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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
GOVERNMENT WARNED
OF ENEMY INTRIGUE
Germany Gets War Data
Through Camouflaged Insur-
ance Companies
GUISE OF NEUTRALITY
McAdoo Urged to Take Quick Action
to Keep Information
From Foe

WASH NGTON, Jan. 2S.-Asserting
thar Il has evidence % show that
"camouilaEcd enemy insurance compa-
mics" are obtaining information of inn
mcnsc value and forwarding II to Ger
many. the American Defense Society
last night requested hearing here to
opposc the application of certain lire in
surancc companies in Europe to do busi-
ness In the United States. Recently
Secretary McAdoo, at the instance Of the
society, deprived several alien companies
Of the right to conduct business in the
United States during the war. but il
was declared last night that ways and
means to get around this prohibition
appear to nave been found
Tho basis of the request for a hearing
is evidence said to be in possession Of
the American Defense Society designed
80 show that German insurance COM
panes have reorganzed in some of the
neutral countries and placed themselves
In position to forward valuable informa-
ton to Berlin. Six new fire insurance
companies have been formed in Norway
since Secretary McAdoo acted, 1t was
said, and capitalized at $G,OOo.OOO with
the probability that their capital is
largely German money"
These companies. II was pointed ont
are licensed TO do business ia the United
States and through State and national
boards of fire underwriters have access
TO Information of incalculable military
value"
An instance to which the American
Defense Society drew attention is COM
tained in the report Of one state board
which informs this company that at a
ri nj
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
NAVAL OFFICER 4 SUICIDE
Lieutenant Commander Parsons
Shoots Himself at Norfolk

NORFOLK. Va. Jan. 2S.-Licuten-
ant Commander Parsons was found
dead in his office yesterday with
n bullcthole in his head. lie had been
dead several hours In his right hand
was a revolver. His friends say he
committed suicide because of III health.
Before the war he was commander
of the fleet of Menhaden fishboats. and
because of his familiarity with the
Atlantic coast he was offered IA COM
mission in the naval reserve corps
when the United States declared "A
state of war with Germany existent.
He was commissioner of fisheries for
Virginia and was believed wealthy. A
son is at the Naval Academy. An
napolis Lieutenant Commander Par.
sons also is survived by his widow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
SEEKING MORE OFFICERS
State College Students Asked to
Apply for Commissions

STATE COLLEGE. Pa. Jan. 2S -
Technical students at the Pennsylvania
State College have been asked to amply
for commissions in the coast artillery
corps Major Thomas NJ. Spaulding has
notified DR.. Edwin T.. Sparks. president
of the college. that special training
courses for officers will he held every
three weeks at Fortress Monroe.
Major Spauldings appeal said there
Is a need of officers in this branch.
Graduates or students who have COM
nleted the greater part OF their college
course in electrical engineering are par
ticularly desired. Applicants for COM
missions will he enlisted before being
sent to the training camp. \ board of
officers will select those to attend the
camps about month before the course
begins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
MOUTH ORGAN BAND
TO REGALE DIX BOYS
Colonel Cootes Favors Club
for Camp - 10000 Har-
monicas for Concert
ENCOURAGED AS GIFTS
Music TO Be Stressed in Practice
Marches.-Songs When lnstru-
ments Quit

CAMP DIX, Wrightstown. ~ j, Jan,
2S.-Whcn resting in billets back OF the
front where their regmental bands cam
not accompany them American soldiers
get more entertainment aud comfort out
Of r1outh-organ than from any other
piece Of equipment they can stun in their
war pack. according to Colonel Cootcs.
chief Of staff. who a few weeks ago
visited all sections Of the western front
with Major General Scott. Colonel
Cootes Is anxious to see scores OF h1r-
monica bands organized among the
troops here before they leave Camp
Dix. and will ask the cooperation of
Stanley w Hawkins. camp song master.
and various rcgimental musical leaders
IN forming these groups of melody. The
mass song carnivals planned for the first
open weather will lie featured by num-
bers in which 10000 or more mouth-or-
gaus viii add volume and novelty to the
program.
orders. effective tomorrow. emphasize
the value placed on music In military
training, Hereafter on practice marches.
wherever possible. resimental bands must
accompany the troops. The martial
music will break the tcdium of long
hikes When the baudmen tire officers
are instructed to encourage the march,
ing columns to MI In the interim with
songs.
The dishearteuing effect OF continual
transfers cf officers from division to di-
vision upon the spirit and work Of
various commands frequently has been
observed in this division. So many
have been the transfers of enlisted men
from the camp that months ago the SOL
ders iJinamed it THE -Four Winds
la, -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
CARBONDALE GIRL WEDS
ENGINEER AT AUGUSTA
Bridegroom a Lieutenant in Com
panv E of the 103d Regiment
at Camp Hancock

AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan 2S,--The mar
riage of Lieutenant Morgan II. Patten,
Company T.. 103d Engineers. and Miss
Elizabeth Pascoe Reynolds both of Car
bondalc, Pa, was solemniZed Saturday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ripley
Henderson, on the Hill. Chaplain Fred
erlck lfougnton, OF the l03d Engineers.
otliciated. The bride wore a costume
OF white georgette crepe and satin and
carried orchids and lilies of the valley
arranged in shower effect.
After the ceremony the wedding party
was served with a supper at the Par
fridge Inn, at which the favors were
corsage bouquets for the women, Mr.,
and Mrs. Patten left later for Atlanta.
where they will spend few days.
Among the guests were Miss Harriet
Pascoe, aunt of the bride: Captain
polph. Lieutenant and Mrs. i. J. Pugh,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert Bentley,
Sergeant and Mrs. John Rieseler. Jack
Jermyn. Captain and Mrs. Frank Shan
non and Miss Jenette Crowell
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
MEN IN ALLENTOWN CAMP
ENJOY MUSICAL FEAST
Musicians of Philadelphia Orchestra
Entertain Ambulance Corps
and Receive Ovation

\ musical feast was given last night
to the men of the United States army
ambulance corps at Allentown by
sixty musicians of the Philadelphia
orchestra, led by Wassli Ieps. cOnduc-
tor of the orchestral concerts given at
Willow Grove each summer. After be-
ing entertained at dinner in the officers
mess by Colonel Clarence Franklin, the
musicians gave a concert in the new
recreation building. which was attended
by several thousand men. officers and
men alike accorded to Mr.. Leps anl the
musicians repeated ovations The pro-
gram included:
l. The "Star Spangled Banner"
3. From the New World symphony
Dvorali
Allegro.
Largo.
SchcrZo.
Allegro Finale.
I. "Sylvia' Observation-Disclosures, Delibcs
Les ChasscrrssrS.
Nalsc Leutc,
Pi2zlCato.
Cortage de Bachus
March. "SlaN'.,..,..,..,.Ts Tsrhaikowsky
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
YOUNG POLES OFF TO FORT
Five Leave Hazleton to Join Regi.
ment at FortNiagara

HAXLETON, Pa. Jan. 2S Five
young Poles left here Yesterday for Fort
Niagara. y. Y. to join the Polish regi-
ment being raised there for service on
the western front They receive an
enthusiastic farewell. \ parade was
held in their honor. followed py speech
making at city Hall, where Mayor
IIeidenreich addressed them and praised
the patriotic spirit they have shown.
The Red Cross Society presented to
them some knit wear Later they we're
guests at supper given by the Rev
Father Xiebura, Of the Church of the
Ira nsfiGuration
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
"USAAC" BAND HEAD DIES
Jack Grove Succumbs to Pneumonia
at Officers Training Camp

ALLENTOWN. Pa, Jan. 2S.--Word
has been received at the headquar-
ters of the United States ambulance
camp OF the death from pneumonia in
the officers training camp at Camp
Meade of Jack Grove. former leader
Of the Isaac Band. He left Il month
ago with the usaac contingent or
eighty-four selected to take the officers
training course at Camp Meade.
Grove was a Texas cowboy, a native
OF Tucson. Ariz., and came to the am
bulance camp with the University of
Arizona unit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
WILL PROBE OUTRAGE
CHAMBERLAIN CITED
Death Of Clergyman's Son in
Oklahoma Camp to Be
Investigated

CAMP DONIPHAN, Okla, Jan. IS.
Major General William II. Wright,
commanding the United States army
cantonment here. has ordered a rigid
Investigation of the circumstances sur.
rounding the death of Albert Hest
wood. private in a Kansas National
Guard organization, WHO died In the
base hospital of spinal meningitis De.
cember 2S. Details of army hospital
treatment supplied the material for a
portion of Senator Chamberlain's pro.
test against alleged inefiiciency in the
army in the United States Senate last
week
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
GUST FOUR GUARD OFFICERS
Lieutenant Colonel, Two Majors and
Captain Discharged

