&?& tt-:LT K3m EYEtfixa T.TCTirtTCiiPTTTT.AnKLpniA, TFKHDAY, arcrrgy it 191P OLE AlWM OPERANO CONTRO LE OPERE Dl ; PLEZZO E BI PREDIL WIMIUMTON MAN RELEASED FKOSr IIUITISII SAW Dis til Mnrcin Continua Verso J'Oblettivo df RIva Non Ostante la Grnhdine c lc Vlolente Bufere ) MR 6EVIARE I SILURI ROMA, 17 Agosto. Nel setlora ill I'leuso rII Alplnl llnllani Vano lernpfp Jjlu slrlnftondo nttdrno nllft fortdza ill Plcxzo It cetchlo ill fifbco e li ferro che ilcvo deUrmlnsrne In cailutn. 'tiii Alplnl dovono etiperaro enorml ostft- ,; ilimcottti' p ilevono frcquontemrnte inertiar rocolc scocese 1 imptrvlf e mrsi rftirg8 ri forift ill BKtftltl nlla bAlonettn f per coslrlngero II nemlco nd nbbantlonnro 1c fortl poslzlonl dl protcxlone nvonsnla f-lla fortezza. ' Dlspaccl gluntl oggl ctal fronts dl , ballagtla dlcono nppunto clio nel setters ' .dl Pleiro la groain artlglierln Itnllann lin contlmlnto a liombnrdare I fortl hi" Mlacl per it ore dl BfRUltn, senra mal J Jnterrompero la ploggla ill grannie clio era tanclata sul lavorl In cnlcestruzzo o Sullo cuoole corazzate. ' Nel settoro delta Carnln fell nustrlncl fcanho optrntu p.trotclil nttncelil ben rlsotutl contro la pnilzlonl nvnnznte Itnllnno nelle ultimo IS ore, ma tuttt gll nttnoclil ionn stntl rcsplntl tall Itnllnnl , She linnno Inflltto nl ncmlco perdllc con- j , sidorevoll. Nella glornnUt ill lerl ell I austrlacl non rlnnovnrono sit nttacclil. Lungo la frontlcrn del Tlrolo contlnu- nno 1 violent! duolll dl nrtlgllcrln, cho ono ptire nnl frequentl o vlolontl nclla reglonc dl Vnlle dl Ampezzo, nel Cnllore. " IV! gll Itnllnnl hnnno copqulstato con assnltl nlla b.ilonotta la trlncee nuslrlachc nella valla del Ilodenbnch ed In clualla del Ilncherbacli, c lo hinno mnntenuto honostante I vlolcntlsslml contrnttnrchl degll nuatrlacl, clio dopo aver rlccvuto 1 rlnforzl tentnrono dl rlconqulstnrlc. L'AVANZATA BIT UIVA. Congressman Miller Obtains charge of G. E. Ely WILMINGTON. Del . Aug. 17. -Through tne onotts oi congressman ri nomas w. Miller, O. nrhtst Bly, son 'of Mr and Mr. Howard O. Rly, or this city, has been released from the British Royril Nnvnl Reserves and returned to his par ents Kly left homo in May, shipping to EnB Ifthd, and, upon bis arrival In June, en lltd In the llrltluli ItoyAl Naval He Mrves, lieliiu dtatloned at Crystal 1'alacc, In London Thin branch of the ttrltfuh naval service corresponds to the fnlted Slates .Marine Corps. Whpn his pdrents lenrneil of ha enlistment they Appealed to Congressman Miller to obtain his dis charge ICE PALACE PROJECTED FOR PHILADELPHIA U. S. TROOPER KILLED BY MEXICAN INVADERS; VILLA EXECUTES FOES Banditti in Force Believed Mov ing on Mercedes, Tex. Funston Ordered to Exterminate ANOTHER SOLDIER SHOT tJltro a qucste notlzlo si hnnno pocho Informnxlonl rlwiardo ngll nvvcnlincntl 1 Bill fronle dl battaKlla Itallano ed 11 rap- "porto del Rcncralo Cadorna dice poiilils- Sfmo. ' SI sa nondlmqno che l'avanzata. Ucllo forzo Itallano. nd est ill Condlno, II cut oblottlvo c' Itlva ill Trcnto, nlla trstn -del 'Iahq dl Cinnln, contluua sempro . nonoetaiue II cattlvo tempo clio la rondo dtiTlcllc. HI sono avuto In nuotl glornl tempesta dl yento o dl Krnndlno nella MRlone Val Gludlctirla, SI sa cho partc chle delle trlncco conaulstnto rccente hicnte dnull Itnllnnl sono plena dl acqua e sono state trovnte coal' dnRll Itntlanl. I cndaveii del soldotl austrlacl chc vl erano stntt ucclal RnllcERlavano sult'iic o.un. La strada che e' pcrcorsa dngll Itallnnl cfic dalla Vnllo Uludlcarln murcluno vcrsd Itlva a' nuella dl Vnllo d'Ampola, cho parte da Storp e passa per Tlamo, llcz tocca. l'leve dl Ledro u Mezzo I.aKo, dove la strada 1 btforcn. I'n rnmo va B, RIva 6 l'altro va nllo cascnte del To- U'ASIUNdTON', Aiir. 17.