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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1918
HATCH WATCHES '
, MILLS'S CLEAN-UP
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HUNDREDS RESPOND TO GENERAL BARNETT'S APPEAL FOR MARINES IN THE EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
NEARLY 300,000
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Colonel Satisfied "With;
Philadelphia Is Makim
Record in Individual
Subscriptions
Acting Police Head, but
Keeps on Job
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SECRET SERVICE WORKS
TOTAL NOW 51l2(35i)5Oo
City Falls Behind, With Only
Forty-four Per Cent of ita
Quota Achieved
Itany Agents Stutly Vice Con
ditionsNew Whrniwg for
Saloon and Hotel Men
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There M bo no rclaTaliton. ot vlgl-1
lane by to" Government Iti (tho Mcc
ctean-up In .Philadelphia despite -tho fuct
that Acting Superintendent r Police
Mills, now in fcharBO ot tl,ls Work' ,s
very satisfactory to tho United', States'
authorities. A squad of Federal Inves
tigators and nume.'ms STecict Janice
men arc keeping close watch on tlie de-1
euuna'nt Colonel Charles IWUel, , j
nf th Vnlted States, marine coir"' w"
Jepre'cnts the Navy Department In tho ,
vie. cnH.de, returned toflW torn Wart-
Ington, whero no naei u. "',,'. ,i.
Secretary of tho Navy Daniels ou tlie
situation.
Hatch Well rieaeetl
Asked what ho thought of results sr,
far Colonel Hatch said.
"The outlook ten- cicani"K .- -.
vIcelBverj cneoumglng Captain Mills m
statements to the plain" of police ami
lieutenant regarding their dutlos In l
present situation wero clear, coneh-o and
ttf tho point .,,.,
Tho only thins I '" t"tcictcd m
now Is having a pentiancnt .lean-up
1 told Secretary Daniel 1 had the sup
port of romo very line loplo In I MM- I
detphla. and he said h .ih glad to
bear of this co-operation
Colonel Hatch mana it ueui i""
-was not Interested In tlv political lt
uatlon nor attempting, to roorm the t itv .
but merely doing what ho thought best
for the men in the service
Tho practice of giving lliiuir to sol
diers and sailors. Colonel Hutch sa(d,
will have to stop.
"Some hotels and saloons (iro still
Violating tho law," he assertwl, "and
If these xlolntlons do not cease. I is 111
have to ask United States District At
torney Kane and District Attorney llo
tan to take steps to stop It "
Not a friendly At l
Tho Colonel also expressed the hopoltown i,,, nro threatened the structure .
that frlendH of soldiers and salloia would I ,,,,, n111-hli.nn. ulio Is the
abandon the practice of givlni? them
drlnK at their homes. Some peiions,
ho said, bellave It's necess try to Blve
the men liquor before they p over
They know they vill not obtain any
In tho trenches. This habit should be
stopped Immediately, as It only reduces ,
the enlclency of the men who .ire soini?
over on such a nerlous mission.
Federal Investigators, Including Secret
Service men. are still worklnc here, tho
colonel said, and watching develop
ments. In a statement fiom 'Washington, Sec
retary Daniels said he was Kind to hear
of the support Colonel Hatch was re
ceiving from the people and said that
such support was necessary to get re
sults. "So arrests" was the substance of re
ports, received from all detectives of
the Eighth District this morning at tho
station, Tenth and Buttonwood streets,
indicating that the Government-Inspired
hostility of the police toward vice is
taking effect
The fact that there were no arrests
last night constitutes a record for the
district.
In the campaign to rid the city of vice.
Acting Superintendent of Police Mills
today directed his attention toward
"shyster" fcnvvers who for years have
been representing owners and inmates of
disorderly houses. He served notice on
these lawyers that ho would keep them
cut of City Hall
llt l .!! I a! 1 aa1 A ti nm (if
these lawjers had appealed to Acting i
Superintendent Mills late last night and
wanted to know If ho meant business.
"Tea, I mean business and before t
pet through with our clients I will see
that you shyster lawyers are kept out
of the City Hall," answered Mills
31111a Is said to have made a personal
tour of the Tenderloin late last night
and also to have passed through that
part of the city where the Fosdick re
port located the disorderly houses. Mills
today wouldn't talk about this.
"I'm going about my campaign In
9 quiet way and not resorting to spec
tacular shows," sabl Mills. "I am
cleaning up the town and the clean-up
must be a permanent one and not one
for a few davs only. I am after tho
offenders of the law, as well as the
jjhyster lawyers. Same of these law
yers have called mo up and wanted tp
know If I meant business I told them
that I wn3 after them the same as I
was after the Inmates and owners of '
dives. I am also instructing policemen
to get after men who live oft the earn-
ings of women They should be thrown
Into a sewer"
WOULD GO TO GERMANY
Mm... flhor Seeks Permission to Re-
r
turn Home
Jfew York. April 13 Mme. Marga
rets Arndt. the mezzo-contralto, better
Known as Mme Ober, of the Metropoli
tan Opera Company, was the most dis
tinguished of a large number of woman
subjects ot Germany who consulted
"William Wallace, Jr , Assistant Attorney
General In charge of the enemy alien
bureau, at the Federal Bluldlng yester
day about getting permission to return
to Germany.