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. Dis.
charges of four officers in the Ma.
tional Guard of Pennsylvania became
known today through the publication
by the War Department of special
orders. The four are Lieutenant Colo
mel Edmund ii. +. Conrad, infantry;
Major Samuel III. Heller, medical
corps; Major Scott NJ. HUFF, medical
corps, and Captain Robert S. Morton.
10th Infantry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
MEASLES AT FORT DUPONT
Barracks at Delaware City Quaran-
tined; Soldiers Lose Home Reunions

WILMINGTON. Del, Jan. 2s.-Fort
Dupont, at Delaware City, Is under
quarantine because measles has broken
out. In addition to the regular soldiers,
there are about 200 Delaware National
Army men at the post.
Many Of them had expected to spend
yesterday at home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28

rrovc them only where II Is established
that they are for. the good Of the scrv-
ice n - tsst.
one of the rnCst popular promotions
announced by Major General Scott among
men of tie South Jersey Infantry. Is
That OF Captain Haynes Odom to the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-28
Hazleton Honors Soldiers

Tags were presented In the Christ Luth.
sran. Trinity Lutheran and Diamond
Methodist Episcopal Church, last night,
forty-eight young iaen have entered the
army from Christ Lutheran congrega-
AID xeyenteeen from the Diamond.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
MONA GRAVES THE BRIDE or
 LIEUT.. SPEAR
They Were Married at the Episcopal Church This Morning in City
 of Seattle.

Miss Mona Graves and Lieutenant Hiram Eugene Spear were married at the Episcopal Church in Seattle at Il o'clock this morning, accord ing to a wireless message received by the brides father J. P. L. Graves today.
 Owing to the influenza epidemic in Seattle, the wedding was a quiet af- fair. Lieutenant and Mrs. Spear left for Portland on their wedding trip shortly afterward. Mrs. Graves, mo, ther of the bride, will visit in Ia coma until their return to Seattle where they will make their home.
 Mrs. Spear, as Miss Mona Graves, has been one of the most popular of the young girls in Juneau during her residence here for the past few years.
 Lieutenant Spear came here about three years ago from his home in Washington, D. C., and until last Summer was Government employee in the office of the Surveyor-General.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
NO LETTING DOWN Uf SHORT SKIRTS
 IS LATEST EDlCT

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-When the boys come home they will be so tired of everything military that it be- hooves the girls to lay aside all those cute little semi-uniformS and warlike paraphernalia if they wish to resume diplomatic relations.
 That is the opinion expressed by leading modistes along Fifth Ave nue and in other New York style centers. This does not mean re- turn to extreme fashions and eX- travagant display so prevalent before the war, however.
 There will be little letting down of the bars of feminine friVolties and no letting down of the short skirt. While the necessity for conservation of materials is expected to decrease gradually, the idea was advanced increasing popularity of silk stock ings, the short skirt has come to stay. So that great national ques- tion is settled.
 Not only will military styles be come passe, according to the design CTS, but all mannish fashions will be abandoned in favor of things typi- cally feminine. This will have a psychological effect on women's work, it was said. The women must clothe themselves in lovely gowns and lingerie so they may feel d new impulse to take up the wo- manly tasks they temporarily lalG aside to help the men win the war" sums up one mOdiste.
 As for mems clothe5-not that it is mportant-this winters minister ial designs will carry right through the Spring and Summer and unless the Government revokes its conser- vation dress within two months, they'll be wearing the same old stuff next Winter.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
MILITARY BUREAU WILL LOOK AFTER
 WORK FOR SOLDIERS

BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 9.-The military Bureau of the University of California, together with it's branches in various parts of the State, is or ganizing to assist men returning to civil life from the Army and Navy to find employment. Representatives of the Bureaus are gathering data on the need for additional workers the signing of the armistice, the Blu reau served the important functions of information bureau, personnel az ency and liaisen office.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
LABOR BOYCOTT IS BELIEVED WORK OF
 THE HUN AGENTS

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 6. - The building and repair of vessels of the Allied nations in this port has been almost stopped by a labor union boycott on Brazilian pine. As this was the only lumber on the market the boycott on its use halted all woodwork on ships.
 The boycott is believed by ship ping agents here to have been evolved by Germans and Spaniards .n Buenos Aires partly as a hiE- arance to Allied shipping. It has been alleged for a year or more that German funds and German in genuity were behind the labor or here which are directed by Spaniards.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
and Mail Information
NOW BOUND NORTH

