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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
INCREASE IN POTATO
PRICE IS EXPECTED
Loss Of 10000 Bushels Here by
Freezing Probably Will
Cause Boost

4 slight increase in the price of
potatoes is expected today. big losses
in this commodity from freezing being
reported to the food administration.
More than 10000 bushels. valued at
$4,000. were frozen In the yards OF
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
at Second and Master streets. They
are being dumped at convenient points,
where trucks OF the Penn Reduction
Company can carry them away to an
incinerating plant. where their starchy
ingredients will be extracted.
With the exception of eggs, which
SHOW an advance of two cents a dozen,
no change has been made In the price
list fixed by the food administration
conference.
Some grocers are complaining to
County Administrator Jay Cooke against
his establishment of a. spy system on
the retail trade, avertng that 1t cast
suspicion upon the honesty Of the retail
grocer. They. argue that the daily pub
lished fair price lists OF the food ad-
ministra ton and the grocer's marking
his goods to conform with them are suf-
ficient protection to the consumer.
Mr.. Cooke replied that he did not
mean to intimate that the majority of
retailers are crooked In their dealings,
but that he did believe that some are
Sharging unreasonable profits and not
giving the proper grades. He would in
sst that they mark their goods to the
grades and prices assigned by the food
administrations committees.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
WAR LABOR BOARD
NAMED BY SECRETARY
Six Men and Woman Will
Comprise Advisory Council
of Government
WASHINGTON, Jan.


Secretary OF Labor Wilson has an
nounced the personnel OF the labor
war board which will direct the
major elements in the Governments
administration of the labor problems
incident to the war. Six men and q
woman will compose the Labor Secre-
tarf's advisory council.
John Lind. former Governor of Min
nesota and President Wilson's special
envoy and representative to Mexico in
August, 1913. will be chairman and
the representative Of the public. The
other members will be:
Waddill Catchins. OF New York and
Alabama. president Sloss-Sheffield Steel
Company OF Birmingham, Ala; presi-
dent Platt Iron Works. Dayton. O. f;
chairman War Committee OF the Cham.
Der or Commerce of the United States.
A. A. Landon. Of Buffalo. general man.
aRer American Radiator Company: vice
chairman Of the Aircraft Production
Company president Chamber Of Com
merce. Buffalo. n. Y.
American Federation Of Labor for TWEEN
ty.fire years, formerly an Official of the
tailors organizations member Indus
trial Relations Commission, 1912.
John J. Casey. of Wilkes Barre. Pa,
former member Pennsylvania Legisla.
ture. SiXty-third and Sixty-fourth Con-
gress; served on Ways and Means and
Labor Committees.
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Bltuminous operators at a meeting in
the Bellevue-Stratford decided to APP
point committee TO cooperate with
Doctor Garfield In his plans TO overcome
the soft coal famine.
1t was decided to have the committee
choose five men. one of them a traffic
expert, and the others coal operators
to put into effect coming system OF
coal distribution.
These men will be associated with Will
liam Potter. State fuel administrator
and will be stationed at the four most
important mining centers in the central
Pennsylvania coal fields.
Six of the clty's high schools, as we'll
as two elementary schools are now
closed because of lack of coal. and there
seems little prospect that they will open
soon. Because OF the lack of soft coal
the F'rankford. Germantown and two
South Philadelphia high schools have
been closed virtually since the Christmas
holidays.
The Central High School and the vii.
liam Penn High School for Girls have
made sporadic attempts to open, bu,
with little success. 1t was finally an
nounced by william d. Lewis. principal
OF the latter school. that the institution
would stay closed until further notice
to be given through the newspapers.
The ruling that schools are nonessen.
tial consumers Of coal has somewha
affected the situation. although most
or the coal for the schools Is obtained
direct from the operators. Carload lots
arriving in the city. however have beer
raided and their contents stolen, so that
there seems little probability of any
continuous supply arriving TO keep the
high schools open steadily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
'SCRANTON'S EX.MAYOR
MAY SEEK SENATE SEAT
Edmund B. Jermyn Probable Candi-
e rate for Republican
Nomination

