WWpWfipwH'IWiijui'Ufr qquwijiinu'w' rieorr--Klt.sri.j iV I- " r jwfi3 Euentno public ffieftger Tiii WEATHER ... ..... -WJ St. I'atr and JioU TArfay. pnrfy cWy. C TFMrKBATHBK AT KAfH IIOUK POSTSCRIPT frrTDnTutUALiLi-iJ-iJJ! gTlV.-NO. 190 PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1918 CoFTMottT. 1018, iii nir frit to Lrnarji CnitnNt PRICE ITWO CENTS jANTS VIEW ! jWLES'S ACT k INJUSTICE i-i 1 Jnlnhinnc fnilaucllJ'"""u 11 Mass-Meeting of Protest inMIRAL PLAYED Co LANDLORDS' HANDS $ Corporation Moves Clerical JJ'orce to nog Island Offices T REVOKE EVICTIONS I r Thaf Srhwah bm x".z:j" it Mn fy Summary wuu Dispossessing Hundreds L opinion cnstalllzlng against lKUon of Auminn c,u.v. . -ncy Fleet Corporation. In com- trfne the homCs ot P,ers0"3 ln , i South Philadelphia, may ,,,111 revocation of the order mo ating pre-emption of the houses .telforHoB Island workmen. fc'ultt disapproval ot the order Is (today. A mass-meetlng of citizens rtst Philadelphia has oeen caueu Hit week, at which a vigorous Is to be registered, unoso . 1. ..... linnn tntOM U If tlOSe nomea mic-- ucv.. ......... tnJer thirty-day notices point 'e bet that Ibis action is unjust . ..iMma even tvrannlcal. s m cully discernible fact that ue In a worse position than cvei -. thtv say and point out that ,s4er Trill assist the lent profiteers rta enormous pioflts instead of ku a curative When they at- to And houses in which 10 imit Ht the landl ords an opportu- loralse the rents even higher than bwe dared raise them nerctoiore. hct that Charles M Schunb, b expected In Philadelphia today pert Hog isianu, was noi uppui wuulted as to the action of Ad- Bowles is anothei featuiy li-?. believe will foice a -evocation order. It Is not believed that Sclmab will give his nppioval srowjitlon to foice citizens out r homes with a rei emptory 01 der It U well known that tney win mountainous difficulties ln l- homes equally dcsliable at an Ifca the same rents tqtw OfllrfM Ht Hoi; Inland hi? half of the oflke force of the cut International .shipbuilding r, which is operating the Hog I Shipyards, compi Ising nbout 300 tra, re being moved today to I it Hog Island They occupied (a fculldlng in the rear of the ,Totk Shipbuilding Company In ivimaen. inuiyot these cmploes ale lllng tawttr and South Camden, a boat lit put Into service to run between iwtand and Gloucester and Camden import the workers to and from t dices In order to preclude the nitr of flndlnir homes for th6m on lie of the Delaware mer cars hao been pressed Into today by the Camden Public I Railways Company for trans- Eihipyard workers The cars are bed by crews from the shlnxnrds P lis oBlQe force of the International aty will cvcntuall work at new 1 Hoe Island (r officials today nolnted out the 'flat all requests of the United Government with ictrard to hcAis- Iwrkmen at Klmwood are complete. utaeclty is concerned, and that i neer been nolllled that the Jnroent had dropped the plan The HJ been put to nu expenditure ol(l have been saved had ofll Mecehed proper notification from u uowes Wy Is deal for liftli.il construe. rk by (ho fnltcd States Ship imti Kmergeney Fleet Corpora IP Proceed As f1 Mnnr Ctiltti War, neither ho nur any city offl- rcciea witn me work hao been Fvnotined by the housing (fopaft Mt the fleet corporation of a de- "Wfilorutila ifx i. ...nnA.i ,..... Uu Fortieth Ward B'tfimn lUf Ktnlrmriil S" patesmaii it-sued a statement alch rrarla fttUbly neir hBrnin in n.A i.iD f n. . y nas h0 much worU ln LV M planning been completed kvm a Bhort spaco ot tlmo as rw.ued in the preparation of the E. . Government housing Pv It nan Kaaf f.. 11 t lp-" u iuur inoiuna since lrnment, acting tlirough the -- UL&LU1 EhnnnH 1 .l t iis.. "Corporation, first Intimated ro this city that they wcro con- Mohi..v ... ' ,D,UU" Brouna in C"w Ward as a site for a great ' -ruon. A corps of en V" lmmedlatel set to work by Itt ih iiuiw i rung, ,." Pro DO HP, 1 tiff. inxliiHIiit n i MUnded bv Tnlnnrl rrt..l tiib- ' Vfnu nnri ratlt.. inir . .. kuly .. " iunint.n Ullliuri r?' rout upon and the most com- L-"' Possible was made. !.. . four eeks ago that the flbe. ynrllf.ll, t-j ,!,,,.. '. the houslnir ilcnurtmcm nf RttS?Cy Klect Corporation. At VT.k , iy omer city activity P. Jurisdiction of tho Bureau Re?!" Pt aside. A special LXJ, n draftsmen drawn from .. .. ol 'ho bureau was or- and thn nrl l.j t IkA a -. nan vailiCU Ull fcii ft UntU ,aat Friday wfien mi, ' 0l ine last Pan wos were are twniv.tuA mn & JrP'ana coerlng eery detail -.. uui ot tne streets, con- I Vtlt.1 . "" .. m,mcii vi llr i eectln Proposed for Urawri i "ny instances the EVki iii "i r "le "peciai direction n r,u8.hi ill.!:'- 1"',n, in 'nt'U(1 the most detailed In- niM,. lo "". ullerent character mi- .?nw wa' Uo"o with the wing the Uoernment In man. UC ! ?i.'