fBjmrr-v Tjspp )' 1 ,-- I if' if i V . ; it h i: 6. 2 4 SOLDIERS FLEE ARSENAL PRISON V- tAllegcd Deserter's Escape uy xwisung window Bars THIRD ATTEMPT OF ONE Police and , Military Search .4 , City for Men Who Left Camps Four soldier prisoners, detained na Alerters from training camps, escaped from tho guardhouse of the Frankford .Arsenal carl today by twisting tisldo m, window bar. They nro till at larBO nd aro being sought by the police und Military details. Three aro rhlladclphians. Tho men, all privates, are: Joseph Marker, C126 Malcomb street. ltltli Infantry, formerly the Sixth Hegl ment, N, O. P., Camp Hancock, Pa. George 31. Trice. 6665 North Bight ehth street, S12th Field Artillery. Camp Meade, Md. Joseph IUrber, 6779 Frankford ave nue. 111th Infantry. Camp Hancock, (3a. George J. White, of Connecticut. 106th Field Artillery. Camp Wadsworth. H. C. Marker Is tho supposed ringleader In the escape, this being his third success ful attempt In two months, lie was ar rested two days ngo and was sent back to camp to face trial. Two months ago. with a companion, he fled from the camp und camo to Philadelphia, walking the greater part of the distance. While being returned to the Georgia camp ho eluded tin guard and again came here. He was arrested last Wednesday by District Detectlvo Prints, of the Sixty first and Thompson streets station, while driving a coal wagon near his homo. The break was made some time be tween 3 and o'clock this morning. One of the guards noticed that the bars In one of the windows had been twlbtcd apart and pounded an alarm. A search of the grounds and the nearby neigh borhood failed to reveal any traco of the, missing, soldiers, and the police wr appealed to. Flyers were sent to every police station here and to headquarters in nearby towns. , The guardhouse is located some dis tance from tho eight-foot wall which surrounds the arsenal, and after free ing themselves from the guardhouse, the men sneaked (juicily across the grounds and leaped over tho wall. Authorities at the arsenal are unable to understand how the men managed to cross the lawn undetected, as th stars and moou wero bright at the time of the escape. They are conducting on Investigation. FRANKFORD HOSPITAL DRIVE GAINS $58,000 Two Members of Board in Gen erous Offer, Bring $100,000 Goal Within Reach The Frankford Hospital has completed the third lap of a five-day drive for 1100,000, to be rnl&ed by tomorrow, with J38.00O to its credit. Two members of tho Hospital Hoard have announced they will give dollar for dollar, for all money raised to com plete tho drive. This, tho hospital au thorities feel, easily assures 'he drlveV success. A request has been made by the T- nit od, States Government, that sevcnty-flvo extra beds be Installed In tho hospital for use of soldiers and employes station ed at the Frankford Arsenal. Forty graduate nurses of tho Institution arc pledged to Instant response, should the need arise at any hour of day or night. The hospital's campaign headquarters at 4483 Frankford avenue, are In charge of Miss Annie Bancroft f'onshalnc, di rector general of tho drive. T. Conily Hunter Is campaign treasurer. An ex ecutive committee, headed by the ltev. B. Laird, as general chairman, Includes Itobert Lewis. Kmmett, O'N'clll. T. Comly Hunter, Thomas Crelghton. V. L. Degener, James S. MeMastcr. Mrs. Isaac Schllchter. Daniel It. Greenwood. George S. It. Wright. John A. Qulnn. Allen M. Stearne, S. W. Kvans, Jr . II. S. Ilornci man, Itobert I Sheppard, Charles J. Itussell, 'Howard" George, William .1. Carroll, John J. I Merget, Thomas .1. Kagan, Joseph 31. Smith, 'Georgo J. Campbell, Kdwin Hulley, A. K. Margeri wn, George It. Schweitzer. William Bateman, C. K, Outtcrson, John Side botham, Charles II. Uutton, C. Grant Lucas. Howard George Is chairman of tho business men's division: James Me Master, chairman of the factory em ployes' division, and Mrs. George It, Croft, chairman of tho homes' division. 'ACCEPTS $5 FOR EGG HE SAYS WAS STOLEN Daiiry Manager Vainly Seeks to Let Humun uu 111 xww York Suit Xw York, April D. Tho trial or Mrs. Emily Weigart for the theft of an egg valued at four cents will go on. An attempt was made yesterday by Louis Elsenberg. manager of the Bronx dairy from which the egg was eald to have been stolen, to withdraw the complaint. He said Mrs? Weigart, through a neigh bor, had sent him K stneo he preferred the charge, and that In accepting It he had given her u complete release. "Why did you take that much money!" demanded Justice Herbert, one of those sitting In Special Sessions. "Well, she really owed me more than four cents." said the eggman. "It- was more like fifty-five cents," "How do you explain the discrepancy between flfty-flve cents and $57" said tilt Justice, accepting his statement. ("Because altogether she must have cot (IS worth of goods," blurted the witness, exasperated. Somewhat caustically the Justice re minded KUenbcrg that if Mrs. Weigart owed him Hi he should have sued for that amount, and aflis the pertinent question why did he accept only J 5. Klsenberg retired In disorder and the application was denied. Mrs. Welgart's case will be heard April U. TO TEACH COAL SAVING fad Administration Will Start Con Pervation School for Consumers ''. ,mFo mora effectively handle the general oil situation a conservation division Is ,jhIb formed as part of tho Tenntyl- iwnla filel administration. Consumers wfii be taught modern methods of con- tiHtnllur coal to effect the greatest saving n4 at the same time to obtain the maximum beat unK,a. Rulings to limit the consumption of oMLl. however, win be issuea and It vir & W BffMT& I "K.'wi'l0, rLS .... .,.