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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
MYSTERY OF CYCLOPS
REMAINS UNSOLVED
Theory That Plotters Disabled
and Captured U. S. Collier
Gains Support
Washington, April Is.

The disappearance Of the Cyclops with
about 900 aboard promised today to go
down in the annals of the sea as one
Of the strangest mysteries ever known
The navy, though still searching the
troplc seas. has virtually abandoned
hope Of finding her or any traces Of
her crew
The strange engulfng Of the ship in
tho waste Of waters lent itself to many
romantic tales Of plots 60 wreck her
but thus far Captain Wells's intelligence
officers have been unable TO establish
the truthfuness OF any Of the stories.
\ complete tabulatiou OF intelligence
reports from all corners of the world
seemed to dissipatc' the theory that a
German raider or submarine had again
skunk into the western Atlantic.
So many here today turned moro to
the theory that plottcrs within wrecked
the engines, put out of commission the
wireless and somehow spirited the ship
away to some out-of-the-way port or
scuttled her en- route to home port.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
NEW DRAFT ELIGIBLES
WILL REGISTER SOON
Measure Calling for 100000
Youths 81 Years Old Since
June 5 Being Rushed
PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES
Listing of Aliens Liable Under
Treaties for Army May Be
Included
Washington. April 16.

The new draft bill, calling to arms
1000 young men who have reached the
age OF twenty-one years since June 3,
was In the final legislative stage today.
The measure ought to be in President
Wilson's hands before the end Of tho
week, unless some unforeseen obstacle
arises. The President. shortly after
signing &, will issue proclamation fN-
ing a date for the registration of the
young men made liable to the draft by
the bill.
The new registrants will be classified
Just as the first men Of draft age were
listed, to establish thcir liability to
service Because of the fact that few
young men Of twcnty-onc years have de-
pendents it is expected that large per-
centage Of the 100000 will be placed in
Glass l.
The bill has passed both houses of
Congress i'm slightly different form. II
was put forward by the War Department
several months ago, but It has met with
some delay because Of efforts TO amend
It.
The House wrote into tho bill an
Amendment providing that in appOrtion-
ing draft quotas communities should be
given credit for volunteers already in
the Service.
IL the Senate will accept the amend.
rnent which Is doubtful, the bin can be
sent to the President within a day on
two, otherwise II viii be necessary 10
send the bill TO conference for adjust
Inent
senator Chamberlain, chairman of the
senate Military Affairs Committee, said
today he expected to call UP at an early
date the resolution for the registration
of aliens made liable to military scrv'
ice by the treaties pending or under
negotiation with the Allied Govern
ments.
For the sake OF convenience, members
OF the Military Affairs Committee would
like 10 have resolution adopted
quickly, in order that registration OF
aliens and the twenty -ouc-y ycar-old boys
might be conducted at the same time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
Washington, April 10,

''P'"
n"IIIriai estimates on the third ldo-
ort, Loan campaign Indicate that the
n..t n,Dfn7 t,s h,cp e,or,d ,od,v
-'''" VI r'' "'I'e ''"7 "''" ''.''
and oh" remaining twenty days must
nr. ID cuutinuou, barrara Of bonds into
r.. .rr,,.,,,.,. g.. ,,.i,, ,,. -,..,,,,,,-,,ri,,-
"'' '''' ~
''..
Tho latest official Treasury figures
uI.,r. irc uafioual total q, s6aI.s11.StO
.,.,...r.... .c,.,.,....- a,....,...
'' '.'''o'' VIZ 'i'"' ''S'
Ii'"Hsldsnl l5 the answer IN every
telegram to the Treasury. The Minuc-
nfYIis district has roi,or,ad uunrarndrrt.
- .,.,it,..,i,..t ........ 81, -
''P''!aIF from the Hc'Wan-sPeI'IhB
residents I'm many sections or tho district.
Many committees have apportionrd the
.,... .i-t.. a., ,,t.,,,,.,
/ "'"l'IUs sums rs I'W q" N'V NH''c IL
ia deemed reasonable.
st. Louis is main,a!7t-.r T.. lead over
the other districts, having carried on
to ~ per cent Of IT'S quota Of Si3O.0OO,-
600. The subscriptions taken by the
banks have not been counted and when
added 10 th" reserve later in tho cam
paiSm tho districts total will be well
past the ovcrsuhscriptlou.
in" citN of 81 Louis i5 uncOuutcd
100 IN" totals so far
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
WOULD REDUCE PAY
FOR COUNTY OFFICES
Atlantic City Chamber of
Commerce Shows They Are
Highest in State

