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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

He had visited our neighborhood once
and ! felt sure that he was coming back.
Shortly after midnight | smelled smoke
and going on the back porch l saw a
man sinking toward the woods. l had
a shotgun loaded with buckshot l fired
and the man staggered and fell. Then
he got up and ran away. l could see
him clearly.
Lagana was taken TO the Cooper
Hospital where he told the physicians
he had been shot by another Italian in
a quarrel ever a woman. Later he said
that he had been held up and robbed
while walking near Westville. Kripps
is positive Lasana is the man who set
fire to his home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
new CHARTER BILL READY
Full Revision Committee Will
Consider Measure Today

The charter revision bill. which is TO
be introduced In the Legislature on Mon
day, will be submitted by the subcom-
mittee to the full charter revision COM
mittee for its approval this afternoon AT
the Chamber of Commerce.
Abolition of many municipal evils is
provided for in the measure. which urges
single councilmanic chamber OF nine
teen, establishment by the city OF It's
own treet-cleaning bureau and other re-
forms calculated to effect economy In
the administration of the municipal gov
ernment and maintenance of the city
generally.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
END FUEL ADMINISTRATION
Federal Control for Pennsylvania
Ceases Today

Today the federal fuel administration
for PENNSYLVANIA goes out of business.
necessity for the existence of the organ
iZation being at an end.
state coal interests have found them
selves" according to William Potter, the
only work of the administration being
the control over natural gas In Mexican.
Potter and Toga Counties. To these
counties will be left the solution of their
problem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
Nurses to Hold Benefit Ball

An entertainment and dance for the
hanast of the West Philadelphia Cen
oraI Uomeopathic Hospital will be given
bv the nurses of that institution at
Knights of Columbus Hall, Thirty,eighth
and Market streets, this evening: Nurses
who have been actively engaged IN war
The honored guests who have been in
yited
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
$25
Wind-Up Sale!

qRemainderS of Winter
Overcoats and of Fall and
Winter Suits that were
big values all season at
$40, $38, SIS and $50, to
be closed out in their last
and Final Wind-Up Sale
at the One Uniform Price,
SIS!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
Residents Guard Property

For the last five days the residents
of Westville have taken turns in sitting
up with loaded guns to guard their
property. Despite their vigilance the fires
continued.
Kripps's description of the shooting of
Lagana Is as follows:
I'VE were waiting for the firebug.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

G Overcoats in double breasted
models and in single-breasted mod
els-Ulsters, Storm Goats - full
silk-lined Oxfords, conservatives
and fashionables.
q Suits of worsteds, cassimeres,
cheviots in a good range of colors
and cloth patterns-heavy weights
and medium weights that man can
wear we'll into the Summer time
remainders of $40, $38, $35 and
$50 Overcoats and Suits, at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

After-war conditions In the produce
business were laid on the table for dis
cussion at another meeting at the third
annual banquet and anniversary dinner
of the Boosters. held last night in the
ballroom Of the Bellevue-Stratford.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

U This is one big opportunity to
get bargain in Winter Overcoat
or Suit. We see no immediate Pros
pect of greater or better values for
next season than we were able to
give you for this. And that's the
point exactly-the bigness of these
values at their regular all-season
prices in this store. You can save
five to fifteen dollars in this sale,
and know that you've got the very
best values in a Suit or Overcoat
that SIS will buy you for some time
to come.
q But you've got to get busy to be
sure of getting your size. All sizes
are here yet, but not all sizes in any
one style or cloth pattern. Maybe
yours is the pick of the bunch
Today!
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-18
BASE BALL CLOOR LINE

Speaking of base ball and the color line
Dave Young in the New York Evening
World has the following gossip:
In some ways the drawing Of the color
line in baseball is rather unfortunate, be-
cause it bars from the game some Of the
fineset players that have been developed.
There are at least two colored teams in
the United States that rank close up to the
best Of the big leaguers, and there are some
individuals who could hold their own on
any team in the country. Petway of the
American Giants, for instance, is one Of
the finest playeres in the world; Lloyd, now
dead, who for years played with colored
teams, was magnificent man in every de-
partment. Buclner, as a player and a COM
edian, has been for twenty years a great
card, and at an age at which the majority
Of players retire to slippers and rheumatism
he still can play a gallant third base, as
almost any Palm Beach guest who has
watched the Negro teams perform in winter
will attest.
dozen such players might be named
There is one genius, however, who has given
the sport a great boost among colored people
and that is "Rube" Foster, a man now
we'll toward fifty, who still is great pitcher
and one Of the finest field generals and
students Of baseball [ ever have seem
Foster is great baseball man, magnetic
leaeder and a manager who, under most diff
cult conditions, has made good everywhere
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-18

in France but the opportunity and the right
to fight more effectively here at home for
the things in the name Of which this war
was waged.
with the understanding that the fight is not
over, but has just begun.-New York Age.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-18

