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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
By FRANK L. PACKARD
(AUTHOR OF THE MIRACLE MAN')
Copurtnht. 1871. bu Public Ledger Companu

the S3OO0-and then turn his bacL n
wouldn't be Tooler. The onlv IN
that interested Tooler was to soo 'a,u ~,
he collected his room rent resulo,,una ,na|
and there would be some one else na.,-
rent now for that front room at IT,. ~.
er's! No, there was no ono Nv s,
Leaving very keen regard for ess|
Tony Lomazzi aside, he had onir ol1
friend that he knew Of whom bo ou oa1
really tall friend, only one man % ~.
he could trust=-and that man W.a aa|
convict, too! It was ironicaj wos.
TITO trust a convict! Well, be coa,
trust Millman-only it wouldn't be- J.] f.,]
to Millman. "|
He Jagged little behind the s,,.
MS they approached the visitors or| roo.|
n sudden possibility dawning upon Su| Su
Perhaps 1t was Millman Millmsn.||
time was up tomorrow. and tomorra.
Millman was going away.
lie and Millman had arranpod Al
say good-by to one another nj al
library hour today after work ,sa|
over; but perhaps, as sort of sooc,a
dispensation. Millman had obtained nv.
mission to come here. p''
To be continued Tuesday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
EDITORIAL COMMENT
ON THAT $4,000 CHECK
[ From HC Philadc'pbH PWJiic LCdgCr.
"EXTRA" PAY FOR STATE
OFFICIALS

The revelations that are coming out If
llnrriSburG and especially OUT Of the
unpublished mass of dctails in the Office
ut th" Auditor General, have revealed
one abuse that ought not to be per-
mittcd to exist Il day or an hour longer.
Thcr" may be no law to forbid State
official to draw largo sums of money
from the State Treasury in payment
for services over ami above those for
which he receives Il salary. But there
is moral obligation which makes such
rrHrtic"> Uncthical.
II comes with bad grace. for example.
for the Lieutenant Governor of the
Commonwealth To perform legal sCrv-
ices con the side" for which such extra
rumpcnsationS ns SJOOO are paid. 1t
may be that the salary legally attached
to the office If Lieutenant Governor i
not commensurate with tn" dignity and
the duties Of the Office. Yet there is Il
widespread impression that except dur
ing the actual sessions of the Lcgi<-
lArnrc there is more dignity than duties
attached to the lieutenant govrrnor>hip
and that that official surely has Suf-
h"i"nt time TO assist in collection and of
moneys due til" State. even if that par
ti"ular duty doesn't happen to belong
{" his office. without doubling his salary
BY the process.
The case of Bcidlcman. however. is
not the only instance in which paid Of
fciHlS of the State have been allowed
10 dip their fingers into the public purse
and draw thousands of dollars in addi.
tiun 10 their salaries for extra legal
services. 1t does not greatly matter
what those extra legal services" were.
I'll" taxpayer has n right to ask why,
when there is an Attorney Goncrnl
with a staff of legal assistants, ami
various other officials dirCCtly charged
with the administration of public bust
less, including, of course. the collection
OF taxes, there should b" any need fol
"cNtru' pay or extra services. And
III" sam" critical and inpuiriug tax
payer will scan with cXtrcm" interest
records Of the men who permitted these
things to b" done. or collected thC>"
""Xtra compensationS, and who are
today openly aspiring To succrrd Gov
crnor Sproul.
It it is all right for Lieutenant
Governor to double his salary Ion the
~dC' in this way, would he BE- cN o
p"rtcd to do the same if hc should
happen 10 step into Tia" Gubrruatorul
chairE 1t il not a pleasant thought that
II Governor Of Pennsylvania was cngag .
ing in such practices, nor j. it more
agreeable 10 contemplate LS cundi .
date for that high office II man who is
II party 10 tn" conditions permitted by
Auditor General Snyder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
STUDIO SHAKE-UP
is DESCRIBED
BY OUR CONNIE
BY CONSTANCE PALMER
IynlIN,rnpI T.IIF


