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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
RECKLESS MOTORISTS
STIR MILLS TO ACTION
Acting Police Head Orders
Arrest of Every Traffic
Law Breaker

Two automobile killings within forty
eight hours will result in drastic action
by Acting Superintendent Of Police
Mills to protect the lives of citizens
from reckless motorcar drivers
Reports of accidents in which Mrs
Ella Fred"rickson. an agent of the
Morris Refuge. End year-old Ida
HertzherE, of @91G North Fifth street.
were killed, have spurred the acting
police head to action Mrs. Frederick
son was run down by a motortruCk yes-
t"rday at Fairfield street and Frank
ford road and Ida Hertzberg was
killed almost in front of her home
Thursday.
81 am not passing on these two acct
dents alone" Superintendent Mills de-
Clared, as he perused statistical records
OF automobile accidents for this year
and 1917. II am talking now about the
enormous loss in life and limb to our
citizens end the damage to property
every year through reckless disregard of
regulations"
Captain Mills exhibited the reports.
Here are some facts" he said. the
people ought to have: During the year
1917 there were 1929 accidents in Phila-
delphia caused by motortrucks. auto
mobiles End motorcycles OF these ac-
c.dents ll6 resulted in death
"Of the appalling total of accident
S34 were caused by motortruCks. Forty
nine of those resulted fatally Passenger
automobiles caused 24S1 accidents
siXty-sevcn of which resulted in the
death Of the persons injured.
From the first of January, 1918. to
a.. 40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

bling independent dealers to have a
ernment approval
TNHE Methodist Episcopal Church has
i a board of temperance in Washing
ment which keeps Congress constantly
informed on the prohibition question
The chief prOpaEandis1 is Or. Clarence
True Wilson, against whom Clarence n
Gihhoney. Of the Philadelphia Law and
order Society. went up in debate some
time ago on the question of compensa-
tion. The activity nf this national hoard
may account to some extent for the con-
fidence Of Bishop Berry and other Penn
sylvania clorEymcn who have advocated
political action
There Is a good deal Of ginger in tho
Washington proraEandists. hut no more
than is displayed in Philadelphia. The
Old-time evangelist. the Rev charles VI
Boswell, for instance. we are told has
been making some persuasive speeches
What would YOU think Of his illustration
of the liquor dealer and the hcdhuC? 20
special reason to dislike the hedhuE moro
than any other hug. because under the
an advantage over the other. It's the
living that Is objectionable" according
to the story attributed to the fghrinC
manner in which the bedhug makes his
parson."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

NOAH WEBSTER and the Encyclo-
~ pedia Britannica to the front Now,
what is a chauffeur?
You see 'em on the street every day
they pass and return and pass again,
in case you don't get in the way.
Monarch of highway and by-way. they
60 gassing by, resplendent in mighty
powered ears or pnkly conscious in
flivver.
Washington officials. chauffeurs in
general. business men with motor de-
livery service and private employers
want to know. what is a chauffeur?
Since the new draft ruling of Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder was an
'nounCed, the difference between essen
tial and non-essential industry and vo-
cation has been the chief subject OF
audible Cogitation and dissertation
among the twenty-one to thirty one
year old citizens of the male sex
A hotel is not public institution
and, therefore, a hotel or cafe waiter
is a domestic servant" An automo-
bile is not an institution. nor is 1t a
domestic appendage, in the sense of the
word Therefore exactly what Is a
chauffeur And why? And should he
be classed as a domestic servant?
Seven fights. a number of rumored
private wars. three free-for-all Contre-
temps and couple of faux pas are
the sum total of adjudication Of the
momentous question to date. They are
rushing construction on hospitals.
As a patriotic duty in saving the lives
Of men necessary for the army draft
adjudication of the question must be
had Now that Noah Webster has sig
nally failed in the crisis, will some
Daniel Webster come forward?
Mediation has been suggested, by way
of the chaufeurette-or is she a chauf-
feuse? Much opposition has beer
aroused among married men, considered
the wiser of the wise smaller portion
Of humanity. They claim the philosophy
Of Kipling is translatable into materia
and practical terms. That the female
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
SPURIOUS SILVER
COINS FOUND HERE
Federal Agents Hunt for
Makers of Counterfeit
Money
WORKMANSHIP Is GOOD

