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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
THE PLOT THlCKENS

DROHIBITION DIRECTOR DAVIS
I may be an ardent dry, n determined
advocate OF the Volstead principle and in
all general ways an efficient officer. But II
is beginning to appear that his judgment is
not always what it should be.
Not long ago prohibition advocates in
this region were excited by the news that
George Singer, formerly a police lieuten.
ant, had been given the job of a prohibi
tion field agent. Mr.. stinger's name had
been connected with that of his father in
the report of n raid on a farm in South
Philadelphia, owned by Stinger, Sr., where
about n year ago large quantities Of liquor
were found by Federal agents. Mr.. Davis
withdrew the appointment.
Now the Law enforcement League Ia
rnising rumpus In print because Of n
similar appointment extended to Henry s.
Fitch. Tho League has sent complaint to
Commissioner Haynes, and charges that
Mr.. Fitch owns n drug store known as u
bootleggers' hangout.''
The Law Enforcement League contends
that a druggist Is not the sort of person
who should be asked to check up on other
drug store keepers suspected Of violating
the Nolstead law. Since it has become
apparent that much of the illicit whisky
trade is being Carried on by people who use
drug fronts rs blind, one can only
wonder why it should have been necessary
to remind Mr.. Davis of the unwislom of
the Fitch appointment. The directors
own sponsors, including Senator Pepper,
demanded that he be given his present Office
because he was in sympathy with the Dry
Law. Naturally it is to be expected that
the appointment of lesser agents be made
by Mr.. Davis himself in accordance with
the rule cnunciated by his friends when he
was seeking his Job,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
REWARDS OF VIRTUE
0IIORSES will be no more" murr

0TTONSES will be no mOre,' murmured
II awed multitudes who stood by the
roadsides to see the first automobiles clat-
ter along on their single cylinders. When
the daguerreotype was exhibited It was
generally supposed that portrait painters
were doomed to instant extinction.
But photography, instead Of hinderins
the development Of pictorial art, has helped
to make all the world better acquainted
with studio painting. And the horse is in
no more danger of extinction than the
family dog. Why the horse will always
remain and why machinery has been good
instead Of bad for him is suggested in the
circumstance and pomp attending the visit
of the oldest horse in the world to New
York.
Clover the Venerable is ifty.one years
old. 1t used to be supposed that no horse
could live to be more than thirty five or
forty. But IL good disposition and the
honorable labor that assures an easy con-
science help toward long life Clover ought
TO live to be n hundred. lie has been the
lifetime companion and aide of a clergy
man in Catawissa, Pa. He must have
trotted many thousands of miles in winter
and summer to carry consolation to the sick
and to do his little share In the spreading
of the Word. He and his master subsisted
country minister. And at last, when some
one said that Clover was too old to work
any more and that he ought to be shot to
save expense, the Rev. DR.. Myers, his
owner, said quite simply that any one who
shot his horse would first have to shoot him.
and that his pension would be evenly di :
vided II necessary between Clover and him =.
self. One cannot feel that way about anv
automobile ever made.
What the motor did for the horse was
merely to tighten his almost intolcrable
labor. 1t set him free from slavery In
days to come he can afford to be himself
and to be an ornament to the community
and useful and most agreeable part of the
civilized order. Horses will be plentiful
always wherever men are. They will per
| sist by the very grace of their Fundamental
CHARACTER even after men have learned Ia
make machinery do all the hard labor of the
| world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
AN ESCAPE FROM A PENALTY

tSHE tangle over the status Of the Wood
1 row Wilson Foundation with reference
70 ine0me-tax exemptions need not serve rs
fuel to partisan suspicious, providing n tech.
n1cal question is met in the way suggested,
\ Ths Roosevelt Memorial Association. it
appears, was, without changing its pur.
peges, reorganized in a way to permit its
eitrance into the educational rather than
~ civic class, in which the Wilson body
5upp belongs.
~ The observance of few formalities will
ngpvide an escape from a situation in which
z 0lpcfepancies were discernible by persons
spAyefssd In the rigid subtleties Of the In. .
c1Snal Revenue Department.
lt 10 unfortunate that pedantry In this
y Instance has been misconceived. But unless
- Wilson Foundation Graves a needless
Z aUqytyrdom It Is still possible for It to adjust
a 0ol6 to the higher criticism.
81 Reorganized, without in the least revising
\, Affects and standards. it will be admitted
1: yoak with the Mckinley and Roosevelt
rational enterprises, to which en-.
o1asts are privileged to contribute with.
!. ~ the penalty of having the offerings
oteotsd as part of taxable income.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
MORE ABOUT DAYLIGHT SAVING
PRESIDENT HARDING Sec

