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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
DON'T KEEP ICEMAN
WAITING, SAYS COOKE
Food Administrator Here
Urges Conservation to
Avoid Famine

Care in the use Of ice as the only
means Of averting an ice famine this
summer was urged today by Jay Cooke,
food administrator for Philadelphia.
At present, Mr.. Cooke said. stored ice
Is short $4,000 tons Of the normal
amount.
81 desire to emphasize TO the people
of Philadelphia the necessity for con-
serving ice this year there must be ma
terial saving or the public will suffer-
he said.
Drug stores and other places where
beverages are served are asked to use
a minimum Of ice In cooling. Hotels
and restaurants are also asked to cut
down on the lavish use of ice In serving
clans. grapefruit and other iced dishes
Some practical suggestions to house
holders may not be out OF place. Mr.
Cooke said. "The iceman should not be
kept waiting at the door while his wagon
stands in the sun. The ice II contains is
melting fast. The average ice wagon
driver. II he lost a minute for each pa.
tron, would lose three hours in day
ard perhaps ton of Ice.
TN well-flled ice chamber ice melts
more slowly than when partly filled
Also the householder is saving money
and ice who buys in quantities as large
az his refrigerator will hold and less fire..
Guently A small piece costs more and
i5 less valuable for refrigeration than q
la. re piece every Other day. BY buying
In larger quantities and less trequentl,
l. Is saving to the deaier AMI TIE cos
Of delivery Is reduced. All OF thes,
things result in an effectual saving o.
ice.
Milk vegetables. fruits and othe1
foods should not be placed in the sam,
compartment with the ice. They intro
duce heat directly on the ice and tn,
frequent opening Of the ice chamber
door interferes with the circulation o
cool air in the food Commandment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
WISE HOUSEHOLDERS
ORDERING COAL NOW
No Need to Stimulate Buying
Campaign Here, Says Fuel
Administrator

The United States fuel administration
designated the first week in June coal
week and fuel buying week. and in
structed Federal fuel administrators Of
the several States to prosecute cam
paiens to stimulate coal buying TO the
end that supplies may be laid in during
the summer against shortage next win
ter.
There will be no such campaign in
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. how
ever. because the people already are or
dering as rapidly as could be wished.
So said Francis A. Lewis, fuel admin
istrator for Philadelphia today.
Philadelphia has always been rather
foresighted in the matter of coal buying
and even persons who have never dis
tinsuished themselves by frugality gen.
orally have stored UP coal In their cell
lars, spring after spring and summer
after summer for the succeeding winters
Orders are being given this year in
larger numbers than ever before and on
every hand one fnds persons who have
ordered coal, but have yet received none
or only parts Of their orders.
There Is no necessity for cam.
pa.en to stimulate ordering" said Mr.
Lewis. About a million tons of coal has
been ordered so far and the coal is
being received at rate considerably
below 100000 tons a month. Much less
than 100000 tons OF what has been or
dered has been received.
The amount received is quite prob.
ably under s5o.ooo tons. In April 2s5ooC
tons were received. The figures are no,
complete for this month, Of course: but
basing the estimate on the amount sc
far recorded, I should say the receipts
this month will be found to have beer
shy Of 100000 tons. We must do better
than that The production Is satisfac
tory. but the railroads are not delivering
enough. The deliveries must be in
creased"
Total coal production in April is esti
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
CITY AS CLOTHING CENTER
Wearing Apparel Men to Promote Idea
at Smoker

Plans to make Philadelphia the chief
wearing apparel market of the country
will be presented this evening at the
first smoker of the Wearing Apparel
Salesmen's Association. The smoker
will be held in the Bellevue -Stratford.
The association has recently launched
to drive to obtain 1000 members and up
to date $50 have been received. Lee
f. Weiss, president, believes that with
the chief wearing apparel buyers made
members of this organization. 1t will be
easy to center their attentions upon
making Philadelphia foremost as buy
ing center.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
RELIGIOUS BREVITIES

