fif li 111111 MfWl J( ' V U'T,B' - Pjo CONTROL ALL MUNuruLiiis Being Shaped to Let Trusts End Wasteful Competition MUST OBEY PRESIDENT Wilson Will Be Empowered to 'Take Charge if Privileges I Are Abused i WASHINGTON. May 21. . .ment control of alt great monopo- i . .... t'nltcd States will ba authorized K t not dlrectl-by ConEres. "" . ,.i.in.i i pxnected to "keen In Tl.Il ICKI!",al' " . ...hlMi will ho nermlMorl . .nh inauo"- ""- - V j...io. Hip nrcFont emergency, de . inrtn auitB v. Sherman um-i "- ' u.c -- pile RAIN WORTH MILLIONS TO AMERICA'S FOOD CROP Leading Agricultural States Re port Mighty Boost With Re cent Precipitation WHEAT IN FINE SHAPE EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917 7' 'rices of Foodstuffs Forty Years Ago and Now Mav54. gutter, pound $.u tRs, dozen 1014 Cheese, pound 12 Potatoes, bushel 1.15 Beef, short ribs, pound .00 ti Turkeys, nlive, pound. .00 fowls, alive, pound.. .08 Lard, pound io May 24, 1IH7 .34,i .39 3.10 .2Hi .24 THRILLING SLEUTH TALE REVEALS CLEVER CHASE Alleged "Wallingford's" Arrest Like Sherlock Holmes Story. Caught in Canada ., .tn he reported oui oi mo non- j Inl,r8tatc rommcrcc Commltteo within ,!e 9 days authorizing President Wilson t the operation of all the railroads. will le authorized to commandeer all MrfmMlnB Plan" aml "ctorIp3 ensaged L production ot material necessary In tho Lructlon of vessels. ni president will have virtually the tri of a dictator In directing dlslrlbu. of supplies of all kinds. And there It a plan under way In Con- now to thwart the efforts of great ....... n knnn int nrleps nv nn- , oiwrlu" - -- - ftorHlnK ,he l,"",,ent to Hx prices on this Biunodlty DIJXOfN'fUS COM. MUX , flr,t step toward this end was taken Jrtjrday when Senator Cummins, of Iowa, TmWa a measure authorizing tho fiov jjamint to nx the prices on nil supplies for , combination ot coal companies In ,t!i country today is ono on me worsi MmtJ in moiuw. -- ittlTlty will result only In ono end dlrec ijg of operation by tho Government of nil pnopollM before this war Is over." No obstacles navo neen pinceu in me 'nr of tRe formation ot a coal trust by the eowmment. Arrangements have been 'ttldG lOr COai L-UUlIF.iiuca, iuntuua m.iv. tr transportation lines to pool their In hresti In some cases. Already there has Imo t marked decrease In the cost of pro ih,nd distributing coal, and Interstato wnrca Commission authorities declared vw. .. .. -,- ..i.i .n..A ffnn nnn Artft todJ the raUlmiUH WUUIU NUC ,UU,UUU,Uiru tnnually under tho new combination pcr Bltttdby the Oo eminent. Instead of uorUing In competition with tore than a hundred different gratllngs. tho eoal companion hne reduced their grudlngs Io fewer than a dozen On Lake Superior the coal companies now hnvo common dis tribution polno instead of Individual" bunk. en for each nmp.-iny. Similar arrange nenta are beliu: inatlo at Newport News, Baltimore and rhiladelphla. "The coal companies aro being allowed to combine, together with the railroads, fiat there ma be no competition and wasto ot energy" declared Hdgar i: Clark, mem kir of the liitcistato Commerce Commls Ion. KILLINGS BY SENTRIES BLAMED ON LIQUOR ! Court-Martial Witnesses Declare Guardsmen's Victims Were Un der Influence of Rum mil ' one CHICAGO. May 24. i.eneral Precipitation Is the best ally Undo Sam has right now. He Is doing his part by deluging tho country with a series of rains that hao naed the wheat crop In many sections and aided other grains and foodstuffs. l.ach ten minutes' rain Is worth i lion dollars to the American farmers statistical expert said today. lleports ftom all leadmg agricultural States gathered today showed that crop prospects In general were exceptionally good, duo mostly to the recent rains, while tho heavy frost failed to cause the destruc tion that was feared at first Here are the reports by States: ILLINOIS Wheat meadows and pas tures showing lniproemcnt under the much needed raln' Great progress