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President Expected to Com
ment on Peace Speech
in Commons
ALLIES ARE IN ACCORD
Trhlnitlon, May 17. President WIN
eon In the near future may comment on
and supplement either through a public
address or a diplomatic note, the state
ment made by Forseln Minister Balfour
In the British House of Commons In
connection with tfie Austrian peace
feelers through Prince filxtus, of Bour
bon, It Is authoritatively stated that the
American Government fully reciprocates
Mr. Balfour's expression of confidence
and has no Intention of permitting ma
chinations of the enemy to mar the per
fect understanding which governs the
relations between the United States and
th'i Entente. Moreover, there Is no
public 'sentiment In this country,
such n that which appears to exist In
a small but actle English pacifist circle,
holding It the duty of the Government to
Cir.slder any kind of a peace proposal
that may be made, regardless of , the
source or the probable mischievous pur
pose There Is no deposition In Administra
tion circles here to complain because the
Washington Government was not ad
vised of the Slxtus letter, for It Is
realized that tho peculiar conditions
under which the correspondence with
the Austrian Emperor's brother-in-law
was conducted Imposed obligations of
confidence and secrecy that could not be
disregarded by an honorable statesman.
It Is pointed out also that the United
States Government has not entered Into
any-such formal understanding as bound
the Entente Allies, not to consider peace
proposals separately, though President
Wilson has declared In his speeches that
any peace that would be acceptable must
empouy fundamentals upon which
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mucin. unu urn cnieiun lilies are in i
complete accord.
Had the proposals of Prince Slxtus ,
been fourd to demand serious consldera- !
tlon. no doubt Is felt here that befor..
undertaking negotiations the French
and British Governments would have in
sisted upon the removal of the seal of
Becrecy so as to consult not only
America, but Italy, Belgium, Japan and.
In fact, all of the countries fighting Ger
many. If yesterday's parliamentary debate
hads to a further expression of opinion
ty President Wilson on the subject of
peace, It is probable that he will not find
It necessary to do more than refer to the
atmb which -he has set out In his ad
dresses to Congress.
BAPTISTS HEAR PLEA
FOR PROHIBITION
Philadelphia Clergyman Urges j
Active Political Campaign
mi uvy i-iiiicuuiueiii
Atlantic Clt.v, May 17
1 Baptists mutt learn to forswear po
litical partisanship and vote for "dry"
candidates If prohibition Is to prevail In
this country, the Rev. J, W. Graves, of
Philadelphia, organization secretary of
the temperance department of the
American Baptist Publication Society,
declared today In presenting his report
to the Northern Baptist convention. The
Rev. W. Q. Rosselle.'also of Philadel
phia, presided over the rally of the
"dry' section cf the Baptist convoca
tion. The Rev. Dr. Graves said that more
than eighteen million votes were cast
at the last presidential election, and
that almost one-third of the voters re
mained away from the polls.
"The liquor forces usually pell their
full vote, and the 7.000,000 who did not
ballot, may be regarded as prohibition's
reserve force," he said. "Many of them
doubtless are church members ad some
cf them Baptists.
"The least responsibility we, us Bap
tists, can assume, Is that of Informing
every e'lector as to the attitude of legis
lative candidates, and of persuading
them to vote, for men who will ratify
the Prohibition amendment "
"There should be In every Baplst
State convention a central temperance
committee co-operating actively with
similar committees In all Baptist
churches. The State centrol committee
should ascertain the position of candi
dates and Inform constituents. Laymen
should be particularly active In spread
ing anti-rum propaganda. Our anger Is
not so much at the malignant activity
of the bad as at the benignant Inactivity
of the good."
The Rev. J. F. Wilson, of Philadel
phia, field secretary for the Publication
Society, praised the Berkley bill, a war
prohibition measure, which would pre
vent the Importation, exportation and
transportation of spirituous liquors, and
extend the period of Its operation be
yond the duration of the war to the
actual demobilization of troops.
A prohibition exhibit Is one of the
features of the convention. All of the
big prohibition organizations assisted In
Its assembly.
