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Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
ENTIRE BATTALION OF
US. VOLUNTEERED TO
join RA|DlNG PARTY
TWENTY-SIX PICKED MEN IN FRANCO-AMER-
loan SALLY INTO TRENCHES OF GER
MANS-ENEAIY DEFENDERS TAKEIT
IN HAND-TO-HAND BATTLE.

With the American Army in France Monday, Feb. 25By
e Associated Press "Details of the Franco American raid in
he Chemn des Danes Saturday show that &c picked Ame
soldiers participated after every member of the battalion
had volunteered.
The Americans moved forward eagerly to the attack be-
hind barrage fire. the first time this has been done by
troops Some Americans made captures and others chased
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01

Secretary of State Lansing and
former Secretary of State W. J. Bryan
will be called to testify for the de-
Tense of 81 persons charged with con-
spiracy to foment a revolution in
India.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01

The kTar Department received an
additional list of sixteen identified
dead from the Tuscania.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
COMP AIMS ENEMY IS
IN WAR TO CONQUER

HUN HORDES PRESS ON IN RUSSIA
-''DEFENSE OF FATHERLAND'' KAISER'S
AIM IN SEEING TERRITORY AND EXECU-
TING UNRESISTING SLAV SOLDIERS
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01

Differences between the House and
Senate on the Webb bill, to permit
American exporters to combine on
foreign trade, were Strengthened out,
and the bill will go to President Will
son for approval.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01

W. A Baker of the International
Bible Students Association of Brook
Ign, was not permitted to speak at
Grants Pass, Ore. because he was
not a member of the Red Cross, did
not own thrift stamps or Liberty
bonds, and was not backing the gov
ernment's war program.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04

At number OF blast furnaces there
has been more danger OF the furnaces
being forced to bank through depletion
OF their working forces by the epidemic
Of influenza than by shortage 81 coke.
While the output of coke has been very
considerably restricted there Is little
indication thus far OF there being def
mite shortages OF coke at blast furnaces.
where the effect of the epidemic has been
varied. being prevalent at some. while
others have scarcely known Il existed.
Viewed from the market standpoint the
coke situation seems TO be little easier.
There are still no market offerings Of
furnace coke. but there IL a slight In
crease in the offerings OF foundry coke,
The offerings are still limited in pro-
portion to the demand, which readily
absorbs all foundry coke offered ana
at the full Government limit as 70
price. Offerings OF coke screenings from
old dumps are not heavy and are read
lily absorbed for use as domestic fuel,
despite the fact that the situation as
to both bituminous and anthracite coal
for domestic use Is relatively easy. TIE
coke market as a whole Is quotable az
the Government limit: Furnace, Sc. 90
foundry. seventy-two hour selected,
$500; crushed. over q inch. $3.50;
clean screenings, over h-inch. $3.50
Last week the Connellsville region pro-
duced 3o2,s0o tons OF coke and 234.5oo
tons Of coal. Reduced TO a coal basis
the aggregate tonnage was 6ss.l0o tonr.
or 10000 tons less than the preceding
week and $4,000 tons less than the re,,-
ord production in the week ending Oc-
tober IL.
The local pig iron market Is without
important incident, there being prac.
tically no open market trading and ve-s.
little is being done by way of alloca-
lions. There are some demands for allo-
cations. but the output OF furnaces f.
already so we'll taken up on essentla!
work that new ALLEGATIONS are very dl,
tcult to secure The market remains
auotable at the set limits: Besserner,
s35 90: basic. sa3: No. Q foundry s34
malleable. s3450: gray forge. SsS. These
prices are T. o. B. furnace freight 4,
Pittsburg from the valley being 81 40
and from half a dozen detached furnaces
somewhat less.
There is wide variation in the de-
gree OF coal scarcity In different dig
rlcts. The Pittsburg district is by fa-
the hardest pushed because the demands
upon II are particularly heavy for lake
shipments. for gas purposes at steel
works and for by-product cokinz. l.
some Ohio districts there Is such a full
supply OF coal that frequently It has
been offered at less than the Govern.
ment llmits.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04
FINANCIAL NOTES.

