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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA', WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1910
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COLONEL GR00W1E
ORDERED TO RUSSIA
ft' Philadelphlan, Head of IVIilitary
fa Pntlr.n In Franco, to Bfi Mem
ber of U. S. Mission
JOURNEY HOME CANCELED
tf r1.,1 T.1.n r" fSrnnmp. nf this City.
until nmniiv lipnil of tho American
I ft military police lu France, lias been
Hr"- -. t 1 T-ii.. l?t.tn na n mnmnnr
o nu American, mission.
Colonel GroSnic was preparing to snil
for homo from Liverpool next Sunduy
when his sailing ovilers were cancelled
nnH lin received hU now assignment.
IU Tho former head of the military po-
Ilea has had a notable record in tho
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ennsyhanla'a state police i lieu Riven
aiTimportant army post nt Washington.
JJo retains his state police supcrin
tendency, having been granted leavo of
absence.
From tho national capital, Colonel
Groome was sent to Franco and com
missioned to organize tho American
military polico In France. He headed
that force until the armistice- 'was
signed, then was transferred to the stall
of General Harts nt Paris. At the
French capital he was in charge o all
tho hotels housing American officers.
Colonel Groomo's new nppolntmcnt
was announced In a cablegram from
Tjondop. Tho purpose of the mission to
which ho was appointed is not yet defi
nitely known here.
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COLONEL JOHN C. GKOOME
A. E. F. HEADQUARTERS
VERY BUSY, THANK YOU
Answering Letters From Slates and Appeals of Doughboys for
'Release Are Mostly Responsible
BEER INJUNCTION GRANTED
IS
ACCUSED BY DYING MAN
TwoHeld on Strength of Words
Scribbled In Freight Car
Lancaster, Pa., May 28. With the
words "Frank Capp, IMetro Scorito,
.work In hotel." scribbled by a dying
man In a freight car, the police yester
dayworkcd on tho only clew which led
to the arrest of two men who are be
lieved to have been the murderers of
Bruno Trotiano, who was found bleed
ing to death on the Port Deposit Knil
road, near York Furnace. He had been
shot in the stomach.
A. freight train was stopped and
"Trotiano tnken to the Columbia Hos
pital, but he died before reaching" the
institution. The two men who were.
with him when last seen were Frauk
Capp and Pietro Scorito, both of this
city, and they were takrn into custody
late this afternoon. When surrounded
by the police they made a desperate
attempt to escape, but were run down
after a chnsc. I
LIQUOR MEN PAY LICENSE
Permitted to Make Monthly Pay
ments Pending National Issue
Monthly payments for liquor licenses
'are being permitted by City Treasuier
Shoyer because of tho uncertainty of
continuance of the sale of intoxicants.
A total of 1821 retailers and 413 whole
salers, bottlers and brewers linyc been
granted liceuscs, starting June 1.
The retail license fee is $110,'?."5 and
In years past it had to be paid before
dealeis were permitted to do business
at tho opening of it new year. The
monthly payment under the new rule is
$05.42 and entitles the dealers to do
business during June. In the event of
sales being permitted up until next
January a similar sum must be paid
each month by each retailer who lcmatus
in business.
Already 1200 retailers have paid their
Juno license fee, and it is expected that
with but few exceptions the remainder
will make payment before the close of
business on Saturday. So far 105 whole
salers, bottlers and brewers havemade
payment of thefr fees which arc much
smaller than those iinposcd upon re-
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CARDINAL BACKS SCOUTS
Catholic Church to Assist Them In
Getting Million Members
Indoisement of the coming member -Klifn
rnmnntpn nf thn 4inv Scouts of
Ijk America has been given by Cardinal
ty Gibbons, according to announcement
j' maae uy tne scout ncaaquaricrs in mis
W city. 925 Walnut street. During the
V week" of June S tho Boy Scouts will
If i attempt to get 1,000,000 associate nicm
i bers. Numerous troops of Catholic boys
i also will be organized.