-!. ,. 1 nu,i,tr.rnnt. o,, K ."" ". .-,-.....v. -..- - wr reduction. .011 me, part 01 urew Wlft bo necessary. A(i-Bet Leader TXU r. Cw e i-WM"" i- . JMfU" im.MmltrtP SCOUTS' LIBERTY BELL Philadelphia Boy Scouts tonight will take tho above mlninturo Liberty Bell to more than 100, 000 homes. The distribution is to be made in tho interests of the third Liberty Lonn cam paign, which opens in Philadel phia, tomorrow. The bells, which are made of cardbonrd, will be hung over doorknobs. MECHANICS CALLED FROM 6 MORE STATES Order Issued Mobilizing Skilled Tradesmen at Training Camps WaaliillKtutl, April .1. Draft icgistrants fran six States Massachusetts. Connecticut, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas will bo added to tho growing army of skilled mechanics tho Government Is training In the schools of the country for service In France In un order of Provost Mar shal General Crowder today. This mobilization, the second under the plans to train thousands of drafted men for special work, will be for 2825 men, who w'll ho assembled between April 15 and May 1. Thouo in tho first school started to camp today. "Tho men selected for this service will receive a two months' courso of training, fitting them to s-rvo in army positions requiring knowledge of auto mobile driving and repairing, black, smithing, carpentry, tlnsinlthlng. sheet metal work and other duties Incident to work at tho front and behind tho lines," General Criwder said. The Connecticut men. numbeting 480, will be sent to Parker Memorial School, Wentwortli Institute, Huston. Mnssa chusetts's 250 will be tent to the Went wortli Institute. From Michigan, SI' 9 men will go to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and to the Senrs-Koehini; Y. M. C A.. at Chicago. Kentucky's quota of 44t! will bo trained at the Hotel Metropole. Indianapolis. Missouri will send 900 to Washington riilversity. Jul Alal Building. St. Louis, and the Iowa Ag ricultural College. Texas men num bering 350 will go to Texas A. and M. College, at Austin. BIG OUGAN KEADY POIl USE Aycr Memorial in Camden Church to Be Played April It The new organ of the North IJaptist Church, Camden, the gift of F. Wayland Aycr as a memorial to his wife, who died nearly four years ago, will be Used for tho first time on Sunday, April 14. Mrs. Ayer was for many years a devoted and active member of the church and was deeply Interested In all- depart ments of work. The organ Is the largest in all South Jersey. It was built by the Haskell Company, of Philadelphia. It embodies 1 all the best of the organ-building art j r.uvnHThn? f,cho organ and a full sei of chimes. both of which add Immensely to the, quality and effectiveness of the Instru- ment. The old organ was remoed from the church ten mouths ago, and it was mood prominent auctioneers. Is dead In his home at Klrkwood. He was Justice of the peace for thirty-five year?, a lead ing Democrat, and delegate, to a number of county conventions. He was tho old est past master of tho Masonic Lodge In the district. Seven in Home Defenders Steps were taken by Director of Pub lic Safety Wilson yesterday to Increase the number of men available for police duly by swearjng In twenty-two cnptulus and lieutenants of tho Homo Defense Reservo as reserve policemen. Thes were the first uf 2200 members who will Iih formed Into bilgados for emergency duty. COAL MINERS' STRIKE Fifty Thousand Men Threaten, I to Quit Work Unless Wage Increase Is Granted Iiulioii, iu., April 5.- While the Gov ernment's representative at the conven tion of the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 2, U doing all In his power to prevent the coal miners taking action that" will result in a strike of tho CO.000 men in this district. Indica tions arc that the convention now- In session will soon Insist upon an Increase of wages und will strike If tho. operators again reject their demands. The policy committee of the organlza- tlon was In exccutlvo session today for the purpose of formulating a reso-1 lutlnn wl.lMi will emho.1v the d.m.twl. ......... -. ( 01 tne miners. Durinc the early hour of the ronven lion cuo poucy comnim reported tiift action of tho operators In refusing their demands for on Increase of wages and also told of what itiey found among 'the reports In tho possession of Fucl Ad ministrator Garfield. John M. White, former president of tho International organization of miners, but now representing the Government", 'n nddreldng the miners ruld the agree ment In Washington months ago was still In effect and that the miners should do their part and stand by their acree- SSL": SIB&JMIS the Mirtfment ezpresesd was that the de. " liwue ii .ui iiiii iviixrm.uii be tigaln put in form of a resolution and adopted by the convention. That demand was for an advance of twenty cents a ton, II a day extra for all Inside and outside laborers, except boys under eighteen years old. who ure to receive on memos of flfty-flve cents lMK,J.f ,mw will prop-' 'm il . m. 9. mnnf until ,trr -- -"" w? - &' 1 . inVtTledat :ii bv Christmas but wSr I v , 0f Urn churar.ter costs a great deal more c t' BUlclde -arly lust .Ncnlng She i J "'"Vennsvl anl,, 'U"1 '''y C""tlt'd coi,sJWed:ffia& !-nIfnS took tho car from the Wyoming Garage. 