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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1918
ri hi lfi in riirPwin I rr rn 'nrT
PRICE TWO CENTS
"vlpr-F"j
hi
S. TO OWN !
k COASTAL
WATERWAYS
Aing of Erie-New
fork Canal uniy
First Step
HUDBW'HIA vision
Pitt.. ,.iii.- nt? t.itv
IcAdoo's Action rore-
JSdows inland bysiem
from Maine to Florida
1
THREE PURPOSES
kDS
1
kill Strengthen National Dc-
jtue, Make Kreigm nates
ir
Low and have snips
Civtrnment ownership of canals
,S.B as an ultimate possibility
Lowing announcement of Sccrc
EfMcAdoo that he has taken over
iiEre-New ioik v-uum i
" .. . i.t i r:..
EUtS. It IS cxpecicu uiu ""
nt will next take the entire
Ejlni of canals included in the plan
trnment o net ship and control
anal systems This plan was an-
iced by Connrcssman Rloote
ptujh officers of the association
;e today.
The three biR features, it is hop?'l.
HUe realized throuch Gove r t
jEol the three things which s
iation and Philadelphia ship-
tjnttrests Rencrnlly ha e hacked 1
years wi;n lespccv 10 me tiuuus
I
eielopment for ue in con
Mon with nitlonil defense: as a
inhenstie tem for the im-
5Tnt of shipping and luisdness
Bijleneral, thrmiRh lowei
ind as a mean
Wmen and
Ntrs at sea
Jt Danltls nnd IliUrr for II
ISfcreUry of the a Daniels nnd
rttary of ar Itakei hae iilieanv
I Quoted as f.nnnnK the puithase
Immeof the most Imnoitant links
kOiliritem of uaitruais which ex-
from Eastpoit Maine to Key
t,iFla. The sien taken by Secie-
f McAdoo Is looked upon heie as an
tlon that the ribinet Is at last
; Jhe Imnoitanee nnd feaslMlllj
( the filan
PYitaa of the Inland waterwajH hi
Mnd peace time Is emphasized by
IfttTfgftman Mooie ns follows.
'Jim That our Loastwlse Inland
Koaj, next to our licet Itseir.
A mail ihp mnBi vilnl faetor of
Mlanll dtfpnue
liioml. That the sen Ices of these
tiiii Increase with the nations
H Thev are useful for ei.ononl'
(for bulidinc ui nlants In time nf
Ktithey would ulwnvs be a souua
Iftrtnirth after the national defenses
1 H proMUed Tor They are 01
JHOunt fmiinrtnnin oniler our nres-
Mnftrlor conditions of defense
in any war undei pieneiit 1011-
w mey would ajiord our nest
" of aalnlnc the time neiessan
I orftnize our fones and deieloji
rirrm re.'ourct.s They would rui -
5 mt best refuse for our fleet. If
Unmbered hv the eneiiii, without
WlltlnC Un hloikaile lhn would
Wk It DOSslhlM ffir mil flap! tlimtph
Wlor, to ghe battle after choosliiK
I w time and londltions and en-
i to retire if necessary , thev
IJ make It possible to utilize mid
r n our esiniiiisnmeius foi re-
nnr and building ships and to
jmble and L0m.entr.1te ships ns
lwth. That upon oui loastwlso In-
j-J l""J8 in men lelatlon to tno
ItHOIlM l..Ml. .1 ...1 .... i...
LD ti,civ (U'lf nil IHB M'LUIMV
Kr,.,nli' aids shipards and
j'""ies aim v.ui Maine of cscap
mii LnA. 1. ... 1. 1 ... . .. . . .. i.i
ril ftJU "l'H 1UI WIIUIU
Kjr 00 ainini u, l0ast defenses
HSui5n;V,r.' ""A "..V"e," . ...-
fc,, "I', '-un uniuo iiuiii IIM3
2i 1 .""ll nlue of nur coast-
mu .1.1 wateiwajs thill para
ul lltal Imilnrl.. .,. a I., t, l...,.,l
Effif..,u,l "niiant and deinantl
- meiisures on tlm nnrl or
J"? o kflnu about their full and
-"-w-llH,lll
iMik mm iiriannrr t'aiml
Prerament eiiEinecrs have made 11
2'118 of the R'u of the.
mis. nii Delaware fanal to the
try for vmr nt..i i.i....-...i
l.v. . M.i uiuusLiitti puiliUKee,
hi? II HOW in the ImSrlx nf Hie
Zr' L0,' War "i Secretary of tho
It. JWs . tlmate will form the
tgwiiatlons for the puichase nf
- iwui um owners Tho bonds
Jjnal company nre ow ned for the
" uy 01a estates In Phlladel-
Ktioiernment first made an mtl.
riLT500'1100 for tn" anal prop
c runs acrobs Delaware from
Z. , "lNer at Delaware t'ity
Wtrnaj. Th(, tanal comnans
me offer,
Wen lho r. .
In 191?.
property
g Power to seize the
K'l, ' v "ngreBs
Rr condcmnjtinn
Tho net pro
r.. .. -.. w. 'iu.ro
i. lj(ernment to take
Ilia
V a result the canal company
rm.1."1 ttw da8 h"e been
r Overtures i.- .-.
