THE CBTAKLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. SUNDAY MORNUNG, JSEPiU.ivirv
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Urban Ledoux Is Scholarly
Man Of Wide Experience
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Has Served in Consular Service and Has Endorsements
from Ehhu Root and Other Notables; is TiTinTto
Change Human Nature, He Declares. '
HY OILMAN PARKER.
Sint' rorromioudent f The Kcwm.
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New York, Sept. 24. Who is Urba
Co.
Urban
i i.mv h:it manner nf man 4a n.;
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y: Z ro?" Why did he originate hia
,, v f.-rnous "Auction Block' for "un-
d slaves" in Boston and s-t
Nov York top.sy-turvy in attempti'is
:i, transplant that enterprise here?
Why vloi s he roam about the parks'
r.owery and other eddies for this
, . ? human flotsam and jetsam, giv-:-
free meal tickets right and left?
i-y. in the brief space of two weeks'
,i- hp become the idol of thousands
, lumcry and homeless men in the
m. bipest communities of the Ac
:iv seaboard? What is his philos
, n v What little "game" is ha play.
:-u What's his "graft" anyway?
T'l;iy Ledoux answered all but the
two of these questions in a sin
s.it.iuo. It was: "I am trying to
, :-;i;:ct' human nature."
A bis job. Hut in view of the fart
.. ono of the largest crowds evor
i in L.osion Lommon gathered
him and his auction block and
v , ; : as they sang the "Star SoaneVii
oo. iur": that the mayor of Boston sat
!, wn a lew nignts ago in the "church
, ;ht- unemployed" and had dinner
:. the human derelicts shepherded
v t y Loaoux ana that the mavn.-
leading business men of New York
i'1-asea aousmg him and have Ft-
d the unemployment situation
v.: : the slogan buy a man a job," t
1 seem that he has at least suc---'i
i creating more than a passing
: ; : i i-moii on ine puouc
A .MYSTIC.
! Ledoux a mystic? Yes. "I believo
that the cosmic consciousness is the
hfn?ifeU?.0,lhi?a man -tould iJS
a fanatic Spy3,Urban Ledoux. Is h,.
stole 5 Perhaps. Is he an irrespon-
inJ thp loU"-SCrUpiil0us itator aroMs
ing the passions of the mob merely to
"P?",'' r his own selfish endS
Sd withlS 3 ,,ot g0 aroun l
11 ilxZ h lGtte.rs and credentials such
Dun TnuCa7 eS,fr0ra Elihu oot,
t n1tSrnatlonal Review. David
?etarV atnhanThTas B' Reed- se"
CnLhL York War Camp
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ed I applied for the consular service.
The President appointed me consul at
Three Rivers, Quebec, and for several
years I remained there, the youngest
consul in the service.
In 1905 President Roosevelt, at the
request of Secretary of State Root, ap
pointed him consul to Prague., It was
the desire of Secretary Root to give
him a still better post in 1907 but he
decided to retire.
"It was the old compelling force with
in me to find fields, for larger expres
sion that led me to leave the service,"
he explained. "What was stirring with
in me was my desire to live on a,
plane of universal consciousness."
He attained this, he says in the work
of the world peace foundation an ideal
istic plan for the creation of a Mworld
capital." These labors centered in Bos
ton but he was required to travel ex
tensively in furtherance of them.
- One night in 1912 he found himself
sitting at a hotel window in Rome
eagerly expounding the virtues of
peace and internationalism to a noted
economist. The economist was skeptical.
"Your plans are all very well for
He was born in the Canadian back angels," he said, "but they are imprac
tical and you could accomplish noth
ing toward establishing a brotherhood
f man until you can change human
nature."
SEES HIGHER CALL.
"I arose and stood for a moment at
the window," narrated Ledoux. "Then
in a great white light the truth cf
laVA" I?1ne" Qbec, on Au
fti wu874L of French-Canadian par
w iv When he was only a few months
?rLa1S Purent movod to Biddefovl,
Maine, where both became weavers n
a cotton mill.
At 12 he started to work in the mills
as a spinner. He was intended for the
priesthood and his parents saved evrv
. l. Possioie for his education, send- j what my companion had spoken camo
ing mm to the college of St. Marie De to me in a flash. Raising my hands to
aionnotr m Quebec. God, I said: 'I will change human na-
ENTERS LARCJER Kim r ture in Thy service and the service
' of my fellowmen.' "
e 1 was there 1 sensed
that there was a larger'field for me
in my desire to spend my life in the
service of my fellowman," Ledoux said,
bo he left college and after working
again in the cotton mills to get enough
money completed his education at the
Sorbonne in Paris. Then, returning to
Biddeford at the age of 20 he became
interested in American politics and
economics.
