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2
"MRS. LIT STARS
f AS BOND SELLER
Scales Made by Single Com
i. mittec of Women
Total a Million
GRAND TOTAL $12,496,800
The) Ions, steady pult if tho women
Liberty Loan workers has been reward. '
, . . ,. , . ,
ed by another "million and a half da)
Thursday's total. In fact, was better ,
than "Wednesday's, it w as announced last
night by Mrs. John C Groome In report
in subscriptions for $1,061,000 secured
yesterday through tho concerted efforts
of tho women. This brings tho grand
total for tho women bo far up to $12.
496,300. The total of the stores' commltteo of
tho central city alone was $617,350
Mrs. Samuel V. Lit, of Team No. 1
ot the stores' committee, went "over th
top" for n total of $1,000,000 Mrs Lit
has brought In subscriptions ranging
from $J0 000 to iiuo.uuu cacn
"Perfectly marvelous-." was the co-r,-, ,rt. l.iol g) h.itanx and physical
ment of Mrs. Paul Dcnckla Mill", chair- , forces are h-ine; treated In papers read
man of the central city district, when t0dj at the sessions of tho Ainericin
the latest figures were read to her Slc Philosophical Km-let) This Is the s-c-mllllons,
or about half of the women s oml diy of the organization- generil
present total of $12 000.000. nre credited I meeting It will e-iu with n dinner to
to tho efforts of Mrs Mills and hir i morrow eenlng at the I'nlvorslt) riub
helpers. "It Is excry bit due to the Todays proceedings opened with an
splendid teamwork they hae g!cn," oxecutlxc session at which a report of
pays Mrs Mills In enthusiastic apprecla- the proceedings of the oincers anil totm
tlon of the support glxen to her. CU was presented The open scslnii he-
Women Canvass Homes enn at " o clock with Dr J G lloscn-
...,. ..,,.. ti-nnnnnn . .t..i- B.ni ten. vice president of the toclet In
niui "". " -"v. iw ...c,,
credit the workers of the women's Lib
erty Loan committee concentrated their
efforts on tho house-to-house canxnss.
which to dalo has lelded excellent re
kolts. Mrs. Unam HW.is.rn "the workers
cpreau oue in -:. j ...... ...., .-,,., mo .
street to League Island, ami at noon
spread out In oxer) ward from Sprueo
sent In glowing reports to headquarters
Mrs. Walter J Freeman. district
chairman, reported good results among
foreign-born, although many of tin
householders said their husbands had
lhtl VL'1; .,Ii".r.iJ'h0!,3,.u.rv for'some Ra'tlona, Ones"' Dr
or through the foreign committees
Mrs. Samuel D Lit, leader of Team
r,, t, ,
SS DoUn1,trep0nedde; "
No. 1, of the stores
In Mrs. Thomas
SIO.OOO subscription from John Zlmmer-
man. Mrs. Lit predicted her total would
bo $1,000,000 before the end of the week
She has passed the $900,000 mark
Children of the Hol 'Angels Church
parish, in Oak Lane haxe subscribed
for $500 In bonds and to get the money
- i.am !.. m -i. .
to pay for them the will work on farms
thin summer The announcement of the
youngsiers was uiaug uc a me ling on
Wednesda when the parish subscribed
for Sill 750 i.i.-i iiu . .ue'uie-iii u i-ianes I'rrsem
', , , , , .. 'nl Puturc SupplUs Dr Henr Krai-
Alctnry Car I AetUe I ,er hpn(, (jf hP (iclnrtmnt ot lnrnn-
The xlctory car manned by members tolng Cnlversltx of Mleh'g-in 'Para
of the Woman Suffrage pirt collected i sltlsm Among tho Itcd V'gae. Dr Wll-
SS000 worth of subscriptions in a tour Him A Setchell professor of botany.
that coxer Flftj-second street and Unlxe-slty of California
Market, Sixtieth street and Market tin
Broad Street Station and the Heading tftirnoon sntliig
Terminal t the afternoon session the follow Ins
The Hex Arthur Hart, rector of Si pirs will be read
Joseph's Church. 'Willlngs alley and
Third street, has turned In $11,850 In
bonds to tho women's committee
Figures from district chairmen of the
women's committee show no abatement
The South Philadelphia women worker
vttinis -- -..., mo antral
city committee, with $201,900, accord-
in to the report Of Chairman Mm
"Walter J Freeman The central city
"nnTTTSW MOW wvwnwmcrn
-rinr.,. . v-haixj
FOCH'S DECISIVE STROKE
London Anxious to Know When
oommiiece-, reu i ! ram uenckl I Mates National Hi rbarium Depirtment
Wills, was first with $617,350 other of Agriculture Wishlngton, I C.'Or-
dlstricts reported ns follows West ganlzafon, Hnproduetlon and Hirc'dlty
Philadelphia. Mrs B V Illchardion 'n Pedlastrum Dr Robert A Harper
Tt;. Ai4.mii SEHKnn V-i,l... ...:.. """r" "'""'"-"""" c-nixcrsnx ; this tlmo oi iiuuuuui iein ouiuerauon it Is hauling coal prlncltnllx In tho tonnage or .ortll Carolina lumber
s-i4.ifiu: 2-aiis ui r-enu iki I. .xiru nADJi. ..-nrA.un i.nn.. ..i.. .i.. ... ... . . .... , , ,..,... ..
