Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 19, 1917, Final, Image 2

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PATOES almost gone
LONDON, April 19.
HFr rlota are occurring In Constant!
Mle. During a demonstration in fa
Wj ( peace German army officers
& ere attacked and beaten by Turkish
I Women, says a dispatch to the Daily
ryXipress today.
M LONDON, April 19.
F;8houts of ''D6wn with warl" and "Wo
j )Wni peace r ana "uivo us uri-uu "
round the Emperor's palnco in ucnin on
-Monday during the labor and food riots In
Berlin. saVs n dispatch from Amsterdam
S'.'to the Morning Post today.
'j-r Prnwrtn mnrrhpfl thrntich Unler don I.ln
i'itn. the nrinclnal street In Ilcrlln, to the
FY- royal palace, carrying banners Inscribed with
K'the demands of a. "tvar-ivcary people."
t m j The burgomaster or Uerlin nnu me rrua-
j aln food controller aro conferrltiK on the
rk'iltuatlon, and It' Is reported that the
t rations of meat and vegetables win soon
i ae Increased.
iLx tM. lion HAtinviAil iirnmloAa
yij, All IIIU 4IICU til UIKBV iC"Jkv )"Miicvn,
EMiowevor. u unatchrs from neutral sources
FT i .. I . . . ...!..- .1. .IaI.iha .. a.tn 1 frwll
gV(tlons In Germany blacker and blacker. A
s telegram xroin ucncvu iu 1110 rjM-" Bjn;
FS. "A neutral dlDlomat who has Just arrived
if;' at Geneva says that within six weeks Ger
many will DQ'Wimoiu wncui ami injimuun.
:i ana tne uovernmeni win navo to inco
Bf 'famished population."
T,i There has been an Increase In the labor
r'Vanri hrpfiri rlntM In f!rmnnv In thn last
W twenty-four hours nnd In tho peace de
mands. An Amsterdam dispatch says:
"According to frontier reports, strikes
now exist In tho German cities ot Herlln,
t.i TliiMnrfr fiinlfl, Ktttttln Allnnn 1-BHnn
FO Lelpslc, Aachen, Charlottenburjr, Unrmcn,
Armeiu, iBiiericinn anil ouicr .cuicw.
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K. iwi UJiijr imtu uitiiuuiiiwiuii iiaii,n lit:-,,
!' erlnnlr1. hut fhn nutnnt nt nArnnlnnes nnd
Zeppelins has been Interfered wIC by labor
troubles In Dusseldorff. In nddltlon tn the
125,000 workmen who quit work In Herlln,
&3.X mure man io.uuv womerp rirui-ji uincwnujo
K?A In Qermany In sympathy."
ft At some points there have been serious
BlN" latthN hti'Afn th ntrltfprv nml iliA nnllrA
Socialists have taken advantage nf the In
dustrial unrest to press their demands for
constitutional reforms.
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SEPARATE PEACE WORLD
MENACE, SAYS SOCIALIST
WASHINGTON', April 19.
Meyer London, Socialist Kepresentatlvo
from New York, thinks a separate pfcaco
between Russia and Germany "Inconceiv
able," oven If such a peaco could bo en
gineered by the Socialists of the two na
tions. London branded the so-called Socialist
conference now being held as tinged with
autocracy; Ho Is deeply suspicious of the
move. lie gives three reasons for this be
lief. The first, he says, is that a separate
peace between Russia and Germany would
retard the democratization of Kurope: sec
ond, that tho war cannot be ended while a
"tremendous engine of destruction llko Ger
many" remains; third, Russian Socialists
have been fed on French revolutionary
literature and would not leave tho French
to struggle alone.
Ba , -" " iKinreu cjutiai-jjemocrais ana
mi y.-...Jv kw,u.ui,v.i.o,o a .nun uciiaimy
li'VWlll oppose to tho last the Idea of a sep.
araio peace, iney represent Dotn extremes
of the revolution nnd the moderate ele
ment the Laborltes as well. With thom
6rt humanity Is higher than nationalism."
