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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
FIRST j. s. SHIP
PLANT AT WORK
Problem Now Is to Create
Machinery for Construc-
tion of Vessels
SOMEWHERE IN JERSEY"
soMEwHERE IN NEW JERSEY. Jun,

{ soMEwHERE IN NEW JERSEY. June
20.
Rising from the barren sand Tots Of New
Jersey here. today is Uncle Sans FIRST
wooden shlpbuilding plant
From this place where an army OF labor
hammers. digs and builds carefully, EN-.
ciently and speedily. will emerge the first
Of Americas feet OF a thousand 3000-ton
wooden boats. Their Job will he to carry
food 10 the Allies despite the Ksiser's sub
marines.
From lumber mills somewhere III the
South a mountain Of dressed and measured
timber Is rolling northward on fat cars TO
this spot
great yard for its reception is being
rushed TO completion and will be ready
when the supply arrives few days hence
AS fast as Government engineers. con
struction experts OF various kinds aud a
battalion Of laborers can do Il, these Nifty
gix nat gray-faced acres are being trans
formed into miniature city whose popu.
lation's only task will be TO turn out ships.
TwU thousand men will be employed
A comprehensive system OF food lights Is
being installed The plant will run twenty
-four hours a day.
The keels OF the nrst two wooden sh,u-
Will be laid early in July, IL all goes well
These twin submarine breakers should
slide on the ways, ready for war service
by mid-November.
Keels for two more vessels Will b. laid
every two weeks after the first two, untI
the unit Of ten for this plant ia ir fun
course Of construction.
There ia no delay, no pickering or .tyu.
ping to argue here. The Job is detailed.
Every man knows his work Every man
is at It. They are making war on mi,
little plot OF the American front" aa n
they meant IT,
Scrutiny OF the ground plan and talk
with the constructors today revealed IN.
bupendous preparation before onr plank OF
ships timber can be laid upon another
You realize here that building ships on
short order Is an achievement.
In cubby hole offices not far away, shrswc
brains are inyenting new devices to speed
up wooden shipbuilding II has never been
done on a large scale. Old ideas are being |
worked over. New ones are adopted
Piling up on the side lines is material
Tor compile electric light plant small |
railroad system Is being assembled and |
built.
A big machine shop, a scientifically ar
ranged lumber yard. motor roads In and |
out, power house, an experimental build |
ing, FIRE protection water systum and |
even restaurant and lunch roms for the |
5000 inhabitants are taking form
Imagine the task Of rebuilding a city ur
gOOO Multiply that effort to absorb the |
added complications Of shipyard's ma
chinery Then you will have some notion
OF what is going ON here just for the CON
structlon Of ten OF thousand ships
The plant is guarded. A Government
agent oversees every move He bars or
admits every conner. A man with d camera
dare not tsrry.
No one has time to talk. Everybody is
busy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
WENTZELL GETS 8 YEARS
FOR KILLING MRS. M'ADAMS
Married Woman Without Knowing She
Lacked Divorce From First
Husband