1 'specially such a bad winter us tin last n,yuvm,olBoni " ry vanln U New York, with 4 1.898 cn- liinpiifclir tirtinnepp la nearl , where he had been employed, and after , one. , T, attempt, it is heliexed, wax made ' -Jmen i-. Other States with largo en' IJincasler AUCllOIteer IS Head enjoying a rldo about the city. left It I Mr. Denman feds that these f'''-' hl ',i,e olllco of Charles V. Kaby. who Ustments ar.. Illinois, 8.507 : Mnssu- I.niiis.lrr, April S. Simeon Swisher. I at the Motor Service Garage. When ' ments reflect upon him und asked chair- ,v t,er uttornov in .1 breach of pi-omlse I cIium"11, l!).20o : rcxas, ia.01'2 ; Indiana, a retired farmer, und one of the cninif' . he rcit!eri tt,r luf.r t,n .,u ..-...k,r..i r.M..i.d.. rf ,, ii,..,rtne. ulilch was ' .,,., .i,t,-i, kfi,. hmulit nenlnsi Met'- I lo,.t,i0, and Missouri. 1G.300. !&., mt- . ; jtt EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERr-PHILADELPHIV, FRIDAY, I or vim a nm nvni CM A AT REJECTED BY "DRYS" Vare and Penrose Choices Turned Down for Lieu tenant Governor ASK ATHERTON TO RUN Committee Is Appointed to Pass on All Candidates for Congress und Legislature The "do"' organizations, meeting U Harrlsburg, have rejected both Con groman John I!. K. Scott, tho Vnro offering, and Senator K. K. lleldleman. the Penrose choice, for the Uepubttr.nn Humiliation for Lieutenant Governor Vo substitute was selected by a vote of tho organizations, but Thomas II. Atherton of Wilkes-Harre, was prominently men tlowd and will be urged to run. The question of tho lieutenant gov ernorship camo up at a meotlng after tho question of candidates for Governor , on the various tickets was left to the party members of tho "dry" organlza- I tlons. ItepuhlluJii mombers will lndorso a i candidate for tho Republican nomina tion and Democratic members will In- dorse a candidate for tho Democratic nomination. The organizations rcprc-, sented were tho State Grange, Dry Federation, State Anti-Saloon League. Woman's Kurtrage party, tho Intercol- ; leglato Prohibition Association and eev- , cral minor "dry" organizations. j Tho Dry Federation delegates were structod to Indorse State Highway , Commissioner J. Denny O'Nctl for tho, Republican nomination for Governor, i but the other oiganlzatlons wero unln-1 structod und the matter was left to the party member committees. A committee of seven members to pass on behalf of the "dry" forces on all candidates for Congress and for legls-' latle offices was named. Judge W. 1. I Porter, of Xcw Castle. Is chairman of, this committee. Tho other members aro I Dr. John Itoyal Harris, president of the dry federation : Assemblyman J. W. i Vlckerman, IMIevue, Allegheny County ; . Dr. C. S. Swift, Philadelphia ; Dr. D. 11. i P. Prugh, Hurrlsbuig, chairman of the' prohibition party ; tho ltev. Father J. J. Curran. Wllkes-I3arre; Ilyron A. Walker, Erie, and Mrs. Leah Cobb Marlon, liar- ! rlsburg. Representatlvts of tho various organl-' zatlons present at the conference were Mrs. J. Claude Bedford, Media ; Fred Brenckman, Harrlsburg; Miss KHa Broomell. Harrlsburg; Krnest Claypoot, Harrlsburg; It. M. Day, Washington. Pa.: J. W. KUenberger, Harrlsburg! Albert Gladls, Vnlontown : the Rev. Dwight C. Hanna, Philadelphia: Carl 11. Johnson, Philadelphia ; Kllstia Kent Kane, Kushequa ; the Rev, Harvey ICllar, Harrlsburg; Mrs. Leah Cobb Marlon. Harrlsburg; the Rev. J. Uradley Marli "". iiuiriiuurit; jonii .. .ic.parren, j Fumlss: Le N. Mitchell. I'unxsutaw- ney ; tho Rev. W. Scott Xevin, Narberth : I Dr. D. 13. P. Prugh, Harrlsburg; IT. L. , Robinson. Uniontown ; Charles L. Hus ton, CoateMille ; W. T. Creasy, Cata-' wicsa : B. S. Scott. Pittsburgh ; Mrs. Ulla ' M. Georgo. Reaver Falls ; tho Rev. C. F. Swift and the Rev. Homer W. Tope, I Philadelphia ; 11. J. Tuttle. Wellsboro ; ! tho Rev John Watchoni, Philadelphia. ' USED OWN AUTO TAGS ON STOLEN CARS, CHARGE j flien German Garage Employe. tier Arrest. Admits Theft of M-i- ,.t,ir,o, r. 1- c. cninco. loll, e bay Ta-Wne out automobile licenic tagt ' in mi" own name ana putting them on stolen machines Is the unusual chaigu made' aga.nst Gerhard T. Xecker. thlity- t-n nim .,A ....! 41 ... four years old, an alien German, of Arch and Sickles streets, arrested laht night by Acting Detective Hopkins, of the Branchtown station, on Information given by L. Ii Brooks, 4041 North Mor- vine street. Ntcker was held In $1000 I ball for court by Magistrate Pcnnock :ytath7fM,"rdeZrc3ucoumi'11a'o Brooks cald that when ho went to 'time, laboi and cipentcs coulil liaM. the Wyoming Garage, on North Broad , been effected. street, to get his machine It was noil To .i.i8 neinv they hae tiltrlbmed a there. Later It was found at the Motor, car Service Garage, North Flfty-tlfrti I Different kinds of motorcar keys were taken from his clothes after his arrest. He sultl ho had removed the license tags from tho muchlno and replaced them with his own tags taken I nhls own name. Dr. Gummere to Leave Kavcrford Dr. Richard Mott Gummere, assistant ' to the president and associate professor , ot i,atm ai tiaerrorn chosen headmaster o Charter School, this city, will sever his connection with Haverford this week. , He will devote some time to work for the boys' working reserve, under the public safety committee. ' SPR0UL GETS BOOST 1 administration, accorumg 10 im "- FROM BUSINESS MEN'sKKK YSiT" fucl I Plans for a gigantic project for the " ' " Unn.miMlnn of electric power from the Candidate for Governor clared to Be Man of the Hour in Present War Crisis Declaring that