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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
ANGRY MOB ASSAILS
CRITIC OF PRESIDENT
Crowd Surrounds Police Sta
ton, Preventing Hearing of
Alleged Seditious Speaker
ESCORT PATROL WAGON
Remark Concerning Kaiser Stirs
Sailors Ire and Rouses By
ISLANDERS to Fury


mob of three hundred angry
citizens threatened to lynch Harold
johnson, twcnty-four years old, a Nor
,,.o,,ior ,,,. ,,ir,. O, .ror,b s,root aud
oregon avenue because ne ueHou"ccu
the President. according to Chief Neo-
man Albert I[ursch. of the PHILADELPHIA
-. -,
navy '"'"
Johnson, who was arrested by Police
man Taylor Of the Fourth street and
Sr,.dor avoruo nniico station yyas
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the station house, but because hun
drcd mon and bovs had gathered again
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ing the nearing 1t was called on
According to the police, Paymaster
]. NJ. Deyinc. Kursch and W. 7. Nc
Cain. another sailor from League Is
land. were passing the corner of Tenth
ctrppt mud Oregon aypnuC when they
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
SUPER-CANNON IS NOT
ONLY NEW US. WEAPON
Vauclain Says American Sol
diers Have Other Surprises
for the Germans

American ingenuity is supplying the
soldiers America has sent to France with
the weapons they have asked for in order
to combat and overwhelm the cunning
cruelty Of German invention for war
fare, II became known today.
The Germans, first 20 use poisoned
gas. flame throwers, trench bombs, big
aerial bombs and other terrible weapons
Of death, have been met by. American in
ventive genius and viii be defeated ac-
cording to Samuel NJ. Vauclain. whose
revelations concerning the new American
super-cannon startled the entire country
a few days ago.
The giant cannon is only one Of n
series of achievements, and all German
efforts to learn of them have failed. Mr.
Vauclain said. In describing the tests
Of the war innovations, Mr.. Vauclain de-
clared criticism of the army and navy
at this time to be both unjustifable and
unfair"
In speaking Of tho secrecy attending
the manufacture of the big gun he said,
There are other innovations. The men
who have been doing the flghIng have
asked for certain things to meet Ger
man weapons. We have supplied those
/ things"
Even the faintest indication OF what
/ 's5ounouuB uolsIAlU ulSn9uIN sQl 10
other things were mean5 he would not
give, although it is well known that the
inventive minds of America. headed by
the foremost inventors of the country,
/ have one and all been turned 20 the
construction Of war instruments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
DECLARE BRUMBAUGH
AIDED BY HEXAMER
Liquor Support Given Cover
nor by Alliance, Politician
Alleges

Allegations that DR.. Martin G. Brum-
baugh, in his campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor sought
and was given the support of the
brewery interests after a conference
with DIR. c. ]. Hexamer, of this city,
then president of the National German
American Alliance, is contained in a
dispatch from Washington received here
today.
The dispatch alleged that the infor-
nation came from dominant political
leader of Pennsylvania" who was
quoted as saying that if the facts were
investigated by the Senate Committee
now investigating the political activities
of the Alliance the allegations would be
verified.
The conference was held in the office
of Senator Clarence Wolf, at Thirteenth
and Walnut streets, it was alleged
"Doctor HeXamer in effect represented
the liauor interests" said the politician.
"'That he did so shows how completely
his organization injected itself into the
nolitics, not only Of Pennsylvania, but
of the whole country,
All efforts to reach Governor Brum-
baugh this morning were of no avail.
senator Wolf, at his North Broad street
home refused to discuss the charge
about the Governor and refused to listen
to a recital of the charges.
81 absolutely refuse to say anything" "
he said.
When informed that he himself had
heen named as having been present at
the conferences, he replied: Il abso-
iutely refuse to be interviewed,
Doctor Hexamer had made no state
ment this morning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
WORK. BEGUN TO BUILD
COAL-SAVING PLANTS
Experts Take Up Plans for
Electric Powerhouses in
Mining Region

