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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
ARGENTINA SIDETRACKS
DECLARATION OF WAR
Berlin's Disavowal Of LuXburg's
Acts Accepted as Tempo
rarily Satisfactory"
By CHARLES P. STEWART
pecidl Gable Service Of the United Press aud
ErCniIIQ LcdOcr.


BUENOS AIRES, Sept "a.
For the immediate present at least Ar
gentinas determination to declare war
against Germany is TO be held in allegiance,
Government officials today accepted as
Temporarily satisfactory" n message from
the German Government, transmitted
through the Argentine Minister at Berlin,
disavowlng Count Luxburg's utterances and
denying that the Kaiser approved of Lux
burg personally.
The fact was emphasized, however. that
this disavowal does not constitute the full
free and formal reply demanded in Argen-
tina's ultimatum It's receipt however,
stops the Chamber of Deputies immediate
consideration Of the resolution supporting
the Governments plea for declaring state
Of war with Germany.
Pablc interest was transferred from the
German situation today to the more press
ing crisis of the nationwide strike. At l
a. m. today all railway employees struck.
Complete paralysis of all rail communica-
ton seemed certain. The situation is ad-
mittedly Of the most serious character as
many cities lack large supplies of fuel and
food.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
CAMP DIX MEN TO AID
IN POLICING TRENTON
Step Deemed Advisable in View of the
Number of Soldiers Visiting
City

TRENTON, Sept 24.-Following n con-
ference today between Governor Edge,
Major General Kennedy, commandant o.
Camp Dix, acting Adjutant General Gilky-
SON. Quartermaster General Murray and
Mayor Frederick W. Donnell, of this city,
it was decided to establish military police
force here with soldiers brought from Camp
Dix 10 assist the Trenton police in main
tanning order.
This step is believed to he necessary, ow.
ing to the presence of great numbers Of
soldiers from the cantonment here every
day and night. There has been very little
disorder thus far, but the establishment
Of military police is a precaution to guard
against contingencies. The Torco will have
headquarters at tho Second Regiment an e
mOry.
General Kennedy, II is understood Is dis
posed to be generous in the matter of leaves
of absence to the soldiers and will continue
so unless the privilege is abused. In that
event leaves will be limited
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
WAR HASTENS WEDDING
Major Andrew j. White Will Marry
Miss Nelson at Bellevue-Strat-
ford Tonight

Another war marriage will be solemnized
tonight at the Bellevue -Stratford when Miss
Dema Tyrl Nelson, Of Big Rock Ill. be-
comes the bride of Major Andrew j. White.
The marriage. which will be performed by
the Rev. Edward 5. Nndc pastor Of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church. OF Ger
mantown was FASTENED by the bridCgroom's
removal from Governors Island to Camp
Shelby, Harrisburg, Miss, following bis
appointment as divisional adiutant Of the
Thrty-eighth Infantry, stationed at that
place
Major White, whose home is in Cham
bersburg, Pa, is a graduate of West Point.
class Of 1904. lie was captain NJ the
Twenty Infantry, stationed at Cover
nors Island, until his appointment as
major, which came several days ago with
orders to 20 to Fort Shelby.
Miss Nelson was tclegraphod to and came
to Philadelphia several days ago, stopping
at the Bellevue. Major White arrived today
and a marriage license was obtained shortly
afternoon only a few friends and some
relatives of the bridegroom will witness
the ceremony Major White Is thlrty-slx
years Of age and his bride thirty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
DNSTDERnNG MAIL
TUBES HERE TODAY
Congressional Commission
Hears Arguments of
Business Men
OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS

The Congressional Commission which is
..nslderIng the question of retaining or
Sisnensing with the pneumatic mail tube
sorvice in Philadelphia and other cities
i hearing arguments OF the Philadelphia
Toint Committee on the Retention of the
pneunatic Mail Tube Service for this city
mis- afternoon in the rooms Of the Board
~ Trade in the Bourse Building. Upon
INC showing made by the committee will
largely depend the final decision as to tho
,,te Of the tubes--whether the Government
wn continue TO use them and whether il
wlIl buy them. George =. Bartol. prcsi-
dsnt Of the Bourse Emil J. Albrecht. scc-
retary Of the Bourse j. Allen Thompson.
Of the First National Bank. as the repre-
sentative Of the Clearing House Aasuyia-
tion and others are among the speakers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
GASTON MEANS ENTERS
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
Motion for Change of Venue
Made and Granted as Mat
ter of Law
CONCORD, y. c, Sept. "a,

