V? ! t ir rSOOO GAINED I' FORLIBERTYLOAN will Committee Asks 150,000 Quota TO HELP PERSHING PLEA rftG Not on Firing Line Must "" ,r rnU Pnion po luore in"" io Flags UDEHTV LOAN CAMPAIGN .. .i.inhla's allotment 1230,000,0(10 rP.hltlon. recorded 137,000.000 150.000 new subscriptions Give " the outstandln gfoature of a That as t" ....ment made this afternoon by the Phil 8 IdW Mberty ,'oan comml,,ee following ' Jiw-hour conference at 108 South Fourth r hat the goal of $250,000,000. which Is tt jiiotment of the Philadelphia Reserve Sink dlstdtct cannui iu'i "" p,lin receives a hlg push during the coming week. ,vas ,ne Keneral feeflnK of tte committeemen "One hundred nnd fifty thousand sub (crlptlons." said A. K. Turner, "will turn the tide and place Philadelphia In first place imonl the cities of America So man, hither he has 150 or $60,000 OOO. niust (elude himself with the thought that It Is ,ot pfcessary for hint to get behind this campaign "Bfore Philadelphia's allotment Is com pleted millions and millions of dollars must It poured Into the banks and trust compa re for Liberty Bonds. Responsibility for the success of the campaign does not rest irlth the committee. It rcBts entirely with the people. It Is their war and they must fjuuice H Resolutions denouncing the Holier or demonstrations at flag raisings mill not buy supplies for General Pershing ind his army Money will. That explains iha Liberty Loan Do your bit today and inscribe cubscrlbe And then Ret your neighbor to HELP PERSUING "Eemember that you are not on the firing line with General Pershing. You are not objected to the bomb8 and poison gas along' the western front. At home you are reared from these frightful tools of war. Help Pershing to put an end to them by buying a Liberty Bond. The campaign rets upon you Have you done your part?" Subscriptions from all sources totaled more than J2.000.000 today which was encouraging In view of the fact that It is Biturday and scores of banks failed to report. One of the biggest subscriptions of the day, one for $500,000, came from the County National Bank, Clearfield. The Northern Iron Company announced through Its preildent V. F. Vlltlng. that Its sub icrlptlons to date totalled $150,000 and em ployes of the Edward G, Budd Manufactur ing Company reported subscriptions total ling $25,000 Today's subscriptions swell the grand total to $137,000,000 and leave a balance of $113,000,000 to be subscribed during the next five days Warden McKenty, of the Eastern Peni tentiary, reported that the Honor and Friendship Club, which has a membership of more than 1000 convicts, has subscribed for $250, and that Individual subscriptions among the prisoners totals more than $1000 When the Glrard Trust Company opened this morning an aged woman with a market basket on her arm was waiting at the doors. Inside the bank she extracted about $400 In gold coins and announced that she wanted Liberty Bonds for her grandchildren. BOND BUSINESS RUSHING 'The Liberty Bond business started with a rush today " according to Miss Gertrude Leonard, In charge of the Retail Merchants' Association headquarters, 910 Chestnut street. "In the first two hours." said Miss Leon ard, "subscriptions totaled $87,900. which swells the grand total raised through this organization to $1,590,950. More than two thirds of the associations affiliated with the organization are yet to be heard from." The biggest subscription received by Miss Leonard was one of $40,000 from S R. Blocksom. 6074 North Broad street. One of $15,000 was received from William Wal lace, Thirty-second and Thompson streets Joseph A Qulnn, 45 North Sixth street, subscribed for $100 and said, "My only regret h that I can't take a bigger amount." Max Plncus, 3432 Market street, sub scribed for $20,000 and Informed the organization that he had Instructed all of his salesmen to talk Liberty Loan to their customers this morning at H. B. Smith Company, Seventeenth and Arch street. Frank C. Hlbbs announced that subscriptions In this club amounted to $3500. There has been a lively demand on the part of women for small bonds, according Returns reported today by banks and trust companies throughout the Philadelphia district are Commercial National. Bradford I1SS.000 ni. "'"" Trust company. Atlantic (.tttona) Bank of Royersford. tlonal Bank of Chambersburg. . Bate Depoiit Bank. PottaWlle .. . Cumberland National, Brldgeton, N. National Bank of Cataaaulua Chester National Bank flnt National, Danville Lancaster t!fitintv Vatlrtnal . . BO. OOO . t iK. nun . . . 125,000 , . lACI.OOO j. ins.nnn . . . 131,000 ... 137.000 ... 