HESS
, -v"'"
WW
Ms
EJ
MS
tts
lt
f-f T'
'Jf '
-. "" ' r ,
JYWORR
BYBAHER
ary Thrilled by
lievementH in
ranee
ARE INSPIRED
linker In France,
1
Ir's IhU to France Is a
Ion to every ofllcer and
rr'cnn force, General
today.
jirKid Secretary Tlakar
Jinee," Hald Pennine.
Iiere, wo arc delimited.
jo time to master pit
ituatlon. s our chief
the military effort nt
il In hln mind, ho Is
lire iloliiR on thli vide,
la personal Inspiration
Id man "
v$r bummed up tlio re
action to date when ho
ys hae been worth my
Mlintlu In the lnforma
jrenieut they have Riven
twn ports, tho only re
t tho (treat wnr plant
Jtlns. but I have seen
ce mo we now have an
Ich will meet tho prob
'easlnt; volume of mate
tics and couple up tho
fkatlon In the United
Klein ports of dobarkn-
Tin llnglnrera
(written reports have
equate Idea of tho dlffl
feneiny said we couldn't
Avlilcli we are over.
LEDGER-;IHII
TaW
".V'V-
AMERICAN ENGINEERS IN FRANCE
PRODUCING AN "EMPIRE BREAKER"
That's What They Call General in Charge of Railroad
Construction) Declaring System Forecasts Shat
tering of Germany's Dream
Willi the American Army In France,
March 18.
rpllUY called James J, IHU an "empire
builder" because Ills railroads opened
the great northwest, but ocr hero offi
cers and mon call a certain general
engineer nn "empire breaker" because
they believe the railroad he Is con
structing aro destine,! In a 1,1 ,,..,.., i..
'" "haltering tho Clerman junker drcamJ
v. nvuu cmiJire.
It is not permitted to describe too
closely Just what rallrnart i.niMin. .v.-
Americans are doing, but a network of
ouau-Hiu iim-H nas Deen laid down and
Is being extended. This Is tho fruit
of what llnghmd and Prance learned
In the last threo and a, half years
that motortrucks may be a substitute
for railways, but cannot replace them.
The Americans are constructing stand
ard gauge trackH everywhere up to a
certain point where tho tracks become
narrow gauge and motor trucks are be
ing treated as auxiliaries.
The system obviates reloading, as the
material Is sent within sound of the guns
without transshipment. Tho railroads
are well ballasted and the bridges
i
soundly built so. the lines can handle
regular sized American freight cars In
stead of only tho small van used on
the continental systems.
French engineers say tho American
railroads are well enough built to ac
commodate tho gigantic artillery mount
ed upon trucks, never leaving tho rails.
The guns are fired as they rest upon
the trucks. Tho Amcrlcan-bullt rail
ways wilt not require rebuilding to
make them stronger, ns they nro con
structed to take care of the heaviest
traffic. I
One of thn great questloni of mod
ern warfare Is transportation, and
Amcrleaus are working with that prin
clpto In mind
American engineers follow tho theory
tho enemy guns may rip up tho track
ago for a short distance, but that shells
aro unlikely to shatter entirely the
right of wny, ns experience shows even
terrific bombardments do not obliterate
trenches for a long distance.
.The Americans also figure It Is almost
as easy to reploco standardized lines
as the narrow gaugo. Tho standard
ized gaugo lines can liandlo twlco tho
traffic of the narrow gauge s stems and
besides eliminate reshlpmcnt
A
U. S. FRONT IS AB-SO-LUTE-LY 'DRY,'
LIQUOR IS ENTIRELY FORGOTTEN
Only One American Ts Found Intoxicateti in a Month.
Mineral Water, Tea and Coffee Supplant
John Barleycorn
ONE TO MlMlMfe N
SUBWAY DEATH RISK
Di on nlrmollonal .Vrics Srrtlce Stall
CorrtivonAent
With the American Army In France,
March 18.
EVEHY one Is on tho water wagon at
the American front.
I havo been at tho front dally In the
lnt month and often twice In a day",
seeing thousands of American soldiers.
In that time I saw exactly one man In
toxicated and one other who showed
he was under tho Influence of liquor.
The American front Is "drv" not only
for the olllcers, but for tha men of tho
ranks as well. Nobody comments upon
tho matter. Nobody apologizes to hW
guests' for tho lack of liquid refresh
ment, in fact nobody notices It.
