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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
HARRISBURG TROLLEY
COMPANY SEEKS NEW
MEN TO BREAK STRIKE
200 Workmen Quit Jobs in De-
mand for Higher Pay, Union
Recognition and Better
Labor Conditions
SUBURBAN TRAFFIC HIT

HARRISBURG July 17.-Harrsburg &
street car strike, prespitated early yester-
day by refusal Of the Harrisburg Railways
Company to consider demands of newly
formed union, is still on today, with
neither the men nor the company having
gained anything
The company issued statement today
to the effect that It hoped to have a large
number OF new men at work tomorrow, and
notified the public that until further notice
Paxang Park, a trolley resort, would be
closed temporarily
JITNEYS REAPPEAR.
James Steese today offered the services
of the State Bureau of Mediation to the
company and its striking employees for n
settlement of their differences and Patrick
Gilday will be assigned to the work IL both
sides accept.
There is no indication, however, that
either the company or the men will do so.
The company has II cars in operation and
is bringing $50 men from New York and
elsewhere in an effort to break the strike.
So far the strikers have been orderly
Jltneys, previously ruled off the streets
by stringent municipal regulation, ap-
peared today and operated without molesta-
tion. The Bell Telephone Company organ
big companies are doing likewise.
THE STRIKERS DEMANDS.
The strikers have mace many demands on
the railways company, all of which have
been refused. They include:
An increase in wages.
Extra compensation for overtime.
Permission to sign seven days In ad-
vance of the day an employe wants to
he away from his work
Permission to post notices of union
business in the car barns.
Recognition of the union
Fair and impartial hearings to be ar.
ranged so that men will not lose any
time.
That a man suspended and after a ,
hearing found to have been suspended
uniustly. be paid for the time he lost
That the company furnish at least
one uniform year to suburban motor.
men and conductors who are compelled
to handle freight.
That the company install stools In
every car on the system for the men.
That the shopmen be compelled to
clean the cars and equip them.
That the company pay the men for 80
minutes work In making out accident
reports
That the company maintain an ade.
quate extra list so that the regular en-
ployes do not have to work overtime
unless they desire,
That employees after three years
service be paid "a cents an hour.
The strikers declared they would remain
away from work until President Frank d.
Musser agreed to arbitrate the differences,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
FLOODS IN SOUTH
GAIN IN VIOLENCE;
5 DIE; 30 MISSING
SIS, 100000 Property Loss in
Carolinas and Virginias,
Thousands Homeless
BIG SECTIONS CUT OFF

RELEIGH, ~ c.. July 17.-with five
known dead and 30 to 80 persons missing
the flood situation In North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia caused by torrential
rains became worse today. Scores of fac
tories were unable to open and early esti-
mates were that 10000 workers had been
made idle.
The property damage, at first conserva-
lively estimated at $40. 900 900, increased
hourly today as the rising waters carried
away building after building that had with
stood the first rush, and II Is feared that
the total loss will go above S15.000.000.
The flood has so crippled rail and wire
communication that large districts are iso-
lated. In some of these sections there
may have been heavy loss of life
Railroad adyces received today ind
Gated that the food was also having a
serious effect in the western part of West
Virginia, Train service there has been
discontinued because OF the washing away
of several bridges and long stretches of
track along swollen rivers.
In Norh Carolina alone more than 1000
men, women and children have been
rendered homeless according TO oircIai re-
ports The loss of life in the Ashevlle
district would have been large but for
the efforts of rescue parties. that were or
ganized as soon as the situation became
dangerous.
Several members of the rescue forces
were swept away in their small boats and
have not been found Among the missing
are three women nurses who answered the
first call for help.
Employees of the Vanderbilt estate at
Bitmore are assisting in the rescue work
in the Asheville district Some sections of
the estate have been flooded, but the latest
reports indicate that no serious damage
has been done there.
The railroads are heavy sufferers from
the floods. Stations at various places are
filed with water to the second story.
Where the tracks parallel the rising
streams It will take weeks to repair the
damages that have been done All traffic
Is demuralized
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17

