.. v. '-:v7t JEMfi Si .fr.'V-v IARANTEE BILL ' V 5v?' THu elphia Financiers Do it Expect Phelan Meas $; "cure's Passage mn they assert Sft ids Strong Concerns to Protect .Deposits of Weak , stitutioris, Is Argument .'.ifBrnplintlc protest npalnst the bill In , 'WMqced In the House by lleprescnta- ' VpJean, Massachusetts, which pro- ymttt that nanus guarantee deposits. B ?JpillBrtelphla. r.. Lara wu ninuc ,i jimu ui rut; utttiitc vXUBankeTs of this city declare the ci-w'-'Si Sctment, of such a law at this time ' . rould have serious consequences. They naitttaff that alirti a law wnnM h liiatif. - ' " t.Hr.1.1 tt.jk ....... U-f It tj uittuii iui till; iciiuii iiiul ik lid .compel the strong banks to carry .'iweakcr Institutions and havo a ten- ey- to maker the, latter careless In w,.Wlr general management. tv -.-Officials of several banks expressed '. MWtr Views on the subject todav. nnd I R.Stfto voiced their opinion of another bill j Kf J: Introduced by Representative Phelnn, JKwhleh alms to Rive trust powers to na-! ft4nna.1 banks. On the hill lliern In rnn- i ( 5 i,v' Merablo difference of opinion among' P'tJ?tlw'.bankcrs. '- a&i, to r,iuh f or Ui-ei. AJyAsked his opinion concerning the bill i milch guarantees bank deposits. Charles ?& Caldwell, president of the Corn Kx-1 '. MeMUe .National Bank, Mid tne sugges--'ijfitlon was ("so foollfh that It was almost j idk'heyand discussion." I '. $?& After referring to the bill which rec- .Cyiftmmendsn extra tax for guaranteeing ('.vpurposes. Mr. 'Calwell said. "I do not l.fv,understand why a large bank should be jjKtaxea ininy or forty thousand uonars VVavyear to carry some small uatiK in a 'ti'iltrninlA tvrtir et thn tntn nr pl.rvlippp. f . fM"l "It this plan were adopted we would fj;j'be. held responsible for all species of i&4posltors regardless of character. .We VMalH.a. 111... .1.1. !.. -l1. ..-.. I wi Jme lu 1'ivit Lilt: I inn. we Ludi -rauiies. - , i.Regardlng the other bill Introduced 'ftfcy Representattlve riiclan. which elves UjyixruBl powers to national banks, Mr. Cal-'&vrU'Mld: , few"'16 trust companies of Pennsylvania v)iU endeavor to have a bill passed at ;S'arrlsburg which will give them the ' 'iwer. to discount commercial paper. ,Tbey will have all the advantages of a -ji national pan as well as me privileges -ytlMi- State laws give them now. If they tttM hill fit TJ'lfrtahnc tl.An tclll L; J tlCikl.. i.r. r ! I i. . ., 'j w' iwuiiiib trt- iui iitiLiuuiti uanika tu uu imt lake out State charters. k5fy4t''t think it perfectly proper to give Wi"""01"" nanus me privilege ot uoing ''5 truat business If the trust companies "fltilterid to have a law rjassed clvlnc them s 'itiM'prlvUeEe of national banks." ' y'JaehoIon Shares nankers' Vlrivn SH!i!nuuim iv, .Mcnoisjn, prcriucnt cf tl LAnd Titll ntld Trilsf rnninaiu- i''Afatared the opinion of other 6ankers re- .-, Stardlng the bill aimed to make bunks ,,f cure .deposits. 'ii'.Vlt auch a bill were "passed." he said. lit , rMtnks could take all sorts of risks; the lre bank would Buffer for the indls ,;.etlons of the smaller one. There ij . Would be no Incentive to the progressive mhik, wnicn woum d Duraeneu witn , ;,MMinmoiiiuc3 11 Bnouia not nave.' )r rfiwioit cu.u ..v ti nut lutui Vplan to give trust powers to na- ttnal banks, as he did not believe they ?' i. 's.jare equipped generally to conduct a ttrwn .Dusinesn. PV.'fP. Llneweaver, vice president of .Commercial Trust Company, said. The bill to make banks guarantee de nt seems entirely unnecessary. The ilea are more reliable than ever. One Rdom hears of a bank failure In these Iters." cVARvarH(nr thn hill whli'h nlma tn clt-ci FX;' trust powers to national banks, he said: IC national banks could do trust busi- ' MH therA l.q nn reannn thni thv nhniilH MAti hA TlAnTilitArl tn Hn ft Thncn u-liri ,M not have the organization to per t"irrm' this work could be equipped In h'Hhia connection In very short time." Im... , , noesnt Kxpect I'aaHat:e ... . . . . . ' fwum De very mucn surprised u wcua DroDOBiuon ever occame a aw. ZlLCeZ.DJ'"Bil LhJ, I'tejti .J atenr this line at this time." he added J; m; iY;: .t m. ,r. .. V1 Z:7 , T"WOUld be a very grave mistake. It Is 5. 