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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
DRY STATES WON'T
STAY ON WAGON
Men With White Mule Pack
ages Unable to Take
Them Home

Tim. and experience under prohlbiiiu'
are working out some very curious and
Instructive results IN tho ncighboring
communities of oregon and Washington
one Of the first effects of the dry regmC
was an increase in the demand for can
dy, for fruit juices, and other more nj
less ladylikc indulgences, including
chewing gum and taffy on u stick. But
it was soon discovered that overdoses OF
candy wrought havoc with the digestive
systems and that ovcrnuch fruit acid
produced rheumatism and other ills
The appetite for something stronger
reasserted itself and now We learn from
the Seattle Times Ga paper which ar.
IDENTIFY supported tho dry laWs) that
there has been Il fairly general return :"
the "critter" III one form or another
Out of 17i5 arrests by tho Seattle 10
lice department during the month Z
September. Gil were for drunkcnnrsy
And in this connection Chief of Ioli.'
Rockingham makes the interesting sta;
ment that raw alcohol Is being larg
consumed as "A substitute for whs
Ee estimates the percentage OF whis'.
drunkS at 10 and the alcoholic AT
Further, Chief Rockingham declares II,
when whisky was the chief article
consumption the average drinker rp'
pack his load" home, but the swit,n.
raw alcohol produces Il severer forf'
drunkenness. ~ man well loaded
white mule" as 1t is known u
vernacular, literally drops in his IT..
With each successive prohibition -
importation of whisky into the =.
Washington the number Of raw g.
drinkers has increased.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
GOVERNOR APPOINTED
DEAD MAN TO OFFICE
Twice Named OH Important Com
mittces by the States Chief
Executive

HARRISBJR RCi. Dec. lj.--Nhcu the
present State Administration ends IL will
have surpassed all others in the humber
OF proclamations issued by the GOV ernor
and the number of committees named by
the Executive.
The committees named have been SO
numerous that it is physical imposs!-
bility for any one at the executive de-
partment TO check up the names of men
chosen. Twice n dead man, Bruce Camp
bell has been appointed to committees.
The State Public Safety Committee
contained the name of a Johnstown law
yer who had been dead for year The
legal advisory committee named for one
Johnstown draft board contains the
name of this same dead lawyer, and q
man who has been in the army for a
year also has been selected for Johns
town board
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
SEDITION FLOODED STATE
Testimony at Lithuanian Newspaper
Mans Hearing Proves Startling

Foreign settlements in different parts
of Pennsylvania were flooded with lit
erature against the United States Gov
ernment, according to Government
agents who testified at todays hear
ing Of Joseph v. Stilson, u Lithuanian
newspaperman. Stilson is accused of
violating the espionage act and con-
spiracy to keep men from joining the
National Army. He was held III $4,000
bail for trial by Commissioner Long.
Stilson iS national secretary of the
Federation of Lithuanian Socialists of
America and is connected with a weekly
newspaper called koNa. He IS accused
Of having participated in the writing of
some Of the literature winch was dis
tributod IN I'll" foreign SECTIONS of the
State.
Joseph Sukys, business manager on
the Nova, who was arrested for con-
spiracy, was also before Commissioner
Long. iiP was held In 5000 bail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
COAL SHORTAGE CLOSES
100 CLEVELAND PLANTS
Garfield Told 100000 Are Out of
Work-Relicf Asked

GLEN ELANr. Dec. 1I.--With close
to 100000 men and women thrown out
Of work because of the shutting down
Of more than one hundred factories and
close to 10000 families suffering because
Of lack of fuel, Federal Fuel Adminstra-
tor Garfield was appealed to at Washing
ton today to rush coal to Cleveland.
Twelve thousand cars of lakc-consigued
coal, he was told, are standing ON Ken
lucky tracks.
Many factories which shut down were
making munitions for the Allies and
this Government.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
GREAT BRASS PLANT
Company Will Utilize Big
Car Shop Building

, Pa. Dec. 15.-Ihe York Hard
Nd Brass Works is planning to
~ Of the largest plants of the
(oouthsrn Pennsy vania. 1t Is at
) opefating a factory at the corner
1akfield and Commerce streets. In
~ End. but n deal has been con-
|&o6 whereby the company will
~ old Billmcyer & Small car
# viii be available for immediate
&Co square feet of floor space
noFe Of ground for storage pur-
~ II expected that operations
M plant will begin with the
~ new year. and employment
Sven fifty 10 sixty moldsrs
- aud aluminium castings will
w Tile company has contracts
n,ergency Fleet CORPORATION.
~ Ordnance Department and
~ navy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
GOuLLET ENLISTS IN NAVY
Australian Who Won SiX-Day Bike
Race Joins Uncle Sans Colors

NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-Alfred Goullet
who. with Jake Magin. won the v.d'
bicycle race here last week, enlisted yes
terday in the navy,
"Profe Ssional athlete do not produce
anything and here is their chance to
show they are made Yf the r ght stuff"
said Goullet after signing the enlis.-
ment papers. This is a wonderful on
portunty for athletes to serve their
country. They are in the pink OF cond
tion and can stand the grind. They arr
not like the business man. who must
sacrifice his business II he goes to
war
Goullet, who Is twenty-sX years old
was born at Victoria. Australia, and
lives in Newark, y. j.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
lMENDS own SHOES
TO ASSIST BABIES
West Philadelphia Chauffeur's
Message Cheers Hospital
Campaign Workers
TOTAL REACHES s92,52O
Fourth Days Result Shows Half
way Mark in $175,000 Drive
Exceeded

Guess 1t won't hurt me TO cut out a
babies. ! intend 10 cobble my own shoes.
too. 1nclosed is one dollar saved on "a
job Of half solng."
The above message. signed ives,
Philadelphil Chauffeur" brought II round
OF applause at todays rally luncheon Of
campaign workers for the Babies Hos
pital fund Of $l75,00o, hold ut the
Bellevue Stratford.
\ contribution OF $500 From the
Haliboys Of the Merton Cricket G Cub"
and $500 "ln Memoriam of Il Baby"
were other items swelling the days re-
ceipts 10 S@O,lJI, bringing "A grind total
OF s92 2,52O for the first four days of the
ten-day drive
As this represents an average of over
S23,OOO day to date. the remaining
$4,000 of the aimed for sl75,o00 is
counted on with certainty by next Sat-
urday night.
champion honors of the day for the
"unicn's teams we're divided between
Mrs. William Gray Warden. captain Of
team No ., who reported subscriptions
OF $"llu, and Mrs, T.. L. Altman, cap
tam of team NO. /, whose showing Yas
S3lu". Tho Business M.us banner
went 10 Captain b. B. Reath, Cd, of
team no. III, on n showing OF $ii5l.
Herman l.. Collins spoke with feeling
OF the appalling waste s,f precious baby
life in this, the richest city in the
world. Not $4,000 but $500 will
be the total piled up through your cf-
forts by next Saturday night" lie told
the assembled workers. "onco philadol-
phia comes to rcalzc the shame Of
21.uVO futuro citizens permitted to die
needlessly in Il year"
The present dispeusary of tho Babies
HoSpital is doing notable work in allevi-
atng the misery Of the shivering poor
by supplying them with coal at low cost
at THIS time of scarcity. W was pointed
out IN tito report Of a worker over
twenty babies who might otherwise have
perished from cold ara being kept snug
ana warm today at the hosptll's tenn
porary dispensary, COS Addison street
Tho Sl75,0O0 fund which IS the aim of
this drive will provide n special fund
Tor tho continuance Of this sorely needed
work for the babies of the poor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
Cotton High in Austria

ZURICH. Dec. 15.-Advices from vi
emma state that cotton is now selling
there at thirty kronen tabout So u reel
Agents. however. 1t Is said. are purchas-
ing all stocks available and are shipping
them TO Budapest. where prices are still
higher. The authorities promise fifty
yards of thread to each Austrian house
hold. Austrian soldiers are guarding
the Hungarian frontier to prevent
smuggling
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
He Can't Stop Growing

Although he Is thirty-nine years old,
Arthur Clark, an inmate of a Michigan
sanatoriun,, adds quarter inch to his
height every twelve months and now
stockings.
Physicians have been studying Clarks
case for years. but cannot explain why
he continues TO grow.--Capper's Weekly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
WOMEN PLAN TO SEND
GREETING TO SAMMEES
Gulctide Message to Pershing and
Ills Men Will Express
Confidence

WASHINGTON, Dec. la message
Of confidence carrying lulotide greet
ing is planned to bo sent to General
pcrshiug and his soldiers by the De-
fcusc Councils wcmons committee.
"rhc women of America are with you
in spirit and in service. You aro ouI.
stand1rd-bcarcrs and are our hope. We
love you, We believe in YOU and wc pray
for you at this season. tho message
will read.
Because Of the wide scope cf thc COM
mittec's activities the message viii rep
resent the sentiment Of the womauhood
OF this countr'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
kIH'
|lILCOlJNCI
Named to Co-ord-
, I'M Movements
yainst Teutons
MEET IN EUROPE
III Benson Sends Word
Ian to Insure Closest
Operation of Fleets

