AV rvPp?)' 1;-4.y- M& ju, -' ' ftituarierB la New Tc-rk, Others hap pened td He taw today arid immediately arranged to Kwm direct to x""ashngtoa TO M2AVB NEW YOItJC Among those who will leave from New York tiro IV I. Lovett, tfnlon Pacific; Julius Kruttchnltt, Southern Faclfldi Hate Hotdep, Burlington j W. W. Attrbuty, vice president of tha Pennsylvania.) W. J. Har nhan. Seaboard Air Line; Daniel "Willnrd, Baltimore and Ohio; A. II. Smith, New York Central ; E. D. Underwood, Erie ; Wil liam fntesdale, Lnefcawnnnft ! W. J. Pler aoft, vice president of the New Haven; O. W Btbven", Chesapeake and Ohio, and IB. V, Uufth, receiver of the Missouri Pa cific. Officials of the AdmlnUlratlon declared that they believed the President Intended Insisting on the railway presidents making concessions which so far the Committee of managers has refused to consider, the President, It was reported, has been rreatty dissatisfied with the attitude of tha managers, Who have refuted to make any concessions to aid him In his efforts to bring ttbout a. settlement of the strike. Their attitude. It was stated by White House of ficials, has been that their present revenues made It Impossible for them to grant tho demands of the men and that, therefore, thoy would hot do so. Kven when the President asked them to grant the eight-hour workday for a limited period during which It would bo possible to tell how It worked out and how expensive It wbuld prove, they refused. EXECUTIVES SUMMONED. In addition to President Wlllard, copies f the telegram wero sent to tho following ether railroad executives: Samuel ttea, Pennsylvania; A. II. Smith, Now York Central nnd Hudson nivsr ; P. D. Undsrwood, Erie; William II. Truesdale, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western ; How ard Elliott, Now Haven; Halo Holdcn, Chicago, Burlington and Qutncy; W. J. Harahan, Seaboard Air Line; L. F. Loree, Delaware and Hudson ; D. P, Hush, receiver, Missouri Pacific ; E. E. Catvln, Union Pa cific; William S. Sproule, Southern Pacific; Qcorgo W. Slovens, Chesapeake and Ohio; Samuel L. Felton, Chicago and Great West ern, and Fairfax Harrison, Southern, em; Fairfax Harrison, Southern; E. C. Itlpley, Santa Fe; It. II. Alshton, Chicago and Northwestern; A. J. Eafllng, Chicago, Mllwaulceo and St. Paul. When word reached tho brotherhood rep resentatives that the President had called for the railway executives they seemed much rellevod. President W. 1). Lee, of the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen, said It would at least defer n break. TRAINMEN RELIEVED. "We have been convinced all along," said Z.ce, "that If the railroad managers were permitted to maintain their present position and to bo allowed to refuse all compro mises that a break would have to come. We have been authorized to declr.ro a strike, but liavo hold back trying to find a way out. Wo offered concessions, but at no time have the railway managers oven Indi cated a willingness to do nnythlng. Maybe tho President yet will bo able to settle all questions satisfactorily." It Is understood that n majority of the members of the brotherhood's committee Is willing, if It Is tho best that can be ob tained, to accept tho eight-hour work day on the basis of tho present 10-hour day's pay. waiving the overt mo proposition to bo sottled In some manner yet to bo worked out. This la tho question that will bo put to them by tho President this afternoon, together with his plan of what both sides should do to make tho systtm operative. Tho railway managers plainly wero very eerlously concerned aver tho action of the President In sending for tho heads of the various railway systems to come to Wash ington. Tho peremptory tone of the tele gram calling tho chiefs hero caused much bitter comment, and privately some of tho members declared that it bore ou,t their views that there was "politics" In tho en tire situation. It was clear tho Presldont had been so 'offended over the attitude of the managers, and especially over the sta tistics that thoy filed at tho Whlto House In his absence last night, that he was de termined to Ignore them In all future nego tiations. Following the admission that tho rail way presidents had been called, a fooling was noticeable In official quarters that tho eventual basis for settlement will be tha eight-hour day at present rates of wages, with collateral Issues to bo worked out through a plan of arbitration prob ably, however, not under that name especially laying stress on how the short workday Is to be enforced so that the roads will not violate It nor tho men take ad vantage of It. Brotherhood leaders quietly admitted they wero convinced that If the President makes the same strong argument to the entire committee that he has to those who already have conferred with him ho will swing the majority Into line for his plan. RAILROADS' CONTENTIONS. It was learned that among the documents filed with the President lato yesterday after noon by Ellsha Lee, chairman of the man agers' committee, was a blunt statement that the railroads could not accept any plan that does not carry with It their suggestion of an Independent wage commission whether named by the President or by agreement The position or tho railroads Is as follows: Tho question of wages enters Into all of tho negotiations with the Interstate Com merce Commission for authority to increase rates. At all times our figures have been subject to contradiction by the Interstate Commerce Commission. If these figures are verified by a. Federal commission, then there can be no question about them and they will have a vital factor in determining costs, etc In addition, it would be Impos sible for the railroads to reconcile differ ences with their men In putting an eight hour workday In effect, but a commission of the character now proposed would be able to define. rules which could be carried out without friction." 