'Jmiy thought otherwise by bankers In in i nwi Aim tuuge ui tjie rmiauer tatrlets. Nearly everv banker with ff v' Wteom I have discussed this matter holds jAonBame opinion. ".'WJlllam flradway, treasurer of the tbiian Trust Company said: ef fji"f. believe that national banks are MM. It iwould be necessary for them IfjTnake material changes In their or- uuiauons. i ao not favor the plan '-.guarantee deposits. I think such a wt. would give newer companies an rfair advantage over those which v been lone established." &' BURNQUIST IN LEAD .iflpnning Ahead Ot Lindbergh in &l3i41- Minnesota Primary K? '! " T- ". " ,u" " ournquisi 1. naoin j-inaenDergn in me eany re- from tne Republican gubernatorial iry held yesterday. Returns from S'preclncts out of 3110 In the State hpve. Burnqulst 27,351 and Lindbergh ,,The contest between Governer Burn- " aMat and, former Representative Charles i'Llndbergh overshadowed all other Is- ' MM.--' Llpdbergh, candidate of the Non wrtlsan. League, was the storm center. Ity was tne leading issue, Burn 's supporters charged that Llnd- a1 speeches were un-American and (be policies of the league were un .a. T lnrfh.M.1. no.. ..-.! t. . c.v Lindbergh asserted he was i'and that his war criticism was I at "unscrupulous profiteers." m pVTrin TliieP' U Jailed , tV. O'Slara,. giving no address. i'pWRt to the county prison for thlrtx fifM, a "train thief by Jiagistrate t.f KAlurda.v. m Win 'I wentv.sppnnrt t.and Hunting Park. Avenue police ; today. Two weeks ago a woman aTPennaylvanla train from Trenton ilHldelphla went to the eitd of the r artnK ana, returning to her .no u jnara ransacking ner va- !a"c Vs. 4 (J. -S. pivisions, tllif ravel Into Austria" "s!V ; f,-T , r r- k. Mm .Italian Army, June IS, rdincr to a high commanding t Italian Army Ileadquar- ' satisfaction is felt over the non every part of the front. -'Send us only four divisions f JhMirlcans' . .thej officer I'.dded. rw nracsnaKe nanas nna i'Mfettter Into Austria." ' JEASTON GIRLS WRBSWsiSSi'K "" T -.----...." wxhvM-vmwv-Ww.KSMV-7 SJxssmaisBwrsBaaasssssi Ration's War-Clic5t fund was swelled lv the money raided liy lliec pirls from nicker, Uctly Rccdcr and Kinily Murkier; slaiuling, Mary McNally, Mnrpirct Mamie Dougherty, Kitty Mejcns Dorothy Meyer?. Kilty Ford, Mary Coogait, Nixon and Katlicriuc A'cgchus in charge iRftNNIWEII IIMVFS FOR CHAIRMAN FIGHT Off lo Ilari'isbnrg to Carry Battle to Floor of Com- niitlcc Judge Bonnlwell, Democratic nominee for Governor, wont to Ilarrlsburg today, accompanied by a score or more of sup porters, to curry Ills fight for the election of State chairman and a "wet" platform to the floor of the Stale Committee, which meets tomorrow for reorganiza tion. Judge Bonnlwell will be the guest of honor a, a reception to he tendered him tonight by the Harrisburg Democratic Club. Benjamin F. Meyers, uf Harris burg, will bo chairman of tho meeting and reception, and former Judge John W. Wescott. ot Camden, will be the prin cipal speaker. Judrre Bonnlwell declared today that he did not Intend to "lie flat" If the Palmer-.McCnrmlck forres started the steam roller. Bonnlwell will insist on a chairman nnd platform acceptable to him. The Palmer-McCormlck forces arp de termined to Ignore. His demands. Thev will Insist on the election of George If McLean, of Wllkes-Barre, as chairman, and will draft a platform which, it Is reported, will not contain a "wet" plank. Judge Bonnlwell will submit his plat form, which will contain a "wet" plank, and his suggestion for a State chairman. If his demands nro nof acceded to he will form a campaign committee of IiIh own and Ignore the Ktate Committee In his fight fcr election. One of the hottest sessions of the State Committee In recent years is anticipated. Judge Bonnlwell got his first setback last night when the Democratic t'lty' Committee dercrren action on inn elec tion of a city chairman by naming a contest committee to Fettle contests be tween the rival factions over the elec tion of oominlteemen from tho Forty third and Forty-sixth "Wards. The Donnelly-Hank forces, which plan to re-elect J'Mgar W. Lank city chair- I man despite the protests of Judge Bon I nlwell, won out In a test vote by 54 to 11. They named a contest committee i from their own faction. Supporters of Judge Bonnlwell will Issue a call for the withdrawal of J. I Washington I-ogue. nominee for l.leuten- I nnt lir.vprtinr. from the ticket. Logue HI L ijutriituii iiuiii iui? i-.i. hiueaui aefeated Howard O. Holsteln, of Harris- -n i n - t., ,... ,.. om votes. He won on a "dry- platform, and The Pafmer-McCormlck forces declare " Isue wm not wttiwraw. hut will be kept on the ticket. NEW TROLLEY CARS CARRY SHIPBUILDERS Run Trailer Fashion to 94th ion to VI ilejBFrom Street and Chcsle, Suhwav I 7- ' Models of modern invention and ' longer than any Philadelphia has ever had, the 100 now trolley cars ordered I and paid for by the Government In an r . . t .......... ...II... .. ...!.. 