hwj-vw. V'"i'( jt-1,h- ..in w -, t t iff r, , tf ' ,-., ' IL Bit. -, H 'If. i- - -! . fc' Sii' J V, t , v M M ? & i'r fe& ti. K W M &l ?Afe S FrW' :ir fc. A?r trains wn I RUSH FOOD TO SEA t of iJ-'l A.fi- ..Phijadelphia Will Profit ', by New Plan of Rail- -.-v! roaa -mimmiscranon -' TO' LOAD SHIPS DIRECT 'Freight-Moving Week' Brings Little Result TOTUMBER of loaded freight cars A' in yards of Pennsylvania Railroad January 21 at end of "freifht.movinir week," 4100. Leaded earn in yards today, 3786. Redaction of congested freight cars, 314. Number of curt unloaded yen terday, 930. A tremendous lioont to the business uf th port uf Philadelphia Is certain to come a u result of the dccMun of the I'nlted Stated railway 'ndminlslintion to Inaugurate a s)stem of HiioukIi fast food nnd supply trulns from the JItddle West to the Atlantic seaboard, in the opinion of well-Informed business men of tills city. Tho announcement of the Government railroad officials means dimply this: Food and supplies originating tluough out the country will be concentrated ut central shipping points, chiefly Chicago. St. touts and Kansas City At those, points solid trains ill be made up and sent through 011 fast schedule with a clear right of May to the point on the I Atlantic const where ships are waiting to receive the freight. Ships will not be compelled to wait In poit ludeflnltely while a few cars clrlbbfn In at a. tlmo with the stuff needed for caigo. The cargo will be made up In the West and sent through with lightning speed to the Ship that Is lend)- to receive It. The Importance, of this action to Philadelphia lies In the fact that this port now has unused facilities for ship ping far In excess of thoso of any other seaport on the Atlantic. While freight has been rushed to New Voik to He rotting on the decks, ships havn been stopped at Philadelphia and turning back because there was not sulllctent cargo to warrant their remaining. WILL STIMULATI POUTS TltADI With the announcement fiom Wash ington that greater uso Is to be made In tho future of the harbor facilities In 1'hlladclphln, the new system of pro viding cargoes for waiting ships will lesult In Immediate stimulation of the business of this poit nnd n degree of prosperity that Philadelphia has not known since the war began. Tho through fast freight p Ian s part of the general scheme of the .liro....i administration to concentrate all trans portation facilities toward getting food and supplies across tho ocean to the American troops and the Allies of the Tutted States In the war against the Hun. Nothing Is to be allowed to stand In tho way of this object. All governmental agencies are to bo directed to this work to tho exclusion of everything else. How well the rullionds have been able to meet tho freight situation In Phila delphia in tplte of adverse circumstances Is shown by tho report of the Pennsyl vania llallroad on the number of cars of freight now in Its yards waiting to be unloaded. In comparison with the num ber at the end of "freight moving .week" ten daysijiHtJii'Thls repoit goes far to substantiate the assertion of railroad men that there Is no unusual congestion In the local yards. HOW FHKIOHT IS SIOVIXO At thn end of "freight-moving week" there were approximately 4100 loaded freight cars standing on the sidetracks awaiting delivery. This In Itself was slightly below the not mat amount of freight for tho Pennsylvania in tills city. This morning, after ten days had elasped during which two of the worst snow storms of the winter had descended upon the city, there were only 3780 cars on hand, or a reduction of 314 cars In the number on hand at the end of "freight closing week" Yesterday, following upon the heels of a blizzard which had tied up the 1 .ill roads of the country east of the MUslx alppl river, 950 cars vvre unload ' and delivered In Philadelphia by the Pennsyl vania llallroad alone, and similar ac tivity was noticeable on the part of the other railroads entering the city. Itall- - f'mw-' iv nib i-fMia, ua aai - road men declare that they fully pre - pared for any emergency, thut the woist of the season lias now passed and that there need be no fear, so far as Phil adclphla Is concerned, of any serious Jam of freight In the terminals. NO POSTWOMEX. ALAS! Lister Declares Report of Feminine Carriers Is All Wrong The possobllity of women mall car rier In this city Is "absolutely Impiob able," according to Assistant Postmuster John C. Lister. "Whoever Is responsible for the spreading uf such a rumor is giving publicity to a He," Mr I.Mer said today. "We have a male letter carrier waiting list," he continued, "consisting of 3S0 names and on