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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
WANAMAKER TO TRAIN DOGS
Young Captain Will Educate Ami
mails for War at Meade

Captain John Wanamaker. Jr.. has
been placed in charge of training the
dogs at Camp Meade which have been
offered to General Scott following his
appeal for these animals, according 10
a dispatch received today.
CAPTAIN Wanamaker, who is well
known in Philadelphia social circles,
was In the commissal department prior
to this appointment. His knowledge oi
dogs will fit him for the work. y large
kennel will be built in the remount sta
ton. Already twenty-eight of the ami
mails have been offered General scott
II is expected that before the kennels
are completed the number will reach
Atty. Most of the dogs are Airedales
and German sheep dogs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
Potter Plans Drastic
Seizures of Coal
Continued from Page One

possession for the relief of City Hall.
Acting under the Instructions OF this
office are members of the Federal
Trade Commission. These men are
locating and reporting the number of
tons OF coal on hand that Is not being
drawn IN for current needs, and any
thing in excess Of a max ximum OF six
weeks requirement should be freely
offered by their owners
with traffic tied up throughout the
State as result OF the storm and coal
dealers I'm the city experiencing great
difficulty in delivering what little fuel
they have on hand, the Philadelphia coal
famine is more acute today than II has
been for weeks. Appeals for relief in
homes where sickness prevails are pour
ing into the fuel administration offices
and to the emergency aid investigation
station. in the Mayors Office. City Hall.
Mr.. Potter's action in divertng the
coal for consumption here Is in defiance
of Doctor Garfield's order prohibiting
coal administrators OF any State from
Selling coal consigned TO other sections
OF the country. It is the belief OF all
interests close to the coal trade that
this action will start something" They
say It offers grounds for n test case of
the power of State administrators TO d.
vert supplies In an emergency.
1900 TONS SEIZED HERE
The seizures aggregated $4,000 tons.
More than 1900 tons were taken from q
barge in the Delaware River to sail for
Florida. Even with the seizure Phila-
delphia's coal receipts for the las,
| twenty-four hours amounted only &c
about $4,000 tons. the amount esti-
mated 20 supply all househoders on war
| time rations. Less than 5000 tons were
brought here by the railroads.
| Another step TO take care of need,
families has been taken by Mr.. Potter
He has appointed John Edmunds. OF ths
Madeira-Hill Company. anthracite ad
ministrator for Pennsylvania. II vii
be his duty. Mr.. Potter announced, q
aspure that family size coal Is not di
verted into Industrial channels. Ed
munds has had more than thirty years
experience In fuel distribution.
While Mr. Potter was divertinE th'
coal here. at time when the coal bin
of the city wero at the lowest point o
the winter. and when suffering wa
claiming fresh victims by hundreds. tn
the storm, freight congestion and ship
ments 10 Other points male a seriou
hole IN coal arrivals and deliveries :
householders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
CLEARING THE RAILS
IN COAL REGIONS
Reading Company Puts 800
Men at Work Removing
Snow From Tracks
EEADING. Pa. Jan. 20.

More than 300 employees of the Read
ing car and locomotive shops were sent
to the coal regions this morning to clear
the company tracks \ special train Of
seven coaches left here at o'clock. En-
ployes of the Schuylkill Haven and st.
Clair shops started the work yesterday
and the officials hope to clear the tracks
today.
Last Saturday n large force Cf men
from Reading completed part OF the
work, but the storm on Sunday and Mon
day again covered the tracks. The COM
pany has experienced more trouble with
snow this year than ever before, ana II
is seriously interfering with the ship
ments Of coal and other freight, espe-
ciaIly at this critical stage.
In order to speed No this shipment OF
fuel the trains have been reduced Most
of the trouble lies in the coal regions, as
considerably more snow fell in this part
of the state than in this vicinity. al
though il was necessary to send the
snowplows out from Reading over some
of the divisions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
SCHOONER FLYING u. 8.
FLAG SEIZED HERE
Northland Alleged to Be Owned by
Greeks, Contrary to Shipping
Laws

Federal officials today are trying 70
determine the status OF the schooner
Northland seized by the United States
Government, after she had cleared port
with a cargo of oil for France. United
states District Attorney Francis Fisher
Kane has filed n libel against the
schooner alleging foreign ownership
while operating under the American flag.
1t is alleged that a bill OF sale was
executed by the Northland Steamship
Company. OF New Jerseys In october,
1916, to Edwin i. Day. who sold the
vessel TO John Hazapis on the same day
II Is maintained by the Government
that this transfer was not in good faith
and that the real owners are NJ. En-
birkos and Nicholas Galanos, who arc
Greeks,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
PENN STUDENT TELLS
OF AMBULANCE WORK
Dismal Task on Christmas Eve
in France Described by
H. s. Petryski