THERE has been a great Shake-up at
u Universal. Eddie Polo is one day
reported completely out. and the next
re;pstotod FIoo, Sad,u.icL is ouito
OUT ana Harry carey alter som" AFTER
cation, packed up his makeup box and
took himself home to his ranch. where.
,,.i.bi,, - DIV Ia No, o,I,. ,ooo;,,oJ
'''T' ''',''' ''e ','''' ''"''' ''|'' -, 'O''
p,''eo' U'' o'','"''' ''"'' NV G"'
CITY to be good boy ana all would De
forgiven, at a raised salary. | hear
from the inside that ot tbr timc Of tb.
',.-,' - - ,u.,eo, .l..,.
.NpioS'on "e """ '''t'''''' c''e'N LOT
SO 900 to buy his release from tn"
company. Now we're waiting TO soc
What ,iII human
va - '1'' -,
1t Is quite tru" that hiH"rSal Is
looking for new talent. Alice Lakes :
contract which ONLY lately was com
,Io,od ~ >to,r, bo. not hoor r.,,o,rod
p'eteu ~ '''''0' ""' NV O'v,' ! '''' '"'
ana th're are rlIhorH lhat Ih'N"rHdl II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
THIS BEGINS THE STORY

Dave Henderson. who has come up
from the slums to manhood IN an en-,
vironment of chicanery, ls soroly tempted
sends him 10 San Francisco to get $780,
600 from Martin X. Tydeman TO reconp
race track losses. Daye succumbs ana
steals the money. only 70 find Skarvan
has sent two thugs to do the same
thing They learn Dave has taken the
money. and set n trap for him, from
which h, escapes after hiding the sloG,,,
900. He eludes his pursuers IN via
automobile chase. and skulls about the
countryside, nearly starving and forceu
to quench his thirst In ditch water. AZ
last he succumbs to u fever and rs
taken, dclirious. to "A hospital. Ihere ne
II found by Joe Barjan, a detective, VINO
tries to learn where the money Is hid
den. Failing in that. he II the agency
through which Henderson gets a 1ai
sentence OF fve years. To the JAil, as
Dawes sentence ncars the end comes
the head OF the plaln-clothcs men to
persuade him TO reveal the hiding place
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24

that it is not out an additional $4,000
or S23.G57.13. for State Treasurer
Snyder has declared that had he to do
II over again he woud give Mr.. BCidle-
man twice rs much ns the original fec.
The law Of 1918 is explicitly man
dHtory. that the Attorney General shall
handle all legal business of the various
departments. When he docs not. he Is
directed To visC the selection and fees
Of outside attorneys. This was not
done in Mr.. Snydcr's ease. for as he
has said in an interview: Il am the
boss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24

BeidlCman had received $50. 900 instead
Of $4,000 would that alter the principle
o. the matter? If everybody connected
with the State Government is ION the
make rs the BullPiln says. ii is no
wonder that 5000, 900, 900 was eaten
up in expenses regular and irregular
in fOnr years. The only wonder will be
that these official bloodSuckcrs left any
thing at all in the State Treasury.
| From the Philadelphia Ercming Bulic.
tm.
CAESARS WIFE
Tho unfortunate circumstances in
which Lieutenant Governor Bcidlcman
finds himself by the notoricty given
to voucher and check for State funds
made ont in his name. with lack of
itcmi2cd explanation. during his term
Of office. docs not impute dishonesty
ON his part or anything which bears
the ,scmblauc" Of graft or illegtimutr
receipt of State funds
It i nn altogether too familiar matter
for officials in the public service tu
pick NJ. either for themselves or for
CLOS" associates. bits Of income ION the
-idc." and it is not unlikely that the
firm. fully authenticated b. service for
the State. can be matched by numerous
other items from the Auditor General
books. involving other State officials in
like circumstances. without SrintilIn
of evidence of actual IrrCgulGrity.
Nevertheless. thCS" incidents breed
suspicion. and they always will Con
ncctionS Of. the sort arc omen. to MS
Interpretation. There are enough fec
grabbcrS ana pork hunters seeking pub
lie "thrc for tn" purpose of pcrsonnI
profit t" encourage the suSpriou that
everybody is doing il. 50 that there is n
general Urima fuciC and wholly OK pnr,r
Indictment Of every aSpirant for civic
positions IL in quest e the job for al
there is in it,
The undesirable and unhealthy condi
tiOn will not be rCmcdicd until thcr,
shall b" Il more strict definition of tn,
ethics of office holding. I'nfOrtunatcly
thS public does not always pay its NOR,
responsible officials Il salary sufficient
to command exclusively their time unt
talent. II cannot expect them to di,
vor"c themselves entirely from thei
customary means and sources of pri
vHtc income and rely on the compen
Sation given them for public service.
But Caesar : wife should be bcyonC
suspicion. At least. these connections
II they arc to be retained. should be a,
immune to any chnrgcS of profting b,
reason OF the official position aS Il
Caesar himself. The common principl,
that member of Government canno
lie, directly or indirectly, party to
contract " profit with the Guvcrnmcn
of which he is member. deserves it,
brOadcst possible appIirution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
Beidleman's $4,000
Check Is Explained
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
clared due the State from the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany by the corporation department of
the Auditor Generals office, Mr.. Snyder
and Lieutenant Governor Beidlemun
settled it 6or S39.924.13 plus $lO,-
12S.74 interest, or total of S5O,-
O52S7.
The above figures are from the re-
ports Of the experts who examined the
books. The other facts arc gathered
from members of the corporation staff
Of Mr. Snydcr'S office, who originally
had charge of the case before Mr.. Sny-
der took it out Of their hands.
The facts, therefore. deducted from
the records. are. and all statements
agree, that it was the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Company
case. that Lieutenant Governor Bel
dleman received his fee Of $4,000 for
having the Westinghouse bonus re-
duced from SOB. 40 to 500, ,O52 81.
In concrete words Lieutenant Gov
pruOr Bcidlemau received $1,000 for re-
ducing the income Of the State by
S13 .G57.1
The remarkable statement Of State
Treasurer Snyder. made to II rcprrScnt-
Htivc Of this newspaper, that he does
not consult the Attorney General about
the appointment Of attorneys in his
depart mcut. and This presumably was
his policy when he was Auditor Gen.
eral, exhibits not only "A rcgr"ttHblc
ignorance or total disregard of the
law. but it also establishes a condition
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
SAYS CAMDEN IS PURE
City Solicitor Denies Report by u [,
Agents on Vice Is True
To be continued Tuesday

