""35w iipiyHmwPfi ww ' - X wfT""? " ' TZs TBWr" ' . vx V 'iflWi "VT -jr 'TwwapfWIfww? ? -'.?. -I J '. ; ': PER OF COAL IFAMINE LOOMS UP Kiqsibility of Riots and Con fiscation Suggested to Fuel iUIUl"oii. BVUl fwABNlNG IS WIDESPREAD WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. ..... nt nnn riots nnd confiscation .- apecici v. - . ..me coal shipments by local nuthorl fpussins . j to i-ue Administrator 0,J2!m nil Dirts of tho country small Job . those who htindlo tbo householders' MrS"1' . t..,vDtrit.n.tlmn lin pm-nra Klrtl P . .,rninc The freezing Door. Syi .v will storm tho coal nrcls They j'mfce localities caught short of fuel In .-..inter to seize nny.coai in sikiu, as ,nliVln". ', Moines. la . dirt Inst win- ?n .ttpported by public demand. vi.irf one-flftccnth his normal tonnage, 2 1 .McntV small retailers to supply, sas "?. .... retailers cannot obtain fuel for S J noor people they supply, the latter . Wf . . .l.i. -hll.lrnn froiv Thsr uilll f ont ley - !??ai, roil Orators, stl'l struccllns Kf JjCu'"n . . . .. Au.. .l.l , i t-1 with cost sheets lo piuu mey ruuuiu nie A i,yr tirlceq wan moe iixcu y ircsinent ('u' fl.nml flirt Krlnttqnnqq nf Inn ulf- ,"Tir0n coiim""" . - ...- I railroad expert', admitting car shortagB .ml the graxest traffic congestion In the ftuntns history, sild there Is now no k jemands In the sc-int elgmy clus rem ilnlnr twfore winter we- ui ui-- "o " ium i Garfield stated tho principal hope for - million of tho coil prouiem now lies largely iih the people themic'ics i "TlW m18' not roly liolly upon price ;f Jjinz, nor upon tho nlrcny ocrtixed txarsportatlon sj stems of the (country, nor , tpon the elfort to Increase production, nor i upon the apportionment of toal, nor upon ,i the enforcement of the law," no said. "They must sie etcry possible bit of fuel. If it householders of the country save one ton out of tele they savo ten million tons i el coal " no jiecnircu ! ' BITUMINOUS DEALERS PREPARE DATA FOR U. S. EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917 D-j V ,l, rt' f Sixty of tho leading bituminous coil .'balers of this city today nre priparlnir . nitements relating to their present con- .4 trct!, who the consignees are nnd other Information, ai me iniur-ii ui wiu cnuea JBUtes I uel Administration l Telegrams recpiestlng this Information C ftached the operators todiy, who Imino r V 'lately assigned men to prepare the In- formation The telegram reals as fol- S. Please send nt once statement of our ; contracts, showing consignee, location, i, monthly requirements, kind of coal, J period coxered, also statement your pro- i, Auction per month for 1917. U. S Fuel Administration. L A. Snead, Com- i( mlssloner. ; -ve nae no iaea lor unat purpose tins .information will be ued," said an ofllclil ,-ef at company which deals In bituminous coil, " Irut as loal and patriotic citizens. ,' e are obe)ing tho request and bo aiu ' til other onerators." $ The Public Sen Ice Commission, at Hnr- nsourE, loaiy granien rnuroaus pcrmis- lion to supply boxcars to mines for coal transportation without charging them j, mlnst the allotment of coal cars for such l mines, inis may increase tne transporta tion of coal westward In boxcars. iVDHAN BLAMES MAYOR FOR 5TH WARD TROUBLE fflead of Big Sisters Says He Should Stop Police Activity It for Either Faction S The responsibility for the trouble In the Fifth Ward rests unon M.ivnr Kmltli nn. ' eordlns to Mrs Marlon L C. Polak, presl- dent Of thn Ttfo Qktnro In n unA.nnn, Et thlj afternoon she said: 15 .. Jlayor snutn is absolutely to b ame for Iwwlns the police to assist cither side, and his order would have preonted tho .., Uic huu mey Known ne meant it, but if f preferred to let It go as it was im r me lauit. not the policemen's. They Aitfl bPAn holnlem tt.A. ... . l.. , ... ,n,,,mb int-ii uwii iua.