Hj"Wi ipfii"'9'i"mn s ,WID0WTEACHER i would AID LOAN fa Offers Rings to John Wan- amaker for Cash to Buy Bonds SACRIFICE IS ACCEPTED Merchant Agrees to Dispose of Jewels Patriotically Given by Woman One of tho most touching stories of th Liberty Loan campaign was brought, to llelit thW morning In tho licndnuarlcrt of tho Women's Liberty lxian Committee In tho Lincoln Uulldlmr. Tho Incident deals with n widow with two children, iBcd three and six years, respectively To provide, a livelihood for herself nnd these two children the woman Is teach ing In one of tho public schools In this city. Going to tho oflleo of John Wan.i maker today sho told hi mhow nnxtous ahe was to purchase Liberty ltonds. , "l'e never met ou," she snld "but I'm sure, as a member of tho Uo.ud of Education, you will help mc .buy some bonds." So saying" fhe took several rliiK- from her fingers and laving them In front of Mr. Wanamaker said. "Thcso lings cost mo $1G00 several Sears ngo nnd I want you to ellsposo of them for mo that I may uso tho money for bonds t'nlcss I enn pell the rings, I won t bo ablo to do my bit for my countrv Mr. Wnnnmuker was deeply tombed by tho teacher's appeal!! nnd told her ho would tell tho rings for as laigo .1 prlco as possible Tho Xaval Auxiliary to tho ltcd Cross had received subscriptions totaling $81 -160 for tlio Liberty Loan, it was an nounced today by Mrs. I;. T Stotesbuiy, national clialrnmr of tho Nasal Aux iliary to tho ltcd Crofi. Construction of Nnval Auxiliary booths on the north City Hall I'laz.i Is iroing neliaej npidly nnd tlio booths ate to bo opened liter this week for tlio salo of Libert ltonds und as n recruiting station. This Moiling, nt tho Church of Our Mother of Conso'ntlor, Chestnut Hill, several prominent speakers will address n. 'Liberty Loan meeting- They will In clude Vllllani l'nttei, .State fuel admin istrator, John 11 Mjfcon, I'crcy Keating and Thomas S tiatcs. The t;re.it Likes Band will be present and render appro priate music Rivalry between the women s Liberty Loan house-to-house canvassers and the men who aro engaged In tho same work has resulted in steady galn3 for Lib erty lJonds of the third loan, and o far supremacy In thi lino of endeavor rests with tho women. But tlio men hao not yet been v.in tnilshtd and they liao promised to come back with a vim first results of tho campaign, begun Saturday, wero an Jiounccd today nnd show a not alto gether one-sided battle between tho rival sections, with excellent results for both Tho totat realization from tills fea ture of the campaign is $101,000 to date of which tho women secured $259,800 and the men $231,200 The men work ers, however, outstripped the women in the number of subscribers secured 23S7 inaivltlual files being recorded to their Credit against 937 for the women. It Is planned to cover tho entire ter ritory within ten days, and no house holder will escape tho Liberty Ioan dragnet set by the 15,000 or moro earn est workers of the citizens' conimittic Two thousand members of the homo Yeserves hae alo been brought Into the drive Indicative of tho lino work being done by the women, and the attraction the Statue of Liberty in front of City Hall has for bond buyers, Is the sale of moro than $450 000 worth of bonds to 33C per sons up to 4 o'clock in the afternoon One of tho outstanding feature's of tho campaign has been the work of the Jlrl Scouts, under the direction of llls i:i en Mary Cassatt Up to yesterday tho 2000 Blrls participating in tho drlo have ob tained subscriptions totaling moro than $175,000 Miss Cas,satt said tliat til girls have redoubled their efforts to get 1500.000 subscriptions to obtain an honor flag The Scouts have been doing a rushing business nt their three booths In the central section of the cltj Miss Kohn, in charge at the Bourse, ieportc-1 that she and her aides sold $38,000 worth last week, Mrs. James K Campbell, of Over brook chairman of the booth at tho Ho tel Adelphla, reported sales totaling $S2,350 for the first week. Tho booth at tho Franklin National Bank, In charge of tile National League for Women's fecrvlee. reportett $25,550 sales Saturday Mrs John Andrews Harris, Jr., chairman, said that the i celpts from the booths of the leaguo for tho first xveek totaled $55,900, the total subscribers being 309 Three subscriptions previously rcpor' cd as "anonymous" by the btorcs com mittee, under Mrs Thomas J Polm were listed as follows Kast Broad Top Railroad Company, $50,00 : Union Im provement Company, $30,000, Cranberry Improvement Company, $30 000, all to ho credited to team No. 5, Mrs. Gerald Itolsmun, leader Two more anonymous subscriptions, one of $100 000 and an other of $25,000, were obtained by team No 3, Mrs. Harry W. Harrison, leader Girls at tho Straw brldgo &. Clothier booth have reached $200,800 Tho Em ergency Aid aldea, under Mrs, Norman MacLeod, turned In $98,200, according