"The Catholic Church," says the car
dinal, in a letter to W. G. McAdoo,
"with untiring effort seeks to train boys
from their earliest years, ltcligion is
(he basis of true citizenship for the
oung and old. Ave welcome with our
fellow-citizens any agency which, de-
nlnnfncr this roliiriniis sniriK will trntii
!- in tho immediate obligations and duties
,f. of citizenship.
"lne uoy Hcouts, particularly in their
splendid labors during tho' war. have
fhown how their organization helps to
ward such a rpsult. It is an organiza
tion that docs not deny, but builds up
the religious faith of the1 boy member ;
that exacts of him faithful observance
of al' his religious duties."
BANJ01STS OPEN MEETING
Guild Holds Two Sessions Today
- Wlth'Concert TonlgJU .
The eighteenth annual convention of.'
tho American Guild of Banjoists, Man-
ilolinlsts and Guitarists is being held nt
the Hotel Adelpbia with a reception and
nusicale.
All day yesterday tho delegates ar-
rived from every part of the couutry,
.- Thcrewlll bo three sessions today, with
a concert tonight In Witherspoon Hull
The convention will close tomorrow
night with the aunual banquet at tho
Adelpbia.
' CIVIL WAR NURSE. DIES
.' Mrs, Cooper Saved Husband's Life
by Plea to President Lincoln
New York, May 28. (By A. Pi
gf Mrs, Eliza Cooper, authoress, actress
and Civil Avar nurse, wh9 served in
both Union and Confederate -armies.
died nt her home in Brooklyn yester
day at the age of eighty-two 3 ears, i
; She was born in London and came
to the United States.iu 1852. She had
an interview with President Abraham
Lincoln during tho early days of the
Civil War, when Colonel Louis Keepers,
br first jiusband, was captured and
sentenced to be shot as a spy by tho
fedwalJEorces, and, secured au order sus
pMMjing'lhyseatoiwe. MlmwyOooo,
, her f (oHi htjAA&JgrtjIMI Wfenfl t
Restrains Interference With Produc
tlon of War Brew
New York, Muy 2S. I'edeial Judge
Mayer icsterdav signed three Injunc
tions, identical in form, restraining the
United States district attorney nnd the
nctlnir collector of Intel mil revenue nf, adjutant ccnornl's department is nrob-
thc New York district from interfering ably the busiest lot of workers here at
with production of "war beer liy the present, though that would be ludig
Special Cable a Kienina Public Ltdaer
Ciiaumont, France, May 23.
IN ADDITION to exercising n super
vision of a considerable portion of the
American expeditionary forces still in
France, General Headquarters, located
here, has also come to do much business
as nn information bureau f8r army
matters in general and discharge mat
ters in particular.
Apparently there isn't any limit to
cither tjhe quantity or tho variety of
questions that the various sections of the
general staff nt .general headquarters
are called upon to answer. There arc
naturally the questions of policy and
expediency, of supply nnd operations
and kindred military matters brought
here for settlement. But that Is not all
by any means. ' '
And tho questions come from nil sorts
and conditions, and they come In per
son, by cablo nnd by mall by the tens
ot thousands in the last-named in
stance. Even Congressmen Do It
As to variety, well, cen a congress
man on a tour of inspection through
France "dropped in" nt G. II. Q. n
few days ngo to find out casually whom
the A. K. F. wanted for the next Presi
dent. Incidentally, he got n variety ot
answers, thnt ot one enlisted man being
that ho "reckoned the doughboys were
for the captnln of the ship that takes
the most of us home."
That question of home-going is the
one nsked most frequently here. And
as a result the personnel division of the
VETERAN TO SALUTE
STATUE OF HIMSELF
Jncob Hoffman Brewing Company, the
Claussen-Flnnngnu Brewing Company
and the Jacob Ituppert Brewing Com
pany. Separate injunctions were neces
sary because District Attorney CnA'ey
obiected to the filing of nn omnibus
order.
The injunctions,- granted last week
and wliii-h will operate thtoughout the
rouutiy to prevent government action
against manufacturers of beer of 2""i
per rent alcoholic content, enjoin the
federal officials from enforcing against
the defendants or their ciuplo,o tho
provisions of the emergency prohibition!
net as it relntes tb the beer industry.
