-i rYX"r V. J I I ' I f i f -si ' i iHJRKMCSTOKM DAMAGES CITY Electrical Disturbances Ac company Drenching Rain, Causing Great Loss CROPS IN STATE SUFFER Wires Break and Communication With Many Points Is Inter rupted for Hours Electrical Rainstorm's Operations in Philadelphia DROPPED .99 of an Inch of "water bombs" in hardest rain of year. Brought 1917'a loudest thunder and brightest lightning. Stayed in Philadelphia eighteen hours (and still is hero). Sot firo to several buildings and trees. Disarranged some telegraph wires. Frightened women and children. Pounded down high crops and nearly drowned low 'crops. The heaviest, rain nml lonijest clectrlcnl term of the season broke over Philadelphia hortly before midnight. dumping down tons of water and maklnir tho city frapp with astonishment Searchlights of llKhtlns flashed nnd the cannonade of thunder boomed for the lone t period In tho memory of many oldest In habitant". Counting the breathing spaces which the storm toot:, tho atmospheric com bat lasted fourteen hours front 6 p. m. yesterday to 8 a. m. today. Respited from tho artillery of tho eky wore of brlof dura tlon. and tho thunicrclaps resumed with renewed vigor until tho rumbling finally died away this morning A four-hour Intermission was ended at noon when, preceded by thunder, another heavy rain fell. Thin made eighteen hours of downpour nnd threatenlngtdownpour Tho end Is not yet, according to the Weather Bureau, which said that storm conditions would contlnuo Into tonight "Three bplta from the sky scored hit In the air raid of tho elements nnd two small fires resulted with slight damage. In view of tho severity and length of the storm, caused by alow air movement, it in regarded phenomenal thnt moro damage was not In. fllcted. SEvnrtn in OTiinn sections Philadelphia escaped luckily, to Judge by dispatches from, other parts of the State. Western Pennsylvania suffered mot from hall and wind One man was Killed and aeVeral hurt In tho Johnstown section In the near-tornado. The downpour put the finishing touches on the ruin of the Lan caster County corn crop and In York County the potato crop must be replanted Wash outs cut deep gullies In roads. In Delaware and Maryland lightning did much damage. Heavy showers of hnll fell. New Jersey farmers welcomed the rain, however, for It saved tho strawberry crop nd stimulated other growing crops, back ward because of tho cold, wet spring. In addition, tho soil now Is in excellent con dition for plowing for late crops. Garden crops about tho city suffered con siderably from the pounding of tho rain. Peas and high wheat were the readiest vic tims of the downpour and many garden rows wero obliterated by flooding washouts, Nearly an Inch of rainfall 0!) of an Inch was recorded during the night at the Weather Bureau. In the thirty-six noun, nded at 8 o'clock this morning 1 20 Inches fell. Some telegraph wire between Philadel phia and many cities west of Harrlsburg till were storm-bound at 8 o'clock this morning Tho scrvlco between Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and New York was affected by the storm, so that many Impor tant Go eminent messages were transmit ted by long-dlstanco telephone Tho tele graph service was re-established shortly after midnight A bolt of lightning tho farewell shot of the night dtorm struck the chimney at 62S South Salford street at 8 o'clock this morning, demolishing tho shaft and Jarring the family of Hugo Nyborg, tho members of which were at breakfast. Fly ing bricks tumbled Into tho street, narrowly missing Policeman Moore, of the Fifty-fifth and Pino streets station, who was passing. Lightning struck Kt Vincent's Il.tll, I ast Price street. Gerniantown. lato last night, setting fire to tho building The holt fol lowed a gasplpe Into heveral rooms Sev eral boys who wero In tho hall nt tho time hastily formed a bucket brigade and quenched the flames before the nrrhal of firemen Slight damage was done. A lightning bolt Ignited a tree at Wood lawn and Boyer streets early todny. The blare frightened residents, who sent In a flra alarm. Knglno Company 19, of i:ast Cheltcn ncnuc, aided by the rainfall, put out the fire. Streaks of blue sky and flashes of sun would como this afternoon, according to tho Weather Bureau But It warned that thun der might boom again late today or dur ing the night. "The storm la unusually blow In moving Off because of the Influence of n sluggish western storm area