s.., y,.....t-,. 81, T,r>,,r,o pybf, Irdgrr
'''''"' '''''''
Ntlantl' '"E' Np'" '''
4 con,nilation Of salary statistics for
>.,.,,. ro..o,. ,,,,,,,ios nranorAl hv the
w" ..
Atlantic city 'nanper oi |o''''''1'
for use IN a campaign Of education on
tho high cost Of county administration,
o. be launched at the April meeting Of
that organization on April 20, shows
that Atlantic. ono Of tho small counties
IN respect TO population, is paying q
majority Of it, officials more than all
except a few Of tho large counties al
low for similar services
Former JudE" J.. A. liiGbco, solicitor
for the County Board Of frteholderS'
the abolition Of which In favor OF small
board rulc Is tho objective or lne can,
paiEn. receives "a salary or F1oo" ana
$1,000 for expenses. Essen 'H"n'E' WIN
a population OF oho'"-7' H.dylH go -,
times ilat Of Atau''C' ptHS roVVV, ,,oo 10
cor, "'th N,1a' -po"lu ul', l'aS 49,,
lhi"h' WIN uoupr 'N''"'Vs r,
population NdooV' hCts'H' ElVo' ~ 49,,
Saic 'o"u'E' u'd'IS "!c' snnoo p,,r
a. Atlantic IN popula,'ou' Sf".voUn| ,t',',,
lington, SilVV' Hpe -u"Hi soon' w.
berIand' HI-uV Nolii'I"",, oIlli.i,'II., e,oo a,,,l
rcn county Nl"u" 'I'", -, w
teee SonorSc'' l'cS "I'. ,,n,,,,i,,i,,,,
~ Win lNI'' N'''''''''
! S-O""' ..,-.. .i;....a,,,,,,.,. ,,i,I
There IS s'''IL!d' r,,,,i.
| respect 10 the ono" OF
nccr. \. ". NeIsou, ~ N''"'''", I.,....
ccivcs $4,000 and HlouV l"r 'Mp'lscs'
Essen pays hut E'Vuo warren
SgIOO Mercer, $4,000; Inlon ,'un'F'
$500; Monmouth $1,000 b"rEon'
$4,000: Gloucester County, S2toO iaS,
sale $500: Burlington, $500, ana
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
HAS Won MACKENSEN MEDAL
Made by War Bride Of One of Per-
shing's Machine Gunncrs
New York. April 1G


II has been discovered by the press
agent Of the National Academy Of De
sign.exhibition. now in its last week in
tho Fine Arts Building, 2l5 West Fifty
seventh street, that tho little frame of
medals entered by Elsa Krital contains
the head Of Field Marshal yon Macken-
sen, whom the Germans for his Russian
campaign called tho bulldog Of Galicia W
Before Americas entrance into the
war Miss Krital had an opportunity to
mold head Of Won Mackensen, and
iron being the only material permitted
e. be used i'm Germany the work was
done I'm that metal. Incidentally when
war was declared Miss Krtal came
home and was married to Sergeant Pow
cr Peterson, now at the front with a
machine-guu company The war brides
medallion is known as No. al and Is
the size Of a fifty-cent piece.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
INSTITUTE OF FRANCE
WILL HONOR WILSON
Officially Announces President Will
Be Elected to Membership by
Acclamation

Washington, April 16.--President will
son will be elected a member Of tho In
stitute OF France. An official dispatch
from France says that the Academy Of
Moral and Political Science, finding II
necessary TO elect in its section Of for
eign associates a member to replace Mr.
Nillari, of Florence. has proposed the
name of President Wilson, which was
received with much appreciation and
sympathy. on account Of formalitics to
be observed the election will not be held
for several weeks
The dispatch said the President would
he elected by reclamation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
PEACH BUDS ARE SAFE
New Jersey Growers Find Slcet and
Snow Did Not Harm Trees

Redwood. \. j.. April 16.--Owners Of
the hig peach orchards I'm this section
examined their trees critically with
tho idea of determining whether the
rain, wind. snow and slcet storms Of
last week did any injury, but there was
no evidence. that the least harm was
done. The few buds that appeared ten
days ago were not advanced far enough
to he affected. say the farmers
The apple and pear orchards were not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
5000 PAINTERS STRIKE
Demand Wage Increase From 10 to
G2& Cents an Hour

