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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
FISH PRICES FIRST
ON FOOD SCHEDULE
Jay Cooke, New Administra-
tor, Will Announce Cost to
Public on Thursday

Tho first otIiclll action of jay Cooke,
the new Federal food administrator for
Philadelphia County. will be TO announce
prices for fish on Thursday. according
To n statement made at his Office In the
Finance Building today
a rigid investigation, coupled with a
series of conferences with producers.
wholesalers and dealers of fish. is being
made by the administration. Beginning
Thursday prices will be announced IN
advance for each meatlcss Tuesday and
Friday to prevent the fish men from
profiting unduly from the patriotic abb
stinence from meat
The market is Hooded with frozen
fish at the present time. and care should
be taken by the housewife that she does
not buy frozen fish at the price of fresh
fish. the food administration says. This
condition is due to "A large percentage of
the New England fishermen not work
ing during the month of December.
Announcement was made today that
Administrator Cooke will move his Of
fees to the Bulletin Building within the
near future The purpose of this is to
gather all food workers and committees
under the same roof.
Howard Heinz, food administrator foI
Pennsylvania, today announced the ap'
poiutmert of William .. Waspburn, OF
Wilkes Barre, as food controller for Lu.
zerne County.
The appointment Of W. +. Therkildson
as vice director of the food department
of the Committee of Public Safety, was
also announced MIR. Therkldson is a
member of the firm Of W. Atlcc Burpcc
& Co, seed growers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
TWO CAMDEN SAILORS
LOST ON JACOB JONES
Relatives Of w. r. Laskowski
and Henry P. Favreau
Give Up Hope

Relatives OF two Camden men, mcm-
bers of the crew Of the torpedoed United
States destroyer Jacob Jones, whose
names are among those missing, have
about given up hope that they were
saved. The men, who are believed to
have been the victims OF German sub.
marine, are William Laskowski, known
In the navy as William Lasken. 1851
IIadden avenue, and Henry J. Favreau,
1907 I.ansdown avenue.
Iaskowski has been In the navy eleven
years. and Favreau seventeen years.
Both young men ran away and enlisted
under false names to prevent investi.
gators learning where they lived. friends
say. The former Is declared a hero by
his friends. who recalled how he closed
the seacocks-<of the Jones as she sa lied
out to sea fer the first time a little more
than year ago. at the risk of his life.
During the American occupation of
Vera cruz. Mexico. In 1914, Laskowski
was shot by insurrectonists. He was
struck In the arm and in falling frac-
tured both legs, spending several weeks
in a hospital.
Revised lists by the Navy Depart
ment show that twelve Philadelphans
instead of ten. as first reported. were
On the destroyer. The names Of the
two men not previously reported are
those Of Walter j. Morrisette, 29si
Edgemont street. and Thomas Emilis-
son, 25O1 South Iseminger street. These
men are Included In the ,list of the eight
Philadelphians still unaccounted for.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
Broken Rail DELAYS =. Il. L. Trains

\ broken rail on tho Pennsylvania
Railroad between Chester and Whining
ton this morning caused delay of trains
Until the rail could be replaced and gave
ise to reports of n serious wreck which
proved to lie unfounded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
Thirteen Negro
Soldiers Hanged


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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11

may be concluded that his mind is not
free from doubt regarding the ultimate
results Of British conquest OF Palestine.
Rabbi u. l.. Levinthai said:
ut is great victory for the Allies
and for the Jewish people. II Is too
early. though. for unrestrained rejoicing.
The war is not yet ended If 1t ends as
we hope and believe II will. Palestine
will be restored to tho Jewish people.
but II has not yet been restored. The
fall OF Jerusalem brings us much nearer
TO our aim, but II Is not yet accom-.
plishcd.'
Among the great masses of Jews OF
Philadelphia who walk In lowly places.
proprietors of little stores and workers
In mills and factories. there was general
rejoicing. Many OF them hope to go to
Palestine to live when Palestine becomes
the Jewish nationals they believe 1t
will. Others will be content to have
the Jewish nation established aud TO
take inspiration from It, continuing 20
live elsewhere. But all are glad and
all see hope ahead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
ALIEN PROBLEM PERPLEXES
U. S. Would Do Justice to All Aus.
trians Loyal to Country