GAMPAIGN TO SAVE
GASOLINE PLANNED
Drastic Economies 'Necessary to In
, sure Sufficient Supply for
f War Needs
' 'Washington, May 17. A campaign for
Intensive saving of gasoline so the war
needs of t'.ie United States and her allies
may ba met fully will be launched by
the Government within the next few
weeks, has become known through offi
cials of the Department of the Interior.
War needs of the country, which at
the outbreak of the conflict It was estl
1 mated would total 955,000 gallons a
day, have been more than tripled.
The United States has taken over the
greater part of the fueling of airplanes
for.'the Allies as well, so that the needs
1 tor, this .one branch of the service alone
. ulll run Into millions of gallons, and
f vrljl, unless drastic economies are
K brought lito play, curtajl the amount
. leftfor other uses tremendously,
Jhe. second largest consumption of
gasoline at the present time Is credited
. to passenger automobiles, with a. dally
. requirement of 2,000,000 gallons. Ar-
. rangementa made so far do not Indicate
- & rationing of gas for passenger cars, but
,i corns steps must be taken, officials say,
to. cut' down this item through voluntary
elimination of useless travel.
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! Sailor Givet Life for Comrades
l WuhJarton, May 17. Felix Laskow-
ekl, quartermaster U. S. N. R; F Dal-
la, Texas, was killed April IX (n an
". attempt' to save the lives of two navy
yard employes.
s .City-Owned Property for War Use
-Ti. JAJli ctty-owned property' which Is
nfll'!1 t ' belnc placed by Mayor
RbjEJTCUf.fer'usaJn-the Interest of war ac-,
tyr wif' inrwywr is ucuns;
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British
tattle Line
Continued from Pave One
now are setting traps outplde their
trenches consisting of wires connected
U with the bombs of a new type which
explode when soldiers on patrol duty
clumblo Into the wires.
One 01 the American patrols en
countered one of the new traps early to
day. The bomb exploded, but no harm
rtsulted, na tho leader nf the patrol
fiiices quickly got his men under cover
In an old trench. Pieces of tho bomb
wero brought back to tho American
trenches. They show that the bomb
Is unllko any of tho French or Ameri
can grtnades.
Several of the American patrols dur
ing tho early morning hours entered
enemy trench positions, but no Bodies
Mere encountered.
Continuation of the sunny weaker Is!
requiting in constantly increasing aerial
activity. More balloons and airplanes
ai scouting around than ever, but tho
Bochn aviators are refusing to offer an
oppci tunlty to fight. They are making
no n I tempts to cross the American lines,
bfit arc doing their patrol work slightly
behlng the American front
American artillery Is keeping up a
roiillniioUs and harrasslng lire In the
Toul sector
In the Lunevllle sector, American
a.tlllerymcn fired 3690 shells In twenty
four hours to 937 fired by the Germans.
BIG OFFENSIVE SOON,
WASHINGTON VIEW
Washington, May 17
The moment of events of major Im
portance on the western front draws
very near, according to the Interpreta
tion placed here upon the disclosure
that American troops have taken their
Place In 'a British sector In northern
Frnnce.
The dispatch revealing this new pro
jection of Americans Into a zone where
a renewal of the titanic struggle is ex
pected by the Allied commanders Is
deemed a signal of preparedness- for a
decision.
Intimation that heavy renewals of
the struggle Is expected at any moment
created the utmost Interest among army
men, and Informally they were of the
opinion that It shows preparations for
the expected German attack are about
completed. .
ODlclals would not supplement the
statement the London censor nermlttert
to be cabled, declaring General Pershing
would doubtless mako whatever com-
menf Iia rhlnlfn rnllnkl. I m LI..
" '" mumo nuunuir in wilt: ll Iim
dally communiques, posslblv In the one
expected this evening. The move Is
doubtless a further carrying out of the
Plan to brigade American soldiers with
British and French units, olllcers
pointed out It 1b nulte nosslble. thev
said, that these soldiers will not be
used as American units, but to fill up
1 depleted British unltH In tho sector. It
! may also portend that tho British will
' not be held Inactive until the German
I drle Is renewed, but may bo permitted
to take the offensive from tho Germans.
While no official confirmation could
be obtained, It was understood here
that tho forces that hae been sent Into
the British sectors are not froji the
units originally with General Pershing,
hut comparatively recent arrivals In
France.
Movement of the American troops to
northern France is In line with tho
agreed policy of General Foch to utilize
any forces where he believes they will
be the most effctlve
No announcement was forthcoming
Immediately here today as to the move,
but It was assumed further Identification
would await wimo battle.
The shift means that the United
States is taking a larger part In the
western struggle, and this aid will grow
""""r from now on
HAYW()0D LETTERS
READ IN I. W.W. TRIAL
Connect Him With Plots for
Strikes in Various
Cities
Chicago, May 17
Letters showing that from early In
January until late in the summer of
1917, Albert Prashner. an organizer for
the industrial Workers of the World at
a Falary of IS a week, laid plans for
strikes In various Industries from
Rome, N. Y to Detroit, were read by the
prosecution In the trial of 112 members
of the organization for violation of the
espionage act
Most of the correspondence, which
the Government charges formed a part
of a nation-wide conspiracy to hamper
America's war plans, was between
Prashner and William D. Haywood, gen
eral secretary-treasurer
Prashner, working as an organizer
under the personal supervision of Hay
wood, kept his chief advised of prog
ress being made in the anthracite coal
regions of Pennsylvania. In New Tork
State, wrote that the situation was so
well organized at some points, Including
Rome, that workers would not be need
ed, and later wrote from Michigan that
strikes In automobile and other factories
In Detroit, Flint and Grand Rapids
could easily be agitated.
Big supplies of strike and anti-war
stickers, printed In three languages,
were ordered.
Peter Dalley, an organizer arrested In
Minneapolis, who 'was found In a state
of coma under one of the defendant
benches yesterday, was examined by
Government physicians and pronounced
physically able to stand trial,
U. S. NOT TO REPLACE
ALLIED MAN-POWER
American Soldiers Will Not
Substitute for French
Sent Into' Fields
Washington. May 17.
The War Department has declined to
accede to French proposals whereby
some of tne French army would be re
leased for agriculture or Industry.
This was learned today to be the
outcome of recent discussions of man
power.
On the other hand, the Government
feels that both France and England
should Increase rather than diminish
their military forces and that they
snoum not expect me united States
to furnish soldiers to release Allied sol
diers, for Industry.
The recent revelations In the Maurice
Lloyd George controversy spell to Gov
ernment authorities the significant fact
that England had not radically in
creased her army In the last year. They
believe Bhe should have done" so and they
think she and France should prepare
to make further Increases, while the
United states proceeds with Increase Irl
roverseas shipments.
War Department plans contemplate
getting 1,(00,000 to 2,000,000 men over.
seas this year. But It Is pointed out
that, In time, the American shipments
are likely not to exceed replacement
needs.
Hence, when the United States army
reaches 2.000,000, It Is likely not to
go beyond that figure for some time,
unless shipping facilities are much ex
tended. In view of thla situation, army
men say that England and France ought
to ' appreciate that, the task Is a united
problem, wherein everybody, must go
forward, not content with merely, fending
off Teuton, blows.
A now arranged, the flow. o American
forces 1 being fed Into a reservoir.
Wim pMIC ..- .VH, ,v. n.llvlt.UCIlfini
Foah can 'draw; and drsppse, as he " sees
U.S.Sol
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soliliers and sailors in the "Eagle Hut" in Trafalgar Square on tlicir way
"over there"'
500-ACRE "WAR GARDEN"
1'irst rVntinn.-il Armv rnnlnnment it. WliiM. tl. PI.... s (1 , '
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Its Own Vegetables Is
Undertaken
. jvu-vi.cj war garaen nas ieen
XTLSt
arted at Camp Dlx. Wrlghtstown,
N. J., under the direction nf the No
tional War Garden Commission.
Five large motortruck loads of veed.
together with a varied assortment of
farm Implements, have arrived at the
camp, nnd men and horses are busv
plowing and planting the ground.
Camp Dlx has the honor of being the
first National Army cantonment in
which a war garden has been started.
Already more than twenty acres of land
have been plowed by the boys, and a
large part of this Is now under cultiva
tion. Onions, beans and potatoes, to
gether with many other vegetables, have
been set In the new garden.
Norman MacLeod, of the National
War Garden Commission, and several
experts from seed dealers In this city
are at the camp assisting the army men
to plant the new garden, which, It Is
hoped, will produce enough Vegetables
to supply the camp city, In which there
are now more than 48.J100 men.
"Food F O. B. the Mess Shack Door"
is the new slogan adopted by members
of the Reclamation Division of the camp.
Colonel lSdmond Tompkins Is In charge
of the work of planting and attending
to the new garden, which Is just "an
other Instance of American efficiency."
Interned German prisoners will later
be brought to the camp at Wrlghtstown
to till the soil and harvest the crops.
MEN OF NEW DRAFT
TO BE CLASSIFIED
"Depot Brigade" System Or
ganized, With View to Ob
taining Best Service
Washington, May 17
Profiting by England's mistakes the
War Department has organized a depot
brigade system which shall be the core
of the national army and wherein a
classification of men will pr.vent use
less sacrifice of those available for In
dustrial service.
The plan Is the most comprehensive
thus far developed for Intelligent use of
the nation's manpower.
Details of the plan showed that there
will be a depot brigade consisting of
twelve battalions of 1000 men each at
each cantonment
Every man called In the draft be
ginning May 26 will pass through the
depot brigades. He will be examined
Immediately to ascertain his experience
as a worker, buulness or professional
man.
They will be classified under three
groups skilled, partly skilled and un
skilled. It will be possible under this
system to find any number of men of a
certain occupation who may be called
for by one branch of the service or
another.
Already this plan has been a help. A
call was received from a Seattle ship
yard for fifty skilled shipwrights. They
were located In a southern training
camp and transferred to the reserve
within forty-eight hours so that they
could take up their work In the Seattle
plant.
KILLED BY BACKING TRUCK
Man Passing Behind Motor
Crushed to Death
Harry B. French. 44 West Penn street.
Germantown, was crushed to death today
by a truck driven by John E. Byrne,
3243 North Twenty-sixth street. The ac
cident occurred at Eleventh and Kimball
streets.
Bryne was backing Into the garage
and French, who evidently did not see
the truck approaching, got between the
machine and the wall.
French was forty-five. He leaves a
widow and three children. Bryne was
held to await the action of the Coroner.
PROTEST SILK EMBARGO
Action of Railroads in Refusing Ship
ments Affects Many Mills
Bcraaton, Fa., May 17. Resolutions
condemning the action of the railroads
In declaring an embargo on silk thlp
rnenta and pointing out the fact that
lxty rollla In Lackawanna County will
be rerlously affected through such a
ruling were adopted when silk manu
facturers' met In this city.
These resolutions also demand that
the embargo' ordera be withdrawn and
that Congressman John R, Farr be
asked to co-operate in having canceled
an order whicn tnreatens tne employ.
m'ent of SO.OpO operative- In Scranton
HUT" IN LONDON
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The men of the reclamation -M-vlcc will
soon bo needed for other work, and It
Is said the German prisoner, who are
now In southern camps will be put to
work at the Jersey cantonment
The big thing. In the opinion nf th
officers at the camp, Is not so much the
actual food raised, vvnlch will be ennr- !
nous, but the example of the need of
food for the army, which will he set,
before the people of the country a never ,
before i
The National Army war garden at i
Camp Dlx will be used as a model for i
other war gardens In other cantonments
throughout the country IWore another '
month passes virtually every cantonment
In the United States will have Its own
war garden. Vegetables best suited to
the climate In which the cantonment Is
located will be planted and In this way
a systematic growing of foodstuff for I
the army by the army in the I'nlted
states will be conducted
utcs win ne conaucieu
Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the
national war-garden commission, In
speaking of the new plan to aid In feed-
Ing the army said: "The nuestlon of
food for our fighters Iff paramount, and , Tne meanl"S or the HUgnes appoint
each one of us must do something to- mmt. ns of the earlier appointment of
ward feeding himself. The value of this tho Marshall committee. Is- that the
cantonment war garden cannot be fullv President Intends to take the function
realized until the harvest of the crop's I of Investigating away from Congress,
is taken in The commission btands , He wants everything, even the Inquiry
ready to lend any service within Its Into the acts of his subordinates. In his
power to the men of the army as wei as
citizens In cultivating the land."
"FIFTY-FIFTY" DEAL
IN LANCASTER COUNTY ;
I
Griest Organization Will Sup
port Sproul and Scott.
McClnin a Penrose Ally
I.anratiter, May 17.
The local Republican organization, of
which Congressman W W driest Is the
leader, has jumped, friends of Penrose
say. to tho "Varo Combine." and orders
are helng sent out today to every city
and county worker to turn out for Sproul
and Scott This means a fifty-fifty"
deal.
Lieutenant Governor McClaln is the
Penrose representative In this county,
and Is supporting the full Penrose slate.
The action of the Griest followers In the
coming campaign Is expected to cause
Penrose, after the primary, to build up
a political machine In this county.
headed by the Lieutenant Governor, who
(.uum iitru ur iiiuua nip canuiume lor
Congress against Griest two years hence
Griest followers are urging the re
nomlnatlon of Aaron B. Hess, "wet,"
from the city legislative district, and
they forecast his nomination by a large
majority. The prohibition amendment i
candidate, Prof. B. F. Heller, Is waging
a letter campaign
Grle6t will send to the Legislature
from the country district four members
who will split their vote on the pro
hibition amendment. With Hess voting
wet, the vote will bs three against two
for the measure.
F. P. D'Mlller, of Columbia, has
loomed up as the Democratic leader of
the county, and Is a booster for Judge
Bonnlwell for Governor. He Is a per
sonal friend of the Judge, and was a
recent visitor to his home.
Columbia Is expected to go with the
"organization." but if the free roads
people favor O'Nell as much at the polls
aa they have In the free highway agita
tion, he might expect to poll a big vote
ln all sections of the county.
HOME RULE BILL MISSING
Commons Adjourns, With No Sign of
Measure
London, May 17. The House of Com
mons took a recess last nlg-ht, until
May 28. with no sign of the long
delayed Home Rule bill. The members
are uninformed, apparently, when the
bill will be Introduced.
Former Senator Holbeen Dead
Allentown, Pa., May 17. Former Sen
ator Evan Holbeen, the oldest member
of the Lehigh County Bar Association,
Is dead of general debility. He was
eighty years old, Senator Holbeen at
one time waa a power In the politics
of Pennsylvania and wa8 widely known,
Plans for Parochial School
Plans are being prepared by Edward
F. Durang & Son for a three-story
stone school building, to be erected at
Twenty-ninth and Dickinson streets for
Oi flat.i.UI'a Y?nsiM Pnttllia Sflxoul.
Th'e plans will be ready for bids In one
GOVERNMENT TO ACT
ON MEAT. PRICES SOON
U. S. Not to Operate Packing
Houses, but Will Enforce
Price Restrictions
M'nhlnittnn, Mav 17
Government action to restrict meat
prices will he taken shortly.
Announcement of a definite Govern
ment meat policy for the period of
the war, affecting both the packing nml
livestock-Industries. Is expected as soon
as President Wilson finishes his ner
Fonal. study of the recominfiidatlon
of the meat commission, appointed s-
weeks ago at the request of Food Ad
ministrator Hoover.
A blow at Increasing meat prices,
speeding up of production and cutting
of domestic consumption of meat vv HI
n suit
Government operation of packing
plants has been definitely decided
against In favor nf restrictive meas
ures only Herniation of profits, mar
gins, grading of cattle and other steps
.ire expected
Increased prices In the last year rang-'
Ing from IS to 20 per cent In beef and
Tt to 47 per cent In oil make positive
action necessary, official: believe In the
last five vear. pork Irm inrreas-erl In
' price as much ii"i 112 per rent and beef
as much uh 1? per cent, depeniUnc n
til.-' cuts
Meat shipments to the Allies ,ue live'
times the pre-war averagn During
March and April me-it shipments were
H p-r rent nf the total for lit" This
Meadv gigantic drain threatens to upset
tne vvhol,' tnent Industry of the enuntr.v
Mr Hoover rcrnmo I'nltnl St.ltes
food administration one year ago today I
The beginning of his second year was '
marked lij bis Hat declaration that he i
Is strongly opposed to n rationing sys-j
teni and more than ever in favor of
voluntary saving to prevent food short-1
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Wilson Opposes
All War Probes
Continued from Pace One
In New York, said that the Investlca-
tors had dela.vod the work of making
ready lor war, using up tho valuable
time of War Department executives
by calling tlicm to tho witness stand.
Tho exact language Me used was
, this:
I "Investigations which drew Inrlls-1
pensablo officials constantly away
from their work and olllcors from
their commands and contributed :i !
; great deal to such delay nnd confusion j
as had Inevitably ailscn." I
i That letter represents the real ntti-1
j tiide of the President He resents In-1
vcstigatlons. and he Is determined that I
investigations are not to be extended!
i In the way the Chamberlain resolution
1 as amended provides that they shall I
1 be If that resolution should pass. .
' Congress will not wait for a scandal to I
j develop before making an Imiulry, but
will Inform Itself constantly how the :
billions It appropriates for war are j
being spent.
Mr Wilson means that Congress
shall not do this The amendment of ,
the resolution has compelled lilm to
shift his ground and disclose more
nearly what his real attitude Is. Tt Is ,
not unlikely that a further letter from
lilm today will make plain that con
stant oversight of expenditures for
supplies will be Intolerable to him. and
, -r-i-."- -- -- - ,
wln -Pclar? !' J1?. an Interference j
" t" conduct or tne war ana a e-,
"cction of want of confidence in his ,
administration.
nwn hnnris. and bv opposing even the
amended Chamberlain resolution he Is
holdlv challenging the right nf the Sen
ate to Inform Itself about the expen
diture of public money.
Investigation Is tho one real func
tion that Congress has been exercls-
fc'Xr.rWrS
do passing the laws he asks for and
nnnronriatlnc tho money he demands.
Investigation has been Its one vital
Independent activity. And the Presi
dent means to take that away and
exercise It himself.
If the Chamberlain resolution falls
of passage the Military Affairs Inves
tigations will run on for a little vrhtle.
hut will stop soon for lack of power
during recess or for lack of means
If tho Senate refuses to appropriate
$10,000 now for carrying them on it
very soon will decline to furnish
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m"n,lBie(. monev ln the past
If the resolution is beaten there ran
be no mistake about the meaning of
its defeat It will be a vote against
Investigation, ln ohedlence to the Pres
ident's wishes, and Inevitably Inves
tigations will stop, unless some scan
dal arises which cries out for a more
Independent inquiry than one con
ducted by the Executive Department
itself.
Senator McKellar made his report
for the majority of the Audit Com
mittee yesterday ln favor of the
amended resohitlon. Senator Thomp
son will mako his minority report
.nlnv The members nf the Milltarv
Affairs subcommittee, who have been
visiting pun plants, will be back ln
their seats today, and a vote may be
had. The issuo Is close. But the
general expectation Is that the Presi
dent will win and Investigations by
the Senate will soon stop.
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Help of America
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these two possibilities A mistake
with regard to Russia Is the gravest
mistake that ran be made. Yet all i
evidence Is that the situation, so far
as this country and the Allies are con-
rerned. Is simply drifting There 1
no accepted policy, as the difference of
opinion over Japan showed. J
And the machinery Is lacking for de- i
veloplng nn Intelligent policy with re
gard to, Russia, where the war still I
may be won or lost. There Is no diplo
matic unltv among the Allies and tills
country And none of the Allies has
such a contac w 1th Russia as will fur
ther uudci standing and sympathy with
the existing government
New- Aorli. May 17 A. J Park, dl
rertor of the Russian Information bu
reau here, said tod.iv it Is "entirely
possime mat i.erensKy win oe nere
within two weeks ' He added, however,
that he did not epect him to arrive
next Monday, as one report stated
DRAFT NOW INCLUDES I
YOUTHS BECOMING 21
i
House Exempts Students in I
Medical and Theological
Schools After Fight
Washington, May 17
The conference report on the bill re
quiring registration In the draft of
youths who have become twenty-one
years of age since .Tune f. last has been
passed by the House
The Senate previously had agreed to
the report and after Its passage by the
House It was sent to the President.
As finally agreed to the bill provides
that youths registered under It shall be
placed at the bottom of the lists of those
classes to which they will be assigned
and that students row In medical and
theological schools shall be exempt.
The onlv opposition to the bill ln the
House was on the student-exemption
feature. Representative McKenile.
nf Illinois. Republican, denounced the
provision as "class legislation, un-Amcr-ean
and violative of tho principles that
all Americans are equal."
Prohibition for Hawaii
Washington, May 17 The Senate
has passed a hill providing prohibition
for Haw-all. It now goes to the House
Senator Sheppard. of Texas, ln charge
rf the bill, said districts In the islands
not drv now bv milltarv regulation
were "being flooded
p.MirF.i, rnsT
( An ideal wrap.
Come und net
one out of stock
or have it made
to order,
$14.98
Olive drab
service cloth;
standard U. S.
army goods.
, Navy serge,
all-wool dou
ble warp
serge,
$14.98
Finest grade
navy manniih
serge, g
$23.50
Shall we mail a sample of the
material or better still run in
to see them. Open this evening.
FRONT & DAUPHIN STS.
. PHILADELPHIA,
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JTeet Bt. Oer. Dtiphui ",
Js 0. D. Service
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NEW JERSEY
IN "WAR" CONVENTION
Governor Edge Commends
Patriotic Spirit of Coun
try's Financiers
Atlantic rltr, May 17
"You are the successful generals In the
field of New Jersey's army behind the
lines You have successfully led this
army In three great financial drives, and
as a result of your patriotic leadership
and energy, coupled with that of your
professional brothers In other Ptates. the
money gun of America Is spouting a
continual and deadly fire of greenbacks
against the embattlements of tyranny
abroad " Governor Kdge told three hun
dred Jersey bankers at the opening ses
sion of tlicir second war convention here
this afternoon
William Chambers, president of the
Vineland Trust Company, presided. The
Rev Francis Van R Moore, rector of
Trinity Church, Vineland. opened the
meeting and prayed for v Iclory.
The Governor said:
"If Liberty bonds were subscribe as
a matter of patriotic enthusiasm they
ought to be held onto as a matter f
self Interest Already bonds of the
third Liberty loan are selling below
part In Wall street and It has been
reported In the newspapers that some
of these sales were authorized by
banks I cannot believe that the banks
nre responsible. It cannot be that banks
are placing on the market bonds sub
scribed for hut not taken. Inasmuch as
the period nllowed for installment pay
ing has only Just begun.
No matter what the cause may be. It
D mnmt nnn.r.nt thnf fha nni.rntn.nC.
credit is not Impaired and that the chief j
hunerers are ...e e.r,
most mnortant 'o me that Investors In
these bonds should be encouraged, as a I
ryg.fJJ.ga.i3.B".nri "IJ
Because They're
Good Hotels
The Statler Hotels are well
patronized, and well spoken of,
and well-known everywhere be
cause they are good hotels.
That explains, too, why there
are four Statlers. The first one
built (at Buffalo, 1907), gave
travelers some new ideas about
what constitutes hotel goodness.
Those ideas, as expressed in Statler
equipment, and policies, and op
erating practice, were so success
ful that other Statler Hotels were
opened at Cleveland (1912), and
Detroit (1914), and St. Louis
(1917). Each of them was suc
cessful from the first because the
Q cessful from the first because the fj ,lwl
"" n j K
So Here's
Now the Pennsylvania Railroad is building
a hotel in New York to be opened in the fall.