emergency list of nearly ivv UMlilvt. uuiu oi. uiebe HUUIII IIUVC IU f be exhausted before the hiring of women would evn be considered and then 1 1 doubt whether women would be used In these positions." N'o woman has been hired In the local " postofllce ng letter can led for the last nine yearn, although some uie holding positions as mail clerks. TAX BOARD TO VIEW YARDS Personal Inspection of Gloucester Ship Plants Tomorrow's Plan The Camden County Board of Taxa tion, which has been hearing uppeals from assessments made In Gloucester City and vicinity for the last two weeks, wljl conclude IU work by an Inspection tv I ,' f the properties of the Pennsylvania, T yf the New Jersey and the New York Ship- jr OLUIQtn UOIIipaillCH UIIU VHQ .tniuim '& Printing Cqmpany, tomorrow. jfS Theae four plants have asked fpr re- f r iTk. . ... -!...- 1. nndAun.d,.,H t. t.(,.l. .('Ill ,tjjf -' amount to about 11500,000, The principal ft" .p. objection was made against the riparian WL" ('' rights assoesment. -, A-lo ooaru wiji mane us urvisiou nec HX.'XWedneaday, It wag announced today. k fPtyjijii :::":"w".'.. . r iiSTWlllllAfl AUAIiBf SALUU.a r ..Governor of ffew Yprk Hopes All !.'' ''fa's Will Hove to Close !; ALBANY'. Jan, ,31. "I would like tb Myry'''ca'oon In the State closed ;-IIaXv hope' the people wilt will -iafic aHunac 'ineni. saiu uov- ''WJilth'an.JIpVti. delegation pf Kew M - MiattHBg men wnu came nere tor "flayer reuericK it. vvaj- IKat W, Wioons pi ew k wrnMd;to reopoiv HjWiinun tnat ne had lli aoiiiay'wh.loji 9 tmm:'bt. linear )tW,e4.J '." i TV . PERFECT BABIES HOLD THE STAGE nminwniiiij.ii,(jjiipjiiijuiia DOUBLE SHIP OUTPUT TO WIN WAR, HIS PLEA Bainbridge Colby Declares , That Is Only Way to Beat ' U-Boats Shipbuilding In the I'nlted Slates must Incrose twofold perhaps three fold If this country nnd the Allies aie to be saed from the U-boat and the Hun Is to bo pieveuuted from cairy Ing Into effect his plan's for not Id dom ination, according to llaluhildge Colli), ""ember of the Unljvl States shipping hoard, who has Just leturned fiom a tll to Kmopti wi,, Colonel House for ., . , , ., , ,. . l'"rpose of learning the Immediate needs in the 'war Z0U&;. llr, Colby vv ho" aUuTtssed a meeting of shipbuilder at thc.AWdemy of Music, sounded a noto of atsim. lie declaied that ships are belncsdnk faster than they arc being bull, 'that troops from tnr Limeu t-Htutes are impel atlvely needed to check the German drive, and , that unless the Ships are forthcoming ( to ttanspoit tho men .tint the supplies for the war, the Kaiser' will jet win. "I am not nt liberty to divulge the full significance of the figures of sub- iiiutum riiinttti,., . iiu t cut uii, i an average week, ; Jtecerdlj i British and seven J-'rencfi ships than 1600 tons werifWdnU."' Ileca marine sinkings," he went on. "hut tuke eighteen s of more ' Because this I last year of sinkings cleared the spas of sma sels, we arc tife to avarap; thiSJSt e- eix nt -iuuv gloss tons or iouv neau weight tons each. In that average week then the loss was 150,000 tons. Qu.'that basis the losses for. a year wllj.be be-i tween 7.500.000 to S.000,000 tons 'There Is no way of beating the sub- mailne. men. but by building ships. We j must build them faster than the sub mailnes iJti sink them. Theie Khouldu't be a sk) scraper, a tunnel or a bildge or ' an.v thing going up In this country but I ships If we haven't siifllclent labor, we must shift the labor we have to the shipyards nr il lint, Muuuir ui JJI Ufel till, 11141, as that program of shipping now Is, it I must be doubled. We must build faMer than this tale of sinking of 8.000.000 tons a j ear. We mut overtake the sub mailne and u-place those that aie sent dow n. All we have to do to win the war.' .Mr. Colby said, "Is to put these ships BJHSPum M'Z 1 flf?S r. fA"MT miff 9IKHPli9laVEB I r71ftV K. JaK ""J" Vftw I 4B- b, J.. eaH .jfH ji.aaePPlaaaal J BV .aSaaaaaaaaaaaa fr-C' aaaaaaaaaaaaJyiafx tf ' rMmmW ' Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal' .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaFj HfA --HH "';HH. 'LaaaaaaaK aaaaaaaatr -WW , JLWWH HHRKV't "', MiLMHLaKiibMriBK B.V .vt'0'-' L -'aw V ?- - rMBilEl'iiiiiiaii n '-u, iHiHt' lH Ci -Bl il-i yl;: iawy:--'m!l(a a. -"':. S4iMttij aB . I Br w w T :w ''' B W wn-r, mimmu iTMnwllliflffiilMaiMIII'itlil laffiiaaaillllialiii i --- '- 't -",., jL JRV. . f -":: ! .'.J i ;i---iwir rHHMKMHiMK f : F -s aaszaiKxiaasfTOKar ?