121.000 ... ino.noo . . . 150.000 Fermera' National. Reading- A general checklne-un of the campaign today revealed that the poor have respond d nbbly The educational campaign that naa been carried Into every section of the district was originally designed for the Purpose of laying the groundwoik for fu tare, campaigns. , Financial men held that to finance the ar It would be necessary to enlist the co-, operation of the people and to do this It would be necessary to wage an educational fRKinqlKH f v. , l . "'"'e,H. iiie average t'ennsyivaniaii ui W i ,L thr" weeks ago knew little about bond out. to reach this average man ana 10 teach him that Liberty Bonds were gilt edged Investments was the task of the local committee, It was such a huge task that the committee did not look for immediate ""suits. Philadelphia's allotment, the committee nd, would be subscribed by the rich men arid "regular bond buyers." But calculation was upset, for the "average'' man grasped the situation and rushed for the Liberty Bond; counters. It la impossible to get any thing like an accurate estimate of the num Jtr of new bond buyers that have been de veloped through the campaign, but It Ts cer am that they will total more than 150,000 In the Philadelphia dlstrlc. Pefore the campaign the number of recog nuted bond buyers throughout the country "W not exceed 400,000. The new bond buyers, tho men and wouy n who subscribed for $50 and $100, were tiled "Little Fellows" and to them will go the lion's share of credit for putting 0,r the loan In this district. FLAN SOUTH AMERICAN MISSION President May .Name Board to Strengthen U. S. Relations WASHINGTON. June 9. President Wll m Is considering a proposal that lie ap point a South American commission, the ue duties of which would be to strengthen -operation of every kind between the .Vutid States and Central and South mm irtearr nations, JvH 'proposition, wU made, to the VtttU ARROW '? 20 JO o so L ...! ! 64RECRUITSADAY DEMAND OF CITY- - 1223 Men Needed by June 30 to Make Quota, Says Officer MUST HASTEN TRAINING Special Hospital Corps to Be Formed to Accompany En gineers in France WANTEnii'r.'ii'" JIA.LB ,1E,r WANTr.Il " f.SLVr a?"l-b,0","l vounteern. Applv to Unci, sam. any rwrulllna station. L'rgent calls for Philadelphia's manhood to help fill the nation's fighting ranks were sent out toda tn a brief statement Colonel Charles A P. Hatfield. United States Armv. retired. army recruiting officer of the Philadelphia district, nsffed for slxty-four recruits a day until June 30 He said- "I haa been Informed by the War De partment that it Is desired that the full war quota of the regular army be 'jb talncd by June 30. 1917. The urgency of obtaining the full quota at the earlljt possible date Is that It Is necessary to fill tho flft-one new regiments of the regular army and begin their training without de lay." Colonel Hatfield's figures for today were: Philadelphia district 'war quota 4044 Knllatments alnc April 1 ;" Vl Number Mill required iW Dally averace needed . . . . . . ' Later this afternoon a total of forty-five army enlistment! during the day were re ported. Of the recruits twenty-seven showed registration cards The havy gained twenty-three recruits Three men were added to the marine corps. Harry Frank Gaftney. twenty-three years old. 1513 North Twenty-fifth street, a book binder employed by the Curtis Publishing Company, won In a fight to bo allowed to Join the marine reserves He was accepted at the lecrultlng station. 210 South Tenth street. One week ago he applied for enlist ment and was rejected because he weighed only 124 pounds Today, liming eaten his way to the minimum of 12S pounds, he was accepted Plans are Delng made for a council of officers of the National Guard of, Pennsyl vania units In theiclty to open a recruiting drive that will bring the regiments up to war strength by July 15. SPECIAL HOSPITAL CORPS The War Department today ordered Ma jor KIbert Z. Persons, U. S A . medical corps, to recruit a special hospital corps at once to accompany the engineering regi ments to France. The new unit is tu con sist of forty-eight men. three of whom must be pharmacists, three clerks and three cooks. The others should be accustomed to hospital work or willing to learn. Wednesday will be set aside as a special day at Cooper Battalion Hall. 2230 Chris tian street, for recruiting this unit, which Is separate from the ambulance units being organized. The need for teamsters in the quarter master reserve corps Is so great that a branch recruiting station will be opened Monday at 234 North Front street. In charge of Charles