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BAN DEPRESSES
EUROPE'S REDS
Stockholm Conference
Chairman Refuses to
Credit "Report
PEACE PLAN OFFERED
Includes Reparation for Belgium
and Serbia and Liberation
of Small Nations
STOCKHOLM. Mny 2G
Secretary of State Lansing's refusal to
Issue passports to American Socialists to
the International .Socialist conference hero
dismayed and depressed the delegates al
ready here for that meeting. The news
was received teday. The representatives
could hardly credit it
'The report la either false or else the
result of a misunderstanding of the pur
poses of the conference," Insisted Chairman
Brantlng.
Meetings of various group of the Social
ists still continued today, but It was ap
parent that tho plan for n general meeting
will fall. Brantlng and Secretary liuysmnn,
the Swedish and Belgian Socialists who
havo been the real brains nf tho meetings m
far, declared today that continuance of the
present separate conferences, een If there
Is no general session, will strengthen tho
International Socialist bureau's place. They
aspire to a place on the pence confeicncn
board, or at least some leer by which
their Influence will be felt In the final ad
justment of tho European situation
Secretary Huysman today presented toi
publication the following outline of pence
terms which, he said, will bo proposed to nil
belligerents at tho conclusion of tho Stcrk
holm sessions through the respective Social
ist parties, leaders, cabinet members nnti
parliamentarians:
No annexations.
So post-bellum trade war.
AH enemy territory to bo evacuated by
the belligerents.
Full recompense for Belgium anil
Serbia.
Perhaps compensation for tho ruthless
destruction In northern Frnnce.
"Germany must not bo deprived of her
colonies." said M. Huysman, "as that would
be annexation Alsace-Lorraine presents
the greatest difficulty, but tho problem must
be solved. France and Germany In col
laboration with the Inhabitants of tho prov
inces must settle tho fate of Alsace-Lorraine
between them
"It Is desirable that the Dardanelles
should he Internationalized a.id the forts
disarmed, but Turkey must retain tin
trammeled possession of Constantinople and
the European territory held bv her when
the war began. Armenia should bo auton
omous. RUMANIA TO GAIN
"Rumania certainly should not lose ter
ritory but perhaps gain a section of Tran
sylvania, to bo voluntarily ceded by Aus
tria. But Serbian Macedonia should bo
added to Bulgaria.
"The Bosnians and Croatian arn sonth
ern States, who want to go over to Serbia
and form with her a new country that may
bo called soutl.ern Slavonla If they can
not reach an agreement rendering possible
this aim. they desire autonomy within the
Austrian Kmpire, like that enjoyed today
by Hungary
"Bohemia tiros not want to coalesce with
any nation In tho present umpire frontiers
She wants, and will get autonomy within
the Austrian Kmpire
"Poland has three alternatives absolute
Independence, autonomy within tho German
Empire or autonomy within tho Russian
empire I think she will choose autonomy
within the Russian Kmpire. mnklng her a
State llho Finland, with 'the untrammclrd
operation of her own Constitution.
"The autonomy of Fkrulne. Ksthonla nnd
Livonia Is a matter that may safely be
left to the deliberations of theso nations and
tho new Socialist regime In Russia
A DISSIPATED (i UMAX DRKAM
"But how about the Prussian Junkerdom
Ideal of a Mittel I urope, with the Herman
flag waving all the way from the dorks
of Antwerp to the inosuucs of Bagdad?" I
asked
"That was a dream Now it Is a dissi
pated dream All the Socialist labor parties
and groups In Germany, Austria nnd Bul
garia are dead against It A dtirnblo peaco
could never bo based on such u conception
The Trieste region Is going to be a
problem second only to tho Alsace-Lorraine
dffllculty, but tho Austrian Socialists will
settle with their Italian comrades It Is
likely to be ceded to Italy. What other
solution could there bo If we do justice to
our motto, which like yours Is "Govern
ment of the people, by the peoplo, for tho
people "
Then M. Huysman made .1 rmst Interest
ing prediction, namely that porhans ar
rangements will be made with Turkey
through the mediation of Germ-iny to trans
form Palestine into Zinnia at last providing
a home for tho long-wandering Jewish
race
"I may tell you five Jewish organizations
are keenly Interested In tho schema Tho
Jewish Labor Bureau at Tho Ilaguo has
Just reported In Its favor, and tho Jewish
delegates will attend the Stockholm con
ersatlons with this object "
German Aircraft in Big
Raid on British Coast
Contlnnrd from race One
and aeroplanes Is raised to .lev Wiled and
729 wounded In today's announcement
The only other air raid whlih approached
this present one In destructlvenoss of human
life was that of March 31, 1910 Six or
seven Zeppelins were part of this raiding
( force, and their depredations extended oer
six eastern counties, the victims totaling
69 killed and lOt Injured
VILLAGES IN KENT
SEE AIRMEN FIGHT
A VILLAGE IN KKNT. England May 28
A roar of some new kind of thunder In
the heavens and clouds dripping missies
of death that was the Ilrst Intimation this
village had of Germany's most murderous
air raid,
Low-hanging clouds enshrouded the
enemy aircraft and it was through these
screens that they dropped most of their
bombs. Because the clouds also screened
the town most of their bombs fell In the
open field.
