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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGrER-PHILADELPHiAf WtJRttiXAtiG
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SEEK
MS IN VAIN
lent Agencies Are
iped With Applica-
They Cannot Fill
IEN DO OWN WORK
iKIt! Impossible to Hire
pida for Domestic Service
g, Since War Began
dais In local employment bureau'!
ijbeen swamped recently with nppli-
ns from boardlng-hou'so keepers and
rlv., TCtintlrtt Mfvontq
ftb?I-had to close mv hoarding house n,
JWBtk ago because I simply could not
BtltM6 woman. "It' wasn't a nuestion of I
u?i' .
..money, either, because I got so ds-
tc- I would have nald anytlilne with-
t-s .
i vtuauu.
SgWollle, tho cook, said all the girls
I&rero going Into war work. 1 am Jut
NiaflHitrlotlc as any one." the wonnn
StJetitlnued. "nut I make my living by
eplng boarders and I fed Hint It ! one
nin essential Dusincres .even in war-
'Because people hav.' to fa: ana
ere are many who mut boirri "
KMany women In prlvat- famlll wV
ive- always kent Aran's are now
Fatntn'o. i.i V i , t. ,.
- ". uiv.i uwu vuii uvtiii r-f inc.. ji.i.i-
ftheen unable to h re girl-. The que-U!i n
3W become so serious that liber oflicUli
feclded to do a little Investigating.
j Few Seek Domeatlr Service
t"We have vcrv ffw replicants for
b' aminHi n Hrvif"P npi'inrrti i ip iiiri'i'iur
R. 'ttn a",....... . nn.1n..-...nf 1.MI1MH1
fW- "eC VJUMlIUU ML flllj;i"jlUEIIl ItUlLUll
EpfataSl South Thu 1 --trcet ' There arc
fvioniy oi inc-n who say tney imr tione
ousework nil their ltc.i, but want now
i go Into torao of tho war Industries. If
Fou asl; them why, they explain they
kre tired of lew wages, unending labor
rand tho cea-seles-s nasslng of n thought-
nilfa m!:lrfl"
Bi"! Jfost housekeeper?. It is said, offer
hjr from 1G to S3 it week for comnetent help.
R Ivhjle factories are paying from $10 to
l-- J16 a week for women beginners.
Pli?- "Just stop and figure It out yourself,"
Av. vaiu mil i:ii-ur t-xjieri im: tii-iin.-snii
.v . cnn,n l It.., ii.l, nt& Vtn.v.n Id OYntfl
lw... 1 .1... , t v... r.tn n ...
Kvt u ira uji itui ill ica-t i'j 1 iu .. ",
InCf often, earlier. She cooks, washes dishes.
(A -Cleans tne Kltcnen ann uining room anu
jJoes a hundred odds and ends that keep
JpfeTeKonstantly on the Jump.
fc 'Though she may not hi; supposed to
f fair on-A rf tint nTtllilron tnn thi hniisf.
ES"lfe leaves them at homo, because she
? inUWO LllCJ- Will DC CilLU Willi 11C1 limit:
He goes about the city
xne .nam's me or it
.SS'"Prhans there Is comnanv for dinner
Cnd the maid Is kept In the kitchen until
55 late In the evening. She works seven
SJ! . ,i, ,iih n.rh,n. r. -h-,t cinv
feolt on Sunday. She Is treated constantly
KiW.a T servant bossed vvithtrf an inch of J
Mitnte. Her social welfare doesn't
"MMan a thing to her mistress, bo long
fMmk ahe does what she Is tild to do the ,
PC""inlnver Is satlsPud.
IfZL , 'L i it mh m .be factory. !
SJMSV.-NOW loon aim gin in u,e lauio.,.
f.Tne factories of today, you musi re-
Sv, member, are not llko those of a few i
W.Jnonths ago. Touay incy oner gooa
Mrajtes, pleasing environment, a certain
t amount of social lite ana qunofoiten
Advantages of rest rooms. . reaaing
rMa and dormitories. Some. ,of them
j5th'elr emriloyes six days n week.
ithers only five and a half. The hours
)ffau-J.AMlt. an wTltvn thn Tl-nmntl IPAVeS
SjifcaStactory she knows she Is through
Sfcr the day,
areffcTrue, the labor experts admit the tac-
ft5i Im - - -. . .f.lin tat Biirpnnnil
if tnriM hvfl had to make thf tr surround- I
KJ,-JS8'and work as attractive as possiDie
ESr'tOi ktt the women. But It is up to
Whouatwives to compete with factory at-
KBtytractlons to obtain servants, It is dc-
SbSe"; Tar Illeh to Keep Maids
A5 "Women whe are paying SU and $13
m&Tm f week to' their servants are having llt-
XTtle trouble to retain tnem, oeciarea a
ws-labor director.
WlfJfV'-jrou know." she went on, "I thlai
Sf;or women should do their own house-
i.'work. anyway, nnd give their servants
ftto the Government for this factory work
fifMthat la so essential now Statistics
ag.-Wlow aomesuc Krvuuu " ;.....v.v.
