EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1918
.. 7,
FOEMEN POISED
ON BRITISH LINE
Ominous Calm at Many
Points as Bloody Battles
Impend
f AUIES ARE PREPARED
BERLIN (via London), Feb. 12.
Austrian forces cleared Italian
lupport positions on the southern
llope of Sasso Rosso, capturing 170
men and six officers, the War Office
officially announced today.
LONDON. Feb. 12.
. Manchester troops successfully
raided German defenses west of La
Bassee yesterday cvcnlnp, ."inflict
ng many casualties' at slight cost"
and captured seven prisoners and a
machine gun, Field Marshal Haig re
ported today.
A hostile raiding party was driven
off northeast of Epehy last night.
with Tim nniTisu armt in
FRANCE, Tcb. 12.
The British-German front phows In
creased tension. A- tho extraordinarily
bright, mild vv either hns continued to
dry out the oodden field! tho two gre-xt
rmles '"w become, moro nlert. The
Inertia of tho days when the western
theatro was held In tho crip of snow and
Impassable mud has, disappeared and tho
contending forcca nro poised, wntchlni;
each other, llko duollits. for tho flnit
move which will mean tint I ho mort
aangulnary period of tho war has bCRUn
Something scemj bound to hipptn
before another month has passed. If tho
present weather hold"! Indeed, even
now tho irroujid In tome, sectloni In
quite nt for flKhtlrif?
Tho enemy continues to make Intense
preparations for whit his been ndvor
tlsed as tho "great offensive" Cennan
troops and euni Iicep pouring to tho
western front and thcro nre Indications!
that a few Austrian units nro in l'lan-
ders
Certain areas bicl of the Herman'
front liao been cleared for action, nnd
dilly bodies of troops hno been practic
ing tittacks under tho tutelago of ctperts.
Prisoners sny that leao for tho Foldlers
was stopped January 20.
So far as actual fighting Is concerned.
It Is still confined to Identification raids,
air nrtltltv nnd nceAslnmil bursts nt nr.
x tlilery Along many miles of tho front
there Is nn ominous quiet. One mny sit
for hours on a vantage point so c'o-e to
the Qerrpnn lines that tho enemy can
ha seen working about; jet there aro few
sounds of strife.
The entmy Is plajlng possum or lg
rorlng tho military movements behind
the lirltlrli lines, nnd the British them
selves nre Hitting tight. Easing little Tho
Uenco it uncanny, nnd It is portentous
LONDON, Peb 15.
Tho current Drltlsh War Offlco report
b, "A cttrrpRfnl wild wat earrlpd nut
ll last night by Australian troipi against
Oermnn cos tlons soutnea or Mcssincs
i'lln addition to other casualties inflicted
Iliipon the enemy twenty-eight prisoners
I'Wero captured
i "On Satursay nignt a neigian patrol
successfully attacked a hostile pos.t In
the Merckem sector, killing tho garrl
on and capturing a machine gun."
British casualties reported In tho last
sveeVi aro 7077, divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, ofllcers, 73;
men, 1360; wounded or missing, ofllcers,
1(5; men, CI8D.
IThls total Is only rilghtly in excess
of last week's figures, which, amount
ing to 6.151. i earned the low mark for
eeral months
Expect Austria to
Heed U. S. Proffer
C.ntlnned from I'aie Ono
the WIIon peace drive has been nnd Is
centered The President's latest speech,
based outwardly on the friendliness of
the Czemln response to the January
8 message was, however, founded on re
ports of American workers abroad that
Austria is ripe for peace.
TEACD DOOR OPEN'
As for Germany, the speech is de
signed to cause a new dissatisfaction
among the liberals of tho Scheldemann
r and more radical types Continuance
of the war Is credited solely to the
military party In Germany, nnd this
fact in addition to Wilson's disclaimer
of any desire for territory Is likely to
bore Into tho German mind.
Wilson distinctly left the peace door
wider open than ever, authorities say,
tor he pointed out that hla January 8
aadress contained tho fundamental but
jot unchangeable peaco terms of tho
United States.
At the same tlmo ho sounded a firmer
Bote of confident determlnatlrn tr rnrm
en the war to victory If the essentials
i just peace were not otherwise ob-
tainca ho pointed out significantly that
whatever the delays havo boon, AmcrJ.
wi iroops are now streaming across,
nnd will continue to do so increasingly.
Balkan statesmen agreed that a per.
manent Balkan pence virtually synony
mous with European pace- -could be
possible only If tho belligerents accepted
unequivocally President Wilson's prln.
dples of self-determination nnd self.
government One Falkan Oln'nmat de
clared that If Austria nnd Germany
would release the strings by which they
have shifted the BMkan pjppsts to their
purposes peace could bo mad
Bulgarian Minister Panarctotf was In
i Congress to hear the speech nt the Ad
1 ministration's Invitation.
The Serbian Minister rat nearby, but
they didn't speal:.
Panaretoff declared himse'f In "hearty
ccord" with President Wilson's pro
posala Tho Tlumanlan attache. Lieu
tenant Stolca, thought tho speech n
"wonderful" offering to oppressed na
tionalities and a solution of tho Balkan
problem.