J4 London laughed nt the Idea of dlstrlbut-
, ing trie President's war message In the
' German trenches by aeroplanes.
ek, "Tney-d Detter be distributed here," ho
1 said. "The American people havo not
grasped It yet."
SCHOOL CHILDREN MAY
AID IN FARM WORK
Plarf Proposed to Give Proficient Pupils
Additional Vacation for
Tilling
Dr. John P. Garber, superintendent of
schools, Is considering a suggestion from
the Board of Education that chldren over
twelve years old who aro proficient In their
studies be excused for the. balance of the
school year If they engage In agricultural
worK.
The State board In Its resolution upon
the subject suggests that children of this
age and over could very profitably till small
plots of ground nt or' near their homes,
thus adding to the food supply of their rc
' spectlve families. Teachers nre urged by
.the State hnnrH (n ulrl 'thn hltA t ui
j classes to attain sulllclent proficiency In
"f, their StUdleS tO Win this nilrfitlnn tn fhalr
i school vacation this year. Only children
J,ir who would be promoted anyway, were they
it . continue their studies until closing time,
FARMERS SUMMONED
TO DISCUSS SITUATION
WASHINGTON. April 19 Seeretnrv nf
!. Agriculture Ttnnstnn tnrlnt, tAtncnnv.A.i i.t
lng farmers of the United States to come
to Washington for a conference with him
a' next Monday to devise emergency measures
R to meet the Impending food shortage.
fit' The farm experts called Into conferenr
by Secretary Houston are D. O. Mnhnnv
Si of the American Society of Equity; H. E.
wwvnMuctv, laiuicio tttiuiiuj uonKress ;
&l Co-operative Union; H. I. Zlmmer, Ancient
t?$h. Order of Gleaners, and Oliver wiisnn .
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PEDDLER HELD FOR FRAUD
&ff Accused of misrepresenting his status and
& Jk credentials. tVllllnm TI.nl.,. n,i.,.. .
bR years old. Eighth and Vine r.,a ,..v,
ttftiws oeen Koing uooui in Kensington selling
IhCathollc books and crucifixes, today was
wem unaer ouu Dan lor a lurtner hearing
Aprll, 27 by Magistrate Wrigley at the'
vToni ana Westmoreland streets police sta-
l Wli was testified that Healcy showed ere.
.. atlals from several priests and sail he
t nM; wonting nis yay through college. The
.JWlice say the man Is addicted to drugs.
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SGHEME TO SHIFT DRAFT
RESPONSIBILITY ROUSES PRESIDENT
Continued from Tsie On
.Immediately, and Issue no call for tHun-
teers.
While respecting the Individual view
points of those who oppose selective draft.
President Wilson Is understood to feel that
this Is not nn opportune time for prolonged
discussion of details when It Is vitally
essential to the welfare of the nation to
nilso an army at once.
For that reason It appears likely there
may soon bo something In tho nature of a
blast from the White Houso to Jar Congross
Into action.
Tho President Is expected to resort to his
usual method of putting up to the country
for support question on which ho nnd
some members of Congress differ
Whllo tliln preliminary action occurred
in tho House, Senator McCombcr Introduced
In the Senate an amendment to the Admin
istration measuic, proposing to rnlso the
urmy needed by cnlllng for volunteers pro
portionately from each voting district, nnd
making a resort to draft posslblo onlynftcr
the volunteer plan falls.
Later In the day Senator Swnnson, acting
nnval committee chairman, reported for
mally his bill authorizing tho requested in
crcaso In tho inarlnu corps of from 17,000
to .su,uu, nnu increase In the navy per
sonncl from 87,000 to 150,000. Iloth bills'
SENATE RECEIVES REPORT FAVORING
WILSON'S ARMY DRAFT PLAN
WASHINGTON. April 19.
