f.?f '&: w wtw 's. I & I' i s wr I tv. w M" ."". t ymMAw WAGAINSTDOPE r1 iUi Association Head Fa- Vored by House Commit- rt- tee Chairman )ES OK TRAFFIC ANGRY federal und- Municipal Author!- ' Up Pduf ATouum-ii Will Mitt I.' ? t. lit..!,.!.. V.l.l.wU .. uc viasiiv ajiiuuii - ff,1 Wi ii jJ Corroixii'iim r "('j HAIlltltiUL'IK), .Mir II Ii Tfie nntl-iiMiiiitli- ilitiif leiilslHtloii lliu ( Lthn 1917 (Ifiifial Assembly nf rennsylvitplM In 1II enavt will t dictated by llii tlrugglMs r,JOf the tftute, if (lie ptcseiil plun "f (lie ftVietflslfctuni who IimA? charge of the "dope' f bills now pending uir carried nut. ' V 'Hffiiu tli.. IM1I1II,, Ilu. (Ill Ami Ufltlltiitllili J.' Committee of Him House 111 th Senate : u Vclm room iut TiirixlHy afternoon, at which ?.'). crime authorities hml nodal wotkcis tolil k'J? of the eVIl effects of the diug habits, It fe?iJ- w announced that it now antl-nurrntic drug bill would he drawn Hint would b a combination of the four ponding hills ami that would Include tint best features of till 'li'i 'fntlr iiitmtlii.tt fKh ToJ.iv. Imwi'iri it liecuuic Known lh.it gM li. I. Walton, of Wlllliitnsport, Sccrctaiy i "' or tile I'cniisyitiiuia state rnarmoccuticai lf iniw bill. The nulvctton of Walton place -! eontiul of naiiiillc diug legislation directly I'jj Into the hands of tint druggists of the Htute K.. 1)..ur.rti.titn lit .. llf,rLili,f1 T fliinu nt WsjL l'hlladelphla, chairman of the I'lttjlic 'r Health and .Sanitation Committee of the House, appointed Walton try draft tin- 1)111 Tim Federal agents and municipal .-.mi Inlttces that diaftv.il I lie otlu'i- IiIHh aiu .';' united In opposing the action of fhalnna SV Hand and aro planning to carry the fight feW for stringent untl-iiareotle drug legislation on to the Moor or the House ir t lie Detection jfyi " utiinii ii. uiriih iiiu ...Jiiifii iniirr win w ... ttr..t..... ... .1.... i . i 'First Blast Report in U. S, Officiate' Hands Continued from I'sre One Wian and Austrian Poles and Austrian, Home weeks ago nil Herman employes were dlicharged. The death today wax that of .Morris lUikoff, 2648 South Tenth street. Philadel phia, one of the munitions workers. He died In the Chester Hospital of shrapnel wounds and burns, with his wife nt his bedside. The unidentified body was found In the morgue today. It was so free from mutila tion that omclnls believed It to have been one of the group of Identified bodies lying there awaiting removal by relatives. The body In question Is that of a Klrl about t,wenty-one years old, with light brown wavy hair, good features, arched eyebiow and wenrlnK a Husslan unbleached linen blouse with led trlmmlnes. dark blue skirt. black stockings and regulation rubber shoes.' On her left wrist Is u Bold bracelet wrist watch. She probably was of Polish extrac tion. The body, which Im the leant mutilated of all the bodies 'taken from the ruins. was recognized by girl workers, hut they did not know her name. .- Six other bodies remain In lhe morgue. They have been Identified and will be re moved by relatives. A complete list or mlsfing U being prepared by the Com pany. T1IHKK MOM: DVINO Of the thirty-two dhaster victims In the Chester 'Hospital there are believed to be dying. They nre: Margaret MoDade, Sit South Klghtythlrd street. Philadelphia; Mabel Khrlght, U'JS South street. Her nard street, Philadelphia, and .Margaret Hvnn. 1,2.1 Went Keennit utrnet. 1'lw.Ntni In P the Crorer Hospital there am twelve vic tims. Of these Mrs. Margaret Cope, 71." McIlValne street, Chester, Is not expected " to live. The task of awarding the. jnou.iioo com pensation for the deaths and Injuries In the ICddystone Ammunition Corporation dl aster was begun today at Chostcr, whllo the plant was closed for a thorough le organlzatlon and weeding out of the poly glot working force. The .Coroner's Inquest will be held at . Media next Welnesday by Coroner Drowes Officials and employes of tho corporation are ' being subpoenaed for this Important hear ing. , The huge task of investigating and a nurd. f Ing the claims of relatives of the dead and et the Injured will bo In charge.of l'.eferee William B. Scott, of the Pennsylvania Workmen'H Compensation Hoard. The case Is tho largest that has come . before the board since Its formation In ' January-. 