People gathered In the streets at the
first terrific outburst In the air, nnd al
though for a time they could see nothing
of tho enemy, they realized what tho
menaco was. The bombs themselves were
invisible as they hurtled toward the earth.
Of a sudden, however, the clouds parted
and In rift the blue sky was seen filled
with tiny specks of maneuvering air craft.
British aeroplanes Were apparently engaging-
the enemy and the mnchlries turned
and twisted at break-neck speed while
rifles and automatics spat The whir of
the engines was plainly audible, despite
the great height of the battle. Finally the
enemy machines turned and fled for the
coast.
Killed by White Hot Steel Bar
LEBANON. Pa., May 2 Nicholas Ml
kovlch, employed at a manipulating ran
cMn at the Bethlehem Steel Company's
plant was killed Instantly here. lis was
knocked from the platfor-m by a heavy bar
ot white jteej which fell upon him, badly
uurnmc ma noqy mikovicii was forty-nvi
yfs old and leaves a widow and thre
TIFF AT MEETING
OVER DRAFT BOARD
McNichol Resents Mayor's
Demand for "Only the Best
Men" for Places
SUGGESTS BLANKENBURG
Mayor Smith made an emphatic demand
for tho selection of the best men of Phila
delphia when tho ward lenders of the city
conferred with him In City llnll todn
relatlvp to tho selection of the forty on"
registry boards which are In pass on nil
exemptions nfter June f. registration day
Tho meeting was featured by a ntiir-row
between the Mnjor libit Senator James P
McNichol. Tho tiff en mo wnen the Mayor
urged nil the lenders present to select tho
best men In the city
"Mr Major." Senator McNichol said,
"don't you think that if such is your aim,
j on arc making a mistake to call In us
politicians?"
1 By tin means," the Mayor replied In a
snappy tone "Tho politician who attempted
at such a stage an this to tiaino persons
close to him soon would find himself n
damned unpopular fellow."
The Senator showed burprlse, which In
creased as tho Mayor went on:
' I expect arid want you to name tho
best men you can."
"Fine," Mr McNichol snld "I nm pre
pared to name my three men now. I'll
came Rudolph Blnnkenburg. Dr. W. W
Kei n nnd the police surgeon from that dls
t r lot "
The meeting was hushed ns If by magic
at former Major lllankeiiburg's n.ime Mr
McNIdinl represented the Tenth Ward nt
the meeting and the selection was unite
permissible The Tenth Ward is In tin
-i.vtiith registry division selected for reg
istration d.iv
Major Smith seemed to recover from his
surprtso quickly
Do you think. Senator," he queried, "Hint
Mr lilankcnburg'H health would penult him
to sero7"
"of course," McNichol stumped. "Ile'n
nil right, lib's ns full of pep ns ever "
At this stage of tho verbal battle Fred
J Shoj'cr, chairman of the IUglslrntloii
Board, put In a wmd
"I think it would bo a good thing to
nppnlnt ono's enemies," he said
McNichol snapped. "Not nt all," be said.
"I have no such thought. Mr Illankenburg
Is nil right "
Mr. Illatikeriburg. Doctor Keen, and
Police Surgeon John II. Kgnn, named by
McNIi'hul fur the Seventh District, were the
only men named Mnj'or Smith before ad
journment announced that that Hie full
board for the forty-one districts will not
be announced until the ward lenders confci
witli him ngnlti next Morula' morning. I to
ftild that the silectton of Senator MiNlcbol
"stood."
The fortv-one registration districts) anil
the wards they comprise were announce il
an follows
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district.
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ALL FACTIONS PKACKFFL
The meeting In the Mayor's olllce was
called nt an tally hour. McNichol and
Vnre lenders, together with Democratic
city lenders, all fraternized together ns If
bent on the common cause of serving their
countrv Tho men had been summoned
by pollca courleis.