SCRANTON. Pa. Jan. 1G.-Edmund
= Jermyn. who retired as Mayor a
Reek ago, is regarded as a probable cam
ndate for the Republican nomination
'for State Senator. Official announce
pent Of his candidacy for the seat now
nsid by Senator William NJ. Lynch Is
'eeked for shortly. Lynch will not seek
ceoond term. He is now superlntend-
~. q the State Hospital for the Crimi-
insane At Farview. the berth pay
- esooo per year. 3tsYt
Am resting up after putting IN four
~ years In City Hall. I may run
Z The Senate. but have not made up
mind rs yet" Jermyn said today.
" ane city's former executive will not be
'out opposition In the senatorial con-
Albert Davis, Of West Scranton.
Tas In the House In 1911 and 1879.
egainst Lynch four years ago and
probably make another effort for
pomination. John Bowen. rock
(ctor, 70 an avowed candidate, and
n talk Of Charles p. O'Mslley 70
- tho place on the Hepubltceu
-. 4. III x. = I1II| &. .1III T.
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Continued from PAGE One
coal; the scarcity Is due to the conges-
tion OF trafic. II flnd coal stacked
up near the mines or at functions
waiting TO be delivered to Philadelphia.
which cannot possibly be delivered into
Philadelphia on account of transporta-
ton difficulties. I order that coal some-
where else. Standing where II Is. Il
does NO one any good. To divert 1t
where 1t will do the most good Is my
Job"
II should be something less than cold
comfort to Philadelphians to know that
during the recent most frigid spell that
has been endured here for decades, cOal
was diverted from us. but II went
chiefly to the stokers Of transports at
New York and along the tidewater.
where conveys and troop and food ships
could not put cut to sea because Of an
absence of the black diamonds.
Some of the coal diverted from Phil
adelphia." Mr. Snider said, went TO
New England. but the most OF II went to
our transports.
Lines leading into Philadelphia" he
continued, were so congested with traffic
that the coal under no circumstances
could have been delivered to you. Not
to have diverted II. merely because some-
body in Philadelphia had bought and
paid for II, would have been ridiculous
and unpatriotic,
There is no question of my supersed-
ing Mr.. Potter or Mr.. Lewis in au-
thority," he added. I'VE are working
in entire cooperation. If a consignee
from Philadelphia. however, who owns
coal which he cannot possibly get. OBJ
jects to its being diverted, I have. nat
urslly. the last word on the subject.
1k
almost every one has looked at the thing
sanely."
YOUNG MAN FOR BIG JOB
Mr.. Snlder is young man for the
heavy job that he holds down--but not
too young. Born in Spring Valley. y. Y.
he was first educated at Nyack and then
took his law degree from the New York
University in 1899. After that he sought
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
MCCLELLAN HARD HIT
BY DRAFT ON TROOPS
Departure of Delaware Units
Disrupts Camp Or
ganization
HEADouARTERs BLUE AND, GRAY

,,e,no,.. prrpv p,,-r Axn cpAy
-
DlNiSloN, camp McSieuan' hnn's
ton. Ala. Jan. 16.
There are sreat rams In the ranks of
the Blue and Gray Division. for time
nearly filled to full war strength. The
1900 Delaware troops who came here
several months ago and who were dis
tributed through various organizations
In camp as we'll as rounding out n full
battalion In the 1i4th Infantry. have
left here to be formed into a regimen,
Of pioneers. How their places are TO be
filled Is not known. It Is considered very
probable that drafted men Will be sent
here from some Of the National Army
camps where men are available for such
transfer. 1t may be that the completion
OF the division personnel will be delayed
pending the calling of fresh quotas OF
the select men.
The effectiveness of the division
elaborate system OF instruction is In
measure crippled by the withdrawal OF
the Delaware troops The one purpose
seems 70 nave been to Keep the Del.
awareans tosether as an Individual uni,
anu 70 uo u'.s .ae VOTE OF weess any
~. go ,nt, =, ht. .t,.1., -
.s r,o,s,,. .s.r,a,as '' ''~'
Eew Jersey Mary'ahd ana virginia
nao .he,I ,roops TORN 70 pieces sno
spteau ou. III Various unts anu IL Is ~
e"eH eNpensc ,nat 'ne be'AWaro troops
Oe"s "."''"Wn 'ro'n mere
s,.,,u, uuAru oncer'
80 ". a. "%s p.acoo nor
:" e uanoS vi 'ne reku.s'
ssn ~ , t E o,t,cer'
Ia -, ,,.,,,a ,t W o"e eoiohe
a"u WV ~ ~1uea. cotoneis 10 lorm an
~. ..',', uoo, mus IeplaGinl
un.. a ny ny A,'ona. o"aro na.
80 rn,,,,., ur,.I,n,s new uoau eohs'st'
% =. o,rthin.er. com
mn,n, N, nc in'"n,y ineu.ehsn ~,
,,e.m 'os, ",aeu 70 ,n'
. Da,S Nn.,,ery. Anu Iaeu
place Colonel Edward n Goodwvn a
Virginia. and IJeutenant Colonel VII
liam b Martin. Of New J.rsev Tb,
| board. like the other ono named abou
two weeks neo.of three Nationol Arn,,
colonies win consider cases ,nyo,y,n. ,h,
eficiencv orr IN. of,c.r, -, Az a,,.t.,a,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
PLENTY OF COAL; IT'S JUST
THE MATTER OF GETTING 1T

