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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
YOUTqHLOSES XMAS SAVINGS
N no OsSUAYE STRANGER HERE
Hyyig Home lnOalid Mother in Canodp He Is Tictm al
a Nesc Friend" Who Fees From Hotel With $500

friend" the boy said, land I thought
the man was 30 kind to accompany me
while was here
Then. with strong French Canadian
accent, Cournohyer told how he had
gone to room In the hotel with the
stranger, and upon the latter's advice
put his $500 under a carpet for safe
keeping. His acquaintance placed 5000
alongside Cournonyer's, and suggested
TINT they talk walk. t..s
About three squares from the ho-
tel" the youth said, my friend told
me he had to mike several telephone
calls and entered a drug store after
advising me to meet him later in res :.
tnurant at Seventh and Market
streets" is3E87l b
Cournonyer said he waited for more
than an hour In the restaurant, re-
turned to the hotel and found that his
newly made friend had checked out and
had taken the money with him.
The young mnn said he worked as n
ioolmaker In Roanoke, >where he had
gone because Of the scarcity Of work
In Canada, and with the promise to his
mother that he would return with suf
ficient funds to make this Christmas
a merry one.
| Now. he said, he would have to rel,
on charity for his Christmas dinner
and his. mother and sisters probabl,
, would get none Mt oil. 'a =.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
Reported Missing

Morris Gabriel! sixteen years old,
so2l North Twekty fourth street; five
teet three inches'in height; 1876 pounds {:
dark hair; wore brown overcoat, suit,
nat and shoes. I," Z. -. = ~
=, Arthur Barr, thirteen, years old, 257
north Ninth stteet :: check suit, green
sweater. knee trousers and light cap.
Maria Veruna, fifteen years old, four
teet eleven inches high, with chestnut
oslr' gray eyes; wore light brown POLO
eoq!, plaid skirt and low brown shoes.
M marry kennan, thirty .six years old,
Inirteenth streets and Girsrd avenue /;
uve feet eight inches high 10 pounds |;
wore dark clothe and dark soft hat. q,
mrs: Nellie nlxon, thirty -four years
clo, l25 Miiflin street ave feet four
inches big b; gray hair; light brown
scat, black serteN dress wears slsnet
ring with initialCM. CAD. III
NJ walter Martin, aged forty, 1922
ihe street; very light skin, freckled
nce dark clothes, brown Overcoat and
nat black hair, small moustache.- q.
Michael Daley thirty Ave years old,
" 1885 South FaNon street. 81
n,ssacob keck. fifty years old, 5722
TntOnic Mirai, i've fset six inches,
-nihe years old, at 2O2S Frank
MY avenue; dark complexion, wore
''fSk suit, brown Overc0at and hat.
,Harry james, twenty six years old,
=. 240 South street; Ave feet nine
Wss; VINES; was wounded ip the World
Irene ice, fot,tteen years old, 1913
sSef S.i sIus blue. coat, ,.srssn clip over dress
.Js%ss Swan; twenty seven years old,
t!io Pine street; wts gassed over.
had basel eyes, hlsh cheek bone
s.,, 1sn pock mark Sn, cheek wore. blsck
i"n s with white pin stripe. brown We
'VWf nat. b, M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20

A shivering youth OF nineteen ycars
slipped into the Detective Bureau In
City Hall shortly after midnight this
morning and pleaded with Detective
Stevenson to find stranger who had
stolen $500 saved during a year Of hard
work In, Roanoke, Va, with which he
was returning to Quebec, Canada, to
spend the Christmas holidays with his
invalid mother and two sisters.
The name he gave was, Ovela Cour-
The story he told was one that nwak-
.nc,i more than ordinary interest In the
directive and in a few minutes every
means was taken to apprehend the
maye. stranger who relieved the guilt
HE Cournonyer Of his savings.
The youth said he met the man on
the train which brought him from
Roanoke to this city last night. and
aimee he was going to stay here over
night anyway before proceeding to Quo
bee. he accepted the strangers invita-
tion to be his guest ut an Eighteenth
street hotel. sc
II was, so elated over the prospect Of
seeing my mother and sisters for the
fIst time in more than year thnt
felt everybody in the world was my
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
HOLIDAY EXODUS
0fPENN STUDENTS
Thousands Leave Today to
Spend Yulstlds Vacation at
Homes All Over Country
"cRoss COUNTRY CONTEST

