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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19
MIXERS WANTED

4 farm 30 miles south of Washington
Tin virginia. wants married men, pref
erably with families. members Of which
can milk; we use Empire machines and
want to contract with mixers by the
landers preferred. G. 353, Ledger Cen.
trail.
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HELP WANTED MALE
Continued from Preceding Column
General

YOUNG MAN exper IN selling ana dettyo.t.-- -
wholesale candy bus; state sal. A 4 Idd ~ ~ u
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MUSIC

RAGTIIE In 20 lessons or Money Back Bklt
mailed free. CHRISTENSEN Plano Schools
1920 Chestnut St, l4l2 Nenango ST., 1872
Task"r st. Phone Spruce OG7.
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statesmen

We know our new offer to salesmen hoId,
greater possibilities for him than does sny
other, selling proposition offered today. Our
new Liberty Loan Bond feature is a winner
II you are not making money come in and
near our proposition, We furnish leads and
allow drawing account.
encyclopaedia. BRITANNICA CORP.
los 3. 10th st., corner Walnut.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19

OFFICE assistant for electrical manufacturer to
learn operating telephone exchange: good
chance for advancement, sO4, LedEer on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19

WEAyERs wanted, female. on plain white
Work good wages. Imperial Woolen CO.
Main and Rector SITS, Manayunk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19

wEAyERs, on. Turkish towels, both plain and
faSSslHahEd. f.sSslnahEd. Ward Aeshan Co.. Howard and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19

Graduate Of Univ. Of Penna.. with several
years experience chemist was foolish
enough to tie himself up to a municipal posi-
tion in which all his energy is spent in emu
lating the top. If you want the goods delN.
cred let him know your line: he has them ana
can deliver them with expedition. If you can
use him drop line to NJ Ill. Ledger Othce.-.
YOUNG MAN 2S, competent. reliable, indus
trious. now holding responsible clerical posl-
tion. salary 500. wants position with larger
outlook, c 305. Ledger Office.
HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENT 10, wants position
for summer; has had some experience in me-
chanical drafting Box 146. Swarthmore, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19

SILK - Experienced hard silk windeTs and
Hooley Son, 435 " Broad D.
sTENOGRAPHER, public can use typewTifsr
ana phones In Broad and Chestnut 6ffics a.
eHcaansS Tor few hours services each dayi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19
SITUATIONS wANTED-MALE

ACCOUNTANT viii accept engagements for au-
dting, balancing, preparing statements, sys-
tema tizng. g ~, Ledger Central
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COOK first class Protestant, wishes posi,ios;
,uhaerstands fancy and plain cooking ~ ~.
baking. 233S Catharine st. '"'"s and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19

81 intelligent and capable office
ger Central. -'N' Aeu-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19

427 \, 4th st. Camden, ~ j." j. Int HalevIiie r.
j., Thurs. 12 noon.
y, ,PREsT6N'-Junc H. KATHARINE. wife Of
Sarah Thongs br Roa5yGs 8H and m mTeP3s rs ytSd
set ST.. Int: Northwood Gem. Remains may be
viewed We'd, s 10 10 p, NJ. ,,,
late. Alice R. Rennie, Relatives and friends
invited to funeral services, Wed, l p. IN, resi-
dence Of son Franklin l. Rennie, 3460 Helen
st. Int Fernwood Gem. Remains may be
viewed Tues eve.
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GIRLS WANTED
GIRLS to wrap and box files: steady work. goo5
pay. Apply lO1s Frankford ave. - soou

HoSIERY-Experienced girls wanted on topDIDg
and knitting and string frames; learners
wanted; paid well while learning; can make
best wages in city when learned Wailscss
Wilson Hosiery Co, 4355 Orchard st, Fkd
mlddle-aged lady desiring
nice nome, with reasona bic COMPENSATION ana
light housewOrk desired as comma I'm 70
lady IN family of two state particulars
a II, Ledger Office .
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
No Doubt About Poison Gas
When Tabby Comes Hur-
rying Back.
REAL WAR DOG WEARS MASK
Norman Lee, American Ambulance
Hero, Writes interesting Letters
of Life at the Front-Luck
of Section Seven.

