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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
Polite Conductorettes May
Dust Male Fare.Takers
Ding. ding. Lookout there!


Here comes the latest "cha nee"
offered girls to oust the sturdier sex
from comfortable sinecures OF male
favoritism.
Chaplain C. II, Dickens. OF the
Philadelphia Navy Yard. says the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany ought TO employ girls in the
place Of men on their cars because
of the impoliteness. to say nothing
Of the ruieness. Of the conductors
and motormen.
And the company Is said to be
actually considering such a step!
Chaplain Dickens's suggestion was
made In the course Of an address
81 81. -Mstthsws Lutheran Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
WOMEN'S LIBERTY LOAN
CHAIRMEN APPOINTED
Organization Details Completed for
Drive to Begin VI
April 6 @

County chairmen for the womens LID
erty Loan committee in New JeJrssy
and Delaware were announced today oy
Mrs. James Starr. chairman fer ths
Third Federal Reserve District. In w
Lincoln Building. The list OF appoint
ments completes the organization detais
In preparation for the Liberty Loan
campaign which begins April y.
follows:
New Jersey-Mrs. Tunis Bergen
Lakewood Mrs. Frederick s. Fox, CAM
den: Mrs. Dale Dilworth, Salem: M
Thomas Chambers, Trenton: Mrs !. =;
Botheveil, Atlantic City; Mrs Samus'
A. Whitney. Glassboro; Mrs. ~ puis
Grubb. Burlington: Mrs. Eisaoems
Candy, Ocean City, and Mrs, Bloomhsld
Mich. Bridgeton.
Delaware Mrs. Walter Monn
Dover Mrs. Howard Poole. MiddietovH
and Miss Lila Townsend. Selbyvilie'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
MARINES WANT ENGINEERS
Fifty Men of Stationary Classifica-
tion Needed at Yard

Fifty qualified static nary engineers are
Navy Yard. Authorization for their en-.
listment was received yesterday in a
telegram to the United States marine
corps local recruiting office at 1903
Arch street, where enlistment will be
made. W
OF ages from nineteen to thirty-six years
and may be draftees. though in this case
they must have the consent of the local
board by which they have been called.
Men who holdtfirst-class licenses as sta
tionary engineers are preferred Dynamo
tenders and mechanics are also urged TO
make application for enlistment.
Applicants must be able to furnish
fcations to which they make affidayit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
HARMONY HOPE SLIM,
G. 0. P. MEN CONFESS
Penrose Stand Against Scott
Fails to Shake Ware
Attitude
WON'T ACCEPT MAGEE

Political leaders Of all Republican
compilations today admitted that the
long -hoped-for harmony Is getting fur
ther away az a result of the stand of
the fenrose men against Congressman
John r. X Scott for Lieutenant Gov
crnor
There no longer is = doubt as TO
whether Senator Ware and his follow
ing of ward leaders in Philadelphia in
tend TO fight for Scott. on the other
hand, the Pcnrose cohorts have said
they would not tolerate Scott as a can
dldatc. Now the only hope lies In the
fact that some Of those Penrose fol-
lowers who formerly were emphatic are
not quite so emphatic in their anti-Scott
declarations as they were a few weeks
ago.
Refuse to Change to MaEee
For several days the Penrose people
have been suggesting former Mayor Will
liam a. Magee. of Pittsburgh. as sub.
stitute for Scott They have made il
apparent that Senator Ware might name
the candidate for Lieutenant Governor
IN this way.
Magce Is tho qtrc ng arm of the Ware
forces in the western part Of the state
Senator Ware cmphatically says Magee
Is not q candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ornor. and Magee says he never even
whispered a desire to seek the nomina
ton. At any rate. Senator Ware says
the suggestion Of Msgee is merely an
effort to get Scott out of the race and
"it Is an effort that is net going to sue
coed"
As result of these chickering's and
the wide separation between the two
factions IT was said today there was
probability that the Ware leaders would
be called together within week tc
select a ticket. II is also predicted by
some of Senator Vare's leaders that i
Denny O'Neil will he indorsed as the
running mate of Scott and Paul w
Houck. who now has the support Of
tho Ware forces, for Secretary OF In
ternal Affairs.
stuart for SprouI
Former Governor stuart heartily in
dorses the candidacy of William G
Sproul. lie made his declarations II
letter to w. w. Matos. secretary o
the citizens committee which has charg,
of arrangements for the reception t.
be given to Senator Sproul at Swarth
more Saturday night. Former Gov
ernor Stuart was forced to send hi
regrets, he said. because he had 6
previous engagement.
!. Benjamin Dmmick, who ran clos
race against Senator Penrose fer the Re
publican senatorial nomination in 1914
has declared for Senator Sproul in /;
statement from his home city, Scranton
of which he was former Mayor. Hi
announcement is sensational, owing I,
the fact Dimmick made his candidac,
on "Penrose as moral issue" Sprou
is the Penrose choice for the guberna
torial nomination. and J, Denny O'Neil
the strongest candidate against Senate
Sproul. long has been a personal frient
of Mayor Dimmick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
Felr Religious Leaders
Found In "BI0ody Firth"

