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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 11)18
WAGE
Board, Named
icnnt, in Ses
sion Here
.BIG
VMnUlAN (MfFfCEKg NAMED ,
CheltenlMm Township Commission-1
ers and Jenklniown Council I
Orffnnl-n I
John A. Stahr, of Klklns Park, has
been elected president of the Board of
Commissioners of th Cheltenham lawn
ship. Charles W, Hosier, of Ogontx, was
named vlco president. IUroia Pike, of
Cheltenham, mcretnry; tiamucl IL High,
of Jcnkintown, nollcltor, nnd rnu'
Longsdorf. highway engineer.
At Jenklntown Charles 1;, Swart.
PHILADELPHIA PIGEON FANCIER OFFERS BIRDS TO U. S. GOVERNMENT
nnnnr vta I A jenKintown manes i., nw-artz,
rMUJSljbAlO former Sheriff of Montgomery County, I
,,,..,. t ,,. I was re-elected president of the Town
L L'if.-mii 1 .. -.-.i I Council Ueorgo Ilublcam w made
. VI Jbmpioyeri 10 uiun tecretary: A. A. ..riser, Uorough Treas
n.
Pay One of Many
't Troubles
lurer. and Samuel H. High. Borough
Solicitor. William I,ukens was reap
pointed Highway Commissioner.
! National shipbuilding 1-al.or Ad-
Board, appointed by President
Mttlo labor disputes for the
scy Fleet Corporation In all see
the country. Is now In session
city endeavoring to adjust the
between the employers ana
.employed. The various shipyards !?,..
fhA TMlatram till-..-. Inrlll.linir v....wa
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PEIRCE GRADUATES
TO HEAR ROOSEVELT
President Will Be
Orator at Commencement
in Academy Tonight
Colonel Theodore Itoosevelt, furmer
Prealdent of the United HtaUs, will he
among the speaker at the fifty-second
graduation exercises of l'clrcc School,
which will bo held tonight at the Acad-,
cmy of Mu-Ic. I
The Colonel will discuss the war and
Is expected to offer suggestions nnd ex
press his views on tho'ulamt followed by
of the National Civic Federation the Administration Up to tho present
-) ',4 has settled many labor problems of time.
UIMDAMiinM Alf lt-v. ,AtirA.lila nr . ,. i. i. .. . .
Jir. iwo.aYeii in CMiecteu
JtM4 at Bristol, Philadelphia. Camden,'
Uranlngton nnd Chester, are under the
Mseervlslon of the Er.-ergency Fleet Cor
poration. In these plants art employed
,'SMt than 100.000 men. with 100,000 to
,. J0.M0 persons deiendent upon them.
'V-TTm board waa in session here for a
few days before Christmas and havo
. keen sitting hero every day since Jan-
tesryf 2 tot the purposo of studying the
,h labor problems here. The members of
. i the board are V. Kverett Macy, chair-
j "mm ; A. 3. Berres and L. A. Coolldge,
.WfB It It. Seager as secretary'. Mr.
, Jfcy was for fourteen years the presl-
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AUTO DKIVEK HELD
Reckless Drlvlnjf CliBructl After
Collision With Trolley
Charles Oamen. thirty-four jears old.
?t .! i. ui-is Ktroot. wait lifiu 1U
B0O bnll today by Maalstrato tollln". . . iv AsSUrefl T
of the Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets VlllUUliy -tt-BBUieu 1,
station, for further heorlng nexi J1U., , rjnvprnmpnt Will k,
on n ri,arn nf reehlets drllne. UOVeinilieilL TV 111 Jifl
Camen was the driver of an automobile
which collided wlUi n trolley car nl
tho romer of Olrard avenue nnd .Six
teenth ftrect jettcrday, causing serious
Injuries to W. l. Henry, forty-seven
yenrs old, of I.yon Station, Berks County.
I'a. Henry In In St. Joseph's Hospital
sufferlnir from n liaaiy laceraieu suim,
SHIPMEN'S HOI
TOBEBUUTi
7500 Houses in City
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MAKE DECISION FRIDJ
WOODRUFF QUITS
DRAFT BOARD NO. 6
vl Importance. 3Ir. Uerrcs represents or
KkBbxd labor on the board and was
t i named at the suggestion of Samuel
Oompers. He Is secretary and treasurer
nf fhA Wtnl TmiUn f'AiinH nt ,1.a
f American Federation of Labor and lives
' In Washington. Mr. Coolldge Is treosutcr
't , 'of the.Unlted Shoe Machinery Company,
. of Boston, and was Assistant Secretary
; ot we Treasury under Iloosevelt. Mr.
to reach
Philadelphia lata this afternoon and will
be taken Immediately to the home of
Mrs. Thomas Hoblr.s. 1T1U I.ocuit htreet.
whoso truc-t he will bo while In this
city.
The exercises will be opened with a
prayer by Monslgnor Drumgoole, of Ht.