-t:xlrrmlnn-tlon of 'the armed Mexican bands In tho Urownsvlllo district lias been decreed, The War Department has sent word to Cteiioiiil runsion, cmnnnndlng tho bol der, to resort to more drastic measures to keep the raiders south of tho IUo Grundo. General Villa Is executing many per sons In Chihuahua, dispatches to the State Dcpjrtpinnt this morning declared. "Many shocking executions arc being nmle dally by Ctencrnl Villa," one ills patch stntcd. "Wounded aro arriving at Chlhunhun from tho scene of (iRhtlng nenr Ton con " The report of the clash between Troop C of the 12th Cavalry nnd Mexicans, saltf to be Carranzu soldiers, near Mcrcodei, 10 inlloa from tliownsvllle, liaB nngerrd War Department oinclnls In consequence, Punston has been nollfluil that tho bor der patrols should bo slrciigthened at every point, so thnt they may cope w'th nnv Invmllng force. One tTnlled States trooper was killed ntld one was wounded In the tight near Mercedes. Vllllstn forces under General Mnytorena hnvc administered a crushing defeat to a Cnrranm bend at I'rcnteclto, near No gales, Sonora, accoiding to n slntement given out hern today by tho Vllllstn agency. An HI Paso dispatch says nlnnnlng re ports of the depredations of a bnnd of 125 Mexicans, who crossed the Illo Grande below Fort HnncOck last night, have been lecelved. Mexicans attacked the ranch of K. C Wiles, driving off all the lle- Btock nnd stripping It of all mippllcs. In stead of heading toward Mexico tho ban dits made off toward the ranch country nanklng the Texas Tactile Itnlluay . .-.-M-y- 'rrBeirseKrm .;?SSrrJl i in i mi LjMiiuiiiag.'..iJJ miP -j J I W rrrrrrrrr H W ImimmW1 ff rir- awlam TOiMHflaM..4,:att2 ii7 .T r. .1" s ..-m 7 . v U.S jses& 1 wmnxiaamr 2JU J K" - v".-w rfajK8CTBit itfi "i.'lcc''ff " miii' i"v i i"i - - " - 5-mMui .. .. xUJi,faaiitlfecawfl.i8Saafa.fc . I'lnns bv Horace Trutnbauer. Tho building nt Walnut nnd 38d street is to contain nn ice-skating rink, nuditorium, summer roof garden nnd ico manufacturing plant. It will hnvo n total seating capacity of GOOD. GAUNT, EMACIATED MOSQUITOES BURGLARIZE HOMES AND WAX FAT Hordes of Cadaverous Members of the Tribe Suddenly Realize They Are Starving and Promptly Start on Raid of South and West Philadelphia MAGNIFICENT ICE PALACE ASSURED FOR PHILADELPHIA KNTRtiTE ALLIES TO LIST COTTON ASOxNTUAIlAND Convinced U. S. Shippers Send It to Germany Via Neutral Ports WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Tho .Allies' Intention to declare cotton contraband has been corumunl6nted tin otnclally. but authoritatively, to tho State Department The Department's advices arc that tho decision has been readied nnd tho delay In making an announce ment Is due to tho necessity of arranging uniform treatment on tho subject by all tho Allies. Tho Btep has been ngrocu upon oy Great Britain, France, Russia, Itnly nnd llelglum, but Jnpan's nttltudo has not been defined. Tho Entente Powers, according to ad vices here, expect thnt the Stnte Depart ment will resist making cotton contra band, and are preparing to baao their no tion on American precedents, The ad vices reaching hero Indlcato they Intend to argue that both Presidents Lincoln nnd Johnson, In formal proclnmntlons Issued hi April, Mny nnd June, In 1865, went on record ns mnlntnlnlng ns contraband of war "materials for tho fabrication Of am munition." That cotton hns taken the place Of saltpetre, always recognized a nhsoluto contraband, In tho mnnufneture of gunpowder will be hold to be an es tablished fact, nnd by way of convincing the Stnte Department to thnt effect at tention probably will bo directed to n tet ter by Secretary Hay to W. W. Uockhlll. Amcrlcnn Minister to China during tho Itusso-Jnpancsa War, stating thnt. the Amorlcan ordnanco ofllcors whom ho had called Into consultation regarding tho Jnp nncBO blockndc orders hnd advised him that cotton was used In the manufacture of smokeless powder, and so must prop- LIMIT AKCHITECTS STATE PAY nnlo. Da Tlnrno hi pol la strada fascia I Ofllclnls have made up their minds to .... ... . . . . , ' rxnprt nn llnrnt'nmnln nnnu.ni- frnm posals. To all suggestions that ho easily ,.la Valo d'Ampola id cntra ncla nclla expect an unrnvornnio answer iron Vnii .11 t Mn I Carranza to tho peaco conforenco pro VUIIU Ul AjCUIU. I ., . , i,A., ,1 . , n. rton improuaoiio cno qucsta coionnn cou, dominate such n meeting, tho ltauana cna opera noun vane u'Ampoia i 'flrat chief hns turned a deaf car. abbla la sua bnso n Ilrcscla, come lu J They nro hopuful, however, that his coionna prtncipno Clio opera lunga in i resistance will bo nullified to a grant Vnlle Glurilcnrti. n nord del I'asso dl , f onnlo. tjuesta coionnn prlnclpalo hn per oblettlvo II podu slrndnlq dl Tlone, dove 'iff strada si blforca con un rnmo In dl ' rezlone dl Stcnlco, Vezznho e Trento, ed .un nltro per Vnl Ilcndona o Val Helu "sino nllft strndn dl Vnl d Hole. La strada dclln Vnl d'Ampola e' dlfesa ' oaiie opera dclla rorteza d'Ampola, a circa quattro chllomotrl da