All tran'c at the U. of P. today is
outbound.
With the close Of classes, the Christ
nns holidays begin and win continue
until January 3. ,a tx .c
More than four thousand students
nre leaving the city for their homes
In various parts of the country.
Several students are embarking for
Chicago, Detroit st. Louis. Kansas
City and points West. Two Wharton
School freshmen will share honors In the
on going home for the holidays. One
Ell PAso, Tex. by leaving here Mt A
this afternoon they will both manage TO
reach home saturday night in time to
hang their stockings.
Many students from the E.me section
of The country are going home together.
About forty Buffalo men chartered a
special car. Another car was reserved
for the members of the Capital City
Club going TO Washington. The Cleve-
land men embarked together. as did the
boys from Central New York. Students
from Luzerne County had another car
to themselves.
Students not able to 60 home for the
holidays are expecting to migrate to
for change of scenery. Some will visit
the University Library during the holi-
days, but the number will probably not
be great. Others will attempt to catch
up sleep lost during the year.
More than $50 out of town students
will be entertained by the Acting Pro-
vost Of the University. DR.. Josiah PEN
niman, at a Christmas dinner, Friday
evening, in Houston Hall. Over forty
four foreign countries will be repre-
seHted at this dinner. which is an an
nual affair.
The women students of the University
unable to 70 home for the holidays will
be entertained at dinner by Miss Louise
i snowdsn asyissr sySs to Women: at IT.; the
day evening.
Foreign students will be adequately
cared for, according to the Rev. A. W.
Stevenson, director Of the Internn :
tional Students House. 1905 Spruce
street. More than sixty of the stu =
dents from foreign lands have been in .
vited to dinners. parties and informal
dances in private homes In the city
and in Bryn Mawr, Chestnut Hill and
| Germantown. .s~'
Out-of. town students will probably
manage to be invited to several dinners
since Christmas falls on Monday
Last year one popular young woman
from the Orient enjoyed six Christina.
dinners. Others, less fortunate. par.
ticipated in three or four.
| Several fraternitics will hold thcil
national conventions during the latter
part Of the holidays. Phi Delta
Theta fraternity will hold its conven
| tion In Kansas City. Sigma Alph.
Epsilon fraternity will meet in Detroit
and Delta Kappa Epsilon In Wash.
inston, d. C.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE :.
PRIZES. ARE ANNOUNCED
Mrs. n. A. Brown and Girl Assist.
ants Topped Booth Record

Prize sellers Of Christmas seals for
this year were announced yesterday by
lie Philadelphia Health Council and
tuberculosis Committee. The cham.
uionship is deteftnined ,by the largest
saie Of seals for any single day during
"Booth Week, '.when the little Christ.
mas stickers dfe. on sale throughout
Inc city at variouB central points.
1the booth in tie Walton Hotel, car.
tained BY Mrs. II. A.. Brown, has won
the, prize for the largest sale on any
single day. Mrs: Brown and the young
girls who assisted her sold $50 worth
Of seals in one Afternoon and evening,
For the entire week Of the booth sale
the women In the st.. James booth
rolled up the highest total. exceeding
the booth in the Bellevue. STRAIT ford
BY seven cents, Mrs. Henry Rosen.
thai captained the st. James group,
she, collected $26S. % in the six days
her booth was open. This Is the high.
est total Of any booth for the week.
The entire amount collected at the
Christmas seal b6oths was $4,000. This
will help to swell the general seal
quota, which is. raised largely By a
mail sale Of sealsS More than 10000, :
900 Christmas seals were sent to the
people Of Philadelphia through the
mails this year, r. -.-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
FLIGHT BRINGS QUARANTINE
Smallpox Victim Tries to Escape
Ambulance Crew -

Attempt of a Negro with smallpox
to cScape from an ambulance crew sent
to take him to the Municipal Hospital
resulted in a quarantine, being thrown
around the block. bounded by Reed and
Wharton streets and Fifteenth and Six
!eenth streets early today.
The man. William Lee, 1917 South
Mole. street, leaped from bed and fed,
half clothed, when the ambulance. crew
reached his house with a strctcher on
which to remove him. The. inferno and
orderly comprising the crew captured
him after q chase of two blocks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
family ESCAPES !
4 F|REIOy|E:R !: ROOF
Charles NIxoa, wife and Four
Children ~ Down Ladder
Whss, ,Trappsd
STARTED IAssTAE BASEMENT

