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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
LIBERTY LOAN PLEAS
MET IN ALLENTOWN
Every Workman in Two Shops Sub.
scribes FOR Bonds and Women
aud Children Active

Allentown, Pa, April 29.--Therc are
many evidences of stimulation in lib
erty Loan interest through lhc Liberty
Day parade in A,rrtown. Mrs {. Tenn
pleton Ritter one Of the active womcl
workers. occupied tent erected on Gem
ter Square and while the parade WAS in
progress she sold $1,000 of Liberty
bonds At another booth. Immediately
after the parade, Mrs Willis T.. Kuhns
and Mrs, Harry Haas sold 5000.
Mrs. j. +. Seeds organized "A class of
little girls into a troupe Of dancing
dolls. They appeared in a float in a
parade and also gave "A performance on
'hC stage OF a local theatre. The chill
iren are Lottic Laskey Frances Shiffert,
Marion Hcibner, Dorothy Hersh, Helen
kurtz. Katharine Kimmett. Lorah Min
ner and Lillian Layton, Two perform
ancoS a. the theatre netted Sl6,500 for
the loan.
Fred and Ned Durham, managers of
the BOnney Wise and Tool Works, held a
meeting with the 400 employees of the
plant after the parade, and every man
| took bond, making this a 100 per cent
shop, with a total subscription by the
employees of $4,000.
The employees of the Bradley Pulver.
| iZer Company also went across as a l0C
. per cent shop. with subscriptions Of So.
fooO, to which the company added So.
/ 600. The Lehigh Motor Club subscribed
| $4,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
MUST HAVE FLANDERS Goa
German Navy League Wants 1t for Fu
ture Base Against England

While Count Won Hertling continues
to repeat that Germany has no idea of
extending her territories in the west by
means of forcible anneXations. the Ger
man Navy League, in a circular recently
received in London, insists upon the inn
portance of the coast of Flanders as the
base for German operations against
England in the next war. The circular
says:
"It is along the coast Of Flanders
that the road passes 10 London, the
heart Of England. and the only English
port on the east coast which has hther-
to hardly lost any OF its Importance be-
cause il cannot be put out Of competi-
ton owing 20 its splendid docks and the
density Of the population But the whole
sea traffic through the Channel to the
Thames Is exposed to flank attack by
our submarines on the coast Of Flanders.
II would not be impossible 10 send sub
marines from the Gcrman coast to the
Channel although they would have TO
II would be pretty hopeless TO make a
raid with destroyers, II our destroyers
had 10 cover the whole course from the
mouth OF the Ems along the Dutch
coast they would be deprived of the
possibility of effecting a surprise. and
the prospect of success would be greatly
The Navy League also explains that
possession Of the coast OF Flanders is
"it Is obvious that our aircraft can.
| not do without the coast of Flanders
for their attacks upon England and
also for their reconnaissance. Posses
sion OF the coast means an extension Of
| the effective range Of both our military
and our air forces, our naFal air forces
simply cannot % Without ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
SOLDIER MARRIES GIRL
He MET BY TELEPHONE
Aviator Was First Charmed Eleven
Eleven Years Ago by Lancaster
Maids Number. Please

Lancaster, Pa, April Ca romance
that started eleven years ago had its
climax saturday evening. when private
lames w. Morse, of Company Six, AVia-
ton Section Of the Signal Corps, sta
toned at Madison Barracks training
camp, New York and Miss Georgia NJ.
Flick, Of 72S Columbia avenue, this city,
were married by the Rev Frank Ander-
son, Of the First Baptist Church, Water
town, y. Y.
Miss Flick is a chief operator for the
Bell Telephone Company in this city.
While attending the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, the bridegroom was
sanitary inspector Of the state board of
health during vacation periods, with his
headquarters in Lancaster. The couple
became acquainted over the telephone
and a courtship was carried on for some
time before they met
Morse was graduated in 1907 and
tar took up photos.aphy in Washing
ton. lie sailed from san Francisco Will
the Steffanson expedition as photog
rapher. He returned TO San francisco
the latter part of the year and ther
went to Honolulu as a photographer
The couple did not meet from l9l.
until a few weeks ago, when the bride
visited her prospective husband at Z
military camp. The groom is son o
Dr and Mrs. George Byron Morse, o
] Omaha, Neb.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
JERSEY ISSUES PLEA
FOR SEASONABLE FOOD
Market News Against Luxuries. Wants
Freight Rails Free
for War Supplies