william Wentzel who pleaded guilty TO
a charge of murder MS the result of the
death Of Mrs Marie A. McAdams, whom
he married without knowing that she had
not been divorced from her first husband.
was adjudged guilty Of second degree MUIR
der today and sentenced by Judge Mona
CHAN to the Eastern Penitentiary for not
less than eight years nor more than twenty
years.
The killing Of Mrs. MCAdams, or Went
zcll. occurred on the night Of January 30
while she was being escorted to her home
on West lnd.~na avenue, by william
Hodges, a married man. of Third street and
Indiana avenue Wentze shot the woman
through the right lung and also fired a
bullet into the body Of Hodges. The latter
recovered after spending several weeks in
the hospital
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
ToDAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Irglg Mylzae. Ills Addison st., and Rose Butler
chMs.lss Il Martin. .,J i52 ". Cumberland st.. and
EosaTi9 Di Gannl 1871 Wharton %S'Sr' ST. ST. and
tida J93ss JS2ison sss Issf LGmb9Td ST. and Ma
William H. PnilliDs, 547, n; 26th st.. and Flor
Louis FTieSrss ,sss 1877 81 srt tiit shs st. and ,,,.u
Ernsst Geisti so17 20 7FN9sS5qbb r. g9b st. st. an, pu,,,,
"HIteE ws,E sw1Snn 1ssa th9 s. 18th st.. and Mamie
Ti@otsy J. spnisns. ss,4 Peltu st. and Mary
james z; swiI9Hggs $Soi Barring ST., and Mae
Hsfry LRt fPsSy So so a'Psf PsIes st. and Ann,
s.9wens Ovens. $40 y. Percy 81. '''1 anna D.
SULLIVAN caTna r.Iis hisnzl TSSonE Pa" and Anna NJ
Robert winsh.stsr is4 Paoli ave-. and Marion
M1sthsw Essn, 2447 y. llth St, and Julia
Harry A. sskksiy' atlantic Atltthp CITY N -,
ch.o,i LonisA szslss s Neg BEunswiek Pa.
butler isSa cassssjj Vs sj is.h st. and Nellie
Seorss lesley 24o4 Amber st., and NJ. Mildred
Charles Steiner, 1880 Emerald st., and Eth.I
p,n;siF hs,Fht'ys y ISIS AZ; ~ Weasgtmoreland 81.
John S1i Linton. Insa1n 5000 n sh st. ana r,o,....
wsltsr W. sSrsnk = 1855 1855 \ Allison st, ana
Amsndsa ATnold 2soI 2. Norris 81
'asssen Tue,hsS; 1905 ogden st.. and Mnns
la.iias: ihis.SSss isss 24g 18TH st.. ana Annie
winnie stezer, Glenolden. Pa, ana Ion.
- ~. HARDY. Glenolden Pa '"ne
higoers X Por.s5 Brooklyn N. r.. and Eloiss
l'i4sx ~ nen iotT TULIP St. and Myrtle T.
csSi rsS.1Ssn q Van BSsk,rE 5Ss lug .w 81 Yors ,,v
lt1d Bughee. zoos ontario 81 @"u 10
FaiRe q, qllnors Bryn Mawr. Pa. and Katie
Rudolph ~ WOln CoatVsvilie pa - 49,
" Iuny. b402 Girard ave - "'0 NssinA
pat.e n Carroll Washinston. ID. C.. ana
. AInetta loston. eprinG Lake, n j. - N
|4I-N ~ Ltmnmlqfs Aantua, n. H. ana Flor.
e &aTs helnee Hlll NJ .,
.I Hsntsis ~ N.Mten. Aqsa,. ana Helen
A'I1'. re.lon Rultieton. Pa. and Lina UecsiH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
ARRESTED AS STACKER
Charles Hotter, No Home, Didn't Want
to Register"

Charles Hotter, twenty-four years old,
was arrested today at Second and York
streets on the accusation that he failed to
register.
When brought before T. Henry Walnut.
Fisher Kane, Hotter told conflicting stories.
At first he said he did register. and later
he admitted that he had not registered be-
cause he didn't want to-" He denied being
a hobo" on the ground that he remembered
having put in a weeks work about six
months ago He will be given a hearing
before the United States Commissioner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
CANADIAN CONSCRIPTION
BILL EXPECTED TO PASS
Will Likely Have Majority in Com
mons, Despite Strike Threat by
Labor Member

OTTAWA, Ont, June 29.-Canada's Bit
terly debated conscription bill IL expected to
become law despite the threat in Commons
from Alphonse Vervllle, Labor member Of a
general strike unless the proposed measure
Is first submitted to the people The gem
eral feeling is that the bill will pass in the
House with from forty TO sixty majority :
and that 1t will undoubtedly be carried in
the upper house.
Not much support for Sir wifrld Lau-
riers proposed referendum TO the people has
developed, II has not even the complete
support Of members Of his own party, the
French Canadians Verville told Commons
organized labor in the United States would
support the general Canadian strike though
there would be no strike In the States
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
THAwS SETTLE FOR $175,OOO
Sum Given to Frederick Gumps Fam.
lily, According to Report

Settlement in the sum Of S175,OOO has
been made today by the family Of Harry
X, Thaw with the family Of Frederick
Gump Of Kansas City, for the faRellation
Thaw is alleged TO have inflicted upon young
Gump in New York hotel This was the
report reaching Philadelphia this afternoon
from Pittsburgh.
with the report OF the settlement comes
the announcement that "Lyndhurst," the
beautiful Thaw home in Beechwood boule-
ward, had been sold by Mrs. Mary Copey
Thaw at a price reported TO be $3.50, 900
Thaw is in the Pennsylvania Hospital for
the Insane, this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
First Infantry Parades Tomorrow