4 family Of ~ escaped overa plank
.,tendins to the roof a. an adjoining
SnIldinr early today WHEN fire heavily
Samsred a tkrte.stery brick building
= Nineteenth street and Susquehanna
svenue. ~ -,
4 drug store conducted By Samuel
x,iokoll takes uS the arst aoor. Charles
.EI,on. owner Of the building. occupied
Srtments on TIA upper floors with his
.r,i. Vii, md four :children. Charles. Jr..
iHsrry, Joyce. JShn and Robert. Il
i slipkoll was dBcut to close bis store
III. o'clock TIM morning when he
.m.ll.d smoke. "A butcher shop owned
~ Robert Tall, 1901 susquehanna
.v.nue, y adioihs, ,the drug store. Slip
toll thought the; butcher was smoking
meats in the adjoining basement.
The druggist went to the sidewalk
and found smoke coming from the
,,ndow. He hurried TO- the cellar; OF
M store and 'fBund fAmes sweeping
th,ourh IN boxes ard stock. &t3
Elipkoll shouted an nlarm to Nixon.
rho Are mad crept up tortbe drug store
vhen fircmen afsived apd was ntvanc.
IN IN the staifway. .. ~ rs,
Nixon feared 10 risk 4 dash down
stairs through the, heavy smoke with bis
family. He obtained plank and laid
Il across the marrow space separating
his building from the adjoining struc.
tuYe. rE'-E.-' "
Mrs. Nixon had dressed herself and
.he children hurfiedly. and. guided by
tbe father, all made their way safely
across to the roof Of the adjoining
building. Exposurc to the cold dnd
lie wind chilled them. ss,e'
The FIRE ate through the drug store
vail and reached the butcher shop,
damaging some .of the stock and AZ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
Quarry Biast Kills Man

Noristowu. P4., Dec. ,20.--When a
blast Of twenty-five sticks Of dynamite
was set off at ths quarries Of the Penn.
sylvania Lime Products Company, Just
outside Of Bridgeport, last evening,
Andrew Budna. forty five years old,
workman, was struck on the temple by
2 large stone add killed Instantly. His
family Is In Poland.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
1s MEN sEIzEDi IN RAID
$500 In Plneehts Stakes on Board
When Police Arrest Players;

Eighteen men, were arrested last
night when members Of the vice squad
North FrsmSn street wheqe hepse Accord az
Ing to police, pinochie game for high
stakes was in progreiS. Policemen
..id they picked up $500 from the
boards. .S.r. ,..
Morris weishAfy was arrested as the
alleged proprietor. of the place, while
Max Opsow, of, 931 North Fourth
street. was chntked' with aiding and
abetting its opsfition. 8. -
OF the sixteen. arrested as frequent
ers' one. Lewis Sherman, gave an ad-
dress Of Salt Lake City, and another.
Daniel Haynes, said he was from
Gloucester. N. j. =. -.-----
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
CAMDEN FEARS TAXI WAR
Advent Of "Ysilows" Leads TO TIVE
Cabs eeIna Damaaed

Camden police are preparing for
taxi war, which they fear IL golug to
result from invasion Of the city by
the Yellow taxis. which first appeared
Norman Holt. driver. of one of the
"Yellows," reported to the police today
that some one threw a brick through
the taxi window as the car was leaving
the Camden ferry with passenger.
Another driver reported that tires on
his cab had been cut while he was
temporarily away from the car.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
Thief SLAIN HERE SOUGHT
By baltimore POLICE
10 Identified In Morsue by Finger.
prints

Word was received here today from
the chief of detectives in Baltimore.
that the Negro who was shot and killed
by Patrolman Frank Kronwetter, on
December IS, when he was caught try.
ing TO enter a house at Sixteenth! and
Wharton streets, was Charles Jones,
wanted In the Maryland city for theft.
The message said that the finger.
prints Of the dead man, which were
taken following his removal to the
morgue, correspond exactly with those
taken Of Jones in Baltimore following
his arrest for stealing clothing. He
escaped before being brought to trial
and apparently came directly to Phila.
delphia. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
SOFT-COAL Drive
!. IS ON IN CAMDEN
Father WheIan, Head Of Cham
ber's Fuel Committee, Is
sues Appeal to Citizens

Initial steps in the campaign to be
directed in Camden to induce residents
to use bituminous coal were taken yes
tcrday by the Coal Committee Of, the
Camden Chamber OF Commerce.
Through the chairman Of the commit
tee, the Rev. Father Thomas J.
Whelan. pastor Of the Church Of the
Holy Name. nm appeal was made to
citizens Of Camden County to burn
more soft coal and coke because the
supply Of anthracite will be less than
half the amount received in the county
last year.
This committee will work in harmony
with County Fuel Administrator James
V. Moran. Yesterday Camden County
retail coal dealers began to ration coal
In one. ton lots. That plan was agreed
upon at the meeting Of the coal dealers
with the Fuel Commissioner on Monday
night. ..st ~
Chre will also be taken by the deal.
ers to see that certain persons do not
place orders with severni coal denlers
and board the fuel. The conl dealers
have. agreed that no person having two
tons or more Of coal on hand shall, re I.
ceixe any more until at least half that
amount has been consumed.
#
After an investigation into the sud. +.
den death on Monday night Of Marion
Fanelle, twenty two years cd. Of Atco.
Camden County. DR.. William II. Pratt,
Coroner, and County Detective Dora q
are convinced the girl took poison tab.
let's, probably in mistake for cough
lozenges. The parents Of the girl dc :.
MED that she committed suicide. They
say she swallowed tablets used BY her
citis. ..-..,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
TO GIVE COSTUME PARTY
Dickens Fellowship Members. viii
Slno Carols ~.

