Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, May 12, 1917, Night Extra, Image 2

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JAPAN AND U. S.
LEADING WORLD
Premier and Viscount
Motono Forecast
Pacific Era
VISIONS OF UNION
OF EAST AND WEST
Nipponese Statesmen Speak
at American Society Oppn-
ing in Tokio
LOOK TOWARD TREATIES
Hope Expressed for Pacts As
suring Permanent Peace for
All Earth's Nations
TOKlu Miiv U
".Japan ami Vmerica have Inlned hand
Together these two tuitions will work side
bv side in a new era just dawning In which
tfle I'nciuV Ocean will be the meeting place
for alt nations "
These statement made Lv Viscount Mo
tono and Premier Ter.iuclil ale tin- first
ofl'ciui indications of .lHp.in attitude
toward Hit- t'nltrrt States in the wnild war
The occasion for the Viscount's state
ments was the Inauguration banquet at tlio
new American-Japanese Mciet Mt night
which turned Into the greatest demonstra
tion ttiat Japan has ever Keen of tho friend
liness between the gieat nations which He
on either side of the Pacific
Japan has milted her levinices with thp
t nlted States to chastise a common foe,"
till Piemler Tcrauchl. who gave the of
ficial attitude of Japan tnwaicl Ameilea
CMlt of the meeting thete came an en
thusiasm and n spirit which ale believed
in Japan to Palliate a lasting union between
Japan and the Tutted States" thai will doni
Inate a new world Hituatlon and ufill,
toward peace for all times.
pacific i:u. dawacinc
The era of the Paelllc Ocean Is alieadv
dawnlng" said Viscount .Motono. "and It Is
promising to surpass In vastners the In
fliienie of either the Atlantic or the .Mcdl
tertaneau those two meat bodies which
heretofore dominated the commerce and the
trade of the world.
"The. Pacific Ocean must be tlio meeting
place of all of the forces of the Cast anil
the, West
Whether lhe.se world foues will clash
re.sts In the hands of Japan and Ameilca
Mm will dominate and entitled the Pacific,
the center of this new era "
''It Is to be hoped that a common bais
of understanding will be reached between
Japan and America." .Motono alel This
remaili rnmt In answer to a ciuestlou
T.hcther the two nations would Join forces
to meet the new situation, or whether they
would turn their baeU upon each nthei
fjid wniK separately.
looks towaiip tui:atii:.s
Motonci's prophec.v Is undei stood bj nian.v
leading Japanese to Indicate a readiness
upon the part of the Japanese ioernm"nt
to enter Into treaties with the t'nlted States
Tvhlch will make a lasting peace between
these nations and establish a commercial
union such ns will become a great factor
In the trade of the world.
Tremler Terauchl In closing his speech
gave ,i toast to President Wilson of the
t'nlted States, and said. "America's par
ticipation In the war has stiengthcued us,"
Kntliuslasm and friendliness ran high
In the entire meeting, at which not only
was the high official life of Japan well
represented but of the I'nlted States ns
well.
I'nlted States Consul Skldmoie. of ToMo.
was olio of the principal speakers to ex
change Willi the Japanese officials the e i
duice of a strong friendship
CITY AGAIN TURNS DOWN
BID ON ELEVATED WORK
McClintic. Marshall Offer Kxccetls by
Several Thoukamls Estimates on
P'rankford "L"
Kor the second time tile Depai tineiit of
Cltv Transit has rejected the bid of tho
Mcriintic-.Marshall Company for appurten
ance steel work on the HuntliiRiloti street
tatlon of tlie FrankforU "U."
Both times the bids were adveitlsed the
company was the only bidder, and Its price
of H6,00,0 exceeded by several thousand
dollars the estimate of city engineers. To
ccept a bid that exceeds the estimate is
Illegal, and so when the depaitment opened
the. bids for the second time. Director Twin
lnc went to City Solicitor I'onnellv unit
asked what could he done Connelly re.
piled that nothing could be done, so once
more the bids will be advertised.
It Is probable that the i ost now will be
much Rreater than when first proposed
with the cost of materials and labor In
creasing Killed by Dynamite Blast
TRKNTON, .May 1 Samuel Snook,
thirty-three years old, of Hopewell, an em
ploye of the John A Kelly Con-tiuctlon
Company, of Philadelphia, was killed
by a fragment of rock hut led moie than
100 feet by a dynamite blast on tho Iin)
of the Philadelphia and Heading Hallway.
netween Pennington and (ilenmoie
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ROSARY'S HOLY POWER SAVES
DESPONDENT GIRL PROM SUICIDE
Waters of Newton Creek Closing Over Distraught Young
Immigrant's Head When Beads Recall Her From
Desperate Deed Cries for Help Summon Rescuer
A little pearl white rosar) given to her
when she was a child by her mother saved
the life of Helen Gray She sought death
In Newton Creek and was gradually sink
In below the surface of the water when
the crucifix at the end of the pearly beads
lightly touched her face.
it was like a message Jroni her mother
In far-off war-ridden Russia. Often she
had told tho girl never to give wuy to
despair. Her parting message was, In fact,
to have faith In the power which Is beyond
that of man and remember that sunshine
often lurked behind a cloud.
Initead of resigning to the gradual em
brace of death In the dark waters of the
creek, the girl struggled and shouted
through the darkness. Feeble as the cry
was It was heard, nevertheless, by Harry
Petit, of Oaklvn, lie plunged Into tho
stream and swam In the direction of the
sound. He uw the dim outline of the
girl's head as she was struggling. She
ought death with a strength born of de-
tmnlnnllnn lHt whn la n trnftA lulm.
1-V ... .-. I... Vtmm .M- , k.-..tl. t.-
Liner nun bwii vjr "i" muv unit vivusiii nor
,-safly to shore. On realising that, she had
Vlieen taketr from tho very shadow of death.