8II0E HOOK COMPANY HOOKED MANY VICTIMS, COURT IS TOLD Originator of Schema Held After Tes timony of Stock Buyers The intricacies of feminine footgear were explained In court today when Alfred Wlegand, At years old, of Milwaukee, said by the police to be known under at least b dozen aliases, was held without ball by United States Commissioner Charles V. D. Jollna In Camden to await the action of the New York and Trenton authorities. He is accused of using the mails to defraud. Wlegand was arrested two days ago In Atlantic City by Postal Inspector Frank Wilbur Smith, of Philadelphia, after a chase of three years. According to postal au thorities, he has operated In nearly every State In the Union and has reaped a harvest of many thousand dollars by a fraudulent mall scheme. He Is already under Indict ment In New York and In Trenton. According to postal authorities, Wlegand Invented '"an improved shoe hook for women's high lace shoes" which would make their lacing a matter of a mere "Jiffy." and at the same time not Interfere with the dress. The Idea proved popular on account of the high shoes worn with short skirts, Wlegand la accused of selling out his Interest In the patent to many persons throughout the country. The same Interest he u said tq have sold time and again. Two witnesses appeared against htm to day. They were Mrs. L. M. Baker, HOS Cummer street, and II. M. Gearing, BUS Qennantown avenue. He was represented by. former Congressman J. Washington Losue. ill! i I Health Centers Attract Mothers SlQthers with their cables are going to the municipal health centers established by Director Krtfsen fpr advice and help. The Director said today the city's baby &Ylng stations are dally demonstrating tbelr great value to tha community. At f ach one there is s. doctor from the Division of Child Hygiene, whoso duty It Is to give .dvtcA to nitkra as to an of their babies t; ait imswi of ik year and to advise vosm $MMi, to Vse mvthcr. FRENCH SLEDGE HAMMERS FOE'S LINE ON SOMME Preparation by Highly Or ganized System Feeds the Mammoth Offensive BLOWS HAVE "PUNCH" By HENRY WOOD WITH THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE SOMME, Aug. 17. Like a gigantic, mul tlplled sledge hammer, tho French army Is smashing away at the dolman lines on tho Sommo battlo front. The new French offensive in no way re sembles the Russian steam-roller. Instead, It hammers continually with blow upon blow at any given point at nny given time Un til eventually, the French officers bellevo. It must break down both tho German defenses and tho resistance of tho Ocrmati army. Tho success of this steady hammering Is demonstrated both by tho actual advance ond the Influx of prisoners, who havo sur rendered In largo numbers. DRIVE WELL PREPARED. Beforo Rolng to tho flKhtlne front I In spected the vast organization behind tho lines for feeding tho offensive. R In this Incredible preparation in which apparently everything has bien foreseen nnd nothing overlooked that puts the punch Into the French sledge-hammer blows, I first visited one of tho eight general munitions and material depots established last May miles behind tha line. The depot covers a Bquaro half mllo. Irt i which Franco's southwestern network i inllways dally pours material coming finm nil parts or the world. If tho French offensive has carried tcr rtblo destruction In ndvanco nf tho armies. It hns wrought cqunlly Incredible progress In tho renr. Tho o ght munition depots have been connected with tho battlo front by a vcrltablo mystic muzo of railways of both broad nnd narrow gnuge. In pcaco times It would have required n year's Work to construct them. Approaching the battle front these lines converge ever thicker ami ever moro Intrlcataly. So perfected Id this railway system that each of the eight depots can pour out upon tho Sommo battlo front Its entire squnro half mllo of munitions and material every 3G hours. On other specially constructed railways, all of broad gauge, guns are being carried to the front. France does not lack heavy artillery on the Sommo front, but Is mak ing constant additions ror tho purpose or Increasing tho power or her punch. AVIATION CAMPS. From tho ilcpr t tho way led to one of tho rour aviation camps which protected every depot, but which arc only a small part of tho nvlatlon service on the Sommo front. During tho visit scarcely a minute passed that armed aeroplanes cither did not return or depart ror the Ocrmnn rront. The nlr was literally alive with aerial scouts and fighters. Returning toward the rear In tho evening, after observing tho flght.ng from the pla teau of Domplcrrc, south or the Sommc, nnd rrom a point of vantage Just north of the river, I was amazed to seo that, slnco early In the morning, what had appeared like veritable mountains of material and munitions In the supply depots had entirely disappeared. FRENCH