4. li. Island, have arrived here and are In rerlc'. .. , .1 .. , , , 1 Pending -completion of the Hog It land j extension line, the cars are operating ony from tj,0 subway to Ninety-fourth street and Chester In two-car trains. ' ti,.. om orminniri.u-ith tmm nnH pnr I nlntfnrm and are of the "Dav-as-vou- enter" type. Exit may be made from either front or rear. The crew of the train consists of a motorman and two conductors, the rear car, or "trailer" be ing operated by the motorman on the front car The cars are capable of carrying more than 100 passengers each, with a total capacity of nearly 300 for both cars. Modern safety devices are provided to - 1 prevent accident to passengers boarding ..'ah n 1 1 i-li I ti i- tliA in r Wlion everv rtnnr or alighting the cars. When every door Is closed a signal light Hashes In front of the motorman, and while any door Is open a red light. Is before him Before the signal light flashes In front of the motorman a safety appli ance makes it Impossible to start the car. and wh'Ic doors on one side are open. It Is Impossible to open doors 'pn the other side. ZIONIST TO SPEAK HERE Dr. Ben Zion Mosseusohn ,to Be He brew Association Curst Dr Ben Zlon Mosiensohn, founder of the Jaffe Hebrew University, who was expelled freni Palestine, several months after the opening of the war, will speak at a meeting of the Zlon Association of Philadelphia in the Young Men's Hebrew Association Hall, 1G1C Master street, this evening. .. . Doctor Mossensohn was expelled by Dremel Pasha, a leader of Young Turks, on the ground that lie was an active Xlonlst. He went then to Alexandria, Kgypt, and then to Switzerland, whence he nine to the United States. Ittamar Ben AvI, editor of the first daily newspaper published In Jerusalem, also will, speak at tho meeting. It is his belief that Palestine has a new message tu give the world and that It is destined to play a large and important part pot SiSSsSillf-'iJl opjy in me iumrc fuoi"j - ' vv"n SELL EVENING PUBLIC LEDGfet FQk WAR CHEST iFUND NOW NAVY YARD P. R. T. BANS Company Caui-o Arrests of Tl.irty-lwo Persons, Including Fourteen Sailors and Two Marine,, lo Bring ! Attention to Fact THE Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com pany today brings forcibly to the attention of Uncle Sam's sailors and employes of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, tho rule of the company ngnimt smoking on Its cars. Magistrate Cow-, ard, in the Seventr and Caipenter streets police station, makes It paliable the law is on the side of the company. Thirty-two persons, among whom were fourteen sailors and two maiines, the rest workmen from the shops of the yard, appeared befoie the magis trate today to answeiAa charge ot breach of the peace, preferred by W. A. Boyd, agent for the P. It. T They were arresicd laht night between the hours of G.ISO and 11 o'clock, by Benz. Poucrs nnd Smith, detectives of the first division, at the Instigation of Boyd. All were accused or smoking nn street cars or uf having In their hands or SOUTH PHILA. HIGH GIRLS TO GRADUATE Commencement Will Be 'Held Tonight in Auditorium of School ' The South Philadelphia High School for Girls will hold ttp commencement at 8 o'clock tonight In the high school audi torium. Broad street and Snyder ;tvenue. The class Is one of the largest ever graduated by the s-ehool. The Rev. John II. Pastoret will con-j duct the religious exercises. The pres entation of diplomas will he made by the principal. Mrs. Lucy Wilson. The valedictorian will be Misn Mary M. Wlmenltz. Other members of the graduating class who will deliver addres-ses are Aleda Drudlng. Kanny Flgenbaum. Florence Loy, Rebecca Llschln, Ida It. 