BjrtM wp'tjiHI 2 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. APKIL 24, 1918 CITY HAS FAILED IN SETTING PACE EVICTION SIGN INTERESTS MAIDS vtf " rr(" POTAStflS DISCOVERED AMERICANIZE ALIENS; IN GOLD-MILL REFUSE- TEACH THlk ENGLISH Government Investigators jNew Hampshire Committee Find Quantities in Colorado ' pnns to Rench Everv Alien HOSPITAL UNIT GETS COMMISSIONS S ! V V H''lHBLliiiiMLlLHLMHLMLaiLBBBLflBLV 1 1 Gov. Brumbaugh Finds Cause to Criticize , Loan Response "SPEED UP," HIS DEMAND Rural Pennsylvania's Bond Campaign Emphasizes .Lagging Here Philadelphia Still Ninth In Liberty Loan Drive Latest Treasury figures covering liberty Ixinn subscriptions in the various Federal Reserve dlstt lots. with percentages of quotas icu llzcd, follow: District Subscriptions IT. Bt. Loula J13O.2uO,r.0O 100 Minneapolis S8.091.000 S3 Kaunas City R.S-U.SoO 73 Chicago 2ii.165,"no fi.1 San Francisco 130.417,300 (12 Dallas 4S.161.4SO fill Boston 131 ,687,030 C2 Cleveland 136.382.700 r.2 Plillailclplir.i I'llJOSJOll I!) New York 416.6S3.930 46 Richmond 52.070,700 40 Atlanta a .. 17,004,100 18 Philadelphia was fiitlctzcd toilaj by Governor Brumbaugh for failure to "come aeros" in the l.lhotty Loan cam paign. llurnl Pennsylvania Ih responding, heart and con I to tin- campaign, ho stive, hut Philadelphia has failed to take thr place of leadership thHt it should ou upy He tails upon all Phlhidelphlarrs and Pcnnsylvairlans to make a spci l.il srTorl on Friday nent. which he has proclaimed as Llbertj t)a" in accord ance with the proclamation Issued by President Wilson The Liberty lOan committee had ar tanged no special attractions for "Lib erty Day." official of the campaign said, hut President Kdwln Wolf, or the- lioaid of education, came to the assistance of the campaign The Governor today fsued tli9 fol lowing Libert l-oarr plea "I am most nnMntis In malntnin Pennsylvania's unmatched record of substantial stipport to the national Government In this wai time "The third l.lbertv Loan Is now well ndanccd P.ural Penns Ixanln Is responding rovall In Philadelphia the aggregate subscription should be larger Tlie great elt.v should set nit example and should lead In this pa triotic duty Muit t KkHtnple "When one lecalls that in ovor.v Rreat war of till- nation Philadel phia has given the. country tlnanclal leadership it is assuredly manifest that tn this supieme tut or our loyalty It is Ital to maintain the (Treat example of Hobeit Morris. Ste phen GIrard and .lav Cooke "Philadelphia owes this to the na tion. t Philadelphia, abundantly re sourceful and prosperous, ought now to set an example to the whole na tion .Surely our people are as pa triotic a Here their fathers Let this he proved bv an Immediate response to the nation's need Let us uh eerlbe until we feel keenlv until It Is apparent to all that Philadel phia and I'ennsvlvanla lead in loy alty In sacrifice. In support of our national Qo eminent." A mammoth paiade of public school hlldren has been at ranged for Friday iftornoon t'ndei the proclamation is (ucd bj President Wilson and t!oernor Brumbaugh, this day will he observed as x half holldav Stores end factories v ill be closed at noon The Liberty Loan committee announced today that it would rely upon an appeal to the people 10 take advantage of this holiday to go to their banks, which will lie open, and subscribe to the loan. No attractions other than those held each day lime oecn ananged by the committee, they lay President Wolf, of tlie Hoard of Kdu Satlon, has assumed the ies(Mjiistblllt,v of Declaring Friday a half holiday in the inbllc schools This action was taken without reference to tlie Hoard of F.duca. Ion, More than 33 000 children will match Twenty bands will alt-o be in lne The parade will statt at Girard ave nue at 2 o-clock It will proceed south n Broad street. The marchers will all be from the high schools and from the Seventh and eighth grades of the ele mentary schools. William Steelier, dl--ector of physical education in the public ichools, will he in charge. Taft Speaks Tomorrow A Liberty Loan mass-meeting will be held at the Academy of Music tomorrow evening K P. Passmoie, governor of ihe Third Federal lleserve Hank, will preside Former President William 11. Taft will deliver an address When he ,'omes on the stage the hand will play America, and a flare of bugles will an nounce his approach to the speaker's stand Andre Tardleu, French High Commis sioner to the I'nited States will deliver an address prior to that by Mr. Taft. The 1500 "Goddesses of Liberty" from the South Philadelphia High School for Girls will sing "What Are You Going to Do to Help the Hoys? ' under direction of Henry Gordon Thunder The following large subscriptions were announced today by the Liberty Loan committee Committee on oil trades and garages (tn date) . .11.700.000 Franklin Sugar Hetlning Co. . 9"0,000 A J rteacb & Co ... 100,000 First Catholic Slovak Ladles' Union .3 100,000 Pennsylvania Warehouse and Safe Deposit Co templojes) 66,000 Pennsylvania Warehouse and Safe Deposit Co (firm) 50.000 John Ullngworth Steel Co. . . . 50.000 Committee on brooms and brush trade (to date) 40,00 Potfstown Iron Co 25,000 Hotel Adelphla 20.000 George Craig & Sons (addi tional) . 