'EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917
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I BUMPER WHEAT CROP
EXPECTED BY HOUSTON
& -Secretary ot Agriculture aeca
No Danger m snore wnent
Crop for This Spring
WAY LIMIT USES LATER
Restriction from Liquor Making nml
MlxliiB With Other Grains
Urged
WAS1HN'"T(,N. Mn.'" 10. Tlicio Is no
i5on Why the people "f the 1'nlted Statis
hVut't !' u aimed over the winter wheat
thortaRi" wiHl Secretary "t Agilculturu
Houston Weather favorable to spring
heat ami increased acreage ilanlei1. In his
Inlon, will prodilco a liumpcr spring crop
If' the weather continues fnvorablo timing
the RNiwlnK period.
Pcsplto the fio.nnu.OOO-liusliel i1ecreac In
winter wheat repotted In tho crop estimate!!
jcflerilay. Mr Houston said the supply In
Canada ami this country Is milllclcnt to feoil
the people of the two comitrlua and allow
for t00.flfli.000 bushe's ln export until the
iprhiK nml winter wheat is iii the market.
If conditions should become had lis tho
result of unfavorable weather during tho
trowing perlo.1 of the spring wheat, regu
lation might l"1 ncccssai y ho said I only
wint to sa that tlirrc Is no muse for
il'arm at this tune ; but. on the other hand,
the nereage of spring wheat should bo In
creased, and nothing bo left undone to In
crease our production.
"Considering tho favonible weather now,
the present supply and the fact that tho
ufe of wheat will be made to go further by
mixing. It necessary, 1 cannot sou any
larmhiR condition."
The tecretary said that pending legisla
tion permitting mixing. If this should be
,,,!' as a conservator, the resttletlon
f Its use In beverages and the teaching of
eur people t' ue mor mi, would all lend
to conserve our wnc.ii
s'.ipplv, It may be
mcessari . i" i
Ue of wheat 1
I last resoit
n was point
aid. to strictly rigiil.ite the
lit this will be done only a."
d out thai we should go to
the same conditions existing In Knitlaml to
day, which permits of a mixing or '.' per
cent of wheat Willi
corn, rye or barley.
other grains, euch as
V. S. Ships Fires Upon
U-Boat; Save Freighter
Continued from Pace One
JInck and Lieutenant l K. Kalthftil, of tho
British N'avy . Jlr and Mrs. (' II. Xlehol
on, Cecil H. I'oiisonby. II. II Hearing.
Mrs M. A .Inclines and her sous. William
II. and David It .lacipios. relatives of Hear
Admiral Delano, of tho I'nlted States N'avy,
Navy.
Among the thrld-class passengers on the
Ihlp were six members of tho Norwoginn
back Kkoold. sunk off tho Irish coast by a
German submarine on April L and threo
Cf the crew of tho Norwegian back Vestelo,
tunk on April 21.
Tho Skoold was bound from Now York
to Glasgow, and tho Vestelo from .Mobile
to Belfast Tho nine seamen were very
muih excited when the Kiinners were fir
ing at the Herman submarine, and would
rot ro below until neatly midnight, be
cause they were afraid tho craft would
appear again ln tho dark mid attack the
ship. Tho ship carried twenty-nlno llrst.
twenty-eight second, and thirty-four third
class passengers. The weather was calm
for most of the voyage, the officers said,
BUV SEVEN AUSTRIAN VESSELS
Federal Shipbuildinp; Board Gets Craft
at Half Prevailing Prices
WASHINGTON, May 10. Tho Federal
Shipping Hoard announced last night It had
purchased from Ameilcan owners seven
Austrian merchantmen held in American
torts, totaling M.fiSt tons, for $0,778,000.
jTlio prico Is ubout half tho prevailing prlco
for ships.
The vessels will bo repaired within n
few months and placed In tho war emer
gency trade by the board.
The ships are Dora. 7037 gross tons ;
tho Ida 1730 tons, both at New York;
Erny, 6513 tons, Uoston ; Anna. 1575 tons,
Clara, 3H32 tons ; Teresa, 37C9 tons, at
cw Orleans, and the I.ucla. 07 14 tons, at
jTensacola. They were bought from A. T.
Herd and Cieorgo A. Parden, Now York
jhlpowncrs, who agtced to sacrifice their
frolits and sell at virtually the same price
they gave for the vessels.
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Stern Assails Flucks
as.Enemies of Transit
Continued from Vatit one
ent surface, subway or elevnted lines, with
out having llrst to lmvo tho l'ubllo Service
t'ommlsslon glvo It tho right to do so. Tho
bill would Rrcatly cut tail tho powers ot tho
l'ubllo Servlco Commission, nn would tho
bill Introduced by Itcprcscntntlvo Hlack, of
Dauphin, which wifuid penult the city of
I'hllndelphla to go nhead with tho high
speed Hues, without having to obtain cer
tificates of public convenlcnvo from the
commission.