ton Of the SABBATH resolution excluding
from the alien enemy class certain Aus
TRAN subjects continued in the House
Foreign Affairs Committee today.
Blanket exemption OF enemy subjects
the War and Justice Departments be-
iieve dangerous How to do justice to
Austrians loyal TO the United states
employed in munitiOn plants and mines
and not to let down tho bars TO scdl-
tious aliens is II complex question,
Chairman Flood lid.
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
Bernard NJ Baruch. Of the War In
dustrics Board, and Labor Department
representatives appeared at the hearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
SlOO EOR MANS DEATH

wESTVILLE, y. T.. Dec. 11.--plead-
ing guilty to "a charge of assault and
battery. Theodore Albaum. who had been
indicted for manslaughter on the charge
of being responsible for the death OF
Hermann Richelson IN an automobile
accident here last summer, was fined
500 and costs in the Gloucester County
Court at Woodbury..
Richelson was killed while riding in
Albaum's car when It, collided with an.
other motoS near Westville ON July 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
JEWS AND CHRISTIANS
HAIL HOLY CITY'S FALL

Ne" fOf,h, Dec. II.
Fall of Jerusalem TO the army of a
Christian Power is one OF the greatest
events Of all history. prominent New
York Jews and Christians declared to-
day.
"The long deferred prAyers of the
children of the Book are at last in
process of fulfllment," said Oscar S
Straus, former ambassador to Turkey
This means that the age-old dream
of the Jews is to be realized declared
Henry Morgenthau. former amba ssador
to Turkey.
II am exceedingly glad Jerusalem was
taken without bloodshed.' said Nathan
Straus. famous philanthropist.
1T il great news for the Zionists," :"
asserted Samuel Untermyer. provided
our expectation that 1t Is TO be followed
ny creation Of an Independent State,
under British protection. is realized"
Coming on the eve OF Christmas. this
will take us back to the sacred memories
and traditions of the Holy Land in a
nev way" said Bishop Greer. 1T may
mean the nucleus for a new nation un-
der British protection"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
Dean J.. A. Klein Safe in France

Dean l.. \. Klein. Of the veterinary
school Of the University Of Pennsylvania,
has arrived safely in France. according
TO a message received by Provost Edgar
+. Smith. Dean Klein was sent by the
Government on special mission to Gem
eral Pershing to present to him the de-
tails of the organization Of the vctcr-
mary corps. to receive General Persh-
ing's wishes and opinions and to make
a survey of the situation in France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
British Tanks Help
Italians to Halt Foe



cation from east TO west of the Piave--
or even from west of lake Garda.
Any success TO an attack like the
present one on the Asiago plateau would
force immediate abandonment of the
Piave line. It would mean a retreat by
the Italians either to the Adlges or the
Polines.
The French and British veterans have
taken over vulnerable sectors of the
Italian lines. They have already made
themselves almost at home. Their
trenches and dugouts arc modelled ex-
actly along the lines of those from which
British and French troops held the Ger
man invasion into Belgium and France
to a standstill.
General Pepino Garibaldi. who follow
ing the Observation-Disclosures war" fought
in the French Foreign Legion, Is now
fighting alongside French soldiers again.
He remained in the Foreign Legion until
Italy came into the war and then Joined
its forces The general had two broth
ers killed in the Foreign Legion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
Train Hits Boys, Killing One

POTTSNILLE. Pa. Dee. /. John
Siruc thirteen years old. was killed here
while on his, way to Fischback School
and Frederick Merrck, his companion
was so severly injured that little hope
is entertained at the Pottsville Hospital
of saving his life. The bows were
crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks when they were struck by a
train.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
Wilson Asks Rise
in Police Salary
Continued from Page One

presented to me any grievance of this
or any ether character
"T-he police force of Philadelphia is
second to none other in this country and
taken as a class are a conscientious body
of men. but like all other bodies Of men
at lines permit their confidence to be
abused and their judgment warped by
some self-seekers with Interior motives,
whose purposes are SO apparent from the
asinine methods used that no self-re-
specting person would for one moment
deal with them"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27

