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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26
MANY TICKETS SOLD
FOR NAVY RELIEF DAY
Record Crowd Is Expected at
League Island celebra-
ton Saturday

< A record crowd is expected to attend
Navy Relief Day at the navy yard Sat
urday.
The majority of the tickets were sold
by yeowomen, who worked in and around
the City Hall courtyard. The girls we're
assisted by enlisted men of the navy
and marine corps.
The new arrangements for the day in
clude many special features. A river
steamer has been chartered and every
one who purchases an admission ticket
will be entitled to a free ride on the
boat from Pier ., in the navy yard, to
Red Bank, n. J. That will allow the
visitors to see the yard from the water
as well as from the land.
Preparations for the sham battle
which will be the most elaborate thing
yet attempted in this city, are nearly
complete. Virtually every marine in
the yard will be in this mock engage
, ment, which will faithfully follow
throughout-the battle of Belleau Wood
in which the marine corpS made itself
immortal.
On the evening preceding the opening
/ of the yard to the public the C-S. a
giant dirigible, will, it is expected, ar
rive off Cape May. This ship, a sister
to the C-5. which recently few from
Rockaway Beach to Newfoundland. will
make fights over the yard and the city
on Saturday. The C-S is a nonrigid
! dirigible balloon, 200 feet long, capable
! of making a speed of seventy miles an
hour over a radius of 1000 miles. While
. the regular complement is two officers
and four men. the craft can and prob
ably will carry a crew of eight while
in this city.
Experiments were completed yester
day so that it is virtually certain that
Z an opportunity to talk to the C-S and
other aircraft by wireless telephone will
be Offered to all those who visit the yard
on Saturday. An airplane went ur
yesterday afternoon and conversations
were carried on easily at a height ap-
proximately of 5000 feet. The wireless
telephone also has been arranged SO that
it can be connected with any Bell in
strument, and if the demand is not toe
heavy any one who desires may cal
his or her home and tell of the delights
of Navy Relief Day.
Lieutenant Commander F. A. Payne
who has charge of the arrangements fol
the Navy Department, reported yester
day that his plans were nearly com
plete.
II think he said, that any one wht
misses this opportunity to view the yart
on its first public opening will be unfor
tunate. 1t is not alone the entertain
ment that should attract visitors. bu
the strides that have been made here vii
astonish any one who has not kept VI
with the situation. Many of the ship
here, and hundreds of the men, hav,
seen actual service in the European war
Hundreds of new instruments and meth
ods will be made free for public view
for the first time, and the number of new
buildings will be an ye-opener to thos
who think that little has been done il
the navy yard since war was declared
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26
GIRL WITH HEAD CUT OFF
IS SREVIVED-%SEiE" IS DOLL
Surgeon at Huhnemann Applies Clue Stitches and Adhesive
Tape-Three Children Made Happy

There is card at the Hahnemman
Hospital dispensary today which tells
of one of the most successful operations
in the annals of local surgery. This is
the way it reads
Dolly Warden; age two years home
1879 Carlton street. Born. Philadel-
phia. Nature of ailment. decapitation.
Treatment. suture and fixation. by glue
method. Discharged as cured"
They were three little maids from
school, Annie Casper, eight years old !;
Edna Young ten. and Helen Olgazy.
eight, all of 1925 Carlton street. After
ALL it was vacation time. and you can
excuse a little mother being careless
with her child in the joy of the first
days of freedom. But when Dolly
Narden's head was wrenched off, it was
moment of deep tragedy.
Tears in her. eyes. Annie came timidly
to the dispensary door, with the lifcless
body in Der hands. After her came
the mourners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26
"LESS SALT, LESS THIRST"
That's Another Temperance Slogan
Hard on the Shaker