"At tha4, age I made my first at
tempts as a public speaker," he nar
rated. "I went on the stump for Pres
ident McKinley and after he was elect-
MORPHINE VIAL i
MADE THEM TELL
Detective Vouches for Story
of Confession of Five Men
at Sight of Bottle.
How five of the most lawless crim
inals in the history of Canada were
made to confess their crimes simply
by the sight of a small bottle of mor
phine, and how a foothold was se
cured ir. the heart of Canada by the
bolshevik! during the recent war is
vouched for by J. S. Thompson, chief
operative of the Bodeker Detective
agency in Charlotte. Mr. Thompson
had a hand in running down the Reds
who terrorized Montreal for weeks and
actually blew up the Montreal Daily
Star, together with the owner's house.
"There were five leader of an or
selves The! Sons of Liberty, but in real
ity their organization was a nucleus of
Reds. They practically drove Montreal
frantic.
"They first made themselves known
by breaking into a construction house
on the outskirts f Montreal, holding
up the watchman and stealing great
stores of dynamite, guns, ammunition
and revolvers. Then they began to
wreck buildings about the city. -BLEW
IP EDITOR'S HOME
"The Montreal Daily Star was con
demning their escapades at the time,
and hy way of retaliation they broke
all the windows to the newspaper
building and destroyed the presses with
tinmhs After this thev nrtnallv Vilew
"That has been the goal of my life up the home cf Sir Hugh Graham, own-
ever since. I came to Tsew York irom anrt oriitnr nf the Dai'v star Trv-tn-
w
the verge of a panic. They were un
aware that the Federal officers were
working night and day, to run this
band down. Finally we got them. We
had previous knowledge of a house
they intended to dynamite and were
lying in wait.
"Instead of taking them to the po
lice station, we took them to the immi
gration building, and there put them
through the most ungual third degree
I have ever heard of.
"Knowing that the men were unable
to live without the drug we placed a
bottle of morphine and a hypodermic
needle across from their cells 4n plain
sight of them. We then unlocked their
doors and placed a man on guard to
push them back every time they sprang
for the dope. It was veritable torture
to them. At last they could stand it
no longer, and in order to get the stuff
insanely confessed to all their crimes.
"Three of them went to the electric
chair. We found that the other two
were hopelessly insane, and disposed
of them accordingly. This had a great
deal to do with breaking up the organ
ization. We later ran down several
others who were behind the movement
and finally stamped it out altogether."
GASTON COUNTY
POULTRYJUDGES
Team from Country Clubs
Selected to Go to the
State Fair.
STINSON WILL TEACH
NEGRO NIGHT SCHOOL
The night schools for negroes con
ducted under the auspices of the Yourrj
Men's Christian Association will open
the week of October 3 at the South
Myers street graded school. The prin
cipal of the night school vill be Y.
H. Stinson. who will be aasisted by a
corps of teachers to be announced
later. This school for colored people is
open t0 all who are employed, both
men and women, boys and girls. There
were 118 enrolled last year and it is
expected that the enrollment this year
will be' far in excess of that number.
The school is free to all who care to
enroll and who will be regular in their
attendance. This is made possible by
the liberality of individual members of
the Young Men's Chnscian Association.
OPEN NIGHT SCHOOL
FOR EMPLOYED BOYS
The employed boys' night school of
the Young Men's Christian Association
will op.m Tyitn a social gathering Mon
day night, October 3, at 8 o'clock, in
the boys' department at the building.
The teachers will be Messrs. R. c.
Garth and U. S. Alexander, popular
teachers in the Charlotte High School. "
The subjects taught will be arithmetic,
English, penmanship and geography.
This course of studies is designed to
make up so far as is possible the work
that employed boys would be taking,
were they in the public schools.
The enrollment promises to be fully
the equal of any previous year, in spite
of the fact that there are fewer em
ployed boys this season than has been
the case for a number of years. The
night school for men will open Octo
ber 18 and full announcements will be
made later.
YEAST
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UGLY
When Taken With Iron in
Convenient Tablet Form.
