"l""!"
THE WEATHER
uentnrj Jlubltc ffiedget
tr.1.fitnri. Anrtl 25,
fair; cool to-
night, rrlda); partly cloudy,
tkUPKRATDRK AT KACI
POSTSCRIPT
TWirgnATcnt;
ACfl IIOL'lt
nmrrroTTr
Wt-iirjiii
I 12 I 1 3 I 3 1 4 8
E
fc
U
MT OFFICIALS
MCE ACCUSATION
ItnulAXTWETHODS
ft 11 '
r
(District Board Members
failed to Explain Al
I; leged Irregularities
Zi ,.xr OT.1TB
pBOBE TO cumv .v
ilitical Influence" and
koney" as Exemption Iac-
tors to Be Investigated
)
I .,.,mMii tluit the L.iiue.1
Stat.-
',"";;,, an Imcstlgatim.
tn
SZla'.f.noa.rrc.aH.-,
V.T' m.n for the auom.i
Arm
hmni !--
, . .! tmlm
Major V. .
rtliou- -
. t . lufl In tMill'l-
Cock In charge "' ""' """
" lie n l'roft Hnnrd Xo. 4
P . ' . ,. r,,-.h meet nti.l Sny.hr
?! -tatlon to pintn charges made
r. annnn - - '' r
forwent .... ., ..... v.,tini Arm.'
t.ovaonjo;
" .. .... nrnhe nf eertnlni
ktd""'0" -.thothnf dlltcrcnt,
Urf, throughout FmnsjlvanU.
C charges again" Iiuft Board No.
(.. first made to tno " '-""'
n i..-
jt ur, t- - ; ... WOIp
Mclt influenc; an .1 -
.l rr,, WHICH llllLKU i
J"?! ,ul A.mitunt General at Harris-,
ErfO. a request ron the depa.t-
SS that th !
iinestlBiited.
.halrmun ol me i
wrf tmphatlcal dcnliu ine ";
?Jh M welcomed an
?.'t . . .v.- urMin Wild WlOtO lllf
?j7flt(l the peiHOn wi' ""' "":
ul dtoea im i forw.iid ami
.ymous .-. -,--,,.,
TV7 .i... cbarces in puuuc
.. ..-.
mi. ynBv ".- , . ,,- rn. .A
the Wnr Pe-
J TO '"' ... .1. hni for on eK-
. .... ..(.In I rnilEfll L f ..... .- I
4 iV to oik the board lor an ex
urtiMnt " "'," , -, ,,,,a iv.
a tn niK i"tr v.u --- .
tcnprn'ratldread-l
r S War Department
! nruhuurton. !' ' ..
' TK.,.nroa few "jnK "..'"".
t!tom aro n
i.nblew,
at Keventu
i""" 'a snider acnuo. who an
.5&tfM W ?1W for our rount.y
who aro
'..mat deal of political pull In
'.tSS tv.nln?h wn'nl and at ho
':SU.tet a. I lin dor avenue sta
iJS hniise Some of our boys who
J,Ve ood elaims fo' ,?miVi ' , no- !
aTunKe,0 an.Jt'neso'iv.y I
!
naowi t" i't.M..i. u --
- .wA.iiniaii nun ifL uliili rj
."t"1"" "V. .,( T-nlted States.
Thluj -ninth Ward, Phlla., Ta.
Chilrman Drnl" ClntrK
IJl'r Buck lod.15 said that he bad re
Strfa copj of the anonymous letter
imMilor JIurdocK. lie made the fol-
Birliir statement
kTOslJludlsKiace. Politics nnd pol
IffiM ftVe no s.ly hi my wariflitn
tomto conslderlnB wneincr a. u.u..
Idlill eo to ciimn or not. On soverrf
fcuilom 1 hao found It necessarj- to
actually throw out of my ottlco many
joHtlclans, and laxtiors who have come
t toflnon.... me on. wav or the othor,
"i!r work hero at the board has ill.
,tiyi been free from stain, nnd I defy
T mm or poiltu inn or lawyer iu i
lilt ho has had unr Influenco In tho
krinr of draftees In the army or kipt
flin from bccou.tnir soldiers.
ttte letter from Major Murdocl; to
Mr, Buck Inclosing the nnnonymous let-.
Iff contained the follow Inc:
f Te forward for our Information this '
wUr that such appropriate action as ,
my be ncceasary w 111 bo taken.
iTbo "Gable" referred to In the letter
luld to be I! Hable. who conducts a
tiloon at tieienth street and Snyder
irenue. Ills son. Jacob Gable, is in mo
Jrtft and leaves tomorrow for f amp
Ut. Va. lie Is th only Gablo In the
Vtalctlon of Draft Hoard Xo. 40.
d I H.( .H Pm...h n ,. ., All,nl ln " k f I (1
we rouniicr Hable today: "In fact. I
Buck's Itrplj tn .Miirilock
Ifr, Buck toda lepllcd to Majoi Mm-
' ock as follows
tau tomorrow for ramp I.ee and I urn , mnnn orien was seen wun a wcii-unown i,aR been nwcit u,ii .. ....- - ... ......
fill to no I am irlad that I am KoltiK demimonde, whllo fzernln frequently Is-, ,,, reasoub why the city cannot handle
HHjR."ssi-" SSS3S ?yKumiSa!---aMar
'the
ire ar in receipt ot your letter of
Jpril ::, 1918. and m reply desire to
,r that the above Jacob Gable was
pislfled and placed In Class A. lie
.to called for physical examination
ternary 14 and quallllcd for general
Bffltary tervlces Jacob Gablo has
wn Inducted in tlio military Bervlce
tod ( to ho entmlnpfl for Hamn T.ee.
