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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
u. s. LEGISLATORS
VISIT SHIPYARDS
House Marine Committee
Inspects Delaware River
Plants TODAY
PLANNING EXPANSIONS
Tour Will Have Important
Bearing Upon Future
of This Port

Four Deleware River shinyards are
,edng inspected today by members of
he Merchant Marine and Fisheries rom-
. rittee of the House Of Representatives
The tour Of the congressman is an
.vent OF unusual significance and Will
save an important bearing upon the eN-
,arsion of the port Of Philadelphia. They
will arrive in this city about 80 O'Clock
his afternoon.
The members Of tho congressional
{ onnrnitee are making theirtour in com
,any with the war shipping commine"
IF the Philadelphia chamber Of COM
nerce. which left Broad street sta
ion, at 1890 o'clock this morning and
net the congressman in Wilmingtom
Mayor Smith and Director Webster.
VI wharves. Docks and Ferries, are
n the delegation from this city.
The shipyards to he visited today are
he Harlan & Holingsworth and PuseN
) & Zines al Wilmington: the sun and
Chester yards. at chester. and the Ne"
York Shipbuilding plant, camden.
Lunch on Police Boat
The police boat Ashbridge was de-
rom Wilmington. Lucheon was served
4 IN the boat.
The committee will spend tomorrow
md Friday in local wards. League Is
land and Hog Island being scheduled
Tor inspection tomorrow. The New Jer-
:ey and Pennsylvania shipyards at
Gloucester will also be visited.
Friday the Cramp shipyards in this
,ity, the yards Of the Traylor ShjphuIld-
ng Corporation. Cornw ellis. and the
Merchant shipyards at Bristol VIII be
inspected.
The committee will spend Friday
aight in Philadelphia and will leave
.ar1y Saturday morning for Baltimore.
where the shpyards at Sparrows Point
viii be visited
Members Of the committee are inter
ested in getting frst-hand Information
roR the nations resources in respect to
shipbuilding They are in charge of
ihipbuilding and expansion Of America :
merchant marine.
Need of DrydockS
The bill introduced in Congress pro-
viding for the construction of a drydoCk
IN THE Delaware River at a cost Of
50 900, 900 is now in the hands Of the
committee on merchant marine. It is
expected that the necessity for more
members Of the committee during their
visit today.
The members of the Congressional
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries are the following Representa-
ives: J. w. Alexander. Missouri, chair
nan, Rufus Hardy. Texas; Edward w
Saunders. Virginia Peter !. Dooing.
New York Henry Bruckner New York :;
fI-adislas Lazaro, Louisiana William :.
Goodwin. Arkansas Jesse =. Price,
Maryland David n. Kincheloe. Ken
lucky; Clarence F. Lea. california: Will
liam B. Bankhead. Alabama William
2 5. Greene, Massa Chusetts George W.
Edmonds. Pennsylvania william \
Rodenberg, Illinois; LindIey n. Hadley.
Washington Frederick W. Rowe, New
York: George NJ Bowers. West NIr-
ginia; Frank n. Scott Michigan; Rich
ard p. Freeman, Connecticut, and Wal-
lace II. White, Jr., Maine.
The members of the war shipping
committee Of the Chamber Of Commerce
are Howard B. French. chairman; W.
]. Conlen, A. f. Ford. George l..
Mitchell, H Birchard Taylor. Director
webster and Edward S. McKaig
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
THREE |. :. FLIERS LOST


newton. Mass. May -. -- Another
American fer to be killed in France is
Richard Blodgett, twenty wears old, who
left Williams College last year to enter
the air service. Last Friday he cable1
to his father he had brought down his
first German machine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

night General Superintendent r. e.
ThOrnhurg has been appointed t" the
shin construction department. and \ ".
t~lark has taken his place. I'm"
grading dcnsltlrenr formerly taken
care or by Mr.. Clark. IL nov i'm ChN Z"
0f r. y kUuhrI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

Chicago. Nav 2@.--F ! Narwck former
star hurdler a the University Of Wisconsin.
has left for jefferson Barracks. Mo to Join
the tank service He was selected for The
American Olympic team In 1905
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
NEWS OF HOG ISLAND:
WHAT BOYS ARE DOING
Club Organized at Shipyard Foreman
Of Way No. Al Soon
Ia NI,rr,

\ riuh has hpou organized A. Hog
Island by toe employees Of the power
department and the compressed air divi-
sion. \ circulating library will be in
frequently.
For the summer, trips to the seashore
and visits to the shipyards In the Della
ware River district. have been planned
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