CASTOR Bullock Means shortly after
opening of his preliminary hearing here
this morning on the charge of numbering
Mrs. Maud A. King entered a plea Of not
guilty.
Means first move in his fight against
the murder charge was a motion for n
change of venue to another Justice. Palmer
was compelled by law to grant the motion.
"The action is ordered removed to Justice
c. A. Pitts" said Justice Palmer. 81 GER
tainly appreciate the motion. 1t relieves
me of an unpleasant responsibility
The State scored it's first strong point
against Means when -Coroners physician
Burmeister, of Chicago, testified that Mrs.
Kings death wound was inflicted on the
left side of her head, whereas 'the autopsy
proved that Mrs. King was right-handed'
L. A. Weddington, undertaken who
handled Mrs King body, was the first wit
ness called by the State. He told or being
called by Alton Means to prepare Mrs.
Kings body the night Of the alleged murder
and of shipping il in a hermetically sealed
casket in a steel case to Asheville IN COM
pany with Alton and Castor Means, Au-
gust 80.
= "Ail he said was: We have decided to
take the body to Chicago,'" " said Wedding
Means went with the body to the grave
yard in Chicago, sticking close by 1t, the
witness said
Means claims Mrs King had on high
neeed slippers when she stumbled and
fell, discharging the pistols, he says accl-
dentally killing her. Wellington testified
Mrs King had on no Slippers or anything
but hose on her feet when he got the body
the night of her death, He remembered
that because he examined her broken
ankle.
Dr, william BuTmeister, chief Coroner 5
physician from Chicago, who has the bul-
let taken from Mrs. Kings head at the
midnight autopsy in Chicago after the au-
thorities' suspicious were aroused then
took the stand
His testimony is expected 10 prove that
Mrs. King could not have died accidentally
did.
He described the autopsy.
Dr., Burmelster testified that Mrs, Kings
angle was broken before she died He said
the hemorrhage around the fracture proved
IT. This might strengthen AIeans's claim
that Mrs, King broke her ankle in falling
when, he says. she accidentally killed her
self
Burmoister, in describing the wound told
how the bullet entered two inches above
and two behind the left ear and described
circle conforming to the contour Of the
skull as 1t raced through the millionaire
Woman's brain
Burmeister swore that Mrs. Kings arms
were not long enough for her to hold the
gun far enough away to iniict the death
wound and leave no powder burns.
Resides" said he, "she was right-handed
and wouldn't have shot herself on the left
SIDE OF the head anyhow"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
U.s. TROOPSUNDER
FIRE;TWOWOUNDED
One Contingent of Sammees
in Camp Close Behind
British Lines
ANXIOUS TO go OVER TOP"
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE
ITTI-T I, G.. ot

Win THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE
FIELD, Sept "a.
American troops for the FIRST time are
under German fire in France.
Two American soldiers have been slight
~ wounded They were struck by frag-
ments of n bursting she'll
certain contingent VI the American
army is now located directly behind tn,
British lines, well within range Of the enemy
guns
The two wounded men are the proudest
members Of this contingent. which I visited
Sunday.
The eyes Of this American contingent
are turned lonEnEiv t. the British line.
The Sammees work with the boom OF can
non always IN their ears They are great
nals of the Tommies. and listen enviously
To stories Of going over the TOP"
So eager are the Sammees to fight that
the strictest regulations imposing severe
punishment have been necessary to pre-
vent them sneaking off to the front. under
chaperonagc Of Tommies
A group Of officers sat today before a
table on which reposed "A great dish of
Boston baked beans rooted with Drowned
bacon and toasted in cocoa the dav when
they should follow the stars and Stripes
then fluttering overhead behind the bar.
rage. This was their answer to the Kaiser 5
offer of an iron cross. 800 marks and a
fortnghts leave for the first American.
dead or alive And after the toast the Of
icers rolled cigarettes to ward off their
impatience to get into action.
II was the first performance of this kind
seen in this part Of the world
American officers hugely admire the
British achievements, especially after a
glimpse of the difficulties Of their war
making The Americans admit they have
much to learn and many illusions to be
shattered. They say no amount of pic
lures or lectures or theoretical practice can
prepare the mind for the actual fighting
Officers must see the real thing to under
stand the task.
America had no idea that fighting meth
DDS in the great war were continually
changing these officers explained. Folks
back home" have believed the present
fighting strictly warfare from trenches but
as matter Of fact the actual fighting is
now over virtually a trenchless country
the enemy occupying concrete re-enforced
shell holes, with steel and concrete pill
boxes" scattered over an area two-thirds OF
a mile wide. The trenches are only used
to the rear of these defenses. and are
manned by reserves instead of by contin.
uously fighting forces.
The new British barrage is the object OF
the Americans profound admiration. They
regard ii as the only safeguard by which
the ''pill-boX zone" can be navigated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

