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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
COAL HEAD UPH0LDS
RAILROADS. POSITION
Lewis Tells City Club People
Are Reaping Reward
of Treatment

chairman Lewis. of the Philadelphia
County fuel committee In a speech to-
day before the city club. said that the
city was reaping the result of its treat
ment of the railroads and that we could
not expect to starvc the roads and get
anything from them. They cannot do
the work without money. he said.
lie gave rs the main reasons for the
fuel shortage the sending of anthracite
coal west where It was not needed and
where they never before had 1t; the
100000 tons needed for Government
work. the priority orders issued by tn
Government the weather condition.
which have been Unprecedented and tn
treatment of the roads by the public.
lie said that the miners in 1917. with
only l5O.OOO workers, did 10 per cen
more work than in the year before. IL,
Sid that in the 1919 coal year he had
planned to arrange matters so that tn
cou situation would he handled bette
than heretofore His plan embraces Il
coming system, SO that dealers can only
deliver coal in their district a higher
price on hitumlnous coal and a re.
str!Ction' of the smaller sizes of anthra-
cite coal to the homes.
lie added that he did not want hi
job particularly. but felt it his duty ia
take up the work. lie said that any
man who sat about in his club all day
drinking cocktails was worse than n
slaCkcr-hc was a traitor to his country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
KeeIs of 4 Steel
Ships to Be Laid
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
ternatonal concerns during his severe
grilling by members of the Senate Inves-
tigating Committee yesterday.
NO" replied the admiral. decidedly
not The laying of that keel simply Is a
part of the regular business We IN
not begin actual work on ships until we
have something to work on. Heretofore
the work has been subject to delay
caused by nonarrival of steel. The
progress of the WORK has been dependent
upon the amount OF material on hand"
Charges of graft and lack of SANTA
ION in the feeding of workmen were
Brought to Admiral Bowles's attention.
These charges have rot been sub
mitted t. me officially" he said. adding
that II they We're they would be promptly
and officially investigated by "A sanitary
expert appointed for such work.
| One hundred feet of the steel keel for
the first Soo0-ton fabricated steel ship
has been laid, and officials of the ship
building corporation are authority for
the statement that other keels will be
laid at once and that the work of turn
Ing out ships will go forward from now
or with the maximum OF speed and the
minimum Of confusion and delay. Ships
OF the type for which this keel has been
/ laid will cost S1,650,O00 each and
twenty-five of them are promised to the
Government by November of the pres
ent year.
Admiral Bowlcs will address the Hog
Island shipbuilders in flag day exer-
cises on Washington's Birthday. He has
peen gathering first-hand informa-
tion about sh'pbuldng conditions by
minging among the workers dressed as
workman.
The passage by the House of Repre-
sentatives of the $4,000, 900 appropria-
tion bill to provide housing facilities for
employees of shipbuilding plants, which
mas already passed the Senate, removes
the last obstacle to proceeding with the
work Of erecting the employees colony
IN The Fortieth Ward. which has been
IN The preliminary stages of develop
ment Tor some time past, and it is en-
pected that actual construction work
w'il begin within short time
Following his statement to the Senate
Commerce Committee regarding the
progress accomplished and Anticipated by
.nat company In the work at Hog Island,
wee President Baldwin underwent at
'ne hands of members Of the committee
ohe OF the severest cross eXamina tions
e'er siNen witness before congress
s'ohai committee. Clashes between Mr..
BALDWIN and different Senator's were fire.
Iuent and spirited. Senators johnson.
Neison and Vardaman led in the attack
vh mr. Baldwin. who became heated at
,aa ..,ies and replied to his inquisItors in
vigorous fashion.
me admission that certain directors
y. Tue American International Corpora
uon are stockholders in concerns hold
ns contracts with the corporation, the
assertion assertion that IA corporation cannot
i've on patriotism" and the promise that
u ne original shipbuilding program out
neu ,a Tor the corporation will be carried
uuough on or before schedule time were
features of Mr.. Baldwin's testi-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
ENTES HURLEY'S 1918
SHIP OUTPUT CLAIMS
ronoressman Rowe Declares
Little More Than 3,5O0,0OO
Tons Can Be Built
OFFERS SPEED-UP PLAN
uouId Put All Bridge and Iron
Workers on Construction
of Vessels
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.

