W?S...tm f. x "'N;i i .i.r?- .4W"iril . s i . r 5 ,&&&! iiyir .-.t. ij , i-"-' i .v- .' 1'i'i iM.J J- SIP1 -?ii r v,v,i fVWM ,j& -$$ A " 'HPS &.-4v -vilir ' &,?TT ,. F. i'.f j. wis. 'AhW' ..-.j-r. M -. - -'' jsa J w? J-ii' .?....-. . . 9. J.' -'. ' jAfagtwL Fair toMffct md f e er r. V I 1 ) lrV j s. po; ,T TKMrRHATORE AT EACH HOUK I 9 110 11 142 11 2 I 8 4 I 1.1891 G8 67 68 I 68 I 6D I . VjOfc IV. NO. 237 PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918 CortntaiiT 1313 lit nut I'L'Btie I.rnnm Coitr.M PRICE TWO CE1 JU 'f M"f ? TBsT- 71W V . 4H" " mmmmmmmmmmmv.riv t . ... . -?&. i v; Ml H (H H MVW uemngpuDue :meoj 51 I I yw V mir ms m . y i , , FEDERAL INQUIRY WILL CUT PRICES OF FOOD IN HALF Consumer Will Save 20 to 50 Per Cent, Estimate of Officials PROFITEERING BLAMED i i r l 1 .. f TVTJIL- llolNiflfv-l Gonsollllatlon.ut Milk Ueltver) i , o . T :l l., ,. W Oiio Sygteras Likely ot Be unc Reform Ordered Prices of food wilt be reduced 20 to . '-v-.it?' ..: .. SO per cent. It is expected, a. a result Konovalov, Noted Economist, on of an investigation begun by the war Way to Washington Industries Board nnd the ' Federal I Stvr York. June 18. A. I. Konovalo, industries coaiu anu ..,.. nusslan Minister of Trade and Indus- food adminstrattun Into tno e.lfatin trcg uner the Kcrensky Oo-crnment. costly methods of distribution through I -who left nussla last spring after being . .; m i . i i e i,l menaced with Imprisonment by tne retailers. OITIclals In charge of the , Bolshevlkl, has arrlxed In New York. Mr. inquiry said today thnt selling ex-(Konovalov la on his way to Wabhlng- 1 " . tnn tvliAra 1m rnorta n rHcPH! Willi pense 111 be heavily cut and that the'! 'f jiconsumer will ,gct the benefit. . 'Profiteering by retailers is one of the chief causes of present high '' prices, it Is charged. Meat costs from SO to 100 per cent more at retail than 13 at wholesale. other coniriDiiung iaciurs uic V hcavA refrigeration costs and clerk hire: Milk, according to the Food Ad ministration, costs from -10 to 00 per' cent more than It bhoulil, due to the overlapping in deliveries. From live, tt) ten wagons serve one block ln ccr- tain cities, it is mid, where one could j do the Job. j The Department of Agriculture is also working to cut down the high .,(, Sl.f of Ie"0 par); avenue, lias twice cost of foodstuffs. Representatives ot ' been assailed by German submarines, .,,."' . , , i and five times listed on the casualty tolls that department are now planning tf the British army. Returning to this along this line of" recommendation. ' city for a period "of recuperation, the made (o the President to control the Sjffi SSlon. f W" ""' meat packers' profits. I four ears ago .laclison enrolled for, , ., . 'I service vvlth the' British-American trans- Would Merge Milk Routes atlantlc service. On his first journej . . - . . ..mi after the declaration of the submarine i C. H. Supplcc, of the Supplee-WUls- . li as one of the crew of a vessel I Jones 'Milk Company, believes con-1 that was ent to the bottom. This ex-1 sol.dat.on ot milk routes is the "secret; Pcrienee W&? "get'Uo j of the whole system" ot milk prices iti,c British army, where- be would have and delivery. lie made 'this statement today after being Informed that tlio.Govcrnment Is planning a price reduction on a large scale through the consolidation oC, milk routes In cities throughout tho( country. Philadelphia has a better system ot mlllt delivery and lower prices than other cities In the country, Mr. 'Sup plcc salti. ; "We are -a little ahead of the Gov. crnrnent..m,consolldat!on 0f deliveries," said Mr. Supplee. "We have found, ( however, that a man can do' a cer tain amount of work and no Tnore. Where' several wagons arc necessary In one section, it is because there is o much milk to bo delivered. Sj.stem Here Called Best "Our wagoii3 are about as full as a man can serve In a day, but, of v course, there are a number of small concerns that 'might be 'consolidated. "Mllkwagons in this city, I beltevo, are carrying their capacity. There are fewer wagons here for the area cov "ercd than in any other city I know of. "I believe consolidation of deliveries Is the bes't system possible." f STATUE UP TO WILSON Vi Sencrf. trior Knox Defends Buchanan; Lodge Withdraws Charge Waahlircton, June IS. President Wil son will decide vv.hether a statue, of! james uucnanan, fifteenth President of the United States, shall, be erected In Washington, l A me aenaie- uy a ote of. 01 to 11 oted in , favor of thus honoring the memory of Abraham Lincoln's predeces sor in pfllce. The ote was taken after a debate which