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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
MEAT INCREASE
At Time NEEDED
Producers Responded Nobly
When Demand Was Shown
to Them.
CATTLE AND HOG FIGURES.
Government Justified In Pork Policy
Which Nov Provides Chief Sup
ply to Meet Three Billion
Pound Fat Shortage.

In line with the general plan Of con-
servatiOn formulated by the Q. s. Food
Administration Immediately following
the entrance of the United States into
the war the contribution made by the
meat producers of this country to the
war program is Of particular signih-
canoe, as 1t demonstrates the hearty
co-or,eration accorded the Food Ad-
ministratlon by the meat producers OF
the country.
According to reports Of the q. s.
Department of Agriculture, there was
an Increase I'm cattle Of 10,23S,0O head
and IL, AL 900 hogs, these figures COM
piled to January l last. In the same
period there was a decrease OF $4,000
head of sheep, but indications are this
decrease will show an increase follow
ing the latest reports.
Since January 1 unofficial informa-
ton indicates an increase In hogs of
not less than eight per cent. and not
more than fifteen per cent compared
with one year ago, with an increase in
average weight.
Following the request Of the Food
Administration for increase in hog
production for the fall of 1913 and the
spring of 1919 the increase may yield
not less than 1,6O0,000,000 pounds
more OF pork products than were
available last year Without this in
crease the shipping program arranged
by Mr.. Hoover regarding animal food
products would have been impossible.
TIE dressed hog products during the
three months ending September 30,
1917, amounted to 903, 172,000 pounds,
while for the same months Of 1918 the
production was 1877, 900 pounds,
an increase of over 374,000,00O pounds
for the quarter.
During the same period in 1917 In
spected slaughter records of dressed
beef showed 1903, 100000 pounds as
against 1,454, 100000 pounds for the
three month period ending September
/, this year.
We must increase our meat ship
ments especially our pork products,
lions liberated from German oppres-
sion. And at the same time we must
look forward to the rehabilitation Of
the European meat herds. The policy
which guided our meat program In the
past year has been fully justified, for
only the heavy pork production which
1t has brought about Will enable us
even partly to satisfy the increased
demands on us for the coming year.
There will be II world shortage In fats,
and 1t is to the United States that Eu-
ropt must look to supply its defclen-
cy. At the same time there will CON
tinue to be heavy demands for beef.
Owing to the limited refrigerator ship
ping capacity European imports Of
beef for some time win be limited.
The United States, Australia and
Argentine Will be able to maintain q
supply that viii keep all available
freezer vessels operating at capacity.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

soy nIght, wH6I0 ~ go - uiIU
winter,
Matt Plunkett was a Mercer visitor
Saturday.
W. J. Schilleman spent Sunday in
Amigo.
Miss Ethel Powell is spending the
week in Milwaukee.
Miss Phyllis Andrews, who is teach
ing at Watersmeet, Mich, is expect
ed the last of the week to spend the
Christmas holidays at nome.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

With the solemn obligation OF pro
viding that margin" of food that
would safeguard against starvation
our friends in Europe the housewife
and the consumer have learned hitAer.
to ignored and unsupported things
about food, have absorbed a whole
college education" in food values,
food handling buying and substituting
that they viii not want to forget.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
NO GRADING OF POTATOES;
REVOKE VEGETABLE RULES

After December 10, potatoes need
not be graded The Food Admins
tration fox Wisconsin announces that
the license regulations applying to the
sale aad shipping of potatoes and all
ths rules concerning distributors of
fresh fruits and vegetables have been
resCinded.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
REVOkES LICENSE OF
BUYER OF STATE BUTTER

The license of Charles e. Davis, a
Philadelphia firm which has been buy
ing butter from various Wisconsin
creameries, has been revoked by the
L. S. Food Administration. Magnus
Swenson, Food Administrators for Wis
consin is warning dealers of dairy
products in this state not to ship their
products to them
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
The TEST NOW FULFILLED.