Three thousand members Of tho Broth
crhuud of Painters, Decorators and Pa
pcrhaugcrs Of America, District Council
30 II, arc on strike for increased wages.
The painters demand an increase
from forty-lNc cents to SlXty-two and
onc-half cents an hour. The strike will
not affect the shipyards, which pay sixty
cents.
The employers said an agreement was
in operation which did not expire until
october !, 1918. They say they abided
by their agreement and expect the men
to do likewise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
MARY PICKFoRD IN COURT
Movie Star Will Appear Today to
Answer Summons

New York. April 16.--Mary Pichford
"a 70 anpear in n trial scene IN real
life TODAY instead of IN the movies. As
Gladys s. Moore, which is her legal
name she has been sued for $4,000 coun-
sci fees by Samuel NJ. Field. lie says he
was once her lawyer.
Crowds thronged the corridors OF the
County Court House yesterday when
Miss Pickford appeared. The case had
been assigned for trial before Justice
Malian in Part ". 1t was adjourned
until today. Before leaving for up
town the film star dropped into ono OF
the courtrooms just to see what It was
like
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
BONDS IN VIRGIN ISLANDS
$4,000 Worth Bought by People ir
Newest Possession -.

Nrw York. April 16.---People OF the
Virgin Islands, Americas most recent
colonial acquisition. have thus far pur-
chased $4,000 worth of Liberty Bonds,
according to n wireless message, The
population OF the islands is approximate
ly $4,000,
The message, sent by Governor James
II. oliver Is the first OF weekly reports
he has promised to make.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
Labor Wins in Sabotage Bill

Washington. April 16.-Thc House has
adupted the conference report on tho
sabotage bill, with House provisions pen
ali2ing obstruction oC the manufacture
Of war materials and Furnishing strikers
eliminated. Tho conferees struck out
the provisions when the Senate failed
to sustain them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
FIRST BILLION OF LOAN
BELIEVED IN SIGHT
Unofficial Estimates Place
Liberty Bond Purchases at
That Figure
REAL TOTAL $691,611,SOO
That Does Not Include Minneapolis
Dstrict-Many Small Sub
scribers Swell Aggregate
Washington. April lG.

I'm increase Of SI14,853.4jO In sub
scriptions TO the third Liberty Loan.
revealed by the figures for yesterday,
was reported by the Treasury Depart
ment today. The total Of subscriptions
upon which the initial per cent pay
ments have been made is $500, ,i65, ,9jO,
for eleven Of the twenve Federal dis
trictS. No figures have vet been re-
cCiNcd from the Minneapolis district.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
PRESIDENT TAKES UP
AIRCRAFT PROBLEM
Summons Senators Sheppard,
Fletcher and Beckham to
White House
TO PREPARE NEW BILL
One-M Man Control Is Indicated, With
William c. Potter or Henry Ford
Mentioned
Washington, April 16.

President Wilson has taken personal
charge Of the aviation situation and
has summoned 70 the white House SEN
ators Sheppard, Of Texas; Fletcher, OF
Florida and BccNham. Of Kentucky, all
members Of the Senate committee ON
Military Affairs for consultation
relative TO necessary legislation which
must DE enacted to put into operation
tho recommendations Of The SnoWdcn-
Marshall committees report
Although that report i- on0v cont
plctcd I'm part tho review Of tho COM
mittcc's observations huyin" been with
held iu order that their rccummcNdl-
tions might he put forward In haste, II
is known here that the priuIE and
essential recommendation NJ Marahaila
committee was for one man control Ct
the manufacture and transportation Of
all sorts Of aircraft
Tho report also recommends abolition
of tho Aircraf, Production Board ana
concentration or its advisory functions
in the proposed executive agency which
will control production from the begin
ming point OF raw materials down TO the
delivery OF the finished product To
aviators Of the Army signal corps VINO
will operate then.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
Founder of Mennonite Church Dies

Allentown, Pa, April lG.--After an ill
moss Of two days Father William Geh-
nan founder Of the Church of the Men
monte Brethren in Christ is dead Of
nncumonia at his home near Vera cruz.
I,ehiGh County, in his ninety-second
year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
R,Ivian Diplomats Go to Voloqda

washington. April i6.-The Belgian
lIolonatic CORPS IN Russia has been
..,.,ored from Moscow 10 Nologda, ac-
arllne 10 a report 10 the Slate Depart
...If b Ambassador Francis. This
Ins a total of nine diplomatic mis-
- NosogGa,-the American. Japan
r1Ineae. Frenchs Italian. Serbian.
|..an nIa arllan and Siamese. The
I 4n1 HRWanInn mlsfIors are az
||'.| |1.#'. a01 fI1 HeIIurlneo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
Must Run Ganut