- . ... ,. . - r.,, ,. ..IMM,7 . , , . - i - - "" w& K,a at- ts nut taixav Kif'ii?.A .. ... Ir Increasing numbers on the ocean. If 1 we do not do tint we must prepare to take on tiermany ul ne. I wonder If we ate all too preoccupied with our own little affairs to defend our liberties. nine aiiairs io ueienu our uoeriws. Ae a nation, we must sober down. Qur country Is In danger, for the outcome of this war Ih iirobtematlcal. It is uu Ut. !us to win It. And iou men In the shin - vaids aie doing the most Illustrious serv- Ice In the world today Vou are as lne In our seivhe as Jn.v corps of tlie uini or navv." -J Arsenal Needs .MechanicH one numitcd snuieu machinists aie vvunted ut the Frankford Arsenal. Ap- plieants who aie capable of woiklng to close limits on engine lathes and milling machines and who can woik from bluet Btieet. Fiankfoid. Maiy B. Fixher. AI- nade Hotel, Fifteenth and Chestnut prints and niliiometer calipers should though she Is only twenty-two months streets, next Wednesday to see our per Interview Chailcs '.. Tryon, S10 Otis oIdi p,e weighs thtily-slx and nne-half I feet babies nnd those not so perfect," liulldlng. .Sixteenth and Sanson) stieets, HEAR EVIDENCE TODAY IN FIFTH WARD TRIALr Expect Jury Will Be Com pleted This Morning Plea Not Yet Decided Upon Testimony In the trial of "Lefty" Costello. one of the Xevv York gunmen. with "Butch' Mascla when lie snot anu killed Acting Detective George A Kppley during the primary election In the Fifth Watd, Is expected to be heard today. A new venire of talesmen was em paneled and the work of selecting three nioie Jurors was resumed, when the trial opened this morning before Judge i the Lourt of oyer Ruldrtdira il Terminer. The .jurors selected so far aro! Hamuel L'.nstelll. shoemaker, :-)7 North Thirteenth strtst foremaiii John ,. cirani, pacicr, ,vi, ii.mc .,,; I: street K loom James Ualrd. watchman, S3 Folrmouut avenue; Uobert itoreman, moiormau, 3717 Jasper street; Joseph A. Bergerj electrlclad, HOI North Twelfth street, and Mlchael Benjamin, roofer, !30 South Fifty-ninth street. Negotiations between Mr. Klr. atV torney for Costello, and the prosecutor over a question of a guilty plea by Cos tello were resumed. The Commonwealth la proaecutlnjc Costello on the Indict ment charging murder. Four other In dJctweata, stand against hlnu 1KIr '. vlUlmc.that Coitello should Btaart guilty tci a charge c)f manslaughter, or assault with. Intent to kill, but the Commonwealth Insisted that he plead miiiiv. aerterally to an the charges and Uat-r(1iliMir mii the, mercy r of the, wan. m Ilmer Tucker, carpenter. saoHoutnt ecu - Policeman AVIIev. of the Flf. ,ret: William Crawford, driver.- juu9 ,MnUl aj)d V(J0 lnria ,tatIon( nrre,t. last Boston avenue,! Will am Vc.C.ig-ey, iH,Bau Just outside the store. Ward fixer. 27ISS :ortn .second street; ni, ,. nP,...-,i i-ai, ,,,, i,,, i EVENING PUBLIC tnniM.txiJWJrrWiWwltw14Jtw,,raMgi MMi aMfcU utMmmAJMlf W 'KrrMimj:mmmmtmmmMimmumammmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmm-emm f - ' j i .' s ' ; ' ':$A 'm AV-' rl ,j I ." .is. V ).' l,.vpltz,-. IT 3 H w' zM'.ijmm7swrmewsicMf&&:VJW iherc was no dearth of perfect babies at yesterday's gatherinjr at the Woman's Hospital. Of twenty-nine mothers who presented their offspring for inspection, twenty-seven went awny happy with the assurance that their babies were up to the standard. The upper photograph shows the mothers and their babies. Below is one of the hospital nurses holding Jane Bcnsonf left), five and a half months old, and Mary B. Fisher, twenty-two months old, both adjudged perfect babies. . UPERFECT BABIESfrTfftJY EXIST nfiitrM Unit;, asi '1 ' . Z IN PROFUSION IN PHILADELPHIA Even the Unsentimental, Impersonal Eyes of Medical Examiners Find Many, With Two That Are Hailed as "Extra Perfect" Who sajs that pet feet babies aie few aud-far between In Philadelphia Chicago, maybe. It has been irpoitcd on good author- ' ' that that city was scoured tefoie the peifcet child was found. Hut oilt nt the Woman's Hospital on North ("ol- lege avenue esletday thirty-five fond moiuers niougni mcir imam wonuers to bear the caieful examination of Dr. r.leauor l . Jones, neau or tne cnuuien s ucuKiuiicm, i . .lint: .