ZiZ rvinel, s Meilhen, J ? V' r, T .",c""?' .OI .' ' """ -Magnetized of aii differences nnu nihtrust' between . plan of the Inland waterways oigmlri- food 'Ihe Beaufort cut from IMinl
rTrth rural Mrs Charles s wu , , . ' i T.," V Tu".rt "'"" "ctor or railroad olllctais aim cinpiojcH and tho tlons the Del iw are nnd Hultan Is to bo Sound Is also tho propertx ot the Gox
nor In, rural, .iib imra n urtH. si 4.- tno dcnirtment nf tprrnfr Lil mnpnotia. ...t.n. i. ,.. rt u ttm e i . . . . ... . ............ i, .,.,, .. ..,. ,
Atti northeast Mrs John w t.. - i i . .1 -........ , eiiuiiiiriuiii.ii- , , ' ,' w ,Jt ""--, repuceu u a new canal asm en rin no .ihuivhi ttunu uh. riuriuu c-inaia hio
JS950 Germantoxxn Mrs w U ?'"r n? IT "m" ?f "a-shlnon. understanding and helpfulness" operated at tidewater, but that will pat- not iltul to the transportation of the
?" .-11.14 lrSsr.V ,J '":.- Oexelopment of Magnetic Susceptlb Illy rrcsldent Ilea s message .ead in part urallx not be a mitter for consideration . country .luting tho war. thex nnv be
Bradford S1G 50 and Nor h LhtiV, . 'I" Jl.a n " hl'J b- Prolonged Ilea-I aH follows. 'befoto tho war ends taken oxer In the Inteiei-t of transport
?to WlmerK,un. . r"atnnn my roiwUllon tl, a the From ,ho Delawate- Hixer the Hwa-' n food to notthem points Th- dllll
Allied Reserves Will Be Called
Into Action
Ottawa, Ont., April 19 Dispatches
from London express anxiety as to xxhen
General Foch xxlll make use of the Al
lied reserxe. which is bellexed to exist,
liut has not been called upon,
"There la still anxiety as to xxhen
A General Foch xx ill mnUa it,. .tui..A
atroke, noxv that the British haxe stood
four weeks of hammering bx- the m,:
mttnmet fl.T'iM-i n .e.r, .. s.t.... .- !
mms-j u.... .. A-v. v, csiiinuieu at
420,000 men, in a fashion xvhlch led
the French xrrlters to describe the Brit
ish armies as the 'w Ing of satrlflce '
aajs the dispatch '
"Experts do not Indorse the opinion
advanced in some quarters that the
advance, critical in the northern theatre-,
lias been definitely checked It Is agreed
that the Germans haxe not obtained
tho dedslxe result aimed at, thanks to
the extreme stubbornness of the British
resistance.
'The battle. In fact, appears to haxe
been following the course of the great
series of German thrusts of October,
J3H, which ended In Ypres and failure
for the enemy There was then no al
lied reserve. That reserx o noxv exists and
has not jet been used There probably
will be continuous fluctuations In tho
northern area for some time to come,
but the salient fact of the fighting 's
the staying power ot tho British so),
dltrs '
TRUCK HITS WOMEN
ON WAY TO CEMETERY
Seven Hurt When Steering Gear
Fails and Machine Hits Uro-
cession
Serxen persons were Injured, one fatal
ly perhaps, on the Northeast Boulexard
today All were taken to St. Luke's
Homeopathic Hospital.
The most seriously Injured is Harry
Vevison, forty-six years old, of 1333
itouth Lawrence street. He sustained
tevere brustes and had concuslon of the
train.
The others are:
Harney Roth, twenty-eight )ears old,
mt izt Wharton street, cuts nnd bruises ;
Mrs. Pauline Flick, flfty-fhe years old,
C ISft Brown Btreet, broken nose and
ftfcraaions, Isadora Flick, lift) -eight
.years old, of the same address, husband
'it Mra, Flick, Internal Injuries; Her
bert Flick, twenty-seven years old, same
i.ro.n broken arm and Dosslble In
ternal Injuries; William Wallace, thirty
Sears old. of 131 J South Rosewood street.
sv4rasiona jiarry iubci, ivriy-sexcii
)cara old, of 108 Mllllck street, possible
Internal Injuries.
Krnest Koch, driver of a six-ton truck
rfor Austin Greer, Jr, was held under
iSW bond for a further hearing April 21
ty Macietrats Costello In the Paul and
Utn streets police station.
According to his statement today, he
leM control of tho steering gear and
2t ihivTo'VKa ceSXWSi0,."
for me tunerai or Jiarry 1-aicK,
--& M -tttjst ?At-SSI.tlM m0 11 A .41 -.&. 1-71 1 ,!--
Jxiadnr Fflclc.
Osljr Om Frdi SWf Sunk
rU W- -rRn subinarlnea
- ' mt .
BAIHD ON COMMITTEES
Now Jersey Senator Assigned to
Banking and Minca and Public I amis
Washington, April 19 Announce
ment of changes In Republican member
ship on Scnato committees by the llepuh.
Ilcan stcer'ng committee Included the
assignment of Senator Johnson, of Call
fornln, to the Military Altai Commit
tee. succeeding the Into Senator Brandy,
oftdaho
Senator Lenroot. of Wisconsin, was
given places on the Commerce, Railroads
and I'nbllc Buildings Committees Semi,
tor lialril, of New Jersey, who recently
succeeded the late Senator llinrhn. u.
assigned to the Hanking, l'ulillc Lunds
nnd Mines Committees, while Senntor
France, of Mnrland was given a nlaon
on , AEriculturo Commute. . Vl,
Weeks of Massachusetts, was m ulo
chairman of tho Committee on Hlpo-.
lion 01 useless uepartmental I'apers
PHILOSOPHERS HEAR
VARIED DISCUSSIONS
Art, Biology, Botany and,
Physical Force at Second
Day of Meeting
thechnlr
The first paper w.is read !) Stephen
II Luce, curator of Creek untKmltles In
the Museum of the I nlxtrslt) of Penn
sylvania Ills- subject was 'Hlstorx "f
the htitd) of rjreek Vase Painting An
' .i!?- ,
Helen D King, assoclato professor of
.mhrvnlnirv it U lhr Institute
!"'bnr M at Wl tar 1 nstltute,
"Changing the Fc Ratio In the Itat '
On Typewriter Ke) hoards
Other papers of the morning w re
' The Art of George Catlln." L'dwln Swift
Ilalch , 'Typewriter Kexhoards. an In-
Charles It Lanmnn professor of San-
sKr Harvard Unlversit) : 'The VUadc
Ji V'"'" .? '"" . . "
es
,'T''' , .- .V ,f r , ?,?..
