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BYEKING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1916.
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llRL'S ESSAY ON LIQUOR EVIL
WINS CITY AND COUNTY PRIZES
Ifiss Elva Myers, 14-
year-old Daughter ot
Minister, First Amer
ican to Gain Honor
Physical add Moral Ef
fects of Drinking
Pointed out W. C.
T. U. Behind Plan
MM FAva Myers, H years old. dauahtcr of the llev. and Mrs. itatrii W. Mum,
list Eatt Montgomery avenue, Is the first American schoolchltd to win both the city
J'..i nrizes offered by the W. C. T, V. and Friends' Tcmncraneo Union Worker
',r Philadelphia for the best essay on the evils of alcohol or tobacco.
l'" .. irur t announced todau as the winner ot the III J" ni'lte r.mh n,r
-. vears the temperance workers have been awarding similar prises, Thousands
Vt children are already engaged on their J'flti cistiys.
. ' n..wnn the last week pities have beat awatded in 8 schools hcic. A rt:.e i.
i tflercd Jor cttch school In the city list. Thcic flic poiio oicr by committees, and by
f TSii.iMn the best is found for the city. Then another process none throunh until
tie bet " ",e "'""'I' is "'"' i,iss Myers toon both the city and lounty prizcn
k"" Tico Italians, two Germans and one IlHssian Jew hate been the county prize'
ctniTers in the five years the contest nas oeen ncia. ingu jiraue lias been given for
The father of the I0SS prlto winner Is pastor of the Pilgrims' Coitffrcontloiintl
.... untllmraunh street below Franktord avenue. She was In the ctnhth nmiln
l ivnurwM "-------. . . . .. . "
" it the Adairc School wncn sue wrote tnc essay.
i' The subject of the gill's essay is "The Oreat Destroyer."
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i.titf careful examination, tho effect ot
leohol which Is very curious drug, proves
thai M a stimulant It falls, for It every
where produces ilcpreaslon nml la now
classed with anesthetics nml narcotics.
Interferes with How of digestive
PENROSE TO FIGHT
THE VARE FACTION
The essay in full
"It
In largo
fluids, nml ilepteises thojioalt
doses It p-iraljzes mat organ.
"In muscular actl Ity, experiments prove
' that alcohol doc not glvo Btrength, but
at the most, onU- tho feeling of strength.
i- ''Small doves of nhohol mnv for n half
hour Increase muscular nctlvlty, hut after
i- that period the paralyzing action of the
drug becomes effective, mid tho total
amount of work becomes less without tho
, alcohol.
"When taken In moderate doses on nn
,' empty stomach. It linn two distinct effects,
s during the first polled It linn tho strength
f tnlng effect, followed by a weakening cf
, feet, tho alcohol how acting Injuriously
on the nervous s3tcm.
"Moderate amounts of alcohol taken
" with a meal affect a very considerable
' lowering tf the capacity for doing muscu
1 tar work.
"From pracllcal experiments It has been
' found that a given mini bey of tvpeettrs
(after a series of tests) piovcd that on
das of dilnk they were ten per cent less
efficient
"It Is further proved that alcohol Is a
poison, nnci that It acts Injuilously on tho
tissues of the bodj and tends to shoitcn
life.
"Whenever jou rend of the diseases of
the stomach, heart, blood vessels, liver,
kidneys, muscles nr connective tissue,
nerves or brain, mhi will learn that alco
hol may be aii.actlvo factor In tho causa
tion or ictarclWg factor In the cure, which
proves that It Is the most subtle poison
and Judged by Its ultimate effect the
most virulent of all poisons. Jinny physi
cians believe that alcohol lowers the vi
tality and makes a poison moio sus
ceptible to disease.
"In one legion In France where tubercu
losis Is most prevalent,-the most alcohol
Is consumed One-fifth of the deaths In
the United States are Lauscd by pneu
monia and tuberculosis.
"Alcohol complicates every case of
pneumonia and tuberculosis, and fre
quently prepnies the way for both.
"It Is stated that 4rt per cent, of the
cases that urc rejected by Insurance com
panies arc foi cauEca connected with
alcohol It Is the record of one company
that a young man ot 20 who abstains will
llv 4J yenrs longer, while tho one who
Is drinking will live hut K. years longer.
