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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
PAUL CRET, 4 YEARS A WA Y,
RETURNS WITH WAR CROSS
american Soldiers Superhumdn,
Says U. OF p. Professor, Who
Became Blue DeuiF'
wife. in Var Work Ouer There,
SaU Him Perhaps Only Sir
Times

Pau Cret. professor of architectural
design at the University of Pennsylva-
mia, former lieutenant In Frances IA
NOUS blue devils and wearer OF the
CroiX de Guerre, will return to this city
today after four years service in the
"The one great thing have learned
during my service abroad is the fact
that the americans are almost super
human fighting men" said Professor
Cret II have fought with American
divisions and alongside of Americans,
and my admiration for them is shared
by the French. The MorocCans. the
creates fighters in the French army,
always called the Nanks wonderful
and tribute from these great colonial
fighters was tribute that must not be
taken lightly"
Personally" declared Professor Cret.
81 was too near TO get the real lesson
OF the war. for I was at the front con-
stantly. and it will not be until have
had the opportunity of looking at things
from the perspective Of time that the
really great impressions will come TO
me-"
The former French lieutenant declared
that peace could not yet be regarded as
an assured fact, and expressed the opin-
ion that the Germans might yet cause
trouble to the Allied forces.
When questioned regarding the Croix
de Guerre which he wears, Professor
Cret said that he was unable to explain
for just what act of heroism the award
was made.
Il was in so many different mix-ups
and went through so many different ex-
periences that I cannot honestly tell
you why | was cited" said the professor.
Maybe I was awarded the Croix de
Guerre on general principles" he added
with smile.
Professor Cret volunteered for service
as private with the French army i'm
mediately upon the declarati of war
resigning his post at the university after
fifteen years of service. He immediately
went into the front trenches. fighting at
fpres. Arras and La Bassee. and was
also in the Nosges region
Professor Cret was later transferred
to the Forty-seventh Division of the
general staff and was assigned to map-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
LEAGUE DNDORSED
BY LATE VOTERS
Complete Poll Results Show
1884 Favor, 1902 OPP
pose Nations Pact
MANY BALLOTS In MAIL
St. Davids Man Strongly
Against Plan as
Proposed

More votes. one group from house
holders of Philadelphia and the other
polled in the Office of the supervisor Of
car service at Broad Street station. to-
day swelled the Affirmative in the EVE
MING PUBLIC LEDGERs poll on the pro-
posed league of nations by l44.
In these two polls, taken by. private
citizens and submitted with the sig
natures of the voters, not a single
negative vote was cast.
Additional ballots which were cast
during the general poll but which did
not reach this office until today have
been counted. One hundred and five
persons cast ballots for the proposition
and thirty-nine voted against it.
This brings the total vote to date. in
Guiding all canvasses. TO 1884 in favor
of and 1902 opposed to the present plan
for league of nations
The total of the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER ballots cast during the poll
numbers 2157. Of which 1721 were cast
for and 436 against the league of
nations.
one canvass for votes containing l02
names. which reached this Office today,
was the result of a two-day campaign.
The resolution, attached to the three
| sheets of paper which were prepared
for signatures, reads as follows:
BE it resolved, That we. the under
signed citizens of the city and county
of Philadelphia, wish to place ourselves
in full accord with the proposed league
OF nations, as set forth by the great
powers, the same to be embodied in the
proposed peace treaty.
Further we believe that all party
politics should now be set aside in this
great and noble cause
The vote in the office Of the superin-
tcndent of car service at Broad Street
Station was sent in by W. A. Whitaker.
with the comment:
The attached straw vote was SO in
teresting ] thought I would send it
along
Among the ballots in the negative
which were received today were Several
which had the words decidedly" most
emphatically" and the like written after
/ the printed statement g! am against"
One voter, Herbert Clark, of ST
Davids, Pa, wrote at tile bottom of his
ballot:
II wish that could vote 100000, 200
against the league of nations"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
COAL PRICES HERE
WON'T BE REDUCED
Retailers Are Compelled to
Abandon Practice of
Spring Slashing

