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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07

BY impersonating employees of the
Governments hotel at Ninety-fourth
street and Tinleum avenue. detectives OF
a gambling game. II is alleged, and
arrested all. The men were fined SIS
each today by Magistrate Meclssry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07

Coycrnor.elect Sproul today an.
nounced he has reappointed Mr..
Mackey as chairman of the Work.
mems Compensation Board and Mr..
Roncy As manager of the State In.
-urance Fund
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07

Amsterdam, Dec. 7.-CBy A. P.)-
British troops entered Cologne at 4
o'clock Friday afternoon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
BOthaLandACt
Big Boon For
SOuthAfrica
One Object Is To Provide
For Development Of
Dusky Natives.

London. Eng, June 15.-In the fu-
ture history of South Africa. the
Botha government may be long
est remembered as the author OF the
Natives Land Act" The measure is
the greatest experiment that has ever
been made in the administration OF a
mixed people.
The land act commission appointed
20 review the division Of land under
the act between natives and whites.
decided that the whites have been
given an undue share. The native
population of the country is about
$500 600. The lands set apart for ma
uNes under the act amounted 4U,-
100000 acres out of 100000. 900 All
the remainder was allotted TO white
population OF less than 100000.
As the object Of the act was CD pro-
vide for the development Of the ua-
tive peoples under suitable condI-
tions, the commission has decided
that the natives must have a larger
share
il remains now for the South Afri-
ion, after which various other re-
forms VIII be put into effect. among
them the creation Of native councils
the substitution Of a system Of paid
agricultural labor for irregular
squattiuE, and the extension Of the
franchise and OF education.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
Germany Stamps Made
In England On Goods
For Sale After Var %

The Hague. Netherlands. June 15.-
II have obtained certain instructive
details regarding Germany's economic
offensive i'm Holland" says q London
newspaper correspondent. ''Iu GER
train trades every effort is being
made TO secure i'm Holland contracts
for delivery over a period Of two
years after the war. with the pro-
visJ that the prices according TO con-
tract shall be those now o1tainins,
but that these prices shall he de-
creased as production cheapens
Among other items big contracts
are being negotiated for straw and
felt hats; I'm order TO meet Dutch
traders wishes these felt hats
though supplied by German firms. are
TO be marked Made in England o-
British manufactured am fn-
formed that one big contract for two
years for the delivery of straw hats
begins with deliveries for this sum-
mer season. but 10 has been discov-
cred that some OF the goods for this
season. while nomiually of German
manuafcture. are actually Italian. the
original italian trade mark having
been covered with a German mark.
The Germans are making every
effort to buy up in neutral countries
office supplies Of British mauufac-
ture, or fountain pens. These artl-
cles are sent % Germany and then
back TO neutral firms as German
articles
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

the cannon. Then ne showed her a
lever and moti0ned her to move it,
She did and the wonderful little
gun barked viciously. the barrel
leaped back I'm its oil bath recoil ap-
sOrber. and a three inch shrapneI
projectile went screaming northWard
5000 yards among the enemy. The
lieutenant picked up the smoking. oily
metal case Of the projectile just fired.
which had been automatically elected
from the breech- He scratched the
date the place, the number Of the bat
terry and his name in the brass with
his diamond ring and handed Il TO
l-rs Tiffany as a souvenir.
II suppose we viii be called up on
tie carpet eventually because we dis
trlbuted some supplies which were in
tended only for Americans to French
and British soldiers and 10 women
and chldren-pOor French refugees
from the country where the fighting
was goin on. said Beardsley.
These troops certainly appreciated
something % smoke and something to
eat when handed over chocolate and
sandwiches Frequently they were not
permitted TO halt at all Then we
would stand at the side OF the road
and their officers would let them de-
ploy into single file SO we could hand
every one Of them something
AID Women and Children.
THE poor women and their ting
children coming back were not for
gotten. either We gave them some
milk chocolate which we happened to
have and also evaporated cream and
condensed milk for the infants Some
Of the poor people were almost starv-
ing. as they did not have time 10
save a thing I'm many cases Others
however. seemed 90 have saIvaEeI
everything they owned except the ac-
rual real estate They had huge bum
dies Of bedding containing clocks and
pictures and similar articles. and they
drove along with them their sheep.
goats cows. pigs and chickens. or
conrse, they were all attended by iu-
Vulnerable dogs
AT COmpieEne they were placed on
board trains for transport TO the east
and south OF France. They insisted
that their livestock go right along
with them, and ] was in many com
partment giving out food and supplies
in which mothers. babies and aEea
husbands and fathers were sitting and
sleeping among their goats. pigs and
chickens The railroad authorities
managed TO persuade most Of the peo-
pie to part with their cows. but one
woman insisted on taking an animal
into the baggage car and riding
with it,
Trains used for bringing up troops
20 that district were filled with these
refugees for the back haul instead OF
being sent back empty"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
WOMAN FIRES SHE'LL AT GERMAN
SURGEONS RESTORE ENTIRE
DIVISIONS OF WOUNDED MEN
TO ARMIES OF THE ALLIES

