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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
FOOD PRICE DESCENT
GATHERS MOMENTUM
Tobogganing Eggs Hit 54
Gents and Butter Reaches
SIS and SO
Going down!


EGGS. butter, meat, potatoes, fish.
All the technical arguments Of grocery
proprietors cannot alter the racts.
Hens apparently didn't know that
directors of High. Price & Co. had
tried to keep up figures by the
card index system, and so they kept on
laying. The weather being pleasant,
and no snow hereabouts, the hens paid
no attention to eight-hour regulations,
but kept right at work. The result is
that eggs are pIling up on the farms
and farmers are determined to get rid
of them.
Many farmers are bringing their eggs,
chickens and butter into market them
selves.
That's one of the reasons the prices
are Topping. Furthermore, they will go
down gradually and stay down, many
dealers believe. Best eggs were selling
today from fifty to ffty-four cents
dozen and best butter from fifty-five to
ffty-eight cents pound.
The time-worn argument about trans
portation facilities being bad is also
knocked out by the fact that scores of
farmers have motortrucks and are
bringing their goods into the city and
selling them direct
Housekeepers themselves are gradu-
ally lowering the high price OF meat.
In many localities families that ate
meat every day have cut their supply
down to half the quantity each week.
All OF which helps to create vacuum
in cash registers and leave the beef on
prices in canned goods is only a matter
OF days. for the reason that more metal
Will soon be available for the vegetables
and the dealers who have been talking
about the high price of cans simply
can't.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
City viii Launch
improvement Scheme
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page Ono
condemnation of land for parks. etc.
$S.940,120 toward the removal of grade
crossings, and millions more for sewers
highway construction. bridges, etc. Some
of the items have been partly exhausted
This is the case with the $4,000, 900 set
aside for the acquisition of property
along the Parkway. 1t is now estimat ted
that s5,000.00O more will be needed TO
take additional land along the Parkway
west OF Logan Square and for it's i'm
provement.
An item Of s55O,OO is also included in
the general loan for the erection, con-
struction and repair of police and fire
stations. The expenditure of much of
this total has been prevented by high
prices. and Director Wilson. of the De-
partment Of Public Safety, Is planning to
put under contract a number of new
buildings In different sections of the
city.
Further Improvement of Port
A portion OF the s3,000,O00 allotted
to Director Krusen. of the Department
or Health and Charities. for buildings at
the city institution at Byberry has been
spent but there remains a great deal
OF construction work to be done. both
~ thS iHiity-HltH Wdru ana at the
Philadelphia General Hospital "a new
Blockley" was the cry at the opening
Of the Smith administration. and the
work is only partly completed. 49,,
One Of the most important ,"after tire
war undertakings is the further i'm
provement of the port. For this work
$40. 100000 of the s67.100, 900 loan au-
thorization was set aside. As vet only
$5.oo0,ooo of the total of the loan has
ever been borrowed. leaving a large bal
ance available for port improvements, in
cludlng the completion of a number of
new municipal piers now under way.
An entirely new project for which
no loan has been created contemplates
extension to the citys water system
and the possible acquisition of new
sources Of supply along the upper
Schuylkill River. The cost of plans now
on hand In the Office of Chief Davis, of
the Bureau OF Water, Is between s12.-
100000 and $15,000,000. and present
plans call for the inclusion of a portion
Of the total in each loan program for the
ensuing Ave or six years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
$4,000 SILK WORKERS
OUT At PATERSON

Paterson, n. j.. Feb. 4.-Picketing
started mere TO-DAY IN the strike OF
w. agents were on the ground, seeking
to organize the strikers. However. most
OF the operatives showed no inclination
to participate in l. w. w. meetings.
In accordance with their demand for
q forty-seven-hour week. the silk
operatives reported for work this morn
ing at 1880, half AN hour late. They
found the doors closed against them
Therefore, leaders assert, they are be-
ing locked out. The manufacturers de-
clare II is a strike. not lockout.
Louis Magnat, strike leader declared
he was opposed to the national war
labor board arbtrating the matter at
present. saying the workers were justi-
fed in asking the forty-seven-hour
week,
I. W, w. leaders urge the strikers to
demand a forty-four-hour week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
WALK ALONG SUBWAY
Passengers Foot 1t Through Tube
When Accident Blocks Traffic