(i ujj'jurfiiiiy ? in an ordinary political a without any wujWiousp tactics that wo could see. F -. -,. n, tiHllli II1C IJUWIIU ill $ if at tho l)ollce bhould fro this far. t u wry much overdrawn, nnd If tho rest . M those persecuted are of the name class m those we Interviewed It would bo bette, 21 iJe people lf 'hey were permanently --"ira wnere tney would not l( ? mc,naee t0 tmT community." i v. "2-Volak "Slewed all tho troubles In , " rmn ward and expressed rTie belief .. l U1B ponce aia not ueat up i any one vuhn .lt.i n . ,.. ,.l. ..... JvS?. i e p"Ce' according to Investigation, W if. V1 " Dea"f A1)le Cohen. i ',.:;'", oiiiiui nas assured senator G?to In i u,hat the pollce w"l not b0 allowed Mr:Z:1TL "lQTa al lne Primary election Th fact thnt Vn..n. otu ...mi t. i k tonal u jwi oiiuiii will ue in jjcr I rC":,",,0! h ."? department on IT ke hi. i :,""' "' uoes noi mean mat IS n, v u " "" ""rector of rubllc Safety IS i..?": ?"9 f he chief factors In tho Vare fttV. MaLor...h?s.c.0'Jde"c? ." f Umnl i. 7 " '" unuersioou, uui ne rIut.m.!n.,e?ds nconllnB to the McNlchol ?Wnsibli It'v Um IU" nnd dlrect re" Th ..nf' ,. Kioto the fn.y,Uth Political fight crept iWtei ChCnt?lraITlo'lco Court thls morning LCarev ,"", " aiowuen, a follower of KWtri'yh" haried ulth kecplnB a dls" fcfarey f?C on Second Btreet near South. fcmtton o Zj y lne arrcst nna l)rose ltt mVf,nBTrd!".13 "othl '""re than an r W fripnii.. .Tf "10 mnn " account of W 1 iiy. attlt."d0 toward '" Present Lcwaen T 1VaBlsIra,e "atson held f P47. .'" ,600 ba" fr court. Bowim-. ,, " took Part ln the raid on ' other BirTmS" . . l0,ak and several C- yard 7,e.r?bir,a..f th0 Ue Sisters toured the R at wnri. ,'"K nna watched tho pollco I. wnXn.. ," Becral 'nstances they heard I WUon frtSmfro,m re8'den of alleged ? fc n from the police In the ward. Jnavyyards to get PAY INCREASE OCT; 1 Amount of Advance to Be An nounced Monday Arsenal Workers, Also OLD FRIENDS AND NEW GREET THE ARTIST AT MOUNT HOLLY i' i . I SANTA CLAUS TO VISIT UNCLE SAM'S FIGHTERS Million-Dollar Christmas Being Planned for Soldiers and Sailors at Home and Abroad WASHINGTON Rept 11 A million-dollar Christmas for America's flirhtinir men Is assured todij by nitloii wldo .irr.inKcments of tho lied Cros, Y M. C A . Y. W O A nnd KnlRhts of Co lumbus Help Is needed The local branch nt iny of the organizations named will tell j on how to do jour share It Is ex pected this will assure about a dollar's worth of holiday happlners foi every Amer ican flRhtlnp; mnn In the world Men In the trenches of France, In tralnltiK at homo or bnttllnK tho U-boat on the ocean, alf will be visited by a Sinla CUus sportlntf the spear and helmet of Mars. I,oeal brandies of the organization named will be In charge of gift-giving and cele brations ermoiig tho drafted men, aviators, rainbow dlvisloners nnd others In American cantonments in this country Local branches of the Ited Cross will have general super vision of the work, which already Is develop ing on a large scale throughout the nation Major Murphy, of the Ited Cross commis sion to Kuropc, will see that America's Christmas gets to tho Yankee bojs at the front. In addition to this, wives, mothers, sis ters, sweethearts, other relatives and friends of the men at homo nnd abroad will bo permitted to send their loved onts spe cial bundles They will go as regular mall addressed to tho Individual juvt like a let ter. Ample provision is being mado to see that lonely soldier bojs with neither father, mother nor other near relatives will ho re membered liberally. Funds for gifts and celebrations at camps ln this country nro being raised thiough popular