pied and that they must move on to
another hospital
Most Of this difficulty has been
overcome When wounded men reach
the first dressing station OF field am
bulance they are divided into catego-
ries- Those slightly wounded are
rapidly dressed and sent TO GONZALES
cent hospitals. Those crippled are sent
TO cripple depots. Men who have been
Eassed 20 TO special hospitals and
those most dangerously wounded are
transferred to hospitals nearby to re-
main until they recover or die.
Those suffering from severe but
not dangerous wounds receive prompt
treatment in the advanced ambulance
where operations are performed and
wounds disinfected before the men are
sent 10 permanent hospitals.
Handled by Specialists.
BY these divisions Of the wounded
into classes. IL is asserted that great
rapidity OF surgical Intervention is
achieved as each specialist deals only
with cases needing his kind OF skill
Then the patient is removed to the
hospital at a distance Of not more
than a journey Of ten or 10 hours,
where he receives attention from an
other specialist working in close CO.
operation with his colleague I'm the
advanced ambulance.
This system of segregation Of
wounded and cooperation OF doctors is
said 10 have produced marvellous re-
suits.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
French Make Wew Gun As
Big Bro. " OF Famous Us;
Can Be M..lo]-gged With Ease

Darts, France. June 15.-Two
1 worthy big brothers" Off the
wonderful French "seixante-quinze"
as millimeter or three inch cali
ber) field gun have been pro-
duced by Col Feuillot. Of the ordnance
department The new weapons are.
roughly. six inch and eight and one
half inches in bore. They are the
pieces I mentioned in an article last
January describing the preparations
Of the French army for a war OF
movement
For that is the principal feature Of
me new guns-that despite the fact
that they are twice and thrice the
caliber of the three inch field gun.
respectively, they are just as mobile.
can be moved as quickly. can get into
action as fast and can fire almost as
rapidly as the 70 millimeter pieces.
Ihirty-four shots in minute is the
record established by a certain French
gun crew working a -seixaute- quinze"
at Nerdun in March. 1916. Several
other pieces have peeu served at the
rate Of 80 shots a minute That
means that at a range Of 5000 yards
there were three shells in the air at
one time from the same barrel.
Americans Use the 75s.
The American forces in France are
using the IS millimeter guns. and one
crew has served its piece IS times in
enc minute. while putting down bar
rage
Col Feuilots new creation Of 1855
millimeter bore has been worked 80
times in "a minute. a shot every two
seconds The eight ard one-half inch
gun has been worked "a times in 60
seconds.
Mounted on -Four Wheels.
Unlike any other artillery in the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

