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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
HOME DEFENSE SEEKS
d Company Of the Armed Regin1l
Calls for Recruits

Company u Of the armed regiment of
the Philadelphia Home Defense Rescrv4
Is recruiting to Its full strength. A call
has been issued for additional men = who
must be American citizens. preferably
between the ages Of thlrty-one and forty
five. and with or without previous milf
tary training. M
The company has in It's armory Iced
Enfield rifles for its full quota OF men.
and recruits will Immediately be meas
ured for the new uniforms of gray-ereen-
adopted by the city and for which tht
men already enrolled In the regiment
were recently fitted.
Company ID drills in battalion forrna-
tion on Wednesday evenings at the Sec
ond Regiment Armory, and company
drills are held Or Sunday mornings at .
o'clock in Vernon Park or at Town Hall.
Germantown. No oath OF service Is de-
manded. but the enrolment carries with
1t agreement TO attend drills as reg,l-
larly as possible and TO respond, at
orders from the officers, to any emer-
gency arising within city limits.
Recruits are asked TO report imme-
diately TO Lieutenant r. w. Stator, Jr.,
5439 Germantown avenue. any weekday.
between $3.50 a. m. and s p. m.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
!. o. OFF. PACKAGE PARTY
Philanthropic Lodge, No. 10, Will
Hold Fourth Annual Affair

The fourth annual package party Of
Phllanthropic Lodge, No 10. !. o. o, f..
will he given tonight at the Parkway
Building for the members and friends.
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged and the proceeds win be used
for the patriotic fund for the benefit
Of members who are In the service.
Tho program follows. q, Wallace
Smith, opening address. Walter j.
HUM, baritone solo Howard D. Baxter
pianist; Miss IL. Hirst, elocutionist
William II, Lowry. recitation; Joseph
calist; Miss q. II. Outiand, recitation
and Mr.. and Mrs j. Kolb. duet vii.
sky,s Orchestra will furnish the music
The committee on arrangement In
cludes Joseph Semess, chairman: q
Wallace Smith, secretary: Paul j. Field
treasurer: w \. w. Shaney. A. G.
Nordmann. William Eckert. George Bent
William II. Nagel, &. W. PasCoe, Jr,
and Simon u Moore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
'RATDING THE SLEEPERS
/ in BROAD ST. STATION
Early Morning Police Round
Ups of Migrants Frequent.
! .-,~ One Garnered GO Men

Have you ever soon raid AZ Broad
Street Statior?; Tho truth of the mat
ter Is that they have them, but " You
arc IN tho habit Of getting to your pillow
before . o'clock I'm the morning you
wouldn't have much chance to be an
eve witness, for these raids take place
in the carly hours of the morning-any
time between . and D.
As a general rule, tho raids arc
orderly. 1t takes score OF men TO
handle the onslaught properly, being
directed against tnat large body OF men
who seemingly have no other place 10
lay their heads.
when the time sccms TO be ripe for
n big haul in men who are human dere-
llcts mon formerly Of good professions,
men Just out after period of drink aud
from other reasons too numerous to note.
the Pennsylvania Railroad police. with
the special policemen of tho Fifteenth
and Vine streets station, gather in fun
strength. Each door is manned, and
then goes the raid.
Facing the police and railway police
officials are long lines Of benches. which
during the day are filed with waiting
Messengers but now many make beds OF
them. Tho squad starts to work and
wakens each man and makes inquiry as
10 what station he Is bound for. and In
most cases the man proves to be an in
truder with no railway ticket, and couse-
al the Fifteenth and Vine streets station.
The first temporary prison is the two
large station elevators. being properly
guarded. the overflow being placed in the
large dining room Then in quick hauls
the men are taken to the Fifteenth and
Vine streets police station and charged
with being vaErants.
Recently sixty-clght men were gar
nerod by the police, and more than a
score could not give the police satisfying
information as to their draft statss and
were turned over to the United States au-
thorities.
These raids occur frequently and re-
suit I'm repeated trips to old offenders
back to the House of Correction.
The provost guard maintained by the
Navy Department keeps the station free
from men enlisted in the navy. the men
now being cared for at the Y. NJ. e. y,
ship and Tent Club and other places
where assistance for sailors is being
meted ont.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26

