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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
PHILA.iS FATTEST MAN IN 1872
STILL HERE, BUT AS A MUMMY
Body of Wilhelm Von Euenberger Is Preserved Wsar In.
stitute Rare Case of Adipocere

converted into piblic square workmcn
excavated the mummifed body, which
was identified as the remains of Won
Ellenberger. The late DR.. Joseph Leidy
acquired the mummy and later presented
1t to the institute.
DR.. Henry II. Donaldson. Of the staff
OF Wistar Institute, said today that the
mummifed condition. while not COM
mon, sometimes occurs. when many
bodies are buried together and that the
specimen, although not unique, is un.
usually good"
The mummies of the three Egyptians
are not as well preserved az Won Ellen
berger's body. This is accounted for by
the fact that they were dried while
being mummitied and that tho tissues
shrunk.
On Won Ellenberger's mummified body
is card containing this inscription:
BODY of a fat man; the fat con-
verted into adipOcere, an ammoniacal
soap, so-called petrifed body. Will
helm Won Ellenberger died OF yellow
fever IN 1182, ased sixty .tbree. Pre-.
seated By DR.. Joseph Letdy."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
MRS. ASQU|TH HITS
BRITISH COALITION
Calls Churchill and Colleagues
'Rich Paying Guests at
Tory Palace"
FINDS U. S. G0SSIP.L0VING

New York. Feb. 13.--Brcaking her
self-imposed silence on British politics,
Margot Asquith criticized Coalition
Government and had fling Mt Winston
Churchill, in the Selwyn Theatre last
night. Because Mr. Churchill ridiculed
her husbands Liberalism in a recent
speech, she had suddenly made up her
in America. she declared.
In pursuance Of her purpose. she
prophesied the doom of the Coalition
Government. described Mr.. Churchill
as very young and unlikely ever to
grow up and classified him and his
colleagues as rich paying guests in
the Tory palace d.
Dimly experimenting a lack Of re.
sponse on the part Of her audience.
Mrs. Asouith suddenly pulled herself
up with the comment that perhaps they
had had enough Of politics. Since no
dissenting voice arose, she switched, in
one of her lightning changes Of mood.
10 lighter vein of anecdote. with here
and there thumbnail sketch Of some
well known figure.
Never still for an instant, she flashed
across the platform. gnunt and rest.
less figure. now whistling. now gesticu-
lating. always alert, a charming smile
playing around her mouth as she made
the point in her story.
She was introduced as "model truth
teller and would have made a good
American If she had been born here. :"
At this she curtsied deeply, crossed her
arms and said she was having a won
derful time in bully" in
fact.
She told of receiving endless letters
and gifts and Of giving her photograph
to n railway porter who called her
Honey She had been asked to
speak of British politics, but she was
afraid that II she did not one but dozens
of persons would arise in the gallery and
say they wanted their money back. re-
marked the lively MargOt.
1T is not British politics you want
but stories about British politicians,
she declared. I'm other words. gossip
l am afraid you will be disappointed
with me. for don't like gossip. What
] like is what is interesting. There
is great difference between interest
and curiosity. One Of the faults I find
in Americans is that they have too
much curiosity about little things. The
difference between gossip and curiosity
Is the difference between electric light
and sunshine"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
10.H0UR DAY ON RAILROADS
Time and Half Pay Eliminated for
Assigned Work

Chicago. Feb. 13.-Re establishment
of ten hour day at the usual hourly
wage and elimination Of time and one
half pay for regularly assigned work on
Sundays and holidays. new rules gov
erning railway signalmen, were an
nounced last night By the United States
Railroad Labor Board to replace on
February IL the national agreement
made under Federal control.
The boards rules affect more than
1000 rail workers. According to fig
ures based on Interstate Commerce
Commission statistics, the annual labor
bill of the railroads will be cut about
$500 900 by eliminating the overtime
pay provisions of the national agree
ment.
While the new set Of rules retains
the principle Of the eight. hour day, the
door is opened for a ten hour day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
THIEF BEATS DRUGGIST
Chester Victim Puts Up Stiff Fight
Before BEING Injured