"' hBH"? Ten! 'J ,?.,,',' i l
M.,, S U'-L V"'" il I "
Dt William Morton Wheeler professor
?,f.rP ,"",!f ntm?,0,:. liUV? 1"":!',u:
.." '""..V ;'"'- ..' 'rii.cn,
,.'v' .
lanes
of the Sense of Hearing H
Dr George II Pirlccr professnf
of 7oologj Harvard Unlxersltj The
Perfecting Prlncinlt " Dr L II llallex.
I?1? Prpfsor of horticulture. Cornell
' The Genus Galen in Vnrth mri I
With Pr.llmlnary .Votes of Some Ncxv
Species of Agarle- ' Dr Georgo T t-
klnri nrofitsor of botany Cornell fill-
xerst ' Tempi riture- Imbibition and
Growth ' Dr U T MacDougal. director
i-i kiie ueinnmeni 01 ooiamcai reseircn,
Carnegie Institution of Washington
'Variation In tllmlii-n-i II.Kn.l i.-,,
crick V Colxllle mrator of the t'hltnl
ant pro(eb)0r 0f posies, Unixersny of
PennU-nnla. and H Karra, Phliadel-
imia
Dr. Albert A Mlchclson xxlll preside
nt the afternoon session A reception
will be held this exening In the hall of
the Historical SocIet of Pcnnsjlxanla,
Locust and Thlrtcentn streets Lieuten
ant Colonel Hubert Andrcxxs MUIIkau,
Ph D , Sc D, xxlll s-peak on Selenca
In Relation t-o the War Ho Is a mem
ber of tho department of science and
research of the Council of National Dt- l
fCllbC.
t i t nYirnnMiTn nnm
W A K M KUVA I YN li V V.
I' fcw .y y .w . A j . 4. v. I -
NEW FACE TO SOLDIER
Philatlelphian, Back From
Front, Tells of Marvelous
Skill Being Displayed
: - r.W'M': tX:,'""'" V"""N- - w. "?.Th,"S, ""-V.. i ". '.1 ""''. "if: neake Bay Is i cached through Die cultx with this undertaking woulJ
isiKinoii, iiiuaueipiiia , L,uminesccncc or iem "i" - ; ... ..,. -inim-inu -, .- , ,.., . ,- -, ... , ,, ,i,. r
i-..,, t,... t. n ,-...... . . a,, i. ..f ilelni; llle uaunn iia ia.t inei-.iiie-aho unu e-eiawurt- canal I ills " -' "-- ------ -- -
Major George K De Schweinl'.-z, pro- Moscow, April 19
fessor In the medical school of the Unl- When tho xjllago of Noxoselkl resisted
xersity of Penns)lxanla and a leading jan armed requisition of money b) Ger
Phlladclphla surgeo.t. Just back from the nian troops and killed un ofilcer In the
military hospitals In France, tells of a ( resulting scufflo the Germans burned the
former golf champion, noxv a soldier, village and from machine guns placed
who was glxen a "new face" by war aroun(1 u 1Iley flred upon tl)e ,.
SUTKhe0man0senraturirfaco had been torn habitants including women and children
be)ond recognition by a shell and the xxho tried to escape, killing many of
surgeons set-about to reconstruct lt them, according to reportH here
i irsi tney tui u. ms uii "
from the xlttlm'a chest Silts were
, . ., ,.j nnn4i. nna "erw .
mauc lur ma cjcd .u ...... . --w
presentable" e)ellds and eyebroxvs fash. I
xf.lni- Iin ste.hxxeinltz
"That b just ono Instance of the work
they are doing In plastic surgery." he
said "In mechanical sterilization. In
4Vi 4reatment of gangrene and In frac
ture work marvelous results haxo been
accomplished The flap that ' ivas crane,,
on tho man's face
WU3 UIQ utBtvai x
excr saw
"Surgeons operate In relays, usually
of eight hours They work for eight
hours, stop for eight and then start In
working eight hours more The stretcher
bearers deserx-e the creattst praise
They are on the front and are like the
trawlers on the sea They do the tough,
est kind of work, are as likely to be hit
as the fighters, they never get the Vic.
torla Cross and yet aro the bravest of
the brave
PROTESTS BAN ON ALIENS
Swiss Consul in Chicago Takes Up
Law Regardinu Licenses'
Cblr.ro. April 19 The Swiss consul
here has protested a city ordinance for-
bidding tho granting of business llcn.es
to aliens. Government authorities may
take cognizance ot the situation
In a letter to the city's legal depart
ment the Bwlsa. consul said that the
ordinance conflicts with the treaty be
tween the United States and Bwitzer-
r which provides that nitnr ooun-
D tMerrere nun lawapiamg cm-Ofpltm-
-to Ms4r pro-
i m&r w mmm
loneu ine new bum t-ir.v ... ..-. istcr f Foreign Affairs The minister est ot '"ls ut- bocmcu ner in rci i.id- p.rton to whom sent, the branch of the
time Hxentually the jwssessor of th- ,, ,.,..., erty Loan drive last night with tho Ktr.icft ivihether naxal reserxe eoant
drafted tutlcle could blush like a six- also mentions the fact that the Germans , biggest parade exer seen in the streets ""Ico (whether naxal reserxe, coast
?e?n.)ear-old schoolgirl, according to ! killed an entire family, even the little I "' that toxvn In thim-five minutes , guard marines, ett ). the rank or rating
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEE--iHILADElJ?HIA, FKIDAY,
wssf 'Wmfc i x
a- i m MMr w X.