lasted three Hours, and "during which Senator I-odge withdrew his charges of "disloyalty" . that he made against Buchanan last Friday, He and tho other opponents of the statue contented themselves with arguing that' Buchanan was 'Vcak and Inefllclent," while Senator Kiiov, of Pennsylvania, and the others who sup ported tho proposition eulogized Bu chana and compared Ills policies and' utterances with thobp of Lincoln; . Senator Knox led the fight to honor the memory of the Pennsylvania!!. He quoted history at length to show that Buchanan uttered no disloyal words, but admitted hft was weak In acting to pro venf the Oill War. ' SCHEIDEMANN ON MISSION ' . .i IT? - -"11 1 7 i V . I e3rjR V 18118 11U1IUIHI. on ji-e Ol UlllCIl Mr oociaiist 8 irip iq tcingiauu ES2 ,Amterdm, Juno 18. N'eWHnaper.s S,t, hero announce the arrival ot Phflipp r hi.l(litinnn leniler nf thA H1ntm-lt.. .'W-.S German Soclallit Party, at Leeuwaitleii f'm ' n'ee' PleterrTroeIstra, the Dutch So- 3&' iciaiist leaaer, , tXif Troelstra is going td Kngland shortly .'fj?f j to aiienu ine uTinuai cunierence or tne fa untisn i.aoor uongress. .-va . - - life , FLAMES LEVEL GARAGE t HP$ i iwai ' . .,,.. ,,,.-. i iivo Autos i.uinct! anu inurcn and "if i House Menaced ;C f-.Hre today, destroyed a two-story K& frame garnge owned by Joseph Otto, k .West Welbli Hoad and Bustleton Ave- -v nu. Bustleton. ruined two autninnl,iij.u . and a motorcycle btored there, and dam. ',, agod other buildings nearby. ' ft-J- The dwelling, of Sirs. A Bedaker, in j fyi the grounds of the M. E. Church of . rjvtw-H.tr.u.i. .civ ruin,. uaiiiKvu-nen. liit ine UnarliS Ignited tho roofs ofthenn $r t structuresj i' - . AA-. t?n nnh tnr Hr-ii nr p"m,:.. Woodbury,'. ..Juno 18. Miss Anna' ,Naher, or ttus city, nan instituted pro- , cedliiS8 against Pr. Harrys I Slckel, fv,ao oT Woodbury, In u breach of prom- ttn siiir. and auka 20,00. The plaintiff Twill l represented by Weakley Stock- Vwell.'ofnanidi, and the defendant by T. TV Watklnu. nf this city, and J. Jt. K. scoti. oi runmeiutiia, i nc aeienaaut '.wiaer BULGARIAN CABINET 0U1TS Failure to Acquire Dobnulja Hlanicil for Downfall of Kadoslavoff hofli., Jlme IS- Kins Ferdinand ha accepted The resignations of Premier nadoslavoft anil the cabinet. The min isters were requested by the King to letaln their portfolios until a pew cab inet Is formed. ' The downfall of Premier T!ndolaoft probably Is due to the' feeling In Bui- garla that lie did not malic the most of his opportunities In the negotiations durhur h I ok neace was forced on Ttu- i mania and Humanist compelled to give up the Dobrudja. Many Bulgarians have felt. It has been reported, that the Do- lupiija should have been ceueu ouinsm. 'o Bulgaria. There also has been some ussatisfactlon over whether the Central Powers would back up Bulgaria's terrl- lorla, clalms ln Grcek Macedonia. KERENSKY AID ARRIVES y,,,, of the "state' oepartment the illrcHnn nf nlltprl 4titfrvptlHnn In TlUssla Up came to the United States by way of sjihpHit um1 .Tnnnn. T-I whs met here by Ambassador Boris Bakhmetlerf and " other ofllulalu of the Russian emb.xssy. i who will accompany him to Washington. M, Konovalov declined to MIscufs the' Russian situation. It Is understood from bin friends, however, that he is an ar dent advocate of Allied Intel entlon for the put.nose of restoring an ordeily and iliMi.nnwillii nc.v. Mf Ivn. A,.lL.nf I T( 1 1 H nln ..l .Hit. Inf. llA. Dtfltll tl X'ltnl f-'tPtn! 'in fhe war against Germany. DODGED DEATH SEVEN TIMES, Wilkes-Banc Youth Back From War With Five Wounds . TVIIken-narre. P.. June 18. William Jackson, twentv-two years Al.l . .... .. Al. n...t Mm. W111ta.ll Tf)rlf. ' ni.in in nuht back. c was as signed to a Welsh machine-gun bat talion and soon found his way to the front line. In five battles or skirmishes he waif wounded five times, nevciSprl ously tnough lo keep him out of action more than a month at a time. LIEUT. STURG1S WOUNDED Uniontown Soldier Was Once Catcher;- for Athletics Here Uniontown. ,. Juno '18. Lieiitenanl ricrn Sturgls, formerly catcher on the Philadelphia American Jeague CJub and all-round athlete, was wounded severely i'n action "somewhere In France" June 7, according to a telegram received by his father, W. J. Sturgls, from the War Department, Sturgls played for the Athletics three years ago. lie Also star lcd on the Buckncll football team. He was a graduate of the first officers' training school at Fort Niagara, nnd Was sent to Krance Immediately after receiving his commission. In a cable- gram receivea Dy me miner recently Lieutenant Sturgls Fald that lie was "well and fighting." LIBERTY READY TO LAUNCH First 9,")00.Ton Vessel of Federal Corp. Overboard Tomorrow ISrw York, June 18. The tlrst 9500 ton vessel to be built by the Federal Shipbuilding Corporation, a" subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, will be launched tomorrow at the yardj near Newark, The ship will be chrlstcnctL-l.iberty by Sirs. Oarc, wife of Judge 15. II. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Cor poration, FRONTIER DICKER OFF Negotiations Between Germany and Russians Broken London.. June 18 Owing to tthe ac tion of Germany's beghmig an offensive mminui tho Russians on nart ofthe east ern front the negotiations for npw boun daries nave oeen orouen on. til-ten unit, to n dlepateh from Moscow via the Itus slan wireless. Tho Germans are reported to be ad vancing In the Vetlulsk region. Orders "have been Issued at Moscow for the mobilization of the classes rang ing' from 1803 to 1807. BOMB ENEMY NAVAL BASES British Naval Aviators Raid Zee briigge, Ostend and Bruges London, June 18. British naval avia tors drtpped 'twenty-four tons of bombs on Zeebrugge, Ostend and Bruges, "with good results' betvveen June 13 and 16. the Admiralty announced today. One Brltifh plane failed to return. Today in the Great War YEAR AGO The Germans gained slightly in an attack in .the Arras sector. The Allan Line stcanier (Cartha glnion was mined and sunk while en route from Glasgow to Mon treal. She carried no passengers. TWO YEARS AGO Anglo-French" forces pushed their offensive on the westtront. gaining grdund in the Arras region. On the east front the Uussluns con tinued, to retreat, the Austro-Ger-many occupying Tarpogrod, Tiie Kiibslans were making their )lst stand at lumbers. - THREE YEARS AGO The Aus trian army which evacuated Czernowltz "was reported to bo fleeing toward the' Carpathian Mountains. Tho Germans suffered heavy casu alties ln repeated attackslagulnst Dead Mun's Ulll and Theaumont. in the Verdun sector. " Austrian airmen bombarded several towjra in northern Italy, LOSS OF ONE EYE OR FINGER NO BAR TO ARMY SERVICE . Ncav Rules Let Down Bars to Virtually All but Totally Disabled NO CHANCE TO DODGE ! Revised Physical Require ments Assure That All Phy sically Fit Will Be Used Easy to Get Into Army Under New Physical Rules ' Features of the new physical re qulrements Just announced for army recruits and draft registrants follow: Prospective soldier must have twelve "serviceable" teeth, gold crowns and dummies to be consid ered "serviceable natural" teeth. Clubfoot, of slight degree, "claw toe." hammer toe or the loss of one 'finger of either hand, with excep tion ot index right finger; absent left thumb or stiff fingers, of a degree not to Interfere' with funq tlon, will not bar a man from the trenches. , y Blindness In one eye Is not sufll clenUto disqualify a man for limited military service. Hysterical paralysis or muscular tremors of slight degree not con "sldercd sufficient to warrant de ferred physical classification. Insanity nnd acute nlchollsm warrant unconditional rejection. Minimum weight for acceptance 116 pounds; minimum height five feet three Inches. "Camouflaged disability" ad vanced by draft registrants will be rigidly Investigated. -f- Total disability will li virtually the only bar to military senile hi the future as the result ot new rules on the phjsl- cal requirements of a prospective soldier, which are now being sent lo every re m, -"".. ... .J t. IV... ,1-ICIIIIIfef- V.l-l... I I J i 11. ng ofllce and diaft board In the ' for the first time. " country. ' ' Pilvate Ha told l. AiIMiii1, of nl Dcslgnid for tho express purpose of N"'-H' Kmty-fliM Sticet a inailue .1ed .', .. ,, .... .. iof wounds icicived Ifi the Picardy flgnl- dctcctlng the "malingerer" oihlic draft ( n!j. dodger, the new phjslcal rules provide The two Phllatlelplil.ins previously that only total blindness or such othei ' '"lsslnS '" action, buj. who now 'an j,, ,. .... , .. ,' I known fp be lirlsoueis. are Louis Sand- defects as unconditionally prohibit en- I lcr, of ;, soull. Klvth' Street, and Iter rollmcnt for mllitaty service arc to be i man P.clchuian, ft 1S17 North Fifth taken into consideration In t)n cHanlnn- stJcet- - . tlon nf - .oit-,.. r ..i. . i .. Lieutenant Prince was a gtadiinle of tlon of a voluntary recruit or draft (,cnt!a, ,,.,, Sc)ouI , uh(, ,,l0KS r registrant. , .1911nd at the time of his enlistment Along with the new physical rules Is a notation to the medical examiners urg ing particular examination for camou flaged" disability. Will Aicept Onr-IJjfii Mm Blindness In one eye, teeth which I was tailed fiom hi.s