Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 23, 1918, Postscript, Page 4, Image 4

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A
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
STARTED AT MEADE
fiHpJno Soldier Buys First
Bond of Campaign for
$250
LOOK FOR HEAVY TOTAL
Two Little Pcnn Men Make Supremo
Sacrifice on French Front,
Pershing Reports
EVENING PUBLiy LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL' 23, 1918
BRITISH SOLDIERS IN FLANDERS GETTING A HOWITZER READY TO "SPEAK"
TROOPS AT DIX WIN
APPROVAL OF M'RAE,
New Leader Finds Efficiency
High in 28th Division To
Demonstrate Trench Mortar
lilt a Staff Corrttrondent
Camp Meade, Ailmlrnl, Mil., April 23.
Little renn's Liberty Loan caninatpn
not Sinder way with a blR smash toiy.
nnti' If It holds tho pace will rcsl'ter
A vi-orthvvhlln lotsl when Vncle Sam
drops the curtain on the third war loan
A. little Filipino, who pivo the name
of Catallno PereRrlno, parted ho bail
rolling by subscribing for u $250 bond
rcrejxlno came to this country with nn ,
urihy olllcer and teglstered In Wash
ington. Two inontliH ago ho was pent to
camp, ant) Is now n member ot tho Ninth
Company. 164th Depot llrluadp. He
weighs 100 lwunds and Is four feet
eleven Inches tall. I
""""! guess I am worth nbout JI.30 a i
pound-' he s.ild, "so that will Klvo me j
a. :50 bond. I would like to buy the
entire Issue jut out ot gratitude for .
America. I know what I am tnlkliiE
about, because 1 have tasted both klnoM
of governments. I remember the Span
lsli rulo in tho Islands and am not
anxious to servo the Hun."
A few minutes after Mr. Pcregrlno
nought a bond, Frank II. Morse, 518
Walnut street. Philadelphia, who n
serving: as business ".ccrctary of Y. 51
C A., subscribed for $100,000. That
subscription was credited to tho Sloth
Infantry (Philadelphia's own).
After this big subscription was mairo
public the newspaper men met William
F Cochran, the Daltlmorc millionaire.
who Is educational director of the Y. 51.
C. A.
"Secretary Morse has bought a bairel
of Liberty Bond," said ono of the
Bcrlbes to Cochran. "Is that so?" ne
repneu "vveu, j imenu io uuy just in i
many. When tout mat .Morse nnu suo
scribed for $100,000, tho Baltlmorcan
smiled and announced that ho would
take a similar amount lie walked over
to the 313th Infantry and filed his sub
scription, Thee two hubscrlptlons gavo
the. 315th Infantry a decided lead over
all other organizations.
Want Million from Twenty 5Ien
"There are twenty men In this camp,"
said .Secretary Moree, "who can sub
scribe for a total of $1,000,000, and we
will get them before the campaign- W
over."
Two Camp 5Ieado soldiers have done
more for their country than buy Liberty
Bonds, for In yesterday's casualty's list
their names were among the dead. They
are Private Glrolone Viscusl, of Phila
delphia, nnd Max Zafron, of Baltimore.
Vl!cusl came to this camp In November
nnd went to Franco In January. He was
a member of tho Tenth Company. 154th
Depot Brigade.
Another camp romanco camo to light
today -when It became known that Cor
poral William Stehle. who drives a
motorcycle for Brigadier General Wll
liam J. Nicholson, has won Miss Kath
erlne Klring, of Baltimore. In the early
days when women lsltors were wel
comed, 5Ilss Hiring paid frequent visits
In the camp She neer failed to bring
pie. and, according to her soldier lover,
those pies, were the besfe In America.
Quite often she would meet Stehle on tho
road, and ns It la a physical Impossi
bility for a man to operate a motorcyclo
nnd carry a pie at the samo time, sho
would hand tho dainty to General Nich
olson. That dignitary would carry tha
precious package and arriving at head
quarters would bend Stehle on an er
rand that would take him back to his
sweetheart
The following men from Philadelphia
were discharged today because they
jailed to meet the physical tests.
