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1 ' f ' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920 ,
MAY LIMIT TRUCKS
ONSTATEHIGHWAYS
Commissioners on Tout Say
Careless Driving of Heavy Ve
hicles Ruins did Roads
INSPECTION ENDS 0DAY
By a Bthb CorrttpOndtnt f
Chairibtralmnr Pa., Sept 24. If
truck owAera and raafatgeri of large
conccfnli tmnloyJnr truck do not We
ImmMlntf tonaMmtlon to the problem
of hoping conMWa atate hUhwY,
Mme action will" b (aken to limit the
u of trufk on H "?h highway.
Such' MittnK'nt was made lat night
by State Highway. CommlMloner Lwt
Radler In a conference with officials
of the Highway Department, who com
pleted the second dar of their three
ilAr lnperllon tour of the state, at his
home In Carlisle.
The engineers and officials who com
pose the party wire entertained by Mr,
Sadler after a day'1 ride of nearly 200
miles across the state from Scranton to
Chambenbnrg,
Mr. Sadler declared that the truck
problem, Is one of the most perplexing
which faces the state In its road con
sfructlon. . . ' l
"According to the law of 1010." he
ssld, "we have btlllt all state highways
capable of carrying a load of 20,000
pounds, but there are still hundreds
of miles of highway built prior to tbo
ptMSge of this law which are. being
continually ripped to pieces by heary
trucks, driven by men who ignore all
the rules of the road.
"I would faror schools conducted by
Innre concerns employing trucks ,in
which their employes could be tatiaht
the right way to use tho roads. Big
bunlncfs men should reallte tnat it Is
a vital necessity, for them t bavoHhe
use of tho roadj and that they will
be the sufferers If the roads are ruined.
"It takes'only one.Tery. heavy trtlck
driven at a last rate, and especially in
the spring tlmo, when the frost is com
ing out of the gronqd, to rip tip a
Htretch of the very bent roads. Even
the roads which We .have ' constructed
Ince the law of 1010, while they are
cnpsMo of bearing, the prescribed
weight, cann6t withhold excessive
speed, flat tires and other factors of
road travel.
"Railroads ore .compelled, to pay for
thflr right of ways, and are heavily
taxed besides. r The trtick owner .has
free uso of thevry best roads of the
country, but he Will not continue to do
-o unless ho compels his drivers to ob
serve sanity and cArc" In their driving.
"Wo coum save as much as $30,000
a mile In the cost of constructing our
Mate highways if We had only to take
Into account pleasure cars ond not the
mammoth trneks whleh'swarm the state
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How
roads. JjhderaiiiSh' clrcurontances It
cems lo in? only fair that they Show
half-way consideration. In the matter
of, conserving our 'wonderful roans.
"The inspection party yesterday
passed over a stretch., of almost perfect
roeds through' the mountains around
Wllkes-Barre and Scranton and" down
to Bunbury and Carlisle'. One long de
tour near Berwick was the only devia
tion from the state highway astem.
Roads which were in course of con
struction last year proved on this oc
casion to be in the best of condition.
As on the first day, the material used
ranged from concrete to asphalt or
atdne." '
The party of 'Highway Department
Officials, will complete their tour today
with an Itinerary which takes them
through Gettysburg, York and' Lan
caster. SUES FOR ALIENATION '
Qermantown Man 8ays Furnace. Re
pairer Stole Wife's Love
A furnace was the innocent ciuse of
the separation of Thomas S. Bavin, Jr.,
and his wife, Emma, according to a
statement filed In Common L'lcns Court
yesterday by the husband.
The Savins moved into a bous at 102
East Ashmcad street, Qermantown, last
year, the 'statement says, nnd In
January something went amiss with the
furnace. Enos Reed, Germantown ave
nue above Wayne Junction, was called
in to fix it. He not only fixed the fur
nace, according to Savin, but he paid
marked attention to Sirs. Bavin.
The "unjust and wicked relations"
entered into by Mrs. Bavin and Beed
forced the huxbqnd to leave his wife
and their three-year-old boy, lie
declares in the statement. Previous to
the appearance of Reed, the wife ha
been a model of faithfulness, according
to her husband, They were married in
June, lOlOi
Now Bavin is suing to recover S10,
000 damages to soothe him for the loss
of his wife's affections. Since the
separation the plaintiff has resided at
6217 Marlon street, Qermantown.
LARGE BARN 'BURNED
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Flro 6f Mysterious Origin Causes
$10,000 Loss In Cheater County
West Chester, Pa.,' Sept. 24. A large
barn on the farm of Patrick Rogers.
East Goshen township, was destroyed
by fire of a mysterious origin early this
morning. 'Firemen from this place, after
a run of six 'miles, saved the house
nearbr. The loss exceeds $10,000. with
partial Insurance. Several outbuildings
were also destroyed. One horsc'nml a
bull perished, but several horses were
saved by residents of tho neighborhood.
The house was fired a number of times,
but was saved.
All the crops, including a large quan
tity of -hay, feed, stock, oats, wheat
and other products from a large farm,
were lost. Much harness nnd all the
farm implements arc a total. loss.
The fire was discovered by 'Jliss Rog
ers, who .wbb awakened by the.smoke
and light from tho burning structure.