V-. April 26
u
tUWN MKKTING HEADS
'I "0 K" JPnfiTTT TfYlMinHT I
f W. IV. &l UUUJj IUIMUM1 I
t 1
ty Committeo Will Also Indorse J
Other Penrose Candidates to
Defeat Tares
fr""wr and other Penrose candidates
W'BUte oftlces will be given tonight
JJ7 tin city committee of tho Town
itun party at a meeting in the Trans-
"".atlOU Bulldlnir Thl. will marV the,
fSiSf or tho drlve against the A'ares
i,' wlu oflng thousands of votes to the
venrote candidates llany bellove that
Wji. .. lne"-s irom ine iown
A"!11.1 supporters will offset the Vare
iJ?Ja the Organization and It Is pre
tSr that u w111 swing the balance of
mvtr In .1.- .11 ., ,.
V,. '" "' uireciion 01 me ami
Jre forces.
a addition frt e.nnm (?.... . U
ft..,.. . ,i,tt.vi AI'IUUI, lilC
.wtttaf will Indorse Senator U li nel
ir.1' for Lieutenant Governor and
,7 Woodward, of Allegheny Couu
Jijor Stcietary of Internal Affairs.
recent vice Investigation nnd the I
!".'" echoes Of tho Fifth Wnirt
wy. many beiievn ni ;! ,!
ialt. """"' uenevo will ST
. vi consclenrlmiu TTAr.i,Klinn I-...
. , . . i fctwi.,i n nrna. unur mi iid cslci j & m
Kli' Town SleetlnK men. It
1 J. V. """ JieeiniK men. it
MJ.P .'lcled by Ule Tow" Meeting
L . "P that the ehnr.h . ...111 il
&,;S'nat2r.pr.oul ! view of
gEtf GERSIAN SHELL HINTED
!&" .o' Commons Starts Inauirv
About Chcmfchl Weapon
8? ISSi p0r i?:-"!" '"" G":
mon ZkZ ., 5. " lno "ooso of
KfZk!hen Under Secretary for
h'4.?she,rh1? S.V "kd. '"
' nw vii . ' " "'piny was using
w Kind of explosive or chemical
iu. ?' nnd " ,,e cwl'1 wake I
" , to the nature of the
(lienn J ,l.j .- .of wooden material used for roofing a .
sMAc.p,h-?.ron .aW he Was havIni.fh9Vreetli'g departm.nt of the Baldwin I
nuiiMnj l.. i -
jwf.rs (, , -
T' I
CADET EDWIN D. DRYER
Formerly of 1221 South Milliek
street, Philadelphia, who was
burned to death yesterday with
another army uvintor at
Wichita Kails, Tex., when his
airplane burst into flames fifty
feet in the air and crashed to
the ground.
RM Y QUARTERMASTER'S
BRANCHES TO NEW YORK
- Manufacturing, Woolen and Cotton
DvWong Trnnsfcrredf Goctna,s
. .
Announces
HiiOilnxliin, April 25. The niaiiutac-
twins, woolen and cottuii blanches of
tee upply nud ctiulptnent division of
', ., tartermaster corps will be inotc.1
...... ...
uum iinsiuuBion lo rfew otk as
(iiueuiv nw tieu fiiinrff.r's rn.i iia 0wium '.
; .. -- -..--.- .......,
Mtlnr; CJuartemiaEter General Goethals !
announced today. '
announced todnv.
-..... ..kv. uhi.iii .wv.....ci
I lin p I firlAn.vict.T r:pnM nna( ii
. .
Indurtrlal and lnanufHCturinir centers i
r fiitrn i
nhcrccommodlllt-Hiequlreil for tlio army l
arc turned out. The eecutlvo as well
as tne operating otliclnls will be, traiu
Veriod JiVwbVork." About 150 fpeS,
sons aro affected by tlm rhanse 'of
FEARING PNEUMONIA,
JUROR SAID GUILTY
Kcw Yol'k Election Clerk Convicted
hy Zephyrs, Kathcr Than Evi-
dence, Affidavit Avers
Sew iirk. prll 25. Pneumoiii.t
bcarinK zephyrs that swept throusli the
Jury loom, not the evidence presented,
caused tho conviction of Joseph 1,11 - !
meld, one of tho election clerics scn-
lenceu a lew nays hko Dy justice uort '
to six months In Jail for primary frauds I
This anscrtlon Is mado In nn afll-
,irt, i fii,1 iw Hiimwi. iv nnrLicjr,
..,. . ,-..... i
Juror In tho case, who Mid, "At tho time I
I wa In the Jury toom 1 was suffetlim i
frojn a severe cold, and in spite of all
tho threats and promises of the jurors
I would have held nut were il not foi
the fact that the jury room was cold
and I was afraid I would develop pneu
monia if I stayed there any longer. '
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
SUES PRESS FOR LIBEL
Czernin and Von Kuchlmann In
volved in Legal Action Against
Xcwspapci
f .. n . . I. n . .. n 11 ). i i, ii. aIIimi
iiiriiiinMrii .ti'in Mi - titATi.r(ui
llertling lias tauen action uualmt tlie
ueuit-cno .eininK necauto oi an arucie
published by that paper charging that
ml paper charging that
;n Minister von Kuehl-
er Austrian Foreign Jlln-
ulnjrthe llumanlnn peace
liennan 1'orclBii
matin and rorme
i-mT i ic.'iiiiii uun.iK inc jtuiiiaiiuiii itcaic
negotiations iii iiuuiiitresL aoueu in
courtesies extended lo them
Tho iii-tl. le dndureil that Vnn Km.lil.
lllKli-Dorn i.iuj. .