Charles' Seminary, Overbrook, after
which I'rof. John A. I.umun, vice prln-
JUDGE ISSUES WRIT
ON FIREMEN'S PLEA
Mayor and Director Must Ex
plain Failure to Enforce
Two-Platoon Act
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Judge Shoemaker has lsiued u wilt
of mandamus, returnable! January 21.
Mtr Is professor of economics at Co-. clnal of Pelrco College, wilt present the Safety Director Wilson to Hhow caus
lumbla Lnlversltjv diplomas. why they should fall to obay the pio
WOHKKns KffiP ON MOVi: The Colonels address will follow the Mslons of nn act of the last State
. . One of the things the Board will try to Presentation of the diplomas and It Is L"l8latu'',1 f,0 two-platoon "
ojve la how to keep the laborers In the "'Khb' probable that ho will havo Mine I 'n ,"" Philadelphia Hro Bureau. ThH
Wprards In one section. At present tho advice to give the graduates directly. , action was taken following the filing ot
demand for skilled labor has been so Tho Itev. Dr. Oeorge Edward lteed. & suit filed by Stato lleprescntatlvc
treat that the shipyards havo been former president of Dickinson College, Isadora btern In behalf of tho I Irc-
boosUng the prices so that the men go who has not missed Pelrco graduation men's Protective Association.
from yard to yard nceklng tho highest exercises In the last thirty yeurs, will Hepresentatlvc Stem said the act wa
wages. In many cases where one yard "tter the benediction. mandatory and that Director Wilson
-would pay forty-nine cents nn hour William Draper Lewis, ormer den of should have put It Into efct the first
smother would pay as high as seventy- the Law School of the University of of this year, lie Ih acting for tho City
nve cents an hour for tho samo work, i Pennsylvania, win presiue. firemen., uaw luiui. .w. iw ,
ine wormnen navo round that In spite rranimm euueamrs, uusincsn mrn
of this they are no better off because nn'l representatives of commercial and
of the higher cost of transportation. Industrial activities will attend tho over
rents, etc. cKes.
AH tho trades Involved In work In
shipyards Insist on higher wages, and .icrcin t nrnr i'imiditiuv i
the board believes there ought to b j MASEFIELD HhRL ILURUAia 1
more uniformity In the wnira nrnto o
that this bidding for help may bo cut English Poet Will Lecture Before n -tc.menn i-roieciie association
to ai Minimum. In tills connection Mr. iri,.,0!,. r-.0! ct.f,. Ka'8 tneri! wlu ,w Kreater illlllculty in
Mao said today: Uniersit hNtcnsion boclety getting men at this time U-causo of the
"We expect to flx a minimum prlco for .n, ,.,,. ,... ,.,,. , ... . Increased cott of the uniforms full
.all classes of work, but we will not ,""; l nltlty !.x,e"r.1'" lell.,,t; the flri,t of tho ear these could hai
name the maximum figure. If the ship- C, Vcd ,"' V,"m e,,V,ol,;.t0da'. tiM ' """B1" fo'' ab'ut ii0- ,,ut tllH I'rlc
builders want to pay more than the Jo '.'" ilaa?-."J"1" '" lh port ?n ,.aiJ Bonc u to ,;j. iJllector Wllson
minimum. It will probably be necessao- S?'', ?,'? I'J'i .V,il i1, 8,aUd mm(! t,m0 aB ,I,at 1,u ha'1 Ue"
for them to go to the Emergency Fleet fUa '' ,Mr' Ma81eflt?' ' " n" hedulcd bIe lo ,)Ut lho tw.aioon system
Corporation for permission" to PPer here next Friday evening but ,mo crfect Lccau,0 o lhc, FhortilBO t
rvi, , ii,. ....il.. , . ., was delayed In arrlvlnu in this country. ,,.
n,t.Si.i,n. ,tJ.J , ?! contcn"n He is now In Hnglan.1 and will all 1,u"'
IISS L.hinirS -!1" ?'?" T.he " this country in n few days, nccord- . .. . ., . .
r. cw, n,.,tf.wyi,rie U,e th0 BaiM "S to a message received from the 'etr Keyer Lynd Is Dead
thi,. ?n JX, V.M ii l8,neces'ar5' fT 'other side by his New York leprcsen- Peter Keyser Lnd. a descendant of
TOem to watt until the foreman opens tat4eg. iIr, Maselleld will lecture at two old Philadelphia families, died Mon-
mtm' Wltherspoon Hall, under the nusp.ee day at his home, H41 North Slvtltth
' CIVA.MPS' MAX WITNICSS ot the University Intension Society. (stiect. He waH ninety yea: 11 old.
The flirt witness today was Ilugene
American Federation of Labor. Under
the law the men aro to work In two
shifts of ten and fourteen hours, one
from S a. in. to C p. in. and tho other
from 0 p. m. to h a. in. Under the
present system tho men woik twent
hours, with ono day off each week,
James M. Slmlsttr. president of the
Tho 'COO homes to house the
a fracture cf the skull nnd Internal In-' thousand workers employed nt the
Juries. Island plant of tho American Int
tional Shipbuilding Corporation will 1
constructed In tho Fortieth Ward, In'ta
opinion of tho city officials and oth?3
In close touch wjth the situation.
