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THE EVENING JOURNAL. SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920. EVANGELIST IN mATIS going on BOASTS HE THREVV CHARTER MILL iCOAL GAS KILLS Both are dead. He leaves a on, 8. E.

V. Friel, of Queenstown vs 6 brothers, Thomas Friel, of Qucensttwn and John Friel, of Philadelphia, and two sisters, Misses Katl and Janle Friel, of Baltimore. IN RUSSIA, ANYWAY? MAN OUT WINDOW If HAS GREAT YEAR QUEENSTOWN MAN i The Evening Journal begins today the publication of nix articles by Arthur Hansome on the HEALeondi-tions In Russia. They contain the meat of new book, Russia in 1910." "I have tried," says Ransome, "by means of a bald record of conversations and things seen, to provide material for those who wish to know what Is being done and thought In Moscow at the present time find demand something more to go upon than second-hand reports of wn'olly Irrelevant atrocities committed by either slrtu or the other, and often by ncllhor.one Kldo nor the other, but by irresponsible scoundrels who, In the natural turmoil the greatest convulsion In the liisr of our civilization, escape temporarily hero and there from any kind of Ransome la not a Bolshevik. He Is sympathetic to itfie Soviet regime In itussia.

but lie records the facts as he -A i believes they are. And his facts show all its leaders. His book, "Htissla In that there is misery, disorganization, 1919," is ilho record of the latest devel-slui'vation, In Russia today i.pnients in Soviet Russia. Captain Daniel Friel Dead; Brother Recovers From Illness BOTH WERE OVERCOME IN THEIR SLEEP CENTBEVIIXn, Md Jnn. of OnfeiiHtown's oldest residents, Capt, Iiunlel Friel, aired 78 years, is dead, nnd his brother, Thomas Krlel, aged 76 yeRr, In a erillcnl condition, us the result ot accidentally Inhaling pas funien that escaped from a coal stove their home last Tuesday nlht.

Though physicians had d'spalred of avlntf the life of either of the two men, Vhonius Krlel rallied lute yesterday afternoon and Is believed to have a fair 'hance of recovery. Tile two men were found unconscious In their bed Thursday morning, and it was at first believed that they met with foul play. An examination by local phypslcliins disclosed, however, ttiat their was due to ttie of fras fumes that escaped from a slovo one of tho lower rooms. They retired apparently unconscious of tho fact thdt tile house was rapidly filling with gas, and soon fell asleep. Captain Friel died o'clock without regaining consciousness.

He was well-known in Halliinorti und on all parts of the, Kastern Shore. For a number of years he was captain of numerous bay essels plying between Baltimore and Kastern Shore points, nnd was one of the best known of the numerous old mariners that guided Ihi-ir little freight toats from various shore wharves to the city markets. The deceased whs twice married, both wives Jjavlng been daughters of the late Samuel Whiting, of this county. Fred Lyons, Accused of Assault, Says He Killed Man in Texas VICTIM NAMED EVANS, HE TELLS DETECTIVES "I don't know what kept me ifrom you," remarked Fred Lyons, charged with larceny and assault and battery, to Victor U. Bryson, his ac-j cuser, In Municipal Court this morn- Ing.

"I've already sent one man to h'n grave," he added, and then Bryson: "What were you trying to do 'get me to put another man there?" I After these In cross-exarn-' inlng Bryon, Lyons turned lo Court Officer McDannell and quietly explained to him that In lluj he threw a man out of a window in Galveston, Texas, breaking the man's neck and thus causing his death. This ctateinent will be Investigated by the oliee. Lyons was held in If-oOO ball for court on a charte of larceny, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment und Dried flOO and costs for as-ault. by Deputy Judite Should he fall lo pay Ihe fine, his prison sentence will be inerea-ed to six months. Bryson and his wife conduct a boarding house nt.

No. 2at Kad Fifth street. It was testified that Lyons stole iRryson's pock'tbook. contaln'ng fit. frvm the sideboard at their home last evening, and when Bryson accused him, lie stubbed him In the arm with a knife.