I have eaten at various ofllccrs' messes
where the meals were excellent: better,
In fact, than one gels ordinarily '.n Lon
don or Paris, nnd only mineral water
wan served
Hut when one eats In a dugout, with
tho detonations of shells fired from a
nearby battery or tho concussions of
100TII ANNIVERSARY exploding German shells keeping up a
OF JAMES E. ERICHS0N,C0n"nuoU8 ratll "monR u, ch,naware'
JAMES E. KHRICHSON
knives and forks, one's mind doesn't get
far enough off tho war to ask for liquor.
So long as It Js absent It Is forgotten.
1 have eaten often with enlisted men.
Never onco did I find one with n bottle
or a flask "on his hip." On tho con
trary, all gavo particular attention to
tho coffee and tea nerved, drinking so
much It was evident they were entirely
satisfied with thoso beverages.
The llttlo French cafes In the vil
lages occupied by Americans aro fre
quented only by Frenchmen, who oc
casionally get a boltlo of beer and pity
cards whllo drinking it. The French
rnnnot understand why Americans re
fuso to take a pull at their plnard,
las they call the red Algerian wine ls-
sueu to inc army.
Tho Americans stick to tea and coffee,
occasionally making chocolate. 'l ne
American officers drink only light wines
when In Paris on leave or olllclal mis
sions. They say they find It ngress with
them better than stronger drinks.
"I'll never buy another bottlo of
champagno In my life now that I have
learned how to order good French
wine," said one ofllcer.
Slim Chances for Casualties In New
York Tube, So Shonts
Reports
New York, March 18. The next time
you aro jammed Into an Intcrborough
subway express train at a rush hour and
f nro forced to occupy a spaco about large
enough for a Lincoln penny, Just console
yourself with the thought that white you
may be partly suffocated your chances
of being fatally Injured are only one In
1.666.666.6CG.
You may be tho unlucky one, that's
true, but Theodore P. Shonts, president
of the Intcrborough Rapid Transit Com
I any, did not discuss that contingency
In tho statement which he Just Issued,
regarding the low percentage of acci
dents which Ills lino has maintained In
the last few years. And, besides, If you
should draw the unlucky card In tho
subway scuffle, be magnanimous enough
to remember that the 1,666, 6GG.C6G fellow
gamblers who staked their lives have
como off with minor Injuries to their feet
and their feelings
lgj. stout-hearted defense
are us llttlo material or
purposes, except by III
ns from her own or
fllcould cfTcr land upon
our structures and tho
for our communication
WUlte to pay tribute to
began last bummer to
((blueprints of this great-
en
BERLIN SPY SYSTEM
STUPIDEST IN WORLD
American Secret Service Chief
Scores Enemy for Monu
mental Blunders
New Tork, March 18
The Secret Service of tho United States
has shown the German organization of a
similar character to bo tho mot blunder
ing of Its kind In the world, according to
A Uruce Hlelaskl, chief of tho bureau of
has now mlmnri I Investigation of the Department of Jus-
fa conviction of success llce- Knn spoKe nero at me annual um
Kl I should like to pay ner ot the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
lr, engineers and exports , Jhe onl' rcal cftect' n" Rald' ot lh
nfall branches who hive G"1Ti"n tecret organization t-i this coun
rive anil tervo with offl- tT ,md bcen tl,c Important part played
TROLLEY-FARE BOOST
ATTACKED IN JERSEY
Fo.ty Descendants Celebrate Birth- BIG FOOD PRODUCTION
day of Oldest Tainter Is Hale nAinm .fnnn.. ,
BUU5T UKlitilN! INtiEU
und Hcaity
Forty .grandchildren and great grand-
'children helped celebrate the 100th
birthday anniversary of Philadelphia's
Newark Meeting Today for 146 ' oiliest painter, james 1:. Khriciison. his
m tt i i -. birthday was tpent at the home of his
I Owns United in OppOS- 'daughter In Mantua township, N. J.,
ing 7-Cent Charge Mr. l.'riclison retired from active work
. twmty-llve years ago, but It still hale
and hearty He Is tho son of
Jersey State Market Chief
Makes Plea for Aid of
Farmers and Women
jlar engineers command,
Wpiber of army workers
UK their pait.
come from a pioneering
f brought their pioneering
by It In bringing the United States Into
tho war as Germany's strongest enemy.
"Somo propagandists," said Mr, Bio
lashl, "have tried to create the impres
sion the branches of our own Intelll-
, , - . rivi"-u t-. iv.1 n ;. v uinui i)miti. i --
ney nave turned marsn- gaged In fighting each other, that the
(acing waterways which results of their efforts were kept to them
ge. They have built selves and that one did not know what
lilt warehoues nnd the the other was doing, Tho facts we
lementary plants from . that our Secret Service Is most per
'dltpatch along tho line fectly co-ordinated.