Work on plans for the construction of
big electric generating plants in the
coal mining region of the State, which
are expected to save thousands of tons
Of coal annually, was started today.
Mining, construction and electrical
experts are working out the plans on
general lines laid down by the fuel ad-
ministratlon. Conferences were held at
the office of William Potter, Federal
fuel administrator for Pennsylvania,
during last week. at which it was de-
clded to rush work on the project. It
is believed the coal saved in Philadel-
phia alone will approximate 100000
tons.
Plans now under consideration pro-
nose the linking Of the great power liRcs
of New York. Philadelphia and the
northern Atlantic seaboard with the
power plants at the mouths of the
mines
No decision has yet been arrived at as
to whether the Government will build
these plants and the necessary lines, or
whether individual companies will take
charge of and complete the work. But
IL has been definitely decided that no
one shall he the financial gamer by any
plan put into operation The engineering
phases must, however, be worked out
before there can he any talk Of the
financial problems involved, It was said.
Mr.. Potter is authority for the state
ment that a further reduction in the
output of the brewers may he made IL
the necessity for further saving of fuel
increases. The statement was forthcom-
ing when letters were filed with the
state administrator urging that some
action be taken against the brewerics
in view OF the fact that many churches
were without sufficient fuel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
0NEL DEFIANCE
ATPOLITTCAL ENEMIES
charm Challenge Given Ger
man-American Alliance
and Senator Penrose
READY TO FIGHT TO END
pO.sn't Care Snap of His Fingers
What They Say or Do,
He Says

z P,ttsburRh. April 81. Denny O'Neil,
federation candidate for the Re-
ruhlican nomination of Governor, hurled
ssSonce At the German-American ALI
arce and Senator Penrose at a mass
rnssting that packed the Alvin Theatre.
He said, in part:
"The biggest proposition that mas
aver faced the men, women and chill
s,sn NJ the United States is the fight
/, make the nation dry through the
yatfcation Of the prohibition amend
esnt 10 the Constitution. Our opponents
are Penrose and his ally, the German
American Alliance. Secretly. behind
,losed doors. and frequently behind
drawn blinds of a brewery office, the
onponents of this beautiful and practical
thought of prohibition cOnnivc and plan,
conspre and intrigue 60 deprive Penn
sylyania of the opportunity Of being one
o the thirty-siX States to ratity the
amendment
They stop at nothing TO succeed
Dirty dollars are used in dirty ways,
and the records are fun of the testi-
mony of those who. caught in the act,
have been forced to tell under oath what
transpired in the submarine meetings
held to throttle the peoples will.
II have held many public positions OF
trust, and have only taken them that
they might give me better opportunity
10 20 before the people and deliver my
message. Because Of my position on
the liquor question they are now cir
cuatng the most slauderOus rumors
concerning me. Their methods are un-
derhanded, insidious, conceived in rotten
Environments, unfrcndly to the home.
Nov, in the presence of this great
company of men--the brain, brawn and
best thought of Allegheny County,
4 defy them to do their worst. They have
STACKED me before and it never had one
+ iata Of effect on the clean thinking
+. people Of Pittsburgh or Pennsylvania.
Il send word across the State to Pen
rose, the German-American Alliance and
y those they are underwriting that | do
not care snap of my finger what they
say or do Pennsylvania will be one of
Il the States to ratify the amendment and
Il will be out there helping to do it. That
" Is my answer to ISLANDERS and the only
name to apply to them is that of liars.
Pennsylvania is about to throw off the
Yoke she is being ceansed in the logic
Of thought and education and her day
v redemption is at hand"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
CROWS EFFORTSFA
FOR G. O. P. HARMONY
Series of Conferences Between
Penrose and Wares Comes
to Naught