'Lochter. Anna Kaplan, Anna May Mendelovltz. Ruth K. Novack. Rose Wilcnftky, Mary M. Wlmenltz and .Beatrice Wood. The honor students are Sophia Bram nlck, Aleda Elizabeth Drudlng, Fannv Flgenbaum, Muriel Graes, Fanny Har Fhaw, Anna Kaplan, Anna Montgomery, Gertrude Montgomery. Uthel Wapen- steln and Ruth Wilenskl. The names of the graduates follow: Commrrrlal ppp.irtmntWl!rlam J. Alter. TVtsIn Altkrus, fr'ophln Sr.imnlclc. Hope Lillian llronkman. Frledat Hrownwela. Sadl riruntfln. Sadie Chudoff, T. Sara Cohen. Clailys K. frlchtnn, Mary n. Cum mlnKs, l.tta Anna Danorltz. Jeanna H.tUla Davl. KithT O. Uemel, Anna C Glllen. Saie M, Ulobman, Mollle (loldMeln. Hnse M. Orabowsky, .N'llle I. Uramty. Murll Oravea, Jeanttn H. Itarrla. Klorcn- n Harshaw, Loulao A. Harvey. Jlnthllila T. llorr. Anna S. llumltz. Sadye a. Jarper, Anna Kaplan. Uertha Kaplan. Sarah M. Kratpnrr. Sophia Krnvlteky, Anna Levin, Sophia Leln. 1'lorence l.vy. Jinnl Marko vliz. Anna May Memlelovltz, Vlrslnla Koy Miller. Anna A. Montgomery. Ortrude Monlgomcry. Hditli Oiil. Sylvia K. n-lmr. DbsIi Et. Roson. Sara Shpeen Hannah Htanrr. Anna Stelnbere. Ktbel Mnpnteln. Ida M. Welner. Hoe Wllenrky. Ileatrlce Wood and Lillian Zentner Arademle Department Bertha ltlirftk, Marie Welllnston Cariin, Uoi 15. Clrlno, Roue heatrlc t'ohen. Anna L. t'rvin, Aleda Elizabeth Drudlnit. .Mary O. Blder. Fanny Klgenbaum. Laura Kramfr. Eleanor M. l,a IlattaKlla, Robrera Llschln. Ida II Loihtor. Kva Mllstdn. Hannah Mnrrell, Rulh Bather N'ojatk. Viola Ruth Paatnret, (tertrude A. Sprlnsel. Mary 11. Wlmenllz. Heading Boy Run Over by Aulo Reading. Pa.. June 18 Another child was added to the long list of victims of automobile accidents in Reading today, uhen nine-year-old Willis Iongenrckcr, of 36 Poplar street, was struck and :un down, hufferlng probably fatal injuries. The automohilo was driven by Dr. S. Leon Brclbelbls HONOR PUPILS OF Se.ar-t3rxi 3.e 2&ongon.erg- .r - - J!"S? ST'Sl ,!t'i'?r!'C W'Si.W tfl9(WMItBif tlJ ',1JMa",'l'e,g','",""rt5Mafl'"-'J-w -" gug--a the talc of llic Kvcninc Public Ledger. Sitting, left to right, are Mary Hay, Margaret Zook, Margaret Correll, Virginia Ray, Elizabeth Reagen, Caroline I'arquliar, Darbara Frctz, Betty Hughe?, Alice Roetle, Margaret of the girl?' ncw;pnpcr campaign MEN KNOW SMOKING IN CARS mouth unllghteil pipes, cigars or cigar-j cues. iesumony snoweri iikiu nmny ui them had been n this city but one day or so, and others a little longer, and. they knew to do only as their fellow Itoiyans did smoke between the Navy Yard and the llrnt street-stop to take on pas.'-engeiM. Several testified that tho street car conductors and inotormen often smoked at this point' and had told the men It was "all right"- to do so. When women passengers got on, all smoking ceased. Magistrate Coward thought the mat ter over and had each man sign his own ball bond to keep the peace, and released them en inai-se. Boyd, the special agent of the P. it. T. said he had complained to Welfare Agent Crowley, at the Navy Yard, and thai arrest was the only method ho had been able to find to bring to the atten Hon of the men tho fact that the com n- iiitii tiiu t.t.t .... "c "...i- pany has the law with them 111 debarring , the gentle puff while en route. WAR ORDER FRAUDS MAY PROVE STARTLING Sensational Developments Ex pected From Raids by De t partment of Justice Wiwlilnsloii, June 18. Deelopments more sensational than any of those yet revealed were ex pected today when further reports . rellL.her, Washington of the imtlon-wlde jraldH conducted by llic Department of Justice' as the result of far-reaching war order conspiracies, i nat me al leged Illegal practices between manu facturers and contractors' representa tives had attained a wide scope was proved by the mass ot documents al- leady In the haids of the department, but additional disclosures expected to day would. It was said, reveal condi tions even more startling than had been bcllved to exist. Already evidence that perhaps hun-fire-ls of contracts have been made with manufacturers who were under pledge lo pay a peicentage of contract commissions- to agents i l Washington, New Yoik nnd other larr.e cities, was In tho hands of the Department of Justice nnd the reports of the raids Mill were far fiom being complete. ISOLATE TRENCH FEVER GERM American Surgeons Succeed Where Allied Physicians Fail Wnalilngton, June 18. The United States Medical Corps, under the leader ship of Major General William Gorgas, has succeeded In isolating the germ of trench fever, one of the greatest causes of disability In the Allied armies. The disease had bafTted medical officers of the French and British armies. The success of the American tests, re ported In a cablegram from Gen eral Pershing to Secretary of War Baker, was made possible by the voluntary sac rifice of sixty-six American soldiers all members of noncombatant units of a New England