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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
WEST TRIES TO SPEED
UP LIBERTY BOND SALE

CHICAGO, June IL.
The West was struggling today TO throw
off the lethargy which has characterized its
attitude toward the $4,000, 100000 Liberty
Loan.
In some of the western Federal reserve
districts this struggle was succeeding, while
In others II was frankly admitted that
after the first spurt at the opening Of
Liberty Loan week" the people had fallen
back into apathy.
Chicago had mapped out a milion-dollars-
an-hour campaign and was maintaining
that pace, which II continued; VIII result - ~
This district having subscribed its minimum
allotment of S260,000.000 when the time
limit expires Friday noon. The district to-
day had taken slightly more than 60 per
cent of its allotment
The Kansas City district reported
Noticeable apathy on the part or its cltl-
zens. with its apportionment more than
$50. OOO, 900 short Various organizations
bowever. were vigorously pushing the cam
paign,
st paul and Minneapolis were over
,,,hsoribed but the ST. Paul district was
still below its quota. Montana has raised
$40 100000.
Milwaukee lacked sS,99O,O5o of its allot-
,,ent of s14 900, 900. A factory campaign
was under way today.
Figures were unavlling for the whole
Dsnver district but the city itself had
raised Sc, SOC. 900. Utah had raised S4'3OO'-
900 of its $6,5OO0o0.
The San Francisco district had sub
scribed $50 900. 900 of quota OF $4,000
600, OF this, S4.OOO,OOO was raised yester-
day
The Dallas district was still short Sl5.-
moo 900 of its apportionment to S4O'Ooo'OOo
Totai individual subscriptions in ST.
louis were s21, ,S9725O. The clearing house
was reported to have underwrltten ssO'OOO.-
600 in bonds for the ST. LOUIS uistlct poy
w. Seo,'ts we're making a house-to-house can
yass TO raise 81 100000
nss Moines reported the campaign SLOW
- after the initial spurt." The city
Sad taken 81, 10000 of its Ss'ooO,OOO
The farming districts have shown com
nsratlyely little interest in the issue to
date.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
vARE RESOLUTION TO BE HEARD
Would Amend Constitution to Consoli-
date Philadelphia Common
Pleas Courts

HARRISBURG, June ia public hear
ing will be held on the Ware resolution
amending the state Constitution TO con-
solidate the Philadelphia Common Pleas
Courts.
The measure came up in the House Of
Representatives on thihd reading this after
noon Representative Walker. a Ware fol-
lower. moved that II be reCommltted to
the judiciary General Committee for a
hearing The motion was adopted The
consolidation Of the courts has been in
dorsed by the Law Association Of Phila-
delphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
FIVE ARMY BRANCHES
REACH WAR STRENGTH
Forces of Cavalry, Engineers,
Coast Artillery, Signal and
Quartermaster's Corps
Complete

WASHINGTON. June ~.
Five Of the branches OF the United States
regular army have been brought TO war
strength, the War Department Announced
this afternoon. These branches are the
cavalry engineers. coast artillery, signal
corps and duartermaster's corps
Forty-hve thousand recruits are now
needed for newly organized regi.nenfn
Twenty-Five thousand additional men are
sought to MI vacancies which might occur
These $4,000 men will establish a reserve
which may be drawn upon to keep the reru-
lar army up to its war strength OF 3OO. .OOo
Facilities are now ready for Placing
10000 men under proper training. the war
Department announces Il is desired 10
enlist 10000 single men between the ages
Of eighteen and forty with NJ dependents
and not engaged In professions. bus. neeses
or trades vital to the war by June 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
HOLD WOMAN IN GIRL MuRnER