Driving an ambulance at the front on
ing n contagious disease, the night cold,
and rain falling steadily, was the ex-
perience of Hobart S, Petryski. of the
1919 class of Wharton School, University
of Pennsylvania. petryski has been in
France since last September with the
ambulance service. lie writes
To-day is Christmas--a day of peace
and good will. Here It is exactly the OPP
posite. In fact, it is about the same az
any other day. The artillery is firing,
the arplanes are being bombed by anti
aircraft guns and all the soldiers are In
the trenches.
II am sitting in an old wine cellar. 1t
is now used by the cook, and as II has a
fire we how use II as place to wait and
sleep 1t Is awful down here, The cook
has an open fire, which Is smoking. Now.
combine the smoke with odors OF onion
stew and cheese.
Outside IL is cold--colder than ! ever
could wish for, and as result we all
feel between the devil and the deep sea.
During the last two days ] have
uTlNtU tikHl lOulS tst'i udy NlNilOul
a stop. When get through am almost
an icice so stiff are my bones. Hester-
day it rained.
II started for sood at s a. M. and re-
turned at IL "a. IN. At 2:30 p. m.
started after man having a contagious
disease. | did not return till about II
p. IN. and it was Christmas Eve. Every
mile or so 1t was necessary for me to
stop and thaw out my glasses, for the
ice was so thick that | could not see
the road at all.
"As I came back alone at about ten
miles per hour, as the roads were too
slippery for fast driving. ! passed
through many a small French village
The rain had stopped and turned to
snow and as result | could see a
great deal better. AS | drove along l
imagined I was Santa Claus driving
through the small villages distributing
gifts. 1t was beautiful sight.
zone thing marred the entire eve
ming. As | was driving along ! passed
a woman and two children toiling
through the snow. 1t was at least six
miles to the nearest town and l surely
longed to pick them up However.
had just carried a man having a con-
tagious disease and my ambulance had
to he thoroughly disinfected before
could carry any one else. This incl
dent occurred about $3.50 p. m.
1T is dangerous for us to drive during
the dark nights, the nights that are
foggy and misty and nights such as we
are having tonight--a blizzard. We
fear those more than we do the German
shells At present we have three cars
Yin the garage, none of which will come
out for at least two weeks. The drivers
just escaped by good luck.
We are having a peach of blizzard
and we are hoping and praying we will
not get call to go out. for we are
sure OF losing the road, as all our cars
did the last time we had blizzard"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
START BOOM FOR AMBLER
Insurance Commissioners Friends
Want Him for State Senate

Friends of State Insurance Commits
sioner Amber Of Ardmore, Montsom-
cry County. have started boom Tor
his nomination for the state Senate
from the Second senatorial distrlct'
Announcement of the boom Tor AMBER
was announced by Magistrate H. stiii-
wagon. a close personal friend OF the
commissioner.
should Amber run he would be op'
posed to State Representative james
Boyd. of Norristown, who recently an
nounced that he would be candidate
for the senatorial nomination from th'
Second district. Stillwagon says com
mittees are being organized in the III
,erest OF Ambler's candidacy. .'.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
STABBED BY HIGHWAYMAN
Camden Man Resists When Held VI
by Two Negroes

Victor Lahtanen. twenty-elght years
old, Third and Market streets. Camden.
was held UP sby two negroes at Third
and Cherry streets, Camden. carly to-
day. He resisted them, and during the
fight that followed one of the negroes
stabbed him in the head.
He liz in the Cooper Hospital, and the
police are searching for the two men,
whose description Lahtanen furnished
them. Lahtanen told the police he came
from Brooklyn two days ago to seek
work in one Of the big shpyards near
here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
PATRIOTIC RALLY
West Philadelphia Scholars to Hear
War Talk Tonight

A patriotic rally under the auspices Of
tho National and state Bureaus of Pub.
lie Information will be held tonight at
the West Philadelphia High School for
Boys and Girls at s o'clock
II is for the purpose of disseminating
information TO the public and will be ad.
dressed by Lieutenant +. A. Sutton, of
the Canadian expeditionary forces, who
has seen service in the Gallipoll cam.
paign, and Harold Il. Beitler, ESQ.
chairman of the Four-minute Men enroll
ment committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
Suicide May Be Philadelphian

