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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10
Washington, Aug. 10.

THAT senatorial light over in New
Jersey threatens to stir up the animals.
be agreeable to each other, but the
long term. for which Governor Edge is
running. involves another story.
with Colgate out and nobody in the field
but Record the perennial candidate, Wash
ington assumed that Edge was reasonably
certain to join his old campaign partner,
Frelinghuysen. at the national capital 1t
has not yet had reason to change it's
mind. although the announcement OF
Congressman Edward w. Gray's candidacy
has occasioned some talk
Gray is a newspaper man, Edge Is,
and was secretary to Edward c. Stokes,
the Trenton banker when he was Gov.
ernOr That Gray should enter the fight
which many believed would be made by his
former chief, the Ex-Governor. is thought
to have no bearing on the attitude OF
the latter. Gray is an independent "cuss"-
something like Tom" Scully, the wealthy
barge-owner Congressman. who let's it he
known that if any one dares him to do il,
he may seek the Democratic nominal ton
for Senator whether B'rer Tumulty O.k.'s
it not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10
GOLD STAR IN SERVICE FLAG
Children to Raise Banner Today at Benefit
Carnival

Ra isng of a service flag with one gold
and forty nine blue stars will be the feature
this afternoon Of the benefit carnival in Law
renee street, between ButtonwoOd and Green
streets, which opened last night. The festvi-
ties will end tonight with patriotic music
and dancing. The Princeton Social club.
which has lost one member in the war, Is
directing the affair.
Children of the neghborhood will conduct
the flag raising at 80 o'clock. James b.
Sheehan and Dr. r. Rhodes will speak,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10
OUTING IN MAPLE GROVE

Employees of +. A. Bochmann & Co. Inc
this afternoon will hold an outing in Maple
Grove. The affair is the first given by the
company for its workers.
More than 600 persons expected to
attend. Workers will bring their families and
friends,
A sports program has been arranged and
there will be patriotic sing this afternoon.
A band will furnish music. Tonight there
will be dance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

TN CONGRESS-. David J. Lewis. miner,
L of Cumberland Md. rose to be chair
man of the Committee on Labor. He
sponsored several measures. including the
child labor and convict labor laws. but
his speciality was parcels post and Govern
ment ownership of the telegraph and tele.
phone lines Being defeated for re.elec-
tion, President Wilson appointed him
member of the Tariff Commission Now,
under Postmaster General Bureson he
becomes director of all the wire systems
OF the United States-substantia the
same as Secretary McAdoo Is director gen.
eral of the railroads and steamboat lines
An out.and-out labor man and a sincere
believer in Government ownership. the
course of the new administrator will be
watched with interest His antecedents.
his social and economic attributes. are all
so unlike those of Secretary McAdoo that
the future of the wire systems contra st ed
with that Of the railroads may well he
studied. The. feeling is quite general that
after the war the railroads in due cours.
VIII be turned back to their owners To
many IT is apparent that the director
general of railroads, who acts. for the
President of the United States, is in
sympathy with their managers The
latter work for and under him
1t is doubtful whether the big ,elephor e
and telegraph factors have hitherto en-.
tertained similarly agreeable relations with
their new director general. Mr. Lewis,
however. will likely abide by the Presi-
dents wishes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Takes in Nurses Events for
Philadelp phians Visiting at White Sulphur Springs.
i Agnes Can't Understand CamouRage

Agnes broke up the seriousness by calmly
remarking: We'll, never could under.
stand all those marks anyway. why, it's
as much as I can do to remember the
meaning of the stripes on the men!"
NANCY WYNNE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10
What's Doing Tonight

Memorial services In homer Of wiliisa
Penn, founder of Philadelphia, will be hel4
by the Frls ~ Society, at Fifte.ath a2os
Race stree 1'z}fI
Princetor <'iub holds bene4tf f1fe@
nival in IA street. betweep RHr1t1It !,
wood Spd Gtken streetA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