N Ih. to '. i" "overnmeni
ih of i J. '" Association for
ELy ' ,,anal l'"Prty. Shlpplnc
Lftu w ,l WouW not be surprls.
icti "" "uiu inuKe ar
Mani i IleJ,'"r ,ulure wlth the
3tir th.ro1c,C8 a bl" t0 Provide
iit the nurchase of it,. ,.i
- ..IV Mllllll
iX'Mrrf l- ,. .i
IT-Can.) ,.r. ;" ""aro unu
TrdKvi"""'0'1"?
swuttpi, t wmswhat differ-
1 yM pk CftaM t w
Vanivls's Prophecy in 1911
of Use of Canals in War
If this canal wns constructed
you could take these submarines
nnd ilcatioyeis fiom Boston to
New Orleans in these Inner chan
nels without huit oi injury. That
is foi pence. Hut if we should
be so unfortunate and I pray
God we may novel see it as to
have wai, then the possession of
an inland waterway channel
.vould he essential to picscivc
efficiency and to enable us to de
feat our opponents, because these
little ciaft could ply to and fio
and dait out and deal n blow and
letuin with little injuiy to them
selves. That is the argument on
the rude of national defense
-nrtnry of the Naiji JlauM in
mi addresi nt the elenlll annual
innirntioH of the Atlantic Pcciei
Wtiteruayi AaHotifitwr, Albany
and Troy nrismnn, Scptrmhei,
101 5.
U. S. TO PROVIDE EXTRAS
FOR CAPTIVE SOLDIERS
State Depattment Asks $5000 for
Comfoits for American Pris
oners in Germany
tinshlnglnn, April IS Cnptuten
American soldiers will be eh en the hesi
nf rare during the r enfourd t-njnutn
In Ccimnny
It was Iciincd tndav til it the Slate
Iiepartment Imr iciiuestcrt it.c the ram
nf $3000 he set aside In the V.i lie.
ie Atlantic Deeper Wnleivvays i partment fur that purpose 'lho plan
iSciation from Maine to Florida. in pl.ue this sum of money In the
Mediately following the close of ,lan,,M "r t,p Spanish nmhassadot at
UiniWiaieiy I"""" "h i .Berlin In he iis-ed foi the miiiliasn of
as that are mt allowed prlsoncis
EasmanJ. iiamptun iuciuiv, wuiti unner international law
a.. i.l.l ivntnriv-iv nlnn nnd T,ls Mini will enable Amcilcnns that
.the inland waterways pian ant I)iup hci) ()Umlfl(, so s(xc,,h ihat nm-
W'lll ptitatlon Is nrceesar) to he supplied with
m ... iL lliuiiilill limiS, nil HIM iiiimiiiiu-iuic ti
fclrtadme to llicieasc the mem- hlch Goimati Is famous The monev '
gLS.:,. r.t li nsvneiatinn ns the nia nlso l"" USP'' '" pioldhiK Kpnilh
Kthip of the nshociauon as xne matt,rM KUPh llH f,H)l,,, if.mei.aii-.
lit 01 a Vigorous caniiiui" i"i -inn naiw anil toe arioin mimi r K.inu -
ir A lilt II nip pi ioiici - Hiii iiiii' ii li
the lonK hour""
The War Deputment has taKen th
request under ad reitunt, hut It Is un
derslnod that the suKKCftlon will recehi
appioval nnd the funds he ho dlspo-id
BELGIANS REPEL FOE
AND CAPTURE (iOO
Get mans Diivcn Out of Trenches
After Attack in
Forco
1'nrl.. Apiil IS n olllilal HelBlan
loniinunkatlou sai
' The (lermans attaiked In force our
sNstLin of ndvanced iusts hetween l.e
Hlanikaert pond nnd the Ypres rallroid
nnd succeeded In hecurlng a foothold In
a number of out positions, hut enei Relic ;
counter-attaiks h our troopdrove them
frelsht lout About 00H prisoners lenialn In our .
f m.nc lhes,nan"' I
shin property fiom CHABGE LIQUOR LAXITY I
Jersey Judge Demands Better En
fti cement of Criminal Laws
'alem, V !.. April IS The April
term of the Salem fount courts opened
with the larRest ctowd piesent In re
cent vears .ludee Black In his charge
called special attention to aliened
breaches of the criminal law In renns
provo and vlclnltv, particularly with re
spect to the abuse of Intoxicating llquois
Theie Is n breakdown or n laxity In
the officials of Pennsgrove," the Court I
said "and It is nil this more mjsterlous 1
when under a democratic rorm or gov-j Hon
ernment there Is not the enforcement of Captain S-chnildt Is a veteinn of the
the law that there should be Such Spanish-American War, having obtained
crimes or violations glow nnd spiiad his commission at that time He is glv
aud the onl safe course Is a complete Ing almost his entire time tn Llheity
enforcement of the criminal law lan work, and Is tieasurer of the com-
Cn-biu i.nn,i in rencProve n 'nilttee for persons of Oerman birth or
Is alleged, as well as gambling houses,
and on padajs at the powder plant the ' I
town Is alive with women and men who, The Wavne-Strafford-St Davids di
ll is said, prej on the workmen 'l"""" "r he,J1,B,.'J ".nn,T ,"nc mr'
'taken the lead In the Libert Ioan urn-
pilgn In this section Ardmore p issed 1
VOUI) JUSTIFY I. W. .
