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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
SIMPLICITY MARKS
DIR. DIXON'S FUNERAL
Governor Brumbaugh and
other Notables Attend.
Bishop Darlington Officiates

Extreme simplicity and utter lack
of anything approaching Ceremony"
marked the funeral OF rhe late DR.. Sam
uel G. Dixon, state Health Commits
sioner, this morning at his home, Black
Rock Farm, Gladwyne.
The shortest service. that of the Epis-
copal Church. was read by Bishop
James II. Darlington. Of Harrisburg. a
close friend Of the deceased, Governor
Brumhaugh and many other prominent
men of the state were in attendance
at the services The services did not
last more than ten minutes, at the end
of which time the body was taken TO
Laurel Hill Cemetery. Only members
cf the family attended the burial
Governor Brumbaugh and Secretary
w. II. Ball motored from the capital.
Among other notables of the State
and medical men were DR., b. Franklin
Roger, Adiutant General Frank r.
Beary. Isaac II. Clothier, FfIingham B.
Morris, Provost Edgar Fahs Smith, OF
the University of Pennsylvania; Dr.
Wilmer Bait, Attorney General Francis
skunk Brown, ]. G, Molliter, John Cad
walader. Auditor General G. A. Snyder
Harry Baker, Harry McDevitt. Captain
q. f. I.umb, acting superintendent OF
the state Police; DR.. Egbert OF the
Health Board and many other healtl
officials associated with Doctor Dixon'l
work A special train carried fifty mer
engaged in tSate health work to tn,
| funeral,
! The library of the Dixon home wal
the scene of the viewing of the body
/ the casket being banked with flowers
The bishop read the short service from
the stairs leading to the upper stories
of the house where the family were
and the guests waited in the three lowe
rooms.
The lack OF ceremony was the re
suit of Doctor Dixon's urgent reoues
that such be the maner OF his obseques
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
NAVAL COURT NAMED
FOR CHEROKEE PROBE
Charge That Tug Was Unsea-
worthy Will Be Investigated
Officially

Admiral Helm, commander OF this
naval district, has named court
OF inquiry to investigate the charges
that the naval tug Cherokee. which was
lost with twenty-elsht of It's crew Off
tho Delaware Capcs Tuesday morning
was unseaworthy. Admiral Holm has
not made public the personnel Of tho
court, though a dispatch from Washing
ton says Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
has no objection to publication of tho
names.
1t is customary for the commander Of
the naval district In which a disaster
occurs to name the inquiry court. 1t was
said at.the Navy Department, and the
custom was observed In this Instance.
The Secretary said n board of sur
veyors had pronounced the Cherokee fit
for service The board said the condi-
ton Of her boilers and main engines was
good and that Of her hull plating, Inner
skin and bulltheads, etc, fair.
Five more bodies OF men who were
lost when the Cherokee foundered were
recovered near Cape May today Three
were identified as James Sova, 500
South Fifth street, Reading, Pa; Ru-
doph r. Elbers, sos Fourth street.
Brooklyn, and Frank Wargo, 732
Maple street. Bridgeport
As the court Of inquiry today is max
ing ready to probe the charges that tn"
Cherokee was unseaworthy and unfit to
weather severe gale. additional
charges are being made.
Arthur Alfred Martin, 43j Carpenter
street. "A second-class warrant officer.
who was one OF the ten rescued. classi-
fed the Cherokee as "leaky tub ana
lded to his narrative the grave charge
nat a United States patrol boat ignored
.he distress signals and steamed away
to sea.
Joseph Nolan, 2311 West Harold
street. n brother OF Sylvester Il. Nolan,
second-class seaman who IL still ur-
accounted for. said his brother told
him the Cherokee was in constant need
of repair and no amount of fixing
seemed to do her any good.
lie said on a recent voyage from
Brooklyn to Philadelphia the rotten
boards of the deck creaked as she
tossed about in the waves. and many
of the crew knclt and prayed, fearing
the tug was about to sink.
These, and the charges made yestcr-
day by the wife Of Lieutenant T.. d.
Newell. so agitatrd Washington that
Secretary of the Navy Daniels ordered
sweeping probe.
The Navy Department will conduct
a thorough investigation to determine
responsibility Tor the loss of the CherO-
/ kee and the conditions under which she
was lost" he said II have called the
attention Of the board of inquiry to the
statement alleging that the vessel was
/ unseaworthy and have ordered 1t to
! Investigate"
! Relatives of Elmer idginEton, Of 130
| South Fifty-ninth street. second cook on
the Cherokee who had feared he was
among the lost. learned today that he
was safe. lie tclegraphed from the
Naval Hospital at Newport News that
being sick, he had not been taken OF
the fatal trip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
SIXTH STREET REFUSE
SWEPT INTO SEWERS
Business Men Complain That Clean
ers Do Not Garry Away
Filth in Carts