,.uc,ion of G 600 600 tons OF ship.
ton ~. ,he United states ;his year Is
pnsnossihility, declared Representative
IN n'' ~ New York. tCdav, fatty con-
ns,o,inp Chairman Hurley, OF the
,,s,,sd states shipping Board
4 ons ,rso SHINING Board. under the Den.
rd Hurley regime. has contracted
n.s total of 3.122.00o tons Rowe "Y'
r,a,ned some of this shipping viii
(. completed this year, but part of 1t
pe po, no got off the ways before 1919
esnnosd soubtful II. by the addition of all
~. ~ tonnage independently constructed
~. .u ,o,al for this year will be brough,
snuch above 3.5OO.o00 tons
n'y, REPRESENTATIVE Rowe's study Of the
..,nnIne situation, as member Of the
s,onse Merchant Marine Committee. lca
~, n, the conclusion that steps ALREADY
,aIen are not adequate to meet the
~roblem before the couatrv Thor" was
i,,,le prospect. he said. hat England
during the next year would be able 20
40 more than replace her losses
The United States had been able ~
IA greatly 10 its tonnage by reouisi-
s,aa,nv AIS vessels rrdcr construction
Sssregating 2.S7l 600 tons. but most Of
~ hoats. he said. were being built
a. england Taking them under the
AMERICAN flag added not iot to the
,onnage at the disposal Of the Allied
nations. -
surveying the whole situation. Rowe
...,d tho world was short 100000 tons
~ shipping The shortage is aggravated.
ne said. by the fact that all vessels leave
the United states loaded and come back
virtually empty Thus II takes twice
AS much shipping to do the work with
one-way load" he explained.
Rowe recommended that. as an emer.
sency measure. all bridge building In
ihe country and all structural iron work
moi absolutely essential he discontinued
until the close of the war
''The bridge builders and the struc-
hral-ron workers can he Immediately
diverted 10 the steel-ship yo"ds" he said.
"and nut to work at bui'~'ng our wal
merchant marine. II is estimated that of
these twt classes of workers. the United
States has more than all the rest of the
world combined. I see no reason why,
IN this period of extreme need, they
should not be called upon to do the work
most urgently needed by this country"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13

lftEs 4 Flf.l.D, Jan ..
The coordination section of the
American army is new feature born
out of the war. 1t came into being
because the huge machinery of handling
an army of millions made it necessary.
At the personal invitation of General
Pershing, your correspondent spent an
interesting two hours today with the
officers in charge of coordination. re-
ceiving detailed information as 20 what
II is and why 1t is
Before this war the American army
was directed from three sources aside
from the general commanding. These
three sources we're operation, adminis-
tration and intelligence.
With our entry into the war, the ar
rival of General Pershing in France, and
his getting down to work after the series
of original receptions Of June. 1917, a
study of methods utilized by the French
and British armies followed in natural
order II was found that the British
had a separate direction aside from varl-
Gus others. entitled operation b. and
the French similar institution en-
titled bureau 4. These aimed at avoid
ance of conflict between departments and
the dovetailing of departmental desires
and reuuisitions into a common whole
having as objective the good of the
army entire A study of these two in
stitutions was ilrat made, their functions
dissected the results secured through
them scrutnized, and it was found that
in each case, operation b and bureau 4
were as a welding or fusing point be-
tween all other branches tnat, en- bloc.
make modern great army. The best
"antures of both were taken, together
with certain new features unused by
either, out of which was created the
American coordination section.
VALUE OF COORDINATION
General Pershng had quickly seen
that If he was to devote his time to
consideration of the numerous ques.io
arising In his official family-of-hfteen
staff he would not only be denied
time to attend) to anything else but
would he unable to find time sufficient
to perform the tasks laid upon his desk.
The new department would relieve him
of the greater mass of this work, II
was figured, and, as a matter of fact 1t
has been found tina. in an average 100
points arising eighty are settled by the
coordinate section, fifteen are re-
ferred to the chief of staff and only five
reach the commanding generals desk.
The main idea of the new department
is that II acts most successfully as
neutral center where the demands and
reauisitions of each other department
are considered in relation to the whole
good of the army. not technically. but
in simple, plain common-sense fashion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13