1'AVonAiiLY nr.roiiTun
Tile Ill.tek hill has been favorably report
ed from the House Judiciary Special Com
mittee, ot which Representative Stern Is
chairman, and Is on tho House llrst leading
calendar Its author, however, lias slgnllcd
his Intention of having It lccommltted. as
It would so nullify the powers of tho com
mission as seriously to affect public utili
ties companies op cot porat Ions, as well as
municipalities or communities, not only nR
to street rnllway sj stems but as to rail
roads and other public, utilities,
"If tho point raised by the Fhick suit
was Justified before the passage of the act
ti validate the loan," .Mr. .Stern (-aid, "cer
tainly tho Flucks are not Justified In try
ing to present tho art from belne ntnerd
on tho statute hook, or In seeking to raise
irr-m oosiacies In the wav of tho speedy
completion of tho IMilladelphla high-speed
lines ,
'it Is the duty of every loyal Phlladel
phlan. who has tho best interests of his
city at henit. to d.i everything In his power
to help push those lines, tint to attempt to
tie them up by employing somo legal techni
cality. "I have no dcslro to question the right
of ntiv citizen or taxpayer to Institute, eotitt
proceedings at any thno In older to test
the legality of n loan or of a. bond Ifsue,
but when the Legislature places the stamp
of its approval upon nn act Intended to set
tle, once and for nil, the legality of the
jr.7.ino,non ,, r f ,hl) olc,.t(m j,t
which It was approved by tho citizens of
Philadelphia, then I think It is unwarranted
and unjustified for any man. whatever his
motives may be, to play the dog-ln-tlie-manger.
N13VKK IlKAltll n.' KI.l'CIC
"It ill heroines, any Individual to attempt
to Impair the eiedlt of ids native city as
this man Pluck, of whom I never beard of
before, Is evidently trying to do.
"If the bonds nlieady Issued to the
amount of JT.oim.i by the city of I'hila-
delphla as pan of Hie Jfiu.lniUiim port mid
tianslt proposition should be declared Illegal
by tho courts as the result of the I'lncU
suit, tho bondholders would receive no In
terest until the Legislature of lain could
validate those bonds.
"Of course, tho city of Philadelphia
would not repudiate the obligation Involved,
but the bondholder..) would not only b8
harassed but would have to wait for at lean
two years he faro they could leallze any
money on their bonds. Till is especially
true If any of the bondholders might deslro
to negotiate their secuiitles-
"lf tho courts should declare Illegal tho
election at which the loan was approved
and tho validating act should not be signed
by the Governor, it would seriously rcllect
upon Philadelphia's financial credit.
"There Is no connection between tho vali
dating act and the other transit bills now
pending in th Legislature. Tho latter bills
were Intioduccd for nn entirely different
purpose and will bo mado tho subject of a
public hearing to bo held In cither tho Sen
ate or the Ilnuso chamber on the after
noon of May 22.
Tho hearing referred to by Stern will be
held In cither the Senato or House cham
ber and will be conducted by tho Senato
Judiciary General Committee., of which
Senator Kline Is chairman, and the liouro
Judiciary Special Committee, of which Stern
Is chalimnn.
What heailng. it any, the Ulack-Mlller
bills may havo on the sltuntlon Is uncer
tain, but tho opinion Is that any attempt to
curtail the powers of tho Public Service
Commission on tho part of tho Legislature
would be vetoed by tho Governor.
Hoth the Hlack and Miller measures aro
"repealers." Tho Miller bill would repeal
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Valley
Forge
ONE-DAY OUTING
SPECIAL ONE-DAY FARE
75c ROUND-TRIP
Saturdays, Sundays
Memorial Day
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
paragraph D, of section 3, of Artlcl III, of
the net known ns tho "Public servlco com
pany law" defining public service companies
nnd their duties and liabilities, prescribing,
defining and limiting their powers, etc., and
"to a limited extent regulating municipal
corporations engaged, or about to engage In
tlia business of public service companies,"
ns well ns "creating the Public Service Com
mission and defining Its Jurisdiction over
such companies or corporations."
Paragraph 1) gives the commission tho
"excluslvo power to regulato tho construc
tion, alteration, relocation, or abolition of
tho crossings of railroad corporations, street
railway corporations or other public service
companies, nnd of public highways by the
tracks, or other facilities of tho said com
panies." ' DOCTORS OFF FOR WAR FRONT
Oniccrs of Reserve Corps En Route or
Ready to Sail
WASHINGTON, -May 10. War Pepait
ment orders disclosed that eighteen offlrers
of the army medical olllcers' reserve corps
nto en route to llrltlsh nnd Krench base
hospitals, or havo been assigned to units
which will sail In the near future.
