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U. S. Can Make Invasion
Possible by Supplying
Great gaj&lgplane Fleet
FRENCH EXPERT EXPLAINS
WASHINGTON, June 21
Invasion of Germany cnrryln the nhl
tato the Kalcr' territ6ry through the atr
with euccesa deemed certain by nlllcd
war heads, Is the plan of the Allies, It be
came officially known here today.
Chieftains of visiting; war commissions
Insist the plan will bring complete victory
nearer by many months, provided (he Na
tional Defense Council's aircraft produc
tion board's program goes through. That
program calls for 4000 American air mn-'
chines for the fighting front by April and
for 10,000 by August, 1918
Lieutenant Almaury de la Orange noted
French air fighter, today made this revela
tion. He emphasized the Importance with
which the Allied general slnffs regard
America's capabilities In furnishing the
"air preponderance," and said he was con
vinced this would make possible the shat
tering of the Teuton battle linen
"Nothing Is Imposslblo If tho Allies get
and hold mastery of the air," Lieutenant
De la Orange said conxlnclngly. "Berlin Is
even open to us. Let America contribute as
her biggest share toward re-eetnbllshment
Of democracy the air preponderance, as xho
can do, and then, Indeed, will German Mi
Tine right' rulers call for a real peace in
stead of a pneudo peace
Tut through this proposod program and
you Americans w 111 have done more to end
the war with less coot In money and lives
than you could do In any one or all of a
dozen ways.
"Put through this program and we can
destroy the great German munition works,
their great mobilization depots, their great
factories for production of motor transport
and flying machined.
CAN DESTROY KIEL CANAL
Tut It through and you Americans will
make possible the destruction of those bases
from which steal the murderous subma
rines. Furnish In democracy's cause the
great air Bquadrons, and we fighting men
will make scrap paper of tho great Ger
man naval bases. Tho Kiel Canal will bo
made useless If we hao Bufflclcnt ma
chines. "With surtlclent machines we fighting men
yours and our will render Impotent tho
huge guns of Heligoland and make possible
the obvious storming of that fortress by
your battle fleets and ours Anything Is nos
Iblc, If you but furnish tho preponderance
In the air
"Germany has declared 'vcrboten' certain
sea zones. With complete air mastery we
will declare forbidden zones In German ter
ritory say a zone 100 miles behind tho
German lines We will give civilians ample
time to move away
WOULD CRIPPLi: GUItMAN'Y
Then with numerically superior air
fighters we can conduct BUpcr-ralds behind
the line, over munitions plintn, on troop
mobilization points and on artillery sta
tions that will mako It Impossible for the
Germans to withstand any norlcs of attacks.
"But we must have four to one German
machine to do thl3 America can do It
"Now. there are three major stles of
machines the training machine, the ob
servation and the battleplane Tho first
needs little explanation It Ib the stylo ma
chine America first made and Is now mak
ing. It Is cheapest
"The observer's machlno, without which
effective artillery ing or In fact any tort
of ground fighting la useless In this day.
Is not a fighting machine, although It Is
armed for defense It carries only a small
machine gun It Is helpless beforo a battle
plane. Its duty Ib to seek out enemy bat
terles, keep tab on enemy troop movements,
direct artillery Are. And during nttacks
It Is only through tho obnervatlon machine
that the start behind our HneH can tell how
an attack is progressing An attack In
great force is terribly handicapped and
at times Us suceebn Iscompl'telj endangered
through lack of observation machine Wo
need thou'ands more of them. They do
their talking to the ground by wlrolecs,
they receive Instructions via a sort of wig
wag system
"But observation work Is Imposslblo
without battle planes. Tho battle planes
make observations posslblo At first each
observation machine Was convoyed by one
or more machines Now we do it differ
ently The observation planes go about
their work alone at a height of from BOO
to 1000 feet Two or three battleplanes
are kept In the air to repel attacks on each
observation plane Battleplanes carry the
fighting into enemy territory.
WOULD INVADi: GERMANY
"It would be the battle planes with which
we would invade Germany. But vo must
have thousands and thousands moro nf
them to do It By having two planes to
protect each observation plane wo can
cave the reconnnlssnnce planes, but this
won't give us nir supremacy.
To get this ruprcmacy we must put to
gether great bombing squadrons and send
them far Into German territory.