Despite determination of tho Houso to
play politics with the Administration's land
defense plans for raising a selective con
script army, the Senate late this afternoon
received from Chairman Chamberlain, of the
Military Committee, a favorable report on
President Wilson's bill.
Tho Chamberlain report denounced the
volunlei'r system as Inadequate, extrav
agant nnd Ineffectual. It pointed nut that
the army, everybody agrees. Is needed
quickly If the nation Is to be defended prop
erly, nnd Is larger than ever asked for
uniler n volunteer system.
SENATOR BORAH OPENS BATTLE ON
NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP MEASURE
WASHINGTON, April 19.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, led tho Republi
can assault on tfio Administration espion
age bill containing the censorship clause
this afternoon by charging Congress was
going far beyond Its constitutional author
ity In seeking to glvo the executive depart
ment power over tho press.
"It Is my Judgment." said Senator Borah,
"that whatever construction may be placed
on tho constitution In Uieso days of some
vhat latltudlnous construction, there can bo
no doubt that those who wrote tile con
stitution thoroughly understood that they
were excluding from the Government tho
power to Interfero with tho press, It was
tho clear Intention of tho framers of the
constitution that tho Government should
havo no power over the press.
"This Kcctlon Is omnipotently compre
hensive, drastic, nebulous In Its meaning,
uncertnln In Its purposes and no man can
tell what Its consequences may bo."
So animated became the debate over the
censorship provision this afternoon that the
Senato took on tho aspect of a class room
in constitutional law. Nearly every Sen
ator was engaged In deep study of tho
constitution. Indications wero that tho de
WOMAN LEADS "PAUL REVERE CALL"
TO AMERICA IN LEXINGTON DAY FETE
NEW YORK, April 19.
Nine Paul Reveres carried a "Wake-Up-America"
message to New York today, start
ing a series of patriotic demonstrations that
are country-wide In celebration of tho bat
tle of Lexington.
Typical of the changed times, the first of
tho nine was a woman, Jean Moehle, who
rode horseback, as did the original Paul
Revere 142 years ago. Tho other eight wero
aviators, who bombarded New York with
posters calling for recruits for tho nrmy,
navy and marine corps.
Clad In the uniform of a Continental sol
dier, Miss Moehle, rodo through tho mists
which hung about tho great buildings of
Broadway nnd Fifth avtnue shortly after
midnight, carrying nn American Hag and
followed by Barnard College girl trumpeters
In automobiles.
"America," "Hall, Columbia" and "Colum
bia, the Gem of the Ocean," chimed In tho
towers of scores of churches at midnight,
was the signal for tho start of tho modorn
feminist nls..t ride to Lexington.
Thousands saw tho girl rider, mounted on
a big gray horse, cheered her and broke Into plctlng patriotic scenes or putting over re
patriotic songs as she clashed by. crultlng nrguments.
LEAGUE FOR NATION'S UNITY OPENS
FIGHT TO ELIMINATE HYPHENISM
WASHINGTON, April 10.
"The American League for National
Unity," formed with tho Idea of bringing
governmental war time needs close to the
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somewhere and buy a suit
or overcoat? Don't do it. There is a letter way.
We are ready to serve you with the type of clothes
that you should wear, that will give you lasting satis
faction and that will meet your ideas of what is right
and proper for tOUf individual requirements. Suits
and .Overcoats for Spring $15 'and upward.
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are experted to pass quickly after they are
taken up, either late this week or early
next week.
Other congressional steps of today vvero
Introduction of a hill by Representative Mc
Keown, Oklahoma, which would prevent
sale of explosives throughout the war, ex
cept by special license, and Introduction or
a measuro by Representative Avers, Kan
sas, making "nrtinclal speculation" In food
stuffs punishable by n lino of from J500 to
$5000, or sentence of from ono to flvo years
or both.