Th applications were all inspired by
the new law known as the woman spy
lilll. which makes women enemy aliens
pubJectJo Internment.
Municipal Appointments
Clt appointments today Include Wll-
l!m F Noller, 3040 Longshore street. I
chief engineer. Bureau cf Charities, I
J1500, John Chamberlain, 330. Mount
Vernon
street, engineer. Bureau of 1
n.arltles. $1200: Blaney .L Harve," 5101 I
Baltimore avenue, chauffeur. Bureau ot
Hl-rhways. $1000: Frank Massey, 812
outli Tenth street, gateman. Bureau ot
Highways. $900 J Dr. Itoss II. Cobb, 3302
Copley treet. physician. Bureau ol
.Charities, $720: Dr. Ida L. Donmoyer
"443 North Seventeenth street, assistant
Bhyslelan, Bureau ot Charities. $1000
and Dr. Alma II. Iltnman. 208 Itxcliellc
' avenue, clinical assistant physician, Bu
Tau ot Charities, $900.
Baron Yon Frankenthurn Is Dead
Amsterdam, April 23. A dispatch
4rorru Vienna say that Baron GauUch
Von Frankenthurn. former Austrian Pre
mier, to dead at his home In that city.
Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn had
Vieea three times Austrian Premier, his
last term In that office, a brief one,
-uomlwr to a cloee lata In 1911, nearly
iha win before the outbreak of the
KHiKpean war III name has not fig
ured frequently slnco In Austrian po
uttcal circles, lie waa stxty.ieven years
ol
War Wounds Cause Death
iHle. Kr April 31 Utorgs u.
,1 n. H, ().. "holder of the Cross
Legion of Honor and the Belgian
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Tho ouiib manhood of Philadelphia rallied lousinjjly to the appeal for reciuits for the I'nFietl States Marine Coips, printed in yestotday's Kvbmno Pninr I-Kdcer. from Major General Barnctt. The photo
graph shows the msh to enlist at the recruitwiK oflicc, 1 1011 Arch .street, whith piomptly folluwed the appearance of the call. In the center of tho moup Captain S. A. W. Patterson, in charge of lccruitinp,
ts seen handing special instruction to Hector Chirk, ex-Naul Rcsen-r, transferred to the maninc training enmp at Paris, S. C. Tlie smaller pictuic shvs two police officers of the Nineteenth and Oxford streets
station enlisting in the service. They are (left) Thomas Parsons, 1914 Sharswood street and (right) Joseph llamberry, 1533 North Nineteenth sticct. Between them stands Sergeant H. L. Girnrd.
SERVANTS RESCUED
FROM BURNING HOUSE
Hutchinson Residence at Gcr-J
mantoAvn Damaged Valu
able Paintings Ruined
Several servants were rescued from
! the residei.n.0 of Sidney 11 Hutchinson,
;5", West Tulpehockcn street, llennan-
I this moililng-
lon - ln - Uv of U T Stotesbury, la now
Tesldlng In his town house and the Ger-
ttianlovvn re'dence vas unoccupied, cx
cpt for Mr?. Katherlno lee. house-
ke rpcr. and the bervants.
.lrs. I-ec discovered the fire shortly
afttu- 1 o'clock, being awakened by
smov ;-lijx
for lielp. John Cornish, vvlio was walk
ing ilf "Wayne street heard her cries and
ran to tho house Ho sent in the alarm
to the tire bureau.
Coralsh then returned to the houso. i
forced open the front door and made
his way througli tno smoKO-uneii nan-i
way to tho servants' quarters. The ser-
vants lud not vet been aroused .11
Cornish, after awakening them and tell- ,
lng them to dress hurriedly, led them to 1
the street. j
Thf. nfcinen. who nnlved In the I
meantime, found Mrs. 'l.ee on tho sec-
.,,,,1 iinor una c.irrieu ner irani inc
house The fire burned from the cellar,
vvheie it originated, piouahiy
fiom
crossed eleitilo wires, through tho floor
nt.,1 into tin. living loom and library.
