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EVENING LEDOER-PJETILADEIPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917
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Wvrirppnv Ti.llinn)ina
Whirlwind Drive in
'Bloody' Ward
CHEERED BY THOUSAND
ARMSTRONG EVER FIGHTER FOR '
IDEALS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT
, Candidate for Receiver of Taxes on Town Meeting
iiCKet Led Winning Battle Against Gas
Lease "Grab" His Record
Down In the "Bloody Fifth" Ward, uhefe
crucial Detective GcorBo Kpntey was inur
ed and where thuggery nnd terror
nlrned on primary election day, ex-IMrec- ;
tcr of Trnnslt A. Mcrrltt Taylor last niKlit
demanded the Impeachment of Mayor
Smith and the end of "government by ;
mjfeariy one thousand residents of the
"Bloody Fifth" assembled In Majestic Hall.
t Fourth and South Mreets, made him I
their champion, to carry their p'ea against '
thuggery and Intimidation ly the polite
Into every ward In the city.
The appearance of the former director on
he platform was his first as a political '
neaker and waa the start of a whirlwind .
tampalcn to which he dedicated himself I
untlt Philadelphia Is rid of "political
P in the heart of the "Bio dy Fifth." and I
later In the Forty-fourth Ward. Mr. Tay.or
in vitriolic nddres-ics accepted on behalf of
the Town Meetlnc party the caunt'et thrown
down by the Varo-Smlth ltepubllcan OrRanl.
tatlon at the meeUtiB of Its city committee
two weeks ago and made the Fifth Vard
murder nnd tluifSKcry the'lsue of the cam
paign. The ltepubllcan city committee made the
Issue the Vares' plea of u "frame-up " Kx
Dlrector Taylor declared that Mayor Smith,
his Administration, contr ictor rule nnd In
timidation and violence by the police and
hired thugs the Issue for tho Independents.
The meeting In the Fifth Ward was. by
far the largest held since the campaign
was launched following the Town Meeting
protest against murder rule
Just as Mr. Taylor nrrlved at the hall
three old-time political p.uades, with red
fire and bands, came from different direc
tions and as many of the marchers who
could gain entrance swarmed Into the build
In?. Not a single, policeman wan In or near
the building while the meeting was being
held. ;
Max Heriberg, chairman of the Town j
Meeting puny uuiiiuuuee. prtsiiucu. lie
was telling the hundreds of voters who had
assembled to plead 'for protection from the
police, that "Jimmy" Sheehan Is a "relic of
the hog combine," when the former director
entered.
The men stood on their chairs and
cheered while he walked to the platform,
where Thomas F. Armstrong, Town Meet
ing candidate for Receiver of Taxes; nob
art S. Bright, Frederick Beyer and Isadore
Stern wero seated.
The former director was repeatedly In
terrupted as he denounced "the most des
potic and corrupt dynasty which ever con
trolled any American city " When he de
clared that the first act of the Town Meet
ing party. If successful, will be- the Im
peachment of Mnyor Smith Immediately
after election, the hall became a bedlam.
At the conclusion of his speech he called
upon the citizens of the "Bloody Fifth"
to be the first recruits In an army of 160,000
to overthrow "government by murder" and
very man present responded.
When Mr. Taylor had concluded, David
Tlerkel who acted as temporiry chairman
ef tho meeting, offered a resolution drafted
by the citizens of the Fifth Ward, appeal
ing to the voters of the city to "crush the
contractor-controlled Organization, which
has had the arrogance and Impudence to
make Phlladelphlans politic 1 serfs and to
Wii i) i namacmcnt t Hff and wcll-managed business concerns finds
f itself fit need of men to fill vacancies In Important 'portions It goes
0 ",c W(" tor men. v nctMpnper adterlljlnff or other means It makes
us requirement, ;.,,. n solicits applications. Statements and the records
u uwnrani me. Investigated and scrutinized. The bigger and better
"'",, ",c micern ft, the more jealous of Its good name. In the business
,n careful Its Inquiries. It docs not mind spending two icecks of a
...,...,,,, man , tlme ,.,, 0II, wMch of half dotcn apnUcants i3 the most
""""" 'ur " twa-month clerkship.