Defense,
Human Exhihits May Be
Feature in Chicago Tiial
tinmen, .prii is ttuman exnious,
j illustrating results of the piet-ent In-
... . ,. .......
IfJusttlal sstem will flguie in the de-
fen e of th 112 I W W membeis on
trial for alliged sedition Attorney
tjcoige F Vanderveei indicated today
in his nuestionlnic of venitemen Dc-
fenso counsel will introduce men whoso
healtn has neon snaiieieti n tneir cni
ploment and will attempt to ju-tofy
the 1 W. W levolutluuary propagamfa
The fioverument has fnimall ten
del ed twelve tentative juiors to the de
fense It Is believed that several nf the
jurors accepted bv the fjovernment will
bo challenged by the defense
DRAFT RIOT AT BELFAST
Shipyard Workers Bteak Up Anti
Conscription Meeting
l.iindnn, April IK Dispatches tn the
Dally News say that, tlotlng attendee
Ihe breaking up of an nnt:-ra,r.scrlptloii
meeting In Belfast esterday.
Kevolvers wet used and baton
charges wore madp by the police, who
were pelted with paving stones Virtu
all every plate-glass window In the
btreet was smashed
Fifteen thousand persons participated
In the meeting, which was called by tht
Labor party.
SOLDIER'S THROAT SLASHED
Body of Infantryman Found in Ra
vine Near Atlanta, Ga.
AlUnU. !.. April IS With his
of propei ty to throat cut from ear to ear the body of
a soldier, believed to be Private Charles
A Ilogan. Company C. 326th Infantrv.
was found In .a small ravine In Mie out
skirts of Atlanta today
In his pocket a letter addressed to
Private Charles A Hogan, Comnany c.
326th Infantry, signed by M C Bjck
man, 33 Kast 150th street'. New ork
city, was found A woman a footprints
were seen around the scene.
Alleged Slayer Captured
l.snrn.ter. ! April 18 Following
. a. a i.A ! n a iilAmrvhtl
an aii-niKiu cu- iii . -i"i,r . : i
'hlef ot ponce uasnong mimii '
f'rh.,anenc?incnlrg;?tn1kV.lln,CMr'i:i
nora Ford, ncgrew. with an ax Tue.R
day night. The fugitive, waj raH
lwey!Ero, CbWr CvtrtYi
ihihvo, w .wyf
r uwr. . .
Where British Hold Line Firm
tShmiinp Changts lp to oon)
? sung '.A) --vS. ' 'M 'v ''
?mmri l-pJW HdHeflSM;
-? " -v&li "Ll'il""i ' i"i"i i " ' i'iii
Pield Maishal Hnij; teports that heavy Gciman attacks have
been completely lepulsed nt the points indicated on the map and
thnt the Hritish ate holding hrm on the piesent line. This is
marked by tho heavy black line. The biokcn line shows the battle
front before the beginning of the diive
GERMANS RAISE CHEAPER FLOUR
$500,000 OF LOAN IS NOW IN SIGHT
T non rtiM'irn Prvrvoi nrl Kxr
uuun iiivv- uw" "J
Teutonic Americans,
Committee Announces
MORE BONDS PLEDGED
.
Oeiman-Amei leans have rallied to
lho support of the Libert l.oan cam
paign
aicoidlng to figures announced
today by Captain Louis II Schmidt,
tteasurei of the committee earning on
the Mbert.v Loan wntk among the Her
mans In this clt
To date approximate! 2000 subvcilp
(Ions have been obtained hv this com
mittee, an?l the mall tndav that had not
vet been opened contained sevctal bun
dled more lettets These subscriptions
have totalled more than $500 000 Cap
tain Schmidt said but he expected the
largest amounts during the last week
of the drive
W'e sent nut 10 000 letters vester
dav he said There are between
In 000 and of) 000 persons coming under
this committee ho far we have con
fined ourselves to the small subscrip
tions spread among the l.ugcst possible
ericans of I
numoer or persons 1 ne .mericans 011
Ilmiiun riesrent nre a. loval oilier '
Americans and the are rallying to the .
l.ilierty Loan campaign without excep-
descent
..!.. I l 111. .I.u
Hum eslerda but the Wnne om
tallica rpilonhled lis efforts and is now
weii" hi", he lead The .Main Line, o,a,
annnunciil lOlW) is oiiiiu. inia n
' II. I.I...1 ..B fnll.tvlQ.
'tlverbrook-. Merlon : 000 1
f)Hrt
('juw(!
til.r.so
fil 050
5. son
Xarberlh
W nnewood
S 051
lfil.35(l
93,100
90 300
10.100
-i:ast 20,000
-Center K.ooo
Ardmore
Haicrford
Br n JMr
ni.iilu.vnne
)Cawar Count
Weat 1200
Vlllanova-Itosemont IJ.BOO
Etoke 1'ogcs 20 250
Wane. St Davids. Strafford.. IS! 7S0
De('nn-Bcrwii 31200
I'aGll ls-5
lllg Mlbrrlptlnn
The liberty Loan contmlttce toda
announced the following subscriptions
I'enn Seaboard Steel Corpoia-
tlon iiiw.uuh
Drovers and Merchants' Flank
Quaker City Momorrco Corn
pan . .