A valuable Oriental rug in tho living
was ilestrovca anil several 011
valntlnss In the dining room were crack-
eil and -virtually ruinca iiie loss is
estimated at between $4000 and $5000,
"HOME TEACHER" BRINGS
SCHOOL TO IMMIGRANTS
California Leads in This Woik of
Bringing Education Directly
to the Newcomers
"California is a pioneer In the work
of having homo teachers working among 1
tho foreign population, principally with
mothers of families, bringing to them
Americanizing Influences that never,
reached them before," says a report
from the Woman's lMvlslon of the Com- ,
nmieo on ruwiu ""-
tehers aro now at work In tho homes
among the foreigners in Los Angeles, j
San Francisco and Fresno
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the fnlted State-) meets with condl.
tlons that tend to disunion, the School
on the ono hand. eauing me cniu
toward .Mnencanizanuu. "
home and shop on the other, making
I. - .. n rtl.1 ..it Lnnv rt 1. tut
for tlio reieniiou wi um tua.w.,n ,..
hnblts on the part of the pirents. Tho
1 ..i-hf ..-bool Is only a weak counteract-
I Inc Influence Hence t03 need for bring.
"! ' ",i.i m.n the home throuuh
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the 'homo teacher.'
DEMONSTRATE BAKING
rwTi iir in nr'Pn TnTlAV1"10 Umlts of the zone In other w ords 1
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Alliance of Catholic Women Works
for Conservation of Wheat
Plour
A demonstration In the baking of war
bread will be conducted this afternoon
at Cathedral Hall, nfahtef nth and Wood
Streets by Miss J. IMIth Stevenson,
teacher of domestic science at the Wll-
The demonstration will be under the
auspices of the Alliance ot Cathol 0
lam I'enn limn atuuu..
-. ..hi.,. . mniiucLULi.
Cllin-
piilgn It. the parishes and "odalltles
embers to
Ol
Philadelphia to Pieage ino 111
litfieinnia 10 micwho . .--
the liberal use 01 puiuws ...... v- ,
tervatlon or vvneai am "'
Mrs T ' "aner y. "'"",.'".
food supply committee announces jjlia
the public Is invited to the Uemonstra
tlon.
What Public Support
Wins for City Firemen
A two-years' campaign waged by
tho members ot the Bureau ot Fire
for a fair llvlnu wage and moro
equitable worklns conditions has
won, through the public Bentlment
aroused by tho Evbxino Puouc
Ledogr:
An Increase In salary of $100 a
year to every man In the bureau
below the.rank of captain.
Abolition of tho obnoxious sire
days' day-und-nlght duty at sta
tions, and the substitution therefor
of a two-platoon system, affordlne
to all members of the firoflghtlnsr
forco alternate weeka of day or
night duty.
Opportunity for all firemen to
lei at home during their period
y duty, and aJJeA-hour Jay.
daj' while wf service.
Belgian Army Wins Signal
Success North of Yprcs
Loudon, Apill HS.-J.VIthough lit
tle 1ms been heard of It by tho out
sido vvoild, tho Uolslans liavo won
a nlgn.il success over tho ficimans
on tho west 1'lande.n fiont, north
ot Ypies. The Get mans tiled to
capture llKschoote ami then drive
southward In tho direction of HI
verdlnuhe and Htielen, so cutting
at tho base of tho Ypies salient, but
were beaten off by the Belgian
aimy Tho attack began on tho
moinlng of April 17 and was car
iled out with vigor between tnn
llouthoulst forest and the Hooded
irea near Stcenkci ke.
MINES STILL ANNOYED
UV rii AT CM) DRfiUT 17111 I
II 1 jJtLl jtl, I llVLILLlII 1 re
Railroad
"
l7iiol Aaoicrninpiito I
2. Utl SOlKlllltCliVa
Are in Foi'Ce Despite
, , ,
llecent Adjustments
r,rr ,:: ,
Though the railroad fuel
;pposedto havo be?n se(tl
supposodlto have be?n settled
Inston and the practice of assigning cars
to tho mines ended, olllclal orders are
still lacking at the points of production
and the mines In. the central Pennsyl
vania district yesterday reported get-
ting, ns usual, cars assigned for rail
road fuel and for coal consigned to the
New Lngland fuel administrator. It had
been expected by many operators that
beginning csterUay morning thej
ould be able to do better by commercial
consumers, nui inav cxpe'cuiuuii ima nut
been reazea.
Car supply In central Pennsylvania Is
far from up to the mark, at least In the
western end of the district. One typical
mine yesterday reported that, counting
all cars, assigned or otherwise, It had
received only a trifle over fifty-five per
cent of rated supply. Of the nctual num
ber placed, assigned cars for railroad
flint .1 ,! fm Kn,t' l-T.fTlaM,t ni.inl.ntn.l f
tent-four per cent Box
ir9 nr,.nn,f, , nm. ,,lnr(, !., .
