EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, " MAHCH 30. 1918
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t'wnatQ: Adoption of uni-
RVfersal Service Assured
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iranlilnitton, March 30.
t TJltlmato adoption of universal mili
tary tralnlmc na n iicrmnnent national
policy Is deftntely assured. Ita advocates
it&" 1 In Congress declared touay ioiiowwk
MM-"1 ." volo In tho Senate -..-stcrday.
?' HItratlon of all men who have
SsV reached twenty-one yearn Mnco Juno 0.
Tw&cia.- i. .fniiiiAl liv th ndontlon late
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HOTTI Jwerday
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Night Worker Wins an Hour
by Daylight Saving Plan
Tho follow who -rocs to work at
C o'clock tonight ami 1m duo to work
until C o'clock tomorrow morning
gains n n hour on hit boss through
tho dayllght-savlm; flan.
When tho clock hands nro pushed
forward nn hour at 10 o'clock this
will malto C o'clock como an hour
earlier,
Incidentally, how will thoso who
work at st. much per hour arrango
thin? It can bo easily settled by
arbitration among employers and
workers who don't loso their heads
over mathematics.
of tho Chamberlain rcsolu-
m,'
i.
GENS. BELL AND WOOD
PASSPHYSICAL TESTS
Both Army Officers Now Eligible to
Kesume Former Commands
FRENCH RUSH RESERVES GERMANS INMEZIERES
Wii'lilngtiin, March 30. Uoth Major
Ooncrali Leonard Wood and J. Franklin
Hell li.ivo passed tho physical test to
determlno whether they niy return to
tho front, It was learned at llio War
Department today
Ocncr.il Wood's fuccom was looked
for, but because; of (.leneral Hell's nco
his passing caused pleased, surprise. Both
aro now ellglblo to lesumo their former
Unless ho Is selected for sorao moro
tlnn nnnl-melitln(f tho draft net.
Tho only reason tho versa! train.
Ing measure was not adopted vesterdny
V was because many Senators who favor
it voted against It becaur.a they fiurcd
It would cause contusion t n Hino when
the War Department's energies should
ho entirely devoted to providing light
ing men and lighting material for linmo
dlato service,
norir.ro nf universal soivice were un
determined today when they would again comniaIlJgi
attempt tO DrinK Ul UlU uirr,-...-..
v.,ir s-Vnnlnra voted nBallivt the new .
amendment yesterday, but many of them I Important post Gcnernl Wood prob
did ho simply becanso they considered uWy ,vlj e.aln command of tho
It untimely, vvneincr to -- """ Klghty-nlnth Division when It is sent
year tho former
oys robust health
.,.,. ii,inn- npEatlin vote , and Is not liotheied.by tho shell frug-
on the Democratic side of tho chamber ment wound in tho left arm he sus
whtch defeated the military training talncd whllo observing tho llro of a
nmendment. Only four llepubllcanb 1 1' rench gun whllo abroad recently.
ted against It. They w ero Cronna. General Bell Is In his sixty-third v ear.
-Vorth Dakota : NorrK. Nebraska: Town- ; InMng been born January 9, 1S5G. Gen
send. Michigan, and Jones, WaahlnB-j trnWoodJ.lftyen. his birthday
at tho flr.favorablo parllamentun op- ' '
portunlty or to wait until tho nd of to Irancc.
the war Is clearly In sight will bo dc- In IiIh llfty-elgli li
elded within the i.eU few dais I chief of stuff enjoy.
ton.
tho President
Continued from ln( One
city of Mczloros, far within tho Ger
mans' lino near tho Belgtnn border.)
FRENCH OFFICIAL KEPOUT
Tho l'nrfs official communique, re
ceived hero this afternoon indicates
n renewal of HindcnburR's attempt
to drive tho German wedgo further
past Montdidier. The battlo in that
region has been resumed with ex
treme violence, tho stntcment says,
on a front extending from Morcuil,
north of Montdidier, to beyond Las-
D'fc" viisi. m iiiuiuuiuicr, iiiU
communiquo declnres tho French arc
holding this lino firmly. Tho report
is as follows:
The battle was resumed latu last
night with fresh tlolcnco on a
front of forty kilometers (twenty-four
miles) from Morcuil to
beyond Lnssigny.
French troops supported by
continually arrhing reserves arc
stubbornly resisting powerful as
saults. Despite the bad weather French
aviators continued their attacks,
dropping bumbs and pouring
machine-gun lire on the enemy's
battle-front concentrations. About
3J.000 pounds of projectiles have 1
been thrown on the Noyon, fiuis
card and Ham region.
Thirteen German machines have
been brought down,
(Morcuil is an important city
about nine miles northwest of
Montdidier, in tho direction of
Amiens. The front mentioned,
therefore, extends for more than
twenty-tour miles, running
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ndWIm'frtSSBIKBSSS 1 Long lines of ammunition carts
g vtMBSSIHHHBH ladctt shells for tho French
!-'"'' "mTt' '" .Z9ffiSMHMIHilBHl ' tcvcnty-fivcs nro making their
J2W. v S&JfrTTeS. , battery positions west of Mont- ,
I t5 v' i'SSPS? tiy. J? ;&: Cf I didicr. where the German wedge
h' , Jj.'';:'': f-ii i .y' ,-V.': is most threatening.