Storo. INVKNZIO.VE ITALUKA SI o' -spprcso cho I'lngcgnero Itallano f-Qimrlnl ha Invcntnto un nppareechlo col 'quale, e' posslbllo niimdaro fuorl della loro rotta regolnro 1 sllurta prima cho essl colplscano 11 borsagllo. I.'apparccchlo o' provato da una com mlsslone nomlnata dal Mlulstero dnlla Marina ed ha dato rlsultati sodlsfnccntl. coslcclic' si sta ora lavornndn nor fnrnlr. dl questl appnrccchl non soltanto lo navl da Rucrra Itallano ma nncho quelle dl . ,tutto la nailonl alltate. In tnl modo lo ,navl nlleato potranno eltlcaccmcnto dl indent conlro lo Instdlo del BOttoinarlul v tedcschl ed austrlacl. ; ROEBLING WORKERS STRIKE Two Hundred Employes Out Follow- ing Wage Cut -i 1 TnnNTON, N. j Aug. 17.-necnuse 10 men who hd demanded that their for mer wn scale be restored were not i"tnkcn back. S0 employes or tha soft wlr v department of the John A. Hoebllng's Eon Company, atltoebllng, N J., went on strike yesterday. . There lias been no disorder, but the men declare that nearly 030 more will , quit If the dismissed employes aro not reinstated and the old wages paid. J1.1 w men In question were dropped Friday, It la said, after th.u h.,i ,.. tested because they wero paid only 31 cents for each 100 pounds of drawn wlro Instead of 87 cents. The company says It cannot afford to pay the old scale be cause there, Is a scarcity of orders and ,Decaus the ptlco of tempered steel has popped. The cut In pay came without notice, the men assert, and many who had been counting: on getting at least JM In their j envelopes found only nbout Its. extent by an acceptance of the sugges tion by Gencrnl Obrcgon. Although It Is admitted that stops nro well under way to socuro tho lattor's consont. oinclnls decline to sny Just what Is being done. It Is understood thnt tho envoy who hns gone to Cnrrnnza's chief general with n copy of tho proposnl, also took with him another nnte, signed by nt least two of the South American dlplomnts, pointing out the great glory that would be his If he would swing his stubborn chief Into lino. imOWNSVILLE, Tox Aug. 17. Armed Mexicans In force crossed tho Illo Grnnde nt a ford nenr Mercedes last night, attacking an outpost of half a dozen cavalrymen at Saenz. Hanger Lieutenant Itoynnu, nt Mercedes, tele. A gaunt, emaciated mosquito, with dark hollows under his eyes, wasted to a shad ow by lack of food, rose In slow spirals somcuhcrc south of Shunk street, his senses keenly alert for tho mnn smell. Suddenly ho cnught It, buzzed nnprlly and started north. Behind him rose his heroic brothers and sisters, billions nnd billions of them, nit gnimt, all emnclated, nil having dark liollouH under tho oyos nnd nil wnsted to shadows by lncl: of food. For days they bad been lying In a state of coma or something upon tho Biirfnco of vnrl ous stiiRnnnt pools In tho South Philadel phia badlands Alone camo the widely known 111 wind that. In the parlance of tho street, don't blow nobody no good. Its slRhlng was like sweet music to tho ears of the mos quitoes Snnpping at each other enn- nnblllsttcnlly in their fight for room, thoy stampeded Into the breezo nnd wore wafted Rently north. About this time South nnd West Phila delphia had Just finished their frugnl eve ning meal They wero sitting on tho front porch or tho front step In their stucklug feet, n toothpick In their mouth, their fnecs were wreathed In tho happy smile painted by a squnro meal. The cat or the bowwow cavorted with tho chil dren Just then came the first touch of tho now breeze from the south. It was not much of a breeze, but It was something. "Gonna cool off after all," said South and West Philadelphia. "Hot yet, ain't It? Well, this wlnd'll tlx things up." Then South nnd West Philadelphia lost tliolr dignity, polso, comfort, con tent and tamper. They lost nil faith In the assurnnco that had been percolnting from City Hall about tho war being wuged on mosqultoe-s, and how successful It hnd been, and how successful It would be, iml how tho mosquitoes would all bo stamped out by nnd by. ror at this Juncturo tho billions nnd phoned Stnte Adjutant General Hutch- billions of gaunt, emaciated mosquitoes, r PROTEST AGAINST LAW I Employers of Women Object to 54 f Hours a Week Regulation Employ of women, especially hotsl keepers, j alr heir complaints against , the new St-pour-n-week law In Pennsyl . vania. Thursday, at the Colonnade Hotel. . r a meetlne of