moving northeast over the Great Lak region." said Weather Forecaster Bliss. "In the last twenty four hours Its course has taken it from central over eastern Iowa to central over eastern Wisconsin. This Illustrates how lowly It Is moving "The Influence of tho atmospheric dls turbance Is to bring thunder ahowers nil over the east. They are likely to contlnuo this afternoon or early tonight " CORN HARD HIT; CROPS IN STATE DAMAGED llANCASTKIl. Pa , Jurv 7 A torrential rainstorm that struck this county early thU morning applied what Is believed to bo the finishing touch In ruining the local corn crop. Fields of this county hae been attacked dally by heavy rains for the last fortnight, and Farm Agent Bucher said this morning that some cornfields had been washed as deep as n foot In many places Wheat also has been damaged, but the crop has not grown fully enough to be seriously hurt, he said. Some wheat has been Cestroyed by heavy hall, Only a 80 per cent harvest Is expected from garden lots as a result of being washed out. In addition o the storm damage, the local potato crop Is being seriously Injured by blight, which has de eloped during the last week. MEDIA.. Pa.. June 7. Last night's heavy storm did considerable damage In Delaware County by washing out crops planted on hillsides and to some extent It Camaged truck crops. The backward season has prevented very much .growth of field crops, nd for that reason the storm did less darn age than It would have had It come later. The hilly nature of Delaware County farrrw is responsible for much of the damage, and young corn Is especially hard hit. TORK Pa., June 7 Growing vegetation wa damaged and cornfields and potato patches (n various sections of York County were washed out to such an extent by the heavy rains last night and early today that they will have to be replanted Many of tbe public highways were made almost Im passable and bridges across small streams were demolished by the rushing; waters. The tretstla on. the Maryland ani Pennsylvania 'Railroad X Brownton was undermined, and m fH funning Jietwen. here JL. and DeJIa were conveyed across the struc ture on handcars used by repairmen. Naomi Prey, of Windsor, narrowly es caped drowning while watching driftwood In Fishing Creek, which overflowed Its hanks. Lightning struck the house of ndwln Stabley, at Felton, and damaged It consider, ably. Mrs. Stabley was shocked by the bolt Lightning also struck tho barn of Martin Gladfelter, near here, for the third time In a few years, but as formerly did not Ignite It. JOHNSTOWN. June 7. Ono man was killed and three Injured yesterday by a tornado-like windstorm that swept across the top of the Allegheny Moun tains. The man had driven Into a barn for shelter and the barn collapsed, Thousands of dollars' worth of damage was dono to orchards and growing crops CItAMni:nSBtntO. Juno 7. A destructive hailstorm visited Franklin County yesterday Hailstones larger than eggs fell, and the ground was covered In places to a depth of several Inches. In the vicinity of Hagerstown and Waynesboro tho storm was especially severe. Crops and fruit troos were ruined In the southern part of tho county miADINO, Pa. June 7 Berks County crops escaped the severe storm damage which struck hard In many narts of tho country last night Local crop wero damaged to tho extent of only n few thousand dollars, according io Charles Adams, farm agent for this county, "r. United States Weather Observer C. J. ' orty Thero wan no high wind here, Tho hull and tho rainfall of n half -Inch resulted In only slight washing out of crops on tho hillsides Tho fields nnd gardens of Berks nho benefitted by tho rains and bumper crops of farm products, truck nnd fruit are assured WnST CHCSTEIl. Pa , June 7. Tcrrlflo olectric storms, accompanied by hall, havo swopt this section during tho last twenty-four hours Great damage has been dono to telephone nnd telegraph servlco nnd thero havo been sovcral small fires Fields were badly washed In all sections. There was a heavy fall of hall early In thn morning and a second about 9 30 Tho beating rain and hall did much damago nbnut the country districts, but the corn, potatoes and other crops arc so backward that tho damago Is much reduced In the southern section of tho county, thn crops are more forward and suffered greater damage Tho farmers now complain of re ceiving moro rain than they have been pralng for and are unable to work In the