It's easy to get a political leader
In the Bloody Fifth" Ward, but
difiicuit TO discover a Sunday school
leader. There are more politicians
than religious workers in the Fifth.
Samuel b. Fares. general secretary
Of the Philadelphia County Sunday
School Association, made this dis
covery, much to his regret. True.
there are several good Sunday
schools In the ward.
Mr.. Fares desired TO organize
them ~ part Of a Sunday school
machine. But he forgot that the
eoction was part Of strong politI-
+, ~ xnachine.
Xhother or not the atmosphere
= the Fifth has affected religions
k1nl&iatiye 10 > matter Of conjecture.
~. Fares organized every ward
1xo3D< the Fifth He said today
|1nrt ~ h&d dificuity in finding
IN ~ ~ sunday-schooi ma
~ had been looking for
i1R1ops wsii = that Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
SOLDIERS SLAIN WIFE
MAY HAVE ENDED LIFE
Delaware County Coroner In
clined to Believe Missing
Husbands Note

Elements of mystery were introduced
into the hunt for Jack Carson" today,
when Coroner Dewes, of Delaware Coun-
ty, where the body of Carson's wife was
found with a bullet through the brain,
admitted that she might have committed
suicide.
Following receipt of a letter signed
Jack Carson" telling of the suicide of
his wife at a lonely spot on an old road
in Delaware County near the Chester
pike, the officials began search of the
neighborhood and found the body early
last night
Near the tips of the dead woman's
fingers lay heavy revolver Accord
ing to the Coroner the body may have
laid on the road since early Saturday
night.
In addition TO the county police. the
State Constabulary Is searching for the
missing man. Until about two months
ago Carson was a member of the Ma
tional Army at Camp Meade, but he is
said to have deserted. The police al
first thought Carson, because OF her
stand against his unpatriotic act, fired
the shot that killed his wife.
1t is now thought possible that another
in close touch with the affairs of the
Carsons may have committed the crime
and written the letter by which the po
lice found the body.
Mrs. Carson was about twenty-five
years old and lived at 1905 South Tenth
| street She and her husband were
Italians, known as Carson. but really
named Garemo. the police have learned.
Part of an oyster. which either Mrs
| Carson or the person with her hat
evidently been eating, was found neal
the body. The police are canvassine
the oyster saloons OF the section tc
learn. whether Carson vas abou, neal
the time of the wOman's dca H.
Detective Mahaffey. of city Hall who
| discovered the body and has been as
| signed to the case, said today that h'
had information which would lead tC
the discovery of the missing husband
| soon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19

In honor of the marvellous" work of
the police of the Twentieth and Federal
streets station In finding model OF a
submarine In the cellar Of a house at
1647 South Bailey street alleged TO be
the result of months Of toll Of a Ger
man spy" John Schneider. policeman
and poet laureate OF said station house.
assembled all his wit ana wrote the
following verses dealing with the event
as II seemed to him:
OF the Seventeenth District, I surely can say
That the men on the wagon do earn their
know i vas ius. The other s,,.s Day ,,. ,.u...
Al the top of his voice. bs shouted out
gsss s::s. sI:!srssDs, hss erected ::s crew.
cf sssssssss;s shss sasusat) n ~ cab : ssAss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
Philadelphia Girls HOnOred