McKcusic was arrested today by sheriff
Mullins Of Pikevilc Ky, charged with
completely in the death OF Luta Were nine
teen years old, Of Floyd County Kentucky.
The Were girls body vas found weighted
down with an iron chain a week ago in
the ohio River at lronton. Police believe
she was murdered.
John Coyer twenty-five, member Of Com
rany &, First Kentucky Regiment. Is In
Jail at Lexington, charged with the murder
Of the girl Sheriff Mullins said Cover
and the McKensie woman were friends She
declines to discuss the case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
The Daddy of Sure-ShOt Gunnery
The Story of Admiral Sims, in Sundays Public Ledger
UNTAKE every shot a bulls

UNTAKE every shot a bulls
Iva eye," that's the slogan
of Admiral Sims, says Joseph
Jackson in next Sundays Public
Ledger. His brief, pithy study
of the career of the man now
representing the United States
Navy in the European conflict
sheds a light on the manner in
which a backward boy" be-
came tutor in gunnery to Uncle
Sans Navy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
Charged with Selling Liquor to scldIe,

SUNBURY, Pa, June IL - Two men.
who said they are r. b. Hughes. OF Pitts
hurgh. and Hugh McGayan, Danville were
arrested charged with furnishing liquor 70
company | OF the Thirteenth Pennnvi-
vauia Infantry. on guard duty here. ana
they were arraiEned before Norman s. En-
Gle, United States Commissioner, ana held
in $1,000 bail for court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
~ Hear Postponed Elevator Code

. HARRISBURG. Pa. June lziTIhe pro-
posed code 10 govern elevators u ast''7k, n,
1,.eir,aI se~'r Roard at meeting % 20 nelo
hero today.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
City Libraries to Boost
HooUer Food Campaign

The public Libraries Of New York
CITY are 10 be used as centres for the
Hoover food campaign. Thirteen branch
libraries already have established spe-
cial deDartmerts Of home economies,
.vnSro tho best books on the subject
Will be prominently displayed, and
where circulars and Hoover economy
cards may be obtained Home eco
Monies clubs will be started and lect-
urcs and Gem ons.rations given from
time TO time.
The branches already organized are
the Washington Heights, Fort Wash
ington. s.. Agnes, Woodstock, River
side. Mott Haven. 125th Street, Har-
lem, 115th Street and Morrisania. TIE
organization has been done by the home
economies department of the National
League for Women's Service, Of which
Mrs. Irving Brock is chairman, and by
Miss Florence Overton, manager of the
circulating department OF the Central
Library.
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip returned
yesterday from a conference in Wash
ington with one Of Mr.. Hoover's as
sistants. 10 whom she offered the SER
vices Of the 100000 members Of the
Womcn's Suffrage party in New York
State Mrs Nanderlip brought back
one of the red. white and blue kitchen
uniforms which the Hoover aids are to
wear. and claims the credit of being
the first woman in New York to don IT,.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Miss Strachan Rewed
By Brooklyn Priest
Father Belford Had Criticised
Civil Ceremony IN
Vermont

Grace c. Strachan, district superin-
tendent OF schools and president Of the
PETERBOROUGH Women Teachers Asso-
ciation. was remarked according to the
rules Of her faith in st. Augustine's
Roman Catholic Church. in Brooklyn,
on Tuesday morning, 20 Timothy, D.
Forsythc. II was learned yesterday
Miss Strachan and Mr. Forsythe. Tor
merry her clerical assistant and many
years her junior, were married by a
Justice Of the peace in a little village
in Vernon, last Good Friday.
The couple were sharply criticised
BY the Rev John J. Belford, rector OF
the Church OF the Nativity IN Brook
Ism, in the July issue of the Nativity
Mentor" He said that when a mar
rage robs a cradle it becomes ride
ulous" lie also censured the couple,
both Of whom are Catholics, for beng
married on Good Friday and by a JUS
tice Of the peace. ,
Mrs. Forsythe has been connected
with the Brooklyn public schools for
more than twenty-three years. having
come here in 1898 from Buffalo, where
she was employed as high school
teacher Mr. Forsythe is twenty-four
years old.
The church ceremony was performed
bv Monsicnor Edward W. Mccarthy
when there were few persons. IN
the church. and the second marriage
did not become known until yesterday.
The couple went 10 the Hotel Mar
garet. in Brooklyn, and on Thursday
loft for a cottage near Long Beach,
where they will spend the summer.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Shippers Saving
Food by Better
Packing Methods
Big Decrease in Amount
Condemned at Piers
Last Week
Libraries Offer Aid
Branches in City To Be
Centres for Hoover's
Campaign
Libraries Offer Aid