From the way the legislature went after
Gov. Listers veto it looks very much like
that the governor will be forced to draw
heavily on the l. W. w. vote for his sena-
torial campaign. At the game Of politics
Gov. Lister is a past grand MASTER but his
Irritation with the I. w. VS. may cost him
his former popularity with the patriotic
citizens Of the state
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-18
TUTT HAS IT

Some years ago Mrs. Clayton read an
essay before the Baptist Literary So
ciety on
BLACK BABY DOLLS
which caused considerable comment
and many persons in the city endeav-
ored to get one, but failed.
TUTT HAS THEM
Though the black baby dolls arrived
too late for the Christmas trade, yet
one will AXE your little girl charm
ing present, and there are some beauti-
ful ones among them.
Kelly Miller's new book is attracting
wide spread attention. 1t is known
as Negro Soldiers In Our Wars
TUFTS High Brown toilet articles are
rich and rare and he has thousand
dollar stock to select FROM
-Four first class tOnsorial artists are
always on duty in Tut Barber Shop.
We Solicit Your Inspection
TUFTS BARBER SHOP
300 Main St.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-18

He has taken his team from coast to coast
and from Canada to Mexico and has played
more towns and perhaps more games than
any man living. His team has played as
high as 225 games in year in all sorts of
towns and cities, has made money and never
has had trouble Of any sereous nature. It
has played against white teams in Southern
cities, and has been popular.
His men play the game hard, fight all
the time, but for conduct, for good nature,
for craftsmanship and for clean language
and clean play they are a model for any
team of white men. Foster instructs his
men as to their conduct on and off the field,
tells them that, because Of their color, they
must behave better, control their tempers
and their language better than white teams,
and they do it,
I sat on the bench one day listening to
RUDE direct his men. His knowledge of
the strategy of the game and of inside play
was remarkable and his discipline severe.
There was not an angry word or an oath
uttered by any player during the game.
1t is the conduct and the good nature of
the colored players and their self restarint
that impressed me most with their profess
siOnal teams. Their arguments with UNI
pires even are tinged with good natured
raillery rather than dislike and they show
the officials more respect than the white
players do.
Once, when the old Chicago Cubs were
champions, they played a post-season game
against colored team, and had their hansd
full. They could not hit the pitching and
some of them ''got after'' their opponents,
WIN Io1 will Dot,
of the champs. Tinker was trying little
''goat getting and the mascot Of the team,
a black little fellow was laughing at him.
Tinker thoughtlessly turned and called him
"Nigger." At that moment one of the
Negro players STEPPED up and said, very
quietly:
'Mister Tinker that child that you call
'nigger' is my Wife's baby"
He said it with such feeling and earnest
ness that Tinker, in a flash, was ashamed,
and turning he grasped the man s hand and
said:
81 IN sorry I said that''
Tinker tells the story HIMSELF and adds
that his respect for colored men has been
greater since that time than ever BEFORE
Poor Buckner, good-natured, jolly, was
the butt or many joke among the players.
His brother, Bill Buckner who was the
trainer of Major Taylor, the bicycle cham
pion, who helped train Fitzsimmons, Jeffries
and other fighters and who was for yaers
trainer of the Chicago White Sox, had a
host Of yarns about Buck. He told Of a
tailor who offered a suit of clothes for a
home run. Buck hit the home run and got
the suit. The day the suit was delivered
he dOnned it and the team went to Mil
wauEee. The suit was black and white in
checzerboards an inch square, and calcu-
lated to dazzle so, in the parade Buck in
sisted on riding with the driver on the seat
of the carriage. On the way to the park
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-18
'' GOLDEN 81 VEST F.: 5:jT;''

Tailors and Cleaners Clothes called for
and delivered. Hats retrimmed and blocked.
ii. 5. Frazier G. W. Curtest
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-18

Some years ago Mrs. Clayton read an
essay before the Baptist Literary So
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
TURNING PESTS INTO PROFITS
United States Department Of AgricuI-
ture Has Plans for Dealing With
the Rabbit Problem.

Fully 200,000000 wild rabbits are
killed in the United States every year
according to estimates made by the
biological survey of the United States
department of agriculture. Many of
them are jack rabbits, the majority of
which have not been utilized in the
past. If all the rabbits killed were
consumed, they would represent be.
tween 100000 and 100000 tons of val
liable food, and if proper measures
were taken to insure the collection Of
skins, these alone would have value
Of $20,000,000. The biological survey
has frequently been called upon to help
western farmers in coping with the
rabbit pest. In view of the probable.
economic value of rabbit meat and fur
in the coming few years, the energies
of the farmers and ranchmen will be
directed to the conservation of this i'm
portant resource. Already number
Of establishments for collecting, dress.
ing, canning, and shipping rabbit meat
are in operation in western centers. AS
in Australia the transition of the wild
rabbit in this country from its status
as pest to source Of profit is assured,
1t is believed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
Wooden Shoes Classy.

