EVENING LEDGERS PHILADELrHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917
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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
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Change for House's ex
cess Profits Measure
TO MODIFY REVENUE BILL
Radical Reconstruction of $1,-
800,000,000 Levy Purpose of
Upper Chamber
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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. .
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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.
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ment Liberty Bonds.
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My bank, business
Address or employer is (
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City , State
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District No. 8, at 108 South Fourth street, Philadelphia, IJa.
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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
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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.
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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. Thomas
Hitting, 2222 North I'aniac street, had told
him that this spur tiatk. was ",o. K '
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