D11INGTON. Dec. 15.--A cable
nom Admiral Benson at Paris
noes the creation of an allied
council to coordinate the naval
bus of all the nations at war
Ne Central Powers.
bors OF the council. established
ofdance with the plans of the
k1l1ed Conference. will report to
xeopective Governments with rec
I00dations for action.
- council will be composed of the
1ter of Marine and chief of naval
ox each country. and in the case
~ United States Secretary Daniels
k1x1iral Benson. AS the meetings
be held in Europe. flag officers
mated by their Governments will
Int tho members from both the
- States and Japan.
niral Benson's message was made
by Secretary Daniels, as fol.
XLho conference was held at the Min
k 0f Marine in Paris on Thursday
1'fiday. November 29 and 80, pre-.
- over by Monsieur Leygues. Min.
5<1< OF Marine, the following dele
Iyoe being present:
Xz9t De la Marine; Vice Admiral do Bon.
X!4 of tho General Staff.
~ Dnsland. Sir Eric Geddes. First Lord
k4p Admiralty; Admiral Sir John Jellicoo.
~ DsA Lord.
g ths United States Admiral Benson.
pr Of tho Bureau Of OPERATIONS: Vice
[tAI Sims. commanding tho American
81 4orcss In European water.
NJ italy. Vice Admiral Cusanl viscontL
y Chsf d'Etat. Major General.
~ Japan. Rear Admiral Sunakoshi.
IN has been decided 20 create a
nSAI allied council in order to insure
Ha closest touch and complete co.
6Sfotiop between the allied fleets.
~ task Of the council will DO to
lHtoh over the general conduct of the
nYHl war and TO insure coordination
4 mort at sea as well as development
/ all scientific operations connected
Ilkh the conduct of the war.
1.-The council will make all the nee.
011ry arrangements to enable the
to make decisions. 1t
~ keep itself informed as to the en-
UM<ion of plans decided upon. The
&1onbers Of the council will report to
601r respective Governments as may
= necessary. The individual respon.
)Gility Of the chiefs of staffs and OF
~ commander-in-chief at sea toward
IU1I'- iNSoiuo Op'i
f6tIa, as well as the strategical
IA tactical disposition of the forces
|lnced under their command, remains
|hchAnged.
ri has been decided that the council
3ould consist of the Ministers of Ma
~ of the nations represented and
k;fhe chiefs of the naval staffs. As
u meeting of the council will of neces.
" be held in Europe, the chiefs uf
3 seneral naval stats of the United
|3tSs and Japan will be represented
4 0ag officers nominated by their re
FESTIVE Governments. The allied
MI council will be provided with
1manent secretariale. whose busi.
Twill be TO collect and collate all
eary information, etc.
fx6n council will meet as often as
Xf6o Thought necessary, under the
<1oucy of the Minister of Marine
F1&D country in which the meeting is
80 The various admiralties will fur
~ the council with the information
111eh IS necessary for the work to be
lxfted out"
Admiral Benson's announcement was
lfocast some days ago in Paris dis
ltches regarding the intention to
rate an allied naval council.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
|WVALE GUARD HELD
M IN WHITAKER CASE
~ Chief Howe Must Answer
n&Gault Charge on Steelmaker

ATESvILLE. Pa, Dec. Is. - De-
~ that he had just returned from a
1<H37 and le lrned from his wife that
EtAnt was out for his arrest, Stanley
- Of Philadelphia. chief of police of
sH(idva Q Steel and Ordnance Com
VI wanted in this city on a charge OF
Nous assault and battery upon II. a.
I6ker, superintendent of the Coates
e Aidvale branch. gave himself up
8&etrict Attorney Wade. He en-.
"a bail in $1,000 for his appearance
kshear.ng here next Thursday nigL
Fe and John Caster and Thomas
A all police officers OF the Midvale
are charged with entering the su-
/1endent's Office and beating him Sc
"a Howe denies laying his hands
Uhitaker. He says he has no knowl-
y ~ losing his position with the firm
1Eoects to assume his duties tomor-
1arning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
Asks New Trial on Arson Charge