labor leaders, .octal workers and employers, at which State Commissioner of Labor John Price Jack- on will preside The hotnl men object to that feature of tnn law which provides that all women i employes must have at least one day off , In seven, but Jt Is though some solution of the problem may be worked out at the conferenee. Many of the hotel men, it Is said, are so opposed to the law that r rather th9 attempt to esmply with It In - i pre-snt state they wilt discharge their , women eroplww and hire men. , MULE HAS A REAL WALLOP f Angelina Lands Two Fet on Horse. t Knocking Hirn Tep Yards k 3.WW XQJIK, Aug. U If jn WinaA', Manager is sufflclently astute he MlTanaM E-i . nnv atAMn . .&.. .. -. !;. T "" T , ..j. niw naug twtwean the champion and Angelina. AsorHm U mule. Wlonss to Predtttek Jk of BWUviUc, N j and has a ttrriUa Uob. Mi HHm faas a Urge express 'rt . own many bore and several mules. We tur4 Angelina and two here out to iwtrtiwe yetei-tfay lB a Hia In Nwth rtinnto, N J. la the ftH to an slian tOBu Mrvtr, aKr shaped, about toet by Vk The two bonm Wr ""appreciative of tke mute rnmiMntousMp An time Au selitia tr4 is en fia q.if of th borack f04iM latffBi Innllnas pueflce flnl l. mvej so the mule &Mk4 a hori mi, jd lvjjr, 0f9lwr InMst the no mt r rettcUesl 30 f. logs here that Corporal William, of Troop C, 12th Cavalry, was killed nnd Lieutenant Hoy O. Henry, of the same troop, was wounded. Ileynnu said he understood 270 Mexi cans had crossed, nnd thnt they were coming to nttnek Mercedes. Mercedes,, tho reported objectlvo of tlio Mexicans, Is 30 miles northwest of Urownsvllle, on the railway connecting thnt port with the Interior.) Ileporta of renewed attempts by Mexi can bandits to reorganize their bonds In the lower Illo Grande valloy were Drought here by Captain of Texas Hangers J. J. Snnders. Captain Handera said he had received reports that Mexicans nro cross ing Into Texas arie or two at a tlmo, and that they are attempting to gather again In H'dalgo County, wcBt of Drownsvllle. The 20th Infantry, from Texas City. went on duty here yesterday. About 73 men of the 26th were left nt KlngHville, 113 miles north of Brownsville, and more thnn two companies went on patrol at Hnrllngen, between here and Klngsvlllo. Hangers nnd peace officers nro disarm. Ing all Mexicans outside of the larger towns throughout the Tlrownsvlllo sec tion. The finding of firearms in the pos sotslon of Mexicans la practically equiv alent to a death warrant unless the Mexi can Is known to Americans as being peaceful. Kven with such a record, fire arms are confiscated and a warning given not to obtain any more. nun qarK nonows unucr their eyes, wasted to shadows by lack of food, foil upon South Philadelphia and West Phila delphia and nil the human beings and other living things thereof nnd nte of them gieedlly. Abovo tho vicious buzzing of the In vading hordes roso tho machine gun rattle of naked palms coming Into contact with faces nnd necks nnd knees and ears and noses nnd chests nnd heads nnd counte nances South and West Philadelphia wero being badly punished. Yet they could not dam the tide of the mosquitoes, nlthough If you were In the path of the hungry Insects you mny say you did by another spelling. Men nnd women of good character, with excellent reputations for veracity, nrc authority today for tho assertion that after tho moquitoon had chased South nnd West Philadelphia indoors they nto the netting off the windows, bit holes In the glass, bored through brick nnd stone wnlls, got Into tho sewer nnd camo up through tho pipes nnd In other nnd oven more burglarious ways entered the homo stead of their victims, there to continue tho feast. At nny rnte, the mosquitoes today nro no longer gaunt, nor emaciated, nor hnve they dark hollows undor tho eye nor nro they wnsted to shadows hy lnck of food. Instead they nro bulging Uko toy bnlloons with the gore of South nnd West Phlln delpliln and lying everywhere in a stato of coma or something, In which condition they ore being killed oft by tho thousands ns South nnd West Philadelphia walks on them. The present vlsltntion of mosquitoes Is likely to rontlnuo nil of August, snys Professor Herman Hornlg, city entomolo gist. Professor Hornlg snld today that the heavy rains have crcnted pools nnd bogs for mosquito breeding In such quan tities thnt the pests hnvo got away be yond