EVENING LEDGERS PHILADELrHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917 r.ii.n mil SENATE PLANS GERMANY'S TAX ON WAR PROFITS PREPARING TO REGISTER PHILADELPHIA ELIGIBLES DEFEAT FACES TEUTONS, SAYS GERMAN PAPER Cologne Gazette Doubts if Empire Can Remain First-Rdte Power STATE TO HOLD PURSE STRINGS, PEPPERTOLD Governor Denies $2,000,000 Was to Be Expended by Committee DISCORD SEEMS PRESENT You can make for yourself, With your own hands, the mildest, most fragrant cigarette in the worjd and the most economical. Ma chines can't imitate it .Finance Committee Favors' t - BBBBBBBBBaK BBBbbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbBbbBB BBBBBBBBBBBF 4 f ' 5 aLlT T( .S HHHA " PynMWWWW M "" Change for House's ex cess Profits Measure TO MODIFY REVENUE BILL Radical Reconstruction of $1,- 800,000,000 Levy Purpose of Upper Chamber I I;i.' RUSSIA HOLDS THE KEY LONDON, Mny 21. "Germany has reached the turning point," say, a Copenhagen dispatch to the Morning Post today, quoting the Cologne Gazette. The Cologne Ga zette article dealt with the future of the German Empire, saying that it in doubtful if Germany ran continue an a first rate world power should Russia rcmnln loyal to England and continue In the war. . , - V.MSTi:iUAM. May 21 "HUssta's rejection of peace Is a most bitter disappointment." declared the Her man Socialist organ Voruaert today the first iitlmlsslon of failure of the Ocrmah if forts which the, Oerman cetiiori have per nutted to pass 'The rejection in all the fault of Imperial Chancellor von llcthmann-Ilollwrg." the Vonvaerts edltotl.il continued "If he had. like Austria, announced Ormatiy had no Intention of annexing an Inch of territory, the irsult would have, been different" WASHINGTON. .Mu 24 -The pintest of Socialists against the aunoiiiued deter mination of the State Department to with hold passports from persons seel.iiiK to in tend the forthcoming International Pence Conference In Stockholm fell on de.if ears hero toiity OrtlClals nit onl reiterated the purpose of the (lovernmeut to throw all possible obstacles In thu way of such peace workers, but also said that American diplomatic and consular olllccrs have been directed to 'notify Americans living abroad that If they participate In such propaganda tjvey will be subject to punishment under (lie Logan act of I f! which provides fines and punishment On of tha 'first to be so, notified will be J Cads How. the mllllonalie hobo and peace advocate, who It already in Stock America's forthiomwg statement mi the nusslan situation will probably blast for all time Germany's Insidious peacc-at-her-own-prlco propaganda This statement. tiken with the Govern ment refusal to Klve any Americans pass ports to the German-engineered Socialist conference. In Stockholm next month, will probably serve the double purpose of heart ening Hunsla and "f exposing to the world a new chapter of German Inlrlgtic On the surface the statement mil be a discussion of yje. "no annexation, no Indem nities" slogan, whii li Gurninny has fostered In the hope that she ma hold her conquered territory, at the same time furthering the peace spirit of Socialists and others In Russia. Put some oftlclnls herH have frankly said thai If the Stockholm conference succeeds In Its present program, a separata fturslan peace will be concluded and the "no an nexation, no indemnities" will be Included. Hence this Government now proposes to thwart that program. The statement will doubtless expose the German plans In nil their cunning It will how that democracy cannot succeed In the, new Ilussla whllo Hohenzollernlsm contin ues unabridged In Germany 3 Franco hai already biased the way by her Premier's statement showing that the .Allies have no rapacious alms of comment and Indemnity, but that they do disapprove Iho Idea of viehllng to the Teutons the coun tries they have overrun. Morris Hlllnult. Victor Uerger and Algernon Lee. Socialists, who have desired to bo represented, arc claimed by a small group of members of the American Socialists to represent. pro-German vlevv point rnther than a truly Socialist spirit. This, how aver, Is Indignantly denied by the three leaders themselves as well as olllclally by the Socialist party as a whole. BULGARIAN SOCIALISTS FAVOR RESTORATION I'OPKNHACKN, May 24 Bulgarian Socialists attending the Inter national Socialistic peace conferenco In Htockholm favor the restoration of Serbia, Montenegro