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Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21

opened for settlement and reached by
railway affords excellent opportunity
to the homesteader. To secure infor-
nation as to Western Canadian lands
write the Canadian Government agent,
whose name appears elsewhere In this
paper.-Advertisem
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
HemmIno Estate Pays s1o,as7 Tax

HemmIno Estate Pays $1o,337 Tax.
A state inheritance tax of $10,337.76
was paid by the executors OF the estate
Of the late Charles c. Hemming, prest
dent OF the Ell Paso National Bank Of
Colorado Springs. The total value Of
the estate was $4O5.730.
Executors Of Miller Estate Removed.
Another contest in the much liti.
gated estate of the late Mrs. Anna
Miller ended when District Judge Al
len upheld the decision of County
Judge Rothgerber in summary re-
moving Mrs. Hanah Schultz. Mrs. Jen-
ME r. Becker and Albert o. johnson
as executors Of the last will of their
sister. Mrs. Miller. Unless the ousted
executors appeal to the state Supreme
Court, the decision Of Judge Allen will
result In the three executors being
compelled to turn over the estate To
Public Administratos woodward.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
National Forest Income Increases.

Receipts from national forests this year
were $2,S0O,OOO, an increase of more
than $4,000 over 1915, according to
a report of Henry 8. Graves, chief Of
the forest service, just made public
through the Denver office. Rapid pro-
gress in land classification material
advances in development work, In
which road building is one Of the
largest factors, and relatively small
losses from forest fires characterized
the administration, according to Mr..
Graves report. The receipts from tim
Der were $1,400,0O0, an increase Of 20
per cent, while grazing receipts were
81 100000, and water power rentals
brought in 100000.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Recently Adopted Laws In Effect.

The two initiated and one referred
measures adopted by the people at the
November election became laws when
Governor Carlson issued the proclama-
ton as required by law. The new
laws are the medical practice act.
which was passed by the last Legisla.
ture and later referred to the people.
and the bills providing for the humane
care Of the insane and for the invest
ment Of state school funds upon i'm
proved agricultural security. The
medical practice act provides fr a re-
organization Of the State Board Of
Medical Examiners, which will have
charge Of the issuance OF licenses for
all medical practitioners. The board
will be composed of nine members.
appointed by the governor for terms Of
two, four and six years.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21

For administering medicine to .
horse an inventor has patented hoa-
low, perforated bit with funnel at
one end.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Roads Must Make Crossings Safe.


Adequate grade crossing protection
within the corporate limits of Colorado
Springs must be furnished by the four
railroads operating In the city. under
an order issued by the State Public
Utilities Commission. The city brought
a case against the Colorado Midland.
Santa Fe. Denver & Rio Grande. and
Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs rail-
roads as the result Of a number Of &C.
cidents which occurred at grade cross
ings. Besides the installation Of gates.
red lights and wig-wags at a number
of the crossings, one crossing will be
eliminated and subway put in, one
fourth of the cost being borne by the
city of Colorado Springs. All present
projections in addition to the ones or
dered must be maintained by the rail-
roads.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Women May Act as Jurors.

An amendment to the state law
which would permit women to servo
on juries in Bookkeeping cases has
been suggested as remedy for the
condition which resulted in Judge Ira
C. Rothgerber having been forced to
dismiss a jury in trial in which vio-
lation OF the prohibition law was al.
legged.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Getting Her Own Back.

$50 the lawyers got about all of the
estate. Did Edith get anything7"
"Oh, yes; she got one of the law
yers."
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Railroads Would Raise Coal Rates.

ha''Todub Wouiu hdibo wal hdtes.
The Colorado G. Southern, the Colo.
RADIO Midland and the Santa Fe rail.
roads have petitioned the Colorado
public utilities commission for permis.
sion to raise their rates on coal from
Palisade and the South Canon districts
to Denver.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
the high priced meat dishes and serve
your family more Skinner's Macaroni
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
licious and most nutritious Of all foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co, Omaha,
Nebr.. for beautiful cook book. telling
how to prepare 1t in a hundred different
ways. It's free to every woman.-Adv.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21

Women In London who are employed
to make trousers receive only four
cents n pair.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Always Attractive.

81 have some attractive stock 30
SELL"
yep, l suppose so. Anyhow, I've
never seen stock certificate that
wasn't a beautiful thing to look at"
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue,
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All Rrocers. Adv.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Lure of Adventure Sends United
States Lads Into Army Of
Great Britain.
EASY TO SECURE RELEASE
State Department at Washington Has
Bureau to Look After Appeals Of
Parents Who Want Their Sons
Returned to Them.