"Up to now we havo been, with raro ex
ceptions using tho aeroplane ns an Instru
ment of Information, but It can bo a power
ful weapon If usod In large numbers We
In Rurope cannot produce ns many ma
chines as we want. You In America can
You can build an unlimited number You
can glvo us absolute air supremacy. Then
we can go where we please
"You Americans can open tho road for
democracy directly Into Berlin "
BILLION FOR AIRCRAFT
URGED BY EXPERTS
WASHINGTON. Juno 21
The tentative estimate of $600 000.000 to
put American aeronautics on a war footing
would be an Inadequate amount. Alan R
Hawley. of New York president of the Aero
Club of America, told a subcommittee of
the House Mlllltary Affairs Committee to
day, "To train the large number of aviators
and to arrange for the manufacture of air
craft needed will require a large adminis
trative personnel and a total expenditure
of about 11,000,006,000," said Mr Hanley
The subcommittee had under considera
tion a bill Introduced by Representative
Hulbert, of New York, providing for the
creation of a department of aeronautics, to
be presided over by a secretary of cabinet
rank
To make an aeronautical contribution
ubstantlal enough to enable our Allies to
, strike a decisive blow," continued Mr. Haw
'ley, "there will probably be needed 100.000
(aeroplanes and between 10,000 and 20,000
aviators, the aeroplanes to be manufac
tured and the aviators to be trained In
America. This should, of course, be done
!h the shortest time possible.
1 "Great Britain, according to authoritative
reports, 1 producing 4000 aeroplanes per
month, and France as many, but they are
(used as fast as they are manufactured,
There are even more reasons for creat
ing a department of aeronautics In the
'I'nlted States than there were for Creating
the British and French air -minister!.. "
' raid Hawley, "because England and .France
had large military ana naval administra
tion forces which It seemed advisable to
utilise. They feared that to attempt to on-
Serata the already established air services
from the War and Navy Departments might
lead to confusion Efficiency and economy
sUCtate that we learn the lesson and start
In by creating a separata department o.
I aeronautic - -
ri TTnlted States War and w n.
tiu4iiUnt ro already overwhelmed wlr
' nA tk nrmni raufrd for Hp Admin.
' fawA ip ai-in nava nsnnr u m nnim lanrnriAai
"Yr - .-w .,-,.,., "'." ."L .m.hww
Yankee Destroyer
Sinks Foe7 8 Submarine
Continued from I'nce One
killed by the explosion, One of the Amer-
lean
ships landed the remainder Among
the survivors was
Buffalo, N, Y
William McDonald, of
SPEED UP, DANIELS
OltDERS SHIPYARDS
WASHINGTON, Juno Si.
Secretary of vhe Navy Daniels has sent
telegrams to all shipyards where new de
stroyers are under construction, urging top
notch speed Generous bonuses will be paid
by tho Government for all destroyers com
pleted before scheduled for delivery. This
action came as a result of the Information
that U-boat sinkings the last week were
the heaviest for nearly two months
Tho rhlpplng board and emergency fleet
corporation ofllclals got together nnd dis
cussed methods of securing even greater
speed on the "food fleet" construction Tho
revelations of tho British Admiralty are not
new to tho shipping board, however That
body has been kept fully Informed a to
the Inroads being mnde on the world's ton
nage In the last seven days hv the U-boatn
CSialrman Dcnman'H opinion that tho
Kaiser's undersea craft were called Into
port during tho month of May for repairs
was shared today by all ofllclals of tho
Government Following a conference with
President Wilson. Mr. Dcmnan stated his
bollcf that submarines were now lying In
wait for the transports that would carry
American troops to tho war zone Also,
he said that submarine arc sinking ton
nago faster f'an even tho most optimistic
members of xho shipping board believe
America can replace It.
Officials of tho Government do not conceal
their fear that sinkings will tnke nn up
ward trend nnd that before the crest of
tho tide Is reached tho record of forty 'ves
sels of moro than 1600 ton for the week
ending April 21 may be Mirpasscd They
believed it would be difficult to ixaggerato
the danger of the situation
642 BRITISH SIIIPS SUNK
BY U-BOATS SINCE FEB.
LONDON. June 21.