Lyons, who sa i he Is f-om Oaiv -s-fon." denied taking the poekethook. but I admitted the He st ih-d that I 1,., ,11,1 ink t.hn ktilfrt on Hrvson un til ami others In the li-cuse- bad "co-'nertKi him." Following the session of City Court Lyons was questioned by Serjeant of Detectives Green and oth detortlve arid said the -man he had thrown out of w'ndow in Galveston was named LouU Kvans. The Galveston police will be communicat'xl with. 10 FM.AHGE l'LANT. A permit was Issued 4oday by Build-inir Tnsncctnr to George S.

Charles Son, contractors, to make an addition to the inmarvia i-eamer 1.0. plant on the southeslde of Fourth street at Orange. The addition will cost Permits.also was granted to J. Frank Owens for the erection of an addition lo the Sayer Brothers' dyeing plant at Xo. IMS Market street, to cost if-fwuO: ulso for a garage for the same firm, at the southwest corner of Nineteenth and Hi.ee streets, to cost $3000.

Herbert Brown took out a permit for to the Knights of Pythias llali, ul No. 900 West street, to cost ASK ItOAU COMMISSION. Application for the appointment of a-commission to condemn land for the. widening of the Lincoln 'Highway, between Pike Creek and Marslulllon, was made to Hesldent Judge Mice by Inane C. Elliott, president of tho Levy Court, today, The commission will be' appointed next week.

State Receipts From This Source in 1919 Exceeds $1,000,00) Special to Ttio Evening Journal. Jnn. 3St ilo rweipU from the, granting of l't year was moro than one million dollars. TIiIh Ih more than IMOOOO In excess of Ihe ever received by Hi" Shite In any one previous from this source I The year 1 0 1 was record-breaker 'hi the number of r-harters tiled and the revi'ituc derived from charters. The report of the first six mon'hs of l'Jl'J by the Slate Department, sur-pnsKi'd hny previous six inonlhw, hut the charier business last half of the year was even larger.

During the yeor 1018 the entire number1 of rh.v:'e!s llli'd id. Ihe PC t-e De- partmrnt totaled V17H. For the first six months of the rear filed totaled VWl, or ltd!) the number but 8' less than tiled during Ihe entire yi-nr of 1318. The total number of rh i'lcrs Hied for the ltist six months of was niaic Iriif tln prnnd hita.l fur tlio vear The total revenue received by the Slab) in from charters was The first six months of Hist year the receipts were W. The receipts the last six months were more than maUim the total receipts for the year about ft 050,000.

The recerme received from tills source for December has not been totalled, but will be about 12n.m. Th receipts for the other live running of the laM half of the year follow: July, 1 12.00 77: August. September, 1 iO.IC2 1M; uetrdier, November, 117.2'.W.GO. The rsllmaied total capitalization of thu companies clinrtered during the year lids was fixed at three billions or a fraction over. A conservative estimate for the year 191V would be from eight to ten billion.

Tin month of July, was the record month for charters for the last six months of as. well ns for the year, and. In fact, for any year In the history of the charter business. The number filed during July was IH2. The month of November was eeond with a total of 410.

MUS. JOHN SJUVTIIIIHS DSAII. Mrs. Virginia Hint Struthers 'died yesterday at tier home, No. 118 Clinton street, Philadelphia.

Iiefore her nmrrlime Mrs. Slrulhers was Miss Virginia Moylau Hird. daughter of the late .1. Bird and rieliecin Uird, of New Castle, members of an old and prominent Delaware family. Her husband, the late John St'iitheis, was a junior member of the old tlrm of John St'iithers nnd Sons, which had the contract for tho marble work or the Philadelphia City Mall.

Mrs. Struthers, a talented musician, rarely missed attending tho opera. She wits a member, of the Colonial Dainea of America nnd of the Acorn Club. Her surviving children are Mrs. William White McCall, Mrs Bayard 11.

