v i tt 2 ,t '-"?: KE PRICES TO BE SAME AS IN 1917 Food Administration Will Probe Dealers Raising Itatcs Forbid profiteering 50 and 60 Ccnls for 100 Pounds Arc Chosen as Standards I - ! Point rinnliafcizeil In lieu- Ice riillnir If t, ;p 1,7 IT I rl,""B l erf Food Administrator tnoltr: J Manufacture and distribution now 5 wmier food control act. i No profiteering will ho permitted. I Dealers must Justify any proposed price-boost by IfEltlmatr- facts and ' $ jrures Hit to cost and distribution, i t ItlRld Inquiry will follow all attempts J to Increase prices to roiitiucrcial users and householder)), Food administration will arbitrarily fix prices if arbitration with dealers shall fall. Householder may flip nrotrst against any price-Jump moves by dealers. Teo at last year's prices Itfty cents a hundred pounds for fifty pounds or larger quantities, or sixty cents a hun dred dred pounds for smaller quantities I assured In the city. According to an olllclul announcement made today by the food administration here, dealers who raise prices above, this figure will be open to Investigation as profiteers. Profiteering will be defined i On the basis of the trade's profits tn pre- war years. , Tho present price with few oxeep- tlons dealers are charging no moro than - the prices fixed at the close of last sum. I mer-Is an advance of ten cents ocr the price at the beginning of last summer, and Is due. Ice men say. to an Increase i Jn costs of conducting buslncMt. The American Ico Company, one of the largest concerns In the trade bete, sells at this price. The company un nounced today that It contemplates no ! .... uvcruicseiiKU.. Tm. poclely ,,,, cnt a ,.i1anenBe to t No Price Change Allmved Mr, Rodgers, manager of the war- Under tho new order, sanction of the savings campaign at the General Kleo food administration must ha obtained ' trie Lamp Works. Harrison, N. J. The before any changes In price shall be i society at the Oenernl i:icctrlc Is one of made by Ice dealers. j the largest In the country. If the chal- Jay Cooke. United States food ad- ' lenge Is accepted tho competition will mlnlslrator for Philadelphia, defines the run through June. status of the order as affecting this city In the" following statement: I r'UVCTRI? II TnW TJtnv The food administration N partleu. '-'"L'alL'u H'3 l-UAi 1VA1L,1 larly concerned that there shall be no ' profiteering In Ire for the future, unit Deelally that the eot of lee tn thnt portion of the community wlileh N leant able to protect Itnelr nlmll not be in creased unlenN abnnlute proof can be given by Ice companies n to such u lie relty. "Any Increase In price oer that nf last season to the household consumer will, therefore, justify Investigation as to wnetner u constitutes nromeerniK ; and profiteering will be defined on tho basis of the trade's profits In recent pre- war years. i Must File Srhedulcft "AH Ice dealers will be required to file t any proposed s.-hedule of increased I prices, together with cost nnd dlstrlbu- I tlon, before these Increases are put Into J effect, and no Increase to the household 5 consumer shall be mnde until after In- I vestlgatlon by the food administration "A very iinnortant feature nf the Ice J ruling Is that In which provision shall , ibe made with regard to unfair practices, i and In any case of proposed Increase In price there will bo an Investigation ot , tha tendency to make unreasonably , --1'lotwr prices, production and dlstribu-' Allentown, l'a April 30 Allentown's - ; tlon costs considered, to commercial Liberty Dny parade proved a remark I users than to domestic consumers. able stimulant to loan subscriptions. At I "The food administration recognizes the start of the parade the subscriptions 5 the fact that the Ice problem thsentlally amounted to ;.50n,nn0 It was an- lia local one and it Is net its purpose nounced yesterday that total has reached to Intervene where local dealers do not ui.wioo. The quota Is J3. 700. 000 and , Increase prices or where they come to tho managers have, now se Lehigh's I an arrangement with municipal authori- , figure at 14.000.000. , ties which shall be satisfactory both to . Fully half of the subscriptions have J dealer and consumer. been obtained by the energetic woman's "If, however, such an arrangement organlzat.nn In Allentown and Lehigh 1 cannot be made between the lec dealers County. Th rural sections are doing and the local authorities In eases where ' we,t, the township of North Whitehall J an attempt Is mads to unreasonably In- today reporting $80,000 of its quota of ! crease the price of ice to the consumer' "H'.oon Secretary Lewis ays that 90 an investigation will bo made and an Ppr cent of the suhsrH-.ptions have come i attempt made to arbitrate such differ- ' from the laboring men and farmers. j ences. in case arbitration to settle a ; fair price fails then the administration will step In and In the Interest of rea- sonable prices will exert all the power at Its command and put the full forco of the food laws In operation among the , Ice handlers In that locality. i "By the arbitration method between the local authorities and Ice dealers It J Is believed there will be few cases where , J appeal to the food administration au- J thorltlea will be necessary." POLITICAL WOODWARDS ARE IN ANOTHER MIXUP This Time Candidate for Slato Senate i Has Opponent of Same Name An opponent of Dr. George Woodward. j Independent candidate for tho State , Senate from the Sixth dlnrlct. came to f light when dispatches from Harrlsburg dltclosed the fact tlat Ueorge Wood J wardj of 1538 Bonwltz street, had