EVENIKG LEDGERr-PHlLADELmA; FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917
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Crisis Near in Vice Campaign Democratic Leader Backs Kane Thousands of Pledges Ready for Hoover
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DANIELS STUDYING
REPORTS ON VICE
.Will Make Statement on
Conditions in Philadel
' phia This Evening
COP HELD AS DEN OWNER
Girls Testify They Took Sailors
to Policeman's House in
Downtown Section
Daniels and Drlpps at
Odds With Mayor on Vice
Secretary of the Navy Daniels:
"Vice conditions in Philadelphia
are appalling:. Resorts are known to
be flourishing to such an ctent as
to be a serious danger to the man
hood of sailors, marines and other
enlisted men. Unless municipal au
thorities net, the Government will
take charge of the situation,"
Chairman Robert D. Drlpps, of
Committee on Moral Conditions of
State Public Safety Committee
"The Government's probe in thi
city is a reality, not a dream. For
municipal authorities to attempt to
deny that one has been made is
absurd. A report of the investiga
tion is in the hands of Secretary
Daniels. Its publication would be
a disgrace to the city. Immcd.ate
action by local authorities, nnd ac
tion only, will save the city the
humiliation of having the Govern
ment take hold of the situation."
Mayor Smith:
.."Vice? Why, I know nothing about
vice. Everything in town is fine
and rosy."
Vice conditions In Philadelphia are being
studied by Secretary of the Navy Daniels
In Washington today, and this evening,
ao he announced this afternoon, he will
Issue a formal statement about the situ
ation. Confirmation was given of the re
port printed In the Kveninci Ledger sev
eral days ago that unless Immoral resorts
were wiped out an enlisted man will be
Stationed In front of every house of ques
tionable repute
Secretary Daniels made It plain that he
much preferred the earnest co-operation ot
the local police authorises In wiping out
vice Jo any steps that may be taken by the
navy to eliminate the trouble Attention
was called to the fact that the policy of
putting an enlisted man in uniform In front
of every house under suspicion, ns was
done at Ken port when the Mayor denied
there was wholesale Immorality there could
not bring more than temporary relief Ab
soon as the enlisted man Is removed the
Old trafficking can be resumed The direct
result of putting the enlisted mn In front
of Immoral houses to warn sailors and
marines not to enter was that it focused
attention on the place, and the police could
not disregard the "tip" It gave
Secretary Daniels said It Is more difficult
for the navy to deal with vice effectively
than It Is for the army If conditions be
come bad around an army camp the camp
may be moved, but at a naal station where
the Government has millions of dollars in
nonmovable Improvements It Is Impossible
to make a shift
Secretary Daniels said that last year,
when conditions got bad along the border,
Secretary of War Baker notified the busi
ness Interests of San Antonio that unless
they cleaned up the town he would shift
the camp. That was sufficient
"We cannot pack up the navy yard at
Philadelphia and move It," said Secretar)
Daniels, "so conditions must be made satis
factory around It."
When asked today If the departmental In
vestigation of vice conditions In Philadel
phia bore out the published reports that
bootleggers hang around the entrance to
the League Island Nnvj Yard and Jitney
men offer to take enlisted men to immoral
houses, he said
"Walt until you cot my statement on
the situation later today "
POLICEMAN' HELD AS RESORT OWNER
Daniel McBrlde, Jr a policeman of the
Thlrty-fourth district, the station of which
is at Fifteenth street and Snyder aenue.
ard Margaret Fullmer of HI 1 Porter street,
have been held In S1500 ball for trial In the
Misdemeanants DIlslon of the Municipal
Court on accusations of conducting a place
of evil resort at the Porter street address
McBrlde has been suspended as a result of
his alleged Interest In the place
Several girls, one of them seventeen years
old. testified at the preliminary hearing
that they frequently visited the Porter street
house wlth'sallors from ships at the Phila
delphia Kvy Yard Altogether they tes
tified, five girls patronized the place
Stephen Cavanaugh, nn officer of the Mu
nicipal Court, testified that when he went to
the Porter street house with a warrant for
Ruth Swank, the seventeen-year-old girl,
McBrlde ordered him away, saying "I am
In charge of this place I am an officer and
you get out of here." Cavanaugh refused
to get out. Later, he said, he saw McBrlde
and .Margaret Fullmer hand the Swank girl
over to two sailors He took her from the
sailors.
