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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

EensnEton business men have pledged
themselves virtually to give up their
business during next week and devote
their entire time to the drtv" for the
War rhest Onc-hundred and sixty
merchants. members Of sixteen teams.
Will work each day between the hours
of Q a. m. and m.
The plan was adopted A. the sug-
gestion of Alexander Lawrence, lr..
captain Of team number eleven when tho
team workers gathered at headquarters,
l7l5 Germantown avenue for their first
meeting
The Kensington branch. the largest
Of any in the War chest district
launches its drive early on Monday
morning \ meeting Of li.ooo men will
be held at the plant Of William traup
and Sons. ship and engine builders. a
noon Prominent speakers viii address
, the audience AM pledge cards will be
given out.
Six thousand persons will asscmhl" In
the Stetson Auditorium F'ifth street and
Montgomery avenue. Monday at noon for
a mass-mcetinE There viii also he
meeting at the plant Of David Lunton.
Sons q Co. Tulip street and Allegheny
avenue
Favor "Giving" Schedule
! Representative Of banks and trust
companies have voted personal approval
Of the schedule Of giving provided for the
War chest campaign, which Will open
Monday, and viii recommend to their
respective boards Of directors that it be
adopted
The schedule pro- ides that the banks
and trust companies give per cent Of
their net earnings for the last year
! Officers of corporations have taken
no action on the schedule. but it Is
expected they will approve it carly next
week. Representatives of the corpora
/ tions who attended a meeting yesterday
and heard explanations of the schedule
were warm in their approval of it,
The schedule provides graded per-
Centage for all corporations. according
to the earnings, starting with 3 per
cent for war Industries largely en-
gagged on war contracts and earning in
excess Of $500, 900. and dropping to >
per cent for all corporations earning
less than 100000 Corporations other
than war industrials earning more than
100000 are asked to give ! per cent
Band Concert Opens Campaign
a concert at Franklin Field tomorrow
afternoon. with Leopold Stokowsll con-
ductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra,
leading a band of 300 pieces. will be
, the opening feature of the campaign.
/ invitations have been issued to Victor
Herbert and Lieut.. John Philip Sousa,
whose works viii be represented on the
program
Another meeting in the interest of the
/ War chest drive will be held under the
auspices of the South Philadelphia
division War Welfare Council. at ESQ
I p. m. tomorrow in the Broadway
/ Theatre, Broad street and Snyder
, avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
THOMAS M. LEAVER DIES
Former Philadelphia Resident Expires
at Concord, n. H.

Thomas MEG. Leaver, member of the
Arm of Baker. Ayling & Young, died
at Concord, n. H.. yesterday. He was
a resident of Philadelphia for ten years
when he was connected with the Phila-
delphia Office of the Arm, to which he
was afterward admitted as a partner.
Mr.. Leaver was well known in Phila-
delphia and was a member of the
Racquet Club and the Pine Valley Club.
During the last two years he resided
for the greater part of the time in
Chicago, having gone there TO open a
branch office for Baker, Ayling & Young.
Funeral services will be held at 81
School street, Concord, y. H.. tomorrow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
JOHN K. X. SCOTT, FILM STAR,
MAKES DEBUT TO VOTERS
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Portrayed Farmer Fox
Hunter, Family Man, but Not Congressman
or Fourteenth Warder

scenario in which Scott is shown as the
hero" starts by showing the Congress
man Is a speaker at the thrift stamp
drive at the Liberty Statue on South
Penn Square.
From the cheering multitude on South
Broad street the scene shifts to the
peaceful environs of SCOTS Valley Forge
farm.
Scott greets his family ,affectionately.
drives plow, clad in oVeralls and
jumper. and winds up with a demon
stration Of following the hounds" The
scene shifts back again TO South Broad
street, passing over and ignoring Scott 3
Fourteenth Ward and his constituents
there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
FEAR .FEMINIZING ARMY
Austria Enrolling 10000 Women {
Month for ths Field

