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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24

MOVING PICTURE MANUFACTURING CO.,
with studio and excellent equipment. desires
70 dispose Of a portion Of the capital stock
for the purpose Of increasing iis ooutput;
this iB sound going business with no
liabilitieH, would consider ono individual will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
HrIp wANrED-MAIE

eIGffAt, FACTORY wants several men Of
t,itv and good habits: zee details under
,sss Opportunities In today's Ledger
a3 II qi6, Ledger Central.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24

NEW. SALE AND RENT LIST READY.
Pelham, Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill
PELHAM TRUST CO. 6740 Germantown ave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24

BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE
OF the late Thomas r. Hunter, situated
at the corner of Montgomery ave. and
Booth lane, containing about 81 acres.
GTRARD TRUST co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24

0-ROoM FRAME DWELLING. all conven-
lences; tenant house, outbulldngs, plenty OF
fruit and shade; l0h acres, near sta. $1,000
II. r. McCOLLUM
No 1914 Walnut st.. Philadelphia.
DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER"
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
MEXICAN BANDITS WRECK TRAIN,
BURN TRfSTlE AND KILL TWO

Brownsville, Tex-Mexican bandits
early Wednesday held up and robbed
a st. Louis & San Francisco passen-
ger train, killing two persons and
wounding three others, near Olmite,
seven miles north Of here.
The dead:
II. H. Kendall, engineer.
United States cavalryman, name un-
known.
The injured:
K DR.. Il. s. Mccain, Cameron county
physician, probably fatally shot.
I Harry Wallis, seriously wounded In
abdomen.
Conductor p. E. Morgan. slightly
wounded.
TrestIe is Burned.
A long trestle half a mile south Of
the wreck was set afire half an hour
after the train was held up and almost
destroyed.
This hindered the progress of the
first detachment of troops which was
sent in pursuit SO that the bandits had
ample time to flee into the brush.
Passengers who reached here on a
relief train said that the train was de-
rallied, that Mexicans poured into the
coaches shouting viva Pizana" and
commenced to shoot at the passen-
gers.
Pizana, the man the bandits were
cheering, is supposed to be the leader
of the so-called "Texas revolution"
nurtured under the "plan of San Die
co." which last year contemplated the
seizure of border states and returning
them to Mexican rule.
A negro reached his, home four
miles from Brownsville and gave the
first report of the wreck and killings.
Four companies of United States In
fantry were rushed to the scene by
special trains, followed by two troops
of cavalry.
The bandits were passengers and
set fire to the train. The Mexicans
severed the telephone line between
Brownsville and Villa Nueva, five
miles from here, which resulted not
only in delaying information reaching
Brownsville, but also interfered with
with troop B, Of the
Thirtieth Cavalry, on duty near the
scene of the holdup.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
EmpIoyers Endorse Military Training.

Washington, d. Endorsements Of
the administration plan to create q
great continental army for defense are
beginning to reach Washington from
large employing firms and corpora
tions. It was learned that approving
letters had been received from several
such concerns, and that at least one
had expressed willingness to grant its
men leave on full pay for services In
the proposed organization.
One of the companies heard from
wrote that 1t would gladly grant leave
with pay to any of its men desiring to
enlist, not only for reasons of patriot
ism, but because 1t was regarded as a
good business proposition to permit
the men to take advantage of an op-
portunity to spend two months in Wig
orous camp life with military training.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Northwest Manufactures and Land
Products Show Is Scoring Success

Portland.--The Second Annual Man
ufacturers' & Land Products Show
opened Monday, October 25, and the
great Industrial and land exhibition
will be in progress until midnight. No
vember 13.
This is the greatest exposition OF
the kind the Northwest has ever seen
and twenty-three Oregon counties
have attractive displays of fruits.
grains, grasses and vegetables. The
agricultural anu horticultural display
is equal to the Lewis & Clarke Fair.
OF 1905.
More than 200 exhibitors have part
in the big exposition and $4,000 square
feet of space is occupied by displays
of Oregon manufacturers and jobbers
and retailers from over the country.
The exposition was open to Oregon.
Washington, Idaho and the Northwest
in general. Clarke county, Washing
ton, has an attractive display and
there are many exhibits Of apples.
pears, potatoes, onions and nuts. Life
and action prevail at the exposition
and working exhibits and interesting
models are many.
All steam and electric lines serving
Portland are offering fares of one and
third for the round trip and sale
dates have already been announced.
While the exposition ia in progress
many cities, towns and communities
will have special days at the show.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
TEST FOR WHITE DIARRHEA
Chicks Too Small for Market, Of Slow
Growth and Featherlng Might
Well Be Killed Off.