There was no reduction In the retail,
price of coal today.
Failure of operators to lower prices
at the mines compels retailers to hold to
their present schedule of prices, said
number Of representative dealers.
They also volunteered the informa ton
that the retail price of domestic sizes
would probably be boosted ten cents a
ton May ].
For many years It was the custom OF
retailers to slash prices on April l..
Fifty cents a ton was the traditional
cut.
Retailers asserted that the reductions
were made possible by the operators
and pointed out that to Stimulate de-
mand for coal in the early spring the
mine operators lowered wholesale prices
I'VE passed the good thing along TO
the public said Philadelphia dealer,
"but the good thing is not coming to-
day. Operators say that the high cost
of production does not permit them TO
reduce prices, and that forces u.s. to
maintain the present schedules"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
TRAFFIC MEN DISBAND
Rcappointments Are Made for
Various Ports

Because of the rapid change in the
export traffic from munitions and sup
plies to commercial freight, the freight
traffic committee of the north Atlantic
ports has been disbanded and traffic
control managers appointed for each of
the eastern ports by the United States
railroad administration.
The appointments were authorized by
the regional directors of the three
regions in which the ports are located
The ports covered include Boston. New
York. Philade' 'Dhia. Baltimore Norfolk
and Newport News.
Alfred J. Ball has been appointed
traffic control manager for Philadelphia,
with offices in Broad Street Station
Mr. Ball was for some years foreign
freight agent for the Pennsylvania Rail
road and during the existence OF the
freight traffic committee served on that
body in New York city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
Auto Tax Money a Record

Harrisburg, April /. The State
Highway Department has announced
receipts from automobile licenses for
1919 had reached the record-brealiing
figure of S4,04S, 1850. 1t is expected
this total will be materially increased
In another month.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01

II. i. Hertz. 1887 North Broad street,
and A. w. Bird. Jr.. twenty-nine, OF
Rosemont, were struck by trolley cars
last night and both were taken to the
Hahnemann Hospital Hertz was struck
at Broad and Spring Garden streets.
and Bird at Nineteenth and Poplar
streets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
Readers Discuss
League of Nations
Wants Kings Abolished

Wants Kings Abolished
TO the Editor Of the Euening Public
Ledger:
Sir--As far as | understand the league
of nations cannot keep the world in
peace and avoid wars. Mr. Wilson's
fourteen points can never work right
IN my opinion, Mr. Wilson and others
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01

To ne Editor Of the Erening Public
Ledger:
Sir-~1t may be too late for your
purpose but I'll pencil you the result Of
a poll of the faculty of George School:
For league of nations ...........27
Against league of nations ..... I
Non -committal .................. 9
Three members I did not see but
am justly certain that at least two of
them would be for
GEO. II. MUTT.
George School, March 80.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20

quite an event when / distributed
doughnuts to the boys in the trenches,
but here we are in the thick of the
battle itself. Travelling since six
o'clock in the morning, at two we
reached small town from which the
Germans had been driven only few
hours before. The earth at times
seems to tremble. with the vibration
Of the guns as we stand before the
improvised evacuation hospital.
while our men unload the big sup
ply of oranges, lemons and sugar we
have brought with us, sister and re-
port to the doctors. A continuous
moving line of ambulances is bringing
in the wounded-Americans French
and Germans alike. AS their wounds
are treated and dressed they are
placed in other ambulances and sent
to the special trains waiting, and
thence to the base hospitals.
Doctors Work Like Mad.
1.-THE doctors are working like mad.
The chief surgeon scarcely looked at
me- Yes he said, get them some
thing cold to drink, and get it quick
"'We have lemons and sugar. said.
we can make Lemonade
"'Do it quick he snapped. And
have it cold
'While we squeezed lemons into
bucket Billy Hale hustled off in the
canton in search of water 1t didn't
take him long to find spring with
water clear and cold as ice. He filled
the huge tank and sped back to us.
We soon had gallons Of lemonade
ready to serve to the boys, hot and
feverish from the fight.
"They are wonderful, these boys of
ours. Being an American, this mo-
ment thrills one with pride. Battered
and broken in the fight, and surely
suffering terribly from the awful
wounds that war has inflicted, these
boys are marvelously brave. Lying
there on blood-stained stretchers,
calmly, patiently waiting the doctors
hand, no complaint is uttered. There
is no cutlery from these young heroes,
almost superhuman, 1t seems to me, In
their super seIf-control."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
SALVATION ARMY LASSIES
BRAVE PERILS OF BATTLE