Berns, May 1s.-Austrian newspapers
are exhibiting concern at what they
call the effeminizstion OF the army.
It appears that $4,000 women and
girls are now employed In the auxiliary
services as clerks, servants, etc. and
that others are being enlisted at the
rate OF 160. 600 a month. They are being
enrolled Al Vienna and sent into the
field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
DESERT BUSINESS
FOR WAR CHEST
kensington Men to Devote
Four Hours Daily
to Campaign
Caleb F. Fox Drops
$4,000 in " ar Chest

\ contribution of $4,000 from
Caleb T. Fox banker, Commercial
Trust Building, today was the ldrg-
est subscription received to date
from an individual subscriber :"
the War Chest fund
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

TOtIN Z. Is. SCOTT in the movies
- This is the latest move by sup
porters of Congressman Scott to boost
his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor.
Films depicting Scott in the role of
speaker at patriotic rallies. gentleman
farmer" and homelover are now being
flashed daily on movie" screens in the
city.
The Fourteenth Ward, in which Scott
is the recognized Ware leader, and in
which he claims his voting residence
is omitted either purpOsely or aCci-
dentally from the setting.
Neither is Scott's role as a statesman
in the halls of Congress portrayed. The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

Secretary of the Navy Daniels told
nearly 2OOO diners at the closing ban.
Quet of the League to Enforce Peace
Convention last night that the only
voice to which Germany listens is the
thunder of cannon"
Then he dramatically added:
I'VE must use the language Ger.
many understands"
Secretary Daniels declared that the
United States will have 1900 900 men
in France this year and that the only
limit to the number of men that will
eventually he sent across" will be
that of tonnage.
I'VE will send as many and as
rapidly as ships can carry them he
added.
Secretary Daniels then startled his
hearers with some figures telling what
the Navy Department has already
done in tine war. He emphasized that
tOrpedqbOat deStroyers have safely
conveyed 700 ships. that they have
sailed 1 900 900 miles over the seas
and that eighty-seven Chmbats with
German submarines had already been
engaged in by these sea fighters"
In emphasizing the great need for
ships, the Secretary predicted that
"befOre a great time the phiDbuilding g
EarGS IN tne helEhporhood OF fhlld'
delphia will be larger than in any
other part of the world" Shipbuild.
~ An1a,i,.o,, ;,,dust,.ias,
Mourns Lack OF Ships
And it will not end with the war"
declared Secretary Daniels, as he
| ''mourned" the lack of statesma nship
that did not provide in days of peace
an adequate merchant marine"
"sbortI, after Congress declarod r,r
II made nrovisior bv tho selecti,.a dra .,
for 10 600 600 men in the army and the
rnsnonse 70 enIist IN tho nav guar-
antees as many men for sea service a.
( the expanding naval ,neratioru NAV re.
nuire, As to manpower, Congress- has
made ADEQUATE provision and recently
aoueu e"o'oo" VINO nave reached the age
nassad Tbnra ,vera sayarai da,.. -,
Voc than soo ooO rnen eghtina :,
! Erance Tbara will he I 5oo ma ,bis
wear. and the only limit Is that of ton
,a,a W. viii sand ~, ,,an,. "a -,
ronidIv nc shin GOV, carrw tbon, 7,
80. ,,,osart nr,,iro nood g., ahir, 49,,
n,o,,rn tho Iack of statasmarsbin tbot
aid not nro,.ide In do,s 30 nanoo 10
adaomoto ,,arnhart r,orino "'
Worlds Greatest Shipyard
"Rut we are coming to ranid rro5rc.
tion and il will increase in a eeomet rica
ratio until efficient tonnage viii carr,
over sufficient men and munitions anf
sunnlies to insure victory. A visit 4,
,ba wards. new and old. on the DeI.w.,,
River shows that before IA great tim.
the shipbuiIding yards in the peighbor
hood of Philadelphia will he larger thar
! In any other part of the world. 1t
smaller measure on the Atlantic. IT,,
/ Pacific and the Gulf the industry OF
building ships will become one of the
greatest of American Industries. Ant
| II will not end with the war This great
merchant marine we are building now
in the strain of war will go on in in
| creasing ratio.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
80 PER CENT ADVANCE
URGED FOR FIREMEN
State Federation of Labor
Makes Recommendation at
Pittsburgh Meeting