NOKKISTOWN, IA, Dec. l5.--EdWIn
= Braunfeldt. who was convicted of set.
ting fire to buildings on his wifcs Upper
Gwynedd farm, near North Wales, TO get
the $4,000 insurance money. was not
sentenced yesterday His bond of $500
was renewed and counsel filed reasons
for arrest of Judgment and now trial
alleging that the verdict was against
the law, the evidence and tho charge OF
the court. Argument was fixed for Jan
uary ii.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
Trolley Workers Pay Increased

SCRANTON. Pa, Dec l5.-Three hun
dred motornen and conductors employed
on the Scranton and Binghamton Rail
road, operators of a trolley system be-
tween this city and Montrose, have been
granted a voluntary increase of three
cents per hour. The new rate brings the
mems pay to thirty-two cents per nour,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
Scrap of Paper Kills Chi

POTTSVlLLE, Pa Dec. Il.
her mother was absent at u ..
Mary Salinsky, four and a Ia!
old, threw Il scrap OF paper 90
heater, which ignited and blew .,
her. setting her clothing o. fir,
sustained burns from which she
few minutes afterward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
Ticket Agent Dies Suddenly

James A. Weaver. ticket agent at the
Tioga station of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway. died suddenly yester-
day, a few moments after he left his
Ouakertown home. lie was stricken
with heart disease as he was about to
take train TO Philadelphia. lie was
sixty-six years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
U. S. BIG GUNS READY
TO DO THEIR SHARE
Crozier Shows Committee Con-
ditions Are Better Than
Supposed
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL.

Chief OF Ordnance Crozier. testifying
today at the secret Senate Military
Committees investigation, detailed the
situation regarding heavy ordnance. field
artillery and big guns
Senator Chamberlain afterward said
Crozier's figures showed "a much better
condition with regard to this branch or
ordnance than most members OF the
committee had any idea existed"
Chamberlain said the information
given by Crozier was of n character
that We would give millions OF dollars
to duplicate concerning the German
army"
lie intimatcd that Crozier had salts
fed the committee that American artil-
lery soon would be doing its bit on The
western front. releasing Franco from
the necessity Of supplying the American
forces with "heavics."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
Many Maryland Teachers Quit

HAGERSTOWN. Nd. Dec i5.--Twen.
ty-eight Carroll County school teachers
have resigned. and in Washington Coun-
ty thirty teachers have quit. Many
schools will have 10 close because teach
ers have obtained more remunerative
employment. especially In the Govern
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
1900 Extra Men to Handle Mail,

sixteen hundred extra men and boys
viii be pressed into service to handle
the Christmas rush of mail In the Phila-
delphia Postoffice, according TO Post
master John A. Thornton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
Women Man Cars at Johnstown

Women are taking the places Of
motormen and conductors of the Johns
town Traction Company. Virtually all
u the active men have enlisted In the
army service. have been drafted or are
employed II making war materials.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15

= e the license courts to use
b. IN the granting OF re-
c91ares has been upheld by
~ ip thr Superior Court
~ ot(eton Of the Chester
rx TIE application
"a ! lIpense IN The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15

Admiral Benson's announcement was
fofGcast some days ago in Paris dis.
I6tches regarding the intention to
(t&afe an allied naval council.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
SEEKS MORE FOOD FROM SEA
Future Steaks May Be Cut From
Whales, Sea Cows, and Walrus-
Said to Be Paiatabie.

An ever-resourceful commoner,
seized with a realization that three
fourths of the surface of the earth is
water and practically a waste, as far
as production of varieties of diet are
concerned, believes hat the man.
mails of the sea are worthy of cultiva-
ton as food, says the Popular
Science Monthly.
1t is estimated that the meat of
one 60-foot whale, for instance, is
equal to that of 70 head of cattle and
tastes like choicest beefsteak in flavor
when properly prepared.
Other marine mammals which are
good for food as well as for CONNER
cial purposes are the seal, the wal
rus, the dugong and the sea COW. The
dugong has always been priced for
food by Asiatics, Africans and Aus
tralians, and the sea cow, formerly
found in the waters of the Boring
sea, yer so noted for the palatable-
ness of its flesh, its size and for it's
gentle fearlessness of man that it
has been almost entirely exterminat-
ed through mans greed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
CITY OF MEMORIES.

