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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
LIVING DEAD MAN"
REJECTED BY FAMILY
Hughie Tinney's. Kin Bought
Tombstone for Him-Now
They're Through

! Hughe Tinney, the man who was re-
ported dead recently and then came back
TO life" is gladly welcomed in some quar-
ters. In others he isn't
I'VE don't want to have anything to do
with him we won't handle him" said Will
liam Tinney, 2127 West Passyunk avenue
q nephew of Hughie and son of Alexander
Tinney, who identified the body of man
found burned to death in brickyard at
Twenty-ffth and Jackson streets as his
brother Hughie and then buried the body
In Mount Moriah Cemetery.
That things cost us a pile of money
already" said another member of the Tin
ney family.
Meanwhile the Coroner will De forced to
exhume the body In Mt. Moriah Cemetery
and endeavor to find out who the man was.
The Tinney family had put in order for
tombstone over the grave of Hughie and
was about to erect it, Nowt will be use
less, as such things cannot be Sold readily.
Hughie expects to go through a kind of
probationary period now. when people will
look at him and rub their eyes. But he is
confident that all hands will realize his
identity in time. He says there's a fatted
calf hanging around some place and he is
just wandering around" until he stumbes
across 1t. Wandering around" was what
he did when he was being roasted and
buried.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
JITNEY GIRL DEFEATED,
BUT NOT DISCOUNTED
Adele Martin Fails to Get Ger
tificate From Service Com
mission-May Hire Cars

Lansdowne's "jltney girl" Adele Martin,
has been refused a certificate Of public con-
venence to engage in the automobile trans
portation business. The decision was handed
by Public Service Commissioner Alcorn and
is considered a victory for the Pennsylvania
Traction Company, which has made violent
protests against Adele's traffic. But Adele
we'll she is an optmist.
We'll If / can't go to Angora. I can
stiIl run between Lansdowne and Sixty
ninth street because there are no trolleys
there" said the girl.
Howevei before dicussing her future
plans in detail Adele. who has cut her
legal eyeteeth announced that she would
have to consult her attorney
no. I can't say | am surprised" added
the girl. Nor am disappointed, either
Adele reviewed the situation and said:
81 suppose the traction company has lost
n lot of money, as the figures shown to the
commissioner testify. My mother and
have often considered opening lunchroom
right across from our home We might
make that stand for Hartels cars. No
body can prevent that. If | can't have a
jitney license nobody can stop me from hir-
ing cars from a stand.
Adele came into the limelight when she
personally went and testified in her own
behalf before the commissioner in this case.
At the present time ehe holds an Upper
Darby, township license a State drivers IL
cense and two cars.
"As long as people go to Sixty-nnth
street, I'll have something to do" CON-
mented the girl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
CHAUFFEUR REARRESTED
FOR ACTRESSES DEATHS
Baltimore Coroner Frees Driver in
River Tragedy, but State
Takes Action

BALTIMORE, March Freed by a
Coroner's jury of responsibility for the death
OF four persons when his automobile plunged
into the harbor, Edward Meyers, the sew
snteen-year-old chauffeur, was rearrested
on orders from States Attorney Broening
and is being held without bail on the charge
OF being crimnally responsible for the
deaths OF Edna King, burlesque actress,
OF New York: Marie Woods, of Camden,
N j.. Anna Mckay Rogers, of Baltimore,
and Edward l.. Gordon, of Brunswick It'd
Frank II. Martin, of Martinsburg, w. Va,
one Of the men in the automobile when it
ran into the harbor and who, 1t is said told
the police the chauffeur was under the in
fuence of liquor when driving the automo-
bile, and that it seemed the chauffeur
wanted to commit suicide and take the occu-
pants OF the car to death with him." was
held as States witness, but later released
on $500 bail
Anna l.. Luce, Of Pennington Me, a bur-
iesque actress, who was in the machine and
who escaped with Meyers and Martin, was
released on her own recognizance for her
appearance here against Meyers, should he
De indicted by the Grand Jury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
FOOD FORESTALLERS
FACE DRASTIC ACTION
will Be Made to "Disgorge Their
Hidings," Chairman Lennon,
of Commission, Declares
sJUMP ON" SPECULATORS
Activity Watchword of Committee in
Probe Of Commodity
Conditions