SSiliibr, least money for training and are
f&athe least educated of almost any class
k!ef -women workers.
riJ'Most of them adapt tnemseives to
work quickly and prove quite
itent. Women of higher Intellect and
kiAcr training will not enter the fac-
rlM.to do the common work unless it
Cornea absolutely necessary. There
WiHt ether places for them, anyway "
ixsmr
tVATACIII M C DACTftRATC
ion Berry to Appoint to Treu-
rfj i i 1 T 1 1
pS4 Vacancies
Sstbrate3 of three Methodist J-:pis-
alfcnurcnes w io ic a5J wn
a& iivo been made vacant recently.
i-i sl coming cabinet meeting, called
Bishop Joseph H. Berry, of this city.
antmenta win uu inuuc.
D J"1" "" ".a". .h ..,
'h Trenton ; First Church, Asbury.
20 JaKcWOOU Vrflturuilt J-nn (Matun,
err-wer the Rev-. c H1KI,rtrt,r' l10
fkpnolntea State prison chaplain : the
b'lJT K. "WHlman, now a lied Crot-s
rlz7L ... K T- UMIHstn TltoVto1l
ule
affi,, 'and' the IteV. William Mitchell.
eO.
Trenton cnurcn nas issueu a can
He Kev. Lawrence Corell, of Heights
the AsDury cnurcn xo me iiev.
Maridiall. now superintendent of
icw Rrunffwlck district, and the
tkswood church to the Hev. Earl Led-
len.o? Belraar.
RdWNaralnK of'Transport Pleases Italy
iva:..
.. w..t.iHiAn Anp. 3. Nnmlnp- nt 3
i. bv(mb-.- - a
SfiJ .. . .. . . ..-- n.
ynitea eiavea irttiiapurt ine x'lave
act of homage to the valor of
ku troops In driving back the Aus-
'acrosa the river of that name
en met with expressions of appre
. in the Italian press, according
cfflclal dispatch from Rome.
em
Hunger
.a..
ttho fZmnt Reimliitinnijtt.
m
M
:It is already causing the House
Hapsburg to totter.
viustrians were told that the
t offensive in Italy would
g them food. The promise
yed the inevitable. Now that
t.pffensive has ended in defeat
throne may go into the dis-
5,' F. Kospoth, the Evening
IjHatt-iC vLBDCEai correspondent at
Ejbrne, Switzerland, tells, a
lie story of conditions in the
; Brchy. It tvill appear in
" "
STEEL WORKERS TO ORGANIZE
One Slillion Men to Be in New
Union
By the Associated Press
Chicago, Aug. 3. Approximately
1.000,000 Iron and steel workers In the
United States will be organized at once
tinder the direction of the American Fed
eration of Labor, according to announce
ment made by Samuel Oompers, president
of the organisation. Mr. Oompers made
the nnnouncment after a conference
i with representatives of twenty-two Inter
national imior.H .Mr. uompcrs saiu:
"The "-ten ai taken In conformity
with a re-oliit on adopted at the conven
tion of the f. il ration and was begun at
a conference tit St Paul in June. It will
be put In'o eff-xt nt once."
A confidence will bo held here on
August 16, It wa, stated, to discuss poli
cies of proceJu.e.
50 PARK CAPTIVES HELD
U. ?. Appnts Investigate Alleged
Slacker? Caught nt Wootlsitlc
riflv men -vrro mill beli! In West
riillidelph'a police stations today as the I
result of a "slacker" raid on Woodsldc
Pari: last n'ght by agents of the con- t
serin, Ion round of the Department of
'.. . ...........
Justice, co-operating win innca states
marlnei from the office of Colonel
cnnrles B Hutch
Onp hundred and seventy-two men
were taken In the raid, the marine'
guarding tho park entrances so that
none could escape without being ques
tioned. Mot of those taken In the raid were
,,1.1...... ,....... r.1 ll.nln 1, n . Iltlf tll,n,rl I
tliptr rmest'onnnlrrs and many were re
leavil upon tnelr arrival at tne ponce
-stations when they were able to prove
thev h.iil rnnmlled Willi the law.
Sim" of t.n men still Held win proD-
f,l,!V ..!"" V?"' '"!'' ?"?'" ,.?" &
'-nvernmfni ngrnn are now- maKing in-
M'stlg.itlnn of their status nt their lo
col boards.
The raid was pot accompanied by
pcetarulir Im-blents. The (ioernment
aTrnt" iiuk-klv and quletlv made their
way nbiiut the park, questioning every
man of appin lit draft ago nnd requiring
a questionnaire certificate from each.
Those unable to produce certificates
were sent to police stations
U. & Losses Put at
12,000 by Pershing
Continued from r-ure line t
total length of the Alsne-Marne salient
having been 1 educed from seventy-four
miles to fort -eight miles. I
The French and Ilrltlsh pounding nt
both flanks of tho salient. General March
said, had resulted In the collapse or mo
rSermnn resistance on August 1 and the
Trench had walked into Solssons.
The advance In the center has aver
aged three m.les on a front of thirty
miles, the chief of staff announced,
while on the cts-t flank, vveit of llhelms,
an advance of four miles on n four-mile
front already had been made
.. a -n--. l. .It-I.