world the new guns are mounted on
four wheel limbers. ana the wheels
are cushioned with great solid rub
her tires. Thus. instead OF the weight
or the piece being divided between
Two wheels, it is Quartered. The
SIX inch piece is OF the naval tvpe
with long barrel During trans
Eort the breech is shunted aside
through a certain device and the bar
rel IS slid back along the butts so
mat us weight is distributed evenly
over the chassis
The gun rests on a base composed
OF two long steel sidebeams which
connect UP the rear wheels with the
forward pair. When the Guns go into
action the side beams are unhltched
from the rear axle. and are spread
Sideways on the ground. affording a
solid emplacemeut and enabling the
special apparatus attached below the
barrel TO take up the recoil As the
talplece Is thus divided into a v 10
is possible TO point the gun at a much
higher angle OF fire. for indirect
shooting at long range or against air
craft. than with the old style. station
arv timber.
The principles followed in the con-
struction OF the eight and oue-half
inch piece are practically Identical
1Iarvels OF Simplicity.
Tn stemmiug the German offensive
at the Somme. these pieces outdid the
best that had been hoped Tor them.
They are marvels of simplicity and
contain few more parts than the
three inch field gun. always regarded
as the standard Of perfection i'm ar
tillery
Motor trucks are used TO haul these
guns and those equipped with cater
pillar tractors are able TO haul the
big pieces across plouGhed fields I'm
such rough going sleds are placed
beneath all four wheels Of the Timber.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
JACK KNIFE IS
FURNISHED To
ALL TONNES
Contains Keen Blade for
Cutting, Can Opener,
Marlinspike.
STEEL IS OFTEN
USED FOR SHAVING

DEHIND the British Lines in France.
u June 15--lCorrespondence Of the
Associated Press-) Every soldier in
The British army in France is provided
10y the government. as part Of his
overseas kit with a jack knife.
The military jack knife is built for
service Ii has only three parts-a big
blade of Sheffield steel a can opener.
and a marlin spike" 1t is provided
with a ring so that ii can be hung to
the belt
The can opener is an indispensable
part Of the provision for a soldiers
well being at the front Several inn
portant items OF his daily menu are
supplied TO him in scaled cans.
The Sheffield blade has numerous
uses too obvious TO need mention. but
d is noticeable that Tommy Atkins
frequently uses it for purposes OF eat
ing in preference TO the table knife
In his kit
SLAVES With Knife Blade.
The knife blade is also used con-
stantly as a wood cutter In the
trenches the lighting Of a brazier is
frequently a difficult operation owing
% the vital necessity Of avoiding
smoke. The Germans have a strong
antipathy TO smoke. and the sight OF
it rising from the British trenches
arouses in them disturbing evidence
OF envy hatred, malice and unchari-
tableness
IL is Well. therefore,. TO avoid smoke.
SO the wood for the brazier must be
split up into thin sticks and shaVings.
and for this purpose the official Jack
knife is the ideal instrument
When the soldier IS withdrawn from
the trenches it is his first duty TO
make himself and his belongings
clean and preseutable for inspection.
4tmmE hangs his coat on a peg and
s1aTes u With the knife blade
The marlin spike attachment is use
1ul for prying open wooden boxes. for
cleaning stones and mud out of the
horses hoofs, for adjusting belts
and harness BraZiers for the trench
IS are made from biscuit tins punched
lu-l or holes 10 admit a drauEht.
Lies About Marin Spikes.
The Germans were for long time.
greatly puzzled by the marlin spike
attachment which they found on ev-
made great capital out of a story
that II was used TO g0uEe out the
eyes OF German wounded in the Of
fetal report Of the British prisoners
or war commission several Instances
Of this fable are recorded.
Capt Beaman testified before the
COMM sslon that e was berated bv a
German colonel for permitting his
men 10 use marlin spikes. on the eyes
Qt German wounded Capt Browne
told the commission of listening 90 a
Uhlan major who was giving a lee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

which prevents blood poisoning and
the stiffeuing of articulation Their
recovery is rapid in the hospitals be-
hind the lines where they can be
treated under comfortable conditions
far from the nerve wracking sound Of
the guns.
Have Confidence in Surgeons.
Soldiers have been inspired with
confidence i'm the army surgeons in
the great battles around Ncrdun and
in the great German offensive which
began I'm March.
Promptness in the treatment OF
wounded men have been obtained hy
segreEatinE them In classes according
to the nature Of their wounds. This
was not generally done at the begin
ninE Of the war The plan then in
vogue was 20 erect large hospitals
as near the fighting line as possible.
say ten or . miles from the front,
and to send all cases there for treat
ment When big battles occurred
these hospitals were over crowded and
owing TO the delay in operating there
were many cases Of Eaugreue, tetanus
and other infections that resulted
fatally.
Enemy bombs Hospital.
The enemy did not hesitate TO bonn
bard the hospitals either with the
artillery or airplaues Sometimes
trainload Of wounded men would ar
rive only to find all the beds occu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
WOMEN UNDER FIRE TN
FRONT POSITIONS Are
HELPING WIN VICTORY
Undergo Most Trying Experiences Without Flinching
Appear to Have No Nerves Work necessarily
Without Giving Down and Show a Bravery in
Danger That Rivals That Of the Men.