"Tumping on food spectators with both
,.etr and compelling them to "disgorge
.,o,,. hidings" will be the course of action
., The city Food Commission, and especially
=, the subcommittee on investigation of
which James T. Lennon. president of Select
council. is chairman. The committee held
ts first meeting this afternoon al o'clock.
"rhis is a committee of action" ejacu.
lated Mr.. Lennon. THE members of the
a,,r,ittee are experts in many lines and
they are charged with information. And
that information we do not possess we
.hoII soon get We shall get at the root
~ the food troubles. Our business is to
learn all we can for the Information of the
seneral committee.
Other members of the investigating com.
nittee are:
Joseph S. Mclaughlin. Director Of Sup
niles; Miss Ethel Rupert. assistant secre-
tarv Of the Society for Organizing Charities I;
clarence Sears Rates; John A. McSparran,
master of state Grange Maurice r. Phillips,
Pennsylvania Commissioner of Agriculture !;
Miss Florence Sanville, secretary and
treasurer of tho women's Trade Union
League of Philadelphia: j. Clyde Marquis.
of the Country Gentleman; Joseph T..
Cohen. of the Women's Protective League,
and DR.. Clyde l.. King Of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Other committees appointed by Mayor
Smith are:
Committee on Transportation OF Food
stuffs-Chairman, n. b. Kelly, secretary
of the Chamber OF Commerce; w. +. Rich
ardson. assistant general freight agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio. J. w. MacFar-
land. city freight agent of the Philadelphia
and Reading, and w. II. II. Willis, district
freight agent of the Pennsylvania.
Supnlies and distribution-Dr E. B.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
EDITOR WILL APPEAL
FINE AND JAIL VERDICT
Former Philadelphia Continues
to Defy New Orleans Mayor
and Council

NEW ORLEANS, La, March Am
other broadslde was fired today in the
civic battle which for weeks has been rag
ing in New orleans, with Mayor Martin
Behrman and the Commission Council al
most continually on the defensive.
Hugh A. ODonnell. former Philade-
phan and editor and publisher Of the Or
leans American, which has exposed the city
administration, announced that he will
carry TO the State Supreme Court suit
for criminal libel instigated by the Mayor
and Councimen. on Friday Mr.. O'Donnell
was given a sentence OF $500 fine and four
months imprisonment by Judge +. D.
Chrettin, who. after convcting the pub
Usher, admitted from the bench that he had
doubts as to his guilt.
Impeachment or the Mayor and at leas.
some of his fellow commissioners has been
persistently advocated since Mr.. O'Don-
nels' paper inaugurated a campaign of
publicity in which a great quantity of the
city administrators dirty linen has been
washed. Because OF the Americans cam
paign, Sunday closing laws laws affecting
immoral houses and statutes prohibiting sale
Of liquor to women and children are being
enforced for the first time in thirty years,
in news stories. IL has been alleged that
the police force harbors known grafters.
that city prisoners have been made tools
of graft for the benefit of private enter
prises, that the commission council has
passed ordinances for favored proteges and
that paving and levce work contracts de-
serve scrutiny The connection of Mayor
Behrman's son, Stanley Behrman, with a
lucky contracting firm has been shown and
the affllaton of the Mayors son-in-law.
Nathaniel Bond. with fortunate law firm
has also been set forth.
Mayor Behrman filed his libel suit after
Mr.. O'Donnell published in the American
an editorial commenting on negotiations for
purchase of the fair grounds race track by
the Business Mems Racing Association,
which conducted the racing meet there this
winter Pointing out that the association
was in financial straits and City Hall Off
cials had been involved in a similar race
track deal n short time before, the editorial
asked where funds for the purchase were
to come from.
1t is believed that racing in this city will
| be crushed after the libel case goes TO the
| Supreme Court.
| The Mayors libel suit against Mr.. O'Don-
| nell is regarded by Mr. O'Donnell's sup
| porters as part of n campaign of perse-
| Cution instituted because of the Americans
| campaign for civic decenCy, a campaign
| that has aroused the entire city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
WHOLESALE GROCER
AGAINST CITY MARKET
James Hewitt Tells Convention
Present Mode of Food Dis
tribution Is Best