Ion food, clothes, guns, -Tho principal reason for the failure
l.Jund all tho enormous of the German propaganda in this coun
iated material for which try has been the Intelligent method by
f.'tho United States can ' which we offset their efforts. An attempt
ftatlon. The ships arenas made by propagandists to create
Ijfi j the Impression that tho German organi
sation and efllclency we i zatl" he.re was n pcrhct one and lm
hat troops now in ac-' pof.lcITto com,ha.t- , . e . v.
ck tho means of striking I Thc United States Secret Service has
ck tno means of striking I how n lt to L0 biundcrlng onranlza-
t....p a.i ,,, tlon, a failure, whoso activities have
Vr,,!"' f.r'c SSH " "venled as a more complete fall-
...u v - u.i v..,,... itrn iVif-Ti Ihn
I work, and as a civilian
national prldo and satis-
?r.rf. TrWin? ,i ,,, " BleIask' "- th-t the experience
leans urc bringing to aid , of tho ,., ,hr. ...,, ,,,,, .-..,.,,
the Intelligence service thc men who are
being sent to France to fight arc the
equ-ls of the Germans In physical abil
ity and their superiors In Intelligence.
"Wo ought to stop talking," ho said,
"about the efficiency Mid wonderful
effectiveness of the German soldiers and
ought to feel and know that our own
men at the front are tho superiors of the
Trenton, March 18.
"The distribution of food evenly and
fairly Is of great importance In this
tlmo of war, but the production of that
food Is of still greater Importance," de
clared Alexis L. Clark, chief of the State
Bureau of Markets, In n statement today.
"Mr. Hoover neently Issued n state
ment correcting the impression thut the
food administration was a nrlce.flxlne
rnnwr wr iipab oq mrtc body. Only In wheat and sugar has anv
xv "m"v "o i LdLitw authoilty been given Iv Congress to use
this povvtr. Uecent reports and surveys
Legal measures to be taken In a light ??'!!a,1naln.ni1 ?tt?, ,,orl! .n .' ,,,Vf,rlc,k!a
tho proposed increase In trolley pasen- Wm o! lnatiy HmUrlnK men
ger fares of the I'ubllc Service Hallway Mr llrleliMiu Is a viternn of the Civil
Company will be discussed at a meeting War and todav lias sl- ttnlwiirt boys
today at Newark, N J. City solicitors among his giandchildrtn, who arc await-
and attorneys from many of thc towns '"B thtlr turn in the selective dr.ift.
of tho State will meet with Mayor Don- Hc Ilow 1IC!' "l -"'ll. - J-
nelly, of Trenton, who has called the ..,m,. . ..,.. . ,,...
meeting CHESTER COUNTY LICENSE
For several weeks experts havo made
searches for data to place before tho
session. New Jersey neonlo aro sur
prised by the large Increases desired Remonstrances Filed Against Bars show that because of Increased costs and
NEW TOBACCO CROPS
IN LANCASTER SELLING
Large Purchases by Dealers in
County Prove Surprise to
Growers
SIGNS DAYLIGHT BILL TODAY
Washington, March 18. Great' satis
faction was expressed In official Wash
Ington over the passago of tho daylight
Bavlng bill. It Is expected to brlnj
splendid results.
Aside from tho saving of fuel nnd In
crease of gardening It will mako for
more efficient co-operation between tho
United States and the Allies, who have
already adopted tho plan. President
Wilson will probably sign tho bill today.
Msm
Escadrille With Fi
Planes and Pilots,
American Observers
U. S. MACHINES LAI
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Carre soonAcnt Kvenlna PuhllO
iclth tht Amtriean Armu in FranM'
Headquarters of tho American Arm& Ijjff"
Trance, Mqrcn is, 51"
An American escadrille has bMM;'l
ganlzed for the American frontf''.
the airplanes, pilots and mechanic'
French, as also Is the commander, im
American officers, who for more
a month have beon flying with
pilots as observers over tha Ame
and nearby French sectors, now M
assembled Into a single escadrille wbh
will fly only on the American front.'
This escadrille will depend upon tirt
French for virtually all supplies, ,im -,
will act under their guidance. Lt
tho French machines will be replaoii
by American planes. American
servers, flying with French pllota ttffr'
the Chcmln-des-Dames and" lnM"
sectqrs as yet have not been orranhiej f
Into scparato escadrllles. "fv''
by tho carrying company In view of the
fact that traffic was never heavier than
It Is now In almost every Bectlon of the
State.
