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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-23
BURY FIRE VICTIM

Howard Smith. Ave year old boy WHO
was burned 10 death Monday when his
clothing caught fire from match hs
had lighted. was buried in NJ. Wood
cemetery yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services were he'd az the
family home 434 Coal street at $50
o'clock wt,h Rev. J. p. G.evenhe-gec. pas
tor Of Third Presbyterian church n
charge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
TAX CUT FAVORED
BY 7 C0UNC|LMEN
Weglein, Buchholz, Roper, Gait
ney, McCoach, Walter and
Burch Answer Realty Board
COMMITTEE IS GRATEFUL

Seven Councilmen have expressed
themselves in favor Of lower taxes in
renly 70 letter Of the Philadelphia
Real Estate Board embodying recon-
mendations Of lower tax rate for 1o22
by it's Committee on Taxation.
Letters written to William G. Ben.
Eert. chairman Of the committee. by
tho Councilmen have stated their posi-
tions.
Councilmen who have replied are ::
Richard Weglein, president; +. Buch-
holz. w. W. Roper, Joseph T. Gaffney.
William McCoach. Simon Walter and
Francis +. Burch. All express them
selves as favorable to reduction in the
rate
1T IS with pleasure. said Chairman
Rcrkort that the boards committee
received the letters from these Council
men, and to find that all who have re
Piled are in favor of the reduction OF
the tax rate.
Concerning the hope expressed by
Councilman Gaffney. that lower tax
rate will bring about lower rents, Chair =,
man Benkcrt pointed to the report OF
the lnduStrlal RclatlOnS NomIlil'tt', VI
the Chamber Of Commerce. which has
investigated the subject Of rents ana
sale prices on Philadelphia real estate
This committee reported on THIS phase
Of the situation as follows:
1T has been found that Philadelphia
rents have not increased in proportion
to the increase in living costs. This -
confirmed by information issued by the
United States Government. However;
unhealthy speculative traffic in. real
estate has been developed, ms Indicated
by properties changing hands with eN-
trcme rapidity during the last year or
two. Some properties changed HANDS
several times in less time than it TOOK
to record the first transfer in the once
of the Recorder Of Deeds.
irrespective tenants receiving greatly
increased wages. have frequently vol
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
AMERICANS BUY
HAPSBURG ESTATE.
5000, 100000 Properties Of
Archduke Frederick to Be
Developed by Syndicate
FIGHT TO POSSESS LANDS
BY the Associated Press

Paris. Sept. 12-NCgotiations have
been completed in Paris whereby the
vast estates of Archduke Frederick Of
Austria and his son. ArChduke AL
Z ~brecht-estimated TO be worth more
than 5000. 900. .00O-,wcre taken over by
nn American syndicate which includes
Charles II. Sabin. j. Leonard Re.
plogle. Frank A. Munsey. Thomas J.
Fielder and other prominent American
business men.
Samuel Tntermycr. New York law
yer, represented the syndicate in the
Negotiations, which have been in prog
ress for some time. and Archduke Al
brecht took part in behalf of himself,
his father. his wife Isabel and his six
sisters. Dr. Wilhelm Rosenberg. Of
Vienna. and Or. Aurcl Ecry. OF Ruda-
pest. were counsel for the Hapsburgs
The transaction concerns the vast
land and industrial holdings oi the
Hapsburgs. distributed throughout
Austria, CzPcho- Slovakia. Jugo Slavia.
Poland. Rumnnia and Italy. They in
clude the great steel works and mines
In Teschen. which are partly in
Czecho Slovakia and partly in Po-
land
The estate comprises humorous other
Industries. including the dairics which
formerly furnished most Of the Vienna
supply Of milk and butter. sugar plan
tations. factories. apartment houses,
palaces and other private properties in
Vienna. castles in various part of tho
Continent. about | 900. 900 acres W
agricultural ard forest lapds scattered
over several countries and the remark
able Albcrtna Museum in Vienna,
which is said to contain nearly .OO0.-
600 works Of art.
Archduke Frederick was Field
Marshal and was Commander in Chief
of the Austro Hungarian armies in the
late war. His great grandfather was
a nephew of Emperor Francis l. and
was adopted by Duke Albrccht of
SAKE -Teschen. who married Arch
duchess Maria Christina, daughter Of
Maria Theresa.
A large part Of the properties was
purchased and developments from pri
vste means were increased during the
$50 years by investments and returns
from new enterprises. It is regarded
as fortune built essentially upon saw
ings by business management and not
upon royal gifts and concessions.
The American syndicate and tho
Archduke will proceed to enforce what
they believe to be their rights against
several Governments now Withholding
possession
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12

