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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-27
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. One III hand mule, III hand young
horse. . excellent Jersey cows. l Jersey
heller. > Jersey heifcr calves. l young SOW. l
SOW. extra heavy breeder. l.. 4 %. disc plow.
hay rake. wide tire contractor wagon. Gcor-
gis. stock. Deere one-row two-horse corn
planter tnewl. 10 inch pillow. jO-tooth harrow.
one horse tooth cultivator, Iron Age hand
seeder with cultivator attachment. 81 to .
inch Ratchet stock and dies. l three-i inch pipe
cutter. | tw-nty-fnur inch pipe wrench. | lot
pipe felting. = rolls good 5-foot chicken wire.
some used barb.d wire. sweeps. shovels. etc.
Am leaving must be- sold az once. r. II.
Phelps. IaFeria, Texas. i
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-27

FOR SALE-One gentle buggy horse, one
mare, two colts. Apply ST. Elizabeth st.
20
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-27

WANTED TO RENTAL once. Two I'M
furnished rooms with lights water and bath
privileges. by permanent couple. Address, With
iull particulars, Box 400. City. If
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-27
BARBER COLLEGES.

MEN1Our illustrated catalogue explains how
we teach the barber trade quickly, mailed
free. MOI.EIi BARBER COLLEGE San
Antonio, Texas. q
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-27

FOR RENT-I.ight. well furnished rooms
with porch. modern cunycnicnccs. ~suitahl,
.or light housekeeping. Apply 1000 Washing
tom -. 1t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
PARKWAY LIBRARY WILL
COST S3O4,69S MORE
Contract Let for $2,969,395.
Taxpayer Forced Use of Phila-
delphia Quarried Stone

Philadelphia will pay S8O4,69S more for
the Free Library on the aPrkway than it
would have If a locally patriotic, but pro-
vincial council had not insisted on Philadel-
phla quarred stone for public buildings
New awards Of contracts for the library
were let this afternoon by Director Dates
man, for a total of s2,s69.S95, A contract
was let three months ago for exactly the
sambe work at 50 ,664,697, but in that con-
tract the builder could quarry the Stone
anywhere he pleased
A taxpayers suit, started on the ground
that the ordinances specified Philadelphia
quarried stone, for all city buildings, sus-
tained the law and the first contract was
thrown out. In the three months this ac-
ton took, materials had advanced in price
and there was 100000 to be added anyway
because stone quarried here cost that much
more The total additional cost is s3O4 sos
John Gill & Son, of Cleveland, got the
main building contract this time for
s2,535,O00 Other parts of the work were
apportoned as follows: Plumbing, Wells
Newton Company, S7O,945; electrical fit
tings, L. X. Comstock, S44,70O; heating, Will
liam NJ. Anderson, S3l0,750. There IS
SO, 500, 900 available for the work,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
GEN. PRICE AND STAFF
AT I'd ARTILLERY CAMP
Commander Establishes Head
quarters Near Jenkin-
town

Brigadier General William G. Price. COM
mander Of the States forces, and his stan
established headquarters at the camp Of
the Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery
near Jenkintown. today. General Price and
his adjutant, Major Whitaker, inspected
the camp yesterday and found it salts
factory
Preparations for mastering the remain
ing Philadelphia guard unit not yet sworn
into Federal service. Company E, Engineers.
are nearing completion. United States army
officers are today examining the equipment
and physical condition of the men at the
State Armory, Thirty-second street and Ian
caster avenue, where they are quartered.
Captain c. C. Jones, commanding the
engineers, today expressed the belief that
the men would not be drawn into Federal
Service until late tomorrow He also Is
sued on appeal for the enlistment OF cooks
to accompany the company TO Georgia and
later to France. Although there are 1885
men in the company, they are without the
services of culinary experts. Twenty
additional enlstments are needed TO bring
the company TO war strength Of l64 men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
MEATLESS DAY UNLIKELY
HOTEL MAN ASSERTS
Aahlon W. Newton Believes Conserva-
tion of Food Does Not
Require 1t