Ind by your lonesome. Then you must
know how to rig and strip balloon,
know how to direct its initiation and
various other things.
When the Young men at the Rock
! Vile school, which is under govern
.ment supervision. have been licensed
as pilots they will 60 10 another train
ing school at Omaha, Neh., where they
will be instructed in kite ballooning
i The kite balloon is something like
zeppelin, with small sausage attached
/ TO the big one at one end, and tail
running out a long distance to which
cups are attached to catch the wind
and steady the big gas bag which is
attached by cable to the earth. And
from this cable runs a telephone wire.
/ The observer on the battle front is in
constant communication with the off
lcers on the earth. Sometimes the cable
IS shot away and the balloon goes
adrift. Then the training received in
the spherical balloon at Roe kville would
come in play, as the Young aerOnaut
would know how to handle his balloon
and to make his way back to earth as
quickly as possible, saving himself and
his companions, as well as the balloon
which costs more than the ordinary
modern dwelling.
The aeronautical service offers to
young men one Of the most interesting
fields of service in war time. 1t differs
radically from the aviation work which
IS largely matter of scouting and
fighting in flight but it is fully as
satisfying, and the pay is in the same
generous measure, some $500 to $500
a month. Rockville gives all the pre-
liminary training, Omaha puts on the
finishing touches, and then the aero
naut is ready to really do something
IN France, in Italy or in some other
country abroad where we have Joined
hands with several nations in the fight
for world democracy and freedom.
n. II. Arnold the chief instructor
and pilot of the Collegiate Balloon
school, is one of the most expert men
, in the country in free ballooning. He
made his flight as a newspaperman in
North Adams, followed it until he was
commissioned No. II among the pilots
! of America, represented this country
IN the international race at Berlin in
: 1908 when he stayed up SO hours, land
ed in the North sea and was brought
back to Williamshaven by German ma
: val pilots after an experience in the
water which makes a good subject fol
his lectures. He also was partici
! pant in the national race from st
Louis and in all has made nearly 100
flights. Arnold is no dare devil. H,
. knows that everything is right abou
the balloon before he starts and h,
! exercises due precautions at all stage
; of the flight.
Mr.. Arnold was member of Tht
Reformer staff FIVE years, and was rec
| commended for his present position b,
4 the leading officials of the Aero eluI
/ of America.
If there is any fear about balloon
ing it is mostly a matter of psychoIo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27
U1ST AFTER q SAFE
LANDING DRAWING
TIE 5ALkOO~ INTO
CLEAR STAGE FOR
DEFZA ton
CONVERTING 3 IL P. C. BONDS.
Treasury Explains How to Exchange
Old for New P. C. Issue.

" WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The hold
ers of the first issue of Liberty bonds
may convert their 3 ID per cent hold
lngs into the new 1 per cent issue in
accordance with regulations outlined
IN statement issued by the treasury
department.. The statement SAYS:
Conversion Of the 3 1-2 per cent
bonds may be effected at any federal
reserve bank or at the treasury depart
.ment by surrender of the 3 1-2 per cent
bonds together with request for con
version, at any time after Nov. s, 1917
(but not later than May 10, 1919, but
no i per cent bonds will be ready for
delivery prior to Nov. Is. 1917. If
conversions are effected at any time
before Dee. 10, 1917. payments to the
government to adjust interest will not
be required, but, en- and after that date
such payments must be made The
machinery for the adjustment of inter
est has been worked out. so that such
adjustments will be made with a mini
mum of Inconvenience if conversions
are effected as of Nov -, 1917, or as
of Dee. IS, 1917.
Holders of bonds of interim certifi-
Gates of the first Liberty loan who de-
so desire prompt. delivery of their 4
per cent bonds should surrender their
holdings for conversion on Nov. s, 1917,
or as soon thereafter as possible. Con
versions of bonds so surrendered will
be effected as of Nov. -, 1917, and
holders thereof will thereby obtain the
full benefit of the highest rate of in
, terest from the earliest possible date
Subscribers for bonds of the first
| Liberty loan who for any reason. have
not yet received either definite bonds
or interim certificates, and who desire
to convert, should so notify the bank
! or trust company, or other agency now
holding such bonds or interim certifi-
Gates. To take advantage of the con-
version privileges it will not be nee
essarv for holders of interim eertifi-
Gates to obtain the definite 3 IL per
, cent bonds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27
VERNON.