. lne work Tne Pla HSito"i.Sr -"V1.1 ""iS Miaoosai of sewage. j.om an wwpoini the plana have CARTOONIST OF MASSES DEFENDS HIS DRAWINGS Says Member of Congress Told Him They Were Only "Bell Uops" "7 German Offensive Shifts to South (Shotting ChaitRei t'fi In VoonJ WfZ ? i io is so lrVsiXiCllrt:. isrwrwun :Ul'Mr1&iFLJL w r"vefeARiM xv' J5yy S3"'trJUrwl Khn ruts U-&"SSv5riJv x-r.vuu)Cfeis.",";-oy'xs aiv .' ws. -yier x v ft-'f aEiil .""uo o,aj-iii vAj '5i" 'tM. N-4 V ' ? M"V (J,i.-.o i T5SEiivLri'i' y . (? 11 82wfBwngtKssifa;.,-.vi sofTSTtf5. i New York. April 21 Arthur Young, cartoonist, for the Masses, a Socialist magazine, who. with Max Kastmnn and two other associates. Is on trial here for alleged conspiracy to Induce noncom- i .l.n.. ...ll. .1 -1 . - I runiiiu vim nu- urnu mw, wnn quci- tlon"d as to his purposes tn drawing several cartoons found objectlonnblo by the Gocrnmont Young testified ho aimed to mold opinion regarding tho war In the manner ho mnsldered best for the public good One of tho cartooni pictured a num ber of men, designates as "Illg Busi ness," gathered around a table formu lating war plans A mnn. hesitating nt tho doorway and labeled "Congress," Is represented as saying, "Excuse me, gen tlemen, where do I come in'" The men at tho table arc quoted as repllng, "Bun along now. We got through with you when jou declared war for us" Young said ho got his Idea for the rirnAvlncr utiltn In Wiielilnctnn b.mM.l Ing with friends In both houses of Con- I greus "They told me that presidents of rail roads, presidents of lumber companies presidents of steel mills and of this and thnt Industry or companj had uurped control of the war through their mem bership on tho council of national de fenno and had lrtunlly forced Congress to abdicate," said Young "Thev snid they had become nothing more than a bunch of bellhops " U. S. LEASES PIER SITE FOR ARMY STORES HERE Temporary Buildinp Planned Pend ing Completion of 515,000,000 Terminals Temporary storage structures are to be erected ln this city by the War De partment pending completion of the $15,000,000 warehouses which are to be part of the ast equipment of seaports for assembling war supplies. Tho quartermaster's department, which has control of storage and trallic, has taken a lease on property adjacent to Pier No 7S for erection of temporary buildings The Go eminent obtained a lease to the property from the city. This action, I" was held, Is to pro lde for such supplies as must l avail able for shipment overseas It Is not . the Intention of the storage and frame Hundreds Of Gil'lS BaiTCa division of the War Department, to . which Major General Goethals now Is With PollCC Aid F l'Om devoting his entire attention, to per- , mlt the movement of excels supplies to ' Quai'tCl'lV MCGtintT Tllla ilnlrili I r onil nthin ooiiirtrft v General Goctliafe Intends holding at U.S.SUPERGUN, GERMAN'S PEER, NOW READY HERE War's Greatest Engine of Destruction, Vauclain Announces GERMANS OPEN NEW DRIVE ON PICARDY BATTLELINE; REPULSED NEAR ALBERT Hindcnburt has shifted his operations fiom the Klanders front to the region of the Somme, launching heavy attacks on a nine mile front cast of Amiens. Simultaneously ho has begun an assault in the Albert sector. I raw film i.' Vtiiwt. oj Interior points all supplies not Intended fnr nrpfnrfntinl nltlnnipnl In t!ui-nnp nml to prevent congestion of railroad terml- ' nals by supplies not needed Immediately and for which ships arc not available. , U. S. LABOR MISSION VIEWS NAVY OF WORLD Impressed by Sight of U. S. Ships as Patt of 'Sea Power Mak ing Outcome Sure IMInhurffh. Annl 21 .lames Wilson. head of the American labor mist-Ion to Great Hiltaln, today gave out the fol lowing interview following the mis sion's visit to the British naval base at Uosth 'We tan' an Impressive spectacle of efficiency mid power, Inspiring In its perfection, ct only a section of the whole war machine "We saw xpread out along the Klrth of Forth evidence of that great bulwark of stiength to the cause of democracy 'We were stirred to see ships of our own nation iu nn Integral pait of thai naval force wHilch makes Impossible any doubt as to the final outcome of the struggle "We understand whv neither the Ililt Ish navy nor the British people fear the submarine menace The British, Ameri can and other navies are working In splendid unison In their hands the safetv ot the democratic peoples may bo left." "GASSED" IN SUBWAY, HE SUES FOR $50,000 Voice Was Ruined by Breathing Sparks, Alleges New York Lectuicr New tiirk. April I! A Waled verdict will be returned today in the cese of Frank X. Schoonmaker. a lecturer, who asserts thnt he was "gassed" In n stalled subwnv train and that lili highly trained and skilled volco" had been ruined as a result no pppearcu rs plaintiff before Justice Kcrd and a Jury In the .Supreme Court vesterday in a J50.000 damnge suit against the Intcr borough Rapid Transit Company. Schoonmaker told tho Jury a violent explosion stalled the train. Ho was Im prisoned for more than sn hour, being unconscious most of the time and "breathing sparks internally," he said It was asserted that the "poisonous fumes and heated gases" so Impaired his voice that his earning capacity slumped alarmingly RED CROSS WORKER ILL Miss Nina Read, of Nonistown Chapter, Breaks Down orrllown. Pa.. April 21. Overwork has caused the Illness of Miss Mna B Bead, of Norrlstown, one of tho chlcr directors at Bed Cross headquarters at City Hall. She has been confined for several davs to her apartments at tho Hamilton House. , , ,. Hver Blnce the Bed Cross began active operations In Norrlstown months ago. Miss Bead has been on th Job from early In the morning until late at night, and his. with the aid of her associates, earned for the Norrlstown unit the repu tation of turning out "the best ban dages and other material" of any placo In the State She is the daughter of Dr V W Bead, an army surgeon at the time of his death PHELAN BILL IS REPORTED Would Permit Federal Reserve Notes for $10,000 vvl.lnrtnn. April 24. The "banking and currency committee of the Mouse has favorably reported the bill of Bepre. pntntlve Phelan of Massachusetts, JrSvMIn! for modifications of tho Fed. The bill would permit the Issue of Federa Beserve notes, now unuim i denominations of J1Q0 and under, and as high as jlO.OQO. BIG GUN CREW KILLED French Shell Destroyed Paris Bom barde'rs, Says Report London. April 24 It Is reported that th.i b. well-nlaced Frencn aneii nan at stroyed the entire crew of gunners ma nlputatlnp the. long-rnge gun which has been nnn qn a-r. It Ba Wo jviiplte day since tii tm oM ftriafr FINISHED IN TEN WEEKS Baldwin Head Says Giant Cannon Will Be Shipped Tomorrow "llio grralrst enslne of destruction lluil has jet been proilured In urlll lrr hj din great war will move out of one, of flm munitions factories on lie Del.iwnro River Tlnir-d.iv morn- I Ing." annuel -If. YaucUiin, ilaWii'ltt Locomotive IVort Tho most magnificent achievement of t tip war in ordnance a new mammoth ! cnmon built In America "for Germany" is ready lierm.inv may soon have it, and Americans who have been Informed a to somo of the general features of the weapon ma soon hear of Its work on the western front, where the much heralded scvcnty-flvc-mllo German guns have been bombarding Tarls. This was Indicated In a statement by .Samuel M Vauclain, vlco president nnd general manager of tho Baldwin l.oco. motive Works, who first gave Intimation that such a weapon was under construc tion for the American army. Known as the "Gunsmith of America." Mr. Vnu- I claln Is probably better qualified to "peak on the subject than any other man he counry. In addition to his post Baldwin's. He is president of the laldvslone Munition Works nnd chair- man of the subcommittee on army and Six Killed in Action, Ten!;fn,1,lcr'of ,,,cCouncllotNllllonal Severely and Thirteen NO MORK HOUSES TO HE COMMANDEERED Admiral BowIch announced that the United States Govern ment will not buy or commnmloeV any more houses here. Con stiuctlon of 30U0 new houses in Went Philadelphia ln the down town tection was Indicated today by Admiral Bowleg ns a solu tion ot the lloff Island housing situation. Y.W.C.A.HEADS j 20 DEAD ON LAST OVERRIDE REBELS LIST OF PERSHING" ' NO SHIPS