J ;' JiV 1. sije, i' "K, .''. 4. !?iX '') f "r'Jt, I, i 1, ' V J? r -winrt&frr'j rJ 'X ' -TV WH1 j' & " EV , .$ .'-- ss ' ' W. k V AS A) A t h F.ar ?' Ft i ,'l 'U fj'I a i .f A RIP UP STATE," SAYSCANDDATEO'NEIL ,1 " S$W Peacefully at Dinner With , , i V, t mi ills uivai, aprom, men Explodes vt . k ivrrv. wpdpv rnn Ti?Ttr,ei7 -MIT IW iUUHUl J.-WA A """" v. T ( ueciarcs no may uc ueaicn, out. He'll Mnko it Interesting for Party Leaders With only a toastmaster between tlieiii t a banquet, William C Sproul and .T i)enny O'Xell, the only candidate who have announced their Intention of rac ing for the Hepubllcan Kubeinatorlal nomination next spring, exchanged a few 'Words and glances last night, but there was no battle spirit shown It had been expected that when the two met J, Denny might be taken to task bv Scmtor Sproul for Homo of tht things ho has a-ild about the Delaware Countlan, but their meeting n at tho dinner and smoker of tho Kcstnno An tpmobllo Club at I.u l.u Temple, and the subject of tho evening was good roads. In whlih both are dccpl Intel ested, Semtor Sprnul having fathered n number of ro.nl hills In the leglslatim. and O'Xell being the present Mute High way Commlusioner OXell attacked Senator Pentose and his followers In the vepperv tone be has recently adopted when he granted an Interview after the dinner, but In his address he stuck strlctl to roads bo did Senator Sproul In his aftcr-the-baiione t Intuvlevv O'Xell alticketl I nlted htates Junior renrosc, his leadership In the Mule and nil of his henchmen and all that he stands for "Whj, man the slive in irk of I'm rose Is on him as plain us If oud wired him with electrics ' k no Qt-wnTKit for pi:vp.om: This remark lefeired to senilnr Sproul O'Xell then proceeded to "blister" the Penrose orguilzitlnii and declatcd tint ho sa III give cverv peison connected with It a ' bllterliiK ' from now- to the end of the lampilgu He vlrtuall said he would make his cim- paign one or the Bill Mind iv a-.i rlety. "Im alone ' ald Mr u .Nell so far as the lenders are concerned l o bid no whisper of n word from the Vaies none from tho Goernor. Hut I feel that a mighty host of silent people all or the Mate will b-ick me up And cen If I loe I'll win I'm going to make that kind of .i fight ' "1 in not onlv after Penrose' he said "I'm after bis froud You know there s light abioad in the minds nf people For Instance. I never knew what was meant In the Hlble where it s.is a camel w 111 go through tht eje of a needle before a rich man can cntei the king dom until I saw what some of the rich men In Pittsburgh the brewers and the manufacturers and the distillers ucd to do to help tho Penrose ticket I broke with Penrose In lsll, when he told me tint In making up tho county siate In Allegheny I should lme to con sult tho German Alllincc the German Alliance wa3 tho siloonkeepers I'd nl wajs rupposed that the had to do what we told them. Pentose uuiitt.il me o take orders from them and I ult WILI, MAK11 STATU RING "Sure I may lose, but look at the Unit I'll bae I'll make this State ring, be Ilee me. 1 11 tell what I know Wli t this time more thin at an other doesn't pa "Jf v our nelghliorhood Is pool and degraded, ou will be poor and degraded , Tou cant ho much bitter off In this world than the people about ou "I've Hiked from the same platform with Billy Sunday manv a time I like his method of dellverj He's got .1 waj of making tho truth go ovei lu veiv simple words He nnkis em under-, stand. That's all u've got tu do make them understand and the re ' with jou I mean the ordinary folk j Because all people oxcejit sonic poli ticians I could name in this Mate ire food at heart ' I'm going to rii tills htatc up I m "irblng to talk from one en 1 of It to the other. If I haven t u promise from any leader. If the Vares will help me 1 II be lad And I'll be glad if I get the !ov ernor's help I have had no promises from anjbodj All I know is that the SEEK MORE GUARDS FOR SHIPYARDS HERE PaeVore nf "Rill in HoUSG Plan MUVUWtu s Military Zone Around Plants WASHINGTON Jail 30 Additional protection against alien nsmles In Philadelphia shlpvards is provided In a bill unanimously reported from the House Committee on Merchant Marine and fisheries The measure passed the Senate Jan uary 18, and has been before the Houe commltteo Blnce that time foi hearings. It provides tint tho President may cre ate military zones within nnd around all shlpjards where vcs-els arc under construction for tho L'nlted States It further provides Such designated areas shall he di rectly under the control of the Presl dent, with the right and autliorltv to treat such area as If It wero a fort, camp, or other military establishment and all laws applicable to forts, etc, shall be applicable to tho zone so designated. Should It become necessary or desir able to take over or use any buildings. land or other property within such area the United States may acquire the property by condemnation or oth- frs ise. Bequests for troops to guard fchlp yards and war-supply plants have bo- come ko numerous that, to avoid confu- 111 tell iou ltH because I think the Vl K l l"r iMU ""i n-i uuiimj jn nia , iiea m a genordl election air mui num uiwuftm. ... ..ss rf wir ,, ru .mjvj-v UIi mr cc llent people, the people who don't vote. """ "'' be did not know of am In- , to .lUlsi, or retain the licensed saloon: I ' liPln: " rt , , T, 1 3T A?w " ' li?", "0.lutl,0 ,",' otee decora, are Vaklnc un Tveu Penrose a old "ttnees where this h.is been done, but tmu a laJoillv vole In the election shall ,hat lln tw m,t d'lth 10r