Melds, while many beans, potatoes and other seeds havo rotted In tho ground and replanting Is In progress In many places. TWO CLOUDBURSTS HIT WESTERN NEW YORK CUBA, N Y , June 7. Allegany County was struck by one of thn worst storms In Its history last night and early today Two cloudbursts, accom panied by hall and a high wind which reached u velocity of sixty miles an hour, caused great damage to crops Largo sections were flooded when the Genesee nnd Allegany Blvers nnd GrlfTln iind Oil (.'recks overflowed their banks. $1,000,000 Damage From Hailstorm ('nntlmird from I'nee One wero in tho barn at tho time and both were stunned hut managed to escape A lino dwelling house belonging to Dr. W T Jonrs In Laurel, as well as tho houno adjoining Doctor Jones's, was struck by lightning nnd nearly demolished A lirgo trco In front of the homo of W. D. Stevens In Seaford was struck and split In half, the largo part of the treo falling on tpii of the house breaking a big hole In tho roof. JERSEY NEEDED RAIN; DOWNPOUR WELCOMED CAP13 MAY. N. J. Juno 7. Tho severe electrical storm which began hero last night and did not ceaso until after 6 o'clock thin morning did no damago to crops In this country. The tain which accompanied It was welcomed by the farm ers and has about saved their strawberry crop, as In this part of the county the top of tho ground was getting dry. It has also made tho ground splendid to plow for the planting of late potatoes No wind of any violence accompanied tho storm and. there fore, thero was no damago to tho crops. MOUNT HOLLY. N J . Juno 7. Thn heavy rain last night nnd today has been bencllclal Instead of damaging to crops in this Kectlon of burllngton County. The benefit has been especially great to grass, which needed a soaking Some estimate that this crop will be benefited 20 per cent All vegetation has needed the moisture, nnd everything will bo given new life, slnco the sun has come out and the temperature is conducive to crop advance ment Farmers expect thoubands of dollars' worth of benefit through a replenishing of their brooks and wells, as all of them have been low lately, nnd this condition has con tributed to tho backwardness of the season. VINKLAND, N. J June 7. Tho half Inch of rain last night did not hurt tho crops, but thlH forenoon thero was a deluge of almost an Inch What effect this will have has not been determined. Farmers do not believe that It will affect tho crops to any great extent unlesH tho weather turns cold. During the last three days the vvnterf.Ul has been about three inches. There Is little trace of It left ex cept In tho very lowest places. TltUNTON. Juno 7. The impression nmnng agriculturists hero before they havo had an opportunity to get In touch with nil parts of the county Is that tho heavy rain of last night has benefited rather than damaged growing crops. 11 Harold Noyes. of the Government Weather Bureau here, said that, whllo In formation as to tho situation was meager, ho believed tho rain was not excessive and not u beating downpour which might have caused great damage If tho heavy rain had come during the recent cold spell tho crops would have suffered, ho said, but the warm weather and tho rain havo been really what was needed Grasses, grain and pasturage, he believes, will be particularly benefited. JlOCIlKSTnn. N. Y, June 7. A terrific hailstorm swept over Rochester nnd vicinity this afternoon, stripping fruit trees of their buds and causing heavy dam age to growing crops Hailstones as big an marbles fell In tho city SIGNS DANBURV SALE DECREE Court Perfects Order to Sell Homes of Hatters NEW HAVEN. June 7 Judge Thomas this afternoon signed the decree In the D. U Lqewe BUlt against the United Hatters by which the homes of Danbury and Norwalk hatters will be sold under the hammer be ginning July 16 to satisfy the Loewe Judg. ment of J256.000. United States Marshal S. n. Hawley, of Bridgeport, was appointed special master to take charge of the sales of the property. British Warned Against Optimism LONDON. June 7 Despite the fact that the official announcement on shipping losses shows that only twenty-thrce ships were sunk In the week ending; June 3, naval critics today warned the people not to be overoptlmletlc They contend that the submarine war on merchant shipping has probably "had a slump" and that the next announcement may show an Increase In losses. It s believed that Germany has more submarines at sea now than at any