The 200 recruits that the First Penn
sylvania Infantry has enlisted during the
present National Guard Week will be in
line tomorrow afternoon when the regi-
ment parades as a finale to its seven-day
drive for men. The band, recruiting de-
tachments, machine gun company supply
train, armored cars and ultra modern army
tractors viii be in the parade which will
go from the armory, Broad and Callowhill
streets, to Franklin Field for an exhibition
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29

today brought suit against Julius Leisel,
in the Municipal Court, to recover an al.
legged unpaid account Of S56425 for pur-
chases Of woman's wearing apparel at the
plaintiffs store, from September Is, 1916.
to January 81 1917 Leisel's residence is
given at the Columbia Club, Broad and
oxford streets The purchases included a
muff for $3O a coat for S175 and gown
for $40, in addition to waists hats and
other finery for the adornment Of the
feminine sex. For whom the raiment was
purchased by Leisel is not disclosed In
the paper filed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29

not serve, declared. II am utwiIiinr N
play politics With The lives Of men"
Sheriff Phi,.ps has asserted that because
he is a candidate for County Treasurer. he
does not trsnk he should have any hand in
executing the draft Law.
mo politicians should be on these
boards" said the Sheriff.
The city is worked TO a high pitch OF
Indignation over the appointments. The
suppositon was that the exemption boards
would be comprised Of the leading men
of the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
DAD MUST PAY 81 A WEEK
Lad Drills, While Father Is Arraigned
for Nonsupport

While Louis Henszey 1913 Arch street.
Camden. was being arraigned before Re-
corder Stackhouse In the Camden court to-
oay on a nonsupport charge his four-year-
OLD son, Louis Henszey. Jr.. played the role
OF outside guard and gave the policemen
and court attaches an exhibition Of juvenile
military knowledge.
The lad lives with his mother at 1911
North Twenty-hfth street. Philadelphia
and despite his youth has learned the
manual Of arms. Today he used a police
mans club instead Of a gun and went
through military maneuvers with the pre-
cision OF veteran. Henszey was ordered
to pay 81 week toward the support Of
his wife and child
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
W. U. to Replace Postal on p. .R.R.

Contract between the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company and the Postal Telegraph
Gable Company for the handling of COM
mercial messages, which has been in effect
since July l, 1902, expires tomorrow. The
Postal Company will continue to operate in
dependent public offices at certain large
stations on the Pennsylvania lines, but at
all other stations the railroad company will
hereafter act as agent OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company instead Of the
Postal and will receive commercial messages
TO all points on the Western Union system
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
HUSBAND SAVED WHILE SOBER
Wife, in Nonsupport Suit, Says He
Couldn't Stand Prosperity

Explaining why 1t was necessary for her
to drag her husband into court" Mrs
Annette Argoe wife Of Walter Argoe 7O6
Broadway, Camden, appeared before Rec
order Stackhouse in the Camden Court today
and testified that In twenty-three years of
married life her husband has been sober
but one year and five months.
When he remained sober" said Mrs
Argoe," we saved more than $500 But he
could not stand that kind Of prosperity and
returned TO his drink" Argoe agreed to
take the pledge and pay his wife IS a week
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
Politics CHARGE HURLED
AT EXEMPTION BOARDS
WASHINGTON. June 20

Strenuous opposition to the local ex.
emption boards announced by the War De.
partment is developing in several OF the
middle western and southern states.
Charges and counter-charees OF politics
are flying thick The most bitter oppositlor
has crystallized in Texas over the countv
boards with accusation that Governoy
Ferguson is building UP political machine
with appointments TO the lower tribunals
Another storm over appointments is brew.
ing in South Carolina between the Rleas.
and Manning factions. Both Of the leaders
have been in the capital with protest,
against the activities Of the other side.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
FOUGHT SEVEN GERMANS
IN AIR; IS STILL ALIVE
Corporal James Norman Hall, Amer,
ican Flyer, Got Bullet Through
His Lungs

PARIS June 29.-Corporal James Nor
man Hall, of Colfax, Ia, member of the
French aviation corps, who was reported
killed yesterday after a fight with seven
German machines, is still alive, although in
a serious condition
A telegram today from Soissons dated
Thursday night. said that Hall was in the
hospital there with bullet through his
lungs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
WORK TO SAVE OLYMPIA
Good Progress Made to Raise U. S,
Cruiser OFF Rock

NEWPORT, r. L. June 29.-The United
States cruiser Olympia. which struck a rock
OF Block Island Tuesday, win he raised and
refioated, though she was badly damaged
Wreckers were making good progress to-
day.
The rock on which the Olympia struck
had never been charted
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
MUTEs LICENSED TO WE'D
Bridegroom Californian and Bride
From Loganville, Pa.