Vice conditions in the Third an
Fifth Wards of Camden are NOT
bad as they were pictured by Govern
mcnt agents. and the police are no m
ncglccting their duty, City SolicIto
Blakcly, of Camden. told the PoljS
Committee of Camden Council IA,
night. "
Solicitor Blakely had been asked ,
make an investigation of charges mot
by Government agents that those v tw
wards were infested with vice and N,
police knew it. but made no effort ,
break 1t up. The solicitor said Coz
crnment men obtained evidence that ",
chiefly hcarsay, and which was nm mn
founded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
What Your Fauorite Film Stars Are Doing
Frances Eldridge

Frances Eldridge, popular ing"nue,
who left the screen to 60 into rcp"r-
toirc last rlwing, will shortly face
the camera again in special produce
tion. Her last picture was "GUd' >
Cruciblc,' in which sh" was persuaded
to play character part, and it is
probable that she may be seen N char
artcr roles in some OF her future pie
tures. -
Clarence l.. Brown, who directed
Foolish Mutrons." The Great Re.
dcemrr." "Thp Last of the MOhicans"
and many other notable screen sue
ccsses, has been engaged to direct Hope
IIamptOn IN rWhite Faith" Lon
Clancy, of Miracle Man fame, has
been signed, 10 play THO part of re-
formed East Side crook9
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
George Randolph Chester and Lillian

George Randolph Chester and Lillian
Chester have resigned from Nitagraph
and formed their own company, follow
ing the release of THE Son Of Wal
Iingford." They will make two pro-
ducliOns a year.
RockcIife Fellowes. leading man,
Who forsOOE the screen to appear in
,'Pot Luck when ran for several
weeks this season at the Comedy Thea
ire In New York, will shortly be sccp
again in pictures.
Jzeqaeline Logan, former "FOllies'
beauty. who plays opposite Lon Cha
tnev Ia Barry Pains The Octave of
Claudius." which will be released un-
der anotller title, has been placed under
hong 9e contracr BY Gcidwyn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
INSURANCE MAN FALLS dean
c. M. BllIinssIey Suocumbs to Hear
Attack While In His otfie.

c. NJ. Billingsley. manager of M
Philadelphia branch Office Of the Trav|
elers' Insurance Company, fell dead lad
yesterday when talking to assistants /
the company's Offices on the seventeent|
floor of the Finance Building. Deat|
was due to heart attack.
Mr.. Billingsley's home was in Med
chantville. y. j., and he is survived N
a widow and two children. lie had beq|
in the insurance business twenty .fl
years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24

NEW DELAWARE RIVER BRIDGE
Rotogravure Supplement will be published
in the Evening Public Ledger, on Friday,
January ADD.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24

