-Vv
; OF CITY FACE
TAGEIN TEACHERS
pjj."
fctj?
Ktuaiion Likely to Become
KAcutc Within Year, Board
Members l ear '
3WBR BEING TRAINED
Wsc In Salaries or Lowering of
t Requirements Slay liccomo
j) Necessary
E.Tlis public schools of this fits aro
etreatenea VUU. n re.uua wtwihw '
Tireaic, . .. y-...i T,ii.rt-
itctier. oiiiciais 01 i"" ' "' m.
km said today. ... .
? this Buviof' "... --- -
larlthln a year unless some drastic steps
. ,- .,...-,, win hnniA neuia
U tKtn lO U.CH.UHIU It. DUrtituwiu-
Mt J!" r- rber pointed out. The
tusei graduating each year from the
Vormil Scliool, which supplies nil the
female teachers, have been dwindling
!-!, var.
y In the data Graduated this month
sherd were m hiwuu.. ...- ...
Ut nearly all teaching na substitutes
h. nubile schools nt present. At the
t meeting or mo oonru uuny numcn
last Junes Class rcceivcu icatii-
tr'i certificates. The entering class at
fee Normal scnooi una rcmumj -un-1m1
only 117 students Instead of tho
Ul 200 or moro. J no uuu enrvu
KnOat the school la now 622. The au-
fcTrUed quota Is S00.
It'The male anu lerr.aio teacners sun
l-C-rlnir nn the cllclblo list of tho
Erlntendcnfs omco from past classes
as follows: '
rioaUd In February. .1017 . . ..2
lerut(i In June. 1 .
griaua.ru in .inn.-, ,..... -rijuated
In February 1010 J
Bradualed In Juno. 1D13.... '
ESnanatnl In February, ltllj ?
Poraouated In June. 1014.... a
IGraluated In February, loll
Irireo'ueted In February. 100H J
Iflradualed In February, 1000 J
aGreioated In June. 10t3
lOraduatcd in June, 1012 -
li. Total 9
Fnt this number nrjnroxlmately 60 per
Jimtare malo teacherM. This leaves an
Iiroilmatcly thirty-five women, aside
Ifrom the recent graduates. A large pcr
IteiiUo of this number have probably
Itntered other professions or business
and are no longer available to tho uoaru.
M'he great falling off In the number
Kt teachers has been due to tho high
aires offered In other lines," Doctor
Dtrber explained. "The condition is
'fist becoming critical. It will bo neces
ry tor us 'to lower the requirements
ilrno o.ncr mctnoa can uo :ounu.
5 "Last j ear the board Increased the
.Normal Kchool courso from two years
i to two and one-half. This was to have
lleoome effective this year, but wo de
'tided not to mako the change. To do
.. .a..i liiva lin in lnte ntm elan.
II' "I do not know what effect the tower
IUn nt the nalnrlen of tncotnlnc erode
teachers. In accord with tho recom-
Intndatlon made recently by (Secretary
Dlck in his annual report, would have."
U Other officials of tho board said that
Jwpilam Dick's recommendation to lower
ant salaries wouiu remove pari oi me
Incentive a woman has for coming Into
(the system.
-; "It Is absolutely foolish to tails of
"lowering any of the halarlcs," raid one
(loan. "We can not get the teachers
.. I. 1. . Ta Inn-., II.aca tnlorlna
, lb la nun. v ,w.v . ! ..
Swill further complicate mattcr. I do
not think tho board appreciates the
erlous situation wo are facing. AV
KUBt hae teachers. If we cannot get
Ihem in any other way, ho will Miuply
ave to take any ono we can get, with
1 without training. There Is no truth
i the popular superstition that any one
an teach. If eucli a plan pecomes
necessary, 'the theolat will become
r thoroughly disorganized.
, ;flt is nil very well to taut or economy.
ihar are notnts on which the board
l?e'eonomlze to advantage. Tho mat
ter! Uie teachers' salaries, and of the
mpply-of teachers, is not one of these."
.-
JWLL ARREST COAL DEALERS
V '
.Warrants Ordered for Eight of Wil-
Iff mington's Fuel Merchants
WILMINGTON. Del.. Feb. 1C Hav-
Jof ascertained through InvestiKatlon by
Staler of WelnhtH nifld ATenioireH TV.
kT. fetlllltoe and Clerk of the Market A.
,K Yatlchll that some loe.il cnnl denleraN
ve been giving short weight, tho At
itorney General's office has ordered war
frtntj Issued for eight of tho alleged
I tffende rs.
Tins would Indicate that only three or
iiour aeaiers are living up to their ob
Fllntlons. There Is anvthlnc but n
kWndly feeling hero toward most of the
Healers, who are selling 2000-nound
Ijons, while It Is said they are buying
Jong tons, and It has been found, the
nvesttgators say. that some havo been
Flopping oft umvard of 200 Hounds to the
I ton, giving less than 1800 pounds. In
some Instances, It U said, drivers have
keen stealing coal from what they were
jltllrerlng and selling It by the bag.
U' Licensed at Elkton to Wed
(ELKTON. Md Feb. 1C Hlghteen
uples were granted marriage licenses
Jere'today as follows: William J. Trate
aa'Marthr Bowles. William Clark and
Mirta Quinn, Joseph J-uszcn and Edna
ppcr. incise weary anu Kiirauetn lloss,
nn Hannlgan and Lillian Karovnt.
