Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 04, 1918, Postscript Edition, Page 4, Image 4

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MSLOYALTY AROUSES NEW JERSEY NURSES
MOB SPIRIT IN II. S. i WANT MILITARY RANK'
SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER INTERVIEWED IN PARIS
Federal Authorities Find Big
.Fight in Franco Stimu
lates Hate
SfltlNGEftT LAW NEEDED WOULD IMPROVE WORK
Outbreaks Against Seditious Actions
Are Increasing Throughout En
tire Country, Reports Show
Petition Congress Committee
to Report Favorably on
Pending Bill
Ready to Furnish Many More
Service With Army and
Navy
for
1 AtUnllr City, April 4
Two hundred Jersey nursee, each of
whom expects ultimately to lie "called
to the color," In the sixteenth annual
convention of the. State Nurses' As
sociation petitioned the Military Com.
mlttee of L'onsress to report faorably
a hill providing rank for tho women
who carry (lie burden of responsibility
In Imoe hcspllaN abioail and canton-
tVaal.lnitnn, April 1.
rteports to tho Department ot Justice
of mob attacks' Upon Germans and
disloyal Americans havo Increated
many fold since the irrcat German of
fensive In Tlcardy be&an. Until recently
these out breaks, recorded by the bureau
of Investigation' In a file of new.nanpr
clippings, were quite Infreonent: now ment hosMiltalii at home.
they am iri.j .., ,i. - . ...i, . The bill indorsed nrovldes for a nurses'
Officials nnini..i . in i, ., corps wlHi a major for Its head, n cap-
.vmT ? Z "''" ltua,lon as tain In each base hospital and canton-,
evidence ot the urgent need ot new ment and lieutenants In the wards,
leelslatlon to permit the, Government to i "We havin't a bit of complaint about
oeai drastically with disloyal utterances ,l,e " cur ""stern who pave koi e inio
na actions. They said the patience of
the American people with disloyalty
was Dccomlng- exhausted, and that u
wave of bitter feellnif mlKht be ex
pected to follow reports of casualties
among the American soldier now being
sent to the front In France.
1'ewer than 250 Germans have been
arrested for failure to register In the
enemy-alien census taken In February,
and few- of these have been Interned, tho
department of Justice' announced. The
number of Germans registered has not
been completed, but It Is estimated that
about 600,000 were recorded.
I
Munkotee, Okta., April i, Former I
president Taft. In an address before the .
Chamber of Commerce here declared ; I
"ffnlAH at.,.t.f I.. . .il.i. . at I
,i.a okuuiu in coun-maruaiea, linen,
up and their citizenship ended by bul. I
lets , those who express treasonable sen
timents should be tried and punished,
but In all cases law should be obeyed
and mob violence such as practiced In
certain parts of tho United States should
be everywhere condemned, that the
United State may not kink to the law
less savagery of the Germans."
Sulphur, Okla.. April I Tho Jtev. II.
C Capers, seventy-two years old. Is al
leged to hae declared he would neer
have his hair cut unlll Germany emerged
victorious from the war. Sixty young
men, awaiting draft call. Invaded Cap
ers's room In a hotel here, while he was
asleep, and shaved his head. Ills Iron.
gray locks were distributed as trophies
of war.
Tho minister was forced to Kiss the
flag, pledge allegiance to the United
States, promise not to Bpeak seditiously
and was. .shown the. shortest route out
of town.
Capers was tried here several weeks
"go on a charge of obstructing the
operation of tha selectlveservlce Inw,
The Jury was unable to agree, and
Capers Is now out on ball awaiting
another trial.
Alexandria, l.a., April 4. A restau
rant employe at Boyce, La., named
Lewis who made pro-German remarks
was given hundred lashes and a coat
ot tar and feathers by a crowd ot prom
inent Boyce citizens, according to re
ports received here. He then was forced
to shout, "To hell with the Kaiser !' an
"Hurrah for Wilson 1" and ordered to
leave town.
l.Uno. Tex., April 4. After he had
abused president Wilson In the presence
of Earl Moore, a negro, l'aul Vogt, a
German, was arrested here. Vogt said
he had traveled from New York to
California and from the Oreat Lakes
to the Gulf In the Interest of Germany.
