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Milford chronicle., 1916-04-07
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Milford chronicle., 1916-04-07
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Milford chronicle., 1916-04-07

What to do when the chicks are
Matched will be considered in our article
of next week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
AMERICAN FLEET HELD READY
FOR QUICK DASH TO MEXICO

WASHINGTON, April 15.-In view of
the international situation, the Atlantic
battleship fleet will be held in readiness
to put to sea on short notice A statement
to this effect was made by an officer of the
Navy Department.
Tht fleet under command of Admiral
Fletcher, Is on it's way north from Guam
tanamo and is expected to reach Hamp-
ton Roads today. The schedule calls for
the vessels then to disperse and go to
their home yards, where the men will re-
ceiye shore leav and repairs of a minor
character will be made.
The service which the batleshlp fleet
could render in Mexican waters In case
OF serious trouble would be of inestimable
value, officials explain. The first concern
of the United States Government would
be to provide for the safety of Americans
and other foreigners in Mexico.
The United States now has four naval
vessels ready for emergency IN Mexican
waters. The battleship Kentucky, with
Commander Dismuth in command, is ut
Vera Cruz; the Machias, under command
OF Lieutenant Commander Marshall, and
the Marietta, commanded by Commander
Scott, are at Tampico. and the wheeling,
commanded by Commander Watson, is at
Puerto Mexico.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
MASSING OF CARRANZISTAS
BELIEVED "UNFRIENDLY ACT''

WASHINGTON. April 15.-The United
States Government is seriously concerned
over the masslng of Carranzista troops
along the lines of General Pershng's COM
munication in Mexico. This feeling of
unrest is added to by an absolute failure
to get into touch with General Pershing
who is at the extreme front in person.
Pershing has not reported in three days.
oiiicials say, and General Fred Funston
seems to be unable to get into touch with
him. Army aviators are now trying to
reach Pershing to find out just what Is the
matter.
1t was admitted at the White House to-
day that last nights midnight conference
between Secretary of War Baker and
President Wilson dealt with the reported
movement of CarranZlsta troops The
fact that some 5000 men, well armed and
equipped, under the command OF General
Gomez have been moved from Sonora to
Chihuahua, where they are in position to
try to cut off the American expedition,
within the last 4S hours. is declared by
army officials to be an unfriendly act Sec
retary Baker so told the President and il
is understood that the State Department
now is seeking an explanation of that
move.
The general tension over the Mexican
situation was growing today.
officials frankly say that they fear trou.
BILE tomorrow, as Sunday is a feast day In
Mexico.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
U. S. TROOPS CLASH
WITH MEXICANS
Continued from Page One

Continued from Fage One
of which was not gven) will have been
established by Monday. simultaneously
= another dispatch reported that the ad.
vance guard of Brigadier General Perish.
ing's flying column was pushing into the
State of Duranao disarming all Mexicans
on the way.
The order for disarmament and confls-
cation of weapons resulted from the Par
raj affair last Wednesday when a mob of
Mexican civilians and Carranzista soldiers
attacked 40 unarmed United States SOL
diers while in Parral on a nonmilitary
errand
Instead of the hunt for Francisco Villa
and his outlaws being halted by the de-
mand of General Carranza that the Ameri-
cans withdraw from Mexico. 4 is being
pushed with more vigor than ever. The
mountains and desert plains of Chihuahua
and the fringes of Sonora and Durango
are being searched in every nook and
Granny by the hard-riding troopers, under
Brigadier General Pershlng.
The increased shipments of arms and
war supplies across the line indicate that
the United States Government has no in
tention of withdrawing any of its forces
very soon.
AS result of the new phases, which
have developed in the relations between
Mexico and the United States precautions
are being taken by the military authorl-
ties all along the border to prevent a
repetition of raids such as occurred at
Columbus.
Ten thousand Carranzista soldiers are
said to be within few hours march OF
the border.
Reports from the front are slow. al
though numerous unofficial dispatches
have been received from newspaper COR
respondents.
There has been no direct word from
Brigadler General Pershing since an aero
plane brought news of his arrival in the
neighborhood of Satevo last Tuesday. All
the telegraph wires are In control of the
Carranzista Government and the de facto
organization is careful of messages al
lowed over the lines.
Private advices tell of the destruction
OF a great amount OF foreign property in
the vicinity of Parral by Mexican looters.
A mob stormed the property of the AL
varado Mining and Milling Company, an
American concern, doing more than S2,-
100000 damage.
1t is believed that the Carranzista Gov
ernment will make use of the Parral fight
of last Wednesday, in which two Amer
lean soldiers were killed outright to make
fresh demands upon the United States
Government for the "disoccupation" of
Mexican territory on the ground that the
presence of heavy forces of armed troops
is tnnaming the Mexican populace in a
high state of anti-American feeling
Mexican official reports attempt to show
that carranza officials in Parral finally
stopped the hostile demonstration of ma
tiyes, despite the fact that shooting did
not cease until American reinforcements
arrived on the scene with machine gun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
U. S. COLUMN AT PARRAL
CUT OFF, FUNSTON FEARS