'Peace between llulgarla, Rumania
Mia Serbia should bo easy under Wll
. Ionian orlnclrjles." one dlnlomat de.
clared. cotntlnc out. too that Klnc Fer-i
jtnnana of Bulgaria Is anxious to con-
vwur peace, as inaicaieu vy recent
i Utterances.
UTILITY INCREASES FILED
Companies Submit New Schedules
to Public Service Board
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l.wctrio and water rates have been filed
ywun the Publlo Service Commission by
the West Easton Water Company. Pal
Jtter TownahlD Water Comnany.- North-
junpton County; South Easton Water
Company, Edison Electrio Illuminating
Company. Mount Carmel and vicinity.
I'W4 Pennsylvania Lighting Company,
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Tho Kraknuer Honcyboy Minstrel Troupe will give a show and dance tonight nt Moose Hall, tho pro
ceeds to bo divided among organizations looking after the wolfiuo of tlio boys "over there." Heading
left to right the nicmbcis are: Top row, George .1. Zacharins, Joseph Gnnglc, William Gold, Herman
Johnson, Alfred Pomcrantr, Philip Licmun and Chailrs Frank; middle row, Harry Cohen, William
Mondschcin, Miss Lcuna Hcnrint, Joseph P. Mnguiio (coaih) and Sigmund Cohnj bottom row, Mau
rice Markmann, Kobcrt Jacobson and Leon Eckell.
Parade Plans Win
AlcAaoos support
t'nnH rd from l'mce On.
nil I'hlhdelphlnns will Iw tent overse-is
to tho tnttlellne In Prunes without ono
more opportunity to visit ' omc Tho
C000 dipippnlnted ones will be cireil for
In tho uiuvl method of furloughs
SAMMEE SONGS TO MARK
PARADE OF MEADE MEN
Jlu n Staff ConcapoHilcnt
CAMP MKADi:, Admiral Mil , Peb 12
Mnro Genenl Perilling went to
Prince, I'hll.tdclphli his been rending
and talking about 1'ncle Ham'H i-lnslng
army, nnd on Washington's nirthdiv
whin tho cltj's Nation il Army regi
ments In tho Liberty I)lMon swing
'"" nroid street, in fulfillment of the
hear .i lle.ilro pirt of that Eln"i"3
armv
Seoliig tho boys will be a real tieat,
but hearing tho Sammies sing their
Minppy vv.u songs will bo a treat that
tho folks back homo hive not tnken
Into cvislderatlon when plannlnr for the
parado
Kenneth Clnrk, singing director of
tho division, will go along with the bos
If the committee wants him and If the
committee has a proper appredntlon of
that gentleman's ability to make things
hum It will not permit him tb spend tho
eventful holiday at Camp Meade
Clark enmo to tho camp a few days
after tho Phlladelphli selects began to
arrive nnd han succeeded In developing
what General I'ershlng demands a
"singing army." Every regiment In tho
division has nude rapid strides In vocal
etilttno and tho 315th Infantry, 312th
Plcld Artillery nnd 301th Engineers,
popularly called Philadelphia units,
Havo held the pace.
General Nicholson Is entertaining the
hope that the city c in nrrangc tho neces
sary details, nnd once ho rtcelvcs def
Inlto as.sur.ance that every plan Is com
plete ho will get busy Immediately with
tho work of getting the regiments readv
for tho trip
It Is generally believed that Lieu
tenant Colonel O. Arthur Ilndsell, of
tho Depot Brigade, will bo detailed to
nccompany tho Quaker soldlent to Phila
delphia, and If ho Is. tho city will havo
as Its guest an officer who has tho
honor of being the first American to
command an organization of Samrnees
In Prance.
Lieutenant Colonel Iladsell command
ed tho first troops sent to Prance, but
returned to Camp Meade after a few
weeks' experience nrross tho seas, and
ns one of tho ranking ofllcers in the de
pot brigade commands several hundred
Phlladelphlans
Slavs Won't Sign
Peace Nor Fight
Continued from Tate One
tral economic commission now In Pet-
rograd shall settle the uetaus ot me
resumption of relations between Ilussla
and tho Central Powers"
POLES WILL PROTEST
UKRAINIAN PEACE PACT
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 12.
The Polish Government will formally
protest the settlement of the Ukraine
frontier by the Central Powers at the
expense of Poland, Dutch newspapers
learned today.
By the separate peaco pact effected
between tho new Ukraine Rcpubllo and
tho Central Powers, ai uresi-nnovan
Sunday, the former country was given
a large portion of territory usually ro.
garded as belonging to Toland.
ntwrvA. i.vb. 12. Celebrations over
the peace agreement exacted between
' : . .. n..t.nl T)nnrnra 0 till
Ukralnla anu mo ....,. ....
continue In Berlin and Vienna, accord
ing to information fro mtho frontier
today.