ami Rumania, according to a dispatch from the Swedish capital today. The dispatch added that the Dulgarlan Hoclallsts also have recorded themselves as being In favor of national icunlon of Dul garlans us a neccessary move to prevent future wars In the Halkans ACCUSES HIS SON-IN-LAW x OF PLOT IN STOCK SALE John N. M." Shimcr, Bank Director, Sues -to Recover Securities Sold on Loan Join; N .M Milmer a dltectoi of the Aldlne Trust Company and u member of Its finance committee, todaj filed quit against his aon-ln-law. It II I'unnlngham . the trust company and its president. Webster King Wetherlll. for the recovery of se curities which he. alleges he was deprived of through violation of an agreement. Wetherlll and the son-in-law are accused of conniving. The suit was filed in Common t'leaa Court No 4 Shlmer'a story is that In 1910 he owed th trust company $13,000 on three notes and that 160 shares of Crucible Steel Cast ings Company stock and 100 shares of Pennsylvania Wire Glass Company stock were pledged as collateral securlt. Then the firm of U & It Wlster & Co., of which Khlmer was a member, went Into bankruptcy. As a result. Shlmer'a financial resources were tied up, he says It Is-asserted" that Hhlmer then made an agreement with Wetherlll whereby the lat ter consented to atop sale of Shlmer'a col lateral securities, provided the Interest on hi loan was duly paid. The plaintiff as serts that Wetherlll Ignored hla agreement by selling the stock Bhlmer ask the court to order the de fendants, upon payment of whatever Is due on his notes, to deliver to htm the shares of stock or their equivalent In cash. Mr. Wetherlll said this afternoon "We .believe Mr Shinier has no proper claim. The stocks were & tn collateral when hla loana were not paid ' Mr Cunningham, who H at loins (tavrne, could not be fousvf General Wood to Speak at Savannah SAVANNAH. G , Ma M, Major Oen ral Leonard Wood arrived hrs today to inspect camp alt for thu nvefetMxatlon of units for the new natlonat army H will apeak tonight at a great patriotic rail In celebration of "Empire Day" to England. The British flag floats from the City Hall with, the Stark and stripe, the first time a. foreign banner ever hong over that structure, Two Men Killed Under Pile of Lumber WILMINGTON. Del.. Way U Two men were killed at the plant ot the American Car and Foundry Company when a car ot lumber they were unloading slid and the. men were caught beneath it. Tbey were Frank Crmrtipes, white, and George H, Leonard, negro. Chambers tM while .being taken -to the. Delaware Jf ewSil and Leonard d.led Jt "sAort time Only 60,o00 will be obtained bv the Committee on Public Safety, of which George Wharton Pepper Is chairman, from the war fund of 2, 000,000 appropriated by the legislature for Stale defense Of that sum the Pepper committee will bo obliged to reimburse K T Riotesbury for a loan of I2D.000 with which to pay publicity exiterts and. the printing of a Joke ond cartoon book which was distributed by thousands leceiilly After liquidating the Slolesburv loan Hie lO'iimlltee will have Just J25.000 left w ith which to mako "comprehensive plans' for State defense As the leglslatme will not innvciic again for two years there will be no nppi.rluiilty for obtaining State aid for iniinv months so that If the committee wishes -.i carry out Ita original ambitious ptog-n . tlio members will have, to dig down Into their own pockets and pay bills OIihiiii of the deen nuinle vailetv spicad aiming the members of the committee to day utien II became t.tiuwn that the com mittee would leceivc otilv a meic dilbble from the SJ.rtOo OOll war lump Thev con ceded that the allotment of SSn 00(1 wa quite n "coino down" from the sum or .0U. oni) asked bv Mr. Pepper for the committee s share of the State war liundlu rim Governor todav made public a copy of the lesolutlou which had been submitted to the war boaid last week by Mr Pepper's committee making a tequisltion for J2Q0.