A city Is a big business concern. Philadelphia Is a big business concern.
ii it in me market for men and there arc many applicants. As the success of
mil other bin biislncu concern depends upon the care and success with which
It picks Its employes, no the success nt PhDnrtrU.in Jmrj. nn the care and
success tclth iiiiri If eiootrt If.
As a man employed for the purpose would Investigate the records of applicants
for positions In n hli commercial or Industrial house the Evening Ledger has
made, for the benrtt of the city of Philadelphia, some Investigations of the
u cords of applicants for Important city pasts. The results of those Inquiries
trill be publlihcd In a icilrs of article, the first of which Is printed herewith.
THOMAS AUMSTUOVU. candidate for
Receiver of Tn- on the Town Meet
ing parti tlcl-i't. u n liiixlnris num. He
has ninny been into ested In politic-", but
not as ti huslna or a piofei'lcm. lie has
not innde n living out of it. though he prob
ably could hae done so had he tried, foi
he hns the brains and energy w heron ilh
success may lie gained In almost any
business. y
Mr. Armstrong came to' Philadelphia from
Perth Amboy, N .t when he was nineteen
years old and, with three other young men,
enteied the terra cott.i business The orig
inal firm was known as Stephens, Arm
strong & Conkl(rg. nnd Its members were
Frank nnd Hairy Stephens, Mr. Armstrong
nnd Ira Conkllng.
In 1911. the Stephenes wlthdiew and
the Conkllng-Annrtrong Terra Cotta Com
pany was formed, with Mr Conkllng nt its
head After Mr. Conkllng's-death two years
ago, Mr. Armstrong nutveeded naturally to
tho presidency. He controls the business
and owns virtually nil the company's stock,
PAYS MILLIONS IN WAGHS
The company was not built In a day, but
It has grown Mcadlly until It now is one
of the largest In the I'nlted States. Its
plant In Nlcetown employs as many as 400
wotkers In busiest seasons and the con
cern has paid millions of dollars In wages.
Mr. Armstrong is a little above tne aver
age In size and has n cry well-fed appear
ance. Ills face Is round and he has rathct
sharp eyes that twinkle He has a business-like,
somewhat .brusnue manner that
feems to Indicate. "-.i what ou'e got to
say If It's worth saying and be quick about
It." but altogether his personality Is one
that appeals to men
Mr. Armstrong's business operations and
record gained for him recognition, not oijly
from competitors nnd associates In his own
field, but from men generally. He served
as president of tho Master Builders' Lc
change and he Is president of the nnstcrn
Terra Cotta Manufacturers' Association, as
well as of the National Terra Cotta Manu
facturers' Association. He Is the secretary
nnd n director of the Manufacturers' Club
of Philadelphia and a member of the Cham
ber of Commerce ann me iwuiry i""-
FAVORS REPUBLICAN PARTY
In national poltlcs Mr. Armstrong hns
been consl'tcntly a Republican. Without
approving every net of every Republican
national Administration, ne iws muiii ".
defile the Republican columns on the ballotii the national party, believing the nation
with the names of Its henchmen." safer under Its direction than under that
Isadore Stern proposed mat me iormer i 0f any otlier party, ann news " "
Director be delegated by the residents of
the Fifth Wnrd to carry their plea mrougn
out the city.
Mr Taylor went directly to the Town
Meeting party rally In Grncey's Hall. Fifty
second and Havcrford avenue, nnd there
recruited 180 ' iters for his "army" nnd
obtained their pledge to free the city from
police thuggery.