Quaker City Morocco Lom
nanv emplo.ve.s
100 000
01 500 '
I
C.ioo
Church of Our Lady of Merc
1 250 I
p.isioiH nf nil Methodist Lplscopal
(hurdles will read the following letter
wiltten b Illshop Ilerry. from their pul
pits Sunday, the committee announced
today :
The success of the Libert) Ixsn
drive will not be determined by the
subscriptions of the rich Rather, the
fate of the great patriotic enterprise
will be decided by the response of the
great middle classes My appeal Is
Hot to the capltalls! It Is to the pro
fessional man, the teacher, the
preacher, the mechanic and the thou
sands of men nnd women of the fac
tory, store, office and farm The sub
scriptions of these multitudes will be
ronllnurd on,t'aie Pli, Celomn Two
FUNERAL OF'SENATOR STONE
Last Services Held in Church at
Nevada, Neb,
.iad, .Sel., April 18. The funera.l
of William J Stone waa held here today,
Knights Templar and other fraternal
organliatlona escorted the body to tha
chureh. where service were
read by
' . . ..u,i, v.-.. rttv
,ne jtev J w'"'"i' " --
The funeral train arrive., h. t
m. from aeiwreon uiiy, wiwrM
iboay lay w ww -
- ...
II ' .. .I..-" .1
7Z"
Tlti'llinne in Sn-nllan Pi.nfilc-
I'linimioiuuiiuiiwi 1 '"""ii'lp Hall a short talk toda.v
ATnrlo Sinno Wos HixoiiqI
uicv, oui viv-iicci, 1
Prncirloiit Tnlrl
J. ltDlUCIll i. UIU
GOVERNMENT GETS WHI1'
Wnshlngtim, April 18
While flour mllleis and middlemen
hnn made millions In swollen prtflts
slnco the war opened Ciovernment supei
vls.on Is gradunllv getting the upper
hand and prices nre on the down grade
the I'ederal Trade Commission said In
a special repoit to President Wilson
lodav
fioveintuent pihe fWIng together with
fcod ndmlnlstratlon regulations 01 ei
mllleis and d stributers, will result this
vear In flour being "seveial dollais a
batrtl ' lowei to the consumer than last
It was leported
At the same time th- commission
charged net profits of millers Increased
fiom eleven cents a bai rcl for the 1 ! J
111,1 crp tn flfti-two cents a hairel for
the lillfi-lDl" crop (iioss piollls of
car-lot distributers Jumped fiom twen
ts-two cents a barrel in litt to llftv-llve
,-f,,tH "' ,'"7 "nl "f ""Hl',-I" Jobbeis
- ,,. , .,
from fifty-two cents In 19U to e gllt
Hlx,,"nt8, '" I9,Ji
Millers' operating profits per barrel
increased ITS per cent In 1916-1917 cver
the preceding cai and profit on lnvist
meat ino per lent
The Commission criticized the Food
AdmlnlMtatlons leguiatlon limiting mil
lers to fixed profits over (ost This
method. It was held, falls tn furnish a
stimulus to efficiency In production nnd
offers encouingement to cost padding
It was also suggested that maximum
flour prices be fixed
TKUCK KILLS BRISTOL MAX
ncM.i-ic.!.. x n.a.... 4 Mnnt.i '
n- , - " -
ill mm ....... . w. ,,... 1
llrlnlol. V , pill 18 A riilladelphla
motortruck driver Is being held without
hall for a heating as a result of the
death of it'iur McLaughlin, who was
lun oier anil killed heie late vesterd.iv
The prisoner Is Tom Dixon a negro
who gave his address as 2212 Haster
street
This is the ihltd automobile incident
of the week Ttov N'evergotd was run
down and Injured h a touring cai Mon
d. and veyterdav a taxlcab driven b
Charles Land killed four- ear-old Cath
erine Kelley. fill Huiklei street Ihe
driver In attempting tn avert tho acii
dent wrecked th tNl Land was ar
icsted and is held without ball to wall a
hearing
2000 GERMANS IN GAS TRAP
British Stiategy Gives Enemy Taste
of Own Medicine
I'arls. April 18 The present battle
has hown to a surprising extent the
evolution of the use of gas shells. One
new method s to lite he.i.v. slowly
dispersing gases aiune cuarien lanes
against the enem. tilling In the al
ternate spaces with quickly dissi
pating poison fumes Stoim attacks
are then made by ttoops. who charge
when a sufficient Interval of time has
been given for the gases to ilse.
The TJrltlsh gunners nt one part of
the line thtew shells charged simply
with ill-odored composition The Ger
mans after a few hours discovered
that this was nonpolsonous and began
laying aside their masks. After these
shells had been fired for another
twelve hours theie was a sudden
change to poison- gases, About 2000
Germans were cnught without., their
masks nnd suffocated.