Livingston, and Mi Helen von L. Slnithers. RUSSIA rulu Our party of four newspaper correspondents, two Norwegians, a Swede and myself, left Stockholm to go into Russia with the members of the Soviet government's legation It was headed by Vorovsky and Litvinox. who were, going home after the breaking off of I ofltcia relations by Sweden, i We crossed by boat, to Abo, grinding our way through the ice. and then traveled by rail to the Russian frontier.

I A squad of Finnish soldiers guarded the party. Arrived at the frontier rlose i to Hieloostrov, we walked a few htin-1 fired yards' along the lin5 and then I tnmed Into a road deep In snow through a Utile bare woods, and so down to the little wooden bridge over the narrow frozen strevm that separ-I i.tes Finland from Russia. The bridge, no twenty yards across, has a toll bar each end. two sentry bozes and two sentries. The Finnish soldiers lifted their toll bar, and th Finnish officers leading vscrort walked solemnly to the middle of the bridge.

Then the lupr- W.1S (IlKTiped there, while we D. F. Nygrin Says Mexicans Are Sinned Against by Government IS PREACHING IN THE STATES NOW Evangelist David F. Nygren has written an -InterestlnK letter telling of his evangelistic work during the summer in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Mis-sounJ. He writes: At one time we even stepped across the border line Into Bandit Land, Old Mexico.

From what wo saw In Mexico feel more grateful than ever that we are unrior the folds of dear Old Glory. ITCse common people in Mexico are vorso off under the present government than they have ever been before. '1'hey are a people sinned against by kheir own government and that right at our very doors. "This winter our work keeps us In (3e States of Illinois, Kansas and Michigan; a greater part of the time will be pent In Chicago. Mr.

Nygrea encloses the following poem, written by nimseir: I HEMEVt Or. MY CONFESSION OK I'HACTICAL FAITH By Kvunrjellst Uavid F. Nyirrrn. I believe In honest work, No one ever ought to Honest work and honest pay. This.

will brighten up life's way, I believe In prices fair, But for profiteers, beware I Uest of goods and prices right, Everybody treated I believe in pleasure, too, Not for one or two, a few. Hut for all, each living soul. S'ruggling hard to reach the go.d. I believe In Brotherhood, Brothers ail rind Brothers good. Live for self we live in vain, Live for others, that is gain! I believe in cheerful smiles, They wfll shorten dreary laughter, too, a lot when one is blue.

1 believe in words of praise Spoken now while in the race, l.k-aj men's ears can hear no tak-s. not loud thi wtdis. ositeve in lVtw'ra To 1'iese ours of ours--Oh, what tragedy to save Ml tile lor the I believe that over all Is a God on Whom to call, He will cheer and lie will guid If in Him we but cur'lde. MEN'S SPRING CLOTHES TO BE REAL SNAPPY ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 3.

Whether or not fashionable males will wear their trousers cuffs at the bottom, Btream lines In cut, coats with split cuffs, narrow, broad or sloping shoulders waistcoats cut deep or high and various other things about the attire of men folks for lSW will be determined here. The tenth annual convention of the National Association of Merchant Tailors will be held at. the Breakers from January 22 to 29. The organization announces in advance that radicalism has arrived In styles as in other things, and expects to put across some real snappy Bluff. SAW POWDER VICTIM DEAD IN HER DREAMS One hour before ThomaTAnselm! was killed In the powder explosion at the Hagley yards yesterday morning, Mrs.

Theresa SoUo, of Rockford, told her Husband, John Solio, she had dreamed Anselm! was dead. John Solio keeps a saloon at the cor- I Tofnnil ctrantt nsl I ner of Fifth who formerly worked In leather factory and lived down town, would sbop there after his day's toll. In this way he becaime well acquainted with both the Solios. Anselml went to work for the duPont Company in the Hagley yards about six weeks ago and moved to Squirrel Run, which is near the plant. I MR CATHARINE MelVlUtlC OLAI).