Mayor Smith In opening the meeting said
that the undertaking was nf such Import
ance that political strife and politic. should
lie eliminated The hint seemed to work
llkfl mnglc, at first, nt least, until the
Rl.mkenhiiig storm broke. Tho calm which
followed it stamped the selection with the
hecmlng approval, at least, of all present.
Among those who lent their assistance
In framing the board and the wards tliey
represent were as follows Senator James
P .McNichol. 10; James Wlllard 8; Con
gressman Peter Coslello. II , Harry M
MiR'koy, IB. Sheriff Janus K R.insley, 3:
Joseph Sumner, 31; Robert Krwln, .in,
James II Shrehun. 13; Frank J R.vnn. 311 ;
John Vlrdln. 18; Krnett L. Tustln. 34; Mil
ton Reedmoycr. 29 ; Jnsepli Marcus, 20 ;
David Frankenlleld. II; I etet Smith, 47;
James N'eely. 3; William H Wilson Byron
Wrlgley. 13: Charles 11 Hall 7; Senator
Edward A Patton. 27; William J McKIn
ley. 23; Kduard Buchholz. 10; Samuel
Salus. 4 ; Dr. Michael Bennett, 42 : Patrick
Connor, 10 . A Brenner 37 ; Blake Me
Caughan, 24 ; William Campbell. 2.r. ; James
Carej-. B ; Thomas Love. 0; William II
Jones. 13: L. A Mlchaclson, 11: Congress
man William II Vnro. 3C ; Harry Keelcy.
15; Magistrate Thomas Watson, 22; John
l.arlsh. 14.
In tho second place. It Is feared that local
doctors, either for political or personal con
siderations, may "discover" physical defects
where they do not exist, thereby freeing the
man drafted Heavy penalties attach to
any such Intrigue, it was said
Announcement was made today In Wasltt
Ington that every (ffort will lie made hj
c.i.v eminent olllclals to prevent nny local
or other politics from cheating the new
American army of men It ought to have
Tiles officials did not hesitate to say that
It was feared that local boards throughout
the country may bo swayed by politics In
making exemptions.
KKG1STRATION RKOI'LATIONS
The latest registration regulations were
announced otllclally In Washington ns fol
lows' "Kvcry male resident of tho United States
who has i cached his twenty-first and has
not reuched his thlrty-lirst birthday MUST
register on the day set. June 5, 1917.
'Tho only exceptions are persons In the
military or naval servico of the United
Slates, which includes all olilcers und en
listed men of the regular nrniy.-tho regular
army reserve, tho olllccrs' reserve corps,
tho enlisted leserve corps, the National
Guard and National Guard reserve, recog
nized by tho militia bureau of the War De
partment ; tho navy, the marine corps, the
toast guard, and tho naval militia, naval
reserve force, marine corps reserve and na
tional naval volunteer recognized by tho
Navy Department.
"Registration Is distinct from draft. No
matter what Just claim j'ou have for ex
emption j-ou MUST register.
"Registration is a public DUTY. For
those not responslvo to tho sense of this
dut the penalty of IMPRISONMENT,
NOT FINK. Is provided In the drnft act
"Those who, through sickness, shall he
unable to register should cause n represen
tative to apply to the county or city clerk
for a copy of tho registration card The
clerk will glvo Instructions ns to how this
card should bo filled nut Tho card should
then be mailed by the sick pel son, or de-4
llvered by his agent, to tho registrar of his
otlng precinct The sick person will In
close a self-addressed stamped envelope, for
the return to him of his registration cer
tificate. "Any person who expects to be absent
from his voting precinct on registration
day, should apply as soon as possible for
a registration oard to the county clerk of
the county where he may bo stopping, or
If he Is in a city of over 30.000, to the city
clerk. The clerk will record the answers
on the card and turn It over to the ab
sentee. The absentee should mall this card
to the registrar of his home voting pre
cinct so that It will reach that official be
fore registration day. 'A self-addressed
tamped envelope should be Inclosed with
the card to Insure the return to the ab
sentee of a registration certificate. '
"Registration booths will be open from
7 a m to 9 v m. on registration day, June
5. 1017,"
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 26, MIT
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see to it that there is a Libel ty Loan bond in every home. Posters similar to that pictured nbovo are boinj:
distributed nt the various subscription agencies established about the city by the Liberty Loan Committee
PERSHING WILL TOUR
WHOLE FRENCH FRONT
Leader of American Forces to
Study Methods of Fight
ing Germans
WASHINGTON. Mny Sfi
A tour from end to end or the Fn m li
lighting front Is scheduled as Hie Ilrst m -
tivlty of General John J Pershing and
members of his staff upon their nrilvol In
France
Most of tho tlmo of the Aincrlmn nfllcers
pending tho arrival of America's Ilrst divi
sion of troops will lie tnl.en up with lotus
of Inspection, on which General Pushing
nnd his staff olllccrs will familiarize them
selves with tho latest Fieitcli nnd BiltWIi
lighting methods
1'oui experts weie tnditv appointed by the
Secietary of War to drive the American
aulomoblhs that will arrv the Pershing
party on Its prellinluiiiy tours. They tile.
