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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
SHOTS FIRED IN RUM RAID
Suspects In Autos Engage Police In
Revolver Battle

Several barrels Of whisky and appa-
rntus for a complete distilline plant were
seized by the police last night in barn
at Roosevelt boulevard and Dark Run
lane. More than twenty men were in
the place when the police arrived. They
jumped into four big touring cars. evil
IDENTIFY kept for just such an emergency,
and escaped after a revolver fight with
the police. g.
Edward Brannigan, Daurhin ana
Randolph streets. who was found near
the place, was arrested.
The barn Is on the farm of Harry
Press. who has lived at that place for
the last seven years. Press said last
night that he had rented the barn for
500 a month to two men nine months
ago. The men, he said. gave the names
Of Mckay and Zinn. The police do not
believe Press had any knowledge Of the
purpose for which the barn was used.
When the police arrived at the barn
they heard'a whistle, as L to warn the
occupants Of the barn. The men then
came from the barn and jumped into the
waiting touring cars outside.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26

cense Is received from the Mayor fifteen
days before the date OF the display.
Such displays will not be allowed with
in 800 feet Of any school. church. hos
pital or any other public institution
where the ignition Of fireworks might
endanger the lives of any persons.
The Fire Marshal Is empowered to
seize all fireworks or combustibles found
on sale after June Is, and is authorized
to remove them from places wherr they
are stored at the expense of the owner.
Council will also pass an ordinance
authorizing Director Cortelyou to in
stall fire signal boxes in hospitals.
orphanages. homes for aged. public.
parocbial and private schools for the
protection Of the lives of the inmates
The boxes are to be installed without
cost.
An ordinance forbidding the erection
of awnings and providing that existing
awnings shall be removed ninety DAYS
after the approval Of the ordinances. Is
on the calendar of Council today. This
doesn't apply to canvas awnings at.
tached to the fronts of buildings which
can be raised or lowered and which do
not extend out more than seven feet
from the houseline and less than eight
feet from the pavement.
Fines VIII BE Imposed
Failure to remove awnings covered
in the ordinance will result in $40
fine and an additional penalty of 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
PI1ROLMAN HELD
AS BOX CAR Thief
etanIey McAlIister, Of Nicetown
station, and Brother Ac-
cused at Shore
THIRD MAN ALSO TAKEN

II
Stanley McAllister. twenty-siS years
"a Of Sixth street near Indiana ave;
rue, p"''o'' -
tion, was arrested las' n'sn' u. Nay
Ysnding, y. j.. and held IN S5ooO bail
A. a further hearing with his brother
third man, all of whom are
ann al. ut,;,o hoxo,-s or ,,o
ehargeo WI" Iooe NV
Atlantic City DIVISION ot the fcnnsSi-
..,;s Railroad
sunshot wound Of the left arm.
Ii n have been inflicted in cluding
psrpsvlyania Railroad detectives, led to
~ natrolman's q arrest.
The other men held arc George Nc
AjIister. of Markoe street near Green.
"a Joeeph Duffy. of Pennsgrovc street
Sssr Forty third.
T'Iccording to the police they were
.,.tematicnily robbing boxcars Of NOV :.
~ trains between Hammonton and Al.
iaStic CITY, Early on the morning of
Nav 90, Captain X. NJ. Amos, Of the
s,l.ntic CITY Division Of the Penn.
.,lvania Railroad police and several
S.,sctiyes. followed freight troin
Tam Hammont6n to Ellwood. by au.
tomobile. the road paralleling the rail-
VA
Tbev snw two men break the seals
S,om boxcar and throw loot from the
s.,'to the road where il was picked nm
~ third man in an automobile.
|' No, Abapoo, Gar
ri, .-o;n n'os S,nnnnJ ana .Lo -
y, .ins Io,oct;,o. onened sro nn tbo thsno m
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26

for every day that the awning re-
mains after the Director of Public SAT-
Nv has given the owenr ten days notice.
III persons fail to comply with the notice
the department is authorized to remove
the nuisance.
The construction of steam boilers in.
stalled in this city after July ! of this
year, must conform 10 the rules
Of the industrial Board Of Department
of Labor and lcdustry. This is the
purpose outlined IN an ordinance which
will be approved at this afternoon s
session.
A bill, introduced by Councilman
Hall. which provides for tho condemna =
ton of plot of ground at the northeast
corner of Twenty third and Lombard
streets for playground purposes Is also
up for passage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26