UNDERTAKING WITH HOLLAND THE HAGUE. April 84. The Foreign Office cmnounead today It has not received an undertaking from America thnt Dutch ships entering American ports after Ivtnrcli 20 would not he seized. It is nssuined at the foreign Offleo the United States is wattinR an ngreetmnt with Great Britain before completing the untUrtnklug. TWO EXPLOSIONS SHAKE KARBBRTH . Two mysterious explosions shook tlio town of TTnruertli, on the Mniu Lliie of the Pennsylvania lUilioad, today. Uoth were very henvy. Repeated calls to tho Philadelphia police de partment failed to enlighten IJarberth residents as to tho cause of the shoefe.3. Hurl the Infantry, After Cannon Preparation NEW OFFENSIVE IN AMIENS ZONE Attacks Progressing on 9-Mile Front to the East HINDENBURG'S GUNS KEEP UP CANNONADE Slightly Wounded DISEASE CLAIMS ELEVEN ADJOURNMENT CARRIES The quaiterly meeting of the V W. C A. at wheh a reorganization of tho Philadelphia branch of the association was planned, adjourned today without tnuing any action, steam-roller methods of the most up-to-date soit having first been applied by the officers now In con trol of the body. After prayer by a layman. In the ab sence ot nnv minister, a motion was made to adjoin n. Objection to adjourn ment was made by Mrs. Henry Green. 11 former picsldent of the association .Mrs. Green was ruled out of order by Mrs. J. A. Hudson, the president, who put the motion to adjourn to a vote and de clared 't carried As soon as the meeting had adjourned Hit doors were opened and SOO girls of the Kensington and Southwest branches, .. t. v.ArnA tt.o mrptlni? had been denied MMU Iii:.... .; .. --- " rT rl-.-.-. I.I'L.IMU. .. ...... admittance to the building, swarmed " mon and begain to hold a meeting of their i j.ijhoy COOK, pilvate, tuberculosis own. I DONALD II JIL'.N'X, private, tilein.1 1'lght for control or me aouimii'0 lungs. "T" VVHi.lilncUn, April 'J t A casualty list carrjlng fort -three names was announced bj the VS'ai De partment today Sl men wcie Mlied j In action, three died of wounds and eleven succumbed to dlseae Ten were severely wounded and thirteen slightly J wounded. The list follows: I Killed In illon I JO.HHl'A K. nilOAllHHAn, sergeant. OitVlM.K O. KUI.l.Kn, sergesfil I KIIANK 1' GOItDO.V, corpoial 'H.KM:s V. KOOTH. private Ki:M. Jl. OI.IVA, private HOGi:i: WILSON', prltnte ' tiled of nundn I rRANK 1. HltOOKH. torpoial JOHN C. BL'nWKUi. wagoner CHAISMK H. K.VUTSON, private lied or I(1H- .IAMi:.S A. ML'I.LIGAN. servant, pneumonia GIL-Hi;rri3 iiaIjOI, private, mumps. became more bitter today when sou women, members of the Kensington and Southwestern branches, were n-iu-cu inUslon to the quarterly meeting BR.V .'i:wni.I.. private, pneumonia OIIA NHWTO.V TIDI). private, pneumonia. JOHN N. TWKTKN. private, septl- riio .noptlnir was scheduled for 10-30 Ppmn. o'clock, but as early as 9 o'clock, women wiXIFRBD R VAL'.X, private, pneu began to gather nt the entrances to the ,!, building. At the Arch street entrance KAItf. WAflXlin, private, pneumonia the door was locked and two policemen JON HODGKS WKSTON. private, were stationed to prevent any effort t septicemia. force the doors A sign at the door rcatf. "Use the i-iThtnpnth Street Door" At that door three of tho paid secretin les of 'io as sociation were stationed, and these sec retaries admitted to the meeting om members of the board of managers of the association, a majorltv of whom nic said to favor the re-election of Mis Joseph A. Hudson, the prcicieni. Not Honored voung women showed ..(.mbprshln caids which they declared entitled them to vote In tho election, but to all these a deaf car was turned by the secretaries, who guarded the por-, tals of the building Mrs William A I Frcemantle, rcpiesentlng the KeiiBlng. ton branch, and Mrs Adela llond, repre senting the Southwest branch, demanded i admission and were refused Besides the policemen guarding the Arch t-treet entrance, other policemen mingled with the crowd on the street, but asido from spirited conversation TariU Hundreds of Severely VVniindrd VINAI, B TtlDKOirr. corporal STi:VI3 ADAMS, private HOItMIOAS Pi:.SItOrHi:rtS. private IOHN W. GKSMINSKI. private. WIU.IAM II LOI'KIt. private. HDWARK II MONAHAN, private THOMAS MOItUISON, private I-Ol'IS II. PAI.Ni;n, private GABKATtn STIIXINGS, private CAIH. L WITHAM. private Might!) Wnumlril TtKNVH.L