AS an example, an instance was cited
to your correspondent where certain
departmental head had asked for that
which would have been equivalent to
seven square miles of storage space 1t
was calculated that with the storing of
varied supplies needed for an army of
given size, a certain amount would
have to be under cover Hay could he
stacked twenty-five feet in height, am
munition in two or five; that allowing
for aisles between, and estimating cubic
spaces. the same amount of matcr' al
could be compressed into a space slightly
more than two-sevcnths of thl asked
for. In another instance a demand was
made for 10000 pounds of beef for II
given number Of men for given period.
Calculating upon basis of twenty
ounces per day per man for seven days
out of ten, as had been the case in the
United states in the regular army the
demand II I'd been made. II was figured
that this was excess in view of other pro-
visions and that roughly, twenty ounces
per pad per man for five days out Of ten
would be ample. The demand was de-
creased by one-half and has worked out
TO good advantage without any unit
being deprived The coordination de-
cison thus not only decreased the
amount of beef necessary to import from
nome, nut the cargo spdce, traHsportd-
tion and handling.
This department makes all provision
for anything coming within the province
of transportation or supply, the prep
aration for attack, supplies and am
muniton in a word. the apportionment
Of each and every individual item the
army needs to move along as would
well-greased piece of machinery. There
il no discord anywhere, nor any con-
fiict between departments. Each head
of each department realizes the help
of the new department in solving its
individual problems.
Previously there was nothing of great
confusion because the army was small.
Under the numbers Of men to he in
volved In the war the old methods would
have made for confusion and delay aside
from else As it is, every desire and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
U. s. REVOKES LICENSE
OF COTTON SEED co.
Fertilizer Concern Had 3,O92,-
600 Pounds, but Operated
Only Two Days in Year

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Speculatlng
In and boarding cottonsced has cost the
clio oil and Fertilizer Company. of Clio.
5, G.. It's license to deal in commodities
covered under the food-control act OF
Congress The United States food adj
mihls'ration announced that it has re-
Noked the license of the South Carolina
concern and has ordered IT TO close up
ITS business. AS all of its products are
manufactured from cotton seed. which
is under license, 1t will be unable To
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
operate even as fertlll.er manul1

operate even as fertilizer manuk1
turer. H#
In a hearing before the Federal fo01
administrator for South Carolina food
administration Investigators showed t,nk
the Clio corporation had on hand 3.Vp2.~'
900 pounds Of cotton seed To support 4
claim that this was an unressonabI8
amount they declared that the rnanufac-.
turing plant had been operated only two
and one-haf days In the last year. whs
administrator took the position that this
was an amount above reasonable needs.
for reasonable length of tme--the
limit permitted by the food act--anf
could be taken as clear proof that the
seed was being boarded for speculative
purposes. W
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13

taft secures attention. and that with
,ut red tape or delay. The commanding
General can devote his time to- other
problems: he could, as he told your
correspondent leave for the front to-
morrow to direct operations. or leave
y" ariny all together, and the machinery
v drawing all strings together in on
')mmon end for the general good
rough the cO-ord!ration section so on
better result than IT, as under the
Id system. he had personally to settl"
previously great questions which In the
magnitude Of the work had become rela-
lively of Il minor nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
.reter Shields Home From France

..[s.er Shields. a real estate onerator.
rh,esl Walnut street, has returned TO
5rpeiphia after a visit to France on
seial mission for the United states
& ''nent, the nature Of which he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
MACHINERY OF AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE RUNS LIKE CLOCKWORK
Coordination System, Born Of the Exigences of War;
Has Substituted Simplicity and Efficiency
for Compexity
BY HENRI BAZIN



WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN AS example
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
Adams WithdraUs;
Hay to LeadG. o. p.
'ontlnned from Page One

. 'ohi rake One
member of the Republican Site Ad-
.s sory committee. During the campaigns
isoo and 1908 he was chairman of
,ne indiana speakers bureau of the Re-
h'ncah w" party. He became a member of
S'a'e Central Committee In 1902.
nis ability as an organizer and har.
hsoner caused him to be placed at tn.
,s," Oh the State Republican committee
nnS r Two years service among the rank
~" u ME, He took Office at a time whel
@ nn party In the State was widely split
Me n. u'e rocks of progressivism and tn.
me situation. "
=, .hder Hays's leadership the strength
ths '1e party slowly grew until In 1910
crs republicans overthrow the Demo.
li,.c supremacy delivered the State to
rsnes and elected two Republican
D.ea Dene states Senators to replace two
ny was ON the strength Of that recoro
sns mat Hays's friends relied on the conte .
''r national chairman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
Philadelphia Man Wounded

OTTAWA, ont. |eb. l3.-'rhe for
lowing Americans are reported on the
Canadian casualty list:
Killed in action, T. Grant. Bristol.
Tenr.
wounded, w. W. Cuthbert. Philadel-
pha.
Died of wounds. d. a. Craven, Penns.
field Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
York Boy, in Army at Fifteen, Dies

YORK. Pa, Feb 13-word was re-
ceiycd here yesterday Of the death Of
post hospital at Fort Monroe. Va. re
enlisted one month ago as private in
the coast artillery at the age OF fifteen
years and was probably. the Youngest
man in the United states service. Is
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-02-28

i. Total appropriations from
all funds to January 8.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-02-28
Connecticut
State Briefs

