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erato as Transports Are
Sent Here
SHIPS TO ARRIVE IN MAY
Two Great Welcomes May Bo
Given if Units Come Too
Far Apart
,' Follow ins announcement that tvvo
transports beariw: units of the Twen
ty-eighth (Intn) Division, now on their
ray to this rountry, will dock nt Phil
adelphia, plans for the big reception
and parade of the men of the famous
Ppnnsylvania converted IS'ntionnl Guard
received added impetus.
Xo distinctly Philadelphia units of
the division are now nt sea, but many
Philadelphia men nre among thoe
scheduled to land here and among those
aboard three other troopships bringing
men of the Iron Division to New York.
The 108th Field Artillery and (he
300th and 110th Infantry Regiments
all three made up almost entireir of
Fhllndclphians have; not jet sailed
from France, officials at Washington
say, and probably will nut be included
in the first reception and parade
Scott Told to Co-operate
Word lias been received from Camp
JDix that Major General Hugh L. Scott,
commander of the cantonuient, has re
ceived orders to co-operate in every
way with the Philadelphia welcome home
committee and with Frank D. Iteary,
adjutant general of Pennsylvania, in
making the welcome home a success, lie
has been directed to help arrange two
Or THO!P Till l-.T.ttQ if ,innuoi- tmnm.cn
of thedischarge of some units before
the arrival of others of the division
The troopships coming to this port
with Twenty eighth Division men nre
the Mercury and the Pocahontas, both
of which were scheduled to land at
Newport News but were diverted to this
port after a conference at Washington
yesterday between General Beary and
debarkation officials.
The Pocahontas has aboard the Sec
ond and Third Battalions of the 112th
Infantry, a detachment of the 100th Mn -chine
Gun Battalion, part of the head
quarters staff, including Major Gen
eral Charles II. Muir. commander of
the division, nnd scattered units.
, The Mercury is bringing part of the
headquarters detachment of the divi
sion, the first battalion of the 112th In-
' fautry and parts of other units of the
Keystone organization. The Pocahontas
is scheduled to arrive nt Philadelphia
May 1 and the Mercury May -1.
Despite the fact that the dates of
arrival of the five transports with men
01 the unit now at sea probably mean
that these units may be demobilised
and the meu sent to their homes be
fore the remaining units, including the
distinctly Philadelphia organizations,
the local committee K continuing its
efforts to have a parade of the entire
division officially sanctioned in case the
division is available as a unit.
Women Cable President
Mrs. Eugene S. Newbold has for
warded a cablegram to President Wil
son in the name of mothers, sisters
and wives of men of the division ask
ing.hlm to direct that a parade of the
organization be authorized for this city.
Praised as Shock Troops
The entire Twenty-eighth Division
was classed as an "Al Shock Division"
by Lieutenant General It. L. Bullard,
tommandor of the Third Army Corps,
of which that division was a part, on
the occasion of the departure of the
division from his command preparatory
Jo sailing for home. The order bearing
the commendation of the division fol
lows: "Upon the departure of the Twrnty
eighth Division from the Second Army
for return to the United States I desire
to express my sincere appreciation of
the work of this division while under
jny command. This division has served
In all of the larger mujor operations of
the final year of this war, such as;
. "Champagne-Marne defensive (Julv
15-July IS).
"Alsne-Mame offensive (July 23
July.'U). "Flsmes sector (August T-Angust
17).
"Oisc-Aisne (August lS-Septembcr
8).
"Meuso Argonnc (September 20-Oc-tober
0).
"Thiacourt sector (October 10-No-vember
11).
"On July lti this division assisted in
stopping the great German drive south
of the Marne and in the Aisne-Murne
offensive, operating uuder French and
American corps, pushed forward to the
Vesle Itlver, where nt Fismes it held n
sector for more than a month of con
tinuous fighting. During this time the
Twenty-eighth Division was operating
Under my command in the Third Corps,
nnd under mv direction thin division o.
5",' tablished and held two bridgeheads
't across the Vesle Biver. During this
continuous fighting at the Vesle and
,the subsequent advance toward the
t Aisne this division bore the brunt of
1 ihe fighting, for it was in front of this
division that the enemy was making his
strongest resistance. After being re
lieved from the Vesle on September 8
tills division moved into the Argonne
Torrst and with only a few days' rest
went into the great Mciise-Argonne
battle, which resulted in the signing of
the armistice. The work of this divi -
Xslon in this offensive is too well known
f rr mo to recount ut length, but such
ivjjameB as Vnrennes, Argonne Finest,
iApremont, Chatel Chehery and Mont-
Jltalnvllle are written in history after
'-th, name of the Twenty-eighth Divi-
'-, r f . I 1.. ,L, .. .