NEW LOCK ON NLW VCJKK w X
BAR.GE CANAL BESIDE OLD W I
ERIE CANAL LOCK ,
I ' W I
REA PLEDGES NATION
P. R.R. AID TO WIN WAR
Pennsy President Urges Em
ployes to "Keep Up Fight
ing Blood" by Co-operating
- xi III keep up our llRlitlng lilmid
hx mux lug inure ear-, inuMnfr qulik
er repair of enKlnes, rurs nnd trucks
and lining more mid better railroad
xxork tlinn rxer before.
This is the pledge of loxnl-j t , tin na
tion made by Simucl Hen. head of the
t,,nvl.snl i Railroad, and sent tod n
. e.cry olllclal nnd cmplojo of the
!!'"el"
Clocr co-opentlon to glxe tho nitlon
thr best transportation sen Ice possible
xxas urged by President Boa's statement
in xxhlch ho stressed the necessity for
lojaltj nnd fcelf-eacrlflclng i-erxlco to
'k-ep up our fighting blood"
Mr Hea quotes a circulir issued by
Director General jicauoo urffing in
transport Uton serxlie We xxlll cheer
fullx anu xxiuiiiKix niiipenie xxith
eicli other The men at the front are '
depending upon us to tupplx their
needs We must no- fall them We I
will keep up our fighting blood by
moxing moro ; rs. mining rjuieker
repairs of engines, tars ard tracks
and doing more and better lallroad
xxork than excr before We must for
get unusual conditions and ex en the
hardships of a eountrj at xxar Let
us c-enter txery effoit upon the ono
gicit tisk of helping our fighting
nroincrs xn -iw mu-,i xvoru
1S U Ull-fc " - m... ...... .4 I'Ul.tJ-MJ lu '
xx In tliis xxar
nnrkwir l m siirtm rtrn
lih.K V A IVIAAI,lh.
x i r
IN SLAV VILLAGE
Wholesale Slaughter After,
Demand for Money Is
Refused
A protest against this atrocity has
been communicated to th Rrm,n rr.
- ....-.. - - "' -
emment by M Tchltcherln, Russian Mln-
wero Informed
that ono member hid participated
guerrilla xxnrfare against them
' The people s commissariat of foreign
affairs," the protest concludes, "ex.
presgfg a fM) of lmll.na
. ...
tlon and most resolutely protests against
such acts of violence as being unworthy
of a cultured people and contradictory
to tho elementary principles of human
society. It Is hoped the German Goxern
ment will Investigate thoroughly and
punish the offenders"
WOMAN BEGGED A LIFT
IN AUTO; LIFTED $13,500
Weiner's Tale of Experience With
Chance Guest Frees Him of
Fraud Charge
New York April 19. A Jury In the
Supreme Court. Brooklyn, acquitted
Charles Welner of accepting money
under false pretenses after It had lis
tened to his story of how a woman
robbed him of tho $13,600 In question.
"With the $13,500 in his pocket. Welner
testified, he was about to step Into his
automobile on a Hoboken slrett when
a woman asked him to drive her to
Newark lie compiled, made an engage
ment for the evening, took his new
acquaintance to the theatre and then
went home with her He drank a glass)
of wine and Mien left, he said, but lir
a wiiw iai s waq or paper 0
In
CANAL SYSTEMS WHICH WILL
ON THE
CHESAPEAKE
AND DELAWARE.
CANAL
-wk' --" 1 III
INLAND WATERWAYS MAY BE
PURCHASED BY UNITED STATES
Continued from Pate due
.is a Pemisjlxnnlii P.illroid property,
.i.l 1. -.. .. .. .a -- i. I ..1 ......
I , mak -mllit tmn nf it At utMont
..., .. -..,.,..
canal has been the subject of much
congressional discussion nnd i-exeril at-
tempts haxe nlnadx been made to btlncr
It under Goxernment ownership All
kinds of material from north and south,
both raw and nianufactutcd pass
through this canal
Shipping goes from Ches.ipc.ike II av
through the man) ilxeis one of theo
being the Potomac which Is nixlgable.
to Washington The Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal empties Into the Potomac
iHf
Washlnglon The Ilappaltannock
and Voik Hlxers tap large food-pro-
duclng sections and allow shipping to
the large cities The James Itlxer glxes
ucctss to scxeial Important places In-
Imlinir Nc-rfort News, the shlnbulld-
Ing tenter. Cltj Point the powder cen-
ler. and Richmond
cre,. to Norfolk
Ilampton Hoada also glxes access to
Norfolk the tldexxatei terminal from
tho West Vliglnta coal fields l'roir. j
here the old Chesapeake and Albemarle
LANCASTER COUNTY GIVE
BOOM TO LIBERTY LOAN
Parade in City Tonight to Follow
Splendid Demonstration in
Columbia Last Night
LanittHter, Pa , April 10 This clt)
will stage Its great Liberty Loan pn
rade, thrice postponed ton ght, at the
conclusion of xxhlch a Geiman flag will
bo dragged in the dirt of Pcnii Square
and then Durnect uesiuo me soiuiers-
. ...-........, I-. nr, Ian lillnllln. ilia I i n ..
