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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
BRITISH CROWDS RUSH
FOR "WIN-THE-WA LOAN
Bank of England Opens Early to Meet
Demands for Two Govern
nnent Issues

LONDON, Jan 12.-The Bank OF Eng
land, hallowed by decades OF precedent
smashed all tradition today by opening it's
doors before 9 o'clock In response 10 de-
mands OF eager throngs outside The
crowds were the respondents 10 the Gov
ernmenrs appeal for subscriptions TO the
..,gin-the-war'' loan. Hundreds OF thou
lands OF copies OF the prospectus on the
Iaan we're issued and the crowds were thick
All morning.
There will be two loan issues One viii
haar ave pe~ eng interest and Ii will be
put out at prices SO as to make the net
sleid five and one-quarter per cent, IL viii
I'M Tor thirty years and the Government
WIN have the option OF redeemlng u az
nar after twelve years. II VIII DC TAX
80 10 foreign and colonial purchasers
rbe other issue will bear four per cent
interest and win be tax free, except from
s.,nertaz. II will be put out Al FAR and
~, for twenty i've years. with me option
- redemption after twelve years
preifher loan carries conversion rights
f,.rfber issues. A sinking fund of one
s,s5th ~ ner cent per anHum has been sslae-
ishcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
THAW TO FACE CHARGE
OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
VIII Be Tried Here Before Being
Taken to Courts in
New York

one more charge against Harry X. Thuw
Will be marked up against him in the police
annals, II was announced by Detective Cap
tain Tate today. He viii be arTaigned in
the Central Police Court on the charge OF
attempted suicide Just as soon as he re-
covers from the wounds he inflicted upon
himself By slashing his throat and wrist
al the home Of Mrs. Elizabeth TacOt, $3.50
Walnut street. lie will have to answer
this charge in Philadelphia, 1t was asserted.
before he is taken to New York, where he
has been indicted for attacking and kid
mapping Frederick Gump, Jr., OF Kansas
city. at the Hotel McAlpin, on Christmas
night
According to an old decision unearthed
by Assistant District Attorney Joseph Tau
lane. which was handed down by Judge
Arnold fifteen years ago, attempted self
destruction is not punishable In Pennsyl-
Vania. but because Of unfamiliaritV with
this decision not week passes In Phila-
delphia he said, that persons are not locked
up for attempted suicide
When told this, Captain Tate reiterated
that Thaw would have to answer the charge
here.
Thaw may he sentenced to from ten to
fifty years II convicted on the kidnapping
case in New York, according to Captain
Tate.
Captain Tate explained that the New
York laws were stringent in dealing with
Sidnappers, He said a maximum sentence
OF fifty years for kidnapping recently had
been passed in New York owing to the
activity Of Black Handlers,
There may be more arrests in the Thaw
kidnapping case in this city, Captain Tate
| explained,
Both Val OFarrelI, head, and Samuel
| Maloney, local manager, OF the Val O'Far-
! reU Detective Agency, We're gried by Cap
| tain Tate and asked to explain why they
| smuggled Thaw out to West Philadelphia.
| Both agreed in saying they intended to
| surrender him to the New York authorities
| and were going TO do so yesterday, Their
| plans, they said, were knocked "sky-high'
| by the attempted suicide.
| At ST. Mary's Hospital, where he has a
| suita OF rooms Il was said that Thaw passed
| a comfortable night. His physician, DR., Ell
| wood Kirby, and two detectives We're will
| him all night He has had no visitors with
! mo exception Of the mother superior, who
| entered his room before noon In answer
| 10 her question as to how he felt, he opened
| his eyes and smiling, said
| very fine. thank you"
| Mrs William Carnegie, sister Of Thawl
| mother is en- route from Pittsburgh.
Assistant District Attorney Black, Of New
| York. arrived here today and conferred will
| District Attorney ROtan and Captain o
] Detectiyes Tate. Black declared II was no
| necessary for him 10 see Thaw.
| "There's no possibility OF a frame-up.
| he said emphatically. The evidence II
| the Gump case is conclusive"
! Detectives Flood and Cummisse, or New
| York. are here with fugitive warrants 4
| serve on Thaw just soon as he has recov
cred and is released by the Philadelphia
"A policeman has been stationed outsid
| OF the hospital and Detectives Carr an
walsh are AZ the bedside OF the III man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