New York-Enot Norton of New
an American volunteer in France, Nor
man Lee, eighteen years old, son of
newspaper man, who has been driving
an American Red Cross ambulance for
the last nine months, and who has re-
ceived the Croix de 'Guerre. The let
ter follows:
"It's 2 a. m. l have just returned
from a trip and it's good time to
write. While / attempt this two men
are busily engaged in piling NY trench
torpedoes just outside of the 'dugOut.'
| call 1t a dugout--in reality it's only
a cellar-but it serves its purpose
keeps the 'eclatS from hitting you-of
course, q direct hit would be differ
ent thing. The Boches dropped few
gas shells over about midnight. Have
you ever heard a rattlesnake2 Well,
a gas shell has the same effect. No
one has to tell you what 1t is, you
know. 1t just goes put and lets out
a greenish vapor. That's enough
down in the dugout-put on your
masks and wait until the Boches are
finished. But it's CHASTITY scene, one
candle burning, and every one sitting
around with masks on-the cat hugs
the fire while James, the medicine
dog, has his mask on, too-it's a spe-
cial one-and he knows enough not to
paw 1t off. He's real war dog.
Official "Sniffer" Appointed.
During these sessions there is al
ways an official sniffer' appointed,
who has to lake off his mask, every
once in while, go to the door and
see If the stuff Is still around. The
other day we were in doubt, so we
threw the cat out. She lame back so
quickly that no one had any doubt
that 1t still was there. Oh it bothers
me, the gas more than the shells. It's
pretty rotten way to make war.
"a Boche avion came over the town
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
JAP WOMEN TAKE MEMS JOBS
Wages Range From Ten to twenty
Five Cents a Day-Actresses
Best Paid.

Tokyo.-That japanese women c1"
stantly are taking a larger part n Nv
activities of the empire is shown ~
recent investigations. AS in EuF'pl'
so in Japan. women are filing pos.
tons formerly exclusively held y
men.
There are 1000 women working uu,
der the railway bureau, niost Of M
ticket sellers, cashiers and aceouu'
ants. and 5000 women find enp.'y
ment in the cigar and cigarette ."e e
tories of the government tobacco l'Y
nopoly. Their wages range from " ~, -
25 cents a day. Male clerks In D"'- -s
and mercantile houses constantly a"
being replaced by women, who ree''
So TO SIS 81 month.
Actresses receive the highest W. -,
paid to women in Japan. buJ ~,
clothes are expensive, and so the! tas
financially in no better position 'N
the more humble workers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
MARVELS WORKED BY EYE SURGEONS

face wounds IN many cases are so
bad that no ophthalmic skill could
possibly save the sight But here
plastic surgery. one of the wonders
of the war, comes in to make the
victims face again presentable. Plas-
tic work goes further than the re-
making of shattered jaws and noses !;
the upper part of the face. including
the eye region, can be patched up so
as to make the poor wounded pre-
sentable and not objects of horror
to their fellow men,"
The records of the Grand Palais
hospital show that Doctor Borsch, who
was one of the first American sur
geons to graft the cornea, has sue
eessfully transplanted skin, bone, car
tilage and mucous membrane to the
orbit. In several cases he has pro-
vided soldiers with new eyellds by
taking cartilage from the ribs. graft
ing it over the socket and afterwards
making an incision In the new skin.
To the upper and lower edges of the
slit thus made he has grated flesh
bearing hairs, which Is taken from
the eyebrows, in this manner furnish
ing new lashes, and has afterwards
patched up the eye socket by trans
plantations from the mucuous mem
brane taken from the mouth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
Aged Woman Teaches Knitting.

Canton. O.-Mrs. Amelia Brush,
seventy. who. knitted socks for soldiers
in the Civil war, is doing her bit for
the boys who are going to France. She
Is teaching a Sunday school class at
the First Methodist church how to
make socks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
KAISER" GUSTS COON
AS POPULAR TARGET