of marchers xx'lll halt, and Liberty Bonds
xxlll be sold from soap boxes Ten thou-
- ..,,,, .,nrM , arn evneited to march
T,e ! bo?ough of F Columbia ten mil
4000 persona passed u glxen point
The school children of tho toxxn turned
out 1500 strong Another feature ot
tho celebration was the march ng ct
more than 160 Red Cross nurses, whllt
the bystanders sang and whistled "1
Don't Want to Get Well '
The parade was arranged by the
women's committee of the Liberty Loan,
assisted by l'eniiH)lvanla Railroad ofil
clala nnd members ot the M and M
Association Mrs Carrlo Itasbr dge
High Levon and Harry W Zeamer lea
the parade
CALL ERIN TO TIGHT
Georgia Irishmen Favor Home Rule
and Conscription
Ausutta, Go.. April 19 At a meeting
of citizens of Augusta of Irish birth or
extraction resolutions were adopted
favoring home rule and conscription In
Ireland, and tailing upon the Irish peo
ple to do every means in their power
to further the cause of the Allies Irish,
men throughout the United States xvere
urged to take similar action The fol
lowing cable was sent to John Dillon,
the Nationalist leader;
"Meeting of the Irishmen of Augusta,
Ga , indorse granting of home rule ana
extension of conscription to Ireland We
expect Irishmen in Ireland to fight with
the Allies as the Irishmen in America
aro doing"
Fire Destroys Glass Factory
.-HrbJ,TJ.,'.APJ" " ;Kl.r c' "nJe:
i4sisjnnV'mt !. . '..
isvc. near nere, MT.iway TMir." "."". "H "" '"" ,,", "
HELP UNCLE SAM IN
- 4
'Canal now l.iIIpiI the Vnrfnll..in.lio.,.i.
f't Inland Waterwax, glxis entranco
In AHiiMiioi-ln nii.t ftr. .!.... t ...... mi.i-
h fioernmcnt ownm. hiiiI mIiIim u lir
, ----- --.-,- . -.-
aim
Iko
lie
frlgerator
barges
Phlladelphlans are particulate Int.--
ested In the Sc.iuxlklll and Lehigh
Canals The hchujlklll Canal came lnv
the hands of the Goxernment owing to
'lie fact It !s leased by the Philadelphia
and Heading Hallwux George C Lea-
t"n is going oxer the canal at tho
Present tlmo as u Goxernment engineer
-nd will soon render an cstlmito on the
rat of putting the canal Into vse for
transporting coal His burxey xvlll In-
'uclo me posEtouuv c: nuiiaing nirges
for use on tno canal ine l.cmgn canal
Is well equipped with 150 barges It Is
oxxned b) the Lehigh Coal and Naxlja-
"on Company
This canal, howexer. Is capable only
of 100-ton barges and the Goxcrnmeni
Is making
study to iletermlno if
transporting this tonn ige xxould proxa
an economical undertaking. Tho Gov-
eminent can build barges for liny' or an
of the tanals from the $500 000,000 re-
xolxlng fund noxv at the disposal of thu
railroad administration
MAIL MATTER FAILS
TO REACH ADDRESSES
Men in Navy Suffer Loss by Send
ers' Caielessness
Tho dead letter branch of tho New
lork postoffice has been swamped with
mall for men In the United States Naval
service which tould not bo dellxered
because of bad addressing The result
Is that postmasters of tho country haxo
been Instructed not to accept letters or
packages for men In the serxlco unless
carefully addressed
They must bear the full name of the
xxhlch assigned All ot this must be
used In addition to addressing mall mat
ter ln tare of the postmaster at New
ork
Postmasters haxe also been Instructed
not to accept packages containing
perishable goods or packages which are
not securel) wrapped und tied with"
strong string It Is suggested that
xxhenexer possible picknges be wrapped
with cloth and left In such condition that
i-n-pectora may easily examine them.
NAVAL OFFICER WROTE
U. S. SECRETS TO WOMAN
Letter Sent by Italian Sailor Told
of the Fleet Movements
Abroad
New 1ork April 19 An Italian sailor
Is under arrest hero through a letter
written by a naval reserve officer on
board on American vessel In foreign
waters and Intrusted to him for mailing
here.
The letter, according to a Federal As
sistant District Attorney, was addressed
to a woman and contained information
regarding the movements of ships In the
war zone the writing of which li against
naval regulations.
Ren Frlbourg, an Importer and ex
porter, and Qeorge Masure, captain of
tne Belgian renet ship Liege, were ar
rested here by custom officials charged
ullh a -nmnlrarv it Bund lflr nn4.
side tho regular walls betwtsn the
AP1UL 10, 1018
THE WAR
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
FOR WAR VICTIMS
Ileney Wants California tO
Establish Great Institution
to Care for Veterans
Snn trnnrlsrn, April 19
lian.lsJ Hcncj. who is known from
. . ., .