Ceorgo O. Nelson, Local Board 33 ;
John Wllas, 8: John A. Schnepp. 40:
Henry U Stein, 13: II N Walker. 9;
Ilaymond McConnell, 50 ; F. I. Balken
hoi, 26: John W. Carter. 35; If. H.
ltupprecht, 32: Horace U. Phlnney, 23;
Charles 51. Weaver. 41; .1. p. Nalback,
17: C. G Fornaroll. C : John Hnckctt,
?1 : Antonio Parlsauo, John L Dclange,
21: William H. Vtnduzcr, 8
General Kuhn has announced tho ap
Eolntrncnt of a camp exchange council.
The exchange is the cantonment store,
to which tho soldier goes to buy any- ,mSses to take part in
tiMiiK nn .ui., Hum ,i ijhl-u ,u cipii- tiundav at Undgeton
reives or a snoeiace io a unaay t-uit
or a pair ot shoes. Civilians who lslt
the camp patronize the exchange and
the receipts run Into thousands of dol
lars a month. Tho officers who will
manage and direct this great volume of
business are:
313th Infantry lixehnnffo. T.ltitn.int r-nln.
net Fred It. Hrown. 314th Infantry. Colonel i
Thomas W. Darrah: 315th Infantrr. Lieu-
fcn?&c$on,rr uj.N5Srie.!0lSiofh West Chester Appointee Ready
Artillery. Mfutenant Colonel Charles n. I
Mortimer: SIStli Artillery, .Major lieorea A. i
'I'aylor: 30Uh Knslncera, llaor James 1'.
Barber: 304th Hanltary Train, t.leut'nant '
J'olonel Juran SI. Troutt. 304th field Signal '
latullon. Major Sidney T Moore: ISltb
Jiepot llrlaade. Lieutenant Colonel John I., '
Jond 3111th. 311th nnd ri?M, Xfjt.ln a. I
lallons, Major Ktuart a. Janney. Has Hos
pital. Lieutenant Colonel Lloul A. Kefauver.
flsbth Infatitrv, Lieutenant Colonel William
o. .,iipcj a,.,,!, iuniunuion irain. i apiain
iiii cm. . Lnrnjii' unin.rm.ii.r nr. i.
TVUUam . C'afprt ;.5Itt Artillery, i.leti
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NO GOOD ROADS DAY (GUFFEY QUITS GAS
FOR STATE THIS YEAR FIRMS TO CAMPAIGN
Governor by Proclamation An-! Candidate for Head of Ticket
nounces Its Omission on Ac
count of War's Demands
for Democrats Delays
Opening Fight
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5ssr::yB555sssiaax,iJm! - - --
ltr tlh nffl hi ! !n!,inriih estrrtt NVwapaper t nlon
The remarks from this bi k will Rive pause to some of HindenburK'a forces in their tlespciate nttempt to pusli the British back on the
Flanders tnlient. The topography of the country makes it difficult to handle Iuikp field pieces.
llnrrUliurir, April 23.
Pennsylvania ulll h.ic no (!ood Itoads
Day this year. Tho announcement was
made today In a proclamation Issued by
Ooxcrnor llrumbaURh In which ho points
1 ! out that the calllnir of people to volun
teer for work on tho .State's roads will
lessen tho productive cfllclency of tho
people nt a tlmo when all persons pos
sible nre wanted to work on farms. This
year Is the llrst of tho lJrumbnugh ad
ministration In which there has not been
a flood Itoads Day.
The Governor's proclamation follows:
"Whcrias, It was tho practlco of this
administration to observe on one day of
tho year a 'Good Road3 Day' for tho
purpose ot Riving materially Important
asslstanco to the constituted ofllclals and
for the further purpose of caHltic to tho
attention of all our people tho magnitude
and imporlunco ot our highway ques
tion , and
rittnburxli, April S3. Joseph V. Cut
fey, because of his candidacy for th
Dcmocrntlo nomination for Governor of
Pennsylvania has resigned ns presi
dent nnd general mnmiRer ot the Hqulta
bio Gan Company nnd the Pittsburgh
and AVcst Virginia Natural Gas Com
pany and ns general malinger tit the
Philadelphia Company and ulllllated
natural gas and oil companies. Carroll
Miller, formcily consulting ensineer ot
tho Consolidated Gas Company, was
elected his succes"or.
flnco leaving Pittsburgh Mr. Miller
has been engineer tor tho Providence
Gas Company nnd for the Inst four
years general inanak-r and engineer ot,
tho Western t'nlted Gat nnd Illiclrlc
Company, ot Aurora, lOIuIr nnd Jilllet.
