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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
500 OPERATIVES
WHILST LABOR
A m erican Protective
League to Assist Com.
munity Boards
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Men to Handle Questionnaires
and Aid Transfer to Es.
sential Industry
CALL, FOR VOLUNTEERS

Between four and five hundred OPP
eratives Off the American Protective
League will serve the Associated 'om-
munity Labor Boards In listing less
essential labor employees in Philadeiph'a
Announcement of the proposed actiri-
ties of the league members, working IN
conjunction with the Department OF JUS
tice. was made today by F. IL. Gaskiii'
acting chief of the Philadelphia division
of the protective league.
He said that the men would distr'n-
ute. collect and investigate all the oues-
tionnaires sent to the 1000 employers
in nonessential industries and would
serve in any way to bring about the
successful transfer of the needed $4,000
workers here to essential war indus
tries
Notice for volunteers among the
league members has been sent out and
candidates ,are urged by Mr. Gaskill to
communicate with league headquarters
in the Federal Bank Building without
delay.
The contingent of league operatives
will work directly under the leadership
of Ernest r Trigg, president of the
Chamber of Commerce and regional ad-
wiser of the war industries board. \
meeting during which plans of operation
will he outlined is to be held next Tues
day afternoon at the Chamber of Com
merce.
Because of the reported dropping off
of production in the various munition,
airplane and ordnance plants in this
vicinity the labor boards have begun to
take nonessential workers from their
present occupations and place them tc
fill the gaps in the war industry ranks.
Men and women alike are called upor
to volunteer their service in essentia
work by going to the nearest United
States employment bureau and- Sign
ing up for service needed by the Gov
ernment.
From the missionaries of employees
returned by the employers. will be called
the required number OF persons needed
to carry on the war'program. Employe.
must respond under the work-or-fight'
order. while employers, by order of the
war industries board. must contribute q
specified allotment OF workers or have
their supplies and transportation cut of
by the Government.
The duty of the league operatives also
will be to see that the wishes of the
Government in the listing and transfe,
of needed labor are faithfully and prop
erly executed and, that all violators are
apprehended.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
HOG ISLAND WILL
ESCAPE ship CUT
Contract for Seventy Army
Transports Will Not Be
Cancelled by L. S.
HURLEY GIVES PLANS
Reduction Being Made in Fa.
cilities Originally Planned at
New York Shipyard

edward y! Hurley, chairman Of the
shipring board. announced that the con-
tracts let for the building of seventy
army transports at Hog Island would
not he disturbed, despite the SHINING
hoard's action in abandoning nroposed
expansion of the Bethlehem yards at
Alameda, Cal. Chairman Hurley also
said tho building of transports con-
tracted for at the New York Shin
huilding Company's plant, and at the
Bethlehem yard at Sparrows Point. Md
VIII go on His statement regarding
the outlining of the shipping board 3
policy regarding the future building of
transports reads:
Last April the military program was
SO materially enlarged that the War
Department called ON the Emergency
Fleet Corporation for the construction of
ninety-four transports. totaling over
100000 deadweight tons. The troop
snip program the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration had at that time undertaken
was hut little more than one-half of
that total tonnage
"A careful survey was made imme-
diately in order to determine which of
the old yards could undertake additional
construction of this type of ship. 1t
was realized. of course. that these fast
and complicated vessels could be con-
structed only under experienced man
aeement. and the choice of yards was
necessarily confined to those which had
already built vessels of Il similar type.
The Fore River yard. the yard of
the Cramp Ship and Engine Building
Company, and the yard of the Newport
News Shipbuildng and prydocit Com
panY were so completely loaded up with
navy work that they were unava lila bic
for the execution of this additional pro-
gram. 1t was, therefore. decided that
construction should bc undertaken by
the New York Shphuiltling Company,
the Bethlehem sShipbuilding Company
at Srarrows Point. Md, and new
plant to be constructed adjacent to the
Bethlehem shipbuilding yard at Ala
media. Cal.
The Sparrows Point yard had al
ready been enlarged for the purpose Of
undertaking the construction of vessels
Off larger tye. and enlargements of
the yard Of the New York Shipbuilding
Company We're authorized
AT the same time certain reductions
In the facilities originally planned in
connection with the extensions to the
at Camden. y. j., were ordered, and this
order is now being carried out by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
MANY ARRESTS MADE
AS SALOONS OPEN
Fifty.three Residents in West
Philadelphia Alone Face
Magistrates