He had a card Indicating that he had
registered at Lampasas, Tex., as a Ger
man alien enemy. He gave his home as
Izora, Tex.
'Berkeley. Cl April 4. On lntorma.
Hon submitted by naval' officers, Prof.
Alfred Forke, head ot the department
of Oriental languages, and I. W. D.
Hackh. an assistant in chemistry, have
been dismissed from the faculty of the
University of California by the nuance
committee ot me puatu u. ";"- ,- .
the ground that their actions were In
lm'cal I to the Ur'led States Govern
mint." SNYDER AWAITS COURT
ORDER ON SALARIES
Auditor Says He Is Satisfied, 'but
Still Holds $23,000
. Back Pay
n-rrlibarx, April 4. Auditor General
Snyder will not pay any of the Slate of-flclals-before
he has had an opportunity
of reading an offlclat copy ot the court
decision handed down In Philadelphia
yesterday. Approximately $13,000 Is
being held up In the back salaries owing
the State officials and pthers affected
by tho contention of the Auditor General
that the Governor was without power
to name men whose nominations had
been rejected by tha State Sepate,
In discussing the decision, the Auditor
General said
"I am perfectly satisfied There Is
no hard feeling on my part toward any
of the plaintiffs, I thought I was right.
If the decision raises the question of
procedure f if It Points out that nuo
warrantq nroceedlpor:. and not manda
mus, should have been brought, I may
have something, to say later, but I do
not want to talk before I read the de-
P Appointments made by Secretary of
Agriculture Pattpn have not been recog
nized at the Auditor General's ofilce,
nd E. a. Porsett. recently forced, out
as chief of the bureau of markets,has
his salary from July 1 last to March 1
coming to him. His assistant, w. A
Hallowcll, has not received any pay
during this perloa, ana mei iier
"Harry E. Klugh, of the Department of
Agriculture, recently appointed to fill a
vacancy, has not been paid for several
the service are being treated," exclaimed
one of the fair supporters of the bill
"But the fact remains that with au
thority to enforce orders Infinitely hettei
work could be done for the boys and
that la what every loval nurse In the
country wants" New Jersey members
ot Congress will bo asked to work foi
the shoulder-strap legislation.
Heady to Fnrnluli Jlan More
"The tl.000 trained nurses Uncle Sam '
has called Into war service do noj rep
resent 50 per cent of the force our pro
fession stands ready to furnish." Floi
ence M. Johntcn. clialtman of tho JTert
r! mirslmr Bervlcc In the Atlantic
division, reported to the convention.
"Three thousand American nurses al-1
r.n,lv nr 'over there' and R000 more j
are stationed In hospitals In camps and
cantonments nt home. Up to this time a
total ot 10,000 have enrolled with the
Ilcd CroBS. It is expected that the
number ot trained nurses ncrosi seas
will 'he Increased to B000 by June and
iiiat the total enrollment by January 1
of next year will reach 30,000." .
Applause greeted the announcement i
of Miss Helen Sfephcn. of Kast Orange. ,
that 405 New Jersey nurses nave en
rolled for war duty and that. 189 have
been called Into active service, many
ot them being In France or England,
-ho invention relolccd also over the re
port of Jllss Arabella Creech, of New-
ark. for the Stale Board of Kxnmlncrs j
of Nurses, now an iill-lcminino organi
sation. , ...
Miss Wllhclmlna liicncnsicin. oi At
lantic City, welcomed the convention and
Miss Mubel uraiiam, oi jvrsry ..j. -sponded.
Miss Greatzlngcr, of Pompton
Lakes, reported for county nurses' or
ganizations In the first division. Mls
Helen Carol Howes, president of the
State Leagun of Nursing Kducatlon,
showed that tho profession Is now rec
ognized In twcnty-nlno registered hos
pitals of New Jersey. Miss S. Lillian
Clayton, of Philadelphia, president rft
the National League of Nursing Kduca
tlon, spoke upon "Prevent Problems of
the profession with relation to the war.
