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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
HUGE PROFITS MADE
AT BEGINNING OF WAR
Drafting of New Tax Bill Re.
veals Excess Revenue in
Many Businesses


Records Of incomes and excess profits
Of American business during 1917 were
supplied by the Treasury Department TO
the House ways and Means Committee,
drafting the new revenue bill today.
This data. compiled by Collector of
Internal Revenue Roper in levying in
come and excess profits taxes. contained
many revelations to the committee.
Many businesses showed enormous prof
its during the first nine months of the
war.
The committee considered two meth
DDS of levying excess profits taxes to-
day. Under one method, that in vogue
in England. extremely heavy levies
would be made on profits growing di-
rectly out of the war. while profits that
would have accrued regardless of the
war would be only lightly taxed. The
alternate plan Is that now in practice
here, under which all excess profits are
taxed
Pleas for levying excess profits and
income taxes in such manner that they
may be paid in instalments met with
little favor on the part of the committee.
The fact that business was not in the
least disturbed by the huge Withdrawals
TO pay these taxes this month. under
the old law. was pointed to by mem
bers Of the committee to justify their
position against installment payments
One proposal receiving serious consid-
Grafton is to cancel all exemptions on
incomes and in this way. not only would
revenues he swelled. but the war would
be brought home to every man and wo-
man"
Another proposition to which serious
thought is being given is plan to tax
automobiles 20 per cent on the selling
price. the tax to be paid by the manu-
facturer.
It is certain that in the new revenue
bill some measure of increased taxa
ton on automobiles will be carried
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
STATE GUARDS AT SEA CIRT
Two Battalione of Militia Start
Ten Days Training at Camp Edgs

Camp Edge, Sea Girt. n. L.. June 81.
The First and Third Battalions OF
the State Militia have arrived here for
ten days encampment, These or
ganizations. embracing approximately
1000 men. will undergo A course of in
tensive training under the command of
Adjutant General Frederick Gilkyson,
of Trenton. the camp commander.
The units of the First Battalion,
which has headquarters at Atlantic City
and is. commanded by Major Charles
D. White, come from Atlantic City,
Bridgeton. Cape May. Salem. Clayton
and Westville Major Howard S. Bor-
den's command has headquarters at Red
Bank. with units from Red Bank, New
Brunswick, Asbury Park, South Am
boy and Lakewood.
General Gilkyson has announced the
same staff practically as served with
him during the recent camp of instruc-
tion. Although they will have been in
camp but one day. the two battalions
will ne reviewed this afternoon by Gov
ernor Edge, for the benefit of the hum
dreds of Republicans and Democrats
from South Jersey who will be here
for the first of the Governors Day"
celebrations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
Bright Words for Home Folks
From Boys. in the Service

but don't let them in unless this
thing is settled right
In regard to soldiers. it matters
little where you go in France you
see them everywhere. especially
American troops, and l tell you we
are all going to give a good account
of ourselves over here and teach the
Hun the real Yankee spirit of
never stopping a thing until 1t is
finished. and finished right. You
cannot realize the magnitude of
some of the things we are doing,
but with all that one sees over here
one is assured once and for all that
we can't lose.
After six weeks In this country
have had quite few experiences.
/ am we'll and glad to be here.
Hope this finds you we'll. Some of
these days / will come back and tell
you all about it and "Parlez-vous
Francois" to you.
Remember me to all and take
good care of yourself. Your grand
son, GEORGE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
HALF MILLION SLAVS
TO JOIN THE ALLIES
Serbian Recruiting Officer Re.
ports That Many in U. S.
IN Eager to Fight
Washington, June 81.