subscriptions to tho four crganl zatlons named Cash for tho celebration nnd general gift packages for the men at tho front is being provided from the re cently subscribed $100,000,000 Hed Cross fund GLENDINNING TO MAP ILS. AVIATION FIELD Pioneer Philadelphia Flier Will Direct Construction of Great Airplane Base b f. MioiimuTOH, aept. n. I OctoK. , '""eases In pay to be effective laonnewi Pavy yards wl" b nn- birii. ; " Monaay. Assistant Secretary Ron "xsYcii nam loaay, I'th. '' ' tne navy'B representative on f'lut 4 ttaJ"ment board, which for the Kwu WeekB hs been soln over re- tJw,w u" "avy yard and Arsenals, Uvernn,..V ikiiik wage acaies for ?U&le.nlpJ?ye ,den',ca " ttoM BSS!? f? JWI woriSt win tT"-sw -w MVri whim Hare vein,. Unhurt nlpnfllnnlnff. Thnnilnlnhlft banker and pioneer aviator, will direct the laving out of the American aviation field In T'-inr'a npn,,llnir tn Infnrmntlnli rpreUnd today. ' Tho American feld Is planned to be the largest in me wuriu Major Glendlnnlng was recently sent to France by the United States Rovernment to nsslst tho French Government In the prep aration of Its aviation fields. It was ex pected that bo would return In a short time n,. Vin lint! m.irlA a nrimarv survev of conditions for officials In Vashlngton Glen dlnnlng's new and Important tasks nnd a six weeks comerence wmi i-rencn oiiiinua on the entire aviation problem will tako considerable time. It Is doubtful whether the major will be able to return for many months, if at an, wnue me war iueio. The aviation field nnd hangars that will house the great American air fleet will be laid out by the Major w 1th the co-operation of General Pershing's experts From tlmo to time other Americans, who have been developing In the llying field, will go abroad to re-enforce Major Glendlnnlng's force of workers. CASSIE L. SMITH DEAD Widely Known Evangelist Dies at Her Ocean Grove Home OCDAN anOVK, N. J. Sept. 14. Miss Cassle U Smith, seventy-seven years old, widely known us an evangelist and for years leader of the holiness meetings- at the Ocean Grove camp-meeting, died this morning at her home here of heart disease. She leaves throe brothers and a sister. Miss Smith was born In Wyoming, the dautrhter of a Methodist preacher. Twenty five years ago she and Miss Lois U Smith, since dead, traveled over a wide section of the country conducting evangelistic meet- ,n8' - White a lied Cross Manager WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 The appoint mento former Ambassador Henry White aV manager of the Potomac division of the w.?'. ?".7 -sz::':inM, WswwwoiPBl-iTOlStaaSfflVisfi r .'' V'' ' ' ' "I" 'IT ,PP W ikUbtkil TELEGRAPH STRIKE THREATENS TIE-UP Railroad Service in South jersey Will Be Crippled if Op erators Quit Complete tie-up of 1'ennsvlvanla Itallro.nl lines In South Jer-cv tomormvv morning Is the present outlook ns a result of the tcleg rnpheiH' stilke, which his spread fiom tho Trenton to tlm West .Itrwj nnd Seashore division This nnnnunrcniint was undo at union he ulnu irters In llurlington today. N'lnetv-scven ptr tent of the Wist Jersey and Se ishoro telegraph operators havo signed an agreement to quit tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, unless tho company grants tholr dem inds for a $3 dally wage, as Is a--ked nlso by the Trenton division men The men who plan to cjutt tomorrow In clude nlso tho operating telegraphers In tho Camden Urmlnal nnd jards Such action would badly cripple tho heavy week end seashore traffic from Philailelplil i On tho SchuvlMIl Division, according to mes sages received at strike, headquarters hero this morning, nearly every tedtgrapher has voted to Join tho Jersey men In their de mands, and a big meeting will bo held at Heading tomorrow