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-EiVBiNa 'KEDGER-PHIIADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 19i7
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AN TO CURB
I U-BOATS GIVES
HOPETOMVY
f Daniels in Optimistic State-
ment After Meeting Con
sulting .Board
pUOT A DREAM, HE SAYS
; WASHINGTON, May 9.
It has been learned that the Germans
ve maklnu submarines that give out
ii.d. Round. These were the outcome,
! K is supposed, of the discovery by Ger
many hat ,nc nritish ,,atl devised
f mtans.of dctcctinB the presence of sub.
,rjncs under vvnicr, me uuiccuun ne
In; accomplished through sound waves
linn out by the submarines.
ffASHINCJTON". May 9- From n high
V fflc!al quarter It has been learned that
k. American navy fs In poscslon ot n
1 ..j or Invcntlftn for coplnc with German
lubmarlnos and torpedoes fired by them
II n merchant ves.'eln that promises tno
i palest dements of success when put Into
I, trtctice. This statement was made follcw.
1 hr conferences wnicn vv i... oaunuers ana
' ether members of the submarine croup of
ihe naval rnnsultlne board had with Secre-
lary Ilanlels and ofilcers of the navy.
After the. conference Secretary Daniels
It said:
It
We have cone all over the problems
connected with combating the submar
ines, and experts of tho Consulting
Board will continue their experiments
with Inventions designed to eliminate the
menace, t can only say this concerning
their work that their plans nro no
dream. They are very Important and
ttry far reaching
It was Intimated that tho experts work
trg en definite means of fighting the sub
marine! have eliminated from consideration
Biany suggested device;, and now aro cen
tering their eierlments on only a few, one
or two of which they hop? will prove effec
tive against tho underwater boats.
Those at the lonferetice were Secretary
Daniels. Admiral Benson, chief of opera
tions; Hear Admiral Taylor, chief con
Itructor; near Admiral Griffin, chief engl
titer; Hear Admli.U Karle, chief of ord.
r.ar.ce; Rear Admiral Grant, chief of the
lubmarlne service, and Captain William
i Etrother Smith, who forms the connecting
link between the department and tho consult.
rg board nnd other scientific bodies.
W L. Paunders, chairman of tho consult
Irg board, headed tho representation of
iclentlsts, which Included the following
irembers of the board's commltteo on special
naval problem Lawrence Addlcks, chair
man; Thomas Kobblns, Ulmcr A. Sperry
nd Benjamin II Thayer.
Reports also weie available from Thomas
A. Edison, who Is at work on a somewhat
(Afferent line of Investigation.
CONVICTS GRADUATED
IN ENGINEERS' COURSE
Fifty-one Men in Eastern Peni
tentiary Now Take Up Ad
vanced Studies
Fifty-one Inmates of the Eastern Peni
tentiary btarted today advanced courses In
engineering, conducted jointly by tho I'enn
jlvanla State College and the Central
Branch of tho Young Men's Christian As
sociation. The fame men yesterday held their com
mencement in the same course that tho
State demands from students In Its colleges
and received their certificates in engineer
ing after they had passed with ease tho
lame questions and lessons that nre given
to students on the "outside."
The commencement exercises themselves
ere Just as novel as tho Idea. There were
a short prayer from the chaplain, n talk
from C. G. Gaum, of the engineering exten
sion division of State College; granting of
the certificates by It. W. Hickman, ot the
Toung Men's Christian Association, and a
short address by Warden "Bob" McKcnty,
urging the men to go out and show the
world that the penitentiary was not a bad
tlace as It was frequently pictured.
The class is composed of men of all
colors and ages. The course Is not com
pulsory and there Is nothing to spur the
Ren on.
His
PRESIDENT SEEKS RELIC
Asks for Saddle and Bridle,
Father's Gift to Mother
CANONSBUna. ra May 9. President
-.,- " xuuuu iime 10 wnxo y. u.