dhlslon who submitted to Inoculation with the germ In January. General Pershing's message says all of the men now are either cured or conva lescent. These men were from field hospitals and ambulance organizations, and the War Department' made public their names. They were 'selected from a large group of volunteers as the healthiest and consequently the best to withstand a long siege of trench fever. SOUTH PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL - -A . r -r r-v 1 Haa-sKa.w -tfioMtgoawwy V-pepVli". HOie ?.. - .". ,j PEPPER DENOUNCES SHELVING OF WOOD Pliiladclphian Demands As signment of Soldier to Command at Front Hartford, Conn., June IS. George Wharton Pepper, of Philadel phia, criticized the Administration for "shelving" General Leonard Wood, In nn address at the Trinity College gradu ation exercises yesterday. The assembly arose and cheered when Mr. Pepper said the American people must demand General Wood's services. "If, when a Democratic State Is at war," said Mr. Per.'Jcr, "there Is a man possessing in marked degree the quali fies that make the soldier and the ex perience and training that make forcom- mand ; If the people trust him and he , Justlned their trust; If the Congress .. r" . , ,. ...... ,.. has honored him and the Allies are call ing for him, then hn must be given rc- . ,.-.,, - Wu.l.lnrli.1. ' ' , . .. ,, ,,,,,, f, Iln. "If It were to turn out the command of his division had been denied to such a man because another General does not want him around or because a Cabinet .officer is unable to estimate hint at his true worth, then one of two things will be true: "Hither that the bottom is dropping out of American democracy, or else that sooner or later the American people will Insist upon having the services of Leonard Wood." SCHOOL DAYS ENDED Commencement lo Culminate Tomor row ;at Cumberland Vatley Normal Carlisle, Pa., June 18. With several members In service and the elaborate- ness curtailed somewhat by reason of. the war, the annual commencement ex- erclses a the Cumberland Valley State I ;ormni scnooi got into iuii swing to-1 daw Graduation exercises are set for to morrow morning when diplomas w(ll be given to a large class by Prof. Ezra Lehman, bead of the school. ONCE HUMBLE HAMBURG STEAK NOW FARE ONLY FOR PLUTOCRAT Boiling Meat and Round Steak Also Have Soared Like Air plane, Taking New Spurt When Beef Is Restricted SCORN no longer, Mrs. Housewife, at the honorable round steak, hambur ger or boiling meat. Time was when Mr. Husband would come home, "sniff" a whiff of boiling Lmeat In the pot. or round steak or ham burger In llic frying pan, and (straight way retrace his steps to the door and make haste for the nearest food dl pensary, where he might partake of a juicy tenderloin or sirloin. Whether it Is because of the Federal food administration's restrictions on the use of beefi' the unusual exports lo the fighting forces, or Just a natural short age of cow. Ihe fact remalns""lhat prices have ascended at a rate that would do credit to an alrlane equipped with the Liberty motor. Hamburger Ancendi, Too Boiling meat Is no longer to be as sociated with the poor man's fare; In stead It draws forth a "squawk" from the purse of the rich man. Hamburg, the side partner of the "hot dog" on almost any plqnlc lunch counter, is now looked upon with "more respect, while the round steak, considered at one time fit only for those who "wanted a whole "Sar.aari.-i bT2. W.. llvlS'ji,.. Text of President's Labor Proclamation For more than a 'year It has been our prde that not our armies and navies only, but our whole people Is engaged In a righteous war. We have ' said repeatedly that Industry plays us essential and honorable a rolo In this great struggle as do our military armament. We all recognize tho truth of, this, but we must also see Its necessary. Implications namely, that ndustry, doing a vital task for the nation, must receive the support and assistance of the nation. We must recognize that It Is a natural demand almost a right or any one serving his country, whether employer or em ploye, to know that his service Is being used In the most effective man ner possible. In the case of labor' ths wholesome desire has been not a little thwrated owing to the changed con ditions which war has created In tho labor market. There has been much confusion as to essential products. There hag been Ignorance of conditions men have gone hundreds of