morning, to plan definite action A striko of passenger agents is Immi nent, as the agents are In sympathy with tho key operators nnd trouble has been hastened by a sensational Incident at Birmingham, that has aroused the Ire of tho agents throughout South Jersey. .1 A I.lpplucott Is tho u,nt at that point. When ho was home at his dlnnir yesterday, three men appeared In nn automobile, dls plajed lallio.id dttectlvo badges and, J.lp plncott s.ijs, forced Norman Hartman, tho assistant agent, to admit them to the ollko Then It is alleged they forced Hartman from tbo olllce, m iking the excuse that they wantul to conduct a prlvato telephone con versation v Agent I.lpplncntt returned while the de tectives weio still In tho office. He Im mediately called Ilioad Street Station, Philadelphia, declared tfiat, lather than submit to such hlgh-h.iudcd methods and Jeopardize his accounts, ho would relievo his bond&man fiom responsibility by re signing He nsked for an immediate audit of his accounH und closed tho olllce, tho assistant and night agent quitting with him and they today claim that twenty fivo other agents who will meet this after noon nie ready to go out In sympathy with tho telegraphers. LIBERTY IJOND SUGGESTIONS Chicago Bankers Send "Rcunil Robin" to Secretary of Treasury CHICAGO, Sept 14 Some Ucal bankers havo sent Secretnry McAdoo a round robin advising him that 3'' per cent tax-freo bon'd lssuo was sufficient to satisfy tho general publics appetite for Government securities and that later ho might put out 4per cent lssuo subject to surtax Other bankers favor a very large J'4 per cent lssuo with a paternal hint to largo corporations to subscribe specific amounts commensurate with their Investment power, especially thnt portion of It derived from war business. Woman Killed, lfi Rescued in Tire Wi:MOlTIl, Mass, Sept 14 One wunan was burned to death nnd five other women and eleven men were rtscutd to dny from n fire that destroed the We mouth town home and caused .a loss of ?50 -00' Tho dead woman was Mary T3 Iloss, eight "even, nn Inmate Tho fire Is be lieved to lnvo been started by one of the women inmates smoking in bed. Miss Mohn, Berks Recluse, Is Dead UKADING, Pa , Sept 1 1 In the tame room In the hou'-e at Prlcetovvn where she w is born clghtv-elght ears ago Miss Han mb Mohn died jestenla With her hlster Catharine, who died list M irch, aged elglit-five, she lived in retirement. In 1012 they took their first auto ride, prior to which they never siw a street car, an elec tric light nor a telephone EPISCOPAL BISHOP TO PRANCE Question of Sending One Considered by Church Council WASHINGTON .Sept 14 Tho sending of nn 1'plsc.opal Illshup to I'liinco to accom pany tho American fnrcis In tho field was consldend by the Kplcopil War Council hero this afternoon The council, made up of sK bishops, six priests and sK lajmcu of thn Hplscopal faith, voted to rnlso a fund of fSOO.UUO among p Irishes through out the I'lilted States for spiritual work among tho American troops Kxecutlvi- olllces. in chargo of an execu tive secrttnrj, to be chosen nt tbo present session of tho War Council, nro to bo lo cated in Nitt York The purpoo of the War Council Is to nssuro the presence In every American camp of a chaplain of the Kplstopal or some other faith NEW ENTRY IN CHESTER COUNTY JUDICIAL FIGHT Walter S. Talbot, Republican, Announces His Candidacy for Nomination wkst cin:sTi:n, Pa, sept. n. An unexpected development occurred hero today In the fight for the judgeship, when Wnlter S Tnlbot, Itcpubllcnn, n member of ibo Chester County Hnr, announced him celf a candidate It Is too late to get his nanio upon the ballots, but he will make the light through the uso nf stickers and bis appealed to the