pulled a feather from the tail Of a cock
TO stir the eoneoction. THAT makes fine
cocktail" said the Colonel. The name
sounded good TO Henderson, and every one
who happened In was urged to try one of
these drinks. Feathers were kept around
as mixers. and the idea appealed to those
OF eXaeting thirsts
Since then the cocktail has been amended
improved and changed about In various
ways, but it's famous nevertheless. IL
spread first to Washington, and from there
the National Legislature carried the idea
10 all parts Of the country. Now the words
American cocktails" are conspicuous In
the bars Of Europe
There are any number OF temperance
cocktails. aside from that OF the oyster
varsity wtieh one gets In the Restaurants
Some Of these are made Of lemon and
grape juice. eraeeed ice and lines They
come in an eoloFs. You can get them Ia
German Or alnsd shades Just as yovf
tasla runs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
RAGING TENNESSEE RIVER
DEVASTATEs MILLION ACRES
Corn and Peanut Lands Laid Waste,
Many Homeless

CLIFTON Tenn. July ia million
acres of corn and peanuts in the Tennessee
River Valley, from Chattanooga to Pacudah.
KY, is today under Is feet OF water as a
result OF the Tennessee River flood. The
loss Is estimated al more than million.
The corn crop Is ruined. Hundreds OF
head of stock have drowned and many per-
sons are homeless The river is rising rap
idly, due to heavy rains near Chattanooga
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
Casement,s Appeal Arrued

LONDON, July lT.-Slr Roger Case
nsnts appeal from his conviction OF trea-
son. carrying with Il the death sentence
was argued before Justice Darling and AS
Eoeiate Justices OF the Court Of Criminal
Appeal today. Easements counsel argued
that the actions described IN the lndiet
ment aid not constitute a statutory onense
He argued further that the definition OF
treason given 10 the jury by Lord chief
Justice Reading was Inaccurate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
CLARKE COMMITTEE IN SENATE
Judiciary Investigation Believed Merely
Formality

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Senate
Judiciary Committee today appointed
subcommittee. consisting of Senators Over
man, of North Carolina; OGorman of
New York, and Fletcher of Florida, Demo-
Gratis, and Clark of Wyoming. and Dilling-
ham, OF Vermont Republicans. TO make in
quiry into the Presidents nomination of
Judge John II. Clarke, of Cleveland, TO
the Supreme Court, to succeed Charles
Evans Hughes.
1t is understood that Judge Clarke will
be confirmed without objection, and the ap-
pointment OF the subcommittee was simply
a formalty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
CASH AND INSURANCE POLICY
FOUND ON RAGGED WOMAN WAIF
Forlorn Creature Discovered Under
Stone Crusher in Cemetery

made her homo under a stone crusher in
Fernwood Cemetery. will be committed
to an institution, where she win obtain
needed care. She WIS picked up yesterday
in the cemetery, half clothed and starving.
The woman appears to be about 40 years
old. She was clad only in an old shirt in
which were hidden S27 and an insurance
policy. When taken away she begged 10
be allowed TO stay In the woods.
She told Captain Ronsall OF the Upper
Darby police department that she had lived
originally in this city and had worked in
Atlantic City and Germantown, although,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
Washouts in Virginia

ROANOKE. Va. July 1T.-Virtually all
railway traffic in southwestern Virginia and
eastern West Virginia was tied up Sunday
by washouts and slides resulting from
heavy rains.
Many bridges have been carried away
telephone and telegraph wires are down
and heavy crop damage has been reported
The Memphis Special washington to
Memphisl. which arrived here at 11:05
o'clock this morning. was still in Roanoke
late tonight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
Butcher Dead Of Blood Poisoning

READING Pa. July 17.-As the result
of an injury 10 his leg. sustained while
butcherlnE. 4 week ago. Howard RslcheFt,
s. years bld. ef KutItown. this county died
: - Rsadins HosSitsl seIiE EaAas a.
hleea solsoning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17

WAehfNLEoM July 1.-THE coast
znard cutter TalapooHa reported 70 nead-
4zallsln here today that Il had Ia tow on
81 ee1st cf Florida TIA schooner Carrie
==r14z * 1humastan. Nalns. TIE schooner
80 ze-na peHloln pp after the hurricane
#hieH aHzet fae aat 8 keU days aEo. The
r=za #to uadz y de 44aaela cfaa
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-17
VICE RAMPANT IN CITY,
SMITHS CRITICS SAY

Continued from Page One
Glbboney, and the others were simply found
in the various houses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01
"ffe4ith and contentment are per.