jo Mlsa Oretchen Clay The womons district chairmen re ported that $1,500,000, had been taken In oil Saturday. Outside of central cltj . the most gratifying surprise cume In the resulta from Germamown. Mrs W U Gurley, chairman, where tho women workers collected $347,150 and brought their week's total "up to $750,000, leav ing but a quarter of ii million dollars to go to complete the allotment Central city, Mrs. Paul Denckla Mills.' reported $601,900, The other totals aro North l'hlladelptila. MrH, Wllmer Krus eil $11,750: Chestnut Hill. $53,050, north rural, Mrs Charles S Wurts. $60 S00, South Philadelphia. Mrs Walter J Freeman, $JO.00O: northeast. Mrs. John TV, Mojer. $39,400: Kensington, Mrs. Jt It. f Bradford, $23,050 ; West I'hlla 'delphla, Mrs B. 1'. nichardson, $160,700. COLUMBIA TO DREDGE SUSQUEIIANNA'COAL Extensive Deposits in River Will Be Utilized Power Company Will r Take Output Columbia. Vm.. April 10 Intensive dredging operations la the Susquehanna llivtr t this place-similar to those at IWcrrltburg where n. million tons of coa( jear aro salvaged, ure expected to bo t Tport circulated eetcnlay In the w Pivyj:r 7hr.h. rimwa fcrET.-. -j t n...t, vl1l ,-rtn- nu i'wwt v v y -" he entire ner ouiyut no q W9 ueposie ui vai. OVX, KHK3 U1CK jKien FREIGHT WRECK "TENT" I SAVES BOY, HOBO-RIDER Elght-Year-OM Hurt In Reading Smash Engine, Crew Lenps to Safety A shelter "tent" of smashed boxcars and n curious freak of good fortune saved the llfo of Stephen llrabowskl. right years old. of 1962 North Third street, when two f night trains of tho, llded Just bejond tho Third and Uerks streets stntlon Tho lad hail climbed on tlio train and was riding what tho "knights of the road' familiarly call tho "bumpers." In between the ears, with his feet on a narrow ledge After It had pulled out of tho station another train of six or eight boxcars was sldewlped by the south-bound freight Engineer Allen Hwlng and fireman James Wilkinson leaped from their cab Just before the engine struck and turned over, thereby escaping Injury Tho en gine dragged two boxcars over with It, and four moro lauded in zigzag fashion arioss the tracks In between two that had smashed together, Stephen, pale and slnken, was found by Street .Sergeant Llddy and folic, man lllllcgrnss of tho fourth nnd York ttrccts station They heard his cries, nnd, searching among the wreckage, camo upon him secure In tho middle of a tint-shaped lean-to of w reckngc Tho boy was sent to tho Stetson Hos pital suffering from scalp wounds and shock ALLENT0WN MEETS NEED FOR HOUSES Business Men Building Homes for Munition Workers $20 Allrnloun, I'm,, April 10 Itlsing superior of tho general opinion that the high price of labor nnd material prevents houe-bulIdlng during tho pe riod of tlio war, a number of Allentown business men are preparing to supply the great demand for houses for muni tion workers and otlmrs who arc clamor ing for shelter Tho Allentown Houso Uulldlng and Ilcntlng Association,, of which Martin H Strauss la president, with a capital of $100,000, has been formed Chailcs M Schwab, who Is keen on ever thing that tends to Improvement, took notice, and Vice I'resident lloberts, of the Hcthlehem Steel Company, came to Allentown, and after looking Into ttho plans of the association, took $10,000 of tho stock, with promise of moro as soon as necessity aiose Tho company bougut some hundreds of fiet of building sites und engaged former Select Councilman frank Sense bath, an experienced builder, as super intendent of eontiuetlun Mr Sen'eii baoh yesterday started excavations for thirty bouses, of the style of tho Phila delphia two-story Hat roofs, which, with ncieary Improvements, will cost about $3000 und can bo rented for J J ft a month, as against rentals that have been running up to $35 nnd hlghei. Mr Senenbuli found no dllilculty In getting tho required 1 ibor, and on the strength of his lepwt on conditions plans are going to stait a second lot of thirty houses. fnterprlso being contagious, former District Attorney 11 Gcrnerd took out a permit yesterday to build thliteen houses neaiby, wh'ch will cost about $4000. I It was stated today that a number of other men experienced" "building had held meetings (Wring th'p last week and formed the Queen City Ilealty Com pany, and they aro planning to build 100 houses on a co-operative basis. WILL TAG 400,000 DOGS State Expects New Animal Liceme Law to Protect Sheep Ilurrlxburg, April IS Olllclals of the State Department of Agriculture declare that between 400,000 and BOO.000 dogs, will ba registered in Peunsvlvanla this ear under the new law Tho high leglstratlon under tlio former law was 200,000 last car, but the strin gent provisions In tho new- law, designed primarily to got rid of ownerless dogs and protect sheep, as well as thu call of the Mate to help in enforcement, has re sulted In a larifo increase It Is