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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
PANcHo VILLA IS ALIVE AGAIN
Mexican Bandit Leader This Time Is in
Durango State

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 3O.-Fran-
cisco Villa is still alive, according to in
formation that has just reached an Amerl-
can living in this city. who has spent n
large part OF his life in Mexico and has
known the bandit chief personally. The
information came from native sources in
Mexico, and it's recipient is convinced that
1t came from sources that are absolutely
reliable.
According to the story coming to this
Amercan-he has large financial interests
still at stake in Mexico, and is anxious that
his name be withheld from publication, at
least for the present-Villa was really
wounded early in Pershings campaign. as
was reported, but was not shot in the knee
and has fully recovered, and Is in Durango.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
BEEF TRUST AIDS BRITAIN
Not Voluntarily, However, but Through
Heavy Taxes

LONDON. June so-Being asked In the
House OF Commons how much income tax
''the American Beef Trust" has paid dur
ing the financial year ending last March,
chancellor Of the Exchequer McKenna an
nounced;
II fear that am preclpded from pub
fishing the details asked for. but I may
say that In the course of the year 1015-l6
and the present quarter of the current year
very considerable sums have been paid in
Guiding arrears for past years. while sub
stantial progress has been made in nego-
tiations regarding liabilities still outstand-
ing"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
STOLEN CARS RECOVERED
Apprentice Machinist Accused of Theft
of Cars

Timothy J. Mccarthy. of 1901 Fairmount
avenue; A Leroy Fetter, Of Ala West ave-
nue.. Jenkintown. and Allen F. Goodman OF
008 North Broad street, all have their auto
mobiles back In their own private garages
today after having been without a motor
convenience for two weeks.
William Hart, 1s. OF sos West Erie ave-
nue., a machinist apprentice was held today
N $1,000 bail for court by Magistrate Wrig-
ley on a charge OF stealing.
A witness against him was W. A. VoIz,
q district superintendent for the welsbach
Company who accused the youth of stealing
gasoline from the station at Tth and Luzerne
tlon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
War Orders Flood Pottsville Mills

POTTSVILLE, Pa, June 30.-Boot and
shoe factories, iron mills and stocking fac
tories In this vicinity are receiving hurry
orders from the Government and have also
been asked to bid on large contracts, made
necessary by the big addition TO the army
The Coombe Garment Company, OF Miners
Vile, today received an order from the Gov
ernment for 2500OO undergarments for
soldiers use
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
British Trade Grows Despite War

United Kingdom is growing despite the
war. The Board of Trade reports exports
for the three months ending June 26 were
f110.691,000, an increase over the same
period last year of f26,O9O,OO0. The i'm
ports aggregate f2O2,123, 900, an increase of
E16,05G, 600
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
pottsville Music Supervisor Quits

POTTSvILLE, Pa, June 30.-Prof. Earl
w. Haviland resigned as teacher Of music
in the public schools of this city, to take
effect at once. He will go to Greensburg
westmoreland county, to accept a similar
position rendered by the School Board of
that city. He was supervisor Of music here
for three years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
renr Missinr Youth Me- Foul Play

Fear missing Youth Met rOul ihy
Andrea D'Anioo 10 years old, has been
missing from the home Of his sister, Mrs,
Sarah Garufil, 1914 South 18th street, since
June O. Police OF Philadelphia, New York
and other cities have been asked to find
him. The boy was high school graduate
and Of good appearance and habits. He
left his home on June 2 after announcing he
was going 70 New York TO look for work.
Though he had means Of his own and his
sister is In comfortable circumstances, the
youth took only 35 cents with him and no
change of clothing. Mrs Gauth is pros
trated by fear the boy has met with foul
play
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
NEGRO HANGED FOR MURDER
Man Convicted for Killing Woman Pays
Death Penalty at Hagerstown, Md.