employment with the West Shore Rail-
road and was put into the clerical de-
partment. Nineteen.two found him with
the New York Central In the traffic de-
partment and the fact that he Is at
the top now. having started at the bot
tom In the beginning. ought to be con-
crete proof OF the fact that he knows
something about transportation and
trafiic congestion.
There never has been anything like
this sort OF congestion before" he said.
lingering that monstrous telephone. from
which we. had expected so much and
have got no little, 'the industry and
production Of the country have dea ped
way ahead OF the railroad development.
"a situation which We railroad people
have been predicting to. the Interstate
Commerce Commission for ten years.
But of course, no one could foresee the
unprecedented situation that WOULD de-
velop as the result of the world war"
That Mr.. Snider expects TO get every
thing untangled ultimately and that
coal will come sliding into Philadelphia
some fine day, as well as everywhere
else, is indicated by the almost mastery
placidity with which lie fingers that
telephone. Ever and anon. from all over
the country. inslstent demands make It
bark at him. Now IL is mineowner
who wants instruction In regard TO ship
ping. now II is railroad official, now
an indignant -consignee who can't un-
derstand or won't why somebody else
should get his coal. The suave manner
of the traffic expert is meyer punctured
"Who do YOU favor in the delivery
of coal?" asked him.
There Is no hard and fast rule" he
replied, but I really think the people
should be the first to get 1t and then
the public utilities which take care of
the people The war industries are Inn
portant, of course. but they are well
able TO take care of themselves Most
of them, ! suspect, are already taken
care Of"
Unless his telephone fails him, there
fore. q. II. Snider and Philadelphia. he
declared. will not have a closer or more
personal connection.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
MINE WORKERS GIVE
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
Plea for Whole-Hearted Sup
port of War Loudly
Applauded
THINK COURTS UNFAIR
Two Decisions Against Unions De-
nounced as Revolutionary
by President
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. lG.

lNIplANAPtbI.IS. IND. Jan. IL.
Patriotic support OF the Government
In the war and criticism of Federal
courts for decisions adverse to the
.t.. , T., A., - -, a,
'''o"' e~p' '' u'e iep'''a VI va"
GERS. were indorsed by 1910 delegates
attending the biennial convention of the
United Nri,a V,rkars "a, A,,sr,,a
-,,,-,..
inere must oe no haI'-way huesiance
on the part Of the coal miners in giving
the best that Is IN them for the preser-
va,,,,, :, a.. ,,.a,- , ,,. It, % =,
80" VI VIC ''e''' anu ~ ny
democratic people, said FRANK d.
Hayes. president of the organization. in
addressing the men Tremendous ap-
pause swept through the hall.
Let us firmly resolve" he continued.
that every atom of energy we can
contribute to the winning Of the wal
will be given gladly, freely and In thu
! same loyal spirit as those who go out
to give their lives. 1t is matter of
particular pride that approximately 20.-
600 members of our organization have
enlisted in the military forces of our
nation. Our hearts go with them across
the sea, and We know they VIII not he
found wanting when they face the for
N'sh toS'
,,r>-,,ne ,,,, ,,,.r,>->,,,>-r
~
EQUALLY patriotic were the declarations
/ and a former state Senator of Ohio
/ In clear and ringing tones" he ex-
claimed, "let this convention proclaim TO
all groups of citizens within our own
land, to>our workers across the sea and
our blood and kin In the trenches
Europe that the miners of America are
| heart and soul. body and mind, with
out reservation. behind our Govern
iHent In the prosecution OF this war. aii!
we pledge to 1t full measure OF service
until the battles are over and decisive
victory is WON
Both President HAYES and Secretary.
! Treasurer Green devoted considerable
space in their reports 10 legal decisions
against the union. TIE Coronado Goa
Company won 100000 yerdic,
against the union in the Federal Court
al Fort Smith. Arkansas. for alleged
yioIation of the antitrust law. II beina
charged the union had conspired tc
prevent tho production of nonunior
mined coal In the other casa tho
miners were enioIped I'm West Virginia
from soliciting mon Ia ,oin the uninn
In ,he latter contest tbe Supreme Cour,
has cited oft,cors IN apnear March A 4,
show causee whv they should moi be do
clared in contempt Of court for yiolat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
Baker Has NeU Idea
~, to Check Criticism
Continued from Page Ono


