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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
CAUGHT IN CHASE OVER ROOFS
Woman Grapples With Thief in Room.
"Cops" to the Rescue

After an exciting chase over the roots
of houses for almost block last night the
police captured Roco Sileo. who is charged
with burglary.
Sileo, it is alleged, entered the home OF
Mrs. Frank Dirardo. 1926 South 9Th street.
and, when discovered rlfiing the bureau
drawers on the second floor, attacked her
with a stiletto. Her screams, however
brought Mitchell and Ford, policemen OF the
7th and Carpenter streets station IN the
meantime Sileo disappeared through the
trapdoor leading to the roof, Mitchell and
Ford following a few seconds later Sileo
endeayored 10 hide behind a chimney, but
took flight when he found out that he was
detected. Mrs Dirardo was uninJured
Silso was held under $500 bail Tor court
this morning by Magistrate Coward
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
M'COMBS WOULD BAR
JUDGES AS CANDIDATES
Democratic Chairman Will Ask
Plank to Prevent Hughes
Case Repetition

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 12.-Chairman
William F. McCombs, Of the Democratic
National Committee, announced today that
he had prepared a resolution to submit to
the Platform Committee asking for a
plank having constitutional amendment
that would prevent any Federal Judge from
being elected to any other office.
The resolution is a direct outgrowth of
the nomination of Justice Hughes by the
Republican convention, but IL is intended
to be so broad that even district Federal
Judge would be barred from other offices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12

George Michael "a years old, of 4711 ed.
mund street. was taken to the Frankford
Hospital last night suffering from internal
injuries received while in the company of
companions on Saturday night OCCUPANTS
of the house heard his groans and found
him In his room. He was taken to the hos
pital, where it Is said he will recover
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
THINK AGED MAN ENDED LIFE
Park Laborer Hanged With Necktie
Twisted About Neck

The body OF John Crothers, n rigger, 70
years old, was found today in his room
in boarding house at $3.50 Jefferson street,
and the police of the 6lst and Thompson
streets station are working on the theory
that he committed suicide.
Crothers because of his advanced age,
had been obliged to work as a laborer in
Paramount Park. He had two sons and two
daughters, all married.
When Crothers did not respond to n
call this morning, George Denny, proprietor
of the boarding house, entered his room
He found the mans body hanging from the
top of the door, n necktie twisted around
the neck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
Jersey Guardsmen PreDare for camr

80 Duardsmen Prepare for Camp
srs o',leers % Of the Sd Regiment, N. q. N. j.,
insth .nahlng Preparations for their camp of
sies.n tee,ion at Sea Girt from June ls 10 "a.
frora routine OF duty will be demanded
Nsii uae guardsmen. including tactical
distrtbn,,elay steay OF topography, drawing, troop
and other problems.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
-FOUR HURT BY AUTOS
Three Motorcyclists and One Row IN
jured in Sunday Motor =
Accidents

Four persons, three Of them motorovc,,s+s
were were victims of automobiles yestsrSe, In
Philadelphia and Vicinity III
-; H, Day 21 years old, and Pau, ca
prlel' IL years old, both of Wilmington.
s,,I were run down In Sharon Hill. Day suffered
concusslon OF the brain and Gabriel a broken
leg. They are at the Tavlor tIon,s,.si Jae,'
Ridley Park. ihospi'ai'
Thomas Sacco, 10 years old, of West Par
lln' while riding a motorcycle in Camden
was struck by jitney belonging To n IT,
Elbertson of Berlin. " -
wesley Egbert, 12 years old, Of 1872 North
52d street, Camden, was struck by an an.
tomobie belonging to Joseph Robon -,
Moorestown, in Camden. The boys lee wa
broken. Sacco's injuries were slight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
Man KILLED by Trolley Car

Peter Basilsky, 81 years old, was struck
NV a trolley car as he was crossing 18TH
and Wood streets to his home at l7lS
Carlton street. a square away both OF
the mans legs were cut OFF. He was rushed
10 the Hahnemann Hospital, but the loss
OF blood was so great that ne died shoruS
before noon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
JEAN WEBSTER DIES
Author of Daddy Longlegs" and
Stories for Girls Succumbs in N. Y.