Long lines of penitents with throbhinC
hrows faced police magistrates this
morning. the result of Philadelphia s
first damp night after three saloon
less weeks
Early returns from several districts
indicate broken records. and police sta
tions are cluttered WITH quarts. pints
and half pints taken from prisoners.
To the police. IT was reminiscent of the
good old days" berore whisky prices
scared
In West Philadelphia, a line of fifty
three men that extended from tho court
loom of the Thirty-second street and
Woodland avenue station to cellroom
and back again faced Magistrate Harris.
Let your headache he your punish
ent," he said. as he lectured the oulprits,
and let them go
This is the largest number of drunks
ever arrested in one night in West. Phil
adelphia They were. taken at the sta
tions as follows: SiXty-first and Thomp-
son. three 4: F7ifty-fourth and Media, two;
Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster ave
nue.. eighteen; Fifty-fifth and Pine siy
Thirty-second street and Woodland ave-
nue.. tWenty-SiX.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
REBUFF GIVEN GJDEHUS
BY UNITED BUSINESS MEN
Mayors Personally Selected Recreation Chief and Judge acNee
OF Board. Ask Cooperation bu, Requests Are Simply
Placed File-4Councilnen attack Letters

Mayor Smiths new recreation board
and his personally selected supervisor
of Fairgrounds. +. r. Gudehus, got the
cold shoulder from the United Business
Mems Association last night.
Letters from Judge Raymond Mac
Nellie. president of the board, and Su-
pervisor Gudehus seeking, the ndorse-
ment of the association we're received
and placed on file" The voice of a
friend raised in behalf of Judge Mac
Nellie was hooted down
The letters were accepted by the busi-
ness men as camouflage. They invited
the members of the seventy-five branches
of the association to help the board in
its work, and, as a sign of good faith.
to appoint committees to be present at
the dedication Of the new kingsessing
recreation center.
Judge MacNeille y president of the
hoard of directors of the association.
After his letter was read. a long sill
ence ensued.
why. this is scheme. an underhand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
GIVE MRS. WILSON YARN RACK
Protectory Boys Act on Hearing
President Has to Hold Skeins

Boys of the Philadelphia Catholic
Protectory have gone to President Will
sons aid. at'the same time making Mrs
Wilson nice gift
VIXEN the boys heard that the Presi-
dent held slleins of yarn while Mrs
Wilson wound it on board n train from
Washington to New York, they decided
that his hands were too busy for such
work
The problems of the whole world are
too heavy for him to have to spend his
spare moments holding skeins, the boys
figured.
So they made a sken and yarn holder
and sent it to Mrs. Wilson.
In return, Brother Philip, head of the
institution, received from her a letter
of acknowledgment and thanks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

trick to make us approve the appoint
meht of the members of the beard ana
the discredited supervisor. who are IL
legally holding office" exclaimed VIII
tam r. Horn. Select Councilman of the
>Twenty-third Ward.
Charles Won Tagen. select councilman
from the Forty.second Ward, backed up
Horn in his denunciation.
These letters of MacNeille and GUIDE
hus are a pretty good attempt to get
the Endorsement of this association OF
what has been one of the greatest
stenches in the history of this city-the
debauching of the recreation system,
said Won Tagen
Though Judge MacNeille is a friend
of mine. | must say that he knew what
he was doing when he accepted the posi-
tion as head of the board. I admire
the action of Mrs. Edward Biddle, who,
when appointed by the Mayor to the
board quickly resigned when she knew
that the board will he a catspaw in the
hands of the Mayor. and would only
last five minutes IL the Mayor so wills
II "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
.'CALICO BOHEMIANS"
HAVE RIGHT TO DRINK
License Court Refuses to Re.
woke Selling Privilege at
Dads Hotel

