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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
VOTERS LEAGUE
CASH NEARLY GONE
But Organization Will Continue
Fight for Good Government,
Officials Say

The Voters League treasury is vir-
tually empty, but its officials say the
league will continue the fight for good
government, and that reorganization
plans are being considered.
Edward J. Hunter, executive secre {.
tary, resigned that Office Saturday and
has returned to newspaper work. he
would make no comment today on the
leagues financial condition.
Frank NJ. Ritter, newly elected chair
man of the league, today minimized re-
ports of financial difficulties. He de-
clared the league is growing stronger
every day, and that its hackers have
no thought Of giving up the civic cam
paign It inaugurated last June.
The first clash in the political arena
the new Independent organization had
was at the September primary. All its
candidates for Republican nominations
were defeated by Combine men. Tens
Of thousands Of stay at homes by
their Indifference, helped the Combine
to victory.
The Voters League was organized
June % last. when officers and board
Of managers we're chosen and a consti-
tuition was approved. Arthur II. Lea
was one Of the leaders In the move
ment. He recently resigned the chair
manship.
Invitations sent to citizens at the
time Of its organization stated the league
was designed to guard and promote the
interests Of the citizens of Philadel-
phia in the Improvement and enforce.
ment of laws. In the administration Of
the city and county governments and In
the nomination and election of candi-
dates for public Office
Headquarters were opened July 25 at
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22i South Broad street. League Of.
ficials are now considering whether to
give Mp the headquarters. 1t is believed
the principal members will meet and
decide on future course Of action.
Franklin Spencer Edmonds. who took
a prominent part in the organization of
the league. when asked whether it
would dissolve for lack of funds, said :
1T looks very much the other way.
We have just elected new president.
My feeling is strongly the other way. "
more sure that there is bright future
ahead of the league. Certainly we
are going to continue" he snid, EN-
phatically.
Are your funds not very low?" he
was asked.
Funds for public movements are al
ways low" he replied. But we are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

nbundantly provided for in the matter
of funds for the future"
George ID. Porter, former Director Of
Public Safety, said: 'There is not the
slightest reason in the world for any
rumors that the Voters League will
suspend. Money is the least of our
Worries"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

Special price for this week on this pure
butter substitute. Sold in hundreds of our Stores.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

Cooked ready for your spices
and seasoning.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
TEN EX-PRESIDENTS
ATTEND MEETING

Special to The Evening Journal.
SMYRNA. May 2.-"Ex-Presi-
dents Day" was observed by the
Twentieth Century Club OF Smyrna
Friday afternoon, and an interesting
program was presented in charge
of Miss Bertha Smithers. Since the
organization of the club, there have
been 10 presidents, sixteen of whom
are now living. Ten of these were
present at the meeting, and gave
short talks. The six who were alb
sent sent messages, which were read
by Miss Smithers. Each Of the
speakers being introduced, was
presented with a bouquet Of flowers
appropriate to the theme of their
speech.
A piano solo by Mrs. Thomas IL.
Coverdaie. chairman of music. was
much enjoyed. Mrs. Henry ID.
Boyer, president of the State Red
Grafton of Women's Clubs. who is an
ex-president OF the club. was at
tending the convention of the sun
shine workers at Milford, and was
unable to be present. The meeting
on Friday was the last meeting OF
| the club until October.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
DANCE LAST CoTILIION.

The Saturday evening cotillion,
which has been meeting at Gilbert
Studio, with Miss Kate McClafferty
and chaperoned by Miss Alice Platt,
held the final dance OF the season on
Saturday evening. Following the
dance a party was enjoyed. Those
present we're:
Misses Mary Jefferies, Grace
Walker. Florence Ely, Mary Hamil-
ton, Jane Knox, Mary Bacchus.
Catrena Pusey Marie MARTENS, Anne
Phillips. Helen Holmes, Catherine
Burnett. Matilda Van Trump, De-
bora Wood, Ellen Wood, Natalie
Bishop, Anne Elliott, Louise Ella
son. Louise Tatnall, Ethel Bastian.
Geneva Rumford, Helen Steers.
Virginia Wells. Frances Bailey.
Charlotte Krebs. Kitty Reed, Mar
garet Street Anne Candy, the
Messrs Henry Halle, Frederick War
ner, David Hillegas, Charles Bye,
Arthur Bailey, John Hillegas, Jack
son Warfeld. Louis Munsen, Leith
Munsen. Cyrus Pyle. Louis Rum
ford. Louis Finn, Paul Warden
berg, Charles Walker, Mode Spack-
man, Dallas Sparre, Cornelius Gar
retson. David Lindsay, Albert Wood,
Richard Van Trump, Richard Elli-
oft. Robert Norris.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
SCHOOL PLANS FOR
MAY DAY EXERCISES