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. April 15-Al-
though nearly As hours have elapsed since
the first reports of the fighting at Parral
arrived from Mexican sources, General
Funston today was still without any Of
icial dispatches from General Pershing
The long delay Is increasing the feeling
OF alarm here for the 100 cSyalrymen at
tackled at Parral II Is feared that they
have been unable to rejoin the main ad-
yaneed column and report back to GEN
eral Pershing.
Accounts Of the fighting received from
Consul Marion Letcher at Chihuahua con-
WINGED officials here that the American
troops obeyed instructions and camped out
side Parral. despite the Carranza state
ment that they encamped inside the city.
Letcher reported as mis- latest information
that a detachment OF unar1ied American
troopers entered Parral 70 obtain supplies
and were fired upon by Carranza troops
and citizens. who killed two Americans.
The others retreated 10 their camp OUT
side Parral ana, turning a machine gun
1pon their aszailantss klilinE 40,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
U. S. is WILLING TO TREAT"
ON EVACUATION; CHASE GOES ON

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Recommen-
dations from General Funston which, II
adopted, may radically alter the villa
hunt, were understood to be in the hands
Of President Wilson and Secretary Of War
Baker today
They were contained in a long code
message, the subject of a midnight con-
ference at the White House The Funston
message did not give news OF the Parral
fight between American soldiers and
civilians, and the fourth day since that
hght began without word from the front
Speculation as to contents of the Fun.
ston dispatch ranged from requests for
more troops to the taking over of Mexican
lines useful in transporting supplies, and
reiteration OF FunstOn's previous request
for shifting his base from Columbus.
Meanwhile the American expedition to
get villa continues. Although Secretary
Lansing has declared he Is prepared to
treat With CaFranza over the withdrawal
OF the troops II Is known no time limit
has as yet befn considered. II Is assumed
ihat the State Department will not recog-
nike Carra9ka as in control Of the situa-
tion unlesf his own forces are able to
aehieve tHe object Of the American ex-
pedltion- kthe capture Of villa.
tlnopcial messages stii told of
> seeoDd Parral battle hitherto unre-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15

Some of the ugly girls drew peaches Of
fellows, and the most popular girls in the
class drew the unpopular men In some
cases the best girl dancers have drawn
men who cannot dance at all And then,
too. girls who cannot dance any of the
new steps drew the names OF fellows who
are considered the best dancers at swarth.
more"
The girl, who considered the mIx-ups a
Joke laughed contagiously and said
that the dancing part was not half as
funny as the physical mlsmates saying
that the tall. skinny girl had drawn the
short, fat man, and the short, fat girls had
in number of cases drawn tall men
men so tall that the girls looked like
mldgcts beside them. Only one couple
who go together" we're lucky enough to
draw each other, while all the other
couples were smashed with one fell swoop
by Dame Fate.
Some of the seniors who have drawn
mismates' are holding their breath, hop
ing against hope that their partners viii
refuse TO go, and then they can ask. part
ners whom they want.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
STATES BUREAU CAN'T MEET
CALLS FOR WOMEN WORKERS
Calls for Help Exceed Applicants Place Seekers
Lack Training Others, Thinking 1t Charity Avoid
Bureau-Many Men Seek Work

The state Employment Bureau has
more positions for women listed at its
offices, 1919 Arch street, than there are
women who want positions Despite this.
It is finding It difficult to place applicants
because their training has not fitted
them for the positions employers have re-
ported as open.
Openings for 9l7 working women are
on the books of the bureau and only l49
applicants want work Two hundred of
the vacant places are in a cigar factory
and 100 in a leather factory. There is
a demand for weavers and for operators
on power machines in various industries,
all of which requires special knowledge.
with 617 vacancies recorded on its
book which the bureau has been unable
to fill, the call for 800 more women
workers came this week. bringing the
total of positions to he had up to 9t7
officials of the bureau are working on
an efficiency training plan to drill ap-
plicants for jobs so that they can better
meet the requirements OF the employers
There are too many round pegs in square
holes and vice versa, say those in charge
of the bureau.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15