7 ONDON. Eng. June 15.-tCorres-
Il p0ndeuce Of The Associated Fress)
British. American and French wom-
en- working in the war zone have be-
come ga factor OF Importance i'm the
organization Of victory" writes Sir
Harry Johnston. in the Evening
News
There is no parallel he SAYS, "iu
the German army TO the woman's
work done with our armies. The wom-
jim the German empire are not trusted;
they are RELOCATED TO home life or 70
home tasks. They are not fighting
with the men at the front, as ours
are. The German military command
trs a. the German army are afraid
OF Wt ~.cu's influence.
Work close To Firing Line
One comes Wen within sight OF the
German lines. the articles states. be-
fore the allied women working as
Young Mems Christian association
helpers OF as Red Cross nurses are
lost sight or
1t is difficult to be too enthusiastic
over -the glorious army Of hospital
nurses" and the writer asks. Was
ever such devotion shown I'm the
hospitals he goes on. zone may see
acting as mere probatlOners the
daughters and nddaughters OF
great and celebrated men. thankful
20 be employed in housemaid's work
while qualifying for skilled service
woman in the whole OF my recent eN-
perieuce in France
HTomeu's Nerves Missing.
Another question he propOuuds is,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
Cold Storage Helps
Germany To PreUent
4 Shortage OF Food

London, Eng June 15.-How the
cold storage Of pork has helped Ger
many to stick it, is explained IN an
article in the Chemiker Zeituue trans
lated by Ice and Cold StoraEe CLon-
donf- Early in the war. realizing the
serious effect Of the British Blockade
on the meat supply. the government
directed the refrigerating industry 20
mo1llze its resources on the largest
possible scale Tt was ordered TO
make preparations for dealing with
millions instead Of thousands OF pigs
Cold storage plants were enlarged.
new ones built. and the system so eX-
tended that today there is hardly a
local community without it's own re-
trigeratnE facilities Every fortress
has freezing plant Of its own. in
case Of siege it viii assist materially
i'm the provision Of perishable foods.
especially meat, egss. fish and but
The German authorities SAYS the
article, have taken advantage OF
cold storage to the fullest extent.
thereby grestly easing the economic
conduct OF the war"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
Government Control
OF Food Selling Is
Newest Italian MoUe

Rome, Italy. Sunc 15.-The UNI
scrupulous boarding and coucealnE
of uecessaries Of life. together with
the unwarrautcd rise in the cost Of
an commodities. have led the govern
ment TO enact a number OF drastic
measures which concentrate the COM
merce of foOdstuffs in the hands OF
the government and for a long time
eliminate the middlemau and the
retailer rs factors i'm the commercial
life OF the country.
During the last two months the
price of meat has steadily risen tin it
has now reached the unprecedented
price of about $50 per pound. The
prompt Intervention of the govern
meut failed TO bring any relief Wheu
the census was taken ir was discoV-
cred that the number OF cattle which
before the war nearly eight millions
had now shrunk To- less than six and
was daily growing smaller.
According TO siguor Cresui. Italy
VIII be soon going through the most
acute stage OF the food crisis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
CRISIS HAS ARRIVED IN AIR
WARFARE: u. S. PLANES NEEDED
American Aviation Officer Says Filters Are Proficient
But Have Not Enough Planes; Are Bringing Down
Many German Planes and Making Fine
Record Despite the Handicap.
Ry ROBERT S. DOlIAN.