Existing methods Of distributing food are
the best. said speaker today at the
eleventh annual convention OF the Pennsyl-
vania New Jersey and Delaware Whole
sale Grocers' convention at the Bellevue
Stratford
The speaker was James Hewitt, OF II.
Kellogg & Sons, Philadelphia lie said the
method now in use of handling the goods
from producer to wholesaler to retailer TO
consumer was still the best economically
in spite of the new theories which are con-
stanty being praised.
To sell direct to the consumer from the
producer. eliminating the wholesaler and
retailer or even eliminating just the re-
taller, he said, would be far more expensive
than the existing method because Of the
advertising that would be involved
The municipal market, he said, was "a
snare and u delusion. costly TO the tax
payer and OF no benefit to the consumer"
More than 400 wholesale dealers and
manufacturers from the three States are in
the city to attend the convention. The
delegates were welcomed this morning by
Ernest y. Trigg, president of the Philadel-
phia Chamber of Commerce. The response
was given by Fred Drake. of Easton.
Other addresses were given by the presi-
dent, Array Davies, of Easton Prof Her
bert W. Hess. OF the Wharton school and
r. James Fernley.
Tonight the delegates and their friends
will be the guests Of the Philadelphia job
bers at an informal smoker and vaudeville
in the ballroom of the Bellevue.
The convention will close tomorrow
night with a banquet. The speakers at
! this will be Cyrus II. *. Curtis. of the
| Curtis Publishing Company Fred Masor
| president of the Shredded Wheat Compans
| Niagara Falls the Rev. George d. Adams,
| u. D., pastor Of the Chestnut Street Baptist
| Church. and Edwin +. Sweet Assistant
| Secretary of Commerce. Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE
ON YOUNG SONS GRAVE

PITTSBURGH, March with a revol-
yer clutchcd in the right hand and a
bouquet of roses IN the left, the dead body
Of Mrs. Marie Armstrong, about forty'hNe
wears old. formerly of Mount Washington,
was found lying over the grave Of her son.
Robert J. Armstrong. seven years old. in
the Allegheny Cemetery yesterday morning.
She had shot herself in the head.
The boy was fatally injured by street.
car while going to the store for his mother
in June last.
The following note was found pinned to
n little glove OF the woman's breast:
This dear little glove is to be buried
with mamma
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
PLEAD FOR BETTER ROADS
Lancaster County Supervisors See Need
of Higher Tax

LANCASTER, Pa, March THE sew
enth annual convention of the Lancaster
County Road Supervisors was held here to-
day In the address of President Norman
c. Maule. it was stated townships would
have to increase taxes if better roads were
to be had.
Addresses were made by State Highway
Commissioner Frank b. Black, b. c. Atee,
president of the Lancaster Auto Club hav-
ing 700 members, and County Commissioners
d. +. Magee, who spoke in favor of a con-
Certed movement for better roads.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
Drops international Spy" Case

WASHINGTON, March THE warrant
charging Karl Armgaard Graves, self
sVled international spy" with trying to
ektort $4,000 from Countess Won Bernstorff,
wne OF the ex-German Ambassador, was
MED In the, District Supreme Court today,
ana the case nolle pressed The case
ssaihst Graves was to have been pressed
Wv" "i.h herman Embassy officials hs chief
government witnesses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
Pittsburgh Garage Men on Strike

PITTSBURGH, March 7.--Gsrbags from
three-fourths OF the homes and business
places in this city was not collected
as a result OF the walkout of $50 drivers and
employees Of the American Reduction Com
pany. Organization Of employees Of the
Allegheny Garbage Company is said to have
resulted in the discharge Of the employees
The employees of the American Company
thereupon declared a sympathetic strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-07
Temporary City Appointments

Three temporary appointments were an
nounced today by the Municipal Civil serv-
ice Commission. They are Benjamin Fields,
41f0 Brown street, inspector of highways.
ss25o a month Samuel Baxter. S4o2 North
Second street, inspector Of highways. 800
a month, and Arthur L. Mortensen, 1882
ogden street. instructor in Board Of Re.
creation. $500 annually.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
A Page From History.

