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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
MID-EUROPE POLICY
FIXED BY ALLIE
Alignment With Wilson q
Polish and Jugoslav Free
dom Welcomed
FUTURE CURB ON FOE
Special Cable to Erening Public Leda

Special Cable to EUening Public Le0o
Copyright. 1918, by NeU York Times Co
London. June 4.
The announcement regarding the az
larations agreed to al Versailles on MO
day last by the British, French
Italian Prime Ministers brings the pu
licly defined policy of the weste
European Powers into harmony WI
that of the United States on two ve]
important points The first concerns
creation of a united and independe
Poland Win free access to the
which Is declared to constitute one
the conditions of a solid and just pea
and of the rule of right in Europe.
second is the Endorsement of Lansin
expressed sympathy for the nationans
aspirations toward freedom OF
C.echo- Slovak and Jugoslav peopl
that is, for the two Slav nations w
form the majority in Austria-Hunsa
and are held down by the Hapsour
under the oppression of the German al
Magyar minorities.
Both declarations, II is pointed out
the Chronicle, are extremely welcon
and valuable as showing that the ALI
Governments have come to recognize,
less than President Wilson does.
crucial Importance of central and eas
ern Europe among the material lSsu
for which the war is being fought. II
now officially recognized that II Gel
many ends the war on terms whlcn w
enable her to enslave the east. no dI
feat of her western ambitions can
more than temporary. A genulnely u
dependent Poland and genuine emancI
patton of the Austrian Slavs are lndiI
pensable If Potsdam is not to be a
lowed to cresRe a future empire whiq
yorld oyernOwnr the world,
The recent meeting of the supren3
war council took place in circumstancf
whose gravity has been unparallel9
since its foundation. Reflection of TN
gravity is to be seen in Clemenceau
speech.
There is no denying that the last o.
fcnsive has brought the enemy dangel
ously nearer to Paris, and the peop
living and working in the French cal
ital cannot but be sensitive to the a
tered situation. But they are bearir
themselves with admirable patience ar
stoicism. Clemenceau gives eXpresslc
to this mood. His speech is fran
| recognition of the terrible dangers ar
trials ahead. but 1t is in no sense
| counsel of despair Speaking for n
| Government. he declares it will new
surrender, that it has full confident
| in the generalissimo and in the Allit
armies, and that the only thing tn
matters is the final success. In tn
| spirit he invites his fellow countrymt
! TO await calmly the supreme ordeal col
! fident in the ultimate triumph OF u
cause for which so many have died.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
600 WORKERS ESCAPE
Big WAR PLANT BLAZE
Marshal Investigates Mysteri-
GUS 100000 Fire in Wool
Securing Company

A mysterious fire at the plant of the
Philadelphia Wool Securing and Car
bombing Company, Somerset and Rush
streets, where Government contracts are
being filled. caused 800. 900 damage and
forced 500 employees TO ree for their
lives early today.
Many employees were forced to jump
from second-story WINDOWS wnen they
were trapped by the flames.
Residents of a row of dwellings, in
Rush street near the plant, were routed
out In scant attire by the police when
burning embers. carried by strong
wind, threatened a conhagration in the
row
The plant, owned by the John D..
Grover & Sons Company, has been en-
gaged in Government work for some
time The cause of the fire is being in
vestigated by the Fire Marshals office.
The fire was discovered by pedestrians
and had gained considerable headway on
the ground floor, cutting off the main
avenues of escape of men and women on
the upper floors
For a time the blaze threatened to
communicate to a warehouse where a
large quantity of raw material was
stored, but this was saved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
IN HEART OF U-BOAT RAIDS
YET ARE UNAWARE OF THEM
Men Rehoboh Beach Lghtship Mistake Submarines for
Whales and Inquire What Airship and Sea Patrol
Activities Mean

That submarines were lurking around
the lightship June is indicated by the
writer's reference to what looked like
whales.
The l<htship is known as No. 80 and
is anchored on a nine-fathom. or fifty
four-foot, bank twenty-five miles off
Rehoboth Beach.
I'VE see lots of airships here" Hol-
land writes, and there are more than
ever now. Two just went over US. l
wonder what they are doing"
Further on in the letter he writes
What looked like two whales were
pretty close to the lightship today and
stayed around a while. They were the
biggest | ever saw
Again, in closing. Holland wonders
what the presence of airships and scout
boats mean. The ship to whom he gave
the letter could not tell him. 1t had no
wireless.
= The lightship has no wireless. though
months ago the men were informed IT
was to be provided with a wireless and
a machine gun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
u. S. Vessels Fight
Sinker of Oil Shin
Continued from PAGE One

