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Will Be Ready in
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operation n tne i-oruetn vvnra mm is
ljnc rushed to completion ior unit
aw v.v.wmi wnruum will dp tf.iuy nil u.-
M-'cMMUiey -within a week or ten days
PAS?. Shaw homes are In Sixty-first street
1-sB near woodland avenue and are- Being
'WBitructed bv Henry P. Schneider lie
ISrt'M a contract for 414 houses Moss,
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;py,Tror.or ana rraiora, w-no u uuuum
JS44I houses In the western section ot
m .the JSImwood tract, will also have sev-iS-"eiAr
houses ready for the shlpworkers
, early In August
t$ - -This early completion or the nrst
.'A S batch of the houses Is far bevond the
mart sanguine hope, of omclalB of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation 'When j
f the contracts were awarded, a little more
fvi man ten weens ago, a stipulation as
roa-ae mac. ine nri oi liic iiuuaca inu.
XV -hi completed within ninety days from
StJf .the time work was beeun.
'K jlt . Trla AUmmA tit Tim
' Schneider got an early start and broUe
ground a few days before the other con
tracture Arm. When the first of these
houses are finished. net week, he will
have bettered the terms of the contract
Vv aKAtif thr uk. Th Rami) ratio I
ft? of speed has been maintained b Mos
yr- iayior x t rawiorn, ann ineir reroru
" oi completion eari in rtujiuiL it un ;
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Schneider. I
In normal times, with falrlv Rood wea- I
ither and a steady shipment of materials.
hallders have never established such a
netri for fast construction. And the
many difficulties faced, such ns poor i
pullOlnr weather and Inability to obtain
equipments an fast as needed. een
though priority orders were sranted for
'all shipments for the operation. eres
to 'Show further the wonderful progress
made.
The houses that are nearlnc comple
tion are not the only si ens of the Inten
sity with which the builders hae rushed
th''ivork. Cellars hae been dug and
foundations laid for nearly all of the 960
houses Included In the operation.
Schneider has foundations up for more
than 2S0 houses, and the foundations
for the houses In the western end of the
tract "number more than 300.
Quality Doesn't Suffer
Although the work Is progressing at
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IN DANCE HALLS
Nolcil ricnlils are inrlutlcil on the naval consulting board. The second figure on the right is Hudson Maim
HURT WHEN PATROLUPSETS I GOVERNMENT TO BUY
Fuel Administrator
Exempts Banks and
Night Schools
Ft,"4 rS,IS of;AND DISTRIBUTE SUGAR
Palil P Pmlle fit 30 n Irani aenue.
"Ufferert a fractured shoulder today i
'when the automobile patrol ot the l.VinnliVilinn Rnnrrl Te Orrin.
Twenty-ninth District, Mxtj-llrst nnrl lqunilZailon DOarU JS Vjrgan-
U Thompson streets, slid Into a ditch and . i . x . .1
SO ! turned turtle near Belmont mansion. . 1ZCU 10 Meet tllC EjX-
nth.. niamKara nt lha nalrnl rrtitt . '
pectcu Kisc
DIX SOLDIER KILLED
UNDER TRAIN WHEELS
, Kerceant William .t Whaleu. 1218 Red
Held aenue, and John .1. White, 1223
North Fiftieth street, the drler, were
unhurt
Smiley Is the father of Ueuteeiant
. Ceorge Smile of the Twentl-nlnth
1 District He was tHke nlo the Prcsby-
MEETS HOTEL MANAGERS tcr;jlt?1' , ,ur aside m no.d
another car and the steering gear locked,
causing the patrol to turn oer.
Dance halls and other places of
amusement, hanks and night schools,
were todav txempted from the eator
curtailment order recentU promulgated (
by the fuel administration
William Potter. Slate fuel administra
tor trrt.iv Hecl.ired the exemutlon of
placeR of amusement was In line with
the President's desire to hae these j t T
places kept In operation. In order that DOWlCS, KailC and LiCWIS In
the public ma find moments of diver
sion from the pressing problems of the
TO DISCUSS PLAN
FOR RENT DIRECTOR
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iVT. rapid rate, every care 1 belnK taken
rf; jo see mat me specifications are belnu day
elogan of the builders, quality work- j suggestion of the Department of Labor.
tnanshlp haa.not suffered In the least Bankp were exempted because many
s-'VA . Karlv nrt -vlppW lh ftt -.-.til Krr(i i t, ia .,ta .lAnnelt 1 nulla nn nnnfr flnnrM
tjK iP-wIn the section of Sixty-llrst street I of their buildings.