'tderlck J. Ilodn and Aniu U'ehn Phil.
Meehan and Anna Jasper, Charles II
ar ana Mamie McKane. William a.
Klinday and -Anna Wehher nil rxt Thlln.
Wjlphla,; William McAndrew Phlladcl-
n.a ana Nellie Barnow. Wllllamannrt.
Pt.; John McKelvey and Naomi Spang,
-v.r; vviuiam II. lirown, Coates
rt l.knd Ada Williams. Lancaster: Dan
1 ."ung and Hlverna Kaplen, Ashland :
.Mm niocK anrl r'ntnertne nnAh,.,
'teSVllle! William T T.. -...J'
Ua' Oebrlna- Tlrldcetnn V t . ,-. I
Khon and Marv A. Comhi n',i',ii,. I
Pet! Domlnlck RIer nnd .Tnaenlilr, r.ll
a. Heading, and Ralnh Thnmn.An .i
Men IL Ctltlen Tnrt r,nnl ,u
fj-rt, ' -
PAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
!1.FJ' J',. Catn.lan. V. J.. .h ,r...
SPifiififias v!.B" .' ?af .rX :
irv o ii-.-" " wuii Jiar-
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lmkae;,Vhr.Tr4?"K:'- " '
5 I Wjaaand. Delaware l-oun'ty Pa..
i-iara js. Hudolpn. 1451 Peach at.
MMirVralaekyrU1, 14 5 N.' Park afa?"
-b1n.'lMV 8. 2d at., and Vila
rii. f.-.v n. ijarlrn at.
v.5Vyo0n- 68 Itldaa a've., and
.". ?ahn, 21fl N. 2Sth at., and Mar
SI& S?S3& .". '.
vo -"""wm. ,ci , neater, ano
5? "Ibaon. Marahalton. Pa. .
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and Am
WheUn. prnoklyn; N. T.. andtwJ
Tpaval
a.zvcr'ri.
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Kir liKmilton.
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ra 1 patent. 21
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rW.ia,r8?.rt..!-t.n Bertha r. ,
I'nilllTlaT. IB?
OIL TANK BURSTS,
CAUSING LOSS
OF $150,000
Baldt Steel Works nt Wilming
ton Scene of Suspicious
.Blaze
WILMINGTON, Kelt. 16.
Two oil tanks and nn omco build.
Ins of tho plnnt of tho Baldt Btcel
Works, n subsidiary of the Tcnn Sea
board Steel Company, located Just
north of New Castle, wero burned to
day, with a loss of. between $100,000
and $150,000. Origin of tho tiro Is
unknown, but tlioro aro suspicions of
Incendiarism,
Tho flro started at 12:43, when
one ot'the oil tanks, containing 70,000
gallons of oil, exploded. Tho flames
communicated to a second tank and
then to tho office building, both of
which still aro burning. An Investi
gation to dctr;rnilno tho exact causo of
tho flro IsAinder way.
TOM BROOKS WINNER
OF MILE AND HALF RUN
Cross-Country Captain, With
27 Yards Handicap, Defeats
Large Field in Penn Games
Itunnlng In tho pamo form whMi
enabled him to mako such a splendid
showing during tlui cross-country pea
pon, C'nptnln Tom llrooks, of the cham
pionship hll and dalo team, easily won
tho mllo nnd half handicap run of tho
military athletic games conducted by
Coach L.iwRon Hobcrtson for l'enn stu
dents on tbn board track on Franklin
I'leld this nftcrnoon.
Urookn had a handicap of twenty
seven yards over tho scratch man. He
took tho lead, shortly after tho middle
of the race nnd was never headed, fin
Ishlng with fifteen yards to sparo In tho
fast tlmo of seven minutes and nine
teen nnd two-fifth seconds. Downs, with
a nannicap or tour yaru. ran a beautl
ful race, croslng tho line second.
Tho forty-yard icscuo race was one
or tlia feature events. .Receiving tho sle
nal to start the men ran twenty yards
to where their comrades wera lying on
tho ground. Quickly picking up their
"wounded brothers" and placing them on
their backs, the men ran quickly from
no aian s Land ' to their own trenches.
Wharton was tho winner with Hartow
second. N
Kirkbrlde, with a handicap of forty
eight yards, won tho half-mile run In
tho tlmo of 2 minutes and 3 2-5 seconds,
Loerlng, of the cross-country tquad,
was second.
Mlte.nnil.A.ftalf run Won In" Brnoka.
rnrda; atcoml. Pnn. 4 )Arda: third. jq
Korn. a arii; tourtn. uumminvs, .1 yarai.
Tlm. 7:111 i..'..
l(alf-rhll run Won by Klrbrlde. 41)
yarJa: neeor.'i. i,cerinfr. oa sarda; tiiiM,
Sanderson. r,0 yards: fourth, lruln, 25
arda. Tlm, 2:n.t U-fi.
Kpcu rac. 40 )nrda. acratch AVon by
Wliarlon: teiond, Hartow: third, IJlboM.
Tlmo. ins.
4."-yard htffh hurdle cratrhl Won by
TnnderM; becond, Yulmana; third, Dlebuld.
Tlrnp, 7a.
Sou-ard handicap AVon by Dewey rto
era. Bfratch: aecond, ltrcnnnn, .1 arda, third.
I"y. 10 yard". Time. .'II ..1a.
ToM vnult (handleapl Won by IJulIorU, 7
In , hprnml. tlleltold. IS 111.! third. SailderS.
