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will ever know the number of lives
aved and the pain alleviated by this
ervice of love given by the Ameri-
an women.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. John w. Grant,
Director of Chapter Production
Southern Division.
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An allotment of 800 Refugee gar
ments has been received a. the Red
Cross rooms. These are winter gar.
ments for the children Of Belgium.
The need is great. We arc asked to
finish this allotment in 80 days. If
every one does her bit it will not
fall heavily on any one. These gar.
ments will be given out at the Red
Cross rooms Tuesday, 26th Nov. anc
Friday, 10Th Nov. between the hours
of eleven and two o'clock.
Mrs. Frank Nickles,
Chr. Refugee Garment Com.
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RED CROSS NOTES.

Winter Clothes for Belgian Children
, 1918-12-05
LETTERS FROM SOLDIER BOYS.
Wilbur Toothaker Plans to Bring Home
a Bugler and a Top Sergeant
Other News from Abroad.

The following interesting letters from
\ Platte Valley soldier boys in foreign
climes have been received recently by
relatives at home. The first is from
Wilbur Toothaker, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. n. Toothaker of Beaver Greek. who
is a member of Company c, 316th U.
s. Engineers, under dates October 16,
10, and 81. He says
I'll just start you a letter and add to
1t whenever / can. First l will tell you
how 1 spent my birthday-Sept. 26th.
We were at the front and started ON a
big drive; we spent the whole day re-
pairing and building roads in recaptur-
ed territory, so that the light artillery
could advance in support of the infan-
try. We spent several days there and
were finally relieved and came back
here to rest a little and get a new
equipment. Tonight or tomorrow we
move again. In fact, we are continu-
ally on the go, and I suppose it will be
so until the var is over.
There is lots / could tell you and
would tell you if 1 dared do so. about
the barrage, the artillery, the French
and German trenches, the prisoners, the
shell fire, the machine u fire. the
snipers and the battles in general. 1t
has been a wonderful experience, but /
can't say that 1 have enjoyed it. To
make it more Interestingly? y it rains a
pnOl nurf nf tho ttmn hova cann it
rain. both in England and nero in
France, to equal the hardest rains 1
ever saw anywhere.
We have seen many Boche prisoners.
We don't know just how things are 60
ing, but l guess there must be some
good news, for the French here all fell
to yelling and kissing one another this
evening, and much wine was consumed.
They drink wine with nearly every
meal, but seldom to excess.
This is "a pretty fair-sized town
where we are now. About half of ii
is in ruins, as ii was held for about two
days by the Huss- in 1914. When they
retired they set it on fire.
" e'NSt "t ~ hhOh Z
ter than England. No, l don't like
rance at all. / like England better.
The soil here is very poor. In England
i saw the finest grain and potato crops
/ ever saw anywhere.
I'm glad h crops were good at home
and that you had plenty of help. 1
wish i could have been there. l saw
another type of threshing machine it's
the best / have seen over here. 1t was
run by a treadmill, a horse doing the
treading.
You want TO know about our meals {:
Sometimes our rolling kitchens canno;
keep up with us, or can't go where we
do. Then we carry some rations
(corned beef, beans, etc.) in our pack
and COOK our own meals. Drinking wa
ter is fairly good.
You bet, the Red Cross sweaters are
all right. Our chocolate is not nearly
so good as the American kind, but it
will have to do. The farther i go the
, 1918-12-05
DEATH OF LEX MePHAIL.
Old-Time Resident of Saratoga Found
Dead on Highway Near Sears
Ranch, South Of Town.

Alex NcphaiI. ono of the earliest res-
;aents of tb;s section and n bigblv re-
s,acted ~citizan Of so r.t,g, for moro
Than thirty vears moi . trag;c deotb
a fon. miles from TOWN Tuesday morn.
mo ,he Indications he;pg tbot bo b.d
fallen from . lo,ded WAGON and met
da,tb rndar tho wbaals HE noel, was
tr,,.or bo+h uhooIs bor,nr ,osso, ovor
n ond II 10 o,ioo,ur rod th.t bo b,d suf
forod - foirt;n, snou and f,,Ior f,.on,
tho Load
~
assisting Mt the ranch during the epi-
donnie of influenzo which had attacked
several mambars of tbe family and had
brougbt in two loads that morning
when he foam was seen apnroacbinp
! rs. RANCH with the third load and
, 1918-12-05
GRAZING FEES UP IS PER CENT.
Cattle to Be Charged 81 to S1.2O Per
Head, Horses 25 Per Cent More,
Sheep Fourth of Cattle Rate.

