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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
SEEN ROVER, RUNAWAY DOG?
Boy-owner Says He's Lean Like a
Banana
"Has anybody here seen Rover?"

''IIas anybody here seen Rover?"
II YOU happen to live in the vicinity OF
9th and Reed streets you have no doubt
heard these words chanted many times by
9.year-old Oscar Berman, of 900 Reed
street, whose dog has been missing from his
home since last Friday. Oscar and Rover
have known each other for the last seven
years and were inseparable friends, but as
oscar tearfully says, Somebody had to
butt in and spoil the party
When Oscar was asked the pedigree of
Rover he said, "I don't know what you
mean by pedigree, but If you want to know
what he looks like I'll tell you He's long
and lean like a banana, has long ears like
elephant plant leaves. and IT seems like
they're tackled on a long, narrow head. His
eyes look as II he wants to sleep all the
time. His body seems too heavy for his
legs, which are very short Chez II you
only seen them you'd wonder how he ever
stands on them. He is brown in color"
Nevertheless, there is a standing ofrer OF
80 cents for Rover's return.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
Lansdowne Avenue Theatre Sold

The movingpicture theatre at the south
west corner of SD street and fsansdowne
avenue, lot 17s by es feet has been con.
veyed by Harry Goldstine to Robert Ham.
ilton, subject TO mortgages of $4,000 The
assessed valuation Is $4,000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11


In other words. while the noncommlttal
replies were most numerous. the unfavorable
next. and the favorable least numerous,
these results are reached only by the in
cluslon OF the replies of the nonmember
banks OF the member banks the favorable
replies are most numerous, the proportion
being more than twice as high as among
the nonmember banks, and the noncommlttal
are the least numerous.
Another interesting feature Is the fact
that II Is In the districts where the mem
ber banks have most freely used their re-
serve banks that the sentiment is more IA
vorable. In the Southern, Western and
Central Western districts the favorable re-
plies outnumber the unfavorable nearly two
to one. In the Eastern Central the division
is almost even. and it is only in the New
England and Middle Atlantic districts that
the unfavorable replies largely predominant.
The trust company states that 1t be-
lieves the business community to be inter-
ested In knowing what the banks think
or this law and the result of II upon them
selves and their community but the whole
pamphlet deals rather with the direct eff
fects OF the act upon the banks and yirtu-
ally Ignores the indirect effects upon the
community in general or the country as
a whole.
Coming down to the objections offered
by national banks It appears that the OBJ
lection most numerously urged Is that in
terest is not paid on deposits. Consider
ing that the existence of the Federal Re-
serve banks enables each member bank to
loan out at rate from to per cent
higher than 1t would be allowed by any
city reserve agent. q sum of money much
larger than the amount of its deposit with
the Federal Reserve bank, 1t Is little short
OF astounding that 903 banks should have
urged this as an objection
"The next most serious objection is that
made by 500 banks that they have had no
dealings with their Federal Reserve bank
This Is either reflection on their business
acumen or a tribute TO their strength. 1t
is difficult to see how It can fairly be
called an objection
'"The third objection is stated in the
words, Dividend Federal Reserve bank
stock unsatisfactory" If 500 member banks
had mo- dealings and 2O6 have had few
dealings with their Federal Reserve banks
1t is not surprising that 624 banks should
find the dividends unsatisfactory
Next in order comes the objection. urged
by sos banks. that 1t is still necessary TO
maintain relations with correspondents"
Why Is this an objection? Why should
member banks not avail themselves of the
facilities of both their Federal Reserve
banks and their correspondent banks? How
would they be any better of with one string
to their bow than with two7
'It would be tedious 10 go through the
whole list of objections. Some are mani
testify political. some captious and others
founded on evident Misrepresentation. BY
many 1t would be regarded as distinctly en-
couraging that such revolutionary change
in the banking methods of the nation should
have won so many friends In such a short
time. and that the objections urged should
be so trivial"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
Murderer Is Adiudged Insane

