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expectations and the workers at the
main headquarters, else Land Titles
Building, and at the boosting" head
quarters, 1929 Chestnut street. and tho
various district quarters are being kept
busy taking in the money. The boost
ing quarters has been enlivened by st,
Francis Xaviers Boy Scout band Boy
Scouts are also assisting the commit
tee at the northwest corner OF Twen-
ty-thlrd street and Columbia avenue,
where a store has been opened. Not
content with the large subscriptions
being received at ThIrty-eighth and
Market streets, the West Philadelphia
workers are making street corner
campaign in automobiles. Much inter-
est is also being taken In the drive al
the central knights Of Columbus head.
quarters. Girard Avenue and Watts
street.
John V. Loughney IL chairman OF the
executive committee that is conducting
the drive, The other officers are Jo-
seph G, McMenamin, secretary. and L.
b, Botheld and b. ], Martin, assistant
secretaries,
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LIBERTY LOAN SUNDAY
IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Rectors of All Philadelphia
Parishes Will Men
ton Bonds

Liberty Loan Sunday will be observed
in every Catholic church and chapel in
Philadelphia at the masses tomorrow.
In accordance with the suggestion of
President Wilson. who has made his de-
sires known through Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo, special mention
will be made to the several congrega-
tions by the rectors concerning the cam
paign to obtain subscriptions to the third
issue OF the Liberty Loan and many
sermons will be devoted 70 appeals TO
the patriotic zeal of the worshipers.
To arouse interest in the campaign
and stimulate the number OF subscrlP-
tions among members OF his flock Bishop
John j. McCort, administrator of the
diocese since the death of Archbishop
Prendergast, has called the attention of
the rectors in an official announcement,
urging that they do all in their power
to help dispose of the Government Lib
erty Bonds.
Since the announcement of Bishop Nc
Cort more than sl,00O,000 In subBcrip-
tlons has been collected through the
Catholic churches and parish houses
Several of the parishes have compiled
their accomplishments In their efforts
TO dispose Of bonds. Here are their ra
ports up TO date
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criminals. For this telegram pits up
against the most shrewd violators Of
the laws Of God anu man that ever
were knowu--the paid criminals Of i'm,
perial Germany. protected by the power
Of international law, yet criminals new
ertheless!
"All of you know the reason for this
telegram. II is In answer TO the letter
we sent Chief Flynn at the last meet
Ing Of this club, when our various mem-
bers displayed the evidence that had
come to them of the pcrndy Of impenial
Germany i'm assuming friendship with
this country, while GCcldns to violate our
neutrality in its Efforts To MAIN the
Allies More than tha', my charge you
viii remember, was that Germany had
considered America also in It's aims Of
conquest and that it fully believed at
the beginning of this var that it would
crush England and F.ance easily, then
reach forth for our own country. But
the danger of active invasion Is past
now--it stopped at the battle of the
Marne. What we must battle against Is
the more insidious invasion of Ger
manys spies-and their name is legion !!
Therefore gentlemen, ( have the honor
to announce TO you that chief Flynn has
accepted our offer OF services and that
the Criminology Club Is now and hence
forth devoted to the defense of America
and the outwitting of the paid tools Of
imperial Germany who seek 10 use our
nation as a battlefield :"
A cheer that rosounded through the
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BECK WOULD WIPE OUT
ALLIES DEBT TO U. S.
Suggestion to Write Off Seven
Billion Dollars Meets APP
proval of Brokers

Paid in full by tie blood of yoar
sons"
This is the entry that James NJ.
Beck, former Assistant Attorney Cen
eral of the United States, would write
opposite the fem OF seven billion dol
lars owed by the Allied nations to the
Government of the United States.
The statement OF his views on this
subject in an address on behalf of the
Liberty Loan. delivered on the floor of
the Stock Exchange, brought Mr..
Becks audience to the widest pitch
when this war ends, as II will in a
victory for the Allies" the speaker
said, "and Great Britain and France
Of enthusiasm.
will say TO our Government the time
has come for us to settle the matter OF
our great Indebtedness to you in a
more formal way l believe our Gov
ernment will reply by writing across
the paper on which the money was
lent. rReceipted in full
"And when they ask, 'Receipted i'm
full-how?' our government will an
swer, by the blood Of your sons
Cheers taking on the proportions OF
mighty roar greeted the speakers
last exclamation. Many of the listeners
were moved 20 the point Of tears
strangers In the audience shook hands
with each other; cries OF Right
Right" were heard. Tho applause
lasted n minute.
Sketching the war situation OF the
moment, Nj Beck warned his listen
ers against overconfidence. "rhis Is
the darkest moment in recorded his
tory" he said. "And we must come
to an accurate sense Of the danger anc
oVersubscribe this loan"
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GOVERNMENTS BAN ON
POULTRY LIFTED TODAY
Nearly Two Million Birds Again Put
in Jeopardy of Chop
ping Block