Counterfeit quarters and half dollars
In considerable numbers are circulating
In Philadelphia and nearby towns, ac-
cording to Federal officials here, who
have been assigned to an investigation.
These officials believe that makers of
the spurious coins have made this city
their headquarters.
Not in many years has such a good
counterfeit of the twenty-fve-Cent piece
appeared as that now in circulation,
= said operatives of the United States
Secret Service today. So far the
''phony" quarters all have been imita-
tions of the coinage before 1917. when
the twenty-five-Cent piece Of the new
coinage were first minted. This tends
to aid the Counterfeiters. the Secret
Service believes. as the general public
seems less likely to be suspicious of the
old quarters than the new.
The counterfeit half-dollar pieces are
much easier to detect, it Is said. as they
are notiCeably less in weight than true
currency and are more poorly stamped
than the quarters. They are detected
almost as soon as they come into con-
tact with the fingers.
Not so with the counterfeit quarters.
Their weight is only a fraction less
than that of the sound coins. and they
are almost perfectly stamped In the
old days of counterfeiting in this Coun-
try spurious silver money was made in
molds, which left the edges. which
should have been ErooVed. round and
smooth. The latest in quarters evil
= /
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
WILL BENEFITS CHARITIES
Churches and Homes Named in A. l..
kaub's Testament

Bequests of $4,000 to the First Re-
formed Church. Tenth and Wallace
streets $1,000 each to the Sunday School
Board of the Reformed Church and
Board of Ministerial Relief, and $4,000
to the Salvation Army Home, 5il5 Lans-
downe avenue are included in the will
of Augustus l.. Kaub. 400 Parkside
avenue. The testament disposes of an
estate valued at $4,000 After a num-
her of requests of personal character
the remainder goes to Ursinus College,
COllegeVile. Pa.
Other wills probated today we're those
of Julius kuhlman, 2433 North Six
disposes of property valued at S79S6
Frank L. Sheppard, New York. $4,000 ;
Sarah A Peterson. 1854 North Twenty
second street. S414O, and Allen Galletly,
26O6 West Lehigh avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
5000 BOY SCOUTS GUESTS
OF CONNIE MACK TODAY
Young Americans to Maneuver at
Shibe Park Before the
St. Louis Game

More than 5000 Boy Scouts will be
the guests of Connie Mack at the Ath-
lettc-St. Louis baseball game at Shibe
Park this afternoon. Mr.. Mack is a
member of the scout executive council of
Philadelphia. and each year has the
boys as his guests at one of the games
The Scouts will mobilize at . o'clock
on Lehigh avenue at Broad street.
Headed by the executive force from
Scout headquarters and commanded by
the ten district commissioners, the boys
will march into the ball park Before
them they will go through a series of
evolutions on the field. Each Scout will
he equipped with an individual first-aid
kit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
MUSICIANS TO MEET HERE
Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists
to Hold Convention

Delegates to the seventeenth annual
convention of the American Guild of
Banjoists. Mandolinsts and Guitarists,
which opens at Witherspoon Hall Mon
day for a three-day session, will be
guests of honor at a formal reception
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the green
room at the Hotel Adelphia. Leading
Philadelphia musicians will give con-
cert. -
narts of the country are expected here
for the convention. More of them
will participate in the convention con-
cert at Witherspoon Hall Monday night.
reception committee and is directing
arrangements for the affair tomorrow
night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
CAMDEN TO SEND 388
TO CAMP DIX MONDAY
City Planning Big Sendoff for Largest
Contingent Thus Far Of Sc.
lected Men