Ilxlana Are Amended
Amondtnents to the association bylaws
divide the State Into six new districts,
as follows: First, Kssex, Somerset,
Union and Morris Counties; second,
Hudson, Bergen, Passaic and Sussex:
third, Mercer, Hunterdon and Warren;
fourth Middlesex, Monmouth and Oceans
fifth, Camden, Burlington, Gloucester
and Salem; sixth, Atlantic, Cape May
and t Cumberland. Membership will be
limited to nurses residing nnd practic
ing In New Jersey holding certificates of
New Jersey or inose oi amies rciuiruiK
enual nuallflcations.
Officers were elected as follows: Edith
.T. 1 Clapp, Knglewood, president : Kllza
beth Pierson, Hast Orange, and Mrs.
Blanche M. Tleddon, Trenton, vlco presi
dents; Mabel Graham, Jersey City, sec-
Lrelary: Jennie M. Shaw, Newark, treas-
urer; Mary li uocKnui, uamaen, trus
tee. Resolutions pledged the continued sup
port ot the nurses ot New Jersey to the
United States Government and the cause
ot democracy In the world.
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i MOST OF NEW ISSUES I PICK I. W. W. JURORS
GET U.S. APPROVAL IN GROUPS OF FOUR
Committee, Working Care-
fully, Indorses Nenrly 70
Per Cent of Total'
Right to Strike During War
1 Will Be Defense Cuspidors
i for Prisoners
In commenting upon tne activities of J'h'ioV'lMdeM
the capital Issues committee and the 1" - trll of more than 100 lead rs
various advisory and subcommittees. ml organizers of the Imlu.trlal Work
1 '. . . , cr. nf i1(i World nccused of violating
located In Washington and connected , or " woria
neserve .'"'!"" T ." ,.,".. ,ur
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xittiins, kiviimiu A4. rfuon.., . --
I tweivi- men who feel towatd jkiH
1 feel toward, the I W W " Mr, VJ
veer asked.
I "No," McCready replied and vv??j
i cuseci.
Stamp Sales Hrcak Rccoril
WiisniiiKioii, April 4 - All rec;
for tiany saies oi vvnr-savlngg slv
were uroKen yesicruay ity report
t J 1 rf ana recclnts tn lh.
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JOIll llll puuiu'i
'with the different
Ausun, tim.iina.i , nf
, .y. .. i.i.. n rnltl Issues Jurors aner iiavinn v.w --
"at Philadelphia, has given out a sUte- the six peremptory c a lenges
ment-In which he said:
"Publlo and private organizations
throughout the country are fast ally
ing themselves with the capital Issues
committee In its work ot confining to
essential purposes present capital ex
The defense announced that accepted
Jurors would be tendered back to the
Goernmeut in groups of four
Grlni of delight from the defendants
greeted the appearance In the courtroom
of sixty red, blue and green cuspidors,
which were put into immramw
Mary ElizabelS
Tells Howi
"Mary Elizabeth" E$
began her career bv maU
some candy and selling iS
her ncigiiDors- now Shc'lM
nationally famous captain-
industry. But more $M
that she is a practical patri3
She has turned her canlttl
in noon proceedings. IslinriS into War-fnnri lik'i
' In questioning the prospective Jurorr I M1UJJS lllltl ll 1UOQ latJOMM
n it,, rinv.rnitiont laid special stress or i tones With the rnthtie!?T.f
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hearty sympathy with the alms or me ,ho question of their sympatnies in me , i t vi, u . .aU,
committee and stated that, at a inu. war. ,.(aPI?r ) ? ..' ".06VeS
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pendlture. During the course nf the , Ju,Ka i,alig had ordered the cuspidors
week Just passed the committee on cap- brought In for the speVlal use of the
,tl issues of tho Federal Reserve board , accused declaring they shou d not be
at Washington had a conference with jur- tie trial. The prisoners wero
the Mayor the Conti oiler and the ho
llcltor ot the City of Philadelphia. Theso
officers expressed themselves as I
quiet and orderly throughout the after-
n'rrnatlonnl Film Hervl.p
French newspaper men found Secretary of War Baker exceedingly democratic and npproachable when
the American held a reception for them at his hotel in Paris recently. The Paris journalists asked
him many questions about wnr affairs in tho United States. The picture was taken nt the close of
the interview.