Philadelphia girls were consnicuous
In the annual award of academic honors
announced at Wellesley College. Misses
Anna Carlin. Angie V. Eames, Dorothy
Crafty and Anna w. Mock. senior 'Du-
rant scholars, and Misses Miriam q
Mccain and Katherine b. Carter. Junior
wellesley College scholars" received
awards for excellence in class work All
are from Philadelphia except Miss Car
ter. who is from Ardmore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
CHARITIES GET s35OO
Sallie E. Wilson Bequeathes to Chill.
dren's Homeopathic and Methodist
Missions

Bequests Of $4,000 to the Children's
Homeopathic Hospital Franklin and
thompson streets, and of $500 to the
Philadelphia branch of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church are included in
the will of Sallie Il. Wilson, of Lawn.
hurst. Fox Chase The will as probated
today disposes of an estate valued al
$500, 900.
Other wills probated today include
those of Louis Lutter, 1925 North War
mock street. which In private beuuests
disposes of property valued at $1,000 .
Alfred II. Darling. 225 South Sydenham
street, $4,000. and Eleanor Engler, 1851
North Mascher street, $2g4O.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
LIVES OF MINERS PAY
TOLL OF CARELESSNESS
One Dead, Another Dying, Becauss
of Failure to Disconnect Battery
Blast Premature

Mount Carmel. Pa, March 1s-zs
ward Cinera. thirty-two years olo W.
killed and william Shannon SO seriousy
injured that death Is momeentany "a
pected, In a premature explosion ~
Natallee colliery near here. -
The men had prepared a heavy ons,,n oa.,rs
of dynamite In new slope IL nIn3 u13
a previous shot one Of them had i.a isasv
to disconnect an electric storage pa''t W.
used in exploding charges ana 40 sSs s
wires touched the percussion CAP 'r'
dynamite was set off. ,,sc
Shannon, with coal blown deeply 'n:3S 'asS
many parts of the body, crawied svS
feet up the slope to summon aid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
TO MARK SCHOOL BIRTHDAY
Celebration Will Be Held Throus'
out City on Anniversary

A celebration in every public s,nxS
In this city TO commemorate the ay'tt| ~
birthday OF the public school system J,
this city will be observed Friday, ~
S. Schools will be open to parenu
Appropriate exercises will be held. =
Or. Nicholas Murray Butler prsssss.S ~
Of Columbia University. and " ~: 49, "
&. gchaefer, state Superintenc
Schools, will address 4 public
the following evening 1t tpe = 5I
politan Opera Houne. z. 4. Z &
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
DOG-LICENSE CODE PUZZLE
Law Causes More Inquiries Than
Any Passed in Three Years

Harrisburg. March 19.-Rules and
decisions by the Attorney Generals de-
partment on the dog-license code. which
has caused more inquiries than any
similar piece of legislation in the last
three years are being compiled by State
agricultural authorities
The enforcement is under way in
many counties, but in some of them
questions have arisen and the depart
ment is endeavoring to reach an under
standing which will make the law thor
oughly effective this summer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
MORE HOG ISLAND
CHIEFS MAY GO
Bowles Indicates Other
Big Fellows Will Follow
Robinson
EXPECT RESERVATIONS

Possibility that Dwight r, Robinson
is only the first Of several high-salaried
officials Of the American International
Bhipbuiiding Corporation to be retired
from Hog Island operations is indicated
IN the statement Of Admiral Bowles
regarding the qualifications of the new
executive head. Frederick Holbrook.
II hardly think that Mr.. Holbrook
will need such large staff of assist
ants as Mr. Robinson has required"
said Admiral Bowles. "for the simple
reason that he will do a lot of work
himself"
Just which members Of Robinson's
large staff Of assistants" are slated
for the discard Is not known, but rumor
has been persistent that two high-sal-
sried officials, one drawing $4,000 and
the other $4,000 year. will quickly
follow their former chief into other
fields. In circles close to Hog Island
officiaIdom It was said that these resig-
nations might be expected at any time
Admiral Bowles said today that he
wished TO make II clear that he had not
fired" Mr.. Robinson. In fact. he said
that Robinson still Is president of the cor
poration, but II seems that his position
il in the nature of that of a minister
without portfolio. He is president of the
corporation with no executive duties to
perform and no executive authority to
exercise.
At the same time. Admiral Bowles did
not hesitate to admit that Robinson had
been relieved of all responsibilities and
authority at his suggestion and recon-
mendation. because the Admiral was
mot satisfied with the way he was run
ming things" Admiral Bowles said he
did not know. and apparently was not
concerned with the method used to re-
move Robinson-he knew only that at
his suggestion Robinson no longer was
in control at Hog Island
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
BELIEVE MAN A SUICIDE
Police Probe Death of Laborer Found
Badly Gashed