forget that again. when Michaells. the Ger
man Chancellor, but n short while past, de-
livered his speech or proposed peace TO the
Berlin Parliament, these Prussan maraud-
ers turned upon n helpless little American
bark then in Mediterranean waters, shot II
TO skaters, and with its poor, helpless sail
ors sinking TO the sea, seized the lifeboats
and broke them into splinters, that the
floating American seamen should die the
saddest Of slow deaths, where wife and chill
dren. then helpless and homeless, would
haunt their dying eyes Was there ever
such invention OF cruelty in civilizations
annals? Who asks that such as these
America shall trust again?
Never until Prussia surrenders 20
American rights, makes just restitution for
her cruel wrongs and gives inviolable
guarantees Of peace and Justice for all tho
future. will America ever lay down her
arms"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
EXPECT TO SEE SAMMEES
IN ACTION BEFORE WINTER
WASHINGTON. Sept. "a.

First news that two Americans were in
iured while their contingent was under Ger
man fire in France was conveyed to the War
Department in United Press dispatches from
William Philip Smms today.
The news sent thrill of anticipation
through military officials today and was
taken to indicate that before snow flies
American forces bearing the Stars and
Stripes will be going over the top" with
the Tommies and pOilus.
Some days ago Simms cabled the first
news of the bombing of American hospital
forces, and it was explained at the War De-
partment then that these particular troops
were outside Pershing's jurisdiction, hence
the delay in receiving official word here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Receiver to Operate Plant

For the third time within four months
an effort has been made to sell the plant
Of the Camden Iron Works at public sale
After a failure to receive bids, Attorney
Joseph II. Gaskill, counsel for the receiver,
announced that the plant which has a large
number of contracts. would be operated
by the receiver
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Going TO Buffalo Convention

Five members Of the Commercial Ex-
change in the Philadelphia Bourse left last
nlFht for Buffalo where they will represent
me exchange at the annual three days con-
vention Of the National Grain Dealers AS
ISOLATION. The local delegatign to the con-
ventlon. which begins today. consists of
A r. Clemmer. secretary Of the exchange !;
Robert Morris, James l.. King J. B. Pultz
and Morris l.. Miller
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Funeral of George w. Bovd

Men who are prominent i'm railroad and
business circles will attend the funeral to-
morrow of George w Boyd. passenger traffic
manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad who
died at his home, Cape May. on Saturday
Services will he conducted at noon at the
Church Of the Advent by the Rev Paul s.
Howe rector The interment will be in
PHILADELPHIA,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
DIES GRIPPING BANK NOTES

S66 in her hands, Miss Katherine Dowling
eighty years old, 141O North Nineteenth
street. was found dead in bed today. Ac-
cording to the police, gas was flowing from
an open jet.
The aged woman is said to have been i'll
for several weeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Three Autos in Mix.Iin

Three automobiles engaged in football
tactics on Thirteenth street near Market
early today. They came together in a
grand rush. one tackled the other, while
the third went through the store window
of A. Refs, at North Thirteenth. No one
was injured. one Of the trio was coming
south and two were rushing north, the
police say. when the smash-up occurred
Two of the cars belonged to Harry Risley,
Of 1888 Brown street and Ellis Marks,
of Pip South Philip street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Operation on Fractured Spine

An apparently successful operation for
a fractured spine and dslocated vertebrae
has been performed in st. Agnes's Hospital
by Dr. c. l.. Collins, a naval surgeon, on
Charles Thompson, thirty-three years old,
of 2t33 South Seventeenth street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
POttsville R. r. Man Goes to Baltimore

