relative to family
troubles, and that his talk had
limited at self destruction. How
ever, they had not believed that
Loan would make any attempt to
do his wife injury, as he had never
made threats. Some of the stories
told to the police by Loan relative
to his troubles had been iRvestigat-
ed and found groundless.
Loan eluded the police complete
ly and last night the belief that he
had committed suicide was strong
er than ever.
There was great surprise when
Loan walked into the station this
morning and gave himself up. He
saids that he had been visiting at
camps along the west river front
Denies Shooting.
The man denied the shooting. but
said that he had been visiting at
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-10

upon somebody's toes II that Is
what has TO be done TO get where
We are going, let's tread and tread
heavy. In all probability the one
on whose toes we are treading will
be the first to congratulate rs when
the project Is finally put across and
he or she, as the case may be. sees
the benefit. We cannot fold our
arms compiacently and nod our
heads in approval and acknowledge.
Yes, something ought to be done.
II is concerted action now that is
going to place Rock Island where
she beiongs-at the top of the heap.
Give the best there is in you to
this city in which you live and do
business. The city has been good
TO you and IL there are few minor
things about it that need attention.
be willing to do your part fixing
them up. Now that we have seen
the need for some things which
even the most blind of us admit.
let us all pull together and get
where we are going"
The aim of the committee is to
close the campaign Wednesday eve
ming.