tunlly convenient date, they would
turn to Washington and go over with
Hie commlltee. Item uy item, the en
ure city budget of many millions, with
a Mew to bringing the cltj's capital
expcndltuici Into lino with the com
mittee's nollcv
"One of the very largest public scrv- i cneit uv tieorce K. Vanderveer, chief
Ire corporations of the nation, whose ac- f counsel for the I. W. W. In questioning
tivltlcs reach every village, city and veniremen ,
town In the country, nnd whose ev , "Would It take less evidence for you
pendltures are of huge proportions, baa tr) ,etUrn a verdict of guilty because
informed the committee ot tts imeniton , tl)( ooulry s m ttnr?" he asked one
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noernment aa In thz case or raim ( o "",lv'v
Chlcaga. ho wn quesuone u tUSnCb IIUU UVU1Q UIC US7aI
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ioods the Uovernmcnti
f a. III.
closely'as to ceilaln relatives who speak I
the Herman language
That the question of the right to con- trvjnrr tO COllSCrVC. Wft
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Important part of the defense was Indl- (JCllCIOUS UlSCOVCriCS arapuhJ
lished exclusively in TjJ
ucnncaior. ai
BOCHE BOMBARDMENT BREAKS UP
BASEBALL GAME AT THE FRONT
Shell Lands in Middle of Diamond Where "Dough
boys" Are Indulging in National Pastime.
All Escape Unhurt
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Willi the Anirrlrnn Ami in 1'rnnre,
.prll 4.
N KNUMV shell which Liuiled near a
ci till ri division headquarters struck
In tho center ot a diamond on which
American "doughboys" were playing
baseball. The great American g.iine
was Interrupted, but nil tho players es
caped unhurt and there were no casual
tics among the spectators
Gifts nnd good luck souvenirs were
showered upon American forces en loute
to the Plcardy front as they wero bil
leted In a famous French town Learn
ing of the destination of the Americans,
townspeople nnd soldiers gathered about
them and wished them "bon voyage"
Many of tho men spent the dav In
writing letters, and the only complaint
was regret at leaving the good quar
ters In which they had been billeted
mid
PROMINENT CLUBMEN
SERVE IN RED CROSS
San Francisco Business Men
Leave Home Affairs to Work
Behind French Lines
Tho troops vvcio In lino f.llle,
olherwlso welcomed the change.
Two other American officers have won
tho CroK dn fluerre Tho coveted deco
i.'Ulnn.H were bestowed on
Lieutenant V. It. Holmes, of .South
t'aiolinn, who captured a German hcn-
try
tho American lines
Sergeant .lames A. Murphy, who shot
n German soldier who wns nttemptlnS
to kill an American officer during n
raid
.Mrs. Frederick W. Ayer Dead
'II iHMillr, (in.. April 4 Mrs Fred
erick W Aver, ot Boston. .Mass, widow
nf the iiiultl-mllllonairn proiirlet.il s
medicine manufacturer, died hero today i France.
to submit Its budget for careful scru
tun
t "Tho As"oclatcd Advertising Clubs of I
the World are co-operating also by dls- (
couraglng advertisements that would be
npt to Interfere with the general purpose
'of tho (ommlttec I
An nrrangement hai been perfected j
w hereby" Dr .1 A V ("handler, super-
Inlendent of schools of Hlchmond, Vn .
will spend half of each week In Wash
ington for the purpose of advising the ,
committee with respect to applications'
Involving the Issue of securities for the
I purpose of erecting school buildings '
I Doctor Chandler, whose work In this
connection will be under the supervision ,
of Commissioner of Education Claxton
will have the ndvlce ot Dr George I)
Strayer, Of the faculty ot Columbia
University, New ork, who Is serving I
on the war savings committee at Wnsh- i
r lnaton. nnd also that of Lieutenant I
venireman "Do vou feel that all strikes
should be suspended during the war?
