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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
Justice: I'm Europe They Wouldn't Arbitrate"

apply only to children under fourteen
who could not read nor write to make
it apply to children on farms and to
postpone it's effective date for two
years were voted down. The bill a,
passed would prohibit interstate com
merce in the products of any mine or
quarry in which children under six
teen years of age have been employed
or in the products Of any mill, or man.
ufacturing establishment in which
children between fourteen and sixteen
have been employed more than eight
hours a day.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
Good Bargain
in Small Home

We have the cottage home of
W. 0. Morgan at No. 500 West
Third street for sale. Large lot,
7lx39O; new hen house on the lot,
l2x3O. A splendid place for some
one who wants chicken ranch and
garden. This place will be sold
worth the money. Sc us before
the other fellow beats you to it.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10

chiefly from southern cotton mill own
ers and the group of southern Demo-
Gratis who voted against it had fought
it in caucus and maintained their OPP
uosition during she Senate debate on
the grounds that the regulation pro-
posed is unconstitutional and would
Interfere with the rights of the
states.
Senator Rorah did not offer the
amendment he had drawn attacking
the immigration bill as a rider in or
der to force action on it at the session
Amendment to make the prohibition
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
Cntarrh Cannot Be Cnred

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order TO cure II you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surface. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
not a quack medicine. II was pre-
scribed by one OF the best physicians
in this country for years and Is a regu-
lar prescription. 1t Is composed OF
the best tonics known. combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination Of the two ingredients IL
what produces such wonderful results
la curing catarrh. Send for testimon-
ials, free.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
RAILROAD time TABLES
ION '!a=11a

No. Ii departs 5:S5 a. m, daily ex
cept Sunday.
No. departs 100 D. m, daily ex.
cept Sunday.
No. 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives $3.50 a. M, daily ex.
cept Sunday.
No. 1S arrives 2:O5 p. m. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. M, daily ex.
cept Sunday.
No. 16 arrives 1880 a. m, daily ex.
cept Sunday.
No. II departs 1850 a. M, daily sx-
cept Sunday.
Sunday Only
No. III departs at 6 a. IN.
No. 11S arrives at 1925 D. m.
Schedule effective sundl. May 20
subject to change without notice.
II. s. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
SENATE PASSES CHILD LABOR
BILL 80 TO II

Washington, August S-The Senate
late today passed the bill to preceHt
interstate commerce in products of
shild labor. The vote was 50 to 12
The measure was brought to vote on
the insistence of President Wilson, af-
ter the Democratic caucus had de-
cided to postpone consideration OF it
until December
Opposition to the measure had come
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry,
Schedule subject to cnanvs without notice

Schedule effective May 2sth.
EAST BOUND
No. 8. 9:41 a IN.
No. 6. 1855 a. m.
No. lao 0. IN
No. I6. $50 p, IN.
No. Is. 800 p. u.
No. 4. lO.4S p. m.
WEST BOUND
No. 10. $50 a. IN.
No. 6. 6:16 a. N,
No. 1. s:1s a. NJ.
No. II. $3.50 q. m.
No. 8, $3.50 D. N.
No. Z. 4;33 p. m.
u " wIKoFF. Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
YES, CAMPMEETING Is OVER,

The crowd has returned home and
all are happy to get back after having
enjoyed a week or two Of rest and
recreation.
We are told that the confectionery
on the grounds did the biggest ice
cream business ever known in its his
tory-and there's reason for this re-
markable record.
TRAVELS ICE CREAM
Is known far and wide fer it's excel
lenee aud purity When the folks on
the grounds learned that TRAVELS
CREAM was being sold the rush be-
gan and continued throughout the 10
Gays meeting.
TRAVELS ICE CREAM needs no
accommodation spsakes for itself
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
Big VICTORY
For "Truth-In-AdVertislng" Campaign
In Fraud Order Just Issued BY
Post Office Department.

