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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22

In one division. it W rs alleged. the votes of
soldier serving in France and Of a sailor
at sea were east by other men and that in
another division nineteen nonvoters' bal
lots were cast for them. Many Town Meet.
ing ballots were not counted and many
were counted as Republican ballots, while
inval'dated Republican ballots were
counted. il was added
Petitions were entered today by Repre-
sentative John Il, X. Scott counsel for the
Organization, demanding the opening of
balOt-boXes in twenty-five of the fifty-six
divisions of the Forty-sixth Ward where
the Organizations cad was cut deeply by
the independents, Allegations that Town
Meeting votes were nvalidated by too many
marks are made in the petitions. Official
figures for the Forty-sixth Ward. where
Harry A. Mackey is the Ware leader were
announced as follows today: Kendrick
$3.50, and Armstrong. 5794 Sheehan. 3Os2
and Smith 6057 Shoyer 1891, and Nichol-
son, 6D4l
Intmations were made that the Organiza-
tion would ask also for opening of boxes in
the Twenty-hfth Ward, The Organization
has entered about 200 petitions to the inde-
pendents 1926. but by Saturday the Town
Meeting partys number probably will be
around 400. Town Meeting leaders regarded
SCOTS petitions AS ID uff" and asserted that
nothing would please them better than tc
have every ballot-box in the entire city
examined
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22

Speaking before the city Club this after
noon, Franklin Spencer Edmonds, lawyer
educator and long prominent in reform
movements hereabout. drove deep into the
labor situation engendered by the war and
proposed II scheme of labor registration"
to stop what he termed condition on the
verge of chaos in some industries.
Mr.. Edmonds will shortly sail for Europe
to do Y NJ. c. A. and Government work.
and members of the City Club took this oc-
casion to give him a farewell luncheon and
present a gold wrist watch TO him His sub
ject was "Our Part in the War" but he
concerned himself principally with the la
Dor problem.
81 believe from my Investigations that
the leaders of organized labor In this sec
tion are in the main, bea:nd the Govern
ment" he said Il except, however those
Bolsheviki in Kensington who are tying
up the cloth industry by striking
The Federal Government this winter will
do a great many things which no one
thought II would do We must do two
things now first win the war, and, Sec
ondly keep high throughout the standards
md ideals of American life. ] have visited
three Of the great cantonments, and II is
my opinion that those young men in training
there are the best as regards brains and
physique in the world today.
of industry in this section which have been
thrown into chaos by the Government sys-
tenn of bidding against itself. At Camp
Dix, for instance. where the work was done,
not by lump sum, but by a governmental
allowance for 10 per cent profit, ten or
twelve dollars a day was paid to workers.
This drew labor away from loo II building
industry, and the funny part was that in
some instances the local contractors were
| engaged in lump-sum Government work.
This is n wasteful. inefficient and extrava-
q mt method of running the war"
Mr.. Edmonds then branched off into an
other phase of the matter.
1T is right and proper that school boys
should take up the slack of their time at
present by working for the Government
This time is usually wasted in social inter-
course, but social intercourse Is not neces-
sary in war time.
The Board of Education has under con-
sideration scheme to put half of its stu
dents over sixteen years old to work in the
shipbuilding pants for two weeks. while
the other half studies, and then to reverse
the positions of the students This already
Is being done at Girard College Every
morning you can see huge motortrucks leav-
ing the college filled with boys going down
| to the plant of the Chester Shipbuilding
Company. 1t is absurd that nineteen or
| twenty year Cd boys should be doing a
woman's work at this crisis.
We thought here in town that we would
get labor from the farms of the State this
winter. But farmers report that they
haven't enough men to even run their
farms in the winter, let alone at harvest
time.
"A new America will emerge from the
war-an America fighting and strong. Or
ganized labor will have been vindicated
and shown to he a wonderful aid to the
nation in time of distress"
Mr. Edmpnds hrpuGht IN light tho ia ct
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
MARINE ENGINEERS
TO BE RECRUITED HERE
Station No. 9 Will Be Removed From
Baltimore-20,000 Officers
Needed

