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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
BISHOP HOBAN TOLD OF
THREAT AGAINST LIFE
Head of Scranton Diocese Receives
Warning Letter From Woman

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 22.-The life of
the Rir hit Rev. NJ, J. Hoban, Bishop Of
the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Scranton,
has been threatened by sympathIzers II
the faction opposed TO the Bishop that
participated I'm a riot outside a Polish
Catholic Church at du Pont last Sunday.
Il received a letter today from Cath
Ollie woman at du Pont. telling me that
she overheard a conversation at which
il was decided that my life should be
taken. I'm not losing any sleep over the
threat" Bishop Hoban said.
The Bishop has learned, he said, that
agitators sent here by the Industrial
Workers OF the World had something to
do with the riot at du Pont in which one
rioter was killed and two score of people
including 10 State Troopers. seriously in
iured.
Because of the Illness OF Father Kur-
kowski the priest assigned By Bishop
Hoban to the du Pont Church. no attempt
will be made to resume services Sunday
morning. The Bishop announced the in
surance on the church has been Cancelled
by the insurance ompanies, due to threats
being made that the edifice would be
burned.
Bishop Hoban denies a statement issued
by the leaders OF the faction opposing him
in the du Pont church quarrel anaFr In
which the Bishop Is accused OF insulting
the committee sent 90 him BY the faction.
III telling them the truth Is insulting
them. then I certainly n-us. have insulted
them. the Bishop SAID.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
SINGLE WORD TELLS
HER OF SONS DEATH
Letter Stamped Deceased" Re-
turned to Mother Here of
Soldier Boy"

Mrs. Edith Mahon, pianist OF distinc-
tion, has received letter from abroad
with the word Deceased" rubber-stamped
upon the envelope. She had written the
letter herself and addressed II to her son.
who was fighting with the British against
the Turks on the Gallipoli Peninsula, The
rubber-stamp method of the overworked
British dead letter" department Is not
as familiar in this country as It Is in Eng
land and the letter came 10 Mrs. Mahon
as a terrible shock,
She is at her home. 1880 Spring Garden
street, suffering from the effects of the
news.
Mrs. Mahon and her sons were born In
ENGLAND. The elder, owen @. Forrest
has position in the office of the secre-
tary OF the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
Younger Richard l.. g. Forrest, was liV-
Ing in New Zealand when the war began,
Both had been TO South Africa, where they
studied in the University OF the Orange
Free State at BloemfOntein, and owen
fought In the South African War, He
became an expert in railrOading and after
he tired OF the life of adventure came TO
this city to join his mother. Richard
who would 26 years old now. II he were
alive, was more devoted to the life Of
adventure.
The young man had gone to do rail-
reading work in New Zealand and his
taste for daring was satisfied in pioneer
ing construction work there. He lost not
a moments time In joining the A kland
Mounted Rifles is months ago, ing
from Wanganui when the war = d.
He was attached to headquaTterS as
a stan signalman and wrote TO his moth
er that ne had never been happier An
excellent hOrseman and marksman who
could pick OFF a bounding antelope at
1000 yards, he also had physique equal
TO any hardship. AS the war progressed
Mrs. Mahon heard less often from her
son, but understood that il was diftlcuit
for soldiers 10 write often
About FIVE months ago, on August D
Richard sent a postcard TO his mother
saying he was we'll, He must have been
killed shortly after that as his mothers
letter, which was returned, should have
reached her son about August ls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22

Didn't she?" Zapp said. "Then
why did Mr.. Wilson send him there 2"
"Ain't you yourself just now telling
me that Colonel House is an old friend
from Mr.. Wilson, and he wants to find
out what them fellers is up to over
there?" Birsky said. Furthermore,
he's got lot of confidence in Colonel
House on account he used to was a
prominent banker in Houston, Tex"
"Sure, l know, Birsky," Zapp con-
tinued, "but if would got couple
big concerns in Chicago which is get
ting pretty shaky on me, and ! want
to send out there some one he should
look after my interests, y'understand,
would / get an old friend to go for
me, supposing even he is the prom
inentest banker in larger town as
Houston and much nearer New York
say, for example, Hoboken? No,
Birsky; I would send to Chicago a
perfect stranger, which all his life
hhauS oPeSioity vi NP'NS low
because while l am satisfied that any
friend of President Wilson is decent,
respectable feller, y'understand, and
that Houston, Tex, is good live
town for its size, understand me, the
place where Houston banker would
do the least harm, y'understand, is in
n bopL IN Houctnp TaVp
"What harm could Colonel House do
in Europe?" Birsky asked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
VILLA AND BAND TRAPPED
INPASS: ESCAPE UNLIKELY
Carranza Troops Besiege Retreat of
Bandit Chief and Followers