believed that u substantial In crease In the 800 000 sheep reported on tin. farms of the State Ian jcar will re sult. LOCAL OPTION ISSUE IN JERSEY ELECTION Woodstown and Harrison, East Green vvich and Chester Townships Vote on Rum Local option Is tho Issue in four spe cial elertlons being held In Now Jersey today und "wets" and "drys" aro busy with automobiles getting out tho voters Thrco of tho elections are in South Jer sey und tho other is In Burlington c0un ti. Heavy voting is expected, on ac count of tho campaign carried on by both sides The Church forces assert the uso of money by brewery Interests, de splto tho contention that the breweries are lefusing to help out tho "wets The elections aro being held In Woodstown, balem Countj. which has one lone hotel, and In Harrison and I.ast Greenwich townsmps uiouceacci .uu,.- ty Tho election in uurunuiou i oumj Is lu Chester township, which takes In Aloorestown. whero there nio two hotels The main, tight Is in Woodstown. where both sides claim victory, for u month both tides have had thei- forces liusl and it Is declared that the side :. til!. ....iirni ilm uecro vote will win The Church peoplo Bay money has been used by tne uic.-o w ivfc ... necro vote and they will nsk a Grand jury Investigation Tho "wet" forces deny this and say the negroes declare they want a licensed hotel und Intend to vote for it. A rally of th'o negroes was held In the African Methodist Epis copal Church last night, wnen Bishop Boulden appealed to them to vote the town "dr " John Whlttlngton, a bari tone of Philadelphia, sang several hymns and solos. Should "Woodstown go "dry" then half of Halem County will bo "dry," and the prohibition forces say they wHl have the entire county "dry" before the year Is out. Tomorrow tho spring conference of the Gloucester County Women's Chris tian Temperance Union will be held In the Methodist Episcopal Church, Swedes boro. The union Is rallying nil of its forces from all parts of the county to attend to help celebrates the local op tion victories lu Glassboro and those that they expect to win today and to prepare for the battles yet to come. - t Electrocuted for Wife Murder IlrllcfonU. l', April IB Samuel Kd. MlHUt ! C V " rM Ufc "' WV-1 IVIW J.-TlllliCI,lf tl a r for' the jntirder'tof HW, -wife, . yer o. , EVENING PUBLIC FINLAND'S CAPITAL TAKEN BY GERMANS Formerly Important Russian Naval Base in Hands of Teuton Forces Inndan. April 16 German troops havo token Helslng fors, capital of Plnlnnd, It Is ofllclally announced by ilerlln Naval forces supported tho acrinnn troops. Tho statement reads: "After u vigorous encounter vvlili armed hands, our troops which landed In f Inland, supported by ddarhincntn of our nnval forces, entered HiNing fors " Tho Germans probably wero aecom panied by pirt of General Manner helmcr's ntitl-Dolshcvlk White Guards ulthough no mention of flnnlsh troops Is made In tho German communique The capital has been In possession of tho flnnlsh ltcd Guards for months and they hnve been accused of man atrocities. There aro many Indications tit the Dolshevlk relstnnce In flnliud Is about to collapse The Ited Guards aro losing all along the linn Germany's mtlon In preventing the Russian Holsluvlkl from sending further nld to tlulr comrades In f Inland appear to be bearing fruit. HelstngfoiH befoto the war was n thriving and rapldlv growing cltv Its population was 93 J 17 In 1900 and 147 218 In 1910 Of late It has suffered much dlstreis b famine nnd bv the dep redations of the Ilnishevlk Ited Guards As the capital of f Inland and the Itus ;.lan Government of N'jl.ind and as the world center of flnnlsh llteratun, ulu mtlon and lultuie, Helslngfors has bten an attractive cltj It was beforo tlio war n favorite summer resort It had clean, broad streets, manv public build ings und a unlveisltv of 2600 itudentH. Situated on u peninsula In the Gulf of f Inland, 191 miles west of Petrngrad, It was second only to Cronstadt as a Rus sian naval base, and was defended by the once formidable fortress of Sveaborg In tho Crimean War It was bombarded two divs and nights by tho allied licet without any Important Injury to its for tifications WORK-SAYING DEVICES SHOWN TO OFFICE MEN State-and-City Day Business Exhibits Demonstrate War Aids This Is "State and City Daj" at the Philadelphia lluslnety Show- In tho first Regiment Armorj. Tno sho w began jes terday and will continue throughout the w eek. Today especial emphasis Is being laid upon the appliances and sjstcm which are destined to play an important pilt In lessening ofllce work, thereby rcleas lug more men for war service, and also in demonstrating the various apparatus of peculiar value In tho handling of work and accounts for tho Government Among the appliances which eighty manufacturer me showing In 123 booths nie stamp alllxers, machine that will prlto1 che'eks that can't bovfalved, furniture