miles In search ot a job and wages which they might have found at their doors. Kmployera hold ing Government contracts of the hgh est Importance have competed for workers with holders of similar con tracts and evene with the Government itself, nnd have, conducted-cxpenslve campaigns for recruiting labor In sec tions where the supply of labor was nl ready exhausted. California draw's Its unskilled labor from as far east as Buffalo and New York from as far west as the Msslssippl. Thus labor has been Induced to move fruitlessly from one place to nnother. congesting the railways and losing both time and money. Such a condition Is unfair alike, to employer and employe, b'lt most of all to the nation Itself, whose existence Is' threatened by any decrease In Its pro ductve l)0ver. It Is obvious that this situation can be clarified and equal ized by a Central agency the United States employment service of the De partment of Labor, with the counsel of the war labor policies board as the voice of all the Individual agencies of the Government. Such a central agency must have sole direction, of all recruiting of civilian workers In war work; and, In taking over this great responsibility must, at the same time, have 'power to assure to essential Industry an adequato supply of labor, even to the extent of withdrawing workers from nonersentlal production. It must also protect labor from Irfsincere and thoughtless appeals made to It under the plea of patriotism and assure It that when It Is asked to volunteer In some priority Industry the heed Is real. Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson. President of the United States of America, solemnly urge all employers engaged In war work to refrain after August 1. 1018, from recrulalng un skilled labor In any manner except through this central agency. I urge labor to respond as loyally as hereto fore to any calls Issued by this agency for voluntary enlistment In essential Industry. And I ask them both alike to remember that no sacrifice will have been In vain If we are able to prove beyond all question that the highest anil best form' of efficiency Is tho spontaneous co-operation of a free peo ple. WOODROW WILSON. The White House, June 17, 1018. DRESSED FLEAS NO MORE Curious Industry in Mexico Stopped b Lack, flf Tourists lunrer, Mexico, June 18. Another small-Industry In a neutral .country has been crushed hy the war, which has cut off tourist travel to Mexico. Dressing fleas for market Is no longer a profitable business In Mexico and the little Insects hac disappeared from ths show-cases of curio stores that line Calle Comcrclo In this rambling border town. Dressed fleas were long a staple ,article in the stores and shops here frequented by tourists. In little boxes, no bigger thap the blunt end of a lead pencil, these adorned fleas could be seen through reading glasses In all the glory of their wedding or christening finery. Mexican women tolled for days dressing these diminutive insects, using the point of a needle to attach the bits of bright cloth and lace to the bodies of the wee pests. Trolley Collision Victims Better Eight persons who were Injured when two trolley cars collided at Fifteenth and Pine streets last night are reported Improved today. The injured are: John Pszznette, 1342 Ellsworth street: Tony Ferrants. 1201 Moore street: Michael iieamona. aoz iwisi uornwau street ; Michael Herrlck. 1112 Hamilton street; Gatheralne Taggart. 2913 Alter street; Mrs. J. Gibson. 3 436. McKean street: Laura Glbat. 1S23 Pembertbn street, and GoTdy Wooden, 714 South Sixth street. lot for the money," is now numbered with the "choice cuts." A tour of the butcher shops revealed some interesting data regarding the advance of prices, which, curiously enough, have advanced somewhat more since the beef restrictions of the food administrator were made public a few days ago. In one place a woman asked for a pound of boiling meat. It was cut In two small pieces and weighed. "Forty cents," said the butcher, "Forty cents !" was" the surprised ex clamation of the shopper. "Why I wouldn't pay forty cents for a piece of boiling meat." Then the butcher showed her another piece. "Th'.s, is forty-five cents a pound," he said, whereupon the shopper haught ily left the store. ' I'rleei Amte HouewlTe in another shop, a bimllar scene was witnessed. A pound of boiling meat or a pound of bone apd some gristle was pluced op. the scale and the