MEXICANS WIN IN COURT
Trial Bench Lacked Jurisdiction Dur
ing "State of War" 'in 191G
Auitln, Tex., April 18. The cases of
Jose Antonio Arce and flve other Mexi
cans, convicted of murder and sentenced
to, death In Webb County aa the out
growth of a clash between Mexican and
American troop In 1016 near Laredo
have been reversed and remanded
The Court maintained the trial court
did not tuyvf Jurlidlctlon btcaqte, ot a
"atite of wer" enlsilng bstiveen the
cotintrisn.
MAYOR DEMANDS
RESORT OWNERS
EVICT TENANTS
Threatens Suit Unless
Rental for Immoral
Purposes Ceases
SOUDER TALKS TO MEN
Acting Detective Captain Says
Humanity Will Temper
Vice Eradication '
More thnn inn prnprrti muier were
nullllrd tndiM li Miiur stnltli to fiie
renllnic Ihrlr liulldlno fr Immoral pur
pue. In a letter (n the nw iter nt mh h p1me
the Minor ordered llietn tn edit Mieli
pernn within one week from dale.
If the miionnie Ih tint iilmted within n
weel. he hiild Hpplhiitlnn would lie innde
to the nnrl of t otntnon l'len HokiliK
lor rtn Injnnitlou reilritlnlnir the U'-e of
m h tremUe.
Kunhrt i h.tnKe In tin poltie deimt
mini and Intiodin tlnti of an otdlninie
In t'ouni Ih pimldlnt; for the le-
esfaldlihnipnt of the ollke of vlxtnnt
Superintendent of Police will he iimiuiR
Indn s events In Mnnr Smiths lie
1 lean-up inmpaiKU
With but fnrt-elRhl hours nnuilnlnn
to 1 limlnate ice from the entile ilt
In iimiril inn with his piomtsi- to the
Uimrnmiiit the .Major has been lont
lulltd to put on extra prcsuie In his
ncneril plans Lasl Saturdav Ihe
MnMii was told b I.leuteniut I'olonel
fhailes It llatth. t K M ". that the
itiovirnniftit ixpetted to see a Keneral
(lean-up h Situid.n next
The shirtlnK of polin inplnlns lliti
tenants and the appointment of Delu-
the lfied I Snudei, as nitlnR held of
the Detective Ilutinu tn hui reed James
Tate Is nnlv pan of the cineinl plan ,
to irmedv .ondltlnns 'I hese 1 hnnvfts I
w ill h.ivr tn lirlnir fiull ami meie 1 hess '
Pliivlnc with (ailous oillirs will not
satlsf.v the Ki 1I1 r vl ttovemment tniicsa
thev result in inullliK vice
liovernment Inv estimators nre I.eeplnc
n 1 love untih on the Tenddloin mid
In nil other scitlous of Philadelphia
where vlie pievalkd
Vlfred 1 Soudei. the new aellnc rap-
t tin of dcUithes. Kave the sleuths at
It wns I
nlmiR filendl lines
je nW( 11 ,in ,,, i inio who per-I
formed their duty satlfai lorlly need'
,,,. ., f,nl ,,( in, I..,. n,i, i,.
.Souder, toRethei with Detectives '
?hc'?-n""i
the dtv last nlchl He said that he,
I encountered no women of question. ibtr
cnaractet tine woman, who s.utt nlie
was married, was found drinking nlouo
In the backroom of a saloon near Tenth
nnd' Vine, streets She wns tnl.n to
City Hall and later tinned over to the
Jllsdemennants Court She Is not under
nnest Soiial woiUeis loniucted with
the court will endeavor to convliict Ihe
woman of the eiroi of her was De-I
tectlvp Soudei said that humane meth- '
oils would be applbd In the vice tlrun
up He said that nunv of the women
m.iv be IndULed to had better lives
if they ate ir'ven anvlliing like a fair
chance
store of negioes weie nnesleil today
In lalds innduiled In the southern pirt
nf the ltv Ml were sent to Jail
FINNISH GOVERNMENT
APOLOGIZES TO U. S.
....
hoiciier Punished for Insult to Amei
lean fJlliccr at Stockholm
Washington, Apill IS The State
Depaitment has tecelved a repoit finm
Minister Mnnis at Stockholm, that
ns n icsult nf n piotcst mado b lilni
the Finnish Oovoinmont In Stockholm
'has cxpiesscd Its regiet nvei the
public Insult nllcied to Lieutenant C
H Thoilng. the Ameilean attache at
I Wnsa, Pinlantl, on Maich 19 The
Finnish ofllcet involved in the incl
I dent has been punished, Mt. Metrls
said.