The City Treasurer's report for the
week ending yesterday follows: Re-
ceipts. 81. .O39. .929.77; payments. SSO1,-
2OO.73; balanc" mot including sinking
{ nd. SO. 271 ,372 SO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
CALLS SPECIAL ELECTION
Governor Wants Congressman
LARGE In GarIand's Place

Governor Sproul has issued proc
lamation calling upon the voters Of the
State to elect a Congressman at Large
to succeed the late Congressman Mahlon
NJ. Garland, who died before the vote
re electing him to Office could be
counted. A special election will be held
on the same date as the September
primary.
The proclamation follows out the set
program of the Sproul Grow faction to
completely dominate Republican poll
tics in the State. Former Congressman
Crago, who was defeated for the nomi-
nation last year. Is slated for the place.
The nomination will be made by the
Republican State Committee, which will
be called together by Senator Grow, the
chairman. on July 1S.
Chairman Sterling. of the Democratic
State Committee. is expected to issue a
call for n meeting at an early date to
select candidate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
CONVENTS VlCTlMlZED
Religious Institutions Say They Were
Swindled by Book AGENT

Nathan II. Wilson. living at the
Hotel Walton. waived hearing in
Central Police Court today on charge
of having received money under false
pretenses. and was held under $500
bail for the Grand Jury. 1t is charged
he victimized converts and parOchial
schools by taking money for books on
religious subjects, which, it is said, he
never delivered.
The warrant was sworn out by Sister
Sylvester. of st. Monica's Convent
Seventeenth and Ritner streets. The
arrest was made by Detective ,Carmody,
who testified he had found checks from
converts and order books in the man =
pockets. Wilson declared he was being
railroaded to jail and attempted to raise
a religious issue. then changed his mind
and waived heaSing.
There were half dozen religious in
their habits in the hearing room pre-
pared to testify. Cardinal Dougherty
was represented by an attorney, who
prosecuted the case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
Cardinal at Convent Exerelses

Dennis Cardinal Dougberty. Arch
bishop Of Philadelphia gave the bcne
diction on the lawn Of the Convent Of
tho Sisters Of the Assumption, Raven
Hill. West School lane. Germantown,
al exercises held there this morning in
celebration of the feast of Corpus
Christi.
NInss was celebrated by the Rev.
John J. Bonner chaplain at the con-
vent. Following tho mass there was n
procession Of the school children Of 81
Rridgct's Church, and then the bcne.
diction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
Jersey Pines Hold lnltlatIo,

a class Of 200 candidates was initi-
ated into the mysteries of the Order OF
Jersey Pines last night Mt Collinss-
wood. The Pines is higher degree
ot the Artisans Order Of Mutual Pro-
lection The supreme pine. Fred r.
cunningham. OF Haddon Heights, was
in charge Of the ceremonies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
SUITCASES CAUSE ARREST
suspects unfamiIiarlty With Lug.
sage Arouses Detectives Suspicion

James Jackson. a Negro. carried two
|suitcases toward the ferry at Kaighn
evenue this morning in a manner which
indicated that he was not very familiar
with them.
You don t seem to know those suit =
| cases very we'll" said a patrolman who
happened to be in plain clothes.
NO. ! haven't" said Jackson.
"fou see amt had 'em along" Then
| be admitted confdentiaily. the police
10y, that he found the suitcases in two
nouses in Camden while the owners
were asleep.
Jackson was arrested. Several suits
Of clothing and numerous silk shirts
we're found in the luggage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
Fines VIII Re Imposed

in the ordinance will result in u $40
fine and an additional penalty of 81
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
PUNISHMENT
FOR THE LIAR

