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Chateau -Thierry, st. Mihiel, the Arr
gonne and Fumes he explained.
when I tell you that a war corre-
spondent for national magazine wrote
m entire story based on the bravery of
a supply train driver who carried sup
plies to us. He came and went under
cover of darkness. We were there
all the time.
The highest non commissioned off =
Ger in the Tooth is a Philadelphian. He
is Sergeant Major Francis NJ. Carlin,
attached to battalion headquarters. His
home is at 2116 South Sixty fourth
street, West Philadelphia, and he is
one of the 200 men who made good in
the 1O0th.
Sergeant Carlin tells thrilling
story of the death in battle of Ser
geant Harry Schmitt, also of Philadel-
phia. Sergeant !Schmitt led his platoon
into battle and the unit was wiped out.
Schmtt was the last one to vacate the
position, leaving when his machine gun
became jammed and he gamely made
his way back to the main detachment,
despite wounds that proved to be fatal.
Lieutenant Lawrence D. Howell, of
Philadelphia. was wounded when the
Tooth went into action early in July.
He recovered in time to go into Fismes
and was back with his company only
one day when he received wound that
laid him up until after the armistice
was signed. He is here with his COM
pany. Lieutenant Oliver II. Paxon,
another Philadelphian. was left behind
in Paris, where he is attending the
American University.
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W. G. M'ADO0 CALLS
BRIBERY CHARGE LIE
F ormer Secretary Denies
knowledge Of $4,000 Gift
to Brother From Boat Co.

Chicago. April 30.-William G. Nc
Adoo. in Chicago, speaking for the Vic
tory Liberty Loan, was asked last night
regarding the testimony of Elihu B.
Frost in the Electric Boat inquiry. He
said:
Just say for me that the story is an
infamous and wanton lie
do you know anything about any
$4,000 transaction involving your
brother and this concern?' he was
asked.
Absolutely nothing"
did you know of your brothers
connections with this company"
My brother is consulting engineer
and he has no doubt many business con
nections of which I know nothing"
Frost testified in the Chancery Court
at Newark, n. j., yesterday that Henry
X. Carse. president and voting t.ustec
OF the boat company, told him he had
given to Malcom Ross McAdoo. the
former secretary's rother, $40, 900 tt
get government contracts for sub
marines. Frost said Carse had told
him that of that amount $25 900 was to
go to William G. McAdoo, then in the
cabinet. Frost also testified he had
demonstrated with Carse for paying
such n man who had never even seen
a submarine and that Carse replied
$4,000 goes to relieve him of some
judgments and the other $25, 900 goes to
his brother"
Frost added he had called it "brib-
cry"
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CAMDEN'S OLD THIRD
EXPECTED ON MAY 6
Hath Regiment, Sailing April
26, Also Includes Former
National Cuardsmen

Mayor Charles Fl. Ellis. of Camden
has received official word from Adjutant
General Gilkysop, to the effect that the
Hath Infantry, with the exception Of
Companies X and L, had sailed from st
NazairP, France, April 26 and will ar,
rive at Hoboken about May G.
The Hath Regiment includes mem
bers of the old Third Regiment, Ma
tional Guard, of Camden. They saw
much service in the closing days of the
war. and suffered many casualties at
Sedan.
There seems to be some doubt as to
where the Hath Regiment will land. 1t
was first intimated it would disem
bark at Newport News. However, the
Victory jubilee memorial committee, os
Camden. is planning to welcome the
troops, no matter where they land.
Mayor Ellis will head the committee.
The other members include Sheriff W.
Penn Corson. Freeholder Charles f.
Wise, Councilman Frank S, Vanhart
and F. Morse Archer.
After the regiment is demobilized,
efforts will be made to have the unit
sent to Camden as a body. A big re
ception will be staged in the Third Regi
ment Armory if these plans are carried
out. When all the Camden troops are
home a monster celebration will be
staged by the city.
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Soldiers at Dix
Not for Parade
Continued from Page One