control. Councils' mwIHlncnoss tp, nnuronrinto sufllclcnt fdndjL .tn.htht the mosquitoes la blamed )) Profossop Jlor-' nig lor ino present distress or Plillndej plilans However In addition to four city workmen, who hnvo been putting oil on pools nnd sower Inlets, 10 Inspectors from tho Highway Hurcnu hnvo been pressed Into emergency duty to super vise digging of trenches for dinlnnge In tho South Philadelphia thentro of the war ngalnst tho mosquitoes. A chango In tho wind mny afford some relief, thinks Professor Hornlg, as It may Borvo to blow n few billions of the pests back to their marshy home, near Stamp era lano and Oregon avenue. "The mosquitoes wo havo with us are of tho salt marsh variety," snld Pro fesflor Hornlg. "They did not como from tho senshoic, but from South Philadel phia. "A force of 50 men would bo necessary to extormlnato tho salt marsh mosquitoes in their breeding places. But the present nrmy of pests Is not comDosad at h dangerous malarial mosquito. That breed wo have under control." Work to Begin on Handsome Structure in October, and It Will Be Finished for Winter Use LEADING MEN BACKERS STRANGE CHILD IN BED FOUND BY LITTLE GIRL Tired Little Wanderer Had Been Put to Sleep There by Neighbor HACK CONVENTION HALL SITE Business. Men Want Structure at Twenty-fourth Street and Parkway The Falrmount Dullness Men's Associa tion today launched a movement to have the proposed Convention Hall built at Htn street and the Parkway, on a alts bounded by 31th street. Falrmount ave nue, SCth street and Pennsylvania avenue, A delegation will call on Senator Pen rose at 2-30 o'clock this afternoon to urge his, support to the movement. Polders and maps showing the advan tages of the proposed site have been dis tributed among Councllmen and voters throughout the city. It Is pplnted out that v?, ,iftVi,dwillln?',and a few Id factory fettlldlnaV oeeuliy the entire truer ohit the c4ty wjll haye to purchase anvwav wnen the Parkway Is completed. If It were built on this sit. It la de clared, the S8th district of the 15th Ward which has only six voters and costs the city considerable money at every election would be done away with. The hall would also be elaae t the new W.WO.0OQ art gat r to a MWjI-ueUd t the south V trstwe & t)it Psr,k?ay, UNITING HAIL SYSTEMS Wilmington and Philadelphia, Whieh Bought Peopled, Makes Improvements WIIIKgfaK, OH', Aug. it.-Hb,, purchased the HtiStMie feTZS?. imny In thU eUy, axa connecting the tines Into one sylm Dupllcal lines are tot '. imovet and new ruuuctfs to make I tur time are belug na4o I Oder Wt ow system toe tjlre4 station and Meejalxwt wttarvM vrfu be maula ew oidUy y t aoeemi. Tha peculiar story of being mistaken for somebody else's llttlo girl ana being compelled to sleep In tho other little glrt's bed was the story sobbed out by 4-year-old Ellen Junovltz, of M2 Nec tarine street, when she was reunited with her mother, Mrs. Hllzabeth Janovttz, In tho 10th and Huttonwood streets police station today. Ellen, acoordlng to the police, decided to run away yesterday afternoon, and at nightfall, unable to find her way back, eat down on the uteps of the grocery ttoro of Joseph Klines, ot 70S Spring Gar den street, and cried. "Why, that's Benner's little girl," re marked Hunes to Ills wife, "I guess I'll take her home.' Hunes put on his coat and hat and took the child to the home of Frank O. Benner, at 615 North Frank lin street. When he reached there he found no one nt home, so he tried the knob nnd found the door open. Then he took tha sobbing child, who persisted she did not live there, up to a bedroom and put her to bed. The child, exhaustod by her excite ment, fell off to sleep and was discovered by t-year-old Elisabeth Benner when the family returned about midnight from an outing. Elizabeth did not care to have her father put Bllen out of the bed. so the children slept together. Meantime Special Policemen Ernest and Weckesaer had been conducting an all night search for the child. As they entered the station house this morning; to Inform Airs. Janovltt that Mialr search had been fruitless, Benner walked In another door with the tost child in his arms. Mother and daughter were reunited amid tears d satM while the (gUee nvea laugb4 heartily over the Utile glrt's strange 4vitrM- Judklal Candidates File Petitions HATUUSmntn, Aug 17.