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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
TALES OF HOFFMAN,"
MELODIOUSLY RETOLD
Ohenbach Work Evening Of.
fering of Opera Festival.
Double Matinee Bill

Capital reprcsentation of three stand
ard operas, two frequently given but al
ways farortes and tho third heard all
100 rarely for its merits made ZIP yes
terday's repertoire of the grand opera
festival current at the Aca ademy of Music
under the efficient direction of Harry
j. Davis The familiar works were the
so-callcd Italian Twins" of Mascagni
and bconcaNallo. and the exotic was
Ofenbach's Tales of IIoffmann."
The casts enlisted the services of a
number of well-known and well-liked
singers remembered from their Metro
politan or flammerstein connections as
well as several new artists. The chorus
work was smooth Nocally and we'll
drilled theatricaly and the orchestra
gave expressive communication of the
scores, genuinely supporting and accent
ing the measures of the Nocalists and
never flooding them with superfuous
tone. Josiah EURO conducted with poetic
insight and technical effectiveness. In
settings, properties and costumes the
company is well equipped and the stage
management is n revelation of careful
ness and smoothness.
Ruth Miller voiced the coloratura
strains Of the doll in "rIoffmann'. with
facility and the roles of Giuletta and An
tonia were in the capable custody Of
donna with the big voice and varied his
tronism. Orvile Harold was the phi
laundering poet his tenor. always nat
uraily good has been refined in tone and
skilled in production and he made a de-
cided impression. Elizabeth Campbell
was a rich-voiced Nickaus and the
triple role in which Renaud won tri-
umphs disclosed an interesting artistic
personality and a sonorous, wcll-used
Z ID
who gave robust personation of his parts,
minus the suavity and subtety of Re-
maud but none the less satisfying. His
Svengali-like DR. Miracle was impress
sive. Octave Qua was diVerting in the
buffo role formerly associated with
Daddi and Henri Scott was sonorous and
artistic In the brief passages allotted to
Spallanzani.
As good a "Cavalleria" AS the Acad-
emy has staged was featured by Flor
ence Easton's moving and dramatic
Santuzza and Francis MacLennan's
Turiddu. Both got hot-blooded. pulsating
Sicilian passion into their roles and
both were vocally magnificent Viola
Robertson was an alluring and sweet
toned Lola and Carl Formes satisfying
Alto. The Media of the admirable
"Pagliacci was Dora di Philippe, known
here for her appearances in opera-in-
English and later a diva of the Chicago
opera In voice and action she was en-
| inently satisfying. Forest Lamont, the
Young American tenor acted and sang
excellently as Canio--and Carl Formes
was sinister and full! voiced as the mis-
chief -making clown, winDing great ap-
pause for his "Proloso."
This evenings performance of Car
men" will bring forward Alice Gentle.
who once fourishcd a spear in the chorus
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
FLORENCE ELLEN SHARP.
Honor StUdent ...
CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL
ENDS IT'S 18TH YEAR
Diplomas Are Awarded to
Ninety-Seven Graduates
at Exercises Today

The commencement exercises of the
Camden Manual Training and High
School were held this morning. marking
the closing OF the twenty-ffth year of
the school.
separate roll of honor was read,
bearing the names of seven graduates in
the service of the United States They
are Elmer jackson. Richard Moses,
Robert Tomkinson. Charles Bender. Paul
Mcgee Earl Ludlan and Phillip Souder
Nincty-seven graduates received their
diplomas. which were presented by f. f.
Read, Jr., president of the Board Of Edu-
cation. Following the invocation by the
Rev. George II. Hemingway, D. D., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church,
BENJAMIN Little. honor student, delivered
American Policy"
Florence Sharp. honor student, read
an essay. our Flag; Bertha Weiss
spoke on "Womans Work in the War;"
and Carl Kisseman on Labor, History
and outlook" The patriotic roll of honor
was read by Prof Robert NJ. McT1lroy,
of Princeton University and of the Ma
tional Security League. The graduates
follow:
Charles A. Render. Earl d. Brandt. -Rruho
l.. Brown. William J. browning. I'd. Robert
Joseph l.: Fits. Edward c. Forsyth, Ma
=, Cow: Pincus Groshefsky; Willst r, Iiar-
sarrH s Ivory Robert W o,1sr ISt',es; 'sTrs
4. little, Eari 9; Lud!sm, Paul y; Msxs,ss,
Gcorgc Ryan, Joseph 6. sepsey; MelooTrre
T T.essn ssher M !! Ass s"Fy snsS" I'd Edward ss
Tretbsr. Jr.. Herbert r. Wakefield R.ulah
| Agi.es X. Breyer. Adaiaise E. Buzby, Ethel
GALWAY Thelms c. csnn; nT Fl9renss r,mI%, = =,
COMPTON. Catherine Corson, Christina T.
hSaSs %ss + + FSxfsss sfn E o''
%rss Lena tss A. Anra Mayer e Mrs kisS
6stermsyer. 6 S Clara r!oyinick, M!nnis Prai;s
Robb, Marian q. Robbins, Mabel Ross Ross
tir"fG thy n. 81 schumncher, Fiorcnce = SHARP, Eyn
". Teaf, Mary c. Van Leer. Maprisen "
Vaughan Esthc, o,s NJ nH M"Isn, Len, E'hSi W,od d
The Normal School graduates arc: Edna
ence es' Dumbeitoi, Dorothy Hubert. I Entnry,r
rSnnsGG Pummrr Mnrs" poro6sa SSH sSboG f Pcroh,
silver, ViEsinia Smith; Mac stasShenss use
TESr' ESsy" SId
! Ethel Wende roth and Edythc Woodruff.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
SCOUTS HUNT FARM WORKERS
Six Thousand Boys to Enroll
Philadelphia Business Men

