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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04

The decrease In the price of milk re
suited from the inability OF the railroad
to provide the proper transportatior
facilities for coal, cans and other mate
rials required by milk-condensing plants
according TO r. w Balderston, secre-
tary of the Interstate Milk Producers
Association
This year they have not done so. ]
know OF one condenslng plant that has
been tied up from lack OF coal, sugar
and cans. They had contracted to take
any surplus of milk on the Philadelphia
market up to $50 cans day. To date
they have not taken n single one"
II was charged by a prominent milk
producer that DIR. Clyde j.. King, as.
sociated with the food administrators
on the milk commission, had opposed the
decrease in the price. He maintained
that a reduction Of half "a cent TO the
farmer would result in cutting down the
production of milk. It Is said Doctor
King. however. denies having taken this
stand. The only statement he will make
In this connection Is that "The reduo-
tten In price was necessary under the
circumstances"
When questioned as TO his reported
statement that there would be a further
reduction in the price of milk, and thai
the price would not be set aboye the
present level this year, Jay Cooke, Fed
eral food administrator for Philadelphla
said that he had been mlsquoted. He
would make no further comment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
RAILROAD MEN ASK
FOR PAY INCREASE
Officials of Brotherhoods De.
mand Advances of Thirty
to Forty Per Cent

Wage increases ranging from 30 to
40 per cent for railroad employees will
be asked of the railroad wage commits
sion by the four brotherhoods, it was
stated today by one of the Brotherhood
representatives here.
1t is declared to be the purpose OF the
four brotherhoods not to embarrass Dl-
rector General McAdoo by extrayagant
demands, but to ask increases amount
Ing to approximately GO per cent Of the
Increased cost of living occasioned by
the war.
A. b. Garretson, president of the con-
ductors' organization and w. G. Lee,
Of the trainmen. appeared before the
wage commission today. They presented
statistics showing the increased cost of
living and the inadeduacy of the present
scale of wages paid freight and passen-
ger conductors and trainmen.
For the conductors, Garretson asked n
fat rate OF s5,20 per hundred miles for
the freight conductors and Ss25 per
hundred miles for the passenger con-
ductors. Tho difference between the de-
mands Is based on the fact that the
freight conductors average n slower
run than the other class. The present
rate for the the former Is from 81 to
si1s and s2.90 for the latter.
Trainmen, admittedly the lower paid
Of the oreanized railroad employees
asked through Lee, their president, in
creased compensation through the
vlrious grades amounting to about Ga
oer cent of the increased cost Of living
According To figures supplied the COM
~r'ssioo this cost has risen from As TO
90 per cent since the war started.
Next Week W. s Carter. president OF
the firemsn, and Warren Stone. the
engineers chief win testify as 10 the
needs OF the employees they represent.
Mr. Garretson said today before taking
the stand that while the executives OF
the four brothsrhoods had organized TO
act together when the Adamson bin
was before Congress. this time they are
acting Independently although for a
common purpose. The organised rail-
road men. he declared. have the utmost
confidence In obtaining square deal
from the wage commission and Mr.
McAdoo and have no desire other than
10 present figures disclosing the IN,
adequacy OF the present scale OF pay
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
ADMIRAL MOVES I'M 4
LIkE "A WHIRLWTNn
Heads Swim at Speed Shou,
by Bowles at Medical Z
Arts Building IA
TAKES ANOTHER FLO0t
If He Shows Same Action at n.
Island, Lookout, Says Su.
pefintendent Yi

