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KffiNINGITIS DUE
TO LATE SPRING
Chief Medical Inspector
Blames. Disease on Un
seasonable Weather
ASKS SANITARY VIGILANCU
Three Health Messages
of Timely Interest
BACKWARD sprln has brought
on a Miinal menlnB.tls epidemic.
-uDrVA. A. Cairns, chief city medieni
,njlSnnd stables must be watched
nrcvent spread of infantile pa-iJuSS-Dr.
Walter Cornell, medi
col director of public school.
Undue nnxicty about infantile pa
ralysis not warranted. Doctor
Cairns.
KavaKes of Biilnul meningitis will cor.-
Untie at long n tho unscasonauit- w).-iiuir
of the backward sprint? continues, It was
f Md today by r A. A. Calm-, head of
f v elty medical lniectoi
rol,i rnln weather of recent weeks has
& Msed'what nmounts to nn epidemic, lie ile-
lirrd. In the inn irni.. ."".'" "?'"
Sen 2i "" ,,f ,ht" ail,ciW '" .,.he .'',"?
The death rate has been unusually h rIi,
due nlo to the weather. Doctor Cairns
!erted,
U the same time ho piophesled that
ifcire will he no widespread outbreak of In
fantile paralysis (pollomvclltls) this vcar
E,, disease Is seldom very prevalent the
war after such nn epidemic at that o.
1916. Doctor Cairns said
Itero-t of 'wo nc,v cas" of pollomvrlltls
In the c'ltv. however, led Dr. Wnlter Cornell,
Judical Inspector of the public schools, to
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aratnst a repewuuu u !..-. j.... .- ....n.
snldemlc He aked studentM of William
r .tii. uiinnl id loin In the crusade.
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If sanitary conditions In the cltv arc the
same as they wcro n ear nRO, It Is hardly
reasonable to hope that the city will escape
the scourRe, Doctor onicn sum oinuMici
showed that virtually eery case of polio
mi elltls which occuncd hero last summer
.as within a stone's throw of a stable or
ome Insanitary spot dear to tiles .Many
.medical men have susRested that the house,
fly Is a carrier of Infantile paralysis. It Is
Important, therefore, to CBtnbllsh the most
stringent regulations for home 6000 stables
that are within the city limits. Volunteer
Inepectors arc needed and uu girls might
help during vacation time "
"Hundreds of thousands of parents who
fear the disease arc taking no precautions
whatever Tho four great centers last sum
mer were Gcrmantown, lliewerytown, South
Philadelphia and the nelghbrohood near
'Hunting Park In the llrst three districts
there aro more stables than In any other
parts of the city. It Is significant that the
Thirty-seventh Ward, probably the cleanest
la the city and with few stables, was the
only ward that completely escaped tho
plague."
With tho coming of hot weather Rplnal
meningitis conditions will Improve, Doctor
Cairns said.
LNEW HAVEN EXPOSURE
URGED UPON LAMAR
"Wolf of Wall Street" Hints at
Revelation of Alleged
Corruption
NEW YORK, May 14.
, That a college professor attempted to
nllst him In a campaign to expose a series
ef book forgeries and corrupting of legis
lators in five States for tho benefit of tho
New York, New Haven nnd Hartford Rail
road was the declaration on the witness
litand today by David Lamar, "Wolf of
Wall street."
Lamar Is on trial with Captain Franz
son Rlntelen and five others accused of
conspiring to foment strikes In munitions
plants for tho benefit of tho German Gov
ernment. '
Lamar also arranged tho Steel Trust, An
thraclte Coal Trust, Tobacco Trust and the
'Money Trust." He charged tho Indict
ments found against himself. Von Rlntelen,
ex-Congressman frank Buchanan nnd tho
ethers were due to the malign Influence of
financiers nnd munition manufacturers.
He charged tha Dr. Thomas O. Hall,
formerly of Union Theological Seminary
and now said to be In aermany, asked him
to conduct a campaign to bring before tho
People of tho country tho results of tho In
stigations of tho Interstate Commerce
Commission,
"The doctor," Lamar testlfiod, "asked
.me to conduct such a campaign, the pir
Ipose being to disclose n huge scheme for
the corruption of legislators in five differ
ent States by n corporation and a subsidi
ary, as revealed by the commission's rec
I". regarding tho forgeries on the books
f ?' crporatlon and subsidiary."