Th. v.no t'rcle rrosse. of Vienna,
dwells upon the commercial advantages
i..i h ih Central Empires. This
paper states thu Ukralnla has about
r. r . ..... ii..l,ltnnia niwl la (fin
thirty mimon niiiauiuni - -
richest port of Ilussla. containing cnor
.. .inrtts of cattle, oil wells, deposits
of manganese, quick silver, Iron and
coal mines
HELPING JEWS IN WAR ZONE
NEW YORK. Feb. 12. War-rellef
funds raised In America for the Jews
of Poland nnd Lithuania nro now being
distributed, It was announced by a com
mission sent to Europe by tho Joint dis
tribution commltteo of tho American
fund for Jewish war sufferers, which
returned here recently. Tho commission
went abroad to make arrangements for
disbursement of funds among the .Jews
In the war zones of western Russia.
More than 2,000.000 Jews in Poland
nnd Lithuania nro starving, tho com
mission reported.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.
For eastern Pennsylvania nnd New
Jersey! Rain tonight; clearing and
slightly colder Wednesday; moderate
west winds
Light to, moderate rains covered the
greater portion of the central valleys
during the last twenty-four hours, under
the Influence of n storm that Is central
over Illinois this morning. The tem
peratures have continued to rise In the
eastern half of the country and nre
generally from 5 degreea to 10 degrees
above the normal this morning, the
greatwt, excess Being in m? "" "
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OVERSEAS ENTERTAINMENT FUND
trs. dtsk hi) n. Ra-.
lOO PER CENT USE
OF FORT ASSURED
Success in Boosting Movement
Is Guaranteed, Declares
H. K. Mulford
Tho port of Philadelphia has been
guaranteed uso to 100 per cent plus"
of her rnpnelts
This Is according to It K Mulford
chairman of thn foreign trade bureau
nf the Chamber uf Commerce Mr.
Mulford has bicn active for the last
severnl weel.11 in the movement to have
this port given Its full share in lun
illlng shipment;! of munitions nnd sup
plies to the I'nlted states troops In
Europe nnd to the Allies
'We nre nssiitnl of succes In this
movement," Mr Mulford snlil today.
'The committee on ship control ot thn
United .States Mi'pplng tto ird anil Mr
McAdoo, ns dim. tor general of rall
ro ids, havo ussuteil us that tho capacity
of tho port of Phll.ulilphla will bo used
100 per cent plus
' This, of course, Is the onlj logical
thing to bo dono In tho face nf clr
cumstances New York, wo nil know. Is
imuh overcrowded. PhlUulolph a has
iviry facility for handling virtually
everj' pleco of freight originating in Its
trlbutarj tcnltors Tho commltteo on
ship control hns been organized to see
that there Is no more overcrowding of
ports nnd that fre ,!it gois through the
nearest port In which It can bo handled
with the greatest i.iso They will fio
that the phlps are there to handle It nnd
tho i.illmad udmlnlstiatlon will seo that
ho freight Is thi.ru to bo hnndled.
"Phil uleli hla not only has excellent
facilities now, but Is prcpar ng even bet
ter ones, Tio piers nro now under con
struction whlUi will bo equipped in the
mot modern w.iy for tho handling of
all sorts of freight
"In a week or so P A. S Pranklln
nnd other members of the committee on
ship control will ionic to Philadelphia
to look over tho facll ties. We will take
them on a complete curvey of tho port
Tho trip will bo made on tho Ashbrldgo
or some tug They will bo given 11 thor
ough Insight Into our capacity hero for
handling nil torts of freight "
TRADE BOARD ISSUES
EXPORT REGULATIONS
Shippers' Declarations Are
Affected by Order From
War Trade Board
Tho War Trade Hoard nnnounccs that
Section 3 of the new "Procedure of
Piling Shippers' Export Declarations
and Export Licenses with Collectors of
Customs," which relates to the dispo
sition of that copy of the shippers'
declaration, which In Instances of ship
ment by vessel Is delivered to tho con
sular officer at port of discharge by tho
master of said vessel, has beon amplified
as follows:
SHIPMENTS BY RAIL
In tho cao of shipments by rail to
foreign countries contiguous to the
United States tho customs collector nt
tho port of exportation will retain the
copy of the shippers' declaration, us
referred to above, and will deliver Bami
t the consular officer nearest to hif
port Tho consular officer, upon re
ceiving said declaration, will forward I'
to tho American consular officer nearest
to tho point of destination, ns Indicated
on tho declaration
SHIPMENTS IN TRANSIT
In cases of shipments for export which
havo been made prior to and aro Ir
transit on Pcbruary 1, the samo may
proceed under the old forms of ship
pers' declaration, provided said declara
tion Is del vcred In quadruplicate, as pre
scribed In TD 37337, under date of Sep.
tember IB, 1917, tho fourth copy of said
deo aratlon to bo rendered to the War
Trade Board by tho customs collector
after notations of short shipments, etc,
havo been noted.
Full Instructions ns to tho new pro
cedure of filing shippers' export declara
tions and export licenses, also copies of
the new forms, nre contained In the
"Journal of tho War Trade Board" No.
4, copies of which may bo obtained from
the board In Washington.