This series began on Thursday, Eeb-
ruarN 81. The next article viii appear
tomorrow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
SUFFRAGISTS IN RALLY
Meet at Palm Beach to Urge, Passage
of Federal Amendment

Philadelphia suffragists enjoying a
holiday in the South are holding big
suffrage meeting at Palm Beach, Fla,
today. to urge the passage of the Susan
Il. Anthony Federal amendment,
Dudley Field Malone. former Collector
OF the Port of New York, is the chief
speaker. and Samuel Cntermeyer tile
presiding officer at the meeting in the
Royal Poinciana Hotel, according TO a
telegram received at National Woman 5
party headquarters here from Mrs. Law
renee Lewis, of this city. Mrs. Lewis,
VINO is member of the State executive
committee, wired that she and Miss
Doris Stevens arranged the meeting and
also would speak, The Philadelphians
acting as patrons are Mrs Richard New
Doid, Mrs. Edward Lowber Welsh, Miss
Alice Brock, Miss Alice Biddle, former
Attorney General John &. Bell, Miss
Anne Spencer and Mrs. Edward Brown
ing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26

hadly. though we could make moro rise.
where. but tho situation in the clio.
mcntary schools Is tragic. The classes
are ofttu ovcrcrowdcd. Tho board should
abolish the latter half Of Article VI,
Section I. in its bylaws. which states
Tho average attendance in q school for
the month shall he not less than thirty
pupils TO each teacher but may he in
excess of this number at the discretion
ol inc committee on elementary schools
mere would doubtless be a storm Of
criticism from the taxpaycrs who de.
mand good schools II the board would
reform this condition radically by pro-
Nlding enough teachers. raising the nav
Of teachers to the right level and giving
men and women equal pay for the
same class of work Abandon the old
distinctions even IL it costs more money.
Most other big cities have n higher
school rate than Philadelphia and their
schools are not much if any. better
than ours thanks to the patriotis,n of
our teachers Capacity for doing the
work and not gender should he tho
basis for financial classification. School
pay and opportunity is based on an old
theory of sex inequality which feminism
and suffrage have antiquated. pocputly
profitable pay and lcvcllng Of artificial
/ barriers would hcarten UP teachers, both
/ male and female"
SCHEDULE OF SALARIES
According to the schedule of In,
/ Board of Gducation. male teachers OF
grammar schools in Glass Il begin at
Sll2O year and so up to $1,000 il
I'VE years through automatic Increases
/ Class \ teachers run from $500 to $1,000
Female grammar school teachers. Clae,
q, sooo TO SllO0 In five years Class \
saw 10 SS@o. Men teachers get from
| Sl6 TO S2i n week; women from sli &c
/ VIZ on hfty-two-week basis The,
have TO live all year There are Other
clasSiilcations Of teachers. but the sam,
disparity prevails. This disparity ant
. the low standard of salaries ag COM
rared with contemporary living require
ments are analyzed and criticized by Z
'6acher as follows
/ The insistent demand that the oiti-
zeuS OF Philadelphia assist the nublir
school teachers in their fight for in
creased salaries will never be an
sWered untII two things are made
| clear: First. that the teachers do not
receive proper living wage: second.
/ that the teachers deserve a fair and
adequate salary
Because the teacher puts up q fairly
decent appearance. and because in
the past his pride has kept him from
complaining. tile impression is abroad
that he is well paid. This is not SO
Men who have been in the school
system Tor three or four years and
whose aNcrag. age Is twenty-five, re-
ceiNe SIS or Sl3 per week
In the ease of women the nav is
! considerably less. How any one who
mas even only himself to take care Of
can live on such starvation wages Is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
GETS DENTAL COMMISSION
Maj. A. l.. Miller First. to Be Named
in New Dental Reserve Corps

Major A. I. Miller, of the Walter
Reed Hospital. of Washington. ID. g.,
VINO Is now attending the third session
OF the officers school of plastic and
9ral surgery at the Thomas w. Evans
institute of Dentistry, at the University
OF fehnsylNania, was the first to re-
reserve corps. The army dental reserve
corps has been established by the Gov.
Z erninent on an equal basis with the
medlcal o1icerS' reserve corps. Several
pennsylvania dental graduates are
among the officers who were the first to
De commissioned
one other officer of the rank Of major.
namely, Major w. a. Bryant. of San
Francisco, Is attending the army officers
school, the third session of which will
4 end March after a four weeks course.
Eleven medical officers and twenty
one dental officers are also attending
the course. OF these four are captains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26