111., with headquarters nt Aurora, lie
graduated from .Stevens Institute of
Technology In 180C.
"This 1m no tlmo to nttempt to divert
ine puuuo iiiinu in poimcm. .Mr. tiurrev
said lust night. "The llrst duly f ev civ
ilian Is wholly patriotic If ,o doe.T
"There wilt bo plenty time after .. . j
the dato the, loan campaign l tt .7
to Interest tho people In the Sim. Ji?,!'
icai campaign nnti, us a candM.il"!'1
nothing untinfter1 that dTff'.J. ."' $
turn tho puhllo mind from the SnnVifJJi
uuty oi tucn ono giving his best for. vS
success of this loan, Durlnr ih i,h,I
campaign nil ot my tlmo will be h.JSSI
to us success, i propose ot fnr. J: .q
tics for tho time' nnd put iuW !"-
llorids. K ' U, enl ot Ukwrf
"ThO llUbllO Should retent l .. X
on tho part of any man or orrli,.I?pli
to bring politics to the f ront .Kll 51" 1
Liberty Loan campaign r.very cinittli
should g.veall the tlmo and moi'i1'!
slbio toward malting tho loan a Vum,!J
a 'ucctsa,'
30,000 IN NEW YORK HAVE "ENEMY" THREATENS
liuuiitu fuca juiua
lump i-i nnti uie rciriii-riKiiiii ,,,,,111.,,, mrl-in war loans
.ivi.ioi, have been put to the test and U" ',, ' lllberly r.oan committee wll. give
avo como out victoriously, thanks to 1 (nw ,IIimllluaU nn opportunity to prove
Ciunp Il. rlght,ttiHii, N. !., prll "3 1
(amp Pk and the Seventy-eighth
Dl
h;
tho good vvorU of Major General Hugh
u. Scott, vho tooK command last De
cember. Tho O 1. has been put. on
tho Lightning Division by llrlg.idlcr
General James II. Mcltae, who bus Just
assumed command, and Hrlgadler Gen
eral Kll llelmlck, ot tho Inspector Gen
eral's Department. Hoth have expressed
their great pleasure In the standard of
cfllclency attained by tho men, and
although tho former has not had tin
opportunity of visiting every unit, yet
thoMs that ho haH seen have Impressed
him very favorably, nnd ho Is well
pleased with tho command that has been
assigned him by tho War Department
and which he will lead "over there."
A tiench mortar demonstration will
bo given for tho new commander on
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, and
at 4 the machine-gun experts will glvo
nn exhibition. This will bo followed at
4:30 o'clock by n demonstration of
bayonet work In the old cafeteria. A
They Now Will Have Oppoitunty to.
Subscribe to Liberty '
Loan
New nrl., April SSI. Attorney Gen-
cr.il Lewis, of Now York, will ik-llvir1
today to Chairman Strong, of the Lib
erty" I.0.111 committee of this district, a
list of 30,000 persons hero who have
subscribed for the German, Austrian
HIKING JERSEY TROOPS
Men From Camp IMcClcllan
Working Out Military Prob
lem on March
1 KED CROSS RECEIVES
ALLIANCE'S $30,000
their Americanism y Funscrining lori
the Liberty ian in amounts nt least
equal to their subt rlptlons for tho loans
oi tho Central Powers.
