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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-02

mails are killed and made ready for the mar
kets at home and for shipment to our Army
in France. During my stay in Chicago |
packing establishments, watching the jour
ney of the steer as it comes in on the freight
cars from the farms until it goes out in the
hundred or more shapes in which it is sold
in our markets. Chicago is the heart OF
the livestock and packing industry OF the
United States. 1t is to meat what Akron is
to rubber, and what Detroit is to the auto
mobile. 1t leads all other stockyards in the
United States, and its receipts are more than
double those OF the Omaha stockvards
which stand next in Importance. Its COM
ed last year to nearly 100000, while
Omaha had less than 100000 and Kan
sas City only little more than 100000
1t handled three times as many animals as
St. Louis, and more than four times the
number that passed through the stockvards
at St. Paul. The total number OF cattle
which were turned into beef at the fourteen
chief markets of the United tSates amount
ed to nearly 62OO0OOO The average
length OF a steer is about ten feet and if all
OF the cattle handled last year could be
placed nose to tail they fould form single
file half way to the moon. AT five abreast
they would reach almost around the world,
and the cattle from these Chicago stock
yards alone would make procession of ten
deep as long from here to the camps of
our boys on the battlefelds of France.
But come with me and take look at
this city of animals. 1t covers a square mile
much ground as o4O-acre farm. We
first walk through the stockyards them
selves. The air is filled with the believing
OF steers the lowing of cows the baaing
OF sheep and the shrill squealing Of pigs.
There are thousands upon thousands OF
these animals all about u.s. Here great
droves OF steers are being unloaded from the
cars, and tens of thousands OF them are NOV
ing this way and that on their way to be
sold or killed. We climb to the roof of
tall building at one side and look down.
Pens filled with cattle, hogs and sheep
reach far out in all directions The pens
are arranged along streets which cross each
other at right angles. The city has its own
sections and wards and each has its own
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-02

There are hundreds of miles of them in and
about the stockyards, and long trains come
i'll and go out every hour of the day. bring
ing in new animals and carrying away in
their refrigerator the beef and other
packed products for the markets of our
country and for trans-shiping to France.
There are high buildings rising out OF
the labyrinth of pens. They form the ex-
change where the stockmen and packers
come to buy and sell these four-footed citi-
zens These men handle tens of millions
of hogs cattle and sheep every year. The
animals i'll the pens are changed daily. Those
that we see moving about below us will be
dead by this time tomorrow, and another
horde will have taken their places The daily
business of the stockyards amounts to more
than 81 100000 and l am told that $4,000
hogs 7lO0O sheep and 5000 calves have
been handled here in twenty-four hours
| went through the city of animals in the
morning when the selling was at its height
The streets we're filled with cattle, hogs and
sheep, driven by men from one place to an
other. Some of the drovers were on horse
back and some on foot. They yelled at the
beasts and cracked their great whips. The
agents OF the big packing houses were NOV
ing about looking at the stock; they seemed
to buy at a glance, and the sellers jotted
down the purchase in their notebooks.
When the selling hours are over the ami
mails are weighed and then driven off to be
slaughtered They are carefully inspected
at every stage i'll their journey. AS soon as
they leave the cars they are examined for
hooi and mouth disease. The cattle are
tested for tuberculosis and tick, the hogs ex-
anned for cholera and tuberculosis and the
sheep for tick and scabies These inspec-
tons are made by representatives of the
government, and all suspected animals are
tagged and sold at lower prices. Great care
is taken to prevent the spread OF any infec
tom and the pens are kept thoroughly clean
by an excellent system OF drainage.
| walked about through the pens and
watched them drive the cattle up the in
clined roadway to the upper stories OF the
slaughter house, where the killing takes
place. As they come up they are inclosed
in pen. A platform runs around this and
upon it stands bare-armed man holding a
long handled hammer. Only a few ani
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-02

