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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

INDUSTRIAL

to tell what the council is, who are in
it, what it has done and what it is try
ing to do, just touching some OF the
high places.
ated by act of Congress the latter part
of August, 1916" he said, consists OF
the secretaries of War. Navy. Agri-
culture, Interior, Commerce and Labor
The act declares the duties of the
council to be the coordination Of in
dustries and resources for the national
security and welfare
-
sion of seven civilians. each having a
special knowledge of some of the great
industries. to advise the council, and
thereby imposed upon them response
bilities now hardly less than those OF
the cabinet officers themselves.
.The advisory members completed
their organization by choosing Daniel
willard, president of the Baltimore snd
Ohio railroad. its chairman and making
each of the seven members chairman OF
a subcommittee. MIR. Willard naturally
was made chairman of the committee
on transportation and communications.
and through his efforts the advisory
committee is able to determine the ca :
pacity of the roads. through co-opera-
ton, to move troops. take military
supplies where needed. aid Industrial
concerns to move their output and 10
1t all in the way that will give the
public the least Inconvenience.
Mr.. willard secured the appointment,
of four committees of loading railroad
executives, one In each OF the military
districts. to deal with all uuoationa uf
transportation. hostile ensasementn
were at hand. without sthia preparation
congestion of traffic with troupa, feed
and munitions moving. would hp ayet Z
whelming, but with furethoushl ana
time on our side there h no doubt that
the railroads viii meet the situatIaa,
They will grow to the demand,
1T is unwisc. of course, to rait uRan
the trained railroad men fer naiataya,
The railroad system win strain Until
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

he happened to be. He seemed to CEN
tralize the moral force of. the men
around him, ''as If it were an emana
ton from his person." according to an
early report.
I'VE priests simply can't fear DEATH"
says he of Painters. The men see that
we have an advantage and 1t is con-
tagious."
Quite different from the careless atti-
tude of peace; instinctively, the men
assume their logical position.
-
II love this life" wrote Able Nj,
become sub-lieutenant and / SEEM for
the first time. to be fully man
The able was killed in September,
1916.
"Oh. the tightening of the heart before
the combat. when you see all those eyes
resting on you in mixed fear and friend
ship. seeming to say: We look to you.
We know that many of us will be killed
tHe himself fell ten days later There
is courageous resignation. without
sadness, very beautiful. / would not
give this short period for all the rest
of my life 1t is such a joy, in the con-
themselves. approach to God. and to feel.
those who fell were in a state Of grace,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

schools and has inventories of more
than a hundred hospitals
Julius Rosenwald, president of
Sears. Roebuck & Company, is chair
man of the committee on food and
clothing. This committee has secured
the cooperation of supply houses and
has given to the departments such data
that its bureaus know where to call for
the millions of yards of cloth for mill
tary uniforms. They will know. when IL
is inspected. where to send the cloth to
be made into uniforms for soldiers. It
has created a commercial economy
board for the economical distribution
of commodities throughout the United
States.
ITO Samuel Gompers, chairman OF
the committee on labor, has fallen the
duty of furnishing the statistics. the
best means of conservation of the
health and welfare and the organlza-
tion of labor.
Copper and other materials must he
had in enormous quantities for cases for
fixed ammunition Of all sizes. and the de-
mand for it abroad has made its price
soar almost out of sight. Bernard Baruch.
chairman of the committee on raw metals.
put himself in touch with the heads OF
the production as a result. The nlted
States has contract for 45.o00,oo pounds
of copper al l6 2-3 cents per pound, the
market price being about 81 cents
The casual visitor at the headquarters
of the council in Washington cannot fail
to see the pressure under which the adj
mnistrative force is now driven. but he
would not begin to realize the volume
or the value Of accomplishment unless he
saw the plant in operation.
the great reason for the results achieve
ed by the council is the duality of men
composing it, but the director of the
work, Walter S Clifford. must not be for
gotten in counting the reasons. He IS
one of the officers of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company: He was
born in Massachusetts, was educated at
Harvard and lives in New York city. lie
is serving as director at the express re
quest of the Secretary of War, who Is
chairman OF the council, and with the con-
sent of his company
Mr. Clifford was supervising director NJ
the committee ON industrial preparedness
of the naval consulting board. This COM
mittee. under the Craftsmanship OF Howard
f. Coffin, broke the ground for Industrial
preparedness in the country. This vital
information it obtained, os nature never
before collected by any department of the
government. is now on file IN the councn
of national defense.
Mr. Clifford has been chief statistician OF
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, and is among the leading com
mercial statisticians of America. ms
training has meant an ahSitty 10 deal Win
national problems il a national way.
So. although the supplies for this new
army are not even ordered. with the army
and the council and the industrial re-
sources of an aroused country at work
they will come pouring in ~ a rate that
will prove a grateful surprise to pessl-
mists and jolt TO their enemies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