Uy agreement between tho Attorney
General and the loan committee, tho
names of these subscribers will not bo
made public "for the present "
Is
cue
war. It Is our tlxed lmrposo to nsk no
servlco that will lesson the productive
clllclency ot our people; and
"Whciens, Hon. J. Denny O'.Vell, hlgli
viay commissioner tit Pennsylvania, has
already, vvllh my npprovul, arranged to
turn tho forces from the highways to
4t,n e,n,..u In lir.li irrnii' fnnil fnr our .
Timnis nnd Bo&se Turn Securities uln,y and navy and for our allien, thus
Over to Head of Delaware evidencing a praiseworthy and patriotic i
. purposo to aid the farmers of the state.
Uiaplcr I ...vow. Therefore. I. Martin G llrum- .
, . ."I , , .. , haugh. Govct nor of the Commonwealth
WiImiImkIoii, Del., Apill 23. In thouf iiCnntyhanlii, do hereby minouneo
olllco of Ilcnry P. Scott, tlliector of that no good roads day will bo observed
war savings in Delaware. Adolpll "' Penn.ylvanla this jenr. and Instead
, , ,, ,, thereof. I call upon and urge all our
Timnis. iif Philadelphia, trcasuicr of ,,,, lo Rt to tllc f.oll nll(1 t every i
tins Gcrnian-Aincrlcaii AUI.inco, nnil'wuv ,,,, !,. r0(lnsel, honest toll or
llio liPV. .-. ti. von Jitissc, oi miii'ii. iransiinitntlon of woikers can tlo so.
fondstuits
duty. It )
H do not
t) -seventh Infuntry Ilrlgatle and ltf iiux-i Hcil o-osi, railroad bonds nnd other. iw, lnc 0Cr to collect all loafers!
Illary units will follow on the second sccuiitii'-) to tho amount of JaO.OOO I rlcli and poor alike and compel them j
"Whereas. In these war times when It ' man nnd woman s to do all within his
i..n ,mhAi in nn nit to clve their I 01' 1,cr Pwer to win the war and the lmr '
Incumbent upon nil t B'vc J""H portunt thing to do Just now Is to aid tn
lergy and money to the winning of the utmost the snlo of Libel ty Uontl-
This duty overshadows all clso and no
PREACH
and practice economy in
the home. Begin in the
kitchen. Avoid loss of
food by making it appe
tizing. Poor flavoring
leads to wastefulness.
Just try the world's best
flavoring for food.
LEA&PERRINS
SAUCE
THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE
llrailiiiiirtrr I'lfl.v-'.evcntli
Itrlcutle, oinehere In
April 21.
Dangers lurk In
Infnnlr.v
Aliihiimu,
I who was ptcHltlcnt of the organisation, ie1) m reuse the output of foe
, .,. ,,,,., ,i t..lf. , tinned over to General Charles Hlrtl. ;t ,H a lnut tIll , patriotic t
' ' ' l head of the Delavvaro chapter of the i lH , iP icgrettetl that our law
HANCOCK BOYS WILL
JOIN IN MEMORIAL
Confederate Veterans
Friday
fort to reach Gadseu nnd gain control of
the Important railroad center there be
fore tho Temicsseo army tan effect lt
possession. Cavalry patrols have been reported
. . in the vicinity or Duke ami Hock
Springs, two towns on the mad from
28tll Division tO Parade "With , the camp at Wellington, wheie the
troops were last nlRlit nnti which wus
evacuated this morning, und tho site at
Glencoe, whero It Is planned to make
camp late today, provided the tlo not
encounter too strenuous opposition.
day of their long hike today. Hrlg.t- wliicli were the property oi mo am
tiler General Charles W. Uatber I" I "Vhe niocting was private, and noono
receipt of Information to thtc effect that . wnH ,,lc.Hent ccept the men named. Xo
strong enemy cavalry forces are within I statement was mailo In reference to
close range and he ordered the entire i tlio matter except that tho securities
l.rlentln fnrtvnnl llils innrnlnir In nn ef- I VVCIC turned tlVCf.
for tletlned peilods to work for the na
tion In this crisis. Let all men nnd
women anil youths Join heartily In aid
ing our farmers. In planting war gar
dens. In economizing food supplies ami
In giving loyal and steadfast support to
every need of our country in Its day of
struggle for th tnocracy, deteiuy and
i Ightcousness '
number of reviews will nlso be staged I Camp llnnrnek, AuguMa. C.ii., Apill 23.
