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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08

perhaps stricter than Is intended. The
Governors and the appeal agents are
asked TO investigate and upon eVtdenc,
to ask boards to reciassify men. Assist
ance of the public through supplying in
formation TO the boards also is asked.
1t was said that with the gradual eX
haustion Of Class unslSilled farm la
borers, whom the boards have been
allowed to place at it's bottor?, will har,
10 go to cantonments. There will b'
no change in this policy, and the onl!
relief, 1t is declared, will come from
enforcement Of the 'work-or-fight" order
generally.
II is expected that the Encouragement
will bring into Glass more than
500. 600 men
Cases where registrants were married
after passage of the draft act will be
carefully considered and If Class
boards will proceed TO reciassi them
Married men whose wives have sustain
ing incomes probably will be reclassitied.
Provost Marshal General Crowder has
announced that the class of 1918 regis
trants will not be allowed to enlist in
the navy or marine corps. and that no
voluntary inductions will be granted
until order and serial numbers have
been assigned. After numbers are as
signed registrants may enlist if they OBJ
tain certificates from their local boards
stating they are not within the boards s
current quota.
Last January local Board No 80. con-
sisting Of William r. Nicholson. chair
man; DR. +. b. Hancock and John p.
Dwyer, sent complaint to Governor
Brumbaugh that District Board No. 2
was violating the regulations OF the Sc
| lective service act in reclassifying men
on appeal from the local boards classi-
! flcaton. They also charged that the Sc
lective service regulations had been gen
eraly violated throughout the whole city
! in the same way through decisions of
District Board No. ..
| The Governor was asked to make an
investigation. The matter was referred
according to a statement made yes
| terday by Mr.. Dyer, to Adjutant Cen
eral F. y. Meary. at Harrisburg. After
| two months time the Adjutant General
came to Philadelphia and after evil
dence had been submitted by Dwyer
acknowledged that the rules had beer
| violated.
The specific charges were that mer
had been classified contrary to regula
tons. District Board No. =. Mr.. Dwyel
said, has continually violated the regu
lations in reclassifying men.
No action was ever taken in the
matter. said Mr.. Dwyer. who. agair
yesterday called the attention of tht
Adjutant General to the situation.
A house-to-house canvass may be re
sorted to In order TO get all aliens an'
native youths who have become twenty
one years old since June 5. 1917. ntt
the army draft. German propaganda
among aliens is hnted at draft head
quarters.
The second probe is under way
Edward c. Carson, chief clerk of distric
board No. >, who was recently ap
pointed special Government inspector
Accompanied by several assistants. he i
making a canvass Of the fifty-one drat
boards. and will examine all question
naires filed, and all other workings o
the draft boards. Several accounts" O
the several boards in the northern sec
tion Of the city have been gone over.
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Light Draft May Be
Ward HeeIer job
Confined from raxe One

Continued from PaEe One
,s+,a.ion here and throughout the State.
Major Murdoch charged that forged and
other fraudulent letters and telegrams
purporting 10 be official commun!ca-
tions explaining the duties of draft off,
GERS, were sent to many local boards in
an effort to confuse and hinder the off,
GERS
II was this information that caused
General Crowder to order an immediate
Investigation. The investigation is to
begin in this city, because more than
half of the estimated 10000 registration
slackers throughout the state should
have enrolled here.
Light registration Of aliens has been
reported in Districts Nos. !. J. IL: Il.
"a, 80, 40 and A.. These districts have
Jurisdiction over regions which have a
majority of alien residents, and the
registration in the districts has been of
a nature which has raised suspicion in
the minds Of the draft boards covering
them.
Many theories have been promulgated
to explain the light registration Of for
eign-born residents of this and other
cities for Philadelphia is not the only
city where the registration of aliens
was light. One explanation offered was
the activity of propagandists. who are
said to be working among the foreign
sections of the city and State. Agents
of the Department of Justice, under
Special Agent Frank Garbarino. acting
upon the suggestion OF local draft
boards will Cooperate with Major Muir
dock.
Oilers give as an explanation the fact
that hundreds OF aliens resident in Phil
adelphia heretofore have left for other
cities to register under boards who are
classifying aliens in deferred classes.
To Revise Classification
With the double purpose Of increasing
! the number Of men available fer mill
tary service and of insuring fairer ad.
mir!stration Of the selective service law
General Crowder telegraphed Governors
Of all States asking immediate rein
vestigation Of the draft classification
lists everywhere.
| Class ]. already exhausted in som'
localities by the repeated calls. contain.
2s.7 per cent of all the registrants, &C
cording to the national average. bu
percentages in the $500 local exemption
! board districts vary most materially
both up and down. from the average
figure.
by Stacker marriages and ungroundec
claim Of right to industrial or agricul
tural exemption. General Crowder be
lieves, some registrants have imposed
upon the burdened local boards to es
cape service while in other districts al
application of the regulations has beel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
MEADE ARTLLERYMEN
TRY PICK AND SHOVEL
Find Night Digging More
Difficult Than Day-Field
Mass Tomorrow
By a star Correspondent