WHI;aT. lieutenant josnrn i: norsnwoitTii. jn, battalion sergeant major CHAItM:S W t'orKHUII.U sergeant llanli MrtbniN Here Crllirlird "Philadelphia banks If they persist In following their present methods, will drive this cit.v's large enterprise to New York, ghnplv because great rnr hero are not ah e to borrow money for their colossal war transactions," said Mr Vauclain 'The strength of ,m tommercial or manufacturing lonununllv, Is computed hv Its banking abilities to handle Its finances There Is only one bank In Pi lladelphia which Is able tn lend any la I go sums to a business firm that of I)retcl & Co. at l'lfth and Chestnut stiicts What is a paltry loan of 500, non In these times of war pro ductlon when the weekly1 wages of ono shop nf ,ni) of a dozen or more indu" MOVE FOR PEACE TO AVERT WAR French Leaders Reiterate Dutch Government B Demand That Victory lieved to Be Making Con Precede End of War cessions to Germany Mr Vauclain's stattnient was made j before a meclng of the national commit tee of the American Society of Median- Hs! 3 ! WARN OF COMING HOLLAND SEEKS claln that the supergun would outdo the i work of the Get man giant cannon, and I would prove the mor sensational piece I of artillery et brought out. While the utmost seircoy has been maintained regarding the character of the gun. Mr Vauclain has furnished a few additional details that will give an Idea of its vast size and probable pow er. "Our success In the war." lie said "will be measured bv the country's en ginceilng ability to cope with the enem "Thursday morning the greatest en gine of destruction (hat has yet been produced In nitlllcry bv the great war will move out nf one of the munitions factories that line Ihe Delaware Itlver "Tho side gutters of concrete weigh only scventv-tlve tons apltce," ho said with mock modestv "The entire en clne nf denlmc tlitn whs plnnned, ile ftlgned. rnnNtrtirteil Hnd completed within ten weeks lime." Km t her than this Mr Vnuclain would say nothing about the dimensions of the big gun He talked nbout the need of cash for Industry In Philadel phia and gave some interesting Insights Into tho financial state the wai has brought about Bombardment Violent in Franco-British Junc tion Territory TEUTONS' "NEXT BLOW" Predicted Shifting From Flan ders to Picardy Consummated London, April 24. StronR German infantry attacks were being hurled on a nine-mile front directly cast of Amiens, Field Marshal Haijr reported today. This front is from north of Albert to the British junction with the French south of the Somme. At the same time another enemy i assault was under way in the Albert Be sector, noith of the Somme, but the foe was driven back. German artillery was heavily bom bardinK the whole British front from north of Albert to the junction of FATE NOW IN BALANCE MAY BOW TO NECESSITY ' British and French lines south , of the Somme, on t. front of about ...... . ,. o. fifteen miles. Paris. Apiil J I Washington, Apill 21. i .... . . . . . . ,, . , ,, ,, , ., j , . i . Violent bombardment of the nxpeituig ;ermnn oon to launch Holland was believed hero toda.v to' . . another nonce offensive. French Icndeis i, n.i,i.. ...,. . r..,..ci..n. ... t-.nr. r railco-HntlSll Jiositions on the . II iiif 1 let runii; cuim,giwiiu v .-.. f tries In tills city exceeds that amount" " ,llp end are warning iignlnsl It "At tlili sorious lioiu the safety of Frame an only come tlirojgli Victory," decla-ed M Mng'uot. former MlnUtci of Colonic, speaking liefoic tho l)c paitme t of t'u Mcue "llach c tlzci and c u'l .oldlei w lio w Islies ti live must deteiniins to conquer All illusions of a peace not preceded by victory should be blsstcd. Such n peace would bo worse than disastrous-' Antonlne Duboss. President of the Senate, said befoie the Department of the Yer: "We have reached the cul minating point In the war. where the fate of France hangs in the balance Germ.inv Is at her maximum strength. It Is plain she Intends to determine the terrible fate of tlicte she believes she Is nblo to ronquer President Wil son lias torn away the last m.vstlinl velln of Geiman.v s sordid claims and at the ..inip tlm has pledged the strength of his powerful and Immense. couuti.v ' M Klotz, .Minister of Flnnnce. de clared In the Department of the Somme thnt Fiance would nevei consider p;aco so long as n "Teuton foot profanes the fair soil