State Senator William C. Sproul, of Chester. Is the "man of the hour" in Pennsylvania, leading business men of this city and vicinity ure today pteparing to support his candidacy for the gubernatorial nomination through organization of the Pennsylvania Patrlolio Union. Election of otllcers and a declaration of principles for the organization were 1 disposed of Thursday when the business men met at tho Transportation Building. Senator Sproul, the' declaration of p,, ,""es Ba?8' la t" man who mectB All flirt rnii rmjiMta ' i.i.. . . I'." " "W OI mis crisis 11 ITIBIM m , nlllorv 0( XUt gate I nation. Th union takea thn nAuiitAn J that the woh Ik the ono urfht business "i uie country und that all minor Ib sues should give place to the patriotic endeavor to choose candidates for Gov ernor and other Slato officers, repre eiitatlves Irt Congress and members of the legislature who will conduct the affairs of tho nation and State "to the end of our best patriotic- Interests In a buslheisllke and efficient way." FJRE DESTROYS WOOLENS ,Flnme8 nd Cau" 000 Dam. oge to Manoyunk Mill Woolens valued at $!000 were de stroyed early today by tire In the three- ii0lJVl2ne II11 Mck ml" of nichard Hey & Bon, blanket and woolen manu faoturers, Main and Seville street's, Man ayunK The lire originated In the cord room Wa extinguished' w ihout .nrtuV,.. ;2 i,v,,,Mfc "i.i. mw wiener room, ipe nre m . - . . --' - t"---bi oiner parts r. me uont. the oil f tom. aay. biB caued to-water. ,7 ' . Jht . j- - fftttijs- WORKERS IN $100,000 FRANKFORD Fifty-eight thousand dollars has already been subscribed in the campaign of the Frankford Hospital, duo largely' to tho energetic work of tho board of trustees, shown above. In the front vow, left to right, me George S. It. Wright. Emmett O'Neill, tho Rev. John B. Laird, Robert Lewis and Thomas Crcighton; back vow, left to right, Daniel R. Greenwood, Junius S. McMastor, Nathan Hall, Miss Lillian E. Wilsey. F. L. Degenor and John A. Quinn. DEN1IAN TO EXPLAIN HOG ISLAND DELAY Former Chairman of Shipping ! Board Appears as Witness in Senate Probe HO i Stay Correspondent M',..Mnrl,HI. April William Denman. former chairman or 1 ..,,, statcs mwlne Hoard, to- "' "''" 'T,,1'0 ,, r lM Tho ""' L,,1,ed Slatcs hnl "l"B. .".' ."'' "W'l olllce In .Now- U, Tho day appeared as a witness before tin. j 0i,jcot f tho organization Is to de- sv.:,tn Coinmerco Committee to cspiain ..r ..t.,., . i, r me rciiauiia iwi "- ." -- months In the negotiations with the Am tiican International Corporation for building tho 120 fabricated ships for the Government at Hog Island. m,. oomnun noneaicd nt his own re- .',..' i .ink.i a full explanation to tho wo mont s ' a thorough ycnate committee, wuicn lor i, no i.., i Miiriiirod In making invnetic-iiinn of tho Hog Island of tho Hog Island ship-'" remainder of the shipping , . , yard and the board's progtai Georgo J. Ualdw In. senior director of the American International Corporation: Mr Connlck, chief engineer lit the Hog Island plant, and other ofliclals of the American International Shlpbuldlng oi poratlon. have laid much stress In their testimony before the committee upon the limn that was lost last summer In award. lug the Hog Island contract, The Hog Island oniciais na it- nont,,llv tmm-i-ssed upon the comniuicc Un-!that between the time when they began to npgotlnto with Chalrmai Denman and the time that the contract was Hlgned. three most valuable months were ,-... t .t I... ..rfl..l,1u r.f tlw. hlii- ... ' i .i ,...Vj .-i.nnMlhl for the d- l!M"fc . . - i .1.-. ...t... .,. , rTM... !...,. Inulufrtil lliflt WllPll 111P prepared 'their contract and figures they expected the contract t'ould be made mid work started at once, bul that the Indecision of tho shipping board caused tho loss of thrte hummer months whe.i much work could have been done. Had the shipping board not caused this ,.. .1... II..,- lulnn.l rvfUftiit lull. n M- delay, the Hog iHland ofliclals hii- as ccrtt'i three months' more work co'.ud live been dono on the yard before cold considerable portion of tho oxccssAc 1 man granted today. GREAT ELECTRIC TO CONSERVE . - if I...II.1I lir. (Kifil tiuii'llIUn U'firi; . .. 11,1 Caii 1 ,, Lti-n t 11 ft I v ' Toiiw.eXjwili Be Located Near Mines, to Save Hauling, and L"'"1.lam re"nl r.-n 0 1 All T,1cf,.;ns mi Conhniivrl Will OUpiJJ XT.J1 x.iuucvi.v- v.. ., , According to Potter's Designs Till; greatest constitutive step In the. Federal fuel conservation program for this section of the country Is today be ing planned by authorities of the fuel De-im" "r high-voitacc wires to the I Breat war Industry plants on the Aiianiic seaboard are being completed unuer uie auspices of tho Government. A sur vey authorized by Director Garlleld Is under way to determine tho feasibility of tho erection of giant electric generat ing plants at anthracite mine centers to feed communities within a radius of set era) hundred miles. Definite plans will bo drawn up at a meeting In this city tomorrow by experts from New York, New Jersey and Penn sylvania. Tho project will probably be financed by the Government. A large saving In coal will be ef fected and the railroads will bo re lieved of the burden of carrying millions of tons of coal, tho transportation of which haa worked havoo with freight facilities during the last year. Main feed lines will reach to all Industrial centers within the radius of the transportation system to be erected, which has as yet not been determined upon. It Is