I The complete success of the Allies is I
' Indicated by
confidential mess-age
icaciilne tne cnier or siuu iri " "-"
Who nt the time or writing nnu jum v
turned from Kere-Kn-Tardenols. This
officer reported that It was 'seemingly
Imnossiblc" for any army to gather the
number of guns and shells that were
abandoned by the Germans in their re-
tlrement. I
The message added that tho Oermans
had been driven back wltlTout time to
buiy their dead and the German bodies
!"' thickly it vyas impossible to ad-
.. ,thol:, ,va,klnB 0Ver them.
flenernl Carter Division Head js expected for the present, as Postmas-
The selection of Major General Jesse j ter (!ental Albert Burleson Is out of
Mel. Carterr now rervlng as chief of the I the city.
mlmia bureau, and commander of the - The matter formally was brought to
t'nlted States guard, to head one of the! the attention tf the committee In. the
new-divisions tot be formed foil this coun- form of a complaint of union teleg
try. was announced. ? raphers at Atlanta, Ga where a strike
General March announced also the Is threatened as the result of the dis
names of brigadier generals who had ' charge of union men after the Govern
been recalled from -France for duty in ment took control of the wires. A strike
this country. They are James J. Holl-i also is threatened in St. L,ouls.
hrnnv ivlm raw in tbe southern depart-1 At the close of the conference, First
ment : Charles W. Kurtz, to command
the engineering camp at Camp Hum
phreys : Douglas MacArthur, to com
mand the 21st brigade of the eleventh
division nt Camp Meade, Md. ; Howard
It. Ulckok, to command a brigade in the
Tenth division at Camp Funston, Kansas,
nnd Cornelius Vanderbilt to command a
brigade at Camp Lewis, Wash.
State and Municipal Loans Drop
New Yiirk, Aug. 3. Total borrowings
of State and municipalities In July were
M7.113,633. nccordlng to Dally Booid
Buver of New York. This brings ag
gregate for the seven months of 1918
up to $152,693,866, compared with $304 .
098,263 in 1017.. Regulation of capital
Issues by Federal authority and scarcity
of labor and building materials Is clearly
reflected.
PRIVATE SCOTT THINKS WAR
ISN'T HALF BAD AFTER A BIT
Former Philatlelphian, Serving in France With Canadian
Highlanders, Looks on Trench Fighting
as Waste of Time and Life
MEN of the Seventy-second Battalion,
Seaforth Highlanders, of Canada, In
the thick of tho fighting on the west
ern front, "are not bothered by the
thought of 'cashing In.'" and find that
things "over there" are "not half bad
Dim uiid &it- vov .
I Thus writes Private Andrew Mac
I T-,. Ojnt ? fnrmfti PUIIn nTnhinn in
, h . riem tnr ,n I Mmun. or ne y m -
. . . . n . . ..-
I ', . ,, . tU .an,,na Trl'tltA
mnnun i nc m ,tr i,...... ..,...
Scott enlisted with the Highlanders from
Imb Angeles, where he was a more recent
resident.
He admits to reluctance In describing
some of the things he has seen and lived
thrnueh. Including a few "dud" shells
which dropped alarmingly close to him
and might lust as well not have been
"dud" for the momentary shock of the
experience.
"Bully" and "tack, wnich seem to be
the chief articles of the ration, Inspire In
Private Scott a longing for apple pie, and
he Inquires of his friend whether they
still are made back home. "Would you
mind drawing me a picture of a big piece
of apple pie a la mode?" he asks.
"Make It realistic!"
"I'm glad the war seems to be taking
the form of open fighting," he writes.
"It gives us more chance and Is not so
d d monotonous. Fritz doesn't like cold
steel He will run or throw up his
hand's and yell. 'Mercy, kamaradel'
every time we get to him with the bayo
net. Nor does he like the sudden shock
of surprise, so keeps up a wonderful dls
play of pyrotechnics all night, much to
our edification.
'Confounded Watte of Time"
"Trench warfare is a confounded
u.-t nt time and life. A battalion goes
In. exists In a way. comes out with
fpwer men and nothing Is accomplished
Vou recuperate for a few days and
then go back In. In open warfare one
has a chance to come 10 btipb wun
Frltr. We havo had so much training
with the bayonet that I want a chance
to use the blooming thing."
What bothers him most, says Private
Bcoiti is "tha awful -waste of effort" In
building the thousands of miles of
trenches and barbed-wire entanglement,
all of .which may b destroyed In a few
NEGRO SELECTED MEN GET ROUSING FAREWELL
i
The departure of a draft contingent
FACING WIRE STRIKE
OVER W.U. DISCHARGES
Atlanta and St. Louis Tele-
I-
graph Operators Threaten
to Walk Out
tin
0I
WimlilnRton. Aug .1. The policy of
e Western Union Telegraph Company
discharging employes who affiliate
with the -Commeioiul Telegraphers'
Tnlon is being considered by the we.
clal committee created In the PostofTici
l,.artmenttodir,r .he operation o
of
telegraph and telephone companies under
Government control. Xo announcement
Assistant Postmaster General Koons an
nounced no action had been taken and
that none would bo until the committee
had thoroughly Informed Itself regard
ing the general situation.
"We are now trying to obtain gen
eral Information In order to shape the
wire-control policy of tho department,"
said Mr. Koons, "and whtn that has
been done a statement will be issued
through tho Postmaster General."
Fined for Blocking Traffic
Blocking traffic is an expensive pas
time in the opinion of William Cone, a
Oermantow n Iceman. While deliver
ing fee in Germantown avenue, near
Tioga street, today he held up traffic for
seven nnd one-half minutes. A police
man escorted him to the station and
today Cope paid a fine of $7.50,
cultivated and Africa made a garden
spot," ho thinks.
"The loss of life doesn't bother me
so much, but when I see the beauty of
France, and then the hellish desolation
of the war zone, the ridiculousness and
crime of tho thing are Impressed on me.