unteered to pay higher rents 10 land
lords would give them houses that others
were occupying, thus establishing, new
rent rates. Though the great bulk OF
real estate owners has not taken undue
advantage of the situation. 1t has en-
abled the profiteers to reap unfair profits
both in sales and rentals.
at is estimated that more than 10
ppr cent of the houses in Philadelphia
were built before the increased prices
of labor and materials caused by the
war. but, assuming conservative present
valuation, real estate investments do
not on the average bring excessive re.
turns to investors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
MAYOR TO IGNORE LATEST
GAS RELIEF PROPOSAL
Won't Take Overnight Advice" Of
New York Experts, He SAYS

Mayor Moore says he will ignore the
revision proposed for the lease between
the L. G. I. and the city by Ford,
Bacon & Davis. 1927 Chestnut street
The suggestions of the utility engi-
neers embody suspension of the present
rate of 81 per 1000 feet Of gas and
operation Of a temporary rate to con-
tinuc until complete valuation and in
vcstigation of the gas company can be
made.
1T is evident" the Mayor said
that now camrnign is on to hasten
tho relief asked by the United Gas
Improvement Company. That relief.
as Indicated in tho Mayors veto Of the
So-cnlled Hall ordinance. meant a con-
cession Of about $1,000 900 by tax
payers and gas consumers to the United
Gas Improvement Company for one
year At that rate for the period of
the lease it would amount TO $50,
O0O. 900.
I'm view Of these facts the Mayor
cannot ignore the report and recon-
mendations of the Gas Commission.
which even the I. G.. I. officials did not
dispute. and take over night advice
from New York experts. whose business
~ IS 10 represent public utility COM
panies."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
GROUP E

OAKLAND-Tourng-stan green paint Rebuilt and
refnished. Fully guaranteed.
D-Tourng-standard green paint Rebuilt and
refnished Fully guaranteed.
OAkLAND-Sedan-Rebu and refnished. Fully guar.
anteed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
Harding Congrdtulates
Man on IOOth Birthday

Huntington. W. Va, Sept. IL
(By A. Pl--John I. Gibson, re-
tired from the army. who will cclc-
hratc on next Saturday the Tooth
Anniversary Of his birthday. ycster-
day received a congratulatory mcs-
sage from President Harding. IL
follows:
II do remember very well the old
gentleman who sat next to me at
the. Huntington meeting last autumn
and am delighted to greet you again.
have to congratulate you on hav-
ing lived full century. the most
cvcntful and important, am sure.
in the worlds history; and I hope
you will have many more years
vouchsafed to you in what | believe
will be yet more important and
fruitful time. ;"
The centenarian also has re-
cpivCd messages from Admiral W. s.
Sims end Governor Henry Allen,
Of Kansas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
WILDWOOD MAYOR ON JURY
September Term Of County Court
viii Open Tomorrow

Wildwood, =. j.. Sept. 12.-The
September term Of court Of Cape May
County will open here tomorrow. There
are n number Of cases on the docket.
the most important being the contract
ors and freeholders indicted by the
Grand Jury earlier in the year
Local residents on the Petit Jury are
Leslie Caldwell. jeweIer: Fred g. Con-
merchant Charles Douglass. hotel pro-
prietor; Marie G.. Corle. wife Of a
dentist; the Rev. Irving II. Fisher,
Baptist preacher; Allen F. Grace.
merchant Oscar Shreebner, musician {;
Robert G. PierpOnt. garage proprietor.
and Mayor W. COurtright Smith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
GROUP D