DRESlDENT HARDING, Secretary
q Hoover and. apparently, all others Of
Importance in Washington, believe that day
light saving may be effected without turn.
Ing clock hands forward in summer. They
suggest that all business houses and Gov.
esnment departments merely begin work an
heur earlier than usual in summer.
The experiment will be tried. But any
eoe who knows much about human nature
vii feel that 1t will not succeed.
For the average conservative individual, it
+ hard enough to get out of bed an hour
searlier than usual at any season Of the
year. People will consent to get up at Z
n the morning only after they are con
xinced that they are getting up at 8. And
H. Washington plan will not help farm
err, who find In the daylight saving sys.
TN something Of actual hardship. They
WI have to keep on timing their working
schedules to the needs of early risers
whether the clock hands are turned for.
y&ed or not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phiodepians Subjects They
Know Best
South Philadelphia High School for Girls,
Of which DR.. Wilson Is the principal.

VI "hich Dr. wilson Is the principal.
1.-The instruction in correct behavior in
GUIDES Sn,1 specific teaching for good manners at
nome. in the school, in public places, at
entertainments of various kinds and in busi-
ness. as well as the laying of foundation
tor ladylike conduct, which in itself will
tsach the right thing to do and say under
my any CIRCUMSTANCES which may arise. As the
to teach the kind Of nNnners which will
make Others more comfortable and happy
The Professional Training
fessiona work later in life the Philadel.
phia schools are doing their utmost ana
with excellent results. The first thing is
10 teach the girls to find themselves and
T Wnen this is once accomplished the teacher
nus deilnite basis upon which to work
tional courses embrace teaching, for a long
time considered as the only 'genteel' field for
women to occupy in business and the com. :.
mcrcial courses teach stenography, book +.
keeping, typewriting and secretarial work,
The trades schools are badly over
crowded; crm The present building holds about
for q building holding from 1000 to 1000
nupiIs. The City Of Milwaukee has a
Trades School Building which cost a. OOo :.
oOO, and our requirements are certainIv "a
great ns and probably much greater than
thVSe VI .IlIWdukee.
1.-THE continuation school is anotber v,,,.
able factor Of girls education from Tho
modern standpoint. In this the girls "a ~
keep up their studies while they are M worx
and up to the time when they are siytee"
years OF age. These schools have dcyeloned
splendidly. '''Pe"
The Place in the Community
aside from this partially tecbnicn, cauc,. =.
tion Is the teaching Of the girls how tbcv
can make the most OF themselves MS c;tiynns
and how to take their proper places IN ,n.
community in which they live. This is
almost as important as home making ~
professional instruction. They orc tnr,T.
public speaking, which includes how to tbint
on their feet and how to express tbeir idna y
fuently, accurately and forcefully. ,rhoir
relation. to others Is also the subiect ~
instruction. 'Ne' VI
with the coming Of the ballot civics
assumed public interest which II had not
before had, although It should have aIwavs
been made more Of than il was in the scbooiu
The relation Of the individual To tho "nn, .
munlty Is clearly shown them, and thcv ~,
taught. world citizenship as we'll as the more
limited community citizenship. ''''''
''The public schools of the citv ore ,odov
giving the girls Of Philadelphia an cducatioSS
that will not only mean happier lives for
them as women. but will also tend to ro,sa so
the standards OF community lifc."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
lUSITANlA ECHOES

cBvEN years hgo yesterday the destruc.
~ tion of the passenger liner Lusitania BY
= Carmen, torpedo introduced into the war a
~ question Of incalculable bearing upon
eutcome of the struggle.
n hstever the roots of the conflict and
teyer the culpability Of the various bel
jents may be eventually apportioned by
3eey, Il will remain fact that the con :
tleu among the Allies of fight against
korism was etbically strengthened by
~ the German naval command originally
VI % clever and daring victory.
~ weight OF opprobrium of which the
eomhatant still complains was enor-
1neyoased b. this foremost Instance
1f)pe O1eDsfy and ruthlessness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. Who was the last surviving genera u
ncer OF the American ReVolution'
2. Who was Matthew Stanley quay yyIyr,,.A
3. What Secretary CT State or the C.Sy .arn,
States had the longest unbrokeh WI"
OF office?
4. What are sequoias?
s. What is n stoa?
U. Where are the chief sources OF sponse''
T. From what Is caviar made? .,
8. Who were the three chief gods OF Esyvrr:
.. What Is the meaning Of the SUNK .stSn IsSsn,
In such words as Beluchistan, AiS"s"
istan, Turkestan?
10. Who was Thorwaldsen?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

