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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
PHILADELPHIA SOLDIER KILLED,
TWO LOCAL HEROES WOUNDED

as a second lieutenant In October. 1916.
He was sent to the Mexican border with
the Tenth Infantry and in June, 1917 ac-
c~ompanied General Pershing and the
small expeditionary force to France. On
July 22 while leading his company he
was hit by a German shell and lay on
the battlefield for eight hours before
comrades could remove him to n dress
Ing station. In a letter received today
by his father the wounded officer says
that he is on the road to recovery.
Lieutenant stuart Ellison McKeon.
previously reported as missing, has been
located in "A German prison camp. He
was formerly a n~ewspaperma in this
city. Lieutenant McKeon was in the
aviation corps and was forced to descend
in the German lines about six weeks ago,
after a battle with the late Baron Won
R~ichttohen's famous squad of aviators,
known as the Richthofen Circus.
Private william Begg. of the marine
corps. reported as missing following the
fighting Of July 80. enlisted three years
ago, and had seen service in Haiti and
Mexico before going to France with the
first contingent of the American cXpedt-
tionary force. His only near relative Is
Mrs. Margaret Campbell. a sister. who
lives at 1924 Arbor street. Before join
ing the marines Begg worked in a shoot
ing gallery, and has since been rated as
an expert marksman. He was nineteen
years old when he enlisted.
Private Thomas II. Allen. reported as
missing in a recent casualty list. was
a drafted man. and had his preliminary
training at Camp Meade last fall. Later
he was sent to Camp Hancock for final
training. and assigned TO Company c.
pf tho t1O.b Ipfartr, tho papngytNu mia
regiment that bore the brunt of the
fighting during the first days Of the
Allied Counter-attack along the Marine.
Young Allen lived with his parents at
1929 Wyalusing avenue. Writing to his
mother, he said hat he felt that his
military training had been very thor
ough. and that he was confident he and
the rest of the boys" would make good
as soldiers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
DANIELS COMMENDS s SEAMEN
Acts of Heroism Officially Recog.
nized by Secretary q
PS fb, As.,c;o,,J pr,..
~ the Associated Press

Washington. Aug. 3o.-Six seamen
were commended by Secretary Daniels
today for acts of heroism.
Alonzo f. Seright, pharmacists mate,
Kansas City, Kan. rescued Private II.
II. Smith, marines. who fell overheard
near Scott Island.
Adam J. Bettinger. boatswain's mate,
Brooklyn, and Ernest l.. Pemberton, sea-
man, New Haven, Conn. made a gal
liant attempt to rescue a sailor who fell
overheard from a British shio.
Otto A. Valfer, yeoman. Kew York
rescued a woman bather at Howard
Beach, Long Island.
Louis Friedman, I'm San Fran
cisco. jumped overheard with all his
clothes on in a strong tide and rescued
a man.
Frederick L. Cook, electrician. New
Orleans, was commended for devotion
to duty when the motor schooner Mad.
rugada was sunk by an enemy subma
rine on August IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
NOR BAN HITS
PLEASURE ONLY
vt Intended to Prohibit
Necessary Uses of Caso-
line.D Driven Vehicles
TO INDIVIDUALS
Wilson to Walk to Church,
Setting Pace for Autoists
By the United Press

Washington, Aug. 30.-President
Wilson will set the pace for auto
MODELLING church-goer Sunday and
walk to worship.
While Fuel Administrator Gar.
field has not ruled specifically
whether or not church going may
be regarded as pleasure riding, the
President apparently will take no
chances with his conscience on the
matter. Also he will likely give up
his usual long Sunday afternoon
drive with Mrs. Wilson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
Join MunicipaI Service

City appointments today include Or.
J. W. Rotberg. 301S Euclid emu elm
ical assistant physician. Department of
ter NJ. Hyde, 1923 North Fifty-eighth
street. apprentice. Department Of City
Transit. 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
100000 STRIKE AT WES1PnALA
Troops Guard Town as Precau.
ton Against Riots
r.. H. .,o,,,,J pr,.s
By The Associated Press

Geneva, Aug. 3O.-Serious strikes in
volving 200. 200 workmen have broken
out at Bochum in Westphalia. according
to dispatches received here today from
Munich.
Three thousand strikers have been
sent to the front and 5000 deported from
the region under escort. Troops are
guarding the own 1t is said, as riots
are feared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30