Du Pont Powder Company has declared
n special dividend OF per cent for the
Vember !.
Federal reserve system has admitted
the following State banks and trust com
panies; Columbia Bank. New York; Bank
Of Hieksyille. Hieksyille. N. Y. citizens
Roesest.r. \, y; Farmers N ana Merchants bsnx;
Bank. Boonton. y. j.; the Federal Trust
Company: Newark; Williamstown State
Bank, Williamstown Mich. capital $50,
900. and American state Bank, Lincoln,
Neb.. 800, 900.
Harris Forbes 4 Co. have prepared q
table giving a comparison Of the Income
from tax free aud taxable securities under
the proposed Income tax law.
]. r. Morgan 4 Co. have offered and
sold the usual weekly amount OF British
Treasury ninety day bills on "a q per cent
discount basis, They are deiivera bic
Tuesday and mature about February l.
n PhiIadel phia Electric Company has re.
ceivedJa loan OF $4,000 900 from The United
States Government for the purpose OF con,
sstructing new power plant IN Phia-
delphlZ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04
Increasing of Margins.

II was IN furtherance OF this plan that
the new system which goes into effect
to-day OF increasing margin require
ments on loans secured by Stock Ex-
change collateral was adopted. The
bankers were apparently forced into ac-
cepting this proposal as the best way
out of a situation which was over
Swallowed by the Government require
ments and the need OF safeguarding
the money market during the period
when the heavy Liberty Loan install
ments were being adjusted. The bank
ers have had a hard time OF It in alter
ing the borrowing customs OF this mar
ket at a time OF real stringency when
the adoption OF an increased margin
basis was sure to cause irritation. The
rather heavy liquidation of speculative
accounts was a natural sequence to the
committees action, for the effort to re-
duce the volume OF the speculative
loans to the level OF September 16 meant
the forced selling OF many Thousand
shares of highly speculative securities
which figured SO prominently In last
weeks decline.
Nc one can tell whether this ilquida-
ton has run its course. But the one
thing certain Ia that the bankers will
see to It that the supply Of funds avail
able for purposes OF speculation will not
be greatly increased until the urgent
Government requirements have been
fully provided for. In the absence OF
the official figures showing the exact
increase In the volume OF Wall Street
loans since the money pool committee
In the first week Of September asked
the Stock Exchange authorities for
daily reports covering brokers' loans,
the estimated expansion Of from s4o0,,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04
sheet Mills at Half Speed.

Sheet mill operations continue at an
average of about so per cent. OF capacity,
some mills running above this proportion
and some below. Few OF the plants have
been seriously touched by the epidemic
OF influenza. Government orders for
sheets have been relatively light since
tho last batch OF orders about three
weeks ago. which broke the record for
several months. Limitation OF sheet OUT
put is due largely to a shortage of sheet
bars. All the mills have prioritles suf-
flcient TO keep them from going at better
rates than they are able to compass.
Few mills can take care OF all their
priority orders. while some can scarcel:.
get beyond "A and A priorities. leaving
large untitled tonnages In the class.
The curtaiments that have been ar
ranged with manufacturing consumers
DO not directly affect sheet distribution,
because the supplies OF sheets fall shor.
OF allowing the restricted industries to
operate at the proportions permitted,
There is no definite light on the question
as to whether sheet priorities will bs
given to any OF the restricted customers
to enable them TO work up to their per-
mitted limits. There Is no definite pros
pect that this will be done.
A supplement Just of the press NUM-
bered OF Circular No. shows n great
many changes in pr'orities, among which
is one under the heading Industry Pri-
GRITTY Certificates" in which an entirely
new form of priority certificate Is pro-
vided which is given to an individual
manufacture allowing him certain
quantity of material. computed according;
20 the general ARRANGEMENT made with
the industry as to linitat ton. This al
lowed quantity includes the stock of ma
terial on hand. A priority rating 10
given IN accordance with conditions an
plying to the particular industry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04

Sales. High. Low. Last Chgs.
iso STAND 81 Load; a. so * =.
900 Success Mini icts 10 iois y
100 Tono Beimom.... ?ss c7-1s ?S =.
1000 Tono Cashboy...t 65 ~ Al II
isoo Tono Exten...... IL 1916 1 7-l6 -l-le
1900 Tono Jim But. ~ IS II Il
800 Tono Yinins.; -; "a 90 81 Il
5000 Tono Res Eula..T So 81 ..
80 q T TT9ss saD' q, IL 81 Il 81
SO Tularosa ......... u - l. .
llIoo United Eastern. ~ Is-i6 A7-iS + 4
s iSS W We.t END xsT csns s', g q, 10,
1900 White Caps.....t l2h II 1915 = II
80 White Knob pr. IL N. IL ..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04
STEEL MEN LOOK
~ .TOPEACE WORK
Cut in Shipbuilding Plans In
dicates Early Shift to Com
mercial Orders.
SHORTAGE IN SHEET BARS
Blast Furnaces Checked by
Epidemic-Ohio Coal for
New York.
IN SHEET BARS