WOMEN ARE INDORSED
AS SCHOOL VISITORS
Civic Club Issues List of Candi
dates and Urges Voters to
Elect Them
The Civic Club asks the voters of Phila
delphia to avail themselves of the oppor
tunity offered by the nomination of well
qualified women as memberB of tho Boards
ef School Visitors. The club has for many
years maintained that women are the logi
cal candidates for these positions and has
' advocated their election regardless of
party Itsubmlts the following list of
tvomen who have received Its Indorsement,
nnd whose names have heen placed on. the
various tickets. It also asks tho favorable
consideration of the voters for all other
well-qualtfled women candidates.
n. stands for Repu'.illtnn. D. for Democratic:
W. for Washlneton, und T. M. for Town Slut-
Second Ward Mrs. Mnry M. Adama 101
Elliworth utreet: R.. I). Mr. Percy It. Stock
man. Otil Swanaon street. D. f
Third Ward Mlaa Emma V. Miller. 433
Chrlttlan street: D. . . .,.
Eighth Ward Mrh. Clinton It. Woodruff, lilMO
Spruce atreeti R., D. Mlaa V4Ja Hunt Francla.
4 1225 Spruce street: R.. D. , ,..
Tenth Ward Ur. Sarah II. Lockrey, 1520
Vine, street: IJ. . .. , ' ,,
Fourteenth Ward Mra. Anna Maclnall, 1230
Spring Garden street: R. . ..
Fifteenth Ward Mrs. Oscar D. Ijoeb. 2124
. Bprlnn Garden street: R D. Mrs. Max Ileln-
helmer. 8.11 North Twenty-fourth street: D.
Mrs. Paul McConomy. SOT North Twenty-flrat
Nineteenth' Ward Mrs. II. F. Munro. 1737
North Fifth street: T. M. Miss Louise Lewis.
The Llehthouas.- 114 Lehigh aenue, T. SI.
Twenty-fourth Ward Mra, Aunts II. Stetson.
610 North Thirty-second street, r Mrs. Oeorae
W. Schmurker, U32 North ThlrtJ-aecond street:
Twenty-seventh Ward Mrs. John C. Watt,
818 South Forty-second street, II.. D. Mrs.
S. H. Fels. Thirty-ninth and Walnut streets;
It.. D,
v Twenly-elBhth Ward Sirs. Kmma M. Thomp
son. 3308 West Huntlnadon street. W. f. SI.
Thlrty-flfth Ward Sirs. Franklin T Cheney,
Red Lion road, llustliton. Pa.s T, SI Sirs.
It. II. lions.' S220 Elberon avenuo. Fox Chase.
Pa.iT M. Stlss Hannah Slnfrls. Second Street
i pike and Asylum road: T. SI. Slra. Starearet
MeCaulley. Crncentllle. I'a.: T. SI.
Thlrtyluhth Ward .Mrs. William P. Lonan,
8523 North Twenty-third street; D
fortieth Ward sirs. u. u. Birananan. -
Ktnasesslnc avenue: T. SI. Sirs. Jane I Dull.
B8.13 Willows avenue; T. M. . t . .i
Forty-second Wnrd Sirs. J. II. Hitrtman, B300
North Front street; R.. D. Sirs.' Howard II.
SIcKlnley. 42H Homcrvlllo axenue; Olney, I'a.;
II.. D. Sirs. W. S. Hheivrd. 507 Sixty-seventh
avenue. Olney. Pa.: R.. H . W.. T, SI Sirs.
W. It. Shelmlre, Jr . Plxty-nlnth atreet and
Lawnton avenue. Olney. Pa.: R.
Forty-sixth Ward Sirs. Franklin A. Smith.
Jr.t 801R Haxel avenue: It.. D,. W.. T. St. Mrs.
I O. Tull, Stontrose Apartments. Forty-seventh
trtet and Ilaltlmore avenue; n.. D... W. Sirs.
Marrarst SI. Iloyd. 4B49 jlaiel awhuet a,. D..