Special to The Evening Journal
sEAFORD. May 2-The May Day
exercises OF the seaford public
school. which will be held Wednes-
day. May 4, at the school ground.
follows:
Parade-Grade II. . O'Clock: MAY
pole dance-grades 1 and .: Calls
thenics-grades 3 and a; Japanese
drill, poppy dance, crowning OF Queen
I Of May daisy drill (girlsl. high
school and grade 3; thread the nee.
die, leap frog dance (boys) grades
1 and 2; pop goes the weasel. grade,
3 and4; shuttle relay, grades s an,
6; hunting We will go. grade
calisthcuics. grade q 2OO-yard re
layI (giris) grades 3 and 4: wan,
drill. grades and 6: ring game
gride 1; high-toss relay grades
and 4: follow your leader. grade .
dodge ball Cgirls) grades and s
circle relay, grades and 6; serpen
tine race, grades ] and 2; jumpin
: jack grades and G; sS0-yard re
/ lay (boys) Sradcs ana 5. Danisl
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
CLUB MAY REPEAT
THE EASTERN GATE

The dramatic season OF the New
Century Club closed on Saturday
evening, when the attractive musical
score, "The Eastern Gate" was pre-
scented by the members Of the club.
Twenty principals figured in the cast,
headed by Miss Pauline Nrooman as
phyllis Mervill" and John Bechtei
as "Yeh Chan sum-"
Both the scenery and the costumes
were elaborate and effective. In ad-
dition to the pretty little plot, there
were many dainty songs and dances.
All members Of the cast We're
pleasing.
The play was under the direction
Of Mrs. William c. Blatz Mrs Edgar
Hare and Miss Alice Satterthwaite.
Much of the scenery was painted 10y
Mrs. Blatz. The plaster loss" mod
eled from clay was made by Miss
Elizabeth Blanken. 1t is expected
that the play will be repeated in the
near future.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
VICAR FRIEND
OF BOY SCOUTS.
Old Swedes Society Doing
Much For Ancient
Church
NEVER FAULTING
IN DEVOTION

The Boy Scout movement is
heartily endorsed by the Rev. Rob-
ert Bell, vicar Of Old Swedes Church.
Mr.. Bell in his review States:
"Old Swedes Church. nesting in
its original setting, Is still doing
faithful work I'm the community.
Surrounded. as It Is today, with al
most an entirely Polish settlement,
ministering as a good neighbOr and
a good American to all who cor
under its influence, It In no way
seeks to proselyte or ALLEVIATE tho
who are bound TO the ancient creeds.
We are proud Of that priest who can
bind in one the loyalty and devotion
of people TO the great fact OF our
common faith? Nearly all those who
come to worship at the old church
are scattered all over our city. Their
loyalty and devotion never falters or
fails They are always with US in
all good works.
"One OF the most wonderful or
ganizations at the old church is
Troop No. 2, Boy Scouts OF America.
This troop has been guided and di
rested by the efficient and faithful
scoutmaster. Garrick McClary, Jr.
For nearly 10 years he has watched
his boys grow into useful and capa-
BILE citizens, not only of Wilmington
but of the nation. During the war
the Scouts Of Troop No. 2 were in
the army and navy. One was grad
uated from Annapolis and one from
| West Point One entered the air
service and saw duty in France; one
died from a shock from a submarine
shell; one is now studying law in
| Washington, and his brother. Will
liam Morford. has passed examina-
tons for West Point. and others
nave acquitted themselves like men.
This is a noble record Of which we
are proud.
is it any wonder I regard the
Scout movement as a great charac-
ter builder, as the one best fitted 10
develop all that is noble and worth
while in the growing boy? Is il any
wonder l burn with righteous indig-
nation when 1 heard a boy who
lshould know better daclare that the
organization is one for rough
) necks'?
Citizens OF Wilmington, awakcl
B Fathers and mothers. look into this
orga MIA tion-fnd out what it can
do for the boy. 1 appeal to the coll
lege men: Join our ranks. become
? leaders in making America safe foi
democracy"
Evening journal., 1921-05-02

