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'MM. and on the Battlefields
of Europe
u.wvA'u freedom, from Tier mountain
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height,
$fSr9&J'nfr,te& her standard to the air,
Syfvr 0re "e azure robe of nlpht
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ft WJjWfSne minnled irlffc tf gorgeous dues
jX iw muicv oaiartc oj xne SKtes
J 4nd atrfped 4f pure ce?ef fat tchite
&S WM streafcmss o the morning light.
WtSiAi "Woe" 0 tne ree heart's hooe and home '
&u I Bti OflfTxZ kimrfl fn )nrof nftii f
fl't&hxl TV 'tara oe Mf tne trelfctn dome.
KaJSeiiT? v AtlA. alt ihl fit try f ft l.nm 4m )iaih
k7 V -S -ru v t w wi r fttuftr,
KiWi Swhere breathes the foe, but aits
era, oejore us,
iji $rfh fretdom's soil beneath our Jeet
3r5 aim jittuum oanncr screaming ocr
ia&bwi 'ro"" lag and rar flag and our flag
PlSSS?. birthday is being commemorated to-
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.h. One hundred1 ftnd fnrtv.nno s-bbt.! qvA
rsf t j-. "o
BJ T rJUne 14, 1777 thp Pontlnpntnl f-nn.
Sjt ms-of the United States adopted the
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JErfC Biarnlflcent folds In this city-
E,55 Today It naunts Its spirit of freedom
vr ntl democracy the vorld over As It
k0? was carried Into battle for American
rJfft Jfeeilom, so it is being carried Into the
tV'HS' Mttle today Intn hattlo fr -,t.i
E1 're 5om.
!' . .o Btiuvuttie ior me occasion
fir belnP held in this city, all over th
pouniry. in Europe everywhere.
In 1'rance the brae boys who are
meeting the thrust of the Clerman bay
onet and giving two blows for every
one received are the greatest honorers
of the flag.
They are, offering their all their
homes, their lives that democracy
freedom may live on forever; that the
Iter which has neer known rir9i ,.
h triumphant In Its greatet test, may
wave on "o'er the land of the free and
the home of the brave."
They have planted Its message of
freedom firmly on the ramparts of
France, beside the national emblems of
France, Belgium, England and other
allies.
Greater Rlcnlflranrc Today
The significance of Flag Day today
IS greater than ever before.
It Is being defended' on land and on
and for the first time In its his
tory Is being defended In the air
From every flagstaff in the cltv. from
the windows of every home, It is flut
tering Its message of freedom.
In every school In the city elaborate
Flag-Day programs were carried out.
Th '"Star Spangled Banner'" ., ..
oy thousands of school children. Far
away in n.orea tne school children added
their -voices to the chorus.
patriotic exercises in commemoration
o? the fiftieth anniversary of peace after
xne uivh war win ne nem at noon at
dependence Hall.
An "album flag." composed of a Ktr
aent py eacn state in the I'ninn win
v ne raisea. aiong wun a tied Cross em
Hem. A wireless message will be
' flashed to all narts of the wni-in tni
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KJi, -or we commemoration exercises In this
iiltv otty. similar exercises will be hM in
Pj-J alt sections of the country.
iU" America will be presented with flairs
T$Kfr Dy tne hiiao'Pn13- tnapter Daughters
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7;er tne Kevoiution at inaependence Hall
'gl All of the sixty Boy Scout troops or-
rf-.T' mrIh ilni,a last TTlav Tav In t.lK ,,..
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bm.-na.T quannea tor a nag.
lyJft . Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr., regent of the
KV, chapter, will make the presentation after
Ci. . aoDroDrlate exercises at the Chestnut
iv street entrance. Judge George Gray
pv Will be the speaker.
r, v. h. oi . to uunerve nay
eiA Oatlntln fAm Cm, n ml.
exercises at the Betsy Ross House, fol-
JliJr: lowing a parade In which 30.000 are ex.
fff jjected to participate. The parade will
1t" aiavf at T)ma anil Cn.lnn n1n
iSji rtreete. The exercises at the Betsy Ross
CAr$KJIotf will start at 3 p. m, Gabriel
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SnSMMt Of the P. O. ." of A., and Judes
KJA'Ti Albert W. Johnson, of Lawl.huri- Va.
KS-liir scheduled to deliver addresses.
R8ii This afternoon a flag raising will be
E'-MfisSlwJd, and students of the Robert Mor-
fto School win participate in track and
KHfat events. Boys and girls will be the
tiTtiffii District Superintendent Milton C.
Mxcooptr Is in charge of the program, and
jSTWCalvln O. Althouse, head of the School
rVjSjfC Commerce at the Boys' Central High
A(Sehool. will be the SDeaker.
POT' the Joan of Arc statue in Falr-
fcr4pWount Park the orphans' memorial serv-
.cgtaea, acneduled to have been held Me-
if-nui my, dui postponed py rain, will
LnSMl mndllrtH It 7 O.V1aV h1 artAnnnn
i 'vSSiMtowed by the Michael Francis Dnvle
4fl.SMtlt n 1-m V.1U.. - U- X-.L ,.