Damn the Kaiser and all who think
like him 1 If we could wipe tho whole
tribe off the face of tho earth and de
stroy the spirit that animates them we
would accomplish something."
Private Scott has a war lexicon of
his own. which graphically enlightens
the civ-Ulan on life In the trenches. Here
are tome excerpts from It:
Hrott'ji War Txlcon
A "whizz-bang bavvth "Umpteen"
miles of marching, twenty-seven drops
of water, a shirt, sox, towel, served now
and then.
Heinle, Fritz or Jerry Our sweet
enemy, the Hun.
A sausage or minnewerfer Something
to avoid. Likewise, a pineapple,
Trenoli An abomination In the sight
of the Lord,
Mud Our native element,
A hot meal "Bully" and mustard.
Sleep when In the line Something we
don't get.
Rum Issue A godsend, abolished for
the summer; puts new life Into old
bones, makes a talker of a sphinx, ban
ishes past regrets and future fears ; the
greatest Institution In the British army,
heavy barrage.
Bombing raid A diversion.
Trench rats Qhoullsh-Iooklng things
which bear charmed lives and are, 1
Imagine, cannibalistic In taste.
Listening post A little hole cut In
No Man's Land where you Bit and try
not to Imagine things.
Standing to An Incessant process.
Cubby hole A hole In the side of the
trench where you eat, sleep and have
your being.
Trench Hie 'Monotonous as hell.
A relief When another battalion
takes over your bit of trench and you
beat It for the land of huts, a full nlght'c
deep, canteens and the Y, M. C. A.
TtTaa rin fVinnlrt A lan1 st Mt r
desolation, old trenches and shell holes,
Dugout A deep cave, dark, dams and
. vjWT W&MriZtfmL m Tim 1 ' I ' WITT 1M
I r TiR'llJ;''''-,'WBi l, 111 ; $ffim &mMMMMmSWwi I
from Seventeenth and Catharine tlrcets
demonstration
BOMBARDMENT INSURANCE
FINDS FEW BUYERS HERE
Philadelpliiaiis Aren't Worrying
U-Boal Shelling Fact Is Answer to Attempt
to Terrorize Off Coast
PIIir.AnKLPIlIAN'S aren't worrying few policies have been sold -out only a
about the possibility of being bom- j tern'
barded by German submarines or raided I n ,ma' Insurance offices In lower
' i Walnut street there are rlgns which
by Invading airplanes. cost perfectly good money announcing
This Is evidenced by the fact that I "Kxplosion, bombardment and war risk
thero are plenty of Insurance agents in Insurance sold here," but the printing
,,.,,. ... . , of the signs was wastefulness. In several
this city who are waltlng-and have I vnvsnn(iyt lnkr ,,,, and tmc
been waiting to Insure local properties u,e insurance agents now believe,
against bombardment or explosion at the ' One or two local factory owners have
rate of eight cents per $100. taken the precaution to Insure their
Evidently this class of war risk In- plants against damago by bombardment
surance Is not wanted by residents of i from air or land. In New York, the
this city and. Incidentally, this la an- local Insurance men say, there Is quite
other blow at "kultur," which expected a demand for war-risk Insurance. But
to frighten Americans by sinking a few ' here In Philadelphia, where City Hall
barks off the coast. At least, this Is , has "ears" that can hear the approach
the opinion of tho insurance agents who ' of an airplane somo ten miles away.
have been trying to sell war risk In-
surance to any person who wanted it.
The demand for this Insurance
very conspicuous by Its absence.
MAY HAVE MISSING
5TH WARD GUNMAN
Man Arrested in Connecticut
May Be Antony Callonego.
Trial Continues Monday
Ono of the nine Fifth Ward gunmein
who evaded arrest after the murder of
Policeman George A Eppley last fall is
believed to be under arrest at New Brit
ain, Conn A District Attorney's de
tective from this city will bring the
suspect here.
Tho supposed gunman, under nrrest
for falling to file a questionnaire, Is
Antonio Canonlca. When the pollco of
this city and New York were rounding
up the thugs who escaped after the
Kppley murder the nanr,of Antony Cal
longego was mentioned as one of the
men sought. Tho two may be Identical.
Two of the gunmen, "Butch" Mascla
and "Lctty" Costello, have been con
victed of second degree murder and seven
others are awaiting trial.
At least a week and a half, and pos
sibly iwo weeks, will be required to com
plete the Fifth Ward trial now under
way at West Chester. Court adjourned
late yesterday afternoon until Monday
morning at 10 o'clock.
William A. Gray, chief counsel for
the defense, plans to clean up the odds
and ends of his minor witnesses on Mon
day and Tuesday He will also call the
defendants who have not yet testified,
Policemen Uram, Murphy, Feldman and
Hayden.
Mr Gray still contends he has plenty
of high explosives to touch off under
tho Commonwealth's case. He Is saving
his most Important witnesses, he said,
for the closing days of the trial, which
on Monday begins Us fourth week.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
a'.rs:0 jrf-Allster. 1.121 Dorrancn 'at., and
Mary Kiiiher. 0077 Heeehwood at.
Thsddeua II. Neal. 1S24 Gordon t and
Henrietta Johnaon, 1701 Webster at.
3ohn.J'a,lJ': al3 81'e at., and Minnie
Tolhert. Onn Holly at
Alfred M. Hat-en. S231 Cheater ave and
C.lnra l.fv ll.Bnti. nan. in.n
A1?.,.rt. W. Klmber. IS S, 00th at,, and Ethel
Mlltly. New Vnrlr ltv
Walter n. Alexander. Media, r., nd Ellen
1-. Dunn. .Media. Pa.