Opinion already formed as to tho
character of members of the I. W W.
seemed the greatest stumbling block In
selection of a Jury. Edward AIcCread,
of Klgln. 111. formerly a manufacturer, I
was asked by Mr Yandeiveer .
"Would you be willing to be tried by
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Hn 1'rnnH.ro. April
Three Situ Francisco club and busi
ness men will serve with the Ameri
can lied Cross behind the lines In Colonel L P. Ayres. a member of the
France. general education board, who Is now
Thoy are Lawrence W ("Larry") serving as statistician ot the General
Harris, v 're president nf the Ames. Har-' staff ot the army. This central body
rls, Neville Company. C Osgood Hooker, i will havo at Its disposal the facilities
director of the California Wine Assocla- I f the Bureau of Kducatlon through
lion and the Snrlnc Vnllev Wnter Com. ..... .i. ............
from his post and brought him to fpany. and Andrew H. Parkei, .Tr . of the I ..Thi .neclnli'zed nrcanlzatlon Ih cre
ated because of the very large number
Fidelity Anpialtal Company.
Harris, a Ran Francisco clubman who
has taken a prominent part In the recent
Ited t'ros. Liberty Loan nnd war
savlnga drives, has been assigned to the
transpoitatlon service of the lted Cross.
He will leave hero for Fiance during
the middle part nf next month
Hooker and Parker will icave here
about April 10 and will receive their as
signments when they report for duty In
nt her winter residence The body will
I. taken to Lowell Mnss.
OPPONENTS TO ATTACK , DEFECTIVE PETITIONS
OVERMAN BILL TODAY ' COMPLICATE FILING
Senator Makes Impassioned i Many of Candidates' Docu
Plea for Support of President menls May Be Rejected in
and Enlarging of Powers i
All thiee men made application for
service In the Ited Cros.8 some months L
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came here this morning In nn official
communication from Washington.
British Destroyer Is Sunk
laitiilon, April 4. An Admlialty
statement discloses that a British tor
nedoboat destroyer was sunk April 1
ns a lesult of a collision. All on board cure(j locally.
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of school Issues and tho necessity of
dealing with them also from the cduca
Jional angle The committee Is most
'anxious to avoid, as far ns It can be
done consistently with a policy of re-
ductlon ot capital expenditures, the
impairment of tho facilities for mental
training of the growing generation i
Out of a total submitted (exclu
sive of icfundlng operations) of J66,
913,940. appioval was expressed by tho j
commute as to $46,334,940 (69.S per '
cent), and disapproval was expressed
with respect to $20,579,000 (30 7 per
cent) In addition three applications for J
a total or i:.suu.uuu were suumuiea in
formally to the committee and postponed
for the period of the war. The com
mittee Is collecting data from the various
districts with respect to . applications
upon which postponement has been sc-
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"Copperheads" Face Fine ,and Prison
Sentences Cleveland Bars Aliens
From Business
Lincoln, Neb., April 4. An antl-sedl-tlon
bill has been passed by the, House
of the Nebraska Legislature. The meas
ure, which now goes to the Senate, pro
vides a maximum penalty of fwenty
years In prison and a fins of $10,000 for
persons convicted of violating the act.
The Senate passed a House bill which
repeals a law permitting school patrons
to compel school boards to provide for
tho teaching ot German and other for
eign languages.
I)i Moines, !.. April 4 By a de
cision of the Hoard of Education teach
ing of German In Deg Moines high
schools will be discontinued nt the close
of the present school year
Cleveland, April 4, Mayor Pavis has
sent Instructions to License Commis
sioner Cukr to revoke all licenses now
held by aliens and to Issue nd more ex
rent tn American citizens on the cround
that foreign-born men should not have
to sUKgest that the North Carolina Sena
tor was under a misapprehension
that If all vvar powers were not
exercised by tho President the war
would fall Senator Knox, of Tennsyl
vania, contended that the Tresldent has
authority now to require every execu
tive department to do everything to pro
mote the successful prosecution of the
war.