Washington, August Sin making
effective, today, fraud order denying
the use of the United States mails to
I the International Automobile League,
Inc, and the International Automobile
League Tire Company, of Buffalo, N.
Y, and A. c. Bldwell, president of both
concerns, the Post Office Department
has sounded the death knell of enter
prises which government investiga-
tons show have vlctimized thousands
of motor car owners in all parts of
the country.
For years this league has been us
ing the mails to obtain money by false
representations and pretenses from
automobile owners, dealer and jobbers
of automobile supplies" said w. II.
Lamar, Solicitor General of the Post
Office Department, today. THE order
which takes effect today concludes one
Of the longest and most important
hearings ever held by this office. The
hearing occupied 46 days and revealed
a remarkable completely and variety
Of unlawful practices employed BY the
president of the League and his
agents, in exploiting the public"
The inquiry by the Post Office De-
partment into the business practices
&C the International Automobile
League was requested, last March, by
the Associated Advertising Clubs OF
the World and the American Automo-
bile Association to protect motor car
owners as part of the nationwide
campaign of the Advertising Clubs for
truth in advertising and honesty in
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
Details OF the Scheme

|
business.
Details OF the Scheme
The facts disclosed by the govern
ments Investigations. made public to-
day. reveal an elaborate scheme which
has enabled Bidwell, as president OF
the international Automob bile
League. to amass huge fortune. II
is shown that he employed agents who
solicited members for the league, rep
reseting that the league had contracts
with manufacturers Of standard auto
mobile tires and accessories which en-
abled 1t to sell members such articles
at dealers and manufacturers prices.
The manufacturers of these products
testified that no such contract existed.
Through its agents, the league also
represented that it could sell certain
cars to its members at liberal dis
counts. The manufacturers of these
cars told the government that the
league could not obtain the cars to sell
at such discounts. To impress car
owners with the leagues buying pow
er, agents are said to have greatly ex-
aggerated the number of its members.
Substitution of Cheap Stun
1t is revealed by the inquiry of the
Department that alleged ''manufac-
turers prices" on standard automo-
bile tires and supplies were advertised
merely as bait to secure a $40 annual
fee from members to whom the league
might sell inferior tires and supplies
at stiff profit. League members tes-
tilted that when they endeavored to
realize to big savings promised by the
prices listed on standard articles, they
were informed that the league was
"just out" but that an excellent ar
ticle manufactured especially for the
league could be supplied in place of
the one ordered. When members COM
planned they were referred to clause
in the membership contract which
specified that goods listed would be
furnished when obtainable. Crystal
Oil" was lubricant listed In the
leagues catalog as being EXCEPTIONAL
quality" Government investigation
showed that this oil came out of the
same barrel from which orders were
filled for a cheaper grade.
Members testified that five or six
years after they had paid their initial
$40 annual fee to the league, an at
tempt was made to collect $40 for each
OF these years ON the strength of a
clause in the application making mem.
bership perpetuating unless resigna-
ton was filed by registered mail sixty
days before the expiration of the mem
bership year. Evidence showed that
membership in the league carried no
privileges except that of buying tires
and other supplies from it at prices
fixed by Bidwell. the president.
Schemes Gigantic Operations
II is shown by the ofiicial inquiry
that about two hundred thousand dol
lars worth of stock In the Interna-
tional Automobile League Tire Com
pany" have been sold throughout the
country on representations that stock
A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
SUPREME COURT GETS
ADAMSON LAW APPEAL
u. S. and Railroads Ask Quick
Ruling on Measure Judge
Hook Rejected

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.--The railroads
and the Government this afternoon began
their fight in the Supreme Court of the
United States over the constitutionality OF
the Adamson eight-hour law. The court
cause OF the danger to the nation resulting
from the fight OF the railroad operating en-
ployes for an eght-hour day
Solicitor General John w. Davis, OF the
Department OF Justice. presented the Gov
ernment'B appeal OF the Missouri, Oklahoma
and Gulf Railroad case. In which the Adam
son law was held by Federal Judge Hook
In Kansas City TO be unconstitutional and,
with attorneys for the railroads. urged that
tho appeal be advanced TO as early II hear
ing as possible. The motion sets forth that
the decision Of the court in this case Will
apply to the many suits brought by other
railroads The motion says:
Numerous like cases have been instI-
tuted throughout the United States and are
now pending. The subject is one OF such
general interest and Importance that all
parties are anxious for an early disposition
of the case"
The motion also set forth an agreement
between attorneys for the Government and
the railroads TO make no objection 10 any
evidence necessary to make the case cover
the entire controversy. The Department
OF Justice agreed not to institute prosecu-
tions TO enforce the law pending the Su-
preme Courts decision, and the railroads
agreed TO keep their accounts on the eight
hour day basis pending the decision OF the
court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
ALLEGED DOPE ADDICT
ONCE RESPECTED MAN
Discharged Express Company
Employe, Caught in Robbery
Attempt, Held