S. Wesley, chairman of the drivers' recruiting subcommittee. Lieuten ant L. deK. Belden will be the examining physician, assisted by Sergeant James A. Gallagher. Jr. AT MAIN STATION. TOO Teamsters will be enlisted also at the main station, 23 South Twenty-third street, where especial efforts are being made to recruit the wagon companies. Each com pany consists of a sergeant wagonmaster. three seigeant assistants, a corporal horse Bhoer, a corporal saddler, a private farrier, a cook and twenty-eight first-class private teamsters. Recruiting officers emphasized the fact that registration for draft did not prexent men from volunteering Enlistments were brisk toda. The army obtained thirty-five men up to noon. In cluding twenty of conscription age. Yesterday's enlistments were Army. 17 ; navy. 22 ; marine corps, 2. The following enlistments were announced today : C. S. NAVY John Stewart Hopkins. 21. Newark. Dl Oeoree. Francis KJolb. 28. tvilmlryrton. Del Reuben Aloyalua Flaizyntkl. 23. Wilmington. Perchal Thomas Francis. 21. Wilmington. Del Charles Aloalua Mjers. 24, niverslde. N J. Elmer Jamea Whiteside. 20. 3266 Ivenslngton Joseph Wood Mussina. 3d. IS. Pottsllle. Ta John Miller. 30. 132S N Front t V. S. AKJIY AJinCLANCB COItrS Thoma.J Anderson. 22. Henrv Clay. Del. Jo O Brotherton 23. M'dla Pa. lohn DeWItt 23. Boland Park. Baltimore. Md. JSme. A Edml.'ton 27. 2112 need at Philip A Out ea. 22. Elmlra. II 1. William J LelBbton 217 S 33d at wllter Propper. 31.16 N Park ae. James K ijtone. Wavne. Pa Itnrrv S TOUt. 20. 230 S. MHh St "eorge J Volze. 23. 162.1 Poplar st Henry Vernier. 40. R020 Catharine at. NAVAL COAST DEFENSE REXERVE Alfred Clark. Newman ;21.l72n.mmora axe. Cha'rl?. Wr. "JaVrowdM IsWVr.nkUn Fre'd Qenhart Schoch. 30 142 N. 1Mb st. HStlS'Safe- Earl Pierce Hardon. 21. 2217 . U.maaie at. iiN'iTKn STATES MARINE CORPS Charlea Harry Mh,?VhK,l?rwn,,Paa" Lloid AMn Searpoas 23. Nhlte Haen. la I'NITED STATES ARMY Ourden M Hll,. i?:TilSM11?JfVl",Ut "' ,,r.,r?S".'nnr,ne1l VEAVgheny axe "iShn J HlKlna 32. 05 N. '-'d st Jv.nlc F Mallon. 20. 1"1 Vine at &?BrtceVKis, 2 370O Cresson at. tfnlanM.XTvft ? ' William J mn ..' --- Afen.lnJdVoUIFe7rililo:p,36T;,.kei JftHlTj jVcoW.' 20. rimflie." Pi. , $inEJ. ri.m 2, 343 Fa.rmount .. fe,',,e425NsJ5hE',Cornwal..t. CJ. ?,"' -S.poTiro"n '26" 2447 Montroae st William t ron. -n. T, 'Bklnnaplc. Pa. ""- r.i..i. "ttiTk Amn y&sspx-fifissz'ii; " wy- "i ' V. "il'M h. Hoienberr). 2. SK BP.acK. i-a. ..i3naK Michael peniiie. -".-,..- M nhiiin at Clarence Ileecroti. -o. -' - OUa'rTERJIASTER'S RESERVE CORrS .Atn-.. i y Aviv. Pa. pKlwaWf: &smtrSiim. r. M. . .. av, .lntrlff at 'R 'gcranton. Pa I.. Jieil". -' J . n E..nt.lln am SPBH. Ralph H. Irwin. .. w n. ....... -.-. FdwS'rd' J.' Davla. Elka' Club, ficranton. P. S, or?lnU.y30,HVr..,n,;.v, . Scr.nton. Rlfhird C. Tarker. 102S Delaware at.. Scranton. Haroll S. Caaterllne. 1720 Church ave.. Scran- lon',ima 113.1 Church iv , Scranton. Ta jShS J. Pur?eH 10S S Webster .. Bcranton. Luft L McAndrew ? r"'P rt Scranton. l'Endw."ro'M.dir;r,lrcolf.x at Scranton 4 S.. Mlhalko. u new ' . -Andrew ""?i ' i4 d .. Scranton,. Te. r . . ...-, AH Yk jojig Bi. ULJ.i. . i i i r i l. i -iii iJiamonu si. W-nliafn. W "iMml.ton,?.. &... r at. J!HHLy??Gli:K MARKS PROGRESS OF JO- TO ,30 90 fOO --tl .1.1, I .1 .1 . I . SHOT HIS TENTMATE Frank P. Dailcy. of 3210 Locust street, n serfceant in Company M, Third Pennsylvania Infnntrv. tn. day shot and instantly killed Hugh Wyse. 1G60 North Fifty - sixth street, a corporal in the same com pany. The shooting occurred in their tent at West Alexander, near Washington, Pa. It is said to have been accidental. Guard Sergeant Kills Corporal in His Tent Continued from Page One ments of the lommancl nre 'tattered among seernl districts According to Dalle'H stor, when he and Wyse returned to their tent he picked up his rille to clean It lieforo retiring, not knowing that It was loaded. It was acci dentally discharged. In- sajs. nnd Vsr happened to be standing directly In front of the muzzle The ball entered W'sse's right side. paslng through both lungi and the heart mid causing instant death Other members of the company hearing the rifle shot discovered Dailcy apparently trying to resuscitate Wyse Dr. James M Tlmmons. of West Alexander, was sum moned but his serlccs were not required Patley immediately surrendered himself to a Miuad of hit fellow guardsmen, who noti fied Captain Kantom at the local National Guard armory The company commander went to West Alexander this morning, after notlfjlng the Coroner, and is now conduct ing an lnctlgatlon He said at noon that