HAGERSToWN, Md, June 3O-John
Brown. a negro. was hanged today for the
murder OF Mrs. Susan Dixon, He shot the
woman through a window while she was in
bed. presumably with a robbery motive.
This was the first hanging here In IT
years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
YEcGs SHOT AT JERSEY coS
Hammonton Policeman Also w..
They Escane ~

HAMMoNTON. N. T. ~, -
men early this morning at,e,,r. sses-~Yegg.
UP policeman John w. Myers Sr,na g hold
shots at him while one OF their na,,s. several
wss trying to wreck the safe IN shussates ~. s,es
monton postofflce. :" 'ne Ham.
myers exchanged shots with a.
peradoes. who fed as he rang tbs ,ne des.
alarming the town. The safe No. are bell
shattered. 1t has thus far res,stss oAdr
Iemp,s to open 1t by Postmaster fon,. mi =.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
Two Girls Hurt in Auto Accident

LANSDALE, Pa, June 3O.-when the
automobile in which they were riding
crashed into a telegraph pole, Miss Grace
Meyer, of Lansdale, and Miss Marian Zlga-
foos, OF Plpersville were thrown from the
machine and suffered cuts about the face
and body bruises
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
Mexican Ship Hastily Quits U. S. Post

NORFOLK, Va, June 3O.-Fearng the
vessel would be tied up in the United States
by a declaration of war, the Mexican steam.
ship Frontera Cancelled orders for repairs
and overhauling at Baltimore and hurriedly
passed out TO sea, The master acted under
orders
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
Aged Woman Dies of Fall

Aged Woman Dies of Fall
Mrs. Christiana Fulaway, S5 years old
died at her home, 2O1s North goth street,
following a fracture of the hip, due to an
accidental fall several days ago. She sue
cumbed at the Samaritan Hospital yester-
day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
n TosT feni6le Of all Tires
|NE Least Traction-Wave resistance!
Iva Most Resilience!

Because
There are only TWO LAYERS of Cords in
SIZE of Sivertown Tire
This, as against to z layers in all Fabric
and all Thread (so-called ''Cord'') Tires.
1t is Friction and Heat, (between layers
WEARS OUT Tires internally
Therefore, when you reduce that Friction
Heat to but ONE Friction-Centre (between 2
only) instead of FOUR to SIX Friction-Ce
destroying influences to about ONE-FOURTl
ONE-SIXTH.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
WOULD CUT FOOD SUPPLY
British Controller Says consun,p.
tion Must Be Reduced.

LONDON. Dec. i5.---Bsron Devon.
port speaking for the first time as
food controller, In the House OF Lords,
said tho solution OF the food question
resolved itself into one OF n system
OF rationing. IL was not enough to
maintain the food supplies, but IL wns
vcrwhclmingiy essential that they
be distributed fairly.
The food controller raid his hrst
duty would be TO ascertain the guam.
tity Of food stocks available and tho
stocks visible. There were many un.
patriotic people, he said, trying TO get
hold Of supplies In cNcessof their
wants.
my remedy" said Baron Devon.
port, will he 10 adjust the supplies
coming into tho country no that
everybody will have an equal chance
OF getting a fair rhare--no more and
no less. On account OF many people
buying UP supplies. sugar cannot be
got at all. a remedy must be found
for that. Possibly the only way will
he by n system OF rstioning."
IL was obvious, Baron Davenport
added, that'a general diminution In
the consumption OF staple food was
necessary: ~ present this diminu.
ton could only be brought about BY
voluntary abstinence, but VI voluntary
abstinence was not successful. Il
would be- necessary to make absti.
hence compulsory.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15

COLD IN
AHURRY
"Pape's dCompound"
iSpIeasanta affords
Instant Relief.

\ dose taken every two hours I'M
I'll three doses are taken will end
grippe misery and. break up a cold.
II promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages In the head.
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ming. relieves sick headache. dull
ness, feyerishness, sore throat.
sneezins, soreness, and stiffness.
Don't stay stufred up! Quit blow
ing and snuilling! Ease your throb-
bling head! Nothing else In the world
gives such prompt relief as "Pspe's
Cold Compound" which costs only
.s cents at any drug store, IL acts
without assistance, tastes nicS
causes no Inconvenience, BE sure
YOU get the genuine. Don't accept
some thing else.-Advt
The Washington times., 1916-12-15