Catharine Mclntyre, one of Wilmlng- tons nest known women died at trie residence of her Charles G. Russell, No. 102 West Thirtieth street on Thursday from old age. She was! the daughter of James ard Ann Thomp-J son of Ireland and came to Wilming-j ton when quite youwr. She became BANDIT LAND I i I I I i I i i I i mooi! watching Hie tremoluig of tlio out rmnrlolbi and we kepi, our-; rickety lit'i-j bridge under the weight selves wai by itieiiig Hie of our Belongings, for we were all t'me I was sorry for five children 1'iking In with us as -much food wo who were with us, knowing that a decently, could, fVe were none of us country simultaneously stiff' -ring war.

allowed on the bridge until an officer blockade and revolution is not a good and a few men had come down to meet place for children. 1 roNQl'Bn THAT COUGH. By tiwlng Father John's Medicine which soothes and heals the breathing passages. Adv. The Want Ads this month are of great value to one who wishes to locate lost articles, secure positions and bring sui eess to partnerships formed.

The Best Cough Syrup is Home-made, 2 Tk llr' an ny wr t2, SJ 7t hv tii lim mnBli remedy St yu rvxr uid. You've probahlr lirirrt of thi well-known plan of rfiakinrr eoni.di syrim at home. lhit hnve veil ever used it? Wlipn von do, v'iii will understand why tlKiii-aiids of the world over, feel thnt they could hardlv keep hoiuu withnut it. 'It's simple and cheap, bnl tlie way it hold of a cough will quickly' earn it ft permanent plact in your home. Into pint bottle, pour ounces of Tinexi then add plain granulated iitthp to fill the pint.

Or. if desired. vine clarilled ninlrses. honef, or com ynip iiitee.l of sugar syrup. Either way, it tastci" eood, never spoils, nnii (riven yon a lull pint of better coutffc remedy than you could buy ready-mad for three timV-a its cot.

It is really wonderful now quickly tliit remrrlv conquers a cougli iikuully in 24 linurs or less. li seems to penetrate through every air pnssnee. loosens a dry, hoarse or tight roueh, l.lks the phlegm, heals the mem-bniiH's. and eives almost immediate relief. Splendid for throat tirkle, hoarsened, croup, bronchitis and bronchial asthma.

l'inex la a Mc'dv concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine extract, and line hcn used for generatipna for a i -i 1 MirtlUli Ollll eiirsi. Klllliruvn. To avoid disappointment ask your drninrifrt for ounces of T'inex" with directions, and don't accept anything else, (iusrnnteed to give absolute satisfaction er money refunded. The finex Ft. Wayne, lad.

cake Flour. No other insures such wonderful results. At all grocers. Therm' alto a Cold Medal Pancake Flour FRANCE MILLING COMPANY COBLES KILL, N. Y.

Price Hansome became Hussian correspondent for the London Daily News by accident, lie is author of several hooks of literary criticism. He mnr- i ried a Russian woman and learned the Russian language Then he went to Itussla, out among the peasants to get tlio folklore and fairy stories of tli" people. From this material he worked up a book of fairy stories for children, all of them a thousand' years old but never before printed. Then the war came. One of his friends was correspondent for the London Dally Nefs.

His friend became 111. Hansome wroto his news cables for several weeks. Ills friend had to quit, and go back to England. Hansome was urged to take the fob. He did.

He Is probably more familiar with the life and habits of thought of the Husslan people than any man not a Hussian by birth. He watched the revolution In Russia, and has been In Intimate touch with IN pression of the spirit of the new Tin-land, (in the Russian side" we, came to the same gray old wooden station known to all pessengers to and from Russia for polyglot profanity and passport difficulties. There were no porters, which are not surprising, because ihere Is a barbed wire and an ex-eremely hostile sort of neutrality along the frontier, and tniffle across h's practically ceased. In the buffet, which was very eld. no food could be bought The long tables once laden with vaire arid other nakuskl were bare i There was, however, a Bauiowr, and i wt bought tea at CO kopf'eks a glass i.nd lumps of sugar at 2 roubles 50 e.ich.