Ont1nue0 from rake VIC
for the way they saved that vessel, when
she semed to every one to be lost.
THE Pratt was carrying 10000 bar
rels Of oil when we left Tuxpan. In
tightening the load, about a fourth of
her cargo of petroleum was pumped out.
When she docked yesterday, there re-
mained more than 100000 barrels of
crude oil in her compartments.
II understand the Pratt Is to go
into Cramps drydocks for repairs, after
which she again will pursue her usual
business, hauling oil.
efforts today to determine the extent
of the damage caused by the torpedo
were futile because the interior near
the hole in her port bow is filled with
oil and water.
THAT is a huge hole in her. too, be-
ing at least twenty-five feet square, and
we came all the way here with that
opening unplugged. You cannot plug
a hole that size while at sea, with the
hole under water. And. too, the tor.
pedo struck deep down under her.
There was only one lift lost. Peb,
bles, the captains dog, was drowned
aboard ship. When we were ordered tc
leave the Pratt, the crew chased Pebbles
all ever the part of the vessel not al
ready submerged. But the pup ran 81
fast we could not catch him and had Il
leave him. When the ship was rightet
we found Pebbles under a bathtub Fl,
was drowned.
The officers of the Pratt are Captain
Bennett. San Francisco; First Office
Nicholson, San Francisco; Second on
Ger Mott, Oakland, Cal; Third Office
I Brewer, Los Angeles Chief Enginee
/ Lyons, Deluth; First Engineer Petit
grew, South Shields, England; Secon
/ Engineer wheatley, London. and Thir
Engineer Moessner
One Philadelphia boy. Jack Elournt
was a wireless operator on the Pratt
and two Denver men. Michael and Pa
rick Riley, brothers. also were wirslsa
operators
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
SY HUNT LEADS
TO MANS ARREST
Signals From Cape May
: Hotel. Said to Underlie
Capture
WOMAN WATCHED HERE

A spy-hunt along the Atlantic coast
from New York to the Virginia capes.
Following disclosures by survivors of
submarine-attacked vessel who were
held prisoner on the U-boat for several
days has resulted in the arrest of man
at Cape May. according to unconfirmed
reports
The man is said to have been caught
eignaling with lights from an ocean
front hotel
Sailor patrols on the beach al Cape
May are said to have been responsible
Tor the arrest. after having watched for
some time the flashing lights In the
room. Il is believed the man was signal
ing some ship at sea, probably n C-hoat.
He has been lodged In the Wissa-
hickon Barracks, it is said, and has
given his name as Renshaw
Naval authorities at Cape May today
declined to discuss the reported arrest.
watch Woman in This City
Coincident with the reported arrest.
report was circulated in this city that
. wealthy German woman who is said
TO have kept German spy or sub
marine base informed of the movement
Of ships, through telegraphic code mes
sages, is being watched
This may be the myst erious "maste
spy" reported at Lewes Del vest erdav,
as being hunted as the brains" of the
submarine pirates operations off the
coast.
1t is said the Government has abso-
lutte evidence that this woman Is Ger
man spy and had much to do with the
activities of the submarines off the coast
though officials refuse to verify the
report.
Company Commander Lightfoot is
said to have ordered the arrest of the
man at Cape May. after having been
summoned to the beach by reserves of
the coast guard and watching for sew
eral minutes the flashing signal lights
and hearing some vessel apparently
answering the signals at sea by short.
faint blasts from whistle
Ships fifty miles at sea could he COM
rnunicated with by the use of a sixteen
candle power electric light bulb, naval
men say.
After the mans arrest he was walked
up the boardwalk under heavy armed
guard. with a large crowd Of curious
persons following until the prisoner was
whisked away in an automobile.
signals Flashed to U-Boats
According to the disclosures of the
survivors of the sunken vessel who
were held on board the submarine U-151,
mysterious signal lights flashed from
points along the shore several times
during the night when they were cruis-
ing off the New Jersey coast.
The lights ''blinked' out their signals
10 the U-boat commander at regular In
tervals. the survivors said.
Rear Admiral W. n. Wlnslow and a
large number of intelligence officers
ioined the force of Government secret
operatives working. along the coast in
the spy hunt, and astounding revela-
tions are said to have been made.
At Lewes, Del, many unconfrmed
runors of spy activities have gained
considerable circulation. The presence
there of a large force of secret opera
tiyes of the Government gave strength
to the reports.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
WALLS OF HOUSE COLLAPSE
Two Women Narrowly Escape
Being Caught in Crash