.- "?the"glrl burst Into tears. She was grateful
,' be) oat, words to ner rescuer aim repeatedly!
tfjaseu me siiimmerins; nine ruawry wucii
revived, l)ou when there was nothing but
jtaHenilQ, jthes, Ca"4en policed
ctveo ittf l"jM)lKiiiiiMfftly
U. 3. OFFICIAL LETTERS
TO ADVERTISE WAR LOAN
McAduo Uses Red link Stamp: "Your
l'ntrlotic Duty Is to Buy a
Liberty Bowl"
WASIII.VHTO.V. May U Keirrl.il) .Mc
Adon today notlfleil the other cabinet mem
hers that he would have stumped In ted
nil letteis anil document containers RnltiR
nut of his nfllco finin now on this Inset Ip
tlon "Vour patriotic dut Is to bu.v a I.lbiil.v
llond " He askrd thai the inhluel tnl.e
similar action In the other dep.it tiueuts
The department train) was notified thai
the New Votk Letter Cnrtlers' Association
had subset Hit il J 1000 to the bond fund n nil
that iidividtl.il inembeis n!" would sub
scribe
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SPECULATORS PURCHASING
IJERKS COUNTY CROPS
(Jonierinp; of I'uture.s by P'ooil (Jitm-
biers ChnrRetl by Volunteer
Farm Army StafT
i:i:.iiiMi Pa m.iv An-oidiiiK in
I S Hrnnt. :t inembei of the vulunleei fnim
armv staff food ipcculatots iitn alieady
hti) Iiir Ui fuluies of imps epeU(d to be
ialed on lterls Count) farms Potato spec
Uhitots weie found to luxe tiaveled tlunugh
the 1'Oiiut.v Just nhc.nl of the staff In Its
leccnt lvvo-vecl, t .tuipalgti for greater
I I ops The specul.itirs bouKht up a titiln
bei of future potato clops Some of them
wen- driven from the countv
I lie potato spe. Hint. ii nppinmh the i
l.iimeiH wiin a piopii'iiinn io mi) the entire
' I UJ' HI !' IIIH HUH I ' II I I I I"- I 1 III I I III
ion hi i il .it til.i ltnl nil ii ni.vji 1. ,lf .. !
lilt VVU r iti hjmiI i ,i h
Over Roosevelt
House Struggles
fmillnueil from Puce line
Voled nR.ihlM the pnili IP e of til tbniM-
velt amendment when the aimv bill was
pi'iidlm; here I stood b tho Instruction
of the Hinp-i although I favoted then and
I favui liow the volunteer svstem In ptefet
tue to th- selective draft
"I'heie Is no IorIc whalevei in voIuir for
tin- selicthe draft, hi s.vvIiik thai the vol
untiei svstim is all wronK and the diuft
Is light, and then turtiltiK ainiuiil lieie tud.iv
and sa.vlui; that we shall kivc a sp-iial
pllvlleKe to volllllli-el l,i soine favolid
person '
llipn sentative Ciaiiilon of MUhigan In
teiuptcd with the statement thai sevet.il
hunditd thousand vulunteus .ue to be al
lowed In the National iliuld
'What will be tlie harm In peniiittiiii; a
f w mine volumei-is"' he asked
wnv pi:i:i--i:i:i:m'i:'
If .von ale goliiK In lei a few yuu
should let nil.' uplled liettt Win show
pi-eferenie to the Hoosevelt volunteers''"
I lent aroiii-.l cousldi'ralile appl uise. esp( -cialh
fiom the southern inembeis w Iwii he
alil the t unlet ees had agreed on a pro
'.isliin for the appointment of civ ill.iu hoards
In evei) county to supemsc the enioll
mi'iil and diaft of men eligible fur srivlce
It was di elded, he said, that this work
should be performi il bv civilian mtlier than
inllltarv boanN
"You sav vou stood bv Hie HoiiM d
i isioii on the lloosevclt Minenilmeut " ioiii
plainfd Mi .Mi Cm, nil k. of Illinois
"If vou will linn to toe muni vou vtili
sec the House voled ;Tn to t! foi tlie
twent.v.one to fmty .vears age liinll foi
conscription Yet you have i hanged draft
ages to twenty-one to thirty"
"That was a question of lompHiiulse be
tween the two houses." said I lent "You
have to giv and take In conference II Is
not a similar proposllioii to tlie Iloisevelt
ptoposal, which Involves a ptlnclple"
"In addition." Interjected Congn.si.inan
Klelds. of Kentucky, "this big Mite In the
House on the age limit was against rdu(
Ing the age to take in nliiHtetti-viar-oId
bo.vs. That was wli.v it was so huge The
proposition was nineteen to tvvent)-llve
jeais. not tvventy-one to fmty
"I believe their is .1 tremendous senti
ment in the House and Senate and in tlie
country at large In favoi of sending a Luge
forcn to Fiance." said llepiesentatlve An
thony "I don't believe It will be possible
to send a fmce to the front wtthln the time
suggested by Marshal .tnffie If we wait
for tho raising of an aim) b.v conscription. "
Is the iPtiei.il Staff hi tavoi of the
Konsevelt division'.'' intcti upteil Iteireent
ative llritteii. of Illinois
'I don't know what the lieneral Staft
wants." said Anthoii). hut I know the
people favor the Hoosevell division"
Hcpresentatlve Austin, of Tennessee, au
thoi of tlie original Roosevelt amendment,
which was stricken Irom tlie bill in the
House, said:
"If we aie to have no polltiis in tills lat
tei I appeal to jott to give this glint tvpkal
American a illative on tile l-'rench flonl
If we adopt this amendment vve shall have
a division In l'tanie befoie ,vou will have
time to complete the i ensns provided In
tho diaft lii'l '
llepiesentatlve (iieeiie. of Ycimuht. meni
btr of the Mllltai) Affalis Comiiilttet.. op
posed tho Hoosevult aiuenilnieiit. He said
It might be magnllli'ent but it was not war.