Hog Island. ror paul Williams. foreman
of arcctors on WAY =" a.. IS 10 enter
into matrimonial alItan"e Jun" ~
The hrIde-to-he Is Miss Amy Brooks.
Annapolis Md
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

.''rhcv are patriotic. and II is IN :"
Cblladelph'ans 10 he patriotic =" inc
same degree and open their homes -
these ,NrrlolrS. whether they haN" rhlI'
dren or not
"N1 Of tho omployes who viii come
here arc men and women whom am
family would welcome into their homes
They are all intelligent; even the small
st rlcrk in ANY department iS not Of :
t,pc that would ho ohjert tionabi" any
" rcr." '&GS
,r,uIn,rS must he housed upon
arrival As the first division will reach
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

Until next Wednesday employees may
exercise the privilege Of one day nff t"
locate their own quarters. but afterward
those still without quarters must take
the rooms. apartments and houses as
signed them by the housing department,
At least temporarily.
Ry Friday afternoon Mr. Taylor OK
poets to have a complete list of the re-
quirements and the quarters here await
able. Patriotic Philadelphia has until
that time TO show what can be done in
answer to the direct personal appeal Of
he fleet corporations housing experts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
DOUBLE FORCE
IN Big SHIPYARD
Pusev & Jones Plan Vast
Expansion of EN-
ployes' Staff
MAZE o W \ BOILERS


within lh" next two months one of
i"' h"Si complete ShipNards for lts SIZE
In III" United states Will he seen At
'''"H''Sier Saws christopher HanneviG
h"Hu 81 IN" INSev Jones Companv
operating the shnhulding plants at
''inHoeS'", and WrhnlnRt0u.
ms company NIII double tho number
"i 'mnI"\rs. and manufacture lis own
engines and hoI"rs. The dire need ror
Mr. Harrr,ig ~ srI,r,o L,
Shops have heen almost Comrrered to
turn "vt engines and boilers in excess
Of those required a. tho Pusey & lanes
plants
Known all oler the country as one
II The nation greatest shinhuilduy
men. Mr. lanne,fg vas yeen at the
RI'H-rarltOn HoJel with 4 g. RarStar
treasurer. and Ealph j. M Ruljowa
secretary and counsel Tor the rusev
4 Jones rOrpauv
"Whon vr have Comn'etpd orr plant
~ GloUcsSter. and finished the orders
We now hay" on hand We viii turn out
- boat cxe,v ten davs from our COM
h'upd Yards ON the DeIaarc." said Mr.
Haune,E J. am confident We will
succeed. aIrrouEh If ma, take two or
three months to do this We are now
building 42OO-t0n frefehtorS on tho
four WAYS at Wilmington.
"Nr tho New Jsrse, ward a' C;Inu-
,,n~rpr the Vessels under construction
,rfN hn sOOO-ror freighrers. and those
at the pennayI,ania yard at GIorcestpr
will be I@.5OO-ton cargo carriers We
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

The Hog Island Engineers NS~"la' ION
will hold a banquet At tn" Hotel RlnI
ham Monday evening. May -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
Grand Rapids, MiCI

Grand Rapids, Mich. May %. -
Word has been received here that i.
Alexander Bayne young Grand Rapids
aviator with the Lafayette esCadrllle on
the fighting front in France. has been
killed in action He was studying art in
Paris when war was declared and joined
the French aviation corps
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

Rome, May 22.-Aviation cadet Eu-
gene E. Penn lost his life in an accident
at Fogga, He was 200 yards high
when the propeller broke. His mother
lives in Austin, Ten.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06