filed i a petition for the Republican senatorial J nomination. Owen V- Jenkins is the Varo candidate to succeed himself. j Mandamus proceedings to compel the J Secretary ot the Commonwealth to cer - j tlfy a nomination petition have been 1 Instituted In the Daunhln Countv cm-i A hearing win ne nam May 2. The pctl- J tlon charges that the Secretary's de- ) partment accepted the nomination pell- i tlcn. but has not yet certified It to Phlla- j delphla. J It waa said at the Capitol that, while ' the Woodward papers wero accspt'1 ' they were subject to examination ano K'ibseauently found to be short ot th 5 required number of signers Doctor Woodward said last night that he had t never heard of hla rival. ! TEETH IN THE FOOD LAW Certain businesses have been put under a heavy strain through the regu lations necessarily Imposed to conserve food. The spirit In which they have faced their new tasks will always ne a matter of pride to the American peo- ' p. Grocers, bakers, commission men, I millers have accepted their war re I rponslbtlitles with good grace. It given f tiatlsfaetlon to note that the only case Iso far brought before a Federal Grand Jury for violating the provisions of the food-control law Is that of a man not engaged In tha food business. A cigar AUr in the Stat of Washington has '. bean indicted for hoarding and snocu- $ I.IImb In ,uhil ThH am 4th In th 'food-control act, and the fact that rnembera of food trades have, as a rule. MrY0a me iw in goou epiru uon net tndlcata that the teeth will not be shown upon necessity. ANOTHER CUT IN FRENCH RATIONS t We sea tn the papers that France Is jiot hungry, that all one needs Is money ' -with which to buy a. liberal meal. I'er- fiops It Is trus that some peopl In ' France, as In tha rest of the world, with - a, full pocketbook can obtain and un- fmlr share of food. But that Francs ' as a whole baa enough food is, unfor. EfcuMtsly, very fat; from true, we neea unto ttiat a suu mrincrTcuucuonj in , Tdtlons was loiftda rly In April raiiviw im fcMj v.. wh vr bir .the normal conswipnoivi pttywi rHr swwffi m jTmmr cwv MINES AIDREFORESTATION Need of Timber for Pillars in An thracite Region Causes Rejuvenation N'cecJ of timbers for mlno pillars In tho anthracite region has caused a re juvenation of the reforestation move ment The mountainsides nre gradually being replanted with trees of varieties needed. Reforestation departments have been formed by several of the mining com panies, rivo thousand white pipe and 5000 Norway spruce trees have been set out In the near Creek watershed. Thero aro 30.000 moro tries In process of cul tivation nt llauto. Fa. With timber refldv tn mil onrl it.. In the vicinity of tho mines, the waits and ( Inn? hauls would be eliminated. More i timber land 111 the anthracite rerlnn would stop general floods add to the water supply, rrduce the drought peri ods and enable the anthracite Industry i" mm 10 us nuipui. mis wuuia tie crone '"'""B," nettor protection of stripping areas In mines and aid In h speeding uii process. There are thousands of acres available for reforestation about the mines. Home of the mining companies will sod many of the hillsides am) prepare many ,f thcm wlth flowers for Decoration Day. ciTipWmivTTlS TSCTTP Mill WUKKbltb JaSUL CHALLENGE ON SAVINGS Want to Stir Competition on Purchase of Thrift Stampi in Other Plinte The war-savings toclcty at the plant of the New York Shipbuilding Corpora tion, with a membership nt 5514 out of 8500 employes, has purchased J38.008.17 In war stamps In four weeks. Last week's purchases amounted to J11.0S7.70. The englno drawing room lead3 all other department with an average a man of $11.50 eekly for the eighty eight men In tli.it department. That es tablishes a new high amount In average Individual savings for the society. There are rumors of Intensive drives to come 'In other departments In efforts to beat this record. At the suggestion of a member the society Is going to start a competition among all the shops to 1-00 which one can save the greatest amount during May. To the winner the I other shops will present a line American n.lR Delaware Lounty Historical Society Holds Dig Affair ('heMer, Pn April 30. Under the di rection of the Delaware County Histori cal Society a great rally for the Liberty Loan was conducted last night In Sixth Regiment Armory. Speakers included William Mather Lewis, of Washington, president of the Associated National Patlotlc societies or tne united states, ....... .,..,, i ,u.. 1 i .u . .. ,.,... it,,. ...,.! a.i., .., tain Hammond, returned American of fleer from the battle front In France, who described the present war, and Lieutenant A. S. Fletcher, uho was a prisoner of war. Judge Hroomall presided, and Wilde Post Xo. 25, (I. A. U . gave the stage a patriotic setting. Many subscriptions were taken for the Liberty Loan. QUOTA NEARLY RAISED . if . ., , rnmnnimer Itn. Allentown tionil campaigners llae RrLlc Teek Abend Find $730 on Man's Ilody PliornKtille, I'ii., April 30. When Kdward F. F.nnls, an undertaker, of Phoenixvllle. had been given the body of John Poitocky, killed In the yard of the Phoenix Iron Company, he found S750 In the pockets of the man's working clothes As Poctocky's family Is living in Hungary and he could not send any money to them on account of the war, Poctoeky carried all his money to work with him every day. 0'NEIL INVADES WEST , AND SPR0UL UP-STATE Highway CominisMoiier Con fers With Vare and Governor on Gubernatorial Candidaey After a conference with Governor Brumbaugh. Attorney General Brown . ,.,, ,...tnr -iro .. Highway