Frank G.. Carpenter Writes of the Meat Basket Of
the United States and How It Is Filled-Our Re
sources Versus Those of the Central Powers
Job of the Twentieth Century and His Millions Of
Livestock High Prices and Their Cause.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-02

mails are let in at time, but the pen is SO
small that they are jammed close together,
The man strikes them on the head, one by
one, single blow with his hammer. killing
them instantly. AS the cattle fall the floor
OF the pei drops little and they roll out
onto the cement pavement below, the door
sliding back into place for the slaughter
of Others
Each of the dead animals is now hooked
by the hind legs to pulley and raised. head
downward. to wheel which runs on
track overhead In this way it is carried
through the other departments of the
factory. AS it goes on past man after
man each does something to fit the carcass
for beef One butcher cuts the throat to
let out the blood, which must be used II
make fertilizer; others clean the carcass and
others take off the skin, hoofs and horns, all
of which are saved for oil, glue, leather or
some other by-product
When the carcass is ready for beef it is
divided along the backbone, making two
Sides and it is in this shape that it is
shipped to our soldiers or sold to the retail
butchers. 1t does not take more than TWEEN
ty minutes from the time the steer is killed
until it is ready to be examined bv the gov
eminent inspectors and hung up in the re-
frigerating room. And yet it has passed
through the hands of about twenty men.
The meat has to go through many more
processes before it is ready for eating If 1t
is to be canned it travels to the departments
where it is trimmed cooked and sealed up
in tins. If it is to be sold fresh it slides
along on the overhead trolley into the great
refrigeratng chambers, which are so large
that they will hold 10000 sides of beef at
one time, and so cold that the temperature
is just above freezing. Here it remains for
forty-eight hours, and becomes chilled
through 1t next travels on track down
to the ground floor where it is loaded into
the cold storage cars which will take it to
the chief cities of the United States and to
the ports where it will be packed in the re-
frigerating rooms of the steamers which
will carry it to France.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-02

1t is interesting to see just what the
packer gets out OF a steer Cost efficiency
brought to a fine point, and, after trip
about the factories here in Chicago it is easy
to believe that nothing is lost but the
squeal.' The average steer weighs about
1000 pounds when alive and yields to the
packed 535 pounds of dressed beef. Eighty
nine per cent of this is sold as refrigerator
beef, I per cent is frozen and the remaining
per cent goes to be cured or canned. In
the early days OF the industry almost all OF
the remainder OF the carcass went to waste
and great values were lost on the scrap
heap. Today, with the application Of the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-02
sToCEYARu6, Chicago.

sToCEYAR16, Chicago
1STeRS ROM ythis city OF animals,
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-02

FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01

b out in the recount in the
James q. Cars, n, Jr., a
shown to have teen nom
mon Council over Branden-
oi candidate. by seventeen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
CITY APPOINTS NEW
TRANSIT ENGINEER
Dion Wartinez Named for
Charge of Work Incident to
High-Speed Construction

Director Twining, Of the Department Of
Transit, today appointed Dion Martinez.
504O North sixteenth street. to the position
Of principal assistant engineer, at a salary
OF $4,000 a year. The new appointee will
have charge OF engineering work incident TO
new construction and his salary will come
from transit loan money.
other municipal appointments today in
clude those of Maurice Golove. 2412 North
Thirty-hrst street, inspector, Bureau Of
Highways $500 : Vaughn NJ Jeskalion, 100
North Sxtieth street, assistant dentist
Bureau Of Health, $500; Charles II. Hill,
3147 North Thirteenth street, inspector,
Bureau of Highways $500; c. Blanche
Soule. 315 Winona street, assist mt chief
nurse, Bureau OF Charities, $1,000 William
S. Graham, 6O13 Christian street clerk De-
partment OF Supplies, 5000; Andrew G.
Schoeller 5503 North Fifth street. assistant
engineer, Bureau of Surveys, $1,000 Charles
r. Weir, 1909 Rocltland street, craftsman,
Department of Wharves, Docks and Fer
rles, $1,000; william A. Beecroft, 6010 Ker-
shaw avenue. wlreman, Electrical Bureau.
$1,000 Adolph Hirsch. 1446 North Lawrence
street Waterman. Bureau of Water, Ss4O.
and Jesse Coates. 306 West Coulter street,
rigger, Bureau of City Property. SO a day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
MTCHAELTS'S EARLY
DOWNFALL PREDICTED
Chancellor Doomed as New Par
liamentary Crisis Nears, Be-
lief in Washington
Bv a star Correspondent