"The following facts are for our con
consldpratlon: ny the uso of alcohol, per
sons aro tlueatenlng the physical struc
tuie of their stomach, liver, kidneys,
heart, the blood vessels, tho ncives and
the brain are having their capacity de
creased for woik In any Held; a person
lowers tho grade of his mind nnd dulls
his moral spn.se by Indulging In liquors;
alcohol lessens a person's chanco for
maintaining health nnd long life, nnd
last but not least tho drinker of alco
holic fluids Is transmitting to descendants
untold misery.
"Consldeilng the Ignited States as a
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Continued from Tune One
conduct the fight ngnlnsl contractor
bosses from within the party.
It was announced today that the Pen-rose-Independent
forces will place a com
plete ticket In the field In each of tho In
dependent wards.
The leaders of the "reform" movement
are counting upon the support of Senator
Penrose foi many of the candidates.
Today both the Penrose nnd tho Vnre
Urumbaugh forces were standing pat on
the slate of 12 candidates for delegates
at Inrgc. It was announced In the V'nro
camp that no change In the "50-50" har
mony slate announced 10 days ago by
Mayor Smith Is "contemplated. "
In the Penrose camp It wnB Insisted
j that the list of Mayor Smith gives the
i eurofcc lorcen oniv lour or mo a ueic
gntes, nnd that 11111053 13 V. Pabcock and
D. .. Ulllesple, of Pittsburgh, arc placed
on the list In the places of Oeorge 13.
Alter nnd ex-t.leutenant Governor John
H. Reynolds the Penrose forces will put
a complete slate of tnelr own In the
Held.
Ma.vor Smith today said that "no
change has been made In the list."
"I gave out the list by request," he
said, "and have not 'given It much con
sldeiatlon since It was announced.
"It Is true that nn effort Is being made
to have the names of Mr. Babcoek nnd
Mr. Gillespie placed on the list, but this
has not been done."
Tho Mayor declined to comment on the
Vnre Indorsement of Oovcrnor Urum
baugh's candidacy for the Presidency.
"BACK TO THI3 CI. O. P."
A permanent committee Is being formed
today by the Independents who recently
started the "back to the G O P " move
ment, for the purpose ot effecting reform
within the Republican party.
The now committee Is being organized
along the lines of the Committee of One
Ilundicd and the Committee of Seventy.
Instead of being nonpartisan, it Is
frankly Republican. An effort Is being
made to obtain the consent of a majority
of the members of the Committee of Ono
Hundred to serve on the new body.
What was announced ns 11 "continua
tion" of the luncheon was held by 19 of
the original 80 Independents Inst night
and plans for the formation of the per
manent committee were outlined.
Powell I3vans wns named chairman of
the comniltteo that Is organizing the
larger body. Others on the organisation
committee are Arthur II. l.ca, Charles I
McKcchan nnd George D. Porter. This
comniltteo will open permanent head
quarters nnd will be the nucleus of tho
larger committee that Is being formed.
John C. Winston Issued a stntcment
today on his own behalf criticising Gov
ernor Brumbaugh Tor not having sup
ported J. Benjamin Dlmmlck for United
States Senator against Senator Penrose
two enrs ago.
ELVA MYERS
whole, It Is variously estimated that from
25 to 30 per cent, ot nil the Insane pa
tients admitted to the asylums year by
year owo their misfottune directly or
indlrcctcly to the nbuslve use of alcohol.
"The general average percentage of
poverty Is due, directly or Indirectly to
drink. This percentage Is 25 per cent.
"It Is estimated that In this country
about 10,000 children annually are deserted
by their parents, and that about 13 per
cent, of this sum of children owe their
destitution to the Intemperance of par-
DEAN ASKS INJUNCTION
AGAINST OUSTER ORDER
Bryan, Eastern Rector, Will De
mand Nature of Bishop's
Charges on Dismissal
I-3ASTO.V, Md.i Pejj. l.-I)ean Henry B.
Biyan, of the Cathedral rectory here, has
filed application for an Injunction against
his removal by Bishop William Forbes
Adams Mutiny I.loyd Goldsborough,
Dean Ilrjnn'x counsel, Hied the icqucst,
ns the Dean Is snowbound In Utah.
Bishop Adams ordered Dean Bryan to
resign bv January 31 nnd gave no reasons
for demanding the resignation. He also
demanded that Dean Bijrtn sui render the
keys to the lectory
Dean Bryan, who vjs well known In
Philadelphia, docs not Intend to withdraw
from the diocese until he learns the
clmiges ngnlnst him. The bishop ictuses
to disclose them, nlthough friends of the
minister say the strife followed a nuanel
with n daughter of tho bishop last 13astcr.