Mrs. Hen may be brought to the chop
ping block today So may Mrs. Hens
youngsters and her husband, Mr.,
Rooster.
The Government restriction against
the killing Of poultry announced several
months ago as a food-conservation meas
ure expires today, Approximately l,7O0,-
900 birds are affected. Farmers, how
over. are urged to refrain from rushing
their poultry TO market, thereby Cutting
Il and causing heavy losses from spoil-
age.
The ban on the killing OF the hens IS
lifted ten days earlier than was expected
and is due to the mild weather Of the
last few weeks, which resulted in earlier
laying and Matching periods.
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CHECK UPON EXPENDITURES
IS ADVOCATED BY MOORE
Philadelphia Congressman ShOCS How Government Depart
ment Heads Usup Broad PoUer, During Stress of War-
time and Suggests MisappGcaton of Some Funds
By CONGRESSMAN J. HAMPTON MOORE

to uphold his hands But the President
cannot possibly keep in touch with the
details of the various departments nor
with the expenditures they make.
A notable exception is that of the
Hotel Arlington building site recently
purchased by the Secretary OF the Treas
ury. For several years hotel company
has been endeavorng, first, TO erect
hotel upon this site and, failing In that.
second, to dispose of the property. After
It had fallen into the hands, largely of
group of Vlrglnians, and the depart
ments in Washington became over
crowded. the eligibility OF the site ap-
pealed to the Secretary Of the Treasury
Ordinarily the purchase of such a
property would have required an author
ization by Congress The price of 1t
in former times had been quoted at
much lower figure, but the urgency of
acquiring new quarters, especially for
the new War Risk Bureau and for the
internal revenue service, appealed so
strongly to Mr.. McAdoo that he wrote
TO the President asking him 10 divert
from the 500. 100000 war fund, voted
to the President by Congress, the sum
Nof $4,000. 600 with which TO take over
the hotel site and complete the construc-
tion OF an office building. II was the
SecreAtry's way OF cutting red tape. The
President approved the request and the
property was purchased for the Govern
ment at the figure stated. The Secre-
1 tary has since come 10 Congress. sup
ported by the President with the re-
quest that the Presidents fund be re-
/ imbursed to the amount OF $4,000, 900
/ that was thus loaned by the President.
Meanwhile the well-satisfied former
owners of the property are involved
IN a suit brought by one OF those In
interest for a proportion Of the proceeds.
The Secretary was right as 10 the
ppt menipers Of congrefs are hoping
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the method pursued in this case may
not establish precedent for other short
cuts to the Treasury by the heads OF
departments. In peace times Of course,
Congress would not permit any such
irregular procedure,
The Nitrate Plants
The expansion Of nitrate plants pre-
sents another illustration of war do
ings in the matter of expenditures. In
one of the early army bills Congress
appropriated S2O,OOOOOO for the estab-
lishment of a nitrate plant for war
purposes, with a very well-detined fer
tlllzer attachment It was rumOred that
this nitrate plant was to take over the
Muscle Shoals outfit, a wateTpOwer
proposition, for which the Government
had paid, on the Tennessee River. The
Government took some time to locate
this nitrate plant, although it was finally
placed at the point where rumor had
fixed IT,
But recently, through the passage by
the House of a bill giving the Federal
Government certain special powers TO
condemn property, II developed that
not one, but three nitrate plants had
been established along the Tennessee
River and that the toal cost of them
would run up TO from SlOO,OOO,OOO TO
Sl2b, OO0,O00 Some of them, il was ad-
mitted, would be of no practical use for
war purposes for several years, but the
local Representatives Contended that,
even If they were not completed in time
to be of war service in the manufacture
Of nitrates, they would be Of lasting
benefit 10 the farmers, and if Chilean
nitrate failed would save them from
excessive charges by the private fer
tilizer manufacturers.
Involved in the discussion were charg
es that private chemical companies
would be the beneficiaries of these grea'
Governments expenditures. and along with
these charges were suggestions that som'
OF the Tennessee River land owners
were prof!teering and holding the Gov
ernment up so that condemnation of thet
lands had become necessary expedient
II the casual taxpayer were to ash
how II is possible. when Congress ap
propriated only $40 100000 for a nitrate
plant, that approximately t12b, 100000 Il
10 be expended, the answer would b'
found in lump sum appropriations grant
ed 20 the Bureau OF Ordnance for wal
purposes
Defenders Of these nitrate Government
plants insist that the expenditures aIy
an right They so further and demanl
a pars OF the $4,000 900 housing fund
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recently voted to the Secretary of Labor
so that houses may be provided for work.
men at these nitrate plants These
proposals are treated as war measures
and have the approval Of the depart
ments.
Enough has been said IN Congress,
however, TO let II be known that the
departments have assumed the responsi.
bilicy for these expenditures and that
the results are expected TO be com
mensurate with the demands of war
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morrow mornings services IN the Arch
street Presbyterian Church. The evening
speaker VIII be Or. J. A. MscCalium.
"rhe Kingdom Of Heaven ana the king.
dom OF Iiuclter' 10 20 be the theme OF the
Rev. Frederick r. Qrlhln, who will preach
tomorrow morning In the First Unitarian
Church.
The Unitarian society Of Germantown viii
be addressed BY Its pastor, the Rev, Roger
,; forbes, tomorrow morning on THE Para.
BILE OF tho Acorns. -
In st. Jamess Methodist Episcopal Church
Olney, the Rev. Edward j. Randolph will
preach AZ the morning service on the topic,
Love Your Enemy" In the evening the
REV. 4. J, kyneu Will deliver a sermon,
The Rev. Dr. Charles r. wIlss will pres on
At the morning and evening services a. fha
Messiah Lutheran Church.
;, X. RAtcllne, OF England editorial
writer and lecturer on sociology, will address
the Society for Ethical Culture on 0EnEisnd
and America Today and Tomorrow SrhS
CYNICAL Culture Society Will convene In NE
broad street Theatre Gt IL o'clock.
"A Prayer and Prison" Is the toplc ~
me sermon of the Rev, DR.. Joseph Cannon
aireet and Woodland Avenue. tOmorrow eve.
AM
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WILSON PROMOTES COLONEL
Nominates National Army Staff
Man as Brigadier General

