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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
d. s. AND BRITAIN
IN SHIP CONTEST
Schwab Accepts Challenge
Of England for Vessel
Building Race
AID TO WINNING WAR
New Fabricating Plants
Planned Hog Island to
Make World Notice

An international contest for ship
building supremacy will he staged be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States in the coming year.
Charles NJ. Schwab. director general
Of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, has
accepted the challenge of England for
the contest. which was in the form of
authorization of the construction Of one
hundred ship ways. He told members
Of the Pull Together Club of Hog Is
land Engineers at the Adelphia Hotel
Of the race.
Erection of two fabricating plants
costing s6,0o0.000. one of them at Potts
vile; the use of two Buffalo plants for
exclusive manufacture of turbines for
ships. a 50.00O-ton increase in steel de-
1ivery-these are some of the plans of
Mr.. Schwah to meet the friendly chal-
lenges of the United States greatest
ally for a shipbuiding contest.
The eyes of the entire world-Kaiser
Wilhelm included-will look with in
terest upon the friendly competition, for
upon it. in great measure. rests the re-
suit of the war.
win Make world Notice
Hog Island will make the whole
world sit up and take notice" in the
building competition, Mr. Schwab be-
lieves. He. says there isn't a thing
that is gettable that Hog Island will be
denied" in its effort to outdistance the
shipyards of Great Britain in placing
ships upon the sea.
Touching on the extension of subma.
rine warfare to American coastal waters
Mr.. Schwab fiayed the German Govern
ment in his characteristic way.
mo nation can send submarines here
to destroy our shipping, to kill our men
and, what is infinitely more horrible, tc
slay our women and children. and ex.
pect us to sit idly by and do nothing.
I'VE shall fight this terrible war. nc
matter how long or how terrible. to the
last ounce or our treasure and the last
drop of our blood This nation has
never lost war, and, by thunder. it is
not going to lose this one.
"Up where l live the good old Penn
sylvania, Dutchmen say the Kaiser is
going to get the worst licking a mar
ever got already yet and that is the
spirit in which we face submarine raids
on our coasts or the slaughter of oui
men and the Staying of our women"
Changed conditions are bound to come
after the war. according to Mr. Schwab
Riches and birth will count for nothing
but accomplishment for everything.
THE aristocracy of the world in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
HOG ISLAND TROLLEY
HITS PILED PLANKS
Man Arrested on Charge of
Obstructing Tracks Leading
to Shipyards

Five heavy planks were piled across
trolley tracks leading to Hog Island
today in what the police say was a de-
liberate effort to cause a serious wreck.
Although a car loaded with ship work
ers bound for Philadelphia crashed into
the obstruction, II was only slightly
damaged. None of the wcrkmen were
injured.
Police arrested Michael MCHugh, for
ty-five years old. 23O North Ninth street,
who was seen running away from the
scene of .the near accident Although
he denied his guilt before Magistrate
Harris. in the Thirty-second street and
Woodland avenue police station. several
witnesses identified him as the man who
placed the obstruction on the tracks.
He was held in $500 bail for a further
hearing.
According to testimony, McHugh went
to several houses near Ninety-second
street and Eastwick avenue, where the
obstruction was piled on the track, and
asked to be directed to Philadelphia. A
few minutes later his informant heard
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U. S. HOMES FOR SHIPMEN
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Contracts for 600 at Chester

Chester. Pa. June 7. The Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation has awarded
contract for the building of 500 houses
In Chester to Price & Johnson, of this
city. according to a telegram received
by the firm this evening from Washing
ton The buildings and the land in
volve s2.000,0 900. The houses will be oc-
cupied by workers at the Sun Shipbuild-
Ing plant.
The houses will be on both sides of
Morton avenue. between tho Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad tracks, near the
Delaware River, and the Simpson es-
tate. The houses will be of brick, two
stories and six rooms. with model city
effect
J. p. Eyre Price. Chester. and w P.
Johnson, Philadelphia, are officials of
the corporation receiving the contract.
Mr.. PSice Is son of General w. G.
adjoining the Government site.
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Compressing Corn Shocks