- 000 for Its work This was to nave neeu used In the iuiii of JliO.000 to aid In Hie selective draft 12 II 000 to old tectilltlng, $.10,000 to stimulate, crop pioductlon ami ISO, 000 for the obligations already Incur red by the committee and to be. Incurred lr. organization This sum when tcudved was to have been deposited to the credit of the Committee of Public Safety for thn Commonwealth at Pruxel tc Co Philadelphia, according to thi committee's resolution In answer to Mr Peppei the Governor made known the attitude of the war hoaid uh folloua: "W cannot agree Willi v-oui statement thai the appropriation of $2,000 000 rnadn by th General Assembly was for the use of vntir committee. The act it eating the Committee of Public Safety and Defense speak" for Itself and a perusal of It will I am sure convince von of the fact that the $2, 000,000 appropriation Is to tie expended at the discretion of the Governor, Lieuten ant Governor and the mllllaiy board of the Commonwealth " WHIMSEY WINS THE FRIAR HANDICAP AT JAMAICA, 7-1 Collins, 10:2 founds, Hides Lonir Shot tc Victory in the Third Race Today JAMAICA 'HACK THACK Jamaiuj. I. I, May 21 vVhlnmey, carrying 102 pounds and with Collins up, won the Friars Handi cap for Ihree-yeat-olds hero this afternoon In the third raco on the program Odds of 7 to 1 were paid on the winner Summaries e-lltST ItAli: Miles lo-jeai olds, vura S.M1D i furlongs 1 I'isiinnrk. 105, M Girnrr .1 to U n io o n to n VVrtona Hill Ambrni-,. ' to 1 1 to 1 11 to " ;: Hrucatclle 10. McAfee . i'D to t II to t In 1 Time 1 (1.1 Him Vale sml Fljlnit tlirt alno rsn "t:i HSU ItAi'K. thrte : r olda nj up null inn. tiiriu uiM.t, mile sod ,0 vinK 1 K.I Itorhe likl. .McAltf S to I 9 Io 10 S to 5 2 Sam MiHrekln 1111. M Innier 1.1 Io ID 3 tn S 0 to 0 ." Preston 1.3 fir 111 Mill an . S to 1 3 to 1 4 to 5 ritn I li llroom's Kile. Water Wins. Uebo and Harson II aim, ran TillrU) HACK the Friars' Handicap three- ear-olils still up. with 1700 milled 0 furlonaa 1 Wlilmay 10-.' t'olllna.. 7 In I r. lo'JlIloS 2 Tod.o' ilifl Mornlnir 12n Uutwll .1 to 1 even to ft 3 Itlilne Mulden 101 Vm 00 '"""i' , 11 too to 5 1 to 3 v T,.m' A1-.1!;:. pckan (Jikhi riematls II, .Sevtll" II Ulllls The Unclalon anil Lottery ulau ran ItirilTlf HACK to-yer-old Ihe Colorado value ta:,ni), :, rurl&nca 1 t.uculllle. 11J ilutwell 1 Io 2 out out 2 llonnle Itrnum 113. ltobln- , .'.on ,-. ..n to i 7 to a a ton 3 Plttmathule 112. (lanii-l ..5 to 1 7 to 6 1 to 3 Tlm. 107 2... Ortitle. star Traft and Play To alao ran riFTII ICACf: thref-jear-old. and upward, eelllnp. purse 1500, t LIU mllea 2. Illllle Ilaker. 114. T Mc- Tnesart . 10 tot 3 to I 7 tor, .-mr unj- UH, iroinp. 1IOO I to 3 out. 3 Virginia VV , Ml, llowau U to I 4 to 1 8 to o Time, 1 no llatwa. fmlwart Helen. Spectre and Itodprlr IT alao ran Woodhinc Kesults VIJlhT HACK, three sfar-oM. and upwaid atflllns-. II forlonss 1. Anita 10V nice . . Js OT ts.no ft 00 2 Lady Mextran. 107 l.vkn. ft in 4 30 3. Holdcrrat Uoy 117 llalies " 411 Tim. 1 IT. 1-5 UMmer. Comancho Annie Hdsur. N'laiit Owl Caah on Delivery, lllu Fo, i:nrl Htglit Astrologer Kathleen II and Iluzel nut alao ran Hni'ONI) HAi'E four-jrar-olda and upward, ateepleohaae 2 mllea 1 MsltaolMia. l.VH. Hmlth IS.J0 IS 20 J2.50 2 Maaterful 1S3. O'Connor . 2 Til 2 30 3 Oriental Star. 183 Humph rey ... .. 2 B0 Tlm 4 1,1 2'ft I'havron and Reddest alio ran. TIIIIU 'HCB. lwo-yaar olda. & furlonsa 1 t'harlle l.).lUtr 122. I'ar- rlnsto: 14 00 S3. TO (.1 In ; Virginia fell 119. Lyke 3 80 3. ID ., Mary Mlud 115, Dole. 3 10 Time. 1.02 2-5 Ku Klux Jlin M-rttrliiB. 1'iiriil. New Modvl. tweet Aleum and Paul Cunnelt alro ran rot'I'.TII llAtK. thre-jnr-olds and upward 1 n. inlk a 1 Smart .Mnn-v. 107 Mink 125 tin 114 41) J.", TO 2 Damroach 119. tllce . 100 3.70 ;i I'ountuln Pay. 114, i'nopr .. "711 Time. l. IS 3-3 Klwr llamhurg. Ilubbuh Cad illac. 'andl loir Montairue. i;i Itev. 1'epprr Hhmoc It nai II Square. Ortnuln ami jprn illn also ran Louisville Results I lustre 109 Hiram ft7 BO 1 10 40 J.V SO 1' vtnran lull. Lapallle . 5 411 4,30 3 r.da UrrmaTin. 10'J. t'lavet . 4 40 Tlm 5i 1'ln Tray, t'nurtler Ited Malmon. Tom Tit, i linrl Nolta. Prank Wilson Georgia Kelly, zats, 'halro I'kulale. Irlih lleau an! 'jtltrinn i'Tunda alao ran HKTON'O RAC'i: A furlonta I l-lmro. 112, Hanover 15 50 14 4u 13 'M J. I.tnatal. Ifcli. Oooao 32.00 2H 70 3 Trusty. 100. louder o ,-,o Im.. It, BI.U, Uliala TmmnK Pkl.,l- ...1. , .... tnmt-' .puv, .,,... it, ,, .UIMIIV Gren. Precision, Uatahdln UUtk Ilaautv, 'uinprn i.-auijp t.cuugiuia i.riss iuaramon 1 and Ulddy also lan THIRD HACK. Mile and 70 yards 1 nillovra 10A HhllllnK 10 30 4 in f2.T0 ,..... If., via tOU lalasv .1 Ai, M In 3 Illue Cap. 07. c'leeaer . 3 80 Tim,, i io i-i norvic inornwoou. itey, I.lndcthal axd Hiecutor alao ran FOimTIt TIACE, 0 furlonsa I Marie Sillier. 100. Kelaay IT 50 13 10 !' i.n 1 ml Frank. 104, (loos ... 