j?L'rf,'i"' H", ?7 "'f ji iv f . flVA 1 Vr T'J ti '$ , &' l-i '( R ,f t rrJ UY Hi 1 fAGE IN CEREALS ,t Consumption in U. S. ut to Undereo Fur- ; ther f!nf. na Romilf pf. 1PE IS SEEN IN CROPS Meantime America's Large Sur- 5 plus of Meat Is to Bo ! Shipped Abroad saintly more Mrlncciit wlirat ration regulations are atlc n llpocssarv mnarmif urn of growing nlinrtaxe of wheat mill I" cameii bv (hn lrlnal rvlinintlon America's Mirplui anil cxportations M stock nonnally held for domestic ,ffMumpUon. ,- JVeJuniury conservation, a Waililiic JMt eMnrmlili naH, Is not now ronslil' lfam fedeqtialo lo develop a Ntifllrlcnt t'Mrptas for export. Si'v'-iFt, Washington, -Mulch IS jifyiaAtntrlciln coiibumptlon of wheat ap fTrTTWars; about to undergo further curtall- &.. On the hcelri of niithcntl. rninrls flint "tsfefmany'ii food Drosnctls for this venr h"sfi "'"y lmprocil over those of 1917. ' c'"era o ouieiiinainr indications tne 'Jioereat shortage facing tho Allies Is l-fwrlous. ' -Fy Reservo wheat held In American mills '5mnd elevators shovm a IrcmcndoiiH fall ftll off. the Agrlculturo Department an ! j-noJnces a Ions of ncarlv 25 ner tent I , 'from last jcar and approlnntcly CO 5T Percent from 1916. J'Ve-. For parlous reasons the United Mates .. 'What the Allies need In tho was of . fi.6rals and, wlillo England's position is . ,. tMnhtt Ail ntni t.u, mnnlli fVinfr nFlunman tin r c.,1 tntnn (ttil fnn llm unt. ""Trance and Italy Is extremely serious rending tne new crops the peoplo of C ftt'ils country, In light of tho wheat short 8 ".I'age througlruut tho world, must nduce i,M 'wheat consumptl6n t tho point where ' ' i in witty uuuui iiuu wiiul il nus 111 UCT lZXthome before tho war. '&? Mest Supply I nllinllrd .'it J Assurances of great relief when the Be aew crops are In are found In a general determination both In this lountrj. ling. land and I'rance and in Brazil, Cuate- . IJ , . . , !V. UMMI IlllU Ulllt.'l .1UUUI .llli;i ILdll llMIV k, fairj, iltics ii jruuui.o recorii rropi, E. . Th fmul n rlmlf.luti.. I l.in li.iu tint l.i.lt. A dated what methods will be pursued In t .i further restricting wheat und flour -vp ronsumntlon In tho ITntted Stales, but State food administrators, who hnvolboist about It Is a lro and jesterdu ben In Conference, announce new mcas-lwas christened Hirrv t'lnrlos Slginund itrts may bo expected soon I Georgo b Ktther llrant. a chiiln To make up for tho Allied wheat vvho Ins bis he idouartcrs in the Knights iack, food administration officials uro of Columbus auditorium Iho b.ib'n trying desperately to relieve tho great I father Is Lieutenant lliinond (j'eurge, ,jneat shortage in Kngland Shipments I and with Mrs (ieorgo occtiplc a house for Tdarch ar expected to Increase "r-lr t''n remount statlcn 'Jho lub about BO Per cent over those of Tcbru- "a"' horn "w ,c" Jirf ago and jet ry. Meat exports to Kngland Ht I terday tho proud father ami mother took month were 100.000 tons, virtu illy wily I ,,!0fl,,tur, arm ollker to t'w Knights 'quarter of her demands lnt, of Columbus audllnilum month's total Of meat shipped will ho. Henry tlmrles a l.ood -odirr ,vy ions, nccoruinw tn csumuics 01 fcod administration officials Unlimited sunnlles nf meat .irn nciiH. J iabla here. Only lack of shipping fa H cllltles and rail transportation stand VAyin the way, food administration officials vH declared. '?-t Corn Movements slow i. Running on a meat ration of one tjiound a person a week. Kngland Is jfyelamorlns for all tho meat wo can send f ini:c ill lur nurbR Hiruiu. ik nil 11 ,weat ration of half a pound a person ft 5Srf. weeK. Americans are eating thrco to ' " '""' -' "TO'U uiiuiuwmi-u., t toor pounds u werk. i - ' Arthur Loinifibcrr, 30. Joseph I.c- & v Thousands of tons or halted and I ,n," 'l'W n 1fn""' ,2,: m""",0'. -;S waoked meats nro piled In storerooms ! 'M,tln'"1?:1 Uo 1', V ,," JJ T -ot, Chicago pa. king houses Heef Is i U,ar,,cs M' ) CH' ." ' a,,rlel, "f'T' " oeintr loaaeu into rerijrfrntlnff taiH ih l fAMIillV au (liav nr-n ra. nli .l .. 1. 1 1 jf v "T'"- mv t irtcnru itk lilt! jt;uil B' Jag docks. Iack of refrigerating ships ; j Wyoming uown siupnients of beef and tmr uncured meat. " mk corn is still two-thirds unmoved 1 .In it ho Middle West, csneclallv In Tn. X tnB- The situation Is characterized by f & t "u.ii.uiouauuii uiuc-iuis us serious i it No morn corn Is helncr tnntn.l i.n ... ithe corresponding time last year. Hut LV irf .. " mo ln "umclent tiuantitles f jaflier ln thn vpn. l.j lnr, .u .... H uatlon In sucA condition that tho food If mdmlnlstration Is doubtful If tomo of t f corn can bo saved by any miracle v iiiipiutcu, transportation now. Philadelphia Arrivals ncu, York Hotels '& Wjw lork, March 18 Tho following 'Vr tldents of Philadelphia are reglstcied Vi'rt New lork hotels: 4,?arnwe"' r- l- Woodward. i!$Davls, II, Cmnberlind ' vSFv. Mrs. II, Cumberland , s'HWlMn. A. I. . Itroull.i , ;lriiKarl, M. Cumberland v-fJiFlynn, Miss J , Bristol V ,'.',,,,er' r- JI Herald bo bnuare. clEfJi-H.mM '& J. Cumberland TOjJ Harold. MrH J. Cumberi.