More than 100000 Slavs. until now
considered alien enemies, will he fighting
against the Central Empires within a
year as a result of the Presidents rec
ognition of a Jugo-Slav legion.
At present there are at least 100000
Jugo-Slavs. 1.25o,ooO Czeoho-Slavs and
2.pOO. 900 Poles in this country accord
ing to Captain GordonS Smith. recruiting
officer of the Serbian army.
" ''The majority have had military
training in the Austrian army" he said.
Many are noncommissioned and
reserve officers Fully two-thirds are
unmarried and within the military age.
All are willing and anxious to fight
Thousands of Slavs have already been
recrnited in this country by special mill
tary mission and sent to Serbia and
France.
Serbia. however. pays her soldiers
only one cent per day. In the French
Legion they receive five cents with
the same pay as received by Americans
the response to recruiting appeals will
be. spontaneous, according to Captain
Smith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
AUTO TURNS SOMERSAULT
Two Of Four Occupants Injured When
Car Hits Track

BriatoI, Pa, June 21.--Returning from
Philadelphia in a new touring car. Hugh
Mckinley and Patrick Boyle. of Bristol.
and Harry Ryan and Thomas Gallagher,
of Burlington. met with an accident at
the old ice plant on Otter street, which
sent Gallagher and Ryan to the Frank
ford Hospital. Gallagher. IT Is under
stood, is suffering from a fractured
skull. while Ryan has a broken arm and
numerous other injuries. The other two
were cut and bruised
The party was driving rather rapidly
and the car struck the trolley tracks.
which at this point on Otter street are a
trife higher than the roadway. The
car swerved to one side and did SON.
ersault, pinning Gallagher and Ryan
who was the driver, beneath 1t.
Mckinley rushed into Raymond
Wrights home on otter street. where
he aroused Wright, and with his as
sistance obtained an automobile in which
the injured men were hurried to. the
hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
10 SUPPLY WAR LABOR
Service, Nearly Perfected,
Now Places 1000 Workers
I Every Day
Washington, June 81.


The United States employment service
vas today rushing to completion It's
labor recruiting and supplying maehin-
cry to enable It TO take, over the sup
plying of common labor to war indus
tries exclusively after August I.
stWhile the date for the beginning of
the Federal labor recruiting plan has
hfen postponed by the President, at the
Recommendation of Secretary OF Labor
Wilson. from July Is to August 1. the
Federal employment service expects to
ne able to begin wholesale recruiting by
The middle of next month. After August
4 no employer with war business who
employs more than 100 workers can
get common labor except through the
Federal employment agency.
4 Government officials look upon the ex-
psnsion of the United States employ
n1ent service during the last six months
as one of the record achievements of the
country since il began its war work.
When the employment service was re-
organized last January by the Depart
meht of Labor and placed on war
footing 1t had less than 100 offices. and
these were only parts of the inlmgra-
tion Offices. Workers were being
placed at the rate of about 10000 a
month. Today It has more than 500
branch offices combing the industrial
and farm region and new ones daily
are being opened. while II Is placing
mere than 1000 men a day. The branch
offices have increased 500 per cent since
the first of the year and the placements
have increased 1000 per cent.
The exclusive war recruiting policy
OF the Federal employment service is
based upon a Capitalization of admin
istrative authority in its national office
In the Department Of Labor and a de-
Capitalization of execution. with the
State az a unit. Each State is in charge
Of State director, and upon him has
been placed full responsibility for the
successful operation of the labor re-
cruitins program within his State bor-
ders
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
Canada Bars Jersey Tomatoes

and commission men here received a Sc
we're blow when word came from the
Government authorities not to ship to-
matoes to Canada this season. While no
reason is assigned II is presumed to be
on account of the cost of transportation.
Several of the commission men have
heretofore been making big shipments
to that section with big profits and the
Canada market was always depended on
to make up losses in other ways As
paragus, cantaloupes and watermelons
have heretofore been sent there and as
these are termed ''luxuries" are en-
hargoed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
hrs GRANDSON