20.000 Horace T Potts Co 20,000 U II Parker $ Co 20,000 Ths Liberty Ioan committee on the oil trade ami parages has completed Its quota .and completely canvassed lis Held. The work has been so thoroughly done that till! branch of tha commercial and Industrial committee has now turned 1n to help the committee working the chemical trade. r TURKS REPORT ADVANCE "Fisbting Way to Kars," Says Offi cial Dispatch 'Leado, April 24- An official 'commu nication receded from Turkey aays: -We are fighting our nay to Kara (In the Caucasus) and have occupied Qzur gtl. thirty kilometer (nearly nineteen miles) northeast of Batum." ON'eir Starts on Campaign Trip Ilnrrlsbnrg. April H State Highway rommlealoner O'Nell today began a tour of 8uquehnna Countv In the Interest ft hl campaign for Oovernor, Thursday he wlU-apentt the day In Bradford County jrrtaay lie will go to Dubois and, Satyr 4f,y ha will be at Pittsburgh, Next Sun- ' a nil Moonj iiv m.i miij ous v-isi ,, ye- HMBMimi' .jmPibH 1 V VBBBaKiBSaiaaaBa: AHBKTSgaaBBl 9 i BasaWjr -aW 2 g ' ''4 Hk m '"I 1 Families occupying the houses irt West Philmlclphm mm mnndecred by the United States Shipping Boaid for the use .if Hoc Island workmen nte looking for new places of nbodn today. The photograph shows a couple of Rodman street dweller inspecting the sicn on the houc of Edwin Blown, of .":i.1 ( Hodman street. "Property of the United States Shippinc Hoanl. Trcspassini; Foi bidden," the sicn leads j OUTPUT OF CIVILIAN f DENTISTS OF STATE CLOTH DECREASING MARK ANNIVERSARY Mill Opinion Divided on All Wool and Part-Wool as Standards There has been tinted an Increase In the output if army cloth among Ihe dress goods and men's wear mi, Is of the Kensington and Franhfonl section In the last week, rirrd In tills the epretn lions of Ihe ttade hae onlv been fill, filled civilian product Inn, ns a natural re suit, is commencing lo fee) Ihe effects of the greater demands under Ihe new Oov eminent buying prllcy Not imiy Is tlrete tn lie noted a falling ofT in out put for the civilian market, hut the char acter of the goods which have been turned nut for some time is fin titer em phasized There Is. apparently. less and less material woveir from the finer earns try he obtained, and the coarser fabrics, made of the grade of wool which ri.r merlv went very Isrgelv Into carpets and rugs, constitutes a greater propor tion of tiie output It Is to be nottd In th's connection however, that some verv attractive fabrics are being produced fiorn such yarns for cloaking and heavy wear, and tire Ingenullv of Philadelphia manufacturers again lias stood them In good stead giving them an "edge'' on many other r-ectlons of the textile world In the pnductlon of novelties The sat Isfactlon t ii tli . however, with condi tions as they are toda.v. Is conHried prin cipally to a wurlliv feeling of pride For months pai-t the only problems which the manufacturers have faced have tieen those of production With the goods In existence. It has been no trouble to Fell Ibem. This condition Is even more em phasized toda.v than fr.rmerlv. with the entile Industry facing a period of very heav.v armv cloth and blanket produc tion, a production which It Is est'mated will ne lo 75 per cent of capacity and extend over a period of several months There is a feeling among many of the Philadelphia manufacturers that before long there must be some sort of a "show, down" between the all-wool-but-less-clothes idea and the less-wof.l-hut-tnore elothes principle of war efficiency Among tlie advocates of the former are many of the national advertisers, who feel that standards of the trade as well as puhllc interests and their own good will Investments demand that every effort should be made to maintain all wool standards even at the cost of ad vising Ihe public to buy fewer clothes during the crisis. A fewer clothes pro gram naturally would mean the release of more looms for Government work. On the other hand, there are mill men who douht seriously if there Is going to l enough wool to go around In clothing the public, even on the basis of fewer garments per year pet capita, and ad. vocate the adoption of standard mix tures of wool and cotton or other fiber as a means of assuring a. greater supply of wool for tlie armv Advocates of both ideas among the mill men are. of course, a unit In tire feeling that the soldiers should and shall, have the best, no matter what the rest of the country may have to wear. Archdukes Called to Conference Znrlili. April 2) The Archduke Ku- gene has summoned all the Austrian archdukes to Vienna tor a conrerence on "urgent questions. ' Prague news papers declare STATE WAIVES RIGHTS POOR RICHARDS FAVOR TO RUSH SHIPBUILDING MOBILIZING INVENTORS Agrees to' U. S. Docks at Hog Tricky Dealing by Corpora Island and Bristol With- , tions Denounced in Chester out Licenses Engineer's Talk Agreement has been reached between The foor Hlchard Club has gone on Ihe Slate government and the United .recot.l in favor or a mobilization of the States authorities whereby the Amer-, inventive powers of the United States In lean International Shipbuilding Corpora-' .. ... I, l.'