I .rjtnh WHc.ht. II ft. 10 III.
I Sltotput (handicap) Won by Van (llnM,
- ft. ; oiul, Whirtnn, a ft. rs In : third.
llirllia, airalcli. Dlatanee, 41 ft. 24 In. i
!. . f aa.t ii,ii,lMk aft-i An hi' lstriti1l !
' secoml. Ace; third, Lajatcr. Time, 6 1-u
Mecondfl. I
j Itand-ernnde throwinr on by Famlr-1
I won. r txilnti: ftrroml, Friedman, ?. points; I
. tltrd, Wharton, 2 imlntu,
10-yard dahh, p ratch Wen Lj T)alR:
ncont1, laanders; third, IIaden. Tim?, &
1 uettmd,
t HtKh J'imp, Fprfltrh u on bv llpoth: jt?r-
oml, lal; third, Iiasttne. Iteleht. fl Net
Inchen.
Fischer Partner
Traced to Zurich
Continued from Tale One
Schutte-Koerting Company, ono located
at Twelfth and Thompson streets, the
other at Cornwells, Pa., will bo con
trolled by a new board of directors
named by Mitchell Palmer, alien prop
erty custodian, who oidered the plants
seized Thursday. Tho new directors will
assumo control late today or Monday,
That Fischer committed acts classi
fying him clearly as an alien enemy was
tho direct statement of Frank L. Garba
rino, chief agent of tho Department of
Justice, yesterday.
Garbarluo did say that Fischer was
not taken Into custody until a direct
dialn of evidence showing him to bo
working In the Interests of Germany was
obtained.
"Was Fischer Interned on what he did
prior to his arrest on the charso of
smuggling last year?" Uarbarlno was
asked.
"No," he answered. "It would have
been unfair to Interne a man for what
be did before this country entered the
war." ,
"Then it wns for acts committed sine
war was declared?"
To this query Garbarlno replied Fischer
was given to understand the slate was
clean up to the time the United States
declared war. Federal agents kept him
under surveillance, however, and caught
him secretly plotting against the coun
try, Garbarlno Intimated.
"PIGS IS PIGS" AND
'THEY STARTED WAR
Now They're Going to Win It, Says
F. R. G. S. in Houston Hnll
Lccturo
This is a little play entitled "Tho
Evolution of a Pig."' Though tho play
Is short. It is by no means in one act,
as the cast Includes millions ot people,
and the stage Is a vast area of thou
sands of square miles, extending to
virtually every corner of the earth and
affecting twenty-three nations.
Pigs just plain, everyday pigs are
nnt n.e actors, they are tho producers.
the guiding geniuses of tho big show.
As they started It so shall they finish
rir it has been said, and Is said, bv
irtna of their edibility and sustalnlnr
Qualities, will do much toward winning
the war. Now-; It develops, it was these
llttlo war winners that started tho
whole show.
Charles Woods, a fellow of tho Itoyal
Geographical Society and an authority
on llalkin and Near Ilastern questions,
has definitely emphasized the Importance
pigs played In tho great European cata
clysm. In an address at Houston Hall,
University of Pennsylvania, yesterday,
lie told luV P'gs were responsible for
V.,. V.IH.A feeling between Serbia nnd
f Austria that plunged virtually all Eu.
rope Into tne eonnici.
r Austria ha said, placed an embargo
on Serbian pigs, asserting they were full
of cholera.' The Serbians, however, re
garded" this a-a political move and
protested-.vigorously It w-a this feel
ing that directly or Indirectly led up to
-tna assassination ot the Austrian Arch
duke. . t . i ' -
Lieutenant Coleman. Seriously III
'Lieutenant Q, Dawson Cpleman, 1110
Soutn nitUnhouse- Square, tlt 111 , 0(
pneumonia In uia armx.awiiaj at Kuy
Kl14, .San1. Antonln ?ft.,i msmWrs
W his family MTv Ut JimaaaiMat to
EVENING ,pyBIIO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
U.S. DROPS TALKATIVE
EXPERT WAR ADVISOR
Captain A. E. Pereless, Who
Exposed Alleged Graft,
Dismissed
WARNING TO OTHERS
Elscnmann Contract Shown to Bo
Exorbitant Saved
2,000,000
Bj
i Btaff Corrttpondmt
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.
Captain A. U. I'crelfss, rescn-o omcor.
Quartermaster Corps, who gao testi
mony beforo the Senate Military Com
mittee In December, uxposlng the lucra
tive contract Charles Klscmann, vice
chairman of the supplies commlttco of
tho Council of National Defense made
with the JJaso Hotting Company, In
which ho was financially Interested, lias
been honorably discharged from the
army, against his wishes..
Tho supposition Is that this Is an act
of discipline for l'oreless In laying the
War Department and Council of Na
tion Defense open to attack and Is In
tended to servo as a warning to other
officers who know something, to keep
It to themselves.
Mr. rerelca:), an organization expert,
with omcea at "7 Broad street, New
York, cams to Washington In November
to assist In the organization of tho
Quartermaster Department on a war
basis. It was at the time that the
department found Itself helpless to
handlo tho problem before It without
expert assistance from civilians. He
was detailed to organize the conserva
tion division for thu reclamation oi
waste materials.
In this capacity lis thoroughly In
vestigated tho contract made by tho
War Department upon advice of the
Council of National Defense, with the
Base Sorting Company, for tha handling
of waste materials left over from sol
diers' clothing.