Police OF the East Girard avenue
suon sonn dn,s,sn nv 's Isborsr sns on Sea,n OF
Lewis. whose mutiiated body was found
early today by a fellow workman,
~ " McAvoy. 2s25 Harrison street,
who disccyersd the body on the cabin
nearby Gonsalss' throat and chest wers
badly Hashed. At st. Mary's Hospital
PhY1lcianp said he had been dead for
ec{5Ect 1cSya Police incline toward the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
Locomotive Kills Man

John Wolfon. fifty-two years old. of
4s0 Clinton street. Camden, foreman Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad yard, Cam
den. died in the Cooper Hospital as a
result Of being run over by an engine at
the yard. Both legs were severed at the
knee. and he died almost Immediately
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
March's Brother Out for Congress

Easton, Pa, March 19.-Francis A.
March, professor of English at Lafa.
yette College and former Mayor of Eas-
ton. has announced his candidacy for
in the Twenty-sixth District. He is a
brother Of Majcr General Peyton G.
March, chief Of staff. Henry j. Steele
Democrat. is the incumbent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
CoIcord to Address City Club

Lincoln Colcord. Washington corre-
spondent of the Public Ledger. win be
the principal speaker tomorrow after
noon at the luncheon OF the City Club.
II scheduled for 1870 O'Clock. \
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
LA GUARDIA HURT IN ITALY
New York Congressman and War
Aviator Disabled

Rome, March 19.--Captsin Fiorello
H. La Guardia, who Is a member of
the American Flying Corps. will be un-
Genoa rs planned. owing to injuries
received in an aerial accident. The ex-
tent of his injuries are not yet known
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19

Captain La Guardia. who represents
the Fourteenth New York District in the
House of Representatives. has been in
Europe since late last year. principally
In Italy. The American Representative
has addressed meetings in Milan and
Rome, where he was received enthusi-
asticaIly by the Italians.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-22
COULD HEED CALL OF WILD
Being His Own Boss This Lucky Man
Listened to Appeal and Hied Him
to Happiness

A flock of geese, northward bound,
honked wildly in their flight His feet
on his desk, his window open TO the
breezes of the morning, he heard the
call. For an hour he sat amid the con-
fiicting sounds of great city hurrying
about its work. But his thoughts were
miles away. his eyes were dreamy.
The spell of the wild was upon him.
He wandered in fertile fields swaS-
ing to renewed life. BE beheld the
meadows lush with grass. he sat be-
side wide flowing rivers and tiny
brooks whose waters rushed In foamy
Splendor from billy heights above. He
wandered to wooded slopes, with trees
a-bud and wild flowers peeping from
beneath dead leaves. A peace was his
which seldom came in his workaday
existence in the land of pavement and
beehive dwellings He dreamed on
Brook trout in speckled splendor rose
to his captivating hook Camp fires lit
the darkness OF his dream night The
odor of burning pine wood and OF siz-
zling trout and bacon filed his nos
trils, He ate food such as his city
chefs had never learned to cook, with
an appetite his city stomach had long
since lost. In single hour he dreamed
more happiness than had been his for
a decade.
He closed his desk. Another hour
found him grubbing in the recesses OF
the attic. BY noon, clad in beautifully
ancient garments, with satchel In his
hand and a fishing rod carefully In
cased In waterproof cover under his
arm, he was ut the railroad station. A
half hour later he was on his way to
the wilds. And smile such as he had
not smiled In months graced his fea-
lures.
Lucky mani He was his own boss
Milwaukee Journal.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-22
Cost of Enrolling a Soldier.