'What corporation do you refer to?"
emanded John L. O'Brien, special prose
ctor for the Government.
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad," replied Lamar.
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SENATE RECEIVES TWO
NEW FOOD MEASURES
Gore Introduces Bills Believed t,o
Be Backed by Ad
ministration EXPERTS SEE DANGER
Both Would Authorize President to
Appoint Controller of
Supplies
Washington", May u.
Two more Important fooa measures,
hacked by the Admln.strntlon, It Is under
stood, were Introduced In the Senate this
afternoon by Senator (lore, chairman of the
Agricultural Committee One would author
ize the President to appoint u controller
general of supplies for the wnr period and
the other would prevent Interstate or for
eign shipment of calves nnd cows for
slaughter.
Congress must net nnd at once If the
feared food famine of next ear Is to be pre.
vented.
That was the slogan today of the agrlcul
tural experts who hnvo been Investigating
the outlook They declared that not atone,
has theio been very little checking of wnsto
in any part of tho country to date, but
that hoarding by speculators In every article
of foodtufrs continues At the present rate
of consumption many staples aro almost cer.
tain to disappear And unless Congress
nets thc will bo doled out at prices doubling
nnd tripling those of the present time
Leading Senators nnd Representatives
who have studied the situation dcc'nre that
proposed Investigations by either the De
partment of Justice or of Agriculture can
not belli They would simply be long-winded
affairs, drngged over weeks and possibly
months, nnd the fowl pirates would still be
In control when they ended Drastic action
vvh'rh will give thu Government control with
authority to fix maximum and minimum
prices must come, It Is asserted
The food and fuel situation Is giving tho
Council of Nntlonnl Defense more worry
than nil thing else It Is already noticeable
that theio is a division among Congressional
leaders on how tho problem Is to be oled
It will be very hard to get a majority of
both houses to unite on a plan under present
conditions Put olllelals close to 'he council
say that eventually, througn the assistance
of Herbert C Hoover, they will be able to
carry their point
It Is considered certain that Government
control of the great staples wheat, corn,
rye, oats, barley, sugar, potatoes, beans
and ments must come.
DECISION IX TROLLEY CASE
Further Proceedings Granted in Opin
ion of Justice Mcstrezat
Turther proceedings were granted today
In an opinion handed down by Justice Mes.
trezat, of the Supreme Court, In the case
of tho Philadelphia Trust Coiiip.inv, trustee,
against the Northumborl ind County Trac
tion Company an others, nnd of the Penn
svlvnnla Steel Company ngnlnst the Sun
bury nnd Susquehanna Hallway Companv
Tho opinion followed three virtually Iden
tical appeals from two decrees of the Nor
thumberland Countv Court of Common
Pleas The lower court In ID 1.1 adjudged
the Sunhury and Susquehanna Kalluav
Compiny. formed In 1912 by a merger of
the Northumberland Countv Traction Com
pany and other traction companies, to ho
Insolvent and appointed receivers. Subse
quently the court refused to permit the
Philadelphia Trust Company, trustees to
forecloso Its mortgage nnd granted the
receivers an order to sell tho property nnd
franchises of the merger company and Its
constituents as nn entirety
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200,000 GERMANS
LOST IN 15 DAYS
Teutons Forced to With
draw 20 Shattered ijivi
sions in France
GREAT UNITS WIPED OUT
Figures Carefully Compiled
Show Appalling Sufferings
of Kaiser's Army
Hy HENRY WOOD
with thi: rnnNcii ahmihs in tiik
riHI.D. May 14.