of France ' Will nur Inave Allies we will fight i n: i.. i -ni.f i . , many to stave ofT wui. Gomanv has ; "-"' y o"iciront was icponcu oy ilemanded the light to get badlv needed, the French War Office today in n gravel nnd other war material from communique received here, supple the iicutial railon. Holland has stead- mentinjj and confirming Haig's fusllj declined to make ceitaln alter- j repott. atlons In policy, but It Is consideied The heaviest shellinc was between likely hero that she Is striving to do y,,, Somme anj Avre RivcrSi cast of the difficult task of keeping on nomln- Amiens, and in the district around When a firm Is working on Govern ment contracts, breaking all production j records, and n plight hitch occurs, hold ing up Its finances, what Is It to do tf it can't borrow money'" con tinued Mr Vauclain I told a gather ing of bankers last week, hero In Phila delphia, that if the financing conditions of the clty'8 banks were not Improved AUTlim D ML'inHHAD, corporal ',hg business would be driven away I It must necessarily seek the place where j tlio brouder banking firms can nccom '"modate work on a large scale Phlla- delphlu is a vei liable 'Sleepy Hollow ' Contlnurd on Tsee Mne. tolirnin Two I FKHDHUICK D HUIUIKIX, bugler HAIU, II IIAMAOR, bugler. WAI.TKil K CIIIJKVnil. private RAYMOND K CROWHI.I., private JOHN CROWUJY. private WIM.IAM J GRAHAM, private OAZK OfHRNSHY. private ANTHONY KOWAI.C'ZYK. Ulvate JOHN A STODDARD, private ELKS OFFER THEIR LOAN SAVINGS TAKEN HOME TO NATION i FROM AGED GERMANS Government Probably Will Use Building Here for Emergency Ofllces lllks of this city have offered their spacious headquarters, nt Juniper and Arch streets to tho Government for any use for which It may be needed The local branch of tho order, which Is olllclally known as Philadelphia Lodge No 2. B- P. O. K, realized that Uncle Sam'would need every available build ing either for hospital or other pur poses, and at a special meeting It was unanimously agreed to turn the build ing over to the United States "for such mirnoscs ns tho nation might require." In view of this offer It Is believed that tho Government may take the building for offices and temporary living quarters for executives, who wilt be brought here In connection with the plans of the Emergency Fleet Corpora V?n addition to this offer by the Phlla delphla Klks, the national organization has raised a fund of more than a million dollais. part of which Is now being used In ,tho reconstruction of a hospital at Boston. The Klko" home could be readily used .. he.douarters by those ngagd In Government work. There Is every con v.htence. including kitchens, dlnlng- 1m. swlrnmlnir -jr. banquet vv...-. - v. r W ve hie nee, ,"P'"a ;.V,r V.lM ba .nnHtd U)to r l V...r-;I k rt a. m cou "' i umu Pickpockets Get $1G1 as Couple Goes to Buy Lib erty Bonds Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bernhardt, an aged German couple, of 3619 Lancaster avenue, are sorrowful today because they were robbed of $101, their entire savings, as they wero on tho way to Invent tho money In Liberty Loan bonds. When Mrs. Bernhardt opened her handbag containing 1155 at the Liberty Statue nt City Hall to pay for the bonds she discovered It was empty Six dol lars had also been taken from another handbag, she reported to the police The I'leii fnr IHx limine. "If large business Is not encour aged after this war Is over the commer cial supremacv which will he in the hands ot tho Fnltcd States will rapidly dissolve and be lost to tho countries across tho water ' "We must not he afraid of profiteers." continued Mr Vauclain "Wo cant do In Ave minutes what would ordinarily he declared summed up "The cnthe In the ono sltunllun is word bold Ani-lerdnin, April SI -Denial that ne gotlatlons me piocerdliig between the Government hihI the Reichstag looking to the rrpud'alliin nt the Julv pe.u e resolution It inad I the temlolllcial Norddeut'ilie Allgemo no SCeltung of Berlin I n Aniclcrdam dlspatc.il Apiil .'0 reiwrted .in announcement by the Rlielnlsche Wrstfallsche Zeltung, of Hssen. that the German Government was negotiating with the Reichstag with n view to obtaining official re traction of the pence resolut.on adopted last summer bv the Reichstag The dispatch added It was the ottl cinl view that It was Inadvisable for the Reichstag to tnke a definite