Rear Admiral l.. T, Bow,es "a.
constructor of the Emergency r,1.!
Board, has moved in. Y
lie did II with such speed that n /,
Simpson. superintendent of the Msd,...
Arts Building, Sixteenth and war,
street, is fiat on his back with s,s
pr.s,, 30 to speak. IT,
The Admiral is expected on wea,..
day. on Saturday afternoon he ~
cided that in addition to the iftessss
floor Of the building, which the sh,s
pihg Board now occupies, he wanted X.
fourteenth. He sent an enterprisss
young representative TO make known N.
wish.
The young man made them known d
monosyllables. then without tak,s~
breath He awaited up to the fourteortf
floor and started marathoning aroma
the twelve rooms with a tape measrs
Three of the rooms were occupjod i.
Dri i. X. Roam, who hadn't expectss
the governmental onslaught The M,
of medicine took flight at the coniss
OF the human whirlwind.
Then the furniture began 10 arr,v.
Rugs, chairs. hard. uncomfortable M.
" HIhhc NlSltOlS Slhtt t1tiF Dulltuo4s'
briefly without temptation to loll ars
linger; desks. the kind made for woyl
telephones--everything
1T was the quickest move I've ev,,
seen in my life," the superintendee,
exclaimed today, having taken yestsr
day OF to get his wind back. "lf Admiral
Bowles gets things moving at Hog island
the way they've been moved into th,s
building. we'll get ships all right" N
About n month ago, on January 4 n
be exact. Simpson received a letter frors
F. W. Grogan. district officer in ths
United States Shipping Board, declarins
that the board Thought favorably n
the inspected offices as they seemed Il
be the only ones available for the es.
pected growth of our office" That -.
ferrcd to the fifteenth floor, which sincs
has been taken over. An option war
then asked for and granted on the fo,,r.
teenth floor. The letter gently hInted
that cooperation would be expected 4
that we will not find 1t necessary d
requisition."
The representative appeared N
Saturday" Simpson continued. with
letter signed by Admiral Bowles. II
was really written order commanded.
ing the offices by the authority of Ia
shipping board.
"Action, that's what they showed
action" -T
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
WARRANTS FOR GARAGE MAN
Jenkintown Car Owners and Worth.
less Check Holders Seek Summers

Warrants were issued at. Jenkintown
today for the arrest Of O. J. Summers
the racing motorist and garage pro-i
prietor. who disappeared leaving a ss7oo
trail Of alleged worthless checks and
a score Of angry victims. W
Summers, who is believed to hays
gone south, was last seen In Philadsl.
phia after he left town" Thursday ii
a car belonging to j. Fred TlffenbacAs
which he abandoned in snowdn1
Coming to Jenkintown from Chicas
year ago, Summers opened a gauo
business and gained the confidence
the suburban business men. Among H.
charges against him are failure to py
his rent or employees wages. passins
worthless checks for s2700. stripping
parts Of cars to equip other cars and
damaging Tiffenbach's touring car. A
levy on the garage now makes II I'm
possible for fifteen suburbanites to Get
their cars out without costly repleru
proceedings. {
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
PRICE OF MILK DROPS
HALF A CENT TODAY
Quarts Now 13 Cents and
Pints Sell for 7
Cents
FOOD OFFICIALS FIX 1T

The price OF milk today dropped half
n cent on each quart, and the same
amount on the pint.
The new price, as set by the Federal
food administrators, is thirteen cents a
quart and seven cents n pint. This fig
ure is based on milk containing 4 per
cent butter, or that which is known as
grade "B." Grades "a" and "AA"
contain higher percentage of butter
fats, and sell for fifteen quart or
eight cents n pint. and seventeen cents
quart or nine cents a pint respectively
II you are paying thirteen cents a
quart for milk containing less than
per cent butter fats. your dealer is maxi
ing more than the four and one-half
cents profit set by the administration as
being fair"
The price list as determined by the
food officials, following conference with
milk producers and dealers, is given be-
low
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
2O,OOO,OW KITCHENS
REAL ARENA OF WAR
c. j. Hepburn Tells Hearers
Food Crisis Solution Lies in
Americas Homes

The real solution TO the food con-
servation problem lies In the kitchens OF
the twenty million homes of the United
States The absolute cooperation OF
the housewife is the greatest reces-
sity of today. Monumental savings have
been effected In hotels, retaurants, clubs
and other eating places. but if the saw
ing' In these places were even treblcd.
solution of the food problem would still
remain In the hands of the housewives
of America"
With these words in an address
What the Federal Government is Do
Ing g. j. Hepburn, counsel for the
United States food administration in
pennsylvania, delivered today at the
Monday conference at the City Club
put it squarely up to the women to ef.
feet the necessary food saving 10 win the
war.
More than fifty womcn's organizations
were represented at today's conference
to discuss the impending food crisis
Food conservation Is not a mere
movement for national economy" said
MIR. Hepburn, nor IL 1t intended merely
to distribute foodstuffs equally and to
regulate and stabilize prices. Food con-
servation is military measure OF vital
moment. absolutely essential 10 the ma
tional safety"
Wheat Is unjuestonably the foremost
requirement of today. Carry back to
your organizations the message. Save
wheat--more than we ask you to save
While wheat Is so necessary. II is urgent
also that we conserve meats, fats and
sugar, Tie Italian army suffered Sc
we're reverses several months ago be-
cause its morale was broken by hunger
The Allies similarly will break IL our
food does not reach them. The only
way we can send food abroad is to save
II here In our homes"
The other speakers were Clarence
Sears Hates. OF the Philadelphia food
commission, and Mrs Nevada D. Hitch
cock, who spoke on The City and the
HoiI9ekeener"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
GAINING UPPER HAND
OVER JAM OF FREIGHT
Third Heatless Monday Finds
Most Effective Attack
in Progress