made In com planting throughout the State. Many crops up In tho central and nouth portions, Oats, potatoes and vegetables growing nicely. Condition of fruit generally satisfactory. WISCONSIN Kxperts say the warm sun folUmlug the two days' rains will help seeded fields and gardons Immeasurably. High winds saved most of tho growing crops from damage by tho heavy frost of Tuesday night. MINNnSOTA and DAKOTAS Ilatns. followed by warm sun, causing crops, de layed by earlier cold, to boom. Present weather worth millions to farmers. IOWA Farmers are "caught up" as re sult of recent rains. Corn prospects fine, with ten per cent Increased acreage. Dig Increase in potatoes and garden forage Winter wheat conditions poor compared to other crops, but expected to Improve Spring wheat better, with more acreage. Peaches failure, owing to winter kill, but other fruits normal. MISSOURI All crop prospecta good and expected to Improve under anticipated warm weather. Only tllght damage from recent frost. KANSAS and NRDKASKA Heavy rains. great boost to early crops. What prospects greatly Improved ; corn fine. Truck gard eners report line early stands. Wet weather unfavorable to hay crop Just coming in, howe cr. TEXAS Wheat and oats cropn estimated at 20,000,000 bushels, about double normal yield. Corn above normal. Food products show 25 per cent increase In acerago. Cot ton backward because of cool weather. Some wheat alnady being harvested. Most of crop expected to be cut by Juno IB. Wheat act cage In Texas pan handle region 100 per cent jiboe noimal. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma wheat crop saved by rains. Nearly 3,000,000 acres planted this year. 20 per cent above normal. Pumper crops of corn and alfalfa pre dicted. Cotton condition good. A story rivaling nlmost those of Sherlock Holmes was told by Federal officials who returned to Philadelphia today after arrest ing, on the Canadian border. Clawson D. Bachman, of 602 Hast Johnson street, Ocr mantown, said to be tho "Walllngfcrd" who devised the alleged J2.500.000 International Gas and Ulectrlc Company Dwindle In this city several years ago. Bachman, who had evaded arrest for six months while a nation-wide search was be ing made for him, was found living in Can ada ns a farmer by Tostal Inspector Frank Wilbur Smith, of Philadelphia, working under the direction of Chief Postal Inspec tor James T Cortelyou Before ho was taken Into custody Ilnch- man had been trailed for morn than nine das by Canadian officials who thought him u German spy. Mr. Smith, who returned today, said that Ilnchman hud changed his nnmo to "Fred Hackman." and had put frirth all the cunning of which he was capa ble to keep out of reach of the arm of tho law Smith asslated the Canadian authorities In their search, and during the whole time only ono man In Canada know that ho was connected with Chief Cortelyou's office In this city. Mr Smith alto was present when Uachman was cornered, nrrested and searched An Insurance certificate found In his possession was the only domnglng piece of evidence found Through It the prisoner's return to Philadelphia to face trial was made possible It uas explained that the alleged dwin dling offense for which he was indicted last December Is not extraditable. In Canada. Smith said, he thought hlmelt perfectly safe. He would have been except for the cer tificate. It was explained. Although tourists are not required to register as they go Into Canada, all persons engaged In business ot any sort nre. This Bachman failed to do It was on thoso grounds only that tho al leged swindler was deported. After sticking to him like a leech, Postal Inspector Smith nnd deputy marshals arrested him the minute he came on American soil. Whon the arrest was made. Bachman was taken In nil nutomobllo to Platteburg and held In 12.000 ball He Is nowWodged in jail there nnd will be brought orTPhlla dolphla within tho next few days. His trial Is scheduled for