Slnco Germany began her ruthless sub
marlno war on February 1 (142 British
Hhlps, with an aggregate tonnage of about
2,200 000, have been sunk, according to a
compilation from official figures here today
ThlH Includes tho thirty-tuo sent down dur
ing tho week ending Juno 18 Of this
latest batch of U-boat victims twenty-seven
were over 1600 tons nnd five were undir
that Hlzo This was tho samo number of
vessels sunk In the preceding week, but It
showed nn Increase over sinkings between
May 6 and June 4
U-BOATS OPEN FIRE
ON SURVIVORS IN BOATS
PARIS Juno 21
Two Instances where German submarines
deliberately tired on lifeboats carrying tho
crow of two vessels they hid destrojed
wero reported here today Tho Brittany
pitrol squadron on Saturday picked up
fifty survivors of a sunnen British steam
ship, who declared they had been tired on
by two German U-boats On Friday they
saved thirty men. In boats which carried
olght who had been killed by run flro from
German submarines, employing the mme
tactics
Russians Vote for
Immediate Offensive
Continued from Tnge One
counter n single Prussian In this, section.
Tho enemy evidently realized the critical
position It occupied In the Ls River bend
nnd hurriedly decamped In the faco of the
British pressure
Fighting keeps up locnlly all along this
northern pirt of the front Late Tuesday
night the Canadians took the remainder of
the trenches below Reservoir Hill, on tho
outskirts of Lens Thtco violent German
counter-ittncks, which came Immediately
after this victory, were promptly crushed
The days are torrldl hot, the only re
lief bojng In almost tropicil thunderstorms,
accompanied by typhoon-like nlns and
sometimes hall, which swirls down In curi
ous "tracks" some pHces reporting merely
rain, while Just adjacent tho lcj pellets rat
tle ngilnut the soldiers' steel troneh hel
mets liko spent bullets Most of the fight
ing Is occurring these days nt night
In one of the battles of the dirk vester
dav the British made a further slight ad
vanco south of the Cojetil River But nnrth
of tho same stream, on Infintrv Hill, a
storm of German artillery literally wiped
out tho front-IIno British trenches, neces
sitating establishment of tho Tommlcs's
lines at posts Immediately behind Ono of
the day's stories which was passed along
the trenches todnv was th-it tho heavy
artillery fire In the region of Bullecourt
had uncovered the skeleton of a mammoth
The withdrawal of German forces around
the Lys lias been predicted In previous dis
patches In this section the Ypres-l.ille
canal and tho River Lys converge, meeting
at Comlnes The angle of this convergence
Is roughly embraced between Ilollebeke nnd
Hnuthem nn the north and urneton.
Hnupllnes and Armentleres on the south
Warneton Is about two and a half miles
southwest of Comlnes on the Lys "West
of the River Ljs from far Wnrneton
southward.' presumably means about eight
Bqunre miles down to Houpllnes havo been
evacuated
The territory In the onglo formed by tho
canal and the river Is low and marshy,
being commanded by the Messlnes-Wyt-schaete
ridge, now held by the British
BRUSSILOFF MAKING GOOD;
RUSSIAN FRONT ACTIVE
LONDON, June 21.
A delayed Russian official, statement
the first In three das gave weight today
to General Brusstloff'H pledge that Russia
will fight as expressed In a message to
General Sir William Robertson, chief of
the British Imperial Staff The Petrograd
War Office reported fusillades and aerial
activities on all fronts."
General Brusslloft's message was In re
ply to ono from General Robertson con
gratulating him on his appointment as
commander-in-chief of Russia's army. Brus
slloff declared
"In honor bound, free Russia's armies
will not fall to do their duty"
MILE OF FRENCH LINE
TAKEN, BERLIN REPORTS
BERLIN, June 21
Capture of a French position at Vaux
halllon over a width of more than a mile by
a German storming attack was announced
In today's official statement.
"The enemy waa empletely surprised,"
the War Office said. "Some of our troops
penetrated as far as the reserves' position.
The enemy losses were heavy."
BLAMES WAR'S LENGTH
ON RUSSIAN INACTION
LONDON, June 21.