70"! ' a farmer, living near here, concern-'
ow.oB.ume anu nnaie which the Presl
nU father, tho Ilev. Jos-jph Wilson, gave
wa bride at the time, of th-slr wedding. The
mswentg parents lived here for two
r following their marriage.
"I hnv. ImhuI ...i.i. i . . .. .
rt. .l -' """ a Brea' aeai or in
I ..in President's letter reads, "that
V m i ,a, . !" your Possession a saddle
taothM... .k cn my fatner cave to my
Wi intr.t. V l lneir marriage, This
IV' i . t "" ou ueei"y mat i ,am writing to
K. a II by any chance you would be will-
It J? J? part wlth thet" to me. I realize,
If jJ . that there Is no basis for putl
i niue I ' t"em' Dccause their
K riiiA. l. '"ut" ennancea Dy tno asso
II k.n. .? wnlcn attach to them, but per
ls. m h.,. .u " M Benerous enough to let
wihr;: '".v" ai 8ucn a price as you
' ..1m. r?Srred .tne Ietter- announcing
, "S Tot have the sadrilit nnrl hrlrtlo
BIGGER NAVY BILL PASSES
; This War No Pink-Tea Affair," Says
"epresetnative Mann in House
WASHINQTON. May 9.-The bill to ln
0oJ!e war s""ength of the navy to
trai'ii... a . nu lne Marine Corps to 3Q.00O
Th. '" ths House.
io new enlistments u-nnM ,. ,n. fr-
ttt.,","!"". for. the war period or as tho
Th.Tiiilma.y Prescribe in his discretion.
hratv . . cs ror many additional tem
't3Sl l ana raarlne officers of Junior
I Va?i .5 tle debate Republican Leader
IfcttnltVy1.''1 t0 th0 "0US8 to realize the
m the 'e tasl ahea1 o th9 nation
It'Th. . nn Germany.
tfomn n? We Bet ovcr lhi I'11 '" 'thls
Eaju" ? d '5 tfl's ,IoU3e t"at we are con-
kfiii..; I. "" "wins circle or a pinic
tefMai" Bald' "th0 better " wl" bl
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"ans Intimate Noted Actress Is
In Serious Condition
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LJ2 condition of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
jrious, wr her four phyalclana,
2"' urer, Uaruch and Llb-
lauowlnr; bulletin l.trom
CURRENT EVENTS DEPICTED BY THE AMERICAN CARTOONIST
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DUE ATTACCHI NEMICI
RESPINTI DA CADORNA
Gli Austriaci Battuti dalle Forze
Italiane nel Trentino e sulle
Falde del Monte Vodil
LA BATTAGLIA IN FRANCIA
ROMA, 9 Magfiio.
Un violcnto terrcmoto ha scosso la
rcgionc calabrcse oggi. Gli abitanti,
invasi dal terrore per le frcqucnti
esperienze del passato, sono fuggite
dalle abitazioni ed accampano al
l'apcrto. Finora non si ha notizia di
vittime.
HOMA, 9 Magglo
Terl sera II Mlnlstero delta ttuerra pub
bllcava II Keguente rapporto del gencrnle
Cadorna circa la sltunzlnno a'la fronte Itajo
mutrlaca: Sull.i fronte del Trentino nella glor
nata dl lerl l'attivlta' delle artlgllerle ,
fu ostacolata dal cattlvo tempo. In
Vnldarsa un reparto ncmlco, appogglalo
da un piccolo ontingente dl nrtlglierla,
tento' dl prendere uno del riostrl pos.tl
nvnnzatl, ma fu resplnto dopo che sof
ferso perdlte conslderevoll L'n attacco
da parte dl un altro reparto nemlco
contro una nostra poilzlone sul Vodll,
nella zona dl Tnlmlno, ebbe pure l'lstes
so rlsultato, essendo stato resplnto con
perdlte.
Nella zona dl tiorlzla e sull'altoplano
del Carso si o' avuta la sollta attlvlta'
dell'artlgllerla nemlca che e' stata plu'
Intensa nella ternta contro II nostro
blstema dl dlfesa del Dosso Faltl. II
vlgorooo e rapldo Intcrvento delle nostre
hatterie valse a rldurre presto al sllenzlo
le artlgllerle nemlche in ipiel settore.