-jeoiu., ""'- imemient or me uopiiai, anu a nan UOZell IlUIses. . Of these, thlrtj-three mothers went i - -v -- "-'-' '- honm content that their babies weie iusi vmram aim wo u kl m I tell their family and envious friends that I William Stoll Klniinlg. Jr.. and Mai B Fisher weie a little better than that, William Stoll Klmmlg, Jr., Is the I thiee-month-pld son of .Mr and Mrs. I "imam mom uunniig. r oi isa;. .oun t'amac stieet, and at the advanced age or tliiee monins weigns seventeen aim one-quarter pounus. no was tnopen as i the most perfect little biby. The prize winner among the older uhlldien was the daughter of Mr. and ; iu y Fisher, of 1913 Kast Pacific I pound", Is thlity-four and one-half' "SSwa- LEGED TCH Jewelry Store Clerk Testifies Glass Enabled Him to Catch Man in Act A mliiui enabled A. K. Leach, a cleik in Ilia Smith & Son jewelry store ut Llghteeiith and Market stieets to catch a man In the act of stealing a Watch according to Leach, who was the prin cipal witness against a piisoner beforo Magistrate Grells in the Fifteenth and Vine streets police station today, Alex ander Wordy thirty-eight years old, 2308 Last Allegheny avenue, and Ldvvard J. "iin-t- ti fn atitt'.ii III it tnulii nlit 1Q10 ITriut , ,)ucitn'g(Io street, entered the store and , iVaril asked to see ome watcheH. While his back was turned, Leach testified, Dugan took a watch. Leach said he saw the act In tl'o jnlrrof. ' He drow u. gun ,, demanded the return of the watch. 1300 ball for further heating Saturday, NOT CHARGED AVITH ARSON Atlantic City Hotel Man Held as , Material Witness ATLANTIC-CIT.Y? Jan. 3L -Alvin Dean, lessee of the Grand Union Hotel, a .Pennsylvania llallroad property; wl'0 was taken, Into 'custody by the police In connection with an Investigation of a mysterious fir In (he hotel, two weeks ago, la held as a material witness and not on a charge of arson, aa police, offi cials atated jesterday. Further arrests are expeciea. hut Dugan fled, according to his test -. M,ri'AiMi tfiej. .!, ft.ri.Wts!, ball jiBtll such" (last riJ.i'jijia..' i...ii..XiA8ato-WJJla.i- LEDGER - PHIL ADELPHI A, THURSDAY, AT WOMAN'S HOSPITAL CONTEST rw. - tlS'B...Jl$ Inches tall and has all her teeth with the exception of two lnolats With scales and tape measure, a few llttlo pinches of the tiny limbs, and ques. tlous quickly asked by the physicians and eagerly nnsvveied by the mothers, the children were examined A few lusty IiovvIh seemed to Indicate that even ner- fect babies might use their lungs promts- euously. And when It was all done, the last child measuied and weighed, Doctor Jones said "This Is ihe mot wondeiful exhibition 0f beautiful, well, healthy babies that 1 eveI. aw. Th,y are a lne uable. and I, EOM , nral, ,la, hle.iat.ferl hshleii atf the best Of all the chlldien heio uir me ueai vn an me cnuuien neio , toduVi ollly t ,el0 bought up by artl- i tJ"A "'""' """ f- jt-. t-Mw7f- mm-? . J s 1 4i---'S. ' .' ' ntlal feeding" oy inr ixair. . " ... l,,i i n, . The Pel feet Babv Contest was inl..dut ot every Oeiman to upholil tins niaiily to find a child thai the hospital could use for demonstration purpot-es In , the clinics, but some of these .children ' ni be used to further the campaign that the hospital will conduct, beginning Feb. j maiy fi, nnd the natlon-vvlde campaign ror the conservation of our Infant popu- latlon Duo out of eveiy seven babies born In this country dies. We want to save the seventh baby." Doctor Seabiook said, "Watch the window next to the Colon- Doctor Seabiool; finished GIVES SHUTTLE SERVICE FOR GOTH STREET LINE P, R. T. Has Put Many Big Cars bn Short Run to Relieve Traffic The Philadelphia llapld Transit Com pany, us the result of hundreds of coin-1 plaints by tiolley riders, has announced that a number of cars of the large near side type have been added on the .Sixtieth street cross-town line duilng the evening and morning rush hours. They aie be ing operated from fipruce stieet to 1-ans-downe avenue. If the company had not piovided this move, lesldents along this Hue were pie paied to nlakc nu effort, through the three, business associations of the section, to have the charter for the opeiation of the Sixtieth stieet Hue revoked by the Public Servlco Commission. The SoiJth .SlUleth Street Improvement As. soclatlon ttn urged that women con ductors be employed to relieve the man shortage problem, which was said to be one of .the reasons for the poor service. The association was also prepared to take steps to establish a bus line. ANGELL'S PEACE PLAN Conference of Two Chambers Ad 1 vocated in Address A peace conference of two chambers, part to bo chosen by delegate elected from, Cong! ess and the varloua Parlia ments by proportional representation, and tho balance to be deslgnat.d by the diplomatic corps, was urged by Norman Angell In an addreaa before the Uni versity Extension Rpclety In, Wltherspoon Hall. 'German Socialist wilt be won over to the lupport of the Allies If such a plan i' followed, and all the various oartlea fighting for Reichstag represen- Ration also will wtort,sueh w-waims'Mf -Wtf, Csolll Tt. who Jlveetwlth acosui ... -' ' ' .' - ' ?tl.-aJ-&'ti jH-'jfdmn .. V i ' . '.. it ittJ.,.ia,Mtf .tittle. 