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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
I,ACKER RAIDS
TALK in SENATE
. Smoot Wants to Know Why
Soldiers and Sailors
u Participated
HOMES SCORES EVADERS
Resolution Calling for Inves'
tigation Laid Aside to Give
Place to Pending Measure
By the Associated Press
Washington. Sept.

Z. Controversy over draft Stacker round
ms broke out again today in the SEN
ate. despite the fact that the President
has ordered an investigation and the
raids have ceased. Senator Smoot, Of
Utah, Republican, called up his reso-
luton proposing an investigation by
the Senate Military Committee Of the
arrests in New York and elsewhere.
particularly to disclose by whose or
ders soldiers and sailors participated
Senator Jones, Of New Mexico. Demo-
erat vigorously protested against adop-
fion of the resolution. lie said an
Investigation was unnecessary and COM
mended the effort to catch draft slack
ers.
Senator Frelinghuysen, Of New Jersey,
Republican. inquired how many innocent
men were arrested in the raids and
Senator Kirby. of Arkansas, who yes
terday commended the Governments ac-
tivities. said he understood $4,000 men
were listed in New York for reference
ITO their draft boards.
That patriotic citizens. under or over
the draft ages, will not object to tenn
porary inconvenience of being ques-
toned was asserted by, Senator Jones.
He said a Stacker was as loathsOme
as a man who commits murder-even
worse, guilty Of treason and pointed
out that round-ups were not carried
out without warning and men had been
notified to carry their registration cards.
Senator Calder. Of New York. Re-
publican, .nterjected that thousands OF
men over and under the draft ages were
arrested.
Admitting this to be true. Senator
Jones said he believed the people o,
New York approved the round-urs anC
would not indorse Senator Calder:
criticism.
In the midst of the discussion th'
Smoot resolution automatically was laic
sside under the rules to give pace t'
the pending emergency agricultural bt
with its prohibition rider. The resolution
goes to the calendar. where il must re
main until taken up by majority vote.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
HURRY CALL FOR RIVETERS
Hog Island Needs 1000 and Will
Paw as High as S27 a Dav

Unless approximately 1000 husky men
are obtained for the riveting gangs at
Hog Island and. other yards within Il
short time. the shipyards cannot main
tain their construction program. and
the production of ships in the greatest
yard in the world will be much retard-
ed.
Men who enter this sarviC" are prom
ised the highest wages, often as much
as S2T a day.
These facts were made public this
afternoon by Charles PieH. senior vice
president. and Rear Admiral Francis 7.
Bowles, assistant general manager Of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. both
of whom made appeals for riveters in
connection with the issuance of tue
first of a series of daily bulletins
TGday's bulletin showed Hog Island
riNeting gangs making the lowest aver
age per man per hour. Of three yards
! This was due it was said to the fact
| that Hog Island is obliged to turn out
more rivetcrs from its training schools
| in less time than are other yards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
LOST ON CHASER 2O9
John A. Mcbride. Jr.. This City
Reported Missing

John A. Mcbride, Jr.. twenty-three
years old. was aboard the submarine
chaser No 209. when it was sunk by
mistake by the liner Tausig and he is
now reported as missing by the Navy
tpartnIent. his father. John A. Nc
Bride. Sr., SAG jefferson Street. an
nounCed today.
oung Mcbride was QuartermaSter on
,he 2o9. Notification that he was miss
ing was received last night.
The father Immediately got in touch
with friends of his son, who were aboa rd
the 209. and from accounts they give. he
believes young Mcbride lost his life res
..uing his companions.
Before he enlisted Mcbride was fire.
man for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
TO REPLACE CLASS | men
War Department Order Affects
EMPLOYEES Within Draft Ages

washing ston. Sept 6.--Sscretary Baker
has ordered the chief of each bureau In
the War Department to replace by De-
cember 81 all men within the draft ages
who, would be classified In class l now
assigned to duty in Washington or in
war Department branches elsewhere
with men physically disqualified for gen.
eral military service.
The positions thus vacated may also
be filed by men in the deferred classes
where such deferment has been granted
on the grounds of dependency. Excep'
tions are to be made only where incum-
bents are indispensable and where men
not within the draft age are not avail
able to take their places.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
QUISTCONCK CLOCK PRUSSlAN
Chronometer Originally Was
Given TO Briton by Prince