Inoltre II fuoco delle nostre batterlo
causo' una esploslone In un deposlto dl
munlzlonl del nemlco dletro le sue Unco
di Dotco Malo
II fcenatore Gugllelmo Maiconl. prima dl
partlrc lerl alia volta degll Htatl Vnlti con
la mlsslone Itallana che si reca a portare al
govcrno ed al popolo amerlcano II saluto
della nazlone o del governo Itallano, ha
fatto la seguente dlchlarazlone:
"I.'Italla o gli Statl Unltl hnnno molto dl
comune In questa guerra glacche' ambedue
le nazlonl dcslderano una pace permancnte
per luttl 1 popoli Io posso testlmonlare
dell'lmmcnso sentlmento di grntitudlne che
rlemple gli animl dl tuttL I mlerl compa
trlottl per tutto quello che II presidente
Wilson ha fatto per 11 trlonfo della demo
crazla, per la protczlonc del dlrltto e per la
Instaurazlone della pace e della glusttzla.
"Questo sentlmento dl simpatla portera'
le due nazlonl a plu' strette rc'azlonl ce
mentando un'amlclzla che sar.V dl incal
colabllo beneflclo a tutta Intera 1'umanlta "
Telegramml da I.ondra dlcono che le
truppo tedesche sono rlusclte a rlconquls
tare la horgata dl Fresnoy, ad ovest dl
Vlmy. che era stata conqulstata cd era
tenuta dalle truppe canadesl Queste non
hanno potuto reslstere ad un vlolentlsslmo
contrattacco operato dalle truppo tedesobr
cho avevano ricevutn grandl rlnforzl, II
marcsclallo von Hludenburg aveva concen
tiato gran parte delle sue rlserve nella
zona conpresa tra Arras e Lens e bferro'
II contrattacco nppunto contro Fresnoy.
Kublto dopo pcro' le truppo canadesl si
lanclarono ad un nuovo contrattacco e rlus
clrono a rlprendero le pcrduto poslzlonl ad
eccezlone dl una, evldentemente quella dt
Fresnoy. Anzl un recentlsslmo dlspacclo
dalla fronte tenuta dal canadesl dice che
Fresnoy e' dl nuovo nello manl delle forze
dl Halg, ma cho I combattimentl nttorno
al villagglo sono ancora vlolentlsslml.
Telegramml da Amsterdam dlcono che II
conte Tlsza, presidente del Conslgllo unghe
rese, aveva Invltato I leaders dell'Opposl
zlone a parteclpare ad un rlmpasto minis
terial. I leaders rlflutarono. Orn 11 conte
Andrassy, parlando domenlca scorsa In un
comlzlo, splego' le raglonl del rlfluto del
l'Opposlzlone. Egll dlsse che l'offerta tra
nlente altro cho una carlcatura delle do
mande fatte dal partlto costltuzlonale per
la riforme elcttorall e per la fine del regime
assolutlsta che prevale ancora In Ungherla.
II conte Andrassy agglunee dl essere certo
che la lotta, tanto dentro che fuorl del
Parlamento, prendera' una forma plu' ln
Unsa ed energlca,
CUPID CAPTURES SOLDIER
ERE MARS MAKES CALL
A wedding hastened by the war took
place Monday evening In Altoona, when
Miss Katherlne M, Penrose, niece of Sen
ator Boles Penrose, was married to Herman
H. Blrncy, Jr. Blrney Is a mounted orderly
In' the Thlrd'Penneylvanla Infanty.
The IUv. George R. Bishop performed
the ceremony In St. Luke's Episcopal
Church. Forty members of the supply
company of the regiment, In full uniform,
attended.
Lieutenant Max It. Stockton. United
States Medical Reserve Corps, of Swarth
more, nnd Miss Jane Marie Fox, of 6400
Angora terrace, have also hastened their
wedding plans on account of the war.