nna hta,e 'Se'ltor x urP- btate 1J'Kllvsa Commissioner O'Nell. aspirant for tho Itepubllcan gubernatorial nomination, left today for an Invasion of the an thracite coal regions and hlB home baili wick in western Pcnnslvanla. He will spend tomorrow and Thursday In an au tomobile tour of live counties adjacent to Allegheny. From western Pennsylvania O'Nell will swing east to Lackawanna and Lugerne Counties, where he will spend Friday and Saturday, returning nerc next Sunday to speak In several churches. The Commissioner will make twenty-five street-corner speeches In his tour through western counties. Ah O'Nell leaves the Pittsburgh dis trict, Senatyr Sproul, his rival, will enter It. Senator Sproul went to Wllliamsport today. He will go from there to Pitts burgh to spend the remainder of the week. The anthracite region were visit ed last week by the Chester Senator. Uovernor Brumbaugh la reported to be demanding Vare support for O'Neil Glowing reports have been brought to the Vares from all over the State con cerning O'Ncll'a strength outside, of Philadelphia. Most of the Vare leaders personally are friendly to the Sproul boom, but It Is believed that any Indica tions of an O'Nell landslide, up the State would drive them Into line for the Mc Keesport man. FOREST FIRE CONTROLLED About One Thou land Acres of Timber Burned Nesr Carlisle Carlisle, Pa-, April JO. After burning over about 1000 acres of valuable tim ber land, a mountain tire, believed to have been kindled on Sunday afternoon by careless arbutus hunters, was got under partial control today after sev eral ecore men under the direction of Bute fire wardens had fought the fire for forty-eight hours continuously. The main part of the burned tract was owned by the Peffer estate, The buildings of the Cold Spring Hunting Club were menaced, but were save4 by - shift of the wind, The I Maae, am clote to the Village of bftttt le, but wm' twaf. EVENING PUBLIC FIRST U. S. WINNERS OF FRENCH WAR The first of General IVrfhinp's fighters who were .lccoraled with the French ser driv ricc and exceptional valor in I'rance hac just returned to America to take part in the thiril Liberty Loan ivc. Thev arc as follows: Hack row, left to right, Sergeant Giripat, Sergeant I'elru'k and Corporal M. II. Plant; front ro, left to "READY FOR ANYTHING" This Sentiment Predominates Among Camp Meade Men The patriotic spirit of the Philadelphia drafted men t Camp Meade Is re-' fleeted In a letter received by A. A. Yerkes from his ton Samuel J. Yerkea, a selected service man at the canton ment. The younger Yerkes describes his feel ings at the "Liberty Pay" celebration In camp. The letter Is brimming over with enthusiasm and tho wish to go "over there." It follows under date of April 20: "This morning I took part In one of the greatest spectacles I have ever seen. As you know this day was set aside as "Liberty Pay" Well, this whole camp assembled for review gin) parade. There were about 25,000 men on one field. Major General Kuhn, commanding of ficer of this camp, and several other of ficers reviewed the small army. General Kuhn spoke and read Preident Wilson's rm-'ainatton about the day. "When the ham? played the 'Star f?pangled Banner' it made us all feel as though we wanted to go right 'over there' and do the thing up right. I don't think you can realize how c men felt, assembled on that one field in close for mation, colors flying nnd bands playing and every one knowing that he was there for the one reason and purpose. "I can readily understand that men 'go west' without a thought of feeling of themselves. Kvery one here would have faced anything today." Named Delegates to Convention Camden will be well represented nt the "win the war for permanent peace" convention to bo held under the direction of the League to Enforce Peace in Phil adelphia May IG and 17. Uovernor Fdgc has appointed Charles K. Haddon and George A. Frey to rep resent Camden County. The Camden County Bar Association has named as delegates ex-Judge C V. l. Jollne, S. Conrad Ott, T. Morse Archer, ex.Judge Lewis A. Starr and L'dmond K Head. AMERICAN EXPORTS ARE WIDELY SOUGHT Allies in Europe Have Trebled Purchases From United States New York, April 30. That our allies In Lurope have trebled their purchases from the United States, and that the world's neutral nations have been compelled to call upon this country to supply the manufactured merchandise which they wero accus tomed to obtain from the factories of Europe, Is asserted by the National City Bank, which reports that American mer chandlse Is forming a greatly Increased share In the Imports of all the grand divisions of the world. A compilation by that Institution shows that merchandise from the United States now forms a much larger percent age of the Imports of all the grand di visions th n prior to the war, while In the case of South America our share c the Imports In 1017 was actually thre times as great as In 1913 and four times as great as In 1910. The report says further: "Manufactures were formerly the chief exports of the now-beltlgercnt countries of Kurope and manufactures are the chief Imports of all the neutral countries of the world. When the man ufacturing countries of Europe found It necessary to turn their factories Into producers of war material power to sup ply manufacturers to the non-manufacturing world was greatly reduced. The bank's figures show tha manufactures normally form more than 75 per cent of the Imports of South America. Asia, Africa and Oceania, and that In all these sections of the world m rchandlse from the United States Is now forming a larger percentage of Imports than when they were able to draw their sup plies of manufactures from the fac tories of Europe. "The total value of domestic manufac tures exported from the United States In the calendar year 1914 was less than 11,000,000,000, and In the calendar year J917 was more than $4,000,000,000. Ex ports of domestic manufactures from the United States, Including In this figure the two groups, 'manufactures tor manufacturing and 'manufactures ready for use,' aggregated In the calen dar year 19H, IS7S.994.000, and In 1(17 14,018,000,000, and, while much ot this Increase went to Kurope In the form ot war munitions there were also large .In creases In other classes of manufactures exports.' .( LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, right, Sergeant MciSiff, Sergeant Hawkins U. S. VETERANS, BACK FROM WAR, AROUSE LOAN PATRIOTISM HERE Continued from Paso One oners and gain Information about the strength of the units opposite he renches. Kvery one voltintecied. 113 was to be expected, but only forty wero chosen. "When the night of tho raid came the boys could hardly he restrained, hj enger wero they to get at the enemy. Tho 'zero hour' (tho time at which they were to statt) was set for 7:10 o'clock. "It camo at 7:37. Two hundred light nnd heavy pieces of artillery and 200 machlno guns opened up on n spneo of 100 yards. We went over the top nt 7:40, and Immediately star shells began to shoot from 'Fritz's' side, 'J00 yards away. 1 don't know how long it took us to get over to 'Fritz's' bailiwick. We certainly did hop It. Foe's Trenelies llnnuiKeil "Tile damage to the Herman trench es was something awful. They were all torn to pieces. Sixteen-foot holes were hollowed out. Tho holes wero eight feet wide. There was groaning and cursing all around us. 1 should have said before that wo didn't have much troublo In getting through the wire. A scouting party had been out the night before and cut into it pretty well und our barrage did tho rest. "The Germans put a barrage right on their own front line trenches as soon as we got there. Wn found out later that about 400 men had occupied the terrain we Invaded. About 300 of these men were killed by our barrage. Most of them were half burled In the ground Bits of torn flesh and blood covered everything. "The Germans kept sending star shell after star shell, and It was as light as duy. We kept emptying our uutomatlcs Into tho struggling ninss of men that tried to organize themselves Into tunic t-ort of a defensive lighting units. l'lgbt rruxhlnn Ouard "About fifty of tho Germans had run away and there was about an equal number left to oppose us. These wero reinforced by Prussian Guardsmen, big. nueivy xeiiows, who will never give in and die fighting. The rescuing party must have come up right throuch their wii uarrage, and right hero I want to say that It Is typical of the Germans to do Just what those men did that night. Their gunners never slackened up on their front-line trenches, though they knew that their own men were clicking It (dying) with every round nrt-u. "We had Intended to stay In No Man's land and In the German trenches only long enough to get prisoners hut the barrage that the enemy put down was so hot and kept up so long that It was five hour and a half after the time wo went over the top before wo got back In our own dugouts During this tlmo we crept from siell holo to shell holo nnd gained what little protection wo could from the craters. "I suppoie that our entire stay In the trenches wasn't more than ten minutes. Four of our men wero killed and two were wounded In the encounter. We were all pretty mad dur'ne those hours wn waited out in the hell-crater waiting for the barrnre to lift, because we hadn't brought any Germans back with us. do Back for Wounded "It was after 1 a. m. when we got back, nnd when the Lieutenant found that men were missing, there were call" for volunteers to go out back and get the wounded. 'Sergeant VeVlff and I volunteered n and we made three trips at 3, S and 0 o'clock. Three of the men we man aged to bring back died later. In bring ing them back we had to carry them from shell-hole to shell-hole and wait for the Germans' mii'derous fire to slacken " Another thrilling story of Indomitable courage In the face of overwhelming difficulties Is the experience of Sergeant Hugh Marsh. Ho said; "Orders came to capture two German prisoners from a certain sector near the Vser Canal and the Chemln-des-Dames on March IS, nnd thirty-five of us Yanks, with 110 Frenchmen, volunteered. Twelve American engineers from the 101st went out across No Man's Land ahead of us In the darkness, with pontoon bridges to throw across tho canal. The German trenches were on the other Bide of It. Get In Own Barrage Our lero hour was S : 15 a. m. Oui barrage started at that time, but it A veloped that our French guidea had led us too far by a couple ot hundred sards, and we found ourselves right tn the midst of our own artillery fire. "Ot tha twelve engineers nvo wero 11,4 t eaeo.aJMl Use oUM mvfn wre CROSSES RETURN da C(iprinht, Intel national Film Fenlce. Croiv ilc Ouerrc for ilistinguUlicil and Corporal n luted wounifed. To make matters worse, the Germans put up a. barrage, behind which their infantry advanced upon us. Shells wero falling everywhere our own and Fritz's, and rllles und machine guns wero blazing merrily away, too. "Thero wero a good many gas shells mixed up In tho German llrlng, and a lot of our hoys got Might doses of the polFiinous sluff. Thirteen of us Ameri cans and I don't know how