Other newspapers excused mo anegca
actions of the two Foreign Mlulsterfl.
saying they were no worse than those of
leafaiiiH nuiuuib men aiiuuai uiiri
lng in Herlln.
N l'I ,
AUSTBIAX PLANTS BLOW
Two Large Powder. Factories
a.-
V-
Destroyed With Heavy Loss of Life
Minion. April 23. Two large pow
der factories at Glasenbach
near Kalz-'
,r a-i-.,..
buig, 130 mlies Eoulhwcst of
i.v been destroyed, according to
Uerman papers received at Zuilch.
The cxpi0i,i0ns, which are believed
iit. I10011 r.innr.,1 bv iucendiailcs.
are said to have resulted in heavy
casualties.
ACROBATIC DODGER HELD
Youthful Alleged Burglar's Bail Is
Fixed at $1000
Dodging around is said to be Anthon ,
Kasik's favorite pastime, but he utterly
failed to dodge an order from Maglstratn '
Beaton today holding him under 51000
ball on three burglary charges.
Police say he is tho most acrobatic
u,..-o-i.i. nt h "matinee" circuit, ex
celling tn climbing up second-story build-
ing'dotvnt&'p.pes'' WJ &$&
years old and lives In Hast Allen street.
' ""
DEMAND SUFFRAGE. REFORM
100,000 Budapest Workmen Conduct
Three-Hour Demonstration '
Aiimterdain. Aplll
--V
.. ' " , i,iu,,iimI miwM.
iousa.,u ""'"''" ",,"."L.., i ;..:,: ..
demonstration for suffrage refonns. ac
cording to a dispatch from that city
today. The strike was conducted calmly.
Similar aemonsirauuiis UV.VUJ i su .
rlous Industrial centers
l centers. !
.
,r.AIV SHELLED .
PARIS AGAIN SHELLED
Cannonading of German Long
Range Guns Reported Resumed
London. April 25. The bombardment
of Tarls by long-range Gcrmnn canno
nadlng has been resumed. .ald an Kx
change Telegraph dispatch today.
Fire Loss at Baldwin Plant
l,..l.r. !.. April .0 rirr oi un-
known origin destroyed seven carloads
knnivn uiihii. iiv.mw -. - - - -
aieriai
d?partr
Vorfcj, j
locojaoUveWorka.EiWWM.I
The puiposo of the change Is to hrinuieard to "watered stock in tne i . i- l
tin threo brr.iicbes rlnver In tlm hlir Mr Ite.mln nrirued that the word
BRITISH HURL BACK FOE
IN THREE ATTACKS EAST
OF AMIENS OBJECTIVE
Vnnanils nf Germany
Resisted by Holland
ltiglit lo secuio giavcl, sand ami
other war material from their tcr
rtlory ami ulo to be Hunsiiorted
tlirouKli Holland.
Guarantee of ships' tonnage now
uiul after war.
Conditions which would lorco. IJSii
tt me Allies to oceupv Dutch col.
mics fortnallv .
'CAPITALIZATION'
CONTRACT BINDS
City Cannot Get Around
Terms of Transit
Pact of 1907
IBEASLEY GIVES OPINION
The city of Philadelphia, is bound y
tho eonltaet of 11()7 In recard to the
capitalization of the I'hil.ulelpala llapld
Transit rompaii). Transit Director
THlnliiB testllled this rnoinlne at the
third session of the heal in on th
lease of the clty" lilRli opeed lines to
the tr.irtlon company.
Tho answer rame In leplj to riuettlons
by c Oscar llcasley. counsel for scv-
'oral huslnesg men iu-soclallolis, In l
eral business men iu-soclalloiis,
- ,
"031)1:11117311011" does not appear in tho
,,.vmi?Hnliiii flnf nnt nnncvr in iiio .
.,.., h ,,f ,h tnn: contract icferied
to by Director TwlnlnB The director '
,"!'t h ",eBBllltnl"?'S i" tv '
tlio pa-aeraph was tlio ground for
legal inurprctauoi. ,
1 . opinion. lllu nu.1ll aiSJ gilllimi iulium in .i ni. m i.ivuu r.irifi nuiiK.u hi
l'urther nlort was made to show thai ' luo Villers-IlrctonneUX district, cap- j u o'rlocli. lie was receded h u rc
l!o?ton has n belter e-jntract on a live- tuisoners The fichtinir rePllo" commlttco composed of l,lbcrt
rent faro thtiii the lease now proposed ltlllll some Jilisoiii-ra. i ul ubiimis, ...
r.r'Vimadob.h.a
.Mr. noAMiev iiointed
out that while in Hoston tne iise.i ,
ch.UKes amount to ono rani oui i ir...
tlve-cen' fr.ie. In Philadelphia it is two
ccntj Lit ol every flxe-ccnt tare.
re lm renin l'nre
Pirmtor Twlnlnu declared tli.it Bo
ton's transit H.vhtem cannot be main
tained on u five-cent faie and that fteps
o. n i.Mntr t:ilen In the Massa
chusetts LegMatuio to have the fare In-,
crtahcu. , '
m'termted spectator, at tho vesslon (
today were incmnris of tho transit com-,
.... e 4i, i'i 1.. f!luli. They w ei M I .
John C. Trautwlne. i-halrman : Sllt-s 1.1
Hohh, Miss Kleanor Gocpp, M1b uydla
T.ovry and .Mrp. li. Ji. jicj-iui.
