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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-12-22

dustry. this tragedy could have been
forestallcd. Not only food, but
clothes, tools. and shelter arc lack
in all parts Of Europe.
In 1913 the aggregate debts Of the
world were i3 billions Of dollars.
To-day they reach 100 billions OF
dollars. carrying interest charges Of
over 16 billions of dollars per an
mum. Besides this huge increase in
the fixed charges other government
al expenditures have enormously
swollen. With expenses vastly in
creased, the income has been de
creased by crop failures. the dis
organization of industry and the
loss Of the productive power of
more than 10 MILAN killed or dis
ahlcd by w:,r--a loss of more than
five billions Of dollars Il wear. Thus
ii will appear that on account Nf
the increased interest charges ON the
national debts and the decreased
man-powcr, the nations face Il loss
of nearly 20 billions Of dollars Il
year 10! including the increased en-
pcndiiurcS to care for the disabled
and to meet other items in huge ma
tional budgets. Our national debt
would be $50 billions Of dollorS If
proportionatcly as large as The debt
Of France.
Taking the world as Il whole. as
made up of the great civilized ma
lions. we may say that it is short of
food and goods. disordcrcd in its
productive power and practically
insolvcnt. The remedies arc: The
immediate calling Of Il general
economic conference; a world wide
plan for food and seed conservation
and for increased acreage next year;
financial machinery so that Our
farmers can export ut profitable
prices to meet Europc's famine need
the restoration Of RuSSia's agricuI-
tural productive power; increase of
total world productivity by develop
mcnt of her humrm and natural re-
sources; establishment Of co-opcra-
ton or Il concert between the ma
tiOnS in plans for reconstruction. re-
The spread Of civili-
cation, the application of equity and
justice in international affairs and
permanent peace Senator France.
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ACCOUNTED for Attention.

A story told on the late Dean Stan
Icy refers /" his thorough immobiilty
III the pulpit. Irraclin. one morning
ar Westminster abbey, he was pleased
to n"'i"" III" perfect attention of his
congregation. AT the close Of the sery-
ic" h" remarked 10 his wife upon their
Si"adfa>t attendance on his words
'lhey never seemed to take their eyes
on me. he told her with obvious graft
tcaiion. NO wonder, my dear" said
Lady Agatha, seeing you had one of
your gloves on your head all the time
YOU were preaching" Placing his
gloves In his hat on leaving home. the
dean had removed his hat in the vcstry
upon being gOwnpd and had walked
reverently 10 the pulpit unaw are that
he was carefully balancing one glove
on his head
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Care of Pet Bitds

Peopie make too much fuss over
their pet birds. They have too many
rules and too little common sense"
says an expert on the care OF house
pets.
There are really no rules about fax.
ing care OF pets in the summer except
Such rules rs would apply equally
vel I" II person. Feed more salad.
most any kind. Feed fruit In season.
small amount. BE extra careful
about good drinking watcr-that's all
anybody can do for canary or n
parrot.
Air Is good for bird. II can hang
outdoors. Iut direct drafts must be
ayoiL"l
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bushels of grain Europe is short of
hcr Prc-war supplies. She is short
IN amount of grain sufficient TO feed
100 millions Of people. More than
seven ond Onc-half millions Of mcn
lost their lives in battles Of the war
More than twice that unmbyr of hu-
man beings will this winter face
starvation because of the >,upid
blunderS of the statesmen of TN,
world. An unusually abundant
European potato crop will be Of aid
IN avcrting what otherwise would
be a most terrible caStrophc.
Ihct thrcaencd famine i'm EurO,c
IS due III part to the failure to re-
store Russia which normally pro-
duccS onc-tifth Of The worlds food
her normal exports alone being
enough to supply 60 millions Of pco-
pie of the industrial countries with
grains. The wheat and rye crop,
of the rest of Europe were 275,OO0,-
600 bushels less than last wear when
Shorta8s OF food were very acute
with famine and death over wide
areas. If We had sent commission
TO Russia to arrange for her to DIR
chase from lis seed. plOwS, horses.
implements, tools, shoes and CLOTH
ing Tor HE restoration of her in
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RICH BACHELOR WANTS WIFE,

