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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18
VILLA IS FLYING
FROM THE FOE
HAS CROSSED DURANGO LINE
SEEKING ESCAPE FROM BODY
OF cARRANzA TROOPS
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CHIHUAHUA. July lS.-Dispatches
to Gen. Trevino from Parral said
the main villa body had crossed the
Durango line and was flying rapidly
before the sweeping advance of Car
rama troops. The VilIistas apparently
are making for Tepehuanes. where
they are expected 10 make a stand.
Gen. Trevino announced today that
he has strong garrisons at Mapimi,
Bermajillo and other centers in Du-
range state and denied that the ban.
dts appears near to them as reported
and added that reports in the United
States OF defections to villa of sew
eral amnestied leaders were unbound
ed. Reports from other sections In
northern Mexico indicate tranquility
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18

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CHICAGO. July ia negro re-
ligious fanatic, becoming violently in
sane, barricaded himself in house.
aided by his wife, shot four persons
to death and wounded three more
before the police, having dynamited
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18

u you wan, the telegraph and local
newa-try The nonAn1A
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18
FORMER roNoPAH TEACHER
GOES TO VIRGINIA CITY

The virginia city school ,rSs'sss
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18
|NfANI|LE PLAGUE
CONTINUES GAINS
INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE or
DEATHS AND NEW CASES
DURING "a HOURS

tBy Associated Pressl
NEW YORK, July 18.-The Health
deartment reports nearly 100 per cent
in the death increases of the infaLtile
paralysis epidemic and 80 per cent
increase in new cases. During the "a
hours preceding 10 o'clock this morn
ing 20 died and there were 121 new
cases.
Try Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON. July 1S.- The
House passed bill appropriating
$4,000 for more surgeons for the
public health service and $4,000 to
aid the infantile paralysis fight.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18

(By AsHOciated Press.1
BERLIN, July 1S.-Heavy attacks
by the British against Pozieres. on
the Somme front. and positions east,
were repulsed today. Attacks by the
French at Biaches, Lamaisonette. Bar
lsus and zoyscourt also were re-
pulsed.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18
CLOSE TO THIRD LINE
TRENCHES IN RUSH
Allies Make Gains This Morning in
One Direction, While French
RepuISe Attacks

operation and failure, says . Paris
bulletin. In verdun fighting on the
east bank of the Meuse resulted in
an advantage for the French.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18
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TODAY AND A YEAR AGO

= Relative humidity at 2 p. IN. Z
. today. Is per cent. Z
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WASHINGTON. July Is. Minister
Arredondo In reported to have re.
eeived instructions from carranza
approving tentative plan for set.
lement OF the differences with the
United States BY means OF q iotnt
International commission. lie called
on Secretary Polk today. Later Polk
said tho conferences were progressing
favorahly.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-18
THE wEATHER

Fair Tonight. Wednesday Fair and
Warmer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
TROLLEY STRIKE NEARS
END; MEN GO TO WORK
Union Leaders Taken Off Guard
When 80 Carmen Break
Wilkes-Barre Ranks

WILKES S-BARRE, Pa, Jan. r. - The
ranks OF the striking carmen which have
been wavering for several days past
broke today and 30 Of the number re-
ported at the office of the wilkes-Barre
Railway Company for work General
Manager Thomas 4. wright conferred
with these men last night in a secret
meeting in the traction building and he
assured the men that he would reinstate
them Mt once and pay them the advanced
wages awarded by the board of arbitra-
tion.
Eight OF the strikers were placed at
work today on the Harvey's Lake dlvi-
sion and this number was sufficient to
man all the cars operated over that route.
Service on this division will be continued
night and day on the regular schedule.
The force which reported for work today
insisted that wire screens which had
been placed on the cars for protection Of
passengers be removed The men said
they had no fear and the company de-
Cided to remove the screens.
Traffic on tho Harvey's Lake division
has been almost normal in recent weeks.
This line is about 12 miles in length and
runs through farming district.
The company will place several more of
the strikers, who are willing to work, on
other divisions of the company tomor-
row The imported men of Jim Waddell.
the strike breaker, will be placed at work
on lines which have not been in operation
since the strike was started.
1t was stated at the office of the trac-
tion company today that no request was
made of the strikers to come back to
their old positions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
LAW DEPARTMENT JOBS
WAIT FOR SMITH CHIEFS
City Solicitor Delays Shaking
Tree Until Mayor Dis
tributes Plums