my life except once in the thunder
ing crashes of a tornado out West
when ] was a girl of ten. lit the
candle and dressed. Perhaps bomb
had killed some of our people. hur-
ried upstairs, where all was quiet.
1t is cold and damp outside, but the
moon Is bright. I walked over to the
canteen. / lit the candle in the front
room. All was peaceful there, SO
went through the next room and into
the kitchen.
II could have cried with the sight
I saw. The kitchen was, or had been,
covered with glass. A bomb had been
dropped on that glass and our kitchen,
which we had scrubbed TO almost
snowy Wilderness, was now a mass of
broken glass and splintered wood.
"The day after we are promised a
canvas roof for our kitchen. The de-
bris is cleared away. Two of our
men have arrived with a truckload of
supplies. At last we are at our real
work of baking pies and doughnuts.
The men have carried gallons of wa
ter from nearby well and have
helped us to prepare the coffee.
81 have seen enough things on
wheels today to encircle the globe.
They all pass through here on their
way to the front. Huge, numbering
wagons, carrying tons and tons of
ammunition, others carrying tons of
food and other supplies; scores of
rolling kitchens, ambulances too nu-
merous to count, and several cars
carrying both French and American
officers.
1--WE are ready to serve. We, too,
are now a part of this big program
of warfare. / am eager to meet the
boys. One feels queer little thrill
of excitement as they come marching
up the road, one big picture of NOV
ing khaki.
Doughnuts Surprise Boys.
sour big tank of coffee is placed on
wooden box outside the canteen.
1t is boiling hot. Hundreds Of fresh
ly baked doughnuts furnish surprise
to the boys as they tilt their tin hats
backwards to get a better view Of the
refreshment counter-a bit of curl
osity in this place, 1t seems.
"'How did you ever get up here?'
one asked. Aren't you afraid of the
Boche bombs? When did you leave
the States?' and dozens Of other ques-
lions.
1.-THE roof of our dugout is covered
with sandbags, but the enemy Is de-
termined> 60 wreck the town. Our men
have news to that effect. We have
been told by the authorities that we
must leave, as the danger is too great.
This has been busy center for
many weeks, and we give it up reluct-
antly.
1.-TWO weeks later: thought it was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
GETS ONLY SIP PER WEEK

but mere trifle of-but here are the
official figures:
Carl Meyer, attorney for the packers
at the recent wage hearing before
Judge Alschuler, produced pay vouch-
ers showing the calf skinner received
for Sc hours work SIP, while the
chuck boner received $74 for a g.
hour week.
OF interest to the general public was
the prediction Of Meyer that as demo-
bilization continues large quantities of
food released by the government for
civilian consumption will bring the
present peak prices for food tumbling
down to within the reach of the mar
less fortunate than the poor, down
trodden calf skinner and the boner Of
chuck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
TRIBUTE TO u. S. SOLDIERS

The writer is Mrs. Joseph Schwelch,
Hayingen, Lorraine, and the letter is
addressed to her brother, Fred Wach-
enheim of this city.
"At the present writing we have
quite a few Americans. Very fine
people. The children talk to them I'D
English, the little that they know.
They also play musical instruments
together. Apparently the gentlemen
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20