Six thousand Boy Scouts Saturday
will begin the work of enrolling business
men of Philadelphia as farm workers.
Instructions for the campaign have
been sent out by Clarence Sears Rates.
assistant director of the United States
Boys Working Reserve for Philadelphia
\ County, to the scoutmasters Of 2f0
troops of Boy Scouts In this city who
will take part in the drive
Three hundred cards will he given 70
each troop of Scouts. In business offices
and factories the boys will enroll men
who have had much farm experience.
those who have had little and those who
have had none.
When the recruits have been classified
as the plant calls for, men who are able
10 give one day to farm work will be put
in one class, those who can give a week
In another and those who give their en-
tire vacation of more. than a week in the
third.
This recruiting Is under the supervi-
sion of the Committeeof Public Safety.
II more than enough for present needs
! are recruited the names will he kept as
reference in case of emergency
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
SCHOOL PLANS WAR RECORD
Blanks Sent All Penn Charter
Men to Tell of Their Part

Dr. II. J.. Smith, assistant headmaster
of the Penn Charter School, is respon-
sible for publication the results of
which will be watched with great in
tercst.
This is the War Service Record and it
is being sent to all graduates of Penn
Charter. In 1t there are questions asked
concerning the particular arm of service
engaged in, whether active or noncom-
batant. the civil work being done by the
individual, the date Of his enlistment OF
commission. present rank, casualties 10
be signed by relatives or friends, and
any other information of personal eXpe-
riences Detailing Penn Charter men in
connection with war work.
Penn Charter is probably the first
school OF the country. to issue such a
publication.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGY
ENDS TERM TONIGHT
Collegiate Certificates to Be
Awardcd--Former Students,
Now Soldiers. to Be Guests

The commencement exercises of the
Philadelphia School of Pedagogy will
take place at the assembly hall of the
Central High School, Broad and Green
streets, tonight.
The officers of the class are Milton
o. Pearcc, president; Samuel Brown,
vice president; Benjamin Shoemaker,
urcr.
The program includes: Invocation, by
the Rev. Richard B. Wells; address on
! Education and the World War" Mil
ton Oscar Pcarce. .Ir., graduating class {;
address to graduates. The World War
and Democracy" DR.. Oscar Gerson, Ger
mantown High School comforting of COL
! iegiate certificates, The War Record Of
the School of Pedagogy" DR. Francis
Burke Brandt. principal.
! The special feature of the evening will
| be the presence Of Private Barnett
Cohen. an ex-president of the class who
short time sgo left for Camp Lee. Va.
Second Lieutenant Andrew +. Moore. Of
West Point, former student of the
school, will also be one of the guests of
honor.
| me members OF tne 1aCuty now IN
war service are Captain William Hughes
Mearns, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. Sergeant
William u. Burkhard, Camp Sewer.
Ala Private Francis A. Wade, Camp
Greeneaf Ga, and Charles II. Nichols,
ordnance department, Philadelphia.
| The graduates who are candidates for
collegiate certificates include Charles
Blaker, Samuel Robinson Brown, Benja-
min Harris Dyer, Barnett Cohen, called
to colors: Maurice Dcssen, Tanner
Grant Duckrey. Michael Edelman,
! Arthur Hun Fapset, William Galter,
Robert Maull Grossmann, Walter Eve.
rett Howarth. Philip Hymes, jacques
Alexander Lurie. Nathaniel Nathanson,
Milton Oscar Pearce, Jr., Ernest Paul
Sandige. Reinhold Herman Schmidt,
Benja min. Maurice Shoemaker, Harry
Spence Ward, Jr., Arnold Erasmus Weiss
and Nathan Wildman.
The members Of the class called to
service before graduation are Alfred II.
Diebel, medical corps France; Allan II.
Freelon, second lieutenant of artillery
Raymond d. Tarbuck, Naval Academy,
Annapolis.
The presentat tion of alumni prizes will
be made as follows: Alumni gold medal.
Thomas J. Dobbins; Albert Rorer Tin
dali Prize, John J. Maioriello, class Of
1911.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
U.S.. CHARGES FOUR
WITH SWINDLE PLOT
Lancaster Man Involved in At.
tempt to Collect $4,000
Navy Bill Twice