Lord Sydenham, famous British expert
on military sciences In an Interview de
clared today that If Russia had opened a
great offensive In the spring In conjunction
with tneorives on me western ana iiauan
fronts the war would have ended in the
1 autumn,
Lord Sydenham; agrees with American
military opinion that the war will bo de
cided In the air and that a grand fleet of
iMkfopIine?, with ptenty of rtttryo machines,
)K to tM before the German) ro
EVENING LEDGEtt-MlLADtiLPHlA. THURSDAY, JUNE 21 1917
HELP IN RECRUIT HUNT
REFUSED GUARD UNITS
First and Third Regiments Left
Out in Cold by State and
Nation
WILL NOT HAVE PARADE
Men Decide on Housc-to-Houso Can
vass Since Nobody Will
Assist Them
Who wants two old but perfectly good
Infnntry regiments?
They are the First nnd Third Infantry,
N. O P, which with two out-of-town
units, the Thirteenth nnd Eighteenth, are
lost today In tho ahumo for recruits The
Stato will not help them, for they are In
Federal services the Federal Government
will not help them, for they are State
troops Even the city Is chary of aiding
Ita home regiments,
Tho disowned regiments, therefore, be
gan today to try to help themselves to re
cruits, In addition to guarding bridges and
factories for the State nnd nntlon Hut
they are "sore ' becauso the Adjutant Gen
eral's offico has not Included them In the
State's National Guard Week, which be
gins Monday. So disgruntled are they
that, according to Colonel Thomas Blddlc
Ellis, acting commander nf the First In
fantry Brigade, of Philadelphia, tho pa
triotic appeal In the form of Saturdays
recruiting parndu h is been canceled In
the mtantlmo the two regiments arc trying
to follow out the War Department's order
to recruit to full war strength by drum
ming about from houo to house for men
Posters calling for recruits for the Sec
ond Pennsjlvania Field Artillery. N O P.
arc scattered throughout tho city today
They Inform oung men thnt they are
wanted "to nut the 'how' In 'nowuzer
Yesterday's enlistments were First
funtrv. 8. Third Infantry. 2: Sixth
in-In-
fantry, 5 , Second Field Artillery 6
Organization of two motortruck supply
trains for the Pennsylvania division of tho
National Guard will be started In Philadel
phia tomorrow by Lieutenant James B.
Whocler
Only eight recruiting days remain for
the Philadelphia regular army district to
make good the 800-man deficit In the war
allotment of 404 1 recruits To gain this
number 100 men must be enlisted ever day
until July 1
Colonel C H P Hatfield, In charge of tho
nrmy recruiting at 122S Arch htrect. an
nounced this afternoon th it tomorrow ho
would make a personal 'uppe.il to Mayor
Smith and other city officials to co-operato
In tho work of recruiting Philadelphia
quota The army enlistments today totaled
tiilrty-seven and of this number twtnty-fout
had registration cards. Tho navy enlist
ments totaled plnetcen and tho marines
four
Lieutenant R Y Cadmus, of the Naval
Coast Defense Reserve notified tho com
mandant at tho Navy Yard todav that ho
would bo ready to begin clahses In radio
work next wick In tho Parkwny Building
In connection with tho recruiting for tln
r.idlo work the War Department todnj suit
word to the nav recruiting station to mike
a special effort to enlist amateur radio
operators, but to dlKCourngn legulnr tele
graph operators from enlisting at this time
The department also ordered tho enlistment
of electricians to stop.
Tho recruiting office of tho quartermas
ter's enlisted reserve corps, located at the
Automobile Club, 23 South Twenty-third
street, was closed today nfter orders to
that effect were received from the Depart
ment of the East he idquirters at Governor's
Island, N Y Captain William L Clayton
Q R C. and Dr E. McAvoy, who wero In
chargo of recruiting here, were ordered to
Governor's Island
Tho following enlistments were nnnounced
today.
I'MTRII STtTKS AltMY
Joseph V Marton 25 2122 H Chelten ave.
Jce 13 Slm, 25. (IM1 htenton nvo
OcorEO C Drnham. IS Slnl N tlth t.
William J Miller 21 432 V Morris t.
John 1'. allien, 24 1325 i'. I'rlco St., German
town Balvntore Iionclovannl, 10, KO Pltiwater t.
CharlfK W l'rllz 21 M4 N Camac et.
John M Anderson 21 Went Chester. Pa.
William Dlvnll 20 Philadelphia.
Steward W Hate 23 SO.'N Hare it
htanley J Lwo-ky, 23, Clifton Heights, Pa.
Maurice R limner 20 B2T3 Jelteron st.