EXTRA! SPECIA% RoToGRAyURE
Supplement will be issued Friday JanuaI
g. In the Evening Public Ledger. showi
new Delaware River Bridge.-Adv.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

cent Jersey into that animal or herd,
you have not improved the quality
Of your herd. You have hybrids
and they will not give satisfaction.
Copper is a perfectly good material
in its place, but 1t is not the thing
to mix with iron to make culverts
because they do not endure. A cop
per boiler is mighty good thing for
housekeeper. but lots of boilers
have been made with copper bottoms
and galvanized iron sides. Now 1t
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

Just happens that copper and GAL
vanized iron are two OF the ingri-
dents used in making batteries to
run our motor cars. These two
metals are so unlike that whenever
they are placed side by side there
is an interchange between them.
Take a piece of pure iron here and
q piece OF copper there and connect
them with a copper wire and there
Confined on page
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

rupted. II you had a culyert that
was only rs per cent pure iron and
the rest was something else, like
copper that did not combine we'll
with iron to produce strength and
durability, you would not be buying
to good advantage If you paid three
quarters Of the price of good iron
or anything near that. Take it in
your own work for example. II you
have purebred animal, horthorn
for instance, and you inject rs per
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

Razorbackblood is bad blood. Even
a trace Of it is a detriment to perfect
development. Whatever good quail
ties grade may possess are due
solely to its pure-bred ancestry
none whatever to its razorback fore
bears. Only where all the blood is
pure-bred do you find the perfect ami
mal-big, meaty, well-proportioned.
More than 81 per cent of all the
hogs in America are grades or scrubs.
What field for pure-breds! Let us
help you make start on your farm.
Buy your foundation in your county
and help home industry.
You can build up your business,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13
New County Com
missioners Convene
Continued from page three

in connection with an expense &C.
count of SO much per day salary and
expenses, he replied that 1t meant
the necessary expenses to a man be-
ing away from his own home. The
word subsistence he said covered it
more correctly, but i meant food
and lodging.
The county clerk looked at his
watch and remarked that it was $50
and asked the commissioners to
make an order as to what they
wanted done about the questions
they had been discussing. Colonel
Fugate had been sitting with them
to advise them at intervals about
things the new board did not under
stand and he said that he was going
hcme now and would leave them to
serve the dear public as best they
could. The Colonel has a dry way
of Joking about things and he pro-
ceeded to an affectionate farewell to
the members of the board and the
people working in the office. While
ne was doing this, Trego got up and
made pretense of weeping on the
Colonels shoulder and shed copious
tears while wiping his nose on his
sleeve. The party broke up in dis
order with an agreement to convene
again the following day at 10 o'clock.
Some Mixed Subjects
When the commissioners are con-
sidering something it often happens
that another person comes in, in a
hurry and they ask him what he
wants and he proceeds to tell them
his story and they drift along from
one thing to another without reach
ing decision on anything. County
Clerk Fisher has a way of bringing
them back to the subject by saying,
wen, what are you going to do
about this other matter, l can't write
up the minutes until you decide"
then they try to get back to the
starting point as to the matter that
has been neglected the longest.
While they we're talking about
deputies, the matter of a county
stenographer for the county attorney
and Hamilton Wright said that he
had peculiar problem at present.
He preferred to have his wife do his
shorthand work and whatever there
was in the office of the county steno-
grapher, she could do and do it we'll
because she had had so much exper-
fence in legal work, but it would be
case Of employing relative. He
was not the one to do the employing
himself, but If his wife applied to
the commissioners for that job and
they saw fit to employ her, he would
accept her service and she might do
him much more satisfactory service
for the same money than he could
get from some one else whom he
did not know so we'll.
G. B. Moon, the man who is audit
ing the county accounts for the firm
of Defenbach & Moon, was asked re-
garding the efficiency Of the working
force in the clerks office and he said
that they were good and the office
work kept in good shape. He said
that when he commenced auditing
the county accounts, Mr. Fisher had
an extra girl on for few days and
being unaccustomed to the work she
was not doing justice to the task
altho she was doing the best she
could with the knowledge and ex-
perience she had. He had advised
Mr.. Fisher that It was a doubtful
experience to put an inexperienced
person to work in such important
work as handling the county records
unless he intended to teach her the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13
Spe'Eed-But That's All