shells are coming and the frogifke
little trench mortars are spouting
out projectiles with Heavy gloo -gloo
sounds. In n word, a hot time
"a poilu rushes up to the post COM
mand. My captain, it's crazy! The
air Is full of trajectories"
Full OF Wit and Hunsor.
Essays of an encyclopaedia form are
a favorIte form OF copy. For example.
La Chechla gives the following on
The Flea. which II may be remarked
is q very common topic In these
papers, not without reason:
Like the tiger and the white bear,
the flea Is one OF the rare wild beasts
that attack man without provocation.
Contrary to bugs, which prefer the
Boche form of attack In close fles,
neas practice the war Of Isolated
lighters. free shooters. guerrilla or
comitadJI warfare.
There are two kinds, the wild fen
aud the domestic hea. The domestic
flea lives with animals of the same
nature, such as dogs and cats. The
wild flea feeds and fattens ferociously
on human blood. Just as with wild
animals, even when most tanned, II IL
well to be prudent with the domestic
nea.
To avoid fieas We recommend the
The Washington times., 1916-12-15

terday II drizzIed almost all day and
clouds seemed at times to be resting
~ the tree tops. The day was dark
ana 'forbidding. Nevertheless, there
were many war planes abroad, ana at
least one German machine was
brought down In thrilling battle
Through tempests OF wind, rein and
Icy blasts, the airmen got aloft, stop.
ping only when 1t was impossible to
Aeroplnnes No Novelty.
Only eight years ago, at the first
aviation meet In history. which took
place at the now war battered
Rheims, before pilot assembled he
first looked at the sky, then wet his
finger and held Il up to see which
way the breeze was blowing. And,
one day, when an aviator flew a few
feet, from the aerodrome to the city.
rounding the now fire.blackened and
shellscarred towers of the famous
cathedral correspondent who was
present csbled the Item as news
event of world.importance.
Now, almost daily, common carrying
aircraft and aeroplanes bearing ma
chine guns and hundreds OF pounds
OF bombs, fight battles In the air and
carry destruction far behind the
enemy lines, scorning the laundering
guns below splitting steel Mt them.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15

assisted by the physicians or Held
matrons. and as far as facilities VIII
permit, q systematic follow.up sys.
ITEM is maintained for the benefit OF
'At many OF the Indian fairs last
fall baby show formed promi-
nent feature OF the exhibit, and IL Ia
planned to have baby show at every
Indian fair TO be held this year.
interest among the Indians, and In
number of instances at fairs where
white and Indian babies competed
Indian babies won the frst award.
ION the Biackfeet Reservation a
to improve insanitary Indian homes.
special physician and a woman SUI
pervisor spent several months there
In a house.to.house canvass; and with
tants have cleaned up the Heart
there have been cleaned. white
washed, and repaired, and all cases
needing medical attention have been
placed under treatment: The indians
have shown interest in this work,
and II is believed that permanent
Improvement has beep made.
Homes of tubercuIar Indians are
placarded. and cases which can rea,
'sonably be expected to benefit from
sanitorium treatment are sent TO the
several sanitoria.
Many Hospitals BUILT.
Reports from these sanitoria are
very encouraging. and show that
among Indians, when placed In n prop
err environment. the disease, In a rea'
sonable number of cases not incompar'
able to similar conditions among
whites. can be arrested!
Hospitals have recently been com
pletcd or are now In course OF con
struction at Carson. Pima. McscaIero,
Navajo. Cheyenne and Arapaho, Turtle
Mountain, Dlackfcet, Choctaw-Chicka.
saw, Crow Creek, Hoopa Valley III:
carilla. Spokane, Cherokee, san Juan;
Tohatchi, and additions ut GENOA ana
Crow.
Constantly increasing correspond,
ence concerning health matters shows
the very great interest which has bocn
aroused. Educational and publicity
measures To keep up and increase in
tcrcst in sanitation have been taken.
Press dispatches from the Public
Health Service and the National Arso'
citation for the study and Prevention
tho Indian school journals. Individ-
ual letters are written to tuberculsr
cases urging them to take advantage
OF the means offered for their relief,
and all employees OF the service are
urged to lose no opportunity To exploit
the value OF preventive measures:
Medical journals have been supplied
to physicians, and special medical
pamphlets have been widely distrib'
uted,
at all OF the institutes held during
the summer health matters were es
pecially emphasized. Practically all OF
tho reservation and school supcrin
tendonts attended these meetings and
there careruIly prepared reports on
vital statistics developing the start
ling fact that on nearly all OF the res
ervations there had been more births
than deaths during the last year.
These institute reports are not avail
able for this publication, but they
have come TO me In such way ns TO
be dependable"
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
LOUD TIES ANGER HIM
Sends Boys Home to Change Their
Neekwear.