that's Indestructible, calculat ing machines that will do live hours' work In one, typewriting machines that will perform a wide variety of work, a "school of filing," a changu maker and many other new stuntp. Tomorrow has been set npnrt for business eecutlves und purchasing agents. Thursday will bo out-of-town merchants' daj, frlday will bo another executives' day und Suturday will be open for all Inteiested RIDDEIt SUES HEKALD CO. Cartoon tho Basis of Action for Criminal Libel New ork, Api 11 10 A complaint alleging criminal libel was filed against tliv New York Herald Company todav bv Joseph llidder. of the New Worker Staats Zeltung It Is based on a cartoon published in the fvenlng Telegram en titled, .Serpents of Sedition" whlili depicted a sheaf of German newspapers being held up for inspection, among them being tho Staats Zeltung The matter will be reported to tho Grand Jurj SISTERS BETROTHED TO AIR SERVICE MEN Misses Schatte, of Swarth- more, Will Wed W. K. Yocum and L. Y. Osterlund Cupid, who recently has been actlvo among members of tho United States Aviation Corps, has scored again. Tills time tho futuro brides nro two sisters the Misses Carol and Barbara Schatte, of Swarthmorc. Their engagements were announced today. Miss Carol Sehatto Is engaged to Wil liam Kerns Yocum, of Glen Moore, Pa., who Is serving us un Instructor lu tho ground bchool of the Aviation Corps at Champaign, III. Miss Barbara Schatto Is to marry Lieutenant Loyal Voung Osterlund, who Is a reserve military aviator, "some where In france." Lieutenant Ostcr lund's homo Is In this cltj Botli oung women are prominent lu the younger social set of Swarthmore. They are the daughters of Mrs Conrad p II, Bchatte The dates for tho two weddings havo not been fixed HOLD NEGRO AFTER SHOOTING Fight Over Crap Game Ends in Woundintr of Visitor Amos Sims, twenty-one years old, a negro, residing at 1033 Uermantowu ae- nuo, ut a hearing! before Magistrate Wrlgley In tho Germantown avenue and Lycoming street poltjco station today, charged with aggravated assault and battery and shooting at two policemen, was held In Ills own recognizance for a further hearing on Bunday, ' " According to the testimony at the hearing there was a tight at the home of Blms on March 31, following a ciap game, when Sims shot Harry Holmes, thirty-two years old. of 1G14 tit. Luke's street, In the right shoulder. Smallpox Found; 500 Vaccinated Five hundred resleients of the section bounded by South Twelfth and Thlr. teenth. South und Kltiwater streets, were vaccinated about 3 o'clock this morning by Uureau of Health physi cians, who quarantined the district when ,vat pf sroallpo. wo report . Thu victim, a nesjro, was, wrenwYe. tc) h ptuniojHii noiipiiac. LEDGEE-PHILUJELPHDV. TUESDAY, GIRL ARTISTS AID i wwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmmmmmMKM 1 i KliiliBiBiBiHnfMi . A crowd that jammed City Hall courtyard in front of Ihe war infotmation booth was both enter tained nnd edified when younir women students from the Acadcmv of the Kine Arts gave them convinc ing loasom foi investing in Lilioity Honds in a henes of bright and oitglnal blackboard sketches. The i npidly made sketches weie both humoious and scuou.s, and their message was effectively carried to all. TO FLY FLAG IN CHURCH IN DEFIANCE OF PASTOR Tacifibt Minister Oulcml It Down, but Vestry Will Put It Back New lurk, pill 1C Whether their laclllsl pastor, tlio llev llcnij V rli.ui. likes It or not, members of tho vestrv and the congregation of tho Kpltuipil Church of the Redeemer In Astoil.i nro detei mined that both nn Aim rlcan and a service Hag shall be liuns in their place of worship. Attempts of his parishioners to find nnd tell him so last night resulted In their being Informed nt the rectory that the ltv Mr Urban hid left hurriedly to piy a visit to, Uls father, a retired clergjman in N'orrlstown, l'.i Dlspitlsfactlon over t lie pistor's re fusal to countenanco the least display of patriotism In the chinch (lamed Into Indignation Smutty when the Itiv M Urban ordered the removal of an Amer ican Hag whlih scveril members of the church hid hung there The Hag had been paid for b subscription and was placed In tho ehurch without the p istor's k'now ledge Hurry T. Weeks, a vestryman, an nounced that a spec lal meeting of the vestiy had been i illed "at which lome decisive action villi be taken" He de clined, howevei, to h.ij whit the vestry members havo airinged to do, but I' was Intimated a stiong.dcmand will be mado upon the p.u Hist p istor not only to permit the hanging of tlio ling in tlio chinch, but also to permit pitrlotlc meetings to be held tluie URGES BRITONS IN U. S. TO HEED HAIG'S CALL Canadian Minister of Jlilitia Ap peals to Men to Join Fight ing Ranks New York, April 1C The British and Canadian recruiting mission has made public an appeal to Englishmen and Canadians in