Ew; Included In the operation, bo that By the 1 .All these places, honctcr. wUI be
Kj;ivJtlme the ahlpworkers are ready to nioe asked to exercise strict economy In
fcT" ,"no xneir new nomes, iney will not oe llghtlnB, In line with the ruel consera-
nt inuiravciiiaaru ") n uiii. aneei, linn P an
SAf-'AH of tne noU8es are two 'stories high. The elevator curtailment plan na it
ac for a good-sized lawn In the front wno iiRrim.ri bv manacers of anart-
itX'i-"!? rear.
i3itt",'r have six rooms and a bath and auolies to hoteln and apartment houses
it 3rMace for a rood-sized lawn In the front .. na .iiDniiDaA,i uv ma.mt-rrM nf nnari-
ments and hotels in conference with Mr P'ew or tne plan to nave a reaerni aa
vitcd to Councils' Commit
tee Meeting Today
Itear Admiral Bowles, United States
District Attorney Kane and County Fuel
Administrator Lewis, with representa
tives from thlr office"". liae been In
vited to appear before Councils' Special
Committee on Tlent Profiteering this
afternoon. They will he asked tholr
Death Overtakes Private Steal
ing Ride to Rejoin His
Detail at Camp
IHLSON DRAFTS WHEAT VETO
UBill Likely to Be Re-enacted Willi
i'jf'l'v,' misuse rviinnnaien
Sicon'sTerelnformeddayThaVW 'n, can he Instituted In
lucui. nueuii naa oegnn aranmir a mesa- , i"t,r i,,nlu5' M - "-''w .....-.-...-
age to Congress vetoing the 128,000.000 ' at the request of leaders of the Indus-
Hotter at noon Other conferences he-! mlnlstrator appointed for this section.
tween the fuel administrator, manufac
turers and owners of small storeu are
scheduled for later In the day.
A survey of the de industry will he
marie shortly by the fuel administration
to determine to what extent a fuel con
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agriculture annrourlatfon hill hwimm nr
the amendment providing for Increasing
to 12.40 per bushel the Government's
' -'.minimum guarantee for wheat.
" Although an attempt may be made
" by members from wheat-producing
States to override the veto. It is gen
erally believed the hill will be re
enacted with the wheat amendment eliminated.
; r PAY IN INSTALLMENTS
.Insurance on Soldiers After Death Not
v Met by Lump Sum
liy the Associated Press
Vahlnrton, July 1 Widespread im
pression that insurance of men in the
'military service Is paid In lump sum
4fer their death led the. War Depart
; , mont to make the announcement today
sft " ta,t payments of benefits under the war--j,"rjk
Insurance act are made over a pe-
fhtr vxlm-l nf tnranttr aa kb
tSt-'f The Insurance Is payable, on the death
bit Js'Oi tne insurea, on tne Dasis or J5.75 per
kS1- month for each J 1000 of Insurance for
f . 240 monthly installments For the max
h 'lmum of 110,000 the beneficiary would
iv.rece.Ye a payment ot 4s1.au per montli
C" tar twenty years.
H3rWv
and Flor-
1- 1 irvae n L.umiey. oma uuniein l
r-SH-iUna")' Whltaker. 1S19 Webster t am
tif" ' Emma P Mitchell. IStl) Vebter l
&, 'Frank H. Whitehead. 771 JC Cromkey t.
ana Anna j wuinn .,Mr 1 rnnaarfivf hi
Walter E. nicketta IS10 Kemlnzton nv
an1 '.aurMtn A (lruhh. Vythrvllli Vs.
&$& William T. Wrleht 1748 N 271h st , an
rSity. Eaai W, Van Trump Norwood Pa
ES, VlTdhn Wlkha.lv Ainn null! ftfi iinH Rmm
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lODAVS MARRIAGE LICENSES
Kvt..
1&J Emanuel Nash. 1340 X Percy at
.!r nc Murrav 1340 X Percv t
Ed war a A. PopDrt Camp I Va and
Catharine O Do.le, 4',,3: Otter at
?rv-. " t-aaaei uroaoaxe i-a.. ana u-r-
Sf3" - trvde H Lumley. sins Durrielfl at
ami
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LK an1 Iurptta A ftruhh. Vythvllli Vs.
nD,.' iiii- rt ir.i.i.. iTia ; mih , n
and Rmma
Bck. RB2t Glenmore ave
HeetAr U'auchrmln 4309 PennsKrov st .
anil Josephine M White l-JT Button
wood at.