In the mems department at the bureau
a different condition obtains. Despite the
demand for labor at the munition plants,
there are more men on record who want
jobs than there are Jobs to be filled.
There are more than 500 applicants and
only 149 vacancies recorded.
In this department too, many of the
applicants are untitled for the work on
hand A large number are old and not
physically sound
Bureau officials believe there are many
women in the city who are in need OF
work, but who hesitate to apply because
they fear the bureau is a charitable
agency and do not understand its pur.
poses and functions
The great obstacle in the way of start.
ing the efficiency training system on any
large scale II was said is the lack of
funds. When the Legislature established
the bureaus 1t failed to provide sufficient
funds and only $500 is available this
possible only through the aid that comes
year for all the bureaus in the State.
The maintenance of the bureau here Is
through private channels,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15

ported officially. A border story. hint
ing that a Carranza representative was
en- route to- Japan with motives inimical
to the United States, was branded here
as merely an effort to drag the "yel-
low peril" into situation already
frauRht with sufficient dangerous pos
sbilities
Carranzas proposals for protocol
now held up, show that the de facto
regime sought to limit strictly the num-
ber of men to be engaged and the time
to be consumed. An invading army,
operating under a reciprocity arrange
ment. was TO consist of 1000 cavalrymeu
only. towns were not to be occupied and
the forces were to withdraw when their
object was accomplished. The State
Department countered these proposals
with no Limitation on the invading
forces size and sought actual co-opera-
tion from the forces of the invaded
country Secretary Lansing said no
limit to the expedition had been agreed
upon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
FATE PLAYS april FOOL" JOKE
ON NSWARTHMORE'S CO-EDS
Msmates" Mark the Drawing for Partners in Seniors
Class Dance-Some Girls Are Merry
and Others Sad

nAME FATE. who arranges the part
- ners for the Swarthmore College
seniors class dances by drawing names out
of hat. has dealt harshly with them for
the last class dance Of their college ca
reers
Members of the class of 1915 say there
are more mismates for this dance than
there have ever been In the history OF
Swarthmore College This is to be Leap
Year dance, and the fair co-eds did the
drawing of the names from hat held by
the august president Of the class
Some of the men declare that is the
reason for many mismates. They as
sert the president got fused, and the
names got mixed,
Anyway. according to the girls. the fact
remains that the mismates are "all the go"
for the dance, which is scheduled for
April 20.
But we are going. and we are going
to take the men whose names we drew"
said one pretty girl, with a toss OF her
head. I'VE girls will not be bum sports.
This dance is going to be one OF the fun.
niest things ever held at Swarthmore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
CARRANZA, IN MEXICO CITY.
DIRECTS MOVES ON ZAPATA

WASHINGTON, April 15-Advices re-
ceived by the Mexican confidential agency
here today indicate that General Carranza
In future Is going to conduct his cam.
paign against Zapata from Mexico City
These advices stated that the advance
guards of Carranzistas were operating out
of Mexico City and now were almost
within firing distance of Cuernavaca IA.
pata's stronghold.
The dispatches were from the official
press bureau in Mexico City, and stated
that Carranza's entrance into the city
yesterday was without previous announce.
ment The people chered him all day. 1t
is saidthat Carranza will remain in the
city indefinitely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
ADDED SUPPLIES FOR U. s.
TROOPS RUSHED INTO MEXICO