78 RESORTS IN ONE WARD
While Secretary Daniels, Federal and
other Investigators are standing pat on their
charges that vice la rampant In the city,
Government officials say that Mayor Smith
and Director Wilson as yet hae taken no
definite action,
Additional evidence has been obtained by
the Government
No fewer than seventy-five Illegal resorts
were discovered In the Seventh Ward, It
was said.
A full report Is In the hands of Secretary
Daniels. It Is ready for publication.
Mayor Smith has been warned that this
publication would be a disgrace to Philadel
phia, and would give this city an unsavory
reputation that might be nation-wide.
The warning to the Mayor was given In
emphatic terms by Robert D. Drlpps, chair
man of the Committee on Moral Conditions
of the State Publlo Safety Committee nnd
former Director of Public Hafety.
Besides urging prompt action on the
part of municipal authorities, Mr. Drlpps
has called a meeting of his committee for
today to take action In the matter.
It -was Intimated that tt the municipal
authorities fall to act. the committee may
all upon District Attorney Rotan for
S-ctlon The District Attorney Is expected
at nis omce toaay. tie nas oeen out ot
feawn.
The Rev Louis Alien, or tne jamer
I spVana Memorial Presbyterian Church, at
Broad street and Moyamensing avenue, said
that he and other cierymen aro Discussing
the advisability of engaging detectives of
Wr own. to stamp out vjoe In the neighbor-
Will Direct State Labor Service
K. C Felton, formerly president of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company and now on
th board of managers pf the Glrard Trust
Company has been Appointed to the direc
torship of the department of civilian ftrv-
to and labor pf the Committee of Public
rjttv Tiuk ftamnrtmant with whtnh 1r
!-i 'ton 'Will fa ftolted will handle prob-
.- of tafeefsuMr ae moeiiteauou.
ROLAND MORRIS STRONG
FOR RENAMING OF KANE
Reorganization Democracy Chief
Denies Adhesion to Wescott
Drive on U. S Attorney
Roland S Morris, former Democratic
State chairman of Pennsylvania, one ot the
reorganization Democrats that urged the
original appointment of Francis Fisher
Kane ns United States District Attorney
for this district, .will not help Harry D
Wescott In his efforts to prevent Kane's re
appointment Morris made that quite ileal today In an
Interview that followed Wescott s Intima
tion that he expected Morris s aid
Wescott Is back from Washington where
he told Department of Justice officials he
did not believe that Mr Kane measures up
to the requirements of his office This Is
the first omplnlnt ever entered against the
District Attctnev
Mr Moirls after warmly praising Mr
Kane said tho President had known the
DlBtrict Attorne) since Kane's college dns
and needed nobody s nilvlce as to his quail
fixations for the post
' Far from disparaging Mr Kane foi
whom I hnve the warmest friendship nnd
admiration ' Paid Mr Morris, ' I am sin
lerely hopeful that the Department will
see 111 to reappoint him ns I'nltiil States
District Attorne As 1 have said before
that Is a Dti nrtmsnt matter, of course,
but from all 1 can Icnrn Mr Kane has
conducted his office with his characteristic
conscientiousness ntid his Blgnal abillt "
Mr Morris s.ild the Kane appointment
In the ll'st place was dcslied by President
Wilson who had known Mr Kane In col
lege Mr Kane had then been a supporter
of the Presidents policies he s.ild In view
of this arc inline to Mi Morris, the Pres
ident Is familiar with Mr Kane s abilities
and limitations and therefore needs no one
to tell him about them
Mr Kunc h term expires .September 10
Cravath Hammers
Out a Home Run
Continued frcm I'nse tine
know about Whllted ileorgc's knee Is all
right as long as he Is running straight
nhcrfd. but ns he tries to turn something
i raps I'erhcps that Injur has been cured,
too The other cripples ore acting well,
but we shall see Yes, we shall see"
FIRST INN I. NO
Fleck lined to Whlttcd A eandei fanned
Mann Doyle singled to left Merkle out.