WASHINGTON, oct !,
The early downfall Of Doctor Michaelis,
Imperial Chancellor OF Germany, was pre-
dicted today by one Of the highest officials
in the American Government.
The prediction, 1t can be stated Is based
on the most accurate information which 1t Is
possible for the. Allied Governments to OBJ
tain concerning the reactions which have
taken place in Germany since the rejection
by the Allies of the Natcans peace pro-
posal
A new parliamentary crisis is regarded as
inevitable, with Michaelis as the storm
center That he can survive the tempest
that is piling up against him is thought en-
tirely unlikely
1t would seem that the German Chan
Cellor. from the confidential information re.
ceved here, is about to become the victim
OF his own clumsuess. lie has tried to
steer a middle course between the radCai
Socialists who are demanding peace on al.
most any condition, and the radical pan
German elements, who demand that there
shall be fruits Of victory commensurate
with the terrible sacrifices that have been
made, and In harmony with the original
war aims Of the Government. Like many
other statesmen who have tried this policy.
Michae.is has succeeded only in bringing
down upon himself the opprobrium Of both
sides Distrusted by Liberal and Junker
alike. he faces 1t is declared, an impossible
situation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
FIND" "CASHTOD
FOR JOHNSON ART
Councils Financiers Must
Transfer Money From
Other Sources
APPROPRIATIONS ARE LOW

with thirteen days left in which TO pay
son art treasures to the city, members
Of Councils Finance Committee are to-
day making a final effort TO locate the
amount needed. The money will be found"
late this afternoon by taking various
amounts from different bdreap approprin-
tions,. 1t will be replaced later by making
a temporary loan OF 81 100000
with no balance available for appropria-
tion. the counclmanic fnancfers entered
on their task with but. little hope for any
thing better than makeshift deal that will
deprive the water Bureau and a number
Of departments Of money that even now Is
badly needed for current expenses or sal
aries. Mayor Smith in instructRg the
councilmanic fnanciers to find $4,000 in
addition to the $500 900 already set aside
for the taking over of the pictures, bronzes,
etc. did not indicate which department
should be crippled and, up until today he
has been too busy to devote time ana con-
.sideration to this particular subject.
Joseph p. Gaffney, chairman Of Councils
Finance Committee has been intrusted by
the Mayor to make up the necessary trans
fers so. that they can be rushed through
Councils on Thursday and the money re-
leased from its present uses In time TO have
City Solicitor Connolly complete tile legal
details of the bequest by which. the city
takes over the Johnson mansion on South
Broad street and the art collection 1t
houses. He will complete his task. today
with the understanding that the money
found" is TO be replaced later.
The closing months Of the second year
of the Smith administrator, ., finds most
items of appropriation nearly exhausted
or insufficient TO carry on municipal work
until 1918. .... ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
WEEKEND ACCIDENTS
GET THIRTEEN VICTIMS
Boys Skull Fractured and Leg
Broken When Hit by Auto
mobile

Thirteen persons were injured in Phla-
delphia and vicinity over the weekend as
the result Of motor accidents
Nine-year-old George Thompson. son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson, of Willow
Grove. was struck by a motorcar while
crossing the street near his home. Alvan
Tomlson, Of wrightstown, the driver OF
the machine took the Injured boy to the
Arlington Hospital and then surrendered
TO the police. The child is suffering from
a fracture Of the skull and broken leg.
Four persons were injured when the au-
tomobile in which they were riding crashed
into telegraph pole at Hunting Park
md Germantown avenues i'm avoiding an
other automobile. The injured were Frank
Gwynn, owner Of the car, of 1887 Allen
grove street Mrs. Gwynn. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank A. Molter, of 1924 Womrath
street They were treated at st. Lukes
Hospital
While stepping into his automobile at
Germantown and Lehigh avenues John M.
Harney, of 1929 North Van Pelt street,
was struck by a rapidly moving north
bound Chestnut Hill trolley car and had his
right leg cut off below the knee. He is in
the Samaritan Hospital, where his con-
dtion is said TO he good.
Leonard Rothfeld OF 537 Spruce street.
and his brother David are in the Pres
byterian Hospital today. suffering from
injuries received when their motorcycle
collided with an automobile driven by Ben
jamin Davis. negro, of 66G Brooklyn
street. The accident happened at Forty
fourth street and Farmount avenue. Davis
will be arraigned this morning before Mag
istrate Stevenson .,..
Motorcars driven by Leo Simons, OF
Elkins Park, and Mrs NJ p Bradley. Of
Harpers Mills, collided near the intersec-
tion Of Susquehanna and Mill roads, Abing-.
ton, and the Simons car skdded and
turned over. Simons and his daughter
are at their home today recovering from
minor injuries -f-' ..' .t.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
va WORK ON GREAT
|s1RPLANE MOTOR ORDER
tinghouse Interests to Speed Up
$17,500,000 Contract for
Uncle Sam
PITTSBURGH. Oct.