tontlhue0 from rage One
ator Penrose, who. in telegram tc
Major General Scott, appealed for an
entire divisional parade and urged that
no definite action be taken until Gen
eral Muir. commander of the Twenty
eighth, reached America today.
Major General Scott replied that
everything possible would be done.
If General Beary is unable to perfect
arrangements at Camp Dix, he plans
to 60 on to Washington to see the War
Department.
Senator Penrose's telegram to Major
General Scott follows:
"Adjutant General Beary, of Penn
sylvania, accompanied by Lieutenant
Colonel Pusey, quartermastcr of the
Twenty eighth Division, and Lieuten
ant Colonel Hagerling. both of then
representing General Muir in command
of the Twenty eighth Division, will cal
to see you on Wednesday at Camp Dix
relative to having the entire division
parade in Philadelphia.
1t seems to me that the Twenty
eighth Division presents a special case
III view oi tht SulldutTE VI ltS ucnleVe
ments and the casualties suffered, and
also on account of the fact that it is
entirely composed of the Pennsylvania
National Guard.
The people of the whole state arc
worked up to a high pitch of patriotism
upon the occasion of the divisions re.
turn, and will be keenly disappointed
unless the parade is successful, which
cannot be the case without the entir,
division participating
81 would ask you not to take fina
action in the. matter until General Mui
returns to the United States, wbicl
will be, I am informed, about May 4
when he will, I believe, strongly urg,
the propriety of having the entire divis
ion parade. General Muir will arriv
in Philadelphia this afternoon
81 hope that no technicalities vii
stand in the way, and that the regu
lations of the War Department viii
be broadly and generously constructed
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LOOKING To SOUTH
TOPRODUCE SHEEP
Neglected Lands There Are Re.
garded as Potential Live
stock Empire
CONVENTION CLOSES TODAY

To increase the sheep and wool in
dustry so that the production in the
United States may approximate that OF
other sheep raising lands is the problem
that cOnfronts the convention of sheer
specialists. now being held under the
auspices Of the "Morc Sheep More
Wool" Association. In the assembly
room of the Chamber of Commerce
Widrner Building.
The convention opened yesterday and
will close this afternoon. About SOW
onty representatives Of textile estab-
lshmcnts, sheep specialists and experts
in animal husbandry are in attendance
Mt the various sessions of the convcn
ton.
At this mornings session Prof. Paul
T. Chorington. Of Harvard University,
pointed out the vital bearing the world S
wool problem has upon the wool grow
crs of America.
Prof. G. S. Plumb, of Ohio State
University. read paper on Com
munity Breeding and Sheep Husband
ry. Other papers scheduled were :
"The Worlds Development in Live
stock-A Modern Gordian Knot" by
DR.. ]. X. Mohler, chief of the bureau
of animal industry. United States De-
partment of Agriculture, and 1.-The Es-
sentials of Stable Sheep Industry"
by William II. Tomhave, professor of
animal husbandry. Pennsylvania State
College.
Two papers, Neglected Southern
Lands Potential Livestock Empire" "
by c. S. Ucker, and "Sheep and the
South by o. H. L. Wernicke, will be
presented at the afternoon session.
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FIVE OF 26S PHIL ADEL
ON KROONLAND DECORATED
Precedent Established hen Sergeant Albert Scad Received
Distinguished Service Gross at Sea- litter Unique Ceremonies

Five of the 26S Philadclphians who
arrived on the transport Kroouland
won Distinguished Service Crosses. One
of the lucky quartet was Sergeant
Albert Schad. of Company 7. 111th In .
fantry. who was decorated at sea with
unique and impressive ceremonies.
The others are Captain Thomas
Bailey. 1929 Lena street. Germantown.
commanding X Company. and also at
present in charge of the Third Bat =
talon of the 111th. and Privatcs Alfred
r. Murphy. 1866 South Twenty third
street. and William Nixon. 2234
Waverly street. both of the medical de-
tachment. and Corporal Joseph J..
Dunn, 2I21 George street. Company *.
The ceremonies attending the deco
rating of Schad arc without precedent in
the history of the army. The honors
received were the highest given any
member of the Iron Division. for he
was given the oak leaf with the decora
tion for two feats of signal bravery at
the turning point of the war.
The exercises took place con a plat
form built on the deck of the vessel
where Schad was made to stand with
Colonel David ]. Davis, while his com
pany stood at attention and the whole
shipload of soldiers crowded the decks.
Act OF Heroism
When his company was ordered to
advance on Montblainvillc, on Septem-
Der 3. 1918. during the battle of the
Argonnc. Sergeant Schad and eight men
were detailed to clean up machine
gun cmplaCemcnt whose deadly fire had
halted the advance. At the first ad-
vance two of the scrgeant's men were
killed and two severely wounded. Send
ing his remaining four men to cover,
Schad ordered them to draw the enemy's
gun fire while he circled the enemy posi-
ton. He reached the rear of the en-
placement and rushed it alone. When
within few yards of it he threw a
hand grenade which killed two of the
gun crew. The other two fed, leaving
the way clear for the advance of the
company. This was one of the pivotal
poipts in the advance and when it was
captured the German defense was
thrown into confusion.
Sergeant Schad won his second cita-
ton on Lcchene Tondu ridge on Octo
Der 1, when he led an assault upon the
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enter the family of nations will
abundantly safeguard the liberty,
the development and all the just
rights of national and racial min
critics, and back of these safe
guards will always lie the watchful
authority of the league of nations,
and at the very outset we shall
have avoided the fatal error of
making Italy's nearest neighbors
on her east her enemies and nurs-
ing just such sense of injustice
as has disturbed the peace OF
Europe for generations together
and played no small part in bring
ing on the terrible conflict through
which we have just passed.
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SHERIFF HERE NOT
TO HELP 'GOUGERS'
Office Will Not Be Tool for
Greedy Landlords, Ransley
Says
HOME OF SOLDIERS IS SAVED