POTTSVILLE. Pa, Sept 24.-L H. Pal
mer. manager of the Eastern Pennsylvania
Railway Company resigned TO accept the
assistant management Of the United Rail-
ways and Electric Company, of Baltimore.
Vandusen Rickert also resigned as assistant
manager. The designations go into erect
on October !.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Grave Diggers May Strike Again

The grave dggers of Holy Cross Gene
terry who returned to work after strike,
issued an ultimatum demanding higher
wages and shorter hours under threat of
another "walkout" on Thursday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Teach Treatment of Shell Shock

An intensive course in the treatment
Of shell-shattered nerves is being given the
members of the United States Medical Re
serve by Dr. Charles X. Mills and Dr. r.
H. weisenburg, at the Philadelphia and
University Hospitals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Diver Receivers Lost Diamond

A diamond ring valued at $4,000, which
vas lost In twenty-four feet OF water at
heaehmont Point BY Mrs. Alexander Biddle
~ khis cltyfrWah recovered twenty minutes
Nl'r by Bob Chase. a diver
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

Two members of the Evening
Ledger family" in the military
service of the nation. Joseph Hal
lahan (upper), of the engraving
department, who is going to Camp
NJ ca de. Walter II. Deyhle
llower), printer, who has Joined
the Naval Coast Defense Reserve
and is stationed at Brooklyn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Formal Fall Opening
in Suits and Overcoats

saturday at closing time the Reduction Artillery
swept counters clear of last seasons last Suits
and lightweight Overcoats. This morning the
full formations of our Fall and Winter phalanxes
come hurtling over the top, and the assault is on
for a brand new season!
G"Some" season, too, it's going to be, for they're
"some" Fall and Winter Suits, some Fall and
Winter Overcoats lined up and ready to Garry
on!
gWe're going to tell you about them from day
to day in this newspaper. At this writing, we can
say more than that the soldierly swank of both
Suits and Overcoats is the dominating style fea-
ture of many of the assortmepts. All of them
conservative, moderately conservative, fashion
able, ultra fashionable, Young Mems models and
Junior Special" styles - constitute the finest
stocks of all wool Fall and Winter clothes in any
Philadelphia store today!
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
GOOD LECTURE
FRIDAY NIGHT

Those who wish to hear a
rally enjoyable discourse
should be sure to hear DR.. Tup-
per Friday evening at the
school auditorium. He has
consented to stay over and de-
liver q lecture on the humorous
side of a pastors life. This
will be witty, laughable, but
sensible and impressive lecture
and DR.. Upper will be highly
enjoyed by those who attend.
There will be no charge for this
lecture. After the lecture is
over, there will be an offering
to go into the soldiers Bible
fund which is being fostered
by the Dispatch.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
CIVIL WAR IS ON
NOW in RUSSIA
SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT PLACES

PETROGRAD, Dec. 13. (Thursday)-
The Bolsheviki forces have defeated
the Death Battalion" near Bielgord,
where fighting with the Koniloff and
Kaledines forces is centered. In the
Orenberg district where Gen. Dutoff
has large foce of cossacks there is
sent agitators to work among his
troops.
1t is reported that Kalgua has been
taken from the Bolshewiki after the de
feat of the counter revolutionary of
the death Battalion.
The commanders of the Black Sea
fleet has called upon all the sailors to
against Kaledines, declaring "Kaledi-
mes, together with the allied imperial
lists, has declared civil war"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
AUSTRIANS REPORT
STILL STANDS 10000

LONDON, Dec 14-The official Aus
trian statement reviewing the recent
attack in the northern Italian front
says in four day of fighting in the Fe-
letta region, six hundred and thirty
nine. Itaian officers and more than
sixteen thousand men were captured,
together with two hundred and ninety
three guns, 233 machine guns and a
quantity OF other war mateials.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
HARD WORKING NEGRO
LOSES TO SNEAK THEFT

