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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
WOULD AMEND CHARTER
WegIein Bill to Permit Change i
Raising Street Repair Funds

The committee on law and municipal
and county government of city Council
will meet Monday to discuss bin, now
being prepared by President Wrgoin
that would enable tn" city to obtain
fund, for rcpaving streets from the
floating Of short time loans.
Under the provisions Of tn" city
charter money for this gurpo,c lpust be
obtained from current funds and thee
ape bot sufficient 10 care fsF the repair
WgFki
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Woman Visitor Dies Suddenly

Mary eastman, sixty nine years old,
Of Harrisburg, was taken suddenly i'll
while visiting here last night and died
of heart disease. She was calling unOn
her sister, Mrs. David Munniam, 243
South Frazier street. when at 8 o'cl"ck
she complained of Indigestion. A ply
siCinn vas called, tut the woman died
an hour and half later.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

was voted on at the luncheon Of the
business Science Club at the Adclphia
Hotel on Friday. Watch for II.
Man dear but we did have n Job
awarding this lim'rick prize Not 50
much of job doing the voting.
y'undcrstand, but in getting the jury
together.
Now, we ask you--how would YOU
like to walk into a big room. find fifty
girls lined up and bc told that you had
to walk along the line and pick out the
five you wanted: Huh. Just &c ma
gine
1t was up at the big paper box fac.
tory Of the Edwin j. SChocttlc Co,
I33 North Eleventh street. We ar.
rived during the noon hour and were
taken up TO an immense, bright room
where they had the piano going and the
boys and girls were dancing while Miss
Beatrice Willitts. the welfare worker of
the factory, circulated among om to
see that all We're happy. And they
certainly were. Anybody ought to be
happy with Miss Willitts around
We found that the five men who were
to serve on tn" jury had been picked out
for u. That was easy. Anybody can
pick out five men from crowd. But
five GirlS-from fifty,
Before We realized what was going
on. j, J.. Lewis. the foreman. took
advantage of our preOCcupatiOn with
tn" welfare worker and first thing we
knew the girls were all lined up and
yelling for us TO come pick 'rm out
daring us to. in fact.
And we rise to remark that anybody
who wants that part of Our job in fu-
turc eau have it-providing he leaves as
soon as the jury is chosen.
So we gathered the jury around n
table. with Miss WillittS in charge
funny how we keep mentioning her.
isn't it.-and passed ont the ballots
containing fourteen good lines aud th"
jury voted.
Required Two Ballots
1t took two ballots to pick out the
winner. Finally the choice was made
and the ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
was awarded to:
Jennie WOlstenholne (Nlrs. Willam)
1923 East LippincOtt street.
KcnsingtOn.
The limerick. as Mrs. WoStcnholme
completed it, follows:
Limerich No. -
Miss TiOlct MIIicont NVc
Was CrcecdmgIy JOHd ot mimcc pc;
She rcnt 10 party
And ate 'ep 50 hearty
The kick" put a chic" in her sigh.
Mrs. Wolstenholmc's line was No
:, on the ballot. The other lines were:
No. Her crust surpassed that Of
the pic.-Frank NJ. Ellis. I1S Vine
Strrpr CumdrIi
No. 2-''I can't die .gest now" was
her cry-NI,s Ruth Black, 22l New
Jersey avenue, CollinGswood, \. J..
Gee, Those Colling~woOd folks ar"
certainly some lim"rickrrs. Two prizes
have gone down thpr".D
No. I-'Tvas case Of digest or gest
die.--Dr. Charles Y. Bates. - North
Fifty second street.
No. 5-SOda mintS meet the mince
meat in Ni.-WilIiam Bright / South
Cambridge avenue, Ncntnor, y. j.
No. G-'NPath the viOlets poor Violet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
R. D. WOOD GETS
EXTORT|ON LETTER
"The New York Four" Demands
$30o-Similar to Other Notes
Received Here
U. S. AGENTS TRAIL GANG