2 no 2.70 3 -lnr Frel" 102 Wlncnald tj.on Time. 1 11 Tan Maid ard Lad Alwayi u'o Corporations Accused of Unfairness WASHINGTON', May 24. Five national corporatlona were today charged by the Federal Trade Commission with unfair methoda of competition, They are the Vic tor TalklnK Machine Company, the Flelsch mann Yeast Company, the National IJIndlnic Machine , Company, the Muenzen Specialty Company and the Standard Car Kqulpmtnt Company. New- York Can't Probe Nursea' Death NEW YQItK, May' 2l Further Inquiry Into the death of Mra. Elizabeth Ayrea and Mies Helen Burnett Wood, as a result of a shell explosion during; practice on board the liner Moncolla, will be abandoned. Coro ner Illordan announce! thla afternoon. The accident was outside hla Jurisdiction. IN THHOUQ J'Aiai KxprMs MnoaMsorii law London DAY TKAIN via lltll oat unue Rout. Kw Haven, Karl fori. Sprint- KjaCton, FrovlJanea. sic. M. M s. $10 LIBERTY BONDS SALESMEN'S PLEA Smaller Denominations, It Is Said, Will Help Boost Buying $50,000,000 S U B S C K 1 B K D i Slackers Arc Plentiful, Even in Bond lluying Tlil) United States, with more than 100.000,000 population, now iias but 300,000 lionil buyurn. France, with not half the popula tion of America. lias moro than 1:2, 000,000 bond buyers, while Kntflnnd has 8,000,000. These countries floated huo;e war loans by appealing to the patriotism of men and women who had but $CU and $100 to invest. Uncle Sam is doing the sume and for every SCO bond gives the purcN.ier a fifht mortgage m the United States. Our national wealth is greater than that of England, Germany and France combined and our yeaily in come is one and one-quarter times grenter thnn the combined income of those countries. This vast wealth is the security behind your Liberty Bond. The general committee handling the Liberty Loan bonds in this city is trying to convince I'hiladelphians that thoy ought to rally to' the call of their Government and buy Liberty Bonds. Frenchmen and Britishers who cannot fight do their part by lend ing money to their Governments. What will Philadelphians do? Olve uh 110 I.ibertv llonds This demand on tlif part of tliouaantN of working men mid women Is lieliiB hoeilcd by tlio Beneml t'ommltteo 111 chaw f tho Liberty Honil nale In this city and ns a result $10 Liberty llonds probably will become tlio feature of Iho campaign Late tills afternoon the genera I toin mltteo held an liuporlunt mcetiiiB at tlio Uellevue-Stratford nt vvhlrli every bank and trust company In thd cltv was lepre Bented. The cheaper Liberty liond was the chief subject discussed :,nil detlnlte action on tlio part of the ueneral toiinnltteu will develop. Although JSO.OOO. 000 of iMuliidelpbi.i s al lotment of $15,000, non lias been subscribed, the banker, and iiaitieularlj the bond balesmen ftiKaged in a houc-tti-house can vass, feel that the campaign iuii bo rnadn more popular If $10 bonds ale circulated. New York has adopted the plan, ami thou sands of workers uniiblo Io buy Hie $.10 and $100 bonds are suhacribliiK INSTALl.MKNT I'l.AN Philadelphia bunks anil industrial plantr have made It ensy for the poor to buy bonds on tho Installment basis, but this plan could be greatly benefited throiiKli the medium of $10 bonds It is pointed out that Aniciica is not n bond-buylnR nation and to educate tlm peo ple concerning the advantage of bond buy Ing Is a slow process Nothing could facili tate this educational tainpagn moie than the low-priced bond. When Jay Cooke floated the Civil War bond Issues he relied principally upon tlio low-priced bond, which In many tespects served as paper money Today when the trained bond h.ilesmeii reported at headquarters mans of tbein ex plained the d,lfltcuHlcs attached to the nale of $50 and $100 bonds "Many men mid women." said the salesmen, "explain that they would buy 'a low-prlceu bond, hut tan not afford to enter any plan which Involves weekly payments for a period of six months or a year." Bankers 'voiced approval of the $in Lib erty Ilond plan and the general committee will probably decide upon the i,uetlon to morrow or Saturday. Representatives of chain stoies. retail es tablishments und department stores held a meeting nt the Hotel Adelphla and organ ized the retail merchants' Liberty Loan committee. Thrcmgh this committee an army of store clerks will purchase Llbeity Donds to aid the trained salesmen In the selling- campaign. Percy M. Chandler addressed the rai..r Inj and urged the store