80 per cent increase in salary for
the tiremen of Philadelphia is recon-
mended by the Pennsylvania State
Federation of Labor
This action was taken at the conyen-
ton of the federation which has been in
session at Pittsburgh since Tuesday. and
was attended by several hundred dele
gates representing nearly every line of
organized labor.
The resolution affecting the Philadel-
pha fremen does not mention the citv
specifically but recommends that all
fremen in cities of the first and second
class receive the increased pay men.
toned This would make the proposi-
ton applicable to Philadelphia, Pitts.
burgh and Scranton.
Would Make SI43O Minimum
In Philadelphia under the present
salary scale, hose and laddermen receive
Sll00, $500 and $1,000. according to
length OF service engine firemen and
drivers. 1890; steam engines and
tillermen, 1880; lieutenants, sl4OO, and
captains, $500. Adoption of the pro.
posed increase would make 1890 the
minimum hoseman's pay, and $500 its
maximum.
Until the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
waged its campaign of popular support
for the firemen's cause two years ago,
the minimum hosemans pay was 5000
for twenty-four hours continuous serv-
Ice six days a week.
Action on the proposition TO increase
salaries Is expected al the next meeting
of the Firemen's Protective Association.
which represents about three-fourths Of
the membership of the Bureau of Fire.
James NJ. Sinister, president of the as
sociation, attended the convention as
delegate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
Orient Gets s3.OOO.OOO Silver

New York. May 1S.-The New York
Assay Office has shipped to the Orient
in the last week about S3,OOO.OOO worth
of silver bars under an arrangement
with the British Government to stabilize
silver in India.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
MORE CARS RUN
AS MEN GO BACK
Force of Walkout Broken.
Belief in kensington
and Frankford
ONE MOTORMAN BEATEN

improved transit service 'rdaN. with
only one outbreak "f Ni"l'uC" marked
the waIkOut Of Carmrn's Union 80. 49,,
which demands recognition Of the union
button by the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company
Alleged violence and intimidation by
members Of the union IN the northeast
was regarded by officials of the +. r. T.
as an Indication that the force Of the
whlkuut is spent. the movement having
reached and passed its maximum
strength Rio'inE follows loss Of moral
strength. they pointed out.
Thomas T.. Mtten. president Of the +
K r.. announced this afternoon that
fresh motOTmen and conductors were
beng put into the breach at the rate of
100 a day.
There is considerable Improvement
today over the service yesterday, which
Wae a distinct Improvement over that Of
the preceding day" said Mr Mitten
There is fair service on the affected
lines aud normal service on all other
lines
The company is adding 100 new men
a day, most Of whom are experienced
carmen who left the company in the
1916 strike"
Motorman Badly Beaten
Shots fired n mOtOTmau was
badI,. hoata, and two mer warn arrest.
ad -, .,,,oIi ,iot ., Er.nkrord and
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i"Tit'u MN '"at ,n'E w '''t -
wanted After H'tIH 'I"'l"'e. " ~
"hlch "ther poi'ei,'en yo'''u' w. VI .,I'
men were arrested ne t"li a. iIecli.S
was hred at ny foHCelhah S'e'ioe' In
VINO followed pollce oruerS Vi SHo'. |"
XIII. The man escaped me ."o
prisoners-Frank LarKhy' ia Eas'
Flsher avenue o!heE' ana JONI W nm IN
h"E' "l"2 hei"pH'S S''ee'
to city Hail.
,oz po,, ,o work
90.
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men nave taken on '"T "''.o'' "''.o,''',,i,tl,r D
TOT "h'ch tney ue"'" I%'''I % ,e'',.I. ar
ana have either gone u"'N '' WI " ~
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

YOUNG LADY. with some experience on
typewriter. for general office work; office
OF large manufacturing concern: salary $40
per week TO start; advancement assured; !;
state age and, experience. 3O5. Ledger
Office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
Nation Waits Wilson
Red Cross Speech
Continued from Page One