ARE CONFIDENT. Tho great guns which had been creeping along on specially constructed railways and which I had Imagined could not reach tho front for weeks, wero no longer visible, having either arrived near their Implaco monts or haying been transferred to other railway lines. Nearer tho front I was able, from this gigantic displacement of munitions and ma terial, to gain an impression of what had gono Into the day's sledgehammer blow. Progressing toward the rear In the direc tion of the general munitions and material depots we met great trains and convoys or fresh matorlal moving toward the front to replace that which I had seen disappear. Yet thcro was no hurry, no excitement. Everything was orderly, methodical. Above alt tho Impression a neutral ob server receives from a visit to tho Sommo front Is this that the French are supremely confident and not only determined, but pre pared In every detail to carry out Grant's famous declaration: "Wc will fight It out on this line ir It takes all summer" and moro too. ANGORA BAPTIST PASTOR ILL Rev. Ralph C. Madden, With Nervous Collapse, Goes to Mountains The Rev. Ralph C. Madden, pastor of the Angora Baptist Church, Is suffering from nervous breakdown and has been granted a two months' vacation by his parishioners. Mr. Madden has gone to the Adirondack to recuperate. Percival C. Cundy, of the American Bap tlst Publication Society, is recovering from an operation, following his return from a trip to England. Mr. Cundy, who Is one of the most popular salesmen In tho big build ing at Seventeenth and Chestnut streets, has three brothers In, the British army. Tho Rev. Dr. George T. Webb, associate editor of Sunday school publications of the American Baptist Publication Society, Is spending a few weeks at Avalon, N, J, BALDWINS MAKE BIG SIIELL First Eleven-inch Pieco Turned Out at Eddystone The munitions department of the Bald win Locomotive Works at Eddystono has completed Its first 270-mlIllmeter (approxi mately 11-Inch) shell for the French. Gov ernment. These shells, weighing about 340 pounds when empty, will not be loaded until they reach France. Tho company expects to turn out several hundred dally from now on. The Eddystono Ammunition Corporation, a subsidiary of the Baldwin Company, Is still working on 3-Inch shells for the Rus sian Government. The Baldwin locomo tive shops at Eddystone are completing gasoline trench engines and automobile tractors for the Russian army. Officers of the Remington Arms Company nie credited with the statement that their Kddystone plant Is turning out 2000 com pleted Enfield army rifles dally for the Allies, MORE PLAY STREETS PLANNED Committees Named to Select Sites for Half a Dozen Play streets in .addition to the two al ready in operation will be established as the result of a decision reached today by the members of the street playgrounds com mittee. So popular have the two street playgrounds proved that the need for other centesa has been clearly shown. Subcommittees were appointed to select sites for a half-dozen new play streets and to solicit funds with which to pur chase apparatus. It is proposed to establish several of the new playgrounds In congested parts of the city north of Market street, and one will bo situated In the Tenderloin. "Get Out Your Mittens," Ife Advises WINSTED, Conn., Aug. 17 "Mittens ought to. ba out, for fall Is approaching rapidly." says It. Rho. a Farmlngton weather seer. ''Watch out from the SSd to the iJth of the present month. Clear and cold, will follow storm. The tem perature will be much, below normal and J Go&tteU for tha first week of September.' f EVENING LEDaiDEPHtLADBLPHlA,. THURSDAY, AUGUST IT, City News in Brief j Tlecnnse she wan relinked by her mother for her friendship with another girl In the neighborhood, Jennlo Smlcslanifty, 14 years old, Is believed to have left her homo nt 2608 East Ontario street The girl "dis appeared lost Thursday when a note threat ening sulcldo and a bottle of poison wero found In her room. Refusing to take her threat seriously the relatives were not con cerned over her absence until last Satur day, when Mrs. Smlesiansky found (50 was missing. An Improved llclitlna system nlonir the Northeast Uoulovnrd from IJrond to Rhawn street Is tn be Installed by the Electrical Bureau within the next few weeks. Chief McLaughlin admitted yesterday that travel over the boulevard Is unnecessarily danger ous nt night because the 225 electric lights strung between Uroad nnd Rhawn slrccis nro obscured by trees. The height of tho present poles will bo reduced from 22 feet to II feet and equipped with nrms extending over the driveways. Hotels linsnltnl, police Mnllnrn nnd other Institutions were given by tho De tective Bureau yesterday a description of Dr. G V. Mlcrley, a dentist, 35 years old, of 1727 Memorial avenue, who was reported to have been missing since last Tuesday. His dlsappearnnco wns reported at tho De tective Uurcnu by Dr. John U. Lane, who nlso lives at tho Memorial avenue address. Building nnd lonn nMorlntlont In this city aro aroused over the provision In tho amend ed Administration revenue measure reported to the United States Sennto yesterday, which levies a llccnso tax of 50 cents per thousand on oornoratlon canltnl stock. Michael J. Brown, secretary of tho Building and Loan Association Leaguo of Pennsylania, pre dicted a revision In the