planned to link up the Pennsylvania system with that ot New Vorlt and other vital centers. The larger Industrial concerns will reap the main benefit from the project, but smaller manufacturers will bo enabled to derive their power from the central plants. Isolated generating plants now In operation under private ownership will be closed, and other plants will become a part of the larger ystem. The unit of the generating plants will be about 100.00J) horsepower, or about 10.000 kl!owutuMr. Potter said: "This roease will provide power for operation of important war Industries that are staggering along today because of Inability to obtain enough fuel, and at tho same, tlmo release several hundred cars for transportation of fuel to other points. "The extent of the fighting In ICurope will determine the extent of tho con servation program tihould the number of men required by the United States In France exceed present estimates. It Is likely that the scheduled production of coal may not bef maintained becausaof lMcna mutt-power, uw uiu( jogicai ALLIED INDUSTRIES COMPANY CHARTERED New Enterprise Designed to Develop Foreign Trade. Du Pouts in Board WllnilnKliin, !!., April .". Tho Allied Industries Corporation has 1 bartered "iitlc r tho la .( neta- velop, Mimuialo unu pariicipaw m mu conduct of business netween America and forelsn countries. Alfred I. 1I11 Pont Is chairman of the beard of directors und Francis 1. du Pont Is a member of tho bouid. For this renson tho corporation Iiuf been re ferred to as being one of "tho du Pont Interests." which hns allowed tho inrei once to be drawn that It was militated with tho du Pont Powder IntereMs. This. is uhcm.ii. w i.v.. """ ,,, " "nw-der hwlne '' ." ' " nig nffere;it'XUThrdri;nr tlon to Messrs. du Pont, arc i nanes i . Dickson, nUo of Wllnilngtoti : Duncan M. .Stewart, Philip Kobbo and J. Kdwanl McGnhan, cf New York, and Ucuumont Alexander, of London. Knglaml. Alllllated with the Allied Industries Corporation is tho French-American Constructhc Corpcrntlon, .irgaulzcd !.,.,,( n ,,A9r unn. f-n- the purport" nf placing the recnuiccs oi .imtnnin ,.,..- ufactiircrH at the senice oi .;... a,i American tlovormiifnts lor the te- i,ahllltat!ou of the deattcd scctloin. in France. With ii few eKceptlons. ' '- rectors of the omcerns are the "f- t!t.rriT 1 Innret anil ,uonc rvnv,., , MarlH. - Milnc Intf M'r. Koblie uml nc- .. l . . .0. , ,-, ( VlirnPHK. nf WOtlUOll ', Alexander and WMInm du r"nt "" Robert Pennlnsn. of llmlngton. Iieltif. fiUlli isw-v . ... ,, . -1" . added, WOMAN TAKLS . , I'OISON T5ij,r1tr.d Affection Relieved Account' b . ... ablo for Suicidal Attempt I.aniH-,U'r, Ph., April 5. Circum - ..,., 1., ,Vht,.h m-A invnlvril n. breach DIUIIUP 111 !' - .... of promls-o suit and several dnsneccw ful lovo affairs uio bellexed 10 have nromotcil Miss Rachel c. till gore, who beit Gansmami, POWER PLANT COAL IS PLANNED sequence will be more extensile , con servation of fuel. "I'tlllzntlim of steiuii sizes of coal at tho mines for generating electricity on a largo scale to supplement current methods of operating plunts will clfect largo economies. "'At a highly efficiently designed and operated power plant, energy can be generated at tho ratio of one kilowatt to every two pounds of fuel consumed. At somo of tho Isolated plants it requires as high as eleven poundx to generate a timllar unit of power." SOUTHERN OUTCAST DIES OF APOPLEXY , A. G. Waterman Hud Ueen Ostra cized for Answering Lincoln's Cull York, April 0. Albert G. Water man, a member of an old Virginia fum- Uy who abandoned home and friends to untwer Lincoln's first call for volunteers, ut-I.arge. and tho four candidates for yet who lived long though to teo his the Prohibition nominations for the same birthday celebrated by tho school chll-j ol!,ce" liai1 be'" '"aocl- Among men dreu of his native town of Harrisonburg. j uS. rrtrtTZ was tound dead of apoplexy In his room ticket, nccordlng to men who attended In a hotel yestvrday. He was elghty-ono the conference, wero Thomas II. Ather J'?,1? '1', , ,, , ! ton. ot Wllkes-Uarre, and W. S. Aaron, Desplto his years. Mr. Waterman was 1 nr Aitnnna. ariive 10 ine lasi, aany VlSltlllg tho lll .! t, ,,.. 11,.. 1. 1.. ..., .,,.. ..,. ........ j . , .iuihiu iinru- waro Company, of which he was treas- urer, ana taning an ucttvo Interest' In I The central committee 011 State candl varlops movementfl calculated to speed, dates lb coposed of W. H. Porter. New up the war and add to (he comfort of tho! Castle, chairman; Dr. John Jtoyal Har men In tho camps and ut the front. rls. Pittsburgh; John W. Vlckerman. Ilecause of his loyalty to tho I'nion In 1881, Mr. Waterman was un outcuit In his' old l)ome. Once on a visit there he was compelled to hide to escape per sonal violence. A fow years ago the town of Harrisonburg named u new school In" his honor und In recognition of Ills contributions toward the ucul cause of education. In further recog nition of t)ils work the school children each year celebrated "Waterman Day" with a picnic Small Fire in Eastern I'avlng Plant ,LrB !? HU"f" ?a n tne- boiler room ( to us for nomination of Senators and of the Kastern Paving Company, Klfly. 