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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
Commission rule
ENDORSED BY BAIRD
Former United States Senator
Joins in Movement and Or
y ganization Falls in Line
new BOARDS TAKE HOLD

Former Senator David Baird has de-
ciared himself in favor Of commission
government. lie is the acknowledged
leader of the Republican party in Cam
den.
Efforts werc make 10 create the i'm
preston that the Republican organiza-
tion was opposed to the change. but
Senator Bnird's endorsement dspcls
that false report.
The Republican organization has now
lined up solidly for the project. In
the afternoon members Of the Camden
County Republican Committee met and
decided 10 form a city-wide organiza-
tion to boost plans for the new form
of government. Moreover Mayor. .clect
Victor King and a committee OF Cit!-
zens met at night and furthercd plans
along the same lines.
II am one of the oldest citizens OF
e Camden and I have always cndeavorcd
to aid everything possible for its bene.
fit" said Senator Baird. The cit'-
zens Of Camden are indicating that they
favor commission government. also
favor such n change and | will do all
in my power to make this progressive
move in our city government success.
Twenty per cent Of the voters in
Camden will have to sign petitions 10
hold the election. After the petitions
are filed with the City Clerk the cleo
tion will be held on the third Tuesday
thereafter. II the project passes an
other election will be held TO select the
five commissioners.
Two boards of commissioners. nu-
thorized by acts Of 1907. yesterday
took charge Of a large part Of tn" mum
icipal government. Tie a"t~ were
passed for the benefit Of the city of Pat
erson and the discovery after many
years that they effected Camden caused
political upheavaI.
The two bonrds organized at 4 meet
ing held in City Hall. They are n
Fire and Police Board and n Board
or Public Works.
John J. Welsh. Democrat. was elected
a. president OF the Police Board.
Captain f. d. McClong, chict clerk Of
the Police department, was named as
secretary. David ", Doon, Rcpuhli.
can, was elected president Of the Board
~ Public Works. and Morris bdell,
City Clerk, was named secretary.
Both boards waived the right 70 ap-
point several extra officials. Mayor.
elect Victor King. said the city should
not be put to added expense by naming
Of new officials. The two boards will
have control of the police and fire de-
partmcnts and the Water and Highway
departments. All decisions by the Po.
lice Committee of City Council must b"
submitted TO the Police and Fire Board.
The majority Of twenty defendants
who appeared before Judge Shay in the
Camden Criminal Court entered pleas
Of not guilty to charges of violating tn"
liquor laws. They were arrested two
weeks ago when the police made q num-
her of raids. Severa! stills and Il large
quantity of home whisky and beer Wete
confscated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
DENIES HAVING JEWELS
Mrs. knobiaueh Says Husband Gave
her No lsrce Sums Of Money!

Denial was made yesterday in the
United States District Court by Mrs.
Mida +. Knoblaurh wife % Ernst A.
Knoblauch. one Of the members Of the
bankrupt firm Of Borden & Knobnuch.
brokers, Of 40 South Fourth street
that her husband had transferred to
her personal bank nccoun, large sums
OF money from the firm y account. Sh"
also denied he had given her largo
amounts az securities and bought hey
expensive jewelry short time Ucfor"
the firm failed.
The denial was in the form uf an
answer to Il petition by Harry NathHms.
one of the receivers. that Mrs. Knob
lauch be compelled t" turn over the
money, securities and j"Wels.
She said her husband between May
- and November - gty" her 5000 for
maintenanc" Of hersclf and three chit
dren. The only j"w"lry lie CAV" her,
she said, was a diamond bracelet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
CHAPEL REPAIRS FINISHED
Holy 1rinIty's Renovated Building
10 Reopen Christmas Eve