While on the subject of telling the
truth, it is well to call attention to
a law passed in Minnesota making it
misdemeanor to furnish false in
formation to newspaper. Mime
sofa should be proud of her new law.
That state has had plenty of trouble
from the practical joker and the
trouble maker, and as a result of the
fact that they could not be brought
to justice many citizens have suffered.
So the new law is warmly welcomed.
But Minnesota is not in a class by
herself in respect to practical jokers
and trouble makers. Every state and
every community has its share of
them. We have to admit for the sake
of truth that one of this ilk hobs up
right here in Winnemucca every now
and then Someone anxious to harm
neighbor and too cowardly to come
out in the open furnishes the news
paper editor with information he has
no means of knowing is false. He
prints it in good faith, only to lear
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14

est. imagine that newspaper should
print all of the truth. Options would
be thrown up; some fellows might get
arrested; whole families would be
disrupted: there'd be a fight on every
street corner; candidates would drop
political ambitions like a dog drop
ping hot potato; lawyers would take
long vacations business men would
leave matters to their clerks for
awhile-and the editor would be so
mussed up that If he did live his
former friends would never be able
to recognize him.
No, it would never do for this paper
or any other paper, to print all the
news, and to tell everything that hap
pens just as it is and without suppress
sion of single item. Newspaper men
do not know everything, but their
work is such that they hear and see
a lot of things that common sense
and common decency tells them it is
not best to print. At the same time
there are newspapers that deliber-
ately refuse to put the public in pos
session of facts that people should
have and are entitled to by reason
of having a direct interest in such
public facts, and by reason of such
lack of knowledge are directly and
positively injured. both financially and
in regard to the constant betterment
of humanity. Such newspapers are
equally as debased as the red agitator
who deliberately misleads other men
or the labor leader who deliberately
sells out his companions.
Truth is mighty weapon for good
but it is a fact that none of us can
tell the truth and nothing but the
truth.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14

The closing of the United States
public health service hospital for tn.
bercular ex-seryice men at Markle-
ton, Pa, by order of Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Ewing Laporte.
Is regarded by American Legion olli-
Gals az great victory for the ex-
service mems national policy In re-
gard to disabled veterans. This hos
pital was first denounced as an i'm
proper place for the treatment of tn
bercular ex-servlce men by +. w. Gal
braith, Jr., national commander of the
American Legion, In a speech In Phil
adelphia last November. His stand
followed numerous investigations
made by government authorities, and
a public appeal from 90 tubercuar
veterans being treated there.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
A TOUCH OF
WHAT'S COMING

Democratic editors of Nevada have
given the Harding administration a
ninety-day trial and have decided the
Republicans haven't, during that time
made an Utopia of the United States
Bitter partisanship does narrow mems
perspective. Perhaps, however, it is
not a process that works only one
way.
But the lesson to be learned by Re-
publicans is, as The Silver State has
heretofore pointed out, that the people
are wide awake and watching for re-
suits. If the Republican party doesn't
deliver it can expect what the Demo-
Gratis got. Time for playing is past
and politics in future will be serious
business. with the common people de-
handing recognition and attention
not bunk. The Republicans have lots
of time. Let them make the best of it,
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14

the Pressmen's union at Fargo, Mr..
Boyd was active In support Of sew
erai bills advantageous to organized
labor. He was also strong advocate
of Legislation backed by the North Da.
kota department OF the Legion.
Among the results OF his work are
the passage Of bills making ArmIstice
day a legal holiday, protecting the
Legion emblem and increasing tax for
bonus fund from three-fourths to one
mill on taxable property. He also led
the fight which resulted In the pass
age of n resolution urging congress
to pass the Fordney five-fold compen-
sation bill, measure backed by the
Legion.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
"N0THING But
THE TRUTH