BRITAIN'S NATIONAL
REVENUE EXPANDS
Excess Profits Tax Responsible for
Most of Increaso Shown in
Government's Incomo
Tho American Embassy at London re
ports: From returns published December 31
It appears that the national revenue of
the United Kingdom continues to ex
nand. but in a less degree for the third
quarter of the nscal year than for the
two preceding quartern 1110 expan
sion that Is. the excess ot actual over
estimated receipts ror me nrsi mree
months of the fiscal year was J209.000,-
000, due chiefly to augmeniea reiums
from the excess-profits tax; nnd that
for the second quarter was $234,000,000,
to wh'ch gain Income-tax receipts con
tributed argely.
Pnr the third quarter of the yeor the
expansion fell below 180.000,000, showing
a total for tne nine monina .nprii 10 ue
cember of 1523,000,000. One of the
chief sources of this expansion was, a,s
stated, excess-profits duties, which for
the nine months reached a figure 13J6,-
rAlf .Kam ttlA tlltflMt 6Htlmt' nt
aoirfvi"' .V. V 'TZaJ'
lHOPlit JHWUMW
P.R.T."Welcomes"
Daniels Inquiry
Continued from Tune One
caused by vagnn drivers nnd motorcar
drivers using the tracks but there HI;"" ' t ,. Hie.LiAn . ,,r V,
nono here Tho police, however, nro I lnallon. To each division there Is
helping us b5 keeping tiio Twelfth nnd ' n ,ta.cll,,(1 nn nmbulnnco company, n hos
thirteenth streu tracks ele.ir I hope ' !lta' CV nd " JIWon hosplt il for
they will bo ab 0 1 1 eiteliit that help to
other streets
The pollco help which Mr Mitten
hoped would be t Mended was given on
order by Maor Smith
NAVY YARD SI.HV1CE NORMAL
Mr Mitten continue d-
With tho help the police nro giving
and with the moderation of the eatlur
wo havo bten nbh to nnki tho servlco
to and from tho navy v.ard normal. I
mil Informed that the servlco was nor
mal esterday and Is tod ty and tonight
.it 0 3n the tlmo of tho 'pi ak' of tho
tmlllc I .1111 (.Ding douu to tho jnrd to
lnpict tho situation"
It was learned from another source
th it Admiral T.appan, commandant of
tho j.ird, al'o plans to lusptct the serv
lco nt tho jard at n 30 tonight, nnd he
mid Mr Mitten may confer .it that time
Mr Roosevelt, Admiral Peoples and
Ml Howe will leave Washington for
Philadelphia Rome tlmo this afternoon,
they would not say when Thoy prob
ably will urrlvo too late to do anything
tonight
The heroic efforts of the compiny to
restore the navy jard car service to
normnl Just before thi arrival of Secre
tary Daniels's representatives Is looked
upon as a mov to ward off govern
mental action by demonstrating that
tho company Is capablo of piovldlng
ndiqunto service
Tho rest of the Philadelphia car-rldlng
public had to suffer as a result of the
company's unusual effort to ward off
governmental Interference Cars from
other lines already too few to meet tho
requirements of the public were shifted
to tho lines reaching tho navy jard. Of
ficials at the jard said tho servlco this
morning was satisfactory, so far as tho
linos to the jard wero concerned, but
hundreds of men were lato to work be
cause of unsatisfactory servlco they en
countered In reaching tho navy jard
linos.
NONH STOP POR HOUR
On North Nineteenth streot. served by
routes 10 and 33, no cars stopped south
of Poplar street for more than an hour
at tho busiest tlmo of tho morning Per--ons
trying to get to work had to walk
to other lines or walk blocks nnd blocks
north to get cars that wero not Jammed
full.
City Solicitor John P Connelly's ap
peal to tho Stato Public Servlco Com
mission for action to compel adequate
seivlco from tho P R T. and a flood
of letters of complaint to support Con
nelly's nppllcatlon were other features
f the r.inslt situation todaj Hun
dreds of letters of complaint have been
n colved by tho City Solicitor, business
men's associations and Councllmen who
havo Joined the light for good car seiv
Ice Iho Public Servlco Commission Is ex
pected to act promptly nt Its meeting
next Monday on tho formal complaint!
tiled by tho city. It Is expected that a I
public hearing will be set for next week, I for a French hospital, and every Amcr
whlch will probably bo held In Phlladel-' lean boso will double that nnd more,
phla, In view of the Importance of tho I Ono base hospital alono will havo 20,000
ictlon Complaints from Individuals and convalescent beds.
orginlzatlons In .various sections havo
become so numerous that Chairman
Mney Is said to favor action that will
remedy the situation in the shortest pos
dblo time.
After outlining tho relationship be-
ween the city and the company under
he contract of 1907 and presenting In
nil Councils' resolution of last Thurs-
'ay, the petition nvers:
' That tho service now being rendered
to tho citizens and residents of tho city
o' Philadelphia by tho Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company Is nd for a
ong tlmo has been totally Inadequate,
nefflclont and Insufficient and falls to
prnvldo necessary facilities for travel,
for which, as nlready stated, tho people
af tho city are wholly dependent upon
tho 6ald company. Tho ncommodatlons
furnished by that company to tho publlo
ro Irregular, Insufficiently frequent, un
certain and wholly wanting In all the
requisites of n reasonably convenient
and comfortable system of street rail
way transportation to meet the needs of
travel of a vast population Inhabiting
and doing business In n great City."