.nil a..a h& Mal.ill.nll' UM.,l,nlMlnr Corooratlon. at' Br atol. ' may proceed with their work of dock Chester Shipbuilding Company, spoke lo construction In the Delaware River, al- the club members and criticized severe thougli. for a time, they will be ler- ry the system that haa "throttled the am atlng without legal sanction. i ... . .... ivh. n, tun rninoratlons. directed hltlonn of American Inventors." He by the I'nited State Government, be gan construction work they ran their extension out to low-water mark, al though this Is In violation of State law and subject to license which can be granted only by the Commissioners of Navigation. Deputy Attorney Oeneral Keller, coun sel for the commission, took up the matter with Federal authorities, glvlnj It as his opinion that a right of the State wa being violated by the ship ping concerns, but stating that the com missioners would be pleased to co-operate In a manner that would avoid de laying the operation The Attorney Oeneral' department re plied that: beyond question the rights of Pennsylvania were being encroached upon and advised that prompt steps b taken lo comply with the lawa of tpe Commonwealth The result will , titer resolved that copies of this reso b th't the Stale will rrattt license to r lutlon he given (he widest and most tai two corporation, jn in meantime, I s' wt Vrte- Plea for Study of Cerman Made at Opening Session of Pennsylvania Society VV IIUpH-lliirrr, I'm., April 21 Frank P Slatlrry. Ilstth-I Attornev ir Lu zerne (Vaunt in ilellveiiiig ih, addiess of wilcorjie m tlie golden iirmlveisai.v of the ivrrus.vlvaiila Klnti- I rental So ciety here, advocated the study ol Herman "Let us retain a knowledge or Her man," lit said "so that we uid.v more advantiiKeouKlv knot I. Into his pate tlie lesson of true i harltv Would we not be better tspnppeil to light an enemy anil detest his tieachet if we vvele raniillat witlt Ills medium of txpresslon" Hnvv marry ArnerUnii bo.vs at Ihe fionl regret their Inability lo louverse. In Herman-' Is not an Intimate knowl nlge of the manners, customs and lan guages of the nations of the world a decided advantage in war or peace'' Why lock up the storehouse of human knowledge anil throw away Ihe kev? If we allow ourselves to become prey to misguided i motions we will event ually lefuse to take a Turkish bath, Hutili cleansei ol tint Gel man mea sles " Tlie response whs made by I)r V A Spencer, of Carhondale The report of Secretary Mr. .1 F Riddle showed thai thete are 340 mem In rs of the society in tlie Stall The memheri-hlp. he said, has fallen on" be t a use of the wai. DR. HENRY VAN DYKE CHAPLAIN IN U. S. NAVY Speaks at Navy Stations Says F'cw "Relifcious Hymns" Writcn During Wartimes rrinrelon, . J.. Aptll 21 Mr. Henry van Djke has Just returned from an extended trip over all the Atlantic toast naval station, on which he addressed many thousand soldiers, sailors and ofll. cers Mr van Mke Is an ex-Ambassador to Holland and now Is chaplain with the rank of lieutenant commander In the I'nited States navy He Is also pro fessor of Kiigllsh literature in Prince ton l'nlverslt "M.v next in del will piobablv take me to the tjieat Lutves and the sta tions there, and from theie to stations on the Pacific coast," lie said Doctor van M.vke Is on leave of ab sence from Ills work as professor of Knglish lltetature In tlie Princeton t'nl versllv In an Interview with Dr John Tlmo. I thy Stoire. who lectured at the Piirui- i ton Theological Seminary. Moitor van Mjke stated that very few "lellglous ,hjnin seemed to come out of trouble some, tjines such ds these, but that poets laud composeis did moi in time of peace and meditation, than In troublesome times when existence and living wete higher for poets and musicians He stated only the gteat marshal hymns arise in these limes Philadelphia Aviator Killed Lieutenant George K Hell, arr aviator, of this city, was Instantly killed jester day when Ihe airplane In which he was I giving1 Instructions to Cadet Hardy M. Benson, of Clarendon, Tex., fell nea,r the Benbrook hangars t'adet Benson suf- Ifered only minor bruises resolution Just adopted - aaines v Dudley, engineer of the nalntained that corporations haVe "pur posely and unfairly choked the advance ment of Inventive Ideas by tricky deal ing with the Inventors." Mr. Dudley then introduced the follow. Ing resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the club: Jtesolved, tbat we urge the President of the United States, the Cabinet and the Congress to at once provide for the creation of a. War Board of Tech nicians, the function of which shall be to Investigate any Idea or Invention which may In any way advance the cause of right In Its battle with might, and. If such invention be approved, to reduce the same to practice to the end that America or her allies may produce such Invention in quantities sufficient lo annihilate the lace of barbarians bat tling against democracy, and be It fur emcrant puouctty witnm in wrrr of uie , s-wr rvi9Hra v,jwu- Dumps llrnter, ("el., April 24 It Is only re cenlly that the pretence of potash In commercial quantities In many of thnr Cripple Cirek go'd ores has become known and there seems every probabil ity that the camp will develop Into a steady producer of the product. This belief i strengthened by news from Col oiado Spring to the effect that the dumps -nt the Portland and nolden Cvcle reduction mills. west of Colorado Springs contain approximately fi 000 noft ions of sand carrv ng from 7 to 10 per rent of pure potash, sccordlng