Isaac Coleman A34 Reed at and Taullne
Faberman. 21A N. 2d i
tTharlea Orelder. 2328 S lth st . and Mary
A. Donlln. 1A22 S Rroad at
John T. Williams. 1H22 Stllci st . and Susie
Cralr. 1A22 Stiles St.
a- Morris (lolden 730 N Bth si and llel-n
MeDevItt 247 S Rlh t
? Thomas Carrlnaton. famp Jarkson S. i:
; - and Anna Robblns. rlnrlnnati O
, Henry Shake ipear. Dt.1 Oeden t and Pearl
l tr- Ttnhlnann a718 Mt Vernon St
r,VsSTl M. Willis. 5010 Ixieuit t and Alma
6?1.l U.1I-.. IMU Vvnmlnv nua
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i.afi rha.Ua p Mnrimn jl 1 1 W llntflrln at .
Imira 1rhtihl 844 K Ontarln St
,4L ' au.K viuhmin "M S. AOth at . and Resale
""ZAi Sluvlsaka, 2147 N Franklin St
6"VVJohn A. Jones. Camp Humphreys. Va and
.- - .1. a Taslrann 117 Vntawn tavpaos.
K4r
trv. who. In letters to Mr Potter, de
clared they believed It their patriotic
duty to aid In the conservation program
as much as possible.
Brewers of the United States will
make a conserted appeal to Dr. Harry A.
Garfield, national fuel administrator, to
rescind his order cutting off fuel to
breweries and diverting it to essential
Industries. They consider the ruling a
deathblow to the brewing Industry.
This Is the statement of Christian W
Felgenspan, president of the United
States Brewers' Association, which
rertched local brewers today
Korty breweries In and near Philadel
phia must close their doors by Decem
ber 31 unless the fuel ndmlniBtrator's
order Is rescinded, according to H. A.
Poth, secretary and treasurer or i-. a.
Poth & Sons, brewers Thousands of
employes of all classes will be thrown
out of employment, and property valued
at J50.000.000 will be made useless. It
Is said.
"This ruling Is nothing short of con
fiscatory." declared Mr. Poth
An Increase In the price of beer is
the likelihood within the next few
weeks. It is believed Ten cents a glass,
insiead of Ave. Is expected to be the
charge
NO VESSEL SUNK OFF CAPES
Dynamiting of Old Piling Blamctl
1 for Rumor
tape May, N'. J., July 12 Humors nf
tin. Hntnipflnn hv a mine or torpedo of
a large Ashing steamer ten miles off
Cape May late yesterday wer denied
today hj the naval authorities
They announced an Investigation
shewed the supposed blowing up of the
vessel was nothing more than the de
struction by dynamite of old piling used
by fishermen in fastening down their
The explosion was heard dlstlnctlv by
other fishermen not far distant from
the spot and alarmed them Pieces of
the piling, which they believed to be
wreckage or a torpeaoeu ir uiuieu aiiu.
flew high Into tne air, wun a Bnai cu
unin of water
Kvery phase of rent profiteering will
be taken up, with the hope of reaching
some final decision as to the actual need
for remedial action In Philadelphia and
neighboring cities. Chairman Colborn,
of Councils committee, ha3 on record
many complaints by tenants, as has Mr,
Kane These will be gone over to deter
mine which of the rents are excessive.
Mr. Lewis has taken up tne question
by way of leaseholds providing protec
tion for tenants who have purchased
their winter coal. He will be asked to
outline his relief plans with a view to
having Councils co-operate. If that body
Is found to have any authority to act
when It reconvened this fall.
So far few genuine cases of rent profi
teering have been found by the com
mittee, despite a number of public hear
ings granted both landlords and tenants.
Several members of the committee be
lieve the evidence so flimsy as to pre
clude the need for remedial action, such
as Is planned by Congressman Danow's
rent profiteering bill
Among the Councllmen who have de
clared most of the cases of increased
rentals justifiable Is Charles II. von
Tagen. a real estate dealer In the north
ern section of the city.