READING, Pa, July 11.-Peter s. Leas.
Jr.. 40 years old, in jail here for the MUIR
der OF Abraham Flick. 80 years old. whose
head he hacked on with an ak at Hyde
Park. suburb Of Reading. some weeks ago,
was taken to the State Asylum for Criminal
Insane at Fairview, Wayne County. today
Leas was adjudged insane from excessive
drinking by a commission appointed by the
court
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
Belt Crushes Girls Skull

A basin of water placed on a windowsIll
I'm the Roosevelt Knitting Mill, 21st and
Naudain streets, was the cause OF the death
of 15-year-old Anastasia Mackett, OF 4615
Paschall avenue The window dropped on
the basin and splashed a quantity of water
on TO the belt OF machine near where the
girl had fingered for a chat The water
caused the belt to slip and II was hurled
through the air with great force striking
the girl at the base OF the skull and crush
ing ii. She was taken to the Polyclnic Hos
pital, where physicians pronounced her
dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
BEATEN FOR REFUSING TO TREAT
Alleged Assailant of Man, rs, in Jail
at Lancaster

LANCASTER. Pa. July II, - Charles.
Cummins and Harry Williams have BEEN
committed to Jail TO await the result of in
juries inflicted on John Devlin, 73 years old,
a widely known resident OF Parkesburg.
When refused their demand for treat OF
liquor, It is alleged. they assaulted him,
fracturing his jaw and four ribs. tearing
Off part OF an ear and shooting on his
thumb. Devlins condition is critical.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
GEORGE W. NORRIS
COMES TO DEFENSE OF
FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
Rejects Conclusions Reached by
Guaranty Trust Company, New
York, in Pamphlet Just
Published
ANSWERS OBJECTIONS

Commenting upon a pamphlet published
by the Guaranty Trust Company, OF New
York, on What the Banks Of United States
Think Of the Federal Reserve Act" George
w. Norris, deputy Federal Reserve agent of
the Philadelphia Reserve Bank, said to-
day;
while this pamphlet is entitled What
the Banks of the United States Think Of the
Federal Reserve Act the title would be
more accurate and illuminating IL It read:
What SO Per Cent of the Total National
Banks and What 16 Per Cent OF the Total
State Banks and Trust Companies Think
of the Federal Reserve Act"
1t is to be noted first, that Of the 5344 re-
plies received. practically one-third were
favorable. one-third unfavorable, and one
third noncommittal
When an inquiry such as this one, re-
questing replies to large number of ques-
tions, Is sent out Il is altogether likely
that large proportion OF these institutions
which are not favorably disposed toward
the Federal Reserve system. would take
pains TO reply while those institutions
favorable to the system, or undecided,
would probably pay less attention to such
an inquiry.
''The second fact worthy of note is that
replies were received from only about one
third of the national banks and onesixth
Of the State banks II is stated that
comprehensive canvass was made, but It
is not stated whether inquiries were adj
dressed to all national banks and all State
banks.
THE third notable fact is that while the
trust companys report shows the number
and proportion of favorable, unfavorable
and noncbmmittal replies, as between men,
ber and nonmember banks, 1t does not give
what Is more important classification,
namely, the proportion Of each character of
roply received from each of the two GLASSES
of banks. That is to say that the proper
tions given are proportions of the whole
number of replies of each character received
from the two classes of banks Jumped TO.
gether. IL we calculate the proportions of
each of the classes of replies received from
each of the two classes of banks separately,
we get these significant figures:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
GIRL WORKER KILLED BY BELT
Slips From Wheel and Wraps Itself
About Child's Head, Crushing
Her Skull

Anastasia Hacl1ett. 15 years old. of 4s1a
Paschall avenue. died In the Polytechnic
Hospital last night as the result OF in
juries suffered when struck by a flying
belt in a wOrsted mill at 21st and NaudaIn
streets
The belt slipped from q wheel and
wrapped itself about the girls head, frao-
turing her skull Her sister Christine was
near, but was unable to aid her.
1t is said that the belt slipped when
water was accidentally splashed upon II by
Hermann Green
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11

