Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, June 11, 1918, Postscript, Image 2

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OBE OF DRAFT
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rescntative ot State Ad
jutant General, Here,
$ Upens Inquiry
CONFER WITH DWYeR
JJUfiification of Childless
72K,
Married Men May Be
VV Arivanrnrl
fiVSValnr W n VllrdnxV has irrlrit
tJIrom Harrlsburg and promises a thor-
. li investigation or the draft trrejtu
kMitles charted In this city. He rep-
; resents Adjutant ueneral Beary.
'V1. am going to the bottom of this
"Walr." the major said this nftprnonn
,?t."am Investigating the classification of
4nLfted men and tho fnlliira. nf nn m.-in- '
M1lns to register for the army last
UrvWednenrtftV.
W'?'"1 ha" Probably be here lo or
jfn.Mreo oaj-B. 1 nave a number or per-
'SOnS tn RA Atlrl Will m It... A at-' h-iau
A-sof the matter."
sHip, Among those with whom Major Mur-
Jn'ry of I.ocal Board 32. Oerbrook.
S?who desires a. rerlaK.qltlraflnn tin ,l.
Rffifc"3cllned to say whether ho would see
BS&L Wa,tr Wlllard, chairman of District
feiK Appeal Board :. It has been charged,
fc&s'Jr tlliS bo&rd trnVP mn rilod man iiltlimif
j5-Wren the privilege of deferred classl-
jf'Bcatlon.
Fair ClaMlnratlnn -Slay Rrmilt
An eoultable classlflr.lt Inn nf men
ETKj registered for the draft, which may put
Ltn niuuounus 01 young married men In
-il Philadelphia n Class 2.B Instead nf
Kgto Class i-A, will likely result from the
STj-SM'be Into selective draft Irregulariticb
pMTVl? I ,s no,v undcr wa'- '
H? ii".jor .iijuraocK loaay. with Assist
IfeS?1'. Unlted S'ates District Attorneys
:?.ncnui ana uaniels, and a large
ot agents of the Department of
&'"Mtlce' Bta"ted the Investigation which
j- -. ... u'l w,f iu JUIlt.' O, iI,
iHSIWnBa the draft law became effective
$f.w,th 'he registration of everv man
iStftV'-.bCtWeen the aces of lw.nlv.nn. mill
p'.lrty"ne ycars ln ,lle United States.
c ..WVi "run. uoarus welcome the In-
F-4. 'TeBllaTatlon. the henrlsi ctav Tlie .1...la.
-V It- Will UlSnel all dnilht no in nlaaaffl-i. I
JJiJtlon of various registrants whose status I
t'V.&'iiLaLBB lonap heen retravflcrl nc mi..llft
Charges made to President Wilson bv
BarK,.i " " w .""..i- .. .1
KSjT, Irwyer, that District Board Xo. 2 de-
jiuciaiciy vioiaira insiruciions issued
laat January by Provost Marshal Oen-
fii I er Crowder caused the Investigation.
.n.a liib.bcu .iic appeals uuara Willi
showing favoritism and permitting out
Bide Influence to sway Its action on
Classifications, citing two examples.
Relative to .Married Men
t. Many local draft boards, not clear
f sn'the ruling of dependency, have placed
'.ry married man, with or without
'Children, who was wedded before May
kjLjjji. jyii, in iiass i-A, ii is sain, wn
KgiXteni have distinguished between t
&,iV 'nwrrled men with children and tho
b'iwltheut by placing the former In Cla
Xlkijlt. J917, in Class i-A. It is said, while
9Mri have distinguished between the
those
'lass
tVA nd 'fe6 Iatter 1" class 2-B- ' ln
K5iJ;tfc' latter class, the wife was healthy.
. JMd been employed before marriage and
Bid resume the same employment upon
r husband's being called for military
raarvlce. An unhealthy wife was con-
ered, grounds for placing the regis-
at ln Class 4 -A by latter, boards.
J-JHalor Murdock and the Federal In-
'fjSMticatorii will go deeply Into this
?& of the draft- u ls Bald ,1,ere aTP
45tholisand9 of young men In this city
'.t$UBth Kmialtriv n'lvaa nhle In Wnrk nnd
STwipport themselves', who have been
WfTlmced In Class 4-A.
LiSt ?Ml these may be placed In Class 2-B
BT-wl.en the Investigation Is completed.
1 Which will .send them Into military camps
-jwny months ahead ot tne time iney
Kft-BM expected to go.
Cl Malnr Murdock. before 'leaving Har-
aTtoburg. declined to discuss the Investl-
'tlon, declaring the information ai
?liand was too meager to warrant any
fKUtement of what might happen.
feA Some officials believe prosecutions will
fnllnw when It Is shown that bOnlC
f '5; boards were guilty of flagrant Irreg-
mfX- utontles, while otners iook tne view
E'vfjv1 m m08t cases classification Irreg-
'ii,lllrttlea were aue to taiiure to nsniiy
VDIIBrUI3 LIIO lav. Ul llic uvnuc v .i.wi...
vT??aBaBtalaiKlB. lsattlalaf Inn ef nil reflrlntrnnts.
if$SvThe Investigators are mum on the sub-
tMCi oi prosecutions.
r-v4f" Secretary Dwyer has reiterated his
Mrfe tnat District uoara .no. : was
i '. IBBaallAw r9 l.nDa lar-nlllaplllBa " ami
jMllJ Ul IIUBQ .1 1 CAUIO. ...D. ...I..
jfcirf r1 that many local boards in this
ajty were innuencea in placing men in
Qui i through a signed statement from
CMIrman Walter Wlllard, virtually In-,
tmctlng them to place alt married
JUpiMrants ln Class 4. Dwyer declared
i fcawrote to Provost Marshal Crowder
with regard to the district board s ruling
A4 Ws given correct Interpretation of
;t law. being told married men with-
hMt children, whose wives were able to
feU-k should be placed ln Class 'J
a-'' Another order which will have con-
)Bterable effect on enlistments in the
MTy or marines has been Issued by Pro-
vtMttMarshal General Crowder. It ls to
MM 'effect that any man In deferred
tSMClflcatlon of the draft, upon request
fee enlisted in eitner tne navy or mar-
, automatically waives ms claim to
rred classification and Is to be
bei4 in Class 1 and sent to camn with
flrst shipment following.