Washington. June 70.
The net set by the Department OF
Justice for war contract brokers has In
yolved employees of the War and Navy
Departments. through indictments re-
turned by the Federal Grand Jury here,
charging four men with trying to collect
on a duplicate bill for s1S7,000 submit
ted by a drydock company for repairs
to a Government vessel. The case does
not involve contingent fee profteers.
but grew out of the investigation into
their practices,
The four indicted are Clyde c. Walt
man, yeoman in the Navy Departments
bureau of supplies and accounts !;
Charles T.. Waltman, his brother, busi-
ness man of Victoria, Va. Benjamin
w. Peake, soldier, stationed at Fort
MeiRs, Washington. formerly of Berea,
n. c., and d. Marvil Mowery, stenogra'
pher, employed in the signal corps office,
formerly of Lancaster. Pa.
Clyde C. Waltman and Mowery, who
are roommates in Washington. are al
legged to have conceived a scheme for
getting the Navy Department to pay the
same bill twice, and to collect one OF
the payments through a confederate in
the offices of the company rendering the
bill.
They successfully tested the plan
twice. Il is charged, but did not try to
actually collect the money. and the nrms
returned the duplicate payments to the
Government.
Finally. with free access to Navy
Department files, they were said TO have
obtained bill for $4,000 rendered
April 23 by the Morse Drydock and
Repair Company. of New York, for re-
pairs to the Government vessel Canaan
! daigua between March / and March lS
this year. After the bill was alleged to
have been taken from the files the com,
| pany was told Il was lost and was asked
! 10 submit q duplicate, which was paid
lBefora the meni presepted the oyiG1na
~ - (eypcnt ~ we're prfees q y q,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
Sailors and Marines Show Toni ght

"Off to Sea-" two-act musical COM
edy, will be given tonight at the Broad
Street Theatre by soldiers and marines
from the navy yard. The performance
will be repeated Friday and Saturday
nights and Saturday afternoon, and the
proceeds will be for the benefit of the
chaplains' welfare fund and recreation
center. The company of over fifty will
be assisted by dozen singing and dane
ing girls, The story is full of patriotic
appeal and there are over twenty mu-
sical numbers. Among the professional
players who are now at League Island
are V. Ashley Dougherty, late of Zieg
field Follies, and Donald Macdonald,
whose success at the Forrest in ''root-
Toot.' is a pleasing memory. Both these
will be seen in specialties. The crack
drill squad of the Marine Corps will be
a feature of the second act.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
FAIRBANKS LEFT $2,l5O,OOO
5OO.Year Trust Fund Of s50.00O to Wei
fare Work

Indianapolis, Ind. June @o.--As me-
mortal to his wife. the late Charles W.
Fairbanks. former Vice President OF the
United States, set aside in his will. just
probated here trust fund OF $4,000 to
be held for 500 years. the income from
which is to be divided each fifty years
and expended for social welfare work.
The value of the entire estate Is esti-
mated at $2,150,000.
Other charitable bequests were one to
the Ohio Wesleyan University of s25'Ooo
and another of s50.00n to the Methodist
Episcopal Hospital and Deaconness
Home in indianapolis.
After payment of the various spe-
cific bequests the will provided the re-
mainder Of the estate is to go to the
three sons. Richard, Warren and Fred
Fairbanks. The personal property was
comparatively small. being estimated at
$3.50, 900. while the real estate was esti-
mated tn he worth s..0o0.000 at least.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
CARRIED STANGELAND
MESSAGES, IS CHARGE
Captain Lindgren Was to Re.
turn to Sweden-One for
Ellen Key
New York. June 20.