. -1st to eoast and, Intldentallx, wants
to be Goxernor of this State, Is bs-ck-
ins a meritorious plan to put California
xxell to the front In tho ciro of soldiers
who max- be maimed in the grc it war
In i-pcaklng about It today he said
I xxant to i-co tho State ptoxldo a
great Industrial tchool. xxheto our
mrlmed holdiers nmy bo taken xxhen
the u turn from 'oxer there' nnd be
t tught tome occupation so that they
max be telf-suppoitlng and Independent
"When jou see the great number ot
i crippled and blinded soldiers nlrcadx In
the Hist sou arc forced to the rcall- b tll0 ttUdence Whether the Goxern
zatlon that there Is a big problem to ment xxlll tike au action agilnst Dixls
tolxe I want California to start the'w' "ffend upon the result of the In-
solution ot this problem without dela
'The State should lnx- n big Insti
tution nnd proxlde c peit medical at
tention nnd expert training Artificial
limbs should be proxldcd for all xxho
need them and the men be taught how
to if-c them , the blind should be taught
to lend ns tho blind do mil be trained
In occupations so that thej nexer need
ask for charlt)
We do not xxant It exer sild that one
of out California boxs, maimed In this
fight for democrac had to be nn object
of tharlt '
.1, . .t t -r- i ne"-i i.iLiie'r nidi nine ui luuii-iiiiuuib
Water Works Engineer Ilcsigns coulu not cquiesce In "
Henrx Wnlraxen, xxno his been acting T, st.te,nont .lpclared tint If Dixls
chief engineer of the water works at , ," "'"V", ,"e;areu '"lt "lus
Gloucester. N J. slme Frank W Spence i ha1 Injured the feelings of any person
resigned a month ago, has notified Cltj i In the nudienca ho was willing to make
Clerk Johnson that he- does not xxant the ' nn apology although he did not think
place Dining the week he was requlrea ols statements warranted such action
to xxoik as a fireman sexeral times be- , . .,,. ,,,, .. ,. , . ,
ciLse the firemen quit to go to snlpxards I , H wus hinted that persons "planted
to work Theie mo no upplitants for ln tho audience started the demonstra
ting Job 'tlon against Davis
WHEN IN DOUBT WHAT TO SEND
"CAN" A WIRE TO YOUR FRIEND
Western Union Has a Lot Served to Patrons Piping
Hot for Christmas, Weddings
or Whatnot
Canned' gtcetlngs might well bo tho 'affectionate xxlthcs for a happj Christ
title of a booklet issued by the "Western "ws
Union Telegraph Company for the con- TOR A SCHOOL GRADUATE
xenienco ot patrons. Two bundled and (Cholee of rlexen)
fifty stereot)ped und original forms for Ma sour future be as successful ns
telegraph messages aro Inclosed in the hVh?" a"u'llon.C0,K lour
coxers of tho useful pocket secretar), giaduatlon
which proxldes brief messages to be .-1 a'1) i'! "re) Pioud of ) our success
rent on all occasions, cmbiaclng the ami ti.leum"meiFtS0url!SlrtUn,,
holiday from New Year's Da) to TOR A BlRTIin VY '
Christmas, and appropriate messages to , ,, , "wvl""-
bo telegiaphed when congratulations .. .. c '"' of twentj)
and condolences aro to bo expi cased by I ,,aJ '.i.,.1 lu?Jl r'J,daAH nnJl . Ilio
ire ' 'ta)H that lie between them be happ)
Hereafter when ou wish to send a I ' Uirthdaj gretlngs I (We) wish xou
rush message of the season's gicctlngs or a Ion? life nnd exer) thing that makes a
congratulate a graduate, a politician or long life worth llxlng
tho parents of a new bab), don't wrinkle I, We ol,U".ln, '" 1,C1' wishes for a verv
)our brow deeding Just what to ta) l!i,.,!!l'. birthday nnd many )ears of
Seek the index of the telegraph guide h' a'' Se'aco'anTlox'ttl. em, ,
Hero are a few samples Take lour La VvT, l'0' "" 0Ur Ua5 nnd
c jour
pick
FOR NEW YEAR'S
(Choice of ttnt-slx)
My (Our) beet xxlshes for a New Year
rich In blessings
May tlia Nexx Year be a good xear to
vou and ouis Is the xxlsh of )our
friend
We think of )ou with the affection
born of our long friendship which the
recurring )ear only strengthens
TOR EASTER
(Choice of ttxeut) nine)
Ma) this springtime blossom for jou
with floxxers of peace und contentment)
This Kaster grettlng tatrles to )ou
tho affection of an old friend
Best xxlshes for a happy Taster
May your Easter be a bright anu
happy one
Uxery best Easter wish to him (her)
xx horn T am proud to call my friend.
FOR THANKSGIVING
(Choice of twenty)
I never ceato to give thanks that I
have your affection and friendship
Although I (we) cannot be with you
today I (we) have the memory of past
Thanksglxlng Dajs nt home. God bless
)ou all
Let us never fall to be thankful that
the years only Increase the Btrength of
our long friendship
Around the family table think of me
(us) as I (we) absent, shall think of
you. My (Our) love to all.
FOR CHRISTMAS
(Chi Ice of thirty-two))
Every good wish for a Merry Christ
mas and a happy and prosperous New
Year
May the Christmas bells ring In for
you an era of unalloyed happiness and
constantly increasing prosperity.
All affection and good wishes for A
Merry Christmas to ou and jours.
4 May Chrtatmas bring ou Joy and
aTiooa-F-
I NO NEW CLASSES
' Rcadlnjr Teachers Directed to Con
tinue Present Course Only
ItesUIng, To., April 19 Charles 8
Poos, -city school superintendent, In
structed tho principals hero not to
form German classes when tho next
term opens Those taking German noxv
will not bo required to stop, ns most nro
preparing for college, but Superintendent
Foos Is making Inquiry of colleges to
learn It French or Spanish xxlll bo ac
cepted hereafter In place of German as
an entrance requirement
I German in the public schools will
cxcntually bo eliminated, for u mighty
sentiment Is growing Hgalnst It, said
CountJ Superintendent Itapp Tho
county P O S of A. executlxc commlt
teo h is culled u meeting to Indorso
tho Stile campB uctlon ugalnst teach
ing of German
STATE FINDS WORK
FOR 13,030 IN MONTH
Number of Placements in
March Breaks All
Records
ltarrlnburg, April 19.