DRYDOCRSHELDUP
BECAUSE OF HIGH BIDS
WnshlnRton, July 12.
To deal effectively with the expected
Increase In the price of sugar, due to the
shortage threatening the country, the
food administration has nnnounced the
formation of a sugar equalization board
capitalized at JS.nOO.nOO.
I The purposes of the board, which will
take charge of the semlratlonlng plan
Initiated July 1, are to equalize the cost
of various sugars and accomplish a
better distribution. The arrangements
will facilitate Joint dealing with the
AJlles In foreign sugars and the adjust
ments of differentials In overseas
freight rates.
The plan Is to take up the slacks
between production costs of domestic
and foreign consumers so as to work
out a price for the public upward of
one cent a pound less than would he
the case If the prli of Migar were ad
vanced to a price that would cover the
high peaks In costs from all quarters
Maintenance of such a price would
mean millions' to the American people on
the 1,600,000 tons of sugar to be con
sumed in the United States In the next
six months.
The capital of the board will be sup
plied bv the President from his FPecial
funds. In order to enable It to deal with
facility In foreign sugars and otherwise
and the whole stock will be held by the
President.
It Is expected that the- board will
make a small margin on the low cost of
certain foreign sugars, which may be
purchased and thus bring about an
equalization of the price to the public
on a lower level than wouid otherwise
be possible. Any profits will be equalized
to the consumer over the year's operations.
EIGHT HOURS TO RULE WAGES
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NEWS!
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Informed, hour by hour,
fby an unparalleled news
service, or every great
cvcnt at home and abroad,
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the United fress, tne L,en
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the ablest special corre-
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t-yOU wnai is 'Happening
m hnvery where.
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Mirrors the IVprldl'
Shinuinc Board Contends
Philadelphia Firms Ask
Excessive Prices
TO REOPEN PAPER CASE
Federal Trade Commission 9ccecded to
Manufacturers Request
liy the Associated Press
Washington, July 12. The Federal
Trade Commission will reopen the print
paper case July 20, at the request of the
manufacturers, who asked that the com
mission take cognizance of the recent
decision of the war labor board award
ing employes of paper mills Increased
w atres.
The trade commission fixed a price of
a'i cents a pound for print paper before
the wage-Increase was granted.
Camp I)l, tt rlghtslonn, N. J., July
12.
r.ecruit Thomas F. It an, of Boston,
Mass, was ground to death yesterday
beneath the wheels of a fast freight at
Pemberton, a few miles from camp, while
he was attempting to steal a ride In or
der to make a quick Journey to Dix and
to join the detail from which he had
taken French leave a few hours before
Just before he was killed. Ryan mailed
to his wife and mother letters, which
gave a clue to his Identity An am
bulance was summoned from the camp
and the body brought here. After an In
vestigation, It was shipped to his home.
Ilynn, with Albert J. Peterson, was
detailed to assist In handling sand. He
came down here on June 26 and was a
member of Company Thirty of the Depot
Brigade. Evidently tiring of his work,
the two slipped away to Pemberton, clad
In their fatigue uniforms, mid It was
In an endeavor to make a quick journey
back that the youth lost his life.
Curfew outwitted Cupid in their first
meeting here and as a result of a com
bination nf a missing jltneyman and
Father Time, a wedding that was
scheduled for Wednesday evening was
not performed until last night. The
contracting parties! were Private Ira
Johnson, of Birmingham, Ala., nnd Miss
Winnie Nash, of Mississippi. The of
ficiating clergjman was Chaplain 1.. O.
Gartner, of the 336th Field Artillery.
Everything was In readiness for the
ceremony the night before and the
bridegroom and clergyman vvnited In
vain for the bride The curfew warning
sounded and it was not until 8:1S n. m
that the first word was heard from the
bride, who was maiooned In Wrights
town, with not a jitney In sight. As
she could not make the trip heie and get
married in fifteen minutes, It was de
cided to call the ceremony off and It
was not until last night that the bride
groom got enough time off to have the
ceremony performed.
The Fifty-ninth Pioneers took a
fifteen-mile hike yesterday in order to
get practice at traveling through a sup
posed enemy's country. The ofllcers nnd
men worked out a number of field prob
lems and at noon messed along the roads
nfter an outpost had been placed. The
Fifty-ninth Pioneer band gave a con
cert which was enjojed by the men.