Regardless Of tho Presidents wishes,
the bill, which undoubtedly viii be
drafted by Senator Sheppard and will
surely appear within three or four days
as the Administration measure, must run
the gamut Of the Military committee
before it appears in the Senate for con
slderation. Naturally, the Sheppard bill
or whatever title tho measure may ar-
cidcntally receive viii be subject to
in the committee by TIA" men
who drafted the frank indictment of Nd
ministratiou failure in the aircraft plans
The President, while admitting the
necessity for Il change, has sought as tue
vehicle Of his wishes I'm this regard the
men in the Senate least equipped
through knowledge of actual conditions
70 handle the great problem of making
America supreme i'm the air.
With the certainty that tho bill which
will be the outcome Of the conference
will provide for one-nau control OF air
craft production, the question as to the
man on whom tho Presidents choice Will
fall cXcites discussion. William e. Potter
is still regarded as being th" probable
appointcc. Another name brought out
was that of Henry Ford.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
CHILD LABOR ACT
IN HIGHEST COURT
North Carolina Case Will De-
eide Constitutionality of
Commerce Act

Washington, Nptll 10.
4 ra-o from tho Federal Court Ia
>.,r,i, ,,,ro,,,, 1ost,,,o1 60 ,,s, ,bc
.,,
labor law is now being argued in the Su-
nrcp,o Court Tb. ,rt probibitg shin.
.-...., r.,.t.i,.
'''''''' j" ''''' S'''' '''''''''' q.
manufactured by concerns 'lnp.'! lhS
children under fourteen wears Of age,
and affects many factories throughout
The country. but partlcularlv southern
cotton mills.
Solicitor General Davis. for tho Coy
erumout, argued that the act Is a leEiti-
aud "a proper regulation or interstate and
foreign commerce. counsel for those op-
posing the act contend tho law abridges
Tho right OF tho states TO exercise police
authority.
ua.Iingtou Anru lG . CoNinGton.
lS,. onnngite Cincinnati lost its thirty
wear fight TO oust the south Covington
and Cincinnati street Railway Company
49, 49,, l,,,,r.,,,,, ,,,,,-
'"y - .'' ~. -, ,,,r,,i,, .f,, tho
- o. ,,,,.,,,,,,I ,,.o,.o
.o,'.rH"E ,ha, ,,r,1or
S'I, ,,,,',,. 49, ~ ,i,, ci,,,'S ,rartg
gen, At! w '. a., 7,,,tos
",'' Ii"''tu " I"'u'E ~ ~ 49,,
ol'erWiSo Sld'eu. ""S''''9 No NV anu
Brande's dlssenteu'
~ ,.-t..
Washington Npri. ID nc ,uIy1-, ,u.,,l-,
and Northwestern taiIr"au 'oIlPanF
convicted under inc So-ralIeH '"e"'E
ciEht-hour law prompting r'"To"us
{ from contning livestock m cars moro
/ than tWentN-piEht consecutive hours, mas
! been relieved Of the charge 10y the Su
premc Court The company was
charged with violating tho law IN con-
nection with shipment from I;lngstead
/ Ia, to Chicago.
/ Washington. April l6. - SSS'2, '5'l
damages in favor ol the EqulLaple lTuS'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
Limitations Of nuiN

II Is suggested in the report That the
present functions ot the signal corps
as designer Of planes or dictator or
changes i'm mcchanisms shall be dis''u-
tinued. Hereafter the only duty Of the
Signal Corps WIN ho OF strictly opera-
tive Character but the advice OF the
0iorg and Of the Signal Corps officers
viii hc welcomed 10y producing aEon'ie"
i'm the natural development OF America s
air puWcr
Tho Presidents selection of the group
Of Senators summoned TO the White
House disrIoscs tho fact that there iS h
measurable amount of rcscntmcnt i'm Nj
mlnistratiou circles that III" senate
committee majority had seen ut +" pub
lisb the recent drastic criticism "t the
aviation plans OF the Government ana
the apparent maladministratiou OF t0o
vast program The three Senators SUM
uoued 10 the White House all belong 'o
the group or six who refused to sign
the majority report.
senator sheppard wa tho author Of
the minority report, which occasion"d
much mcrrimcnt in the Capitol by rea-
son of the fact that IT was signed only
| bv those Senators w'o had been most
lax in attending the committee hearings
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS ~
Of
Authoritative ditorial
SCATTER AND BE STRONG"-JUDGE McCHORD
u.