Suppose an editor should-just for
once-print all he knows or has heard
up to that moment. Suppose, for in
stance, we started in to tell the whole
every man and woman in Winnemucca
and vicinity that we've heard some
thing about within the past few
months. Can you imagine what a
tearing up time there would be around
here-and can you imagine a greater
sensation than would be created?
The thought was brought about by
presentation, at Chautauqua last
night, of Nothing But the Truth"
comedy written by Frederic S. Isham
and made into stage success by
James Montgomery. The plot is said
to have added to the laughter of ma
tons; it is joy tonic, gloom killer.
1t hovers about young stock broker
who wagers he can tell the truth for
twenty-four hours He does-but
after narrowing experiences and
screamingly funny situations.
Probably the matter of telling the
truth and nothing but the truth has
never occurred to many people. 1t
is a fact, as developed in the play,
that none of us do tell the truth and
nothing but the truth. Men and
women are known as truthful people,
but in fact they are not. Every per-
son tells lie each day, probably, and
If not direct, at least by evasion. 1t
is an unconscious lie when a man
tells another man he's Glad to meet"
him, and it's lie when he tells him
good morning when he wishes a state
could separate them.
Likewise newspapers are truthful |
and editors gain regulations for re-
fusal to cover up facts. and many |
newspapers advertise "all of the |
news" when in fact not one-half is |
told. The rest could not be told and /
the editor expect to live. Many edi-
tors look upon the matter in this !
manner: When a matter becomes
public property by reason of being
handled by officials elected and re-
sponsible to the public, then it is the
duty of the newspaper to present the
facts to the people, for the reason that
people have no means, nor time, of
learning facts in any other way. To
this view The Silver State subscribes, |
believing readers pay for just that /
service On the other hand. there are /
purely private matters in the lives of |
every person, which do not thus be-
come public property, and these
things must be treated with respect, !
even though they would look awfully
bad in print, for the reason that all
people are only human and all make
mistakes.
But for the sake of possible inter
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
| PARAGRAPHS
a. LITTLE NONSENSE NOW
AND THEN Is RELISHED BE
THE BEST OF MEN"

Old Kaiser Bills bluff was mighty
big one, but it got called, just the
same There is a moral lesson in
this, if you care to dig it out.
TIT
There are still some Winnemucca
women who think lifes greatest
achievement is in getting the cake
out of the pan without breaking it.
One fellow who was treated to
home brew at a friends tried to get
into one of those old-fashioned hall
clocks in the hall, to phone to his
wife.
TIT
Some Winnemucca auto drivers
idea of heaven is sidewalk lined
with people wearing their Sunday
clothes and a street full of mud to
drive through.
ttt
Anybody in Russia. Austria, Hun
gary and a lot of other European
countries who knows how to run a
printing press is amply qualified fol
the position of secretary of the
treasury.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
Pumping Air into the Brain.

brain tumor often causes idiocy.
and sometimes death. Physicians are
always working upon some method
by which tumors may be exactly To-
Gated without injuring the patient.
Recently o doctor has discovered
process by which purified air may be
pumped into the brain. This makes
II possible to locate exactly the po-
sifi0n of tum0rs. and to renove them
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
First In Membership Contest.

In the first published list of leading
posts in the Kansas membership CON
test of the American Legion, Cal
Mathewson post No $50 of Edmond.
Kan, takes first place. Next In order
are the Legion posts at Sterling, Elk
hart, Weir and Logan. Seventy-elght
posts In Kansas have already passed
their 1920 membership, while ten posts
have no delinquent members.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14

American Legion
at Fargo. y. D..
goes the honor OF
being the young
est member of the
house of renre
sentatives of the
North Dakota leg
islature. lie Ii
twenty-five years
old.
A former presi-
dent of the Fargo
Trade and Labor
assembly and an
active member of
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
EAGLE MEETING DATES

Regular meetings of Winnemucca
Aerie No. 487. Fraternal Order OF
Eagles, are held on second and fourth
Monday evenings of each month In
Winneva hall. Visiting Eagles are
cordially invited to attend all ses-
sions. w. III. AYRES. W.P
G.. r. SMITH Secv Adv
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14

later that 1t is untrue, that someone
has been injured, their peace of mind
disturbed or their heart made heavy
through the despicable work of a Cos
sip or practical joker. The best the
editor can do is apologize. print a
correction-and wait for chance to
even things up. The correction, how
ever, is often avoided as being a
means to stir up an ill-smelling mess
which would better be allowed to
sink into oblivion.
But with law such as Minnesota
has passed there is no need to wait.
Such work is made misdemeanor in
the eyes of the law. and the party who
furnishes the false information is the
one who must suffer. That is exactly
as it should be, and we'd like to see
the law extended to every state In
the Union. We have but few instances
in which it would apply in this COM
munity, but it would be worth having
around in case a gossip, a practical
joker or a cowardly slanderer did
show his hand
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-14
LEGION LAWMkKER ALL THERE
Youngest Member OF North Dakota
Legislature Produces Results for
His Fellow Bubbles.