War Labor Board to Make Short
Day Scale Basis
the United Press
V BchtriKlon, July 12. A flat declara
tion for a basic eight-hour day for the
adjustment of wago scales Is being pio
pared by the National War Labor Boatd
today.
The position taken by the board may
result in a readjustment of Government
contracts and pubcontracts which nre
now- on a basis of n ten-hour day.
If adopted by the Government, the
board's decision would affect hundreds
of thousands of workers In private
plants engaged on war work
The board now Is preparing awards
In controversies between twenty-eight
street car companies and their emplojeai
TAKE 52 CHINESE
IN FEDERAL RAIDS
Munition Plant Round-TJp
Captives Sent to Immigra
tion Station
SOME CALLED DESERTERS
AERO CLUB AWARDS
MEDALS TO AIR HEROES
Thirty-seven Allied Aviators
Receive Distinction, Many
Posthumously
BERGDOLL WANTS TO BUY
IMMUNITY WITH AIRPLANES
Coircspontlencr of the Associated Press
, rnrla, July 1.
The Aero Club of America, through
Its foreign service committee here, has
nvvaidcd the meda. of the organization
to thirty-three aviators representing the
United States, France. Great Britain.
Italy and Belgium, The medal Is of
gold elaborately engraved and measures
almost three Inches In width. j
The aviators receiving the honor fol
low :
United Stales Major Baoui I.ufber
ry. Killed; I,. Xoiman Barclay, killed;
Julian C. Blddle, killed; Andrew C.
Campbell, Oliver M. Chadvvlck, killed;
Victor Chapman, killed ; Edmund C.
Genet, killed; Ronald Hoskicr. killed;
James McConnel, killed ; Douglas Mc-
Monagle, killed; .Norman Prince, killed;
Klffan Y. Rockwell, killed ; Corporal S
Walcott, killed, and Major William
Thaw.
France Captain Guynemer, Killed ;
Lieutenant Dorme, killed; Adjutant Le
noir, killed ; Lieutenant Chaput, killed ;
Lieutenant Js'ungesser. Lieutenant Gar
ros, Lieutenant Fonck, Captain Her-
teaux. Lieutenant Madon. Captain Deul-
lln, Captain Plnsard and Sublieutenant
Guerin.
Great Britain Captain Albert Ball.
killed ; Captain Fletcher Philip Fullard
and Major William A. Bishop.
Italy Lieutenant Baracca, killed ;
Sublieutenant Ollvarl and Major Tlccio.
Belgium Lieutenant Thleffry.
High bids are responsible for the de
lay of the shipping board In awarding
the contracts for construction of three
10,000-ton floating drsdocKs In the Dela
ware River
About three weeks agrf the port and
harbor facilities commission decided to
build three floating dr) docks In the Del
aware River, and the development was
approved by the shipping board
It was decided to build one near
They did not Invest!-' cramp's ships ard. one In the middle of
gate further, but made for port and re
ported the incident to the naval base
here,
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Phlladelnhia harbor and one at Chester,
the exact locations to depend upon tho
builder to whom the contract Is awarded
who might own his own site.
Because Phlladelphlans who have sub
mitted proposals are asking such a high
price and are seeking such large loans,
the shipping board has no far been un
able to close a contract
The shipping board is prepared to
have work started at once on the dry
docks provided a reasonable proposition
Is received. It Is said
FLIER FROM HERE HONORED
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LIEUTENANT ESTE HONQRED
Philadelphia flier who piloted ilie
first American plane sitembled in
France and equipped wllli a LiUerly
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Lieut. Eelc Pilots First Amer
ican Plane Assembled in France
Word has Just reached this city that
the honor of flying the first American
airplane assembled In France and equip
ped with a Liberty motor made n this
country fell to a Phllade phlan
o. aviator chosen for this distinction
was Lieutenant J. D. i:ste, well known
here as the president of the J. D. Lste
Company and a member of the Racquet.
Philadelphia Country and Princeton
Clubs. He Is a son of the late Charles
' Mr, Kste, although past the draft age.
enlisted In the aviation service a few
days after war was declared. Kor sev
eral months he had been In training at
Hie aviation school at Ksslngton and
iter he was transferred to .Newport
News.where he was stationed at the time
he received his commission, In the sum
.,. iqi7 he was transferred to Fort
Kelly, where he completed his training
and sailed for France lust September.