-mrf -- . , WHefferson, M. Grand. ..SHuntley, G. R. Breslln. S'Mlner, A,. Navarre. i?s y. NICOIS. MISS. rolllninnn.1 -J .vvd, n.D. e,VlllllKlVUOU a&Blmpson, P. D, Woodward. ASmlth, Miss a 11, Herald Square. $ WStevenson, V., Herald Square -S, Stevenson. M. K. Herald .Sonar. fY"WvWynne. S. O. Herald r,,,ro LvKiZteler, F. J. Herald Snuarc, W ffxMIMt, W. H . Grand IT ,rftBurfe. Mrs. A. W., Albert tJssW""1' u union Square. UiK'Uoscn, 91. ixew Stand. sifSJackson. C. K. Broadway Central. gKrlps, It, A, Breslln. VrlSMcCauley, J. p., Albert v, er,MarKS. u . Aberdeen. i 1 $M 8irman, G A , Albert. , ru'rKwuitc. p. J., Aliertleen. ""Nj;,jfAIlen, K. I-, Cumberland. y'.JJf'Allen. Mrs. U. W. Cumberland. ' prAJiaerson. jiiss k , Bnerman Square. C'l Bartholomew, II. J Breslln. 'yBIIH. D. C. Latham. 'JiButterfleId, Q. H, Arlington. t 1 Chase, T.t Woodward. IfCtimae. Mrs. T. Woodward. Clouh, II. P., Bristol. orn, c. a , Bristol. abert, IL J Cumberland, acert, Mrs n. J. Cumberland. 1ne, A. J.. St. Louis. ravine, Mrs. A. J , St. Louis. ore. IL K., Bristol. an, W., Navarre. r, C. K. Broadway Central. Mrs- P.. Woodward. lyvln, IL C. Longacjre. alii, J.. Latham. ' e, w. K , Marie Antoinette. away, Mrs. N, Br'tton Hall. n. A. u.. new victoria. nan. A. J.. Breslln. teln. P.. Breslln. on. B. W. C. Park Avenue. V 3. L.. Gerard. 1, r. it, Kavarre. R, B. P.,' Martha Washlnrton. aley. J. P.. Alberti , B, W., Herald Square. wn, Q. New victoria, n, D." C., Breslln. , K. B , wooawara. 1 , H.K.', Herald Squares , , B. A4 Broaawty Central, r,-, b., trin. LW, CUiWaUlek. r, T. I, Grand. , jc A-. Hermitage, K., Churchill. nut 1 res: Vft Co.. M. QoUrberr. R.'Broa4wav Culm vwv, Aiwrrt. . x ljRj "n uvmBvAyf wwuiMn, i i PRACTICAL JOKE COSTS SOLDIER BOTH HIS FEET Tony Vnlisko Forgives Men Whose Sense of Humor 1 Crippled Him for Life Cnmp Meade, March 18. Tony Vallsko, a big nnd stout-hearted Luthlanlan soldier from W'llllamsport, la , will never fight tho Germans. This much was learned today nt tho bao hospital, when surgeons announced that tho soldier's feit had been ampu tated In tho final effort to save his life. JIo la resting comfortably nnd the chances for his recovery arc more thin even. Tony Is brave and has forgiven his comradcii who nre responsible for his plight 'They didn't mean It." he whis pered when tho nurses dressed his wounds. Last Januarj, when tho mercury was flirting wltli Jho zero mark, n. group of Tonj's comrades In tho 3 1 Ctli In fantry told hint that he had violated military regulitlons and that in n court martial vvhlili whs suie to follow ho would bo sentenced to die. Told He Would lie Mint 'Some do,' they paid, "von will bo. forced lo faco u firing squad Nothing can suvo you ' That was on a Sunday morning That evening tho roldlcr. thoroughly frightened, left his barracks nnd Journecd to the wood Ho waded through tho Miow until 'luet,di aft ernoon, when lio tamo lo a farm houpo on tho Portland ro id Tho soldier entered tho houe and told his stur. but when tho farmer's wlfo suggested that h leturn to his riglmcnt, ho gribbed nn nxp and forctd 'five men who were In the Iiuiip lo tike I refuge In a luck loom Whllo tho I dler, ono of the men turreeileil In vend Ing a message to tho mllltarv police Officers went to the farmhouao .mil arrested Tonv Ills condition was piti ful Dolh fret vuis bidly frosthltlen, and lo avo his life tin v liurrled him lo tho base lioj lit il hurgiolis mado every iffort to avoid timput itlon, but lonvlnced that th operillon wis neccs sar, they were foricd to p rform It The 31.1th Infantr (II iltlniorcH Own) packed up lis Held equipment e,irl lo day and left camp for a bit of life In the open The men tn irdicd to i point lin miles from camp und pltihed ihclr dog tents Thej v III rcintln In that cunip tonight and tomorrow march back to their barracks I.lttln l'cnn has a second lnb lo . I-ko f , hul,ncr , ,-i.,i. !iTOi,i n, .lreiino.i m violate gcncr'il t older .Vo. 10. which makes It plain that toldlcrs must not discuss anything th it pertains to tin arm In fact, llarr Charles Slgmund t.iorgc was rather abiupt to tho news- i paper men Tho following mn from IMillidelphl i Were discharged tod..y because of phs Ical defects, the numbers following tho names Indlcatn tho draft boards frank C. Xoakts, I.ocn.1 Iloird 21, Km inuel tel. r.l: AVIIIIihi K Co fil ; Dennis f'ondron, J I . hrcl Degrazle, " , Thomas Itnhliison, 3'), James huord. Til; I'rank II riubree, 26;Cnrl Kroekel, 31; Harry Iioeer, "f . Michael Valoue. 17 : f Jltn Hush, 8 : Fleming Weston, 42 ; William N'ewtleld, 3P: 1'erey Wlntcrbottoni, It; Itobert V Dikcrs, "22; Lewis Kdel steln, 1 ; Charles McKeon, 39, Itobert Porter, 3D; Arthur T Qulnn, 42; Con elll Qulnteno, 22; Harry lloscow, C; Kamuel Skltsman, 8 ; Herbert behotleld, 8 ; Charles 1" hattlcr, fi ; Michael Trim ehltclla, 2; Henry W Voclckcr, 3J ; Walter Welhaf, C, I'rank It, Wolf, Jr. 48, I'rancls J Ward, G, David It. Wright, 33; Thomas 1" Orccii, Walter C llrth. -i- I FATHER, AS PROXY FOR SON, WINS BRIDE Member of Aviation Corps, Now in France, Wants Question Popped, So He Writes to Dad and He Settles It rhlcngo, March 18 r P YOU aro a holdler or u bailor and had to lcavo homo In a hurry and were sort of "balled up' nnd couldn't find tlmo nor courage to say vvnat ou had Intended to ny to somo particular girl, and now you've been sent over to faco Huns and mud and submariner and other disheartening th'ngs, and ou begin to feel blue and homesick and worried to death for feir wmio tl icker I at homo will get her, just sit down and wrlto to dad and sec it bo cant Ilx it for jou That's what Joe Grallls did, nnd now bos got tho girl ho wanted, nnd It's all off his mind Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Collcnder, of 39.11 Clarendon avenue, liavo Just an nounced the engagement of their daugh ter, Blanche Ulcanor, to Joseph Ma.