Lleutemnt Thorling had been sent
fiom Stockholm to Finland tn secure
passage tin (inch the Finnish lines of
Ameilian citlcns leaving Russia
While In n hn'cl at Wasa he was in
sulted public bv twn Finnish citl
ens, one an omccr and the other a
civilian The Finnish
Foreign Affulis Sailn.
hut made no effort to inteipose,
Germans Land 40.000 at lIcl.iRrr, VoTaV' T&tonfCV " "
l-onilon, Apill IS I nrt thousand whole energy Into the pioductlon nf This Is Just nn example nf the et-
riciimm tnuips have been landed at thlps war material and war equip- tieinelv small larcets th nierlcan
llelsingfms, accmdiiiK to an KMhange I ment Dverv kind of wai Industty has artlllervmen am canable of h'tthif
Teieginph dispatch finni Copenhagen. I mmplained of Inability tn gt high- The Americans nre ovv tb. m"te-s
A Mctm.in Miuadinn anchmed In the i rlass sldlled workmen beiause of the nf Vo Alan's Land ni tbi- s'cinr I'verv
Imibor of Helslngfors consists nf ' lack of comfoitabln homes In the big night five to e'sht imtmls senrrv f-om
twelve ships, Including the battleships munitions pioduiing centeis Nn In- the outposts and smash I'm enemVs du--Fosen
and Westfnlen, each of 18.G00 ducement of high wages has bein suf-loots listening pots nnd machine-gun
tons. j tltlent to xrhunile enough skilled work- nests
CAPTIVES FLEE GERMANY
Guards Reduced So That Escape Is
Easy
(lenein, April 1?
Prison tamp guards In tho Rhine
towns have been so teduced because
every Herman Is wanted In th" west,
XKXISSZ doming m'unt
Hi' . i j .i ..... .
5esterday nineteen Frenchmen, former-
ly prisoners. Joously marched through
the streets oi ueneva.
Ail the erstwhile captives say the
Germans ure hiding their losses In the
offensive on the western front, and they
add that Germany Is on the verge of
starvation. Chocolate, they say, costs
(5 a pound, while soap fetcheB (6 a
pound
GERMANS FEAR AIR RAIDS
Reichstag Memher Urges Agree-
ment for Open Towns
i ' i
I.nndon, April 18. Advices from Ber.
lln via Amsterdam say that during the
sitting of the Reichstag Herr Geek, So
cialist, suggested making an agreement
with the Allies to cease aerial attacks
on open towns outside the war zone
A Government representative renlled
no official request hitherto had come I
f torn the Allies, but that should It Tie re.
celved U would b exaailuod by the rail).
il
40 FT. CHANNEL
PROJECT PUSHED
BY CONGRESSMEN
Moore' and Watson Back
Movement to Deepen
Waterway Here
M All) TO INDUSTRY
Shipping Men See Great Need
of Increasing Facilities to
Move Commerce
A hie flRlit Is m bo statlpil nt unco
In the Intel est nf a fortj foot channel
foi the Delaware ltirt
The plan Is ndmtttid to he an am
liltliiim nm but tlie ejos of the fins
rrnment arc wide open nnd are icstlnR
tin the Kioat Inilustilal section nhout
Plilliiti'lplill (llllrlals sen mitt as
never liefnie the noesslt nf Itnnie
ill Up de clopmeiit nf Hip pni t nf Phila
delphia nnd Hip nthci linlintii.il ten
tela iilniiK the Peliwnip 1ic
IJcprpventntiM' I Hampton Momr
of this ( lt and I!epip-entHtho Iipiiin
. I' Watson, nf the KcrUi-Mntilznmvi v
t'liuiuj district, w'lll stmt the c 01151 es-
Hlonnl flEht fm the fnrt fnotihanncl
pi iipusuioii 111 viiiikpsm anu 11 is un
derstnnd the will hno the siippoit of
xhttialli the pnthe delcRiitlnn finm
Ppnns,lanla and tnan nf the mini
hers nf the New .letpe.x delt Ration.
nnouncenent of the ntpolntinent of
Charles .M Schwab as director Reneial
of the i:inerKenc I leet I'orporallon his
done much to In nc l a held the deter
mination to llsht foi butei channel 1011
dltti ns foi the Delawaie Ithei
The aunouiuement of the rcoicanlza-
Hon of the inipoiation brouuhl out nt
0111 n the fnrt that the section nlnne the
Delaware Itlvei li the reil center of the
shipbuilding Indusliv of the inuntrv II
wns nlso brouKhl nut that about
t- nn" """ HI be F.pnt hei In de-
volnplnj: a hie debnrUatlnn port The
site fm the debarkation station has
fnnllniMil nn 1'iur lv. ( iiluinn l '
LIBERTY LOAN SALES PASS BILLION MARK
WASHINGTON. Aiml IS -Actual subscriptions to thf
third Libtuy Loan have jusstd the lilllion moiU. the Tteatuvy
JJirmitmcnt announced today. The total ltpoited to FedcDil
Jtct.civc Uinkt is V..05D 358.000 While thn amount is rncoui
agiiis, LiVietty Loan dlnctois snicl that it was not entnely satif
factoiy. ab the daily nveiage ot leturrii. is. not ifficieut to pio
ride tilt minimum quotas in the allotctl time.
JEFFERSON BASE HOSPITAL UNIT MOVES
Ilaso Hospital No. 3S, the j'Kersou Husbltnl un.t, nio'cd
today fjora the Second Bcgimcnl AJtuoi-y. wheie it liad btcn
rjuajterotl for Btver.nl months, to Stenton Athletic tPeltl, Twenty
riflh utttel and Httutin"; FnU; nvemu. Theio aro 200 muu
in the unit.
