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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
FINAL PARKWAY WORK
AWAITS GOOD WEATHER
100000 Contract West of
Twenty-second Street In
cludes Crescent

Reports received by Director Dates
man today indicated that the advent OF
favorable weather will see the inaugur-
alton OF the final stage Of the work to
complete the Parkway west Of twenty
second street
The reports. from chief Dunlap, OF
the Bureau OF Highways, were TO the
effect that virtually all the underground
structures necessary TO the finishing
work Of the Parkway have heen COM
pleted. both as to new structures to
be installed and old ones eliminated.
The plans completed for finishing the
Parkway west Of Twenty-second street
indicate that this part of the boule-
ward will be most attractive, with the
crescent as feature of the improve
ment. But for the war and the re-
quirements of tho Government 1t was
the intention of Mayor Smith and Di-
rector Datesman TO leave no part of
this section uncompleted.
The fact that the war Is In progress
and the Government has needs which
must be met necessitated the retention
Of the Fleisher mill building, n structure
which Is within the lines of the Park
way. because the Government desired
to use IL and its equipment to carry on
certain work important to the conduct
of the war. Rather than delay construc-
ton Of the Parkway between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, tho Sec
tion affected by the retention of the
Fleisher mill building, 1t was decided
by Mayor Smith and Director Dates
man TO have the plan altered so as to
provide for a temporary driveway lead
ing from the central driveway of the
Parkway proper to Twenty-ffth and
Spring Garden streets. The probable
effect Of this will be that the opening
in the Parkway west of Twenty second
street will not have to be brought to
stop and will have an outlet at the
intersection OF two main streets.
The contract for all of the work west
OF Twenty-second street was awarded
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
SCHOOL CODE FACES
FIGHT IN LEGISLATURE
Elective Board, Higher Tax
and Continuation Schools
at Issue

Fights involving many changes In the
the next session of the Legislature. ac-
cordlng to Edwin Wolf president OF the
Board of Education.
These fights will involve an elective
In cities CT the first c-ass the abolish
ment OF continuation schools. and other
matters of less Importance.
THE Board of Education will take no
However. I believe there will be many
changes. dc not think there should
be an increase in the school tax rate.
We have plenty OF money for all the
have efficiency. We will not have to
starve the schools to get along on cur
present income.
"'rhe elective school board would be
a mistake. We would not have as high
a type of man on such a board as we
have at present. can you imagine a
man of John wanamaker's calibcr cam
paigning for election TO the boardf !
cannot.
'rThe continuation schools have not
fulfilled the purpose for which they
were created We have to maintain
them under the State laws. Neither tho
students nor the parents Of these stu
dents care anything about them. They
do not teach anything Of value. The
student could learn much more OF value
to him by attending to the work ho Is
doing In an office.
"'rhese continuation schools are Ger
man in origin. We do not want our
children to be brought up on the Ger
man -ystem. In addition TO this' De-
lIovo we could save the school system
100000 year by doing away with
them"
Board TO Keep Hands ON
Tho board will take no part In any
Of the fights to he taken before tne
Legislature, Mr. Wolf maintained. lie
said the general feeling among mem
bers Of the board Is that they should
not petition the Legislature or take any
action to have the school code altered
lie was confident In his prediction tha'
such moves would be made, however
The Philadelphia Teachers Assocla-
tion Mt the March meeting OF tho boaro
petitioued II to take tho matter OF al
increase in tax rate before the next ses-
sion of the Legislature. Full cooperation
of the association was promised, TINS
petition was received and filed by the
! board.
IL is thought In school circles that this
association will carry the fight Tor ar
increased tax rate to Harrisburg II Is
/ predicted they will ask that the legaI
| limit he raised 20 eight mills instead OF
six as at present.
Despite the protests of superintendent
John p. CARRIER. Mr.. Wolf stoutly nam
tains that the present tax rate is amply
Sufficient to operate the schools In the
most efficient manner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
EXPERTS STUDY SHELL
AND SURGICAL SHOCK
Important Discoveries Are Re-
ported by DR.. Alfred Rich
ards, of u. of P.

