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come members 81 the force are strong

come members OF the force are strong
and ahielbodtsd. Il ~; EeE-'5.'s,
Included in the ITS vacancies IN the
police department at this time are
fifteen In the crossing force. Members
Of this force are paid by the street
railway conipantes.s and when such
vacancies occur It means . saving OF
money $40 the two companies. Cap
tains Of police and It necessary to put
members Of the regular force on duty
on the crossings during rush hours.
while at times the crossings have to
be left unprotected. .Esa
Inspector Harry L Gessford and
Lieut.. James "A. DuvaA, tho latter in
charge Of the police training school.
accompanied Maj. Pullman on q visit
to Camp Lee.
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,lisnt defects in the sight 81 one

slight defects in the sight Of one
eye. ai:siy. .ai
Following thorough Investigation
Of the request Of Maj. Pullman, Gen.
Carter made q favorable recommen-
to men to All vacancies in the police
department. and there were 173 OF
these yesterday, with several add.
tional designations. already rendered,
The War Department decided not to
furlough to the department q greater
number than that taken by the draft.
During such time as they Are fur.
loughed the federal government will
nav them
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officers Show Interest.

Col. Park. in charge at Camp
Humphreys: Gen. Hedikin at Camp
Lee and Gen. Gastin at Camp Meade
displayed interest in the move and
showed Maj. Pullman every courtesy
Maj. Pullman made it clear that tho
men from the Army who are to be-
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want-whether y situation or q servant
"a want ad In The Star viii reach the
person who viii MI your need.
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Series of Conferences.

= Conferences were held with Secre-
tary of War Baker, Provost Marshal
General Crowder, Adjt Gen. H P. NC
Cain, Mai. Cen Mel Carter, chief of
the militia. National Army and others.
Col. j. S. Easby-Smith represented the
provost marshal at some Of the con-
ferences.
1t developed that there are about
$4,000 men in the several military
forces, who. during training, devel-
oped minor physical defects or W no,
Tor other reasons, were considered
UNFIT for active service abroad. The
United States Guards are being re-
cruited from this force. Investigation
convinced military authorities and
Maj. Pullman that many of the men
having slight defects were fitted for
police duty. 1t was found that one
mans teeth were SO widely separated
that he could not wear a gas mask:
another had slight trouble with a
knee which rendered him unfit for
long forced marches over rough
country. while many others showed
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Experience Represented.

Tor instance" said Maj Pullman.
'-included in the seventy-three men al
ready chosen is a former chief OF po-
lice Of a New Jersey town, a former
Philadelphia policeman who was taken
in the draft and men who were identi-
fed with the du Pont police force at
Hopewell, where Mai. Sylvester has
built up a wonderful organization OF
800 men,"
It was early in June when Mai.
Pullman started his conferences with
Secretary of War Baker and other
military agencies in an effort to obtain
men enough properly to protect gov
'ernment and private property. The
draft has taken many members of his
command. especially the younger po-
hcemen. while a number of the older
men. especially those who had had
former military experience. voluntarily
relinQuished their positions and en-
tered the Army or Navy.
Maj. Pullman impressed upon War
Department officials that because of
the inroads Of the draft and the al
lurement of positions in Industrial
pursuits at greatly enhanced salaries,
he had been unable to recruit the po-
lice force to the strength necessary for
efficiency. He stated that the duties of
the force had been rendered more ardu-
Gus by the war and that the force was
gradually being decreased.
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and no crack collect dirt germs. has and all drs
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
HIGHER MILKPR
ASKED BY DARYMEN
Increased Freight Rates Given
as Reason for Demands-TO
Petition Commission