ready to break in carrying food and
guns, men and material, and these men
will be doing their bit when they keep
the TRANSFORMATION service at top
notch.
Howard Il. Coffin was made chair
man of the committee on munitions. IN
GLIDING standardization and industrial
citations. This sounds like creek or
Eolupuk to most persons, but, tfaHSlat-
ed, il means that this committee has Sc
cured reports and knows the capacity
of 1000 industrial concerns through
out the country. 1t operated through
the engineering societies OIL the toun
try and has obtained much confidential
information.
The government knows not only
what each of these plants viii under
take TO do. but whether il can do It,
The government knows where to wire
for machine guns and il knows when
deliveries viii begin.
This committee has been active in
standardizing the airplanes business
TO bring about early quantity produce
ton. and the plans TO this end are Wen
under way. And so on IL would 80
with the whole -. 900 organizations
conc might talk for an hour on these
"details. but they must not be left nntii
II IN made clear that without these
concerns the new army cannot be sup
piled and equipped. that they must be
kept AT hish efficiency, and that the
army must not draw skilled artisans
away from them.
''The committee has the cooperation
OF niN af the ablcst men who have been
making munitions Tor the allies, 1hey
wiil agree upon tho proper standards or
turning out munitions IN hlE orders
fheN aiVe their expert knowledge TO
the army and the navy. and mus IN
stat IN prndacine standard drawing nhd
specifications, in making ronslhle
aaaatit, production OF munitions,
hr ftsnklin H. Martin OF Chicago.
head az the committee ON medicine anu
sanitatian, has data from 10000
phA Rieians, has established coarnen w
MiiitaiA medieine IN ntNtN meatoa'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

shape the national policy as regards in
ternational affairs without taking ac
count of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

EIHE congress of Uruguay has been
called in extraordinary session
to consider international affairs.
< This was the news the cable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23

has decided that the fight may be won and
III fact, they say II will be won In the
Election Court generally regarded as n
mere computation court. The head OF this
board OF strategy is Select Councilman
Trainer of the Third Ward. once a sup
porter OF the Wares. but now a representa-
tive of Senator Penrose
One Of the chief points about the fight
Tor the independent ticket TO he made in
the Election Court. rather than In the Court
or quarter Sessions. Is that II can be done
without the huge expenses which would he
incurred by a regular contest The Elec-
ton Court Is sitting in the regular order OF
business; that Court is not called on 10 do
something not scheduled the law saws that
the Election Court shall count the votcs
The new party has ready mass of pc
titions charging specific fraud in a great
number of the city's 1896 election divisions
counsel for the independents is ready TO
present similar petitions for every division
SUI they believe when Judges Martin and
tinletter. sitting In the election court read
the petitions already prepared and sun
ported by afdavits they will not only order
tho opening of the hoNes in question but
also open every other box IL necessary
Another phase, of course, is the soldier
vote. Under the law the ballots of the sol
diers will be counted today. Owing, how
ever. TO the manner in which the vote was
taken, the general mix-up I'm that rcga rd
ana the conflicting contentious of each side
1t Is possible IA motion to throw the soldier
| vote out of court may prevail. The uues.
| ton is under consideration by counsel for
! the independents. An example of IN,
| charges being made by independents Is
| that soldiers, who were in France on elcc.
| ton daN' were recorded as voting in Ameri.
! can camps on November 6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
DOUBLE HARNESS PLAN
OF STATE SUFFRAGISTS
War Work and Votes Effort
Will Be Nicely Balanced
in Future