to flov eminent experts, who have been al wotk on expet Imenis for the last four months In the Golden Cyc'e dump alone It ps said Miere aie nbout 560.000 000 pound" of pure potash, worth around seven cents a round, or $.11.200 000 From developing this nevvlv discovered riessuie heap official estimate the nt proflrs will he from J22.000 000 to J26 -000 000 for Golden Cycle shareholder Ii Carlton, president of the Golden I Cvcle Mining Company, lire Hollv Sugar I company, the Colorado'Mldland Flsl'road and oilier enterprise was een In Pen-' ver and personally confirm Ihe figures ss given The alue of the Portland I dump ha- not been stated, hut It Is be- lleved tn run Into millions of dollars I Of course ihe question of what tire process of recovery will actually cost is, after all the hlg thing There are numerous sources of .potash Irr the I'nited States, but recovery is so ex pensive that the process Is not com- merclally possible Since ine fir xt of the curient vear I millions of oil shares have been ab sorbed liv traders on the four oil ex changes of Menver, which dallv ate well attended Despite the large number nf I "hares trsded In. however, prices have I I remained virtually stationary and at a, low level, excepr In such Issues where favoiable news has Justified an advance Since .lanuarv 1. up to the present writ ing, 10 oil companies have been Incor porated In Wvomtng. with an aggregate capitalization of $66,055,000 Transac tions on the Denver exchanges are not confined to the Wvomlng issues thev take In the Mldcontlneut and other oil linnipanle. thereby supplying an abun dance of fodder Tor the hulls and bear Colorado made a good record In coal production Inert year, according to the annual report Just Issued by the State coal mine Inspector The output of the mines In 1017 was 12.5IS.30r, tons. cotnnaied with onlv 10 5 .185 tons dur- mg Ihe preceding ear At reasi i.ihiii. '100 lolls more would have been mined, the report avers, hut for a shortage of ratltoad cars ..e There were 188 fatalities recorded in the coal mines in 1317. Of this number 121 occurred In the Hastings mine dls. aster of April 7 Muring tire jear rorty one new- mines were opened and develop, tnerrt work In old and new mines cost S687.395 AMKKICAN AUCHITKCTS MEKT War Work Chief Topic at Asocia tion Convention I War woik of Ametlcan aichitects was I the kev note of the opening session of tire Anrei lean Association of Atchltests con I veniloir todav at the Art Club. Frank Miles Day. former president 'of the aseoclatbn. deliverer! the opening address lie vvas followed by John Law- lence Mauian, present head of the asso. elation I ms arieruoori me i-niiHuriHiii (.Hau ler membeis w II Ire hosts to the dele gation They will be taken to Interest ing points in lit city in automobiles, reassembling at the T-Square Club. 201 Qulnca street WOMEN GET $1,351,250 IN LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE West Philadelphia Led Yester day Supports Ten Chil dren, but Buys Bond Women interested In the Liberty Loan drive have gatheied subscilptlons total ing J 1 6.000.000. Irr the last twenty-four hours they collected $1,351,230. The leader In yesterday's contest was Mis. It. F Hichardson for West Phila delphia, with J 125.630 to her ctcdlt, while South Philadelphia, under Mrs. Walter J Freeman, came in second with $114,900 Other totals were a follows: North Philadelphia. Mrs. Wllmei Kruseit, $58, 830 : Falls of Si.huylktll, Mrs. Bessie Dob ton Altcmus, $38,950; Chestnut Hill, . Francis S Mcllhenny. $17,750; N 'Ja llur.il Mis. Charles S Wuits, $1 u . tential city. Mis Paul Denckla Mills. $S0.675. northeast, Mrs. John W. Mo.vet. $64 300, Ueimantonn, Mrs. W. B. Cuilev. $71 100 and Kensington, Mrs. K. It J". 'Bradford. $31,000. One of the most unusual stories of (lie laiiipalgn among the women work ers was told by Mrs II It. P Brad ford chairman of the women a district committee for Kensington, who said tha,t a woman with len children came to her and subscribed for a bond. When tins womar was questioned, it appealed that her husband had deserted her. but that she managed to support the children, tanging from seven months to fourteen ears. on a weekly wage of $11 He centlv the woman s pay im Increased to $12 a week, and she promptly subscribed the $1 difference for a bond The Navy League workers, led bv Mrs N" Myers Filler, came Into the select $1,000,000 class when Mrs Fitter reported that $1,057,300 had been sub scribed through them. l-Ater Kolb's' Bakery added to this total with $50,000. The Navy Leaguers have been assisted by the Junior Aides of the National League for Women' Service and the Emergency Aid aides The Straw bridge & Clothier booth, over which Mrs Morris Clothier pte sldes, reported a total of $84,500. GIRL OF H TO MARRY Grandmother Herself Wedded at 16, Consents to Match Mary K Itlmke. only fourteen years old. of 339 Lansdowne avenue, In com pany with Frederick J. McCarthy, seven, teen years old, ot 340 Lansdowne ave nue, applied at the office of City Cletk Brown for a marlrage license. Accompanying the young couple was the girl's grandmother, who, as her guardian, gaveconsent to the contem plated marlrage. The youth's parents also gave their consent. "I was married at sixteen and my hus band was seventeen years old and we