Ray Mlddlcton and John .1. Jennings, of
Detroit; Geoige Llntlilcum. nil aerial e
peit, and Klgln lttaln, an e-vpert on auto
mobile engines. Tho men already have en
listed as sergeants In the tegular nrinj.
They wero leconimended fin the npnlnt
inent.s by tho American Atitnuiobi,c Asso
ciation, Orderlies for headquarters, the Ilrst ap
pointments inndo public In connection with
the Pershing expedition, were selected to
day from the Second Cavalry. Fort Mj-cr,
Vo , as follows-
Sergeants Dixie It. Giiyiin, Philip P.
Auer, Tioop II; Corporals Jacob P. lleffel
flnger and Leo J. Smith. Troop C; Cor
poral Fred Miller. Troop D; Privates, first
clasH, Ray Austin, llarij Baker, John J
Shaughiiessy and Albert K. .MoCiavyj Louis
A. Ilenmiin. Chi Istopber F. Shrocder. Steve
Pnip, "arl Mollno and Otto Xlinnirriiiaii.
Tioop II, and Willie M. Fielder, Stephen
M. Newman and Charles Scdlacek. Tioop
D; Privates Ralph Chappell. Abraham
Cohen, John W Morgan and John A Nes
prnv Troup It; James J Murphv, James
Newberrv and Kdgur II Raw'liugs, Troop
C, and Kdgar It. Abile. Ilnny Coopei
Clwl' i: .Miiiidy Kdw.ud V. N ff, Raj mond
J. Pickett and Kdwnid Cohen, Troop D.
'. M. C. A. PREPARING
FOR PERSHING'S ARRIVAL
NKW YORK. May 2G In addition to
spending J3.000.0UU on social servico work
nt the thirty-two training camps for Amer
ica's "first 500.000," the V M C. A , It was
announced. Is getting organized on tho tint
tlefront In northern France to receive
Pershing s men.
Twenty Amerlcun secretaries taken out
of Germany when u state of war was de
clared have been shifted to the French
front, and today arc oiganlzlng the camp
sites, putting up tents and buildings and
equipping thein with things to make Amer
ica's first fighting men nt tho front as com
fortnblo as possible.
TRAINING TO HE A PAGE
Strenuous Work for You,ths of tho Ger
man Nobility
Ono day, as I was sauntering through
tho park of Castle K. I noticed Manfred,
a ten-year-old boj". standing bolt upright
under a tree. I wondered what he was
doing at the time, and on seeing the poor
little fellow still there when I returned some
time later I asked the reason
"Why, he's going through his standing
drill," nnswered bis sister, Freda "He be
gan with standing twenty minutes. Now he
Is so far along he can stand utmost an hour
and a half. But ho's got to reach two hours.
lie's to bo a page, yon know."
At Prussian court functions later I some
times recalled this scene, for the lads that
aro so picturesque In their theatrically
pretty costumes suffer tho chance of fall
ing Into swoons while standing at their
posts behind the chairs of the roj-al prin
cesses, posts at which it is their duty to
stand upright and motionless during the
lone progress of courts, receptions, concerts
and tho like
During an evening concert I saw on ono
occasion four pages faint and fall In suc
cession, their bodies being removed swiftly
and unobtrusively by lackeys hovering In
the background, while reserve pages stepped
Into the vacant post Alida von Krockow In
New York Independent.
BULGARIA TIRED OF WAR
A number of Americans who have been
In the diplomatic and consular service In
Austria, Oermany. and Turkey have re
turned. In the same party were Miss Helen
Scott and Miss Rachel Torrance, of Chicago,
who have been in Bulgaria two years, They
said that the Queen, who has been In Hi
health for some time, told them before
leaving Sofia that the people wore weary
and sad over the war, and begged them to
stay, because Bulgaria would never declare
war against the United States.
"All the countries we passed through,"
Miss Hay said, "are tired of tho war, but
none more so than llttlo Bulgaria, which
has been battered from alt Bides, All the
' Bulgarian? wish povv to be left In peafe."