JAPANESE BUY JERSEY LAND
Tract Near Tuckerton to Be Converted
Into Truck tJarden
Tl'CKURTON N .1 , May U Seveial
Japanese farmers from California have pur
chased a largo section of land west oi Tuck
erton, and will (ouveit It Into tiuclc fauns
It W expgeted that ion Orientals wilt be
brought east to wotk the farms
Wealthy Japanese farmers of the Pacific
isast arc Haiti to be behind the pioject.
which many here, icifatd as the vanguard
of a movement to bring mote otiental ugrl
cultutlsts to the eabtern seaboard The pies,
ent operation will b on a ro-opeiatle basis,
and the futmtiH will opeiale n truck line
to take their pioducts to the best seashoie
lesort markets
end her life Today slic admitted to Prose
cutor Kraft that she had thought she had
nothing to live for "The girl came here
from Russian Poland Tales of prosperity
In the United States led her to believe
she would be able to earn plenty of money
and send some to her struggling parents
lu her native land. Hut luck wan against
her from her arrfval. She finally obtained
a position as waitress at JlcCIure's Hotel
in Darby While there she met a )oung
Russian who was captivated by her en
gaging manner. Soon they became engaged
and It had been planned to have an early
wedding.
But when Russia entered the war her
loer felt that It was, his duty to rally to
his cottntiy's cause. When lie sailed away
he said he would return and make her his
wife, His letterH stopped and now she
does not know "whether he Is living or dead.
The letters from her relatives lu Rus
sia also ceased, and to make matters worse
one or two relatives here moved away wlth-
oui icning ot tneir wnereabouts.
The girl brooded' constantly over her
plight and decided to end her troubles. She
rode to Camden late one day and then
took a trolley, regardless of where It was
going. The car stouoed near Newton r-rv
The shlping water ottered a quick way of
solution of her trouble. With nr
her lips, sherphingid into the stream She
i win oet: piaoef . temporarily jn an Instltg-
EVENING LEDGER-PHIIjA.DfoLPHf--SATUS4X;":' 'JVIAY 12, 1917. 'v '
BLANKS SENT OUT
FOR ARMY DRAFT
Washington Distributes Pa
pers for Registering Ten
Million Men
RECEIVED AT CITY HALL
Regular Election Boards Ex
pected to Card-Index Men
Liable to Service
WASHINGTON. .May I.'
The (loveiiiiiient lod.i.v look Its first prc
Ilmlnaty step Inward pullliiR Into effect
the selective sei v Ice system for tnlliiR an
aim) of I.OOti.OOu men
I'etliln of siioedy Hctloli by Congiess
on the aim.v bill whhh came up foi final I
ilrlutp In tlie House at In ".'. the, Wat le
laitinenl today bastenid distribution or
in.nuu.00O icKlHliatlou blanks to slieilifs
and iiiujims of huiidKds of loiuinunltles
The i.irds rontaln blanks fur font teen
iiietlons evei) detail the (!nveilimcnt
wlhis to know about Its potential soldlets
- and a ipiei) whelhei ceiiiptloii Is
i lalmed
I A man absent fiom lii home Slate will
be reunited to piooim s i.ud wherever lo-
inav ne anil mall il to Hie lountv cleik at
hoin
j I'lMiibullon of Hi,. b:,ink Is expected to
In- coiiipleifd within a few da
j Aicoldltig In istlliiali-. iiuupllid b) Hie
j Huieaii of Census. Nt. v.ork iltv alone
I sliuiilil leglslu !!:(. Tim oihii of between 'J I
I In "il M'.us. Incllislvi Clm.ig,, r.dil.snu
I I'liiladelphl.i ITI. Mm St l.oui- ! '.mil
, lioston. TT.Sno. cieve d s I ll.ilti-
l mo ii. ST tin it .mil Pittsbingh i.T Jim
STTK APPOI'.llo.N.MIAT
The figures given bv the buieini me Iu-..mI I
ol, me .iveiiige annual iniiiii i m al Incieasc
in population rot I he iliffeient i llles and
States slnie 1110 when the la-i acoiliale
len.-us was lompllfd
Nw Yolk St,iti' hails in t tit- lOllllllv m
available mateilal foi wai with appiox
inialelv l.iu.s.ooti men subject to scliclivc
seivlie Peimsvlvaiiia is next with 874 mm
and lllliinis thiid. wlih i;.!'i..-,uii
The ti-Rlstiution pussibiiiti, . , ,el
slates umiplled ns follows bv tin Imieau
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Jlavoi Smith muni d.i)s ,,gii leielved
fiom WashiuKton pightrrn mail nicks filled
with seveial hiindii.l ihoiifand HKlstintioti
blanks that will be used in leBlsteilnp tl,,.
approximate!) ITO.nnn men In 11,1m Ptv i,.
tween the ages of twenty-ono and tliiitv
vears. iiiiluslve .Many thousands moi'e
blanks than will be needed have been sup.
piled and all have been deposited In a Pity
Hall vault to be In ought to light and dis
tributed as soon as Wathlugtnu ofllclais
anniiiince tlie ilale of u national ieittiv
day
fl.ANS IN l'llll..Uii:i.I'll v.
Wlieii the blanks arilved a leipien was
made to keep the matti r fiom tlv pnblh
as the army bill was al that time not fat
advanced in either branch of Congiess
Chief Cleik Oiain, of the .Mu)or-s depart
ment, lushed the mall sacks Into a vault
and the utmost eriecj vvas mnintained.
Now, however, plans foi the tegistiv will
b speedily shaped so that no tlmo will he
lost in taking the count in Philadelphia
Vnder the fluvernmenl provisions the
rrglstiatlon will be conducted b) the miinic
ipallty and nuinbeis of tlie Hoard of Regis
tiatlon will ptobably be entrusted with the
plans, Whethei or not volunteer leglvtrars
will be called for has not bien determined,
as it has been suggested that the piesent
fori e of reglsttars be med to do tho neces
sury work of Investigation 'These men aie
familiar with tondltions In tlie moie than
ISOO eltitlon districts of tlie cit) and could,
if authorized, londuct tlie registry with
dispatch
lu Camden piovlsions foi Die arm) regis
ti) nre piosressing rapidly and election
ofllclais have held a number of meetings
with a view to deciding on the most expedi
tious manner of taking lh count
HANDWRITING EXPERTS
DISAGREE IN NOTE CASE
Ot.e Dcflaics Signature Is Genuine and
Another Says It Is
Forgery
I,bIHANO. I'a May K. Two Ihiladel.
phia haiidwiltliig o-peits. IMuard A.
