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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
PATTON ASKS AMENDMENT
FOR CITY PENSION Afvr

A bill amending the pension, act -.
municipal employees in Philadelphia. an W.
to include 300 additional employees ana ,s
eliminate the possibility of former city EN-.
ployes who have held office for almost ~
twenty years that are required for serv,oe
and then seek disappointment for a few Il, ~
in order to obtain the pension. was int,
duced i'm the Legislature today by Sena,o-
Patton, Of Philadelphia.
The Patton bill amends the act OF to,.
which provides a pension fund for All - o'
nicipal employees who have served IN. n,u- a,.I
for twenty years or more. 'y
The amendments would require employe,
who have served for eighteen wears
more. but not for twenty years. to h.,s
office for at least two years additional NV
fore they could obtain the pension 'e-
The 900 additional employees that uo,,,s
be entitled to the pensions under tho NV
posed amendments include the jan,tors ~ ..s
engineers employed by the city and the c,a-
e. force Of the Board of Education
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
FRANCE TO FIGHT FOES
TO THE END, SAYS RIBOT
New Premier Delivers Stirring
Observation-Disclosures Victories
Preface to Supreme Effort

PARIS. March 21.-"We are now In A
position where We can fight with equal
strength of arms as long as necessary.
having what our enemies do not have
the sentiment that we are defending the
cause of right and of civilization
So read a stirring statement issued by the
new Premier. Alexandra Ribot, today to the
people of France, 1t was his formal "Cabi-
net declaration"
Rbot reaffirmed Frances intention to
fight TO the end. He saluted Frances VIC
torious soldiers already liberating part of
the invaded territory, which is only a pref.
ace to new and supreme efforts against the
enemy"
The new Premier likewise announced new
taxes and a law to prohibit Importation
from foreign countries of articles unnec-
essary to the life of the country.
With our allies" he concluded I'VE
have the common ideal and spirit of liberty
and brotherhood. which guarantees the fu-
ture peace wsheh by the President of the
great American republic as to condition nd
organization of society and of nations"
The message also "salutes Russia" and
expresses the hope that the revolution will
20 on without shedding of blood"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
WLKES-BARRE SUFFERS
FROM STRANGE DISEASE
Consignment of Tropical Par
rots Starts Department
Store Epidemic
STATE DOCTOR ON SCENE
DR.. Thomas w. Jackson, Typhus Ex-
pert, Rushed From
Harrisburg

HARRISBURG, March 81,
Dr. Thomas w. Jackson, acting assista mt
to the Commissioner Of Public Health, was
hurriedly summoned to Wilkes-Barre to-
day to take personal charge OF a hundred
or more cases Of a yet undiagnosed disease
which has spread among employees OF a
large department store there.
The employees are suffering from a pc
cular ailment They are believed to have
contracted it through handling Of con-
signment Of Mexican parrots.
Doctor Jackson. who is on his way to
Wilkes Barre is a typhus expert He only
recently returned from active service along
this line in Serbia.
u vas stated at the Bureau Of Public
Health that II is not believed the wilkes
Barre people are suffering from typhus. No
definite reports are vet available. One re-
port says couple OF deaths have occurred.
commissioner Of Health Or. Samuel @.
Dixon, acquainted of the Wilkes Barre sit
uation. at once got in communication with
the firm in Chicago that shipped the parrots
to Wilkes Barre The Federal Department
of Agriculture has been asked to enforce
the quarantine on Mexican and South
American parrots pending the investigat tion
AZ Wilkes Barre.
There is an epidemic Of influenza at
Wiltc.-Barre and 1t is just possible that
many Of the cases reported from the depart
ment store may come under this heading" ."
an official of the Health Department said
Doctor Miner has been in telephone COM
muncation with the depar through
on, the day. The situation. 1t appears, has
become alarming in Wilkes Barre
Official here who talked with Doctor
Jackson prior to his leaving for Wilkes
Barre are inclined to believe that there g
no great cause for alarm From the facts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
FOUR SALOONS SEEKING
COATESVILLE LICENSES
Circulars Inviting Negro Work
men to Town Repudiated
by Employers