atti tude Til' peace resolution approved b the inajoiltv part In the Reichstag declared sgalnst annexations and In demnities 1 I'OUCCMKN All) BIG LOAN lake a day unless we make a monetary sacriflco and unless we are willing to ,, . . . ,, pay for It. Pennsvlvanla Is turning out I Ocrmantovvn Bluccoats Invest More Than S5000 in Liberty Bonds one-slxth of all the necessary war ma terials used b this country. The largest textile mills, tile largest small-arms fnc- Pair otl-m Is one of the virtues of torles. the largest shipbuilding Industries I the G-rmnntown police foice ahd as n In tho world arc all between Marcus I result tbe are backing up tli Third I IK on. is In tho world arc all between Marcus I resuu inej ore nacHinK up in in Hook and Bristol but I venture , .say j , "tiVo,Ur!?eenn,,h,1,d!s,,r,,,icfhst7 that not C5 per cent of the citizens of HlmU, ., ,jer1Hntown which !.!.. ulnotiv- Invcii Knmv It " I . .. .... j ,. . . ,... this sleepy town know It, TO COMMKMORATE DBIVC Humane Society Will Tlant Tree in Parkway A tree to conunemornto the third Liberty lxan drive will be planted by the Humane Kduitloii Society In con junction with the Animal Rescue League next Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, on the new Pnrkwnj at Sixteenth and Arch stieets The Fnlrmount Park Commls- f nU Ion ilnnnlnl tlln t ! unH I t ij niAIII. couple think pickpockets, operating on a j fctTW Wll atteml tho tercmony of plant- subway car between Thirty-sixth and Fifteenth street got the money. The only Income this patriotic family receives Is the small pension paid Bern hardt, who Is seventy-three years old, by the United States Government He served through the Civil War. Both he and his wife are natives of Hanover, aermany, but they declared themselves "good Americans" during the recent house-to-house canvass of the women's Liberty Loan committee, when they ld they would Invest their ow ing In Liberty Bonds. , , -- z&vm&z tne An invitation to attend Is ex tended by the societies to schools and Institutions where humane education has been fostered under the command of Lieut. William Flvidge have already subscribed more than J5000 to the Third Liberty Lonn and most of them hold bonds of the first Htid ftccond loans This morning two bonds of H50 each were purchased b the men, one In the name of the Little Sisters nf the Poor of Germantown and the other In the name of the lier-nantown Hospital. This station house has given seven of Its members .tn the service and many of the men Vave sons fighting In Frnnce. URGENTLY NEED MEN nil.. Jn...41.. .-. lnn loltlt lwl 1. I ' .., ....nu, .,..,. Hl .. Hangard-en-Santerre and Villers- the Kntente nnd Gei many. , " . lL . ' ,, The State Department and Dutch le. Hretonncux, nt the tip of the Ger gatlon hnd unusually small Infoim.1- man salient, Paris reported, tlon as to developments thcro aside1 from the fact that the United States Haig's Report Is undertaking to keep ns much peace , i,-:ij m.0i,i h.,i . i as possible in tho Dutch situation bv ' ' lelfi Marshal Haig reported as siippljlug nioic tonnage than nt first follows: There was heavy hostile shell ing early this morning between Givenchy and Robccq. On the whole British front, from north of Albert to the junction with the French houth of the Somme, the cnemj's artillery vvaa active throughout the night. At an early hour this morning there was a heavy enemy bombardment. Hostile infantrj left Ihcir trenches northwest of Albert at dusk. Their attack was met with heavy rifle and machine-gun fire and Ihcy were driven back. In the neighborhood of Dra snoutrc (three miles northeast of Dranoutre) strong hostile attacks developed late in the evening. The French repulsed them after sharp lighting. British and French artillery in flicted severe loiQcs on Ihc enemy. In the the neighborhood of Mer villc our artillery dispersed con centrations of hostile infantry. On (he majority of the British front, particularly in the Somme and Ancre sectors, the valley of the Scarpe and the sectors north of Bcthune and north and north cast of Baillcul, there was hostile artillery firing yesterday afternoon and evening. The British have again extended decided on Minion, April 24. Holland has been placed vlitually. In the same position which Belgium occupied In 19H by (ieimnnv's latest demands, which include the restitution of the