S v cX: -, "Tv'35.rsi ':" JF, ',. W'T, Pl - A ',11., .a , 2' EVENING PtJBLIG T,FDGERrPHILADELPJBIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919 f t J f "V ' ' W3 a Ph. ,Uval. OYAL WELCOME Waiting troops PV . . KUReceptions to "Boys" ol iStato Divisions to Be fr Greatest Ever ;PLAN RIVER PAGEANT Eo.No Limit to Extent of Demon- m4" strations in Honor of IT nn.l- 1 Tflil. JOlll UI1U 17111 The greatest demonstration in the fSiJilstory of Pennsylvania li promised by - ""Governor Sproul In honor of the return r i.. .Mi.n nf the Iron Division Pcnn- . - ,s Du.u.vtw --; I U.V. EA sylvanlas "own, mo noiiccismu i Ihe liberty Division returnB, tho Gov ernor said In a statement touay "I Intend to make both of these occa sion something that will surprise Penn. sylvanla," he said. "We want two cele brations, too one for tho Iron Dlvl- f slon, our own national uuarumiicu, .." .' .. . .. - l.a man nf thn ReloCtlVe tne oincr im "" --- - -- service who wrote their own glorious pare, s "Personally I can say T am working hard on the plans right now and I am going; to see that tho rev lew ami their return will mean the mightiest demonstration of which Pennsylvania is capable. Tho return Intact of these two divisions to this state Is now a certainty, and we will leave not a single stone unturned to show those (boys the loe, the gratitude and tho devotion they havo In our hearts for tho splendid achieements incy navo accomplished with their arms. valor, bravery and courage " ' Plans for greeting- the 109th and iJlOth Infantry and tho 108th Hold Ar tillery Philadelphia's regiments in the "Twenty-eighth Division are well under way. Several-conferences between J Jarden Oucnther, secretary of tho C'oun dtof National Defense, and city officials 'and members of the welcome-home com tnlttee were held esterday Others arc 'scheduled for today. As tho opening featuro in the series of events that will mark the return of the Keystone fighters to this city tho "Welcome Home Committee of Philadel phia is planning a big river pageant Mother to Meet Mojh Down ltlfer Announcement has been made that the mothers of returning soldiers will 'meet their bos far down tho river but Hho committee, anxious to lend color to (that snectncle. will organize .1 river fee- St... I .. ....... . . . i i-. - i, grant permission, me returning iigmein twill be met by a fleet of harbor craft. These, boats, ranging In sire from a tsmall motor launch to the palatial river i steamers, will be decorated In holiday clothes and form a fitting escort for the , transports. I The plan of tho "Welcome Home Com tmlttee. to give soldiers' mothers planes B'$4,of honor In every event that li held, hns g"j,r;ines tne approval oi mo women who tjvigjave their sons to Lncle Sam - - i Today J. Jarden Guenther, secretarv jvj. mo u,.im"vc, "; ........ irroup of North Philadelphia mot They expressed their Joy concerning t'i. MnViiaVntlnn -. 9 UaIk Bntiu n l-i t ts unci In , 4kA th Iaa cnirtli nl n lattni flnm wwMAtiiua j ,c" o""3 "'" i'" l '" ,tho following words T "We, tho undersigned mothers of the T.am,a ilalnltmonlu y. l. a 1 rt 6 1 1. Vlalil Ivarious detachments of the 108th Field Artillery. Twentv-elirhth Division, wish "n't to express our gratitude to you for your EV success In having tho War Department "Hjjj,ree to land our boys In Philadelphia - no wni uo uii in our jjuwer 10 assise. ,you In giving them a hearty welcome home." This letter is signed by Mrs D C. Vozan, 7131 N'orth Broad street; Mrs M. A. mtler, 7200 North Broad street ; ,Mrs. B. Thomas, 7107 North Broad jttreet, and Irene M mtter. 7 Plans Taking Definite Form ' John H. Mason, president of the Com mercial Trust Comany and acting chair man of the committee, said today that clans for the creat recention are taking !$' definite form and that by another week fjy'the personnel of the enlarged reception pommiuee wouiu oo compieiea. we propose," said Mr. Mason ' to make the reception a genuine affair of i the people First consideration will he given to the mothers of the returning Midlers, for they aro deserving of every consideration. They made noble sacri fices In the war and will share the gratl tudo and thanks of the city and state In the reception that will be staged for their sons. Our committee will co operate with the citv and state officials ti! Pennsylvania's gallant sons will be ' sflven the greatest welcome ever ac corded to American soldiers" 'The first official meeting of the wel come home committee will be held next Friday. By that time Mr. Guenther hopes to learn the arrangements tne "War Department will expect the city to 'make to entertain and care for the Key stone Division Adjutant General Beary Is expected to make a survey of the port facilities here en Wednesday. He will confer with Di rector Webster regarding the utilizing of the municipal piers and the facilities for entraining tho men after they have disembarked. It la not expected that the first units f the division can arrive here before JUay S2, providing they sail from France on May 10, but the officials are losing Tio ;tlme In planning the reception. ENLIST EMBRYO FARMERS ffsfeWational Farm School Recenes rS New Students for Spring Tha National Farm behool, near Poylestown, Fa., ts registering a new class of students, who are to be ad mitted to the school at once, in order to begin their studies with the opening of the farming, season In the spring - rh Vaflnnat Fnrm Hchnnl nffsra nn Kw,. J&rtunlty to worthy, energetic young 'AHjIsaaH lH..na.ltu rt fmi wl. (.,.. l.... 3TXMC"t UlBin,o w ..;u, filing, M1CH1 , a. tliroA vars' training In nractfeal nnH bE!rtentlflc agriculture, free of all charge v5to them for tuition, board lodging, laun- PiXrV and oiner iiee-eesiiies. ine scnool Ej comprises COO acres of land, Is equipped '-' an l-n, puro uieu bjiu ttwuto uairy nerus, Whor barns, plrirery, poultry, farm Bfr smchiniry, greenhouses, library and -ia.ooraiorie. xna sauaias are in cnargo of cxnert instructors and the bouaahnttl Lf Is In charge of a matron. ' t ' The course Is open to boys between FTz IHW ; wa, 0BAa,-Luaa wlv i,"ciiv'uiia jcaiB, v4r ""flw --V8 completed a grammar school EU .umtlon, or wno nave an education ftp 'Mul7alent thereto, -who aro morally, wemany ana pnysicauy nt, anu who , ,3vve a desire to follow agriculture as '-'tha-lr life's work. srf ) Any young man having- the above uncations, wno uesiree to register 1 tno new term may ootain registra. Dianxs uy auuieesing Morris A., num. chairman of the committee .((mission. 407 Mutual Life Building, LUNCH SCHOODIC TODAY ,, ; 1 Km I-land' Twentieth Craft to Leave ,v- wy. i cargo carrier Schoodlo will be hed today at Hog Island. It will twenllaln snip launcneu at the unchlng will be attended by offl- g jsiaiio. Mrs. u. j. urown, & Division Superintendent Brown, anunsor, . BeOM 4afl lnr ot fifty feet MB, ., 7 W .(eat, Tbo keel FIND GIRL'S BODY ON CAMDEN LOT; FOUL PLAY HINT Discovery May Solve Disappear ance of Young Stenographer, February 20 The body of o young woman war, found today on tho marshes In the vi cinity of Browning rpnel and Kalghn avenue, Camden A pedectrlan stumbled across tho body shortly before noon while cutting across the marshes It Is believed the body may be that of Mario Wade, twenty-four years old a stenographer, 415 N'orth Fourth street, Camden, 'who disappeared from her homo February 28 The Camden police and Coroner lthone hurried to tho scene and tho bodv will be taken to the Camden morgue and an effort inado to establish tho Identity positively It It not known whether the woman committed suicide, or was a victim of foul play PERSHING PRAISES DEPARTING SOLDIERS , , I Philadelphia!! ltll AiatlOU Forces in France Quotes Commander!; Tribute ' Vou aro returning as a bod ot men who have achieved the greatest moral victor' the world has evor known ' General l'crshlng paid this tribute to six thousand air service men at ltomor rantln I'rante in tho course of an ad dress on March 5 This compliment Is mentioned In a let ter from f-ergeant Kussell A Thomas, of the T nlted States .ivlntlon forces, to a friend In I.ansdale li 1 lionias, who was tormerly l'hll idtlphla newspaper man grfe the following excerpt from General Pershing s address "The gre it inllltar victory won by you men In Kr.mi t and the part jciu so nobly tarried out, makes me the proud est comminder of anv army In tha world Hut next to this gre it victor- -and almost as gre.it is tho moral vli tory ou have won In l'ntncc ou men are returning to America to your wives, to vour sivte'hearts to the women of Amerli i who have plujed such a magnificent part in tho war ou nr returning as a bod of men who have achieved the gn atcst moral victor the world tins known 'This I consider the greatest of your tit-uitr.:i!!riik .'Kill; tiiiiin nin ,," ia- i pected of ou when ou return to the Kepresentatlve William T Uamsey, of states, and for je.irs to come jou will cheutrr, the administration floor leader be the controlling factor In our country 1 l6 -Sproul program will be speeded The result will be that America Is about ,,r,0UB, ,h" IIous " quickly as pos to enjoy the most prosperous era. of i Bl,,e; In 'he Senate, .Senator Crow, the civilization To sco you return to i administration whip In the upper ch.im- America, physically and morally fit for the duties of life, makes me tho proud- i st man llv In? ' Serjeant Thomas said that Genwal ' TLiaMncr ,inu .Inlnr r. ! 1 In V.Ic .,n,. ,. - '"n " uunin uii til ilia ifvw- iu ., ,,. ,h .rr,nri .r,. . it,., i-nii.i i ... states as fast as transportation could bo .Mjnim.i He complimented tho men o ,, ninr frLCa hgnIj sa.1(1 Thomas, ... ... . ,ui( cipcaied the nnrt thiv nravoil in thi ir put America In the lead of tho tly- ng forces of the world i purchase more lanii than it actually needs HOME PROBLEM SERIOUS HEREi0-rWtSMii; 20,000 New Houses Necde.l, SZ$It?TZ &&X Operative Builders Association provement Fully 20,000 new houses are needed , . , .', . to solve the serious housing problem In tVitr, ..I.. nnn,i1ln tn IS. TVi I!-. ,tl nVi I n .u uii;, uvwiuuiK .w ma ,,i,Muv ,4,1,,, Operative Builder.' Association This alleged shortage of homes, and ... . ,. . . ,,., the statement that average building costs aro now C per cent more than In 1018, aro advanced as arguments against the Walker bill, aimed at rent profiteering in this city The Walker bill provides that when n rental Increase regarded ay excessive Is demanded the tenant may appeal to the courts Pending u Judicial decision, the tenant is required to pay only the old rental and Is secure from eviction The kernel of tho housing problem, according to tho builders, Is that rental values have not Increased In proportion to tho corts of construction and that builders therefore hesitate to erect new dwellings BONFIRES TO CIRCLE WORLD Boy Scouts Adopt Plan of Cele brating Peace New lork, .March 21 (By A P) The suggestion of Sir Robert Baden Powell head of the British Boy Scouts, that the m lllons of Bov Scouts through out the world celebrate the Hlirnlnir nf peace by a norld-round chnln of bonfires has been adopted by the Boy Scouts of America, it wes announced here today by the national headquarters of the organization The 307 093 Hoy scouts in the United States wilt light great fires in all sec tions of the countrj on the night the treatj Is signed nnd hold appropriate ceremonies I'lre will bo taken beforehand from the Statue of Liberty In New York harbor and the flamo will bo carried as far as possible In starting the ' liberty beacons," tho announcement said HIBBEN LAUDS GENERAL WOOD T)..:. ,. TT.,,1,1 C. a T ,! XtTn- Inspiration That Won War Major General Leonard Wood did more to arouse the American spirit that finally won the war than any other man In the country This high credit was given the vet Ainn nolrltof ViV Tf Tnhn nti TTIriVian president of Princeton university, at the fifty-first anniOl dinner and victory "I"i.i.