-p c"et. leaving approximately Mxty-
Sx per cent of the actual number sup-
.11 ipn
'P M. . only aooiu --ey-one per ,
L""""" """-"- ihfen ,,, l). ,.uttn(! Uown ,3,0 eze of
Complaint About Ilux Cam ( samples sent out to tho trade. This
There Is a great deal of dlsatlsfac- material is sulllcient to manufacture
tlon over the placing of box cars at 000,000 uniforms.
mines where they must be loaded by Tho lecommendatlons aro to cllm
hand Tlie added labor cost per ton lsllnate:
extremely heavy and the fuel admlnls-1 Belts on all sack coats and overcoats.
tratlon has declined point biann to mane ,
V allow ance for the extra expense or
any allowance lor me exira. ttpemo 01
loading Besides, In the central renn
sjlvanla district theso box cars, when
loaded, csn be shipped only In a
westerly direction nnd cannot go beyond
that coal must ue soiu in u ueiu, uko
Pittsburgh and eastern Ohio, where
there Is plenty of native coal.
Like Banquo's ghost, the Issue of car
suisuy will not be effaced. On Satur
day, April 20, the reports from the Fair
mont district were that out of 119 mines
reporting thirteen had no ears There
were 2143 men Idle ns a result and the
tonnage lost was 20,580
In the case of the central Pennsyl
vania mine noted above, last week's
records showed that, counting both
commercial cars and those consigned to
New England, the supply for tire week
. .,,, ...ifl- rtir "0 itr nent This
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does not Include coal shipped on rail-
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Prices Modllletl
There have been some recent modifica
tions In the standard price for coal at
ithe mines Some decreases have been
ordered In west Virginia anil Keniucay
and some Increases have been granted
In the New Itlver field an Increase
of twenty cents a ton has been approved,
making the prices fob. mine $3 for
run ot mine, $3.25 for prepared and
$2.75 for slack. In the Fairmont dis
trict an Increase of fifteen cents has
been granted, making the prices on Fair
mont gas coal per net ton at the mine
$2.75 for run of mine, $3 for prepared
and $2.50 for slack.
These changes put the mine prices of
Fairmont gas coal considerably above
those of standard Pennsylvania gas
coal and It it considered possible that
some move toward a readjustment of
Pennsylvania gas coal prices may be
scheduled for the near future. The new
prices on Fairmont and New Itlver coal
went Jnto effect Satufday.
t Better Production Iteported
According to the report of the United
states QeoloKlcal Survey for the week
ended April 13, production was 10,947,
000 tons, or 1.S24.000 tons a day, against
a total ot 9.317,000 tons for the week
ended April 6. Beehive coke production
waa G7:.00U ions, against oji.vvu tout
for the. week ended April . . By-prod
uct COM output inr irw vrp ojuts
April .It was 4,5V tons out of pos-
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jF UENDS OF LAW BREAKERS
I MUST STOP EAVESDROPPING
Telephone ''Listeirers-In" for Complaints to the De
tective Bureau Will Henceforth Find
Themselves Sidetracked
EAVi:SDIlOri'i:itS at City Halt wlll:i politically protected place, only to Olid '
have to "drop It." TNie political ever thing c!osr,l In several cases they '
. , , , ... , 1 found the gnmblets, who were tipped off
spies of various factions, wlio wero al- ,iu(tyi I(.-ldnB maBazlnes un ,)la).lnB
wajs on the lookout to hervc their clietlu-is or discussing tlio war.
friend, will no longer be ulilo to give In ono Instance they found an estab-
1 advance Information when ralils mc con
templated on tho icndezvous of their
fntlnuprs
j "Listening In" on the Ueleetlvw llu-
reiu's telephone will havo to bo ab.ni-
, cloned ns ,1 popular lndocr sjiort. Cap
tain Souder has Installed two tilled
s)stem phones In his olllco and all per
sons vi ho havo complaints will now be
enabled to talk to him direct.
in numerous instances, wheo com-
Plaints were made to the Defective Ilu
reau against gambling houses nnfl ques-
llouablo retoits, proprietors ot these
places have been "tipped oft" in ad-
vance In some cases the complaint
,n M,l,nil tli l,n( nf til,,
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lutcitlve Hureau a ted us messenger, wn rtturnet? to tin-
During the last few weeks tin- gam- Thirty-ninth stttct and Lancaster ave-
bllng squad has fie(iuently gone to inid.nue station
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FRKT0 DISAPPEAR j
FROM MEN'S APPAREL-
National Tailors Appeal for
Simplicity and Economy
in Dress
Norfolk suits, double-breaMctl coats,
limits rm cnnls nntfli iinrUptH. cliff nn
seec3 fancy J, and 0her mMUhU.
ments of male attire are to go.
Tailors here havo received an appeal
from President Charles 1. Wetzel, of
tho National Association of 3Icrchant
Tailors of America, to conserve the
wool supply by bringing about, economy
That soldiers and sailors may be well
clothed, nil freakish tits of fashion must
be sacrificed and men once more re-
uuieu i. unit... 111 c.j cj, kiiiuuiii buuu
sense. If less art.
While the wool situation la this coun-
1 try Is not an alarming one. the Com-
.... , ...,.
" 0' ecesslti of uMniTo?
' , lmportinK thls lp0rtunt article.
mmounw)
000.000 vards of wool material had
except half belts on ulsters,
Cuffs on sleeves
Yokes and pleats from nil kinds of
coats and pockets.