The 'injunction, according to Judge
Majer'H order, will stand pending judi
cial determination t the brewers' con
tention that beer of the strength indi
cated is not intoxicating.
ROYAL OTTOASaffi ELECTS
Lancaster Man Chosen Supreme Re
gent at Atlantic City Meeting
Atlantic City. May 2S. Tlie follow
ing officers of the Supicme Council of
the Itojal Aicanum wcie elected nt the
fort -second unnunl soisioii at the
Miulboioush-Blcuhe'un jesterday.
Supreme regent, 1 It. Geiscnbcrgcr,
of Lancaster, Pn. ; supreme vice regent.
Carlctou L Houdley, of New Huvcn,
Conn.; supiemo orator; Richard I1.,
Kropf, Chicago; sitting past supreme
regent, V. , Arch Williams J Chicago i
supicme .secretary, Samuel N. Hoag,
Boston ; examiner of claim, W. Hotl
Apgnr, Trenton, N. J. ; supreme audi
tor, William K. McConnell. New York
city ; supreme chaplain, ncprescuta
tle S. M. Brinsoii, Ncwbcrn. N. C. ;
supicme guide. Itosncll II. Stnrrctt,
BrooMjn. N. Y. ; supicme wardetf,
Charles II. Peters, Denver; supreme
sentry, It. A. Brook, Mbutrcal, Can
ada; supicme trustees, H. K. Lathy,
Philadelphia; Joseph M. Arnold,
Princeton, N. J., and William II. Hale,
Brookl.Mi, N. Y. ; committee ou couucil
work, Howard G. Avery, Norfolk, A'a.
nautly denied by members of G-1, G-Il
nndall the other general staff sections.
But all will admit that with letters
to answer from wires, mothers, fnthcis,
brothers, sisters, friends nnd congress
men, all asking that same question ! tells him.
for; that bugbear "military necessity"
to interfere. General orders 24 pro
vides for discharges, if proof be given,
on cither or both of two grounds:
Sickness In immediate family at home
and financial distress at home,
Unfortunately these limitations are"
not always fully realized, or the friend
of one doughboy would not have written
recently as he 'did asking the release of
his "pal" to help him tart up a
"likkcr business" before tho country
went dry.
G. II. Q. gets both the nppcals that
arc made from the men "over here" und
those sent by the families and friends
of the soldiers In the United States.
That there are frequent delays is
largely duo to the fact that when
a soldier makes application for a dis
charge it goes "through military chan
nels," meaning thnt after the appli
cation has been writteu, out it goes, In
the case of an enlisted man, first to his
company commander for consideration.
Irom there it goes to regimental head
quarters, to tho brigade, division, corps
nnd army and then with various in
dorsements arrives here.
Onco hero It gets prompt attention.
Acted upon, cither approved or disap
proved, It goes back to the company.
Arriving nt the company several
weeks likely after the boldicr had asked
for discharge and after he had about
given up hope of ever hearlug from it,
it Is checked up in the compauy's rec
ords If the soldier has been favored
nnd he is to go heme and he is then
called to the orderly loom. Mujbe he's
at drill at the time or inajlje doing
"bunk fatigue" in his "hotel," as he
calls his wooden bunk in the loft of n
bam.
"Captain wants you," the ordcily
Germantown Civil War Fighter
Will Fire Muskot Over Monu
ment on Memorial Day
WENATCHEE GOT FIRST
' "DRY" LAUNCHING
It Was Amber-Colored and
Sparkled, but Odor Revealed
, Identity-r-Cider!!
Following his custom of the last four
years, Melville H. Frcas. ot 248 Haines
street, Germantown, will again observe
Memorial Dav by tiring a salute of three
volleys over his own monument In Ivy
Hill Cemetery. Frcas, a Civil War
veteran, Ims also erected a marker com
memorating six of his companions who
were taken prisoner with him at Gctt.vs-burg.
Mr. I'rras is scvrnt-ulnc cars old.
but active and hearty. He plans to
arise on Krldnv mornluE at H o'clock
and. after raising flngs over his home, '
will fire a salute from his old army
musket. At B o'clock he will be con
veyed to Ivy Hill In an automobile, i
where he will carry out his annual pro
gram, and later meet members of Kills '
Post. No. 0, G. A. B., ot which he is I
a member.