Washington. April 2O.-Presldent Will
son has nominated Colonel Frank T,
Hines, of the general stan, National
Army, 70 he a brigadier general. The
following were nominated to be secre-
tarles os embassies or legations, class
four:
William S. Howell, Jr.. Texas; @.
Rowland Shaw. Boston, Mass. Cor
nelius Van H. Engert. Berkeley, Cal I;
Curtis c. Williams. Jr., Columbus. o. !;
Joseph w Carroll. New York city Wal
ter c, Thurston, Phoenix. Ariz. SAM
nel s. Dickson. Gallup, n, M !; Nathan
r. stedman, Aurora, Ind.
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LdiOtiC
Yankees"
said Won
Pnpen

i"pt" noticed" he replied,
II have always
used the term 1dotlc Yankees"
Bernstorn laughed Albert bobbed
his head
quite So" he said finally. Il yield
the point Now, regarding the Lusi-
tania. when is it destined to sink?'
Bcrns;orfr rummaged in some papers,
at last to bring forth a code message
"POtsdam plans the sinking for next
Wednesday. May s. 1t has already or
dcred medals struck off to commemorate
the victory"
And while the arch-spies uf Impe-
rial Germany continued to plot the
murder of American citizens on the high
seas, 1.-the. dark-eyed girl walked to
the stenographor's desk of one Of the
largest hotels of New York city. with
apparently no purpose in life save to
he pretty and attractive and likable.
Spirited she was, with a dash Of ami
nation which caused people to look at
her more than once. with n sparkle in
those big eyes which told of love of
life and Il zest for adventure. n tilt to
her chin shat spoke of determination, a
smooth grace about her which spelled
birth and breeding and aristoeracy. Time
wHs--and not 80 very far in the past
when her name had glittered in the cleo
trio lights Of Broadway But the love
OF adventure had been 800 strong and
Dixie Mason, daughter Of Brentwen
Mason, of Sou Car'linH, sur, had for
saken the stage to take her place as
a quietly commissioned captain Of won'
en- operatives in the Secret Service
And now
Now she was walking toward the
public stenugraphpr's desk, smiling and
speaking 20 friends in the lobby, ap'
parently thinking of nothing In the
world, but IN reality straining with every
nerve to catch the message in the Morse
code that the s:enographer was ticking
off on the space-bar Of her typewriter:
This .... is ..,. the .... man ....
... spoke ..... Of. ..... He .....
thinks 49,. he's .,,. ..,. lady ...,
killer"
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THIS COUNTRY'S AGENTS, ALTHOUGH
LOATH TO BELIEVE SPY PLOT
STORIES, FINALLY EXPOSED THE
TEUTON SECRET WORKINGS