In the near futuro for General Mcltae. i One of tho biggest .Memorial Day
but not until after the new draft men celebrations over staged In Augusta will
aro received and have been given a few , bo that of Kridav, when the troops nt
drill lessons. Cnmp Hancock, primarily Pennsjl-
Hv Walton. W.ir Department camp vnnl.tns. composing tho Twenty-eighth
...i.iLi .iunAin i.r,B i,..,, Aintn,i . Division nf the I'nited States urmv.wlll
tVLIIllllL- wiunwi, ,...-. .,vw. ......t ... - ..-..-- - - .. in In(? lHrl,cai WOTK WIIMM1 lll IUI1U,
director of tho army and navy events ' parado through the streets of Auguta t,lp nn )n(,n fronl ,,, linimmi,(n train
at the renn relay games, nnd Uleiitenani . an cscun tu um umaui ..im at wn-, fowrV icmbers of the famous Itich
Colonel AValt C. Johnson and Major lid- .samo time to stimulate. Interest In the momi eH cavalrv squadion. will take
ward 1'reeinan. usslsUnt chiefs ot staff, I third Liberty Loan campaign, which is t,)(v t of t10 rncmy tavalrj. The
and Captain Montgomery Will act as ' now- Demg wagen wmi iuii nsm ' aCvcnce guartl. which Is made U) of the
The march today Is taking the men
through tho towns of Duke. Koads.
Alexander Gap and Ttock Springs. At
both Duke and- ltock Springs the sK
mllo tolumn must jiass through narrow
defiles through the mountains and these
points aro Ideal spots for enemy attack.
In the tactical work which will follow.
Judges In these events.
Recruit Horaco F. Dealt, who came
hero from 'Walton. N". V.. with tho draft
men from Delaware County on April 5,
last, died yesterday of pneumonia. Ho
was twenty-seven years old and was
attached to the 303d Hnglneers. His
body will bo shipped back to the home
of his father, Kdgar L. Heall, ot Sidney,
X. Y.
Camp Pl ha set a high-water mark
for war risk Insurance, according to the
latest reports. A total of JJ7S.9D7,000
Hundreds of soldiers will parade, Just 'rMvd rtattallo'n of tho 113th Infantry
Regiment, the Jersey City contingent,
under command of Major William II.
Canfleld, ot Newark, started this morn
ing at 7:48, and If tho enemy forces at
tack It will bo upon this outfit.
I'OLICK BAND IN COJv'CERT
what number Is not known at .present
as final plans have not been made. It
is certain, however, that tho entire
Twenty-eighth Division will, not tako
part.
Tho units which arc certain to appear
In tho parade, according to annou-iic-ments
mado yesterday from division
headquarters, arc:
It has not been definitely decided, as
yet, whether General Wclgle, acting di
vision commander, will have chargo of
has been written nnd 35,2:0 policies the division troops or whether the duty
have been taken out, the average amount wlj devolve upon Brigadier General Wll
o t each policy being $5318. SO. Slnco nam a . prce .Jr., commander of tho ar
the last report, M1G men have taken out i tnery brigade.
policies amounting to $40,080,000. Tll0 announcement that tho Camp
Men of the Klfty-nlnth Pioneer Infan-1 Hancock troops wm take part in tho
try P.eglment will be granted passes at j paraae j,as been received with acclaim
the discretion or t olonet Jteeu to ni- b tho confederate xeterans of Augusta
ictiu
Dov
froi
will also bo granted twenty-four-hour
EDISON TO DEAD AIR I
BOARD LATEST RUMOR ' Discontinue Litrhtlcss Nielita
r, . .! .. T, -ii i ' Waslilnglon. April 23. An order
Report on Situation l-urnislictl by lssU(,j tiy r Admlnlstiator Garfield
suspends llgluless nights iieglnnlng '
next Thursday night until September t
1. Kcstrictcd use of electricity In,
street llu'litlng anil advertising tin ,
Tliui'stlaj s nnti Sundays were ordered
by the fuel administration last Decem
ber to conserve coal.