Definite assurance that the homes j
to bo built hero has Urtually been siteJ
Mayor Smith nnd other city official, bi
Chairman of Local Body Un-1 tho housing commission of the umul
dergoes Operation-Appeals f ' 1."ll11fi,to"n H
i ,, . r 1 ,IaJ' conference with the niTlclals as)
Ol I'l men Are jwjuneu represcntathci of lho Phlladelp),!
" llapld Transit Company. W
nil..,. .. (-..1,, i'liFHtfid 1 f .. ... a .. .. . !
(.union JiOBern ouui un iw.niv. J( itogers nuiincij, ui i iliMjunl
".-.," chairman of the Hoard of Registration ' cnairniaii of tho commla.ont admltti
TIIWN MVK V IN i YAK Y IIKMII K A' N AKV I .KliBII. -". rB'":J ' " ot tn.it Philadelphia .. the logical
A " ' " illJililW rmiA.vr w msw , InMl Urn f r Ttn.irit 'n. G lO UnUerff) an n,n l.ntitrtt Itn n(l Hii kt.
.v. ,.n., ..v. .-. - .- IUI uiu iivinvwe - -" uv JIIK
operation today at b't AyncsM Hospital. cujon i0 coinn heio vita dependent '
Mr. Woodruff withstood tho operation, pontons which ho was ure would i
PLANS FIGHT TO FINISH TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE
Form Permanent Organization Senator Owen Points Out Way
and Appoint Committees to
Continue War on Vares
to Win State in Address
Before Club Here
In a l:cnote"
Dcmoi-rutlc flub. SI
I United StntcK Senator ltobcrt I.. Owin
well, according to a leporl from tho . ati that decision will bo made 1
hospital. It was for an Inte-nil com-1 Work, then, may begin next we
Pinint anu was penoTmc.i siioniy "--1 Mr Mnnncry pointed out, however,
rore to n. in, 1K)BSblllty of Fwltchlmr to a vJ
Mr. ttoourun. w.;o n.iu i.ecn hi w. JerFCJ. i,e Bt csud.
homo time. reecUed permission fr.mi . . . . ,,hIf..lolll,,ln .,
. x.,. .. n. nocrnor Ilrumbaugh a few dajs ago . CC, teitnln things we hive
r,Mii. iimi.l urect. i to "lre us head of the board, which nuerted, ami It we can buy the land i
. v... . ., . ,,.A ' 1 l.lfltlMft, uol. i
Em nt I in Tuvlflll mill I'llln strtetB 110- ' """V. """''. '.
A permanent organization of the
Toun Meeting party, to carry on a flnlth ,
111,, n,hlit.l V-irt.mItli (lnmlniltlrjll of I
" " "" - of Olilahoina, Inlil now uie uenincniuu , ll(.,
Philadelphia and to brlmr about munlc- ,llirt. ,vj, jJ0 ,,i,io to carry Pennsylvania ,:l
Ipal betterment, has been formed. ut the (lubernatorial election in xno inn. u,, hn nam0(i today by the (iovrinor.
m -..,.. it.A ..nuH " i.rt ci i "nrirRTiizu .. . -
At a meeting cf representatives or . '''"" " """., "iiV... ..f ..nnnlar , J-ouneen i-niia.ieipni.ins lor wnom ct- .. Albright, chief of tho Bureaulfl
vitiir- iiriiinii iiiui u LiiiT luivn i-"i r.niiiii.,ii rmti iwi nriir 1 a ritirnii in- .. . ... "
government and ask ,1. ..?o,deU. trust , ,- 0 ,ho , th ' (eyM "s compuiiu, n ..a ,ch win.
'of Oklahoma. I..1.1 how the Democratic , ,, 8tatlc.n. taking In tho Seventh nnd ""?,"" "mount f wllllnJnJ.1'
liglith Wards. Ills succcstor probably co-operation. 1 believe they will rid
tuenty-Keven wards nnd tho executive
committee of tho new party, held In tho
you. AfMure them they will bo given the
it..,Ai tv.,1,.,.. ! fnr ihn fiiiiii-n nf . means wlierebv they cm govern tntm
tho indcpende'nt organization were en- j''fohat lool"!
thuslastlcaliy discussed nnd committees kclt ((, ,, j0 comnccd the people
if organization, rules and registration , U)(lt B wa n Hj.mlmthy with them, nnd
apiwlntcd. ,ncy uccved him nnd oted for him
Tho proposition of clean government!, in,,nvlvaiilj "
throughout the Stnte will be taken Up ln ""-J ""'
at a later date. It wuu ld, tho chief I The speaker predicted world denioc-
noiu-ern of tho conferees belmf the Phil- t lacy nt the vlo.io ol me vv.u, t,a k.