Melcher and T II .Mit'ool, opposed each
oilier in a tase before .ludge Charles V.
lleni) in the Lebanon County court in
which tlie genuineness of the hlgnature to
a promissory note foi- $jnt Is the Issue.
Melcher declared tho signature to be that
of Christian tllngiich, of I.awn. who died
several yeats ago, leaving an estate estl
milted at $600,000. McCnol pronounced the
siguatute a forgei.v
The suit was btought h) Ui .1 11 Mease.
ai attorney-in-fact for his sister Mis
Rllen M (ietberlch. of Cast Hanover who
la blind Doctor .Mease declaims he gave
the mono to Clngtlch in 1908. taking fiom
him the piomissoiy nole, and jiroducert
William Bechtel, of this tit) who testified
that he signed the note as a wltutsi to tlio
signature of Cliilstlan Clugrlch, whom he
positively Identified by means of; a plioto
grnph as tlie iuhii whom he saw sign the
note. Iiedite, who vvas then u fourteen-year-old
bo), signed his name as "Willie
Heihtel"
fiUAUDSMAN KNDS LIFE
Shoots Himself Because He Feared He
Had Lost Girl's Love
rOTTSVIM.K. Pa . Slav 12. Because of
disappointment In love. William Pappos. a
member of Company Pennsylvania Kn
glneers, shot himself in the head and died
yesterday afternoon Pappos was of (Jreek
ancestiy. and was popular with his com
rades. Because of his command of the French
language Pappos looked foi ward with
pleasure to service In France, but when he
learned that the girl he loed was receiving
attentions from another, he declared he did
not care to live.
BEAKS U. S. FLAG IN FRANCE
MONTCLAIR, N. J May r.'.-Hesldents
of this place are elated over the fact that
Kdvvard Tlnkham, one of her sons, led the
tlrst armed American forco that marched
through Paris on Its way to plant the Stars
and Stripes beside the Tricolor and the
Union Jack on the battlefields of Prance
Tlnkham led the recently organized ffiunli
tlons division of the American Ambulance
Corps. He Is the son of Julian R. Tlnkham
of Upper Montclalr, and Is a graduate of
Montclalr Academy. lie entered Cornell
after he left the acallemy, but Interrupted
his studies twice to go to France In the
ambulance service. He spent many months
on the. French front last year, return to
wi'i nn qun cohere as second
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DKCI ARE .lAI'AN WITH U. S.
Viscount Motono (upper), ttnil
Premier Terauchi (lower), in state
ments mntlc at the inauguration
banquet at the new American
Jnpan Society in Tokio last night,
huy that the two nations have
joined hands in a lasting union for
a new era of peace,
"Kaiser Must Go,"
Socialists Say
ontinned friim Pane line
defeats It Is full) hair of what is needed
Hut it Is not sulllclent The llnhciixolleins
must go.
"The lest or the woilil iealles, whether
the Ceinian people lealUe oi not. that Illi
cit) In Ceim.iuy and peine in the win in
uiusl lemaln a sham as long as the Holicn
rollems and their suppotters letain ,iuv leal
power '
"We have a itasoti to supiinse that the
most couiageous and lepiesenlativo
hpokesmaii of the limiuii people also held
this view befoie tlie war. when ji half a
hundred opposition Socialists compelled the
whole Socialist group to ilemonstiale their
republicanism n ' vlitu'iill.v had to riunmll
the crime of U:-c m.iieste bv leinalnlng
teateil, and silent in the Reichstag when
cheeis fm Ihe Kalsei vine i ailed for at
the close of tho session"
Signed to the i.tble wen- tliese names
Wlntleld It i'a)loid Robert Rives l.a
.Monte, t'liailes Ivlwatd Russell. A M. Si
inons. William ICngllsh Walling .1 (i
Phelps stoke. W J. i'.fiit and oiheis
Mollis Ilillipilt. national iliuiiri' of the
Soilulisf parly., arid the paitv - i teina
(louv.! seiietui). itpiidlated Hie . Itssjgi
as not leprcsentinR the opl" . ,, ie vast
majoilty of Anierltan Soc We be
lieve that the Kaiser am1 i.n. m must
go." he said, "but wo ma. i ihut tlie
tieiman people alone mun liring aliotit this
haiip) event, .lust as the Russian people
themselves arciiiiiill-hrl the downfall of
the Czar and Czurlsiii. To say that tlie vvut
must go on Iiiilnllullelv until the Allies
oveilhiow the Kaiser Is a most reckless
iitteiaucc The lontliiuatloti of the war
Indefliiltel) would peihnps, lulng the de.
structlon of Kalsei ism, but It might also
mean the distinction of the whole of clvlll
rntlon Toe acntlenien who signed tlie
cablegram icpiti-eiit no one but themselves
The. cablegram In my opinion. Is an inii
pertinence "
EDISON'S WHISKERS BAR
HIM FROM OWN PLANT
Inventor So Busy Working on Anti-
U-Bont Device lie Has No Time
to Shave Halted by Guard
' ORANCi:, N. J. May 1J Thomas A.
Kdlson wus halted as he tried to pass an
armed guard near his factory heie Patt of
the factoty was burning.