Business men on Sixth street between
Race and Vine today complained that
street cleaners in that neighborhood
raked large piles Of dirt and refuse into
the sewer inlets instead of carrying it
away in carts.
Only recently city workers hoed ou.
piles of iilthy dehris from the inlets
to he carted away, but today a blue
coated foreman ordered his men to
shovel these mounds of refuse back into
the sewer. probably to make less worl;
and quicker job OF it.
The cutters in that block were cleaned
this morning with the exception of a
large collection of dirt, mud and refuse
In front Of the second-ha clothing
store of A. Weintraum, 23l North Sixth
street. The proprietor's wife was un-
able to explain why this debris was left
in this one particular spot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
RECOMMENDS U. s.
BUY POSTAL TUBES
Commission Advises Expendi-
ture of Not More Than
$4,432,622 for Service

Government ownership and operation
Of pneumatic mail-tube service in Phila-
delphia and fiV other cities was recom-
mended TO Congress today by the COM
mission that has been investigating the
service. A dispatch f~o-r Washington
this afternoon contained this announce
ment.
Not more than S4,432,622 Is to be
spent by the Government In taking over
the systems. the commission recon-
nanded which rejected Postmaster Cen
araI RlrIeson's contention that motor
truc,, service would he more efficient.
THE comn,isslons report said that be-
tween 2 0Ocs OOO and 5000, 00O letters a
dav are delivered through tubes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
PHILADELPHIA CLUB
GAVE U. s. MEN DRINK
Federal Agents Have Dates OF
Alleged Violations
of Law

Information has been received by
Frank l., Garbaruo. Philadelphia agent
of the Department OF Justice, that the
Philadelphia Club, Thirteenth and Wal1
nut streets, has served intoxicating
drinks to men in the uniform of the
army and navy Of the United States
Government.
When the matter was put UP 10 An
drew Gray. chairman Of the house COM
mittee and "A member Of the board or
directors of the club. he did not seem
TO think that any violation of the law
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors to mon in uniform had been COM
mitted.
I'VE are private institution Mr..
Gray said. and as such | do not see
that 1t is any ones business whether
we serve drinks to men in uniform or
not, any more than II would be crime
TO serve man IN your own home. Not
every Tom. Dick and Harry has cntree
10 the club. only members and their
friends can gain admission, and SO we
are not serving liquor promiscuously.'
"Wil any action be taken by the
hol"e committee in the cases % certain
members who made "A habit of bring
ing soldiers or sailors into the club for
the purpose Of having them served with
uTlllkb WAS aSktu OF MT. iTdN.
NO" he replied
will the club stop serving liquor to
men?"
81 see no reason why il should"
In discussing the matter today. Fran
cts Fisher Kane. United States District
Attorney. did not share Mr.. Gray's opin-
ions
n club is not family" Mr. Kane as
serted. and il Is decidedly contrary 10
the spirit Of the law to serve man
drinks who is in the military service of
the country, either in a home or in n
club"
In either instance" Mr.. Kane contin-
ued, "a person Is technically guilty of
just as great crime as the man who
'bootlegs' on the street In both Cases
the influence is evil"
Federal officials said today that n spe-
cihc instance had been brought to their
attention where an army officer was
seen in an intoxicated condition in the
club within tho last week.
Mr.. GarbarIno intends to make an
investigation into the matter. So far
the following reports have reached his
office:
on January 30, at 80 D. m. two
naval officers and a civilian entered the
club. Tho officers were served Martini
cocktails and the civilian beer.
During the evening of February an
army officer was served with whisky.
on February two army officers had
Scotch highbaIls.
ON February J. member of the
navy wa served with whisky.
The officers of the club are Richa rd
NJ Cadwalader. president; Sidney w
| Keith. secretary, and II. H. Bayar
/ Bowie, treasurer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
LOSES JOB AND GETS 1T BACK
Court Order Reinstates Man Dis
charged Because of Time Lost
as Juror