home to see fotelgn have been restored by crowns or "dum- service, lie landed in Kngland May 2 nilcs"; a clubfoot of slight degree; an; Ms mother was notllleil by tho War absent left thumb; the loss of one finger. Department of his death but the an except It be the Index right finger; stiff nouncement gave no details of the ac- nn-rera nt n i-ieirree tint tr. inmrfurn wm. ' function: a hammeitoe, clavvtoe, frac ture--;none of these are to beijongcr con sidered as sufllclent to bar a youth from military service, Heretofore v Irtually any one of these defects would have acted as an auto matic bar lo military service. These rules apply to the regular army. National Army, National Guatd and re servo corps. v On the subject of "camouflaged disa- Contluucd on I'ujr l'lvf. Column Tlirfo LOST DIRIGIBLE REPORTED FOUND Officers of Schooner An- nounce batcty ot JJalloon and Crew PICKED Ul OFF COAST Cape Ma, -V ., June IS. The lar.Re dirigible 'which has been missijig since It left liere Saturday morn-, Ing last night, was, reported found off rtockaway Beat, N. J, The crew Is safe. OfTiccrs of a schooner which picked up lie dirigible telephoned the naval aerial station hero late llfct night and reported the finding of tho balloon, ac - cording to rumors continuing thiougli- out Cape May. Lieutenant Gillespie, 'commanding tlm aerial station, when aeked for a conflr- 1 matlon or denial of the reported finding. saldi ' , "Call up the naval Intelligence ofllce at Washington if jou want any Infoi matlon." The captain of the schooner, a. lcpoit here said, notified the aerial station he had fdund the dirigible 'floating In the ocean. The balloon's commander, lCn slgn Hautou. bag not reachtdJiere. He had two uvlatois with him. Naval air. planes and submarine chasers had searched slnco the .dirigible first was lost, but none stktjtcd the balloon. .AMERICAN ACE CAPTURED Lieutenant Bacr, of Fort Wayne, Missing Since May 22 Tort Wne, Ind., June 18. Telegrams received from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Emnia Baer Oyer, say Lieutenant Paul Frank Baer, the American "ace," who has been .reported mltslng since May 32, is a prisoner 'In a German camp. Lieutenant Baer is twenty-two jears old and went from Fort Wayne to France, where he enlisted In the La fayette cscadrllle, being transferred to the 'American forces later.t He had hrniieht down eight enemy, planes, two l..-T- . n " J . T'orinem in m LIEUT. II UIKY W. PRINCE 2 PHILADELPHIA MEN DIE HEROES Airplane Accident i One. While Oilier Kill Suc cumbs to Wounds TWO MORE PRISONERS Two moie been kllleil ' r'liilaililplii.i over then " nidlers have Two others are known In he prtsoncis in Genual. ,They weie previously upoited 'missing in action. Lieutenant llait.v V. Pi luce, who lived at tthe Miiitlieasi corne rot SIMh Stieel and Springfield Avenue, was killed in tin .thnhiiie :n i-irlrnt In lntr- I land June 11, Ills name appcaicti to- rl'.l- t.N f!n..rt.,l 1.t. ..1. I. ..... ...... .I..-' !..! in the aviation section of the. signal corps wa.s emplojed here as a civil en- i gtnuer. He was 'twenty-five years old and unmarried. Llglit weeks ago, Lieutenant l'llnceieci lilting has been changed fiom who was commissioned on Washing- tnii'w ltirthrlav- at Camn Hicks. Teas. cldent. "And t lay down to take a nap .Sun day afternoon and had such a wonderful dream about my s-on," the mother said today, "I was awakened lo leceive the news of his death. "God, I know Is with him." slio said out of the depths of her roiifldcnio In the right of the Allied iane Only recently Lieutenant Prince wrote to his mother: "War Is the gi eaten ypoit in the world." . WESTERN UNION SPURNS U. S. PLAN Proposal That Telegraphers I ,, 15e Allowed to U i . Refused rgamze WILSON'S PLKA m.'Mri'n UIjIMLU ; , New Anrlt, June IS. rcridenl -Newcoinb Carlton, of the ' Western Union Telt graph Companj. In a letter to President Wilson, made pub - lie' today, virtually declined to accept the ruling of the War Labor Hoard In the dispute between the. company and the Commercial Telegraphies' Union ot . America, as icquestcd by the President, unless foiccd to do so by the war Gov- ... i ernincift.. , He said the War Labor Boards tie-' clslon was not binding, as It was not! unanimous, as provided ln the Presi- "'', pioci-nmiiuii ctiaung ine ooam. ittmiiiiK un-io is nu uailBtl- Ol a lejeg- rapners sirme anu tnat the company feels it would not be doing justice to the publjc ir It permitted an outside union to Interfere with lts-vyoik, Carlton added! "The board of dhectors and tho exec utives concerned In the management ot the property; with primary