Howard j. Bell thirty-five years,
wholesale meat dealer, who lives at 55iS
SAMSON street was held in $500 bail for
court today by Magistrate Stevenson for
beating Harold Freas, 5S2l De Lancey
street Freas testified that when he re-
turned from "A trip from Scranton last
Tuesday he was met at the Reading
Terminal by Bell who struck him three
times on the nose. Bell said that he met
Frcas on Christmas Eve and introduced him
TO his wife at a country club. \ few days
later he testified that FreHs called at his
home and told his wife that he wanted her
to meet him at the Reading Terminal on
Tuesday. Mrs Bell told her husband and
he kept the date instead OF his wife.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION



James MGEEff oSd julia Ncc:H lH NNt Raaives 50" aS5
friends invited TO funeral, Mon, II q, M. from
residence Of sister, Mrs. May Dnhrnger. 1894
Chester ave. ". Phila. Int private NJ
Morlah Gem. Friends may, Cql! sun. 70 p m N.
daughter lighter Of Robert {. ana the late Cather9s R
Long aged u days. Funeral services and Int,
sat. fnthrrs residence. 233 n. Ruby 81.
SPEIGER,-Ian. II. JOSEPH SPElGER
services sun. p. M 1888 Catharne II. lnt
BElAi.-Jan. II, JOSEPH T.. son Of lais
Francis ana susanna Real, HEcd 90; Rela,
lives and friends invited to services. Tues
D. m at niece residence, Mrs. Robert Ritthe,
Ir 1898 y. 18th st. Int Cedar Hlll Gen.,
MORRIS.-At Merton, Pa. Jan, IL, ANNA
PJRVES widow Of Caspar ". Morris, aged ~
Services sat: $3.50 p M, st. Marys ChureA
Tp5IEsSGHAMPES.-Iau H. WILLIAM g.. Ioa
Of Ann C'atharine Deschump"s. Funeral services
SAT. l .. m, at the chanel Of Andrew j. hAH
& Son. Arch and lYth SITS Int private =, M,
MARsHALIJan At the l9sS lTSsdf9Se 5ss Ol ps a.
CHARLES c. MARSHALL, husband Of & An5a
Nj. Marshall, aged 10: Eelatiyes and tTlea,qis tT,i
Philip schuyler Post 40 ~ HarTis4te soos,, Cqsl
No l2s, 4 o. r. Of Nj C.. SRd Ma "ld IL SUIsH gnnsTs
his son-in-law. John R Taylor i226 Gria'oH
St Frankford. Int. private Is. Of T. Cssmn,o
SCALES.-Jan. IL qt her TeSid'nGI,ei, ,aaIg aUl9 4 r.
Scales. Relatives and friends invited 70 funsT,i
services Mon 9.3O u. m. al the ollVer ~
BaiT Bldg. lh20 Chestnut 81, .,.,,,,r,r, 49,.
GERBER. - Jan. -, MARY Gt'tbhth WI vi
Non. ! D. m. GGi Z. Ccarfeld st; IT. s, n
Cedar iIiil Gem Remains may be viewed sun
7'''''''E' "A patient sufferer at rest"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
AS ROME SEES IT

ROME. Jan, ~.
Responsibility for the continuation OF the
war has been put squarely up to Germany
by the Allies reply to President Wilson's
note.
This is the attitude expressed in official
circles today. Germany now knows the
terms Of the Entente Powers ana II she
Is willing TO meet them the war will cease
at once, II was stated
There were demopstrations OF JOY in the
streets OF Rome today when the contents
Of the note were made known. Cheering
crowds gathered in front OF the Government
buildings.
II the German allies accept the peace
terms. which Is considered extremely inn
probable, Il would mean the elimination OF
Itaiy,s most formidable enemy-Apstria-
Hungary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
PenrOse Holds Control
OUer "WdF Board"
Continued from Page One