4 Everything it can get its hands on"'
asked senator Sherman, of Illinois.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30

Continued from PaFe One
Private Thomas Murray, Camden Sc
Nerely wounded.
PRISONER
Lieutenant stuart r. McKeon, resi-
dence address not given.
Casualties previously published. but
on the official list for the first time to-
day: Private Alfred Higgins, Media.
killed in action Private Michael j.
Kelley, $500 Warren street, killed in
action Private Charles W. Hall, 1852
Market street, missing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
Pitman, N. J.. Man Finds Wife Dead

Mrs. Sadie May Munsinger. fifty years
old, 437 Chambers avenue. Camden, was
found dead in bed today by her hus-
band. Joseph. in their summer cottage
at Pitman. n. j.. Dealt was due to
heart failure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Swallows Fight for Farmers
They Are the Light Cavalry Of the Bird Amy

a phrase picture
march
skmish fields
of the
The phrases quoted used In the paragraph of bulletin
entitled
Habits of the Swallows Family of Valuable Native Birds the
ornithoog world
October l. 1916
Cliff
while practically
swallow occasionally berries definitely
worthless
the Tree swallow the vegetable element will onehaf
Of 1 OF the diet
With few exceptions the by swallows injurious Since
flying insects and for the pdaous beetles and other beneficial
weels including
weevi the alfalfa
other highly destructive weevils
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
FROM CABBAGES TO KINGS
Writer Impressed by Accumulation OF
Subject Matter of Every Descrp-
ton in Print.

Perhaps the most valuable instru-
press, writes Bruce Cummings in Sci
ence Progress. No sooner is an event
over than ii is reported in the daily
press, and the newspaper prese we'd
In the British museum for all time.
Within the sacred rotunda of the
British museum reading room may be
perused the novels of Charles Garvice,
as well as the great Chinese encyclo-
pedia of the Emperor Kiang-hi I'm $500
volumes.
In books our knowledge to date is
rounded up and displayed; you may
read book on lump Of coal, grass
blade. q seaworm, on hair combs, car
pets, ships, sticks, sealing wax, cab
hages, kings, cosmetics, Kant. very
thick volume indeed was published
last year upon the thoraX of n field
cricket. 1t would require a learned
man to catalogue the literature that
deals with such comparatively trivial
subjects as the history of the Punch
and-Judy show, or the history of play
ing cards.
At the present rapid rate of accumu-
lation the time must come when the
British museum, thousands of years
hence, will occupy an area as large as
London, and the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA be housed in q building as big as
the Crystal palace; an accumulation
of learning to make Aristotle and
Scaliger turn pale.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Importance of a Tan Coat
Depends on How Acquired.

Tan is the result OF the action of
chemical rays or of the Ultra violet
rays of the solar light on the pigment
OF the skin. Ii proves nothing, says
an authority. but that the skin has
been exposed TO Photographic rays of
one kind or another. The skin is also
tanned by exposure TO the rays of a
mercury lamp. but such tan has moth
ing 10 do with health.
Tan is important and Of meaning
according 10 the circumstances under
which IL is acquired. Acquired ut sea
or by the sea as result OF life and
exercise in the open air. Ii is sign OF
health. because IL accompanies general
effects which are lacking in the condi-
lions OF electric tan.
Electric tan is accompanied by no
multiplication OF red corpuscles in the
blood. such as exercise produces, in
surfing q renewal of physical strength.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Airplane Needs Stronu Wood.

A modern airplane propeller is one
of the strongest and most perfect
products of mans handicraft.
Some airplane engines run at LOO
revolutions a minute and can be gearec
up to 1000. An engine Of this power
would use a nine-foot-six-inch propel-
Ter and the speed of the blade ends
would be i'm the neighbOrhood of COO
miles an hour.
Revolving at this terrific rate, the
slightest imperfection in the w00c
from which the propellers are made
would tend to disrupt them and cause
them to fly TO pieces.
For this reason only the best anG
hardest wood from the heart of the
tree is used for propeller blades. Ii
takes 1000 feet of timber in the rough
to furnish 200 feet of wood GOOD
enough for propellers.
Black walnut is the very best Kind
of wood for propeller blades, for, be-
sides being immensely tough. 1t does
not splinter when hit by a projectile.
Next in the order named, come mal.og
any, white oak, ash, maple. birch md
cherry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
No AlimonY From Soldiers.