FE3vWome for Destitute Children, St. Jo-
Ftrt MBit a OmhanaffA anH th Ap)iUt,nn
, afcl5HVn Xrmnrfnl Unm, n-Kn ntnHln mi
l4? heId ln tne Zoo'osical pardens.
EiSIn Camden tonight Camden rod..
(te-j P. O. E., will celebrate Flag Dey on
J''Ml Courthouse ntflva A fantiir t it..
r -li T .LV, ,T. V 7: --.-. w vc
eorauon win db tne raising of forty
4cht Illuminated American flags slmnl
neously, representing the fortv-elrht
: Utes ln the Union.
1 'f(.The flags were made and the method
,rilh vised by John Kelly, chief of the Cam-
r,wn circiricai iiureau.
?iT5Four tableaus. symbolizing th. aih.
AWiMlonB, will be presented by members
-w-.", v.t-iniii. iiic jiev, u. snera
nvomery, of Washington, will de
r an address. The Elks' trihuto
,na will be made by James A. Long,
it exalted ruler.
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Startling Sacrifices'"
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fAUr recording constantly' and deeply
v ''"a nniuiiB me American
that more trained Americana h,v.
.Jn n1!,1ble to. "lgt ,h French
the willingness of the Americans to
inemseives, a London eorre.
t with the American troona In
says:
its la. the spirit of the whele army.
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v7i hub iuu nraiueni. wun ever
n in wun me Aiuea desires
iwie American, troops with the
.and British. This was a great
B. areater. nerhans. than mni
,lwti5 but I understand If the
wi niv iitai ww uays ana tne
Of th Allies Should so riemnna
'Mttd States la nrenared fnr an
much greater sacrifice and of a
r mucn more dramatic and
aaBot aive details ana the n-.
Jy by cd fortune never arise.
whatever happens the Allies win
i mtjy a leeimg or gratitude for
KMWK nsnt wun wnich the
tfmit pUying her part in the
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IRIT OF BETSY
SHE MADE IS
Happy if Her Painstaking
Stitches Help, Keep .Men
and Women of Today True
to Democracy
Wraith of Colonial Seamstress
Tells of Pride to Girl Vis
itor to Arch Street House
Birthplace of Old Glory Scene
Today of Most Elaborate
Celebration Ever Conducted
There
By SARA LOCKMTOOD
AN AIR of excited Importance today
Xi. pervades the little shop at !3.1
Arch street, which, despite its environ
ment of bustling Industrialism, has re
tained such sleepy staldness that pass-1
v..;,.,, usuajiy lorgct even to glance that
way I
To the uninitiated, thew fathered flog
vhtch has hung for months over the
portals has meant nothing more than
thousands of other flags floating ln the
breeres. Even the sign across the nar-l
row building. "Birthplace of Old Glory"
evoked little response from any except
visitors to the city
Lu on F'g !); noii' c jU i.-fs it
by v.lthna (.tn,npiiK- i, mar I ".Vlilie
th" Mmrlcan flac, v ;n tod-,y list' a
sr(Ial niianlnr hfinc it tl'f t I3n
Jint ivirsa.-v of Its a-lop . o. Iioldi th
coil,; of att'!ictoii, tin t.llll.rds :inJ
1-n i cr. of ml tlu .til'. 1 n.in.ins hoi.1
forth at the home of Betsy Ross
The wooden shield ln the center of the
building, with Its faded portrait of
Oeorrv Washington, is draped with new
flags A pavilion gaily bedecked in na-
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MS the settlnc far the lirnernni. wnl.'h'
II1 be held this af'rrnoon and tonlsit.
Service Flg for 50,147
Emblazoned on the adjoining wall In
all the glory of red, white and blue elec
tric lights Is a huge tableau proclaim
ing "God, Humanity, Democracy" above
a service flag denoting that 20,147 Phila
delphia boys arc doing their bits today
under the same standard the Quaker
seamstress first made in 1776,
A girl from the newer West, where the
only historic antiques are those nature
has left as landmarks on hills and
prairies, was the first to enter the shop
today. He r faith In Betsy Ross stories.
heard since childhood, wre unshaken It
was with a certain reverence that she
asked to ice the relics of America's early
days.
There wasn't even a glance from the
shopkeeper as he directed her to the rear
Toom In the midst of vari-colored
flags, buttons, quaint old prints and
other souvenirs he dashed frantically
about making plans and giving orders
for the Flag Day programs which are
to revive memories of Betsy Ross and
her part In the nation's history
The cool dimness of the room In whlrh
thp pretty Colonial seamstress sewed to
gether the bunting for the first Ameri
can flag was a relief to the western
girl She sank Into one of the stiff
backed chairs to look and dream.
The queer little old fireplace was the
only really familiar object. The blue
tiles with their Dutch "windmills were
the same pictured ln the only paintings
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were log3 on the andirons, but a bright i"""" "w in Kniiung me socks
red Are-extinguisher close beside dls- and muftlers."
pelled any romantic notions of bygone Tt ,s better." acknowledged the spirit
days. Strange photographs decked the of Betsy Ross. "And the standards
low wooden mantle beside signs of , who makes them V"
warning: "Boys Must Remove Their
Hats" and "Xo Smoking."