II you have chicks now coming on
old enough to be on the market, and
yet too small for such purpose, runts
of slow growth and slow feathering,
you might just as well kill them
of and not hope they will yet take
a start, for no doubt but they are
carrying the germs Of bacillary white
diarrhea. Not all by any means that
take this disease show the bowel
looseness.
Flocks suspected of having mem
bers in 1t infected with this disease
are now being tested for it by the
Connecticut agricultural college. The
testing is done by little blood being
drawn from a vein In one wing Of
each fowl. This blood is mixed with
a serum to be put by for few days.
The mixture is labeled. and the fowl
is given same label. In a few days
the eye, without need OF a micro
scope, tells whether this serum and
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Loyal Woman Shot by Germans
"Glad to Die for Country
PATRIOTISM NOT ENOUGH" SHE SAYS
Declares No Bitterness Held Toward
Enemy British Minister Tells
of Last Visit to Prisoner.

London.--The British foreign office
made public Saturday the report OF
Rev. II. 8. r. Gahan, the British chap
lain In Brussels, who visited Miss
Edith Cavell Just before her execu-
ton, and letter. from Brand Whit
lock, the American minister to Bel
GUM to Walter Hines Page, the Amer
lean ambassador In London. In his
letter, Mr.. Whitlock says he requested
that the body of Miss Caveli be deliv-
cred to the School for Nurses, OF
which she was the directress, his re-
quest being referred to the ministry
of war in Berlin. Rev. Mr.. Gahan In
his report says:
"On Monday evening. October IL, |
was admitted by a special passport
from the German authorities to the
prison OF st. GILES, where Miss Cayell
had been confined for 10 weeks. The
final sentence had been given early
that afternoon.
ITO my astonishment and relief /
found my friend perfectly calm and re-
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
WIRELESS TELEPHONE CARRIES
VOICE ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN

New York.--Arlington, Va, talked
by wireless telephone with Paris,
France, Saturday. Honolulu also
heard the operator talking from Ar.
lington.
Announcement that the human voice
had been successfully projected across
the Atlantic was made on behalf OF
John J. Carly. chief engineer Of the
American Telephone IL Telegraph
company, at the company's offices
here. Later Mr.. Carty telephoned
from Chicago. confirming the an
nouncement.
To B. B. Webb. telephone engineer
fell the honor Of being the first man
to span with his voice the space be-
tween the old world and the new. Sit
ting In the powerful wireless plant OF
the navy at Arlington. Va. Mr.. Webb,
shortly after midnight, asked the wire.
less telegraph operator TO signal Elf
fel tower In Paris.
The wireless snapped out the signal
and soon there came back a response.
Awaiting word from Mr.. Webb at
the Paris end of the wireless radiation
were II. II. Shreeve and A. M. Curtis.
other engineers, and group Of
French officers. listening with espe-
cially designed apparatus.
In Honolulu, 1900 miles from Airing.
ton. Mr.. Espenchied, another tele-
phone engineer at the Pearl Harbor
navy yard, also was waiting.
Webb. at Arlington. had transmit
ting instrument, but no receiving ap-
paratus. He knew, therefore, that he
would have to wait for the cable to
confirm the success or failure OF the
experiments.
"Hellol Shreeve." he shouted into
the mouthpiece. Hello! Shreeve."
He then began to count: 'One, two,
three. four; one, two, three, four.
Goodbye"
When the expected message came
II was addressed to the company here,
and said that Webb's "Hellos" and
"Goodbyes" had been distinctly heard
by the engineers and French army Of
ficers In Paris, and that portions OF
his test figures had also been picked
up. At about the same time there
came n message from Honolulu. say
ing that Webb's talk had been under
stood In full by the receiving engineer
there, and that even the voice had
been recognized as Webb's.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28