LESS salt. less thirst" is the theory
on which Philadelphia housewives will
act in the preparation Of food after June
80, hoping thus to alleviate the pangs
of prohibition for their men folks.
The idea also will be passed along to
restaurant chefs and managers. 1t is
said to have the Endorsement of the
Anti Saloon League and the Women $
Christian Temperance Union.
Salt meats and fish will get more of
n soaking to get rid of the brine. and
seasoning of all other foods will be
tempered with consideration for the fact
that means for satisfying n lusty thirst
are restricted to water. milk and coffee.
And even the dairymcn confess that
milk does not Danish thirstincss so well
as some of that for which there will
be soon a constant parching.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26

taxpayers action. The sole punishment
of other city employees is dismissal from
the service which is not made enforce
able by Taxpayers action.
The original charter bill provided
for a Standardization of salaries and
grades in the city and county service.
This provision is retained in the
new charter, but its application is lin
tied to the city service alone"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26
HE DIDN'T STAND 1T
Sitting Conductor Arouses Ire Of Car
Riders-OId Lady Stands

They gazcd into each others yes.
He talked necessarily. She listened
and smiled. They saw no one-but the
car was crowded.
An old woman struggled on the end
of a strap directly before the man.
Passengers shot angry glances at him.
For he was p. II. T. conductor. and
he sat while the old woman struggled
to keep from falling.
1t happened on Route 10, as the car
rambled down Sixth street. Will the
p. r. T. stand for sitting conductor :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26
"GEE, BUT I'm GLAD!"
Song Of 5000 PupIls-Today's the
Day!


Day!
Gosh, amt it great an glorious
feelin'?
Schools out today and there's
nothing to do till September.
More than 5000 Philadelphia school
children are voicing the "battlecry Of
freedom
Simple exercises in more than 200
schools will close the years work
In some districts there will be
speeches and music and orations, but in
most of the schools there will be only
the award of certificates with exercises
by the children.
With hair brushed and clothes spick
and span Johnny and Mary will say
their pieces before throngs of proud
parents and friends. And then
It's vacation time for three whole
months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26
800 Inducted by Shriners

Shriners from Trenton. Atlantic City
and other south Jersey cities last night
attended the ceremonial session of Cres
cent Temple, held in the Third Regi
ment armory, Camden. Imperial Po
tenanate w. Freeland Kcndrick was
present. Members of the Lu Lu Tenn
pie. with their band and guard, took
pat& in the big street pageant. A class
of 300 novices was received into the
order.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26

Under the new charter there is no
such extension of the trial board idea.
Policemen and fremen will continue to
be the only municipal employees who are
accorded any substantial protection
against unfair dismissal. The only
change from past practice is that the
trial board for policemen and tiremen
will be under the jurisdiction of the civil
service commission instead of under that
of the director of public safety and the
Mayor.
THE charter bill as originally intro =
duced made political activity on the part
of any city or county employe punisha
bic not only by dismissal. but also by
fine and Imprisonment and the enforce
ment of this provision was strengthened
by giving any taxpayer the right to &c
into court and by writ of mandamus tC
compel dismissal.
Under the new charter only police
men and tiremcn engaging in politica
activity are punishable by fine and i'm
prisonmcnt and may be dismissed by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26

be submitted to an appointing officer
for single vacancy, has been retained
in the charter law. Thus another door
to favoritism has been largely closed.
THE original new charter bill pro-
posed an extension of the trial board
idea, then in effect in the police and
fire forces, to the entire city and county
| Snrn,inn
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Big Auto Plants
In Detroit Close
Shutting of Po,oer Ex-
pected to Make Vast
Army of Workers Idle

DETROIT, Dec. 6.AOn account Of
the coal situation making it impossible
for the Detroit Edison Company to
furnish electric power automobile
plants depending entirely on that con-
Germ will be compelled to close. Other
plants will be permitted to use what
fuel they now have on hand until it is
confiscated for essential industries. It
is impossible to estimate the number
of men this will throw out of employ
ment, but it is likely to run into the
hundreds of thousands. The Detroit
Edison. supplies 10 per cent of the
city's power
Without electric power all the De-
troit plants of the Studebaker Cor
poration, employing 5000 men, must
close. The Hudson Motor Car Com
pany announced to-day it would close
this evening and remain closed until
further notice. This throws out 5000
men. The Continental Motors Cor
poration, which depends on Detroit
Edison for 80 per cent of it's power,
will lay off 800 employees. The Fed
eral Motor Truck Company will be
compelled to close down entirely, as
will also the great Timken Detroit
Axle Company. This will release be-
tween 5000 and 5000 workmen.
1t Is announced at the Ford Motor
Company that sufficient coal was on
hand to operate "for the immediate
future" Branch plants in the city,
however, will suffer either partial or
complete shutdowns.
The Fisher Body Corporation, which
employs $4,000 men, closed most of it's
plants to-day. A few of the company's
smaller plants will remain open. This
company is dependent on the Detroit
Edison Company for power.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