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A
FRENCH SHIP
SINKS U-BOAT
Haiti, in Latin-American
Port, Reports Success
ful Engagement
ELUDES SECOND ENEMY
PANAMA CITY. May '.T.
Passengers on tho Frctuh steamship
Haiti, which has arrived nt n Lalln-Ainer-Ican
poit. reported that tho ship sank a
German submailne .shortly after leaving
Bordeaux. Later another t'-boat tiled to
attack the Haiti, but was successfully
eluded. This Information was given by
several passengers, Im lulling M. Do La
Fosse, French Minister to Peru.
AN AMKRICAN POUT, May 28.
A terrific combat lasting an hour, be
tween a German submurlno and a vessel
sailing from a Kuropean port, was repotted
by passengers arriving hero today
The attack occurred at G o'clock on tho
morning of May 3. The submarine ilrst
filed a toipcdo, which missed tho stern of
the vessel by less than thirty feet
The submarine appeared several hundred
jards from the vessel and opened llro on
the steamship. Shrapnel shells filled with
scrap Iron were used and tho Iron fiag
nentH rained on the bridge and decks of
the vessel. Six shots wero fired.
Tho attacked vessel was armed and
quickly tiulned its guns on tho submarine.
Twelve shotH were llred hut nono lilt tho
inaik
After an hour tho suhiuariuo submerged
without apparent damage
The damage suffered by tho ship was not
great.
KLKTON'S MARRIAGE GRIST
Twenty-one Couples Journey to Mary
land Town for License to Wed
KLKTON. Mil. Mav 2C Tivciityono
couples comprised the llotk procuring mar
riage licenses In Klkton today as follows:
Knas II Street nnd Fnda B Lorenze,
Raj mond Benny and 1'dlth Wilson, l'rnest
Kendlg and Violet Keelcr, Karl T Shaw
und Mary II. Stockton, John A. Brady and
Anna Zimmerman, Paul D Carpenter and
Mildred B. Walter, and Frank Llndvlst and
Katlierlne Rooney. nil of Philadelphia ; Wil
liam D. Potter and Daisy B. Vanmetter.
Camden, N J : Kmersou B Bel gey and
Kmma II Goodshnll. Harlcj-svllle. Pa ; J.
Lloyd Grubb and Margaret I) Kulp, Potts
llle; Fred II Whltsel and Margaret M.
Rcnlnger, Mlffllntown, Pa ; Lewis K. Med
calf. Philadelphia, and Mary D. Ballej-.
Norwood. Pa : Krnest Dutcher and Kdna
Flanagan, Brldesburg: Clarence J Buffing
ton, Kennott. Pa., and Helen M. Pierce,
New Valley. Md ; Charles L Rover and
Fredn M Thomas, Reading; Raymond Best
and IMIth M. Krnst, Kaston. Pa'.; William
C. Faulkner and Sarah M Ford. Wilming
ton : Kdwln J. Vance, Philadelphia, and
Thelina Davis, Wilmington ; William Smith
und Ilazol Klllen. Glen Riddle, Pa ; Jesse
Cox and Ruth Howett. Chester; William
Gardluor und Myrtle Kngllsh, Burlington,
N. J.
KILLS HERSELF AFTER PARTY
111 Health Believed to Have Driven
Woman to Sulcido
Despondency due, to continued III health
Is believed to have caused Mrs Anna
Harryman. of 3135 South Fifth street, to
kill herself today' at her home
After returning from a party with her
husband, Mrs. Harryman went to her room
and tired two shots Into her body A physi
cian was summoned, but she died before
he arrived.
Scranton High School Boy Wins Prize
RKADINO, Pa.. May, 20. Earl J Mc
laughlin, of the Scranton Technical High
School, won first prize In the annual Inter
gcholastlo oratorical contest for high schools
of the State, held here last night. His BUb
lect was "Angels of the Battlefields." Karl
J. Blankenblller, Readlnjf, won second prize
and Benjamin Sperling, of Wllkes-Barre,
third prize.
TRAFFIC CLUB LEAVES
FOR ANNUAL SHADFEST
Hundreds Go to Morris Junction
for Eighth Dinner Ball
Game a Feature
TRAFFIC IIC.M
tin uiHiiibtr nf Irafllr forpnt xhovhl b ,
7ir rnmblr o Irnjflr forpol must be.
Tin m nihh nl IrnWr onitt WIl.Ii be
Till in i itmi hotm tn Ihr itoitmhia!