I forwarded to me. My decision din
rim nnrn o,I In n.if kciiM Itnlitatrlfil .. ...... r"v
.. ... . .. .""- moil the nature 01 me lacis present
niirntiltn li.ivp h.ul ltielr nlmen1a retei-teil . w
-.t ,.., !., ih ui. C.....I1 "Thli Is. perhaps, the hlggeft sin
"1 ..".'" -'" ' ,.V:1 V. ..... ".'"..' i.nimlnir nrolect in tlio United Ri.
facture of munitions or In other work ' ani1, VP, v'ah oll,", ,., !,.at,on.,,J
of nn Important character for the (lov- nanu uei" - - " -"'.
ernment. "flans ior uuuuu-.b hi ,cj- jer
Th nnnni.. ini.m u.r, tr, i, ,i. I havo been worked out In as great dcts
clslons of District Hoard No. 2. and the as they havo here. But wo haven't fij
rulings made Indicate that It N the a moment. coiiMuerr.i i-imaueipnia am
the Jersey inuiu un n vqu..i level.
t - it T 1 .1 a i. ... i- . si. a laf-ci- s.mtiii fin iiii i-iiiiiii itro i
rwliW "rtin i'oard- in all .-aos except "fon.lderat.on of PhMnd.IPh..
l,m for .'., sWInJ nt hnaiy ami? Jgn that the P.iislan revolution resulted . wheie It Is plainly shown that it mistake taken up at so late a date beams, ,
Thn nreanlij m committee enl ers from the gagging of Trotsky'n socialistic I has been made, and that tho employe - didn't believe ertul dlfllcultles hel
tnnolnted . l.nrTes A ShofUR wri "ng. and speeches In Sew York. "He . for whom exemption N asked Is Indls- could be overcome, until .vr .had sbiIj
Tuei liv! Hrst W-ird- Vllllai . t Uor was forced back to Kuslu with tho lm- i pcnsablo to tho ( overnmem. own architect and engineer to look rt,
T e Ird Ward; fJeuerck S.' Drake prcssloi. that Anglican autocracy reigns . Anion tlios, whose appea's e,e re- the ground. I an. sure now they canj
si. 1'.l . nn.iln.n Itn 4 .nml lli'iT I? tnl ifiSf Illflim.'llKIR III .Xlllfl i.-- . ..v ...... -.j -. .. iu vinillli ucituiii-
in iiiiiu . vi. ijj uhiaob iai l sunt i,j -. ... .. .- ---
F. S. Groves, Jr., un insurance
broker, lias offered the best of
his flock of pigeons to Uncle
Sam for war service. Mr.
Groves appears nbove, ao doe u
section of his pigeon house at
Riverton, X. J. In the oval is
the Ick and foot of a pigeon. To
the band encircling tho former
is attached tho message which
the carrier pigeon delivers in
wnttime.
Thirtv-foui
lett, Twenty-seventh Ward
ltottman. Forty-sixth Ward.
Tho commltteo on rules consists of
Thomas P. Armstrong. Thirty-eighth
Wanl; (leorgo D. Porter, Twenty-second
Ward, and Claude I., llotlt. Fortieth
Ward,
Chairman fleorge W. Coles was au
thorized to appoint a commltteo on
registration, which v-lll bo announced
later.
nnd Carl lean lives," he said
CHINA BOKKOWS 53,000,000
Loan Signed by Japanese in Name of
International Group
?S"tr --X-onlDMTH IN AFTERMATH GRILL NEGRO ASHMEN PICK OF 200 PIGEONS
.je furminc on the amount of mnn.v
Tzsr. c,anpa3r rr .ye. ol)- a n a ap mif mi n nr a vr it taiwd a n iw votitd v
?'ZZ: i. " " Pn at cnunpi , , jf 1 IID tiVliU TT A T U Hi VUlUlrU 111 1 0 1 lili 1
- !,, iu Buuvwiiuucignr, in jne ;
,nvenieen years ne nas been employee!
PI1KIN, Jan. 0. Financiers In Japan
have vlgncd ln the name of tho Inter
national group of banker a 10,000,000
veil (J5.000.000) gold loan to China. The
.SSre.r. with ln.rat T peT cent ' ' " aJ e. at
hlilnbulldlng e'ompany (Icorcn If. "There ate no .building restrictions!
Campbell, of 019 IJast Flora street, and us In New Jersey, and the construct
Michael J Campbell, of 1326 Swnln nf necessary utilities there Is posslt
Etreet. The former It employed as ship- i liven hero we will have to pay our shM
ping clerk and the latter In tho first- of the assessments toward such lmprorH
aid department. meats." '
Thiough Mayor Smith tho Govi
TinviiiK'i' ,,. . ..r-,... meiit ngents were orrercu all the fai
I'cviiuau iwn.i i ii inuuKUll .iiies of tho city, that tho project
.... i be completed by Juno 1. The bulk
Willi ."senator bproul, Will Meet 'tin expenditure, uccordlns to dlscun
Western Leaders . at a seilea of conferences, will be boi
by the Government after the Shlpp
United States Senator Holes Pentuso, Hoard acts on me recommcnuaiiotu
and State Senator William O. Sprcul the special Housing commission, n
will leave tho city this afternoon for' said.