Grazing fees on all national forests
are to be advanced about 50 per cent,
according TO an announcement from
Washington, over rates charged this
year and last, and will be exactly
double the rates that were in force dur
ing and prior to 1916. Announcement
to this effect is made by the secretary
of agriculture. who simultaneously an
nounced that, beginning next .season,
five-year grazing permits will be issued
where desired by stockmen and where
conditions permit.
Under the new schedule all grazing
fees are to be based on cattle rates,
which will vary from s cents to u dol
lar and a half per head per year-lone
period.
In Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Mon,
tana. the rates ,aon-cattle forsathe full
year will range from 81 to $1.20. Tht
rate for sheep and goats will be % pei
cent Of the rate for cattle: horses viii
be % per cent more than cattle, ant
the swine rate will be 70 per cent OF
the cattle rate. The old method OF
computing proportionate charges for
grazing during only part of each year,
will be followed, the charge being 10
per cent of the yearly rate for each
month.
Secretary Houston had intended to
increase the grazing fees gradually, be-
ginning in 1917 with a SO 1-3 per cent
advance for that year, another third
the next year, and by 1919 put in eff
feet rates double those that prevailed
in 1916, but disturbed conditions led
the secretary to advance rates only %
per cent in 1917, since which time there
has been no further advance because of
war conditions.
The secretary has already begun is
suing f~ive-year permits. which are sub
ject to an annual reduction of not more
than . per cent to provide for new set
tiers.
, 1918-12-05

moned to appear before f. l.. Blood.
acting coroner, at Saratoga. Carbon
County. Wyoming, ON the Bird day of
December. 1918. To inquire into the
cause of the death OF Alexander Me
Phail, deceased, found lying dead in
the public highway neal the Davis sid
ing of the =. X +. Railroad in said Car
bon County, having been duly sworn
according to law and having made such
after inspecting the body
and hearing the testimony adduced, up
on our oaths each and all do say hat
deceased came to his death by having
his neck broken by being run over by
n wagon wheel on the Bird day of De
cember, 1913. at the place aforesaid"
The jurors were ID. s. Richmond, G. b.
Sterrett and ]. II. Eager.
Funeral services were held this aft
ernoon mt 2 O'Clock. being in charge of
the local Masonic lodge, of which de
ceased had long been IA member. He
held the office of Junior Deacon in the
local lodge at the time of his death.
Surviving him are the widow and five
children. four sons and a daughter
james, who resides at Riverton: Will
Ham,. who is with the American forces
in France; Stuart. of Saratoga Walter.
at present in training in the govern
ment service at Mare Island, Calf, and
Mrs. Bert Walker of Saratoga also
two brothers, Donald McPhail of Sar-
atoga, and William McPhail of Encamp-
ment, besides numerous other relatives.
Thus another name is stricken from
the ever-lessening roll of our old set
tiers. Mr.. Mcphail was an honorable
, 1918-12-05
BIG VICTORY LIVE STOCK SHOW.
The January Live Stock Show at Den
yer Will BE Greatest Event of the
Kind Ever Held in the West.

The board of directors of the West
ern Stock Show Association have de
cided that the next National Western
Stock Show, which opens in Denver on
January 1S. is to be known as the
"Victory Stock Show" 1t is planned
to make it the greatest event that has
eve been held in Denver. Additional
space has beer secured for the show
through the lease of the big three-story
horse barn across the street from the
show buildings and Lafayette street in
front of the show will be closed to pub
lie traffic and included within the
show. BY this method it is expected
that all of the exhibits can be success
fully taken care of.
The directors report that the outlook
for exhibits at the coming show is the
best they have even had. All depart
, 1918-12-05

gentleman in the highest sense of tie
term, and we will all miss his kindly
smile and friendy greeting. The Sun
joins with the hosts of friends of the
family in extending sympathy and CON
dolence to those bereft.
, 1918-12-05