BIG HOUSING BILL MAY
PASS SENATE TODAY
Direction of Labor Secretary
Only Objection to 360,000,
000 Measure Pending
nshlnctiin. Aim II IS '
llellef was i lose at hand today foi i
tho dlllhultles encouuteird In war work
because of In.idf ipi ite housing faclll- nr,.,fij nBB reduced tho Hot man nrtll
tles for working men 'lbs Senate ux- te.ry ,,, tvvn.thlids, silencing en'emy lint-
peden in pass ine jun inio '" iiimsiim
,,, hcf(11(1 ..njomnment tonight Later
on nnnthei nuasuie. apprnpilallng a
lump sum nf at leant JI5,o0o,tlfin lp
he used bv the President In extending
loans to wnr Industiles for ennstruc-
Mli Istet for lion nf pouting for working men, priili
was pi cent, ablv will be offend
These appropriations. It Is believed.
I eis lo move their families awav from
omfortable bonus Into the congested
districts nnd eme snlnrs h'diiir ninc-s t-ifiinn
The bill before th Senate toda pio- n Thv spni five hours mainline- the
Mdes an approprlitlon of JBit.tJito.noi pn(r area h'or that section of the
to be spent for housing, under dlrec- ,rnr'rnn trendies
lion of thp SiM-retnr of Labm Therein t Untenant rjeorge r Patton of Nevi
lles the onl hitch S-enalots opposing vnrk a surgeon nttneti-a to the la
the hill ate doing so hugely upon this fantrv Is one of th lntt A"i"rl"nns
giouud 'Ihe want tn give the mone io win tb Frneh wnr e-o"s fo bre-v
to the President, to lie spent undi r his t cHme about tb's wnv Tb Aiirenos
direction, so that the lesponslblllt forrre ,o-kl"g In n or.,i thst ' 's sod.
- " -
The measure glvei the Secielai) of
Senato1; ' "' "f e S'"'1-" li niter
Ulng the. bill as "the most obnoxious
tver pioposed In the hlstor.v of the coun
tr," declared that ths commandeertug
featuro would empower the Secretary of
Ibor to take over ever home In the
countr
A proviso In the. pill tequlres that
at least 810,000,000 shall be sptnt In
the construction of additional housing in
the Dlsttlct nf Columbia Since the nut
break of the war, the Government had
brought thousands nf cletks to Washing.
I naarla mam ttimiHurirla initra
Kstlmatcs have been made that at least
30.000 more clerks will be necessary be
fore the end of the ear. The limit of
Washington's housing capacity has been
reached and the bill pending today will
relieve what mlKht have developed Into
a serious situation at the capital.
Phils Game Off
The tame between the Phillies and
BMlpn' "h',duledi, iot toda1y h" b'e"
alied off because of ruin and wt
BRITISH LINE
FIRM AT ALL POINTS;
HALT TRIPLE DRIVES
ARCHITECTS SERVICE. m, , , ,T7.
convention theme Inreeiolcl Waves at
nelecates Piom All Sections
Country Will Gather Hete
N'eM Week
I'hnpleis nf the American Institute
of ArchlUi'is In forty sections of the
lountr will b tepiesented under the
Plan of a oluiitnrlli rcduied delcta
Hon nt t.ie Hft(-llist annual tunxentlnn
nt the Art I'luh. April ;t tr Jfi IihIii
slp ' An Informal ineetlnc nf the dele-
pates will precede the npenllifC nf the
conxentlon Inesdnv nlcht The Helle-
(iic-Stratford will he socHl heaibiuarlets
for the architects while thes are In sls-
slon heie I
Speakers of national iitomlnence will
nddtpis the ronvenllon 'I hursdav on
'Ihe AuhlUcts Set Ire. which will be
the pilnrlpal theme of the oimeutlon
W'ednedi the find da( will be de
voted to (onsuleratlon of tne moom of
(runmlltiis and the Imard of dlrertors
and other business Discussion nf the
Keneral theme of the oneullon will be
mntlnued I'rhlax with paitlculnr ref
eienei' to the (!ocrnment. the nlchtteit
and the workman In existing Industrlnl
and lelated nondltlons The convention
will be hiotiKht to a i lose Krldav nlRhl
with the annual dinnei nt the Oermnn-
'"viVinB'de.'elimes wh.. in h. ti,e
nt)" saturdav will he the cuests of the
rhlladelphli (hapter on a lilp bv wain
tn llos Island and an Inspection of the
worlds ituatisl shipbuilding enteiprl'o
theie
tisza succkkds wr.KiniLn
Resignation of Hungaiian Cabinet
Is Confirmed
I iinilnn, prll IS Confirmation that
ihe lluusarlnn fahlnet has resigned was
rerlvcd here todaj
fount TlMi. former Premier Ins
1 cfdlnK f nunt W'eKerle
tth'tlll iif-e-ii hi'"hiilvi in uirll tuai, nui
' AMERICAN SURE SHOTS
SILENCE GERMAN GUNS
Pershing's Men Now Masters
t'f No Man's Land in Lor
raine Sector
With Hie mrrhnn Armv In l.nrrnlne,
April IS
Tho American nrtllkry on this front
,prf, wltn on)y f, minutes' bom
,,,,,., The French nre amazed at the
Vnnkce gunner's nccuiney
A lieutenant commindlnc one gun
rpnttid a fiennan 'rolling kitchen"
"H gosh. I'll bet I can silBh one In
Heinle's soup " ho exclaimed
The first shot was ton 'long.' The
seeond wns tno 'short " The third snllleri
. onirer snd twelvo m r'ded nve
nischlne gun nests, n ll-td tlenhnn tot
JF
Patmn finding that his ca nissk I--isr'''d
first-aid maii"a nulled It off
He was oiercoo' hv the fumes hut re.