The malls today brought a Hood of
otters to tho Councllmen of tho Thirty
eighth Ward, complaining of the Bcrvlce
In tho wari? and between it and other
parts of the city These letters were
In response to circulars Issued by tho
Councllmen, calling upon tho riding
publlo for written complaints to help
the City Solicitor In his fight. These
letters or the Information they contain
will be placed before the Stato Publlo
Service Commission that It may under
stand Just how serious tho situation has
become.
SERVICE FLAG FOR SPEAKER
Champ Clark and His Son Honored
by Women of Cleveland
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 A silk serv
ice flag with a blue star In honor of
his son was presented to Speaker Clark
today by the women of Cleveland
through Representative Emerson. '
"Our flag Is most dear In the hearts
of all of us" said Speaker Clark, "and
It Is the prayer of 110 000,000 people
that It will never bo lowered in tho
dust"
Tho entire House cheered the Speaker
and his Bon.
New Rector for Wayne Church
The Rev. George Walter Anthony,
vicar of St Augustine's Chapel ot
Xrlplty parish. New York, has accepted
, tothjro"hlj oft-
. Mary's
Pial Ji
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U.S. HOSPITAL SYSTEM
ALMOST PERFECTION
Remarkable Organization
Built Up in France by Work
of Famous Surgeons
SPLENDID EQUIPMENT
Provisions for Caring for Wounded
Such ns Aro Unknown in
Other Armies
By HENRI RAZ1N
Staff Corrr'vondnt I venlna 1'ubtle filicr
ulth the amtnean Armu In tmiico
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
"HE PIELD, Jan. 7
American mothers, wives nut swett
Mtts can rest nssurcd as to tho medical
1 surgical care given their loved ones
khaki
n Interview accorded jour conespon-
nt today by the chief surgion, United
ates nrmy, discloses as nenr perfect
111 organization ns Is humanl possible
IUglnnlng at the hi ginning and running
sequentially down tho line, it rcvenls n
forethought, co-ordlnattd with cxecutlio
nnd profeslonnl abllltj, tint innkes with
out question for the best medical nnd
surgical organization ever undertaken by
an nrmy In nty war. It imnn, there
fore, that tho sick nnd wounded will r -celvo
not only loving but Intelligent
care, and that the proportion of llf b'fs
from curable wounds and curable ilia
lases will lie reduced to u mlnlinUin
Plrst, them Is n medical organization
attached to each regiment, with a ngl
mental Inflrmnry for simple cases There
Is also a regimental surgion nnd a tut ill-
c.il olllccr ranking as captain to each
first aid
AT THIS HASH HOSPITALS
III action the so work as ono unit Th
wounded nro given first nld nt nn emer
gency etatlon, then taken on stretchers
to an anibulanco for transportation to
an advance ho-pltal some miles behind
tho front. Operations arc to bo avoided
nt this hospital unless tho c.iso abso
lutely demands It. When the patient Is
nblo to be moved, or If ho can bo for
warded without danger by postponement
of operation, ho Is sent to thu rear by
division ambulnnco nnd railroad to n
bae hospital Theso arc far enough be
hind the battlellno to be considered nl
most outsldo the army zone
The men In charge of these base hos.
pltals are among tho most eminent In
medical nnd surgical practice In the
United States They rank as majors In
tho United Stntts reserves, with titles
of directors In reputation they nre In
tornatlonil, being specialists In their
lines of work In porno cases the lnvo
left almost princely Incomes for n
major's paj". In ono Instance, a certain
director relinquished a practice that
brought him 5300,000 a J ear to servo
his country In a major's uniform, nnd
Fevcr.il of his associates wero men who
earned from J50 000 to $100,000 jearlv
They aro Drs. It. A. Ilartc, Pennsyl
vania Hospital, Philadelphia: Georgo II
Ilrcven and Georgo W. Crlle, Presby
terian Hospital, New York: Harry Cush
Ing, Boston; D A, Washburn, Massa
chusetts General Hospital; Samuel
Llojd, New York Post Graduate Hos
pital; C. I. Gibson, New York Hospital;
Charles S Peck, Roosevelt Ho-pltal;
Angus McLean, of Detroit: John W
FInlej-, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti
more ; P. T Murphy. St Louis; M.
Clinton. Buffalo; It. T. Miller. Pitts
burgh; P. R. Clark. Youngstown, Ohio;
R. V Clnrk, Indianapolis; II It Shirley,
Yalo Medical Hospital, and Jumes V.
Pljnn, St. Louis
Theso 111011 nro all In franco and on
tho Job, tho bases being established and
vc.ulj". The need at present Is for moro
medical and surgical men of minor icpu
tatlon, of which there nro many hero,
but not sufficient for tho Inllux of
wounded that will como when wet get
definitely und permanently In the lino.
As It Is, no matter how great tho num
ber of wounded may be, they are ns
surod of surgical and medic il attention
of tho highest grado through tho experts
named, nnd tho nttentlon of men that
no ono at homo could employ unless at
a high price for oper.atlvo purjioses.