parchment viii be allowed to stand, for. a
time at least. as a club over the head Of
the Governor and the administration forces
in the Legislature.
The conferees also will discuss tonight
and tomorrow the feasibility of supporting
the Sarig resolution, which calls for a
thorough probe of the charges made during
the speakershin fight. Senator Penrose and
the members of his war council realize
that they cannot vote the Democratic in
vestigation resolution down without placing
themselves on record as being opposed To- a
probe, and thereby not backing up the
threats the senior Senator has been making.
All of the members Of the War Board
are sitting in their deliberations today.
Most of their time, however. is occupied
with applications for committee assign
inents
The various House and Senate commits
tees are being made up. and although they
win not be announced until the Legis-
tature convenes. the PenrOse cunferees are
not making any secret of the fact that
the friends Of the Wares ana the Gov
ernOr are being ignored in the important
committees at least
The war board was completed today when
state Senator William II, Crow Of Union
town. who IL chairman Of the State Com-
mittee, arrived State Senator william G.
Mcconnell. of ShamoIdn. also came down
TO watch the proceedings.
w Harry Baker secretary Of the state
Committee, and Harmon NJ. Eephart, State
Treasurer-elect, left at noon for Philadel-
phia.
While the war board" was discussing
the advisability OF extreme measures
against Governor Brumbaugh and the
Wares, State Senator James r. McSichol to-
day picked up the gauntlet thrown down by
the Wares and declared unreienting warfare
upon the South Philadelphia leaders.
Discussing the threat OF the Wares of
IAN eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth" Senator McNichoI asserted that a
Ware adherent will be ousted from City
Hall for every Penrose-McNichol follower
who loses his place because of the present
factional contest
81 am not losing any sleep over that
threat" said Senator McNichol There
are at least sixty Ware followers employed
in Philadelphia Offices that we control
and we can retaliate, Their threat will
not change our minds about Legislative
patronage"
The Ware threat was made last night
Just before the announcement came Out
that the Wares and the anti-Penrose lead
ers will hold an opposition conference al
Hot Springs, Va. starting next Sunday
The Wares and their party viii leave to-
morrow night at II o'clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

day There was a general disposition TO
couple Premier Lloyd Georges speech at
Guldhal yesterday with the note, and
this resulted In the oft-repeated belief that
the recent Allied conference at Rome really
marks the turning point of the war. That
conference marked a closer union Of the
Entente for the unninchinR prosecution Of
the war: II resulted i'm complete and Ear-
monious interchange Of ideas on how best
to press that prosecution: IL showed no
nation OF the Entente group wavernE in
the firm determination that the Allies
ideals and aims in the war were founded
on Justice and righteousness,
The only hint Of criticism OF the note
came in a suggestion that strong as it
was some Of it's phrases had lost a VestiEe
Of viKor In the translation into English
from the original French text The French
in which the note was prepared, Il was
held, was even more inCisive and bold in
its terms than the translation.
Newspaper editorials expressed pride in
the note, and belief that America could
not fail TO be impressed with the parallel
outlined between the aims Of the Entente
now and the liberty and freedom for which
America stands.
The Times declared
The peace which the Allies desire Is
founded upon the doctrines of liberty.
Justice and inviolabe fidelity to inter
national agreements which Americans
have always cherished and reNereu
Making allowance for neutrality OF
thought and the results OF the German
propaganda. we do not see how any
American citizen who Is not definitely
German partisan can raise objection to-
the Allies statement Of their aims in
any particular.
The Daily News commented:
The note embodes just such state
ments as were needed. Whether peace
is yet obtainable on these terms Is
for Germany to indicate. The present
suggests that the time has not yet
come. But at least the Allies have
closed no door Their position is clear
and unassaiable. and we believe that
nowhere viii the justice Of their cause
he denied.
The Daily Express held the note to be
bold and thoroughly uncompromistng.' II
continued:
There is no hope that the enemy
will accept the terms until they have
received a decisive military defeat.
Therefore it is impossible at this mo-
ment even to approach negotiations.
The war must go on,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
MOTHERS AID LAW ATTACKED
Lackawanna County Questions Consti-
tutionality of 1918 Law

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 12--Judges Ed
wards. Ncwcomb and O'Neill. sitting en-
banc, heard arguments today for and
against the constitutionalty OF the mothers
pension law passed in 1913. The county
officials refused to make an appropriation
for the fund. Local civic societies then
took the matter up.
Lackawanna County says that it would
be violation of the Constitution to ap-
propriate moneys to special Class-widows
Of the Commonwealth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