Columbus, O.-"Hit the kaiser
three throws for a 1itney."
This is the cry one now hears
at street carnivaIs and will soon
hear at county fairs, for a local
carnival worker has replaced me
"baby rack" with a human target
dressed to resemble the German
war lord. One gets three cigars
for cracking the kaiser on the
head.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
CAT AS ''SN|FFER" HELPS SOLDIERS

we stay in the other night and dropped
four bombs. One hit on the house net
the one the chief was sleeping in, thu
rest a few hundred feet from our
tents. No one was hurt. We called
it the luck of Section Seven. Strange
to say, the name of the street all the
bombs fell on is rue de la Bombe.'
Il had an interesting experience
few days ago, in fact, at the time, 1t
was too interesting. II l remember
rightly l closed by last letter up in
order to get little sleep while / had
the chance. Well, l hadn't been asleep
more than an hour when was awak.
ened by the noise of 'arrivees'-nOt
shells. but shrapnel. There was
battery not fer from us and the BoChes
were trying to silence 1t by making the
gunners take to cover; hence, the
shrapnel. might ranark that the en-.
trance to our dugout having once been
German now faced the wrong way
said entrance being covered by
blanket. Each shot kept coming near.
er, and you can't imagine a weirder
sound than the whine of bursting
shrapnel.
Burst at the Door.
pretty soon 1t came so near that
you could hear pieces hitting the top
of the dugout. The last one burst
the nearest-right in front of the door.
ZOwie ing patter, hit, bang They
ripped through that blanket like
clown going through a paper ring alta
circus. held my breath and lay stIA
Fortunately, none of us got hit, but 10
the morning we picked pieces out OF
all the walls. The blanket resembled
huge piece of Swiss cheese. The
gunners came down in the morning to
look us over. and told us the Boches
hadn't succeeded In driving them from
their guns for a moment. We all
agreed with the brancardier, who re-
marked, Sale BOche.'
1.-THE same weather continues. RAIN
hail, snow and mud-incheS deep
Think of the poor wounded in it all.
But we do help them. With love to ALL
''Near scissors. NORMAN.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20

..The last time saw Jones he look
ed TO he going down hill very fast.
HAS he fallen in bad heulthT"
mo; he was eoasting on his
wheel "
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
The Main Point.
wheel

Young Lawyer-How do you think
l acquitted myself in that trial?
Old Friend-Much better than you
did your client.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
FORT SHERIDAN CAMP ENDS
New Camp Will Be Officially
Opened on August 27.

Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, Aug. 13.-The
first reserve officers training camp at
Fort Sheridan will be history tonight.
The army instructors have done
their work The students have done
theirs. Majors, captains and lieu
tenants have been evolved from stu
dents, clerks, mechanics, lawyers,
policemen and scores of other trades
and professions.
Commissions have been awarded
and the men no longer training camp
students, but officers in the United
States reserve army, are ready to
take up their work.
Some will go to Rockford to train
the, new great national army. Some
have been assigned on special de-
tails. the objects of which are mill
tary service.
The new reserve officers training
camp will be officially opened Au-
gust q.
When the enrolment at the camp
was officially closed on May 81. 4,S06
men were taking training. OF this
number 1896 were given commissions
at the close of camp.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE
What the American Soldier Intends to
Do With Kaiser is Not Underw
stood in Enqls6d.

With commendable enterprise Lon
don editorial brother seeks to clarity
for his readers the quaint expression OF
certain American soldiers who have in
timated that their first undertaking in
Europe will be to "can the kaiser" In
interpreting them to intend to seal up
his high mightiness Theoretically, how
ever, the Londoner's zeal outruns his
information.
Nix, nix, friend, it doesn't mean that
at all says the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. It means merely that they pro-
pose to decorate the German emperor
with hardware; to take his taw; pour
the leather into him; put him on the
pan; slip him one on the wind kid
nap his Angora show him where he
gets off, To put it more plainly, hav-
ing bought chips in game where the
custom has been to play 'em close to
the waistcoat, the Americans have
taken off the limit and announce they
will copper all bets, see all raises and
intend, the very first time the kaiser
gets his feet wet, to call him off the
Christmas tree.
It is plain in the circumstances that
our British brethren are about to find
their knowledge of English handsome
ly increased.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
BOMBS KILL % IN ENGLAND
Fifty Others Injured When German
Flyers Bombard Town Forty Miles
From London.