Discoveries of the very greatest inn
portance in connection with wound and
surgical shock have resulted from the
researches which are being carried on
by Dr. Alfred y. Richards, professor
of pharmacology of the University
Of Pennsylvania medical school Eng
lish medical men are extremely pleased
BY the results which followed the ex-
tension OF Doctor Richards's leave OF
absence to assist Doctor Dale, of the
medical research committee in Londor
The question Of shell shock and
surgical shock in the present war, be-
cause of the scientific proportions in
which it is waged, has perpexcd and
overwhelmed the knowledge of the mcdl-
cal world. Discoveries alleviatng this
suffering by the men In uniform are OF
lnestimable Importance.
Walter NJ Fletcher, secretary OF the
committee, in letter that Provost Ed
gar +. Smith has given the Pennsylva-
mia Gazette for publication gives an
inkling of the important results already
achieved and promised.
Your welcome telegraph by cable an
nouncing the generous permission of
your university for the extension of
Professor Rchards's stay here has been
received" says Secretary Fletcher.
81 am directed by the medical re-
search committee to ask you to again
convey their hearty thanks to the Uni
rersity for this further generous as
sistance. The committee is glad 10
know that Professor Richards himself
is highly deslrous of completing the
important Inquiries he now has In hand
and Doctor Dale, director of the COM
mittee's department OF pharmacology, is
most grateful for the prospect OF Pro-
fessor Richardss cooperation being
further prolonged.
Tho committee Is already able tc
congratulate Professor Richards and
| Doctor Dale upon an important scien.
| tific achievement to which they have
already succeeded after their relatively
short period OF work together. The,
gave preliminary report at Il meeting
Of the Physiological Society last weel
upon their experimental analysis Of tn,
relations between the finest arterial cir
culation and the capillary circulation
as analyzed by new methods. This worl
has an immediate military value OF the
first importance In the light 1t throws
upon the meaning of wound shock, sur
glcal shock and similar conditions fount
after infection. AT the same time tn,
work appears to provide a basis foi
new statements and new investigation o.
clinical phenomena. The committe,
has become aware that the Physiological
Society gave the warmest reception t,
the persistence Xnd ingenuity with which
this particular and very difficult piec,
of work has been done.
Though an interim publication will b,
made as rapidly as possible of the chic
results already obtained, further worl
remains to be done with view to
more complete report and there ar,
still some applications of the inquir,
which have still to be worked out from :
practical point of view"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
ENGINEERS WILL HEAR
WILMINGTON BANKER
President Rossell, of Security Trust,
Will Deliver Address on
Patriotism

John s. Rossell. president of the Sc
curity Trust and Safe Deposit Company.
wilmington. Del. will present at the
meeting of the Engineers Club Of Phil
adelphia in the Drexel Institute audi
torium tonight a paper entitled THE
Measure of Our Sacrifice In the Present
World Conflict" from the viewpoint that
no sacrifice Is too great to make for
ones country.
A short address entitled Some Of My
Observations in France" will be pre-
sented by Major w. A. Garret. assist
ant general manager of the Remington
Arms Company.
Through the courtesy of Rear Admiral
Benjamin iTappan, U. ): NJ, comman-
dant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. the
Navy Yard Band will render selections
during the evening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
SQUIRRELS ITINERANT LARDER
Is ARRESTED FOR DODGING DRAFT
Plea That Animals Are Dependent Him for Sup
port Fails to Win
Exemption

had been amazed at the character of
his exemption claim.
They are indeed dependent upon me-"
Abe said. II have visited the Same
walks In the park every day for the
last three years. Whenever they would
see Inc the squirrels will come on the
run. They. run over my shoulders and
look in all OF my pockets. ! always
bring them something"
How can leave them?' he asked
How can I go away TO war? who
will come and cheer them when I am
gone?
Before taking Abe into court Mr.
Matthews summoned an alienist, and
had the two confer at length in prl-
vate.
"He Is legally sane" the alicnist au-
nounced after this conference, with an
emphasis upon the legally"
Maybe you have been spending too
much time with the squirrels" Judge
Mayer said. Seven months"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
REGULATED" CABARETS
PLAN AT ATLANTIC CITY
Aayor Announces Ordinance Is Be.
IN ing Prepared to Control
NJ Performances

atlantic City. March 15.--Shore ca
'srets' on the anxious bench for months
ever repeated recommendations by
1Ayor Bacharach that mixing Of wine
c s song In Boardwalk resorts should
nsr be regulated or suppressed have
'vSrlved notice to prepare for the worst.
ne long-threatened blow fell yes
when Mayor Bacharach before
ne City Commission, announced his in
,ntion to introduce a bill for tho "regu-
'Nuon' Of cabarets. No statement was
1Hae as to the contemplated provisions
X tne new ''cleaner-resort" plan. but
said that Mayor Bacharach and a
lmsserial union committee, headed by
~ hev. Henry Merle Mellen. Of the
N fresbyterian Church, have agreed
tpoh the details. and that they are ac-
7Ptable to the city clergy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15


EoR SEVEN months to come the squlr-
rels will search every nook and cor
ner Of Central Park vainly for one
Abraham Adler, lately an insurance
agent, OF 3o3 West seventy-elghth street.
They will not find him They will not
scamper up his familiar trousers legs.
They will not hop into his lap and
investigate his vest pockets for hickory
nuts. as they have done In the past.
Abe, who claimed these little crea-
lures as his legal dependents in his
draft questlonnaire was sent to the
pententiary by Federal Judge Julius
NJ. Mayer.
The squirrels were not the cause of
Abe's trouble. but were merely incidental
to IT. He had been arrested for failure
to present himself for physical eNamina-
ton, and Ben A. Matthews, Assistant
United States Attorney, looking over
the papers submitted by his draft board,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
WRECK TIES UP TRAFFIC
Landslides West of Jersey Shore
Also Impede Transportation

williamsport. Pa, March 10. - The
new York Central west of this city was
tied up for several hours as result OF
n wreck at Linden and three big land
slides west of Jersey Shore.
Fourteen freight cars were piled up
in the wreck. the cause of which has
not been determined. but no one was
injured. The landslides were due to the
heavy rains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
PLANT TO EMPLOY 5000
Jersey Munitions Concern Will Turn
Out $4,000 Shells Daily

Hammonton. n. j., March 15.-The
new munitions plant now being con-
structed near here is to have "A capacity
Of $4,000 shells a day. according to tae
statement of Captain f. Fl. Nash, of the
United states Ordnance Department. II
will employ 5000 men, and probably
thousands OF women In addition
Seventeen houses will be built on the
tract, which is nearly thirteen square
miles in area.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15

tho work on the PARKWAY. u purl|I
TO completion that scction of the fofI@
way from Seventeenth 70 .Hlehtost(
sreet II was necessary within <15
section also 10 provide for Z Temporary
driveway, because the covernment r..
auired the use Of certain OF the Me1-
ico ChirurgIcal College buil6inGo.
which would f.ave been torn down b
make way for the Parkway. but which
the Government Is now using as med
icai stations F4tf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
WINS ART PRIZE
Young Italian Sculptor Carries of
Stewartson Medal in I'M

The fifteenth annual Stewartson prize
for sculptors has been awarded 10 Au-
relius Renzetu, young Italian sculp-
tor, of 7l2 South Tenth street, by Il
jury selected by the Pennsylvania
Academy CT the Fine Arts. where the un-
usual contest was held.
The best modelling from n pose set by
Charles Crafty, the widely known sculp-
tor, after working eighteen hours In a
large room with fourteen other students.
was the distinction won by Renzetti, who
received 500 as a prize There were
two women and thirteen men in the
contest.
Il nzett!. who is yet but youth, is
in his second term at the Academy of
the Fine Arts. II was in his early
school days that his artistic ability was
noticed and as n consequence he was
sent by the school authorities to the
School CT Industrial Art.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
Flour Merchant,, Store clo..d

Barrisburg. March is. - Hotter 3
Garman. wholesale -four and feed donI4
ers, this city have been ordered to cio1e
their establishment for one week W
Donald Mccormick. local food adniuiB-
traitor. who charges the firm with selling
an excess amount Of -four TO n Gus
toner. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15
Several wills Probated

&yins probatsd today include those OF
eIiss n, Barry, former president OF
Who died recently ct the Aldins
ieevInE to. he Widow an estate
|'i;i ~ y; sIi'3 q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15