Camp Meade, Admiral, Nd. June ..
They can handle the big guns. That
much Is pretty we'll understood SO far
as the boys in the seth Field Artillery
are concerned, but not until today did
It become known that. they are Just
as proficient with picks and shoHels.
on the other side Il is necessary for
Uncle Sans artil!erymen, to dos-their
digging at night for only under the
cover of darkness can the big gun
handlers prepare dugoues and gun posi-
.ions with any feeling of security. To
prepare the Philadelphians for such
work Lieutenant Colonel Thomas. com
mander of the regiment, ordered the
boys TO do some night digging and this
morning when they trooped back TO
camp every man admitted. and without
reservation, that night digging is just
digging, but o little more difficult than
day digging. Batteries a and r got
down TO work at o'clock last night
and kept busy until midnight Then
they were relieved by Batteries Z ana D.
Until 10 o'clock the boys were CON-
PEELED to dig in total darkness. but when
the Imaginary Germans went to bed two
big acetylene torches were brought into
play.
The Rev. George J. Bryant, director
Of Catholic activities at this camp, to-
day announced that everything is II
readiness for the military mass that Is
To be celebrated on Liberty f1eid TO-
morrow morning. Cardinal GIBBONS vii
attend and will be escorted to the neic
altar by a company of 1bo men IN thf
al 3th Infantry. Father Bryant, VIII o'
the celebrant. The ceremonies Will TAKE
nIace at $50, and General Nicholson
| has ordered the military police 10 opei
the camp TO visitors at 1880.
Israel Lain. 424 South Twentieth
| street, and Fred Goldberg. sos sColum
bia avenue, philadelphia. who accepted
dve-year sentences rather than sobmi
TO operations which medical onicer
deemed necessary In order to ht then
| for military service, have re)oined thei
| commands, Both soldiers feared tn
surgeons knife more than German oui
let's but wishing to keep their record
clean. submitted 10 the operations Gold
berg is a member of Company r. SLOT
infantry. and Lain Is member o
the i54 Depot Brigade, When tney sig
nI6ea a desire TO submit TO the opera
tions the camp commander suspenoe'
their sentences.
The following transfers were an
nounced today: Private Leonard
IJrphart. Fourth oficers Training Camr
N Engineer Oficers Training Camp q
Camp Lee First Lieutenant William L
Hanson. Medical Reserve corps, 20 svs,
1 sanitary Train Er]y7etc - =. <ss<t '.s'.
f11<th pep1f N u @|9 ID 4 2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
CARS TO POWDER PLANT
National Park Line Now Runs to Rivel
Loading Station .... .,

GIoucester City, y. j., June S.--The
trolley cars of the Woodbury. and Ma
tionai Park branch of the Public Serv-
ice Railway now run over the new
route slsirting the United States Gov
ernment's new powder-bag loading plant
at Washington Park. For twenty
Ave years, or ever since the road was
ltd down, the cars have been operated
directly through the center Of the old
park grounds.
The bag-loading plant will be finished
within another week. The work of fill
ing bags with powder Is now well under
way and more than 500 women and girls
are employed. When the plant is in full
operation there will be about, 1000
women and as many more men en-
ployed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
STATE PARK CASE ENDED
Litigan,s Agree to Accept $4,000 for
propertv

Harrisburg, June s.--The next Legis-
Iature will be asked to appropriate s32.-
600 for the purchase Of the last proper
ties in the Capitol Park extension zone
originally and the Legislature of 1915
appropriated s300,0 900 additional. When
tile commission wound up its affairs
about year ago. having obtained pos
session Of all Of the 537 properties. It
was believed that about $4,000 would
have TO he asked for. because of pend
ing appeals TO the courts.
The last contested case, that of George
P and Edward y. Cooper. was settled.
IL was announced. when the case was
called recently before the State Supreme
Court and it is to them that the money
is owing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
SURRENDER In FRAUD CASE
)efepdants in Larceny of Govern.
ment Bobinet Give Up

