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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
Postmaster Secures
: First Baby Bond


Continued from Page One
five cents and was purchased in the
name of William Z. Smith. four months
old. of $500 Hadfeld street.
Philadelphians who could not afford
10 buy Liberty Loan bonds are expected
TO contribute the bulk of the $4,000. 900
allotment for the War Savings Com
mittee for eastern Pennsylvania, which
covers forty-eight counties east CT the
Alleghenies. Twenty-Five cents will buy
one Of the thrift stamps.
The scope of the campaign will widen
as II progresses, according to Robert X.
Cassatt. head Of Cassatt & Co, bankers.
who has been appointed director for this
district. In addition TO the s4l incor-
porated banks and trust companies
designated by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo as selling agents, drug stores,
cigar stores, retail stores, schools. COL
leges, savings societies and other places
Of business close to the people will be
certified by the Secretary of the Treasury
to act as sales agents for the baby tonds.
Headquarters OF the committee for this
district are at 1431 Walnut street.
Two issues of the bonds will be sold.
The one is listed at s4.12 and the other
at twenty-five cents They are designed
especially for persons Of limited means,
who, according 10 the plan. can make
small weekly payments.
People should understand" said Mr..
Cassatt. that their money is doubly
useful in these savings. as 4 not only
draws compound interest Of about per
cent In five years. but the money can be
claimed NJ any time during that period
and still net them fair interest during
the time II Is held; that is, slightly less
than per cent"
He explained the finances Of the plan
as follows:
The war-savings certificate is a card
engraved on one side with the words
United States, Of America War Savings
Certificate together with the guarantees
Of the Government and directions for It's
use. On the other side are twenty spaces
for pasting war certificates.
Each certificate is purchased at S4.l2
and each becomes worth 50 In five years
the compound interest amounting TO that
The entire card. therefore, II worth 500
~ the end Of the ave years.
'~rhe thrift card has spaces for sixteen
g(anaps, or - worth. each being valued
- tWenty-dys centp When ne card Il
1nll ~ a11ifi3n Of tvelve. thirteen OF
or1>ocn oenos o>pen6ing upou ~ TIM
wS'ss : ~ ss:ss' s'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
City's Payroll
Heavily Padded

Continued from Page One
positions has resulted in totals never be-
fore heard of even when the needed
and generally approved increases tc the
police and fire bureau are taken into
account. During the eighteen meetings
of the Finance Committee to pass on
budgets. that will be approved by Coun-
ellis this month, attention was repeatedly
called to the heavy burden the taxpay-
ers are forced to carry because of use
less places"
PAYROLL "CAMOUFLAGE"
In most instances departmental heads
have the power to pay, out of loan
moneys, the salaries of the hundreds of
places created, and this flct has resulted
In steady increases being granted to the
fortunates holding the places that are
really independent of Councils control
The taking Of these salaries from the
loans allows Councils Finance Commit
tee TO return grand total of salary
items of only s17,44S.771. or only be-
tween three and four millions more than
was the case during the last year of the
Blankenburg Administration.
This figure by no means covers per-
sonal service items, as it does not in
clude the other $50 salary items in loan
funds that range as high as $4,000 a
year and that call for a total of loan
funds of over $4,000
Chairman Robert NJ. Griffith. of the
Civil Service Commission, begged the
councilmanic financiers to put the city
on business basis by abolishing need
less jobs, but his warning went un-
needed Select Councilman Isaac ID,
Hetzell, of the Eighteenth Ward. de-
manded that jobs be curtailed. especial
ly as 1t was apparent that there would
not be materials on hand for many of
the different classes of workers and
that their services would not be needed
by the city during 1918. His dema nd
was disregarded and all the old places
were kept,
Not only has Councils Finance Com
mi;tee failed to abolish old places
aised salaries and allowed directors to
clutter up loan items with big forces
but tentative promises of general salary
increases in 1918 have been made %
/ dissatisfied workers All Of the hundreds
/ of employees in the county departments
many of whom II was broadly hinted
/ were kept en- the payroll fer their ability
! to carry divisions at election time rather
! than any real work they'do for the city
have been retained at the urgent solicita
! ton of Receiver of Taxes w Freeland
| Kendrick, Recorder of Deeds James NJ
Hazlett and Register of Wills James
/ B. Sheehan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
MAKE WHOLE U. S. DRY
PURPOSE OF NEW BILL
California Congressman Will Seek
Nationwide Prohibition for
Duration of War