HIS GRANDSON
He knows that the Huns toii be forced
to disgorge
All the peD they have swiped from
each nation;
For arandtather's heard from young
Corporal George
Aud possesses frst-hand Information
He kito,os that the thing that zoe think
Of the Hun
Is but truth that through run,or has
frickled;
And he knops that our boys Uill toind
up phat's begun;
And PH bet you that grdnpa 10
tickTed! tts
We knop, just the same as he knops,
the plain facts,
The brutes must be "0tpen their
orneP:
Our boys mast eract ertreme penanoe
Iuhuman aud fendishIy cruel. -
Yea, boz We Dil right till the long ,car
Is done;
TIL the foe In strong brine has been
pickied.
Here's one brave yoyng soldier ,oho's
after the Hun!
And IH bet you that grdn'pa Is
tfokiedi
Corporal George Weldon. Of the Twen.
ty-third Engineers, now in France,
wrote the following letter to his grand
/, father. George weldon. Willow Grove:
May 2s. 1918.
Dear Grandfathev-Well today at
this time over home no doubt will
find you reading the papers all about
the war; and over here, where the
big show is being waged. we do not
need the papers.
The Hun lis hated thing over
here and, no doubt everywhere and.
locking at prisoners. one does NOT
a. wonder such things happened to our
men as we read about when I was
back home with you. You can see
1t in their faces Here, where you
a meet the soldiers of all nations.
there Is only one thing to say about
Il the Hun. l''No kamerad Stick
them - "Kamerad" is what they
: cry when they want mercy. and no.
body should show any for them
had two German prisoners work.
ing for me. Que was boy sixteen
wears old and the other an old man
. 81 ffty-two, who had wife and
four children N Germany and one
W ~ the States,
I Yop flnd treat nunber Of them
I< 80 NY thee xheet(1e var y over
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
MINERS TO AID OUTPUT
Promise to Work Full Time to Speed
@ Up Production

Mount Carmel, Pa, June 21.-oficials
OF the Susquehanna Galleries Company
arg making every effort to maintain
high production at the anthracite mines,
despite the continued labor shortage
and the steady withdrawal of the
younger men through the military draft
Calling together from twenty to fifty
OF the best miners at each colliery. the
coal situation was presented to them
In every phase. The men were appealed
to from patriotic standpoint to work
a full eight hour day, It having been
the custom of many mines to quit after
working from five to six hours. The men
were told that the company had no OBJ
lection as to how much money the
miners make, preferring that each make
record wages. for in doing so they will
enhance coal production. Virtually all
of the men pledged to work their full
eight hours and were assured that
wagons would be provided to remove
the coal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
Doomed, They Sleep Heavily

sunbury. Pa. June 21.--Henry and
Jacob Solads. sentenced to die in the
electric chair for the murder of William
Schleig, a johnson City merchant. are
morose in their cells in the Northun-
herland County jail here. They sleep
nearly all of the time, have not asked for
spiritual adviser and will not discuss
the crime p. w. Shipman. of Shano-
kin, their attorney. has asserted that
he cannot see any good reason for ask
ing for a new trial
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21

The sun will set at s:33 O'Clock to-
morrow night. sooner or later. the
Weather Bureau says. The reason fer
the sooner or later is that, figured to
the minute. the sun sets at 1893 o'clock
several days in succession, which would
detract from the glory of tomorrow
being the longest day, but figured down
to the second tomorrow is the long 1st
by a couple of ticks.
After tomorrow the days grow shorter
and shorter until December 81. when
the shortest day of the year iS cele-
brated.
As to weather conditions for sum
mer's advent, the Weather Bureau says
there is warmer weather coming. II
may land with summer tomorrow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
WOODBURY. GRADUATES 20
Are Awarded Diplomas at High School
Commencement

woodbury., n. j., June 21.-Com-
mencement exercises of the high school
were held in the opera house. The
twenty-nine graduates include members
from all the upper part of the county,
as follows:
Ruth r. Curtis, Sara l.. Eastlack
Charles r. Etter. Veronica r. Fortune
Adam H. Hi.chner Elmer c. F. Jones
Maren Lysholm. Helena V. stevenson
Helen c. Stock, Samuel L. Tucker. Jr.,
Douglas v. Aitken, Dorothy u. Ekey
Letitia p. Ciilmour. Edna Van Batten,
Joseph l.. Borden. Alvin I. Haines. Mar
garet r.. Cooper, Edna Void. Helen II.
Beckett. Dorothy Care. Ora Dexter,
Beatrice Green, Edna \. Homan, Edna
NJ. Shinn. Marguerite A. Smith, Lewis
r. Motisher, Mahelle b. Rambo. Carvel
L. Sparks and Edwin II. Willoughby.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
HEADS SACKED MISSION
DR.. C.. H. Lamme. Formerly Of Nanti.
coke, in charge