NEW YORK. June 12.-Jean Webster,
the author, wife of Glenn Ford Mckinney,
a New York lawyer. died at her home here
last night. A daughter was born to Mrs.
Mckinney yesterday.
Jean Webster probably was best known
as the author of Daddy Longlegs." She
was born at Fredonia n. V. July "a, 1876.
She was graduated from Vassar in 1901.
after which she lived fop a number of years
in Italy. She gained her first fame as the
author of stories for girls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12

q If there were no war, if times were normal,
the undoubted SIS, $3.50 and $40 quality of
these Suits now sold in this Intensified Value
Sale at SIS would be wonderful; when you
consider the rising prices of all materials, plus
the positive scarcity of goods, it is amazing!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12

gCut OUer our latest PLeated- back
and pLain-back models, in tIOO-
piece and three piece Suits, some
haf-Iined, some skeIetOnized IUith
silk trimming; Vith lapel variety,
pocket variety, line Uariety to
meet eUery taste prevailing this
season!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
Cheltenham to Float Loan

The Commissioners of Chcltenham town
ship have authorized the issuance of S45,-
900 worth of bonds for permanent Inn
provements within the township
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17
DR.. ]. P. Johnson
Locates at Joseph

DR.. ]. P. Johnson, who left Ash
land few weeks ago on an extended
trip, has found a new location in
Joseph, Wallowa county, Oregon.
The Joseph Herald remarks as fol-
lows:
"Dr. Julian P. Johnson, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Johnson, arrived in Jo-
seph last week from their former
home in Ashland, Jackson county,
where the doctor was engaged in the
practice of medicine for six years.
The doctor has formed an association
with DR.. Verde B. Gregory and they
have settled down to the ambition of
becoming Joseph residents. In the
future DR.. Johnson may be found at
the Joseph hospital, where he will
specialize upon the ear, eye, nose and
throat and assist DR.. Gregory in his
general practice He received his
NJ. D. degree from the Iowa State
University and his B. s. degree from
the University of Chicago"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17
Road to Lake of the Woods 0penfor
Autos and Pelican Bay Next Goal

I of speed the road should present nc
serious difficulties. The country
through which the road passes is a
succession of wooded and open prair-
les, after the summit of Dead Indian
mountain is reached and presents a
constantly changing panorama of for
est and green meadows with magnifi-
cent views of Mount Mclaughlin at
every rise.
Ranchers of the Fort Klamath sec
tion have started a subscription list
to raise fund to improve the road
from Lake of the Woods on through
to Pelican Bay a distance of about
- miles, which is almost impossible
for automobiles at present, En-
couraged by the manner in which the
opening up of the Lake of the Woods
road is being accepted, additional
funds will be subscribed in Ashland
and an auto road through to Peli-
can Bay will no doubt be an accom-
plished fact by fall. This will con-
meet at Pelican Bay with the boule-
ward around klamath lake, and will
give Ashland an entrance to Crater
lake. Autoists recently returning
from the klamath country report
that the road from Pelican Bay
through to Crater lake is in better
shape than the Rogue river road.
Not only would this road tap
number of tourist assets for Ashland
but it would open to Ashland the
Fort klamath country as tributary
trade territory, principally for fruit.
Even with the roads as they now are,
several wagon loads of fruits have
been taken over by this route.
But for the present access to Lake
of the Woods by automobile is as
sured, and many parties will go from
here to camp on the banks of the
sparkling sheet of water which mir
rors Mount Mclaughlin.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

Driver Paul Guiley of the fire de-
partment is vacationing out at John
sons Prairie. His brother Glen is
holding down his chair in the fire
fighting headquarters The chief oc-
cupation of the fire fighters has been
catching flies lately, and about a
quart of flies a day is averaged,
which is several hundred per cent
less than last years record shows.
The fire demon has been on its good
behavior since Ashland was granted
lower fire insurance rates.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