Chester. Pa. Feb. 13.-After sur.
prising burglar in the bedroom of his
home yesterday morning. BENJAMIN Sc
german, druggist, Of 1901 Potter
street, was so badly beaten by the in.
truder with an iron pipe in the terrific
struggle that ensued that he was re-
moved unconscious to the Chester Hos.
pital. Fourteen stitches were required
to close the wound in his head.
Members OF the Good VIII Fire Com.
pany heard Mrs. Segerman's screams
and arrived shortly after the burglar
had fed. An hour later suspect. who
said he WINS Lincoln Brinsen. of Media.
was arrested at Leiper's flats, on the
Chester pike, in n house where he was
playing poker. He was identified as the
druggists assailant and was held with
out bail by Magistrate Elliott for a
hearing when Seserman will be able
to testify.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13

The mummified body Of q fat man
who died here In 1892. when. Philadel..
mia was the capital Of the United
States and George Washington lived
here az President, is now at the Wistar
Institute of Anatomy and Biology,
Thirty sixth street and Woodland ave-
nue..
The body, we'll preserved, reclines in
a case which also contains three Egyp-
tian mummies who probably walked the
streets of Thebes or Memphis long be-
fore the ancient. Philadelphia in Asia
Minor was founded.
The mummifed body was that of Will
helm Won Ellenbergcr. who was one Of
the victims Of the yellow fever scourge
which swept this city 1870 years ago.
Won Ellenberger's body was buried in
the old Potter's Field on Fifth street,
then almost on the outskirts OF Philadel-
phia. Many years OF burial in the moist
soil Of the field gradually converted the
remains into q substance known as adj
pocere, . soft, Way mass resembling
y When the old Pottsr's Tisld vas bei1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
WIRELESS FINDS LOST MAN
Search Through the Air to Tell OF
Wife's Death Lasted "a Hours

Atlantic City, Flb. 13.-Cruising in
Florida waters aboard his yacht, Syl-
vanus Stokes. member of a prominent
Virginia family, who has been making
his home here for the last four years,
was located by wireless Saturday night
and notified of the death of his wife at
their shore home, 112 States avenue.
The search through the air for Mr..
Stokes began on Friday night and for
twenty four hours stations throughout
the South relayed the messages sent
from this city until they picked him up
in one of the obscure rivers where he
had gone with party of friends on q
fishing expedition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
EYESIGHT CAMPAIGN BEGINS
Conservation Council Announces
Nation. Wide Effort to Correct Vision

New York. Feb. 13.-To eliminate
the huge national loss Of men and money
for which defective vision is held re.
sponsible the Eycsight Conservation
Council Of America announced yesterday
that a nation wide campaign Of edu-
cation will be conducted in schools. in
dustrics and professions, and even on
college athletic fields.
The eye. it was declared, is involved
in II per cent Of all the permanent
industrial accidents of the Nation. and
defective vision that requires correc-
tion.
The United States Department of
Education. leading universities. indus
trial leaders and economists have Joined
the movement to relieve conditions re-
vealed by the Hoover Committee on
Elimination OF Waste in Industry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
DR.. LORENZ TO BRING SON
TO AMERICA IN THE FALL
Albert Also Reputed to BE Surgeon
Of Remarkable Skill

New York. Feb. Is. DR.. Adolf
Lorenz. the noted surgeon who has been
giving his services to the crippled chill.
dren Of this city since December. will
return to Vienna at the end of March.
In the fall he will return to the United
States. perhaps to make his home. and
will bring with him his son. DR.. Albert
Lorenz. who also is reputed to be q
surgeon Of remarkable skill.
It was learned yesterday DR.. I.orenz
has performed four operations in the
last few weeks which, IL all the facts
could be given out. would prove more
remarkable than his widely known cure
of Lolita Armour. They we're cases
where the femur was broken just below
the hip joint. Such cases had been
regarded as incurablc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
RHODES CASE SETTLED
Girl Injured in Automobile Accident
Said to Have Received $250O

Sewell. \. j.. Feb. 13.---A settlement
has been effected in the suit of Miss
Olive j. Rhodes against Abram James,
Of Sewell, for injuries received when
she was in an auto accident with James
son, Everitt. Miss Rhodes had verte-
brae in her back fractured. but is now
able TO walk again after most remark
able operation in which bone from her
leg was grated into her back to sup
port her spine.
Miss Rhodes lost her first suit in the
county courts. but had appealed to the
Supreme Court and the case was listed
for trial this present term. James car
ried liability insurance and settlement
Is said to have been made for $25OO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
O-STORY BUILDING FOR BROAD STREE!

CONSTRUCTION Of tho
Atlantic Building.
northwest corner Of
Broad and Spruce
streets, has been
started. The build
ing will be twenty
stories in height,
with . frontage on
Broad street Of III
feet. On Spruce
and Manning 4 streets
the depth will be
13O feet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
Fall on Stairs Fatal to Woman

Reading, Feb. 13. Mrs. Kate d.
Eckhardt. seventy. six years old. a ma.
tive Of Philadelphia and widow Of
georse Q. Eckhardt, was killed here
wsy Il ~, home. A I1othss, sssisasiv
q. ijyss = Vie zane hossss 0lITy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
Keep the Home
Fires Burning

American is Domestic Coal-the
even-running quality kind that
keeps the home warmest and
Brightest - the kind that burns
clsan and orderly, leaving fewest
e3inkers.
The modern housekeeper has
Sbsen taught by Domestic Sci
ence to select foods for winter
khat furnish the body engine
with the most heat and energy
Ito keep it running at top speed.
she should know, too, that by
choosing clean, high-grade coal
20 feed her furnace, she gets
more heat and smoother running
- more energetic furnace.
a AN<estcaN Coal is the best coal from the
HH6T m.tnes. Ten yards insure PROMPT
b3cs to ecerywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10
Serge Dresses for Children
 and Misses at $3.95

One lot of misses and childrens all-wool cerge dresses, last seasons and this seasons styles Every one we'll made, embroidered trimmed, etc Navy, tan and green. Sizes 8, 10, 12, IA and 16. Dresses that formerly sold up to $1295 to close out at $3.95. Only one and two of kind, so come early for choice at $3.95.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

4 very superior quality heavy black satin. has . beautiful bright finish. The regular price would be twice the above, S6 inches wide and A wonder at e7c yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

Satin stripe all silk extra heavy jersey weave fabric, mostly white stripes, but a few pretty. color combinations. One of the most servic cable tub silks made. Sps- cial 97c yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

A very fine quality washable Radium taffeta, an exact copy of the famous Pussywillow. Most beautiful silk made for undies and negligees. Comes In all the lat est oolorings, 40 inches and q bargain at $i.S7 yard.
 Burgers Silks-Annex, First Flosx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

Every woman knows this make satin to be the highest grade. Comes in all shades for street and evening wear. Never before has this famous silk been offered as low as $2.27 yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

Here Is s silk that is worth s4.oo and Sx.bo a yard. One of Cheney Bros. newest fall fabrics in all the fashionable fall shades. Every yard will give absolute service Very special at $2-e7 yard
The Kusko times., 1922-11-04

was picked up and carried off from the ranch of Dr. Burgln, near SeldOvia. The eagles perch close to the burrows, paying no heed to the approach Of men
 An executive order withdrawing 335 acres of land on Kodiak island has been received at the office of the surveyor general. This land is intended as an addition to the U. s. agricultural ex- pertinent station at Kodiak.
 George Pall, native boy II years of age, was literally blown to pieces ro- ceutly at Willard's camp, Totem bay, by the explosion of gasoline drum, which was being used as a steana boiler for steaming boat boards.
 William C. Shafer and John Nc Williams. Douglasites, who have a farm on Shelter island, in Lynn canal, had great success with strawberries this year, marketing in the neighb0r- hood of ten thousand boxes.
 The Helm Bay logging camp of the Ketchikan Power Company was burned out recently. The bunkhouse and cook house, with all of their equipment, were totally destroyed, entai!ing loss of about 5000, none of which was cov- cred by insurance.
 A Stka native caught bulldog in one Of his traps and, believing that everything venturing into his traps be- longed to him, kept the animal. The owner accused the native of theft, but the commissioner dismissed the case and returned the dog to it's owner.
 The steamboat Thistle, which left Whitehorse recently with 25 tons of freight aboard and 9 tons on barge in tow, struck rock seven miles below the town, ripping big hole in her and sending ner to the bottom, where she is now tying in eight feet Of water.
 Robert Rorebaek and Abel Katainen were overcome by gas and the plight shift was taken off one night recently when the south ore body of the Alaska rJuneau mlne was flooded with gas from powder smoke, after a heavy blast at o'clock The two men overcome by .the gas were taken tosthe St. Ann hos ptal, but were able to leave that insti- tuition the following day.
The Kusko times., 1922-11-04
Alaska News Notes

w. c. Shook, of anchorage, was re- gently appointed deputy marshal at Unga.
 The Oregon Alaska Packing Con- pany, which has crab canning plant at Sitka. is paying 60 cents. per dozen to fishermen for crabs,
 A gold nugget weighing Il ounces was found on Mint gulch, near Dawson, by Pat Grady, one of the old-timers on the creek. The nugget was worth SIC.
 Three Alaska grizzly bears were shipped out on the Northwestern re gently by Dr. Chase, of Cordova, to the National Geological Park, at Washing tou D. c,
 k. L. Clifton. superintendent of schools iu Petersburg, has been ap, pointed United States commissioner at that place to succeed Oscar w. Grand quist, who resigned some time ago
 Judge T. M. Reed, of the district court at Juneau. has appointed M. C.. Ducy as court librarlan, to succeed C.. J. Woofter, who resigned to become deputy clerk of the court at Nome.
 Miss Rose Alverson and Ava Hunt were married at Anchorage recently. The bride is an Anchorage girl, and the groom is d son of the late r. S. Hunt, who was well known phptog- rapher of Valdez.
 Eagles are hanging. close to Kache- mak bay and other westward fox ranches. Game Warden George c. Gotter suggests a larger bounty on the birds, which are serious menace to the fox fur industry. A headless blue fox pup was found in an eagles nest during June. and full grown blue fox
The Kusko times., 1922-11-04

Act to create Legislative assembly-ie the Territory of Alaska, to confer leg islative powers thereon, and for other pr poses and in conformity there with.
 II is hereby ordered that for the pur- poses of the general election to be held on November 7th, 1922, all the territory in the recording district known as Mt Mckinley recording precinct. outside of incorporated towns is hereby diVid- ed into voting precincts. in each of which polling place is hereby speci- fled. The said voting precincts are designated, described and bounded as follows:
 McGrath, Precinct No. l, as hereto fore established. Polling place, room rear Pioneer Pool Room, McGrath. James Downey, w. N. Stanton and D. E. Clough are hereby appointed as judges of election.
 Tokotna Precinct, No. 2, as hereto fore established. Polling place, rear A. Higgins store, Tokotna. A. Hig- gins, Chris Peterson and Gus GnIlikson are hereby appointed judges thereof.
 Nixon, Precinct No. ,, as heretofore established. Polling place. Treadwell
The Kusko times., 1922-11-04

office building, Nixon Mines. Lloyd Bullard, Charles Boyd and NJ. Q Mealy are hereby appointed judges thereof Notice is hereby given tbet general election will. be held on Tuesday, No. vember 7th 1922, for tbe purpose Of electing the following officers, to-Wlt; A Delegate to the House of Repre- sentatiges from the Territory of Alaska I've Members of the Senate of the Territory of AfaGka
 Four Members of the House of Rep resentatives of the Territory of Alaska Two Road Commissioners for Road District No. l.
 The said election will be held in the voting precincts above named and at the polling places therein specified. The said polling places will be open between the hours of 3 o'clock m. and ! o'clock D. m. of said day.
 Dated at McGrath. Alaska. October 9th. 1922.
 .TSean W. F. GREEN,
 U. s. Commissioner for the Mt.
 Mckinley Recording District.
 Fourth Division. Territory O
 Alaska.
The Kusko times., 1922-11-04
Order and Notice of Election to Be Held On Tuesday, Mo-
 vember 7th, 1922.

In the Office of the United States Commissioner at McGrath, Alaska Fourth judicial division
 Now, on this day, pursuant to an act of Congress approved May 7, 1906, en- titled 'An Act providing for the cleo tion of Delegate to the House of Rep. resentatives from the Territory of Alaska, and an Act of Congress ap. proved August A, 1912 entitled "Ao
The Kusko times., 1922-11-04
Notice of Sale.