keepers to extend their co-operation Immediately. In an appeal for all patriotic Americans to buy Liberty Bqnds, Dr Edwin r Sparks, president of Pennsylvania Slate College, today pointed out that every bond Issue In Germany had been quickly over subscribed by the people of that country 'Do not allow autocratic Germany to put us to shame In the matter of this bond Have You Bought Your Liberty Bond? Combine Safe Investing with. PatriotUm and tuke as many United States Government Stt per cent Liberty Bonds as you can (from $60 up). This is the safest investment in the world. Stand Back of Your Country! Buy a Bond and Do It Now! LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE OP FEDEItAL RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 3, 108 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, 1017. I am interested. Please send full details about United States Govern ment Liberty Bonds. My name is My bank, business Address or employer is ( My house address is ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , City , State Fill out and mall nt once to Liberty Loan Committee of Federal Reserve District No. 8, at 108 South Fourth street, Philadelphia, IJa. tauanBTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaW 'MIA 1, Vil ,.- -'?' 'M?$ggm,- mm . , 1M! : k hIUBbIsKb' &'W HHS9BRH8MawHLw r Wfp5 ' Members of the Board of Kegistration Commissioners in their offices at City Hall are working night and day, going over the municipal registration lists to schedule tho.e between twenty-one and thirty-one years, inclusive, who must register on .lime 5 under the selective army service act. The lower picture shows muil Bucks filled with notices to lie sent out to Philadelphians who come within the requirements of the act. issue ' be salil "The Germans are gluing t licit all to the Impel I. U government to ptoreculo tlio war The Hermans mo under tlm heul of an IroiiHboil Imperialism, and vcl sic how they have responded In the bond Issues " AMliltlCA'K DUTY Doctor .Spaiks spuko nt thn weekly lunch eon of the Jovian laeclilc.ll League In tho Hotel Adelphla. "America," be suld "should enter tills war with nil of the Ingenuity of the Ger mans, purslstencv of the Urltuis and soul fuincss of the French We AmeilcniiH have u double dutv llrst, to win the war, and, serondlv. In i eh.ibllitate the woild after the war is over " Doctor SuaikH balil Hull the war had lilt Pennsylvania, Statu College harder than any other educational InHtltutlou in the State. "We have otilv lion men left In the col lege." ho until, "out of a total eiiiollmeut of 2600 llftttcen GuO mid 700 have enlisted us fat in superintendents and farm laborers; 142 studcntH have joined the office! s' train ing camps and neventv-fhe are going to France In ainbulaiue units" camdkn tvi:iisrnsaiiiB.:s Camden Is contilhutlng lis sharo toward the success of the Llbeitv Loan, and based upon todav 'a leports will oversubscribe Its Allotment of Sl.li00.000 All of tho banks In Camden County ato in-operating In the campaign by taking big slices of the loan for themselves and bv selling the bonds on tho eaav payment basis The following amount Tepiesentlng the value of bonds subKcrlbed by the Camden banks weio received thlt. inoinlng Broad way Trutt Conipanv, $115,000; National State. Bank. $100 000 Through this bank the Victor Talking Machine Company has applied for a blotk of $250,001) First Na tional, $236,000. Security Trim! Company, $70,000: Camden National, $118,000; Cen lial Tiust Company. $20,000. Merchants' .Trust Company $'J(I000; Cumden Safe De posit and Tiust Company, $275,000. Tho banks tn statements Imunl this morning said that a bulk of these bonds have been subscribed by Individuals. Melvln Mlddleton, Jr has been assigned by the genorut commltleo of Philadelphia to handle, tlits organisation work In Camden and surrounding towns The board of managers of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company has author ized u subscription of $500,000 to tho Lib erty Loan, and at tho same time approved a plan whereby the employes of the company w 111 lie azioiueu an uiiimriuuuy or pur chasing any part of this amount on favor able terms. CI'BTiS Hl'YH $300 0011 tine of the largest subscriptions lecoided by the general committee Is from Cyrus II K Curtis, president of the Curtis Publish ing Company, for $300,000. ltequested by the committee to give Ills reasons for buy ing the Liberty Bonds Mr