1 legislator uiKin whom action has been Ighth street and Gray's nvitiu. when I tolcen by them who arep ledged to vote ot ashes dropped irt the woodwork. , 0pi1 worK tpv the ratification of the I'ed Kmployt extinguished tho bkug nnd pralriwtitutloiuil JnoaiUltlsn amend, the dauwKe. y slight ' Jpent ' ) - ., . . -. . APRIL 5, 1918 HQSPITAL DRIVE HOG ISLAND'S STEEL NEEDS BEFORE WILSON I Fletcher and Hurley Will! Urge Spccd-Up Order Uy H Staff ('arrcapontttitt VtiislilnKliin, April 5. The Inability of the American Inter- national Shipbuilding Corporation to obtain sue! for the ilps at Hog Island In quantities Milllclcut to keep up with their building program will be laid 1 lieforo President Wilson at 1:30 Ibis afternoon by Senator Fletcher, of Flo rida, chairman of the Commerco Com mittee, which has been Investigating; tho shipbuilding program, und Mr. tlur- llry. chairman of the shipping board. Their conference with the President I m ill iiuii-uucy ui inn uccipiuu ui mc i Sipniili. I 'fimniitt,,. Inuf Wfilm-vrlii V to ' ! huc the steel shortage ul Hog Island ! Vl up tu the Ptcsldem and urge him VrtotHy orders for its rapid "' -1 """'"ort- tlon George J. Ilaldwin. senior dliector of tho American International Corporation, told tho Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday that cisaslrous delay threat ens America's shipbuilding program be cause cf steel shortage. The Hog Irhind plant ncedi ocr SU.000 tons of i-tccl at once, lie said, und the fulluio to obtain It had cnusid over two weeks' delay on more than twenty building waja. Chairman Fletcher and .Mr, Hurley wj) ,.0w,y , ,,, j.ri.H,,cnl lls llttcr. tl0CM, t., rr-c-ummcnUatloii or Str. llald- w that absolute priority be glicn to , manufactuie of steel parts for the fab- , ., ,., ,,..., , ....., i.... i.i,.,,,! -,..i 1 V rt "M 'ppviSKSVI VAMI A 1 WmCT I'biNlNbl IA AiNI A lO J'IKbl IN ARMY ENLISTMENTS i45,l-(J Men From State Voluntarily Join Hunks During First Year of War 1 M aliiiiEtnn, Aprl ! tivclxo muiilhh of th u. In tho first war ugalnst Ger many more men voluntailly enlisted In the L'nltcd .States urmy from Pennsyl vania than from any other State In the I nlon. Slmo vuir was declared a jcur ago Four thousand five hundred vnluntur. Uy enlisted from Wlfconsln. Arnold Daly to Hoost Loan Arnold Daly, among noted players, is one of tho leaders to publicly promote the Liberty Loan. At the Ilroad Street Theatre tonight, between the second and third acts of hln play, "Tho Master." Mr. Daly will mako an appeal on be half of the third Liberty Loan. .ii,- VnM. vi. ....... i-i:i 1, .governing appropriations or an aiate .Major otum, A cteran Mil or, Dead fnds. This outlines my position on thn Lnlitmhlu, Ph.. April S. Major Joseph W. Yoiium, editor of tho Dally Hpv, died , this motnlng in his resilience here. He j whs 75 ytars old, a prominent rttlr.cn utmw uiii-ikvi .11111 veierail Ol lllc U1VU Wur. 0'NEIL IS INDORSED ! BY DRY FEDERATION' Central Committee Appointed to Pass on Candidates for State Oflices lUrrUburg, Tu., April S, Tho Dry federation of I'cnnsylvunla has announced that a central commit I teo had been named to pass on all can Idldates for State offices. It is tho Idea In Indorse "dry" candidates on all three J leading State tickets this full. . J. Denny 0'.'cll has already been In dorsed, and yesterday the federation an- V?. ,T. .' ' L' ?"'"" ' TIim InrlnrKemftnt rtt Uf-latnHt-,. mhji I . T :-. .' .- " .unu,. dates win 00 111 cuargo of committees named tome time ago at Pittsburgh i Itcllcvue ; Dr. C. F. Swift. KUte supor- lntcndent Anti-Saloon League, Heaven ur. ij. r. iruBii, iiarnsuurg, prohibi tion State chairman ; tho .Rev. J, J. Cur run, Wllkes-Darre ; Byron A. Walker, Krle, and Mrs, Leah Cobb Marlon, Har rlsburg, secretary, The campaign committee of tho Antl Saloon League gave out the following resolution. I "That tho Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon 1 League Indorse the action of all local und county organizations, which up to this date have Indorsed the candidacy of J. Denny IVN'ell for Governor! and 'WO UIDU IIIMUIW HID V.llt'J we aiso. iiiuuioc- inp i-uuuiunies reporter. Friends Malta Strong Appeal for Liberty Loan An appeal to all mentis through out tho Third Federal Hesrrvo Dis trict to make tho third Liberty Loan a success Is urged In a letter 'jelns sent out totny signed by Ed nund Webster, Gtorgo K. Johnson, rtorrls L. Clothier nntl Rowland" CTomly. Tho letter follows: "Dear Friend As thee Is, of out so. fully informed, tho cam-mm-n to sell and distribute tho him Liberty 1U Ioi' cent Loan will start on tho Otli inst. "In view of tho vital importance of this loan and that It bo quickly tntl fully subscribed, wo liavo taken lie liberty to address this letter to hoe. with the liopo that theo will exercise such luflucnco an may bo n thy power and assist In this uiv prtaklne to acrompIWi the end 'esncd by the Government of ths 'nltetl States, "Wo bcllovc this effort tihould omm.ind the most serious conshl--atlon of all Friends, and It is our cllcf that tho co-operation of 'ri6nds In lending tho fullest assist mco they may bo nblo will place ur society with respect to tho iir. -rcgato subscription In tho posftlon i which It should properly stand." GUFFEY DECIDES HE'LL SEEK GOVERNORSHIP J i Pittsburgh Democrat An nounces His Candidacy on a Win-the-War Platform I Pltthburcb. April 1 Joseph F. Guffey hns announced him, seld as a candidate for tho Democratic i nomination for Governor of IVnnsyl I vanla, also putting forth his platform i with tho winning of the war and tho utmost support of President Wilson as u,P man Issue of the times; declaring himself for tho ratification of the pro hlblti'on amendment, for woman suf frage und the reorganization of tho charltlen and other departments ot the