The library will be open Saturday,
Oct. y, in the afternoon
Mrs. Emma Dow of Keene is the
guest of Mrs. Kate Squiers.
Mrs. Phny Burrows, who is i'll with ty-
phold fever, is more comfortable
Mrs. Florence Fennelly of Guilford
has finished caring for Mrs. H. E.
Akley.
The plaster cast has been removed from
Arthur l.. Miller's leg and the leg is now
in splints
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Barnes spent the
week end III Jamaica with her sister,
Mrs. j. c. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Goodnough of
Easthampton, Mass, were weekend
guests at B. A. Streeter s.
Leslie Streeter and Miss Tina Street
er of Greenfield were guests on Sun
day of their brother, B. A. Streeter. and
family.
, Remember the Halloween party and
dance to be held in Grange hall Friday
evening, Nov > \ mystery supper will
| be served
A number from this place went to
Guilford Center Friday evening to hear
Kingsbury s Bingville' band, and all
report fine time.
F. A. Dewitt OF Newfane gave q
very interesting talk on the advisable
lity of purchasing Liberty loan bonds
at the regular meeting of Vernon
Grange Saturday evening.
The annual meeting of the Vernon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27
"A CLEAN GET AWAY
FzoONT SCttCOZ GROUVDS 1T RCcRW


and then back again, to find Cub asleep
II the basket and Welch in the orchard
eating apples.
farmer with a big team had been
requisitioned and coming in by an old
wood road was close by the balloon
in waiting. Soon the students arrived
in three automobiles and an automo-
bile truck, and after lot of hard
work the balloon was debated, the
basket taken off. the big envelope
rolled up, with the assistance of the
entire force The load was taken out
by the farmer, transferred to the au-
tomobile truck, and we were started on
our homeward journey.
One newspaperman who made a sim
Gle flight said free ballooning consisted
of 40 per cent preparation, 20 per cent
flight and 40 per cent in stripping, re-
packing and getting back to the start
ing point The flight part was placed
too high.
One amusing feature of flight at
low attitudes is to see the henyards va
Gated in terror. The bidies-little and
| big-seem to sense the balloon as a
monster bird, and they run to cover as
| if the mother of all hawks was after
them. But the cows, horses and other
domestic animals are undiSturbed
What do you suppose the last sound
is when YOU 90 so high that everything
on earth seems stilled? Suddenly
when YOU think you are away from al
sound from earth, dog 5 bark may be
heard. That bark has a penetrating
quality that carries through the atmos
pherP to heights not attained by otheI
sounds.
The Collegiate Balloon school a
Rockville. Conn, whence our flight wa.
made, is the development of an ide;
which originated in the fertile brain OF
Everard Thompson, one of the mos
widely known and popular graduate
of Yale in the past p years. Mr.
Thompson, by the way, is the man VIII,
built the Yale bowl, where the bi.
football contests are staged and he ha
been associated for years with Waite
Camp i'll the direction of athletics a
Yale large part of his life ha
been connected with affairs in which
young men are interested. He wante,
to do his bit against the enemy abroad
and finally decided that he could be o
more value in this direction by manao
ing balloonlng school to turn on
aeronauts than in any other line 0
endeavor.
The Rockville school is at presen
equipped with seven balloons-six o
the spherical type and one of the oh
servauon or captive balloon patterr
The young men in training are largel
college boys, full of enthusiasm for thei
work and the prospects which it open
; for them of doing something for thei
country.
TO qualify as a pilot of a spherica
balloon each student must make seve
flights. One must be made at NIGH
and the severest ordeal is a "solo
flight, when you go up all alone an
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27