'ManN people have blamed me
for getting married. Since child
hood have suffered from stomach
and liver trouble. never being able
to get any medicine or doctor TO
help me. Now that MaI'rS Wonder
full has entirety cured me, | am any
iouS 10 gel wife" II is a simple
harmless preparation, that removes
the catarrhal muCus from the inlcS-
iinal tract and allayS the inilam-
nation which causes practically all
stomach. liver and intestinal all
mcnts, including appendicitis. One
dose will Convi''Cc or money re-
funded. Sold by all Druggists.
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for onc-halt acre in Fort Spring Dl>-
trirt
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for 80 acres III Frankiord District.
Mary A. Burns TO Julian \. Taylor
for l acre and 40? square fee, in
Failing Spring District.
E.. l.. Thomas to rinkncl kni2lt
for No. II in Frankford District.
Allie NJ. Surgeon to II. NJ. Lock-
hart for - acres and % poles in
Irish Corner District.
l.. V. Holland>worlh to J. II.
Spencer for IS acres in Falling
Spring District.
l.. NJ. Rowan to Geo. Sic9man fo:
lot No. IS at White Sulphur.
Meadow River Lumber Co.. TO
Board Of Education Meadow Bluff
District, for lot at Eaincllc.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05
Rags Soaked With Oil
Are Reported at Fire

Continued from RAGE One
submitted to Council. The Mayor
said:
"Firemen only lose their lives once.
and those who criticisc the service
should bear this in mind. When a
mans life Is taken there can be no
adequate compensation on this earth 10
him or his family. The evidence of
the herosm OF these four men who
A complete investigation will be made
of the building construction and the
cause OF the fire. l understand there
has been fire her" before, but I dc
not remember much about it.
'ThiS building is in an area where
many fires have occurred and classify
this fire as being nearly as bad as the
other one in Bodine street in which
thirteen tiremcn died. The structure
where the curious blaze took place is
now calm, due to the splendid service
of the city's fire fighting force. The
high pressure service which was used
in this instance has demonstrated its
value and it is needed In other sections
Of tho city.
1T will be brought up in Council to.
dny and loan bill be requested foI
tn" purpose Of installing high pressure
systems in other sections Of the city
'Th" city is woefully lacking In mcr
to inspect buildings and it is also short
In other sections of the water supply
bureau. Three things are borne ou,
by this fre---the necessity for an in .
creased water supply, high pressur,
systems, and incrensc in facilities OF
the fire marshal's Office
All Of the clty's representatives helt
| a conference near the scene of the fire
with tenants Of the building and alSc
with those who had goods stored in the
place.
Joseph Biclitzky. who occupied n por.
tion of the burned building, said he had
been connected with the place onlj
about two months. He had previously
been in the warehouse business at Sec
ond and Diamond streets. He coulL
place no figure on his loss.
Rielitzky said that ten persons stored
| various kinds Of merchandise in tn,
place.
Among these sub-tenants is b. Ker
nan, who has mattress factory at s0l
North Second street. Zinman, who wa.
barred from entering the building ,,
the Mayor, is his insurance broker
incidentally, it was reported that tn,
fire started in the portion Of the build
ing where Kcrnan's stuff was stored.
Il received my insurance policy las
Saturday. Herman said" although
hal made application for it scvera
weeks ago. ! stored the stuff In Bic
litzky's for the last two months becaus,
the warehouse at 7l5 North Seconl
street, where I had stored it originally
WAS damaged by fire a year ago on,
the proprietor would not fix tho plac,
up"
insurance adjusters who fockcc
around the burned building sail severa
fires had occurred in Kcrnan's place or
Second street.
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4 Love YOu,' Slain
Singer Wrote Rector