.1... r.i.iiiiiir ni me ih'.hii.h "
Peasley presented a protest against the
lc-ihc made bv W. A Dunlap. a taxpH.-r
1 o' Xo 1837 I'nlrmount avenue. I lil ih
1 d,iie to lay tho ground work foi mi ap
peal to tho courts should the 1 ublb
Service roinniibSlon approve the lease
Hcictofoie. Mr. Beasley has represented
only associations. These aro not ta-
pavers and cannot appeal to the courts
I ftom decisions of the commission. Mi.
1 Punlap. appeared to Identify his protest
William Draper f.owls, special counsel
for tho city, continued to produco evi
dence that tho lease will bo bencllclal
to tho public and at tho tamo- tlmo fair
!,
"-""' ,,,, ...j-aiored to show thai
T II. 1 . ,Ur. Jt " " "v '
iinu".1 , ,.,, ,i i... tlm i-llv iw
!tbe lines can be operated i. tno ciij as
the lines can be operated b tlio cllj as
an Independent system only at a large
!.nr,uni i0 This has been brought out In
" " ,' ltrnonv of Transit Director Twln-
,llft tngllmonv O
- . .i,u
inc and o tn eis. . ,
The city s lack of boirowlnff powci
"".: .i. r.ltv'1 lines u.s nn
Indo
opeianm. " -".,"".,,,..
pendent system was the necesMO
occa-
Rlonci thereby of the construction of the
.i.-ctnut street suowaj. j in-, uum
mean all Immediate cperi
Zyu part of $13,000,000.
,'1(.d further that an exc
expenditure on the
it was con
tended further that an excessive rato or
... nnld hae to be chaigcd on an
i.inpndont system.
I'. .. f .i..lu 1mu llnlcVi.illniillnii.
When .vir, n""." '"" .......r.mi,,
in his evidence faoilng tho leato the ,
onoosltlon will hae Us inning. C.Oscar
tP.ui.-. lenrcsenting several business ,
....'n associations, will handle that end ,
If ibo case. He has already outlined '
. i.t.. . mirAe.
I inn v-w-. . .... .. ,u ,. ,., ,,, ,,
1 ,,M .nurse, Willi. .3 ""." I" .i'.l'i.J wn
an argument m. ""' ,-' " " ""c
for malting a lease.
GOVERNMENT
FAST STEAMER CLYDE
r:ii tj TTcn,! In Tviirtsnort
iv in ajc wovv w 1 .
Workers From Gloucester
to Hog Island
.,.i... ....nn .bin Thomas Clyde which
,,.. pUed on excursions between
VhUadeUUda and Woodland Bench and
g nott us t10 fastest boat on
l.i..' .iver. was commavideercd today and
Lc.a In the ,serv,Ce .of the lergjocy
KID o.vm, ,."--
from a 'JwesV'sboat u,
tlvo pervico on tho Delaware it
Meei """'" "-"-,,- .,
, i, a nrst tnn as a uovcuuinruv
"unddlbi at ": o'clock today, carrying 300
men and women eiiii-.u;ra " "
erlcliii International Shipbuilding Coin-
r. thn new offices at
11UK
Is-
r. ., ... ti.. .viritliiffent wcro offlco em
ploses who formerly occupied a build-
l""' v,a -V.r Vnrk Shin.
iQiig Company's plant at Gloucester. I
tS .Thomas Clyde will make no stops
J&X or South Camden for the
Inc at mo irai . -" - - -
nansnortat on of or erTand w 111 make '
X TXv "a day each way. It . w as
n!Ln8deered In order to preclude the
"""l for finding homes for tho C00 I
"?,...i nf tho comoanv In Phlladel
,,i,U inost of whom had found homes in
Gloucester and Camden, It will bo neces-
UIOUV-Y '.. - .... -nirlAn nnd
culh Camden to tho w harf nt Gloucester
?n lake the boat Tho steamer will re.
urn from Hog Island every day at BMO
o'clock I" the" ntiernoon.
vn statement kb !
the conditions
"unocr which It was taken over by the
c' verriment has been issued by omciais
Ptha Wrctncy Fltet Corporation.
iiiiuii n" - --.-- -
y "'"
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1018
Assaults Centered to
Nort h of Villers-Bretonneux-St.
Quentin Highway
Haig Gains Ground in
Sector Fighting,
Developed in Night,
Continues
Americans in Thick of
Battle to Save Great.
Base From the Ger
mans
London, April 2.
Threo' German attacks delivered
in the sector of Villers-lJtetonneux
least of Amiens) were repulsed by
the Uritish. the War Office an-
I nounced today.
The assaults centered ninth of the
Villcrs-Uretonncux-St. Quentin road.
I in the same district in which the
Ocimans renewed their offensive on
I Wednesday.
(Villcrs-Brotoiineux is about two
miles south of the Somme River and
was the scene ot Hard liKitttnp; on
... . ., . -,
W etlnesduy, Vlien tne liCtm.ins, unci .
a desperate .-tiniEElc, broke into the
,., . ,
place.)
flM T, !.!.!. .. I !.. ,1 ........ .1 I.. I
there continues.
Xortlicast of Laillcul tho Germans
1 il.-!.. It !... .....'" "'V """ " si ll U lUUllKU.
rcbuineu iiicii
repulsed
Heavy
lighliiisr that developed
around Villers-Bretonneux through
out the night continued today, Uuig
said. British artillery and tanks
, inflicted heavy losses on the
,,,
cnemj.
groun,l
The British made gains in
llaifi's Iteport
.Marshal Haig reported as
Field
i follows:
North of Villcrx-ltrvtuiinvux, mi
the St. Quentin road, the enemy at
tacked three times, hut Mas re
pulsed with loss. The enemy used
a few tanks.