lived' happily until the Lord took him away from me," said the grandmother, placing her approval upon early mar riages. Crochet New Edge on Napkin When the fringe bn your 'tea nap kin wears out and becomes rsgged look, ing don't feel that the napkin Is ready to be. used for a duster. Just cut off all trie fringe evenly, get a small cro chet needle and a ball of silk and cro chet a plain border all round the nap kin. Then take a fresh grin on ths needle and crochet. humpy chain stitch that fastens Into the border at about tytry other stitch and makes' a. dainty nrooi sage to a perfectly goo ita nap. .!, I in the State Concord. V. II., Aptll 23. New Hampshire's public safely com I mlttee Is formulating plans lo Ameri canize every alien In the State. KlTorts are to be directed to about forty places where aliens congregate The work has been divided Into four departments each to be under direction of a committee. One department will endiavor to popu. larbe American ideals, one to educate alien children, one to educate alien housewives and one to idmate alien far-1 torr operatives. N'ew Hampshire State ' authnrltleff believe that Ihe first thing to ' do Is to leach Knglish tn all inhabitants ' who do not already know it The department of popularization of AmertVan Ideal will work lliiough five agencies (he press, to Interest citizen and such aliens as now trse lire Knglish language), in the proposed wotk: motion picture, to present Ametlcan JiiMory and Ideals: church and patriotic 'organi sations, to Instruct their inemheis and I followers", and employers ami labor unions. o provide noon talks on con-, ..,. atilSAM nf AtlK.n.hln A The department on alien children will work Ihsough the public and private schools .All illiterate children between eight atitf sixteen vear" aie already In some echmd This is State law and Is Mil lolly deforced Most of the schools teach patriotism, thrift and obedience. The State Saw governing private schools provides that "everv child shall be In structed in the Knglish language In the common Kitxhsh branches" This latter i provision ortthe law Is not universally in , forc I The department nt education or alien housewives tha found that the need of ths latter are help in sewing and garment making, directions in merlcin ' i-onking and .instructions In the care of chddien An, effort tn meet these needs' will be made'jhrough home visits afcr noon classes tt school sewing rooms and uelghhoihood classes in cooking The departniwiit of education of alien factory operatives has teported that at 't lie last census there were In the State 13,386 illiterate persons mote than ten v-ears of age, of whom 8413 weie llliters are men of voting age, virtually all for eign born and non-l'ngllslt speaking. Vlght schools are tun for from ten to twenty weeks in ten cities and towns and have reached 15.000 Illiterate adults. At tendance is not compulsory. There are six: cities with no night schooM, with a I forelgn-bor n population of more than nioo each SHIPPING BOAK1) ORDERS I Vis'1 .oa. 'IJS'Mn'V?: 58. 22 STEEL FREIGHTERS j'iV, ttlV'L,", .?, minm- i t'fdenls which shows a bettering of mine Contracts Also Awaidcd for Fourl aafety conditions fin February 1 1918 Tugs and Three 3500-Ton Wooden Vessels Vlasliliiglnn, Apill 2t New contracts for twentj-twn steel freighters nf the label wood t.vpe wete awarded today by the shipping board. They will aggregate 201.600 tons Twelve will be or 9600 tons each and the other teir of 9100. The contracts went to the Caiollrra ship building company, of Wilmington, N. C. and tlie Union Consttuctinn Company, of San Ftancisc Conliactft were also awaided for the construction of four ISO-foot sea-going lugs and three wooden ships of 3500 tons The tugs will be hull' by Whitney Ulutheis, Supetlnr. Wis., and the wooden ships will be constructed hv the Wilson Shipbuilding Company Astoria. Oie. of 6 MUTINEERS JAILED; TWO ARE IN HOSPITAL Crew of Cuban Steamship Adelheid Quit Work Pass ing Through U-Boat Zone Mutineers of the cubail H,,amBllI Adelheid will have a hearing before commissioner Long toda.v Hx of the ringleaders are awaiting tt JhI In Moya mcnslng Piison and two others are dangetousli- wounded at the Pcnnsyi vanla Hospital. As soon as the Adelheid entered Dela ware Breakwater late yesterday. Cap. tain K C. Barry Informed naval offi cers of a mutiny i ,lc flreroom that had occutred while the ship beln chased by a German submarine In Medi terranean waters on March 30. tTnted States Deputy Marshals Keiy nluJ Mc. Caff,ey, with a squad of policemen, ...., u, r inuiiiieers under arrest as -luuii as me snip made port The Adelheid. which vvas bound for . )ort in Italy, sighted a riant h,L . n the vicinity Bof Ulbra'i.Vr' &!r,,nn' ine siDmarine gave evidence it was preparing for attack. After a fe" moments a torpedo fired at the AH,t held missed her bv a few feet and , hi r-Boat Immediately began shelll, g e fleeing Cuban vessel. c "le laptain Barty telegraphed to the eng neroom for all speed aheadl "' englneR produced little epeed and Can. I! - M"rS:.,W.e"t-t.0 'he ,00l to ooPk trouble The first assistant chief engineer and the accompanied 'him I'hey found the crew of the flr.,. a motley conglomeration of all nation alities, creeds and degrees, armed wm slices bars, shovels and Iron, preparing Xl "'L';k A Kht enaued when they chargfd the officers and tried to dr ve them up the ladder. am! In a desperate effort to save his shin Captain Barry whipped out his revolver and fired. O. Hlcco and O. nichterri fell badly wounded. "icnterrl DR. GORDON HONORED BY TEMPLE STUDENTS Dean Emeritus Given Surprise Party on Attaining His Seventy fifth Birthday Five hundred members of the student body Joined with, the faculty of Temple University In giving a "birthday party" to Dr. John Gordon, dean emeritus of the theological department of the university, this morning Immediately following the chapel exercises in the forum In honor of Doctor Gordon's seventy-flfth birthday anniversary Dr William Krusen. Director of Health and Charities and vice president of the university, presided, and In the opening remark felicitated Doctor Gor don on his long career as dean of the de partment of theology. Other speaker Included James II. Dunham, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Laura, II. Carnell, dean of the uni versity. A feature of the party, which was ar. ranged as a complete surprise to Doctor Gordon, was a number of presentations The department of household science gave hlrn a birthday cake decorated with seventy-five candle, tha kindergarten department presented a basket filled with candle, the business school a basket ot fruit, the university men a bouquet of carnations and tha university women a basket ot n4rso8..jia ether Hewers. . .. 1 -w ( ' .ab B sKIci i 4B Wi lip, iftrrrrrrrrHrSSrK At: !fi.3rw''S'4xC, tnsEflx dHiBHBVeoAM.-49k7n 1 lEuaA BiBftnKJWMM mKKSt. jraBBBBBVvJ$HMMiK, tSa BlJr BWrrrW " Mv'll''' j&9RL19MrPrMfeu3&SHH-K9M - Members of the St. Agnes's Hospital Unit, enlisted in the medical leseive corps, got their commissions as first lieutenant, in J Mili ary and three of them have aheatly leceivcd orders for overseas service. Seated, left to tight, ale H. M. HnKcdorn, D. J. Langton and A J. Union: standing, M. E. Smoizvnski, T. F. Scanlan and A. K. Weaver. Those who have received orders for service May 6 arc Lieutenants Langton, Smoizynski and Scanlan. They are all from St. Agnes's Hospital, Broad and Miffin streets. ACCIDENTS DECREASED DISORDERLY TENANTS IN ANTHRACITE MINES OUSTED BY LANDLORDS Co-operation Between Uperu- tors and Inspectors Making Industry Safer Preiautions taken by thoe engaged in the anlhlarite coal Industry have greatly rleci eased aceldents and fatall lies, aicuifllng to a report Isstierl toda.v bv the State Meparlinent of Mines, which shows that much progtess has been made in making the Industry safer. This Is due to the spirit of co-opei'allon. If Is said, between the opetators and mine Inspectors The repoit or the Mepan:metrt of Mines In part follows. "During the seventeerr-veai period of 1899-1915, the mine production of nil thracite was 1,300, 970. Gill tons The number of lives lost vvas 9605. ot 7 39 per 1.000.0011 tons pioduied The pin luctloti per life lost for this period was 1 33.321 tons In 1915 the production was 89 377.706 tons of anthrailte The number of lives lost was 588, With I mere were ih,:js minus iroming mine : certificates from the State and trained .erttneates riom the Mtate ami Ii allied In mine safelv conditions and urine res- ... ........ ........ cue work More than 39,000 additional men attend lectures as to the- scientific ' development of tlie anthracite iuduslrj "Mine accidents aie caused In many . wa.vs and. In many cases, due to per sonal cnielebsness on the mine workers' patt not obeying all the oidered pre cautions as laid down bv the operators ' Many explosions are caused by over- i eagerness of tlie men for un Irrcr eased i dally output The accidents on inside I woik lorue fiom gas and dust explosions I powder and d.vnamlte blasts, electlicll. blasts, falls lulu shaft and slopes, suf focation by gas and other causes, nil-1 llslons of tlip cais In lunaways mill coal rushes On the outside of the mine proper the gi eater pait of the deaths com from the faulty handling of cats, machinery, elecltlcity und suffotatloti In chutes " NORRISTOWN REACHES MILLION LOAN MARK - Expects t oGo Over the Top Soldier Doing Mission Work Among Dunkards and Mcnnonitcs Nnrrlntnwn, Pa., prll 21 Subwnp tlons to the Liberty Loan last night irad leached $1,000,000. and Chairman Alder fer was confident today that the borough would go over the top. although foi fe w das It looked as If the quota of $1,300,000 would not be reached To spur the Libel ty Bond sales In thai section of Montgomery County around llarlejsville and Soudertnn. .1. Warren tflegler. attached to Field Hospital No 316. Camp Meade, has made use of a fur lough in working among the Dunkards and Mennonites In a housc-to-hoii-e canvass he leports thirty-six subscilp lions for a total of $10.00u. Ho sajs the Dunkatds are giving willingly and free, ly, but that the Mennonites nrn slow to subscribe, because they have lonsclen tlous scruples and think tlrat by sub fciiblng to the Liberty Loan they are prolonging the war. ... The outcomo of a conference of lend ing Mennonites at Fiamonla .Meeting House on May 2. at which the Liberty Bond subject will be discussed, is being uawltrd with intetcst ..,. Conshohocken expects to raise $1,000. 