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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
CLEAVE MANAGES TERMINALS
Will Be in Charge of Rail and
Ferry Stations

Ernest J. Cleave has been appointed
terminal manager at Philadelphia. and
will have supreme charge of terminal
f ABILITIES of the Pennsylvania abroad.
Reading Railway and the Baltimore and
Ohio within the so-called Philadelphia
terminal district. The appointment WAS
made by Regional Director c. II. Mark
ham.
Mr.. Cleave will have charge of all
stations and yards and ferry facilities
and his appointment is in line with the
plan of unifying the railroad facilities
under Government control, Each rail-
road will retain its present terminal
organization. but they will report TO the
termina manager.
Mr.. Cleave is superintendent of the
Philadelphia Terminal division of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. He entered the
service of the Pennsylvania December |.
1881. ON August Is. 1917. he was
made superintendent of the Trenton
division and has been making his home
in Trenton. The new appointment is
effective September l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
SHIPMEN TO PLAY
A WORLD SERIES"
Philadelphia and New
York Ball Teams Will
Clash
FIRST CONTEST HERE
Harlan Nine. District Cham
pion. Will Meet Visitors
on September
FIRST + HERE

Philadelphia is to have a world Sc
rics' this year, even though the local
baseball teams are both in tho second
division.
The competing teams. which compare
faNorahiy with big league teams for
playing ability. are composed Of ship
builders, representing the Philadelphia
and New York districts.
There ar" to he i've games. The
opening one is scheduled for this city.
saturday. September -. These cham
plonship games will he played alternate
y at the Philadelphia baseball park.
Broad and Huntingdon streets. and the
Polo Grounds IN New York.
Sing to be Feature
II is planned to make the OpeninE
game here a big patriotic demonstra-
ton. The suggestion is being consid-
cred for a huge liberty sing. to I've held
for one hour before play begins The
thousands of voices will he merged with
the music of massed bands from every
shipyard in the two districts. if the
plans for the sing materialize.
Chairman Hurley and other officials
of the shipping board, Director General
Schwah and other officials of the Elmer
gencN Fleet Corporation will attend
strong delegations from shipyards and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
TENDERLOIN RAID
NETS IL EVADERS
Nearly Half of ll2 Men Ar
rested Will Go to
Camp
THEATRES VISITED
L. S. Agents and American
Protective League Men Take
Burlesque Patrons

~ a.. 40 man t,k.r I,s,
'''H WI" =" ''
h'sht III raluS on 7'''E'" 9"''N''S !"
the central section or IN" ''tN were 'om-
mitted today to Moyamensing prison by
I.,uoa s,,,o, commissioner Long in
uiu 10
"'h""" VI "''' "" "' '
indicted into the army.
This is the largest number Of alleged
slarkers taken in any one raid in phila-
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OF the PRISONERS '"N'h '"S' "'E" N''
committed to prison than has been the
CASA In mas, crusades
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pra -o reayms
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ht7.ia.n,,n ,ho.,ras ,,bo G.yc,y
,naiod with tho tbrong that merged
im,m ,ba s,rsa,s ,r,cr the various rer-
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chortI, ar,ar uidpieb, a snuad Of
t.,,,irn,ors .loscd in ~, pad.s uo,eI
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
follows
CORONER CENSURES Y. M. c. A
No Guard or Instructor at West
Branch When Bov Drowned

phia Y. NJ. 6. A. FtftN-second ahc
SAMSON streets. was ccnsured TO-DAY ny
the Coroner's jury. al an inquest into
the death of Walter G. Seeger. twelve
years old. 5923 Lansdowne avenue. re
was drowned yesterday afternoon in the
West Philadelphia pool.
Several companions of the hoy test:
fled that the lad. an inexperienced
swimmer. was seized with cramps. The
boys said they saw no swimming IN
struCtor near the pool when Seeger dis
anpnared beneath the water.
The swimming instructor admitted he
was absent when the boy drowned,
SAYING the was attending a conference
with the secretary of the institution in
the next room.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
DRAFTED MEN GOING
FOR SPECIAL TRAINING
Two Hundred and Eighty-four
in First Contingent to
Camp Greene