Voters for their support Judgu Ilutler, who expected no opposition, nnnounces thnt he will not make a fight, but leave tho matter to the voters of tho county Iirrv Hjrc leader of tho stalwart faction of tho Itepiibllran party, dlap proves of the action of Tnlbot Judgo Ilut ler has occupied the bi nch In tho county for twenty venrs, and has been ro-clected bv n icimblnitlon of voters of all parties on ever occasion ho has appeared as n candi date The announcement by Talbot has c.iued a political sensation already In the county ami m ly mean a bitter late cam paign light Whin seen today Judge Uutler said: "I know absolutely nothing nbout It, nnil shall of eourse, do nothing In respect of It lf sinv action Is tnk. n toward cn couiaglng nil votirs to be careful at the primaries to vole not onlv the general tlrkit but nlso tbo nonpartisan ballot, and thus r.-coid their choice for judge, such action proper as it would be, certainly will not be inspired b me I will not ralso n finger toward securing a single vote "I hnve been greatly honored by being retained upon the bench for a period of twenty !enrs nnd have been equally hon ored by the generous, unanimous note signed by my fellow members of the bar, inviting mo to submit my name to the votirs of the county for tho office of Judge M name Is submitted Be) unci this I will not ndvance the fraction of an Inch If nominated ami elected I will endeavor to do inv dut If not chosen, 1 will bo cheerfully content nnd verv grateful for tho generous confidence I have nlready enjoyed" "UNWRITTEN" LAW UPHELD Jury Acquits Mnn of tho Murder of His Wife POTTSVII.I.n, Pa., Sept. H. Patrick Poll ihue of Shenandoah, was acquitted by a Jury today of tho murder of his wife, Mao Donahue on May 7 last at Shenandoah Tho cifc was given tho Jury at 6 o'clock last evening nnd after nn all-night deliber ntlon a veidlct of acquittal was reached at 10 .10 this morning Dnnnhuo shot dead his wife nnd Dr H I' Kilty, who were together In tho Litter's office lie was placed on trial for slaylnu bis wife and ho may bo tried new for kill ing Klltv, whom Donahuo testified In tho trial just closed, ho shot dead In self de fense the doctor having grabbed him bv tho throat It .vai In that strugsle, he nlso testified, th it he shot his wlfo House Rejects Senate Amendments WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 By unanimous consent the House today disagreed to the Sen ito amendments to tho "tradlng-wlth-the-cnemv" bill, and agreed to a conference. Tho Speaker nnmecr the following members of tho Interstate Commerce Committee as House conferees. Chairman Adamson, Representatives Do Walt, Pennsylvania: Montague, Virginia; Ksch, Wisconsin, and Hamilton, Michigan. NEWARMYATWWftt" SHOWN IN FILM1 Bluebird Secures Mary MacDoa-tf1 aia Essanny Has Ani mated Titles By the Photoplay Editor Soldier boVH Vrhn Iibva ntmtA n drafted Into the (treat National Array Will "' " opportunity to see themselves at w;ork in the training; camps in motion pictures. Kendall Ilannlnir. director of the division of pictures of the Committee of Public In formation has granted permission to tha Hcarst-Pathe News camera men to visit all of tho cantonments throughout the Unit States where the soldiers are tralnln. Several camera men will bs unsigned at va rious times to each of the training- camps, where they will spend several days picturing the defenders of the nation In the prelimi nary work that they must undergo prior to their departure for the battlefields of Kurope. As rnpldly as the pictures are taken thsr will be forwarded to Washington to bo passed by the official censors, after which they will be shown each week In the releases of tho Hearst-Pathe News. An Innovation which has caused