A new department of the Westinghouse
interests--the airplane department--hereto-
fore unmentioned in the company's assets
today started work on Government order
for s17.5oooo worth OF airplane motors
Four thousand men are engaged in the
kpssk and los men will be required to com.
plate one motor day.
The company expects TO turn out 500
motors monthly for the Government. The
new department just finished is model
factory ut Swissvaie. with l25,0O0 square
ftet for working space of its five floors.
The type OF alrplane motor to be made
IA said 20 be that recently agreed upon by
the Government and adopted as the result
OF the long secret conferences Of engineers
Ia model Incompatible for its utility,
apeed-making and endurance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
THIERICHENS'S TRIAL ON
Handwriting Expert Testifes Against
Accused German Captain

The trial of Captain Max Thierchens,
former commander Of the German sea raid
er Eitel Friedrich who Is held for a viola
tion of the Mann act, was resumed in the
United States District Court, in the Federal
Building before Judge Thompson, today
Webster A. Melchor, handwriting expert
occupied the stand the greater part of the
morning as witness for the prosecution
With blackboard and chalk the expert at
tempted TO prove to the jury the identifca-
tlon of the writing in certain letters re-
oeived by Marie Funk the German servant
girl. who is the star witness against the de-
fendant. The letters were compared with
an autograph card said to have been given
to Howard Wolf of Radnor, by the German
captain when he was stationed at Norfolk,
Va
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
NEW PARTY DRIVE
LAUNCHED TODAY
Independents Open Head
quarters in Building at
1927 Chestnut Street


The directors OF the new Independent
party are today actively launching the
cninpaign against the vare-smith ticket
The new headquarters Of the fusion move
ment were opened this morning, at 1897
Chestnut street. The entire building has
been leased, and force Of clerks we're en-
Eaged today in checking up long lists Of
voters who Are pledfins their support to
The movement to overthrow the present city
admlniatratlbD
Chairman Thomas F. Armstrong OF the
campatgn committee. said today that the
executive committee and the membership
OF the campaign committee win be an
nonnced either late today or tomorrow
Both committees will be composed Of the
most representative men in tho city he
The selection OF candidates who win run
for the. important county and city Offices
20 be oiled at the general election Noven-
Der will be discussed further today and
tomorrow At conferences that have been
Charles s. caiweu, president OF ihs Corn
ExchRnge National Bank who nad been
asked to accept the indepep ieut r5mlna-
ton for City Treasurer. today Dotihed
Join the movement, but Mat bis business
makes 4 impossible for MIN to accept the
nomination.
Thousands Of 'pled&e cardss are being
sent out today FROM the new independent
neadquarters. WHICH are located in the same
building from Which the campaign was
wAEed that d9feated the Republican Or
eanization a0d elected Rudolph Blanken-
burg MayorIn 1871.
The pledge places the voters Of the city on
record asIsupportlng the platform adopted
~ the tAcademy OF Music meeting last /
Thurseay nisht. The pledge card reads" |
n indorse the platform adopted by the /
IoNn Meeting and pledge my support IN
carrying our its principles.
II agree to associate myself with ali other /
citizens interested In this movement and
20 do all in my power to carry II to vlo-
tory IN November
There are blanks FOR the Insertion Of the
signature and address and the ward ana
division OF the subscriber
Petitions were filed in the Prothonotary.s
ONCE today pre-empting the titles "Ameri'
can" and Liberty party as political APP
pellations to place In the field candid ties for
the different oiiices 10 be filled at the coming
election. The pre-emptorg nrst took their
paper before the County Commissioners, and .
4 representative OF the commissioner at
once fled them in the Prothonotafy's office.
The pre-emptors for the American party are
James Burns Jr., $50 South Fifteenth !
street; William L. Barr. 27O7 Berks street |
Robert Weir. e42e saybrook avenue A. l..
Weinstcck, $50 Brown street. and Theodore
II zieRter 1895 South Wilton street
Those filing the afiidavits for the Liberty
party were Harry r. Branson. 5513 Harmer
street Thcmae W. SchwamD, 257 North Hoo
bart street Gustav ~ Salanon. $3.50 Pearl
street Martin L. Foley. zoe North Fifth
street and Sam j. Healey, 24s North Law
renee street
The official count has een completed for
fhirty-feur wards In " city. 1t shows
that John > McouaidE leading Joseph S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
HEXAMER QUITS OFFICE
IN GERMANTC ALLIANCE
Head of German-American So
ciety Says Younger Chief Is
Needed for Work

