nuii. ? IVA HOLDS QND JUBILEE ni Gather From All lifts of Country to Honor n?: Alma Mater i 6 a. '' ?LOMAS TOxMORROW J 'J gs Hlanova: Alma Mater: ..all!" Ttu greeting-, shouted from a thou- inroats, today stirred the leaves $the historic trees which guard the B-CtltV Of Vlllnnnvn ("Vtllan-n nnfd .1. FJHtA(lnnat Inaf IttilU .... i. tt ri 'fnn f4ti 1i.l at. m Wk$2e? the cou"try. assembled to celebrate fe3jWa,Jlamond Jubllyo of the Institution. i'JWlierever they may roam, whether on . v "" HtHiiiiiii luirkniiirif i iiiii 11 1 1 Mjawnant battleneld or aboard Uncle Sam's ft,.alpa, today Is "Alma Mater Day" to yery son of Vlllanova. LVThe diamond Jubilee Is to be held In wnection with the annual commence ent exercises of the college today and &" addition to the Jubilee celebration jaM',tho commencement exercises. Villa i'IKvlans have found a nlacn on tho ex. jpS,&jJhlve program for the especial honof EiJfeB'JnC of the sons of the colleca who toave. lyffi.leSDOndeH to their I'nlintrv'e lmpil fiml jf&jfar now In service. ? r'fhen tomorrow's sun rlhes. Its ray . " "" -... 1Mb 1VIU1 Jh tx new unit, IIMrl,- Siiljtar Broudly beside the Red. White and KfevBlue. On this new banner, symbol of rfethe, patriotic spirit of the college, will W,M Blazoned 345 sen Ice stars. This fine lM?l''to be blessed this cvenlnc at 0 o'clock , !Jt special ceremony at which Chapl.iln JGeorge J. Waring, captain of the 1 lev- pT.VMM U. 3, VdmilJ, Mill Uemt'l UIU ?Vprinclpal address Kololu Ine this cere- JKfifnony, an alumni banquet Is to be held Sjfajn the college hall, the Ttev A J. Plunk- rFw& cnng as toasimasier. ii lice rresitient to .-peak f Tomorrow's service Is to he featured ,oy an address by Vice President Mar- E&.4Mll. who will also receive the honorary fjpyTCre of doctor of Jurisprudence, an: aiapnor rarely bestowed by this college, ' which followed, and which was conduct rovlng been accorded hut two other! ed by General Crow-dor's office, the Pro- h'MM tirilllnn. TI n .1 CA. - 1. .. h ncl Afat-chfll lufonnnlltf InMni. l 1-,v., iTilliaill ll. 4Ulb UIIU UIUHT IOU - SSLYJana. 5fifc. " cenl noiaDie in ine nisiory 01 xnc l&t." toiler e will he the conferring for the Ay rB time of degrees upon women. S Sister SMJJl, cosmas and Sister M. Dolora. both WAMttom Villa Maria. Krazer, will each re- E,eve the degree of bachelor nf arts, f having: completed the necessary course of ,MKuay. These pioneers or co-education satiVlllanova are to be the forerunners 2;ef school of women who will this .Slltnmer nursue creneral colleen courses .Bummer pursue general college courses 5 a y' ' miuuie hlMXAf! Auonmt JI2V .The degrees will be conferred during jSVStne commencement exercises, which will n,J begin tomorrow at 2 30 o clock. The ad- - areas to the graduates will be delivered Tyr Senator Joseph E. Ttansdell. of I-oulsl- iBa, on whom will be conferred the de- tree of doctor of laws. K. dc Cartler. Belgian Minister to the United States. j will also receive this honorary degree. Elglvteen alumni will receive the de- ; h'-gjgTee of master of arts, two of these . . - nauiK in tiiiz otzi , ike u, liii: t.it,,vi .j,..iu. welve alumni, two of whom are In serv ice), will receive the bachelor of arts degree, while ten graduates will receive jJtJtha degree of bachelor of sciences Three 3fw,uicse are in sen ice. C4M Mass, by Apo.tollr Delegate feSfTomorrow morning at 9 o'clock the 'iS''AjKstollc Delegate, Archbishop John ,Benzano, win celebrate pontifical mass. I win De assisteu ny me uev. i naries Srlscoll, provincial of the Augus s. who will act as assistant priest. EjSTas deacon of the mas w ill be the R,ev. )rvk Hiini r, uiccu, iut;iui:iii. ut 01 ikiin wi-f-lil1 Chleaen h Rev. -Inhn B. S?'Xonard, prior of Vlllanova monastry. 3VirilI act as subdeacon, and the deacons fcits hf.ior will be the llcv. James T. MJteilly, of St Mary s Church, I-awrence, (Mass., and'the Rev. K. G. Dohan, rector ?.' 0 TM.Ant.1 Pl.t,Ml. n..nn...lAli V rtWI. Ol. WUBCJHl B t.UUIl.11, UIC7linit.ll, . . 1., a AmAplt, nMl,nt n' 'Vtll-j firtva Th t vlcli. X. Y., ?!Kbv. George S. Walker and Ilev. Charles gyi.Jtlacnoir will ne masters or ceremony i?':u m ,., ,u t..nnii ni.n,A ..hi L.Als.LU.n.B .lf10"0. '.'f-V'... "! I Eft SZ' nh , lV,r ni.i Sg'Monaghan.of Wilmington. The Ilev I f&ftWbn I. Whelan. '93, editor of the Brook- KW.lyn Tablets will deliver the Jublleeser- JSw.mon. Mass will be followed by luncheon BWfilB the dining hall. MiS,. During the commencement exercises EnVisT the afternoon the salutatory will ! delivered by Edwin Stanford, and i w Tin . i i .an pw t'i 1 1 na uicfiiornri in The Rev. Francis A. Drlseoll. the vice iYvSnddent of Vlllanova. will present the Erhktdidates .for degrees, and the Ttev KJWM J. Dean will, in the name of the i.aatlece, confer the degrees. ?J)';YVHlanova this year rounds out seven- SjW-nve years of educational work. Yankee Wounded Ask wMNew Crack at Boche K8fc SEB HaaeJ from rnge One ?ee Floyd Gibbons, the details of rhoae experience with the marines Wrthwest of Chateau-Thlerrv already tfiJkave been cabled. The surireons had 2-fitakm out what a machine-gun bullet iMl left of his eye, and nurses were left of his eye, and nurses were (TMalns a wound In his left shoulder , gn another which went through the uc mm uciwccn me isnuuiuer unu t elbovv, fortunately missing the i 11C WiLtM was sefene and philosophical i I saw many of them today and yes BHlJver his misfortune, thanking his terday, as on other days, and always In SE. o" "i iv iiu nurse, ne 'fiffc more concerned over the gap his , Vvafcience would leave In the service nf 5fe;Jil( newspaper than In personal con (p'vaaauences to himself. He wan rnnfl. Smnt ha would ha linek nt xvnrle tiHthln few days. He was saved from death :-.hl neimet, which the bullet pene- xta Dcioro putting out his eye. tie ugnt tne neimet away as a sou- K?lr G'b',ons . wf s w"h conducting mcer, ana amDitiousiy approacnea the ring line, where he was caught under tacnlne-gun nre. The two found what i.Her they could), but dared lot move fP-'0 ncur8, when thc' went back to f arswsina, station, ana .Mr uinnons got I taia. inen ne rodaall Thursday , in an amouiance to rans ana was i ated upon soon after his arrival 'The listers told me or a remarkable f .' A. young chap was brought In two Extern' ago, badly gassed. He died, and g .flM'n they looked him up, they found :al lather was an officer In the Ger. army, although the son was a urallxed American. The address nf I arest relative was In Germany. He l i wrapped in an American nag and in rans. 