The fighting jesterda on the
whole Villers-Bretonneux tront
was extremely hcverc.
Heavy enemy casualties were in
flicted by our artillery and tanks.
There was heay fighting
throughout the night also in and
around Villerh-Bretonnetiv.
The fighting continues. We re
gained ground by counter-attacks
and took a number of prisoners.
An attempted enemy raid in the
neighborhood of Beuchy last night
was repulsed.
Hostile artillerj was active hist
night in the I'estubcrt and Ilobecq
' .sectors,
i Americans in Fight
. , , (,.. ,. J,liiio- in lbo 1
.Vmenean tioop.s nie aiding in tne
defense of Amiens. These units, the I
defense of Amiens. These units, the I
. .... . ... 1
Kmni'li niivht enmmuninuc discioscil.
' ' , ' ,. tu"""u""l"v- v . ,
are holding positions south ot the
cnmmn nnd alonir the Avre. in cor.-
,, t-,i.
Ju',tt,u" """ ""-, '""
positions that
. . .
i nna mii.v mvw ,va
the (Jermuns directed their heaviest
attacks in the resumption of their
offensive yesterday morning. The
.i.i.:-. :.. ..i:....: ..I :.i.
lIBIlllllK l cuiiHiiuiiiB .oiiK .. .-n,
front theie, according to the latest
nflleial lonorts.
The Ciennan grand offensive is again I
' nenewlne attacks on the Plcardy '
battlefront the Teutons are concentrat
ing their heaviest pressuie at) the point
vrheie the llrltlsh and French armies
join. The liemuns are using their old
time tactics of assaulting In dense foi
matlon. Tho Americans on this front aie evi
dently holding positions between the
Sommo nnd Avre Itlvers south of
Amiens. This 13 a vital part of the front
and It was a high compliment to the
traditions of the American nrmy that
Its troops were put on the fron at such
a crucial .position.
Thero has been n. bloody strugglo In
tho sector of Ilangard-en-Santerre
(south of VUlers-Jlretonneux). The Ger
mans succeeded at the cost of tremen
dous sacrifices In gaining a foothold In
tho wood north of Hangard as well as In
the outskirts of tho village.
The Germans' violent attack at
Amiens is on a tmrieeu-mlle front east
The enemy has captured VHle-Bre-
tonneux from the British, Field Marshal
HaW. night report announced. The
town Is about a mil. west of the former
front and ele, -en mile, jast of Amiens.
The Germans also gained a footing In
the woods held by the French north-,
west of Hangard and In the eastern out-'
skirts of this village. Hveryvvhero else'
the attacks wero shattered with heavy '
German losses.
Tho seclor selected for attack covers,
the Junction of tho British nnd Franco. '
Amerlcnti armies. I
Tho Allies hold a rather sharp salient
In the aerman lines on the high ground
around Hangard, This the enemy seems
lo be trying to straighten out
CtnUautd oaTai 6lx. Clonu Turn
i - ;
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NManiaaBMiBraiMKHmsii
HOLLAND'S ltULLU
Queen Wilhelmina's countrj 1-
nienaccd by German forces thai '
are beinc; massed 011 the Dutch
border.
f AFT VISITS CITY
AS LOAN BOOSTER
Former President. Knters
Upon Busy Day in
Philadelphia
imhimvi
IJluy Lift
TACK IN STATUE
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William Howard
Hn . ...! A.( . t, .( r..... L...t.. ..,
pjnicd to tho ISclIevue-Stratford. when
M ,. Wnt . nM ... .... n .. ,..!
j given him hj the Philadelphia Cbambei
of Connnercs.
A ,urt1julailv
ictixe program line
been nrranged for the former President
who is priniarllj in the eitj to help 1om
the third iun of the t.iheily Loan
At 7:15 oVloeh this eenlnR, lio will
address an assemblage of Industrial
worliein of Kensington, at tho Stetson
uuiPlorluni. Fourth street mid Mont-
gome. avenue. Ho will then proceed to'
the t.lbert Statue. In which lm will
'!r') a P!1.1' ,ac,!' ,'eart,K' the Initials
"iicJ'VoTmcr President will also ad-
dress a Liberty Loan mass-mcctlns III I
the Academy of .Music
...,.,u.......-uli-.,i , iinuir i,i uio louow-
ing largo subscriptions today :
Ulantlc Iteflnlng fompau.v em-
' iiIavau
.StiS.'.no
' Unianuel Piefus j i'o . In
r.o.ooo
n5,tco
23.000
!5,000
17 000
15. COO
Stephen Whitman it Sons illrni
and emplojen
1 11. O. Wilbur .4 Hon em-
i ployes
' I'harUs Frelhofer
'olonlal Dames of Ainerhu.