A. Christmas costume party will be
given by the Dickens Fellowship In the
Emergency Aid Building, 221 South
Eighteenth street tonight. e."
Members will be garbed in costumes
Of Dickens period and will sing the
Christmas carols under the direction
Of Miss Bessie Kille Slaugh. A num-
Der Of monologues will be delivered by
guests. e.. 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
FISH KILLED
BY THOUSANDS

KINGSTON, NC, Aug. 12--U. ~
Thousands of dead fish were wash
ed up on the North Carolina coast re
Gently. Coast residents have not de-
termincd the cause.
One opinion is that poison gas left
over from the world war was dump
ed into the ocean off neighborine
port, another that some ocean-b bottom
phenomenon occurred by which the
oxygen was removed from the water
and the thousands OF fish in the af-
fected area were drowned"
The numbers were too great to per
nit of entertainment of a theory that
inscriptions fisherman dynamited
the fish, finding that they had slain
more than they could handle.
Magistrate Kenneth r. Foscue, OF
this city, saw the beach lined with the
fish betyeen New River inlet and Boz
que sound. Large dog sharks were
numerous, Foscue said, while he saw
ono alligator in the shoal waters. Even
u crocodile came ashore Where the
crocodile could have come. from was
Il complete mystery. Tho species is
entirely foreign to the region.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
Social and Club Nezys

Booster Caravan in viewing the
Boardman project as it passes through
next Sunday Efforts will be made
to take a short detour from the Co
lumbia Highway at Castle Rock,
southward through to the alfalfa
fields of the project thence into
Boardman where feast of water
melon will be offered.
Under the direction of the county
tion is being given especially to child
welfare this summer and in the vari-
: Gus communities children under six
are being given examinations and
where found defective recommends
tions are being made to the parents
for treatment. A clinic has just been
held at Boardman under the direction
Of DR.. Estella Ford Warner of the
Bureau Of Child Hygiene.
The Roardman project is the green
est spot this side of Ashland is the
comment of S. Fl. Boardman who has
just returned from a tour of valley
points. The irrigated sections are
the wator supply for irrigation has
been ample for all purposes this sea-
son about Boardman. Prospects are
excellent for at least four cuttings of
alfalfa, some farms having already
'ut llD the third, and the price of hay
promises to be satisfactory. Some is
now moving to market at $14 and SIS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
LAW WILL KEEP HALL
FROM BEING CANDIDATE

PORTLAND, Aug. 12.-That any
independent candidacy for Senator
Hall, which was the obvious infer
ence of the public statement issued on
his behalf by the Public Defense
league Wednesday afternoon, would
involve more litigation is evident from
reading section 1878 of the session
laws of 1919 which states that no
loandidate for a nomination who fails
to receive the highest number of votes
for the nomination of the political
party with which he was affiliated a.
the time of filing his petition for nom.
ination, shall be entitled to be the cam
didate of any other political party, or
to become an independent candidate
at the ensuing election"
Although some attorneys are of the
opinion that this act would not stanc
the test of the courts, the fact remains
that II is the law until the supreme
court rules otherwise.
Developments in the republican gu
hernatorial recount are deferred un-
I'll next week when on Monday the
case will be reopened i'm the Marion
county circuit court at Salem. Att
that time it is expected that the Hall
forces will produce witnesses i'm sub
of their charges of illegal |
voting. just what will be accom-
phshcd in this regard, of course, is
but their whole case
rests on these charges in view of The
iiscontinuanco OF the actual recount
ng of ballots.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
IlaDtiSI.