Harry lireekln. 20 4M7 Saniom nt.
Peter We "" 1541 Wood M
Herbert K Itooz 27 Norrltown. Pa.
Joel Calvin hemwer 31 ',121 N 15th it.
Andrew 7ullk 22 281rt Winter at.
Charles Hundza 21 4704 Melrosn nt.
Harper K Vpdegrade, 28 1503 N 10th at.
Joseph Hantello 24 tlrldgeport. Pa
Matthew Hlater. 18 2144 N Park nve.
Herbert Slater 20 3744 N 16th St.
Ineenzo Hl.fardelll 2D 301 W t-usTuehanna.
I rank rVnnlmori 24 Nnrrlstown I'a.
Alien JVrullo 21 1817 K Hicks et.
Herman P Troi, 28, 31tf2 N. VVarnock it,
Sebistine I'rlian 20 Chester, Vn
Paul 11 lleall', 33, Kddslone, Pa
Untert I'trrlis 28 lntl Iiiust st.
William J Shntimker, 21 2"11 Arch st,
Jum ph P klrhj 20 Chest, r Pa
H.rnerl SUter 20 3711 N lBth st.
Jnnh Hantillo J I Hrldgeport Pa. ,
James r:d. Htrlckland, 18, Atlantic City, N. J.
Jnllll e -innitmi. ,r., ...j " 1"- -"?' "V,'J T
Andrew Then
I Mam riolilhrrc 17. Atlnnllr Cltv. N
rtBHlll ,. .vimii.iu -njt ... .
J
Harry James Hear! 22 2.' 11 W Thompson St.
hiinufl link 17 1IMIT W AlliKtiiMiy avr.
Prank Josh Maxw-ll J7 1"I4 Watkln. t.
Prank Leslie Uarlcit 2J H8llcfontc, I'a.
r. s. MAinvn ours
John H-rrlwr Ruth 21 Rendlnic Pa
ltftlph e'harltd Shlreman 21 Maytonn Ta.
At ram Ortman Duke 23 e'ohimlila. Pa
VV llllani Tavlor U.Ptcr 22 Damlllr, I'a
Howard Alvln Benchboand 22 2H3 V Alle-
wflY Gunman Me-rauley 21. 1110(1 P 33,1 at.
Artluir Cox Caldwell 22. 1810 VV. V ennago st.
Prank Jolm Strong 10, 127 eitnrd ave.
1.1. Hov Alrott Owen 10 1220 8 VVIIlon St.
Daniel Joseph MrOluskey. 28. 1017 Spring Oar-
noy Uoquemove 23 h2rt Race st.
Ilossl Oronn llabMtt 22 Durham N C
cliarlK Jlaihew McKrlano 22 lst7 Hancock st.
John Josenh Me Powell 21 1!32 Mascher st.
Herbert M stands 21 11211 Westminster ave
Caleb A llray, Altoona, Pa
HOOVER GETS LL. D. DEGREE
FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Gift of $100,000 Liberty Bond Is Fea
ture of War Com
mencement CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 21. Harvard
University s war commencement was ob
served today with Impressive solemnity.
The honorary degrees conferred were-
Doctor of laws Herbert C Hoover, Sir
Cecil Arthur Sprlng-Rlce. Henry Whlto.
former Ambassador to Italy and France,
nnd John Grler Iilbben. president of Prince
ton
Doctor of letters Paul J. L Azan,
French military instructor at Harvard
Master of arts Newcomb Carlton, presl.
dent of the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany, and Daniel Chester, French sculptor
One of the features was the presentation
to the university of a $100,000 Liberty
Rond as tho twenty-fifth anniversary gift
of the class of 1892.
CROP CONDITIONS GOOD
IN NEW JERSEY, IS REPORT
Resume for Week by Forecaster Says
Weather Was Favorable
for Growth
TRENTON, June 21. In a synopsis of
crop conditions for the week. Forecaster G.
Harold Noyes, of the United States Weather
Dureau here, says the weather was favor
able for farmwork and crop growth. Nearly
all crops are In about as good condition as
normal, except pastures, wheat and apples.
Tomatoes are blooming and setting fruit
In northeastern counties. Alfalfa Is being
cut In central district, with fine prospects.
Potatoes continue to give good promise and
some digging has commenced in the ex
treme southwestern" sections.
