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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
FISH TRUST SENDS
PRICES SKYWARD
Now In Control of Pounds
Along New Jersey
Coast
SITUATION IS PROBED
Meat Packers Are Said to Be
Financially Interested in
the Industry
SITUATION IS PROBED

Fish prices are doubling and in many
instances trebing. because big fish con-
Germs. or what the public terms the
fish trust" have gobbled up the fish
ling grounds ON the New Jersey coast.
That the trust has succeeded in get
ting control of the fish supply on the
Jersey coast and that competition has
been eliminated are charges made today
by special agents of the National Food
Commission.
These agents have made a thorough
investigation of the fish situation and
today while paying visit to Barnegat
y. j., asserted that but one of the scores
of big fish pounds on New Jerseys coast
Is operated by an independent.
Even the supply of fish caught in
this pound is controlled by the trust.
for the agents say that the combine.
having gained control of the wholesale
markets in New York and Philadelphia,
are in a position to dictate terms to this
lone independent. He must sell his
product, and as tho trust is his only
customer it matters but little to the
public what price be obtains.
That the prominent meat-packing
concerns of the country have invaded
the fish field and invested money in
the Jersey pounds and fishing fleets is
the belief of the Federal investigators.
They have prepared report and this
has been forwarded to Washington. De-
failing the skyward tendencies OF fish
prices the agents report that the whole
sale price of weak fish this year is
twenty cents per pound. aga last
years price of twelve cents. Butter fish
is today selling for nine and ten cents
per pound wholesale. Last year the price
u.nc fpur and five cents.
This years catches have been eN-
Ceedingly good. so that the Federal
agents are at n loss to know why the
fish magnates are charging such high
prices.
Governor Edge, of New Jersey, has
become interested and. through the New
Jersey Fish Commission, hopes to hit
upon a plan that will lower prices. The
commission has been investigating, but
is not ready to report.
Last year the New Jersey Legisla-
ture passed n bill which authorizes the
Governor to buy and distribute fish,
but whether this bill permits the State S
chief executive to operate fish pounds
in behalf of the people is question
that must be decided by the Attorne!
General.
| Lawyers differ on this question and
. Doint to the wrangle in the Legtsla-
ture when the fish bill was passed. AT
that time several legislators wanted to
! inject n clause into the bill which would
give the Governor an undisputed right
to build and operate fish pounds. This
was defeated by agents of large fish
concerns
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
DENIES WAR PROFITEERING
Chamber of Commerce Wants
War.Craft CHARGES Cleared

The executive committee of the Phila-
delphia Chamber of Commerce has urged
H, A. Wheeler, president Of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States to
make an announcement correcting the
impression made by the report of the
Treasury Department that the country's
business men were profiteering On war
contracts. A portion of the letter asking
Mr.. Wheeler to take this step says:
"Unquestionably some concerns have
been profiteering. but 1t Is believed by
our committee that many interests have
only been making legitimate profits and.
in some cases, no profit at all, and 1t
does not seem fair that the impression
should go abroad that all of the inter-
ests mentioned in the Treasury De-
partment's report are proflteerng."
A letter from Nathan T. Folwell was
also sent to Mr.. Wheeler. Mr.. Folwell
asks that the Philadelphia bankers try
to induce Congress not to impose war
revenue taxes that would tend to cripple
merchants and manufacturers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23

COLLEGE FOR WAR
Members of Swarthmore
Faculty Obtain Leaves
of Absence
SERVICES TO THE NATION
Five Men Engaged in Useful
Work--Nine Changes
Announced