Sheriff Harry c. Ransley has ordered
an investigation to learn how man,
eviction notices are in his Office waitin,
to be served on families who have eitbe,
refused to meet exorbitant rent in
creases or who have been ordered from
their homes, which have been sold "oye,
their heads
"Thc sheriff's office is only the ser
want Of the courts, but it will not be
made the tool for rent and real estate
profteers, he said today.
81 have ordered an investigation OF
conditions and intend to go over the
records to find out just how many evic.
ton notices there are in my Office wait
ing to be served"
Ninety FAMILIES Ousted
Mr.. Ransley made the statement when
it was brought to his attention that
ninety families living in two West Phil. d.
adelphia blocks had been told to either
buy or get out. The families live in
the $500 blocks of Addison street and
hardwood avenue.
Some of the families have bought,
others have moved and the less for
tunate one who cannot find homes are
sitting tight. Some Of the families
plan to store their furniture and move
from the city, while women with six
children is vainly looking for n home
before May 10, the date the owner
threatens to put her out.
Eviction of Mrs. David Bennett and
her family from their home, 2310 South
Twentieth street by Burton G. Simon,
real estate dealer. because they can
not buy the property has been prevented
by the court.
Mrs. Bennett has three sons in the
country's service, three other children
to take care of and her husband is ill.
Halts Eviction Action
Henry NJ. Stevenson. who handles
all cases Of threatened eviction for de-
pcndents Of men in the military service,
placed the case before Judge Ferguson
in Common Pleas Court and obtained a
rule which stays any eviction proceed
ings until May Q.
At the Office of Mr.. Stevenson it was
stated that Simon, had he gone through
with the eviction. would have been H.
able to a $1,000 fine or one years i'm
prisonment. He obtained writ for
eviction, it is said, without permission
of the court and in violation of the
soldiers and sailors civil relief act,
which provides that permission of the
court may be obtained before such
writ may be issued.
Sons in Iron Division
Two of Mrs. Benefits sons are with
the Iron Division in France. They are
John B. G. Bennett, and
Lewis Bennett. both of Company I, of
the 10th Infantry.
The third son is with the Thirteenth
Infantry, stationed in Hoboken. He is,
Lieutenant George T. Bennett. His
wife and baby, George T. Bennett, Jr.,
sixteen months old, who live with the
parents, are among the seven
who were told to buy the house or be
put out
The father of these three boys in the
service has been subject to heart at
tacks for ten years. All day yesterday
the furniture and other belongings of
the two families We're packed up await
ing the sheriff. officers.
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GOTHAM AIR POLICE
FLY HOME TODAY
Planes Carrying Greeting From
City Officials Arrive
Safely Here
TWO MACHINES MAKE TRIP