' Chapter Xo. i
KuKlcr's Ilestauranl (addi
tional) G. A. Knohl.iugh iH Son (flint
and employes)
l'l.lOo
C lenrlns: Jloune llu.i
The Liberty ljoati Clearing Uouso has
handled up to dato more than B0 per
cent of all tho bond subscriptions In tho
iP'1"; "V.arlTn rl,lr,.,li,,',IKwll.,0.or'
lclals of tils clear ng house. iiJMi has
its o dices n tho Metzger IJulhrtng. lilt
tin vii j tin itvuiii riirvi, Liitit .u.vuu
subscriptions, aggregating at le.ikt
$3.000,01.0. have paw-cd hiough its hand
dil','' , , ,
Joseph i . iuklum. bead of this or-,
conization, said that 12im siib(,crlntlnni"n;t
am being uiada eery day upon banks'
""""" UI "a"ci.mii. 110 in coilliciint.
wlh tll0 I)lc,VlU,c,i numi,er f c(,r,a to
assist him. thero will be no hindrance
assist him. thero will be no hindrance
111 flu, T.1hrrM- l.n;,l, t'1....lnrv Haiib. ,.,
..... ....,. . .....,. ..Ui,0u um -
mt Tieto wero but ivvmty clerics orlg -
inally. which hae been increased until
theie Is almost n hundred employed nl
"i0 clearing house now
The clearing house ie.erven all th(..,, na,i,IP1i from tho fact that at a
subscriptions taken in t the booths
elilnlinlmllt llin Ul .. .. .1 4.. . .. -. I
thioughout the cit.v and In turn assigns
them to the individual banks on which
tho subscription!. hne been made.
A spirited contest is being waged bv
"ie omen
the dlffctent councils nf tho Knights of
,.,...,, l-il to date this i,rtrnltn
has turned tn $C3O,0oo in subscriptions,
Tho hindquarters of the Knights of
Columbus Is situated at 1523 Chestnut
street.
( II. v slrlKInc 11 Mrlile
With subscriptions to tho third Liberty
Loan of i:,651,700 during tho last
twtnty-four nours, woriters tn the Phila -
delpma iiiirici ueueo mat they have pne boaul ; Mr. )'iez, P. A. S. Franklin,
at last struck their stride nnd that from 0f tlie international ship control corn
now on tho city and surioundlng ter-.mlttee: Sir Cunnop Guthrie, British
ntory win nu " ion up nn im-
nressive
una. in.i. u.,.. mini mo juil
quota for
scribed.
the district shall bo sub-
The Philadelphia district has now mio
scribed a total of S133,8b0,000, divided
as follows: Philadelphia, $08,761,300;
Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia,
JDl.fll3,luO: Xew Jeisey. $9,883,700;
Delawaie, $3,370,130. This brings the
district well over the half-way mark and
places the city of Philadelphia at
about 3u per cent of the quota allotted
to It.
Appeal fur Kxtrtt i;n.irl
in the eve of "Liberty Day," which
will be observed throughout the United
States, Lewis H. Parsons, director of
tlio campaign in tno -nurd district. Is
Bued a stirring appeal to all Phlladel-
;," , ut forth' extra efforts
P",". tlle loan. Mr. Parsons saj
"'$., apparently no ras
In be-
saj s :
. op ,n"ln"'tne"llguf
n? al,y recced. Xo
reawon fnr
es thus far of-
dOUbt Plilln.l,1
phla's shovvlni
ratlsfaetorj , It
showing would be much more
every person whn li-.-
blgned a Liberty Loan subscription nt
onco make an Initial payment, so tluit
his scrlptlon might bo n ported ofilcl-
To accomplish this, the banks of
Philadelphia have arranged to remain
npeu Friday afternoon, whllo many
factories and business places will civs
their emp'ojes a half holiday
It Is earnestly requested that tho
pcoplo of Phlladclpila take ndvan.
face of this occasion to plare their
subscriptions for bonds If they have
f.ntlDued'eu r.l."BlTcriiESiVed for th array' u"
orTBionT, 181 ut tiii
KAISER MASSES TROOPS
ON HOLLAND LINE; SENDS
DRASTIC NOTE TO HAGUE
LIBERTY LOAN TOTAL NOW $1,837,308,350
WASHINGTON, April SB Suscrintlons to tho third Lib-
ny Loan todny were approaching clone to the two-billion mark.
A. tunl subscriptions reported by the twelve Federal Iteservo ills
tints total S?1.337,S08,3D0. accoidlng to the latest flgurr coi-.i-i
'mI at the TrenMiry Dcpnitment.
GENERAL ALARM SOUNDED IN BOSTON EIRE
I50STON, Aprtl SO. A geucral alarm has been soundeil
iin n file which started in the A. A. Parsons box factory at
Clul&ui. Help has been summoned from Boston, Movere and Lynn,
TAFT CONFIDENT LOAN WILL BE OVERSUBSCRIBED
"Tho fact that the small towns and rural districts aro ccr
snbci'il)ing their quota to the third Liberty Loan shows cltp.rly
that tho farmers of the country are giving their unqualified sup
poit to the war."' was the statement of former President Tnft
as ho stepped from the train at Broad Stre'et Station today. "The
laige cities are slow, but they can bo depended upon to do their
I .nit, and 1 am confident that the loan will he oversubscribed."
RUSSIAN RED GUARDS MISTREAT TRAVELERS
LONDON, April 20 lied Guard troops (Russian Bolshe
viki) are marauding along the Amur Hailroad, inisti eating tiav
cleis, according to an agency dispatch fiom Pelclu todny The
niainuders are nlo active along the Amur River, dismantling
stiri'ihhll" .
SCHWAB'S DUTIES
MADE MORE VAST
Ship Construction Chief,
Arrives as U. S. Aug-
nients Big Program
RECEIVES FREE HAND,
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C1,'"J,M -y "liwab given .. 'free.