Offiicals of the United states shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation see
the hand of fate in the fact. made puohc
today. that the chronometer now being
installed on the Quistconck, hrst snip
launched at Hog Island and christened
by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. was once
presented by A prince of Prussia to a
British sea captain. a..
When the shipping board hrst under-
took its vast construction program. the
manufacture Of ships chronometers was
and Il was necessary to purchase nun
dreds Of these delicate instruments sec
ond -hand from the British Government.
Consequently, il fell to the lot Oh ,ne
Ouist conck to obtain the chronometer
PRESENTED by Prince Albert of Prussia to
Captain Buckley. Royal British Navy;
in appreciation of the honors shoWerea
upon the German prince on r.. NJ. o.
Growler off the coast OF Brazil III iof-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
ENVOY TO LONDON CHOSEN
President Selects Man to Succeed
Ambassador Page

Washington, Sept. 6.-Presdent VIII
son has picked the man he wants as
ambassador to the Court of St. James
to succeed Ambassador Page, who re.
Gently resigned. The man selected Is
not one of those who have been men.
toned for the post.
The President has given great time
and thought to the selection. He is
understood to have requested the man
upon whom his choice has fallen to &C.
cept the post and is awaiting a reply
1t is likely that an announcement may
be made within a few days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
RECEIVER TO RUN HOTEL
Will Have Charge Of St. James Till
Next February

Judge Vessel. who recently appoint
ed Israel Hecht temporary receiver of
the ST James Hotel Company. today
made the receivership permanent until
February l. 1919. Security was fixed
at $4,000 Meanwhile. the receiver is
to conduct the business of the hotel
and all unsecured creditors are en-
joined from legal action
The judge also appointed David b.
Provan. George de b. Meyers and Will
lam l.. Rodelheim appraisers. The in
yentory Of appraisement is to be filed by
nrtoher I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
DISCONTINUE COURSES
War Needs Close Two Glasses at St
Ioseph's College

As the result of a conference this
week at Plattsburg. y. Y. with repre-
sentatives of the War Department re-
yardng the taking over of the college as
a unit of the students army training
corps, the authorities of St Joseph's g
College announced today that for the
durat ion Of the war they will be forced
TO discontinue the evening classes.
This step is necessary to make rom
for the required mess halls. dormitories
md study halls. On this account also
the grammar school will be discontinued
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
Ogontz Man Struck by Auto

John VI. Hibb, sixty years old who
lives on Church road. near Ogontz was
struck by an automobile on Old York
road at the crest OF Ogontz HILL shortly
before midnight last night. and vas left
living in the roadway. Other automo-
bilists found him unconscious. and he
has been removed to the Abingdon Me-
mortal Hospital His condition is sCrt-
Gus. Suburban police are trying to To-
cate the driver Of the machine which
struck him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
JURY CENSURES p. X. r.
Death of Boy Passenger Avoidable, Is
Contention

The Coroncr's jury today censured the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
after an investigation into the death of
Fred Dickel. sixteen years old 178 West
Olney avenue, in the Samaritan Hospi-
tai June ~
The boy died from a fractured skull.
received while a passenger on trolley
that was struck by another car at Ger
mantown avenue and Huntingdon street.
II was said he would not have been in
iured had the iron window grating been
i'm place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
1 WILSON SPARES SOLDIER
Commutes Death Sentence OF
Private Who Refused to Drill
By the Associated Press

Washington, Sept 6.---Private will
liam A. Kerner, Company q. S06th IN
fantry. who was sentenced by a COURT
martialat Camp Upton. n. Y. to be shot
because he refused to obey an order to
drill, has been ordered released and
restored to duty by President Wilson.
The Presidents Endorsement on the
record, made public today, merely says
the sentence is disapproved because the
assistant Judge advocate general who
officiated at the trial was not legally
appointed f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
President Will Not
Make National Trip
Continued from Page One