Pittsbuich. Senator Penrose will 1i.ip While the exact location 13 being
a set les of conferences there with his . secret pending the olTlclal Governi
wero tho woids used to describe tho political lieutenants fiom the weslun announcement, Mr. Albright said ti
ihiin,iinlii.i relmol f.v-strm In ueiierul counties. tho 800 acres weie Included In an
i.i,un,r.t r iMP.,iinnin..nriiP,,Mr Tomorrow night ho and Senator Sproul' of 700 acres bounded b- Slxtyl
.........,.... r ill attend a illntitr to ictlrlng Major stieet. lllmwood avenue, llotton
ny Mrs. IJdvvln . Grlce. president of Armstrong. . ,nd Chester Planch road.
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CALLS SCHOOL SYSTEM
"INEFFICIENT, ROTTEN"
Children Being Robbed and
Slighted, Declares Mrs. Grice.
Investigation Is Demanded
"Autocratic. Inefficient ami lotten"
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there, Mr. Smith said that not once ,'n . , nn . t-- t- tin
had the nrm toid him to decrear0-the':Pneumonia and Other All-.Discrepancies Found by Po-
Jy, but In many Instances he had been
instructed to Increase tho pay. Ills
own living cost had Increased so much
that he had been obliged to pay more
man i&o per cent more than a few years
mw and the same thing was true of 'BILLY' SHERIDAN VICTIM , MORE JEWELRY MISSING NEEDED IN AVIATION
others. He la paid $7 a day, but thinks '
ments Attributable to the
Scarcity of Fuel
lice in Stories Told by Sus
pects Held Without Bail
the wage should bo Increased becauso of
the higher cost of living.
Harry Smullen. a counter of rivets.
was tho second witness. Ho counts the
rivets after the work lias been done nnd
( the riveters aro paid according to the
number driven. He said that the riveters
were entitled to more money.
and a bank commission of 1 per cent. 1 meeting of that organization,
ni7IiI7RI7n TH lIATIfiYJ,r,le l':UrIt' Sl" 's tl10 surplus of the . Mrs. Grlce declared that unpreccdent
UrrJuIujl 11 llfillUll salt revenue. Tho loan will be used to ed demoralization and lestlessnesi now
Mnciease tho value of tho notes of the prevail In the educational system of tho
Dank of China, ' city, and that tho children nre being
A dispatch fiom Pekln December 21 "robbed nnd slighted. She strongly
announccd thut Japan was negotiating , urged the necessity of using the school
an advance to China of 10,000.000 for ' ns a community center 111 order to fur
improving tho status of tho Hank of nlsh a means of diverting young people
China. The negotiation., the dispatch from tho evil Influences of the street,
said, weie being carried out with tho "If we do not meet the problem of
knowledge of the Amo-.uui, llrltlsh. child protection thut the war has foiced
French and Russian banking gioups upon us," Mrs Grlce said, "wo shall I
formed before tho war to finance China. reap a harvest of child delliuiuencv "
F. S. Groves, Jr., Philadelphia
Broker Tenders Flock for
War Service
Veteran Employe of Police Bureau. Robbery Believed to Be Motive for Birds, Properly Trained, Can Be
Delaware River Shipping at Strangling of Aged Tioga Used Where Wireless and Jhlc-
Standstill Woman phono Fail
While the extreme cold wave has Two negro ash collectors ate being
Other laborers will bo heard today, but pissd. Its aftermath Is apparent ln the ! grilled today by the police for Informa-
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V CHARGE DRIVER KEPT S600
i OLin.Aaf ,- Mon trol.l r. r-,:, ni
(TU ... .. .w.u i ,'iuib 1Vill
;' er'a Accusation
i, John Anderson, twenty-two vear old.
tr-UltC Louis street, Gloucester. N. J., was
;' M tnig morning by Recorder Stack- throughout the Sixth Ward as
ZHZXXZr P.L0i;'e,r'"..,,'aLn "? ct on tho public health, tho reports
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Ul UCdUll IIUII. I'llCUtllWHI- Ullt, 1,113
serious Impairment of river trallld from
floating Ice. Incidentally, the failure to
provide sufficient fuel for the police
stations during the cold weather has
resulted in the death of one policeman
and the Illness of a number of others.
Police William I'. Sheridan, known
Willy"
tlon about the strange death of Mrs.
Serena Conrad, seventy-nine years old,
who was found lying in the hallway
of her home, 3353 North, Fifteenth
street, Monday night, presumably stran
gled. An opening Into the mystery Is seen
The pick of a flock of homing pigeons
ban been offered to the United States
army signal corps for war service by
f. S. Groves, Jr., a Philadelphia Insur
ance broker.