relative to court action to place gas
properties under state control similar
to present coal receiverships.
Nearly 5000 tons Of coal has been
uncovered in the last two days by
steam shovels moved to the Pittsburgh
fields by private contractors, according
to information from the coal fields
The first Of this coal was loaded on
cars tonight. 1t is the plan of the
Governor to continue production Sun
day. Practically all Of the men have
displayed desire to hold production
to full seven-day week until the
crisis is relieved.
Many towns in the state have Of
fered to send large crews of trained
workers to relieve men who desire to
leave the fields. Ninety per cent of
the men who went to the fields are
willing to remain. Saturday, which is
usually part holiday in the coal in
dustry, was strange new day to the
veterans of the coal fields. Governor
Aliens volunteer army stayed on the
job until the whistle blew Pits which
had been electrified were being oper-
ated tonight. John H. Crawford, State
Labor Commissioner, went to Pitts
burgh tonight for Sunday confer
ence with the Governor relative to
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Public Warned
Not to TraUeL
Hines Says Only Neces-
'sary Trips Should Be
Undertaken in Crisis

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Warninr to
the public that railway travel will be
difficult and unsatisfactory' until the
coal strike emergency has passed, and
should be avoided wherever possible.
was issued tonight by Director Cen
eral Hines of the railway administra-
ton. Many trains are to be taken off
TO conserve coal, parlor car service is
to be sharply curtailed, and persons
compelled to undertake journeys should
consuN railroad agents as to available
trains before arranging their plans,
the statement said.
The shortage of coal has reached a
point where it is vitality necessary to
reduce passenger train service and to
call upon the public to assume the in
convenience and discomfort which this
action inevitably will entail" Mr.. Hines
said.
Certain passenger trains will be an
nulled and a large number of parlor
cars temporarily will be discontinued
These changes will become effective in
the Western region December 8. in the
Southeastern region December and in
the Eastern and Allegheny region De-
cember 10. The seating capacity of q
parlor car is less than half the seating
capacity OF coach. This step is taken
for the purpose of providing the maxi
mum seating capacity consistent with
the necessary reduction in train mile
age.
"These changes are being worked out
in detail by the regional directors and
promptly upon their completion will be
given wide publicity. Before making
arrangements for travel the public is
advised that inquiry should be made of
railroad agents as to available trains.
ut is the duty Of the railroad ad-
minstration to warn the public that until
this emergency is passed, travel condi-
tions will be difficult sad unsatisfactory
and to urge every one who can possibly
do so to refrain from travel. 1t is un-
fortunate that the emergency comes as
the holiday season approaches, but it is
hoped and believed that our people will
appreciate the gravity of the situation
and will give full and cheerful coopera.
ton"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Amusement Men Offer
Plan to Mediate Coal
Strike and Open Mines

CHICAGO, Dec. Ga committee
representing $50 Chicago amusement
houses has prepared for submission to
Federal authorities, the mine owners
and the coal miners detailed plan
for the solution of the coal strike which
would involve an immediate return to
work and settlement of the wage ques-
tion. Levy Mayer, counsel for the
committee, to-day announced the terms
as follows:
To allow the miners the IA per cent
increase proposed by DR.. Garfield,
which increase must be borne by the
operators, and then to submit the ques-
ton of the additional II per cent to
the decision of seven men of the highest
rank and of national reputation for
fairness and impartiality.
The plan proposes that these men
shall decide in fifteen days how much
of the additional II per cent shall be
awarded the miners after a careful
consideration of the miners rights and
necessities, and also decide how much,
if any, Of that increase shall be borne
by the operators or the public, both
decisions to be retroactive
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
g..mediate Construction of
More Homes Is Declared
Essential as Check on
The Spread of Bolshevism
Railroad Cuts Unsettled
s,,spension of Congressional
Limited Express Said To
Be Under Consideration