Before the Unitarian Society of German
town the. Rev. Roger S. Forbes. minister.
VIII speak at a. m. tomorrow on God
h Present Need"
At Arch Street Presbyterian Church tomor-
row the Rev. Clarence Edward Mccartney
D. D.. will repeat his sermon. -Four
Anchors" a sermon for sailors.
At Chestnut Street Baptist the Rev.
George 2. Adams. d. d; pastor, will preach
Changer" s p. m. THE Heart OF the SOL
der"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

mated at 4s.l7s,ooo net tons. an In.
crease Of 10 per cent over April. 1917.
Production for the first four months Of
1918 ts estimated at 1s1,ss2,000, an in
crease OF about per cent over the
production for the corresponding months
OF 1917,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Elsie Ferguson
In A Dolls House
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
PHoToPLAy PRESENTATIONS INCLUSIVE
SATURDAY

William 8. Hart In
Blue blazes wden
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Enid Bennett In The
Biggest Show on Earth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Mrs. Vernon Castle in
The Mysterious Client
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Dolly Sisters In This
Million Dollar Doliies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Herbert Brennon's The
Fall of the Romanohs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Marguerite Clark In
Prunella
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
40 MORE COLLEGIANS
ARRIVE AT SHIPYARD
Delegation From Wooster, O.,
Ready for Duty in Clouces.
ter Plants

About forty more graduates of Woos-
ter College, Wooster, o, arrived at
Gloucester today to work in the Penn
sylyania and New Jersey shipyards.
With those already there the total is
nov about sixty from this one institu-
ton.
From the depot they went direct to the
house at 320 South Fifth street. Glouces-
ter. which had been fitted UP for them by
the advance guardj under J. II. Miller,
head of the service department of the
Pusey & Jones Club. bath in tin
basins and then all fell in around plain
hand made mess table and ate their first
meal in their new clubhouse which was
prepared by their own chef, brought
along with them. Their classmates al
ready here gave them a rousing welcome
at the depot.
Tomorrow the new recruits will prob
ably be placed in the shipyards for var
ious kinds of work. They will do what
ever may be assigned. For first job
none will be soft to these youngsters
fresh from the class room, but they are
not afraid of any work Uncle Sam has
for them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
16 STEEL VESSELS
DELIVERED IN JUNE
Two Weeks Turnover to Ship.
ping Board Shows Dead
weight Tonnage of 89,l62

Washington, June 1s.-Sixteen new
steel ships, with a total deadweight
tonnage Of so,162. were delivered to the
Shipping Board during the first two
weeks in June.
Five of the sixteen were vessels built
on contract for the Shipping Board and
were one-third Of the total contract
steel vessels built to date. Eleven re-
QUESTIONED vessels had a tonnage of
55,6s2 and the five contract vessels
3S.5OO
Atlantic coast shipyards turned out
three of the steel ships, totaling 17100
tons Great Lakes yards eight of 26,362
tons and Pacific coast yards Ave of
$1,000 tons.
officials of the shipping board dis
closed that the ten fastest built ships
of the war program have been con-
strurted in an average time of 80 9-1D
days. or slightly more than three
months. compared with twelve months
before the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
WOMAN1TO WELCOME
COMPTROLLERS' BODY
Miss Townsend, of Atlantic
City, Will Address Conven-
ton There Tomorrow.
Atlantic city. June is.

Atlantic city. June Is.
the foremost municipalities of the coun-
try will have an unusual experience
when the National Association of city
Comptrolers and Accounting officers OPP
ems its war convention at the Hotel
Traymore tomorrow. for they will be
formally received. In the name of the
city. by the only woman comptrolleress
in the nation.
She is Miss Bessie NJ Townsend who
has been the custodian of Atlantic City's
accounts. covering an expenditure, in
1917. of more than 100000 virtually
ever since the commission plan of gov
ernment was adopted
Late in 1915, when the City Commits
sion reappointed Comptroller Townsend
for but one year when the city charter
provides for a three-year term. II looked
as IL the Office Holders Trust was going
to get the city's fiscal chief Then wom-
ems clubs. business bodies and big tax
payers individually began to work in her
interest when Miss Townsend's year
expired she was reappointed for fun
term of three years.
She is just now performing the diff
cult task of keeping her office running
up to full schedule with a reduced staft
! by doing double duty herself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
SUN SHIPYARD MEN
LOSE ATHLETIC FIELD
Grounds Are Needed for Big
Addition to Plant at
Chester