The appointment of 81 assistants In the
law department has leen held UP by
City Solicitor John p. Connolly. accord
ing to political observers, until Mayor
Smith has named all of the chiefs of
bureaus in the various City Hall depart
ments.
The action of the City Solicitor. in
whose department the only wholesale
changes under the new administration
are expected to be made. Is the result of
n "watchful waiting" policy adopted by
the Penrosc MCNichol faction In order to
make n play for city Jobs for their fol-
lowers.
In addition to the Director of he
Department of City Transit. the Mayor
and his Cabinet members still have to
appoint n Chief of the Bureau of High
ways and the heads of nine other bureaus
In the various departments.
In the appointments he has already
made. the Mayor has shown an inclina-
tion, i'm the opinion of Organization follow
ers, to be independent, but at the same
time he has considered the recommen-
dations of the leaders of both factions of
the ORGANIZATION.
With the Wares in control of n ma iority
of the departments and offices in city
Hall, the followers of Senator McNichol
are hasing their hopes for patronage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
VOTE ON S-HOUR DAY
Pennsylvania and Reading Trainmen
Participate in Countrywide
Balloting

Pennsylvania and Reading trainmen are
now engaged In balloting on the question
of an eight-hour day Their movement Is
in conjunction with n similar action. which
is countrywide and involves about half a
million trainmen. The ballots are to be
returned March l.
II the voting results aftirmatively by n
two-thirds decision demands will be made
on the railroads for compliance on threat
of calling general strike. The present
schedule for freight trainmen on the
Pennsylvania and Reading Is ten-hour
day. They are also voting on the ques-
tion of full pay and one-half for overtime
instead of full pay as is now the practice.
II. A. Enochs, general chairman of the
trainmen's organization in this district,
says there will be an affirmative landslide.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12

upon the City Solicitors Office since the
City Solicitor is n McNichol lieutenant.
Both factions will receive recognition
In the appointments TO be made by the
city Solicitor, Just as both factions have
received recognition in every other de-
partment In City Hall, regardless Of
which faction controlled that department
by delaying the announcement of the
appointment of his corps of assistants
the City Solicitor will be in a position to
flight back" If the other important ap.
polntmcnts yet to be made are not sat
isfactory to the McNlchol faction.
The City Solicitor will not discuss his
appointments beyond saying from day to
day that he is mot making any an
nounccment Just YETI
1t is generally believed in political cir
cles that Mr.. Connolly will retain three
or four of the present assistants in the
law department.
Louis HUT. former Select Councilman
from the 29th Ward, will receive. one of
the most important places on the city
solicitors stan, according to Organiza-
ton lieutenants. Edwin O. Lewis also
has been mentioned as a probable APP
pointce.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
BULK OF LARGE ESTATE
BEQUEATHED IN LETTER
John C. Schaefer Left Greater Part of
1850, 500 to His Sister

( The bulk of an estate. valued at
$3.50, 59O62, is left by the will of John C.
Schaefer to Henrietta Il. Garrett. sister
OF the testator. He die In this city
several months ago. The will. which Is
IN the nature of letter to the beneficiary.
was made public today by Register of
Wills Sheehan
Included in the Investments comprising
the personality are bonds of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company. appraised at $oS,0OO. and $50. 900
United States bonds.
The will of Elizabeth C. Griffith,
daughter of the late John f. Grocer,
Founder of Grocer Theological Seminary,
who died January at 203S Chestnut
street, admitted to probate today, leaves
IN estate valued at $l5O.OOO to two daugh-
ers, Sallie G. Potts and Margaret G..
Calder and son, ]. +. Grocer Griffith.
The latter is named executor
Other Wills probated were those of John
Kelly, 2030 Fitzwater street, who left
property valued at 2l.SO0; Hennella l..
Ford, 1851 Germantown avenue. $4,000;
George l.. Connolly, who died In Green
township, Pike County, Pa, $4,000; Eugene
NJ Kirby, 1911 West York street. 1856;
Mary N. b. Guentner. 2944 North Sth
street, $500; Mary Felloney. 461O Brown
street 1900 and Arnold #. Angeroth, 213
North SD street, 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
Business Men to Hold Banquet