The third "heatless Monday" under
the Garfield order witnessed the most
effective work yet done In relieving
whatever congestion Of freight exists in
the yards Of the railroads entering Phil
adelphia, and railroad officials today
were in the highest degree optimistic
over the prospect of clearing their tracks
and getting back TO a normal pre-war
basis.
IF We can only have n spell OF good
weather now" said one OF them today
there will be little more talk about
freight jams"
When the Garfield order first wen,
into effect there was so much confusion
regarding its exact meaning that biz
mercantile and manufacturing estab-
lishments, which are the largest con.
signees Of FIRE ght, believing that they
would not be allowed TO use coal TO oper.
ate their elevators, failed to avail them
selves of the opportunity afforded of pu,
ting In freight during the holiday period
and on the heatless Mondays.
The erroneous Impression on this sub-
Ject was cleared up too late 10 be Of any
real value during the first five-day hoIi.
day period, but later, when Il was
learned that power could be used FOR
any purpose connected with the storage
OF freight, n special appeal was maSs
by the railroads 10 consignees 10 taso
advantage or the Monday no iday 10 helm
clear the yards OF waiting freight.
The second hold day Monday, however,
whieh was last Monday, was ushered In
py onazard such as has rarely been
known in Philadelphia, and wbi,e n .en
conslgnees were willing enoueh 10 s e
busy in moving frai1bt ,,,oa.S w sVt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
Say Coal Raiders Took Freight

Five men snd a woman were arrested
last night by the police OF the Fourth
street and Snyder avenue station follow
ing raid on a coal train at Willows
avenue and Porter street. The police say
that coal raiders have also been loot
ing box cars Of other freight. The po-
lice say the persons arrested had goods
in their possession which had been taken
from the box cars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
BAPTIsTS IN SESSION
Observe Heatless Monday by Listen.
ing to Talk on Persia

a very vivid and impassioned r.o,,. F,
OF scenes attending the massacre !,
thousands Of Persian Christians dr,,,a
1918 at Geostapa, Persia, by tbs Kn.Hs
ana Turks this morning features .ns
regular weekly meeting OF the R,r,,.. /.
Ministerial Conference. held al The E,s.,
Baptist Church, when the Rev "
shabaz. Of Urmia Persia. snoL. -.
Back From the War Zone, or a p,,s, o,,
OF the Turks" The Rev. shaba, ~on on', =
Baptist sstonary to the PersIars a, I,
the time OF the massacre. He Is m ~. ,-s
try. is coun-
Next weeks meeting Of the mir,
conference will be held At tbs p'.,a,
Temple. Broad and nerks ssy.ssI p''s' -
honor Of the ssventy-nfth hirtnS... ~ :"
n.versary Of ths Rev. thssaii IA r,.n' 80.
.Wcti. ltHi N "a Z, X q I.s,-3 -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
MAN DIES OF HEART DISEASE
Once-Properous Engineer Fatally
Stricken in Lodging House

Once a prosperous mechanical engl-
neer. with offices at 5422 Germantown
avenue and home in West Penn street
Germantown. Paul j. ]. Dorm. sixty
years old. was taken sick In n lodging
house at 600 North Eleventh street on
Saturday and died few hours after at
the Ilahnemann Hospital of heart dis
ease.
Dorm had son Paul and a daughter
Olga, supposed to live in this city. and
George Stanhach. deputy coroner. is en-
deavoring to find them through the po-
lice in order to notify them of their
fathers death
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
NEW MANAGER AT CHESTER
Joseph Graham viii Head Hull De
partment of Sun Plant

Joseph Graham, for several years with
the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company,
OF Roanoke. Va. has been appointe1
manager of the hull department OF tn,
Sun Shipbuilding Company plant a,
Chester. succeeding ]. a. Sim, who re-
signed a month tgo TO become general
mlnager of the oregon Shipbuilding
Company. Portland, ore.
Mr., Graham is already ION the job
at Chester. He Is man OF long eX-
perience in shipbuiiding and Is recog-
nlzed as one of the leading authoritie,
In ship construction. With tho Roanoke
company he was In charge lf manufac,
ture Of plates and other material re-
auired In ship construction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
PHILADELPHIA SOLDIER
DIES FOR DEMOCRACY
Peter Trojan, Austrian Born, Gives
Up Life on French Battle
Front