Several hundred persons groped their
way through the subway this morning
in a personally conducted tour from the
Schuylkill River bridge to Fifteenth
street.
Something went wrong with the
mechanism of subway-surface car
above Twenty-third street and cars
quickly mobilized for the length of sew.
eral blocks Rather than go out In the
rain at the west end OF the subway. most
passengers decided to walk through the
tunnel to Fifteenth street.
A conductor acted as guide. All had
to tread the route to Fifteenth street
very gingerly Eventually they reached
there In safety. The line was blocked
for half an hour.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
NEW SECRETARY ON JOB
Homer Talbot Assumes Duties With
Jersey Defense Council

Homer Talbot. recently appointed sec
retary OF the rev Jersey State Councll
ceeding Edward T. Paxton. secretary cf
the Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal
Research. The latter has directed the
work of the Defense Council and the
State League of Municipalities for the
from Philadelphia.
Mr.. Talbot Is executive secretary of
the New Jersey State League of Mu-
inequalities. and was formerly in charge
of the municipal reference bureau. UNI
League OF Kansas municipalities. He
holds degrees from the University OF
wisconsin and the University of Kan
sas, and has had special training in
civic and commercial organization work
with the American City Bureau. Of New
York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
FREMEN HURT IN BLAZE
Fire in Lansdowne Starts When
Electric Iron Ignites Cloth

-Four firemen are recovering today
from injuries received when fire dam
aged the homes OF +. B. Hunt and will
avenue Lansdowne.
Chief: George w. Riley, Pierce Rich
ards and c. Mccullough. of the Lans-
downe fire company. were overcome by
smoke. and Frank Duke, Of the Clifton
Heights Fire Protective Association. was
badly bruised when he fell from the
roof.
The fire started late yesterday after
noon on the second floor OF the Hunt
home when a member of the family for
got to turn Off the current Of an electric
iron The flames communice ted to the
Davis home from the upper floors. The
Is estimated at $4,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
HIS AIM WAS BETTER
Rainbow Division Man Owes Life 10
Use Of Revolver

AfiIIyiIle. ~. j.. Feb. 4-Lieutenan,
Percy Smith. who was gassed in Frann
while he was fighting with the fannve
Rainbow Division. has been passing =
John Miskelley. here. Ns
He tells a thrilling story Of dropninx
Into a shell crater In the Argonne sac,nr
during. a fierce bombardment 10 ana
himself face to face with a Hun ofticer
who had just jumped into the same hois
Both officers pulled their pistols. hui
Smith shot straight and the German
fell dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
MRS. COONLEY in EUROPE
Wife Of Emergency Fleet Vice Presi'
dent Visiting Sick Sister

Mrs. Howard Coonley.. wife of Vice
President Coonley. Of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. has been summoned
to London by the serious illness OF her
sister. After closing her house in Ard
more. where she had lived since coming
here from Boston last October, Mrs
Coonley sailed at once for England.
She will remain an indefinite period
Mrs. Henry S. Greenwood. Mrs. Coon
ley's sister. is the widow OF Lieutenant
Colonel Greenwood. who served with the
Canadian forces and was later assigned
to duty in the War Office at London.
His death resulted from an illness
brought on by overwork After his
death, Mrs. Greenwood remained in Lon
don with her young son, who Is at Eton.
Her two stepsons were in the Royal En-.
gineers One lost a leg early In the war
and has since been in the War Office
The other has seen continuous service
since 1915 and has been slightly
wounded
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
BAKER PROBES OVERSEAS MAIL
War Secretary Will Endeavor to
End Copgestiop

Baker today conducted a personal in
yestiEation Of conditions surroundine
the handling of mail Destined to troops
overseas; Accompanied by an officiaI Of
terminals. steamship piers and embarka-
ton depots ~ determine whether the
mail was being unduly delayed and 10
put into operation such changes as NAV
Pc found necessary to expedite its move
Baker said he did not intend TO issue
= report or orders as a result OF his
nnding. but would personally recommend
such action as might seem necessary 10
him to relieve mail congestion here. IN
such congestion is found to exist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
Service Men to Attend Ball