-. "u.i-T t rV -I.. :.. . celebration of th Princeton Club of Philadelphia at the Bellevje-Stratford Hotel last night Franklin D Itoosevelt, acting Secre tary of the Navy, urged universal mili tary training as a necessity to the continued- prosperity of the United States ARCHANGEL FRONT ACTIVE Allied Aiutor8 Hindered, How ever, by Cloudy Weather Arrhungel, March 29 -(By A P ) Allied artillery was oct've yesterday In the vicinity of the village of Bolshola Ozera, but the cloudy wuther hindered the work of the aviators who were ob serving the effects of the cannonade. Meantime, the Allied forces holding the road on both sides of the town wero engaged In strengthening their positions A small Infantry attack was made on the Allied positions on the Vega front Wednesday Despite a bombardment that preceded the attack, the Bolshevlkl were repulsed and lost heavily, Tho Allies suffered anly two casualties. Conditions elsewhere along the front are unchanged, according to a headquar ters report Senator Flinn Visile Here In good physical condition after a long1 11 ness, former State Senator William Fllnn, of Pittsburgh, was a visitor In this city last evening, Kor eighteen months he has been out ot public affair because of poor health, and at one time oor heaiin, ana at one time , ra rCardeda imrwua. till conuiuon LEGISLATURE HAS SPEED-UP PLANS House Rules Committee Ts Expected to Fix Adjourn ment Date in Few Days REVIEW 01-" THE WEEK Espionage Act Hill unci Com pensation Amendments Will Complete Sproul Program Kffortn to speed tip the Important work of the Legislature were laum lied successfully this week and next week tho House Ilules Committee li expected to fix tho dato for final adjournment Thursday, May IB, It tho dato tenta tively agreed upon by Republican lead ers for the closing of the 1119 session. Governor Sprout's program of legis lation will bo vlrluilly concluded with the Introduction of an osplonngo act and certain amendments to thn workmen's compensation law The espionage net I drifted by Attorney General Sehaffer, Is expected to be Introduced next week I Thrco administration measures made , their appearance this week Ono re ' organises tho Slate Police Department and puts under its jurisdiction the pres- I ent fire Marshal's Department TIip bill I Increabes tho Mate Constabulary from j four to five companies, provides for a detective bureau which would be at the service of tho various county authorities and gives the ttate troopers authority to aid In fish and game protection, but rtoei not make them gamo warden?. nil! Connolidntes Departments Tho second bill creates a department ot conservation, under which are con solidated the departments of fisheries, forestry, gamo commissioners and water supply, Tho third measure creates a bureau nf topographic and geological survey and abolishes tho present com mission ot that name The administration also proposes to get behind tho Hess blue sky law I which Is modeled after tho Kansas law ' Some amendments may be mido to the bill after It has been examined by the Banking Department Under the guidance of tho new House nteering committee, which Is neaded bv her will take chargo of the Governors measures. Several measures of particular inter- eRt J" 1UUelph,ft uero Introduced this W CPK UCVrVPL l tit I P JJtlUin It """n V rtltt , - - - . -- - . iiui In thn bill advocated by Council!. loi-L. ' " """" '" inuuuu ior ine re- 1 1" of the mercantile tax to counties, ' "' "1,lcn " '8 collected I la 4 li A nimtm IttAA n 1te.J.l d .... . , ,.,. , H,m,.,rt ,u .,, ' amendment?, one to permit the city to ,. An?."1v"r,b",,,intr0dUl,ea rY R,ev,pres,'nta tle ox would provide for tho return by thft Htate t0 tha cUy ot $iq7bb7 05 ' nv ...Ulnl. .. .... ntA nn . I. T..V... it 1..1... iaA ,lllv.ll ,ia J'.xiu UII lilt" .JIJIIII , UUIlll ion art gallery bequest to the city The municipality was comp. lied to pay the I tax In order to valldlfy tho bccpiest A b, ntrduc(;d by Kepresentatlve , nU;hartl PowclIf of LUlernei wouU1 ,)er. , ,, tVia, . f , ,, ' ,,,'. ' llcersc It provides that no llcuise other than the mercantile lltenso shall be Imposed for the sale ot beverages containing not more than on--half of 1 per cent alcohol The death of Senator Sterling It Cit lin and the prolonged hearing on the Philadelphia charter bills hampered the work of the legislature this week Both houses adjourned Tuesd.iy out of re spect to the late Senator C'atiln, and the charter hearing In the .Senate chamber lasted bq long that tho Senate session, which was scheduled to open at 4 o'clock, hd to be cut short. The charter hearing was one of the big attractions of the session legis lators from other sections of the state scented one of Philadelphia's factional j outbreaks and crowded into the