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. - Bone-dry
prohibition throughout the United States
for the duration of the war as food
conservation me Isure is proposed In a
bill Representative Randall CALI has
ready for introduction.
Five thousand doll lrs' fine or two years
in prison would be the penalty for SELL
ing. making transporting. importing or
use of any food. fruit or feed In pro-
duction of alcoholic beverages except
for medicinal. governmental, industrial
or scientific purposes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
35 MEXICAN BANDITS
KILLED; MANY INJURED
American Cavalryman Meets
Death in Repelling Border
Raid on Texas Ranch
Ell PASO, Tex, Dec.


A United States cavalry border patrol
killed thirty-five Mexican bandits and
wounded many others in repelling "A raid
on an American ranch by force of 200
bandits under Chico Cano, Saturday,
near Preside, Tex, in the Maria mill
tary district, according to word reach
ing here today.
One American trooper, Private Riggs.
of the Eighth Cavalry, was killed. A
Mexican ranch foreman, acting as a
scout for the Americans, was also killed,
and one soldier slightly wounded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
LODGE WOULD DECLARE
WAR ON AUSTRIANS
Essential for Allied Success, Says
Ranking G. O. P. Foreign Re-
lations Committeeman

WASHINGTON, Dec 3.-Declaring
unaualifiedly for war on Austria, Senator
Lodge (Mass.) ranking Republican
member of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. said today II was essential
for complete unity among the aiiies'
I'VE have sent Colonel House abroad
in the interest of allied unity" said
Lodge. ITO obtain unity II Is essential
that we all fight the same enemies
Therefore. we should Immediately line
up against Austria, which is IN fact our
enemy as much as Germany is"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
LICENSE CLERK SELECTED
Charles Dalrymple Named to Serve
u. S. Mine Bureau in This District

The Bureau of Mines in Washington
today announced the appointment of
Charles Dalrymple. of this city, as license
clerk in the Philadelphia district. The
position regulates the sale OF high ex-
plosives.
There is no salary attached to the Of
fee. Services are compensated through
fees For years Mr. Dalrymple has been
license clerk in the Mayors office. He
will not resign from this position.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
open VERDICT" BY JURY
Returned at Inquest on Man Found
Dead by Pistol Wound

An open verdict was returned by the
Coroners jury today in the case of Otis
G. Friend, a civilian watchman at the
Frankford Arsenal. who was instantly
killed on November from a gunshot
wound of the abdomen.
Sergeant George H. Eager. of Com
pany l., Twenty-seventh Infantry, testi-
fled he heard shot on the night in
question and found Friend unconscious
with his revolver lying beside him.
Detective Belshaw, who investigated
the case, said that the revolver was
found near a pile Of bricks. and that II
was his belief that Friend dropped his
revolver and II exploded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
City Appointments

City appointments today include Henry
M. Chaplin, 5i22 Regent street, COM
puter, Bureau Of Surveys, salary $4,000 |:
Charles s. August. $50 North Ninth
SiIO0; Thomas H. Redmile. 203 Clark
son avenue. inspector. Bureau OF Street
Cleaning, $1,000. and Andrew W.. Wieg-
and. 21la North Clarion street, tide OBJ
server, Department Of Wharyeo, Docks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
Churches Aid Food Saving

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 3.-The
Delaware food administration began its
work among the churches in this city.
The speakers in Wilmington were former
Federal Judge George Gray and United
States Senator Josiah o. Wolcott. The
same plan was followed in other parts
of the State.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
Will Give Dance to Buy Ambulance.

To buy an ambulance to be used over
there" Miss Margaret Hetzell. daughter
OF Select Councilman Isaac ID. HetzelI,
Of the Eighteenth Ward. viii give sub
scription dance tomorrow evening In the
Bellevue Stratford ballroom. Fifty
martpes and naval reserves have been
invit44 The MIsees Elisabeth Muiford,
y1' ~: ~ =. e:s'en AZ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
"PICKETERS" LOBBY READY
Every Senator or Congressman to
Be Urged to Vote for Suffrage

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.--Fifty women
with ''prison records as White House
picketers were ON the job at the capital
today. intending to buttonhole every
Congressman or Senator and urge pas
sage Of suffrage amendment this ses-
sion TN women planned to visit every
msmbsr " Congress n pr once:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
Get No Information of Murders