he knew absolutely nothing about the affair except what had been told by Dalle), and refused to be quoted until he had lnestl gated. "So far as I can learn." said Captain Kantom. "'Wyse and Dallev were good frlendt and had had no trouble Wyse was a splendid fellow and one of the best men In the company I regarded him as an ideal soldier in eery particular 1 am now rounding up eery man in the detach ment at West Alexander and expect to con duct a rigid examination this afternoon Until I hae heard eerythlng that Is to be said I will not discuss the case" Captain Fantoni reported the shooting to regimental headquarters at Altoona and also arranged to ship the body of Wyse to his mother's home at Schwenksvllle Residents of West Alexander who are on close terms with the soldiers stationed there assert that Wyse and Dalley had a quarrel In the town, which they think was renewed after they reached their tent The reason for this al leged quarrel, however. Is not known CITY'S TRAIN SERVICE TO BE CURTAILED SOON Reduction in Number of Trains Will Affect Both Suburban and Through Services Drastic curtailment of passenger train Fenico Into and out of ThlUdelphla will soon be made. Elimination of duplicate senlo will be arranged by competing rail wajs The number of trains in operations will be cut down, the reduction to affect both suburban and through services. New passenger schedules going Into effect tomorrow one the Baltimore and Ohio Railway will affect many of the through express trains operated between New York and Chicago and New York and St Louis The new schedule. It waws announced to day, will be made effective In line with the desire of the Council of National Defense to curtail passenger service as much as possible, while at the same time giving passenge-s tho quickest facilities and the shippers, with tioernment freight In prior ity the most efficient service for handling tho volume of freight that war conditions have made necessary. ,..,?, The Pennsylvania Railroad schedules for reduced service will not be completed for a week or ten das. It was said at the Broad Street Station offices They will wi , entire Pennsylvania system, It atiivv ... - was asserted SELF-APPLIED PAIN KILLER FOR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE American Defense Society Plans to Equip U. S. Fighters With . New Anesthetic NEW TORK. June 9. A new anaesthetli which soldiers may apply themselves locally to "a wound and which will deaden the pain will be In the kits of American bol diers In France If the American Defense Society Ha It" y- The new Pa'"-"'1" which was described by a speaker before the Rotary Club. Is the Invention of Gordon Edwards, a San Francisco awyer. He could not get the United States army to take his invention seriously but the French ,mv took It at onco and has found It very successful. . "Nlkalgen." as the new anesthetic Is called. Is composed of quinine, hydrochloric acid and urea and is sprayed on a wound bv a sort of atomizer. It stops pain for three hours. Miss Anne Morgan. It was declared at the Rotary Club. Is backing a movement for Its Inclusion In the Ameri can soldiers' kits. MARINE'S WEDDING ANNOUNCED Charles P. HolHday Married to Miss Ethel F. Crockett Announcement was made today of the marriage of Charlen P, Holllday, a member of tire United States marine corps, 'atlond at Philadelphia Navy Yard, to Mm Kthel F. Crockett, 2J0 North Broad I strett . . ..nnnv wbb ntrformtd by the. ittv. MCvfr Theddln. took P.ac- JU1H'. " ' ' l-HlLADKLiilA, SAXIjKDAY, JUNE CITY TOWARD ITS ItO t2Q I3Q 140 i50 fto I .1 xAs. J I I .1 ULL. t WILLIAM REDMOND, PATRIOT, KILLED Noted Irish Leader Dies of Wound Received While Fighting for Britain HAD BEEN IN PARLIAMENT WITH THE lirUTtSH All.MY IN FRANCE. June 9 William Hoey Kearney Hedmond. Irish Nationalist leader, brother of John Edmond Redmond, died In an ambulance today while on his wa to the hospital back from the f.ghtlng linei where he was wounded Redmond had been senlng as a major with the Urltlsh army The fact wat pointed out today as Illustrate e of the perfect fraterlzittlon between all who nre fighting England's battles that Major Red. mond died In an Ulster ambulance manned by the ery men ng.ilnst whom he and his brother John had been waging bitter po litical war for ears The two Irish factions nre fraternizing nn the battlefields a neer before STREET-CLEANING FINES . SHOW DECREASE IN MAY Figures Drop From $8255 in April to $4649 Vare's Total, $435 Fines Imposed upon street cleaning con tractors for derelictions during May amounted tn Mfilf. as compared with $8155 during the