In December ho testified before the
Senato commltteo that the Government's
contract with the Base Sorting Com
pany waB a financial bonanza for tno
company and had been drawn at the
direction of Charles Uisenmann, vlco
chairman of the supplies commltteo ot
tho Council of National Defense, who
wan nterestea in tno company. ,
The record ot tho hearing shows that
on December 2?, in reply to cross ex-nmlnatlon-'by
Senator McKcllar Pere
less testified that Elsenmann was ery
nn.xlous not to have the contract with
the Base Sorting Company annulled and
that I'lsenmann had told htm (I'ere
less) that "he would show him where
he got his orders." The committee mem
bers considered this as a threat.
Tho contract was finally annulled
however, and the Government saved
more than 2 000.000 thereby.
Following the Senate hearing Captain
Pereless prepared a plan for tho reor
ganization of the' conservation division.
Ills plan was not accepted but two other
officers were placed In charge ot tho re
organization, reeling that ho had been
deprived of tho opportunity to do the
work for which, as an expert, lie had
been requested to come to Washington,
Pereless asked to be returned to the In
active list of the Officers' Iteserve Corp",
Intending to later bo transferred to an
other branch of tho tcrvlce,
This transfer was denied him nnd he
was discharged and dlemlsed. Ilo pro-
tested and asked for active service ehe-1
where. This was denied him.
Thirty-Day Limit
.. Ht.,.-.. C.mi
Ull I llflll KJllflJiy
Conllnueil from I'a. One
fxc-aa of thirty da. a' reqmrn.pnti with tbe
l-Vden.l food admlnlatrator tot I'ldUilelrl la
County, llullntln llulldlnc, Philadelphia, Pa.
Use the follow Ine form:
Name
Number In Household ,
Amount of wheat r.our vn hand (Include
whole wheat and craham flour)
pounds.
Thirty dais' requirement noundf.
I asree to I10M my exceaa aupnty of wheat
flour aubject to the order of the United Htatei
food administrator.
(Tha maximum n-nauj- ior iioiuihr nour in
uu
"on.) . , , .,.,. .,..
MrV'ccX'oB.r. Umlency "to any one '
-in. ww .,.,......,... ... ,..
navtng moro man n huiij-j oniipij-
If the same Is promptly reported to him i
on the reoulred form. If not. tho guilty
one Is threatened with the full penalty.
Tho administration has the power to
TUO aamini5iru.lon uia uio ioi .
search any house suspected of containing !
more than the lawful amount ot wheat.
,
flour.
It Is also pointed out that no con-1
sumer may buy moro man lony-nino
pounds of flour.
The statement Issued by Jay Cooke
follows :
The flour supply card issued today
Is the first step of a campaign which
tha United States food administration
In Philadelphia will conduct to learn
how much wheat flour Is stored away
In tho homes. ... ...
I am playing fair, with the public
and the public must be fair with mo.
Householders are given the oppor
tunity to report on the flur supply
card the number In the household the
amount of wheat on hand (Including
whole-wheat and graham flour) and
the amount which they consider their
thirty days' requirement.
Householders will save themselves
from prosecution on the serious charge
of hoardina; by making Immediate re
port to this cmce of their wheat-flour
holdings. If they do not, I can prom
ise them no leniency.
It Is very evident to any ono who
thlnk that such measures ns these,
revolutionary though they may seem,
are urgently necessary In wartime.
In London many of the residents form
food lines In France certain por
tions of food are allotted; similarly
In Italy
We Americans sometimes complain
nnd feel offended when our Govern
merit asks us to eat sparingly of
wheat, or requires that we save fuel.
I only wish that some Inspired prophet
could utter words to convince all
America that without sacrificing we
cannot win this vyar, ..!,.
The flour-supply card Is another
Government action which may or may
not meet with public approval, but
whether It does or does not. It must
be issued. If the people have not taken
tho time to study food conditions
abroad, they may not be convinced
that food Is probably the foremost
factor In th" war. It they have not
studied the present conditions' abroad,
I ask them-to accept this statements
Unless Americans save wheat, meat,
fats and sugar In great quantities we
Snnot feel assured that Germany will
b8Bbyadl?ectlng the public to. state
their flour hoardings on the flour sup
ply card I am taking only the first
sten In our campaign to prevent the
flour famine. Hoarders hasten famine.
If Yn next MaV. J"P or July we find
ourselve? without wheat flour, ifAwill
be because thousands of tons are
rtored away In cellars by un,patrotlo
householders, who banished any con
fderatton of the soldier in their greed
to havo their own needs' satisfied.
AYIATOB9 HONOR CASTLE
Detail Front Flying Corps Escorts
Body to New York
FORT WORTH. Tox.Feb. It. Under'
a military escort, the body of Captain!
Vernon Castle, of.. the Iloyal Flyn
i!i".Pi.f,hre today, for New York.-
wher funeral ssrvlcoawUI be bld,,8ol.
4rttalle4frorath.flyw.corw.e:
two veara' Imprisonment or both. A prompt , raids and which permit somo war worK
rranonaa to tiila notice will avert pnnecu- . in ii mnin c!tv tn make moro than
dUi-sdUlle4 from th fljlBB-coriM;?oto7:ii0OKK . "OnBBS.-iIJnlatr;'
7000 SHIPYARD WORKERS OUT .
IN NEW YORK;' WILSON TO APPEAL
Continued from razs'On
speedily return to work had no ap
parent effect upon those already out.