next month. Smith snld that Uacluhan. besides chang ing his name, was living In disguise He assumed a farmer's dress and sold Insur ance on the side. Ills actions aroused Ca nadian authorities, but even they were led a merry chase, Smith explained. COSTLY FLAWS FOUND IN NATION'S CONTRACTS PHILADELPHIA EXPORTS MORE THAN DOUBLED Director Webster Offers Im pressive Demonstration of Growth in Shipping Lxports from Philadelphia dutlng the present year lnvo been gieater than those of tho corresponding perl d of 1916. It was said today by Georgo S. Webster. Illrector of Wharves, Docks nnd Ferries He pointed out, further, thnt last jenr's exports more than doubled thoe c( 1D1B. He furnished this record. IMS . . . 10U1 1132.0(10 1100 . ajl.0(H linn lsD.OOO IHHl "These figures." Director Webster said "do not tnke Into account domestic ship, plug valued at $900.noo.onn in lilG." That New York fears Philadelphia tuav take from her the title of "first port of the United States" was admitted to the Director by n New YoiK expert sent hero to study conditions Further Indications of the port' Import ance was given when the McMcnn consul, nt his Government's direction, called to got data regarding the Philadelphia svstrm of pier and ferry regulation and of dredging Shipping Board Abandons Cost-Plus-Tcn-Per-Ccnt Plan of Payment FOUND LABOR OVERPAID tlu n Stag CoTTttTOAmt WASHINGTON. May t. Discovery that builders who havo taken Government work on the basis of cost plus 10 per cent are paying unprecedented!)' high wages nnd exorbitant prices for materials, making the cost to the United Stntes on the pereentngo basis two or three times the normal, has resulted In the Federal Shipping Hoard's abandoning Its plans to build nil Its wooden vessels on the cost-plus basis No moro contraits for theso merchant ves sels will be awarded ecept at definite set figures. That has been finally determined by the board, It was learned authoritatively today. Disclosures wero made that on some emergency Government work at Fort Myer. Vn . Just across tho Potomac from Wash ington, where It was necessary to build hat racks to nuarter men training for com missions, carpenters received $12 n, day. On the basis of 10 per cent of the cost to the contractor having that Government Job. he would recelvo Jl 211 a day m every carpenter ho cinplo)cd at that figure. In many places where the Government awarded contracts on the mt-pliix basis, contractors eng.iged In prlvnlo wotk nt n definite figure have reported that they havo boon unablo to compete In the labor market. One of the letteis, received by the Ship ping Hoard from a big lumber concern Is Dplial. It says: "Wo havo hen! d considerable comment which VMiuld Indicate flint the Government Is considering tho plailug of vhlp contracts nt 10 per cent above cost It occurs to us that tlili plan might run labor prlies up to unheard nf figures for, Uiiluinlly the fchlphulldcr would not be disposed to keep the coat down: In fact, the higher the coats the greater their profit, and this would work n hardship on the lum bermen nnd other Interests who nro not working on Government contracts, bat would bo compelled to go Into the labor market nnd compete with the shipbuild ers, who would under such n plan lind It to their ndvantngo to pay extremely high wages. "It sounds very patriotic to offer to take on Government work nt 10 per cent above cost, but that plnn might be greatly nbused." DIES AT DINNER TABLE Barton C. Trump, Cnmdtm Cabinct mnker, Heart Disease Victim Barton C. Trump, a cabinet maker who lived nt Run Funston street, this city, felt dead today In the City Hotel, 112 Market street. Camden. Just as a waiter was about to serve him his dinner. Coroner Pratt pronounced the death due to heart disease. Trump was thirty years old and an em ploye of the Victor Talking Machine Com pany. He was sitting at tho tnble with a friend, .lust as the waiter approached with tho tray, he swayed against