'l wm(i3!win?t,wt!r? - j)5r - 5 INTERALLIED COUNCIL MAY CONCLUDE TODAY Secret Conference at Ver sailles Creates Interest and Speculation PAP.1S, Jan. :;i. The second Interallied council at Versailles was expected to conclude Its formal sessions today, after a two-days' meeting under conditions of the utmost seci ccy. The Pails mess expiesses the live liest Interest and M'ccutatlou that the conference discussed tho old pioblem of a supreme Interallied military lonmian- 1 der. Foielgn Minister Plchon's organ. I the Petit Journal, however, declared Its I disbelief that such a move was in con- I templatlon. Some of those present Included Ma jor Heuetttt Bliss, chief of staff of the American army ; Oneral Pershing, com-mandei-ln-chlet of American forces In 1 the field: Oeneial Cadorna, former com- 'mauder-lu-chlef of Italy's armies; Field i Mat glial Sir Douglas Halg, British com- mander-ln-thlef : French Foreign Minis- Iter Plchon; Italian Foielgn Minister Sonnlno; Italian Premier Orlando and Piemler Lloyd George of Oieat lhltalu, Picinler t'lemenceau, of France, nr- i living among the last, was the only one i In this assembly of notables that the .ciovvd outside tho building seemed to ' know at once. He was heaitily cheered 'and stopped a moment ut the entianco to shake hands with several ponus. The flist session labted three and a halt bonis. Today's was expected to be at least that long. Any decisions which the Allied leadeis make will be given out solely In official statements. PUBLISH GERMAN PLAN FOR SPLITTING BELGIUM Document in Hands of King Albert's Government Attempts to Justify Step HAVP.i:. Fiance, Jan. 31. The scciet Cieiman document containing plans for dismemberment of Belgium, uppioved by the Kaiser, now In possession of the Belgian Uo eminent, was Intended for clieulatlon among the fietman military and civilian population In conquered ter ritory It was officially announced to day. The document justifies at length the hlsioilcal leasons for the necessity of such action, and odd "adinlnlstiatlve sepaiatlon of Belgium is now being real ized del many s agreeincm wiui n . . , ,,nL1 i,ti ,.ntn,,ri rleiulsh movement 1 as been ''I'"'0''" policy with all his force I "Definite political foim will be given Flanders and the fate of the Walloons w 111 bo decided In the futuie. 'I lieretoie, every Uerman mum. heep oui ui um cuss'lons legardlng the final ends of adinlnlstiatlve sepaiatlon and the policy put sued. "The Impel lal Government decrees that eveiy Oeiman must contilbule towaid making possible the reconquering of Flandeis for Pan-GermanUm and the standing of that country on Germany's side in the futuie to ussiire the safely of the empire's western flank." CHARGE PLAN TO PAY 1917 BILLS IS ILLEGAL Independents in Councils Op pose Using $60,000 of Surplus " for Health Board Debts Independent In Councils aie prepar-. lug to energetically oppose the use or 160,000 out of the J7E0.000 surplus for thfJ )ear to pay off bill by the Bureau of Health In 1917. This again raises tho legality ot such a procedlnr, which caused a serious financial muddle at the close of last year. The opposition to the use of the JGO. OQO lp till way will bo on the ground that it is Illegal to use this year's sur plus for last year's bills) and' a)scv on the ground that the $750,000 la the only fund from which money may be taken for the purpose of Increasing Ihe pay of firemen ,pd policemen. X MRS. "CECILIA TATE DEAD Mother of Captain of Detectives Sllrlilenlv Rtrlet-nn I ' "" -- Mts. Cecilia Tate, mother of Captain of Detective Jam Tate, died of apo plexy tht morning at her home, 2201 South Fifteenth street. Mr. Tate was seventy-one years old. She had been In apparent good health for a woman of her year and her death came a a levers abock to her children and friend. Funeral arrarigements have not yet oeen made, Mrs. Tale was the svvldqw of James Tate, Br known for many year as th greatest detective In FhlUcelphla. She was the mother of George Tate, head, of Ui Tate Detective Burenu, and ot .Mis CsoIIIa' Tate- who Jived , with JANUARY 191S all CONSERVE THE BABIES, AIM OF CONFERENCE Welfnrc Associiition Holding Meeting Today to Save Infants' Lives PLAN VIGOROUS ACTION Child Federation Will Co-operate With Health Department to Lower Death Rate f'onservntlon knows no fnorlte., We are going to conserve on names, 100, h. seems. A loiifrience, on Infant conservation Is being held today at the Chamber of t'ommeice, Wldener Building, under the nusplces of the llables' Welfaie Asso ciation of Philadelphia. This association , It made up of 11' Institutions and j ngencles In this city i Theie will be two meetings, one nt 13 p. in. and one at 4, nnd many subjects of Intetest to baby welfare and con servation of Infant life will be discussed by authorities