Cranberry vlnei are In good condition:
the cold, late spring has not been Injurious
and the recent wthr haa been very favqr
able. SoUMUrV rine4 bogs are bios-
DELIVERS EULOGY OVER
BODY OF BISHOP M'FAUL
New York Prelate, nt Mass, Calls
Him "One of Greatest Amer
ican Bishops"
TRENTON, June 21.
"He will go down In history as ono of
God's greatest American bishops." was the
trlbuto paid to tho late Bishop McFaul, of
Trenton Diocese, In the eulogy delivered In
St. Mary's Cathedral by Bishop Patrick J.
Hayes, of New York, nt tho solemn pontif
ical requiem high mass today
The services In tho cathedral were con
cluded by these live bishops Ilaes, of New
York; O Connor, of Newark, Grimes, of
Syracuse, McCort, of Philadelphia, and Mc
Closkey, formorly of Philadelphia, but now
of the Philippines Each In turn blessed the
body of tho late bishop Tho mass was
celebrated bv the Right Rev Bishop John
II O'Connor, of the Nownrk Diocese
Tlio funeral procession started at 2 o'clock
for Morris Hall, Lawrencevllle, where the
body of Bishop McFaul will rest In a mauso
leum, erected several years ago at the prel
ate s direction
The bearers were Tho Rev William D
Dlttriih of Atlantic City; the Rev William
J Mcl'onnell, of Bclmar , the Rev Henry
Ilussl, of Burlington , the Rev Joseph A
Ryan, of Mlllvllle, the Rev. Peter J. Hart,
of North Plalnflcld. and the Rev Michael
II Callahan, of Scubrlght.
CITY OFFICIAL OFF
FOR MILITARY TEST
Acsistant Civil Service Examiner Un
dergoes Physical Examination for
Ordnance Commission
Elmer C Goebert, B32 Somen We avenue,
an assistant examiner In the Civil Sen Ice
Commission, Is In Washington today under
going a physical examination for the posi
tion of lleutcnnnt In tho ordnanco depart
ment of the army He was a few dass
go appointed to the position under General
William Crozer, and If successful today will
be given a leave of absence until the close
of the war
Mr Goebert. who is a graduate of the en
gineering department of the University of
Pennsylvania, entered tho elt service on
April 21. 113 At this time Lewis H Van
Dusen, the Philadelphia attorney recently
appointed to .1 captaincy In the army, was
a member of the Civil Sen Ice Commission,
and the two are said to luvc applied for
service at the same time
Tho first attache of tho Civil Scnlce
Commission to obtain a commission wns
Chief Clerk William Mills Corliss, who en
rolled In the naval coast defense reserve
ns n boathwaln's mate, and who, a few
days later, was commissioned nn ensign nnd
detailed to tho commandant's office nt
League Island Other officials under the
commission nre said to bo slated for com
missions in the regular army
Ited Cross Receives Notable Gift
PARIS June 21 The American Red
Cross officials who recently arrived here
with Major General Pershing today To
rched .1 not ible gift nf one of the main
buildings em the PI ire de la Concordo
alongside tho Ministry of Mnrlne an the
American Cnmmihsion headquarters, rent
free
Let Isko
Banish the Iceman
This simple, portable re
frigcrating unit fits any ice
box and connects with any
electrical receptee. Creates
its own cold, holding an even
low temperature in the food
chamber which melting ice
can never maintain. Pre
vents food poisoning. Costs
little to operate runs itself.
Lei us demonstrate its many
advantages.
niovK srnucn sio
1719 Chestnut St.
ALBERT GENTEL
Inc.
Electrical
Contractors
1503 Columbia Ave.
BRANCH
4445 Germantown Ave.
Stand Behind the Government
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE
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EXCESS PROFITS TAX
WILL HIT INDIVIDUALS
Corporations Must Also Pay,
Under Committee's Plan Ex
emption Rate Is Fixed
WASHINGTON. June 21.