Since his arrival In France. Lieutenant
Este has been detailed on work of
training and organizing the aviation
branch qaVthe American forces. This Is
a sftcewntrn
land trucjuiy
Continued from Tare Ono
the papers in any of the hearings to date
and Mr. Sterrett today refused to dis
close whether they Incriminated the
mother of the Bergdoll boys.
Every Investigating branch of the
Government Is moving today in the new
nation-wide effort to apprehend Grover
Bergdoll.
The American Protective League, with
thousands of members, and private
citizens the country over arc moving In
a similar direction at the appeal of
United States Attorney Kane, following
receipt by the Public Ledger yesterday
of the daring letter from the missing
draft registrant.
His arrest within forty-eight hours Is
predicted by Charles . Mallet, special
agent of the Department of Justice.
Absolve. Ills Mother
Absolving hla mother from blame In
connection with hlH disappearance, Berg
doll's letter declares he Is willing to treat
with the Federal authorities and to re
turn to this city, providing lie Is given
a Blace In the army as a flying Instruct
or and Is not arrested and prosecuted
as ad raft evader.
"I will show them all a thing or two,"
Bergdoll's letter concludes, after stating
the writer believes himself a victim ot
"Ircumstances.
"I want to say that the ' United
States will make no bargain with Berg
doll, and we won't compound this case
In any way. He will have to come back
here and take such chances aa any
other man for whom the Federal au-
thorltles are searching, and on tho
same grounds." "
This was United States Attorney
Kane's answer to Bergdoll's appeal for
a treaty of peace with the Federal Gov
ernment. Mr. Kane started the nation-wide
search as soon as he had finished read
ing the letter
He communicated with A Bruce Blo
laskl. chief of the Department if Justice
In-Washlngton, and James T, Cortelyou,
chief postofilce inspector. Informing them
ot the receipt of the letter and urging
that every man who could be spared be
placed on the trail.
Hfll'Te Friend Mailed It
According to Mr. Mallett. Bergdoll
probably used a friend in mailing the
letter in order to throw the Federal
authorities off the track, Tho letter
was mailed on the Erie Railroad, be
tween Jersey City, New York and Sala
manaca, N. Y. It was posted on train
No. 3, which left New York Wednesday
at 11 a. in. and reached its western ter
minal twelve hours later. It bore the
data of July .
believes the fugitive may.be in or near
Buffalo or Chicago.
The letter follows:
"Somewhere In V. .s., July 8, 1918.
Dear Sirs: I just read In the Public
Ledoer of the arrest of my mother,
Emma C. Bergdoll, on the charge that
she assisted me in evading the draft.
This is a downright lie, Invented by
the Federal authorities so they could
save their reputation, which Is sadly
shot to pieces since they failed to even
get a trace of me In the last year! The
facts in the case are these:
"In the early part of August, last
year, I started on an auto tour of the
Middle West. At the time I left I knew
absolutely nothing about being drafted,
nor had I received a iiutlce of any kind.
On September 1, 1917, I returned to
Philadelphia, and as I was Jrlvlng up
Baltimore avenue, I me.t a friend who
informed me of the inings which had
happened while I was away. This
friend also told me of Mr. Dwyer's
threat to prosecute me immediately on
my teturn. As soon as I discovered
this, I turned around and drove out of
the city without even seeing home.
Since that time no one in Philadelphia,
neither my mother nor any one else, has
ever known where I was located.
Financed for Ten Yearn
"And as for assisting me, that is fool
ish! What assistance would I need
when I have enough money with me to
last ten years? When I first left Phila
delphia on the trip, I Intended purchas
ing a ranch out West and consequently
had a large sum of money with me.
As I did not purchase a ranch I still
have the greater part ot the cash In
my possession. This, no doubt, will ex
plain what your paper calls the 'mys
tery' as to how I manage to get along
without outside assistance!
"If Mr. Dwyer of Board No, 3; had
not made his threat about sending me to
Jail for a year, I would have returned
home long ago! Even now I am ready
to return and 'do my bit' providing the
U. S. District Attorney announces In
your paper that I will not be arrested
and prosecuted on my return, and I will
be permitted to enlist in the aviation
corps as flying Instructor. This is my
offer ami. it the Federal authorities
accept it, I will retJiti as soon as I
hear of it,
"Your paper clls me a pro-German;
but I will say nothing more than that
statement Is an Infamous lie and a rank
falsehood.