1316. Claims will Involve more Mfcthan 6O0.060, It It4 estimated. u'jtii ijcuimiuii mi umiiiiciii'utiuii win ne mane :itV before the referee by the families or rel- ifj atlves of more than a hundred employes u wno iosi meir lives ni tnc munition plant ;, and by several hundred other workers who were Injured by the exnloslon. SjjjJf Kvery effort will bo made by Iteferee r iwjun, iu emuiim a nietnmi or awarding $W anrf Ahtntnlni n Tifnmtit Bll.....nn. .. I?1 .. vw. n (..w..l.b VllllltVlll Ull Ull M valid claims In order to extend Immediate relief to the families that wero dependent on the wares of the dead and In hired em. ffl $ loyes, ?$ DEATHS CONSIDEltKI) KIltST 55 Mayor McDowell, of Chester, has turned l&f over his private office In the City Hall and the Police Department roll room to Iteferee Scott. The work undertaken today by Mr. Hcott Is devoted entirely to' the cases of persons killed by the explosion. Undir tho compensation act the Injured workers nre not entitled to compensation for tho first fourteen daya of disabilities. Several at taches of the compensation board have? established themselves in the City Hall to furnish Information to the claimants and point out the requirements demanded by lw for compensation. Iteferee Scott signified his Intention to work day and night. If necessary,- to clean Mp the claims of the explosion victims. The Work. It la believed, will extend over a pe- ;. noa oi uireo or lour weens. The absence of the employes during the . ahut-down Is being taken advantage of to jj-'i d?1U tho ISO or more guards of the plant, U ' "and Inject some semblance of military dls- ,vlUi into them. They do fairly well as V K I, go through the motions as bent td.v 7.i . I Mn and ar drlsrrf in Via nn a,... i., f '? '..-ii, men. but they require some real army U-.v, . vmunl.nr. Wlla Is belnir given by the State WjJjrM'oo unaer iiauienant Marsh. A detail JM Troop C. of Pottsvllle. which Is on rintu . t th pliint. Is there, as much for the pur L 'MM. of atlffenlnsr un tht vrnnyi a-i !.... Rj ;tcth men their powers and the llmlta- e www ok Dowrrn as xor me niirnrm nf fcctualljr guarding th big munitions work. 'J THANKS PUBLIC FOIt AID Captain, WUhelm today expressed the gratitude toward the people of t Cheater and Philadelphia, the Boy Scouts, Am:Imhi1U1, phj-slclans. Tied Cross work- MM Jl otasr agencies that co-operated M work of raaeua and first aid for ex- i.vkkubs aaa nnanelat relief far their u. ' ... . : . r WUD rOM OUSTER SCHOOLS 'iQmtlm'AlMfLgMe, Now Deliwart, WWW JBVPTMttWWBI 2f.,' jrti: 4-Or, CkarlM M.PNftlDfc,of U. S. and Allies Plari to Crush Germany Cenllnued from Pane One made. Foreign Secretary llaifotir snd his aids will be here next week. The French mission will not arrive for several days aftenyard, according to present plans, The questions to bo considered have been outlined tis follows' tow best ta distribute the loan of J3.O0O.UUO.H00 which this country will set aside to "finance Clermany's ene lilies." How the naval forces of the United Slates bert can be utilized to aid In crushing the Herman submarine men arc, How t!ie(expcrted assistance of Latin Amerlou ran be used, ' Whither American it oops shall bo to the front and whethct thc.v are most ueeited on the east or tho we.t battle- fronts. How best lo open n line of uninter rupted communication Into Fiance so lliat the ilsfger of famine now exist ing there will le ieipoed. In addition, the Kreatemt single question, f course, will be whether the lime Is not now i.i- In outlinn specifically th teims upon which the Mnlente and Its new nlllet will make peace. Xo oltlvlal lutonuiitlon Is available heie tegalillliR the efforts which the Swedish lioveitimcnt Is making to arrange for a peace conference. Itn Nelson Noirls. the American Minister to Sweden, has lepoiled In gieat detail to the Stale Department i-nnwrsallotiH he lias had with the Swedish Foielgn Olllcit and with King t'lit-Uic. Of ficials be;c say -that uny peace suggest Ion under the clicumstsnces could not be ran tildeied With tieunany prepaled to i har sirlerle Hie entile Atlantic as a war zone anil her submailnes lorpeitoliiK without wv ruing even hospital shlp the one Olnsx of craft thai hetetofote III nil histoid have been Immune fiom attack -II is ie.ih:ed that the final stages of iuthles.