Two women narrowly escaped serious
injury and probably death today when
two walls in the home of Mrs. Mary
Young, 2232 North orkney street.
caved in.
Mrs. Young. was in the kitchen pre-
pairing breakfast for herself and a
woman boarder when she heard a crash
as though the whole house would tumble
down She ran upstairs and found that
the front and south walls had cared in
and the roof of the house almost so:
Several bricks from the walls fell TO
the floor with such a crash that they
broke through and landed in the parlor
of the home If this caving In had oc..
Cured fifteen minutes earlier 1t would
have entrapped the two women IN ped
The bed was demolished and lay buried
under the debris.
II is believed that the heavy rains OF
last night and today loosened the mortar
in the walls The house in its present
state Is uninhabitable and will have to
be rebuilt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
ASSASSIN AT SIS A WEEK
Young Brooklyn Man Admit
Part i'm Six Murders Al

New York, June IA young man &c
customed to work as q hired assa ssi
for SIS week nonchslantly descrihe(
his vocation to jury before Judg
Grain in General Sessions.
He is John Esposto, alias "Johnn2
Lefty" of the Navy street gang. IL
Brooklyn, and he wrs testifying for thu
State against Giro Terranova, on trial
for instigating the murder OF JOSEPH
hi Marco and Charles Lombardi. ~
July. 1915. The prosecution held thai
Terranova coveted Di Marcos gambling
house end caused the latter's death II
order to obtain II.
Under cross-examination Esposito del
clared he had taken part in killing foul
other gamblers on orders from Leopold
I.anritann a Salonnkeener.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07

investigation is going on to determine
the causes of the light registration.
Eight draft districts in this city are
especially low in registration. They are
Districts Nos. /, 2, II. 81. "a. 80. 40
and AZ. In each there is a large alien
population, and the registration lists in
these districts show an exceptionally
small percentage of foreigners on the
rolls.
Table Shows Registrants
Here is a table showing the number
of registrants in each district here, the
first column indicating white American
citizens, the second negroes and the
last aliens:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
SENTENCED IN UNIFORM
Former U. S. Sailor Jailed for Two
Years for Robbery

Norristown, Pa, June 7.-Charles
Kulp. of Norristown. dressed in United
States navy uniform, was sentenced
to two years In the Montgomery County
Jail by Judge Swartz after being con-
victed of breaking open locker in the
Reading Railway station In Norris
town and stealing a pocketbook.
He said he had been discharged from
thA> navy in 1910.
"Nhy do you still wear the navy uni
FORM" asked the Court.
II was told that ] could wear II
swenty-four hours each MONTH replied
psrols prisoner from the Eastern Peni-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
66 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Graduation Exercises Held by High
Schools of Washington County, Md.

HaGerstown. Md, June 7.-Sixty-six
graduates of the Washington County
from President Charles A. Weagley, OF
the board of education. the exercises
including an address by Professor P. F.
Brown. Of the University of Georgia.
Miss Helen Binkley was salutstorian.
ana Lee Fiaugher valedictoriah. The
academic departments graduated twenty
b0ys and twenty-five girls the CONNER
eiaI depa rtments eight boys and hir-
~ summer SCHOOL for teachers will be
~ nGnin this year, beginning June 10.
H1rlf16uished educators have been OBJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
HOME GUARDS ON PARADE
Oak Lane Organization Holds Open.
Air Drill

In an effort to Increase the strength
of the company from an enrolment OF
120 up to 200, the Oak Lane Home
Guards met at headquarters. Eleventh
and Oak Lane streets, last night and
held an open air drill After the drill
they paraded over the entire suburb
finishing at the headquarters, where the
flag was placed, in the center of the
company. who all Joined in singing THE
Star Spangled Banner"
The oficers of the company are Cap
tain Thomas B. Thomas and Lieuten-
ants, H. A. Barber and B. Saddington
Captain Thomas ID also . member of thu
reserve militia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
CAN'T STARVE BRITAIN

london, june T-No enorts OF The
German submarines, however severe,
can menace the civilian population OF
Great Britain. John r. Clynes, parlia-
mentary secretary Of the ministry of
food, told the House OF Commons He
said $4,000 tons of bacon and ham re-
Gently had been imported from America.
Mr. Clynes said 100000 additional
Great Britain, while 10000 acres had
been planted In Ireland. The margarine
manufacture, he added. had increased
fourfold since the war began and the
country now 10 Independent Of mar
eartne tmporta
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
GARBAGE AWARD TO MURPHY
Reports of New Bidders Qualifi.
cations Please Mayor