GEORGE d. GIDEON, who keeps pretty
~ close to the Board of Education, be-
longs to that public spirited group which
also keeps in touch with Washington af-
fairs. In addition to teaching the young
idea how to shoot" George believes in
little practical shooting when the reedbird
season arrives-hence his concern about
the recent migratory bird law, which puts
clamps on the gunmen who keep away
from the Fifth Ward and shoot In the
marshes
The open.air sportsman-and Gideon is
one-is generally an observer He under.
sta nds the value of adequate channels for
yachts at the Corinthan and Philadelphia
clubs. and that helps him to appreciate
their utility as carriers of commerce. Re-
ferrine to the Lehigh Canal. which for
merly carried vast quantities of anthracite
coal to the Delaware River and the world
beyond. Gideon tells us that only about
twenty of the 200 canalboats are now
running.
Surely" he says, with the instinct Of a
patriot. the Crown Prince cannot be using
the old railroad pull to stop waterway
hauls.' AS winter is approaching and the
coal bins are not yet full. there is food for
thought in Mr.. Gideons observations
Arthur n. Lea, Of the American Philo.
sophical Society. is another PhiladeIpbian
who has been watching the coal situation
at close range. Mr.. Lea was one of the
original daylight saving advocates and
much OF his argument rested upon the coal.
saving advantages Of work by daylight.
the force of which is now admitted even by
the electric light interests
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

AGRICULTURE is receiving more scien-
tihc attention than ever before in the
history of the country College girls are
gong INTO it, and we hear that many of
them find II more peasurable and recuper-
a'>Ve than trip to Europe Even the
Judges Of the courts resort to it as an
agreeable recreation. 1t has come to our
hotlce since the courts Of Pennsylvania
quit work that many of the jurists have
yielded to the low of the kline.
Judge Orlady, of Huntingdon. who was
obliged to study agriculture in his efforts
to build up the Masonic Home at Elizabeth.
town. of which the Grand Lodge of Penn
sNlVania is so proud was one of these. He
has gone into alfalfa, thus literally max.
ing nay while the sun shines" Judge
Norris s. Barratt of PHILADELPHIA Common
Pleas Court No 8, who is also a shining
hsnt in Masonry and who traces his fore.
pears pack to "Barratt's Chapel" the foun.
datlon stone Of American Methodism. is
farming Just outside Of Baltimore.
Judge William H. Stake also has "a few
acres up along the Reading Railroad.
Bucks County is a famous stamping rrounJ
Tor the Judiciary 1t claims two former
'hiet Justices of the Supreme Court, Ed.
"ard NJ Paxson and D. Newlin Fell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10
Social Activities

captain Archibald Barkie and Mrs
Barklie are spending short time at White
sulphur Springs w. Va. Captain Rarklis
mas been stationed at Columbia, rs. C.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10
WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES 3
Semeeky Touching Dongs
Familiar to PhLadeiphian
By J. Hampton Moore

for New Jersey, Mrs Charles w Stockton.
of Newark
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

Mr.. REDF1ELD, the Secretary of Com
AVA merce, has a way of doing field work
on his own account. Having been called
upon by the Senate for information about
the Atlantic coastal canals and finding
some differences in the reports of other
departments the Secretary made per.
sonal inspection of the Delaware and
Raritan and the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canals, bobbing up on boats and
trains without notice to anybody.
The Secretary has been valiant fighter
Tor these inside passage ways. having
acquired considerable informa ton thereon
in his earlier days in connection with the
operation Of the New York State Rare-
Canal and It's Hudson River connections.
waterways transportation, therefore is no
new thing to him. He was in favor of
using the waterways and canals for conn
mercial reasons before the war and an
preclates their value now for purposes of
defense AS well as for commerce.
Secretary Daniels, Of the navy. was also
great booster for the inside passage
ways before the war absorbed all his snare
time. He believed In their availability for
the passage of small naval craft and FOR
connecting up the navy yards. He vas
the star guest at the big WATERWAYS con.
Vent'on held in Philadelphia in 1916 Ad-
miral Benson, now the chief of nayirs-
tion, accompanied him on that occasion
and made forCeful WATERWAYS sddress a,
shipboard, during a rainy day at the navv
yard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

a re-" former Philadelphians. including
H. A. Carman, now residing in Canada.
are concerned over the income tax pro.
VISIONS OF the new revenue bill These
men, who have taken up interests in Can
ada or have secured employment there,
contend that the Canadian Government
'eVles an income tax upon them and that
their United States returns practically du.
phcate their tax payments. In Montreal
several meetings of American citizens have
ALREADY been held with a view Of obtainin,
some rehet' either in the United States or
tahada' The Ways and Means Committee
has been appealed to and will doubtless deal
eauitably with the situation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