-me.is have been reached anil that until these methods are crtislnd peace suggestions on any other than c 'tnplete mi render iimi would bo out of pl.icc HOUSE KILLS OPPOSITION TO BIG LOAN FOR ALLIES WASHINGTON Apill II. The House will Mite to lend $3.uriU.li!li linn to the Allies at once and without hnpottant reservation. It showed this clearly today, when amendments offeied. on convening of the House, by Democrats iiuil Kepubllcans to leatrlct the loans and the time foi le payment of the money Included In tho Ad L'llnlstMtlon'H j;.IMhi,iilHi.iii)fi bond bill weie attacked vlcinus'.y on both sides. As tho House got down to the final stages of the measuie amendments of all sorts w'ere offered. Hepresentntlw Towner, of Iowa. llepublUan, offered an amendment to stilke :i.tiOI),UIIO,H0ii the Allies' share fiom the bill. He slild be wanted Congress to control the loan. The amendment was defeated by -17 to :t. Towner himself did not ote for it. Another amendment, offend l ICcpie sentatlve Moore, Phlladeltilila. ptoposed that the Allied loan should be icpald within thirty ears, llepiilillcans and Democrats, pleading that the Allies are CkIiIIiik America's battle, de iiouuced the text and the spirit of the amendment Moore, weakening under the attack, changed Ills amendment so as to make the time for repayment fifty years. Several amendments of the Vus and Means Committee designed to overcome pos sible objections were to be ngieed upon. One says none of the money shall be lent eNcept to countries engaged In war wilh a country with which the I'nlted States also Is at war. Another r.a none of the $3,1)00, uno.OUO that may be left In the Treasury shall be lent after the war. Both amend ments were considered unimportant by the committee and were agreed lo by Secre tary of the Tieasury MuAdoo. Speedy action by the Senate will follow tho passage of the bill through the tloute. The purpose then Is to make the money Immediately available to rehabilitate the credits of the nations which lire making common cause against Hie enemy of the I'nlted States. Xcxt week the Ways und Means Commit tee will settle down for serious conslrteni. Hon of the revenue measute to raise a por tion of the enormous sum of money provided In the bundi Issue bill. First it will be necessary to determine how payment of the $7,000,000,(1(10 Is to be apportioned between tills and futuie generations. The present scheme Is that this apportionment should be on a luilf-nnd-hulf basis. Increased taxation oji Inheritance and excess profit. lowering of Incopie tax ex emptions, Increased excise taxes, taxes on table luxuries and stnmp taxes urn soino of the means most frequently mentioned for the production of Increased revenues. EAST LEADS RECRUITING; NAVY GETS 500 DAILY WASHINGTON. April II. Imliatment urns by sections, accoidlng to the latest full army and navy recruiting figures the Kast running the heaviest, the Middle West doing well, the South running low. Sectional figures for the aimy are not available beyond the March recruiting, but nil lump returns, both lo the army and navy, nre showing a real upward trend that encourages authorities. While some of the navy districts oveilap. stations in the following States show results for the week ending April 5 thus- Maine fiS Mlimourl . . I7T Vermuni , .. IJj Houth Carollnii .. :t:i .MHSsai'huifeitti 110 Tnniaiie . . "rt l.'otinri'tlcul Si' Mlanlfialppl . no New York . 17(1 (i.orsla ;s New Jersey 107 Alulmma nn Pennsylvania .. 1HS Louisiana 74 Went Vlrctnla. 1 Arkanaas , .. A3 Vlralnla 4F, Oklahoma . . na North Carolina 8 Terns -03 Ohio til Colorado nr, Indiana . . .HZ I'lah ... B8 Illinois 104 Waahfnisioii . ns Mlcnuniti hi California no Wlixnnaiii . . l'.'i Oreiron , 137 Minnesota tU ' '"' lowa 37 Total .j7jo The army, report for April 1 to lo, with out giving 11 very definite Idea of state lines, shows the following reports of enlistments turned In to depots and depot posts; Culumbla llarracka. Ohio Jefferson liarraeka. Mlsaourl . . fort lofran. Colorado Kort McDowell. California .... .... . Kort Thomas. Kentucky -,.,,,,.,,,, Kort Hloeum. New Vork Kort llllaa, Teiaa ...,..., . . " ' ' Kort Douclai, Utah ; Kort Uo Wrisht. Waahlnston.. ....'. Fort JIuachuca. Arizona Jackion liarraeka. lyoulalana ' Kort I.awton, Waahlncton .,.,,. . ... Kort Ham Houston. Teaa Kort Hcreven. Ueorata Kort Os-letborpe, Ueorslat iliscontlnued for period. Vancouver Barracks, Washington ,..,..,) JUS 724 J0H -J41 107S 1223 2S 71 811 it S'J Jl 1J1 .lit. Total ,..., , ... 