Only $4,000 pounds Of food, the
smallest amount in years, was con-
demned by the Board Of Health in
spectors At the piers last week. This
is attributed in part TO the campaign
Of enlightenment carried on among
shippers by Lucius p. Brown. director
Of food and drugs Of the Department
Of Health. It is part Of the routine Of
Mr. Browns bureau to notify all ship
pers when their products reach the
city in poor condition, and to make
suggestions rs 20 better ways Of pack
ing and Grating perishable goods.
Mr.. Brown explained that the fault
was not always with the farmer or
shipper. often goods suffer from de-
lays in transit, or from careless hand
ling in the warehouses. In many
cases, however, the farmers ship goods
when wet, or pack them in cases which
are not strong enough to stand rough
handling
OF the goods condemned last week
there were $4,000 pounds Of beef, 49,
920 pounds Of oranges, $500 pounds of
pineapple, 264O pounds of grapefruit,
$500 pounds Of prunes, 2,44s pounds Of
lemons, 1,19S pounds OF eggs Canned
and shelled), and $50 pounds of cher
ries.
The Municipal Canning Kitchen felt
the decrease in the amount of "embar-
COED" food left on the piers. The
kitchen is not yet operating on a scale
large enough to enable the women to
handle any more produce than they
have at hand Squash, beets and pota-
toes were added to the list Of their
canned goods yesterday.
The women in charge of the kitchen
adopted a new policy last night. Small
quantities of vegetables which were
left over were sold TO the workers and
the women of the neighborhood at
stall presided over by a Boy Scout
Tie did q rush business in potatoes, al
SIX INAIle iNi nine Nti4bSf anu SIAdHli'o
for @ penny a piece.
Another attempt TO beat the middle
man was started yesterday at the See
ond Municipal Court, at 26l Madison
Street. when cooperative buying club
was organized. The Grocers and mer-
chants of the East Side will contrib
ute TO a common fund. from which sup
plies will be bought directly from the
farmer, through John J. Dillon, State
Commissioner Of Foods and Markets.
The products will then be distributed
70 the merchants and sold at a fair
price TO allow profits, but cutting out
the middleman's share.
The following officers Of the commit
tee were elected: Assemblyman Abra-
ham Goodman. chairman; Judge Leon
ard Snitkin, chairman of the commit
tee on permanent organization.
meeting will be held on Tuesday TO
which civic and social organizations
Will be invited.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Spalding Will Suit Ends
Contest Over S1,20O,OOO Estate
Settled by Compromise

San Diego. Cal, July l$.-Contest OF
the viii Of Albert Spaldlng, sporting
,,oods manufacturer, who died at Point
Ioma. cal. September 9. 1918, IS al an
nnd after more than year OF litiga-
ZION 8 COMPROMISE having been reached.
The estate has been estimated a'
81 200. 900. -. c..1-
One of the attorneys for keith Sp@i-
ding Of Chicago. a contestant SAID ne
understood his client was to get i'e-
twclfths Of the estate, and the wido"'
Mrs Elizabeth Churchill Spaiding'
soven-twelfths. by the terms OF tne
ocrecment. An order Of dismissal was
cntered Yesterday, and the hearing upon
Wrs Spalding's petition for the admls-
.ion of the will to probate - set LOT
to-day. .- ,lbort e
c,aiding. ir.. an adopted son. who was
tiilcd last year when fighting IN the
Eronrb army. lie left a will wh.eh pro
,idcJ that any interest he might have
~ the estate should 90 20 keitn spar
ding. BY the terms Of the settlefre.eintL' r.ei.L
occording 10 the attorney for KERN
SnaIding, the latter will control the,
Grm known az Spalding Brothers, o. o.
chicago. New York and London Win
branches in many other cities
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
New England Fears
Coal Will Be Cut OFF
Protests Against Daniels's
Plan to Commander Supply
at Newport News