other time since the ruthless U-boat war was begun, Of the ships destroyed fifteen were more than 1(00 tons, compared with eighteen In the previous week, and .three were under 1600 tons, against one the pre. vimk w- 'iv ivio iiinriu; dMAJft. EVimim IvEDaBR Haig Strikes Blow on Flanders Front Continued from r One treat" early In April, has been stayed for more than twenty days. There were Iso lated struggles back and forth, but no mass nttacks such as those with which Ilalg pounded the Germans today AUSTRIANS CAPTURE 10,256 ITALIANS; STORM HILL NEAR JAMIANO VIENNA, Juno 7. The capturo of 10.268 Italians. Including 266 officers, In the flRhtlng of the last three days, was announced by tho Austro-Hun-garlan War Office today. The Italians undertook new nttacks be tween the Vlppacco Valley nnd the Adriatic, but all were repulsed. Near Jamlano tho Austro-Hungarlans captured n hilt position In a storm attack. The official statement says that nearly all of the Eighty-sixth, Sixty-ninth and Seven-ty-flrst Beglments of the Italian army wore captured Tho battlefield Is strewn with dead Among tho officers taken wero four Ital ian generals. The great Austro-IIungarlan. base of Lalbach, In the' Tyrol, has been attacked by Italian airmen, the War Office admitted today. Towns In the Carlnthlan Alps also were shelled. It Is understood that tho headquarters of tho Austro-IIungarlan armies operating along tho Isonzo front are at Lalbach. no contly It was reported that tho archives of Trieste were sent to Lalbach and that most of the civilian population of Trieste were ordered to take refugo there J ROME, Juno 7. Austrian claims of Italian losses totaling 180,000 during the latter half of Mny wore cnaracicrizeu as "fantastic and ridiculous'' In official circles today It was stntcd most of tho Italian casualties wero of slightly wounded men. many of whom havo already returned to the battlcfront The Italian military authorities havo au thorltatlve proof that tho Austrian losses arc more than double those Buffered by General Cadorna's troops. RUSSO-RUMANIANS ATTACK IN MOLDAVIA VIENNA. Juno 7 After a long lull another burst of fight ing activity was reported from tho nu manlan theatro of war. Tho War Ofllco announced that the Russians and Ruma nians attacked along tho Oltus road, In Moldavia, but tho assault broke down un der tho Austro-Hungarlans' barrago fire There was minor fighting nnd artillery firing elsewhero on the frontier. SOFIA. Juno 7. Artillery firing Is In progress along tho entire Macedonian front, tho War Ofllco stated today On the right bank of tho Vnrdar, near Uuma, the Allies attacked without success. An Allied aeroplane was shot down near Sarlchadan On the Rumanian front" thero has been heavy rlflo firing at a number of points. FRENCH FIRE STOPS ATTACK AT ST, QUENTIN PARIS, June 7 An enemy attack over a front of 6C0 ynrds northwest of St Quentln was broken down by the French barrage fire, an official report today asserts. Tho Germans were forced back to their own lines, badly punished North of Chcmln des Dames the War OfTlco reported mutual artillery firing Fighting has broken out In upper Alsaco The War Offlco statement said that the Germans made a hurprlse attack west of Blsol, but that It was repulsed BIG MUNITIONS STORES BLOWN UP IN RUSSIA Shipment From England Ex ploded in Petrograd Har bor Many Killed LONDON, Juno 7. A great explosion and flro as a result of nn accident In tho harbor occurred nt Petrograd Tuobday, according to an Ex change Telegraph dispatch today from Co penhagen. it was stated a huge quantity of ex plosives recently received from England blew up. Mnny persons were reported killed. MBS. SHEVLIN TO WED JUNE 11 Widow of Famous Football P.layer Ob , tains Marriage License NEW YORK, Juno 7 License to marry was Issued today to Mrs Elizabeth Sherley Shovlln, widow of "Tom" Shevlin, famous football player, and Marshall Hackney Rus. sell, thirty-three, a local stock broker. The ceremony will bo performed June 14. Russell Is a native of Winchester, Va. Mrs Shevlin, who gave her ago as twenty nine, Inherited her widow's share of her former husband's J3.600.000 estnte. She has resided in this city since his death and is popular In local nnd Newport society circles. HEADS WORLD "AD" CLUBS William D'Arcy, of St. Louis, Elected nt Annual Convention ST. LOUIS. Mo, Juno 7. William D'Arcy, of St Louis, was elected president of tho Associated Advertising Clubs of the World