Summary of Losses to
U. S. Troops in Franco
llopoi ted
Deaths March 29 Total
Killed in action 1
Killed by uccldent... H J,t;i
Died of disease Ti 4b-
Dlcd of wounds - n
Doit nn sen 1 -J
Suicide 0 11
Unknown cutiscs..,. 0 1.)
Kxecuted " '
Civilians I
Gassed 0 "
Died of other causes, 1 J
Total deaths It HSO
Wounded 21 7B3
Captured 0 21
Missing 0 -12
Grand total 32 2230
BY KILLING OFls
Nearly 100 Also WounrlJ
When Lontr-Ranrro n,,fal
Ow UUifJ
Hits Church
SWISS COUNSELOR DEAdI
City Seethes With Anger ail
not uetorminntinn n
Vengeance
r -sz 'i v rv - iv r-w ji
(w-iygaw.''wwCTtfcTOw;wwHyrs,
itronc thrusting point against rolnir, they mude lteen dllTerent greatly surprlfed nt tho small numboi
hlionfc tnrusunh ponu. "'"" lltlllli18 In one day. iM.mlly, the llrllUli ! of British dead found on tho batlefleld
I ill 1H illlU i 1 UUIU -U lll VilUUHVI
ports and thu North Sea.)
" . .a . . . .. rt : li'rilltirl rill Vvioi 1 1 1 lmfl rnx r.i nt-pAnc-
Senator Chamberlain torn tic r , ..-.--',. "11jr"' ',. "'",,'.. , "'.'," I fmin Mnrn.ll. v.fln l, 1
lias inulcaieu lO .. ,ihvttc, "vmian v-nani", A,. -..., ..w,..H -ntiMj .nak-
any member of tho Military Affairs Com- 1'hllllps nnd Henry H. Whitney haM ward at u point west of Montdde
mltteo how be viewed tho proposition of , been dl-charged from their .Nntlonal , . ,. . . .
"""".?.?. -ra.;....ii Army commands and returned to iheir aml extending cast of Lassigny.)
But the. vote mado It appear a cer-I assignments as colonels In the roast A dispatch from the front an
talnty to those who havo followed tnc i anuiery corps 01 tue regular uriny, it
universal military training movement ! was officially announced today.
The battle shows that tho Ger
mans nro fighting desperately on
the northern and southern wings to
prevent Uritish reserves from the
north and French rc-cnforcemcnts
fcOUth , fmm,u, uniitli raminf In strrnrrtlion
tho British center against tho thiust
toward Amiens.
Tho Germans increased tho weight
that President Wllxon Is ueiinueiv
against the proposition, and that no SMALLPOX CASES HERE '
arm! k tan re can bo expected from Ail-
rnTnlstratton supporters fur any at- A "SCARE," SAYS KRUSEN '
tempts to resurrect the piopo'ltluti In . I
rinSuTnVn'SnnVp0. Not Serious, According to Health Di-,
114ms, of Mississippi, who opposed tho' lector 3000 Mote Vaccinated
amendment, did so on tho ground that , .
"this war we arc lighting has for one Tlirro is no occasion for unduo worry
of Its purposes the prevention of future 'mtr tll0 4maiipt)X Biare," according to,
wars; therefore, why iiiilvcial military Uir(,t,r jcniseii. of tho Department of,
training?" .Senator A II lams was pre- ,-,arlltles. In Mate-
Sletortrpennros of I'ennsi Ivma, who nmnl today, whllo 3000 persons vwro
Senator Penrose, oc 1 cnnssivania, uo ,.lcclnaU(, , u ,RW,y (1u.irantliRd tcn-
was absent. ,TAi jihiriet.
Senator Gronna Ueclareu mat to auopt "Y0M cannot call tho live ases that
nounces that the G9rmans are dig-
niriM whleh wns lioldlng the pimlllon Tliey liau uecn toiu me urm-ii hi iroiu
fi'll liark, uh-.oliilely rxliuu-lrd, anil the of them had been annihilated. It was
(irrnmns c rnoeil over a lirlilee of piled- I evident (.mall groups had fought gamely
up bodies of tbelr own romriides. to tho last. gllng tho tJermans the Im-
The German ndvanco has been moro predion that largo forces vero facing
rapid at some points, and tho Allies have thcin.
scarcely had tlmo to gtt any their can- ! Tho fuiiio prisoner said the Germans
non, as no horses wcro near One French had formed a special corps, whose duties
hitlcry of seventy-fives was dragged were to advance behind tho fighting
llvo miles with ropes by tho gunners, i troop3 and str!p nil clothing from tho
who siirceetled In saving it. I dead. The liodic, ho said, wero burled
A German prisoner who was Interro-' without any covering, and the clothing
gated said tho German troops veri thus obtained was terved out again.
universal military training now wouiu j,ae j,cen ,iisl,ncred nnvthlng veryl., . .. f
, to clvo countenancu to the very thing serious," said Director Krusen. "Im-1 thrust tomorrow lrom til
vrhlch the United States Is fighting and portatlons of people from southern points
which this country haj very severely havo uniformly been responsible for
.Vi!..,i in i',rminv whatever (.mallpox there has been The
wndemncd In oermanv. , affected have been thoroughly
Opposing the amendment for reglstra-, .,rotcct(,(, alu, tlle ,)tht i.sq,, thun 4.n
tlon of youths now twent-ouc, fcenator i bo till.rn )s tt KO an,i v,,, vaccinated."