IIlTSRl Eilt, NOV. 70.
y coordination of war work and suffrage
work running, not tandem fashion, one
ahead of the other in a nicely balanced.
cvcn-stepping double harness is the out
standing Characteristic Of the future policy
Of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation as laid down by the forty-niuth
annual convention just adjourned and which
is being further discussed by the newly
created war board meeting In executive
session today
Many suffragists came TO this convention
firmly convinced that all suffrage activities
should cease until the war was ended As
many more journeyed here with the idea
that all war work should be subordinatcd
to suffrage until the final ratification of the
Federal suffrage amendment.
II remained for DR. Anna Howard shaw
honorary president Of the National Amer
lean Suffrage Association and chairman of
the womcn's committee of the Council Of
National Defense, TO yoke the two and send
every body home convinced that Il woman,
try as She will, cannot be "A full-fcdgcd
patriot until she is politically cnfranchised.
SiVcc woman suffrage has become a
household phrase, young and able leaders
have arisen everywhere and have done
noteworthy service in bringing the woman's
cause To IT'S present state OF advancement,
but succeeding conventions prove that Doc
tor Shaw, seventy years of age, white
haired and stopped remains supreme in
vgor and SaCacitv II was she WHO at the
stormy final session Of the convention when
a few INSURGENTS led hy Miss Mary H.
Baiewcu Of Scwiclilcv. threatened To make
trouble oyer thc rcsoIutinI renudintinr the
picl,rts tnol, tho Nnor and t,Iiry tbr "in-
side facts" of IN, nic,ict iunrisonn,cut
carried the resolution al,nos, uuauin,n,IsLy
PltkETS CHARGE INFoCNDED
To many present it came as surprise
| that the piclIets' charges of brutality at
| Occou,,au had pr,uaIIy ..,n investigated
| hv the Conservative National Association
and according tn Doctnr shaw found sadly
wanting ir ,rrtb N,r, ,vor,nr also had
! mo, raaIj,ed un,iI Doctor shaw nninted 1,
! M, of tho,, ,b,t ,Lo action nr tho ,,i,l,et.
! in r,,,rti,,r tb,i. b.r,,rs -, tb, tim,
| the Russian cnvoys visited the President
| came to the verge of treason.
| Il am not a Democrat" she said vgor.
! ously," and am not favoring President vii.
| son or any one else. but | have a regard for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
GIRARD STUDENT ABSOLyED

The mystery of who put a loaded rifle
in a locker room at Girard College was
not solved today when Corradino Bentavo-
Clio a ilftcen-year-old student, was absolved
by the CCroner's Jury of all blame in con-
nection with the death of siXtecn-year-old
John Wesley Carl, fellow student, Oc-
tober %.
II was testified that Bentavoglio took a
gun from his locker, thinking it was his,
and went to the parade ground for military
drill The gun was accidently discharged
The bullet glanced in fragments from the
sidewalk, one piece killing Carl another
woundng another boy and Il third breaking
a window. None of the guns ever are loaded
for drill, il was testified,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
Plans to Guard
Alien Enemies


Continued from rnre One
with tho individual cases rather than with
the aliens as "A whole.
~ have been receiving many inquiries"
he said. from Germans as to how to obey
the law ! believe that women and chill
dren arc also concerned in the proclamation,
and whatever is done must cover them
too"
lie pointed out that under the law Ger
mans can be driven 100 miles away from the
waterfront hut that the actual distance is
left TO the discretion Of the local officials
t'udcr these circumstances. virtually every
alien enemy I'm this city could he driven
out The I0o.yard limit with respect TO
freight stations piers and industrial cs.
Establishments will he rigdly adhered TO.
outside Of the piers and strictly pas
seuger stations there are l02 railroad
freight stations that will have to be guarded
i'm this city. They are divided as follows:
Fffty.seven on the Pennsylvania forty on
tho Reading and five ON the Baltimore and
ohio Railroads.
II was also learned at the conference that
the Government officials are seeking a sec
tion of the city where the allen enemies
might dwell with their families. No hard
| ships will he imposed upon those who are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
Break Coal Famine
in West PhilddeIphid