Mayor Smith is pleased at reports he
has received of the qualifications of
EDWARD T. Murphy to handle the city
garbage collection contract in 1919 and
the award will be made to Murphy at
once. Murphy's figure of s4S6,O0O is
sS9.266 lower than the amount paid to
the Penn Reduction Company for the
present year
The new municipal contractor is an
official of the American Agricultural
Chemical Company. and, according to
city officials, that concern Is behind him
in his bid. The local plant controlled
by Murphy has been found satisfactory
and will be augmented by parts of plants
located in Boston and Buffalo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
Munition Plant Needs Men

HazIeton. Pa. June Forty menI
rendered idle by the destruction of &
tannerv at Noxen. and others similariJE
affected by blaze at Milton. wer{
brought here and given positiond
at the Jeanesvile Iron Works shell
plant, which needs 5000 hands. but had
only 300n,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
HELP waNTED-MALE

BOOKKEEPER--One who has some knowi1
edge OF individual ledger In national bauhl
and to make himself generally useful. sog
the summer months or longer IL desiroQ}
NJ l4tR. II ,edger Central. ~ u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
ROOMS FOR RENT


West philadelphia
32D ST ", 62l-l or choice outside roornql
furnished or unfurnished; housekeepino n
desired; 3 story, porch front. -
tOther Classified Ads on Pages 1s and ltl'
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-18

therein crs.ted ~ the removed Of AID
ele ssie,on shah o opsn AZ ses ) p O'clock soi in s the
forenoon and shall, be~keepE open continu.
ously until 5 o'clock in the afternoon and
the polling placso therefor She be as
,,d Mfth y wsr a.. hs:t precinct, TsFna-
sssses D%. +. Tss1 1s Il. cs s:ysss ;s sys ssss
election shall be furnished by the city
auditor to the election boards and shall
S him of & w asssrd Papss 1 anS Be 1sv prepared by
sset|o91 5; The inspestHTs; JUDGES .aEra an3
and qualify As provided by law M said
by the chfrter OF this city and the res
turns thereof hal be made and can
vassed in the same manner.
shall be given BY the mayor, attested BY
in the morning Herald ana eysnins
Hf i%ne1c;a ss,sS psv' RiSsrn.n Day, who
adopted BY Il votes Ia the affirmative
ana ap RS1s q o ees Sssas stn' 1918.
Il. II. wHEELER,
NV. II. AhExANnER. city 1a sG |
Alderman ,Hulteng. that the resolution
ton to NIL h vacancy in the ontce OF
alderman Of the fifth ward, be adopted
as read. On roll call the following Alder
Davidson, Lockman, GriffithA. whitman.
Hulteng. Day. Bird and Kleven-11.
Carried.
In conformity with the. resolution
adopted by the city council September
18th. 1915. Mayor Wheeler appointed
Aldermen Smith. Hulteng and Kleven, q
COMMITTEES to have power to act with
regard to all applications made for the
holding Of conventions or meetings in
the auditorium, the emit OF which is
to be paid for out Of the city council
Discuss 1pidomio Of In6uon8a.
Alderm1A Kelsey directed the atten-
ton Of the council to the numerous
cases Of influenza reported in the city,
and stated that a large number Of COM
plants were being made owing to the
failure Of city, officials to order the
closing Of theaters. schools m all pub
lie places where people c~onsregate.
City Health OFFICER o'Keefe stated he
had been requested In several instances
to close the schools and theaters; also
had a conference with Lieutenant L.. r.
Gaynor, commandant Of the university.
VINO intimated that unless the city Of
hcials ordered such places closed that
no doubt the war department would take
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-18
FOR
OCTOBER TO
Be ABANDONED
Missouri Valley Conference
Will Not Play Football
This Month.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 17.-Aband-
onment of all the October football
games in the Missouri Valley Confer
ence has been made necessary by the
refusal of Col. r. l. Rees of the army
general staff of the Student Army
Training Corps to modify the rules
concerning the athletics, set forth in
the circular of September 90
In a telegram to A. Ross Hill, presi-
dent of the University of Missouri and
district educational director Of the S.
A. 7. c., Col. Rees stated that these
regulations would stand in detail. No
commanding officer of the S. Aft. C..
will be permitted to violate the rules
of the War Department which forbid
out OF town trips requiring absence
from schools other than Saturday aft
o of this month.
The telegram to President Hill was
in answer to the recommendations Of
the presidents. boards Of control, and
faculty representatives of the Missouri
Valley schools that the conference
football schedule be allowed to stand
as far as possible.
Because of the distance between the
Missouri Valley colleges it will be i'm
possible to play the October games
and return by Saturday night in the
than As hours, or from Friday night
moon to taps furloughs hat are
permitted this month. Therefore, on
ly games with schools outside the
conference and close to the confer
ence points will be possible this
month.
The November schedule will be fol-
lowed as closely as possible, according
to Colonel Rees' telegram. Teams will
be allowed to make trips of not more
to Sunday night. Whether the No
vember ruling will be followed so
strictly as to necessitate a change in
the plan for the annual Kansas-Mis-
souri, game on Thanksgiving is a mat
ter of conjecture, but President Hill
department will permit the departure
of h team on a 48-hour furlough in
the middle of the week instead of at
the end Of the week. If not the game
might nave to be played on the Satur-
day before or after the Thanksgiving
Thursday.
President Hill favors a complete re-
vision of the Missouri Valley schedule
similar to that already effected in the
Western Conference whereby every
conference team would meet the other
conference team: Whether this could
be crowded into November seems
doubtful and there has been some
talk among coaches and directing au-
thorities of attempting to. extend the
season into the next month. Much
will depend on the games with schools
outside the conference that can be
cancelled or reset.
With a large percentage Of the
football material at all the Valley
schools. under strict military contro
and discipline. training and practice
routine as followed in other years
bids fair to be materially upset. The
effect Of the REGULATIONS required o.
S. A. T. G.. i y was expected to in
terfere with '!y practice but tn.
p0Stponemen' the schedule prob
ably will give me for vaccinations t
heal before I real season opens.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-18