VIII Begin at 1919 P. Visible IN
North America

There win be partial eclipse Of The
moon beginning AZ 1919 o'clock on Friday
night The start will be visible from
Africa, Southwestern Europe, the Atlantic
Ocean, North America, except IN the exo
treine west, South America and the Pacific
Ocean The end will be visible generally
from the Atlantic Ocean, North and South
America and the South Pacific ocean.
Entering the earth's shadow at 10 min
utes past 10 o'clock, the moon will leava
the earth's shadow at 1:12 the following
morning. At the middle Of the eclipse $40
Of the diameter OF the moon viii be in the
shadow cast by the earth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
MRS. AL DAVIS A MOTHER
Girl Is Born on Her Long Island Estate.
She Aroused Broadway

NEW YORK, July 11--Twenty-year-ol
Mrs Eugene Kelly Davis, who as Eugenie
Kelly, millionaire helress, made the lights
of Broadway wink very hard, Is playing a
new role on the Long Island farm to which
she retired with Al Davis, tango dancer,
after their elopement
Davis announced today that baby girl
was born to Eugene on April 2. The couple
were married at Elkton Nd, November II.
after Engenie's mother had made several
attempts to win her daughter from Davis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11

William Scott, one OF the two referees Of
the First District under the workmens s
compensation act. Is III at his home. soc
West Lehigh avenue, with an attack OF ap-
pendicitis his physician believes probably
viii necessltate an operation In his abb
senee. w W. Champion, Of Williamsporr
vii handle Mr. Scofts cases. Owing 70 the
death 81 a relative, Mr. Champion Nlsl b.
unable 70 take up tue work n this cils Tor
) fsa days.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27

Young men often visit pawnshop
to pass away the time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27

Below is a significant paragraph
from. the News and Courier's story
of the Charleston campaign meeting.
Mr.. Cooper has seen fit not to give
any reply whatsoever to Mr.. Man
ning's interrogation:
Governor Manning stated that at
Barnwell he. bad called upon Mr..
Cooper to explain why he was in the
race for the governorship this year.
s'Two years ago." he said, ."Mr. Coop
er stood On the same platform practl-
cally that did. I have carried out
my pledges. Now Mr.. Cooper is in
the race to defeat me and l want to
ask him what he would have done
with law enforcement in Charleston
and other places, what if elected he
would do about the tax commission,
the board of charities and other
measures passed as administration
measures, and what he would have
done as to the asylum. Mr.. Cooper
has not seen fit to answer what l
asked of him at Barnwel. Never
theless, think he owes it, not simply
to me, but to the people of the State,
to clear these matters up.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27
WHALE SKIN FOR SHOES.
An Odd Story Going the Rounds in
Regard to Footwear.

For weeks papers throughout the
country have been printing informa-
tion that ten tons of skins of the be-
luga or white whale, have been re-
ceived at Seattle from the Behring
sea and have been shipped East to be
made into leather for white shoes for
women.
Very like whale. The stuff reads
we'll. White whales for white shoes.
Doubtless the report got credence
owing to the extremely high prices
asked for white shoes for women,
which may have indicated to super
fetal minds that white feathers OF
all kinds were becoming rare.
The white shoes that have been
sold to women have nothing fshy
about them. The white sole is made
from the hide of the humble, but
necessary COW. The uppers of the
shoes are made from kid or calf
feathers, with sheepskin used where
cheaper prices were imperative.
Why whale skins should be ad-
vertised by the daily papers as being
used for the dainty shoe creations we
see daily passes comprehension. Fish
skins have their uses, but are not
plentiful enough to attract much at
tention.
Years ago laces made from tanned
porpoise skins were so strong and
supple that their popularity begat i'm
itations that could be sold cheaply.
And before long the ever accommo-
dating calfskin furnished enough
porpoise laces to meet the great de-
mand for them.
Shark skin in the leather indus
tries is known as shagreen and is
used for specially purposes. Walrus
hide, when tanned, is so thick and
coarse that it is used for making
polishing wheels. Seal skins, that
are not considered good enough for
fur garments, can be made into
handsome and serviceable leather.
But fish skins, as a whole, cut very
little figure in the shoe and leather
world.
However, the white whale wiggle
is a good story for retail shoe clerks
to impose on credulous customers.
If shoes really made of whale skins
were offered to women they would
regard the officiating salesman as
more curious than the white whale
itself.-Hide and Leather.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27
"CRACK" TROOPS.
How They Are Used in Modern War
fare.