Detectives Geonetti and Callahan, Of
the murder squad. have returned from
New York without having obtained any
informaxion from Ralph Daniello con-
cornine several Philadelphia murders
fnnf - Was concerned n. sDhniello. In
~ Y nnP1er y Drooklyp. Il said
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

( C. I'D - u ~ << - oxS. S.1ol - ! .o3e %
y 4 ~ ~; ABDUCTED the sink
ooDnt Of S153.s14.000.
- ekpsnses payable
11anh, amounting to
>nkos the total of
4 y10 ns submitted by
o1e.525.6s4.sA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

- I - fourteen post
1hst viii be needed
1pnt for the next fiscal
Vx@034o00 is asked for con-
1~roGk OF the Delaware
~ ~ spent for continu-
11nt from Allegheny ave-
~, % the sea, under the
y 1kV0osoo0 for the same pur-
= ~ ~ Of 1917 and s55. 900
~ Improvement above
NJ ~ thousand dollars is
{ uelnulng Improvement of
nm lIlV>xS $1,000 for maintain
~ l1<16Q9xn hhrbor and $4,000
leelenco Ce the Wilmington har-
eppropristion asked for wa
gn14yQvania for the next
b - o9s1oo1o0. compared with
oHrrcpr1ated last year.
~ oau increase the appropria-
~ ]to<1mn&ee but the senti-
NIX waterway Improvement
opp1ny n everything but strict
GEpoodfturVs Is so strong in
thnt little Increase over these
~ b2bGotsd.
rteau Rppnsylvania postofflces.
><e construction Of which ap-
m ere asked, with the
aro ~ follows:
@g1.7o0: Franklin, $1,000;
purB. $4,000; Lewistown. s46,-
3 Haven. $4,000; McKees
t,y0es Olyphant. $41.500;
a &4s.g00; Pittston. ss4.500:
I{oGS State College, $4,000;
"a <oo0 y Tamaqua. $3s,000,
6sbufg. $4,000.
houDond dollars also is asked
1n1cero' and IN ash-lift under the
st >thosppDrafsers' stores. Phila-
~ an additional appropriation
Ul 6r rou>af Of temporary quar-
~ k4comnnodation of Government
usand fcx thoving offices at Har-
- xPnHn&6(plsia Navy Yard. s2,-
\ ~ ashtd, $2,000,o00 to go for
IG 66nstrpction Of the drydock.
TOR Improving the central power
Nd 100000 for tracks. streets
Inry 1fcAdoo estimates a total of
N y needed for extensions and
nnAuka It the Frankford Arsenal.
r01a, ducing the next fiscal year.
~ aFe - follows:
prG Arsenal items are as
Gl16lng ~ storms f,re engines and
~ VSfsk1sp {submittsd). $40. 900
ssA33.asss 3oE 3. fop ;. rs sss.p prssse'2n sse' y.
ses .tseiliti.s for the manu-
r. SLE arms ammunition tsub-
q y ~ the, forcing plant
- s4k .4l6c, 600
-. tke sIn;"v; ms ~s 1,ne con.
SSsassrn 'psFt OF the
ESI1S{IsS construction and re-
el sewers and water
SSS{{srv conditions (sub-
x, 3771 n y
Gnn111kios for the storage
k5]15l Z1Io4 (enbnsitted). 500. 900.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25
Work for Success,

There is no hope for success In life
without labor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25
Daily Optimistic Thought.

OUTTI OFE'TTT'WFTN TNN5T'ss
The post Of honor is the private sta
fion Ia life.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25
Constantine's Cross.

The cross was the emblem Of
slaves death and q murderer's pun.
ishment and was naturally looked
upon by the jew with horror. After
the celebrated vision Of Constantine,
that ruler ordered 10 be made a cross
Of gold and gems such as he had seen
and the tree Of cursing and shame
sat upon scepters and was engraved
and signed On the forehead of kings"
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
GAS BURNER MAN
 WANTED FOR LOCAL JOB
CFrom Sundays Oajly)