this afternoon. He succeeds Herbert S. Houston, of New York, who has been president of the asso ciation for two years. Again Heads Irving College CARLISLE. Pa . Juno 7 Dr E. E Campbell, for twenty years head of the In stitution, has again been selected to head Irving College, Mechanlcsburg. according to an announcement made today, following the close of the annual commencement ex ercises. He succeeds the Rev E. L. Euvver, who conducted the school during the last jear Full Pay to N. J. State Employes TRENTON. June 7 Tho Stato House Commission has voted to allow state em ployees now In the military service or called out later tho difference between the pay they now receive and that which they will be given In the army. Norse Throngs Parade for Peace CHRISTIANIA. June 7 Hundreds of thousands of Norwegians throughout the na tion held peaceful demonstrations on Wed nesday, demanding some governmental re strlctlons on food supplies and prices and continuance of Norway's neutrality. There were 60.000 parsers In Chrlatlanla alone. Stopped to Tie Shoej Killed NORRISTOWN. Pa June 7 Stopping on the railroad track to tie his shoe, James McTague, forty-five years old, a freight braktman on the Reading Railway, was run over by two freight cars. Both legs were crushed and he died after reaching the hospital. will t qrttnd-d IDrwiti !r TAfSiav,,, J - PHlLADlilLPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917 RUSSIANS ASK U.S. AID TO END WAR President of Council Says America Can Help Democ racy by Bringing Peace' CALLS ON PEOPLE TO ACT Asserts Revolution Is Great Im petus for World Lib eralization By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD PETROORAD, June 7. The Russian Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies wanta America to bring about an early peace, whether that end can bo achieved through fighting forces sent to the front, through financial, Industrial or other aid. President Tscheldie, of the council, so declared today In an Interview, the first this head of Russia's "Invisible Government has granted. To American workers and democrats l would say you can best help Russia, and thereby help the democratization of the world, which Is now Impending, by bring ing pressuro on all Governments of the world to ond tho war as soon as possible, ' ho declarod. "Will it help Russia If American guns aro sent to Europe to fight Germany?" he was asked "Send an army only If you think It will hasten tho end of the war you must decide yourselves an to tho method In which you can best help "Thn revolution Is thn center of every thing to us Wo look upon overythlng In tho world from thn viewpoint of the revo lutlon " "Why?" "Because the revolution has an interna tional meaning It will help the progress of all tho people In tho world It was unique In the annals of the world because It happened In wartime Now, In order to save the Impending blessings which the revolution nssured to our downtrodden poople, the war must be ended soon. It must be ended on the basis of pcaco with out annexations and without contributions, and the people In Bmall nations must have a voice In their disposition " "Can't Americans heln Russia by sending locomotives, trains and rails to you?" "Send them If you think It will help end the war quickly." PETROGRAD, June 7 The Kronstadt Incident Is closed. The local council of Soldiers' and Workmen's Deputka hns recognized the authority of the provisional Government Tho local council at Kronstadt decided on Juno 1 to assume control of the great fortress and to refuse recognition of the provisional Government The officials were removed Tho Socialist Ministers In the provisional Cabinet, MM Tserctelll and Skobeleff, went to Kronstadt nnd endeavored to persuade tho seceders to abandon their plan. The present surrender Is a result of their argu ments Prior to yielding to the advice of the Socialist ministers, tho Kronstadt seces sionist administration had been fully or ganized It exercised all administrative, military, social and economic functions of an independent government Tho supremo executive was a governing council of thirty members, of whom twenty were soldiers and sailors and tho remainder workmen, Including one woman, who was elected frohj nmong the factory hands, and nlso one representative each of the local Socialist organizations Ultimate authority rested In a Parlia ment of 218 members, elected by the sol diers, sailors and workmen, with