There nre HB cities and towns
behind the fight to oppose the boost of
fares from five to seven cents and tho
legal end of tho fight Is now being
headed by James T. Congleton, city
counsel of Newark. 13. O. C Bleakly,
in Coatcsvillc, ParkcsbuiR and
DovvninRtown Hotels
a reeling or uncertainty farm crops
wllj not be Increased as was to bo de
sired Apparently the Aimrlcan farmer
feels that he Is capable of Judging tho
We,l Chester, Match 18 With Judge demand and of regulating his proportion
William Butler nnd J F. II. Hauso on of one ""l" ,0 another. Ho Mrongly dls-
tho bench Uctm-o Court was opened "1'Proves pnce-nxing nnu xavors an open
hero today There aro thlrty-clght ap
plications In Chotcr County Against
market.
"If our pitrlotlr housewives . would
each one Ind'v (dually determine to ask
tiro than tho operations of any other
Secret Service organization In the
vvorld."
Ssjln France.'
red by Crouds
offFrance through which
er Is traveling Is now
,real American activity,
jyfeheerlng crowds. The
Itlgated an Inland artll
ere 500 potential officers
BS,. i.reeln. the 'Germans in every way."
,.cz: ... .;-"." . i
liai alt lliu ui-iiiiauB -no
Iful city In tho romantic
(country.
8nd figures vvcro pre
tary Baker by olllcers In
'.United States army or
lSecretrry allowed hlm-nty-mlnutc
respite from
jrt that twenty minutes
ntbedral and a chateau
lays of Louis XI,
New York, March 18. Designations of
university professors to carry on the
educational work of the organization In
combating German propaganda have
been announced by the National Security
League.
The assignments are: Dr. Franklin II,
Glddlngs, Columbia,, In chargo ot the
South; Dr. W. II. Schofleld. Harvard,
In the Northwest: Dr. C, II. Van Tyne,
West, nnd Dr Walter P Hall, Prince
ton, Washington and Oregon.
Dr. F. M Llbby, of the University
of Colorado, and Dr. IX D. Adams, Le
land Stanford University, will take tho
field on April 1, It was stated. Doctor
Llbby will be assigned to the Rocky
Mountain States and Doctor Adams to
New Ungland.
ENEMY ALIENS MUST GET
PERMISSION TO MOVE NOW
ioon linker Inspected the , University of Michigan, In tho Middle
'.Btorego station, that In
ties square, where forty
tjtly of every conceivable
JeJBtored ready to go to
(v)sltcd another Immense
great camouflaged ships
lgfoverythlng from food
Swl'thout Mopping for a
"Made Rrnjless
Eramount station where
19 horses and mules ho
(Interested in a surgical
eltlio mules brayless, so
jejdanger of their brays
nmy of their proximity
fas taken through huge
irhjere Phllrdelphla engl
sernbllng big American
eie 172 are already In
llbut 300 are yet to be
other storehouse area,
te) was Inspected. When
Jeetabllshment will have
tckage, capable of hold
it'ears. frj! Baker and General
pged wounded from the
He hospital and heard
lvs of the fighting.
'(Secretary's first contact
H was visibly moved.
H
FEDERAL LOAN
JJ IN FEBRUARY
city counsel of Cnmden, will attend tho i thet.e remonstrances are tiled against the n8 nttio service ns posilblo froni ftore
session nnd mnke an effort to help oh- granting of thoso of Frederick W Focht,
tain a decision against the proposal of for the Sioakman House; Jeremiah II
the Public Service Company. I Iteardon. Hotel Coatcsvillc. William J
land Frank L. T Smith. Hotel Smith
INCOME TAX RETURNS
KEEP COLLECTOR BUSY
00,000 Reports Filed Use Bianch
Stations to Prevent Rush,
Says Lederer
That rhllwdclphlann are not slow In
filing their Income tax reports this year
when the Government has stressed the
need for early action Is evidenced by
tho fact that 60,000 returns havo been
filed to date.
A great rush Is expected during the
next two weeks, says Internal Revenue
Collector Lederer. The last day for
filing returns Is April 1.
It was suggested that as many per
sons as possible use the branch stations
provided for filing returns In order to
relieve the congestion at tho central
office. Stations are located at the Tenth
National Bank, Broad street and Col
umbia avenue; Columbia avenue Trust
Comiwiny, at the same location;
Northwestern Notional Bank, nt Rldga
and Glrard avenues; State Bank of
Philadelphia, at Fifth street nnd Pass
yunk avenue, and Northern Trust Com
pany, at Sixth and Spring Garden
streets.
James Taylor, Hotel Taylor, all o.