Uso. all. men who registered last
Wednesday and were given permits to
itla either of these services are no pro
MMted from doing so. their permits
,g
sN Iwvine teen recalled.
.LED BUILDING TRENCH
1 Tells How Captain iBuckwalter
Died in France
rlsborr, June 11. The first ac-
, of the death of Captain Harris D.
ralter. who for aeveral years was
aat engineer for tne ruDiic Herv
mission, was received by Chair-
n.,r. nf the Illhll7 Kervlee (V.m.
from "Major John Price Jack-
LU. B. A., Commissioner of Labor
luirr.
ir Jackson Is with the American
tlonary Forces, and he wrote his
In France May 16. He says Can-
Buck waiter, while constructing a
aimication trencn, was struck xy a
.vj
yme Got a Few of Them,"
jfpj? &iy Wounded Americans
June ii. i American
and infantrymen wounded
Bouresches-Veullly fight.
.re in Paris hospitals, say
I' eertalnly got a few of them
''they got us."
her and father told me to
t'tlMm and I did." said Theodore
.ITtMman. of New York city, a
tr of the marine corps, whose
ito were born in Germany.
1 A iarte' hospital staff is attending
American wounded, f The ca-
f'eaM ef the hospitals has
.'may Uraea to care
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BlIHOS FOR 4-M1NUTE MEN
284 Liberty Loan nnd Wnr Chest
Speakers to Get Credentials
Official buttons and credentials will bo
distributed to 284 speakers of the Thll-i
adelphla County Four-Minute Men at a1
dinner to be given In the Bellevuc-3trat-i
ford at B:30 o'clock tomorrow evening,.
The speakers are veterans of three big,
"driver." two of them being Liberty
Loan drives anil the third being the
recent War Chest drive. I
The buttons, which aro Issued from,
Washlngtc.il. aie oblong shaped and bcari
the designation. " MM i " The creden
tials are cards, alio Issued from Wash
ington, bearing the signatures ot Wil
liam McCormlck Blnlr, national director, I
and Henry B Hodge and Harry I) Wes
cott. State and county directors of the
Four-Minute Men. On the reverse of
the cards Is an appreciation from Presi
dent Wilson of the work .of the Four
Minute Men.
Only speakers win have done service
In the three "drives" are entitled to re
ceive them. These speakers are volun
teers and receive no compensation for
their work. The Philadelphia County
Four-Minute Men's organization Is cited
bv Washington as a model for the rest '
of the country
TWO DAYS' FESTIVAL
AT HISTORIC CHURCHl
Friends of Old St. Joseph's As
sist Entertainment for
Its Welfare
A strawberry festival tonight, tomor
row night and tomorrow afternoon will
bring together the friends of historic
St Joseph's Catholic Church, Fourth
street and Wllllng's alley. In the Inter
est of the church.
While patronizing attractive booths.
each of which will be under the auspices
of a group of y,
will contribute
!of one of the
oung women, participants
to the financial welfare
oldest of Philadelphia
churches.
7hls l the first time St Joseph's
church has given a benefit In some
years. In response to the announce
ment of the event numerous offers of
assistance have been received at th
parish house where a heavy sale of
tickets has already been reported.
Tables at the festival will each be In
charge of u chairman who will be as
sisted by a group of workers. Miss
Mary Crowley at the fancy goods table
...III V.a n..Ut..l 1... kn riAn Ttt.iAim.
and by Misses Ullle Crowley. Klllc
Ryan, Annie Hayes nnd aKthryn Big
ley. The fishpond will be managed by
Miss Kllzabeth Gallagher, Miss Mary
McCanl"on, Mrs. Margaret Handle)',
Mrs. Kllen Quirk, Miss Helen Stevens
and Miss Kathryn Albert.
Candles and flowers will be pold by
Miss Jennie Martin, assisted by Miss
Katie Martin, Isabel Balentlne, Kllza
beth McDermott, Rose Delghan Ices,
cil.es and stmw berries will be served
at Miss Mary T Kulllviin's table, wheie
assistants will be Misses Josephine Sul
livan, Nellie Sullivan. Margaret Gal
lagher. Kathryn Hogan, Margaret Dil
lon, Margaret Pursell. Agnes Albert.
Mary Albert.
mdlTetmmmAD-mo mDelghz hzzbezt.m
Aids who will mingle among the
patrons of the festival, serve strawber
ries and cake and help ln the hospitality
Incident to the entertainment arc Misses
Mary A Sullivan. Mary Boland, Cath
erine Kelly, l.llzabeth Martin, Mary
Storey. Alice Dolan, Mrs. George Hed
berg. Misses Mary Itogers, Utta Wallace,
Kllzabeth Schick, Teresa McCormlck,
Katherine McCormlck and Rose Calla
ghan; Messrs. John McCloskey, Her
man Snedeker, Joseph Ftlley, Thomas
Cruscn. William J. Bryan, John J. Bar
num, Alphonse Hauck and James Cal
lahan. HOUSES BURN, FIREMAN HU
Engine Horses Shy on Way to Blaze in
Bridesburg
Fire destroyed the residence of Walter
Boskle. 4629 Melrose street, and that of
Leon Dombrowski, 4631 Melrose street,
today, entailing a loss of J3000.