t,lFflKV,a' , J'0" "aH l,'e Un tl, lite-laniented C 'zar fVTend, hi"? turned against him. not ..,'"' "e warning was given out of u mine whether ll, l,S In"! I the terrors cf a tie. man prison ' bestowed Mchola, Romano.t is not . rhv nta jm iieiier.lienied th in abtind nice of caution to ptivenl what i,, nf, ul j.. ,,.j .1,,, ufl. thlrtv ' camp , ifclvlnc tliem 1.U111V w iTii0 .. ... - n , ----- -- - 1l11u.11 tilii( mill (ltvaDlPU (I Kleil iiirt-t!' tniiA ftf ia . AiilAn.mt n li. (ti-. kIoii and prevent too many lighting men l15" un .fulled for such work, Secre- J.J.. .v-.'o "- - . . . ... .. " "tary Maker has delegated to isngaoier General J. Mel. Carter, chief of ths 'ifBureau of Militia Affairs, uuthorlly to Pjt&JtO MJIWI. Ml, wfc- ,.,.... - ilte.. ..nn nil atteH nnnKril I lOn. WOMAN MDLY BURNED tf. pCfcarges Husband Threw Oil Lamp ( C. ... Tf 17 1. IIul.l SU( - ICC " ' rilbt. Ophelia Frame. J6J North Tor- i street, la In the west rniaaeipnia neopnthlo Hospital In a serious con M'mi thk result of burns received ki Hn oil lamp'whlch. she alleges, was irn at litr by nr nusnanu, ueorgt. nllbt during . fluarrel- M,vras held without ball, today b) Via at the wzyjlrn iad aUAtm Ur t.furtlwr 5. K f " older onlcr Is passing nil ocr tho world. Tho silent people nro making themselves felt. Ponroe nnd his crowd belong to tho dark ages of politics; to tho dark nnd ugly nges of fico government. Pen roso will go, nnjluw, whither I win or lose, liut I'd like to bo tho man to send him on his way. There nrn't tnsriy like him left, Tho tpc Isn't tolerated nny more. I'e got n lot of pcoplo with me In my nart of tho Mate. They under stand mo and they know why I'm run ning." Lieutenant Bert Hall, a Kentucklan, who won world fame us nn aviator In the I.afaette I.seadrllle nnd the high est decorations of the Trench, Russian nnd llumanlun armies, was another speaker He has downed nine Germans nnd bis storv kept tho diners open mouthed for nil hour nnd twentv minutes j li. Weeks, president nf the club, jiteslded as toaMmaster SUFFRAGISTS TO URGE APPROVAL BY SENATE Leaders Will Hold Mass-Meeting Here February 8 for Purpose veais of dlfcoiiragoment ami political ' OlstliiRiiisheil suffrage leideis fiom j siibteifii(,e, vejrs in which both Kepuh dirfiient puts of the counlrv wjll as- Hi ins and l)eniocrut fought shv nf an semble III I'hlladtlphl i Kebrinry X for open ilcclnritlon to allow the people o u in is-iiiit ting lit" the Y M ' A epies their wIIks at the polls fur i hill In iiirmntitonn l lirlng piefsuie I jgilnst the sslooit New Jersev b.i now to beir on the Stnite for favoialde ,m turn-bound law whlili will nllnvv 'lie jet Ion on the .Susin It Anthonv .iniend- i mnjoritv 111 even Inmlet town and tin i inent to the l'edtinl Constitution Thop tbo Mate to lule a law whlih in muting will follow a lonfeiemn of the view of the lapld tiend towaid a booze-1 .state (hilrnicii of the .Nation il Wo- i less nation,' accentuated Hlme the be j men's p.ut from the l.itirn Dlstrlit , ginning of the vvm, will bn one itieit nf the I'nlted stales "trldo towntil Hie abtolule elimination l.etteis of Inv.tntlon hive been sent of Intoxicants as beverages In this Stale to tho following Mate cliaiimeu Mis I i:nvnim admits that the lievt step riorence lla.uil Ullles of Helawate after m al option Is prohibition ' Ahs I II Hopkins of Nt ,lfise ills V n Ascough of I'onncitluit , Mis w 'Ihompson Hutch of the Dls trlit of Columbia, Mrs Robert Treat Whltehouse of .Maine Mis Donald R UooKei of "Mar viand Miss (Dive M llelches of Massac huet' s , Miss s illle llovev of New Ilaninshlir . Mrs O II P llelmont of New Jllldted (Illties of Rhode York Miss I 1" mil mid .Mrs Uorden ltes ofVumont BIG FORCE REMOVING SNOW FROM STREETS Accumulation of "The Beauti ful" Emptied Into Sewers. Railroads Clear Tracks I lie strut cleaning forces of the cllv aie woiking with might and mnln to clem the tieets of the accumulation of snow fiom tho last two Ktoini" The snow Is being emptied Into sewus and stieams of water fiom fireplugs ale be ing used to sweep It Into t lie inlets A forte of "5,000 men was emploved b the Pennsilvunla, Railroad ill cloar lng its tracks of snow and bv henulau efforts the lines have been opened '1 Mills ar, now operating on schedule Aoout 3500 eMia, men weie emploved special Ij for the work of snow removal, tho remainder bung regularls emploved track men in the service of the com- Uluilnatlng the saloons, not onlv of lnak M." ........ . . .. ! I,ls Iilp" br N"ew Jersev men women Hie Philadelphia and Reading Rail- atnl children happlei. but of establish w.iv has also succeeded In opening Its I ne nrmiv that principle of the Aineil tncks and is operating on schedule , tltn ,,ecJje majorl rule Warning lin- been glvui bv Chief 'I he Macka act. which Is the -tialght Murp.iv of the I lie Ituicau to thoc local option pioposltlou provides that engiged in street cleaning that snow ,, the signing of .'0 per cent of tho must not be piled near fireplugs so as (k ,j 0ters of a rnunlclpalltv (not in- u, nnsiuu .mo udiuiipi iirriiicii in gn- PUSH AIl SCHOOL PKOUC ., . . , Postal Inspectors Continue Investi gation of Tiaining Project Postal Inspector" aro piobing deeper todaj Into the activities of the War fill ocitlon il 1 mining iv I100I which tin ordered to stop operations several daH ago Pederal olllclals allege that II I' Cilmbel promoter of the scheme, who has ottlips 111 the Diexel Dulldlng, his colleited several hund'td dollars from charltabl) ill ipose 1 (ersons in tho name of wounded soldiers Chief Curteljou of the postal lnspec tors Is In charge of tho case 1 Umbel he snld piomoted solumes In ( hlcago oeroie ne mine, to Phllidelplili school was described as an Institution planned to rehabilitate and train wounded soldiers returned from Prance CHOOSING JURY TO TRY i FIFTH WARD GUNMAN i "Lfiftv'TosfplIn Pnppa Pmirf v m VWMil on Charge of Aiding in Kills, ing Detective Eppley The work of choosing a Jurj lo try Left j Cotello, one of the New York gunmen with 'Butch' Mascia when he shot Acting Detective George A, Rppley duilng the I'lfth Ward primary election contests, was resumed this morning b. foro Judge 11 ildrldge, of Altoona. in the Court of Ojer and Terminer Four, men have already been (-elected They are Samuel I.ppstcln, shoemaker. 