Of literally dragging the big ship into
an upright position.
The five railway engines put on full
steam and commenced to tug with all
their strength. Eventually their COM
bined efforts began to tell. The vessel
was slowly heaved from her resting
place, and with the aid of tugs kept
clear of the quay and dragged into an
upright position. She Yves patched up
temporarily and towed to the Thames
for repairs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20

to prevent the fire spreading to the
quay the Onward was lowed a little
distance away and scuttled She listed,
and rolled on her side in comparative
ly shallow water.
!, Then the salvage men got to work.
Alongside the quay is railway track,
and the idea struck them of using To-
comotives to raise the sunken steamer.
Strong wire ropes were fastened round
the derelict hulk and worked through
tripods fixed on the quay. These ropes
were attached to the locomotives.
which commenced the herculean task
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
S5oo,o00 Housing Project.

Savannah, Ga.--Plans for 100000
housing project to accommodate en-
ployees at the Terry ship yards, Port
Wentworth, have been announced by
the officials of the corporation,
About $50 houses will be built averag-
ing $4,000 in cost and covering 40
acres. Churches, schools, an enter
tainment house, recreation centers and
other features will be provided. Con-
struction will be started at once.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
HOW BRITISH SHIP WAS SAVED
Salvage Men Employed Locomotives
to Drag Big Vessel Where IL
MIGHT Be Patched Up.

Novelty as well as mystery attaches
to the story of the salving OF the cross
channel steamer Onward. The steam
err in question piled between French
port and a port on the English coast.
The boat was moored at the English
port. and one night the fore part OF
the ship burst into flames. In order
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
Good Advice.

Advice which is easy to follow Is
not always the advice it pays to take.
There are some people who keep on
asking counsel ill they get that which
calls for no especial effort, and then
hail the giver as the wisest on their
list Of acquaintance. But good adj
vice, like good medicine, may be bitter
to the taste, and the best friend is not
always the one who tells us the thing
we like to hear.-Girl's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
Yours for a Time.

One of the tests Of girls charac-
ter is the way she treats things OF
which she has only a temporary use,
the garment borrowed from friend,
the book from the library, her room in
a rented home. If she is less particular
in her treatment of the things which
are hers for a time, than she would
be if they were hers for always" as
the children say, serious weakness
Is revealed.-GirIs Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
"First Person" Singular.

That slim pronoun which takes SO
little space on a page appears alto.
gether too frequently in the conversa-
ton of some girls. 1t is bad sign
when every sentence that does not
contain an 81" is sure to contain "me.'
Learn to make sparing use of the first
person Singular Girls Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
Rural Mail Carrier Is
Popular Among Farmers

Warrensburg, Moi. J. Lyon,
a rural mail carrier on route l,
is the most popular carrier on
rural route in the state, it is be-
Ilieyed here. After every heavy
fall of snow-there have been
a number this year-the farm
ers on his route break road for
him. He is always given hot
dinner by the farmer who is
nearest to him at noontime every
day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
Downtrodden Calf Skinner Obliged to
Toll Diligently for SO Hours
for Stipend.

Chicago, Ill.-Consider the poor,
downtrodden calf skinner-likewise
the equally poor and equally down.
trodden boner of chuck. The calf skin
ner, diligently plying his trade at the
Chicago stock yards, and the boner OF
chuck-by diligently welding wick
ed cleayer at the same place-can earn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
German Writes to Brother In This
Country That Yankees Are
Fine Bunch.

st. Louis, Mo.-A remarkable tribute
to the American troops in Germany is
paid by a German woman whose hus-
band and son served three years and
a half In the German army, In a let
ter just received here.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
cooIie Labor for Cuba.