Washington.-Lured by the spirit OF
adventure, more than 1900 Americans
have died in battle, fighting in armies
Of the British empire.
Somewhere in the United States
thousands of anxious mothers and fn-
theirs are awaiting the return of those
who will never return, and somewhere
In France there are Americans fighting
In the khaki of Britain who will never
return to their native land.
So serious has become the problem
Of American youths slipping away into
Canada to join overseas regiments
that the American state department
has been forced recently to create a
new division to care for the hundreds
of communications which pour in, ask
Ing officials of this government to OBJ.
tain the release of American youths
from foreign regiments.
In many cases, these boys have
Joined in Canada by the simple expe-
dent of classifying their ages. Today
these same boys can be found in the
trenches along the SOmme, in the train
ing camps of England. and aboard
British vessels patrOlling the high seas
Because of the willingness of the
British government to release and
send home boys who Joined by fraud
ulent means, the state department has
found little difficulty restoring lost
boys to their parents when the boy
himself can be located alive, but there
are many cases, department officials
say, where the names of American
boys, sought by terrified parents In
America, have been found in the lists
of those killed in action. In many in
stances not even the body can be re
covered.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Special Division Necessary.

During the early days of the Euro
pean war, there was constant stream
Of requests received at the state de-
partment, asking the release of Amer
lean volunteer boy soldiers, but 1t was
not until recently that the volume Of
these requests made it necessary for
Secretary of State Lansing to deslg-
nate special division to handle such
cases. 1t is called the Division of APP
plication for the Discharge of Soldiers
and Sailors in Foreign Service.
The figures Of the newly created d.
vision show that the cattle boat traf-
flc across the Atlantic from American
ports to London, is great recruiting
source for the British army. OF late
weeks, the number of American boys
who have enlisted in London, has been
even greater than the number enlist
ing in Canada.
This is chiefly due to the extraOr-
binary precautions the Canadian re-
cruiting officers are taking to avoid
such cases.
II an American boy has enlisted in
Canada and his parents believe he
has not left the dominion, the state
department forwards the request for
a discharge to United States Consul
General Foster at Ottawa. If the boy
is still there, he Is sent to the Ameri-
can consulate under guard and turned
over to Mr.. Foster.
If the Canadian contingent which
such a lad has Joined has sailed for
England, the job becomes more diff
cult. Robert p. Skinner, American
consul general at London, then takes
up the case and appeals to the British
foreign office. This request must pass
through the proper official channels,
and IL the boy is alive, he will be To-
Gated eventually.
The thing that makes difficult the
task of locating these boys, however,
is the almost universal tendencies of
the youngsters to give fictitious
names and addresses. This naturally
complexities the task.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-21
Many Pathetic Appeals.

The appeals received at the state
department from parents seeking their
sons are pathetic In many cases. One
mother wrote In saying her son was
"only fourteen and merely over-large
for his age" Other parents charge
that their sons were forced into the
service of Great Britain, though such
an idea Is manifestly Inaccurate, as
the government of Great Britain read
lily releases boys who are under the
proper age limit.
At the outbreak of the war, the
British authorities made only two re.
quirements-thatt the boy be an Ameri.
can citizen and under twenty-one years
of age. Later, the age qualification
was lowered to eighteen. Due to the
volume of requests, the English au-
thorities are now only releasing boys
who are under that age. If the boys
father is a naturalized American, the
certificate of naturalization must ac-
company the discharge application.
Owing to the fact that the depart
ment of state has no funds available
to pay for the expenses of this work,
parents are required to deposit $46,
which will pay the boys passage home
and when he il found, another $25 ia
required to buy him clothes and food
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
GERMANTOWN HIGH
ALREADY CROWDED
AFTER YEARS USE
Classroom for Girls in Base
ment-Room Problem Also
Acute in West and South
Philadelphia
OVERFLOW NEXT TERM

Germantowns million dollar high school,
opened only year ago, has been found
insufficient TO the needs OF that section OF
tho city.
Although the boys department OF the
building Is not overcrowded. In the girls
department the principal. Or. Harry f. Kel-
Ter has been forced to establish several
classrooms I'm the basement Dr. John r.
CARRIER superintendent OF schools. visited
the institution yesterday and decided that
something would have to be done to meet
the problem OF the neighborhood.
When this high school was opened II was
hailed as one OF the largest and most COM
pletely equipped schools OF It's kind In the
country. IL was expected TO serve the
needs OF the community FOR many years.
but Dr. CARRIER said that u would unques-
uonably soon be overcrowded.
SIMILAR condition exists in the southern
section OF the city The South Philadelphia
High School for Girls Is taxed 20 such an
extent by the Unexpectedly large enroll
ment that the assembly hall II being used
for recitation purposes. large lot ad-
joins this building at Broad street and
Snyder avenue, The school board will prob
ably erect an addition on this ground. or
establish an annex In an elementary school
In that part Of the city.
The West Philadelphia High School has
been overcrowded for several years. In tho
boys as we'll as the girls department
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27