W.. T. M. Mra. SI. W. Sloan. 4825 Ilaltlmore
avenue: n D.c W. , .
. Forty-seventh Ward Dr Annie Rartram Hall.
1415 North Ssventeenth street; It. D. Sirs.
Caroline 8. Ilergor. 1728 Staster street! R . D.
with Its attitude toward tne larger m.u
more Important national Issues
In local itfllllcs Mr Aimstrong has been
constantly a good Republican. He has not
been n perenn'al otllce seeker nor n per
petual political worker. He became Inter
ested In politics nbotit the time he was old
en ugh to vote, nnd he hns retained his In
terest He alwavs has been found cham
pioning the national Republican party and
supporting tho Republican party locally
when he could conscientiously do so.
Mr Armstrong has opposed lawless and
dishonest Clang methods, and has been asso
c ated with every movement In his time
that sought to rid the city of bad gov
eminent and estnblish clean, honest and
rfllcient municipal rule In January. 1001.
at- lrmiimnir as nominated by the He-
I publicans for Common Councilman from the
Thlrty-elgntn wuru, uu m ..., -was
elected.
FOUGHT "R1PP' R" BILL
It was after this that the Quay machine
passed the Philadelphia tax "ripper" bill at
Harrlsburg and Governor Stone s'gned It.
The measure, ostensibly for the benign pur
poso of making the Board of Revision of
Taxes electee by the people instead of
appointive by the Board of Judges, was
calculated to give the machine the power
of a czar oer all the taxpayers of Phila
delphla. Mr. Armstrong was one of the
leaders of a delegation of representative
Phllndelphinns that marched on Harrlsburg
to protest ng.i'nst the "ripper" The proteit
failed but thp Iniquitous act was held un
constitutional by the Supremo Court.
In 1901 A'bert L. Johnson, brother of
Tom L. Johnson, the famous single-tax ad
oc.tte, Mayor of Clc eland nnd stiect
railway genius, who gave Cleveland three
i'cnt railway faros, proposed to enter the
rtrcet railway field In Philadelphia He
paid there were ISO miles of streets In
Philadelphia in which street railways could
he made to pay and he wanted franchises
In sgme of these streets his proposed lines
would bo in competition with those of tho
I'ninn Traction Company.
Johnson's proposals suggested something
the politicians had overlooked. But when
an expert pointed riut the possibilities they
weio not slow to sec
The Legislature and the GoeTnor quickly
prolded legislation enabling the city to
grant -franchises, and the franchises were
granted to syndicates in which Represents
tie Robert II. Foerderer, John SI Mac!:,
Michael Murphy, Clarenco Wolf nnd otheri
were Interested.
OPPOSCD RAILWAY FRANCHISES
Mr. Armstrong was one of a handful of
Councllmen that fought the granting of
these franchises, which nmounted to giving
away of millions of dollars' worth of privi
leges to use streets for tramway purposes.
But It was a hopeless light. Tho franchlrcs
wero granted. John Wnnamaker. to prove
that tho privileges being given nwny were
highly valuable, sent to Mayor Ashbrldge an
offer of t2.500.i00 for the same privileges
The Mnyor contemptuously threw the offer
nwny without even opening the envolopc.
Later Mr. Wnnamaker offered to pay
i. 500.000 to tho city and a bonus of
J500.000 to tho franchise-holders If they
would give him their holdings. His offer
was not accepted
In 1905 came the famous gas-lease fight.
It was proposed to extend the gas works'
lease to the United Oas Improvement Com
pany for fifty years for a flat sum of $25,
000.000 $600,000 a year.
Councils wero aligned for the lease. Again,
as In tho street railway fnAtlilse fight. Mr.