-Uey Graffls, of tho United States naval aval. tlon forces abroad Ho Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William II. Graffls, of 8111 Lafayette parkway, and was one 01 the llrst Chicago boys to carry tho colon to Prance last spring Young Grants enlisted as an am bulance driver In the American flcld service, but when he got to Trance about the first of May there wero no nm bulances to send out, so he was placed behind the steering wheel of a big American-made munlfons truck, and drove It for five months. Last fall he was transferred Into tho navy flylnc corps and Is now thought to bo In waters near southern Italy. Advertising had been his business be fore enlisting, but there was ono Im portant deal, outside of business, that Joo Uratlls neglected to closo before ho left for Prance True, thero haM been an understanding, almost from school days, but Miss Collcnder went to Lake View High, and young Grallls had se lected "Lane Tech" sans girls before he met her. It was the football games and the dances that brought them to gether, and It was Joe's birthday party that Introduced Miss Collender to Mr. and Mrs. Grants. "Well, -says tne senior Mr. Grams, from that time on we Saw a good deal of. Blanche, and we liked her Immense ly. But never a word or an engagement until a short time ago, when I got a let ter from Joe telling me he wanted to get a ring for Miss Collender and ask Ing me to find out what, kind she wanted. I knew from the tone of the letter what kind of a ring he wanted her to have, aU right, ' '. "60 ,1 called her up and we went and h4 RMnR, lunch together, and alone bo ld nnBommo ui)U ma iiariait a tn Mir. pot was W-; ; MAY TAKE n' R 1 Y cwsflrtw W ' 'ff! i bVm v. v,m .... . ftrarrS',jarKix;r..j;'.mt.!ca j If tho institution which if, l.euiK .venue enn bo completed within SOLDIERS OBSERVE ST. PATRICK'S DAY Many aIch at Hancock Wear Sprigs of Green Boys to See Big Leaguers (nmp llunriiil., Vucu-ln, .n., March IS t I'ltrlcks Dn.v nt Camp Hancock diwucd bleak and ioU with I tirl7ZIO of I iln but despite tho luclemencv of the weather all Irishmen of tho Tweii t eighth Division observed the diy by attending mass nt tho Knlchts of Co lumbus llulldlng, which was nilminls teud bv I'ather I.iloti, K. oC C be id at tho i imp Other rvldenco of Iho spirit of tho d iv was Men 111 the 'wearing of tho green holdlei after si ldlrr being i-con in tho camp and on tho streets of August i with sprli,s of Mianuutk. where It could be obtained, und othci green devolutions Oil Illlir UIMIOIIU mouses Mini uctc:ci cm deniltu tho army regulations icgirdlng Clie Wt.lljllK Ol .111 ClllMh IIUC I'l erci llf'l b tho legul itluns Ilrlgadltr iJeneril Wlllliin ' Price, conim inder of tho llft-thhd Aitlllery Ilrlgade. U in Washington, hiving loft Camp Hniuock a ila or nj ago on olll clil business Tho (leneral is oxpecuc! back licro wllhln the net few dajs Interest among tho Pittsburgh and Phll.lddphl i bos at Camp Hancock liar" been greatlj quickened by the iinnouni mint that on April 7, the Pittsburgh .Nation u League iwemii 11 mi aim in Phllidtlphli Americans unuei 1 onnm .unen in iiivvi iiv- ... ...... wltij.ss another big bague gime when tho lloston llrav.s meet tin New or Mack will meet Here The imijs will nisi. Yankees In August 1 .at iiorin.iii liii' i-iii'MiiiiKu iihiii (Vtlght of tho 103d Military Police, und Terr Muiphej, nnothei Pittsburgh boxer of tho 111th Iiifantrj. arc raptdl rounding into form for their match, which will bo staged in Augusti Satur day for tho lightweight championship of the 'I wnt -eighth Division Herman has already defeated Murphey on two occasions, but as the approaching battle is to bo at catch-weights and as h has the advantage In vv tight, Murphey Is ex pected to regain Iott laurels. Tho two men aro about evenly matched except for weight and tho outcome of the strug gle Is In doubt lloth, however, are con fident ot victory, although tho odds favor Gorman FOR SOLDIER BOY - nocent at first, or pretended sho was, ind said, 'Oh, Just any kind of a llttlo ring would do ' But I looked her straight In tho eye nld said, 'Blanche, jou know very well this ring Is to be tho kind that will miko jou a member of our family, m Just put on our hat nnd come right out with me Wo 11 get this John Alden and Prlscllla affair fixed up lmmedlatel) ' " ho Miss Collcnder Is wearing a big solitaire set In platinum CHURCHES GIVE $103,551 TO CATHOLIC SEMINARY Announcement of Collection for Overbrook Institution Mudo by Cathedral Authorities A total of JIQS.CM 31 has been col lected tn tho churches of the Itoman Catholic Diocese of Philadelphia for tho benefit of tho .Seminary of St Charles Borromeo at Overbrook, accord ing to an announcement made by the Cathedral authorities Among the large ihurch contributions to tlie fund were tho following: Cxtheilml . . . Our Mother ot vrrown Hi, ( harl'N Uorroiaeo a II 117 00 3 tAii uu a 317 xi rairicK's Hi Acntha s , , our Lddv of Victory . Hi Stephen . , , The Transfiguration of Our Lord Ht Monica's , Bt. Jameii'fl St. Malarhy's . . . I Ht 1 runrie dn Hlilra fl ... Our Lady ut the Iloaar .St. Klliabeth'a HI Thumas Auulnaa'a Our lidv of Mercy. ... . ... Kt. Anlhony a . Tho Vl.lt. tlon Ht Edward tne Confrtior Holy Croafl .. Ht. Francis Xavler'a... Most llltssed bacrament Ml, Gregory's . ..,.. Kt. John th- UaptisOa Ht. Columba's Tha Ascfnalon of Our Lord Nativity of tho B V. M St. -Ann's, t. FTaliels of AsslM'a,, Tha Eplphanr hl. John tha Evanacllst'a HI. Uabrlet , Sacred Heart of Jesus a orn oo j in.1 tn j mn vo .' 