It will be the largest hotel in the world, as befits
a hotel erected by America's greatest railway
system in America's first city.
And, because tho Statler Hotels are good
hotels, this new Hotel Pennsylvania, in New
York, will be Statler-operated. It is being
equipped with the typical Statler comfort
features and conveniences which travelers like
so well; it will be operated under the Sutler
policies of a full and liberal money's worth, and
guaranteed satisfaction, to every patron; It will
provide in New York the kind of good hotel
which is so successful in these other American
cities talcing advantage of all the opportunities
for betterment which are possible only in this
biggest American city, and in a location opposite
America's most important railway terminal.
Use These Good Hotels
Every every Statler bedroom has private
bath, circulating icewater and numerous other
unusual conveniences. And here is an instance
of Statler service to guests: when you wake you
find a morning paper under your door but you
don't find a charge for it in your bill.
The Sutlers are unique among hotel of the' flrrt
cUm in their reuonabk end wcll-baUnctd ntea-Khedule.
More than 60 of their 3,100 room (to four dtlet) ere
priced at $3 a dy and ten. Room (with bath) from S3..
HOTELS
STATLER.
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AiOtteuBt 430Bih
&ETR.OIT
lOOOItoemsMOOSaiXs
mtM-r ofi '
tleml'.to' retain own
Jlsl Tor; the war. 1
cio likewise.
'Thh emrfrnrA nf fire at Rrtfcftftk 1
. ...' ... j . - -
uri-u iimi wicrcabsu taxation rcctviv
danger of war-time inflation. II
full measure of confidence In the ste
loyalty and patriotism of American
trlots. which leads me to believe -
they are ready and willing to inet i
new financial obligations in baeklni ffcffi
the fullest extent our' sons and 'broUWftt
on the firing line, whether It be taxatky
or what not. I am convinced that,rv
inoncyea men are entirely willing ito'jNOT ;
iiiuid uiiuiiic iuacs una 10 pay jars-xt-jr
Increased excess war profits, upon ,!-
ground tnat it they make the metwr
they are glad to pay a brorortlonM
larger share of the cost of malntat-rkj-.
the Integrity of that democracy una'
and by the protection of which they,"H. i
permitted to do business. n V
"It Is no longer radical and soclatMte '
to say that the direct tax, which Ml"ffi
hardest at the man who Is best hbl';,t -ysS
pay, is more equuame and Just 8M-H &p
tne indirect tax, wnicn burdens the-peeir,, "
by adding to the cost of necessities attt '
by everybody. These are extraordInty
times, nnd thev renlllr-. nvtrnnrrilf.itrV'
treatment of governmental affairs aoipn!' 'J
policies." fn' i'a
Miss Adele H.KIrby. assistant tr eaenre'ri eStl
of the Plalnfield Trust Comoany.' asM'S
her subject was "Woman's Functiontfe-??
... nn.i.i.n n-.i. ' t-,. . ..' .- .
quel will take place tonight. ,,!fc,
Civil War Veteran Dead I'M
HrldgeUin. X. 3., May 17. Chvlea
Dare, seventv-flve vears old. a. dniawf
Z. ...1 " .... . ..... "'.. . -JVl?!
or inis cm. lunueriy president Di-uwfa.-'jr
New Jersey Pharmaceutical SoclelyifUfiBartg
.l,-.ni nf the home of his son In -T-.rtr &S
Ho was a veteran of the Civil Waf,J
serving In the famous- Corn Exchafe'iMa
Regiment of Philadelphia. A Bon andiiSK?
daughter survive him.
Drop German Language
ra May 17. Both litSJ
pd classes, at Its nlnttywe
Ilrtlilflirm,
lVUll UeiOTmCd ClaSSCS. at ItS nlnfttV
J'""L 'afftl' tt&.Zflt'ZSLSlEEgii
classes, at Its forty-fifth annual sesskw,
bf ore nrtjournng today decided unMl.
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services.
hotels.
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