Curtis replied It does not need two or three bundled wgtds to express my reason for buying the Liberty Loan bonds The reasons nre perfectly obvious. We have subscribed fon$aoo,000 A touch of pathos was Injected Into the cumpalgu today, when the Honor and Friendship Club, composed of convicts In the Kastern Penitentiary, proved its loyalty by buying a $50 bond. "We can't go on the tiring Hue," said the president of the club, "but we can help the tlghtlng men by lending tho country money This Is America's war and we nre part of America so decided to do our duty " Warden McKenty explained that tredlt for the ssle must be given to the Boy Scouls "A scout came to the prison to day," said McKenty. "anil solicited business We put tlio bond proposition tip to the ofH cliils nf thn Honor and Friendship Club Thev held a ine-tlng and det Ided to buy a bond. Membcis of tlio club do nut pav dues, but contribute to its treasurv bv patronizing a magazine llbiaty opeiated by the organi zation und by donating newspapers und old books to the waste pnpei committee Through these channels the club makes con siderable money, and nt Christmas dis tributes ptesents among Hie children of the prisoners. The (lull also pays the funeial expenses of men who have no friends or lel atlves Lately the bovs have made some money bv selling pittnotlc pins uliiih they fashion from beads ' FOIt THHASL'HV CLIITIFICATKS At present, however, bank funds uie being drawn upon through the $700,000,000 short-tlmo Treasury cutlflcates which have been issued In the last month to lluance the Immediate needs of the Government. Sub Fcriptlon lists for $200,000,000 of these cer tificates authorized this week were closed In this i Ity shortly after .' o'clock yester day. It could not be leal tied how much ot this Issuo banks here took, but accord ing to Federal lleaervi Bank officials It was batlsfactory Today tho work of getting In the sub scriptions will be prosecuted In the down town section from Seventh street to the Schuylkill Itlver. Upward of 3C0 trained bond salesmen will cover this district thorough! Business houses, department stores, apartment houses and hotels will ha visited. This svstemutio canvass was decided upon at a special meeting of the salesmen held yesterday at the llellevue Stratfoid, at which George W. -ICendilck, 3d. presided The $2,000,000 from the Norfolk and Western ltallwav, the oillcors asserted, will be carried for Its employes who nurcha,l bonds on the Installment plan, paying them interest op their Installments The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company offered $500,000. One of the largo single subscrip tions recorded thus far was for $400,000. This was put through the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities. Strawbrldge & Clothier have opened a booth and the Federal Beserve Bank lias appointed men to take charge of th.e sub. scrlptlons. Tomorrow night the firm's sav ing fund will distribute $100,000 to tho store employes, and plans have been com pleted to have trained salesmen present when the fund Is given out CANVASS WIDENED Bi other Kdward, president of i.a Salle College, sent a notice to the Liberty Com mittee that he would Invest all funds of the college In the national loan. For the pur post of extending publicity and Initiating the 350 students Into the advantages of the Investment, ns well as the patriotic duty in volved, n meeting of tho untlre student body has been called The Knights of Pythlaa yesterday sent out 60,000 circulars through their organizations, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics another 46,000 Heading, Pa., up to noon yesterday re ported subscriptions of $1,700,000. The fol lowing towns in the Philadelphia district have been organized and work Is actively under way Harrlsburg. York, West Ches ter, Norrlstown and Lebanon Donald Mc Cormlck Is chairman of the Harrlsburg com mittee. Members of the Chamber of Commerce, In a letter by Krnest T Trigg, president are being asked to volunteer the services of their employes who can be used In can vassing business houses In the campaign the chamber will work with the Industrial committee nf the bankers New York and Montreal Buy Bonds NEW YOBIC. May 21. The Citizens' National Bank, of New York, for Itself and Its customers, haa subscribed $2,000,000 of the Liberty Loan. The Bank of Montreal lias subscribed, on Its own behalf, for $1,000,000 of the Liberty