"Hut I'm Mr Kdlson!" exclaimed Ihe In
ventor "Not wltli those vvhlskeis" ule guaid
replied
Kdlson has been so busy woiklng on a
solution of the subinatlue pioblem he
hadn't taken time to shave
SEEK TO SETTLE DILLON ESTATE
Court Auked to 'Restrain Brother in
Ale House Proceedings
Proceedings have been brought against
Thomas Dillon, brother of the lata IMvvatd
F Dillon, asking that he be restrained fiom
Intel ferlng with the executors of his
bi other's estate lu their plans to wind up
the business of Dillon's a!a house, an old
landmark at IS South Tenth street
Petitions filed explain that the union
brothers ronducted the saloon under an oral
agreement for many years, and that the
business netted a clear profit of l;000
yearly. Kdward Dillon died last March
and the brother continued to run the saloon,
It Is alleged that he acted arbitrarily In
regard to making settlements to the estate,
the executor of which believes that a rep
resentative of the court lu the person of a
receiver should be delegated with the power
of taking charge of the liquidation of the
tavern business.
RRINT CLUB EXHIBITION
Artlstg of Every Section .of America to
Show Their Works Next Week
The first annual exhibition of the Print
Club will be on view In the Art Club,
Broad street below JNocuit, during the
coming week. The showing-, whlch.lt made
bp .or contemporary American etekitur, en
SECOND OFFICERS'
CAMP IN AUGUST
V
"Leftovers" Virtually As
sured of Training Later
at Fort Niagara
THIRD CONTINGENT OFF
Last of Philadelphia's Propor
tion Leaves for Army
Post Tonight
Virtual nssumuie vvas given toda.v Hint
a second oltltets' ttalnliiR camp would he
conducted nt Poll N'l.igata. X. V. In
Angus for nifii who were ctmvded nut of
tlie first Ulirtn and for those who did not
have time to file applications.
The cheering news for the disappointed
applicants unlabeling neail.v liioo in Phil
adelphia -, lime In n message leielved to
day at the nilli es of the Mllltaty Training
Camps ssocl,itlon In the Commercial
Ttust lluildlng riom headquattcis lu New
Vol I. It stilled that while no official an
titiUIKfinclit h'ld i nine fiom the War De
pattmcui. It Is "cMtemely probable" that
another ramp will be held In August.
I'oi this i, a Mm the Philadelphia branch
vvas Instructed not to consider Us work
i as ended No mole applications for the
Mnv cainn will b reielved. It was an
il, ititiifd todav. while the mattei of alt
August (.imp is pending
Neailv III.HOO mull weie lalsed in two
weeks foi the at my b.v the association, the
t-talemcit added, coligiatiilatlng the Phila
delphia r.ffli e foi Its good work In
eiiuineiatnig the camps that ate filled, the
statement lead "Tho net tesult Is that
In two weeks or nitlve tecrultlng allowed
this uig.tnlJtioii we iictuall) leiiultid fin
the arm) fiom .".."i.lifiO In .'I? lion men of
mi, table officer mateilal '
"IIIRO DIITAII, OKI"
The thud and last contingent of I'hda
ib'lplilatis and soiillieru Philnile'phians will
leave rm I"oi t Nlagaia tonight The second I
detail left last uliiht in three special trains
that lariied about six bundled men
inld iifeis and teals of theli relatlvfs
and ft lends, neat Iv eini )oiiiif, Phlladel
plnalis le'l on Ihe "While SpcLlal" fiom
the Rc.ul'ng Tel initial al S o'clock The
(list lontliiKciil which left Thuisda) nlglit
was alleil Ihe "Red Special": the contingent
tonight will be the 'Illne Special" .
I'roni llio.id Stiecl aniithei special ttalli
tallied 150 utile) Joiing ullli'eis-to-be.
wlille iio.ii l lull moie left on other tialns
tut the (amp thioiighout the da)
I irnvvd uf mole than IOOii was on
li.inii to inn i.ueweii lo the "White Sp.
clal" Tim tiain vvas in two sections of
seven Pullmans and a club car each.
Tile toutine of tamp lire as jet lias not
started at Niagaia
Cpon atilving at the foit the men found
the post adjutant's oflke moved out under
the trees in the giovc close to the trollcv
terminal and all surrendered their cie
dentlals and leglnered Tlie staff of tletks
was small and the task a long und tedious
one some of the men ivandlng lu line for
liouin.
iiavi: ciianci: Tt ski; sichts
This gave them ample opportunity to get
a first glimpse or their surioiindlngs where
the.v will make their homo foi the next
Ihiec months. Alios" the rlvti less than
Inlf a nillo nwav Is the plains of Niagaia.
viieie thousands of Canadian troops re
ceived their early Raining Nearer the lake
Is i'ort Mlsslssaugua. another landmark and
telle of the earlv frontier dajs when the
ledskln loamed tlie p'alns and woods lu this
section
After legisteiing the leuult was assigned
to his place In the new fiamc barracks
built since war was declared About .1(10
men will sleep lu each of these buildings.
livery possible effort Is being made by
the Women's Christian Teinpeiance 1'nioii
and the Niagara County Sunday School
Assoi ltlon to pievcnt the incapacitation of
the troops at Kott Nlagata by Immorality
and InteniperaiKe The latter organization,
in annual convention last night, adopted
a resolution calling upon President Wilson
lo have a "safetj" zone" -stabllshcd In the
vicinity of tlie (amp io pievent tlie two
mentioned evils banning tlie tloops
For several weeks past tho aiious
branches of the Women's Christian Tem
perance Union have been active. Resolu
tions and peisonal letteis have been sent
to Governor AVhltman and the members
of both branches of the Legislature from
this district asking their co.opeiation in at
least cuitaillng the liquor trufllc lu the
vicinity of the post
LAFAYETTE SENDS
SCORE TO NIAGARA
KASTON. Pa May 12 Lafayette sent
avva) nioio than a score of her students lo
Fort Nlagata last night on tho Lehigh Val
lej "White Special." The trustees and
faculty matched with the departing students
to tho railroad station.
Tho main escort consisted of tlie student
battalion, led by tho student majoi, William
II. ITImcr, of Pottsville
Lafayette has contributed seventv-thice
men to the war or to the faun this week,
or one-seventh of the student body The
senior clnss, which is t educed to half its
number, voted today to .abandon Us class
day exei cites and the .enlor ball. The
other commencement exercises will not be
curtailed.