SYRACUSE Dec. 15.-The second
semi.annusl loud tic day" ut North
High School was a success--for n
short umc. Most OF the boys ap'
peared In the brightest colors they
could md.
Principal NJ w. Downing objected
TO such a display OF color and sent be-
tween twenty and thirty boys homo 10
change their ties. Ito visited all sing.
ing classes. so as to be sure to gst
everybody. and sent each boy wearing
a loud tic home, Hts main objection
was that they were worn outside their
coats,
one boy was sent home twice. An.
other brought two ties, putting n
dark one on for his lunch and singing
periods and n bright one for tho rest
OF the time. One football player was
declared Ineligible because he had TO
be sent home.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
STAFF IN HOSPITAL
ISSUES TROOP PAPER
Editors and Reporters mostly
Wounded or Dead, Yet lie
0iable Comes Out.

PARIS mao 4. poe. "a,
go IA ,,- ,'.-oeio' 'he WI Nas
year oIu there were over sixty news
papers being produced with more or
less regularity nj the front soma wero
printed I'm Tho roa, ~ a., H.. H., -,
,,or, go, VI '"' ""eo' o"' "os'
49, "ouuceu nj the nearest point
wnere some form of copying press
could be worked. Their number has
tortaining pages In the Bulletin des
Armees. the weekly paper issued to the
nLIny' IN mat devoted to extracts from
uieir pages
Ngnics declare that these papers nre
written and produced In safety behind
INC war zone and then sent 10 the front,
Dul there Is no truth In such inslnua-
IONS although attempts have been
MADE 10 produce papers In Paris which
pretend 10 he written at the front. A
letter from q reporter on the trench pa
per We Dinble nu Cor shows some OF the
difficulties the bringing out OF ,uch
Journals Involves.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
Baby shows Held Now.

at all Indian Service hospitals
every effort IL made To provide for
the Indian mother during childbirth
and To bring To the hospitals every
such case as may not have proper
home surroundings. To the greatest
extent possible. those mothers who
are not cared for in hospitals are
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
Human Element Slows Up, But
Guns Hammer Away at
Trenches.
ACTIVITY IN AIR CONSTANT
AeropIanes Mount AIoft in
Tempests Of Wind, Rain,
and Snow.

WITH THE british ARMY IN
FRANCE, Dec. 15.--This Is ma
chine war. One realizes this more as
winter swamps the earth with mud
and wet. The purely human element
is balked--but the machines keep war
grinding on. The infantry can't
march--but automobile buses shunt
tho men back and forth like magic.
The scouts are almost paralyzed--but
aeroplanes defy the elements. Tho
soldiers can't pass the mud holes be-.
tween their lines and the enemy and
stick to trench work and trench NOR.
tors all day. SO when the commu.
nique reads there IL nothing to 70.
port" II doesn't mean the front IL
silcnt--for the machine fighting new
or ceases,
Just now one OF the wettest. chill.
lest, drcaricst snowfalls on record
seems bent upon ushcring In n cor.
respondlngly soggy winter. Huge
flakes OF snow, resembling monstrous
goose feathers and completely arrest.
ins aerial operations at times, y init
the vision to scarcely a hundred
fare goes on. Nothing stops this. The
worst possible weather can only cause
a slowing up.
Guns Hammer Away.
Even when the snow and rain and
fog prevents all attempts at obscr.
walton. there are always many chart.
cd points against which the artillery
hammers. The trench mortar men
have the exact range OF tho enemy
trenches in front.
The freezing weather and thaws are
worry damaging 10 trenches, which
have n tendency TO crumblc and cave
In. Thus II II tho British Tommy'S
idea TO keep the mortars busy. as few
proJectllcs are wasted. Even ~ there
are no casualties OF the enemy. his
trenches are usually damaged. the
soft condition OF the earth rendering
explosions doub1y effective.
In this part OF the line during a snow.
storm, yet tho fact rema Ins that the
weather seldom completely suppresses
the evcrlastinsiy alert airmon. res.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15

use Of stiits. carefully soapcds . feet
3h inches high. the record jump for
n flea being . feet 8 LIS inches. Al
aeroplane can be recommended
equally as we'll as coal tar baths.
FLEA hunting. n very difficult thing
for negroes, liz practiced with a moist
ened finger. This sport. by far the
most popular OF the day. requires
quickness of the eye, GOODNESS. agility
and a certain lack OF elegance In cos,
tune"
This form of humor mas not excite
roars Of laughter when rend far fron
the front, but Il Is not written for
such readers. Et
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
SWISS ELECT PRESIDENT
Edmund sehYIthess Chosen by t7s
Votes Out Of 1ss.