Individuals as well as corporations will
be Included In the tax on excess profits
under the revenue bill now being drawn up
by the Senate Finance Committee About
1100,000,000 Is expected from this new
source With this question disposed of, the com
mittee today settled anotner knotty problem
when It fixed the rate of exemption under
the excess profits levy for corporations
that could prove a subnormal pre-war In
crease The rate fixed was 6 per cent on
the capital stock In addition to tho JRO00
exemption allowed all corporations under the
section
Booze, bloated Incomes, and big war
profits should pay In the great war. Senator
La Follette believes He has started n fight
In the Senate Finance Committee to boost
taxes on alt these three sources of revenue
and will carry his contention to the Senate
floor
La Follette's plan Is to havo war profits
carry the bulk of the tax load He would
levy 32 per cent against them nnd figures
11, 120,000.000 could be raised by this stroke
His Income tax would net (500,000.000 and
Internal revenue $200,000 000 He would
ellmlnnte alt taxes on soft drinks, thcrebj
cutting J12.000.000 from the total
ADMITS PLOT TO BLOW
UP TROOP TRAINS IN U.S.
Man Arrested at Knoxville,
Tenn., Confesses Plnn to Dyna
mite Important Bridges
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. June 21
W S Clark, claiming New York as his
home, today confessed to police his par
ticipation In a plot to dynamite troop-bear-lug
trains and bridges of military import
ance Clark was arrested In connection with the
explosion May 6 In the munitions plant of
the Federal Dvcstuff Corporation nt Kings
port. Police say Clark tried to hlow up the
Johns Hopkins Hospital nt Baltimore while
a patient there They bolleve he Is Insane
Daughter of Auditor General a Bride
POTTSVILLE. Pa, Juno 21 Miss Ruth
A Snyder, daughter of Auditor General C
A Snjder, of this city, was married at noon
today, at her parents' residence, to Fred
Sapper, of Erie by the Rov. E II Romlg,
of Reading Mr Sapper Is tho secretar
of tho Western Bankers' Association nnd Is
a salesman of bonds Mr. and Mrs Sapper
will reside In Erie
McAdoo III; Due to Loan Work
WASHINGTON, Juno 21. Worn out by
his exertions on behalf of tho Liberty Loan,
Secrctnr of the Treisurv McAdoo Is ron
flned to his bed today. Physicians say Mr
McAdoo has suffered a ' general bicakdunn '
and will be forced 'o remain in bed for
several days
AN INVITATION
UIt establishment is
Independence Hall,
delegates to tho Convention of Electrical Con
tractors visit tho cradle of American Liberty, we cor
dially invito you to drop in and inspect tho special
exhibition of Electrical Appliances wo have arranged
for this week. The latch string hangs on tho outside.
WALKER C& KEPLER
531 Chestnut Street
zil8S6"The Best 0
Hamilton Reach Mfe(p.
RACINC.1S WISCONSIN 55
Electric Labor-Saving Devices
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ANY
BOND SALESMAN
can tell you that hit work U
comperatlTCljr eaiy when he
calU on a man who knowe hi
houi. He can spend lili time
elltnr liU offering without
barlnr to explain who he !
or where he vomei from.
The FtlDLIO LKDOEn
EVENING LEDOEIt combi
nation can make YOUR
house known to the security
boring publlo of Philadel
phia. Have yea thought of adver
tising In the LedgersT
Financial Department Walnut 1000
Main BO0O
PEACE CHIEF AIM
OF SLAV ENVOYS
Will Seek Statement of U. S.
Terms and Press Rus
sian Program
REVOLT SEEN IN AUSTRIA
WASHINGTON, Juno 21 The formali
ties of Its reception by Washington official
dom being over, 'the Russian mission set
tled down to real work today Peaco and
peace terms will bo the main subject which
the mission will bring for discussion beforo
President Wilson
Russia's needs are to ho laid before
Cabinet members In great detail, hut mem
bers of the mission Intimated today that
they did not present the most Important
question to be settled The needs of the
new republic nre being thoroughly sur
vejed by tho Root mission now on the
ground. It was pointed out, and are being
partl filled by the Stevens railroad com
mission The most Important question to be put
to American officials will be-
What arc Americas terms of peace7
Russia hopes to be the Instrumentality
through which general peace will be re
stored The cvei -present threat of sepa
1 ate peace is the club she could wield In her
attempts to this end
Docs the I'nlted States support Great
Rritaln's avowed aim of holding Germany's
colonies ana enforcing huge Indemnities
from the Central Powers, already repu
diated by Russia' Or does this nation hold
Instantly!
Corns Loosen and Lift Out
No pnin ! Few drops loosen corns and calluses
so they fall off Try it sure !