everything IN his own hands He was
much criticized al first for this trait Of
his. DELAYS proceeded from the fact
that every question went up to the
President personally. He, was attempt
ing to do what 1t was not humanity pos
sible for any one man to do. THIS
criticism reached its climax in the pro-
posal of the Senate Mil tary Affairs
Committee that the President name a
& war cabinet of known executive abil-
ify," and thus virtually devolve the con-
duct CT the war upon men who were
experienced In acting and acting quick
iy.
The President did not do it. But on
the contrary under the pressure OF re-
cent events. especiahv of the German
! drives. he himself learned to act and
act quickly. \ great crisis has done
Z for the President what 4 great crisis SO
often doe 20 un- in h'gh positions II
s hp~ .-' o. "S""'.rai'v IN direc-
tons where hitherto he was weak I
has 60. .". ..t- s"uD.a" nat" mar
of action Tie nation ne cded an ex
ecutive. II was proposed TO graft on'
upon our form OF government by inter
g posing between the President and every
thing else men with authority and with
the capacity to act. But events hst
= another solution in view. They tool
{ hold of Mr.. Wilson and made him al
a executive. And II is possible to say th
despite the veXatious delay in reaching
decision upon Russia and despite III
utterly needless postpouement of the ex
tension OF the draft ages.
Quick Action Now Possible
The strong men who now surrount
Mr.. Wilson have no difficulty in gettln,
decisions frGn. him. prompt decisions o
the sort they are used to receiving 1,
the world of business. The criticism o
the residen; as an executive has pre-,
" nearly died out. He had to learn Rnt
8 he has learned, not perfectly perhaps
for no one is a 100 per cent thinker. Bu
still all the big questions of the wa
u no up to MIR. Wilson and he gives hi
answers with reasonable speed. II il
difficult to imagine the machine herr
srunninR with the President away
q Therefore the decision not to go on th'
stump was to be expected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
STANLEY FOR JAMES'S SEAT
Governor Nominated by Demo-
cratic Committee for u. S. Senate
RY the limited Press n.

Owsey Stanley has been nominated FOR
United States Senator to succeed the
late Senator Ollie James His nomina-
tion was by the Democratic State Gem
trail and Executive Committee.
George Martin, Of CattletsburE, was
appointed to fill the unexpired term OF
Senator James
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

Tony DONIIERA, Of tn" Pus"y Jones
Wilmngton Band. won't US" lhr mrInrhone
and there's us" Goa king. He prefers the
French horn. because he used to blow it in
ll',,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

THE DANCES SEEM BETTER to Lieuten
ant Little since he learned to glide through
the waltz and fox trot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
Read The Digest" for Authentic News Regarding American

One subject of paramount interest holds to-day the
first place in the hearts and minds of the fathers and
mothers of America and of the millions of anxious
women here at home, the wives. sisters, and sweet
hearts of the gallant fellows who have gone "over
there" 1t is the question of how the boys in
brown faring the battlehelds of France, what
they doing, whether they are making good and
holding their own successfully against the
saughts of the Teuton. The one sure way to get
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

HAIRY CAM. head foreman of drafts
81 IT at tn" Wilmington plant of IA" iuSaN
& Jones COMPANY. would like to hav" the
luai and rabbit season opened nth"
earlier than usual this season. He has a
new hunting coat q whOlr box of twenty
liN"l shells thai COS, a whO" 'huck.' also u
neg, rubber bait to ease up tn" KICKING OF
he old fOWling piece,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
ANDREW GILL. pICCOIo PLAYER

Inc PuNDN JOIltN " lTT IOTI T'dTT'I- Is IIVT
80 Hr blamed for going lilt." hard AT The
star Spangled Banner but It ratt IS tn"
other players.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
r. e. SAMPSON. WHO ORGANIZED tn,

X. z NNNT~VN' VIII ,VN',NNrHLLIlD ~ III
ana made himself generally useful in ath-
lctlcs Of all kinds there. has taken Il JOB
At The Hog Island rIant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
WITH THE SHlPBUlLDERS
THE SHORT SUGAR RATION at the Me

comma nd Of the ard at the Merchant yard
has gone TO Niagara to assume command OF
Company q Thirty-fourth Battalion. L. 5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

H. WOODMAN. one of the mound perform
ars on the T. Department baseball team at
he Merchant ward, spends most Of his holi
dl - with a sistcr. and no iOking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
Quick Action Now Possible

DR.. Snyder Again on Osieopath Board
DR.. o. J. Snyder. of this city. was to-
day reappointed a member of the State
3 Osteopathic Examining Board
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