'Morrow, of Morgan & Co., and I i to' No. 5. which was comnleted morning and has plenty of spare i-jT.fer convalescents and walking i waicn ao not require surgical at- It has 1000 beds and was con in thirty days. The material Mtvssoneau tents, of which there Hty-one.) In addition to. Its Paris .Plants, acconunoaaiinir zsuo. IWsr Cross has several near the I MM. 'ana is opening omens. listing hospital Mrs. Harry Whitney a has been like special In the recent emergency. latMd lt(n". 1H. and It has been 'I Mr tna rencn, due nn suv eeaa were HWUnwwa tor Americana, ll is WtriM teaux, ana ecrvea as elMrtac station, wnere urgent .gsHfarmra. Two othr loaay in uie rv'vli.. .. ..'.' . ! TI been called for from America, and after seeing what I have today, I hopo that American women who are In a position to do so will not miss this unequaled op portunity for the noblest service It has ever been in the power of human beings to render. Nurses and surgeons should come quick. What the percentage of etllclency In tho American Red Cross organization Is I am unable to estimate, but I have no hesitation In saying that It has done work In, these Inst few days that would Justify Its existence nnd the support given to It If It never did anything else. Tho Red Cross has been getting ready. I It has been collecting money ami spend ing it, lining warenouses and accumulat ing medicinal nnd other supplies for months past. It has 6.000,000 surgical dressings In stock In Paris atone. It has COO or 700 camions and motor ve hicles, 500 of them In Paris. The per sonnel In Krance numbers 2700. Draft Inquiry Is Started Here Continued from 1'PRf One Smith and Magistrate Watson, the Varc bos cf the Oermantown ward." The statement In part follous: "Mr. WHiard, the chairman of District Board Xo "2. Is quoted as saying that his board will welcome an Investigation of the charges our board has made. This Is exactly what he said last January when the charges were referred to Gov ernor Brumbaugh. But there has been no Investigation I do not know that the fact that Mr. Wlllard Is one of the Vare leaders of the Twenty-Second Ward, that he Is a close political asso ciate of Mayor Smith and Magistrate Watson, the Vare boss of the German town Ward, has anything to do with this. But the fact Is that the efforts of District Board No 2 to defeat the work ings of the selective sen Ice regulations were proceeding without ottlclal Inter- ruptlon to a successful conclusion until I Provost Marshal General Crowder made "' ..""""".n.niiH ,oi. "tvn, limt Ul M I the men placed In deferred classes In violation of the regulations would have to bo returned to the classes In which they belong "It became necessary for me, In an ef fort to halt this disposition, to deal un- fairly with the young men in our district, I to appeal directly to President Wilson. which I did. and the President, without a flays delay, ordered the Investigation 1 'v-fc .. .i. ou,,wi,j tuning u. iiailU in it. "In that case District Board No. 2. after holding in Its olHco over three months the appealed case of a young man who claimed that his mother was mainly dependent upon him, despite the fact that she had an Independent Income of $1200 a year and had three other sons, granted his appeal and exempted him from army service. "I took this case, with that of another y0Ung man In our district who had I claimed exemption on th he ground that he was the support of his mother, a widow, without any truHt fund income. to President Wilson to Illustrate the at titude of District Board Xo. 2. I called attention to the fact that District Board Xo. 2 had exemp(ed the man whose mother had the $1200 Income Independent of his support and had denied exemption to the son of the mother who had no In- co,me,xce"' tha.t Produced by the dally toll of her offspring. "Our country Is worth fighting for. but those who represent the country In enforcing the draft law passed by Con gress would be unworthy the trust re posed In them If they permitted such rank Injustice. Those who thought Pro vost Marshal General Crowder was go ing to stand Idly by and permit such a game to be played to the end mistook the man President Wilson has assigned to represent him In the enforcement of the draft regulations." Gunfire is Fierce On British Line rnnllnued from PlKe One thirty prisoners vvero brought back. and that Is a small eplsodo compared the great happenings In which ' "rcncli army Is engaged south ILII ,, t." Hie f of the British lines. All our thoughts and hopes for good fortuno nre with vnciii, vviuio iiur men wait ior tncir turn to resist once more the fierce them, viillo our men wait for their .? f the enem t0 "'as through ti usrels not a Brltl "i ,,nl ' British soldier who does not understand the fullness of the tragedy nor the simple splendor of tho courage of those French people who are menaced by the latest as saults of the enemy, so that after nearly four years towns and villages which seemed beyond the danger zone, though not very far away from the line down ao-oss the map of France, are now threatened. Some can hardly visualize the mean ing of this. As we here see It every day. It means that each time the enemy has gained a few miles of ground a new long belt of prance has been drawn within the evil spell of war's most mon strous cruelty. The Germans' guns as they advance reach out to