America II we sink few OF their
citizens perhaps they'll be more chary
about sending their representatives
abroad TO sell good to the Allies. II
may make them stop and think awhile
before they ship their goods TO the
Allies. too-and that's what we're
after"
Suppose America objects to the loss
of its citizens?" Albert was smiling
in a quiet, quizzical way.
Wen sympa-
| CT. r,.. thize, Of course"
sympathy, IN ,vith an nn'
Says ',,,',. ~ a.,
! Deris'or" Really, Wen he
very sorry We
meanwhile. we also will point TO our
manufactured fact that the Lusltania
carried guns and contraband. That's
where you are needed Take the
night train to New York. see Paul
koenig, OF the Hamburg American
Line, and arrange for him to find
some one not averse to forging "A few
afiidavits, one to the effect that the
Lusitnnia is loaded with contraband
and another that she carries defensive
guns. And be very sure on that point.
4 llt hito VI wal plNlllbll Nllt HlIlhlIlB
OF an unarmed ship without due warn
ing. We must have those afIidaylts."
Very good. sir"
And Albert"
Yes"
Here" -- Ambassador Rernstorff
lifted a sheet Of closely written paper
from his desk--"is an advertisement
| have written, warning all American
citizens from the Lusitania. See that
1t is inserted in the New York papers
rs close to the Cunard Line advertise
ments as possible II will he our alibi
when the Lusitania is sunk
very well. your ENcellency."
And so II was that with Ambassador
Bernstorff at the head of the great spy
organisa ton which Germany had built
up in America. with Doctor Albert.
Captain Won Papen. Karl Boy-Ed.
Paul KoeniR and half hundred
others working on the various details
of the scheme. the preparations for
the sinking of the Lusitana went forth
in America.
Day after day passed. while Bern.
storff translated his code messages from
Wilhelmstrasse Ghd sent replies in the
guise OF death messages and business
kilograms TO neutral countries, where
they were received by German spies,
translated and telephoned by long-dls-
tance TO Germany. Day after day, and
then
Il was April 20, forS y-eiEht hours be-
fore the sailing OF the Lusltania. In
the great rooms of the Criminology Club
In New York, where cosmopolite mem
bers daily gathered to discuss the themes
which formed their chief aim in life.
the apprehension of the genus criminal,
an important meeting was In progress.
Harrison Grant. the president and or
ganizer of the great private criminal
chasing brotherhood, stocd before them,
telegram In his hand
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on it, breaking it, lie swept his silk hat
in Il lourishing bow
"Dunnerwetter Z" he exclaimed. "such
clumsiness, And / had such good in
tentions," :" Dixie Mason smiled again.
She started to speak-then stopped sud
denly as the stenUgrapher's voice broke
In.
I'm sure he is more than sorry" she
interrupted. Miss Mason. this is MIR.
Heinrich Won Lertz. He is such a gentle
man, and I know that he is so sorry ="
Dixie Mason had not placed Molly
Farris in that hotel lobby for nothing
Quietly she pressed the "stenographer's"
Land and listened to Heinrich Won Lertz's
apologies. with tho result that a half
hour later found them at lhnChcon and
with the further result that three hours
later found Dixie Mason back I'm her
apartment and smiling to herself as she
brought forth an innocent appearing let
ter from small filing cabinet, The
twinling little lines Of humor gathered
about her lips as she scanned the lines
MY Dear Miss Mason:
Thanks for your letter. James Is
doing fine and by hard work has gotten
into a position of trust In the private
bank of the two fine old Germans
Schneider and Wurtz. However, he in
tends to tell no one until he receives
his first raise. Sincerely,
WALLACE j. CLAFLYNN,"
Universal Salvage Sales Co
RRF-wJC.
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Girl Attracts
NIasling
German