Fireman John Ktley. of engine pom
pany No. 33, was Injured while going
to the fire when his horsesshied at a
biconi handle sticking up in the street.
He was thrown off, his right arm and
side being bruised. The fire was caused
by a defective flue.
NEW TERRITORIAL DRAFT
Washington. June 11. Provost Mar
shal General Crowder today called
16,802 territorial selective service men
to the colors. Beginning June 20,
12,468 Porto means will move tp Camp
I.as Casas. San Juan, and on July 1,
4334 Havvallans will begin reporting at
Fort Armstrong, Honolulu.
ORDNANCE LIMIT IS REACHED
IN WAR, SAYS HUDSON MAXIM
Exponent of Preparedness,
Visiting Philadelphia, Dis
cusses Artillery of Allies
and Their Enemies I
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Germans' Big Surprise, the
Long-Range Gun, a Minus
Quantity, Inventor Declares
i
NO more "surprises" will be sprung
In the way of ordnance; the limit
has been reached. In the opinion of
Hudson Maxim, exponent of prepared
ness and Inventor 'of artillery and small
arms. He Is at the BelJevue-Stratford
Hotel today and will leave Philadelphia
tonight.
"The field pieces now In use liv the Al-
li-d and German armies are about as
'" rt as they ever will be," said the In-
gooa a iiii ...v.Bnl ho
ventor. no mucn u.r;.
! . : j- r...n. that little or no rocm
oeen mauo uh t,..
la left for further Improvement.
"There are not likely to be any star
tling twists In artillery In the remainder
of the war. The Germans have sprung
the big surprise, their long-ranse gun,
but its effectiveness hag been proved a
minus quantity, while Its cost U terrific
Almost In the same breath he made
the statement that there would be no
new developments In heavy ordnance,
Mr. Maxim declared he was working on
a new- gun, details of which he could
not give now for obvious reasons.
His hurried trip to Philadelphia is
bellevea to be In connection w'tn this
new nrdnance creation he sa il he ls
worklnc on. Mr. Mailm said h- has
spent 12500 working out preliminary de
tails of the piece and .'till Is ia.;l is much
mure work.
"The Browning machine gun. made In
this country, probably Is the beat rna
chlro gun used In this war." Mr Mnlm
i.verrd "In jeginl to otner ,ur.s M
"arylng sizes an I r;.ikes, I do not think
any one surpasses the others. 'ler
many's artillery Is as good as the Al-
Declarlng the present German drive
on the western front, and also the push
that began May SI, were made possible
by the subjugation of Russia, Mr. Maxim
eaia:
"Without , the ordnance taken from
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"A grand lime was had by all"
League rnteriaincd more than one
ton Hospital unit at the home of
U. S. Men Inspire
French Soldiers
Continued from Pnte One
movement without the aid of artillery.
All that practical knowledge produces a
maximum of rosults with a minimum on
losses.
"Your division has already caught on
to tho b.islc facts, and their education
will be speedy. As it Is. the results they
have accomplished deserve the highest
praise."
The officer added that further German
attacks were likely In this region, the
moment when they would be delivered
depending on the fortunes of the of
fenslvc on the Olse The Germans ap
pear to be occupied with the bringing
up of their heavy artillery and muni
tions. Their losses have been heavy during
the last week, and their morale is weak
ening. Prisoners, taken at the rate of
nearly 100 dally, offer little resistance.
They appear to have been driven beyond
human endurance. It Is stated that In
certain units men have been literally
broken They lie exhausted In the fields,
and even the menace of death cannot
move them.
It ls not with any such scheme of
sheep driven to slaughter that the
Franco-American barrier against the ad
vance toward Paris will he broken.
HOLD-UP ON CHESTNUT STREET
Huckster Gives Battle and Armed
Desperadoes Flee
A nalr of near-desperadoes furnished
a street crow a n few thrills today when
they held up a huckster at Tuenticm
and Chestnut streets, as trolley passen
gers looked on.
or, nf ihem drew a. revolver from a
holster, an eye-witness said, and ordered
the huckster trom nis uk". huuw:
other man got between the street ,car
tracks and tho wagon and stood guard.
The huckster obeyed the summons to
alight and hold up his hands, but sud
denly attacked the robber. .After a
short fight both took to their htrls.
The huckster quietlv went about his
business. No one asked his name.
LIGHTNING CAUSES FIRE
Three Injured When Flames Damage
Hosiery Mill
Reading. Ta., June 11. Three men,
two of them firemen, were Injured last '
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night at a fire, which destro)ed the fin-,
Ishlng department of the Maiden Creek
hosiery mill at Temple, at loss of J6000. i
The blaze started from a bolt of light- I
nlng. which struck through a skylight
and at one time threatened the entlie i
nfant I
A call for help was sent to Reading !
and the Rainbow and Marlon companies
responded. Robeit M. Reldel. treasurer
of the company: Julius Fogelmau, a
Rainbow fireman, and Rothenberger. a
Temple fireman, were Injured in fighting ,
Rainbow 1
Temple fin
the blaze.
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HUDSON MAXIM
Noleil pun expert, now in this city,
who insists that "the limit lias been
reached'1 in ordnance manufacture
mans not only would have been In a
crltlcf.1 statu but thev would not have
been ablo to rttempt any kind of a drive
this spring. The artillery captured, or
obtained, from Russia bolstered up the
uerman orunance to sucn an extent tnat
the advances the Hun has made are
due entirely to the pieces procured In
the east.
