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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-03
TELLS OF EDUCATION AIDS
Silas S. Neff Talks to Business Science
Club

The necessity of initiative and imagi-
nation in addition to education was
pointed out this afternoon by Silas S.
Neff in an address before the city Busi-
ness Club at the Hotel Aoelphia.
trenches were given by Waldo A. Ross,
Of the British Canadian recruiting sta
ton. William F. Wilson presided.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

common, sveAty uncapitaliEed per-
sons what experts in efficiency and
other supermen have been doing to
them
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
SLAYER Of WOMAN
IS SENTENCED TO
"A YEARS IN JAIL

Fourteen years in the penitentfary
was the sentence imposed by Justice
Stafford yesterday on Guy 3. Powers,
a former empIoye OF the navy yard
for shooting and killing Rosemary
Heley. on February 3. 1917. Powers
was indicted for mUnder IN the irst
degree. but an offer of counsel for
the accused to enter a plea OF guilty
TO manslaughter was accepted BY the
prosecution.
Attorneys Hawkin and HaTSu aD-
peared for Powers.
Powers boarded at the house ct
the woman on New York avenue, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
northwest. When he noticed that she
began to take more than an ordinary
interest in him he decaded to leave
the city, He left the house, accord
ing to his story. but before depart
ing from Washington be went back
to her to make arrangements for the
payment Of a Vietrola which he had
purchased. While at her house, ne
alleged. the woman began to upbraid
him for leaving. A quarrel followed.
He said she grabbed aEpistol which
was lying on . table and in the
scufhe to get POSSESSION Of the
weapon. II was discharged, killing
her. Powers gave himSdlf up to the
police.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
One of Brg Best Cartoons VIII Be- Fs.sd @ Next Sunday Time.

what they think they want to do
until they have done IL. Then you
record the result and show clearly
on the record that all they did was
done some other -way-to wit, your
way. II you put it over" they are
successfully "jiggered."
To realize the Importance Of a new
verb, it is only necessary to remember
that the Democratic party for over
a quarter OF a century fought trusts
as combinations and consultations
until the fight was won to the Su-
preme Court. Then, when it was found
that everything prohibited by law
for combination and consolidation"
could be done through "unifica-
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

ThiS is an explanation and also
e. ppoloGy for putting first the dull
est and most important thing with
DossIbiy one exception) which Con-
SrSss dld yesterday.
This vas to pass the Fourth Lib
cry act" by a unanimous vote of the
HouBk-ineludinE all Democrats land
all AErarian Bourbons, field grown
or eoilsge-bredl: all the Republicans
uneiudipE, Of course, all plutocratie
Supsrnen. who still claim to have
been founded by Lincolnl: and in
eludInE also the one lonesome Social
ist and OF course the only lady mem
Der.
They did this IS becomes members
OF the greatest legislative body in
the history OF the earth. with due
dignity, without unnecessary delay
and with all the intelligence any
body of men on earth could show
IN passing such q bill. OF course.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
By W. v. BYARS.

fhs most important things in the
world may not seem the most in
teresting until much later. There
may be q deadly dullness about them
while they are occurring. This is
due 70 the fact that they nearly al
ways seem to concern some one else.
II may, not be, until a year later. Tor
ten ysara, If the French are right
when they say Everything takes ten
yesrs") that we begin to realize that
Il vas our own destinies in life and
death which were being decided all
the time Then the things we thought
too dull to read about begin to be
drilling.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

no body Of men ever yet on earth
could have the remotest idea OF
the consequences of passing such
bill, but that only helps to in
crease the importance of the days
work done in passing it
Chairman Kitchin explained the
bill briefly but sufficiently. II ap-
peared from his accompanying re-
port that the passage OF the bill
raises the total bond authorizations
since the beginning of the war to
twenty-five billion dollars" The bill
Itself authorized the issue OF eight
billions in addition to those already
authorized.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
To-~~ooo What It
OOHS1OO0 Did Yesterday

The House Passes the Fourth Liberty Bond Act Unanimously
The Issue Against Jggeriug Taken Up and Decided Minor
y FiIbustsr Against an Alleged "SteamROIer" Army
B Delayed by Riders the Senate-he Kuturst Draft for
BOYS Of Eighteen Defeated Information From the Federal
Trade Board on PrOfteerng Spreading on Farms
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