D-Tourng-standard green paint. Rebuilt and
refnishcd Fully guaranteed
D-Tourng-standard green paint. Rebuilt and
refnished. Fully guaranteed
BUICK -Touring-reconditioned motor-new top-bodv
and tires good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
Man Held for Wlfe's Death

Beatrice White. a coIored woman.
twenty eight years old. of LAwnside,
Camden County, died on her way to the
Cooper Hospital early this morning. shot
in the breast. The police have arrested
her husband. Carlton White, thirty
years old. White admitted he had
shot his wife. but said it was acci-
dental.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
JUST A PLAIN "H0SS"
But Boy, 6, Didn't Know What 1.-THE
Funny. LOOKING Thing" Was

"Hey, nom. What's that funny
looking thingT
Everybody in the Chestnut street
trolley crancd his respective neck. a
vnungster in the rear Of the car had
his nose fattened against the window
and was regarding with owlish wonder
a horse An ordinary brown police
mount standing tranquil by the curb,
when six year-old city child has
never seen horse it means one thing,
and one thing only; the day, OF the
horse is over. Pretty soon they VIII
have him in n museum. with the pint
bottle of spiritus frumenti and Honus
Wagnrr's baseball glove.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
FOOD SHIP LEAVES PORT
Also Carries the Alcohol Formerly
Intended for Liberia

Laden with food for two warning ma
tions, the steamship Docket sailed from
this port yesterday for Salonica and
Piraeus With 612O bags of sugar and
with oleo oil. -four and wheat for Con-
stnntinople
The 100 drums of alcohol intended
for Liberia ON the schooner Lizzie ".
Hall and afterward abandoned, so far
ms Liberia is concerned, were also nnrt
Of the Dockct's cargo. destined for Con-
stnntinoplc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
GROUP G.

OAkLAND-l921-TOur demonstration. Will be sold
as new car with new guarantee.
OAKLAND D-l92O-Coupe-rebut and refnshed. Fully
guaranteed Cream -cOlored wheels
oAkLAND-l920-Cou and re6nished. Fully
guaranteed Standard green paint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
LET ME ALONE. SAYS TIGER
Clemenceau Scouts Report About
His Re.enterIng Politics

Marseilles, France. Sept 12-Geor-
ges Clemenceau. War Premier Of
France, arrived here yesterday from
Corsica, where he has been on a brief
vacation. Replying to questions by
newspaper correspondents concerning
his reported re- entrance into active pol.
ttics, the Tiger" replied:
"Have told any one wished to
Ye-enter politics? ask only one thing
to be let alone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
GROUP F

-Sedan-Rebuit and refnished. Fully guar.
anteed
DODGE-Sedan-dark blue paint. Firstclass condition
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
GROUP C

OAKLAND-Tourng-bod painted standard green. Re.
built and refnished Fully guaranteed.
OAkLAND-Touring- body painted maroon-cream. col.
ored wheels Rebuilt and refnished Fully guaranteed
OAkLAND-Touring-bo painted standard green. Re.
built and refnished. Fully guaranteed.
OVERLAND - - wire wheel Sedan. Reconditioned
throughout.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

China is not so far behind the So
called "civilized" nations of the earth
as the American people believe. It
must be admitted that for centuries
the Chinese empire was particularly
neglectful, but it is fast coming to the
front. Last year it spent quarter Of
a million dollars in forestry work,
planted over 1000 nurseries, reforest-
ed about 100000 acres Of barren hills
and produced 'ovor 1OO,000,O00 of
young trees. In this it was assisted
by the United States agricultural de-
partment. Arbor day is increasing in
popularity in China and each year it is
being greatly extended. Forestry ed
ucation is being rapidly developed I'M
til there are now many schools which
teach this exclusively. In addition
there are numerous agricultural
schools where farming is taught in all
its branches. Verify, China is awak-
ening, but the fact remains that she
has been brought out of her comatosis
ty by American experts, who are in
structing her in forestry, crop raising
and live stock development.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