Or Theodore l.. MacDowei Doctor Mac
Dowel Il associate superintendent OF
schools. and had much to dc with framing
policeman--an unwholsome fear--is being
eradlcated from the mental makeup OF
Philadelphias children
The new civics course teaches the young
stcr that the policeman IL not horrlnc
beast In human form whose only function
r. 60 scoid and make arrests. The child is
told. on the contrary. that the chief duty
OF the policeman is so TO maintain law and
order, that arrests will be unnecessary.
Stories OF police. heroism are part OF
the curriculum. The teachers are in
structed to tell their pupils how the police
man patrols his beat at night, while the
city sleeps: how he sounds the alarm
when the citizens house Is afire how he
chases the burglar at the risk OF his own
life when he finds the intruder breaking
into n residence.
The policeman r. made inothe earlier
grades. n concrete, physical picture. The
child Is taught by living example. But in
the grammar school--in the seventh and
eighth years-the child learns the theory Of
the policeman. He IL told how he must sub
init TO a mental and physical examination (.
how his name must appear upon the civil
Is appointed and how the money with which
his salary Is paid Is appropriated.
But Cheese II, here's a cop" Is no longer
part OF the schooboy's vernacular In
Philadelphia as a result of the new course.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
CHEESE 1T, HERE'S A COP" NO LONGER
FIGURES IN SCHOOLGIRLS vERNACULAR,
Course in Cvcs Has Banshed Childish Fear of the Police
man, Who Is Now Regarded Con-
fdential Friend

A group OF boys and girls stood on the
corner OF Seventh and DE Iancey streets
as policeman walked by.
Hello, Mr. Smith" one o, the Young.
s,ers shouted and the others ran toward
mn, MN grasping his hand Quite unafraId. the
httle ones talked about the weather 10 the
man within the uniform asked him about
MS own children and chatted with him
Just as freely as they would with one OF
their own family.
They were pupils Of the Mccall School.
wn,cn Is located at Seventh and De I.ancey
streets, and were students in the new course
~ ~ civics devised by the public school au-
.norities several months ago II wouldn't
nave mattered whether they were puplls OF
,ne Mccall School or the Pastorius school.
in Germantown. or the Lee School In West
fhtadelphia. Their attitude toward the
cop was as Il would have been N ,hcv
nad been attendants at any one OF the city's
SOO elementary schools, where the new
course Is In operation.
Perhaps no feature OF modern eauca.
tonal reform In Philadelphia has so COM
pletely shattered precedent and tradition
as the recently introduced course In ciyIcs.
The new idea of the policeman that Is
peRg inculcated into the minds OF the
children Is just an example that illustrates
how old-fashloned notions have been dis
carded.
Five years ago, such n scene as was
witnessed in front OF the Mccall School
would have been impossible. according TO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
PLAZA FREE SPEECH
TEST TOMORROW NIGHT
Suffragists and Single Takers
Challenge Wilson's Right
to Curb Speaking

Free speech and the constitutional right
Of assembly will be tested" tomorrow
night on City Hall plaza by the Woman's
Suffrage party. 1871 Chestnut street the
Equal Franchise Society. 35 South Ninth
street: the Single Tax Society and other
organizations that hold street meetings to
educate the public in their causes
william H. Wilson, Director of Pub
lie Safety. laughed at the idea OF hold
Ing the meeting. and mentioned the fact
that no application had been made to him
for permit. The advocates of free speech
and the right of assembly say they wiz
not concede that the Director has a right
to stop their meetings by compelling them
to ask for a permit which he may refuse
That would concede his right TO refuse
which they deny.
Mrs. George A. Dunning, president Of the
Woman Suffrage party, said that the
police oriS>r them to move on" they will.
We claim an absolute right TO meet"
she asserted. I'VE claim 1t for every citi-
zen. We claim II for Dr. Moses Stearn.
We claim II for cranks We shall not ask
Director Wilson for permit We are
going to vindlcate the right of all persons
70 the protection of the police and the
help Of the police In the enjoyment OF the
orderly exercise of free debate in public
places"
DR.. Horace Hoslxins viii preside at the
meeting. Former Director of Public Safety
George ID. Porter was asked TO preside. but
said he had an engagement at Wilkes-Barre.
Among the speakers will be Ryerson w.
Jennings. Wilmer Atkinson and United
States District Attorney Francis Fisher
Kane. Prof. Scott Nearing, of Toledo has
telegraphed that he has broken another en-
gasement to be here FOR the meeting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27

But at the opening OF the next term the
problem VIII be even more acute. A far
greater number Of students will be admitted
from the elementary schools OF West Phil
adelphla than will be graduated from the
high school. Every bit OF available space
Is now occupied.
we don't know just what we shall DO"
said Or. Parke Schoch. head OF the girls
department. We have already established
an annex and II IL altogether probable that
term.
But the question OF finding where this
annex shall be located Is n serious one.
There Is no elementary school in West
Philadelphia where the space can be AFFORD
cd for high school purposes. The Lea ele-
mentary school directly across the estree,
from us has enough to do TO care for It's
own pupils"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27