"Much of the artillery Germany now
Is using was sent to Russia by the
United States and others of the Allied
countries. Not only was ordnance from'
the Allies .aken from Russia, but con
siderable munitions were obtained,"
Mr. Maxim, although he admits he
Is getting along In years and ls begin
ning to show- the wear of old age, still
moves with the alacrity of a bellboy
with a five-dollar tip In view. The
veteran artillerist raced through the
Bellevpe-Stratford lobby as If he were
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time.
l'll innn rile nf nIA ncrat Ii. 'aoM
"but that is a privilege that Is being emphasis possible that it la U. the power
and will further be dented many nff3g.-Agg?g.'? "JaWl W
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as the faying goc-rwhen these members of the Soldiers and Sailors' Sunshine
hundred sailors and marines from League Island and soldiers from the Jeffcr.
the vice president of the league. Miss Elizabeth Gallagher, Fifty-fifth street
and Springfield avenue
Garfield Coal-Saving
Order Hits City Hard
Cnntlnned from Tate One ' Continued from re One
with whom raw materials are the prime George W. Mintzer named by renrose
essential. A curtailment ln the latter leader. Harry Trainer,
class, where entire towns, built around I Kifth Ward Ike Deutsch, It Is re
many small Industries, might be at- ported, will be seated Instead of Danle
fectcd, naturally would fall within the Vrowlev, named by James A. Carey,
province of the war industries board . pennro'se leader
controllng the allotment of raw mate-
rials.
Agreement between the board and the Tenth Ward Frank Fulton, Instead
fuel administration, however, must re- of nola Dance, Penrose choice,
suit In either case, but the maximum. Twenty-fourth Ward Charles Me
cut decided upon by either will prevail. Connell. 'in place of Peter Gallagher, who
Plans for the conservation of oil fuel(wa!, selected bv renrose leader. Blakely
nave not taken form, and omciais Indi-
cated they were awaiting reports on the
oil situation from W C. Robinson, of
Baltimore, recently appointed director
of oil conservation
The statement of the fuel administra
tion follows:
The fuel budget for the season 1918
1919 han been completed by the United
States fuel administration. We know
tho 'worst of a bad situation. A detailed
survey of the coal required during the
preent coal year for war purposes to
keep our Industries running and for do
mestic consumers foots up about 80.000.
onn tons more than was produced last
year This Is the figure on June 1.
Kstlmates Unexpectedly Higher
As our part In the great war Increases
we are confronted from montl to month
with unexpected additions to former es
timates of fuel requirements and to
greater demands on the man power of
the country, so that those responsible
for the conservation of fuel do not feel
safe In assuming that the Increased de-
ip-
,j ..in u !.. c.i nnn nnn inn. nr in
assuming that It will be possible to oh-.
tain from Increased production more than I
one-half of the deficiency Conservation
must provide for unexpected contingen
cies affecting both figures of production
and of consumption.
One has only to remember that the
production of coal last season was 50.
000,000 tons greater than ever before ln
the history of the country and to reflect
on the enormous added burden the v ar
has put on our. transportation system,
as well as the ,man power which Is neces
sarrVJo produce and distribute coal to
understand that the fuel supply for this
year Is one of the most difficult and
threatening problems the war has pre
sented. It ls estimated that the Industries not
employed on war work will require some
thing less than 100.000,000 tons of coal.
All consumers of fuel, war Industries and
otherwise must participate In the saving
campaign, hut nonwar Industries are
especially tnteresten Decause wn.in
the deficiency turns out to be It will tractor rule of our cty government and
come out of their quota .Hence, the Republican party ln Philadelphia ls
KraiiM rwffiito cone ,,& ..,. .oad ..
pend upon saving, by economies and
prevention ol : waste, between 60,000,000
ana nu,uuu,uuu ions oi cimi,
,n BpUe of ntense tt0Tt. to Increas
tjlc production of coal, thp first five
months of 1918 have produced only
10.000.000 tons In excess of the same
period of 1917. f this Is cons b1ed in
relat on to the Immense physical task
Involved In producing 12.000,000 tons
of coal a week, It Is easy to draw the
conclusion that this Increased ilemann
of 100,000,000 tons can not, to any large
extent, ue met iy increased iuum
tlon. I
And yet an actual deficit o. 500 "00
and Tar Tlndus rial ' dlsaste? whlc , nc T one' K. Walsh, former Select Councilman,
cn contemplate wilh equanimity. formerly represented the Acker ward.
oneV'hatha't9 is'6 saving loaTU talh. "' " ''
an'werhKuropeEhaLnimaLd0eal'ln a' similar Acker was boomed as ''the .next
situation saving coal ln every possible Mayor" at the meeting of the Thirty
way and by all the people. If we are eighth Ward committee. Hampton S.
to avert the privations and disaster a
tendant upon a shortage ot coal mucn, mer,recorder ot the Board of Reglstra
greater than last year, the most "''-1,, .-...mmiBiinners was alected chair,
slve measures of fuel economy must be tlon Commissioners, was elected chair-
lurried into everv activity of Indus-1
trial ai.d domestic life, and the co-oper-1 Traner was elected committeeman
atlon of every man and woman In the . f - Thlrd Ward by twenty-six out
, C0er.yenombye. beiPngr g" Intensive ' of the thlrty-.lx .votes He Immediately
study In connection with steam plants withdrew and George W. Mintzer was
'and Industrial uses. An organization is elected In his place.
I already In existence, provided with en- in the Fifth Ward Carey withdrew
I glneers and Inspectors who will visit after his election, and Daniel J. Crow
'every evne of the 250,000 steam-pro- . n Municipal Court emplove. was
I duclng. plants In the country with a hoaen to succeed him. In the Tenth
view or tne improvement ww ".u-i-
ment nnrl flrine nracttce.
inis is ex-
pected to save 20,1)00,000 tons of coal.
Many rlans for Paving
The economical use of power In fac
tories will be ln the hands of organized
shop committees. The power loads of
the public utilities throughout the coun
try are being studied with a view to re
adjustments which will result In large
saving
In many cities the Isolated power
plants which use an extravagant amount
of coal In proportion to the power pro
duced will he ureed to obtain more eco-
I nomlcal power from large producing sta
tions. . ....