The men, according to Stuart, ask
only that the Government ijlve con
sideration to demands made some
tlmo ago. Theso havo been Ignored
so long, they declnre, that the only
way to get action Is to strike. Stuart
expressed tho belief that whenever
tho Government Indicates Its readi
ness to consider these dcmr.nds the
' men will return to their work.
There nre about sevchtr shipyards
of nil sizes In this district. All arc
working on Government contracts.
This strike ties up work on many
ships.
Tho hope that a patriotic plea to
tho men by Chairman Hurley, of the
Shipping Board, wou?.? save tho sit
uation and stave off action appar
ently failed today when tho wood
workers walked out. President
Hutchoson, of tho United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners in
the city, received n telegram from
Hurley asking delay, but ho was
unable to act.
Officials of the United Ilrotherliond
of Carpenters and Jolner.4 on the
ground today declared Chairman Hur
ley, of the United States Shipping
Hoard, was misrepresenting tho facts
' In declaring Woodworkers nt tho ship. I
yards were asking for special prlvl-
1 leges.
"Wo aro only nsklng that our de
mands bo given consideration," they
(.aid. "Tho navy yard workers have
been given consideration. Wo believe ,
iva nin Anfltln.l In It 'Pln mnn riVta... .
., ...v ..-... w ... - ... ..... ..-(
luteiy win return to tneir vvoric tne
mlnuto tho Government agrees to give
consideration to our demands!"
President Hutcheson, of tho broth
erhood, exhibited n copy of an agree
ment which, he said, was offered to
Kverctt Macy, of the mediation board,
and which was rejected. This agree
ment asked that tho brotherhood bo
given representation on any commit
tee assembled to pass on questions
concerning wood workers employed In
wooden ship construction. No special
privileges, ho declared, aro usked In
:, " l ,..
' agreement
WILL MAKE EXEMPTED
MEN SERVE IN ARMY IF
STRIKE IS CONTINUED
WASHINGTON. 1'cb. 1C.
Striking shipyard workers who vverti
granted draft exemption because ot
their work will be put In the army If
tho walkout continues, olllclals of Pro
vott Marshal General Crowder's ofllco
eald today.
Many men of Class 1 were given de
ferred exemption to vvoilc on ships, with
the speclllo provision they should be put
back lit Class 1 when they quit work on
ships.
Draft olllclals were uncertain as to
when nirh action would bo taken, but
agreed that It would bn tho couiso of
tho WJr Department should the 'walk
nut he il louir-drawu-otit affair. In-
' fnMiinlln,, la lidtiir fibtnlned nu tn hnu
many of tho striking carpentors such
action woum nncui.
As the walkout of woodworkers in
I eastern shipyards grew rapidly today,
i Picbident Wilson prepared a definite pro
posal to end the strike.
The Piesldent Is expected to drive
at the heart of the troublo and appeal
to the loyalty of the men In getting them
I buck to work while tho Government gets
' Its program for shlpworkers on a work-
, lug basis
Appeals by Chairman Hurley and
others have proved futile, and nil agree
that a solution can be brought by the
President alone.
There vvU'. be nn ronarrlptloii of Inltor
It Is learned definitely
Discontent of labor, becoming inoro
and more widespread, is due primarily,
tin leaders declare, to tho Inefficiency
mid nroflteerlne In romo ot tho big yards
Hog Island, for example. I
Wage scales, which differ in mircrent
ii,rn 19 nnnther cause for the unrest.
Xc'tlvlty f W.l.lan, Hutchenson c,ef
nt th rarnenters and Joiners, Is held re.
,,, , .,,. ini,Vr. iij for tho
sponsible by many labor leaders for tho
present difficulty. They say that the
carpenters as a wholo aro loyal.
The solution or tno irouuie, me iuur
- threefold-
men say. Is threefold.
Let the Government establish
standard wage. ., ......
Cut out the profiteering rt the root
(citing the Hog Island situation as a
leading example),
Discredit such leaders as Ilutchen
t,on, of the earpen.ers.
And. In nddltlon, the Government, It
iiy.r.iniors .snTir.F.s
nmnt
CIIKSTNIT nTKr.KT IIPTISr CHURCH
Chratnut at. weat of 40tli.
01:011a": r" auajis, t. u.. raatv.
B:45 a.m. Hrotherhood of A. and P.
lfVfin a.m VVorahlp and Sermon by Dr.
SS?-lfiSf servle. In i!.. Church.
Ir Adams. Theme! "A Friend of Slnnera."
.Jin mble Helinol.
Lutheran
MPSSIAH. llh and Jaffaraon eta.
iuv cifAni.us I,, my. i,o.. ui rrtach
r0O.Mo?nlr,"ens"'rrvlce. Subject! "Tha
InteTKey Which Unlocka All the Parablas
of Jeaua.' .
-riJErKlenlnar0 ice. Rubj.ett ''The Sam.
Key wi.lch TUnlocka the Providential of
AtUri""nlniIf Service. Philadelphia Cornet
Quartet.
Trehyterlan
turn ST (IllitCII. 18th and Arch,
&ant7Me5,iiiu..d on a .Man."
uliJi. ..rlra on "Common Typea."
UKfliTEilKM-PIIKSBYTKBUN CHURCH
Dlr?oVlmAvkS "will preach 10:30
5:.P nl-S:.4b5b.PhD'8ch.ol.