3.0 mi 0 lo ml 1 S.I 71 i,77 no 1,7111 00 1,737 (ill 1 SU.'.'V 1 Mil 111 I, 034 N1 1 K.H III! 1, OS! 60 J. 513 (hi 1.41'.. Ml 1.411. Ml I, VM),IIO 1.S7V no 1,301 00 I.J.LiRI l,.(M no l.m in 1.1SI (IV l:Ut.5 1,121 OO 1,004 00 1,004 M 1 023.00 ENGRAVING FIRMS ACCUSED Washington, March 18 Thirty-four photo-engraving companies e Chicago today were charged with an agreement to maintain pr'ces In a complaint filed by the federal Trade Commission The firms are members of the Photo Engravers Club. The complaint eays this club persuaded the Chicago Photo Engravers' Union, No. s. to enter this agreement and to order Its workmen to strike In plants which refused to main tain tha standard price agreement; Tho ftrms will be given a Hearing April 19, it . .a i c . i(ftt : ' nii ' iv ... "-, t v ' . i ir r j- ni ifmn. - 'vJ.-. ? . . " ''!..' ' n va i3BMmMBwm , will JWfWM7MMEBfllw r ' m Mt''- i -- '"'li1! It'l ii ;lrii HI,iliiHBi!""Mr:.",B3CBI-' ' -.aaaaal ---O:. Er -Wi-.i" ! I ftl wnnwTiw' i jc ; wfe aidKnnHeBiiiiHi rjji i iinjw,:'i - IT uiSHHrarM i - .ifc:;iBBl..;i OVER MISERICORDIA rtgy-ysarrwaa uw ,;m,x "-Hrtt-fftff " T" . I M- iQ w e9!r . v , fc.M. ...-rtUiaAs -.., u.- ,jx .,. constiui'ted for the Sifters of Morey a month it piobubly will be leased wounded soldiers. Army HI ay Take Hospital in City 1 Cnntlmiei! frim Pair One Iho arnu officials 'n WnhIngloii They liavo 1 eeu serlouslv considering the mattei and negotl itlons will probably bu completed within the next two weeks 'The mattei s of detail hivo not as. vet been determined on and the flo - eminent Ins not tak n over tho ho-.- pltnl 'I he MMers of Merqv want lo take chnrco of the administration of the hoiplttl The liincrnuicnl seems to w mt In Inln lll'il Hnll. Ill -r Hctlf " Tlii.i tit., flir.'rt nttrrq unu ktlllnned at the hospital and the dlpcnf.ir Is open The room" However, nre not nil- Ished biifllclcntlv to admit pitlents Tho Mlsetlcnidla Hospital Is being built entlrel bv donations from Phlla- delphla Citholh parishes, $200,000 bav - lug been raided bv a lamptlgn In May and June 111" 'lhe contract w is" awarded November 1" l''l" and tho cortiert-tono 1 ild on Septembei 21 1!U7, I15 IIMiop John J McCort ii.i.. r-.in..i Mirse, llrlnc rrnlne.l 111 order to provuio tnineu nurses a , niinihri " tai"",i fi of the Mstcrs of Jurcy from their convent at Mel lon four veirs ago and distributed among various hospitals foi training Miny of these sl'tcrs have now completed their eourse,K and are truly to take up actlvo nuislng service When completed the new hnspllal will consist of seven large buildings, ar ranged similar to a wheel, with a central building It will In addition to its prl vile looms, cnntnln between 400 and COO beds, and will hive an iinuuilly largo number of attendants In tho form of .,, mi internes , r, i,uidlng is corstrueted with . , .,inlkrn fireproof materials, 10 mCivt mniltrii lireproot , N )U,U of ,,rUK ,.,,,., n stonei ,,,, noom, w,i, Ml tena-cotta lo and other nnnlnilnmnnhle materials The first floor if the main building will be devoted to the ndmlnlstritlon depirtment Including pirlord and reception looms, olllees, clerical department and boird room Tho second and thlid floors will be for pri vate patients Tho fouitli Moor will bo devottd to tho nnternltv depirtment Tho fifth floor will bo for special surgical cases On tho tlxth floor will be tho kitchens, dining rooms for nurses and doctors, nuns and employes. On tin seventh floor will bo tin operating de pirtment containing four separate op erating rooms ALL CITY'S RESOURCES TO HELP FARM LABOR m- ;m'MT0,"c"TB?MUnd Girls, Called to Meet Na- lion's Needs Phllidelphli Is piepiring lo throw Into tlio war breach ono of ltd greatest emergency vvejpons for assltitlng the nation to win tho war. With tho dawn ot summer and the beginning of tho food-production campaign on tho farms of the State, tho bos and women of tills city will bo called on to answer the farmcr'H crjing need for holrj An Intensive cunipalgn for the en listment of bos between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, jenrs during May nnd June, or during September and October, tho harvest months, will begin soon And a campaign Is under wa to enroll women for faun service Women fanners aro calling on the women's eotninlltco of tho Council of .National IMcnsi, 1C07 Walnut street, for women to assist them In farming Tho rouncll sas that 400 women have registered for dairy farms and In fruit, garden und stock-raising labor. Philadelphia furnished between C00 and 600 bos to agricultural bcrvico last J ear. This summer, If plans ma terialize, 2000 boys will labor In tho fields under trained agriculturists, and will bo sent out In inlts with tentago and cooks under competent leaders. Much Impetus has been given the I campaign b tho announcement of the Board of L'ducatlon that full standing In class work will bo given thOBc boys who ilo farm labor In May or June, or In September and October, provided they work ono month -of their vacation Girls also are to bo sent out In camps of from twenty to sixty, and .will be hired at about JIB a month They will wear bloomers, smocks and leggings Tho average number of applicants