In response to the Borah resolution.
in which the Senate called for full
information on pronteering. It will be
supplied to the Senate by the Federal
trade commission. The report made
by Chairman Colver and other mem
bers of the commission delivers the
goods" II is one of the most impor-
tant public documents OF the year.
For example. 1t shows a little known
company operating in Missouri zinc
and other minerals paying the mana
ger of the St Louis office S14s.530.59
a year salary, with more than twice
as much to the president OF the COM
pany. After paying all taxes and
other expenses last year the United
States Steel Company" had left net
s244, ,T3S. 900, while since 1915 the "BiG
Four OF Chicago have increased their
pronts 1921 .oOO, 900 above their aver
age high-water marks In peace. 1t is
remarked that this information Is
astounding" Probably It is. Per
haps in another ten years we may re-
cover from this years shell shocks
far enough to learn something.
Before the House Committee on
Labor. Mr.. John @. White Illustrated
the rapid growth of agrarian plu-
tocracy by illustrating the chattel
mortgage and lease system under
which in certain parts OF Missouri,
tenant farmers are reduced to virtual
peonage. Since 1900. farming has
changed radically. until its future
promises to be controlled by capi-
taIists. Peonage, which has existed
in some States since soon after the
civil war as a substitute for slavery,
has its indefinite extension threat
ened by capitalistic agrarianism.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

49,
As Mr.. Moore Understood the situa-
tion late Thursday latter dinner time,
the Speaker said yesterday and near
ly at bed-time"D those who voted with
him to accept the Senate compromise
and break the long deadlock on the
postoffice appropriation bill had won
. victory and had broken the dead
lock, after which they had been Jig
gered out OF IL" by somebody else.
This may have been the private opin-
ion OF the Speaker who had voted
AYE" with them on al apparent tie
Of 14o to 14e. But when, after appar-
entity gaining a vote on the recount.
the official returns showed $50 to 149
against them. he announced the Off
cial result against them and himself.
The question OF what the jigger-
ing was for Ut is now agreed that
II was purely accidentally is OF far
less Importance than the determine
ton of $50 Americans fright or
wrong) when they met yesterday
morning not to submit to JigEertng.
II II took all summer to resist II.
They did not submit When they
had opened the proceedings, and
demonstrated what grim determine
ton meant. Chairman Kitchin, OF the
Ways and Means Committee. who
had not voted with them. said that
as a matter OF decency, OF the self
respect OF the House and OF the in
tegrity OF legislation, the Journal
and the Record should be made to
conform to the action OF the House.
Upon which the opponents OF zig
gering'' emitted a series of trium-
phant whoops, while those who had
become accidentally guilty OF it
protested, evaded. and finally sur
rendered to the inevitable. The
Speaker read precedents showing
that tally clerks had often made
worse mistakes by the purest acct
dent in the rush OF great events. So
the deadlock ended on the Postoffice
bill and the pneumatic
tubes will not be put out OF busi-
ness until they have been investi-
gated and reported on by the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
After the House had sent the Dis
triet OF Columbia appropriation bill
back to conference. with the dis
agreement standing on the ~hfty-
NNuB
the Republicans. under Messrs. GIL
lett and Walsh, spent the rest OF the
day in nlibustering to prevent what
they allege is the Democratic intsn-
ton OF using the powers OF the bill
for taking the 1920 census as the
beginning for a steam roller" to be
used during the Presidential cam
paign OF that year. Though their
hope was desperate, they were per-
haps nerved to do their utmost by
that Democrats. now constantly
Republican precedents, may
learn to do worse. II may be hard,
but anything is now possible.
The kulturist and imperialist at
temp ito force the conscription OF
boys Of eighteen was defeated at 81
o'clock in the Senate by a vote OF 10
10 IS. The great army bill. carrying
sI2 900, 900 900 at least and said in the
Senate now TO carry $4,000 900 900.
was put over for the day by speeches
and amendments. germane 20 a series
Of riders" but not to such a bill
Itself One OF these riders. providing
for a 500. 900. 900 corporation to man
utacture airpIanes. with stock sold in
the market. involves a radical change
Of both our political and fnlncial
system. 1t was adopted without de-
bate. Any such proposition ought to
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

tions and had three Of them taken by
the draft, should wish to know who
led the gallant and patriotic struggle
to take the youngest away from be-
ing the only man in the house" with
his sisters-then such a person is in
formed that the hght was led by one
OF the ablest supermen OF the Senate
"a yale man"-who has never mar
ried
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