Theodore Smith 77.1 N. 25th at., and Caro
Odom. 40.19 Warren at.
Harry W. Claviaon. .1130 N. Camar at., and
Anna K. Illaae, 7SS w. Huntingdon at.
Willie Williams, 2009 Ellaworth at., and
Sarah Ilaker. 2007 Ellanorth at.
Sam Elian. 2452 S. Darlen at,, and Freda
Eherlv. 2452 S. Darlen at.
Earl A. Joyce. 700 S. Chadwlrk at., and
Mary F. Redmond, 7.11 s. Chadwlrk at.
John G. Dlekeraon. 2305 Maater at., and
Sarah I. Ili-own. lOOll Thompson at.
Carl 13 Peeber. .1403 Vine at., and Viola M,
Miller, rarkaburir. Pa
Harry Jonea, join N. Fawn at., and Eliza-
beth Clreen. 11104 N. Fawn at.
Charles 11, Jonea. 1SA3 I.atona at., and
Ethel C. Ford. 2240 tjUona at.
Andrew Shuda, 2ROI Wlnton at., and Eliza
bath Thomas, 2N40 Jnckaon at.
Charlea E. Bowser. 1R10 Harlan at., and
l.ulu E Ward. 12211 Melon at.
John F, Kelly. 1200 8. Mth at., and Anna
F. Norton. 1183 S. 23d at.
deorse Truxlon, 1012 Kurlld ave., and
llertha, J Palmar. 1820 Alder at,
Guv I. Ilarr. 32 8. 18th at., and Elizabeth
W. Irvln, r,f38 Malcolm at.
William 8. Jackaon, 1637 N. Van Pelt at..
and Ethel M. Grant. 737 N. liber at.
James II. Franklin, 1139 H. 20th at., and
Delilah A, Cannon, 2100 8. Kimball at,
aeorre Harp. 110.1 Osden at., and Om
P-raxter. 421 I.yraum at. v
Leon, 8, Ualnta. 1385 8. 20th at., and Lomae
. ,5;,? Kg'ft.ii58 ?s4i8,&HontiMdon .r.
'and Laura Belchart,' 1844 B, Huntingdon
today was marked by a neighborhood
About German Air Raids or
'he thoughts of tho populace are on any-
I thing but bombardments.
"It's possible, but very Improbable,'
I tho opln'on of Phlladelphlans,
Is
PARADE TO PRECEDE
HOG ISLAND LAUNCH
More Than 2000 Fleet Corpo
ration Employes Will Enliven
First Plunge of Quistconck
More than 2000 employes and repre
sentatives of the Hmergency Fleet Cor
poration will go to Hog Island on Mon
day to witness tho launching' of the
Quistconck. Just to whoop things up
they will parade from the offices of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, at HO
North Broad street, to the wharf at tho
foot of Arch street, where they will
beard earners.
When plans were made for the Quist
conck launching, which will be the first
at the great yard on tho Delaware Itlver,
the clerks and official!? who handle the
business affairs of the corporation re
quested an opportunity to participate.
"You may," said Charles M, Schwab,
director general of tho corporation, and
Btralghtaway the "nation's shipbuilder"
made preparations for the clerks.
At 8:30 o'clock they will assemble at
140 North Broad Btreet and proceed
south on Broad to Arch and then to
Arch Btreet wharf. At 0;30 o'clock they
will board steamers that will take them
to Hog Island. Nearly 3000 relatives
and friends of the clerks and officials
have been invited. On the return trip
luncheon will be served.
Bear Admiral J. M. Helm, command
ant of the Fourth Naval District, who
has charge of patrolling the river, today
announced that all traffic on the Dela
ware Blver for a distance of one-half
mile above and one-half mile below the
Hog Island shipyard will be suspended
on Monday between 11:45 a. in, and
1 : 4 5 p. m.
Here is Admiral Helm's official an
nouncement: "In order to safeguard life as well
as to Insure all needed protection to the
vessel to be launched from the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation yard at Hog
Island on Monday, AugUBt 5, 1918, all
traffic on tho Delaware Itlver for a dis
tance of one-half mile below and one
half mile above launching ways No. 1
at Hog Island will be suspended from
11:45 a. m. until 1:45 p. m. on that
date and no vessel ot any description,
except such as may be specially passed
by the commanding officer of the patrol,
will be allowed within the restricted
area,
"A line of patrot boats will be sta
tioned above and below the restricted
area and each boat will fly, as a special
distinguishing flag, the International
lode signal "V" from the port yardarm.
"Not only may vessels not pass un or
down the river within the hours speci
fied, but they will not be allowed to
cross the area In any other direction,
In other words, the area must be kept
absolutely clear of all craft. " ',
'The signal that navigation may be
resumed will be the hauling down of
the code signal "V" and the departure
of the patrol boats.
"All masters or other persona In
charge' of craft of all descriptions aro
warned against Infractions of the river
regulations hereby promulgated, as ap.
Plying to August. t, ana it is assumed
that all who' may be prcsentafloat Willi
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THIRD AND TENTH
HEROES KILL LIES
Pennsylvanians' Bravery
Proves German Propa
ganda Is Fiction
ONE FROM THIS CITY
"A German lie to bnlatrr liotre mo
rale." nfflii 'a Vle Pn,on of War Department
t .f rSports from ""nnany that
itnifc ?land Sccom' Battalions of the
"Oth Infantry, composed of the old
TndrVnfE!,r,.J N'' Q' p" ot thls -lty.