the Unite I Kta es to imko a persoml application of field Maishal Sir Douglas llaig's special order of the day addressed to all ranks and hasten Into the service which was contained In a telegram from Major General c E. Mew bum, mlnl-tcr of mllltla. ut ot taw a "Tho call from overseas l such." s-ald tho message, "that I must nsk jou. one and all, not merely 1b 'carry on," but to do so with renewed and special vigor. Every man of military age Is needed and needed now faith must be kept with thoso who are fighting as well as with those who have fallen "May every Hrltlher and Canadian In thr United Slaves take to himself S r Houglas llalgs special order of the day and determine that It Is his privilege and duty to selzo this oppottun.ty and Join tho tanks" LITTLE LOSS 'IO TUUIT Broken Blanches Ptincipal Damage Caused to Tiecs by Stoint llarrlxburc. April 16 Lato reports on d.tmaeo eloue by the April snow In orchards of tho Stato Indicate that whllo tho harm was not as extensive as feared, as manv tri-es had not yet blo-soiued, the greatest loss will be to branches In many oichaids the weight of snow and sleet ruined trees, especially In the peach and apple belts of southern Penn sylvania. Cherry trees appeal to have suffered most fiom tho cold. IHVEIt MYSTEUY CLCAKL'D Body of Man Dt owned Last Fall Is Found Near Chester (tipster, I'n. Apt II 10 The body of Rudolph" Jensen, who had1 been missing since November 1117 has b-en found floating in Black Creek, a tilbutary of the Delawaie Itlver near this city It Is suspected that he was tho man who fell from ono of the Sun company' boats last November nnd was drowned along with another man who Jumped overboard In a rescue effort. JUSTICE S. LESLIE MESTBEZAT Member of Pennsylvania Su preme Court, whtrfs seriously HI in thla city. tSUHKI W-WfmXkn wLjHLmJmmM&JL LIBERTY LOAN WITH RIVAL CAMPS WORKING TO BRING OUT VOTERS Tomorrow Is Onl Rejjihtra 1 tion Day for Spring Prim ary Election May '21 Every effort Is bring made todav by both tho Pentose nnd tho Vitro forces, by church, suffrago und civic workers nnd by Independent politicians In the Interest of :i big leglstratlon of voteis for the coming spring primary to be held on May 21 Tomorrow villi bo the only teVlstra tion day for tho election nnd all fac tions aro hoping for a big registra tion Both 1'cnroso und Vnro workers of long standing say. however, thev do not expect an unusually big registra tion Many etlmnto that if there nro ftoni ten to twenty voters added to the lists of each division, on nn average, , the registration will surpass expectu , tlons This would mean an aildition of only 13 OOO to about '.'".000. It remains to be sien if their Judgment Is correct after tho registration tomotrow The elalni Is mado that thcio are about, ISSnon voters In the city who have not reg istered who arc eligible to do so Tho unregistered voters who are as sessed number 112 JOS, but some of these naturally have moved or other wIo havo lost the light to vote The registration llguros uio as follows- AHpfRfil nnd llld Sol V ite Not Now. VVsr.l llosltere.l l-nt .Nov Ite-sisterod 1 .I l-.'l 1 1"J J i'7 3 1 Ml .".TH 4J I .1 L- .1114 III 4 l' 4 -J,7:i7 5". il -VI . . i- l.,ll s 17 .17 it nan jiii ai J 7 r. list H7s : 111 s i :.' ii-? l mi 11 7411 "I till lu .leicj nut l Hi It i.4im - an u . L' (HJ L""l a .J 1,1 ... .1 L-li'i 7.M HI ii :i iM". i,jii 1 'ii.ii IS 7 ins 1 241 - 7UI HI , .. 1 S.VT 10". IH 1" 2 llil :IJ is) IS . ,V nil I VI) 7IH ID ... Ii tir, t svj a jui) SO . . S 1147 1 5-JJ 4.1)1)1 Jl . . . 11.3- i nil 'J us J J J . II. SO J 1 MS s M'l L'l , . .111,14 1 list L-,7-1 il Ii Ml -J i. Ill I IS SI 7 -Jill 1 7JI ! Siiil jn s.i-iii i.ain i -J17 J7 .! ju ;,7l 1 mil l'.i n,i,s s 1 17 it null J!l ... ." K 1 1 I 111 'J 'Ml'' .ID Hull 1 'J-.il L' "il l 11 .. kl.J 1 )li!2 2 Jin 3J . .11 US 1 l.'l 4 SSI 11 1) SV1 J .1J1 I HIS 11 II l,71 J oil 7 Hi I .1.1 1! 217 .t'l'l 1 .!" Ill s SJH 2 UVJ 3 lis-, .17 4 Vi'l MH -J I. 11 is . tl 1141 I.7DI el ISO U .. .. MIIH -J I.M 1.212 41) . . -I mil ! oil 7 ln 41 3,I)V1 11-J 1 1172 i'j s -iv. i ''.in :i'im 41 .. . 10 227 2 Din 4 171 4 7.27!) 1 7HI 3 HIS II I sS I njl J lllil HI II 'HI I s1 II I7H 17 V ii.'J l.nilj .1 47 4S 4 .'