Crowd! and Stettinius New
Chief Soon Named
VviiOilnclnii, April 23. Henedict Cro-1
well and IMuiinl It. Stettinlu". Assistant
Secretaries nt War. have finished and
sent to the Piesldent n Joint report on
the nircraft situation, to supplement the
findings' of the 11. Snowden .Marshall
committee.
Simultaneously with the publication of
the ulrtraft report, there will be an
nounced n new head for the aircraft
tidmlulstiation
Tho latest name to be connected li
rumor with the aircraft nppjlmnietit Is
that of Thomas A i;dltn.
mitici:
i Any II c liu'inrs w.intin? rprr putative
h hiniiuarti.r nt
II Vltlttslll lt(i, I'.V.
wnulil iln ll lo crt In louth with tlie
writrr luting In 0h nf infer lili nt h llr
nnil tho nlvr'' . oti.tit lnn"i cannel lv in
wnr our I'nnilmlll .1 im It llnuNe In I
lilllhl. itn thl arenunt III S,retnrv of 111,'
iVmiMin HI l nnn for "niMRPinpnt oftr
.Tuiiw 1. Alile to li.imllp n.-.-ounls l)iiv or ' II
nlcr(ll,llnlie ur rnfin,!?, n OPHrtment
AUilre-s (' 117. j.rdcrr Oflhe.
X. 'tA'
QwW
Tyrol wool garments in style
and quality of cloth arc the
best obtainable.
Genuine Tyrol Wool lias an
established place and a
known value.
Spring and Summer styles
and colors are now ready and
arc sold here only.
Vv omen s ana Misses'
Plain Tailored Suits
24.75 25.75 26.75
ALSO
New Spring Hats
Street, Motor and
'Top Coats
Mann & Dilks
1102 CHESTNUT STREET
..-. -: .' !.. ..."-'t
4?W.
.1 parade net
First of Series for Benefit of Pen-.
sion Fund
The Philadelphia Police Hand of cv-enty-four
pieces presented the fim of
a scries of concerts before a l.itge and
appreciative audience last night ai tin
Metropolitan Opera lluuse for tin- bemtlt
of tho policemen's pension fund.
The series of concerts, which will la-t
for a week, Is expected to be a great
success financially. The Philadelphia
Police Hand has contributed to tin- p. n-
lv .symbolize the union of the States in j sion fund the proceeds ot four comcrt"
the fight for world democracy. (clusivc of this one.
4.4
t discretion or t oionei j.eeu to "'- nJ. tho Confederate veterans of Augusta,
id a Liberty Loan demonstration nt i fnp marcnng beside the sons of tlio men
ver. Del, on Prlday. llio draft men I t,)CV foueht agaBt on tho battlellclda
mi nistrlct No. 1. i umberland l ounty. , pf jIannpK,as allli Gettj-burg will clear-
REAGAN GETS A JOB;
CAN'T FIND PAYROLL
to Take Library Post if
Governor Says Word
CtiartermastiT. Captain
:t.-.lkt AnlltA-v II-...
iT.r'rP'u. Colpnjl Mwnl Onrpnter. Kih
t-Uld Hlriul riatuilon. Major Zackarlah H.
tltchumi Ordnance Captain Oeoreo K.
Thompson; Hchonl for lialtrrs nnJ Cooka.
Captain Janwi M. I'ravrn. famp Uxchanet
Officer. Captain nobert C Doe.
BETHLEHEM PLANT
SPEEDS UP TRUCKS
Spent Months in Preparation, but
Is Now Prepared to Turn Out
Fifteen Daily
Allentown, V., April 23. After sev
eral months of preparation in the way
ot assembling material, the Bethlehem
Motors Corporation, of Allentovvn, has
Just completed the first fleet of the 1000
IJberty trucks for which It received a
contract from the Vnlted States Gov
rrnment They are three-ton trucks, with
hauling capacity of six tons. All trucks
aro supplied with tho new Liberty mo
for. The Government has ordered 10.000
Liberty trucks, to be made in fourteen
plantn In various sections of the United
Btates. All aro alike, with all parts In
terchangeable. Tha Bethlehem MotorH Company, with
tho third largest motortruck factory In
tho country, has organized to turn out
flfteen of tho Liberty trucks a day, In
addition to hundreds of commercial
trucks-every month. Large additional
enkrs for the Liberty trucks. It la said,
wlH iMJon bo awarded.