Leaves of absence to engage In spec,al
war work are responsible for five of nine
changes made in the faculty of Swarth-
more College.
DR.. Harvey c. Hayes. professor of
physics. has temporarily left his coll
legiate post for a Government labora-
tory. He is at New London. Conn. at
work on methods of detecting the pres-
ence of U-boats. His Swarthmore chair
will be filled during the coming term
by Mason F. Hufford, now doing re-
search work in the Bureau of Standards
at Washington.
Philip NJ. Hicks, assistant professor of
public speaking, has given up his teach
Ing work for the duration Of the war
to become an airman. He is now in
training at the ground school of the
massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
Y. NJ. c. A. Man in France
Assistant Professor Roy B. Pace, of
the English department, Is doing Y, NJ
{. A. work in France. His successor at
the college will be DR.. Edgar white Bur
rill, former instructor at Columbia
University
Swarthmore's professor of public
speaking, Dr. Paul NJ Pearson, has se-
cured years leave Of absence. He is
going to Australia for Chautauqua lee
lures, and will make his headquarters
at Sydney. DR.. Pearson. during the
last year, has been doing important
work for the Y. NJ. c. A. Part of his
college work will be taken up by Wilbur
Jones Kay. formerly professor of puhlic
speaking at Washington and jefferson
University.
Special mathematical work for the
du Pont company will be done by Or.
Ross w. Marriott. During his years
leave of absence his assistant professor
ship of mathematics will be filled by
Earl B. Miller, of Colorado.
-Four Other Changes
The four other changes are the cleo
ton Of DR.. T. X. Urdahl as professor
Of economics to succeed DIR. Louis n.
Robinson; the election of Dr. Henrietta
J. Mateer, formerly dean Of women at
Swarthmore, to the chair of Latin and
Greek at Swarthmore; the appointment
of Esther f. Baldwin, Swarthmore
graduate as instructor in English to sue
ceed Miss Clara NJ. Hogue, resigned. and
the selection of Miss Helen C. Culin as
director of physical education for women
to succeed Miss Lillian Shaw
Miss Shaw recently saved the life of
a young girl from drowning and was
given a Carnegie Hero fund award She
resigned to study medicine.
DR.. Robinson, who relinquished the
post Of professor of economies is now
chief probation officer Of the Municipal
Court of this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
LEVAN'S HALF MILLION
DWINDLES TO $4,000
Wealth of Tailor, Figure in
5th Ward Case, Largely
Imaginary

The estate Of Maur Levan. reputed
to have been worth upward of s5oo,ooo,
under examination of the executor has
shrunk to about $4,000.
Levan, a tailor. killed himself April
3. after alleged persecution by Fifth
Ward police because he supported Mer-
camille Appraiser James A. Carey IN the
latter's fight for ward leadership
against Isaac Deutsch.
Levan had a tailoring establishment
at 239 South Fifth street. He was con-
sui in this city for Spain. and also looked
after Turkish interests here.
Shortly before his death he was ar
rested in Atlantic City In connection
with supposed draft frauds. but was
later cleared of suspicion. His arrest
coupled with robbery at his taiior
shop. weighed on his mind, 1t Is SAID
and drove him to suicide.
A short time before his death, Levar
said his possessions aggregated more
than s5OO.OOO He declared he had ex'
tensive property holdings. scrutiny
of the estate, however. showed that most
IL not al, of his twenty-odd properties
were heavily mortgaged, some being en-.
numbered with both first and second
mortgages. His chief unencumbered asset
was an insurance policy for $4,000.
Under the terms of Levan's Will his
widow has a life interest in the estate
At her death 1t is to revert to four
children, all minors now. Mrs. Levan is
living in Atlantic City, but maintains
a home at the South Fifth street ad-
dress,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
LABOR HERE HITS
WORK OR FIGHT
Leaders Call Proposed Man.
Power Bill Clause
Needless
HELD "UNDEMOCRATIC"
Workers Patriotism Proves
HELD "UNDEMOCRATIC"
Workers Patriotism Proves
"Virtual Conscription" I'm.
\ necessary Says Officer

Organized labor in Philadelphia is
unanimous in its opposition to the
Thomas work-or- fight amendment to the
man-power bill.
Labor leaders say It would mean vir-
tual conscription of workingmen who
attempted to strike.
John A. Phillips. first vice president
of the State Federation of Labor,
branded the amendment as "undemo-
cratic"
Mr.. Phillips said the general belief
was that President Wilson would not
sign the bill even II 1t should be passed
by Congress.
TT would be the first undemocratic
move by the present Administration,
Mr.. Phillips declared. NO effect OF
any value could be produced by the
amendment, nor would there be any
benefit from the measure which could
compensate for the limitations 1t would
place on the rights of the workers.
Labor Backs President
Labor is united behind President
Wilson, and has been doing its maxi
mum to help the Administration win
the war"
Leonard Kraft, secretary of the Build
ing Trades Council, termed the amend
ment 'camouflage conscription." Labor
does not need any force to do it's duty"
Mr.. Kraft declared 'Organized labor
strenuously opposes the passage of the
Thomas amendment.
mo such harsh measure is required.
Labor Is squarely behind the Govern
nent, and the workers see their duty
clearly.
Labor has shown during the war
that IL has done all it could do was
the way w. L. Brown. of the Steam
Filters and Helpers Union. summed up
the attitude of his organization toward
the amendment. I'VE have never re-
tarded Government work. 1t has al
work, because we believe the man on
Government work is !ust as essential AS
the man in the trenches"
Plumber Opposes Bill
Joseph W. Allison, representative of
the United Association of Journeymen
Plumbers, declared the amendment
should be opposed by "all right-t think
ing men, Mr.. Allison declared labor
/. had voluntarily done all it could do.
Robert G. odam. Of the Slate, Tile
and Asbestos Roofers' Union, declared
there was no necessity for the meas
ure. d
Labor" said Mr.. Odam, has sacri-
feed some of the things it should have
had to help the 'win-the-war policy of
the Government"
=, Other labor leaders here were Of the
same opinion, and a number declared
It would be a mistake to force the
measure on the working people of the
country at time when they were do
Ing everything the Government asked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
S1.75 TO BRLIMI
OF 1919 TAX RATE
Ware Promises No Increase
in the Levy on
Realty
BUDGETS MUST BE CUT
Salaries of City Employees Will
Not Be Reduced, but
Rises Predicted
BUDGETS MUST BE CUT