John Frederick Lewis, chief of the Re-
cruiting Service of Section 2, of the United
States Shipping Board, who has special
charge of the Marine Engineering and
Navigation schools along the Atlantic coast
from the Connecticut River to Cape Charles,
said today that he had received several
applications from men who desire to enter
the schools. but that there seems to be n
shortage of men at the present time eligible
to enter the service
The office force. Mr.. Lewis said will be
moved from Baltimore to this city as soon
as suitable headquarters can be obtained
here.
The schools will train marine engineers
and deck officers for the some 1900 vessels
built or contracted for with which the
Government hopes to win the war. About
10000 men will be needed to officer the
vessels. Applicants for deck officers must
have had at least two years experience at
sea and those applying for marine engineer
berths must be acquainted with engines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
MAYOR FORECASTS
RISE IN TAX RATE
Indorses Stand of Sinking Fund
Commissioners Relative to
$4,OOO,OO0 Surplus
CONFERENCE UNANIMOUS
Agreement Indicates Failure of Coun
ellis Plan and 24-Cent
Increase

A material increase in the 1918 tax rate
is foresha dowed today as a result of con-
ference between Mayor Smith and members
of the Sinking Fund Commission. AT the
conclusion of the conference the Mayor an
nounced he agreed with Messrs. Stotesbury
and Walton relative to the s4,Ooo,oOO sur
plus that Councils wanted to use for cur
rent expenses.
Councils Finance Committee some days
ago asked the Sinking Fund Commission for
information relative to sinking fund moneys
with a view to piecing out 1913 receipts by
the use Of any surplus money In the fund'
In speaking of the Sinking Fund Commis-
sion's action Mayor Smith said;
we agreed unanimously on the policy 10
be adopted and will forward our report to
the presidents of Councils and Chairman
Gaffney, of Councils Finance Committee. In
those reports we will furnish Information
asked Of us in so far as we can do so at
this time. That is all can say concerning
our meeting"
Mayor Smith was counted upon to back
Chairman Gaffney in the use of sinking
funds for departmental needs. Controller
Walton was counted upon to oppose such a
plan. The agreement of the conferees is
said to mean the failure of Councils plan'
If such Is the case twenty-four- cent In
crease in the tax rate will he necessary 10
make UP the $i,OO0,000 or more that IL
was planned to take from the sinking fund.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
WILL SUPPLY EQUIPMENT
TO DISTRICTS SOLDIERS
Those Drafted by Local Board 80 Ia
Be Cared for by As IS
sociation

Soldiers drafted for service by Local
Board No. 38, Twenty y-second street and
Hunting Park avenue, but who would find
1t hardship at first to procure all Of their
necessary equipment will be aided in the
matter by people living in this vicinity
who have Joined together in a patrbtic
association for this purpose This not only
applies to the draftees, but also to volun.
teers from this section.
Through misunderstanding it was orlgi.
nally stated that the organization was
formed for the purpose of caring for the
families of the men who were called to
the colors. Charles s. Osmond, 273e North
Twenty ninth street, chairman of the asso.
citation, denied this today and announced
the real purpose, :
A meeting will be held next Tuesday al
the temporary quarters. in the East Park
Presbyterian Church. Twenty-ffth street
and Indiana avenue, at which time reports
will be made by the chairmen Of the va
rious subcommittee A definite name for
the association will also be decided upon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
POLICE CAPTURE RUNAWAY
YOUTHS HIDING IN CAVE
Three Lads Interrupted in Effort to
Solve High Cost of Living
in Hole

Three runaway youths. who for the last
two weeks have been living In u cave dug
IN the side Of little knoll on the edge Of
the Mount Morah Cemetery Xtieth street
and Greenway avenue ragged tired, dirty
and hungry have been taken into custody
by the police. Their desire to see the world
was interrupted late yesterday by Detectives
Prinz and Qugley, of the Nty-hfth street
and Woodland avenue station, as they were
cooking a piece Of steak over small fEe.
place they had built
The boys, Joseph Trogan. sixteen years
old, 226 Sloan street. Wllkes-Barre Harry
Joiner, sixteen years old, Baltimore and
Newman Raynor, fourteen years old Balti.
more had been liv ng in the little cave
which contained small mattress as the
only furniture. since last day week
ago. They existed on food rgged from
women in the neighborhood and bv obtain
ing odd jobs that gave them a weekly in.
come Of about seventy cents.
Ksynor was sent to the House of De.
atention and the other two to city Hall They
will be turned over to their parents. who
are expected to reach Philadelphia late to.
day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
DIR. GORDON'S GRANDSON
FALLS IN BELGIAN FIGHT
Private in Queens Own Canadian
Rifles, Slain at Passchendaele,
Had Relatives Here