measuro when tho members of tho Scnnto Finance Commlttco learn that the working of a building asso ciation Is so different from tho usual cor poration that they nro entitled to exemption. Knit Knnili manufacture nro nlnrmril over tho acute shortage In knitting needles. Tremendous orders aro bolng received by needle manufacturers, but the supply can not meet tho demnnd. Beforo tho war American manufacturers wero largely de pendent on Germany for needles, nnd whllo tho American manufacturers aro making enough needles to satisfy their old custom ers, they cannot meet tho demands that ariso from now quarters. Ktiito Highway Cninmlpfllortrr Ittnek, It wns reportod In Harrlsburg yesterday, lino opened negotiations with tho Lancaster Im provement Company for tho purchase by tho State of tho toll rond between Phila delphia and Paall. Maskoll Ewlng, repre senting the company, said last night that ho had not heard from fiamtnissloner Black nnd knew nothing of the Stato's intentions In tho matter. Efforts nre being mnrin ti Iinrr olio if (ho now farm loan banks established In Phil adelphia. A letter urging the claims of thlB city for tho bank has been sent to George W, Norrls, president of tho Farm Loan Board, by the secretary of tho Philadelphia Chambor of Commerce. It Is urged that n hearing bo held ho that tho claims of this city as the homo of one of the branch banks might be presented. Financial men of tho city aro greatly Interested In tho movement to havo tho branch established here. Two I'hllnilelpliln chnrchr will lift con verted within a short tlmo Into amusement parlors. One Is tho Cohockslnk Presbyte rian Church, Columbln avenue nnd Franklin Btreet, moro than a century old, which will be convertod Into a public danco hall. Tho John S. McConnclt Memorial Church, Eighth nnd Porter streets, will be turned Into a movlng-plcturo theater. Tho announcement that the latter church has been sold to men Interested In tho movlng-plcturo business has aroused the anger of members ot tho congregation, add a factional fight 13 prom ised In an effort to prevent Jho Bale. Tho body nf man, who evidently had been dead for several days, was found In a clothes closet at 151 North Ninth Ftrcet earlytoday. It was Identified us that of P. PUcnas. of 1840 South Halstcd street. Chi cago, thought to bo a representative of tho Luthuantan Dally News. Death nvuh due to gas poisoning; one end or n rubber gas tube wns In tho dead man's mouth. Two letters, a suitcase and several articles or Jewelry were found In tho room, but tho suicide left no message to explain why ho took his life. A croup of Inmates of the Inasmuch Mis sion assisted In extinguishing a flro todny at 217 South Alder street, near the Institu tion. Tho house la occupied by Ida Wise, a negres3. She was cooking lunch when tho oil stove exploded, setting fire tn the kitchen furniture. So efectlvo were tho ertorta or tho mission inmates that tho blazo was almost extinguished when tho fire companies nrrlved. In the arrest today of Illchnrd Watklns, a negro, 2G years old, tho pollco bolleve they have round the leader of n gang which has perpetrated a score of robberies In Gcrmantown within the last few months. Watklns was arrested at his home on Rod man street, above Thirteenth, by Acting Detective Lnzelle, who said he found there a completo set of burglar's tools and many pawn tickets. Tho pollco believe Watklns headed a gang which has stolen Jewelry valued at J20.000. Mm. Nan Solllnrer, 00 years old, of 2013 North Orlanna street, was found dead In bed today In the home of a friend from poison which, the police say, she had taken. Mrs. Solllngcr was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wllhelm. of 4933 North Falrhlll street. It Is believed that she became de spondent because her husband was out of work, nnd, despite the fact that he had prospects of obtaining a position In Capo May today, ended her life. Men are wanted for 'two nddltlmial encl neertng companies which Adjutant Oeneral Stewart desires recruited In Philadelphia. The recruiting hours are 9 a. m. to 9 p. m at 2025 Sansom street Men who know architecture, drafting, blacksmlthing, elec tricity, carpentry, all forms of engineering these are the sort of trained men wanted to round out tha Pennsylvania divisions now at tho Mexican border. An action to recottr 81,03, the balance due on a beer bill, was begun In the Munici pal Court today by the II, L. White Brewing Company, Inc., of 2229-31 North American street.' against the Young Republicans, Inc., of 221 South Broad street, The- plaintiffs also ask for interest from November 1, 1913, According to an itemized account at tached to the statement of claim, the bill Is for 162 dozen bottles of beer. Alleging that the pronunciation of hla surname has caused him great inconveni ence in both business and social circles, Leo Frank Woloszyk today filed a petition in Common Pleas Court No. 2 for permis sion to change his cognomen to Leo Frank Wallace. Woloszyk has been a resident of Philadelphia for 22 years. Discord between Titus Kellett, 001 South Alden street, and his brother, Harry Kel lett, 6011 Pine street, partners In an orna mental stone and marble business, at Yea don, Pa., is responsible for the filing of a bill in equity in Common Pleas Court No. 2 by Titus Kellett asking that their part-. nershlp be dissolved, the assets be sold at public sale and the proceeds equitably di vided. The brothers, traded under the name of Kellett Brothers. ' The value of the as sets is placed at S2146. At a result of Injuries suffered after being struck by an automobile owned by John It. Reiner! & Co of American and ."York streets, James K. McNeill, through hla father. James P MONelll. of 240S Allegheny avenue, today began suit in the Municipal Court to recover 1200. The father's claim is for 50. The acciient occurred on April IS, this year, at Twenty-fourth ond Clear fleld streets, while young McNeill wa3 on roller skates. The boy ft 11 sears old.