Another determined try for harmony
Catcher Jack Onslow ;lnfelder Schep.
in Republican ranks has apparently
failed. Leaders from all parts of the
State were here for conferences over
the weekend. Most Of them went away
today admitting that a battle between
the Pcnrose and Ware forces over the
nomination. Of candidates for Lieutenant
Governor and Secretary of Internal At
fairs was now apparently inevitable.
This is supposed to be what happened
during the conferences: Senator Ware
draw opposition TO either Senator Bedle.
man, candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
or James f. woodward, Penrose can
didate for Secretary Of Internal Affairs.
lie declared he would stand by his cam
didate, Congressman John r. *. Scott
for the nomination for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
At the same time he said he would be
willing to support Woodward, having in
mind the promise Of Paul w. Houck
Ware candidate for nomination for
Secretary of Internal Affairs, to with
draw in case such an act would aid
harmony. provided the Penrose opposi-
tion to Scott was eliminated.
As result of this interview an en-
gagement was made for William S Lcib,
resident clerk of the House and the
main leader OF Schuylkill County.
Houck's own county, with senator PEN
rose. Leib and Houcll are both said to
have told before Senator Penrose the
price Of Houcks withdrawal from the
race would be the elimination of PEN
roses opposition to Scott. This he is
said to have refused to promise.
William l.. Grow, chairman of the
! Republican state committee, who has
engineered many harmony plan, is
supposed to have fathcred the move Of
this week, but he apparently has failed
| for the first time to bring about har-
mony
1t seems now that the contest will
center mainly between J. Denny O'Neil
and Senator Sproul for the nomination
/ for Governor, between Congressman
Scott and Senator Beidleman for Lieu
/ tenant Governor and between Secretary
/ HouCk and Representative Woodward
! for Secretary of Internal Affairs.
/ Sproul Scott and HouCk will apparently
/ have the Ware support. Sproul. Beidle-
man and Woodward will apparently
have the Pcnrosc support. O'Neil will
be the independent candidate, lie will
naturally have a big following from
both Penrosc and Ware camps and evi
dCntly will get the backing of the dry
organiZa ;ious of the state.
O'Ncira speaking campaign will be
officially opened Thursday night, wher
Il reception will be given in his honor
at McNeespOrt his home. The mair
speakers of the evening will be Gov
crnor Brumbaugh and Clifford Pinchot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
DEFER BANKERS MEETING
Loan Campaign Causes Postpone
ment by A. B. A. Executive Council

owing to the fact that the third Lib
erty Loan campaign began Saturday. so
that the third and most important week
of the drive will fail at the same time
as the proposed spring meeting Of the
executive council of the American
Bankers Association, the question las
been raised as 10 the desrahility Of
abandoning the meeting as originally
planned and either holding it at some
later date or substituting a short busi-
ness session at some central point.
The Hot Springs gathering was to
have taken place April %. 20 and q.
A referendum has been taken among
the members Of the executive council,
as a result Of which it has been de-
cided to hold the meeting at Hot
Springs, Ark, on May ., 10 and II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
CITY'S QUOTA IN SECOND
DRAFT CALL ABOUT 1000
Official Information Regarding Num-
ber of Men Required Is
Expected Today

Information relative 10 the quotas for
the next draft is expected to arrive at
local draft board headquarters in this
city today Until these orders have been
forwarded from Harrisburg, no official
figures are available for PhiladclVhia'S
quota in this second call for the 1918
draft. IT is said that it is not likely
many men with dependents will be
called.
In the March call for the draft Penn
sylvania's quota vas 1928, of which
PhiladelphiaS share was only COZ. If
the same ratio is observed in the new
draft of 1896 men from Pennsylvania
only about 1000 will he called from here
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08

DR.. George Woodward, of Kreisheim,
Chestnut Hill. is in Washington today
10 ascertain IL possible thew hereabouts
of his son, II. II. Houston Woodward, of
the Lafayette Escadrillc, who is reported
to have been missing since April l.
Houston woodward, who is twenty
wears old, according to a cable message
received from Paris Saturday, has not
been seen since he left on "A scouting cX-
pedition on the first of the month, No
official notification from either the
French Government or from Washington
has announced his name among the
missing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
CHURCH VICE REPORT
Will BE MADE PUBLIC
SubStantiation of Eos dick
Charges to Be Given Mayor.
Naval Officers Act