To hunt within the corporate lin
its of any city or town, ppblic park
or cemetery, or on any campus or
grounds of any public school, college
or university, or within the boun-
daries of any watershed reservation
as set aside by the United States to
supply water to cities, or within any
national bird or game reservation.
To resist game wardens or other
Officers charger with the enforcement
of the game laws.
Penalties.
Any person killing any mountain
sheep, mountain goat, antelope, elk
or moose may be fined from 5000 to
$1,000 and imprisoned not less than
sixty days or more than six months.
Unless otherwise provided, viola
tions of other sections carry penalties
of not less than $25 nor more than
$500 and costs, or by Imprisonment
not less than thirty days or more than
six months.
Besides fines, anyone violating
laws shall be subject to a civil liza
bility ranging from 50 for each game
bird to $500 for elk and mountain
sheep; shall forfeit all guns, dogs,
boats, traps, fishing apparatus and
implements used in violation of
laws, and shall forfeit his hunting
license for the balance of the calen-
dar year in which the offense was
committed.
1t will be appreciated If violations
are reported to state game warden,
Portland, or any deputy game war
den. All communications will be
treated as strictly confidential. Your
name will not be brought into any
case without your permission. The |
animal trapping law or
,he commercial fishing laws will be
upon request.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17
Mrs. May Sutton Patterson Dead

Mrs. May S. Patterson, wife of ].
E. Patterson, died in Thermopolis,
Wyo., August 3, 1916. The immedi-
ate cause of her death was periton-
fits. Mrs. Patterson was a graduate
Of the Ashland schools, and for sew
eral years teacher in the Ashland
public schools, and has wide circle
of friends here who will be sorry to
learn of her early death.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17
Season Free Of
Forest Fires

The forest fire season will be over
in just three weeks, but these three
weeks are the most dangerous of all.
As yet this year, Jackson county has
had no really big forest fire and this
month has been remarkably free from
fires of any kind. The two or three
rains have kept the atmosphere clear
of smoke and haze and the summer
has been delightful, offering south
ern Oregon's best behavior for tourist
visitors. Exceptional care should be
taken by campers about fire this
month, More campers are in the
woods than at any time this summer.
Put out the camp fire and don't throw
away a burning cigar.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17
INTERURBAN AUTOCAR co.

Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent
and Phoenix daily except Sunday at
300 a. m. and 100, 900, 400
and 5:15 p. m. Also on Saturday
night at $3.50 and 1920. Sundays
leave at 800 and 100, 4:30, $3.50
and 1880 p. m.
Leave Medford for Ashland daily ex-
cept Sunday at 500 a. m, 100,
200, 400 and Sis p. m. Also on
Saturday at 11:15 p. m. On Sun.
days at 500 and 10:30 a. m, and
100. 200, $3.50 and $3.50 p. m.
Fare between Medford and Ash
land, 20 cents. Round trip, So cents.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17
W00dmen Picnic
On Labor Day

The Modern Woodmen and Royal
Neighbors of Rogue River valley will
join in picnic and log rolling in
Ashland Lithia park on Labor Day,
September 4. All neighbors and their
families of southern Oregon and
northern California are invited and
expected to be there. A good time
assured. Fill up your baskets and
come. Coffee and ice cream will be
provided.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

Lake of the Woods is now easily
accessible from Ashland by automo-
bile. A fund of $3.50 was sub
scribed by Ashland citizens who real
lied the valuable asset which an
auto road to the lake would be and
the road was put in shape so that
automobiles can get over 1t with
out trouble. The road gang, work
ing under Jack True, is doing the
work, continuing, after the road in
Jackson county had been finished, to
work, using the funds subscribed.
The road will be ready for travel
Sunday.
Lake of the Woods is about 9S
miles from Ashland, is the most
charming camping spot in Southern
Oregon. 1t is ideal for swimming,
the water being warm and sloping
beach gradually dropping from the
shore into deep water. Set among
the very heart of the Cascade noun
tains with the forests Of fir and pine
coming to the waters edge on every
side, with old Mount Mclaughlin
rising majestically at one end, more
beautiful place to camp for a few
days can not be imagined.
Fishing in the lake is becoming
better every year and rainbow trout
weighing up to four pounds have
been caught in great numbers al
ready this year. By next year fish
ing in Lake of the Woods will be
equal to any in this land of famous
fishing streams and lakes. There
are two or three boats on the lake.
Abundant pasture is found at either
end of the lake, pure springs of cold
water are everywhere. Mosquitoes
and flies are not bothersome during
the months of July, August and Sep
tember, and at no time as bad as
at the klamath lakes. Plenty of
wood is handy to several camps.
During the huckleberry season sew
eral hundred campers usually are to
be found at Lake of the Woods, and
with the opening of the auto road
many more will no doubt gather on
its shores.
At the far end of the lake from
Ashland there is rangers cabin
where doc" Gamblers of this city
makes his headquarters and where
information concerning trips to Four
Mile lake, Fish lake and many other
points of interest within a radius of
a few miles, may be obtained.
Climbing Mount Mclaughlin is
feat which can be accomplished in
a day from Lake of the Woods by
the most ambitious and is not a hard
two days trip. Pelican Bay is IL
miles further north.
Deer are plentiful in the vicinity
and as a headquarters for hunting
trips back into the wilds, Lake of
the Woods should become famous.
Grouse and other game is also found
near there.
Under the new forest reserve laws
tract of ten acres may be. taken
up for summer home in the forest
reserve, and no doubt many will take
advantage of this within the next
year or two, and build summer
homes on Lake of the Woods. 1t is
rumored that company contem-
plates the erection of a summer ho-
tel there.
Autoists expecting to make the
trip should not plan on making
3o-mile an hour speed all of the way
but by travelling at a moderate rate
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17
Sidelights''0n
Official DOings