The co-operatlxo xxork of the State
Tuhllo Safety Committee and tho Puroau
of Kmplojment of the State Derirtmen
of Labor and Industry resulted last
month In placing 13,030 workers in em
plonnent, n lcconl tint surpasses by
1000 the total number of placements oxer
made In n single month by the ilmplo)
mint Bureau of the State
The pi tcements wero made thtough
oillces In fourteen cities, Including- Hnr
tlsburg Alloonn, Johnstown, York, Phil
adelphia, Allentown, Heading, Pltts
huigh, New Castle, Nexi- Kensington.
Seranton. IVIIllanisport, Hrlo and OH
CU
Of the total number of placements
12"h were women nnd 11,751 were men
There were 269 men placed on Pcnn
sxlxanla farms during tho month of
March by tho Kmplojment Bureau and
100 found employment In anthracite
rirwl lilt ittt.lnitita mliifia Tim rotil-1 lliltilf
ll 3-6 men were placed In industrial and
1 miscellaneous cmpiojmeni nnu an
x omen xxero placed under that ilasslfl-
1 cation
Approxlmatelx 30 per cent of tho men
. pliced In emplomcnt xxere laboreis
Three hundred and fifteen xxometi ob-
"l,nr" empiojineiu in muwni i
and the remilnder in executlxc, clerical
d domestle po8tlons
j J)yjg UNDER FIRE
THPATItr T T Tf
I l'UU lllL.UUli lVljlV
,.., ... . . ,...,. .... . .. ..i.
Pittsburgh Man, Hooted by Crowd,
May Have to Explain to
U. S. Authorities
Pittsburgh, April 19 Federal agents
nre Inxestlgatlng remarks mado bx.
Ilnirx- Pax is, xxell-knoxxn theatrical man
on the Alxln Theatre stage here, xxhlch
resulted In his being hissed and hooted
, xesiigaiion iiaxis ueienueti nimseu jes- i
, terdrfy In n long statement, declaring
mat ills address xxas xxtioie-neurteiilx in
the Interest of the Llbertx Loin and the
promotion of the xxar against Germanx.
Ho declared he was misunderstood
What criticisms I made xxero xx holly
Impersonal nnd nonpartisan," he said "I
said nothing xxhlc.i h id not already been
said on the floor of the Lnlted States
Senate and the House of Hepresentn
tlxes. nothing that has not been printed
In the dally press and nothing Which any
true American, understanding that the
things xx ere snld ln the spirit of helpful
mas thev be manx
FOR A WEDDING
(Choice of txxent)-one)
Heartiest congratulations Mas all
jour da) h be ns happy as this day.
Cod bless )ou hoth Wo rejoice In
)0ur happiness ' " "
laU aii old famll) ft lend send his (her)
Broom" con8rutulat'"s to the bride und
Max- this dax- be the beginning of n
long, happy and prosperous8 llfofor jou
FOR A 11IRTH
(ChOU Of 11411-nlMnl
Heartiest congratulations and loxe to
mother und son (daughter) C lo
IHiieS0-
FOR A DEATH
i (n-.x(Ch0l,c,a c' ,,v'nv-lx)
amUSn? ZTjZVntt tyoUvr ereat
(PUD heartfelt 'slmpathy!'"1 t0 you
cyni&rou'.8 "fa ,U8t - SSSS&SZ
FOR A PUBLIC MAN
. i.iiuie:o p( (oriy)
Heartiest congratulations on
nomination iXriinni u"
our
You fought a good fight In a irnn.i
cause Heartiest congratulations'
your splendid success, """"ons on
Congratulations t,pon jour Yvell won
EiilbltslastlQOVsT
tvntWrew, which
U. S. DODGES HI(
ELMW00D
PS' "M
T,,,,""Ml
"uuaing
CONTRACTS TOO m
QUI
A tleslro to forestall proHtM.
ntractors nnd real ?..LWrltl
rpnl estate
which threatened to cost ill De.i
ment millions of dollars, Is dLi""!
naxo oeen tno real reason ,i J I
i:imuood housing project In i,er ""I I
of Hog Isliml shlpwork ' .'ak8.tM,iJ
doned by tho Gox eminent "
jnur wuiiurai jioxv cs so tar t,. .,
no llltlmiltlnn nf 41.. -L. l.'T hM liTH1
tlin hnllHlni? hrni-rat., -,... ! tatBl
would bo against the !",? ' Hi
Goxcinment to nnl.n.i, ...." ' rtif
subject noxv II. MW ho ?."
Appralsil of the land In thf n
nio iiui -j u eummittee of lh. v.
estate board of which Thomii mS'l'
cross Jr . Is president That bo5 ""t
list nit-nt and heard an aita,. 1" V?'
Shallcross. In which he told hoi il'
Goxernment Is being protected- ar.i
profiteering by real estite men mi -tho
countrs n a"
Chief Albright of the Bureau of ,. T
cjs. esterday figured roughly 4k., , 1
t.. ..1. r, !. 1T- . ? "' "lit Ifl
nuuou ni.v.,1 - uiu nuB island sM
embraced could bo ereei.a ... ...am
If this estimate Is correct the laSlri
tors stood to make $3 710 000 jwT'
legitimate pront of construction -ri'rJ
axerage bid sent to the Ooxemmtnt k.2
lontractors xxas for ulmni tu..k''fl
ca.h house ,1
This knowledge com ex ed to Admlm
Bowles, xxho has been In rt.. ..".'
with Chief Albright and the iJ"'
experts, Is said to haxe decided the cm'
feiecs to ndxlsc tint the entire prolyl
bo abandoned In this conni-ii. .CT
ate reports that a similar action mi
taken at Bristol, where a contract f
200 homes for workers had W
un.il ucu
After tho award of the mni...