Coalesvlllo: Parke II. Gible. Hotel Park.
tHbuig and L !. Ulbticy. Pennsjlvanla
House and David M. .Martin, Swan
Ilotil, Downingtoivn
Ttbtlmnny will be tnken first In tho
cases of the Coatesvllle applicants and
then thoe at Pnrkesburg and Down-
I Ingtovvii No necessity Is th main ob-
j.tuun io ,ui ot mem, although In thc
cavo of the Pnrkesburg Hotel, when
a license was granted last sear, charges
of evasions of the law will be made.
Several hundred witnesses aro sum
moned In the cases and special trolley
cars brought them from Coitesville am.
Main 'Lino Points. Some days will be
occupied In hearing all the cases unlesi
thoso from Coatesvllle aro beard as one.
RAIDERS NEAR ROME
AFTER BOMBING NAPLES
h, Leads With $11,-
ce Opening of
Banks
H
.March 18. Loans ta
tnlted States on long
nge were $13,878,811
(February, according to
U Federal Farm Loan
p$ The loans exceeded
ij ).,ui,zui ino ui
'in , umana leaas me
ij.850.
icllshment of the land
rfve made 28,495 loans,
3.632,343, up to March
of the twelve districts
!rt the lead with 111,
next with 10,734,925;
10,605.800: Omaha,
ley, $4,664,000; Hous
;w Orleans, $3,839,945;
,000: St. LoulS, 83,
e, 82.427,250: Sprlng
l, and Columbia,
Marshal Noonan Issues Orders Re
garding Change From Regis
tration District
German enemy aliens who desire to
change their places of residence from
one registration district to another must
obtain a permit.
This Is the decision of Frank J.
Noonan, United States Marshal, In an
announcement ordering all German
enemy aliens who havo changed their
plrtces of residence from one registration
district to another to report to the
registration olHce of the district to
which they moved In order that their
c?rds may be Indorsed.
The order follows:
A Merman alien enemy changinfr hla place
of realdenee to another place within the
same registration district Bhall Immediately
report such chance to the registration offi
cer of the reKtatratlon dlatrlrt and present
to suth reaUtratlon officer hla reslatratlon
card for the piirpose of having1 Indorsed
thereon' bv sucn reulntit'on offlr-r
change of residence. A German alien enemy
who deilrea to change his place of residence
to a place of residence within another reg
istration district must obtain a permit. Ruch
German alien enemv must present himself to
tho registration officer ot the district in
which he then resides and make application
for the permit on a form supplied by the
registration officer, and present his reglstra.
tlon card to the registration officer tor the
purpose of having the permit of change of
residence, It granted, Indorsed on the reg
istration card.
A change of residence In violation of the
regulations autijecta an alien enemy, among
other penalties, to arrest and detention for
the period of the war.
The registration officers who acted In the
registration will continue to act as reglstra
tlon offlrera for the purposes stated in re
spect to permits for chapae ot residence.
All necessary forms. Including applications
and notices, will be supplied these officers
upon application m ine unueu oiaica jiar
thai at Philadelphia.
600 IN KETTLE
brm Discloses Treas-
Thirty Years
f., March 18. Gold
00 In an Iron pot were
Abandoned well on the
farm In Lnvvrenca
Uvllle, Pa., It has be
e. i limestone 'company
Id coming to the wen
which sent a shower
tyvvaYd.
'Shaffer, a rich cattle
cken by apoplexy, he
able "Gold," motioned
mm ten iicua. uunns;
years his heirs have
n many times hoplnc
RABBI NO OFFICE BOY
Doctor Wise Honors Captains of In
dustry, but Retains Self-Respect
New York. March 18. Dr. Stephen S.
Wise, speaking to the Free Synagogue
In Carnegie Hall, -rebuked the millionaire
class for spending money during the war
period and said that the time would
come, long before the war ended, when
every able-bodied youth, no matter how
rich his parents may be, will answer to
his name In the l trenches, or offer his
services to the country at home.
"I have always believed that Rocke
feller Is not so bad as Rockefellerlsm,"
he said. "It Is not fair to pick out the
evils of predatory wealth.'. There are
many thousands of persons In this coun
try to whom we allude as moderately
rich, and these are just as guilty of
wastefulness In time of war, or more so,
than some of our ultra rich.
"I will not be an office boy to a Jewish
millionaire and that la why I have a
good many critic. I honor the masters,
of realty, the great captains of Industry,
but I do (lot sacrifice my self-respect,
to them." ,. t. .,...-.
RETIRES AT FIFTY, THEN
DIES IN GERMAN ARMY
Keepers, a great army would result, re-
lenslng some labor for necessary work
and lowering In u safe way the costs
nf food "
Iteferr'ng to the labor sltuiitlou nnd
food production, Chief Clark said "Pro
ducer raii'l evidently compete with shlp
jard nnd munitions factories In se
curing labor. This means an Increase In
lnbcir coft of mote than 100 pit cent.