2837 North Thirteenth street; John U Cram packer, 2011 MrClellau street; Rimer Tucker, carpentir, 230 South Cecil street, and William Crawford, driver. ,,.iir ...... ...... iJ I-1HI l,olOU aVOUUe The defend nit 1, .. n. in. . . . inc drreuclant his five bills of Indict- merit against hlra Assistant District Attorney Joseph H Taulane, prosecuting Hie e.e f,, .1,.. . , , . ' s-wiiiiiiciimeumi. lias selected to tr the defendant on tho In- dlctmcnt charging the murder of the detective tn-,,,. . ,,, ., Rights of the Commonwealth in ob- talnlng convictions have been greatly Int. im, 1 hi Ihn n.l... -M .... -. .- ,...... , ,..c kiiun ui juage vvcssel In nooning jiajor nmitli to escape trial with hie co-defendants, In tho opinion of wininci .iiiorney uotan After Judge Wessel made his tullng granting the Mayor a separate trial, Mr. Jtotan char- acterlzed It as a most unfortunate move HOTEL CLERKS IN FOOD DRIVE Twenty-five In "Flying Corps" to Visit Restaurants twenty-five, hotel clerks, organized Into a special 'flins corps' to aid In food suing, aro today visiting Phila delphia restaurants, Insisting that pro prletors sign the Federal food admini stration pledge cards. The cardi pledge the proprietors to observe the specified meatless and wheatless dais. The clerks were organized t ai meet ing called by J. Miller Fouler, presl dent of th Pennsylvania Hotelmen's Association. Following the calls of (he clerks, all restaurants wilt be v lilted by representatives of the Motor Mrs- ice, srno win criec up tat w- ".'.'TWni'ia i: sjj-1, - rsSHL jJMSSar !WteltJ. V lll.n 1.. lw. I.lnn.i ...n.llli I l.l ,f Af .,.l... 1 . ' --. 1 . . I.-.-. L.nilnl I I f 1 (MS II f I t t ft lu A S A r Pfll All n1sn.t .. -- !.. . A EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JERSEY LOCAL OPTION TO END 3000 SALOONS Governor Edge Fills His Pledge by Signing Ex cise Bills 30-YEAIt FIGHT FOR DRYS Uoth Demociats nnd Republicans Ftnnlly Won Over to "Home Rule" View TRIINToVs. .Ian 30 Muie than 3000 ssloons In New Jer sey will be driven out of business by th pissago of the Macka loiil option bill, which, with Its companion measuie tint illowlng votets In 'wet communities to InltiHte ordinances to legulale tlis llmioi business Governor IMge slgmd )eteiiHy afternoon After a light of uearl thlrtv .veais. durlne whirii tcmneiancn advocates In all Dirts of the .State strenuouslv sup-1 , I ported the extension of the home mlo mliielnlR to tho Hanoi eiuesllon anci i (me of the kieit Melius In the local I opth n vklorv was Joseph P 'I miiultv secretan of Piesldent Wilson Tiunilltv ns one of the leadeis of the Denioc i.itli parlv lu ,i Jrrsev realised that tlu scle nupstiou could no longer be fooled with' ns has been done foi vear past 15 both patties and he isued what nmounteil vtituallv to a commiml to the, Demociats of New Jeisev that the peo pic should have the light to ots them solves 'wet or dtv," t.Dfil. pr.KDOED TO OPTION- Seeing the handwriting on the wall as evidenced bv the drift of national senti ment against the liquor evil tho Re publican pirtv nt Its last State con vention here, pledged Itself to 'ocil op tion, and (lovernor Rdge. hailing from the most liberal scitlon of the Mate, At lantic 1'itj bowed to the Inevitable. Ue i hiring that the voice of the people long oppresed bj the liquor Interests of the Mate, must be heard, hn pledged lilnisrlf to "Ign a, locil option bill If the l.erMaturo passed II llow well ho kept his wold was shown .vcstcidav afternoon when. In the pres eni i of members of the l.eglslatuiij. Mate oMlclils, temperance woilrs nnd ollhers of the New Jeisev Vntl-iloon League he atlKed Ills slgnatuie to the two bills with the same pen v 1th which 'he Illinois local option lav v ai signed some je.us ago. The applause of this gathering which greeted the executives slgnaturo to the local option bills rebounded Through the State from tape Miv to Susse and from the Deliware to tho Atlantic as a vlgoious commendation, not onlv of ijudliig counties) of a petition, an elec riicso saloons whlc'n were ll.ensed , in to the enactment of the lav may1 ntliiue to operate until the terms of Mr license expire. Anv licensee whose , enc evolres lliiniiell Hie i.nfm,.mnl of the .i) t Is entitled to a refund of thel pro rata portion of his licence fee. ba-ed I upon the term for which It was origin- allv gnnted A petition of no per cent of the legal voters mav bring on a spo cliit election Senate Stirred by Cost of Hog Island Continued from Pace tine Ktvv nun ruKiuru itutu iuiph iu ci"si i jlie'ill r eiilmtfltntfik mi. It ia Afuuu.t ., , ,. , ., , ' I lri"ulre "hellle1' ""s "Pndltuie will '''ring ieults within the time of our meessltj ' repot t submitted bv h M. I'eltou, englnei 1 of the Shipping Board declares tint the plant has beitr congested with I r surplus of labor I watched tho men congregated at different points