lighter my pack becomes. It's wonder
full how little one can get along with
when he has to carry it all on his back.
We are tough specimens now II could
90 on foot to ~Encampment from our
ranch 90 miles) with a 50-pound pack,
a 9-pound rifle, a 2-pound gas mask
and a 2h-pound hat before breakfast
if we were there.
When l come home 1 am going TO
bring a bugler and top sergeant with
blows revielle and the top sergeant
blows his whistle I'll tell them to go
to the devil, and turn owe II sleep
till I'm ready to get up. Then the next
time it occurs I'll hang the bugler and
shoot the sergeant. 'Toothaker and
Cunningham sounds natural, doesn't
it? Cunningham and / are laison men
ii. e., runners or ~messengers) for our
platoon, so / often hear it.
The aeroplanes are almost as thick
around here as the blackbirds are at
home.
Well. the summer is over. the Hun is
on the run and will continue TO run,
and every day that goes by brings me
just that much nearer to the greatest
of all days-the day 1 come home. That
day is coming fast, too, / believe.
Aren't we raising cain. though? / ex-
pect the kaiser thinks so. We are a
part of the American army tina took
ST. Mihiel.
Oct 1a-1 am a long long wav from
vbare 7 was when 7 started tbis let
tor This ;s . nlace 7 have oftep re,d
and baord Of lond CO bovo van lint
7 cert, ;plv pever exnacted IN como bare
nor avon whom we c,me across Tba
Dart of France we came through to
get here looked pretty good to me. OF
course. the climate is rotten. Jerusa-
lem, but it can rain here. 1t rnined
for about a week. and we were camped
out of doors. We slept in our little
tents, which we pitched once in the
dark at . O'Clock a. m, while the rain
poured. 1t is depressing. Physically
l never felt better in my life. They
have the most Shiny. beautiful, sticky
mud here to be found anywhere. saw
few Russian soldiers, The -Russians
, 1918-12-05

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
u. OF P. DENTAL
PATIENTS TOPAY FEES
After February / Charge VIII
Be Made for Expensive Ma
terialS in Clinics

After discussion of many years
length the dental school of the Uuivcr-
Sity Of Peuusy lvauiH has decided to
make charges for the costs Of the more
expensive materials used Ia its clinics.
Dean c. Il. Turner made the announce
mcnt today The change will become
effective February I. 1t VIII also be
required that patients haNiug putrcsCcut
pulp must submit to AN N-ray CXamina-
tiun before and after the student
operates. This provision is to safeguard
both the patient and the student dentist.
THE war is not necessarily rCspons-
bic for the charges which We arc to
make Of our patients, although Il is true
the materials used i'm dentistry have adj
vanCed very much i'm price said Doc
tor Turner I'VE are gO'us to do what
all other dental colleges I'm the country
have always been doing, namely, make
charges for the actual costs Cf the more
expensive materials used in the clinic
work, such AZ the precious metals
70 Charges have been made heretofore
for gold Filings, but silver filings and
copper cement tilliuga will also be
charged Tor hereafter. The charges to
be made will be comparatively small
The question of this change has been
discussed for Il long time hy the dental
faculty, Dean Turner says, only re-
Gently has the change been authorized.
IL Is believed that the number of pa
tients who. come to have their dental
work done at the Evans Institute will
not be decreased because Of the small
expense which will he attached to some
uf the work done Those patients having
putrcsCcnt pulp viii be charged for the
cost of the N-raN work necessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
SIX-CENT FARES NOW
MEEKLY ACCEPTED
RoXborough Riders Persuaded
by Diplomat" After
Exciting Scenes

Patrons Of the Reading Transit and
Light Company's trolley line, which con-
meets RoXborougn with Manuyunk and
the remainder Of the civilized world, in
Guiding Barren Hill and Norristown, are
becoming recOnCiled TO the siN-cent fare
which became effective January 10,
When the extra cent was attached 10 the
fare there was a strenuous protest Many
persons refused to pay the extra cert
and exciting situations ensued.
An unlucky group Of thirteen persons
boarded "A car bound for Norristown,
Twelve refused to pay the extra cent.
When the car reached the barn near the
city Line a switch was thrown and the
car entered the barn The lone patron
who had paid six cents was beckonea
outside and boarded another car which
was run from the barn and carried
him on his way. Twelve men sal In the
barn unfit they were hired and then went
out and paid another fare to reach their
destination.
The company also hired a diplomat
TO convince patrons that it was not the
fault OF the crew that six cents was the
fare. This diplomat boarded the cars,
and when "A passenger refused to pay
very politely but Convincingly showed
him that the members Of the crew were
workingmen and only carrying out the
orders Of their superors TO retain their
jobs.
For this he was paid So per day. Since
the community has about decided II viii
suffer the fare increase his services
have been dispensed with and the Too
nerville" trolley, or the "Pretzel Line
as 4 is variously known, continues on its
Way
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
THOUSANDS MOURN
FOUR FIRE VICTIMS
Business in Little Italy"
Suspends During Funeral
of lombard Household