the clearing place for such conflicts as
may arise among these four govern
mental agencies, and by keeping in con-
stant touch with the manufacturins IA
ciiitles and raw material supplies OF the
cou"'iS "hn oe aoIe 70 p'e,en. eo"i.,o'
ana 10 assign priorities among the
respective agencies.
I'm addition to this the war industries
departments to convert factories from
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
INVESTIGATE NINE CAyE.IN
Inspectors Visit Workings in Which
Six Men Were Entombed

PITTSTON, Jan. 16.-Four inspectors
OF the State Department OF Mines made
a thorough investigation Of the work
ings of tho Barnum colliery of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company, where an
extensive cavern January entombed
six men, five OF whom were rescued
alive. Following the inspection Deputy
Corner LOTUS was directed to proceed
with tho Coroner's inquest In the death
OF Stephen Jazdis, the only certain VIC
tim. .
The cave-in is without parallel In
local mining history: Due to robblng OF
pillars, the thirty-foot overlying rock
strata composing the roof Of the Marcy
vein caved In over five-acre area. set
tling down Ave feet on an average, with
out breaking the roof strata at any
The work OF clearing up the debris
has been completed and no trace has
been found Of Frank Oikoskl. a laborer.
who was believed to have been en-
tombed.
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SpOren1ann's LOUe
Letters GaUe Tin


Continued from Page One
wo~s which paid him 81. 20 slo a
week.
SENT HER u * FLAG
He was unable to get a job in Wash
lngton after the war was declared" Miss
Stoops continued, 'and he went to work
In the army camp. ] told him he would
get into trouble. &c.
She paused TO pull out a package con-
tanning a handkerchief with an Amer
lean flag Oh it,
Look here: let me show you some-
thing" she interrupted. ut was only
yesterday that he sent me an American
flag that he thought / would like"
The girl didn't know whether she
would attempt to see Spormann In jail,
81 don't know what to do" she said.
81 don't know. II will all have 70 be
decided later--not now. I'm so worried
l can hardly think"
GIRL Is AMERICAN
what IL your nationality" she was
asked In closing.
II am Amerlcan--pure American. |
have some English blood in me, but my
people landed in this country from Uol-
land generations ago."
What will happen TO Sporemann, II
convicted. Is still In doubt But it
seemed likely today that the Department.
of Justice would handle the case and
that the case would be considered civil,
with maximum penalty of $4,000 fine
and thirty years Imprisonment.
II he were retained hy military au-
thorities, he might be tried by court
martial and shot and while the new
espionage law apparently does not
prevent the death penalty. II does APP
pear that there Is a disposition to give
Sporemann the death penalty.
Government authorities revealed today
that their original tip on Sporemann
came from a conversation overheard on
street car. Whether Sporemann him
self was talking was not revealed. but
II Is believed that this was the cause
In view Of the crudity of some Of his
alleged work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
SCHOOL BUILDING DELAYED
High Prices Cause Boards to Aban,
don Improvement Plans

