t.wmmWi'H'N rTrrn"jimij-rr- e1sSBP1fltlsj" TTWP rW'IP'lTWIBHsffF i PLAN COMPROMISE , ON FOOD MEASURE I i& -""'"""oiirttiuu rurces ive- new snorts to save jam From Defeat CV WILSON MAY TAtfE HAND rV Gore Submits Substitute Dry Issue May Go to Con ference WASHINGTON. July 11 Administration leaden renewed their fforts today to sav the food-fuel-cotton- steel-liquor control bill from the certain de feat to which It Is doomed It It stnvn In Its present form wrten It comes before the Senate for a final vote on July 21 Thcro was a strong belief that a, com promise mcasuro wuuiu be brought out of the Acrlculture Committee to eliminate from the list, of controlled articled all hut foodttuffs and fuel Henator Chamberlain In charge of the measure. however. In sisted that no compromise was Intended by the Administration forces and that such commodities as steel, cotton, wool, lumber hemp and copper would remain In the moasure There are many desertions from the Ad ministration forces Rvn Senator Sim mons, chairman of tho Finance Committee, has proclaimed his opposition to the bill In Its pre ""i 1 " tikes tiio lew that It ha b, 1 n fir ' -1 ti be no Innirer au Administration mtasjrc,' unr! that II ' Would Injure business far mit- 'han It Would help conserve and stlmula r 1 - p 1 Auction of foodstuff If President Wilson lakes a hand I 1 the fight again and forces the restoration of the bill to Its original form, It cin be passed, although there would be some op position It started tjut tn be . food con trol bll now 't controls virtually every Important commodlt) In the American mar ket. Each commodity added to It has carried with It .1 proportionate amount of Opposition The Senate Agriculture Committee hid before it todiy a substitute draft pre pared by Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, wh'ch he believes will meet many of the ob jections against the bill In Its present form The committee Is also struggling with the problem of a minimum price for wheat Sentiment In the Senntn Is strongly against passing the responslb'tlty for fixing wheat prices to tho executive department and favor establishing the minimum price to the farmer at noteless than 1 CO It beglna to appear that the prohibition Issue, Including the disposition of the 'hard liquor" now In bond will hae to be fought out In conference Senator Smoot ha given up the Idea of offering a substitute for his whisky commandeering amendment, which his colleagues now declare unconsti tutional It In tho view of many Senators that the unanimous consent agreement which brought the prohibition nuertlon to a, showdown Saturday precludes the of fering of an further tlrv amendments In is Senate Food Administrator Hoover'B warning anent delavs charges that there has been rampant speculation and extortionate profits" this vear among those who barter with America s food supplies Stability Is needed, he sijs Inasmuch as every link In the food chain Is taking a wide profit as protection against abnormal fluctuations Hoover pointed out this nation will have a theoretical export balance, of 78,000,000 bushels of grain this ear, with ISO.000 000 through conKervatlon f v A c tf hC vc -e Hi SW&U m .- ue . CLASS IN NAVIGATION AT FRANKLIN INSTITUTE r1W!BBWRreOTfWiiT-W(WK Bv8l HiisSSsWi M'HV$lljHi r$IMEL&3Bw?Mh?MM&b&MM&ffi4Mt wTmm IHklBa ilssnlW'.'Masam. IMhaUi 1 iL,JiB&43ftJHHissisiflisVrV'im&i& ssMtasW ...Mrcigg8iii.i.i.M .IflMlH vzmmmixzEBmi!m&mivn&8i!z zmmyz$!m8S8x&ts5$mzx! Directed by Prof. Eric Doolittle, teacher of astronomy in the University of Pennsylvania, instruction in navi- gntion wan begun today to fit men to officer the now merchant marine of tbe United States. More than 250 applications have been received and tho committee in eharRO is encouraged by tho response to its effort. Professor Doolittle is shown illustrating to hig class by a blackboard "talk" the course of a vehsel. NAUTICAL CLASS OPENS HERE WITH 30 STUDENTS Wcatherbeatcn and Tanned Young Chaps Start Six Weeks' Course MASTERS' CERTIFICATES Thirty earnest young men with the weatherbeaten tar of the sea on tholr faces met today In the Franklin Institute, Seventh street below Market, at the first session of the Philadelphia