mn& "ivW.rV aaJjTKJ 'Hft ' '? c V V iVH. 'H Wi Lfc.V A .X" ' j"tt - .!' ? EVENING PUBLIC -LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1918 T Or- ENEMY HARD HIT BY BRITISH RAH)S Losses Are High as English I Test Strength on North i ern Front GUNNER SAVES HIS MATE By PHILIP GIBBS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Cop'jrtoht. 19JS. by yew York Times Co. iVar Correspondents' Headquarters on the Western Front, June 4. While the world's Interest Is center ed on the battle now In progress above the Marne, It would bo out of place In tho scale of things to describe in much detail the small local attacks and raids on the northern British front, although to the men engaged I they have all tho Importance of life, and they are not without bearing on the general situation. It may often be useful to test the enemy's strength on the British main sectors, and when small gains of ground are made they may hamper the enemy's plans by denying him observation or by cutting into his positions for future attacks. Sunday night and yesterday small operations of this kind were under taken by British troops with complete success. In a raid west of Tlllgry near Arras, prisoners who have been brought back say a whole company was destroyed, and in a local attack near Strazeele and the forest of La Kotte the enemy's losses certainly were heavy apart from prisoners, amounting to over 200 men and Ave officers The German artillery has shown no abnormal activity against the British lines, but east of the Scarpe and At ras they have bombarded some sectors of the trenches, and also have been fir ing heavily into the ruins of Villers Uretonneux, on tho Ridge aboveNimi ens. There appears to be no special rlgniflcance In these gun attacks, and we are still waiting for the enemy to attempt to carry out his plans on this front. Although as a correspondent with the main British armies It is not with happeinTbetween Thsneand . &a " 'Ur own PWer?" M of the fighting In which he British, , company naa not cared troops are engaged down there which I, ' ., ,n ,. ,.' rti, eDnnlamani rletnttnno .? .-. I tiuij oiijijjiiiit ,, k ubdht.j'.iuiia ut bur i respondents on that front. This In- i formation relates particularly to the Fiftieth division, which had gone down from Flanders after Its heroic fighting nlong tho Lys, strengthened by some drafts of young soldiers of fine spirit although Inexperienced in conditions of actual warfare, Their new expert-1 ences were largely shared by tho Twenty-first, Eighth and Twenty-fifth divisions, also fresh rrom the north ern battlefields, with many new boys, am'ong them. The Fiftieth were holding their lines at Craonne and found the place quiet and without any obvious menace in the enemy's attitude. The Geiman artillery was inactive, npart from a little casual shelling, and the German infantry refrained from sniping, as though encouraging the British to show themselves. Registration from bittery positions was carefully re- strlcted, and .the enemy brought up his divisions by night with the great est possible secrecy and quietude, hid ing niem by day In wooded country. He mustjhave, left many of his gun ners to open their bombardment at the moment of attacK without pievt ous registration, and was careful to keep his special assault troops out of the line until a few hours before the battle in order to prevent tho British getting identifications. But on the night before the attack, I believe, it was expected. Every pre caution was taken, although the thin ness with which the line was held must have given anxious thoughts to the officers and men as they stood to alt night, and the field artillery and trench mortar sections were ready to reply as heavily as possible to any German bombardment and attack that might be launched. It was 1 o'clock In the morning when the enemy opened a terrific bornbarr'ment on the British line with Mgh explosives. Presently he switch ed off his explosive shells and for a time flung over great numbers of gas shells. Thus ho alternated high ex 1 plosive and gas until his final can nonade shells of all calibers. The Brit ish field suns and tiench mortars opened a heavy fire as soon as the enemy's bombardment began and maintained it at the fullest possible intensity. The trench mortars were especially effective and fired continu ously at the German trendies, where a mass of men were assembled as we now know, so that their casualties must have been heavy under this close and murderous fire. The German trenches in the Cra opne region were about 2000 yards distant from the British, and across that No Man's Land It Is said there came about a hundred German tanks with waves of infantry. At the same time, or at least very early in the l-tiwbittle, squadrons of enemy airplanes lk came over they pad ceen carefully hidden during tne preceding weeKs and dropped many bombs and fired at low range with machine guns at the men of tho Fiftieth division. U. S. AVIATOR IS MISSING One Enemy Machine Brought Down in Series of Air Raids i. itn.. t., i -..