The offer, which Is good for the best
nf the carrier pigeons In his flock of
nearly 100. was made In response to a
call from Washington for 2000 trained
birds to augment the radio service of
tho American nvlcfcirs In France. Pig
cons can do their bit where wireless
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... ,vv .,.. u. W.iuiaino ui uh.-M-n. IK frlenil nf rlilldrun nn.l
n Ana.VAn .. ..ha ,. .- 1 ., I w.,.. ... -- .... ... ...... itlCtCIMI .11 .11,3 I1I1U
.: '". V:..'. ."'."."t.S""':"'.: hn-... .i . nf , n .mmu-r said they .emoved ashes from tne con- fop nnverlna- ground
1 !.. ah fAh.1f.l Iht-S ASall nLL.all.fAl1 -TV tfM aha . 0 iL. aa
.itnaxX. to answer a charge of embezzle-
,jant, preferred by Israel Asbell
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I,..;-Asbell states that Anderson, who
.... .1... ..,lAa I.. l,a nr,nitlo. Lln,lAH , . " . ". v ."- .""
" "'" ""- falls in the alrscrUee.
told by the prisoners, who nre William j The volunteer flock Is houtcd nt Ulv
Ilanes, 3837 Nice street, and Charles I erton, X. J the home of Mr. Gnves,
... io-n vi. ataa. linti, nf ,, 1 who has ofllces In tho Wldciier Wulldlng.
V31UDW1I. ., ,.J BV.V.... w... - ......... C , ., ,,,1M .,-,. .J ..!,
! :i';s wUnU.ainr nt til. iim.,tn--,.- fsina. i i ......... .i, ...i . .... rad home Monday, but each asserted
j-.r. - - - "--- "-
K 4riret for hU concern, kept moneys to lJt "'' , h- b.VtVr rV,t.i ,
rVti,fnotint of some S0O, collected by 5S w.a- ,h - i.v
'fMm ftom cuatomers. . I l . .;
Police Wureau ln Philadelphia, Is dead
of pneumonia, a victim of the com
that
' x ClwU SUnrlra P-..antii.lna
that It was the other who entered tho
cellar. To add to the diverging lines
In their story the police assert that
no ashes at all were taken away.
Tho nalr Wanes small and hied
Sheridan was hostler at the Fourth , lnnUine and Gibson hie and apparently
street and Snyder avenue station and frank weie held without ball today by
was a veteran of the service. He came Magistrate Price, at the Twenty-second
on the foice August 3, 1191, and ln a .treet and Hunting Park avenue sta-
.t .
.'.' Oaten, comtjetltlve examlnAtlmi. tar
' tiw.Powtlons of assistant In marketing, few months would have been entitled to 'tlon tor further hearing next Saturday
giv .j..-mi ii,. a. fur, jun- a peuaiuii. i.aijubuiv, uuo iu iuck 01 They were taken men to ejity nan.
esry say cieric tsvu to fivvv a year, t proper neatmg laciutics ai me station i where city detectives put them through
February 9. and stenographer and type
writer; 11000 to $1200 a .year, ever'
, Tuesday, until further notice, nre an-;-
nottned by tho United States Civil
Service Commission.
T;,u ft,F. RreU Kaiser's Degree
:, JUgret that tho University of Penn-
.ever conferred the honorary
,of doctor of laws on Kaiser Wll-
condemnation of tho German
I C trustees of the University.
where he was located, caused him to be tlie "third degree "
r taken 111 during the cold weather of last I Discovery today that a diamond
a.,a.1a . a-.4 ".fA-lllir 1.1-1 llln.Afl ,l.l,al.
"" "" " -'"'- .... uc.ti- .)ro0Ch .a bracelet and a gold watch were
oped into pneumonia. His death came mlMlnK furnished a motive of robbery
,nJjM.i han,two da'"nl fterwariL . . for the supposed murder. The Intrutlor
..Sh!rl.n. U Ur,V.Vel b a wl,,0,. 3 or Instrudirs In the Conrad home over
three children. His homo was at 208 ,ooked .,. , bl8 am, Bome JowelrJ.
-v", ui. . ti . otcretcd under a mattress.
Traffic, on tho Delaware P.lver at u 0 ,he wnl, vtn hot0.
points below Gloucester City was vlr- grap,.?u ?or Bertlllon measurements.
K'Sh-V . marks, were made by an
r.wlll bo expressed In a resolu- tt.. 1-... ..i. rt.mnr.iiL.t .mmn .n.t Intruder, the ponce believe.