NEW YORK. Jan. ga man regs-
tered under the name of Jan Syubls, of
Philadelphia. although 1t is believed he
came from Lawrence. Mass. shot and
killed himself In a room in the Hotel
Philadelphia, Seventh avenue and
Twenty-fifth street. A bottle OF pills
bought In Lawrence was found In the
room and his necktie had also beer
bought there. No papers Of any kind
were found. He was about thirty-fivy
years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
WORKERS BADLY
HOUSED, IS CHARGE
xpert Scores Handling of
Problem as "Scandalously
= Slow and Incompetent"
10000 MEN NEED HOMES
hog Island Men Constitute City's
rs Special Problem, Says
a.s G.. H. Whitaker

The huge problems now confronting
this country in the housing of those who
ure engaged in war work. including mu-
milton factories and shipbuildrg COM
panics. and Philadelphia's special prob
lam Of Hog Island, were discussed By
Charles Harris whitaker, editor OF the
journal Of the American Institute OF
Architects, at the annual meeting OF
Tho octavia Hill Association at the City
Club.
Mr.. Whitaker. who Is an authority on
housing, depicted the conditions exist
ling all along the Atlantic seacoast-
iwhere the influx in labor for shipbuild-
Sng has forced upon cities and towns
the new problem of housing these men
and their families where the shortage
ipf houses was already acute.
L s''These men have got to be housed and
provisions for their families must be
ltnade successfully to form our Industrial
larmy.'' said Mr. Whitaker England
sfecognized this at the very outset OF the
LwAr and set about relieving the situa-
itior until now she Is the best housed
lnation OF the world and her labor army
tts firmly fixed. We are 5000 miles away
form the firing line instead of twenty.
and ships are the great need at present
- "Shipbuildng depends upon the work
man. and yet there are 10000 men wan
dering up and down the Atlantic sea
roast today looking for place to live
eAIr. whitaker told how England went
about the problem of building whole
towns where they were needed, the Gov
ernuent buying the land aat prewar
Values and erecting houses, which II still
bwns and will continue to own until o
standard value can be determined after
! tIie war. These fine. livable houses are
, hented to the workers at prewar prices
any any deficiency is stood by the Gov
efnment. Consequently they have an in
iustrial army properly housed and
therefore,, contented.
q SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
In England they soon discovered that
II was not just question OF building
houses for the people to live in. but that
there must be churches. schools. CLUBS
movies and all the amenities of "a we'll
balanced community. This essentla
feature was almost overlooked here a,
Fog Island.
Our treatment of the problem had
been scandalously slow, thoroughly in
competent. III considered and has demon
strated that we have not yet learned n
this country where 20 go for nelp 1T
great developments OF this kind MT
Whitaker said. I'VE have the men, but
we ignore them and take men who have
made successes In other lines who we
think can handle the most complicated
problem in modern life, with all its
ramifications, physical. moral. social
economic. as easily as'they would handle
factory problem.
The bill to appropriate s50,0oO,00O for
building houses for our workmen now
pending In Congress was generally In
dorsed by Mr.. Whitaker. However, ht
~, al To tho calling al
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
Seek Camden Draft Eligibles

Detectives were sent out today to
search for fifty-seven draft eligibles in
Camden County who have so far failed
to return answers to their question
aires. Most of the fifty-seven 1e'in-
quents are registered In Districts and
.. which include Woodland. Audubon.
ltaddon Heights, Gloucester and vicinity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
DR.. Annie L. Conner Dies

Dr. Annie L.. Conner, widely known
physician attached to the stan Of tho
WonsAn's Hospital, Il dead ut her homo.
7ob6 0ermantown avenue. after an III
s,esz sinae lart August \.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
RRSERyE MILITIA GROWS
6lonsI Hutchins Well Pleased With
3ucresse in Membership

~ Pennsylvania Reyerys Militia
~ - four conpthies more than two
~ 61lo6 co1dnei J. Warner Hut
<15e he y weu pleased at the wny
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29

ROY AL ARC ANUM
WILL foRfihH LIFE fSs iSsuEnNMcEE NAM EEr-ro-DArE
$1,000 Mt age IS at a cost of 4Isc n day.
Age SS5 at &c day. Age 80 at &c a day.
COUNCILS MEET THIS WEEK
Jan. es-Inte.rity. IeiI Colnmbis Ave, .'aE'
Jan. 29-R. A. Dining Club. BlnEhlm Hotel
Feb. 1--t,erma ntown. Vernon Hall
Feb. 1-Erankford. Insurance Building
Feb, 1-Iiaverf0rd. Kittenhouse Hall
Feb I--Potts town. =. q. =. Of A. Hail
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
FAMED ship SINKS
IN FIRTH OF FORTH