Clerk Ferguson in the Marriage License
Bureau today issued a marriage license TO
Leandro A. Maldonado and Marie n. Good
ling. both deaf mutes. Maldonado Is
twenty-five years old is a cashier and re-
sides In San Francisco, Cal. while Miss
Goodlng is twentythree years old and lives
In Loganville, Pa. The latter gave her occu-
patton as that of teacher OF sewing
The pair brought their own Interpreter
with them, who asked the questions in the
application blank
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
LEAGUE INVITES PROBE
Esoteric Organization Willing to Face
U. S. Investigation

WASHINGTON, June 29.--Investigation
by the Department of Justice Of the Esoteric
Library League was invited today by DR..
H. y. Stokes, head of the organization in
a letter to Congressman ROdenberg, of Hi
nois.
Rodenberg has asked for a congressional
probe Of the leagues activities in encour-
aging correspondence between convicts and
girls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
Girl Sets House on Fire

Mary, the four-year-old daughter of John
Burns, 1882 Brown street. while playing
with matches in her bedroom TODAY ser Are
to the mattress and bedclothes Window
curtains were also ignited, when a member
Of the family threw the burning articles
from window. The damage was estimated
at 500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
British Red Cross Fund ss5,OOO.OO

LONDON. June 2s.-The Times fund for
the British Red Cross, order Of st. John,
has passed S35, 900 ,OOO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
LACKAWANNA WRATHFUL
OVER PARTISAN TYPE
OF EXEMPTION BOARDS
Special Dispatch to the Evening Ledger

SCRANTON, Pa, June 20
Charges filed by A, Mitchell Palmer of
Stroudsburg, Democratic National Com
from this State, against the
makeup of the exemption boards Of Lacka-
wanna County, bring a climax to the wave
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
Railway shOpmen Get Wage Increase

BUTTE, Mont, June 29,-The Northern
Pacific Railway has ANNOUNCED a wage in.
crease for shopmen of five cents an hour
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23

in the state historical museum for
any other cause or nation than Amer
ica 1t might be that you have the
feeling Of every kind-hearted man for
the under dog in a fight, and would
want to jump in and help the one dog
on whom all the other dogs are jump
ing, but even in such case, ! think.
you would hold back and say:
''No, America is not over in Eu-
rope, and we are for our own country,
first, only, and all the time. Let both
England and Germany go hang, for all
we care. This fight is not our fight
and we are not going to burn our fin
gers raking the chestnuts or chips out
of the fire for anyone. We have no
use for either hyphenated German
Americans or British-Americans, as
partisans in the affairs of this coun-
try Now ! know, friends, I1eutZ and
Campbell, that l am expressing the
true sentiments Of you both, and that
you will join with me and other real
neutrals in hammering our swords
into plowshares for turning the fer
tile soil of North Dakota, while We
sing our national songs: America, %
and peace Is Our Victory
49,. J. c. r.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
ANTI.NATIONALiSTs.

In discussion of the menace OF
-Nationalists who have even in
vaded the halls of Congress, The New
York Times has this comment on Sen
ator Gronna:
"The other day Senator Gronna OF
North Dakota was one of the five Sen
ators who voted against resolutions
putting Congress behind the presi-
dent How we'll he represented North
Dakota may be judged from the fact
that both houses of it's legislature by
great majority approved the presi.
dents course. That approval should
bring sorely belated wisdom to the
anti.nationalists in Congress Who,
while forced to give occasional lip
service to the president, do all in
their power to hamper him and to In
jure the dignity and honor of the
United States"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23

