-A Uprrf i' (l7?33!p5iFP,'l' 'I i J FH t- w ii V i I A t 2 fBfG WAR TAXES WILL INCREASE COST OF LIVING I Revenue Bill Would Assess Average Man $34 In stead of .$17 SENATE MAY MODIFY IT Retro-Active Income Tax and Levy on Papers and Maga zines Criticized WASHINGTON. SIIT 21 Admitted by Its frnmcrs to be unscienti fically drawn nnd full of Inconsistencies the 11,800,000 000 war revenue bill h being Jammed through the I fount) lrtually with out change "because we need the. money" Should the Senate nKrco to tho measure adopted In tho House, It would virtually double the present tax on ccry man, woman And child In Jhe United State for Federal purposes, making the per capita tax direct or Indirect $34 a jenr Instead of $17, ns at present. There In a atrnnr aentlment In the Hrnnle .t-.l ...- l l, n.,nt If la iivr a mnirnni rr.ii.t i.ii i". i,,n w,,.w .. -proposed to make the preeent aenerotlon Pay. 2 two cmanghh i.iicni.v 1 Two v ital channel nro considered er f tain. One is on the rono rato of postal Increases on newspapers and periodicals admittedly prohibitive to many publica tions The other Is on the Hat 10 per cent Increase In tariff rates on dutiable commod ities and 10 per cent ad valorem tax on commodities now on tho free Hat Many Democratic- Senators are In favor of eliminating entirely the tariff feature of tlie measure on the ground It U nn abandonment of the low tariff polio) of the Prty. TWO PROVISIONS CrUTICIZKI) There are two provisions In the bilk which re declared b the Senate Kln.inio Com mittee to be contrary to good taxation prin ciples One Is the retroactive clause nddlnK one-third to tho amount already assessed In Incomes for last year Tho other Is the 10 percent nd alorcm tax on articles now on tho free list Tho Income provision Is declared by law yers to be probably unconstitutional If It Is not that It certainly 1r an unjust princi ple of taxation In tho opinion of some ex perts. Tho provision requires that u man shall pay one-thrd tho amount he has already paid on his Inconio for the last ear In other words that Income may havo been spent or used In business It Is no longer an Income and thereforo the pajment of such a tax Is regarded as confiscatory Tho Senate l'lnnnce Committee will cllmlnute It from the bill This provision of tho war tax bill provides for the ' levy of an additional tnx equivalent to 33 1-3 per cent of tho tax loved upon tho Incomes of persons, corporations, Joint stoilt companies or associations or Insurance companies receded or accruing during cal endar year 1916 " It Is estimated that this tax would jleld an additional revenue amounting to $108, 000,000. Tho exemption on Incomes Is also ro duced from $3000 for single persons to 11000 and from $4000 to JI0OO for married men. Those having Incomes affected by tho reduction would pay 2 per cent Business men who have already con tracted for" raw materials for the year on tho free list basis and In turn contracted to sell their products, say that the ad valorem tax Is unjust In that It Imposes n tnx at once They are asking that the duty shall not go Into effect until next January, when they can adjust their affairs If It goes Into effect at once they will suffer great business losses These two features will bo greatly re duced by the Senate Indications are that the ad valorem tax will not go Into effect until January, and that the rctroactivo in coma tax will bo eliminated MAY SPARII AUTO MRN Another change which the Senate Is likolj to make Is that lelatlng to the automobile Industry Proposal to tax cross sales has ! been lgorously opposed Hie showing that ' twelvo large companies now make 80 j per cent of tho automobiles produced in tho United States and that the remaining 20 per cent Is split up nmong 426 romp mien has convinced many that tho large number I of struggling companies would be driven out of business by a 5 per cent Increase In their costs of production and that Instead of the United States deriving morn revenue It would In reality bring about only greater monopolisation of tho Industry by 11m big. strong concerns It was shown that In most cases the B per cent Incre.iso could not be passed along to the consumer What changes nro made In tho bill will doubtless be determined to u large extent by the decision of tho Senile Tlnanco Com mittee on the question of Issuing more bonds now so that future generitlons shall pay n larger part of the costs of war Many Senators feel that tho persons who fight the battles should not shoulder the great bulk of the costs of war In nddltlnn The Ways and Means Committee worked nn the theory that It should bo split flftj -fifty On that theory the country would pay half the costs of war as tho fighting progressed Members of the WaH nnd Means Commit tee feel that tho United States will never be able to bear more, taxes than they pro posed In their measure and that all future costs In addition to tho money raised by it trill have to be met by bond Issues Apparently, the House entirely forgot President Wilson's guiding Injunction, laid down In his war address, that "If men aro to be conscripted, so must wealth be, also," and unless the Senate radically changes the bill ns It probably will, tho great burden of the war's cost Is going to be thrown upon the shoulders of the average citizen, al ready complaining of the load of tho cost of living, A horizontal tariff Increase of 10 per cent on all imports, whether on the dutiable or free Jlst. Is provided for In the bill. This, It Is estimated, would add 9200,000,000 to the nation's revenues during the war period Several years ago, before the enactment of the Underwood law, the tariff was blamed for the high .cost of living, The restora tion of