preceding month Senator Ed win II Vare's fines In April amounted to $2993.60 nnd last month hit fines totnled $435. The new street cleaning bureau took charge May It and from figures compiled today street cleaning pctultics nmouutlng to $lfit!i.60 were Imposed In the fllst two weeks nnd $2803 5 In the lemalnder of the month. Former Chief William II Council, of the Highway nureau. Imposed fines on con tractors amounting to $3n.nnrt In the first four months nf the year and was then relieved of dut In connection with stiert cleaning Robert C Hicks, chief of rile new Bureau of Street Cleaning. Is credited with lines Imposed from May It until the close of the month SERBIA GETS $3,000,000 OF AMERICAN WAR LOAN $923,000,000 Now Placed With Allies, England Getting $75,000,000 More WASHINGTON. June 9 A $3,000,000 loan was today granted to Serbia The loan is to be paid in three monthly Installments of $1,000,000 each and Is to he used for the building of mllttar rail ways, relief of the clxlllan population and Red Cross work The amount Is smaller than that granted other Allied goxemments. A $75,000,000 credit was turned ovr to Great Rrltaln on June account, bringing the total of America's loans to the allied powers up to $9:3.000.000. Additional loans are to be made during the month to France, England and Belgium. These will push the total of American loans well toward tho billion-dollar mark. BREWER LEAVES $55,000 TO CHARITIES IN WILL W. P. Baltz Disposes of $100,000 in Be questsOther Estates Disposed Of Charitable Institutions benefit to the ex tent of $55,000 through bequests Included In the will of William P Baltz. general manager of the J. . P Baltz Brewing Com pany, who died at his country home at Devon, Pa. on May 30 The will as probated toda disposes of an estate valued at over $100,000 The pub lic bequests include $20,000 to the German Hospital. $10,000 each to the Philadelphia Polyclinic Hospital and the Philadelphia Llng-in Charity Hospital and $5000 each to the Asylum for the Aged and Infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Pennsyl vania Society for the Prevention of Crueltj to Animals and the Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty. Other wills probated Included those of S. Kingston McCay. 1930 Spruce street, which. In private bequests, disposes of prop erty valued at over $115,000; Georgo W Howe, 1160 North Twentieth street. $26,3:6; John B. McClemen. 6HS Ridge avenue $13 500. Thomas Macready, 5050 Irving street, $11,000. Edward Prltchard. 2532 North Seventeenth street. $3S00; Ellen McMonegle. 3202 St. James street, $3400 ; Carl W. Scheer. 112 West Tioga street. $300, and William Lake, 6116 Larchwood avenue. $2920. CHARGES BROTHER BEAT HER AS CROWD LOOKED ON Woman Enters Suit Against Him for Memorial Day Happening, Asking $10,000 A $10,000 damage suit was filed today by Elizabeth Dedeker against her brother. Hamilton Dedeker. 246 Sydney street, Ger mantown, whom she accuses of heating her Into Insensibility at the Jenklntonn railroad station Memorial Day In front of a large crowd of spectators. Court of Common Pleas No. 1 Issued a capias for Dedecker's arrest, fixing ball at $2500 The cause of the trouble was not grven In the plaintiff's statement, which asserts that Dedeker "maliciously and without nmt-ncation attacked her with his fists knocking her down, cutlng her face loosen ing her teeth, breaking her glasses- and rendering her unconscious," humiliating and disgracing her before the spectators Miss pedeker Is a notary In the Lincoln Build ing and lives at 55 East Seymour street, Gcrmantown. City Appointments Announced City appointments today include James Harbison. J611 Fisk avenue, engineer. Bu reau of Water, salary $1200; Edgar Wood. Nixon street and Ridge avenue, engineer. Bureau of Water. $1200; John Brown. 2117 Spencer street. Inspector parks and squares. Bureau of City Property, $1200, and John Tyrrell, 2316 Lombard Jtreet, patrol ser geant, Bureau of Police, $1300. Jennings Confirmed hs Alaskan Judge WASHINGTON, June Th Senate has confirmed the nomination of Robert, W Sinning, of Juneau, Alaska, to be Judge of J ft "gj". J Ul.unlta. HtaiM msirjci " "' i. 0, 1017 QUOTA OP LIBERTY ITO A. BO 90 3 O0 20 1 ' 1 I I ' 1 ' HALTS TRIP TO ARMENIA WHEN YOUNG CHILD DIES Charles E. Beury, of Philadel phia, on Way Back for Funeral Charles B lleury. recently appointed bv President Wilson to liietignle condition In .stricken Armenia, has abandoned the trip nnd It racing nctoss the continent from Victoria. II C tn bis home In I'hlla delphla. :101 West Tlogn street, to att-nd the funeral nf his three-month-old