Shortly after the McKcown resolution was
Introduced, Secretary of tho Interior Lane
submitted t" Representative Foster, chair
man nf tho Houso Mining Committee, a bill
providing for Government supervision over
tho manufacture, sale nnd uso of nil ex
plosives. "Uptown" tho executive end of tho Gov
ernment continued Its war work.
At tho Nnvy Department announcement
was made that building of warships was not
to Impcdo commerce-ship, construction. Sec
retary Daniels issued orders that no spe
cial" hurry need be nttempted ns to building
of ships on the second year of the program.
The department 'believes thut right now
merchant ships In great numbers nro as
essential. If not more so, than wnrshlps.
Tho argument of President Lincoln, used
during tho Civil War In support of the
draft system, was quoted In tho concluding
phrases of the report.
Dlfcusslng the bill. Senator Chamberlain
said:
"While this mensurn establishes selective
cnnsrrlptlon ns t lie moans of raising nn
army, It leaves room for tho operation of
ho much of volunteer system ns In our
judgment is worthy of ndnption.
"It provides for n force of 000,000 volun
teers for lllllnc the regular army and Na
tional Guard units to wartime strength."
bate of tho censorship provision would con
tinue all day.
The Republicans are supporting the
Amendment proposed by Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, slightly liberalizing the cen
sorship Fectlon by limiting Its prohibition
to the publication of information helpful to
tho enemy The old guard and tlio Pro
gressives, heeding Senator Hiram Johnson's
warning that "America In Its tenderness for
democracy nbro.-wl may forget democracy
at home," are standing shoulder to shoulder
against tho Administration proposal, and In
dications today were they would win sulll
cient Democratic votes to their side to beat
It, or radically modify it.
The hill In Its present foim, It was pointed
out today, would confer upon tho Govern
ment authority to Imposo a censorship so
rigid that tho people of the country could
be kept In the dark about the conduct of tho
war In a manner befitting darkest Prussia.
Republican Senators nro fearful, too, that
tho authority contained In the bill might bo
used by olllclals ot the Administration to
even up old scores ngalnst opposition news
papers. Many of those fighting tho censor
ship section openly declared It was in direct
violation of tho constitutional guaranteo of
the right of free speech nnd press.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon eight aviators,
each carrying nn observer, left Hempstead
Plains nnd swept over the city a3 tho day's
famous parado was forming, dropping post
ers calling for recruits for America's new
fight "for universal freedom" and for a
revival of the spirit of '76.
More than forty of tho fnstest aviators
In tho Government service took part In tho
patriotic demonstrations late this nfternoon.
They wheeled over the city in battle forma
tion, "bombarding" it with thousands of
petitions for' a universal military service
law.
Under Colonel Grey, recently In the Brit
ish armies In France, 3000 of our British
Allies, Englishmen now resident In New
York, formed a section of the parado.
Nearly 10,000 school children, carrying
flags, the boys khakl-clad for the most part,
formed another section, and 5000 Boy
Scouts marched, carrying relief kits and
garden tools. Suffragists were out In forco
and mnny other women's organizations
were represented.
Many of tho units had planned floats de
people, opened headquarters here today
Dr. Charles P. Stclnmetz. famous electrical
Inventor, Is chairman of the provisional di
rectors. l Reed'
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of U. S Gerard Says
TF WE had not Rono into this
war I nm absolutely convinced
that Germany, nfter tho war had
been won by her, or after the war
had ended na a draw, would have
como over to attack ub, with the
applause of nlmost the rest of the
world." James W. Gerard in speech
nt Uoston Inst night.
Tho league Is founded on -eight declara
tions of principles:
Complete elimination of "hyphen
Ism" ns a factor In American citizen
ship. ' To conduct n, national campaign for
a more thorough Americanization of
all classes of citizens.
To endeavor to find a channel
through which every loyal American
may servo his or her country In tho
national crisis.
To encourage enlistments.