Trenton. Y. j.. April 29-"If the rail-
roads running through New Jersey are
20 carry soldiers, food ana munitions
TO the ships bound for France they
cannot be expected to carry luXuries
and out-of-season foods u fastidous
consumers. say the Weekly News
Market Bulletin issued today by the
State Department Of Agriculture in
pointing out the Importance of con-
sumers buying seasou1hlc prOGucts
This subject continues the Bulletin.
"Is bound 10 be forced home more and
more forCibly as the season advances.
Nearby-Crown seasOnable products do
0ot require extensive tTanspOrtatiuu
facilities.
We are seeing now that true pa -
triotlSm realizes its duties in every walk
Of life. No activity Of tho American
po' pie today can Withstand Judgment
according 70 the standard of Datr'otism.
( we buv nonesSentials in furniture,
food clothing, We are enCoVr- ~ing some
one 10 work and use materials which
are need Il t0 wiz tho war
stating that eggs are soon to go
higher tho Bulletin says that hens are
now being shipped i'm large quantities
tho laying period will soon have passed
its flush and, it is declared. iC history
repeats itself as it has for many years
past eggs VIII soon become less plentiful
and the price will advance The last
week has seen about 10000 cases placed
in cold storage in New York city each
day it is stated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
JERSEY COMPENSATION
BUREAU MAKES REPORT
Large Number Of Gases Acted Upon by
Referees-Twenty Fata,
Accidents

I, Trenton. y. j., April 29.-Durlug
March the New Jersey Workmeu's Com
spensation Bureau received 1897 reports
lof nonfata accidents IN the state, which
lcaused a disability Of more than two
weeks or resulted I'm some permanent
tnjury to persons. according 10 a report
ISSUED today by the bureau Twenty
reports of fatal accidents were received.
sums aggregating S104, ,36S.34 were paid
I'm compensation claims for non. fatal
laecidents, and S26,922.72 for fatal acci-
dents
Concerning the work Of the referees
|conducting hearings IN various parts of
the State during March. 1856 persons
Iappeared before these officers, presenting
1909 new cases There were held l75
lhearinEs. resulting in l25 adjustments
2 cases had To be dismissed owing "a
failure ON the part Of the applicants n
substantiate their claim OF the cases
icoming before the referees during the
linonth, eleven were i'm reference TO fatal
Iaccidents One case failed of adjust
Iment before the referees, and inasmucl
Jas Il was deemed compensation was
|legitimate. the matter was certified C
ifho Court Of Common Pleas for enforce
mcnt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
VARE DEFTES COURTS
DECISION ON PRIMARY
Declares Town Meeting Men
Can't Have Republican
Ballot

None Of the Republican leaders who
voted the Town Meeting ticket last No
vcmbcr will be permitted TO take part
in the Republican primaries if Senator
Ware has his way. Ware will ignore
the edict handed down by the Dauphin
County Court, which ruled that voters
enrolled as Republicans may ask for a
Republican ticket on May 81, the date
Of the primaries, even though they voted
for tho Town Meeting candidates last
fail.
The court held that the party enroll
mcnt OF voter prior to the election
last fall holds good for the coming pri-
mary, regardless OF what candidates he
voted for in November. Ware holds
otherwise and supports his contention
with Superior Court decision, which
rules that no voter is a Republican un-
less he voted for a majority of the party
candidates in the party column.
'Penrosc. Trainer. Carey. Campbell
not one Of those ward leaders yybc
bolted the party last fall, or any otbc,
, Of the traitors, will be permitted TO vot,
in the Republican primaries on Nav 81
unless they first swear that they yotoe
for a majority Of the Republican candi
dates and in tho Republican column (,
the ultmatum handed down by Ware.
Tho court" continued the Senator
merely legali2ed the missionary worl
we have been doing in tho RepuhIica,
| city committee since the last election
/ We have invited all the voters to ro
| turn to the party fold and we stiI
| maintain that attitude. But none n
those leaders will vote unless he make,
the affidavit
The Superior Court decision still
/ holds that no man is a Republican un
/ less he voted for a majority Of IN
party candidates in the party column
We will demand that of every one n
those bolting leaders. and we are roin,
to see that it is carried out on Nav Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
CIRCUS BACK in TOWN:
CHILDREN SEE PARADE
Some Didn't Go TO School To.
day and Some We're
Very Late
CLOWNS SPRINKLE JOKES
Elephants and Pretty Girls Of
Aladdin and Wonderful
Lamp on View