-Petltlons for the ronomlnatlon of Oeorge B. Orlad and oMPPleujeuUry petitions for the re somltHaw) ot Judge jhn B. Head, bow at tb 8fet mvmor Curt. were fl4 t the glate Department Wy. Judge Head's original paper were received last nlgbt These candidates (or Judgeships to the eastern part of the State alo tiloii emiiuMten petitions today. J. Prank K flauee. Chester. B. M Bkidte. Jr, Cum berland, Common Pleas, Walter B. Qtrntm, Berks, orphans' Court. ATMOSPHERE OF WAR INCREASES RECRUITING Young Men More Anxious to Enter Service When They May Go to Front Officers hi charge of the Army and Navy recruiting stations In this city have noticed no' Increase recently In the number ot enlistments because of crit ical situations which havo arisen In the relations of the United Statos with for elan nations. Despite this, they say, or. ders calling for Increases In the com plement of both Army and Navy are ex pected, The increase In the number of ships has made a corresponding Increase In the number of men necessary". A report from Washington says that Secretary Daniels will suggest to the President a greater complement when he presents tha special repoita on the needs of tho Navy asked for by "Wilson. In the last year and a quarter there has been an Increase of 0 In the number ot naval vessels In full commission. Tho complement of men has been brought up almost to the limit preserlbed by law by the addition, during that time, of Bill men. It Is felt, however, that the limit must bo raised. Lieutenant Commander Ro per, who Is in eharge ot the Navy Be orultlng Station at MIS Filbert, street, says that on August 13 the Navy lacked but 971 men of Its full strength ot 61,500. Becrutts are still being taken, and the number of applications remains about the same. Because under the present regulations so few mm can ba reerulted, t)ia phytioal requlrtmeaU have imn raised, a is customary In nwh eiroum stance. At the Army recruiting Halloo it is expected that orders win he Issued soon to InprMM the peace strength of the Army from ,W to lW.ftM mm. The Marin Corps Is new limited to l,xi mwt d aupllwnU are ltSK (HHlwl down day after day. In Una brunch of the nriee. too. an prder celling for aa increase U looked for Officers of the National Guar J eay few of the companies are resulted up to their full quota, of & aad many have ojjli to juts. No eSeft 1 being wade, it U sold, to bJlo new nun Into the ajlMtla An Ice palace, such ns hns made the cities of London, Paris. Berlin nnd other forolgn capitals famous, will be nn ndded nttrnctlon to tho already long list of Philadelphia's playgrounds this winter. In the summer time, tho roof of tho big building thnt will houso tho rink, will bo converted Into s. summer garden with dnnclng, music nnd refreshments. The plans of tho backers of this proposition surpass anything ever seen In Philadel phia beforo for originality. Tho pnlnco Is planned by men socially and financially prominent In this city. Tho building, which will cost nenrly a half million dollars, will bo erected nt 33d nnd Wnlnut streets. If tho plans of the backers nro fulfilled. Work on tho project will begin some time In October, It was learned today, and. If everything Is successful, tho Ico Pnlnco and rink will bo running nbqut Fcbrjinry l. SOtloty halls the advent of the rink or jmiace witti aeugnt. In -winter time tho park lakes nrc crowdod, nnd it tnkes a long time to get to the suburban lnkes. SEATING AT ALL, TIMES. Kven nt thnt, tho skating season Is al ways Intermittent, With tho opening of a rink, proporly conducted In Philadelphia, skating Is assured at all times. Hockey matches between tho private schools and, possibly, city teams will bo seen there. A band will bo constantly playing nnd re freshments will be served. In tho Bummer the rink will tin nmr.i and used as n convention hall, playhouse or. If tho roof garden la overcrowded. It will bo converted into a summer garden similar to tho Now York winter garden. Tho situation at tho west end of Wnlnut street bridge mnkes tho rink ensy of ac cess from many trolley lines nnd rail roads. Tho plnco will have no liquor license nnd tho nearest saloon will be secral blocks away. For several years Philadelphia has been talking of the advantages of mieh n rini. and several attempts were made to start one. but without success. Last Decem ber several of the society sot got to gether and Horace Trumbnuer, an archi tect, submitted