The arrest of man who gave his name
as Dotty n. snlows, aT he was trying to
file open n sidewalk showcaao In front
Of 1924 Market street early today. brought
tho discovery that the man was carrying
a complete dope" outnt, and tho report
that IL was his use Of drugs which had been
responsible for degrading him from n posi-
tion OF respoctabillty In Canada.
sallows was arrested by Policeman Muir
ray. OF the Fifteenth and Vine streets sta
tion Murray testified before Magistrate
Tracy that no saw Sallows working at the
gldewalk showcase outside the mems tur-
nlshnE store OF Henry Rolen,
Ag Murray ran up SallowH reached to
his hip pocket to replace the file. Murray.
fearing a revolver. icaped on the man and
crushed him to the pavement. Then he
took Sallows to the police station. There
IL was found his pockets contained n guam
tIty OF powdered morphine Bomo sugar Of
milk which he was said 10 use to sweetcn
tho morphine. hypodermo syringe and
several needles for IT,
Inquiry showed Sallows had been re-
Gently discharged from the Adams Express
Company offices because ho was suspected
Of using drugs At the same time. II was
learned that SallOwB was connected with
n promiDent family in ontario, The police
heard he was forced to leave his home
a fter he took to drugs, Magistrate Tracy
held Sallows under $500 for further hear
ing next Tuesday An effort will be made
before then TO learn more about the pris-
oncr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
BOY HUSBAND KILLED
WHILE BOARDING TRAIN
Had Been Married Only Four Months
and Was Not Nine
teen Yet

John G. Cooney, married in August and
lacking three days OF being nineteen years
old, was instantly killed today by Wash
ington express train as he attempted to
board a local Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
train at the slxtleth street and Woodland
avenue station,
Hundreds OF fellow workers at the Reu-
lngton Arms and Ammunition Company,
Eddystone, who were getting on the local
train, saw him killed when he was struck
by a projecting step OF the express train
which swept by as he essayed TO board the
local train from the wrong side His
eighteen year-old wife, who was Miss Nell
lie Harting tainted at their home. $3.50
Trinity place, when told OF his death In
addition 20 her. Cooney Is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Loretta Cooney, and three
sisters,
Two men were killed and a small boy
seriously injured in railroad accidents yes
terday. Patrick Shay. OF Clifton Heights.
slipped while trying 20 board a train at
Lennl and fractured his skull lie died at
the University Hospital
An unidentified man was killed by a
freight train at Third and Tusculum streets,
The other victim Is eight-year-old william
Roener whose right leg was crushed by a
train on the Reading Railway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
VILLA, LOOT-LADEN,
QUITS CHIHUAHUA
North Mexican Capital re
occupied by Carranza
Troops
NO WORD OF AMERICANS
Enormous Booty Taken Oy
Bandits From Terrorlzed
Populace