The Introduction of "skip-stop" sched
ules on all stieet railways Is expected
to save 1,000,000 tons of coal. The con
solidation of Ice plants will yield a still
larger tonnage. Unnecessary outdoor
lighting. Including advertising signs and
display Illumination, will be reduced. Ho
tels, office buildings, apartment houses
an public buildings are being asked to
join In rigid economy of light and heat.
Every American citizen will be asked
to clean his furnace, keep It In repair
andstudy economical firing. Instruc
tions prepared by the highest authority
will be furnished by the fuel admlnts-
trr(An ,
if every one loins In this movement.
I from the owner of an Industrial plant
i to the householder with ';.. f,utce,.?l"d
E5Vwffic& 'to the amount absolutely
needed. If houses are not overheated.
the furnace dampers properly adjusted
nnd the ashes sifted, it will be possible
fto save from 60 000 000 , ,o ,76000 000
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nlence to the American people.
A Having of 60.000.000 tons of coal Is
the one possible avenue of escape from
national disaster. Necessities of war
inust.be supplied. The coal deficit must
Inevitably come out of the necessary
fuel for nonwar industries. These In.
dustrles employ millions of our popula
tion and furnish the. backbone of our
national wealth. Factories will shut
down and men be out of wqrk ln pro
portion to the coal deficit. Kvery ton of
coal saved will keep fifty workmen from
Idleness .and permit an additional
creation of several hundred dollars'
worth ot national wealth.
The fuel administration nas frankly
alarmlnc fuel situation. IC denlres in
state Just. as frankly and with all the
HaaM K
Vare Says Fear
Made Foes Quit
Mnth Ward Nell Wlddls, In place of
James M. Neeley, Penrose selection.
McCaughan
Twcnty-flfth Ward Bernard McGut-
gan Instead of James Connelly, selected
by Wllllarn J. Campbell, the Penrose
leader.
Thirty-eighth Ward William J.
Brennan, In place of Representative
Slgmund J. Gans. the Penrose choice.
Select Councilman Harry J. Trainer.
Under of the Third Ward, who declined
t sit In the city committee, has been
the repiesentatlve in that body from the
Third Ward for twenty years. Select
Councilman James A. Carey, of the
Fifth Ward, who also declined a seat
in the central Republican committee, has
-tpiescnted his ward ln the city com
mittee for twelve years.
The other Penrose leaders who de
clined seats In the city commute are
Thomas W. Cunningham, of the Tenth
Ward. Magistrate William F. Campbell,
of the Twenty-fifth Ward, and Real
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r.siate Assessor uihrciy t. jhwukihii,
of the Twenty-fourth Ward; James
Neely in the Ninth and Slgmund Gans
In the Thirty-eighth
All of the Penrose leaders will ac
cept places In the Republican Alliance,
the renrose central organization. The
reason assigned for declining seats In
the city committee Is a continuation of
the warfare against the Vares and con
tractor rule.
Trainer Kxplalnn Activities
Select Councilman Harry J. Trainer
voiced the sentiments of himself and
the other Penrose leaders In the fol
lowing statement explaining his action:
"I have declined to return to the contractor-controlled
city committee for the
reason that a membership In that body
might be misconstrued. The fight that
the Town Meeting party and Republi
can Alliance are making against con
from both
. "I have enlisted for the fight, and so
that y position Is made clear I desire
to say to the Independent Republicans of
Philadelphia that there will be no peace
or party harmony until the contractor
Influence Is wiped out completely."
All the leaders who declined seats In
the city committee elected substitutes
A. Lincoln Acker. Penrose leader of
the Thirty-eighth Ward, who had not
sat ln the committee for some years, sent
Representative Slgmund Gans as the
CM1inlltt(eman from ,B ward. James
Thomas, a real estate assessor and for
man of the ward committee.
w . r.nnlnenam. whn ,,,, , h..i .
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seat In the city committee for years, re
turned Rollo Dance, a real estate as
sessor and former city committeeman.
Select Councilman James M. Neeley
waa re-elected by the Penrose forces In
the Ninth Ward over Earl Wlddls. the
vare candidate, ny a vote oi is to e.
Campbell was re-elected from the
Twenty-fifth Ward by an overwhelming
majority of the ward committee and Mc
Caughn was re-elected from the Twenty-
fourth by a vote of 46 to 32.
James J. Connell was substituted for
Campbell as the committeeman from the
Twenty-rutn, ana tormer councilman
Peter Gallacher was' the choice from the
Twenty-fourth ln place of'McCaughn.
noth Claim Victory
Both sides cjalm victory in the Twenty-third,
where. William McKlnley, Vare,
and David T. Hart. Penrose, were the
rivals. The two factions held separate
meetings, but McKlnley will likely get
recognition from the city committee.
The Vare forces In the Twenty-fourth
Ward also held a meeting of their own
and elected Charles W. McConnell city
committeeman. Michael I. Crane was
the former leader of the Vare forces in
the ward.
in the Eighteenth Ward Select Coun-
cllman-isaac D. Hetzel was elected to
succeed John Vlrdln, deceased. Hetzel,
a Vare man, was opposed by Heal Estate
Assessor Robert Grler. Following the
meeting of the ward committee the" Al
liance committee in the ward met and
elected Grler as the Republican Alli
ance representative from the ward.
- Wat Careful, All Right
Woodbury, jr. J.. June 11. Obed Jack
son, a. negro. Is in jail here In default
of fine for smoking on the premises of
the bag loading plant,
A guard caught him ln the act, and
Jackson said he did not realize the
dapger although lie was careful.