about the vard," i-ivs l'l "Poll and I should esthmte that llfidtll lifissllilc liffween ItlA nntl ten men u nrl. j ib out ' 'very gang of mo. i never oi ill) me n iw sueu luieiies, nan me men wo saw nt work, uiganlzed in pioper gangs, would have done more work than all the men that were there. The waste and inifllciencv can be explained onl bv the fact that, as I i understand it, there Is no penalty what ever Imposed upon the contractor fot extesslvo costs; no limit to expenditure hsjt been fixed, and he Is entirely indlf ferent as to the amount of money e penueu A rennrt h II II nn.senu nn..... of the ship aril division of the TIect i orporation. said that radical retrench- 'merit was necesarv, should be effected without paing an attention lo tne a )n.ij0r In tho American army, he en lit once, or that the Fleet Corporation others I concentrated I got tri one . llsle(i ti, nench Infantry the second should bo given direct control over the ' M machine was riddled I was wounded aay of the war. and the all were later way In which inonc was being spent. In the mouth and arm Relng fourteen, transferred The famous Guncmcr, An investigation bv tho House Mer. thev kent at me. of course ! .. i,n ..au biiie.i i.,- ii, nni,n nfAH i.. I chant Marine Committee Into conditions ' nt 11. n llm talfi,,l la.., ., u ..... , 1 nt tho Hog Island plant was postponed - "., .......v. ,jiti ..no I'unkliimrti I tlllrU ,UH "'"" C'lralrman Hurley, of I the .Shipping Hoard, promised Immediate i melioration of these conditions m iit(im: ri-riipii rncTno-pci t .: -------- ----..., w r"-" i " morn -uovcrninent ard' con- ' ,nictH. on the agency basis, nlso w III be investigated one let to tho Merchant Shipbuilding Corporator nt llrlstol, l' for 10,000,OUO and tho other to the Submarine Hoat Corporation at New-' atli, N. I . for ,11,000,000 'A survey of ck.ndJ.ions at these . .. v.. places, sas me i-iez rcpoti, nut ac. centuates the Impresslor gained a Hog Island that the progtess made at that ard has been ery fat from satlafac' toty' i Relative tc tht. advisability of ac quainting the publlo with tho facts In the matter of extravagance, i;duard W Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Hoard, said on January It) last: "I believe that if thu profits of tho American International Shipbuilding Corporation were excessive, or there was an thing In connection with, the transaction which was wrong, the publlo should have the facts" The American International Shipbuild ing Corporation made the statement that Its profits were not to exceed 3i per cent on 1191,500,000 worth of work. William Findlay Brown Better The condition of William Findlay Iirown, well-known Iawer and special assistant to District Attorney Itotan, Is r-omewnat improved today, air. Brown has been critically III with pneumonia l his home, il summit "sntnuirChMl. FIRST FLYING "ACE" VISITS AMERICA r u Lieutenant Bett Hall, a Kentuckian by bitth, now a naturalised citizen of France, hat teturned to America on a fui lough and in the couise of his travels paid a visit to Philadelphia. Aside fiom Major William Thaw, now with the American flyine; forces in Prance, he is the only surviving member of the original Lafnvcttc Escadrillc, which pcrfoimed such loyal service for France. Lieu tenant Hall has bagged nine Boche planes in the course of his flying career. FLYING ACE SEES FOUR OR FIVE YEARS MORE OF WORLD WAR Lieut. Bert Hall, Long, Lean Kentuckian, Says U. S. Must Send 3,000, 000 Men Aerial Hero After Hav ing Downed Nine Boche Aviators in Battle By M'LISS mllK flrt l'blng Ace to come to -- America Is In Philadelphia Lieu- tcnint licit Hall the thet of his long. (link flsuro almost solidly inciusted I with war decoration'. Is paving us visit Of the two men who lonstltute tii icmniiils of the oiluhut l.afavelle Rscidrllle Lieutenant Hall Is one Major l"Blllv" 'Ihaw, rf Pittsburgh, now with I iei shine. Is the olhei You know, of iouie, bv this time ! .-,.- . r.,.. lu llA tfllMlt-, fill) 111 tllP aviation deck 1o be entitled "Aie an V oak Ull MIC k" ktl1- v."!.., to s;otes of others Leading the pha- of gohl and eilvc, and bronZe that ' " ,,, n.in, evlilenre of his daring, ' 1 ' im ta Waill Jlllllalr" I "" ig c, hcnoi that can be awarded , l ..? '.... ,pi , la il, C.nlv SouerreNvltli thice p-ilms. each stind - ,nB foT a death defIng exploit There Is the decoration of ht f.coige. nnle elchtv of which have been awuided since tho outbreak of tne war, nnd there Is the St Vladimir and nn unpro nouncable ono won In Rumania modus r. miwi: ki:.ti'ckh Strange as It maj seem In view of all this, the Ace, a long Kentucknn, who is an adopted son of Trance, Is modest 1 had heard that his Medallle Mllltalio smile, 'than I ve heard an where Over was1 won after a spectacular engage- there the think ou re fine and wonder- j rnent at Verdun, in which single-handed ful and that what jou've done In con ho had attacked fourtien lloche nlrmen, slderatlon of tho fait that jou hadn t who suddenly appeared out of a clear an thing to start with Is slmpl man el-j skv dangerously near the spiff head-1 uu" Quarters, and et he deprecated II "It was nothing.' the Ace said cahnl, "One does not have time to fear. There was no one else to go with mo nnd so 1 had to attack alone 1 had the advan tageous position an how, for when I sighted them I was above them. KOIXSHT 14 SINGI.K-HANIJI.D "I he Herman, ou know," he con tinued contemptuous, 'lights well onl lu organization In rourtcens Is about how they like to travel Well, the wore too neat us I had to go after them I decided to nip off ono