Just 235 years ago Robert Cavel-
ier, Sieur de la Sale, after long and
hazardous journey down the Illinois
river, set out with his fleet OF canoes
on the Mississippi. AS he advanced
he noted the site of the future city
of St. Louis, built fort near the
mouth of the Ohio and erected a log
cabin on the first Chickasaw bluff.
Reaching a point where the river Sc
parates into three channels flowing
into the Gulf of Mexico, the party
separated, but the whole company
assembled again at spot near the
gulf, and there prepared cross and
column, affixing to the latter the
arms of France, with the inscription,
Louis the Great, King of France
and Navarro, April 8, 1852" Later
La Sale set out to the westward,
penetrating the present domain OF
Texas to Trinity river. when some
of his men revOlted and murdered
the great explorer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
JUDGES VOTED SALARY BOOST.
House Refuses, However, to Raise
Recorders Salaries.

The house Thursday morning vot-
ed to increase the pay Of district
judges from $4,000 per year to s4,-
900 a year, and refused to increase
the pay Of county recorders from
$500 to $500 q year each, depend
ing upon their present salaries.
The judges got their boost by a
vote of ~ to p, while the recorders
lost out 43 to 81.
The action was taken on the Kim
berly and Tucker bills, providing the
increases for the judges and record
ers respectively.
AS judges now receive $500 per
year travelling expenses, their total
compensation will be $4,000 per
year.
There are about sixty judges af-
fected.
The original Kimberly bill provid-
ed for raise Of $1,000 per year for
supreme judge and also for district
judges. The house eliminated the
increase for the Supreme court, and
trimmed the boost for district judges
to $500.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
Keepin" 1t in the Family.

A lady had the misfortune to lose
her season ticket for the railway.
On the same evening, she had a call
from two boys, the elder OF whom at
once handed her the lost ticket. The
lady, delighted at the prompt return
of her property offered the boy a
shilling for his trouble. The lad re-
fused to accept it, telling the lady he
was a Boy Scout, and that no men,
Der Of the Boy Scouts is allowed to
accept any return for service rem
dered.
Just as the coin was about to be
placed back into the purse OF the
lady, the boy, looking up into her
face, suddenly blurted out:
But my wee brither's no. a
Scout. Tit-Bits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
THE MOTIVE FOR ENLISTMENT.
Federal Government and Many States
Issuing Appeals for Men.

Appeals for enlisting in the navy
army, and National Guard, are being
issued by the Federal government
and many of the states. The effort
to get recruits is not new, and for
years the government and the mill
tia have been working for more men
An elaborate system of recruiting Off
ces is maintained. Although men
are coming forward much better than
they did, they are not being receiv-
ed in the numbers needed.
The newspapers can help by set
ting forth the good reasons why
young men should enlist. These ar
guments are read in cold blood, and
men don't always act on logic and ar
gument. They wait until the leaders
OF their own crowds act, and then
they come forward with a rush. 1t
takes the enthusiasm and spirit of a
popular movement to bring them on.
Unmarried young men owe some
thing to their country at a time like
this. They have had the blessings of
free and democratic institutions. Life
has been made easy for them by
popular government. Where in other
countries they would be set at grind
ing toll at a precocious age, enfeeb-
ling them physically and drafting
them mentally, in our land they get
the chance to go to school and to
make good in life. These blessings
are the result of the sacrifices and
heroisms Of those that went before.
Every generation has its own prob
lens to solve and the young men
must solve them. If there is danger
OF foreign war. the young men
must stand in the gap as their faith
ers stood before them. To do less
than that is Stacking and shirking.
The unattached young man who
is in position to serve his country,
but who declines to do so, will not
look back on his course with any sat-
isfaction. He may have avoided
some little risk, but he may be taking
just as many chances every day in
other ways. The fellow who docs
his Bit" who takes his turn in one
of our military organizations has a
proud record to which he can look
back all his life, and his children af-
ter him It PAYS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
Al H. WILSON
COMING APRIL 27
In a New Irish Comedy Song Play,
Entitled my Killarney Rose"
A BIG EVENT
IN THE MUSICAL LINE
Play CnfOids a Story of a Romantic
Period of the Emerald Isle.