L1BHRAL HOSPITAL PROVISIONS
It has been arranged to furnish ono
bed to every flvo men; that means an
excess quantity under nil estimates and
precedents of 200,000 beds to every
1,000,000 men. In addition thero will
bo tentago for many more, elneo It Is
cirtaln our actlvo engagements will be
during tho Bprlng nnd summer months
An Idea of tho superior numner or
beds provided for Is to bo found In the
fact that 1000 bods Is a high average
Alio II1CUII.H uciai .iiiiiv ' i"u .,i,j
has Just placed In Kngland tho large
drug order ever placed In Ilurope. In
addition, tho American Red Cross stands
ready to furnish other supplies, bed
socks, bathrobos, comforts and sick-room
accessories) in vast quantities at Immo
dlnto notlco
Tho question of leavo or -permibsion"
comes under tho medical province for
obvious reasons, A man's health when
on leave Is a thing to bo watched Just
ns though ho was on servlco. It Is esti
mated that a certain number proportion
ate to tho whole aro on leave constantly
and that, roughly, a soldier Ij absent
on leave one week In thirteen. Leaves
for Paris have been eliminated entirely
upon Qeneral Pershing's order. This np-
plies to officers as wen us men ,v iimp
of Franca has been mauo inuicaung
points where men can go on leave, and
a list Is existent of persons, households.
etc, that will receive tnem this nas
been worked out In conjunction with
the Y. M. C. A and tho Red Cross, both
of which organizations havo heartily co
operated. These leavo areas have been
chosen with special view to rtcrcatlon
and distraction from military surround
lngs, some In the portion of France
wjhenco comes the country's reputation
for being "sunny," others in mountain
ous districts where enowshoelng and
kindred sports are attainable
It has been found that moi-t of the
diseases up to date In the nrmy in
Franco are respiratory. Pneumonia hero
differs from that at home, where It is
longer as a rule. Here It Is bronchial
in the main. The general health nt pres-
. .,.u (-noil rtnnsldprlni? all riotnta
Tho venereal rate Is exceptionally low,
tower than ever before In tho history of
the regular nrmj". It has averaged dur
ing the tlmo the army has been In
p four cases to the thousand men,
and slightly less than half of these cases
were contracted In the United States be.
fore departure for France, as the rec
ords prove. The death rato from all
causes IS B5 low an .v yur iiiuu-ouu
per yar. EIQHT SECTI0Na
There nre eight sections to the medical
department surgery, head, venereal,
iteneral medical, orthopedlo. X-ray. lab
oratory and mental. They co-ordinate
throughout. The question of splints has,
been standardized to nine for all pur
noses A pamphlet on this point had
been published and has attracted the
attention of the British Red Cross, who
adopted It also. It simplifies and makes
the certainty of equal splint treatment
i. ,MnrM throughout the entire de-
nartraent The number peclfled were
ohown " carefut revlw,of very
tklast.ln th way of. s, stnt ever twed
APPOINTED TO ANNAPOLIS
Raymond CofTman, son of .Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel II. Colfmnn, of
1U2G Duffield street, nnd n prad
uatc of tho Frankfoul Hi"h
School, has passed his examina
tion for entrance to tho Nnvnl
Academy. His appointment was
recommended by Congressman
Costello.
dered from the British Thy nro to bo
tho pink of perfection, ench vv'ih provi
sion for 375 1 Ing-ilow 11 patients Por
walking or sitting wounded French
trains havo been provided for. each
equipped with flrst-ilnss carriages and
wagon llts All theso ti.alns will be
equipped with kitchens nnd nurses.
Por returning perm inently disabled
Hounded to the United States, hospital
ships will not be ueil Kicli transport
will bo equipped with accommodation
for from fifty to 150 men Thero will
be no Invaliding home. All convalescence
toward conditio 1 that warrants return
to the rnnlcs will occur In Frnnce
The question of the Mind has re
ceived special nttentlon It is estimated
that thec sufferers will average one to
each 1000 The first consideration In
their regard will be to get them home as
quickly ns their health wtlt permit In
struction and re-education will begin as
mnn nn this condition occurs The men
will be accompanied by special nurses
on the vojage nnd rereive insiruc-uon on
.1.. .iiir. Tn thn United States ar
rangements have already been perfected
for their complete re-mm: """ "" ""
comfort and assurance for livelihood as
to tnnko for thoroughness In every case.
NEW EXAMINATIONS FOR
CIVIL SERVICE LISTED
Tho United States Civil Servlco Com
mission announces open competitive ex
aminations ns follows:
List No. 1 P.xaminatlons of tho non
assembled typo; that Is, those In which
competitors nro not assembled for nn ex
amination, but nre rated upon tho BUb
Jects of educntion nnd training und ex
perience and corroborative evidence. Ap
plications for these examinations are re
ceived nt nny tlmo: Senior statistical
clerk, statistical machine operator, grado
. .t niniuili-il machine operator.