- l utmtibt"'t uutio . who enemy i - -- 7 . , - j . -i.. ,,n ll machine was brought down and one"s with its own and to give up all American plane failed to return fol- chance of earning more than 5 per cent lowing raids, It is reported in the communique from the American Ex peditionary Headquarters in France. The statement follows: Patrolling was active in Picardy and in Lorraine. Artillery fighting occurred in Lorraine and In the Woevre. At a number of points there were air rald3. In these com bats our aviators shot down a hos tile machine. One of our planes is missing. y CALLS 50,000 IRISH TO ARMS Lord Lieutenant Asks 2000 to 3000 Monthly Dublin, June 4. A proclamation asking for 50,000 volunteer recruits, and thereafter 2Q00 to 2000 monthly to maintain the Irish divisions, has been issued by the Lord Lieutenant. JTfie first call is to men eighteen to twnty-seven years of age, and special Inducement is offered of legislation to insure that land shall be available for the men who fight for their country. POPE THANKS BRITISH Spiring Cologne From Air Raiders on Corpus Christ! Wins Praise Borne June i Count de Sails, British minister to the Vatican, h,as been asked by Cardinal Gasparrl, papal secretary of Hate, to convey to the British Clov .frronint the thanks of the Holy See for -tJ'Vl!Uiwn,W.lth cwhlch It accepted TRANSIT LEASE WAR ATTORNEYS TELL Continued from Tnne One mission by Jir Lewis before argument was begun. Supporter Closely QneMloned Lawyers representing those favorable to the lease were questioned closely by members of the Commission as to the desirability of the proposed lease at this time. The questioning was led by Commis sioner William A. Magee, recently ap pointed by Governor Brumbaugh to the acancy caused by his resignation last fall to become a candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh, The nuestlonlnc began with the llrst speaker, James Collins Jones, who was asked by Commissioner Magee as to the manner In which the lease migni tie broken Mr. Jonei renlled that nonpayment of lental would be one way of breaking the lease and added If the two parties to the lease were determined to smash It, It would be no difficulty to find a plan Commissioner Magee then reierrea 10 the possibility of a rate of fare being fixed at some time or other which would prove unprofitable to the contracting parties. Mr Jones, In closing his argument, said that Philadelphia was In urgent need of transit development, and unless It got the development needed It would be unable to take its proper place as a foremost municipality. He raid he believed the P R. T was lustlfled In priority n the provisions of the least to protect Its stockholders. Mr Ballard followed Mr. Jones. "The war," he declared, "has made Philadelphia the most active spot on the face of the globe today. We are making 33 per cent of the merchant ma rine of the country, and the city has fallen down Mr Ballard referred to the lack of cars and other transit equipment to emphasize his remarks. He declared that last Sunday the receipts of the P R T were $1000 more than on any previous Sunday In the history of the company "You," he said, speaking to the com mission, "have ordered us to buy more cars next year We have got to have them this year " When Mr. Ballard began to speak. Magee Interrupted him to ask how much power the P. Rr T. made itself. "We buy about 73 per cent of our power from the Philadelphia Electric," replied Mr Ballard. , ,- . rf. Fere Too Low , Soys nnllnrd The necessity of a rate of fare suffi cient to meet the needs of tho P. R T formed tho basis of Mr. Ballard's argu ment He declared that the fare ques tion was the vital one In the leare dccl- slon when questioned by Commissioner es Magee concerning the proposed board of supervisors, he replied frankly that "The P R T at first did not like the board " In reply to a question whether the board would interfere with the powers of the commission he said he did not think It would "I can't think you will fight the will of the Councils of Philadelphia If you are free to retain your powers " Mr. Ballard declared that the P. R. T. had absolutely refused to pay the excess income tax of the stockholders of the i underlying companies. For once, I believe, , I am on the popular side. he added, Must Raise Fare, Sajs Ballard After a review of 600 pages of testi mony, Attorney Ballard summed up the salient features which must De consider ed In determining the validity and aesiraniitiy oi mis contract as iouows Vlrsr The Cltv of PhlladelDhla has determined upon a program of municipal construction of high-speed lines. Second It has determined that the public can best be served If the operation of these lines Is turned over to the P. R. T Company and the present system of that company and the new lines of the city are operated as one system. Third. The proposed city system Is not a business enterprise. Operated alone It cannot be made to pay at any rate of fare Pnnrth. The P. It. T Comnanv Is earning a substantial return upon Its capital stock over and above a 5 per cent dividend upon capital actually paid In. Fifth. The Joint operation as pro posed and desired by the city and as covered by the contract undor con sideration cannot be successful at a five-cent fare. , Sixth. Even after the entire city system is completed at a present estimated cost of perhaps 5125.000. 