The wails were covered with steel
engravings and old-fashioned pictures,
most of them of Washington An easel
in the corner held the tamllar picture
which many critics have declared a
monstrous fake. Ir it Betsy Ross Is I girl explained what each represented I er have any legal right to hold any
represented showing the newly complet- "George Washington and Robert Mor- ceremonies at the grave of Betsy Ross
ed flag to Washington, Robert Morris rls were the committee to design the In Mt. Morlah Cemetery, but! under
and George Ross. flrst flag." said the spirit George Ross, , slant members of Grant Camp, Sons of
Poor Betsy would scarcely recognize
the place now, I Imagine," the girl mur- J
LEARN SON IS KILLED
LONG AFTER BURIAL
Parents of Lieutenant Murray
Still Lack Official Tidings
of Flyer's Death
Lieutenant Walter Murray, of the
Royal British Flying Corps, the former
Central High School boy, who was killed
Just outside of London when his plane
collapsed as he was making the haz
ardous vertical dive, had been1 burled
for two weeks before his parents. Lieu
tenant and Mrs. J. W. Murray, of Oak
lyn, JC. J knew anything of the acci
dent. The parents have not yet received
official notification of his death.
The only word we hav e received came
in the form of letters of condolence from
two brother officers and a civilian
friend," said John L. Murray, of Wash
ington, who went to Oaklyn when his
parents telegraphed him his brother was
dead "But for these letters we would
know knothlng. Only two days ago I
received a letter from Walter and sent
an answer. I have telegraphed the Brit
ish Air Board officials at Toronto, ask
ing why we have not been informed of
Walter's death. I think It Is customary
for the commanding officer to notify th
next of kin when a man Is killed."
Lieutenant Murray was born In Balti
more May 13, 1898, and was only twen
ty years old when he died. His father.
Lieutenant J. W. Murray, U S. X., is
an engineer, who was retired before the
United States entered the war, but, fol
lowing the declaration, was recalled to
active service and Is now on inspection
duty at the New Tork Shipbuilding
Company plant, Camden.
While attending school here Walter
Murray lived with his parents in West
Philadelphia and later at 157 Park ave
nue, Oaklyn. He quit school to go with
the Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery
to the Mexican border when the trouble
there was at its crisis. There he was
trained as a siege gunner and saw serv
ice as a mounted scout.
When the United States entered the
war Murray sought an officer's training
at Fort Niagara and tried for the air
corps, but was rejected for defective
sight. He tried to enter other services
of the United States but was rejected
for the same defect.
As a last resort he sought enlistment
In the Royal British Flying Corps, which
accepted him. He was trained In Can
ada and In Texas and then went to
Cngland for final training, having al
ready won a second lieutenant's commission-
He had just -been commissioned a
first lieutenant when he was killed.
One of the letters of condolence
speaks of Lieutenant Murray as a gen
eral favorite and praises him for his
high courage,
bravado In It
which
nothing of
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ROSS REJOICES THAT FLG
SYMBOL OF HOPE
"The Flag" on
mured aloud And as she gazed at the
gentle figure of tho picture she was sure
she saw It grow In stature ami shape till
Betsy Ross in reality stood curtseying
and smiling. It seemed only natural that
the spirit of this loyal little woman who
did so much for America In l evolutionary
dajs should return to celebrate the day
whenthe American flag means more per
haps than It ever has since its adoption
In 1777.
"You must forgive mv fright," begged
Hit spirit. "The world Is sc strange and
the room It is changed so greatly."
"I know," said the Western girl "We
Americans didn't begin to appreciate
ou till your old home was almost de
stroyed, and then It was too late to
bring back the things that would make
It still your home How bare and des
olate it must seem to you "
"Yes, but I understond Behind you,
there, were the shelves laden with uni
forms to be swn You knew I was
(Ujiployed hy the General to help clothe
lits soldiers Perhaps jou make uni
forms todaj "
But the girl shook her head. "Sr,"
bhe explained, "machines are used to
make the enormous supply uf uniforms
today and machines ale graduollv sun-
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.viaclilnery again, in largo factories.
Have you seen our bervlce flags ,and
those of the Allied1 nations?" And the
girl brought from the other room a hean
ot the bright-colored silken things.
For a few moments the shadowy spirit
hovered over them, while tho western
an uncle of my husband, suggested thit
I be allowed to make It,
5-CENT PIECE OF ICE
. IS ON MARKET AGAIN
Poor Can Get Fifteen Pounds
for Nickel on "Cash and
Carry" Plan
Beginning today, the "five-cent piece"
of Ice can once more be bought.
The rejuvenated "nickel piece" Is
smaller than the one sold two years
ago, being only fifteen pounds
All small pieces of Ice are sold on the
"cash and carry" baBls of three pounds
for one cent. Only at warehouses will
this price prevail.
When the Iceman comes to the con
sumer's rear door, sixty centB for 100
pounds Is the price now. This Is lower
than at any time since the war began,
the average price heretofore being ten
cents for twelva or fifteen pounds.
These new prices are fixed by the
Philadelphia County food administration
following an agreement with the city's
Ice dealers. The dealers voluntarily
placed themselves under the control of
the administration, thus obviating the
necessity of licensing them.