Senate cnamDer to witness tlio fireworks They were not disappointed Senator Ware chairman of the committee which had charge of tne nearing, and John e- Winston, chairman of the charter re U,in committee kept the ball iroln w,, .,,, ,, ..... ' 'a ' Z01" back and forth while the hearing was in progress No rharter ITenrlng Dote Tel Senator Varo has not announced the date of the hearing for the opponents of the charter bill Until that hearing In held no direct action on the measures introduced by Senator George Wood ward can be expected The defeat of the llorke blue law hill by the House Judiciary Special Com mltteo occassloned no surprise Ttenre sentatlvo Itorke, sponsor of the meas ure, snva lin Mill ir.i... . . . "cn" ' thn hill on h Mimj.. ;. uu'1 lt n.., 'V."'"" "" e"ort 'o get ! lh ?: ,"f ,i'JLi!.0.u'! n.T in this he plans to introduce a bill which would ho SUvday orchestra' concerts but would make no provision for Sunday movIeH or lectures nunaay .Suffragists and antl-suffragists are ex pected to hold the center of the "art i.n. ... . "C" I" . "? iignt next week The tmhii,. nearing on the Ramsey resolution for a suffrage amendment to the constitution b, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon Both tho surfrnglsts and the antls. plan o take big delegations to Harrisburg u, ,,,a iivnillll Some agreement on the Brady bill rr!l!t.,.ti,,e r.'el"-at'on commission .hii I "expected this week The bill, along with two other measure affecting the registration laws, ha on the calendar tho past two weeks, but AT.v ,n ileIc1 up Penilln(r a conference of the leaders DRAFT BOARDS SHUT UP SHOP State Selective Officials Endina muoiijcos i.u(my Harrlsburg-, March 29 - (By A P ) Kvery draft hoard In Pennsylvania is closlnar up Its business today Under the orders of the war departmtnt the boards are to discontinue their work Monday, and for the last month they have been making up their final records, destroying such government property as Is ordered to be mutilated, selling tome and shipping- the records required to be dispatched to Washington A number of the boards have notified Major Murdock, the State' chief draft Sr?0iT" .h,y. will Bend additional hlstorl cal matter for the chronlcV of Pennsyl. vanla draft Major Murdock today said of the draft boards- ' "These men have been most self-sacrl. Ilcing and have comnVtaii n wi. which future generations can take prld. I ""?k"fl Z i,uw ,rPnsyivama fti niled 'light, J048 North Boosall street, ctrjver, I w i will be a, splendid me."rtureftu of lllgwyp. a da,- - f POSTMAN BRINGS US A HELMET I he most popular of all liuttlclicld trophies ) an enemy trench helmet. It is one of tho firt objects the victorious Yank seeks to add to hie collection of ovcrtras souvenir". The poMofficc does not exact that tho helmet he wrapped or boxed for delivery; the uddress and the necessary slumps pasted on the iron hat miNnc to tarry it through the mail. This one was received in the Evening Public Ledger ollire from Captain Waller Long, a former member of the flaff, now (crving with tho Anient in fortes in France SCHWAB FINDS DOUGHBOYS HONEST IN PA YING LOANS Tries Experiment oj Lending 15 ! Negro Soldiers $1 Each, and 13H Ilmr Repaid Money Sees No Hope for Bolshevism Here in Consequence After lending a dollai apleco to 154 home-coining negro soldiers who were "broke,"- nnl being paid back by 138 ot them lnsido of two weeks, Charles M Sihwab Is so convinced of the sanity and honest of this country that he believes Uolshevlsm can nevel wreck it He docsn t bellevn It even an get .1 good foothold here I It was whin he was returning from' l.urope on the same hhlp with ionic a dollar Its yours and 0U lueiln negrn troopi that tho former director trouble about getting It back to me' general of tho Emergency l'leet Cor ''I hat gave me an Idea. I decided to to poratlun conceived the idea of testing , those men Jutt for the fun of the ex the character of tho men Perlineiit I made It known that I was Mr Schwab told how tho experiment i willing to help out any of tho men who came to be made and of tho results were broke and one hundred and fifty it brought whin speaking at tho launch- ' four of them responded To each I bald Ing of the steamship Strathnaver at the , something like this '.Now jou needn t Downey Shlpvnrds, Stnten Ibland, Thurs-1 p ty this back if vou don't want to You dnv ' I know me mid where I am at. Suit your- ' After observing conditions in Europe i self during my recent trip overseas, I re-1 "Do you know what? Up to date one turned home without worry as to the . hundred and thirty-eight ot those bos future of B'shevisim In this country," havo sent me the money they borrowed said Ml Schwab '111 toll you an , It came out as I expected The boB Incident that villi give you one of the j were sound -to tho core That's one of reasons why I think so I came horm . tho main reasons I'm not worr Ing about two weeks ago on a transport bearln i ' the United States going Uolshcvlst next several thousand negro troops There election " NEW JERSEY TOWNS UNITE IN FARE FIGHT I Each lo Be Asked to Give $100 to Fund to Con tinue Battle nonreaentatlves of the cine and towns In South Jersey who are lighting tho plan to increase the trolley fares throughout the state gathered at Uumden City Hall last night and formed a per manent organization to fight the pro posed Increase by the Public Service Railway Company. Camden has already voted $1000 for a fund, and each town last night was asked to subscribe $100 each as: the starter for a financial back ing to make a real