a rare musical treat is in store for
those who will take advantage of the
appearance of the great character
dialect comedian and singer Al. H.
Wilson and his talented company
announced to appear at the Grand,
Friday, April q.
1t promises to be an event in the
musical line for this gifted artist will
present for the public approval five
new songs each of varied charac-
ter of his own composition. Their
titles being my Killarney Rose,
where the Shamrock Grows, The
Love Give to You," Mary Houli-
han" and THE Yodef that Stole my
Girl Away"
Those who recall Mr.. Wilson's
former musical gems-which num-
ber more than half hundred may
we'll anticipate a delightful evening
of enjoyment since without excep-
ton all the songs heretofore render
ed by him have proven worthy of the
extreme praise with which they have
been received. Mr.. Wilson's past
performance is a guarantee of his
future achievements-sinc he still
possesses in his marvellous voice all
the sympathetic qualities which
gained for it the deserved soubriquet
of golden. Mr.. Wilson's song en-
tertainment will be incidental to the
presentation by himself ana 49,
|pany of new Irish comedy So;
play entitled my Killarney Rose
which unfolds story covering ro-
mantle period of the Emerald Isle.
Starting near the Lakes of Killar-
Iney and winding up in Dublin. The
!central character il that of a young
witty Irishman Tom Carey whose for
tune in life advances him from a
young rover in his native country to
a we'll to do land owner. One can
imagine from this statement that
the hero to be acted properly would
Ireauire an artist of decided versa
Utility in characterization and it was
for this reason that Mr.. Wilson Sc
lected the part being fitted in mark
ed degree with the proper talent and
Temperament to make it success.
The other characters are novel types
and the actors have. been selected
with great care so that the company
in support is one of absolute merit.
The mounting is both picturesque
and sumptuous. ~ Hs
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
HITS SUIT CASE BOOZE.
Sioux City Judge COnfiscates Private
Stock in Travellers Baggage.

Sioux City, April "A body blow
at the huge liquor traffic in suit cas-
es was struck Wednesday by Police
Judge Iddings when he ruled that
transportation Of liquor in suit cases
or other packages on trains, even
when for personal use, was illegal un-
der the Iowa code.
The only legal method OF carrying
intoxicants in suit case, Judge Id
dings held, Is when the suit case
prominently displays a label telling
the exact contents and giving the
persons name.
Fines of 500 each were imposed
by Iddings on four men who
brought liquor parcels into the state
on a Milwaukee train.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
New Auto DINNER Law.

The auto DINNER bill has passed
both houses of the legislature and be-
comes a law on signature by the gov
ernor and be operative July 4. 1t is
the uniform law for highway travel
recommended by the American Auto
association. Under this law an auto
cannot use a light of more than four
candle power equipped with re-
Aector nor which will throw light
which will rise over AZ inches - feet
from the car. No spot light can be
used unless it throws it's light on the
ground not more than 80 feet from
the car.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
80, $50 Germans in Iowa.

Iowa has $3.50 Germans and T.
|655 Austrians out of a total Of 264.-
169 foreign born persons who figured
in the 1915 state census.
1t is believed by the military au-
thorities that the majority Of the
Germans and Austrians will prove
loyal to the United States when war
breaks out between this country and
Germany.
Persons who have shown indica-
tions of disloyalty are being closely
watched by federal and state author
tiles.
The census shows the following
numbers of persons of foreign birth,
now in Iowa: Austria, 1855; Bohe-
mia, $500; Canada, 10,9S0; China,
I112; Denmark, 1885; England, 49,
al; France, 1,1S3; Germany, S.
$50; Holland, 1865; Greece, 4,67S;
Hungary, 1900; Ireland; 1929;
Spain, "a; Italy, 6,261; Japan, Il;
Mexico, GIG; Norway, 20,239; Rus
sia. 1896; Scotland, 4,947; Sweden,
25,6S3; Switzerland, $3.50; Wales,
'2,14S; Turkey, 3S4. Other Asiatic
countries, 493; other European coun-
tries 1853; South America, 81; 9TH
er countries, 6S3.
There are 151.54S males and 49,
621 females of the foreign born resi-
dents of Iowa. Their period OF resi-
dence in this state follows: Less than
five years, 29,SS3; five to ten years.
25,OO2: ten to twenty years, 2S,563;
twenty years and over, 1SO,204.-
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-04
Strike and Labor Troubles.

Scarcity of labor and high food
prices made 1916 a record year for
strikes in the United States. Statis-
tics compiled Thursday by the de-
partment of labor show there We're
3,1OS walkouts Of all kinds during
the year. Demands for higher wages
caused two-thirds Of the strikes and
most of the others were due to diff
ferences concerning unionization of
labor. In more than 700 OF the
strikes the strikers won, and en-
ployers were victorious in nearly
500. Others were compromised.