The mayors desk, the council
mems tables and even the humble
oilcloth-covered structure devoted to
the uses of the journalists of the city
were decorated with beautiful bou-
quets of flowers brought from the
park by Superintendent Graves.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

The Commercial Clubs chairs in
the council chambers ought to in
crease attendance at council meet
ings. The only citizens present be-
sides the city officials Tuesday we're
the interested bidders on the sewer
construction.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

The council weighed the merits of
various adding machines and summed
up the deficiencies, subtracted the
difference in prices, and without any
division of opinion decided to have
satisfaction from the company which
furnished the city an unsatisfactory
machine, before the days multiplied
into weeks.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

Chief of Police Porter takes a fiji
teen days layoff beginning yester-
day, and has given up the pursuit of
hoboes for the pursuit of potato bugs
out of his garden.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

Quite difference in the sewer
bids. Making estimates on building
sewer can't be such a pipe, after all.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

The new pipe and fire plugs on
South Pioneer avenue and Hargadine
streets are installed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

The electric light department has
its troubles when the lightning be-
gins to play.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

The Tidings is on sale at Poley's
drug store, IL East Main street.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-17

Phone Job orders to the Tidings
New-York tribune., 1916-06-23
"Verdun and the Allied Offensive.
70 Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What is the military reason for at
tacking Verdun? Mr.. Frank II. Simonds's ar
,cle IS very interesting, but unconclusive.
He cannot find the military reason for Ger
many sacrificing so many Of her best troops
to take Verdun, which would not benefit the
Germans In any way, as it would not bring
them nearer Paris than they are at Scissors.
venture TO give the all-important reason fer
the German determination 20 take Verdun.
The military advantage that the invasion Of
Belgium offered TO enter France has created
for the Germans the most difficult problem Of
the war 10 solve-namely. how TO get the
troops back within the original frontier.
Bethmann Hollweg expressed Germany's de-
sire 10 make peace as the map stood then
because there was not any military prospect
Of gaining any more territory.
The Nerdun attack and it's continuance. de-
spite all loss, was to avoid the inevitable
capture of the German armies now in France
and Belgium. To lose one million men in this
venture might save three millions later and
keep the enemy out of Germany until the two
millions thus saved had been overcome. The
greater the German offensive the more does
il convince the Allies Of the German anxicty.
Supposing the great Allied offensive should
take place on all fronts at the same time,
and that the French should pierce the Ger
man lines north of Nerdun and after meeting
with some success should resolve to stake all
at that point and cut the lines Of communi-
cation provisioning the German armies nov
in France and Belgium; these armies would
have TO surrender. Or supposng that the
British and French should push the Germans
out OF Belgium; the retreat for the German
armies in the narrow space between Nerdun
and Maastrcht, Holland across two rivers,
would be very congested, and would force the
kaisers armies to violate Dutch territory to
retreat orderly or be nterned in Holland, as
the British and Belgans were after leaving
Antwerp.
Should the Germans prefer 10 fight their
way through Holland the British and Bel
gisn soldiers interned in Holland would be a
good addition 20 the Dutch armies.
If the Allies are 10 crush German militar-
ism they have TO accomplish this feat. The
Germans. knowing 1t feasible. are stalking all
to prevent such crushing blow. as it would
kill German military prestige forever.
New York, June Is, 1916. L. ARDIN
New-York tribune., 1916-06-23
One Way to Help.