or course there were lots of children
too sick 10 go TO school today. And
there were still more just little late
But our school teachers are not 80
severe as some believe They didn't
ask annoying questions, for they knew
that the circus was in town and, fur.
thermorc, that the big Barnum and
Bailey show had its regular parade this
morning.
Where is the fellow who can adequate
~ describe it? 1t was just as though
all the nations were holding conven-
tion TO the tune OF cntrancing music.
Proud kings and queens held court
enthroncd on the backs of elephants,
princes and peasants hobnobbed in true
democratic style and scores Of clowns
sprinkcd laughs along the route Of the
glittering pageant
one of the striking features Of the
parade was tho presence Of the more
than 1900 actors and pretty girls who
participate in the spectacle Aladdin
and His Wonderful Lamp" which is
one of the big shows many attractions.
The skating bears, trained horses and
other animals which add to the thrills
Of the performance were also in line
and showed by their attitude that they
were glad to be there. The parade left
the circus grounds, at Nineteenth street
and Hunting Park avenue, at o'clock,
moved along Hunting Park avenue to
/ Broad to South, Countermarching on
Broad street to Germantown avenue
/ and thence to the grounds.
Inmates of all the orphanages and
| foster homes for crippled children wiz
/ see the big show this afternoon as guests
Of Gimbel Brothers. They will have
/ peanuts and cakes and all the good
things that go to make trip to the
| circus complete.
\ Liberty Loan parade having been
staged by the men, by the women and
/ by the children of the city, the animals,
/ clowns and freaks did their bit today
with Il parade that surpassed, at least
in the opinion of the juvenile portion OF
| the city, all of the others.
This was the street pageant of the
Greatest Show on Earth" otherwise
| Barnus & Bailey's circus
Throughout the parade were scat
tered Liberty Loan banners and stand
ards with Liberty Loan slogans. Twelve
of the clowns were Communicated from
the parade as it passed the Statue OF
Liberty and impressed into Liberty Loan
work. Their antics attracted large
crowd to the statue, many persons FOL
lowing along behind the parade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
SALARY INCREASES
COMING UP TODAY
Bills Before Committee May
Boost City's Payroll by
Many Thousands

More than forty bills providing for
salary increases and new places will he
disposed of by Councils Finance Com
mittee before the close of todays ses-
sion. If the measures are reported
favorably and are passed by the end of
May the municipal payroll viii have
been enlarged several hundred thousand
dollars annually.
Most of the requests for salary in
Creases are backed by statistics show
ing that higher wages are being paid
for the same class of work by private
corporations and by Government enter
priscs The high cost Of living is urged
as a reason for the increases. Most of
the demands are made by men not at
fected by the Governments desire to
stop municipal enterprises during the
war.
A number of members OF the Finance
Committee are known to favor cutting
down the present large number of
| places and using the money thus OBJ
tanned to grant increases to men who
are absolutely needed SO far, however
no one has openly advocated an aban.
donment of places that play a part In
| the calculations of ward leaders at every
| primary and general election.
| Department heads, in number OF
| Instances, are back Of the demands for
| increases and new places. In a few
| instances the new places are asked fol
on the ground Of necessity. to relieV,
| present forces, but this reason is ap
| plicable to but comparatively few, ac
cording to some of the committeeman,
/ With a primary election only few
weeks off, the Increase demands ar,
| thought TO stand a better show than a
any time I'm the past and for tha
reason those back Of the various mea
sures will make a final effort today L
have as many as possible approved an,
provided for. The personal service o
eighteen and nineteen millions. and /
all additions asked for are added tn,
latter figure Is apt 10 be exceeded Tn,
payroll has Increased during recent
land county rolls now include 1900 men
women and boys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
S3,7l6PENNSYLVANIA
MEN in NATIONAL ARMY
Draft Headquarters Statement
Shows Total Exclusive of Vol
unteers in Many Branches
Harrisburg, April 20.