many Frenchmen were wounded and we didn't have u chance to grab our prison, ers, though joii bet we got some lutcr. Wounded LnglneerN Kaved "Am we were starting back toward out- Hues, which wero about 300 yards from the canal, I heard a call for help and mm of tho wounded engineers waved his hand at me. I couldn't let him lay there, so I went back and slung him over my shoulder. As I was pick ing him up I saw thero wcie other wounded men lylnp close by. "When I got the first fellow back I was pretty tiled, but thought I could manage another. So I got a. second man and lugged him across No Man's Land. I felt as If I was all In, but I gave It another try and got a third one across." Two of the lads mere schoolboys, these wero in that vicious fight over on tho Swiss border on November 'I, 1917, when tho Germans box-harraged a tiny fetctor, took twelve prisoners and In flicted tho first casualties, killing that trio of American soldiers whose names will go down In history as tho earliest martyrs of the war Enrlght, Gresham and Hay. Three "Itebi" Are Pets Tho Southern youngsters. Itobert Lee Heath, seventeen, of Marbury, Ala., and Langhorne Barber, seventeen, of Chat ham. Va., are the pets of the visiting American veterans. All three have delicious Southern dialects nnd each went right from rchool into the war. Barber was In the fight on the Swiss frontier where tho first Americans were killed and captured. "Gresham, one of the first three killed, was In mj; squad," said Barber. "Thero were 300 Germans against forty of us, and they came over Into our trench after thirty-five of their bat teries had box-barraged us for an hour and three-quarters. We'd been In the trench only three hours. Our boys put up a great scrap, but we didn't have a chance. "Lieutenant McLaughlin, my ofllcer called to us: 'Follow me If you want to savo your lives ' i nnd with Gresham wo two got Into a dugout. But a h.n ....j, on IL Gresham happened iu o.. l..ow.n,s out and was Instantly killed. He fell back Into my arms. Lieutenant Mc Laughlin was s til-shocked and went crazy. I stayed alone thero with the dead man and the crazy man for hours." The men wero picked by the com manding officers on an order from Gen eral Pershing from every section of France whero Americans aro fighting, and that means, according to Sergeant Hugh Marsh, who commands them, pretty nearly the whole width of France. The order was Issued April 8, and It took nearly a fortnight to round the boys up and get them to the French port of departure. They had a remarkably lusi journey ucrues iiib jvuanuc, ana arrived safely without Inc.dent. They are wild with delight to be hero, but every hardened one of them says he Is going back for more ot what he had. TRIP PLEASES SCHWAB Very Much Encouraged by Shipyard Conditions, He Says Washington, April 30. "Very much pleased" with conditions In the three big Government shipyards at Newark Bay, N. J., and Hog Island and Bristol, Pa., where he spent last week on an Inspection trip, Charles M. Schwab re turned to "Washington. "Thero are some things that noed adjustment," lie said, "but I was much encouraged by the progress of the work," Two Railroad Men Injured Columbia, V.. April SO. H. If. Kline, nf 851 Cherry street and Isaiah Hell and, also of Columbia, were mjured on tha Pennsylvania Railroad near Dlller vllie late last night and are now In the General Hospital They were railroad employes and were hurt Id v separate ao- P APRIL 30, 1918 BOWLES TO TRAIL RENT PROFITEERS Admiral Champions Cause of Tenant-Victims of Gougers COURTS TO END EVICTION Beginning today. West Philadelphia tenant-victims of profiteering real estate iwners, who planned to sell their prop erties at Inflated prices to the ISnier- ' ....- . .il. a tint, talnnrl Rtncy r icei , ,X pinmnlnn In I a workmen, will nnd a champion In near it.tmUai HnutiAi nulntiint eenernl mltn- acer of the Emergency Fleet Corpora lUllllini un"l .. .-. ... n tlon. From now on. he will Investigate all cases of alleged profiteering, whether Hog Island workmen or private in dividuals are affected. in cases where the tenants have mem bers of the family employed at the big shipyard or In the service of the army or navy, attempts to evict them will lead to action In the Federal Courts. This assurance was given by Admiral Bowles, who also Intimated that In such cases he would commandeer the houses In ques tion, and permit tho tenants to remain at their former rentals, Admiral Bowles Is now acting as the recipient of all complaints of profiteer ing, such complaints to be lodged with tho West Philadelphia Housing Com mittee, of which Howard A. Bernhclser, 67S0 Larchwood avenue. Is chairman. Exorbitant Increases In rentals, or "buy-or-move" notices," will lie turned over to Admiral Bowies for Investigation. In event Admiral Bowles Is unablo to use his powers to commandeer houses In such cases, Representative Darrow made It plain that he will Beek relief for his constituents by Introducing a bill In Congress. He feels, however, that such a method of Injunction will be unnecessary, except as a lart resort. InereBKe In Illumes I'rged That he intends to take care of nil such persons. Admiral Bowies made plain In the following stntement: "No one person can dam the Niagara niver or stem natural causes. Tho best plan Is to Increase the number of houses. Owners are not going to get riu ot gt-ml tenants. Peoplo also shrink from Inves tigation and publicity." Admiral Bowles again assured oc cupants of the seventy houses comman deered a week ago that they would not be summarily ousted and forced to