An effort to have building included
.nenr the industries given priority in
A.,ivery of coal by the fuel admins
cation was made yesterday by the Ma
aspsl Federation Of Construction In
.stries. in a statement sent to the
..,srsl coal committee of the railroad
administration.
Although the full extent of the dras-
Il changes on the 150 railroads under
r,eional Director Harden was not made
tnovn, it was understood that elimina-
ton Of at least 10 per cent Of the trains
xculd be ordered. 1t is known the
Eastern regional coal committee sub
nitted to the central committee five
.sntstive schedules. calling for elm
nation of from 10 to SO per cent of the
service.
More Fast Trains Doomed
Elimination of the Congressional
Limited and other fast trains between
New York and Washington is under
consideration. Orders to this effect
NAV be issued within a few days, it was
sid. The curtailment notice would
have to come through A. L. Baldwin.
Of Philadelphia, regional director of
railroads there. Other fast trains be-
tween Washington and the South and
West also will be eliminated. it was
learned.
It was said this will involve but little
inconvenience tothe public, as the other
trains csn easily handle the traffic. The
trip. should these trains be eliminated,
viii take q little longer, but movement
Of freight will be facilitated.
The French lines La Touraine did
rot put to sea yesterday because Of
difficulty in obtaining bunker coal. A.
T. Henderson, the passenger traffic
agent of the French line, said the ves-
sci probably would sail tomorrow.
La Touraine's original sailing date
was December 4.
The revised coal priorities list re-
Gently made public by the fuel ad-
ministration does not provide for coal
for building. The list included: (a)
railroads, (b) army and navy and Fed
eral buildings, (c) state and county
departments and institutions, cd pub
lie utilities. (e) retail dealers.
Scarcity of Homes Emphasized
The construction industries, in re-
questing the inclusion of building in
this list, contend there is vital need
for homes, apartments and buildings.
The shortage of these is described as
"a most potent cause for prevailing dis
content and radicalism throughout the
United States. Building, termed non
essential and deprived of materials
during the war. is called by far the
most essential in the United States,
excepting food"
Building programs .are from one
to three years behind present day re-
Nuirements,' the federation's statement
says. The construction industry is
the foundation industry of the whole
social fabric. It's condition is reflected
in all phases of national life"
The federation asks the central coal
committee to approve a plan whereby
the fuel administration may be given
authority to allocate coal, Immediately
after the first five priorities have been
cared for, to the construction industry.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

plans for return Of large number Of
union men who are expected to report
at the mines next week.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Senator Jones Aduises
Promotion, of Water
POuer to SUve Coal

WASHINGTON, Dec. Glow a coal
crisis such as the country now faces
would be alleviated by development of
electric power by water was pictured
to the Senate to-day by Senator Jones,
Republican, of Washington, who urged
the Senate anew to act on the pending
legislation to permit hydro-electric de-
velopment in navigable streams.
The ultimate development of all the
power available in navigable streams,
the Senator declared, would be equal
to 780,O00,000 tons of coal, representing
q value of more than $780, ,000,0 ,0OO-
more coal than the country now actual
ly consumes. At the same time, this
development would mean the improve
ment for navigation Of more than 1000
miles of the upper reaches of navigable
streams, and, besides developing power,
would develop systems of water trans
portation.
Twenty-Five states, most of them in
the West and South, Senator Jones de-
clared needed the legislation to unlock
natural resources.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Garfield Firm
Against Raise
In Coal Price
Continued from page 1