Patch pockets from full-lined and
l.alf-llned sack coats, overcoats and
cstgi
1 Outside bellows pocket aiuj so.
called satcnei ana sauaie-uacis paicn
pockets from all sack coats.
Flaps from patch pockets on tack
coats.
Flaps from pockets on vests.
Outside cash pockets from coats.
All double-breasted back coats and
vests
Tunnel loops on trousers, except slash
tunnel loops.
Cloth belts on trousers.
Pegtop trousers,
French and shoulder cloth facings
from sack coats and overcoats.
In addition to eliminating these fca-
tures, the tailors are also requested to
reeiuce an rar us ijubbiuio tu vwuui 01
facings on all coats, vests andvercouts
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WEl.NBU 1U A1U 1'AliJlfclt
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Will Be Stnte Counsel for Alien
Property Custodian
IMward Wiener, a lawyer with offices
In the Stephen Olrard Building, has
been appointed State counsel for east
ern Pennsylvania In charge of Orphans'
Court matters for A. Mitchell Palmer,
alien property custodian. Mr, Wiener,
as Is the case with the State counsels In
the other States, Is serving tho Govern
ment without pay.
Mr. Wiener will make his Philadelphia
headquarters In Room 129, Stephen
Glrard Building, where he and his
brother, Henry Wiener, Jr.. practice
law.
He Is a member of the Union League,
the Mask and Wig Club, the Meridian
riub and several country clubs. He
graduated from the University of Penn
sylvania in itn.
Grafts DogBose In Arm
On account of a gun wound It was
nMwnrv until, time Bflro for the fcUr-
neons to remove a bone In the arm of
Bert Bpeelman. of Cherokee. Ioyva. lit
oently surgeons removed a bone from
him shin and one from a dog anil grafted
them Into his arm. It la learned that
)Mt c-rratlon waa successful an that
VmtTt will have Derfect us? uf M arm
llshment on Hlghth street masquerading
as nn art gallery. Uut behind the
paintings on the wall were found e
penslvo gambling outfits, which were
made to lit Into the plctuies
If lm want to talk to Captain Souder
now you can get him without hnving
vour convusatlon Inspected hv vvnriJ
'heelers," vi ho w ere glv en "soft" jobs
at City Hall Just for that puipose I
In view of the direct conncitlons es
tablished, Captain Souder had no furthei
use for telenhono onerators. M Charles
Holtz, chief operator In the captains
otllce, was tent baik tud.iy'to the Mnja-
munslng avenue and Dickinson stret
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U. S. ANSWERS APPEAL
OF STARVING BELGIUM
Rotterdam to Get 3,000,000
Bushels of Wheat Within
a Month
Washington, April 23
The hunger-faint voice of tho lnhalil-1
Hints of Belgium has called to the United 1
States for moro food1, and the machinery '
of Government Is In motion to answer 1
the "call which cannot be denied," as j
every olllclal concerned In tho matter,
termed It. 1
Through co-operation on the pan of
tho commission for relief In Belgium, the
food administration and tho shipping
I board, there will bo dispatched to Hot
terdain within the month
moro than
3,000,0000 bushels of grain. The wheat
will conio from tho reseive under tho
I COnlro1 f U, fd d'lnlstra"on' J
! slll'Plng control committee of the sli
TM
shin-
Ping board has arranged to make vessels
aggregating 73.000 to 00,000 tons avail-
able for this purpose.
Two material aids In furnishing help
to the Belgians were seen toay In the
decision ot the United States to trans-
port to thlJ country a portion of the
150.000,000 bushels reserve supply of
wheat now in storugo In Australia, and
the arrival In London or an American
representative to sit with and take part
in the Inter-Allied Food Council.
The warninir cabled here was that re-
lief must come within a month or the
starvation uolnt would be reached. Olll-
dais did not think German objections
wouiu cause any uuucuiiy. j lie uci-
mans, according to men who took part In
the work while the Americans wero In
charge, have afways shown a disposition
. ..i.. .,,.,,,. n n.1,.1,,, enn,i fiiionw
IW IIJ piuntv uii uvitiiuu w-.l ...v..
because It relieved them of a tremendous
problem ueninu ineir own lines,
The food which must be furnished
Belglum may mean a curtailment for a
corresponding period of time In the ton
nage that can be devoted In the trans
atlantic trade to civilian needs.
Steps already taken will make It pos
slblo for the United States to meet a
further drain upon its wheat stores
u nhout disastrous conseauences through
1 replenishment from Australia Within
tile ust vveea auumonai tonnage, aggre-
eat.ng almost a million tons has come
un.d'r'he co"ot . .,Lah!lm xs ?V.l
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unilieuiiticij, unu mv ciiiuiiiucr euiiuut
from Japan wUi. with the exception of
150.000 tons to be delivered during April
and May, not be ready until latei.