the time it reaches France an outlay of
roughly 81, including freight rates and
insurance If the same quantity of to-
matoes, on the other hand, were des-
patched in the dry state they would take
up one-twentieth the space.
The public does not realize it, but it is
paving heavily for water whenever it buys
fresh vegetables This will be perfectly
plain if one keep in-mind the difference
between the weight of the fresh and the
dried vegetable. For instance, this ratio
is as follows: In the potato, about six to
one; in the cabbage, about twenty TO one;
in the tomato, about twenty 10 one; in
spinach, ahsnt eighteen 10 one; in the
turnip, fourteen to one, and 10 the carrot,
about nine to one A little brick of pressed
dried tomatoes weighing seven ounces
equals one-ffth of the tomatoes in a sixty
pound case of the canned vegetable. That
is TO say five of these cubes have the food
value of the bulky and wcighty box.
When canned goods are shipped there
must be moved in the first place to the
cannery just 50 many carloads of empty
cans. Thirty carloads of canned tomatoes
could be carried IN Il single ear if the
tomatoes were dried, and yet sixty ears
are ordinarily required in transporting
the empty cans in the first place and then
the filed ones. <'.
But this is not the whole tale OF burden
upon the railroads. A carload of canned
tomatoes, apart from the actual weight Of
the vegetables themselves, includes 10000
pounds of tin and II 600 pounds of lum-
Der, "a total Of twelve tons. And what
do these packing materials call for in
the way Of haulingf
Uses los Cars ~ Against One.
1t is estimated that the movement of
the tin making material from the mines to
The tin plate factory and the carriage Of
the tin plate from the tin plate factory to
the tin can works and the transportation
of logs TO the saw mill and of the lumber
thence 10 the box shook plant and Of the
box shocks from there TO the cannery re-
quire a total of something like los car
loads as against the one carload Of dried
products!
1t is practicable to ship dried vegetables
long distances by rail in bulk in paper
lined box ears; and where the desiccated
foodstuff has to be packed in unit con-
tanners pasteboard boxes of certain well
known eollapsible types answer admit
rably. These boxes when folded take up
comparatively little room and q large
number of them can be carried in a single
car .'tt,.
The curious minded will naturally ask:
VIII desiccated vegetables keep satisfac-
torily for any considerable length Of timef
This can best be answered by the eIpe-
rienee of Californian who was actively
engaged in dehydrating vegetables back IN
; Z I = : :
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through the employment of desieeated
Vegetables. The British Government has
bought in Canada since the beginning of
the war II ,000, 900 pounds Of mixed dried
Vegetables and potatoes.
According 70 testimony given before
committee of the United States Senate
carly this year the British Government
placed IN the latter part of 1917 orders
for i00,000.00 pounds Of fine cut dried
potatoes, which were to be'iised only for
soup. The prices, to take care of market
conditions, were to average twenty-seven
and half cents a pound. 1t was de-
claref that by substituting dried fruit for
fresh potatoes at that price for period
of SIX months i'll the feeding of billion
men il would be- possible to effect a saw
ing of $10,5S0,0o0 1t was therefore
urged that the United States authorities
adopt the dried potato as a part of our
fighting mans ration.
Sc. Saves Work Of 10000 Men.
IT is estimated that it takes two men
all day TO prepare the potatoes and other
vegetables required in the feeding Of 100
men,. Therefore figuring on the basis
of providing for 100000 men it would
require the continuous daily labor of
10000 men for this kitchen work. In
other words, recourse to desiccated vege-
tables would release for military service
= per cent. of the army's man power now
engaged in preparing vegetables. But
this does moreover the entire range Of
potential economies r.. a..
BY means of drying processes lit is
practicable to reduce the weight of root
vegetables, including potatoes, by 80 or
So per cent, and in the ease of celery,
cabbage, lettuce, &e., the reduction is as
much as 80 or SO per cent. 1t is feasible
to pack dried vegetables in containers
made Of very light material.
One American drier of vegetables
brought out some amazing figures when
he appeared before the Congressional
committee already referred to.
Just before l. left California" he tes-
titled, Il saw shipment of fifty pounds
of green sprouts from California to some
point Fast, where the express rate is
twelve cents a pound. In order 10 ship
these fifty pounds of green sprouts to the
East they had to ship a 100 pound cake
Of ice and pay the expressage at the rate
of twelve cents on the hundred pounds
of ice. and the fifty pounds of sprouts,
making $50 pounds at twelve cents
pound, which amounted to $18. a..
+The' whole. fifty pounds could have
been dried and: shipped as three pounds
by parcel post at n cost of thirty-five or
thirty-six cents instead of $lS for express
age alone, not counting the cost Of the
sprouts and the ice"
A. case of tomatoes, costing approx
matelyi - m New York, represents by
trad - t,s.sss,.s etaisi { =. a4zsass ~ sssl
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
BUSINESS FOR CITY COURT.
Hartford Firm Brings Action to Re
 cover on Unpaid Note.