We took our tea into the inner passport room, where I think a stove must have been burning day before, and there nv de sumo sort of a meal off some of Puutervidds Swedish h.vd bread. Whf-n at last the train came to take lis into Petrocrad nd we found that I ihe carriage ws indicated, somebody i It was dusk when wo reached Pet.ro- The Finland station, of course, nearly descried, but here 'there were four nort-rs, wim 'clrrged -SO ronMes for shifting the impure of the party from one end of platform to the other. We ourselves loaded it intfj Hie i.iotor lorry sent, to nn-et us. There was a long lime wait wijiie rooms were beiiiR allotted to us in the I Inquired for a meal, and found that no feed was f) he in the hotel, hut liiey could supply hot water. Then, In no appetite for sleep, I went out for a short walk.

1 went round lo the Kcg'na, which used lo be one of the best hotels in the town, but Ihose of us had t-Qonis there were Complaining so bitifcrly that I not slay wil.ii them, but went off along the -vtolla to the Nevsv.y ph, fft back to mv i holel. The sdre is, like the hotel. were only half lit. and hardly any of the houses had a I'ghb'd window. In Ihe old sheepskin co t.

I had won on She front and in my Irgh fur hat, 1 fell, like some ghost of the old regime visiting a town long dead. (HRU'EH SHOKS PltO-l'FXT- OMAHA, Neb. Jan. 3. If Ihe price of 1.

'-I, 4 .1. .1. nan unj iiiijijtf LU U'J Willi Hie au western packing houses have dropped from iT to per cent and the packers all have thousands and thousands of hides of all kinds or. hand. The want nil-; will lnc'i!" In- articles; will sell 'urnlture and ma- ehinery for Ihe coniiiife' two Aeeks ai.d ir.etnl workers are under favorable ruling.

Fivf million people use it to KILL COLDS HILL'S CASCARAfcrjPQUININI Standard cold remedy for 20 year -in iuiki lorm uic, sure, no opiaiea breaki up a cold in 2 flours relieve grip in 3 davi. Money back if it fails. The genuine bo has a Red top with Mr. Hill'a picture. At All Drat Stmrm I 'A 5ih St.

Phone 573 1-R. n. way." XL IAKERS COCOA Sonny says "Our grocer sells the best griddle cake flour ever. It's called Gold Medal Buckwheat. The grocer also sells pold Medal Pancake Flour.

It makes the dandiest cakes you ever ate all nice and brown and tender and light as can be. Gold Medal Buckwheat Flour It's fun to get up early mornings when mom's going to have cakes. It's necessary loo, else you're apt to get left. Mom says she don't mind having griddle cakes with this wonderful flour h's to trouble, mom and the cakes always turn out right You ought to see me cat 'em. Give your family a real treat.

Have griddle cakes for breakfast, but insist or. Gold Medal Buckwheat or Pan PIS GOOD us on tha Russian side. Only little Nina, Vorovsky's daughter, about 10 year;) old, chitlering Swedish with the Finns, got leave from them, and shyly, step by step, went down the other side of the bridge and struck up acquaintance with the soldier of the Red army, who stood ihere, gun in hand, nnd obligingly bent to show tier sign, set in his hat, of the crossed nnj hammer of the Peiisanls' and Workmen's Republic. At List. r.

rtT a general shout of the Finns turned and went back into their civilization, and. we went forward In'o the new struggling civilization pf Russia. Crossing that bridge we passed from on phdosophy to another, from our extreme of the class strugtrle lo the oilier, from c. dictatorship of Ihe bourgeoise. lo the d'etatorship of the proletariat.