Germany is OuteatInE the United
States in potatoes. which accounts In
n measure for their ability to keep at
their buaInesH Of war.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29


Chairman Shirley. of the House
Committee on Appropriations. was
concerned in the next item OF bill
lions. When the House was filibus-
tering just before o'clock--as it
had spent most of the day in doing
he announced It would have to stay
until midnight If it did not give him
a chance under the rules to file the
report OF the conference committee
on the sundry civil appropriation
BILL which had passed the Senate
with its total raised. including "au-
thortzations," to about four bill
lions" The committee had concurred
in what the Senate found advisable
increases of the cost of shipping our
troops and guns to Europe.
This perhaps was not next IN i'm
portance to the unanimous passage
of the Fourth Liberty bond act Per-
haps nothing else really surpasses
in Importance the introduction Of a
new verb into the English language
BY J. Hampton Moore. of Pennsyl-
vania, at a crisis when IL is most
urgently needed. 1t is the verb TO
"jigger."
As it will not be in standard die
tionaries until next year. it must be
explained, as illustrated by the days
proceedings, that in jiEEering any
person, you do not knock him down,
shanghai him, pick his pocket. or
sell him a gold brick. These may
be part OF the simple. ordinary. we'll
understood processes of politics. But
If you "jigger" a person, a party. or
a people, you go far beyond this.
You permit them to go on and do
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

tion and coordination" those
two words were worth many mil
lions Of not billions in excess
profits" to the volunteer experts in
efficiency. with whom Mr.. kitchin's
committee may be much better ac-
auainted when it succeeds in inducing
them to pay any tax first somebody
else will not pay finally.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

DnnlnGbLe''
-GOMPERS
Mass Meeting in Protest
Sunday, June 80, 1918, 2:3O p. N.
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE
18th and NeU York AUe.
Government employees willing to do overtime work as
patriotic duty inGwar.
Mr. Borland calls us "sackers" and induces Congress
to increase hours.
No increase in pay on overtime pay accompanies in
creased hours. -
President and heads ofideparments already authorized
10 require overtime work
No executive officer has asked or recommended Bor
lands scheme.
With normal seven-hour day Government employees
during war gladly render all necessary overtime
work without pay therefor.
If hours are increased to eight normally we demand
fifteen per cent increase in compensation, and
time and one-hatf for overtime work.
We ask that the $i2o increase granted in 1ieu of
and per cent increase be allowed to an alike. as
it is a costof-living bonus
We shall continue to ask for justice, equity and fair
consideration toward al Government employees
and discrimination against none.
Industrial employees are daily receiving substantial \
wage increases with pay for overtime at time and \
onehalf or double time
The advance in the cost of living affects an alike
and yet under the Bortznd scheme the w7ges Of \
Government enployeSar actually decreased
Industrial employees 1e- -StnneY orgmi1ed-we are 4
not, yet ,
Now is the time to organize for the present and the
future to prevent prufteering in labor md 10 s.
cure justice.
There is no other wzy-do something for yourself,
your family and your fellows.
Join the Union now and take an active part IN lis \
work-it is yours
H. NJ McLARIN, President
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
4io A. F. of L. Bldg,
9Th and Mass. Ave. NJ w.
Washington, D. C.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

Observe then that the new American
verb to "jigger"-though originating
at the Capitol. and not in any great
modern university-may be the verb
of all others which will do most to
make the earth safe for democracy
the only verb which will explain to
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
URUGUAY 10 sEE krRAnl.

Uruguay plans to meet ths ga
maritime natiops halfway IA sftsr-
the-War trade, according to eoasqlaF
reports from AoRtsvsdeo telling 81
the creation Of the UFuguayan Ma
tionAl Bureau OF Commerce.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Old 9th Regiment
Now on Front Line