This government is nothing more
than the expression of the people, and
If We are to win the war 1t will be only
because every man, woman and child
charges himself daily and hourly with
the tesG Does this or that contribute
to win the Herbert Hoover,
April is, 1918
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

The Hoffman Feed company OF
Madison have been brought before the
I, S. Food Administration for ex,
cessive sales of -four 1t was sug.
gested by the Enforcement Division
that they contribute $50 to the gov.
eminent for the United War Work
campaign.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

Our voluntary food.saving not only
saved the Allies and made vital contri-
button to the winning of the war bpt
saved to ourselves in administration
expenses the outlay out OF our own
pockets that any effective system of
ratlonng would have extracted. II
would have cost us about $4,000 O0O
to have policed ourselves as against
the cents per capita for cooperating
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
More Worthy of Respect.

''Ts got mo- respeck fob man dat
goes fishin' on Sunday said Uncle
Fben, "dan | has fob de one dat hangs
around de house wifi a crouch an ex-
poets de whole family to wait on him"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

The wholesale grocery firm of
Gould, Wells, and Blackburn of Mad.
ison, and the produce and feed firm
of II. +. Brown. also Of Madison. have
been orr cred closed by the United
States Food Administration on the
charge OF prohteering.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
Americas Pledge to
the Allies When Their
Lines Were Breaking

America viii send the food, what
ever needs for victory. They believed,
they stood fast and with our men they
carried onto victory.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

BY saving and sharing America kent
the world together during the war crl.
sis. BY saving and sharing America
viii help to bring the healing Of ma.
tons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
PEZ TO DETERMINE
HOG ISLAND FUTURE
Decides Tomorrow if Com
pany Will Keep Yard-Two
More Launchings

simultaneously today at noon with
the launching of the eleventh and
twelfth ships constructed at the Hog
Island shipyard. Charles Piez, director
general Of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton, announced that he will determine
the future management of the yard to-
morrow and make known his decision
Thursday before the Senate Commerce
Committee in washington.
Continuance of the present contract
with the American International Ship
building Corporation, which built the
yard and has been authorized to build
1870 ships, was indicated by Mr. PieZ,
who said he was Every we'll pleased
with the progress that has been made"
Mr.. Piez will make his final survey of
the situation at the island Wednesday,
Hog Island is believed to have estab-
lished a worlds record in having put
into the water five ships within the
last four days, all of which are from
85 to 90 per cent complete, and all OF
the same type-7600-tone steel cargo
carriers, which have been given the
highest rating by Lloyd's and the Amer
lean Registry Bureau. No other ship
yard in existence ever attempted such
production or had the facilities to carry
1t out In the same time.
One ship launched today was the
Saucon, which went into the Delaware
from way No. 30. yard No. 6. at IL
o'clock, sponsored by Mrs. l. A.. Higgins,
wife of the yard superintendent. Twenty
minutes later the saluda, launched from
way No. IL, yard No. o. took her plunge.
Mrs. Z. T. Spaetig. wife of the super
intendent of yard No. s, christened this
vessel. New keels were lsid Immediately
in both ways
Prospects at the worlds greatest ship
yard today indicated that 1t will average
at least one launching a day from now
on until its contract Is fulfilled
I'VE are just beginning to feel the
effects of the splendid work that has
been done there in preparation for actual
shipbullding," said Peter o. Knight vice
president and general counsel OF the
shipbuilding corporation.
The steamship Sagaporack, ninth hull
! built at Hog Island, was launched Sun
day, and the tenth ship, the Saco, was
| lounched yesterday. The Sac City, third
vessel launched, which started on hel
trial run Sunday, returned to her dock
at the island yesterday with perfect
record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
ROTAN PLANNING BILL
TO INCREASE STAFF
District Attorney Wants II
Detectives and Four More
Assistants

District Attorney Rotan will have
bill presented to the next session OF the
Legislature providing for the appoint
ment of twelve detectives for his de-
partment and increasing his staff Of as
sistants by four.
The purpose Of increasing the District
Attorneys force Is to assure thorough
investigation Of all cases brought before
him and permit the attendance of an
assistant district attorney at important
hearings before magistrates The addi-
tional detectives will not make it neces-
sary for the District Attorney to depend
for investigations upon inadequate police
service.
THE bill will be introduced Immediate
ly after the convening OF the Legislature
next month"; District Attorney Rotan
said last night. ut Is necessary for an
office like ours, which handles between
1000 and 5000 cases annually. TO have an
independent force Of able investigators.
Many large cities have such a force
attached to the District Attorneys office,
and as a result the prosecuting attorney
is enabled to conduct independent inves-
legations. It is absolutely necessary for
the fair administration of justice that
such a bureau be established.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
DRUGGIST A SUICIDE
AFTER SHOOTING WIFE
Couple Found in South Street
Store, Where Woman
Helped Husband