The city tax rate on realty for 1919
will not be more than S1.75
There Is possibility of Il being even
less Revenue at this rate will approxi-
mate A6,000,00o. and expenses will be
made to fit.
senator Ware. whose grip on Councils
and Councils Finance Committee is ad-
mlttedly strong enough TO make his
word law, has promised there will be
no increase over the present high figure
reached In two jumps under the Smith
administration. His pledge ends ell dis
cussion of the possible need for an in
crease TO retain all on the city and
county payroll. Personal services now
cost the city and county governments
about s19,00O,0 900.
Salaries to Stand
Department heads are fast putting
into shape their annual budget requests
These will be sent to Councils Finance
Committee within the next few weeks.
Before that is done Aoweyer. they will
be revised downward from their approx
innate grand total of $50, ,00O. 900 in an
effort to cut cost of supplies and operat-
ing expenses.
Salary rolls will not he advanced,
but. on the other hand, plans are afoot
to increase the pay of thousands of en-
ployes who do not now receive a living
wartime wage. Money for these in
creases will have to be found by cutting
out pet improvement schemes of depart
ment heads.
To Seek Mayors Pledge
Having obtained Senator Wares prom
Use that there will be no increase in the
tax rate next year." members of the
Philadelphia Real Estate Board and of
the Operative Builders Association will
next ask Mayor Smith and Councils for
a similar promise. Officers of both asso-
Citations believe they obtained all the
results necessary from Senator Ware and
the request to the Mayor and Councils
Daniel Crawford. Jr., president of the
Operative Builders Association, reply
ing to a similar question. said: I'VE
1elt that the influence of the Senator
would be effective in preparing the way.
so that the people. in City Hall would
know how we stand"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
LIBERTY SING TONIGHT
Affair in West Philadelphia to Aid
"Adopted" Transport

Two of tHelmost enthusiastic workers
for the navy auxiliary are the Misses
Theresa and Gene Braden. 3a45 Lam
caster avenue. president and vice presi-
Navy Recreation Unit No. 1, who will
assist this evening at Liberty Sing
to be held at Thirty-ninth and Lam
caster avenue.
Proceeds of the sing will go to the
music unit of navy recreation. In behalf
Of which the West Philadelphia unit
has adopted" a transport to outfit
completely with musical Instruments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
GIRL DRIVERS MAY GO OVER
Opportunity Will Be Offered
Motor Messenger Members

Philadelphia women who have been
serving in the motor messenger service.
may soon be called for overseas service.
According to dispatches from Wash
ington more than 900 women drivers will
be sent to France within the next six
months. Volunteers will be selected, and
1t is believed that many of the women
In the motor messenger service here will
go over. Regulations as to age are
the same as for the Red Cross nurses.
They must be twenty-five years of age
or over, and physically fit.
They must be expert drivers. and un-
derstand the mechanism of the machines,
since a greater responsibility rests on
them than in their work here They
must be fitted to serve as motor messen-
gers. ambulance or camion drivers.
So far 1t Is planned that fifty drivers
shall be sent over each month for the
next six months. Expenses and a small
salary will be paid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
LOSES HIGHWAY BUREAU JOB
W. d. Gernet, Assistant Engineer
Did Not Support Wares