Nautical School of the United States Shipping Hoard They are the men who will be trained for masters' certificates In the new mercnant marine They will command the ships to be built by General Qoethals Professor Krlc Doolittle, of the Klower Observatory of the University of Pennsyl vania, Is director of the school here It will supplement tempirarlly, so far as Penn svlvanla Is concerned the plan to start a nautical school here, for which 150,000 was appropriated by the last legislature In the United States Shipping Hoard School. United States eltliens older than nineteen jenTs will be trained Already 200 applicants have sent In their papers for enrollment In the school Some of them wl.l probably be unable to qualify for tho Instruction, as one of the requisites Is two ears' experience on board ship as well as a good grade of Intelligence. As many will be Instructed as can be ac commodated In the school here Philadelphia Is one of thlrtv-two cities fa Assisiants- - .' m&'JGS) mj Mother Nature and Father Time made diamonds out of carbon. But pshaw 1 Look what their method does with tobacco. Two years . of it make VELVET. rftftty For VELVET is matured by two full years of ageing in Nature's way. The result is that mellow, aged-in-the-wood smoothness that no other smok ing tobacco possesses. You can't get that smoothness in any other way. too Tins Be Metal-lined Bags Ona Pound Glass Humidors EVENING LEDGERS-PHILADELPHIA, . YVEDJNEtiDAV, JUL1' 11 1017 7THr selected for the Shipping Hoard s hchools They are officially known onlv as I nlted States Shipping Hoard Hecrultlng Service The school bore Is No 12 on the list Walton i-lsrk of the United (las Improvement Company, Major Smith I'olleitor William Hetrv of the Port of Philadelphia nnd Su perintendent of Scliiols John P ti.irlier make up the committee In charge of the school An appriprlntlon for the Ship ping Hoard carries an Item for the schools all over the muntrv. As all the students uv reason of ful filling the qualifications, have had expe rience In the practical side of sailing 11 fchtp the course will be devoted largelv to tho theorj of navigation and the use of tho In btrumenls used In determining a (.hips position It Is this work that Professor Doolittle directs The course includes In struction In the mathematics necessary, the use of the s,extant and tho manner of plot ting a ship's course on n chart and the use of the chait Thsse who pass through the course, which Is expected to last for six weeks, will be put on board coastal vesse'" for two months At the end of that time they will come ashore tor cxamltntlor Men who piss the examinations will be given navi gators certificates There will be so many ships needing mastern then th.it the men are certain of assignments "The work offers a great future Pro fessor Doolittle said today 'Never before has there been such 11 need for men 1 .ipable of navigating a ship Hy the time the Shipping Hoard's fleet Is built the demand for skilled navlg-vtors will be pressing It is to All this need that these (.chools have been started When a. man goes through the course and passes his examination ho Is In line for positions that will pay him J2B0 to M00 a month While he Is on the two months' trial cruises liu Is paid 115 a month " Tho school gives four hours' Instruction In the morning, from 9 until 1, and threo hours In the evening ,s- w . r 1 : tiTSSSISSStMlliVSSDimmTSi Hill Provides for Soldiers' Dependents WASIIINOTON Julv 11 Dependent wives nnd ihlldrcn of nil soldiers would be granted Keilernl allow, mies during the war b 1 bill Introduced totlav bv Hepre stnt.itlve It.inkln of Montana Wives with no rhlldten will receive J30 a month , those with one 1 lillri $1R , thoso with two children, $C0 and thokc with mole than two, $75 Cold Storage Men Toe Mark for U. S. WASHIMJlnV Julv II Representa tives tif the 1 old storage industrv through out the louutrv have assured oltlclals of the food administration and the lliitenu of Markets of their support and fullest co operation In tho food survey to be made under pending legislation To Inturo Victor quality, elweys look lor the famous trademark, 1 Ilia Mnittr's Voice." It la 00 all ctnulDB products of the Victor Talking Mschla Company. 