Alaska is expected sometime to- day. Delayed by snow storms. Jefferson left Seattle today. Is due here Friday.
 SCHEDULED SAILiNGS City of Seattle is scheduled to leave Seattle tomorrow. Princess Mary is scheduled to leave Vancouver Saturday.
 SoUTHBoUND sAiliNGs Northwestern leaves Cordova at midnight tonight. Due to ar rive here tomorrow night. Admiral Watson is due to arrive here Saturday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10

Holland is firmly on the side of the Allies in the great war, and her people are convinced that the United States acted well within her rights in the taking over of Dutch ships, according to a statement made be H. c. Proosterink, Dutch govern. ment official, who arrived at an At lantic rort on board Dutch steam ship. MT. Proosterink, who is chief of the Dutch governments forest conservation office in Java, is on his way to that inland following a stay of two years at The Hague. He is accompanied by Mrs. Proos- terink and their children, William, fifteen years ord, and Katherine, five years old.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10

Twcnty-two girls have beel. drafted from tue Foreign Institute oi Lue l. N. C. A. IO represent tue di.Icu uallouS al the " iClury Slug LU Lv ueiu 1uaukSSlN inS Day Ill Maulsun S4uaie Garuen, .>ew AUik. kacn Oi tue girls Was born ln tue country Whose 1las sne Is to carry on that UccusIou. The girls will be uieSseu Ill nalNe costume, and each will be escorted Uy soldier, sea- man and a marine as she marches Into the big hall. Robert Lawrence Is staging the tabIeau ok the Allies, which Is under the direction of Mrs. William t'ellOwes Morgan. Mrs. Frances Clark, sai0 to be the only woman song leader in this country, will lead the singing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
AFTER INSANE MAN.

Deputy Marshal Harry F. Mor- ton left on the Estebeth for Haines last night and will return i'm mediately with an insane patient who has been committed to Morn ingside Sanitarium.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
NEED SINKING FUND.

NEW YORK, Dec 7.-Jacob H. Schiff, discussing war debt payment, suggests very moderate sinking fund" but warns against haste. h. dustry, he says, needs an interval of modcra te taxation to prepare it. self.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
WILL DRAW JURORS FOR KETCHIKAN TERM
 OF COURT TOMORROW

Grand and petit jurors for the Ketchikan term of the District Court will be drawn at the Court House tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. The jurors will be drawn by Clerk of the Court J. w. Bell, United States Mar shal J. M. Tanner and Court Com III ssioner II. R. Shepard.
 The Ketchikan term of the Dis trict Court will begin January 18th.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
MANY FARM BUREAUS

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 9.-Of the 43 counties in Montana, 23 now have farm bureaus and permanent coun ty agricultural agents, according to the annual report of the State farm institute.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
M ALI OTICE

Mail will be sent on all American boats, the Hum- boldt, Dispatch, Pacific s. S. Company boats and Alaska s. s. Company boats.
 In case steamer is scheduled to arrive before 11o'clock at night the mail will close at o'clock in the afternoon. In case mail steamer is scheduled to sail at II o'clock at night, or after that and before g o'clock in the morning, the mail will close at 10 o. clock at night.
 Mail for the Canadian ves- sells will close one hour be- fore the sailing as in the past.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10

TWO T.: o:JE THE EMPfR. s eay for everybody. THE EMPIRES ads" keep the houswife informed If all sales and the news columns T-s T'Es. = .s the minus e the 01u neWA
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
INFLUENZA LOSSES.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Mortal- ity from influenza and pneumonia will cost life insurance companies 40,000,000.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-12

patriotic event a success and others who aided materially were McArthur Brothers who installed the Deico Lighting plant and Henderson Broth CTS. Mrs. R. A. Norton was in charge of the arrangements.
 The Musicians club will close its club season Monday evening when it will present program of unusual merit and charm at the Woman's club. Four we'll known local soloists will give the Song Cycle, Alice in Wonderland by Liza Lehman. This number will be given in costume and will be the feature of the we'll arr ranged program. Agnes B. Griffen, a child of twelve and protege of Franz Darvas, will give piano numbers. The little girl has made a sensation here this spring by her remarkable abality. Miss Hetherington, a member of the Arizona School of Music faculty will contribute a reading and Mrs. C. H. Young, soprano, will sing a group of songs. Mrs. Young was with the Metropolitan Apera company for a season and for two years gave daily programs for the Red Path Lyceum Bureau.
 The members of the Musicians clut are allowed five guests each. A silver offering will be taken for the local | Red Cross.
 1 The program follows: PART I | Piano
 1 ScherZo in flat minor. .Choplr Agnes B. Griffen 1 sReading-
 1 Sing, Belgians Sing. Emile Cammaerts
Arizona republican., 1918-05-12
SOCIETY AND CLUB NOTES FOR SUNSHINE CAPITAL CITY