Bancroft to l.uderus No runs one lilt,
no errors
Wortman booted P.iskerts grounder Ban
croft lined to Williams Stock singled
to right Cravath fouled to Wilson Stock
stole second Whlttcd fanned S'o runs,
one lilt one error
SECOND INKING
Williams singled to r'ght Deal sacri
ficed, I.ucWus to Nlchnff tin Worlman's
grounder Williams wns nailed nt third,
Alexander to Stock Wilson walked Doug
las out, Klehoff to l.uderus No runs one
lilt, no errors
Luderus singled hard to left Nlthoff
I'ot a gn.it hand when ho enmo to the
bat Ho hot a xlzzlcr that hit un the
foul line In deep right and stopped at sec
ond Umpire Rlgler went to right field to
seo where the ball struck. Rlgler de
clared the drive foul Kiehofr then forced
l.uderus, Doyle to Wortman Klllefer hit
Into a double pla, Douglas to Doyle to
Merkle No runs, one hit, no error"
THIRD INKING
Fleck fouled to Klllefer Maim fanned
Do)Ie fouled to l.uderus No runs, no
hltr no errois
Alexander fanned Pnxkert out Wort
man to Merkle Uancroft funned and kicked
so hard Rlgler sent him from thp game,
Stock going to shortstop and Hrne to
hlrd base No runs, no hits, no errors
FOURTH INNING
Merkle fanned Williams singled to right,
and died stealing Klllefer to Klehoff Deal
rlnglcd over Kiehofr. but was caught steal
ing Klllefer to Klehoff No iuns two
lilts no errors
Stock filed to Williams Cravath fouled
to Wilson Whlttcd had hard luck , his
grounder struck Douglas's glove bounded
straight to Deal who thrqw him out No
runs no hits, no errors.
FIFTH INNING
Wortman lined to Cravath Wilson nut
Ilvrne to Luderus Douglas itnglcil to
right Fleck forced Douglas Kiehofr to
Stock No runs one hit. no errors
l.uderus rouled to Wilson Nlohoff filed
to Deal Klllefer singled to right Doyle
booted Alexanders grounder and threw
wild, nnd Alexander started for second
Alexander waa taught at second Merkle to
Dovle No runs ono hit, one error
SIXTH INNING
Klllefer made a great catch of Mann's
foul Luderus backed to right field far
Dojles fly Merkle fouled to Byine No
runs, no hits, no errors
Parkert fanned Byrne walked Douglas
tnrew out Stock Cravath smacked a
double against tho deep center-field wall,
scoring Brnt Whltted was out by an
Inch Douglas to Merkle One run one lilt
no errors
SEVENTH INNING
Williams singled to right for the third
time Deal sacrificed, Luderus to Klehoff
Wortman out. Klehoff to Luderus Wilson
fanned No runs, one hit, no errors
Flack dropped Luderus's fly and Ludy
stopped at bccond Luderus was caught
off second Wilson to Wortman. when Nle
hoff failed to bunt Nlehoff fanned. Kll
lefer out. Douglas to Merkle. No runs, no
hits one error
EIGHTH INNING
Douglass popped to Nlthoff Fleck pop
ped to stock Mann fanned No runs, no
hits no errors
Alexander singled to center Paskert
bunted and Douglas and Merkle let the
ball roll between them for a single Byrne
sacrificed, Deal to Doyle Stock singled to
right scoring Alexander and raced to second
on Fleck's throw to the plate Cravath
hit a ball into the left field bleachers for
a home run clearing the bases of Paskert
and Stock Whltted doubled to the right
field wall Ludorus singled to center scot
Ing Whltted. Klehoff doubled to center,
scoring Luderus Klllefer out, Wortman
to Merkle. Alexander popped to Doyle.
Six runs, seven hits, no errors
NINTH INNING
Doyle filed to Stock. Klehoff tossed out
Merkle Williams doubled to right Deal
popped to Nlehoff No runs, one hit, no
errors
Elkton Marriage Licenses
ELKTON, Md , July 13. Friday the thir
teenth had no terrors for seven couples who
journeyed to Elkton today and entered the
stats of matrimony. They Included Harry
E West and Matilda Kelley, Joseph J.
Moore and Isabella Trapp, Frank Blony and
Sadie Florl, John J Harking and Alice B.