Frank Copeland and his
wife are hard working negroes
but their effort of late has not
proven worth much, for what
they have saved and what
clothes they had for themselves
were all stolen from the house
yesterday in broad daylight as
they worked. Their little
girl was away in school and no
one was at home. Frank made
the mistake of trying to keep
ms money at home instead of
at the bank where it belonged
Now he has $38 worth of
that kind of experience. But
he could not put his clothes in
the bankand they are gone too.
The thief took two suits Of
clothes, an overcoat, two dres-
SEES, a pistol, a gold bracelet
and a finger ring and watch
with Franks name in it and
three pairs Of shoes. The ca
lamity is almost too great and
Frank will be glad Of any infor
mationthat will lead to the ar
rest Of the guilty person.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
DIR. RAIDER CONES
TO LECTURE TOMORROW

DR.. William RAIDER, is the
third attraction on the local
Iyceumand will be here tomor
row evening to deliver a lect-
ure of rare worth and infor-
nation, Those who have mt
been giving attention to the
lyceum course have been mis-
sing something Of late and it
is now time to get and attend
while there is time yet to get
into some of the best.
DR.. RAIDER is one of the best
speakers on the lyceum and
those who miss him tomorrow
will be missing much more
than they are aware Of.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
WOMEN PLEAD AS
YOUNG DIE OF COLD
SEVEREST COLD SITUATION IN
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA snowstrom
approaching blizzard proportions ragged
throughout the night, crippled all traf-
tic today and interrupted wire service.
1t brought intense suffering to the
poor, accentuated by the shortage of
coal In the BonX yesterday the en-
tire supply of coal was exhausted.
People beseiged the empty yards in
vain. In Booklyn and New York east
side, there small riots in which women
were the chief aticipants. They
were pleading that their children we're
dying of cold at home
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
DENIED WOMANSPY
EXECUTED HERE

WASHINGTON, Dec 14.-The per
sistent repetition of story that wo-
man spy has been executed in the
United States has caused the State
Department to send an official denial
to the American legations and consuls
in the European neutral countries.
The story originated in Germany and
its widespread use is regarded as anoth
er case of propaganda. The name of
the woman is given as Anna Hhitems.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
MEASLES NOW SHOW
LESS DANGER in CAMP
SURGEON GENERAL REUORTS ON
CASES so FAR.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Measles
epidemic in the camps of the thir-
tenth, thirty-frst, thirtyeighth and
thirty-ninth divisions of the national
guard troops no longer constitutes a
menace, ccording to a report for the
week ending December 7, made pub
lie today by Surgeon eneral Gorgas.
The epidemic spreads somewhat in
the thirty-fourth, thirty-ffth and thir-
ty-siXth and pneumonia following mea
sizes particularly increased in the thir-
ty-sixth and slightly increased in the
thirty eighth and thirty-ninth. The
report shows a hundred and ninety
deaths in national guard and one hun
dred and seventy-one being from pneu-
monia and seventy-four death in the
nationa army of which forty-seven
were from pneumonia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
MRS. THOMAS GRIFFIN rs
DEAD AT PATEVILLE

Mrs. Thomas Griffin died yes
terday at the family home at
Patevilleafter a brief Hines
The funeral and interment will
occur this afternoon at Zion
Hope. Rev. 7. H. Horton will
conduct the services. Mrs.
Griffin was highly esteemed
and beloved in her community.
and her death is a distinct
shock to friends Her hus-
band, a daughter, Miss Eula
Bell, and two sons, T. A. and
Oscar survive.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
CITY TEACHERS
SALARIES RAISED
SUM OF FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH
ADDED BY CITY BOARD OF
EDUCATION.


The city board of education has adj
ded $500 a month to the salaries of
the teachers in the grammar grades
who are drawing $4,000 a month.
This increases has been given so as
to take effect at once and the teachers
will benefit thereby.
The state has added a large amount
to the educational fund this year and
it viii go to the common schools. The
portion of this coming to the Cordele
city schools will enable the board to
make the increase.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-14
WRIGHT HAS TWO
SISTERS in CRISP
MAN NAMED TO SUCCEED w. c..
ADAMSON HAS RELATIVES ALL
AROUND COMMUNITY.

w. c. Wright, the man who was yes
terday announced as the successor of
W. C. Adamson, in the Fourth Con-
gressional district, has two sisters who
reside at Hatley and number of other
relatives in this community.
The sisters are Mrs. T. S. Roberts
and Mrs. Eugene Roberts. Mrs. Cecil
Williams is his niece. A number of
other kinsmen live in Crisp and the
new congressman will doubtless have
a number of people in this county and
community who will be more than
glad of his winning out in the long con
test 70 the position