LONDON, Nov. 22-The steamer
Campania, once queen of the seas, was
sunk In the Firth OF Forth, Scotland,
during a gale, All on board the vessel
were saved.
The, Campanla broke from her moor
ings during the gale and colllded Win
a battleshlp. She sank before she
could be beached, The date Of The
public, "'''
The Campania, Il former Cunard line
trans Atlantic flyer, for several wears
has been Q mother snip for seablanes
IN the British navy. In 1898 the Cam
pania made a record voyage from New
York to Queenstown In five DAYS, IL
hours and seven minutes, cutting the
TIM Of the American line steamer CIty
OF Paris by two hours ror the east.
ward trip. '
The %Campanla was a vessel Of Il. ESQ
tons and was built in Glasgow In 1892.
When the war began, the vessel was
taken over by the British admiralty,
She was In the Jutland fight and also
took part In the operations by the
allied fleets at the Dardanelles
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
CASTELNAU MAY
BECOME MARSHAL
Hint at Elevation of Noted
French Chief Who Will
Enter Strassburg.

PARIS. Nov. 20. tIIavas. den. Ed
Guard de Curiercs de Castelnau, who
will enter S%trassburg Sunday with the
French army according to the Echo
de Paris, probably will at that time
assume a new dignity"
Paris newspapers reported earlier III
the week that three now marshals OF
France probably would he appointed
soon ana that one general would be
promoted when Strassburg was an
tered, Apparently enc OF the generals
to be elevated win be Gen, dc Cas-
telnau.
Gen. de Castelnau was chief OF the
French general staff under Marshal
Joffre and later was commander OF the
French armies In France and Belgium.
He Is one OF the most successful Lead
ers Of the French army and Is known
AS "the savior Of Nancy" for his brill
liant defense OF that region In the
first months OF the war, In 1915 he
went to Greece In connection with the
Greek and Macedonia situations. He
then became Commander-in chief of the
French armies In France and Belgium
and. Rfter his retirement from that po-
sitIon,. represented France ut the al
lied conference in Petrograd early in
1917.
Cen. de CRstelnau lost three sons
during the war and u fourth was cap
tured by the Germans, being repatri-
ated last July. The general was born
in 1851 and fought in the Franco Prus-
sian war,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
DEFENDS AMERICAS
WORD WITH FRANCE

PARIS. Nov 92,-Following an attack
upon the ministry OF marine by Deputy
Bergcon, who criticized the requisttlon-
ing OF merchant vessels. Capt. Andre
Tardieu, head Of the general commits
sion for Franco American war matters,
answered for the8overnment. He said
We are charged with having COM
menced construction Of wooden ships.
We need the tonnage. accept neither
the charge that the FreRoh government
is careless nor the charge Of egotism on
the part Of the United states. We are
behind 100, GOO tons OF shipping promised
by America NJ. BerEeou Criticlxes US
for not having signatures TO the agree
ment with America. | viii answer him
There is no needSfor signatures in or
der to secure the execution ~ Amer
teas promise since America has sent
an army OF s,00,0 600 TO France"
Great aprlause greeted this remark
FeruRnd Routsson, undcrsccretarv OF
state for merchant marine. outlined a
shipping hin that has hcon prepared
aud stated that the chamber would be
asked to vote an appropriation for the
project.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
SHELLS AND PITS ARE
NO LONGER NECESSITY.

The government no longer needs
nut shells and fruit pits for the gas
masks for soldiers, and has notl-
fled the local Red Cross commit
tee on conservation OF these mate
rails TO cease collecting them.
The committee desires to thank
everyone who contributed In this
movement, 1t wishes to stop all
out-of-town people before they 70
to the effort OF sending In any
Cross the expense OF express
charges on such shipments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
u. S. Vessels
Sunk By Germans
During World War

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22,-Loss Of
145 American passenger and merchant
vessels Of 354.449 tons, and 775 lives
through acts Of the enemy during the
period from the beginning OF the world
war to the cessation Of hostillties Noy.
IL. Is shown by figures made public
by the department Of labor's bureau
OF navigation. The report does not in
clude several vessels, the loss OF which
has not been established as due 70
acts of the enemy. Nineteen vessela
and 67 lives were lost through use Of
the entrance Of the United States into
the war,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
MISSIONARY