are better housing and better equip
meht Tor the grade schools and an
enlHrging of the teaching force In
them, emphasis should he laid -.on
me old fashioned three T,'S and tho
arcnts be given a little freedom in
trsining their own children IN tho
1.rcc0tnphshments called Manual
tra,ning and Domestic Arts" Some
w tnc valuable time now given to non
essentials should he devoted to teach
,ng Just plain everyday spelling SO
,ohs rs we have an English language
~ VIII rGquire careful effort TO learn
liS spelllng; and tho lower grades
should furnish ample opportunity, Tor
.nc cnlld mind is impressionablc and
ing. e "''o 'p
me normal pupil is trained for two
Wmu halt years to handle classes
uulnDerlng never more than thirty.
one grade her first appointment is
aPl 10 be TO q class numbering any
Where from fifty to sixty little ones.
Not lntrcquently the class consists OF
Mo GRADES to make matters worse.
NO wonder that many OF these girls
are physical wrecks at the end of two
Years But what about the children?
iney nave lost, under this regime, the
,rost valuable part of their school
crs are convinced that without the
careful home help on the part Of the
parents conditions would he even
worse than they are. Where no such
neil, is given the child "a left behind
or uragsed up till the legal age limit
permits MN TO quit school.
Tho old, cry Of politics In the schools
has little weight now
There Is none OF the old-time in.
reference by ward politicians said &
woman grade teacher. Whatever poll
ties there Is is internal II is sor
Of social politics. The men have clubs
educational or otherwise. and II is nat
ural they will push their friends claims
do not think there is any Juggling witt
eligible lists. but other qualification
than those marked therein should ~
considered in advancements | mea,
, demonstrated ability. experience, pc
cul'ar adaptability. etc"
There is logrollng for the highe
promotions said a high school pro
tcsSor. Politics In the school is no
partisan attempts To control vote
, through the teachers as once was tn
case. but inside politics for higher jobs
rhis is disCouraging to those who wor
up Conscientiously through the System
Another disCouraginE factor Is the i'm
portation Of outside men for importan
! posts. Whether YOU are Ware man o
a Democrat or what not doesn't Gu
any figure in the schools any more. Bu
pedagos professional politics is an evi
not menacing one. but one that a bette
system ot promotions and rating wou
obNiate'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
Women Loan Workers Active

The women's committee OF the Lib
ert% Loan may use the forty-twO police
stations of the city as precinct head
quarters. The permission has been
granted ny Director Wilson. and ap-
pontment Of precinct chairwomen 10
supervise each station will soon be made
BY Mrs, Walter Thomson, chairman of
the women's committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
Cop Shoots of Mans Finger

An encounter with a policeman as he
was trying To enter u uuarantined house
cost Crotensky Lozowski. Il saloon-keep-
tr, Of 1919 Carlton street, the tip of
his little finger Th- policeman shot II
off by accident
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
A SURVEY OF THE SCHOOLS
Pay of Teachers Insufficient and Inequitably
Observation-Disclosures on Antiquated Theories
Has Board Courage to Act?-Teachers' De-
voted Spirit-Po!tics in the Schools