Time and labor is saved in COM
pressing corn shocks by the use of a
new tool, described in the Popular
Magazine, that consists of "a rod and a
crank handle. The rcd is thrust into
the shock. after which a rope with a
hook at either end Is passed about the
bundle of stalks and hooked to the
tool BY turning the latter the rope is
wound tight about the stalks so that
they can be tied easily.
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SCHWAB MOVING NEARLY DONE
Last of Motortrucks on Way
With Equipment

Transfer of the offices of the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation from Washing
ton to this city will be completed today
The last caravan of motortrucks con-
tanning office equipment left Washing
ton last night and will arrive here this
afternoon. bringing to a close the biggest
movement of its kind in the history of
the country.
All office employees of the fleet corpora
ton are now in this city. The last group
of 800 arrived yesterday afternoon.
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26 RIVETS IN ONE MINUTE
Belfast Worker Speeds 12.209 in Nine
Hours: Duluth Grew Slots 1892

Belfast. June John Omir. who last
week beat the hour record for the United
Kingdom, yesterday drove l2.209 seven
eighth-inch rivets ip nine hours into
a standard ship at the yards of Work
man & Clark Omir drove in more
than 1000 rivets every hour and on
two occasion passed the 14OO mark
In his best minute he drove twenty-six
rivsts.
Duluth, Mimi, June "A crew at the
Superior Shipbuilding Company drove
5392 seven-eighth-inch rivets in a day
and another crew drove 5179 fiye-eighth-
inch rivets during the week ending June
4, IL was announced today by the
resident auditor of the United States
shipping board of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation.
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the sounds of planks being pulled across
the street.
on investigating, he said, he saw Nc
Hugh pull a plank toward the track
and that five planks were already in
place. He shouted at him. and he ran.
At that moment. before a warning could
be given, the trolley car came along ana
smashed into the planks.
workmen rushed after the fleeing fig-
ure and caught up with him at Ninety
fourth street He appeared to be under
the influence of liquor and at the hear
ing entered that plea as his defense.
Magistrate Harris took the stand that
an intoxicated man could not outrun
group of men for two squares, and there
fore held him.
The planks were two inches thick and
about sixteen feet long.
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U-boats, though his experience with
doves argued a knowledge of peace
offensive.
The fact that the chief deck engineer
of the Carolina has been on two tor
Outright, justifies attention being drawn
to the fact that the man responsible
for the naming of the oil ship, the first
American vessel to be torpedoed in for
eign waters. was particularly fortunate
in its selection. The name indicated
and its grace and speed. gull-f1ight.
The Gloucester shipyard workers who
gave three hatfuls of money to a sol,
dier whose talk pleased them. proved
their willingness to back their opinions
with cash.
Admiral Bowles refused to hear any
woodchopper tapping the purple peech
tree.
A new high mark in ship production
was registered throuhgout the country
during MAY That's a kind of record
worth making
The mariners of motorboats upon the
citing seen are tickled that the fuel BOARD
allows them gasoline. They plutter'
nlutter. fast and slow and make maneu-
yer clever. Confusing yachts have got 10
90 hut "gaS" goes on forever, tNeI'
"gas" goes on forever
In anti-loafing days to come the
Weary Willie may work his passage on
the light fantastic tow-path OF the IN
land canals.
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| CLERKS--YounE women for clerical work,
clean surroundings and excellent opportu-
nities for advancement for those showing
ability: state age. experience and salary ex.
| nected. $40 LEDGE Office
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CLERKS-Young woman for clerical work
in manufacturing concern: excellent opror
tunity for those showing ability; state age
experience, IL any. and salary expected p
913, Ledger Office
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TEACHING - Those desiring for patriotic
reasons to continue teaching are offered
employment during vacation at same salary.
C los Ledger Office
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CHAMBERwoRK and wating--s2O ner
month and board University Hospital.
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LOST AND FOUND

WALLET-Lost large wallet containing
considerable sum money: going from 9th
and Spring Garden to 4th and Callowhill
via York ave. and Buttonwood st. Liberal
rewar rd IL returned to Edison Bros, 263 S. I'd
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COMB HANDS. $14 twisters yi2 40; spin-
ners s1ls So: doffers slo26. Apply
Abecco Mill. Inc. Emerald and Adams sts..
4th floor.
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE

BOOK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. girls for hand
folding, wire stitching and gathering N
+. cor. Arch and 10th
MISREPRESENTATION in office OF man.
ufacturinE concern; permanent position for
capable young lady. state age. experience
and salary desired. ] 642. Ledger Central
BOOkEEEPER and stenograpner wanted by
auto concern. must be experienced: state
age salary desired and previous business
connection. NJ 1346. Ledger Central
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07

CLENKS-SeVernI good OPPORTUNITIES Tor
young women between 1S and rs In differ
ent departments of 1arge nnancial insti-
tuition: those with adding machine experience
preferred; state age. experience and salary
exnected p S33. Ledger Office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07

BookKEEPER. DOUBLE ENTRY. IN Ac-
COUNTING DEPARTMENT. PUBLIC
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07

sTENoGRAPHER--One with some krowl.
edge OF bookkeeping. Apply III w. LIE.
biph ,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07

CLERK. experienced in general office work
and on adding machines must be accurate:
state where employed and how long: salary
S1o = sal, Ledger Oface
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Tn anti-loafing days to come, the
weary Willie may work his passage on
the light fantastic tow-path of the IN
land canals.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE .

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CLERK-Young lady In office of large man.
ufacturing corporation: must be neat. ac-
curate and write a good hand: one having
experience preferred; state salary expected,
p 500 Ledger Office
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07

STENOGRAPHERS In home office. fire in
surance company; permanent position: good
opportunity: state age. experience and sal
airy expected p pos. Ledger Office.
STENOGRAPHER. high school graduate, to
take dictaiion and do clerical work. APP
My 800 Arch st.
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A new high mark in ship production
was registered throuhgout the country
during MAY That's a klnd OIL recolo
worth making.
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CLERK young lady. for general office work
with knowledge of typewTitins: state age.
Edwin Harrington Son Co., nth and Cal
lowhiu
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Admiral Bowles refused to hear any
woodchopper tapping the purple beech
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OF hnRicrATrNG MACHffN,E lpREEERREp:
M&TfNe sSE 81 THE 1NtrlHT!yE HNp HsILfY
THIS Is PI,3I!sS!TInN ,39FPFERS 4 sPLEEMD,IILD ,IL
SEE MIR. WEsCOTT. ADVERTISING DE
PARTMENT. PUBLIC LEDGER. 9TH AND
CHESTNUT SITS
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SILK PICKERS AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
did wages for particular workers: paid
while learning Apply Grswold worsted
Company Darby. Pa.
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Err for manufacturing business.
,ity: state experience and salary
| 1442. Ledger Central.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-19
Money Extorted From,
Belgians After Truce

hOSSELS, Nov. i'm To-
- monnier, the acting bureo-
master of Brussels, has written
'he delegates of the German gov
ernment giving details of twelve
instances where German soldiers
eNVorted sums of money from the
inhabitants of Brussels Novcmber
u and 13. (The armistice signed
on November IL expressly pro-
hibitcd such action)
The sums taken varied from
ooo francs (S1OO) to 10000
marks (S27, ,5OO), which were taken
from a bank. In some cases the
pretencc was made that the SOL
dlers were acting for the German
authorities; in others, that shots
had been fred from houses bv
civilians.
"These calumnious imputations."
adds the letter, "recall the pre-
texts which preceded the destruc
ton of Louvain."'
New-York tribune., 1918-11-19
BRAND Likely to
Head Four French
Peace Delegates
Clemenceau Expected To
Be Too Busy to Attend
Conference
Special Gable iron,
The Tribune Bureau