price mentioned was thirty-five cents. Again there was a hasty retreat. In a moment another woman entereu the market. She asked fori hamburger, "Forty-five cents a pound," the butch er told her. A Uerpian airplane In the tame room could not havo occasioned' any more surprise. It appeared, than was pictured on that woman's'face. "Forty-flve cents? Why I used to get " "Yes, I know," the butcher hastily said. "What you used to get and what you are getting now arc two. entirely different subjects. We are dealing lu , the present the past has been forgot- ten." ' And another dissatisfied customer had departed. ' In a moment there was another. She wanted round steak. Tile butcher's voice his sentence again rang out. "Fifty cents a pound." he said, ' "For "round 8teakTEho Inquired, "Yes, for round steals," said the lord of tho meat paw, "Everything's gone up now and " but the, customer' had disappeared. , But that Is how times have changed. Look not with disrespect upon the hon orable roundsteak, Iiamburg or boiling. pieat. They're going up, up, tugner every day. J i i i J Contrartor Gives Up Job Kennett Hflaar. Pa., June IS. Be cause' hn coultl not bo assured' he would receive niaterlalsB. Frank Wlckershani.ilW lias given up. the contract awarded hlmlEa ktf fit Utata Ulvhurni, nanarimml In f B? I aaSWRJagAdaW.. TWE,.HQMEOSTYLE AND ECONOMY A build about 3400 .feet ot concrete road. ?L LU: 1 I It y f I I t WHMaeytwwteww-. . , SW1NTON SPEAKS HERE Major General F. D. Swiiiton, in ventor of the British tank, ad drcisetl a meeting of shipbuilders at ibe plant of the New Vork Ship building Corporation SWINTON TO SPEAK TODAY Inventor of Tank to Address New York Shipyard Workers Major General F. D. Swlnton, Inventor of the British tank, will deliver the first of a scries of addresses to shipyard workers today at the plant of the Now York Shipbuilding Company, Camden. General Swlnton, who Is a member of the staff of Lord Reading, British ambassa dor to this country, has been "borrowed" by the shipping board to rouse Interest and enthusiasm among the shlpmen. .Tomorrow General Swlnton will talk to the workers at the Merchants' Shipbuild ing Corporation, at Bristol. Thursday he will speak at the Sun Shipbuilding Company's plnnt at Chester and on Fri day at the Wilmington plant of the pusey & Jones company. AMERICANS WANT U.S. TO DECORATE B0YAU Demand War Cross for French Aviator Who Joined Their x Attack Paris June 18. American officers and i-oldlcrs are today demanding that Congress award a .war cross to Maurice Boyati, famous French sausage balloon destroyer, who was a Rugby football player before the war. Boyau was brought down recently b ytho Germans between the American and boche lines. The Germans turned, machine guns and artillery against the disabled nlrpjane. The Americans, in their trenches 800 yards away, seeing that the Germans were fireparing to capture Boyau, be gan getting ready lo rescue him. Boyau, being a champion sprinter, ret out from his machine and raced across No Mn's Land, reaching the Amerlt can trenches In safety. Learning that the Americans were about to attack, he lore off his leather suit and donned a shrapnel helmet. Then he asked for a rifle and grenades and went outw Ith the Americans, where ho took part In tho flfghtlng. BATtS ALIEN AUTOISTS New Jersey Commissioner Denies Them Driver's Licensos New York, June 18, There, are enough Americans to drive automobiles in New Jersey, so no enemy aliens need apply for licenses. State Motor Vehicle Com missioner Dill so announced yesterday at his weekly hearing In Newark. John Vojs. of COO Kast 160th street. New York, an enemy alien, eleven vears In this country, but without first citizen ship papers, was flneO J2S for driving a car with a New Jersey plate, though lie bsdno New Jersey license. Said Mr. "I dont intend' that any enemy alien shall get a license to drive In New Jer sey, especially a man who has been in this country for eleven years, has earned his livelihood here and then comes Into tills State nnti vtnlntoq tho I'm. rpl.AA are enough Americans to drive cars? n,cn iiner we jmve recruueu nn army b'K enough tor all purposes on the other side, mstmMBKm9immm & f' ACCKPTKII MM J tM WMz 923 MARKET STREET IsaraKVajafifl'.j $1.50 Wash Envelope Chemise 98c $1.25 Value Kin,e sheer qual ity materials n pink or white. Neatly trimmed wltli,laceH. Skirts 98c Oabardlnrs, repps and novelty washvna- VJLJ terlala. Trvv iPocket and (J S button Y v trimmed. mm "J ih BARGAIN BASEMENT A Wonderful Saving on $6.50 & $7.50 Silk & Wash DRESSES V A big group of brand-new 0W I dresses of silks and voiles or - f gliiKhums in newest summer styles. Large variety of colorings and novelty xliipeu or plaids for choice. All sizes up to 44. 