Mobile, Ala.-Eight thousand China
men, destined for sugar cane fields in
Cuba, are being sent to that country
through Florida ports. Several con-
tingents have recently passed through
Mobile.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20

who are stopping with us are well
placed here, but it is no surprise !;
they are all very fine gentlemen and
unusually good-looking soldiers. 1t
is a pleasure to us to have them with
nc I"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
He Just Returned from
He!l-SoIdier'S Version

Martins Ferry, Ohio.-"Just
returned from hell' is the force
full phrase used by Corporal Ell
mer Walton in a letter inform
ing his mother here that he has
arrived in the United States. He
was the first local boy to enlist
after war was declared.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20
conscience.

Conscience.
"What is conscience, Eddie?"
"An inward monitor"
"And what is monitor. Eddsef
IAN iron-clad boat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20

Silence is the fence around wlsdom,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-20

Another interesting angle to the
situation was disclosed by the state
ment by British Foreign Secretary
Balfour that the establishment of the
league of nations would not require
the abrogation of international ALI
ances hitherto entered into. Appar-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-03-07

to her bed at this writing as the re-
suit or falling last week i'm the sitting
room. spraining the leaders in her
neck severely and received bruises.
She has suffered great pain.
Miss Grace Yingling spent several
days last week In Baltimore.
Rev. Mr.. Amman, OF the Seminary
preached a most helpful sermon Sun
day morning in the absence of Rev.
Mr.. Clough who was suffering
severely with rheumatism. We sin
cerely hope he and his wife will
soon be restored to health.
The weather il spring-like mt this
time. Some people are planting their
hot beds. The early spring birds
have been singing their sweet songs
and some bees are putting in their
appearance.
Mrs. OHpha Young and daughters
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. James Staub.
Medford.
Mrs. Claude G.. Buckingham and
Lottie Caple attended the State
Women's Foreign Missionary COnven-
ton held i'm Baltimore this week.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-03-07

We are having fine weather at tnls
writing
Mrs. James Jenkins and son, spent
last week in Baltimore.
Mr.. Johnny Hall, from Baltimore
snent last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
David Hall. near Day.
MIR. and Mrs. Colson William, jessie
and Ruth Colson and Mr.. Paul Dayton
spent last Thursday evening with mt
and Mrs. David Hall and brother.
Misses Blanche Rippeon has return.
ed from Baltimore to the home Oh
her cousin near Day.
MIR. Paul Dayhoff il spending
few days i'm Baltimore with Johnny
Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Conaway, Fred
Fleming, Mrs. Mamie Fleming, Mrs
Mullinix,> Mr. and Mrs. Billy Fleming
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ohio Elem
ing and family.
Mrs. Lily Becraft attended teachers
meeting this Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Reed Rippeon and son
Austin. Misses Blanch Rippeon, MT
and Mrs. Colson and family spen
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jarsf
Greene. near Woodbine.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-03-07
SANDYVILLE.

Sunday school at $50 this Sunday
morning; Christian Endeavor at 7.30,
which will be led by Fillmore Hoff.
Topic, Lost by looking" Temperance
meeting. All members and friends
cordially invited. Last Sunday night
the newly elected president, Wilbur
Yingling led the meeting, which was
well attended and very interesting. A
large number OF persons participated
i'm the service.
The w. @. IT. U. met last Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank
Magee. After the business session,
Mrs. Ulysses Shipley rendered an in
teresting program. Mrs. Sue Keller,
Mrs. Maurice Greene, Mrs. Flossie
Taylor, Mrs. Amanda Shipley, Ida
Green and others read papers on the
life of Frances z. Willard as it was
a Willard Memorial meeting. Mrs.
Magee and Mrs. Taylor rendered solos,
Pleasant Grove will hold a special
missionary entertainment this Sunday
morning at 1890. ALI cordially in
vited.
Mrs. Lena Shillinp wishes to ac-
knowledge with grateful appreciation
the beautiful birthday cards her re1a-
tives and friends sent her last week
on her Saith birthday She is confined