NoHliTuVu IToHi AHkV WV
learned, because they fear il would hurt
the ease 10 do 50, but they gay" our
sufficient TO indicate that puhlc DIS
approval Of delay in making an arrest
has stimulated them to vigorous action
One Of the new facts uncarth"d by
the investigators is that the minister
and Mrs. Mils had "poStoilirc' in
the church, whore they left letters for
each other 4 passage from one of the
letters thar passed between Mrs, NILS
and tho minister, written by her, was
given out.
Il love you. ! love YOU. | love YOU,
oh. ever so much :" wrote Mrs. Mills.
The minister. the detectives say.
wrote letters TO her M well. II is un-
known whether any Of these letters nave
fallen into the hands Of the prosecutors
More important, however, Han the
Few new facts diulgrd was the genera
attitude of the nthoriticS. County re-
tectivcs and State police alike are con :
fdcnt thar they have r"arhrd the 'br"ak
in the case" which has been promised
n dozen times, though each tim" without
subscuIcnt events 20 back mp the pre-
dicti0u,
The State police have been largely
instrumental in bringing about The
change. lne lh'h ''''" ''' ~"
been checking up on the scores OF
statements made by members "' the
Hall and Mills families and thcrS who
knew tho principals. Many Of the new
Statements show discrepancies.
"In the light Of whnl "" nave learned
duriny ,ocrut daNs OF the ln'r"''s",! ION,
said Detective David, many or the
earlier statements are shot 10 pieces
The people who ma4' lI'a' r,sI 10 Us snoW
',,linsnes. to amend what they told us
the first time; r.... .,.....
nm " and T verified by ipe State police and
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view the bodies of the four fighters who
pcrished.
Their fellow fremcn after much strug-
Cling managed to bring the car down
to the level of the fourth toor after
those wedged between the car and wall
had been moved.
Police surgeons were quickly sum-
moned. but they said that death had
occurred moro than an hour before the
bodies were found.
1t required more than three hours
fight to silence the flames.
Tells Of Finding Bodies
John Humphreys. battalion chief. in
desert ibing the work Of the men who
died and the subsequent discovery OF
their hodics said:
IAN the lights on the first floor were
on when we arrived. Eight or ten OF
the fircmcn ascendcd in the elevator n
was so dense IL drove them back again.
Murray. Fisher, Galloway and
Pnx0n went back on the elevator and
ascendrd again. After thcy started up
the electric lights on the building were
suddenly cut off and the elevator stop
ped They wrrc caught between the
fourth and fifth floors. There the poor
fellows died.
II think the boys must have boosted
each other up in order to try to reach
door on the upper floor.
"ln noticing the absence Of the four
men others went to their rescue. They
werc driven back for time by the
dense smoke. They shouted up the
shaft. but received no response. had
misEivings. ! did not expect an answer.
I'VE finally went up and got the
men ont. Gillowny was the most badly
burned.
Occupants Of Building
The building extends through from
Bodine street to North American street.
1t is two stories high on the Hudine
street front and rises to six stories on
the North American strcrt end.
Bilitizky rented the building as gen.
eral storage plac" only sis weeks ago:
Floors of the building w"rc occupied
by these firms who rented storage space
FIRST floors. Stetser. 1906 North
Second street. rag material.
Second t,oor--Rrn Bcrman. sol North
Second street. dealer in bedding; David
Mntusow, 1o}S South Bculah street,
rags. -.
Third nOor-PrcmiCr CONNECTION Com
pany. 1871 Bcrks street; }. ;. Brown,
Camden. dry goods: ID. Brown, l3'
North Fifteenth street, typcwritcrs and
other merchandise.
Fourth. fifth and sixth fioors--Johl
NJ. Melloy, tinware.
Fire Marshal Elliott and Chief Davis,
of the Fire Bureau. who were on the
scene almost from the start OF the fir'
are making Investigations.
Many persons in the neighborhoot
we're forced to fee from their homes or
| account Of the dense smoke clouds ant
flaming cmbers, which rained on the
roofs. Steady streams played on houses
some distance away preventing further
damage.
There were tears In the eyes o
Director Cortelyou as he discussed the
fire.
Il cannot find words to express my
! feelings regarded these brave men wh'
met death in the line Of duty. They
lived up TO the traditions Of th" Phila
delphia Fire Department.
ut is terrible loss to their fami'
lies. They have some comfort thai
the men died Will" fighting TO stop the
spread of a disaster.
I'm going to visit their homes to.
day to see what can be done for those
who are left
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05
CLARA WOODWARD
| MENACED, He SAYS
Witness Testifies Pepperman
Said, ."You Shoot Mo or
I'll Shoot You"
JEALOUSY AMONG L0DGERS