000. or $100,000 over Its quota. RESTAURANT CLOSED RY U. S. Federal Food Regulations Violated at York .... , ,. , , , 'J'Vl-'T dill iiiir.i w. , .... -. -- --. ...... d for a iierlo. en proved the r . ,r?fa i. Restaurant, this city, closer! f i..o Havs. It having bee i,.r.. leeiilatinns had been violated. It is said by Mr. Hersh that more than two ounces ot wneai Drean were oeing - - served at a meal to each pation The ' Ship Redistribution I'laiincd food administrator says he had fre-, ... ... .,..,.,,. ,., .... ctuently vvained the proprietor, Hany i ' " A1 n ... "', ",p, 'nlei-allled Stathonulous, he was violating the regu-1 economic committee is confetilng on re lations I distribution of tonnngo among the Allies, BUSINESS MAN SAID TO HEAD THIEVES' BAND Pair Arrested for Robbing Wagon Charge Organized Crime Here Following the arrest of Harry Tur etsky, of 3120 Arliona street, and Louis Frank, of 1628 South Twelfth street, on charges of having stolen valuable pack ages from a wagon ot the Adams Ex press Company, the statement was made by Detective Robert Cameron, who made the arrest, that a wealthy and promin ent business man has been Implicated as tho leader of an organized band of thieves who have systematically raided delivery wagons for weeks past, and that ho will be arrested In the next day or two. Turetsky had been employed as a driver by the express company for about a year, and he Is said by the detectives thave made a confession, following his arrest. In which he declared that the business man referred to is the brains and guiding spirit of a criminal "syn dicate," which has taken many thou sand dollar In loot from merchants In the last few weeks. Arrest of the two men came as a d.rect rosult ot active effort made by the Philadelphia Team Owners' Asaocla. tion 'nd the Chamber of Commerce to break up thernnnrufji raids that hsve been madjj ka,ros, for some time w Dozens Willi PnllVn VL'r. Hivln.. I Plf''Il"atlnn Infor ,mK th, .,. Complying with the Swift act. propeity on the hlgnwavs ihe linvemiv owners nave iicgun to evict persons vvhn , '"ai air men n ml women rtMnt iff have police reconls and are known to he ' tlmo to gardening m order to Incmjj rnnjatcs or Keepers ni ursorneiiy nouses, loousiiui m ir s pro. lamatlon thiCn. irozrrrs 01 evicriorrs nave taken place crnor sajs. tvirlil.i llip l.tsl fori v.nlphl limn u 'rlmeo .t.i.i .. that were evlc.ed vv'ere pe.ns who rr- ... ",:..,..1 ...W"" lh' PUt" Ol fused to move when ordered to do so. """"""""" lo .'""'" on on. dtj A week ago Maor Smith set ved notice' " " R!"'1 'ads" day. forikJ on 219 property owners tital they must I n,lliose of giving materially ImportHil evict pel sons iiom ineir properties They -'-ooiam.e io mc lonstituted ofnciali an, were warned mat unless mey obeyed the ' mr me rurther purpoe of calllnt tnTL statterl against them "Condition's have greatly Improved within tlie last few days," mid Acting Superintendent of I'ollce William II Mills lodoj "We ate going along frulet- ly In our work and 1 have received ie- war. It Is our fixed purpose to . Si ports that the Swift act Is being obeyed erv Ice that will lesen ihe nroductlw by pet sons who rented their properties c''lency nf our people and to those who used Ihe piemlses for dis-I "Whereas Hon I lienny n', KfS orderly resorts We are accomplishing moie In a pi et wa.v than tluough spec tacular ways 01 witli bia baud tactlts." Menial was made toitav Ify Harry A. .hhcrc.v, rnniniiitii o. un- vvoiKiueri s ev lilerulrrg a pi aiseoitlrv and liatrlitta I Compensation Itoanl. that he via using I pur pose to aid the fanners of tht sr.r. I ii.i.-i i..H.. ... ..... T . ......... I . uir, Maukey, .,,- .., .,.. ww... ... .-..., ...v...,,.- aow, rncierorc I Martin R B,.. ant .lolin J. lllsiiing. of tlie ! iu-llth anil bangli, (,'oveirroi of .he i 'nmniomuiiiii 1 ine sueeie poiiLe siHlloii, woo lias ueeir suspended as a result of the ko In v estimation and summoned before the police tiial board There vvas a leportl tlrat a petition was being circulated In the Foi t.v -sixth Ward In Blsblng's be half. Macke.v said lie did not know the nature of tire charges against and that he did not cltculatc irons or- huiiioiic one ... ne cricuiaico. aj. A. .1. iv.inh.ane. enrei investigator for Hods to work for the nation In this criassl the waillme commission of the Inter- Let nil our men and women and youtlsl lliuicil r cue. .ii.u.i. woo inv esilgaic.F I conditions in tins city berote the Fos dick icpott became public, this after noon will make a supplementary report. This tcport will he read at a. meeting of the fedciation. whlih will take place at .1 30 o'clock in the linger Williams Building, Seventeenth mid Chestnut streets. Pli. lint S..1IMM..I V.mn 1!,.a ft ll, I lnterchuich J-Vdcintlon. picdlctei today I that important action would he taHen I at the meeting after Klnk.-ide's tcport is ical . .. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPOT IN CHARGE OF CIVILIAN Ilenedict M Holdcn, General Man ager Hctc, Assumes Duties and Reorganizes System Benedict M Holdcn, rut allot ney of .Hartford, Conn, and New York, Iras been nppnlnteil general manager of the Philadelphia depot of tho quarter mas. Jer'a corps His appointment vvas made April 11 and he has already assumed his duties. . . Mr Holdcn Is one of tho few civilian executives Irr in work, and his ap pointment w.is i tj . by Major (.ionernl Goethals beiaus ,r his association In an advisor capacit wltii m.urj of i ine taige iiusimss liuusca of the coun tty Mr Hidden, slriie taking charge here has established a system whereby an In dividual becomes tcsponslble for each operation in tin- establishment. There ate heveirt.v -seven ofllcets of tho tegu- rar arm national urnucs anil teser olliccrs in the Philadelphia depot n encii is lesporrsruie lor ins ucpartiuel, "A great expansion of tho denot will ! e.'pectTsecTe' 'S$X&&tx times by tire end of June. Colonel Za- Ilnskl, vvlro built up a wonderfully etti- ne..e. ha? beer sen, nv'rscas at tile request. or lleneral T'er- I Hh!"B' ,)Ul aee.rA "f " l'" "' most etllclent men of the armv are still here. i and I hope will remain." BEGINS A CAMPAIGN . TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS j Trnfflc Po,ice 0rdere tp Nab Boys Who Steal Rides on Motorcars Following a conference with Acting Superintendent of Police Mills today. Captain Tempest, of the Ualllc division. Issued otders to reserve police to ho on the lookout for hoys stealing rides from motorists and to warn drivers of automobiles tlrat they will be held re sponsible for any accidents which occur as Ihe result of their giving theso boys rides. Action of Captain Tempest Is In fur thernnco of the Coroner's crusade against automobile fatalities, which' hnvo Increased alarmingly' this month. Cap tain Tempest made It known that tho police department will co-operato with tho Coroner In his crusade. In the past, it has been the habit of boys to congregate In Broad street dur ing the rush hours of the evening and beg rides from motorists who are going In the direction of the hoys' homes. Many drivers have picked up the boys and In some cases accidents have resulted when the boy attempted to Jump from fhe machines while In motion, in other cased boys hanging to the side of au tomobiles have been struck and killed by machines passing was with the idea of pi eventing occurences such as these in the future that Captain Temp, est Issued orders to the reserve police today. is JHEAUTOMAFg Some GLOBE In.i.n'T.1 Equitable Building., Ov,,?? " ""' "uan' Wr.houWc5f aiioniir..i.-r"! Brun,vv,7k'M I Vour plant lR ..n I lainlyourrki..l"U obFl..lS5 Sprinkler Ce.l'1 I'li-liln.nn M( J .TJ'WU'.1.,W-V ""U'ibiit.irt.fja NO GOOD ROADS DAYl IN STATE THIS YEA! Governor Urges People Labor in War Gardens, Instead llnrrl.l..... t. . MM nnmiR ih ml'. iiHilHavfJgi ,-. , ,. arvril Ji Ol UWIiei'S comply ! "overnnr lirumbangii ha, .lwi IT 1 c Ti v i j because of the wn, rl.ere would uZM Under Swift Act .w.r. .. '" ! goon. roa.ts .lav ,n 'ennvt...i. i year. Instead of workmir ,i.... r. .... .,UllV 124 iUflMsl ll attention of all our people tn. Si tame and magnitude of our h'tbtu sjatcm : and 4 i. ",Wl1"'",n!'; ' 'hese war tlmfs. ,h It Is incumbent upon all in ,1,1 ,lZ energy and mmiev tn the ulnninr .nil way (omm.ssioner of l'ennvhnn'li S. reao.v Iras with inv aimrnvsl -.;... ' to tuir tile fniies 'rotn the hlrr,i..K ' Ihe farms , ,A l.nln ... . "W to flrmv una tin. ,. n...t r... ..... .. lir-IO kill,.! !OQQ IA, .Q. chairman of the Workmen's ' ... i rl,, i ..-. .'.""". "'. "ur "".?' of Peniisjlvama do berebv announctthin ,,., h"lm iok.i- .i.tv win ne Miacr.eo Pennsylvania this v.ar and Instts thcteof I call upon and urge all e people to go to the so I and in tveryMj that wlso counsel bnnest toll or trw I'oiiauun oL vvuritcis .an oo so, help In iirrt-,- inn .luipui or rnoasiun lllsi Blsblng I most vital anil patriotic duty Itltltt any netl- ' "Rrettril that our laws do not rh t all loafers, rich andr circulated. , nrii.o .. ...i .m... and compel them for defined il Join lieaitily In aiding our farmers Wfl planting wat gardens In rconornlisiej ioou supplies anil in g.vlng joyil i steadfast support to even need of country in its day of struggle for del mocrncy, necemy and rlglitegusnesl m:Tiis HANSIirrtY l it. i land O.. AwttaJ u i..-.vm I . v mow or rerer j ntniDUO 1 ttelstlvfs arid f r 1. nil nr Imil'd to irrtla.1 Prl . 2 p in. hi tli. OliM-r II Biit BM.I le.-n . nrmnu. s. iru prrme lir.l.l' H NTKtt ITAMI.F. vn.vti; VVT' ..irtt.s vv WTFP sun op it Anvr.nnsnsiEvr PAGIi .1. COM MSs 7 AND VICTOIl TAI.KINU Ml' lltNB COMPJiNT II IIKI.I' NTi:ii MI.B. MI.N VM I '1 -VV VMI l sin: oprt .iii:rti$i:.mi:nt PAUi: 3. Ctil.lMNH T VXD I VJCTOU TAI.KINU MAl HIM5 COMPAKJ I 1 VAIIN I'l'l.l.ns a'j',i- pun not n FOB JIKN TIIOfltJtiillM nxrertiEMj IN IHtY IIOOMS ON i'ini: kmtti.no mwk s'i i:py puna I'Yi: V.011KH HANCOCK A IIKRKS 8T.S. " . la arUilH STHN'lliIHArilKIl e." on. -- st Ilcures and lias know leM' '.'," unnftiru. " rujal offlro work, for einnmiin o" ,:u,m mfg. comrwni ""r'heaslern ". !' opn,r. for one vvllllns to work for "VM ment. site veYTsnjviQsyai no attention IIOAniHM!,., eM KAIirtAUlT TUnnAlK ?. Kirill rurn se.onu-noor roii ". "i tjlTJ flrie.l. ronv neighborhood omllriajiJ ,1111,. r riukklHeil Ails on r(M SO 0( Round Trip SU.NDAY April 28 Frsm Market Street WlH Atlantic City, WlIdwood,j Amleaea, Cap, MJ' Ston. Harbor. Av.Ion, Ocean City, Sea UloC7 (MTMrkt HSiil" Fer AtlauUa Clur ovmjjcu Hetoru M fayjf 1 .P 1 seashoifil Q lf.und EXGUfSlOfiSlI 1 sflklrip ,,,,,' Pennsylvania mm Uy'ftf. jt-KMOA -t " "t. .J ' " '"-v ... Jut. . - " 'S - ..iA
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