of the end ones I tiled and missed, then fool ishly ruado a. false maneuver and found in self In the midst of them. The fight ing was not. ' Vou have no one with ou when OU use a Nlouport, as we do. You operate jour own machine gun, aiming the entire airplane, really. I found imself In a bnyl viay, but I gave several or tliem a' baJ drubbing 1 decided that after nil t,iat trouble ' muat rcall .set one " I 'I decided to fool them and dropped i as though they had landed ine, then I . ... .1 u !... I.a.l lun.U.I .. !.. I quickly turned and ascended and got away They were so far In our lines that the beat It without following" The lieutenant's record Is three Roches brought down at Verdun, two at EXTENSION OF SHED AT GOTH STREET DENIED Complaint of Passengers Is Turned Down by Public Service Commission The shed extenslcn for the Sixty-ninth street station of the elevated railroad, demanded by passengers of the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company for pro tection from Inclement weather will not be built. The Public Service Commis sion, at Ilarrlsburi, has ruled that the erection of the extension at this time would be Inadvisable because of the shortage of materials The company had agreed to build a cover 10 fet onK' but la,er " " Impossible to get material. The com mission was notified of this at the same time that Hit attention was called to the Federal suggestion that no unneces sary Improvement be made by the rail roads during the war period The com pany alto has maintained that the plat- ow Pftec"0I cln " for "Flying Ace" Calls Peace Talk "Bunk" Lieutenant Bert Hall, the first "fljing ace" to visit America, sas: "Peace talk is bunk; the war will be a long one, four or five j cars more. "America will have to put four or five million men into the field before it is over. "Russia is disorganied and will have tQ jield to ficrman's de mands. "Only America criticizes America. We in France think you're great." the Soinnie one at Champagne, two In Russia and one lu Rumania Sent to Russia as a sort of stimulus to the t ailing wai enthusiasm of that conn- rcpeate t1(, (pictlou " , o Iiu.,1 1. "'"" l ll" '"" """l """""' '"' " ' " ' '"y l'''". "" ' '"'Vi'T, v." l "i'-:!"81 T n"0," Skv dldll't last, and ill the 1 11)1 PkU"ln, I couldn't tell jou what 1 Ilttr dUMnu and tarrvlng, will have to "V Peace .iccordlriB to (.erman teim- I There s nothing left to hei. si,es com- plctelj disorganized ' Hut this war Is going to I ist foui 01 five mote jcars, and foui or live million VmerU.ins are going to be put Into the Held before Its over with ' Vou know, I've heard more ciitlcism of America since 1 left I'lance, ' the I Lieutenant's fne'e, ns lein and ns keen aH H grr) hounds, broke Into a wide PRACi; TAI.lv Al.1.1 'HL'.VIv ' Ml this talk of pcaie is 'bunk' and all ibis talk of I ranee being plaed out is 'hunk ' France wants Alsace-Lorraine and Is determined to get It Ciet man Is determined that she shall not havo it. Trance will light to the death, If necessary. ' The morale of the T'rench army nt present Is wonderful. They havo more men than the have had, before; their men are better fed and fuller of fight than ever before The Rngllsli aimy is really beautifully trained now and has been doing Its great bis bit. We await America Wc ic going to win, of course " The Ace from the Hlue Grass State, who was a speed artist lu tho motor T orld until automoblllng became too tame for him, left America ten jears ago and went to Prance, where he studied avia tion lie became naturalized there and .,,,,, ,!,. ..-.til iii ur lerked Mm i into prominence. With Wily Thaw and Jimmy Hach nnd Charles .Sweetie, now I i,,,. ir.m.ir ,!, hi. nftv.n.ir.i .., 1 ... . . . . . . ' "v.njr airplane, was his friend The Aco Is thlrt-seven ears old, looks about ten ears ounger and Is here on a furlough. He spoko beforo the Kej stone Automobile Club at a smoker at Lulu Temple last night WOMEN TO HANDLE MAIL AS CLERKSAND CARRIERS Uncle Sam Invites Female Candi dates to Take Philadelphia Postofllce Examinations They are not going to be all mall clerks and carriers any more but fe male ones This was made known today when the forthcoming examinations on March 9 for mall clerks and can lets were an pourceil ly the Postofflce Department and the local Civil Service Hureau. Any woman between the ages of eighteen and forty-five may apply and If she has had a grammar school edu cation should easily pass tho very simple examination, it was said. Spelling, arithmetic, letter writing, copying from plain copy and correcting of wrong addresses are the extent of the examinations which will be held at Room 4S3, Pojtotllco Rulldlng, on March 9. This announcement does not mean that men are not wanted, but rlmply that women may get the appointment If they I wish., Tbo. rates, of pay run from $00 JANUARY 30, 1918 PRESIDENT'S AID ASKED IN HOUSING PROBLEM Supply of Dwellings Commit tee Writes of Needs of Hog Island Workers CALL FOR COMMISSION Demands of War Industries Set Forth in Piea for Fedeinl Intervention or tho purpose of hastening the wotk of housing the thousands of men em ploed at Hog- Islind and tho engaged In war Industiles all over the coun try an appeal bus been made illicit lu Piesldent Wllron bv the supply dwellings committee of the Phlladelplih Housing Asochtlon Tho committee urges the establish ment by tho Kedeial (.oveinment of u housing administration or commission with power to buy and requisition Hnd and build houses for workers lit vwtr Industries, -iho President's attention Is called to tho fact that new construc