Aero patrolmon who aew borc from,
New York vcstordor ,.;th ,onssoros -,
pr.otirc 70 ,To, 81 p!- s.o W
W.;Iae ~, ~ 's'H"' 3niltn auu blrr"'or
are scheduled TO leove ReImont nIa.
tcau some time this afternoon.
Lieutenant A, Livingstone ("Doc,)
Allen; formerly of the royal flying cops
ana later chief flying instructor for
nl'ed states aviators. pilotcd tho ma
ohIn" carrying tho messages. With him
vas Inspector John +. Dwycr. of the
New lork IltN Police Department, who
on bchalf OF Rodman Wanamakcr. spc
GA deputy police commissioner of New
"rk 'lty'. addressed n letter to Mayor
Smith which was also delivered.
The fiers were met in Fairmoupt
Iark by Superintendent Robinson and
Captain Mills representing the Phila :
delphla police department, and Howard
kratz, representing Rodman Wana
Ano,bo. r,..:. H.,
Iio'tonont uL.lhS I p!anr, plloted bS
;ng No %nr DnG;sepn pTpnrti p C uhq curry
made the 1;abt but ottor "nnua,ia, nna,.;, , hlso
tha felJ +mrneJ j., u .b ri,Tt J;,i soiIIns u. ovc
SorL ago;n Tho - Va, ro .,oh u Wv
sonorotoJ SLor,i'i 80 plants u'InIle
tIcton whore ;c,,+onnnt ponnntts enn.ts o,Ls nLs
cd to teInnbono in tbo+ ;o,,tnnort t1Io.,
had eyidontIr hon,, 'iins I.. ni'tll
aiight II dcvcIon%oJ % bon,"nor 1,,0.''' III ~ ~
I ,icutcnont AIIon arriucd horo frs, '"a'
Mayor Hylan'S Letter
Following is NIavor Hvl0n's Icttcr
10 mayor Hhlith
lear Ar' May"r-IhiS letter will
De presented 70 you by members of
ioiic" Aeriai School attached to the
po1Ire department. or this city.
= In" Nrw York police air service is
@ nTst 10 bc lnaugurated in this city.
me trip from the motor race track in
inns city to Philadelphia is the first
extended venture which the men have
made:
,,I;aLs .H nusurs "rll Tor greater accom-
70 ''h,'en,s hn nn IN Mnat must soon come
W p' hh indispensable method of
'"N'i'or'a'loh' ,o,,>
JOHN II. HlLAN.
Inspector DIVERS lettar :, tho
Mayor, Written at tho sugoest;on nf
ROdman Wanamaker foIloSs vi
at affords me ercat nlcasura to
advise you that the first tIight to be
made by airplancs constituting n unit
of the regular service of the noI;cs
department of any city in the world viii
be made from New York TO Philadelnhia
by two biplanes driven bv instructors Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
NEW EARTH SHOCKS
ARE REGISTERED
Quake in San Salvador May
Prove as Disastrous as
That Of 1917

Washington, April 30.-By A. P.)
A very severe and prolonged earth
quake. estimated to have centered be-
tween 1000 and 400 miles from Wash
ington, was recorded early today at the
Georgetown University chronological
observatory.
st. Louis, Mo-, April 30.-(By A.
P.)-Severe earthquakes, centered 5400
miles west by southwest from st. Louis,
were recorded early today by the seis-
mograph at st. Louis University. F'if-
teen distinct shocks, starting at 2 80 a.
m. and ending at ) 30 a. M, were reg
istered.
New York, April 30.-(By a. P.)-.
Cable reports received by the South
American Cable Company Indicate that
the earthquake which occurred in San
Salvador two days ago may prove as
disastro..s AS the great quake of 1911,
it was said at the Offices of the com
papy today. No details have been re-
ceived. but the c0mpany's agent in San
Salvador cabled that the damage was
extensive, the diaster apparently rival
ing that Of 1917.
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ridge with twenty two men and cap
turcd it. Only two of his mCD were
wounded, but all the Germans were
killed. AS Schad puts it. I'VE inflicted
100 per cent casualties. The ridge
was heavily wooded. and it was dcs E
pcratc venture to charge through the
undcrbrush against the well protected
machine gun nest. SChad and his
twenty two men held the position all
night and until late the following morn
ing, when the battalion caught up to his
unit.
Corporal Dunn won the medal in the
Argonne wood on September 90, when
he crawled through the German lines
at daybreak and captured a machine
gun nest single handed. Dunn is q
member of Company X. and his COM
pany had been almost wiped out in the
preceding days battle. There were
only seven men left when he went over
the top during the night, and he got
separated from his company. In the
morning he spied the machine gun nest
and crawled up to it. He threw hand
granade which caused the Germans to
yell "Kamarad and Dunn returned
triumphantly to the American lines
with four prisoners and two machine
guns.
Captain As Reticent
Captain Bailey modestly declined to
state how he had won the coveted dec
oration, and all efforts to learn of his
achievement were unavaiing. Privates
Murphy and Nixon were decorated for
carrying wounded men back to the point
where they could be reached by ambu
lance during the Argonne fight
Private Frederick Austin, of 6l34
Media street. Philadelphia. spent the
entire journey in the stokehold of the
Kroonland in an effort to help the vessel
beat the Minnesota across. There was
u scarcity of tiremen on the Kroonland,
and the vessel was held up at st.
Nazaire for twenty four hours on this
account. Austin, who used to be in
the Philadelphia Fire Department, at
tached to Engine Company No 6, vol
unteered for the job and shoveled many
tons of coal as the result. When the
ship reached New York this morning the
men of the 18th took up collection
and presented Austin with $175, which
wasn't bad for ten days work. Austin
has wife and five children.
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Better Housing Parade Postponed