The prices fixed are Intended to benefit
the small consumer and there will be no
waiver. Profiteering by the retailer or
the huckster will result In his being cut
off from supply
Manufacturers, wholesalers and pro
ducers have agreed to the standardiza
tlon of price, so that peddlers or retailers
who try to transgress the new rule will
find it impossible to procure their
product
It Is also agreed that the delivery of
Ice to retailers at railway stations car
doors and depot platform throughout the
city shall be $5 per ton.
Although the price has been lowered,
fhe food administration requests that
consumers make every effort to save ice
wherever possible, as the amount of
Ice in storage Is Insufficient to last the
summer should there be a long, hot spell.
PERUVIANS IN ALARM
War Materials Obtained by Chile Cause
Perturbation
1,1ms, Tern, June 14. Continuous
session of the Peruvian House of
Representatives has been ordered. Th,e
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and War
explain It Is because of a presentation to
Chile by Great Britain of certain ma
terials of war, which Mas caused some
feeling of alarm In the Peruvian capital
and some evidence of public concern.
Waihlnaion, June 14. Officials here
know nothing of the reported transfer of
war materials by Great Britain to Chile,
but It Is thought that the report to that
effect which Is agitating Pent has been
caused possibly by" some of the actlvi-
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"7 am happy, she continued, "that I
wa.s allowed to do that for my countrv,
though It was so little after all You
and jour friends and ancestor have
made of it a wonderful thing and have
endowed me with almost superhuman
qualities. I was only a girl, just past
twenty-four j-ears old, when 1 sewed
together the strips of color. But If
'lories of my beauty and character and
those few houru of work on the flag
have been enhanced by features which
make the men and women of 'today
more true and loyal to their country,
then 1 am glad.
"If those painstaking stitches of mine
are sjmbollc of faith In God, In human
ity and In democracy, then may that
first flag ever be remembered by the
people
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Wounded Men Honor Guests
"We have never planned such ilab
orate celebration of Flag Day as this
year." The voice that came from the
open doorway of the shop was that of
the manager of the Betsy Ross House.
The western girl looked aiound with
smile but the spirit was not to be
seen.
Dreaming,
she murmured, and
slowly walked back to the shop, as the
manager continued his explanations.
"We have Invited various returned
and wounded soldiers to be honor guests
today and they will be presented with
flowers by the school children. Pa
triotic music and addresses by prom
inent men and women will feature both
afternoon and evening. Mrs. T. Wor-
cester Worrell Is regent of the Flag
House Chapter, D. A! R., whli.li has
the celebration In charge. We no long-
Veterans, will be in charge of exercises
1 there today '
MERE CAPTAIN'S 0. K.
NO LONGER SUFFICES
Major lust Sign Orders for
Requisites Asked by Sol
diers in France
Have you a little major In our house?
If not and If you have a son at the
front and that son sends you an order
signed and O. K.'d by his captain asking
you tp send him certain necessary arti
cles, and you ask the postoffice for
printed Instructions, which they hand
you, and you comply with these Instruc
tions to the letter, and you take your
package to the postoffice to mall It and
you are told that the captain's O. K. Is
N. G., that it must be O. K.'d by a major,
then your "little major" will come In
handy.
But if in looking over your printed In
struction: you find no mention of a
major and you protest to the man at
the postofflca window and he hands vou
new Instructions printed some days later
tnan the flrst telling you all about the
major's O. K., there is nothing to do'but
take the package home and write to
Europe for another order signed by the
major.
And perhaps by the time vou get that
order new printed Instructions will be
Issued calling for the O. K. of nothing
under a general, have you to begin all
over again?
.Great annoyance and inconvenience
have been caused many persons by the
Government restrictions on mailing par.
eels to the American expeditionary
forces. In the orders sent from Wash
ington March 28 parcels for members
connected with the American forces in
Europe might be sent at the written re
quest of the addressee when signed by
a commander or an executive officer.
No restrictions were made as to the
A-etght of the parcel.
The latest orders from Washington
state that the approval for sending
packages Is void unless signed by a
major or one of higher rank.
A man in this city received an order
from his son with the American forces
in France about six weeks ago for a
parcel to be sent to him. This order
was signed by the captain of his com
pany. The package was 'made up. the
order placed Inside according to direc
tions and taken to the Postofllce.
There the sender was told that the
package, which weighed ten pounds, was
too heavy, seven pounds being the maxi
mum weight allowed. After the pack
age was made smaller the clerk at the
Postoffice Informed the sender that the
captain's signature was not sufficient
authority for sending the parcel. After
much debating as to whether a captain
was an executive officer the matter was
taken up with the postal authorities,
causing much delay, and the parcels
were permitted to be sent.
The same man yesterday took a small
package, with the order of approval
likewise signed by the captain of his
son's company, to the postomce. He was
Informed thattthe order, according to
the new ruling, must have the approval
of at least a major.
msnmsmwuffl
IN DRAFT PROBE
President Has All Facts,
Says Adjutant Gen
eral Beary
SEEK OFFICIAL RULING
Interpretation of Various
Classifications of Regis
trants Is Desired
Adjutant General Frank t. Beary,
principal State draft officer, said today
that all the facts in the Philadelphia
draft probe are now In the hands of
rresiaent Wllron. Adjutant General
Beary Is confident that the President
will render a dcclsltn within the next
few days.