! grado 2. War Trado Board; grain sam
' nlcr. Department of A..rIculturo; expert
cost accountant and Index nnd catalogue
clerk. War Department; Inspector of
h its. Inspector of shoes and leather and
Inspector of solo leather, Quartermaster
Corps, eta
List No. 2 nxamlnntlonu of tho non
assembled tjpe, for which applications
must be filed by the date specified : In
vestigator In marketing cottonseed and
Its products and nsslstant in market
business practice. Department of Agrl
..!..,.. T-i,rnnrv 19: senior mechanical
eng'neer. Department of Commerce, i eb-
Tr.,11 i.ifnr-nmttnn and application
blanks may be obtained by addressing
tho United States Civil Serviro Commis
sion at Washington, u. u , or win u.u
ccrvlco district sccretnry at Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Paul, St. Louis. New Or
leans, Seattle or San Francisco.
HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE
DownlnRtown Poolroom Jinn Gets
Hearing After Police Raid
wpst cnrsTim. px, Feb. 12
Magistrate Patrick's offlco was crowded
tn the doors at tho hearing of James
Berryman, charged with conducting n
snenkeasy under tho postofflce at Down
lngtown, and upon the tablo was In evi
dence nn arrav of bottles of beer and
whisky, exhibits of the pollco raid
Several minors testified thnt they hod
obtained drinks in Bcrrj-mana pool
room.
Among the witnesses subpenaed wero
Frank Moulder, Robert Paul, Silas b.
Nell. Edward Kelly. Paul Miller, Charles
Scott, Leonard Mercer, E Krckman,
Talmcr Rnysorr, Gilbert Diem and Wal-1
tcr DaMS. Tno caso was neiu mr vuui 1.
Rivals to De on Samo Platform
HARRISBURO. Feb. 12 Two candt
dates for tho Republican nomination for
Governor.Highway Commissioner O Nell,
who has announced himself In tho race
as tho antl-Penroso aspirant, and Sen
ator Sproul. have accepted Invitations
to speak from the same platform in thly
city next Wednesday before the conven
tion of tho Pennsylvania Threshennei.
and Farmers' Protective Association
Both tegs Broken in Fall
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 12
Friends of Harvoy Wlnngton. of this
city, have received word that he brol.i
both legs In n fall at the aviation field
at Dayton, O, though ho was not In nn
alrplano at tho time. He Is an expert
automobllo driver nnd mechanic nnd
Joined the army at tho beginning of the
war,
British Destroyer Sunk
LONDON, Teb. 12 As a result of o
collision, tho British destroyer Boxer
was sunk on the night of February 8 In
the English Channel, the British Ad
miralty announces One boy Is missing
The Boxer displaced 2S0 tons and
was built in 1894. Her complement
consisted of forty-five olficera and, men.
Youth Killed by Truck
TOG HARBOR CITY. N. J., Feb. 12.
n.i.. Tiuinimtr. seventeen years old.
son of a prominent clothing manufac-
turcr, was kuicu i " j
temritlng to Jump off nn automobile
truck, he slipped oft and felt beneath
the wheels
GREY IRON
CASTINGS
Up to 1500 Pounds.
Our iron mixture pecu
liarly adapted to castings
that are to be machined.
Daily Melting
Capacity 125 Tons
Your business solicited
for large or small quan
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LOWER PAY FOR NEW
TEACHERS PROPOSED
Secrolnry Dick, of Educntion
Board, Advises Reclassifica
tion Downward
CALLS SALARY LIST HIGH
Explnins That Recommendation for
Reduction Doos Not Apply to
Present Employes
A reclassification downward ot tho
salurle of grado teachers of thn Phila
delphia school s J stem nnd n program of
tl e strictest economy In the operation
of tho scliools, was recommeidcd today
by Secretary William Dick In his nn
atuil report nuhmltted to tho board at
'ts February meeting In tho Keystone
TlLfldlng, Nineteenth. Rtreet above Che-t-
.... nkn Mthinllrttin utit'iri'qtpil WOllId
not however, affect the p ij:ot nny teach
er now In the employ ot tno city.
The IncreMSO In the Income of the
board from nl' sources for the Inst five
vears has been only $226 C50 Tho In
rearo In the payroll alono has nmounted
to nn nveragc of $1C9,37S In the same
uerlod Mr. Dick points out Tho neces
sity for .1 higher tax rate than the pres
ent limit of six mills was brought to
the board's attention; even this would
not bo available until 1920, he sas Ho
i tales tint tho small margin shown by
tho budget presented In Jnnunry will
not n Milllcient to meet the incrensed
ixpenscs this J ear and ho predicts tint
the deficit bv tho end of 1918 vvl'l bo
larger than last jeirs deficit of $600,000
FAVORS RUDUCF.D SALARtP.S
In spcak'ng of a rediict on In grade
teacher salaries Mr. Dlek said'
A saving of money could probably
be aff-cted by declassifying the n
arles of grndn teaehcrs so tint gr"
1 to r, would nc pinci-u ui,m, ,,..
nry basis leaving only grnilc"
8 on thu grnmer basis Th
would have to be effect! d gr
ho as not to reduce the salarv
person now In position. The i
ments thnt could be made for this
proposition nro' .