Albert and Herman Schneyer and
larry Rudley. indicted yesterday by the
Xo1eral Grand Jury on the charge of
Gtoqltng $4,000 yards Of bobinet, used in
HQ1king mosquito nets for the beds OF
Kounded soldiers and sailors. today sur
lohdersd TO Clerk Brodbeck of the Fed
ARol Court, and entered bail for their ap-
0o0fAnce In court Monday.
4Ibort Schneyer formerly conducted
=. Ua1pt manufacturing business at 701
III Arch street. under the name of
nchneyer 4 Co. Herman Schneyer.
6rcther. and Rudley. who is his
@haf-in-law. were managers OF the
establishments.
- 0overnment furnished the nate
~ - manufacture the nets. and in a
1nG-up process IL was found that an
y a $4,000 yards. valued at s17o0.
boon sent to Schneyer. Agents of
Il military Intelligence bureau say the
- man had sold the bobinet to junk
Iora and jobbers
- Dickinson fixed Albert Schney-
IN n 32600, and that of Herman n
15or and Rudiey. at $500 each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
LIGHTS. ANGER GARFIELD
Power Waste Brings Warning Of
Drastic Action

Washington. June S.--Excessive IL
Elimination Of display signs and outdoor
advertising. especially during daylight
hours. resulted in a warning from Fuel
waste is stopped a lightless night order
will be put into effect without delay.
"And 1t will be more drastic than any
Reports made to him, several from
New York city say that theatres, res
taurants and similar places are turning
on electric display signs during the day
time. He said the need for saving coal
will require strict economy in the use of
night. signs even during the summer
months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
DANCE FOR ENLISTED MEN
Rockledge and Fox Chase Women Ar.
range Entertainment

A dance for the enlisted men in train
ing at the Country Club at Rockledge
was given by the auxiliary of Rockledge
and Fox Chase Tuesday evening. Y was
held at the parish house Of the Church
of the Nativity.
Music was furnished by the Jazz Band
of the Fourth Naval District and re-
,freshments were served by the women
of the auxiliary, whose officers are :
President. Mrs. F. H. Argo: vice preei-
dent, Miss VI. Crosson secretary. Mrs.
4 NJ. Green, Jr,, and treasurer. Mrs. II.
CaStnr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
PARK GUARD SAVES WOMAN
Prompt Plunge From Park Bridge
illustrates Death Leap

Park Guard william Allen saved the
life of Mrs. Anna Lintner. OF 1927 Wilt
street when she leaped into the schuyi-
Kill River from the trolley bridge in Fair
mount Park. After rescuing the woman
from drowning Allen applied first aid
methods to revive her and then sent her
10 the women's HOMEOPATHIC Hospital.
She is In a critical condition, but
physicians say that she has a chance to
recover as a result Of the park guards
efficient frst-aid methods. Allen saw
the woman wandering aimlessly through
when she leaped from the bridge into the
river plunged in. after her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
MUkDERERS SEEK PARDON
Two Seventeen Convicts Willing to
Join Army IL Released

.PottsyiIle. Pa. June 8. - Two nur-
derers asked pardon from the State
Board. Louis Travato. a mere Noy. OF
Jerome Pingaton at aScard game, is one
of the petitioners, and the other Ia I,ogi
Cavulli, who killed Joseph Burchill. a
hotslkeeper, at st. Clair.
Both are serving seven-year sentences,
and both express wish to join the
army II pardoned. Neither is regarded
as a hardened criminal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
$4,000 HOMELESS IN STAMBO
Fire Sweeps Section Of Constantinople
but Spares Mosque

Amsterdam, June S.-A fire at Stam-
boul the Mohammedan section of Con-
stantinople, devastated the whole east
ern part of the Sultan Selim quarter
and made $4,000 persons homeless.
according to the semiofficiaI Nord.
deutsche, Allegemeine Zeitung. of her
lin. Buildings on both sides Of the
mosque in that district were destroyer,
but the mosque was spared. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
Go to Bury Son. Find Him Alive

Pennsburg. Pa. June 8.-Receiving a
message that their son. William. a troll
leyman. had been killed in trolley ac-
mer Biting. OF East Greenville. made
arrangements with an understaker and
went to Allentown TO bring the body
home Arriving there they found their
son sitting in chair and peacefully
smoking a pipe. The William Biting
who was killed was another employe Of
the traction company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
U.BO4TS SIGHTED
OFF FLORIDA COAST
Jacksonville, Fla, Ju