covered whn taken tn a fleia hosoltal
Vs s result of hs sef.eerlflce he Is
vn idoiixed hv me iroons
Wounded nerin-in prisoners ke"t
natale from wounded Americans In
th hospitals Thv nil mv thev are
(rind thev were csntured Most o' them
sre rutged ana nenv inai mere is anv
lsck nf food In the German armv, Thev
sv that American prisoners are well
treated and that their captors nre not
Unwed to take even a button from
their uniforms
One prisoner a ha"d (rrfnaae. ex
pert who had served 'through the war
unscathed, tried to throw buck si
American grenade before It exploded.
He waa a trifle stow and part ot his 1
hand was blown off
Falling Magnet Kills Workman
rlietlee r Anrll 18 lClmer TiitUI
about thrtv.thre vears. o' It'" SHxr
treet PliMadelab'a- m Instant rWth
this morni-r at the n'snt of the Penn
j.Hesbosrd SteI arid Ordnance Company
M was outji'k nn ine. psh wicb m msg-
! 'His nrlt wu MriMU ' I
uf
HOLDS
s
of Kemmel and Bail
leul Stopped
:' ENEMY LOSS
VERY HEAVY
,
VlOIPil f"
u"'111'
Artillerying
Marks Fresh Efforts
Toward Ypres .
ALLIED FLANDERS LINE
INTACT EVERYWHERE
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Pctcllll LflVS DOWll Tpi'l'lfir
-"" JO UVW 11 1 t-l I lilt,
Bombardment From
Somme to Oise
FRENCH W I T H BRITISH
Ro-cnforce Ally on the Con-
tested Franco-Flemish
Front
20TH DAY OF BATTLE
I
London, Aptil 18.
The British lines in the gigantic
battle of Flanders ate holding firm.
The War Ofliice issued a report
from Marshnl Haig announcing
that theie hns been no change in
the situation and that the front is
mtnet.
German aitillery wns in action all
night against the southein end of
the British line. The bombard
ments vvsre especially sevete be
tween Givenchy and the sector cast
sf Robecq.
(This 13 the district between La
Bassee canal nnd Merville.)
Triple attacks were beaten back
U Kemmel Hill nnd near Baillcul.
Official details of Wednesday's
fighting dwelt upon the ferocity of
the struggle and the gtcat German
losses.
Marshal Haig leported as fol
lows :
There has been no overnight
change on the British front.
German nrlillcrj showed un
usual activity on the southern end
nf the Lis battlefield from
Givenchy to the east of Robecq.
There was an intense bombard
ment of British positions between
Locon and Robecq, which was still
in progress at dawn today. ,
In the Merns sectoi local at
tacks were repulsed Wednesday
night.
Detailed accounts of the fighting
throughout Wednesday in tho
forest of Nieppe and on the Wyt
schaete front fold of the severity
of the enemy's losses.
Southeast of Kemmel Ridge tho
German infantry attacked in three
waves and pressed back the Brit
ish line at one point, but it was
quickly restored by .a counter
attack. In the Baillcul sector the enemy
attacked three times before Wed
nesday noon, but was completely
repulsed.
The British line jesterday was
reported intact at every point.
I'renrh llnnibanlinent Heavy
Tse French appirentlv ate concen
trating the heaviest artillery Are slnc
the German drive started on a Aft -six-mile
front extending from a po'nt south
of the Somme. east of- Amiens, to the
Oise. In the vicinity nf N'oon.
This bembatdment reported In a dis
patch from the field covers every Inch
of the German positions nnd the real
aieas for mllee back of their lines. Pr's
oners say that the cannonading has
caused heavy Herman casualties and has
prevented the client from digging In,
the points of the farthest German
penetration In P'catdy are Included lr
this bembatdment It also Incl I'es the
rreater pnrt of the southern leg of the
lllndenburg tr angle In this region
believed b many military critics to rep
resent the most vulnerable part of the
German advance The next few hours
are expected to reveal whether this can
nonading Is preparator to a major
counter-offensive by tho Allies.
On riandera Field
On Flanders front, Haig Is holding W
own Ills official report said there waa
"no change on the British front " He
reported the repulse of a determined
assault against Mont Kem.uel from the
direction of Wulverghem and the eonv
plrte breakdown of a German attack In
the Ballleul sector, to the southwest ot
Mont Kemmel
Hale also reported heavy artillery
fighting on the southern edge of the
Flandeia salient and the repulse of local
attacks there He emphasised the heavy
German loisee in the fighting round
Nieppe woou ana vvii-cnaetn yesieraqy
The British withdrawal east of re
on Tuesday Is not clearly outlined An
patently KUC moved his llo btvcV in
average of about three mllea. It xvtmtrt
appear ttun wr nuw rwiinn,;
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