READY TO START
BIGGEST CRUISERS
Koel3 to Bo Laid Tomorrow at
Navy Yardv Before DIs-.
tingulflhed' Company
TO BEAR HISTORIC NAMES
Two glorious names In America na
val history, the Constitution nnd the
United Biates will bo bestowed on two
battle cruisers whose keels' will be laid
at noon tomorrow in- the Philadelphia
Navy Yard. "
'The battle-cruisers will be named
from the frigates Constitution and the,
United Slates, whose commanders in
the War of'lfll2 matched gun and
daring with frigates of the English
navy nnd came out victorious.
Rear Admiral 0. E. Clarke, retired,
wilt drive the first rivet in the hull of
the Constitution. Admiral, then Cap
tain Clarke, made the famous run
around 8uth America- In the tattle
chip Oregon during the Spanish-American
war.
Admiral Clarke is the father-in-law
of Rear Adrnlral Charles F. Hughes,
retiring commaadant of tho Philadel
phia Navy Yard who yields that com
iitnnd on Monday, The retiring com
mandant will drive the first rivet In the
hull pf the United States.
A distinguished group 'of officials and
civilian's will witness the 'ceremonies.
Captain Louis McCall Nulton.'Jncom
Ihr commandant of the .navy yard,
wfll be a guest at tho exercises.
Among the'gues'ta invited are Rear
Admiral O. Kaemdicrllng, engineering
superintendent of navy ships under con
struction nt Cramps shipyard i Rear
Admiral R. T. Ball, who fills a simi
lar post at the New York shlnyard :
Mr. and airs. Alexander, Van Rense
lner, Bamuel H. Vauclaln, president
of the Baldwin locomotive v'orw-; nir.
and ,Mrs. John .Cadwalnder, Senato
Penrose nnd Stevens Heckscher. x
The neW battle-cruisers' arc to be
the most powerful and the swiftest
afloat. Thty are to be 845 feet long,
of 45,000 tons, a horsepower of 180,
000, and capable of riding through the
teas 'at thirty-six knots. .
Each hattle-cmlser is to mount
twelve fifteen-inch guns In -four triple,
turrets, it is estimated tnat eacn win
cost approximately $23,000,000.
Four other battle-cruisers of the.
same type, all named after -famous
frigates of the old navy, are to be con
structed In other yards. '''
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Will Labor Vote ?
.. Lor is torn by conflicting feelings as it prepares to vote in the approaching Presidential
election, if we may judgeby therpapers that claim to speak for it. It is told by Mr. Gompers that
Cox 1$ labor's true friend; it is told by Republican leaders that Harding's election wil mean
prosperity and the "full dinner-pail," and is assured by more radical'advisers that Debs or
Christensen is the only true apostle of freedom. Any one who can poll all or even a large part of
the labor vote would, of course, winTiands down, but how the worker will vdtc after all this con
trary advice nobody seems to know. No one, at least, is predicting the election of Christensen
or Debs, so the choice narrows down to the two journalists from Ohio. An interesting omission is
the absence of any appeal to the workers to vote for this or'that candidate to restore the work
man s beer.
Telegrams sent by THE LITERARY DIGEST to the Labor press, for light on the prob
able complexion of labor's vote this year, bring replies that give an impression df crosscurrents
and confusion. However, at this stage of the campaign, it is undoubtedly the only line that the
public can get upon the probable attitude of organized labor in the coming election.
The leading article in THE DIGEST this week, September 25th, presents the 'subject in
an interesting and comprehensive form. It will be read with interest by huridreds of thousands of
men and women. i
Other illuminating articles in this number of THE DIGEST are:
Full Text of the League of Nations Covenant
This Article is Presented at This Time so That the Public May Have in Easily Accessible
Form the Text of the Document that has Been Made the Issue by '
the Republican and Democratic Parties. . .
"As Maine Goes"-rWill the Country Go?
League Verdicts in the Primaries
America and Germany as Shipmates
The Timber Famine
British Labor's Stand for Soviet Russia
Troublesome Mesopotamia
Greece in Turmoil
Woman's Hand in 'Maine
Voice of Canadian Independence
To Use Niagara without Marring It
A Medical Defense of Pie
Machinery Ousting "Harvest Hands"
Labor Doing Better Work
Europe's IDs Diagnosed by Anatole France
Stephen Foster vs. Franz Schubert
"Diplomatic Victories" of the Vatican
The Lambeth Plan for Church Reunion
America is Eating More Candy . . .
How Obregon Cheated Death and
His Enemies
Germany Very Much Alive While
Austria Stagnates
Glimpses of Ireland Under British
Repression
Movie "Extras" Whose Lives Rival
Screen Romance
On the Trail of the White
Rhinoceros
Topics of the Day
Best of the Current Poetry
A-
Many 'Interesting Illustrations, Including Maps arid tiumorous Cartoons ,
September 25th Number on Sale Today News-dealers 10 Cents $4.00 a Year
) Jterary Digest
Inn at Gulf Mills for more than a cen
tury, which wai taken down when the
Hotel was abonj'oned months ago when
the country went dry. has been reining
and now reads "Illrd-ln-IIand Icb
Cream Parlor." It has a new owner.
62 Phlla'. Qlrla at Mt. Holyoko
Elirhlytwo roune women from
PhlldHclnhln nn.i Pennsylvania are en
rolkd this -year In Slount Holyoke,
Mans., according to tbo college n
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