Another name has been added IN tbs
honor roll of Philadelphia in our war
Tor democracy In the person OF Peter
Trojan, thirty-two years o,d, Of Com.
pany \. Ninth L, S. Infantry, Of tho
American expedltionary forces in France
He was killed last week In France NJ.
death having been just reported tho
circumstances OF which are not Know,
as yet. o"i'
Trojan was Austrian born and his wl,o
ana Ghlid still I've in that country. Wben
the United States entered tba pe'
Immediately took out his last pansrs ns
enlisted. He had been in France ,a,a SUI
months He lived in America tb,r,or
years residing N Philadelphia mos, ~
that time, lstterly at 32l6 Ltinss.a. y.
street where two brothers and s,s,s,a
sun reside. He was a workman ,n
morocco leather plant here. ." u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
IS NORRIsTowN GRADUATES
Montgomery County's Capital Hold,
High School Exercises Today

Thirty-five graduates members OF IN.
1918 winter class Of the Norristowt
High School. were awarded diploma, ,
ct the commencement exercises 10 bs
held this afternoon in the Norristow !,
High School Auditorium. The vaiedic,
iorian was Miss elizabeth Hurst. tina
saiutatorian Miss Dorothy Webb ST.
mon sssayists. John Herbert Weber all !
Mahlon Wesley Detwiier,
The members OF the class are:
HsieH .nseApnis, Mildred bertha BAILEY.
Anna Ball Nap kulp nittirg, Sarah Elift
l|sshse. 4sssysas Y h.spPnsr, Nsrsar,i |
a'iss bs;A hYssh EynSSs y y oEs,isrx y n,rs
lstf sal!h ss!Ss 'ih ih,itsosessssss.. I.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
NJ. p. BROUGHT TO TINE
Member of Parliament Had Tool
Much Sugar to Suit Authorities

LONDON, Feb. 4--Charged with
boarding thousands of pounds OF food,
John McVan. member OF Parliament,
was summoned to court today.
This is the first case of Parliement
member being accused of food hoardine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
MotOrtruck Freight Line Opened

CARLISLE, Pa. Feb, 4,--Today
will mark the opening of motortruck
freight line through the Cumberland
VALLEY, the first of the kind in this sec
tlon. Nearly twenty-five trucks will be
placed in use. running for the present
between Harrisburg, Hagerstown and
intermediate points
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
RED CROSS HERE GIVES
OUT Sl,l07 SWEATERS
Psnnsylvania Division Supplies That
Number to Soldiers Dur
ing January

Thirty-four thousand. one hundred and
seven men IN the army and navy service
were made hapry during tho rnenth Of
january by the Pennsylvania division
American RED Cross. That number OF
mon rsceived sweaters from the Penn.
sylGapia division. These sweatsgs were
eeUt 70 various cantonments and naval
hn4gaeka League Island Navy Yard M.
c&iVe1 o1es sweeters. 7abs pairs Of socks.
J&le wristlsts. 5a3s muAlers and fiSo
belnets, FTspkford Arsenal. this city.
r1eclVed thirty eWeatAra i1a pairs Of
N1<&a tan wfiptle(s and Nifty fnufierR
r)Q1ae of Ponneylvan'A the Potomac a
<)13qi1n rsceiveA i1,Sss swsateys. 5lIS
1rp of peeka soe< wrististn. .05S rauc
~ M 1<e helnastA
orAp Haueech. Georgia. where many
3oE1o>rp ~ (ho pennsyivAnia National
I<r1 ~ e<4tloped, resolved esoS
~ (pfa &1en ralss Of soekA .es7 wsirt-
44o1 nu(lefa and i1se hclrets
0F>Gr>, Kern Carolina One hun,
o?e0>Y.ave wevN sept direct Ia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
REQUEST FOR HOSPITAL
Samaritan and Temple University
Benefit Through w. G. Ellis's Will

Bequssts OF $1,000 to the Samaritan
Hospital and 1890 TO Temple College
are included In the win OF william q.
Elhs who died January 20 at the
HAhnemann Hospital. leaving most OF
an estate valued II $ise,o0o to relatives
4 Another Will probatAd today was that
q xill,an y. Brown. 3sts East Gun,
'S''. y s'ss sss';,rss & pr ss's,;s Is IS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04

Grade "A" milk
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
Probably WIN BE Put Out in Next
October.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES ORDER
Expect to Float Largest Amount Yet
Offered at One Time-Banks
TO Help With the Ger
tificates.