5!E JJi Toun Peop a's Parvlee.
In eif?rr7moratlon of VVA81IINOTO.VS
ru-thday tha OU) Ol'AUD will attend tha
?v'J,rdrl;ys.?vlc. W a tody. Seata Free In
evening aerylce. ..
Everyooay a,w- ..-.-"
unrR Md and Wharton ata.. Rev. J, O
i.ot TOW I). V.. Minister 10:43 a.
rtai o P. Aver! .P,, m.t
"?Y.'.-!y?!:m. "Death and Ufa."
GRAT
m.
Dr.
rroteatant rnlaeenal
ut JivlFH'H. 2zd " walnut aia.
Rev- JOHN JIOCKIIIROE, V. D.. Taator.
s a f mHoly Communion. ,
11 1 m Morning Prayer and Holy Com-
Ti1" ConSrmMlon tn.truetlon.
J S- m -llvSnuw Prayer (chorall followed
K !7X "S m Bunaar Roola.
MKMOKIAT. CHURCH OF ST. TACL
0,ilevr1ioBKnT NOnVYOOD. nector.
S r,'n-C,h0urce0n'
TP'TriVo'nn,C;V,or.
i welcome at all service,
CTnlUrlan
WBHT rSITABIAX CHURCH
nnSBSwcK 'r onirriN-. Mini, t.r.
FfrSrSrfiyr. Preach .',
11 .m. ".Thi True Irfnt" , .
Thee" M 'Schubert, PblllP H. doepp, of-
Thee." tr
ganlet.
VMTABIAV SOaKTV Ot GKKMASTOVYN
.iWiltn mvo, etna urrni . ti
V""V r' ,., ttlva1yaMa, 4ha.l
lit Vlnled, should Immediately provide
transportation facilities so that ma
terials will be delivered promptly to
the yards, eliminating Idleness among
tho workmen, and If this ran't he done,
sec that tb men are paid If they nre
forced to Idleness by lack ot material,.
How theso proposals can thest bo
worked out and quickly Is tho tre
mendous problem before the President
today. Many olllclals. Including promi
nent labor leaders, believe the Govern
ment should take over r.omo of tho
yards nt least where the dissatisfaction
was the greatest, straighten out the
doftlcultles and then turn them back.
Prom Baltimore came word that the
strikers thcro felt Government con
trol of the yards was the only means of
halting tho strike, nnd this thought
found echo In rotno quarters here.
While tho Government sought to head
off the very serious rltuatlon which the
strike would Involve, other crafts threat
ened to Join sympathetic or independent
strikes. A serious unrest was evident
in allied shipbuilding trades, while nt
the sama tlmo workmen In other war
Industries wero straining at tho leash.
Charges of President Gompers nnd
others that a war of employers on labor
Is nt the root nre receiving serious con
sideration. If they provo true tho man
ufacturers' organization suspected will
be castigated nnd the root of the troublo
hacked out liy exposure.
The President Is prepared to go far to
rcttle the trouble. Inasmuch as It means
so vital a setback to American war
plans.
SHIP WORKERS HERE
LOYAL; FROWN UPON
STRIKE MOVEMENT
I.nyalt) to the Government Is the spirit
manifested by
tho Philadelphia trade
un,0!sU ,n ,ho locaI n,pyards.
P.ep.
resentatlves of nil trades concerned In
shipbuilding t.a!d today that they would
positively not Join In any rtrlke. Hu
mors from other cities that Philadel
phia shipbuilders would strike, they de
clared, wero unfounded.
Speaking for tho Patternmakers' Asso
ciation, John Watt, business manager
with headquarters In tho Parkway
Building, said:
"The patternmakers will abldo by the
derision of the wage adjustment board
nnd have no thought of going on Mrlke.
'Tho men of our organization will also
stand by the platform adopted by the
American 1'ederatlon ot Labor ut Its
i annual meeting bust November In Buf
falo. 1 ferl pretty sure that other trade
unions will take tho same stand."
Similar Matements wero mndo by W.
A. Kelton. business representative of the.
'.Machinists' 1'nlon. "All tho trade
. unions represented In the Delaware
P.lver .Shipbuilders' Council." ho said,
"decided to stand by tho dccltlon of the
vvago adjustment board, nnd tin re will
I bo no i-tlll;e. Member. of the Machin
ists' Union will stand by the Govern-
' ment, nnd that Is the attitude ot the
other trade unions here. Whilo there
have been all sorts ot rumors, they evi
dently emanated from sources which
wero not tcpoiii'lblc. Members of the
Machinlsti' Union bellovo that they will
get u square deal from tho wage adjust
ment board and will certainly not com
plicate matters by taking any ilrastla
net Ion."
Representatives of tho carpenter", tho
Steam Operating htiglneers' Union and
other nicanlzatlniit ncrecd with the
views of the union men already given.
HALT I MORE STRIKERS
URGED TO RETURN
UALTIMOI'.I!. Feb. 11.