4SS4 Army men say that recruiting today I feeling the stimulus of the recent Instruc tions that volunteers may be taken with the understanding that they shall only aerve for the period of the war. Navy recruiting Is decidedly on the up grade the last few days, running more than 500 a day. U. S. CONTROL OF FOOD. MAY BE WAR MEASURE m, .t -.. WASHINGTON. April 14. The United States Government and the food apeculatora will "o to the mat" early next week. Measures conferring upon the QoTernment absolute power to fix maximum food prloea will be Introduced In both Houses of Conrreu. The unprecedented Increase In food prloea since the United State de dared war against Germany has made prompt paaaage of auch measures Imperative tothe natlon'a walfare. ,l Walla thaae iriaamr am k.in .u - - - --- -. -r" - . --w v,h vwnaiu war miian ATnuiiurai committee MaslMsaklaLA 'as- -' - - , lie the President to commandeer all grain. Kena'lor Frellnghuysen's p!an for moblllxatlon of the country's agricul tural resources. Senator King's suggestion for further restricting food exports In the neutral Kuropean countries to prevent reshlp ment Into Germany and Austria. Senator Smith's resolution for using etery means possible to Impoit mid distribute to farmers fertilizer Ingredi ents made scarce by the war. Suspeiir.loii of the manufactute of whisky and beer In order to comserve the grain supply of the nation Seiiato- Iloralt, of Idaho, who itdxncalei iltastlc steps to meet the high cost of living ut the last session of Congress, declined today lhat the time had comp when the tlovernment must assume the function of fixing food pries. He Mlggested that I he power in'ght be conferred upon the Council for National Defense. "America's dul In ibis war Is Mist of ..II 1,1 IV,I li.ui iillUa nml lietxelf '' he Sllld "It Is more Important for us to produce and expoit siifllclent food supplies than It Is fur us 10 send armies to France. If the most cateftil sl-ps are not taken at once the world Is going to be face to face with a food faiu'ne. "It eins evident now that the Hops this yenr aie going lo be short. That means ihat even. 11 we have no war 011 our hands prices would soar What Is the sense of our lending the Allies three billions of dot litis If the iiin't gel food or If wo are going to sell It lo them at eUmtlnnale pl'li ei." NAVY BIDS SHOW VAST CAPACITY OF ARMS PLANTS WASHINGTON. Aplll I Tl iiiiiiuuus fuijelt "f Alilftlcitti munllloii iiiantifiictiirtTH 11111I their ability to tin 11 out any quiuitlt) of shells the On einmetit may deiiiriml at highest speed was ilbclii.'-eil In mirullloii piopnsals made pub lic by the Nay Deijitineiil today Tient.-lle t'OUip.iiili"' submitted bids mi tm gel and t'onimon shells. r.mijInK front olle-p lliudeo, of Wlllc'i Hie IIIIW Wlllllfll I.eu.iiiiii, to ll-lruli shells, the number of which lequlred was not made public llleven ..t 11 i..o.-.. ..,.., I..., uiiliinltt f lie II 111, 11! .'III. .-!,, . ....... ..... .- r. I bids olfeted to take up the enll idcr on t the smaller shells Analysis of bids show that Ameilciii iiianiifactnrers could turn out the smaller shelN In almost iinllmlled niimliers and ! fiom Jl.nini to .in nun nf the lati;et shell 11 mnnlti The Kildgepoit Piojecllle c p.iii guar anteed ileller of IJdo il-incli shells or Inn. nun oiie-pounder shtl's a month. The llnltliviii l,i)coinntlc Wot ks wn prepareil to ilelivcr .111011 ll-luch slndls beginning loo days after the auanl and siippblng aim khells a mouth the rafter. The lletlilehem Steel Company after a year could deliver 7.-.II tl.ltlrdi 1't.lm.ll ni1 H.ltli-li hIii.IIu III wiv - - i mouths. Within ten days it could deliver in, nun .i-incii suens, iinio i-incu sneus anil lO.noi) 3-Inch shells. The most remarkable bid submitted was that of the Poole Kngliif erltig und Machine Company, of Baltimore. Mil., which would supply 100,00(1 one-pounder shells nt thlity seven cents per shell. U. S. WAR COMMISSIONS WILL GO TO EUROPE WASHINGTON. Aplll II The last vcsligp of doubt that Aiuriiiti is In the world conlllct "with both feet'' and that she will wage war against Germany In full co-operation thioughout with the Kntente Allies was swept away today when It was ofllclally iinnotinceil that Ameiicaii commissions in the near future will be sent to the Allied capitals of Ktirope London. Paris. Home