Arriving at an Atlantic port last night
the steamship Arapahoe. CLYDE liner. re-
ported that German submarines had
been sighted off the coast of Florida.
and that several coastwise vessels then
at sea had made for the nearest port as
fast as possible.
The - ca nlship Hesman, a small craft
arrived at the Atlantic p0rt Immediately
after the Arapahoe. Tho He'sman's
captain also reported. sighting the sea
raider a distance off the coast
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
READINGS SON DECORATED
Viscount Erleigh Cited for Bravery Dur.
ing Heavy Hun Attack -.

Washington. June 8.-The military
cross has been awarded to Captain the
Viscount Erleigh. Royal Fusilters, son
of Lord Reading, British Ambassador
II is learned at the British embassy
by the Viscount on March 2i. while
serving with the Fifth Army in France
Niscount Erieigh was a staff captain
of one of the brigades i'm the heavy
German attack ''.... 'ss. o..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
Bridgeport Soldier Dies in France

Norristown. Pa, June s.--The first
bridgeport boy to die overseas is Rich
ard Wafer, twenty-nine years old a son
of Moses Wafer. who received word that
his son died from pneumonia on May
al He contracted the disease while
crossing the water. Wafer enlisted last
july in a company captained by William
March, Of Norristown. He was a we'll
known ball player and member OF ST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
Up to Date on the Face of II

George Fisher. machine erector in
the Pennsylvania yard. Gloucester, has
"c!ock gazers' around him Their de-
msnds upon his timep'ece took away 50
much Of his efficiency that he put
bearing the words Time to 20 to
work." a lot OF fun was made cf thsf.
but Fisher determined to break up The
ssss q the wssssiSs wsaass q the s0sk H
resds, Time YOU dld soi,1ethinG, . m
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
STEAMSHIP ATTACKED
TWICE ON SAME TRIP

Newport, X. L., June 8.
Captain Parker. Of the steamship
Westerner, declared today his ship was
attacked by a submarine 100 miles off
Nantucket shoals last Thursday.
Naval patrol boats appeared and the
U-boat vanished. In mid-ocean, Parker
said. another submarine chased him but
he was too fast for II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
WRIT FOR DOTTY WEIGLE
Bench Warrant Issued for Woman at
Norristown

Swartz Miller and solly had busy ses-
sion of court today hearing desertion
cases and passing sentence upon those
convicted at the Criminal Court.
At the instance OF District Attorney
Anderson, a bench warrant WAS issued
for Dorothy Miller. who failed to ap-
pear for trial ;ast wednesday, one the
8 81 sss,ss e ssI''es { 1s |'saaE 81 ''esf:f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
NOrlUeigidn Ship
NelUest U-BOat Victim,

Continued from raee One
sci lost was the Vinland was made
shortly before ten o'clock last night.
The Navy Department has made
public the following summary of the
report of the captain of the Har-
pathian:
THE Harpathian. which was bound
from Plymouth. England, to an Amer
ican port, was torpedoed June ) at Q
a. m. The submarine did not appear
until after the vessel sank. The U-boat
gave no signals of warning, and the
captain, who was on the lower bridge
taking observations, did not see the
torpedo until it struck. The crew
Immediately took to the boats. The
vessel sank in seven minutes.
Three minutes later the submarine
came up short distance away and
an officer came out of the coming
tower and asked if every one was
saved. The captain replied that all
were safe except one fireman, who
was hurt. The injured man was taken
aboard the submarine for medical at.
tention. which was given him, and
he was returned to the lifeboat The
submarine commander put a bucket of
fresh water on the lfeboat and gave
the steamship captain plug of Amer
lean brand tobacco.
'Ihlrty seven men were observed
on the deck of the submarine, which
appeared to be $50 to 300 feet long
carrying two guns, probably six
inches"
United States ship Torpedoed
New York. June S.--A cable message
received by the Geer Steamship COM
pany says the American steamship
Argonaut was torpedoed by German
submarine off the Scilly Islands on
June g.
The Argonaut was freighter Of 1884
tons gross register, and was formerly
the German steamship Albinglia.
Fought the U-Boat or Coast
An Atlantic Port, June S.--A French
armed merchant ship which came into
port here reported an encounter
with a German submarine off the Vir-
| ginia capes. Details Of the battle are
| lacking, but it Is said the fight occurred
short distance outside the capes. The
extent of the damage to the merchant.
man Is unknown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
Much Damage in Cioudburst