Marking The beginning of the move
ment Of 1900 drafted men from Penn
s~vlvania to. various cantDnments, 2S4
white men will .%entrain at the f. n Q.
station tonight for camp Greene. char
lotie. y. G., for special military train
ing.
contribute to the contingent in varying
numbers. All of the men to leave are
from Glass /, Group c. \ second con-
tingent Of about the same number will
leave for Camp Greene tomorrow. Slill
others will go 10 camps Dix. Greene.
Greenleaf, Forrest and sherman during
the first six days of september.
Tonight's contingent VIII be made up
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
MAYOR RISKED LIFE
FOR DROWNING MAN
Philadelphia's Chief Execu-
tive Unsuccessfully Attempt.
ed Rescue at Gap

Shawn ee-on-the- Deia aug w.
Mayor Smith. of Philadelphia, leaped
into the Delaware River above the
Water Gap and swan to midstream in
a futile effort to rescue a drowning
swimmer.
The man had ceased to struggle when
the Mayor reached him. Mayor Smith
swan back to shore with the victim and
the Mayor and Mrs. Smith administered
hrst-aid until assistance arrived. but the
man was dead.
All this happened several days ago,
but the Mayor in giving his name to the
authorities modestly and simply styled
himself Smith" and not until today
was it discovered hat the Mr.. Smith
named in the record as the man VINO
tried TO prevent the drowning n re-
covered the body was the Mayor of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Smith suffered severely from
shock. though she controlled her nerves
throughout the incident and bravely
helped in the first-aid work until help
came. Now she is quite herself again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
hint PLOT In ALLEN CASE
See Possible Conspiracy Behind
Patrolman's Disappearance

West Chester, Pa. Aug. 3O.-The trial
OF Charles w. Allen. Philadelphia pa
trolman. accused of attempted iury-ix-
ing. was postponed today until October.
The search for the missing defendant
has broadened into investigation of a
possible conspiracy back of Aliens dis
appearance. Judge Hause postponed AZ
lens trial because the court believed a
trial in the defendants basence would
be illegal.
1t was authoritatively stated here
Allen had been traced to Maine.
Sheriff Ortlip is going to Philadelphia
late this afternoon for a conference with
members of the staff of District Attor-
ney Rotan. Ortlip is going to quiz rel
atives of Allen.
There are rumorS a grand jury inves-
tigation nay be made to uncover the
person or persons who procured Aliens
release on bail. A surety company fur
nished the $4,000 bond, but District At
torney Wade Is interested in the Identity
of those who Unidentified the surety
company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
NO PHONE RATE NOTICE HERE
Companies Not Informed of New
Installation Charges

Oficia Is of the Bell and Keystone
Telephone Companies in this city this
afternoon said they had received no
word of the change in prices of installa-
ton and moving of telephones. as an
nounced in Washington.
AL changes in telephone rates must
be submitted to Postmaster General
Burleson for approval before becoming
effective. the Washington announcement
said. The charge for installing new tele.
phones and for changing the location OF
old ones il necessary to conserve labor
and material and to eliminate a cost
which is now borne by the permanent
user of the telephone, according to the
announcement.
installation che rges where the rate Is
81 a month or less will be IS. Where
the rate Is more than 81 but not eN-
ceeding 81 a month it will be $40, and
where the rate is more than 81 a month,
SIS. The moving charge to the sub
scriber, the statement says will be the
actual cost of labor and material neces-
sary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30

DOOM OF LIQUOR
HAILED AS FINAL
Anti-Saloon Leaders Re-
(. joice at Dry Bill
/. Passage
PEACE CAN'T SAVE RUM
Amendment Will Be Ratified,
They Say, Before War
Prohibition Ends
A CAN'T SAVE RUM