Washington, July 13.-A coal famine
in New England was predicted to-day
in kilograms from the Public Safety
Committee Of Massachusetts, and
the state defence councils Of other
New England states to f. 6. Peabody,
chairman Of the Coal Production Com
mittee Of the Council Of National De-
fence, protesting against Secretary
Danlels's intended Communicating Of
all coal at Newport News. from which
the New England coal supply is drawn.
Chairman Peabody was in conference
with Secretary Daniels this afternoon
regarding the situation. but declined
70 comment on the result.
The New England coal situation has
furnished one of the most serious prob
lens laid before the Coal Production
Committee Practically all coal shipped
20 this section OF the country comes
via water from Newport News. Chair
man Peabody believed the situation
solved some weeks ago when a volun-
tary pooling arrangement Of all the
North Atlantic seaboard coal was
effected through the good Offices Of
the Coal Production Committee. Sec
retary Daniels now seems disposed TO
throw this arrangement overheard.
This is not the first time that the
Secretary Of the Navy has shown a
disposition 70 work at odds with the
coal committee Of the Council Of De-
fence Despite numerous protests
against the enlistment of coal tug en-
ployes in the navy. Secretary Daniels
has done nothing to discourage this
practice, which has threatened TO tie
up the movement of coal through a
shortage Of experienced seamen to man
coal carrying vessels which ply be-
tween Newport News and New England
points.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Two Witnesses Offer
Alibi for Mrs. Mooney
Saw She Was on Distant Roof
When the Explosion
Occurred

San Francisco. July 13.-Mrs. Rena
MONEYS movements on the day an ex-
plosion occurred here last July, killing
ten persons, as the result Of which she
is on trial for murder, played lead
ing part in the testimony to-day.
Two witnesses called by the defence
testified they saw the defendant and
her husband, Thomas J. Mooney, who
rs under sentence of death for one OF
the bomb murders. on the roof of the
building in which they made their
home more than mile from the scene
of the explosion al time the state
contends they were together with other
defendants near the spot where the
blast occurred.
"I saw the Moneys and two others
on the roof between 1:45 and 1850 p.
m. They stayed there until after (
o'clock" Mario Crisafulli. employed in
the building, testified.
state witnesses placed the MONEYS
m n point quarter Of mile nearer
the scene of the explosion at approx
mately that time.
Mrs. Gertrude Lawlor testified that
She saw the Moneys and others on the
roof between $50 and . o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Women Conspicuous
In Realty Market
Miss Tempe Kennedy Buys
Building at 1856 West
Thirty-fourth Street