PrrTsBuRo. Nov. Snow that peace
seems to be a distinct possibility Of the
near future It seems proper to again
pay attention TO iron and steel mar
ket reports. although there is an abb
sence OF the old time activity that was
I chara cteristic feature OF the industry
before the fixing of prices. There has
been an open market for long time,
hut II looks very much like a change
n operations that will again attract
attention TO market conditions The view
Of many iron and steel men is that tho
War Industries Board established Class
D steel to open the way for the placing
of business that would be filled after
the war or whenever the situation be-
'ame such that full supply OF steel
for essential war purposes should be,
provided. With peace In sight there
Is a new basis for the placing OF orders
FOR Class D steel. but the market IN
such business is extremely quiet as 70
III finished steel products. There arc
millions OF tons of business on the books
Of steel producers that must be listed
IS Glass d steel under the present reg
"lations. and the first important ship
ments may or may not be made asains.
This business.
The United States Shipping Board IL
-emodelling It's shipping programme.
paying particular attention to the yards
that build ships most rapidly. The ef-
ficient yards are those that consume the
most steel, the inefficient ones those that
promise to consume the least steel bu.
involve the highest capital investment Ia
proportion to annual tonnage produced.
In the matter OF efficiency there IL rec
ord of seven steel ships having been
launched In periods ranging from six
teen to forty-six days by the calendar.
this including two $4,000 ton ships
launched In thirty-one and forty-six days
respectively. To be conservative, ons
may take rorty-hve days as a standard
and 1900 tons lightweight as average
capacity. If one counted out OF the reck-
oning the sixty-three uncompleted ways
for steel ships and 210 OF the completed
ways. leaving only zoo. the latter at the
assumed rate would launch 100000
tons lightweight a month. which Is more
than three times the average rate a.
which steel hulls have been launched IN
the past four months.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04

1918
Transactions for week 4,444.343
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04
German Bank Statement.

3 BERLIN. Wednesday, Oct. 30 (via Lon
4 don) The statement OF the Imperial
German Bank for the week ended Octo-
Der 20 shows the following changes:
INCREASES
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04

Sales. V,rb
' sS"Sc s snssian Gov we 6 g @ g
200 West!nGhs FL S. esS, SS sE -
odd lot tsells oents a share
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04

In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04
saIes of New EnrIana s,o.,

specia' Lespdich 10 THB SuS.
BOSTON, Nov. 2.-Sales OF Nav t7on
land manufacturing and other securities
for the week included:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
SUGGESTS MAYOR
BE NONPARTISAN
James NJ. Dohan Cites
Clarke Act as Charter
Model
| CENTRALIZED POW f X
Names of Democrats Offered
to City Solicitor as Advis-
ers on Revision
CENTRALIZED POW E X

suggestion that the city charter he
revised TO provide for the election OF
r1avore or y non-par'isar ticket IA en-
BODIED in a letter to City Solicitor Con-
Nelly from James NJ. Dohan. counsel
for the Democratic City Committee.
Mr. Dohan cites the Clarke act under
which tho sccond-clsss cities Of Pitts
hurgh and Scranton now elect rnavora
IN a non-partisan ticket az an example
of how the proposal operates.
THE city is now and has been for
rears. n Republican stronghold" he
writes the City Solicitor.
Its present scheme of municipal gov
ernment Is based upon sound Republl-
"an policy, the policy OF Capitalization,
vet many prominent Republicans object
TO the main features Of our charter be-
cause of that very fact The strong
N"yor becomes Czar, the weak one is
tolerated because ats worst his term
'asts but four years. and the strong
md weak alike are not permitted self
succession. The practical result has been
that with one notable exception, nc
Mayor of Philadelphia has ever after
ward held public office within the gift
IF the people.
The remedy, to my mind. Is obvious
Elect a Mayor on a non-partlsan ticket
toIlOwlng non partisan primary. the
Clarke act. for the government of othel
cities in our great Commonwealth, has
proved successful in operation. 1t was
aigned by the Governor on June 81
! 913. and Ia found in the pamphlet laws
for that year at page 56s."
Mr.. Dohan also calls attention to the
fact that revision Of the charter must
no submitted to the electorate and tha
| thousands of city voters now in tht
army would be barred from the righ
Of franchise because an act of Angus
-, 1864, prohibits soldiers in the servict
! from voting for Councilmanic or war
| or division officers in the city of Phila
delphia.
A rcarrangement of ward boundaries
| or ward representation on the basis q
| population and a shortened term fol-
| 'hc mayor with the provision that h.
| an he reelected Mt least once, are srg
gestons which he offers for the consider
| 'tion of Mr.. Connolly and his charte
revision committee
| In conclusion he asks that "Democrat
Of the stamp of b. Gordon Bromley
Theodore F. Jenkins, James Gay Cor
don, Henry Budd. Michael J. Ryan
| Charles p. Donnelly. Edgar w. I.anlS
Joseph p. McCullen, Emanuel Furth, J
Washington Logue, George w. Norris
Walter George Smith and Eugene c
Bonnlwell he invited to take part in you
| conference"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03