Ell. PASO, Tex, Jan. %. - Francisco
Villa and 200 of his followers are reported
in a dispatch received here early today
from MADEIRA, to have been surrounded
by pursuing Carranza soldiers In the
Sierra Madre Mountains, between rear
son and Galeana.
The message states that the rebel leader
and his men are in strongly fortlneh
mountain pass and, though escape 's I'M
possible, the Carranzistas will be unable
to make their final attack until reinforce
ments arrive from Casas Grandes'
Several OF the bandit chiefs followers
who had made requests for amnesty de-
clared that from Villas hiding place MS
loyal band could stand on a regiment
The Carranzlstas, pursuing the sore oo-
ject of capturing Villa dead or ailVe are
endeayoring to cut off his food supply
The new revolution started around Tor
reon by a combination of villa, Argu-
muedo, Zapata and other enemies or the
de facto government was receiving serl-
Gus attention from the Carranza gov
Grnment today, 49,,
The rebellion, which threatens Ameri-
cans and foreigners there. is in territory
the Carranzistas had regarded as COM
pletely under their control
John Lawrence, a lT-year-old American
youth who narrowly escaped death Wheh
Bert L. Akers, an American raneher' was
killed by Mexican cattle thieves yester-
arrived here this morning with Texas
rangers who had been sent out when
news OF Akers' death arrived.
The hoy declared that Akers was shot
10 death while fleeing from the cabin
where the cattle thieves had been round
According TO Lawrence, he and Akers'
accompanied by a Mexican officer from
tha CaFranza garrison In JuareE, crossed
the Rio Grande at Ysleta Friday morn
ing 10 search for two cows when mad
been stolen by Mexican cattle thieves
several DAYS before at small ranch on
the American side. fsleta Is ID miles
east of here. The three men, uharhhsu'
anproaehed a Mexican hut where the men
suspected Of the theft were known TO De
hiding. a.. a,o. .,,,-
When they knocked at the door four
AtaxIcsns appeared and demanded 10
know their business. AT the same tIhs
eight other Mexicans appeared on the
.IS,s ~ thA hut and opened ire on the un-
.,,snsrtInr visitors. The Mexican offieer
stsegered as though shot, and the Two
Annerirans made for their horses whlch
were hitched nearby. AS they mounted
their horses fusillade OF shots Ioliossa
thssn They had ridden but a snort dis
s.,'s,sbiad and threw him in a small ditch.
49, gent on and Lawrence watched
81 NIexieans, who were In pursuit, hre
AT him several times -
A[ers was killed while trying 70 escape,
k,,t lawrence made his way oowh tne
St,oh 20 the river which marks the
Sa,snd.ry He crossed to the American
s,ds about dark When the news Ieaehea
I,ssrex General Gastiera, garrison com
nander. sent : detachment oi bsh y ehs
scene and captured several sAsea@'A'e'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
LOWER ELECTRIC RATE
FOR LARGE CONSUMER
IS URGED BY EXPERT
Reduction Should Favor Him
Rather Than Small Con-
sumer, Says w. j.
Norton
MONAGHAN DISAGREES