000, the surface system, which repre sents an expenditure of an equal amount of money, will be called upon to take care of 74 per cent of the traffic, only 26 per cent being handled by the city's lines. City Ciets Most, Sayn Ballard Mr. Ballard called attention to the fact that no such contract had ever before been presented to the commission. He recalled the remarks of Commissioner Ryan, made at a former hearing, when he stated that the commission had never yet approved a contract which fixed a rate of fare. "It can readily be seen from the fore going statement of facts," continued Mr. Ballard, "that no such a contract as this has ever been before the commis sion. "This Is not the case of a guslness cor poration asking that Its fare be fixed, or even that the basis of Its fare be fixed for a long period of years. It Is a case In which a municipality spending a very large sum of money, estimated at J125, 000,000, In an enterprise which cannot possibly be productive of su.iclent reve. nuo to carry it, naa asKea u uuoi,ciuus private company engaged In the same 'lino f hnslness to amaleamate this bust "Pn B a"u" """" "-"" """" The cltv seeks this unification of the two systems with the fact staring both parties In the face that the rate of fare now In effect will not even meet operat ing expenses. Yet the experiment Is to start with an actual "reduction of net rv. enue to the extent of $1,000,000 through the elimination of the exchange ucKei. "The question that presents Itself to this commission la whether under these circumstances It la reesonable and proper first, that the municipality which Is making the large investment and which Is in the first Instance account able to its own citizens for the main tenance of satisfactory transportation rervlce along Us streets, should be as sured that during the continuance of the contemplated arrangement the fare will always be sufficient to support Buch service so that Its taxpayers shall not be 9alled upon to make up 'the deficit; and, secondly. Is It reasonable that the company, which Is ssked to subordinate its Interests to the general Interests of the public and to carry the municipal load, should also bo assured that the tribunal charged with the fixing of fares will approve a contract the basis of which Is that the fare shall always be sufficient to show a return of 5 per cent upon actually Invested private capital. Can't Unicra-mble Syitem "There has been Injected Into the public discussion and Into' the rec3rd of this case the que'stlon of the 'reasonable ness or fairness of the rentals which this company U paying to its underlying com. panles. That Is a situation, unfortUr nately, which cannot be untangled. 4t has grown up under a series, of grants NECESSITY, UTILITIES BOARD to grant unlimited and perpetual fran chises upon the streets and to approve and recognize the turning over of those franchises for operation to companies which have furnished the new capital necessary to transform the old horse car lines Into modern electrical systems. "The testimony of Director Twining shows that the total rentals nnd pay ments. Including the E per cent divi dend on Rapid Transit stock, Is equal to but 8 6 per cent upon the actual cash capital Invested In this property." Among the other points brought out by Mr. Ballard were: "If tho obligations of the P. R. T Company are a bar to the making of the present lease they are a bar to making any lease at all. "Those wha Inveigh rnort loudly against these rentals profess to hae no animus against the P. R T Com pany and admit that the return which the company Is asking on Its full-paid stock Is a reasonable and proper re turn. Tho loss of fourteen 3 ears In terest and the restriction of future re turns to 5 per cnt Is the penalty which the Rapid Transit Company pays for the condition complained of a "condi tion which, with respect to high rentals paid to all the underlying strcit railway companies. It is in no way responsible for. Says Clt.T'n Kml Wnnldn't Pay. "It must bo remembered that neither the present contract nor the situation which led up to it Is of the company s own choosing The city determined to supplement the company's svstem by a number of high-speed lines, designed to develop the city's