Representatives of dairy farmers sup
plying milk to Philadelphia will ask an
increase in the milk price at a meeting
of the Philadelphia Federal milk COM
mission tomorrow. According to DR..
Clyde l.. King. chairman of the commits
sion, hearing of the farmers arguments
may be put off until late in July.
Philadelphia milk distributors are ex-
pected to join with the farmers in ask
ing the commission to authorize an in
creased price.
The freight rate advance is the prin-
cipal argument offered by the farmers
and distributors. The new rates, put
into effect yesterday by order of Direc-
tor general of Railroads McAdoo, aver
age an increase of an eighth of a cent a
quart, which means an aggregate of
about $250.0O0. The farmers don't want
this amount taken out Of their returns
for the milk they produce and the dis
tributors are equally unwilling TO pay
it. Both want the consumer to meet the
increased cost.
Virtually all milk shipped into the city
Is affected by the new freight rates.
About 3 per cent Is brought In by trolley
companies. who are preparing to ask
more for carrying 1t.
What increases the farmers will ask
has not been made known, but 1t is con-
sidered virtually certain that no greater
advance than cent a quart will pos
sibly be allowed no matter how strong
a showing the farmers make Of in
creased cost Of production or scarcity of
milk.
The present retail price is twelve
cents quart and seven cents a pint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
SCHOOL TEACHERS
WANT RISE in PAY
Principals Urge Bonuses This
Year and Increase in
Sal larics Next

Resolutions calling upon the Board
Of Education substantially to increase
compensation OF teachers by bonuses the
rest OF this year and by salary advances
next year. were adopted at a meeting
of Philadelphia public school principals.
held under the auspices Of the board
of managers of the Philadelphia Teach
ers Association in the Girls Normal
School. Thirteenth and Spring Garden
streets.
The resolutions say the teachers are
so poorly paid that they can readily
find more profitable employment else
where than in the schools and therefore
the integrity of the teaching staff is
threatened.
1t was rema arked at the meeting yes
terday that elementary teachers begin
service at s11 week and in ten years
work up to s1a. high school teachers
starting at Si3 to SIS a week and reach
ing s34 to S3S at the end OF ten years.
The resolutions follow
Whereas. the increased cost of living
under war conditions is making 1t impossible
! ior, Philadelphia teachers TO meet their
| legitimate expenses. and whereas. since
| teachers are readily finding more rcmuner-
ative employment elsewhere than in our
| schools. the disintegrstion of the teaching
| force is threatened therefore. be 1t
Resolved, That the Board OF Public Edu.
cation be requested to give the teachers
| 10 Janusry 1918. and also a consdera bic
| 1919
Resolved. That cory of these rcso,u.
| tions be sent to the Board OF Public Educa
| tion with an urgent request that immediat te
and fayorahle action be taken as the situa
tion confronting the teachers and the schools
I Is serious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
FIVE BITTEN BY DOG
SUPPOSED TO BE MAD
Animal Attacks Group of Hog
Island Workers Waiting
for Trolley

Five persons we're bitten early today
by supposedly mad dog. which at
tackled a group of thirty or more Hog
Island workers waiting for a trolley car
at the intersection of Woodland avenue
and Thirty-second streets.
The dog was finally killed by Police
man Conway. after an attempt to cap
ture it alive in the cellar entrance
of butcher shop had failed.
Dashing into the midst of the crowd
of shipworkers. the dog snapped blindly
The crowd was thrown almost into a
panic when the infuriated animal dashed
across the street. Before it left the
group of shipworkers, it had bitten five
persons.
William J. Pierce, 3257 Chestnut
street, one of the men bitten, was taken
to the University Hospital, where
wounds in his leg were cauterized. AS
the dog ran wildly across Chestnut
street it bit william Hartell. $3.50
Chestnut street, in the hand.
From Chestnut street 1t dashed back
again to the shipworkers. They fled
in terror to n shelter and. armed with
sticks and stones: managed to hold the
dog at bay until Policeman Conway ar
rived.
The dog fed across Chestnut street
Il second time and ran into "A cellar en-
trance under the butcher shop of Will
liam Il. Groell, Chestnut street. west
of Thirty-third. Conway tried 10 trap
the dog alive, but, afiling, dispatched il
with three shots from his revolver.
A Delaware County license tag for
1916. bearing license number 1856, was
attached to the dogs collar. The body
of the canine. which was halfbreed
Scotch collie, was sent to the veterinary
department Of the University of Penn
sylvania for examination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
LIQUOR MEN TO FIGHT
ONE-HALF MILE ZONE
Speakeasies Will Spring Up
If Plan Is Adopted, Says
Bonner