Pennsylvania, since the declaration OF
war, has sent 1888 men to the Ma
tional Army, exclusive of 4343 volun1ar-
lily inducted, or n total of S3,71G. This
does not include volunteers for the Ma
tOnal Guard, army, navy or other
branches of the service.
These figures are included In a sum-
mary of the work done by the State
draft headquarters here, just filed with
the War Department by Major NJ. ID.
MuTdoch officer in charge.
THE gross quota for Pennsylvania for
the first draft was 9S,277," said Major
Murdock. land the credits for voluntary
enlistments amounted to 37,4l7. leaving
net quota of 60S59 to be furnished
through the operations of the selectiye
service law. The statement showing a
total OF S3,7l6-cXclusive of a few in
dividual inductions, which were reported
direct to Washington-would indicate
that 22,s57 men will have been sent TO
camp from this State under the second
draft This number does not In any
way include those men who volunteered
since June so, 1917, nor does il include
the men who enlisted in the navy"
Pennsylvania men are in France and
in all Of the training camps on this side
! of the Atlantic, and they are engaged I'm
every line of special activity, requiring
| training or. skin, in which the army en-
cages. The total number of men at
Fort Thomas under the general call is
2370; at Camp Meade, 36,5lO at Camp
Lee, 35,S49, and at Camp Sherman, 46ii.
Men chosen under the selective draft
system are in the infantry artillery
cavalry signal corps, medical depart-
ment, aviation section, spruce-produc-
ton division, englneerE' corps. finance
department, coast defense, Photographic
section, automobile mechanic. gunsmitll
and typewriting repair, and include
chauffeurs, stenographers, wireless teleg-
raphers, awning, canvas and bushel-
men, tailors gas-mask inspectors and
many other lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
BOND SALE $2,225,934,45O
Treasury Department Totals
Actual Subscriptions

( Washington, April 29.-With virtually
all returns from Liberty Day" availa-
bio. the Treasury Department announced
tGday that the latest reports from the
twelve Federal Reserve Districts show
"a total Of S2,225,93i, $50 in subscriptions
TO the third Liberty Loan. These are
actual subscriptions only, as indicated
bv the initial payments, and do not in
iclude pledges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
BOARD ON PERSONNEL
CTARTS WORK AT DIX
Commission Will Classify Sol.
diers According to Work
They Can Do
Camp Dix. wrIEhtstown. y. J., April %,

Camp Dix, WriEhtstown, y. j.. April %.
4 unique commission known as the
War Department commission on the
classification Of personnel has begun
work at Dix 10 devise a new system
in order that every man in training
here and awaiting service at home may
he placed I'm the service in which he
will prove 10 the most advantage.
The plan is 10 have men. when they
enter camp. state whether or not they
are qualified for any particular branch
Of the service. For instance If they
state they can drive a car they will be
taken to the testing grounds and there
will be given a chance 10 show their
ability in handling the wheel II they
can pilot a car through the various
stakes and turn where desired. they will
be qualified as experts and as such
will be so rated in the service.
Eventually il is purported 10 extend
the system SO that draft boards may
take advantage Of it and when n man,
waiting to be called, wants 10 get fur
her experience I'm order to fit himself
for anv particular branch, they viii be
in a position to see that he receives the
-.n -rH training
Brigadier General ]. r. Dean will
command the men Of the Lightning Di-
vision as they pass in review tomorrow
afternoon before Major General Hugh
L. Scott. commander OF Camp DIX
Brigadier General J. III. McRae. the new
division commander, will also get al
opportunity OF seeing for the first time
4 the men whom he is 70 command "ovel
there" marching as one unit
| The Catholic Choral Gociety, Of Phila
delphia. pleased a large audience yes
4erday afternoon In the Knights Of Co
lumbus auditorium with concert. Thu
! Musical Art Club. OF the Quaker city
aif give a concert here tonight IN Y
IM o. ~ Hut No. 4. and the Matine'
Musical club will cone toflamp Dix of
IfKadntsaal cfonlne lIE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
PHILADELPFIANS WIN
COMMISSIONS In ARMY
Well-knOwn Men Now Lieu
tenants in Aviation, In
fantry and Reserve