acter of the brick IL the character of
the roadbed on which 1t is to be laid.
The four essentials for the roadbed
are thorough drainage. firmness, uni
formity In grade and cross section.
and adequate shoulders. Where the
first can be obtained In no other way
1t may be necessary to lift the road
considerably above the surrounding
land. Firmness is secured. II the road
has been properly drained. by making
certain that the roadbed is thoroughly
compact. The subgrade must be re-
peatedly rolled and reshaped until the
desired grade is secured.
Strong, desirable curbing is neces-
sary for all brick pavements in order
to prevent the marginal brick from be-
coming displaced, which event would
result In deterioration. finally spread
ing over the entire pavement.
One Of the most essential factors Of
brick pavement Ii firm foundation
upon which to lay the brick. The i'm
portance of this Is evident when one
considers that the ability Of pavement
to resist wear depends upon the
smoothness OF the pavement and
firm foundation. II the foundation is
poor one of the bricks may be easily
forced down, causing unevenness In
the surface. Where the traffic is COM
paratively light and the subgrade
composed of material that does not
readily absorb water. broken stone
may make a satisfactory base. For
heavier traffic or where the material
composing the subgrade is at all un-
stable concrete base Is necessary.
After the brick has been laid upon
this cushion and the pavement gone
over carefully to remedy all defects
and remove all imperfect material. 1t
should be rolled with heavy power
roller, gone over carefully once more.
and the joints then filed with some
material to prevent the brick edges
from chipping. OF the various mate
rials used for this purpose a grout
made of equal portions of Portland ce-
ment and sand mixed with water is
recommended. Sand alone is some
times used because of its cheapness,
but 1t Is open to several objections
and its use in the end is probably not
economical. Portland cement grout.
on the other hand. binds the individ-
ual bricks together and converts the
pavement into what Is practically q
monolith. Before the grout is ap-
piled the pavement should be swept
clean and be kept moist by gentle
sprinkling during the application. OF
which there should be two. At the
end of the second application the
grout should completely f1ll the joints
flush with the tops of the joints. The
final step is to cover the completed
pavements with one-inch layer OF
fine earth. This is done to protect the
pavement from the weather and to
keep 1t in moist condition while the
grout Is hardening.
In addition to the description of the
various problems the new bulletin
contains in an appendix complete typi-
cal specifications for the construction
of brick road.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28

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signed, but this could not lessen the
tenderness and intensity of feeling on
either part during that last interview
of almost an hour.
"She said that she wished all her
friends to know that she willingly
gave her life for her country and said:
"T have no fear nor shrinking.
have seen death SO often that 1t is not
strange or fearful to me-
"She further said: I thank God for
this ten weeks Of quiet before the
end. My life has always been hurried
and full of difficulties; this time the
rest has been great mercy. They
have all been very kind to me here.
"'But this would say, standing as
do in view of God and eternity: I
realize that patriotism is not enough
have no hatred or bitterness towards
anyone
"a German military chaplain was
with her at the end and afterward
gave her a Christian burial. He told
me:
"'She was brave and bright to the
last. She professed her Christian faith
and said she was glad to die for her
country. She died like heroine.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28