Speakeasies will spring up around the
Frankford Arsenal If the War Depart
ment adopted United States District
Attorney Kane's half-mile dry zone
recommendation. i'm the opinion of Neil
Bonner, head of the Philadelphia Retail
Liquor Dealers Association. who has
been formally notified of Mr.. Kanes pro-
posal.
Bonner said his association will pro-
test against the establishment of any
such zone.
He Is arranging to go to Washington
If necessary. to tell the War Department
the establishment of such zone would
be a. rank injustice" to the saloonkeep-
ers who would be forced to close or move
and would not cause any less drinking
among arsenal workers.
What is to prevent the illicit liquor
seller from carrying his goods inside a
half-mile zone or any other zone?" said
Bonner. The soldiers and sailors get
liquor now. not from orderly. respecta-
BILE saloons. but from speakeasies. As
soon a s a dry zone is established speak
eases begin to spring up. Our asso-
citation has co-operated with the Gov
ernment in every possible way to help
make the order against men in service
drinking effective. but the half-m,le zone
would be so manifestly unfair that we
will fight 1t as hard as We can. All
the saloons within the proposed zone
around the arsenal are not members
of our association, but we will make the
fight as a matter of principle for all
that would be affected"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
SOUP WITHOUT MEAT
WILL HELP WIN WAR
Food Administration Sugges.
tions Bring to Mind Ancient
Story of Stone Broth

Our grandmothers used to say per-
fectly good stone soup could be made il
only the proper seasonings were put on
the stones. And it is with something of
the same feeling that housewives of to-
day first try TO apply the suggestions
from the food administration bureau
concerning the saving of water from
peas asparagus and other vegetables for
soup.
Soup is really appetizing this cool
weather. and there is greater demand
for it than usual at this season." ex-
planned one of the women from State
College during food-conservation talk
today.
IF made with plenty of vegetables for
7avoring. meat is not at all essential. II
you save the water in which the vege.
tables of the dinner are cooked it will
form a splendid base for soup.
add carrot. one turnip, some cab
bage, ono onion cut fine, a quarter of a
cup of pearl barley or rice; simmer
slowly for three hours. add potatoes cut
in small cubes, cook another half hour
season to taste with chopped parsley. salt
and pepper, and you have delicious
soup.
ITO save fuel" she suggested, "a fire.
less cooker is excellent. 1t is well, too
to make enough soup at one time for two
meals. Leftover soup Is really better
than when freshly made. because the
flavors arc better blended. A little
stewed tomato juice can be added the
second day for a change"
Currants. rhubarb, raspberries, goose
berries, huckleberries. cherries and
peaches are the fruits shown most plenti-
fully on the market today.
The food experts urge plentiful use OF
fresh fruits, both because they are
healthful and because they are appe-
tizing. The raspberries or peaches make
as delicious shortcake as do strawber-
ries. The shortcake part may be easily
made without wheat, using barley or
corn -four
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
GIRL PHONE CLERKS
AT CITY HALL URGED
Suggested Women Replace
Electrical Bureau Operators
Asking Pay Rise

Reports that telephone operators in
the Electrical Bureau were contemplate
ing demands for pay increases have led
TO the suggestion of replacing them with
women. The recommendation has been
made to Mayor Smith by President
Griffith. of the Civil Service Commission.
There are twenty-nine operators re-
ceiving s1ioo a year and it is declared
! that competent women can he obtained
to operate the police and fire telephone
system at a much lower sum. Women
are employed at other switchboards in
city Hall and their pay averages 5000
and in some cases less
During the Blankenburg Adminstra-
ton several hundred women were taken
on the city payroll as clreks, nurses
and telephone operators. one woman
held the position of highway inspector,
the only woman to hold such position
in the country. Another was head of the
| division of vital statistics Both these
left the city service during the present
Administration.
quite number of women. employed
by the Reform Administration, have
since left the city service. but there are
still several hundred In the various Of
fees. The plan to use women for tele-
phone operators. It is said. has been
tried out satisfactorily in other cities
and the only objection to II here is the
fact that IT will deprive a number of
voters of payroll places.
Recent promotions of women include
the appointment Of Miss Elsie Robbins,
1926 North Seventeenth street. to the
position of first assistant bacteriologist
! in the Bureau of Health at $4,000 a year.
, and the advancement of Miss Anna NJ
! Reeder to the $1i0O position vacated by
Miss Robbins.
( Women are frequently employed in the
various bureaus of the Department of
! Health as nurses at institutions, city
| nurses, clerks, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
TAYLOR EXPRESS HEAD
Will Control Virtually All Com
panies in the United States 4.