Police have received another cXtor-
tion letter signed bv The New York
Four" it was learned today.
This latest letter of the gang which
has been trying to cxtort money by
threatening wealthy persons. was de-
livcred TO Richard l.. Wood. Of 263
South Twenty Second street. Yesterday.
Tho letter was similar to Irttcrs re-
ccivcd by other prominent philadcl-
phians. Tho sum demanded was 5000
and Mr.. Wood was ordered to plac"
the money in package on tho stop of
the high school at Fifteenth and Green
streets
Mr.. Wood paycd me- attention 10 tho
letter except 70 hand il over to the pO-
2ice. They are investigating in coop
Grafton with the United States postal
inspectors
Clues being run out today by police
and inspectors are expected 10 lead to
the arrest of other members of the gang.
Man Held In Bail
An alleged member of the band.
George Clemo. is held in $500 bail for
the federal grand jury. Clemo. thirty
'll'f NNdlN 'lNlt SdN y HlN llblll' - III
Pittsburgh. He has been living in Il
rooming house ou Franklin street near
Spring Garden.
Clemo was arrested by Po>tofiicc In
spector HawkSworth after Henry +.
Michel, president of the Henry +.
Michel Co.. had loft package in
restaurant in complying with instruc-
tions in threatening letter. Instead Of
the $500 the letter demanded however,
the package was stuffed with blank
paper
Postal inspectors say the package
was obtained by William Dougherty,
thirty one years old who also is under
arrest. II is said Doughcrty met Clcmo
q short distance from the restaurant.
Unaware that Hawksworth and two city
detectives were 'shadOwing them,
C1cmo ripped open the package
Dougherty denied all knowledge Of
an extortiou plot. Cl"mn also told postal
inspectors Doughcrty knew nothing Of
the scheme. A United States comInis-
sioner held Dougherty in $1,000 bail as
q material witness.
100 Here Get Letters
The So-Callpd "Black Hand" letters
have been received By about 100 men
and women in this city. leaders in So.
Cial and business activities. Mrs. Jones
WiSter. 1919 Walnut street. received
one OF the threatening letters.
The messages were signed either by
The Pittsburgh Four" or The New
York Four. Efforts wcro made to
convey the impression that members of
the band kept their would be- victims
under the closest survoillanc" until the
money demands were met
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Window PrIed Open; Coat Stolen

A man pricd open window in the
home Of Michael McGurk, GO2J Chest
nut street, near midnight last night and
stolc = fur ovcrcoat valued at $50
The oWn"r Of the hous" was away when
the robbery t99k place,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
About the Winner

Well. fans, w"'v" discovered real
limpin' lim'rirk family out at 1923 East
Lippincott street, where Mrs. WoIstcn-
holme lives and where she has been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

3. The winner Of the ONE HUM
DRED DOLLAR prize for the best
last line to each Limerick will be
announced one week after the Linn
erick Is printed. For. example, the
winner OF the prize for the Linn
erick which appears today will be
announced today n week.
4. III case of ties, prizes will be
awarded to each successful con-
testant. For example, IL the judges
decide there are two or more an
swcrs of equal merit for the prize,
the author of each answer will re-
ceive ONE HUNDRED Doll
LARS. The prize will not be split
up among them.
5. Tie decision Of the judges In each
Limerick contest will be final.
,rsv Will M ANNJnU,>tCEn ONE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Mrs. Jennie Wolstenholme
Beats Rest of Household,
But They're Al Sticking
to IL Anyhow
Jury OF Employees OF the
Schoettle Paper Box Fac
tory on North EIerenth
Street AtUards Her Hun
dred Dollars

The limpin' lim'rick prize announced
today was awarded by mixed Jury Of
employees Of the Edwin y. SchocttIp
Paper Box Manufacturing Co., 53S
North Eleventh street. 4 photograph
OF the jury will he found on the back
page.
The prize 70 he announced Monday
was voted on at the luncheon Of The
business Science Club at the Adclphia
Hotel on Friday. Watch for IL.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25

Mr.. Cough married again and joined the
Church. He became favorite speaker at
temperance meetings throughout the country.
He early made enthusiastic friends,' says DR..
Abbott, "but he had also to encounter bitter
unscrupulous and astute enemies"
These enemies concealed their hatred under
guise of friendship and beset Mr.. Cough
with his old temptations. Twice he "back-
slid"-once when a physicians prescription
awoke the old appetite and once when he was
drugged. Mr.. Cough told Mr.. Abbott:
IL never go into roomful of people that I
do not think: These people are saying to them
selves Here comes the man who has twice had
deirum tremens.'"
Also he said he never dared take communion
when alcoholic wine was used lest the fra
GRANGE of the wine should be too much a9r him.
Mr.. Abbott says Cough carried with him none
of the marks of his upbringing; no vugarities,
no coarseness of speech and no lack of courtesy
in behavior. He had country home a few
miles from Worcester, and told DR.. Abbott
that it took the returns from his lecture en-
gagements to enable him to run the farm
"He spent eight months of the year on an
itinerant lecture tour" says DR.. Abbott, "but
he would never travel on a Sunday. He would
not even ride in horsecar on that day. But
DR.. Abbott points out that, though Mr.. Cough
was strict VII himself, he was liberal with
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25
DIR. ABBOTT ON OLD CRUSADERS