It Ja said that not a single Liberty
IrUcK; has yet bec,o dltrered from any
plant, but (hat from now on the Gov
rsnt will call for them at a rapid
rt'-
VACATING "SWIVEL CHAIRS"
Wli Inston. .Anrll . rc-HowInc the
exmpl4 set by the various bureaus of
it yf&r Department, tlie Navy Depart-
rtt lias ordered that a substantial
P0 vnads In -toft, number of reserve
, v of, draft K asilened to duty
ltilnttcti), JbiMlructloif Iiavc lust
tiaeir uy, Wa.yrau pf finvign-
n i v r-
t"?.
Horrl.burir, April 23.
Iiwln P.eagan, of West Chester, select
ed by tho board ot trustees of tho State
Library as assistant librarian, was here
yesterday with nurgess JIcElrcc, ot
West Chestetr, looking after his new Job.
He said he had not been notified ot ap
pointment and he wanted to find out.
When Norman D. Gray, of West Ches
ter, was dropped by tho board, which Is
headed by tho Governor, Ileagun waB
selected. Gray was not given until the
ne-vt payday tr get out, ns Is usually
tho caso In political dismissals here, but
was told two days after the meeting that
his pay had ceased two days before.
Gray has bee.n hero most of the time
since his dismissal, winding up his af
fairs at tho Capitol.
Iteagan railed at the Executive Te
partincnt, but got little satisfaction
there. He was told that possibly his
appointment would bo certified to State
Librarian Montgomery today. It Is said
that the Governor is getting many pro
tests against tho selection ot P.eagan
and the dismissal ot Gray, who has
friends In all parts of tho State.
DEHKS LEADS BOND BUYING
Dainty Gypsy Rings
Quite a selection of man
nish little finger rings, artis
tically set with precious
stones.
'A gypsy ring of 14kt. gold
with two diamonds and sap
phire is good value at $25.
S. Kind & Sons, mo chesinui si.
DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWLLLP.S SILVUIISMITIIS
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Iteaillne. !.. April 23. Tho end of
the first two weeks of the Berks County
Liberty Loan campaign finds Heading
exceeding Its allotment of $3,969,000
and twenty-two minor divisions of the
county In the samo situation. The coun
ly'H subscription total $4,533,500, being
more than 80 per cent of tho Berks al
lotment of 15,398,000.
During tno llrst week of the campaign
the subscriptions uveraged mora ,lhan
$500,000 a day, and for the entirotlwo
weeks more than $375,000 a day. ' At
the- end ot two weeks Berks was ahead
of till the other Interior counties of th
State in the Third Federal District, and
ahead of all tha other counties in the
district., in subscriptions in proportion
to population and In the percentage of
the amount of Its allotment, according
to John II. Dampnmn. ot the county Lib.
erty Loan committee. ,
Boroughs Enter Coal Business
Wao.lbdTj-. N. Jv April 53 -Tho bor
ough pt Woodbury Heights will go Into
l business ana Buppiy ruei to resi-
l cost mis year, j-ercinnon ima
nted oy the. met jpmnussioner.
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Remember, you are not buying
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experience of a life time spent behind
every detail of the bedding business.
Faultless
Bedding
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Have you impeded thete specially designed piecei?
Davenporti, Chaiijt Longuci, Boudoir Chairs, Wing Chairs,
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special order. They will give you new ideas, as to individ
uality and luxury in furniture. Coverings to be selected from
our superb variety of excfuilve velours, velvets, tapestries,
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motorists. If you drive with defective brake linings you are taking as
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Insurance statistics show that 75 of all automobile accidents are due
lo defective brakes, and this means defective brake linings, for the
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