Resolutions expressing irgret over his
plight have been adopted b.v the 13nston
Volunteer Tire Company and Kpenee's
Ilntid, of which Dtnii Bivnli was ilinphiln.
The petition tor an Injunction was Pled
before Judge Hopper, of the Tnlbol
County Circuit Court Bishop Adams hna
15 dajs In which to Hlo exceptions,
As Dean Bryan Is In Utah, a novel legal
point Is offered, Tho plaintiff, becauso of
his absence, could neither sign the appli
cation nor the bond. Mr. Goldsborough
held a proxy Lawyers differ as to
whether he Is legally empowered to take
Rtlch action nml nttnmnto n1llr.f1 with the
bishop believe thoy can bowl out the writ
on lecnnicnl grounds Dean Brjan is ex
pected here the middle of this week, but
no word has been lecclved fioni hint since
Sunday.
WOMAX II KM) FOR MURDER
IN POISON CREAM I'UFP CASE
Pleads Not Guilty, but Makes Import
ant Admissions
PROVIDI3NCI3. 11. I, Feb. 1 -Mrs.
Untile I3ther Mcrlll Oakley, n "widow, 30
ycais old, pleaded not guilty last night In
the 12th District Court, at Woonsockct, to
charges of murder nnd attempted mur
der, her arraignment resulting from the
so-called "cream puff" case Investigation.
She was committed to await a hearing on
February 12
Mrs rjnklev was arrested on charges
of having caused the death last Wednes
day of Alm.md Vndeboncover. ond of
having attempted to murder Henry Cas
savant tho same day by sending him
poisoned ci cam puffs.
PHILADELPHIA HOBO VILLISTAS ROB TRAIN;
HELD IN MURDER CASE; GET $50,000 BOOTY
William SchaeiTer Quizzed at
Souderton on Killing of
Thomas Barrett
WORKMAN STARRED IN FIGHT
MAY DIE; ASSAILANT HELD
Fight Over Tool in Shop Mny Result
Fatally for Victim
As a result of a quarrel over their tools
Bruno Prltti, 24 years old, of 742 Catha
rine street, Is In tho Cooper Hospital,
Camden, with a stab wound that phjsl
clnns sny mny bo fatal, nnd Pasqualc
Belporlo, 23 years old, of 1104 South Car
lisle street, Is held b the police, accused
of having done the stabbing.
The two joung men nre employed In
tho cabinet-making plant of the Victor
Talking Machine Company, Camden, nnd
It Is thought that Jealousv caused tho
trouble. According to Frnnclsco Land
cms, more man nair oi all me crimes . vrouuic. ccunmiK iu rrunciHi;i uuiti
uio due to alcohol accoi ding to tho com- una, of 619 Balnurldge street, the two men
mltteo of 50, who Investigated If prisons worked side by side. Today theie wcie
scattered throughout 12 states, represent- ' only two chisels available. One wns a
fhg 13,402 convicts. J finely tempered tool nnd tho other was
"in ino: onn.nnn.orw -.,iin ,,f w,i dull. Ilclperlo, who Is a large, strong
wns consumed, nr dnllblr. thn nmmmt nf ! mail.
the 10 years preceding. All these facts
simply show us the evils ot alcohol."
Mrs. Clara Hoover Stllvvcl! Is responsi
ble for the success of tho contests which
nio being held In the public schools. She
Is the ofllclal representative of tho
Women's Christian Temperance I'nlon
nnd the Friends' Temperance Union. She
haa tho sanction of the board of educa
tion and a special card from Superintend
ent John P. Gnrber which admits her to
the schools to tell tho children about
tho contests. ,
BRAIN AND BRAWN
IN CAGE TONIGHT
Evening Ledger Fives Meet for
Title Hall in Secret
Practice
Tonlght'B the night. Wclghtmnn Hall
will bo the scene of one of tho most
spirited basketball games of tho season,
when the Bialn quintet clushca with the
Brawn bunch for the. I3vi:nino Lbdobh
cage championship Despite the names of
the respective aggiegations. .giay matter
Probablv will bo vnrv ninph hi evidence
by Us absence, vvhllo the power of ondur-
anon hhiI ...AAin in i. .1.. j.ijiu'
.,v tutu fiiueciu will uo iiiu uci-uiiui,
factor In tho match
Captains Jouidet nnd Farrell lefused to
comment on tho probable result of the
fray When each was interviewed by a
BPoits representative, neither displayed
any egotism and It was with much diffi
culty that the weio peisuaded to glvo
out their tespcctlvo line-ups, Both Inti
mated the other would bo well iiwuie
of the fact that It was In SO.M13 scrap,
no matter which five won.