It has been our plan TO have all
women and girls arrested for vari-
Gus law violations brought to one
precinct. They are not registered
and their names do not go down in
the criminal books. Instead, we
point the way to better life. and
endeavor to turn prospective
criminal into a respected citizen.
There is one big advantage in a
woman dealing with a woman. A
girl cannot vamp policewoman.
IL Is much harder to readiust a
girl than il is a boy. She is usu-
ally a sex offender. while the aver
age boy becomes a-petty criminal.
through stealing. robbing or just
deviltry,
In "A years time 100 girls were
brought before our department
They were talked to, given new
friends. new positions and a new
view OF life. Our records now show
that 1l3 OF these girls have made
good.
other cities are showing their in
tercst i'm the success Of he work II
Washington. We have had requests
from police forces, from coast &c
coast. for trained policewomen.
That certainly points to need
FOR national training station FOL
policewomen.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02


nd rules" is nothing new to the man
acquainted with the printing bull
ness. as from the earliest recollectiCn
Of the oldest printer in the city t.
day these devices were i'm use. maty
Of the old-timers making their oW n
slugs and leads from wornout typh.
To the uninitiated it might be we /
to explain that "slugs and leads" ar
thin strips Of metal used to sepa-
rate lines OF type. The rules" ar,
strips Of metal used in printing lineS,
similar to those seen separating col
umns Of reading matter in the news .
papers
Originally these devices were cast
in moulds, the rules being made o.
brass and the "slugs and leads" OF a
combination of metals called tyne
metal, similar to the metal in lea4
pipes, but containing a sufficient
quantity of a harder metal to give it
the required stiffness. BY this mean7
of manufacture it was necessary TO
make the moulds of a certain length.
according to the length of output de-
sired, and they were formerly sold to
| the trade in lengths OF about 1S.
inches, being cut to the required
size by the printer, as he needed
] them.
The introduction a few years ago
of the lead and rule strip casting
machine, with the shearing device"
however, revolutionized that part
Of the business, and has caused keen
competition in that line, resulting
in the present suit BY the old
/ method, as has been stated, the
length OF the lead. slug or rule"
was necessarily of a restricted
length. BY the use Of either of the
devices which will be shown to the
| District Court tomorrow, it is possi-
BILE to make "slug, rule or lead" OF
any length desired, the only restric-
| ton being the amount Of metal on
hand, or. if it is so desired. with the
shearing device. the machines will
make either of these devices of a
certain length, breadth and thick
ness.
To explain the operation to the
| Court the Lanston people early in
the week had set up in an Office ad-
joining the United States Court
room, a Monotype casting machine.
with the lead and rule attachment
also another machine by the sale or
use of which they claim the Pitts-
burgh people are infringing their
patents. on Saturday the Pittsburgh
people also brought to this city one
Of their machines which they are
having set up for their portion OF
the demonstration.
In addition to those directly in-
terested, the suit will probably att
tract representatives of other type
foundries and printers supply
houses. and the case may occupy
most Of the week.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
FLOWER MARKET
FOR CITY CHARITY

Because Of the failure OF the
"Dollar Drive" recently held in the
interest of the Associated Charities.
officials and members of that organ
ization think the Flower Market, to
be held in Cool Spring Park on
Thursday, is very timely from a
financial point of view.
II the original plans had been ad-
hered to. the Flower Market would
have been held last fall and the
charities would not have been the
designated beneficiary. Fortunately
however. it could not he gotten up
in time. When recently its promoters
learned of the financial plight of the
Associated Charities. due TO the par
tial failure OF the dollar Drive, '
they decided the charity should have
the net proceeds of the market
Between so and IS women, under
the leadership OF Mrs. A. Feli'
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
MACHINES SET
Up IN Court
Type Machinery May be
Demonstrated to u. S.
Judge
IMPORTANT CASE
STARTS TOMORROW