Patrons of Philadelphia hotels and
Restaurants need not worry that they VIII
be forced TO do without meat at least one
day a week. according to Mahlon W. New
ton. president of the Philadelphia Hotel
Mems Association. Mr.. Newton in discuss
ing the idea advanced in New York TO
eliminate meat from the menus OF the
hotels and restaurants at least one day
week. as a means of food conservation, said
today that there was apparently no reason
for the proposed stop at the present time.
There is a great necessity for food con-
nervation." said Nh Newton, but can see
no reason why a beefiess day should be
inaugurated. The food question calls for a
saving in canned goods. In the fall In
my opinion the prices of canned goods Will
mount skyward. because Of the high prices
Of tin and the high price Of labor. We are
advocating. in the Philadelphia hotels, and
am gratihed to say that every hotel Is
co-operating, the saving Of all canned goods.
Fresh vegetables are extremely cheap this
seaeon, and there is no reason why they
should not be used in preference to canned
goods"
The conservation Of food was begun in
Philadelphia hotels several weeks ago. ac-
rordine 70 Mr. Newton. AS result II is
no longer possible to secure portions OF
61ckling pig. young chicken or similar
1slloacles Tho practice Of serving these
holco portions was discontinued because
asaoc|at|on felt tnat the animals should
|a~ed N mafrte.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
clans Threaten Strike Other News of the CITY
WOMEN SEND HOOVER /
PLEDGE OF ALLEGTANCy
Wire Their Trust as Result :,
Reeds Attack-Slacker
Chase Organized

Philadelphia women assembled 4.
New Century Clubhouse today on the ma,
ter of completing the enrolment OF IN. ~.
battalion in this city telegraphed A r,.,
of allegiance and trust to Herhs,, !"
Hoover, national chief Of the army"
The pledge was made because a, =,
bitter attack on the Food admin,s,,.I.
made by United States Senator Reed IN ~
Senate debate yesterday. "s
The pledge Of faith drawn up by n, :
NJ Moore read as follows:
I'VE women Of Philadelphia. orv,,,...
TO promote the work Of the Food Con,r..,sSa
sion in Philadelphia, desire 10 evn-osu 'nlF nv
confidence in Mr.. Herbert c. Hoovor our olI
national chief, and deep conviction q; r ,i
sincere character of his service as wall ~
our faith In his ability to perform tbs 49,.
he has undertaken. Further we rlssa
to him our allegiance and our services y
the work of registration and such nro.. ~
ganda as he may recommend for the ~,
therance Of food conservation"
Hoover sentiment ran high. The vor.,.
members of the Hoover pledge conrot.s-.
that have been formed in each ward =
round up the thousands of women slanl.s.
who have refused to listen to the ann.s,.
Of the police and sign the Hoover ~
saving promise card were with Hoovsrs :
AS though to show that the friendly b,,,
clasp that stretched from Philadelnhl. \.
! Washington today was not unreou,,ss
| 10000 Of the Hoover window cards pron,,.S
to every woman who signed the food cara
| arrived in the office of the Mayors food
| commission in the Widener Building M,
| afternoon. This Is the first consignment N
| these cards to reach Philadelphia. IN.
cards will be given out in the police sta.
| tions which made complete returns for Thai,
| districts first.
In order to facilitate the distribution N
the window cards an extension office Of TIA
| Food Commission has been opened in m,
| library Of the Boys High School at Broad
| and Green streets. It has been made pos.
| sible through the cooperation of the school
| mobilization committee of which Franklin
Spencer Edmonds is chairman. Mr. Ed
monds has also had a call sent out 70,
100 girls to address these cards.
| Miss Erna Grasmuck, of the PhiladelphI,
| Normal School for Girls, was the first d
respond, and with her came a group D
| girls from the Normal School The ono
| will be under the immediate direction o
| Miss Grassmuck, with the assistance 0
teachers from the school system. Any VIII
can assist in this work will be welcom
| at the library of the high school,
Women who will not sign the pledge O.
| tho score that the United States Legisla
| ture has not made the nation bone-dry ar
| the only women who will be exempted fror
| signing the card. The objection was hel
to be a conscientious scruple against ur
holding a food plan that upholds liquo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
ed Seek Owner of Murder Pistol Theatre Musicians
MUSICIANS STRIKE LOST CHORD"
IN ROW WITH THEATRE MANAGERS
Difficulty, Which Starts Over Nonunion Orchestra in
Smaller House, Spreads to Larger Ones and
Janges Ears of Public