responsibil ity to the public and the Government, would deeply deplore being toiced to lay aside the safeguard that experience has shown to be. requisite and which are liellcved essential to the preserva tion of effective telegraph service." I.eltfr tit I'renldfut' Tfic letter In part follows; "Dear Mr; President; "Permit me to thank. on for jour letter of June 11, which 1 acknowl edged by wire on Friday.,- "The foundation upon which len.s the procedure of the national War Labor Board is contained in the fo lowing clause ot the official paper Is sued with your proclamation of the 8th of April; "When ,the boaid, after due ef. fort of Its own, through sections, lo cal committees, or otnerwise, finds It Impossible (o settle a controversy the board shall then sit a a board of ar bitration, decide the controveuy and make an ward. If It can reach a, CaaU4 atr( ZkUlfM, Cclwwjrifei WILSON PUTS LABOR UNDER U. S. CONTROL Asks Co-operation' of Em ployers and porkers in War Problems I TAKES EFFECT AUGUST 1 Docs Not Mean Conscription. Prohihits Private Recruiting ! of Unskilled Labor The text of the President's procla mation is published on I'nse 2. Washington. June IS. The Picsldcnt. by pioulamation. h.is called iii)Oii the cmplojcrs and the woikcrs nf the nation to co-opei- atc with the Government in the ad- ministration of war labor pi oblems bv! supporting the pi ogram or the Depait- me'nt of iboi-.to piohibit mivate ie- VI Illtlnir rtf nnnl I Mori Inhnr nftni An. i gust I. -., -- ... .ts.w-4 ,..,..,, At the suggestion of Seeictaiy of Inlior Wili-on, the Prehldent gave his unqualified upptovnl to the "sUbllsh- ment ot n cential labor u-cniltlng Hgenc.v cnc- the United rftates Hmploy- nt Service and Indoiscd the legu- Hon nf labor supply, which will -n .. kt... .. 1.1..1. i . f . i . . .. men ua mean the vvlthdiawnl of wuikeis from nonessential Industries. Secietary Wilson's statement to the Piesident that the iutjent labor 'turn I over" Is nlarmlnglv .rcat and that , theie is an Increasing shortago of un skilled labor was supplemented by tho i President with concrete instances of i the harm to national Itiferestni nnrl tlie S wotkers themoelv c.. In the nie.seiit In- disci iniinute competition fur worktrs 'on the part of cmployci s. s The President sceU-t to make it clear In bin proclamation tint the picposed reder.il control of labor supply Is not to he viewed n const .-Iption of labor. , "I urge labor to lcspoud fis loyallv as heretofore to hh calls Issued by tills agency f6'- Uoluntarj enlistment 1 In essential Industiy," he said. Conscription ot labor as viewed heio would mean the forcing of a worker '" a cei t lin kind of employment. The J'.'0" ,f;C .the O"vernmont work, from the other end of the piobleni. It pre- 'vents the cinplo.ver hiring men with out the approval nf Hit Government. i and they would be at ccptcd by cm. plojcrs Only whc.i they haves cauls fium the Federal lanplo.vmcnt Serv kfi autliori-.'.lng their employment. i The plan lacks the .sting of ncttnl conscription liccau.se Us success de pends upon the voluntary support of cmplo.vvr.s and woikcrs alike. Tim nonessential Industry is In be lilt through Its Inability to obtain an.v aid fium the Government Hlj getting woi Iters, If it falls to co-operate, th't , Government can strike it' through tho I war indiiptiicH board, the fuel admin ' isti-ntloh and the railroads. I Docs Not Touch Skilled Labor The President's proclamation does '. not tctcr to .skilled labor, which tho Labor Department has announced would be i cached latci. The dato ot .I'eder.U control over unsklllei labor July 15 to August 1 In older to pie- pare the country for the change. Seeretui.v Wilson sent the following letter to the President mglng the mil tury neressiiv of such rt plan; ".My Deir .Mr. President: "Our luei casing milltai'j energies aie putting straiiia upon Industiy which call for the most careful hus banding of our man-power. We. can no longer leave our 1'tbor supply to the unregulated foice-t of competition nor even tho patriotic efforts ot ell verse agencies of the Government un related lo a comprehensive policy and Unified dliectltin. There Is an Increas ing shortage of unskilled labor for war projects and likewise a tihorlavro in certain ckf-scs ot unskilled workers. The needed labor must bo secured for war industries by drawing upon nnn os.ieiittal or leis rsrrntl-il industries. At present this ii done largelj at hap iinzatd. A disupnsable industry com petes for the labor or an essential plant: Instances are frequent where one Government pioject secures men at the expense of nnotber. As a re