a report of vice conditions i'm this
cNV substantiating the reports of the
'osoiek Investigators is to be made pub
" tomorrow or Wednesday by the In
'f.Church Federation, which has been
'pvsSusating vice here for nine months.
Inns became known today when the
y Inc wartime commission of the fed
S'suoh admitted that there was little
''AuOn admitted that there was little
=" IN Withholding the report from public
'uu'lny any longer A meeting of
TsmOers Of the federation tomorrow
w decide when to present the report
mayor Smith for his perusal. 1t
~ Oe made public at that time.
'ne Rev DIR. Delk is president OF
~ Pennsylvania Anti-Vice Society,
I'Aei also has been making a private
's'sstlon In Philadelphia, working
enu IN hand with agents of the Fed
- government 1t is expected that
isport from the Anti-Vice Society
Y" Wnl be presented to the Mayor.
- nata on vice, the Rev. DR.. DellS
~ "uay' are a result of careful and
'"p'ee Investigations, and the data
trustworthy and easily proved.
t'0Ol OF the existence in large num-
IA M h 81 disorderly house, "bootlegging"
k.z esal control of policemen is prom
IN the Rev, DR.. Delk, in the re-
M ns report substantial es the re-
eon tne commission Oh training
activities, he said.
. ih eo neV Or, Delk refused to divulge
. Ns iehts further than 30 say that
i,n' sseuce Is ample. 1t will be in the
~. an uitimatum 10 Mayor Smith,
t'ss.,.s s request for evidence ana his
Rs..ss o. action on tne basis thereof.
essss Z, M. c. A. secretaries and
IN OF the navy and marine cnrps
nset this morning at the navy ward
"A conference. Officials from the
..seath and Skunk street Y M q A
,'sn Will be present. while retlcent
~ ~ soas TO the meeting this morn
h m onlclal OF the branch admitted
y 49, OF Vice In this city would
hI up' This official also went so
NIlore charge that many of his
gtsrs s,e victims Of "bootleggers" and
5 a.. said that something must
lh n. Lld the city of such harmful
q. enlisted men.
RI5 AZ OF the vice situation, the
1H pelk said today: zone hun,
lss c,',ss c,rasss~orthy policemen and detec.
1sos put check to the whole loi
NN un,,,ss asns The whole trouble is
|'|a serl nssse divisional leaders interfere
||1 a.H ''senien get evidence on Grim
AH. IN. spe cases go no further The
W oe divorced from politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
PROBE SUSPICIOUS FIRE

Police are investigating a suspicious
FIRE early Yesterday morning in the
shed of the Warren Ehret Manufactur-
ing Company, Thrty-siXth street and
Grays Ferry road. Several thousand
dollars damage was done. The origin
is a mystery.
The company manufactures roofing
and in the shed large quantity of pitch
and tar was stored There have been
several other suspicious fires in the
ueighborhood recently.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
75-FOOT FALL BROKEN
BY WITS, ROPES, ROOFS
Steeplejack Is Only Slightly Injured
in Thrilling Plunge From
Smokestack

Rare presence of mind saved Joseph
Mariner, a steeplejack. from probable
stack at the plant Of Stafford Il co
l<ram3 avenue and sherwood street,
to the ground--a distance of nearly
'"v"uty-fivc feet He grabbed several
dangling ropes as he sped through the
4 broke III" for" of his fah
Mariner was working on scaffold
with Theodore Schultz when the sup
port collapsed. Mariner struck roof
about thirty feet from the top of the
smokestack, bounded to another roof
and then fell TO the ground.
He was taken to st Timothy's Hos
pital, with slight cuts and bruises.
Schultz saved himself by Clinging TO
a rope. Mariner is employed by Il. f.
Atkinson, - North Juniper street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
ARM u. S. AUXILIARIES

Washington, April S.--Thc United
States will arm special and auxiliary
units of the army hereafter the War
Department announces.
Divisional engineer regiments, en-
gincer trains. corps engineer regiments,
field searChlight companies, pontoOn
trains and even mining troops will be
fully armed, while all classes of rail-
road, surveying and printing, water
supply and mechanical engineer units
will be issued rifles on a basis of 20
oer cent of their enlisted personnel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
FIFTY PIANOS GIVEN AWAY
Hoppe Memorial Fund Announces
Distribution Takes Place Friday

Fifty square pianos will be presented
to poor families next Friday by c. J,
The instruments to be given away rep
resent the annual gift of tho Hoppe
Memorial Fund founded by +. J. Hoppe,
president of the firm, in honor of his
father.
The Hoppe Memorial Fund was Gre
ated in 1907 Any poor family may
apply for Il piano. The application must
be accompanied by three letters from
responsible citizens who recommend the
applicant as being worthy and we'll
qualified to receive such a present.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
Facts of Three Loans
in Brief Measure
FIRST LIBERTY LOAN