For a few cents you can get a small bottle of
the magic drug freezone recently discovered by
a Cincinnati man.
Just ask at any drug store for a smnll bottlo
of freezone. Apply a few drops upon a tender,
aching corn and instantly all soreness disappears
and shortly you will find the corn so loose that
you lift it out, root and all, with the fingers.
Just think I Not one bit of pain before apply
ing freezone or afterwards. It doesn't even irri
tate the surrounding skin.
Hard corns, soft corns, or corns between the
toes, also hardened calluses on bottom of feet
shrivel up and fall oft" without hurting a particle.
It is almost magical. It is a scientific compound
mnde from ether.
Genuine "Freezone" bears name, Edward Wcslev Co.,
Cincinnati, O.
'
right across the street from
and when you out-of-town
Things Electric" 1917;
Perhaps the paramount reason for our
world-wide popularity is the fact that our
factory onjrfnates rather than imitates,
tvery piece of Hamilton Beach apparatus is
as near mechanical perfection as the best on
KinccnnK brains in tho country can mako
it. For further information about the
H. B." products, consult the following:
Western Electric Company
I rank II. Stewart Electric Company
Rumsey Electric Co.
ElUott-Lewis Elcc. Co.
J. F. Buchanan Elec. Sup. Co.
Phlla. Elec. Co.
H. C. Uoberts Elec. Sup. Co.
Walker Si Kepler
Schimmel Elcc. Sup. Co.
Novelty Elec. Co.
John Y. Parke Co.
M. E. Arnold & Co.
Electrical Contractors
114 NORTH 11TH STREET
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Electric lighting
Motor Equipments and
Private Telephone Syatems
Established 1897
filbert Bt-Sl
to the Russian program of peace without
conquest? l
These are the questions the Russian mis.
slon wants answered ""
BERNE, June 21
The movement which has resulted In th.
downfall of the Austrian Cabinet bears in
the earmarks of a revolution In Its Inclnt
ency, according to private advices recu.
from Vienna. ""ivea
' While the primary cause of Count Clm
Martlnlo's resignation was opposition of th
Polish nationalists, It was pointed out th
this party Is supporting the Czechs In thele
demand for an Independent Bohemia ani
those of the Slavs, who are demanding a
separate southern principality, created out
of Austria's dominions. Thus three formld
able movements for secession are now
Joined In one powerful anti-Government
plan
Proceedings In tho Relchsrath last week
heretofore suppressed, were reported tod
to have Included very frank speeches by
the Poles and Czechs. The Poles declared
they demanded "n united and Independent
Poland, not the farcical kingdom of Poland
which Germany and Austria have pretended
to create "
Dr. R. G. Hayes Dead
RELLKFONTE. Pa June 21 Following
a lingering Illness. Dr R O Hayes, one
of the most prominent physicians In cen
tral Pennsylvania, died here aged fifty,
seven years He was a veteran of the
Spanish-American War, ej a Mason of
high t. ding and belonged to the State
and American Medical Associations H,
leaves a widow nnd four children,
Patrol FlKhtlnpr In Macedonia
SOFIA, June 21. Only patrol encounters
nnd Intermittent artillery duelling were re
ported on the Macedonian front by the Bul
garian war ofllce today There were bunts
of rllle firing on the Rumanian front.
Tokio Diet Meets to Discuss Sxpansion
TOKIO. Juno 21. The Diet convened to
day A program of naval expansion Is to
bo considered
Corns Stop Hurting!
come
is cordially extended to all dele
gates attending the convention of
the
Electrical Contractors'
Association of Pennsylvania
to visit not only our exhibit at
tho Adelphia Hotel, but also our
sales and show rooms.
Much interest attachos to our
building tho "Old Mint" Build
ing aside .from its association
with the electrical business, for it
occupies the site of tho
First United States Mint
and is, therefore, of historical im
portance. We'll bo pleased to have you
call at any time; we'ro always
glad to see you.
mm
Frank H. Stewart
Electric Company
37 and 39 N. 7th Street
Old Mint Buildinr
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SCHIMMEL ELECTRIC
SUPPLY CO.
318 MARKET-STREET
Philadelphia, Pa.
Distributors for
RohbinsMeyenf
Electric Fans
We are represent .
at the HUotrloslJ
Contrtvctora A?n .
hlblt, Hotel Aaein
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