Application was made in court of Com
mon Pleas No, > today by Attorney A. A..
IIrst for a charter for the West Phladel-
pha catholic High School for Boys, which
is now in course of construction AT Forty
ninth and Chestnut streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
Mount Airy Man Killed BY Train

A man believed TO be Raymond Latshaw.
Of Aliens lane. Mount Airy. vas killed by a
train on the Reading Railway az
Ninth and Parrish streets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

JAMES l.. FITZPATRICK has been ap-
pointed engineer Of the Boil Telephone Com
pany Of Pennsylvania, to succeed Nathan
Hayward who recently resigned to become
president of the American Dredging Com
pany Mr. Fitzpatrick has been Identified
with tho engineering department OF the
IN Philadelphia tor twenty years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

GEORGE W. ELKINs has purchased
tract of ground at Broad and Fishers ave
uuc, through James A. Tisdall CO. from
John DiCky, Ir., for an undisCIused con
sideratiou u is assessed at $4,000. No
immediate development is contemplated, ac-
Cording to the brokers'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

RiITENHOtNt NVNNht r'N'"'I''N W.
aroused when FIRE was discovered IN the
home Of S. Mcgargce Wright, al 1908 Wal
mt street late last night MIR Wright
who is widely known In local club circles,
aroused The servants and cNtinguished the
blaze before the arrival Of the nremen.
The fire was caused by defective hue In
a third-story bdrOom The loss was trihlnE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

joins MCCORMACK. the tenor. desires
To- become citizen Of the United States.
Accompanied by his wife lie visited the
naturalization department Of the United
states District Court and declared his in
tcntion of becoming citizen of this coun-
try.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12

Patent, dun leather, tan calf. gray brown
land black suede, also Yeyets weted and
stitched soles Not all sizes.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-20
TOWN LIFE REAL DRUDGERY
Let Country Boys Get a Taste OF tho
City and They Will Want to stay
on Farm, II Is Declared.

Why not encourage the boys TO IA
miliarize themselves with town life to
some extent? Our word for 1t, they
would soon lose many Of their Illusions
says the Natchitoches Ua.) Times.
Let q boy go among the young men
who are filling positions In the town.
Impress upon him that these men, IN
stead Of living like millionaires, are III
reality worse drudges than he; that
while he sometimes must work early
and late for a very short season, these
young men must frequently be at their
work before he is out Of bed, anu
must remain there until he Is back IN
bed again; and that as to the matter
Of fine clothes, frequently the suits ne
sees on their backs comprise their en-
tire wardrobe. Let him also learn
that while they frequently handle
much money, very little of It's SUCKS
to their fingers except with ugly re-
suits to themselves.
Let the boy come to town. Let him
have q taste Of town life and make the
acquaintance of town boys. Let MIN
learn, as he is bound to do, that not oy
any means is all gold that glltters.
Thus, with the right surroundings and
conditions on the farm, an occasional
dose Of town life will not hurt him.
and he will soon grow to see that his
own life IS infinitely to be preferred 10
that of any town boy Of his acquaint-
ance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-20
Simple Fire Alarm.

A new automatic fire alarm has just
been put on the market which Is so
cheap and simple that 1t can be In
stalled almost anywhere. 1t Will give
the small private house the same pro-
lection that is afforded to large plants
by more complicated systems. Ihe
new alarm consists simply Of a small
air chamber and an electric bell. the
chamber is pierced with very hne
holes. When the temperature OF the
room changes In a gradual and natural
manner the holes permit the air In the
chamber to pass slowly in and out
But If the temperature rises rapidly
as It does in case of fire, the holes are
too small to take care Of the quick ex-
pansion of the imprisoned air. Inc
walls Of the chamber are pushed out
ward and close an electric circuit
which rings the alarm bell.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-20
Seeding Wheat.

Farmers using their own wheat for fall
planting should not spare the tanning
mill A whole day spent tanning and
cleaning the seed would be day well
spent. 1t is an excellent plan TO put the
seed through the mill three or four times,
because each tanning removes immature,
shriveled seed. Only plump, wellripen-
ed seeds should be planted. After thor
ough cleaning the seed should be treated
for disease.
II it is necessary to purchase seed from
outside sources, it is best to patronize a
neighbor whom you know raises good
wheat, or otherwise insist on getting
seed grown as near your home as pos
sible. In either case, it will do no harm
TO fan it again when you get home, to
insure healthy and clean kernels.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-20
Training The Bow.