Wltbln a few feet of -where he sat
and afootirpm where he threw the"
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WILL REVIEW CASES
OF 45 MENNONITES
Department Believes Other
Factors Than Refusal to
Wear Uniforms Involved
Washington, June 11.
The cases of forty-five so-called con
scientious objectors sentenced to long
terms of Imprisonment at Camp Travis
nre assumed to Involve other factors
than refusal to wear the army uni
forms, War Department officials saj-,
otherwise the punishment meted out
would be extremely severe.
Disloyal propoganda among camp
mates nnd other such offenses might
have been involved. It ls recalled
that oncof the first objectors brought
before a court-martial was sentenced
to death on account of such factors,
though the sentence was modified
when brought to .the Department for
final review.
The cases tried at Camp Travis will
bo reviewed before the sentences are
confirmed.
San Anlonlo, Tex., June 11.' Forty
five conscientious objectors who had
refused to wear army uniforms have
been sentenced to life Imprisonment
by a court-martial.
The sentence was reduced to twenty
five years each by Brigadier General
J. P. O'.Vell. who reviewed the records.
General O'Nell designated Fort
Leavenworth. Kan., prison as the
place of confinement. The men will
be sent immediately to prison.
The men are nearly all from Okla
homa and members of the Mcnnonlte
faith. Some of the Mennonltes have
refused to bear arms, but donned the
uniform and accepted work In non
combatant units. The men who were
tried refused to nut on the uniform
ad refused to work ln any capacity
connectea, witn me arjny.
The trials were held Friday and Sat
urday nnd no evidence was offered by
the defense beyond the statement that
the men were of a faith objecting to
physical force. None of the defend
ants offered any explanation of their
failure to obey the command to put
on uniforms.
$10,000,000 ACTION
TO END AST0R TRUST
Friendly Suit to Divide Real
Estate Brought Before
Court
New York, June 11.
Legal proceedings to dissolve a trust
which for seventy years has tied up
New York city real estate estlmatedto
be worth upward of $10, 000,000 for the
benefit of Henry Astor. great-grandson
of John Jacob Astor, founder of the
family fortune were before the Supreme
Court here todaj-. The suit. In which
Wlnthrop Astor Chandler appears as
plaintiff, is made necessary by the death
of Henry Astor last Friday at his coun
try home at West Copake, Columbia
County, near Albany.
Henry Astor was a son of William B.
Astor and was eighty-six ycars old at
his death. When he was a lad" of twenty
he fell in love with and married pretty
Malvlna Dlnehart, the daughter of his
father's gardener. The marriage angered
Henry's father so much that when he
died leaving a $100,000,000 estate, he
cut Henry off In his will. Under the
terms of the will made by Her.-y's
grandfather, however, the former still
enjoyed the income from about 125 nar-
eels of New York real estate left by
.ionn jacoo .Asior, tne property which
It Is now sought to have divided among
the children of Henry's brothers and
sisters. A suit In partition such as was
commenced Is the legal way of termi
nating the trust.
Burnt Fatal to Mirfer
Kxeelslor, Pa., June 11. From burns
suffered at the Excelsior colliery six
weeks ago, Michael Drust. twenty-four
years old. died at the Shamokin Him.
pltal. Drust had seemingly recovered and
returned to work, out was taken violent
ly 111. Physicians found him suffering
from Inhalation of flames.
U. S. MARINES' GREAT DRIVE
INSPIRES MANY TO ENLIST
"Rookies" at Navy Yard Fret and Chafe for Opportunity to
Go "O'ver There" as Recruiting Offices Are Crowded
With Eager
to
ILE "rookies" at the navy yard
barracks of the United States ma
rines are "kicking like mules" to go
"over there'," hundreds or youths and
men from every walk of life are flock
ing to the marine recruiting office. 1409
Arch street, seeking to enter the ranks
of "the first to fight" as the result of
the great drive of the marines, last
week, against the Germans.
Men with only a few weeks' training
at the navy yard are fretful and dis
like the Idea of putting In the remainder
of their eight weeks' training here, while
their comrades-to-be. "over there." are
driving against the Kaiser's troops.
Philadelphia is taking her rightful
place among other large cities in re
cruiting marines. Lieutenant Sam
Katcher, of the marine recruiting force,
said today. She now Tanks second, led
only by New York. Heretofore this city
has been fa down In the list, but
patriotism. Inspired by America's
triumphs recently, has caused hundreds
to flock Into' sen Ice.
The number of enlistments !( doub
ling 4he figures previous to June 1,
according to .Lieutenant Katcher, 'Last
week more, than 200 enlisted, among
them lawyers, physicians and other men
high In civic life.
Captain S,,A. W, Patterion, In charge
of the. Philadelphia recruiting office. Is
elated with the recruiting results and
is high in" his praise of the quality of
the recruits.
Kxceptlonal opportunities some never
before offered In the marine service
are offered recruits now. Lieutenant
Katcher said. Active service overseas
fi.llows trulnloif of eight weeks, as all
available men are being rushed to
France to re-enforce the "Devil Dogs"
who r now fighting the German armies.
"Real, red-blooded Americans should
not miss this opportunity to enlist under
the gli.be. anrher and eagle," he said.
Klectrlcal engineers and college men
with the degree of bacneior or science
will find great opportunities In the ma
rines, according to present plans. Both
are badly needed and will be given
commissions after;, six weeks of train
ing. EIec.tr fetalis re also needed Im
mediately, foroyifseas duty with the
heavy artillery I. .
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REALTY DEALERS ON JAUNT
Hold Annual Outing at Lu Lu
Country Club
Long before the rest of the city was.
astir today, real estate dealers of the
city, In conjunction with sundry clerks
and office nttaches. had arisen, shaved,
and hurried off ln the direction of the Lu
Lu Country Club.
Reason? The annual outing of the
Philadelphia neat Estftte Board. And
they say It's going to be "some" outing.