.l J1""" Tenth" Iteglment. of
n,T,Z"tu Pe"n,,yInla, had been wiped
out by the German fire.
And not only nre these lies filtering
w ?' "e,rmany by way of Amsterdam,
but in this country propagandists, with
n desire to destroy the morale of the
Americans nt h.ome, are widely circulat
ing reports that this regiment, that bat
talion or this company has been anni
hilated. But, far from being annihilated, obllt
prated, wiped out or captured, as the
Herman propogandlsts would have Amer
icans at home believe, the old Third and
the "Fighting Tenth" nre still fighting
annihilating, rather than being annihil
ated, Dlapatrhe Give Proof
Proof of this Is found In the accounts
of bravery of the Pennsylvanians con
tained in the news dispatches of Hay
mond Carroll, Public Ledger correspond
ent with the American forces.
Mrs. George K. Kemp, 2020 South Six
teenth street, wife of Colonel Kemn.
commander of the 110th Infantry, todav
received another letter from her hu-
band, the second sho has received In
successive days.
Like the letter received yestcrdav. to
day's communication contained no mes
sage of the operations of the 110th. It
mentioned the fact that the regiment had
"been on the march" for three days, and
was resting at the time the letter was
written. Mrs. Kemp believed this inarch
was the one which took the 110th to the
front.
According to Mrs. Kemp, her husband
nt the time the letter was written had
received but two of about forty letters
slip has written him. He told her tho
mall service to the American troops was
poor, probably due lo their being scat
tered over the western front.
Four Pennsylvanlnni were mentioned
for conspicuous bravery in the corre
spondent's account which was published
today. Several were printed yesterday,
and others have been published fiom
time to time, an Indication that the Ger
man reports are mere fiction.
The heroes mentioned today are Cor
poral Alvey C. Martz. of Glencoe, Pa. ;
Sergeant Hobcrt A. Floto, of Meyers
dale. Ta. ; Private John Mullen. 48D1
Merlon avenue, Philadelphia, and Cap
tain Charles L. McLain of Indiana, Pa.
An official of the War Department,
commenting on tho "German lies," as
they were termed, declared that, though
casualty reports were slow coming In
because of the American soldiers being
scattered, news of the disaster to tho
two battalions of the 110th would have
been received had thero been such a
disaster. Army officers gav.o unstinted
praise to tho Pennsylvanians for their
lighting.
Mnllrn la Selected Man
Private Mullen Is ono of the first
drnfted men of this city to distinguish
himself at tha front. He first went to
Camp Meade, then was sent to Camp
Hancock to fill tp'the Pennsylvania Na
tional Guard, going to Franco In May
with the Twenty-eighth Division. He
was originally from Tyrone, Pa., and be
fore going to camp was presented with
a watch by the priest and members of
tho parish to which he belonged In Ty
rone. Corporal Martz has accomplished what
geographers have failed to do. He has
put the little town or uiencoe "on tne
map." His home Is In the Bush Creek
Valley, In Somerset county.
The fact that he killed seventeen Ger
mans Is not surprising to his friends.
He waB one of the sharpshooters of the
district, a hunter who roamed the hills
In search of game. Woodcraft, learned
In his native hills, enabled him to lead
his men from hill to hill, according to
those who knew him.
Sergeant Floto Is the son of Daniel
A, Floto, a cigar manufacturer, of
Meyersdale, and has served under Persh
ing before. At tho time of tho Mexican
border trouble he scented a fight and
enlisted In tho regular army, where he
gained the rank ot corporal.
Grandfather War Veteran
When Company C of the "Fighting
Tenth" was formed, he enlisted and
went to Camp Hancock where he was
promoted to a sergeant. His grand
father was a sergeant In the Tenth
Pennsylvania Reserves during the Civil
War and was seriously wounded at
Frederlckstown..
Captain McLain Is only twenty-eight
vears old. Fighting blood courses
through his veins. His father, Charles
C. McLain, Is a captain of Infantry In
the regular army, and Is also fighting In
France. His grandfather, G. Adams
McLain, served in the Civil War and
roso to the rank of captain.
A brother of the captain, mentioned
In the news dispatches, Harry McLain,
la a bugler In Company B, 146th Ohio
Infantry. Captain McLain has been In
the National Guard for ten years, and
was in command of Company F, Tenth
Iteglment, during the Mexican border
trouble.
WAVES TOPPLE BATHERS
Atlantic City, Aug. 3. Guards were
compelled to dive to save Miss Hattte
Wright, of Philadelphia, when she
disappeared In thd surf, after John
Hagan, a Phlladelphlan, had vrlsked his
life to reach her. She was upset by
a comber and was dragged 150 feet
from shore.
TWO PHILADELPHIA WOMEN AID
IN SAVING CHILDREN OF FRANCE
Dr. Florence Child and Her Sister, Dr. Dorothy Child, at Avian
Red Cross Hospital, Render Valuahle Service
to Tiny Refugees
TWO Philadelphia women physicians
are playing active parts In saving the
child life of France.