now Is about twenty a day. Beside theso sources of labor, a call will be sent out to ull men with a knowledge of funning to return to their calling. DIVINITY STUDENT EAGER TO FIGHT AGAINST HUN "Hurry Mo at 'Em," Is Slotfun of Young Man Assigned to Camp Greene . Chicago. March 18. "Divinity stu dents can fight tho Lord's battle In France better than from their pulpits' This la thA conviction of Hall ft. Neatler. who appeared before the Knox County exemption Doaru proitwuoK over nis being placed in Class V, Although a di vinity student, Kextley Instated upon lialnir Iranaferred tr Class If "'Hurry me at 'em,' Is my war slo gan," said the preacher to ue. "I'm ngiuer. Neatltr picked the Infantry because of f"l8at personal touch." Hemi sent tj c JteS!r,KB'w,:i VMlllu Ml' famr. flrrfnt Phnrlntfp. N. C HOSPITAL J - NJMfMt: .iJ.-i vys t ".. ''y i zif,saXv.'3sx.as..'3 nt Kifty-fourth street nnd Cedar by the army for the cate of LITTLE FOOD HOARDING SEEN IN FLOUR FIGURES Honoris nf .WOn FitniilipH GivcicncC(1 "s t,,n refcU,t of lhc ncw oldcr uepoiib 01 duuu ranuuts envt, of t)))n Sonie of (ho jUnp mcn 1C. Average ol bcvcn-Ucliins of Barrel Little evidence of 'hoarding Is shown bv the leports of lloui supplies being r.nltiil li. llm Tl till .iil.t. .1.1. f 'mint I fi-inil tiilniltiistrrifinii XT..rt Mini 1!0flll householders had reported todaj '1 lien was a constant procession ot littn carriers lo tho rooms of tho food ndnilnletratlon and very carrier was bowed down with Iho weight of the j mill That householders reillzo the food ladinlnlKtrallon means business Is evl- dciiied bv the big response through tho mills to th" e ill for reports Despito the fart that tho orders of the rood Administration wcio set forth in I plain KngllJ-h, headiiuarters wero deluged ) lmndrc,,s of I11C1, ,iIlU nomru Nvllo wanted sped il Instructions ln tho mat ter. It Ins been mado plain tint Ignoi ance of tho law will be no ccu'0 for Its violation. Any persons contemplating subter fuges to hide their hoarding miy us well como to tho front Immediate!). They will And that I nclo Sam's investigators nre prepared to unmask any kind of trlekerj You mut miko a, report of the amount of Hour you liavo on hand whether Its a half pound or a barrel." 1 hat's tho idling Following Is a record ot tho amount ot Hour on hind reported to the food administration up to and Including Sit urda) night. 'Ihlrty-slv. thousmd fainlllc, 2100 barn Is , (Oi nvoii-lvclfth ot a lnrrcl per famllv ) Siveri hundred lrtall groccni, 1000 b irrtls, Two hundred and slxtj-nlnc rcstau lants, GOO barrels Sevont bakers, 1100 birnls. 'I hero wcie InMunces wherein families bid ono barrel or more but these were vtrj few. Of tho 3000 families mentioned there wero many whlih had less than the allowed amount of fortj-nlno pounds, and thero were others which bad moro th in twlco as much as the permissible quantity. 1 ho food administration reiterated its announcement that all amounts over fort)-nlno pounds In nny household will bo Mibject to the order of tho United Slates food administration. In view of tho (.erluilbiiess of the food hlttntlon theiu will bo no parlcvlng with violators of tho law. Tho maximum pemlt for those who do not comply with the law Is $5000 fino and two j ears' Im prisonment Manv believe that If tho food admin istration wero now a put of tho mili tary depirtment It would eauoo qulek ei compllauco with tho law. Unlisted men could then bo called upon to aid in making food Investigations and tew householders would dire defy a military order. It Is argued by those who favor tho plan. STORIES OF INTOXICATION IN FRANCE CALLED FALSE , M. C. A. Official Says Reports Aro Started by Gcimans to liicuk Morqlc New lork, March 18 German propa gandists started tho reports of diseabo and drunkedntss unions Ameilcini troops In Frame, according to James A 'Whltmorc, a reprcscntatlvo of tho war-work council of th Y. M C. A , In describing hU recent experiences on tho west front nt a luncheon of tho Lawei Club here. Asserting tho reports wero circulated to break down the morale of relatives ot Boldlcrs at home, Mr. Whltmoro said he was able ''to denounce them' all as lies" "I liavo lived and worked with our boys on the other sldev he continued, "so I know what I say. I wish we could, hero In America, get in that frame ot mind which would treat the instiga tors of such lies us tho cnemlej they are ' I feel tho time has como for America to dilve out of our country the cheap German propaganda for 'hoped-for' peace and those lies about the morale of our soldiers In Uurope. It Is, not too much to say that our American soldiers are cleutier In morals and ln health than are an equal number of men In America, 'lhc Germans In America should be treated as If wo were at war with them " PLAYS AT TRIEND'S GRAVE Reading Man for Twenty-first Time Keeps His Vow Heading, I'm., March IS. For tha twenty-first time, Ah ah O, Schaefer, cornetlst and friend of the late Thomas Hantiahoo, of -"Irlshtown," part of this city, played over Hannahoe's grave. In the South street Catholic cem etery. , He redeemed for the tweoty first time his pledge to Hannahoe, who was locally known as "Mayor" of Irish- n.i... n nln., KT arm Uv flul tt TKu .1 ,and "Lass of Oajway." Hannahoe's fa vorites, over his grave at midnight on fit. Patrick's Day, Schaeffer la now fifty-two years old This was Schaeffer s "comeback" per formance. For three or four years he was so crippled, by rheumatism that he could play only a few notes, nnd then hand his cornet to his pupil, Charles W, Longenderfer. In the last year, how even Schaeffer I greatly Improved In health. JITNEY RATES FIXED AT CAMP M'CLELLAN Military Police Enforce 25 Ccnt Charge and Search Drivers for Weapons . Headquarter", lllue nnd Gray nUltlon, Cnmp MeCtfltsn, AnntMon, Ala , - March 18. N'ew regulations concerning the opera ,tlon of Jllnejs between the city of An nlston nnd thd encampment reserva tion have been mado effective. The new rules concerning legitimate fares, capacity of tho vehicles and operation within the camp limits have been In-1 atiguratcd Tho result to date has been , highly satlsfactorj Although thero were a few occasions where Jltneurs objected to tho stringency of tho new regulations ns promulgated by the mili tary police ns the outcome of Major I lnnii.rni f linrles fl. Morton's determlna-' Hon lo wipe out tho practico of rouning tho toldlers bv exceFslvo fares, the threatened troubles were averted by the timely action of the military police. Acting upon the Jurisdiction vested. ill them the mllltar) police, at tne uirec Hon of Major llobart 11 Ilrown, the com- ., ...1.1 .... tl lit. .A.. .l.llA.B lit lllP muiiurr, il'-iu in' nil jtv.'j uit..' ""...., .. . T-- ti- entrance to camp on Friday night and ) JIany IMcil Goillg 10 Fighting searched tnom ror weapons ims m donn as tho icsult of Information reach ing Major llrovwi thiough somo of his operatives that sonic of tho drivers wero armed and wcro believed to no incuiicn to resist tho enforcement of tho new , un orders governing tho Jltnoj business I Allenlnwii, !, March 18 According Dctrlls of picked men from the nillltarv (0 prcent plans of the W'nr Depart pollce under otllcers were posted nt the , n)(,ntj l(i g,t Qf c.i.rt,s,ont T.ift to cuirances lo inn c.nni " n-.j ....... - wnH searched ruder the new plan It was necessary for all tar owners wishing to operato In the camp to secure from the mlllliry police a new license To secuic the li censes thev were icqulred to agrco to 11 mnxlinum fare between tho camp and Annluloii of twinly-rivo cents and also to tho fixing ot a maximum cipaclty for their cirs Llttlo troublo was cxperb fused tn continue their trips, however, l unless they weio given tho privilege of charging whatever they liked and car- ' i)lng as mill) as they those. But , theso cars have been barred from fur ther buslnesj with (-oldlcra as patrons It has been somewhit difficult on tho h ilf hollduss to get all of tho men out to camp because of this lessening ot tho available cars, but It has been man aged Troops ot tho rift) -eighth Infantrv Brigade, consisting of Maryland and Virginia men, did the honots on Friday In tho cltj ot Annlston, when they formed tho military complement to n big street parade, whlrh was held In cele bration of tho Institution of a war garden In tho cits. Under comnumd of Brigadier Ceneral Bandhcltr, command ing the brigade, the Mar land-Virginia contingent marched to flic city nnd led tho pigeaut Whllo tho p.uadc. was under wa, a hugu tractor turned over tho 111 at roll In tho big plot which Is being usd this )car as a war garden, and which will bo tilled and cultivated bj tho citl7ens of tho cits. It was a big day for tho Mat land and Vlrglnl i nrginlzatlons, because in tho morning the) wero out on a hike, but they wcie In tho pilmo of condition for tho big pirade in tho afternoon, nnd as the) swung through tho city streets with bands pla)lng and colors 11) Ing the thousands of people tint lined the route of march cheered them to the echo. With tho headquarters of tho Sixth Division removed from litre to Tort Oglethorpe, U i , tho units that came heio for formation Into that now division have been temporarily placed under tho jurisdiction of tho 1 went) -ninth Divi sion Tho t-anltarv units liavo been at tached for administrative purposes to the sanitary train of tho Blue und Crav, and tho sumo applies to the artillery organizations that wero here, they hav ing been put under command of Brlgi dler General William C Itafferty, tho artillery brigade commander. All of lliolr equipment Is being Inspected by a board named for that purpose. TRENCH LOUSE, BEARING FEVER, MAY BE BEATEN "Chats" Inoculate Voluntary Patient With Germs nnd Antitoxin Is Believed ew lork, March 18 Uxperlments conducted In Franco to ileteimlno the origin of trtneh fevtr aro described ln a letter front Benjamin Stinuss a mem ber of tho Ptcsl))tcrlaii Hospital Unit, who voluntarily submitted to inoculation with tho fever germs 'Iho letter was mado public by 'tho )oung man's pir cutu, who announced that Ills euro had been pronounced complete, 'Iho experi ment was undertaken to test tho theory that trench fever wis contracted through contact with tho "chat," or trench louse. .Strauss vvroto that during tho inocula tion period "chats," which had been In contact with patients known to be suf fering from trench fever, wero allowed to i emaln on his forearm for twenty minutes dally for four weeks. At the end of that time, ho said, his tempera ture rose to 100 degrees and ho exhib ited other (.ymptoms of trench fever. It is believed by tho m'-Ucal authori ties that tho experiment iias shown a method of successfully combating tho disease, tho origin of which has been I rj doubt for more than three years and which has cost tho lives of thousands of soldiers In tho Untcutu Allied armies. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS 'Iho following decisions wcro handed down today Per CUJtlAM Hell fit al. va Hcranton Trust Co, C. P Larl.avianna. Appeal dismissed Slslln et al va Armour & Co. C. P. Larkawanna. Judgment affirmed Nevlns et at va Delaware and Hudson Company. C. P. Lackawanna, Judgment affirmed Heap et al. va. Dangler et al, C. P. Lackawanna Judgment affirmed. Compton vs. VVIIHamsport Iron and Nail Company. C. P. Lycoming. Judgment af firmed Caddy vs Harlelgh-Ilrookwood Coal Co. C. P. Hehuvllilll Judiment affirmed. Ily CI1IKF JUSTICE IinOWNl Fletcher va Wilmington Hteamboat Com pany. ('. P. No. 2, rnUadelphla. Judgment affirmed 11 JUSTICD POTTKIt. Ulllingham et at vs. Gllllngham It Hon Company. (' P. ISO. 1, Philadelphia. Judg ment affirmed latterly vs. Davis. C. P. No. 2, Philadel phia. Judgment affirmed. Hloan corporation vs. Linton et al. C. P. No 2. Philadelphia Judgment affirmed. Ily JUSTICD Hir.lVAllTl Tweraky Pennnylvanla nallroad Com pany. U. P. No. J, Philadelphia. Judgment affirmed , iiy justici: von MosciiztsKKni Commonwealth vs Prlnelpattl O. and Ti Deliver. Judgment reversed with a veniro farlas de novo, . i . iiy jusncid riiAznni Hhrader va. Commercial foal Mining Company. C P. .No, 4, Philadelphia. De cree affirmed Ily JUHTICB WALLINOi Dolan vs Schoen et al C. P. Schuylkill. Decree affirmed at coats of appellants. T TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Philip C.Wlngate. Camp Upton, and Anna It. ltopklsB. 4S34 nno st Walter A. Melnhardt. nnt3 N. Randolph at., and Anna Lasch 1410 Urla ave. Itobert A. Beck, 1425 TVIrmount ava , and Pranea M. Valentine, 14.17 Falrmount ave. Lewis Baul, "ST Kljga ave., and Cecelia Packman 3288 N 10th at, Adrian H. Tllion Jfoir Island., and Madeline . Maeklln. Bla N. aid at. ' Frank Hchuchardt. Trenlon N, J and Anna C Purll. Trenton. N. J Arthur K, Hodge, Navy Yard, and Helen Mc- rjovem, 'J7S7 rereer St. Harry Keller. 203S Bridge at , and Mary M. Long. XI6 Frankford ave. Charlea Teace. Plmenburg. Va . and Ruble O Harris. 1018 8. 19th st. William K. Launaburg New York city, and Cortnna H7Kaln, 1508 Diamond st. Otto T. Ifaaa, 200S Trentoncavc., and Manr a.. ..IU1S TMntnn us Every Dog Has His Day, But Police Arc Puzzled Obey tho law or ba punished, salth tho law. ' Nevertheless, sovcral thousand Phltadclphlans fnllcd to icglstcr their dogs today, despite the older that this be officially Imovvri ns "doR tax dny." J'ollco olllcluls aio "up In the nlr" nlons with frantic fat women with thin dogs und thin women with fat dogs no ono .mowing etnttly what couiso to pursue. Tho pollco know nothing of tho order, liavo no llceno forms and no tnx regula tions. Tlrst Intimation they re ceived came over tho wires from hiindiods of women nnd men ask ing where, when and how to com ply with tho Inw. City Hall has been asked for an "ofllclal explanation." In tho mean time rido.wiiKS his tall In glee. IALLENT0WNT0L0SE ITS AMBULANCE CAMP Branches Others to Sail Soon I tho United Mates ambulance camp an tlie Allcntown Fair Grounds was ill tho nature of a farewell celebration, slnco from all indications t,he nmbulanco serv ice soldiers will soon leivo hero Thiity two sections will go to Italy In a short time and seventy-four men now in the casuals liavo been chosen to go to Franco as replacement troops, tip. ward of ono hundred havo succeeded In getting transfers Into tho lank serv ice, whllo several hundred villi get Into aviitlon. Twcnt)-thrco men of Section 350, long In command or Harry lluzby, of Philadelphia, will go to Camp Han cock to Join the ammunition train ot the Penns)lvanla Division Theso are mostly Philadelphia men, expert ln han dling automobiles nnd trucks, vvho eamo here last Juno. Tho selections for the sanitary corps have not been made, but 175 of tho men are to get Into this serv ice, and after a course of study In bac teriological work at Fort Leavenworth, the llockcfcller Institute and In Wash ington, those who p iss tho examination aro to rccclvo commissions It is said that after tha dcpirturn of tho ambulanco scrvlco troops the Allen town cantonment will become an em barkation tamp Soldiers from tho west ern cantonments will bo brought hero to await transport itlon abroad, PATRIOTS NEARLY KILL MAN Intel rupts Kentucky Loyalty Meet ing Police Barely Save Him Covington, Ky March 18 Approxi mately 10,000 persons here yesterdaj participated In a rem irkablo demon stration of protest ugalnst pro-German propiginda in Covington, as exempli fied by tho poisoning of 500 of 720 Gov ernment artillery horses j-hlppcd from Crunp Grant, 111 , for an Atlantic ftca port. Ten thousand others wcro unable t. get near tho field outsldo the stockade of tho Covington stock) ards, whcrclt lay tho carcases of hundreds of ani mals and the steadily diminishing num ber of survivors of tho poison lot Fmotlons of tho throng had been aroused to a high pitch of patriotic fervor when an Interruption ut the meet ing by a man giving tho namo of Richard Schmidt, twenty-three years old, nearly brought about Ills lynching As It was, he was seveiely beaten before police locked him up. FOR REGIMENT OF 10,000 Twenty-third Engineers to Be Ono of the Largest in tho World llaltlmore, March, 18. When tho Twenty-third Tteglmont of Engineers is recruited to full strength It will bo ono ot the largest