the villages along all that strip of country, smash ing more old chateaus of France, more farmsteads and cottages. The German aerodromes have been ad- i'vanced and their night raiders come fur ther west or south, searching out new targets for destruction and flinging down explosives on sleeping women and children under the thatched and tiled rnofa nf small towns which nvneni nn harm until these demons of the nluht came with their terorr ho during re. cent weeks along many roads there has Deen a stream or refugees getting away with their babies from the new daneer rnma my memory tnere will be a picture of these farm wagons crowded with iittio families of French crawling along the roads mile after mile, on long trails, with children wedged between household furniture, and young girls tramping be hind the carts to give the brave old horse a lighter burden. They are sad sights, but above the sadness Is the wonderful courage of i theSA nennle. even nf th little nK .nu. understand, because they. too. have seen what death Is such death as came a few days ago to some children In a Krenrh town, torn tn rihhnn. u.. v w explosions and, above all, of the women who are the leaders of these Journeys. Xot any of them weep. They have a strange, stolcil patience and resignation to tnis adventure of war. They often camp In a Held at night. like gypsies leading a nomad life, though they come from cozy homes, some of them from prosperous farms and shops, where during all their life before they have been safe and stationary. It Is but one manifestation of the courage that is In the soul of Trance, In all this gallant people never greater than now, when the days are most criti cal. During the last two days I have been out among the French soldiers and peo ple) and their calmness, their confidence, the spirited way In which they refuse to lose heart or hope are astonishing and admirable. They do not believe that tha Germans will ever set foot In Paris, and are as certain of that now as they were In the black days of 1911, They say: "Even If the enemy took Paris It would not end the war. We should go on fighting Just the- Barns' until the Americans are ready with their strength; but the Germans will never enter Paris.". With that spirit In the French people and the French army after four years of war and with the Americans In great numbers on the roads of France and with our army still strong after all Its bitter and costly fjghtlnr, the aer mant can never win to the end of the war, even If they should win part of the way. Today' ;Mi'iMi: to.us that "I 1H ll ! llfl ' ,flBffivj. - 'tsasaiamw. ,'. . --..! ft. .a l--.i..i ' WILSON DENIES CHARGES OF COPS Tells Business Men Reasons for Dismissals of Policemen 'NO POLITICAL ACTIVITY' Director Wilson trtday denied all charges made by dismissed policemen wlio aired their grievances against heads of the police department before a meet ing of tho municipal affairs committee of the United Business Men's Associa tion on April 20. TI19 Director's denial took the .form of a public letter to William A. Dunlap, chairman of the business men's com mittee, and was In answer to one seut lilm by Dunlap complaining of the treat ment accorded the dismissed policemen. Charges filed against the policemen discharged, together with citations of alleged unbecoming conduct on their part In tho past nre set forth In the letter. The Director also declares that all trials are op?n to tho public nnd that each defendant Is given ample notice to prepare his side of the case. Director Wilson further denies that Assistant Director Davis or anv other official of the Bureau of Police was guilty of political activity In connection vvun their duties as heads of the police force. Henns for DUinlnsaU The reason for the dismissal of Harry P Johns, president, and Henry M. Dlck crson, secretary of the Patrolmens' Be nevolent Association, are explained at length by Director Wilson Johns nnd Dlckerson. It Is charged, have been the leaders In the agitatlonn against Director nilson and other police officials. Dlckerson, according to the Director, was dismissed for taking absence with out leave. Johns, the Director bays, was discharged for conchict unbecoming an officer and recklessly wielding his revolver, resulting In the shooting of a boy. Both officials of the patrolmens' asso ciation, the Director charges, have been before the trial board on previous oc casions. The Directors' letter to Mr Dunlap In full follows: tVr fit ffi Ti.X?if.hnBEf7,r"1 rjm mem- rou rr?n ."V1."' "oil", ami at which pninJ thi. 1?f " "",m!0" "'" made eon- ?o !dl?.J . ,"il'" "' th"" men' ' b' 10 nuvlse am to the true stiiternent of fcu COnihrnlni.? "fh, Individual case? ' hnt TnhA ."in"v '"lneer on the pe'lre nii, - . u V, l diamine .jeiierson. J'1";, the Kejburn. for hoollns erao I?!. Ja?'.y n th? boat noth men were with ihi ..tOU5 "."" n.'!,l' "1 sccordanc wiin the art of Aembly and were not. Soni!eer l-aouf,'SfUtlffa., a l,crln be,ore the Anria,Tv,-n,nK',","!S- ,S,a" .""; hS2SU?le!i?iwri?m,n,r "." Vmc'.r. "r havln vlou. occasion;: "" "' '""' on me Bre rhiJSiU - i .'or,n.- W.'.ri,lmn- " dls- .--...v ,, am, ii, ii,, ior neciect or dut. he at the time hnvlnir ben detailed S"ifRfrJ, a"fnjne and had absented him. sell trom hta post Hnd Other Kmplojment Ceoree V Conn, patrolman, resigned on nuai? 3,i '1- e had failed to report for duty after havlns Iven notined to do i mmi7 -V".L"U,n showed that whll .,-h i ' vi "ur"lu 01 i-ouce ne waa ffiS"?i L" ,1tht'r J'nP'nsment In direct i'nil?fc ofi ,h." rult ot th' department. L-,nir i: '.,y:aw"uVf the Police Tension S2d.iA".80ciatl?" hJ' resignation waived llo therefore had In the asso- n.J4."8,K-T;t' ,ra,,-rolman'-..WB" dismissed on December 1, 18U, for disobedience ot or ders He waa charged with failure to re move an automobile truck In order to per mit fire apparatus to pass and had been before fhn rnnrl nf (-11 .... ....- .....i..:.