The date had been originally set for
May 2.1, but Uncle Sam said he needed
a few real estate men to help In the
housing program. All such things as
outings and other Immediate pleasures
were thrown aside and the real estate
men rolled up their sleeves and, did their
"bit" with a will.
Today, however. "Is another day" and
the mecca of the merry-makers Is at the
Lu Lu Club whereTthere aren't any such
things as telephones, housing problems,
or "where-do-we-get-a-house" queries.
There will be athletic sports, music, and
(you bet) a bang-up dinner.
PREDICT DRY VICTORY
ON SENATE MEASURE
Advocates Believe Jones
Amendment Satisfactory to
Wilson and Hoover
Washington. June 11.
Nation-wide prohibition for the dura
tion ot the wnr npproached rapidly
today.
Advocates of the cause were confident
of victory when the Jones amendment
to the agricultural emergency appropri
ation bill of straight piohlbltlon meas
ure comes up for, a vote. Prohibition
members of the Senate belletc that the
Jones amendment, which prohibits
whisky sales and use and the making
of beers and light wines thirty days
after the passage of the act, has set
aside the opposition to the Randall pro
hibition which President Wilson and
Food Administrator Hoover have voiced,
The executive opposition to the Randall
amendment was based on the fact that
It would stop the manufacture of
liquors, but would leave a considerable
amount of whisky ln bond to be con
sumer, and that this would place the
nation on a whlsky-drlnklnk basis. The
Jones' amendment would obviate this
objection by prohibiting all traffic In
whisky Immediately upon approval of
the bill. It would allow thirty days
for manufacturers of other alcoholic
beverages to use up their stoncks on
hand.
The Jones amendment Is now In the
hands of the Senate Committee on Ag
riculture. This committee Is scheduled
to meet tomorrow. There Is little doubt
that the committee will return a
favorable report on the amendment. In
asmuch as a majority of the members
of the committee as known to be
strongly In favor of prohibition.
While the prohibitionists appear to
have a good many votes In the Senate,
It Is possible the Jones amendment may
be thrown out on a point of order that,
an amendment dealing with- prohibition
has no place as a rider on an agricul
tural appropriation bill.
In the event that the Jones amend
ment is adopted by the Senate, there
still remains the question of whether
the House will accept It as a substi
tute for the Randall amendment, vvhlcb
left the question to the President,
7-CENT FARES IN EFFECT
Threats to Walk Not Carried Out in
'Wilmington; Injunction Asked
Wilmington', Iel.. June 10. Seven
cent street carfares, with four tickets
for twenty-five cents, went into effect
In Wilmington yesterday, and despite the
threat made that manv persons would
walk rather than pay the increane, trol
ley officials reported there had been no
falling off In travel.
Robert O. Harman as counsel for the
Voteds' Nonpartisan League and the
Central Labor Union ; .Tames W. Robert
son, chairman of the finance committee
of City Council, and William K. Seward,
president of the Central Labor Union,
went before Chancellor Curtis today and
asked that an Injunction be Issued re
straining the company from charging a
seven-cerlt carfare until the caoe can
be determined in court. The Chancellor
will hear the application this morning.
Estates of the Dead
An estate valued at $9000 Is disposed
nf In private bequests bv the will of
Horace Sheldrake 150 West Wright
street, probated today. The personal ef.
fects of the estate of Annie E. Steel have
been appraised at 123,214. 87,
Candidates
or boys to the marine service. Many
of those enlisted have just reached the
minimum age at which they can be
taken ; others are Just bordering on the
maximum age and In a few more months
would have been rejected.
'They come from all walks of life all
sorts, all sizes, all kinds and all designs,
from all parts of the world1." said Lieu
tenant Ketcher. "They come 'several
years under age and want us to take
them. We can't do It, but some fellows,
with only a few months or a few weeks
to go, plead with ustlo enlist them, and
we can only promise to take them as
soon as they reach the age. This satis
fies them, and promptly on the day that
they can go, they are on tho Job.
"You can't beat the spirit the boys
are showing at the navy yard barracks.
Colonel Fuller can hardly hold them.
They are only 'colts,' but they're kick
Ing like full-grown mules. They all want
to get over and help the boys there
pow."
STEPHENS MUST FACE JURY
Arden Founder It Accuied of Violating
Espionage Act
Wilmington. Del.. June 11. Judge
Woolley, ln the Federal Court, an
nounced that he had overruled the de
murrer filed by Frank Stephens, ono of
fh.i f0"ndrs " Arden. accused of vlo
ih,.,?rxt!.e "Dlom, ac. nd he ordered
June 20 s,phen3 appear for trial
The defendant, It Is alleged, told
women who were selling Liberty Bonds
that any one who sofd them was
murderer." His counsel held that no
pffenw was alleged, us he had spoken
mpereonally. and that the eeplonaie
law Is unconstitutional. iu.iao
DEER DAMAGE CROPS
Whiting., N. J., June 11. Farmers In
this section, angered by the damage
done growing crops by deer, are killing
the animals and eating their meat. It Is
reported. '
The Htate Game Department sent
agents here to stop the killing of the
deer, but the agents found the farmers
so stirred up by their losses that they
heoltowed by-, acqijlttek Tymftsr
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WATER SHORTAGES
Neglect to Extend Capacity
and Increased Consump- '
tion Blamed
WAR ADDS TO DEMANDS !
Early Loan for Bureau and
Greater Pumpagc for South
Philadelphia Planned
A water shortage in the central an
southern section of the city Is Utile less
than a certainty. Two factors enter Irfto .
the present situation. One Is Councils' S
failure to provide loan money for needed,
extensions and the other ls the Increased
consumption by war Industries. '
Twice each year the Bureau of Water
finds Itself unable to keep supply equal.
wlth'flemand nnd the arrival of the sum
mer months bids fair to result In a
shortage even grcat'er than was ex
perlenced In past years. Last winter
open hydrants lo(kecp pipes from freez
ing was the. reason given for a shortage
that- caused general complaint from
business houses In the central and south
ern section of the city.