three repre sentatives of each Socialist organization and three women factory hands, who are said to be extremely active social workers and enthusiastic propagandists. Tho party groupings In tho Parliament were clearly defined The social revolution aries dominated In tho general political questions, being most eloquent and active and mostly related to the peasants, from whom come a vast majority of tho military All departmental work was done by com missions, tho .members of which were to havo equal power There were commis sions resembling petty war ministries, which controlled the actions of the military and naval commanders, who were all locally elected, and also a general revision com mission, exercising the functions of a con troller general, which checked up expendi tures and tho work of departmental com missions. Tho Government published an ofTlclal newspaper, with reports of the de bates In Parliament and other news DR. H0LLIS GODFREY HONORED BY MIAMI University Confers Degree of Doctor of Laws on Drexel Institute Head OXFORD. Ohio, June 7. Dr. Hollls Godfrey, president of Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, was given tho hon orary degreo of doctor of laws at the 108th annual commencement of MInml University, tho second oldest university west of the Allegheny Mountains, and thn mother of fraternities, when he made tho commence ment address hero todny. Doctor Godfrey Is a graduate of Tufts, Harvard nnd the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has a degree from Cam bridge, England Doctor Godfrey, who Is chairman of the advisory committee of tho Council of Na tional Defense, emphasized tho need of pro duction, quality and delivery of goods to mako a successful culmination of the world war, saying that America's part of produc ing Is as important as her work In the trenches. "Go on," he told the 200 grad uatCB. saying this country needs the or ganization of Germany, with a heart of France to succeed. Seven seniors aro In the national service In France nnd In camps Wills Dispose of Small Estates Wills probated today Include those of Jo sephine Zlegler. 1219 North Howard street, which In private bequests disposes of prop erty valued at 18800; James Lamont. 2468 Ndrth Stanley street, 18500; Fannie Boyle 2004 Balnbrldge street, $4368; Louise 1m mel, 3217 North Front street. J3700; Isaiah B. Barton, 5904 Latona street, J2700, and John Morrison, who died In the Philadelphia Hospital, S2500. n " - sra W ONE-DAY OUTINGS From Markel Street Wharf $1.00 7. 5fi?!. :" M City. S.. ...T.-C.Ty-.'st.nVir.VbVr Dill; Jau I U Sittimtir II 7.00A-M.Hl!rr;ilrtlonlonBiin. ! AUmtlo Cllr 7.10 A. M.IWIlS: SI 25 S,n,,,t p,'. Bay I. H.sd. Point Pleasant. Maniiquan, 51.50 abJiLy iP,,k' ."M Belmsr, So art Spring Uki lastilHHQ(MfIl.kt . . 7J0 Pennsylvania R.R. 1 f IF i U IT ' If 'E Wm WILMINGTON SHIP U-BOAT'S NEMESIS Conqueror of Submarine in Long Fight Was Silver Shell, Paris Announces MEDITERRANEAN BATTLE PARIS. June 7. Sixty shots were exchanged by the Ameri can steamship Silver Shell and a German submarine In tho Mediterranean may 30, the Minister of Marine announced today. The submarine suddenly disappeared. Tho sixty shots wero fired In a running fight, according to Captain J. Charlton s report The Silver Shell had greater speca than the U-boat What caused the sudden disappearance of the submarine was not explained WASHINGTON. June 7. The American steamship Silver Shell, or Wilmington. Del, Is the first vessel under the United States flag officially reported as probable victor In a fight with a German submarine ...... The Navy Department announced that the Silver Shell probably sank a U-boat after a battle lasting an hour and a half In the Mediterranean Sea May 30. neporU to the Navy Department from members of tho Silver Shell gun crew con firmed tho statement contained In tho con sular messago of yesterday and cleared any lingering doubt ns to the authenticity of the story. An official announcement at the Navy Department yesterday gavo details of tho battle, In which sixty shots were exchanged, but withheld tho vessel's name Upon re ceipt of a Paris dispatch today stating that the American ship Silver Sholl had battled with a submarine, and that the U-boat dis appeared after a long fight, tho department announced that tho unnamed vessel In In original statement was the Silver Shell William J Clark, of New York, chief tur ret captain from the United States ship