"You either shoot me. or I'll shoot
you," witness testified TO-DAY lie had
heard John Pepperman say to Mrs.
Clara Woodward just before Peppermnn
was shot in n quarrel at 3ll North
Ninth street March 20 last.
The witness was Robert Van Aiken'
a roomer at the same address. Mrs.
Woodward, q former vaudeville actress,
is on trial for Pepperman = murder be.
fore Judge Barratt in the Court OF
Quarter Sessions. Her trial began yes
terdny.
Van Aiken testified yesterday as a
Commonwealth witness. and was re L.
called by William A. Gray. counsel
for Mrs. Woodward, for cross -exsnG :.
nation. He said that Mrs. Woodward
had been very drunk. and he had heard
the two in an argument
Nick Coles. another lodger. testifcd
on the night Of the shooting she heard
Peppermsn tell Mrs. Woodward he was
going to New York.
Mrs. Woodward grabbed his ha'
and ran out into the Kitchen sale
the witness. "She returned a littl'
later with her hands behind her ant
said. Are you still goineT Pepper
man answered. 4 have to- Then Mrs
! Woodward pulled gun from behint
her back and shot him. She said
You -, there and then shot hin
| again.
LOdgers jealous. Says Witness
James NIulgrcw, rof the Murdt
| Squad. offered in evidence a statemen,
made by Mrs. Woodward after the
shooting. According to the statement
Pepperman and COLES had been dodgers
in a house she ran in Wilmington thret
years ago, and Pepperman had beer
Jealous of COLES.
Because of this jealousy Peppermar
had left the house for some months ant
when he returned sought to find COLES
Mrs. Woodward said she barred thu
way and P"pperman struck her. Or
another occasion, she said, Peppermar
beat her.
Peter Agnes. a taxi driver at Broat
Street Station. told of driving Mrs
Woodward to the boarding house o.
Mrs. Mary Modave. Bainbridge stree,
near Twenty second. Mrs. Woodward
the witness said, looked rs though SHE
he went into the house and asked fol
Pcpperman. Tho latter came out
talked with Mrs. Woodward, and little
later went away with her in the cab
The chauffeur said his fares left the cal
at either Ninth and Arch streets OF
Ninth and Race streets.
Mrs. Pepperman WAS put on the wit
ness stand today in spite Of the pro
| test Of Mr.. Gray. who argued that sh,
was being brought into the case mercl!
for the effect on tn" jury. Mr.. Ora!
indicated that he might put Mrs. Wood,
ward on the stand this afternoon il
her own defense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05