Three hundred and eighty-eight men
from Camden County, N. J., viii leave
the Camden station of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Monday afternoon for Camp
Dix.
It is the largest contingent of drafted
men taken from Camden County in one
group since the draft law became
effective. Local boards are furnishing
the men as follows:
city board No. /, 90; board No 2.
50; board No. g. so; board No. 4, "a /;
county board No. l, S5; board No. @,
The men will be given big sendoff,
Mayor Ellis, city councilmen, employees
OF the department of public safety and
citizens being scheduled to participate
in a parade previous to the departure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
CONCERT FOR WAR CHEST.
Sacred and Patriotic Program at Broad
way Theatre

A sacred concert, in the interest of the
war chest drive, will be held tomorrow
evening in the Broadway Theatre Broad
street and Snyder avenue.
Stirring patriotic features have been
arranged, Among these will be an ad-
dress by Sergeant Major William Ryan,
the American soldier who blew the
whistle which sent the first batch of
American troops over the top" and
at the Huns in the Lunevillc sector. Cor
poral William Mahoney, another Perish.
ing hero, and one of the boys who
went over when Sergeant Ryan
thrice footed his historic whistle. will
also make an address relating his ex-
periences.
Music will be supplied by the Jazzy
Jazz Band from the Philadelphia Navy
Yard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Five Get City Positions

City appointments today include Otto
Schultz, Byberry, special officer, Bu-
reau of Charities, salary 5000; Lewis c..
Ehinger, 2Ol4 East Erie avenue. inspeC-
tor, Bureau of Highways, $1,000: Pat
rick J. Gallin. S2S North Capitol street,
paymaster, Department of Works,
1850; John J. MiIligan, 2234 West Cum
berland street. clerk. Bureau of Water.
$1,000. and Robert Waddell 1929 Man
tua avenue, assistant teacher, Board
of Recreation, 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Hazleton, Pa. May 25.-when walter
Karschner: of West Hazleton. enlisted at
the recruiting Office as eoiunfesr
the fourth boy in the family left for wa :
service. One of Karschners brotherr IL
in France and two others expect To *
there within the next few months. AZ
old, he told the officers he was anxioi,s
to do his bit. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

MANY of our Philadelphia pharma-
AVA Cists are writing to Washington in
support Of the hill introduced by Con-
gresham Edmonds to increase the eff
cheney of the medical depa rtment of the
United States army by providing in that
department a pharmaceutical corps, The
Pharmacists think the soldiers in camp
or on the field would receive better serV.
lce If men skilled in the profession were
given fixed status in the army. II is
proposed that the chief of the corps
shall have the rank Of ma ior and that
there shall he five deputies with the
rank Of captain and as many lieutenants
and apprentices a. the S"rviC" may call
for, Congressman Edm0nds, who intro
duccd the bill. although now a coal mer-
chant started out in life as n drug clerk.
He has the sympathy and support of
another Philadelphia pill Comp0undcr
the former president of the Philadelphia
Chamber of commerce. Howard r
French. who, though he has become one
of the big paint manufacturers of the
United States. still retains his interest
in mortar and pestle as president of
the respected old Philadelphia College Of
Pharmacy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
567 DEATHS HERE THIS WEEK
Report Shows Increase in Nor
talities Over Previous Seven Davs

Deaths throughout the city during
this week numbered 567 as compared
with $50 last week and 596 during the
corresponding week last year. They were
divided as follows: Males. 323 females
Pa boys, 90. and girls so.
The causes of death were
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
GETS TIP FROM HOSPITAL
Woman Learns Valuable Secret While r.
covering from Operation

tONeTIHk IfUW UDtTHtIOH
''In spite of the fact that the city was In
the grip of a hot wave. my room In the
hospital was always cool and comfortable +"
Mrs. Brown told her friends at the Sewing
Circle.
Zone day l asked the nurse the reason,
and she told me the absence OF not, stuffy
when came home / took up all my old
carpets and had hardwood hoors laid
always cool and comfortable and much more
attractive IN appearance. And the cost was
aSas s.2s, y a. srrlaksrep, q 5000 West FORK
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
UDREsIDENT EMERITUS" is a term
rrnnnnnn.. a....li..l Il ..a.nnn hln .,nl-