Csrlisle, Pa, June s.--Fieids of grain
were washed and much damage caused
10 tire tracks Of the PhtlAdelphis and
4 SIoS1hrf9 ia ~ 7spi51re sec9iea 8
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
I,e,p From window Proves Fatal

wilmington. Del. June s--Dayid Pow
ell. for many years . nsh dealer In this
ssy Sa dSssy ,Snf e nx: fSS,'dsy e IN Y
~ ;;ssiI g - .'ss'" =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
Fire in Barn Cause. $4,000 Los.

and sdjoinins buildings as Uppss Han:
over. owned BY Dr. O. a. Curi!nG g
LsEishnrg. Pa; we're Aastreys4 ~ S{s
: : ~ ,iis ss's's' ssss I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08

6 61oyskusg, -, june s..Fire Of
WG4 n1nkap 4 Stone Machine
~ 39A1a9 ln1ussriAl sstab-
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE
 UNITED IN MARRiAG.

Last evening very quiet wedding w. couammptcd the contracting narta. ls,r- Donald l. NcCIrthr~and Hr- M.raa'"r Narup Th" ceremony w.s performed b- Co.at. toner A ! Adams 'he a.1urs.c. being Miss G"n.s,n2. Nr.l.n and W.Itor Cn0- nnr. mu.dtt.'s au,r thr unpInI knot had loon { .I 1a. welding party participated tu npcr served at the Alaskan Grill
 Tho trjdo is one Of o9r popnlar yoaua lad.'- ~l, ha been employed aa a clerk al Ii. po@toffcn for some 'lmc past Mir faGarthy has resided here several yr.. and WIS connected guh lho Cope. I#,.r & Northwest- or" ratJvny Up t1 'hn tImo h" enlisted tu n" I"N II returned from Camp laata on the las' boat. having been dj-oharard from the service.
 Th" m1ny friends of the young counlr i,ir the ''aily Times in extend ing hearty cong tulation-
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18

Mrs. Fred Nichols of Paxson, wife ot the proprietor of the Nichols Transportation Company. operating between Fairbanks and Chitina. ar rived in town on yesterdays train
 She reports that the thermometer
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18
LEGATION
 AT BUCHAREST LOOTED

WASIiINGTc%. Dee. K by Aeso- ciatod Prcs-l American Minister to homania Nopic.a ha# notified the staye department tha- while he was visiting at ,Iassy recently thieves. believed to to Gormans. entered the legation building al Bucharest and stole goods valued at $1oo.ooJ from trunks left there for sarc.kc-pin%
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18

registered 60 degrees below zero alo the trail
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18

Thcr" was large attendance Of T. mb"rs at the Knights of pythias meeting Monday evening. and the OK. cc'lent program rendered was thor cC"hly enjoyed by all
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18

WANTED-To rent a typewriter for a
 month. Inquire Windsor hotel 15-4
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
 NOTES OF INTEREST

The steamship Alameda is due from the westward tomorrow night
 A large assortment of dining room chairs at John Rawson's Bargain Store
 The steamship Victoria will sail tonight direct Tor Tacoma with a cargo of copper ore
 k. $. smith, operator ot the cable office, today received official nouGca. ton of his transfer To Fort Lawton.
 Mir and Mrs. Edward NJ. Bates of Chitina are spending d few day with cordoya friends
 The local stores are g1ily arrayod in holiday attire. and look for a good Christmas trade
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres hyterian church will postpone their food sal" advertised for Saturday. on account of the outbreak of influenza.
 L. C. IIinkol who represents the Iubbard-Elliott mining interests in hc Notsina district, came down from rplnI on yt.trrGay aft t,r,,,,.. ,,...
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The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18

Subscrih" for the Daily Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-18

The steamship Alameda is due from the westward tomorrow night
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-24
MRS. SWiNEFoRD BUYS
 HOME IN kETcHlkAN

Mrs. Swineford, of Juneau, who is visiting in Ketchikan at the home of Mrs. H. C. Strong, has purchased the Washburn property on the Court House Hill next to the Morgan home, through Miss Agnes Edmond.
 Speaking ofs her purchase today. Mrs. Swineford said she does not plan to take possession of her new home until this fall, when she will return to take up her residence here among her many old-time friends, and asquaintances.- Min er)