MAYOR AGAINST LICENSE
Beverly Executive Declares His Oppo
sition to Liquor Traffic
IJHVERLV, N. .1, May 12 Mayoi-elect
Thomas ,B, Lee, whoio vole in the new city
commission will decide whether Beverly is
again to license saloons, declared his
opposition to the liquor business and his
belief In local option Jle nukes no asser
tion legal ding the license applications
which will be presented before the new
commission. Ills statement suys
1 am opposed to the saloon as an In
stitution. I am opposed to the abuse
of liquor in any form, I am In favor of
local option for Beveily city, absolutely.
Lee has been a "dry" leader for the last
two years, but was claimed by the "wets"
In the recent election of city commission
ers. 'ATTACKS LIQUOR LICENSE
i
Somers Point Resident Sues to Upset
Grant by Borough
TRENTON. May 12. Attacking the ac
tion of the Mayor and Common Council of
Somers Point, Atlantic County, for grant
ing a license to Jacob L Schick to sell
liquor, Harry C Sooy, of the borough, bus
Instituted ceitloiail ptoceedlngs in the Su
preme Coutt to set aside the grant, Sooy
alleges that he was deprived of up oppot
tunlty to Inspect the application for the
llcerwc. as II was not filed with the clerk
ten days before being considered by the
governing body,
Another allegation by .Sooy is that the
saloon la not a necessity, and Is detri
mental to, the community.
TEST SUIT IN TYPHOID DEATH
Relatives of Victims in Action Against
Water Company
CLEARFIELD, Pa.. May 12. Suit to re.
cover 120,000 damages from the Osceola
"Water Company for the loss of her husband
by typhoid fevor has been brought by
Mra. Mary Kenna, of Osceola. Some months
ago a typhoid fever outbreak occurred In
the vicinity of Osceola and of lto persona
stricken over twenty died of the disease.
The action Is to be a test case by the ret.
atlvee of those who, died. It la claimed that
uii-nH,if Hint witwrunui
PITTSBURGH LIFE STOCK
PAYMENTS REFUNDED
Two More Former Directors Re
turn Money Paid by Birdseye,
Indicted Promoter
PtTTSHCRCllI. May 12.
Two mote former 'directors who sold
their slock in the Pittsburgh Life, and
Trust Company In Clarence F lllrdseye,
the Indicted New York promoter, lefundcd
tiie nmounts they received from Hlrdsc.vc
to State Insurance Commissioner O Nell,
tecelver for the company toda)
W 1. Ilerr)man sent a check foi 1-
.Co. and W II. Helf one for JI2I". tepie.
sentlng half payment of J8U il shale piom
lcd on, respectively. SH and 1J shales
of the (oinpaii) Yesterday W. Howard
Nlmlck. former piesldent of the Pittsburgh
Life, teturned $24,824 paid him foi f.21
shares and W V Blackbuin ISC 200. paid
to him for S40 share.'
Commissioner O'Neil accepted the checks
ns lecelver Afler a long conference today
he announced that preparations are being
made for tho prosecution of Ulrdseyc and
his live New York associates, thirteen for
mei directors of the company, tho last of
whom stirrendeied and vvas released on
bond this morning and otheis for whom
warrants will bo Issued next week.
District Attornev Jackson will ltnvo for
Harrlsburg tonight anil on Monday will
piesent to floret nor Ilrumbaugh paper for
the Issuing of extradition papers on Oor
einor Whitman, of New York for the le
turn In Alleghen) County of the lllrdseye
gioup
Special State Piosecutor Ron and Is pie
luring the prosecutions
REVEUNE AGENTS PROBE
DOPE RING IN PITTSBURGH
Federal Operative1! Find Astonishing
Evidence of Illicit Drug
Selling
PITTfHLRJH. May 12 Revenue Agent
I' I. Ho.vd. known In Kentucky Mill legions
a Ihe '.moonshine chief continued today
his investigation Into the operations or an
alliged Plttsbuigh 'dope ling.' Kttrlhei
arit-sts weie expected to follow the taking
Into cuttodv of In Jin !' Moy, Chinese
phvslci.iti I)r Kllswoith Tiader. examining
pli)slclan for the I'nlted States Marine
Coips bote, and the trading ofllclais or an
old established drug house
Those men weie out on bail aggregating
JJ8 oijii todav,
The levenue nKcnts wieiklng' ciew, which
Included Ralph 'Toledo'' Jolitmv ())Ui und
V T Virginia Slim Tiuxton. noted
moonshine i baser ' gatheted in enough
moiphlue alone lo make T.OOU.fiOl) one
fiuirth grain do.ses at the drug house. Doc
tor Moy'.s tiles showed that he had written
IL'.QOU narcotic ptescrlptlons, the most of
them for opium tablets, since March int.".
Within a single year Doctoi Tiader s files
showed he was written 5000 prescriptions
for dope, mostl) morphine
LA WHENCE VILLE BOY
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Lad Struck When He Walks Behind
Trolley Car Driver Released
on Bail
TRRNTO.N Ma.v 12 Dubois Hunt. Jr..
sixteen eais old, who lived with U I)
Render, of Lantdiceville, vvas stiuck ami
killed by an automobile driven by Joseph
Duiet. of Keainev, N J , at Lawrencevllle
last night Tho boy vvas crossing a street
behind a trolley car when the automobile,
whiih, It Is said, was going at u high rote
of speed, struck hlni His skull was
crushed
The lad's father. Dubois Hunt, Is In
charge of thiv Pennsylvania Railroad water
towel near Monmouth Junction. Cntll re
(cntly the lad had kept house foi his father,
a widower, and two little slsleis and a
In other. Mis. Hunt, the mother, died two
jeais ago.