WHAT the women are doing in the war
W is so much that only a little can be
recorded from time to time. In one mail
comes evidence of three lines of en-.
deavor:
First. The Teachers Congress OF the
Mothers and Parent Teachers Association
opens united service club for enlisted
men in the District of Columbia. This is
the work Mrs. Frederick Schofr of PhiIa.
delphia, has so much at heart.
Second. Mrs. Lucy Kennedy Miller or
Pittsburgh chairman of the Liberty Loan
committee, Pennsylvania Division. Conn.
Gil of National Defense forwards TO Secre-
tary McAdoo a report of the activities
and accomplishments OF that committee
In disposing of the third loan, The
Philadelphia chairman OF this committee
was Mrs. Walter s. Thomson, and the
nearby chairmen included Mrs. Charles A
Parsons, Of Morrisville; Mrs Lewis +.
Smith, of Strafford: Mrs. ]. S. c, Harvey
of Radnor, and Mrs Robert ], Ra,ston
of Fort Washington. For the whole State
these ladies' reported more than 500 900 sub.
scriptlons, amounting to more than
sl35,0oo,OOo. 1t is very likely these ladies'
will be heard from again in September.
Third. The information department Of
the Womans Committee of the Council
of National Defense notifies members of
Congress that it has organized TO helm
women Obtain war work, and has set up
chairman in the various States. who by
reason Of their knowledge OF local con-
ditions will give helpful suggestions to
women desiring war work The Pennsyl.
vania chairman is Mrs. j. Willis Martin.
wife of the president judge of Common
Pleas Court No. 8: for Delaware Mrs.
Charles X Miller, of Wilmington, wife of
the former Governor. is chairman. and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

The Rev. Franklin Smedley Moore, rector
OF Calvarv church. Germantown, has gone
on a shi weeks trip to Seattle Wash
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

TT HAPPENED at a recent gardeTs party
given out on the Mafn Line Ssr the
benefit of fund for comforts for our own
soldiers and sailors. Four or Ave of the
prettiest little mattresses, looking excep-
tionally charming in their dainty pink
howered aprons. had taken pity upon
group Of half dozen lonely sailors who
were present and decided to- go over and
4 talk to them, as is proper these days.
3 Naturally the conversation drifted to the
navy yard, and one of the girls who had
been to League Island several times felt
rather large about 1t and wanted to let
every one know she had been there. Not
70 be outdone by Kitty's story, Edith men.
tioned that she had been to Cramps lately
and thought the camoufaged ships were
no Interesting. Then sailors and aides
began to wonder just what the different
oolors, black and white and horizon blue
could possibly mean and how fascinating
It must be to study the science of applying
the various stripes and swirls
Finding that the talk was becoming
leoper and more involved every moment
!. ep1 pot knowing just where it would end.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
Desires Authority to Operate All
Wire Systems During Per-
Tod of War.
LEADERS ARE ACTIVE
Senate and House Members Planning
Immediate Consideration of Re-
quest in Order to Secure Action
Before Recess.

Washington, July 3.-President Will
son has approved legislation TO au-
thorize government control and op.
GRAFTON of telegraph and telephone
systems during the war, and leaders
in congress are preparing for its Inn
mediate consideration with a view to
action, if possible, before both houses
recess this week.
Secretaries Baker and Daniels and
Postmaster Burleson, all of whom
have indorsed the pending bill by
Representative Aswell of Louisiana,
proposing this authority, were invited
to appear before the house interstate
commerce committee to further ex-
plain their views as to the necessity
for action at this time.
- No Reference to Strike Call.
The Presidents statement was in a
note to Chairman Sims, approving d
letter from Postmaster General Burle-
son. There was no direct reference
in any of the correspondence to the
call sent out by the Commercial
Photographers Union for strike OF
Western Union operators on July s.
Mr.. Burleson, however, wrote the
President that he deemed the legis-
lation necessary Eat this moment
when paralysis of large part of the
system of electrical communication is
threatened with possible consequences
prejudicia1 to our military prepare
lions. and other public activities that
might prove disastrous"
Fight Likely in Senate.
It was said that, on the Senate side
at least, there probably would be
strong opposition to the bill that
would make it difficult for the admin
tstration to get action before the re.
ess.
No statement was forthcoming in
executive quarters as to whether the
President plans to make immediate
use Of the proposed power. 1t was in.
timated, however, that he probably
would await results of the strike
call.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
United States Now Has 1,019,-
,115 Soldiers on the West
ern Front.
BAKER WRITES WILSON
Letter From Secretary of War to
Chief Executive Says That 27s,-
372 Men Were Sent Overseas
During Month of June.