And theory that any proposed rate re-
duction should he so adjusted as to bene-
ft the large consumer rather than the
small consumer. advanced today by Will
lam j. Norton, of Chicago, secretary of
the Rate Research Commission of the
National Electrical Association, put an
entirely new issue into the continued
hearing before the Public Service Com
mission. Of charges by former Director
Cooke, of the Department of Public
Works, and others that the rates OF the
Philadelphia Electric Company are eN-
orbitant for Inadequate service.
Bankers throughout the country are
getting nervous over the widespread rate
regulation" he said, testifying for the
company, THE Investigations by various
commissions and changes ordered in rates
make il difficult for companies TO get
money to finance their extensions. AS a
result they have been forced TO adopt
conservative policy for a time"
Mr.. Norton, who Is prominent en-
gineer, former assistant secretary of the
New York Public Service Commission
and in charge OF the corporation ap-
praisal work of that body, said there was
mo profit in the small consumers
householders who use only small guam
tity of electricity. They hardly carry
themselves" he declared, leaving the
profits to be cleaned from the railway
companies. trolley systems and other
large corporations that use electricity.
on that basis he urged that II rates are
reduced il should be done to benefit the
large consumers,
Commissioner John Monaghan disagreed
with this,
I'VE must remember that during the
long existence of the electric companies
the burden of their business has been
with what you term the small consumer,
he said. "Only recently have they begun
furnishing light and power to the~large
corporations. and. I'm the meantime, the
small consumer has enabled them TO eN-
list For that reason, do YOU not think
that the small consumer should be con-
sidered2
I'VE want practical suggestions from
YOU for a readjustment Of the rate sched-
ule here"
The hearing will be continued next
Wednesday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
ROMANCE OF SHIPS
And OLD SALTS GOING,
Il U. OF P. MEN TOLD
Modern Steamship Spells Doom
of Sea Literature, Says
Prof. Wesselhoeft
sCIENCE'S BLOW AT ART

The modern steamship. which makes it
pssiole for man to cross the ocean in
ne days, spells the doom of the pic
Nesoue sailor, the "old salt" immor-
allied by the great writer's of fiction.
tns Is the opinion OF Prof. Edward C..
fessehoeft, of the University of Penn
9Nania, expressed this afternoon In a
5etnre at Houston Hall on "rhe Sea and
N SAILOR in Fiction"
professor Wesselhoeft sees the end OF
rs fomances of the sea. He thinks that
rssph Conrad the AnGliciZed Pole, now
Hpgnlzed as one of the worlds great
+sslists, will prove to be the last great
Fi'er OF sea stories. He thinks that
IAuyes Of the sort made famous by
psAin Marryat, w. Clark Russell, Jack
noon and others will soon be thing
the past
/ .lth the passing of the sailing ship"
- me speaker, there passes also
sa,n romance which the sea has always
ior US, owing. no doubt, greatly to
e sefy uncertainty, and there passes,
tsse all, type of men whose lives have
~ spent In such close contact with the
sss OF wind and water. with the en-
spf 10 subdue these forces ito their
: purpose, sometimes with success
~ L-4.SS uhsueceSSIuliy, tnat tnelT NS'S
-.aeler had been nodded thereby-and
! nag certain characteristics peculiar
I nslr profession"
4. ~ referred to the finest sailing ship of
e as but the lineal descendant OF
=. 1faVel Of ancient times or the Chi
E Junk, and said that the profess
80 80 sailing ship sailor of today is the
-. professional descendant of the men
= Hshnsd them.
4. sth mans victory over the sea, with
s sAsslns OF the sailing ship, the short
" al sea voyages. the opening or
q snana Canal, Joseph Conrad may
- lsst OF the great sea writers who
i eo.e TO sincerely look upon the sea
n.ss 49,. Iorefathers for generations have
49, enaraeter OF the sailor. too. Is
tsssTsss. or has already changed. Less
ls=5e - on the elements but depending
,ssx ~ human contrivanees. better edu-
tsI ~ worldly wisdom. more scientific,
"a 80 closely Intimate with every mood
80 ana water less the servants of a
~. MISTRESS, but more the ruler of a
.aor ana untrustworthy servant, the
|'ss the present and coming genera
80 product Of mans own training.
~ sne sea enslaved can no longer
Is IN professional sailor Of the fu-
a os able to look upon the sea as
sonrad saw H."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22