New YORK. June ".
Opposing the application of Captain
Gustave Ragner Lindgren. of the Swed-
ish army reserve. for a reduction in the
bail of $4,000 on which he is held.
Joseph H. Burdeau, Assistant United
States Attorney. at Il hearing before
Samuel NJ. Hitchcock, United States
commissioner, submitted evidence that
l.indgren was arrested carrying mes
sage from Charles Emil Stangeland
formerly second secretary at the Ameri-
can embassy at London, who is under
arrest as an alleged co-conspirator. to
Nine. Ellen Key. the Swedish writer.
whose books on the war are viewed as
hostile in the Allied countries.
Mr.. Burdeau read from stenogra-
phers record of the examination of Cap
tain Lindgren at the Custom House
4 after his arrest on June z, Captain
Lindgren said that Stangeland at that
time, asked him to tell Madam Key that
her friend, Tarek Mahl Daz. a Hindu.
{. had been convicted in San Francisco
and been sentenced to twenty-five
months in prison, DAG was accused
with other Hindus, OF plotting to cause
Al uprising against British rule in
India. Lindgren quoted Stangeland as
saying that Daz was as big figure in
(sthat field as Madam Key and that she
would be interested in knowing of his
sentehce,
E Lindgren and Stangeland were en-
ployed by the Bethlehem Steel Company
Al Bethlehem, Pa. Lindgren gave up
his position In the calculating depart
ment Of the steel plant to return to
Gweden Stangeland gave him list OF
I names Of people to see in Copenhagen
xlth memoranda of the message he was
Ia rive to each. The messages on their
<noc appeared harmless.
nfengeland waived examination Hs
65 fyeed on bail supplied BY Prof
EI Z. 1ssrd 2 7, fsynssIx ,!! I. e - Y! g.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
mrs. HEARST SHEDS TEARS
Testifies i'm Her Libel Suits
Against New York Papers

New York. June 2o.-Mrs. William
Randolph Hearst testified before the
Grand Jury yesterday in her crimina
libel suits against the New York Times
and the New York Tribune.
When she emerged from the jury room
her eyes were swollen with tears. The
reason for the tears could not be as
cerained, as District Attorney Swami
refused to discuss the case OH the ground
1t was still In consideration. A. j. Tai
ley, Assistant District Attorney, said
however. so far as he knew no indict'
ment had been found, though 1t is
possible the Grand Jury found an in
dictment without his knowing il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
HEAR SABOTAGE CHARGE
Austrian is Accused Of Damaging Ma
chinery i'm Shell Plant

N Chester. Pa. June 20.--Dominic Pa
lenzo. of Si5 Howell street. who says he
is an Austrian, has been arrested at
the Th,Irlow steel foundry, where three
inch shells are being made, OH the
charge Of being implicated in damaging
machinery The complaint was made by
William Peale, superintendent of the
works.
Superintendent. Peale testified that
Palenzo had made ugly remarks about
the United States and that considerable
damage had been wrought at the plant
in the last few weeks by machinery be-
ing put out of operation in an undeter-
mined manner
Magistrate Berry held the accused
without bail for further hearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
York Marine Wounded

York. Pa, June 2o.--Sergeant John
Louis Craver. who was severely injured
in action on the River Marine on June Is,
is a son of William Craver, police ser
geant. He Is twenty-five years old and
enlisted in the marine corps In August.
1914. He participated in the landing at
Vera Cruz, Mex He was promoted to
sergeant two years ago and year later
embarked for oversee service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
AZ TO BE GRADUATED
AT GIRARD COLLEGE
Commencement Will Be Held
Tonight-Hampton L.
Carson to Be Orator

The annual commencement exercises
Of Girard College will be held this eve
ming in the college chapel. Forty-three
seniors will receive their diplomas.
The program will be opened by an
invocation of the vice president. Joseph
NJ. Jameson. The salutatorian will be
Thomas Bowman keener, who is, the
second honor man of the class. and
who will also read an essay on "Richard
Harding Davis, War Correspondent
The valedictory will he given. by
Ralph Truman Elotz first honor man.
who will also read an essay on "Ath-
letics in Wartime" Russell Willis Har-
greaves. the third honor man. will read
an essay on "Ships in the Making"
The principal speaker of the evening
will be Hampton l.. Carson. Chcesman
j.. Herrick. the president. will present
the graduating class with their diplomas
The graduates distinguished in differ
ent departments are Ralph Truman
Klotz. in mechanical instruction and
chemistry: Russell Willis Hargreaves
in stenogra ply and typewrting Russell
Leroy Gray, in mathematics.
The following receive diplomas:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20

The class officers are: President, John
J.. Milestone; vice president Frank NJ.
Stcinberg: treasurer, George Grosscr.
The class-day speakers are: Poet,
Louis Simons historian. 1sadore p.
Slonimsky prophet, Samuel Jamison.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
Fire DESTROYS John Brown House

TorrinstoB. Conn. June 20. = The
house in which John Brown. the famous
abolitionist. was born. in West Torring-
ton, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The
building was owned by the John Brown
Association and was one of the principal
historical landmarks of the city. The
cause Of the fire Is not known.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
To Confer on War Prisoners

London. June 2o.--It is reported at
The Hague that representatives OF the
American Government are to confer with
the Germans regarding the exchange Of
prisoners The status of the negCtia-
tions, IL any, is not mentioned.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-01-18
WASHINGTON.