They are Dr. .Florence Child and her
sister, Dr. Dorothy Child. 5023 MoKean
avenue. Germantown. They went, to
France In 1914 ,and now are stationed
at the Bed Cross Hospital at Avian,
where thousand's of, refugees are cared
for y i- ,
Trains from Belgium, operated by
Germans, arrive , twice dally at Avian
with' refugees. The. average number of
persona carried In eayh train Is 1000.
It Is the duty'of the Doctors -Child to
separate the grown-ups from the chil
dren snd then, by diplomacy, divert Into
different quarters the various kinds of
patients, such as tubercular ones, fever
i..jtf.. n4 other Vlctoms.
There ar'mx-Iawa -In France e$m
nalllMrrsecrecatlen ;jrf? diseases. tit
FIFTY YEARS' SEPARATION
Camden Woman Tracing Sister1,
and Believes She'll Find Her
Mrs. nebecca Bennett, sixty years old,
18 North Twenty-seventh street, Cam
den, who has been searching for a sister
whom she has not seen for fifty years,
expects soon to find her.
Mrs. Bennett has learned that her
sister married Vlrgulls Chamberlain, a
capenter who formerly lived In Cam
den, nnd following up this meager bit
of Information she has succeeded In
learning that her Bister, until a few
years ago, lived on Benson street, Cam
den, She Is now making an effort to
trace her movements since she left the
Benson street address.
The sisters were separated when they
were girls and after a short time com
pletely lost trace of each other. Once,
Mrs. Bennett has learned, they lived
within a short distance of each other
In Camden, but they never met. ,
37,000 WORKERS
NEEDED AT ONCE
Philadelphia Indust ries
Alone Ask 25,000 Men,
12,000 Women
HOPE FOR ADJUSTMENT
U. S. Employment Service Ad
mits Labor Situation in
State Is Acute
With requisitions already In from
Philadelphia war Industries alone call-
lnB for 25'000 unskled male laborers
and 12,000 women workers, who are
urgently needed to begin work Monday,
only two counties In the State reported
a surplus of labor today to the head
quarters hero of the United States Em
ployment Service for Pennsylvania.
Officials of the employment service,
while admitting the labor situation in
almost every part of the State Is acute
nnd that no Immediate remedy Is In
sight, are hopeful that, after a few days
more of operation, they will have so
organized the available labor supply that
an adequate adjustment can be effected.
York and Lancaster were the two
counties reporting a labor surplus In
certain lines. York County has a few
more corpenters, clerks, blacksmiths and
machinists thali its Industries need, while
Lancaster County has a surplus only In
the supply of lathe men and saleswomen.
From every other county demands for
all kinds of labor continue to grow.
Pittsburgh and Altoona were making
telegraph and telephone wires hot with
calls to the nearest Federal employment
offices for miners. They do not require
that men engaged for this work shall
have had previous experience, and can
use an almost unlimited number at the
highest union scale of wages.
Women Workers In Demand
The demand for women wokers In all
sections of the country, and particularly
in the Middle West, Is especially strong.
Thousands of women can be used In that
section, nnd in most Instances employers
are willing to advance transportation
through the employment service. Penn
sylvania, unable at present to fill Its own
needs foJV women workers, could give no
assistance to other States today In sup
plying that class of labor.
Under a readjustment effected this
afternoon bctvycen the employment serv
ice and employers engaged In war
work, the latter will be permitted to
advertise for labor after a prescribed
form, as representatives of the em
ployment service, but not as Individual
employers. Such advertising will refer
all applicants to the Federal employ
ment office nearest to the prospective
employers. High wage Inducements and
other advantages over competitive em
ployers will bo barred from tho ad
vertisements.
Farmers Not l'nrgotten
In an open letter to the farmers of
Pennsylvania, who are said to be having
great difficulty In obtaining sufficient
labor to harvest their crops, F. R.
Stevens, agricultural director of the
State Chamber of Commerce, assured
them today that their problem "Is being
kepj contantly In mind and that they
are not forgotten.
"During the coming year," continued
Mr. Stevens, "there may even be a de
creaso In the number of farm hands
that aro employed for eight or twelve
months, but there will be mqre than, a
corresponding increase In supply of help
during the beason when It Is really
needed." Mr. Stevens pointed out that
the Federal community labor boards In
each district "have the power to close
me less essential Industries during the
period of greatest farm activity and to
place their employes upon the farms at
tho time needed."
Camden and Newark today made a
requisition for fifty young men, prefer
ably college men, to work as checkers
on the trolley lines in those cities, at
$140 a month. Application should be
mado through the employment office for
college men at the University of Penn
sylvania, of which C. H. Cherman is In
charge. Another requisition for check
ers came to the headquarters of the em
ployment service from a lumber concern
at Thurlow. Pa., below Chester, which Is
offering $30 a week for this work.
Ono additional Federal employment
bureau was opened today at 4703 Frank
ford avenue, making the total In Phila
delphia thus far twelve.
Ccrman Is Sent to Jail
A German registered as Karl Fried
rich Muller, of 827 Race street this
city, was taken today to Mount' 'Hollv
,and lodged In Jail by Clarence Ward
a policeman of Maple Shade, N J He
Is charged with obtaining money under
luiag iciciioc.
with hundreds of problems In diplomacy
In getting the afflicted separated.
The arrival of the refugee trans, which
go from Belgium to Germany and then
across Switzerland Into France, always
Is an occasion for a general turnout of
officials and citizens of Avian. A dinner
is given to those able to eat; medical
care Is given the others. The mayor of
Avian attends the dinners and delivers
the address of welcome.