The President has been asked to order
an official Interpretation of the classifi
cations or draft reentrants.
Many draft boards, as well as draft
district appeal boards, have Interpreted
ainereniiy the extent of the five classes.
Several hold to the argumetn that a
married man, regardless of whether he
has a wire cr chllden to support should
be placed In Class 4.
Others believe he should be -placed ln
Class 2. It is thlB difference of opinion
that caused John P, Dwyer, secretary
of the Overbrook draft board, to make
charges against District Appeal Board
.M), Z.
Major Mnrdork to Betarn
This Information became known to
day when Adjutant General Beary was
seen at his home In Allentown. He was
ln Philadelphia yesterday, where he con
tinued the draft probe which Major
Murdock officially started.
Coincident with the statement thst
President Wilson has been notified of
all the fact3 In the Philadelphia draft
probe, it is reported that Major Mur
dock will return to Philadelphia, where
he will contlmt the Investigation he
started lost week.
Adjutant General Beary Is Governor
Brumbaugh's personal representative In
the administration of the draft In Penn
svlvanla. He said today that two weeks
ago when the present draft probe be
came Immlnejit, he forwarded informa
tion to the President. He said he has
kept this up and that the chief executive
as well ih Provost Marshal General
Crowder are posted on all the develop
ments In the Philadelphia draft probe
to date.
"There is only one person in the coun
try who can give a decision on the In
terpretation of the classification In
volved," declared Adjutant General
Beary.
"It Is up to the President, and I have
had the matter up with the authorities
In Washington for the last two weckB.
A decision Bhould be forthcoming soon "
tie expressed confidence ln the work
done by Major Murdock and said that
he believed he would clean up the
present draft muddle before long.
Dlnmlmialit Up to Mayor
Dismissal of any local draft board
members who have been guilty of show
ing favoritism In the classification of
registrants Is put directly up to Mayor
Smith by Governor Brumbaugh.
The governor, In a letter to Mayor
Smith, has demanded that the city exe
cutive state at once If any of the boards
have been Influenced "by political or
other purposes."
"If It appears that the charges have
the slightest foundation ln fact, upon a
statement to this effect from you, these
men will be dismissed," the governor's
letter said. ' "You will please give this
matter the careful attention Its gravity
warrants and hasten to me your con
clusions." Mayor Suggested Loral Boards
Governor Brumbaugh appointed th
local and district board members of this
city upon nomination by Mayor Smith.
The governor, at the same time sent
a letter to Adjutant General Beary,
telling him any board member known
to have "departed knowingly from his
duties" Is to be summarily dismissed. He
declared the widest Investigation of the
reported draft Inquiries would be made
by the State, and Bald Attorney General
Francis Shunk Brown will look Into the
connection between Albert H, Ladner, of
the board of registration commissioners,
and the recent case of Jacob P. Baltz.
Harry Ladner, a brother of the com
missioner, who was a notary public, has
returned his seal following an investiga
tion of charges made by Secretary John
P. Dwyer, of Local Board No. 32.
Investigators have reported that con
ditions in the Forty-third Ward will re
quire the strictest possible scrutiny.
Charges have been made that politics
have dominated the actions in this ward.
and have been denied by D. Frank Black,
chairman or the Forty-fourth board, and
Harry Frlcke. of the Forty-fifth board.
Both Black and Frlcke are Vare lead
ers in the ward. Mr. Black Is chairman
of the city committee and Fricke
candidate for the Legislature. '
U. S. Takes Over
Labor Service
fontionM from Pate One
the United States employment sen Ice,
all war Industries will be requested to
facilitate the centralization program
by stopping Independent labor recruit
ing activities, which have demoralized
the labor market, caused a tremendous
labor turnover and, kept a large part of
the available labor supply constantlv
jumping from one place to another, so
that they were potentially idle. This
request win be made by the depart
ments and boards placing war contracts.
All recruiting of labor by the Fed
eral employment service will be so con
ducted that withdrawals of men from
nonessentials will be fairly distributed.
Employers and employes .are asked to
assist and advise by the formation of
community boards, with equal represen
tation of employers and employes, which
will work with the Federal employment
officials.
File Statements of Needs '
Government departments and private
employers with war business will fur
nish to the United States employment
service complete statements of their
deeds.
Announcement of the Government's
new labor recruiting program featured
the opening session of the war labor
conference of the United States employ
ment service. The sessions will con
tinue through Saturday and are being
attended by all district superintendents
and State directors of the United States
employmrtt service, and the State direc
tors of the public service reserve, the
recruiting division of the employment
service.
BLOW UP GAS-MASK PLANT
Five Explosions in Succession in Fur
nice of War-Order Concern
Touchkeepule, V June 14. Five
explosions In rapid succession In the
furnace of the Price Fire and Water
proofing Company wrecked the boilers
and put the factory out of commission.
The company Is making material for gas
masks. That the explosions were the
result of a plot Is the opinion of William
B. Price, inventor of the process and gen,
era! manager of the company.