There are "aces'', in shipyards as well as
in the air fleets. The title Ia carried around
by Erectors Wood and Holm OF the Chester
yard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03

they knew nothing. They said 1t was
my duty 20 dctect the criminals and
t ovidrnC- against them.
Now. cannot be expected to frame
indictments from nothing. have not
detected the slightest trace of any
attempted destruction. II, however
Comradc Molkenbuhr, who first made
the charges that material was being
destroyed, or any other person, will
give me informant ton that any attempt
was made on the archives of the
Naval Office or the War Office l will
ruthlessly prosecute the criminals"
Berlin, Nov. 80 ldelayed).--When in
Berlin recently, Kurt Eisner, the
Bavarian p ime Minister. spoke de-
hydrocephalus In return, BerlinerI
now call him a "piratical muddle'
head"
Eisner himself seems to feel that,
for while they were calling him a
piratical muddle-head in the Berlin
Soldiers Council, he. himself, made a
speech to the Soldiers Workmens and
Peasants Council in Munich, which he
meant in explanation of his Berlin
performances. He said:
I'm Berlin | noticed that the counter
revolutionary elements behaved MS /.
nothing had happened. Thereupon,
took from my portfolio document
which ! thought was bound to rend
the last veil from the conspiracy le' d.
ing to the world war. With this docu-
ment | hoped for a blow at the
counter-revolutionary Government.
AT a meeting of the State ministers
of the people l followed up this pur'
nose, I was sitting between Erzberger
and Solf, and l told them the truth IN
such plain words that | expected
them to disappear. I told them plainly
that there would be nothing doing be-
tween us henceforth.
Hatred against Berlin is rapidly
growing. not against her population
but against Berlin as the headquarters
for the world war, and we hope most
earnestly that this will not leadN to
the dissolution of the empire, frmly
believing that the single States must
fight their own battles until the whoie
organization is again in working
order"
Eisner. or. as some papers call hifn'
"phe Bavarian TrOtzky," has been doing
bis hest TO encourage anarChiSm ana
create chaos, but so far Ebert ana MS
followers still have the situation in mana
| Doubtless they are backed by an over
whelrning majority of returning sololers
from, the front, as Is clearly proved by
countless telegraphtc addresses from the
! front to the peoples commissioners
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
NORTHCLIFFE'S PAPER
ATTACKS LLOYD GEORGE
Daily Mail Says Premier Cannot Keep Majority Election viii Give
Urges Change Of Policy and "Ne,o Blood'-Publsher
Wants Peace Seat, One Vie,o

Lord Northcliffe in effect says to
Lloyd George:
You have made a bad bargain by the
way you are bound hand and foot for
Ave years to Tory junkers. II you will
rely on me I will get you out Of your
difficulties"
For some time past minor organs OF
the Northcliffe press have been coquet-
ting with labor, and the Mail is running
daily a labor news column. That Is
superficial aspect of a development which
he's thrown the political world into tur-
moil. Guesses as to what Ia going on be-
low the surface are various. One Is that
Northclffe wants to be one Of the Brit
ish delegates to the peace conference
The other need not be detailed.
The coalition has not been easy In Its
mind for a week or two past The coun-
try generally and recent developments
In the campaign have created a strong
impression that the Government decided
upon the election chiefly from politicai
motives.
Lord Northcliffe In the Daily Mail
says that the result has been that Lloyd
| George has lost the support apparently
| of every daily paper that was anxious
| to help him with the single exception
of one morning journal for which
| f1,6OO,OOo was paid by some Of his
personal supporters on the eve Of elec
| tion.
From uncasness. the feeling in coalt
ton circles today developed into panic!t!
| symptoms. not, Of course, owing TO
| fear of not obtaining majority, bu
owing to conviction that It's tenure o
office. once peace Is made, will be eithe
precarious or short. unless Northclif
gets his way and gets It quickly. Ther
might be little ground for such n cor
viction if public sentiment had been. !
favor of the election at this time, or
the coalition party managers had mad
a square deal which would not hay
completely alienated both liberalism ar
| labor,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
SHIPYARD NEWS
CAMOFLEURS HERE
THROW OUT CHESTS
Pennsylvania Shipyard Force
Claims Record for Disgusting
War.Emergency Vessels