Service men affiliated with the Ancient
order OF Hibernians Will be the guests
OF honor at the fifty-third annual bali
OF the Philadelphia branch CT the or
ganization to be held in the Academy
OF Music. on February "a. The Commit
tee in caarge met yesterday and COM
plcted plans for the military reception.
individual invitations win be sent To-
each member In the army or navy TO
attend in uniform. Relatives OF MEM
bers also will be included in the invita-
ton
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
ALL LAWRENCE MILLS
CRIPPLED BY STRIKE

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 4,-(By A. P.)
The second day of the strike CT tex
tile operatives in the twelve mills of
this city found virtually all plants af-
fected The Everett mills were idle
and the four American Woolen Com
pany mills were operating only a few
departments. and those with greatly de-
pleted forces.
The general committee which mas the
strike In charge held a meeting today
to decide whether the strikers would
affiliate with the United Textile Wcrk-
ers OF America. At present they are
organized only on racial lines. The
United Textile Workers have not sane
toned the demand for fifty-four hours
pay under the new forty-eight-hour
schedule. which is the object sought by
the strikers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
Lectures at U. of z. Museum,

The first of a series OF three illus
trated lectures on Greece by Arthur
Wellesley Howes, Of the Central Hish
School, will be given at 3:s0 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon at the Unlvernity
streets. The subject will be Athens ana
Environs." Other lectures will be given
on concurrent Wednesday AFTERNOONS
They are Southern Greece" FEBRUARY
~, and northern Greece" February is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
WILLS PROBATED TODAY
c. E. Simon Estate Disposed Of in Pri
vatc BequeAs

The will OF Christian r. Simon, Broad
and Wolf streets admitted 10 probate
today. disposed OF an estate valued at
1900 In private bequests.
4 An estate valued at $3.50 was dis
nooe1 of In the viii OF Sophia r. Greer
I1/7 Washington avenue.
"a Xhe pcrsonaI effects OF the estate of
rl!& g Howell havs been appraised
MOI; Thomas L BRADFORD
an H1mund Fleming $3.50 %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
CRUISERS TO BRING
TROOPS FROM FRANCE
Part of Returning Forces to
Be Demobilized at Lee
and Dix

Washington, Feb. 4-The cruiser Sc
attic, Brest for New York. is due Feb
ruary 10 with a medical detachment,
First Battalion Headquarters and Com
'panies A. b, c, of 1881 Infantry (Forty-
first Divison) to be demobilzed at camps
Lee, Devens, Gordon, Shelby, Dix; 18th
Supply Train, Camp Dix; medical de-
tachment, headquarters and supply de-
tachments and Companies a, b, c. OF
1l6th (branch of service missing), Camp
Dix; Battery c, Fiftieth Regiment, c.
A. c., casual company 235 (New
York;.
The cruiser Charleston is due at New
York February 10 with the field ana
staff headquarters and supply company,
medical and ordnance detachments. and
Batteries A, B, ID. i and J., of the Fff-
tieth Regiment Coast Artillery. This ship
also has a casual company OF New
Jersey troops and nineteen casual Off
GERS.
The transport Madawaska, due at
Newport News about February IL, has
the field and staff. headquarters COM
pany, supply company medical detacn-
ment and Batteries A. B, C, ID and Il,
of the Forty-seventh Regiment, Coast
Artillery, and the same units from the
326th Regiment Field Artillery eighty
fourth Division).
The transport Pastores Is scheduled
to arrive at Newport News February
10 with convalescent detachments y. y,
10, 81, Al. SO to 63 inclusive, 81 and
76; a detachment of the 327th Field
Artillery. comprising Illinois troops,
casual company for New York.
The transport West Eagle is due at
New York February %, with an Iowa
casual company and few casual off,
GERS.
Transport Pattori Maru, Bordeaux for
New York, is due February ~ with one
casual officer.
Transport Ancona sailed from Mar
Settles, January 20, with six casual Of
fcers. Its home port and date Of arrival
are not indicated.
New York, Feb. 4.-The White Star
liner Cedric arrived today with 37O5
officers and men from France. on
board were the Forty-fourth Regiment
c. A, G. complete. regular army forty-
three officers and 1889 men; the Sixtieth
Regiment, c. A. C. complete regular
army, forty-seven officers and 1902 men;
a casual company Of two officers and
sixty-six men from Illinois and 1873 cas-
ual officers, seventy-one OK whom were
In the air service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
De VALERA. StNN FEIN, ESCAPE.
Two Others Elected to Parlis
ment Also Break Prison