2
least temporarily 10 their advantage.
This is not the time to talk peace
The situation on the west front is too
unstable for either side to broach the
subject.
For the Allies to talk peace would
be Interpreted in Germany as a sign
OF weakness in face OF the German
drive. For Germany to bring it up
would encourage the Allies with the
belief that the German drive had
failed.
When President Wilson speaks he
speaks conscientiously to the people
Of the Central Powers and to the
Z people of the Allied nations. The only
thing the people of the Central Powers
will listen to is the language of war.
They live in hope now of success be
fore the United States gets its armies
across the ocean and in fear lest the
power of the United States shall
finally overtake them before they have
disposed of the European foes.
What Mr. Wilson may say on the
subject of the armies he plans to get
ready and his determination to use
them without stint will be listened to
Y with awe in Berlin and with encour-
agement in London and Paris. No.
s where In Europe, except in neutral
+ capitals will the people listen TO any
other talk than talk of men and guns.
Mr. Wilson is too good a popular
psychologist not to know this.
For Red Cross Work
Moreover, the President is starting
an effort TO obtain great funds for
the Red Cross. The worst way in the
world 10 ask for such funds is by sug.
gesting that they are unnecessary,
that peace may be expected.
The best way is TO tell the country
( how big task the Red Cross is likely
70 have upon it's hands as the vast
armies OF the country come into action.
The President has many details Of
bl< war plans that might be disclosed
~ 10 which the whole world, Allied and
fEfems. would listen with profound at
s. fension- He is asking blanket author
~ 10 eonscript men. How many men
does he purpose TO call? London is
saying now day after day that ours
Is 70 be an army OF 5000 900 men
America does not yet know whether
<ue Administration has come TO the
NlfW OF army officers, such as Gen
4f4i Wood that we must have an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
HELP wANTED-MALE

YOUNG MAN about is years OF age, for
clerical work: office of large manufactur-
ing concern; good opportunity for advance
ment; salary s12 per week TO start. Apply
in own handwriting. stating age and expert
ence. p 304. Ledger Office.
MAN AND WIFE-Chauffeur. housemsn:
cook; West Phils Phone Woodland al5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
HERE'S A RIVETING RECORD
New York Man Claims He Drove 1864
in Short Day

New York, May ls.-WorkinE on a
rsnnisitioned Dutch vessel yesterday, j.
/ Briggs. riveter employed by the
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, broke all
nreyious records, according 20 claims set
I'M for him by friends. He Is said TO
have driven 1854 riyets in seven and
one-half hours.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

Charles Knight, colored, a. inc Baltl-
more plant OF the Bethlehem Shipbuild
riyets In nine hours, thereby exceeding
the previous worlds record Of 4422 in
ths same number Of hours knights
eat was Officially Witnessed. ~
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12
The Herald Eas a Printer

The Herald has been so fortu-
nate as to secure the services of
Walter A. Kaler, an up-to-date,
all-round printer, who takes the
place Of the EDITORS son, now
training in Camp Wheeler. Mr..
Kaler began work Monday morn
ing; and with his help, we will
keep all departments of The Her
aid up to the usual standard.
Friends will please look over
their stationery supplies and send
in Immediately their orders for
job printing of all kinds. Mr..
Kaler will handle their orders
promptly and do their work in
the most tasteful style.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12
Capt. Joe Smith Marries

Capt. Joseph M. Smith of the
yacht Wallace" surprised his
many friends by getting married
on Labor Day, Sept. End inst. He
went to Jacksonville where he met
and married Miss Melody Lang
ford, originally of Cambridge,
England, who has been living in
Fort Myers for the past two years.
Those who have met her say that
Capt. Joe deserves the heartiest
congratulations for having won
such treasure.
He was so elated over his sue
cess that he presented the Baptist
church with an elegant pulpit BIZ
BILE that cost $500.
Capt Joe has a host of friends
who rejoice with him in his hap
piness. For a long time, he has
been running the yacht oval
lace" for the Punta Gorda Fish
CO., by whom he is highly appre-
ciated.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12