q Discharged because lie lost time at his
place of employment to serve as a Juror
In the Municipal Court and then restored
10 his position by Judge Bonniwell. was
the experience OF Joseph A. Cannon,
5537 Catharine street. this week.
Cannon informed the Judge that he
had been discharged and that Mrs. Anna
Llndenhein. his employer, said she would
be glad II he would tell the Court what
she did. Cannon did tell the Court, and
as a result Mrs. Lindenheim and her
husband, Simon Lindenheim. were today
held under $500 bail each on charge OF
obstructing legal progress. They. how
ever, finally agreed TO take Cannon back
and were ordered not to discharge him
unless they first informed Judke Bonnl-
we'll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
SEEK "STORE.DOOR DELIVERY
Local Merchants Consider Plan to
Improve Freight Service

The emergency committee on trans
portation of the Allied Trade Bodies OF
Philadelphia met this afternoon at the
Chamber of Commerce. The main sub
pect of discussion was the "store-door
delivery of freight.
The railroads at present, It Is said. do
not make any deliveries further than
the freight platforms or sheds at their
various terminals, but simply notify
the stores to come and get It. The
stores desire to have the railroads notl-
fy the store OF the arrival OF their
freight and then, II II is not called for
freight to the stores. charging the lat
ter for the service,
This. the local merchants of Phila-
delphia believe, will expedite matters
considerably and aid in relieving the
present still great freight congestion
No decision in the matter has as yet
been reached by the committee now In
session
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
CLAD HIS SON DIED
FOR COUNTRY'S SAKE
Reading Man, Father of Cherokee
Victim, Proud of Sacrifce-Other
Boys in Service

READING, Pa, March 1T am
glad my boy had the chance to die for
his country" was the comment of
Michael Sowa. this city, aged father
Of James Sowa, when informed today
that his son had made the great sacri-
flee as one Of the legions of demOcracy'S
army. Young Sowa was among the men
lost when the tug Cherokee foundered
off Cape MAY
Sowa comes from long line of soldier
forefathers. His ancestors were among
the warriors Of SlaVonic nations Two
Of the three brothers are in the nations
service and the eldest has been turned
down for defective eyesiEht. Michael
twenty-five years old. the middle brother.
IL In France with the American cN-
peditionary forces, having served near
ly fve years in the army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
City Appointments Today

City appointments today Include
Cornelius A. Sullivan, 25t2 Ann street,
guard, Bureau OF Correction, salary
1900: Samuel C. Shannon, 1927 South
Fifty-third street, clerk, Bureau OF
Surveys, $1,000: Mrs. Laura McCreedy,
sii West Tioga street, cleaner, Bureau
OF Health. 5000: Merton H. Topham,
5i2s Greene street. stenographer, Bureau
OF Surveys. 5000; Gertrude McMullen.
i2s North Eighteenth street. nurse.
Bureau OF Health, s7b month: Stanley
Il. Shelmire, Somerton, Pa, electrician,
Bureau OF Charities. - day, Henry
Eavis, Torreedale avenue, Holmesburg.
flnunith. Bureau Of Charities. ~ a day /;
Irank Hughes 1885 North Fifty-eiehth
r(I9o4 11Iion chief, Bureau Of Fire.
'ssss z ssssi: & ,i;ss 1i;s''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
FREY, YORK PROTHONOTARY

HARRISBURG. March 1.--Gover-
nor Brumbaugh today appointed Robert
:. Frey. of York, to be Parliamentary of
York county, to FIJI the vacancy caused
by the death of Thomas J. Young
He is IA Republican and has the indorse-
ment of Banking Commissioner Lafean.
The Governor also appointed the fol-
lowing commission for the preserva-
tion OF public records: Herman V. Ames
and John w. Jordan, of Philadelphia :
Ethan Allen Weaver. Germantown and
Frank H. Diffenderfer, Lancaster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
RED CROSS FACTORY" OPENS

l<et street announced it's schedule of
operation today FOR volunteer workers
OH garments.
The workrooms will be open Tuesday
and Thursday evenings from 1880 to
10 o'clock, and Saturday afternoons
from to i:3O o'clock. Many factory
workers, it was announced. have offered
their services for the Red Cross volun.
teer factory work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
RECEPTION FOR SPROUL
Republican Candidate to Be Enter
tanned at Swarthmore

A receptlon will be given to State
candidate for the Republican nomination
Of Governor. at Swarthmore on Satur-
day evening. March 23. Between 1900
and 2eoo persons will he invited to the
reception.
Charles d. Joyce. vice president of
the Swarthmore National Bank. Is
chairman Of the committee in charge of
the reception and William W. Nation Is
dirsctors Of swarsRmoss coilsse. Hs % 'ns
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
LIMA SEEKS U. s. LOAN

LIMA. Peru. March Am attempt
is being made by the municipality OF
Lima TO obtain a loan OF $4,000, 900 in
the United States. Y
< Tire proceeds are to be used for i'm
The loan Is. to be guar
auteed by the total revenue collected
capital, rs well AZ tax OF per cent on
m6rohapd&se p ne port RI csilao.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01

ding Corporation Off
~ Face Senator Com
~ at Washington
GRAFT DENIAL
Contracting Company to
. Necessity for Speed
as Excuse
: sto6 Correspondent
'wAsHiNcroN. Marcl

Il NJ WASHINGTON. March l.
~ of the American International
1ing Corporation will explain to
~ Commerce Committee this aft.
1Ho progress the company has
~ ifs gigantic task of construct
|ro1s of fabricated steel shops
- Emergency Fleet Corporation at
~ bland shipyards.
W "a this time almost all the ;estl-
taken with reference to Hog Island
+ ~ Donnte committee In Its inves-
" of the Governments shipbuild-
6IoGFAn has been given by per
r. Mo for one reason or another
hen opposed to different features
y Undertaking at Hog Island.
M eue witness. George J. Baldwin,
II14n Of the board Of directors Of the
ly5oAn International Shipbuiliing
IDorAtion. has appeared on behalf Of
|'contracting concern.
~ Testimony 80 far given has held
4 Arusrfcan International Shipbuilding
|IcrAfion up to public reproach. The
|Q4rn has been charged with almost
|<y1hing that Is usually charged up
Ilnet "big business" Numerous al
1<1ons OF prof1teering. graft. waste,
l1ering Government fund. padding
PIul{s, etc. have been made against
4p1 only one man, Mr.. Baldwin, has
~ 10 its defense.
~ commerce. committee received
~ yesterday from George 7. Bald
iok the American International.
ING an opportunity for 'some Of the
lo1als Of the company TO be heard
~ IN the company's defense. The
1Ueet was granted and they will be
~ opportunity late this afternoon to
m for the company as roseate a
I1rd picture of conditions at Hog Island
thsy please.
~. Baldwin did not say who would
|c4er for the company.
1t h expected the shipyard officials
Il deny In toto the various charges
craft. war profiteering and wasteful-
- at the yard. and explain that haste
- the greatest essential in the ship
hiding program and that labor saving
ID economy were made secondary
in the attempt 10 obtain
oed Of construction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
Warns of Too Much Religion

Don't choke the army and navy lads
with religion" was the advice given by
Richard :. Bond at dinner of the Bust
ness Women's Christian League at Ills
Walnut street There can be too much
of even a good thing" he explained
Even religion can be run TO the
ground" Contributions amounting to
$500 in their $4,000 drive we're an
nOunced by the team captains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
NEW RECRUITING PLANS
Urge Drug Stores as Stations in
Merchant Marine Drive

\ suggestion for Transforming the
druEstores of the city INTO rtcI diting
stations for the officers and men for N.
new merchant marine * being " ".'d-
cred by the United States Shipping
Board recruiting service.
The plan was suggested by the action
of 526 New England druggists who vol
untecred as recruiting agents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION


BERGER-MAY.- Mrs. \. MAY ANNOUNCES
the marriage Of her daughter EDNA N, to
GEORGE BERGER, Jan. .. 1918, BY the
Rev. DR.. Robert Uunter. Of Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
rEs TO ". ". CRAIG
- Veteran Clerk Recorded
e FEDERAL Court

It,1 States District Court to-
~ e.e . e / ne late William ".
trlbunal Henry n. Ed
~ enne>1nced the death OF
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-28