sult, tho labor turn-over is alaimlngly creat. with a loss In war efficiency which we cannot afford Not the least ,f, t,""c I situation consequences oi tho existing i is Its effect upon the morale fOl workers in me rcsuessiiesa niutn it produces and even encouiages. I ! l.. il,i..ltv ml fihnr Consulted ' "These aie largely the natural con- i sentiences of subjecting tn a, new ter I tlfle strain existing agencies and oh: I nttitudes of mind A'e can no longer submit to these. The first pioblem, I therefore, to vvhlrh tlie war labor pol- ! f(es board addiessc dltself wan the . formulation or w plan to centralize the i ..lilM Mf -. ni.lln.1 lliitil11il 1nlviH rrcruumB ."'" ""'"""'".". .'"''"', n.wi timn tn Insure the fullest lite of ; nel Ia,ol. to the needs ot the war. I ' an, rJfid to ' Wrt ' " wj; ; 'e ' 'onrd has arrived at it plan which em- "Inff mmim-ted bv tho thought of represeii- ' tntlves of Industry and labor who hae IJ,T" '" , V"' "' - ""IULU ,'i.uwm.n vm i-iiv-n till' piol'lcm . r write you thus at length because . the proper mobilI-itlon and dlstilbu-i ..vnnrr WMWlt'K tlon. of labor aie Themselves part of a 1 l.hOIU.L IihWlLK fruitful and just national labor policy. Special Cubic lo Ih-rninp Public Ledger , nuu ,v,v""" ' " I,..,Tn iiii. i,,, iuuii i " -- --" "I,""-... iZ,.l inaiivMlUe8lionsinaicniiiurheuieiiit.nl, illw success of the nlan Is, therefore. In- dispensable. While It mav encounter obstruction because of minor selfish nr Mf vn interests which it must offend, we need not anticipate serious dltlieurtie's If the public mlpd is fullv iiiipriaed and the nation's understanding of our nurposes Is enlistcd( The policies board, therefore, deemed the nubile an nouncement of this progiutu of sufll clent national importance to deserve, and indeed to pall for.' Its proclamation bv jou. I share, this convlctloii and join lie this reeonimendatloiC of the. policies board. I strongly hope that the need ot this nctlon will icomnieud Itself to you r wisdom. Faithfully jours, W. ii- WILSOK,"" 1'Secretary,'' FALLS DEAD AT WORK Lancaster Man on Job 17 Years Willi- r out IMissinjv Day I.nnrn.tfr, -la June IS, John Brill, an cmploje forty-seven years of the John Farnum Cotton Mills, and who never missed a day from duty during that time, fell dead last plghl betide his loom He had promised to tound out a half century pi worn. He was, six.-, - .twojyears old. ALLIES' STAND HOLDS DRIVE AT EVERY WIN GORY PIAVE FIGH U. S. LINES HOLD FIRM IN FRANCE W ilh the American Army in France, June IS. German patrols which raided American positions northeast of Uincvlltc osterday morning were driven ofT titter a brief uu-ounler.' Several Americans are missing. Tin- Germans continue to drench American positions northwest ot -ImttMii-Thferry nnd particularly Bellcau wood, Bouresches and Triangle farm with asphyxiating gas and mustard shells. Despite the Incessant shelling the Americans hold thel rposltions every where. Kvery tlm ctho enemy has tried to discover our strength the raiding parties have been broken up by the accuracy of the American tire. RASH SCOT MACHINE O'fof CoipOial I glhDICS ScrgClllll's Wartime ttlld At- e tacks, but Falls Wounded Alter Gains. . Only Few Yards By PHILIP I Special Cabfr to llieniiift Public l.vdgrr ' ., . . , , , r """ '" ti' ......, iniiulniilL.' llnriilftiiirli)iL ntt War ('orrcspoiiilent.s' Ileadfltiarlers on the Wi-'lern rront, .nine IK. , The rnemv did some heavi "helling Suiidnv and s'unda night up in Inlan der". Ijv Mont Rouge and .Mont Nolr, loiind about ItobeoiiH' and also In the neighborhood of Albeit, but engaged In no Infaiiti.v i. tlon, except for a few small raids, lie made no counter-attack, attempting togetbacl. the giound taken fiom him across 1-a Bassee Canal, opposite Hinges, as 1 described in niv mcsage vesterda. and the llritisli dug themselves In during the da light after their wild adventuie of the night unmolested, though the tiicms Hung over mativ big "hells into i, ,-,.... ..1,1 lllllirest mm sir.irerl srimo nf tin r vlllaires iielimu. went un to this pii't of th coiin ignlii esteriliiv and spent some thnc v it'1 til" Gordons, who weie In the attack. Thev had had no sleep u p .....ii it, . . ti Iiiiiii-u ..r ii... Mlll.l Mil -Mill.. MV'M "I I'l .III. llllll tl.lli nd vlie.i I .went among t'vm at mid- day tnie company was fast asleep. Km, i. . niMved men In their camp and " lotiirr iotni,un had just vvuked un urn, vp'f wait, In? rbout in slilits and steel huts or les- than that be fore wihins and sli.ivintr and clean ing olf the dht of liattlc. They looked like ll bhds. mine of tlicm with fortv -ciaht