- Socrasfuns: -j' 'Ti rr"" 1'atrick areen. patrolman, had been nned nv daja pay for neglect of dutv. vhlch line waa entirely Justified under the evidence In the ease, Ureen reslmed on fcertember 20. 1017. bcause I. as Director, refused to remit his fine august Herman, patrolman, viaa d!a. hnr,s'.d on January lo. 1918. for neglect unedUuV he evhiden"e "c wa cn""ly Ju'- vniiiam vveldon, patrolmnn. was dla missed on Ilecember IS. lilt", for failure to patrol his beat for seven consecutive hours an. had previously been before the court of trial. Henry M. Dlckerson. patrolman, waa dls ch,?B? ?n D'cember ijf, i9i7i for ,,ns,nce without leave for four das. At the trial he admitted that his absence waa due to hla condition caused by drinking. Dicker son had been before the court of trial on several previous occasions. Harry K Johns, patrolman, was dis missed on December 4. 1D17. and the testi mony at the trial substantiated the chargo of conduct unbecoming an omcer. He was previously discharged from the service of the bureau on October 14, 1A12. on the same charge and that nf llanh,4t.r... fordera In that h discharged a revolver recklessli. carelessly and without cause, aa a result of which a. boy was shot The only reason he waa reinstated waa becaue the boy'n father Interceded In tils behalf. He had been before tho court of trial on two previous occasions There Is no truth In the, statement that either Assistant Director Harry C. Davis or fnv. one connected with the DDartinent of Public Safety ever Interviewed anv one either dlrectlv or Indirectly concerning the politics ot any one connected with the de partment. All trials are open to the public, de fendants are entitled to be present with witnesses and counsel and all parties are given an opportunity to be heard. Each de fendant Is served with a copy of the specifications at least Ave dais In advance of the hearing In order that he may pre pare any defense he may have to the charges. in view of the fact that your communica tion waa given to the newspapers before It was sent to me I assume the same privilege and 1 beg to advise sou. thereto fore, tnat 1 have given out this reply to the newspapers for publication. SHIPWORKERS STUDY ENGLISH 1000 Alien Employes at Chester Yard Improving Leisure Imagine close to 1000 aliens of mauv natlonalltles who can neither speak nor read more than a few words of English hard bet to the task of assimilating 600 words from an English dictionary, and you will have a mental picture of a utunt now In full swing at the Chester Shipyard. These foreigners have been Impressed with the Importance of going through with this course. They have been told It means better jobs and more money to the successful ones. Besides they understand It means American citizen ship. Tho company has undertaken tne huge task of Improving the leisure time of foreigners to mutual advantage. The company wants the best service It can get from them on tho ships. Evening schools have been established and competent tcachern Instruct them In their respective trades. The English lessons are prepared so they can be directly applied to the daily work. Classes are held each Monday and Wed nesday evenlng3 at 7.30 In the Indus trie! building. In the yard. Easy Iensons In arithmetic are also forced upon the aliens and they try hard and some succeed GIRLS AID RED CROSS Oak Lane Youngsters Raise $32 by Meant of Bazaar A contribution of $12 has been made to the Oak Lane branch of the Red Cross by the Willing Workers of Oak Lane, an organization of little girls. The money was realized at a bazaar held Saturday by the young folk. Those who aided In the bazaar are Florence Meyer, Dorothy Schumaker, Miriam Hekenult. Christine Falch, Doro thy Griffiths. Esther Sheppard. Agnes Bacchle, Gene Both and Catharine Bran gard. PRISONER A DESlERTER When Charles Bolides, a supposed Austrian, was arrested and taken before Mtglstrate Imber at Second -" streets on a petty larceny charge, to day. It Is alleged, he nam to n .vi.,.-, "Pon't let them get my uniform," Questioned by the magistrate, he ad mitted he had entered the National Armv under the name of Frank Llnti and had daaarted from Camp Meade. He waa turnea over to ina reitrai autnontls fj ftJ, ?S' IBVaMWSJL',r-i. i .-. , T U. S. WAR MEDALS ARE CRITICIZED These distinguished eervrice crosses and medal, intended for American war heroes at the front, have been scorchingly condemned by the Na tional Sculpture Society as inartistic and meaningless. The cross for ralor at the left was the first made by director of the mint here, George P. Morgan, from the sketrh of Captain Amor Embrie, of the Engineering rorps. It was later replaced by the cross in the center. The medal at the right is for distinguished service ARTISTS CONDEMN FOR REWARD Continued from Pr.ge One ninny of the soldiers abroad who had seen the medals were disgusted with ' theui because of their asserted crudity I und lack of meaning. One sculptor, criticizing the oak-leaf ' effect, said even mint or tobacco leaves! would have been more appropriate If the metal designer were determined to huvo shrubbery of some sort. Another said, "For an archbishop It might do. provided the archbishop didn't have much arvtlstlc taste; but for a sol dier never!" National nlngrare, Snja hecretary "It amounts to a national disgrace." declared Augustus Llkeman, secretary of the National Sculpture! Society, In New York, "that our boys, who risk life and limb and brave the tortures of hell, should receive in return insignia that are positively contemptible, from tho artistic standpoint. In comparison with the decorations awarded to the soldiers of our Allies. "In France. Italy hnd England It Is recognized that the very highest artistic talent Is none too good for tho devising of decorations that shall embody tho na tion's appreciation for deeds of con spicuous valor. There are plenty of men here able to design nt emblems, and they are only too eager to give