The demonstration of 1000 church
women of Philadelphia, who planned a
march from Broad and South streets to
the Office of Director Krusen in the in
terests of better housing and sanitation
has been postponed from tomorrow IN
til Friday, according to announcement
today at headquarters of the Women 4
Housing Committee. The women will
meet Friday at IL o'clock and expect
to be Mt Doctor Krusen's Office an hour
later.
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INCENDIARY BURNS MANSION
$4,000 Middletown Township Home
Of Georae r. Richards Destroved

OF george ]. hicnards Destroyed
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed
the three story mansion of George 4.
Richards, on the Richards estate, in
Middletown township. The mansion
contained fourteen rooms, and the loss
is about $4,000. The family lives in
West Philadelphia in the winter, and
there was no furniture in the house.
Two men working on the farm saw
smoke issue. from the house and at the
same time saw man running from
the building. The Media FIRE company
was summoned, but the fremen were
unable to do anything but save sur
rounding buildings because Of the lack
of water. .
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ChrlstIans Arc Guarded

London, April s30,-(By A. P.)-It
is said that as precaution against
possible massacres OF Christians, Brit.
ish troops have occupied Samsun, Mar
zivan, Ammasia. Tokal apdSSebasta.
towns on the southern shore Of the
RlacS sea in Asia Miner and in tie
Hinterland. =
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Americans and Japanese Friendly

Toxic, April 30.-(By A. P.l-Gen-
eral Tanaka. the minister of war, in
an official statement issued today, denies
the existence of anything calculated to
menace the friendly relations between
the American and japanese troops in
Siberia.
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Troops Back From Var
and HomerUard Bound
AR RIVED

Gsf5 sRa S sFfi the E'n tH
drafted men total .aboard Sf 2aSss troons T2rk
esighiiyosiN me members s3 Of soldiers and sailors
seventy seventh units included S07th iSnS inSaS.
Msgis&s DedaGhmsn, pet SECOND Battalion
sixteen ontceTs and 7s5 men; headquarters
8e2s ed ehs apd
GdTs9sf RoR5 sod SsHoS Sizes 32Sd Noble
unit; fourteen Officers and S47 'sSSTS mem, eom,
Prising all except G1onmpany OF the Second
BvsoH foeT Natoha afaGTX Gus % W
ington. oregon. Montana. Idaho and Wyom-
gether with twenty-seven wounded or sick IIE<
offteers, men and nurses.
seiiIes with 1891 troops. including Gi nine hS Of
tioers a., ana ,tn A44 men G9mprising a hsadqusr
ii4th Field signal Battalion fhirty.ninttS nth
lana. Mississippi and Arfansssi1 1 The II ESlns othsr
troops were casgals-New Hampshire. rs
YSrs dR PsrnsSSanS S 6c 3o MehSan s2e Ms
49, Indiana, 2sj Colorado, II South Dakota
5S TenSsssss, IS Iowa. iS; oEishomsoF & @soFF5i y
Arkansas, 80. and scattered casusls OF the
marines, regular army and colOred troops
DUE TODAY
Finland. at New York. from st, Nszaire,
April 20. with $500 men. including Twenty.
seventeen S Officers and four enlisted liShnsn5: me5
IOSd Engineers Field and Stan. Headauar!
ters Detachment. Headquarters First Bat
TALON. Sanitary and Ordnance petachments
Companies 4 @ 70 =, inclusive. thlrty.six Of
vaiescent Camp, eight officers and ninety
one enlisted men; Tenth Conyslescent Camp.
SH tSpd hsss fna 7 sssS st Se.rs
enlisted men; F9rty-sisth Base Hospital,
Etb en sss aaS Hsspt enssd sSs %sn csr Ninety
eighty one enlisted men; Casual compa M es
Sos sSs ssS sxirsnis ees sn.Si SsT YO5s ea
psnles Nos. 1852 and S8e: 81. Nszalre Con-
yslescsnt Detachments Nos. IS4. 175. 176.
enisied iIen. all STICK or wounded.
Aifonso MI. az. az Nsw York from Bor-
Vast Alsek. at New York, from La Pal.
LICE. April 9, with thirty-pne msn.