Armstrong Btood and fought againBt a
scheme to sacrlflco the city's property. Pub-
lie sentiment was aroused before mo nnai
voting In Councils, but the members had
.their orders Police were on hand to protect
the Councllmen from Indignant and outraged
cltlrcns who crowded the galleries, shouting,
"Thieves !" nnd "Robbers !" as their property
was being voted away.
LKD WAY TO BREAK
Armstrong nnd his pitiably little band ar
gued and voted "no."
Then Mncr Weaver broke with the gang.
Heads fell right and left. The Mayor
showed no mercy. The Organization lead
ers were stunned. Tho United Gas Im
provement Company withdrew Its offer,
which Councils had accepted and which the
Mayor was nbout to veto-. So that fight
was won.
Mr. Armstrong served three terms as
Councilman Then he was beaten and ho
was no more a candidate for office until
he was nominated by the Town Meeting
party, though he continued to be Interested
In good government nnd an earnest advo
cate of It.
Mr. Armstrong could have become a "big
politician." He preferred to be a big man.
He did not build up nor try to build up
any kind of machine that would keep him
in otllce. He never was the kind of man
a political ring would mako nny kind cf n
fight for. The leaders used to ask him
what he wanted. He said he didn't want
anything. That Is a hard kind of man for
a political machine to deal with.
Everything In Mr. Armstrong's record as
a business man and In politics shows him t
be substantial, honest, trustworthy, com
petent, sincere and consistent.
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MOTHER OF 5 MARTIAL
SONS PROUD OF THEM
Mrs. Ballantyne Patterson, of
Haddonfleld, Rejoices in Their
Service to U. S.
TYPE OF HEROIC WOMAN
Four of Her Boys Officera in Army,
Youngest a Student in Avia
tion School
SOON TO BECOME BKIDES
Miss Myrtle Foster (upper),
daughter of Frank II. Foster, 800
Haddon avenue, Collingswood, N.
J., is to marry Curtis White, of
Frazcr avenue, nt an early date.
Miss Marion Chaplinc (lower),
dauuhter of Mrs. Clara Chnplinc,
13 Walnut street, Haddonncld, N.
.1.. will become the bride of Ralph
W. Pressor, 113 Chestnut avenue,
on November 17.
JERSEY'S SUPPLY OF
FATS HAS DWINDLED
State's Warehouses Contain Less
Than Quarter of Last
Year's Storage
TRENTON", Oct. 30. The supply of edible
fats and oils described by the Hoover food
administration ns "fuel for the army," In
the cold storage warehouses of New Jersey
has dwindled to less than a quarter of what
It was n year ago, nccordlng to a report
Issued by the State Department of Health
showing the amount of food products In
cold storage nt the beginning of the present
month.
One year ago the cold storage warehouses
bad fats nnd oils on hand to Jhe amount of
5,203,014 pounds, while now their suoply Is
only 1,025.489.
The supply of fresh meat In. cold Ftorngo
In the State amounts to 5.387.01 pounds
as against 6.20.1,455 pounds n year ago Last
February the fresh meat supply reached at
max mum of 8.01G.037 ndunrts : but ni tnai
time a large amount wns being held In
storage for shipment to th Huropean Allies.
Poultry In cold storage amounts to 0,287.
935 pounds, as ngalnst 4,738,740 pounds a
year ago. In February cold storage ware
houses, contained 10,782,251 pounds, al
though, ns In the case of meat, n large part
of the supply was then being held for Euro
pean shipment
The supply of fresh fish has decreased
from 1.971.817 pounds to 1.472.270 pounds.
Cheese has Increased from 1,140,200 pounds
to 1,961.468 pounds und eggs from 602,528
cases to 576.038 cases."-'
The butter supply has decreased during
the year from 8,009,977 pounds to 6.389,088
pounds. auiK ana miiK proaucis nave m
creaKed from 453,260 pounds to .974,212
pounds. j
Reformation Mass-Meeting
A mass-meeting to commemorate the
400th anniversary of the Protestant Refor
mation wilt be held tonight by members
of Protestant churches In this city In tho
Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church
at 8 o'clock. Prominent speakers will ad
dress the meeting Moro than twenty
union meetings were held In different
churches throughout tho city on Sunday to
mark the reformation.