Type manufacturers, as well as
other printer supply concerns. are
especially interested in a suit in
equity which will be heard by Judge
Morris i'm the United States District
Court beginning tomorrow. If per-
mitted by the Court, the work of two
sets of machines which have been
set up in offices adjoining the court
room will be demonstrated during
the progress of the case.
Action was started some months
ago by the filing of a request in the
District Court asking that a perpet-
ual injunction be granted restrain
ing the Pittsburgh Type Founders
Company of Pittsburgh, Pa, a Del
aware Corporation, from the sale,
manufacture or use of a device Tor
casting leads and slugs" This ac-
tion is by the Lanston Monotype Ma
chine Company, a Virginia corpora
tion with a home Office in AleXan-
dria, Va, which company claims the
device is an infringement Of sim
! liar device used i'm conjunction with
their monotype typesetting machine
upon which, it is alleged, they had
previous to the use of said device
/ by the Pittsburgh concern secured
six patents, and which they claim
gives the Lanston Company the sole
right to use for the purpose desig-
mated.
The Lanston Company will ask inc
| Court 10 issue a perpetual injuncuoi
restraining the Pittsburgh compan'
from manufacturing selling or usini
said rule-casting machinery, toge,h-
er with the shearing mechanism Iol
lead and rule strip casting machines
and that the defendant be required
to give an accounting Of prohti
earned by The defendant and als'
for an assessment of damages IN
CURED by the plaintiff by reason o'
said infringement.
The Lanston Monotype Machln'
Company, in addition to its plant D
| Virginia. has plants in Philadelphia
and other cities for the manufacture
and sale of the monotype typesetlinl
machines. which are now in use lf
a number Of Wilmington printlht
, Offices.
The Pittsburgh Typefounders Com
pany. OF Pittsburgh, manufacture
and sells printers supplies of every
| description. or acts as sales agent'
! for the products of other plants deal
ing in printing machinery They are
4 incorporated under the laws OF Dela
D ware and have a local office with me
/ Corporation Guarantee and Irus
Company. at 927 Market street.
The Lanston Company will be rep
resented by Ward. Gray and Neary
Of this city, and Melville Church o
Washington, ID. c.; the Pittsburgh
company has secured to represen
them Thomas f. Bayard. Of this city
and Fay. Oberlin and Fay, of Cleve
land. Ohio.
The manufacture OF leads, slug
Evening journal., 1921-05-02

"Uncle Harry, did you read in the
paper the other day about Presi-
dent Harding in Washington talking
over the new telephone line to Pres
ident Menocal of Cuba in his office
in Havana p" asked Jimmy.
81 did" replied Uncle Harry
"and 1 also read a news dispatch
that told of telephone conversation
carried on between Catalina Island
in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of
California, and Havana, Cuba, dis
tance Of $500 miles.
I'm the conversation between
Washington and Havana, the two
Presidents greetings TO each other
We're carried by wires. including the
new cable between the United
states and Cuba. hut the message
that passed between Catalina Island
and Havana was helped along by the
wireless telephone. That is, tho
message started from Catalina Island
by wireless telephone which carried
the operators voice over that part
of the Pacific Ocean which separates
the island from the mainland, and at
Los Angeles the regular telephone
system picked up the voice and re-
layed It by wires TO the Atlantic
Coast where the cable continued the
message on its way to Havana.
When People Doubted the Telephone
And just to think. folks, that less
than fifty years ago, when the tele-
phone was invented and the first
telephone company was organized
the men who were forming the com
pany had to actually beg people &c
buy stock
The other day I heard a news
paper editor say that today one re-
porter using a telephone can il
twenty minutes get news that Il
would have taken a half dozen meI
several weeks TO get, before the tel
ephone came into use.
Recently / was in newspaper
Office and saw in operation wha
might be called an automatic tele
graphic typewriter. BY means o
this apparatus news is sent over tn
telegraph wire from New York e
various cities.
Instead OF the news dispatche
coming over the wire in the form o
the familiar dots and dashes of th'
Morse telegraphic code. metal let
ters. not unlike the letters on
typewriter. but differently arranged
operate so as 10 automatically type
the messages on sheets Of paper jus
as you might sit at a typewrite
and write out a message in letter
/ ana words
, Wireless the I<cv to the Future.
a few days after 1 saw this apps
P ratus IN operation. wireless eng
q neer was telling me that very sa
70 istactory experiments have bee
made in England aionE the same In
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
JOHN P. D0UGHTEN
DIES AT REHOBOTH

John p. Doughten. for many years
prominent in business circles in this
city, died at his cottage in Rehoboth
Saturday. aged 80 years.
Mr. Doughten retired froiE busi-
ness fourteen years ago, and
since that time has lived in Re-
hoboth during the summer months,
enc in the South in the winter. He
was married three times. his first
wife being Miss Elizabeth Turner
OF New Castle: his second, Miss FL
len Postles. daughter OF stephen
Postles. and his third wife. Miss An
ME Hawkins.
He was member OF Grace
Church here, and Of the Masonic
fraternity For a number OF year
he was a director OF the Farmers
Bank
lie is survived by his widow and
son. John Preston Doughten. At
tached TO the state Department al
Washineion. and a son. Charles l.
Doushten.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
PRINTERS TROUBLES
UP AGAIN TONIGHT

Members of the Wilmington Typo
graphical Union, No. 1913. at a
meeting yesterday deferred action
In enforcing the new scale until
after meeting to be held tonight.
This meeting will be held by com
mittee of five from the union and
the Wilmington Typothetae. The
new working agreement was TO go
into effect today.
Representatives of the Interna-
tion union contend that the 44-hour
week schedule will have to be en-
forced but that the question of
/ wages is one for the local union tc
! oeclde.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
BY MARIAN HALE.