S250. These lions had been killing range cattle for several months, and the losses have reached to a sum many times more than what was paid The hunt is to continue as lions are reported to be this year more numer- ous and daring than ever known. One killed measured over ten feet from tip to tip, and is said to be the largest ever destroyed in this country. It put up good fight and after being wounded attacked Moore, who was only saved by his partner with well aimed shot, when it fell within few feet of him. Its age was computed at over thirty years and for over twenty years it had been marauding that re- zion, killing cattle valued at many thousands of dollars.
 All the pelts have been donated by Shutters and Moore to the bounty pool rangemen and will be mounted by taxidermist. The success of this range cleanup of lions is shown by the liberal payment made by those who are so vitally interested in having the country cleared of these destructive beasts.-Prescott Journal Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-28
AMERICAN SAVINGS WILL
 !. MEASURE WHEAT EXPORTS

"We have already exported the whole of the surplus of the 1917 wheat harvest, over and above the normal de- mands of our own population. It is necessary, therefore, for the food ad- ministration to restrict export of wheat 50 as to retain in the United States sufficient supplies to carry our own people until the next harvest.
 Therefore all exports of wheat from now forward are limited entirly to volume of saving made by the Amer lean people in their consumption of wheat and wheat products.
 We continued wheat shipments for December as far as our situation al lowed, but even with all the conserva ton made we were still unable to load several hundred thousand tons of food stuffs urgently required by the allied nations during the month of December alone"
 HERBERT HOOVER.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-28
EUROPE NEEDS FOOD
Food Administration Declares It 10 an Absolute Sin to Waste Food--Food
 Has Become Sacred.

Europe Is still sending an insistent call for more food. We must send 1t if the war is to go on efficiently. If we eat 1t all we cannot ship 1t, and the food administration has already tried to picture how much that wheat Is needed by people who will starve If they do not get 1t, the food administra- ton states.
 "For the least bit of heedlessness on your part in food conservation some one somewhere In the world must suf- fer privation," an official statement declares. "The food administration has mastered the problem of Ameri- cas- food in such a way that every ounce of food conserved and kept In the currents of trade goes to an empty stomach In Europe.
 Tt is an absolute sin to waste food. Food has become sacred.
 Food means life; It means some body's life, and you cannot escape re- sponsibllity.
 "There Is no waste of food among the allied nations"
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-28
THE PATRIOTIC pROspECTOR.

Charles McNeale, an Oregon miner, never heard of the war until May 4. He had been working a placer clam out in the mountains for four years. He blew into Reno with $65,0O0 worth of nuggets, just in time for the tail end of the Liberty Loan campaign.
 Imagine yourself in McNeale's place if your imagination is capable of so great feat. How would you receive the overwhelming news that the world was at war, with civilization in the balance, and that the United States had pledged all her resources ana energies to defeat the greatest mill tary machine ever created and tt make a new world where all mer might live in peace and freedom!
 It might take you some little tim' to get your bearings. But 1t didn'' take McNeale long. He started righ' in trading that sack of gold for Lib erty Bonds and Thrift Certificates When he had all he could carry, 1t oc cured to him that money wasn't al his country needed; so he went to th' recruiting station and tried to enlis in the army. They turned him down ol account of his age. Then he spent hi last nugget for a new outfit of sup plies and started back to dig. nor gold to buy Liberty Bonds with.
 The war is being fought and won D. that solitary miner in those lonel, mountains just about as much as It being won by anybody, anywhere, An it makes a lot of us feel rather hum ble about our own contribution to tn cause.--Orange (Calif.) News.
The Coconino sun., 1918-06-28
WAR BREAD COSTLY TO
 BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Every year the British government pays $2O0,000,000 toward the cost or that nations war bread. That is the principal reason why English bread prices are lower today to the consumer than in America. Incidentally the British bread Is much poorer than the American.
 Great Britain has taken over all home grown grain, bought at an arbi- trary price, and all imported wheat bought in markets of the world at pre- valling prices. This is turned over to the mills by the government at price that allows the adulterated war bread loaf of four pounds to sell at IS cents. The two pound loaf costs cents, and the one pound loaf sells for 5 cents
 In milling. however, IA per cent. more flour is extracted from the wheat than in America. And there Is a com. pulsory adulteration of 20 per cent and an allowable adulteration of 90 per cent.
 Compared with American bread, the British product Is only about 85 pei cent. pure at It's best
 In France, under conditions some what similar, but with larger extrac tion. the four pound loaf sells for 1t cents.