Hoag. all of Philadelphia, Roy A. Grauley,
Camden, and Theresa France, Philadelphia;
Arthur Polntras. Lowell, Mass., and Elisa
beth Morrow, Philadelphia, and John Kulp,
Cheltenham, Pa., and Father McGlnnes,
Philadelphia
Empire City Results
FIRST HACK, three year oldt end up nil
Inr mtl
1 nallad 109 I.yk K to 6 1 to 2 out
f Opwfc, 10. Trol. ?'o to 1 even
S R4 nb. 101 Rowan 8 to t 1 to 3 out
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lamiMmtimmm&mmme&iimMEEMEm
Commanded by Sergeant Stanley
vvhere they will join other members
NEED 135 MORE MEN
FOR MOTOR SERVICE
Ammunition Supply Train Will
Follow State Troops
in France
PLAN RECRUITING DRIVE
One hundred nnd thirty-five men nie
needed to bring Philadelphia's complement
of the ammunition supply train, the new
motor transport service that Is being re
cruited throughout the State, to full
strength
Tlnee loinpanlcs of this new mllll.irj de
tainment are to he enlisted In Philadelphia,
the recruiting headquarters of whlih Is lo
cated at the First Regiment Armor, Broad
and Callow hill streets Each company will
number llft-flvo men and ns the equipment
of the companj Includes twenty-seven mo
tortrucks two niotorcclcs with side tars
nnd one inotorocle, an appeal Is being msde
for men that h.ivo had experience in
handling motot -driven vehicles
The organization Is essentlnllj a Penn
sylvania unit nnd will follow the I'edeinl
tioops from this state and furnish them
with ammunition and necetsar.v supplies
Orders to enlist men foi this branch or
the service were received rrom the olllce
of tho adjutant general at Harrlstnirg
The recruiting office for this sen Ire Is
open In the evenings from 7 until 'i o'clock
and is In charge of Captain T W Ruth a
former officei of the Second Pennsylvania
Artillery According to Captain Ruth there
are several vacancies for noncommissioned
olTlcer". and these men w I 1 be picked from
tho ranks of the enlisted men The rate of
pa Is the same ns the regular army
Beginning next Manila) n big drive to
complete the Philadelphia quota will be
stalled During the week the recruiting
office will be open all day and through the
evening
Mobilization orders have been received
from Harrlsburg b all the Pennsylvania
National Guard organizations not In Fed
eral service. In accordance with President
Wilson's proclamation
Adjutant General Stewart Issued the
mobilization for nett Sunda at the home
stations of the units Reservists ate to be
ordered to report at the same time The
order was Issued immediately after lecelpt
of orders from Governors Iland
The order from the Department of the
East cnlled Into the Federal servloe to be
assembled at the homo stations the divi
sion and the First, Second, Third Brigade
Headquaiters, the Fourth fclxth Eighth.
Tenth and Sixteenth Reglmentii or Inrantry ,
the First Cavalry the First Second nnd
Third Artillery, the six companies or engl.
neers the (rrial corps battalion snnltary
train supply trnln, less threo truck com
tian'es, the field baker companv, together
with the entire National Guard Rererve
All organizations nssembled for Initial mus
ter must have their tecords and unservice
able property In readiness for Inspection
General Stewart's orders were that every
officer and man should be present nt the
Monday morning muster and that reservists
must be on hand
Organizations In Federal service are th
First, Third. Thirteenth and Eighteenth
Inrantry nearly 6000 men The organiza
tions called number nearly 17, &00
Governor Brumbaugh has assigned Brig-adle-
General F W Stlllwell, formerly
commanding the Third Brigade, or the Na
tional Guard, to command tho First Brigade
composed or the First, Third and Sixth In
rantry Regiments He succeeds Brigadier
General W G Price, Jr. who commands the
artillery brigade
William t Ravert. or Hazleton was ap
pointed major or the Third Artillery, and
Mandevllle J Barker, Jr , or Unlontown,
wns appointed chaplain or the First Artil
lery Appointments In the guard announced
today Include
Harry S Barton captain, Abraham S
Gennarla, first lieutenant, and Floyd A.
Bradstreet second lieutenant, Company I,
Thirteenth Infantry, Paul S Wynne, cap
tain quartermaster's department, to admin.
Istratlve staff, George N Dietrich, captain
Battery A, and Harry L Probst captain
Battery F, Third Infantry, Raymond A
Brown first lieutenant. Second Brigade
headquarters , Edward Brown, first lieuten
ant, Battery D, Third Artillery; Henry
James Kernlck. second lieutenant and as
sistant veterinarian, First Artillery, Majo
Frederick O, Waage, retired,
TODAY'S ENLISTMENTS
FIRST PF.N.VSVLVAMA INFA'.NTnY
nirhsnl J. Kane, SSDT c'alumtt at
John P. Jordan, SIU4 Stanton at
Frank Mtrraldo. 3VJ C Price at
joatph Don. 4727 Htllra at
las Korman (",0ft ilri'lellan at
(Iforaa Knablr, 140& N. 1.1th at
Walttr A Ititpakl, St.17 Richmond at.