favorable comment has been Introduced by Kssanay In recent photoplays. It Is called the ani mated subtltl. It was first Introduced to tho public In 'The Golden Idiot," a recent success featuring nryant Washburn. ThoM who have soen It will remember the Interest nroused by the conversation which took place between tho characters that was shown In a blocked-off corner of the screen without Interfering with the nctlon. The success of this Innovation means that it will undoubtedly play an Important part In future releases of the Kssanay Company. Carmel Myers made her first bow as a Jewel star In "Sirens of the Sea." It Is understood that .Miss Myers will shortly be featured In nn Important Jewel production. Mary MacDonald, who had made consider able progress upon the speaking stage before she entered pictures, has been engaged by Ulucblrd for a position of prominence In one of Its stock companies "Mary Mac-( Donald" is a name that has figured ln Blue-' bird's announcements since Lois Weber took a novico of that name, changed it to Mary MacLaren and established her as an "over night" star ln "Shoes " The name "Mary Macl,aren" was created and copyrighted tor the purpose of moving pictures, and it la barely possible that when Mary MacDonald reaches tho screen she will be heralded, after the fashion of her predecessor, aa Mary Maclaren," S" m -V?-t "IU1 -Ji A fjM - Ml s . vW VQ rA :1 CI NEARING ISSUES THREAT REACTION WILL BE SWIFT NEW YORK, Sept. 14. rrof. Scott Near Ing. whose Toledo home was raided by Fed eral officials, gavo out a statement hero last night In which he declared nn) thing ho ever has said or written on the subject of the war Is open to Inspection at any time. "When I had anything to say," he a nerted, "I have alwajs said It In the open. If any proof of tho morbid, nervous sensi tiveness of the authorities were needed It la supplied by such an Invasion of the premises of a private citizen by the agents of the Government When the reaction against such wanton acts comes It will be swift and sure." Professor Nearlng said he had written the Department of Justice asking that his1 papers be disarranged as little as possible because ho had spent years In collecting the data on various economic and sociological problems and getting It Into useful shape. ir - cost OPMlij; IM M! EVERY ONE PERFECT Va Carat, $34.75 Carat, $99 34Carat,$148-50 1 Carat, $198 The color of these beautiful srma U pure now wb'te and fiery. We hare only a .limited number left over from a atilpmeni of rough senu rrcelted many montht uto. Thle U prob ably great a vnluo In diamond nei ever offered by thle haute. Every one U guaranteed to P" uBr eiprrt'i teat for Its abaolute free dom from Imperfections. Sf' BfiMhaAiSdAfisae' .ii " ' ft! "Reduced mv bread at least one-third" said a West Philadelphia housewife last 'Monday, in speaking of the wonderful new Freihofer Liberty Loaf. "With its use there are no longer any stale ends, left-over slices or crusts to be thrown away or otherwise wasted. Every bit is eaten." Why is Freihofer's Liberty Loaf never wasted ? Because it's different. It's a new kind of bread that stays fresh as crisp, moist and palatable the third day as the first. Originated by the Freihofer Bakeries to help save Phila delphia's bread waste of 30,000 loaves a day to help YOU. I .aa iie3K1sai! . --luMKmk , "Save a Slice of Bread a Day" by ordering Freihofer's Lib- ytf. J. erty Coaf from your grocer. Economic value; supreme quality! j Large Double Size Loaves, 10 Cents i VjJ M , 1 V Freihofer Baking Company Main Office, 20th ft Indiana Avt iv,n, "a iv -. fjtjT, , iSSali TKl iff- :.; r v .', K J i&hlC 5lr!!VTTrTS" vr&' TK " Ia& I r . lz'&At.kJ&jL
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