and I'etrogrud. These com missions' piobably will lemaln there per manently until the war Is ended, il'iectlug Amerlcuu literest,s and arranging full co ordination of efforts with the Allies to crush Prussian militarism, and, as President Wil son stated, "make the world safe for deinoc 1 acy." The pci'Miiinel of the commissions aie now being ronsldeieil by the Administration. It is accepted that their memberships will contain both military and civil' expeits II Is understood that an American com mission will be sent to llusstn soon. The economic situation In the new Government there Is such tlmt It Is believed advisable to have American bruins und self-goiriiilug expenditure on tap should they be needed by officials of the Husslan dcmociury. The moral effect of having an American com mission iu Petiograd also will be great, it Is Bald. It is pointed out Unit Itusslan leadeis in I'etrogrud li.ue constantly looked to the I'nlted Slates us a pattern for their new Government. SI'KLLER I'KAIKKS KAISKH Chicugo Upset by "Pronuiranda" I)e mumls That Paiie Be Cut Out CHICAGO. Api II n A eiilogv of ,e Kaiser coutuliied In tint speller Used In i'l,. cago'si public schools brought foith a storm of rotest and demands Hint the page be iiit nut pending Hie completion of a new spelling book. Oiganlzntlonn, committees find Individuals representing nrloui ele ments of Chicago' citizenship are making the light to wipe out the praise of the Kaiser from the public schunl spellers at this time and tho school management committee of the Hoard of duration at Its next meeting will bo urged to luke Immediate action "The eulogy of the Kaiser the onlv'coin tnent In the speller on uny ruler wis placed therein undoubtedly us pro-Kalse'r propaganda." said 'Attorney Thomas Mai shall, who will appear In the protest delren tlon. S10.000 SLANDER SUIT School Teacher As.ks Damages From Former Truant inker CNIONTOWX. Pa . April H.-Miss Annie HIellevsns, twenty years old. daughter of Nicholas .1. niellevens. a Justice of the Peace of lted Stone township and a teacher 11 the Luzerne township public school has brought suit ngnlnst Isaac Fraliks' former truant oftlcer of the schools for 10,000 damages for alleged slander Miss Blellevens claims that on last ' Frl day Franks said "she lias refused lo ex libit tho flag of the United States of Amcr lea and refused to let the children march under the flag." In the present crisis Ml Bleilovens Bays, she "has been brought into disgrace and disrepute among the good peoplo of her community." INFERNAL MACHINE IN RICE Bomb With Defective Fuse Found in Box by Bangor Merchant BBTHM3HKM. Pa.. April U.i a box of rice that Irwin yelss, a Bangor mer chant rerelyed a few days ago he found an Infernal machine, which failed to explode because the time fuse refused to work It Is thought the rice was orlglnal'ly a part of a shipment Intended for abroad, REVIEW IN LONGPORT SUIT TKENTON, April H.-ustlce Black has oJlowed a rule requiring the borough of I-njrport to .how cause, at Maya I.arulng on May 8, why a writ of certiorari should not Issue removing to the Supreme Court for review the action of the borough offlclals n awardlnr the contract for the ronstruc-!Lonf- ea wall and other, atructures to "J Bader-Sutton A Corson Co. for 1383 . The rule, which carries with It a re utralnt. was obtained by William D. Diss ton and the executors and trustees of the late William DUston arid Solomon V. r ranch, Coal Lands Sell for $80,000 UNIONTOWN, Pa.. April 14. Eighty eight acres of coal lands In Nicholson town "DICK," FIRE HORSE WAR HERO jSsIs a. r aW .- als1('-ertfrsii m VWS&JHJlaK ltm tlalalalaEu IHL WENW V JB iBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBkk IjlBlBB TL lB. i fa ki Tkmwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwr.ikmwwm.iaam,vijrf''v''it.'JW'''''iG'ABb SmiX Famous steed of Engine Company No. M.killed today while jlahiiiK to Frankfoi'd Arsenal fire. The man ih I'liemnn Albert P. Hroadbent, hi? Arsenal Shop Wrecked by Fire I ontliiiiril from Pace tine when the were bill led to the stieet The ihenilial upparulus was onh ligbtl il.ini- aged The the lioise. I Hi I.. wn almosl Instantly killed Ills mate, the i ffslde i iinner. was fwt.ill.v Injured He wu new hoise III tint lire depaitmetit Dick's death caused gi ief not only among the firemen, but thioughout all Franhfotd. where