Klrby said: A report that several cases have como
"If It Is neccsbary to Increase the aco from New .lirsey sboro resorts wns de
,i i, i i-.,.i.M rm in,)1 tblrlv.otiH vears rl.irpcl to bo untrue. The main dllll-
in.t.,i nf below twenty-one. The pro- cultv of the health erv too Is t g-t the
i ging in in some sections.
i
l-.aster Ulow at Amiens
Tho hostile lines in I'icardy arc
set for the second phaso of the
great battle. The tentli day of the
mammoth engagement finds the
Anglo-IJritish fiont straightened
from Albert to Montdidier, and
Hindcnburg advanced to Haig's
forward zones, in a similarly
straight line.
The Uritish expect a powerful
e Ger
man center against their center, with
tho important city and strategically
valuable position of Amiens as direct
objective.
(The K tilling Public Ledger on
IN SUPPORT OF FIGHTING ALLIES
against Amiens. Here Hindenburg
is only twelve miles from Amiens.
Line Straightened
Haig's retirement, reported late
last night along the Marcelcnve-
In l'mnee,
of that thrust, and the battle is there I AMERICAN ENGINEERS VALOROUS
i- . .. i i i- i)..::..1. ! - . . . ..
lore a race nuivvccu rraiico-niiiiii
reaction along tho Montdidicr-Koyon
line and the German movement
Willi Hie American Army
.M.iuh SO.
1'iesh Ilrltlsh and l'rcnch troops are
constantly at riving on tho I'lcudv h.it-
ti j fiont to take up tho battle when the
nroner moment arrives, according to In
formation rciclvul hro today.
The ex-
by rail and n-venty-two miles by rail i
from Roufii The last census showed lt I
population to bn !ij,:o7. i:.it' of Itouen.
Tails and lllielms no clt.v has plaed a
mom hlgiilll'-ant inn In backing up tho i
ii led lino than Amiens. i
'omnurclally, Hie city nf Amiens Is
known as ono of the most Important
in tbn tcMUo Industry of rrance. It I
Bread Rations Cut
to Pound and Half
Continued from l'ate One
from wheat In any form until tho
next harvest." was tho plea, of l'edoial
Kood Administrator Jleibdrt Hoover In
a speech before 700 hotel nun of the
I'nllcd States, and tho answer was n
plctlgo from virtually cory man present
that no wheat product.! would be served
In his tstnbllshment until tho first of
September.
Coincidental!) with Mr. Hoover's
appeal tho Houo passed tho Haer bill
jpiovJdlng a fund of $7,500,000 for tho
relief of farmers in nn parts or mo
country who r.ilsc wheat, corn, rye,
outs or bailey. The money will bo
lent to buy bced and tho bill gives tho
secretaries of ugrlcultttro and labor
$2,500,000 to mobilize labor for the
harvest this year.
America's consumption must be cut
at least one-halt with the further knowl
edge that tho shipments of wheat to
tho Allies will bo limited irom now
until next fall only by limit of the
country's exporting power. Every
pound that can do siuppert across the
Atlantic) Ocean, tho food administrator
tald. will bo taken.
Tho pledge of tho hotel men to re
move wheat from their menus fol
lowed Mr. Hoover's address, nnd their
action alone. If consistently followed,
will udueo consumption from 10 to 15
i per cent. Followed in tho homes
.wherever possible and it Is not be
lieved that It can bo universally prac
ticed food administration olllclals be
i lleve tho crisis can bo (safely passed.
. As a result of tho meeting tho follow
ing message ""of cheer was sent by
the United State-' food administration
to Victor Hotel, 1 'rench: Slgnor Ciespl,
I Italian, and Lord Uhondda, Ilrltlsh, mln
' Iflers cf food for tho Allied govern
ments:
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I'arli, JIarch :oJ
Tho latest bombardment of I'arli 'if
tho German aupcr-gun. In whlr.li teveAiVa
llvo w cro hilled and nearly one liuniria
wounded, when a shell struck a ChurcuH
iaueu to icrromo l'aris today.
Instead tho city seitlicd with &nJS
nnd tho reaction was ono of hot UtVv
initiation to tight to n llnlh and teV
vengeance for tho latest outbreak H
lifriiinii iriLrmiiunes. 4.r
Thin spirit wns reveaU.il In the u,iH
of Deputies nnd in general ilemtnj, J
everywhere for punishment of the HuEk
w uiu umiiuivm, rilrt
Among thove killed was II. Stroeh'
lln, counselor of the Swiss legation in" 1
I'nrls. & ffi
Tho r-amo church was atruck', ;
a Mien wniio mgu mass was brtnirf'
celebrated last Sund.iv. and m-inur?A'
unities resulted. JJ
As long ugo as last December" liJJ
Allies had Information from prlomr
that tho Germans had guns of m.-
usually long rango about read f.J
use, and other Information followed,
j ll uuiiuary iiieru wero saia to t It'
least four nnd perhaps seven of thtH
guns in existence, xncy were mm
to ho of thirty-eight centimeter hnr.?