Industries and sere the public "This never was a business venture No one has eer pretended that the lines would pay In a business sense, and the record before you sho s that thev can not be made to pav with fie-cent fare or a te en-cent fare, or in fact at any rate of fare "They arc a municipal enterprise, and they will serve the municipality bett If operated In conjunction with the com pany's system, and therefore the city presents to the company a form of con tract which provides thit the city mun always have a full return upon its in- irwincni. annougn hip Investment It self cannot earn that return. "Of course the return must come from somewhere. It will come partlv from an Increase In fare and It will come partly from the earnings of the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company's sys tern, which earning otherwise would go to its on stockholder? "The worst thing about this contract is that it does not face the fare ques tion hraely, hut .starts In with nn at tempt to decrease fares to tho extent of $1,000 000 a year In the face of facts understood bv cery one that all costr particular- wages, hae adanced and will adance to a point which has made every necessity of life tlrtually double In cost Tho proper way of meeting that question would hae been for this contract to have substituted a higher fare for the present fare In connection with the elimination of tho exchange ticket. "Six months ago. now ever, when this contract was being drafted conditions were not as serious as thew are today, w ere not as serious as thev are todav. nany with its large cash surplus could wed afford to postpone the Increase of fnres until that surplus had heen ued up to the extent of half a million dol lars Lays nimrulty to City "The progress of events and the de mands of labor have, now ever, forced the company's hand before this contract be came effective, and have compelled It to ask Councils for permission to file an Increased schedule r-f wares forthwith The failure of the city to complete Its lines within schedule time, the rapid growth of the city's population, and the Importance of serlng tho GoAernment Industries there located, havo raised transportation problems In tho city of Philadelphia which must be met by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, and which can only be met by that com pany If It has an adequate fare and an assured future The argument presented by C. Oscar Beasley In opposition to the lease re viewed the case, and embodied opposi tion to the lease on three points, as follows- "Facts which show that the contract should not bo approved : legal object ions to the approval of the contract: economic and social objections showing that the lease Is iolatle of a sound public policy." Ballard Refutes Beatley Attorney Beasley attacked the pro posed lease after Mr. Ballard had con cluded. He charged that $IljOOO,000 of the $30,000,000 represented as the capital of the P. R. T. Company was Invested in the stocks of underlying companies, He asserted that it was wrong to ask a dividend on it, as not one dollar of it had been spent for Improvement of service. "That is not true," Interrupted Mr. Ballard. "How many millions of the P. R. T.'s money Is invested In the 6tock of the underlying companies?" asked Mr. Beas ley. ".Vot any," replied Mr. Ballard. "Then the report of the controller Is misleading," was the retort of Mr. Beasley. Commissioner Ryan, of Philadelphia, indicated Interest in the proposal of the opponents of the lease for a physical valuation of the P R. T. property. "Do you ask for a valuation of the entire property?" asked Commissioner ityan. "Absolutely," Mr. Beasley answered, "or how could you determine a rate of fare equitable to the car riders." The commission took a recess until 2 o'clock at the conclusion of Mr. Beasley's argument. Debate On Valuation. Edward B. Martin, of counsel for the United Business Men's Association, was the first speaker when the hearing was resumed. Mr. Martin opposed the lease. He was followed by Dr. Lewis, whoso argument took up the greater part of jviawson or uemany 1115 Chestnut Street j Opposite Keith's Theatre 1 s smte 1 Pmxfe raj &i, UlSzMr J 1 12 ft) 2r-ilVs. A ARGUMENTS ON TRANSIT LEASE BY CITY AND COMPANY LAWYERS DR. WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS ELLIS AMES BALLARD (Spcll Transit Advtscr to Major Smith) (Ofncrul Counsel for the 1' It T Co 1 It would bo not only unwise but Philadelphia's transportation fa- practically Impossible to construct cilltlcs havo not kept pace with Its the city's system as planned, If it Is gigantic war industries. The only to be operated as an Independent remedy is the ratification of the lease system. The proposed city system is net It is not practlcablo to operate t .e a business enterprise. Operated alone city's system and the company's It canot be made to pay at any rate system