Mrs. Ella Albright is in dying cond-
ton at Polytechnic Hospital today from
a pistol wound in the abdomen. inflicted
last night by her husband, Charles II.
Albright, who committed suicide. The
shooting occurred in Albright's drug
store, 1901 South street. The couple
lived at 215 South Fifty-seventl. street
Mrs. Albright had left her home work
to help out in the pharmacy because the
two clerks. who had worked Sunday,
were given a day off. Albright and his
wife were alone in the store at the
time, and the police have been unable
to reach any theory as to the cause of
the tragedy.
The shooting occurred behind the
prescription counter, where the two were
found by D. G. Townsend. a negro boot
black, who has a stand In front of the
store. Townsend heard FIVE pistol shots,
and when he ran in Mrs. Albright was
lying on the floor, half way through the
door leading from the prescription de-
partment Albright was sitting in a
chair, dying. The woman apparently
had attempted to escape when her hus-
band began shooting, because three shots
missed her. One entered the abdomen
below the heart. Albright shot himself
through the abdomen.
An operation was performed on the
woman at the hospital, but little hope of
her recovery is held out by the
| physicians.
The couple had no children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
sues TO BREAK STRIKE
Building Contractor Says Order
Works Injustice to Him

David A. Mcclellan. a building con-
tractor, has brought suit in Court of
Common Pleas against the Mason Build
ers' Association and Nos. 1 and of the
Pennsylvania Bricklayers and Stone
masons to compel the heads of these
organizations to remove n Strike or
der" given to men doing work for the
complainant.
1t is explained in the proceedings that
Mcclellan is the contractor for the cree
tion of factory building at Flfty-sev-
enth and Race streets, and for the work
he is employing union workmen. A
few days ago word came from the
union headquarters that the men would
have to quit because one of their mem
hers, subcontractor had not been paid
for. his work by the main contractor,
and work could not continue until this
bill had been settled. Mcclellan denies
these charges and adds that it is not
awful to tie up his Job when he had
nothing to do with the other operation.
The complainant's building must be
finished by February /. or he will be
penalized. according to the contract.
and II the worlimen are not returned
Immediately the building will not be
completed in the specified time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
ANSWER FOR CRITICS
OF WAR RISK BUREAU
Victimized Oftener Than 1t
Blunders, Says DR.. Carl
Kelsey

The public hears great deal about
poor persons who have not been paid
their war allotments by the Government.
but little is said of the thousands re-
ceiving from the Government money
they are not entitled to.
rms thought was presented by Dr.
carr Kelsey. professor in the Wharton
School of Finance, in charge of the
war risk insurance bureau for Pennsyl-
Vania, New Jersey and Delaware, Doc
tor Kelsey spoke today before the Civic
CIub in an effort to explain the Gov
crnments provision for the dependents
OF soldiers and sailors.
The marvel of 1t all is that. despite
the complicated methods and the millions
of requisititrs and letters that flood the
Government Offices, 96 per cent of the
aliotments are being paid to the proper
Families without ary trouble.
All the trouble over allotments does
not rest with the Government" smiled
Doctor Kelsey, as he further explained
some men forgot they had wives when
them enlisted. Some wrote so illeKibly
that names and addresses could not be
made out. Some few made out their al
lotments to women who were not their
wives. Many families have moved with
out notifying the department at Wash
ington.
Right now have the names of more
than 100 families in Philadelphia who
should be receiving clpecks and can't
find them on the face of the earth.
There are, of course. a number of
mistakes in the Government offices. II
is inevitable in any scheme. Imagine
two or three men of the same name,
from the same town, in the same COM
pany, all of whom made out acquisitions
for allotments to their families. You
know some confusion is bound to re-
suit"
you hear few stories of distress
from families of men in service. But
l could tell you ten times as many as
against these self-advertised ones. You
hear that Mrs. Mary Jones on your
street is destitute and hasn't received
her payments for three months, and you
blame the Government. You don't know
that that check has been going out
regularly, but some other Mrs Mary
Jones has been getting 1t lately and she
cashed 1t and said nothing about it to
authorities though she knew 1t was not
hers.
you don't hear about the poor work.
man, discharged from the army months
ago, who is still receiving and using
the money allotted to his family while
he was in service. We could prosecute
him because that money no longer be-
longs to him and he must know 1t. But
the Government has not prosecuted, be-
cause he was poor and ignorant"
Doctor Kelsey urged the women to
turn all complaints into the home
service section of Red Cross which was
organized to care for such emergencies.
Me- nhr Ir o.
the after-care compittee of Red Cross,
explained that they were taking care
of thousands of such cases in Phila-
delphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
POLICEMAN RETIRES AT 70
Frank Willmunder, % Years or
Force. VIII Travel