Slander was dumb. 1t dared not face that
diary. A hurried consultation took place be-
tween Doctor Lees and his counsel Then. in
DR.. Lees's name, and in his presence, his coun-
sci retracted the charges. He retracted the
statement that his client knew of his own
certain knowledge of Mr. Coughs intoxica-
ton. Everything was withdrawn. Mr.. Cough
left the witness stand without even being
crosse examined. By consent verdict was
given to him of five guineas, sum sufficient
to carry COSTS
"The subsequent endeavors of DR.. Lees
to retract his retraction had no effect upon
public opinion. The verdict of the English
people unanimously sustained the unanimous
verdict Of the English jury. What wrote in
1884 is still true: From that day to this
sander against his (Mr. Gough's) good name
has never been repeated. Neither envy. nor
malice, nor even partisanshp dares face that
diary.'"
Mr.. Cough born in England in 1927
and was apprenticed at twelve years of age to
family moving to America. He entered the
bookblnders' trade, took to the stage as a
vaudeville performer, fell in bad habits in
creased by despair the death of his wife:
mad dehrlum tremens; by the kind word from
stranger was interested in temperance reform.
signed the pledge and began the life of an
apostle of temperance
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25

later Mr.. Cough landed in Liverpool he found
the prohibition circles in England in fever
OF excitement which the publication of this pri-
Vate letter had caused That he was liar
was the least of the charges preferred against
nm. Mr. Cough met the charges of falsehood
by letters from distinguished advocates of
temperance in the United States testifyng to
the facts as he had portrayed them. Resolu-
tions by his friends which fully and heartily
vlndicated him had no effect to still the abuse
The reverseswas the effect. Slanders, at first
whispered from circle to circle, were at length
openly published. One prohibition leader. bold
er or more unscrupulous than his colleagues.
printed letter In which he declared that Mr.
Cough had been often intoxicated with drugs
once insensibly so-in the streets of London.
many times heplessly so in the streets of
Glasgow; that there were many witnesses to
the facts; that two of these occasions were
within the writer's personal knowledge. and
he challenged Mr.. Cough to bring the matter
before jury of twelve Englishmen and
pledged himself 'on the honor of gentleman
and the faith of Christian to furnish names
and adduce further evidence of what T have
now asserted.
Lees, sued him for libel, and brought him be-
fore the court to make good his charge.
should not venture thus to report this incident
IN the life OF Mr.. Cough if I depended solely
on my memory OF events occurring more than
sixty years ago. But l wrote in 1884 a brief
sketch of Mr.. Coughs life which is now out
OF print. copy Of that sketch lies before me
now, and from it I quote the following brief
report of this extraordinary trial.
Mr. Coughs counsel opened the case. stated
the 1acts and called Mr. Cough to go into the
witness box. Mr.. Cough thus at the outset
offered himself to the opposing counsel for
searching cross-examination into his whole
life 1t was simple thing to do if the
charges were wholly false; it would have been
a disastrous thing to do if there had been anv
color of truth in them, any ground even for
reasonable suspicion of their truth Mr.
Cough carried with him into the witness hoy
little handbag. He swore positively that
since 1S45 never had wine, spirits or anv fer
nlented liquor touched his lips; that he had
never eaten opium, bought opium, possessed
opium; that he had never touched or owned
laudanum except on that one occasion before
his reformation, when he stopped on the edge
OF suicide; that the whole story in all it's parts
was an absolute fabrication. Then
IN answer to question from his counsel. he
opened his handbag and took out little mem
orandum book. 1t was one of several. It
then appeared that ever since the commence
ment OF his lecturng experiences he had kept
diary In this diary he entered upon every
day the place where he spent it, the persons
with whom he spent it, his occupation and, if
ne had lectured, the price received for his
lecture He was thus able to fix with GER
tainty his exact place and the witnesses who
could testify to his condition on everv dav
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25
g WHY ALL THE CHINESE RESTAURANTS? =