Arrn.vcd In his Civil War uniform.
Mr. Frens is an outstanding figure In
all events participated lu by his post.
He was a member of Compan.v A, 150th
Pcnnsvlvanhi, known during the war as
tho "Buektnils," on account of the
npprndage worn on their caps.
Tne statue of Mr. Frcusis a full
size tigurc of the veteran and weighs a
ton. The stone commemorating his
comrades bears the names of Philip V.
Hammer. Lewis vogel. Chailes Grant,
George Shingle, John Gore and William
Deegle. With these men Mr. Frcas wna
taken piKoncr, nud lie alone of the seven
cnifie back alive.
Cider, Instead of champagne, is being
used in christening ships of the Ameri
can morchnntf murine. This beenmc
known today when rumors were verified
that the 21,000-tou vessel Wenatchcc
was sponsored with apple-juice when it
was launched last Saturday at the NcvV
York shipyard. The vessel was chris
tened by Sirs. II. II. Jones, of Brattle,
Wash , daughter-in-law ot United
Slates Senator W. L. Jones, who is
chairman of the Senate commerce com
mittee. When the vessel was launched it was
generally supposed the ordinary custom
of using wine had been followed, But
those on the launching stand who were
uot In on the secret detected the odor
of ildcr, nnd the rumor started. Offi
cials of the shipyards finally admitted
that np wine hnd been used.
Senator Jones, who came here for the
launching, spent several hours inspect
ing the shipyard. Before returning to.
Washington he said that he was In favor
of an American merchant marine grenter
in size tlinn that of any other nation.
"Atnciicn Is the greatest nation in the
world," lie said, "because wo have the
greatest homogeneous body of people in
one territory on the face of the earth,
and I feel that the people of Iowa, Illi
nois or Missouri should hnve at least
as great or a greater interest in
American merchant marine than Out
people from tho Rcnboard state's. These i
to feed many ot the countries throughout
the world, and it we do not have ouru
on n ships to carry these supplies theft '
inland states produce the supplies needed
arc nt the mercy of the operators ol
foreign vcsscji."
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Woonsochot, It. I., May 28. Loss
estimated at $03,000 was entailed by
n fire which virtually .destroyed tho
plant of the FnLrmount Dyeing Company;- 51'K
nnrl tltil K.fMMl llnmnpn tn tltn n.tii nwlV- V
ern'laundrv here last nicht Tim htazn. W,
the biggest In Woonsockct for about
twenty cars, was fought by every
available piece ot apparatus in the clty
a general alarm being aouuded. Er
plosions believed to have been caused
by acids made the fire hazardous.
When will he come home? there is
plenty for those in the personnel divi
sion, particularly in the enlisted per
sonnel section of G-2, to do. And
they're doing it. answering every one of
those letters, though it usually takes
both a night and a day force to keep up
with the work.
Work Is Getting Ilealer
With a Vt of the men going home it
might seem that the work might be
lightening, but instead it's getting
heavier. Bclativcs at homo nrc be
coming more anxious daily and their
inquiring correspondence increases with
their anxiety.
General headquarters lajs down cer
tain grounds on which officers ami -men
may get discharges- from the bervice.
It is admitted that it can't alwas be
done, though many more arc "going
through" now that there is less chance
"Wonder what I've done now; rifle
was clean at inspection," he grumbles
as he starts for compauy headquarters.
Standing nt attention before his cap
tain, he salutes and waits to hear his
fate-
"You start home today; pack up and
get ready," is what he hears if he's
lucky. And he smiles nnd salutes, and
makes a dash to get his few belongings
icndy for the glad trip.
But if his discharge application is re
fused well, he salutes just the same.
And his trip tack to the "hotel" is not
ns fast or joyous. But he's soon smil
ing and grumbling again. For it is
the inherent right of tho American
doughboy to do both. And he consoles
himself with the thought tliut majbe
his division will be the next to go home.
For underneath all the American
doughboy is an optimist.
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