SUITOR SEEKS DEATH
Charles T. Swikcn Stabs Himself
When Proposal Is Rejected
His proposal of marriage rejected.
Charles T, Swlken, thirty jears old, of
2768 Martha street, attempted suicide
at his h4me today by stabbing himself
In the chVst with a breadknlfe, He was
taken to the L'plscopal Hospital, and Is
In a serious condition.
Swlken had been very friendly with
Miss Grace Gray, twenty-six years old,
of 3107 Kast Auburn street, for some
time ,and recently- proposed marriage.
When she rejected Mm he brooded over
It and shortly after 2 o'clock this morn
ing vvsa found helpleso In his room.
Deserter Kills Himself
Kcrsntun, Vs., April 23.- Ilather than
submit to arrest as a deserter after over
atnvtnp a furlough. Oeoree Teuksburv
u aoldler at Camn Meade, shot himself
through the heart His home wss near ngv, the demand Is much better and every
farmers nome at WPnngseia. la, AmIldB ,rom .v.. ,. ct Dt ,., .
constable bad called at
AlTmlnutM be"
1 A w
Searcn or tae soiaicr m
Dopctv'.s Suggestions
to Promote Long Life.
Maxima which Mr. Dcpcvv ob
serves and iccotnmemli) to those
who aspire to IongovU :
Laugh! It Is the fountain ot per
petual jnutli.
He absolutely temperate In nil
things.
Never drink at a bar.
Never drink between meals.
Never drink nnv thing but cham
pagne no one will treat; It's too
expensive
Have mote fun out nf life.
Mingle play with jour woik.
LEATHER MARKET UP
ON BRITISH DEMANDS
Coupled With American Army
Requirements, They Stimu
late Trade
Iliislon, April -"
In addition to tho announcement
Hint tho olllclal bus or of the Biltlsh
1 1 !ov eminent Is In tho Amciltan mar
kets for leather, other conditions
havo helped to bring about 11 firmer
situation. Spring hides lire being held
at higher prices. Tho l.ugo quantities
I of good leather that will be needed
, for the coining ordeis for army shoes
havo caused a scarcity of good hides,
and holders of these aro asking more
1 money for their stock. Tho llovern-
ment Is prepared to act on prices It the
market starts advancing too rapidly.
Conferences were held In Washington
last week regarding tho matter of pi Ice
fllng and committees havo been ap
pointed to determine a valuation of the
various grades and classes of packer and
domcstlo hides. Tho Quartermaster's
Pcpaitment has sent out Invitations to
shoe manufacturers to bid on flvo million
pairs c.f nimv shoes These are to be
mado up at once, deliveries starting In
June.
The civilian shoe trade Is Improving.
Many ot the rttallcis and jobbers arc
lealizing that Interests outside of tho
civilian trade nie entering into the
market and that with the Increasing
j ,of M-mt
0i,taln deltvctles on time.
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The leather markets are more active,
especially on upper leather. A number
of large sales of black side leather have
been made recently, ono lot of 4000
dozens hav.ng changed hands the latter
part of last week. This sale was of
special Interest, ns it was largely on the
1 medium and cheap grades, which have
.been n drug on tho market for many
months Tanners are taking a stronger
view of this class of stock both because
j of the increased demand for civilian use
mm awv mhusd u. wmiicia.uiD uuvisn
buier. will no doubt want some of this
leather. The best grades are well sold
up and prices have been firm at forty
'rents
....
I colored -sides are also In good demand,
with sales InereaRine. Tanners have
advanced their prices to forty-four cents
on the top selections. Colored calf is ac
tive. Prices are advancing In sympathy
with the law stock market. Chicago
e.ty calfskins have advanced from
hlrty-threo cents to forty cents within
u few daj s. The recent orders for navy
shoes will take care of the better grades
of black calfbklns. The poorer grades
) are showing more btrcngtli
,.,..., . ij 1. strong While the nr.
"fiL . no7act. "th ' bte
nupply of raw material Is small, and as '
most of the goatskins are Impoited, It
1 lnav readily be seen that no larae ciuan-
titles can be brought in until more ships
are available un top of this shortage
cornea tho Government request for a new
type of moccasin to be worn Inside the
army shoe. This will be made of a
natural color curome tanned kldsktn,
taking about two and a halt feet to
the pair. It Is estimated that 3,000,000
pairs ot these moccasins will be ordered
shortly. The weight tequlrcd are known
as the M and LM weights.
It Is very evident that If the British
buyer wants glased kid he will not find
the easy market that he found last
fall. There ur& no longer large accumu
lations as there were at that time. The
best grades of leather tanned from
Brazilian skins are quoted at sixty-live
cents. Colored kid Is selling readily.
Some of the best grades are quoted as
high as eighty to ninety cents per foot.