(Negro dialecn Is -Gwine to Make Hoe Cake Edmund Vance Cook
 Miss Sara Ward Hetherington Voice Aria-O, Doq Fatale Don Carlor.. ...-...- -..-... ............--- Nerol Will of the Wisp .. .Spross
 Mrs. C. H. Young
 Mrs. W. E. Deity at Piano.
 <. PART II
 Quartet Song Cycie-Nonsense Songs from Alice in Wonderland--Liza Lehmann Miss Clara Hazard, soprano; Mrs. w. Raymond Battin contralto; William Conrad Mills tenor; James MacBain,, bass: Mrs. Roy Wayland, accom- panist.
 Quartet "How Doth the Little Crocodile" bass; Fury Said to Mouse. duet, tenor and bass; You are Old. Father Will Ham," contralto; Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy Quartet
 "Will You Walk Little Faster contralto; "'Oh, Tis Love tsnors "Mockturtle Soup"s soprano; .'The Queen of Hearts, Quartet They Told Me you Had Been to Her. Epilogue- To Alice.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-12
Club Notes Official Organ State Federation of
 Woman's Clubs

That the Woman'S club will con tinue it's departmental work, it's par itcular sections being used as a med ium through which to develop war work, was decided at a meeting of the executive board at the home of the president' Mrs. w. W. McNeff, Tues day. Mrs. McNeff in entertaining the retiring and incoming officers at lun- cheoffs made the event not onlysone of exceptional social pleasure but a prof itable gathering as well. Discdssions as to future policy occupied the great CT part of the day and in a measure the program for the year was out lined. The war activities in which Mrs. McNeff has been interested and which the club has endorsed will be emphasized, although, as in the past, the organization will retain it's indi- viduality. and not lose itself in war work. In view of the fact that the season is over the club members will transfer their activity from the club house to the chamber of commerce headquarters of the local chapter of the Red Cross. Mrs. McNeff's guests Tuesday included Mrs. Ancil Martin, Miss Flora Grier, Mrs. Charles Van der Veer, Mrs. Ralph Cameron. Mrs. $. U. Iuttle, NlrS. L. T.. I1eNlllS, MIS. James S. Griffin, Mrs. O. c. Bartlett, Mrs. W. S. Goldsworthy Mrs. George A. Olney, Mrs. Hugh Campbell and Mrs. w. S. Norveil.
 
 A three ring circus with all the al turing side shows of professional aggregation is the event being planned by the Y w. C. A. for May IT, Is for the benefit of, the Asilomar convention fund of the Hi-Y and Business Girls clubs. There will be eight concessions in addition to the old time ring at fractions and an excellent chorus and orchestra will furnish the musical program.
 A dance revue for the benefit of the Red Cross will be a feature of the Red Cross drive in which all clubs will take an active part. The dance revue will be given under the auspices of the Harmony club and will take place at the Wickersham academy. A num- Der of novel features are being planned by the committee in charge Which IS
Arizona republican., 1918-05-12
WHY SAM BROWN BELT
 WAS NOT APPROVED

tNew Orleans Times -Picayune)
 The reasons assigned by the war department for refusing to approve the use of the Sam Brown belt by officers in the American army are: First, that it is not part of the reg ulation uniform and never has been, and second. that the leather thus used could be employed to better advan- tage in other directions. @.
 While there is no doubt that the heavy leather belt, held in place by the smaller strap over the shoulder adds snap and finish to an officers appearance, it was never worn in the American army until the British and French officers began to flock to the United States on war missions, and its use after that smacks too much of aping to suit the war department.
 The ruling of the department plac- ing the Sam Brown belt under the ban proved costly to a great number of officers who assumed it was correct to wear this harness and purchased t at a figure which meant no loss to the dealers.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-12
Miss Ruth 6urtis Entertains With Oeliqhtful Afternoon

Miss Ruth Burtis entertained her school girl friends with a pleasant af- fair yesterday afternoon at the home of her parents. MT. and Mrs D. H. Burtis, 646 North Second avenue. Flags and flowers combined in an at
 tractive decoration After an hours knitting. a round of hearts was en- joyed. Miss Patricia Tharaldson and Miss Edith Burtis assisted the young hostess in receiving her. guests who in-