Members of the sun Shipyard Athletic
association got jolt today when J. N
Pew, president of the Sun Company,
chester. served notice on them that they
would have to find another site for an
athletic field
a large lot in front of the shipyard
was fenced in few weeks ago and the
boys thought 1t was theirs for good.
And so It would have been but for the
companys extension plans. Recently 1t
was decided to double the ship plants
capacity. Seven new ways, making
twelve in all. are to be built
IT also will be necessary to make more
once and store ROOM and Mr.. Pew said
ne could find no place for it save the
athletic ground. The president himself
has been actively interested in local
athletics. particularly In the ball games.
=. Probably the last game on the present
diamond will take place next Saturday.
Mr.. Pew has promised to get the boys
another field for their sports. so every
body is trying to make the best of II.
To accommodate about 5000 workmen
the sun Company yesterday broke
ground at Eleventh street and Martin
avenue. Chester. for twelve rows of
houses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
INTEREST In BASEBALL GAME
Chester and New York Ship
Plants Cross Bats July 6

Interest in the Delaware River Ship
building Baseball League is centered
on the coming meeting between the
Chester plant boys, who are leading the
league with a perfect score. and the en-
ployes of the New York yard. who are
a close second The Chester team has
won six straight, while it's Camden rival
has dropped one out of six.
These two clubs are scheduled to cross
bats for the first time Saturday. July 6,
at the New York clubs ground, in South
Camden. Most of the Delaware River
shipyards will send their rooters to see
the game. for it is certain to be inter-
esting.
wild" Conroy, Collingswood, n: J..
boy, who is now managing the Wichita
team of the Western League. has heen
hired for the New York shipyard and is
due to arrive this week. Ee will at
once assume management of the local
ball team and may play third base him
self. Conroy is we'll known to Cam
den fans. F. p. Boynton. one Of the
Cornell graduates in the New York S
office, who has been managing the team,
is going to devote all his time to the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
GOOD SUMMER BILL
SEEN AT KEITH'S
Herman Timberg and Co. in
Musical Comedy Win
First Honors

The show at Keith's this week keeps
applause busy
Last nights audience was in generous
mood and voted everything a hit
THE Viol-Inn," young musical COM
edy. presented by Herman Timberg. nu-
merous pretty girls and lively come
dians. won the honors of the show The
production is given in two scenes show
ing roof garden and an inn. There is
ample opportunity for Mr.. Timberg to
display his versatility as a violinist and
dancer. which he does with excellent re-
suits
A sextett of pretty girls also offer
violin numbers in artistic style. The act
is handsomely staged
The stirring times of Jeanne dare
arg reviewed in Maid of France"
wartime playlet presented by Josephine
Victor and capable cast.
The scene is laid in French town
before the statue of Jeanne dare. 1t is
Christmas eve. A French soldier. who
heard that Jeanne came to life for a
rev minutes at midnight on Christmas 9
eve, goes to the statue and awaits the
midnight hour While he is there an
English soldier happens along. They
both fall asleep at the foot Of the statue.
Jeanne comes to life at midnight. She
first denounces the English soldier, but
on learning that he came to help France
commends him highly. And then she
turns to stone again. OF course, this
all proves to be a dream.
The dialogue overfows with patriot
ism. which commands applause But the
finale is obvious almost as soon as the
story opens. There Is nothing remark
ably new in the playlet. Miss Victor
is a virile Jeanne dare and makes all
that is possible out of the limited op-
portunity offered by the story. There
are many bright lines which add a lash
of welcome breeziness to the general
scene The sketch pleased the audience
emphatically.
Margaret Young, an exceptionally
clever character singer. stopped the
show" with her cherry song and mag
netic personality. She gets full value
of every word in her songs and knows
how to make them reach. She gave the
Limberg act a close call for first hon.
ors on the bill.
Other acts which pleased were Hugh
Herbert and Company, in comedy
sketch Jack Wilson, in revue of re
views; Moran and Wiser. artistic hat
throwers Stagpoole and Spier, aero
batic comedy: Egdiretta's posing horse
and dogs, and Spencer and Williams
who. according to the audience, have
a good act.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
THIS IS WATERLOO DAY
Autocracy Defeated in Belgium
lO3 Years Ago