Every sane man knows that not all
the crooks, thieves and 'demagogues
can be found in any one camp and
that no one political party has a corner
on all progressive ideas or sound
principles. Moreover, almost any man
who is worthy of casting vote has
some rather definite political ideas
and is willing to fight for them if
necessary. Nevertheless these self
evident truths are not always recog-
nized and it is quite refreshing to meet
such man as we had the pleasure of
encountering recently. This farmer,
who is strong nonpartisan, re-
marked that he liked the Union and
wanted to subscribe for it even
though he did not like it's politics. He
realizes that the Union is not in SYM
pathy with the nonpartisan movement
but still gives us credit for being hon
est in our belief and fair in our presen-
tation of the news. He knows that
welgenerally confine the expression of
our personal opinions to the editorial
page and; he knows that this is the
privilege Of every reputable newspa-
per.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

49,. - .f..E $50 w
We believe that the appointment Of
Fred j. Newton to succeed the late F.
C. Cater, as county commissioner
from the first district, will meet with
almost unanimous public approval.
Even the Mile Laos County Times will
doubtlessly agree that a most capable
man has been selected for the office,
one who has sound business judgment,
liberal views on public questions and
is exceedingly fair in his decisions.
After Mr.. Newton's name was first
mentioned in connection with the COM
missionership, he received approx
mately twenty-five telephone calls a
day from farmers residing in Prince
ton township urging him to take the
appointment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

A return to normal conditions would
seem to depend not so much upon the
decline of prices as upon the estab-
lishment of some dependable level
which will ''stay put" long enough to
enable business to figure ahead.
Prices have come down somewhat,
but indications are that they will not
go much lower. However, they are
tending toward a steadiness at the
new levels, and in that rather than in
the relation between present and pre-
war levels, one sees real hope of i'm
pending revival in general activity
Business needs, figuratively speaking,
mark to shoot at-or, if you prefer,
something it can date from-in order
to have some definite idea of what is
to BE DONE If once we get the founda-
ton laid with what has the appear
ance of reasonable solidity, we can
build upon a new scale Of operations
which will insure continued stability.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

When potatoes are being sold at the
price of $3.50 and $1.75 per bushel on
the streets Of Minneapolis, it would
certainly pay some of the housewives
to make their purchases in Princeton
or some other market town. Men
were going from house to house in
Minneapolis last week asking $3.50
per bushel for King potatoes and SITS
per bushel for early Ohios. When the
white potatoes are selling here for
about $1.10 per bushel and our local
truck company, Ward Bros, will de-
liver potatoes to the residents in Min
neapolis for 35 cents per cwt., it would
seem to be profitable for some Of the
residents of that city to buy their po-
tatoes in Princeton. This information
is being furnished for the benefit of
the former Princetonians who now re-
side in Minneapolis.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

That projected public improvements
should be started Immediately, instead
of waiting until spring, in order to
relieve the unemployment situation is
the opinion of Governor Cox Of Mas
sachusetts, and in this he is evidently
right. He says that if each city and
town will engage in such work now
and give employment to the most
needy residents it will go far to re-
lieve the possibility Of distress this
winter. He explains that he does not
urge that useless undertakings be in
vented or extravaganza be encour-
aged, but that only useful work be
undertaken.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

We wonder what some Of the ca
lamity howlers now think of Charles
M. Babcock, our highway commits
sioner. 1t seems that his work has
been so excellent that it has attracted
the attention of residents of other
states and he is receiving considerable
national attention. President Harding
must have heard favorable reports
concerning Mr.. Babcock or he would
not have summoned him to. Washing
ton to address the unemployment con-
ference on the subject Of extending
the road building programs as means
of relieving the present labor situa-
ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

Now comes William Joseph Sim
mons, imperial wizard Of the Ku Klux
Khan. and asks congress to investi-
gate the affairs Of the invisible" en-
pire, saying he will render any assis-
lance possible. It is evident that his
imperial highness smells a rat and
makes this offer to bluff congress into
the belief that the organization is one
that should be encouraged rather than
suppressed. The wizard is a master
mind, all right,-a cunning parsonage
whose operations should be Investigate
ed to the limit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