when the saloon doors close on the
night Of June 80. 1919. they close never
to open again. The passage of the war
time prohibition bin is one of the greatest
victories ever achieved for the protec-
ton of the American people"
That was the gist of a statement made
today by Harry NJ. Chalfant. editor of
The American Issue" the official organ
of the Antisaloon League. M. Chalfant.
speaking for the organization In eastern
Pennsylvania. asserted that n hard fight
will be waged to defeat Judge Bonni-
well and hat the temperance forces will
not rest until nationwide prohibition be-
comes a permanent institution.
Discussing the Wartime Prohibition
bill. Mrs Chalfant said
while tn. hill which was passed by
the Senate. and which. It is understood.
will be approved by President Wilson.
provides only for wartime prohibition,
, yet It means the end of the liquor traffic
In his country.
To BE Made constitutional
Constitutional prohibition has been
ratified by fourteen States already. and
there Is now no question in the minds
Of our leaders that the other twenty
two States will he secured before March
l. 1919. That means that constitutional
prohibition will become effective March
!, 1920. It is hardly possible that the
war will he ended and demobilizaticn
completed previous to March - 1920.
Therefore. 1t is our firm belief tii", when
the saloon doors close on the night of
June 80, 1919. they close never to open
again.
1.-The Anti-Saloon League Nf America.
through i,s national and State organiza-
tons has believed in and fought for i'm
mediate prohibition as a wartime
measure. The best it has been able to
get Is prohibition effective June 30,
1919. We accept the result gracefully
and regard II as one OF the greatest
victories ever achieved in this country
for the protection of the people and the
promotion of our highest interests.
VIII Fight Bonniwell
1.-The A~nti-Saloon League of Pennsyl-
vania will, push the fight harder than
ever for the Legislature to ratify the
amendment and for the defeat of Judge
Bonniwell. who stands as a candidate
Of an institution which already is de-
fes.ted and wh'ch at Washington has
utterly collapsed.
From our present knowledge of this
situation we are hopeful that Pennsyl-
ysnia will he one of the thirty-siX States
to ratify the constitutional Prohibition
Amendment
Presbyterians Pleased
The Rev. William II. Roberts. stated
clerk of the Presbyterian General AS
sembly. today asserted that Presbyter-
ians throughout the country are vir-
ually unanimous in their approval of
the prohibition bill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
SEDTTION CHARGED TO PASTOR
Philadelphian's Brother, For.
merly of This City, Accused
in Boston

= A charge OF sedition has been lodged
against the Rev. John Steik. a Lutheran
minister formerly Of Philadelphia. whn
has been arrested in Boston. A brother.
the Rev. Peter +. Steik. ~ pastor of
Trinity Church, Franklin street above
Green, this city.
The Rev. John Steik is accused OF
making seditious remarks from the pull
pit and in private conversation At one
: time he was pastor of st. Marks
Church. Spring Garden street below
Broad.
The defendant is alleged to have ad-
vised young men contemplating enlist
ment to enter the German army, and to
have offered to assist drafted men in
this country to escape military service.
The clergyman Is f~ifty-three years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
HOLD SERVICE DEPOT MEN
Four Accused of Embedding and Steal.
ing From Employer

Four men. employed by the Atlantic
Refining Company at a service station
at 1920 Market street. waived a hear
Ing before Magistrate Mecleary at Cen
trial station today, when arraigned or
charges of conspiracy, emhezzlement and
larceny. They were held in $500 bal
each for court.
The men are said to have taken
sums of money fro mtheir employers
from time to time. They are John
Donnelly, hardwood avenue, neal
SiXty-frs: street: Jacob Iell, Sixty
second and Catharine streets; Harry
Cantwell. Sixtieth and Hazel avenue.
and j. Grady. Sixth street, above Sus-
Quehanna avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
STUDENTS OUSTED BY SOLDIERS
Dormitories at State College Re.
uuired by L. s. Troops

State College, Pa, Aug. 30.-With
more thai 400 solGiers occupying the
rprmitories for male students at the
Pennsylvania State College, the under
graduates have been ousted from campus
buildings for the next college year. They
will have to find living quarters in town
boarding houses and In fraternity houses.
There are more than twenty Greek
letter society houses AT the State Coll
lege. Three of the new buildings were
erected by Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha
Zeta and Kappa Sigma. The women
students will be accommodated in their
dormitories, as usual. but these will be
so heavily taxed shat plans are being
considered to lease additional quarters
for the girls in the village.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
BROTHER
FOLLOWING FIRE
One Accused of Arson.
Other of Receiving
Stolen Goods
BYRD BUILDING BURNED