-
L generally applied to venerable coll
lege presidents, but used in connection
with business organizations like the Ma
tional Shoe Retailers Association of the
United States of America it fits like
boot no less active a parsonage than
Andrew c. McGowin. the recognized sage
of the shoe craft in Philadelphia. Nc
GOWN once held the honOrs of the ma
tional organization for Philadelphia, but
his mantle has fallen upon western
man, We still have left to us, however,
the secretarial office as we'll as the treas
urer combined in A. H. Geuting, Of
somewhere on Market street Nc
GOWN, Geuting and others have beer
concerned, Just like the clothing manu-
facturers, over the Jones BILL which pro-
posed to limit the Government purchases
of necessary supplies for the soldiers
and sailors To a certain extent, how
ever, they have been relieved by the an
nouncement that the troublesome ques-
ton may be regulated by the depart"
ments rather than by law. thus ena-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Choral Services on Parkway

)pen-air choral services under the
direction OF Bishop Rhinelander will be
way Al Twenty-third street Bishop
H1IneIander will preach. A choir OF
80 xolc<a Will sinE. Services viii start
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
WHATA CONGRESSMAN SEES
By ]. HAMPTON Moore
Weekly Letter Touching the Hashngon Dong Person.
alites Familiar to Phlndelphians

Secretary of Commerce If President
Roosevelt had not preferred to appoint
his secretary, Mr. CortelyOu has given
the Government a number of valuable
aides in the Ordnance and Quartermas-
ter's Departments. The Government
needs especially in wartimes. the kind
of men that are being turned out as
wool experts by this institution under
the direction of rresiden. Bradley {.
Algeo. a statement which will doubtless
he verified by Colonel Thomas s Cragc.
one of Pennsylvania military experts
in Congress. who has been star orator
at the school on one or two occasions
kensington boys in particular know the
value of the Textile School, and so do
the manufacturers. who are sorely
pressed in these wartimeS for young
men who know how" 1t may be
pleasing, also. to our Twenty-third
Ward friends to know that one of the
textbooks on wool in the Washington
departments is the work of Stanley II.
Hart. son of Real Estate Assessor David
T. Hart \ perusal of young Harts
book. which was published by the Tex
tile School. of which he was a grad
uate. shows that the author had made
a comprehensive study of sheep and the
uses of wool. adding, as experts here
assert, a valuable contribution to the
history of.tba s,,hieCt
yT,HEPE, is ge,rire hor,or, .bou, o,,r
,,a,o.,,tto,, fo.i,i.to :, - ,,.
o.,a,,,, .,1,,,,,.. 49,. .lS.,.,- ,.. -,
sI'lE "u'llI'lt" una, sotheth'hs mus ue
The agitation for improved waterways
20 a p"il W IT, uuC .le 'pI"NeI,e"' va
,,,enio,' Gnoi iu. 'I''. Wv" ,',,,-
~ ~LuSSI"', ,E, lEdlllH' ''"hT i,Nt W, i,u'.'- .
taken TINS matter up IN connerti"n WIN
states, They sneak Of the tremendous
increase in highway transportation for
the haulaGe of munitions. foodstuhs and
essential supplies and ask for adequate
highway construction and maintenance
Thomas b. hammer. itnnert L. hlI'eS'
Charles + MauIe ana J"hn h. Lank ar"
talking up TINS proposition II any nuS'-
ness man on eSlh appreciates .n' ia'u'
OF transportation III 'meSe ] r.i',eS ~ ~ ~
the lutnOetIndn' ana 'Ile HlldueIpIll"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

VyBE Philadelphia Textile School, for
years the hobby OF Theodore c.
se<r1A, VINO misat have been ne nFss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-05
IN CITY
TOpeka's Famous War PhOtOg-
rapher Back From Russia.
He Will Be Speaker at Press
Club Tomorrow Evening.