the hoise whs known, t specially among the children One who was most affected was Albert P ("Hair breadth Harry") Hroadbent. his tialner. who had taught the horse many tilcks. "Dick died a beio. serving lii country the best he knew." was the erdlcl of Kn giue Compaii) No. 14, whlih is ul Flunk ford avenue mil Orthodox stieei. "He seemed lo know that he was called upon In give his best toduj . And he did It You never saw a hoise so anloiis to Kel to a fire." PREPARATION FOR SHIP BUILDING IS HASTENED Many Yards Nearly Ready Begin Work on Vast Wooden Fleet" to WASHINGTON. Aplll II. H next week many shipbuilding yards will have begun construction of ships for the greaf wooden fleet. They will proceed without waiting or formal contracts, accepting the promise, of a lo per cent profit when the vessels are completed. These builders will con-i-liuct u type of vessel acceptable to the Shipping Boaid. Later, when specifications are prepared, all ships will b of standard construction. -Major General Geoige W Goethals will supervise construction of the Heel, but nt pieseut the program Is being outlined by F. Huntington Clink and F. A. Fustace, two mining engineers, who at about the same time conceived the wooden-ship Idea and offeied their (.ervlces without chatge to tho (.internment. They probably will continue us as.o'stants to General Goethals. When specifications are completed, build ers will construct ve.iseis after plans de veloped by W. T. Donnelly, a New Vork marine constructor, who has evolved a wooden tdil which, It Is declared, will revo lutionise the shipbuilding industry. It is said his t.xpe of vessel not only can be built mote cheaply, but also can be put to gether more quickly than the old t:.pe. From many quuilers the Shlp;;t.g Board Is lecelving assurances t'm; lirr, amounts of capital will.be Invested ,n new shipyards. New vessels cun lie turned out so uii'ekly. It is said. that, owe Marled. tlii'Je i . may be put on the same ways in a .- ui. The Shipping Hoard hopes the count' t till be mining nut L'OO.000 tons u ninth by au tumn. By next year, It is r. .u .' BOO.IIOO tons u mouth can be buhl Of shipping now vhtually reui...- for herv. ice, besides the confiscated German vessels and coastwise ships now under railway con trol, plans are under way to employ as man of the ships on the Great Lakes as are capable of being used In ocean traffic for the pui pose of defeating the German blockade. (.RANGE- CLOSES SESSIONS Cape May County Farmers Hear An nual Reports SOHTH SKA VILLI-;, N. .1.. April H. The Cape May County Grange ended Its spring session here. All the subordinate granges reported their readiness to aid the Government. The pioposed iintlou-wid-j Funnels' League for growing crops on un employed land, donating labor and material was Indorsed. The acceptance of the resignation of George Thrasher us farm demonstrator, to tako effect May 1, was reported and a pro test mado against the proposed abandon ment of the olllce. Other business Included .reporting favorably upon the season's co operative buying under Pomona nusplces of lime, fertilizer and coal; Indorsing the methods and purposes of the County Cham ber of Commerce, and lo name Avulon and August as place and date for the summer Pomona meeting and picnic. EX-GOVERNOR WATSON DEAD Former Delaware Executive Sy,ccumbs After Lingering Illness MILFOIID, Del., April U. William T Watson, former Governor of Delaware, died last night after a lingering Illness. He waH In his sixty-ninth year. Mr. Watson was one of the largest own ers of realty In Mllford. He also had much railroad stock and was a director of the P.e'?w'''. MaryIal nd Virginia Line, m 1895, while president of the Senate, he suc ceeded to the Governorship on the death of Governor Joshua Marvll, He held the office MONEY r.n lowirr J tATION LOAN 5Sr,Ml pwtr V FRIDENBEI trainer. DR. JAMES E. CLAWSON. PHYSICIAN. DIES AT 8!) (ieiieral Hrenktlown Due to Advanced Age Horn on Maryland East Shore In- .liilnes II. I 'law urn. widely known .phjslcinn. I"n? West Noil's street, died late last night lu Ills eighty-ninth .tear, uftei an Illness of two months Ills death as called by u geneinl breakdown due to advancing age. Dr. i'I.iusoii was hoin In Mnr.tl.ind on the eastern shoie In October. 