Women figured conspicuously yester-
day in the Manhattan real estate mar
Ket. buying and selling property valued
at many thousands. Realty wiseacres
have been predicting that the gentler
sex was going to play a much more I'M
portant part in local realty affairs now
that large numbers of men have donned
the khaki.
Miss Tempe Kennedy. formerly OF
Pittsburgh. went bargain hunting IN
the realty fields of Manhattan. She
bought, through Spear & Co., from the
Lawyers Mortgage Company, the con-
verted five story business building, once
a dwelling, at 1876 West Thirty-fourth
Street. She was said 10 have paid
$4,000 for the property. Seven years
ago. at the height of the boom in this
street, the property changed hands at
s150.O00. Opposite the property IS
Macys department store.
Miss Kennedy anticipates a general
Improvement i'm realty conditions on
the Thirtv-fourth Street block where
she has invested $4,000. when the
Broadway subway is in operation.
A woman and a well known specu-
lator enlivened the Vesey Street sales
room yesterday by long drawn out
competition for possession OF the tene-
ment and loft buildings az l35 Eliza
beth Street. fifteen feet north Of Ken
mare Place and one block west Of the
Bowery. The sale was conducted by
Arthur c. Sheridan. The woman repre-
scnted the defendants in a partition
suit. She secured the property for
sf5 200 on the seventeen bid for Jo-
seph L. Molinari and others, who held
q half interest in the property.
Mrs. James J. Martin sold, through
Eugene J. Bushcr, her three story bust
ness building at 1920 Third Avenue,
about twenty-six feet south Of l52d
Street.
Mrs. Mary Armstrong Dunbar bought
from Sarah f. Mckay, as executrix,
dwelling at $50 East 10th Street.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
u. S. Troops to Join
French Celebration
Pershing Declares Holiday
To-day for Bastile
Anniversary

Paris. July 13.-Observance by tne
American troops in France Of the
French national holiday is provided IN
proclamation issued to-day by Major
General Pershing. It follows: =.
july II is hereby declared a holi-
dav for all troops in this comman.1l,
TIE people throughout France Wlil
celebrate on that day the declaratio'
of the sacred principles OF Liberty
coualitv ard fraternity, IN defSnce
whereof we are now in France to hgnt i
by the side Of the French soldiers TINS
is glorious privilege that the AMER
csr ls d armv s.Ui has in uniting with the gal.
! nj soldiers and loyal people OF
France in acclaiming with them on
tbeir national holiday our own deVo-
t;on 70 the same high ideals
One hundred and fifty battle planes
in fotillas will take part IN the cele-
bration Of the fall Of the Bastile to
~ ~ orrow ,,.-o, in Paris This is one Of the
most important aerial squadrons IN
,bo French service. 1t will fly over inc
marching route Of the troops during
the ceremonies.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
w. ]. Burns Is Cleared
By Higher Court of
Letter Copying Charge
Appellate Division Sets Aside
Fine and Discharges
Him

, William J. Burns. detective, who wa,
convicted in Special Sessions and fned
500 for having copied certain letters
when he was seeking TO find out who
was stealing munitions contract cable
grams from the Office Of J. P. Morgan
q Co. was exonerated in a decision
banded down in the Appellate Division
Of the Supreme Court Yesterday:
The opinion was written by Justice
Scott. and was concurred in by Jus
tees Smith, Page and Shearn. Justice
Dowling wrote a dissenting opinion.
The Appellate Division finds that
Rurns's act in handing over the copies
Of the letters "to a single individual,
his employer, who had legitimate in
terest in knowing what use was being
made of the information sto len from
his Office. and who was certainly not in
terested in giving general publicity 70
the facts" was not a publishing
within the meaning Of the statute. For
this reason the court sets aside the
nominal fine and discharges him.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
"Belgian Baron"
Leaves Trunk
For Board Bill
Porters Thought 1t Was Full,
but Ii Was Empty and
Nailed to the Floor

When the management Of the Hotel
Majestic realized yesterday that the
Baron dc Ritman-Carzo, of Belgium ~
had vanished. with his spats. green Fe-
dora and monoclc, leaving an unpaid
bill for Sl2O behind him, it comfortedi
itself with the thought that he had
also left his trunk.
Comfort gave way 20 sense OF Sc
curity when a porter announced tnat
the trunk was so full that he couldn't
even bulge it. But when three large
porters heaved and could not move II
the management felt less easy, and or
dered the trunk broken open.
II was empty. save for the heads OF
several large nails in its bottom. The
Polrian nobleman" had fastened his
trunk securely to the floor before es-
Gaping. Perhaps Meadows will come on
iron. Washington and pay the bill
Meadows. the baron told the room
clerk. was his valet. and would join
him in a few days But somehow the
management doesn't believe he viii ap-
rgar
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Lost Wife Found in Swamp