London, Aug. 14-Twenty-three per-
sons, including nine women and SIX
children, were killed and fifty persons
were injured at South End, in Essex,
10 miles east of London, by bombs
dropped by German raiders on Sun
day, says an official statement issued
here. Two men were injured at Roch-
ford.
Considerable damage to property
was caused at South End by the near
" forty bombs dropped on the town.
A score of German airplanes carried
out the raid. They were driven back
to sea by British battleplanes.
The latest statement follows:
ENEMY raiders caused considerable
damage at South End, where they
dropped about forty bombs. The casu-
alties thus far reported are:
KILLED, eight men, nine women, SIX
children. About fifty people were in
jured.
"At Rockford two men were injured,
but no damage is reported. At Mar
gate four bombs were dropped. One
uninkabited house was demolished,
but there were no fatalities"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
ILLINOIS MINE MEN AGREE
TO LOWER PRICE OF COAL
duce Cost of Fuel-Chief Justice
Named Dictator"

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Coal prices in
Illinois are to go tumbling
Illinois citizens are assured a boun-
teous supply of coal.
Today the state has a "coal dicta-
tor
He is Chief Justice Grin N. Carter
of the state supreme court.
Illinois coal mine operators threw
up their hands in absolute surrender
to Gov. Frank o. Lowden at midnight
after tive-hour grueling conference
at the Blackstone hotel.
1t was sweeping victory for the
governor. Lone-handed, behind locked
doors, he fought In the end there
came complete surrender.
Epitomized. here is the agreement:
1. Illinois coal is to be conserved for
Illinois-it is not to go to other states
paying higher prices.
2. At once the retailer is to be placed
under fire and must reduce his prices
to the consumers and with a big
slash
3. Chief Justice Carter, as director
of COAL" is to decide all questions as
to production, prices, distribution and
transportation. He is empowered to
fix prices at which coal shall be sold
at the mine
A. The state council of defense, coal
mine operators and miners union are
at once to select each committees of
three, who will have the right to be
heard before the director on all ques-
tons. They are at once, with the di-
rector, to take up the subject of re-
tail price with the retail dealer and
also at once to go into the question of
transportation with the railroads.
Chief Justice Carter was drafted
by Governor Lowden as dictator. He
was not consulted.
The dictator will name price on
all coal at the mines within three or
four days. The data as to cost OF
production, ETC., are already at hand
and awaiting his disposal. He can
not fix prices at any time in excess
of those which may be fixed by the
federal government.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17

were useless and only an Upei0IIUH
would help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham .
Vegetable Compound has proved it
otherwise. / am now perfectly well
and can do any kind of work: Mrs
NELLIE PHELPS, care of +. A. Rider
RID. No. S, Fulton, N. Y,
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
ters written by women made well by Ly.-
dia e. Pirikham's Vegetable Compound.
If YOU have bad symptoms and DO not
understand the cause, write TO the
i,ydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn.
Mass. for helpful advice given free.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
RECORD 1917 CROP FOR U. S.
Government Estimates Corn Yield at
3,1e1, 100000 Bushels This Year
Wheat Crop Is Reduced.

Washington, Aug. Corn to relieve
the hunger of the nations at war with
Germany: to furnish the alcohol for
the powder for the shells of America
and its allies: TO feed all American
live stock and bring down the price
of beef and pork, and to make up for
the shortage in wheat which is felt
over the world, is nearing maturity on
American farms, according to the Au-
gust government crop report.
The indicated yield of this king of
American cereals is 3,191 100000 BUSH
elsa larger crop than was ever raised
in a single year before. 1t is $1,000
600 bushels larger than was indicated
in the July report, and 60S,O0O,OO0
bushels larger than was raised last
year.
The winter wheat yield is now har-
vested. and is estimated by the gov
eminent at 100000, a gain of 49,
100000 bushels over the July forecast.
The promise for the whole nation is
653. 100000 bushels, or only 100000
bushels above the short crop of last
wear. indicating that there must be
large substitution of other foods for
wheat. if the United States is to spare
any large amount of this grain for its
allies.
The oats crop. however. mostly har-
vested now, is a record-breaker. It is
estimated at 1,456,0O00O0, compared
with yield of 1,2520O0,0OO last year,
which proved ample for this nations
home and export needs.
The indicated yield of white pota-
toes is for 467, 100000, compared with
only 2S5, 100000 bushels last year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
u. S. PLANS TO INSURE
ALL AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Measure Introduced in Both Houses OF
Congress-Wife Of Enlisted Man to
Get Half of Pay.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Bearing the
presidents stamp of approval and Sec
rotary McAdoO's plea that 1T be made
law, in justice to Americas fighting
men and their families, the long-ex-
pected war compensation, indemnity
and insurance bill was introduced in
both houses of congress. Drafted by
international experts under Secretary
McAdoo's direction, the proposed law
is a substitute for the Civil war pen
sion system.
Authority to make effective the gov
ernment's program of insuring the
armed forces of the nation was sought
of congress in bills introduced in both
houses by Senator Simmons and Rep
resentative Alexander. The proposed
legislation was framed to follow plans
already announced in general outline.
1t would provide:
Insurance at minimum cost for
American soldiers, sailors and ma
rines, the insured men paying the pre-
miums.
Family allowances to dependents of
men in the nations military and naval
service.
Naturalization for disabilities and
the re-education and rehabilitation, at
government expense, of injured men.
A feature, not previously announced,
would make it compulsory for officers
and men to allot minimum of $15 a
month out of their pay to dependent
wives and children. The maximum
compulsory allotment is half pay.
These allotments would be supplement-
ed by family allowances, to be made by
the government, of from So to $50 q
month, according to the circumstances
and number of dependents.
Liberal indemnities for partial and
total disability are included in the pro-
gram, varying from $40 to $50 per
month minimum, up to 5000 month
for higher officers. Insurance would be
written by the government on the lives
of the men at a rate of approximately
So per $1,000 in sums from $1,000 to
$4,000, the premium payable in Install
ments.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
BIG WAR STRIKE AvERTED
Firm Signs Contract to Employ only
Union Men in Constructing
Cantonments.