AURELIUS RENZETTI
Winner of the fifteenth annual
Stewartson prize for sculptors
awarded by the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Evening star., 1918-08-28
U.S.Guns Pound AiSneBridqes,
Altering Situation on Vesle

troops today attacked the
Germans in the region of Bazoches,
three miles west of Fismes. Stimuli
taneously the Germans attacked the
American lines at Fismette, about a
mile northwest of Fismes
The Germans endeavored to REIN
force their infantry fighting in the
region of Bazoches, but were unable
to send up any large numbers of men,
owing to the. activity of the French
and American artillery on the hills
south of the Vesle. The Germans
raked the hills with IT'S in an effort
to put out of. commission the allied
batteries. At one time they dropped
fifteen shells each minute in the VII
cinity Of st. Thibaut. Northumberland
ing the enemy's fire. however. the
French and Americans continued to
pour metal across the Vesle when
ever any Germans appeared.
According to last accounts there
was some hand-to-hand fighting in
the region of Bazoches.
Positions Are Improved.
The American attack on Bazoches
was made in daylight, and the Ameri-
cans improved their positions, al
though the Germans resisted stub
bornly.
The Germans endeavored to send
lines, and as they passed down the
hill north of Bazoches many of them
were killed by the French and Ameri-
can artillery and machine guns.
A. stiff barrage preceded the -Ameri-
can infantry aat4aeAs-aad the bom.-
Evening star., 1918-08-28
DIAL DEFEATS BLEASE
BY OVER 10000 VOTES
other Results in South Carolina
Primaries-Messrs. Byrnes
and Lever Renominated.

COLUMBIA, S. c., August 2s.-In the
South Carolina democratic primary yes
terday Nat B. Bal of Laurens was NOM
mated for the United States Senate for
the full term beginning March 4 next
by a majority that is expected to go
over 10000. With s5.s7s votes ac-
counted for out Of a probable total of
12o, 900, Mr.. Dial has 51,41s votes; Cole
L. Blease. 30.957, and James F. Rice,
a,59s, giving Dial majority Of 1851
over his two opponents.
Later returns are ekpected to in
crease this lead Nomination is equiva-
lent to election.
To fill the remainder Of the unex-
pired term of the late Senator Ben
jamin r. Tillman there will be a second
primary. probably between w. P. Pol
lock of Cheraw and Thomas H. Peoples
Of Barnwell. Senator Christie Benet.
who now holds the seat by appointment
from Gov. Manning, is running a close
third and may nose ahead of Peoples and
enter the second race with Pollock.
For governor, Robert A. Cooper of
Laurens appears to have been NOM
mated on the first ballot. The vote in
this race StanQS as 1OllOWS.
Bethea, 1904; Cooper, 44,799: Des-
Champs. 365; Duncan, 1853; Richards,
Representative Byrnes of the second
district and Representative Lever OF
the seventh district have been re-
on the first ballot over
three opponents each. Representative
Nichols of the fourth district will
have to go into a second primary with
Horace L Bomar. Representative
Dominick of the third district is lead
ing former Representative Wyatt
Aiken, but the result is yet in doubt
The odds, however, appear to favor
Dominick's denomination.
Evening star., 1918-08-28
BRITISH

August 2s.-Our troops took Fou-
caucourt. south Of the somme. yester-
day. The town had been strongly held
by the enemy with machine guns.
North Of the Somme We attacked
and captured the greater part of
Trones wood. taking a number of
prisoners from a Prussian guard di-
vision. South of the Scarpe troops OF
the first army have improved their
positions astride the Arras-Cam brai
road and have reached the outskirts
of Haucourt, Remy and Boiry Notre
Dame.
North of the Scarpe strong hostile
counter attacks were launched yes
terdav afternoon along the line of
the Arras -Douai railway. forcing our
troops back few hundred yards to
the old German trenches on Green
land Hill, where the enemy attack
broke down under our fire.
british troops carried out a success
full local operation yesterday astride
the Neuf BerGuin- -Estaires road, ao-
yancing our line on front Of about
four miles and taking number OF
prisoners.
our troops. operating astride the
Scarpe, again attacked. Overcoming
the resistance of the enemy in his old
front-line defenses held prior to his
offensive of March 81, the Canadians
penetrated deeply into the German
positions between the Sensee and
Scarpe rivers and captured Cherisy.
yis-en -Artois and Bois-du-Sart, with
many prisoners.
On the right of the Canadians Scot
tish troops crossed the Sensee and
seized Fontaine-lez-Croisill estab-
Fishing themselves on the slopes of
the spur south of the village and
taking several hundred prisoners
North of the Scarpe other Scottish
|battalions carried Roeux, Greeland (?)
and Gavrelle. and English battalions
gained possession of Arleux-en-Go-
helle and the old German line south
of this.
Between Croisiiles and Bapaume and
to the south xnglish and New Zea-
flanders again in heavy fighting re-
pulsed numbers of determined counter
attacks delivered by German divisions
recently brought up to reinforce the
battle front. Heavy losses were in
fiicted on these divisions in their un-
successful attacks.
Despite their efforts to prevent our
advance, our troops stormed the viii
lage of Beugnatre and progressed at
several points between Beugnatre and
Croisilles.
South Of Bapaume also English and
Evening star., 1918-08-28
British Gain East of ArrdS
and on 4-Mile Line in Flanders