Wilkes- -Rsrr~, June 81 - nr. e. II.
Lamme. formerly a resident of Nanti-
coke and a son-in-law of Judge John NJ
Garman. of this city. is director of the
mission hospital at Tabriz Persia. the
sackng of which bv Turks may provoke
a declaration Of war between the United
States and Turkey. Mrs. Lamme. Judge
Ciarman's daugher, was specially
schooled for the missionary service, and
was prominent as a worker previous II
her marriagt
Judge C;arman has received word from
Doctor and Mrs. Lamme that they are
IN route to the United States. In their
Journey to Persia they were compelled
to make a roundabout trip through ST.
IBERIA to reach their destination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15

downtown widows than for all its other
benefciaries throughout the entire city. The
board has upon its lists more than 70o
widows in the confines of the old district of
Southwark, each of whom is sure to receive
a ton of good anthracite every winter.
Some of the other trusts apply To other
single districts. and nearly all are operative
only within the limits Of the old city, before
consolidation, in 1864. with the surrounding
liberties For instance there's the Spring
Garden fund, created in ls47. for such Of
the poor Of said district tSpriug Garden) as
reside in said district east Of Broad street"
and the James Dutton fund for the poor of
the township of Northern Liberties only"
Even stephen Girard's fuel fund tcreatcd
1s3D applies only 10 poor white housekeep-
ers of good character residing in the (old)
city of Philadelphia"
The Elias Boudinot fund. established in
1921, provided for supplying fuel to the poor
of the city and liberties OF Philadelphia at
a price during the Winter Season not in any
case exceeding the moderate average price
of Wood during the preceding summer" For
many years the board has been in the habit
of selling coal under this trust at the rate
Of So per ton, but in this past year the tate
was raised to 81, which, while still allowing
the benehciaries Il considerable reduction
upon the current price, enabled the board to
reach nearly twice as many deserving per
sons.
When the good-hearted George Emlen, dur
ing that year or glorious memory, 1910, MADE
provision for an income for the poor of the
city and two suburbs of Philadelphia" he
particularly mentioned warm, cheap cloath-
ing to be given to such objects as are Dis
charged from the Betterng House and Hos
pital," but the "cloathing' long since turned
into coal In the curious little trust created
by Samuel Scottn under his Will. dated No
vember sos, the board still holds close to the
letter of the law. The old gentleman provided
that the city should ION the 23rd day Of the
Second Month (that being my birthday
yearly and every year. unless the same should
fall on the first day of the week. and in that
case on the preceding day, deliver to the
poor of the said city, and of Southwark
twelve dollars OF bread, taking care that
none but the needy get 1t. and that not more
than two loaves be delivered to any one
family" The boards report for last year
shows these two items:
southwark Soup Society dor bread).S6,00
Western Soup Society for bread).. 500
But as we said in the beginning, let no
distracted housekeeper coming upon these
lines read between them IA hope for the
quick replenishing of his coal bin The
| Board of City Trusts sends its visitor around
| In November to scout for deserving folks
| and, basiug its benefactions entirely upon the
worthiness of the candidates, starts its dis
| tributions in December. T. a ID.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15
WORTH A TON OF BOMBS

CLEMENCEAC was given but a month
~ or two OF office by pacist prophets
masquerading as liberals The French
Premier's weakness" was supposed to he
inherent i'm his uncompromising determina-
tion to drive the Hun out of France with
out parleying with him. But Clemenceau
has survived and has just shown what stun
his weakness" is made of by putting Can.
lauX behind jail bars. The Extreme Left
In the French Chamber the radicals
touched here and there with pacflsm. were
Identified with CailauX. who is accused OF
aiding Bolo to deceive France into a Ger
man-made peace. II is not radicalism that
goes to jail in the person of CaillauN, how
ever; ii is pacifsm, working with German
gold, but pacifsm just the same using the
same weak -kneed arguments as the honest,
unbought pacinst uses.
The lesson Of Caillaux is not that pacf.
ism is always treason. It is that treason,
when it sets To work, can find no better
channel than pacifism in which to run its
natural course. Treason finds an ounce
of pachsm worth ton of bombs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15

stranelehoid and national necessity is re-
quirIng that the great ports heretofore
neglected be utilized to capacity. We have
no desire to capitalize war conditions to
the injury OF a competitor. but we most
emphaticaily do want TO read efficiency into
national transportation and have this port
fuuftion properly in the great revival of
shipping that liz inevitable after the war.
\ Farragut said: Damn the torpedoes! !!
Go aheadl" The American slogan now is:
"Damn the traditions Move the freight"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15
DEAD: AN AMERICAN