Lieutenant iltockton has been ordered to
go on active service, so the ceremony will
be performed either tomorrow or Saturday
at the bride's home.
HUGE STEEL BARGE
TO BE LAUNCHED TODAY
Ope of tno largest eteel barges ever
floated on the Delaware will be launched
this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the
Emmanuel It. Cllntor Shipbuilding Com
pany. Delaware River and Ontario street.
The barge, which Is called Venrut IV, will
be used In uirrylng lumber between Cuba
and Florida.
otu. i.n.l I. 194 rfeet In lencth. 14 In
width, II In depth, schooner rlwed-ah'd, has
THE. .r&TsSTA
SKEERED 0' GERMAN AIRSHIPS, 0' COURSE;
THAT'S WHY CITY HALL IS DARK! EH?
Maybe, Since It Is a Noticeable Black Spot; the Aviators
Could Hit It After All, But Who Knows? City
Hall Boys Talk It Over
Why tako an unnecessary chance?
City Hall nil ablaze with light would
be n great target for wandering Herman
airmen, who could cally speed 3000 miles
ncross the Atlantic, skim over New Jersey,
not to mention tho Del.iwnre. nnd drop n
bomb on our great municipal stone pile, re
ducing It to crtimbs.
Yet. this eems to he the real reaon
for keeping the lai as black as Ink The
secret was discovered by the City llnll
Hoys' Lunch Club.
"I!ut." argued one of the bovs, "the
very scheme of keeping the hall dark makes
It a line target for nny German aviator
who may mnko the trip Doncher git me'
Listen!
"Hroad street north and south nnd
Market street east and west nro each a
long blnzo of light. But when you come
to Ilrnnd street thero's a big squaro patch
of darkness.
These aviators Is wise guys. They all
have plans of the cities thcy'ro goln' to
crumhlo nnd they'd know that tho big
splotch of black was the City Hall, nnd
blng! down would como to tho bomb nnd
six thousand good bell linger and divi
sion carriers Is out of work."
While the bo.w vvo' buzzing In the cor
ridors and seemed to have a good argument,
thev didn't havo anything ufllclal at to
the real causo of the nightly gloom An
Kvc.s'iNa Lr.Donn man saw Director Wilson
lie paid the lights wero not put out on
account nf fear of airship nnd raid he
thought tt might be u matter ot economy
But this Is not a eood ruesaJ u Caun
long ago appropriated money tor llghlri
the hall and this appropriation cannot be u't
lAllhil tno nntllklHM .la. 'l'
It it possible that when the power A-
that bo at the hall realize that the very ';.s
blackness of tho building will make It mora .
of a target than when it was Illuminated i
the blaze will hn turned on. 1b
But who knows?
CAKRANZISTAS DIE IN WRECK
Fourteen Killed nnd Moro Than 100
Injured
LAREDO, Tex., May 9. Details of th
wreck of a military train near Queretaro,
Mexico, In which fourteen persons wer
hilled nnd more than 100 others were In
jured, were brought hero today by passen
gers arriving on tho first train to reach the
border since last Saturdiy.
Feven Carranzlsta soldiers, four women
and three children were kltled In tho wreck,
the arrivals said,
COA7PJLrNG T
HOLIDAY PROCLAIMED enrolment or troops as Xew Jerey Day,
yrkT Tr 4 tT ixt tetjcjttiv to 1, observed ns n holiday to hono those
I UK JJKAH IN JLKbbYj who iIwlpatp ther ,lw .o macnj. thp
Governor Edge Orders People to Honor I world safe for democracy nnd the principles
All Men Who Servo ! "f l"':CP
Democracy
TRKNTON. -May D Declaring that the
raising of a military force by selective draft
Is necessary "to successfully resist the mer
ciless domination of militarism with which
all free peoples of the world nre threat
ened." Governor Kdge today Issued a proc
lamation fKltig the date to be named by
Pre'ldent Wilson for the registration nnd
The tlnvernnr asserted that "in autoc
racy's latest nnd boldest challenge of democ
racy nnd democracy .1 ld"c's. N'ew Jersey
recognlzts the wisdom or the L'nited States
Government In determining to match null,
tary elllclency with ml'ltary efficiency"
The Governor declares that there H to
be no conscription save for these who do
not volunteer to register. Only the slackers,
ho Kays, who remain away and oblige the
law to enforce a semblance of patriotism
will bo drafted
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and "A" Rso Label Brand
Spi
If you have used any of them, you already know
tho purity, stronRth and rich flnvor of them all.