on the BUbJecl. Philadelphia lias begun a vlgoiniis campaign to save the lives of Its chil dren. The Child Kedeiatlon, at the ie quest of the Philadelphia district com mittee. Committee of I'ubllu Safety, agreed to give financial support to the child welfaie woik of the district, l.'iuler this arrangement the child welfare com mittee held Its fit st meeting ut the dis trict offices, 155 South llroad street, and adopted a piogiam of action. Men and women active In many phases of chil dren's work attended and helped to co ol dlnate the efforts of the city health de partment and such Important agencies Mr. John Ihld-i cliMlrnidn. m n n swine dllerlor. the Child l'edratlon Dr. Wllmr Crun Dr. Samuel Mi Clin- lock lUinlll Mrs. Wllmr ICnien Dr. rhsrlts Seott Mlllr Mrs. Thomas HoWns .Mips r.ll-n K. ll.lbbllt Ml" Kntharlne Tuiker Jlra A. nrn IllrWi lir. .lolni I'. Sinclair Air. J Druce Bvsll Mr. lMwln D. olen. Lrr Mr. rdward 1. Slum lord . .. , Dr William N lirad- Dr. Joafpn i. .nh !'' The rhllil welfaie committee will take an Interest In all that concerns children, but Its prent plans call for concentra tion of effoit on the reduction of infant mottality. This Is In Hue with the iec oinmeud.itloiii of the child welfare com mittee of the Council of National Defense and with the policy of ljuropcan nations, which ate seeking by this means to re place to some extent the lo.s In life due to the war. Philadelphia s Infant death rate In 1917 considerably exceeded that In 1916 and 1915. It has been consistently higher than that of Xevv York dining the last seven jears. Thiough the co-oruination of the lesouices of all the children's agencies It Is believed that Philadelphia will be able to make a much better rec ord during 1918, In -plte of the handicap due tothe war , wall map dlspla.v.d at the meeting showed In graphic form the work that Is now being done. The six health dis tricts, outlined In solid led, and the other wuids lu which city nuises woik, bounded by clotted led lines, showen wheie the health department H entry Ing on Its mot Intensive woik. IIos pllnl dlspen'-ailes and clinics for chil dren less than two eais of age were Indicated by gieen stars, the blanch of fices of the Visiting Xuise Society were Indicated by gilt stars, the day nurser ies by blue This map hi ought out clear ly the concentration of agencies In the older central parts of tho cltv. The first woik of the committee will be to decide upon the most Important contributing factois In Infant, mortality and to lead u detei mined attack upon each of them. SEARCHING FOR DESERTER Young Man Believed to Have Run Away From Camp Meade ' Cherchez la feiiune '." My the police authuiltles In connection with a seaich being made for Leo J. Coyle, aged twenty-thiee eam, who Is wanted on ehaiges of being a deseiter fiom the Forty-ninth Infantry, st.tloncd ut Camp Meade. Cc.vle Is said to have i (turned last night to the home of his aunt, Mis. Catharine Lyons, Mori Is stieet near Pcnn, tieimantuwn, and to have In foimed her that he was absent on leave. Inning the night he left the house. It Is chaiged, clad In a suit of clothes be longing to n member c.f the Lyons house hold. In the pocket of the uiilfuini he left behind him was found a good-con duct cud belonging to another Moldlcr, YOUNG AMERICA MEETING First Entertainment Tonight nt Union League Annex The Hi. t meeting and eiiteilaliiment of thn new movement lo enlist boys for social service for the period of war will be held tonight at the Soldiers' and pall ors' Anne of the I'nlon League, Broad and ripniic strets. The meeting is under tho auspices of the Municipal Couit, the Boy Scouts of America nnd tho Phila delphia district committee of the Ktuto Committee of Public Safety. The meeting which Is known as the Young America .Meetings for Hoys Is democratic. In tneiy sense. Boys uf all ages, creed, race or color have ahead) enrolled to the number of 70(, A big eniollmcnt s expected tonight. Future meetings will be held In ar. ous neighborhoods. CANADIAN DAY AT EXHIBIT Susanne Silvercruys to Speak at Armory Today Is "Canadian Day" nt the British War Kxhlblt, which Is being he)d all this week at the First Itegl ment Atmory, Broad und Callowhlll streets. IMia entertainments and special fen tures will be the rule today, with Su sanne Sllvcrcuys as principal speaker, vvhlln Canadian alls will be played by the bands and the quartet will slug Canadian war songs and other melo dies Indigenous to our slsterhtnd across the border. SSIALLPOX ENDANGERS 600 Victim Found in- Signal Corps at i Washington Speedily Isolated WASHINGTON. Jan! 31. Nearly 600 signal corps officer and men and civil ians