Chairman Hurley Is said to haxelearnrt
that the cost xxas becoming exceiiln'
and that another series of rex elatlont'
similar to tho original Hog Island n,!
poe might follow ln their train. T
prexent nn lepetltlon the uhlptrftr
lioard told tho Merchants ShlpbulldjiJ
Company to go ahead and erect uV
houses Itself
All ot these facts nre expected to be
related at length in the forthcomlM
statement b the admiral and to har
aside the mysterj which has cloikd
tho housing plan for some weeks. How.
cxer, tho municipal officials declanl
estcrday that thex gaxe up any hop,
of the Hlmwood site being accepted some
xxceks ago
So confident was ( hlef Albright that J
the plans xxould hardlx mature that taa
took from the walls the maps fliotlnfij
tho eMenslxo tlt xxhlch the mnnld-J
pallt) expected to dexelop for Hoj
Island At least that is the reason that
the attaches of his office read Into hill
orders glxen a da) or txxo ago, Huij
nn- maps lie remuxeu
i niei xiuriKuc iiuiiseu is saaiy airap-j
...ilnl.il ll, ,4 ll.A liiill.lni. nl.n I. V. 3
ab indoned He has had txx enty-Bve e-J
ploxes at xxork on plans and blue prlnut
and the) haxe glxen n deal of their tint
since last Februarx But all the while
some tiDsterlous Influence xxas holding
up tho acceptance of the plans until the
chief became a trlflo xxcar) of watcWjI
waiting j
Howexer, he xxas not entirely ailw
all the xxhlle and his conferences xrlti'
Owen Bralnerd. the nrehltefct in chirrT
of the plans, and Admiral Boxxles teemejlj
to haxe corxlnccd him that cxerythlnlt
xxas off and that no houses xrould bil
built here So confident did he ke-
como in mis ncner mat ne oratm,
the emplo)es to ston xxorking and took1
doxx ll the plots and prints and otto
paraphernal! i xxhlch haxe been the mu
nicipal IXhlblt V In the ambitious
scheme for Hog Island
SNYDER HOLDS UP BICL I
FOR NINE AUTOMOBILES
Auditor Wants Deal With Motor-1
truck Company Shown to
Protect State
llarrlnbiirg, April 10 Vudltor C-
eral Sn) der declares he w ill hold up !,
I reciulsltlon for tho rchnbursmmt rtj
' IliA Clnln Tllnl... n.. n.,.irlmlll ftf tht
...v ......... ...... ....J ...,. -- -w
money paid for nine motortrucks untl
after his hearing of the automoMK:
compan) rcprtsentatlxes here una uy
if It Is shown that the State paid mo
for tfio cars than nn Indlxldual couU
haxo obtained them for somebody wut
bo surcharged
Tho Highway Department turnsJ h
some old cars In purchasing tho ntw0!J
and an nllowanco xxas made The t
was paid Februar) 8 or txv o xvteVs l-.
fore tho Board of Public CroutilJ M
Buildings approved it according 19 t"?
Auditor General, and when this iaw
brought out the Auditor General, tj
as a member of the board had 'appro
tho bill, started an Inxestlgatlon Sine;
then he has refused to lelmburss tM
Hlghi! a) Depaumrnt
According to the Hlghwa) Vtffii
ment, tho price of the nine cars to tM
White Comp in itn lulling war tar, wj
513 305 50 with an allowance of JH".
for the old ears , the Packard Compstf,
bid J44.1C4 GJ with $7!00 alioxx anc I"J
old tars und the Pierce l ompany HM'J
with J6500 allowed for the old cars. 1
Auditor General Sn)der when sJ
If thero was any political significant l
the transaction replied j
"I cannot say there If It looks o)'
'hut the Hlghwa) Depaitinent shouia
haxo paid approximate!) $5000 more M
machines than lt should I have IMpfj
niatlon that tho depaitinent paid I'H
moie for each of the trucks than v
price ciuoted b) the same company IsWJ
to a private indlxldual . '
"I do not want to sa) anxthlne ntnn
about Mr O'Nell although I unders'tw
ho has said sexeral things about ns.
That Is not my way I haxe notWM
agalnut Mr O'.Vell, and, moreover,
muy be Goxfrnor nnd my superior tt
tlmo next year nnd I want to finish W
term in harmony and peace " a
I J
BOILER LAWS INEFFECWy
Apparatus Must Conform to SUKj
Board Rulo Only Bcfoie Opertlol
HarrUburg. April 19 - M"
General's Departmeit has dfdf,S1)J"JJ
the Industrial board's ruling that ww.
not built In conformity with the ' MKJ
holler code may not be brought ujj
Pennsylxanla cannot he enforcea j
The opinion holds, nnwexer. j"",:,,.,
tininao ii:i ii -( s i j luiiiuiiii -- -
board s rules
svir oi-xict r-vrvniiePS FOCH
lllLiOtil H4iww.. ' vTi
I'arls, Apill 19 Tho following ffl
clal note has been Issued here: m
"The American military repre""
tlve In the supremo war council ''j,
ofilclally Informed the (i ' S
that ho has received the flljvl" mi
blegiam under date of April W. 7
"'In the name of the IlePh.Be,a
tne U'lUien muiea " '' r.iiniffii
n i.i. nr.nineoa iim nomlnauoniK
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ll-IMimiiu sn-i"i- - "j--.i-j.MSi
i General jucn us ramnwu ---
of the Allien armies uiis-
I-'rance.' "
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