Charles j. Hexamer, head OF the Nat'onal
,..a,an-A a n,erlcan Alliance, has resigned.
:, ,ns philadelphia headquarters Of the
alliance. 4Is walnut street Mr. HeNamer
ala there was no truth in rumor that
~ had quit because Of differences over
'a.u.v he said his resignation was due to
FAILING health. His term of Office expires
November 20.
Mr. Hexamer said he had served in his
present capacity for the last seventeen years
and felt that the organization should Sc
iect younger man in view of the work
with the office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
LANsDowNE HIGH TO REOPEN
Closed Till Wednesday on Account of
Diphtheria Cases

Development Of diphtheria cases In the
I.ansdowne Hish School caused II to- be
closed for few days, but It will reopen
Wednesday according to the principal, Wal.
ter La Philips. Three of the cases are in
LansdoYne and one in neighboring bor-
ough. .,s..
The school was closed voluntarily, the
principal said, and will reopen with the
assurance that no further danger of the
disease spreading remains. ,..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
EnIlatments Il Qaartermasters' Reserve

II7INIWeHIH - VuuFttrmaAters HeserVe
Eho following men enlisted In the quar-.
t1fuheters Reserve Corps in this city to-
thy Joseph p Murphy, 2S3s East Cuinber-
IaOd street, Joseph J. DAILY. 402 Garritt
Street and Charles r. johnson. 224s South
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
REGISTRARS PAID
Recent Primary Election Cost City
$180,360

Four registrars from each of the 1886
election divisions of the city we're paid off
today by the city Treasurer. Each served
three days, for which was received $40 a
day and each set OF registrars was allowed
SIS for rent OF polling places.
The total cost of registering the voters
for the primary election was s1sO,360.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-06-30
BIG GAIN IN POTASH OUTPUT
Production During the Calendar Year
1916 Reached Value Ten Times
as Great as in 1915.

A remarkable expansion in the Amer.
lean potash industry has resulted from
efforts to make the United States indie,
pendent of foreign sources for the pot
ash used in munitions and for other
purposes, and although the boom did
not get under way until late in 1916
production during the calendar year
reached value ten times as great as
that of 1915.
The 1916 production is estimated, in
preliminary report published by
Uncle Sam at 10000 tons, worth $780,
600.
"The largest output" the report says
"has come from the Nebraska alkali
lakes, but the natural saline deposits
elsewhere are now just beginning to
make important contributions. A great
deal of publicity has attended the eff.
forts to obtain potash from kelp, but q
similar organic source of high-grade
potash has been quietly developed
which has proved more productive
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-06-30
Conservation Of Labor Supply.

If we are wise and far-sighted we
shall enforce child labor laws and
school laws more rigidly than ever
just now. We shall scrutiniZe and
regulate every single use of children
in industry, for there must be moth
ing needless in the emergency about
our use of human resources. More
than that, we shall stimulate educa-
tional activity, especially in industrial
training, and support as never before
public and private child welfare agen-
cies, if we are going to make the
most of the material we have in hand.
In short, we must protect, train and
develop children now for the simple
reason that for the future, both re-
mote and immediate, we need more
intelligent and able-bodied set of peo-
pie than ever. 1.-THE nation Is under
special obligation to secure that the
rising generation grows up strong and
hardy both in body and character" is
the solemn warning of England, which
has been at war for three years, to
America, on the threshold of war
The New Republic.