The Oveiman bill was laid aside after
brief consideration to pass the Liberty
Bond bill but will be taken up again
today, when Its opponents probably will
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special privileges and that most of theJ.Pen ,l,c,r utlaeK
violations of. city ordinances can be 1 ..' .
traced to aliens Ignorance or American i
laws.
VtHlilngton. April 4 Senator Over
man mado an Impassioned plea for sup
liort of and trust In President Wilson,
In concluding the opening nrgument for
his bill, which would give tho Executive
general authority to reorganize Govern
ment agencies In prosecuting the vvar.
Confusion existing In certain depart
ments, tho Senator said, makes reor
ganization essential.
"Senators have abseited that tho Pres
ident does not confer with them," he
added. "Now the President comes here
and takes Congress Intu his confidence
and they will not give him what he
asks."
Senator Overman deplored -what he
termed "hamstringing" tho Lxecutive
and, to Senators who proposed amend
ments specifically limiting acts ot co
ordination lo certain Government bu
reaus, declared such limitations would
be an "Insult" to the President and to
Rina.or Cummins of Iowa. Interrunted ' J. Miller. Clearfield, all Republicans.
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Among tne tiouso pennons niea were
Last-Minute Rush
llurrUliurt, April 4 Main nominat
ing petitions may bo rejected In the
eleventh-hour rush to file such papers
which seems to bo certain unless more
care is taken In preparing the docu.
incuts, nccoidlng to Georgo 1). Thorn,
chief clerk of tho State Pepai tment. Jn
the last few days a dozen or more papers
havo been rejected because ot defects.
W. K Tobias, Democrat, and Jonathan
Currier and AV. I. Swooper, Republicans,
filed congressional papers in the Twenty-first
District, and M. II. Ilhodes.
Democrat, Bloomsburg, In the Sixteenth
District.
Senator ,AV. C Hackett, Democrat,
Northampton, filed papers for rcnomlna
tlon, as did Senators Marshall Phlpps,
Venango, P W.. Snyder, Blair, and S.
those of Fred C. Khrhardt, Scranton,
oldest member In point ot servico on the
Republican side. He filed for both Re
publican and Democratic nominations.
Other House petitions filed were:
James J. Logan. Democrat, Tork city;
Harry S. Maclt, Republican. Pottstown,
Fourth Montgomery Fred A. Hell, Re
publican, Altoona, First Blair , Regnault
Jdbnson, Republican, Twenty-first Phil
adelphia ; James O. Malley, Republican.
Scrnnton. T E. Brooks, Jtepubllcan, Red
Lloh, Third York ; James G Dell, present
member from Huntingdon, Republican.
Will You Sell Your
Old Heating Boiler?
YOU can get a cash allowance on that old boiler of yours which has not
heated your house properly this past Winter, and put in (if you act
now instead of waiting until next Fall) a
The Famous "down draff9 Boiler tdhich uses less
coal, gives you more heat and requires less attention
One State official, wlien he geU his (
back salary as a result of the Statd
Supreme Court's decision on the Gov
ernor's recess appointments, will In
vert the entire amount In the third
Wberty Ian bonds.
3 HeMs Banking Commissioner Lafrtn,
and he has J4500 coming to h.lm, his
Salary running 500 a month, and It
Has been iieW UP for nine moph.
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MRS. DU PONT GOES ABROAD
ife of Rich Delaware Alan to Join
WMmington. Del, April 4. Mrs. T.
.Coleman, du Pont, wife qf the prom-
(pent Delawarean, has sailed for
'rrance. No announcement la made'
Concerning the trip, except that she
'Will devote her attention to Tied Crass
work titer. - '
Mrs, du Pont Iim been .one of the
mm! earneat worker tor tl organ!