IN THE histories of the great war the
name of Major Augustus T. Gardner
may not appear. but in the great rollcall
when men who loved and served their coun
try step To the front, his name will not be
last. What he had of abilities he gave
To his country in time Of peace; what there
was To sacrifice he offered in time of war
lie made good his criticisms by service, for
his tongue and his heart moved in unison
and he asked no more Of any citizen than
he was himself willing to give Here was
man his countrymen could be proud Of
for the last fun measure of devotion he
offered consciously and deliberately. So
long as America breeds men like him none
need despair of the republic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15
FIRST RED CROSS IN U. s.
TOM DAILY.

One of the most important figures in IN
history of missionary effort in the Unit4
states is the sanity Bishop Baraga, WIN
sacrificed a brilliant future in Austria n
order to devote himself to the conversionr =
the lr dians in the forest wilds of MichigaIh
OF late much has been written Of the origu
and history of the Red Cross" and writen
have pointed out the fact that as early n
the sixteenth century St. Camillus of Len1
attached a red cross 10 the garb of the metq
bers of his community who were engaged
caring for the sick and nfirm.
No mention, however has hitherto bee
made of the fact that Bishop Baraga wh1I
he plunged into the wilderness i'm 1880. bon
aloft banner which must have been qulf|
similar to that of the Red Cross OF today.
We are indebted for information conceru
ing this fact to the first Bishop and Arch
bishop of Milwaukee, Monsignor J. N. Hem
who writes in his treatise Munich, 1851
"a Glance Into the Ohio Valley: This "a
cellent missionary hastens from forest
forest, from lake to lake, bearing i'm his hsk,
a white flag with red cross. to arnounc
his arrival as the servant of the crucihe'
Cod"
In this manner the distinguished mission
airy bore the banner of the Red Cross thlri'
years before the introduction of the re-
Cross by the Geneva Conference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15
VOTES FOR SCHOLARS

T'HERE are $4,000 University of Penn.
sylvanin alumni and two dozen trustees
The alumni have recently gained the prlvi-
lege of electng an occasional member to
the body, but the trustees are very far
from being truly representative. The ad-
ministrators Of semipublic institutions,
such as a large university, should all be
elected by the graduates, for where shall
we look for the fabric of university If
not ia the minds it has formed and the
citizens upon whom 1t has bestowed its
degrees; There is no divine right of
scholarly guidance resident in n close cor
poration. Penn men come from and go to
every state i'm the Union and have a right
to feel that their college is national insti
tuition.
The process of bringing the alumni into
closer touch has been slow one in the
past in many institutions largely because
the standard of scholarship was not serious
and vital enough to keep the student still
a student after he had graduated The pro-
fessional schools have had a SOLDERING effect
upon the academic departments. There is
less tendency now To look for an easy
course through which young man could
"scrape through" college without becoming
infected with scholarship. This raising
of the standard makes it harder to get a
do get degrees worthy Of them and
therefore worthy of taking part in the
councils Of those who run the university.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15
A 100000 TERMINAL FOR
SQUEEDUNK?

THREE times the Postmaster General
l. has asked for authority to let contracts
for the delivery of mail over rural routes
saying that he could save about 500 00O. 900
by doing so. But Congress has been deaf
TO the voice OF economy. Would it be
deaf TO the voice OF railroad economy under
a permanent system of Government con-
troll which gave congressional sectionalism
free play? This question is being asked
by interests opposed to Government own
ershlp. but which, nevertheless. expect a
much greater GENERALIZATION of railroad ad-
ministratlon under Government control and
guarantee in the future than has been
thinkabe in the past.
A 100000 railroad terminal for a town
which is barely on the railroad would be
no more unexpected proposal than one
for $4,000 postofiice building for a town
that Is barely on the map. Capitalization
of appropriations in one congressional com.
mittee must be a reality before Govern
ment ownership is much more than
dream.