This Is the plant In which worked John
Ulrich. now awaiting- action of, the Fed
eral Grand Jury for cutting (at mask
material.
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BLOW TO MAYOR
Smith Concern Stands to
Lose by Annulment of
City Contracts
SURETY FOR BIG JOBS
Executive, in Official Capacity,
Approves "War Measure"
That Hits Private Revenue
Mayor Smith, In his dual capacity of
chief executive and principal stockholder
of the bonding concern doing two-thirds
of the city work, stands to lose a large
private revenue by reason of the admin
istration's determination to annul all
large existing contracts.
The Mayor, under the bill that will
como up before the Finance Committee.
next Tuesday, is placed In the position
of settling with contractors who on tak
ing over city work had as their surety
for Its faithful performance the National
Surety Company of which the Thomas
B. Smith Company Is local agent. In
the .case of two contracts totaling 17,
800,000 the bonding concerns were un
able to take over the surety, but In others
the Mayor's concern will be let out of
responsibility and at the same time let
out of premiums.
During the first two years of his Ad
ministration Mayor Smith's company
was eagerly sought by municipal mn.
tractors and Its city business was greatly
increased. Because of the size of the
contracts entered into during that period
premiums ran Into figures previously un
heard of. Under the new plan there will
be no more monster municipal undertak
ings to bond and present contracts will
be annulled. The one big future piece
of business in sight la the bonding of
the company that ultimately receives the
contract for 'the construction of the
Frankford Elevated.
Msyor Approves Annulment
The annulment of contracts has
Mayor Smith's approval as a "war
measure." The bill awaiting action
places the authority to annul In the
hands of the Mayor, city BOllcltor, and
the head of the department In which
the contract lies. The plan provides
for fair treatment for all contractors,
and settlements will be agreed upon
after the amount of work done, mate
rials ordered and possible losses are es
timated by the contractor and the three
officials.
The officials are authorized "to adjust
all claims for damages by reason of the
annulment and return of contracts." The
measure Is one of the broadest and most
sweeping ever Introduced In Councils and
gives the administration the power to
make financial settlements with city con
tractors on the basis of their possible
losses.
Present plans call for the passage of
the bill by both branches of Councils
next Thursday. In order that there njay
be no question of a majority every or
ganization member of Councils will be
ordered to be In his seat In time to grant
the necessary power to Mayor Smith and
his directors.
Big Contracts Affected
At the present time the Department
of Public Works ha outstanding con
tracts for the construction of bridges,
sewers, highway Improvements, a Be wage
disposal plant and many other kinds of
city work. Contractors are eager to
get out from under contracts which they
cannot live up to by reason of their
Inability to get either materials or labor,
and all but the most necessary of the
existing contracts will be cast Into the
discard for a financial consideration. .
The Department of Health and Char
ities has a number of permanent Im
provement contracts which the holders.
It Is said, are anxious to abandon on a
satisfactory settlement with tho city.
Other departments are In the same boat,
as It Is getting more difficult for the
city to obtain priority orders from the
Government for materials that are need
ed tor war purposes.
Naturally the largest contracts to be
abandoned are those held by the De
partment of Transit, and originally it
was Intended only to give the Mayor
power to annul these contracts, which
total approximately $10,000,000. At a
recent conference, however. It was de
cided that work be stopped on most
municipal undertakings and the Mayor la
now to be given that power. The meas
ure will be fought by a number of In
dependent members of Council who M
Ileve its provisions are too far-reaching.
GIVES $2,000,000 FUND
TO AID WAR SUFFERERS
Sharon Steel Man's Will Pro-
vides for French and
Belgian Needy
Sharon, Pa., June 14.
Two million dollars for the relief of
war sufferers in Belgium and north
ern France is set aside in the will of
Frank H. Buhl, retired steel manu
facturer, who died last Friday. The
will was filed for probate today at
Mercer.
The major part of the Buhl estate,
which is valued at from tlo.oonflnn n
id,uuu,uuu, is directed to be turned
over to tne trustees of the Buhl Club,
of Sharon, to be expended for benefi
cial usage of citlzeni of Sharon and
vicinity.
The language of the codicil regard
ing the bequest follows:
"I give and bequeath $2,000,000 to
be either expended in aiding- the des.
titute or needy in northern Franca or
Belgium, who have been reduced to
such condition by reason of the rav
ages of the present, war, or it my ex
ecutors may elect shall be expended
In whole or in part for this purpose
through the agency of any society or
organization which may be in ex
istence at the time of my death c?
which thereafter may be created for
the purpose of affording such relief,"
In addition, Mr. Buhl made these be
quests: To his widow, Julia, F. Buhl, 11,000..
000; to Arthur H. Buhl, of Detroit.
Mich., a nephew, $1,000,000, to be held
in trust for his two sons: 3100,000 foi
the relief of the injured or sick of
Sharon; F. TV. Koehler, Mr. Buhl's
secretary, $50,000; Oakwood Cemetery
Association, $19,000.