The supreme court of New York
state has no power to enforce an or
der for alimony against soldier in
the United States army, declared JUS
tice Aspinall in the supreme court In
Brooklyn in the case of Mrs. Florence
Merriman against Rapiey p. Merriman.
private. 1t is the first decision OF
Its kind here. Justice Asphalt gave
the opinion in acting upon the request
OF Mrs. Merriman's attorney. who de-
manded Merriman be forced 10 pay
$40 on the first business day of each
month. 1T is obvious that the defend
ant could not comply with direction
that he pay $40 on the first business
day of each month" said the justice.
"when $40 is more than the rate OF
pay of his grade. and the time Of pay
ment of soldier Is necessarily very
irregular. York Evening Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
CLASSIC DRAMA I'M JAPAN
Both Chorus and Music Accompany
the Pantomime Of the Actors
on the Stage.

The actors-sons OF the sons OF gen.
erations of actors passing on as
legacy Of great price TO the right 10
act In these strange mo" plays OF
old Japan-entered and made their ex-
its by way of the bridge. At their
approach, Gertrude Emerson writes In
Asia, unseen hands lifted and held
back curtain of persimmon and iris
colored silk that hung at the door Of
the dressing room. Their costumes
had wide skirtlike trousers and all the
fires and conflagrations OF an autumn
wood or a mountain forest burned in
the color OF the brocades. Sometimes
they had the streaming white hair OF
ghosts. They stamped with their
white stockinged feet on the polished
floor. which gave out q muffied echo.
With their flowing sleeves they hid
their faces, turning and swaying in
rhythmic dances. With their fans they
wrote the meaning of their dances in
the air-the climbing of a mountain
path TO q forsaken shrine, a gift Of
water to weary pilgrim, the picking
of herbs, the flight Of n bird across
the sky, the falling Of flowers-or Of
tears. The chorus sang in suppress
ed tones, holding their breath inter
minably. explaining, now the action.
now the thoughts passing through the
mind of the actor. The musicians beat
on their drums and above all other
sounds walled the flute. thin and trem-
ulous. piercingly sad, like a lost soul
tormented of demons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Underground Railroad and
Useless Caucus Room, Two
Extravagances at Capitol.

One OF the curiosities of the capitol
is the miniature railroad that connects
the senate, via underground passage,
with the senate Office building, relates
a Washington correspondent. The cars
Of this railroad operate on q monoraii
by electricity.
The road is about 100 yards in length
and has q double track. When one
car is at one end of the track the other
car is at the other end, and vice versa.
The railroad was intended originally TO
aid senator's In making speed from
their offices TO the senate chamber. Roll
calls do not require much time in the
senate and there is danger that If a
roll call is asked when a senator is in
his office he will miss the roll call I'M
less he uses the electric car. That
saves him about ten or fifteen seconds
time.
The road is open TO the public aid
ii costs nothing to ride. AS a cOnse-
quence messenger boys, clerks and
janitors use the railroad freely, while
senator's, except On days when the
weather is inclement, prefer TO walk in
the open air between their Offices and
the senate chamber.
Besides the initial equipment, the
road entails an expense of about $50
weekly for the employ of two opera
tors and probably half that amount for
electricity. This would make q yearly
expense of $4,000 as a very conserva-
tive estimate. AS matter of fact the
railroad probably costs more like $4,000
or $1,000 year.
The senate has another extravaganza
that is almost an eyesore. This is the
| palatial caucus room that cost no one
| knows how many thousands of dollars
when the senate office building was
constructed. The room is finished
throughout in marble and has immense
crystal chandeliers. 1t has the largest
seating capacity of any room in the
capitol except the hall of the house
and the senate chamber.
Yet the acoustic properties of the
room are so bad that it is never used
monument to some ones mistake In
planning the senate office building. Oh
course a person would ordinarily pay
no attention to such a thing as bad
acoustic properties, but in this room Il
cannot help but be noticed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
POULTRY DON'TS