The Pennsylvania shipyard camou-
fieurs are getting increased chest
measurements.
They boast of the honor Of having
cainoufiaged the first and last ship
built on the Delaware River for war
emergency purposes,
The first ship on which the paint-shop
artists spilled their gaudy colors was
the John NJ Connolly. q 7ooo-ton tanker
which was launched November 10, 19l7
The last vessel so decorated to deceive
the eye, before the armistice was signed
was the Indianapolis, a 1o,5o0-ton cargo
carrier launched July 4, Of this year.
According to the paint-shop workers.
Of the Pennsylvania yard ut Gloucester
the finishing touches were put on the
indianapolis on November II. the big
day when the glorious news arrived.
The paint shop in the Gloucester yart
Is in charge of Harry Epting, foreman
Virtually all the deceptive lining
placed on the ships was done BY q. V
Ancker, and the fields between wer'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03

The funeral of Frank \. Solly, one OF
the best known firemen in the northeast
section, will he held tomorrow at p. m,
at his home. 1906 Rhawn street,
Holmesburg He had driven Truck -.
Engine Company No. SO, of which h.
was tillerman, to fire on Saturday and
after working at the fire was stricke
with heart disease. He died half an
hour later while he was being taken TO
a hospital.
Mr.. Soly, who was fifty years old.
had been a member of the fire company
at Holmesburg twenty-three years. His
wife survives. He was a member of
Tacony Lodge. No 500, of Masons, the
odd Fellows, and other organizations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918, bp Ncw York Times Co.
London Dec 3.

Special Gable TO Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918, BY Ncw York Times Co.
London, Dec. 3.
Lord Northcllffe's plain talk to Lloyd
George in today's Daily Mail set the
political Thames on fire. That the news
paper dictator was keeping rods in
pickle for the Prime Minister has been
obvious for some time, his various pa
pers having pursued the same policy as
characterized the Northcliffian methods
In the past The Weekly Dispatch and
the Evening News have been outspoken
In condemnation, the Daily Mail has
been critical and the Times has assumed
an attitude of cold aloofness.
The Daily Nails frank declaration to-
day that Lloyd George will get a great
majority at the election, but a majority
which he would be unable to keep In
hand, Is accompanied by an intmation
that at the eleventh hour 1t is still open
to him to remedy matters.
ANY man in tho street. or indeed any
person outside of the singularly ill-in-
, formed coterie of the Prime Minister'S
satellites" says the Mail, should have
seen what was coming to him, and any
one can see what Is going to happen to
him now at the eleventh hour, unless
he makes some definite declaration as
to his policy and as to the men who are
to form his new government"
The Mail Is Convinced that had the
| Premier appealed to the country unde,
| his own name with new blood from the
Unionist, Libertl and Labor parties, sup.
porting the Daily Mail policy, he woult
| have carried all beSore nim."
But he placed himself in the power OF
Bonar Law, shrewd Canadian-Scotch
man. and Sir George Younger, a Scot
tlsh Tory organizer, and. adds the Mail
We submit that when Scotsman ant
Welshman meet to discuss difficult bust
/ ness, the particular result is probable
but when two Scotsmen tackle a Welsh.
man the result Is foregone conclusion. ,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Deaths Of a Day
Nicholas J. Griffin

Nicholas ]. Griffin "A retired whole
sale dealer in alcohol and domestic
spirits, for many years engaged in bust
ness in this city, died Yesterday at his
snashore home l47 Dewey Place. Allan
tic city. He is survived by his wife. who
was Miss Mary Agnes Mccartney; a
daughter. Mrs. John McDermott, and
these sons: Nicholas Gerald, R.v. ~.
ward and David Griffin. The funeral
will be held at his Atlantic city home
followed by requiem mass at st. John ;
Church, Thirteenth street above Chest
nut, on Thursday at Has a. m.