Coal Dealers Association that the Rail-
road Administration was refusing to
pay for coal confscated or diverted,
were denied at administration head
quarters. Officials there said there
had been some delay in making pay
ments, but this had been obviated by
the plan Of arranging credits through
the Federal Reserve banks.
The Wholesale association, in it's
statement, said none Of the coal taken
by the railroads had been paid for
because the Railroad Administration
did not consider the price fixed by DR..
GARFIELD as fair one, and unless pay
ments were made all Of the mines
would have to close within q week.
Railroad Administration officials de-
MED the government fixed prices had
been questioned by them.
Requests from European govern
ments that the embargo against coal
exports be lifted were received by
officials. A representative of the
French government laid the case of
before the Central Coal Committee,
while Swiss representatives described
to DR.. Garfield the urgency of the
coal requirements in Switzerland dur
ing the next three months.
Export Embargo to Stand
1t was said authoritatively, there
was no likelihood of the export ban
being lifted until the crisis in this
country had passed.
Senator Harris, Democrat, of Geor-
gia, introduced a resolution to-day
asking the Secretary of the Treasury
to inform the Senate regarding the in
come and profits of coal operators dur
ing 1917 ind 1918, as shown by their
income tax returns. The measure
The measure went over under the
rules.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Allen Threatens
Kansas Gas Men
State Plans Seizure If
Supply Is Shut of
in Rate Controversy

Special Correspondence
TOPEKA, Kans, Dec. Ex-Governor
Allen tonight threatens to take action
against the Doherty natural gas inter
ests If they seek to carry out threat
to shut off supplies to twenty Kansas
towns as a result Of rate disputes.
The gas problem tonight gave a
new color to the fuel controversy. The
Governor conferred over the long-dis-
tance telephone with, Richard J. Hon
kins, Attorney General and attorney
for the Public Utilities Commission.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Minneapolis Production
Of Flour Cut in Half
Special C0rrespondent


MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 6.-Enforced
curtailment of production of flour will
be brought about by the fuel situation,
according to Minneapolis millers, who
to-day reduced their operations as a
fuel conservation measure. Of the
twenty-six Minneapolis mills, only fif-
teen we're running. Less than a week
ago, twenty-five out of the twenty-six
mills of the city were operating near
full capacity. Last weeks output was
capacity.
While most of the mills have fuel
enough to last them two or three weeks.
they are relying almost entirely on
water power, and the only coal that is
being used is that which is necessary
to prevent freezing in the plants. The
car shortage is factor that also has
influenced the closing.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

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Chicago Plans Changed;
Plants to Keep Running
Specidl C0rresp0mdencf

CHICAGO. Dec. 6.-There will be no
shutting down of non-essential indus
tries Monday. The whole plan was re-
versed late to-day at conference of
representatives of the Commonwealth
Edison Company, the Peoples Gas Com
pany. the sanitary district, the "Big
Five" Fuel Conservation Committed e
and the fuel administration.
Representatives of all of these COM
panies and committees will go to Wash
ington tomorrow to seek an inter
pretation from Fuel Administrators Gar
field of the order closing down all in
dustrial plants rated as non-essential.
Meantime Chicago will continue to op-
crate all plants on the 61a hour basis.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
City Paid Strike Worker

WINNIPEG, Dec. 6.-John Lovatt, a
former policeman, testifying to-day at
the trial of R. B. Russell, charged with
seditious conspiracy in connection with
the general strike last May, said he
served on the strike committee under
orders from Deputy Chief of Police
Newton and Alderman Sparlin, chair
man Of the Police Commission. He
said he drew his regular pay from the
city every day he served on the COM
mittee, taking prominent part in con-
ducting the strike.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Dakota Miners Sign Up;
Price of Coal Raised

M1NOT, n. D., Dec. 6.-North Dakota
Ignite miners went to work to-day
under wage scale calling for the IA per
cent increase suggested by Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield. The agreement
was signed between operators and
miners representatives from the four
large mining districts in the state.
1t was announced the price of lig-
mite at the mines would be increased
Is cents a ton, to 1925. the maximum
fixed by the Federal fuel administra-
tion,