toward the rather tall, sleek German
who stood reading dictated letter he
Just had received from the stenographer
The Germans eyes rolled. quite "ac.
cidentally" again. Dixie Mason allowed
her swagger stick to fall to the floor.
An instant later the German had bent
forward, started to pick up the stick,
and With intentional clumsiness, stepped
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first extra: -
"Lusitania sunk Lusitania sunk "
German submarine! Klein, Vanderblt
Hubbard and thousand others missing
EXtry paper EXtry paper; all ABOUT
the sinking of the Lusitania =
SO that was the German victory The
lusitania sunk! Wearly Grant sank
into chair, the dictagraph receiver
still to his ear. ON the other side -Oi
the wall three men had raised their
stems to the picture Of the Kaiser toast.
ing him for the idea which had enables
the fishing smacks to wireless the ltws
Of the Lusitanias course to the waiting
submarines, for the distorted brain which
had devised the message of fishermen
into instruments OF death for the un;
godly, demon-llke cunning that had con
ceived the death of women and children
to be a German victory! Dronlnsy
the words came over the dictograph
ITO the Kaiser! May he continue MS
glorious victories, abroad--and here I.
"Abroad--and here :" murmured Haf-
rlson Grant between his clenched teeth
And here means America :" ~.
NEXT SATURDAY-THE NAVAL
BALL CONSPIRACY
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great rooms of the Criminoiogy club
echoed Grants speech. Then the
members gathered into little groups
to discuss the new development and to
plan for the future. As for Harrison
Grant-
He shifted from his position and
veercd toward Cavanaugh, his most
trusted operative.
"Biliy,' he announced. "our first blow
in this matter falls to you. You have
seen the advertisements in the news.
papers advising passengers not to sail
ON the Lusitauia ."
"Of course"
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L.usitania
Must Not
Sail


its next voyage"
~Yes?" Doctor Albert asked the
question with the calmness OF a per-
son ordering cab or choosing a
meal. well, all arrangements are
made, are they not?"
"As far as the submarines are con
cerned. yes. The entire Irish coast
has been charted into squares, each
square carrying the name of some fish
indigenous to that region. The mo-
ment that the word is flashed that the
Lusitania has sailed, a U-boat will be
assigned to each one of those squares.
Then it will be an easy matter for
fishing smacks. each with spy
aboard, to patrol the coast and send
a message from the nearest wireless
station"
"Somethlng like: Shipping ten cases
OF mackerel broke In Doctor Albert.
Exactly" Bernstorff looked up
with a smile. "You and | have dis
cussed that before, haven't we? l had
forgotten. Well, you know the rest.
No one will pay any attention to the
messages except our U-bOat captains.
They will know by them that the Lust
tania is entering the square named
after that particular fish. Ii should
be an easy task for them to sink the
ship. And IL must be sunk"
How about the international COM
plications?"
"rhey must take care of themselves
after we have done all we can do
TO keep things running smoothly. The
point is that the Lusitania must be
sunk! We have a lesson to teach
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to this club. II is a telegram from
William ]. Flynn, chief of the Secret
Service, which changes the aims and
purposes of our organization to ideals
far greater than ever were dreamed of
when we banded ourselves together to
follow out our individual hobbies I'm
the chase and capture OF dangerous
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Washington, April 20.

nlHERE is one angle of the demand
IL for legislation to prevent so-called
unpatriotic discussion that does not re-
oeive much consideration, to wit, the
check upon expenditures.
Congress is thinking seriously of in
creasing the Federal power to stop trea-
sonable talk and sabotage, but It is not
Inclined to go so far as to make IL
crime 70 criticize departments respect
ing the expenditure of public funds.
And there seems to be ample reason
why no such power should be given to
those to whom Congress appropriates
money and who are charged with the
responsibility of seeing that IL is dis
pensed honestly and without waste or
graft.
II would be anomalous. after appro-
nriating a lump sum Of, say, $4,000
GOO 10 a department for war purposes,
10 then provide that any one should be
prevented from exposing a bureau or
dapartment found to be violating it's
trust by misapplicaion Of such funds.
Some Of the provisions OF law recently
demanded, however, go substantially
that far, making il virtually impossible
for a newspaper or for any one else not
noasessing the constitutional privilege OF
4 Senator or Representative to in any
pag reflect upon the Administration.
The fear that espionage and censor
tnlp laws may be carried too far ac-
tbsnts for the delay in the passage OF
several measures that have recently
N.en engaging the attention OF Con-
ArilnEton Hotel site
N Il cancaded that never In the HE
.|Y 1T ihs Rlpubllc has such unlimited
t..IH1.nce been placed IN the President
I1. 1ennrinanis as IS now the case
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