Senator James H. Brady of Idaho
died at his homo in Washington from
heart disease.
The threatened food shortage in
north Russia Promises to be prevent
cd through the reconciliation Of the
Bolsheviki and the Ukraine.
The United States Emergency Fleet
Corporation win turn out 100000
tons during 1918. according to Admin.
istrator Hurley Of the Shipping Board.
Secretary Of State Robert Lansing.
speaking at the annual dinner Of the
New York State Bar Association. de-
clared that until the war aims out
lined BY President Wilson are accept.
ed By the Prussian government the
war must 50 on.
Copper valued 1t more than half q
Billion dollars was produced In the
Unttsd EtAtss IN 1917.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-01-18
BRITISH LOSSES 24,s7s IN WEEK.
Small Raids and Artillery Action Only
Fighting on War Fronts.

Small Raids and Artillery Action Only
Fighting on War Fronts.
London, Jan. 15.-Nearly 100000
men from Great Britain alone are to
be recruited into the British army at
the earliest date possible. This an
nouncement was made in the House
of Commons by Sir Auckland Geddes,
minister Of national service.
Cold weather and SHOWS are still re-
tarding the infantry activities on the
battle front, where no fighting Of mo-
ment is taking place, except in the
nature of small patrol engagements
and artillery duels.
Notwithstanding the fact that sim
liar conditions prevailed last week, the
British casualties for the seven days
ending Monday were 24,979, as COM
pared with 1898 the previous week
and 1881 the week before.
For the first time in many months
British aviators have carried out an
air raid on Karlsruhe, capital of Ba-
den. The raid was made in the day
time.
Warning Of the possibility of final
breach in the Russo-German negotia-
lions is the outstanding feature of the
current news from Petrograd.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-01-18
WESTERN STOCK Show
TWELFTH ANNUAL ExHiBIT At
DENVER JAN. 1925.
Economic Methods Will BE Taught Ut
Fair BY Federal and stats Feed
Administration chiefs.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-The Hotel Mems Associa-
ton here held a meeting and resolved
not to raise their rates during the
twelfth annual National Western
Stock and Horse Show, to be opened
in the 3250.O00 amphitheater at the
Denver stock yards an. 10 and con-
tinue until Jan. &c. The city leaders
are preparing for the greatest attend
ance ever known at q western cattle
exposition Many federal and state
food administration chiefs will have
booths at the fair and teach economic
farming and home methods. Brilliant
arrays of society folk will make the
horse show rival similar occasions in
New York and Chicago. Mrs. Loula
Long Combs, OF Kansas City. and Mrs.
Lynde Selden, OF New York. famous
horsewomen and show exhibitors.
will attend the Denver exposition
with many housekeeping horses and
ponies. More than 1900 fancy fowls
have been entered for the big poultry
show prizes, in q special department
of the exposition. As the Denver fair
is educational and helpful to food pro-
duction, the federal government has
decreed that the admission tickets
shall be exempt from war tax.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-01-18
important to Alothero
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that II
Signature t&M2ZzXu
In Use for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Messengers Of Death.

There are about 200 separate and
distinct kinds of shells fired from Ger
man guns, and each and every, one Of
them has been given at least one nick
name by the Tommies, according TO
London Tit-Bits. Some Of them have
been given several.
The biggest kind Of high explosive
SHELLS, for instance, are known in
differently rs "Dirty Dicks" "Jack
Johnsons." "Coal Boxes" Slower
Potts." "Crumps." "Black Peters" or
"Whistling Willies." oys'
The smaller kind are BLACK Me-.
rias" and "Woolly Bears" according to
whether the smoke they emit when
bursting is black, or white with a yell
lowish tinge.
High explosive shrapnel and trench
mortar shells are respectively "whizz-
bangs" and "pip-squeaks," from their
habit of giving only those warnings Of
their approach. "Archibalds" are anti
aircraft shells. Ordinary shrapnel
projectiles are Little Willies."