nnd lined down to twenty-ono nU.'f
meters: that is to say, from flftttnt
Inches to right and ono-quartcr Inches.'4
They were, according to one ln-t
formant. sevcnty-nlno feet long, atUi
In trials had can led seventy-five klloi
meters (4G.3 miles). They were elf
pectcd to carry 100 kilometers (tl
miles). -M
Moro remarkable than tho run mA
Its shell, which was llfty-nlne lnehesi-J
in lengin, proiongcci into a uottlo necltY
in uiu neon, ,iiii mu cupper urivniK
bands nnd rilling extending In advance
of these, the weight of tho shell beln;
about 230 pounds. ,
Tho chief secret of tho great lentruv
in nn mum! if in us sneii. winch Is
in tno iiositiou oi the center of gray
Ity In It. and its shape '
Ilain Helps Texas Crops
liiillun, Tet.. March SO. A badlyS
needed lain lias been falling In the
Texas Panhandle, lteports In the after-
noon irom vmarnio were mat more thmi
orir. Incli lit r.lt, liud ft,ltn m .,., A
UNDER ESPIONAGE LAW l,G of ,n?s,imBb,,s benont to 'the whn
- - iv. saia a. nicssairo irom tii.ir r .
l,ltllr, Hill WIIIV l , ,, -..---..--.----.....,.,.,....... ........ --. . ... ....,,,
meant Haig's abandonment of his '' "j;1 ,;XTe,eVsB 1 AuI'ts "o Amendment, g
Slre-Bernnrd-Hnmel lino straightens hausud Ocrninn -.oldU-r- are re,;;;r.e; to .nanufneturt rs linens nolon.. m.llks. WOMEN NOW INCLUDED
lli (IIKIIIH uii-iJ''-H'7 in !' i "''-
thread nnd cashmeres,
Tt fu iilsn fi nontur nf fiirt'l lrnrlml Inn
. .. .. i.i i 'rim intnrm.ition uivrn fim. u ' , iih inrrp main u way nos ureirn
iOUtu of the bOinme, iiuuourii n 1 ,t, ,, ..... oIjU tmt American trooi ( votithuo&t to Paris, wrst tr Hounn nnd
the Allied front advantageously , i,lK tbelr po-itinns
alient and a retirement of
seven miles.
On the other hand, this stiaifcht
eninp; of Unix's line removes a
menace against the German out
post at Montdidier.
Tho 1'iench have cut oli the ex-
lnsLrttu ui ucut iti;iiv;-'iiv, , i't" . :r . v i t i
posal would contuse present army plans chlldm. vaccina ed. was MW.
and take youths out of schools and I - f ,,hvslcl.ltlPi
OMstry. Before this Is finished well fml0lwm(f u0 discovery of a case of
have 5.000,000 men In the army and 10,- Hmali,)ox Wallace stteit near Tlf
000.000 In camp." , teenth. Two hundred and llfty pollco-
-n-m, ihn -csntlon of a few districts . men wcro called out to enforce tho
ibout miiu-.v cntiliieirs and Amerlciti otticcrs
lfiom all branches of tho set vice, at
tached to tin- lirltisn army ior uniiui.-
' liiiipb.i-ls Is laid upon tin- valorous
iicrforni.inre of the cnglnecrH who receiv
ed tbelr bnptWiu of tire at fainbral, and
1 Is shown that th- Anierloaii ulllccrs
i.itried mil their volunteer duties with
the gle.ttist braver.
Tho Amcriians uro moro optimistic
since the latest ofllri.el statements, even
the Ormans tliem-tlvcs admitting that
thvv had been stoppeu
zatlon of 95,000 men comprising the last
Increment of the llrst draft and 13,000
men of the second began to get under
way yesterday. The first of T'J.000 white
men and 25,000 negroes began moving to
tho .National Army cantonments.
on every ship tno qucsuuii i- i.n tio Spaniards Just beforo 1000. and te
whetlier tho drivn Is collapsing or, m,,nea tho capital of I'icardy until 1TD0
whether llm battle Is .now In the ,,, ,. ,, ,.,,.
t.ansltory stage, which a w;aya oivmes lrt ' nnclan Krkmed Vo lVance
tin lim ami nw i. "',."; ..;" riiiln cnncehslons in Kurono. with
called, despite the fact that ongress
has not yet amended tho law to change
the basU of apportionment n Provost
Marshal General t'rowder lias asked.
But It Is virtually certain that no moro
will bo called until tho ipiestlou is settled.
tho Municipal Hospital.
SCOTTISH EDUCATOR
TO BE DINNER GUEST
Wednesday forecast Amiens as the tieme tip of tho German t-alient liy
next great goal of Hindenburg, in recapturing Montchcl, just .south of
view of its strategic value nnd the Montdidier. between Montdidier
pronounced driving of his forces ' and Las.-igny I'etain's men ad
along tho north banks of tho Somme vnnrnil slitrhtlv.
and up as far as Courcclettc. , From iiriBoiv it is hnown the ! struggle. . N'-'-h that the "ma '
Amiens, at the confluence of the Germans expected to occupy Amiens ,.nti,USiann among tho Americans i
Somme and the Awe, is about ' on the fifth or sixth day of the ;nu.- "It insures our getting into tho
eighty miles from Paris and only olTensive, cutting the Calais-Paris , The Americans unanimously be ;vo
Yet Amiens still stands. Kriat scaKMs imminent befote the opeta-
tlons stagnate again Into trencli w at tare.