t-r. pAsO. Tex. Dec AFTER HyAleW-
,tiraIty lootlnR and eyacuatng 'hlhu!lmu' m
CITY. villa Ia today marching W'Hi m' ~ w w
ward the mountains OF western -
carving four trainloads ~ Ioot ",u - ~,
niles At 7 o'clock sunday night M.a.,l,, .,,.,,
Government troopa reoccupleo ''' wv
capital without bloodshed' - ,,o
/, tho nrst r1egsaEe exchanged after INC
yy,yes wore rropened between Ihlhuahua
civ and the border nothing was H"'u VI
tho fate OF the six Americans WHO W.
known 10 have been In Chihuanua ',H
when IL was attacked and captured by VIZ
itstas a week. ago. Relatives NJ the missing
,,,or ,d t'nited states Department agents
borc M once dispatched kilograms 70 the
American residents OF Chihuahua CITY. hu,
no replies TO these messages have reaeheu
the border.
TO STRENGTHEN CITY
In .tuare1 today troop trains with fresh
pupplIeg OF ammunition were preparing 70
atart south Unofficial hdvlceg stated thAt
the relief columns Of General Murglh ana
,be remnants OF General TrsyinO'H COM
mnnd had marched into Chihuahua cry
from tho south and that the new artillery
bruoght UP by hturgia was being placed on
the dominating hills Of Santa, Rosn. Every
preparation is being made TO garrison tho
city more heavily than heretofore. CON
seryatlve estimate by CarranEa military
authorities llhftH AllN lhlllbNl VI
ment troops now in the northern capital at
5000.
From unofficial sources II was learned
that tho loot gathered by tho Nilllsias was
enormous The bandits carried everything
Of value in wagons TO trains at the Mexican
Northwestern station. Automobiles were
cnmmandecred to haul Vilisth officers about
the streets. while the sacking OF the city
was in progress.
100000 IN COIN TAKEN
Moro than 100000 worth Of coin and
bullion was part OF tho booty taken by tho
bandita. one account states. SO great was
the terror Of the natives that some even
helped the bandits to loot their own homes
and helped carry away the booty. From
Tuesday until Saturday the robbery went
on.
Five modern guns Of .75 and so milli-
meter caliber we're pulled down from Santa
Rosa hills by Villlstas and taken along
while the remaining were disabled. Mining
men here say they have information that
villa captured 1000 rifles. sixty machine
guns and quantities OF ammunition,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
DIXON PUSHES
WATER TESTS
Inspectors Work Their Way
Down Schuylkill Mill
by Mill
HEALTH CHIEF DIRECTS
Holds That Algae Is Respon.
sible for Unpotable
Liquid

inspectors Of the State Health Denar,.
ment under the direction Of Dr. Samuel q
Dixon, state Commissioners, are contlnnins
their tests OF the waters Of the schuyuk,n
River today with a view toward learning n
what extent the hospital taste" in the
water OF West Philadelphia is due to the
chemical discharges OF manufacturing
plants into the schuyikili. Beginning this
morning near West Conshohocken, II. Il
Moses and Albert smoshaf. assistant On.
glnccrs Of the state Health Department
with a corps Of inspectors took sampis
bottles for chemical testing, as we'll as per.
sonal tastes OF the river water to learn II
possible, the source of the offensive dis.
charge. Tho party, in rowboats are travel
ing down tho river, investigating every
plant and mill along the banks They are
expected to arrive in Manayunk late this
afternoon.
Doctor Dixon said this morning that the
stIEations thus far made of the over
flow discharges of various plants on tho
Schuylkll have failed to show that any
harmful substances are flowing into the
river. He reiterated his former statements
that n thorough investigation will be made
and that penalties for violations of the
state health laws will be fully enforced. He
believes the bad taste is due to the low
water and the unusual amount of decayed
vegetation in the streams, increasing the
amount Of microscopic algae.
'"rhus far" said Doctor Dixon, all Of
hcials of plants inspected have shown a
cheerful spirit Of cooperation and willing
ness to stop any discharges from their
plants that are in the least way harmful
to the water used by Philadelphia A trace
OF phenol. which we found in one OF the
mill discharges examined last week, was
found TO be only one part in ten million
parts OF water This throws the element
OF danger out Of the question.
Another chemical found in a discharge
was chloride OF lime, the same substancs
which is used at the Lardner's Point sta
tion to help purify the water in tho Ultra
tion process. The meteorological tests made
by the laboratories of both the city and
State show that no disease germs whatever
are present. Typhoid fever In Philadelphia
is ms low as II has ever been. and l think
the water is the purest 1t can be made.
IL people would pay as much attention to
our warnings of typhoid when we find
traces OF II in water. as they do TO this
| little disagreeable taste in the West Phila-
delphia water, they would be wise. There
| Is much danger in the practice of taking
| water from unprotected springs simply be-
| cause the water looks sparkling and is free
| from disagreeable taste"
| Exception TO Doctor Dixon's statement,
| that most of the bad taste Is caused by de-
oaying vegetable matter in the streams,
was made by DR.. William r. Wilson, Dl-
| rector OF the Philadelphia Museum. after
| he had made n test recognized by chemists
| as furnishing proof.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
NEGRO WOMAN HELD
IN TRAGIC SHOOTING
Inmate of House in Which Jeal.
Gus Man Killed Sweetheart
and Himself Arrested