Nltronen, tho nw-t Important plant food,
Is required for modern warfare ns are
nl'ci many chem'cals used In farming
If the fanners of the country are to
produce the food meded for this country
and our alllis. they must te nblc to sell
their products for enough to pay pro
duction costs
LISTED AS ENEMY ALIEN
Austrian Aviators Passed Closn to '
Eternal City Which Was Datk
Except tho Vatican
Burglar Tools Found in Possession
of Man Taken by Police
Albert Gurskey. olllo'nlly Ilst'd as nn
enemy alien, with nn exienslvo burglar's
kit In his possession, was arrested nt
SUth and Greenwich streets early this
morning.
Gorskey refuted to explnln the p-es-
Koiiip, March 18 (Delayed) The I c'nce of ",, burglar tnol. Search of his
recent raid on Naples wns mado by , ,,on"' ln South Americin street failed
nlrcraft that stnrtcil from Cnttnro. On t0 ulscIos,! ""' loot and t1" Pol'CB havo
their tecum ttlp thev passed nenr i no record of any former nrretts or the
Homo, but dioppcl ; bombs. The J " of TutZo MkvXi'nd .nVcrlt-
lesldents'of Homo vvcro Instructed to ' leal condition at the home. j
icmaln within doors with nil lights!. Mrs. Gorskey npp ared nt the hearing
.,. i. .i. 1...1 ., , . h before Magistrate Baker today and.
out. At tile -v atlcan tho opinion was , pleaded tin ' hust'id be I I
expressed that Rome would never bo RO sllc e!cP'alned that he had bcen i
Lancaster, March 18. The Lancaster
eaf tobacco market was given two very
unexpected surprises last week. Ono
was heavy sales of the new tobacco crop
of Lancaster County and the other that
local dealers had bought much more of
the new crop than was. generally sup
posed. So far as can bo learned, nearly.
If not quite, 2000 cases passed out of
the hands of local dealers Into thpse of
New York parties, one lot consisting of
700 cases, and na high as foity-thfee
rents a pound was paid for somo of the
goods Most of thc tobacco sold had
hardly been cased The surprise over the
selling was occasioned less by tho sales
themselves than by reason of the fact
that crops that had so very recently
been stripped nnd delivered should
change hands so toon.
This year's crop, because or unfavof
able weather conditions, was cured un
usually late find was sold after It was
shedded Indeed, for somo years past
Lancaster County's tobacco was pur
chased on tho field, much of It before
It had even nearly matured.
Tho second surprise, tho knowledge
that local packers held so much more
of tho crop than was generally supposed,
was duo to the Investigation of New
York operators who had business reasons
for learning what amount local packers
held Instead of thc few thousand coses
ccdlted to them It was learned that
nrobably 10,000 cases vvero owned by
local men
Growers have been worried over the
outlook or help In the fields this season,
but nt last week's March meeting of the
Lancaster Countv Tobacco Growers' As
sociation, P. W Raker startled tho mem
bers by stating that as tho result of a
small advertisement In the papers for a
tenant farmer he had received thirty
two applications, twentv being from Lan
caster. Karly In the season estimates of the
value of the glt-ed-eil 1917 crop placed
It nt $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. Since It
bts been learned In financial circles what
lred chicks the growers havo been get
ting for their tobacco the figures havo
rleti, somo estimates placing the value
of tho crop ns high ns j 12.000,000.
QSSJaiiSJSISIEJSIiMS
( Matfson & DeMaitf
S 1115 Chestnut Street . .
M (Opposite Keith's Theatre) J
l FURS GREATLY REDUCED r
I AND EASY-TO-BUY-j
1 TJECAUSE we niust sell every fur in stock before'
I - removal to our new store, at 1215 Chestnut street
To do this quickly, prices are reduced ,
' One-half, More Than One-half, and
One-third ' r
And to make buying easy, we have adopted this plan:?
j.m.i
wi
Purehaseticill be reserved in our vaults until next fall upon'
payment of a' deposit, payments to be continued monthly during ,
spring and summer.
FUR COATS
75.00 Pony 37.50'
1 19.00 Marmot 59.50-
1 49.00 Muskrat 74.50
1 79.00 Muskrat 89.50
250.00 Nutria 125.00
2.90.00 Hudson Seal 145.00
E 325.00 Hudson Seal 185.00
I 390.00 Leopard 195.00
SPRING-WEIGHT SCARFS 5.