All ate luiilldeiit that tho superior
Kii-ncli geiicralshln and Ilrltlsh dog
gidnesH vslll sninsh tho inemy, vibo has
nheadv lo-it heavily from bis best troops.
'1 1 u present breathing space Is regarded
as temporary, while the enemy brings up
supplies and reorganizes his shattered
divisions.
Amiens was known at tho dawn of
tho Christian era us Sanuirobrlvii, the
capital of tho (ialllc Amblanl. Caesai
tool; it and Included It In liallla Del
glca, and it bacanio a 1 toman strong
hold. In tlfo museums lit Amiens,
which is the iil's second most famous
building, ate shown many lellcs of the
IComan occupation. In tlio fifth ceu
tuiy the city fell to the 1'rnnk". after
It bad become ChiistlanUscd. In llST.
It vas ceded to the French crown, but
In lfJ5 fell Into tho possession of the
Dukes of uurgunuy. it win taiten ny
city In the last three das. More than
TuuO residents of South Philadelphia
Jf.1:0.!'1".,"0,'.! ,rn"ifoty-o fiom the English Cliannel railway.
Fitawater. Ninth and Kievuith stn-ets. by the practicable Somme Valley. Similarly, Arras, which was yes-
The latest victim of. the disease- is T. ., ,,, ,..,,, ,,.,. .,.,,. .......... , i- t,icl!vn vcllh
r.inllne-Perrv. twenty-three vears old, " ' vuuni.-i.ie-u iiu mi: oeiie-iue luiuuy niiiiicuiuic. v,jv..., ......
lQR,Jh'1 "as uUtn l Klver. near the German bases and Vimy. icmains in the hands of the
with the Oise, partly in thu German British. Tho Kaiser's storm troops
area, by canals. Possession of were checked by the withering lire
Amiens would give tho Germans a fiom machine-guns and aitillery.
8-HOUR DAY AND WAGE
RISE IN PACKING PLANTS '
Sir George Adam Smith", of Aberdeen I FOCH MAY HOLD AMERICANS
Pnaln and Holland as Interested par-
tie, wax signed hero In 1802. In
1870, during tho Kranco-ITusslun war,
I, i.'iu rnntiir...l i ftif, ftiirnl.llw
It is tho slto of the Cathedral of
Amiens, tho largest
fie, of Krance. us
finest specimens of t'othlu architecture
In lluropo This was started In 1!20
bv the aichltcct, ltohert do Jomirchos.
and was ilnlshed hi Its original form In
1288 It is 470 feet long, has a spire
300 feet In height, while tho navo Is
117 feet In height
Making Them Equally Liable
With Men
Washington, March SO. --'Without I
debate, tho Senate passed :t IIouso bill j
MuiciiuwiH) uiu cni'jijii.ifeu ,at w iuai,i7
it applicable to enemy alien women as
well as men. The House Is expected
to adopt minor amendments Inserted
by tho Senate, thus obviating the nec
essity of hcndlne tho measure to con
ference. Ono of these amendments
would exempt tho American women
living in tho t'nlteil States whose hus
bands uio enemy aliens.
I'naetment of this legislation has
been urged by olllclals of tho Depart'
1 " '.-I
of the Cathedral of mcnt 0f Justice, whoso investigation
ifctweei.'C,as8laoS,!oCa,!f To . f . activity In this country has
FURTHER SUCCESSES
University, Will Discuss
War Aims
FOR USE AT LATER DATE
CLAIMED BY RERUN ,,,
Federal Arbitrator's Award Ke-
garded as Sweeping Victory
for the Employes
Ml.. Id.
; tl.c I n.iril Prestl
.New Aork. March
iO.
Thn Moral Aims of the Wji ' will be
the subject upon which Kir lieoigc Adam
Kmiili tii-lticin.il of AberiiV-en I'lilvcislt),
I will speak when be ,oiivs to I'lill.idil-
' phl.i Frldav. V luncheon In his honor
on that il.iv will b given at tho llelle-
, , .,, , . ! vue-Htratford. About fifteen lay mein-
t llll'iiico, March uO. ,,, r ,1m Inlcr-flnirih IVdt-ration of
The basic eight-hour day was ordered 1 1'hlladelplila will b hosts to 40 guests oountcr-.tbi-.iuIt that Is pUminl against
in tho nation's packing Industry by Invited to meet tho ruinous -cotcli !, dormant-. ....
Federal Judeo Samuel Alehuler'u -iw-.iril teacher. . , If thu Allies decide to attempt to bring
Jn ills oacktnir aibUratloii todav lp Uoorre h'ila" a ,out t,,,c .al1,1'; ,P?M- l'e war to an end by overwhelming tho
in Hie packing aiuitratlon todaj. ,n jjeotlnnd as doe the Archbishop . UPrnia armlcs In western France, then
Wago IncreaEes ranging from four I ()t Vork In llngland. The program for0erv posslblo sourco of strength must
and, one-half cents an hour to em-ihim Is In chargo C the lntor-i'huri'h i uo thrown Into the battle and (leneral
pioyes recemnE tnirty cents anu tinner l-eireratiou ol i-oiiuucii'uii. . ou wu
ul
later
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ait ,hour,at present and ranging down
to ,threo nnd one-halt cents per hour
to employes being paid moro than forty
cents un nour wero also granted
Tho eight-hour day goes Into effect
May C. 1918, and tho wage, advances
are, retroactive, effective us of Janu
ary 11, 1918.