Poweiful pressure was brought to bear
upon striking shlpworkers this morning
by labor organizations nlllllitted with the
llaltlmore Federation of Labor to return
to work Members of the Federation are
urging the ehlpuorkeis In let patriotism,
instead of avaricious prejudice against
1 the open shop, direct their course. Ten
(shlpjards lire affected. lcss thr1 1000
men uie out, but the work of the plants
Is almost completely tied up and hun
dreds of other plants aro feeling the
effects of tire walkout
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FEBRUARY 10, 191S
ENTERPRISING THIEVES
FIND GOOD PICKINGS
Plunder Includes Furs, Clothing,
Thrift Stamps nnd Olive
Drab Cloth
Tho "pickings" wero pretty fair for
thieves last night, and there was gen
eral rejoicing In "burgling" circles.
Somo gentleman rmashed his way Into
tho fur store cf George 5?oorn, 170C
North Tenth street, nnd finding no oblig
ing cleric to sell him anything, helped
himself to n lot of furs, Including seven
teen skunk tklns. Tho reporter that
telephoned In this Information .".aid the
pollco were on the scent.
!nm ibriri,. ,,, -..i.i, .-. -.,..i nn
Some thrift) roguo with perverted pa-
trlotlsm strolled Into tha American store
at Seventeenth and Dauphin streets and
prowled around among tho soda biscuits
nnd rail mackerel until he. found a tin
box containing $25 worth of thrift
stamps. Then ho "knocked oft" and
called It a night.
Another thief picked out the clothing
store of .".tmuol Miller nt Thirteenth
nnd Balnbrldge streets te rob. He took
several suits and heavy overcoats. His
luck was poor. Tho Palm Beacii suits
were not In jet, the clothing fnotorles
nt Palm Bench being behind with the
orders, owing tn tho labor shortage.
While tho driver wns making n de
livery nt 1S3 North Seventh street some
body stolo from u Wclls-b'argo Uxpress
Company wagon a bolt of ollvo-drab
cloth which was to bn used In making
soldiers' uniforms. Stores having brass
buttons for sale should watch for this
fellow tonight.
GERMAN. ARRESTED, HAD
THRILLING ADVENTURES
Mnn From Kaiser's Navy, Held for
Failure to Register, Had Excit
ing Escape From England
BUADING, Pa., Ucb. 10. Albert U.
Vesperman, nn enlisted machinist In
tho German imperial navy nnd an es
caped prisoner from an Ungllsh prison
camp, wai paroled hero today in the
custody of Department of Justlco agents
after his arrest by City Detective Mil
ler for falling to reply to hi qUes-
th.nn.ilro and to register under the alien
enemy net. Ills parole brought to light ,
a series of stirring adventures. '
Vesperman stood on the deck of n.
German walshli. while Umrllsh m,n.r.
war sank tho vessel under a terrific
broadside lire. Ho swam for an hour
In freezing waters after his ship had
gone down until picked up by n boat
from a British warship,
ltli.li warship. Ho was Jostled I
ds of other German sailors
w Ith crow-
by Ungllsh guards He escaped from a
British prison camp and went to sea
for days In a small fishing boat, being
picked up at sea by n German ship.
His adventures finally led him to Berks
County, where he was nrrested for vio
lations of the Kederal act.
in his statement Vesperman told the ' British Attorney General Finds Ex
oi.cers that he was on tho Seharnliorst ) tmnmliniw !nirit Prevnilintr
when war was declared nnd saw his ship i tiaorelinaij spirit i rev ailing
sunk by the British fleet off the Fa k-
land Islands. Ilo escaped from a prison
,ami. at Sheffield. Kngland. and got on i
a Germ.... meiU.antman. tho Pouer. and
landed In America. Tho captain gavo
him J til and sent him to an address In
New York, wbero he was to-get help.
Increasing clearness the gravity of the
FIFTEEN-YEAR TERM tusk it has undertaken. Tho detcrmlna-
T nnrntixt crti 4 r c.r,, ' tlon to carry on to a successful con
FOR GERMAN SOCIALIST I elusion Is confidently glowing."
Police Make Many Ilnitls in Berlin,
Leipzig nml Mann
heim
AM.HTKRDAM, Feb, IC.A piomlnent
German .Socialist named Horn has been
sentenced to fifteen jears' imprisonment
for participating in tho recent German
strikes, accoidlng to dispatches reaching
here today from lierlln.
Many .Socialists were nrrested In po
llen i aids In lierlln, Leipzig and Mann
heim, according to reports received hern
today. No reasons for the raid uro
know n.
The Leading A uthority
on Russia
The man whose book, "The Russian Revolution," has
been accepted as the authentic statement of the causes
and effects of the greatest upheaval in modern history
the man who has made- a life-study of conditions
affecting Russia and the Russians the man whose
writing carries conviction because it is the product of
first-hand investigation
m
wj
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Isaac Don Levine
has prepared a series of exceptionally timely articles dealing with con
ditions in Russia at the present moment.
The various phases of the situation in Petrograd and in the provinces
the true value of the systems of Lenine and Trotzky the stand
taken by the Bolsheviki and the local Soviets the problem of peace
from a Russian standpoint and the effect of this' pieace upon Russians in
the United States all are discussed and dissected in
' Eight Articles to Appear in the
PUBLIC 8i8 LEDGER
- A,
Commencing Tomorrow -
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
OF THE GREAT WAR
Lectures by Professor Earl Barnes
Will Bo Feature of Unlver--
slty Extension Courso
Prof. Harl Barnes will begin a series
cf lectures on 'Tho Historical Back
ground of the, Great War" on Thursday
evening of thin week beforo tho Uni
versity Hxtenslon Society at Wllhr
spoon Halt. At tho ciosa ot the war the
problems of settlement nnd readjust
ment to meet the needs of civil Ilfo
will mako great demands upon the, In
telllgenco of our democracy. In order
to meet these rmergeticles tho society Is
making n special effort through lto lee
turo platform to ncqualnt the public with
t'o processes necessary to securo n
. , ,,. ,.,.,,, ,,A
subject of the first lecture 1b "The Brit
ish Umpire; or the Obligations ot Great
Power nnd Wealth," Illustrated with
maps nnd charts. At Association Hall,
Germanlown, on Monday evening Fred
erick Monsen, explorer and fellow of
the Itoyal Geographical Society, wilt talk
on "America nnd tho World War." This
wilt bo profusely Illustrated.