hours' growth of bcu-d oh tlinlr ( In1)'. -Jiul touslcu hair: but It vvn unlv ii matter of sunii'itiid water and nis-if-idade to make them as Mini-i as aiiv I Ir.i-iliiii v, ho walks with swinglic- .iU dtivvu the main jtictt of ti (i'l end, 'Misc. Some nf tifi" -wpih vnuiig tolrilers out "lib I'm Ittcj-t drafts, but tjiev s-hov" t I"-r-o'tra'v-fnd C-'JoInoft lif attpe't pik'1i',,(. n'tl't r 'he laiknes wllt Mrtiie 61" ih'-:ii v.ne held up by a Gcrnvi.1 iivchlie ""i'i Hi :.! fiom o mined cottage on their right. They wcro tno rash, some of tlicm, not hnv tug the experience ot older soldiers, U-J30AT REPORTED SUNK BY U. S. SUBMARINE NEW YOKK, June 18. A German submarine was sunlc !y an American submarine off the Virginia Capes last .Friday morn ing, .according to a story told here by persons arriving on a steamship from Cuba. These asserted that the details were ob tained from officers of the American submersible. B AUSTRIANS THROW FOURTEEN BRIDGES ACROSS PIAVE LONDON, June 18. The Austrians have thrown fourteen bridges across the Piave River, but sufficient reserves are massed opposite them to cheek the enemy, according to a semiofficial dis- , patch from the Italian front today. "The situation is most cn- ' couraging," the dispatch said. SEIZE RECORDS OF FIFTEEN ALLEGED PROFITEERS Government officers here have seized papers In fifteen busi ness houses, the heads of which are binder, investigation on charges of profiteering in connection with war contrasts. POLICEMEN TO DEMAND MORE PAY ."clicmcn lepresenting virtually every district in this city viil nieit this, afternoon to frame demands for higher pay. They insist they v.!i'n,u.t the force unlcs3 their demands bo granted. CRISIS MAY BRING FALL OF AUSTRIA GJlnf-n I- 'I'lironfonnil liv Til . ' ' , IrriKtl Situation. SaVS Correspondent . .... . ., ,,, '"'' '' """ !" ' " ' "'' tx " V ...tlnil , ,., Tunn 19 . ....j.. ........ "Thl- Is W a parliamentary or. a -j rahlnet -.jjfc 0ut a State crisis, tha . - ------- i -i-kiu nf Austria. Ithe old Austria of 1867. The constitution has leased to exist. Herr von Seydler. a man of no political imagination, has failed to recognize that, and therein lies the reason for the present chaos, and also for the peril of the situation. The neonle in Berlin must clearly reoog- nhe that this contracting party to the old alliance Is nu more and that(lh patrols out in No Man's Land a'r no nower on eaith, not even the might (constantly .picking up war materia" of German sunpoit, cah 'restore It to lii these words the cautious ania moderate Vienna eorresppndont of the Berliner Tageblatt sums up the Aus trian bituatlop. He adds that the whole machinerj' ot the Government lias come to a standstill. Other papers confirm this view of the position. Private Information to various quarters here shows that in polltlcuJ and Government circles In Beilln great concern is felt (est with race agninst lace and with despotic gqvernment Austria should go the game road as. Russia. There ,are mrce great awwri in tne CuUhIh rM Tkb-tM. CtUmm.rmm RUSHES GUN ALONE GIUBS "ml i . he Iv q a sergeant or tne uordons told me had to hold them back from going nd their mark. Hut one of the rashest men. after all, was a corpoial who had been lliroug'i many battles and had Vir.r.n wnlliiileil eitrlit times. Wlien another v...i German machine gun was sweeping the ground In front of him this Gor don was impatient. "Pergeajit." he said, "I'm going to rush that post." . "Not alone, man," said the sergeant. "Walt tl'l we get some more to help you." "Oh. 111 take on the Job myself.1 ' Ri"" '" " "" ' "nl '"f alone, but fell wounded before he had ..wuc uitinj ,i.i..i ion weie rigiu. tuier an. seigeani. tie sain, when ne was caineti nacK. nut It shows how the sphit of thq British i "lc' a ' li " " even muse w-uu ".a "r"n mrougu many actions oi . tills nir are as darim? as ever. t 1 . ... .. . ' ,;,,t ",e oin-nmcrs nre nstonisneu nt ine .spirit or mc new aus who como nut 7tis (minnAiiPn lin inal'Aii '..-vi unit it, n iiiiiuv,wiii,v tuiii uinntn u 1 1 i o hrnp. ' Maid one of the veterans todf''. Tlu older men play the part or 1.1, l.,...tt.r.i-i1 !, ,-. -,-,. -...,, ,1 thi latct drafts who come into action for the first time. inesQ i.uus ana mgni aiiacivs test.' thr.., -mder Are and they arc"-a severe! test, for it Is not an easy Job to get acioss ground in darkness to rushl0t Mr,ll .-.