1S:'X. Ills early life was spent on a farm and fiom theie he went to I licUlnsou College and was graduated in the class of "B3. lie studied medicine and was giuduated fiom the I'tilxersily of .Maryland ns an Jl. I) Iu the class of fin, after which he moved to Sin inn. Del, whele he was engaged III active practice for nioie than thirty yen is. He was president of the Alumni At-soela-Hon und American .Medical Society; also a member of the Miilous State and county societies. He leues two daughters. Mrs. Annie C. Kean. of Phlladeltilila, und Mrs. Albert Hoop, of 1'plnnd, Del., and two sons, Lewis S. and .lohn L.. both of this city. I'p to his lust Illness he was actively associated with the Melhodlt-t Episcopal Church und devoted much of his time to charitable woiks. QuartcrmnHler Reserve Corps Filled WASHINGTON. April H. examination for places In the quarter master officers' re serve corps has been discontinued indefi nitely us the corps has icceived more than the needed number of applications. This corps Is distinct from the line officers' re servo corps for which no older' for discontinuance- has been issued. Will Continue Today Saturday The Dress Sale of the Season The Greatest Values Ever Offered by This House 116.00 250 Silk Afternoon Dresses Also 125 Serge Dresses Important purchase of 25Q attractive afternoon dresses radium taffeta, in black, navy, rose, gray, ween and - sand, trimmed with gold thread embroider?" also one-piece serge dresses in this season'srtttyle ' Regulqr Value $25.00, $29.75 & $35.00 DATESMAN ANSWERS CIVIL SERVICE CHARGE Director Explains Violation Is Merely Technical and Was Unavoidable Eligible List Short Iteiilvtng lo the Civil Service Iteforni Asi ko it!on'sK statement that provls lona ap polntees under the clvl service la ws are holding office Illegally In his depnitment. Director George K. Datesmnli. of the Oe partn ent of Public Works, today explained hat provisional highway Inspec tors are serving until such time as the C Ivll hervlce Commission holds a new examination for ellglbles, The claim that under the law no pet sons appointed provisionally can hold office more than three months brings mote, than 200 persons on the municipal payroll within the Illegal cluss complained of by the He foi m. Association. Of this number sixty aie or have been, highway Inspectors. On lanuarv '. lust there was published an eligible' list containing the names of llfteen pel sons who were eligible. No appoint ments were made fiom this list and Hie men selected for the $1200 betths were, in al most eveiy Instance, placed at vvotk because of political affiliations with Organization bosses. It Is charged. When asked about tills condition. Dltec tor Datesman toda) declaied I hut the elig ible list sent down by the Civil Service Commission lit the ear.y part of the year was for engineering Inspectors only, and that In the absence of any eligible list for oidlnary Inspectors he made piovlslonal ap pointments as the men were needed. He declared Hut he had asked the Civil Serv ice Commission to hold un examination for the position of hlghwa) Inspectors, but be lieved that the commission had been loo busy with salai.v revision vvotk to make the tests At the Civil Service Commission to day It was said that an examination for highway Inspectots is being prepared and will be held within the next few weeks. The claim that mole Hull 200 provisional appointees have been In office for a longer period than six months, that ninety have been cart led on tho payrolls for nine months und two have been holding office longer than thirteen months Is mil denied by offi cials of tho Civil Service Hoard, who con tend that examinations iu some instances have not been held because of the unusual demand made upon the time of the commis sion and lis clerical fotce tn preparing schedules for salary Increases. ACCUSE THEATRE OWNER Alleged Objectionable Advertising Pamphlets Cause Arrest PITTS 111' UGH. Apill 14. Theodoie Coss man, proprietor of a theatre on Penn ave nue, was arrested and sent to jail In default of $10,000 ball, on a charge of misdemeanor. According to the police Cossman was dis tributing pamphlets Inimical to the inter eats nf the I'nlted States, and advertising a picture called "The Battle Cry of Peace," which was to have been shown at his theu tre tomorrow. The bills arc headed: "It you fear war and want to know how to es cape Its hctiibte consequences seo 'The Uattle Cry of Peace.'" The Hieilie was closed by the police. Uruguay .May Support Brazil in Break MONTKVIDKO, I'ruguny, April 14. It was rumored Iu official circles today that I'ruguay had delivered u note to the Brazilian representative here for transmis sion to his Government, declaring that I'm guay would stand by Brazil In her break: with Germany. 