On Monday evening the cars of every
street railway line in St. Paul and
Minneapolis were held up for fifteen
minutes. The Minneapolis Tribune
states that this is the first complete
tieup of the street cars that even the
oldest railway employees can recall.
If this be true, the residents in the
twin cites should consider themselves
most fortunate indeed. No one who
has not spent twelve months in our
national capital is in any position to
speak of street car service. Job him
self could not display more patience
than do the long suffering residents
of Washington. Sometimes the cars
come and sometimes they don't and
when they don't, the population cheer
fully walks. Unless conditions have
changed greatly in the past twelve
months, hold up Of all the cars on
one system for half an hour is moth
ing unusual. Day after day the men
and women meekly crowd into the
cars, where the pay as you enter sys-
tenn is in vogue, deposit eight cents
and then wait breathlessly to see how
many blocks they will be carried be-
fore the car comes to an unexpected
stop and the passengers have the
privilege of completing their journey
on foot. With the underground wiring
system, there is not the slightest pos
sibilty of the cars running when there
is a touch of bad weather and an extra
wet snow or a particularly heavy DEL
uge of rain means that walking is
to be the popular outdoors sport of the
dav
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

Henry Ford is doing more, we be-.
lieve, than: any other man in the
country to better the employment sit
uation: A report now comes from
Iron Mountain, Mich, which appears
to be authentic, that Mr.. Ford intends
constructing an electric railway from
there to Stephenson, SO miles distant,
for the TRANSPORTATION Of farm and
dairy products to the first-named
place, where he will shortly have hum
dreds of men employed getting out
ore for his Detroit factory. y,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

than where an unfriendly, unmanner-
" Or uncivil attitude prevails is true.
Courtesy, civility and geniality al
ways pay, both in dollars and cents
and also in the. finer things of life
which. are worth more than mere
money. Speaking by and large, if we
of this town are not as kindly and
polite in our demeanor as people of
the average town ir America, it were
we'll that we polish up a bit and rene
dy the defect The "glad hand" will
get us much further, not only in a
social way, but also in business way.
Jordan Independent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

Almost every day we read of acct
dents to operators Of corn shredders-
fingers cut off, hands cut off and arms
rendered useless by the knives of
these machines. To carelessness in
operating the shredders is attributed
the occurrence of these accidents; but,
in view Of the fact that they are 50
numerous, it would seem that an ap-
pliance of some sort could be devised
to safeguard the operators. Here is
an opportunity for some inventive
genius to accumulate fortune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

Those unreasonable pacifsts who
contend that the United States should
first disarm, and thus set an example
to other nations, should persuade the
officers of the law in the towns where
they live to'discard their weapons and
permit thugs and yeggmep to carry
as many guns and knives as they
please. This would work out, only on
smaller scale, about the same as
their proposition regarding the dis
armament of America.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

campaign in the churches. Literature
may be obtained blythe clergymen for
the occasion by writing Geo. H. Net
tleton, state fire marshal, St. Paul. !
have written for motion pictures to be
presented upon this occasion.
S. E. Vandevanter, ~:s.,-
Village Fire Marshal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

One Of. the principal things which
the socialists of Russia have accom-
plished is the bringing of the stomach
and backbone closer together, and Sec
rotary Of Commerce Hoover is now, in
the kindness of his, heart, endeavoring
to correct this abnormality by feeding
the thankless bolshevists on American
supplies. Does it pay?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06
Indian School at Vineland Crowded,

Indian School at Vineland Crowded.
The county nurse, Miss Leah Bars
key, reports that, according to present
indications, the Indian school at Wig
wan Bay will not accommodate all the
children who should be admitted.
Since only one teacher is provided for
this school and the number of pupils
cannot we'll exceed 80, the age limits
have been set at 7 and IL years. An at
tempt is being made to secure teachers
for an Indian school at Isle and also
at Cove.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-06

Great Britain has entered into COM
petition with the United States and
Japan for naval base on the west
coast of South America, bidding
against the United States for base
in Peru, while Japan is bidding against
the United States for islands off the
Chilean coast. Another sure sign of
disarmament!