RALEIGH. n. c., Nov. 22.-News OF
the death by drowning of DR.. John F.
Anderson, a missionary at Tung Chow,
China. was received here. No partiou-
lars have been received.
DR., Anderson was about 2S years of
age, He had been at Tung Chow for
about two years and was In charge Of
a large hospital there. He was a ma
tive Of South Carolina and was work
ing under the auspices Of the foreign
mission board Of the Southern Baptist
convention and the Rockefeller com
mission,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
CHANGES
HIT.TENNESSEANS
Shields and Mcclellan Win
Lose Chairmanships Under
G. o. P. Reorganization.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. tSpLl-
SeyeFal Tennesseeans will be affected
by the reorganization Of the senate by
the Republicans. II President Wilson
does not call an extra session after
next March, the changes will probably
In December, 1919. when reorganiza-
ton viii take place, because when on
gEess quits March 4 II does not meet
IN the regular course until a year from
December.
Senators Shields and Mcclellan will
lose their committee chairmen assign
ments II the Republicans control and
Messrs, 4. l.. Bynum and Miles Nesbitt,
their Efficient secretaries, will become
secretaries in fact instead Of clerks Of
committees, though the reduction in
salary Will be very slight.
Walter X. Bowling, OF Nashville, will
probably be displaced as postmaster Of
the senate Price TomlinsOn, Of Column
bia, as clerk In the office Of the sec
rotary Of the senate, and John Lam
intendent Of the senate document
room. The clerical force OF the two
senators will be reduced one each,
since they have no committee chair.
manships.
Alva Taylor, Of Jackson, will. Of
course. lose out as clerk Of the COM
mittee on interstate n foreign COM
merce OF which Thstus W. Sims u
chairman, while William Padgett. Of
Columbia, win quit as clerk to the
naval affairs committee, OF which his
father is chairman. Congressman Moon,
Sims and Padgett as house Chairmen
will have to surrender the gilded and
luxurious office suites in the capitol to
take their places in the house office
building with the minority rank and
file.
Sam X. Sells, Of the First district Of
| Tennessee. however. win move out to
tho capitol into one OF the most eX-
pensive offices in the world as chair
| man OF the pension committee and will
have the honor Of being the only mem
Der Of either branch Of congress from
| Tennessee who has an office under the
dome OF the nations capitol.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
GIVES LATE ARCHBISHOP
CREDIT FOR F0!LlNG HUN

CHlCAGO. Nov. 22.-That the late
Archbishop Ireland frustrated a Mot
to makes the Roman Catholic church
In the United States a tool Of Ger
many was the assertion made bv the
Rev. Charles McGinnis. Of ST. Paul, In
an address here.
John Ireland, he said. discovered
an attempt to start a German Austrian
movement throughout the country,
which would have established German
and Austrian Catholics in colonies In
various parts OF the nation. When war
came tho church would have been
placed in the position Of ~hsrhortng
enemy aliens.
The project had gone SO far that
amha ssadors had almost convinced
Pope Leo XIII that tho movement was
all right, but John Ireland sDipped
away from st Pau without any an
uouut eJnent OF his destination. went
20 Rome and convinced TIVE pope that
the movement was dangerous, ard the
latter pronounced against e."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
SYSTEM USED
FOR TOWNS SMOKERS

ROTTERDAM, England, Nov, e
Correspondence of the Associated
Press. Tobacco users in this town are
being registered and rationed, and the
scheme appears to be working very well.
Already l4,635 smokers have been en-
rolled and obtain their supplies without
difficulty. They take their national
registration card to the police office.
are placed on a customers register and
each receives a card, which Is taken TO
the tobacconist, who accepts the Gus
toner.
Other boroughs and towns in the dis
trict are proposing to follow the SAME
plan.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
NAMES OF SEVEN MORE
LOST ON OTRANT0 GIVEN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The names
OF seven more American soldiers lost
when the transport. Otranto was sunk
in foreign waters Oct. 6 were made
public today by the war department.
They were.
ana GoT Priv aGseo Tni MGniT W. yRo Gansoh III.
ton, Ga; Hugh Callihan, Normal, KY;
Henry F. Cox, New Haven, Conn. +;
George W. House. Brooklyn; William
Kruhm, Baltimore. and Forrest Il, Mus
grove, Fulton, Mo.