as a unified system unless, of fare. tho city leases its system to tho The Joint operation as proposed company. and desired by the city and as cov- It is not practicable to negotiate ered by the contract under consld- a lease of the city's system to the eratlon cannot be successful at j. company, securing to the city the five-cent fare. payment by the company of a rental Even after the entire city system equal 'o the interest nnd sinking is completed at a present estimated fund charges on the bonds Issued to cost of peihaps $125,000,000, the sur pay for its construction, unless the face system, which represents an ex company has teasonablo assurance pendlture of nn equal amount of of being able to charge a fare which money, will be called upon to take will enable it to meet all Its obllga- caro of 74 per cent of the tiafilo tions and pay a dividend to its only 26 per cent being handled by stockholders. tho city's lines. the afternoon Dr. Lewis was questioned I a number of times by member of the commission concerning m'nor legal points. A statement from Dr Lewis that If the commission did not allow a fair return in .dlxldends upon the outstand ing obligations of the P. R. T, the Su preme Court might regard the ruling a confiscatory, brought objections from Chairman Alney and Commissioner Ryan, of Philadelphia Both Insisted on the commission's right to make a "fair" valuation Com missioner Ryan said that as a matter of law the commission was bound to fix a fair value and a fair return He cited Instances where the physical property of water companies was ap praised by the commission at a larger alue than that glm nv the companv Dr Lewis replied that the commission might wipe out half of the aluation of the P. R T Co . but in lew o.1 the 1007 contract and other clicumstanccs which must be taken Into consideration, the stockholders of the under. ylng com panies were assured certain returns Discusses rare Intrease Doctor Lewie, in argument (o show the legal authority for the lease, brought out that all the subjects dealt with In the contracts now pending are dealt with In the 1007 contract, which was authorized by act of Assemblv, April 15,1907 He pointed out that tho constitutionality of the Act of 1P07 has been upheld by the Supreme Court, which also held the 1007 contract to be "a contract within the power of the city to make under that act " Answering the .arl0U3 objections which had been filed against the pro posed lease at previous hearings. Doctor Lewis touched on the fare Increase question. 'The Public Service Commission," he , , , ., , v, , ,T , declared, "under the public serxiee com-1 pany law of this State, in exercising its Jurisdiction over rates, has the right to establish a system of rates based on the practical assurance to the company of a return sufficient, but not more than sufficient, to enable the company to pay a stated rato of dividend" Argument of Doctor Lewis A summary of the Important facts brought out by Transit Director Twi ning In his testimony at the various hearings was given by Dr Lewis as fol lows : First. If the city or an independent company operates the city's svstem as an Independent system. It will be Im possible on any rate of faro for the cltv to receive a net return or rental on each operating section as It Is placed In operation equal to the Interest and sinking fund charges on the bonds issued to pay for the construction of the section Second. The city cannot build Its high-speed system as planned in any reasonable time If It receives from each operating section as it Is placed in operation only the net return or rental which would be received if Ilia city's system was operated Independ ently tho constitutional borrowing capacity of the city Is not sufficient Third. The city can build its high speed system as planned In a reason able time If It receives from each op erating section, as It is placed In oper ation, a net return or rental equal to the Interest and sinking fund charges on the bonds issued to pay for its con struction with such return or rental the constitutional borrowing capacity of the city will be sufficient. Fourth It Is possible to operate the City's system and the company sjs tem as one unified system, and estab lish from time to time a rate of fare which will enable, the City to receive from each operating section of the city's system, as It Is placed In oper ation, a rental eoual to tho interest and sinking fund charges on tne Donas issued to pay for the construction of tho section. Fifth. It is not practicable to oper ate tho city's system and the com pany's sjstem as a unified system, unless the city leases Its bjstem to the company. Sixth. It Is not practicable to nego tiate a lease of the city's sjstem to the company, securing to the city the payment by the company of a rental on each operating faction of the city's system (as it is placed In operation) equal