Duet was ariested and biought to this
fit) He was released under $5000 ball
TRANSFERS OF SALOONS
MEET REMONSTRANCES
License Court Receives Objections, to
Knlai'Rtnir One Barroom Kopp
Opposed Again
Remonstiances have been filed In the
License Court against four holdeis of le
tall liquor Ikcnhis who are seeking ttans
fei'H from their present locations. The peti
tloneis whose lkcnses aie opposed are
Joseph Maloy, of 131" Race street, who
wishes to enlaigo Ills place to Include 1.11C
Race sticet: Patrick Cohen, of 7U9 Cast
Pass.vunk avenue, who wishes to transfer
to the northeast corner of Watts street and
Oregon avenue; l-'rank Coscarello. of B31
South Ninth stieet, who wishes to locate
at the northwest corner of Kront and Shunk
streets, jnd Daniel J. Kopp, whose foirner
place at 40-4L' North Broad stieet, is being
demolished and who wishes to locate at 2in
South Bioad street
WEST JERSEY ROAD FIGHTS
ANTI-LIQUOR ORDINANCE
Writ of Certiorari Granted for Review
of Bill Prohibiting Shipment
Through Millville
TRENTON, May 12.A wilt of ceitloiail
applied for by the West Jersey and Sea
shore Rallioad Company Jo review an or
dinance for the suppression of tlie sale of
liquor passed by the city of Millville'. was
allovved today by Supieme Couit Justice
Black.
The oidlnauce piohlbits tlie shipping of
llnuor to clubs or Individuals In Millville,
and tho rallioad company contends that
this Is nlllegal and in conflict with the
Inteistatc Commerce laws, as the state has
passed no prohibitory legislation.
The coinpaii) also contends that the pro
vision compelling the making public of the
contents of all shipments, Is Illegal,
FETE AT HAMMONTOX
School Children Participate in May
Events Today
HAMMONTOX, X J., May IS Fifteen
bundled school chlldicii and their eldeis
ate anxiously awaiting. today's fete'
when an elaboiate program will be carried
out here. The events Include the ciown
lug of the May Queen. Miss Marie Mc
Govern ; a procession of twelve children
preeentatlon of the Board of Trade and the
Boat.1 of Education trophies In the count?
singing contest and an athletic meet In
which more than 200 vvll.1 participate
It Is expected that a lecord-breaklne
number of students will assemble from all
parts of the county.
Wills Probated by the Register
Wills probated today Include those of
Alfred Pearce. German Hospital. wWch hi
private bequests disposes of property Ui
ued at 100.000i James Hughe soiWt
Thompson street, 116,000; Anton iii,i
Philadelphia Hospital J8331 ; Marti, V i '
Collar. 4B5 East (llrard avenue. j"oo0 ami
WT&jy 23:o suih'"
J uliuitown, N. J Hotel Burns
. MOUNT HOLLY, X, J May 12.Pire of
unknown origin early this morning burned
the hotel and entail building! attached at
Jullustown. owned by Frank R Kelvev
Insurance of 6700 partly covers the in.1.
K.! 'W 8oSt.wn 'and
Burlington firemen uni ,.' .
"'
POTATO CROP PL
BY BRYN MAWR GI
Vnllllr, U,.. 11f..
1UU"6 uuiiK-ii worn; on P il
Sluifnloa V i ...' l
School
WOULD SUPPLY SCHOOll
Sweet Corn, Beans nml nn.. ,. SI
tables tn Ho C,.. ,. 'W"1
- - "lu"!!.!!)
lay
Mow Lawns
.-... sweaier-ciad. grln,y.Mn(M B M
Mawr students had their firm ,., . "1
wlih the soil today Out n ne fun,v?H'
of West Chester thev r. . ' , . 'Un",lI
dirty faces and tliev dldnt care t Kl
was the Hrfini nf fins il.A n-. -. Tlell
: , " "Kncultunll
session Mr. Shaiples offered the jnd 7-i j
the collece for ctiliivnimi. ,. t.... . Jl
" !' flVt . tl
and the p'an vvas promptly feted Upo. S
At S.IS lo the minute the nU0Al
stepped c(T tlie train armed with pout"
knives this vvas potato da.vand tw .-V
bltlons The first was to -n'e enough ,tfw
",ul " '" "ijn .uiwr an next winter I'l
and the second, to help the cohere m.i.J'l
$30,000 to $10,000 deficit of next yfar, tt1.
Help t'nele Sam and alma mater lj tk!
farmer's slogan. d
I'lofessor Cromwell of ihe Wett fhester
state .ormai cnooi and Miss lrtiit
Thomas, n member of the advisory boirlt
of llr.vn Mawr. supei vised the first fmV
lesson, it consisted chiefly In cutting poti.7
toes and In getting the knack of plantlngy
them I'loressor t'romweti and Miss ThM.r
as niei In charge of the land for ths ent!r!1
season j
b'lve acres of the land are to be rltntrf-l
with potatoes, five with sweet corn, tlTtvl
with ueans anci inercmainiier with rp,
laoies inai nave proven popular with Brri
Mr.wr appetite J
l-'or the present the sludent farmtr ali
mil) make Satuidav visits to their IabI'J
llariv in June, however they will becomi'4
leal resident farmets The o'd Witm'jB
House, a lanumaiii oi v esi i. neuter, Il II M
pioiess of being made readv ror their ten.'S
ancy. I'lach morning trucks will convey 9
the gills to and from their lobs. A sarin 9
on me i.iiin nu? iiet'ii louveriea into t
storehouse for nil egetahles grown, id
a complete "cannei) too Is In 'uroteu
of remodeling. Tlie girls will presern'I
virtually everyining me glow in one bit,!
effort to teeu urii aiawr net winter. -11
The girls who arc wiestllng with Wat".