"HNsith and contentment are per.
quisifes to efficiency"
That is the altruistic theory which
setusted R. c. Howe, general man.
ager,.pf the Armour & Co., packing
planSin South Omaha, when he or.
dereas and later sanctioned, the plans
for the, new office building. The re.
suit sf,an office building de luxe, one
OF the best structures Of Its kind in
the World. The completed building
will cost 100000.
FRESHMAN insurance for the en-
ploykx cost more than $4,000. The
inonsx was spent for the installation
Of ans air-washing machine, whose
function 10 to allow nothing put pure
Rerni3sss air In the place. Automat.
icallEs the air In each room Ii
charged every twenty minutes. When
wintsys winds howl, the machine heats
the washed air and ships the warm
brees1s> through dustless ducts into
sverYssrorner Of every room. When
the sultry summer sun sizzles, the
machine just cools the air and sends
something like spring zephyrs to fan
into seomfort every one OF the lSO
officEsemploycs.
.Andsthe air IL let into each focm in
suchssx manner a. to avoid drafts.
EACH Dir current Is made to play
against another current and their
meeting place 10 close to the ceiling.
WheH.the air has filtered through
human. lungs, it ID sucked from the
building through several apertures.
II, 6y., any niishap, two or three
spectsof dust gather on = piece OF
office1sfurniturc, the automatic vac
uum Eisaner Immediately whisks them
into Eternity.
YoNsmay ride down in your car,
IL ydftare fortunate enough to have
INDUCED Armour & Co.. to give you
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01

woodwork and the grey velvet car
pets to match the grey walls, is the
silencer. That invention absorbs
loud sounds and magnifies whisper.
1t absolutely kills echo. The occu-
pants OF the room next to the tele-
graph office will not be able to hear
the click-click of the key. The OPP
orator may be sending q message to
any point in the country by the Ar
mour special wire arrangement, /and
an eavesdropper at the keyhole, who
was familiar with the telegraph code,
could not get the sense Of the mes
sage.
vaults, which would make a pessimist
Of the most experienced burglar plan
ming to steal their contents. The cages
Of the cashiers and auditors are ar
tistic wonders in then line. The in
laid doors and the waved oak floor
lend additional elegance.
The building is $50 feet by 80 feet.
Pressed brick, about one-half the size
OF the ordinary house brick and extra
heavy, compose II.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01

an office job. In the basement Of the
new building is garage which can
accommodate dozen autos. Then.
If you feel the need of shave or a
shower bath, all you have to do is to
20 UP one flight and get one and take
the other. The tonsorial parlor is a
miniature OF the best that mctropoli-
tan hotels afford. The shower rooms
are OF Italian marble. Then you may
go and rest awhile in the big loung-
ing room for men, while you puff blue
rings from favorite tobacco. Then,
when. you have sandwiched in some
efficient work, you may ask the build
ing's chef to prepare some palate.
| pleasing ri,orsel, and it will be served
to you in dining room de luxe. II
II will help your appetite any, you
may also know that the food was
cooked In q kitchen which. on the
word Of Chicago restauranteur, Is
the best equipped of its size in the
country. Nearly every bit Of kitchen
work is done by electricity, except the
cooking, which is done BY gas.
The women are going to have .
rest room on the third floor which .
re-incarnated Cleopatra might envy.
The thirty office girls selected . COM
mittee OF two, the Misses Ring and
Lovely, to buy the furniture, and Cen
cral Manager Howe told them to
spare no expense. Rumor has II that
they complied literally with Mr..
Howe's mandate and the result will
be q perpetual invitation to lounge In
the luxuriously upholstered chairs
and divans. The rest room adjoins
the parlor.
The girls are also going to have .
roof garden, real, palm-bestrewn re-
treat where summers heat will be set
at nought.
One OF the features OF the general
managers and superintendent Of
fees, in addition to the black oak
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01