'Bohemians in calico must have
place for pleasure as well as those who
wear silks. commented Judges Shoe
maker and Vessel In the liquor license
court today when the Department of
Justice again brought before the court
the case against Dads Theatrical Hotel.
$50 North Seventh street, whose license
they seek to revoke on the ground that
he permitted disorderly and obscene con-
duct in his cafe.
1t was admitted by the department
that the majority of the patrons of Dads
are theatrical people from burlesque
houses and vaudeville circuits. The tes-
timony presented at the original hearing
Vas to- the effect that the revelries
started after about | O'Clock and no one
was admitted to the room unless they
were known by Dad Frazer, the pro-
prietor. or were recommended by some
one he knew.
This testimony. Judge Vessel said, in
his opinion showed that Frazer tried to
conduct his place in strict accordance
with what its name implied it to be. a
theatrical hotel. where those of that pro-
fession might enjoy themselves after the
theatres closed.
You must remember" the Judge said.
that those vino wear silks have no more
right to drink liquor than those who
wear calico, ana you can eNptCt tht
latter class to visit large, hrSt-claSS
hotels for the pleasure"
Todd Daniel, counsel for the depart
ment. admitted that such was the case.
and at the suggestion of Judge Shoe
maker the rule to revoke Frazer's license
was held under further advisement and
his place will be kept under observation.
Mrs. Mary Beer. p who has a
license at 325 South Second street, was
declared by Judge Vessel to he sailing
as close to the line as possible without
violating the law" \ rule to revoke her
license was presented by creditors of her
husband, Louis Beer, wno originally held
the license, but dies about two years
ago. Mrs Beer had the a. ensei transfer
red to her as eXecucri Of the estate,
and when the creditors sought to have
her pay the old debts she declared that
the license was part of the property and
as she was the owner of the property
she was not liable -or the debts. The
rule to revoke the license, presented by
the creditors, was dismissed,
John Colder. $3.50 North Broad
street, agreed to close his upstairs room
at s o'clock in the evening. and thus
eliminate an Questionable feature that
threatened to cost him his license The
Department of Justice, upon this agree
ment, withdrew rule to. revoke his IL
cense.
Mrs Emma Kunkl, 146 North Twelfth
street, agreed to clo-c entirely small
room in the rear o, her saloon which
caused a rule against her asking for
the revocation of the license. This rule
was withdrawn when she said she would
close the room.
The Judges granted a transfer of the
license of Dennis F. Murphy, 297i Ara
mingo avenue. to Joseph Matules. Muir
ply is now in the army, hating been
drafted about two months ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
SALOON PLEDGE May FALL
Don't Want to Keep Pact to Close
at Midnight

Saloonkeepers may back out Of their
agreement TO cloA at midnight. begin
ming tomorrow.
The action is favored by many liquor
dealers to make up for losses due to the
influenza shutdown.
Decision will be made this afternoon
following n conference between City Fuel
Administrator Lewis and Neil Bonner,
president of the Retail Liquor Dealers
Association.
"Al depends upon the attitude OF Mr
Lewis" said Mr. Bonner. with the
recent decision as related to longer hours
in the shopping districts. and with the
additional fact that we have reason to
believe that no actual shortage OF light
ing current exists, coupled with the
certainty that the closing order due
to influenza meant heavy losses to men
in the business. we felt we were justified
in laying the matter squarely before the
fuel administration"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
SEEK DRAFT DODGERS IN JAIL
Justice Department Agents Will
Watch All Men Arrested

To apprehend draft evaders, operatives
for the Government today began a can
vass of station house prisoners under
of the Department of Justice. in charge
of the conscription work in this district.
Members of the American Protective
League will each day attend the macis-
trates' hearings in the various station
houses. Investigate prisoners, and ascer-
tain if they have fully complied with
all the draft requirements.
The plan was put in force today, fol-
lowing a conference between Clarke and
r. II GaSkiil acting chief of the Phila-
delphia division of the league. These
officials decided on the new action prl-
marily because of the large number Of
arrests of persons on minor charges,
such as drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct, since the lifting of the Influenza
han
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
CITY TO DON CAMOUFLAGE
IN WARTIME HALLOWEEN
errynoker Old and Young W Celebrate Tonight Despite
Restrictions OF Fuel and Food authorities and Vars
Levy on Ranks OF NasqueraderS

many complaints as a result Of the
destructive habits Of Halloween mum
mers who broke electric light bulbs.
windows and caused other damage in
a spirit of revelry.
In hundreds of homes where the in
tuenza epidemic caused sickness or
death there will be no observance of
the occasion.
incidentally, a large number Of fight
ing Nanks. now here on furloughs. will
he guests of honor at many of the home
celebrations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
HELD FOR "PLAYING HORSE
Man Accused Of Attempting TO Sell
Stolen Wagon