battle The committee formed last night will be officered as follows Councilman William S Abbott, Camden, cnalrman ; City Attorney Charles W. Letzgus, Gloucester, secretary, and City Treas urer George A Trey, Camden, treasurer Kxperts will bo engaged through the fund and they will prepare data to op pose the seven-cent fare at tho next meeting of tho Public Utilities Commis sion on April 14 at Newark, The committee also voted to have a mass-meeting on Toe-day night next, when tho representatives of ever vil lage, city and town In south Jersey af fected by the proposed Increase may have a chance to be heard and take common counsel on the proper methods to fight the Public Service Corporation mayor in nor Jersey, keeping them Mayor In north Jersey, keeping them lnforme.il as to the progress of the battle In the southern section of the state. DEDICATE MEMORIAL ARCH El.ihoiatc Program at Kensington Aicniic mid Wcusloy Street Dedication of n large memorial nri.li which has been erected at the corner of Kenslngtim avenue and Wensley street an a tribute to thohe of the neighborhood who have entered the service will bo held this afternoon. Thero will be a parade, music and a number of addresses Among the speakers will bo CounUlmen Klos and Swartz, and Coroner Knight. The nrch, which li made of wood spans the entire coiner, nnd upon It are Inscribed the names of those who wero In the service during the war Plans for the dcd'catlon huvo been under way for home time On tho committee nrrnnglnR the rri,. gram this afternoon are. IT Dunlevy, chairman; W Itodi, u Kobor, W. Bar ren, W Frey, r. Campbell, V, Henmads W, Henmade, fc. Wllmont, J. Alexy und C Krusen WOMAN KILLED IN STORM Mrs. Oeorge Cresswell, Quarryvllle, Lam aster County, Found Dead I.aniaatrr, l'n.. Jlarch 29. Heavy gales and rain which swept this county aga'n last night caused one death and some damage Mrs. Oeorge Cressell was found ly'ng dead on a road near Quarry vlllo by her husband. She had succumbed to the fury of the sorm -I ha tlurrowes school In Lancaster township was badly damaged and falling trees played navoo witn troiiey wires, Tn tim lcltlltv of Marietta fruit or. chards are reported to bo 6eriously blighted by the cold. Municipal Appointments City appointments today Included John McCartney, 2502 North Mutter street, funrd, Bureau of Correction, salary 1200 : Iawrence Costello, 173B North I ,:v ' . i-.n.iimflM n.n.,.imant I if CltwTransU, $100. and MartlnKlre. was a canteen aboard and the bos those of them who woro lucky at rolling tho bones were patronizing It liberally. I noticed ono great big fellow giving the candy Rtand some very longing glances, but he wasn't doing any buying. "I went up lo him and said. 'What's tho Idea' Are 0U broke''' ' 'l?oss,' ho said, 'I alnt seen no pay In fivii months ' " Well,' I said 1m going to loan jou I BOY KILLED, 5 HURT IA1 lTm itiimmmn li AUIU ALLlUl!illiV Motortruck Collides With Car Four Pinned Be neath Vehicle Nir.e-j ear-old William Keefe, 14 ureenwav avenue, Darbv, was run over bv a motortruck driven bv John Lallan, of Wilmington After being taken to the University Hospital, the boy died from his injuries Justice of the Peace Baxter, of the borough, held Wallan In $1000 ball to avalt the coroner's action Harry W Mortimer was seriously In jured anil four other men slightly hurt when the motortuck of Casto Brothers, 4C40 Frankford avenue, collided vilth nn automobile driven by Iteee S'ebley, of Boothwyn, In Chester Tour men were In the truck, which turned over, pinning Mortimer heneath It. He was sent to the Chester Hospital suffering from broken ribs and possible lnternnl Injuries Crossing Spring Garden street neai Hleventh last night, Vladlcoaw Llwackl, forty -three years old, of 1024 Brandy -vvlna Mreet. was run down by an auto mobile and badly hurt The victim was tent to tho Hahnemann Hospital with a broken leg William Bauer, of Llck Inson street near Twenty-fourth, dtiver of the machine was arrested Two men were Injured when the wagon In which they were riding was struck by a trolley tar at Twelfth and Daly streets They were Luigi rtobba tlno, twenty -seven years old, of 1630 South Carlisle street, and A. D'Angelo, thirty-two years old, 909 South street. They were both taken to the Mehodlst Hospital, Itobbatlno suffering from In juries of the head nnd anklo and D'An gelo from minor cuts and bruises Pas sengers In the trolley car were unhurt, but several we.ro badly thaken up OVERHAUL ALL ARMORIES State Buildings to Be Made Fit for Returning Guurdsinen llarrlaburg, March 29. -Orders havo been Issued for the State Armorv Bonn to overhaul tho forty-eight armories owned by the commonwealth, so that they shall be in first-class condition for the returning units of the Keystone xjiviMon ii nceneu, anu lorm head quarters for the new Notional Uuard a. survey wan recently mane of each of tho buildings and at the meeting of tho board at which contracts wero let for three buildings nnd for repairs to two. It was ordered that all others be put Into good condition. Some of the armories havo been usoel by unit" of tho reserve militia und others have virtually been Idle stneo the guardsmen left for Camp Hancock In the summer of 1917. It in the Intention to take up organiza tion of the new National Guard along tho lines of tho old division as soon an tho Keystone men are mustered out GUARDSMAN PROMOTED Charles Quarlen, Grandson of Former Ma) or. Elevated to Captaincy Lieutenant Charles II Quarles, grend. ron of former Mayor William If. femlth, tins been promoted to a captaincy, ac