Notice of the abolition of his position
as assistant engineer in the Bureau of
Highways has been sent to Walter p.
Gernet, 1896 North Camac street, by Di-
rector Datesman. of the Department of
Public Works. The place carried SAL
ary of $4,000.
Gernet was appointed during the
Blankenburg administration and Is a
resident OF the Forty-second Ward, an
independent stronghold that always re.
turns majorities against the organiza'
tion. According to his friends. Gernet
never learned to pull doorbells on behalf
of the Smith-Vare forces. and this over
sight is said to have led to his dismissal
from the city service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
GO INTO ACTION SINGING
Soldier Writes of Cheerfulness of
Men in France

Horace Kemmerer, a Philadelphia SOL
dier attached to Company ID, 103d Engl-
neers, in a letter to his parents, 29l9
North Twenty-sixth street, said the
American troops were making an excel
lent showing In the present drive and go
into action singing.
mans" he said, land battered the rest
to powder. But while things are going
well here, long to see good ball game
and root again in the bleachers. The
conditions here are all that could be de-
sired. We are treated fine and getting
plenty to eat.
II was gassed in our last fight. hut
I'm coming around all right"
Kemmerer. who was vaudeville per-
former entered the service last January
aid sailed for France in May.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
WANT FEDERAL DOG TAX
Wool Men Say 1t Would Help
Increase Sheep Supply

The More Sheep Wool Associa-
tion of the United states, with headquar-
ters In this city, has started campa ign
for n Federal tax on dogs
Dogs running wild do more harm TO
sheep than any other element. the sheep
men say They declare that since the
state REQUIRED dogs to he taxed, two
and a half years ago. there has been
an increase of more than 100000 sheep
in Pennsylvania.
"It has been estimated that the needs
of the soldier call for 1876 pounds Of
wool per man per year" said 4. c. Bige-
low, president of the association. ITO
be independent of the world for wool TO
supply an army of 5000. 900 men, with
out considering the needs of the civilian
population. l50.0o0,000 sheep are need
ed in this country"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
MYSTERY AT STATE HOUSE
Aggravated Assault and Battery
Committed on Lamp Post

Who did that to the lamp post at
Independence Hall-the one in front OF
the Washington Statue On Chestnut
street?
to be bent and shattered. but not even
the trusty watchmen know who the late
traveller was who had grudge against
that venerable lamp
With glass completely gone It's neck
twisted sadly appealingly, that poor
lamp silently demands to be avenged.
1t is suggested that perhaps way
ward truck gave it nudge early this
morning, or 1t may be a market wagon,
numbering along with it's sides swollen
with baskets and crates, knocked over
it's proud head.
Boy, Page Sherlock Holmes!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
BLAKE'S BODY NOT RECOVERED
Many Messages of Sympathy
Reach Family Of Writer Here

The body Of Warren Barton Blake,
writer and lecturer, who was drowned
at Nantucket last Sunday has not been
recovered. Mr.. and Mrs. Barton F.
Blake, of Merton. parents of the writer,
are awaiting details concerning the
drowning.
Mr.. Blake, the elder. is treasurer Of
the firm Of wanamaker & Brown. at
Sixth and Market streets. He has been
the recipient of messages of sympathy
The younger Blake was one of the edi-
tors of Golfers Weekly" He went to
Nantucket to spend the weekend and
intended to return to New York on
Tuesday.
He won considerable distinction as a
writer on social and economical SUBJ
jects. He was prepared for college at
graduated from Harvard in 1904.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
WANT "RYAN" PARDONED
Three Hundred Sign Petition in In.
terest of Jailed Fake Officer

Pardon for William Hamm, who posed
as member of Pershing's force in Phil
adelphia, several months ago. is urged in
petition sent to the United States
Attorney General at Washington. The
petition. which was circulated by Francis
Tracy Tobin. Hamm's attorney. bears
900 signatures.
Hamm Is serving four months sem
tence in Mercer county Jail at Trenton.
n ]. While in Philadelphia he an
nounced himself as Sergeant Major
Ryan. who first sent the Americans
over the top in France
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
COUPLE HURT IN MOTOR CRASH
Bernard Freund Held When Car
Hits Daniel Leonard. Jr.'s

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Leonard, Jr., 6140
Hageman street. Tacony, We're injured
today in an automobile collision at
Eighteenth and Diamond streets. Their
car was struck by one driven by Bernard
Freund, 1920 Van Pelt street
Freund was arrested and held by Mag
istrate Collins to await the result OF the
injuries to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, who
we're taken to the Homeopathic Hos
pital.
Both cars were wrecked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
Military Mass for Michael Kelly