the entire free list to the dutiable list with a 10 per cent tax, would affect the price of many of (he necessaries of life. Borne of the close students of the bill con tend that an upward Jump of 10 per cent Jn the cost of living would be the natural, or unnatural, sequence of the tariff In crease. ON FREIGHT CHARGES Freight tariffs would be taxed 3 per cent This Is expected to jleld (77,000,000 annually In revenue. It would coat 10 per cent more to send articles by express. All these charges would be' passed on to the ultimate consumer. A 10 per. cent Increase In passenger fares, and If you ride In a Pullman sleeper or chair car another 10 per cent will be charged, If the bill stands The electric light, gas and telephone bills will be boosted 6 per cent, The Treasury Department estimates the Government will receive 130,000,000 a year from these sources of revenue. If you want to use the long-distance phone or send a wire you'll have to pay live cents adltlonal for each ihessatre costing- fifteen cents or more, The cost of amuseme.it will go still higher. If you go to a movie you will pay an ad ditional cent for each ten cents worth. If you take your wife to a ball game It will ot you approxlmatey twenty cents more, sad It you so to the theatre, there will be 4 yrmaely ort cent or, your CAPITAL GREETS ITALIAN JISSION Red, White and Green Blends With Red, White and Blue WASHINGTON DECORATED WASHINGTON, May 23. Tho red, white nnd green of Italy was raised ever where over Washington today besldo tho Stars and Stripes, he Union Jack and tho Tricolor i" "ranee. In honor of the nrrlva! of tin l.'llnn commission to the United Mates The mission nrrlved In Washington on a special train, provided by tho Stntn Depart ment The envoa were accompanied by Assistant Secrev.rj of Stnte Ureckenrldge Iorig. who met them at the port at which they landed They were greeted at tho sta tion by Secretary Lansing nnd other high nfllclals The trln from the station to the homo of Joseph Letter where the irlsslon will be quartered during Its month's stay took on the nature of a street parade The military escort was two tioops of cavalry from I ort M) cr the same that greeted the missions of Train u and Great llrltaln In the Italian party are some of the king dom s fori most commercial and economic experts They will lay before American ofllclals Itnl) s pressing need for coal nnd for tonnage In which to ship It After having listened to the ndvlco of tho Italian experts tho United States Government Is expected to take over the entire problem of coal and transportation for ltalv The personnel of the mission Is ns follows I'rlnce 1'erdlnando ill Savoji nf I dine cousin of the King of Italv , I nrlco Arlnttu, .Minister of Ti insportntlon Marquis l.ulgi Ilorsnrelll ill Rlfreddo. Under Secretar of Mate for 1'orelgn Affairs; Gugllelmo Mnr runl, .Senator. Augusto Ulufelll, Deputy, former Minister of Public Works; Kran icsco Snverlo Nlttl, Deputy, former Min ister of Agriculture, Vnvnllero do Parentn, Secretary of Legation and Secretary of Mission, Naval Lieutenant Do .ar.a, ald-de-t'imp of lYIneo Cdlno, Vacnlolio Alvieo IlrngiUIn nnd Cavalier Gldo I'ardo, secro- tarv to Slgnor Arlotta , Duca HI Sangro and Slgnor 1)1 Sousa, hccretarles to Senator Marconi Cavnllero Angell, secretary to Slgnor Clufelll nnd Cavaliers D'Amato ITALIANS OF CITY PLAN WAR PURSE $50,000 for Red Cross to Be Given Mission From Rome 500 SOCIETIES TO HELP A purse of $50 000 for tho Italian lied Cross will bo given Into tho keeping of tho Italian war mission upon Its visit to Phila delphia about two weeks henco. The purso will be mado up b the five hundred or moro Italian societies In this i.lt Representatives of these societies will meet next Sunday In Lirlc Hall, 926 South Sixth street, to make arrangements for tho collection of tho money, and to complete plans for ontcrtnlnmen. of the mission when It visits Philadelphia Under tentative plans now outlined, It Is proposed to havo each of tho five hundred Italian societies In this city contribute $100 to the Italian lied Cross purse This would m ike a total of $50,000 MONSTHIl PAItADK FIJATURK A monster parade Is one of tho things suggested for entertainment of the visitors 'I hero Is a population of more than 250,000 Italians In Philadelphia, and It Is estimated that more than 76 000 Italians would par ticipate in sum a pnrnne Tne committee in ihargo of the arrangements Is composed of Chevalier C C A lialdl. prominent Italian banker 92S South Hlghth street Giuseppe Donato. Italian sculptor, Rnianuel Nurdl Intel prefer In Common Pleas Court. Antonio Itagglo macaroni manufacturer. Seventh and Mbntrose streets, and Chevalier Giuseppe Pnppllo. composer and critic A Loiumltteo of prominent PhliAdclphlans Is working with the Italian committee to nld In bringing the commission to Phila delphia This committee will call upon Ma in Smith and ask him to go to Wash ington to inuko a personal plea that tho mission come to Philadelphia Others In terested In getting tho mission to the city of Hrothcrly Love aro Judgo J Willis Martin, nil Kirk Price, J. H CummlngH. president of the Stetson lint Compan and John C Gioomo ' ANXIOUS FOR VISIT run uieipnia." said Chevalier Baldl, "has the M-cond largest Italian population of any city In the United States, and for that leason wo should iccelve a visit from tho mission While the Italians hero have Im bibed American Ideals nnd nro Intensely In al to the country of their adoption, they still havo a soft place in their hearts for old Hal Iheie aro more than 250,000 Italians in Philadelphia, and a visit from the mission would do much toward stimu lating their Interest In the great war nnd the causo of the Allies "Members of the mission are representa tive of the finest of Italy any country would be proud to send such men to a for eign land as envos Tha visit of tho mis sion to the United states will do much to ward cementing more firmly tho already close friendship between United States and Italy " Flower Market F?teof Bloom Continued from Pure One vegetables In addition to the plants and flowers was given to the, bazaar One Philadelphia florist sent 1000 potted gera nlums Florists and merchants from other cities contributed to the cause One of the most interested of tho visitors was Mrs Kdvvln Farnham Greene, of Boston, who came expressly to attend the ?.m.a,1:, she l,ald " hciwil to havo tho fete Idea carried out In Boston. OREHN GROCERIKS ALSO Onions at thirty cents a quarter peck potatoes at the some price and asparagus at thlrty-nve cents a bunch wero among the offerings at the vegetable booth headed b5r Mun J,10"lnworth. Tho Garden Club of Philadelphia set the low price record of the day by selling potted tiny geranium plants for five cents each. Lavender or chids at Mrs. Henry Brlnton Code's stand Nb. 1, were the real aristocrats of the occasion, marking the other price extreme However, $10 plcnlo baskets were not to be desplBed as money-getters. Hydrangeas, geraniums, pansles. calceo laria, iris, roses, lilacs and tulips were banked at the booths. The air was filled with fragrance. The colors were vivid. BKASIiriltK THAW 8EBVICK POSTPOVKTl In conformity wuh th. rMomm.naition orTh. BpmIsI Comrojtt.. on National cSfii,.. thi! v.rr effort U mad by th. tVllrain.tr th. nstlon to con..rv th.fr moUvi pSS? $ Qulpm.nt for tb. ..rvtc. of th. n..IL'S? th. P.nnulv.nU Railroad will pmtDonaih.it.'! -it l. ' r... t :.jT." -. r 2a. win hui uw picu in rvic until Julr 1, Th afternoon aioraaa to Carta Usr ,a ,,'. n wilt wntlnua 10 1miv- Uarktt fatrot WuVrat M9 -. a. no niurnin cxpreia from ih. I tw.n Phllaalphla and Atlantlo city. Caii ufS VVUdwood. Oc.an City, etc. untlT July 1 .Va th. Wlktwood MPre... anMounc to bi-ii' ra,nJ" Bin from Mark.t Htrttt Wharf at .aS pr M and from Wlldwnod itlRH i ..? i aunirauan or ii. run sum. EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1917 Banks Report Big Sales of Bonds Centlnued from rse One after 10 o'clock Nearly 400 men were divided Into teams of ten each nnd sent Into the Ninth Ward to mako a house-to-house canva-w for subscribers This effort marked the beginning of the "home cam paign" which will carry the messago of the Liberty Rends to every man and woman In Philadelphia. The salesmen are to report to their team leaders every morning at 9 o'clock nnd leaders will confer with tho general com mittee at 1 o'clock every afternoon until the campaign closes "Get the man who wants n $50 bond " was the ndvlco nf George W. Kcnilrlck, "Id. who addressed tho meeting As marshal of tho sales force ho outlined the campaign and urged "notion nnd results." GIRLS SliMi DONDS A scoro or more of organizations volun teered to aid the sates force. Important nmong these Is u team composed of promi nent 'society girls They wero organized at noon In tho olllcc of I; L Stokes In the group are Miss l'llen Mary Cnssatt Miss Eugenia Cassatt, Miss llmma Dorr Miss josephlne I'ostir Miss IMelo Klllott Miss Gertrude 1'anionst, Miss Hope Mc Mlchael, Mis Mary Lewis, Mls3 Katherltic Thompson Miss Gretclien Clay and MIrs Kitty Ilrlntoti The young women workid among their friends at tho Rlttenhouso tlower show during tho nfternoon and will continue tho work until Juno 1,". 'Tho studentH nt La Sille Collcgo nro holding a meeting this afternoon," said lirothir lMvvard, president of tint Institu tion at noon "1 shall endeavor to org.anlro them for the patriotic servlco of btilnir bonds, and will nlso Invest nnv available funds of the college III Llbirt llmnls ' Tomorrow noon icprecntatlvc of chain stoics ictall i stahllMunculs and depart ment Mniis will hold n Libert lloncl meet Ing at the Adelphla and map out ii program vvhli Ii will enable the Morokcepers to boost the campaign Today tho Knights of P thins tin ular Ired fiC.000 of Its members In the Interest of tho Llbertv Ilond sale, while the Order of American Mechanics put out 4B00O cir culars A RIG JOIt Philadelphia s financiers re.ill7e that floating a $200,000,000 bond Issue In this city or any other city Is not nn easy task and one thnt must bo attacked with zeal and unusual earnestness "It Is mcessary to popularize bond-buying ' Slid one of tho nfllclals 'and to do that we must wage tin educational cam paign The general public must he taught the fundamental principles of bond-lnivlng It Is important that wo gain the attention of tho publlL and when thnt Is accomplished we can proceed with the educational prop i gandn ' To arrest the attention of the genetal public mid arouse tho Interest of working men nnd women who aro to Imv bonds on tho Installment plan the commltteo working In conjunction with the Ptderal Reset ve Hank proposes to conduct a Llbertv lloncl p irade on Memorial da AD' campaign as a pirt of the educational campaign 1000,000 Libert lloncl postiaids am being clrcul ited by public! utilities corporations, department stores and other concerns These postcards containing Informitlon abolit the bonds niu mailed with bills sent out bv the compinles and serve to keep the valo befoie the public EDISON, IN LIBERTY FIGHT, URGES BUYING OF BONDS Will Address Department Heads of His Plants to EncotiraRc Employes to Subscribe NEW YORK, May 23 Thomas A ndlson today Joined In the tight to mako the liberty loan n surcess Headquarters luro announced Edison would attempt to win lO.OOl) Indivlduil subscrib ers to tho Issue from among the nnnv of employes nt his big plantH at Monlo Park, N J Tomoirow night ho will ad dress a meeting of department captains, urging them to Inspire their men to buy Government bonds It was also nnnounccd that the Aetna. Llfo Insurance Company of Harrfnril, Conn, had subscribed $1 TiOO.OOO Its em ployes can subscribe to the loan by pa Ing 5 per cent down and an equal amount mouthlv Tho New York State Safo Deposit As sociation has adopted a resolution pio vldlng for tho acceptance of deposit of $50 and $100 bonds free, holding them for a, ear Libcrtj Loan Popular in Cuba NTAV YORK, May 23 Tint tho Llbeitv Loan Is popular In Cuba was shown l a telegram received by tho Irving National Bank today fiom the Banco de la Hspanol, of Havana It stated that tho merits of tho loan wero being spread actively throughout the Island SUPREME COURT HALTS PARKWAY LIBRARY Justice Mestrezat Hands Down Opinion Sustaining Taxpay er's Bill in Equity Plans for the free library on tho Park way have been halted by a decision of tho Supreme Court Word to this effect was received today from Harrlsburg The court In an opinion by Justice Mestrezat reversed the decision of Common Pleas Court No 1 In the case and ordered a preliminary Injunction sought by John A Flynn, a taxpaer, restraining the city officials from execution of the con tract awarded to Georgo A Fuller for the erection of the building The cost was estimated at 2, 000, 000 In a bill In equity filed by Flynn he com plained that the Director of Public Works had violated the law In changing tho speci fications by private notice to prospective bidders for work under which alternative proposals were Invited, These were based on stone cut either In the city or at outside quarries It was contended that the change In the specifications permitting the stone to be cut outside the city limits violated two old ordinances which provided that all stone used In municipal buildings "shall be cut and prepared within the city limits" The suit for Injunction was pressed de spite the fact that the Fuller Company was the lowest bidder on both proposals. Their bid was for (2,210,000 and provided for tho use of limestone and granite cut outside the city. The methods followed by Director Dates man In changing the original specifications so as to make the bidding, In his Judgment, comply with the old ordinances, were at tacked by W B. Saul, representing- the complainant The Director contended Uiat his plan of obtaining alternative bids not only com piled with the ordinances but saved the city J1B5.000. In the course of his opinion Justlco Mes trezat said among other things: "We think the learned court below com mitted manifest error In refusing tp grant the Injunction. The contract for this work could not be awarded until notice for bids had been given by advertising as provided by the city ordinances. The advertising published directed compliance with the city ordinances, which made It obligatory on the defendants to have all tha stone used In municipal work cut and prepared In Phila delphia, The original advertisement was the ptf, Uo give Jo the, jwillc," DANIELS GIVES HOPE ON U.S. U-BOAT KILLER "Several Inventions That Are Exceptionally Good," Is De partment News MARCONI IN CONFERENCE Hudson Maxim Also Said to Have Device to Guard Aganist Attacks WASHINGTON May zl Actual tests of several "exceptionally promising" devlcis to solve tho submarine problem nro under way. It wns announced by the Navy Department today. At least two Inventions have undergone preliminary tests and nro now being constructed on n largo scalo for two on ships Tho first tests with tho devices wero mnilo with models The department then ordered them constructed on a larger scalo for exhaustive tests Incidentally It became known today that Mauiiil wireless Inventor, who nrrlved to day ns n member of tho Ilnllan war com mission would i-pend much time In con Miltulon with Lnited States navy heads on nntl-submarlno devices Mnrconl will submit several p'ans he has been working on for scuno time In Italian circles vvhoro this Information hecamo known It was stated significantly that tho Itill.iti nav had sunk thirteen submarines this week Officials of tho Navv Department de- clartd tluy weie confident that cine of tho devices would ho a "big thing" ' Wo'ip spending a great deal of money In having some of the devices constructed mi a full-sized Male," sild one official Some nf the Inventions vviic put to an actual test and developed such promise that we gnvi the orclei for further tests' Although officials refrained from predict ing that mi of the devices would solve tho I'-bcut piob nn they friuklv Indicated that tho navy consulting board was greatl en couraged Tests with devices acting as n shield for tho hull of ships have been made, but proved unsatisfactory Several Inventions submitted, by Hudson Maxim arc being considered by tho naval consulting board Maxim has been In con sulfation with tho board nnd his Inventions nre to ho tested somewhere along the At lantic) coast Naval ofllclals asserted that many other war Inventions, In addition to nntl-submarlno devices, wero under consideration Daix Denies Delay to Transit Company t nntlnued from Tune One lonimlttee and pissed before the Legisla ture adjourns ' Mr Gaffney summed up his opinion of tho results of tho hearing In tho follow ing sentence "Our position today Is certainly far stronger than It was before we attended the hearing jesteiday" i MAYOR'S VIi:V The Director and Mr Gaffnc both de clared that the agreed with tho statement of Ma or .Smith that without tho present legislation there 13 no hopo of a satisfactory agreement The Mavor mado this state ment In tho course of tho hearing ester day when Senator McNIchol asked 'Havo ou i-ume to tho conclusion that It Is Impossible under present conditions to reach a satisfactory agreement between the city and the P It T ?" "If ou had asked mo that before Mr Stotesbury'H statement of last Frldav," re pyert tho Major, referring To the financier s threat to resign from tho trncjloti-cominti) if there were any changes made In tho com pany's leasing proposition to the clt, 'I would havo said 'No' In reply to that question now , I w ill sav 'Ys ' ' Irrespective of his frank Iool.ir.it ten to Senator MoNlchol that thoio seemed no pos. siblllty of it satisfactory nt,ieement with tho Rapid Transit Cumpan, Ma or .smith Slid toclnv that tho Hearing Frlda before! Councils' Joint Committees on Finance and Street Railwajs would bo held accoidlng to Bchcdulo Gaffney lodav gave a stiong Intima tion that If the legislation falls an Inde pendent operator was the llkel icsult and that this might mean some changes in the conutructlnn piogram When told what .Mr Gaffney had said, Dliector Twining replied "I may have something definite to give out on that after thn Pilday hearing be foie Councils' committees" twining qui:stioni:d 111 an effort to learn more elearlj tho Director s position three lending questions were put to him tnclaj The questions nnd his replies follow Question: "Ale jou In favor or an In dependent operator, municipal operation, or nn agicement with tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit company; Director's answer "I nm In favor of whichever one of theso Is for tha best In terests of the city, and which ono In for tho city's- best ItiterestH will be determined bj what further hearings and negotiations develop Personally 1 am not committed to nny one " Question: "Havo jou any Information which tends to mako jou believe that polit ical leaders are planning an independent company nnd that they will sell stock?" Answer: "I never heard such a thing even hinted, nnd, viewing tho difficulties of the case, I do not think the political leaderH would take up such a proposition" Question "What Is jour next move for tho solution of the transit problem?" Answer- "That Ih hardly a fnlr question at this time The next move will be the result of a conference between the Mayor, Mr Gaffney, Doctcc Lewis and myself later this week nnd It will depend partly, too, upon tho results of the developments at tho hearing on Friday " WILL DENOUNCE P. R. T William Hancock, one of the city's rep resentatives on the P. R. T directorate and former president of tho United Business Men's Association, announced today that resolutions woulld be presented nt the monthly meeting of the association to morrow night denouncing the Transit Com pany for Its obstructive tactics yesterday and calling upon the voters of Philadelphia to see Just which political faction opposes tho transit bills MANY SURPRISES The sudden cropping out of the political opposition to tho bills from McNIchol nnd his followers on tho grounds that they would Increase the powers of the Publlo Service Commission, a Vare-Brumbaugh body, was one of the surprises of the hear ing yesterday. Senator McNIchol, Senator Beldleman, of this city, the McNIchol leader of the Sen ate, nnd Representative Beyer, floor leader for the McNIchol faction In the Houoo Joined, In firing questions at William Diaper Lewis, the leading speaker for the city ad ministration at the hearing, that proved beyond doubt their objections to giving the commission greater powers. Whether or not this coterie will dare permit politics to defeat tho measures upon which the city administration's hopes for a fair and equitable transit lease are pinned Is the one thing causing the transit fol lowers worry. Itintelen Denies Perjury Charge NEW YORK, May 2S. Captain Frani von Rlntelen today pleaded not guilty in Federal District Court to Indictments accus ing him of perjury and defrauding the United States Government In obtaining pass ports, Tha perjury, charge Js based on alleged false statements made in obtaining tha paatipcrU, - . GIRL, SEEKING HER BABY, KIDNAPS CHILD AS OWN Parents of Baby Withdraw Charge When Youthful Mother Breaks Into Sobs A seventeen-j'ear-old mother kidnapped a bnbj-, believing It was her own missing child, but It was not, Now she must begin tho search for her baby all over again. The pity-nwnkening story of mother love unsatisfied, told between sobs In the ofTlcfl nf Magistrate Harris, 3726 Market street, today, so affected the parents of tho child that they withdrew the charges against the girl mother Mnrv C Mortln daughter of Mr nnd Mrs William Martin, of 917 Springfield road, Darby Tho baby, four j ear-old Oraco Paulson, daughter of Walter F Paulson, of 6831 Woodland avenue, was returned to her parents Tho other baby tho "only baby" no ono knows where sho Is 'Oh, j-ou don't know how I want to see my baby " cried tho mother again and again in tno story of her scaich for the baby that resulted In her arrest by Detective Qulgley, of the Slxty-flfth street and Wood land avenue police station, a week ngo when tho Paulson baby was found In the home of a fnmily named Weir, nearby Sho has seen her Inliv onlv twice sho said , the first time when It was born In a hospital that she annot find and the second time when Its father took her to see It In a children s home thnt sho cannot find 'If otii John Cassndv would tell me where tho baby is'" cried tho girl Cas sady, she said, Is tho baby's father Ho Is In Honolulu, In tho army. "I met John Caseady three j-ears ago." sho,told Mnglstrato Harris "We were good friends When I knew that I was going to havo a habj John took mo to a hos pital A little girl was born I named hir Lillian Then I was very sick They kept me In tho hospital