engineering rcglmenta ln tho world. Tentative plans call for a complement of 10,000 men. At present tho men aro quartered at Laurel and now units aro being added Tho work of this regiment will be special duty, highway and brldgo construction, surveying and mapmaklng; planning offensive and defensive works ; construc tion and repair of mllltnry roads and railroads and their operation. Judged by Experts Smmmf oSality DQWmfO- ! SZgs0m& Pent Bros. Co., Mfr. . aiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii MiiiiiiiiiiiuiTiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinilllUI "No GIVE THAT LIBERTY MAY LIVE t Wfi!mwJlMA RUCE1VINO STATIONS. rinlaycusr Oe, Oaldwsll Co., Cseitalit j Jaalpar Btt. N. Soelleaborg, ltth Market BtreU. Tai ffclla. Hseerd.'tth OkeiUut Btt. Mspps Boo. 1117 Ch.irnut Street. Sterr OlaiV. 1708 OaMtout StrMt. p. b. ioao. iin Area street. H. , Ijeaaaertv Seidlar Ce 1M Caettant Street. Prsu.Telsitspk, Ttk all OlssUut IU. Qeutiaaa, 11J0 Market Street. Maxwell Campaay, Idth A Wataut Bit. OvtrttoM Commlttt; MnilllllllllllinillllllllHMMIIUIIIIHmillllllHIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIMrTVIIUIil iWOEOFP.lWNiti v. k '?& FIGURE IN WAR NEWS Ono Received French War! uross nna tne utner Is Pri oner in German Hands' Two University ot Pcnn)UanU nun ' havo flBured In Important me.. ' celved recently, one being a Ptlsontf'ef fl war oi ucrnimi- ana me ether recelvttur ... . ........ v,, . wonor. uoth men wero Tow no Scientific School men inj wcro prominent on the campus v William Swnnscn neid-Woomfle'liL ot I tho class of 1013, architecture, Is. a 1 luiounci ui nnr in tjcrmany, accoHMii co u ni icimrimcm report. Bloom. ?1 field entered tho Govcrnm.n, . " m tomo tlmo ago and wag cnia,i i H active operations He came to p.. "M )""'"' jiuin .nuc'Kianu, ;ew ZcalinJ. 4i In September, 19!!. Ho was a grasii.c! H of tho Gisborno District High SWioor tj member of tho British Society '.. Ilin Varsity llimliy fnniKnii . ' t . .,.,,, team. ,Jj his college chums ho was linoim "Bio" . "j Larly Blcltham Chtlstlan. bf the Hit1 class ot architecture, has won the CreJ ' do Oucrro (War Cross) by his dltpUy ui uiiuj uii mo occieion of a Her 13 ..,.. 1- ..M r. - . ,'' nun uii ii en .-jc. .vnniei. At h 1TI1.UI fVirlattfi -ah.aI.j . ' ' " " ii-miiiica ror sorseig umo unacrnrc tawing vvomcrl and1 dill- KM ,1AH 111,1 11 Allhila.1 a--- J. . - a . . m W uivu unu nuuuuru HUH irom ChOOUrtM hospitals fired by the Incendiary btrnfci Ho entered the American arnbulius ""'i"' ..,. inu iiencii army aoaa J oflltr Ha nri.ulll,Qllnn 1.... S T S ym transferred to tho aviation bii.h Si the Amcilcan army nnd Is now Uylnt cm ......0..1,. .,-, , , iuroringrport. i Li . nnd camo to Pennsylvania livjLC ,! tenihcr, 1313. ' ' Nation's Honor Roll of Losses in Franct WftxhltiKton, March 18 The 'la'tfjl United States casualty list contains forty-nlne names i:ight men dld if : oiscascs. ono uieu or accident, one was fil wounucu severely and thlrty-nlne were M slli-hllc wminriwl tvnn.. u. , ... . . W Died of Ulseate coitportAL noBnrtT n. byiixe. WILLIAM P. DECUNHA. IHlKBnilT VAN ALT. JAMES B STCWAUT. joii.v m cnoucii WAnrtHN C. HAUSL'n P' CHAHLLS BESTY. hrFA'U NO UMAX. lled of Accident OLIVET! J. BUI'FOUD. ' ' Wounded .Severely 7 POHTElt JONES i ' Mounded Mlghtl). , FIHST LIEUT. IIAIIOLD M HIRMt SIJIinT. Wtr.t.TArm ntnxr nnnn COllPL. HOB IIT H. L GRIFFITH.' 51 COKPL JOII.V GURSKI. COItPL STEPHEN J. HALLA COItPL JAMES J". MUKRAYr BUGLER WILBUR THOMAS THEODORE J. BARRETT. ELJIER J. BELL ASA E BOATMAN. JOHN W. COOPER FARL P. HE LONG RICHARD E DOWD ' JOHN FEDURUK ROBERT C. FENNELLY. LLOYD W. FROST. MILLARD 1'. OATWOOD. JOHN J. GOTCH CLYDE W. HALL f EDGAR A. IIAKTMAN1SV ' . OSCAR J. HILL ZOLA T. JOHNSON. JAMES D. JONES. FRANK LEWIS CARL C LUEDEKING WILLIAM H. MILLER CLIFFORD D. PATTY ARTHUR B PrLKEY. STEVE RADANOVICH VERNON L HIDDLE. GEORGE SKITARELICII. OWEN L. TAYLOR. THOMAS J. THORLA, CHAnLES A. UNGER. AUGUST VAN OYEN. WILLIAM WENNER. FILV.NK J. WHITE. JAMES J. WHITE. DIG EXPLOSION IN PARIS Parl, March 18 On Friday than! il wero two terrific explosions In the Pari! Si suburb of St Denis Certain omrters .J of tho city suffered considerable duntf. 1 iso aeians are Known, hut It was aa.,n MrilftlriArl tho. nn nfTl,ln1 .f,i...aat M.AiiLfl I iiuuut,vu mat UII UtIIUiAi DVaiQllirUl, VTyUM do maae later. Idaho Sheep Law Valid '' 3 tvn.iii.it-ion, iunrcn ih in jant a law nrohibltlnir thn hrilnp nf RhiM. On nubllC landH URPrl nn n iattlA rinffM4 wan declared constitutional by.th 8 jjiciiio v.uun iouay. inua amrminf Wir j LUUllS j, t m vc -. The "Melting Pot" v Gives Opportunity to AH To Send Aid to the American Soldiers in France - account" silver and gold artU cles you don t need drop them in tne , "Melting Pot" they wil buy'ttv, oacco the soldiers greatest comw (signed) OVER-SEAS COMMITTEE OF THE EMERGENCY AID Breltlnger Seas, lae , 7J K. J V. 0. Bed Ji Seas, 1104 Market Street. . rkt. II wirl -TiVD.V-i--.,-..- eh-l w-- hinv. laaa iminif St. Meroer Meere. 170 WaUut St. T. M. 0. A.. 614 and Stalest BU. , MM Walnut Stwt jievsten wut v, ax 4 a, a, aergasaa. p. w. uer. i. Boreila Btere. 1114 Ckestaut ShrMt. ,j, Oermaatowa Y. W. 0. A., M ',. BiuTrace Heade.uarUn, 17tl Okettaat K ' Reat. K,J riteh, SfS. Hid f Met. . Join' D. Enrirkt. iota Xaallaaita aVMb 7 EL J-4r- w - CTfrK., -,$-, ?- '. iff... , j. X . . ' f if itii.i. ful :. rw ' -,. ? . .;.v c t-