During the first part of the war,
careful watch was kept by the French
general staff over the way every regi-
ment and division acted, says the
Worlds Work for July. In the acid
test of battle, this division proved its
ability to advance under fire, that
regiment failed. Gradually the
"crack" organizations were known.
These picked men are quartered
about twenty or thirty miles behind
the lines, and they live like athletes
training for a prize fight. They have
great athletic fields, where they play
football and practice field sports.
Theatres and music are provided for
their amusement. While things are
quiet at the front they are kept in as
perfect physical and mental condi-
ton as art and science can devise.
Then, when the commanders at the
front need men for charge against
German trenches across the she'll
swept open fields, word is sent back
for these special troops The need
ed number are told off, they are load
ed into automobiles, carried swiftly
to the front, singing and eager; they
make their charge; trench troops
move up and occupy the ground they
have gained; and the attackers
such as are left of them-go back to
their football and training, to get
ready to go to the next point in the
line that needs them.
What the French have done the
Germans and the British have done
likewise. These troops of attack
are a development of modern war
fare.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27
The BARRIERS Pole.

A curious citizen asked us on the
fourth of July if the red stripe on
the BARRIERS pole had any connection
with the colors of our national flag.
It has not. It relates back to the
period when in all European coun-
tries the barber possessed the right
to practice elementary medicine and
surgery. They were then known as
barber-surgeons and the red band
around the BARRIERS pole represents
the bandage with which they stopped
the bleeding incident to their medi-
cal services, for at that time bleed
ing was the universal remedy for
"all the ills that flesh is heir to-
BARRIERS practiced phlebotomy and
arteriotomy in England as early as
1851, when they were first incor-
porated. In 1546 they were united
with the surgeons, but in 1745 an
act was passed declaring the barber
business to be foreign to, and inde-
pendent of, the practice of surgery. "
It is impossible to say how old an
institution the barber is, but the Pro-
phet Ezekiel says, "And thou, son of
man, take thee a BARRIERS razor and
cause it to pass upon thine head
and upon thy beard" The Egyp-
tians shaved both the head and
beard, as some of the Chinese yet do.
The barber shops of Athens and
Rome, it is said, "were great meet
ing places for idlers and gossips, "
as some of them still are, especial
ly in a hot political year.
A story is told of the barber who
daily shaved one of the French kings.
One day the ''tonsorial artist said
to his majesty, "Sire, am your best
FRIEND" "How is that, my fellow?''
inquired the king, as he reclined in
the chair and crossed his legs in
solid comfort. "Why, your majesty, y
replied the royal barber, II am your
best friend because 1 have in in my
power to cut your throat every day
and do not do it, His majesty said
nothing, but it was the last time
that barber ever shaved him.
Even though it is no longer part
Of the medical equipment of the
community, the barber shop is max
ing great advances in the way of
sanitation, and in that fashion is do
ing it's share in the public health
movement. Fifteen years ago, they
paid little attention to sanitation as
we now consider it, but now the best
barber shops are sanitary and devote
a good deal of time and trouble and
attention to such protection of their
equipment as will make for better
health. Representative Lynch, of
Florence introduced at the last ses-
sion of the South Carolina legislature
a bill providing for a State Board
of Barber Examiners, but the bill
failed of passage. Whether that was
because of objections from the trade
or lack of demand for the measure
we do not know.-Greenville News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27
Simple.

Frederick Palmer, the war corre-
spondent, said at dinner in New
York:
"Girls all over England are max
ing ammunition now. Lady Hamil-
ton, Miss Nancy Cunard, Lady Diana
Manners these lovely girls are
making ammunition.
"They say a girl was talking one
day at a tea about her ammunition
factory work.
"'Oh,' she said, it's just as easy
as anything to make high-explosive
shell. You take tablespoonful of
nitroglycerine, two cupfuls of gun
cotton, half a cup of trinitrotoluol,
three cups of lyddite, and so on, just
like the cook books you know"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27
Thursday July 27, 1916.