Some hundreds of Phlladelphlnns who in
pilvnte life make wheels go around are
hiintdlng steam and electric trains today
lur .Mori In Junction. N J . where for n d.ij
tliev will fiugcl nil about Mis. Caie
II Is the eighth annual outing and shad
oliiner of tlie Trnlllc Club of Philadelphia
and lis guests at Kuglcr's Old Mohican
clubhouse. The shadfest, made possible by
the finest of Delaware River fish yanked
light nut of the water and baked into a
Juicy pulp by competent chefs, will como
near the close of n perfei t day on the
"pea shote."
Hostilities j6s, there will be hostilities
began at 1 . 1 IS sharp. The baseball teams
of the Philadelphia and Newark Trnlllc
clubs commenced to clash at that time
As the i lash was not loo Img. other means
of making muscles sine wero icsorted to
Manager George Ramspacher, of the local
team, said that Ills bojs were In fine shape
to make the Newark fellows bite the dust.
The best of Philadelphia's three-legged
nice, bag ruce and stilt race athletes
competed in tho events, for whlrh prires
were olfercd. Theio was also n ehnnco for
btiong-aim men In tho hot put, pitching
of the elusive quoits and shooting of the
wily clay pigeons to the accompaniment of
"The Hunting Song," purred out by u brass
band.
The inon In rhaige of transport work for
tho outing tire II. H. Colllson, chairman;
11. J Taggart, G. F. Ramspacher, J. P.
Brown, It. S. Fine, W. II. Zellff. W. C.
Shannon and II. Crawford
SEEK SPIES WHO SENT
NEWS OF U. S. FLEET
Government Agencies All Search
for German Source of Infor
mation on This Side
WASHINGTON. May HG.
What Is perhaps: tho greatest spy hunt
the Government has instituted -since the
Civil War Is on today.
Kvcry secret Investigating agency of the
Government Is engaged In ferreting out men
or women who "tipped" to Vlennany the
news that the American torpedo destroyer
llotllla had left American shores for Kurope
In tlmo for the German submarines to mine
the port of arrival.
A careful censorship is Imposed at coast
cable olllccs and at Mexican border tele
graph points, but despite, this tho Germans
had the news four days before the fleet ar
rived. Hidden wlieless in this country or Mex
ico, however, may have been the means of
communication Reports still persist that
the Government has been unable to weed
out all Illicit wireless stations hero It Is
entirely possible also that n German agent
crossed Into Mexico with his valuable In
formation and sent it from there, or may
perhaps havo communicated It to some,
other transmission base In Central or South
America ,
The spy story may bo used os a reason
for n censorship law, but some olllclals ad
mitted today that both tho Germans and
.British knew tho fleet story before the
American public was taken Into the secret.
Newspapermen knew tho story In con
fidence In advance, but there was not a
single Instance of violation of the voluntary
censorship regulations on it.
LANCASTER RANKS HIGH
IN WAR ENLISTMENTS
Nearly a Thousand Men for Service
Gives City Third Place in
Pennsylvania
LANCASTKR, Pa, May SG When the
378 men of the five units of tho Fourth
Regiment, National Guard, Join the colors
Lancaster will have furnished almost 1000
men. Including enlistments In tho army and
navj-.
Lancaster enlistments stand third In
Pennsylvania and eleventh In the United
Statos cast ot the Mississippi.
Acquit Poor Director
OREENSBURa, Pa., May 26, toor
Director R. D, Wolf wan acquitted of
the charge of conspiracy brought against
him In connection with Irsulng orders for
outdoor relief to Alias Grace Cole, ot Jean
nette The verdlcr was returned after bind
Ing Instructions had been Issued by the
Court
'ONGRESS PREPARES
TO ACT ON FOOD BILL
lopes Gore-Lever Measure May
Be Disposed of Within
Next Week
MAY DODGE FOOD PRICES
.cRislation Likely to Be Confined to
Btoad Aspects of Production
and Control
WASHINGTON, May 20.
The attention of both houses of Congress
i i-nncent i ated today on tho Gore-Leyer
.oil production hill, tho first of tho Ad
nnistrntlon mcasuics-deslgned to solve tho
..il problem. Prospects for a vote aro
ticrlnln, but there were Indications that
if bill might be disposed of early next
.el. Iiy both houses.
Those In charge of the measure have
mleavoied to keep It unincumbered ot
nneiidriients likely to produce opposition,
riie bill Is designed to meet some of the
mmcdlato picsslng ptoblcnis of the food
.Ituallon nnd Is not Intended to deal with
lie broader question of food prices during
he war period.