Donald Thompson, Topeka's famous
war photographer, a man who has
been with every army in Europe since
the war began, will be home this eve
ming to spend several days with his
mother. He will be guest of honor at
a meeting of the Topeka Press club,
of which he is a member, at the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce tomor-
row evening.
Thompson has just returned from
most interesting trip thru Russia,
where he was official photographer of
the Slav armies and where he took
pictures i'll an especially built armored
motor car. These pictures are to be
placed on she film circuits and are to
be used extensively for study by the
Urited States war department
Thompson is official photographer
for Leslies magazine and his pictures
have been advertised thruout the
co,ntry as some of the most wonder
full ever taken in the war zone. He
has been wounded several times while
taking these Closeup views
Donald Thompson has made several
visits to his home in Topeka since
going abr lad. He has sent a wonder
full collection of German trophies to
the State Historical society
The Press club meeting will begin
at 7:30 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-05
SINKING THE SUBS
As Fast as They Are Being
Built, Says British Admiral.
Perfect Cooperation Between
England and q. S. Navies.


London, March 5.-"Greau Britain
and America are sinking enemy sub
marines as fast as they are built"
First Lord of the Admiralty Geddes,
addressing the house of commons, de-
clared today.
Germany is greatly exaggerating
her success-in one month as much
as 70 per cent.
There is no reason to alter my
opinion that the menace is held but
not mastered
Odds Against U-Boats
THE chances of a submarine re-
turning from the North Atlantic, the
channel or the North sea are one in
four or five
"Co-operation between the Ameri-
can and British navies is near per-
feet as possible" Geddes declared
American officers are working with
every section of the admiralty per-
sonnel. All ranks have earned the
gratitude and respect of ALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-05
MOBILIZE MILLIONS
OF FOREIGN ORIGIN
FOR LIBERTY LOAN

Chicago, March 5.-The work of
mobilizing 4.ooo.o 900 citizens of foreign
birth or extraction in the seventh fed
e-al reserve district for the liberty
loan cau.paigr is under way today
under the direction of Felix j.
Streycamans, chairman of the liberty
loan foreign language division
In addition to the nineteen foreign
language committees that participated
in the two preceding Hberty loan
drives several new ones are to be or
ganize1. Among them are the japan
ese. Tl-ikisn and Armenian commit
tees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-05
POLITICAL PARTIES
GET TOGETHER FOR
LIBERTY BOND DRIVE

Indianapolis. March 5.-A joint
conference of hundreds of workers in
the ranks of the Indiana Republican
and Democratic state organizations for
the purpose of considering how to
work together to get results in the
third liberty loan campaign was held
here t1day on call of Governor James
P. Goodrich. The conference is said
to be le first of it's kind in the coun-
tr| and is being watched by represen-
tatives IF various liberty loan districts
WHO say they expect to attempt to get
the two parties together in other states
if the Plans for Indiana materiaiize as
expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-05
Ffnal Round for r. r.. Bill.
CARVER TAKES OATH
Hugh Fisher Slated to Be the New
County Attorney.

Robert d. Carver is now officially
the judge of the first division of the
district court of Shawnee county. Gar
yer took the oath of office this after
noon. tried his first case and an
nounced the appointment, or reap
pointment. of George Kline as court
stenographer, and of Ethan Anderson
as court bailiff
Carver announced this afternoon
that he would make his appointment
of county attorney before night. 1t
seems probable that Hugh Fisher will
be the successful candidate. Fisher is
backed by petition carrying the
names of 3,066 citizens of Topeka
including the county commissioners
the city officials, the mayor, and
prominent business men and lawyers
Fisher was formerly a member of the
firm of Locke & Fisher, was Judge of
the court of Topeka, and more recent
ly has been assistant county attorney
under Carver.
other candidates in the race for the
appointment of the county attorney
ship are Tinkham Veale and Clay
Hamilton