to the Interest and sinking fund charges on tho bonds Issued to pay for its construction, unless tho company has leasonnblo assurance of being able to charge a fare which will enable It to meet all its obligations and pay a dividend to Its stockholders. Seventh Under existing law, In view of the certainty that economic conditions affecting the cost of the service rendered will never remain static, a lease giving a practical as surance of a return to the companv sufficient to enable it to meet Its obli gations and pay the rental Indicated to tho city and a dividend to its stockholders, cannot bo made except such lease embodies a provision for tho filing from time to time of new schedules In accordance with the pro visions of Articles XX and XXI of the pending contract and lease. Other points brought out by Doctor Lewis were: "It would be not only unwise, buj virtually Impossible to construct the Reduced! Georgette Millinery $T.OO Actual Values to $15.00 Chnrtrilnfir models new from New fork's foremost designers, and you'll love every one of them for their in dividuality. All Georgette Hat Georgette and Satin Hats Georgette and Taffeta. Hats Georgette and Straw Hats B.,Vja aW:n of color tone wJth' plenty ofovhlt j city's system as planned In a reason- able time n tne city s system Is to be operated as an Independent tystem "It Is submitted tint jour petitioners havo negotiated .1 lease the funda mental features of which are legallv sound Furthermore, that In 'iew of the need of the city for the extensive high-speed facilities which the city plans to construct, is the only kind of contract and lease which can be nego tiated, which will give to the citizens of Philadelphia the adantages of a unified operation of all transit facilities, and to the cltv the abilltv to borrow the money needed to construct Its system as planned ' BROTHER KILLED IN FRANCE Death Tidings Reach Sister in wake of Letter A report receUed from the American expeditionary forces In France states that Rowland Blglow twenty-nine vears old. Barrlngton. X J. was killed in action on Mav IS Shell shock was the cause of his death Mrs Dorothv Glenum, Bnrrlnston 1 sister, receded notice of his rleath a few hours after receiving a letter from him. in which .he wrote that he was well Rowland Blglow was a member of the Rainbow Division He was drafted into the service last fall and left for Franco a few months later Blglow lived In Asbury Tark when he entered the army. BRITAIN'S HOLY DAY PLEDGE Air Forces Kept It While Ger mans Bombarded Paris London, June 4 The promise of An drew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Hxchequer. that British nlr forces would , nni nomo hprran cities outsmo tne war 20nc, on ,ast rorpus Christ" D-iy was made after consultation with the Air Ministry with France, It was announced today The British Government has called the attention of the Vatican to the German long-range bombardment of Paris on that day The appeal for a cessation of British air attacks was made bv the Pope, at the instication of the German Archbishop of Cologne LIGHTS TO BURN AS USUAL Philadelphia Won't Be Darkened, Says Director Wilson Philadelphia's lights will not be dimmed, as In Xew- York, for fear of German raids. This statement was made this after noon by Director Wilson, who said he had received no Instructions from Major bmlth to order lights out In this cltv Display rlgns and street lights will burn as usual tonight, unless eleventh hour orders arrive from Washington director Wilson Issued this state ment this afternoon .."y? 1,ave received no orders from Washington to extinguish all but ab solutely necessary lights. When such word Is received we will comply Im mediately Until that time all lights may cmtlnue to burn " ENDS LIFE IN JUDGE'S ROOM Man Cuts His Throat Despite Efforts to Prevent Him Washington, June 4 Despite desper ate efforts of Justice Samuel S Barney to prevent him from committing suicide, James Dixon, a messenger of the Court of Claims, succeeded in killing himself by cutting his throat In the Justice's room here todaj-. 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Moore Tells House His Pro posed Channel Would Serve Well Now BRINGS DANGER HOME Says Course From Boston to North Carolina Would Avert Present Peril It j a Staff Correspondfivt Washington, June 4 The attention of Congress and the countiv was today called by Congress man J Hampton Moore, of Pennyl vanla, to the advantage American ship inns wouiu now nave in ciuuing tne , to . ntll more ,s ,,one and the (tcrman submarines Ijlng In wall off . . , , , the Jersev coast If the plan for an In- ' kC ot ,hc German plan Is devel land waterway from Roston to Keaufort, oped X C had been carried out tn the pa-t The hastv slnklnc of unsuspecting Irstead of much valuable time being ' w.iFted I Th's .mack of the Herman U-boats ' unon nur const hrimrs hn.no in us di. roitlv th pei 11 of our shipping and the utmost need for an inland waterway iling our coast line.' said Congressman .Moore in addressing the House ' I called attention In this Hourc last week to rumors of German submarines hoerlng (somewhere In the Carlbean Sea and moving un the Atlantic coast and I said then It was possible we would Weo.na.ti,Ptm,dbtoOure.o0but m'here ' ' " to Mteve "that e the sink here to rav I told vou "o but 7 am here , , , r.u.