Slato Government. Ills statement fol low s : "I am a candldato for tho Democratic nomination for Governor of Pennsyl vania. To my mind the dominant pur pose of our people Is to win the war, and how to do that Is tho paramount Issue. To that end. if elected, I will endeavor to the utmost to placo at the disposal of the President the pnyslcal, mental nnd financial resources of the great Stato of Peunsyltiinla. I stand un qualltiedly for the progresstve and con structive policies of Woodrow Wilson, as I havo consistently douo at all times since he became Ccvernor of New Jcr fcey In 1910. "Hecogntzlng that wo face- crietnled no less at homo than abroad, I would, if elected, favor the Internment of all dis loyal persons and enemy sympathizers, and, to far as Pennsylvania is con cerned, put an Instant end to enemy plotting and propaganda. "1 favor giving women the vote. For many years I worked for that cause, and If elected will do all in my power to make woman suffrago au accomplished fact In Pennsylvania. "I favor the Immediate ratification by the Pennsylvania Legislature of the na tional prohibition amendment. 1 havo consistently fought ugalnst the liquor nomination or tun Ktato tnrougii 1110 Penrose machine. I cooperated w Ith the . candidates of our party In their sincere , light for local option li 1SI4. when they were opposed by the friends ot liquor. wno now secu to continue us control oy methods which then unhappily suc ceeded. If elected 1 shall uso all the power and Influence that 1 legitimately cm to bring about the prompt adoption of tho prohibition amendment. On nil other national questions my attitude will ho controlled by wartime necessity and national need, always adhering to my pledge to stand by tho President. "If elected I vwii insist upon a com plete reoiganlzatlon o( the system of appropriating funds for State charities and will absolutely oppose the perpetua tlon of the present practice ot using so ciety's unfortunates as pawns for polit ical advantage. "I favor tho fullest development und enlargement of tho harbors of Pennsyl vania, with liberal Ktato aid for this purpose. 1 favor a liberal road policy, with co-ordinato development of the State highways, benefiting all sections of the 8tatc, the cost to be defrayed from current revenues. If elected I will give the State an economic, efficient, business administration. This pledge I will make etl'ectlve by Introducing n budget system ' essential issues or the campaign, as l ' view them. As tho campaign progresses ' It will be my purpose to amplify my ' attitude on this and other questions af- I ieciinc mc i-uiiiihuiih i-aiiu uuu us nco- pic. PUGH ASKS SPROUL TO FAVOR DRY STATE .Prohibition Leader Says Sena- tor's Anti-Liquor Views Are "for Votes Only" tlurrlnliurc, April 5. U. K. 1 VujVh, State Prohibition chairman. Issued a statement hero attacking Senator Wil liam C. Sproul as a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. Mr. Push tald In part: "If wo read tho signs of the limes aright tho peoplo of Pennsylvania aro de termined upon prohibition of the liquor trattlc. Tho astute politician always has ear to tho ground to hear the sounds of the coming deluge with tho liopo of riding the flood Instead of being en gulfed. We have been wondering if that Is not the case with Senator Sproul In his cumpalgn for the Ilepubllcan nomina. tlon for Governor. "Ill all the Senator's past political his- 1 iuijt iits hub ueen uneu up witn 1110 pen I rose machine and the liquor traffic He , Is tiumerotlnlv rf-Ar,!r1 l th. i.iM',n.i.. J-."-", -.----;""- nimaum '",' " i-nnnyivnia as voting to I !'iea iIoc.a' Prohibition laws. As late re- the last session of the legislature he voted against the bill in the Senate to suspend browing and d'stllllng for the period of the war. Is It tn h nnrni,, at that friend of prohibition are skpetl ca of his pretensions to be In favor of national prohibition by way of the amendment at tho present moment? .!m A'ft. sPT,yj,"y wonts the liquor trufllc killed, lot him make an lmmed ate and emphatic pronouncement for tho enactment of a Htto-wlA prohibition law us one of the first Jets of the In" coming. Legislature. if he does thi. then 'devoted temperance people' will be gin to think that he Is not simply a po c!in who Is afraid of dying on a pel Ileal cross at- tho nest election and his past political sins to bo repented of. PS1'?!?'. '? cas,hfs Js elected Governor but that lie really has been converted Ui a" lie'fortn .L round allgnea with 1 he forces that place' moral laluea first on the political calendar a "KfJ. Wde prohibition bill will Wqulro the Oovfrnor'a sgnarure tt make: lit law - k. .1. . ." ROW PROMISED T0DJ3 IN SMITH BOND PR$ .. - I Vnre Councilman's Demanii for Specific Charges OnrjosMlI by Independent t&fl 1 NOT COURT T III A 1 Insist Innuirv Based on nSJ - - --- -.uiupua voiiiiecting wiayor With Out sido Interests A stormy road Is predicted for nT probo of Mayor Smith's bonding coj" necuous ami ot nuegeu favorlsm shim certain municipal contractors, by n3 uers 01 councils rommHtco on munlifl pal affairs. Tho first hearing l3 lch' uieu tor late tins afternoon and a ro "T 1 I is promised. 