Owing to an epidemic of measles
and scarlet fever Mount Hermon
school at Bloomfield has been closed.
Connecticut will have to furnish
only LOO men in the training quota
of the first draft, according to a list
issued at Camp Devens
AT the present time the percentage
of men teachers in Connecticut is less
than z per cent, and most of these
men are in administrative positions.
A volume of work has been done by
the Fourth District Exemption Board
at East Hartford during the past ten
days. OF the 200 men examined 1913
were accepted for active service and
80 for limited service. @-. .
New Haven is going to have a regu-
lar purchasing agent. A centralized
system for the purchase of all sup
plies needed by the city in its various
departments is now being worked out
by the powers that be, and 1t is consid.
cred reasonably certain that the plan
will go through and without adding an.
other well paid officer to the city's pay
roll. .. - fr t-H 90 ,.-' ID"
The Meriden police made raid on
an alleged gambling house on Stare
street. They arrested the proprietor
6 the game, who gave his name as Jo-
seph Brown, and II frequenters of the
place. The game in progress when
the raid was made was poker. Eight
of the frequenters We're local men and
the other four were from neighboring
towns.
Chairman Charles Il. Cook of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Freight
Relief Committee said that the freight
situation in Hartford was better than
it had been i'll year. He said that
the committee was receiving daily re-
ports in regard TO the freight yard
and station. The committee will con-
time for some time, although there is
little occasion for ii at present.
Miss Florence Fischer of Hartford
won the state championship as typ
list at the annual convention of the
Connecticut Business Educators AssO-
citation at the Strattield, Bridgeport.
Her closest competitor was Miss Ger
trude Wilke of the same city, who wen
the championship last year. Miss
Fischer's net was 90 words minute
as against Miss Wilkes 50 words.
With the evident intention of getting
the $4,000 which the Salvation Army
announced it had raised at Hartford
in its campaign for war service funds,
robbers entered the headquarters of
the organization on Trumbull street,
broke open the safe and the desk of
Brigadier William Andrews and ran
sacked the office generally. All they
got was $50. The $4,000 had been TAX
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-02-28
The Capitals Fifth Avenue.

Pennsylvania avenue in Washington
is usually listed among the worlds
famous streets, but to the Washington
ian this avenue has not half the i'm
portance and attractiveness of F street,
the recognized parade ground of the
fashionable on sunny afternoons. F
street In Washington is an institution
like the monument, the government
clerk and band concerts in the parks.
It dates back far enough to tax the
memory of Washington's few oldest In
habitants, but no records of It's origin
are filed In the city hall. ..
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-02-28

food pledge, often bringing their in.
fiuence to bear on reluctant parents.
Explanations of the moverfent given
by teachers were faithfully carried
home by the children and in many
fore: gn and some American homes the
cards were signed simply because the
pupils had paved the way. When inter
prefers Were wanted the schools readily
furnished good ones.
"Great assistance was given by the
schools in the recent canvass Tor Red
Cross members, different units vying
with one Another for the greatest num-
Der of members secured. Impressive
p rades of school children helped
powerfully in getting subscribers for
the Liberty Loans The pupils have
entered enthusiastically into the thrift
stamp movement and the aim of hav-
ing at least one half of the nations
school children become owners of thrift
stamps bids fair to be fully realized If
habit of thrift should be established
among the young it's influence upon
their future will not be the least of the
gains of the war.
Junior Red Gross Chapters and under
the guidance of the teachers they are
already accomplishing such work as is
within their ability.
1.-THE schools have become distr bu-
ting centers for all sorts of patriotic
literature and appeals which it is de-
sired to bring before the people. Pupils
gladly take home the material and sup
plement it with the explanations which
they have heard from their teachers
Their agency in the matter has been
almost Indispensable. When we wish
to get the great aims of the war before
the rank and file cf our Daost cosmopol-
ltan country, where do be beg n?
Where but in the schools? In tens of
thousands of ignorant homes the chill
dren repeat the message they have
learned from their teachers 1--WE are
fighting to make the world safe for
common people, and fol- the weakest as
well as the strongest. What greater
war work could be done than to spread
this gospel as the schools are doing?
"We must remember that no public
work done by the children, however
successful it may be, equals the infiu-
ence which they exert at home In
county like ours, including so many
homes where our language is not I'M
derstood, the children constitute our
greatest agency for securing under
standing and co operation on the part
of our very heterogeneous population
The influence of our supervisors anu
teachers reaches not only their pupils
but also vast number CT adults whom
we can at present reach In no other
way.
''As we think of our original ques-
ton, does it not assume in our minds
a new form? Not What can the schools
dor but what cannot the schools do
to meet the war needs of the country?'
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-02-28
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