Copyright. 1918 New York Tribune Inc)
PARIS, Nov. 18.-The delegates who
will represent the various Allied coun-
tries at the peace conference have not
yet been definitely settled on. 1t is
generally believed that Colonel House
will head the American delegation, but
tho decision is still awaited as to the
other nations.
The French plenipotentiaries Will
probably number four 1t is expected
one of these will be BRAND, the author
of the Salonica project, which did SO
much to make victory possible, and
who, perhaps, next to Clemenceau, is
the most able living French statesman.
1t is regarded as unlikely that Glenn
enceau himself will be among the
French representatives from the fact
that his duties as head of the govern
urally absorb the whole of even his
abundant energy.
The other three names are Jonnart.
whose able handling of the Allied in
terests with plenipotentiary power
at Athens in the difficult circumstances
connected with the abdication of Con-
stantine will be remembered; Leon
Bourgeois, former French Premier and
Foreign Minister and leader of that
section of French opinion which ad-
vocates the formation of society of
nations, and Klobukowski, former
French minister at Brussels and lat
terly director of propaganda for the
French Foreign Office
New-York tribune., 1918-11-19
Belgian Rulers Are
ShotUered With Posies
On Entry to Ghent

GHENT, Nov. 1S (By The Associ-
ated Press).-When King Albert
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold
of Belgium made their official entrance
into Ghent Wednesday huge crowds,
delirous with enthusiasm, lined the
streets. The royal marty moved
through cheering throngs amid show
ers of roses and chrysanthemums, en-
tering through the Brnges gate at II
o'clock
The King wore the uniform of a
Belgian general, without decorations
He rode a tall bay horse. Prince Leo
pold, in the uniform of a private SOL
der of 4 second line regiment. rode a
white prancing Arabian. Both the King
and the Prince wore steel helmets. The
Queen looked slender and girlish as
she sat her huge brown horse with
elegant ease. She wore simplv cham
pagne-colored habit.
The troops which entered the city
formed the first division of the Bel
gian army. In peace times these men
were quartered at Ghent. They were
given a great reception by the citizens,
their battered helmets and tattered
uniforms bearing evidence of the re-
cent fighting. The flag borne by the
troops was inscribed with the name
Of "Clarckem,' the place where this
division smashed the German lines
September 90 and entered Houlthoust &
Forest
New-York tribune., 1918-11-19

named to turn over the official admin
lstration. With grave dignity the Ger
mans marched out of the town to meet
me advancing column, while .he in
habltants looked on in silence After
turning over their powers. the Ger
mans withdrew and watched from a
distance the scene OF delirious JOY that
moved all other spectators to tears
AS Zouave band marched down the
main street, playing the "Marseillaise. :"
the lnhabltants pressed forward. sing
ing the French national anthem. They
seemed to have taken it up just where
they left off forty-seven years ago.
A mounted patrol of Moroccans.
first sensation of the day, as their uni
forms had never before been seen in
Chateau Salins. The Khaki uniforms
of the Zouaves and the Foreign Legion
also caused some amazement. as the
population knew only the old French
uniform of blue and red
After making his entry General
Dogan reviewed the division in the
public square. AS they filed through
the town The famous Zouaves and
Leglonnaircs passed within few yards
OF group of German railway officials
who were awaiting transportation to
Nancy to hand over the admins stration
of the railway lines in Alsace Lorraine
to the French authorities.
The Foreign Legion was drawn up
in the square before General Dogan,
who saluted and kissed the flag held
by the colonel. He had scarcely let
fall the folds OF the tricolor when the
inhabitants rushed in and pressed the
red, white and blue silk to their lips,
turning away with tears moistening
their cheeks.
The eyes of all again were wet when,
just as the ceremony was drawing to a
close, half dozen British prisoners of
war, turned adrift in Germany a few
days before, hobbled into the town on
their way toward France They we're
road stained, footsore, hungry and
emacated.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-19
Briey Bedecked With Flags,
Greets Advancing Americans