their services gratis. If need be. to this work, but the trouble Is these men have never been consulted In this matter. "L'nder President Roosevelt a start was made toward establishing a national commission of fine arts In this country Vnder President Taft that commission was given an authoritative standing, The commission was to be consulted on memorials and all matters of national attlstlc Import. it SERGEANT RYAN" IN COURT, BUT NO Discredited "War Hero," Through Attorney, Asks for Post ponement of Hearing Goes Back to Cell SURItOUNDED by court attendants, attorneys, spectators and a few pris oners. Instead of his usual coterie of millionaires, "Sergeant Major Ryan," war hero, who won the plaudits of thou sands and the kisses of fair maidens by his vivid description of American activi ties In France, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge Dickinson In the Federal Building today. He was charged with unlawfully wearing the uniform of a United States soldier. Asking a postponement of two weeks In order that "certain developments might be looked Into," Attorney Francis T. Tobln, counsel for the "hero," de clared that he would prove his client's name Is Ryan, Instead of William Hamm, as alleged by the police. "He Is not as black as he has been painted," said Mr. Tobln. Judge Dickinson adjourned the case pending agreement between Mr. Tobln and United States Commissioner Kane regardlng ttho two-week postponement. I FINAL RULING NEAR ON TRANSIT LEASE Decision Expected to Follow Meeting of Public Service Commission Tomorrow A final decision as to the transit lease Is expected to result from a meeting of tho Tubllc Service Commission In Harrlsburg tomorrow. All the .public hearings are over, and It Is now up to the commissioners to annul or ratify the contract approved by Councils. Since the lease was approved by Coun cils and signed by Mavor Smith, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company has appealed to Councils to change the basic fare from five to six cents. Nothing has been done In the fare Increase propo sltlon pending the disposition of the lease for all the lines the city Is to build after the war. Public hearings on this question may be held during thb summer and early fall. Opposing claims made by those for and against the lease brand the move as a "war pecesslty" on the one side and a move that should not be considered now because there Is no Immediate pos slblllty of making It effective on the majority of lines. The plan to complete early the Frankford elevated has re aulted in the argument being advanced for a short-term lease with the transit company for the operation of this one city-built line In conjunction with the Market street elevated. Members of the commission hold that the question of Increased fare Is one that they have the powej- to deal with, no matter what action Councils may take. They also claim the right to review the action of Councils on any proposition Involving a change In basic fare, despite the fact that the city Is a partner with the company Under ex isting leases. Councils this week wilt approve the resolution alvlng Mavor Smith. City So licitor Connelly and Director Twining the power to cancel existing contracta for subway construction work, but the money to pay the contractors for their probable losses will not be available until after the city sella i,100.000 worth of bonds for tranalt work. This move walta tha aala of 16.500.000 city bonds for maiMUmu and other ytirpMMM We Mm&S::t.m& " ' " MEDAL DESIGNS OF WAR BRAVERY "But when the subject of these medals -amc up u subject unmistakably within the commission's province the fine nrts body at Washington was simply ignored altogether, while the War Department rushed ahead on IIb own ntrocTrTcs. Mint Official llxplaln "" Morgan said: "The crosses de serve criticism. They were not pre pared as I wanted them done, but I had nothing to do but catry out orders, "Captain Embrie made four sketches In a great hurry because he had to get away. We had to design the first crosses from those sketches. It is not easy to do that from a rough and rather vague sketch. We made a hun dred and sent them to France and Em brie rejected them.' lie said they were too ornate and bore the. words 'E Pluri bus Unum,' whereas they should have borne the words 'For Valor.' "Ho sent back another sketch, nearer rto his Idea, and we made a design as near to that as we could. A hundred from It were sent over and were ap proved by Embrie. "I suggested In the first place that the leading sculptors be asked to de sign crosses, or, at least, consulted. "So far as the criticism of meanlng- lessness and lack of symbolism Is con- cerned, there is nothing to that. They are as symbolical as any other nation's war crosses, and have as much mean- Ing, though I'll adm t that Isn't a. lot. 'The medals were also designed by Captain 1-mbrle and he accepted them. They arc better than the crosses, being much like the seal of the United States They also were criticized by the sculp tors, but so far as I know they will not be changed." CHEERS OR KISSES There were no cheers for "Ryan" when ho entered the court. There were no admiring girls rushing up to him and throwing their arms about him, "smothering" him with kisses. In fact, there was none of tho frills of his recent exploits as a Liberty Loan and War Chest worker. In the guise of a Pershing veteran, wounded after he had "blown the whistle that sent the Americans over the top In their first charge against the Germans." Instead, there was the cool formality of the Federal court. "Ryan" was ai ralgned and entered his plea ; his at torney pleaded for a postponement and defended the would-be war hero, and the spectators and attendants looked on. That was all. When court adjourned there was no large touring car occupied by wealthy hero worshipers awaiting him. Instead there was a return trip to Moyamensing Prison. And there are no