old Rhine Kir.ingcment mid tho right of passage through Dutch ten I toiy to Belgium for certain stoics of sand and ginvel and war mitci'lals in addition, according to advices iccelvcd here Passage for supplies nvci rail uajs ns well us the canals is said to be asked. German never before has made unv claim of the right of transit for avowed war materials, ami tho .vleld Ing of Holland on this point would he equivalent to tho abandonment of Dutch neutrality. A dispatch from The lluguc, how- j ev er. sa s: I "Nothing Is known In competent quarters heie of the rumored German ultimatum threatening the occupation of Dutch ports unlcss,cerliiln demands are lelded " The Hague, April 24 - The Vader land prints thn assertion that an agreement lias been l cached rcg.udlug one point which has caused friction between Holland and German, hut that the old dispute concerning the trnnspoit of sand and gravel to Ger many continues to be n stumbling block. Germany delres to rosumo the practice of shipping giav el through Holland but the Dutch Government offers objections on the ground thnt new clicumstnnces have arisen. The Handelshlad considers that Ger man'! policy will ho determined puie lv hv what permles 'o pav best and believes that Germany would not hesl tnte to use communication tlnough Holland, even at the risk of war. It Naval Reserve Sends Out Call for Mechanicians The United Statrs Naval reserve The tree will bo of the oriental plane I force Ib In need of structural Iron work- family, and will be suitably designated , ers. brlcklaiers. carpenters and men as a memorial to the present loan of any mechanical trade. The need of drive, The Liberty Loan committee will structural Iron workers Is urgent, and b represented at the ceremony, to- applicants for enflstment may receive gether with representatives of the eity. .an Information at the reserve re am! many organizations bousas Ureal l-nken Hand, under Bandmaster Brown. will play at the ceremony, and twelve crultlng station. Twenty-fourth street and liiav's Ferry road An tnort was started several days will play at tne ceremony, anu twelve An tnori was smriru several osys .nitaii. nt nia.ln.a a HI Rdllnra ulll at-.nvn til form A niV'&l reserve "fnz tend. Hand," which will stimulate recruiting Tho Humane Kducatlon Society Is by touring the various cities la the four year -old and Is an outgrowth of Fourth District- Many musicians hv tho first "humane Sunday" and tha first taken advantage, of, this opportunity, "kindness to animals vteeW," which Were but there are still , Mme places open observed he In IfU.r whltfi iust be nlled Immediately. she believed victor thus could be their lines on the Flundcrs battle- B The Handelshlad Vegre'tJ that , far "t. although the fighting has been as known the Entente Powets have i of a local nat&rc. begun nothing In the dliectlon of fa 0n tj. pcar(lv fiont. cast of cllltatlng the movement of provisions' V f, .! i! ' ? . . and war material to help mako the I Robccq, the British have attacked Dutch nrmy strong enough if it should atid improved their position. On be menaced bv an Invasion, and com-, .... , k .v r i.. - plains generally about the Ilrltlsh u,,a ""1 "" c'"ns vo ton- policy toward Holland. tinucd to bomDuru ln tne sector of commenting on a uoiiernam ois. Villnro.nrr.rnnnp.lv lihn. S-m ngion) and near Hangurd-en- patch to the !ondon Telegraph which was cabled here, the Han delshlad sajs It Is rumored Germany has attempted to secure concessions from Holland concerning the transit of sand and gravel and transportation i by rail through Llmbourg of various i necessities not Intended for military I purposes. Relative to a settlement ie garding traffic on the Rhine, the Han delsbtad learns that an agreement has been reached. north of Albert have materially Output of Enameled Ware Reduced i strengthened their lines. It hl Wathlntton, April 21 Fuel Admin istrator Garfield has Issued an larder dealing with tho production of enakielcd -ware. The reduction ordered n thsjout put of Ue mterlt Jb tifr Hr" eeL Santerrc, which is immedlatefy cast of Amiens. On both the Picardy und Flanders fronts both sides havo beer, shifting troops uid feinting and Hindenburs has evidently Btruck his "next blow." Advances by tho British been predicted by both FretWii nnd Mi" ill
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