Loo Hanlon. thirty-three wears old.
T. street near Ticga. was held in 5000
hail today by Magistrate Wriglnv, at
the Germantown avenue and Lycoming
street police station, for playing horse. "
iianlon is charged with taking lisht
wagon belonging to y. Washington, 1911
Spring Garden street, from in front of
a stable at 354S North Fifth street. The
wagon is valued at s25. and Hanlcn
IL alleged to have tried to sell it for
$3.50 Hanlon told Magistrate Wrislev
that. after he had hauled the wagon
around several hours, he abandoned it
AT orkney and Ontario streets. The
vehicle has not been found.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

Louis Engle was sentenced to term
of four years in the County Prison by
Judge Audenred in the Quarter Sessions
Court. after a jury had convicted him of
chargc of arson. The accusation
against t.ngel grew out of the burning
of the Burd Building 1878 Catharine
street. last August. Testimony was ad-
duced to show that the defendant had
an interest in business in the building
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
+ a
S6% married

Eighty-six per cent. of the
million Delineator subscrib-
ers are married women.
Marriage means home and
children. These mean a
multitude of daily needs
furniture, food, clothes,
toilet articles, toys, time
savers, la abor-l -lighteners,
enormous, ever-reCurrlng,
clamorous needs that must
be supplied. Here is a
wonderfully fertile field for
manufactured articles. The
easiest and quickest way to
plant them is through
The
Delineator
The Naqezioe In
One T/IHoo Homes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

Leather-lined
Goats at Perry's
+. On those long trips
between Philadelphia
and outlying points I
there is going to be
some cold, nasty
weather when you
Will need all the pro-
lection you can get.
VI The point is-be
ready when it comesl
And that's W h e re
Perry's, 10th a n d
Chestnut Sts., comes
IN we're prepared
with what you want.
VI Double breasted
Jackets for motor
drivers r S, gabardine
outsides, leather i'm
sides, belts that
buckle-S25 and $28.
VI M tor drivers
Jackets, leather on
tn e outside, Cor
duroy lining, $40.
I Big, d o u ble
breasted, reversible
long Motor TruciS
Coats. " wool
cheviot on one side,
leather on the other,
each side furnished
with rows of buttons,
pockets, and all the
other conveniences of
the Ulster Great Coat
$50.
al Similar models of
revers ST bl e motor
truck coats, leather
on one side, CAB
ardine on the other
$45, S65, $75..
G Double breasted
heece-line gabardine
raincoats with all
round belts, $50.
q Fleece-lined ru b.
berized d raincoats,
$2S to S45. III
For tn e hunting
season, Leatherette
] ack cts with big.
rcomy, outside patch
pockets, a belt and
sleeve e straps that
tighten up the cuff
$50.
And Aviator Outfits
up to $S5
RaincOats, $3.50 to
Comfort for Mep
WhO are outdoors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
Saloon Row Leads to Shooting

Frank Olsen, of 2637 East Schiller
street. is in the FranlSford Hospital with
bullet wound in the stomach. as a
result of a shooting scrape in the saloon
of John Tanaellie. 29l4 North Mutter
street. last night. John Subabwanski is
charged with the shooting
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12
The Simple Lifers.