1 l..i. THIu rViniiert would glV O
recognition to the different character
nf work done In grades 7 nnd 8. par
tliulnrly In conccntntlon centers, tho
demands made on teachers energy
and time nre I believe, decidedly
heavier than In grades 1 to fi
Second Tho Inauguration of our
now courses of Ftudv In the last two
or threo jenrs has In part nt leist,
dono away with the old-tlmo distinc
tion between the chararter of tho
work dono In primary grades nnd that
done In grades flvo and six Accord
ing to our present courses, there are
no new sublects Introduced In grade
five, whereas .i few vrars .ago this
was tho point nt which tho study of
phjsiology and of history was In
troduced , j , . ,
Third. Tho saving of npproxlmateij
$12,500 per jear to tho board, In
asmuch ns thero aro nbout 125 fifth
and sixth grades filled each vear
nnd as thero aro In all about 1000
such positions, the savings eventually
would amount to $100,000.
Tho coal situation was nlso touched
upon In the report. The poor qualltv'.
the cost of hauling, etc, had greatly
Increased the cost of this item, ho said,
despite tho bujlng of coal direct from
tho operators Ho rf commended build
ing larger btorago bins In nil thu
schools
SCHOOL MOBILIZATION
Tho school mobilization committee, a
department of the Major'H homo defcno
committee icqucsted tho board to ap
point ono of Its members to that com
mittee, and proscnted a complete; report
of tho n'tlvltlcs In which It had en
gaged. Iranlc C. Brodhead, chairman,
nppcarcd In person to mako tho pirn
It was also requested that tho commit
tee bo designated hb tho o'Motal repre
sentative of tho board In all emer
gency service requiring tho assistance
of the teachers This request was re
ferred to a spiclal committee.
Tho school trc.asurcro was authorized
to negotlato a temporarj" loan of threo
months for $1,000,000 to finance the
school sjsteni until tho taxes aro re
ceived In Augunt
A communication from Francis A
Lewis. Federal fuel ndmlnIr.tr.itor for
Philadelphia, requcij g that tho school"
bo closed for a full daj- on Washing
ton's Birthday was referred jointly to
tho elomentary and tho high schools
committees Ho nlso reqrested tint nil
schools allow the children only ono hour
for lunch and thnt they close each day
at 3 o'clock. This latter rulo wtu put
Buy Seeds Now!
TOMORROW NAY BE TOO LATE
8cd r trmrce. better nler
uhll we hT a supply,
SOW SEED NOW
In hotbeds or tn boxes Indoors
for early vegetables, such as cab
bace, cauliflower, rc plant, par
iltn, peppprs, tomatoes, tc
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m weeks ago by the,
perlntendcnt and has been generally
ut the city. '
Letters thanking the board for
$00 bonus tp tho teachers frtm Ai
J. Morrison, of Northeast High S
ami rrom juiss Harriet u. Keller, or Wmt t
Packer School. werA recAlvArl nnf ftbiAL."i
As was also a letter from the TeacMnf
Association thanking the board fcr Iftt .
consideration of tli salnry IncretM
claims In this letter tho hope was,Svf
pressed that tho bonrd would contlnW
to glvo tho matter serious thought aiuf
If possible Increaso tho cntlro salirm!
scneouies. .: i:'
une question ot guarding tno acriocta
nt nleht was raised In n letter frun?
tho William Wlndon Council of th "
Drilr nt f ni!nr.nr1rnt Atnprlrnna wtUfcll
nro located In West t'liltndclphla. TheV."v
reeuetcd that the schools throughout ?J.J
.1.A nl!.. lk ntnl.,1.,1 In orrvn m n .! ., am ' VjSl
Thla wna rofi.rrr.1 trt tViA li.mnt,lr " ,1
twhtols committee. Jii?
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CHAMIinRSBURO, Ta., Teb. . 1 !j
iiarry ii'iiimugn camn irom 'irauorcirf (I
city to his home near Wnyncsboro Feb-,. H
iiarv c ill with smallpox, having, M
escaped fron n wholesala vaccination of,j ,J
Westlngbouo Companv men there. A? . '?' J
physician j'esterday determined bis casq' xl
nn,!,,n,it im,f,tl,,r,Y
In tho meantlmo h had associated Yi
with his wife nnd six children and hls.it 1!
iriiMio. twin iiciKuuum fi iicuitu i.u-va nr
th"rltles quarantined him, nnd fear hlsj
riue nero in ine curs means xuriner
sprenil .:
jnRincs lommnnaccrea
OLYPHANT. Pa , Peb 12 Orders to, r
turn over seven largo engines of tho ,
700 class soft-coal burners, to tho
rennajivania iiaiironn nave ncen re
ceived from Washington by officials oft
the New York, Ontario nnd Western
Railroad Theso engine" have been used j
' the line betweon Mayflfld and Nor- i
wich, N. Y. ,
First Illness Tatnl
I to Nonagenarian v
. Feb 12. Mrs;
lilntl nt Ct r.nn.lnll "lL 'J
PCRANTON, Pa
James Collins died today nt Cnrbondale,"k
aged nlnety-ono jears. She never had
a sick ifiy until two weeks ago, when
a son died Another son, Henry Collins,
lives In Philadelphia.
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