(. Introduced by Wharton Wakei CTeated a situation not surpassed !n ...i.,'!"'-P.w.niaW5.! ""JfS
-;MXt ijuarterly meeting of the seriousness nnd extent In the history of lJ",il"n, A ikie 1.7. tk. rT
it trustees of the Unlver.liv T.ai.n- .i,i,.nin- lLelbrandt when they called at the Con-
.. w . . ... rarl tin met tr i.m nnlil for rmfiv nc 1ia
Xot even an Iceboat was In night this .-- - ,',-,,:., ,C""r"r 2"
TOy Basil Sckoel Here
morning and It Is supposed that they
1 ashes, told the police that they took five
Officers of the aviation section of the
plgnal corps, under tho command of
Captain C. Clothier Jones at tho army .
air school at I.sslngton, are glad to get
pigeons of the carrier breed, provided
the chief signal officer at Washington I
autrirlzes tho acceptance of the birds.
Trained pigeons are desired, but if tho
birds are of the carrlir strain, which Is
a type of homing pigeon, they can bo
trained for war tervicc.
At the Ufslngton nlr tamp the old
Philadelphia School of A"latlon--onlcerB
nnd men nro tralnli z carrier pigeons for
service In France. Tho hlrds, novices
and experts, are undergoing their war
schooling side by sldo with the human
fliers. This Is literally true, for In J
their military aducatlon the pigeons are
taken high Into the air In the tilal trips
of the battle planes nnd releaKed by tho
aviators during the Journey, their duty
being to return to tho base with "mes
sages," Some of the pigeons havo made ex
cellent flight recoras, returning from a
starting point among the clouds above
Washington to heir base at Ksslngton in
three and a ha. r four hours. That is '
an airline trip of about 13S miles, winged
Beginning Today in
Our 15th Street Store ONLY
(24-26 South Fifteenth Street)
5000 Suits &
Overcoats
ia Bupposeu iiwi, iner - .. i .u -..," -......,.. uu-ni.of i,0(,,. m-.-. -,.,i tn... ..-..
. ....... ... Luna iiL mm. it a nuiii iiiu LCiitfr Jionuuv. i - tan. w. mm vti vmi ij unu iiiiiij-iiiu
mt the larcetrt and best-eoulnoed 1a,? srone aown "1 mer l0 ala coalB Mrs. Conrad unlocked the front cellar, miles an hour. A few have done better
...... ---- .nn no- iinarran m -. --. .- .--- ... ...
."-. .country will b -v''": "':"" "
r..., n .i.-ni.i e iif. t., - . winaow ior in-Tii, iuy saiu, isKing a
e eye could see, the rl
tiZuiv .nn. Vk. JTi... : presented an Impressive and unusual
.. ' JT .T " .. -! " " to alwtif In .,rnn.-A r-ntit.
esttilfostday night at the First .tirJ,T.,X,.Ji' and a key with her. These were
Armory. THlTty-econd street :"l. :..., " ,";.. .",,.' " , . ..", . found tightly clasped In her hands when
p.,n. m. .a!.... , ,.,,fc , ....... -.. M.u unu.ua, ,. . ., . ., .... - ... ..,,.
f1
v-auui is 1,-..,, atmn.. contrast wllh se.n.s ,ne uou'r yfu "woru, aim me cellar
TOi offfaclvuyarn'dnmov?mt.nat,to VSclTpnu! I "r Wf IriJST ff "'."
In Ihoiamuia,;. Lav. been so long famllUr " they took the ashes out, the pris-
II..11W t...-. ,.!. trnnu- ..f 1.1. OHCrB SSlU.
rn " ..hl.nn.. not ml.slmr thsm unlit the, "Which one of you went Into
Wmmm KSXlrlC Caelta tnn, nt .h. --htstl.. the blur- or h. cellarr usked Magistrate Price,
O'aU-KMl electric passenger, foghorn and the clang of bell were st-
ike direction of th Gov
Is at"n free to men due
mm other drafts.
tho
In OOUrM'.of construction
MswrlmMle, Kalh-aad shop at
vns M reaoy lor use on the
M i-- Mt Hill' branclt
IrtsM K.U leotrUUd on
we-iumi. ity oMoials of
.Ht .
lenced. Nothing Is heard but the sound
of the grind and the crunching of Ice
cakes. 'carrylnr on to the sea on the
4reast of tha Ice-conquered Delaware.
The forecast for tonignt ana tomor
'Gibson," said Wanes.
"It was Wanes," stoutly asserted Gib
son. Detectives said that five cans and two
boxes, all full of ashes, are In tho cellar
at the present time.
to BaiM Bl hi ii
ymrersMy were)
Tne forecast, tor luniarn. una tomor. , ,-- r". ;z ,: ,, i . . ... . ...
row U for partly cloudy weather, with .9.lb0". t0 d th M-H-t l"1 th
Ith. l..t temneratura tonlaht about I visu 10 me House was aooui l!l p. m.
'. -k .taama-a. Banes said he thought
f
It was later.
about It 10 p. m. The body wu found
at 7 o'clock by Mrs. Conrad's husband.