daugh ter The baby died suddenly last Thurs day, a few hours before the sailing time of Mr. tleur. who was notified by t'legram nf his daughter's death as he was about to embark The beginning of the homeward trip was marred by a washout In the northwest, and Mr. Iteur Is not expected to nrrlxe In Philadelphia until Monday morning, a fw hourt before the time set for the child's funeral Should he fall to reach home In time the services will be postponed Two weeks ago today. In company with William T Ellis, of Swarthmorc. with whom he was to sail. Mr llcur left Phil adelphia At that time the child was tn good health, lint the following Wednehda the wat taken III and she died the next da Mr Heury Is nn attorney nnd well-known writer He wns to h.to temalned In Ar menia until next October The chnnge In his plans, caused by the sudden death of the child left Mr. Ellis to make the trip alone STRAW HAT UNIONISTS ENJOINED BY COMPANY Forty -eight Strike Pickets, Women and Men, Receive Court Order Deputy sheriffs surrounded forty-eight young women nnd men nt Juniper and Vine streets this afternoon nnd served upon them lndlidu.illy papers In equity pro ceedings restraining tnem from Interfering with emplnjes of the Northern Straw Works. Juniper and Vine streets. The women and men nre nil membcis nf tho Millinery nnd Ladles' Straw lint Vorkrs I'nlon. Local No. II, with bend iu.irtert nt 1305 Arch street On May 10 they struck In the plant of the Northern Straw Works, declaring their union wahii't recognized by their emploert Since the tttlke for recognition of the union. It It nlloged that the strikers have been Interfering with those who took their places The Interferences nre alleged to have taken place during lunch hour and In the "veiling Police were stationed near the plant to protect the employes, but It Is alleged the strikers would often follow them to theti honict attempting to nttnek them When the htrlkers r'futed to heed the warning of the police to do their picketing In .1 peaceful manner, equity proceedings were Instituted this morning In Common Pleas Court. The suit was hrought by the Northern Straw Works against the union The company charged constant Interference and asked for an Injunction lestralnlng the union member from interfering with the plaintiff's emplovc or those desiring to entr lit emploj ONLY 32 OF LEHIGH CLASS AT GRADUATION EXERCISES Rest of .120 Members Are Engaged in War Work Honorary De grees Awarded SOL'TH BETHLEHEM. Pa. June 9 Thirty - two nf the 120 members of the class of 1917 of Lehigh University were present to receive their degrees at gradua tion exercises in Packer Memorial Church tills morning The others are in military camps and In engineering and Industrial work, tho faiulty having granted seniors permission to take their final examinations a. month ago because of the war situation Degrees were conferred bv Dr. H S. Drinker, president of the university upon students from ten States and from Russia and China' Bachelor of arts. 16; bachelor of science, 16; civil engineer. 15; mechani cal engineer. 22 ; metallurgical engineer, 3 . electrometHlIurglM. 2 ; engineer of mines. 10; electrical engineer. 18. bachelor of science In chemistry. S , chemical engineer, in ; master of arts. 2 ; master of science .1. Three alumni of Lehigh received honorary degrees as follows- Doctor of laws. Wallace Carl Rlddlck. president of the North Caro Una College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, master of science. Taylor Alderdlce. vice president of the National Tube Com pany and chairman of the Board of Educa tion of Pittsburgh and Homer D. Williams, president of the Carnegie Steel Companv Pittsburgh The address of the day was delivered by Doctor Rlddlck Chailes M Schwab chairman or the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, a trustee of Lehigh, was the principal speaker at the alumni luncheon FRANCO-BELGIAN HURT IN ARMS PLANT BLAST Philip Fragesse, Popular in Allentown Society, Was Trying New Kind of Powder ALLENTOWN. Pa . June 9. His right leg blown off by an exploding shell at the Redington plant of the Bethlehem Steel Companv. Philip Fiagesse. a Franco-Bel-glan. employed as Inspector by the Russian Government, Is near death In St Luke's Hospital Russell Gaston, captain of the Muhlenberg football team, an Inspector em plocd by the steel company, standing be side him. was slightly hurt They wen. testing a new kind of powder being used in the fuses in the shell-loading plant Of French blood. Fragesse lived with pit mother In Belgium until they were driven Into France by tho German Invasion, Fra