Washington, July 4.-On July the
number of American troops sent over
seas numbered 1,019,115.
This was made known by President
Wilson, who gave to the public a let
ter from Secretary Baker disclosing
a record of achievement which the
President said must cause universal
satisfaction" and (which will give
additional zest to our national celebra-
ton of the Fourth of July"
At the same time Secretary Baker
announced that the United States is
now six months ahead of its original
program of shipping men overseas.
Increase Has Been Steady.
The first -non-combatant
left American shores on May s, 1917,
General Pershing followed IL days
later and at the end of the month,
1,71S men had started for the battle
fields of France. June saw this num-
Der increased by 12,261 and there
after khaki-clad crusaders from the
western republic flowed overseas in
a steady stream until upwards of
100000 had departed when the great
German thrust began last March.
President Wilson's determination
to meet Germany's supreme effort
with the utmost Of Americas avaN
able man power to assist the desper-
ately resisting French and British
armies is sharply reflected in the
movement of troops during the last
three months. The March saflings
of 1881 were increased in April to
1922. May saw another 244,345
men embark and last month 276,372
were sent away. making a total for
the three months of 637,929. This,
SECRETARY Baker said later, put the
troop movement six months ahead OF
the original program.
Thirty Divisions In France.
Substantially 80 divisions are now
In France ready to meet whatever
move the German staff has in prepar-
alton. Some of these divisions al
ready have been formed into the first
field army under Major General Lig.
gett, others are holding trench Sec
tors at important points along the
battle line and still others have been
broken up and brigaded with the
French and British troops. And so,
when the German thrust comes the
Americans will be called upon to play
no small part in meeting it.
Secretary Baker wrote the Presi-
dent that the supplies and equip
ment in France for the million men
who have gone is shown by latest
reports to be adequate and added that
"the output of our war industries in
this country is showing marked i'm
provement in practically all lines Of
necessary equipment and supply"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
MENAcEs BRITISH HARVEST
Need Of Men at Front Affects Work
ers on Farms.

London, July 4s-Walter F. Roch,
member of parliament for Pembroke
shire, in moving the adjournment of
the house of commons, drew atten-
ton to the serious effect of combing
out for the army the agricultural la
borers at the harvest
He said he had been inundated with
letters from farmers bewailing the
probable disastrous effects Of the
governments action.
Rowland e. Prothero, president of
the board of agriculture, sympathized
with the complaint voiced by the
member for Pembrokeshire, but en-
phasized the overmastering need for
men for the army.
Man-power was short all around,
he said, but essential industries must
yield in proportion man-power for the
army.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
TAKE 8 RUSS WARSHlPS
Germans Disarm Crews When
Vessels Arrive at SebastopoI.
One Dreadnought and Ten Destroy.
ers Are Blown Up In Revolt
at Novo-Russusk.

Stockholm, July According to
semi-official dispatches from Russian
sources the dreadnoughts VOLTA and
Demokratia and six destroyers of the
Russian Black sea fleet have arrived
in Sebastopol. Their crews were dis
armed by the Germans and forced to
leave the city Immediately.
In the revolt at -Russusk GOO
miles east Of SebastopoD the Rus
SLAMS blew up the dreadnought Svo-
bodnaya-Rossia and 10 destroyers.
Persons close to the leaders of the
Siberian government say that Alex
ander Kerensky led the Siberian
movement in favor of re-establish-
ment of the constituent assembly
from outside the country. Kerensky
went into Russia from Christiania,
with delegation, all of whom were
travelling in disguise. They visited
Moscow and other centers, where
they conferred with aides. After
ward, they all returned to Scandi-
navian city.
The two Siberian governments have
been united. The eastern govern
ment, the capital of which was at
Hardin, has Joined with the western
government, and the latter's capital,
Omsk, has been chosen as the center
of government. Members of the con-
stituent assembly, General Chorvat,
hetman of the Baikal Cossacks, and
other leaders, have formed a small
cabinet Colonel Ivanoff was named
commander-in-chief of the Czecho-
Slovak front.
The Czecho-Slovaks form the nu-
cleus of the Siberian army. With
them are brigaded several corps OF
volunteers and detachments of Co.'S
sacks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
RECOVER 38 BODIES
Searchers Finish Work in Ruins
at Sioux City.
Sad Duty of Burying Victims Is Begun
cause of Disaster Is In
known.