By M'LISS
"It Is a great privilege to be tho mother
' if m t,Am1tifitl mnt. utirt It In n crreat
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honor to have them do servlco for their
country I do not spoalt of giving my song
to my country, ns though I expected to exact
gratitude "
A distinguished mother spoke the words
with a proud, mnjestlc air, worthy of a
Spartan matron. She Is Mrs. Ballantyne
Patterson lecentlv of Wnrhlugton, D. C.
and Mannssass, Va., but living for the time
being In H.wldonfleld, N J
To know the full reason of her pride,
nnd Its Justification, you must know that
sho Is the mother of fhe six-footers who
ore serving In the I'nlted Smtes prrny. four
or them as oincerp; the fifth, her nineteen--nr-old
baby, ns a "Indent nvlator nt
Ptlnceton She Is the mother of:
First Colonel Robert W Patterson, the
eminent surgeon who took the Harvard
I'nlt to France Hnd Is the administrator of
Baso Hospital No 5. fifty miles from the
firing line "somewhere" In that devastated
country
Secopd Major William !. Patterson,
Just recalled from the Philippines to take
command of the fulled States Aviation
School nt L.tnglt Field, Hampton, Va.
Third Cnptnln Fled I'nttcrron, Camp
Meade, Admiral. .Mil.
Font lb Lieutenant Jeffrey R. Patterson,
Fort .Monroe, Vn.
Fifth Prlwito Lyman Patterson, Mili
tary Sch l of Alntlon, Princeton, N J.
PROl'D OF HER SOLDIER SONS
When 1 urrlted at the charming little
house she lias taken In Haddonfleld, Mrs
Patterson h.id Just at lived from a walk
taken, she admitted when the point was
piessed, to keep her bplrlts up.
Tlwife do not think that I have been
blue, or that 1 permit myself to mope,"
she paid In a oico that blended the harsh
accuracy of the No tin with the winning
mellifluence of fho South, "becaue that
Is not so But when I find myself thinking
too Intensively nbcut v.hnsmlght happen,
a brisk walk on a beautiful day like this
pulls mo up again."
She held her white head as high as a
dowager's when she told mo of Colonel
Patterson, whose adjutant, standing not far
irom mm. was blown to bits when the Hun
recently picked Baso Hospltnl No. 5, with
its great red cross marked upon It. hie
enough for all humanity to see, for bombing
"lou nave read of It In tho paper," she
said, with a repression that was elotiucnt.
"I havo had n cablo from my son assuring
mo of his safety, which was miraculous. Ho
had Just left the building. Tho adjutant
was torn limb from llmli ho had been
standing In n doorway directing the placing
of the wounded. Many, many wounded
wero being brought In from tho front at the
pieciso moment that the Germans chose.
Baso Hospital No. 5 Is very closo to the
St. Louis hospital, which also suffered se
verely In tho raid.
"Both this son nnd my son William, my
eldest, the major, have seen servlco In the
Moro wars In the Philippines. Tho lattcr's
transport has Just got In from Manila and
I havo not yet seen him. I will see him In
a day or two.
GERMANY WORSE THAN MOROS
"Wo thought tho Moro wars were nasty
ones," this mother of a martial family
said, "when I heard of the savage way In
which sentinels were cut up and the cruel
ties and barbarities practiced by the Moros.
When I thought of them going through the
great grasses, where the savages lay con
cealed like snakes, I thought my eons had
experienced tho worst of warfare,
"But I was. wrong," she continued, with
sad seriousness, thinking no doubt of the
recent finding of cyanide In a student's
room nt Princeton her youngest son has
his suite In tho same hall "this Is a vile
war nnd wo have to think of iwlsoned food
and submarines and tho bombing of
wounded nnd of women nnd children nhd of
othijr unbcllovablo atrocities. Wo do not
dnro think.