seek new quarters. "It is not our Intention to compel peo ple to move," he repeated. Charles M. Schwab, the new director general ot shipping, Is In Washington today. BUYING STRENGTHENS LEATHER MARKET Shoe Manufacturers Antici pate as Well as Cover Contracts PRICES FAIRLY HIGH IloMon, April 30. Tho HrltMl leather buyer, Percy Daniels, whoso arrival In this country ten days ago caused appa rently the turning pn'i ' ' r trade, has not placed any orders. lie has been re'cjlvit g t.iniietH nt bis lmi 1 here and has been making tabulations of thev arlnus offerl"g Tho prices aro much higher than an- tlclpated at the time of his arrival In this country, the cause being tho un expected activity on the part of shoo manufacturers. While many of theso manufacturers arc buying In anticipa tion of their wants, fearing u rise In the market, thero arc some who have re ceived a'tnuch better volume of business . tnan was at first expected and are buy- lng to cover this. Upper leather In particular has taken a much firmer tone. Colored calfskins have Jumped from five n .ve r ns a foot In the lafct week, this being due largely :ly to tho advance of ten cents a , . ,. , , , , d in raw calfskins -n -h- -'h'cago et. 'Hie leading tanners aro now pou: market talking seventy-two cents for tho best grades of men's colored calfskins, which a week or ten days ago could be pur chased at sixty-five cents. Black calf Bklns have not advanced In proportion to colors, although tanners are now talk ing sixty cents for the best grades ot black which aro suitable for navy shoes. Mile Leather Aetlve Side leather is active. Big sales of medium and low grade black sides have been reported and tanners have ad vanced their prices from two cents to four cents on these selections, It Is this class of stock which has been dragging In tho market for many months and prices had naturally weakened off more In proportion than had the better grades. The top grades of this selection are now held at forty-two cents. Colored side leather Is stronger, with an advance ot r om ii corded In the last week. Best grades ire held at forty-five cents. The kid market is '....nger and more ictive, especially on colors. Big sales of grays have been made at prices ranging from eighty-five cents to ninety-five cents, depending on tannage and selec tion. The black kid market Is also firmer. Shoe manufacturers are antici pating their wants. Large quantities- of natural chrome kid will be needed for the army moccasins, and manufacturers, fearing a rise In price, are buying ahead if their Immediate wants. Tho sheepskin market Is more active. Shoe manufacturers, realizing the large quantities of leather which will be needed for the Government, have en ticvucu mi mo uuvti mucin, nave en- tereri th. market tn hn f. .h.i- ... run. Tanners are not urging shoe man. " - t fc ifncturers to buy, and, In fact, If sales nen went after the business thev could book a great deal more than they are at the present time, Heavy Uppers for Army Army buslnes'ls taking care of all the heavy upper leathers. F. A. Vogel, who Is head of the upper leather section of the Hide and Leather Control Board, has had his assistants looking over the various tannages of army leather, and has made a report to Washington on what tanners are making the correct mock, onoo nianuiaciurers who get army coiurucis musi ouy rrom these itinnera A nlmlln-. n.nnn i... i tanners. taken by Henry Boyd, who Is acting as head of the sole leather section, and -- ....... mv.,.,1 nan uecu iviiu in nawoicu uf nomas uover. Jr.. of Philadelphia. The bole leather markets, while not as active as upper leather, are showing a much better tone. Buyers' views have changed In the last few days. Large quantities of heavy leather will be needed for the army shoes. Th ,. specifications also allow the use of lighter weight leather In some parts of ins eiioe. ine innersoie may be seven. . -.-,- -... L . . ' " - - - ". iron swc. pui. musi do cut from bends, 7Ji -X t.Vw h.i?iT t. " W8 cu from rt"nr,.jr a! larce are h.irg rlr rt' from sole leather bellies. It Is a)so per. nfrd by D.-tor jia:n:d, hr l . ,i rniMioie w uwnvra.na one-balf and I eight-Iron rtock for th ton and middle j sjw : nnauis MESTREZAT FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TODAY Associates Pallbearers for Supreme Court Justice at Second I'rcs- livtcrian Church The funeral services of Justice Mestrc rat, of tho Pennsylvania Supreme Court, will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon nt tho Second Presbyterian Church. The ceremonies will be conducted by the Rev. Alexander McColl. tho pastor, and the Rev. William M. Auld, pastor of Cal vary Presbyterian Church. Tho remains will be taken to Unlontown. His honorary pallbrearers will be former Chief Justice D N'ewlln Fell, Chief Justice Brown, Justice Stewart, Justleo von Moschzlsker, Justlco Frazer, Justice Walling, former Governor Stone. Samuel R Kwlng. Judge McPherson, Bayard Henry, Henry LnBarre .layne, ClmrlcK Diddle. Walter Ocorpc Smith, ,,,,,,,,, A1W, b Wa, ' Welmer, """" .,.........