elaborate feasts and fashionable drawing rooms at Moya- menslng, only the cold steel cells. PHILADELPHIA BOY WOUNDED THIRD TIME Watler L. Gardner, 18 Years Old, Said to Be Youngest Soldier in Pershing's Army When Walter L. Garden , eighteen years old, went to France as a United States Infantryman a ear ago, he prom ised his mother, Mrs Edward Garden, 1505 North Stanley street, a birthday present. Yesterday her birthday present came It was a letter from her son. but it said he had been severely wounded In a night raid May 11. A telegram from the War Department telling the mothers of her son's Injury reached Mrs. Garden the same time aa the letter. Private Garden Is said to be the youngest man In" the regular army In France. He has been wounded three times. He enlisted January SI, 1917. when he was sixteen years old. He will be eighteen years old July 23. He marched through Paris with General Pershing July i, 1917. A letter to his mother a month ago renewed the promise of a- birthday I'icociu. ine present ronows: "Dear Mother Just a few lines to let you know I am feeling pretty fair at present. I have quite a surprise for you all, but pleane don't vvbrry, I have been severely wounded. I was struck In the left hip with a piece of bursting shell on Saturday night. May 11, In one of our, night raids. I feel fairly well now, considering my injuries. Am In a French hospital and had an operation performed upon me on the 12th. It didn't amount to much. Will yrlta you more later. Hat'Juat received your let ter and Edith's picture the morning be fore T got hurt. Please tell my friends I wan aoklng for them. "This is the first chance I have had to wrltrf In twenty days. We have hardly had time to change our shoes in three weeks. This is the third hospital I have been In In five months, and It la very hard to tell where I will wind up." Garden's father lo a veteran of the Epanlsh-Amerlcan war and Is employed at Hog Island. Pari Shelling Continued Tarla. June 10. The Faaf-ran boat. vol rrw WM JMNMI Mr. ,,. r." ,r' ' TWO-THIRDS RULE AGAIN IN COURT Judges, However, Assert Their O K. on Transfer . Bill Will Stand SUGGEST AN APPEAL Tho second assault on the legality of the $260,000 transfer ordinance passed by Councils without a two-thirds vote was made beforo President Judge Bar ratt and Judge Rogers In Court No. 2 today. The new suit brought by George W. Mlntzer, as a taxpayer, for a prelim inary Injunction to stop the Controller from countersigning warrants against that fund, and to have the measure de clared null and void, was taken up for hearing. J, l,ouls Breltlngcr appeared for the complainant, while City Solicitor Con nelly nnd his chief assistant. Ernest Lowengrund, represented Controller Walton and City Treasurer Hhoycr. Mayor Smith was also In coutt. Some time ago the question of the validity of the ordinance, which was passed by a majority voto of Councils, was decided in tho affirmative on a case stated brought by Peter J. Cava naugh, an employe In the Fire Depart ment. vvhoe warrant was held, up by the controller, because of the conten tion that the transfer bill from which Cavanaugh was to be paid was Illegal because It did not have a two-thirds vote on Its passage by the City 'Councils. Did Net Appeal Judge Barratt decided In favor of Cavanaugh and directed a mandamus to Issue for the payment of his bill. Judge Barratt also at that time dis missed a petition of a taxpayer to In tervene because the particular tax payer had not shown special Injury, separate and apart from the rest of the public. Breltlnger took no appeal but revived the controversy by filing a suit in which Mlntzer as a taxpayer was the plain tiff, but substantially averring the same grounds of complaint as In the first suit The second case was first entered In No. 1 court and later transferred to 'Court No. 2, which heard and deter mined the original proceeding. When Judges Barratt and Rogers called the second case today, Breltlnger appeared to have dlfticulty In explaining what he considered a difference between tho present uult and the former which the court decided In favor of the valid ity of the ordinance. Assistant City Solicitor Lowengrund Insisted that precisely the same ques tions which had been adjudicated by the court were raised In the second suit, and he said the law department was In an anomalous position In regard to ad vising the Controller what to do with warrants depending on the funds of the transfer bill for payment. ' In the prior suit the court specifically ordered the Judgment of Cavanaugh to be paid, while in teh present case an In junction was sought to restrain the Con troller and the Treasurer from making any paments. .ludce Criticises Suit Mr. lowengrund, explaining that the warrants of a number of persons to be paid from the 'funds of the transfer ordi nance were questioned, contended that these parties should be joined In the suit. Judge Rogers Interposed with the remark that Mr. Breltlnger evidently meant to argue that every person with a warrant ngalnst the city for work done should make It their business to go to Councils and seo that the ordinance panied to pay them was a valid meas ure; that they must not rely upon Coun cils to do their duty, not even after a court decision that the action taken was valid. "This is certainly a strange doctrine," commented Judge Rogers, "and as the question of the validity of the ordinance was decided by us before, I, personally, feel that this second suit should be forth wlth dismissed. If this court was In error In upholding the right to pass such an ordinance by a majority vote, the proper recourse would be an appeal to the Supreme Court to review our action." Decision Stands, Ka,v Court Counsel for Cavanaugh objected to the whole subject of the legality of the ordinance being reopened. "es," interjected Judge Robers, "and the Controller had no right to refuse to countersign this warrant In face of the court's