C men. nuer nervinR in mis great or
j&fenslvo for thirteen days this division
was relieved auu icrm ui wic men quiet
Ki rk division was tired and viorn out. Its
m &BcWuiltablo spirit arose and the Thia
E isiurt sector was changed from a quiet
abator into an active one.
C S r During the many operations in
, irtttft tins division was engaged inany
vjwliwEfrs, both officers and men, arid
. fMtfi njaterial were captured. From
tW signing of the armistice, during a
f jwcM.of trying waltiug, the Twenty
f .1 "J nltfUlAna Inturnat linn tinf
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its appearance, condition ami
iv t , jnllltary preparedness have
improved and upon them the
Mnchei has congratulated
FACTORY TO CHESTER
Maker of Cream Separator
Seeks "More Congenial"
Locality
WRITES BOARD OF TRADE
P. M. Sharpies, millionaire manu
facturer of cream separators, today an
nounced definitely lie would rcmovo his
big plant from W est Chester, Pa , to a
more congenial locality at an early date I
The announcement was formally
made in a lengthy letter addressed to j
the Board of Trade.
The weekly payroll of She plant puts,
SI. ",000 in circulation in Wet Chester
every week.
Just where the plant is to be re- .
located was not made known by Mr I
Sharpies, but it is assumed that
Chester will he the place, the iniinu
facturer having recent Iv acquired a I
considerable mill site in that city. I
Mr. Sharpies denied that the pep-on
al equation was involved in his resolli
tion to remove the plant
"The wannest friends and the most
friends we have in the world are in this
community," continued his letter, "and
if the mosquitoes, such as nre present in
every town 'knockers,' whose natures
nre envious almost to the point of
malice wcic to enter into the con
siderution in nnv waj, nmiiv years ago
we would have established ourselves
elsewhere, for these we hiivc always had
with us n positive detriment to the
town, but an unavoidable evil, reaclv at
any moment to get in their insidious
work against the men who do things
Their own failure is usunllv at the foun
dation of their envy and they ure to be
pitied us well ns condemned.
"Durincr something over thirty years
of business life, with its manifold in
terests covering many ciuiereut com
munities, I am able to remember only
twenty-three principal cases where it
has been necessary for us to ask for
judicial decision; in oilier words, twenty-three
suits nt law. This is not many
considering the scope of the interests at
stake and the length of time covered.
"Seven of these cases have been heard
in Chester county courts right hero in
West Chester. The balance have lieeu
spread over Vermont, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Illinois, Arizona, Cnnndn.
"Of the seven cas.es determined here
!n West Chester, every one of them was
ost."
All of the cases lost were stated in
minute detail, Mr. Sharpies adding the
comment that a community which
punishes its manufacturers in that way
is not a community of or for manu
facturers. ACCOUNTANTS DINE CHIEF
Banquet Tonight for John J. A.
O'Neill, Quitting U. S. Service
Men who helped calculate the cost of
killing the boche will be hosts tonight
ut a banquet at the New Iiinghnm Hotel
to John J. A. O'Neill, retiring account
ant in charge of the I'nitecl Statu ord
nance department at the Kddv.stouo liftc
plant.
Mr. O'Neill, according to the ac
count Jilts, und'-r him, worked clay and
night during the war, and by his effi
ciency saved the government consider
able money. He has retired to become
secretary-treasurer of the J. H. McCoy
Flectric Company, of New York. .Tunics
P. Miller, succeeding accountant in
charge, will be toastmaster. The fol
lowing Lnited States acconntauts will
be the hosts at the b.iuquet: James P.
Miller, Jr., Howard F. Gunther, Fd
vvurd Y. Smith, David Wabcr, II. W.
Drake, Verl 1j. Elliott, Grunt Shields,
Norton I. Ievy, J. It. McKvoy, George
T. Charnock, I'. W. Austiu, Arthur M
Teitilman, II. H. Ohrcu-tcin, W. B.
Scott, Irvin Winegrad, Bethel Ware,
S. J. Shields, A. J Blumenstock, Rob
ert V. Nevins, J. M. Woodside, T. J.
Heardon, Boy M, Stockman, John D.