him and fell to the floor. CHUItCII TO SUIU'OKT LOAN RiilelKli, S. C Starts Ball Buying Bonds Rolling in WASHINGTON. May 24 The Church vvns today culled to the support of tho Lib ertv I.oan of I!1". The Trensury Department announced that the formation of Liberty Iian Hlble classes, each member of which will bo urged to buy one bond, h.is begun, the first being In Halclgh, N. C, with a membership nf 160. llrumliauKh to Visit Fort Ninparn MAKtilSHUItO. Mav 24 Governor tlrumhnugh will go in Fort Niagara, N. T.. to spend Memnilal Dav Instead of to Antie. tain ns lias been planned Colonel H W. Miller, commandant at Fort Niagara. Is a native of Huntingdon, the Governor's home town, and the two are close friends COAL OPERATORS TAX MAY BE COMPROMISED Woodward Expects' Bill 'to Pass if 2 Per Cent Levy Is for Two Years Only Hu a Staff Cerrttpmdnt HAnntSBURO, May J4. Representative James P. Woodward, ot Allegheny, chairman of the House Ap propriation Committee and a member ot the Joint committee that Is handling revenue raising measures, announced today that probably the Woodward bill placing a tax or . per cent on tho value of all coal mined and washed would bo amended to provide that the tax be In effect only until the next session of the Legislature, two yean hence. "The bituminous operators are h&vlnr prosperous times Just now and from what I can learn they nre not disposed to fight the bl 1 if the time for levying the tax Is limited to two years," Mr. Woodward said. Ho has talked the matter over with Sena tor sproui anu other members of the Joint committee. It Is likely, he said, that the bill earning the two-year clause will bt reported out of committee In the Senate next week. From another fairly authentic source, however. It was learned that there was little prospect of a conl-tax bill belnr pnssed at this session. "The bill Is dead," Is the way one man In a. position to know tho attitude of the Senate leaders expressed himself. Representative Woodward believes that If tho coal-tax bill goes through and Is con tinued In effect for two years, tho 60 per cent of tho tax to be returned to the coal producing counties would be sufficient to repair all damage dono by mine-caves. U. b. May Insure A via torn WASHINGTON. May 24 -Intimation was given that the Government might take under consideration legislation to obtain life and accident Insurance for aviators at a reasonable rate, unless the private com panies come to some agreement , --.1 1o.uor Indirectly was to blame for the Uree fatal shootings In which entries of the First Pennsylvania Infantry, National .Guard, have figured recently, according to court-martial witnesses The court-martial hearings of three en teed men of the regiment, who, as sen tries, have shot nnd killed persons who failed to halt when challenged or who attacked tie men, have been concluded. A report ot tie cases has been forwarded to- the corn- Binder of the Department of the F.ast at Governor's Island In the three cases liciuor Ms blamed At the courts-martlal no charge of in- loikatlon vvns brought against the sen tries, but It was said that tho witnesses uld that each of the men killed was under tie Influence of liquor when tho shooting tccured Lieutenant Colonel Millard D. Hrown has uld repeatedly that liquor caused most f the shootings and that It should be kept way from the men and from others at least taring the war. While Major Thomas F. Median, who resided at tho courts-martlal, would not llscuss the cases, n man conversant with tie proceedings said- "Rum was responsible In every Instance It Was either the mse nt n drtinUen mnn I, ho, In a spirit of bravado, defied tho sen i by to carry out his orders ; tho case of a iken man who didn't know what he as doing, or it wns a ease of a drunken Ittnin made malicious nnd flnncrornnn bv drink and forcing the sentry to hhoot In elf-defense i "Only in one case was there any oc- fulon for sympathy for the victim, and JJ "ery