The old G9th-o the l65th, if you
will call it by its new name-is right
up there in the front row, fighting as
New Workers have known all along they
could and would fight when the time
came. Permission to announce The
presence in the front-linc trenches
Of the first New York regiment to go
abroad, has just been given by the
War Department.
1t has been known for some time
now, Of course that the Rainbow Divi-
sion, Of which the old 69th is part.
was on the other side. The first
knowledge that the regiments in tho
division had had chance to go upon
the firing line came in a message from
the War Department to the parents Of
Arthur &. Traycr, corporal, living st
Frerport, Long Island. The message
simply stated that he had been
wounded.
Corporal Traycr is member Of
Company -, Is5th Infantry. He was
wounded while helping to rcpulsc raid
by the Germans. which failed. He bwas
In machine gun compnty and received
his wound on February II.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Germans Direct
Heavy Fire onU. s.
Positions at Tou[
lEy The Associated rressl

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Monday, March 4.-Shells
have been falling thick and fast with
iii the American lines and upon the
enemy's positions on the Tou sector
o-day. Aside from big barrage
which the enemy placed on the Ameri-
can positions at daylight in this neigh
borhood, two thousand projectiles have
been dropped in the vicinity of the
terrain occupied by the Americans,
many of them upon towns. The Amcri-
can casualties, however, have been ex-
tremely light.
Sunday night the Americans con-
tinued to shell the enemy and put
down two barrages. Oil his positions.
The infantry activity was confined
solely to patrol parties. The Amcri-
cans searched No Mans Land in the
snow for the bodies Of enemy killed
in the raiding. None vas found, but
the body Of one American was dis
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Lewis Tells Senate
West Is Aroused by
Reported Pact
With Toxic
Bolsheviki Join
In War Clamor
Capital May Be Moved
to Moscow; Trotz-
ky's Power on
the Wane

President Wilson announced last
night the United States had not
as yet given assent to Japanese
intervention in Siberia.
THE Evening News" Of London, as
serts the Allies, as well as the
United States, have already asked
Japan to pacify Siberia. ''The
Daily Mail" says the request to
interfere will soon be made by the
representatives of Great Britain,
France and Italy.
Ratification of the treaty between
Russia and the Central Powers by
the congress to be held at Moscow,
March ~. is by no means certain,
Petrograd cable messages assert.
The peaceat-any- price elements in
Russia are losing power and the
spirit Of opposition to the ruinous
German terms is increasing.
Moderate clements may take the
reins from the Bo1sheviki at Mos
cow and put Russia into the war
again.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
[Stuf Correspondence |

ALBANY, March 5.-Thc members of
the German American Alliance now on
the governing board of the Hcrkimcr
Homestead, the memorial to General
Nicholas Herkimer. Revolutionary hero
Of the Battle Of Oriskany, will be
ousted, it seemed at hearing to-day
on the bill Of Senator Theodore Doug
las Robinson, which has this object in
view.
The refusal of the hoard to permit
members Of the Sons Of the American
Revolution to join them inspired the
Robinson bill And one who urged that
the bill be passed in order that men of
Revolutionary stock, and not members
of the German American Alliance, shall
be members Of the governing board of
the Herkimcr Home was Mrs. Charles
w. Nash Vice Regent Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Lewis a Champion
Of Hearst Propaganda

Mr.. Lewis comes from Illinois, where
Mr.. Hearst owns couple of important
newspapers. Mr.. Lewis will soon come
up for reelection. When Hearst un-
dertakes any propaganda Lewis is
usually heard from in some adroit
fashion. The purpose OF the Senator's
quieting speech was to suggest that
there was violent anti-Japanese feel
ing in the West aroused by the sug-
gestion that this country was cooper
ating with Japan. When he spoke the
Senator appeared to have three telc-
grams in his hand.
From Il similar source apparently
came the story. printed in the Hearst
newspaper here and credited to the
United Press, ;hat the President was
about 10 protest against Japan's entry
INTO Siberia. The anti-Japanesc propa-
'-anda has been bolder than any other
seen here in long time. The Presi-
dent is known to be undecided and
the propaganda is active. But there is
40 reason to believe that the Admin.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Americans Smash Surprise
Attack; Face Rain of Shells
Pershing's Men in Lorraine Put Foe to Fioht
Paris Reports-Bg Gun Duel Rages in Toul
Sector-Patrols Active


LONDON, March 5.-American forces
IN Lorraine have again repulsed
an attack by the Germans, says an Off
clal statement given out by the French
War Office to-day
An attempted night surprise raid by
the Germans on the trenches held by
the American troops found the Yankees
wide awake, with the result that the in
vaders made a precipitate retreat, leav-
ing behind several prisoners.
These were not the only prisoners
taken last night by the Americans.
American patrols in Lorraine, after a
short trip, returned to their lines with
several Germans, the Paris statement
says.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
German Alliance
Declares War
On Robinson
Members Will Fight Any
Effort to Repeal Their
Charter

