tl tf'yPFf '"-'rvV'VWV vTOfti')ft--W"rSfr(-"" .ifX?4T?3'v';iiUJ!PJiJ 5T " J ' ' Wr f r-i j ETOTISTG" PUBLIC LED&ERr-PmLADELP&L'A, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER '19 19is' it ' t M l rt! 9 L w DESCRIBES RESCUE OF METZ h Lieut. Drew, Liberated t After Capture by Foe, Sends First Word ON MAYOR'S COMMITTEE Other Aviators Named to Re ceive Thanks of Grateful People for Redemption This ,J the second of a scries of 1st- special articles to be printed by the Kvenino Public liEDOEti recounting the heroic deeds of Philadelphia sol dicdi in the great war. The transition of Metz, tho Lor ralno stronghold, from a German to a French town. Is eraphlcally described , by a Philadelphia aviator, Lieutenant inanes uaimuo xn;, ,.. -- - hospital In Mctz when tho armistice was signed. Lieutenant Drew, whose' home Is at 24C West- Seymour Btrcet, German town, received the distinguished serv ice, cross from General Pershing (or an "act of extraordinary heroism," as th3 ofllclal citation puts It. August 22 the .oftlcer, defying the anti-aircraft batteries o tho enemy, flew beyond the German lines and was engaged with four enemy planes when he was fprced to desccnjl. He was wounded In the desperato battle with tho four bochca, but niSt seriously. . Even as the foe marched from Metz, ' the officer declared, American flags began fluttering from the homes of the liberated people along uth the. -tricolor of beloved France. Lieutenant Drew;, Walter J. Wake Held, of Indiana, and two other officers were named by the Mayor of Metz as a reception committee' to receive the thanks of tho Inhabitants for the de livery of Metz. The little group of Americans, who had been prisoners there, symbolized to the residents the republic beyond the seas which had helped win freedom for Alsace-Lor- "The Mayor of Metz. according to Lieu tenant Drew, plans to nppolnt a com mittee of citizens to lslt this country as an act of thankgllng. Lieutenant's Story Lieutenant Drew's account of the change of Mctz from a German to a I French town, follows: I "Walter J. Wakefield, of Indiana, and I got the news of the armistice through newspapers, which were smuggled In by an Alsatian guard, who was an Allied sympathizer," said the lieutenant. "The German doctors, nurses and guards were all right, but they were strict. Wo felt a change in the rlgld v ness of the discipline Saturday. On Monday. Nocmber 11. the Bavarians on guard at the hospital threw down their arms. They were replaced by bid men, many of whom carried red flags. These self-styled 'soldiers of the republic' Md notBalute tho' officers. They frnternlffcd with the prisoners and liberated seeral of them. "Tho Germans who had discarded their weapons put on Red Cross bands and talked fearfully of tho red flag demonstrations In the streets. The doctors put on cllllan clothes. They and tho nurses stayed until some French doctors arrived. " Tricolor Flown "In the meantime none of the guards prevented us walking about Mctz. There was a strange atmosphere. Crowds gathered and told of. their French sympathies, boldly wearing the tricolor. "As tho German regiments marched out of the city tho soldiers mingled with the crowds, assuring the civilians they had no' 'Ill-feeling toward tltCm and saluting mnny of the municipal ofllclafs. "Tho, shopkeepers Immediately gqt busy and tore down German signs, re placing them with French. Their sup- piles were meager, but good, particularly , the clothes. "A thousand AIsatIanswho deserted frcm the German" army donned civilian clothes and sought Jobs running trams and clerking In stores. "After Monday tho streets were brlght 'ly lighted every night. There were many French and a few American flags displayed. Tho streets were crowded with happy men, women and children, but there were no wild demonstrations. Many Invitations "We deceived numerous invitations to dinners and teas. We accepted one from ''the Mayor, who' heartily entertained Wakefield, two offcers and myself, In hnnftr nf thrt rltv'n llhpffitfnn. Tll wlfn had made French, British and American flags with her own hands. These were placed. over" the door. TJie Mayor then appointed the four of us as a sort of reception committed and wo stood un der the flags, shaking hands with a grtfat number of citizens who called to j any their respects. The inca'l and the cigars were splendid. , "The Mayor-already fa organizing a delegation of the most prominent citi zens of the city to go to Amerl6a and thank the Tolled states for Its help In reselling Alsace-Lorraine. "Wo returned to the hospital In the Mayor's carriage. It was the only ono In Metz -which had not been oorji mrtndcercd by the bodies to carry off tho families of officers toward the Ithlnc. "The next day we decided to return, despite my wounded arm. We had no difficulty making our way out