1 m g; 1 LAX OFFICIALS DELAY ' ARMY DRAFT HERE Nearly G000 Registration Cards Remain Unnumbered in Two Districts Draft preparations for the new national army will be delayed for several days owing to the failure of one of the Phila delphia draft registration boards to fol low Instructions from the War Depart ment thu bungling Its work, according to registration officials. The mix-up mcurred In the Sixth and Twenlj -second Registration Districts The area covers the terrltorv bstwoen Seventh street and the k-huvlklll ami Chestnut and South streets Officials said trat virtually no work had been done b the board of the Twenty second dlstr.ct In question which was sup posed to have finished Its task yesterday Nearly (5000 cards there still are unnum bored The dlcover was made when William 11 Hall secretary to fiovcrnor Hrumbaugh. Informed Major Smith that three members or the board had resigned They nre Or William Y Moirlson who has been nciented for military service, Hugh r Moore of 1 r2 J South Hrood street and Joseph W liardner. of 2338 South Hroad street Uvery effort will be made It was said to rush through the 60(10 unnumbered cards In order to be ready for the Washington au thorities The mix-up will cause a delaj of several davs, It was explained Instructions were not followed In both the Seventh and Klghth Words, It vvns said In the Twentv -ninth Ward where William Abrahams O A Swavza nnd Dr Charles I! Hrlcker the pollie suigeon arelniharge of tho draft It was not discovered until Saturday List that the cards which they had numbe-ed bv divisions would havo to be renumbered serially and the list of ever) eligible In the ward prepared In the same manner In the Seventh nnd Klghth Wards of the Sixth Dlstrlit the same condition prevailed Frederick D Vetterlein son-in-law of Chat es II Hall of Select Council, Clinton tlofrs Wooitrun former president of the National Municipal I eogue nnd nuthor of many treatises on good government, and who lost his position on the Registration Commission and Iir Itlchard l Taylor forgot to Instruct their clerk Abe Sllver- Home life is happier where there is a Victrola There isn't a home anywhere that wouldn't be the better s for having a Victrola. Good music brightens every home, and with a Victrola you can readily satisfy your every musical desire. You can have the kind of music you like best whenever and as often as you wish. Hear your favorite music to-day at any Victor dealer's. He will gladly play for you the exquisite interpretations of the world's greatest artists who make records exclusively for the Victor. And if desired he will demonstrate the various styles of the Victor and Victrola $10 to $400. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. s Important Notice. Victor Record and Victor Machines re scientifically coordinated and .vn.v,.,,-!.... 1. . processes of manufacture, sad their uae, one yvlth the other, la absolutely eaientlal to a perfect Vfcto, ' "JprodMllonT Now Victor Record lUmoutraUrl a all d.alers on tho 1st of etch month 1 Victrola "Victrola" 1 tha Registered Trademark 01 th Victor Talking Machine Company dcalgnating tbe product of this ConiD.ny only Warning! Th us of tho. word Victrola, upon or in tho promotion or sale of aay other Talking Machine or Phonograph product la misleading and lUefsl ettln, to make out a nw list and mark each card with a serial number, Sllverstcln did not want to take the re sponsibility of j?olng all over the cards again until he had heard from his supe riors Kllglbles In tho two wards called at the Twelfth nnd Pine streets station house to learn what numbem had been assigned them and they discovered that the numbers had been made for each of the forty-four divisions of the two wards Sllversteln, like the clerk In the Twenty-ninth Ward, had numbered the cards bv election divi sions Sonic of tho ellglbles In the Pen-rose-Davlln-Seger warda complained to the United Stales Attorney, and Henry T Wa' nut. an assistant Investigated the com plaint and sent a representative to find tho members of the board None appeared to be In town Klnsllj. a message waa dls patched to Woodruff who was In Westport. .V V , directing