empolyed here have been exposed to malipox.tlt was 'earned today, fol lowing the diieoysry of. a case of the disease in the building In which they worked. The victim, a man named Wells, who came here from Indianapolis. has beerf removed to the Isolation hos pital and vigorous steps have been taken to prevent an outbreak. It Is stated Wells's cssa was a mild one., 1 r Urges Income Tax Payinenu Those subject fo the income tax are belnr urged, by i;oiiecior' of internal' Revenue Kohrlam Lederer. to make their payments a . f Mst-tly as 'possible ,pn account I'lh ttefrtteiii. fund !to carry o ttw'ltwtv: ,'. ,- ,3S ': 'laf & V P. as the M-Illng .Nurse Society, the .Pit la- -, t became known today. , nlJ. " the action that may be tikd Dh.' socUl" SriWtoa S e iThl. Is being done as a piecantlonary ; as a result of the senatorial Inve.llJ ?"5l.E?.la' ", l.. v, '?!! hL,.I,I".,i,- r ,11. step In the alien menace here, which Is ,,,, thal lias bee ordtrcd. ,nd ... 1 dieu's Bu.eau and the Children's Aid So- now receiving the inwl ' n" In Philadelphia now turn to Waihlanti clety, the Council of National Defense ot ;eciet Service and Dep.ittmcnt of , ,eain .,,,. deta, of what g g st and manv olheis '...,'! aBe", '.,, ... .. len- anl when, and wheie. i .... ""'.:''. .,.. . ,.. Vial ance In this tespect has been ie- v n.., ,.....,.... i '. u.. ....'? EATIMi .. A Sensible VvX X Tl7.... dmA in a F.verv time Ton see Fatima, you know he is getting all the comfort that is possible in a cigarette. -thi sc ...Mg'W'cegi rrara-nn WOMEN ALIEN ENEMIES WILL BE LISTED HERE Thorough Precautionary Steps I to Be Taken as Result I of Plots Exposed ' a loiiinleip census of the women mem- hc.M of the families of alien enemies Is , doubled since the unearthing duilng the last few weeks of a plot to destroy the xarlous wharves docks, grain elevators and ferries along the Atlantic roast. It has been announced that I'nlted States Marshal Frank J. Xoonan is assisting In the census. The census takers In this city have been paitlculaily keen In the barred zones nnd waterfront districts, whero there Is the greatest danger from the possible depredations of enemy aliens, Several patties of census takers have been sent into these territories In nutomobilea In order more quickly to mako the rounds. The plan of listing alien enemy women was consldeicd In a less thorough way some weeks ago. when tho authorities Mist began to tighten the lines mound the barred nicas. The Information gathetcd then pioved Invaluable when oideis came fiom Washington that the whereabouts of alien enemy women must be known to the authorities. It Is believed likely that as a. result of this minute Investigation, the number of soldiers and sailors and other aimed guaids along the waterfront will be Incteased as soon as men are made available for patiol duty. Important spots on the waterfront and In other LfCona Me ,ecclvlng special attention. with a Ievv of Increasing the military guard and the probability of having to extend the bat led zones. POPE'S FUNDS EBBING; MAY RESORT TO LOAN Usual Sources of Revenue Cut Off by War Committee to , Rehabilitate Exchequer llOMi:. Jan 31. The finances of the) Vatican, which Cardinal Casparri, Papal i Kecretaiy of State, lepoits In a alarm-! Ing condition, will be leoiganlzed by an , International committee. The com mittee, one of whose members Is to be Thomas F It) an, of New York, will be called upon to devise means to obtain funds, possibly by underwriting a world- ! wide loan. The Vatican's usual souices of rev- , enue, such us lentals from piopeitles and gifts from Mexico, Belgium, Fiance, Austria and the I'nlted States, have been reduced or cut off by war conditions. At tne same time. Pope Benedict dally expends thousands of dollars in war chanties, Including sending food and clothing to pilsoners of war In Uermany ..-.I .......1.. .....-,.,.. .... ...,l.ll.,.ll...u rtiiu .iw-uiff, .willed!-, ivi tuuiiiuuiiwiiii .... ..,.1..., In l.. ,,... t th. ,,,, ,"," ,,.,,.,,,,,, at lean from many countries. c. ncier me present syscem oi nnanciai udllllnlstratloil the Pone urtn oh fleas- urer of the Vatican, having In his nm a safe In which he deposits the funds to be dlsbuised. When the safe Is empty the Holy See nominally Is bankrupt, The Vatic in, accoidlng to the leport heie, is compiling a White Book, con taining the diplomatic documents from the beginning of the war. BIG U. S. ORDER FOR MIDVALE 20,000 Tons of Steel Plates to Be -4I-J.. i-- OU! 1 1I1UUU 1UC OUIUyurClS Allotment by the Uoveinmeut of an older for L'O.OOO tons of steel plates to the Mldvale Steel and Ordnance Com pany became known today. The plates, which nie Intended laigely for shipyards In the Last, ale part of the large Uovernnient ordeis being dls tiibuted among steel mauufactutlng plants In connection with tho merchant shipbuilding piogram. Tho CO, 000-ton allotment was made to the Mldvale plant during the lust ten days. IIIIIIIIIO!l!I!III!IIIIIUIIill!M their ,( peal to Dovklulo cuts. Jit versos i i..l.. .,.!.., I.v Ve.leuil nnd mull c nal ' '"""" """ """- " " s"eiuy Ifl '4 imf ?ili7amM',Zi superior REGULAR $10 AND $12 LINEN SKIRTS..., 65 AND $70 WHITE SERGE SUIT8,..