London. Feb. 4.-News reached Dub
lin this morning, according TO a Central
News dispatch from that city. that Ed
ward De Valera, Millroy and John
McGary, three Slim Feiners elected 10
the British Parliament last December.
had escaped from the Lincoln prison.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
Schooner Abandoned st Sc,

LunenburE. n. g., Feb. 4.-(By A. p1
The schooner William Dun, OF mi.
port. has been abandoned at sea with \
cording to information received TO-DAY
by the owners. The crew was resc,,ef
by the steamer Philndelphia. New Ycr1<,
bound from curacao Inc Dun was 4
new vessel. sad reoiS<srcd 1l7 tons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
Colgate Chemist Dies Of Burn.

Jersey City. N. j.. Feb. 4.-(By A. p,
DIR George Peirce, OF MontcIair. M IL
research Chemist for the Colgate soap
burned IN the chemical explosion "a ~
plant Yesterday, died today Of ma a..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
1000 Locked Out
In Textile Clash


Continued from PaEe One
one. Our main purpose was to estab.
lish the eight-hour principle. We feel
that we have done this. We look upon
1t as a great victory"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04

sEARLEY.--Feb; 3, ARTHUR LEE, .:
s.. N. late Of 1891 s, Taylor 81, hu.band
son OF y. L. andsM c.. searlsy. Of Newport
News. Va. Int. at Newport News. Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Livingston Shippers Receive $19 for Top
 Hogs in St. Louis

Livingston, March So-(Special)-Re- turns have just been received for the CO., operative shipment of a carload Of hogs to the St. Louis market, and the show ing made and the prices received are more than satisfactory to the shippers.
 The top hogs in the shipment brought s19 per 100 pounds, and the extreme top on the St. Louis market that day was s1965 per 100. The prices received in this cooperative shipment were the highest ever received for hogs in this county. The hogs that brought 19 cents on the St. Louis market were bringing F to 1S cents at home when sold to the spectators. When shipped in a cooperative way the farmer gets the same price per poun for one or two hogs as he would get Ii he shipped a carload; this fact was clearly demonstrated in this shipment.
 Through the Sumter County Swine Growers association the farmers will in the future market their hogs in CO., operative way, and the profits hereto fore going to the spectators will go d. rect to the farmers. County Agent w. B. Curtis is delighted with the outcome O. his trial shipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

period for study, President Wilson rested today. The President and Mrs. Wilson attended church in the fore noon and motored about the city dur ing the afternoon.
 The congressman who called on President Wilson after luncheon today were John R. Connolly, Texas; Hat ton ". Summers, Texas; William A. Ashbrook, Ohio; William R. Green, Iowa; Addison T. Smith, Idaho; John E. Baker, California; Ladislas Lazaro, Louisiana: James P. Glynn, Connect- cutt; William W. Hastings. Oklahoma Burton L. French, Idaho, and c. w. Ramsayer, Iowa.
 The conversations were general, and it is said the congressman assured President Wilson of their belief in his ability to effect an early adjustment of the situation. The congressman are reported not to have displayed any spirit of antagonism against the stand of President Wilson.
 The war and its effects and the problems incident to arranging peace were freely discussed, it was said, but President Wilson did not commit him. self on any point at issue between the United States and the allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
MAN KILLED BY WIFE AT SHEFFIELD
Following Family Quarrel Wife Sends Bullet Into
 Brain of Husband

Sheffield, March 5o.-(SpecialD-Wiu Milligan, for five years past a motorman or the local street railway, was shot by his wife and instantly killed during a family quarrel at their home in West Sheffield early Sunday morning. The bullet from a 25-calibre automatic pistol. lodged in Milligan's brain.
 Following the tragedy Mrs. Milligan telephoned the sheriffs office and told of the shooting. She was found by an officer hysterical and badly bruised and lacerated about the face and throat and after being taken to the county jail a physician was called to attend her. She will be given a preliminary hearing be- fore Judge Pride Tompkins Monday.
 In reciting her version of the affair Mrs. Milligan alleges that her husband, after beating and choking her, was mak- ing an effirt to shoot her with his own revolver. when she fired the fatal shot. The two pistols were found by the of ficers. There were no witnesses to the tragedy, but young son was asleep in the house at the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Case of Sleeping
 Sickness in Butler