Vocational training is good thing. so
far as il draws out what is in boy, just
as any branch OF study is valuable. But
il is not TO be trusted for the direction OF
the future life OF the BOY. He may take
any OF the trades and IT may show he is
fit for some other than the one he is
learning. Nothing should dispIace the
real educational idea that the personality
OF the youth is the thing sought and that
this more than all his learning and skill is
to determine his future life.
In some respects, vocational training is
better than some OF the branches to de-
velop his personality, which is simply
the spirit OF the boy put into life. Unless
this is The case, If doesn't make any dill
ference whether boy is put to drawing
or parsing. Ii IS the impulse, the pur-
pose. the determination that is education
and mol. tile thing learned.
SO the point is il vocational training
itself furnishes the end sought, it is the
thing TO be encouraged. Like the text
book, it furnishes an opportunity to put
the soul OF the boy to work upon his des-
tiny. The only triumphs OF This world
that are worth achieving are the triumphs
OF the spirit. Keep your mind on that.
And if boy goes forth to life with
spirituality imbedded in his aspiration,
he will make his way, even if no itinerary
has been prepared for him. His person.
atty rightly developed is his guide and
beneiactor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-20
DIZZY SPELLS
Relieved After Taking Two Bottles
OF Cardui, Says tennessee
Lady.

Whitwell, Tenn.-Mrs. G. P. Cart
wright. of this place, writes: About
four years ago the dizzy spells got so
bad that when | would start to walk
I would just pretty near fall. wasn't
past doing my work, but was very
much rundown.
I told my husband I thought Cardui
would help me, as lady who lived
next door to re had taken a great
deal. and told me to try It. This was
when we were living in Kentucky.
Ny husband got me bottle and 1
took it according to directions. 1t
belped me so much that he went back
and got me another bottle. I got a
whole lot better and just quit taking
Il I got over the dizzy spells. L took
no other medicine ct that time nor
since for this trouble. No, I've never
regretted taking Cardui.
/ felt lust fine when / finished the
second bottle"
purely vegetable, mild and gentle
IN its action, Cardui, the womans
tonic NAV be the very medicine you
need. II you suffer from symptoms OF
female troubles, give Cardui a trial,
All druggists. N0iN'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-20
BIG WASTE IN FISH TRADE
Public Could Buy Its seafood MUCH
Cheaper II Industry Were on
Efficient Basis, IL Is Declared.

IF the entire fishing industry were
mt on an efficiency basis, the general
public would buy its seafood mucn
cbeaper and better, Is the opinion Oh
william K. Beardsley, manager OF tne
New England fish exchange. he as
serts. however, that even under pres
emf conditions fish is the most economl-
cal of foodstuffs in this country.
"The fishing industry has been con-
ducted In a more or less haphazaru
manner he says. Small competition
has developed it, but up to date little
has been done to put 1t on sounu
business basis. Those intimately con-
nected with the industry do not seem
70 realize that the extensive waste
must be eliminated and efnciency
brought In.
"For example, dealers still ship FISH
in small quantities everywhere. inns
necessitates enormous transportation
EXPENSES with slow service, when the
same goods could be shipped IN car
load lots TO control distributing points,
and much needless expenditure saved
"FIsh is the coming food OF America
and 1t therefore behooves this country
to awaken to the value Of its fisheries
II IS also necessary for our fish mer-
chants to awaken to the value OF Ell
ficiency and place their trade on sys-
tematic basis. Every dollar wasteu
comes out Of the public's pockets SO
that the people as whole have Vlta'
interest in this matter"
Continuing, he states that govern
ment experts contend that before long
this country will be actually forced 10
look to its fisheries for food.-NeW
York Times.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-20
He Was "Taken In"

A battered specimen Of man, with
a bump on his head and bruises on
his face walked into the Office Of q
Muncie newspaper not long ago and
said to the first man he saw there
"Say, want you to make things right
with me. You said In yesterdays pa
per, speaking Of my joining a lodge,
that I was taken in Well, was, but
I don't want everybody to know IT.
Indianapolis News.