News of the death in action of his grand
son. Private Leslie Blackford, of the Queen S
own Canadian Rifles. was received today
by the Rev DIR. John Gordon, dean emeritus
of the theological school of the Temple Uni
versty. The young soldier was killed No.
vember during the Canadian sweep
through Passchendaele, Belgium the town
that Won Hindenburg ordered the German
troops to hold at all costs.
Private Blackford. who enlisted two
wears ago. resigned as drill sergeant in
england several months ago to go to the
front for real fighting. Doctor Gordon
who sent a Christmas box to him last week
received a postal card from him November
10. four days after his death. Private
Blackford. son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. P. Black
ford of Toronto. was one of circle of a
score of intimate friends killed in battle
He was twenty-eight years old and mar
ried.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
NAME PENN CHARTER HEAD
Dr. Richard M. Gummere Appointed
to Succeed Late DR.. r. NJ. Jones

Dr. Richard NJ Gummere. of Haverford
College has been appointed head master of
the William Penn Charter School to sue
ceed the late Dr. Richard Mott Jones' The
selection was Influenced in large measure by
DR. Jones who, before he died on August /
last, suggested Dr. Gummere as his sue
cessor.
Following a special meeting of the over
seers of the school, Alfred G. Scattergood,
clerk OF the meeting, gave out the follow
ing statement:
I'VE are influenced in this selection by
the scholarly and practical qualities of DR..
Gunmere, by his sympathetic acquaintance
with the ideals and principles which have
guided the school In the past and by the
fact that our late head master suggested
DR.. Gummere as a desirable successor"
Or. Gummere Is associate professor in
Smith, the acting head master, at the
close OF the school year.
Dr. Gunmere is associate professor In
Latin and assistant to the president at
Haverford College.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
PATRIOT PAINTS HOUSE
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
National Colors vividly Displayed at
Home of Frank Williams, of
Hewson Street

Frank Williams, Of 1924 East Hewson
street, is nothing II not patriotic. He be-
leves that the "St lr Spangled Banner" is
always in order, at any time and any place,
and that 1.-THE red, white and blue of Old
Glory are good enough colors to use in
painting house.
Putting this belief into practice, VIII
lsms had the clspboards of his house, be-
low the body OF the building. painted alter
nately red. white and blue. The upper part
of the house Is painted red. but the doors
are white with red cross painted on them
and blue border around them, The ef-
feet of the whole is In the highest degree
artistic, . The flag is very much In evidence.
number OF them being suspended from
different parts OF the house,
Williams has an uncle, Thomas Williams,
who Is a veteran Of the Civil War and who
fought at Gettysburg. and the patriotic
dsmonstration y undsrstocd IA hsvs been
hle toeat ~ a n 2 ~, IA lTf 2 = 7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
TRANSIT LEASE CHANGES
SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE

A conference between city transit Of
fcials and officers of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company began today at the Of
flee of Director of Transit William S. Twin
ing in an effort to reach an agreement on
the amendments to the proposed lease. The
conference will probably last all day.
The conferees include Director Twining,
william Draper Lewis. the Mayors per-
sonal representative i'm transit matters
Thomas f. Mitten, president; Ellis Ames
Ballard, counsel, and A. l.. Drum, chief
engineer of the =. r.. T.
At the last meeting of the joint Com
mittee on Finance and Street Railways of
Councils, objection was made to certain pro-
posed amendments to the lease. Mr.. Lewis,
at the time, promised to make these points
clear and has since been working upon
them.
MIR. Lewis will DISCUSS the transit situa.
tion tonight before the United Business
Mems Association at the Hotel Bingham.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
UNLICENSED FOOD Mn
WILL BE PROSECu,n
Administrator Heinz servs, n
tice of Drastic Action Assjn..' 40
Lawless Dealers ''
FINE AND IMPRISONNr,,,, :,
Retailers Seeking Undue pros,, ~.
Be Denied Privilege Of Pun. WI
chasing Stocks