WEST CHESTER Pa, March 2i-Hear-
1ngs on four new applications for hotel
licenses in Coatesvile are being held by
the License Court this afternoon The
Court recently refused all the applicants
Tor renewal Of old licenses,
Court announced that witnesses to prove
Necessity for the hotels only would be
heard
& Dozens Of citizens are on hand to testify
against the necessity of the licenses. and
the afternoon session will be required to
tnke the evidence and give the attorneys
opportunity for argument
u circular issued by an employment
agency at Norfolk. Va, asking men to
report at Coatesville for work in the steel
giants was distributed in the court room
and about the streets of this place today
N proof OF the claim that the undesira bic
negro element In Coatesville was tablished
here by the very men who are fighting the
hotels. Mr.. Charles F. Huston. one of the
heads Of the Lukens firm. Indignantly de-
MED any knowledge Of the circular. declar-
ing IL had been issued by an employment
agency and that his firm had refused to
tndorse methods which would take an un-
desirable class of men into the city.
~ The circular read as follows:
Colored men-For Lukens Iron aud
Steel Company, steel plant. Coatesville,
X Pa; pay 22h cents an hour, up. Meet
Mr.. jackson at our office, we ship to-
.s morrow. Coatesville has five saloons.
boys-no danger of ever going dry.
& The place for your future home. Be
sure men come, go where you are well
paid and treated and where your per-
sonal right of a little drink is allowed
It you. See Virginia Business Exchange,
4 largest shippers Of labor in the South.
ais North Second street. Richmond, Va.
\ No. 4. Railroad avenue. Hopewell Va
Mr. Huston declared he had not led the
0rm through A. S. Jackson. engag I'd in Sc
curing men. to discontinue such methods
and this had been done some time ago.
When q copy of the circular was presented
IN court the Judges refused to even con-
slder II as evidence of point against Mr..
Huston or his firm.
Hearing on the application for license
for the Atglen Hotel was concluded this
morning and the case was held under ad-
yitement
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
NEXT FALL PRIMARY
ELECTION SEPTEMBER 19'
House Votes for Change Of Date
Because Jewish Holiday
Falls on 18th
TO END COMMISSION RULE
Bill in Senate to Alter Form of Gov
ernment in Third-Class
Cities
HARRISBURG. March 81.

HARRISBURG. March 81.
The primary election next fall will he held
on Wednesday. September 19. instead OF
on Tuesday, September Is. II the Senate
concurs in the action taken by the House
today in passing the stern bill changing
the date.
The election day as specified by law
would have fallen on Tuesday, but Stern
sponsored a measure changing 1t because
Of the fact that the day is a Jewish holi-
day and the voters of that race could not
go to the polls. The bill passed the House
today on third reading.
Cities of the third class in Pennsylvania
will be under "A new form of government
IL the bill introduced in the Senate today
by Senator Beidleman becomes a law The
bill does away with the present system Of
commission government and provides for
a council made up OF one councilman from
each ward. no city to have more than
twenty-five wards The bill provides for the
election of a Mayor, city Treasurer, CITY
Controller and an Assessor at large.
A measure by Senator Crow would abol-
ish the present triennial assessment in the
various counties of the State and in its
stead a auadrennial assessment would he
made beginning in 1920 II the bill is
passed the assessment made in 1915 will
stand until 1920.
Senator Stewart introduced n bill taking
quail off the game list and making 1t a
songbird. The bill prohibits the killing,
woundng or trapping of quail any time
during the year and fixes n fine of from s5
to S25 for violation.
Trading stamp corporations doing bust
mess in Pennsylvania would be <gislated
out of business by the terms of a hill
drafted by Senator Snyder, Of Schuylkill
The Senate passed these bills
Providing for the election of township
solicitors in townships of the hrst-class
Providing a retirement of the under
employe of all state institutions.
Validating acts done by certain cor
porations before the recording of their
charters.
Directing second class cities TO ap-
propriate certain moneys to the police
pension fund
Permitting two or more boroughs
that are contiguous or in close proX-
unity TO he united and to become one
city.
In addition to the foregoing a number Of
measures were passed correcting local con-
ditions in certain parts of the state.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21