plans which wero ap proved. ' The board of managers of the lea Pnloco will Include: Robert K. Cassatt William II. T. Huhn Harrison K. Caner Horace Trumbauer Fred. T. Chandler Alex. C. Yarnall William J. Clothier Zenas U. Dodgo Tho skating floor will be S5 by 200 feet nnd will comfortably accomodato 1500 skaters, Around the rink will bo n gal lery wun ito seats. Anothor gallery nbovo the rink levol. will accomodate 1600 persons. The rink, when floored, will hold nn additional 3000 seats, making tho total seating capacity of the building In summer tlmo COOO: n BIG BOOM IN GUINEA PIGS War Causes Shortage Medical Labo ratories Pay High Prices There Is a demand In all parts of the country for guinea pigs because of the similarity of their blood to that of mam experiments havo shown that the blood iiiMU,.ni,Wl Plff w'8l'ln aeven ounces will be the same as that of a man 21 years old. The anlmat la regarded -J nlghly Important for bacteriological work, and the demands of university ami commercial laboratories Is very greTt The war has caused a shortage of the animals and boomed business here Tho quick sale of the pigs has caused m?ny Pfons to enter the business of ."oTalo-rlel1000 " k Eft The pigs breed at the age of two months and have litters which range from tour to 12 In number. It was leaFned that one woman in this city who started In the business of raising guinea pig, started with a captal of J1A Sh, Is now said to be earnlng nearly i ft month a thete seems to bo no end of ih h.., raany persons are devoting all their time to raising guinea pigs. raa BEUQIODS NOTICES Catholin A WEEK-END RETREAT IM. oWMi. lifullblMt sad rnait JZX.VJ' 1 ot jouf use. ""' I for trfaf-iutiH ..., . . . wggrt. serosa BWKU8 Ortrfcw, Pa ' - oorraaw. UQMUOtid by Raw T t llhJdp lltA w .h V' Orerhre dead PrewMrgasi. jTchbSJm or l?Sudi gwisuufac Pool ao4 Oymnaltum nu i v Sbealy a J. U ftlUl fli.En..... - - 8wa at one foThtnrVJSS JW1U Employes of Commonwealth AiTccted by Attorney General's Opinion HARItlsnuna, Aug. 17. Attorney General Brown decided In nn opinion handed down today that architects; for buildings being erected by the Common wealth or who design Stnto Institutions nro entitled to pny only on tho basis of money Immediately nvallablo for building purposes nnd not upon estimates for fu turo construction. The opinion was ren dered to tho Auditor General and nroso out of n question of payment for archi tectural work in connection with the Dlx mont Institution. This construction of law will apply to nil simllnr cases. State offlclnln sny that in n number of building operations com missions havo been nsked for on a basis of work outlined, somo of the buildings being designed fnr beyond the Bums Available for their construction. This will tnko in bridges nnd nil forms of public work ns well ns buildings. DISGUISE U. S. DESTROYER Navy Men, by Using Paint, Make Boat Like Submarine NKWPORT, R. I., Aug. 17.-Tho tor pedobont destroyer McDonough presented n strnngo npenrnnce when sho slipped out ot the hnrbor today to Join In the Atlan tic fleet wnr game oft Block Island. Blnck pnlnt had been used over tho bnttle-grny sides of the destroyer to form the outlines it n mi nm i, rino n .... wnn mnnriA rm h .. .. .u...u. .,,,., u,,u .,,u a. wipe ,i JJCU- scopo wns painted on tho middle funnel. Shoro observers found tho Illusion effect ive at a comparatively short distance. Other destroyers hnvo been pnlntcd with blnck nnd white squares, which serve to obscuro their outlines. Tho now cover ings will bo given tests in action during tho wnr game, which Is to continue for u week. ILL, WOMAN TRIES TO DIE Daughter Finds Mother Unconscious With Gas Tubo in Mouth ' CHESTER, Pa., Aug. 17.-Mrs. John Cox, of Eddystone, was found uncon scious with a gns hose in her mouth at 10:30 o'clock today by her daughter. Sho was hurried to Chester Hospital, where It Is thought she will rccovor. Mrs. Cox has been In poor health for somo tlmo and this morning went to lie down. Upon going to seo how her mother was the girl discovered sho had attempted to dlo. Wilson Appoints Circuit Judge WASHINGTON. Anir. 17.Piv..,M,f Wilson today announced tho nppolntment of Samuel Alschuler, of Chicago, as United States Circuit Judge for the sev enth circuit, embracing Illinois, Indiana nnd Wisconsin The formal appointment of Wllllnm W Russell ns minister to Snnto Domingo wns nlso nnnounced, 'UNWRiTTENLAWGOOul BYEARLYSAXONCODEsi PENNSYLVANIA Hampton L. Carson, Former ouitu mcurney, Addressing ojuwuitj, ouys ureat AN fred Favored It RIGHT TO PROTECT Wlpl Hampton L. Carson, former Attorn.1! General of t'ennsvlvnnin .n . .9 -....... ucurered tn annual address last night nt the s.l minimi meeting of tho American In,tfii iuio ui v-riminai ljw nnd Criminology iii Salt Lnko City, Utah. His subject VM "A Sketch of tho Enrly Develnnm..i r& English Criminal Law." ti, i " , . " " "Peas; mnue irequeni rcierenco to the "unwrtfl ten law," nhlch hnB figured prominent!' In ..in..., nnt.il Tf..l.., r... ..