of the city and did not see a single German on our way to Nancy. Kvery village we passed through on both sides of the line was decorated with French and American flags. The natives we're all happy and were showing their gratitude by feeding refugees and liberated war prisoners." Tho lieutenant tald German officers readily admit their defeat, but show no particular hnte and declared they are hopeful of a permanent pence. I'rlfonern Poorly Fed Thousands of emaciated, underfed and poorly clothed prisoners French, British, iiusBinn, iiaiiHii anu iiumuninn arc re turning from Lorraine prison camps.' Thej- say tho bodies suddenly began to wave red flags and rtartcd all the prison ers toward France In groups. Guards dis appeared and civilians fed and guided tho refugees. MRS. MARGARET HORAN DIES Widow of Flour Merchant and Commercial Exchange Founder Mrs. Margaret Hornn, who died at her home, 857 North Twentieth street, on Sunday morning, w as the w Idow of Thomas Hornn, widely known flour mer chant of this city a decade ago. Mr Horan was one of the founders of the Commercial Exchange and had his place of business on Market street for neany fifty years. Mrs. Horan is survived by, two sons, Hubert J. Hornn, for several ears a member of Select Council from the Ninth Ward, and the Tlev, Thomas J Horan, rector of tho Catholic Church of the Holy Saviour, Llnuood Heights, and a daughter. Miss Margaret 13. Horan. Tho funeral of Mrs. Horan will be held on Thursday mijrnlng, with sol emn requiem mass nt the Cathedral at 10 o'clock. Interment will be private. WAR ON CAPITAL SEENASMENACE America Straddling Keg of Powder, Assertion of Peter 0. Knight HAS FAITH IN PEOPLE Believes Bolshevik Element Won't Be Allowed to Cause Explosion 13xit the dreamer, the demojiRue the Socialist and the Bolshevik! Knter the sober-minded American peo ple, represented by capital and labor standing shoulder-to-shoulder, each with confidence In the other and dealing ustly with ihe dther and America, "now Ntrnddllng a keg of powder wlilrli the. Iniig-lialreil gentry are striving mlglitlly to explode," will be spared the madness that has thrown Russia and Central 13urope Into chaos. Or, exit the latter, and enter the Tormer, and "thsre will be hell to pay!'1 . Thus did Peter O. Knight, vice presl dent and general counsel of the Amer ican International Shipbuilding Corpora, tlon, sum Up today the situation In the United States, brought about by events Immediately preceding the war, tho war Itself, and Its sudden and unorpected climax "There niunt be no rocking of the oat," laid Colonel Knight, "or there will come In thin country such a fraud, financially and Industrially, as the most pestlmhitlc never dreamed of!" Mr. Knight ma'de this statement shortly after his roturn to his offices here from Washington, where ho spent the week-end In conferenco with hliu Government officials and members Lt Congress. He said that he was simply expressing his personal views and "not voicing the opinion of any organization with wjlch I am connected " Confidence Makes Froirperlty "Confidence alone makes prosperlty and the want of It produces a panic,' declared Mr. Knight. "Tho working man has a full dlnneij pall when there is prosperity and an empty one when there Is a panic 'or depression Hor therefore Is mbre vitally interested In this situa tion than' Is the business man; for with tjio business man It la mor or less a question fit dollars, whllo with the work ing man It Is a question of his bread and butter. "There must be no rocking the boat, now ' There should bo no organization of Congress for tho purpose of working out reconstruction problems along parti I sati lines. There should he no throning I of brickbats, and city. State and Na- tlonal Governments must adopt, a differ 1 ent attitude toward capital and big business from that which prevailed for the twelve or fifteen jcars prior to April C, 1917 ' "Capital, the buftliieM interests, and I lnhor nliould all be placed upon the I name linul, mo far h Kovernmrntnl In terference or non-interference In con- cerned," continued Mr Knight "One , Is entitled to the same rights as the I other, they nre,all entitled to a square deal and no more. Capltnl and the liu-dness Interests shoulTl have the' pool ' tlv o ossuranco the spirit that pounded 1 the inllroads Intr Insensibility and forced the Government to take them over for the purpose of saving elghtj per cent of them frcm going Into the hands of receivers, Is dead and gone! IToo Many, Kssayn "Tho business man must have op timism, and not bl branded as a menace to tho country If, he Is to go on with the tasks In front of him. The Govern ment should eliminate Itself from con trol n)i rapidly as possible. The majority of the people do not want Government nnnerahlp nf public utllltlri, or of In. duntriea, or