Join the Red Cross. The membership
fee is small, a dollar. Its payment means
that you are getting behind the movement
that will do more than any other single
factor TO save the lives and soften the
sufferings of the men who march away.
The present effort is TO raise the member
ship in the metropolitan district to 100000.
Already $4,000 have sent their dollar to
the local headquarters, 2S9 Fourth Avenue.
The Mexican campaign means that what
we have been doing by way of aid for our
friends beyond an ocean we must do with
not less energy for our own. Our medical
preparedness for war is not less made
quate than every other branch Of military
activity. The present proportion Of medi-
cal men in our army Is less than four per
thousand, as against seven per thou
sand, the normal figure, and ten per
thousand now required in European
armies. This deficiency must be made up
largely through the aid Of Red Cross units.
The nation was grossly ignorant and neg
ligent in caring for the lives devoted to
it's service in 1898. Every possible effort
must be made to avoid a repetition OF such
cruelty and waste. Joining the Red Cross
is the first small act that each Of us can
do toward achieving this end.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-23
ALSACE-LORRAINE
The Latest Benefcent Project Of the
German Overlord.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: To the average reader the Berlin
cable published in every newspaper inform
ing the world that Alsace Lorraine is to be
divided among the other states OF the Ger
man Empire may not mean anything 10
the Alsatian, however. and 10 all those who
have watched events in the ''lost provinces"
for the last forty-fve years the announced
absorption OF Alsace Lorraine by the empire
is more than an everyday news item. 1t
is a revolution. II is the blunt confession
that the Germanization of the former two
French provinces has proved failure. 1t
is the open admission on the part of the
imperial German government that the con-
tention Of the Alsatans as voiced IN the
Reichstag at Berlin and in the Landesau-
schussat Strassburg TO be assimilated to the
ether German states was just and legitimate.
Unfortunately for the German Empire the
official concession comes too late. Alsace-
Lorraine, down trodden, humiliated and out
ragged commences after her long martyrdom
to see her deliverance. We have no means
Of knowing what is going on there, but the
very fact, also cabled by Berlin, that Alsatian
soldiers are being withdrawn from the West
ern front and sent TO the East proves be
yond reasonable doubt, as they say IN
court, that Asatian loyalty TO Germany Is
to say the least questionable.
They know. they feel, those Alsatian
martyrs. although they are isolated from
the world. that the Allies are fighting brave
". They hear and see the French avions
throwing bombs on German munition plants
scattered all over Alssce. The explosion Of
these establishments fills their hearts with
iov and is more eloquent to them than the
war bulletins announcing German victories
There may be another reason which
prompts the imperial government at this
time 10 inform its people OF the proposed
division OF Alsacc Lorraine. That is what
our own " J. Bryan would call for home
consumption" To impress the German pup
lie with the fact that if the imperial German
Government were not positive Of Alsace-Lor-
raine remaining German after this war they
would not consider now how TO divide 1t. In
other words Berlin is so sure OF the uiti-
mate victory that IL is mere folly 70 sup
nose that Alsace-Lorraine may again become
a French province.
The victory OF tie Narne. the heroic re
,istance At Verdun. the great Russian drive
are but incidents In this war; that Germany
should at this time. when she has her hands
full. so 10 speak. tackle the Alsatian problem
constitutes for the Allies the greatest sue
cess. and for the imperial German govern
ment the disguised admission that as Inc
Tribune so brilliantly said it months ago
Germany is beaten.
The reign OF terrorism. sometimes called
frightfulness. will soon be over for all down
trodden nations The wings 81 the frussian
eagle are being clipped slowly but surely
The German people themselves VIII reJoice
with other civilized nations at the agonitins
spells of the Prussian maxim mat -m's"'
is right" JONAS LItf ~, 4NN, >,
Formerly Of the journal d'Alsace'
New York. June 81, 1915.