V
VNWO complaints were expected to prc-
l. pondcratc in the numerous interviews
an important part OF this in, est cation.
These were the question Of salaries and
the issue of politics in the schools. 1t
is a tribute TO our teachers that in the
great majority of cases they let their
personal concern of earning fair
livelihood at their profession remain
casual or incidental and with the sac
rihcial spirit which has made teaching
a consccratcd calling through the ages,
devoted their comment and criticism to
the betterment of the schools.
This Is not to signify that teachers
are not keeuly aware in this day of
enlarged opportunities for the educated
person of specialized training and OF
the soaring cost Of living, that their
work has not kept pace with rising
remuneration in other intellectual Voc
cations and that their income has, de-
spite various raises in pay, actually
been reduced on account of a lack OF
parallel correspondence with the upward
trend of living costs. They realize their
financial plight, but they are more in
terested III their work.
Teachers receive more equitable pay
than for years" said one. This must
be put down to the credit of the present
board However, 1t has not the COM
pletc courage to see that the financial
recognition of teaching as represented
in the salary scale is wrongly devised.
II is based on out-moded premises. The
tradition is fallacious and eNil. The
fundamental principle goes back TO the
day when teaching was almost entirely
a womans Job and women under the
old idea were always rated lower as
earners than men. Furthermore, it was
virtually the only professional or semi
professional calling open to women
Patchwork attempts were made 10
better salaries by amendments to the
boards bylaws dated December ~
1915; November II, 1916. and April TO-
1917.
BIGGER OPPORTt MITES FOR
WOMEN
"'rhe advance Of fcminism has put
women on an earning capacity par WIN
men in many lines of activity. We
simply don't think women are worth
less than men any more--eXcept in the
inherited and falac tradition that ham,
pers teaching. Again almost every pro-
fessional and business line Is now wide
open TO women. They have too many
! other opportunities for careers now Ia
be attracted to teaching. II is a mat
. ter of wonder that SO many continue
/ to enter the schools. 1t is not matter
| of marvel that many teachers IN the
/ past decade or SO have left SCHOOL worn
for other activities.
AS | say, the board lacks the cour-
age to face hostile criticism of alleged
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-31
HAIG GIVES
HIS HORSE
TO TOMMY
Especial to The Times. }

LONDON, May 31.-During the
British retreat before the German
drive on the Somme, a British pri-
vate, foot-sore and weary, strug-
gled along a shell-torn road toward
the rear. His force of will was
all taht kept him from falling.
For several days he had been
marching, snatching a few hours
of sleep when the opportunity
presented.
Sir Douglas Haig, commander
of the British forces in France,
rode past and CHANGED to notice
the tired soldier. Without a mo-
ment's hesitation General Haie
dismounted, insisted on the pri-
vate taking his horse. and strobe
on afoot until he was supplied
with a new mount.
The story was told for the first
time at a National Service meet
ing at Newport by Corporal Spen-
Ger, who was witness to the in
cident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-31
U. S. SQUADRON
MAKES RECORD

American lines, a German BIZ
plane attacked him. He was
unable to maneuver and was In
grave danger.
Just then, Rickenbacher, who
had ended a fight in which he
tackled five German planes sim
gle-handed and forced one down,
saw Meissner struggling to es-
cape his pursuer. Rickenbacher
drove straight at the boche,
forcing him to the ground and
saving Meissner's life for the sec
ond time within the hour.
Germans Grab Him.
While this was going on, an
other patrol from the same
American squadron encountered
a German patrol. One American
aviator was forced down and
landed between the German
trenches.
The Germans Immediately
opened fire on him. Stepping,
uninjured, from his broken ma
chine, he coolly studied pocket
map for An instant, then started
running in the direction of the
American trenches. But he
stumbled and fell into German
communication trench and the
Germans grabbed him.
The American artillery imme-
diately finished his machine to
prevent it falling into German
hands.
American airmen have invent
ed a new way of harassing their
German opponents without using
guns.
Soaring the Huns to death, p"
they call it. The trick consists
of getting ION the tail" of an
enemy plane and chasing 1t to
the ground until it tumbles.
An American lieutenant drove
one to within 500 yards of the
German trenches this morning.
The Germans finally tipped over
and fell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-31
Find Wireless
Outfit Here

What is said to have been a
wireless call-station apparatus in
course of construction was located
by members of the military police
Thursday noon, between 35th and
seth in the alley on Tyler and
Monroe streets.
The apparatus, which consists
of about 40 feet of lead" wire,
was twisted and coiled; and was
found opposite the residence of j.
Fl. Peasants, painter, 1910 So.
Tyler.
That messages are being "pick-
ed" up along Pacific coast ports
has been the belief of federal Of
ficials for some time, and these
apparatuses are being confiscated
and destroyed as fast as they can
be located. No arrests were mde.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-31
BIG NAMES FIGURE
IN SCANDAL CHARGE

book.
Mrs. Villirs Stewart testified
that the late Neil Primrose and
Mai. Ronschild showed her ex-
tracts from the mysterious book.
Pemberton Billing asserted
that the names of Herbert As
quith. former premier, and Mrs
Asquith were on the list.
He also claimed that Lord
Haldane and Justice Darling
presiding in this trial, were
named. Justice Darling there.
upon ordered the witness from
the boz. saying he didn't care
for himself, but was determined
to protect the regulations OF 9TH
ers from being assailed by un-
proven statements.
Capt. Spencer, another wit
ness, testified that while en-
gagged in secret service WORK IA
Albania he discovered the exist
ence Of tho list q l7.o0o names.
He said Il wae shown 70 him d
Prince William q Weld, where
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-31
Men on US. Destroyers
Thrive on Close SLAVES