- n,,i- . in love and deot!on 'o mv country to speak In behalf of what I believe Is necessary to property prepare to meet such situations as we now face " Mr Moore, who as president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association has been an ardent advocate of the construction of an inland waterway along tho Atlantic coast for many years, brought a map of the coact In th House and pointed out the course American shipping could take to elude the Ger man submarines If the Inland waterway h id been completed Moore Recalls V urnlng "I have said before that a submarine attack would not come on the Pacific, or In the gulf." continued Mr Moore ' But It has come Just where It was ex- pected to come Xow, are we prepared along the Atlantic coast for this foreign I Invasion' Are wo prepared to meet the r I on our own shores, while we are attack- Ing him abroad' I have pleaded Mr nrenaration In the United States We study the map of Rurope every morning In the name of God, w hy don't w e study the map of our own country ,. ,i, ,iong tne "Hore is the problem now Along Jersey coast a large number of ships were sunk between Philadelphia and Xew York Most of our shipbuilding is conEested along the the vicinity of Phlladelphl; waj- for these snips 10 get out is uown the D'laware river, down Delaware bay and out to sea "What would the enemj- do, who wanted to forestall the use of those ships, stop our transportation and stop the sending of supplies and troops to France' it wouia do to nover ouisiuc Delaware Bay and stop the ships coming out, to lie In wait and sink them as fast as they are built by the shipping board and sink them before they can get to the ocean 'I have urged time and again that we should cut through the Inland chan nel from tho Delaware to Xew York and southward to Chesapeake Baj making an outlet from Philadelphia, north of Xew York, or south at Xorfolk "If this inland channel was cut through, then ships built In the Dela ware River, or in Xew York, or at Xor, firik, could pass ln and out of the other exit when the enemy Is known to be, hovering at one end and make their de parture to the open. Five, Outlets to Ocean "If that Inland waterway were com- pleted today we would have five outlets to the ocean from every one of the Vtlantio norts and ships could go from tiavy yard to navy yard Inside when the enemy was known to be outside. ' But we cannot do It now because we have failed to appropriate a few million dollars to cut out a few places to con- nect up the natural lniana streams an up and dow n cur coast "I appeal to this Congress to deal wisely w lth this problem We are send ing billions of dollars and millions of men abroad all the money we can raise 3 going into shipbuilding now to help cur forces on the other side. And j-et we stand today to rise or fall by the facilities we gH'e our ships to come and go Again! A Special Selling of Newest 5 SILK DRESSE s; Vi l?-75 16 5 I Pefonil Floor for special telling Each frock Is brand new and developed of Satins Georgette Crepes Satins and Georgettes Combined In the newest line and trimming effects approved for summer. All new colors. Ik 3 yfTIr o $1.25 & $1.50 Lingerie Waists 98c Fine voiles and lawns In lace and em b r o Id e ry trimmed tai lored and tucked ef fects, with deep collar):. I (twSISK V CONCERTED ATTACK BY U-BOATS, $, ON U. S. TRANSPORTS EXPECTER I Navy Sees Blow at War Plans Block Communications and I Cause ' Bv CLINTON St3B r-orrrtronrfrnf Cvrnlnff Puollc Leiocr Washington, June 4. .... .. I by naval authorities on the scant basis , . , ,,,, i . or a few horns' sinkings of American , J ships off the American coast by Ger- i man submarines I Cermanv is trvln.- tn terrorize this cennanj is trjing to terror ze tins country pernaps remaps she nas the larger Idei of Interfering with our lines of communication and slow ing up our war plans It is impossible nrev looks like terrorism, a well-estab- "shed principle of German warfare n"t the next few hours or the next lew uavs mav repeal a concerien at tack upon American transports or upon American or Allied supply ships n.id show the full aim of German naval strategv All that Is necessary Is for Germany to constantly send submarines to American waters forcing the Allies to convo all American transports and all supplv ships In both directions all the wav across the Atlantic There Is jiiu i'i iiiv i icaiuttiL Litjtuin JUiitil- can transports have