many months OF service and viii be
good is months from now.
The Breguet,by the way. has been
hitched up 10 the Liberty motor and
the combination gives good results on
bombing expeditions. Airplaue styles
are not changing SO quickly as they
did in the first months or the war and
America can go ahead building GER
tain time proved types with the GER
tainty that they viii be effective
fighting machines a year after they
leave thu factory
d AT present the chase machines
most used are the Spad. Moraue. Gour-
dau and Nicuport- The Spad biplane
motor. the 1foraue mOnoplane with a
GuOme. the Gourdau mOnoplane with
a Hispauo-SuiZa and the Newport
monoplane with a Guomc
The Breguet sometimes carries a
400 horsepower motor and takes
either Liberty Fiat or Reuault The
Salmson usually is equipped with
Salms0n motor Both the Breguet
and the Salmson are bombing and
reconnaissance machines At the
schools Nieu7orts. SopWiths and Caud-
rons are used
Use French Planes.
at presnt the French are furnish
ing Us with machines. A new school
for Americans is being built not ten
miles from Paris IL viii be rather
an extensive affair when completed.
American aviation mechanics viii
learn there how TO assemble planes
and to tune them up for their first
flights at the front
The aviators we now have I'm
France are wonderful lot Of young
men, They promise % be the finest
body Of aviators on any front They
have already brought down 30 Ger
man machines This is remarkable IN
view Of the limited number Of Ameri-
can fiers at the front"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
TOMMY PLAYS
UNMINDFUL Of
ROAR Of Guns
Athletic Diversions Back
of Lines Gives Him Met
tie for Fight.
PILLOW FIGHTING
WITH GAS MASKS

DEHIND the British Lines in France.
II June Correspondence Of The
Associated Press The British SOL
der has some novelties in athletic
diversions Wrestling on mules. for
instance. is a spectacular sport. Tt is
a team event -Four stout men from
the transport section. stripped TO the
waist and mounted on bareback
mules. represent EACH battalion. and
the team which has the last survivor
wins.
Beginning. each man singles out In
opponent from the other side and
makes for him. -Four desperate stru=-
giles ensue and il is easy TO see that
whichever side gains the first victory
is pretty sure TO win. Thus. il a War
wick uuhorses-or more strictly un-
muIes-a Bedford. there are four
Warwicks left to three Bedfords. so
that. OF the three battles still in prog
ress, one is a two 20 one affair. In the
end IL is likely TO be four to one. and
an unhappy business for the one.
Mules Seem To Like II.
81 maps AANa A-AA1A SUI lAA ism AAAAAl=
about rt is the kindly way in which
the mules take 10 IT, Their oppor-
tunities for biting suitably placed
bodies are unlimited, but they seem
more or less indifferent as 10 which
side they favor
Pillow fighting in gas masks,
seated astride a pole. affords plenty
of sport for the spectators The pole
may not be touched with the hands.
that HEaa-a 81 TO na
contestants on it but balance. As
often as not the first blow finishes
the contest.
II soldier No lands a blow on his
opponents head. over goes the oppon-
ent. but II the head of soldier No 2
is not there 10 take the blow. the
swing OF the pillow is quite likely
TO dispose Of soldier No J.. Alter
nately. both contestants may HIT
both miss, and both disappear to-
gether.
Mop Fighting Amusing.
Mop fighting. in which the con-
testant is mounted on the back OF an
other man. also makes an amusing
number. The tug OF war is always
popular, and there is good deal OF
horse racing and jumping a popular
form of hOrserace is one in which the
second horse under the tape wins It
is difficult enough. in an ordinary
the post. but it is said TO be much
more difficult to be deliberately sec
ond-
Il is a race which demands from
the winner a good deal Of judgment
q certain amount OF luck. and PROB
ably a self sacrificing comrade in
the same battalion. who is prepared
TO immediate himself on behalf OF the
regiment. The horses, brought up to
the old style racing. never get 90 un-
derstand the iOckeying that goes on
in a race of this kind.
Roll OF Guns Ignored
Sports carnivals behind the lines
are great holiday events, and the
crowds of spectators are as interest
ing as those at peace time events Of
the same character. In these holiday
crowds. even generals become human.
ana the clowns and Pierrots Of the
brigade crack their jokes at the eN-
pense Of staff officers with impunity.
There are always a few French civil
ians from neiEhhorhOring villages
and all the children from miles
around
The guns roll family beyond the
hills forgotten by the crowd for
day at least