The conmitmert wi,hou, hajl of r.wis
Engle, thirtr-tive years old, Bouvier
street above Westmoreland. by Magis-
trate Mecleary today on the charge OF
arson In co,r,o,io, vi,h ,b, a,s,ru,,to,
..
Vi 'he o!ro b"'id'hs iiz'-I4So 'ath-
arine street. by fire last night. was fol-
lowed late this afternoon bv the arrest
of the mans brother. Joseph Engie. 1851
North Fifteenth street. on a Federal
warrant charging a violation of the in
t~erstate law.
Joseph Engle was held in $4,000 bail
for court by United States Commissioner
Long for a further hearing September
II. Lewis Engle will he arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Mecleary for a further
hearing two weeks from today.
Before Joseph Engle's arrest. a Fed
eral warrant was sworn ont for his
brother and given TO the civil authori-
lies as a retainer,
The Engle brothers were in the manu-
featuring business on the sixth floor of
the Byrd Building. producing school
bags and supplies
According IN the Federal ~authorities
.Ioseph Enclo violated the Interstate
commerce laws ny having received
e,o ooo ~ " "p""' u
Arrested on L. s. Warrant
In tho Federal warrant an which
.rosenh EnpIe was arrested two di,sct
cases we're cited ono was tho receint
of n case of leather goods said tn have
been stolen while being Skinned fror,
BURKE BROTHERS in this ci,y to krohn &.
Fecheimer 60 CINCINNATI and tho other
The recent Of a second case Skinned from
the local firm In Johnson g. Mummy shoe
manufacturer of Newark \ The
,as.. go. ,.,I,,ad at Siam QUO,
Lewis Lr,le vas ,rros,od lost nt,h,
10 .os r,nnira cron, ,,,o p,r, p,,i,d
inc T,ha Az s,artad u,h;,. Ia no, 4,
HE oe,oa on ,ha siv,h eoor "
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-03
TOUCH NOT COTTON!

Fear is expressed in some quarters
that the Democrats may lose some
seats in the House because the Demo-
cratic President vetoed the provision
for price of $40 for wheat. They
will lose the seats alright, but that
will not be the reason. The farmers
have never asked nor desired special
legislation. They have asked no special
favors. All they have ever asked
or desired was to be treated the
same as others are treated. They
are indignant, and have very good
right to be indignant because the
Democratic administration limited
the price of wheat and did not limit
the price of cotton or tobacco-South-
ern commodities. They are indignant
and have a right to be indignant be-
cause the administration limited the
price Of what they sell and did not
limit the price of the most important
things they buy. A farmer who would
not resent that sort of treatment would
be an unworthy citizen of a. nation
whose fundamental principal is equal
ity-equal rights for all and special
privileges for none. This has been
sectional, partisan administration
from the beginning, and there are a
lot of people who are not going to
forget the fact on election day.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-03
UNCLE SAM NEEDS MORE CLERKS

Although the civilian workers in the
national capital have increased from
10000 to nearly $4,000 in the first year
Of the war, the government still needs
specialized clerks. The United States
civil service commission announces
that there is an urgent call for appli-
cants for the positions of stenogra-
pher, typewriter, bookkeeper-typewrit-
er, clerk-bookkeeper cost accountant,
accounting and statistical clerk, sta
tistician, clerk qualified in accounting,
clerk qualified in business administra-
ton, index and catalogue clerk, sched-
ule clerk, passenger rate clerk, blue
print file clerk and assistant to bust
ness manager. These positions are
open to both men and women.
Representatives of the civil service
commission at the postoffices in all
cities are prepared to furnish definite,
information and application blanks.
According to the civil service COM
mission, the full extent to which the
specialized clerk is needed is perhaps
not generally understood, and it is in
this class of work that women have
the best opportunity to be of real serv-
ice to the government at this time.
eighteen thousand stenographers and
typ1sts are at work constantly in the.
government Offices at Washington, D.
c., on the tons Of correspondence and
records made necessary by war prep
arations on scale such as the world
has never known before.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-03
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918.
OUR WAR INTENTIONS.