tion by prlvalo builders has virtually eoised, while tho de.mands of war Indus tries have lutrailed manv thousands lo tho8 districts where supplies nro pro duced Hspe, IjI suess was 1 il.l b the tonitnllteei on the Importance of Iho Phllndelplil-i dlsttkl While be duelling committee sup ports the bill now before i'ongies, which (.Ives Hip 'l,et Cotporntlon power U requisition land ami building, the commltteo believes tint this wilt only pirtly meet Hie nerd "ho letter lo President Wilson foi- II MS To the Piesldent of the 1 nlted State Ml We repeitfulh urge the Im meillitp nuessltv foi the establish ment bv the Feibral tJoveininerit of n limning admlnlslritlon or commission with power to bin and requisition land, huv, lequlslllon and build bouses fOI WOtKeiS 111 W.ie illiltlMlrle art Inul nitml constiuillon nuj begin nt the earliest piactlcable niomeni ou lnve doubtless noted the tno factors whlih m iKc the piesent hous. Ing situation so serious, new con struction bv private builder lias vlrttnllv ceased, while the demands nt war Industries have caticd a great migration of population lo those dis trict where war supplies are pro duced, 'I he Philadelphia district Is one of the mot lmpottant of these. Since last September our association has sought through everv meins that at fined to promise an success to get definite action which would relievo the ncuto housing situation here We ,ito informed that our situation is simi lar to that In oilier districts In which Iiigo war oiders havo been placed Vet wn seem no nearer nrtutl ron stiuctlon thin wo were months ago except for a compnratlvelv small number of houses lo be erected bv the I.mcigency I leet Corporation, l.vcn thee li'ivo been delaved by the rieet Corporation's lack of power to requisi tion laud 'llio bill that pis'-ed the Senate n vieek ago last I "i Ida v giving power nnd inonev to tho I'leet Corporation seems to us a step In the right di rection, but It meets onlv a frnttlon of the need We believe that whit Is needed now Is nn organlsitlon that will have jut Miction over all housing work for the Government armv nnd nivv, ns iv pit as shipping board with oner lo make decisions, execute contracts, re quisition land and improvements, and (,o ahead Whatever housing work Is dono bv the I'edetal Government should be well done. If It Is to serve Its purpose effictlvelv. This means the eerclo of forethought Hut the time for such forethought Is growing short Within a month we shall probnblv be faced with tun tiecesltv of putting uslrie all plans and slmpl tluovv up shel ter of some kind regirdless of etll ilenc. effects upon transportation or olhei Inteicsts This would be an act nf despilr It would Involve tremendous waste of tuoiie It would be acceptance of un satisfactorv and makeshift results It would mean constant tioublo and lad. or efficiency during the period of tin wat nd It Is entirely unnecessary provided time Is not wasted now. Wo respectfullv call this matter to vour attention In the hopo that voir will use voui great Influence In secui lug the necespar legl'lative action Mncerelv. MOI CUI.M LI.0VD ,lr Chlilrm.nl JOHN 1IILDKR Seeretaiy. T lie rouiinltleo includes IMgn ! ross, Daniel Crawford, .li . George 11 Dalesman, Miss Marv K Gibson, Thomas Gates, Charles II l.udlnc- tor Di Winner Kiusen, Heinard .1 I Newmnn and John P I! Slukler Donation Day for Home Don itlon dav will ho observed b St Vincent's Home, now temporaiilv quar tered at Point Pleasant, V .1 , net .Sat urday and an appeal will lit made for funds for the home ANTI-SEDITION RAF JES AROUSE ENTHUSIASM Fifteen Meetings Held in Pub lie Schools Are Largely At tended Orators Cheered Tnbounded enthusiasm lnaiked the fifteen pattlotic rallies held In public schools of Philadelphia as the beginning of tho campaign of oratory to stamp out sedition and arouse the people to u higher degree of zeal In behalf of their country In the wai that Is now- going on Large crowds attended each of the meetings and the cheering left no doubt of the Intense Interest that the peoplo had In tire purpose for which the gath erings were held The largest of tho meetings were held at the West Phila delphia High School, where nddieies were made by former Gov ei nor Hdivln S Stuait, Lieutenant V A. Sutton, of the llrltlsh army, and members of the school faculty. National airs were rendered by tho school glee club and a brass band p!acd military marches In other schools located lu sections of the. city where there Is a large foreign population speeches were made In several languages, and the reception accorded those speeches showed that there Is no lack of patriotism on the part of those who heard them. Tor the next four das meetings will be held lu other schools and attractive programs will be rendered. Special at tention will be given to stamping out an thing that smacks of sympathy with German propaganda. ARMED ESCORT TORPEDOED British Vessel Becomes Total Loss After Stranding LONDON". Jan. 30. The armed fcscort 'vessel Mechanician has been torpedoed. the Admiralty announces, it was strand ed In the Hngllsh Channel January 20. It lias become a total wreck. Three officers and ten men of the ciew wero lost. , t - The British torpedo gunboat Hazard was sunk In the Ungllsh Channel Jan uary 3S as the tesult of a colllslpn, th. a J.l.a1lit a ntllinftH TlifA man am AUIllli A" iiw'"'i ; tiiit nr lost, The llaxarcl was built In 1194. She measured 1070 tons. Sim was 2C0 feet lomr. WfVonrt wmpliniMt U TO DISCUSS SALAItY KISF Gnffnoy to Hold HcaiiiiR on Flit. men's nnd Police Demands t call will be Issued In