Attorney s. Russell Mink, acting for Blodget Clapp Co. of Hartford, has brought suit against Eskel and Niko- lima Hallstein to recover on two un- paid notes. The plaintiff claims that on March 2S, 1917, the defendants gave their joint notes and others for payment of $500 and again on June P, 1917, gave notes for $500 The plaintiff claims $1,000 damages and the writ is returnable in city court on the third Monday in January. Con- stable Wrinkle has attached real cs- tate at the corner of Roberts and BaSsett streets.
 Conrad Manchetti, through his counsel F. B. Hungerford, has brought action against Lucas F. Ten ergi to recover $40O for money loaned The papers were served by Constable Fred Wrinkle who closed a store owned by the defendant at 113 North street. The writ is returnahle in city court on the second Monday in January.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
GERMAN PLOTTER
 GIVES HIS BOAST
Says TEat It Will Be Simple to
 Defeat United States

Detroit Jan. 3.--"It's all the fault said Albert Kaltschmidt, who departs today for Leevenworth penitentiary, to serve four years for hiring men to blow up Canadian factories and American tunnels and munition plants.
 Germany will bring the United been prevented had not German Americans been inefficient, stupid, white feathered and cowardly," as- serted this man who for money brought his family and friends to ruin and prison, and who boasts of being a Prussian, though he made a fortune in this country.
 II organized the Deutscherbund in Detrolt,' said he. We announced that it was to raise funds for the widows and orphans of German SOL dlers. We gave a bazaar and raised funds in other ways. Many Ameri- cans attended this bazaar, being stupid enough to believe the money really would be used for that purpose
 Of course, we did not intend to send the money to the widows and orphans; at least I didn't. I in tended to use it for propaganda against Wilson to prevent war.
 But these stupid German Ameri- cans took things too literally. The members of the bunds really thought it should be sent to the widows and orphans as we had said it would be- If they hadn't been so literally stupid l should have been able to organize other bunds in other cities to raise propaganda, money, defeated Wilson and so prevented war between the United States and Germany
 Why, for a. paltry S20,O00 I could have caused the defeat Of President Wilson. But these stupid German Americans, they were towards and showed the white feather"
 When pressed for details as to how Wilson could have been defeated by the use of money Kaltschmidt was disposed to put it up to somebody else, as he was in his attempts to blow up Detroit munition factories
 But his scheme by which Germany is going to defeat the United States is wonderfully simple.
 
 Tt is only necessary for Germany to whip Italy in a few weeks, bring England to her knees by taking India away from her, then drive through the French lines and conquer France, leaving the United States to face Germany alone" he said.
 Not one word of regret for having caused his sister, his broth er-in Jaw and his best friend and financial savior to lose their liberty and for tunes did Kaltschmidt, the man who was in the the pay of the German government, utter.
 With him Fritz Neef his brother in-law, and Carl Schmidt, a Kalt- schmidt tool, will go to Leavenworth prison, while Mrs. Ida Kaltschmidt will be transferred to the House of Correction for three and two years re- spectively.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03

C1np Clara will hold a special meeting this evening at the home ol Mrs. E. Benoit.
 A son has been born to MT. and Mrs. Lewis Woodruff of Stanley street
 MT. and Mrs. John Fully of Grove' street are rejoicing at the birth of a1 son.
 Congratulations are being received by MT. and Mrs. John Nelson of Osl good avenue on the birth of a sonl
 The Burns club entertained Privatd Thomas Watson, a former local bowl now with the Scotch Canadian forcesI at the home of MT. and Mrs. John Sloan last evening. Private Watson expects to go overseas about the mid j dle of the month.
 The health department has re- leased two cases of diphtheria from quarantine on Sexton and Lafayette streets.
 Private Gustave Nelson is home from Fort Slocum on short furlough He is in the ordnance department as an automobile truck driver.
 Phoenix Temple of Honor, No. IT.. will hold it's regular meeting Friday night at o. U. A. NJ. hall, 277 Main street. Initiation will be conferred or a class of candidates.
 The writ is returnable in city court
 The Ladies' Nest of Owls will give a masquerade dance on Saturday eve ming at o'clock in Electric hall.
 Announcement is made of the en- gasement of Miss Mollie Gunner of New York, formerly of this city. and lsadore A. Goldblum of Hartford.
 William W. Hanna will leave this evening for St. Petersburg, Fla, where he will remain until March 1.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
CONGRESS MEETS
But Adjou1ns Until Tomorrow at 1a:3O When President Wilson is Scheduled to Speak on War.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Congress re- assembled today after the holiday re- cess and both houses, after sessions of few minutes duration, adjourned until tomorrow out of respect to the memory of Senator Newlands and Representative Bathrick, who died during the holidays.
 Both houses will meet in joint ses- sion at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow to hear President Wilson deliver his ad- dress making recommendations for legislation to carry out government control of railroads.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
Berlin News CITIZENS GO OVER
 SELECTMEN'S HEADS filling q Co.,, Absent When Ken- sington Discusses Fire Apparatus WILL PAY NEW BRITAIN
Committee Appointed to Consider T Purchase of Auto Chemical--Bill . of $1oo from Hardware City Re- ceaved FayorabIy-Thrift Meeting.