Vitrified brick roads, according to
the road specialists of the department
of agriculture. possess three distinct
advantages. First, they are durable
under all traffic conditions; second.
they afford easy traction and mod
erately good foothold for horses; and
third. they are easy to maintain and
keep clean. On the other hand, they
are unquestionably expensive to con-
struct and the effort to reduce the
high first cost frequently results In
inferior construction and consequent
defects.
The cost Of brick pavement de-
pends SO much upon 80 many variable
factors such as the locality. freight
rates and the distance from brick
kiln that 1t Is not possible to make
any definite estimates. TIE cost Of
the rough grading. however. should
be considered entirely apart from the
cost of the pavement, for the grading
would have to be done no matter what
kind of a road was to be built. Ex-
cluding this item. the bulletin already
mentioned (No. 246) furnishes the fol-
lowing formula as a rough guide for
the probable expense Of brick road
with six-inch concrete foundation
and suitable grades: Cost per square
yard equals IDOL. plus .213-C. plus
1855. plus .157-A, plus .040-B.
In this fomula equals cost OF
cement per barrel. equals cost of
sand per cubic yard. A equals cost of
coarse aggregate per cubic yard. B
equals cost Of paving brick per 1000,
and l. equals cost of labor per hour.
Thus. II labor costs Is cents an hour,
the labor cost per square yard OF
pavement will be 100 times 25 cents,
or 47.50 cents. The cost of the cement
per square yard will be .213 times the
price of a barrel and so on with the
other items. 1t is assumed In this
formula that all materials are deliv-
cred on the work. About 10 per cent
should be allowed for wear on tools
and machinery. and for every inch sub
tracted or added to the thickness of
tuc lOuuudtiOu tucT6 Will D6 b COIF6-
spending difference of to IL cents
per square yard.
A more important test is known as
the rattler or abrasion test. In this
the bricks are subjected to destructive
influences similar to those encoun-
tered in actual service, and the effects
resemble those which traffic may be
expected to produce upon the com.
pleted pavement. Briefly the test con-
sists of inclosing 10 dried bricks in q
steel barrel In which there are also
placed a number of cast-iron spheres.
Ten of these spheres weigh each 71s
pounds. Enough smaller ones weigh
ing little less than a pound are
added to make the total weight ap-
proximately 300 pounds. The barrel
is then revolved at the rate of 80 revo-
lutions minute for an hour. At the
end of that time the bricks are taken
out and weighed. and their loss in
weight ascertained. In this test good
paving brick will lose from 18 to "a
per cent of it's weight
Equally important with the char
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
California Jersey Wins.

San Francisco.-By just three
pounds of butterfat did Pearl Of Ven
dera, a Jersey cow owned by Guy G.
Miller, of Modesto, CAL, win the
championship in the Jersey class at
the Panama-Pacific exposition cattle
show. Pearl beat Mohican's 3S, owned
by q. L. Brewer, of Satsop, Wash, by
two-tenths of one per cent. Judgment
was based on their verified milk rec
ord for one year. Other prizewinners
included Albien L. Gile, Chinook.
Wash, for junior and reserve junior
champion COW classes.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Strange Tragedy Comes to Light.

Canyonville, Or.-How an old trap
per, with his leg caught in a big bear
trap, perished alone and miserably in
the forest IL years ago, was revealed
by the finding of skeleton with a
bone held in the rusted trap, on the
Fortune Branch Creek, and reported
here Wednesday.
The skeleton is believed to be that
of once well-known character named
Blynn, who had cabin at the head Of
the creek, about a mile from where
the skeleton was found. The place Is
about half way between here and Glen
dale,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
rbuos Wire Man to Track.

Rochester, N. Y.-Highwaymen sand
bagged Newton Hoffman, % years old,
as he stepped from a southbound Erie
train at South Haven Wednesday and
wired him, head and foot, to the track.
He was run over by q train which
came along an hour later and his foot
taken off. His head had been placed
between the tracks and was unhurt.
It is thought he will recover.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Cordoba Made New Colin.

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua.-The
final conversion of the currency of
Nicaragua will be concluded October
80, after which the cordoba will be the
only legal tender of the republic. The
cordoba, the new monetary unit Of
Nicaragua, Is of the same weight and
fineness as the gold dollar of the Unit
ed States. 1t was announced recently
that the final rate of exchange agreed
on was 1917 pesos Of the old currency
for one cordoba.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
900 Tins Of Opium Seized.

Seattle. Wash. - Eight hundred
pounds of smoking opium, valued at
$4,000, was seized here by customs
officers on board the blue funnel liner
Calchas. The opium was contained in
900 hermetically sealed tins which
were secreted in an airshaft. The Cal
chas, bound from Vancouver to Seat
tie, went aground 10 days ago at Point
Wilson. After being pulled off she
was towed to Seattle and placed in
drydock for extensive repairs.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
blood mixture shows any trace Of the
disease.
Line Hreedlnu Defined.

Professor Thomas Shaw. in his
book. Animal Breeding" says line
breeding may be defined as the pro-
cess of breeding within the members
of one family, or of a limited num-
Der of families. possessed OF similar
types. AS usually conducted. no ami
mails are inter-bred which are not
closely connected in the general lines
of their blood.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Holds Breath 10 Minutes.