Chief Davis, of the Bureau of Water,
with a very limited amount of jiioney
on hand, hag repaired most of the pump
ing and filtration apparatus at Torres
dale and Lardner's Point and hopes to
be able to run both tn'ohster plants at
capacity nil summer. Capacity at these
and other plants means an outside limit 'r
of 350,000,000 gallons of filtered water
each twenty-four hours. Already con-'
sumption has nearly reached that point,
and a steady Increase Is predicted as the
summer progresses.
In addition to high rate of consump
tion the dally Increasing demands of
shipbuilding Industries and war muni
tion plants places the bureau In a posi
tion of being unable to supply all de
mands In sections south of Market
street. Director Datesman, of the De
partment of Public Works, estimates In
creased consumption because of war ac
tivities at 50.000,000 gallons dally.
Where this extra supply is tq come from
no one knows.
ls.000,000 Loan Tlanned
The after-the-war program of ac-
tlvitlcs tentatively mapped out by city
authorities calls for an early loan for
the Water Bureau and plans have been r
completed for extensions and new pump-
Ing service for South Philadelphia. ,.
which will cost the city In the neighbor- J
noou or 8,ooo,ooo under before-the-war
prices. In the meantime little or nothing
Is being done to meet what Is admittedly
one of the greatest emergencies resulting
from Philadelphia's sudden growth as a
shipping nnd manufacturing center for
war supplies.
In discussing the water shortage and
the probability of greater trouble as
the summer projresses, Director Dates
man said:
"Our desperate situation Jjaa been
forced upon us directly by the war. The
war demands have Increased, until Chief
Davis, correctly claims that they amount
to about IB per cent of the capacity
of the works. In the northwest section
therw Is an establishment which Is do
ing dental work for the Government. It
wants twice .as much water as it Is get
ting, and the chief says that It Is Im
possible for him to respond to tho call
In that section. Take the BH11 Works
alone: It has called for au increase
of l'O.OOO.GOO gallons a year, half a.. ,vj
million gallons dally. In Its supply.
West Philadelphia,' Peril '
"If the Falrmount Dam breaks, all of
West Philadelphia will be out of water
at once. Doubtless Councils soon will
be able to find the 65,000 which has '
tee'n asked to repair it, but other breaks
can occur which would be hardly less
serious, and $65,000 Is a drop In the
buckot compared with the big needs of f
the system. Chief Davis has presented '
a program ot Improvements and exten
sions of the works which could be car
ried out ln four or five yearn, which
would cost 18,000,000, and which would 'i
mean a capacity of 400,000,000 gallops x
a day. It Is not a case like that of iho
elevated railroad system, where tho ex- .
penditure ot $2,700,000 on the Arch and
Locust streets loops would be useless v
without $34,000,000 for the entire Broad -,
street system. The water works exten- ,
slons can be built In units capable ot ,
rendering full service If we had IlI.OOO.-v
000 or $3,000,000 a year."
GIVE CLUB TO SERVICE MEN
Washington Home From Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Bodies
Washington, June 11. A clubhouse
for soldiers and sailors visiting Wash
ington is to be opened by the National -
Congress of Mothers and Parent Teach-
ers' Associations, of which Mrs. Fred
eric Schoff, of Philadelphia, is presi
dent. A residence at 1314 Massachusetts
avenue has been bought. In It arc read
ing and writing looms, a piano and a
victrola, a cafeteria and '.'00 beds. On
a porch overlooking a garden a sleeping
porch Is being built. The war camp i
community service of the Commission on
Training Camp Activities ls co-operat
ing. The house committee Is: Mrs. Arj
mur a. tsirney. cnairman ; Mrs. William
T. Carter and Mrs. Schoff. Philadelphia j
itirs. vtuuani r. inacuer, Airs. r. i', ii
v,baiuii, .'lis, ivuie uarrcu, wagtuiigion. ' l
HOME DEFENSE ON GUARD
Lansdale Residents Take Steps to
Check Robberiei
Lansdale. Pa.. June 11. Because of
numerous recent robberies a detail of
the Home Defense patrols the streets
here -at night In support of the regular1
policemen.,
Monday night of last week, four places
ot business were entered by burglars
and the following night Abram Fran
kenfield was held up on his own door
steps by two unknown men who stole
Z7, leaving tneir victims unconscious. -jt Si
PVIriiW nlarht hlirzlara tried In ntrr lh r .ll
garage of the Dresher Motor, Company
irage of the Dresher Motor, Company " f I
on West Main street. They were fright- Ml
ened off, but Jimmy marks were visible. vJ
nn h ilnnr fr-ftm. -t.i '4
' Two of the largest garages were profc
tectea oy armea guaras isi, nigncapa
steps were taken today by other owners
to protect their property.
G. A. R. RALLYATDANVILLEj
DainTlM. Ta.. June 11. The fifty. A
RM-nnrt nnntifll pneamnment of thn Pnn.r
Hvlvanla division. Grand Army of thfl w? .
Republic, with Women's Belief Corps,
of Veterans, opened In Danville yester-iVi
A,mr nl,A Bmamtnna will lua, Ihraa Anm S
.auifn en iiirr u. -i 4 b. biiu iiauautera ect
Manv from Philadelnhla and Plttsbubrrh 'fcy (
!.nrA here. - . .vS
The program inciuaes automooiie KW
rides, receptions and the business sea- -T9
nlntm alatvi-1-ata anlarlolnminta tA Vi . i.it'i
parade having been canceled owing' to I4)M
the war, . .
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