Greenvile, March 30-(Special)-A case of sleeping sickness" has appeared in Butler county and has caused consider able excitement The victim is Chalton Chambliss, the S-year-old son of Mn and Mrs. Luther Chambliss, living nine miles south of Greenville. Drs. H. K. Tippin of Chapman, H. H. Henderson of Boil . ing and pr. Stabler of Greeiville are in attendance and all pronounce the dis ease as sleeping sickness.
 The boy has been sick for about two weeks and reports from him today are that his condition is very serious and but little hope is expected for him to live throughout the day. He was taken sick while riding with his father on wagon becoming sleepy and drowsy and has been in a semi-conscious state since that time, growing worse daily. The attend ing physicians pierced his skin and flesh several times with needles and it is be- lieved that this caused no pain for the boy seemed not to be affected.
 The young man has never suffered from influenza and this brings On some uncer- tainty as to the cause of the disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

cles cover the subject of discipline completely, and yet they allow the sol dier as much liberty as is possible un- der the abnormal condition of army life.
 In the army just as in civil life, the criminal statute applies to very few There are soldiers who have not the least idea of disobeying either his offi- cer or noncimmissioned officer, hence the statute has no meaning for him. These soldiers are the normal or average American. There is a small percentage of soldiers who have made this statute necessary, and to them it is what has made them the good soldiers they are
 It is sometime thought that the off cer Is a kind of class who are immune from the application of the articles ot war. Nothing could be farther from the fact. The articles hold them in tighter discipline and to more rigid line O. conduct than the enlisted man.
 These three articles taught to the average American citizen, who thereto fore has had an individuality of his own. welded him into machine. That ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

To overcome that tired feeling expe-
 rienced in spring, many people are Tn
 the habit of taking tonics But these
 same people too often neglect the pest
 of all -tonics for spring weariness-
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 F Overeating is one of the commonest a,causes of depression that comes to so
 many with the coming of spring. In ,winter there is natural tendency to the year, the cold winter requiring a r greater combustion of animal heat. is But many people go to extremes. They mot only eat much richer food than they should but eat more abundantly. ,.They also most entirely stop taking .soutdoor exercise. Dreading the cold, :they become shut-ins. When they !. that is too heavy. And instead Of ,'walking they use closed carriage, a ,,limousine or a street car.
 ( During the winter they may get aalong tolerably well, in spite of the combination of overeat- ,ing. underexercising, and lack of fresh lair. But when the demand for animal .,heat is lessened with the passing of ,,cold weather, they are likely to feel let ;,down" and uncomfortable generally.
 :; The first notice of this is loss of ap- ;,petite, then the energy of course, is gradually lost. the system gets weaker i,ean go no longer. Children at this ,,,season are also fretful, have no appe- Elite. are easily irritated and hard to ,,control and lifeless. !. All of these conditions are but the result of impurities of the blood that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
FERRALINE HAS NO EQUAL AS A SPRING TONIC. OVERC0MES THE TIRED, LAZY FEELING. EQUALLY AS GOOD FOR AFTER EFFECTS OF INFLUENZA

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 There are many people that do not feel that they can make a trip to the springs just at this time, but they can be cured of this tired feeling" right at home. FERRALINE has very much only is much stronger, and one week s treat atment will have better results than a months visit to the springs. It will put rich red blood all over the body quicker than any remedy that is com posed of roots and herbs, and is strict ly Natures Remedy, for it does not contain any habit forming drugs or alcohol It is also the very best Tonic that can be used for After Effects of Indigestion or Stomach Trouble of any kind It is fine for children, for it gives them new strength and puts their entire system in fine condition so that they will withstand the ailments so common in the summer. Demand FERRALINE now. Refuse any other. It's guaranteed and just what you merchants Distributed in Birmingham by Doster-Northington Drug Co.,. and Collier Drug Co. Sold by all good drug gists-Adv.