Figures compiled from the records
Of the first draft show that it cost
the government almost exactly s.
for each man drafted. according TO
Popular Science Monthly. All but Z
cents Of this amount represents the
expense of the draft boariS- In COM
parison with this, it is Interesting to
learn that the volunteer system of
recruiting cost SPAS per man in 1914,
S19.14 in 1915 and $685. between July,
1916. and April, 1917. These latter
figures, however. included the recruits
travelling expenses and the cost of his
subsistence prior to seceQtanes,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-22
Sand HoUou

We are enjoying the nice shower
Of "a o. lac.
Mr.. Dads is in the hospital in On.
tario as he was not improving much.
Gay Henshaw spent Sunday a
guest at the home of Mrs. Lula Bena
Geo. Scott and Fred Root aUtoed to
the valley Sunday in search Of some
ripe peaches.
Those from the Hollow that at
tended the Sunday school picnic al
Jackson were G. S. Lee and family,
Thelma and Howard Harkes and VII
liam Holbrook.
Vera Lee was home for a couple o.
days last week
Mr.. and Sirs. Jno Smith were in
the Cove last Monday.
". F. James left Monday for New
Meadows, where he will work in ths
machine shop.
John Lee and wife spent several
days at the Lee ranch last week.
Herald Darden and Harry Stottler
were in Payette Saturday.
Joe MCGEE OF the Cove was in thu
Hollow Friday evening.
]. A. Harker is busy fencing, and
will soon have large pasture al
fenced.
c. A. Bena was harvesting grain
last week near Crystal.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-22
POUND MAsrER,s NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that I, ].
T. Jefferis, Chief Of Police and EI
officio Pound Master Of the City OF
Payette, Idaho, have this day seiz-
ed and impounded the following
described animals found running al
large within the corporate limits OF
the City Of Payette, Idaho, in VIC
lation Of Ordinance DO. q Of the
said City Of Payette, which said
ordinance was passed and approved
On the 9Th day Of September, 4. D.,
1903, to-wit:
One sorei gelding about four years
old, weight about 115O pounds, star
in forehead, branded quarter circle
L. on left stife.
One old white mare, weight about
1000 pounds, branded Y On left shout
der, with sucking colt.
One iron gray mare about one year
old, branded W K Joined togetherJ On.
left stifle.
One iron gray horse about one
year old with frying pan brand On left
shoulder.
One iron gray horse about one year
old, branded S with bar over top on
left stife.
One bay gelding zbout 1 years Old, /
zzhi-e STRIPE in face, veight about I2CC !
pounds with FIRING pan brand Or Ief.
shoulder.
One brown gelding about / year,
ID, weight about 1900 pounds, baGl
wire CIT on right front foot, BRANDED
quarter circle L on left gtiffle.
Notice IS hereby given that On
the 31st DAY Of August, \. D. 1918
at Banks Livery Barn in the City
Of Payette. Idaho, al the hour Of
200 ?. n. On SAID day, the said ami
mails viii be sold a. public auction TO
he highest bidder for cash, lawful
money OF the United States OF Amer
q, unless the sane shall be, before
he said date claimed By the own
y or owners thereof and all charges
I'D expenses incident 70 said sell
.ure, mpounding and keeping OF
aid animal shall be paid by the
.Ener or owners thereof.
Dated at Payette, IDAHO, this 10th
lay Of August, a D. 1918.
J. 7. JEFFERIS.
Chief Of Police and Er-Offcio
Pound Master OF the said
City Of Payette, Idaho
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-22
SANDBAGS SAVE mANY LIVES
Italian Authorities Must Be Given
Credit for Resourcsfulness in
Modern Warfare.

No belligerenI has shown more re
sourcefulneSs than the Italians in de-
yiSing novel means OF offenSe and de
tense, says & writer in Wide World
Magazine. The Italian army was the
only one TO enter the war with 9 trench
helmet and 8 steel chest protector, and
IL is now provided with 8 more efficient
body shield than is possessed by any
other of the warning nations.
Early in the war il was discovered
by the Italians that many lives could
be saved in SkirmiShing az close quar-
tiers If the soldiers carried or pushed
bags Of sand in front of them, and the
present body shield has been an out
growth OF that idea.
They are made in the Oneman and
two-man type. The former are worn
by infantry advancing in the open, at
tached 10 the shoulders by s pair OF
light steel arms, and are long enough
TO protect the head and vital organs Of
man standing erect. Lying az full
length, or even crouched. il covers him
completely. Each shield is pierced with
q small, round eyehole and an oblOnE
lOophole for firing from, both Of which
may be closed by & sliding door when
not in use.
The twO-man shield IS principally
used in wire cutting. II is carried on
the back of one man. who may also
work his rifle from a loophole in the
top, while & second man works a long
wire-cutter through a hole At the bot
tom. 1t is held up by short legs if the
first man desires to move independ-
emily.