- In their answer the defendants deny any negli- BUV V WLS Jf- "mm i Photo by lntcrtMlonnt Film Service, PEDDLER IN MURDER CASE Erwin King first confessed to the murder of Clinrlca Phelps nnd Mar garet Wolcott, for which crime Charles Stielow, it demented farm hand, almost paid the penalty 'in the death chair in Slug Sing prison, and then repudiated the alleged confession. King said ho hoped to get $3000 for nssuming tho blnmo nnd expected to got off with a light sentence. BERLIN PRESS ASSAILS GERARD ON CENSORSHIP Two Papers Bitterly Attack Ambassador for Wanting Ger many's Methods Changed BERLIN, Aug. 17. A vigorous attack on Ambassador Gerard was mndo today by tho Berlin Morgen Post nnd tho Cologne Ga zette, two Influential Germnn newspapers, for tho attitude toward tho German censor shit) ho Is alleged to havo displayed In n confidential communication to tho Stato De partment. American correspondents In Berlin re cently handed to tho Ambassador a protest ngalnst British ccnsonihlp of cubic dis patches nnd innlt matter they had sent to tho United States. They pointed out that tho British censor pevorcly mutilated many of their dispatches and that n large per centage of their mall stories failed to ronch America at nil. In transmitting tho report of tho Stnto Department Ambassador Gerard In report ed to have pent nlong a confidential note recommending that no action bo taken by tho American Government unlcsn Germany removed tho censorship on nowit sent to America. How thin alleged confidential note bocamo public property Is not known, but tho contents of the message soon wero learned In nowspnper circles. "Tho American Government nnd Its or gans nlrcady havo endured many brutal English Infringements," said tho Morgen Post "Even Americans reproach their offi cials. They have degraded themselves by giving up their neutrality and honor as ac complices of Englnnd. so It Is presumable that they will nlBo enduro this Infringement nnd tho attitude of their Ambassador whorcby tho British InfrlnKcmcnt Is sup ported. "Wo doubt whether the German Foreign Office will bo satisfied with Gerard's con duct. Wo hopo tho Government will find means to correct his strango attitude. Tho Cerman censorship docs not concern him, nnd ho has no right to criticize measures necessary for tho safety of Gorman Inter ests." The Cologno Gazette editorial was In similar vein. NEW HEALTH CENTERS OL'EN Two in Downtown Section Added to List Twenty-five Nurses nt Work for Babies Three new health centers have been opened In connection with tho baby-saving campaign being' conducted by tho city. They are located at tho southeast corner of Front nnd Tnsker Btrcets, 1130 North Second street and 3101 Gray'n Ferry road. Tho Front and Tnsker station district In cludes all of the First Ward and part or tho Thlrty-nlntli. Tho North Second street station Is tho center for tho Klcvcnth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth nnd Eighteenth Wnrds, while tho station at Gray's Ferry road Is tho center for tho Forty-eighth nnd part of tho Thirtieth Wards. Twenty-five nurses havo been assigned to tho threo centers and under tho control of Director Kruscn, or the Department of Health and Chnrltlos, will provide supplies nnd conduct n campaign or education among mothers. At each center Is stationed a doctor, a medical Inspector and other assistants. Tho campaign opened early In tho summer, but because of tho delay oc casioned by Councils failure to provide tho necessary funds until near the closing session the stations could not bo opened until this week. URGE MAIN LhNE CLEAN-UP Residents of Wayne and St. David's Receive Notices From Confer- enco Committee D. Knlckerbacker Boyd, of tho Wayne Public Safety Association, and Marshall R, Pugh, of the North Wayne Protective Asso ciation, have sent out notices to residents of Wayne and St. David's asking each Individ ual to do his part In making those com munities clean and attractive. They are acting for a conference committee from the two communities. Tho notice is styled preliminary notice. The Idea Is to awaken a wider civic con sclousness so as to improve both the ap pearance and the health of the two Main Line suburbs. It is pointed out that the functions of the committee are purely sug gestive, not administrative, and that It rests with individuals to promote the general welfare. ROBBED BY CLEVER RUSE Opium and Morphine Stolen from Drug gist by Purchaser of Plaster, Who Goes Behind Counter to Apply It The sale ot a small piece ot adhesive plas ter cost a kind-hearted druggist uptown $2 last night. A well-dressed man entered the store ot W. II. Miller, 2068 Ridge avenue, and after buying a piece of plaster asked permission tq go behind the prescription counter to place it on ills hip. The per mission was granted; and the man seized the opportunity to steal three ounces of morphine ahd opium. The police were notified today that the woolen store of John McClojfkey, 31 North Front street, was out 1S0 as a result ot tho theft of several bags of worsted. A wagon baoked up at the store yesterday afternoon and the driver calmly loaded the bags and drove pff. Polish Towns to Be Self-governed LONDON. Aug. 17. It is announced from Vienna, says an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Copenhagen, that a system of self-government will be established in com munities In Polish territory occupied by the Austrian!. A large number Of Interned Polish citizens will be released and sent WW, ... ",.