''and" In dlrerting tlie world's greatest i
shipbuilding prnjeet. aitlved 111 Phlla-i
'loll,'"u -"'? wltli '" announce-,
mcnt ul Washiiigtoii that tho shin- ,
building ptosrum of tho United Stales
for l'I !l .l.wl m'Jll lin.l h ,u..wl
I ..-
i to pi. iuiiiiiii nevei lii foii; undertaken I
by un nuti'.ii
Tin. new direi.lii general nf the
Umergcncy Fleet Corporation left this
moinlng for Xowarlt to Inspect tho
plant of the Submarine llont Company.
otio of tho many that have Ijeen placed
under his direction lie was accom-
panlcd by Charles Pie, v Ice president
of the L-mergeney P.eet Corporation.
nnd Itear Admiral Howies,
1 Mr. Schwab was mot .il the West
. rilit1iil.lf.hlM dlntfnn liv Mra. Schwab
and j.rs M n vVmd, his sister-in-law,
at llost. ,,,,., ut V. ne. he spent the
BUt. Uk greeting to the newspaper
" gathered to tnterxitw him was
cor,1Inl mitI hCarty, but lie told nothing
I f ,. ,nna b ,oml saylt)fr thcy aro
progressing nicely. Ue added that as
soon ns h's hcnilcuiniters are estan
Usnfll, jn t.uuadelphl.i he will give out
i "all permissible Information" to ths
'
linpnts siibmurlne I'Uni
Aflfl' llllisning Ills nispeciiou 01 ine
,.....,.,, ,, Mr. sthw.il. will go to
Xew York and probably will return to
Xew York and probably will return to
I ,il.li..l.l.Mn lnn.n,ln.' tin llll 411inil
. I'ltuaucii.iii.v wmi.". .- --,
1 toveral da Inspecting tho various ship-
yards on ibt Delavvare Illvei.
t ,r,.iu,i ..1 the unilrtaUue
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Lon(crcIu.e which he attended In Wash-
I VV"k-. ...
inton lust befote omlnc to Philade!
i phi,, it ,ras decided to Increase the
output of ships for ISI3 to more than
10.000.000 tons and to make a still
further increase In tho program - for '
1020 Xo nation In the history of the ,
world has ever turned out such an i
amount of shipping in a single year.
And Director General Schwab has been
given a "freo liand" In tho great ship
ping program, whi'h ho will direct from
this cllv.
Tho coufeienco was attended by Kd-
1 waid X. Hurley, chalimaii of the ship
member of tiro committeo: Jlajor Gen-
,eral lioellials in
n nd other olllelals.
Thirty New Ysrdi llalll
fif tho total tonnage next year,
ap-
proximately 8.000,000 tons will! be steel.
There weie thirty-seven jards building
steel ships when the United States en
tered the war. They had 162 ways,
which wero Increased to 193 by the
shipping boaid. Thirty new yards have
been established, with a- total of 242
ways. Thlriy-fivo of the jards building
' steel ships and 238 of the ways are on
the Atlantic and uuir coasts, nineteen
jards and sixty-sis wajs are on the
raciflc and thirteen ers and scventj--four
waj s on tho Great Lakes.
It is expected that 2,300,000 tons of
wooden ships will be turned out next
year, virtually all on tho Gulf and Pa
cific coasts. There now ore 332 ways
for wooden ships.
Continuation of the navy building
progiam maj be expected, but on com
pletion of emergency work waj-s for
another 660,000 tons of merchant ship
ping will bo reached.
Motl Important Conferruie
It was salil that tho conference was
I the most Important In Its bearings on
I the shipping situation since the shipping
lnT rTlsctosedflt was said that t7, n.
isfi xi a a nrvsniTsn mi .iaihii. ...
'was prepared to construct a 'arce nur
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ber of passengcr-carry'ig ;'hlps of high
rcstto LnaES CoMfiNr
!2000SHIPMEN'S
HOMESTOGOUPjifiZS" 2? SHE
Land Title Will Ask Hog
Island Bids in a
Week
or iinn nnn
$0,000,000
COST ABOUT
I'ompetttlvo bid for tho erection of
JOOO new lioues for tho Emergency
Fleet (Virnoratlou will bo let within
seven days by the Land Title and Trust
Company and woilc will begin at once,
nceordlng to a btatcment today by 'Wil
liam 15. Nicholson, president of the com
panj .
1 Plans and specifications for tho houses
aro almost ready for the contractors.
The bids aro not to bo public, but will
I he awarded only to those firms lniltcd
j by tho I.and Title and Trust Company
I to compete.
I About fl,0n0,000 is involved. Kach
houso is to cost approximately J3000.
! The exact site of tho homos Intended
, 'X.J.
say to completion of plans for tho llt-
tlo city" has not yet been acquired,
although most of It has been definitely tween Germany and Holland, and the
closed for I negotiations are not making head-
Tho houses aia to be built In West ' way.
Philadelphia and South Philadelphia J The Ilaguo conespondent of the
convenient to tlio new trolley Una to 1 Handolsblud says that the question of
Hog Island. Tho original plan to build the transport ot sand and gravel and
.200 houses in Klmwood has been deft- ( the use of the railway lino through
nltelj dropped and will be replaced with Limbourg depends entirely on the In
itio 2000 new houses to bo constructed tentlons of Germany. Tho corre
Immediately and the 500 houses recent-
I ly bought by tho Land Title and Trust
Company for tho Government.
i..n.i. rnH..n 1.1..,.. " " ousrcoicu in uuruiin quartern
minder Condemn Weliure that tho Germang expect to bo able to
Commandeering of the 300 South and 1 forco Holland to accept such condl
West Philadelphia homes by the fleet 1 tlons as would virtually compel tlie.
1 corporation for
1 corporation for Hog Island shlpbuild
,..., ... .. rr ilamn tA h,r ,1.a llhllqrlal-
.no md vi.v.,. vj ...v t.ut.-
phla Operative Hullders' Association,
.composed of prominent builders of the
city, who protested the action at a spe-
clal meeting In the Hotel Adelphla last
I night.