The contrast was noticeable nt once, On the Finnish side of lie frontier we hail seen the grando'se new frontier sUt'on. much larger than could possibly bo needed, but quite a good ex- MORE SALARIES FOR M. E. CLERGYMEN my price of footwear, there should be a NEW YORK, Jan. 3 The Rev.

J. W. llr('V ln of uots and shoes Van Cleve, of Chicago, chairman of the i flnanca commission of the the of Ur BBSS if WflPif a delicious drink with a real, satisfying, sustaining food value. We guarantee its purity and high quality. We have been making chocolate and cocoa for nearly 1 40 years.

for Breakfast Luncheon Dinner Supper Any time that any one wants Car Week iKniscoo.il Ghurch nic-M tt, i I the movement to provide clergymen wlth tler alread had rruil. Erght conferences have, agreed to pay a cash minimum of 1500 a year, he said. They are Moines, Detroit, Illinois, Nebraska. Northeast -Ohio, Northwest Iowa, Rock River and Upper Iowa. The conference of Central Illinois, South Dakota, North Dakota and Northwest Nebraska will pay M00, and Southern Illinois S1300.

In addition to the sunimum cash sal- ary virtuaHy a the pastnr3 navc rar. sonsges supplied rent free. NEW OWNERS FOR RURAL PROPERTY The following transfer of rural Grogr ivuvin'Sion, lanu at HO. tj Miuquadalj, Bessie sip Rojevich, land al WALTER BAKER CO.ld. EstaSlished 1780.

DORCHESTER' "MASS and held her membership there f0I. i 'V more than 50 years She married James cf hi tlle, of the oount' Mclntyre. now deceased, who was a. o. ssossment: member of.

the firm of Pyle. and Me-' iTityre who eondurtd.the old Barley-; 1 anl 1 MiIinwk. lanJ at Eden Park Garwood Mills, duPont Ranks, for- years, 'h She is survived toy one daughter. UlbH J- Go. to Helen Me- SPECIAL SALE ATTENTION Ford Owners Jowa Fabric Tires PHILADELPHIA, AUTOMOBILE SHOW Passenger Size Ribbed Tread 30x3- Npn-Skid ihcth w'fe- of iG.

from whose home her funeral will take place on Monday afternoon: InteraK-ni be in Green Hill Cemetery. SUGAR TAKES DROP. Sugar dropped from 3 to -i per pound today. The previous coiniuodily which had beet; selling for cenls a pound In many stores for the last two weeks, retailed at 20 am! 21 t. day.

Cured His RUPTURE I was bmlly ruptorril whiic liftir.g a trunk several yearn iigo. Doctura sn hi ir.y only hope of cure whk nn operafiou. TnissM did tue uo good, l'licliy I got hold of something that quickly in! completely cored me. Years have psHstd nnd the baa never returned. I am doln? hard work us oi.rpentir.

There teas nj operation, no lost time, no I rouble. I have nothing to Ki ll, hill will give fuil about how you rcay Hnd a roui t.te cure without operatiuii. If you write- me, Eugene M. I'ulleu. Carpentir, 5T-F TTcflln Avenue.

Miiiniiuiiii, N. J. Pett. cm oat this notice mid show it to ny others who are ruptured yon may gave life or nt least np the misery of rnpt.S;? and the worry und daagar of au Our Service to You All repair calls are promptly answered by our Service Truck. Fury equipped with the necessary materials to" do the work.

Courteous treatment, full explanations, fair and last of all, expert installation of plumbing, and heating equipment. Give us a call. We are at your service. Alfred A. Dorsey, JANUARY 10th to 17th, hid.

COMMERCIAL MUSEUMS BUILDING 34th St. below Spruce Street Admission, SO cents hw 'a. Sale Ends January 5 United Tire Rubber Corporation 204 West Eleventh Street PLUMBING AND HEATING DIRECTION OF THE PHILADELPHIA AUTOMOBILE TRADE ASSOCIATION Motor Truck Show Jan. 19 th to 24 th, inch 102 W. Temporarily Located..

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