Every sensible man and woman to-
day is simple lifer. There are so
many things which are difficult to get,
SC many controllers are hemming us
in with prohibitions that we are max
ing our lives simpler and more simple
every day. CuriOusly enough, the large
majority of us are feeling all the bet
.er for it, We walk where we once
mOtored, and the exercise sets the
Stagnant blood in our veins running
with fresh vigor. We eat less and di-
gest more. So little have we felt the
deprivation that most of us are de-
claring that for the future it is to be
the "Simple life forever" There are,
of course, some who struggle in their
absurd vanity to keep the old life alive.
Their time is mainly spent in evading
the orders of the food controller, or in
discovering new sources of eXtrava-
gance. Some day they will realize
their mistake and join the happy army
Of simple lifers." You cannot have
your cake and eat it. Our cake today
is victory in the great war for free
dom, truth and justice. That can only
he ours if we deny ourselves all the
other cakes we once loved so much.
The "simple lifer" is doing his duty
and that is why he is happy. His
is the vision without which, as Solo
mon told US, "the people perish."-
London Express.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12
Dried Enns.

The high cost Of eggs in England
has led to the birth of quite new big
business in dried eggs and eggs in So
luton. One large firm selling dried
eggs has undertaken an extensive ad-
vertislng campaign to push these eggs
upon the attentionsof retailers, who in
their turn are beifg enabled by other
advertising matter to attract their Gus
toners to the goods.
The dried eggs which they advertise
are entirely soluble and take up the
water like lump of sugar and thus
give the perfect creamy liquid of a
beaten shell egg ready for instant use
on mixing. Dried eggs are no longer
to be regarded as war food they have
come to stay. This firm predicts that
in the near future the propoM' dried
eggs will have become one of 'ne very
largest used and most important of our
foods.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12
German Subterfuue,

The Almanach de Gotha, annually
made in Germany" was well known
before the war as the social register
ot Europe, a kind of "Burkes Peer
age" of the continent. Naturally it
has been Ostracized for some time from
the best allied society, and now it is
entirely superseded by the Almanach
de BruXelles, which, in first edition,
has recently met warm welcome in
France. The German publication. it
appears, has been Il powerful channel
of espionage. Officials of every cOun-
try in the world have innOcently sup
piled it with information about promi-
nent people, family trees, armies ma
vies, and what not. Some Of this in
formation was Ostentatiously paraded
IN the pages of the Almanach, but
one would like to know how much Of
it went privately into the files Of the
German intelligence department.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12
AND She WONDERED
Mrs. BiIItopS Really Doubted
Scales Accuracy.
Seemed a Singular Thing Until Ex.
PLANTATION Dawned on the Pair
Who Were Going Through the
Regular Program.

1--WE keep" said Mr.. Bllltops, "a
record Of Mrs. Billtops weight. There
Is a drug store in our neighborhood
which we pass in our daily walks
where they have nice beam scale,
and about once in ten days or two
weeks we stop in there and weigh Mrs.
BilltOps; and then, when we get
home, ] set the weight down In the
record.
"The greatest difference between any
two weights taken so far this year is
two pounds; while the difference be-
tween the first weight d the one just
taken is only three eighths Of Il pound.
SO you can see her weight is running
very true.
ut might seem that all this was
rather a humdrum commonplace per-
formance to go through, but really
there's "A good deal of variety to It.
'FOr instance, in winter, when she
is wearing n heavy cloak, we weigh
Mrs. Biltops with that cloak on. Thus
the first weight we get is the gross
weight, and then from that we have
to deduct the tare, this being the
weight of the cloak as previously as
certained at home, to arrive at the net,
which is what we set down in the rec
ord.
$50 you see it is not all quite so
simple as II seems; and this spring,
when Mrs. Billtops put on for the first
time her lighter-weight spring coat,
we ran into a regular incident.
"After weighing her as usual, with
her coat on, we remembered that we
had forgotten to weigh this coat be-
fore starting out, but this was light
coat that could he easily removed and
handled and so now Mrs. BilltOps
removed her coat and we weighed her
with the coat off. But do you know,
she weighed precisely the same with
her coat off as she did with it on!
Mrs. BilltOps and | looked at each
other in mild amazement; but then at
the same moment we both made the
same discovery. Still standing on the
scale Mrs. Billtops was holding the
coat she had just removed
81 am not sure that Mrs. BilltOps is
quite as much interested in all this
weighing business as / am, but we
both laughed at that; and really l
should say that taking everything to-
gether we get lot of fun out of weigh
ing Mrs. Billtops. New York Times.