In the Probate Court for the Innoko Precinct, Territory of Alaska-B. B. Smith, United States Commis- sioner, ex-officio probate judge. Noticeis hereby given that. pursuant to an order of the Probate Court for the Innoko Precinct, Territory of Alaska, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, Saturday, November 18th, 1922, at 2 D. m, in front of the office of the U. s. Comnis- sioner a6 Qphir, the following described placer mining claim, the property of the estate of Wm. Christie, deceased Creek claim Number Sixteen Above Discovery, Ganes creek. Alaska.
 EVAN l.. JONES,
 Administrator of the Estate
 of William Christie.
The Winslow mail., 1922-04-28

irrigation projects, both in this state
and in New Mexico, making several
trips to the Williamson Valley dam
site and visiting Roosevelt dam.
THE trouble with my part of the
country" Mr.. Latting said, SIS that
it is an old country. This state is
old, too, but it is still new. The
opportunities are unlimited. There
is nothing that may not be done in
this great state, but in spite of the
speed and progress you boast, you
are going ahead like a cat being
dragged across a rug by the tail.
Your claws are into the old ways
and the old thing, and you cannot
see ahead. 1t takes a man with the
seeing eve to get the vision of what
might be, and what is bound to be
at some time But why some time?
Is it necessary to wait $50 years for
the things to occur that might be
completed in 10 years? Look out
ahead, don't let your standards be
low, plan for more and better
growth and ADVERTISE-ge to
them tell them about your courtry,
keep on telling them about it, re-
peat it often enough and loud
enough and the people are bound to
follow.
81 have gone out here to the Will
hanson Valley country and | do not
hesitate to say that never before
has ii been my good fortune tn see
land project with the natural ad-
vantages this has, and it has been
my business to investigate just this
sort of project.
Williamson Valley has natural
advantages that are lacking in most
places. 1t has soil, soil that the AL
mighty has simply wasted out there
spread out over the land to just an
ordinary depth, there would be an
ample to supply 80 to 40 times as
many acres. 1t will be easy to
change it to agricultural land for
everything is right for the project
The dam-site was almost made for
the plans, no one could help. but
see that this place was chosen for
dam. Then take the water sup
ply, it just can't help being enough
for the land, with the natural basin
to catch and hold the water, and
the vast country to drain from
There are economical advantages, as
WE'LL and not the least of these is
the accessibility to the railroad.
"As whole, my observations
have proven all that my friends
have said about the project
Prescott, as city," said Mr..
Latting, "has untold possibilities, as
we'll A city, though, cannot develop
The Winslow mail., 1922-04-28

Mich, today, in commenting on the
difference between Prescott with it's
health giving climate and such pla-
ces as Battle Creek, in his own state
which is what he describes as IAN
artificial health resort"
Mr.. Latting, who is an attorney,
president of the gas company and
various other concerns in the Mich
igan town near Lansing, has been
here for the last week as the house
guest of Major and Mrs. Robert c.
Buck of Whipple Barracks, coming
west on his first visit to this part
of the country to examine various
The Winslow mail., 1922-04-28

beyond the demands Of the sur
rounding country, but here, with
the health feature alone, a great
city should be developed. Never
have I seen a place with greater
opportunities than this, or with
more of them untouched. This is
place where man can come to
make money, for success, to devel-
op and to create new values. In the
cities, men take money away from
others.
Spring Valley, the town to be
developed in Williamson Valley has
the same opportunities that Pres
colt has, with the added advantage
OF slightly lower altitude, that diff
terence in altitude being of advant-
age to health seekers, l have been
told. But there, the same thing
applies as it does to Prescott. It
VIII take the man with the seeing
eys' 10 properly develop the natural
advantages.
l hope that when the time comes
whoever designs that lovely little
city. will get away from the check
er-board idea, 1t will take man
with an artistic mind to plan it.
and there may be developed a YER
liable dream city and spread before
IT, TINS beautiful agricultural valley
1t Will be sight for sore eyes,
Mr.. Latting is leaving for his
nome in Michigan tonight and is to
handle there the bond issue for
@f!o,000 which is in process of is
suing, the proceeds to he used in
constructing the Williamson Valley
Dam. Interested with Mr.. Latting
IN the bond issue are A. w. Davis,
president of the Farm company.
Walter j. O'Brien of the Spring Val
ley Townsite company, Jerry Sulli-
van and Leroy Anderson.
Advortic;pr 80 4L =,
The Winslow mail., 1922-04-28
GREAT FUTURE FOR ARIZONA
Michigan Man To Finance William
son Valley Farms
prescott Courier, April 19)

(PTeSCOtt courier, AprlI I'D
Most communities are developed
through man-made merit but in this
country of yours out here, God AL
mighty made the merit, and, if prop
erly advertised, it could be develop
ed to figure bigger than anything
we could dare to MENTION" said R.
H. Latting, president of the cham
Der of commerce of Grand Ledge,
The Winslow mail., 1922-04-28

Advertising is the only method of
communicating to the public that
you have what they want, advertise