Don't allow your hens to eat de-
cayed flesh of any kind unless you
want them to get down with timber
neck and have many of them die from
the effect of 1t.
Don't allow filth and dampness to
abound in and around your poultry
roosting house; it will cause roup and
its various attending ills.
Don't let the mites and lice get the
upper hand about your place and
cause you untold trouble and loss of
both old and young stock.
Don't be afraid to give your fowls
an abundance of green stuff at all
seasons and all times; it is their sal
walton, whether they are old or young.
Don't be afraid to invest few dol
lars in good stock any more than you
would in improved seeds and grain to
insure success.
Don't keep any males with the fe-
males unless you intend Matching the
eggs. Eggs for market will keep
much longer if they are not fertile.
Don't put all sizes, shapes and
colors of eggs in one lot for market :;
learn to grade them so they will look
as much like one hen laid them all as
possible.
Don't allow n dirty, stale egg to go
into your market basket, no matter
how high they are or how badly you
need the money.
Don't be afraid to work with your
poultry the year round, as it is the
only road to success, and one must
stick TO the right track. Keep up in
terest in your poultry both winter and
summer No matter what other duties
you have, they should not be neg
lected.
Don't expect every egg to hatch
when you buy eggs for that purpose
from some good breeder. Your own
eggs as q rule will not do that well.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
ceeoeo0oo
Ants in the Kitchen.

In regard to the question as to how
10 get rid of small ants in q kitchen,
the Indiana state entomologist says
lone OF the best remedies is to make
a strip of four ounces of sugar to one
half pint of water. and after this strip
has boiled add one ounce of sodium
fiuoride. Moisten a sponge with this
and put ii in a can that has some
holes punched in II; then place this
where the ants are most numerous.
The idea is 70 get the ants feeding on
this and in that way carry some back
10 their nest II they stop feeding,
move the can back a short distance
and they will again start eating. The
can should be kept moist with this
strip and the ants will soon disap-
pear"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Law FOrbidS H0ardinq.

Persons who have sought to excuse
their violations of rules and regula-
tons Of the United States food adj
ministratiOn on the assertion that
there is no law requiring it," are
warned that there is law governing
such cases. According 10 the law,
persons who willfully hoard any nee
essaries shall, upon conviction, be
fined not exceeding $4,000 or be i'm
prisoned for not more than two years,
or both. The statute sets out just
what boarding" is and includes, not
only the act of boarding. but the with
holding of Eecessaries to gain a high
er price for them. Hoarders will be
prosecuted Ia the federal courts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

should be In whn
station. four heroes not in
the slips left
watch he turned them Lieut. John
in Geuenants office
ickfngered dip bold robbe might say
q deposit vault, mghtnt one?
visited the Office
check S6O9f-
total, S243.76.
bit nconvenen that's ALL winds blown
land O'Donnel the other
brook the majesty of the law?
when they visited the
the morning they
checks mad
everything.
a poiceman's life a happy
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02


will be kledbut will whipped
"When-when--w 1 Frenchy?"
"Ah Spits-twO
policemen
in
training He the officers
He left.
with the art Nine Bynes said before Judge John
Kennedy, will die with it."
You'll
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02


10
WELL" an drnk
tall glass of fresh milk with in four day. That will be
little bilious
I'll look
n
found
weight has
neve
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

served his time as a pitcher, but he
has also built up number of business
interests which are paying him good
dividends, and this is probably the
real reason why he intends to retire
from the game.
Coombs makes his home at Pales-
tine. Texas, where he has n general
merchandise store I'm addition 10 being
interested in two banks. His business
has been growing with the boom times
and he feels that there will no long
er be any necessity of playing baseball
for q living.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

city, Ike little Red RIDING Hoous
to be preyed upon by every wolf In
strangers clothing who prowls our
streets.
But let us have at the why and
wherefore Of how Coppers Michael
Burke, Thomas Nolan, Lewis O'Brien
and Walter O'Donnell did not get their
semimonthly pay checks of $6O.94
each. 1t is necessary to explain that
the mode of paying off in the Chicago
police department is to give each men,
Der an identification slip, which he
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

Little boys IL
plcation table," the ordered.
through the tables
troubles
Lights"
muscular reached
Find
Eddie eventually
Eddes father probation for q
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
-CCoCCO+O-oGC
Scientific Facts.