n few ilavs o Joseph V. (laffney, thnltninn nr the rinnnio l-onmilttec of t'ounills, for n publlo hearing for the dls'cusslon of an Increase of silnrles for firemen nnd policemen Apparently tho principal subject for discussion will bo tho means of raising funds to meet tho proposed Increase. "s Tho problem probably wilt bo to set tlo tlio "moiaP claim of Senator lid win 11 Vare for J210.000 for extra work on League Island Park and meet tho wage lncreas0 out of a possible J730.O0O surplus TAG YOUR COAL SHOVEL TODAY AND SAVE FUEL Plan to Economize Is Being Helped by School Children of Country Toda Is 'lag Your Shovel" Mij This If Hie da on which all can aid In saving a "hovelful of coil u da b net feeding tho home furnnio too fist. School .clilleln n all over the cotintr nre enjoined to help the good work b tng ViiiB the shovels of their own mil tmlr nclghbois patent 'I he fuel administration Is the powit behind this new tag movement Mm hundreds of thouands of the Pigs lave been distributed, especially tinning Hie schcnl children of tho cltv, and spoclil ccremonle hive beeji arranged at the various public buildings of this and oil ei titles Residents who feed llieli own furnace will theicfoie remembci that this Is the dav th it we ' Savo th it shovelful of e ml for Lnde .am ' and whin the fill line looks hungiv feed hhu a little, but not too much Rverv shovelful saved mav mean another wanner da for all with that sneil fuel 200 FARM TRACTORS FOR USE IN STATE Purchase by Food Commission Announced at Convention of Implement Dealers '1 lie purchase of 200 farm tractois bv the l'nlted States Pood Commission which will bo distributed among Pcnn slvanja farmers to be used lu Increas ing tho production of food, was an nounced todav at the second davs' ses sion of the I.astern Implement nnd Ve hicle Dealers' Association The con vention Is being held on tho roofgarden of the AdelphH llottel. How- the farm tractors would be dis tributed among the farmers wasn't made known. Attending the convention aie mail firmers from far-off rural districts of Pctins.vlvariH Other featuies taken up at toda'H seslon weio the world war and the position of the dealers dut Ing tho ensuing commercial war ('. K Iirantlngharn president of tho National Implement and Vehicle Asso ciation and chairman of the faun Imple ment committee of tho prlorltv board' at Washington, and George A. Ranney, ticasuret of the International Harvester Compiny and a member of the I'edeial Wai Savings Committee, will be the principal speakers this afternoon They will discuss, lespeitivel. Hie 'Need of Co-operation Duilntr War' and 'War Savings " Other speakers Include l.'eoige R James, of Memphis, 'lenn, on 'Commit riltv Rulldlng': Dr W. i: Tajloi. of Mollne, III, on "I lie American Parmer j and theWir", PIojil R Todd, of Mollne. Ill, on 'Ameilcanism Just Now,' and I W. 1, Clark, of Poughkeepsle, N. V, on I "i'lactoia Winning the War." Tonight the annual banquet will be held In the Gold Banquet Hall, when sev eral novel entertainment surprises will be sprung on the members Tho convention closes tomorrow morn Inr with a local club rally and tho elec tion of officers i Saloonman Defied Closing Order County, I'uel Administratoi 1'rancls A Lewis lias announced thnt he will llle a remonstrance against the renewal of the license of Kdw.ml Gallaghet, u sa loonkeeper at I.Ieventh street and Itls ing Sun avenue on account of his de fiance of the Mondav- closing order this week, and will take steps tn prevent Gallagher from getting any more coal C0ALFREEAS AIR, KENSINGTON MOHO Railroad's Fuel, Intended to Bring More to City, Raided. Five Cars Emptied Todav's the da, for tomorrow never come' may This was the attitude of GUu men. women and children who l aided five coil-laden earn In the Philadelphia and Reading Hallway ard at American and BetlkS streets The coal was consigned to the j-allroid company for use In Its locomotives, man of which ifeeded the coal to furnish power for hauling moro fuel to the cltj But coal Is hero today, they said Opportunity knocks only once And In less than a half houi, despite tho frantic effoits of policemen of two stations to stop them, more than 200 tons were transferred to bags, baskets and other receptacles. The railroad men wnlllncr in ,tinii the fuel Into the empty bins were power less to cope witn tne mob 'lhey sent in a hurry call to the police of the I'ourth and York streets station, and a de tail responded When they arrived the coal seekers were on lop. under and all about the cars. A gioup of men sur rounded the police and pinned them against one of tho cats while friends mado sure of their supply. One of the coppers escaped and tele phoned the Pront and Master streets police station. Two bluecoats responded. As soon as they arrived they wero also surrounded and, with their fellows, only released when the five cars wero empty. The coal, which was to have been burned lo bring more to the city to re lievo the shortage In the clt' homes, now burns merrily In the homes of the people who were without coal until the coal that was to bring more coal ar rived, Professors to Double Up lu order to effect wartime economy, professors at the University of Pnn stvanla will from now on double up In their work, many of them teaching studies that aro out of ther line. Organize Shlpbuildlnc Reserve A shipbuilding leserve Is being or ganised In Pennsylvania to list available men who may be called Into Industries essential to ship construction Jnicase of I f r ",!,'; FLOODED RIVERS CAl DEATH AND SUFFER. Millions Lost by Ice Floes Monongahela Ohio Clain Several Lives COAL BARGES WRECK, Hngintj Waters Destroy Vast o'ui nnc:.i ei i-iopcuy in Ul iMidtllo West (I rl pnT,suriian, jB11 , Damigf of balf a. million dollan S neen nono nnd property worth rrllll. Is menaced bv tbo Immense n.,.