.il.". I'.VJ 1 III 1 in Bil'l ,".ni M ' Voteis who wero not icglsteied 1 u the last general election must register tomonow If they want to vote at tho coming primary election All voters who want to change from ono pirty to another nnd all voters who havo moved slnco their leglstratlon ftu tho l.r&t elec tion mut ltglstei WAK JOH LUKES CITY CLEKIv - Gloucchter Loses Another Employe, tin in..L r.. l,li,ctv!nl I!Hmi Tho foi tunes of war contlnuo to play havoc vt Ith otllclal (iloticestti. This time It Is Harry Johnson, city clerk, whoso fortunes nio aficctjil He has given notice that lie w.ll resign at tho meeting of City Council 1'ilday nlMit Ills place probablv will bo taken by Joseph Lenny, secretary of the Hoard of Health Johnson was appointed clerk Januarv 1, 1917. at u salaiy of MU00 a year. He will accept ii posl. on with an industrial plant SOLUIEK HIES IN KllANCC Philadelphian Pneumonia Victim, Telegram to Undo Says Sergeant John A Deninsey, twenty soven years old. nephew- of M A Dcinp. scy, 4 431 lialllnioro uveiiue, died In Franco on April of pneumonia, ac cording to an olliclal telegram received by his uncle from the War Department at Washington Sergeant Dempsey, Twenty fourth lieu lincnt of lmglneers, sailed for Pranco last February Ho was a member of tho Arunlmlnk Golf Club." ANGBY WIFE SHOOTS NEGBO John Cole Goes to Hospital After Quarrel in Saloon John Cole, a negro twenty -seven years old of 120U Fltzwuter strpet, whb nhot In the stomach by his wlfo, Ida Cole, twenty years old, following n riuarrel In a saloonat Twelfth and Fltzwater streets He was taken to the Howard Hospital, wheie it was Bald his condi tion was not serious. Tho woman, was arrested and wll have a hearing today before Magistrate Coward In the Seventh und Curpentei streets station. Million in Forty-two Minutes Grest Fall. Mont., April 16 A mil lion dollars in forty-two minutes is the mark set by Great Kalis and Cascade County In tho campaign for tho third Liberty Loan The workers, assembled at 11 o'clock yesterday At 11 30 the county's ciUQtsi of 1751.000 had been ex ceeded At 11)43 tho figure was above the ?l,0j)0t000 mark. APEII- 10. 1918 COMIC SKETCHES :zmnzmmzzmzsmzrixi CRY FOR FOOD FORCED DRIVE, SAYS RHONDDA Hunger in Gutinuuy Set llimlcnburg Moving, Declares Uiitish Controller Itlionelil.i, Iiillilo)), Aplll lb li.iri iirltlsh food ce.utiollei, savs vli-toly- now is ii synonym for bread In lit i manv ' It Is a light not foi Paris, but foi food," the Ilaion said 'lhe c rv of 'give us bread' resounds lnce--,intlv In llln denburg's eats and in my Judgment that cry lias set the German legions moving "Tlio lalser hoped to st.uve us Into submission by tho I'-bont w.irfnie Ilo failed The Russian and Rumanian granallcs proved to be nothing but a mirage. The despairing energies of nun ger aro at the heart of tills fury of bittle." "Whit do you think of events at home?" tho food controller was asked He replied- "The old emotion nnd unllv which we had In their lltst freshness In the black autumn of 1911 nro back ngaln lu tho hearts of all No man can look without pride upon tho temper of the country lu these stern days our best conies to the top In the extremity" After leferrlng with pleasure to the i manner In which the Iirltlsh nation had j accepted food rationing Union Rhondd v close-el wjth a tilbulc to the 1'nltcil States, sa'ylng- "Aim rlii Is n' one with us and I can nevtr sp ak too warinlv of tlio help she gives me" so generously In tho matter of food supplies We aro or ganized and armored against the eneniv We nio one people. That Is our leply Ucniuny " BALLOT-BOXi:S INVIOLATE Judge Bergncr Ileuses to Older Tamaqua Receptacles Opened l'oltvlllp, I'n., April 1C Judge Ber ger has handed down a decision re jslng to open the ballot-boxes of Tu naiiti.t, wheie iiregulailtles are charged nt tlio last elictljii of a Tax t'olleitoi 'tidge llerge-i slid that of the twenty Ive petitioners to open thu boes three hive been shown to have been Illegal voteis. ns their taxes weie not paid Judging from this showing of the men lack of the Investigation, Judge Beifeer aid ho thought a contet would be use en as a certain portion or the con- !" tit ti ..' mill iuitiun ut lliw U1I" eslants friends weie alieady shown to c llegal voters Tho tontcst was brought by IMward ahf. who disputed tho election of ,c-oige M. Krell The btllot-boxes wei poundeil by ordei of tins Court several 'lonths ago UKEAD NOW !) CENTS A LOAF Chain Stoics Advance Prico Desin ninti Today Cooko Permits Ri?a An Increase in the price of lucid has o -ii nnnouni eel hi the chain stores, no- "ordlng to the local food uclmlnls'rutioii Tho pi Ice of the loaf villi bo nlno cents, glniiliig lot! ly Jay t'ooke, t'nited States food admin istrator for Philadelphia County, com menting oil this action said he would not oppoe the Increase, believing from fig ures submitted to him that an increase Is necessary, lu all piobablllty, because of ticrcnstel costs Teutons "Scalp" Liberty ltonds New 'Veirk, April 16 In u report to I Dlstilct Attorney fcvwinn It is shown ! that all I.lbeity Uonel "scalping" igencles unearthed so fur In Assistant I DIstilct Attorney Ilrogan's Invcstlga- turn of these places am operated cither i "J t-ermaus or jiungaiiaus nrTiis HVVIVIllM) Vl.rll 11 l-I.Vl'lJtA II HAVtVlliNI) IMiulccs und friends Inillril In funeral sere It, . Ilnirs J n in Ht the Chieptfl of Vmlrcvc J Hair 4. oll, Arch and Huh i Ini orient IIKI.I' INTHI-M.U.K Ul.fcV ATOlt Ol'Ult.VTOIta i on firpiri: nt ii.niMi siiitvicn wuin: stkahy Kvii'i.eii.vniNT . API'I.V