Everyone is now familiar with the
o.-:hM results brought about by
Y'i5r in treating such skin troublesas
pimples, boils, black-heads, etc.
l".;:t there were thousands of people
'vho wouldn't eat common baking yeast,
'!'' t its disagreeable taste. So it
r inained to certain prominent scien
:s:s to find a way in which yeast could
! taken in pleasant and convenient
t.ibU-t form. The result of their re-s-Rvch
is Tronized Yeast, which is
rv'v the approved vitamine tonic treat
ment. IVople everywhere are now taking
Imnized Yeast and the results reported
arp almost unbelievable. Not only is
Ironized Yeast fine for clearing up the
r. rnplexion: it brings equally remark
n'ne results in treating thinness, low
vitality, nervousness, weakness, poor,
appetite and other symptoms of run
down condition. Even after the first
few days people say they notice de
r.viiy h?noncial effects from Ironized
Ti-.:.! is because Ironized Yeast is
rich in vitamihes, which have been
found absolutely essential to good
health. Modern cooking robs even our
best foods of these all-important ele
ments, ajid as a result we become
run-down, sickly, nervous and thin-
Ironized Yeast contains highly con
centrated brewer's yeast, which is far
richer in vitamines than baking yeast,
and in addition contains organic or
vegetable -iron, the great blood-builder.
So. if you are run-down, or if you
suffer with humiliating skin blemishes,
you owe it to' yourself to try Ironized
Yeast.
Irorded Yeast is pleasant to take,
keeps indefinitely, and costs about the
same to the dose as common yeast,
but is much more effective. Each pack
age contains 10 days' treatment and
costs only a dollar, or just 10c a day.
Special directions for children in each
package. Sold at good druggists every
where. Made by the Ironized Yeast
Company, Atlanta, Ga.
Rome. I established soup kitchens and
bread iines here, and in Boston, often
maintaining them when I didn't have
a dime and had to beg thes money or
accept it trora protessionai pannanaierc
nately Mr. Graham and his family were
out at a banquet at the time and so
saved their lives. Had they been at
home they would have been killed.
"Following this, such a lawless out
I found jobs for despairing and dis- j i-,urst besran that it was daneerous to
heartened men. I founded the Church ; speak English in some sections of the
of the Unemployed. All this even I city- Torchlight processions took
my work in the war when all humt'nlpiace eVery night, and the situation was
reason aeparieu irom me woriu nas grave. Tha mayor ana police seemed
been done to change human nature, to
bring it to the highest consciousness
which man is permitted to attain.
"My efforts thus far have attained
their culmination in the auction block
which the forces of greed and ignor
ance have made every effort to de
stroy," he said.
Whatever may be thought of Urban
Ledoux, the fact remains that ne,
playing a lone hand, caused two of
the greatest cities of the country to
sit up and do some exceedingly serious
and lofty thinking, and he is going o
remain on the job for the purpose of
further "improving human nature."
There are many and varied estimates
of Urban Ledoux. That of the writer,
if it be worth anything, that he ha
plenty of nerve, that he appears to be
earnest, that he is a gentleman, and
that he is nobody's fool.
RURAL CLUBS WILL .
HONOR WOMAN'S CLUB
Tablets 1
HIGHLY CONCENTRATED VITAMINE TONIC
The date for the picnic and luncheon
which the Federation of Rural Clubs
of Mecklenburg county is to give to the
Charlotte Woman's Club has been
changed from Thursday, October 6, to
Friday, October 7, according to an
nouncement of officers 6f the fedei-ation
Satui'day afternoon.
The entertainment will be given at
the Park Road Community House on
the Park Road, three miles south of
Charlotte. The house was recently
completed and is the first institution
of its kind in the State.
Elaborate plans are being made for
the entertainment of the members of
the Woman's Club, who will go out in
automobiles on the day of the picnic.
All the details of the program have not
been completed yet but will be an
nounced whhin a few days.
unable to gain control of affairs, and
the people of Montreal began to clamor
for forces to restore order in the city.
Red propaganda was everywhere.
"It was at this point that our agency
was called to assist the Federal officers
in secret work. We learned after
some time that a man named Doc La
fleaur was the ring leader of the or
ganization. His four followers and ad
visors wer 3 Lapt inte. Archambautt, St
Denis and a man named Trembley.
We discovered that each of these men
were confirmed drug U3ers, and con
cluded that the entire situation was
the result of the ravings of brutal
minds stimulated by the use of drugs.
Despite this fact, however, these five
men had a tremendous following, and
things were getting worse each day.
THEIR MOST BRUTAL CASE.
"It was while we were in the midst
of cornering them that they found an
opportunity to commit a crime that is
considered Ihe most brutal ever heard
of in Canada. A young Canadian far
mer had incurred the enmity of this
gang, and learning that the farmer
was to be married on a certain day,
they formed their wicked plans. The
young couple were marr dnoeithe
plans. The young couple were mar
ried on the day arranged, and after
great feasting and merry making set
out for the little home the farmer
iiau 1 11 v ... j - -
! door they were horrified to behold
these five raving maniacs waiting for
them. Each was under the influence
of soma drug. Maddened to a frenzy,
they tied the young farmer to a chair
and before his eyes attacked the young
girl. The young man finally broke his
bonds by sheer, superhuman strength,
only to be struck down and murdered.