Loan. CONTRACT FOR AUTO TAOS State Prison Labor Commission to Do 1018 Work HAMUBBimcj. May U Contract for the Htate automobile license tags for 118 w?r JeJ '. Jns I,rI,on- Ibor Commission which had the contract last year. The tats will be dark blu with white letters, The tags will be made at the Huntingdon PjnUamiary, It was said thla afternoon by Warden "Bob" MoKenty, of the Eastern Penitentiary. In former ytarfa contracts for auto tars were let to the Brilliant Manu facturtnc Company, 1035 nidge avenue, this Hv u XlaO Corrr)ion'n WASHINGTON, May 1. Elimination of the excess prollts and gross sales taxes carried In the $1,800,000,000 war revenue bill ns It passed tho House, nnd the substitution therefor of a war profits tax based on those now operative In the belligerent nations of Euiopc have been virtually agreed upon b the Senate Finance. Committee Since the passage of the reve nue bill In the House vesterday, the Senate committee has been nt work rewriting the measure prepnrator) to a formal report to the upper bodv. Senator Townsend. of Michigan, one of the lteptibllcan members of the Finance Committer, submitted llgures Io show If tho Frilled Slates adopted the wai -profits lax that Germany now has the Govern ment would rnlse $700,OOU,non from that source. Just double what the Treasuiy De partment estimates will be wised from the Inciease In excess profits nnd the gross ssle taxes carried in tlio House bill The war-profits tar appeiUd strongly to all tho members of the Finance Committer Senator Townsend pointed out that Ger many in fixing her war profits tax t6ok tho average earnings of munitions makers and others engaged In tho manufacture of war supplies for the last five cars before the outbreak of tho war und eliminated the highest and tho lowest yeats The uvertge of the remaining three years wus taken as tho normal earnings, und a tax of 10 per cent was placed on all above thai. Eng land. It was teported, has based her wat profits tax on the average of the three yeais immediately preceding the oulbteak qf the war The tax Is based on the theory that all the earnings above normal arc due to the war Should the Increase In excess ptollt taxes cairled In the, war levenuo bill as It pasted tho Houso be accepted bv the Sen ate, It is figured that not more than $J00. 000,000 would be raised In that av and that the 6 per cent taxes on gloss sales of automobiles, electricity, gas, games, per fumes and the like, would not vleld more than $160,000,000,. u total fioni the two souices of $360 000,000 .The estimates sub mlttod by Senator Tonnsend show that the war profits tax would vleld $700 000,000 ANTI-BOOZE MOVE GAINS POWER FOR U. S. SERVICE Federal Attorney Kane Unoffi cially States Views Marines Included With Army NAVY TO FOLLOW SUIT The move for efficiency in piohlbltlng liquor from Uncle Sam's fighting machine gained strength today. First. 1'nlted States Attorney Francis Fisher Kane, of Philadelphia, expressed his unofficial opinion thut the army hill, which makes It a serious misdemeanor to sell liquor to an army officer or enlisted man In uulfoini, applies also to the marine corps, but not to the navy Second Secrctaiy of the Navy Daniels announced that a bill had been ptopoted to the Hout.0 of Hepresentntlves duplicating for the navy und murine corps the pio vlslons made for the urmj In the mailer of liquor Third Nell Bonner, president of the lie tall I.lquor Dealers' Association of Pennsyl vania, assured the Federal authorities that his organisation would make every effort to obtain strict i ompllance with the terms of the liquor legislation as It applies to the military and naval forces. Mr Kane, in giving his opinion lair this afternoon, specified that It was merely his personal view He has not received of ilclal Instructions, he said, whether or not to extend the workings of the law to the marine corps. The bill proposed by the Navy Depart ment, which sent a draft of it to the Speaker of the House and the naval committers of the House and Senate, showed naval of tlclnls evidently do not presume that the liquor section of the army bill applies to the marine corps, according to ofllclals here. Tho marine corps Is specified In the pro posed navy bill. . Assurance from the liquor dealers that there would be strict observance of laws passed for the efficiency of the military nnd naval forces came today from Mr. Bonner, who called Mr. Kane up on the telephone