& hi ii.anjr iiun-u uuiieu amies r trials, Including tho Thaw ense. "Wo havo heard much nbout the 'ia of nature or tho unwritten lnw tJ ""i "trig Carson snld, "but In mnn' cases latvy-ril forgot or did not know tho text flf th, ouxun uooms, $, j Jfr. Cnrsoh, In tracing tho'gratWi "5. vclopment of English criminal law frtun'l me aaxon limes, saiu: , J "A comparison of the laws or doonuj ot tho 12 Kings, from Ethelbcrt to Ed! 3 somblanro between them, many belnguTI largo part rc-cnucmcnts, with oceasloMl ' """ '""'", "' """"". iiiiuu wnn moral -precepts, the Ten Conimnndmont tracts from Exodus nnd tho Acts of th ' Apostles. This was tho mnnner, MDe," , nlly. In which Alfred tho Great Improved upon tho work of his predecessors. Taken as a body, tho dooms cover a period f'; .,bu.,j w vw.u, u.iu Li.vavilL B. ITrailE.- medley of acts nnd scenes without order M ui ill i iiii(.-uii;iiit , "The distinction between murder tmt1 manslaughter, as Halo knew nnd defined It, was unknown. A killing that was nccroi or irencncrous or In violation 'of , fealty, or accompanied by a concealment ' ot tho corpse or by sorcery or Bacrllesi wns of nn nggravnted type. A killing of i .ui uumtw, ur un nuuucrcr taken flag. rnnlo delicto, or In defense of one's lord or n itinsmnn, or mo Killing of a thief, provided n declaration of tho fact and' ' tho circumstances wns nt onco made. wa Justlflnble. "Alfred provided thnt If .t man be slain tho slayer must show thnt his victim was nttncklng cither himself, his kin, or hl ' lord, or that ho wns wronging his wife. ,,,u.,,v., ... ... M..',buit;i. na inter- enco Is plain that If tho circumstances 1 Justlllcd It, tho execution must bo auto-! POOR CHILDREN HAVE OUTING Hundreds Entertained at Willow Grove Park Amusements Free " Hundreds of poor chlldtcn nnd tlielr mothers nro enjoying nn outing at VI- lnu RrnvA Tnrli fmlnv nnrln. Ua ..li.. .-.. u.v, ...... .v....,, u,,u, ,lla mispii: of tho Amcrlcnn Rescue Workors. Special enrs conrnlnlng tho hnppy children left 9th nnd Rnce streets under cprnmand of Cnptnln Emery O. Brown, of the South Phllndelphla Relief Stntlon, 112 Jockaon street. Tho children of tho Kensington district left 2S27 Frnnkford nvenue under tho direction of General Jnmes jv, Dufhn nnd Colonel Gcorgo A. Crldor. There wero nbout 1000 children and their mothers In tho two sections. Tho amusements nt the park nlll be frco for the children, and sindwlchos, Ice cream, candy and other refiehments will be served. 1 -HI 1 1 ENDS HIS LIFE WITH GAS Man Leaves Home, Returns While Po-j lice beek Him and Commits Suicide lXrOli ntITMiT.rn . j- ... .l .Ti -ioi. ji, jvuk, ji, vnanca rm Be!U about 65 yehra old, of 103 East Bld)U -......, ...,w uioujillCHKU AIUII1 11IO IIVIUW1 earlv venlrrlnv nnA valninAil Hiam .uhllftj tllO Whole notion fni., vn HOnlclnl hirn.. i..", '-.'.'.-.". --- "-'', uMiiiiiiuieu suiciuo oy innnung gas in an uniu, ins ooay was touna tncro iaai' inriiik uuer iiiciuuera or lue inmuy una detected tho odor of gas emanating from the little, upstairs room. Bell hu'. been In poor health for soipe tlmo and feared a second attack of 8,1)0 plexy following one sustained same time ngo which had left him partly helpless. I Plan MJkMW jgy A I your trip airWM' 1 so as to spend MfSJ0' I a few days in ..jdK' 1 this invigoratinj? &s&gS&Jr? -- f I wonderland. Close WKSSjwK Wnnrlorlanrl ri "3 nrnnnn r. i .1 nt cuver ana mmP U)lorado Spnngs are a wealth suitf1"30'3 road to Denver will SHSTSK? ta houra of Ieaving W?s,""'lChIcago 1WB.. arriv- diicago,lwaukee&StPaiilRy. ForCcteraiatCaUforaUbi ..... . .. r i i ,.,.. uuonnx9a,aart C,ii.y'c9.W, General Aeent or ooo." . .as tkucs MH JOHN i. FSSRBCK. Ove.hr. ., ,hi aiteett phJladelpRla, Pa.
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