C. D. Wharton has been arrested in Phoenix aud IS held there pending his return to Prescott to face a charge ot obtaining money under false pre- lenses. preferred by w. w. Pickcrcl of this city.
 Wharton, it is claimed, represented himself as agent for certain gas burner. and sold Pickcrcl the right to pcddlc the same throughout the whole of Arizona. for the sum of $50. He agreed to leave word at the express office that inc shipment of four burn CTS Inc expected, was to be turned over to Pickcrcl and left town. On invcs- tlgatiou, Pickcrcl found no shipment of burners. The chief of police at Denver. where Wharton had said the burners were made. wired back that there was no such firm in Denver, but that inquiries as to Wharton had come in from both East and West. I1ckCrcl then Sworc out a warrant, on which Wharton was detained by Chief Bri>boiS of the Phoenix police. He will be brought back this week.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
SCOUTS HAVE A
 GREAT YEAR OF PROGRESS

NEW YORK, March 24-How the
 Boy Scout movement Is advancing ir
 all parts of the United States, and
 how scout training is making its i'm
 press on the character and efficiency
 of boys were strikingly revealed at i the seventh annual meeting of the
 National Council of the Boy Scouts of America held here last week. This council, composed of eminent men government officials, governors of States, college presidents. school su- pcrlntcndents, pastors, priests, rab- bis-rcceived reports which show that
 in the past year total of 245,073 boys and men were registered as scouts and scout officials as compar- ed with 1Sl,522 on December 5l, 1915. Or these 54,345 were adults-scout- masters, assistant scoutmastcrs, mem bcrs of troop committees and of local scout councils.
 Another interesting disclosure was that whereas, prior to January 1, l9l6, 42 men had been employed to give expert direction to scout work in various cities in the United States, 8 new men were employed in l9l6, a gain of l95 per cent. This means that communities, having had evidence of the cducativc value of the scout program to the boy himself, to his home, his ncighborhood, his city, State and nation, have been willing and ready to contribute the small amount that is necessary to maintain a local headquarters of Scouting, un- der the direction of man specially trained for scout leadership and able to give encouragement and practical assistance to the hundreds of volun- tccrS who arc ever ready to help in this fascinating work with boys when the way is pointed out.
 Remarkable as has been the growth of the scout movement in the past year the director of field work, s. A. Moffat, pointed out in his report that organization work had scarcely be- gun, because in only 9l of the 70O cities in the country of 10000 popula- ton and over, have scout councils of the first class been organized and men employed to handle the executive work, though 23l other cities have councils of the second class, without employed executives. Nearly all of the cities having councils of the sec ond class are eager to have assist ancc from the national staff so they may complete their organizations and provide the leadership that is ncces- sary to make scouting of maximum benefit to the boys of their cities.
 In view of this report, and the abundant testimony that was sub mitted showing the universal approval of scouting as means of training boys for good citizenship, the nation- al council adopted definite appeal to the citizens of the United States for financial assistance to provide ade- quatc Staffs of field secretaries to go about the country and assist cities and towns everywhere 10 carry out their organization work, enlisting vol ! untccr leadership and providing for it expert direction. In this way the hopes to reach with the | benefits of scouting the S,O00,000 boys i of scout age in the United States.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
CUR CATTLE AND
 SHEEP SOUND SECURITY
(From Saturdays Daily)

Arizona cattle and sheep look good as sound security to the San Fran cisco Cattle Loan Company, for w. II. Coffinbcrry. the president of that company is now in this district and has already taken over loans of over a hundred thousand dollars.
 The San Francisco Cattle Loan Company is a solid institution, for on its directorate arc Alden Anderson. president of the Capital National Bank of Sacramento; II. l.. Haaker, cashier of the Bank of South San Francisco; r. L. Humphrey, vice president of the Washoc County Bank of Reno. Ncvcda: F. W. Van Siclcu, director of the Wells Fargo National Bank of San Francisco. and |. E. Shugcrt. secretary of the West crn Meat Co.,, San Francisco. Mir Coltinbcrry, who is now in Prescott, is president of the Bank of South San
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
HART FAILS TO
 FURNISH ANY THRILLS

PHOENIX, March 2l.-With the exception of few tits among the at torneys the battle waging in the Stu pcrior court before Judge Stanford to throw out Douglas No. precinct was comparatively tame The court room was packed again with interested per sons who came 10 hear the testimony Of II. II. Hart, judge of the election board, but that individual failed to furnish any thrills during the few minutes he was on the stand. His tcs- unony was practically the same as those who took the stand before him with the exception of few statements regarding conversations he had with Thicl detectives. It was natural that Hart should deny all accusations that would result m charges of tanlpcring with ballots and with the assistance of Senator Ives the witness explained in detail how so many ballots were erased from the Republican column to the Democratic.
 Senator Ives kept Hart OH the wit ness stand until , o'clock. when he turned him over to Judge Campbell. During the examination oi Senator Ives Hart testified that he received %25 from q Thicl detective for cNpcn- scs 10 come 10 Phoenix to testify be-
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
K. C. AGENT IS
 ENTERTAINED AT SMOKER
(From Saturdays Dai1y.)