Court to Get says il she 10 "Ioaaa ITn,an
Homo Influence police magistrate t
will hold hearings in the
parlor OF her home So that she viii ~. ~" ne ne
far away from her domestic duties. Rnt ~, N.Y. ps
stick to the parlor? Testimony could Why hs
taken In the Kitchen while the dishes ,,ope ne
being washed and counsel could drv were cWs
while pleading And think how willing wit. it,
Rssses Es.s &C could srr heip with the family wash
cably while litigants hung out the clotbs. bs
to dry. '"' e'o'nes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

Senator McCumher saws
The Usual Thing Senators will discuss The
tariff until they get tired
of hearing their own voices and before they
have cons sidered a third of the bill they will
whatever his qualifications or lack Of quail
fications as a tariff framer, be is some
punkins as a psychologist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

st. Louis doctor nd.
Bat the Buzzard dressing physicians aud au
,-,, A.. surgeons In Washington
site fly and carries animal diseases ovar ra,h, ~
country; and that instead of being MN .ne
tccted By the States, as 1t is now. il oprp, prI,
TO be destroyed on sight. Which to Tho oaEst aE,
;aer ,Ss hoss sesms reasonable We don't protect
the buzzard!" may be used as a sv, c"mn, pat pat
slogan to "Swat the fly % ~''"panloh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

Following his minor operations. Babe
Ruth may sit on the bench and softly sing
Dear Adenoid, sweet Adenoid!
] punched the pill whcne'er troid =,
My tonsil strength s now null and VOID;
For I'm not allowed to bat, sweet Adeno'd'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
Soldier Vote
May Be Myth

Soldier Vote grcssmen viz Noh,
May BE Myth against th" soIfi,ou,eI fi,o,eI
,., I'M, bonus are up for rc.
election. The OCCASION may dcmons,r rnto rt
,,l whether or not there Is such II thing as ~
for revenue only. We venture the guess tbnrs
20 such thing sad that Ut least M MANI
soldiers VIII vote for the candidates ~
sksInst teem. - .ss. -..--- - -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

New set Of glands cures Sing Sing
epileptic." Maybe that's what our STATE
Administration needs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

Sir James NJ. Barrie now sings the
glorics of youth. The cgotist! He knows
he can't grow old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
Radio news is spreading so fast we may
soon have It from HILL to BKFST.

Uncle Sam may soon take action on the
Sesqui. Just taking breath before Shout
ing "Hurrah
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

From its effect OH certain bovine mem
bcrs of the Old Guard one might suppose
that Bcveridge. had carried Indiana Will
the Red bandanna.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

When lady was huffcd by Patrolmal
Huff she had the man moved. Gee! LII
is us lively as checkers in Lower Merion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

Senator McCumbcr says that at ths
present rate Of progress the Tariff Bill VIII
be passed on September 20. 1916. That's
all right, Senator. There's no hurry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

New jersey laundrymen In convention
say the washerwoman will soon be extinct.
Tish, tush! We heard the same thing about
the horse years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

When members Of the Drexel rifle team
fail to hit the bulls-eyes it Is perhaps be.
cause they can't make the eyes behave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

Plum tree promised institution. Pin
chot pledges prosecution.-Excerpt from new
political primer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

Once in while Times legerdemaln
turns the elusive into tho concrete. Catch
ing u Frankford IL" train will soon be;
come commonplace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
SHORT CUTS
OF Pekin it nay bc said she was wuV
md won

Political pomologists are liable to find
the plum tree bearing lemons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
Solving the
Coal Problem

There are third too
Solving the many miners and a tbIrd
Coal Problem too many mines. Theu
are frequently idle solely
because the consuming public docs all its
buying at one time of the year. II the
purchasing were distributed evenly through.
out the twelve months the lean mines work
ing the thin vein with the slate band would
be forced into idleness and the miners ordi.
narily employed in them wonld be Obliged
to go into some other business These Ar
the facts as the Administration sees them.
steady production and steady buying. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08