Colonel Alfred K. Hradley, of tho in my
medical corps, now attached to the Ameil
cm embassy In London, will direct distri
bution of tho units. The olllcers nre to ic
port to him In Hngland
Those already departed nre Captain Stan,
hope Hayne-Joues nnd Lieutenants lletija
min M. Vance. William D Jack, Percy Mils
ginve, Cieotgo L. Stlckney. Kverctt D. Plasa
and John A. C, Colston. Those under onleis
are Majors Haivey Pushing, linger I. Lee
and ttobert 11. Osgood; Captain Geoigo S.
Derby and Lieutenants I'M ward It. Towne,
Henry Lyman, Gilbert Itnrrax, John J. Mut
ton, Jr, Oswald 11. Hobertson. Thoina- It
Goethals nnd Samuel C llarvcy
Waste Crust, Waste Bullet,
English Economy Slogan
LONDON, Mny 10.
MAXIMS distributed by the food
economy department of the Food
Ministry includo the following:
"Rich people who make their din
ner of lobster salud nre good pa
triots. The rich man who eats neck
of mutton and bread is not."
"Tho woman who wastes n crust
wastes a bullet."
"Eat slowly nnd you need cat less.
Five people out of ten nre dijiKinp;
their Braves with their teeth."
"The dustbin swallows tho food
of millions."
GOOD LUCK FOR RUNAWAY
Ncjrro Roy Finds New Suit nnd Al
lowance by Sleeping in Dor Kennel
Sleeping In a dog kennel brought pood
fortune to a fourtee;i-ycar-ohl negro boy,
Kcmlngton Gross, lie had been living In a
Kennel on the grounds of tho Urown man
sion at l''orty-flist nnd Locust streets lor
mole than three weeks when he was found
by the police. lie broke down nnd salil
ho tan away from homo and was working
lather than go to school and not support
himself.
William T. Harris, who lives next to the
mansion, heard of tho case. Ho not only
Hind tho boy out In new clothes, but wl'l
nllo.v him mi allowance If his weekly I'poi's
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Stotesbury Defended
in Statement by Bell
rnntlmiMl from l'ne tine
Service man. turning to Stotesbury. lie
then ordered his assistants to check up the
party and while tho financier stepped down
from the platform ono of tho committee
romnrked sarcastically that Nyo was a
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Hell stepped forward nnd told Nye Just v ho
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Njo nnswered:
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run things to suit Nye nnd not Stotesbury.
Tho Humidor replied that he would not
tolerato such reinatks
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"I am In charge of this train," rejoined
N.vo deteinilnedly, "and 1 don't Intend to
have any Interference."
At this point Captain Mills thrust him
self into the argument nnd requested that
tho ladles iccelvo permission to board the
car.
"Mind your own business," said N.ve to
Mills, who turned tho color of a beet.
"This Is not ii police mutter. You havo
nothing to do with this train and I don't
Intend you shall."
Assistant Secretary of stato Hrecken
bridge Long tried his luck with N.vo. Ills
attempts weio as futllo as tho lest. "If you
want to run things." remarked the Secret
Servlco agent t. Long, "go abend and do
i and I'll go back to Washington. I am
lesponslble for the party nnd I will not
allow a reception aboard."
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say s."
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road, to one side nnd tohl him not to movo
tho train until Mr Stotesbury gave tho
word, The train was scheduled to lenvo at
3 30 promptly. Mr. Stotesbury gao the
signal and tho train left on time.
JCSSKUAND AltltlVnS
Shortly after the train pulled out, Am
bassador Jusscrand, who had been to a
grcnt extent tho Innocent cnuso of tho
trouble, rushed up to tho gates nnd wns
informed that tho train had gone.
"Jim" Cortclyoii, chief postal Inspector,
stepped forward and volunteered his as
sistance, with tho result that special ac
connuhdntloiiR were obtained for M. Jus
sornnd nn tho 3 o'clock train, and ho
leached City Hall, In New York, beforo
tho envoys themselves did.
"How?" queried Jnffre and Vlvlanl when
they saw him whom they thought they had
left behind.
"American cflleiency," replied ttyo Ambassador.
AMERICANS HELD IN TURKEY
Washington Learns Number of Military
Age Are Ueing Detained
WASHINGTON, May in. Americans of
military age are hnving illfllcult.v in leaving
Turkey nnd tho embassy at Constantinople
Is making urgent Inquiries.
An ntjiolal dispatch received by way
of Stockholm says twenty-four Ameri
cans got nvvav, but that twenty men be
tween eighteen anil forty-five were not per
mitted to depart lit the last moment. Those
who did get away Included Consul General
l'.avndal, Vice Consul Young, Commander
Morton, the Ileiser family nnd the Messrs.
Gulliver nnd Tompkins.
Report of Revolt in Unllvia Denied
LA I'.V.. Hoivli, May 10 Tho Secretary
of state denied the report of n revolution
In llollvia. lie sulil the sltuntlon ln tho
republic was tranquil.
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