Hudalph Ulrkmater, I.nnahorne, Pa,
Krank R. Cuillna. 2431 Ann at
Alfred It. Caaterten, BS31 Haverford aya,
Carl Tobln. 3S17 Devon at,
UMTKU STATES AllMV
Harry B Hadly, S4, Cheater. Pa
jirrnaru itruer. . la it n
Pnllhirn at
Charlre n. White.
.i,,ra a,, ,,,,,, w. ,. , inai
John J, Mutterfleld, 1'S, 170 N, 20th at.
Htaniey t'hrsnoyakl. 27. 231S Kmarr at,
Kile tfuthala. S.V 20SK Aratier at,
iiinn, aiaaa
rnw. uarur, . .iiti . mm at,
Jamta K. Naataala, 24, Lone Dram
James 13 Kord. 33. 404S Poweltnn
34, .Long liranch. N. J.
4ins roweiton aye,
Harry i. Copd !. l-ock Maven. Pa.
Udiar vV. Urooka 2D, t'ntnntqwn. Pa,
KuJofph VV. Krrde 24 SSIs N. il b-r at.
Korreat Whlteman i, VV, Ilarlln. N. J.
Paul IMrdal "S. IS34 Winter at
I'MtBIt STATES NAVV
Frank Joatph Kuelauakl, 21 V llmlnaton, Del.
TIIIBII PENNSYLVANIA INFANTIIV
John It Moyrr 24 Darby Pa
Domlnlck Qttto, 23. 12J7 8 VVatpotk at
Samuel Oltmaro, Si. I Its Fedaral at.
Tony Anselu 20, 002 Oratnwlch at
QUARTRKMABTRB RE.SEKVH CORPS
CUrenea A Shook 22 I3ruln, Pa
jsmta D. Sproult, 20, riruln, Pa,
Mush r K$n in uraaaneK, 'a.
Claranc W MeCcrmlrk, 91, Washington D
joaapn, ij- aicciarvn, 21 aaif apnie
Oeow.C. McCaalln. 28. ML Xrfbtnoo, Pa,
PHILADELPHIA ENGINEERS
Levy (nt left) a detachment of Company
ot tneir organization, in tne group, nitnough not in the order snown, are rrivatcs vjorcornn, amim, jones, ncnaer-
ton, Clough, Greene nnd Glenson.
CATERPILLAR HOST
EATS CITY'S TREES
Tussock Moth Army Divi
sion Raids Fairmount
Park, Too
NEED MONEY TO END DRIVE
The tree population of Philadelphia's
streets, numbering close to 160,000. and the
trees In Fairmount Park Hint run into tho
hundreds of thousands are suffering from
the worst epidemic or Hie tussock moth
caterpillar known within the Inst twenty
years
The crux or the situation Is Unit the park
comml'-sioncrs need JCO.OOO n year to take
cue of the trees properly so as to prevent
ravages that In man Instances are leaving
the trees stripped bare Councils allowed
the commissioners $20,000 rot this car and
there Is today only n little oei JC00O re
maining rrom til at appropriation to meet
tho present emergencv and prepare Tor tho
second genetntlon oT these cnterplll.its the
latter part of August And the seconll crop
will be ns destructive as the (list unless the
eggs ot this first tussock moth army divi
sion are wiped out
Everv man connected with the Park Com
missions rorce Is todav a 'caterpillar
killer, enlisted In the endeavor to save the
trees There are seven sprnvlng gangs on
the city streets nnd as many In the park
and a flying corps or men to answer
emergency calls rrom various sections or
the city wherein the residents apply to the
department for help In such cases the
entire block Is gone ovei, as the streets for
the most part act as banters
Tho bands or tangleroot which were
placed upon upwnrd or 26 000 trees through
out the city have saved the foliage on Juut
about that many, as the catei pillars cannot
crawl above the sticky zone Theso cater
pillars now are making the cocoons upon
which the second crop or moths will emerge,
to lay new eggs that will hatch out new
caterpillars
Thomas S Mnrtln secretory or the Com
missioners or Fairmount Park when seen
In ills office at City Hall today, said that
It was an especially bad epidemic but that
the arboriculturist, S N Baxter, was out
on the streets with his men, and Alexander
M 'Allee, the new landscapo gardener or
Fairmount Park, was ut work within his
Jurisdiction doing nil in their power to stop
the ravaging or the rollnge lie admitted
that the rnrces or the commission had been
overwhelmed by the caterpillars
That the city has thought more about
planting trees than Inking care or them
afterward was one of the reasons given
by John J Prentzel assistant landscape
gardener or tho Park ror the department
being swamped by the present epidemic
"The main thing, he said, "Is to get the
whole city pruned and sprayed and then
to maintain that condition, but 150,000 Is
necessary to enrr It out The highest we
have had was In 1914 when $30,000 was
allowed
"Some peculiar atmospheric condition Is
responsible ror such an outbreak or the
caterpillars this ear, or else, possibly last
year not so close attention was given to
cleaning them up as should have been
Certainly there are more In evidence now
than I have seen Tor the last twenty enrs "
EFFECT OF DEVASTATION
That the crawling yellow, red-tulted
caterpillars do not kilt a tree, although they
may strip It bare or leaves, was made clear
by David Rust secretary or tho Philadel
phia Horticultural Society
Tho tree would grow leaves again and
stand the rigors or winter, but the leaves
the following spring would be smaller than
usual because the leaf buds would be
weaker , These buds are red and built up
from the leaves of the previous year so that
It would take at least two seasons ror a
tree to recupernte fully from nn nttack and,
or course, continued pIKerlngs would finally
kill the tree '
CONFESSED THIEF NABBED;
UMBRELLA IS SLEUTH
Negro Waiter Admits Taking Jewelry
and Silverware Valued
at $2000
ASBURY PARK, N J July 13 An
umbrella presented to his sweetheart led to
the undoing or James Brady, alias Brady
Conwell, a negro waiter, who was arrested
here last night and confessed to two dar
ing robberies In which he obtained Jewelry
and silverware valued at close to 12000
Tho umbrella, having an engraved silver
handle, was recognized by George E.
Moyer, a Jeweler, as It was carried by his
store by Nettle Slaughter. It had been
taken from his apartment along with Jew
elry worth $1200. Brady admitted having
robbed the home or Philip Heamon of 1500
worth of silverware The police are trying
to connect htm with other robberies here
and at Deal, which have occurred during
the last week.
NOT GUILTY OF POSTAL FRAUD
Dr E. II. Smiley, one time Coroner of
Camden County, N. J., and former chief
clerk In the Philadelphia Coroner's office.
was acquitted of using the malls to conduct
a medical fraud In the Federal Court last
night
Smiley conducted from 1101 Vine street
a mall medical business He diagnosed
and treated certain diseases by mall Three
well-known physicians test'flrd for the
Government that It was impossible to
diagnose suoh diseases by ria v d-'n
doctors for Smiley testified It was possible
and several mall order patients testified
upuor omney curec. tnem.
DEPART FOR FIELD
aDXaaaaaat -
B, Engineers, left Broad Street Station
WOMEN ROUNDING UP
FOOD-CARD SLACKERS
Miss Erma Grassmuck Heads
Missionary Band in Explain
ing Purpose
Rounding up or women slackers who re
rused to sign the Hoover Tood-savlng pledga
cards wns begun today by a band or women
missionaries under the direction or Miss
Erma Grassmuck
Many or the women refused to sign the
cards because they did not understand them.
Some feared that It bound them to
some onerous tesponslblllty Others de
clined to sign on the principle that they
never signed anything without the nd
vlco of a lawyer Others t wore generally
suspicious and said they would help in the
food-saving plan without signing Many,
through the persuasion of Miss Grassmuck,
were led to seo the matter In the right light
and signed cheerfully
The missionaries started out after the
slackers at the same tlino the police were
collecting the pledgo cards
An Idea of some of the teasons given by
tho women for refusing to Sign tho cards
may be gained by a glance at the following
letter received bv Prof J Russell Smith,
chairman or the rood commission
"I decline to sign tho 'Hnusewire's
pledge because 1 reel like most housewives
In the country outraged ot the high cost
or living which Is cvuued mainly by the
grarters In out country I am an American
woman with two sons who will Boon be
old enough to fight ror their country, and,
as Hue American clflreux we must willingly
suffer anv tiling, but we know that the high
cost or living Is not caused entirely by the
war, but to the greater extent by a bunch
or peopln that are worse than pirates, and
traitors to our country "
A motor messenger set vice automobile
In c haige or Miss Madeline Asbury mnde
the inutids of six police stations and col
lected hundreds or pounds or Hoover rood
cards the first official returns to be made
to the Mayors Food Commission In the
Wldener Building
Woicl came to the headquarters or the
that collections or the thousand or pledges
sent rorth to the women or the city over
nrtecu vears or age nt the bcheM or the
I'nlted States Food Administrator had been
completed In the following districts the
Thirteenth, nt Twentieth nnd Buttonwood
streets tho Twenty-third at Nineteenth and
Oxford streets, tho Seventh nt 3J1 Fair
mount avenue tho Sixth at 21B North
Eleventh street the Fifth at 215 South
Fifteenth street nnd the Fouith on Race
street below Fourth street
The message was flashed to the headquar
ters or the Motor Messenger Service In tho
Emergency Aid Building who, through a
request printed In the Evenino Ledobr,
had volunteered to aid with the gigantic
work of collection
An appeal for mall bags was speeded
to tne postolllce building and the party
under the direction or Edgar M l.uttgen, a
member or the committee made Its start
Tens or thousands or cards were collected
They were bt ought back to the commission
headquarters In the Wldener Building, each
mall bag stamped with tho number or Its
district The hags were then weighed They
will be expressed to Mr Hoover without
any Indexing and Just as they have been
collected, according to districts
CALLED WALKING SPEAKEASY
Man Arrested on Charge of Buying
Whisky for Sailors
Amnion Jones who gave his address as
1343 Marston Btreet, was arrested today,
accused or buying liquor ror sailors
Policeman Gormley. or the Eleventh and
Winter streets station said he saw Jones
buy a bottle or whisky In a saloon and
give It to two bluejackets The qop arrested
Jones at Darlen and Vine streets The sail
ors managed to escape Jones will have
n hearing this afternoon before United
States Commissioner Edmunds
GERMANS SMASHED "KAISER"
Domb of London Raiders Wrought
Havoc to Effigies in Club
LONDON. July 13. At the air-raid In
quest It was shown that the German club
statues of the Kaiser and of Bismarck
were smashed to pieces by a German bomb
A woman protecting her baby and, fright
ened by the explosion, clasped the baby too
tightly and smothered the child to death
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VIGILANTES HERE
IN BOOZE CRUSADE
Join Movement to Prevent
Liquor Lure to Men
in Uniform
SALE LICENSE MENACE
A powerful agency for enforcing the
law ulik.li keeps drink from men In uni
form revealed Itself today with the an
nouncement of a letter sent to Director
or Public Safety Wilson calling his at
tention to vice conditions The organiza
tion Is the Vigilance Committee or Phil
adelphia, made up or prominent bulnn
nnd professional men Tho committee ha
been working under cover Tor several
weeks. Investigating the sale or drink to
United States army, navy and marine corps
men while they wore uniforms
Judge J Willis Martin, or the 1.1'eiiHC
Court, announced that he would call a
special session or the court to hear evi
dence or violations, If necessary, and that
licenses would be promptly revoked IT the
holders were found guilty He made tills
announcement on learning of tho existence
of the vigilance committee nnd the work
it is doing
The committee came out into the light
with the letter to Dliector WIN011 The
committee s.is It Is m-upeintlug with
United Htates Attorney Francis Fisher
Kane In the woik of enforcing tho law
which prohibits liquor denier" ft 0111 sell
ing to men In unirorm
Director Wilson l aked ' to Impress on
the police the necessity or breaking up the
practlco or selling to men lu unirorm and
the Imperative dut which devolves upon
them to arret any and all saloonkeepers
speakeasy proprietors or Individuals who
sell liquor to soldiers or sailors In unirorm '
A special point Is made or the fact that
there have been only five arrests ror vio
lating the law since It went Into effect In the
selective service bill of May IS There have
been many more vlolutloni than these five,
committee members Bav
Saloonkeepers have taken a less direct
wav or selling to men In uniform than pass
ing It to them over the bar according to
those In charge of the Investigation A
favorite exaslon Is the practice of men In
civilians clothes buvlng whisk or beer In
bottles at the bat and selling it outside on
the street to soldiers and sailors
PoIIch either have taken no notice oT
this method or breaking the law or they
Ignored it. according to committee members
Director Wilson promised the commlttco
full co-operation when the letter was pre
sented by Horace Gelger, chairman, and
IMwin M Abbott chairman or the legal
committee He told Gelger and Abbott that
the police would be warned to watch euro-
fully all saloonkeepers nnd question men
In uniform who appeared to have bought
liquor as to where they got It
He also said he would like to have the
committee's uld In looking Into the general
vice situation, or which Secretary Daniels
complained Action on this has not yet been
determined by tho committee It will prob
abl be taken up this afternoon at a meet
ing In the V M C A building, on Arch
street above Broad
City Makes Appointments
City appointments today Include those
of Dr John F Metiger, .1222 North Mar
shall street, superintendent of horses Bu
reau or Police SIS00 , John L Campion
C381 Woodllne avenue transltman, Bureau
or Surveys, $900, and Robert S Galbralth,
119 South Firt -second street, clerk, De
partment or Supplies $900
trawbridge
This Store Will be Closed
All Day To-morrow
In accordance with our usual custom during the warm
weather, to-morrow will be an all-day holiday We shall
be at your service on Monday morning, rested in mind and
body, and with attractive stocks of merchandise attrac
tively priced.