Frank WIllmunder. seventy years old
of 4004 North Twelfth street, the last
Civil War veteran to be installed on the
Philadelphia police force, went on the
pension list today. 81.
Willmunder has been serving as turn
key at the police station at Germantown
avenue and Lycoming street for the last
seven Years. and his resignation, tender
ed some time ago, became effective today
In 1895 Mayor Warwick appointed the
Civil War veteran as a member of the
city police force. and he has served with
tho same district ever since.
When only fourteen years old, Will
munder enlisted In the United States
army and served from January of 1864
until February of 1866. He was by trade
a cabinetmaker and Is a member OF New
hall Post No. T. G. A. r.
Having a brother in California and
one in Mexico. the pensoner intends 10
spend the rest of his days in travel, lie
M De ,tSee satGeeo ba,ss s hW tne curry Ml
liams.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
CROWDS ATTEND
MASSFOR PRIEST
Funeral Service for the
Rev. F. J. Clark Held at
Cathedral
WAS PARISH RECTOR
Archbishop Dougherty and
200 Clergymen Participate
in Last Rites

Funeral services for the Rev. Francis
D. Clark, rector of the Cathedral, who
died last Friday of pneumonia, were
held this morning with the chanting of
the nine lessons Of the divine office for
the dead. More than 200 priests partlci-
pated.
those who intoned the lessons were
the Revs: Joseph NJ. o'Hara, Richard F.
Kelly DR.. Henry c. Schuyler walter p.
Cough, Michael j. rafferty, and Mon
signori Eugene Murphy. Gerald p.
Coghlan and James z. Sinnott. The last
lesson was recited by Archbishop
Dougherty.
All night long crowds waited patiently
outside In the cold in order to view the
body as soon as the doors were opened.
Before midnight, the closing time OF the
great Cathedral doors, thousands came
to look upon the dead priest, whose
body lay in state on a catafalque erected
in the main aisle.
Archbishop Dougherty was the cele-
brant at tho solemn requiem mass. Mon
signor e. J. FitzMaurice. chancellor of
the archdiocese, and cousin of Father
Clark, was the assistant priest. Mon
signor NJ. ]. Crane, rector of st. Francis
De Sales, was deacon Of honor, and the
Rev. Michael +. Crane, subdeacon Of
honor.
Monsgnor w. J. Walsh. of St. Brid-
gets. was the deacon of the mass. and
the Rev. Fenton Fitzpatrick, rector of
St. Malachys Church. where Father
Clark was formerly stationed, served
as subdeacon. The Rev. Thomas +. Nc
Nally of the Cathedral, was master of
ceremonies and was assisted by the Rev.
John NJ. Toohey, of the Visitation. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr..
Joseph NJ. Corrigan. of St. Charles's
Seminary. The Rev. w. j. Garrigan
and the Rev. Charles d. Mckinley were
the chanters.
The clerical pallbearers were the
Revs. Joseph NJ. McShane, Francis j.
Sheehan, John F.. ONeill, william j.
Higgins, former rector OF the Cathedral
Joseph p. Mouville, Edmund ]. Walsh,
S. j., and Edward F. Keelan. The
priests choir was under the direction
of the Rev. William A. Kare.
Bishop McDevitt, of Harrisburg
Bishop Hoban, of Scranton, and many
other prominent ecClesiastics we're among
those who came to the city for the serv-
ices.
Father Clark was buried in the
crypt underneath the Cathedral altar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31