PENN CADETS MARCH
ON UNIVERSITY DAY
Student Regiment Will Escort Pro
vost Smith to Acndcmy us
Fcntuio of Exercises'
Provost Udgar Kalis Smith, ot the
University of Pennsylvania, will be
escorted from the University of Penn
sylvania campus to tho Academy of
Music on University Day, Uebruary 51,
by tho Cadet Itegiment 1000 strong.
This announcement was mado today by
Major O. Orllfltli, professor of military
I'viiiiMMViih l"ri as vai 11 vn
science and tactics.
1 Tho student battalions will be clad In
I tho new khaki uniforms, which aro ox
I peeled In n few days, anil tho sight w 111
bo an Impressive one, demonstrating not
only tho loyalty and patriotism of the
University In these days of national
stress, hut also a respect anu Honor lor
tho h'ad of ono of America's greatest
educational Institutions.
L"EYE OF THE SUBMARINE"
IMPRESSES NAVY MEN
invention for Detecting U-Boats
KavoraWy Considered and Inventor
3mmoned to Washinretnn
bummoucu to vtasnwgton
., trirpiT Mo v ir Tr
T. JOSr.PIl. Mo l-et, 1C.H. A.
Cooper, carpenter, of habethn, Kan., re
ceived worn tonay irom tne .nvy De
,v,rtment that Ills Invention for drill
ing submarines under water had been
- . U1 niincltlAr,! nml (kn, , .. I
'oration would bo furnished htm for a
jrlp to Washington.
Cooper cans ms invention "tno eve
of the submarine." The principle fol- '
lows out that ot the X-rny, ho says. 1
AMERICA ALERT TO TASK J
LONDON, Feb. 10. "The spirit pre-1
vil Ilnlr , n l,T. V ""f1 fat 'V"1''
ord.'.".' .. -w. n-. id'i
Smith. Attorney General for Great Ilrlt
nln, on his arrival here today from u
visit to America.
"The wholo nation Is realizing with
PENN CHESS TEAM WIN'S
Easily Defeat Combined Team
High School Captains
of
The Vnlvcrslty of Pennsylvania chess
team today defeated a combined team
composed of thn captains of Northeast,
Central High, Germantown, West Phila
delphia, Frankford nnd Trades School
chess teams tills afternoon ut Weight
man Hull.
With ono match remaining the si'oro
stood S to 0 In Penn's favor, the Bcbool
boyn proving easy for tho collegians.
JAPNAN JIKADY Itf.
RUSSIA IN FAR
" i ' ' : re .
Or. Iyenaga Says -Slays TrtfttVltaaW '."
gerou's! Ground in Sprate
Peace Measures ' .'
NUW YOni;, Feb. K-Dec!arlne 3UiJ
Itussla Is treading on dangerous ground.
Dr. T. Iyenaga, director of the JOnttfimt
West News Bureau, a Japanese afwwy.i
asserted here today that Japan fcoMc
herself responsible for peac In tirftV!f
Hast and wilt act to keep It, DoeiftU.
Iyenaga speke at a luncheon given'1 W '
the lawyers' Cluli, v".t
"Chaos In the Ilusslan Empire Is inrM
unny spreading to Russian pocsesston -a ,1
in eastern Asia." ho said. "This Js"aVX'fi
causo of the greatest anxiety on ths'rij.a
part of Japan, because ot that chaci V
peace In the rr llaat Is tlrreatened. tefA ' ri
to uie event u.ai peace is cnaunnj ;
gered to tha detriment of our Interests,'"?,'",
quoting from a recent statement by r'
.- . n. t -,. - tx-.
wiuni ivmucni, me Japanese rrainr,-v HJ
the Japanese Government will not heiWt $j
tate to take proper measures. (; '( ;
it win be well for Russia to think
thrice before she defies her solemn
agreement with the Hntente Allies trA. lii
make no separate peace. She seems t$. j
oe cuiiiuk loore ironi ner aKrremeiiia
wim me entente, finis maxes a. inrr
delicate, and puzsllng situation. Japsiu,j
win move with caution, out caution wii, vy
IIU, UC LIIU MB, UU1U Willi ,l,illl. M,k., 1 fc,,).
noids iiseir responsible ror ine maintop a
nance of peace In eastern Asia," ,a klu
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RED CROSS SUPPLY SHII&
Flames In Cargo Cause Destruction"
of Scandinavian American ,.,
Liner Jlinsl:
NHW YORK, UeU 18. Firemen wertf
forced to sink the Jcandlnavlan-Amer'
lean liner Minsk wnhen fire started lit"
her cat go of cottin whtla lying at a
Hoboken pier tody,
Tho steamshln. had n large consign
ment of lied Cross supplies. The cargo
was valued at. J7D0.000. ''
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