- - News at a Glance WARSAW, Ang. i7. Crop fiave been especially bountiful In Poland this year nnd apparently there Is plenty of food there, but the poor complain that they have not tasted meat for a year. The Germans nro building ronds around tho city at n cos of about 8,000,000 to facilitate the marketing of tho crops. llAT.TIMORi:, Atlir. 17. The $100,000 suit brought by Mrs. Mary W. Soho ngalnst Mrs. Hclenti Hemmeter, wife of the dean of Mat-ylantt University, for tho alleged aliena tion of tho affections of Mrs. Soho's husband, Professor Arlsto M. Soho, lenctier or moa ern languages at the City College, has been settled, tho amount agreed upon being $32,000. , XnV VOHKi Auk. 17. I'lve mlmlnnarle attached to tho Prcshyterlnn Board of For eign Missions left todny on tho Danish steamship Oscar it for service In Persia. The parly consists of Miss Lconoro Scoebel, of Itolton, Kan. ; the Rev. Ivan Otis Wilson, Greenfield, O. ; Miss Bertha K. Amcrmnn, Auburn, N. Y nnd Miss Georgia L. Mc Kinney, Newton, Ind. PI.ATTSIIintfl, N. V., Alls', 17. Men tennnt Colonel Murray, who ns enmp com mander this summer has directed tho train ing of nearly 10,000 citizen soldiers, wns re lieved todny of Ills command on the recom mendation of his physicians. General Wood tllreolcd Colonel Murray lo go to tho Walter Reed Hospital nt Washington for treatment and designated Lieutenant Colo nel Daniel W. Ketcham, Coast Artillery Corpi, ns his successor. Two hundred members of the Cornell Training Corps will nrrlvo tomorrow morn ing. WASHINGTON, Auc, 17, Tlio Comp troller of the Currency has made public the results compiled from the reports of condi tion of nil national banks' ns or Juno SO. 1910. Tho total resources of the national bank? or the United States on tho dalo nnmed wore ? 13, 02 7. 000.000, a I eduction ns com pared with Mny 1, 1910, or $260,000,000 nnd nn Increnso ns compared with Juno 23, 1915, of $2,131,000,000. RIO JAMHKO, Brazil. AiiR. 17. Tho American Flnnncl.il and Commercial Com mission ulilch Is to visit South American countries to Improve trade conditions with tho L'nted States nrrlved hero lato yester day. JillW YOItK, Auir. 17. I'lnni aro bclnc made by the Spanish-American Iron Com pany, which Is nlllcd with tho Bethlehem Stcol Company, to erect a lullllon-dottnr nodullzlng plant nt Felton, Cuba, an oro depot on tho shorc3 or Nlpe Bay. In preparation for tho construction work a conference will be held by engineers nnd chemists of tho steel company In a few dnys. COIIY, Wyo., Aiib. 1". Ned I'rost, n KUldc, and Kd Jones, a cook, wero brought hero suffering from serious injuries re ceived In a battlo with a largo female grizzly bear nenr thu Lake Hotel In Yellowstone National Park Monday night. Jones caught the bear raiding tho commis sary nnd tho animal was mauling him when Frost canio to tho rescue Both were badly clawed before tho bear wn3 fright ened away by tourists. WASHINGTON, Ann. 17. Horaennt John Kirk, U. S. A , retired, hold a one-man pa rade on Pennsylvania nvonuo hero today In memory of tho tlmo ho marched oft to fight tho "rebels" of the South. Sergeant Kirk walked from tho Capitol to Flftconth Btreet, moro than n mile. Ho wore his Grand Army uniform nnd carried In his pocket a special police permit to "parado." Fifty-four years ngo, Kirk, then 1C years old, joined tho 130th Pennsylvania Infantry to fight In tho Civil War. ItOMi:, Auk. 17. At least four ncrunn wero killed and 30 Injured In the enrthnuake at Rlmlnl yesterday, according to Informa tion received here today. Others aro said to bo missing. II I : It T.I N", Aug. 17. -Turk e y Iins been grnnted a now loan of $125,000,000 by the German Government. About $50,000,000 moro will bo furnished to tho Ottoman Government by a syndicate of German and Austro-Hungurlan banks. IIKKSIIBN, Aujr. 17. The Saxon rlty of Welssenseo has decided to erect a homo for war widows. Tho homo will cnablo the widows to Keep their children under their care. Instead or having them sent to orphan asylums. BBULIN, Aug-. 