UDSON' closed cars-the
Limousine, Town Car, the
II II Landaus, Sedan and Cab
riolet-are being used
more and more in all-year service.
There is logical reason for this
from the standpoint of both utility
and distinction.
Time was when motorists were
even disdainful of the windshield.
They donned dust coats, wells, gog-
giles and braved the distress of dirt
and dust without complaint. But
such discomforts have become
worse and have taken much of the
joy out of touring. When the roads
were not so crowded and we didn't
have to take up so much dust it
wasn't so bad. But now we de-
mand more comfort.
The closed car has long been the
popular type in Europe. 1t is now
the accepted type Of Americans
who demand that they shall not
give up their touring and that they
shall ride in comfort.
Such cars are ideal every day of
the year, regardless of the weather.
When it lis hot it is also dusty.
There is protection from the sun
and from the dust. When it is
pleasant the windows can be OPEN
ed so that one is just as much out
doors as in an open model.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
RESENTS INSULT TO u. S. A.
Mans Head Cut in Quarrel Resulting
From Patriotic Call
ito by Evans studio

John Howard, slxty-three years old 2o55
East Sergeant street, went into a saloon
near his home last night and asked that all
those who would defend the United States
IN time of war to sign a paper which he
had in his hand John Straa 1868 Collins
street made an insulting remark 1t is said,
which Howard resented. and in the ensuing
quarrel Howard's head was split open with
q beer glass.
Magistrate Detz sitting at the Trenton
avenue and Dauphin street station thought
there was enough evidence to warrant him
in holding Straa for hitting Howard 80 the
man who ie Russian Pole, was seld under
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21

OF the patients have been III for many days
They suffer from intense pains in the heaos
and other typhoid symptoms The fact tha'
none Of the members of the families oil the
clerks have been stricken seems to indicate
that n ,s an epidemic that has gone the
rounds of the clerks and strengthens '"e
theory that the fever was brought mere oS
the parrots. -. ..,,,.., ,,a
,bera have been no outbreaks among the
DatronS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
WOMAN SUES HUSBAND
WHO WEARS SILK SOCKS
Separate Maintenance Seeker Says All
She Can Get Is Cotton
Stockings

Mrs Sarah Margaret Haines in her suit
for separate maintenance against Fra nix
Haines. of Palmyra, testified that. while her
husband wore silk socks and shirts and
s25 suits, she was forced to wear cotton
stockings, Sl.4S cent skirts and $40 suits
She testified that they were married in
February, 1914, and the first months Of
their married life were of unbounded bliss
but after that she said. her one-time duti-
ful husband began to neglect her.
The case. heard by Master in Chancery
Grey, of Camden, is still pending.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
Rigidly Built for
Heavy Service

These new spring models are de-
signed and built for just such
service.
Special attention has been given
to making the bodies light and yet
durable.
1t requires unusual skill to build
bodies that will stand up under
such service. AS the largest build
ers of closed bodies in the world,
we have learned and eliminated the
faults so difficult for builders of
less experience to overcome.
The tremendous reserve power
of the Hudson Super.Six motor
carries the closed type with the
ease and liveliness of the lighter
open models of less powerful cars.
There is about these cars none of
the sluggishness so common to
most cars of the closed type.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
Regrets Quitting Job; Ends Life

POTTsvILLE. Pa, March 2l.-Thomas
Cresswell. forty-two years old. OF Branch
dale. brooding over the fact that he had re-
linouished his work at collery. committed
suicide by hanging. Early yesterday Cress-
well told his wife he would visit neighbor.
when he failed to return. Mrs. Cresswell
sent a boy to the home at which he said
he would visit He was not there. The
body was found late yesterday suspended
from n limb of a tree on q hillside.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
There is Distinction
in such a Car

LII HuQSOn Super-SlX OF either
OF these types you can ride with
the greatest ease and in such com.
fort and luxury as you would eniov
IN your own drawing room.
One is no longer content merely
with conveyances that will take one
from place to place. Comfort and
eXclusiveness also are demanded,
The satisfaction of riding in such
ease as compared with the less COM
Portable type is just as great in the
summer as is obtained from riding
IN such a car in the coldest or most
lnclement weather.
The owner of a Hudson Super.
Six is always the envied. The own
er of a Hudson Super-Six coach is
the envied of the envied.
In selecting the new car for this
season, give consideration to one of
these closed types. They are the
highest examples of the coach
builders art. There is nothing
found in the most expensive that Is
not equalled in these cars. for Hud.
son sets the mode of closed cars.
i, And there is also the Hudson
Super-Six chassis which has out
performed all other cars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
Neuu Spring Models-E
Hudson Coaches
Six Types of Closed Cars
Suitable for All l-Year-Round Service