DIPLOMAS AWARDED lfi
Mount Holly High .Graduates Hear
Camp Dix Preacher
Slount Holly. N. J.. June 14 Six
teen pupils were graduated at the Mount
Holly High School. The orator was
the rtev. Karl M. Bloch, of St. George's
Protestant Episcopal Church, Camp Dix.
The graduates were:
Latin scientific course Elisabeth B.
Bowne, Dorothy Budd. Isabel Burl,
nichard K. Katelow, Mary T. Ewan,
Lauretta Holland, Martha C. Jones and
Elisabeth J. Parsons. -
English and modern language course
Margaret Boiarth, H. Russell Brick,
Grace Hendrlckson and Rita Krupnlck.
Commercial course CloVer L. Llppln
cotty' Margaret B.v.Nipplns, Andrew
Thornton and, Harriet T, Wilson.
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NewV Made Known by His Former
Commerce Minister
An Atlantic Tort, June 14. Former
Russian Premier Kerensky is on his way
to Part;, according to A. Konovalorf,
former Hussion Minister of Commerce,
?J8 hre en route to Washington,
London and Paris.
Konovaloff served as minister during
Kerensky's administration. 'and for a
lime was vice president of the Cabinet.
He was ice president of the Duma
during the Itomanoff rule.
.-Ji,,l,a"t -1 !'ara from Kerensky wag
through an indirect source." he tald to
day. "At thftt tlm 1,a waa u .-..-.
and wag trying to reach France."
MUCH CHOPPING"
IN SHORE TICKETS
Rush to Buy Excursion
Tickets at Old
Rate
RAISE FARE TOMORROW
Ouch !
To Atlantic City and return 13.80.
That Ib the new price of the Pennsyl
vania's sixteen-day ticket over the
bridge route, going and coming.
Cut out the bridge and use the ferrv
and the cost will be less $3. Go further
in seir-denlal and use the electrio train
from Camden, and you'll be set back' a
mere matter of $2.70.'
Nor Is the Atlantic City sojourner,
alone, affected by the Increase in sixteen-day
excursion fares announced by
the Pennsylvania and Heading roads.
Fares to all the Jersey coast resorts
have been Increased.
And In addition to the higher fares
there must he paid an 8 per cent war
tax. Truly the Cost of sunburn has in
creased. In the good old golden days one
might go to Atlantic City and return
by the bridge route, for 2.76. In fact,
that rate holds good until midnight to
night. The present rate on the steam
trains, from the ferry, is $2,3. And
a ticket on the electric line, until mid
night, will coot 12.16.
There was a general rush to ticket
offices of the Penney and Reading today
to get pasteboards at the old rate. Per
sons leaving for the shore tomorrow did
their ticket shopping today, ln many
instances.
Ocean City via "brldte route" 3.M
Ocean City via Camden, steam trains.. 8 00
8 Isle City via "orldse route" S 60
Pea Isle City vl Camden, steam trtlnt .1.01)
Stone Harbor via "bridge route" 8 110
Stone Harbor via Camden, steam trains s.nn
Cape May via "hrldse route"...'...,, 4.10
Cnne May via Camden, ateam trains... S.so
wlldwood via "brldse route" 4.10
VVlldwood via Camden, steam trains... 3,00
Long Hranch via either Camden or
mouth Junction 4.23
Aabury Park and Ocean Grove via either
Camden or Monmouth Junction 4.25
Sprint Lake via either Camden or Mon-
Monmouth Junction 4.25
Sea Qlrt vis either Camden or Mon
mouth Junction 4.00
Point Pleasant via Camden 3.87
Point Pleasant via Monmouth Junction 4.22
Payhead via Camden 8. 78
nayhead via Monmouth Junction 4, Aft
Keatde Park via Camden 1.20
Harnesat Pier via Camden 8.33
Ocean Gate Via Camden 8.0S
lleach Haven via Camden ,. 3 RO
"Bridie route" service to Ocean City. Hta
lale City. Wlldwood. Cape May. etc., la net
In operation at present and will not be until
later In the season.
"KULTUR" LIBEL
IS NAILED HERE
Propaganda Aims to Check
i Recruiting for
Allies
NOTED ACE ITS VICTIM
German propaganda Is making strenu
ous efforts to hinder British and French
recruiting in Philadelphia by Injuring
the reputations of men giving their
services to stimulate patriotism.
The latest lying attack of the "Kul
tured" tongue has been directed at
a noted French aviator who has many
friends In Philadelphia.
According to reports circulated in this
city the French flyer was on his way to
France yesterday under guard to stand
trial as a German spy.
The report came to the newspapers in
the usual way of such things. A well
known woman had heard It. It was
said to have been told confidentially at
a dlnnerat which responsible and even
eminent people were present It was
said to have been verified by the naval
and military intelligence bureaus.
A reporter began an investigation. He
called upon the woman in question, who
admitted that an officer had said some
thing like that. Walt. She would call
his home and verify.
Thirty minutes later the report waa
almost -hysterically denied. It sounded
fishy, so the reporter continued his in.
veBtlgatlon. His next point of attack
was the British recruiting mission at
Sixteenth and Chestnut streets.
Colonel Steele, head of the office, In
tended to the tale with some concern.