For the quality is uniform throughout the whole
line. And all are under tho famous "A" Red-Label
brand. 10-Cent Sizes.
Most good Philadelphia Rrocers have them.
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Philadelphia, U., S. A.
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WHERE
BUNDHAR
SCORES
AGAIN!
A JsrcX
The State Capitol
Of Oklahoma
has just been furnished
throughout with
DURABLE. A& IRON
Rugs and Carpets
OUR GOAL: "A Bundhar rug for
every home in Philadelphia."
Your neighbor uses them
Oriental Rugs at
Before the War Prices
4lARDWICrfdlVAGEECa
1220-1222 Market St.
MANN & DlLKS
U02 CHESTNUT ST.
Uaxutaclurtrt and Importtrt
DensiDie
Economy
is practiced by those who buy
Tyrol Wool
Tailored Suits
23.75 24.75 27.75
in preference to those made of
fabrics of lesser utility.
(Tyrol Wool Garments arc
fashionable, durable, sensible
ttli aaAtiinl n nnr-a-
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Strawbridge & Clothier
Special Announcement for Thursday
A Remarkable Mid -Season
Sale of Men's Clothin:
To the readers of the Evening Ledger is presented an opportunity which is
indeed unusual, and every man who needs Clothing should be interested. We have
had many special lots of Clothing during the present as well as in former seasons,
but seldom, indeed, have we presented a more attractive collection or more excep
tional values than are offered for TO-MORROW:
Suits Under Price
1,000
The collection is divided into four differ
ent price-groups, and every Suit in each group
is marked at much less than present market
value in fact, many have been selling in our
regular stock at the figures noted below as the
value models and sizes of which but few Suits
remain. Others are special lots, advantageous
purchases from reliable manufacturers desir
ous of closing out end-of-the-season lots: ,
Men's Spring Suits
Regular Price $15.00
$9.50
Men's Spring Suits M O f&
Worth $-18.00 pX.OU
Men's Spring Suits (T1 h (
Vorth $20 and $22.50 f plt.OU
Men's Spring Suits
Worth $25 and $30
$19.50
Included in each of these four groups are
Suits in plain colors, stripes, neat checks and
mixtures; in models designed for men who
insist upon the latest style-touches, as well as
for those who desire the more conservative
styles. All regular sizes in each price-group, to
begin with, and also some for stout men.
$15.00 and $18.00 (M A A
OVERCOATS PlU.OU
$20.00 and $25.00 ( "I h r
OVERCOATS plr.OU
MEN'S RAINCOATS
Formerly $6.50
$5.00
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In the three groups above are more than four hundred Coats light-weight
Overcoats in various styles and fabrics, and tan Rubberized Raincoats, excellent
for motoring.
Five Hundred Pairs of Men's Trousers
$3.00 to $5.00 values at $2.50 and $3.75
Neat stripe effects. All regular sizes to begin with.
Youths' $12.50 Long Trousers Suits $9.00
Youths' $15.00 Long Trousers Suits $12.00
Two very exceptional values. For youths of 14 to 18 years.
Regular Lines in Unrivaled Assortment
This Store is headquarters for the famous Stein-Bloch and Hart Schaffner &
Marx Suits from $22.50 to $45.00. Belted-all-around Suits from various hfaydl
class manufacturers $16.00 to $25.00. Men's Knitted Golf Suits $20r50, MeiiSM
uneviot uon amis, witn two pairs of trousers $25.00 and $27.50. Men's GoWl
Raincoat Jackets $12.00. - -r sowi rumtt .
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