Speaking of hot political hghts'
we call the battle over in Congress-
man Ragsdale's district a warm one.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27
Watch Your Purse.

This is one of the times when the
fake promoter, the shady broker and
the careless exploiter are reaping a
golden harvest from the pockets of
people who are making easy money
and who have seen other people make
easier money in the last wear.
Beware of the thousand-and-one
enterprises which are offering you
the chance to invest few hundred
or thousands of dollars with the pros
pect of becoming wealthy for the
rest of your days. Investigate care
fully the claims of people who want
you to buy stock or bonds in con-
Germs which have been recently float
ed and in concerns which are going
to be f1oated. Look out for trouble if
you throw your money confidently
into the new stocks you can buy for
few dollars or cents share.
In the last year and half there
have been many honest and success
full floatations in various industrial
lines whichChave paid rich return
to those who believed in them and
which will doubtless continue to pay.
There have been many other COM
panies foated in these exceptional
times the fate of which will undoubt-
edly be in question when the time OF
test comes, as it must inevitably
come some time. The fakirs are TAX
ing the usual advantage of strictly
legitimate developments.
Realize when you consider putting
money into a new enterprise or q
newly recapitalized old one that you
are speculating, not investing. Es'
pecially, beware of the type of broker
who tells you that you are investing
when he asks you to speculate.
Remember that in good times the
old, we'll organized companies in the
various lines generally get the major
portion of real prosperity.-Odd Lot
Review.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27
NEW YORK HAS A MIGHTY DEBT.
City Owes $21O,169, sol More Than
United States Government.

New York city's total funded debt
at the end of the last quarter was
s1,325,555,9S6.11, says the New
York American. The net debt of
the United States government, COM
monty known as the national debt,
is $1,115,3S6,394.44, or s210,169,-
591.67 less than New York city's
funded debt.
Comptroller William A. Prender-
CAST has made public report sum-
marizing the city's financial transac-
tions for the first quarter of this
year. 1t gives these figures as the
city's total funded debt.
The Comptroller has added ta-
BILE to his report, showing that the
total amount of interest on the city
debt is s54,592,1S8.
Over $2S, 100000 in Three Months.
The total receipts from revenue
sources during the first quarter
amounted to s2S,853,394, as CON-
pared with s23,649,553 during the
same period of last year.
The Expenses of the city govern
ment" during this period were $780,
187,560. That was only for the gen-
eral operating and current admins
tration of the city. In addition to
that amount, the city paid s4.653,-
$40 to the State comptroller on ac-
count of the direct State taxes of
1916; s8,S29,S13 of revenue and
special revenue bond redemption.
Plenty of Cash in Treasury.
Despite these enormous expendi-
lures there was in the city treasury
at the close of business on March 81,
$22,985,015, in addition to a cash
balance of s2,471,240 in the sink
ing funds.
The city pay rolls for the quarter
amounted to $24,251,115, which was
$15,973 less than during the similar
period of last year. In addition there
was a special pay roll amounting to
S1,641,525, which was $1,105,206
more than last year. The increase
is attributable, according to Comp
troller Prendergast, to the additional
cost for snow removal this year.
Outlay On Subways.
Under the heading of rapid transit
construction, Comptroller Prender-
gast shows that the total outlay and
commitments for subway work the
first quarter of this year aggregate
s227,272,122, of which the expendi-
lures were $164,635,010.
The outlays by the city on the
present subway operated by the In
terborough company have amounted
to s56,216,45S. The commitments
under contract No. 3, which cover
the additional railroads now in
course of construction, total $685.
925,888, of which there has already
been $42,225,565 expended. Under
contract No. 4, which comprises the
Centre street loop lines, the Fourth
Avenue subway and the other lines
to be operated by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company or the New York
Municipal Railway corporation, the
city's commitments aggregate $102.-
211,190.