Lucey, AV. A. Huston, F. H. Pierce.
COLONEL BARBER HONORED
Former Jersey Adjutant General
Gets French Legion of Honor
Trenton, N. .!., April 1A. (By A.
P.) Governor Fdge announces that lie
has received information to the effect
ihat Colonel Charles W. Barber, of
Woodbury, N. J., formerly adjutant
general of New Jersey, recentlv received
the decoration of the French Legion of
Honor, which was personally couferred
by Marshal Pclain. The information
came in the form of a cable to Mrs.
Katherine Barber, wife of the colonel.
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COLONKL CHAKMta W. IIARUKK
Of Woodbury, N. J former adju
tant general of the New Jersey Na
tional Guard, has been decorated In
France with (he Lrslon of Honor,
personally cpnferretl by Mrfctl
nLwyfaatteB
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EVENING PUBLIC
FIUME AS IT APPEARED WHEN U. S.
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ftcr ttm armistice Hie first American troops to enter
crisis at the Peace ( oiifereiue, being claimed by bcitli
Second Battalion, of the
JOHNSON APPROVES
PRESIDENT'S STAND
Republican Senator Says Su
preme Test of U. S. Has
Arrived
Waliiiigtoii, April -1. Warm ap
proval of President Wilson's stand on
the Adriatic question was voiced today
by Senator Iliram Johnson, republican.
Johnson expressed the hope that the
President will stand firm "for the pres
ent situation, in my opinion is the
supreme test of the professions of our
purposes which the Presidcut bus so
often voiced.
"The President's decision, ns I
understand it, is that he, as the repre
sentative of America, ivill not recognie
secret treaties by which territories unci
peoples were bartered away during war.
"I am in hearty accord with his at
titude. If the President stands firm,
if he maintains what we assume to be
his present attitude and declines to carrj
into execution the secret bargains by
which peoples were disposed of without
their knowledge or consent and without
ours, if he refuses to compromise, the
verj humble support I cuu give him
will be most cheerfully accorded.
"To m.v mind nothing more de
pressing or humiliating to us could
occur than to transmute our much
vuuntecl idealism into territorial ac
quisition and dispositions of unwill
ing peoples, secretlv agreed upon dur
ing the war. It is m.v hope that he
will persist in his refusal to recognise
Japan's secret bargains or Italy's secret
bargains."
POLICE BEFRIEND WOMAN
Say Prisoner In Theft Case Was Vic
tim of Designing Relatives
Mrs. Itosie Benjiuo, fil-l Federal
street, who was held by Magistrate Me
elenry several chijs ago in connection
with the theft of S-illOO worth of cloth
from a tirni in Cleveland, O., was re
leased today uuder ?300 bail. The pu
lice -believe the woman is an innocent
victim of designing relatives and asked
she be allowed to return home to care
for her four children.
According to Detective Brooks, Mis.
Ileiijino icceived, signed n receipt and
paid !?H for tho package stolen from a
warehouse in Cleveland and (shipped
here. One of three men arrested in
Cleveland is a lelative of the woniaus'
and had forwarded money to her and
requested her to pay for the goods and
to hold them for him.
Penn Charter uiass ot iio Banquets
. . ..jr-n .
The reunion banquet of the class of
1015 of Penn Charter School was held
at Kuglcr's last night. The guests of
honor were Dr. . A. Mrong, master
i of Fnglish in the school; Henry P
VannDusen, former president ot the pointinent will be announced soon,
class; Alexander M. Greene, who was s. M. F.vnns, of Orange, N. J., for
decor.ited bv the Fieucli, nnd Fnsign n.r ri,f (1f t10 statistical department
W. Roy Bell FIhe banquet committee llmj al(,r 0 ,ilt, cancelation brunch of
was composed of Lloyd Leaver and the Fmergeney Fleet Corporation, has
Frank II. Led.vard. been picked to succeed Howard Coouley
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Mythical "Brother" His Defense i
"It was my brother who looks jtisti
like me" was the defense offered bj I
'.Tames Bensel, ot Wayne avenue, when
! he faced Magistiatc Wriglev toduv at
I the Germantovvn avenue nnd Lycoming.
1 street police station on a charge of dis ,
ordcrlv conduct. The magistrate v as
net convinced of the existence of the
relative and sentenced Bensel to ten days
. In the county prison.