arTs a quincidence, anyway" said
II Barnett Zapp, the waist manu-
iscturer, in Wasserbauer's restaurant,
4 he wiped from his eyebrows the
,ircumstantial evidence of charlotte
hisse.
Z awhat's a quincidence?" Louis Bir-
,ky, the real estater, asked.
+ THAT they should send him to Eu-
rope couple of days before they come
hack from their honeymoon" Birsky
aid. (which it's either a quincidence
Il she says to him, Maybe you like to
nave that feller hanging around the
house all the time, but me not And
III. Wilson says, 'Aber the feller is
doch old friend o. mine,' and she
nys. What do you mean, an old
friend? Bryan is also an old friend
Ii yours-Colcnel Harvey, too, and
Dudley P. Malone and Charles X.
Murphy and Gott weiss wer mach
md Il you are going to have all that
tiowd sticking around the place, yum
dsrstand, instead of the White House,
Washington, I might just so we'll be
mining the Palmer House, Chicago,
Or the Yates House, Sarahcuse.' We'll,
What could | do?' Mr.. Wilson says.
Send him to Mexico she says. 4
slready sent him to Mexico Then
isnd him to Europe Il sent him to
Europe, too says Mr.. Wilson nebich.
Then send him there again. and so
NJ. Wilson rings him up from Hot
Springs, Va, and after the girl tells
I hin when through talking to please
deposit one cent internal revenue tax
h the quarter slot, he Gays to Colonel
House is he doing anything next Sat-
urdsy, and if not be a good feller and
hks run over to Europe and see
nat Mr.. Page and Mr.. Gerard and
Dis here Sharp is up to over there"
What are you talking nonsense,
app" Birsky exclaimed. "Mrs. Will
pn didn't got nothing to do with
Colonel House going to Europe"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
TopAY,s MARRIAGE LIcENsEs

Peter Zinkaitis. Wynneweod Pa, and Mary
+. Byrne, NynnewoOd, Pa
Joseph Galka, 2sia s. Millick St, and Hona
Luczainska. 2ll0 5. Millick ST
David Hauptman. 3l3 Gaskill ST.. and Esther
Cooper. i01i n. Marshall 81,
louis 3. GoEgin. 1924 Walnut St. and AGNES
81 Hogan. fs23 Vineyard 81
Howard j. sanderson. lilT y RSth ST., and
Margaret q. Flynh, l&iS n. lCAriisle ST.
J. sherrard Christie, l229 Arch ST, and Caro-
lyn & Berges 1000 w. Erie ave.
Herbert F., Cook. 22ts y Ghad~lek 81. and
william Moods. 1903 Fllbert ST. and Ella
uiSssss SssaH II Fsieea, @ 252 8. 10Th st. and Agnes
olsen. $50 \ lils ssIo,. p. ana France
Hengst. Iork. Pc.
william =. yost 3otI \ PggIlstherg g ana
Harry Marig 24oi Lombard a.. and Bertha
EssdefIcF 9. wal5sek, as Ripka ave.. ana
Mafy Lulz 54f2 NJ Vernon st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
Jury Lauds judge MesseI

Judge Vessel, OF Court of Common
Pleas No. 3 was eomplimeAted today by
jury that had just been discharged
after a service OF three weeks for the
manner. In which the business OF his
court was conducted. Through Franklin
Hall Of 1915 North 18th street. acting as
spokesman. the jury thanked Judge Wes-
sci for the clear manner in which the
salient features of all the cases had been
presented TO them and for the concise
way IN which all the CHARGES 70 the jury
were made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22

North Philadelphia churches, tomorrow.
will be DR.. Max Wertheimer, a converted
jew, of Ada, Ohio, He has spoken here
before and Is well known TO local Bible
students. His topic tomorrow afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock at the theatre meeting will
be Judaism, Spiritualism, Christian
Science and Christianity" Special music
will be a feature of the services.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
Chief VOgelsOn Recovered

John A, Vogleson, chief of the Bureau
of Health has so far recovered from an
attack of catarrh that il is thought he
will be able to leave the jefferson Hos
pital next week, where he has been for
the last five days The attack was at
first thought to be more serious than II
has proved to be. DR., D. Braden Kyle
has been in attendance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22

r.v,rtheless, Zapp Is Convinced That
n Is a "Quincidence That Wilson
should Send Colonel House to
Europe a Couple Of Days Before
They Come Back From Their
Boneymoon"-Mrs. Wilson Doesn't
Like Him, He Insists
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
: '1.slaE OH Burns Woman, Aged 50

's.Itss, OIL which splashed from an
# y ~ lamp she was trimming. set
- y years ola, ISIS North Carlisle
e -A9 sne was burned so badly that
81 Ne The woman's son was un-
sAnnsnish the names at once.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
pRut It's a Big Honor to
/ See Kings an d
Queens a Hundred
Times Every Night in
! the Year." He Adds