17. As n result of the scarcity of meat the Germans now literally "cat crow." In the southern part of the empire thousands of young crows aro shot In tho forests and on tho fields and brought to tho market of tho cities. , BERLIN, Auk. 17. Since the Importa tion of tea has been cut off by the British blockade, nil kinds of substitutes have been tried, but few of them have proved satis factory. Last spring experiments wero be gun with the young leaves of tho grape vine and tho result was surprising. It was found that tho tea obtained from tho leaves had an 'excellent flavor. HAltlUSIIURf, Auir. 17, The Harris. burc Pipe and Pipe Bending Company, which recently finished 700,000 shrapnel shells for tho British Government, has an nounced a new contract for 200.00Q hlgh exploslvo steel forglngs. WASHINGTON. Auir. 17. A record of all recent submarine attacks on merchant vessels Is being compiled by the State De partment, Secictary Lansing said today, but In only one case has It been found that Americans were Involved. That case still Is being Investigated, WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. A treaty be tween Great Britain and the United States for protection of insect-destroying birds on both sides of the Canadian boundary has been signed at the Statu Department by Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Spring Rice, HOltDKNTOWN, N. J., Aur, 17, James Eldrldge, ot Bordentown, who has a wire and two children and Is employed on the dredge National ot the National Dredging Company, of Philadelphia, had hl3 right arm torn oft at tho shoulder by being caught in machinery while at work on the Delaware River today. He was hurried to S. Francis Hospital at Trenton. CHICAGO, Aur. 1',. Portjr-nve proTt slonal regiments, aggregating approximately 50,000 men, have been organized among the veterans of foreign wars of the United States since the sending of State troopa to the border, These regiments are prepared to bo mustered Into the Federal service Immediately In the event ot a war. LONDON, Aur. 17. Bncland will have no Minister of Trade. Premier Asqulth said in Parliament today that he did not believe the creation of such post advisable. NKW YORK, Aur, 17. Pa. .enters ar riving here today on tha Cunard liner Alaunla, from London, told of seeing two warships towing a captured German sub marine to an English port as the liner was passing through the Channel LONDON, Aur. 17. Uemoblllxatlon of tho Greek army Is proceeding satisfac torily. Lord Robert Cecil announced In the House of Commons this afternoon. UKRLIX. Aur. 17. The Russian mUl tary aerodrome on Oesel Island, off the Cojurland coast, was attacked by nival planes with good results on the night faf August 11, the Admiralty announced today. The machines all returned safely. LONDON, Aur. 17. A motion for ad journment will be taken up by Parliament on Tuesday. , The next session wiU begin October 18. " 191&. INCREASED navy BOOMS SHIPYARDS, BELIEF HELD HERE i i , Delaware Concerns May Get Big Share of Orders From U. S. CRAMPS HOLD FOUR SLIPS How Big Navy Plan May lioom Industry Here SHIPBUILDING men believe Government yard at Lcniruo Is land will be able to handle only small part of battleship construction work. Three big shipyards are ready to bid for contractn: The W Ham Cramp Ship nnd Engine Dulldjnic Company, the New York Shipbulld inK Company, of Cnmdcn, and the Sun SlilpbbulldinB Company, of Chester. , , , . Tho Cramp Company is able to take between $20,000,000 nnd $25, 000,000 of tho work during tho three-year construction period. This would supplement tho pres ent force of COOO workmen by un .other 1000. , Officials of Cramps havo notified tho Government that they have ro Borvcd four slips, which can bo put Into use nt once for battleship con struction work. The Sun Company, incorporated nt $15,000,000, wi bo ready for con struction work within three months. Shipbuilding plants in and near Philadel phia aro preparing for tho greatest boom' In their history ns a result of the passago Tuesday by tho House of Representatives or tho big shipbuilding program for tho United State3 navy. Officials or the Del aware River plants aro virtually certain that a big part of the business will como to this c.ty, Irrespective of what provisions may bo mndo for development of tho Phila delphia Navy Yard to mnko possible . tho hullding of ships thcro by tho Government. Officers at Leaguo Island nro certain the passngo of tho ship program will assure passage or tho amendment setting nsldo un npproprlntlon for the Philadelphia Navy Ynid for tho building or ships. Tho naval program, however. Is so extensive. It is pointed out, that no matter what part ot the business mny go directly to Government plnnts there will he a largo percentago still left for private concerns. Tho William Cramp Ship nnd Enclno Building Company, tho Now York Ship building Company, of Camden, nnd tho Sun Shipbuilding Company, or Chester, nil aro expecting a generous part of tho orders for ship1?. Tho Sun Company, which w.ih recent ly Incorporated for J5,000,000, will bo ready to do actual construction work within three mouths. SLIPS READY AT CRAMPS. OfTlclnls or Cramps havo notlflod Secre tary or the Navy Daniels that they havo re served four slips which can be used Im mediately In construction work for the navnl .program. This reservation has been mndo at tho oxpcnBe of other contracts, one or tho company olflclals snld today, In order to nld tho Government in tho prompt ex ecution of Its plans. Robert Hnlg, general manager or tho Sun Shipbuilding Company, said today that no overturos had been mndo to tho Navy De partment by that company because It wished to make no promises until Its plant wns fully completed and ready to begin work. Tho first of the six slips now being constructed, he snld, will bo completed by the end of September and tho other nvo will be ready for use within six months. Mr. Hnlg declared that tho plant would bo able to handle about J20.000.000 of the building program during the courso of tho