case tho sentry did only what , duties required lilin to do. It was L Plain from the evidence that too many ? irresponsible characters still fall to realize tftat this country Is at war and that this in no time for taking chances with booze." Hoover Opens Food Office WASHINGTON. May 24. Herbert C Hoover, chosen by President Wilson to be food administrator under the Lever bill, opened offices here. Ho will proceed Immediately with plana for food control or ganizations and within a few days probably will begin to select his assistants. Mr. Hoover's only stipulation In accepting the place was that neither ho nor his aids should receive pay for their services. TOBYHANNA ISA-BUZZ PREPARING FOR CAMP Pennsylvania Town to Be Site of Training for Machine- Gun Corps Elkton Marriage Licenses fcLKTON, Md May 24. Couples taking t marriage licenses In L'lkton today were: worse A. McCool nnd Hazel Moran, Whlt- 5, Dickinson and Bertha Nolan, Maynard "PWns and Mary Haas. John Byrne and ' fr"? O'Mara, all of Philadelphia ; Fank . u Wllbrahams. Carneys Point, N. J., and ( ry T Ahcarn. Philadelphia: Frank J. tMi"1?"6' Baltimore, nnd Ircno S. Houston, "iladelphla; Alfred M Mahoney and Lll " Sweeney. Chester, Pa. ; Elmer C. rart and Ida A Bonser. Kaston, Pa. ; I h , ? n' Goodwin and Georglanna B. Cu ' Trentn ; James B. Hugh, New 'K, and Marie C. Smith, Brooklyn; I worse B, Davis, Martinsburg, W. Va., and ura j Harvey, Coudersport, Pa. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES waiter Harris. Sii T.nmhu-,i ., - i-mn.- STROUDSBURO, Pa.. May 24. Plans and specifications are being com pleted for a busy summer, since announce ment was made ot tho establishment of training camps at Tobyhanna. situated on tho Dclawnre, Lackawanna and Western Railroad about twenty-six miles from Stroudsburg. Indications nre that the War Department will make tho Tobyhanna camp one of the largest and best established In the country. During the last few weeks considerable pre liminary work In completing details for tho nrrivals of thousands of troops and tho making of first-class soldiers from tho plain recruits has been accomplished under the direction of Major C. II. Summernll, regular United States artillery omccr, iorinen stationed nt Fort Myer, Va., and Captain H. L. Waggoner, of tho reserve corps. Captain Waggoner has been ordered by tho War Department to direct the clearing of many miles of forest, now surrounding the site tcv the establishment of a machine gun range. Tho exact naturo of the canton ment at Tobyhanna has not been finally determined, but It Is probablo that a ma-chlno-gun school for tho training of the National Guard of many States will be established In addition to the artillery In- St Men0in8military circles of this county are cnthuslastlo over the idea of establishing so large a machine-gun range and the elab orate details planned for the bringing of thousands of men for training at Tobyhanna. nS."r Harrla. R44 B.5SE' Hit' nodman at. to- oie, i Lfff... yrn.'.".'. ",lB N- I8lh "t. -.Utt.rly. J4U N. 10th t. v'f'TOC H Jonea. Ilin! N L-lnra l . .narria. 871! Fie d at ' Cohen. 1118 Falrmount ave., ( fr.w tiroyn Kennett Square. L , Mint I U,VAn,f" Htokca IBIS r,?!,.?Pd. 1223 Jei f m Olrard ave. ? Rormm k i ...1...1. and Kathryn and Wllla and Iteba Pa., and I'lithartnR at Jessup at., and Kmile Dorf- 'tfman K. I.udwle. '3812 N. 18th at., and kffl Tallon. Uethlehem. Pa. "iiilam J Patterson. S810 W. Susquehanna loJSfi' And Anna Kckert. 8050 N. Percy at. n"!.if'hn tils w. Dauphin at., and Jane ift, IJcNulhy sail JJ. lllth at. rV ,n Hfnalcker. 2442 Jefferson at,, and AfTir."' i . retry, 1743 vvylle at, tritntton Walker 11ll Rni.th ., anil TtealU Ct;jna. 28 8. 18th at. ft0.!. KornarnlcW. '-'74 American at., and TfnT. ',r MaiowsKa. so.':: Hears at. "..-.m uryan, alls VVeaim i---n, lino Iteedland at. "." Hplelberaer. 