0ppenheim.6luns& Chestnut and 12th Sts. $15.00 IA P p 'SnCKT630B;ADyK OF WALTER H. M a Weil-Known Merchant vll tures 'Round-Peg-Square-WALi Theory of Pond Parent J If the expert who orders life nci nnil lb nnrmtlt nt Imtitiln.. i... ' 'Wit ....w ... ........... .i'iiiicng oy a aa. of push-buttons and the lad who thlnvV tnoat IfV luvtllv tnlia In ... ."-" 11,1 1 fnr 11'lili.ti Im la I...1 (Iii.j . ..V' iiii.k .. ,...,... .... uioi uiieu win bl, leave tho audience and thereby avoid t f,.,1 fi.nllnu-11 llivro n-lll I.. .. .. " vice of a renlly successful man, who ! with nothing and yesterday celebrated I l.Anli..iilnll nttnli'AFBnw., I- I..... I mc, i;-!. no ,v,,i..v in uusineea, t-,1 "When dad tells you It Is time to r.Aj tnli " lie ruVH. "III! lilnl im ... --' I picked tip a Public LpboEn am'l after me nrsi position ortered under " ' Men Wanted!" r "v II iimiu Wiillee II 11111... ...i. , ,v - -- "i""- !no uaiujed it.il Jolt lo the "lound-peg-square-holc" thi!!3 ists. The convention of angry mothers Su xclalin that "My .luck Isn't hannv bWfl ,i-iun l,iti" nml .if H." ...! vv'. ln nW '.'.''". .":..."" '"tners who at.ul -nie tans got nuimy nnd never haj'l'l ntimiin " otlulll In limn- Mi. Inn... . "da , ....1 . "---- "" "in tain, linen i i-iancii oui I fl iln'l i. --- - nng Hank street.' "A man should make himself like a hu.i -I ness It Is this discipline that lay. tuM foundation for nilcrpss vim,.,. i ' .""3 thltlf? MM !l Inb belttfr tnn i.l.......... -. 4,i althouch il vnuncr fellow will i,n..n.. , '."". this. I started In ut $4 a week to learn til'" "Another thine that mlUtatea nRaln.J success In hu?lnes In greediness. I him' Hpcti ninii nffpr tnnn fllnrt ( ...i ... TT-t cause they thought they could fool neonlT'' Votl can't fodl a bodv. 1 nvi- r..i i. .. .- Twenty-nine years ago yesterday n com.'l imiij wiiii itiiuioer young ionovv, Mr Dllki started In business on F.lghth strMt ; Chestnut. Mr - "It never struck me," said Mr. Dllkiif mm nnn in me wrong Duatness, denlr I mo mi.! iii.ii lie nuu to uo a tittle wail . Ing for trade. If I had doubts I said ta myself Hint there must be something wron wiin me una not the business. And jj jiunitoit-u iu icineuy u ; a tl tu Girt firm nf Mnm, f. -nni. -....'? . - r--'- "- ...iii ik jiiks, iinvt.j Chestnut street, which had its beginning In ., Hiihi i,i I .nncn .l .1 II1IHI ... .. . ...,., .wi.ut.il "uvciiiscmenT, Had. oung Mr. Dllks followed the leading adver." tlsement In the nevt itnv'u ion. . , ?. dry goods business would have reaulted.il :. uimn uiun i seize me nrst opportunltyil nv hioiyvu hid uiai juu mm molded it A iihu nil vij;uiiuiuij, CARDINAL FARLEY'S APPEAL dllr, Am,.. rAl.-i: i. Kl .' uuii.1 m ninia vyULiiuin;.- iu JJCICfKHi Thpir Cnitntt-v "1 - .. "" j NKW YOItK. April 14. Cardinal Farlej tr.Hfll' luoalA.t .1 r,lt In ,.w...n In f-.. , 1. ..I I - 1 ,uv,.... loautu 11 1..1II t (1I1IIO iu 1. UUIUIICS. no ueinuiiu on our ivinericau inanhOM ' or American citizenship will go unanswered ' or will not find us true Americans, true. children of our Church, that never iu'. tounu wanting in any crisis of American-" History, 'tie sntu in tne call. New London Phone System Crippled SliW LONDON. Conn.. Anrll la in telephone communication In the eastern half ; oi tne cuy was touuy crippiea ny tne mj'l-'"-terlous htirnltig of 450 telcphono wires In.' a conduit running along state street, lt was necessary to call out the fire depart- hipl.i to evtlncrllliib tbe lilnre An (ni.Aatla. tlon was Immediately begun by the author'.1,,' ties. : J; H6.00 I whether I was going to nil Iron foundry -bioker's olllce or a fish market. A, Si" happened I landed iu u ncck-tle factory tl' was the shop of J. S. Cummlnca & Cn J -! 15.00 i' d lass - tm,. .w pui(. iit .aravti UM oj IU M. rry, a, ooal sun. tA.tKa Pasulla.it.n.i.. local No ADDrovali 9nw. rJ, No zz-i sii. ziVA. as7srr.rAvi. HLNVJ H -A. 3ja"!iag ti&'Wit': c, WJ I ii r . , K -h iil'-i IxiyterAAXtteFte V tm' Ai..-u $M j. !tt
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