or to the parties involved, the Court
feels in the discharge Of its duty Tor the
impartial administration of law, that
this statement should be made IN a
public way. and to say that the Court
was only trying to do its duty ns IT
saw was proper on the facts as then
presented, which Il had reason to believe
were correct, and which now prove to
be incorrect.
"We desire TO state that we are sorry
for wha took place in the light OF
this subsequent investigation and feel
that we are big enough in our concep-
ton of public duty to publicly vindicate
the young lady for the unfortunate incl .
dent. 1t now appears from subsequent
investigation that this young lady is OF
| estimable character and the Court would
her. This young lady is friend Of my
daughter
Calls Judge "Unspeakable"
Miss Bailey is a daughter Of Mrs.
Cathnrins B: BAILEY, and niece of
tuckian. n breeder Of race horses.
As sch was walking from the bar Of
the court, flaming with anger. at the
tone OF the judges questions, she said !:
"You haven't heard the end Of this
yet. You are unspcakable. You are
the most terrible man | ever came in
| contact with
The young woman telephoned to her
uncle. who was In Cincinnati, and he
! telegraphed former Attorney General
Bell and Director Of Public Welfare
Warburton, asking them to obtain win :
dication for Miss Bailey.
The case which led TO the alleged in =
suit centered around the motorcar acci-
dent, which occurred on Wissahickon
Drive. near Pabst lime, on May 8, 1921,
Miss Bailey testified that Mr.. Newbold
sweryed from his course, that n collision
followed and that she suffered Injuries
to her knee which kept her confined to
the house two weeks. thereby keeping
her from playing tennis and other
sports, of which she il fond. The sui,
was brought in the name OF her mother
because Miss Bailey is q minor, about
nineteen or twenty years old
While the young woman was on the
witness stand she aroused the ire OF
Judge Rogers. who was questioning her
|about her automobile license card and
about the ownership of the car she was
driving. To check up her answers the
Judge sent for William +, Mills. Super :
lintendent of Police, and in the mean
time Judge Rogers warned her that 1,
her answers were evasive he could hold
her in $500 bail for contempt OF Court
At that juncture Mr.. Brown protested
against any criticism of bis client and
Judge Rogers ordered him to sit down
and later threatened to send him ou,
of the room, Mr.. Brown said.
But the serious part of the cas-,
followed, according to Mr.. Brown, ant
that was when Judge Rogers, the law
yer said, began to name several men
with the implication that she had beer
out with them at night. To thos'
questions Miss Bailey replied that she
did not know the men mentioned ant
that her only companion was bel
mother.
The Judge then called me to side
bar conference, Mr.. Brown continued
and asked me II | would settle fol
$500. told him that / would no
settle for any amount until the girl
name had been !indicated. Judg'
Rogers then said that he would hoit
| tho license cards. replied JNQt IN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05
Trapped in Elevator,
Four Firen,ev, Perish
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
some of the fire officials are inclined to
believe it was Of incendiury origin.
The fire followed an explosion which
made culy slight report and spread
quickly, in an encirc!ing flame.
The explosion was heard by Paul
Boldiz"r, 1923 North American street.
There was smothcred report. he
Hid, and almost ut the same moment a
tongue Of fame shot high In the air.
lake n flaming knife. it plunged through
the cent"r Of the building.
4 moment later smoke began 70 pour
through the second floor windows Of
The building. The explosion happened
about II 30 o'clock.
The trcmcn were quickly on the
Scene and although they fought aggres-
nVely H." flames spread quickly, mak q.
ing 1t no eSNary to send in four alarms.
Battalion Chief Young and the four
men who met death were among the
hrst 20 arrive.
Seeing that the flames were strongest
on the second floor. Young decided 10
make an investigation there first. lie
and the four men jumped in the freight
elevator and rode to the second floor.
=, They discovered that this was really
,he seat of III" trouble. They returned
'h the elevator to the first floor.
Take Hose in Elevator
While Young directed his energies ~
another part Of the building the four
men entered th" elevator and took n
nose and axes with them The line Of
nose ,Atehh"d over the side of the car
Although they tried to stop the cor
on IN" second floor, it shot past and
uph'lhued on I" tn" third and fourth
noors' Smoke and fame evidently modn
difficult. 'eN'e's
IL Is believed the electrical eouin .
a, meht which furnished power sor the
',a'or gave out and caused II 70 stou
aver It passed tn" fourth floor.
,ut was there that the men, framed
,a' rhts' made their supcrhuman at
'e"Ipt to save their lives.
hA nearly All the big apparatus in
ci,, enIrai and northern part of the
,nS na" peen summoned to the fire,
wero "o'c tIhh score of companies
msn ' engaged IN tho fight, the foul
Woro Wrre w not missed until the flame,
WIRE almost extinguishcd
'hief Young Misses Men
uhe, ne, ioung discovered their absence
aonm arh he CROPPED his way 10 the srcon,
tramE'hg 'm%oE'hg w, hc saw the elevator yir
,tomnsS "onG'nG in the air three s,orir,
,O.M WIN SeHcral OF the buddlcs Of III,
Trno,, IRON Engine Company - m,
ThS a. no managed to reach the shaft
,.sbo rTpol waH dark. Flashlights wcr,
II tbs around the dark corners 10 se,
\ o. Aoor.ss G men were lying on the stairwa,
,hs %,aiy a,ay the lights were centered or
~ pe'a'or' The flash" brought IL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05
"CNN" FINDS 1T HAM

"CAM' FINDS 1T HARD
10 settle down to work. Still work ng
II ia the naturalness OF Miss oFluse ths,
makes "somebody stenog' such a popular
Comic ses-kf the sunday PunI,o ISpSyR
Make LSbit. ."-AdC. A-"'"hN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05

Thieves Loot House on Mercy St.
Thieves forced their way into the
home of Mrs. Esther Sanskcy. Cal
Mercy street, and carried away iewclry
and clothing valued at $3.50.