to confer with him about the legislation. In urging for the nay liquor regulations similar to those In the army bill, Secretary Daniels authorized tho following statement. The Secretary of the Navy, having noted those sections In the recent law to provide for the temporary Increase In tho military establishment that relate to the restriction of the sale of Intoxicating liquor to members of the military forces while In uniform, has decided that similar provisions for the welfare of the naval personnel would be desirable. Since April 6 last there have been about 40,000 new enlistments In the navy, mostly voung men who are at an age when It Is most Important that they be trained and cared for under conditions that will not con duce to tho formation of bad habits especially those arising out of the use of Intoxicating liquor. The bill duplicates for the navy and marine corps the phraseology of section 12 of the army bill, which makes It a mini demeanor, punishable by $1000 hue or a year's Imprisonment, or both, to sell Inton cants to fighting men "' War Measures Enacted or Yet to Be Passed Upon Passed ItlCt (K.MriON OF HTATK OF MAlt MHVIITV ,,.,. ... V. " .li. marln. rorpa). "V"M" lianuillng CAB SHOBTAOB DIW-p-Md hr .Measures Pending ABJIV AND NAVV 11UDOCT I'a....i t. Ileusa. amended by HtnaU "IhmnZtl V" .or ronferenral. "The blu a ainVnuj k" '' f,WAH,,tA'ilKavJai,ir?n.r,h1 'l iO?.T0' m p...eA?AluSt:Ul" "' J.0Q.bO0.0o0 .fll.,V.rl"6VVitt"d,,l'.t,,w':' GENUINE "Bull" Durham SHOKlrlG TOBACCO A Suggestion to Pipe Smokers: Just try mixing a little genu ine "Bull" Durham tobac co with your favorite pipe tobacco it's like sugar in your coffee. J' J o, Jt QaTWJa1 W aAAV TKU-tt4Ce. CV(? AUSTRIANS SINK FRENCH WARSHIP Teuton Cruiser Seen Aflame After Fight With Al lied Fleet 12 SAVED ON DESTROYER COPENHAGEN. Mv -i Heavy firing wns heard in the Ilaltie on 'ltiehcday and Wednesday, indicating that naval engagements were in prog ress. It lian been" reported that German naval activity in the Baltic was on tht increase. I'AIIIS Mai ; i lie riciiiii nc.uijvfi OU!Ceil WAI mined and sunk In h naval engagement be tween Austrian and French. Hritlsh and Italian nnvnl craft, according to an official statement today. There were forty-two survivors of tha i Iioutefeu rescued, tho statement saig Accoiillng to the version mule publla here. Austrian vessels nttacked the French lt.l.l-1. ..,! 1ll ., uti.iaii tnti 4,.tti,ii niiuuillull All enemy cruiser was observed to be In names miring me action The destroyer Iioutefeu w.is of T03 tons displacement and measured 622 feet In length by 2S feet beam. She was rated at thirty-one knots speed nnd wns nf the loin type of oil - burning ships carrying two four-Inch and four nlne-pounder guns and four torpedo tubes The Houtcfeu's complement is given as eighty-one men. In this, event thlrtv-nlni of her crew vveic probably lost in the ves sels destruction U-BOATS STILL A MENACE, SAYS LORD BERESFORD But England Cnnnot Be Starved, Hi Declares Carson Speaks of Democracy's Moves LONDON. May it The subni.time men ace Is not vet "In hand." but thcie is no chance of "starving out' Kngland. Admiral -I Lord Heresforil told the Mmnlrn Producers' il Orgnnlzntlon at u lunohon today, In In- ! troduclng Hlr Kdward t'arson. First Admir alty Lord. Sir Kdward, In teply, said the Admiralty li coum ue reiieti upon to do its duty, and em phasized the necessity of quick adoption of new methods. "Although the war is piodueins many changes und revolutionary changett are going on In nrltaln, the king was never , u naieiy ur securely nxeu on ms llirone as at present," he concluded, speaking of ths democratizing lulluence of the conflict CONDUCTOK HELD FOR KILLING Coroner's Jury Finds Him Responsible for Death of Two Men l.ouls Vogel, conductor ot a Philadelphia and Heading Hallway freight train, was held criminally responsible today bv a Coroner's Jury for the death of John Sautter. sIxty-IHo years old. 2112 I'ast Cambria street, nnd Frank Qulnn. forty one years old, !2G Slgel street, two car fitters, who were killed In the Wayno Junc tion j.udi- on Slav H He was-held for the Oranil ,Iui Vogel, who lives ut 6542 Ulovd street, Germnntown, admitted that he had not In vestigated before sending a string of fielght cars Into another string of cars on n tpur track, where the men were working Us said, however, that the ynrdmnstor. 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