COLUMBUS, n. NJ. April i5.-The
greatest activity since the United States
troops crossed the border was evident at
the base camp here throughout the night
and early today. while intrenchments
were reported in the course OF construc-
ton along the communication lines in
Mexico.
Fifty-four new motortrucks were un-
loaded and put into commission.
The engineer corps has been diverted
from the roads to building defensive
works at Boca Grande, Ascension. Aspia
and Dublan. The base camp at Dublan
has been prepared to resist any attack
Double semicircle trenches have been
built on three sides with the river pro-
tecting the camp from the fourth side.
Machine guns and light artillery have
been placed in position there. Rifle holes
have been dug in the sides of adobe
houses and rifle pits for the outposts in
the advanced trenches. Barbed wire en-
tanglements have been put up in a few
places, according to word brought here.
At Boca Grande. Captain Grand, with
only 1876 men, asked reinforcements.
Motortruck drivers arrived here from
the communication lines with reports of
an anxiety among the detachments since
Carranza requested the expeditions with
drawal. Word of the request was flashed
along the line. General Funston at San
Antonio keeps in constant touch with the
situation through the field telegraph.
Commanders have been ordered TO use
their own judgment in a crisis affecting
the safety Of their detachments.
Even motortruck trains have been or
dered to keep closely together. All stop
in case one machine is disabled
The Columbus telegraph office was kept
open all night for the transmission of
important Government and military or
ders Two days rations we're issued to
the men in camp here. The soldiers pre-
pared their full field equipment for in
slant moving.
Aviators Dargue and Gorrell went on
another scouting flight today to keep
watch on reported Carranza troop move
ments east from Pulnito Pass
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
BELGIAN CARDINAL DEFIES
GERMAN GOVERNOR GENERAL
Primate Declares He Retains Right to
Express His Views

AMSTERDAM, April Is. - Cardinal
Mercier. threatened by the German au-
thorities in Belgium with n restriction of
his privileges becahse of his alleged
political activities, has openly defled Cen
eral Won Bissing, the German Governor
General, according to advices received
here today
In reply to Won Bissing's recent threat
the cardinal wrote that he was answerable
only to his conscience and though paying
that silent homage which was due to
strength, he nevertheless retained his full
liberty to judge and express himself.
TT was not without thorough considera-
ton that we denounced to the world the
frightful evils with which our brothers
and sisters are overwhelmed" wrote
Cardinal Mercer. >"But had we not done
so we should not have felt ourselves
worthy to be the successor of the apos-
ties"
The cardinal further stated that when
civil ruler sets aside justice 1t Is no
longer the duty of a prelate to obey him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
DEALERS IN CHICK WARNED
S. p. G. A. Issues Instructions as to
Proper Care of Live Playthings

Every year it Is customary for dealers
i'm live poultry to buy up all the day-old
chicks they can and sell them at a great
profit.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty an Animals has issued warning
TO dealers to be sure that the birds are
properly taken care of when in their pos
session, that they are carefully boxed
when delivered TO the purchaser and that
there is sufficient ventilation in the de-
livery box to enable the pet to breathe
without difficulty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
KENsINGToN OUTING SOON
Atlantic City Likes "Free Spenders''
and Will Entertain Them

Five thousand Kensington "free spend.
ers" will go on an excursion to Atlantic
city this sumemr on the annual trip of the
kensington Board Of Trade, IL was an.
nounced today.
President Mcneil and other officials
were considering changing the route to
wildwood because of a failure to come to
terms with managers of piers at Atlantic
city. But after a conference with the
Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce. all
difficulties we're overcome.
"Kensngtonlans are free spenders.''
said officials at Atlantic City, "and Il
would never do to let them go elsewhere."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
SCHOOL WORK EXHIBIT
District Superintendent Advocates
Additional Fairgrounds for Boys

Hundreds of parents attended the ex-
hibltion of school work at the George II.
DoalIer School, 22d and Ontario streets.
last night Miss Ella NJ. Lukens, super
vising principal, explained the exhibit,
while Milton G. Cooper district superin-
tendent of schools, spoke on the relation
of the home and the school. He advocated
more Fairgrounds for the boys
There were folk songs, physical ex-
erclses and a solo by Miss Helen Cham
bCrlain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
Radicals Win in Argentina Election

BUENOS AIRES. Argentine, April 10.
Full returns from the election OF April
OF half the membership of the Chamber
of Deputies indicates he election of 21
Radicals, II Conservatives, 10 Democrats,
Radical Dissidents and Socialists. OF
the 800 electors in the electoral college
which designateS the President of the Re
public to succeed Dr. Victorino de la
Plaza, the Radicals will have 1856 votes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15

The funeral of Jacob p. Relff the police.
man who died on the date he predicted
will be held tomorrow afternoon at $50
from his home at $50 North 25th street
Reiff, the oldest member of the Reserve
Corps, died on Thursday The Rev. Ben.
jamin Miller pastor of Emmanuel Metho-
dist Church, 25th and Brown streets. will
offlciate at the services Interment will
be In Laurel Hill Cemetery. A large mum.
ber of Masons will be present
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15

Commerce has not rved the region below the Rio Grande for
the last few and the market ro tortias
been rather sluggish Hence the United troopers
has been welcome least section the population
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