The annual banquet of the Columbia
Avenue Business Mems Association will
be held in two weeks Plans were made
at the annual meeting last night, when
the following officers were elected:
President, William Holland; first vice
president, John Sharkey; second vice
president, william B. Fischer; financial
secretary John McGrath; treasurer,
John Conroy; secretary. l. Il. Sauder,
The directors chosen are w Holes,
George Z. Mclaughlin, Timothy Ma
honey, o. 1. Flynn. S. ID. Rappaport and
Charles Bauer. The members voted $110
as prizes for New Years mummers.
The Trilby String Band was awarded
S65, the Harry Wall New Years Asso-
citation s35 and the Wheeler New Years
Association $40,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
BIG, FLASHING METEOR
STARTLES OHIO VALLEY
Kissing Ball of Fire Causes
Rumble Like Thunder and
Illuminates Country

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. ia flash
ing meteor startled the Ohio Valley tt is
morning 1t appeared i'm the northeast
shortly before o'clock and whazed
through the heavens with Kissing
sound and was 80 brilliant that 1t illu-
minated the country for miles. II was
visible several moments.
Reports received from Cincinnati, o.,
say that n violent shock was heard and
felt there this morning, accompanied by
vivid flash.
There was no indication of an electric
storm and 1t was thought that an eN-
plosion occurred somewhere in the sur
rounding country.
Other Kentucky towns also felt the
shock.
At Dayton, o., shock was felt re-
sembling mufled thunder. There was no
storm, and 1t was the belief that an ex-
plosion had occurred.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
j. L. M'KINNEY RETIRES
FROM COMMERCIAL BANK
Veteran Financier Quits Presidency
and Board of Titusville Institution

lTITUsVILLE. Pa, Jan. 12.-At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
commercial Bank. held here today. John
y Mckinney, retired from the board and
,.ae presidency of the institution, which
ne mas held for the last "a years.
me new officers of the bank are Pres
dent, George w. Horne; vice president.
'anlsstus T, Robertsi cashier, Fred l..
MI Mckinney was first elected TO the
presidency OF the Commercial Bank in
~ and has held the office ever since
" me board of directors which first sat
eooat the banks table only three are
suli alye, They are Mr.. Mckinney, Jo-
sspn seep, who has purchased oil for the
s.anuard sed OIL Company for the last 40
ssafs, and Colonel John C. Carter, former
passlaent Of the Carter oil Company, a
"sh-known Standard oil subsidiary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
WOMAN AND FIRE CHIEF
HURT IN SIS, 1000 BLAZE
IN CHURCH AT CAMDEN
Fire-Fighter Sticks to Post Aft
err Serious Fall = Pastors
Wife Rescues Kin From
Endangered Parsonage
DEACoNs STOP F1REMEN

The State Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. of Camden. was damaged by fire
last night to the extent of $4,000 Several
firemen were injured and Mrs. George
Johnson, the pastors wife, was cut by
a glass door in the parsonage when she
broke It with her fist and rescued her
aged mother and two children.
Fire Chief Peter b. Carter. who stuck
to his post for more than an hour after
n O-foot fall from the roof of the build
ing. is confined to his home today with
injuries said to be serious.
The fire was discovered by the SEXTON
Thomas Rich. who had gone to the base
ment shortly before 10 o'clock to bank
the fires for the night. 1t is believed to
have been caused by crossed electric
wires back of the motor which runs the
pipe organ. A false partition. several
feet long, runs up in back of the organ,
and the flames were sweeping up this
when Rich informed Police Sergeant
Humes, who turned in an alarm.
Several deacons of the church, who ar
rived with the firemen, insisted that only
the three chemical extinguishers I'm the
building be used, so as TO prevent dam
age to the furniture by water, according
to the police. Their demands were so in
sistent, the police say, that they were
finally elected from the building.
During the delay the flames gained such
neadWay Inat CnleI carter, upon MS ar
rival. turned in a general alarm. bring
ing eight engines and 100 fremen to the
scene. Carter became confused by the
sense smoke while directing his men from
The roof of the building and stepped off,
falling a distance of 20 feet.
A few minutes later Firemen Walton
and Clark found the unconscious form of
their chief lying in the triangular area
way between he edihce and the frame
Sunday school building. He vas carried
to n place of safety and revived by the
police surgeon, and, although suffering
from painful injuries about the body and
head. insisted on remaining on duty, An
hour later he became faint and collapsed
and was sent to his home, where 1t was
said today his condition was critical.
Mrs Johnson, who had been attending
Cottage" prayer meeting, learned OF
the fire and hurried to the parsonage, In
her anxiety to save her children and ler
mother, and unable to get the door open
she drove her fist through the glass par
tition and opened the door from the in
side Cloaks were thrown around the
sleeping children and they were carried
to a neighbours home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
CARS BLoCKEp IN SUBWAY
Traffic Delayed by Derangement Of
Automatic Block Signal
system