-..., vv;r"r ' Sussex D. Davis and William B. Linn. PRESIDENT APPOINTS WAR FINANCE BOARD Harding, Forbes, Meyer, McLean to Direct $500,- 000,000 Corporation COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL Operations Limited to Three Billion Honda to Spcctl Up Kiiigcr'e Doom Wnnhlngton, April 19. Four directors of the new $600,000 000 war finance cor poration and a new capital Issues com mittee provided for In the war finance corporation act have been named by the President. Directors of the corpora tion nre William I'. G. Harding, of Alabama: Allen B. Forbes, of New York; Eugene Meyer, Jr.. of New York; Angus W. McLean, of North Carolina. Members of the capital Issues commit tee aro Charles S. Hamlin, of Massa ehusews ; John STielton Williams, of Virginia ; Frederick A. Delano, of Illi nois ; James B. Brown, of Kentucky; John S. Drum, of California ; Henry C. Flower, of Missouri, and Frederick II. Goff, of Ohio. uircciora nnraing nna ! orDes are appointed for two years ; Meyer and """ru" '"' ,uur J care. Tho capital issues committee will use the machinery already created by tho Federal Iteserve Board's capital Issues committee. For many weeks the reserve board's committee has been perfecting a nation-wide system for examining the merit of proposed securities Issues and recently has revised Its rules to conform with tho war finance corporation act. Me Ail do Chairman Ilx-olIUio The four dlrectprs of tho flnanco cor poration, with Secretary McAdoo as chairman ex-olllclo, nre expected to or ganize and prepare to make loans to banks and necessary war businesses. Paul M. Wnrburg. member of the Fed eral Reserve Board, and chairman of lift ov L'lltirr io lit tfi I loeiinn nnntnilttrta tf ,.w .....,, v.,,,,.. ou w. ""' the board vvas not nominated on the new committee, because Governor Hard - lng's nomination as director of the War Finance Corporation would throw heavy duties on Mr. Warburg, who Is vice governor of the board. Mr. Harding Is now governor of the ''eiieral Reserve Board and formerly was a prominent banker of Birmingham. Mr. Forbes Is a New York banker mil Is now chairman of the advisory committee of the capital Issues com mittee of tho Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Meyer Is a New York hanker. Mr. McLean Is a lawyer and banker of North Carolina. Mr. Hamlin Is a member of tho Federal Reserve Board and was Its 'rst governor. Mr. Williams Is Comptroller of the Currency, nnd n member of the Federal 'lescrve Board. Mr. Delano Is a mem ber of the Federal Reserve Board and .ii mer vice governor. llnw I. nan Are Obtained The corporation will start business with ranltal stock of $500,000,000. sub- .,ll,fti1 onllrAlv l.v 111 n Oncornnionl null , ,,,vv, ,.,,,.. .,, ,, ..,w ..u.. .,. wun auinoruy to issue up 10 ,i,uuu,uuu,- uuu oonas, wilii which iu iiuuiicu hd derations. , Loans may no mauc to unuiis or irusi. .mpanles for not moro than five vears, sums amounting to 75 per cent of I - tomorrow and It Is anticipated by the face value of loanB made by the , Scout authoritles that their ac banks to any business, "whose opera-1 ., .....,,, ...m i,t ,mniv thousands Ions shall be necessary or contributory the prosecution of the war," taking tIw banks. notes, secured by adequate collateral. This applies also to banks lurchaees of bonds of essential war busl- sses. i One hundred per cent of the ce value of the bank's loan may be lade If the bank deposits 33 per cent ad- t'onal collateral. Savings banks and building and loan vssoclatlons may borrow from .the cor poration for not moro than one year under certain circumstances. Direct loans to essential Industries or SttwltiPKsPH mav bn made bv ine cor . . . oration If the dfrectors find that the dvnnce Is necessary to maintain tho islness and if It has been unable to taln a loan from banks. In these ies 125 per cent collateral Is required. The total anioutst loaned by the cor ration direct to businesses Is limited 1 12',s per cent of the corporation's ua capital sioca anu uuibiuhuuik inds. Loans to any one bank or bust ess may never be more than $00, '00,000, except to a railroad under Gov--nment control. The new capital Isbues committee will not have power to forbid Issuance of securities not approved by It, but under the system built up by the Fed eral Reserve Board It Is virtually Im possible for corporations or States and local subdivisions to float Issues with out first obtaining the committee's1 con sent. Its authority Is limited to passing on Issues of $100,000 or more. The present capital Issues committee consists of Paul M. Warburg, Fred eric A. Delano and Charles S. Hamlin, members of the Federal Reserve Board. The advisory board, which probably will be retained, consists of Allen B. Forbes, z . . . - r of New York, chairman, and F.H. Goff, -, ,J nafl IT.n,, f liMft.l,... nl or uieveianu, ttuvi jicut,- w. w,r. w, Kansas City. The salary of the War Finance Cor poration dlreetors will be $12,000 and of the capital Issues committee mem bers $7600. , CHINESE GOING TO FRANCE Military Countelor Says 40,000 Will Be at Front Soon An Atbuillr Port. Anrll 30. Amonc passengers on. a 'French steamship which has arrived nere was uaptain Tlau Chla TInT. military counselor to .V .... s.l.i. (via 1'rM-iini-iiT m iiuiiii. "China !. preparing to do her part ... ',., .i.. ...,i,i .e. e . cracy." he said. "China has troops now on the vvav to the battle front, and It is the calculation of the Pekln Govern, ment to have no fewer than 40,000 fighting men with the French by caily summer," PROTECT WAR GARDENS The Btate Vaw '.f Indiana, which - f 11." nroh'bl' blckens Ae ' nd llveam. I eral food adra'nlsn or W.h g.ird,- ,... dls Imuft b- protee'ed In their effsris ti -grow Krf?J;,', ror hvro. use thlij(jiar(imer; KUjT.J J must 'MANY EMPLOYE! SEEK MORE PAYl Bills Being Prepared t0 Benefit Those Working for City and County BIG ADDITIONAL GOSt' Heads of Bureaus Seek to Havel Numerous New Jobs Created Fully 1B00 of the lfi.000 city ttri(. county employes aro seeking salary n. creases, while bureau chiefs want scores of new positions. New bills art In course of