You may find just what you are
looking for by reading The Her
AIDS Classified" column.
Born, Thursday, Sep. 9Th inst,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gala
CHER, Punta Gorda, daughter.
Mrs. A. P. Jordan went to Tam
pa last week to visit relatives and
friends. She is expected home by
the end of this week.
Capt. X. B. Harvey has gone to
Charleston, S. c., to build docks
and warehouses for the govern
ment.
Mrs. Minnie Quednau went to
Orlando, Saturday, to attend the
annual conference of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church. She will
return next Monday.
Punta Gorda folks who spent
the summer abroad are beginning
to return, and, in a few weeks
from now, all will be at home
again.
Mrs. Fred Campbell, with her
baby, after short visit here to
her mother, Mrs. G. Moger, and
her grandmother, Mrs. j. Jack,
started back to her home at Fort
Pierce last Thursday night.
Charles F. Johnson came up
from Boca Prande, Thursday
night, and next day went to Fort
Myers to report to the county
board for military service. He
was sent to Camp Johnston, jack
sonville.
If you have lost anything,
found anything, wish to rent a
house or have a house to rent; if
you wish to sell a horse or an ele-
phant, put little notice in the
classified" column of The Her
aid. At any rate, you may find
what you want by reading that
column.
The Woodman Circle Lemon
Brove No. IS, on Saturday last,
invested $4,000 in War Savings
Stamps. This organization is the
woman s branch of the Woodmen
of the World, and the act of the
members in investing in War Saw
ings Stamps proves not only their
good business sense, but also gives
additional evidence of the fact
that our women are the most pa
triotic people on earth.
A few people in this "neck o.
woods continue to use their auto
mobiles on Sunday for pleasure.
First thing they know, the Fuel
Administrator will be after them
with "sharp stick, tits no fun
fooling with" them guy 'ment fell
lows" They sometimes get pref
ty rough and make a fellow think
the war is right here Gin our
midst"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-09-12

Mrs. J. E. Skipper and little
son spent Saturday and Sunday
visiting relatives and friends in
Zolfo.
Mrs. NJ. T. Swift and two chill
dren, after enjoying a fortnight s
visit here to relatives, started,
Friday evening, on their return
to their home in Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl L. Smith, of
Nocatee, spent the latter part of
last week here visiting Mrs.
Smith IS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
| l.. Dotson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Steele left
last Thursday evening for Nor
folk, Va, where the former will
engage in work for the govern
ment.
Capt. Frank S. Terry of Column
bia, S. c., one of the largest fish
dealers in the South, was here
Monday, interviewing our whole
salers. He said that the season
now beginning would be the big
gest and most prosperous in the
history of the industry.
DR.. R. A. Sublette, an eminent
minister from Oklahoma who has
been living and preaching at
Moore Haven, has accepted a call
to the pastorate of the Punta Cor
da Baptist church and will preach
here on the second and fourth
Sundays in each month. The first
and third Sundays will be given
to Moore Haven. DR.. Sublette
has very high testimonials from
his former church members and
friends in Oklahoma.
Owing to the serious illness of
Mrs. j. Jack, her daughter, Mrs.
M. A. Hanson, came over from the
East Coast last week to help take
care Of her. Mrs. Hanson had
just laid in a stock of fall and
winter millinery, which she
brought here for the purpose of
selling it out and getting out of
business. To this end, she is adj
vertising it in this paper. After
it has been disposed of, she will, if
her mothers condition permits, go
to Nashville, Tenn, to join her
daughter, Mrs. R. w. Rogers, who
is living there.
Lieut.. James Sandlin, of the U.
IS. aviation service, Wilbur
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, ar
rived here Sunday night, on a
brief leave of absence to visit his
mother and other relatives, as well
as his many friends. Of course,
every body is giving him the
"glad hand" for everybody here
lis proud of our Punta Gorda sol
diers, and Jamie" as we all call
him, is especially popular. 1t is
likely that he will soon be raining
bombs from the skies on those
miserable world-outlaws, whom
the British, French and Ameri-
cans are driving out of France.