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$50,000,QOO Ordnance Plant
to Be Big as Neville
Island Project
The big ordnance plant to be con
ttructed bv the Mldvale Steel and
Ordnance Company for the Government
ill be adjacent to the present plant at
Nlcetow n
Pending the preparation and signing
of contracts, announcement of details' of
the plan will be withheld
It was learned, however, that the plint
Bill approximate In size and Importance
the one which Ins been started nn
Neville Island, near ritthurgh by the
United States Steel Corporation It will
cost in excess of $5n nnn nnn
The Mldale plant will specialize on
elxteen-lnch howitzers with mobile car
riages, the tvpe of gun used by the
Germans In reducing Belgian fortlflc-i-tlons
In the early davs of the war Sl
of these gigantic guns will he turned out
each month b the new plant
"It Is expected the Government will
acquire an additional site of ten or
twelve acres adjacent to the Mldvale
property on which the machine "hop will
be located More than 5 noo 000 orth
of large machlnp tools will be required
New open hearth furmcc,. i forge
shop and a heal treating plint will bo
constructed adjoining the present plant
where about fifteen eight-Inch howitzers
are now being turned out
It is known that the purpose of thee
big guns with the great direct fire guns
to be manufactured b the I nlted states
Steel Corporation Is to reduce Oermin
fortifications Their manufacture Is in
preparation for the time when the Ger
mans shall be forced to assume the de
fensive and intrench themselves in for
tifications behind their present lines
STATE INSTITUTIONS
AID IN FOOD SAVING
Wheat Flour Entirely Elimi
nated at University Hospital,
With No Complaint
Reports receded bv Bromlev Wharton
secretary of the State Hoard of Public
Charities show the continued FUccess
of the campaign waged b the bo-ird
for food conservation In the arlous In
stitutions of the State
Among the most notable reports 13
that from the I'nlversltv Hnspttnl of
Philadelphia Miss Marlon Smith the
superintendent, has Informed the bmrd
that absolutelv no wheat flour Ins been
used In the hospital since April 1 1318
Prior to that tlmo the monthlv supply
amounted to about fort -eight hirrels
Miss Smith reports also that there
hae been from patients and nttiche
-of the Institution no rnmpliints whit-
.ever because of the elimination of wheat
fiom the diet
S J. Frehn steward of the Cumber
land County Almshouse at Carlisle re
ports a jearl saving of ion Inrrels of
wheat flour Potatoes are used in the
Institution much more liberally tlnn
heretofore 3 V liarlv, steward of
the Dauphin County Almshouse leports
a saving of 50 pel cent In the bei f
used In that Institution He repot ts al-o
a largt Increase In the number of hogs
grown on the eountv farm
Under an agreement made between
the Directors of the Poor and the Prison
Commission of Dauphin County pilson
labor Is being cmploved in the building
of roads and for labor on the alms
house farm
William Mcllhennj, warden of the
Dauphin Count jail reports a salng
of 165 barrels of flour p l ear, amount
ing to about 70 per cent, and sas also
that he haR reduced the consumption
of beef in the jail by 60 per cent
1243 MEN ARE OFF
TO CAMP TOMORROW
Constitute First Contingent of
Latest Draft in
Philadelphia
Twelve hundred and forty-three Phlla
delphlans will leae for Camp Meade to
morrow as the first batch of the city's
latest quota The rest of the quota 2D16
roen wilt leave for camp In the next
few days.
The men who leave tomorrow go from
twenty-flve draft boards They will re
port In person to draft board headquar
ters tonight for rollcall Tomorrow
morning they will reassemble and, la
some cases, preceded by bands, will pa
rade to the railroad station and en
train. . ,.
Men will leae from other eastern
cltteB of the State at virtually the same
time Camp Meade Is piepared to ac
commodate 10,000 newly drafted men.
The Philadelphia draft board quotas
to be sent to camp beginning tomorrow
are as louowai
Board
eond , ,
Quota
...
Hoard
-1'uenty-ilxth
Quota
t
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Twent -seventh
Twenty-eighth
Tuentv ninth
Thirtieth
Third ,f,
Fourth j
filvlh ...