To Robert J. Boyd, member of
Gilbert c. Grafton Post No. of the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-18
Creig hton's


But few the real friends they've had.
They pick an choose so very much,
Dischardin' her, an scornin' him,
That they're completely out o'touch
With Jane or Bess or Joe or Jim.
Why bless your life! in this here town
I've lived for forty years or more,
An watched it's folks go up an down
In daily march JUS by my door.
An for the drunkard or the mayor
I've always had the same hello!
There's not one of 'em, swear,
But what it's been worth while to
know.
| amt inclined to pick an choose,
I've never held my nose too high
Or trained my lips so they'd refuse
A CHEEKY word to passer-by.
There's some do things I wouldn't do.
An some of 'em have stopped to
shame,
But here an now Pm tellin' you
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-18

We are wont to look upon man
who will sign a document without
first reading it carefully through as
a certain species of fool Yet the
document may involve only sum of
money.
Several million men not long since
sWore to defend another document to
the last breath in their bodies. No
census was taken but it is perfectly
safe to guess that only an infinitesi-
NAL percentage of them had ever read
it through.
We take the Constitution of the
United States on trust, for granted.
We take it so because it has worked
for century and quarter We do
not devote a thought to it until some
one tacks on an Eighteenth Amend
ment, and then a Nineteenth. But
these, after ALL are only amendments.
They are only architectural frills,
trees in the front yard. They de not
affect the main dwelling in which we
all have our residence.
1t was not ever thus. The men who
framed the Constitution were by no
means unanimous about it. Sixteen
of the fifty-five first Americans who
presided at it's cradle disapproved of
it so strongly that they would not
sign the birth certificate. Govuer-
neur Morris supposed it s'the best
that was to be obtained" and agreed
to it with all its faults" Alexander
Hamilton declared that mo mans
ideas were more remote from the
plan" than his own, but regarded it
as impossible to deliberate between
anarchy and convulsion, on one side,
and the chance of good on the other"
Benjamin Franklin had this to say:
'Thus / consent, sir, to this Consti- |
tuition, because 1 expect no BETTER"
but he added, land because I am not |
sure that it is not the best"
Franklin appears to have come
closest to the right idea.--American
Legion Weekly.
The American Legion reached the
total of 1904 Posts on January FL,
1921. This is proof that the Legion is.
growing and getting stronger. II
you are an ex-service man you can't
afford to stay out of the Legion.
Sign up.
Massachusetts has passed ruling
IndV ITO poxcTS may appear III Inc
arena wearing an American flag as l
part of their ring costume
Representative Milligan of Mis-
souri, an ex-service man has intro
1uced bill to have the secretary of
var issue dishonorable discharges in I
place Of any other discharges issued I
hitherto" to conscientious directors.
We are in complete sympathy with
his bin. OF the thousands Of things 1
which have made our blood boil, this
dea at honorable discharge to these
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-18
O. C. MUNSON, Editor

conscientious DIRECTORS, has raised
the temperature of our blood more
than anything else. Secretary of war
Baker lost the respect of every ex-
service man when he did this. Per-
haps he thought "Tis better to hold
the respect of somebody and I've al
ready lost it with the ex-service men,
| had better keep it with these OBJ
jectors."
Secretary, we never will forget
you. Due to your devotion, $4,000
draft evaders lead by Grover c. Berg
doll are today singing "Safe in the
arms of Baker" to the tune of After
the Battle Mother"
There are so many ex-soldiers, who
are stranded in European cities, that
congress has been asked to aid in
bringing them back to the u. S.
Worth Known.
(By Edgar A. Guest)
Worth KNOWN, every one of 'em,
The rich, the poor, the good an bad;
There's some as will have none of 'em
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-18

straight Scotch Shorthorn Bulls
that he wants to place in the Pa
louise country. These Bulls are
needed here. Williamson could sell
them readily at the Shorthorn sales.
No community needs them worse
than the Palouse, he thinks, so he'll
sell them here for one-half of what
they are worth-10 or IL to choose
from Red Roans and white, best
breeding in the Northwest. N. Will
hanson. 1920