Germnnv lost 200,000 men In killed,
wounded and tnpturtd In the period from
April IB to May 1 on the Krcnch front
ntone In the two wieks -Inco May 1 It
was estimated todav iiir additional losses
have been proportionately greater even than
this staggering mortality
The figures on which there estimates aro
based are those of headquarters. They are
conservative Tho totals may he much more
Ile'tweon April 16 nnd 27 It Is known
tho Germans were forced on nccount of
losses to withdraw twenty divisions (ap
proximate Sou.oOi) men) from tho front, le
placing them with flesh reserves Since
that date more than n dozen additional
divisions have been similarly replaced
Many German illvliUms" have been vlr
tually wiped out The Ninth Uavnrlan lie
servo Division, numbering 7000 In Its battle
array, lost 23S3 In prisoners alone, which
nccnrdlng to established cclcntllir military
statistics, means a minimum of 3000 In
killed nnd wounded This means the divi
sion lost thrce-fouiths of Its entire number
of effectives
The same scientific calculations, con
firmed bj spcclnl Information obtained bv
Trench army hendquatters and applied to
the Twent -llrst German Infantry Division
which lost 2100 prisoners; the Porty-thlrd
Ileserve Division, which lost 1371 prisoners,
and the Sixteenth Ileserve- Division, 111
prisoners, show each sustained total losses
averaging from half to three-fourths of
their effectives
Other eOnnan divisions have suffered
such losses that the) now exist In name
only. Tho fort.v -fourth division of German
leserves for Instance, sustained heavy
losses during tho lllndenlmrg retreat at
I.asslKtiy, I.aPere and Mont It entered
tha bnttlo of Cheinlu des Pames on Apt II
18 nveraglng onl lCi) men per company
Between that date and May fi French
artillery wiped out from twenty to fifty per
cent of tho effectives of Its various bat
talions, and French Infantry took ltlofl
prisoners of Its tanks This means tho
division is now nonexistent
Tho 214th. tho forty-eighth nnd tho thlrts
nlnth German divisions entering the battle
between April IS nnd 30 were withdrawn
after a single day's lighting, becauso the)
were virtually wiped out Tho llfth nnd
sixth divisions had their companions re
duced to nu average, of eighty men
The 213th division of Infantry, after haT
Ing Its companies reduced to an average of
115 men each, was temporarily withdrawn
April 22 nnd re-enforced by adding nu nv
erago of sixty-seven men to each company
The same German division re-entered tho
fighting on May 8, and again suffered tho
heaviest losses
The figures of these losses nro based on
carefully becked Information gathered bv
the Trench headquarters Word received
here Indicates similar losses Indicted upon
tho enemy on the llritlsh front.
Olllccrs estimate tho German losses befors
both the Trench and English slnco tho be
ginning of the Allied offensive exceeds those
of any previous similar period.
that's easy on
the Nation's nerves
ago this country awoke to the fact that heavy
the nerves" and are damaging to health and
Doctors began saying, "Smoke mild cigars" " "v . "
Most men who tried mild cigars found them tasteless, insipid, unsatisfactory. So
these smokers kept right on smoking super-strong cigars to the detriment of their physical
and mental well-being.
Then we started making the Girard. We advertised it to the whole Nation as the cigar that
"never gets on your nerves."
Smokers tried it and -found this to be the truth. They also found the Girard a delightful,
full-flavored, soul-satisfying Havana smoke.
Its fame and popularity spread country-wide. It solved the cigar problem for thousands of
smokers who wanted "Pleasure plus Safety." And today it is the "Nation's favorite."
But there are still thousands of smokers right here in Philadelphia who have never tried
the Girard. We are making special effort during Girard Week to reach those' men.
Are you one of them? If so, try your first Girard today.
10 cents and up
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Established 1871 31S-321 N. Seventh Street
THIS IS GIRARD WEEK
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OFF TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Rev. Dr. William H. Roberta
(upper), William II. Scott (middle)
and the Rev. Dr. Robert Hunter
(lower), with mote than 1125 dele
Kates from Philadelphia and its
vicinity, left North Philadelphia Sta
tion today to attend the lUGth an
nual meeting of the National Pres
byterian General Assembly.