"My youngest boy, when ho took me to
church recently," the suspicion of A tear
moistened her eye as sho recalled the In
cident, said, 'Mother, Is thinking nbout all
this mnklng you older; Is our being away
breaking you; do ou resent my having
cone, too?' And I nnswered, .'o, my son.
I nm proud."
Throughout this war I have met and In
terviewed many noblo Bclf-sacrlflclng, car
nest women, but I believe I have been
more deeply Impressed by the nttltudo of
this fine woman, Mrs. Ballantyne Patterson,
this woman whose every word vindicates
the glory of her motherhood nnd her su
preme right to It. I c.innot help fcellrg
that the five sons must havo nn even
grcntcr pride In her than she In them.
"There nro two other sons," she told
mo modestly. "I nm proud of them too.
They are married nnd waiting to go when
tho first signal comes that they are needed.
My only daughter, a. lovely, locly girl,
died."
OERMAN "DAUGHTER" AN AMERTCAN
But every ono of her daughters-in-law
she speaks of as "daughter " One of them
Is with her nt Haddonfleld, the wlfo of
Lieutenant Jeffrey Patterson, nt Fort
Monroa, who ran nwny when he was very
young and sened as a prlnto In the
Spanish-American Wnr. This "daughter"
Is ii German by birth, that Is tt say. It Is
Inconceivable that any one could bask in
the effulgence of Mrs. Ballantyne Patter-
hon's Americanism 'and remain n German
at heart
"I am an American " the "daughter" said
simply .
She came to this country, nn X-ray ex
port, to study American methods. She mar
ried Lieutenant Jeffrey he was In mufti
then and has not heard from her mother
and sister, who arc in Berlin and Dresden,
respectively, slnco tho war broke out.
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NEGRO VICTIM OF RIOT
NOW CHARITY OBJRy
Crippled and Penniless Aft-
East' St. Louis Disturbance,
Baptist Ministers Hear
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The Rev. James Samuel Davis t
threwhlmsclf on the charltvf the PhH-
delphla Baptist ministers at their wekhr
meeting at Seventeenth nnd Sansom streM
A committee has been appointed by tM
Baptist ministers to raise funds for Mm ,
and see that he Is put in the hand af-i. '
friends In a more agreeable climate. Hl 5'
trying ,to reach Virginia. Many of tit j
ministers voluntarily came to hl help wH JV.'fc
contributions. t . ' N
Seventeen years ago he was an AfrlcM
savage on tho Gold Coast. Four month
ago he was a happy, healthy, prosperous
school teacher In East St. Louis. Today ,
Ins Is u homeless, penniless and broken .
shadow, a cripple for .life nnd the objeat t'
of chnrity.
"My mother and father were wild, un
civilized savages on the Gold Coast of Weat '
Africa," he said. "I was found by a mis
sionary, the Rev. C C. Boone, and cama
to America after being civilized, I at
tended the Booker T, Washington Schoet "
in this country, and about three years age
settled in Hast St. Louis. ,v , .
"I waa toahlng school and had saved uai
enough money to purchase some property ,,
when tho race riots broke out I was seized, -by
fuur white men at that terrible Ulna
and Mirust head first Into a large cauldron '
of boiling water. I struggled and finally
got myself out of It. However, nil my hair
was burned off, my face waa disfigured' ka
you see It and my hands " and here, after
removing his gloves, he displayed two dis
torted, discolored nnd useless hands.
He told of Iwlng picked up unconctoue
and tak'en to a hospital by persons unknown'
to lil 111. For weeks he was in a critical con
dition, hovering between life nnd death. For
three months he was confined to his bed. As
soon as he could leave he came to Philadel
phia after raising a small anjount-ot money
from a few friends, all as destitute as him-'
tclf, following tho riots.
