The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
MEET MAN
WHO BESTED
GOV PINCHOT
Big Book Tells All About Ralph
Beaver StraSSburger,
Delegate,
BY LOWELL MELLETT

0N the teetar board of politics,
III when one goes down, another
IL goes up. Governor Clifford Pin
chot is down for the moment in Penn
sylvania, and look who's up! Ralph
Beaver Strassburger! And who is
Ralph Beaver Strassburger? Why,
he's the son of Jacob andrew Strass-
burger, and, what is more, he's the
father of Johann Andreas Peter
Strassburger That's the man The
Republican machine organization in
Pennsylvania used to defeat the Gov
ernor as a candidate for delegate to
the national convention.
II you want to know more about
him, he'll send you a book. 1t is al
most certain that he will, for recently
every known newspaper man in Wash
ington received a book from Ralph
Beaver Strassburger, and the news
paper men hadn't even asked for
them. The books descended upon the |
capital in trainload lots one spring |
day, and the city postoffice gave up |
the entire day to delivering them /
They were wonderful books in many
ways, Take the matter of size: They |
were 12xSx5 inches. One foot long |
and three inches thick. And the title, |
THE Strassburger Family and Allied |
Families OF Pennsylvania"
Ralph Beaver Himself
The book opens with a beautiful
portrait Of r. 3. s. himself, all in his |
United States Naval Academy uniform. |
hat crooked in one arm and one hand |
resting gracefully on his sword hilt |
Then follows the announcement that |
the book is dedicated to J. A. P. s !
Qook back to the first paragraph and |
you will identify little Johann Andreas |
Peter Strassburger), and is in memory
of Jacob Andrew the same THE |
glory of the children is their fathers:
behold our heritage from them" it |
says on this same page. Next there
is picture Of '1eedle J. A. p. S" him |
self and a nice looking little shaver |
he is.
Then the Table of Contents. in part !
as follows: The Strassburger family, |
the Yeager family. the Schneider |
family. the Stout family. the Hartzell /
family. the Schwenk family. the Bauer
family, the Lands family. the Mark
ley family. the Dotterer family. the
Shoemaker family, the Kolb family.
the Ziegler family, the Clemens family
and the Lederach family.
Lots Of Pictures
There are more than 200 nlustra-
tons. including a passport issued to
Ralph Beaver himself in @913. the
tombstone of Magdalena Ziegler
Schwenk. Ralph Beavers signature on
Catherine Lederach Ziegler. the sigma
ture of Ralph Beaver on another pass
port and the Goshenhoppen Valley.
Also a chair belonging to the ZiegIer
family.
Further review Of the book is i'm
possible here. II you don't get a copy
by writing TO the proud author, most
any Washington correspondent OF
your acquaintance will be glad 70 ship |
you his. II you will guarantee payment |
Of the freight-roughly. So.
He Paid the Bills
Ralph Beaver Strassburger owns a |
newspaper in Norristown, Pa. This Is |
the second time he has got into the |
newspapers outside of Norristown |
The first was when he announced |
proudly in 1920 that he had financed |
Hiram Johnson's campaign to the tune /
Of $500 900 or So
Ralph Beaver didn't have anything |
to do with his election over Pinchot
Congressman William Ware. boss Of /
the Philadelphia machine. did that /
Ware has no interest in Strassburger /
His machine rests upon the solid /
foundation of public contracts. booze |
and few things like that. Governor |
Pinchot is a serious obstruction to |
Wares political business, and so Ware |
hooked up with the Mellon Pitts. |
burgh machine to smash Pinchot. The |
Strassburger ambition to be a dele |
gate to the Cleveland convention came /
in handy to their purpose and that's |
low it happened. Also rich Mr. |
Strassburger was willing to foot the |
bills. And they were big bills, and |
there were lots of them