Thousands Of men and women rushing
to their daily work were delayed IL
minutes today when an accident to the
subway service occurred.
1t was during the rush traffic Just
before O'Clock, and was due to n de-
rangement Of the automatic block signal
system In the tunnel around City Hall
and at the 18th street station
The delay affected all the trains east
of City Hall station, and stopped three
trains in the turn around City Hall. This.
in turn, held up trains as far west as
18th street because of the closeness of
the headway under which they were
running.
The trouble was communicated TO the
power supply. and this affected some of
the surface lines, also east of City Hall
This blocked the incoming lines from
north and south OF Market street, notably
the 18th and goth street lines. II took
half an hour to straighten out the tangle
although the cars started to move after
the 70 minutes of actual stoppage OF
power was repaired.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
ON FALLING PIANO
STIRS HIS SOUL NOT, NOR FAXES HIM
Morris Gross, Negro Mover, Should Be Dead la Writ
but His Head Refuses to Yield to Crash
of Falling Instrument

II appears that Gross had to sit on
the pano TO keep II from hitting the
brick wall as It was pulled up by other
workmen on the sidewalk.
incidentally, It was learned that mono of
the men tried TO catch the piano or the
negro when they fell and both had plenty
of room to land on the sidewalk at SD
and Arch streets, where the accident hap
pened
A dull feeling in the head and a slight
kInk in his back is oil that Gross has
to remind him of his fall. He was an
noyed when questioned about the matter,
for he does not see anything to talk
about.
In fact, such thing Is not unusual
with him. He had three similar falls dur
ing the last year.
II allus manage" he said, ito remain
above the instrument In the descent, for
I have a slight suspicion that should I
try to beat 1t to terra firma there would
be results which would make any expiana-
tion from me entirely superfluous."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12

Persons as a rule dislike to fall from
fourth-story windows.
Morris Gross, a negro of 62d and Race
streets, is no exception. He is a piano
mover and also a piano jockey; at least
ne rides pianos in midair Gross doesn't
do this for the sport of the thing; It's
part of his vocation. He was journeying
skyward toward a fourth floor atop a
piano IN this fashion when the rope
broke
AT the West Philadelphia Homeopathic
Hospital today the physicians are puz-
zled. According to medical science, Nor
ris should have passed into oblivion, but
he's very much alive and happy. He re-
members hearing a ripping noise as the
rope parted. He also remembers hearing
discordant sounds when the piano struck
the hard sidewalk. Unplayable harmo-
MES brought memories of Paderewskl
mingled with weird discords savoring of
chinese opera. But George said face
tiously that he fell among the dark
Keys which accounts for his good luck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
ROMANCE OF A HOSPITAL
y eliminates in Marriage of Two
Former Nurses

lomanee-a hospital romance which
sssan IN the Philadelphia Hospital just
:. sar ago this month-culminated today
me marriage altar in ST Thomas
~ ,lzs4'oAe y church at Galveston, Tex, when
WeeY ,ss NeY +. Gaffeney united Miss Sallie
...s ~ and Joseph Murphy in wedlock.
49,, 49, came into their hearts at the Phil
s,,sz.pnia Hospital. when the bridegroom,
eas sas resident nurse there, met the
nnr- young woman, then the head
N the mems surgical ward. When
81 ser he began TO see visions. Into
~, la there came the picture Of the
scs.. 60 over which she would preside, and
n1,s. .Ae youth declared his love. Six
&C., f..ses ago they announced their en-
so.ss asn The bride-to-be accepted an i'm
kosslsn position In a Galveston (Tex)
fF..ss But absence made the heart
o.E ssen tonder," and the bridegroom
so.ss slossed many States TO go to the
fIis s1lnan and persuade her 10 marry
- tne anniversary OF their meeting
-; WIN come north on their honey
.1z5s s.Anning to arrive Ia Philadelphia
& ssnuary 20. Already their friends
s. Philadelphia Hospital are plan
ssepfs n their honor.
~ eifs Murphy all make their
t1nnat carmel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
Our rin9-tag
reductions
dangle today
from the
rock bottom
prices of
last year
on the
Finest Clothes
made!