He Is unable to do work of any kind, aa
his hnnds are useless. He Is homeless and
ptnnlless. The Rev. Dr. George W. Tillman,
a negro, has volunteered to care for hfra at '
St. Peter's Home for Old Ladles and Or
phans at St. Peter's.
PALE, POETIC YOUTH ALMOST
TOMAHAWKED BY RED INJUN
And Just for That; James, Anticipating Halloween, Goes
to Bed Without Dinner Festivities Will Go On
Despite War Tax and Sugar Shortage
WISCONSIN PROFESSOR "FIRED"
Summnrily Dismissed for ''Scurrilous"
Words About Liberty Loan
MADISON. Wis.. Oct. 30. Too much
talking cost Professor Ernest. Felse. assist
ant head of the OermaTi department of the
University of WlBContln. his JobAJrofesor
Kelsa waa summarily "fired" by President
Vati Hlse tonight Traitorous remarks
against the Liberty Loan were re
sponsible. Just what the "offensive and
acurrllous" words, as President Charles R,
Van Ilse- called them were, only four per
aens Felse, Dean Dirge,, an associate to
, svawn Felse made the remark and Prel.
It was Just before dinner last night. The
pale, poetic-looking young man who works
In an olflce downtown was painfully climb
ing the stairs at his boarding house. He
was thinking of the Liberty Bond that he
had bought a few hours ago and the war
tax on cigarettes and the high price of
shoe and a few other things Uko that.
Of a sudden there rose before him on a
landing of the stairway Ihe gaunt form of
in, Indian brave. The tawny skin of the
savage could be plainly seen In the half
Mght that shone from the chandelier above.
Feathers bristled on the head of the chief
tain, a tumahawk waved In his hand, a
bloodcurdling battlecry came from his lips,
lips.
The young man from the office downtown
turned paler than ever-almost Irple-ln
fh sudden fright that came to him. He
ottered and was about to fall backward,
whin suddenly a round and very capable
feminla?m reached over the banisters
seTzed the . Indian cbjef tain by the scruff
of his neck ana jau " --- "-t
the landing. At the same time an equally
capable feminine voice-that of the land
lady proclaimed; (
JASIES ANTICIPATE HOLIDAY
-you James! What did I tell you aooui
f-i-ntening people with that Halloween
nH.hne"?T And here tt Is only Monday.
2 1 Just tor that you'll go right Ip the
kUchen anJb .VeVy bit of that foollsrt
ne.. Toff of Vour face and take off that cos
fume antf 80 to bed without apy dinner."
'"Fifteen minutes later, tomahawk cast
SI. whCeriE Tn b. " 'tory
cniei w ,,-. if mother would relent
.ndbrlng hm up a little dinner. He had.
and bripg j'" "' .,,, . Tiriioween
?' try'ng to string Tt nutT w too long a
Sv J -with all his soul that Jt will not
IT A-aadvance agent, of the
celebrators will come out in force and go
over tho top. Wild Indians, gypsy girls,
clowns, Puritan maidens, Rubes, harle
quins all classes and condltloris-vof dis
guises will mask the revelers, and the car
nival spirit, which Is the very essence and
being of Halloween, will be In evidence on
all Bides.
It takes something more than a world
war to dampen the ardor of Halloween en
thusiasm, for Halloween enthusiasm has
its roots in the eternal spirit of youth, which
does not die. And so It is that, although
there are many brothers and fathers ana
sweethearts in the trenches In France or In
training camps here preparing to go "over
there," the Joyous spirit of Halloween is
undlmmed, and there will be Just as big
times this year aft ever before.
The frost Is on the pumpkin and the 'fod
der's In the shock; there's a snap and a
tingle to the air that makes It a pleasure
Just to be alive; so what does It matter If
the rest of the world Is at war we'll all
turn loose fdr one night tomorrow and be
kids again.
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