47.00 Wolf, all colors... 23.50 1 155 00 Squirrel 77.50
65.00 Fox, all colon.. . . 32.50 179 00 Kolinsky 89.50
99.00 Ermine 49 50 149.00 Hudson Seal.
79.50 j
FUR SETS i
55.00 Raccoon 27.50,
65.00 Taupe Fox 32.50
105.00 Taupe Wolf 52.50,
1 25.00 .Black Fox 62.50',
1 35.00 Brown Fox 67.50.
195.00
195.00
197.00
Beaver 97.50
Cross Fox 97.50!
Pointed Fox 98.50;1
Mail orders promptly filled.
Repairing and remodeling
nt low cost.
Purchasing agents' orders
accepted with usual 10 perl
cent discount allowed.
'HFrafiriH3i5MiMSfSISIBJai2J
l
iX'
m
I IS
?'
A
ti
l&
i'
t
w
4i
New Waiter's Dream of Spending tlio Pope The lighting plant nt tho charB0 belns lIV, t0,t,lie f"ci ,t!"lt, lle
u : r-.v.i..j r I Vutlpjin remnlnwi in n,.. !", :,"? was an enemy alien. Ilo was held with-
Old Ago in Fatherland Bears
Sad Fruit
New York, March 18. To that rumor
which has been so often repeated and
as often denied that tho war tins cut
so deep Into Germany's man power that
her ranks at the
Vutlcan remained In operation nn.i ti.
lights In tho Pope's npartment were
not cut off, although It was agreed
I iter that In tho event of f uturo raids
tho current would be stopped.
Cnttnro, a Dalmatian port, Is ubout
330 miles from Naples, t,o that tho
Austilan raiders, taking n roundabout
front aro made up course on the way homo nnd flying1
largely of old men and ha.f.grown lads , E."-' jrVorVn"
there was lent a scrap of conflrma- (1bly moro than 700 miles, ono of the
tlon yesterday In word of the death of I longest lllijlits reported In connection
wag ' wiin cno war. a isapies dispatch last
wttntr nnld thn t-nlil t.'nu M.rlnrl n...
His ! n. illrlL'lhlr, bnllnnn. wlilnl, j.n.j
- -t . .., ,. BSUIa 141 Cllllt-U
out ball for a further hearing on Wed-
nesuay,
RED CROSS AGENTS FREE
Otto Knapp, who six years ago
a waiter at the Waldorf-Astoria.
death was the bitter fruit of h,'9 cher
ished ambition to retire and go back to
his fatherland.
News of his death In 1915 arrived
from neutral Switzerland ln n letter to
Anton Sttlle, another waiter at the hotel,
but Sttlle. who did not remember Knapp,
saw nothing significant In It until he
read It to other men In the Waldorf
who had been longer In tho service
than he. They explained to him that
Knapp, who was an Alsatian, went back
to the country of his birth In 1912, and
that In that year they had helped him
to celebrate his fiftieth birthday.
Therefore, he was fifty-three when he
died on the German fighting front nnd
that he was not a voluntary soldier Is
Indicated ln the letter Bent from Switzerland.
dirlglblo balloon,
bombs at random over tho cltv. Siv.
teen persons were killed and foity
wounded.
NEW MANCHU PLOT
KEEPS PLEDGE TO DEAD
Leaves Sickbed on St. Patrick's Day
to Play Irish Tunes at Friend's
Grava
lUadlnr, r., March 18. Arising from
a sick bed at midnight on St. Patrick's
Day, Alva Schacffer, the Heading cor
netlst, went to the Catholic Cemetery,
where he carried cut the deathbed prom
ise made to hla friend Tom Ilnnnahoe,
more than twenty years ago, to play
Irish tunes over his grave each March
17. Hannahoe In his day was called1 the
"Mayor of Irlshtown," and was a noted
character.
A crowd of n- thousand heart) Schaeffer
play last night He was taken to the
cemetery In an automobile, ,
Two Aviators Killed
Forth Worth, Tex., March 18. A
"welt" over a hangar at Camp Hicks,
which caused such a severe "bump" that
the airplane plunged nose downward to
earth, caused the deaths of Lieutenant
I Harold A. Andre, twenty-one years old.
and Cadet Filer Joseph M, Lanagan at
Hicks (lying field.
The two aviators fell about E00 feet
The bodies were badly crushed.
Kills Brother; Thinks Him Burglar
Atlanta, da., March 18. While trying
to enter the rear door of his home In
North Lawn street, Eton M. Clyde was
killed by a charge fired from a shot
gun hy his brother, William Clyde. WIN
Ham had heard a noise and. mistook his
brother for a burglar.