April this they election To
The in injunction whhh Democrats of
for he of the o nj in a
of hmn aa nc etmanner ci ph in
law protest. o.
Mr. sad
which
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01

L. S. Hastings, the subject Of this
sketch, was born in Boone County, Him
ois,, November /, 1866. A few years after
his father returned from the war he re-
moved from Illinois and settled in Butler
County, Nebraska, which has been the
home of Mr. Hastings for the past thirty
eight years. Twenty-eight years ago Mr..
Hastings took up the practice OF law in
David City. During these twenty-eight
years his rise in the profession has been
steady and successful. He has been iden-
titled with most of the important cases
that have passed through the courts of
this county. Notable among these was the
Lille murder trial, in which Mr.. Hastings
was the prosecutor He has large prac-
tice in the supreme court Of the state,
many cases coming from other parts of
the state. During his residence in Butler
County he has served as County Attorney
two terms, was a member of the State
Senate from this senatorial district, COM
prising Butler and Seward Counties, dur
ing the session of 1903 and 1904. He also
served two terms as Mayor Of David City,
during which time many public improve
ments were made. Among them were the
paving of the streets and the establish
ment of municipal light plant. Mr.
Hastings was a member Of the Board of
Education during the years 1912 and
1918, and served as president Of the
board. He has enjoyed the confidence of
the people Of Butler County to large de
primary in April of this year, when they
further show that the people Of Butler c.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01
Boston Planning Board Retracts
Slur on Jews.

AS result of the protest of the
Boston Jewry and Mayor Curley's
rebuke, the city planning board an
nounced that it will eliminate from
all the remaining copies of it's re-
port on East Boston conditions the
statement that the Jews have exerted
"a somewhat Oppressive influence
upon the community" This is in
accordance with Mayor Curley's de-
mand. The board admitted in a
statement to the protesting Jews,
that the phraseology Of the objec-
tionable statement did not properly
express our meaning,' but they re-
fused to admit that what they said
was an insult, either implied or
otherwise.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

Leopold Veith, a charter member
of the New York Lodge No. 1, B'nai
Birth, died at Los Angeles, last Sat-
urday night, at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. George B. Epstein. He was
ninetyfour years old and was said to
be the oldest living member of the
Jewish society. He was born in
Steppach, Bavaria. Veith established
a cotton exporting business in San
Antonio, Tex, shortly before the
Civil War.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01
887

M. Mordecai Baltowsky, a lawyer
Of Petrograd, was appointed director
in the Russian Ministry of Justice.
A scholarship prize in the Cincin-
natl (Ohio) Law School has been
divided between Miss Naomi Rasin-
sky and Mr. Robert Freer. The prize,
which is for the highest average of
work done in the first four years, was
to have been awarded in June, but
the work of the contestants was so
even that the Judges were unable to
come to a decision at that time, and
finally proposed division. Miss Ra-
sinsky is the daughter of the late
Charles E. Rasinsky, well-known
civil engineer, and has captured a
number of prizes in her school ca
reer.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

The Jewish Agricultural and In
dustrial Aid Society announces the
ninth annual competition for the
short course scholarships which it es-
tablished for the benefit of children
of Jewish farmers in the United
States. This competition was estab-
lished in 1908, and since that year
137 scholarships were awarded. While
the majority of the scholars came
from the States of Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey and New York,
the sons and daughters of Jewish
farmers from Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, North Dakota and Wyom-
ing took advantage of these scholar
ships.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
NEWS ABOUT JEWS EVERYWHERE


Two sisters won their matches in
the championship fight of the women's
western golf tournament at the Kent
Country Club at Grand Rapids, Mich,
last Tuesday, and played against each
other in the second round Wednes-
day. They are Miss Elaine Rosen-
thai, present western champion, and
Mrs. Ernest I. Beiheld, both of Raw
isloe, Chicago. Miss Rosenthal, play
ing brilliant game, eliminated Mrs.
E. R. Whitcomb, of Milwaukee, 8 up
and 6 to play. Mrs. Bei6eld defeated
Mrs. F. S. Colburn, of Glenview, Chi
cago, 6 up and 4 to play.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01
September 1, 1916.