"I am merely a victim or circum
stances and If the authorities act half
decent, I will show them U a thlnr or
PLAYGROUND JOB AT CRISIS
'Recreation Board Decides Mon
dav on Vare-Picked Man
The battle between Mayor Smith and
members of the Board of Recreation,
which has been waging for weeks, over
the Vare plan to force the appointment
ot Edward R. Gudehus to the J3000 posi
tion of principal of recreation centres,
will go to the windup stage Monday,
when the board will meet to act on the
matter.
Gudehus was formerly private secre
tary to Senator Vare and recently
passed a civil service examination for the
post. His appointment has been con
sistently opposed by embers of the
board and by officials ot the Play
grounds Association. His backers are
Senator Vare, Mayor Smith, and
RoBert Smith, a member of the Board
of Recreation and a' Vare lieutenant In
the Thirty-sixth Ward.
Several conferences have been held
recently between Mayor Smith andmem
bers of the Board of Recreation who op
pose the appointment.
Leave All in Private Bequetjs
Wills probated today include, those of
Margaret M. Ogelsby, 1622 Wallace
.iaa.t wiilMi. In nrlvate benuests. dis
poses of property -valued at 1B,000; Jo
seph C. Duerr. 1707 North Twenty-first
street. 117.6005 Georgo Radcllffe, .1918
Buckius street. J5900; William Henry
Robotham. 66S Germantovyn avenue.
H800; Anne Wilkinson. 2113 Berks
street, $3000; Robert Williams, who died
In the Episcopal Hospital, $1500.
Fifty-two Chinese rounded up In mu-
I nltlon plants near Chester were taken
' to the Vnlted States immigration sta-
tlon today. With 237 others, they are
charged with being In the United States
' Illegally and In violation of the Chinese
cIusIon act. Some of them, who were
I formerly members ot steamship crews,
are also charged with desertion
I Derpltc the charges against them the
j Chinese appear to be contented. They
learned through an Interpreter that an
appeal had been made to tho Department
of Labor urging It to lift the ban against
the entrance of Chinese to the United
Stales.
It is contended in the appeal that
tho Chinese under arrest were giving
the Government valuable aid in war
work and are greatly needed hi view
of the scarcltj of labor, Mnn of the
Chinese, have labor certificates which
enable them to lemaln In this city.
The raid In which the Chinese were
captured last night was organized liJj
Commissioner Greenawalt, of the Immi
gration stntlon, a,nd was cairled out by
fifteen United States soldiers of Com
pany L. Twenty-second Infantry, now
stationed at Gloucester.
The majority of the Chinese arrested
were employed at the Westlnghouse
plant, near Chester. Few of the men
made any resistance. Four who did try
to escape after being taken Into cus
tody, were cornered by Private Edward
Clnoccl and matched back at the point
of his rifle.
Tho descent was well organized, and
no opportunity was given those taken
to spread the alarm to others In the
vicinity. Two Chinese vvho had evident
ly witnessed the raids and escaped,
were later seen on the rallorad tracks
walking toward Philadelphia when the
train bearing the prisoners to this city
passetl. The train was stopped and the
two mtn ai rested
Arriving in Philadelphia, ti) soldiers
and their prisoners were trans' .rted to
Gloucester by boat and frotr there to
the immigration station by coaches.
The warrants sworn out by agents of
the Department of Labor, charge the
Chinese with being here Illegally in de
fiance of the Chinese exclusion act and
of deserting from ships.
"Amazed and astounded" by what ho
saw upon visiting Hog Island with tho
naval consulting board, Hudson Maxim,
famous Inventor, declared this afternoon
that the shipyard was tho "greatest on
earth."
Portsmouth, Thorney Croft, LlvcrpooI,
the Cljde none of these Is near tho
class of the great Emergency Fleet Cor
poration yard, according to Mr. Maxim,
who has visited virtually all the great
shipyards of England.
The naval consulting board, consist
ing of twenty-five members, was taken
on a tour of Inspection of the Hog Island
and New York Shipbuilding plants
today.
Tho party came here from New York
at 10:30 o'clock this morning and wan
taken to Hog Island In automobiles and
there had luncheon. After leaving Hog
Island the board went to Camden to visit
the New York plant.
"rfficlenry 1 Wonderful"
"The effilciency system is wonderful,"
said Mr. Maxim, of Hog Island. "There
Is no waste of motion, no loss of tlmi
by men or machines. Tho idea of stand
ard shipbuilding Is not new, but no
person ever dreamed of attempting con
struction of standard ships on such a
large scale."