RUSSELL SWAIN. OF the construction
store at the Merchant yard. has enlisted In
the naval aviation corps
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

form is to read from week to week in THE
LITERARY DIGEST the exact facts regarding
abroad, their movements, their various
activities, their share of the fighting, and the meas
ures that being taken for their comfort and
support-facts drawn from all the authoritative
sources and that may be accepted without question,
forming continuous history of our part in the war
that is well worth preserving. Begin studying it
today. ,,.-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

the Merchant yard has been completed an
II ready for business. the boys in the cor
struction store lind the rear exit the mos
convenient.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

WHAT'S \ REEpRIRps Il. W. rhaI

GAN. OF the Chester Shipyard ofrce. repHrt
.hst they rad n very nice time at PuttsHiHc
Pa With rela tivcs during the last we'k-"nh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

THE NHUKI NtGAK KNTION At the Met
chant shipyArd has taken some OF the sweet.
nninG out Of the weekly dnCe for the soldiers.
They always had punch that tasted gooC
to everybody. but the women in charge Oi
the dances said their sugar was needed foi
essentials and uult making the punch. The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

BIG SLIM BRADLEY. Of the W s. De.
partment. Merchant yard. took on little
toe much tan at the shore and asked for
night work to duck the sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

HiRRiMAN SHIrWORkERS are prepar-
ing t. rer"ivr YHnk q Ncill. Mayor of Fish.
Town nrighbur.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

sci IRE 10 IIIIl YeHRer ceIluIoid collar al Il
Merchant yard. and now Bill refuses
pitch quOits with any contender II he HI
to lay his celluioid on the ground again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

% no.
ming ou, NJ IN. weekiy ~ nee Tor The soldiers
heN nag ht be n"t cbsrvs of
the dances "a id their sugar was needed for
essentials and quit making the punch The
but
.--. - -
THE DANCES SEEM BETTER TO l.ieuten-
the waltz and fox trot.
RUSSELL SWAIN. OF the construction
the naval aviation corps
the Merchant yard has been completed and
is ready for business the BOYS i'm the con
struction store find the rear exit the most
convenient.
EsTuOw AND VAN Solver Of the
Merchant yard have purchased a share in
Doran's ferryboat and hope soon TO buy
him out entirely to save twenty cents a day
soy.,onv w,ru u,,,rr .,,.o,,,,,,,,t,
Nor"b,nt Ia "a ,a,. pii, naS,s ~. ~, W.,
Mitch o,,oits Win any Tnn,endar ~ bc has
Ia i,y bIs reIt,,ioia ,, tbe sramnd again
~ ~
d." ,t, n''N n, r., oi the W. . Mia
80 ,,,,r AN sf tb sb,, ''on w -, ''' ,r ~,
-, ~. hlu'.l ''n % hl '.t smoIe an" dsheu i"r
"is"' WI" w "u'N Ine sun
JOE FON. MERCHANT YARD. mas taken
night work 50 he can hear himself thinking
box IN the YARD
H\HRIMNN SHIpWORk are prauar-
ING T. rrretya Ynnk o. r'%niII N,,vnr 81 Ligb.
t,s ~ i" ss n.j,bhnr >''''' mayor oi -"
'"" '7 "''7--
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

WHAT u 4 CAR without y SUNDAY
Nil kindle. Merchant yard. wishes to know
50 h" is trying to soil his racer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

= I.AwEER HAS BEEN working in the
yes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

nj Iht work he can hear himself thinking
out contributions for the prize sugge ion
box IN the yard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
rur noe ISLAND POWER CLTB in,

tends 10 GET ali the fun passb" ont OF
september. The hoys who lcok after me
day even.ng on the island to arrang, q
smoker ana dance both 10 b" hrid 'hH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06
40 OFFER WILL RE refused for these

HNKKY HNKNISH. Of me tramp Snip
yard. Is almost to the point Of selling or
dona ting his fivvor. After stripping his
gear helping another unfortunate autoist out
on the road he told they had stopped
ma king gears until after the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