pigs, which has escaped from he Wig
liant care of Pat Sweeney, and were
raising their voices in uproarious in
dignation against their captivity and
IN JOY at recent escape from their
bonds.
Several policemen who tried tc corral
the fugitives came to unanimous agree
ment as to the desirability of human
criminals. when It comes to making arr
rests.
The night was made hideous and the
arm OF the law proved powerless, until
some one suggested the lasso.
The police force armed itself with
ropes. clotheslines, everything from cable
to twine.
At last the whole nefarious gang was
rounded up and lassoed, was led in hui
initiating procession to the cellar and
there imprisoned until daybreak. They
voiced their Indignation in tones which
resounded through the neighborhood.
Their last outburst was upon being
run into crates and shipped back TO
their old home at Pat Sweeney's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
UlVSHACKLED SPARTAN PIGS
SQUEAL FOR NEW FREEDOM
Neghbor Of Belgrade and Cleafed Police Station Kept
1"ahe by Revolutionary POrke Until They Are Returned
to Bitter Captivity

The noise and excitement of explod-
ing bombs is as nothing compared to
the genuine squealing. bowling, back-to-
nature sounds of half dozen pigs
which invaded the Belgrade and Clear
field streets police station at 9 a. m.
today. The testimony Of neighbors is
to be trusted. Folks who knew of the
explosions, and whose nerves were on
edge with constant fear lest their homes
might be the next TO be hit, were
awakened by a sound worse than fifty
bombs bursting in air." and jumped
out OF beds and to their windows think
ing the whole district was shattered.
Policemen-those who were not sta
toned at certain houses dashed
toward the scene Of the commotion,
hoping to find the "bombers" in the
act. But as they approached the sta
tlon. the noise took on a more natural,
less mechanical sound and they began
to suspect that there was livestock con-
cerned.
At the station they found six large
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
PENROSE PREDICTS
STATE REFORM BILLS
Senator Says Revision Com.
mittee Probably Will Pro-
pose Election Law Change

several election bills will be intro
duced at the next session Of the Legis-
lature Senator Penrose announced to-
day.
~ do not know the nature Of the
bills,' said the Senator but they will
be drafted to correct the abuse in the
existing election laws They will proba-
bly, be introduced by the charter revl-
sion committee"
When asked concerning definite pro-
gram of the next Legislature. Senator
Penrose said: "The most important topic
OF the next session will be the charter
revision"
The Senator has been in conference
with Governor-elect Sproul several times
since his arrival from Washington and
VIII see him again before he returns at
the end of this week.
Senator Penrose may not be able to
attend the Inauguration at Harrisburg
next month. His movements will depend
entirely on the revenue bill now pending
at Washington. He has engaged apart
ments at Harrisburg for the event, how
ever
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
Bomb PIacdrds Found
in the Federal Building

Several hundred of the terrorist
"manifestoes" were distributed in
the Postoffice Building during the
night.
They were found this morning In
the telephone booths on the first
floor, between the leaves of phone
books and in punches Of a dozen
on the writing tables along the
first floor corridor.
The circulars are printed in blue
ink on news.print paper, about six
by nine inches in size. Superin.
tendent Johnson turned them over
to Chief Postal Inspector Cortelyou
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-31
PRIZES FOR SHOOTERS
Southwest Business Men and Taske
Association to Give Awards

Cash prizes amounting to $500 VIII be
distributed by the Southwest Business
Mems Association and the Tasker street
Patriotic Association to the New Year
Shooters tomorrow. Besides these prizes
each club will be presented with an In
dlyidual purse.
Judges to select the winners will be
stationed at each square along the route
of parade. The parade on New Years
monrning will start at 10 o'clock from
twentieth and Ellsworth streets and
march over the following route; I;
twentieth street to Federal, to Point
Breeze avenue, to Mifflin street, west on
Mifflin to Twenty-fourth street, to
Tasker street, east on Tasker street to
Twentieth street.