Edward Conrad, when he returned home.
isviaence mat airs. Lonraa was allvs as
FOUR FIREMEN KILLED
Cha etH-Jmim i l 1 -
t. sf aii n ni' a'tjait.. f Two Bodies Still in Ruins of Chicago I intn it o'clock in the nn.i, .'
1-halAaal SaLa.a atilli . . I , . ... i i. ,...,.., 1 . .'..V . '
"p."1" . a-iyi,ing Tneatre i men ujr irou u, ncisci, u. mint ueaicr.
"time" than this, coming from points In
Virginia, below Washington, without
alighting. Somo of the birds, not yet
thoroughly trained, stop to roost late in
the afternoon Instead of plugging along;
but they usually show up the next day. '
In actual warfare, above the ground, '
each air squadron has a flock of pigeons.
The birds accompany the airmen in their
perilous observation and fighting flights (
across the enemy lines, serving as means ,
of communication with the aviator's
base. If the aviator U shot down, the
returning bird brings the tidings of a
mishap overtaking Its master. Vte of
carrier pigeons In the present war has
demonstrated their value In cases where
the telephone and even wlrelss tele
graph cannot be operated to advantage.
ft Hvifl. if.
IsH r ..tsH i
Values
112.50
'o $18.00
Values
$20.00
to $25.00
, at the. I ' 16" Ontario street, who said ho d-
' 4 CHICAGO. Jan. , Two firemen, be- nrereu rain; to iter a. na nour.
"T" ZT'.m . i Hve4 to be dead, are burled beneath the I ,
4HV ir-tfariM (ruined wil of the Chicago Avenue The-. Bagley mi His War Heme
-ma. a-w, " --., "-- ,. ,, .1 .W.-IV.., a--.N .. a,B W.VftUIl I 10111
r. i ansas-t " -s-. i v.u.i-i i manner javia wonn stagiey, who oom-
m neew r-weveren. iw rv w mended the American torpedoboat de
iasnsttaM rtfta. - , . "Utroyer Jaoob Jooe: wnk'by.a.OaHa-a
mmmm sfwin VR? -w-w MMHwuiae in ine tw on (
Gen. Grossettl, Marne Hero, Dead
PARIS, Jan. . General Uro.bUti If
dead at the age of fifty-five. He com
manded the Forty-second Division under '
Foch In the battle of the Marno and
executed the famous fufnk movement'
which decided the fate of Fere Cham
penolse and the victory of tho Ninth
French army-. General Grossettl took
part In the operations In Chamname and
at Verdun and subsequently' commanded
an 'array at aion ca. tie rellnoulshetl
4tbie vornwaod, tot, October. n acotxul.'
:o,,o
&u&ifefF&PJs8?A to h0,d our f3rooU8068
aorSS.flISt5SoS r ginS n 8a,e ,n our 13th St- st t
KOSHINTD
CLOTHIER AND FURNISHER
15-17-19 North 13th Street
SecoM Boer Above Market Street
, , Abo 24-26 SOUTH 15TH STRHST
4i - - OPSN MON.. PRI.
!
Munitions
The supply of munitions is still inadequate.
Hundreds of plants that are now producing
non-essentials must turn in and manufacture
necessities. The need for added facilities in
creased production has been recognized as
vital by the government and the commandeer
ing of private plants not at present making mu
nitions has been suggested. Every plant,
factory and workshop will be called upon to do
its bit to promote the progress of the war. In
short, the Government is anxious to give Ameri
can manufacturers all the business they can
handle and assist them with the work.
There are millions in capital lying idle;
thousands of plants, misusing their energies and
armies of labor engaged upon luxuries and non
essentials. These resources must and will even
tually be utilized by the Government.
There is no dearth of patriotism among
manufacturers. The contrary is the case. As
a class, the captains of industry have signified
their willingness to help. But many are at a
loss how to proceed. Government contracts
have had a horror for certain individual manu
facturers because of the red tape and restrictions
appended. However, conditions have changed.
War's necessities will strip war contracts of
many needless restrictions.
Over night the railroads and the coal supply
have been commandeered. Plants are being
taken over. Coal and shipping privileges will
be denied those plants not engaged on war work.
Every plant must make SOMETHING essen
tial. Sooner or later this condition will be forced
upon us. It is better to make that for which
your plant is fitwd now than be compelled later
to disorganize or rearrange your facilities to
build that which is foreign to your own line
upon the irrevocable order of the Government.
We offer you the benefit of a war-long ex
perience in the preparation and equipment of
plants; in the production, inspection and ship
ment of munitions and in the efficient manage
ment of munitions manufactures from the secur
ing of orders to the collection of payments. A
staff of British-French inspectors is at your in
stant disposal to assist you with every problem
arisimtfrom war orders from their inception to
completion. We give you an opportunity to
profit by the experiences of the British and
French munitions makers and enable you to
avoid their mistakes.
Consultation is invited. Detailed analysis
of the situation will be mailed on request.
KERN DODGE
Consulting Engineer
MerrkB.siMiBw.PUlK.
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