Tho award, which affects about 200.-
000 employes throughout this fritted
States in 90 per cent of the packing
houses of tho countr), was regarded
us a sweeping victory for the wot Iters .
fayment for overtlmo work for
Which at presedt the cmpIovt ieieic
no extra compensation, was increased
on' the following basis:
P'ouble- tlmo for Sundays and boll,
days', tlmo and one-fourth for tho llrst I
two WJirs over tno oas.c cibu. i io. r tin - h d tuo ,vfT0 nt(1 ,5 Cllcll a on
weekdays and tlmo and one-half for i Vt'1 '. ,,, -i,,. ti,V
Biw.ik Sunday morning. April 7. In
Stephen'8 Church and In tho afternoon
nt 4 o'clock in Calvary Presbyterian
Church.
Sir t'oorgo Is touring this country nt
the request of the Uritish Government,
working In connection with a committee
of tho Committee on Public Informa
tion. Pines for Enemy Aliens
Chit hi:". March iO Agents of the
Drpattiueiit of Justlic tue ut work on
tho cases of several dozen enemy aliens
ami pro-Hermans who wero among the
hundred or more persons arrested sc- -eral
days ago lit iinnectlou with base.
ment celebrations or tno tierinan drive.
Ono of tho men has been lined f200 In
police court; three vieio assessed 525
PvrHlilnB'H full forco will participate.
Hut if a counter-offensive with strictly
limited objectives Is considered, tho
wisest course at this time, (leneral Foch
may think It lnadvlsabb to use the
American army for tho present.
The American troops now in Franco
and those fast arriving nrb tho llnest of.
tensive lighters left In tho world. This
ii true not because they ato Americans,
but because America Is the only great
Power left whose llrst classes of picked
nun have not suffered tho casualties of
i.cnrlv four years' lighting
If the Allies' major offensive in an
swer to the present (lei man thrust is
not to hu delivered Itnrmdlutrly, (len
eral Foch ma.v desire to keep the Aineil-
eans for tip pilndpjl
i.aie.
A in:i!nr ViinM-Ic.in offem-Ho tow.ild
Ucner.il Foeh's decision whether or not , the llhlne, for instance, lnMiad of wist-
to use, Ameilenn troops In largo nunv I crn France, might not only carry Hie
bcrs In tho present combat will prob- ' war Into Uennaii). but at the same time
.... .. iionii.el Vim lllnil, Mil, lire- to shorten his
alily depend on tno magmiuii. oi in. -- -'u" ' ,,; , ,,.i, if
not all of tho tetrltury ho has Just won
Such a ictircinetit under threat of nn
American Invasion of Uermany would
certalnlv havo a far moro depressing In
lluenco upon tho Kaiser's bubjeets than
u limited counter-stroko by tho Alllea
along tho Olsi, Sotnmo and Ancre.
Questions such as these must be fully
considered by General Foch beforo ho
makes his decision, which ought not to
he inlluenced bv impatient and nervous
homo demands for Immedlnto action
Von Hindenburg is now concentrating
what Is left nf his offensive strength
for thee npture of Amiens. Ills blows,
however, tue- greatly weakened and may
come to nn end automatically through
... ... ... ........ nviliiki 1 lir (!p,-m.io
. ,.,,n..r,, ii. ink ".? thev do not. lochs
Mist work of pilmo Itnportntii-o will be
to m.vc mieiis b a dliect counter
nffenslve ''gainst tlie Herman presuio to
tin. uist of th.il lilglilj hnpoitnnt rall
wa ii-ntei
Ir.n.l, Vrmlp. Ill tin, 1' eld. lUVemeni neioiv.
M.....l. ir i
, . i French boniblng planes have dropprd jnounced dead
llerlln, March ..0. pty.flvo tons of explosives on Herman i .
The Ci iiii.in statement last night, communliatlon lines and depots during
incteH irpurtn successful baltles be- the euem oirenslve.
tw een' tin- Somme and Ancre rivers. Also, for the lliit time, riench nvi-
Yestcnlay inoriiliig's olliclal teport ators uro suicetsfiilly participating in
said that since tile beginning of the battle, bombing Hoop coiuentrations
.... i.nin.. !,. i!.ptiiiin forces hnvft i both on tlie lighting no and In reserve
-'.H J'-ii-i i , - . , ...... . ... .,.,,.. l., ...l..l,.i,,u In u, ai.
i'lHIilliib n'lii.iuiiinn j..,. ,iv.i..,w ... - ,...
constantly pouring iiiaciune
disclosed tho fact that nitinv women
agents of (jcrmany uro ut work here.
L'nder tho law women would bo re
quired to lcglster with the authori
ties and those regaided as dangerous
would bo Interned. '
Woman Killed by Fall
Losing her balanco whllo cleaning a
winnow or ner nome,
llftH-threo jears old,
FRENCH PLANES DROP
nr -I-AlUfC tW T?YnT falTVQ hpcond-storv w
Oi 1 tio wi li.ii J.isvi i-J xorth liouglas stieet, Mrs. Fannlo Kulis.
The constantly increasing demand i
for the Day and Niijlit Service oil
this institution is evidenced by our,:
new eleven-story bank and offlcej
buildinir which is nearint? comple-S
tion on 15th Street below Market "J-ji
Accounts of individuals, business,;
firms and corporations invited. , 9
i!