-.i. . , S65 AND 870 IMPORTED AND i. ' $85 AND 890 SILK PONGEE SEE - Jr V c. 0 'VELVETEEN SUITS -j'fl til Cigarette' a' man amnlrinff a 'II a man emokine a " fa price IS t HOG ISLAND'S FATE IN SENATE'S HAP Future of Big Shipbuildiii Plant Rests Upon Probe tii rntnia ir nm iin- ii..j .nJ d, depends. It is generallv . as to when the hearings will be held where they will take place, but It Is prK suuieu mm witnesses win ue summon to Washington to testify before a mi atonal investigating committee. 1 Philadelphia, where the oneratlon. s the American International ShlpbulU Imr Cornoratlnn ImvA mmA nmi.. i. 'U nilllVltllv.CIIICllL IIOD ACL UPFI1 inia eyes of tho citizens, it is realized tbtM , while theie may have been a MrtiftiKv n,nl amount of waste und extravagance la' niei the early stages of the big project, matA's rir tcis have, been gradually Improving form-i some inno past anu tne process oSH- I "speeding up'' was going ahead at specumg up was go nc aneaa t ' satisfactory pace when the explaitea came lu Washington. EXPRESS DEPOT ROBBED ';i Negro Held on Charge of Takiaj Women's Suits t i Wilson P.eed, 1531 Catharine street,' uegio, was ai rested at sixteenth ai Chestnut streets today on the thai of entering and robbing the ASanij Ex. press company depot at FJghteenth am Market stieets, whero he formerly vtm emplo.ed. need had with him a bundle! or women s suits, which he Is accused eft' stealing. , j. Heed's healing was held before Matlt- tiate Grclls In the Fifteenth and Vine.) streets police station and he was held Is J800 ball for court. ?' TOO I.ATK FOR CXA8mrAT10 II KM MAXTKr FEMALE llMNG CLKRlv take chars of nilnc department ot Urse utanufacturlnar concern! must lie experienced: state age. aualMlca tlonn. salary. Dast and present em lilovment etc. a M 413. LEDGER CENTRAL. : HEM WANTED dA I.K KMt'LOVMBNT StAN AflsIMatit to emplomtnt man- 3 ",n i.iiii 1H1K9 nianuiBciorinT 'u.iwiti. iiiuo, ud,,c,b aiiMiiiive. arx tlons, thoroughly Interview hlsh- tjS i Ian "killed mechanics of the'"1?! tnnous meini traaefl. . Only nrat-clasa msii will be con sidered! ntate ate, quallflcatlone. 'alary, naat and present: employ ment, etc. M tt.1. l.KDOKIt CKNTRAIe. I -m.uiit CLERK The Atlantic Reflnlnr I W. 11! ?SU7V."'m.rr"d aVlffl , pseferabiv' In the downtown section. Am I III Demon at hu .al. r.m. ,111 Ttaaivil , ,. iiVitrj , .. ---'- v.t.w, w... -- -Sit PJ!!"rtelnld. 'i'AUIIiyiHTU Planer hsnds and isaeralt pair men. Apply employment DeX , awihb ul. 'isiony it traiey. MnaewyB ! HALESMAN' wanted! Ilv. wlr, uhn hn I . "dll .upplle. & belllnr. P .14. Ledm SALl'SMAN wanted, to handle, a new te t Ttnons arreaaory. I' .'ST. ledger csnw,: MlUI'I'I.Nd CLKRK Th. Atlantlo Raft co. haa an ooenlna- aa ahloplns clerk 1 a nun au to 40 ear or ate. marrna i llvlne preferablv In tho downtown secy ADDly In paraon at the aalea omce.," I'aaaunk ave., Philadelphia. ft" AtTO BtTPIJES AND KETAllIOT'' ruu!A'i2t'n Asn iihkd tires tjl PIKKCi:. Mil PAIRMOUNT AV ! . I -'. ACTOMOBIT.'EH TO HIRE I 0. onaciei iuippiw i '".- fimi Pd Town Cars. Autos for weds.. On' ! .-h- Mnaelil ahnnnlnr rata. 12 per 1 I'ord Town c:ara. Auiqa.ior w"i.,i I American Tsslcah 1411 l.ocue- r m wis, t-OST AXT POUND KKY IU.NO Lost, In train, car- or on WJ between Kddystone nd Philadelphia.;' rlna eontalnlnB about six or vn ;' .ni v.l. If. nne hnf. allni anSiri !.,, .., .. ;. ......H II dealred! kers I portant. ss some cannot be replaced ?owj Addreaa 11 3Jfl, Ledger OHIce. Wjj PEKWOVAM ....'. i, vmtrmnri anM to F. T.udwia- oo' rendlns machines, Creel tall heforo Monday. February 4. Crow llroa , 1139 N. 40th St. DOMINIC fl302WsiIlmTmiti S - ONLY 1 Day More of Our Special January Offer fj To plan now for the Spring V Summer Is to aaye considerable, Dominic suits and linen skirts. 9$ fl Tlinoa -cirtin nrn nlnnnint? to SI mid - winter in southern climat will find here the materials -iw noarlori onrl of a nricA that ShOUKI. those who demand valu?fS workmanship. POMEST1U Iiyiwrao'ii . j, SUITS, . , . SUITS, ....,.'.,.. ., il A tf -. -v v i .'Y.' .jg am rif!i ' ! Ml NO Wi C TV find war 10,1' M s-to ? u
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