-.t Vt machine gun posts fiom which comes a deadly tattoo to face, a crowd of des- perate men, who fight like tigers .sometimes when tho Britisii get iito. their ground. Hut the new draftsiarp proving themselves ot life hamn aualr' "ity "'n'j tliose that came cait m the' early days, and the new ofltcers are l.ccn (u Rum and to lead. "It was gi and to tee our young pla , toon commander," said one of the men. "He was always In the thick of It." BRITISH CRUSHED AUSTRIAN DRIVE Two Enemy Divisions in Italy Exhausted, Suffer ing 5000 Casualties ,-,, ,.. iut.n iUAiirnvL. IAJVCiIN . n mtnn i,ur,.r By WARD PRICE Special Cable to Evening Public Led ttr ' Copwinht. liU8, lj .Vew Vort Tinr.i Co. J War Corrcspontlcnts' Headquarters In Italy, June 18. On. balance the result of tha first taken over 700 prisoners and four guns; the enemy casualties in the four divisions they have exhausted am estimated at 6D0p, arid their ownnrJ ueyunu mi uuuipui-ibun less; mo tTll' abandoned bj"the enemy op 4)ls vny back to his own line, '. -. Tiie Austrians are indeed ?thor oughly demoralized and their.. 'defi ciencies In comparison with' the Brit) Ish trpdps are more evident Uuin'they have ever been before. British Jdr planes on' the Piave continue tj.r work. Yestenjaj- the. number: of foot bridges destroyed by their, bomlm ',-wm SutS'-'scp; to seven ana r tliey (jd 0 cartridges r' -thtT- rtnii-i scurrylnsr across then , v fj 5 't i nu uiiest iuiurinaiKHi(,ui.imt enemy i mtY ir, nj nine out rof s- UB' MI nrtynine hi mpim ' w t!- ' serious light which ,tlie British troops lrom "SSS" .?ffP In Italy ,baye had with the Austrians FUtUu?Jwlvi-t ifl proves even better than my earlier "VepeaaBlpiil'W-" '-- ' Ji POINT Auslriaiis Hurl Effectives Into.i TV pp & uiiensive T-Tnf - i . lli 71 DIVISIONS U&t . ., -tJWjj. '-Hr-a iVK'JX IDENTIFI Si? Italians Start Successfiil Pn.inlo- flff J '13)3" i-i.'' vuxiiui-vnciisivt; oaka; "1 trr"!.' Lower Piave TSJ3 EXHAUSTED TEUTONS RALKED IN MOUNTAtiTC !5C?.'. ikli ij iM f-: I Fail to Renew Infantry Ai&f snlllts fnr Afnntnllr. Plateau &M t?r.3B liVlt.'-C ri .4 C1T A r riiTTr. TV:nk4k13i i..... -. a u i ii .n .. . mn.1 " uuIJlts Axj.tnTw SZ Ah . 'Mi French Win Important Locate Victory and British Ro"3 v -via1 8 pnlsc Raids sJtJ t't & sJ Rome .Iiin 194" H.. .... .. . .r LfJ1 n .n.li ine Italians continue to check! Austrians at all points, inflictlMitzj , uioody defeats on the enemy at.l . i ., t,. - il l'lace3 on the P)avct a CommuHk i issucu uy ine Italian supreme,! mnnfi miHnin-ht AertarnA .,..-...-,- -.-. --. A i.1 1. it- ' " succcssiui uountcr-onens , was -tarted bv the Italians anU ' , Mower rjavc, Cl,'. The Austrians, exhausted by,,)?." ... . .. . .. ' -.-'. t Anglo-rrencn arm Italian, com.: j attacks in the north, have faile . ... ., . .... h.,.Tj ,u'll;vv u"-,r "uml,J assauits-an; t mountain region and m the un ..V ...W..V....W W.WVW.. t. Italian Official Reports c- Tho report is as, follows t Jlfo The enemy failed to rerrji .f.l - -,.1t- .-.krt.-!rs. miuui y ,titii;iv5 in me 3 tains and nt Montcllo. y .1 m- South of Monfello, be Zenson and Fossalta (a three-j front cast of Treviso). art ira Tfltt tVVlt n4tfl-TnmJhnJ l 4- .O llll" UUIJUI1 UCVClUJJtlU, UUl enemy was stopped everywh They left a hundred prisoneqC;4 Between Maserada and Can (three miles southeast of, rada) attempts to cross .the.Ri ,". were oiooany repuisca. aiVT On the lower Piave. a, cow oucnsive action resulted Jfl tagcously to us. J&&. ii Austria Uses All EffecHr 'J.UVI ,:s Austria, s enure enecuvef' strength already has been thri the Italian drive, according en official statement todaj'. -C Of Austila's total of ,nl divisions (1,104,000 men$ 'i' divisions (882,000 men) alre been identified ,oi the tti: So far as quality is con" constitute the whole of "thel'i really efficient troops. K' uerman troops are parti the Italian offensive, aeor dispatch received from Vi by way of Amsterdam. .; rati: The. same dispatch' all .'Hi peror cnaries is on the -Ital The Austrians also' have," 7500 guns pt all calibers' and : tire aviation forces InYiis,' with an abundance of ,wari Teutonm Shift A Blocked in the north? area the Austrians, have'j heaveet .attacks to Xhe.p9 mm on mo eastern portion 100-mlle Italian offensive' fl i. ; ' -t. . incr nijtit oinciai sian that thtj entmy is trjiaitj, the occupation' of 'I1"3I( that protects tliejjunetl and mountain lines. tX m is being made to deboulii tngs 'aiready effected 'ei lower Piave. .. ;W? 4 All the e9rt--r ODDoVed. accordlni.'to Office. juit;a':jhe',8rftt ltallani,ar preyeotMf :; while the'AiMtrl. WM-. .1 www p - -.. . .AHirepertt V n" ,. . 3 " lnbiUWfWJi'1 ,l..V'i..ii-l. atf jectjIVeti.' w 'f pa wis fiMMS i Uhl ivHi ! J 5' "V-- C?,!l?si jfc . ir'.i.. . J'-'Sf y . - -... i . .. -.- -'.'av.i-- MPmA r- . . ., . 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