"German 'propaganda has been circu
lated about two others besides the noted
French ace. It Is an effort to discredit
the men who give their patriotic services
to the British recruiters ln an effort to
help recruiting for them. We hear all
Kinas or reports aoout bur people.
"The report about the Frenchman Is
Just like the others. They are all Ger
man spies, if you listen to the tongue
of gossip. What I can't understand Is
how anybody could suspect such a man.
Walt. I'll call Major Dugmore."
Colonel Steele asked Major Dugmora
to come Into the office. The story was
iom to mm. xne major Bmtled and
shook his head. ,
"Oh," he said, "there have been all
kinds of reports. I've heard them.
There Isn't anything to It."
French Barring
. Compiegne Road
Continued from Page One
than they anticipated. It is known
that the German objectives for the
first day were the line of Tricot-Mery-Belloy-Marest,
and for the second day
Compiegne.
The effect of the check is being felt
on the enemy morale. Even Tues
day's counter-attack, encountered com
paratively sluggish resistance from
greatly superior forces. One crack
Jaeger division was absolutely anni
hilated by the French. , And the ever,
ominous condition of things in Ger
many weighs upon the soldiers of the
Kaiser. Home letters found on the
dead or prisoners, have all the .same
strain of anguish and complaint. One
of the latest runs:
, "It Is not only on the battlefield that
death reigns supreme. Here, too, hs
claims many victims. Young- and old
die suddenly. Their lives flicker out
almost without reason."
Even to a victorious army such news
cannot be encouraging. To soldiers
wno see tnemseives ana their com
rades sacrificed, without advancing th
shock must be nothing short of ap-
palling,
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GOAL IS ACHIEVED
Minimum of $20,000,000
Is Reached, It Is Officially "
Announced
CAMPAIGN NOT ENDED j
Average Per Capita Donation
Over $8 for 2,436,000
Subscribers
The War Chest has reached Its mini
mum of $20,000,000, It was officially an
nounced today.
Horatio G. Lloyd, chairman of the
executive committee of the War Welfare
Council, In making the announcement, 5.
declared the campaign has not ended by
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"It ta irlth v -.!.....- -i m. .i . .&
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cAecuuve committee announces that thi
pledges reported to the War Cheat to
day reached the total of $20,000,000," p
-au r. i,ioya. --mis spienaia re- t
c1,w,,o vi iuu iiipii anu women oi bucks. ..,,
Chester. Delaware, Montgomery and "jj"
Philadelphia counties means that the.
..vioiituiuiy una Hgain measiirea up 10 lis aji
wartime responsibility," and the com- c
mutee expresses Its appreciation of the 'i
rpienaia spirit wnicn prompted this re
marKaoie srivinff.
Workers Cemmeaded
"It Is hardly possible to communicate sU
with each of the many thoutands of $i
men, women and children who have been J
.v.u,,i.j nviAtia in me (.BiupmRn. xne
committee takes this means of com
mending all the patriotic workers In the
campaign who, by their untiring efforts,
have made It possible to reach the $20,
000,000 goal.
"It must be understood that the War
Chest Is not closed. Contributions are
coming ln daily from belated subscrib
ers, and It Is expected that many who
for one reason or another have not yet
subscribed will desire to participate in
this patriotic movement."
The War Chest drive started on May 4a
20. and th tntenaft'A namnalrn mnAA 'jov
May 31, when the fund Rtrfod at $18,771.- ,
uuo. At that time division leaders re- m,
ported they had not entirely covered, 7t.
their districts. J"
Philadelphia and the five adjacent
counties are placed high ln the Hit .
among American cities which have
achieved honors for supporting the sol
diers and sailors. The sum Bhows an r
average per capita subscription of some. '!
thing over $8 for the 2,436,000 inhabit
ants. It Is estimated that 400,000 per- ',
sons contributed to the fund.
E. T. Stotesbury. president of the
War Welfare Council, pointed out that
no previous money-raising campaign had
nearly as many subscribers as the War '
Chest. The largest number of sub
scribers In any previous compalgn was
30,000, the number obtained in the Red
Cross campaign last summer.
Phenomenal Arhlevement
Compared with the Red Cross cam
paign and the Y. M. C. A. drive, which
netted combined a sum of $5,563,000, the
War Chest achievement Is considered
phenomenal.
Mr. Stotesbury expressed the opinion
that the people of the community dis
regarded faiths and communions In re
sponding to the War Chest drive. The
huge number of subscribers was one of
the pleasing features of the campaign.
The principal sums reported yester
day were Federal employes. $5313 ;
Northeast Philadelphia, $14,850; West
Philadelphia, $5000; miscellaneous. $11,
500. Call A Hied Council
to Unify Supplies
Continued from Pat One
London, and more Intelligent action Is
possible there than at a more remote
capital.
The great object of a single control
or munitions Is to prevent duplication
and unintelligent manufacture. A rep
resentative of one of the Allied Powers
said:
"With each of us manufacturing sep-
arately. we make enough of some kinds
of munitions to last a century and not
enough of some other kind to go around." f
That kind of manufacturing causes t,.
the wasteful use of shipping. There now t
Is only one front, one army, one high
conlmand and so then, mi. h unit, nna -
pool of munitions. That Is the aim ln
view.
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