Z
man is now double rivetcd. Ronoy lost
letter containing $50 which he had ad
dressed to his mother in chicago. Som'
decent chap found ii and mailed 1t for him
and Runey H. willing to buy almost an,
Old thing II only knew the man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-06

o. VI CItRK. 5.nifn" of tn" shIp sdm,n-
ist-ation hn'Idirg IT Hog Island, and Ben
Gre@uhrld r. r. Cares office boy. VINO IL
said - Nn clever in nm Irsh comedians roi"
-" slowly recovering from tn" enret. OF
. III. Hog Island Power tluhs m"nnltSnt OH
thn Delaware River W"dne Sday. II was a
rase of too much fun. They PLAYED them.
. selves ou' TRYING to amuse Cro"u INA
dIsr't aupr .riate home talent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-10

New York. Aug. 9.--Cables telling
Of the great Franco British successes
in Plcardy and Flanders and heavy ex-
ports for the day were the factors that
caused a sharp advance in cotton to-
day. Gossip had 1t that Wall Street
shorts remained uncovered. Liverpool
was good buyer on balance during
the morning. Japanese interests were
credited with having been among the
days sellers,
The realizing encountered on the
early advance of IS to SIS points was
absorbed on moderate reactions and
the narke, hrmed again later in the
morning.
The market closed steady at net
advance. OF IS to 50 points. Receipts
at the ports for the day 4sS@4 against
&73J bales q week ago, 1e.216 bales a
year ago. Stocks in New York are
74.136 against 4L523 bales last year.
Exports for the year were 39,o9s
including 104o6 bales to Great Britain
l1,674 bales to France and 1888 bales
to other points on the continent.
Spot here was steady at an advance
OF 90 points at 39.o5c; there were no
sales
Spot at New Orleans was steady and
unchanged at 2S&c; the sales ATS
bales,
Receipts at some of the leading
ports were Galveston. t.544; New Or
leans. 976: Savannah. 2,27S; Norfolk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-10
WALL STREET CHEERS
AS ALLIES ADVANCE

New York. Aug e.-Cheers on the
stock Exchange greeted the British
announcement of the heavy capture
Of Germans with numberless guns.
This good news was followed up with
details that confirmed Wall street in
its optimism. The stock market rose
quietly, nearly all standards partici-
pating steel was the leader with
Baldwin. Mexican. Petroleum. the To-
bacco Shares md st. Paul among the
most popular issues. While money
was not lowered in price IL seemed to
be working easier. Sixty days funds
were obtained at per cent on all IN
money a. 6 per cent. Bankers assure
the leading brokers that there will be
no difficulty in financing a reasonable
advance in the stock market. II is be-
lieved that ia this way the ground
can be prepared for the Forthcoming
liberty loan.
For the advance in Baldwin there
was no new explanation except that
q pool had begun work in it
Buying Of such stocks as American
Can, Great Northern ore. Distillers,
Tobacco Products. Crucible and Allan
tic Gulf and West Indies was based
on the theory that with United States
steel entering new high territory all
other first class stocks that had been
( inactive W bAau ne permitted TO 4QIiON-
( In nearly every issue that was active
some especial reason could be as
signed for purchase OF it,
( st. Faufs activity reflected belief
on the part OF traders that the return
+ of Secretary McAdoo 10 Washington
would be followed quickly by an agree
ment on the railroad contracts.
In the money market bankers were
sttl adherng to the ancient myth
which makes railroad stocks more val
liable as collateral than industrials,
Slightly better rates were obtainsble
where rails made half of the collateral
offered This was only another straw
suggesting possible revival of inter-
est in rails. Stockholders of the rail-
roads are willing TO have the bankers
show them the market superiority OF
their Issues ever industrials.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-10
ELECTRIC POWER FOR SALE.

The administrative board. Of the city
Of Richmond, Va, will receive pro-
posals for the purchase by the bidder
Of electric current for lighting, power.
or other purpose. generated at the
city electric plant
The quantity OF energy which the
City estimates available for sale is
1000 kilowatts during daylight hogrs
and 500 kilowatts at other hours, bat
these quantities NAV be increased or
diminished if desired.
Proposals are 70 be submitted not
later than II o'clock. noon. August Is.
1918. in sealed envelopes. addressed u
the administrative board a their Of
fee. room sos. city Hall, Richmond.
Va.
The administrative board reserves
the right 10 reject any and all bids,
and 10 award contract. or contracts
In accordance with city ordinance.
For further particulars, specidca-
tions and forms of proposal, appHca-
ton should be made TO the under
signed at room at. CITY Hall.
E w. TRAFFORD
superintendent City Electrical Plant.
July 26. 1918.