II looks as II there was going to be
trouble between the organized musicians
of the city and the organized theatre man
ayers. They have locked horns, come to
grips, taken up cudgels or done something
just as unpleasant and dsquietlng TO the
poor downtrodden, long-suffering and
thoroughly unorganized amusement-loving
public-such persons as Daniel Parrish,
OF l2l7 Waverly street; Samuel Parmet, Of
S34 North Lawrence street Edward r.
Stotesbury, Of 1925 Walnut street, and the
William II. McCormicks of 1920 North
Twenty-sixth street 5342 Addison street,
221O Hobson street and 5l11 North Elev-
enth street. eve don't know who those
persons are. having just taken their names
at random from the city directory)
Well as we said in the beginning it looks
as II there was going to be trouble about
the music in the theatres. War to the knife
is likely and whoever loses will have to
pay the fiddler
II started yesterday afternoon at p. f.
Keth's Theatre and Nixon's Grand Theatre
at Broad street and Montgomery avenue,
after an alleged nonunion orchestra had
been put to work in the pit at Nixons The
atre in Germantown.
At Keiths and Nixon's Grand there had
been the usual rehearsals of the new bills
with the orchestras in the morning. In the
afternoon before 2 o'clock the actors and
actresses were all painting and pomadng
themselves and strutting about and telling
each other how good they were. The musi-
clans down below were tuning up and
searching the awjunce for familiar faces.
Suddenly the tuning up stopped. A pretty
actress screamed. Women wept and strong
men turned pale under their rouge. The
musicians had laid down their tools and
then packed them up and walked out
An official Of the union had appeared and
ordered the walkout.
Hurry calls were sent out for pianists,
and they did the best they could although
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
PISTOL ACLUE
IN TRIPLE MURDER
Detective Comes to Identify
Weapon Th at Killed
Humphries Family
MRS. ToMPKINS REFUSES
Sleuth Seeks Interview With
Mother-in-Law of Sus-
pected Man

County Detective Roscoe e. Custer. OF
Cambria County. came to Philadelphia TO-
day in the hope Of having Mrs, Anna Hub
beii, nother-!n-law Of George G. Tompkns,
Identify the pistol with which Tompliins
"a believed TO have killed his partner, Ed
mund l. Humphries Mrs. Humphries and
their ffteen-year-old son, Edmund
Humphries, Jr.
Tompkins, locked in the Ebensburg jail
will have a preliminary hearing Thursday
accused Of killing his coal mining partner
and the partners wife and child on the
road near Ebensburg when the four were
on their way to Philadelphia in an automo-
bile.
Mrs. Tompkins, hearing Of the tragedy
left her home at 6043 Race street, and hur-
ried to Ebensburg She told Custer her
husband had revolver in his grip when ne
went TO Carrolltown. the headquarters OF
the Newborn Coal Mining Company but
abe refused to identity the pistol found in
the murder car as her husbands.
she expressed herself as being convinced
Of her husbands s innocence. and ready TO DO
Ali in her power to aid in clearing him, Inn
rnediately upon her arrival she went to the
fail 10 see Tompkins and spent some time
talking to him She urged him TO have cour-
age and confidence that he would be proved
innocent AS she left with tears streaming
down her face, she said
sPray and trust In the Lord
Custer has come to Philadelphia to see
Mrs Tompkinss mother, who. It Is alleged
said she gave a pistol TO Tompkins before
he left for Carrolltown She has since
ad aolr statement.
Custer conferred with Captain oil Detec'
tives Tate in City Hail and then went &c
the Tompkins home, where Mrs. Hubbel
lives He found she had gone to chester
10 see relatives or friends, and he started
off TO find her in Chester
Meantime the Philadelphia detectives ar
visiting hardware and sporting goods store'
and searching pawnshop records in I'M
hope of finding the person VINO Iast soI'
the revolver found in the automobile, l
"a a Savage automatic .32 cal!ber.
II is believed that the Identification OF tn
murderer depends upon the identification o
the automatic revolver found near tn
scene of the crime. This is asserted to b
the weapon of death, and IL 1t is proved 4
belong the Tompkins, police declare, tn
ease against him will be complete. Tw'
parts of the revolver were missing when !
was found, and the corresponding part
we're found in the tonneau of the automo
bile according to detectives
The bodies Of the Humphries family hav'
been brought 10 Philadelphia and are
an undertaking establishment at Eleventh
street and Girard avenue. where the funera
nrobably will be Thursday DR.. E.
Arble of the Newborn Coal Company,
cousin of Humphries, came here with tn
bodies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
TCEMEN, BLESS 'EM,
PLAN TO CUT PRICE
Court Approves Charter Which
Purposes Reduction of
Cost to Public
The icemen have reformed.