To this day $he young girl is a raging
lunatic in the home for the insane near
Montreal.
"This put the people of Montreal on
Gastonia, Sept. 24. A demonstration
team of three was selected Friday by
Assistant State Agent Homer H. B.
Mask, to represent Gaston county in
the poultry demonstration contest to
b'e held in Raleigh during the State
Fair, October 17 to 22. By 9 o'clock
Friday morning the county agent's of
fice at the courthoxise was full to over
flowing with club members who had
been delegated by the various boya'
and girls' agricultural clubs of t;ie
county to enter the contest for places
on this team.. They loaded into auto
mobiles and went out to the Gastonia
Poultry Farms, where chickens were
plentiful to hold the contest which
lasted until 5 p. m.
The successful cbntestants were Ed
na Stroupe from Clemmer Club, Roy
Witherspoon from Fairview Club and
Mary Royster from Sunnyside Club,
with Sudie Friday, Floyd Dellinger
and Leonard McAlister as substitutes.
Competition was keen, which made )t
no easy matter to determine which
were the best prepared and most ca
pable from this group of boys and girls.
The expenses of this team to the
State Fair where this contest is to be
held will be paid by the State Fair
Association and a loving cup will be
awarded the winning county in the contest.
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Sale 1 11
EPWORTH LEAGUE TO
HOLD INSTITUTES
The Epworth League, the young peo
ple's organization of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, is planning
to hold "Efficiency" Institutes at the
larger cities of the South during the
coming Spring and, working toward
this end, a board of directors for each
city is being appointed. The board of
directors for Charlotte is as follows:
Rev. L. A. Falls, chairman, Rev. H.
G. Hardin, Misses Grace Bradley, Fan
nie Bame and Maude McKinnon; J. B.
Ivey, Arthur Beaty, I. M. Dotson, G.
W. Foard, Jas. S. Sease.
A meeting of the board was held Sat
urday afternoon in the pastor's study
of the Tryon Street Methodist church
and it was decided to conduct this In
stitute some time during the month of
March at the Tryon Street church.
Classes are being arranged for each
department of the Epworth League
work and experienced and competent
teachers will be in charge. It is felt
quite certain that two of the teachers
will come from the Central office of the
Epworth league in Nashville, Tenn.
The other teachers have not yet been
decided upon.
A period! each evening during the
Institute is also being arranged for
Bible Study, which will probably be
conducted by Rev. H. G. Hardin, pas
tor of. the Tryon Street Methodist
church.
I The Eqworth league has a plan
whereby an Epworth leaguer will be
I awarded a Christian Cuture diploma
for having received six certificates stat
j ing that they have completed certain
courses) of study.
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A Thrilling Story of Domestic
Tragedy in High Life.
"THE CHILD THOU
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NEW UPRIGHT, GRAND AND PLAYER PIANOS AT WHOLESALE plus war
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More Than Thirty Happy Piano Owners Since Our Sale
Started Two Weeks Ago
You have a chance if you come or write at once, to save quite a bit, but even if you
are thinking of buying a year or two from now, it will pay you to take quick action
Pianos not sold are to be shipped to Norfolk, promptly upon closing of store.
Several Rebult Upright Pianos From $75.00 Up
Player piano roll cabinets at one-half () their original price. 5,000 player rolls at
prices from 15c up. Replenish your player roll deficiency.
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The following observation by the Columbus (O.) Dispatch Is worthy of notice:
"Relatively, transportation is abotft the cheapest modern thing civilization has de
vised. We complain at freight rates, we find fault with railroad accommodations and
grumble about the increased fares of street cars and traction lines. Every time gasoline
goes up a cent we resent it, as we should; and the tire bills are enormous and growing
all the time. But, all things considered, transportation is still very cheap,, whether it 13
upon the steam roads, the street car lines, the traction lines, or in automobiles. The
latter is by far the most expensive at this time, but it is cheaper than walking.
That is the way to make the comparison by walking. One walks three miles-an hour,
at considerable expenditure of physical energy. If he will devote the same amount of
physical energy to some other task, he will be paid enough for the hpur's work to carry
him fifteen or twenty miles; and if that isn't a fair way of finding out the cost of trans
portation, we know nothing of . comparisons. But the time element must also be figured
in the bargain.
"When one has walked thirty miles it has. consumed the whole day. There has been
no time for anything else. So it costs a day's time and energy to walk thirty miles,
let us say. Now, one can work an hour or two and earn money enough to pay the
railroad or carfare for thirty miles. Then, he can cover the thirty miles in an hour,
leaving him the remainder of the day for his own use. Has civilization developed any
thing cheaper than that?"
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