, The Siamese government has
! consolidated a civil service col
lege and medical school into
a university to provide instruc-
ton in all the higher branches
l of education.
A method for rebuilding worn
out automobile tires and making
them puncture proof with fabric
! woven from thread and a vege-
table fiber has been invented by
n Californian.
Oils obtained from Antarctic
|, SEA leopards. seals and penguins
have been tested by scientists in
London and found useful for
, soap and leather making and
) for heating purposes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Murphy's Odd Idea.

Murphy's Odd Idea.
An officer on board a warship was
drilling his men.
II want every man to lie on his back,
put his legs in the air, and move them
as If he were riding a bicycle" he ex-
planned. "NOw commence"
After q short effort one of the men
stopped.
"Why have you stopped, MurphyY'
asked the officer.
''If We PLACE, SIR" was the answer,
"Oi'm coasting."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Pitcher lack Coombs Is to
Retire This year-T0 Look
after Business Interests.

Jack Coombs announces that this
will be his last year In baseball. At
least he declares 1t to be his last year
as an active player and perhaps moth
ing short of a managerial job will
tempt him to remain.
Colby Jacks contract with the
Brooklyn club expires this year, which
Is the reason he is making the an
nouncement. He feels that he has
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

scanning line on his palm. Il can
tell that by looking here-see, those
are two planets, Mars and Venus"
"They amt planets; them's cal
louses," said the proSaic soldier.
mo, they're not" the medium said
sweetly, yet with the practiced air Of
one who will not be denied, they're
two mounts, at the base Of your fin
gers, and one is love and the others
war. You will be very brave, you will
win the Crux de Gerry-let me see
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

VI snOeS. LOUIS GllcnrlSI, EOule par
ent, was in court charged with failing
to send his ten-year-old son TO school.
The boy told the judge he wanted to
see his father before the latter went
TO Jail.
''He owes me 20 cents I made
selling papers," he explained. You
see, l want TO get some shoes" The
boy displayed a shoe, the sole Of
which weeks ago had worn through.
II can get a first-rate pair Of tennis
slippers for so cents; I'm q good coun-
for and Two fiO11rad n oil out
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

Nab Il hear
that you are going
to m try Jack
Swift. COngratu-
lations.
Ethel-But I'm
not going to mar
ry him.
Mab-Oh, then,
my sincere con-
gratulatiOns.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
No Respite.

"Hooray." shouted the boy In the
brown sweater. "Our teacher is going
to France and be Red Cross nurse"
"What good is that to u.s." objected
the boy In the scout suit. They'll
only get some other teacher to take
her place."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
A Successful Student.

"Wi1l you give
me a crust Of
bread an a cup Of
water, mum?"
Certainly. I'll
fix you up a nice
lunch. But why
didn't you ask for
something sub
stantial?"
I'm q student
of human nature.
It's mighty sell
dom / strikes any
hodv what's moan
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
HUMOROUS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tho. Amateur Musicians.

Those Amateur Musicians.
professor, how is my little daugh-
teri"
"Fine, Mr. SprechelnitZ; she can
play the scale without sticking out her
tongue"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
EgqleSs Breakfast Soon.

Pennsylvania. which has been taking
that IL has 100000 less chickens than
a year ago. Three-fourths OF the de-
crease is I'm laying hens.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

About 90 per cent of Norway's dent
lists are graduates OF American dental
colleges or have taken postgraduate
courses In the United States.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Smart.

Nell-What would you give TO have
such hair as mine?
Bell don't know-what did you
give?-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

and no need to starve oneself. A man
who trains prize fighters heard an old
friend complaining of his fairness and
his inability to reduce even by a
strenuous system of exercise.
"How much do you want to take
OFF," asked the trainer.
'Oh, about 30 pounds" said the
friend.
"All right" said the fight manager,
cheerfully, eff you will follow my in
structions 1 will guarantee that you
take off one pound a day for the next
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
No Self-HeaIer.

what has become of that hypno-
tist?"
"Had TO quit hypnotizing. Putting
people 10 sleep wore down his nerves
and gave him insomnia"