ON Sunday, August 18TH our Sun
day school meets at 9:45 to study
/ one of the most fascinating books
of the Bible, the book of Esther.
Read the ten short chapters and Won
VIII pronounce it one of the most
interesting stories you ever read. F.
VI. Riley is the live superintendent of
the Sunday school and there are
classes for all with splendid teachers
AT the II o'clock hour, the pastor,
#. G, Huling, will bring MESA 20
on THE Gospel and the Printed
Fagc. The young people will meet
at 6:45, Charles Sturtcvant. leader.
We join in the union Sunday evening
meeting at Pioneer Park. All are
invited. Mid-weck meeting Wednes-
day night at eight at the church.
subject: Fine things in last weeks
Examiner"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
$40, 900 PAINTING



slain in massacre in 1881. The boy
was thrown from a hird-story window
to the street, where he was picked
up by the late Count Leo Tolstoi as
dead. The count revived him, educat-
ing him in literature. Later Platon-
off took up painting and studied in
Paris under such masters as Jerome
and Benjamin Constantc, He is a
Grand Salon mcdolist. He made his
home and studio in Brussels for 20
years, but also maintained studio in
Joppa, Palestine, during the winter
months.
Although born of Orthodox Jewish
parents he was raised in Christian
circles, and finally was killed while
in the military service of Catholic Bel
sium, at Chateau Thiery, in June,
1918.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12

second peace proposal. The associa-
tion of American railroad executives
in New York yesterday voted to ac-
cept the plan but with such reser-
vations that it's actlun constitutes a
virtual rejection. The shop leaders
and executives committee called on
tho president this afternoon to present
their respective replies to his pro-
posal that the strike be ended by sub
hitting the seniority question to the
railroad labor board.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
Christian.

! Sunday morning Bible school al
9;45, H. II. DeHart, Supt Sermon at
IL, on the topic: "The Church Fac
ing It's Task" This message will con-
tain most interesting matter regarding
the recent Turner Convention.
Whether you are member of church
or not you will enjoy this report for
1t will in fact be a sermon of interest
and help to all.
Union services in Pioneer Park
this evening at 7:15. The pastor of
this church will speak, using for his
subject, THE Lost Christ"
everybody cordially invited to
every service. w. A. Gressman. min
lister.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
Christian Science.

First church of Christ, Scientist,
holds services at S13 IL Main street
(first stairway north of the Inland
Empire bank). Sunday services are
at II Il. IN. The subject of the les
son-sermon for Sunday, August 18th
is Soul" Sunday school begins at
9:45 q. m.
Wednesday evening meeting
which includes testimonials of heal
ing is held at o'clock. The reading
room, which is maintained at the
same address, is open daily from Q
a. m. to p. m, where the Bible
and authorized Christian Science lit
erature may be read, borrowed or
purchased.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the church services and to Wis.,
ut the reading room.
During July and August Sunday
evening services are discontinued
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
MRS. LEsToE DEPARTS.

Mrs Frederick Lestoe, Of Portland,
who has been here as the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. J. F. Robinson, left today
for her home. Her brother Robert
Johnson, will remain here for visir
at the home Of his cousin, Donald
Robinson
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
Card Of 1IlnnlAS

We desire to extend to the manl
kind friends and the ladies of tht
Maccabees our heartfelt thanks and
appreciation for the beautiful floral
offerings and kindness during our sad
bereavement in the death of our be-
loved wife and mother Mrs. Hattie j.
Davis.
d. l.. DAVIS
l.. d. LYNDE
j. J. LYNDE
II. G. LYNDE
GROVER POUND
MRS. MILDRED LYNDE ROY
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
p1RrHpAY pARrY GIVEN.

Honoring the sixth birthday ami
versary of her little son, Bobby May
berry, Mrs. Richard Mayberry enter
tanned this afternoon with a party at
her home on Lewis street. The after
noon was spent in playing games and
later, when refreshments were served
large birthday cake, lighted with
pink candles, was cut.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
REALTY TRANSFERS.

Robert N. Adams to Casey Lum-
Der Co. $500, Sc. IA sW. IA Sec.
II, TpL 1, S. r. 34.
Harvey NJ. Cutter to Elmer L.
Nichols, $40, NE. IA Sec, II, TIP. s.,
N. r. 81.
Henry Keen to Stella NJ. Keen 81,
Sc. IA Sec. rs, Tp. 5, n. r. "a.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12

Evening service at s o'clock, the
subject for the evening sermon being
"Oh! Why viii Ye Die?"
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at o'clock at the church.
Everybody welcome at all services.
Phone 362-W. Res. All Pine st.
Harold L. and Eva M. Churchill, pas
tors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-12
RETURN TO CALIFORNIA

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bagwell and dau-
ghter who have been passing the last
month in eastern oregon returned to
southern California last evening in
their car. Mr.. Bagwell who has ex-
tensive interests in Umatilla county
declares he will return to this county
TO reside within the next 'wO years