1110 principal uitom m tiio Conu5 versy, that Is expected to delay If ti ultimately prevent nny comprehend luuuu, urn vrcu icnwarz. vare Com! mnii councilman from the Forty-fifth Wurd, und Charles H. Von Tn, 3 df'tjondent member of Commun Council from tho Forty-second Ward. The latt Is father of the plan to Investigate aol Chairman Schwarz, head of the Vat majority In the committer thoi 1! counted on to protect tho Mayor's In. Schwarz, before tho meeting .J said that he would demand that rw1 clflc diaries be innrto In u'rlhn- ..! the Mayor nicl contractors doing bu2 ties w Ith the Thoma-" II Smith c puny. 011 Tupeii insists that tho res, lutlon authorizing the committee to act meiely proposes un Inquiry and not court trial and was introduced with 1 view to finding out the truth or falsltj of rumors connecting tho Mayor with outside Interests. The committee has power to summon and sw-fiir witnesses, and among those who Von Tagen wynts called are th various firms that havo helped during uic i.ini. lu jMin iu t'ii mo lay&rj bonding business from 17 to 70 per cent of the total nf the municipal buelnesj done along this line. This would ini elude tho calling of Senator Vare asl an ot tile Detier-Known contracting con), panics doing business with the cltr. ! Chairman Schwarz, In outlining M objection to proceeding with an Inquiry) which he says Is merely "a fishing eii pedltlon." declared that somo spcclSf reason must be given before ho will bj a party to a lengthy investigation thif ho believed will lead to nothing. Final action on the first of tho troublesomf questions will bo taken by the con.3 inlttuo beforo the close of business to? day. AGE LIMIT LOWEKED i FOR TRAINING SHIPS Boys of Nineteen May Now Enlist for Service in U. S. Merchant Marine i John Frederick Lewis, loral cliltf ot the recruiting service of the United, States shipping board, 1US South Fourth, stieel. announced today a loncrlnj f, tho age" limit for applicants for enroll, ment on Government trulnlrut i-hlps foe the merchant marine. Heretofore twen? ty-ono years was tin' minimum act it which apprentices were accepted. SifftJ juuiik men nt- young a" nmeieen are eligible. This decision on the part ot the hh'ppltiK board Is expected have I sweeping effect on recruiting for, the new merchant marine. " William 11. Itlcc. chief enrnlllnr of.i fleer fur the training ship Calvin Anl 1111, lying 111 vine street pier, aeciarNt yesterday that 10 per cent of the me' who applied for training on the vesiel; had been rejected UVcause of tho h'rt ' age requirements. These men Mill be" notified as far as Is possible of !! change in the regulations, so that they may return to heailnu:irti,rH n Hia mah lloor of tho Bourse for re-exanilnalloit The dltlli'iiliy encountered in rompletlnt the Austin's full complement of 400 o pi-fiuiceH is now Diiievcd tu iiuvo Bees eliminated. J The fact that young rnon who appl? ui I'AciiiiHcu rrom tne oraii nus proves ui .iiuiiciivu leaiure et tin- Druncii 01 uie servict . OLNEY GARAGE OWNER HELD FOR AUTO THEFTS er - . . -. 'I iwu uiiicr men Arrested on unargt of Stealing nntl Disguising Cars vv ith tho arrest of Albert O. lUrry twenty-seven years old. of Tenth atd Duncannon streets ; Max Zlcgler, twent 0110 years old, of Chew street near Seventh, nnd Charles Licnbuch. twcntS ..v ja,o uiu, 111 nun unci luiiicauiiuu streets, the nollco of the Front aol v cstmorcland streets station bellert iney navo rounded up part of a raw of automobile thieves- Hare was held unuer ?isuu nail hy Mugintrute wr in. while .leglcr and Llenbach were, nein unuer sinun ball, all for a furtWJ hearing next Tuesday, m The police weie notified that ant mobiles wero helng taken to Hafef garage on Llndley nvenuo where Uie Hpprurunco or tno machines was altereo. Detectives Gallagher and Graham lt: yestlguted. The urrcst ot tho three tne followed. It Is thought by the poW mm mxr uumii uniieH w'ern khiii in Eiuau I tonus in .eiv jersey I I'ENN DEBATES TONIGHT Intercollegiate Triangular Event lie; sumed After Lapse Due to War Tho lntereollerrlatn triumrnlsr dcbal after an Interruption of a year beciiw of war conditions, will bo resumed to; lllcllf nt ClthArtrtn TTnll i.n lilt nfilrmatlve team of the l'n1vcrslty,B i-ennsyivania will meet tho negai"' tjaorti rf IVshaII Til. -. ..k.ln n Via nr bated Is: "Tlesolyed. That the Ctiv'trsi ment should exerclso the power to. ' ririci ine expression ot opinion in j School. Is coaching tho Varsity team- jfi Owing to tho great Inroads, maa" tho student body, Columbia lawt JJW refused to enter the compcttlton. Cr nell and Pennsylvania debated. ,' team winning Its home contest Prior last eeoson Pennsylvania won the cij pionsnip iwice in succession. Atllrmatlve Charles C Parlln If Hrudle.y, '19, C. and 15. L. Noon '. 9 alternate, Mti .NKgatlve Charles I Seashnles ' r captain; John V Lewis, '20 -S X. Hurt. '20. Wh., nnil D. McCuhii. A n 11., alternate. AMERICA MAKING IIAKD 1V Dr. Rccso Says Gorman InduslWI Domination Is Gone Dr. f'h:ittR T.. Tteeiie. rhemlcul duC tor of the 13. I. du Pont du NnnSuM Company, tcfld an audience at UMy Franklin Institute last night thatgS only wero American cbcmlsts protMSjO 2000 pounds ot Indigo dally, but they were going to make all th WU dyes which the Germans said couia.l be manufactured In this country ,-3j "When the war started thero great deal of talk In the papers m the great advantage Germany h4i causa of bfr big dyo Industry,' lift fl "Dut the advantage luis gone uorf,jl we aro rpnniijg the war miu maKmgj uyes, ilo, ana vvo aro going to more dyes. "It It, not the Germans alone, irhaj niMMng powder rrom vyppd pulp,f?S uoins 11 also, ana trio puyvaer 1 f mtgitoA us tkatraje f rn catto" "r,-. :-. .' a -.- r . t-V . I ' VI ' ,. - j -.
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