gesse was popular In soelet circles In Allentown and other towns of the Lehigh Valley. SPECIAL JUNE SALE HOO X5E $100 Washing Machine $85 Cash $90.00 $10 on Delivery, $5 rer ivionui FREE One double duty Benjamin Plug with each washer. CENTRAL ELECTRIC & LOCK CO. Everything Electrical 12 tf. 13tk St ' ' , ' A LOAN 2ZO 2SO 40 250 tttUJONS LjJ t il ll I 1 I Uo NINE STATES SHOW 150,000 SLACKERS Ratio Indicates Shortage of 500,000 in Registration Thrp""hout Country OFFICIALS PRESS HUNT NEW YORK. June 9. Four negroes, arrested after n fight with n moh of nearly a thousand per sons in the San Juan Hill district, and two other men, (nken in the police round-up of registration day slackers, were taken to the Federal Building to day. Police then prepared for another raid Into thr district this afternoon to nrrest other negro slacker in spite of n warning that (hey would enter the dis trict at their peril. WASHINGTON June 9 In nine States a determined hunt for slackers Is on today As returns from registration for selec tive service nre compiled In the Provost Marshal General's office here, it Is found nine Stales are mom tnan 150.000 short of etlmates made bj the Census Bureau Some officials figured that thlt ratio a shortage of 150 000 men In nine States would mean a shortage of nearly r half million for the whole Union Only four out of fourteen States that have so far made complete official re turns have shown a registration exceeding Cetitiii Bureau estimates. A "tartllng shortago was shown by Mis slsslppl reports. Complete official returns .from that State showed the registration .1S.0S1 below estimates. Alabama's comnlete official rennrtt thnned that State 34.3(77 short Wltconsln went more than 11.000 over her estimate. North Carolina. Illinois and Connecticut alto were well over the estimates for those States The full returns from Mississippi are Total registration, 139.525; claimed and possible exemptions, whites. 49.337. total whites registered. 64.334 : negroes claiming exemption or possible exemption. 47.197; total negroes. 71,579; nllens, 567; alien enemies, 45 Alabama's returns were; Total registration. 179. S2S; claimed and possible exemptions, whites, 75,372; total whites. 108.610, negroes claiming oxem tlon or possible exemption. 45.106; total negro registration. 69 956; aliens, 1173; alien enemies. 89 Full lolnriiH from West Virginia showed Hint the State, was more than 15,000 under Census Bureau estimates. Maryland was about 5000 short. Returns from West Virginia are Total registration. 127.409; claimed and possible exemptions. 65.776; total whites registered. 103,856, claimed and possible exemptions. 6307 . total negro registration. 11.872; aliens. 10.678. alien enemies, 1003 Marland's results were' Total registration 120,458; claimed and potslble exemption of whites. 53.989. tolal registration of whites, 89,504. claimed and possible exemption of negroes. 12.591 ; total negro registration. 2J.655 , aliens. 7389 ; alien enemies. 912 'JUDGE' SIEWERS, VETERAN EDITOR, FOUND DROWNED Believed He Fell Into Delaware River During an Attack of Aphasia Edward R Slewers. a veteran Phila delphia commercial nnd financial editor, known to hundreds In the financial district as "Judge" Slewers. Is dead, the victim of a drowning accident In the Delaware River near Vine street wharf Slewers's body was recovered last night Today it was Identi fied bv Miss Mlna Slewers. the editor's daughter, who Is a rchool teacher Slewets lived at 2135 North Marvine street He was sevent.v-two years old and had been In III health for a long time It Is believed that he fell Into the river after roving during an att.ick of aphasia While District Attorney of Carbon Coun t Pa. manv years ago, 'Judge" Slewers as sisted In the prosecution of the Molly Magulres ' He was at one time financial editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and held a similar position on the Press Recently he did ' free lance" newspaper work Dr.VON'S HEALTH BISCUITS Relieve Constipation Contains No Medicine Recipe hy aucce$iul dlotittvf apeeialitt. A paUtabla and nutrltloui looj. Creates h-althy Action of stomach and lnteatlnea. Inrreaies thalcal atrength. Tromlnent phyilclan aya. "They ara. rlmrty manelous." 25c a box For Sale hr II, C. nialr, fieo. n. F.van, I'Inle Afker To.. Ilroad M. Matlon Drue Store, hhowrll. Kner Co., Mltrhe.'). rtrhp. Thn. f. I'lnko L Co.. K. Irad- ford Clarke to. nnd other (true and sro- j eery atorea, or anrti irom Dr. Von's Health Biscuit Co. 32l8-22?0 Market ft., rhlla.. Pa. Seeley's Adjusto Rupture Pad will Increase efficiency of any truis 60, Treasure rnu be adjusted at will, Rwlrel action In bottom allows edges to yield to erery motion with out shitting centre or allowing rup ture to slip. Comfortable, safe, dur able and sanitary. Mailed anywhere on receipt of 12. State kind of truia It 1 for, Call or writ for circular- No agents. I. B. SEELEY, 1027 WMnut St. Cv etit I ftj' rri!