Picardy's shell-torn fields. the carn1ine
grounds of the Marne and Flanders
plains carpeted with the German dead
who tried to pierce the Franco British
American lines, today recall the then
titanic struggle OF June IS, 1915. the
historic battle of Waterloo-1O3 years
ago
Philadelphia is the home Of the grand.
daughter of the last survivor Of that
battle. She is Mrs. II. G. Cornell, lS4o
Hunting Park avenue Her son, Lieu
tenant Sydney Lawrence Cornell, Is sta
toned i'm Columbia, S. c. They are de-
scendants of Lieutenant Maurice Shea,
who died twenty-five years ago-.the last
of the thin red line" at Waterloo, who
outlived the soldiers of all other nations
in that battle.
Then Prussian and Briton stood
shoulder to shoulder to crush the mill
,aristic Bonaparte. Today Britons,
French and Americans are hghtlng the
transplanted aims of Napoleon. Ger
many's hopes for world domination are
being treated much as We're Napoleon s.
A few weeks before the battle OF wa
terloo one of the causes of todays array
of force against Germany was born
Bismarck who founded the present Ger,
man empire and started It's dream or
perpetuating the Napoleonic ambitions
of France, was born while Prussian SOL
diers were in the field against France
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
MANY sHlPMEN BOXERS
Pennsylvania and New Jersey Yards
Soon IN Stage Bouts

The Pennsylvania and New Jersey
shipyards have perhaps more than their
share of local boxers who are working
on ships. There are enough at these two
yards to stage a boxing carnival and
Theodore Ellick, n boxing promoter
working with them, is trying to arrange
several bouts, including one between
frankie Conway and Benny Kaufman
Besides Conway and Kaufman. at these
plants are Knockout Joe" ODonnell.
Young Grim, Harry Donahue. Chris
Waugh. Willie Spencer. Young Fuller,
and Young Douglas.
The latest thing in economy at the
Pusey & Jones shipyards is the sal
wage division of the maintenance depart
ment. which is to collect all sorts of
scrap that have heretofore found their
way into the junk piles. This department
is in charge of NJ. F. Craythorne
About forty of the houses being built
at Haddo'i for the New York Shipbuild-
ing Corporations workmen are now un-
der roof and 1t is hoped that as many
more will be in another week or so.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
OPERA RETURNS TO
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
'Trovatore' Successfully Opens
Festival With Florence
Easton as Leonora

The war having greatly restricted the
summer flight of song birds from
America. excellent artists from both the
Metropolitan and Chicago Companies
were available for Impresario Davis's
grand opera festival. inaugurated at the
other days the formation of such ster-
ling organization this late in the season
would have been impossible.
Such stars as Florence Easton, Fran
els MacLennan. Riccardo Martin, Mag
gle Teyte and Alice Gentle would. nor
mally be heading for London's Covent
Garden. Paris's Academic de Musique
or Buenos Aires Colon Opera House.
But sea wolves have overturned the
operate situation as we'll as several
others. Philadelphia profits by the un-
usual circumstances and the Academy
of Music opens it's doors to a profess
sional lyric drama troupe for the first
time since Gatti-CasaZza and Oscar
Hammerstein contested for operate su-
premacy in this city.
Last nights opening bill, although
the conventional I'll Trovatore," was
well suited to display some of the most
authentic resources in Mr.. Davis's COM
pany Later in the week and during the
last half of the fortnight's engagement
less trite offerings will be heard. The
old Verdi work, by the way. opened the
Academy in 1857. Its familiar melo-
dies, still abundantly admired, We're
vonced recently in this city at the
Metropolitan on the final day of Mr..
Gattis season last April
The Academy's performance last eve
ming compared very favorably with the
Metropoltan's effort and was SO less
costly to the auditor. Florence Easton.
one of the most richly gifted dramatic
sopranos of the period was superbly
effective as Leonora. She is one of the
prime assets of this attractive festival
company and easily dominated it's in
teresting inaugural. Alice Gentle's we'll
trained contralto exhibited the potent
development of her art since the Ham,
merstein period, when she usually SANG
minor roles. Fer Azucena had both
dramatic picturesqueness and lyric elo-
quence.
The Manrico of Forrest Lamont, sub.
stituted at the last moment for the pro.
grammed Andre Arensen, was virile and
effective. although some of his tones
were a trife throaty. This artist is ar
American tenor. who shone conspicu,
ously in Campanipis Chicago organiza
ton last season. Henri Scott. the ad
mirable Philadelphia basso, was tn,
Fernando. and Carl Formes. the ultra
romantic Count Di Luna, winning newt
able favor for the tuneful I'll Balen," 81
beloved of operatic baritones. Josiaf
EURO conducted a large and efficien
| orchestra.
| Entirely adequate staging and capita
chorus work were other features Of thi
unique hot-weather venture. which as
suredly merits the music lovers patron
age. Tonight's bill is "Madama But
| terfyn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
AID SOLDIERS, M'ADOO ASKS
Urges All to Buy War Savings
Stamps or Sign Pledge