 The much discussed mass meeting tor the residents concerning the pur- hase of fire apparatus for the town &raS held in Kensington last evening It Parish hall. There was a large at &eldance and many caustic remarks we're made about the selectmen, who were conspicuous by their absence. ,harles Gulong was elected chairman md spoke on the extreme need of Ire protection for the town. Charles B[4ewis suggested that a committee be $appointed to procure estimates on the various makes of apparatus. MT. Lewis said that the most important uu eStion was whether the apparatus was to be the property of Berlin or &whether Kensington was to be named \ fire district, and the citizens were to e taxed for the apparatus
 A majority of those at the meeting Xfavored the purchase of a chemical as &the local water supply is too made #uuate for fire-fghting purposes. A nloto driven chemical with two tanks hi 35 gallons each can be secured at "a fairly moderate price, and this form of apparatus seems to be the most popular. MT. Gulong said that he does not believe in relying too much upon &the New Britain department and that 8the time has come when the town ghouId begin to act independently.
 Little faith was expressed in any ac- Htfon taken by the town officials owing &to the delay in rebuilding the bridge hear the Paper Goods shop. MT. Gu Raong further suggested that the com nittee which would be appointed mould meet with similar committees ,f Berlin street and East Berlin on be matter. An offer was read from 8p, proprietors of the Berlin gara ge s ich stated that they would care for v .. apparatus and have a man sta n . Sd at the garage day and night. Abject to call, for small consider
 on. The question of insurance A tes was discussed and it was decided
 leave the matter with the commit D. which would confer with the fire
 derwriters.
 A. F. MagneIl, the chairman of the zsaz Britain fire ''~@ioners, ad-
 Nd the meeting and advised the Yyrs to purchase a, machine in an patton of using it for water. The N stion of water for Berlin would
 n be decided, and it would be to
 e towns advantage to purchase it's & pearatus with this in mind. The
 ,rnmittee was appointed to confer with the committees of the other dis M acts and all will be asked to report EsAa town meeting.
 kSEhe committee consists of Charles Gpng, chairman; Bernard Moore, H etary; George W. Sullivan, Lewis VI her, James J. Fitzsimons and Wlf Norton. The report of the com
 ee will be awaited with much in
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
Twenty Die.

Petrograd, Jan 2.--Eleven hundred airplane machine guns and a quan- tity of ammunition were destroyed and approximately twenty persons were killed as the result of a mysterious fire and explosion today in a military depot in the Gutuy evsky basin, in Petrograd.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
The Kicv Dispatch.

Petrograd, Jan. 3.-A dispatch from Kiev reports that the Ukrainian gov ernment has sent an ultimatum to the Bolsheviki demanding that they with draw their troops within A hours and state whether they consider them selves at war or at peace with Ukraine.
 Shipments of sugar and grain to northern Russia have been cut off
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
TR0TZKY REFUSES
 PEACE PROPOSALS
(Continued from First Page.)

of war and evacuation of occupied territory. In article 2, however, it was declared the people of Poland, Lithuania, Courland and portions of Esthonia and Livonia demand inde- pendence and separa.; ;on from Russia and that the German occupation of Russian territory did not apuly to these districts which include most Of the Russian territory captured by the Germans.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
Three Appointments.

Petrograd, Jan. 3.-Three appoint ments of Russian representatives abroad were announced today by the Bolsheviki government. They were: Am bassador at London, M. Litvinoff. Minister to Switzerland M. Karpinski. Minister to Sweden M. Borovosky- Or lovsky.
 All three appointees were exiles under the imperial government.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
Transfer Civilians.

Petrograd, Jan. 3.---The Germans are reported to have transferred 800 900 civilian Poles and Lithuanians forcibly to Germany.
 Gen. Korniloff, former commander in-chief, and one of the leaders 1l the movement against the Bolsheviki, has arrived in the district of the Don Cossacks. (The death of Gen. kor- nilof was reported uno,licially on Tuesday,.
 The members of former Russian governments, under arrest in the fort ress of St. Peter and St. Paul, have abandoned their hunger strike