east Of Verdun, at o'clock Satur-
day night. The outpost on this road.
1eadlng to Etaln, was commanded by
Lieutenant A. G. Dick, of Hartsville,
). G., of the Sd Infantry, Sixth Divi-
sion. Major j. Ewell, of Lexington, Va.
commanded the vanguard. Maj or Ewell
arrived just ahead Of his troops and
showed Lieutenant Dick the orders to
advance the following morning. On
the majors asking where the division
could camp for the night, Lieutenant
Dick replied that the men could make
themselves comfortable on several
acres of flats just on the American side
OF No Mans Land. Tents were pitched
and in few hours the men were
asleep.
At $3.50 o'clock Major Ewell place d
himself at the head of the vanguard
and the column moved ahead right on
the dot. No flags were flying, no
bugles We're sounded and no bands
were playing. The infantrymen tapped
thelr arms to keep warm. Here and
mere was heard the voice of an officer
giving command. Then came the
tramp of the soldiers and the chug-
glng OF the automobiles forming part
OF the advancing column.
Scene Spectacular
The quarter of a million men of
, Major General Dickman's American
Army of Occupation, which is the Off
clal designation of the force, snuggle d
INTO their blankets during the coolest
night Of the season. The roads were
frozen and a heavily clouded sky added
to the dreariness of the field of opera-
tions, but despite the weather condi-
tlons the men were cheerful and the
scene presented from the heights over
looking the area was one of the most
spectacular of the war.
Miles and miles of campfires be-
trayed the presence Of the army on the
hlllsides and in the valleys. The less
ened need of caution caused the men
to abandon the custom of sbieldinp
their fires, and instead of the minia-
ture affairs previously allowed there
appeared thousands of fires. some of
"nlch approached the proportions OF
celebrative bonfires.
The march into Belgium was madn
from Ecouviez, just on the French side
of the border. Advance patrols of the
army had camped there, with Major
General Lejeune's Second Division at
Montmedy. The men crossed the
frontier line just after dawn.
First Village Occupied
j., Lamorteau, just over the line, was
the first village occupied. It is a tinv
place with few inhabitants, but these
few welcomed the Americans with the
same fervor with which their country
men greeted their own soldiers a few
days ago. From Lamorteau the line
moved up the road to Virton, where
many civilians remained
Further to the south the line swung
through Brley. the centre Of the famous
iron mining district.
The entire advance was accomplished
without any untoward incident, the
faith, in accordance with the terms of
the armistice.
Additional repatriated foreigners and
released prisoners continued to be en-
countered, trudging along the roads to
meet the Americans, while hundreds
Of German soldiers were added to the
lists of those who will be interned or
made prisoners of war A few of the
latter class had been cut off from
their organizations and found it i'm
New-York tribune., 1918-11-19

possible to rejoin them, but the great
majority seemed to prefer capture to
returning home under the present con-
uitons.
Americans Released
Among the prisoners who reentered
the lines between noon Saturday and
noon Sunday were 2O4 Americans from
sixteen different American organiza-
tions.
Among those who have been repatri-
ated are tifty-one women, most of them
Of French nationality. They were ac-
companied by forty-siX children.
The accounts Of conditions in Ger
many brought in by both returned
civilians and prisoners of war afford
further indications of the enormous
pressure that had been brought upon
the Prussians to effect peace. 1t was
said to be common. talk among the
Saxons, Wurtembergers and Bavarians
that unless the government brought
about peace by Christmas they would
see to it themselves.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-19
French Women Make
u. S. Flags to Greet
American, Vanguard

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES OF
OCCUPATION, Nov. 18 (By The Asso-
ciated Press) 6 q. m.).-A thousand
civilians greeted the vanguard of the
Second American Division, which
reached Montmedy shortly before .
o'clock Sunday morning. The civilians
knew the Americans were coming, but
were surprised at the early hour of
their arrival. The Americans, likewise
were surprised to find so many civil
ians awaiting them.
Montmedy is little SCARED as re,
suit of the war, except for the railroad
yards, where the bombs OF American
aviators some time ago displaced tons
of earth and tore up the railroad
When the Americans arrived in Mont
medy the civilians were still at work
putting up flags along the principal
streets Soon after the excitement OF
the welcome was over the Americans
were surprised to see shopkeepers open
their stores
French flags, which had not been un-
furled for four years in Montmedy
predominated the scheme Of decoration,
but here and there American flags ap-
peared The Americans we're at loss
to understand where they came from.
until civilian explained that they had
been made by the French women OF
the town in anticiltation Of the arrival
of the Americans.
Detachments of the division spent
part of the day in Montmedy. During
the afternoon the marine band gave a
concert in the city square, which had
been renamed by the Germans "Ber-
liner Platz." The civilians crowded
around and embraced the bandsmen
when they finished the concert with a
rendition of "The Marseillaise."