The Holy Trinity Episcopal Chapel.
Twenty second and Spruc" streets.
which has been closed for fv" months
while undergoing rcrova'j"'' VIII bp
reopened on Christmas Eve, at : 30
o'clock. with a carol service.
The charrrl has boon ycmodnlsd 4,
n cost Of S11 900 New choir s'a,I4,
altar and ar altar rail or old "ak. larI,
carved. have been installed. Tho clerc.
story, above the rhanc"l, ha, been fin.
,shed in gray ana CoLI, and the "rgan
pipes iacquered. An OAK ran'!,rg it,.
closes the choir stalls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
WOMEN TO AID HOSPITAL
Committee VIII Raise Funds for
Building italian institution

the Columbus Hospital, new Italian
institution for which building is TO be
erected at Broad and Wharton streets,
has been organized by DIR. John Gil
bride to raise building funds. The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15

officers of the committee are: Chair
man, Miss Pauline II. De Vito; vice
Miss Mary McCorristcn soc.
retary, Miss Mildred Di Giovanni; as
sistant secretary, Miss Marie Fnlsette ;
treasurer. Miss Lucy Dragonetti, and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15

given in the Broadway Theatre, Broad
street and Snyder avenue, Sunday night
at . o'clock. Cards Of admission, which
will be free, may be had by application
tc Miss Jennie Di Carlo, of 100 South
Eighth street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15

financial secretary. Miss Jennie Di
Carlo.
The hospital will be under the aus
piccs Of the Missionary Sisters of the
Sacred Heart. \ symphony concert
for the benefit of the hospital will he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Don't Burn Up National Park Forest

acting director of the national park
service 1t is estimated that 100000
persons have visited the parks this
year. This is an enormous increase
over previous years and mainly is due
TO motor travel, according TO official
statements. In his message to motor
lists Mr.. Cammerer said:
1.-The very great number of motor
lists who will visit the parks in the fu-
ture should, and doubtless will, con-
slider it patriotic duty to aid the
government in every possible way In
preventing fires in these preserves.
1.-The government is doing all it can
to make these parks accessible and
delightful for motorists and Others.
They come from every state in the
Union. In the Yellowstone, of the 9S,-
600 visitors this year, $4,000 came in
automobiles. These motor tourists
should lead, therefore, in the educa-
ton of their fellows as to the impOr-
lance of observing safety regulations
within the parks.
Unfortunately, despite warning
signs conspicuously posted, there are
always some park visitors who will
throw away a lighted match or ciga.
rette or leave a camp fire unextin-
guished, and heavy losses and expense
often result"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Uncle Sam Has Big Guns Up His Sleeve

A SUPERSENSITIVE fused shell
that will burst on contact with
the cloth of an airplane wing, and a
2,OOO-pOund prajectite that will pass
through Is inches of hardened steel
before exploding, are two of the Won
ders of modern ordnance exhibited for
members of the Army Ordnance assoc
citation, American Society of Mechan-
teal Engineers and Society of AutOmo-
tive Engineers at the associations an
nual field day at Aberdeen proving
grounds. Maryland.
The latest development in the 16-
inch gun has a range of 20 miles. II
could he fired from the other side of
Long island and make direct hits on
New York city. The gun would fire a
prOjectile of more than a ton in
weight, which would go ten miles into
the air before coming down to the
ground. Upon striking, this proiectile
could pass through 16 inches of steel
and then explode. This gun has been
designed primarily for use in seacOast
defenSes against battleships.
A similar gun, IA inches in diameter
with IL length of 30 feet, has been
mounted on a railway car for use by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Only Woman at Head of Law School

Ohio seminary in 1870, Miss Gillet en-.
tered the teachers profession. In.
spired by the success of Mrs. Belva A
Lockw God as lawyer In Washington
who. incidentally. was the first won.
an to argue case before the United
States Supreme court-Miss Gillet de
serted the teaching position to come to
Washington to study law under the
tutelage of Mrs. Lockwood, later en-
tering the law department of Harvard
university, at that time the only Law
class available to women. In 1883, she
obtained her degree and was admitted
to the bar.
A strong adherent of women's rights
and firm believer In making the op
portunities open to men available ia
women, Miss Gillet established class
for women in 1896. with only three stu
dents.
Two years later. however. the
Washington College Of Law was in.
corporated as an institution of learn
ing. and today 1t bears nationwide
reputation, attracting to its classrooms
students from all sections of the coul
try.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