., 8 Thlrty-flm .
6vnth ij
r.lshth i
Ninth a2
Ttnth . 5
Eleventh '!
Twelfth.. . -,s
Thirteenth .. t
Fourteenth .. J"
14 miri-secona
Tmny-lhlra .
Thlrt J-fourth .
Thlrty-ntth
Thlrty.elxth ..
Thlrt-seventh
Thlrty-elshth .
Thirty-ninth 0
fortieth 3b
le'vemVeV ... ! ES'JiTi?"
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4
Kishteepjh .
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Fortj. third 4
Nineteenth
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11
3
3
17
12
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Twentieth ...
Tnty-nrit
Twenty-aecona
Twenty-third .
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-tmh
Wednesday.
Forty-nfth in
horty-iutn .. .. 14
Forts-eeventh . , 11
Fnrly-elghth ., , S
fllllein 3
Fltt-flrst 12
selected men from
786
Philadelphia will leave for the barracks
at Columbus, O. and Fort Oglethorpe
and Screven, Oa
SIMPSON ON BENCH MONDAY
New Supreme Court Justice Will
v Sit in Hamsburg
Alexander Simpson, Jr., newly ap
pointed Justice of the State Supreme
Court, will attend his first session of
the court at Harrlsburg on Monday. He
occupies the'eeat vacated by the death
of the late Justice Potter.
Another seat on the State Supreme
bench Is yet to be filled. It was left
vne.nt through the recent death of Jus
tice I Mestrerat. Governor Brumbaugh's1
OlBiee Has nvi yc hh ihuivmicu.
en rtmva-pw appointment
MMm nw nn-
Something to Remember
in Giving to War Chest
We haven't given ns yet Con
sider thoo cities Pittsburgh gave
$6 77 to the Ked Cross per capita
New Yoik city gnve $fi 74 to the
Red Cross, per capita Rochester, N
V., gave $5.0fi to the Ked Crosi per
capita, but Philadelvhla and the
five counties gave less th.in $150
per capita.
We can change these figures
with this tnble nf giving If we give
according rn this schedule wo will
be on a par with these other cities
Ought not wc to be' We hive the
monej mudv the schedule'
Tor men and women earning
j;000 a ear and lets
Tor Men and Women gaining $:onO
a Year anil Less
ONE DAY'S l'Y KACH MONTH
Incomn
Per v ear Per cent
$2 000 4
T nnn 4
3,ino 5
4 000 S
3 000 5
5,100 0
11,000 fi
7 noo C
s.ooo s
1000 6
10 000 6
11000 7
12 000 7
n ooo 7
11000 7
r oon 7
M'er month
$6GG
10 00
12 01
lfiGC
20 SI
25 30
30 00
35 00
40 00
45 00
50 00
04 16
70 00
75 S3
81 Gfi
87 50
7 per cent
S per cent
0 per cent
li ooo to $:"i000
2h000 tn 40 000
41 000 to WOOO
51000 to 90.000 10 per cent
100 000 and nbnvo 12 per cent
While nil giving must bo option il,
cnntiibutnis to the War Chest mo
reminded that unless this table is
genet allv followed It will bo impos
sible fot the Wat- Chest to meet the
giowing needs oX the war relief
agencies at the front with the in
(reislng nmnbei of Hoops P,o
member that the Wir Chest must
caio for the Ficnch and Italltn sol
diets as well ns om own liovs
These atmlcs Imp nn Y M C A
We must give them ours
So follow this table if vou possihlv
can oven If vou have to make a
sanlfirpa That is whit our boji
nte doing for us.
Tim WAR CHEST COMMITTEE.