These are the types for use be-
tween town and the house in the
country or to the country club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
L-39 Lost Returning From London

BERLIN. March 2I.-The Admiralty an
nounces that Zeppelin Lac which was
brought down near Compiegne. France. last
Saturday was one of the airships which
took part in the London raid of the pre-
vious night.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

in the various counties of the state
deputy game wardens and abolish the
present system of deputies appointed
by the fish and game department.
Turn approximately rs per rent of the
money derived from the sale of fish
and game licenses back to the counties
where it is raised, the other 25 per
cent going to the state; that portion
going to the county paying for the
enforcement of the law therein. Make
the clerk of the county the party to
issue licenses; increase the price of
non-residence fish and game licenses
to S. each; give the state game war
den one deputy or office assistant and
charge of the state in general together
with the fish hatcheries which should
be reduced to three in number.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
Liquor Shipments Illegal.

In the most sweeping of all decis-
ions unfolding prohibition laws, the
supreme court Monday upheld as con-
stitutional and valid the Webb Kenyon
law prohibiting shipments of liquor
from the "wet" to "dry' states. 1t
also sustained West Virginia's amend
ment to her law prohibiting importa-
ton in interstate commerce of liquor
for personal use. After having been
vetoed by President Taft, who held
it unconstitutional, and having been
passed by congress over his veto, the
law was sustained by the supreme
court by vote of to 2. Leaders of
the prohibition movement declare it
is second only in Importance to the
proposed constitutional amendment.
Lawyers for liquor interests who
heard the decision Monday admitted
it upheld and applied the law gin its
fullest sense"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

lance from point of distribution; fix
maintenance charges on basis of water
delivered and used; put Carey COM
panies under much the same state
supervision as banks; state engineer
fix price of water rights, subject to
boards approval; state in complete
control from the beginning and in po-
sition to certify honestly as to the
capacity and possibilities of the pro-
ject.
He advocates state loans under the
amortization plan, with interest at 6
per cent, with l per cent commission,
and that legal interest rate in Idaho be
reduced to per cent.
He wants the public utilities COM
mission given authority as to sale,
lease, mortgage, assignment or mer
ger of corporations, and asks to have
the antitrust (blue sky law streng
thened.
He proposes a commission of two
to help the supreme court instead of
permanent appointments to the bench;
additional judge in the Fifth district,
with Power county transferred to the
Fourth; transfer Gem county to the
Third; create new district in north
Idaho.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
Emmett Man Gets Job.

Among the attaches of the lower
house. Charles P. Hartley was elect
ed as sergeant-at-arms. The Other
officers are:
Speaker-B. Harvey Alfred, repre-
sentative from Bingham county.
Chief clerk-M. H. Eustace, Canyon
county.
Assistant chief clerk-Arthur j
Porter, Madison county.
Journal clerk-Miss Cleona Mcken-
drick, Ada county.
Chaplain-Rev. T. P. Graham, Ada
county.
Engrossing clerk-Mrs. M. H.
Stockslager, Lincoln county.
Assistant engrossing clerk-Miss
Griffin, Elmore county.
Assistant superintendent. S.
Hogue, Lewis county.
Doorkeeper-L. A. Blackburn, Nez
Perez.
Custodian cloak room - Herbert
Horsley, Bannock county.
Pages-Donald ]. Wicher, Owyhee;
James F. Batter, Ada.
Other clerks to be appointed by
committee.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
THE ALLIES TERMS.
London Paper Outlines Terms That
VIII Probably be Demanded.