Arkansas, was In charge of the Silver Shell gun crew Secretary Daniels commended Clark's work highly today nnd pointed out ho had come up from tho enlisted ranks, was worthy of high honors nnd said promo tion was under consideration. Elevator Falls, Killing Operator Frank CaRtro, 1238 South Marshall street was killed this afternoon when a freight elevator operated by him In the fertilizer plant of Baugh & Sons, Morris street wharf, fell three stories to the basement Castro was thirty-four years old. I Cj ww """"' on sale the 20th of every month iQlumbia CITY AGAINST MOSQUITO Bill in Councils Provides $40,000 Appropriation for War of- Extcrmination NEW OFFICES PROPOSED Cash Transferred to Take Caro of De partments During Sum mer Recess The city today took the preliminary steps for the destruction of ft huge "aeroplane flotilla" which has been waging relentless warfare upon the great forces of sailors and ma-'res In training at the Philadelphia Navy Yard In other words, Joseph P. Gaffney, chair man of Councils Finance Committee, Intro duced a bill Into Councils this afternoon asking for an appropriation of $40,000 for the extermination of tho millions of mos quitoes which have Invaded tho training quarters of the navy yard, making the lives of enlisted men miserable and spreading broadcast the virus of malaria The little, buzzing, stinging Inscct-acroplanlBt ennnot be reached by aircraft guns, but they are most susccptlblo to "crude oil bombs," and If the bill passes 840,000 will be expended In that sort of munitions. Other new bills Introduced follow: $750 to tho prothonotary ,of Common Pleas Court to provide a salary for a second dep uty prothonotary; a bill to provide a 10 per cent Increase In the salary to employes of the Bureau of Building Inspection, now receiving $2600 or less; $184 41 to pay the salary from May 1 to May 7 of James B. McCord. Miss Ldith Pierce and other em ployes who wero dropped from the Bureau of Highways when tho new Bureau of Street Cleaning was organized These em ployes served an extra week which was not provided for In the original appropriation; $25,000 to the prothonotary of the Supremo Court for alterations nnd Improvements to tho court quartets on the third floor of City Hall. In an effort to make financial provision for all departments and bureaus during the summer vacation. Councils today passed a transfer bill rearranging funds nlready appropriated The transfers Include $24,000 In the Bureau of Fire, $2427.08 In tho Bureau of Police, $17,015 84 In the Board of Recreation $2760 In the Bureau of Chari ties, $11 685 for tho City Commissioners and $3700 for the Coroner. 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M mem ot iogan Bquare and am.-J '"I Ino- law. . i,n ,u. ..." u nmend ,,, I curlty for the payment of damSV .'"" ne erection of porches and veranda! . v late and fix cost of permits for oceur.,'..r'n highways with construction mateHV.lo" regulate agreement with the Pen.!?" Ballroad relative to the eomSS1 elevated railway station Upon raTroarf! erty nt Front and Berks streets d A bill of peculiar Interest to't),-,,! Is tho one authorizing the aDDolntm.Wk additional captains, patrol "' matrons, ireutenants, engineers and drir. WILSON'S VILIF1ER FREED Trnntnn Min'i Roll tj-j . . ,. ivcuuccd . V ' Rinri"v tn .!! A "" I v,. rmy TBENTON, June 7 -Clark Panc6. u Mulllca Hill, who dim. v,. .... .. " " the county Jail here In default of m." ball ou a charge of using vllo and tw language against President Wilson t. today on $6000 ball, Judge nellstah tlM reduced the bond to that amount ' Pancoast announced his wllllntn... , Join the army to show that he Vs. J disloyal. w" Brazil to Stand by U. S. Bl'lJ.NOS A irks. June 7 "Brazil .ti for continental solidarity," says herw? to tho Argentine Government explato!" vv hv sho had revoked her neutrality In 2 war. Tho note refers to the tridltliS! friendship between Brazil and the ffl States and the fact that both nation, kV? the same views. Churchill May Re-enter Cabinet ,.w.. uu.., uu..u . uciiuiu were ini, current todny that Colonel Wi.. Churchill, former First Lord of the u mlralty, may re-enter the Cabinet tK tlmo ho Is supposed to be slated for i flHl.l... nf Ai.latfnn Settles D. and M. Rail Strike WASHINGTON. Juno 7 The Dttun,! mem ui uuuui iuuy uimumiteu me settle- r ment of the strike on the Boston and Malm itaurouu aiietuiife muvu iiiii. w
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