If 1t were not for the pioneers hui
manity would be helpless. The wife
of Lieut.. A. ]. Huntington Of the One
Hundred Sixty-Second infantry, resi-
dent in Portland, Ore, has long been
of the opinion that shoes are too high
in price, and, having the courage OF
her convictions and possessing also q
desire to save leather for the army, she
occasionally wears pair Of neat
wooden low shoes. These are painted
black, with a patent leather effect,
and are really very convenient and
classy in still life, though the rigidity
of the sole is some backset. The lieu
tenant sent the shoes from France,
where that style of shoes is much In
use. With rubber tires co. dispense
with the staccato rattle on cement
walks, mother and the girls might
save pin money and get along, and
with few old pairs around the house
would never be out of kindling wood.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
"ceIIuIon," New Wood pulp Fiber.

There has, says the Board of Trade
Journal, been much discussion in the
German press during recent weeks con-
cerning. wood pulp fiber named "Cel-
lulon," for which large claims are
made as an efficient substitute for jute,
cotton and other fibers. 1t appears to
be certain that the fiber is not made
by spinning long strips OF paper run
off reels through water in the manner
which German paper textile substi-
tutes have made familiar. The ac-
counts agree in describing the proc
ess, or processes, as a direct manu-.
facture from wood pulp. The con-
sui general at Zurich, who has pre-
sented report to the foreign office,
states that the method employed op-
crates on the same general lines as
that used for artificial silk manufac-
ture--that is, by squeezing pulp un-
der high pressure through small holes
In plates.-Engineer. >
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
ing the work of the parents educa

ing the work of the parents educa'
tional bureau.
An offer of $270,000 has been made
by A. l.. Hill and other business men
of Medford for the purchase of the
Pacific & Eastern railroad property,
The offer is now under consideration
by the bondholders.
One section of the Mckenzie river
wagon road, construction Of which
was halted by the declaration of war,
will be built this summer, according
to word received by Clyde R. Seitz,
district forest supervisor.
Captain ]. l.. Wood, OF Albany, is
one of 30 officers selected from the
Engineer corps of the American Ex
peditionary force to appraise the prop
erty damage caused by the German
army in its operations in Belgium and
France.
The senate and house conferees on
the revenue bill have been asked by
/ Senator McNary to place per gallon
tax of 10 cents on loganberry and
other fruit juices instead of the 20
per cent gross sales tax as approved
by the house.
The taxpayers Of Umatilla county
are getting behind the movement to
induce the county court to call for a
special election for submitting to the
voters the plan of issuing serial bonds
providing for permanent road con
struction In the county.
Construction on the depots for the
Prineville railroad, one at the juno
tion and the other at the terminus in
the city of Prineville, has been start
cd, and ON the completion of these
STRUCTURES. regular passenger traffic
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST

The total county Indebtedness OF
klamath county is now $132,24976.
A large attendance Of growers and
others is expected at the fourth an.
nual meeting OF the Western Walnut
association to be held in Portland Feb
ruary and 7.
After long vacation, occasioned by
the influenza epidemic, the Monmouth
public schools opened again Monday,
having been closed since week be-
fore the Christmas holidays.
With practically no new "flu' cases
for several days, the Albany health
authorities have removed the ban on
that city and allowed public meetings
in churches and theatres, and schools
to reopen.
Because several small school chill
dren have been run over and serious
ly hurt by automobiles of late, the
La Grande parentTeacher association
has launched a campaign against care
lessydriving, ct%'
Representatives of party Of French
Canadians, who desire to secure farm
ing land and locate in the Willamette
valley, have been in the Albany sec,
ticn the past few days looking for de,
sirable tracts.
The Oregon Congress Of Mothers
and Parent.Teacher associations will
hold a child welfare drive in Portland
February 10 for the purpose of financ.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
cHAPLAINs TELL or FRONT
Moral and Religious Situation There
Declared to Be Excellent, and
viii Stay That Way.