New York, June 26.-George c. Taylor
has been chosen president of the new
American Railway Express Company
which will assume control OF virtually
all the express lines in the United
States, next Monday, under contract
with W. G. McAdoo. director general
Of railroads.
Incorporators of the organizat ton also
elected the following officers: Chairman
of the board of directors. p. n. Cald-
well; secretary, +. p. Small; treasurer
c. s. Spencer
These directors were chosen: Alexan.
der J. Hemphill. Charles D. Norton. Nor
ton +. Plant. william NJ. Barret, John
G.. Milburn, J. Horace Harding, James
S. Alexander, Charles A. Peabody, Henry
w. DeForest. Jacob II. Schiff and Messrs
Caldwell and Taylor.
The directors appointed the following
executive committee: Messrs. Peabody,
Hemphill, Harding, Barret, Caldwell and
Taylor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
CONFERENCE ON COAL
Operators Urge Mine Workers to Speed
Up as Patriotic Duty

wilkes Barre. Pa, June 26.-Confcr-
ences are being held this week through
out the anthracite regions between
operators and mine workers. In which
the present acute coal situation is befns
discussed. The question of maintaining
the maximum output is being put up to
the men. and the Importance of full
time work and no lay-offs is being urged.
The practice of quitting work to at
tend funerals is pointed out as one
means Of curtailing output. The
operators are endeavoring to make 1t a
good-fellowship camp and the patriotic
side of the situation is not being for
gotten in the discussions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
MISSING MAN IN ARMY
C Commissioning of William ]
Duffy Reveals His Whereabouts

Missing for six years. William j.
Duffy. brother of Mrs. L. r. Vaughn.
1857 Lancaster avenue. has been found
through his being commissioned second
lieutenant In the quartermaster's corps,
National Army.
Duffy. who is thirty-five years old,
served In the Philippines and in Ching.
He was q student at the Roman Catholic
High School. here when the war with
Spain broke out. He enlisted and served
three years Mrs. Vaughn can scarcely
believe her brother Is found, and says
she will write the War Department for
more information.
Lieutenant Duffys name was in list
Of newly commissioned men issued by
the War Department The list also con-
tanned the name of Charles l.. Jacobs,
1888 Wallace street. commissioned a
second lieutenant Of the engineer reserve
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
447 OFF To TRAINING CAMPS
Men From Twelve Local Districts
in Departing Contingent

Philadelphia sent 447 more drafted
men to training camps this morning
Men from twelve local districts are
included in the Az, The districts and
the quotas they furnish are as follows ::
District No. 10, twenty-siX; District
No. II. fourteen; District No. "a. six
District No. 25, forty-one District No.
20 thirty-five: District No 2s, ninety
five: District No. 20. two; District No.
81. siXty-one District No. 81. ffty-one
District Nc. 3s. sixteen; District No. A,
thirty-eight : District No. As. sixty-two.
The contingent Is composed of white
men, and goes to Camp Greenleaf. Fort
Oglethorpe. Ga. A special train leaving
North Philadelphia Station is carrying
them to Fort Oglethorpe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
MILITARY TRAINING URGED
Course at Central High School
Advocated by Alumni

A resolution. urging military training
In high schools. will be brought before
the Board of Education at its next meet
ing by members of the Central High
School Alumni Association.
The resolution was adopted at a meet
ing. held last night during the pres
entation of service flag of 551 stars
to Central High by the Rev. DR.. Ed
win Heyl Delk, for the alumni associ-
alton.
u. S. M. c., one Of the speakers, urged
adoption Of military training in the
schools, as did Jacob Singer. presiden,
OF the alumni association. The resolu-
tion was adopted at the conclusion OF
the address.
I'VE shall expect. and the eGblic will
demand. prompt consideration and final
action by. the Board Of Education or
the matter Of military training" Mr.
Singer said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
DRAFT BRITISH IN 80 DAYS
Subjects Have That Time in Which to
Enlist