Sioux iCty, Iowa, July 3.-Thirty'
seven of the IS bodies recovered from
the Ruff building disaster have been
identified.
New names added to the death roll
are: Emma Crummine, Mrs. Marion
Caylor, Charles Roessler, Mrs. Jona'
than Ostle and James McClain.
Search of the ruins has been aban-
doned and the task Of burying the
dead and endeavoring to fix blame for
the disaster was taken up.
Many persons allege that the dis
aster was due to an explosion.
Others assert that the collapse OF
the Ruff building was due to the re.
modelling operations.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
ALL / RECORDS BROKEN
American Shipbuilding for June
Totals 28O,4Oo Tons.
Largest Output of Ocean Going Ton.
mage Every Built by Any Ma
ton in One Months.

Washington, July 4.-In June the
ship production of the United States
amounted to $50, 400 dead weight tons,
making the total 1918 production to
date, 1,440,670 tons.
The June production which is at
the rate of 1864, 800 tons year, is a
new record for the United States and
is the greatest output of ocean going
tonnage ever completed in any one
month by any nation. 1t comes with
in $4,000 tons of the worlds record
for shipbuilding made by the British
shipyards in May, but which included
all classes Of vessels.
OF the months output steel ships
totaled 100000 tons and wooden ships
1880 tons.
An amazing growth in output was
disclosed by detailed figures for the
four weeks of June. In the first week
six ships of 24,430 lightweight tons
were delivered, the second week ten
more of 64,732 tons were added and
in the third week the average for the
month was made one day by the
completion of five ships totaling e1,-
260 tons.
It was in the last week of the
month, however, that the shipbuilders
really hit their stride and gave evil
dence of the tremendous output which
may be expected from now on. De-
liveries in the last week totaled
129,978 tons, which is at the rate Of
near 100000 tons year. The same
growth has been shown from month
to month. The output in June was
three times that IN January which
amounted to 88,507 tons.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
Chicaao Live Stock.

Chicago, July 3.-Hog receipts, 49,.
600; slow, $40 and IA cents lower than
yesterdays average; bulk s16.40@
1890; butchers, $16.55@17; packing
$15.95@16.55; light, s16.60@17. rough
$16.60@15.90; pigs, s16.20@16.75.
Cattle $1,000; steers, above SIT:
steady; others including butchers,
stockers and feeders unevenly 10 and
25 cents lower; calves, steady. Sheep
1900; sheep and range lambs, gen.
orally steady; some native lambs 25c
higher.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
GERMANS MAKE OvERTURES

American Troops Pay No Attention
to Friendly Greetings.
Washington, July 3.-Attempts OF
the enemy to make friends with Am
erican troops were reported in Sec
tion B of General Pershing's COM
munique.
"One morning." Pershing reported,
"they made signs signifying good
morning They had deposited some
kittens on the parapets of the small
post, and threw package of cigarets
into our barbed wire entanglements.
Our soldiers do not reciprocate these
attentions"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
HARD TO SECURE CLOTHES
German Department. Makes Restric-
tions Much Tighter.

Amsterdam, July 3.-The German
imperial clothing department has is
sued an ordinance in which new
clothing can no longer be obtained
unleses the application is accompanied
by properly certified statement CIV
ing in detail list Of the clothes al.
ready in the applicants possession
It is provided that henceforth coats
shall be unlined in the back and
lined only half way down in the front.
The number of pockets is limited to
four, while vests and trousers may
have not more than three pockets.