Young men, well known IN this city,
are among those awardc: commissions
as second lieutenants in the aviation
corps, through appointment by the ad-
jutant general and in the infantry from
the third officers training camp. The
infantry officers all went to Camp
Meade as draftees. Several men from
this city also have been awarded COM
missions in other branches Of the scry-
ice
The newly-named flying officers are:
Joseph II. Bracken 7io3 Germantown ave-
nue.; Richard T. Day, West Clapicr street.
Germantown: Augustc =. Muller, Jr., 124
Highland avenue Chestnut lIu; Harry :.
Ross, 5iao Augora terrace; John $. Taw-
resey, Philadelphia Navy Yard: Henry II.
Putlnge-. 1897 North Broad street and
Charles NJ Simpson, Jr, 40 South Second
street.
The infantry officers are:
Erwin i. Buckley, son Of tho Rev pr.
George II. Bickley, district superintendent
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Francis
skunk Brown. Jr.. son OF Attorney General
Brown; George =, Dickins. son Of Chaplain
Dickins. OF the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Paul v Hanson, Of Germantown; Walter
C. IIoban, a former Philadelphia news
paper cartoonist Colbert c. McClain. for
mer stenogra pher in Common Pleas Court
Harry A. McNichol, son Of the late Senator
T. r. McNichol; Elmer w. Nltunger, mem
her OF the Philadelphia bar; Henry +,
Vache former Philadelphia newspaperman
and Emanuel w Wirkman, former Unlver
sity Of Pennsylvania athlete, who made 2
reputation as. a guard on the football
Appointments in the officers reserve
corps are as follows:
Medical. Joshua T. Dunling. captain, SAT-
/ Germantown avenue; Robert j. Henderson
/ Bai Spruce street. captain; Jacob NJ. Cahan
| 1918 North Zenith street. first lieutenapt
| Clarence a., Smallw0od. Jef0 North I'M
] teenfh street, second lieutenant. eugineers
I George w. Ekins, Jr,, Elkins Park capital IN
iufantry, aud Henry n. Abbott, Havcrford
SECOND Lieutenant quartermaster corps
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
BLAST BRINGS UP SIl5,OOO
In a Pot in an Old Well That Was
Dynamite

. An iron pot containing Sll5,OOO IN
gold coins was unearthed recently In
an abandoned well on the Isaac Shaner
Vile, Pa. Employees Of a limestone COM
pany were blasting and, coming to the
we'll, set off a charge OF dynamite which
sent shower Of gold coins skyward
The story of the burying OF the treas
In 1883 Isaac Shafter, a rich cattle
buyer, died. Stricken with apopleNy
he managed 10 humble gold niotioned
toward his farm and fell dead, Dur
ing the last thirty years his heirs have
explored the farm many times, hoping
10 find the treasure. The gold has been
Ienoeited 10 Newcastle. Pa. bank
.9ftirs of Shaffer have claimed A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
Raise Pottslown School Tax

Potttsown. Pa. April 29.--In order to
grant Increases to all of tho borough
school teachers. which they recently
asked in petition, the school board has
Increased the school tax from nine to ten
mills. This will add $4,000 revenue each
wear, while the increase to the instruc-
tors amounts to S4500 Superintendent
Rupert urged the installation Of cooking
and sewing in the high school but the
matter was referred to committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-29
LEAGUE OF LIQUOR MEN
Dealers and Clubmen in Berks Unite
TO Fight Prohibition

Reading, Pa. April 29.-Liquor men
have decided it will not do to stay out
of the coming legislative fight. THIS
change of front is shown in formal
statement just issued by the newly
formed United Liberty League, when
is an auxiliary to the Berks HetaIl
LIQUOR Dealers Association, and en-
braces twenty-six licensed city clubs;
The league will indorse candidates Iot
the Legislature who will vote agalnsI
prohibition, il is stated, and VIII lend
its full strength to them in Their cam cam
light, however, until after Inc primary