q, There are so many
angles to a Perry Re
duction Sale which
diferentiate it from
the common genus
Sale! F irst a n d
foremost is the estab-
lished fact of Perry
Superiority, when it
comes to the Fashion,
Fit and Style of every
Pc rry pro d u C t.
There's no more kim
ship between Suits and
Overcoats of Perry
making and o t h e r
kinds, than I lere is be-
tween a painted board
fence and the canvases
of the Immortals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
ATLANTIC CITY MAY
rAGE FASHION SHOW
FOR EASTER CROWDS
rYoteImen Will Discuss Special
Attraction for Women at
Meeting to Be Held To-
morrow Evening
NEW AUTO LAWS WANTED

,>-rtc CITY. Jan. H. - A fashion
~ ,.,,b beautiful models garbed in the
shoN' forings of New York, Philadel-
iatest IA chicago ateliers, may be staged
phla a on rastertide attraction par ex-
!. the special order subject for a
70 - ,be Atlantic City Hotel Mems
nio.s.,ation TO be held on Thursday night,
fAs, section OF the body, which insists
sst sn Atlantic City must provide more en-
.ar,ainment for 'tween-season gues's'
win.irge immediate action
rhore Is some talk of reviving the
,,arse show. which for several years was
osr,ior Easter ttraction on one of the
pOpu seashor, automobile show.
pie,roiiv however. It Is insisted among
W. hopifaces that fashion show dis
.iH.,,,,o w. 81 Atlantic City would be the one
N, no, as n drawing card for women
ssor, ali parts of the country.
,,,,t-wov measures are to have no part
'aho Nqht which big brokers, hotel
narrers. garage owners, merchants ana
Sspkars will carry to Trenton during the
sayt two or three months to put stop
sor ali time to official persecution OF
sn,or tourists who come here to spend
MI Good money Governor Fielder will
. " shown that strangers, who had heard
u.not NJ Atlantic City's hospitality, were
,.io,inos Of speed traps on their drives
v.v.'',, WV I'D of persecution after they ar
rived.
MOTORISTS DRIVEN AWAY.
,,o,o,ren will produce proof that men
u,nrailv were friven from the city, while
~ STATE was levying tribute to the
so,,nt Of s5S0O Brokers will tell of
an,,agers. who, after paying fancy rents
~ chelsea villas, were held UP and fined
~. ~ trivial offenses. The Protest Com
.Si,,ee will tell of the experience of a
2 phlladelphia woman whose license was
tevoked because she left her car turned
IN the wrong direction on tennessee ave
nns and failed to reply to demand from
ue' .n. STATE department at TrentoH for an
explanation.
PHILADELPHIA VISITORS.
4 Mr. and Mrs. W. p. Simpson, of Phila-
delphia, are at the Chalfonte
Wr and Mrs. John NJ Campbell, OF
,tslrose PARK, made an extended shore
visit
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Grocer were
weekend visitors in Chelsea.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stiltz and Miss
rIIzabeth Stiltz entertained wallace
rbds Stiltz and Miss Dorothy Pennock,
OF Germantown, at the Boscobel.
Mrs. John knight and Miss Edith
Maude Knight, of Ventnor, have gone to
paytona, Fla, for the winter
" Miss Elizabeth Richards has returned to
Merton after visit here with Mrs.
Charles Hobart, of Sacramento avenue,
ventnor
Mrs. c. f. Dreher, of Ventnor avenue,
Chelsea, has been entertaining Mrs. Will
liam Erb, OF Philadelphia.
Mrs. Joseph Tiers has returned to Ger
I mantown after a stay in Chelsea.
Miss Reba Hamilton has returned to
Chester after n visit with her cousin,
Miss Marion Hamilton, in Chelsea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
Seriously Crushed in Elevator Shaft

The gearing of an elevator, which was
out of repair at the Manufacturers Club,
today caused the lift to slip and badly
crush Charles O'Neill. "a years old, 1854
North Allison street, who was at the
bottom of the shaft making repairs
O'Neill was jammed between the elevator
and the walls of the shaft so that II
took five policemen from the 18th ano
Locust streets station to drag him out
He was taken to the Jefferson Hospital
where his condition was said to be
critical.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
Cbild's Hand Crushed, Amputated

The right hand of S-year-old Henry
Frick. Jr., son of a dairy farmer In RoN-
bor~.ugh, was amputated today at St.
Tirothy's Hospital. The lad was hurt
while playing around his fathers feed
cutting machine. The hand was caught
In one OF the cogwheels. The father freed
the child and ran with his child TO a
trolley line. The motorman disresarded
schedules and raced his car TO the hos
pital,