him to return to Philadel phia at once and straighten out mntters WoodrufT and Vetterlein returned today and started to straighten out tho situation In their district They put experts from some other districts to work and said the lists would be completely t pew rltten anil on their way to Washington by midnight Sllversteln last night said "They can have mv Job as soon aa they want It I m not getting the money the thing's worth Had I known there would be all this trouble I'd never have tnckled the Job Why, I ought to have two moro assistants to help me And now I've got to go over all those cards again Sherman was right This war business Is Just what he said it was Of the fifty-one draft hoards In the city almost half have adhered to the alphabetical arrangement of lists When thev found .the War Department wanted tho lists numbered serlallj they slmplv numbered the alpha betical llstB of names Whether the llov ernment will nreept these or order them re numbered Uederal ofllcerit here could not say last night rive weeks after the regis t ration the complete returns from Philadel phia are still held up because of the failure to undertt.mil the rules RADICAL CHANGES MAKE A'fiH' DRAFT ELIGIBLES WASHINCTON, Julv 11 H five radical changes In the height re quirements for the draft armv, the War Department has made thousands of addi tional men liable to military service following recommendations made bv the surgeon general a office tho War Depart ment clipped off three Inches from the old minimum height requirement five feet four inches and nddctl six Inches to the maxi mum -formerlv six feet This action will bring thousands of bantams' Into the hi t wi-h m VltlroU XVI, 1200 Vletrol. XVI, .l.ctric, 1250 M.h.gtnjr m ok army, olherwlio aubject to exemption . nccount of height nlso many giants. Thes changes nro virtually the only 1 Btunccs of lowering tho rigid requlrem... At noon today twenty States had .i. Provost Marshal General Crowd.e .v every local bonrd was organized and rl.il for tho draft. a rw The great draft lottery Is waiting upon iv organisation of a few hundred local txtm tlon hoards Within twenty-four hours .fT the last board Is ready the draft i,i liter will One lagging board will hold ud ik whole machine This point has been ejiu! to the attention of every board wiis plea for haste u Moro than 3000 boards are ready i,v their registration lists serially numwi nnd on file In the Provost Marshal a. ernl s office v"a When the last precinct flashes the v.a to Washington that It Is readv s,!,w?L linker will announce the draft lottery and the date will announce the method 0f iZ ittery and the date ' lM Although the plan Is known In a g.n.,.i "aj. me nnai arari of the ichem. drawing the first levy of 687 000 men u ngaln before President Wilson for ,, pioval Minor changes were made it it last moment "" The Census Uureaj today completed . population estimates for use of the w Department In apportioning the burden tk.t each State, city and county must b In furnishing men for the draft armies Tho new estimates show a population .1 the United States proper of 103 819 8U Upon the basis of the registration hrur.. tho bureau finds that the men betVt,' twentv-one and thirty-one are 9 32 p.r .... of the total population cnl 15 AMERICAN AIRMEN TO TRAIN AT TORONTO Chosen From Those in Reserve Officers' Cmp at Fort Mycr Will Join Great Fleet WASHINGTON, July 11 Fifteen ra from the reserve oltlcers training csrmi at Fort Mer have been designated ta go to the Canadian branch of the P.0MI Urltlsh Filing School at Toronto for train. Ing as ofllcers of the great nlrshlp fleet tk. United States Is building "' The men designated are 7. Jim,. Princeton N J , Horace Lake Washing ton 1 C ; Lawrence 1. Smart Baltimore A 1, Orlmme, New Brunswick N J , nJ rence Hoover, Washington, DC j jr Ackerman, Plalnfleld, V J Ho Schae maker nnd Jessa O Creech Washington' Lawrence Roberts Burlington Del , hugenj F Mullcr, Paterson, N J , Donald Huoson, Washington , Harry Jenklnson Jr U!li. beth, N .1 . Cuthbert Tunstatl Norfolk, Va : Kdward Donovan Washington, ml S H Dorr, Jr, Nutley, N J ycmwsJimmmmmvstxHx m I 1 m m g I
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