PARIS, Dec. l5.-Edmund Schult.
hess. OF Aargau. has been elected
President OF the Swiss Confederation
for 1917 by "A vote OF iTG out OF the
40 votes In the Swiss National ~.
sembly. says a dispatch from Berne.
lie was Vice president OF the federal
council for the current year.
Herr Calender. OF Trims, was elected
vice president OF the federal council
for 1917,
The new President has been serving
as the head OF the national depart,
ment OF public economy. He is forty
years old.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
Red Men No Longer Are Van
ishing Race, Commissioner
Reports.
RESULT OF SANITARY WORK
Cato Sells Tells Congress How
Sons Of Chiefs Now
Learn Music.


No longer is the Indian a vanishing
race. For the first time in half a
centnry en- ht.,h 80
80 'o h ia.e among inc
rate For this fact four factors arc
principally responsible. They are:
4. JJp.to.date bypiene ana aa,i,a
ffon -
,r.ysn,ah,n a'ae Vi eonoa''hs
3. Disappearaneo Of ,bo nr,,d,,,,o
man"
4. Cato Sells. commissiopor n, In.
dian Affairs.
All OF which IA brought oil, 4, e,ab.
crate fasbion IN tho animal ronor, ns
Ccron,is.,nnn. 81. ' a n,u reporl .,
20 Cnnara "'" was ''"'
Many Reforms Effected.
~.
no longer arc tue inuisn wards OF
Uncle sam living In squalid wigwams.
No longer arc the "papooses' handled
by the souaws In .nciont ,a.hton
~ 49,,
n.,e req psDios now come INTO
the world amid all the approved safe
sus OF sciehEe designed TO protect
childbirth. No more does the sick
Indian rely on the weird lamentations
me Meuieino man TO bring him
up.to-dste bospi,ai ard les ~, sn,su
and span bed clothes in an enameied
hospital cot.
.Ato seIs, Comnissioner OF indian
s entnusie,s ana ORIGINATOR OF
~ tb OF r rne re,9rms eree,ed 10 ths ',ie
Rue Us a monunlent TO the work OF
~ ouIeau IN recent years, ana 30
s'a'es IN MS annual report
Music suppIant. War Cry.
that rival I'm completeness OF faciii.
tee those OF the white children OF the
East. the Indian how ana gIr, "a being
neu On scale never before at
tempted.
Not only are the sons and grand.
sons OF the old chiefs being taught
common trades, but they are being
taught history and the principles OF
the Government under which they
live, and good manners. proper living
ton. Survivors OF the warriors who
massacrcd Clusters cavalry are being
isr~Nt music and the art OF the
Afama.
D,.s..s. u.,,. ca,...r.s
In consequence OF what has already
A~sn accomplished In educating the
Tnd,,n 10 ,b. Imnor,a,co q, modorn
$1,000. ro.,,.'I..,a 81,
rort shows ,b.t ,uhnrc,,o.i. ,r..
ohoma and other preyentabIe discase.
that formerly swept through the
tribes are steadily disappearing. The
tragedy has been that most OF IN.
OF ns nay ,r,,s RI
n.riod 81 infanoN and thIs fact con.
tributed TO the appalling mortality
among the babies. In following fash.
The Washington times., 1916-12-15
JURY TO GET mccoy CASE.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. l5.-Tho
case OF Thomas c. Mccoy, charged
with conspiracy to defraud the Gov
eminent out OF enormous amounts in
the socalled Fort Smith, Ark. whisky
cases. appeared likely 10 reach the
jury today.
Detroiter Abend-Post. (Detroit [Mich.]) 18??-19??, 1916-05-29

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