New York. June 26.--Only seventy
or eighty days remain in which British
subjects between the ages of twenty
and forty-four may choose between en-
listment in the British Canadian forces
or become Immediately subject to draft.
This announcement was made by Cen
eral w. A. White head Of the British
recruiting mission, in calling attention
to the fact that all British subjects in
the United States between the ages OF
twenty and forty-four years, inclusive,
are comprehended under the American
British draft convention ratified by the
Senate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
OLD LAW PRECEDENTS
SCORED AT BAR MEET
c. A. Boston, of New York,
Stirs Convention of
Association
URGES HUMAN SPIRIT
Declares Trial by Jury i'm Civil
Cases Is Behind the
Times
URGES HUMAN SPIRIT
Bedford Springs. Pa, June 2e.

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'u's cr't'c'zed py Charies A. Bos-
ton, OF New York. addressing the con-
vention of the pennsv,yan,a Rar Asso-
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He questioned many practices when
are regarded as permanent parts OF the
system of law. and irtimated that
IL s. io'nueu '.l upHn "a
:. pseue.s .ses ., Justice was uen'.u tS anu as
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.u'Io"s ior .onc'la.on fuu lne se'''e
'hent oI uisputes ou.sloe .he court
uuolclai conservatism anu tne pr
vahhg laws OF evidence were a'.sckeu Ne.
shd even tne furtner necessity Oh tne
system OF trial by jury In civil cases was
seriously questioned. The point was
raised whether the time mad not aireauy
come when the power OF the Federai
government should be greatly EXTENDED
by constitutional amendment.
The spectacle of forty-eight different
Commonwealths. each with Its own laws
and methods of procedure, and superim-
posed upon them another set of laws Of
the National Government. was an
anachronism. Mr.. Eoston, said. and the
confusion of forty-eight different varie-
ties of State law was tangled jungle
or multitudinous customs, calculated to
cause amazement when looked at from
the standpoint of common sense.
Mr.. Boston strongly recommended
uniform Federal laws for all the States.
This course he considered peculiarly nec-
essary, not only for the general good
OF the country. but for meeting the great
problems that would arise after the
war.
A means of str,i,bto,i,u M, ~.
tanpIes in tho nomina tion of iudoes
under tho nonn.rt,san ,r;,,,ar1 iow
was suggested In The r.port ~ ths
committee nm l,u, raforn, s,,h,,,ttea hw
the chairman H,mntnr Csruon -
PhiIadelpbia Recent decis;ona of the
courts. n was stated male a. aif,c,,it
n mot virtually in,nos.;hIo n n.rr,, ;n,o
effect the LAW nroviJinr fou H. ,or,;o
ncation onlv ~ iud,ciaS "a nSid,tae ,vhe,,.
vote exceeds "a ner cent of the tntaI
basis NJ tbe decision was that 10 two
iud0es we're IN he voted for ,hrao
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
LAST DAY FOR INCOME TAXES
Penalty of 5 Per Gent and In
tcrest Accrues Tomorrow

This Is the last day for paying income
taxes without also paying a penalty.
After. today, Internal Revenue Col
lector Lederer announces, a penalty Of s
per cent is added to the total. along with
I per cent interest for each month the
sum Is overdue.
All tax bills unpaid at the close Of
business today revert to the delinquent
list and the penalty Is automatically
attached. Warning Is given by Mr. Led
erer that letters mailed tonight. which
reach the Office tomorrow, will not ex-
empt the sender from the penalty.
Mr.. Lederer has issued a statement
saying 1t is not within the power of the
eollsctor to grant exemption from the
70 tha fact that payment tomorrow will
~ prevent the penalty being imposed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
BOY GOING TO FIRE KILLED

Boyish delight at seeing fire engines
resulted in the death of Thomsa Harris.
eight years old, 243l South Woodstock
street.
He was crushed to death last night b.
an automobile driven by William j..
Movers 2502 South Twenty-frst street,
when trying to cross Christian street,
near Twenty-first, in an effort to see fire
engines passing on another stret. He
was taken to the Methodist Hospital but
death had occurred almost instantly.