- .T are on their vva down the Monon(3 River Repoits early today vver"t3 i.m mid nuu oeeu stopped bv a gorn . Utownsvllle. llftv mile. .,,- ... ?.'" nnil that efforts were being m,rt.!! dvnanrlto tiro Ice B ad'.,l I More than a score of barge tu of them loaded vvllb ! ?- ' V laud hopes of saving t,em JJ" riven no ',$ oeM ,. . Jen feet of wnler covers the 13,1, moie c cjnio tracks t Urovvnarttfl Thousands of acres nliov,. n, ..?! ar- Inundateil nnd several of the trZ, "'" ",,utT """ At Jlorgantotvn. i J..V..;.' Bur:.'"?1 .nr Rallioad tr mic Is ihm.r Hz(d . Milpplng III the h'ulMir here- Isnt'ii m. ri y of the Hoc III. ult AI(Vh liver f.o.eu tight, boats have no ri2 . in i c,cal' 'no ilingei Therin atioul ne tn ii... i. .i r n"vsl - ., .- ..... ..j.,,, luiruasier, i' cini i.vvwr. .T.n i.'-l n u ii i. ii. in . ..i ... w" " .... iviiuiiii ur in inn in nisij j il , ... . -I'wisi-u U(i rnlng slieams and then lnnii.iT. -f Mrs A p Hal, lin.I Mllllmi CM E' vvero the. first victims, di owning , p Logan a According t0 mCE,J I, from tint point m""g f! An ko gorge In the niiin m,..,. .S I New Itlchinond, tvvciit miles from hen' 2 biokc eiily today and the river it 1 ten feel Other gorges tn the rlvU F below this point me expected to U V broken bv the foice of the released flool Increased damage and further loss tn ' life is feared T C Points n ffccied bv the Hood txitti rrom Pittsburgh clown tho Ohio Part! lo (lalllpolK liouton ..rut Portsmouth J O, thence to Padtuah Kv , and as f, down ns Calio. al tho Junction of th Ohio and Mississippi l)iton, O, th. a sccno of Ohlos worst floud a few vtarj i ago. Is not In dancer .5 T.sst repoits wero that Morgantowti, W Va , was Hooded when nn Ico gorp broko In tho Monongiluli Itlver jet tenia. Tho town is still cut oft from communication j The Tennessee, Cumberland. 0M& Kan iw hi Mononsahela and the Bli k bandy livers are laglng and towru p along their route mo threaten! ' Bridges and railroad tracks have beet i! washed out, towns and small vlllare i Isolates! and in some cases even sub- mer geu. A UVA.VsVlLI.i:, Im! . Jan t llivtt vessels worth more than a mil llou dollars hivo been swept past tl cltv i trial loss In the rush of wat' ami ko following the breiklng up Ice goigcs along the Ohio P.lver, la i pen part of this loss was at Padm K. Vessels vvoith millions of dollai ale anchored in the mouth of the 0; Ilivet, nnd should tho Ico gorge Ilochcstet. Ks . bresk the would lot. The river is rllng and river im feu that the Ice will break up befi nltrht svveeiilmr vessels slid liver pre ertv before the flood Of CA1IIO ill, Jan. iH Steimlinats nnd bilges valued at mil lions if dollata nre either lost M Im- ..A,itai .in,... ilm eiliin Itlver tedar DI Kv...t.. .... '-. . . . -,'vmi lee Hoes tint hive lilocueu tne riT fiom Cairo lo Columbus Scoies otve ul mr. In tbo hi tli of ii huge Ice gcri which legan moving devvrr tne rive n.illl toils V ' 1 Man of th- litgest boats on tlierteri already have been desttoed or srrl caught in the tloes nnd lu peril of e Qiriiollnn inicres ln.nled wltll coal iM with tlovernnicnt supplies nave orwj swept awuv lu the flood. X 'I he tlvet here Is still using rspis end Is neai tbo SC-foot mark W Mmmlnlii 1 n ills IllliillcllOUt tlie fljOdcl district hive been washed out arilllj Is estimated flft towns are Inundatei Tlie tililo. Monnneilieli, Ouvon tn . . . .,.., . n...l nr,,n.irj otnei irveis Tie svveiici 10 m-v". i"- -j tlons A'nst nre-is in soutnerr i' ... t.-a..... t .. ve.. Vlitrlnli anl Tfl III Ikl'IIIU.I J l.Vk ........ .J nes.ee .11 c lu the flood dltret. J At Paducah fciuiteen steamboats wen swept from their mooting anei at in live of that number were crusne. I. ft tna i SAYS WOMAN BADE HIM KII maiianov CM PY Va , Jan 30- Tl mi cfuflnno miinlnr .f Cliarlt3 SCflWI I JOItl IUUi ntusv.wt V- In Jackson's Uroie. near here, list a i,..t., r.iii un Koivpil today P AlecU Dale, 'of Gilberton, after bel' grilled bv Detective C Samuels i state Troopers David Miller ar! ua' l-lirrre. rnnfpvspil that lie sllOt til II to death on account of his infatust! with Schwartz's- wlfo and upon. proroi llmt Mrs itrhivartl Mould pay nit tor bill and buy him a suit of clotkH, Dale, who Is tlilrtj-Ilve ean .-nitiA fmm t.nnsfdrrf lo tllO SCO1 homo to board several month! IW Ho told tho officers ttuu ne w Schwartz Into a saldon, got him Intoi cated and led him out into tne w to kill him. Both Dale, nnd ll mn n's ulfn wpre ronnnltted to the CO' ty jail today lo be held for murder, t weman being en rccessory befofJj fact. ltlt 1 1 1. Kilt i.taaitirATIOfXa III I.P MANTI IS MIB uvuiiMsrn vpsr in: k pcninsfr i S iS.V'l v. IN .VIINrLN'A.M.EJ ni.PAiit vvoniv i"Aiirvii.Nr CAM. 307 IIUI.Mlt ui: coum B(. WALNUT HT iinrwi.EV nnoAD li 7 P M TO 10 P. 11. iout .vmr r-r-Ei'TifW.l V, Hl!.N!JAV AND ilO.NDiJ ev i:nv vi aviuitUAt, 'iooi, lUnnKVKni" am, must m: i:.ricti!ENCtD ' on itEAMEna and nnociiES, IP tou abb i ookivo rpn nut TO UUTTUll lOUnSbbK jM qai.u 307 nnr.i.BVUH counr bij WALS'UT ST. I1BTWKB.V BnOAD i 7 P Jl, TO 10 P. If pnv n'ioiit, vviTii K'MnrM V.VI dATUltl 'in' Tr- and millions of dollars' pioperty dam & wis the loll todij of noods which hrt h '"il OI,lo. Kcnt.ik. T,nt"wil 8 et -Vlrglhla In the ,st foriy..,,i El boms, as tho ic-ult nt i, ..: .," r. w .rLsdHB ,
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