decision nnd in the absence of any appeal therefrom. We decided the legality of this ordinance, and we will not reverse ourselveH unless ordered to do so by tho Supreme Court." Judge Rogers then conferred with Ills colleague, after which Judge Barratt sal the court would permit Mr. Brelt lnger to present his case. The latter at once contented the or dinance had not the legal requisite num ber of votea. The court which remind ed him this question had been deter mined, and directed him to take up what he thought were new points The at torney then called to the stand William II. Felton, chief clerk of Councils, who was examined regarding the method by which the transfer ordinance was passed and later approved by the mayor. Attorney Breltlnger then called and. questioned Arthur Morrow, secretary of Councils iinanee corjmiiiee, concerning the Items u.ldtr f.ie transfer bill, which were meant to be paid by the city tieas urer from the funds thus transferred. 7000 QUIT THEIR JOBS Work on Subway Construction in-New York Stopped by Strike New York. June 10. About 7000 sub way construction workers quit their Jobs this morning. rne strme lies up an worn on me unv subways In course of construction by the Interborough and Brooklyn Rapid system. Our Service is not limited , to banking facilities alone it has a far broader scope of activity, such as care of trust funds, settlement or es- tates, the insurance of titles, safe de- i posits, etc. Use it. CONIlffllrEdUPlE 1 Kill.nil, gists saJ'CUr Dtpeiltur 12th Street Above Chestnut Philadelphia SI, 09000 Cmpital 91,999,999. amrptua -t" i ii , '". --.,- ,'yy COURT WONT STOP WOMAN'S EVICTION Judge Shoemaker' Learns Mother of Soldier Was in Arrears for Rent After being fully Informed of the facts surrounding the eviction of Mrs. Anna Thomas, mother of u soldier In active service, from her home at C010 Haver ford avenue, Judge Shoemaker, In Quar ter Sessions Court No. 1, today refused to Interfere further with the proceed ings, Saturday afternoon, the Judge, on mo tion of counsel representing tho woman, ordered tho sheriff to stay his action until the validity of It could bo tested. It was alleged at that time that Mrs. Thomas was an aged woman and also that she was not In arrears with her rent. Joseph Moss, representing the landlord, however, differently Informed Judge Shoemaker today, and as a result, the court will permit the sheriff to pro ceed. Mr. Moss said the woman was now seven months In arrears with her rent. Instead of being an aged woman, he said she was middle-aged and active. He said his client, the landlord, offered to pay her $10 to move and cancel nil the rent arrearages. Sho promised to accept this on one occasion. It Is said, but when the day came for her to move she refused to do so. The antl-rent-raising measure spon sored by Representative George P. Dar- row Is expected to stop any rent pront- eerlng which may exist here. The hill Is now In the hands of Admiral Bowies, assistant general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, for final approval. District Attorney Kane, as well as Admiral Bowles Is interested In the bill. Representative Darrow will confer with both of them today. Following the conference Mr. Darrow expects to take the measure to Washington for Imme diate Introduction Into tho House. "We have endeavored In thl3 bill to prevent rent profiteering by the simplest methods we could devise," Mr. Darrow said. "No additional legal machinery has been provided for. The measure makes all due allowance for Just In creases, but will protect renters doing Government work, and any one else. All personB who have been made the victims of unscrupulous landlords nre In vited to attend a meeting Thursdny of the Joint councllmanlc committee Inves tigating profiteering. It Is the Inten tion of the committee to summon the landlords later and hear their testimony. The members of the councllmanlc committee, appointed to Investigate rent profiteering Is composed of Common Councilman Colborn. chairman : Charles H. Von Tagen, Forty-second Ward : Al bert M. Greenfield, Thirty-ninth Ward : James II, McGurk, Nineteenth Ward ; William II. Tyson. Twenty-seventh Ward ; Select Councilman William E. Flnley, Thirty-ninth Ward; Eduard Buchholz. Nineteenth Ward : Richard Weglein, Twenty-ninth Ward : Charges E. Gill, Thirty-fourth Ward, and George C. Ulrlch, Forty-second Ward. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Benjamin F. Menow. 4721 Tsconv t,, nnd Anelene H. Pfelffer. Andslusln. Ta. Wllllsm c. Duffv. ramp Crane, and Marie M. Barrnrt, 5120 Knox St. Walter McLaughlin. lOOIt Jefferson St., and Jane II. Onssett, 94 N. Alder at. Charles "E. Weston Camp Meade. Md.. and Klsle I. Lnnsr. Allentown. Pa. William O. Warncke. Camp Meade. Md., and Hattle K. Ilahn, Lehlghton. Pa. William S. Thomson. 43 Belerade st and Anna C Haver, nnsft MnlMlm r Emit Levene. .1717 N. Tark ave., and Juliette Y. Shaw, New York elty. Charles II. Mason, BI33 Sansorn st,, and Rose R. VVIlftntv rnmln V T Joseph W. Case. 4SR N. r.Oth s't., and Isabel v ivHujzn, ih 1'ine si. Morris Wilson. l.Vs S. stlllman St.. and Frances Marshall, 18n nalnbrldre st. James n. .MaeArthur, Washington. 1) C. and Isabel Peohln. Washington D. C. Samuel M, Ralaton, 31.11 Almond st.. and llvelvn M. Sims. 3077 Salmon st. Edward P. Hoy. B007 Glrnrd ave.. and Mmi !eal. M88 Lancaster ave. Jarob J. Nirdlna, Pennsurove, N. .1., and Gertrude AI. Herk. r,nnrnM v t deo-tre Potskn. 1K3R Itldne ave.. and' Tasla Kanakl 1039 w. Ve.ianao st. He-rv Meenev. 125 N. luth St.. and Mary Burns, B210 Wayne ave. William H. Drummond. Morton. Pa., .Mary 8. Wilson. Sharon Hill, pa. Philip A. Walker. 505 Fltzwater st. Anna O. Donahue. 105 Lomhard st. James P. Nourse. 173B Diamond st. Mae p. Partlev, 1 J33 N. 29th st Samuel Stun. 211211 S. Marshall at. and and and and Wnl!llm i,r,.?R'.1,ew York "' ""d E Richards, 2434 N. 31st at. Dnv,uT,K?h,'ri. -004 n'wln et and Bertha V. Gouldey. 