The icemen have reformed.
The Ice Publicity Association of Phila-
delpha tinkled it's way into Common Pleas
Court No. / today and got approval for
a charter, announcing that one of its pur-
poses is to reduce the cost or ice TO the
general public
According to Buckman & Buckman, its
LAWYERS, the association intends to bring
manufacturers and dealers together to dis
cuss ways Of beneflting the trade and teach
ing the public the importance OF getting
pure ice II also will seek better leglsa-
tion governing manufacture and sale of
ice, particularly as regards sanitary con-
dtions.
II is not planned to make the ice any
colder at this time.
The association starts out with the warm
est good wishes of the entire community
The ice-loving public will cooperate If II
gets the chance and nobody will throw cold
water on such a noble enterprise.
The directors for the first year-bless
them every one-are ]. Il, Bircher, Edward
F. Berlinger. Charles Dckerman, John c.
Belz, j. F.. Dougherty, George A. Dunning
William Gaerthe, j. J. Litter, Tony Nor
genthaler, Lee Nusbaum, II. T. Serrill and
NJ A. Young.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
OH, SAD THE DAY. OH SAD THE DAY!
THIS ARMY COOK HE GOT AWAY
So Anxious to Capture Chef Were They That Both
Cavalry and Engineers Missed Him After Both
Had Fine Chance

Because so few women have raised their
boys to be army cooks the Philadelphia
guardsmen can't get cooks for love nor
money. The situation is so serious that the
guardsmen. exhausting legitimate military
strategy resort to the most shameful in
trigues to snare cooks--and yet they fail.
They do not even stop at kidnapping.
Major Charles Welsh Edmunds, Of the
cavalry, and Captain c. c. Jones, of the
engineers, both at the armory at Thirty
third street and Lancaster avenue, are
ready to fight-for cooks. Edmunds wants
six, while Jones says five will do him. He
can pare the potatoes himself
A man named Michaello Malatesta Cthat
or that in substance) presented himself at
the armory today and said he was ready to
cook for democracy. He was about to pro-
duce credentials showing that he had cooked
himself into the first rank Of chefs, but
without waiting for references some
cavalrymen grabbed him and carried him
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17

piano can never do as we'll as basedrum
to accompany a clown acrobat landing hard.
BY nightfal a temporary agreement was
patched up whereby the orchestras returned
20 Keiths and NiXon's Grand to remain un-
Ill Sunday. Then, the musicians said, they
will strike.
The Globe Theatre and Cross Keys Thea
tire orchestras gave notice that they VIII
strike next week
The Strand Theatre, Twelfth street and
Girard avenue, has also employed nom
union orchestra, according to the musicians
Its action and that Of Nixon's Theatre'
Germantown, according to the musicians are
the first move Of the Philadelphia Theatre
Managers Association to break the Phila'
delphia Local Union No. II, of the Amerl-
can Federation Of Musicians
The fight may become nationwide nixon
theatres at Ocean City and wildwood may
be affected because they come under the
Jurisdiction of the Philadelphia Local Union,
which includes southern New Jersey as far
as but not including Atlantic city. Two
thousand musicians belong to the union.
Every theatre in Philadelphia may be
affected except the STANLEY MastpauiIi
houses which pay above the union scale
and certain Independent theatres which
have acceded to the players demands
The musicians want an increase in wages
of from 81 to S. a week Adolph Hirsch-
berg. of 1888 North Natrona street. Is
president OF the muSlCldHS loSa. uiiA'" o.,
Fred G.. Nixon-Nrdlinger is chairman OF
the managers association.
Hirschberg, who plays in Conway's band'
said that members Of the managers asso-
ciation as individuals have offered some
concessions one offered all but fifty cents
of what was asked; another offered only
fifty cents Of the demanded increase.
The average wage Of musicians here,
according to Hirschberg, is $50 to S24 a
weelI-the lowest paid anywhere in any
city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
SEEKING TO TIGHTEN
WEB ABOUT TOMPRINS
EBENsBURG. Pa. July