Ulon. aflijU llowln the e ot her
home here a Place to .make
Jwiae. General du-Ppnt is irreatlvt
fcterestled tn n worlr w11' hlg w,f-
$rmm w"" w
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ny "WJ-jr .w ' JFt s
turn miawwr, wmm
y the MM .MMMW
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PARENT OF SLACKER
BACKS DRAFT LAWJ
Pacifist Allinson, Meanwhile, Is '
Branded aa a Deserter by ,
Local Board i
Chtraco. April A. When ofllclals of
local board 44 learned that Brent Dow
Allinson had Hot reported at Camp i
Grant, Rookford, Jacob Bernhelm, ,
nhal,m.n nnnniiniHl flint llA WfVtlld '
jtotlfy the Department ot Justice that
the voung naclflst. who lost a place In
,the American legation to Switzerland
pecause or his Mews, was a qeserter
A telegram also came from local
board 1L In Washington asking that
Allison be -transferred to the capital
and saying that he would be Inducted
into the service at Camp Meade, but
Mr. Bernhelm, aaid that he could" not
transfer a. registrant under conditions
present, in this case.
Whllp these developments Were
taking place the young man'a father, i
Thomas W. Allinson, head of a social !
settlement, was answering questions1
In Federal Court as a venireman In
the 1- W. AV, trial. When asked If lie
thought the selective-service law)
should be enforced he replied, "As any
e-tner law." '
BRITISH CHEER U. S.
.Somswbire In of land. April 4 A.
aI.,1 i.Hnn af Y.ltf.rl,- .ntj.i In '
Kneland waa recently giver to a detach
ment of -Americans. The American flas
W over the jown nan, wnicn aarea oac
nwo tban three centuries before rolum
i. discovered. America.
H4 ny a oanu, me Americns
iareJ- throuali the street, crowded
-4tti cmrtoc people- The Mayer and
snr jftroanh-yt cltteefui wIpouied iXt
ilaurii tftreshmeMa were served
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osNQoojf3re
III liT4- I v"" T
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jjj THC INtTSUMtNT Of OlMLITT
Pride of Possession
.w1
"IT1I the ownership of a Sonora
there is a certain degree of pride
because Sonora is
the quality instru
ment bought solelv
for its tone and
beauty: not for its
"easy payment
plan."
Fourteen superb mod
els, $50 to $1000.
dottnra Jllioitmjrapl
alcflC3rtttpmty,3iir.
Gnoiutt S BklCMrio... frinJitl
1311 Walmt St.
TheHLhet Qau Talking Machine In the Werld
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Y)OU trade in your automobile, piano, sewing
machine or. typewriter. Why riot trade in your
old heating boiler for a new one?
Increasing scarcity of labor makes it advisable
to prepare now for next winter.
Find out today what cash allowance you can
gel on your old boiler and let us tell you how
much a "Pierce" will save you next winter, in
actual coal expense.
Let our corps of expert heating engineers help
solve your heating problem.
You must act at once because we arc making
this offer for this Spring's business. Settle'
your heating problem right now. Don't stand for
another Winter of discomfort such as you have just
gone through. Let us show you how we can heat
your house for less money. It costs you nothing
to send in the coupon you are under no obligation
we simply want to give you information that
will be worth money to you, no matter how small
or how large your heating (plant may be. Fill out
the coupon and send it tocay,to ,
NEW TURK
Pierce. Butler & Pierpe Manufacturing Corporation
Dept. 6, Cor. Broad and .Race Sts, Philadelphia, Pa. Established 1839
SYHACTS BOSTON. PHILADELPnU DUOOKLYN WOBCESTtn SPRINCFIELD fiEWARK BALTIMORE WASHINGTON
We make a boiler for every vte.
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Send The Coupon Today
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Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfs.Corp.
epr 9, for. llroml ami Hare Ht., l'hlUdelplijs, Vn.
The mike of my pre.ent boiler i. ..L. .
My hoase, hai.......... rooms. Lsit Winter I burned.. .( torn.
How much caih will you sllow we on my boiler snd how much money
en I uve with a Pierce?
Signed ..,..,..,..,, ,.
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