have eating houses in all parts of the world.
Also they cook for clubs and for individuals.
In fact, the sun, which some day may set
on the British flag, is quite unlikely to set
Chinese cooking, no matter what political en-
tanglements may result in geographical
changes. For the very diplomats who may
have put in a day making whole lot Of new
countries will in all probability end that hard
days work by going out and enjoying good
meal at the nearest Chinese restaurant.
In New York City Chinese cooking has made
more rapid Roadway than any other kind
and that despite the lack of increase in the
Chinese population here. The Geary exclusion
act Of the SOS is still in effect, and Chinese
cooks cannot be brought into this country.
ooh, if / only coud!" sighed one who is
versed in Chinese affairs. eff I could Just
bring Chinese cooks into this country I could
make fortune in few years. The people
are just crazy to get Chinese cooks, because
they are the best and the most economical in
the world. They are not only the cleanest
COOKS, out they 90 their buying III the ShreWd-
est way. They get the best things that are in
season and get them cheap. One very wealthy
man in New York City had had Chinese
cook, old Tommy, for more than twenty years
He paid old Tommy hundred month, and
he was cheap at the price. But the call Of the
sea was too much for old Tommy. and two
years ago he embarked for some South Ameri-
can port-at seventy years Of age, mind YOU"
It's one Of three lures for the Chinese, ap-
parently-the lure of the laundry, the lure of
the kitchen or the lure of the sea. And the
greatest Of these, apparently, is the lure of the
New York's Chinatown is full of Chinese
sailors right now-men who find themselves
temporarily stranded here owing to the slump
that has hit all kinds Of shipping. Under the
La Toilette seamen's act it is permissible for
them to land in this country, though thew
must show that they are bona fide seamen.
In spite of the restrictions put upon Chinese
immigration the restaurant business in New
York City has increased amaznglv It used
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25

is no longer necessary to go to Chinatown to
eat of Chinese cooking. In ones own neighbor-
hood there is an ideal place-itted out in lac
quered work, with Chinese dragons every
where and Chinese walters and menu that
contains pages and pages of Chinese names of
foodstuffs.
Romantic they are-these Chinese menu
names! In the long lists Of soups, chop sueys,
chow mens and other dishes one gets a de-
lectable hint of far Cathay. One fingers over
the Chinese names and thinks that the in
gradients Of these strange dishes must have
been brought down broad Chinese streams
from the interior Of China by high-bowed
junks with sails of mating
Nothing Of the sort has happened Most of
of Chinese dishes in New York City have been
grown by Chinese farmers near Astoria, L. l.
Here, within the very shadow Of the big city,
have been grown the materials that go to
make those Oriental bills of fare-materials
grown from Chinese seed, it is granted, but in
atmosphere and soil that are American
Chinese mushrooms, peppers, "Chinese veg
etable" and dragon eyes" may have Far
Eastern sound, but it is all Oriental only as
Astoria is Oriental. Confronted with these
realities, all the dreams Of junks must 20
glimmering. Long Island obtrudes itself and
Cathay fades into the background as one In
quires into the Chinese restaurant situation.
Owing to the growth Of Chinese restaurants
not only in New York, but throughout tho
country-for they are to be found in many
Main Street.-The rumor persists that the busi-
ness has been organized along heroic lines.
In fact, according to current account, it has
passed into the realm of big business. Million
aires are said to be backing a huge chain of
Chinese restaurants, and the dividends are
said to be counted by American directors
rather than by Orientals
All of which is mere fabrication according
to the best authority obtanabe. Here is the
way it is explained:
A Chinese Of known business ability con-
cudes to start restaurant Maybe he has
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25