Union Church association will be held at
the vestry Saturday evening, Oct p. All
members, their families and friends are
invited TO both meeting and supper
Mr.. and Mrs F. A. Cook and sons. Nor
man and Milton, were guests SATURDAY. of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Warren Hale.
They made the journey from their home
in Springfield, Mass, by automobile
II. A. Staten motored to Worcester.
Mass, Tuesday He was accompanied by
Miss Taylor, nurse, who is caring for
Mrs. Plny Burrows Miss Taylor's moth
er underwent surgical operation that
day
| The Ladies circle will meet at their
rooms Wednesday, Oct. 81 A good at
tendance is hoped for as there will be
plenty OF work for the festival. the pro-
ceeds of which will be for the benefit of
the Red Cross.
| Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Staten went to
Greenfield Saturday. They were ac-
companied by Mrs NJ. l.. Sawyer, who
had been their guest several weeks.
Mrs. Sawyer was en- route to her home
in Peterboro, y. H.
The annual fair and festival of the Yer
non Ladies circle will be held in Grange
hall Friday evening, Nov. Is. Dancing
will be enjoyed The usual sale of aprons.
fancy articles and homemade candy will
be conducted and hot chieken-pie sup
per will be served All proceeds from
this fair will go for the benefit of the
Red Cross. Contributions of food and
salable articles will be gratefully re
lceived,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27

gy which could be cured by cores
pondence course in Christian Science.
Blindfold a person and stuff his ears
50 that he cannot hear and Arnold
says he will guarantee to place him in
the basket and take him up 5000 feet,
and the man deprived of sight and
hearing will never know that he has
left the earth.
The answer TO the question of dan
ger is found in Mr. Arnold statement
that in the history of ballooning for
many years not a single serious acct
dent has ever taken place if proper
precautions were observed and no ex-
periments tried
Ballooning will come to its own some
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27

day as the most beautiful of all Jour
neys. There is no sight from a noun
tam top or from any other vantage
point like that from balloon when
all the earth lies before YOU at all
points of the compass in the most
picturesque panorama imaginable.
| AT present ballooning occupies a con
spicuous part in the stage of world
warfare. There is a crying need for
more aeronauts The Rockville school
offers the training for this service.
For young men of red blood and a
love OF adventure, who wish to do
something that counts, it is a wonder
fully attractive field, in which thew
will be well rewarded on the monetary
side.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27
JACKSONVILLE.

Mrs. Warner Pratt of Colrain is Wis
iting her son, Leon, of this place few
days.
Mrs. Agnes Cross and children visit
ed her sister, Mrs. Frank Cross, in Cole
rain over Sunday
Mrs. ID. NJ. Canedy visited her daugh-
ter-Mrs. w, A. Wilcox, in Brattleboro
a few days recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Author Wheeler of Will
mington called ON relatives one dav
the first of the week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27
GUILFORD CENTER.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Whittemore attend
ed the dairy show in Springfield, Mass,
last week
The Ladies circle will meet in their
rooms Wednesday, October 81. Dinner
will be served at noon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-27

The theory of 40-year limit of useful
ness, mistakenly attributed to DR.. Osler.
found many supporters. At present when
a man indicates that he is willing to work
nobody stops to ask his age.-Washington
Star.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-11-29

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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-07-20
PACOLET, ROUTE l

Pacolet, Route 1, July 17.-Miss
Ethel Byars spent the weekend with
Miss Minnie Pearl Jones.
Mrs. c. C. Greene and little daug-
ter, Addie Lipscomb, spent Sunday in
Gaffney.
Misses Winnie Proctor and Ruby
Merris spent Saturday night with
Mrs. M. b. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Jones and chill
dren of Gaffny spent Sunday with his
sister, Miss Matte Jones.
Mrs. Charles Smith and children,
who have been visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. i. Jones for several
weeks, are visiting in Gaffney before
returning to her home in Louisville,
Ky.
Miss Lizzie Morehead, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Goudelock
and family, left Sunday morning for
Georgia.
Mr.. ]. r. Hodge had the misfortune
to lose fine mule last Monday and
came very near losing one on We'd
nesday which was caused by bought
feed.
Miss Julia Wood is the guest of
relatives this week in Gaffney.
Daisy.