Washington. June 1S.-Secretary Nc
Adoo has issued the following appeal in
the war savings campaign:
over 500. 900 of Americas sons are
already on the fields of France. where
the bloodiest attacks of all history are
raging They are suffering and dying
for us at home. They are giving their
lives freely and heroically to save
America and liberties of mankind. They
need food, clothing and arms.
Every one who buys war savings
stamps or signs a pledge TO save and
buy these stamps over a period of time
helps himself and helps directly every
American hero in France Isn't this
the least each patriot can do to enable
our gallant boys to fight VIGOROUSLY or
to die gloriously in the cause of human
ity and liberty?
Let no one who genuinely loves
America and wants to serve fail to en-
list in the great army of war savers
during the period ending June 2s, 1918"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
SHIPYARDS IN RIVET CONTEST
Challenge to Plants to Beat
Standing Gang Record

Although individual riveting perform
ances have been discouraged by officials
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. in
terest still centers about that phase of
shipbuilding.
The shipbuilding heads hope to in
crease riveting averages over the weeks.
months and years. and challenge has
been made to every shipyard in the
country to better the record claimed by
an eastern yard, 400 rivets per eight
hour day per gang for one week.
The yard which established this rec
ord average has not figured in the indi-
vidual record making claims, but has
been steadily forging ahead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
Stephen d. O'Rourke-Clobe

stephen D. o'Rourke, who has gained
for himself the sobriquet, THE John Nc
Cormack of Vaudeville" heads good
bill at the Globe. o'Rourke sang his
well-selected repertoire of songs with
his usual vim, and easily obtained the
plaudits of the patrons who packed the
popular vaudeville house to the very
doors.
Second honors on the bill went to
George Choo's musical comedy produc-
ton. This offering is one or the high-sai-
aried miniature musical comedies win
a bit of individual coloring. Others acts
on the bill which pleased were Conroy
and o'Donnell. in THE Parcel Post
man: Baby Roselyn and Sister; the
Tokay Japs; Four American Beauties
PAUL. and Boynes; Nancy Bayer, In
.Her First kiss; Arthur Barrett and
Bembay pesrfoot S.s3ls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
HUSBANDS HOME WOMAN'S
New York Wives Cannot Vote
From Another Place

Albany, June 1s.-Women may have
the vote but those who are married
can't hang their hat any old place and
new General Lewis has just decided
that woman must vote from where
her husband does.
This was one Of the numerous ques-
tions put up to the office Of the state
Superintendent of Elections by citizens
of the fair sex II was asked by a
woman whose husband has a summer
and winter residence The husband
called the winter home his voting resi-
dence but his wife wanted to vote
from the country place
The Attorney General also ruled that
women who used their husbands first
names in enrolling may have the record
corrected, giving their own first names
a S required by going before a Supreme
Court Justice.