others and never tried to impose his con-
science on another.
IF Mr.. Cough treated the drunken Jakes'
III every community as men, he also treated
genteel and reputable drunkenness as a sin
tie condemned it, not because it always leads
to poverty disease and crime for it does not
but because it always does lead to loss of
selfcontrol, and if ef-control is not the
foundation of all the virtues, no virtue can be
exercised without it,"
In letter to DR.. Abbott on those lines. Mr..
Cough wrote:
Il fear we do not sufficiently recognize the
Importance Of a more strict definition of the
term drunkenness intemperance We are
likely to decide that drunkards are those only
who beat their wives, neglect their children
and outrage the decences of life. Are there
not men and women who are able to maintain
decent or respectable appearance who are
really drunkards as essentially as the poor
victim who rolls in the gutter? A man who
prays louder with more apparent unction un-
der the influence of Intoxicating liquor is as
drunk as the man who blasphemes under the
same influence, he who slobbers in sillv.
maudlin affection as he who beats his wife"
Mr. Coughs closing years We're spent in his
rural home in Massachusetts, When he died
men came from all parts of this country to do
him honor, and messages were sent from all
the civilized world
DR.. Abbott's recollections of the Smiley
Brothers and DR.. Edward Everett Hale in
cude the story of the first world peace move
ment in this country, which most people have
forgotten by now.
The Smiley brothers, who are likened bv
DR.. Abbott to the Brothers Cheeryble, in 1859
bought the property surrounding Lake Mohonk
New York. At that time there was little
or no attempt to popularize Lake Mohonk
as resort, and the brothers were looked upon
as foolish when they built hotel there. They
succeeded in their venture from the start.
They established rules which are still in effect.
among these being the prohibiting of card
playing, dancing and drinking Also in later
years, when the estate greatly increased
to more than a thousand acres, and miles of
roads had been built, automobiles were barred.
Guests who broke the rules were escorted from
the place. One man drove up in his touring
car, which Of the Smileys ordered taken
to the nearest entrance Then, after the guest
and his family had eaten dinner, they were
escorted to their in carriage, and Mr..
Smiley would take nothing for the dinner that
had been received
The meetings of the Indian Rights Associa-
tion have always been held at Lake Mohonk,
being initiated in 1884 by Albert Smiley. In
1895 still greater movement was projected at
Lake Mohonk--a conference on international
arbitration.
Mr.. Albert Smiley selected with care the
guests who attended these conferences" says
DR.. Abbott. "He appointed the chairman, and,
in consultation with others called together for
that purpose, selected the business committee
and he always attended the morning and even
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25

to be that the individual who wanted to par
take of Chinese food was compelled to 60 to
Chinatown. The trip was made in fear and
trembling. A meal of chop suey in New
Yorks Chinatown an outstanding event
The thrill Of forbidden surroundings and the
taste of strange food combined to make an ex-
perence to be talked of as one of the real adj
New-York tribune., 1921-12-25
~ ROHIBITION and world peace-what
were they like in their beginnings?
- DR.. Lyman Abbott the distinguished

editor of "The Outlook is probably
the best equipped man in American life to
give the answer. Out of his many years Of
association with leaders of public, thought,
DR.. Abbott has brought to light forgotten
episodes, which, though they occurred long
ago, are none the less a part of the most
vital questions of the hour. How John B.
Cough, the great temperance orator, clashed
with the prohibition forces in this country,
and how the Smiley brothers, two New York
State hotekeepers, made possible the first
conferences looking to an international su-
preme court, are brought out in DR.. Abbott's
"silhouettes of My Contemporaries" Just
published by Doubleday, Page Co. The pub
fishers have granted permission to reprint the
extracts given herewith
John B. Coughs clash with the prohibition
forces in Maine, eventually leading to accusa-
tons which Cough finally saw fit to refute in
court, is told as follows by Dr. Abbott:
"Mr. Coughs primary object was the re-
demption of the individual; the social better
ment of the community took a second place in
his customary thinking. But though he rarely
spoke in advocacy of legal measures Of any
knd-high license, local option or prohibition
he was too good strategst to criticize his
co-workers in a common enterprise
"The prohibitonists were not ALWAYS as
wise. With that intolerance that has too
often characterized radical reformers from
the days of the ancient Pharisees some of
them sneered, and few of them bitterly con-
demned the moral suasionists. This led to
one of the most dramatic incidents in Mr..
Coughs dramatic career.
"In 1857 Neal Dow, the author of the Maine
law, was about visiting England to take part
an prohibition campaign in that country.
AT that time the prohibition movement in
the United States was suffering a re)aose
Mr. Cough in private letter to friend
stated the facts. The cause in this countrv.'
ne wrote, is in depressed state. The Maine
law is dead letter everywhere-more LIQUOR
sold than ever knew before in Massachu
serts-and IN the other states it is just about
as bad. AT the same time he commended Neal
b'ow and referred to him for further informa-
tion i see.' he said, that Neal Dow is to be
in England am glad. You will all like him:
he is noble man, faithful worker. He can
tell better than any other man the state of
the Maine law movement here
There is no doubt that Mr.. Coughs state
ment was true But the radical reformer does
not wish the truth told if it will hurt his cause
He is generally quite sure that nothing can be
true which will hurt his cause. When little