All wholesale dealers and iohho,.
stuns, and all retailers doing y, ,n itod.
IN excess of 100000 a year MI ousness
take out licenses from the Federal 20 not
ministration Immediately, win iood u
cuted to the full extent OF the i.n. ue pro~.
Ing to an announcement na6a scctrd.
Howard Eeinz, United States usy BY
ministrator for Pennsylvania ''ou a.
There are a number of the ,,u.,.
ers who have not compiled win .s, oesl
quirement says this statement Tr,.s ms n
do SC without further delay, thew sss IN, tn.y
tect themselves to the penalty n,o,a. wui me.
congress. a vocation Of this law 10y y
went INTO erect November 1, is n,,,,nea, Snlea
two years Or both eht Tor
The threat to cut off supplis, =.
ueaiers asking FOR more than a f.,. al
war proft was also made. MANY =, pre- ~
retalers 30 not understand that thsn -. us
DC controlled through the wholesale, az
grocers ask an exorbitant nr,e.
merely have to notify the who,s,a,.' "
are licensed, to stop selling them M, VINO
not intend to allow the retailers .,
enormous profits" make
In answer to criticisms of ,h.
for the country to observe soven ,e9ues'
less meals each week, Mr.. Heinz sa,a,
war bread should be eaten as
as possible and should be served =, u,en
meals. BY war bread I mean tha ona
potatoes, corn, rye. barley and 10y ~
connection with white flour. The on,v ~ u
ceptions in the whole plan of whea, ~. ss,sa *
should be invalids and young ch,,sns ssav'ns
I'm order to save the wheat sjtua.'.an
Europe 1t will be necessary for us O" ~ ..,, u
one'third of our flour at once Ersa..
raised only 80 per cent of her normal wbss,
crop this year and is now on ration, o..
VIII require 100000 tons of cereals n Ia !,
until the next crop. Italy is far h.h,ss
normal and has asked for 10000 tons !,
food products each month England hs.
reduced her normal wheat consumptior :.
one-hat. Germany. on the other hand i,
IN fair shape. She has had a fine nots,r
crop and she will at least have as n,u.s
bread as during the last year. She Ia vs,
ting supplies from captured lands O.,
many is short of fats, but she is even gst
ting some of these from neutral copn,r,.
which. because of llck of foodstuffs, kin,
Off animals and exported them to GERMANY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
VICTIMS PAY 81 EACH
TO COAL-CARD FAKER
Police Seek Stranger Who Sells
Householders Orders
for Fuel
TAKE UP BUCKET SALES
Committee Plans Regulations to Cover
Small Amounts-Rue for Orders
on Books Explained

The police today we're looking for u
smooth stranger who appeared on the
streets this morning offering to sell coal
cards, authorizing the holder to purchase
coal, for 81 apiece The man made his
appearance in the neighborhood of Fifty
eighth and DE Lancey streets and is $ nd
to have victimized a number of unsuspect- =
ing householders before running into some
one sufficiently familiar with the facts to
refuse to listen to his talk.
No charge. Of course. Is made for coal
tickets, and the coal administration is anX-
iouS to run down and punish any mpoStorS
who may attempt to vic,imze persons ig-
norant of the regulations by offering what
purports to be 4 coal ticket for sale Any
one to whom such an offer is made Is asked
to report the facts promptly to the coal
administration W to the nearest policeman.
The fuel committee was In session this
afternoon considering the proposed regula-
tonS to govern the sale of loose coal in
buckets by peddcrs Spencer H. Wright, n
member Of the committee. who has been
making special study and investigation
nt this situation, submitted to the commit
tee a report of the work that he has been
doing.
Fuel Administrator Francis A. Lewis
today made public the following commune
cation addressed to the coal dealers under
his jurisdictions
For the information of coal dealers as
to orders now on the books. the4 form is
not to be filled out The ruling applies only
to future orders
But coal dealers are not expected to M
orders already received or any future orders
in any priority as "a date, but to Judge in
such case the necessity Of the situation and
not to give any one more coal than is
sufficient to keep him going until the present
shortage is relieved.
"A great deal must he left to the iudg
mcnt of the dealer, who will, always keep
in mind the object in view. viz. to see that
no householder suffers from cold for lack
of coal If that coal can be obtained"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
SERVICE FLAG CELEBRATION
Pupils of Dunlap School Raise En-
blem Containing 83 Stars

Pupils of the Dunlap School, Fifty-frst
and Race streets, today raised service
flag, containing eighty-three stars, that was
purchased with their own pennies The
flag is In honor Of the former pupils of the
school who are serving with the colors.
Each Of the 1000 children In the school
contributed penny toward the flag, and
the balance was made up by the teachers.
The exercises were in charge Of Miss
Margaret Noble, principal of the school.
Addresses were made by Superintendent of
Education CARRIER, Joseph Mclaughlin, of
the Department Of Supplies. and Miss Dotz
Dostassos. a teacher In the school. Amer
ica," "Over There" and the Star spangled
Banner" were sung by the children. Hun
drsds OF people attended the AFFAIR. which
was held 10 the main scfpoIyard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
REGISTER LABOR,
EDMONDS'S PLAN
Lawyer Suggests Scheme to
Avert Chaos in Certain
Industries
UNION LEADERS LOYAL
Franklin Spencer Edmonds
Criticizes Labor Mistakes
ERANKLIN SPENCER EDMoNDs