finer material The amount of asphalt
varies from so to 10 per cent and has
a penetration value of from 45 to 80.
In line with the bureaus policy Of
cheapening the cost of road construc-
ton by the use of local material wher-
ever possible, circular track for a
wear test on concrete has been COM
pIeted. Sixty-one sections of concrete
have been placed. The aggregates used
vary in kind and quality, ranging from
hard to soft, and there is variation in
the amount of mixing water and time
of mixing. In order 70 eliminate the
effect of differences in the subgrade
the sections are Of reinforced T-beam
construction, the slab being 4 feet
wide, 10 inches deep, with the T-beam
In the middle of the slab. The traffic
test on these sections will begin soon
and the load on the pavement will be
made to represent the rubber-tired
rear wheel of 3h or 5-ton truck
moving at a speed of 10 to 20 miles
per hour. Specimens Of concrete for
beam strength and compression tests
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Jake Barger's Memory Is Working 0. K.

d RECOLLECTION of fight over
IN horse more than fifty years
ago has just proved to be worth sou
n month for the rest OF his life 10
Jacob Barger of Shawneetown. Ill.
Private Barger's case is one of the
most celebrated on the records of the
pension bureau. 1t was pending for
twenty years. Special examiners took
more than 500 pages of testimony re-
garding his claim to a pension. They
visited half dozen states. Special
bills providing for pension for him
were introduced in seven or eight
congresses. Representative Thomas
S. Williams of the Twenty-fourth Hill
nois district, in which Shawneetown is
situated, finally got through bill at
the session just closed and President
Harding signed it.
The trouble arose from the facr
that although Barger served more
than n year in the Union army there
is no record in the adjutant generals
office either of his enlistment or dis
charge. Some of his former comrades
readily recalled him. Others failed to
recollect him and some even asserted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Quick Action Needed to Prevent
Deterioration.
Logs and Other Rough Material Should
Not Be Allowed to Remain Long
on Ground After Cutting
Ends Should Be Painted.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
To prevent the deterioration of
felled timber farmers and owners of
woodlands should allow as little delay
as possible between the cutting of the
tree and its manufacture into rough
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. This means that sales
should be arranged for prior TO begin
ming cutting. 1t is often necessary or
desirable, however, to put off the de-
livery of logs, bolts, or poles until
some months after cutting, either to
allow them to season or because a
good sale cannot be arranged at once.
Much of the weight of freshly-cut tim
Der is due to the water it contains,
and few months seasoning will often
reduce this to a marked degree, the
amount of reduction depending, of
course, on the climate, the weather.
and the exposure to sun and air. AT
the same time, unless preventive
measures are taken the products are
sure to deteriorate through decay, in
sect attack, checking, or some other
agency.
Logs and other round timber should
never be allowed to remain long in
the woods after cutting. AS soon SIS
possible they should be taken to a
dry, well-aired, and unshaded area
and placed on skids well off the
ground; otherwise the opposite ex-
treme should be attempted-keeping
the timber In water. Within a few
days after the trees are felled the
bark should be removed from poles,
posts, and other material which will
not be injured by checking or season
cracks The ends of the logs should
be coated with paint, creosote, or tar.
This will aid in preventing decay and
keep the logs from checking badly.
Poles should be peeled and hauled
or dragged to place free from de
bris or rank vegetation and freely ex-
posed TO the sun and wind. When ties
are cut. 1t is usually cheapest and
most desirable TO haul them. at any
convenient time without regard ~
seasoning, directly to the railway. ant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
YylaS1piY2S3fc0rN
VSis3e21is01pfS
Legislation for Welfare of the Veterans

and created separate veterans bu-
reau to supervise elief measures.
The program being considered by
Representative Sweet is entirely apart
from the bonus measure. Mr.. Sweet
includes the following:
Enactment into law of what is
known as Order 81, which permits the
veterans bureau to rate men who are.
have been, or shall be, inmates of hos
pitfalls or asylums during continuous
period of one year or more as totally
and permanently disabled,
To make provision that in no case
shall the compensation of disabled
man be reduced unless physical eX-
animation shall have been made subse-
quent to his last rating, nor until he
shall have been given at least three
months notice of the proposed reduc-
ton.
To provide that psychosis, neurosis.
psychoneurosis, active tuberculosis, or
chronic empyema developing within
three years after separation from the
service shall be considered TO have
been acquired while in the service.
The present law limits the period to
two years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

of % miles, firing projectiIe weigh
ing 1860 pounds.
This projectile would pass over the
highest mountain in the world, in
passing from the gun to the target.
Upon striking the target it would pene-
trate thirty or forty feet in the ground
and then explode, making crater so
feet in diameter and 30 feet deep.
A 2,00O-pound bomb can be dropped
from an airpIane at a height of 5000
feet. 1t will take the bomb approx
mately % seconds to come down. Upon
hitting it will penetrate about forty
feet before exploding, making crater
80 feet in diameter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

SUGGESTED by the message Of
- President Harding calling for the
observance of Fire Prevention day.
the National Motorists association
has been asked by the national park
service to transmit "a message to the
motorists of the country urging them
TO aid in cooperating with the govern
ment at all times in its efforts to pre-
vent fires in the national parks of the
country.
To motorists possibly more than to
any other one class come exceptional
opportunities for service Of this char
acter, due to the fact that more than
40 per cent of the annual visitors
make the trip in automobiles to these
Fairgrounds, which belong to all the
people, according to A. B. Cammerer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

prepared by the United states Department
of Agriculture.)
The road research investigations of
the bureau of public roads of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture at
the Arlington experiment station are
now well under way.
A new portable road-impact machine
has been received and Is giving most
satisfactory results in testing the
series of road slabs placed earlier in
the season. This series consists of
40 concrete slabs ranging from four
to ten inches in. thickness and from
lean TO rich mixtures. Some of the
slabs are reinforced and others have a
two-inch Topeka top. There are at
least two slabs of each type of con-
struction, one on dry subgrade and
another surrounded by bitches. which
are kept flooded.
What the Machine Does.
Briefly the new machine consists of
a typical truck wheel with spring and
variable load above it, which is raised
and allowed to fall on the slab from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

ourselves, not even acting as referees
In the debate.
} And if you aren't an Edgeworth
smoker, be sure and tell us about it.
For we want to send you free samples,
generous helpings both of Edgeworth
Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed.
Edgeworth has made friends all
over the world. Some smokers may
not care for Edgeworth, but those who
do, we believe, settle down and never
smoke any other tobacco the rest of
their lives. .## ~ -
Edgeworth is sold in various sizes to
suit the needs and means of all pur-
chasers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice
and Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed are
packed in small, pocket-size packages,
In handsome tin humidors, and also in
various handy in-betWeen sizes.
For the free samples address Larus
G. Brother Company, al South 21st
Street, Richmond, Va. If you wilfalso
add the name of the dealer to whom
you will go if you should like Edge
worth, we would appreciate that
courtesy on your part.
To Retail Tobacco Merchants: If
your jobber cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com
pany will gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post one or tWo-dozen carton
of any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice or
Ready-Rubbed for the same price you
would pay the jobber.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
ARRANGE FOR SALE OF TIMBER

pile them according to the specitlca-
lions furnished by the tie buyer.
CordwoOd should be stacked in loose
piles In a sunny, wel-aired, and we'll
drained place free from rank vegeta-
ton. Two sticks on the ground run
ming the length of the pile will keep
1t from contact with the soil and thus
prevent decay in the lower layers.
Additional information on this SUBJ
ject Is contained in Farmers Bulletin
1910, Measuring and Marketing Farm
Timber, copies of which may he had
free upon application to the division
of publications, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

any desired height by means of an cleo
trically-driven cam. Recording devices
measure the deceleration or rate at
which the wheel is brought to rest
after coming in contact with the slab,
the DETECTION of the slab at a number
of points on line across the slab, set
Element of the slab into the subgrade,
permanent set of the slab and the max
imum instantaneous fiber stress at the
point where the blow is struck.
On the first slab tested the various
recording devices checked each other
with surprising closeness. For series
of blows varying slightly in intensity,
curves for the fiber stress, decelera-
ton and detection showed correspond
to the accuracy of the new methods of
measuring. Some interesting informa-
ton as to the variation of the support
offered the slab by the subgrade under
series of varying blows is being Sc
cured
New Light on Impact.
With the information and experience
gained from last years experiments
on impact making possible refinemenrs
In the new tests, it is thought that an
analysis of the data when all of the
slabs are tested to destruction will
throw great deal of new light on
truck impact on rigid pavements.
The circular track for the testing of
asphaltic concrete. to determine the
cause of waving is now about ready
for the automatically controlled truck
traffic. Twenty-Seven sections Of as
phaltic concrete of various mixtures
have been laid on cement base, the
coarse aggregate of the bituminous
mixes ranging from 40 to 20 per cent,
with variations in the grading of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

have been made from each mix and
are being cured under the same cOndi-
tions as the corresponding sections.
Change in Specifications.
Results of this wear test, represent
ing modern traffic conditions, together
with the beam strength and compress
investigation and on similar set
made in connection with the impact
investigation and which will serve to
tie the two together, will furnish a
sound basis for the consideration Of
suggested changes in specifications for
concrete road aggregates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
LET Cuticura Bel
Your Beauty Doctor |
Frog Carries Young in Pouch.
Soap Csc, Ointment Is and Soc, Talcum 25c

Lions symbolic Africa tigers, Asia
and the kHngaro0S. Australia. but
South Americas most characteristic
creature is the frog, says A. Kingsley
Noble i'm the Mentor Magazine. There
are no important mammals in South
frogs there than anywhere else in the
world. of these there is no more in
tereSting one than the marSupiaI frog
which carries its young in a pouch on
its hack. Noble speIt many days with
Harvard mUseum OF comparative
zoology eXpedition studying South
American frogs. s-. s #
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

WASHINGTON.- addition to
renewal of effort to consuinmate
soldiers bonus legislation when con-
gress reconvenes, additional legiSIa-
ton To promote the welfare of the
World war veterans is to be pressed
Representative Burton f.. Sweet of
Iowa. author of the law which~ CEN
tralized all soldier relief activities of
the government in the veterans bu.
feau, is directing the program for fur
Their legislative relief.
10 date the government has apprO-
priated S2.0O0,000,0O0 for care and
training Of the disabled; has arranged
for expenditure of more than S35,000.-
600 for construction of new hospitals,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
ANIMAL FEEDS FOR POULTRY
PuIIets Fed Skim Milk and Meat
Scrap Make Most Profitable
Record at Purdue. e..

Animal feeds have a decided value
In the ration of laying hens and
pullets. Experiments made by Pur-
due university showed an average
egg record of 1902 eggs in year
from a pen of pullets fed skim milk I;
1859 eggs from those fed meat scrap !;
and 61.2 eggs from those that received
no animal feed of any kind.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Important to Mothers
Present Strength of Army.

The total strength of the army with
In tie continental limits Of the United
States at the present time is $1,000
of whom some 1900 are army nurses.
fiei& clerks. cadets TAR members of Spe-
Ciai service such as the quartermas-
ter corps, medical corps and finance
department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03

there was no such man in their outfit
Then the old soldier told the story
of the fight between two members of
the company over horse. 1t was a
ger unToIded the story in such detail
as only an eyewitness could have re,
called. He even remembered the
name of one of the combatants.
The examiners made another round
fight was confirmed, and when Rep
resentative Williams produced this
evidence before the House committee
on invalid pensions it convinced the
members.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Why Dairymen Cooperate

1. To assemble their products
most economically at country
points.
2. To establish and maintain
plants for handling their prod
ucts at country points.
8. To become a factor and
WELD an influence in the mar
keting of their products.
A. To undertake actual COM
mercial distribution or their
products.
5. To obtain commercial eff
cheney in the marketing of their
products.
6. To stabilize the supply in
accordance with the market de-
mand.
Z. To secure for producers the
services of marketing experts.
8. To reduce the cost of sup
plies required in marketing.
9. To eliminate speculation
and waste.
10. To secure direct and or
derby distribution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
Northcliffe's Friends.

A newspaper writer says NorthcIiffe
had no friends, except his wife and his
mother. That isn't bad showing in
these unsettled times Birmingham
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