Cracow is the old capital of Po-
land and as such the calamities that
have befallen it in the last two years
are but a chapter in a hard-luck
story well over a century long.
TIL most interesting spot in Cra-
cow it little besides a mass of mem
cries of that past-the old church
with it's tombs and monument to
dead kings and dead heroes. Here
lies the great King Casimir, whom
the Poles idolized because he was a
fighting monarch and led a fighting
race to victory, in spite of the fact
that in private life he bore a strong
resemblance to Henry VIII of Eng
land and went in for marriage on a
larger scale. =
Here lies > Kosciusko, whose
monument broods over West Point
on the Hudson and whose memory
has been preserved in bronze and
stone in a dozen other places in the
United States. Here is the monu-
ment to King John, who saved Eu-
rope and Christianity from the Mos
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
ALUM A VALUABLE REMEDY
Especially Good In The Treatment Of
Eruptions That Are Caused by
Poison Oak.

Experience seems to- show that
alum is a pretty good Household
remedy" for the treatment of poison
oak eruptions. Indeed, it is assert
ed by the Southern Clinic that the
poisoning may be prevented from de-
veloping the usual symptoms by the
early use of alum. The method of
using it is to dip . small cake Of
c~rystallized alum into warm water
and apply it to the affected surfaces.
Even if this does not prevent the de-
velopment of symptoms it cannot do
any harm.
A better method Of preventing the
development of symptoms is that Of
sponging off the surfaces Of skin
which are suspected of coming in
contact'with the poison, with. chloro-
form, benzol, or gasoline. This
seems to be an almost infallibie
means OF preventing the disease, due
to theta that the poisonous sub
stance is q resin which clings to the
surface of the skin and initiates it,
and this resin is dissolved by any
n of the fuidsejust mentioned.
Chloroformj also helps to allay the
pain and itching after the symptoms
have developed, and apparently
shortens the course Of the disease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
MACHINE CREATED A STIR
Contrivance Which Alaskan 10 Conf.
dent Will Work Must Be
q Wonder. q

A. A. Allen, better known to fame
as "Scotty," who was recently elect
ed q member Of the Alaskan terri
torial Legislature, proposes to attempt
the 1,5OO-mile trip from his home to
Juneau, the capital, in a new me-
chanical continuance which is a COM
bination of the airplane, automobile
and Yukon bobsled. Allen sold .430
malamute dogs to the French gov
eminent a while back and spent some
time in the Vosges mountains teach
ing French soldiers how to drive.
While thus engaged he observed the
maneuvers of airplanes making OBJ
servations and conceived the idea Of
his new continuance, which a Cali
fornia manufacturer built for him.
On election day Allen and Nate
Coombs, his colleague in the legisla-
ture, tried out the new machine at
Nome, where it created such amaze
ment among the residents that many
of them, after seeing the thing skit-
tering about through the atmos-
phere, changed their minds and
voted for prohibition. 1t is said
that Aliens chief difficulty will be
in obtaining gasoline for his engine,
a fuel which can be had in Alaska
only along we~ll-traveled routes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Limiting Time to File
Claims, and For Hearing
Thereon.

State of Minnesota. GO
County of st. Louis. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Matt Moravetz.
also known as Moravitz, Decedent.
Letters of administration with the will annexed
having this day been granted to Anna Moravitz.
1t is Ordered, That the time within which all
creditors of the above named decedent may pre-
sent claims against his estate in this court. be
and the same hereby is. limited to three months
from and after the date hereof; and that the
18th day of May 1917. at ten o'clock a.
m, in the Probate Court Rooms. at the Court
House at Duluth in said County. be and the same
hereby is. fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon the examination. adjust
ment and allowance of such claims as shall be
presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publication
of this order in The Ely Miner as provided by
law.
Dated. Duluth, MINI" February 9th. 1917.
S. w. GII.PIN,
Judge of Probate
Seal. Probate Court, St. Louis Co.. Mimi.
2-l6 32 H. ]. Merdink, Atty. for
Executrix.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Order Limiting Time to File
Claims, and for Hearing
Thereon.

State of Minnesota,
County of st. Louis. 80 In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary Weber.
Decedent
Letters of administration having been granted
to Joseph Weber.
1T IS ORDERED, That the time within which
all creditors of the above named decedent may
present claims against her estate in this court.
be. and the same hereby is. limited to six months
from and after the date hereof; and that the 2lst
day of August. 1917. at ten o'clock A. M. in the
Probate Court Rooms at the Court House at
Duluth in said County. be. and the same hereby
is. fixed and appointed as the time and place for
hearing upon the examination. adjustment and
allowance of such claims as shall be presented
within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publication
of this order in The Ely Miner as provided by
law.
Dated. Duluth. Mimi. February 10th. 1917.
S. w. GILPIN,
Judge of Probate.
(Seal. Probate Court. st. Louis County Mimi
r. Al. Thomas, Attorney for Representative.
2-23 SO