FUEL BOARD TO START
CAMPAIGN FOR SAVING
First Step .Will Be Inspection '
Tour of Factories Through
out Stale
1 he furl mlmlnWtrntlnn nnnnunrr I
n reilurtion of in rent a ton In Oox
ernment lived prbes of soft rnnl. ef
ferllie tmlnv. The ent will save run
fniniern npprnlmntel S00,O00,O0O. ,
Peglnnlnc June 1 the fuel conservation
lonril appointed bv the Tederil fuel ad
ministration will start an Inspection tour
"f fietorles throughout the Mate as the '
Ptst step In Hunching a conservation
tnminlgn In the tonsumptlon of eonl
The boird Is composed of fourteen
members seven of whom are Philtdel
phLin Thev are all experts in the usr
of fuel for Industrial purposes ' Mthough t
clothid with ,uithorlt tint enihles it
tn aihitrarilv withhold iosI from L r
t.iln Industries, the Immediate Intent of
the hoard Is to advise manufacturers i
hew thej can sue fuel
In announcing the appointment of the
bmril the fuel administration Issued the
following statement
' It Is the Intention nf the administra
tion to elisslfy on its records all In
dustrial plants according to the data
compiled from n questionnaire which
w III be sent all manufacturers sup
plemented bv expert Inspection by rep
re-entatlves of the conservation dlW
sion
"Although the administration board !
clothed with authority that enables It
to albitrarllv withhold coal from cer
tain Industries there Is no Intention of
taking an) such action at present The
Immediate Intent of the board Is to
say to manufacturers, In effect There
Is a possibility that your fu"el consump
tion can he reduced at a financial .
Ing to you We nre most nnxlous to
help ou effect a saving In fuel May
we be permitted to advise you?'
The follow Ing compose the fuel con
servation board"
E I.. Cole, Philadelphia
Doctor H S Drinker, president I.e
high University, South Bethlehem Pa
P B de Fchwelnltz, I-ehlgh Univcr
sltv. South Bethlehem, Pa
R H Fcrnald, University of Penn
sylvania Walton Clark, Ice president United
Gas Improvement Company
J C Sproull. Carneglo Institute of
Technologv Pittsburgh
Reld T Stewart, University of Pitts
burgh Charles P Turner, president, En
gineer Society of Pennsylvania, Uarris
burg, Pa
M S Walthall, president Engineers
Society of Northeast Pennsylvania
Scranton, Pa
J Franklin Stevens, consulting en
gineer. Engineers' Club of Philadelphia
SI. M Warren. D L & W. R R Co
Scranton, Pa
Albert C Wood, consulting engineer
Philadelphia.
Charles B Buerger, chief engineer
Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia
George R Henderson. Philadelphia
WILL SHOW PILGRIM BIBLE
Lessons to Be Heart Tomorrow
From Mayflower's Sacred Book
The Bible used by the Pilgrim Fathers
on the Mayflower when they made their
stoimy voyage across the Atlantic In
1(120 will be exhibited tomorrow evening
In Spring Garden Street Methodist Epls.
copal Church in connection with the
110th anniversary of the American Blbje
Society
The Pilgrims' Bihle. Is owned by the
Rev Joshua E Wills, pastor of the
Plltsgrove Baptist Church, Dsretown, N
T. who will speak on "The Bible In the
Cabin of the Mavflovver and on Plymouth
Rock" The Old Testament lesson wll,
he read out of this historic Bible by the
Rev Rufus W. Miller, of the Reformed
Church, and the Xevv Testament leston
hy the Rev Henry E JacobB, dean of
tin Lut.icran Theological Seminary at
Mijunt Airy
Called to Chester Pulpit
Cheater, Pa Mav 25, The Rev. James
A. Maxwell, of Wllllamsport. hns ac
cepted a call to the First Baptist Church
of this city He will succeed the Rev
Frank MacDonald recently ra'rned
Doctor Maxwell received hl theoloelra'
traiBtn.t OHitrSminnr.. waa Krdii ,:
EVENING PUBLtC
You Pay So Much a Month
You're Through For a Year
No More Constant Appeals
. The War Welfare Council, Northeast Corner Broad & Chestnut
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY; MAY -2&v19:l8,.
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So much as that our boys are
kept happy, fit and full of pep.
Let us test every ounce within
us: let us try ourselves out to
our naked souls: let us do with
out so that our boys may have.
Give all you can, every dollar
you can scrape and save, to the
War Chest. Let nothing else
matter. Put aside everything else.
Our boys, our country, first!
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Takes the Place
All the War Reliefs In Onl
Takes In the Five Counties ; 1
(Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Bucks) -'
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