It was rumored that Spick Hull, elon
gated guard of the Brawns, had been In
teeret practice the last few days. He
has not been seen urouud his usual
stamping grounds, and It Is said he has
," hlttl"S It up on the road-not the
White Way for the purpose of being In
good shape when the whistle blows to
night The line-up.
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Tr
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frith
iai" cemre.. Jleeil
OnV" "" -guard Hall
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ORGANISTS TO HOLD SERVICE
Meeting of Pennsylvania Guild Sched
uled for Tonight
i-TheP?nn3'lvan,a Chapter of the Amer
L, k.i "d ot Organists will hold Its 35th
public service tonight at the Episcopal
lnUrCft OI thA AlnnaVnan, JT I. .... ...
- Jungsesslng avenue.
o aninems and eervlce-muslo will be
pung by the Cantuvea Chorus of female
voices with Miss May Porter, the director
at the organ Mrs. Dorothy Johnstone
!gie le' harpist, and F. If. Bendlg, Jr.,
iSf nJ? wl" pIay several numbero. The
iv. Charles "W. Shrelner, rector of the
nHrS.b'Jw,w oblate, and the Rev. Phil
.55 Endtt Osgood will deliver a short
Mdress.
BIG ENROLLMENT AT TEMPLE
Advance Registration Unusually High
lor Mid-winter Classes
An UnUSUallv larirn nrlvnnPA rAf-fefntM
M4 been enrolled for the new midwinter
JftlWi i " nuueenoio science, physical
jjgwnlng, college and business depart-tt-"t
at Temple University.
, Jtq classes opened today and will
I
It Sl.Ue VSr re8''n tonight at
iwe acjtirtne trt bkIb na ,? ...
JWktAS their application t th dean's,
EFFICIENCY IN MISSIONS
Lutheran Clergymen Discuss Means
of Making Work in Home Field
More Valuable
Efficiency In mlbslon work was dis
cussed at length by Lutheran ministers
In attendance at the second and last day
of the Congress on Homo Mltslon Woik
of the Synod of East Pennsvanla, In tho
Tcmplo Lutheran Church. 5:d and rtace
streets, today. The Itcv. W. F. Bare
urged up-to-date methods and more busi
nesslike jirocedure In order to improvo
the mission work and make Its effect
moie positive and certain. The Itev. C.
McLean Davis led In the discussion.
The Itev. Dr. J. F. Hnrtinan presided nt
the opening, and the new Dr. C. V. Wiles
led the devotional exercises.
Among other clergymen participating
In the piogram today are the Rev. E. E.
Snyder, the llev. Frank IJ. Moyer, the
Uov. I. W- Bobst and the Rev. M, R.
Helllg, o'f this synod, and tho Rev. Dr.
Frank SwarU, of New York, and the
Rev. Dr. A. S. Hnrtnidii, of Baltimore,
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PETOssTsrssnTsro
Tin a lit to Fit Feet"
Most toot irouoies liiim ,
come from noor nttlncr. rrl'lj
For 36 years UnUliuer
Shoe have been rec
ognized for their Comfortable
Fit, Good Quality nnd Style.
Nurse l)e!,yte Hhoc are designed
for women with tender feet.
Made of Duree Kid, wth no
seams, flexible toles, rubber
heels button or lace, high or
jr. ..?... v.."'. AA$3.oo
Write today or Booklet L,
"Car o tho 'l."
and measurement blanks,
.Dalsimer&Sons
ISO 1-0-8 Market
Street
would use nothing but the best
tools, according to Lanciana, and when
Frittl, who is very small. Insisted on
using the sharp chisel Bclperio tiled to
take It away from him. Lanelnn.i said
the men fought so furiously that he tried
to separate them with a hammer In his
hnnd. Suddenly I'rlttl dropped to tho
tlooi with a cry nnd tho chisel Imbedded
between his ribs. The chisel blade was as
sharp as a razor and was eight Inches
long and one Inch wide. Belpeiio at
tempted to escape, but Lanciana held him
until Detective Troncono arrived nnd
placed the man under arrest. Tho two
men have long been Jealous of each
other's work, according to workers In
the factory.
ANTf-VICE ORDER IN EFFECT
Tenderloin Aroused With Speculation.