To undertake the raising of funds. In
co-operation with tho Red Cross, to
aid the families of soldiers nnd sailors
nt tho front.
Advocacy of national unity: to ob
literate this lino drawn between foreign
and native born citizens
To ruga business firms and individ
uals not to discriminate against or
discharge employes of foreign birth
who hi'vo demonstrated their loyalty
to America.
To Insist on a policy of fair treat
ment for all foreign-born citizens.
Directors of tho league are Charles P.
Stclnmetz, Dr. Leo II. Uaekellnnd, of Yon
kers, N. V.. a member of the naval con
sulting board; Gilford Plnchot, former chief
forester of tho Vfnted States; Louis Lom
bard, Washington nuthor: Robert N. Har
per, Washington banker; Dr. Michael I.
Punln, of Columbia University; Judge Wil
liam McAdon, New York ; George Seinler,
New York merchant ; William W. llrlde,
Washington lawyer: Dr. Karl von Ruck.
Ashevllle, N. c., physician and i-clentlst:
Miss Ida M. Tarbell, New Ymk writer;
Judge John .1. Kreschl, Now York, and
Major Kdward H. Sttihlman. Nashville edi
tor and publisher.
MAMMOTH TAX MEASURE
WILL BE DRAFTED SOON
House Ways nnd Means Committee,
Republicans nnd Democrats, Be
nin Task Tomorrow
WASHINGTON. April I . Preparation
of Hie greatest direct tnx bill in the his.
tory of this Government will begin tomor
mw when tho Wnyn and Means Committee
of -the House holds u preliminary session.
II wan disclosed today that the committee
will proceed to the consideration of the tax
bill n!ong nonpartisan lines. The Repub
llean members will bo called in from the
outset by the Demociatlc majority. i dl
narlly no taxation measure Is drafird by
the full committee.
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After Walking
thernost probable rea
son is that you've been
wearing narrow, bone
bending shoes. Shoes
that cause corns, bun
ions, flat foot, callouses,
ingrown nails, etc.
It's easy to have comfortable,
pain-free feet, "ust wear Edu
cators. Because Educators are
broad-toed and roomy, and
give all five toes a chance.
Made for
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Introduce your xvholt family
to Educators today. You all
nttd them especially the chil
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insurance against foot trouble.
Insist on seeing the word
Educator on the sole of the
shoes you buy. It guarantees
the foot-protecting, orthopxdic
Educator shape that "lets the
feet grow as they should."
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A censored statement received by news
papermen from Captain P. S. Van Boskerclc
today shows moro clearly tho situation re
garding the closing of nil wireless stations.
Ho said that nil stations must close, and
i.. .i... ...v.n that ihn wireless station nt
tho University of Pennsylvania was to bo
left open Is without ground entirely. The
only stations to bo open nre those in tho
Government service.
"Tho nnval authorities aro today vigor
ously enforcing tho order relative .to tho
closing of all radio stations, and to that end
the corps of radio men arc actively nt work.
Apparently some owners of radio outfits do
not havo a clear comprehension of the
meaning of the directions to Immediately
close all stations, whether sending or re
ceiving ones.
To put It more clearly, this means that
all stations of every description, no matter
by whom owned or for whnt purpose main
tained, must send down the aerials, open
nil switches nnd seal them.
The only stations that remain open arc
tlioto under the control of the navy, while
army stations remain open ns a matter of
course.
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County Organize nnd Elect Officers
POTTSVILLE. r-a., April 19. Four hun
dred citizens of this, county, men nnd
women, havo organized the Tottsvllle
Chapter of the Red Cross.
Tho ofllcers chosen were Dr. O. H. Hal
berstadt, chairman; Mrs. M. J'. Herndon,
secretary, nnd Mrs. E. C. Luther, chairman
of tho enrollment committee. Mrs. W. J.
Richards heads tho military relief com
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relief committee. Jacob S. Ulmer Is chair
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