threc-yenr period which has been specified as the time for starting all construction work. An official at Cramps said his company would be nblo to take between ?20,000,000 and $25,000,000 or tho work during the cn tlro construction period. Buys at Broad and Louden Streets Albert M. Greenfield, Inc., agents, have sold to Louts Dennis a lot on tho northwest corner ol Broad and Louden streets, Logan. This lot contnlns 101 feet on Broad street by 10G feet on Louden street. Mr. Dennis will crcot on this lot six three-story stores nnd apartment buildings on Broad Btreet and ono three-story apartment house on Louden street nt a cost of (50,000. British Steamship Refloated in Canal CRISTOPOL. Isthmus or Panama, Aug. 17. Tho British steamship Uford, from Cruz Grande for Philadelphia, which grounded in the Panamn Canal, has been refloated. FINAL CLEAN UP BATHING SUITS Jerseys, were $1.75 and $2.00 $ 1 ,3b Flannel Pants, were $2.50 and $3.00. . $ 1 .85 Rubber Bathing .Caps, were 50c 25 C 31CN AND WOMKN . Belts, were 25c QC All to, J. or. ioM aut.cf to our (uaranfs. and can i. rtfum'.rffnot ttlt.Uctcty jfJA 47a. . t&Ol vs&&sff& Only Ono Store 1018 Chestnut Street The Autocar Commercial Delivery Vehicle Chassis $1650 Autocar Sales & Service Co. 830 & iasrr &u., tmutiswBu RECORDS BEAR MUSIC tS I. VJ OF ESKIMO FOLKSONGS Stefansson, at Nome, Bring?,.' Back Phonographic Reproduc. ' tions of Northern Vocalists NOME. Alaska, Aug. 17. PhonogrttAt! J records of the folksongs of stranr. v.x."' , tribes off th northern coast of CantdaTSJ a largo numnr oi ynoioRrapns of th(. -J I religious services were obtained h .Vil southern section or tho Vllhjalmur StefMwZ' I son Arctic expedition, which spent bw J I vnn In Ihft lr miw. ",re ? I The southern section has Just returned t Nome aboard tho schooner Atanks com' manded by D. fJwconey, of PitUWrt Members of thin party reported thu n northern section, In charge of Stefanm,,, turned northwnrd In May, to contlnus er plorntlons of the now land west of Prln,' Patrick Island, nnd probably will not rh! beforo 1918. ren"? No serious mishaps befell either cart, though V, J. Jones, of Seattle, englnetrirf tho ship Polar Bear,' aboard which Ui northern Bectlon sailed, died suddenly l wlnlor quarters In November. 1918 " Tho southern section completed inirvtM i of a largo section of the coast, and obtalrlJ ? much valuable information nbout geoloitlat formations nnd anlmnf and plant life. Mori than ono thousand animals and birds o various kinds were brought back. The northern section has been hamnM l somewhat by Ico fields and wns forced i 1 pack dogs died. " M'COIUIICIt TO SPEAK IN CAMI'AION THliOUfJH 3IAINB Chicagoan Will Tour -Protrrosaivc Now Wilson Man Ni:W YORK, Aug. 17. A telegram from Modlll McCormlch, nf Chicago, was recolvrf by Chairman Cole, of tho Speakers' Burtae. at Republican national headquarters today Baying he would accept the Invitation 1 speak In tho Mnlno campaign, McCormldt'i Bpcnklng dates will bo arranged later. Word wns received that George W. Storclt of Santa Cruz, Cnl a delegate to the VtZ grcsslva Convention nt Chicago In lilt j when Colonel Roosevelt was nomlnntcl f. 1 President, had gono over to the Wlton forces. Following President Wilson's rotlftcatloa ceremonies nt Long Branch September J, tho Democratic national campaign will bj launched tn earnest Speakers will jtutna every Stato lfi' tho Union, nnd the women In Stntcs whero they havo tho voto will U especially active. SINGLE TAX TICKET NAMED Robert C. Macauley in Race for U. S, j Sehntorship The Slnglo Tnx party ot Pennsylvania has, announced Its Stato candldat.es for Ihi com'ng campaign Tho candldntes nro: For United Statu Senator, Robert C, Macauley, editor of the Slnglo Tax Herald; for Auditor GMrl William G. Wright, Delaware County! tit Congrcssmcn-nt-Lnrgo, Oliver McKnljkt nnd J.eromo C. Rcls, of Philadelphia; R. W, Stlfty, or Beaver County, nnd Jixtnii B, Ullery, or Krlo County, Tho candidates named fpr tho rhlladet. phla districts are: For "ongrcss, Timothy .1. Connelly, First DJstrlct; Thomas w, Knapp, Second District; William B. Kline, Third District ; Oliver Wingert, Fifth Dis trict, and Frederick W. Rous. Sixth b'j. trlct. Candidates for Stato Senator, an William .1. Ardcn, First District; JowpS Brennnn, Third District; David P. Kmit)f, Fifth District Gcnrgo Mulian, Seventh, Dis trict. Thomas Knvanngh, Fifth Ward, KrUI bo candidate for Magistrate. Travels 1300 Miles to See Doctor NEW YORK, Aug. 17. His right an shattered by u bullet and two other wouuJi In his breast and face, George Greenslait, superintendent for tho United Fruit Coa pany nt Banes, Cuba, arrived here lut night for treatment. Ho wns Bhot by a dis gruntled employe. UP THE HUDSON "300 Milcm by River and Rail" NEXT SATURDAY fAuguat 10) Also Thursday, August 31 Sunday, September 10 $2.50 ZT This season's mast popular trip throutb (ha Wonderful 1'allsadrs and HUhlindJ. pasalnir the titutue of Liberty, famous New York Sky Line, Columbia Collin. Grant's Tomb. Tort Washington. Ynl era. Sim: Hln. Htonv 1'otnt, Wt 1'olM unci Nrwbiirssh. DON'T MISS THIS LAST SATURDAY EXCUP-'ION fiDeclal train leaves Ileadlnr Terminal 7:00 A. M. Htopplns at Columbia An.. Huntingdon '".. wainn Junction no Jenklntnwn, Philadelphia &ReadingRy. 5 7T useL. PirrrABY Tat AVtooii Co,, jubuo 'M eete S-w 'II m "
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