Troops Back From War
and Homeward Bound
ARRIVED
i AnuiUnla. t TvXv York from nrml with
r,G5cJ troop". Including vnncunrd of boventy.
eleventh blvlnlon. While New York city
ilaims the 8eventy-evmth an Ita on, ao
per cnt of Us personnel comprises drafted
I men from other New York communities and
i there ara some from New Una-land, Penu
i svlvanla and other sections. Units Include
305th Infantry complete, elrhty-two officers
and 374U men. SOflih Machine Oun llatutlon
complete, twtnty officers and 764 men,
303th Machine Oun llatlallon complete, twen.
Ity officers and 774 men. The Aquttanla
brought also the fluty-fourth Evacuatlo.v
, Ambulanco Company, one officer and twenty
men and about 250 scattered casuals. In
( cludlnir twentv-two from Connecticut and
i fifteen from New Jersey.
I Matsonla, at Newport News, from St
Nc Zaire, with 3311 officers and men, many
I of them members of the Thirty-fifth Di
vision (Missouri and Kansas troops) abroad,
DUE TODAY
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west umfi-t . - .... ...... . ..-,,
April 0. with twenty-seven men of Casual
Company No. 628. Illinois.
Santa Clara, at New York, from Bor
deaux. April 18. with 1820 men-
I'rlni Frledrlch Wllhelm, at New York,
from Urest. April 10. with 1680 army per
sonnet, Including- a Pennsylvania casualty
CSuriname. at New York, from fit. Ntralre,
April 10, with forty-seven men.
DUE TOMORROW
VountL Vernon, al, New ,Tork, with Ma
jor ae-r. operi A
rjeBersI Kobsrt Aluandcr on board, and
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,
'iiinie, the Adriatic
tlalj unci Jugo-Slavla, was ;t platoon of Company (i,
KtSil Infantry. Tlio IW-cl Infantry recently arrived In New York
1000 IN BED ROUSED '
AND ARE VACCINATED
IN SMALLPOX SCARE;
110 Patrolmen Make Quaran
tine Effective When Negro
Victim Is Found
Approximately 1000 persons were
vaccinated during a quarantine against
smallpox placed on the block bounded
by the west side of Sixth sticet, the
east side of Seventh, the north side of
Pine and tho south side of Spruce btreet
early this morning. Three streets, Cy
press, De Lancey nnd Pauninn, run east
and west between Spruce and Pine.
A negrd suffering from "smallpox was
removed from a house on De Lancey
street west of Sixth yesterday. About
1 o'clock this morning 110 patrolmen,
under Lieutenant Duffy, of the Twelfth
and Pine streets station, and Lieuten
ant Lemaitrc, of the Third and De
Lancey streets station, loped off the
block and established a strict quaran
tine.
Foity-fivp buieau of health doctors
then began the door-to-door round, rous
ing the inmates of the houses from
their sleep and compelling them to sub
mit to inoculation against the diseusc
No opposition was made by tho resi
dents nnd the work wus done and the
quarantine lifted by 0 o'clock .
The three small streets ure occupied
largely by negroes. Sixth, Seventh,
Pine and Spruce streets arc occupied
by white residents.
TWO MEN TO HANDLE
PIEZ'S FLEET WORK
Dnn:,inn a ..i- rt i
Besides Ackerson, in Charge of
Construction, There Will Bo
Business Manager
Two men will handle the work which
was performed by Chnrles Piez, who re
tired as director general of the Emer
gency FleeB Corporation. This was
learned today ut the corporation's head
quarters. Fdwurd N. Hurley, chairman of the
United States shipping board, who de
parted for Chicago this afternoon, said
before going that in addition to LieuJ
.
tenant Commander J. L. Ackerson, who
will handle ship construction work, nii-
other man will be appointed to handle
the business uffairs of the corporation..
Mr. Hurley ndded that several men
.were under consideration and the np-
as vice president in charge of udmiuis-
trntion of the corporation.' Mr. Coon
lev's resignation takes effect May 1.
Mr. Evans has been naked by Mr.
Hurley to take the place. lie resigned
from hispost in tho emergency Fleet
Corporation some months ugo when his
brother died of inllueuzn, leaving con-
trol over copper mining properties w lin
out an executive head.
Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mrs. Sarah O. Yarnall is today cele
brating licr 100th birthday at the home
of her son, Howard K. Yarnall, 4727
Springfield nvenue. Mrs. larnall was
born in Mnrsutlelcl, Mass., and moved
to this city early in life. She is an
Orthodox Friend and a member of the
Friends' Meeting at Fourth and Itnce
streets. Two sons, six grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren of Mrs.
Ynrnall's uro living.
Lansdale Train Delayed
Train 7104, the Lausdule local, was
held up forty minutes at Elkins Park
this morning by a local freight train
stalled ahead with engine trouble. The
Lansdale train was duo in .Tenklntown
ut 8:13 o'clock, it arrived at 8:5:1. The
track was cleared and traffic on the
line resumed shortly after 0 o'clock.
Orchestra Committee Luncheon
The fifteenth annlvSrsury luncheon of
the women's committee for the Phila
delphia Orchestra will bo held in the
Bellevtte-Ktrntford Hotel today. Leo
pold Stokowskl, Alexander Van Bens
svieler nnd Arthur Judson will discuss
the work of the orchestra. Mrs. Charles
W. penrjr is cbairtoan. of the luncheon
committee. if
TROOPS E NTERED
(' ) c'ommlttco on Public Information.
port which lias brought about a
LEGISLATORS VISIT
INSTITUTIONS HERE
House Committee Inspects
Those Receiving Financial
Aid From the State
Institutions in and about Philadel
phia which receive state aid arc bciug
visited today by the House committee
on appropriations of the Legislature.
The corresponding committee of the
Senate will come bote on an inspec
tion trip May G. Lust year institu
tions received, on the recommendation
of these committees, between six and
seven millions of dollars.
liepreseutative William J. McCaig,
of Pittsburgh, chairman of tho House
conimittee, heads the committee now in
Philadelphia. The general committee is
split into six subcommittees, to facili
tate the inspection. Today they
planned to visit forty-three institu
tions. As many will lie inspected to
morrow, and tlie remainder Saturday
morning.
There nie nine Philndclphinns on the
House committee. They uie: Represen
tative Laffertv, of the Fourth district:
Cox, of the Fifth ; Ncary, of the Sixth ;
(lurry, of the Flcvonth ; Patterson, of
the Twelfth; Campbell, of the Seven-
tecnth, nml Diinkhousc and Conuer, of
the Twentieth.
No Compromise,
Declares Penrose
Continued from Vate One m
rected particularly at persistent ru
mors whielt are spreading about the
rapitol to the effect that before the
Woodward bills pass the House a coin
promise will be effected upoil that clause
in the charter bill which provides that
the city of Philadelphia may tend con
tractor rule by taking over tho business
ot cleaning its streets and performing
other municipal work if it so elects.
The bill provides that the city may stop
tho letting of high-price contiaets to
the Vnres and other contractors if the
small Council so decides by a two-thirds
vote.
.Statement by Penrose
Senator Pentose was asked if there
was any truth in the compromise iu
mors. lie also was usked if lie con-t-idered
the contract clauses of the
charter bill one of the vital features
of the measure. In reply he dictated
the following statement:
"I consider the clause in the so-called
charter-revision bill introduced by Sen
ator Woodward permitting the city of
Philadelphia to exercise the option of
either doing itself some of the municipal
work or letting it by contract as one of
the important features of the bill.
"It is hardly, in my opinion, vvortli
while to nrgue about the propriety of
this provision, because it must be ob
vious to any one of common sense. No
ouo could have the effrontery to go
before the people of Philadelphia unci
argue against a provision which permits
thocity authorities to have certain mu
nicipal work done in the wnv which mnv
be most advantageous nnd cheapest for
tne taxpayers, already ueavlly overbur
dened by ever-increasing municinal
taxes due to waste, extravagance and
malfeasance.
"It is absurd to talk about compro
mising with garbage collectors and
scavengers, who naturally prefer the
contract system, particularly when a
large element of tho overhead expanse
of contracts consists of the amount paid
as subsidies to city inspectors and su
pervisors. "If tho interested motives of such
contractors constitute the basic ele
ment in tho opposition to these bills, ns
some suspect, the booner the Legisla
ture nnd the people of the State know
it the better." m
WAR HERO SAVES CHILDREN
Shenandoah Doughboy Who Lost
Arm In War Again Risks Life
Shenandoah, Pa., April 21. Fire of
undeterniiueil origin curly today de
stroyed five dwelling houses near tho
heart of the city. Several families had
narrow escapes.
Private Stephen Stabings, who just
returned from France, where he lost his
right arm while in action, ran through
the blinding smoke to thu third floor of
ono of the houses, picked up two chil
dren overcome by smoko uud carried
them to the street, A horbe was burned
to death In a stable in which the firo
originated. The 'loss is estimated nt
$00,000.
Sealskin Crop 8canty(
St.. Johns, N. V., April 21. (By A
j-.j j no seui nsning season ended to
day with the poorest record catch in
the
ships
century, The total for the ten "...VSr.'AZnVS i' S'oV.T.'WJT'JK: I
enraged was 1202 pelts, In 1015 so ?l",'"rtr. . w tprBiib. w,UaJ?. I
the catch
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APRIL 24, 1919
'CORRECT ARMY COURT
FROM BOTTOM UP'
Judge Gregory, of Bar Associa
tion, Suggests Remedy for
Injustice in System
Washington, April 24. (By A. ll)
Judge S. H. Gregory, chairman of the
committee of the American Bar Asso
ciation, investigating the nriny court
martial system,' said today in a state
ment of the tentative conclusions Based
upon disclosures in tho inquiry, nnd
correction should proceed from tho bot
tom tipwnrd. '
Judge Gregory interjected tho state
ment of his own vlcvvs with the expla
nation Unit he did so for the informa
tion of Colonel Anscll who might wish
to discuss some of the points presented.
Correction should begin in the prnc
tiro of the courts, Judge Gregory
thought, which largely would obviate
necessity for exensivo revision of cases.
He specifically enumerated, among' the
changes he now beliovcs desirable, the
appointment of a qualified legal olficcr
as presiding judge of courts martial to"
rule upon all law questions; require
ments of n unanimous verdict by the
court in nil death sentences or those
involving dishonorable discharge or
more than two years imprisonment J
creation of a system of trial by command
officers before courts composed of com
missioned officers and enlisted men be
fore what in practice would be juries
of enlisted men with n qualified officer
presiding us judge and creation of n
power for revision of findings nnd sen
tences for legal error, to be lodged in
the War Department.
Lieutenant Colonel Ansell was before
the committee again completing his
argument on which ho dealt with remed
ial legislation he regarded nnd again in
dicated his feeling that radical revision
of the entire system was nil that can
effectually safeguard army enlisted men
in the constitutional rights to fair and
impartial trial
BREWING OF BEER
TO CEASE MAY 1
Conservation Act of Noveinber,
1918, Affects 23 Per Cent,
Product, Roper Rules
Washington, April 24. (By A. P.)
Brewing of beer will btop next Thurs
day, May 1, under the food conserva
tion act of November 21, 1018, it was
said today at the Intcrnnl Revenue
Bureau. This prohibition will neffet all
beer, iucludiug that now being pro
duced by many manufacturers contain
ing 2-7j per cent alcohol, for which the
internal revenue authorities now issue
stamps without having decided specifi
cally whether this production violates
existing lawp nnd regulations.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper
tocluy would not discuss the tangled
stntus of beer production and conse
quently the statement that production
of all malt liquors would stop on May
1 was not regarded as final. Regula
tions heretofore issued by Commissioner
Roper provide:
"The act of November 21, 1018, pro
vides thut no graius, cereals, fruit or
other food products may be used in the
production of fermented mnlt liquors
after May 1, 1010."
Officials stated that the 2-74 per cent
beer could hardly be construed as any
thing other than "fermented malt
liquors."
Reports today indicated that muny
brewers were rushing their output of
beer bo ns to acquire before' next Thurs
day stocks to fill demands between then
and June 30, when prohibition becomes
eeffctivc.
READY FJW WIRE STRIKE
Telegraph and Telephone Workers
Here Complete Vote
Announcement was mado last night
following an executive session of Dis
trict Council Xo. 22, Commercial Tele
graphers' Union of America, that a
canvass of the strike otc of tele
graphers' and telephone workers had
been -completed, and that all plads have
been laid for currying out any strike
order that might be. made.
The meeting which was held nt 248
South Eighth street, further made plans
for u gcueral mass-meeting to be held
on Sunday nftcrnoon in Grand Frater
nity Hall, 1020 Arch btreet, nt which
timo wire employes will take a strike
vote.
Arrested as Strike Agitator
John Ijaterza, thirty-three years old,
who gave his address as Washington
avenue near Fifth street, was arrested
by Patrolman Orsino nftor Laterra had
handed the patrolman it circular calling
upon workers for a general strike nnd
a mass-meeting in Independence Square
on May 1. Ho was held in $000 bail
by Magistrate Coward today on a charge
of disorderly conduct.
Belgian Commission to Quit
New York, April 24. After feeding
the populations of Belgium and occu
pied France for Jmir and a half years,
the commission for relief in Belgium
will close its operations on May, 1, it
was annouueed by Prentiss N. Gray,
upon his return from n hvc week' tour.
KlSSELH
Women who delight In drlvlns
find particular pleasure and ease
f niinrt '" hardllnir any of the
new Klcsel custom-built cars.
They aro 'amply powered but
always easily controlled.
Are Photograph in Sunday's Ledger
Pictorial Section,
W. CLARKE; GBlEn, 304 N. tlroid
DEATHS
UOTHMAN "-April 23. KL1ZABETH A.,
daughter o I he lata Theodore, A. and Bllz
ubeth A. uothman (nee arseber ) Relatives
anil friends Invited to funeral Hat. afternoon,
nt tnu residence of her h;other-!n-law, Mr.
Michael Shoemaker, 1IH31 B.- Venanno at.
Hervlce S p m . Bethesda M, K Church,
Venanco and Klchmond sts. Friends may
call Frl evening. Int private, North Cedar
Hill '"em
SIMMON'S. April 2a, AI.VE11TA STAN
C.i;n. wlfu of Flthlan H. Hlmmons. Funeral
services Mon , 2 p. m.. at 810 Cooper at..
Camden, N. J. Inf. private at Karlelgh Cem.
IIAKUIl At New York city. April BS,
ANNA LOUISA, widow of Zachary T. Baker.
agd 72. Int, at Monument Cem., Phlla.,
Hat 12:15 p. m .
UKt.V WATIO MAT.B
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HIWINGTON
Mills and Homes Flooded as
Main Is Severed on Somerset
Street Below Amber
NORTHEAST SUPPLY IS CUT
Many mills nnd manufacturing es
tablishments in tho Kensington district
arc closed today as the result of a
break in a water main on Somerset
street below Amber.
Tho main is one of the most im
portant in the northeastern section of
the city, supplying many big industrial
plants as well as hundreds of homes.
The break occurred about 1 o'clock
this morning. - Fire engine companies
and the patrol wagon from tho Bel
grade and Clearfield streets police sta
tion were returning from n tire at the
establishment of Edward Dawson, dye
works, Amber nnd Somerset streets,
when the water main burst.
There was n rumble and a roar nnd
tho streets were filled with water. Law
rence Harper, patrol driver, of the Bel
grade and Clearfield streets police sta
tion, had difficulty.in getting tne norscs
from the rushing water.
The noise awakened the neighborhood,
nnd all rushed downstairs to find their
homes flooded. Police from the Bel
grade and Clearfield streefti station
guarded the streets and aided the fam
ilies. Men from the Wntcr Bureau
shut oft the water.
Among the mills closed arc those of
.Tosep Gubbins, waist manufacturer,
2121 East Somerset street.
The fire at the dye works of Edward
Dawson started in the bleachery. The
flames were discovered by n watchman.
Tho damage was slight.
ADMIRAL ROUSES TEACHERS
Says No Boy Over Ten Should Learn
From Woman
Trenton, April 21. Bear Admiral
Casper F. Goodrich caused a sensation
here by his radical views on cducntiou
in nn address before the annual meeting
of the county superintendents of schools
and the helping teachers of New Jersey.
The admiral has been in charge of the
Princeton naval tinit and graduated
from Annapolis in 1804 and was one
of the heroes of the war with Spain,
having accepted Cervcra's surrender.
He was introduced by State Commis
sioner of Education Kendall as "u man
whose views on education of the young
nre very heterodox."
The admiral opeued his address by
declaring it "criminal" to force little
children to carry home from school
every day n big load of books for
study. "The people who take iip the
time, of the children outside of school
by making them study when they ought
to be playing and enjoying healthful
exercising should be punished," said the
speaker. There should be no text books
for children under twelve years of nge,
except readers, he decliired. The par
ents arc compelled to do the real teach
ing at home and the teachers merely
hear the lessons and get paid for it,
in his opinion.
"I'll be hanged if Id do jour work
and let you get the pay," was the way
he put it up to the educators.
In his concluding remarks be de
clared: "No boy over ten years should'
be taught by a woman."
The educators received the address
with great interest and not a little
amusement, and nt its conclusion gave
the admiral n vote of thanks.
Hears Bus Line Appeal
The Public Service Commission, with
Commissioner Alcorn sitting, lieatd the
application today of Mahlon Mense fur
the running of nn automobile bus line
from W.vndmoor to Chestnut Hill on
Willow Grove avenue. Mease main
tained that additional traffic facilities
wero needed. No opposition to the ap
plication was voiced. The commission
tomorrow Avill hear a similar applica
tion on the part of John J. Hnrtcll
for n bus line between Lansdownc and
tho Sixty-niutli street terminal.
Three Given City Jobs
The following city appointments were
made' today : Helen O. Boyle, 4007
Spring Garden street, assistant bac
teriologist, Bureau of Health, salnr
iplOOO; Walter C. Atkinson, 1020 North
Lawrence street, guard, Bureau of Cor
rection, salary $1200. nnd Willinm C-.
McKce, Jr., 143,1 North Eighteenth
street, tiansit man, Bureau of Surveys,
salary $1000.
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JEWELERS
CHESTNUT AND
Pearls and Pearl
Necklaces.
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INVEST IN VICTORY
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Illark Cat Textile Company,
Itennlntton, Vt.
t.ockwood,Oreene A Co,, Architects
Turner for GoncreteT
Time is the essence
of every contract--therefore
-choose a con
tractor who builds well,
but builds quickly.
Turner speed with
Turner quality, means
true- economy.
TURNER
Construction. Co
1713 Hansom Street
li ii nn J.msmasssMBj
TRIAL OF CAPTURED
NEGRO IS RESUMED
Militia Guards Isaiah Fountain,
Accused of. Attacking
Girl
Kaston, Mil., April 24. (By A. P.)
Tsninh Fountain, n negro charged
with attacking Bertha Simpson, a four-teen-ycar-old
girl, hnd who escaped on
Monday while on trial for the alleged
crime, was rearraigncd in court today,
having been caught yesterday hidiffg in
a shed on the farm of James Perkins,
near Hartley, Del. Tho capture was
effected by Fred Willis, station agent
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, assisted
by section men.
A big crowd wus swayed from
lynching purpose by addresses from W.
Mason Shehan, Mayor Francis G.
Wrlghtson, Judge William H. Adkins
nud Eugene Odunne, counsel for the
negro. Fountain's captors will receive
the reward ot $5000 offered by the
court and $2.10 offered by Mr. Odunne
for his capture and safe delivery here
alive.
Martial law has been declared, and
Governor Harrington has sent state
militiamen hero to keep Fountain, safe
under the law. i
0SJERKIS CASE GOES ON
Employe Swears Banker and. Mrs.
Osborne "Went' Out Together"
Counsel for Mrs. Georgia Osborne,
sued for $30,000 by the former wife of
Slgmund Osjcrkis, presidcut of the
Boardwalk National Bank of Atlantic
City, for alicnution of her husband's,
affection, n'sked Judge Lloyd, of the
Camden County Court, today, that the
case be dismis-.ee for lack ot evidence.
Judge Lloyd did not sustain the motion,
however.
Testimony disclosed that Mrs. Os
borne met Osjerkis in 1000,, five years
after the first separation of Osjerkis and
his former wife, Miss Emma Hitter,
who were divorced iu 1007.
Mrs. Osborne said she became house
keeper in the llammonton, N. J., home
of the broker, and has been working
for him until now.
Netty Gates, employed at the llam
monton home as assistant to Mrs. Os
homes swore Csjerkis nnd Mrs. Osborne
always maintained toward each other
the "impersonal attitude of employer
und employed."
Alfred G. Ebingcr, caretaker of the
cbtate, testified to the contrary. He
said he often saw Osjerkis and Mrs. Os
borne go out together.
MARITIME EXCHANGE MEETS
Chairman and Directors Will Be
Elected Today- .
The annual meeting )f the Philadel
phia Maritime Exchange will be held
at noon today in Boom 2G8, north gal
lery, Philadelphia Bourse.
Luncheon will be, served from 12:30
until 2 p. m.
At the' meeting a chuirmOn will be
selected and the Veports of tho board
of directors and of the treasurer pre
sented. Directors will be elected to
buceeed John W. Liberton, Chants E.
Mather, Emory It. Johnson, William E.
Bernard, Henry S. Grove and H.V B.
Holmes.
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SILVERSMITHS
JUNIPER STREETS
immediate purchase
Will Be .Found of
Greatest Advantage
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