EBENSBUHG, IA, July L.
The county authorities have dismissed all
.hsories of tha murder of Edmund /. Hum
uhries manager OF the Newborn Coal Min
Ing Company. of Carroltown, and his wife
and child except the theory that George Z.
Tompkins killed them as result OF a quar-
rel over money.
"There will be no more arrests said one
official, clearly indicating that all efforts are
heinR devoted to strengthening the case
AGAINST Tompkins, whose story Of an at
tack by three masked highwaymen they re-
fuse to take seriously.
County Detective Custer has gone to Phil
ndelphia in the hope of having Tompkins's S
mother-in-law identify the pistol found in
the murder car.
The evidence against Tompkins is purely
circumstantial, but II is strong, according
to the county authorities
They say It is established that Tompllins,
not having enough money to take the in
tcrest he wanted in the Newoorn Coal Min
ing Company, borrowed $1,000 from Mrs.
Humphries wife of his longtime friend !;
that Humphries and his wife had pressed
him for payment of the money, and that he
was going TO Philadelphia to mortgage some
property and repay the loan. Mrs.
Tompkns had been urging him TO sever
his business relations with Humphries,
they say. Being urged by his wife to quit
the company and not being in a position
10 do so gracefully, according to the county
authorities. Tompkins found himself in a
seriously uncomfortable position.
Tompkins said the highwaymen opened
fire without warning and he saved his life
by crumpling up in the car and pretend
ing he was dead His bandit story is dis
credited by the fact that neither his valu
ables nor Mrs. Humphries's were taken. AZ
first Mrs. Humphries's bag was missing
and Tompkins pointed to that fact in sup
port of the bandit story, but later the bae
was found in the tonneau of the murder
car.
Tompkins said the robbers fired from 9
distance Of seventy feet, but the authori
ties say there were powder marks on thu
bodies Of Mrs Humphres and her son.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17

away to Major Edmunds's Office, cheering
as II they had captured old Mackensen.
Edmunds was busy, they told Mala-
tesla to sit down and wait Fatal blunder !!
A couple Of engineers got word of Mala-
testa's presence. The low-down pups
sneaked into Edmunds's office, engaged
Malatesta in conversation, told him he was
in the wrong place and lured him away to
Captain Jones's office. The captain was
busy, so Malatesta was told to sit down and
wait
Fatal blunder No. ., that made all the
good work for naught
The cavalrymen had discovered that the
cook had vanished. They had sounded an
alarm and were combing the armory for
the heroic chef He was found in Jones's
Office and coaxed back to Edmunds's depart
ment.
But Edmunds was still busy He should
have dropped what he was doing and en-
listed Maatesta then and there, but he
didn't and Malatesta became disgusted and
went away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
CENTRAL FAIR CIRCUIT
TO HANG UP SIPS, 900 PURSE
Eleven Weeks of Consecutive Racing
With Opening Meet on
August

LANCASTER, Pa, July 1.-THE Central
Fair Circuit announces through its secre-
tary, ]. F. Seldomridge, of the Lancaster
Fair. that $125,OOO in purses will be offered
horsemen in prizes in eleven consecutive
weeks of racing, beginning August and
ending October 10 and that $495O will be
Lancaster's share of the prize money. The
local meet opens on September 25 and ends
on the 2sth, Eleven Maryland and Penn
sylvania towns make UP the circuit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
PATTON BILL APPROVED
Governor Signs Measure Designed TO
Increase Powers of Municipal Court

Governor Brumbaugh today announced
his approval Of the Patton bill, which gives
20 the Municipal Court OF Philadelphia the
Jurisdiction In cases OF non-support and
desertion OF wives and families by husbands.
The bill Is designed 10 increase the powers
cf the court especially in cases where hus-
bands refuse 10 assume responsibility for
the upport Of wives and children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
Charge Woman Doped Marine

Helen Ashton, who the police say ad-
mitted giving morphine to Edward Collins,
a marine, who was found unconscious IN
the rear of 222 North Ninth street yes
terday morning, was held under $1,000
bail for a further hearing on July 81
by Magistrate Tracy at the Eleventh and
Winter streets police station this morning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
s1GNAL ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS

Paul w Richardson, TO- sinking Springs Pa
Joseph Dietrich DgssT ~ iSas l"55 swan s S'
Ceorgo Franklin Bauer 81, Detroit. Mich.
John Peter Brsth,, "a ,PittsburEh' pa Pa'
Karl Hclbach. %, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cirnver Cnrmal Cinthrle ~. pittsbmrgh. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
UNITED STATES NAVY


Thomas shannon Watson, 20, Pcnnsgrove, n j
Samuel German Maxim. -. 1927 Greenway ave
Wilson John Morris 80, salisbury. Mo. 49,,
Frank Joseph MacdouEall, n, iji Ripton place