cording to word which hus been received from France. Captain Quarles, aftor graduating from an officers' training school at Camp Hancock, sailed for l'ronce In May, 1918 Until the signing of the armistice ho had seen service In combatant unita ever since arriving nt the front, and has been gassed on two occasions. He entered the Pennsylvania National Guard In 191C, serving on the Mexican border for six months as a member of the First Ileglment. Body Found Floating in Itiver The body of a man believed to have been Dave Milter, of Brooklyn, was found floating In the Delaware Blver at the foot of Market streot last night by tho crew of the police boat Stoklev. (Vrda found In the Dockets nf thj, rfvap Curds found In the pockets of the river vlotlm lead the polloe to pellevu the i man was Aimer, aih woy u ,W jnortuo, t ( ; FOOD IN 5 YRS. UP 61T0U6PERCENT Bureau of Statistics Shows Average Prices Here Midway in Rise BASED ON JANUARY 1 Drop in February, hut Souring Again Highest in Provi dence Prices of foodstuffs In Philadelphia and other largo cities throughout tho country have Increased alnce 1913 from 61 to llfi per cent, according to statistics gathered by tho Bureau of Statistics, De partment of Labor, and made public to day. In the enso of soventccn of the prin cipal articles of food, tho advance In prico In tho last flvo, years was more than 100 per cent, and more than 60 per cent In tho case ot ten other staple articles These comparisons' wero made ot the beginning of the present year. During 1018, the general cost of living here Increased 19 por cent over tho gen r,ral coBt '", '"'if- In tho comparative Isis of fdod prices for several of tho arger cities, Philadelphia stands midway in tho rating For example, sirloin s eak. which is classed as the chief Mnple, sells for twenty-eight cents In Minneapolis, forty-nlno cents In Phila delphia, and slxty-fivo cents In Provl nnc?t. K" erythln considered, prices of all the food staples are lowest In Minneapolis, and highest In Philadelphia, What Table Hliown The tables compiled by tho Bureau of Statistics show that since 1913. the year beforo tho war, the prlco of a pound sirloin steak has Increased 61 per cent: pork chops, 104 per cent; a pound of bacon, 119 per cent; a pound of ham. 101 per cent; roast beef, 60 per rent: round steak, 70 per cont; a pound of t. , 11G .per cont: lamb' 86 Per nti chloken, 85 per cent; fresh eggs, 70 per cent per dozen; storage eggs, 83 per cent per dozen; milk, 73 per cent per quart; a pound loaf of bread, 7B per cent; flour, 100 percent per pound; meal, 106 per cent; potatoes, 68 per cent per pound, and sugar, 100 per rent The general average Increase of all articles combined Is 79 per cent. Bacon Is lowest at 54 cents In Buffalo and highest at 67 cents per pound in I.os Angeles Roast beef reaches Its lowest price level In San Francisco, where a pound Bells for 23 cents, and Is highest In Providence, where It brings 42 cents Trcsh eggs start at 69 cents per dozen In Minneapolis and are high est In Boston at 97 cents. Cheeso ranges from 37 cents In Providence to 4 6 cents In Birmingham, while coffee Is lowest In Minneapolis and New Orleans, where It Is listed at 29 cents, and is hlghett In Boston, where It Is 38 cents per pound Milk, per quart, varies from 13 rents In Denver, Milwaukee and Minneapolis to 20 cents in Atlanta and Birmingham, while butter rnnees from 67 cents In Providence to 77 cents In! Cleveland. Ham Is loweBt In New Or leans, where the prlco Is 51 cents, and highest In Los Angeles, whore the prlco Is 63 cents Tea varies from 54 cents In New York to 87 cents In Atlanta In tho price tables the pound Is the unit except In the cases of milk, where ui ll H the "uart- anrt of c8gs, where it Is It Is the quart, and of eggs, where II one dozen The tables are an follows r-HIIADEMMIIA Sirloin steak Itound ateak . K1 roust Chuck . Plate beef Pnrk chops .. Ilaron . .. Ham l.aret .... I eimb Hena . . Halmon . l.aas fresh UBt storage) llutter . 10 ChocHu . , 411 Milk . . 17 llrend 3j Plour . . S.J Meal .. 44 Klca "tft Potu toes . "7 Onions . .11 lleana . 10 Prunea . 4.! Ualslns 'Jli Huciir HI Cofleo . (1J Tea "0 ATLANTA. . . JO Milk . SO Cheese . .10 llread . . . IT Tlour .. . 11 Meal . . . 41 nice . . IU Potatoes . 1 Jnlnns . . . n lleana . . rts Prunes . . .11 llalalna . .11 Huaar . . 77 Coffee . (IS '1 ea. . . . 71 42 14 oo mi oil 1-, 04 ot .11 JO I in M 00 Sirloin stfak Hound steak. Itlli roast 1'hurk roaat Plate bcf Pork chops . Ilacon . Ham .. I.iinl . . . I.amb Hens Salmon Kri'Sh cskb Ntorag-o eicas Uutter . . BAI.TI.MOnE 41 Cheeae . . Al Milk 14 llread . ... JO Klour . . . . .. 23 Meal II) Itlre . 31 Potatois .. , . .',ft Onions .... . . It llcans .. 30 Prunes .... . a Italalns . . . n Huirnr .. .. Sirloin steak Round steak .. nib roast . . Chuck .. . Plate beef Tork chops Ilacon Ham . ... I.ard .... i I.amb Hens . Halmon . . . Kbbs (freah) r.BK (storage) Uutter . . 0 Tea 73 . 74 BOSTON r.H c heeae . .SO Milk ... 0 llrend tt Flour ... 4T Meal ... ,rr. nice . . .57 Potatoes IV Onions . . .37 Ileans .. Pi Prunes . 3'J Italalns H7 Huaar .. n Coffee . . 08 Tea , . v CHICAGO ,37 Cheese . Sirloin steak Itnunel ateak 1Mb roaat . . Chuck . . Porlc chopa . P,aem . Ham lyard I.amb HenB . . Salmon . EKKn (freah) .. Uses (storage) llutter . .. 17 in 00 07 07 .14 .04 01 .15 .lft in 11 .38 00 Sirloin ateak Round steak . JllllK 14 !lo nib roast 81 Bread J . E (tPVreLL 8f , CHESTNUT AND JUNIPEH STREETS JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS A GRATUITOUS SERVICE TELEPHONES: Walnut, 70 Roco, 4450 I . , ' ---.