Despite theso Intentions, however, ll
Hong movement has been Initiated In tho
-'ennto to amend the bill to prevent specu
ii inn In food products
Tho prohibit Innlsts nro rcFcrving their
ie foi a mighty effort when the main food
mII is luoiight up
The hill now before the two houses pro-
ides for u national survey of food sup
plies and prices, for distribution of seeds
by the Depaitmeiit of Agriculture, for a
nntlon-wldo educational campaign to pro
mote food conservation and prevent waste,
and for extension of the market news
senile now conducted by the Department
nf Agriculture
There are sigus of iracllon ill Cnngiess
In legislating on the food question.
Speeches aie being made In both housen
condemning the widespread propaganda of
fund shortage ns being responsible for the
high prices. Some senators Insist that the
shortage has been exaggerated
ARCHBISHOP VISITOR
AT FETE CHAMPETRE
Prelate and Other Dignitaries
See Mater Misericordiae Hos
pital Benefit Fair
Aichhlshop Prendergast had the time ot
his life, for two bonis today at the Fete
Champctrc, in crJoiful session on the lawns
of tlm Convent of Mercy, In Merlon.
Tho fair Is being held for the benefit of
tho new Mater Mlscrlcoidhio Hospital, at
Fifty-fourth street and Cedar avenue. To
daj" the second and last was Knights of
Columbus day. One hundred fourth degree
Knights of Columbus, under the direitlon of
James A Fleherty. Supieinn Grand Knight,
drilled to the tune of a i Ity band, and
the Archbishop enthusiastically applauded
the inllltnrj' maneuvers lie spoke a few
Informal words of greeting to the men.
The convent grounds picsenled a vust
panorama of color. I'p In the windows of
the Ivj'-clad giav stone building the Sisters
of Mercy vntched girls In In Ight lined sweat
ers follow 'he Archbishop iepectfully about
and try to Induce him to visit "their booth "
Lesser church dignitaries accompanied tho
Archbishop, and before the episcopal visit
closed a representative ot the partj at least
had paid tribute to every feature of the fair
from the navy booth to tho spick and span
automobile donated by the Junior auxlllarj
Not the least of the features admired was
tho little live Boston tetrler, the futui
mascot of one of the battleships und the
gift of Yeoman Loietta Walsh Whoever
takes him will have the privilege of narnlm
him and of deciding to which battleship
he will be assigned. Todaj Misses Julia
and Kllzabeth Bail wero spiritedly leading
him about
The Mater Misericord! Hospital upon
completion will be turned over to the Gov
ernment by the Aichhlshop.
SOLDIER CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF YOUNG GIRL
Body Found in River, but Gunrdsman
Denies Knowledge of
Death
BKAVKR. Pa.. May .'ii. Following the
discovery of the body ot fifteen-year-old
Helen Elizabeth Cook In the Ohio River
last night a murder charge was today
lodged against Charlea Leech, a private of
the Eighteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Na
tional Guard, who has been In custody ever
since the disappearance of the gh 1 on
Vay 11.
Leech admits accompanying tho glil on
a (unoc rldn the night of her disappear
ance, but denies knowledgo of her death.
Two Hurt by Dynamite Explosion
POTTSVILLK, Pa., May 2G. Kdward
Potts, ot Orwlgsburg, was probably fatally
Injured and Norman Polfllej-, of the same
place, seriously Injured by nn explosion of
djnamito while they wero at work sinking
a well at Orwlgsburg. Thoy were connect
ting a wire with the dynamite when It ex
ploded, the concussion hurling the two men
u considerable distance. They wero brouahi
to the Pottsvllle Hospital.
Give More Power to I. C. C.
WASHINGTON. May 2CG Tho bill gv.
Ing tho Interstate Commerce Commission
further power to prevent-car shortages was
sent to President Wilson for approval the
Senate accepting minor changes in phrase
ology made by the House.
"DE sure to read on Page 5 of today's
Evering Ledger the final advertise
ment notifying you that this is the
last day that you can buy The Encyclo
paedia Britannica printed on India
paper.
In case you cannot go before
5.30 P. M. to Gimbels, Ninth and Mar
ket Streets, then come to the office
of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 139
S. 15th Street, Cor. Walnut, tvhere
you can examine sets in all styles and
leave your order.
i
Come any time during the evening
up to 10 o'clock. The office will be
open until that hour for the benefit of
last-minute buyers.