The London Spectator of recent
date publishes what it processes to
believe will be the terms demanded by
the allies as conditions precedent to
peace. Here they are:
The peace terms are to start from
the statu quo before the war, this
including the evacuation of the whole
of Northern France, Belgium and
Luxembourg, and of all lands taken
from Serbia, Rumania, Russia and
Montenegro.
Alsace-Lorraine is to be restored
to France.
The Danish portion of Schleswig-
Holstein is to go to Denmark.
Posen, Polish Prussia and Austrian
Poland are to be added to the new
subkingdom of Poland which the car
has pledged to create.
The Slavs of Bosnia, Herzegovina,
Dalmatia, Croatia, are to be created
into a new kingdom.
Bohemia is to be an Independent
state.
The Rumanian section of Tran
sylvania to be added to Rumania.
The whole Austrian Tyrol, plus
Triest, Istria and the other portions
of Austria which are Italian in blood
or feeling, to be added to italy.
Turkey to yield Constantinople and
the straits to Russia.
The Armenians to be put under
Russian tutelage
The Arabs to be freed, while Syria,
Asia Minor and Mesopotamia are to
be under external protection guaran-
teeing tranquility.
The German colonies to remain in
the hands of the Entente
A money indemnity must be paid for
the ruin Germany has done in Bel
GUM, France, Serbia, Montenegro.
AS regarding shipping, Germany to
make reparation in kind for all ships
of commerce destroyed, ton for ton,
neutral shipping to be replaced only
after all the demands of the Allies
have been satisfied.
The German navy to be handed over
and distributed among Entente nations
AS a guarantee against future war,
the Allies are to insist upon the de- |
of the German govern |
ment.
The Kiel Canal to be neutralized I'M
der an international non-German COM
including the Entente coun-
tries, the United States and other
neutrals.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
PORTLAND MARKET REPORT
Cattle.

Cattle.
Jan 9-Over 1000 head of cattle
were received Monday, which was one
Of the largest runs during the winter
All offerings found very good de-
mand and prices were on about a
steady basis with last week, though
there were good many prime cattle
received during the day including some
well finished pulp fed steers which
brought $3.50.
Beef Steers-Best beef steers were
in good supply which also met a very
good demand. Best beef steers
brought $3.50 with another load at
1925; good steers closed at SITS to
8.15; medium kinds brought S7.65.
Market on common grades suffered
little loss of probably 10 to Is cents
Cows and Heifers-There was a
fair supply of butcher stuff of good
quality which also found good de-
mand. Prices on all grades were
steady at s7.25 and $7.35; bulk of
good kind sold from $3.50 to ST;
medium cows brought Sc to $3.50 with
common grades at So to SIS.
Hogs.
With nearly 5000 head of porkers
here, and a very good demand another
advance of 10 cents was made. The
top was $1,000, which was paid for
several loads of prime heavies. One
load of prime lights brought 5000
with the bulk of sales at S10.35 and
from this on down to $1O25. Pigs
sold 25 cents higher; the bulk of good
grade of pigs brought SO to 1925 with
stock hogs at So and $3.50.
Sheep.
Sheep prices continued their up
ward climb when another 25 cents ad-
vance was made on east of the noun
tain lambs. One choice load brought
SLIPS, with another at S11, valley
lambs brought S10.75 with fair to
good valley lambs at $1,000. A few
heavy yearlings brought $3.50; good
mutton ewes brought So to $S25. De-
mand for all kinds of sheep and lambs
is urgent and higher prices are in
evidence provided the extreme receipts
continue
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
DOINGS OF THE LEGIS.
LATURE
Governors Message Urges Econ
Omy-RecOmmends Reforms
Some Good, Some Doubtful

In his message to the Legislature
Governor Alexander urges stric
economy, asks for cooperation of tht
members of both parties and suggest:
a 40-day session.
He recommends that the tax levy be
the same as for the preceding two
years and made flexible to be adjusted
by the state board of equalization
with a limit of $75O,OO0 a year.
He asks for greater concentration
of power and Capitalization of res
possibility in the governor instead OF
having Expensive commissions. He also
asks authority to suspend county
sheriffs and prosecutors who are
neglectful in enforcing the liquor laws
and authority to dismiss any appoin-
tive executive officers, excepting those
named by the judiciary.
He urges consolidation of livestock
and horticultural boards, health board
and pure food department, banking
and insurance departments.
He advocates a strict corrupt prac-
tees act and the abolition of means
for purely party voting. Also recon-
mends initiative, referendum and re-
call legislation.
He finds no amendments needed in
the liquor laws, excepting possibly
codification.
He asks for a fair workman's COM
pensation act.
He urges liberal appropriations for
roads; for state educational institu-
lions, no more than granted two years
ago.
The governor devotes considerable
attention to Carey act projects. He
would segregate water rights from
land; prevent any corporation or IN
dividual obtaining any right to water
excepting for beneficial application
in irrigation; insure sufficient water
for crops; revoke privileges of COM
panies not performing complete func-
tions; sell no water rights till project
completed; build them by units; grade
cost of water rights according to dis