she was going down. We SHIFTED
our course and speeded up but
We knew We couldn't get her be-
cause she was away off.
Everything Hot.
Nothing happened for a little
while. An hour or so afterwards
we saw small object on the
horizon.
General quarters" was imme-
diately sounded and full speed
ahead rung up.
| The object seemed to be quite
a distance ahead and 1t took us
some time to come up with it,
when we made out that it was
flames shooting up in the air.
When we got there we found
a little sailing boat right down to
the waters edge. 1t was just
like furnace-everything red
hot.
We did not slow down very
much, because it is bad business
slowing down when the subs are
! watching around for another ship
to come up. We searched all
around to see il anybody had es-
capped. We couldn't find any
body at all, but for a while there
was plenty of excitement.
Shelled by Diver.
This boat had been shelled by
submarine. They get these lit
tie sailing boats, carrying cargoes
of oil or wheat.
They don't want to torpedo
them, because torpedo is
too valuable to waste on
small ship like that, SO they ~
stand off a couple Of miles
and shell them.
She is defenseless; couldn't ram
a sub herself. Sometimes they
just come up and go aboard and
take the crew off and touch a
light to her and let her go, that
is all. We fired a couple Of shots
into the hulk to sink it, as we
always do to any derelicts.
Sight Vessel.
We were just about to leave
her when a big object doomed up
alongside of us. We could sec
she was a large ship running
without lights, and thought she
might be a German raider. We
challenged her at once with code
lights.
That is an important thing we
have to watch out for. Some
body always stands on the quar-
termaster watch just looking out
| for these signals at night. They
come over fast. The ships signal
to you and you have to answer
Immediately in code. We have
our own special code--the allied
code.
II a ship doesn't answer you
know she isn't one of your own
and you LET GO AT HER with
out asking more questions.
This boat answered right away.
She had seen the Night OF the
burning boat and came over for
the same reason We did. We
warned her to get out Of the way
as quickly as she could.
Next Article: BIIMPS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-31

II NSeAtS0 GBS8D LeMDEo
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN LORRAINE, May 31.-One
American air squadron established
the record of 10 flights in one
hour this morning.
Lieuts. Eddie Rickenbacher of
Columbus, Ohio, and Jimmy Meiss-
ner of Brooklyn, figured promi-
nently in two of the battles, the
former saving Meissner's life
twice.
The Americans drove down at
least four enemy planes, while one
of our planes was destroyed and
the pilot captured,
Shortly before 8 o'clock this
morning, Rickenbacher discov-
cred Meissner diving after a Ger
man plane with q second German
plano diving after Meissner, all
firing.
Rickenbacher Immediately div
ed on the second plane, chasing
it away and relieving the pursuit.
Both enemy machines escaped.
Saves Meissner Twice.
A few minutes later Meissner
was sent out with patrol to
protect a British bombing squad
ron returning from an excursion
behind the German lines. A
German patrol of six machines
two biplanes and four mono
planes-suddenly swooped down
on the British airmen. The
Americans dashed to the rescue
and q free-for-all fight ensued
eight kilometers Give miles, be-
hind the German lines.
A German airplane collided
with Meissner's machine and was
damaged so badly it fell. The
top wing of Meissner's plane
was torn off and he started to
struggle toward home. This was
exactly the same manner in which
he landed his last victim a month
ago.
As Meissner was nearing the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-31

LONDON, May 31.-Noel Penn
berton-Billing today has list of
highly prominent persons ne in
tends to call In his trial on a
charge of criminally libeling
Maude Allan, dancer.
1t Is expected further sensa-
tional developments will come
when these witnesses make their
appearance.
Pemberton- Billing, member
of parliament, is accused of libel
ing Miss Allan by publishing a
paragraph In his newspaper, the
vigilante, which had reference
to a performance of Salome In
which she was to appear.
In his defense he made nu-
merous charges, including an as
sertion that Germany held Ar
900 British personages In the
bondage OF fear by threatening
to expose their alleged mora
weaknesses. The names oe theo<
1900, he alleged, Nere printed =