three weeks FATHER TOOK CHILD "When I was ablo to leave John told me ho had taken the child nway to n homo for children In Reading My parents knew nothing about all this They thought I was too busy nt tho mill to go home. "John told me that ns soon as I could tnko cure of Lillian he would brlrg her to me "A ear went b. and all the time I was thinking more nnd moro of Lillian I wanted more and more to see her Flnnlly John took me to Reading and showed mo In nn Institution there a babv clrl nhnut a ear old that he said was ours Still he promised to let me have her later "lohn enlisted In tho armv He Is In Honolulu now "I went to Reading and tiled to find tho place to which ho hnd taken me. I could not recognize It Nobody knew nn thing about in bab girl i So I wrote to John, pleading with him to tell me whero ho had taken hei .SHOWS LETTER IN COURT Miss Mnrtln handed Magistrate Harris a letter, written six months ago from Hono lulu and hlgntd "John Cnssady," In which tho writer promised to send money to the babj's mother, but evaded tho question of where the child had been placed In the letter. Miss Mnrtln Bald, was a photograph which she displayed It was a picture of tho j ear-old girl Miss Martin saw In Read ing "But nil I wanted was my bahv. Lillian," the little mother told tho magistrate "I used to c ry at night I had to keep my secret hut I used to walk up nnd down tho streets, hoping I could catch a glimpse of Lillian "When I saw Grace Paulson on tho street I was struck by tho resemblance I nsked her whether her name was Lillian nnd she said 'Yes' I gave her some uvndv and took her to the Welrs's home 1 bobbed hoi hair because I wanted her to look ns she did with her hair cut shorter" The reiltal ended and then the girl cried 'Oh whero Is my babv'" Magistrate Harris found It necessary to tnko off hie glasses and dust them thor ough!) Witnesses from St Vincents Home told of .Miss M irtln having asked for hei bab then- Mio paced up and down In front of the building, thev said being found there one morning nt 1 n clock After the P.auNon bab s parents wlth diciv thcli charges, Magistiato llniris al lowed tho girls father to sign a $300 bond for her to appear "when wanted " He also asked the girl to promise not to try to sec thn Paulson babv ".Sho looks so much like my bab with her hair bobbed," said the mother 'But I promise French Capture Three Lines of Foe's Trenches Continued from Pace One thtcvv light on tho tremendous power behind recent German counter-attacks as well as the great forces which the French weio compelled to put forward In their vlctnilous advance. Tho German prisoners also declared Field Marshal von Hlndcnhurg personally visited the Cornlllet front recently and supervised all arrangements foi the nbortlvo offensive The conquest by the French of the north ern slopes of tho Moronv liners crest, be tween Mounts Cornlllet and tho Casnue onded all hopes nt tho Germans for nn offensive in this sector Such an attack had been planned for Tuesday morning with the object of regaining tho top of this crest. Great foices of German re serves were massed In expectation for this advance Tho Germans brought up new guns nnd. great stores of ammunition Then so the prisoners said tho French struck a sudden, unexpected blow, took the north ern slopes In front of the crest and threw tin Germans still further back Tho fur of tho French attack was suf ficient to hurl back all these concentrated German forces, but their very concentration permitted the enemy to strike back In vlo lontly powerful counter-thrusts For two days now these great counter attacks have been waging back and forth At some places they have forced a slight giving of ground But todny the French re talned all their Important gains nnd were hero and there still forging ahead. Early today all tho remaining portions of Cornlllet wero consolidated, Including an immense tunnel which the Germans had laboriously dug out under the mount. PROVOST SMITH, OF U. OP P., 61 YEARS OLD TODAY Receives Many Floral Tributes and Congratulations Spends Day in Work Provost Edgar Fahs Smith, of tho Unl verslty of Pennsylvania, Is sixty-one years old today, and telegrams nnd letters of congratulation are pouring Into his office and home from all points of the United States When ho entered his office this morning to take up his day's work he found the room filled with blooms of all description He does not think It worth while to celel brate In any manner at all "Strange, but I have to work a little j!EV,.!r.. toda5r than U8Ua'" nl he smiled. 'Birthdays come around pretty often any how. Am I going to have any sort of cele bratlon today No Indeed After I have finished my work at the University i.i. the afternoon I am going home and as usualJ I am s-olnr tn hail anvlv 4 " :H night of rest" ' ""u "l B B00Q The provost has been connected with the University for slightly more than thirty! rnnni5 Jn!in h t00.k m" two ' In chemistry this morning- the students made the walls ring as they gave him three hearty cheers. All day long other students have been filing Into hi. -i... "' office so that they might congratulate hlni Railway Investors Unite to Protect Holdings Continued from Pass One of the National Bank of Commerce, of St Louis, nnd H A Shrenck, president of tho Bowery Savings Bank, New York cItj- The motion mado by Cooper was Imme diately seconded by n scoro of Investors present, but nt tho suggestion of Wnrfleld tho appointment of the organlratton com mittee wns deferred He said that, If thn Investors present did not object he thought It would bo better to enlarge the com mittee nnd that the matter would be taken up before the end of the dnj. He explained that there were a