&rr'af. THUMB 55 PATlNr SCREW y ALLIED BIOOLATOH. IfV TOR NAUTICAL NEEDED, HE Councilman Baizley Fund to Meet Requi ments of Law $ STATE UNFAIR, HE Sjlfg - , ' Common Councilman John H Dal)$vl' tho Thirty-ninth Ward, Is an enthuflMfc supporter of the plan to reorganl ii m Pennsylvania Nautical School, and, 1 member of Councils' Flnanc Coras Intends calling for action on an lUn'ufrrtt' Hon at the meeting, of that committee tfcw uiea ror June is J Following a call at the office ot MU Smith, Councilman BaUley said- ?r tW, one. am in favor of prompt action In ting money to re-establish the hautMA school The city of Philadelphia can w the monej in no better way. and I mtwi.to do alln my power to hare the mattM" quickly brought up and disposed of I don'f think the State hill Is entirely fair. In Mt it provides that the State shall pay. $o.0ft while the city Is called upon to pay tHwr that amount I think the appropriate thould be made share and share alike. If we have to put up $50,000 for the ftT year I am In favor of doing It I am M' certain that we have that amount of momy available at this time, but It seems to we could find It If we hunl hard enovHrti?' Other members of Councils besides Mfc, ' Balzley expressed surprise at the fact t the bill that passed the Senate this wA makes it obligatory upon the city td pirt up twice as much money as the State fe proprlates. This feature of the Stata left-: latlon comes In the nature of a surprise. t Philadelphia not altogether In the confi dence of Senator Vare father of the Stat measure Chairman Garfney. ot Councils' flnanc Committee. Is dally at work trying to ttralghtcn out the financial snarls result ing from reemlngU excessive demands for money made by departmental head.. Q the result of his Investigation depends Urif ly the fate of the nautical school appropria tion this summer. If the original propovV tlon to have the city put up $25,000 thl vear for a school could be adhered to, tbn would be a much better opportunity to paw the measure. - Friends of the plan for quick actl6n polat out the fact that If the bill Is not favoraVhr reported by Councils' Finance Commtttea this month. It will mean that no matter what action the State takes nothing can be done until late In the fall, Such a loag postponement, It it believed, will delay action until the winter months, -when pras tlcal training could be given at this port only with unusual difficulty The need let trained sailors and officers for the merchant marine Is understood by all, and there )s no opposition to the plan from any sourcfe. Th only difficulty that is being faced Is the "finding of the money " PHETTV GIRL CASHIER ACCUSED Held to Answer Charge of Stejtlinj Gems of Employer's Wife Seventeen-year-old Marjorle Tucker, for mer cashier of a restaurant at 710 Market street. Is being held by the Atlantic City police, accused by her former employer, George May. of stealing $600 worth of Jew elry belonging to His wife. Police officials said that they -were re luctantly holding Miss Tucker, who la very pretty Miss Tucker asserted that May gave her the Jewelry, Including a necklace, bracelet watch nnd diamond ring and In-! slsted upon her keeping them after the. ha4 once returned them She was put In J!l In default of ball to await extradition, WILL FORM TRUCK COMPANY Harrisbure to Organize Detail to Ba Attached to National Guard HARRISBVRG. June 9 A truck com pan to be made up of f.irty qhauffeura will be organized here Monday, a'ccQrdlnir to nn announcement by Adjutant General Stewart today Th new company will be attached to tli supply train of the Pennsylvania NatoUj Guard VALLEY FORGE One-Day Outing SPECIAL ONE-DAY FARE 75c ROUND-TRIP SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS :, Philadelphia & Reading Railway, glflKUIMrcK Tour Wife Will Save At Least A Dollar - If tou brine th entire funUj here tomorrow for dinner. We servo the. beat only at a frrtca tbat rives Utile, profit but ota of patrons. SPECIAL MDSIO cjifB' tew oTeiS ANOVER Iffflr i Ready Money tJnite4 States Lowi Spdeiy to iw 117 North Bffi-J 8t. ' S&rl l"Jr'i Sfi&RSaljm A I II CLAUDE U. HOHJK, ftij " -fv'. X 7 -ww '" setsy. ny ,ionn -ewrryvi o lmiifinifiiiiii uitjon. .-: OhlaJlj
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