Presbyterians Olt to Annual Assembly
Morn than 12.1 delegates from Philadel
phia and vlrlnltv left North Philadelphia
Pemisvlvanf.i Kallroad Station on a special
train at It .10 today to attend the 12Gtli an
nual meeting of tile National Picsb.vtcrlan
Genet. i Assembij, which opens Thursday In
Dallas, Tex Tlin dt ligation was headed by
the I lev Dr. William II Koberts Tho meet
ing will bo attended by delegates from all
sections of North America It Is expected
that Important resolutions dealing with
America's entrance, Into tho war will be
adopted
MATHERS STAND
BY COAL "AD"
Insists There Is Shortage
When Quizzed by U. S.
Attorney
KANE STILL SKEPTICAL
Will Ask Trade Commission for
Facts, Says Dealer Offered
Theory
Trnnk V Mathers, president of the Atlan
tic Fuel Company, refused this afternoon to
back down from his ussertlon, advertised In
street cars that there In an anthracite coal
shortage of 12 0UO.U0O tons.
After spending twentv minutes In the of
fice of frauds fisher Kane, t'ultvd States
ttorney, who summoned him for n con
ference, Mr Mathers said that the Govern
ment olllclnl wns 'evidently not Interested
In facts "
Mr Kane denied that the coal man had
given facts "It was nigument," he said.
"Mr Mathers showed no proof fur his as
sertion "And I certainly sha.l not let the mattei
diop." ho added "I shall as. the fc ler.il
Trails Commission to give further Infoi (na
tion The rummlrsion which has studied
the coal situation, has "t.itul in repmts thai
there Is no such shortage
Mr Mathers -old the Dlstilit Attorney
that his ndvortlsenunts were basol on nitl
cles in coal tiade papeis, emanating finm
tho Anthracite lluicau of lnfoimillon, of
Wllkes-llnrie He said further tint the
1P1C production was less thin that of 1915
lu 500,000 tons Greater consumption this
enr, ho said, will make the shoitage
greater
I believed nnd still believe tli.it the
statements made In the riii,ni) h adiet
tlsomunts aro true," declared Mr Mathers.
Mr Kane's letoit was that the ion! mm.
iany In ad had not furnished ptoof. but
theory
'Tho public must not be fooled bv the
nssertlous of the Atlantic fuel Company
that there Is nn anthracite coal shortage
of 12,000 000 tons Such assertions con
tained In street car ads pt that company
are llkelv to enue a panic among consum
ers whii h would boost the price of coal
Ads of this character will not bo tolerated '
Within one hour after f nlted States DIs
rtrlct Attorney Kline m'ldn this statement
today announcement wis made at the execu
tive olllces of the Phllidelpnia ltapld Tran
sit Company that the Atlantic fuel Com
p.uiv's advertising cards which aroused tho
Iro of tho federal attorney would bo re
moved An odlclal of the Transit Company, speak
ing for President Mitten, said thut tho com
pany would comply with the wishes of Mr.
ICiiio and iequcst the cards removed That
this Mould bo done within a short time was
the gist of n statement made by tho Car
Adveitlslng Company.
This concern leases advertising pice
from the traction company and sublets
space In the cars. An nlllcl.il of tho com
pany, who declined to have his name used,
made It plain that tho companv would not
hnndln ads that wero objectionable to tho
federal prosecutor
"The ads were placed," said this odlclal.
"by frank f. Mathers, president of the
coal company. I nm quito sure that Math
ers felt certain of his facts nnd acted in
good faith AVo accepted tho nils In good
faith, too, but will not continue to carry
the ads If the P. It T feels that thej uro
objectionable "
On Saturday tho federal prosecutor wrote
to President Mitten requesting him to re
movo tho nds on tho ground that they wero
misleading. He also requested Mathers to
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visit his oftlco nnd give the Government
nny Information which ho hns concerning
n threatened coal shortage.
President Mitten Is out of town, but other
olllelals of tho 1. 11. T. considered Kane's
request early today nnd communicated with
tho Car Advertising Company.