The Doctors Child were assigned to
this hospital when It became necessarv
to have child specialists there. The
elders are cared for by French doctors
The Philadelphia girls are carrying on
this work for the French Department of
tho Interior, whose Idea It was.
The Interior department, when the
American Red Cross asked what It could
do, requested the organization to supply
physicians and a place for the work of
saving the chlld'llfe of France.
The Doctors Child were chosen. Their
parents, aw ir. ana Hf. asornr's-c.
FIRST LAUNCHW.;
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AT BRISTOL YARD
Initial Fabricated Steel
Ship Built at New Dela
ware Yards
CEREMONY TO BE QUIET
riintog-rnpltn llluatratlng tlila artlrla
appear on the bark page of this edition.
The first fabricated steel ship built at
one of the new shipyards on the Dela
ware River will be launched this after
noon at tha Merchant Shipbuilding plant
at Bristol.
This also will be the first ship
launched at the Merchant yard.
Hdward N. Hurley, chairman of the
United States shipping board, found It
Impossible to be present, but In spirit he fyj' 4J
was there, and expressed his good dishes
In a telegram. It was addressed to the
officials and workers of the Bristol yard,
and read as follows:
"I regret being unable to attend
launching. You may be certain that It
gives me the greatest satisfaction to
know that the Merchant Shipbuilding ,
Corporation has reached Its first launch
ing. "We shall now confidently look to you
for production launchings and deliveries
on a scale In keeping with the great
plant you have built, and wonderful or
ganization you havo carried out. Kindly
convey my good wishes lo the thousands
of employes In your yard who now, after
the long months of preparation, are able
to show tangible results to the nation
and tho fleet and receive credit for their
work. I believe they will make big rec
ords." Quiet though the cermony will be
when compared with tho launching of
Hog Island's first vessel on Monday, It
neverthless will symbolize the Bplrlt that
pervades the shipyards along the Dela
ware River a whole-hearted determina
tion to rush construction 15 the utmost.
At least 25,000 persons will be present
when the hlg cargo-carrier glides from
the shlpway Into the river at ft 30
o'clock. Mrs. W. Averlll Harriman,
bride of the head of the Merchant Com
pany, will christen the ship Watonwan.
Only a brief, simple program for the
launching Itself has been outlined. After
the crash of the champagne bottle
against tho stern of tho big ship and Its
journey to the water, there will bo little
speechmaklng.
Sfliwab-Only Speaker
Charles M. Schwab, director general ,
of tho Emergency Fleet Corporation,
will mako the address, the only one of
the dny. Although It Is his first address
to shipyard workers since his return
from tho Pacific coast and western ship
yards. It Is to be short; crisp with the
message of confidence In the nation's
ability to show Germany what can be
done at home as well as abroad when
America Is aroused.
Governor Brumbaugh and his staff.
Admiral Bowles, other officials of the
Fleet Corporation and prominent ship- ,
building heads will attend. Each of the
8000 shlpworkers at the shipyard will
bring at least one member of his fam
ily, some as many as three or four.
Immediately after tho launching
luncheon will be served to nbout 160
guests In the new restaurant at Harri
man, the shlpmen's village that hasnr
sprung up to house the workers. A pro
gram of boxing bouts, wrestling matches, ,
running and hurdle races, broad and
high Jumping, tug-of-war and baseball
will conclude the program. The last
event will bo a gamo between the nines
ot the Merchant yard and the New York
Shipbuilding Company. In the evening
there will bo a dance for the shlpmen
and their friends.
The Watonwan Is a 9000-ton dead
weight cargo carrier. Se has a length
of 401 feet and a beam of fifty-four feet.'
When she takes the water she will be
virtually equipped with tho exception
engines. All the hollers, as well as
tho uptakes, pumps, condensers, turbine
gears, shafting propellers, rudders ans
piping are In place.
The keel of tho vessel was laid Feb- -s)
ruary 12, just five months and nineteen
days ago. Although It Is not a record
breaking performance. It shows the speed
with which Ameiican mechanics can be
trained as shipbuilders, as Virtually
every man employed In the yard had
to be familiarized with present-day
methods of shipbuilding.
The Merchant Shipbuilding Corpora
tion was organized last fall. The yard
has twelve ways for steet ships, nnd Is
pledged to deliver sixteen vessels this
year.
HEART ON RIGHT SIDE
But It's Wrong Side, as Doctors
Generally View It
The honor of being the first man In
this city to be rejected for National
Army service because his "heart Is not
In the right nlacc" eoes to Geora-n W.
Nicholson, twentv-flve years old, a
plumber, of 1525 Morris street.
He appeared for examination at Flf-
teentn street ant! anvaer avenue yester
day. Dr. John H. Ballev the examln
lng physician, placed his Instrument over
tho place where Nicholson's heart should
havo been, and not finding It, first made
sure tho young man was really alive, and
then began a frantic search for the wan
derjng organ.
Nicholson's heart was not located ac
cording to Hoyle. It being on the right
hand side of his body, about seven
Inches from where It should have been
according to all structural specifications. -";.-Nicholson
was turned down, t-j!
Doctor naney win nave an -x-ray taken
of Nicholson's heart and will have the
man appear before a congress of heart
specialists who uieui ueio next inunui.
IN MEMORIAM 1.
COLLMAlt. JOSEPH W, COLLMAIt. dledjHST
Auk. 3. 1917. In lovlns remembrance a$ "
our brother. SISTERS AND BROTHER,
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