-" .. , Chuck tek .,., .27 Flour JJ ruto hrrt ., ... .-Jl M'nl 9? Tork chops 36 nice J4. Ilacon . .Bti I'oUtoits t -"r I Urn ., .... ,. ,G1 Onions 92 Lard . ...... ..12 ll.ann ! Umb 3 J'runea Iltna H.! lifllnlns J" salmon 32 Biir " E (fresh) .. .71 CotTeo 52 Ks tutorage),, ,1M Tea - nutter 7.1 riTTsnunait Blrloln steak 45 Cheese ? Hound ateak . . .42 Milk 'f' )t!b roaU 33 lirrad ! f'liuek 10 Flour Plata beer li Meal J7 Pork chops 4 litre .'J Ilacon 01 I'otntoes u? Ham r,H Onions . .... ... .04 Lard 34 T?ans " I.atnb If) Prune 2- Hena .41 nalalns ' Salmon .31 Hucnr ' rCcizB (freah) mi CotTeo , . . . , -. . . .SO I'sits (atoraue) nutter .. ill Tea ,, .70 ST. LOUB .37 Cheeae . 3-i Milk . . .80 Hrcacl . 23 Flour .. .21 .Meal . 40 Hi rr Potatoes . . 'i", Onlona . . .'It IteatiB . . Mrloln ateak Itound ateak . lllli roaat . Chuck Plate beef Pork chopa . nacon . . . . , Ham L,ard . ... 44 ... .11 .. I" .ml ftl t . oi 04 . 14 2n I.amb .32 Prunes . lima 31 Kalslns II Halmon 32 fJunar It as (fresh) . . .72 OoftaJ Hat (storage),,. ..Ml Tea - Uutter 75 SAN FRANCISCO Hlrloln ateak 32 Cheesa 40 nound ateak 31 Milk !' Rib rout 30 Itread 10 Chuck 23 Klour "J Plate beef 21 Meal ? Pork chops ... 44 Rica 14 Ilacon S3 Potatoes 01 Ham .Ml Onions 03 Lard 34 lleana 13 I.amb 15 Prunes 17 Kens 47 llalalna It Halmon 2X Huarar 10 Eairs (freah) .. .31 I'ofTeo 11 raas (atorase).,, .M Tea ') Uutter 70 WASHINGTON Sirloin steak ... .50 Cliese ... 44 llniiml b 4lt Mlllc 17 Rlli roaat . ...39 Bread , , . " , .. oil ... .01 . 11 .. Ot , . .1)1 . .. 1ft Chuck 14 Flour .. Plata beef 23 Meal .. Pork chops 4(1 like Ilacon ft" Potatoes Ham .18 Onions . Lard 31 Ileans . I.amb ,. 42 Prunes 11 Hena 4 1 Italalns Halmon 34 Sugar It' lggs (freah) . . . XI Corteo .'I llggs (storage) .. ,1 Tea 7- Butter 77 DETROIT Blrloln ateak 30 Cheese 41 .Ilound steak 33 Milk " mo roasi .i iiroio ",; Chuck .24 Flour JJg Plate beef IS Meal Pork chop 38 Rica, ... Ilacon 00 Potatoes OJ Ham SO "niona " Lard 14 )1ean J I,amb 32 Prune j Hena 33 Ralalns Salmon 32 Sugar 1J- Fggs (treah) .... .8i OolTea 31 Kgga (atorage)... .17 Tea 0 Mutter 73 NEW YORK Rlrloln ateak .. Round ateak ... Rib roaat ( buck Plate beef . . . Pork chops nacon Ham I.ard I.amb lions Hattnon , Ks (freah) .. Edna (storage). 43 ChKeae " A-i Mlll . 17 '.40 lircad 10 u Klour "i .27 Meal ? Rice 11 11 l'otatoes 0 -.-. n.Un. . 04 At llnuns I"! .20 Prunes r- ,4ft Raisins 5 31 suaar lp .III) Coffee SO no Tea 01 70 Karly In January rooastuir pricps slumped a llttlo from the wartime scale, but in February they began gradually to rise again and the tendency still Is upward at the presen time, the bureau finds WIFE DUE FOR SHOCK Alleged First Spouse of Reputed Embezzler Reaches Here Today Unaware of her husband's nlleg'd bigamous marriage, or of his arrest as nn embezzler, Mrs William M Stuart No 1, will arrive here this afternoon from Houston. Tex., and be confronted by Mrs Stuart No 2. The meeting has been arranged by Stunrt's employers and will take place In the oITlce of the Kmergency Fleet Corporation, where he was attached in the plant protection section The cor poration caused his arrest on a 170U embezzlement chnrge. The first wife Is being brought to this city from Houston. Tex , by an employe df the corporation, thinking that her husband Is 111 and that he has asked for her to come and nurse him. Just be fore he went to Texas on me last trip, 4 I .. Lnv, n .. banuloll,, frarYiari hv fVlA Milieu ,. ,. .;j,,n,.j ........... ..,, ... neet corporation that. It might go over his books, Stuart talked of bringing his ' little girl" and son down from Montreal to make tne journey witn mm FRIENDS' YEARLY MEETING Annual Program Is Planned at Session Today Ministers and elders of the Orthodox Vrlendw- Yearly Meeting met this morn-Inn- at the Arch Street Meeting House and discussed plans for the yearly meeting, which opens Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Business sessions will bo held at the meeting house. Fourth and Arch streets, and all other sessions at the Twelfth fatreet Meeting House. A report of the American .Friends Reconstruction Unit will be submitted at the opening session Monday This unit, In conjunction with tho English Friends' war victims relief committee, has carried on reconstruction work In the war-ridden countries since 1914. Doctor Hdward, president of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind , will address the fifty-eighth annual meeting of the Friends' First-day School Association Monday afternoon Wayne B Wheeler, general counsel of the AntlSoloon League of America, will speak also. Germantown Opens Victory Drive elermantown's campaign for th Vln. tory Liberty Loan was started last night at a pudiiu iiicciiiih in me ouuuing o the Oermantown l. w. u. A. Features of the meeting were talks by Major Itob rt I. Denis- and Major Pere Wnm.r. nr I.I - . .. ., -. c ., . - - - tne aixin marines, wnu loin or American flights In Belgium and Trance. Those Desiring Assist, ance In Setting Time, pieces In Conformance With The Official Time Fixed By The Daylight-saving law Are invited To call At The Store until 5 p. M., Or To Tele. phoneTonight.March The Twenty.Ninth, Until u o'clock- , ,1 ' 'm ', ' ' ' Ai J, ' WOMEN TO STAY r IN ALL INDUSTRIES U. S. Employment Experts Say They Are Displac ing Men RECORDS SATISFACTORY In Many Cases Employers Dis placed Old Machinery for War-Time "Workers Women In Industry have come to slay. Big employers of labor, who turned to women workers during tho war ln duslry, now refuse