Impressive funeral services, attended
by Thousands Of italian residents Of the
city, marked the burial this morning
Of the four victims Of Thursdays fire
at the home of Frank Lombard, $40
Carpenter street, when he and his two
daughters, Katie ana Lena, and JosepIt-
inc Negro, were burned to death
lnterment was made in tile Holy
Cross Cemetery, after requiem mass wa
sung at the Church of our Lady OF
Good Counsel Christian street aboy .
Eighth street.
The pail bearers bore the collins of
the fire victims on their shoulders from
the undertaking establishment at lOll
South Eighth street to the church.
From 7 o'clock last evening untu "A
short time before the funeral today
'thCusands OF persons passed through tNe
undertaking establishment TO view the
bodies. Many stores Of that section of
the city were closed during the funeral
The room where the bodies lay was
literally transformed into bower by
the banked and heaped floral tributes
Prominent among these was a splendid
memento from the members Of the 4Osth
Depot Detachment, Camp Meade. %
which Frank Lombard son OF the dead
man, and Michael Giordano, fiance Of
one Cf the dead women, are members
These two men, uniformed stood as a
guard of honor beside the collins.
Thousands Of persons lined the streets
during the passing OF the funeral cortege.
and the efforts Il the police were needed
p Keep uiflie moving, 80 dense were
the throngs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
Congress Urges
War Unity Bills
Continued from Page One

stance. if there is a shortage Of steel the
President is empowered, under the bill,
TO authorize the director 20 take over
steel purchasing. Thereafter no Gov
ernment agency can buy steel except
through the munitions director.
The housing problem growing more
acute daily for all departments Is en-
pected 10 be handled for all departments
at once by the directors, instead Of let
ting the Shipping Board build it's houses
and compete for lumber, plumbing, labor
etc, with the War department, which
under the present arrangement is build
ing the houses.
Though the strongest opposition the
Administration can bring to bear Is eN-
pected, senator chamberlain and other
committee members declared today the
munitions director bill is certain 10 pass
the Senate easily.
There is general agreement among
men Of both parties that Capitalization
Of control is needed, There Is some
doubt about the Senate's readiness 10
accept the war council, however,
The House. il Is believed, will be
harder TO swing TO the Capitalization
idea, though II IS steadily gaining there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
FREIGHT REMOVAL HITS
SNAG IN FUEL ORDER
Embargo on Motive Power in
Industrial Plants Ham
pers Campaign

Fuel Administrator Garneld's flve-day
campaign TO relieve the freight conges-
tion by closing Industrial plants and hi
rector General McAdoos "freight-mov-
ing week. campaign for the same pur-
pose are tripping over caGn others heels
in Philadelphia. according 10 railroad
officials and large consignees Of freight
now awaiting delivery here.
The labor shortage has been ono OF the
rcatcst drawbacks 10 tho success OF
cight-moving" week." and the five
lay holiday for Industrial plants decrced
y Mr.. Garfield released thousand OF
"orkmen who ate now available for sorN-
ce as freight handlers during the periad
T their enforced vacation. But the
anne order which released these men
leu resulted iu putting out OF commits
.iun the motive power of the plants
where they are regularly employed tIe-
"ators as well as men, are Idle, ara ln
many instances there is no place 10 ln'
'he freight after It is taken from the
terminal and delivered at tho warchOuS'
z tho COnsignec.
Notwithstanding this handcau. th"
General situation in the matter Of Clea'
ing tip the congestion at che tcrmina
Vas been much improved hv the avaiH
Nilitv Of more men for service IN moNln'
'he freight aud it was stated by onlrl'''
II All the railroads that CtnSigneeS nave
,huNn "a patriotic spirit of cooperation
IN getting their shipments out "i the
Yards even where 1t was necessary To-
-turc them temporarily and place a guar"
,Nur them until normal conditions are
resumed
Freight dcpots will be open not oniv
tonight. but all day tomorrow IN tue
effort to make as complete clcan.un n
possible, and all Consignc"s hay" been
urged to take advantage Of this cunceS-
sion by the railroad companies TO III"
fullest extent in order that the road
may be cleared for the resumption Of
normal traffic ucNt week The i"nnsyl-
vania stations that will be open are
the Hens'nEton, Vine street Dock street
Walnut street, Federal street, Broad and
Washington avenue and Ihirteth ana
Market street stations.
In spite Of the fact that an av"ra"
Of 1900 ears have been uu.aded each
day during tho present week Their ~
several thousand carloads that still re-
main on sidiugs. 1t is to TelicN" thi
abnormal situation that special effort
are being made TO get consignces TO
move their freight from the yards to.
Gay and tomorrow.
Shortage Of locomotives is said 10 he
responsible for ~ serious tic-up on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Loaded cars
are waiting to be transferred from their
starting points and cmptes are waiting
on sidings because OF inability to get
motive power to move them. Conges-
tion at Hog Island due 10 the inability
Of officials there to unload freight from
the cars, is also contributing factor in
.hc general tic.up
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19