number of persons that he desired to address the meeting before final action was taken on the organization of a permanent body This suggestion was concurred In 6,000,000,000 REPRESENTED The men who faced Warfleld when lie called the meeting to order shortly nfter 11 o'clock this morning represented ap proximately 14,000,000.000 of Investors In some form of railroad securities Thcro were presidents and vice presidents of na tional banks, trust companies and savings banks from all sections of the country whoso deposits totaled billions of dollars Only two women, the Misses M A and E M Shaeffer, of Washington, who nre said to be large stockholders of some of the lead ing railroads In the country, were present nnd the listened Intently to the addresses made Upon the motion of Lonsdale, president of the National Bank of Commerce of St iouls Warfleld wns unanimously elected chairman of the meeting, nnd E H Prlnglc, Jr, vlco president of tho Bank of Charles ton. S C, sccretnrj Mr Warfleld, In Ills address to the In vestors present said that the meeting more than met his expectations and that nt least 1000 replies to tho Invitation thnt he had sent out to Investors all over tho United btatcs had been received Theo letters, he said came from as far south as Tampa, Fla , and as far west as Portland Ore FEEL GREAT CONCERN I do not believe such a gathering pos. slble, said Warfleld 'were ft not that tho owners of the securities of the railroads feel great concern In the settlement of pending questions of serious consequence to the tai ileis of tin- country In which their monej Is Invested " It seemed to me that the time had nr rlved when, by concerted action those ow n Ing securities of the railroads should pre sent to the public nnd thoso In nutliorltj the situation confronting the railroads ns affecting their efficiency, their credit and, consequently, their securities Former Governor of New Jersev Frank G .stokes made a strong appeal for the Im mediate organization of investors nlilili would make itself felt when consideration Is given to railroad matters In Washington He declared th vt the time had arrived when the people, who owned the stocks and bends of the cnrrleis of the United States should assert themselves nnd let governmental au thorities know that thev had rights which must be respected and properties which must bo conserved 'The Investor must let the people In Washington know tint ho Is a person who Is Just as valuable to the prosperity nf tho countr ns Is any other citizen," said Mr. Stokes Mr Stokes declared that sentiment must so costnlllze among the American Investors that a permanent, effectlvn nrmnimiinn ,.. be established which can do good work In tho futuro in the matter of upholding their rights where rates and credit nro concerned Frank H Ecker. treasurer of the Metro politan Llfo Insurance Company of New York, and one of tho best-known Insurance men In the United States suggested that tho conference, while In session, tako up for serious consideration tho question of making the credit of the railroads ono of the features In nny discussion affecting rntes to bo charged BURDEN ON ROADS Mr Warfleld said- Tho railroads are required to pay out bv leason of Increased prices this ear over last ear for equipment, supplies, materials nsid labor more than $570,000 -000 The Items composing this vast sum "Jl!10"'' '"created price for fuel, J100.000 000, for locomotives and cars $195 000 000. materials and supplies nnfnnT'000' ""' of tnUnme"1 " Z,: 000.000, , increased wages of othei em ploves $57,000,000 . Tr. help to meet this the rn Iroads havo asked fir an Increase In their rates of IE per cent This in crease nsked foi will not begin to make up tliis huge sum nevertheless, theio seems to bo considerable doubt whether It will bo nllowed. opposition having ilevcloned In certain directions ' i-iiiiS 1,1nlIroad''' xery I'l-operly and pa trlot call) have appointed a committee of Ho well-known rnlhoail presidents to direct the operation of all the i..i. roadn entirely In tho Interests of the Government, which nt this time is In tho Interest of the war We nro here con! fronted with nn extraordlnnrv condition PRESBYTERIANS SHIFT MISSION BOARD RULES General Assembly Reorganizes Home Activity and Its Control DALLAS, Tex, May 23 Sweeping cnanges In the administration of tho Home Board of Missions were made by tho Oeneral Assembly of the Frcsb). cnrl!nChUr,Ch '," th0 UnUed &tat t Amer ica. In session hero today. ier- The board wns completely reorganized Z pernio 8o? VtieT S The Assembly also voted to clv n. sentatives of the board direct6 acces? to the pulpits of all presbyteries to omeUnTthrsto?, ffi rnM?C,M bC mQd6 d'Mo SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS AGAINST CHURCH UNION Opposition Based on Ordination of "Un sound" Ministers by a Northern Presbytery BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Mav "3 iTni . the Southern Presbyterian YhSrclT wUhVi Northern Presbyterian Church . "8 today In tho report of a conm?lttPO!ed sented to' the Southern General i!? ,'3re . Th report expressed PpritfrT'S.'S. o'nw'y love entertained for thi Bni.th k Presbyterle. "ha? repeatedly "?er!J ministers whoso faith la rn.if.S,r.ialne1 sound." tho comm,ttoehopptsemdr'pSroyposUend New rSrklSjr Acuontb'8 ,0ca,e'1 " be taken late today? " " the re"-' ' Ing, aged about seventy Death ' morn pneumopia. Her three ions .ia Wa du l residing here wVre with heJ"1. 