After full discussion of the summary
action of the lleet corporation, the fol
lowing resolution was passed:
"Resolved, That this association offi
cially condemn the alleged action of
Admiral Bowles In dlsposesslng people
from their homes. '
Officers of tho association are Daniel
Crawford, Jr . president ; Harrison X.
Diesel, Harry II. Heist, Alexander Fer
guson and George II. Detweller.
Admiral Bowles promised that none of
the families living tn the requisitioned
1 houses would lose through the necessity
of moving elsewhere and that no more
houses wquld be commandeered
tlowUs Dlames Profiteers
, 1 shall personally see to It that not
1 a soul is 'stung' by my action," Admiral
Bowies promised. Ho pointed out that
only houses where owners had sought to
profit from the stringency of housing
facilities by raising rents and other and
more devious ways had been taken over
by the corporation and that In no case
would the families of men In the national
service be placed In a position ot hard
ship through the action.
Falluro ot the original housing pro
gram was explained by Mr. Xlcholson, In
pointing out the saving In tlmo and
money both to tho fleet corporation and
to ths city through i ejection of the Klm
wood plnns.
"From what I have heard," he said,
"the contracts for the proposed 2000
homes in niinwood were sent to the
housing committee of the fleet corpora
tion at the sum of about $1000 each.
This did not Include electrical work,
plumbing and other incidental expenses,
and it was found that no provision had
been made for the ground. When the
contractors were asked to complete thslr
estimates they ran about $P00, which
would have made the Hog Island hous
ing program cost the Government not
$6,000,000, but about $11,000,000.
horn Ileuses for ILnnood
It Is planned to construct the 2000
, nun .-.--- - --..,-. . -t,vo
now homes convenient io improvements '
This courso will save valuable time and.
J-,I -, t-nnna.1 A nhllajl.l.LI.
a frrtiii arm 01 muiicj io x'miaaeiDnia.
Som of the houses wlU bo constructed
Contiautd ott Two 'Xyn, Cla flfe
PRICE TWO CENTS
Virtual Ultimatum
. Demands Immediate
Reply
FREE PASSAGE OF
MUNITIONS ASKED
Landsturm on Westpha-
lian Frontier Replaced
by Mounted Troops
ENVOYS GO HOME
Both Netherlands and Teu
ton Diplomats Return to
Respective Capitals
THE HAGUE, April 23.
German cavalry has appeared
along the Wcstphnlian border,
hitherto guarded only by land
sturm. A strong German note, de
manding a quick reply has ar
ived. The main demand is for
free transportation of materials
through. Holland to Belgium.
It is now declared that, while
the German note to Holland is
not exactly an aultimatum, it
is couched in the strongest
,ierms known to diplomacy.
The text has not yet been
made public here, but it is gen
the
transportation rights on Dutch
I railways and canals, but als
, supplies of various kinds.
(Wcstphalia is u Prussian province
extending along the greater part of
tne Dutch frontier. It contains the
1Rhine Valley)
AMSTERDAM, April i'5.
The .Minister of Defense declares
the situation renders necessary the
maintenance of the maximum force
of landsturmcrs. (The cable may
refer to borne agitation for reduc
tion in the age limit of members of
the landsturm, the last military
reserve.)
Tho German minister to the Neth
erlands lias left The Hague for Ber
lin and the Dutch minister to Ger
many Is on his way from Berlin to
The Hague, according to tho Hetvolk
The Berlin correspondent of Nlcuwe
notterdamsche Courant Is informed by
a person in authority that difficulties
navo arisen In the negotiations he-
j sr
i m
, iv!
spondent adds that the Dutch Govern
ment will nrmly observo neutrality.
hatever happens.
Entente Allies to formally occupy the
Dutch colonies, which would throw
Holland completely into German
hands. There are no special indica
tions of nervousness noticeable in The
Hague and reports such as are for
going seem to emanat solely from
German sources.
London, April 25
Discussing relations between Germany
and Holland special dispatches suggest
that the situation Is extremely serious,
but none Is able to give authentic de
tails of the alleged German demands
A correspondent at The Hague men
tions among other things the reported
demand that Holland nhalt guarantee to
Germany a supply of raw materials Im
mediately after the war, while a certain
quantity ot Dutch tonnage Is demanded
for the same period.
Vfaiblnslon, April II
Offiolal Washington was surprised by
the news that the German ambassador
to Holland had been recalled.
While It has been known that the
situation between the two countries has
been tense In consequence of the action
of the Allies In seising Dutch tonnag
and the refural of Holland to pernilt
German supplies to go through Dutch
territory, officials of tho State Depart
ment declared that they could not be
lieve an actual break had come. Xo of
clal advices, It was positively stated,
had been received.
At the Dutch legation, wheie official
confirmation was also lacking, th
opinion was expressed that the aerman
ambassador had simply returned to
Berlin for Instructions,
It frequently happens, legation of
ficials explained, that the Dutch and ,
Ctntlnoul en Tm EUht, Column TfcfM
LANCASTER BOY WOUNDEB
Benjamin Kimmel, of Marina Corj,
Hurt, Parents Advised
Lancaster, ". April 25. Btnjanurv
Klmmel, of 431 Green street, was nst, '
fled this morning that his son. Private
. Harry jvimmei, a. inwioer or me jiariuo
I SV.nM was u-nnmlArl In nfltlnn nn AiM.fl
is. Details were, not given.
Klmmel l In the same company
Kimmel is in tne same company ;i
Myer Conn, former newspaperman in
this fit", wtw enlisted in the mart?,
while serving m the aopyek ct u;
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