ERANKLIN SPENCER EDMONDS
l. says of the present labor-war
situation:
The Government has thus far pur-
sued a wasteful inefficient and ex-
travagant course in running the
labor part of the war.
In certain lines we have been on
the verge of business chaos during
the last six months.
There should be no business as
usual in wartime and it is
ridiculous to see young fellow
nineteen or twenty years old, who
could be used in shipbuilding, behind
soda fountain or a ribbon counter.
Labor from sixteen to sixty years
of age should be registered. Already
the Board of Education is consider
ing the putting of all scholars upon
fifty-fifty work and study basis.
The Government this winter will
do great many things in regard to
labor which we thought it never
would do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
ARGUMENT ON BALLOT
BOX OPENING DELAYED
Counsel for Town Meeting and
Republican Parties Agree to
Postponement to Saturday

Argument on Town Meeting petitions to
open all ballot boxes in the city was pest
poned until Saturday by agreement between
Town Meeting and Republican organization
counsel TODAY. shortly after the official count
was finished by the Election Court
In the meantime the Town Meeting forces
are gathering their heavy ammunition
whereby, they declared, wholesale fraud
will be revealed in the ha lot boxes and the
slim maiorities of the organization candi-
dates will he wiped out Between 10000
and 10000 votes are missing. they asserted.
A sensational surprise was promised to-
day by the independents, who plan a double
attack to force omen The ballot-Doxes. The
one attack will be in the Election Court
Saturday: the other. in the Court of
Quarter Sessions. where. in case the Elec-
tion Court refuses to grant the petitions.
the entire election will he contested be-
cause OF the close vote and the evidence
of fraud.
The sensations are said to he in the office
of Prothonotary Walton. where for more
than a week Town Meeting men have been
making an exhaustive examination Of the
voters checklist books. These are said
to reveal many discrepancies in. the vote.
The count, held before Judges Martin
and Finletter was finished this morning
II shows that the lead of James r, Sheehan,
organization candidate for Register Of
Wills is about l400 over Walter George
Smith. Town Meeting nominee; that of w.
Freeland kendrick Organization is about
5000 over Thomas F. Armstrong (Town
Meeting) for Receiver OF Taxes and that
of Frederick j. Shoyer Organization is
about 1900 over William r Nicholson CTown
Meeting) for city Treasurer.
These majorities do not include the vote
OF Philadelphia sailors and soldiers In
camp. The camp vote will be computed
tomorrow, the third Friday after election
being designated by law for this purpose
The Wares claim lead I'm the camp vote
with the independents promising IA surprise
here also.
OFFICIAL FIGURES OF COUNT
Figures taken from the official count as
made by the court are as follows for the
forty.eght wards in the city:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
TRAFFIC COP ACCUSED
OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Camp Dix Teamster Declares He Was
Beaten and $40 Stolen by
Policeman

Policeman John Rooney. Of III North
'Thirty-eghth street. detailed as a member
of the traffic squad at Third and Market
streets has been arrested and held without
bail by Magistrate Pennock on the charge
of assault and battery and highway rob-
berry.
The policeman is accused of blacISjacking
Walter Lof1an, formerly employed as a
teamster at Camp Dix, and of robbing him
of sl9 after the two had been drinking to-
gether. Rooney will be arraigned again
today.
According to the testimony. Lof1an was
found unconscious and sent to the Penn
sylvana Hospital. He had been badly
beaten The policeman emphatically denied
the charges against him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-22
Jewish Charities Benefit by Will

Jewish Charities, $500 to the CONGREGATION
Beth Israel and $3.50 each to the Jewish
Seaside Home, Ventnor. N. j., and the
Lebanon Hospital Association are Included
in the will of Martin schlesinger. who died
In the Jewish Hospital. The will. as pro-
bated today, disposes of effects valued at
$4,000 other Wills probated were those of
Horatio NJ Day. 1898 Spring Garden street,
SIS, 900; Eleanor A. Mercer. 3547 North
Broad street, $4,000; Anna Thomas, who
died In the Pennsylvania Hospital. ~, 3,sSo.
and Frsdsrich =. Koons. ltl3 Franhfor6