New York, Aug. 11.-All danger of
a general strike of carpenters on gov
eminent war construction work
throughout the country was averted
when an agreement covering the points
In dispute was signed here by Henry
Steers. representing Henry Steers,
Inc, contractors at the Pelham Bay
bald NJ Guerin, representing the Unit
ed Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners. The Steers company promised
TO employ only union carpenters at
Pelham Bay, wages and hours as fixed
by the government to prevail
The agreement is considered here a
victory. for the union men.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
HOOVER APPOINTED
j. S. FOOD CHIEF
Two Measures Signed by the
President.
POLICIES ARE OUTLINED
IS ARE OUTLINED
POLICIES
Conservation Measures Become Law
of Land as Administration at
Washington Takes Charge
of the Situation.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE admins
tration food control and food survey
bills were signed on Friday by Presi-
dent Wilson and became law.
The first bill provides for stimula-
ton of production and the second for
control of foods and fuel.
Formal appointment of Herbert
Hoover as food administrator was an
nounced at the White House later.
The president summoned Mr. Hoover
to the White House, presented him
with the pen with which he signed the
bill, and signed legislative order APP
pointing him food administrator.
Hoover Tells of Plans.
Mr.. Hoover tells of his plans in a
statement which he issued here:
1.-THE food administration is to stabil-
ize and not disturb conditions, and to
defend honest enterprise against ille-
Ultimate competition" he said. ut
has been devised to correct the abnor-
malities and abuses that have crept
into trade by reason of the world dis
turbance and to restore business as far
as may be to a reasonable basis.
1.-THE hopes of the food administra-
ton are threefold.
First, to SO guide the trade in the
fundamental food commodities as to
eliminate vicious speculation, extor-
ton and wasteful practices and to
stabilize prices in the essential sta
pies.
Second, to guard our exports so
that against the worlds shortage we
retain sufficient supplies for our own
people and to cooperate with the al
lies to prevent imitation of prices.
Third, that we stimulate the saving
of our food that we may increase ex-
ports to our allies to a point which
will enable them to properly provision
their armies and to feed their peoples
during the coming winter
Vote on Bill Was sc to 7.
Washington, Aug 9.-The food con-
troll bill passed through the last
stage of legislative enactment on
Wednesday, when it was finally adopt
ed by the senate in the form previous
Iy approved by the house, following a
conference. The vote was sc to Z.
Senators opposing the measure were
Gronna, France, La Toilette and Pen
rose, Republicans, and Reed, Hardwick
and Hollis, Democrats.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17
GERMAN EDITOR IS SEIZED
Or. Fritz Beremeier Arrested by u S.
Men at ST. Paul for Attacking
War Moves.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 10.-Dr. Fritz
Bergmeier, president of the st. Paul
VoIks Zeitung, was arrested by order
of President Wilson under the procla-
nation of April 6. The general policy
of the Volks Zeitung has been to least
aspersion by innuendo" on American
war measures, 1t is charged. He was
committed to Jail pending further or
ders from the president.