A DMIRABLE neighbors, ideal citizens,
n very logical Christians, but not TO be
found anywhere else, would be Kensington's s
verdict.
To be sure, Deaconess Colesbury, at St.
Martha's House, is the mother and sister
and friend Of the whole district. but she
does not represent a class or even church
to her ncighbors. try as she will to point that
way; she just stands for herself.
So when go back to the College Settle.
ment as did the other day, and find some
twenty women Of all ages from sixty TO
twenty engineering children in and out Of
play and occupations, and advising mothers
and comforting with like minded workers as
to methods and practice and cases and
theories, am amazed that the idea of that
particular form of neighborliness still finds
recruits and still finds support.
1t seems artificial to me as a program for
sum betterment or even neighbOrhood bet :
tcrment-for all settlements are not in
slums. But l realize that no idea could
exist, much less gather recruits and inter :
est support that was artificial and no more
There must he veritable step upwn ri
and onward in it, and that being so. one
honors the men and women who have de.
voted their lives to proving their idea of
neighborliness by leading lives as unnatural
as they are arduous.
One honOrs, too, the patience of these
idcalsts as generation after generation M
rhildren--or. ut least, childish minds-nss SIS
through their hands to be eventually swaI. :.
lowed up and lost from sight in the great
maclstrom of the town.
, 1922-06-02
EXPORTS FROM
U.S. OEUROPE
SHOW INCREASE
Decline in Trade With South
American Countries Shows
Up at Same Time in Com
merce Statement.

WASHINGTON. juno z.-Exports
TO Europe increased during April as
compared with the same month last
year out exports to South America
declined. itswas shown in trade re-
ports issued by the depart
ment- Imports from both Europe and
South America declined.
Exports to Europe during April ag-
gregated sis2. ooo 900. compared with
f175 900. 900 in April a year ago. while
imports were valued at $50. 000. 900
against 1884, o 900 in April. 1921.
For the 10 months ended with April,
exports to Europe were s LII. 0oo. 900
against s5.o54. 900 .oo1 during the same
months last year. while imports for
the period amounted to $3.50. 900 .050
compared with ss22. 900 900 during the
10 months ended April. 1921.
Exports to South America for April
aggregated $4,000. 900. compared with
s21 900 900 n year ago and imports
totaled $4,000 900 against $51. OOo. 900
in April last year.
Exports to South America for the
10 months ended with April reached a
total value Of s152. ooo. 900. compared
with S4ss. oo0, 900 during tire CORE.
spending month"; of 1921. while i'm
, 1922-06-02
UNGORKS
GIANT GASSER
FfftyLOne Million Foot Well
Completed in the Poison
Spider Field.

A STOOD. 066 FOOT gas wei was drill
cd in At South Casper Creak yesterday
by tho Fargo OIL company. according
10 w. d Weathers. president Of the
company.
This wen is the greatest producer
IN tho field and by the discovery OF
gas in such great proportions there.
the field Is extended at least one
mile. It also opens mp a great gas
reserve which tho Fargo officials
were confident existed. INT which had
not been tapped before. The sand
was reached At 11Is feet and pene-
trated only tcn feet
Fargo f7umber Z. which Is The name
Of the new producer. MS drilled to a
depth OF SO feet three years ago,
where a stray san was encountered.
Recently the officials OF the company
decided to deepen thu well. with the
above result Tho location Is sen
Of MEX of section .. township 80,
range So
That this well is located on the top
or neck OF the dome is the belief OF
Mr.. Weathers. as tho sand was en-
countered 100 feet above tho other
wells TO the same sand in other parts
OF tho field.
M. Weathers announces hat well
number u, on the cast edge OF the
structure has been cemented at 1880.
thereby closirS Off the first gas
sand. Well number It was recently
600 900 foot flow of gas discovered.
, 1922-06-02
Love SPURNED.
SUIT0R WOUNDS
GIRL AND SELF

CHICAGO, June Failure in his
efforts of months to gain the love OF
Miss Carlotte Abel. IS years old. James
Dempsey. her 5O-year-old sutton, shot
and seriously wounded the young
woman on the street today and, cor.
nered by the crowd of pedestrians.
slashed HIS own throat He .uay die.
Dempsey was married but had been
estranged from his vito for four years.
The young woman was about to
board a street a when Dempsey ap.
preached. h ignored his greeting.
1t is too late. for anything but
this" he said. drawing a revolver and
firing.
Dempsey fed into the rear door Of
a nearby apartment, ran into the
front room. and held the pursuing
crowd at bay until he drew a jack
knife and slashed his throat.
He loved me-" was the only ak
plantation the girl was able to give
at h county hospital
, 1922-06-02
& . COMPANY
FILES ACTION
Chappell Oil Company Made
Defendant in Dispute Over
Oil Land.