Policemen on the Alert,
The new "clamp-down-the-lid" orders
Issued by Superintendent Robinson, and
sold to come direct from Director Wlli
son, went Into effect today.
Every policeman Is to bo held personal
ly responsible for gambling nnd vice on
his bent, according to tho orders, which
ere read at rollcall In every station
houso of the city last night. 'When tho
policemen, with tho oiders fresh In their
minds, went "on the street" nt midnight
nnd the pews was spread much discussion
was aroused In tho tenderloin. The orders
were taken to mean that the Administra
tion "means business."
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Notice
Ford Auto Owners
All Ford Auto owners residing In Penn
ylvsnla ara requested to Mod nana and
address and number of car to our Et
rn dUtrlbutlag offlc and rsceiva valu
able Information ot a cilU iQ-operallr
dlmlbuiliis proportion fa connection
with the mr you own.
American Ford Owners' Asan.
C10 J)rl I11J.. 1'hUadelnUU
, Phone Jicmoaril Hit
For Men and j
Women
There are a num
ber of retailers who,
though primarily
selling to men, carry
merchandise of in
terest, to women also.
Few, however, realize j
the possibilities of
making what has hith
erto been a men's store
into a men's and wo
men's store.
We pointed out these
opportunities to a firm on
Chestnut street, and in
duced the proprietors to
advertise their goods for
women in the Public
Ledger. That was a lew
months ago. Today, as a
result, they are doing a
much larger business in
women's merchandise than
they thought possible.
Through Ledger advertis.
ing they have built what Is
practically a woman's as
well as a man's shop.
Their annguncements in
the Public Ledger are now
appearing daily.
The police of Souderton, Pa., are work
ing on the theory that a I'hlladclphlan
may have had something to do with the
murder of Thomas Harrett, Civil War
veteran, whose body wns found In a. stable
In Souderton on the night of January lfi.
The man, whose recent notions ar'o being
Investigated Is William Schaeffer, who
gave ah address at 86 1 North 8th street,
this city. Schaeffer Is now serving a sen
tence of 30 days on the technical charge of
vagrancy.
Schaeffer and Thomai Nnsh, of Newark,
N. J , who was arrested Willi him, were
put through a "third degree" yesterday by
District Attorney Anderson, at Norrls
town Tho examination fasted nearly three
hours.
Schaeffer says he has been n wanderer
for seven years and ho hat the appear
ance of the typical hobo. The police say
he admitted several facts which fit Into
their theories about the murder. They
say ho confessed having been In Souder
ton tho du before the murder took place,
nnd that ho knew the murdered man.
Several Americans on Bdnrd.
May Wreck Railroad and
Isolate Foreigners
fib TASO, Tex., Feb. l.-Eludlng Car
rnnza soldiers who had been sent to pur
sue them, Vllllsta soldiers have reached
the railway line between Juarez and
Chihuahua City, Shortly before noon on
Monday they held up and robbed a pas
senger train that had. left Juarez for
Chihuahua tho night before and today
they are reported to be destroying the
railroad. By wrecking the railroad the
Vllllstas would Isolate scores of Ameri
cans In qiilhtiahtia City and other parts
of tho State of Chihuahua,
Several Americans are said to have been
on tho train that was held up and It Is
nlso reported that the Vllllstas took from
tho train nnd shot to death General
Tomas Orneles, a. former adherent of
Frnnclsco Villa, who had surrendered to
Cananza.
The Vllllstas looted tho express car on
the train and forced the passengers to
give up nil their valuables. It Is reported
they got more than $50,000 In booty.
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Mm m
s different from general
farming' . . . the problem
is how to make the business
pay . . . the growing of
good crops is only one of
several factors upon which
success depends . . . other
problems are location
markets, transportation,
financing, full-time produc
tion and overhead charges
These are the practical words -of a practical man. They
were picked here and there from the first of a series of
three articles on market gardening.
You'll find these articles distinctly worth while. Plan to
read them. The first appears in the February 5th issue of
The other two appear in succeeding issues. And notice :
This man talks selling as well as raising. For the market
gardener, this is a particularly vital point. That's why the
editors of The Country Gentleman put so much emphasis
on it. There's a regular page every week called
THE MARKET GARDEN
It's full of up-to-date paragraphs and short, crisp, little
articles, each with a practical tip and all money makers.
It's just an example of other pages regularly devoted to
other departments of your farm and home poultry, dairy,
livestock, fruit, cooking, sewing, etc. not forgetting fun.
And beside, there are six to ten special articles every
week on general farming and successful specialties.
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