r,hnrVeu brought by the police against one
Of tho negro women living at ~" N"r'n
Norwood street whore q jealous negro scn
terdav shot and killed his sweetheart hcld
" ,,,a,o ~ sftv cons at bay and then COM
trII,ed auIcids resulted IN the woman being
held under $4,000 bail today pending thor-
Ough investigation. ,,.,
Three cops of the Nineteenth and oxford
streets station In which district tho ba,ue
,vna staged told Magistrate Collins That
Florence Prusty, the woman held hrch a
revolver from a window OF tho huuac while
tho fusilladc Of shots between the negro
Charles CCnt-EyeD wcscott. and the police
was at its height
Eight other negroes were also held In
connection with thh shooting. In which two
COPS Of the Nineteenth and oxford streets
station were slightly wounded.
Two negroes residents OF 1857 Norwood
street were sentenced 10 ton days each for
diaordcrly conduct All Of the inmates OF
the house where the shooting occurred were
held under $500 bail AK material witnesses
for the Coroner.
Hester Tyngle, one of the women held, was
slightly wounded by westcott during HIS
frenzied shooting Just after the slayer
had arrived at the house In rage and
shot Ollie Emerson, his sweetheart, with
the words ~ am going to kill you Hester
attempted TO quit the house. a bullet grnZed
her cheek as she ran. out the front door
TO notify the police.
connor and Wise, the two cops wounded.
were sent TO the house Connor rang the
bell; no fell a minute later on the steps
with two bullets In his arm. Wise ran to
The street and fred nj wcstcott The negro
waited until the cops revolver was empty
and then dropped Wise with a bullet In hts
shoulder a milkmnn took both cops TO tho
station house and riot call resulted, In
which Captain McFHdden, who has charge
Of the police division, took command.
Cuards were placed at the front and rear
~ tho house and flaming waste, hose and
other missiles were used In n vain attempt
ia drive westcott from behind his barri-
cade on the third floor OF the house. II was
not until two hour8 after the first shots
had been nred that the flow OF sottnosed
bullets from the negro's revolver ceased
and cops broke into tho house only to find
the slayer dead from his own hands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
SHOOTS AT DEAF MUTE
WHO ASKS FOR CIGARETTE
Watchman, Unable to Read Sign Lam
guage, Replies With a Pistol

John Kohlman. forty-three years old.
deaf mute from Wildwood n, j., wanted
cigarette when he arrived In Philadelphia
early today, Riding in a Market street car.
he used his sign language to the passengers,
but none understood him. He got on the
car at Ninth and Market streets and met
Isaac Goldberg forty-hye years old, a
watchman employed at a jewery store
there, and besought Goldberg for a ega-
Tette, lie pointed TO his mouth and held
up two fingers.
Goldberg ignorant OF the sign language
among other things, struck Kohlman. A
fight followed during which the mute drew
from somewhere In hts clothes a part OF a
billiard cue. Goldberg then drew a pistol
and fired pointblank at the mute. II was
a mystery In Magistrate Tracys court this
morning how the mute escaped being struck
III you had had gatling gun given you
by the jewslry store" said the Magistrate
10 Goldberg, II suppose you would have
used that Thirty days in Jail"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
phi Knppa Beta Honors Fourteen

Fourteen members OF the junior classes
OF the University OF Pennsylvania who
have been active In athletic and literary
circles at tho institution were notified to-
day that they have been elected members
Of the Phi Kappa Beta, the honorary junior
society. They are Carl Andrews, assistant
track manager; Norris Stanley BRrratt
Jr., assistant freshmen track manager; Ar
thur 7. Blssing, news editor OF the Penn
sylvanlan; John II. HRrdgreayes. associate
baseball manager; William q. Hopkins,
assistant wrestling manager; Gilbert Lang,
managing editor OF tho Pennsylvnnian; VIII
liam Cramp Mecher, Jr., assistant soccer
manager: Henry ]. Miller, the ieet-footed
end OF the football team; Thomas w.
Pierce, assistant basketball manager; Will
liam A. Quigley. fulback on the varsity
eleven: Raymond Joseph Killing, Raymond
y. Young, assistant crew manager. and
Ronald ]. Mccarthy.