18T045DMFf Ultimate Conscription of Labor Aim of Program Before Congress HITS WORK SLACKERS, a Washington, June IS, The ultimate conscription ot labor, with a view' thoroughly nnd effectively to mobilize the man-power of the na tlontfor actual 'ftghtlnp; or war work at home, Is called for In the program for changing the draft laws that havo been laid before Congress. PrqvostMarshal General Crowder la tho father of the scheme. He linn discussed it fully with the members of the Military Affairs, Committee of the Senate and House during the last few weeks. General Crowder has urged that leg-' Hi four or five months increasing the,'!! draft age limits fromcighteen to forty-five years, nnd in Ills tnlkH to the military committees lie has frankly declared that ono of the principal rea sons for the step is the necessity of applying' the "work-or-flght" rule tu men nbove the present draft age to reach the "work slackers" above thirty years of age in addition to obtaining new fighting forces, nnd of so applying it that the Greatest possible results for the successful prosecution of the war can bo 6btnlncd from labor tinder di rection uf the military authorities. Conccrlptlon of labor was provided for In the original draft of the changes that were made in the' draft laws sev eral weeks ago. but It was eliminated' at the request of Secretary Baiter, wliti said 'hat It was not necessary "at this time." , . Tho nrnnosnd new lcctslatlon Will not make Its appearance until next fall, when tho draft age limits will have to bo extended because of the few men that will remain available for military service through depletion of Class 1 of tho present registration, ac cording to members ot the Military Committee. It has been suggested at at this tlmo so the necessity for It can be realized when the time comes for enacting it. Conscription of labor through a new draft law would not interfere in any way with the new policy of the De partment of Labor assuming control, of the recruiting ot labor for the la?e industries in manufacturing war mu nitions. It was pointed out. Existing labor conditions would not, be seriously disturbed, the commltteo members said, as the proposed legisla tion would permit men engaged tn es sential industry to'remaln in that In dustry. It would give the provost marshal general power to force every man between the ages of eighteen nnd forty-five years either to work or fight, and to conscript tho men between these ages who are engaged In nones sential occupations to enter an essen tial industry or go into the military service. He exercised similar power when he recently Issued his "work-or-nght" order to men within the present draft age limits. 1IKATIIS 1IAIRD. At Wernesvllle. Pa.. June J7. CIIAHLKS W. HAIKU, seed A3. Funeral vrxl'-es residence rf ulster, Mrs. l.dward O. Khnkespeare. 103 S. 21st t.. Wed.. 3 p. m. "mccVlLOUUH. June 1T.-(ANNIE E.. Wlfn of V. Q. .McCullough. Relatives and friend Incited to services, Thurs., 2 p. m 5319 Thompson jt. Int. prlvute. IIKI.'T WANTKH FFAIALK GIRLS 10)- PKRMANBNT TOSITIOX EXCKLLKNT WORKtNO CONDITIONS RUST ROOM AND NURS13 IN ATTENDANCE GOOD IUY TO START ELECTRIC SERVICE SUrrUES 17TH AND CAMBRIA STS. WOMEN 10) PERMANENT POSITIONS: EXCELLENT WOrfKINO CONDITIONS: J1B3T ROOM AND NURSE IN ATTENDANCE. GOOD PAY TO START ELECTRIC SERVICE SWPPLtES CO. mil AND CAMDRIA STb. HF.I.P W.WTKn MALE rRESS DUMPERS Slen wanUd for OTkn wwt nrS4C9 Apply 9:30 to 4 P. 1"., Employment oWi&iit. Atlantis ennlnB Company 3144 Pas;nink av. , rM-iKKEi:PER Experienced man not sub above 30 to secure rmnnt poaUJon rub.lo Lcdscr Company, flth and Lhtstnul sis. I Daylight Second Floor Offers A ILAV2Uldl 1LLI 1LW ft' Satin Dresses I for Immediate and KM i 7c Early Fall Wear .ri3 Judge the smartness of- III these latest frocks from . Mm the two Illustrated. Made of r'ch. shimmering satins in newest colorings. plenty in navy blue. Novelty draped effects and rolling collars finished with georgette sleeves. j New Lingerie Waists 98c Laeetrtm- 11SI 1 t It ' I med. run (MlWlh If fr?' J broldered. 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