race horse owner got the surprise Of his life when
he matched his steed against hungry razorback
bound for the eedbin-and the horse ran Door second
Razorbacks are excellent for speed but not for pork
Or profits Yet they are everywhere-even in this
less than 100000 are pure-breds Many of them
differ from the genuine chaser only in having an
uphostering of corn-made fat on their lank frames
Deprive them Of rich feed and good care for time and
their razorback qualities will appear.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

too, by reading that big national
weekly, THE COUNTRY GENTLE
MAN. It will warn you Of impending
market changes. It has wonderful ia
cilities for gathering important farm
news and it is interested in farm i'm
provements everywhere. That is why
it encourages the raising of pure-bred
hogs. That is why it is aiding us in
this publicity. You will find it wei.
come friend and counsellor and
wonderful bargain at only $1.OO A
YEAR (52 isues).
Our secretary will take care of
your subscription if you seno him
your check.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

Confined on page
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-22
DEP0RTED REDS WANT
To LEAVE RUSSIA
(By Associated Press)

Riga, Latvia, Ju ly l9-Little
groups of Observation-Disclosures
who were deported or volunteer
ed to go from America to Soviet
Russia, are trucking back across
the Latvian frontier from the
land of the Bolsheviki very fire.
quently, these days,all with the
hope OF getting back to the
United States
These emigrants according to
American consular officers, who
hear their stories and have to tell
them there is not much chance
for them to get back, are greatly
disappointed with what they
found in the promised Land"
They tell of starvation and
long rides in trains 50 packed
with people that there is scarcely
room to breathe Besides those
who have succeeded in getting to
Latvia, there are many others
who have written friends in Ri
ga asking for money from Amer
lea. The Moscow correspondent
of the Riga RundSchau writes as
follows about the Russian-Amer-
leans inside the country:
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-22
VALLEY VIEW

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Cox and
| family. of Versailles. and Mrs
w. NJ. Grizzard and daughter
Margaret. were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w Y. Tillett Sun
day
Miss Ida Tudor spent the week
end with Miss Ethel Shifiet.
Miss Grace Garrett spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with her
aunt, Mrs. John Newly. at New
BY ~ -,,,i ro|
Miss Ruth Curry, OF Berea
College, was the Saturday night
guest of Miss Myrtle Harvey.
Rev. sKi1leff of Georgetown, is
to fiji his appointment at>?Walley
View. Baptist Church Saturday
night, Sui1day2a4fd Sunday night.
Miss Ruth Curry 3s-spent4 the
week With :NFP5a,"Clark Applegate.
Mrs. Georgia iAshcraft and
children spent! Sunday wifi Mr..
and Mrs. JAMES Curry. Aq.a1
People in this vicinity were
glad to see ,tffe' rains. f2n NJ
Mr.. Robertt'f1oward was the
Sunday afternoon guest of Miss
Ida Tudor. 30.
Mrs. w. NJ Hubbard and her
mother, Mrs. Robert Daugherty.
and Miss Ethel Stanifer, are Wis
iting Mrs. Bette Richardson in
Hamilton Ohio.
Mr.. Leonard Standifer is visit
ing friends AMI relatives in Jack
son county.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-22

Little Esther and Elsie How
ard, of Cusick, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Ben BrOaddus.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Burrus
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
d. Burrus. Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Sanders and
daughters, Alma and Eta Fay.
Mrs. Luther Isbel1. Mrs. H. G.
Masters, and Miss Bessie Mas
tiers were the guests of Mr.. and
Mr. Wallace kanatzar, Monday.
Miss Ethel Shifflet, who taught
at Bethel in the spring. is teach
ing here again. We are very
glad to have her back.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-22

"The numbers of Russian Com
munists expelled from America,
who with wry faces are selling
their last goods and chattels on
the Moscow market places are
increasing every day.
"The Soviet government is dos
ing its utmost to keep these peo-
pie above water by giving them
even whole factories to run and
manage. But as these factories
are very much run down, even
American spirit and energy is not
sufficiently strong to get them in
operation.
"a little better off are those OF
the emigrants who have managed
to take with Them from America
their tools or goods produced by
their trade. Such people are do
ing a big business and can afford
to live we'll. Thus one party Of
emigrants has succeeded in IN
stalling a small sewing factory
containing about 500 sewing ma
chimes.
Formerly the Soviet govern
ment would have cOnfiscated this
lucrative enterprise but at pres
ent the government is a little
wary. the more so as in this case
they have to do with emigrants
whom they make a point of
treating with the greatest pos
sible courtesy and consideration