to replace them with the men released from tho army and war Industries The demand for womfcn with soaie degree of training Is greater than the supply In many lines Although war bonuses nnd overtlmo nave been discontinued, women's wagea remain high on about the same general level as during tho war. Theie statements are based on the. records and everyday experiences of tho experts In charge of the women's di vision of tho ITnlttd Slates Employment Service in this city, at 258-60 South Twelfth street. Few Women are Displaced Miss Juliet It. Slackhousc, assistant to the federal director for women's work: In Pennsylvania, and local chief of the service, said In an Interview that tho release ot men from the army und from essential war work has had llttlo effect on tho employment of women. "I Uno of only two large employers of labor in this city," said Miss Stack houso, "who aro dropping their women help In favor of tho men who aro re turning. "In many cases the factory manage ments explain that they went to great expense during tho war to Install lighter machinery that could bo operated by women. As an Instance, women havo largely replaced men In dyehouses. Women are not strong enough to handle tho cylinders on which pleco goods are nound. So the dychouse owners havo Installed light cranes to lift these cylinders " Mrs Hthel Spalding Slater, examiner In charge of the service hero, kuowns of many Instances where manufacturers have expreased a preference for women, and for various reasons Applicants Helled Low Wages Low wages paid men returning from army service have been reflected In ap plications received at tho women's divi sion from wives of these men who' lost their Jobs in tho service of their rountry, for part-time employment to help Iho meagre family Income. The women's division between August 1 nnd Dco.'mber 31 of 1D18, put 260,000 women in Jobs In Pennsylvania. failure of Congress to appropriate funds for tho continuance of the work of the women's division throughout tho United States left that organization so badly off that It had to bo cut to a skel eton. The organization was saved dismemberment In Philadelphia by the generosity of the war work council of the Young Women's Christian Associa tion. Tho Y. W. C. A. will support the work in this city until June. By then It In hoped that Congress may have convened again and have rem edied Iti failure to provide for the work at the last session, Between January 1 and March 1 ot this year B800 women have ben placed In positions by the offices In this city. The staff has been reduced to twenty workers, less than half as many as were employed during the war. Contrary to what seems to be a wide spread Impression, there Is no lack of employment for women. Tho women's dlvlBlon here has been highly successful In placing ita women. The labor statistics kept at the local oflke show that about seventy per cont of the women directed to Joba obtained them This Ib considered a very high rate. Jewish Board to Aid Soldiers An employment department to help discharged service men flnel Joba has been Instituted by the Jewish wel fare board, 1616 Master street. A. P. Goldberg, Its director. Is In touch with 2000 omployero of labor In this city and Ub vicinity and dally requests for men are being received. The upholstery of the Kissel Custom Built car retains its appearance because its genuine hand-buffed leather is fitted from white curled hair. Bee Piotooraph In Sunday's Ltdacr Pictorial Section: VT. CT.AKKK (JtinSH 80fl NOKTII HH()AIJ ST. DEATHS HAYEK March 1'B. JULIUS H . need S3 Ron of Christian J. and Louisa R. Mayer, formerly of Philadelphia. Kuneral services at the rmldence of his (later. Mrs J, I.auxlotz. 3024 Barclay et , Baltimore, M . Mon . 2 P m AOKNT8 AOENTS Sell reversible guaranteed "2.n-l" raincoats: first aeaaont elabomtA nulflt free auto to hustlers: credit. Write Parker Mfir C . 2(120 Bey st . Dayton. Ohio HKI.P WANTED M AT.E CHAUFITEUH Young man an 2d ch&ufntur to live on premises at Chestnut Hill, Aprlv by letter giving rsfa , to A 301 Ledger Off, BPWNO HKSORTH VVtldvtooil. N. J. 13KST small hotel proposition In Wildwood. fine locution: 18 bedrooms: excellent money maker, fully turn Sherwood, 225 H. Broad MEAT. K3TATH FOB SALE 1'ennsrlTanla. Suburban COLONIAL brick, substantially constructed, best material and workmanship; Inclosad porches; beautiful lawn. Owner. 11 Lynn Boulevard Highland Park West I'hllaUelphla, A VACANT BOUBEi move right In; 6356 Addlsom 2-story porch-front, seven rooms, first class condition Call 01S N 7th St. OERMANTOWN inu uiuni.ii iiAiift e-iwry, a Dearooms, basement laundry) 2 squares from trolley; posmslon 30 days, price 13000 Thomas H. Evoy m ZttF'gr.?"3- BUNOALOVV. aturco and brlrk rooms and bath. 'location unexcelled, tOOOOt excellent heating system Phone Oermantown 2oll J. I-OOAN O006-08 K. ltiTH 2 story. 8 bedrooms; all modern convs, near Logan Station; pos aesslon 80 days Thomas H. Evoy im JBAVB- j TIOOA t.'OOU Bit rooms and bath, Dorcb houss, near train and trolley, llelxner, 22d aad CIsarfleldsts ntlOMS FOB BENT l&TH. N. private 1HH .1 11500 1 . rtru ttfri-iA. fajta. iath will turn. Phone Poplar UllUAD. N.. 1805 single room, suitable for married couple or gentleman; running water Ownsr Went Philadelphia 46TIJ ST., 8 Bscond story front room, semi- private vain, sicairio llffni. WqoalglM la J roit BALK RiRSALlD EVERETT PIANO IN 1 CONDITION, 0. PHONK Mim a1 uvv: " vnit iaum -sn . jkmu, . '- . . ... 1 M .l At ti r ' fc a ?.' i i r -".
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