Checks cashed and deposits receirail
from 8.30 A. M. till Midnight -ft
Resources, $6,500,000.00
FVanklinl
Trust C2
15th and Market Streets.
W. Phila. Office, S2nd & Marks! 5U.
.n. ruiiiiic jhiz, . w . , , , ,, . ,
fell to the cement The Institution that gave PhilaM
u tho Woman's , j,, ,rt j)au mlli Night Service
was pro-
J
fi-
aJx,
a ,
all 'time afttr ten hours. Between Jnn
jary It and lny 5 overtlmo pay was
fixed at the rato of tlmo and one-half
after ten hours on weekdays and double
time for Sundays.
Equal pay for malo nnd female em
pioyes doing tho same class of work
was ordered In tho award.
The employes' demand for a weekly
disorderly conduct charges. The routub
tip netted a number of slackers, who
havo been held for the Federal Grand
Jury.
Iieet Sugar Men to Help Loan
Clilcoen, March 30. Tho United States
Sugar Manufacturers' Association has
nassed a resolution providing for a
guaranteed minimum of forty hours was committee to boost tho third Liberty
.granted.
f ATE DENIES RUMOR'
S7JC,, .THAT HE ISJ'IN UAIJ"
;v'J)tective Captain Declares No Com-
i1 tilnlnt Una Ever Been Made
W- Ae-ulnst Him
iKfc&ir-
P'$5: Reports that Cuptaln of Detectives!
-;t,i''Tii Is "In bad" politically, with thu
PL' -- -..Hmiih .ninlnlstrntlon and that ho
L ' Jgop bo uskol td resign, were today
. . .......n.. ..Ain ,... .-inraoi 'i nip. i
charaoterlzed tl(8 report as all
i foot yny.tr ., . , ..
nm' Deriarnilmr-my duty, and thol
r that 1 am isolated and havo
lll..x UlLnlithnrllV la III! rot." I
in 'Tnio tald "1 am cantuln of.)
rSeteetiveaaK I always,' have, been. .
Til no time has It ever boen intimated
itIuty. The report Is a personal at-
auit tnero is evjoenco ot bpicoji uo- .
m -no e m, w iiom mj juu, -
OSS WOUia Know liu. ' rann in
ifinmri -&-iLn mm qtitit uas. ,
iiRt to tell me lie believe rae lu-J
L..
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rlbitwta Ir Bond 'Campaign
'JJarch JO. Harry U. llo-
years oia, a steeraitu pa-
a; tooay- oeru a
r nnnjieii until na nas
M IMrViy,
Ixian among beet sugar Interests. Tho
resolution records tho association's be
lief that "every sciusii or business in
terest should bo subordinated to the ono
great and common national purpose of
aiding in every posslblo way to win the
war."
You Love Your Country
Reduce Your Flour Ration
Stato rood Director Heinz has
made tho following statement re
garding the Imperative -necessity
of householders conserving wheat:
v "Wo- havo come for tlie first
tlmo n America to what amounts
"to -a voluntary rationing system
with regard to wheat flour. Tho
situation is so serious that nothing
except tho strictest observance of
the voluntary rationing plan will
bring the desired result.
"Mr, Hoover lias ct tho volun
tary wheat flour ratio at six
pounds per month, per person,
Every man, wpman am? child la re
quested to use a maximum of nix
pounds of, flour per month no ,
jivre-and as much lev an pos-
FRENCH TACTICS BRILLIANT
IN KEEPING TOUCH WITH HAIG
vv.,1, ,H. I'reneh Ar the I.e.... K KtJ
March 30. Bavarian Crown Prince's expected rup-
Slnco General French, at Ypres. pre-1 ,uro 0f tho British front, for tho Herman
vented tho Germans from turning the Crown Prince's army to pass through
... , i ,. i,.f,,ino- nut bis ltttlo the breach and march on Paris by way
British flank by stretching out ms iiiuo valley
r,, n it reached tho Xotth Sea, ol l" uls0 ""
mi more brilliant movement has been I Whllo barring tho Utter movement
" ' ....i thn west front than tho , by holding tho Olso lino solidly, the
manner In which tho French dencral
Staff, night and day. kept up contact
with the British armies doggedly re-
. .,.. ,n 1ia inri1iwp!lt.
ircuuub lu i. ...,,,.. t i-.i ,kAiH l.a. nlt'iul it, tlmo nlhprivlsn uhIiic-
Thc Frcncn steaouy v&ie-iiucu men , mj ,,.... ... -, - - --:"
lints from tha region of La Fero to cavalry divisions when nulck action
nev-ond Montdidier. This successful op- was necessary, while artillery was rush
eratlon has dellnltely broken up what led rapidly along the cntlro front.
12,000 GERMANS TO 1000 YARDS
FOR SUPREME EFFORT IN FRANCE
taken Tu.tiuo ptlsuuirs and 1100 guns.
In local engagement.' on both sides
nf tho Soarpe, nceoidhig to this state
ment, the Hermans broke through tho
foremost Ilrltlsh positions and took sev
eral thousand prisoner".
South of tho Soranw tho Hermans
drove tho British out of their old posi
tions and from bravely defended vil
lages In a westerly and northwesterly
direction by way of Warfuseo-Aban-court
and Plesslcr.