State Senator Theodore Douglas Rob-
inson, who announced on Monday that
he would introduce bill in the Legis-
laturc calling for the revocation of the
charter OF the GermanAmercan Alli-
ance in this state, was the object of
bitter criticism last night by members
of the greater New York chapters of
that organization in meeting at
Maennerchor Hall, Fifty-sixth Street,
near Third Avenue.
Henry Haas. president of the Manhat-
tan branch of the alliance, was the
spokesman for tho organization, and
frequently he was interrupted by those
present with cries OF:
Hes fanatic like his kin, Teddy
Roosevelt'
"a real estate OPERATOR" Mr.. Haas
said. "da:es to cast suspicion on the
10000 r,embers of the state alliance.
Election time is approaching, and they
want to push aside the German vote"
Mr.. Haas was followed by Rudolf
Cronau, chairman of the meeting, who
attacked Senator Robinson, saying that
the sympatties of the German -Amer-
can Alliance before this country en-
tered the war were, ot course, pro-
German, just as those Of the English
American were pro English and those
Of the French american pro-French.
Committee Appointed
Finally the members passed a rcso-
luton 10 appoint d committee whose
purpose shall De TO take Immediate
measures to prevent tnc passage of
any bill Senator Robinson may intro
duce to revoke their charter. Those
appointed to the committee were Thee
dorc Sutro. Mr. Haas, Anton HoH-
meyer, Hermann Koch. Mr.. Cronau.
William Liebermann and Alphon>e
Koclblc. Their first meeting will be
held next Monday.
The measure introduced in the
United States Senate by Senator King,
in which he asked the revocation Of
the national charter Of the organiza-
tion. also came in during the evening
for its share of criticism, and a resolu-
tion was passed thanking Alphonsc
Koelble, Theodore Sutro and the Rev.
DR.. S. G.. Bosse, of Wilmington, Del. who
is national president. for their defence
of the alliance before the Senate COM
m tteo
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Wilson Withholds Assent
To Japan's Plan in Siberia;
Russia May Repudiate Peace
Germans Still Move on Petrograd

LONDON, March -Narva miles southwest of perograd
mas been captured by the Germans and the reported
continuing his advance Petrograd according Exchange
telegraph dispatch from Petrograd, dated Monday.
Perograd dispatch the Exchange Telegraph Company
Monday evening" that despite the hoses
man arpane appeared Petrograd
and dropped bombs Apane flying Nevky
Prospekt and the belief prevailed enemy aiming
Nicholas Station
Sunday night zeppns at Gachna thy-ive
mules from Petrograd flying toward the capital
off by the anti-aircraft batteries
operations of the Austro Hungarian restoring
ana security the Ukraine official
oy the Austrian War Office, taking course.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06

covered in the American wire in front
OF a listening post.
Inc man had or his gas mask. A
bullet had passed through his head.
Only two cartridges remained in his
rifle, which was found under his body.
and there were other indications tha.
he died fighting.
Inc heavy snow is continuing.
Selecting the Heroes
The first Americans to win the new
American medals for bravery in action
probably will be men who participated
IN Fridays successful fight with the
Germans IN the Toul sector Among
them undoubtedly will be some, if not
all, of the men who were decorated
yesterday by Premier Clemenceau.
The fighting records of the various
soldiers are being compiled, and on
these records recommendations will be
made by the general commanding the
DIVISION. The data are being gathered
carefully. SO as to make certain that
none will be honored specially for
simply doing his duty.
The entire American expeditionary
force is waiting to see who among
them will be the first to get the new
war medal.
1t is now permissible to give the
names of the officers and men deco
rated yesterday by Premier Clemenceau.
They are:
Lieutenant Joseph Candy, of
Brooklyn.
Lieutenant William Coleman. of
Charleston, S. G..
Sergeant Patrick Walsh.
Sergeant William Norton.
Private "Buddy" Pittman, Of
Brooklyn
Private Alvin Smiley, of st. Louis
The sergeants have been in the army
for many years. Sergeant Walsh for
mer'y lived in Detroit and Sergeant
Norton in Arkansas
Ran Through Barrage
Both the prvates distinguished
themselves by running through the