A military mass VIII be celebrated at
9 o'clock Monday morning in st.
Gregory's Catholic Church, Fifty-second
and Media streets, in memory of Private
Michael Kelly, killed in action July 8.
He was a member of Company NJ, 111th
infantry. Private Kelly was a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Kelly. $500 War
rem street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
CATCH SUSPECT IN STORE
Woman Accused Of Theft Arrested
After Chase

After a chase through a Market street
department store this afternoon. a
woman who gave her name as Anastasia
Mcclure was arrested on charge of
stealing a pocketbook belonging to Mrs.
Mildred Govett, 562S Addiston street.
on account of her strange action at
City Hall the prisoner was placed in
the care of Police Surgeon Egan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
Accused Of Stealing Brass

street, was held under $500 bail today
by Magistrate Collins on charge OF
having stolen brass from. the Baldwin
Locomotive Works. Sassa was arrested
last night as he was leaving the shop,
Brass worth $50 was found IN his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
Knocked OF Ship by Swinging Boom

Peter Bryandson, Wildwood. n. j.. is
IN Cooper Hospital, Camden. suffering
from injuries received yesterday when
fishing from a schooner ten miles of
Wildwood The main boom swung
around and struck Bryandson on the
head He was knocked overheard and
rescued by members Of the schooper's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23

Local
Board VIII register at
No. Third and pickir son streets.
No Iseventh and CARPENTER streets.
No 4-S2l De Lancey street.
No. 6-12O9 Pine street.
No. 7-25S North Fifteenth street.
No. S-1012 Buttonwood street.
No. 9-southeast corner Twentieth and But
tonwood streets.
No 1O--1417 North Front street.
No. 11--615. East Girard avenue.
No. isLEEGiIrth EiShh and and York 9srs streets s,..,,
No 14-Cresson and Cotton streets. Mana
No. 15-Highland avenue and Shawnee street.
No IFS west Penn street.
No ls-Paul and Ruan streets.
No 2o-Thirty-ninth and Spring Garden SITS
No al-selsrade and ClsaEiield I,fs, streets
der avenue.
No. 23--3o!4 Woodland avenue.
No. 24--143S West Dauphin street.
No. ah--Twenty-si and York streets.
No. 26-Twenty-eighth- and Oxford streets.
No 25-ls2s Fi,zwattr street;
No 2s-iSoO North Twentieth street.
No so-Front and Westmoreland streets.
No sp street Sart% and Indiana avenue ssrss
No. 33-6O47 Market street.
No. s4-state road and I.ongshore street.
No. 35--121O South Twentieth street.
No. 36--Park and Lehigh avenues.
No. 37-Twenty- second street and Hunting
Park avenue.
No. 3S-Twenty- second street and Hunting
Park avenue and frehouse Ridge
and Midvale avenues.
No. S8--Fourth street and Snyder avenue.
No. 4O--Fourth street and Snyder avenue.
No. 41-Fiftieth street and Chester avenue.
No, 42-Sixty- eighth and Woodland avenue,
No 43-Champlost and Willow Grove avenue.
No. 44--396T Germantown avenue.
No. 45-3447 Germantown avenue.
No. 48--Forty-eighth and Wyalusing avenue.
No 47-Richmond and Kirkbride streets.
No. 4s-Fifty-seventh and Spruce streets.
No. 49-Fifty-fifth and Pine streets.
No 50--Nineteenth and Oxford streets.
No 5l-Eighteenth and Snyder avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23

A milk wagon was struck by a trolle.'
car today in South Thirteenth street
The driver Of the wagon, Frank Zappile.
1925 Watkins street, was slightly in
jured. He was taken to st. Agnes's
Hospital, but later was sent home. Man
bottles of milk were broken, spilling tn
contents over the street. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
NEW ELIGIBLES MUST
REGISTER TOMORROW
All Those Who Have Reached
Age of 81 Since June 5
Last Commanded

warning tina. youths who have be-
come twenty-one since June must reg
lister tomorrow or be rounded up" and
arrested was issued today by the De-
partment of Justice.
Members of the Jewish Orthodox
Church who have reached the age of
twenty-one since June s, will be allowed
to register Monday instead of tomorrow.
1t is expected that about 1000 young
men will enroll in this city in tomor-
rows registration.
Registration will take place tomorrow
between a. m. and 8 p. m, at the
following places: