'i ,-.'';--'t r i. m L, i s ; -v "l ' V 1 .VV V '" '. ".v.J -w. .vSfc 'ti.Mv Cffi.ZtMW-: Cn,''ir - " 'ii , fit- r , AVEtflNG 'LED0ER-JPHiXiADBtPHlA, THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 9, fr-'jA'i' v VWt-. 1917 "i r '& if ' v -; j-Chf' of Bureau of Yards Di rected to Straighten Out Labor Troubles mf.. vr C" L'W VK" T"F" yf.fl iAL HARRIS SENT TO SPEED UP SHIP WORK ' W'fi WAHHINOTON, AUK. 9, Admlrnt Harris, chief of the llureau of Tarda and Docks, left for New Vnrk nnil Brooklyn today to Investigate labor troubles In connection with the building, of navnl Vessels, lie wan directed by Secretary Dan iels to ufo all authority possible to smooth out difficulties and maintain all speed In construction. The Government today employed Meyer Bloomfletd, of Roston. to keep America's m 1V9T .tVV, ' rw i . fe. 1.1 m n -? K fv R B- s t I it is Moped in this way to DlocK the stnues. I quarrels and labor tronblo of every possi- I ble kind threatened In ono of the country's j most vital Industries, Illoomfleld conferred here today with ofllclnls of the Shipping I ltnnrrl iitul tlin niivt- nnil ultl Immmlln (nlv A Btart a tour nt Southern shipyards and or- ganlzo them. Approximately HOO.000 has been put at his dlsuosal for this work, lleforn accent ing the Government post he was head of the vocation bureau at 6 llencon street, llos ton, mid Is organizer nnd president of the Employment Managers' Association of America. J Tho Government looks upon the "hiring j and nrlng" department of Its commandeered j shipyards as vital to the success of Amor. J lea's shipbuilding program, I IlloomfMd will choose a hiring nnd firing xpert for every shipyard, These men wll) be preferably "men of tho people ;" men J who have risen from the ranks of labor, i who lire good "mixers" wllli bolh employers and employes. Tho plan will bo not to fire any man. If he doesn't lit In one part of the yard lie will I oo nimicu 10 rummer, tho employment manager who falls lo hold every man bo j started with and to attract and develop i enough more for his needs will be branded J a failure. This whs the big problem put lip lo the shipping board by the shipbuilders. A spe ll Clal delegation of builders from Koro River camo ti Washington nnd explained the dim. cuuy or h ring tiie men. Illoomlliiid was at once Installed at Fore River ns employment manager on Govern ment work thero. He says he has tested lus plan to keep tho men happy nnd that tho experts he will choose can handlo tlie situ ation successfully. Should the system prove a success It prob. ably will be extended to munitions plants and other Government manufacturing plants wnero mo uovcrnmcni lias experienced trouble, not In getting men nnd women laborers, but In holding them and making them contented with their Jobs. HHBHr PHILIPP SCHKIDEMANN German' Socialist lender, whose tic- tnnnd for popular rule Jidda to the confused intcrnni situation in the Teutonic Empire. French Thrust Wins New Line at Bixschoote Continued from Pme (Ine carried out daring raids behind the Ger man front, bombatdlng railways, supply convoys, ntnniunltiini imiguzlinH nnil inn toninent Mxli-nolve movements behind the German line", reported by aerial observers tod.iy. wire believed to Indicate glowing ihivous ness on the part of the enemy, as the days pas without a geneial resumption of tho Flanders offensive, Quick thrusts are being made nt the German lines nlorg the entire front by both IliltlKh nml French forces Field Mntslinl llalg having estnlillshed a leptl tatlon for 'mixing his libms," there Is tho greatest si ulutlon reganllng where the big punch mil come. DENSE SMOKE CLOUDS MASK GERMAN GUNS batterr o that the generators 'can be changed rapidly with ay shift In the wind. ARTILLERY DUELS RAGE AGAIN IN AISNE SECTOR PAIHH, Aug, 9. AHtilxrv duels Benin raged In the Alsne sector of the j-'rench front during last night. Tho War Office today reported nctlve artillery exchanges In the regions of Pan theon Illdge nnd Chevregny. In tho region of Kparges nnd north of Vaux lea .Tnlnmolx detachments cleaned up an enemy trench. Inflicted losses on the Germans nnd returned to their own lines unhurt. The Canadlnns raided enemy lines north west of Lens during last night, n dispatch from the front says, Inching forwnrd a little nearer In tightening their grasp on the approaches to tho coal city. The Hrltlsh let loose gas waves against the Germans along the sand dunes of the llclglan coast. There were artillery ducto and nlr fights elsewhere, so that with n marry night, followed by a sunshiny day, warfare nlong tho entire front wns given new vim. Tho enemy heavily shelled the HrltlMi lines northeast of I.oos during last night. The Ypres and Commlnes canal region was also under heavy fire, as was the Lorn bardlzyde sector near the coast. iiy near Chotln, on (lie Oallctan-IlUsslan frontier, the stiffening of Russian resistance has borne fruit In tho recapture of Impor tant positions and a number of prisoners. In tlukowlna heavy Auslro-Oerman attacks were beaten off near flereth. LONDON'. Aug. 9. Itnvlnir Imntwssed linjli the Itll'slan peo pie tho necessity of n stern dictatorial ad ministration In n new proclamation, Premier. Kerensky Is organizing his new government, todav. With this administrative work dis poned of It would be no surprise In London to hear that Kerensky has ngaln left for the front to Inspire tho Russians. Lntcst War Oflleo reports state that tho Slav soldiers are fighting with the grentest bravery on the Oallclan front. Continued progress Is reported In the offensive launched nealnst the German lines, nnd In the region of Klmpolung, where the Ger mans aro attacking, good order Is being maintained by the Iluslans despite reverses, RUSSIA FORMS WAR CABINET IN CRISIS -h SUFFRAGE PICKETERS FLAUNT NEW BANNER Philadelphia Woman at Senate Hearing Assails President's "Academic Habit of Mind" 236 GERMAN DIVISIONS IN ACTION ON 2 FRONTS LABOR TROUBLES DELAY WORK FOR GOVERNMENT Wt IPS- ' I' iN'Hff YOUK, Aug. 9. Labor troubles are seriously nffectlng Government projects. Work on the Pel ham Park marine cantonment, which will accommodnte 40,000 men, hns entirely stopped, nnd 1000 men, Including 700 car penters, are on strike nt tho New York Navy Yard. A report that workers at tbn Mlnentn L. I aviation field had oult work una denied by an olllclal of the company having tho construction In charge, but the question of a general strike of carpenters, which would tie up nil Government work In ship, yards and cantonments, I Htill pending. Army and navy nfllrers admit thev nr,'. much perturbed over the Mtnatlon. Uy HENRY WOOD WITH Till! FItKNCll AltMIKS AFILLD, Aug. 9. Great masses of mnoko clouds hang over the German lines today as the French and tho enemy exchange blows along various perilous of the front. Unable to wrest from the French the mastery of the air, and thus prevent French aviators from flying over tho German lines, the enemy Is now tailing recourse on a larger scale than ever beforn to smoke clouds which conceal the location of their guns. The moment a French aviator appears over the German lines, huge clouds of smoke Immediately rise nnd urn continued until tho aviator disappears. The Germans first began using smoko cloud.- to mask their batteries on the Flanders front. Thej soon brought It Into general use. A smoko generator has now lieeii devel oped by the Germans and Is part of the equipment of every battery. Tho smoke gen erators are known as "nebeltocpfe" among tho Germans. Orders found on lecently captured Germans hhw tlu.t they are placed at least 2C0 meters from n battery In the direction from which the wind li blow Ing nnd at Intervals of eight meters apart. Kinplaccnicnts arc prepared around each PARIS, Aug. 9. Far from having exhausted Its man power on the eastern front Germany Is ii'lng eighty-eight divisions, or approximately 1.1 13.000 seasoned llrst-llne troops, against i lie Itusxluns nnd flumnnlniiH. These figures wero obtained today from members of the Russian mission now In Paris. They cotilltm tho belief recently expressed' I hat Germany purposely falsified the statements ns to her population before the outbreak of the war. It Is pi Inted mt that, had Germany's population been oiilv S.I.OOO.ono ns the pre-war census Khimed, she could not have produced the man power already shown In the course of the war. It Is estimated by competent wnr ex perts that. In addition to the eighty-eight divisions Germany Is maintaining on the eastern front, she Is using 118 divisions against the Hrltlsh and French In the west It Is evident, say military experts, that Germany l using young nnd vlgomus troops on the eastern front, otherwlso they could not have made such rapid progress In their pursuit of the Russians through I Gallcla nnd Hukowlnn. LONDON. Aug. 9. Premier Kerensky will control n special Department of Defense or Wnr Cabinet, which will he nrgnnlzed in IVtrograd. ac cording to dispatches received here. Tho War Cabinet will Include the Foreign Minister, M. Terctchenko; the Vice Premier, M. Nckrasoff; the Minister -.! the Interior, M Aksentleff, nnd M. Siwlnkoff. the assist ant Minister of Wnr. The Cabinet will meet dally nnd will be attended by General KornllofT, the commander-in-chief, when his duties permit. Mending Firm (Jets AVnr Orders UFA DING. Aug. 9. Two large war sup ply contract wero n warded by the Govern ment to n local firm, the Unwind Metal Com pany, operating a t-perfnltles foundry One of tin" orders Is for large-size nlumlnuni rnstlngs for gears for Curtis unr ntr planes, to be nssembled In Htiffalo. Tho Koimil Is for manganese bronze Castings fin artillery WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, Suffrago pickets nt tho Whlto House this afternoon flaunted the first of a new series of banners, press-ngertted ns "very hot." Today's banner wns as follows: Mr. President, do your best for de mocracy at home before forcing millions of men to fight for It abroad. A hew of suffragists today nnnearcd be fore n subcommittee of the Senato Judiciary Committee to protest ngalnst n proposed amendment to tho espionage bill which would prohibit picketing. The (intendment gives the Wnr Department power to guard military establishments. President Wilson seemed to be the ob jective of tho debate, most of tho women taking occasion to crltlcV.c the Chief Incen tive. Of seven witnesses five of them had "done time" for picketing. Mnud "Younger, of California, protested that the only way tho suffragists could reach the President was by picketing "President Wilson hns nn academic habit of mind," Miss Mary Wlnsor. of Philadel phia, declared "Ho has been lecturing classes so Ion he has Ceased to be In touch With realities. He thinks If he "Eg?, thing It Is so. Ho has hypnotize? him self." ., , c. inr. At lis point senator licicner. ... - - Ida. protested, and Chairman Overman or dered the remarks stricken from the rec rV.'.... v.i.nn nf Minnesota Btld MlM Kntherlno Mooroy of Roston had It, as to whether It was suffrage picket ns or "nn unseen power" which was preventing enactment of tho suffrage nmendmont. The suffrage workers declared tho pro posed nmendment wns aimed at plcke Ing. but tho Senators objected, However, tnej consented to nllow the suffragists to pre pare an amendment mnklng picketing Icgni. Mayor Cautious on Price of Gas Continued from I'aee One all along the line before, the winter Is over Is adding Impetus to tho demand of tax payers that the consumers get tho direct benefit of tho gas reduction. There wns Indignation and protest In mnnv quarters today over the stand of John M Walton, City Controller, In. Ilatly op posing the giving of tho flvo cents .to con sumers. Ho declared yesterday that the city needed every cent of revenue It could get nnd that It wns necessary that the five cents go Into tho City Treasury. "If we give Philadelphia nlnety-flve-ccnt gas nt this time," ho said, "we shall have to place n tax of a few additional cents upon rent estate, and realtestat i. 7T l.nrvlAMrH .nn.,nh "MWia 11 . i, Thcro were rwwy signs todav -Aff question of the disposition of iff JW wouio uo nn important politico i.'Ml fall-an Issue which may prove J? "ttt of many politicians whd i lire , no PUn.,hli to the needs of the public. AlttLl """''Ml gestlon Is hentd on mny Vide, ,&,h,W shoti d be elected to Councils th Is f.ii19 '""I hfl pledges himself to a maximum " UnN nlnely-flvo cents for gas "mx,niUn Prlc,7f The United Gas Improvement c.. ' I novy thnrges tho consumer $1 tor laSPIi feet, and the twenty cents over ?h. ' allowed It under tho lease with tb. -.? Prif Into tho City Treasury. "' c"r ttat'i Electric Men Meet H CAPK MAY. Aug. 9. Th In vention of tho parent commi?tn.n.Ua' Misl Automobile Bleetrlo AmmTb ton it Its session nt tho Hotel Can. ?tn MnlS committee, which Is compSLi1'; Mf resentatlves of virtually aP 0? ,gf l trio companies who are naklnJ" 'l nnces for automobiles will remain (MM slon for ono week. At the ...fln H-'l business of tho week was mad.Mon M plans discussed. Chairman Vqj' nlso called upon some of the m. "? short talks on the patents. Th? imi "K work of tho convention will comJlcrtt9 morrow. vu'"mcnc to. S t I 51 in MAnUbANI UAbt USED nii'iuki I IU UPRIGHT-FINE ORDER PlAHj OTIIEUS VP TO ftOOO 6,luB Efl urniture. Sale Cement Company Files Ilnte Complnint llARRI.SIirKO. Aug 9. The Lehigh Portland Cement Company, of Allentown, lodnj filed a complaint ngalnst what arc known ns Inter-mlll hauling intes, which tho Buffalo. Rochester and Plttsbuigh Rail load Company proposes to Increnso In the New fnstle district. TEUTONS FIGHT FIERCELY TO PUSH FOE OVER SERETII OF.NFVA. Aug 9. Field Mnrsnal von Mackensen's Austro German forces In the Rumanian province of Moldavia are fighting desperately to drive the llusso-Huuiaiilaiis back to the ftlvor Sereth. said a Vienna dispatch fdny This fighting centers in the zone where Von Mackensen launched his recent counter-offensive, between Focsani and Mnrasheshtl. The Teutons have managed to cut the rail way between thoso two towns nnd are now trying to advance on Tekutchlu. First, how. ever, th must drive the Russians and Rumanians ncross the Sereth and then win a crossing for themselves. (Tekutchlu lies upon the railway running northward from Gnlatz to Jassy, the tem porary Rumanian sent of Government. Galatz, a great shipping point, Is on the Danube and still remains In .possession of the Rumanians. If the Germans succeed In their cntcrprlso tho Rumanians will linvo to give up Galatz, with Its stores of grain.) 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