Thomas Bllngsiclt, Of 1883 North
Thirteenth street. feared that lie would
not work today for the first time in his
fifty-siX years OF continuous service at
the Baldwin Locomotive Works 1t is
his eighty.third birthday, but that Is not
the reason for the fear The only thing
that could take him away from his only
hobby - Baldwin's -- Is Administrator
Garneld's drastic order shutting down
tho majority of industries. But he is
overjuyed at the word that has come
that plants engaged in building locCmo-
tlves will not shut down.
Bllingsfelt started with tho Baldwin
works in 1862, just after the Civil War
began. When the Twenty-Scvcnth Penn
sylyania troops returned from the war
he went to work there. but later, when
the Confederates threatened an vasion
Of the state, he enlisted again in the
Baldwin Battalion" and was IN service
sixty days.
lie has been in the brass shop all Cf
his service with the big plant and is
still there, in the best Of health, working
every day. although in an advisory ca
pacty now to the other workmen
Previous to his starting with the Bald
win people he had learned his trade at
the Cornelius d Baker plant, then at
Cherry street above Eighth.
lie gives as his panacea frr all ill5
and assurance Of long life and health:
Love your work. If all men loved
their work rs do all would live hcalthily
and happily. as l have"
lie lives with his daughter, Esther, his
wife having died nineteen years ago, VIC
is a member Of the q. 4. L. Post .
and is a Mason and an odd Fellow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19

Those smaller merchants OF the 1.ty
who conduct their business and dwellings
in the same building have obtained a
ruling that grants partial exemption
from the rigors Of the "hcatloss Monday
regulation.
Administrator Garfield has ruled thai,
"A dealer who operates in his or her resi-
dence "a small business, such as "a baker
shop, for instance, i'm the front room or
downstairs and lives ia the back part of
the shop or upstairs may use their heat
ing apparatus in the basement or on the
first floor or any part of the house ucces-
sary to keep the family warm. But the
heat must be turned off in the business
quarters.
Gas or oil or wood is fuel the same
as coal under the fuel administration
ruling. and the small shOplleeper cannot
nee gas stoves. oil stoves or burn wood
logs to keep his place of business warm
independent OF auy other heating arr
rangements
This arrangement Of course applies
only to Mondays for the next nine weeks
and not to the present ilve-day period.
This ruling was obtained from Mr..
Moves, the legal expert at Washington
especially detailed by Administrators
Garfield to answer all questions rclht-
ing to special rulings by the fuel ad-
mlnistratiou.
Some dealers in the downtown district
today said that the ruling would cause
them no great hardship, since with the
Offices and theatres closed they would
not do any business anyway.
William Mattock. Of 23l9 Coral street
a weaver. was thrown out of work yes
terday. His wife runs little tobacco
and candy store and MattoCk says thal
his household expenses 20 ON Just the
same and that they will keep their 1T
tile store open. heat or no heat.
Adolph kalstcin, Of l1O West pau
phin street is another weaver thrown
out of employment by the drastic action
Of Administrator Garfield, and says he
will keep his cigar and novelty store
open Monday also under any circum'
stances"
Mrs. Ida Laucr has a little candy and
tobacco establishment at the corner OF
Fourth and Dauphm streets and says
she will keep the store open, as tina
* the only means of livelihood she has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
PARTIAL EXEMPTION
10 LITTLE FELLOWS"
Dwelling Portions of Build
ings Wherein Business Is
Conducted May Get Heat
BUT NO FIRES IN SHOPS
Ruling From Garfeld's Legal Expert
Lessons Rigors of "Fuelless
Mondays"
Small IShOpkeepers
Must COnSerUe Fuel

CMALL dealers and shopkeepers
~ doing business in their dwell
ings are instructed as follows:
They cannot have heat in their
business quarters.
They can heat their living
rooms only.
They cannot use gas, oil OF
wood in their business quarters.
They can burn coal in their
Easements, but must turn off heat
in their stores.
They cannot have heating ar
rangements Independent of their
usual heating methods.
This applies to barber shops
and Similar small businesses.