by the persons interested and fully in.
vestigated and considered the matter;
and,
Whereas, the Board of City Com
missioners after hearing the same
deeming that the prayer Of such petit
ton should be granted in whole, and
that the whole of the alley in Block
%, in the Riverview Addition to the
City of Bismarck, North. Dakota, be
vacated and discontinued for the rea.
son, that such Block % is only part
of block and there is no need Of
having alley in such block providing
that the petitioner deed to the City
of Bismarck and the, public an alley
IL feet wide further north in said
block and running east and west from
Washington Avenue to East Street.
Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved by
the Board of City Commissioners of the
City of Bismarck, North Dakota,
(three of all the members elect con-
curing therein) that the whole of the
alley running east and west from
Washington Avenue to East Street
through Block %, in Riverview Addi.
ton to the City Of Bismarck, be va.
Gated and discontinued. and the same
is hereby declared to be vacated and
discontinued, provided that the rights
and privileges of any person or cor
poration holding a franchise from the
City of Bismarck, North Dakota, and
having a right to the use of said alley
hereinafter described, shall not be
abridged or affected. and that the
whole of said alley hereinbefore de.
scribed is vacated and discontinued
subject to the rights, privileges and
easements of such persons, or corpor-
ations holding a franchise from the
City of Bismarck, and that this reso-
luton shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's publication, as pro.
vided by law and after the petitioner
herein shall have decided to the City
of Bismarck and the public further
north in the said block an alley IL
feet wide running east and west from
Washington Avenue to East Street.
Adopted by the Board of City Com
missioners of the City of Bismarck,
N. D., February 20, 1917 Commission
ers Battey, Bertsch and Kirk of the
Board of City Commissioners.elect
voting aye on roll calD.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
RESOLUTION.

Whereas, L. H. Carufel and others
heretofore petitioned the Board. of
City Commissioners of the City of Bis
marck, North Dakota, asking that thu
whole of the alley be vacated in Block
%, in the Riverview Addition to the
City of Bismarck, North Dakota, said
alley running from Washington ave-
nue. to East Street in the City of Bis
marck, and said alley being sixteen
(16) feet wide and approximately one
hundred and fifty (50) feet long; and
Whereas, that said Board of City
Commissioners deemed it expedient
that the matter should be proceeded
with, ordered said petition to be filed
with the City Auditor of the City of
Bismarck; and,
Whereas. said City Auditor gave no.
tice by publication in an official news
paper of the City Bismarck, once each
week for four successive weeks, to
the effect that such petition had been
filed as aforesaid, and stating in brief
it's objects, and that said petition
would be heard and considered by the
Board of Commissioners of said City
of Bismarck, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1917, at o'clock, on said eve
ming in the City Hall of said city,
which day of hearing was not less
than thirty (30) days after the first
publication of such notices; and, =.
Whereas. said Board of City Com
missioners attended at regular meet
ing following the time mentioned and
the place mentioned in. said published
notice and fully heard and considered
all the testimony and evidence offered
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
Tabloid History of Germany
Legend Is That Frederick Babassa Hero Of Bloody Middle
Ages, Will Awake When Teutons Need Him

be found with the courage to take it's
throne.
This was the time when the rob-
Der barons ruled in all their glory,
from the great castles whose ruins
still dot Germany. Pillage, robbery,
and private warfare were the order Of
the day. There was no law or justice
in the land.
At last, in 1878, the mobiles decided
that an emperor must be found to
bring some order out of this chaos,
and Rudolph, Count of Hapsburg, was
brought from his home in Switzerland
and put upon the throne. The first
act of this first imperial Hapsburg
was to attack and defeat the king of
Bohemia, and gain possession of the
Austrian territories, which the Haps-
burgs have held on to ever since.
But clear down to 1906 the Haps-
burgs also held on to the German
throne, with only a few Interruptions.
Yet, by the situation of their terri
tories, the Hapsburg rulers were fac.
ing always toward the south and east,
toward the Turks, Slavs and Balkans.
There they saw both their greatest
opportunities and their greatest per-
lis. The peace, order and develop.
ment of the land of Germany was neg
lected, in order that the Roman dream
of world empire might be attained.
In the long centuries following the
advent of the Hapsburgs to the Ger
man empire there was almost con-
slant warfare in the German realm.
among the mobiles, between the Ger
man emperors and their revolving sub
jects abroad. and finally between the
Protestant and Catholic parties
All this strife and bloodshed culmi-
mated only in that even bloodier peri
cd of the thirty years war. This con-
fused struggle began in 1913 and end
ed in 1913, only after France, Den.
mark and Sweden had all been drawn
in, mixing confusedly political and re-
ligious issues.