been convoved throughout In both directions so that the full effect of a larger range of German U-boat activities has been al ready felt, so far as troopships are concerned Upon supply ships and food ships for the Allies the Influence of the latest submarine activities Is expected to be greatest Increased Convoy Means Delay An Increased watchfulness on the part of conos will mean delay It will take longer In the future to make a oyage across the Atlantic and back than It has in the past It is easy to exaggerate the Impor tance of the present raid The U-boats entered waters where they were not ex pocted They found shipping utterly un prepared for them It Is, therefore, un- likely that thev will be able to repeat their present exploit with anjthlng like J'!' JlTTrt ?E f")n"d!,nc0.1 'n lJle '?.P"'ty i'hJ " ,, .-.....-, The probable hope of Germany Is to slow up our progress in tne war by making shinning less effective, and per- haps by terrorizing cbsstwlsc shipping . . ,, ,,,,,. -i rimmj for the recall of American destroyers from Luronean waters to protect our 1U l-uatll 1U US) lllUil V,MtJllJ -."'l. uermany is Bringing tne war nome ( dles hava bn constantly and thor to us. That Is tho conclusion reached i ouchly watched Over Mexico no uch our smpDUiicung is vesseIs an(, people By delaying ship Delavv are River In plm? the T.--boats would aid Hindenburg delphla The only ln h)s effort t0 wm the war this summer While this Is the most probable pro gram. It is not well to overlook the possi bility of a further plan to concentrate U boat work acainst American transports. 1 This war Is now largely a war upon com-1 munleations For more than a year Ger- many nas been striving to cut England 1 0f( from France. Xow that America is tho final determining factor on the west front, both in a moral and a material way. a blow at American lines of com munication seems Inevitable. As to Germany's capacity to conduct undersea warfare off our shores, the best naval opinion is that German U boats can operate in American waters without a base on this side of the At lantic and without a mother ship A submarine with a steaming radius of 7000 miles might come here. He ln the track of American ships for several davs. using meanwhile little fuel, and then return home Her effectiveness would be much greater If she had a base on the American or canaaian coast or in the West Indies The Navy Department reject? a pop nlnr thonrv that Germany nrobablv has a babe jn'jiexlco Such a base would be to0 ar awaJ. to be of any practical imp0rtance, say naval officers. U-boats 0peratlng from there would be able to ,lst northern waters a little more often ancj stay a nttle longer than they would J j the' came from Germany, but the advantage would be slight They may legally ln any event enter Mexican ports BUY PHILADELPHIA MADE g STejnwaY ALL FLY SCREENS 1IIGUEST OKJDE SCREENS OBTAINABLE IMMEDIATE STEIN-WAY MFG. o The Road To There is a crisp, trating clearness message that brings instant ' eideration to your More than ever THE WESTERN WW. ''.ivHj1 in Submarine Raid Effort 'to Jj- Delay J'-vfi !,(. W. GILBERT for supplies, remaining there only twenty-four hours. , -.. ........ ... .. . .. -- - surveillance 13 practicable, but all thit can be done has been done to keep flex ,co clear of lhe u.boat One of the submarines making the" present attacks Is said to have been 200 feet Ionf? Thls ,! a boat "I'Bmly larger1 n the v5 whch oncc vlslte( New. port Amj the T.T.53 as EU supposed' to have a radius of 8000 miles The U-53 was a boat ot about 800 tons capacity The 200-foot U-boat is sup posed to be of about 1200 tons capa'.'.ty A submarine of that size might readily mount six-Inch guns, and It might h'v a steaming radius of 7000 to 8000 milt MAY HIKE TROLLEY FARE Rate of Seen Cents at Wilmington Con sidered by Commission 'Wilmington, Del., June 4 Seen cents for a single ride, the traction company to sell four tickets for twenty-five cents, may be the trolley fare In Wilmington hereaftor This decision was reached by tho Public Utilities Commission after a session lasting all day Later, the re.mmlssion decided not to put the new rate in effect at once but to consider It further tomorrow The traction company Insisted for a time on the straight seven-cent fare In order that it might raise the wages of its conductors and motormen and meet its expenses, but the commission con sldered that this rate was too much and refused to grant It. FLAG GIVEN AMERICANS Marquis Rochambeau Makes Presenta tion in Tours Sector Tarls. June 4 The presentation of an American flag by Marquis RoeharmVau to the American units quartered In lh region ot Tours was the occasion of enthusiastic speeches, according' to a dispatch to the Hava Agency General Fllonneau. chlof of the French mission and the head of the American units at Tours, spoke. 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