Among the new cases listed with
the clerk Of district court is tho one
in which the Producers and Refiners
corporation appea as plaintiffs and
o. A GRAPHICAL and the Chappell on
company as defendants. A restraining
order was asked to prevent the defend.
ants from carrying on further opera.
tons in n NE u of NV u and the
n y of NE x n Sc u of NE a of
section 81, township 30 north. range
IS. county OF l~satrona-
The case was heard before NJ. p.
Wheeler. district court commissioner.
and a restraining order and permanent
injunction were granted the plaintiffs.
In another case a. X. Bot appeared
as the p~laintiff and W. W. whaIoy as
the defendant A writ uf attachment
on property belonging to Mr.. whaIcy
was asked SO hat payment of s., 900
md interest at s per cent from May
% could be obtained
, 1922-06-02

a capacity OF 30 o0o, 900 feet. and the
other TO be at 2tverton and TO have
a 100000 foot oap=city.
necessary mechanical equipment VIII
Tho work on the manufa sture Of the
necessary equipment VIII be
be started At once al the Nj. Vernon.
Ohio. plant Of tho Hope Engineering
company. according TO r. L. Vert
OF the Producers and Renners com
pany
Mr.. Wertz announced that his com
pany had brought in a well in the Fer.
ris field whose initial production was
o than 500 barrels. The well is
flowing by heads at a depth OF 1900
feet, with tho tools 40 feet In the
sand This well demonstrates that the
Ferris field is OF larger proportions
than has been learned before.
Fifteen 5O0-barrel tanks werp rush.
cd to Ferris field today. as st is ex-
pected tiat tho production win more
than I'll all available tankage at pres
emit on location In addition, several
more Producers and Renners wells are
nearly ready to be drilled in and more
work is to DO commenced by the com
pany at oace.
F. K. kistler. president OF the cor
poraton. and Mr.. Wertz left early
this morning for the field where they
viii be for overa days on an inspec-
ton trip.
, 1922-06-02
PLAYWRIGHT ESCAPES MURDER
AT Sea, ASSAILANT is HELD

BALTIMORE. Md. June 2.-whea
the steamship Colombia docked here
today from San Francisco. United
States officials placed George II.
Broadhurst. noted playwright and
producer Of New York. and j. B.. Sy-
non OF San Francisco. under doten-
ton as the result OF an alleged muir
derous assault committed by Symon
upon Broadhurst while the vessel was
ON tho high seas
1t is not known what led up to the
attack on Broadhurst- No statement
from Symon was forthcoming and
Captain Thompson of the Colombia
refused to make any statement con-
corning the affair. Both men will be
given a hearing in the United States
district court
, 1922-06-02

ports for thu period were sa27. 900 a,
against $f42. 900. 900 during toe San.
10 months last Year,
Exports and Imports for April a.
compared with the anne month ias,
year by principal countries were a.
follows
France exports : 100000 aeain-
so .oo0. ooos imports I'll 900 900 againr
fi2 .0oo. 900.
Germany exports ss1. oeo, 900 again,
sis .ooo. 900; imports 5000 900 aEaipE
81. 900. 600.
Great Britain exports s72.ooO. oao
against $50. ooo. 900; imports So .ooo. Oh
against s2s 900 900.
Canada exports s43.ooo. 900 axainS.
s4s -ooo. 900: imports .s21 coo. 90 aSainsf
s5i .ooo. 600
Mexico exports $4,000. 900 AGAIN.,
$50. 900 900; Imports 81. 900 900 aEainyt
$40. ooo. 900.
China exports 5000. 900 aszinr
$4,000. oooi Imports SIC. 900 900 agains,
sI1. 0oO. 900.
Japan exports $4,000 900 agairs,
So. ooo. 900; IMPORTS SIS. 900 600 against
$4,000. 900.