The local Yavapai Council of the Knights of Columbus entertained A. c. Bagley, special supreme agent, oi New Haven, Conn, at the council hall, on Thursday evening.
 Mir. Bagley gave splendid talk, dwelling at length on the splendid progress the order had made. There arc in the United States today, some 5OO,OO0 members; and they are doing a great deal of good along the lines of charity and fraternalism. The Knights of Columbus are also doing a splendid and noble work in assist ing to overcome the religious preju- dice, which, unfortunately, prevails in some parts of the country. Mir. Bag ley was vice-chairman of the nation al religious prejudice commission, which held meetings in many of the Eastern and Middlewestern cities last year
 During the course of his tour Mir Bagley has travelled through some 12 Western and Southern States. In every State he found the order of Knights of Columbus in very pros porous condition. The insurance phase of the order was found in a particularly healthy financial condi- ton.
 Somcs25 members of the local coun- ell were in attendance at the smoker given in honor of their distinguished guest
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28

fore the Superior court but denied that he had received a subpoena. He claimed the detectives invited him to a room in the Gadsden hotel in Doug las where they attempted to persuade him to tell them the whereabouts oi Pearson. He said he refused to give them the information.
 When Judge Campbell started his cross-examination the first question he asked Hart was a repetition of Senator Ives query relative to the de- tcctives asking him where Pearson was. Hart again testified that he re- fused to tell. A letter of introduc- ton to Pearson, signed by Hart and which the latter admitted he gave De- tective Carr, was read and offered as an exhibit.
 Campbell got the witness 90 con- fused that he continually retractcd and mixed up former statements made in the direct examination. He told Senator Ives he had not been served with a subpoena until Saturday but retractcd the statement when his at tention was called to the fact that he had sent telegram to Judge Stan ford on Saturday in which he stated that he was too i'll to attend court.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
McKINLEY-TUCKER
 NUPTIALS AT THE
 CAPITAL, MARCH 2l
(Fron Sundays DaiIy)

\ romance that began during High school days eliminated Wednesday in the marriage at Phoenix of Miss Muricl Tucker and William McKin- ley, both of this city. where they arc well known and popular mem bers of the younger set. They will live at the Mckinley mine, which is in charge of Mir Mckinley's father. ' The ceremony. which was perform cd by the Rev. ]. Redwood Jenkins, formerly of Prescott, came as an agreeable surprise to their friends here. Mir. and Mrs. Mckinley were both of last years graduating class of the Prescott High school.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28

essary to pin the certificate to the ballot and send it in with the sealed envelopes.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
PACIFIST CONVERTED

WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Rcp- rcscntativc Sherwood, of Ohio, ono of the most openly expressed pacifiSts in the house, declared in a public statement that the latest sinking oi American ships by German subna- rincs had converted him in favor of an immediate declaration of war. At the sane time he offered his services to the army at the age of S2.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
NEED THE MONEY

AMSTERDAM. March 22.-Prest- dent Ravcnstcin ol the rcichbank is quoted in a Berlin telegram as say ing at meeting held in support of the new war loan: Only through victory can we attain that peace which will bring us what we need to bear the burden of the war, namely, d great War indemnity"
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28

ent rights have not been reserved arc Russia and Japan, where the inventor is at present seriously thinking of making applications. In the event of war between this country and Ger many, Mir. Lemmons explained, the United States, desiring land torpe- does, would have to buy them from the British government.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
PATRIOTIC STUDENTS

SALT LAKE CITY March 21.-A military battalion for Use in case of war was formed today by students al the University of Utah.
Williams news., 1917-04-19

It is to be hoped that Con- gress will put thru a measure providing for universal military service for young men as they come to military age, for the nations protection in the fu- ture. Public sentiment has been aroused and is now strongly in favor of such a measure. Now is the time for congress to act in this matter. Once established a democratic plan for univer- sal military service is sure to prove itself of such great bene- fit that the people will insist up- on its being continued even after the present war is past and forgotten.