Governor Moses Alexander, of
Idaho, will be candidate for re-elec-
ton at the coming election in Novem-
Der.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

ding Mr.. and Mrs. Simon B. Fleis-
cher, of Philadelphia, Pa, have pre-
sented 81 1000 to the Federation Of
Jewish Charities.
Simon Bamberg, railway owner and
mining man, has been nominated for
Governor of Utah by the Democratic
State convention.
The sixth annual convention of the
Associated Y. M. H. AS of New
England will be held in the city of
Manchester, N. H., September l, 2,
3 and 4.
The John Stewardson Memorial
Scholarship in Architecture, prize
sought by all architects of Pennsyl-
vania under thirty, has been won this
year by Hyman Louis Rubin, of Pitts
burg
In Chicago, ILL.,, Mr. Leonard Pfael-
zer is candidate for the Democratic
nomination for member of the Board
of Assessors to succeed his brother,
the late David M. Pfaelzer, who died
in office last year.
Attorney Jacob Berman who was
appointed District Attorney of Port
land, Me-, last year is candidate for
that office on the Democratic ticket.
Milton Marks, a young Jewish
lawyer of San Francisco, is candi-
date for the Assembly in the 31st
Assembly District of that city. He is
being put forward because of his
natural abilities, and the best citizen
ship, in the district, Jewish and Gen
tile, are behind his candidacy. His
ability is demonstrated by the fact
that he is one of the Carnot Medalists
of the University of California, of
which institution he is a graduate
The Society of Jewish Journalists
and Writers in Warsaw have petition
ed the Warsaw municipality that this
society receive monthly allowance
amounting to 1000 rubles, to enable it
to support its members, who are act
ually starving because of the war con-
ditions The municipality fatty re-
fused to comply with this request, al
though it grants a subsidy of 1900
rubles a month to society of Polish
journalists and authors.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

Acting on protest made by A.
Prussian, editor of the Boston Jewish
Leader, Mayor Curley, of that city,
has sent letter of rebuke to Ralph
Adams Cram, chairman of the City
Planning Board, and in his commune
cation the Mayor declared that the
Boards criticism of the Jewish set
Element in East Boston was fragrant
insult The boards criticism was con-
tanned in recent report. The Mayor
said: "The statement that the Jews
are establishing a home centre and
are creating Oppressive influence on
the community is an injustice and is
unwarranted and uncalled for and
should be corrected at once"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

1.-The Day." of New York, prints
Copenhagen despatch to the effect
that the Russian government will not
allow DR.. J. L. Magnes, Enissary of
the American Jewish Relief Commit
tee, entrance into Russia. DR.. Mag
mes bears passport vised by the Rus
sian consul at New York, and also
letters of introduction from the State
Department. According to the dis
patch, all efforts of Minister Egan,
American minister to Denmark, to Sc
cure permission through representa-
tives at Petrograd and Washington
have proved unavailing.
During the past year, physical cul
ture organizations we're formed in al
most every town of Poland which is
now under German rule. The main
factors in this movement were the
Zionists. These societies have recent
ly formed a union and the first con-
vention of delegates was held in War
saw. The question that called forth
a heated debate was regarding the
language in which the. proposed or
gan of the union should appear. 1t
was finally decided that the journal
should be published both in Hebrew
and Yiddish.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

To commemorate their golden we'd
ding Mr.. and Mrs. Simon B. Fleis-
cher, of Philadelphia, Pa, have pre-
sented 1000 to the Federation of
Jewish Charities.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

Attorney Jacob Berman who was
appointed District Attorney of Port
land, Me-, last year is candidate for
that office on the Democratic ticket.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

In Chicago, ILL.,, Mr.. Leonard Pfael-
zer is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for member of the Board
of Assessors to succeed his brother,
the late David M. Pfaelzer, who died
in office last year.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

Simon Bamberg, railway owner and
mining man, has been nominated for
Governor of Utah by the Democratic
State convention.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-01

The sixth annual convention of the
Associated Y. M. H. AS of New
England will be held in the city of
Manchester, N. H., September 1, 2,
3 and 4.