1127 N. sa at tmont at., and Martha Sd at., and Laura at., and Dora - "tl. 1I'-T M wV'i Aglnsky, 43ft Monroe jati'mn, VJ2 1-omharu at. i "JJ 8 Fawcett, 2012 N. 81st at., and Jluthy tW.Caw'9rd- 2320 N. ldth at. , jE! McLauttalln. 2828 Ellaworth at., and Jj."f."V. Drain, 2112 Manton at. k ifil? Kuhn. 1362 N. Lawrence at., and Rosa WW 1802 N. Lawrence at. WU lint h. Bmlth. Jr.. Hwarthmora. Pa., and LtJV1".m Heacock. 2027 N. Collere av. lVa Murphy, 2a4 Palethorp at., and Mary Latum: Vat riar 9400 n..i-,t... .. .u 1 airmuip av. aieyera, ninert isiana, rt. weisn, mi7 iranKiin av. T., and ITB" Van Meyera. "argsrat vUh mil I.lvlnr.lon. 2042 Chestnut at- and Ida m. 210) Chestnut st r . vtrr an n, ft i. Tulnahocken riUpatrtck, 8107 Jtoano It . and at. It is easier to KEEP WELL than GET WELL BEDFORD MINERAL MIM For Kidneys, Liver and Stomach Bottled at Bed ford Springs, Pa., famous since 1804. Sold by druggists and grocers. Ask yours or write us. Bedford Springs Co., Ltd. Wdener Building, Phils. T i ? i I i ! t ! I i I X i i I i i ? ! I I X Is) X ! X Y ! x ! v : x ! X ! x ! X ! X ! X y i X ! X ! X ! x X ! X ! x ! X ! X ! X ? ! 'f T ! x ? . t f f t ! z ? T t T t ? ? ! t t ? ? I x T ! A OHandler Price Must Advance $200 June 30th Theiipriceofthe GhandlerSix becomes $1595 on the firstfcday off July. The present model, identically the same car, wifrbe continued after that date. UNTIL THAT DATE THE PRICE REMAINS $1395. It"?las always been a basic part-of ' Chandler policy to Keep the Chandler price low We-Jftflve keptfitJjow.' Mon considered the original Chandler price of $1785 estate 'lished four years ngoan impossible price. Later when the Chandler Company reduced that price to $1595 tho trade thought we were courting disaster. Further reductions came.asitfepositive shock -to the industry. And meanwhile rthoCliandler Company prospered. Chandler business grew to f rontxankproportions. The C handler car was never cheapened, but, rather, improved and refined from season to season until tho whole motor car purchasing public has come tOTOCognizo theaGhondler car as a car of surpassing values. Our "whole purpose'has been to build the best Ugh t- weight -Six and selL-itVat- tho lowest -possible price. Wehave sold the Chandler car for hundreds of dollars less than cars of similar quality Now, liowever, the Chandler price must be advanced. It must be materially advanced to cover greatly increased costs which have arisen this Spring by reason of unprecedented conditions in the material supply and labor markets and In problems of transportation. Production costs throughout the past three months have advanced steadilyand in long strides. This is a condition which we cannot control. It is a condition-which wo must meet. So the Chandler price must be advanced. In maldng-this advance-we do-not depart from our firmly established policy of keeping tho price just as low'as.it--catJub& kspt and still provide reasonable manufacturing profit. At $1595 the Chandlercar-wiil still be under-priced. It will be distinctly under-priced, as compared to other cars which-some nwqr consider of similar quality. By test of any conceivable comparisonthis-statement is a provable fact. Now you can buy this great Six at $1395 f. o. b. Cleveland. While the $1395 price holds, the demand will continue to greatly exceed our production, and we cannot guarantee deliveries. SEVEN ATTRACTIVE CHANDLER TYPES OP BODY Seven-Passenger Touring Car, $1395 Four-Passenger Roadster, $1395 Seven-Passenger Convertible Sedan (Fisher built), $2095 Four-Passenger Convertible Coupe, $1995 jjinivueuiu, ptuuo x own Lar, yjiou All prices f. o. b. Cleveland rf ! x ? ? ! x 9 ? ? ! x ! Y ! Y ! t ! x ? ! Y ! f ? t t t t t '!! t ? T T t f t T ! t t ! x t f ! ! Landaulet, $3050 COME CHOOSE YOUR CHANDLER NOW HERBERT-COOK COMPANY Broad and Race Streets CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio Telephone SPIIUCE4825 Y ! ! Y f ! t ?l a t Y ATav r. t ! T flf '&M r ''Trar terinfr,'i fii-i-' iijiLiLjjuii -- at ;
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