preparation today for n. troductlon In Councils on Thursday which. If passed, will add n half mil' Hon dollars to tho personal service Item each year. Never beforo In the hlslpry of Hi city has thero been such a general de. mand for more pay, and the fact that many of the requests are from mm now receiving from 12000 to J3500 hu ' leu tne civil service commission to reach far beyond any previous salary adjustment movement In an effort la satisfy an. Members of tho commission today got down to work on somo COO Increase re quests already presented and others will bo taken up after their Introduction '.n. Councils. Particular attention Is btlng' paid to the low-salaried places, and In creases among tho JS00 and $900 em ployes are assured. There Is more doukt about tho higher positions being boosted. Director Datesman of the Depart ment of Public Works, in his anxiety to have Increased the pay of Robert C. Hicks, of the Bureau of Street Cleaning' who now gets $3500, has gone to the length of declaring that no former chief has given the satisfaction that Mr. Hicks has during the last year Newspaper pictures of dirty streets and Etorles of unclean alleyways, etc , he now brands as fakes and pictures of ttrifcts as dumps nnd not streets. Hicks Is after a $1000 salary despite the fact that all heads of street cleaning In the past have received a great deal less! salary. The demand Is based upon his good work and upon the fact that a technical man Is needed for the place. Select Councilman Seger, who Is espe- cay interested In Increasing the pay ( ot the ..ttle fellows." is of the opinion i ,ht c , (1 twelve vears old cou d we that the Mreots wero kept clean, while Common Councilman Schwarz, of the Forty-fifth Ward, has told Director Datesman that he might well take as much Interest in tho "little fellows'' as he does In his favorite bureau chief. Hlcks's demand will come up before the Civil Servico Commlslson, and as his appointment had the sanction Of Senator Vare, the largest of the street cleaning contractors, It Is thought Ukelr that ho will be given more money. In all the scramble for more money and more jubs. tho demand of Judfe Brown, of tho Municipal Court, for 211 new places at an annual cost to the city of more than $200,000 has been lost , , t f d ,t tl0t 1ely t0 b-e .. .. ....,. i brought before tne Civil service uonv ,S8lon for any report. , BOY SCOUTS TO COMB 1 CITY FOR BOND SALES 5200 Volunteers Will Search 1 for Liberty Loan But tons Tonight Fifty-two hundred Philadelphia Boy Scouts will Invade every Fectlon of the city tonight ('.na will "demand" to know why persons not displaying the Liberty Loan button have failed to subscribe to tho loan. . . . This vvas nun. unced touay Dy jonn ! ,.-. .t.i.i ..-.. .... u-a nf thla nrzantlS m t,riA, ueiu tA m. vi "- ....- --- tlmli Vli toll hopes to nave aisiiuscu " j '.ijioo.OOO worth ot J.nieriy uunus ui . t)jn SM10 ut the ti rminatloii ot "Scout ' yll(i; next Satutdu i ..n....., us,.'- hu been ofllclally set ( r;,8l(,em?s wllh tIlcsc patriotic emblems "',',",,,,,. .,,, t.pine "annroached" ""J" ,l,e,S-ery iurhaV " Liberty j0"""s expected to wear conspicuously I JJ" ,,,!?.;.. ,n the Liberty Loan button. j "Scout Week" was launched lasi a urday and already Indication are .that i several million dollars In subscriptions t ...in i,n mllected. Washington an- i ! nounced today that last Saturday more than $2,000,000 was conecteii " " ; scouts throughout the country om clals here hope to place Philadelphia In . i i no i f m ii . ... .. .1.. ...vi.AI-i cctlon. or ctlon ot I ., "I j.Y,1 min.ss stance of the band from tlio Catholic Church of the Most nd Pieclous Blood, Twenu-n.n." -y-Dlamond streets. Invaded several d trlcts and obtained $10,000 In rub scrlptlons In less tnan an m." .---night. A door-to-door campaign was um,'eti Scouts' In UermantovMi .' -....i..,. $134,000 In subscriptions. -" -record among the scouts for any par tlcular district. , i,.riv Returns tonight will bo flashed hourly to headquarters, which. In ", shewn them on a screen erected In uw central section of the city r.vnTtr.K. w. O. OAKES NOW A PRIVATE IN THE RANK Former Editor of Public Ledger Enl lifts in New York National j Guard . . a.i nalred. 01; George Washington "- "dT.-yMdl the New York Times, former editor n publisher of the I'unnc "'"" "ji.rf listed as a private In the Ninth BiP ment. New York Nationa, u-. -, since war wa uv. - -- - - tr, who Is Intensely patriotic, has beer, tryj lng to enter some service In which n. ....i.i ni,. i-nr his country. J' u '? fine physical condition and I as vlnm as many men twenty r" .V." iilil t... ..i ...(u .v. unavailing. ""-M DUl inn ti.wi ..-- .. - ,.. ri-iWl Ml age vvas against him. Mr OaKfi ,"H ""Mr'oakes's father was born In 0m many. Coming to this country when boy. he fought In the Union army. Aa the sinking of the Lusltanla Oeoriej ?,tI.",tah. 5&Ka,Ser th he . Oakes became so dlsgusteo -,, "V.T.'h Vini, courts to change -a "- "-- ""' Washington OcM j, name from ueorge e"- ... w -..- j.nl,,.. iig wj " Vh.Znted an American m the court he wanted an "' . h,,fljl ,i rtirt not want his two sons to." "",m """" -"" " . . lrnnvmC, 12J dened with a ueniimi ,...... petition vvas granted, JUSTICE MOVES SWJFTgj it wen, .uirn.1 " i. hi. horael Wlttlg. a bachew who made ,M WU with tint f .n.ih - , . fwenirfl imprwmnent ,," ; 'Al d foil:- hours afto i v' l "IT hMl vv.re end thre V ' " ' J,; found . in at I n wv MfaS, f IdnbHll nd Bin w '..'I.V.fj i knov . theiP -to t how the cmmi Ucatn. , , -3 ' a!'" ft .i
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