Berkeley, Cal.-What is said to be
q new record for voluntary suspension
of respiration has been made by War
rem D. Horner, graduate student OF
the University Of California, in an ex-
pertinent conducted by DR.. Saxton
Temple Pope, instructor in surgery.
DIR. Pope caused Horner to hold his
breath 10 minutes and 10 seconds.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Newspapers Adopt slmplIfled spellIn,

Chicago.-The IL words proposed
by the Simplified Spelling Board, in
its efforts to accustom the general
public to the use Of simplified spell.
ing, were indorsed by the Illinois
Daily Newspaper association in COM
munication to its members throughout
the state.
The words approved are: Tho, al
tho, thru, thruout, thoro, thoroly, thor
ofare, program, prolog, catalog, deca-
log and pedagog.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
Best Calves for Dairy.

As general rule 1t is poor policy
to raise puny. understood calf for
dairy and breeding purposes. Only the
best calves from the best milking
families should be raised.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28
RuIi In an lndax

The kind Of bull man keeps Ii
a pretty fair index to the kind OF q
dairyman its owner Is.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28

Keep on cultlvatlns.
Keep the cultivator going IN the
corn.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-28

10 devoted 10 the boat interests
Of SPRAY and WHEELER
COUNTY. The liberal patron
are Of tho citizens Of this see-
tion 10 respectfully solicited.
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The Holbrook news., 1915-02-26
Statement About
 Trust Co. Cases

The following statement rela- tive to the decision in the Ari- zona Savings and Loan and given out yesterday by Phenix Attor- ney, interested in the proceed ings:
 "On the 18th inst. the Circuit Court of Appeals for this circuit handed down it's judgment and decree in the application of cer- tain stockholders to that court for wr1ts of mandamus and pro- hibition against Judge Wm. H. Sawtelle, U. s. District Judge for Arizona: the writ of man. damus was to compel the judge to proceed with the decree of February 27, 1913, rendered by Judge R. E. Sloan and the writ of prohibition was to prohibit or restrain Judge Sawtelle from pro- ceeding with the decree of March IA. 1914 rendered by the latter judge, which held that the decree of February 27, 1913. was void. The Circuit court denled the ap- plications and refused to issue either of said wrlts. This decl- sion was presaged by the decision in the case of Farmers and Mer- chants bank against the com
The Holbrook news., 1915-02-26
STATE WARDENS TO
 BE FEDERAL DEPUTIES

Phoenix, Feb. 12. To enforce the federal law prohibiting the shooting of ducks and emigratory game birds, the agricultural de- partment has asked State Game Warden Willard to name SIX de putty state Wardens for appoint ment as federal deputies. War den Willard has the appointments under consIderation.
 The federal law prohibits duck shooting after Feb. 1. while un- der the statutes of Arizona this sport may be carried on until April ]. Debate as to which would be enforced ran high a. mong sportsmen until it was an- nounced that the federal law would take precedence, and that all persons found shooting ducks after the limit prescribed would be reported to the United States marshal. A bill which would make the season in Arizona practi cally the same as those provided for by the federal law is now be- fore the legislature.
 T have been requested by the department of agriculture to de- signate six of our deputy game wardens for appointments as federal deputies for the enforce ment of the federal game law. said Warden Willard yesterday. If the bill about to be introduc- ed in our legislature becomes a law, it will be nearer what this department would like to enforce than the federal law and will be far more liberal, as it will allow thirty days of whitewing shoot ing. after they are about through nesting, while the federal law would protect them during all the time they are in Arizona. However, If the gun and ammuni- tion dealers succeed in prevent ing the passage of a law that will give the whitewings a fair pro- tecting during their nesting and brooding season, 1 shall certainly feel obliged to secure federal ap- pointments for our state deputies and enforce the federal law to the letter."
The Holbrook news., 1915-02-26
THE FIRST BANK NOTES

Pittsburgh Dlspatch:) The Chinese were the first people to issue bank notes. They started Tn this business about twenty seven centuries before the birth of Christ. One of these bank notes may still be seen in the Aslatic Museum, Petrograd. It is printed in blue, on white paper made from mulberry fiber. Round the margin is a motto which rather indicates that the first Chinese banker was of Scotch origin. It reads: However much you may possess, strive to be thrifty" {"