Washington, June 1.-THE gov
ernment's financial program for the
next four months was disclosed to-
day by Secretary McAdoo's announ-
cement that in preparation for the
fourth Liberty Loan billion dollars
in certificates OF Indebtedness will be
issued They will be offered In
blocks OF $50 million dollars each
every two weeks beginning June 20
Every national bank and trust
company is asked to assist the gov
eminent by subscribing per cent
OF its gross resources monthly. The
certificates will bear Az per cent
like those preceding the Third Liber-
~ Loan and Will have varying ma
turity periods. none exceeding four
months. In addition, an underter-
mined quantity, perhaps 2 billion
dollars Of tax certificates will be is
sued during the summer for use in
paying taxes a year from now.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
$ MEN TO VANCOUVER. WASH.
These Men Leave June 80 and win
be Used as Laborers.

Eight men were chosen by the
local board TO entrain for service at
Vancouver Barracks. Vancouver.
Wash, June %. These men were
classified for limited or special ser
vice and will be used as laborers.
VIM. Sinclair, Herington, Lloyd X.
Noe. Memphis, Tenn, Everell Book
walter. Solomon. Edward A. Ford,
Enterprise. Arthur j. Cullins. Her
ington, Frank Robinson, Abilene.
Walter r. Quinn, Bennington. Law
renee Wyandt. Solomon, are the
ones chosen and Leo. p. Mohoney,
Solomon, is an alternate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
Must Have That Many by the First
of August.
MAY RAISE THE DRAFT AGE
Plans for Vast Expansion of Fight
ing Forces Call for Nations
Complete Efforts-May
End War i'm 1920.

Washington, June 1.-THE United
States will have three million men
under arms by the first of August,
Provost Marshal General Crowder
told the senate military committee
this afternoon.
At the same time General Peyton
c. March, chief of staff, announced
that more than eight hundred thou
sand men have been sent overseas
and this number will be increased to
l million early in July.
General Crowder predicted Glass 2
will have to be invaded unless the
draft age is raised to include avail
able men for class 1 March prom
ised that the great flow of troops so
successfully undertaken will con-
tinue as at present-limited only
by capacity of ships to carry them.
America is driving to end the war
by 1920 Our full force will not be
in the war until next summer. 1t
will then take at least six months to
smash across a victory and complete
the political jockeying for position
between the Allies and the Central
powers, which would have to pre-
cede actual cessation of fighting
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
5000 MARRIED
KANSANS TO GO
New Ruling Affects Many Newly
Wed.
WILL RE-CLAsSIFY THE MEN
Can't Escape Draft Because Of Matri-
mOny Says Provost General
Board to Get Busy
Now.
WILL RE-CLAssIFY THE MEN

Topeka, June 15.-Registrants,
who believed they could evade the
draft by getting married, are due
for a rude awakening. If they
asked for and received classifications
because of dependent wives, to whom
they were married after May 10,
1917, they might as we'll make up
their minds to leave home and fam
lily in the near future, as they Will
be placed in class /, without much
ceremony. The only registrants ex-
copied will be those who have chill
dren, born or unborn, as Of June 3,
1918, who upon satisfactory proof
shall be placed in class 2.
In one of his most sweeping chang
es in the draft regulations Provost
Marshal General CroYder yesterday
placed upon local draft boards the
burden of reclassifying all married
men who, except for the wives taken
after It became certain that the Sc
Iective service law would be en-
acted, would now be in class 1. Char
les S. Huffman, adiutant general for
Kansas, received the new order yes
,erday morning and before night was
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
cost PLUS" SYSTEM is
UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Washington, June 18.-Investiga-
ton Of huge profits alleged to have
been taken from the government
under cost plus" contracts for CON
struction and war supplies was or
dered today by the Senate judiciary
committee. A subcommittee was
authorized to consider a bill by Sen
ator King of Utah, which would
abolish the cost plus" system and
prohibit the payment of commissions
in the securing of war contracts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-06-20
May Help Out on East Front In
Summer.
THE JAP LEADERS ARE IN BAD
United States Is One Best Bet to
Help Get Russia in Fighting
Condition Once
More.

Washington, June 1.-THE Amer
lean government is striving hard to
make some arrangement whereby
aid-even troops-may be sent to
Russia under Russian-American
leadership.
Russia will not approve any ex-
petition under Japanese leaderships.
The country now looks to the United
States as It's best friend.
The government plans to be able
to announce July that a million
men have left American ports for
Europe. Thereafter 1t will have to
cut down on the pace set in the May
and June record so that supplies can
be forwarded.
This will give the opportunity of
aiding Russia with other troops.
Many difficulties stand in the path
1t is admitted, but the government
leaders are doing their utmost to
reach a solution.
The tentative proposal which has
greatest support here shapes
up thus:
"The empty troop ships would be