Judge C. c. McChord. Of tho Inter-
state Commerce Commission. has pub
lished remarkable article on the
methods by which the transportation
lines Of the country can be made to
distribute manufacturing industries.
so much that he secured for it I'M
X eSdFH Inc 1t Article ie' is oG re
misconcep;ions Of facts t S. seifcontradic radio.
tions and disjointed idealisms. 1t de-
mands consideration only because OF
ing it weight to which it is not en-
titled for any other reason. AS Sen
ator Pittman said, II it had come from
It would have been put aside as the
talk Of u mere demagogue.
Apparently. Judge McChord's article
that the railways have eentra pfesd
manufactures and wealth and ruined
their own usefulness by discriminating
other is that they be required to scat
ter industries by charging strictly ac-
c coraiIng 10 distance hauled. and giving
OF amount OF tonnage.
his IDEAL conditions, as he recites
men, mem, carried to their logical con-
years. They would give us the spin,
ming wheel and home loom, the cross
roads blacksmith shops and village
c"tSnrto lHote.u Oh the hOSe factories
foundries and stockyards However.
ne halts half way. He is frankly. IL
unconsciously socialistic in demanding
,hat Al competition cease. in trans
portation service, at least. He would
nave water transport charges increased
or those of land transport decreased
SO as to force them to the same level
wherever they are in contact and en-
able the water traffic to continue He
would compel the railways. then. 10
make precisely the same rates. in pro-
on nd
hauls, Also, he would have them give
ne same facilities to towns giving a
:arload of freight a week each as to
hose giving 200 carloads q day. He
would abolish all difference between
wholesale and retail prices for trans.
aon by requiring through freights to
stop at every station where half ton
livercd. va
The declared Socialists maintain that
me public should own and operate ali
industries. but concede the need for
concentration OF them. Judge Nc
chords plan is to have each com
munity manufacture enough OF the raw
niateria! produced near il to SUNNY
the demands OF its own neighborhood
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
Drafting the older Mon

Q INCE the withdrawal by tho Secretary OF
~ War of his announcement that the mar
riage state will automatically exempt reg
istrants from military service under the new
draft regulations, there has been measure
Of anxiety on the part Of such men as to
their standing under the draft processes
They have been informed by the War Depart
ment that, all else being equal, married men
will be just as liable to call single men,
The uneasiness which arises from this policy
however, does not proceed as much from
the reluctance of the individual citizen to go
into the army as from the effect which the
wholesale drafting of men above thrty-one
years of age will have upon the business
structure of the country.
III actual dependency is to be made the sole
ground for deferring this classification of the
men of the older classes who are physically
fit, there will be hundreds Of thousands Of
them who can make no just claim to exemp-
ton. This is particularly true of the men
who have succeeded in their particular line
OF work, men who have accumulated enough
means to provide for their families, and it
is this class of citizens who hold the positions
of greatest responsibility in the business
world. Practically the entire executive staff
of given institution industry, for
ample. might be placed in class /.
There would be good reason for alarm If
the government should call all Of such men
to the colorS, thereby stripping some Of the
most important corporations Of their entire
executive Stats. There some facts which
should not be lost sight of in this connection.
First Of all, only 100000 men are to be
raised from the new classes, including those
from eighteen to twenty-one. OF this num-
Der only 100000 will come from the older
classes. that is, those from thirty-one to forty
five. 1t is expected that not less than TO-
100000 or 100000 men above thirty-one
will register, which means that only one in
every ten or twelve will be called to arms.
In other words. the gap which will be made
in industrial ranks will not be large enough
to demoralize the business of the country.
How this one man out of every ten is to
be selected, of course, is a matter OF the
deepest interest in every household from
which registrant may come, and the process
of selection will not be more complicated
than that applying to the twenty-one- thirty
one class. Those who are physically deficient
will be fatty exempted from service. This
will prove a bar to many millions of men
who feel as strong and we'll as ever and who
Will not know that there is anything wrong
with them until the rigid tests are applied.
is answered. that of occupation will be taken
up. If the occupation does not exempt the
registrant, he may still be deferred because
of dependent members of his family, and
there is no sound reason why the married
man above thiryone who is physically able
to go into the army, who is not engaged in
vital industry and whose family can live
comfortably upon his accumulated means,
should not be called just soon as the man
in the same circumstances under thirty-one
years Of age.