Government -Taking fibeeptkla
The sheepskin situation Is becoming
understood by the shoo trade. Large
buyers realize that the Government re-
aulrements for Jerklnli Will take vnst
quantities of desirable leather out of the 1
I market While there Is no excited huv
"a that wh,ch ' to WWy
'vow. ;
SPR0UL TO BEGIN TOUR
, UI AWTHKAUTE KEUIUN
Senator Leaves Tonight for
Scranton in the Interest of
Gubernatorial Candidacy
Senator William C Sproul, ot Chester,
will begin his campaign tour for tho
Republican gubernatorial nomination to
morrow in tho iinlht aclte regions. The
Senator will leave the city tonight for
Scranton and will spend tomorrow In
tho county seat of Lackawanna.
He Is scheduled to visit Wllkes-Barro
Thursday, and will motor Friday to sev
cml of the most Important towns In
Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties. On
Saturday ho will 1111 a speaking date
in Lancaster.
The Senator docs not Intend to make
an extended stump tour ot tho State.
He will content hlimelf for tho most
part with making a personal campaign
among tho Individual voters, but In
tends to nddress a number of mass
meetings In vaiious sections of tho
State, l'ollowlng his tour this week he
will piobably go to Allegheny and other
counties In western Pennsylvania.
A committee ot from eight to twelve
members, with James J. Ilreen, an at
torney, is chairman, will manage the
campaign of Municipal Judgo Lugcne C
Uonntwell, who seeks the Democratic
nomination. The names of the members
of he llonnlwell committee urc not ex
pected to be made public.
TOP PRICES ARMY WILL
PAY FOR BEEF FIXED
I Enormous Purchases Made Expected
to Stabilize Domestic
Charge
Washington, April "3. Tho army,
navy and marine corps havo fixed max
imum juices to bo allowed In May ou
purchases of beef for Amcrlca'H lighting
forces and the Allies. Tho nurchaso
umer aou.rnment dlrcc0n arc s0 cnor.
mous that tho maximum figures now
fixed are expected to go far toward
stabilizing prices to the domestic con.
sumer.
Tho plan Is to continue allotting Gov
ernment and Allied contracts among the
packers at prices based upon prevailing
livestock markets, provided they are not
higher than the stated maximum. Oil
tho other hand. If theio should bo a
chop in the market, nnd no agreement
on pilci's has been renched In the mean
time, the Federal tiado commission will
bo called ujioii to ascertain costs on
which to baso new maximum Govern
ment prices.
Consolidation of all meat purchases
for the American Government nnd the
Allies in a single bureau at Chicago
also was announced by the food
administration H. L. Hoy, of the ad
ministration's Chicago branch, will bo
commissioned In the nrmy quartcrmas
tor colp;J t0 take charge oC tho onlce
ho prices set follow
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, . i,oodv " e , Pounds, f. o.
mc ?rt rt o"?'1, Cm
mcrcuii irini ror export, .i.Uj.
"Same, COO to "00 pounds, $21.80.
"Same, "00 pounds up, $25 f5.
"Navy requirements, $24.63.
"Cows, 500 to COO pounds, $21,50.
"Army beef of special weights, with
special trim or for special purposes, will
have proper differentials."
Yanlicc Killed Seven
Before Overwhelmed
, Washington, April 23. Hero is
the story of a lighting American
soldier, son of "Doctor David, near
Ceo, S. C"
Ho was "overwhelmed by tho
bodies, but he had a pllo of human
flesh in front of him," according
to a cablegram rrom tho soldier
son xf 3nternal Revenue Commis
sioner Ttoper today. He fought Hko
a tiger, accounted for seven bodies
With his pistol and then was fight.
Ing with nn empty rifle when struck
from behind."
Hoper'a son said, "Vour faith Is
well placed In the American sol.
dlers. They have the endurance
ot the English, the cnarge of tho
French, and the pep that belongs to
Americans alone."
Young Roper repotted the num
ber of men 'killed through their
own carelessness and lecklessness"
Is surprising. Ho mentions a friend
who died that vva.
He then spoke of tho son of Doc
tor David, "who met a different;
death a. Blorjots,ono It, wits nco-
Philadelphia Stands Ninth
in Liberty Loan Camiwpi
Latest Government (lsures mv
ins tho standing of tho ariou,
Kcderal Keseno districts In tha
Liberty Loan drive show total Uh!
eruptions and percentages 0f
quota realized ns follows:
S( I.nu!
Knnnqn I'Hy
MInntniiolls .
t'hlriiiro
Iiallan
Sin Francisco
Ilotnn
'lepanil ...
riillmlrlphlu
New York . . .
lllphmoml . ,
Atlanta
iTO r;t
"1 3S2 7,vi
t! nr,n 4nc)
2o 2-,7 4vn
' 11 4-.ll
114 270 COO
122 sin orm
131 fll2-,o
1 13 3M, Mill
3!Ofl2l'nc
4." H21 V,n
1S0IO7M)
Although l'hllndelph-a la, fafn .
hind In subscribing Its ,Iltn , ,.,
j third Liberty Loan, this cty ha, be.