NEW YORK.-"There are more
temptations than ever in the path Of
the impressionable girl says Miss
Maude E. Miner officer of the New
York Probation and Protective AS
sociation. whose job it is to fight
these temptations.
Girls go wrong because the New
world has an Old-wOrld hangover.
Parents who believe in the old way
of training will have at least one
runaway daughter out of three"
The new temptations, says Miss
Miner. are these:
Ambition for an individual life.
Yearning for bright lights and
Evening journal., 1921-05-02

music.
Love OF cheap fiction.
Longing to emulate movie camps.
And the antidote?
Education-the education that be-
gins with mother and father.
Among things which the Proba-
tion and Protective Association is
noted for is its Girls Service League
which is a center for service work
and a haven for lonely, friendless
and stranded girls
Then there are an employment
exchange. a mental clinic, which
helps girls to find the sort OF work
to which they are best suited; do
mestic science classes and outdoor
training camp.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
YOUR LAST NAME
BY MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE.
Copyright 1920 by The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

tered through the counties OF Kent
Surrey. Sussex. willis, Hants, Bucks
Middlesex. Norfolk and SUFFOLK
which your map will tell you, are all
counties in the eastern section of
England Possibly the Oldest family
OF the name is in surrey Undoubt-
edly many unrelated families adopt
ed the name in the eleventh century
which accounts for the wide spread
Of the name at an early date.
The founder OF the family here
was Joshua Batcheller Of Canter-
bury. England. who settled in Ips-
witch Massachusetts,. between 1880
and 1895. His brothers, Henry and
John. also settled in Massachusetts,
at about the same time.
Copyright. 1921, by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
JUNIOR CmoTR soCIABLE.

The Junior Choir Of Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church met last Saturday
evening at the home OF Mrs. ID. NJ.
Johnson, 2519 Market street After
the business meeting refreshments
were served. Those present were
The Misses Charlotte and Anna Mel
choir. Ella Burton. Adele and Gladys
Senf. Louisa Wiedenman. Violet and
Dorothea Naylor, Andrew Brown,
Wilson Collier. Hussel Smith, Rhiney
hamburger. Thomas Wilson. Harold
Sharpless and Mrs. d. NJ. Johnson.
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
REMOVED CLOTHES
OF RIVALS WITH GIRLS

BLADENsBURG Md, May 2.-
Saying that they took the clothes TO
prevent some boys from going to a
bali with their girls, and that they
had no intention OF retaining the
goods taken. George Gilbert, Jr., Lee
Roy Gilbert and Nathan Davis, all
OF Bladensburg, have been acquitted
] Of a charge Of housebreaking and
general larcenN In the Circuit COURT
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
Is TT BACHELLER.

The surname Bachelor was frs
applied to a man who did not marry
Thus John the Bachelor was Sc
designated to distinguished him
from a John who had married. How
ever, some Of these unmarried Bach
eilers must have seen the error Of
their ways. for the name became
hereditary and at present the Bach
ellors. Bachelors. Bachelors, Bach
elers and Bachellers are numerous In
England.
Bachelor was also applied to a
man who had received a bachelors
degree in college and IL may be that
sometimes the English name was de
rived from this source.
Before 1900 the family was scat
Evening journal., 1921-05-02
WORKMAN DIGS UP
SKULL OF INDIAN

Special to The Evening Journal.
SEAFCRD. May while digging
cellar for the new home of Ma
thaniel Conway on Arch street. a
Negro workmen dug up a human
skull Mr.. Conaway is of the opin-
ion that it is the skull of an Indian,
the Nanticoke Tribe OF Indians hav-
ing inhabited the site which is no' Z
Seaford over 200 years ago. Net
long since an old Indian canoe was
dragged from the bottom of ths
Nanticoke river, off Wrights whasf.
by a Seaford fisherman.