Mukden Governor Marches Army
Against Chinese Capital
l'ekln, March 18 Governor Chang
Soulln. of Mukden province, has dis
patched troops to Fcngt.il, outside
Pekln, and Is making preparations to
, establish a camp In the Temple of
iieavcn. ino exouus of the Chinese
from Pekln continues.
TheTO have been vacuo renortn r..
ceutly that nnother attempt to restore
I the Mnnchus or, the monarchical re-
glmo In Chint was Imminent, and the
foregoing dispatch would seem to In
dicate :t Is .under way. Tho "exodus
of the Chinese" coincident with the ar
rival of troops from tho Mnnchurlan
nrovlnce of Mukden sneaks for iiir
The Templo of Heaven stands near tho
south gate of the city of Pekln.
It is Quite probnble that, as In tho
short-lived restoration of the boy em
peror early Inst summer, German in
trigue Is responsible for the present
uprising against the Chinese Govern
ment, which has been arranging to send
an expedition to Uurope to help the
Allies and to co-operate with Japan In
possible action In Siberia,
Archbishop Hcaly Dead
Tum, Irelund, March 18, Tho Arch,
bishop of Tuam, the Itev. John Healy, Is
dead. He had occupied this archbish
opric since 1903.
Colonel Anderson and Staff of Thirty
Reach Moscow From Rumania
Moscow, March 18. Colonel Henry
W. Anderson, head of the American lted i
Cross mission In Rumania, and thirty
members of his staff have arrived ln !
Moscow, i
With tho capture of Odessa by tho
Germans, after peace had been con
cluded with the Rumanians, considerable
apprehension was felt for the safety cf
,tho American llei Cross mission which
bad been in Kumanin, but which had
started from Jassy for Odessa. A dis
patch from Minister Voplcka recently
stated th.it tho mission was to bo held
In Quarantine In Rumania for one month
by Austrian order, but that the Humn
r.lan Government realized tho bad faith
.shown by Austria nnd would1 do all In
Its power tc assist the mission to get
away. ,
Tffiir
KPfiP
Victoria Government Defeated
Melbourne, Australia, March 18 On
a motion of the opposition protesting
against reduction of war bonusues for
railway men, the Government of the i
EI
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Eelt-Eipresslon, Stlf -Confidence. Bio.
cutlon ana all-around tielf.Development.
Join ths overflow class now forming.
Ten. consecutive Friday Ev.nlnn,
commencing- March 29th. at 8 V. M. Doth
'"end for Instructive literature. Call,
write or phone Snrxico 8218.
NEFF COLLEGE wsosSSta,,
RECORDS
terWANTE
Writ, Oil! orPhont YY1.407X
I rakyMDY'5,IOON,KUSf
frBOj)
Assistance on
Income Tax
Returns
We have secured,
through the, courtesy of
the Collector of Internal
Revenue, the services of
, a Deputy. Tax Collector
to give expert informa
tion concerning the In- M
come Tax and to assist B
in the making up of re
turns. He is present
dally at the offices of
this institution and you
are invited to take ad
vantage of his services.
PNT11EIM
12th Street abovo Chestnut
Philadelphia
$lfl00fl00 Capital
$1,000400 Surplus
.yiiii.ijiCTiriKgjjTnia:
mm
C. J. Ileppe & Son
Exclusive Representatives
STROUD
PIANOLA-PIANO
Patented and built only by the Aeolian Company of New York City
This beautiful instrument makes the art of the great masters of the
pianoforte the common property of all people.
The secret of the Stroud's superiority lies in more than 300 exclusive
Aeolian-Pianola patents, all of which are combined in this instrument.
Two, especially, are of inestimable value the Metrostyle, which gives
you the expression of the artist, and the Themodist, which gives you the
melody of the composer.
We guarantee the Stroud to be superior in quality of design, workman
ship, finish, .action and tone to any other player-piano in any other store.
We will refund yoijr money if you can find a better value.
Settlement may be made by cash, by charge account, or through our
Rental-Payment Plan, on terms as low as $3 weekly. Call, phone or write
for catalogues.
PRICE$65Q ,
RENTAL TERMS $3 WEEKLY
CJ.HEPPE&SOH5
1117-iuv i-nt,oirui. ax.
lH&THOMPSOM.STS.
,9fi
-vWV''.i
VH
s-
ft i
sfy
, i j
A' '
i' i
e. 5 vi"
.. i n t
&2 .--
f ,
t
;
o.
'-1,,.4'
A
a ;
U'V
:&
"--I'"
Tti','
y -4,
. Y-,-A
'.,.v-
lik-
Nk.
S-.
Wi