1 ,auter came. WUn h'r when death Argentina Cannot Spare Whoa BURNOS AIRES, May j" n.n . l. Argentina I, hoarding vvheaTw.POrt? ,hat to day by Senor Pueyrredon 7h.e?e.nU', of Agriculture, He said thTt ih. ln"1ter ". "Portatlon of wheu Vy r laid down beeau.a ....". "l "& hfn U: S. PLANS 32 SOLDIER CAMPS Prominent Experts Called jLiiuj vjuiisuiuiuon to rush Construction READY IN TWO MONTHS, WASHINGTON May 21 Plans for construction of thlrtj--two r.i "cantonment cities" to house tho new nil tlonal army wero under consideration In the quartermaster's department today Engineering men from every bB structlon company In the country have be" called to nld the department as voluntn.r? Secretary Baker assigned Colonol I.Ufaii to oversee the construction of the i.na. permanent camps "" Each of tho cantonments will . dato between 20.000 nnd 30.000 soloier. I They must bo completed within two moral. I They require roads, sewage and water v7 terns, heating and lighting systems and aitL" ouato railroad connection Each will C . model city - M Among the expert volunteers with th. department nre Frederick Law 01mta noted New York architect, Captain Frr,v M Ounby, Boston; Robert E itmi n" Boston , W A Stcrrctt New York JamS Bnlrd. manager of the Fuller Construction Company; Leonard Metcnlf. Boston How nrd M. Rogers director In tho engineering department of Stone & Webster, and tver member of tho Cleveland firm of Cron-.n LundofT & Little These volunteers includ. specialists In sewngo nnd water systems. Each camp will require 4000 cai loads of freight for construction alone and a con structlon for-o of 2000 to 3000 men Th soldier cities" will requite JoO mll"s of roads vvlthl ' the camps ' Establlshmen of threo training camna for officers of tne medical corps was n! nounced hj tlu War Department today J follows Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind Fort mie Kan and Foi t Oglethorpe. Ga Tho threo camps will open June 13 with 5000 men In training a VAST WAR BUDGET T0BESPENT1NU.S. Allied Purchasing Board Will Disburse Ten Bil lions Here Annually WASHINGTON Ma) CJ The allied purchasing board will spend $10,000,000,000 n year in the I nlted States, It will buy supplies, not for the Entente Allies alone, but for tho military and naval forces of tho United States as well Theso facts developed this afternoon after It was learned that Secretar) of War Baker and Secretary of tho Navy Daniels are nov working on concrete plans for turning over the entlro qunrtermusterV departments of both tho nrmy and tho n.nv (,, nri, . . division of tho allied purchasing board Tho work of tho purchasing board, alieady heralded as the greatest buylnr agency In the world's lilstor) wilt be nearly doubled by this extension of the ncopo of Its activities No announcement has jet been mado of tho names of t men who arc to bo members of tho h, i, but it is Known that most of them vvl J American business experts According to present plans It Is understood that iln Entente Allies will bo represented on th board by onl) ono ofllclal of each country Involved In tho war on German) The work of tho purchasing board prob. ably will get under way by tho middle of the summer. Its lieadqunrteis will be la Washington and It will have thousands of field agents throughout tho United Statei. The centralization of the purchasing au lliotit) in this ono body will make not only for ecenomv, hut for efflclcnc) that will measure well up to Prussian standards Xllfk I IT, i m . V ,L.. .. kn..,. 41 "" . y itfi-ir ii viici a DEATHS 9 , .soJ!A.s Vl y - XAtm: v uxumitc-o! Hlo William nnd Itonetta N'eumnii Itelullvaa dnl frlerds Invited to runlet Ihnrr S 3d a. in from liinthir residence lf.l I N llollywool vll ft Itlcli raqilem mum St lrimiM .Xavler 31 ihureh 10 a in int Hoiv rrn c ..m 1 TORNItori. - Vtav 2! MARY A widow of Jeter II Tornboul sited 7.' llelaiivn ana friends Invited to funeral Prl .10 n m , from rcn-in-law h residence Oeorsn Pearl J7lJ Mat ter at Reciulem tilth mass c hun h of Moit Plft nut HlnnH If, n . .. . i.-- . .. w!VT'-s ,R.y...-r, ' N ItCKhell. Y, E i , ,. "1L l',-Jl widow or i hurli-n n. L h.un,pral services at l'armliursi rarms, Vu Iloehelle N y, rn on urlvul of 1 03 " in train from -w York eltv SITUATIONS JVANTK1I MAI.B UllIMt MAN' havlnc good liualnesa trnlnlns with !.'ii,,'"r''. .nrsctlcsl experience In foralra ii.I"!r"5 desires to connect with ii wellcatath llatied flrni Intercateil In export and Import , , , , moderate aalarj best of referenda. 4 " l-edaerOfrke - - "U.P V.ANTi:i KhVIW.I! i MOTHKIl 8 HKlPKl'l wanted to tk" charje of JiI. B'rl twenty months old Phone 0r Uermnntown sri-INOtlltAPHKIt wanted in prlvat"a"chooi. "T " lwr nonresident stato educational irii. SV. .HKC salary, refcrciina requirea. ...nM -,,, , j.poger einire III.I.P WANTED vl Mi: f i.. .IAwantl, mut lie 10 or more rn- L'iTrt1 V? Pennsylvania, ati-ady position I'hy lcliriRnoni?0i41 arkJtciYc;v V cjty,, LIVE VOREMKN WANTKD ih. 5,8 Inereaslnir our factories and are l ine market for wlde-awake up to date pro- T,V ., . ' l?..!BB cnaree oi our iucr .'?.l.h.e ri,,orlr Mill Uiiglua Lathe and Urtil r"J" DPrunnta hi ?fSr'men mu" be able to teach rrees slzea accurate work of large and mill n.'J!" whether married cr slnsle, art ! i.I .lit"", of 'nplosanont. hovr Ions- employed eipeflence waBe- al" fu" det w d.nililicoreaPont,enr? ated strictly conn Hi' Atare.s r) Iival Steam Turbtna i-ompany JTrentojj ,Vuw Jersey BABln5Saa'EN; hardwooC wanted, slat. eip.'. retf. . and aalarv required Hot uA Newark N Jt LADOIIER9 ennab0nllwn,,.', ",nd colored wanted for for m.n ,.i!L f r.Rdy w"'k- advancement IE lh ability can board with the eompan at very reasonable cost if deilrecl. Apply 43 N. 17th St. ""u Say Rora,!LPol''!r,u"lan n1 Ukrainian work Th. ii.S? J.00? w,lt" Applr. ready for Tri P-, - rr'U Cn i """"' Bermuda, ten'erCal0rri.nn,a .clean windows and do eip"fenra nr.n,CURlS. ftoryi on. who ha day Iti..!.. 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