action. While the cases reported were
mild, he was Of the opinion. that all pub
lie places shS,uld b closed % e,+v eo,r.
Gill; fG q mosien o, wss saopt e ' Tstslrin s't the
matter to the board Lof hsalth;~ .r
Se Msso1 Hes: ss,sr ., s{sS f Ss ~ o.s' psin1
continually im~pprtuned by persons rep
resentinE varied political organizations
to give the use, Of the city hall audator.
the practice should be discontinued
With the councils consent he would
inauEunts the rule Of refusing thu. hall
t tH5 I't, ana p %ssesas'i m sed .a.' viii 81
Dunaps 9swsrags INTO ooelA
Aldermsn Kelsey reported complaint.
property owners on the westrn side Of
Wesley college dumping. their sewraSs
into the ENGLISH eo6li!s instead Of con.
trunk sewer. And moved. seconded BY
Alderman Smith. that the complaints be
referred to h board Of health. Carried.
70 1,a@tse x.xs n%.4stgalis:
e. A,ssr II p,. sssr%sn ts ssPs sess1,e the w M.
s. s. =! ia g! 81 e: s,sih Is 8. es sssn 8 T rsss'y sso +
FSa1sS ssrs q the hs,l, n ssd i asked on sh. sog TN
city engineer be ordered to prepare
%sspsslaestions; . Moved led y AldeT s,.s
SvsA.o LIZ
I osact.- Carried. On roll call the follow
veitch, Davidson. Lockman, GriNfths,
Mhitman:, E%11lteng:. Day. Bird and
Sidewalk 1sttnA&e Allowed.
The following estimates, prepared by
the city engineer, presented. read:
]. b. Westlund. construction Of
$ cement sidewalks on 9th Ave .$845.SO
Moved by Alderman Hulteng. second
* by Alderman Smith, hat the city
auditor be authorized to issue special
same. On roll call the following alder
men voted aye: Smith. Kelsey, veitch,
Davidson, Lockman, Griffiths. Whitman,
Hulteng, Day, Bird and Kleven-11.
surety 8oads Approved.
The following bonds approved by the
city. attorney presented, a
n. A.. Teleg. Co., messengers (2) $4,000
B Wallace. special policeman. 10000
Moved BY Alderman Smith. seconded
by Alderman Davidson. that the bonds
n sureties be approved. Carried.
Council AdjouxnSA
Moved by Alderman Kelsey, seconded
by Alderman Davidson, hat w do now
adjourn.
". H ALEXANDER,
City Auditor.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-18
TO BE SET
BACK OCTOBER n

Washington, Oct. 17.-No further
effort will be made by congress to
continue the existing daylight saving
law. and the hands Of the clocks will
be turned back an hour on October
81 as originally planned. This de-
cision was reached today at a confer,
ence between congressional leaders
and Chairman Baruch of the war in
dustries board, who has recommend
ed that the law remain in force for
the period of the war,