Toms River. Y. j., July l3.-After
two davs' search. a posse. led by Sher-
iF Alfred W. Brown, found Mrs. Joanna
Jovanovitch to-day in a swamp many
miles from the log cabin where she
lived with her husband. Peter, for
mer captain in the Serbian army. They
lof. Serbia after the assassination OF
King Alexander and Queen Draga.
According to the woman's story, the
events Of the war have crazed her hus-
band. He threatened to kill her slow
Iy with a knife. she said. so she ran
away. She had eaten nothing since
leaving the cabin. -,
Jovanovitch is in the county jail
awaiting the action Of the grand jury.
Ills wife refused 10 return 20 their
home. even when assured that her nus
band could not find brl.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Fliers to Play Ball
On Dawson Estate
For RedCross Fund

A baseball game between army and
navy aviators and an exhibition of fly
ing by more than a dozen airmen Will
be held at Peacock Point, Long Island,
at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the
benefit of the Red Cross. The aviators
will fly from the Mineols field to the
Dawson estate, where the demonstra-
tion will take place.
Among the members Of the baseball
team. headed by Lieutenant MacDon-
aid. L. :. ~. are Lieutenant F. Trubee
Dawson and Ensign II. P. Dawson, jr.,
sens Of Henry P. DAWSON, chairman of
the War Council of the Red Cross; En-
sign Robert A. Lovett, son of Judge
Robert Lovett, chairman of the board
of directors Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road. and Ensign A. l.. Gates, captain
of the Yale baseball team. The army
nine will be captained by Captain W.
c. Kilner.
Alan r. Hawley. president of the
Aero Club of America; Rear Admiral
BRADLEY A. Fiske. retired, inventor of
the torpedoplane; Henry Woodhouse
and Mr. Dawson will be among those
who will witness the demonstration.
The public is invited TO attend, an ad-
mission fee of So being charged.
Ambulances were presented to tho
New York Chapter of the American
Red Cross during the week by the
Fruit and Produce Exchange, Columbia
Ambulance Corps. Putnam County
Womens Auxiliary, Jacob II. Schiit,
Hunter College, Patriotic Service
League, New England Hotel Associa'
tion, Alexander Hamilton Institute,
Daughters of Pennsylvania Of New
York. Mozart Society, ID. & P. Fonseca
and the New York Chapter OF the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
From among the patriotic posters
made By pupils of the high schools,
livery Wounded Soldiers Hope" by
George McAndrews, Of the Commercial
High School, has been selected for re-
production.
Members Of the Fifth Avenue Branch
of the New York County Chapter were
addressed BY Nine. Mazzuchi, wife OF
tho Italian Consul General to France,
whose husband and child are still liv-
ing in a bombproof cellar in Rheims
where. as a Red Cross nurse, Nine.
Wazzuchi has cared for more than
$500 wounded soldiers during the
bonbardments. For this service she
was awarded the Cross OF the Legion
Of Honor.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
c. F. u. Upholds
Gompers in Tilt
With Roosevelt

Samuel Gompers and Colonel Roose-
Welt were both hayed by delegates at
meeting Of the Central Federated
Union last night, when resolution
was presented approving the position
Foderaf'on Of Labor in his controversy
with Roosevelt on the race riots IN
Fast St. Louis at Carnegie Hall. The
resolution was finally passed over yio-
lent objections.
SAMUEL Gompers lost the one op-
portunitv that American labor has ever
bad in which he could have placed the
labor movement in fair and reeog.,,
nized position 70 the general public"
said lanes Bagley, a pressman, when
the resolution had been read by Ernest
Rohm. Colonel Roosevelt had the best
Of the argument. lie made Mr. Com
ners look small / object TO the reso-
luton because Nr Gompers failed TO
tell the public facts. American labor
has nothing against the negro"