GOETHALS BEGINS WORK
ON BIG FLEET OF STEELI
First Yard Being Prepared at
Newark Will Produce Ves
sel n Day
IRONMASTERS GIVE AID jj
Matcrinl Available, They Say, Wheal
wooden Craft Plan Is
Abandoned
NKW VORK. May 26,
Answering tho call of Major General
Georgo W. Goctluils, tho steel kings of the
Frilled States, enlisted tn aid In the 3,000.
000-ton emergency shipbuilding program
got to work todnj" '
General Goelhals flashed the magla of
MIS KCiuun im in Kiiiiiy-.iiiiuii null accomplish-
nietit upon the Government's "har.y" ship, "i
building program. '
With tho cheers of Son American steel
men still echoing through New York to'
lonllrm their enlistment under Gnethals, an
army of workmen started today to put'the
first emergency shipyard into condition
across tho river at Newark
Within six months, according to steel
men, this new plant ot the American Bridge
Companj', tv subsidiary of the I'nlted States
Steel Corporation, will bo turning out one
5000 to S000 ton steel ship a daj.
Tills Is tho first actual Rtep toward ao
conipllshmetit of Goethalr's tiiBk ot build.
Ing u thousand 3000-ton ships in eighteen
months.
Gocthuls told the steel men that after his
"call to Government service on the principle
of the selective draft," a brief survey o
the situation convinced him that the wood,
en ship plan was nn Impracticable mj-th
He said he found tho birds still nestlne
In the tiees that weie to go into the ships,
lie sought plans and specllleniions. but
there were none He found plenty of of.
fore to build ships, but vety little ability
Imi It of most of them
Goethnls abandoned the wooden ship plan.
Me sinnnintieil Piesident Fnrrell, of the
I tilted Stales Steel Coipniattnn , learned
that plenty of steel was available and
started out to enlist tho steelmakers
Tho icsponso was Instantaneous, and to.
day, after a few weeks of quhk quiet work
the shipbuilding program Is well on its way
BRITISH EXPECT NEW
U-BOAT DRIVE IN JUNE
Seamen Keen to Meet Germuns Work
of American Destroyers Arouses
Enthusiasm
LONDON. May Sfi. British naval ex
ports today predicted a new "drive" by
German submarines against allied shipping
In June. May has been nn off month for
tho "U" boats following tho heavy shlpplnf
casualties in April
Tho work of tho American destroj-crs Is
arousing much enthusiastic comment.
Br Itlsh naval olllccrs say the men nro keenly
anxious to get at tho Germans
FLAG RAISED AT WILLOW GKOVE I
Patriotic Celebration Attracts Crowd
From Communities North of City
All suburban communities from city Una
north to Hntboro participated today in a
flag laMng and patriotic celebration at
Willow Glove. An American flag was raised
to the top of a flftv foot pole elected op.
poslto the trolley station on Old York road,'
Willow Grove.
Following the flag raising thero was a
parade. Addresses were dellhered by
Charles A. Ambler, former speaker of the .
House ot Representatives j Congressman
Henry W. Wntklns. Congressman John It J
K. Scott, John It. Dubois, tho Rev. Dr. W, i
II. Lower, tho Rev. Frunk Colby, and tb-
Rev. Lloyd Stevens. , i
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN FEWEU
Decrease of 8G0 in Unfcderalized
Forces in .Ten Days
WASHINGTON. May i'6. In spite of vlg-
en oils effoits to lecrult tho National Guard
regiments not in the Federal service to war,
strength, ollielal figures complied today ,
snow mat rrom aiuy 10 to May 2u the or
ganized inllltla lost 8G'J olllccrs and men.
Twenty-four States showed gains; ten
States, the District of Columbia and He -ll,
showed leases, which outdistanced the gilrj
by 803.
I1LOW AT GERMAN SINGERS
Artists Who Sing in America to Bo
Barred in German Opera
AMSTKRDAM. Muj 2G.Germnn singers
who contract for nppeatanccs In America
will be excluded from all German opera
tendered In German theatres for a period
of five years, according to u resolution
which Berlin dispatches today said would
be adopted by tho Berlin Actors' Associa
tion conference In June.
Tho resolution Is fostered by Count Ze
bach. manager ot tho Roj'nl Thcatic of
Drecden.
50,000 NEGROES QUIT GEORGIA
ATLANTA, (la., May 20. Fifty thousand .1
negroes have left Georgia for the ortn
during tho last ten months, according to ft
statement made today by Hal M. Stanley,
State Commissioner of Commerce andj
Labor 12
Commissioner Stanley plans to ask tnei
Legislature to give nisi department further
control over employment agencies, u ij
also proposed to raise tho tax on cmployi?
ment and labor ugenelcs from J300 a yeari
to 300 u day.
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