, making records In the number of .
luuiti Miuscnpuons according to j.
nouncement mado today by the com'.
mlttcc.
The Liberty Loan clearing housj, a
tho auditorium tf tho I'nltcd Gas tm.
provement Company, nt xorih -vi. J
i Z VZ
night Fortlng nnd distributing tho thou.
sands of subscKptlons received eachdiy,
'J ho entire seventh floor Is given over
to this work, in charge of Joseph C
Wlekhani. Olllclal figures aro expectd
later today. Xt Is said that the numUr
will run closo to three hundred thou
sand. Clearing llnu.e Innovation
The clearing house was not organized
during tho last two loans It ts an
innovation of the present tampalgnnnj
Is designed to make the burden of tho
banks easier Fewer than twenty clerki
wcie emploved ut the beginning of the
Liberty Loan drive However, thcysocn
became swamped with work and tho
force has since been more than doublet
New girls aro being added every dijr.
If the rush continues the department
will have to havo moie floor space, Ills
said.
At tho end of each day all subscrip
tions aro sent to the clearing home.
They are then sorted nnd sent to tho
various banks, trust companies or othtr
agency named by tho subscriber Each
tr the lnrge banks sends a runner to
tho clo.it InK house each night to bring
back tho subscriptions In which that
bank has been named Many of the
subscriptions taken never reach the:
clearing houw. While It will be possible
to form some idea of the widespread
answer of Philadelphia to the loin drive,!
clearing House llgures will be far anon
of the total number of subscription!
members of the Liberty Loan committee
point out.
One Subscriber a Minnie
As an example ol tho work belntl
done in the campaign In distributing the
loan widely among the pcoplo In this a
city, tho booth In front of the Korthernj
i line unu j ruse e ompan, Bum nan
Spring Garden streets, is pointed to by
tlio committee. Yesterday during a ten
hour drive moro than "01 subscriptions
were taken at this booth alone Thtsi
Is said to bo a record for the city, as It
is more than one a minute for the day. I
To dato 2400 subscriptions have been
taken at this booth alone
Tho house-to-house ranvass Is pro-'
pressing well, the commlttco reported to
day. Tho Fifth Precinct of the Eighth
Ward Is leading with 241 per cent of Hi
quota completed. It Is closely followed
by tho Fourth Precinct of the Sixth
Ward, which han completed 211 percent
of Its quota. Tho former had a quota
of 400 subscriptions and has made 9S.
The latter had a mark of 150 subscrip
tions and has contributed 31". The
Thirty-seventh Piecinot of the Thlrty-i
ninth Ward Is bringing un tho rear with
1 per cent of Its quota It was allotted
2250 subscriptions and has mado onlj,
twenty-eight. j
The total for the Philadelphia district,
Is now $112,354,500. This ! only 41 per
cent of the quota of tlie district, and
the drive is more than half completed
Philadelphia retains her place as ninth
among tho twelve Federal Iteberve cities
of tho country. New York has dropped
to tenth, with 43 per cent, while IHch
inond and Atlanta continue to brln up,
tho rear with 35 and 11 per cent re
spectively. . :
St. Louis, n center of German populS;
tlon nnd activity, is far in the lead, haT;
Ing almost completed Its quota, the exaa
figures being 03 per cent Kansas c T
has spurted forward to second Plw'"j
61 per cent, going ahead of both cmcan
and Minneapolis.
$6000 MOTOR APPARATUS,
FOR AUDUBON FIREMEN
Boys of Volunteer Company No.
Proud of New Combination
Machine j
Audabon Volunteer Flra Company
1 Is tho proudest flr-'ehtlng orffw
zatlon In New Jersey today The 1 w
pany has JUBt purcnaseu .. --- :
$0000 a motor-driven comblnatloncM"
feet of hose. . ,. .,,,,,. Drod:
The apparatus, a ""; vra?
uct. built uy 'aui "-- BPjj
nurchased by tho firemen after an
hill fight to wise imiu. --d ji
t .9". ca"'" , fts$ ono? Sfil . I
a year front" Council. So the
boys were compe led to resort io
and entertainments to raise ine
amount. Tlie " At -mlcaf en1n.l
ancient horse-drawn tmf. 'funSI
..... .nB netlVA In raisin n,M
to ! Us purchase Include a
vln Ilarman. Chief John "f.Mfitftii
T1..11 tvininm Devereaux w. ",'" ,-ii3I
San. I-.CT. awupner. Frank .3
Ham usoorn, rt",v "
Fetters. It. P. Williams. ,
Fear for 11,000 Deserters
W..hin.io. April 23.- -'
11.000 Czecn troops ""","?-.. nutl
the Austrian, army to J th. j
who. according to Vienna newl
have been capturea oy ' .r,Vin tn
v-anclng Into the lraln. Is; tag
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