"I admit." nald Kane, "that It !s nn
ethical matter thut Is Involved. I cannot
compel Mathers to withdraw his nds, but
have appealed to his senso of justice and
patriotism The federal Trndo Commission
In Its recent report states that there. Is no
reason for the public to be alarmed aver a
tin intoned coal shortage. This report .stntes
that during the first three months of the
present jear tho i ultimo of nnthrnclto
mined exceeded tho output of the llrst three
months In 191G hy moro than 1,500,000
tons. Labor conditions nro normnl nnd
there Is nothing to Indtcnto n shortage. In
view of theso facts It Is wrong for any
concern to alarm tho public nnd create nn
abnormal demand foj- coal, for such a de
mand would be followed hy'hlgher prices"
Coupled with this statement Kane Issued
n warning to other coal dealers hi saying
that If they folloned the example! of Math
eis and created an abnormal diinand for
coal he would endeavor to bring prosecu
tions for consplincy
That tho federal Government will thwart
any attempt bv .joiil dealers to reap big
profits was also mndo plain bv Kane.
District Utorncy F.otrin held that he hns
no right to Interfero with Mnthors's adver
tising catnpnlgn but said that he would
co-operate with Kano In any move that Is
designed to protect the public
TO MOHILIZi: CHEMISTS
Plan to Speed Up War Industries by
Perfecting Processes
Philadelphia diemlsts probably will be
mobilized for wnrtlun' service. A move
ment lo mobilize them Into Industrial
gioiipi for cooperative iffort In the solu
tion of war problems Is to be ncted upon
MavPson & DeMan$
1115 Chestnut Street
(Opposite Kcith'$)
v ' ' far
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Millinery Sale
Half Price and Less
This offering comprises our entire stock, including
all the smart sports, afternoon, and dress models of the
season Each one typically "Mawson 6c DeMany" in
style and value.
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8 $ 7.50 Hats
7 $ 8.50 Hats
12 $10.00 Hats
4 $12.50 Hats
20 $18.50 Hats
5 $20.00 Hats
3 $22.50 Hats
6 $25.00 Hats
3.50
7.50
We have some remarkable specials in
Summer Furs
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NO REFUNDS, RETURNS, EXCHANGES
EVERY SALE MUST BE FINAL
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Military
The discipline of a good military school
is a safe foundation for character and
body building, training a boy to play a
man's part in the battle of life.
The Educational Bureau at Ledger
Central will help you select the best
suited to your son's needs and your
means. Here you can get quickly com
plete and reliable information concern
ing any school or college in the country.
An authority will advise you as to their
respective advantages, put you in touch
with the headmasters. This service is
free and available to every one, everywhere.
LEDGER
Broad at
Walnut 3000
&M&&
next Thursday at the monthly meetMf,,
me rniiniieipnia section, American ,un
iiui society. ;
Abrnhnm Honwood, of Cynwyd, presh
or the local section, has suggested
mobilization plan to, members. He said th
It may speed up production In various In
dustries by perfecting chemical proces-'
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DREERS
Nasturtiums
One of tho most popular summer
flowers Drcer's dwarf nnd climbing;
nasturtiums will thrivo In any soil, any
where, except shady places. They vvlllj
produce n dally abundance of bright
How era until frost. Many beautiful"
decorative effects niny bo had by tho
uso of cither dwarf nasturtiums or the
tall varieties for rllmblng. Our seeds
are selected from tried and tested va
rletlrn. finest mixed colors.
Dreer's collection of cither 12 pkts.
nf lhp rllmhlnir vnrletlns nr 12 Hlff.PAnt
pkts of the dwarf nasturtium, 50 cents.'
A Lawn Mower
that runs rnsll). almost noUeltisly, Is self
Khnrp'tilna nnd cuts a clean, even surface.
Is In I. bud at Order's.
Lawn Rollers
nre Indeed u-rful In obtaining; a beautiful
lnn lllvht now the sill should be 1-v-l-d
nml pnckd with one of our lawn rollers to
liuM moisture und give tho grass a fresh
start
D Seeds, I'lnnts, llnlbs
reer 714-16 Chestnut
5 $10.00 Hats
10 $12.50 Hats
5.00
18 $15.00 Hats
4 $20.00 Hats
7 $35.00 Hats
A $27.50 Hats
3 $30.00 Hats
A $40.00 Hats
12.50
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