of anythlnt elne. AH bnnrdfl, rnmmhslonn and linreaui. State and national,' that nre not entienttnl and (Joil knows nlinut 00 per cent of tliem nre ntinntlltely tinnecenitur) alinuli! be abolished Immediately. "It n again hnte a (InTernment by the fonntltutlon, Instead of one by ltil letln, theses, tracts and ralnbon-clins-Inir eMayat "Prior to the beginning of the world war our annual governmental expendi tures were about one billion dollars There Is only 19.000,(100.000 of gold In the entire world , there Is onlv about 16,500,000,000 of gold and silver In the United Stntes The total .resources of all tho banks In the country, national and State nnd trust companies are only about $37,000,000,000 The national debt of tho United States In 1914 wns only 1990,000,000 "Theso facts are enough to make any thounVtful man sit up and take notice On the whole they are rather startling. "Now that our problem It set rlearly before us, how aro wo to solve It" "By the Government gradually elim inating Itself from this situation, and having the rights and liberties that oar forefathers fought and died for restored to the people. "We are sitting with hated breath over n potentlnl earthquake If we keep our heads, obey the dictates of reofon. ond exercise s'ouncl common sense we cannot fall If vrr lone our bead nnd our nerve, or pause to listen to theorists well, there's Hussla and there's tier many and there's Austrla-lliingnrj, where brother Is clutching nt the throat of brother, nnd nil are begging for bread. Ills I'nlth n Teople "Yet, In spite of conditions threaten ing us, I have Mlfllclent confidence In the sober common-sene ability and hu manltarlantsm of the American people to feel optimistic rather than pessimistic over tho future. I think that the busl ness Interests of the countrv can well afford to take the American people into their confidence. They always are ready and willing to do the right thing, for It Is their nature The have never failed to meet nnv trlsls or emergencj when the understood what was required of them, and they will not fall now If the well informed penplr villi come forward nnd lay the facts before that greatest nnd fairest of all earthly tribunals the arr-' age American." It Ate Jv!l Jnvincible Full 5 '4 -inch size FRINGS BROS CIGARS cents Three for 20c 7 Memorial for Influenza Victims'' Tcrflple University will hold memorial services tonight at (ho Temple, Broad, and Berks streets, for. professors, offi cers and students vvho died during the Influenza epidemic. Tho death roll con tains twenty-threo names. Addresses wll be made by tho Ttev. Dr. Itussell II Conwell: Dr. Wllmer Krpsen, Major Frank Hammond und Captain Will A, qictrlck. I i!ii!iiiiffl!iiii;ii!i!ii!mtiiibi!iiiiiii!ii!ir.iisii;iiiiiiiiii!iii!iiiiiiiniiuJiii 1 i 1 Amgasma Cafe 1 I WiDENEaBtniJUKQ I I ' 1 Menu for This Evening's m 1 McAdoo $1 Dinner 1 1 i 1 Consomme Vermicelli, Knapfler g I Soup or Cream of Ccle'rv p 1 Fried Filets of Sole, Tartarc g 1 Semer. or Roast Raddle of Lamb 9 3 Peas Jlrussel Sprouts M rissole Potato g Peach Tart or IVointif Ice Cicnm Ij 1 Demi Tasse E JUST, another example of the ARC ADA A CAFE'S efforts to keep 1 costs down and quality B up. I The House that Heppe built FOUNDED IN 1865 ADOPTED ONE-PRICE SYSTEM IN 1881 C. J. Heppe'& Son 1117-1119 Chestnut Street bth and Thompson Sts. Special Heppe v CHristmas Outfits 'We have especially arranged four Victrola outfits as desirable for war-time Christmas gifts.'' Each outfit contains a Victrola and some records. Thte supply of these instruments is very limited. You should make your purchase NOW. Delivery will be made at Christmas, if you desire. lArola l-, X00 Special Heppe Christmas. Outfits VICTROLA IV-A : $22.50 Records your selection 2.50 Total cpst .. $25.00 VICTROLA VI-A $32.50 Records your selectipn 2.50 Total cost .. $35.00 VICTROLA VIII-A ..... $50.00 Records your selection 5.00 Total cost $55.00 VICTROLA IX-A ...! :. . .' $60.00 Records your selection 5.00 Total cost $65.00 Call, phone or write for' catalogues. An Export Message to Manufacturers THE END OF THE WAR .HAS COME SO SWIFTLY that most manufacturers find them selves unprepared for the great export trade that may now be expected. Prompt action should be taken by the individual manufacturer at .this psychological moment to begin his post-war export campaign. . We are. on the threshold of a new era in world trade which offers stupendous opportunities to the American manufacturer with initiative, enterprise and foresight. By Keeping Up Its Quality Coca-Cola Keeps Faith "" With Its Friends ()UR quantity only is cut down, because the Government needed half of our sugar. Our war-shortage caused imitators to offer cheap concoctions colored to look like Coca-Cola, but the , taste of Coca-Cola can't be counterfeited its flavor is indicative of its quality. When you order Coca-Cola, if you are served yith something that doesn't taste true put the question squarely up to the dealer. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY ATLANTA. GA. i"T 'fS The world has learned to see and do things on a scale never before conceived, and it will now turn the new-found energy , developed by war into the ways of. peace. Markets such as Latin-America, the Philippines, Australasia and other self-governing British Dominions, the French colonies, and the Mediterranean countries, are clamoring for merchandise of every sort, after over four years of being on short rations due to war orders, export control, reduced shipping, the U-boat warfare and other causes. Their warehouses and shops have been emptied of merchan dise during these four years, despite the enormous ship ments they have received from us, and these countries have also accumulated an unprecedented purchasing power due to the great excess of their exports of food and raw ma-- terials ovef their imports of manufactured goods. Great stretches of th"e earth in Asia and in Europe itself which have groaned for centuries under autocracy have been set free for self-development under democracy, thus creating new markets for manufactured goods and creating new sources of food supplies and raw materials. Then there are the home markets of Great Britain, France and Italy, where American specialties have always been pop ular and will be more so than ever now. Few realize that Great Britain before the war was our larg est customer. For months the need of shipping space to" Europe has been so imperative' that the Allied nations were forced to prohibit all shipments, even by parcel post, that could possibly be delayed until after hostilities. Adding the reconstruction needs of Belgium and France to these ac cumulated normal needs, we have an enormous demand for American merchandise in the Allied countries alone that will take years to satisfy. ( Before the war Germany was a very large exporter, not only to Latin-America, Asia and Africa, but also to Great Britain and France. Germany has sacrificed her world trade on the altar of militarism, and the goods formerly supplied by Ger many will now have to be supplied largely by the United States. This country has a permanently increased manufacturing capacity with which to meet this enormous export demand for machinery, hardware, clothing, automobiles andall other necessities and refinements of life which civilization is now demanding. Export trade is the logical way to take up the slack due to cancelled war orders and to thus prevent unem ployment and demoralization of commodity prices. It is officially announced that the gigantic shipbuilding program is to continue, for it is realized that this great fleet will be needed during the period of reconstruction and de mobilization. We are building every month more ships than we formerly built in a year. America has learned to think internationally in the last four years, as all the world knows. In commerce no less than in diplomacy and in warfare we have lost our isolation and taken our place in the great world. Despite every handicap of the war we now have a greater export trade with non war markets than any nation ever before had. It is pur business to assist manufacturers to secure export business The facilities we offer you are the result of 41 YEARS' EXPERIENCE in developing Ameri- can export trade, during which period the AMERICAN EXPORTER has been the great organ of American-made goods in every foreign land. It will take the story of your products straight to the merchants and business men in all the foreign markets through the columns of its f our separate editions, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Its success in developing export trade for manufacturers through publicity is witnessed by the fact that this publication has more advertisers than any other periodical in the world, with one exception ("Iron Age.") Its present number now exceeds 900, and is growing rapidly. Let us send you detailed explanation of what we can specifically do for you. AM11 1CAN iV'V'wv Head Office, 17 Battery Place, New York Philadelphia Office, 1116 Fidelity Mutual Building. A. T. Bradley, Pennsylvania Manager "PRACTICAL EXPORTING" a 530 page Hand Book on how to gtyand handle export' business, by B. Olneij Hough, Editor, Afnerican Exporter, Secotid Edition, should be read by every wide-awake manufacturer and sales manager. Price, $4. If you are not satisfied with it the money will be refunded. Published by American Exporter. MM " ., u r. -1 . rto . : m: ) ' M T T ,ak I l I. Utfii J s 1 kr : - ".'!". i ' 'if' '''iiMi . 'r i in? f'T 'iffilBifaiiffir r - "!'' in, ii iiiiiiiill . "rtl n
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