Chaplains Francis B. Doherty and
Lyman Rollins have just returned
from France on military mission to
the United States.
Chaplain Doherty is attached to gen
eral headquarters in France, being as
sociated with Bishop Charles FL. Brent
and Chaplain Paul Dwight Moody (son
of the well-known evangelist of that
name) in the general headquarters
chaplains' office. The function of this
Office is, declares the religious public
ity committee, the direction and dis
tribution Of chaplains' activities In
France to the end Of the attainment of
the best and special interests of all
concerned, under General Pershing.
This work carries with it considerable
travel and gives an intimate knowledge
of the situation from religious and
moral point of view.
From this broad knowledge Chap
lain Doherty says: Everywhere we
find the same situation, here the same
story; the condition and the spirit of
the men are excellent" When leaving
France on his present mission the
chaplain asked General Pershing:
"May we not tell our people In Amer
lea that the moral and religious situa-
tion here is eminently high and very
satisfactory" The reply was: "Yes,
\.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
A 7a-Year.oId Messenger Boy.

Auburn, N. Y. has seventy-two-
year-old messenger boy. Although re-
tired from active work, he decided he
could do some war service by taking
some young mans place with the tele-
graph company.
81 have had some amusing expert.
ences," he remarked recently. 81 an
swered one call, and the man said: /:
Are you from the Western Unionr I
replied that I was. 'Well,' he said, 4
wanted a boy, not the president of the
company There was another call to
the st. Cloud and I went. The man
said: Are you boyT But before
could answer another man remarked
facetlously, He was when you
eaIIed,1
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07

The announcement that flying the
Atlantic has been postponed until
next summer Will take heavy strain
off eredullty and curiosity 1t time
when they need oil their resources at
other points.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07

A year ago voluntary food control
was daring adventure In democracy
during the year an established proof
Of democratic eiIicienc-,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
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FIRST CALL TO FOOD ARMY.

Z This cooperation and service I
: I ask Of nll In full confidence 4
: that America will render more 4
: for flag and freedom than king 4
: ridden people surrender at COM I
+ pulsion.-Herbert Hoover, Au- 4
: gust 10, 1917. I
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The Washington herald., 1919-11-09
INQUIRE In INCREASE
OF DIPHTHERIA CASES


Twelve new cases of diphtheris
were reported yesterday to the Dis
trict health department. making a to.
tai since November 1 OF thirty-fiy Ave
cases.
Upon learning of the sudden jump
DR.. William c. Fowler. Distric,
health officer. announced an INQUIRY
would be made to ascertain the rea-
son for the increase. and to deter
mine the seriousness OF the cases
reported.
He said that the situation present
ed no immediate cause for alarm.
During the first days of the month
only two or three cases a day were
reported to the health department.
Five cases each were reported or
Wednesday and Thursday of last
week. For the corresponding period
last month twenty cases of diphthe-
ria were recorded.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-09
NEBRASKA.

Lincoln. - Armistlce Day will be
declared legal holiday.
Grand acknowledgements agents of
Peoria Life Insurance Co. meet
Syracuse.-Richard Massey Post.
American Legion. formed.
Colon--Mr. and Mrs. Hans Pear
son celebrate golden wedding ami
versary.
Omaha.-Mrs. Jennie Wheeler, II.
Salem. S. Oak. kills herself while
awaiting sanity inquiry.
wahoo. - City donates house as
home for Boy Scouts.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-09
D.C.MAY VOTE
0NL|GHT LAW
Chamber Of Commerce Pro.
poses Vote of People
g. On Saving Plan.

\ 'plebiscite" to determine in what
light their efforts to revive the day.
light savings law in the District are
being regarded by the people 1t will
affect was decided upon by the law
and legislation committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce at a meeting
yesterday.
The committee recommended to the
Chamber that a vote be taken that
Washington itself might decide the
sSue.
Action upon the recommendation
Will be taken at q meeting of the
Chamber Tuesday night in Rau-
scher's. Senator Selden P. Spenc6S
Of Missouri. win speak.
The matter OF free admission to
Mt. Vernon and the new concrete
highway from Washington will be
taken up.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-09
D. c. Employees to Discuss
Increase Bill at Meeting

Increased compensation for all Dis
trict employees will be considered at
a meeting of Municipal Federal EN-
ployes' Union No. SO Wednesda ;
night in Pythian Temple.
A committee of this union, com
prising the president. E. NJ. Daw-
son; William F. Franklin and IL
c. Saffell. has succeeded in having
introduced in both Houses of Con-
gress bills granting increases rang
ing from 10 to 40 per cent for 1000
District employees receiving wages
up to and including s2,500
The Washington herald., 1919-11-09
OKLAHOMA.

McAIester.-Peniten convicts
viii work four mines here.
e oklahoma City. -. Tax Assessor
Beatty says he will start action to
UuSt Mayor ]. c. Walton.
Honiny. - Poisoned liquor kills
Ferdinand Mack Wilson. vaudeville
actor.
Woodward.-Delega to Chicago
meeting of livestock men selected.
EdmOnd.-O. F. Hurt. Guthrie auc-
.tioueer. killed in auto crash.
Britton.-Ferris- -for-Sena Club
organized; william Alison. president