Scheduled for Monday
A very important clearance of Women's Suits
and Summer Dresses. Reductions in Women's
Coats and Millinery. Women's high-class Sports
Blouses reduced. Thousands of remnants of col
ored Dress Cottons at average savings of more
than one-half. July Clearance of Men's Correct
Clothing. Tine Stationery at notable price
reductions. First arrivals of stylish Autumn Silks.
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Other City News
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HOOVER OPPOSES GORE
FOOD BILL SUBSTITUTE
Confers With Chamberlain Ia
Effort to Straighten Tangle.
Wilson May Act
WASHINGTON, July 11
Herbert C Hoover, food administrator
conferred with Senator Chamberlain n'
has charge of the food and liquor contJl
bill, nt the Capitol this afternoon In V.
effort to straighten out the tangle over th
measure, '
It Is understood Mr Hoover took a at.j
squarely against the Goro substitute ihii
reduced th. controlled list of comSoditS
to wheat and coat. "u"ue
Leaders expect the President to wri
a letter to Congress outlining his noiltt
on tho food bill The report vvas curr i?
about the Capitol that tho President WouM
oppose tho Gore substitute and uree 11!
pasago of the House food bill with .n
amendments, particularly ns to prohibit!?,,
Tho House bill, with tho exception VtZ
bons dry" provisions, Is tho original is
ministration Idea, and It Is Understood th,"
Administration takes the view nothing h..
occurred to warrant any substaV'u
POTATOES FALL IN PIUCE f
End of Rain Sends "Spuds" Down to
Figure of a Week Aro
Potatoes hnve dropped rrom twenty-ftva
cents to U n barrel on account or th!
resumption or digging rollowlng the heav
rnlns of the early part of the week Prleea
nro now what they were a week ago Com!
mission men or this c.ty predict a lar.
crop of Jersey potatoes which are lint'
beginning to reach this market
OnlonB and cabbage continue plentiful
but there Is a scarcity of peas which ha
up to the present time been quite nln.
tirul Watermelons nro nrrlvlng in creal.V
quantities, nnd may now he numbered
among the plentirul rrultn iinnnn..
tho othor hnnd, nre verj scarce due Is !
iiio m.unuKu in nips farmers of New
Jersey say that this year's peach crop
that Slate will be very large
Held on CharBe, of Assault
Harry Greenly of Sixth and Pearl streets.
Camden, said to have been one or a party
or strlkors at the ractorv or the Huby Kid
Company, was held ror court tinder $1000 '
hall by Itecordcr Stackhouso todnj on a
charge or assault and battery brought by
William T Wilson a spcclnl offl.ers of the
company, nnd Hnrry Markow or 811 orth
Third street. Philadelphia Mnrkow alleged
that when he was coming from work at th
factory yesterday he was attacked b four
Mrlkers nnd that when Wilson defended
him Orei-nly attacked the officer
Lnrceny Charge Against Fencible
On a charge of stealing vegetables Jos.
eph Simmons, of 718 Parrlsh street who
worn a unirorm or the State Kcnrlbles hos
pital corps ut his hearing was held In
J1000 ball ror a further hearing by Magi,
trate Collins nt Central Court today Sim
mons said he was In Trenton with his com
panv nt the tlmo or the alleged larceny,
The charges were made' by Abe Podolfky,
a dealer at Water and Spruce streets
Emma Goldman Earns 75 Cents in Jail
JKPKHRbON CITY, Mo ,lulj 13 -Kmm
(oldman earned seventv-flve cents on her
first dav ns an employe In the sewing de
partment or the State penitentiary here,
the superintendent said todnj She did her
work nently and well Scores or personi
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