4309 Peehln st. Mart n McCarthy. 2721. N. 29th at., and Catharine Ilelaman. 2430 Oakdale t. Francis X. Haaan. LT.22 Bllsworth at. and Mary n. Sharkey, 2113 Moore st. Morris Strasburg,424 Tasker St., and Alice Pubensteln. SOI N. 7th st. 'ii?, uoluuln' " -Minim pi. HEATHS RTRICKI.KR. Klrat-day. sixth Month 9th, t Atlantic City. N. J.. LETTIE SUl'I.EE STRICKLER. wife of Matthew M. Strlckler and daughter nf the lat- Milton R. and Martha W. Suplee. Funeral services pyerbrook. ra.. Fourth-day. sixth Month U'lh at 2 n. m. Int. private. -.JilOE- Jun ln- MARY SIIREVE TAT. TERSON. wife of the late John T. I.ante. HELP WANTED FEMALE YOUNO I.ADY. IN OFFICE OF ELEC TRICAL MANUFACTURING PLANT WHO UNDERSTANDS MA1L1NO LIST: NO HAND ADDRESSING: HAVE KNOWLEDGE OK ARRANGING AND KEEPING LIST UP TO DATE: HAVE ELEGANT OFFICE FACILITIES: GOOD POSITION TOR RIGHT CURL. APPLY IN OWN HANDWRITING ONLY TO V. V. FITTINGS COMPANY. ADVERTISING DErT., 1910 N, 6TH ST. STENOGRAPHER Large mfa. corp. near Frankford and Allegheny aves. wants first- class stenog.: high school grad. preferred; give all particulars In letter. C 38S. Led. Off. APARTMENT HOTELS THE LINCOLN B'iT.ffi, Transient and permanent guests. WillowGrovePark America s Summer Musical Center Second Week of ARTHUR PRYOR and His AMERICAN BAND Four Concerts Daily : Afternoon and Evening Soloists FLORENCE CAVANAUGH, Soprano ISABEL BRYLAWSKI, Violiniste WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th PATRIOTIC NIGHT Address by MR. CHARLES M. SCHWAB Director General of the Emergency Fleet Corporation Singing by the NAVY RECREATION QUARTET May Farley Maude 'Hanson Pettlt Marie Stone Langston Accompanied by Arthur. Pryor ana His America Band ' H i t .i.v 'p mu . ri'Swwiir " U .inn U-BUA1 WHIMS VERY COURTEOUS German Propaganda Seen$ in Fine Treatment of C Prisoners From Edna s-'AOTATlVT rrrrro cmrvnw "it wit x ur j.jCiijL.ci OHJH.I Another propaganda drive to dissipate America's knowledge of Hun vlclousnesa Is seen In the. treatment accorded Cap tain C. M. Gllmorc, of the schooner Edna, who was a prisoner eight days on a German submarine. With the captain were twenty-two other American prison ers. The captain, who has been In this city tne last four days, describes the atten tion he received as ''royal, as If he was a member of the Hohenzollern family, while the other prisoners received similar treatment," T'hlladelphlans who have heard the captain tell his story of Imprisonment aboard the submarine which tried to slnlt his schooner believe the Germans, in showing all possible courteBy to the prisoners, attempted to prove they were not barbarians and would not stoop to mistreat prisoners. Captain Gllmore and hla crew of flvo men were held aboard the U-bosL "Tho Bdna was caught May 25 about twenty miles oft the New Jersey coast," said Captain Gllmore. "When the lieutenant In command of the party that boarded the Edna from the submarlna I stepped on the deck of the schooner he told me a friend of mine was aboard the submarine. "I found a boyhood companion. Cap tain Sweeney, a seaman from the Maine coast, nboard the U-boat. Captain Sweeney's boat had been caught first and ho and his crew were prisoners. "That night at dinner the steward of the U-boat played The Star Spangled Banner' before tho meal was served. He played the American piece on a phonograph. Then he put on another''' piece and It was an English song. An other oUlcer jumped to the machine and grabbed the record, hurling It to the floor and smashing the disk Into pieces, pieces. "Two guns were mounted on the top uf the submarine. "I sat under one of the guns when It was fired and did not feel any vibra tion. "Xews of the German drive In France nnd harcball scores from this country were lecclved daily aboard tho subma rine by tm-uns of the U-boat's vylrelcss. "The crew of the submarine was made up of former merchantmen, I believe, n their actions wtrc not those of sailors In the navy. "The U-boat carried only American whisky. "A water-drilling plant was aboard the submarine, hut the Germans con tinually complained they did not have, any provision for carrying Ico and therefore could have no beer, "Bread wrappers stamped Kiel, April 1!, were c-ound all of the loaves used while I was on the U-boat. This leads me to believe the U-boat was out at least six weeks before the Edna was taken, because the commander of the submersible said his ship had left Kiel on Its voyage against British shipping. Dinner nt Ocean Bottom One night I ale dinner with tha U-boat resting on the bottom of the ocean. The submarine commander said the boat . could stay on the bottom for eight days without coming up to refresh air. We were thirty-eight fathoms down for that dinner. "The small boats Into which the Amer icans were put were supplied with bread and water. How much was given I could not say because beforo we had a chance to determine the amount a patrol boat picked up the party. We were cut adrift seventy miles off the New Jersey coast." HELP WANTED MAT.E MEN (FOUR); GENERAL WORK EXCELLENT CHANCE TO LEARN TRADE TOOL AND DIE MAKERS DRAFTSMEN WITH MECHANU'AL OR ELECTRICAL EXPERIENCE POLISHERS ELECTRIC, SERVICE SUPPLIES CO. 17THVAND CAMBRIA STS. CHAUFFEUR, middle-aged, married, Roman Catholic preferred: cottage on place: first class references required, Joseph S. Clark, Chestnut Hill. MEN. brKht. Inquire Mr. Harriet, Grove. Park. Willow YOUNO MKN: must be over 16. Rarnet. Willow Grove Park. Inquire Mr. SODA DISPENSER; aalarv '- per week. Inquire air. Barnet. Willow Grove Park. SOLICITORS Keystone Telephone Co.'a commercial dept. has vacanclea In their West Phlla,, Camden, N. J., and uptown office forces for outside representatives; we offer a permanent position and a chance to grow; SoO per month to (tart. Apply 1713 N. 12th. REPRESENTATIVES Kvvstone Teleplions commercial dept. has vacanclea in Its West Phlla., Camden, N. 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