1--WE intend what our forefathers,
the founders of this Republic, in
tended. We in America believe our
participation in this war to be the
fruitage of what they planted. Our
case differs from theirs only in this,
that it is our inestimable privilege to
concert with men out Of every nation
what shall make not only the liberties
of America secure, but the liberties
of every other people as well. e.
There can be but one issue. The
settlement must be final. There can
be no compromise: No halfway de-
cision would be tolerable. No half
way decision is conceivable. ..
1.-THE blinded rulers of Prussia
have reused forces they knew little
of-forces which can never be
crushed to earth again; for they
have in their heart an inspiration
and a purpose which are deathless
and Of the very stuff Of triumph" -
From the Presidents Mount Vernon
Address,.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-03

ment departments, and to other in
dications of a broadened public opin-
ion; nevertheless we believe today
that justifable grievances of the
colored, people are producing not dis
loyalty, but an amount of unrest and
bitterness which even the best ef-
forts of their leaders may not be able
always to guide unless they can have
the active and sympathetic co-opera-
ton of the National and State gov
amoung us is powerless, but the ap
parent Indifference of our own Gov
eminent may be dangerous.
Discreditable utterance-Seek to Put
Race Loyal on Defensive, to Ex-
aQoerate Difficulty of Redress ana
Then cringe and Leave all lndefi-
mite.
The American Negro does not ex-
pect to have the whole Negro prob
lem settled Immediately; he is not
seeking to hold up a striving coun-
try and distracted world by push
ing irrelevant personal grievances as
price Of loyalty; he is not disposed
to catalogue in this tremendous
crisis all his complaints and disabili-
ties; he is more than willing to do
his full share in helping to win the
war democracy and he expects his
full share Of the fruits thereof.
Gentlemen Of the Minimum.
But he is today compelled to ask
for that minimum of consideration
which will enable him to be an efici-
ent fighter for victory.-From the
Boston Guardian.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-03
CoLORED LIBERTY CONGRESS

in seeking to wipe out the inconsist-
ency of their country at home and
were race loyal In Selling this world
opportunity to seek for their race re-
lief from senseless and undemocratic
prescription, they notified the Chief
Executive by sending a written re-
quest to him to convene both houses
of Congress to hear them and send4
ing delegation to get his answer.
Then they notified the heads of both
houses of Congress by sending dele
cations to the Speaker of one and the
President of the other to ask for a
joint session. And in Speaker Clark
they found a responsive nearer
though the extraordinary opportunity
could not be secured. They further
sought the advisement of the govern
ment by inviting two members of
Congress to address this Liberty Con-
gress.
congressman Martin B. Madden of
Illinois and L. G. Dyer, of Missouri,
author of the anti-lynching bill, who
declared all true Americans at home
should be bringing about democracy
in the U. S. A. while the soldiers are
fighting in Europe for world democ-
racy.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
presented the petition to the U. S.
Senate.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-03

share in the Rights of Man. While
the Revolutionary patriots met to
initiate war, those race patriots met
at the seat of Government when the
country was in mighty world war
and without equivocation set forth
the denials to their racial element of
those rights of democracy to spread
which their country was avowedly
taking part in world war.
This National -. Colored Liberty
Congress- keynote sounded by Maui
rice w. Spencer, local chairman, the
first night, which echoed and re-
echoed in every speech and IN the
petition, was that when the U. S. A.
was proclaiming world-democracy as
its purpose in q world war, all race
and color discrimination in federal
departments, in public places in the
national capitol, in government
schools, in public carriers under gov
eminent control, in the election of
federal officials should be abolished
by congress, which should also make
lynching federal crime.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-03
THE SECOND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Washington, D. c., July, 1918. A
second Declaration of Independence
was enunciated and entered in the
records of the U. S. Congress at the
end of last week. This is the con-
sensus of opinion among thoughtful
Washingtonians who heard the petit
ton to the Government read at the
closing one of the five public mass
meetings of the National Colored Lib
erty Congress or who have read the
document as printed in the Congress
sional Record of June 29th.
Like the first Declaration, this one
was the creation of delegated as
sembly, citizens congress with q
national membership. The Liberty
Congress was composed OF 115 dele
gates from 20 states and the District
of Columbia, men and women, pro-
testing injustice and tyranny, re-
spending to a call. Like the first
one this Declaration represented the
voluntary, uncompensated, sacrifice
and natural feelings and yearnings of
Americans for liberty and an equal