,;rsky. However, Is Skeptical
Of Diplo m a acy-"It Amt
Such a Kunst, After All, to
Re an Ambassador" He De-
clares--"All an Ambassador
poes is What He Is Told"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
CARRANZA TO RETURN
LAND TO PEOPLE
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
the Carranza Government hopes to end
the dissatisfaction that has long existed
among the Indians, whose lands were
taken away by past governments without
any recompense.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-25
Idaho's Foremost Banker
Dies Suddenly at Boise

C. W. Moore. president of the First
National bank of Boise, Idaho. died
~ his home in that city Wednesday,
September 20, aged 81 years. He had
been in his usual good health and death
came very suddenly. of hardening of
the arteries and heart failure.
Mr.. Moore was for life time head
of the largest banking institution in
Idaho, having located in Boise 80 years
ago, founding the bank of which he re-
mained president TO his death in 1867,
He was born in Toronto, Canada. No
vember so, 1895, and "crossed the
plains to Oregon from Wisconsin, liv-
ing in Oregon for few years There
may still be some pioneers of Salem who
remember him.
During his long career in Idaho, he
was large factor in the development
of the state and its capital city and be-
came one of its wealthiest men.
Mr.. Moore. whose wife died in 1911,
is survived by six children: Mrs. H. S.
Beetis, Mrs. i. W. Cunningham Craw-
ford Moore. Mrs. +. II. Parsons and
Raymond Moore. of Boise, aud Marion
Moore, of Sydney, Australia.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-25
ACHES and PAINS

Don neglect pain anywhere, but
find out what causes it and conquer
the cause. Pain in the kidney region
may put you on your back tomorrow.
Don I blame the weather for swollen
feet, it may be an advanced warning
of Bright IS disease. A pain in the stom-
ach NAV be the first symptom of ap-
pendicitis. A creal in a joint may be
the forerunner of rheumatism. Chronic
headaches more than likely warn you
of serious stomach trouble. The best
way is to keep in good condition day
in and day out by regularly taking
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL Cap
sules. Sold by reliable druggists. Mon.
ey refunded if they do not help you.
Beware of substitutes. The only pure
imported Haarlem OIL Capsules are the
GOLD MEDAL.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-25
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
At BALTIMORE TODAY
Says America Is To Take
Place In Worlds Business
Not Dreamed OF
By Robert j. Bender,


Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Lyric Theatre, Baltimore. Nd, Sept
ga new spirit for American bust
ness-a spirit not of exclusion but of
excelling-a competition not of sell
fishness, but in brains-was urged by
President Wilson today in strdng adj
dress before the National Grain Deal
ers' association.
Three thousand persons checred
loudly when he said America was to
take place in world business such as
she had never enjoyed beforehand
"with spirit such as the world has
nejer seen before. -
This the president said is "my
dream"
The president reached the hall at
2:45 and was given an ovation last
ing two minutes. Before the crowd sat
6sTn, band struck up America and
another yell broke out.
From the galleries came calls of "We
want Wilson, and She's our life
saver.'
, The president opened his address by
saving that there was certain draw
back about his appearance because it
came during campaign. He believed,
he said, that nothing so hampered the
serious consideration of public ques-
tions as polit:Sal campaign.
81 believe in party action. but |
have supreme contempt for partisan
action, whenever party feeling invades
our actions it is to condemn.
FThere are certain questions he
'aid, "'that should not be influenced
by the fact that two parties are con
testing for power. | want to speak
about the business system of the world
insofar as America is concerned.
"Wc are facing a new business era,
he said "American business has burst
its jacket. 1t can no longer be taken
care of in local markhts. 1t now de
velops that the American business has
so studied the problem of the foreign
market. We have no merchant marine
T.y national banks had not been put
in a position to handle foreign ex
change. America was not only not ac'
customed but disinclined to touch these
nerves of foreign business. Not until
the recent legislation of congress
the federal reserve act-could Amer
lean banks assist American projects in
all parts of the world.
'fMy dream is that she will take hcl
place in that new field with spirit
such as the world has never seen be
fore. Not the spirit of those who
would exclude others but those who
would excel others.
al want to see America ,pitted
against the world not in sclfishness
but in brains.'