ItOOVl Ai WIUUNUn UL'ILUI.NO WIN XVANTKK run ornc-i: nrii.DiNo vviMHivv ci.n.is'ixo WltlTK HTKADV KVll'LeiiJIKM' At'l'I.Y lielelVI Ut AMDK.NKH 1IU1I.DING HI It VriONs. WANTKII VI 1 1,1! UtHJKKKKI'KH. thorouk-li eio, utix ufdee inun cci mho iuii cnarKB. mci-rieil fxrl ln) rf slsr SSIl I IK I gilgn- Cplitriel HUM, BSTATK IXIU HV.W l'lie lories. Uarerponi)), Mitafaclurlnic I loon. COHOCKSINK MILLS Steam and D. C Electric Power iitau rt nnnc (ihouni KltAI.I. I L.VUKO t'I'I'Kll i7i? nwnnini ktiis'kt ItOOVIS KIK HUNT . IIUAUTH-'Ul.t.V furn nuts ullrnr & cent . soma lisKPii. hherwood Co 17JI Walnut W'HMWi I'BKSONAKS SrAUlB ctueiiged photos and est i. Dwell Urle srill hall, send for utn ana Tinea ni'BiNKsw orrnttTi'MTirs Al.l'AllI.K eraln, feed, oal and bid inn le-rial bulnri titsb 4(1 yenrs: rea for jlllnir, old ace o W. Jloora .IOo.. ytoore. Pa KHiST-ciAsa iinu'K ihiopkhty ne w. comrl'te'lj' equipped . lonsataWIshed hi SJ,Jm f clorX' ,f "'Ihleti'm I'a I raparlly iuv) a)ll"li uaiii lat knock lntrt hi i callnns dallyt price) IJ0.000. opportunity flMJiitt SHIMI-Jlt. nethkhem. P "i it, llt.L)i n.,L.. ... l.srciltl'OliATK your buslne-fai our fee Tin lTrsSi nfior''0" nJ l,1"onca Co- e. i tsVmRriri.KN ami iucvcfvu l--t.-- . r- -. --ZZZZZ MCllSfantr cronet-liand blriclm tlre I up Ainlrtw T lilrehait Bni H sjj 1,00 ASTII Ht I'Pl.ipX AM) IlKI-MMM! VULCXNIjINO' ANtJ UHKfc TIItKH " '" V i'iBHCK: 12T KAIRltOUN'T'AVB. totlitr t'hi4M tWs on Vnn amj -j) DANCING CHORUS IS BIG FACTOR IN "OFF TO SEA" St. Agncs's Army Hospital Benefit to Bo Given Tomorrow Night A dancing chorus will bo not tlvb least of tho features of the musical comedy, Oft to Sea," whlih will be given tomor row nlcht In tho nellovue-Mratford I ballroom for tho bencllt of St. Agnts's base hospital nt tho Philadelphia Navy I Yard It will bo far moro than the or dlnnrv chorus that customarily provides background to heighten by contrast thi brilliancy of the ' stars " Tho chorus will bo composed of pretty joting women who ure serious students of billet dancing, so serious, In fact, that their work Is mole llko that of profes sionals than that of amateurs, although thev tire nil amateurs In dilntv ios tume the form the terpslehore.in bar mom th it Is required to complement the music In live of tho principal numbers They will perform grateful and Intrlcato steps sueh as aru taught In the famous Russian nnd other ballet schools 1 nder the direction of Albert W New man the chorus has been rehcnislng for weeks sacrificing pleasures and per sonal engagements Dances that are quite out of the ordinary aro Iho result. The voung women nro Misses Mrtlo Mellon Dorothv Vnderdown Porothv Harnard Anna lleafford, Thelma Berger, Thuneld.i Tholev, Leonatto Tehfuss und Katharine Morris CLASHES AGAIN MARK CHICAGO I. W. W. TRIAL I Selection of Jury Brings Bat tles Between (Apposing Counsel ( hliiign, prll Ut. lb" case of the II a I W. W charged with conspiracy- to Interfere with tho Government's war activities, was resumed befoio 1'cdcral Judge Lundls aflei .i week's postponement e'.iuseri by (i repoit of attempted Jury I t.impeilng by sympithizcis of thu dc- fcnil.mts ' Mondav was inniked bv numerous clashes between councl for tho Gov ernment and tho defense Tho first ellsputo was over the metiiod of examining the new venire of 1C0 which v,as summoned uftei the charge of Juiy tninpirlng undo u week ago. Prank K Nebeker. Asslstint United States Attor ney O ncral, epiestloneel twelve venire men Instead of four befoio tendering them to tho defense and Attorney George V Vnnderveer objected. Judgo Landls overruled the objection but held that the Government must lln.iliy ap prove of tho panel of twelve veniremen before tendering them to tho ell tense. The next clash came when counsel for tho Government uskeel the court to ex cuse Isaac Swnnson, a rlvetir employed by tho Chicago Shipbuilding Companv. for the reason that ho was slightly deaf and lacked the necessary educational qualifications required by tho statute "I vigorously object to this man being excused," said .Attorney Vnnderveer ' 'He Is n worktngimiu and peeuliaih iltteel to pas on tho Issues which will he presented in tills trial He cannot be I disqualified ftoni July seivleo because , he does not possess a line education ' "If tho Government Is going to object to every workman then we will object 1 to every man offered belonging to tho money elas and wo will never get a I Jury This Is simply a cI.isb objection on the part of the Government Mv 'clients will not get a fair trial If tho Government Is going to bar everybody as Jurors except astrologers, aslrono lineis and thoso with scientific educa tions " Judgo Landis icserved decision. STATUS AUTOS INCREASE Motor Licenses for This Year Ex pected to Exceed $3,000,000 Mark llurrl-hurg, April 1C Receipts for automobile licenses for 1118 will pass the $3,000,000 mark and establish u new Mato record this week according I .. ... trt i -i . otlkera of the .state Highway Depart inent u July i uio rieora or tc celpts lor 1917 will havo been passed The number or new- trucks being leg Isttred Is greater than In any previous year Scores of new- tractors are being ll-ted, because of the demand for suca machines in country work. HAVE POISON GAS SEKU.M Gcimiv- Surgeon General Hcpoited to Have Announced Distovciy mslrrtlam, April 1C Lieutenant General Ur Otto vou Sclijernlng, surgeon bTn scinbom' ows agencV Z 'ZZ I.. ,, nipriiu' iiirif ri fc.nri!M. nn.i,.u III u, ,........ -. .- ......it ..Mxitfc poison gas has recently been discovered. Ure Ihe ACttfa Exhibit at thr PHI LABEL- PIIIA mwwess , SHOll' rint Itroim' . Armory Avrtl t).tt 1 97; NOISELE T Y afVV " ' - 1 "DEATH TOW TRADE BOARD CRT EmerfrGimv P.niw,.'i, Vt t """"'"n-iew urgusriissageotLawto oluii espionage PLAN TO STARVE BABIED Alleged Plot Printed in GerM man Language Newmans 2W Donora Man Asserts ' A tidal w.ivo of treason and SM!.im Is being Insistently created by rZ. propagendlsts and spies In thl, cdhjiT ..ccuhib co a report ny tho trai-.j: committee, of tho Board of Trad, n,1 public today, in which it j, UrM ; the tle.tth nnnllt i, .... H ' "" '"ea out u punishment for German sples opentij At tho same tlmo a scheme, to ium American babies Is believed to have W uncovered by Health Oltlcer Josn m JTcCunc, nt Donora Pa Pi &j McCune wrota C J Hei.i,,,-, J for tho local food administration ofM. action In restricting tho salo of a'uruS btand of condensed milk Alltni utgeri through a forolgn-huiguate M, to purchaso largo quantities of the S,S 1 1 and of milk, nnd Met unc reported tS thtro was a scare It v of It In IW...' . it direct resplt of tho urglngs of th tj. pei, copies of wbiili have been sentfci Washington ) ' l'eiod admlnlstrntlon ofllriiU fat- thm, tl little likelihood tint any such atttm 1 would be ioslbio of success or .. unv thing llko stiiv'evs but at the itms' time point out the nttttudp of Oarmm, and their sympathizers in thi5 countr In making such a senile effort to hlndr Americans. 'Iho i port of tho cmeigencv commlttsj of tho Ronrd of Trade maintaining that business Is being disorganized bv rati.' and German nrnnnir.snit.i ilnm l...,. tho output of tho country when thellf( of the nation depends upon IncreuflC production, Is as follows r "Industrjal neccssltv demands thittli death penalty be meted out to spies and 1 nllen symmpathlzers be strennouilfj tie lit Willi, In order to stem the tide of treason nnd sedition that is spreidlntf throughout the country This wave nt I anti-American propaganda which ijf ovci flowing tho countrv, la seriously handicapping tho output of Americuli factories nnd Indu-trlal plants i "While our sons aro sacrificing their i' lives at tho front while loyal bujlneul men are giving their time and meanjtol winning the war, and while loyallakor.I lug men arc giving their health, as wen as skill, that munitions, ships and the necessaries of viar may bo produced, pro-cierman sympainizers aro allotted to proclaim broidcast their belief In tie righteousness of tho German ciuit! loreign language newspapers are per l mltreo Ilirolli? n tlietr em-orfl nnd M. f I columns to exploit what they term "Gep r. VI man genius,' and to declare that Cer- Jl many can never he beaten and the Allies i must jnn ; last, out not less important, ' spies and other aliens aro allowed to run ' nt large setting fire to warehouses, put- J I ting bombs In large Industrial tstab-4 I llshments, whllo other pro-German srm. J pithizeis brazen! v bold parades and build fires In honor of the success oftw German arms ' ' Should these persons be apprehended! they aro treated In tho most lenlenti manner by tho Department of Justice and other Government agencies. Llfhtt 'all sentences nro Imposed, as (hooiiV tho offenders weio civil prisoners Ja:.? I stead of spies and enemies of the coun-j 1 try. So light nro tho sentences Out! they do not even act as a deterrent. to? sav nothing of preventing such occo-J rences These offenders realize that tin1 worst that will befall them Is a jail ten- tl e oinmuted after tho w ar They are eTia J 1 assurcu mat, il caugnr iney vtia Hi allowed to remain In comfortable leisure J ' until the end of tho war and will suler j I m linilllc iltHnnmfnrts t ' In tho meantime our Industries are! helug disorganized through propa(anda,3l becauso of unrest among w orkers, and 't dissatisfaction If not actual hostility 1st being bled against tho Government,' especially among aliens of neutral coun tries, who ure not employed In wbJt niav be termed strictly war Industries, 11110 aro not receiving Increased w wages, but nre forced to pay war prices: for tho necessities of Jlfc j I Will Limit 'Italian Meal Ration I Home, April 1G According to Epoflel ? ' ISS - - week. 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