More than 100000 men and
women of the United States bought
the first issue of $1,000, 100000 in
Liberty Loan bonds Of 1917. The
bonds were dated June is and bear
3ik per cent interest.
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
The amount asked was $4,000
600 900. Loan was offered October
I, 1917, and subscriptions closed
on November !. Bonds run for
twenty-five years at per cent
and are redeemable ten years after
issuance. The amount was over.
subscribed.
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
Campaign to raise $3,OOO,OOO, 900,
same as second loan, began on
Saturday, first anniversary of our
country's entrance into the war.
The bonds bear interest at Az per
cent. There are three methods of
payment One of these is to give
| the entire sum at once; another is
to make four separate payments
and the third is to pay on the IN.
stallment plan.
HAVE YOU A THIRD LIBERTY
LOAN BOND IN YOUR HOME?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08
Judge MacNeiIle Talks Tonight

Judge Raymond MacNellc, of the
Municipal Court, will be the principal
speaker at the monthly meeting tonight
OF the oak Lane Park Improvement
Association. The meeting will also be
Ladies' Night"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-11
RED CROSS NOTES.

A shipment of gauze has been re-
ceiycd and large attendance is urg-
ed tor this week in order to make
mp this material as quickly as pos
sible.
Muslin work will be prosecuted
with energy as the demand is as
great at this time and as eually as
important as the gauze dressings.
Work will be resumed in the
First ward onday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons. This branch
was idle last week for lack of ma
tcrial.
There were 2S0 AKA wipes sent in
from st, Agnes Academy Saturday.
Mrs Phelan, chairman OF this
branch, will begin work this week
on may tailed bandages.
Miss Clara Morgan, teacher Of
the sixth grade OF the third ward
school makes the following re
port: y skeins OF yarn, donated
by Thomas Ncwcomb and Vance
White. The yarn is being knitted
into caps for Belgian babies by
both the girls and boys Of this grade.
o. Knitted squares; 6 pair infant
hootces; 2 muiflers; pair socks;
Z pairs wriStlcts; II knitted hoods
g sweaters partly finished. Work
5 also progressing nicely in the
sewing department, 8 layctts are be
ing made, dozen comfort pillow
ticks and | dozen pillow cases. Joe
Jones furnished the cotton for the
pillows. Laundry bags are being
filled by the boys.
A Red Cross chapter was or
ganized in Berwyn Saturday and the
following officers appointed: Mrs.
NJ. F. Setliff, chairman; Mrs. ]. II.
Norris, yice-chaiiman; Mrs. O. A..
Sparks; secretary; o. A. Sparks,
treasurer; Mrs. Jennie Carson, su-
pcs'isor and inspector; Mrs. w. NJ.
Paschall, supervisor of knitting;
Mrs. II. 5. Snggs, supervisor of pur-
chasing committee. The finance
committee is comprised OF the fol-
loving: G.. w Young, W. NJ.
Paschall; George Fisher and d. c.
Sampley,
For the present the work will be
confined to the making of hospital
garments and knitting. Surgical
dressings will be taken up later,
when an instructor from this chap
Ter will be sent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-11

day with Miss Katherine Howard
at Tishomingo.
Mrs. Henry Archard and chill
dren OF Wcwoka came Saturday aft
crnoon ior viist with her moth
err Mrs. Lucy Gayle.
Mrs. George Wunch and baby OF
Bartlesvillc is in Madill visiting her
aunt, Mrs. A. Tippitt.
Miss Anna Dayault made short
visit with friends at Aylesworth
Saturday evening.
Born, Wednesday the 9th, to the
Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Nichols, a son.
l have the agency for the Nation
al Steam Laundry, of Sherman. Will
call for deliver your laundry. A
share OF your laundry patronage
will be appreciated. Phone 323. +.
Il. Brown. III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-11
Death of ANDY Colson.

Andy ColSon, o. years old, whose
home is two miles northeast of Ard
more, died yesterday morning at
9;30 o'clock at the home of his son,
Melvin Colson, 9l2 Third avenue,
northeast. Mr.. Colson, while get
ting his car from a ditch last Sun
day, receiving injuries which result
ed in his death He is survived by
five children, Melvin, James, Noah,
Dobid and Dicie Colson. Funeral
services were held this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the home OF Melvin
Colson, conducted by the Rev. X. f.
L. Morgan, pastor OF ttr Broad
way Methodist church, with inter
ment at Rose Hill cemetery.