Tho British, the statement adds, con
tinued their fruitless and costly counter-attacks
near Albert and to the north
of It.
AMIENS CONTROL KEY
TO ALLIES' DEFENSE
That llindenbiirg's drive alms at tho
eniituro of Amiens Is well understood
by tho Allies. Tho Petit Journal of
Paris announces that iinpurt.int Allied
'orces havo been set aside to cover
Amiens. Tlie Herman drlvo now Elands
lomhat.
gun flro Into enemy convois filling tho
roads irom hi, ejuentin, nam, enan),
Neslo nnd Hulseard.-
Prisoners assert the German army Is
accompanied by special "ghoul squads."
whose duty it Is to strip Allied and Her
man dead of all clothing, shoes and
equipment, which nro ixtiemely scarce
In Herman)'. Somo of theso ghouls,
taken prisoners, admit their surprise
ut tho small numbers of French dead
and wounded.
PATROL LEADER FORMER
BALTIMORE NEWS MAN
Ualllmnrr, Jld., March no. Lieutenant
Heorgo itedivood, who led nn American
patiol in "."o Man's Land" that cap-
i tuted four Bavarian prisoners, 19 the
son of Sits. Frances tledwood, of 918
Madison avenue, this city. Ho Is twenty
hliio )ears old and enlisted at Fort
,Mer, Vu last May.
Lieutenant iieuwooci lormeny was
iltetl tflc and u tialf miles from a member of tho Mai? of tho ISaltlinore
tho Ilrltlsh base at Salll-le-Seo. fifteen
miles at lloyo ami unuer eigntcen at
Montdidier.
nlens, glanco nt tho map will
show. Is the m . . nportant center which
has stood Immediately back of tho Brit
ish line. It Is on a direct line from bo
tween the British ports and the center
f tho western front'.
It Is a railroad center, forty-five miles
from tho point where tho Somnio Hows
Into tho sea. It Is situated on tho
Somme and Its ultluents, tho Arvo and
i K'lc. which fo.m canals In tlie busi
ness section of tho city fron which vca
News and Is widely known In newspaper
cltcies
ny noiiuiiB mo winu jniu buuuij, "II",. ,,f iinhtir draft make their way
French kept up contact with the British. ., Z to "l.o Uritfrtf Chann?.1
This vi as accomplished only by mas
terful handling of tho French reserves
I throwing hi Infantry divisions when
Amiens Is elghty-ono miles from Paris looara.
l'ro-nermans IIoardinK AVIicat
New Vork, March 20. Tho Federal
food board has notified nil of Its deputy
food administrators that Information had
been received of "pro-German farmers"
In this State who w'ere hoarding prod
ucts, and especially wheat, "In a desire
to obstiuct tho fiov eminent." The deputy
food administrators wcro directed to rea-
ulsltlon suqh supplies and to report the
hoardeis of wheat to tho Federal food
gWlllllllllllllllllllfllBlM
With the French Army 111 France, '
March SO. No fewer man unny-
clght German divisions wero tnronn
simultaneously agalnst.it front held by
only eight British divisions, overwhelm
ing them and forcing them back. Be
hind these British divisions were only
three others In' reserve, but the' troops
fought valiantly and delayed the Ger
man advance for a considerable time.
Since then about forty-nlno other Ger
man divisions have been hurled into
the battle, a total of elgllty-seyen di
visions, or, nt the present pstlmated
strength of the German division, ubout
1.000.000 men. ,
Not only the army of tlie Bavarian
Crown Prince but also .that Of the Oer
man Crown Prince Is now engaged. The
German generals Immediately command
lac the troops from w notlhito.ii1'
Tho army of Oeneral von Hutlcr faces
tho French ulong the Olse, It was
very quiet after tho bloody defeat of
Its attempt to cross tho river. Most
of tho bridges have now been blown up.
Tho fighting has been much heavier
In the sectors of Von Below and Von
Marwltz. It Is evident the Allies are
gaining tho upper hand and mastering
the enemy with artillery.
Owing to tho terrible casualties nmong
his aviators, the enemy Is compelled to
feel almost blindly for weak epots In the
Allied lines, which, he has been seeking
constantly so as to throw against them
soipe of Ills demo masses. When It Is
remembered that the enemy has more
than a division (12,000 men) for every
1000 yards of tho front on which he
attacked, an Idea may be gained of the
difficulties' with which the Allies have
,-!-.
OGflll VCSOl, i
im j.M.MranBTiHrszngp'
A Sunday Dollar
Dinner- Fit for a King
Tho coal problem plus the servant
question is gone forgotten sinco
our Sunday 51 dinners have "trwept
the town."
Be a "regular" here on Sundays and
save your wife many a dollar.
1
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Special Mutte Every
Sunday
7'New
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OVER
Twelfth and Arch 5ta.
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fnrrao on "ft BU
Philadelphia, l'a Blarch 20, 1918'
REMOVAL NOTICE
April 1, 1918, we will remove our Branch Office from
present location, 414 South 5th Street, to 230 Market
Street, where, with greatly increased facilities, wo will
be enabled to better take care of our satisfied and
rapidly growinjr clientele.
We desire at this time to thank you for your patron
age and confidence, and trust that the mutual feeling of
good will shall continue in the future as In the past.
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