HARRISBURG. Jan. 16.-State edu-
cational officials. who have SUPER
visory powers over the plans for new
schools In Pennsylvania. say that. be-
marked decline In the number of build
ings planned. The policy OF the state
officials is not to discourage building ex-
cept where absolutely necessary.
Under the law plans for buildings are
filed with the State Board of Education,
whose expert examines them and makes
suggestions. In a number of instances
school officials have come here to ask
advice regarding construction and have
decided after studying data on prices
to hold back their projects. Some OF the
reports show advances of 80 to 60 per
cent In certain materials.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
Repubc Rail,cay and Light Companys Ne.U Note Issue

out
Z
The
Brooks Co. and
They
Shenango
Republic Railway Light
maturity
through sale Of a part securing
the Pennsylvania
rapidly
population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
INCREASE RAILROAD TAX
"Second" Property in Jersey City
Assessed $2,2lS,437 Additional

TRENTON, Jan. 16.--An increase OF
s2,2is.437 In the assessed valuation of
second railroad property IN Jersey city
Taxes and Assessment. This means an
increase Of S46.5S7 In the tax which the
railroads will pay on this particular class
of property In the city. and brings the
X Jersey City had asked for a complete
revaluation of the property In question,
claiming that the present assessment
should be increased by about 10000
600. The State board refused this re-
duest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
HOUCK HONORED AT HOME
Secretary Of Internal Affairs Cues!
at Function at Shenandoah ~

SHENANDOAH. Pa. Jan. 1s.-Pauf
W. Houck. Secretary Of Internal Al:
fairs. was the honor guest at n recent
tion and luncheon by the citizens, ElkS
Ellts Home here last night. The affair
was one of the most important ever held
In Shenandoah. Mr.. Houck's home town.
state. county and judicial officials at
tending. =
During the luncheon Mr.. Houck's
name was mentioned as the next Re-
publican candidate for Governor and the
announcement was greeted with cheers:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
Aged Woman Nearly Frozen

CHESTER, Pa. Jan. l6.-Miss Jane
Buchanan, a former school teacher and
an aged resident Of this city, was found
alone. at her home. Twenty fourth and
Chestnut street. The aged woman
had not been seen for several days, and
ne'ghbors forced an entrance and discov-
cred Miss Buchanan lying on the floor
ambulance removed her 10 the Chester
Hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
rreu. Leyick Company Takes OUer 100 Stations

Philadelphia
distributing Oklahoma
Refining them
selves Its own stations forty located in
the Atlantic seaboard The earrange
will cenaze to great extent the market
I Of organization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16


friend and bodyguard Of several
ide,its. died here hast night. He
about sixty-five years old. ,><k{
Captain Mcdonald. comrade q ~
dore Roosevelt on hunting trtpo
the Southwest and in Africa. m
lately won prominence as q se1f<
pointed bodyguard to President -
son in his first campaign.
Captain Bill. with his broad-brimr1ed
sombrero and his ready bolster. hn4 -
border record Of thirty years, In whlep
he was credited on good authority WIN
ing up from Texas In 1907. eyes ar41
ping and his jaws speaking wtngo4
words. to see Senator F'orAleer
Washington because the Senator h14
impugned his courage In the inQQ1xY
arising out of the Brownsville no140
riots. Captain Bill had told al. !. hi1
friends South that he was goin4 -
make the Senator repent. but scgne-
thing mysterious happened at the cru
cial moment.
He admitted later that he never GOT
to see the Senator and no explansttou
ever came of Mr.. Foraker. despite the
OOuknty rangers TeputAttOn ~
man so brave he wouldn't hesitate b.
charge hell with one bucket Of water.
Major Blocksom. reporting on CAPITALS
Bills method In clearing up the
brownsville trouble. gave that charac-
terization, which stuck by the veteran
cowpuncher till his death.
When Woodrow Wilson was Gov.
ernor Of New Jersey Captain Bul
again hit the eastern horizon. h
came to announce that he would BE-
Mr.. Wilson's personal bodyGuArd
throughout the presidential campaign.
The same night that he announced his
appointment he bowled over q dozeTl
men with a few quick sweeps Of his
arm to clear 4 space about the can
didate.
1t was the. wounding of Colonel
Roosevelt at Milwaukee that caused
Bill to offer his services to the man
who was to lead the nation. He swore
| that he would stick to Mr.. WilsonsG
side until he was elected and he kept
! the promise. When he took his fare
we'll Of Washington and Of Chairman
/ McCoombs, OF the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, all he would accept
was $102. which meant carfare and
berth accommodations home,