continued from Page One
by simply turning the Clock back an hour
a day, saved 5000 tons of coal last year.
an up with daylight, to bed with the dark
law. but its stand is that electric lighting
and ezra fuel in stoves and heaters will be
cut considerably.
Here are few of the ways in which
the public is requested to cut coal consump-
ton:
Use oil stoves and freless cookers in
stead Of the coal range.
Use more wood. The Department of
Agriculture has offered the services of a
number Of foresters to assist in this work;
consolidate plants in certain industrial
lines. such as ice plants
Develop the water power of the nation,
SO that electricity can be produced by
mechanical means.
Mr.. Potter conferred with Doctor Garfield
relative to the serious situation with respect
70 coal cars in Pennsylvania and upon his
return he authorized the following state
ment:
=, The United States fuel administration at
washington Is in possession of the facts
mat the local mines in Pennsylvania are
running less than so per cent and during
NE last few weeks less than one-third OF
ule tlme. for lack of coal cars, and tha'
yet there are standing on the side tracks
. the mines loaded cars that have not been
moved for ten days.
4. The car congestion is unsatisfactory
throughout the country, but Is most acute
IN Pennsylvania on the lines of the Penn
syNania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads
nieve believe the railroads are doing all in their
p9wer under the circumstances, but ] agree
snn the conclusion arrived at by the fue
administration in Washington that some
uM'ihg radical must be done at once before
we arrival of cold weather.
,.,l was glad to hear from Doctor Garfield
,ouay that radical steps have been taker
w W relieve the car congestion in Pennsyl
scin "ia and the railroads are patriotically
~ ~operating in every way in their power
" remedy the critical situation"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23

cock. which shows Town Meeting MAJOR
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23

required to move because OF the proclam1e'
tion, Mr.. Kane said, but every alien living
within a hundred yards Of the east side o.
Front street will be obliged to- seek resis
dence in some other section OF the city.
vdually.
II WIS also stated that ropes would NOT
he used in the restricted districts. which
VIII be po,iced by additional guards
United States Marshal Noonan stated
that his Office had perfected its plans for
carrying our the proclamation, but that he
could not make these plans public until he
was definitely advised from Washington a.
TO how to proceed He did not believe, how
ever, that the details would change his
plans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
Leading Pickets
Not Before Court
'sntlnued from PAGE One

's"''nued from Page One
me newspapers for reference to suffragist
seuvities and looked immensely bored by
al the legal palaver.
corporation Counsel Stevens said he had
searched the libraries without finding a
single Instance where the court had or
aered prisoners released because of their
ueatment by administrative officials of a
wa penal Institution, and asserted the
suorney for the other side had been also
unable to find any such authority.
me officials of Occoquan or the WASH
i,ns.on jail can be removed by the Wash
s~ston officials" said Stevens, "if 1t is
.vuhd they are exceeding their power or
sDusing the prisoners, but there is no law
warrant their release"
me longer the attorneys talked the
sseper they went, and the further they
sht the court and the prisoners appeared
get more confused as to the points OF
apparently tiring of the discussion, Judge
sacill at o'clock called recess and
Sted the attorneys to find out what
ntended to do In half an hour.
was every prospect when reces1
- The case would run all day to-
Yuheps eyeg y tomouows
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
MICE SET HOUSE AFIRE
Chewing of Matches Causes Blaze in
Downtown Dwelling

Thirtecu.y ear-old Angelo Macianta. 130s
kmball ctreet, discovered smoke issuing
from the third floor of the home of Frank
Falcune. 1871 Kmball street. today. Fai-
Cune, his wife and five small children were
in the kitchen.
Upon investigation 1t was found that the
fire had been started by mice chewing a
box of matches. The damage is estimated
at $500. Young Macanta was Severely
burned about the hands. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
COIN SHORTAGE OVERCOME

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S--Aftcr a month
"i extraordinary effort the three Govern
mcnt mints have today virtually overcome
the coin shortage.
There is still shortage of iOO,O 900 pen-
MES but this will he met within the next
lew days During the first twenty day.
Of November the mints turned ont "a 74o ooo
pennies S.li3,000 niCkels. $4,000 600 dimes.
N"Ol.oOo quarters and 2,150,OOO halC-dollars
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
ShipwOrker's Hand and Foot Crushed

Michael Dunn, forty years old, of 26S3
Aramngo street a boilermaker, while en-
ployed at Cramps shipyards Richmond and
Cumberland streets, today had his right
hand and right foot crushed when a smolie-
stack fell on him. He was taken to Lam
kenau Hospital.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1917-05-24
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Die Resiftriruns.
Sic aartea entbalteu 5wOlf 6rasen
nHo oas SigualemeEt Oes &sebr-
pfliftigen.

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baben sic iia bereit rtIdrt, fas
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Jm eJubelfram8.
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