Chester soil are not the only Itryn Mawr 1
studenfs who are flocking to the aid of thetril
college Some enthusiastic undergradustet 'J
have suggested that thev reduce tho forcill
employed on the college campus by otrit.';
lug the motor-driven lawn mower Otheni
have olunteercd to go in for domestic Mrr-I
ice This latter plan however Is frwnedf
upon by tho facult) Racon Is nr longer!
served at breakfast and dry cereals iwA
been largely given up A
AUTO WAR AMBULANCE
TO BE TESTED TODAY
New Device Will LTndore;o Trial it
Fair-mount Park May Be
Used in France
device that converts an ordinary auto-,
mobile Into an ambulance with a greitit
rapacity for wounded men than an am
bulance will bo tested out by t'nlted States
at my offlceis and automobile men this"
afternoon on Belmofit plateau, Falrmount'
Park
The lest will be conducted with a vle)
to deciding Ihe practicability of using thi
connivance in France It will he in charge,!
oi oionei iiuiiry rage, or me arm;
medical cotps. Otheis who will be present
aio Dr W. W. Keen, Major Seller. Major J
.lobson. alitulli C I' Franklin. Contain
S, I. Cans, the Inventor; rtobeit Hooper,
piesldent or the State Federation of Motor
Clubs ; Stedman Hent, president of the
Automobile Club of Philadelphia, and Paul
tl liuyette, piesldent of the Quaker City
Motor Club. Italn previously Interfere!'
with the test
LANCASTER WILL FORM
AMBULANCE COMPANY
Dr. Charles H. Stahr Ordered to Or
k'.tnize Company No. 3, Making
tJIv finite
71
I.A.NCASTICIt. Pa. Jla) 12 Adjutaat
fleneial Stewart has directed Pr CharlM M
II. Stahr. of Lancaster, of tho sanitary -, j
tachment of the Kourth Ileulment. Nfltlonll )
(luatd. to otganlzo Ambulance Companr.'!
.No .), to be composed of five corrunlMloneil .
officers, all medical men. and scventy-nlm
cnllstod men. This organization will com-rj
plete the seventh division of Cuards, giving 1
in i-eunsyivama its run complement ot vm
neiu hospitals and three ambulance com-,
panics. Lancaster County a'ready has M
units of the Fourth IteKlment.
TO( I.ATK 1'OB jrissinjtiov.
HTOv!KKR.My "lit. WILLIAM I . buTwS'
r .iinria ioy,er (nee vvenheld). aueii i w
iieF nnu iries
as iniiiA.i tn ri,nmi strvlct.
't'ues..
W.llnpfelii, Htno X. Marvin tt. lnt prhite. ' I
VAItWK). Mrs- 11, .syi.VIA tl . will JJ
(leorso It. Varwitt. aeed .IS ltelatt "."ll
reaiaenee or son-in-law. ui.i
,,,-11111, milieu io aviena lunerai irvirp. "-.'i
den. I'a , Jton . n. m lnt nrlvate utoffl-;
meet Iraln leavlns Heading Terminal iii w
Olentiiili.
lyiTIVfllTll lo 11 HtliriV -n nf Wlt-
llam II and Amelia littliiger, aeJ f. R'1'-
Uvea ami frlenila sre Invited to servlft. "?''
- p. m . ni miiii .v. :oh t lnt .Norm m'
1 1 til Cem.
k-HTU1!.'!!, V ,.. l 1ict.DII riRlTf
KAUrr.MAN ftelatlvea and f rlV nda Invltd, "
snrvlces, Mon , u' v. in nt llio dreen it. r
irivaie. IV) IIIII t'ein (
iti'.i io.nn wantku rraiux .')
llOL'MIlWOUK Woman wanta liouxnorlt, oi.,l
mi nami emurolcieiv. r.iiiu vventmimier "
or lihone Helmont TS.l.t '
llia.l WANTIUI tWIALK '.
I'Cllll narl.n.l .. l.lt. .Hr,.t"ka ulllllUrtl.l
ao away fur the suininer Apply MJfi (I
lue.aay or Timrsilay, at 103 vvtit ."'"""T.""
''. HI. Murtlns, or telephone Che-tout V. J
.!; eariare paid rererences requirrn
HTi-'vnfiKiiiiipi, ......... i- ...j ...,.i fflfle't.
hla-li aihool iiraduate preferred tat" """J
tixiipcipti. .rvxi.Jrfuarr urnce
1IKI.I- WANTKIl tlAI.E
ULAl'KHMITII IfnLI'nRS vvanted'on neaJ-J
K- work. AppIv E. H Vare. 8300 H B"!i '
YOUNG" men Wa'nted." Htblttlr, for "acrotj(j
vaudeville act; experience unnfcf.--arj"..""Vl
preferable. Apply Hilly nruncer. itM iw.j
Colonial Theatre, rj-rmantown, MondairjiS!
DniVCIlH, capable. ewrlenceil eiprMl "OVW
,n.t-t li.nu. . I,. K, kn ......t. In -tart. tNP
chance for advuneement. Apply WH nmU
ar v.o j.xpress, s,j c:nestnut ai -n
CI.EHKH. tally, briaht, ae"tlvo ciulok at tlmtfj
wanveii. AianayunKnillljlieariiwa-v
AI'ARTJIK.VTK 1-OR RKXT fTRMSIIffi
A'TTRACTIVKLYfurnlaherl anartmnt'i r!l
15th and Ixicuat at.. 11th floor, from JunU""
In" October lati 113.1 a months --j
HKiTAI, LIST
H, II. COn, OTlt AND CALItOWKILL SI&jJ
.".JS Commerce at., store and 3 floon.. . '2 9
'.'tl'! N. Oth at., large atore,., J23
HOI Kllbrrt at.. Ifo-r ,, 'l
UTAnisi nti tMirr.'r r lis ml '
otvi-r Ait; aJii-.iiijiiiuL-
1407 Cumberland. Br. and store, contf- ?1
801 Wood, itoro and 6 roomi. --.
llOtt Falrmount, atori and 1 room
i30l Terot, tore and ft ronmi.
nivci i m'fiu
J71.i Mater, V2 ruoina. convenience 1
o2fl Manhall, 12 rooms
430 8. 40ih, tl rooms, com iilf hits,
lniONorrJs. 11 rooms. ronvnlfnres,t.i.
441 N.FrankVlOr. 2R kih.nw Atari t.
ouj r airm i. iure -i
oir. n. ijwr'rt.
ot woon. r sb :
S1AN. Darlsn. 8r.. 10
ii iv. nunifs
jl iy. limit i
111 Wharlpn.'-
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