Mr Malm was greatly impressed by
the "wet basin," which Is composed of
seven piers, each 1000 feet long, and
with sufficient space for four ships. It
was necessary to dredge out 2,500,0011
cubic yards to construct this basin, and
this, Mr. Maxim said, was a wonderful
feat In Itself.
Ho was also much interested In the
work being done to eliminate the mos
quito A certain refuse from glass
factories and Iron foundries Is used and
Is said to be discouraging to mosqui
toes. Other Members Share Opinions
All other members shared Mr. Max
IriYs expressions of opinion regarding
the shipyards. They were particularly
Interested In the red packet on way
No. 1, which Is to be the first ship
launched. "Chief" Bender, former Amer
ican League baseball pitcher, Is foreman
of a gang of bolters and packers on
this way. Hans Lobert, another profes
sional baseball player, is foreman on
way No. C.
In the visiting party were Admiral
William Strother Smith. Major R. D,
Mershon, Major J. D. Whitehead, Lieu
tenant G. F. Gray, 'Colonel Blon J. Ar
nold, Dr. L. H. Baakeland, D. W. Brun
ton, Alfred Craven. W. L. H. Emmet, A.
M. Hunt. B. G. Laame. G. C. Trefyi
Spencer Miller, A. L. Rlsker, T. Robins.
W. L. Saunders, E. A. Sperry, Frank
J. Sprague, B. B. Thayer, Dr. E. D.
Woodward. Dr. A. G. Webster. W. R,
Grace, J. W. Richards. Dr. W. R. Whit
ney and M. R. Hutchinson.
HINTS MITCHEL PLANE DEFECT
Borgluni, in Letter, Discredit!
Unfastened Strap Theory .
Jy the Associated Press
Washington, July 12. Gutzon Borg
lum, the sculptor, who made an Investi
gation of the American aircraft program
n l.n .n,.As. a D...1J.H1 ll'll.nn In
1XL IIIU IC4UCOI VI 1 ICDIUCIK ! IIOWII, 111
an open letter read last night at a
meeting here of the American Inventors'
Association, discredited the belief that
the accident, which caused the death of
Major John Purroy Mltchel, former
Mayor of New York, in an aviation ac
cident at Oerstner Field, La., was the
result of failure of the aviator to fasten
himself In his plane. Borglum, In hla
letter. Intimated that the nccldcnt was
the result of a defective plane.
American training planes show a
greater casualty, list than those of any
other nation, Borglum stated. He
charged that a lot of airplanes recently
sent abroad caused , the death of an
aviator In much the same manner aa
former Mayor Mltchel was killed.
New Soldier Killed by Train
Mount Holly, ". J., July 12. Thomas
F. Ryan, twenty-six years, of Charleston,
Mass, attached to the 163d Depot Bri
gade at Camp Dix, was killed by ,
freight train near North Pemberton yes
terday. His body was cut in twain at
the chest. Ryan had been in camp two
weeks, and he and a companion. Albert
J. Peterson, were still in civilian clothes.
nKATIIH
THOVISJO.N. July 10. OEOnOK A.
THOMSON. S.rvlc-. at ISM Kalrmount
a," S-t . 2 p. m Int. Private. .
vircilVIN'K Julv 12. st 231 Hurkln-hm
pi.Ji Ki'izAnirni kino, widow otwinim
M Mrvlne. Sr.. ami dnusht-. of the l.te
tlobert P. and Klliabeth Kins, aged T7.
N'nllre or tunerai mir
KOLPINO PAI-Blt nOXBS I.iPfrienc-n
atrlpperi wanted to pull looae P1".',". C?
foldlnr boxea. Brown Bailey Co.. 410 N.
Franklin.
ur.i.p VVAXTKD MAT.F.
8AI.KSMAN. leather beltlns. splendid oppor
tunity for live man to "inert with re.
Ilahle, vvell-eatabllahed firm In Philadelphia
hranch for local territory. Lawrence Begins
Company. 140 N. 4th at.
KITITATIONS WANTED FFAIAt.F.
CHII.DNUnSB Widow, with jjlld, want
million, Addreaa C, 22.1 H Ha at.
LOST AND FOt'XD
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In compliance with the above, all
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The public is requested to co
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