Tho man who eats an onion may now
Ala mn his nose. while others continue TO
hold theirs. For onions are up.
we'll may a man be proud OF his ability
A. purchase an onion. The price has ad.
v.nced In the center of the city. Onions,
t,s ,u,cy, redolent, odoriferous yellow on
,ans have advanced to s3.25 for a 100.
cound sack from a former price OF $3.50
- ss7b For a quarter of a peck. these
onions which travel up here from Texas,
demand fifteen cents whereas not long ago
they were ten and twelve cents. These
rr,ces were quoted at the stand OF David
simon. In the Reading Terminal market
The Chestnut Hill onion market was re-
rorted by the Harry Bloom Company as
steady and quiet II quoted white onions
Of a large size at 20 cents quarter.
MedIum-sized white onions downtown are
As cents. Bermuda onions are three for 10
cents.
The war was about to be blamed by the
publtc when George Mckay. superintendent
OF the Reading Terminal Market, inter-
vened.
people can hardly give the war as an
excuse" he said. Most OF this war talk
is nonsense. anyhow. Onions are high be-
cause they're scarce because Of dry
weather"
Simeon p Mokemacher, the South Phila-
delphia weather prophet and an authority
on onions was asked " the situation had
affected the market value of the long-haired
onions by means OF which he foretells
Weather
what is the price Of your onions now
and what formerly was the price?' was the
question put to him.
As usual, Mr.. Mokemacher became very
angry.
"Prlce7" he exclaimed. What shall II
profit a sman II he sells his soul? Them
onions are my soul. Them onions are my
Jewels
He strobe majestically toward the house
over his rows of hairy gems.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27

was an engineer for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. He says he was In st Joseph's Hos
pital for two months as n result OF the ac-
cident and that he is permanently inca
pacitated.
Monsgnor kavanagh was not In the
motorcar when the mishRp occurred. The
automobile was driven by Harry Chrismier
OF Wayne, the chauffeur.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
BOatswain TO Get Haiti Position

BOSTON. oct 27.--Edwin 7 Norcott
chief boatswain on the battleship Kear-
sarge has been notified from Washington
that President Wilson would nominate him
for the position OF Inspector commandant
OF the new Haitian coast guard. II the
nomination Is approved by the Government
OF Haiti, Norcott will take charge OF four
auxiliary naval vessels. Norcott has left
for washington
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
Fathers of Brideshurr Meet

The Fathers Association OF the Brides.
burg Public School held it's first meeting
last night in the school auditorium. r. j.
Cattell, city statsticlan, spoke on the place
Of the Public School in the Life OF the Com
munity" and John l. Shroy. district super
intendent OF schools explained the new
civlcs course in the city public schools.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
MONSIGNOR KAvANAGH SUED
Fifty Thousand Asked by Man Who
Says Church Dignitary's Car
Hit Him

Suit for $4,000 was fiIsd today against
Monsignor Charles Kavanagh for injuries
to Joseph Henry Weber. received when an
automobile said to TO belong to Monslgnor
Kavanagh ran over him last Memorial
Day at Twenty-third and Pennsylvania
avenue.
The action was instituted in Common
Pleas Court No 3 According TO Waller
|. Summerfeld. counsel for the plaintiff
Weber lives at S4S Fitzgerald street and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
Peru Honors Dead President

LIMA. Peru. Oct. 27.-The body Of Gull
isrmo Billnshurst. former President Of
Peru, who. after his exile died at Iquique.
Chilli in June, 1915. has arrived at cailao
and has been brought TO Lima by special
train. Immense crowds, including many
public officials. awaited the body and accom-
panied II to the Temple Merced. II will be
uansferred to the Cathedral today
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
Chicago Herald Out for Wilson

CHICAGO, oct. 27.--The Chicago Her
aid this morning edltorially recommends
the reelection Of President Wilson The
Herald, an independent daily. is edited by
James Kelley. In Announcing its prefer
ence for Wilson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
ODOR OF THE ONION
PUNGENTLY PROCLADMS
OPULENCE OF OWNER
Man Who Eats Bulb Nowadays
Entitled to Hold Up His Nose
While Others Hold
Theirs
COST HIGH, SUPPLY SHORT
Scarcity Due TO Dry Weather and War
Absolved From
Blame


oNroNIC ODE
q. t..a ene's breath with onion shosts
nat Why h rsepid this perfume be banneds
ImpoesIhie? rouruuoiy
The onion now, with prices No,
IL rare ~ eastern pearls
hrd those who eat II are confined
r. mIiiiouai Tres and earis.