Of Irons wood north Of the River
Somme.
Canadian troops. in their advance
astride the Scarpe yesterday, captured
more than 1000 Germans.
While Intermittent fighting con-
tinues virtually everywhere along the
British front. the battle begins to
show signs of slowing up. The Ger
mans have delivered many counter at
tacks along the line. but none of them
really has gained anything. In vir-
tually every case the counter attacks
have finally had disastrous results for
the Germans. for when the British did
retire at two or three places it was
only for brief period.
When reattacked. the Germans not
only lost ground which they thought
they had regained. but they also suf-
fered many casualties.
The principal activity has been in
the region of the River Scarpe, where
the British have gained a little more
ground. Some of it had not been in
possession of the entente allied troops
since 1914.
Evening star., 1918-08-28
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.
y smooth and for the best.

Welsh troops gained ground in the
face of strong opposition. We reached
the western outskirts of Flers and
have driven the enemy from Tongue
val, Delville wood and Bernafay
wood. Counter attacks by the Prus-
sian Guard in this area were re-
pulsed.
Astride the Somme, Australian.
English and Scottish battalions forced
our attack. Our troops gained the
high ground east of Maricourt.
Fontaine-leZ-Cappy and the woods
between there and the Somme have
been taken, with some hundreds of
prisoners, and Vermandlovillers is in
our hands.
Aviation-During the twenty-four
hours twenty-six and one-half tons of
bombs were dropped by u.s. Four hos
tile machines were destroyed and one
other was driven down out of control.
Three German balloons were shot down
in flames. Nine of our machines are
missing.
ceived of the attack on Mannheim on
the night of August 1926. The attack
was delivered from a height of 200
feet. the pilots narrowly avoiding some
chimneys.
Searchlights were flashed almost
Hot ti1oHLdlly, HsHllHS up lne WNOle
town and an intense barrage just over
and nearly parallel to the roofs of the
houses was put up in vain endeavor
to shoot down our machines.
The explosions caused by the bombs
were very heavy and in view of the
height at which the bombs were
dropped very considerable damage is
certain. Every bomb was seen to
burst on the target. All our machines
returned safely.
Admiralty aviation.-Between Au-
gust 10 and August IS the air force
with the navy bombed the Bruges
docks. the Bruges and Zeebrugge
mole. the Zeebrugge canal, the Ostend
docks. st. Pierre Capelle, the Solway
works and the towns of Middelkerke.
Westende and Maria Aalter. We also
dropped bombs on German airdromes
at Costacker, Chistelles, Mariakerke
and Vlisseghem. Q
Approximately twenty-seven tons
Of bombs were dropped. At Bruges
many good bursts were observed, di-
rect hits being made on the sub
served on the store sheds on both
sides of the west BASIN Two large
explosions and two big fires were
caused in the docks.
Anti-submarine, reconnaissance, pho.
tographic and fighting patrols have
been maintained. Enemy shipping
and land batteries have been at
tackled Our fighting squadrons have
destroyed five enemy machines and
driven down five others out of con-
Evening star., 1918-08-28
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ON
THE vESLE, Tuesday, August az
(Reuters).-The situation along the
vesle is altering, although in a most
curious fashion. The American pres
sure has not increased and although
the American guns are never silent
for long. their detectives rarely are
the lines in front of them, but rather
the bridges over the Aisne.
Notwithstanding stubborn enemy re-
sistance Gen. Mangin is pressing
steadily eastward across the Juvigny
plateau toward the Soissons-St. Quen-
tin road, and his guns already are in
German artillery supporting the line
of the Vesle from the great limestone
buttress northeast of Scissors. This
buttress is of great importance, not
only to the Vesle line, but also is the
strongest of the flank defenses by
which the western end Of the Chemin
des Danes is covered. That Is why
the Germans are making such deter
mined efforts to retain 1t.
position of the Germans on the ridge
line was turned from the westward.
The prospect of a recurrence Of this
misfortune naturally is alarming to
them in view of what Is happening
elsewhere.
Americans Deliver Attack.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON
EHEyEsLE FRONT. August .Ap.n.