-,:i" NAVY BOARD WILL - MAKE PROMOTIONS Secretary Daniels Names Commission to Meet To " day for Selections .-. MANY OFFICERS NEEDED WASHINGTON'. July 16 Secretary of the Navy Daniel yesterday announced that the board of (election for promotion of line officers of the navy, which will meet here today, will consist of Admiral Henry T Mnyo, Vice Admiral le Witt CofTman, Rear Admiral Nathaniel R, Usher. Frank F. Fletcher. Walter Mc Lean, Albert O. Wlnterhalter, Albert W Orant, William L. Ilodgcrs and Hush Red man. Commander Kenneth M nennett will be the recorder As to Its purposes, Secretary Daniels aid- This board Is i-mvened In accordance with the act or August 21. 1316. as amended by the act of Mnj 22 19!" for the purpose of recommending for perniarent promotion those officers best fitted of all eligible for promotion to the grades of commander, cap tain and rear admiral ot the navv, to till permanent vacancies In those grades. The board Is called upon to recommend ono cap tain for promotion to rrar admiral eight commanders for promotion to captain and twenty lieutenant commanders for promo tion to commander 'The act of May 22, 1917, authorizes tem porary ' -r , to nil th higher grades In rripei i ropnrti m to th" n i nhr nf tem porary appointments msd ' 'ler I he authority of this act In the Iowp"' i ide to supply the existing deficiency ol - ri based on the authorized permanent eull el strength of the navv In view of the recent decision to appoint temporarll ns cnlgns i considerable number of chief warrant offi cers, and In consideration of the fact that additional temporary appointments as n signs may be made, the board on selection for promotion has also been directed to recommend, as best fitted for temporary promotion of all those eligible, four cap tains for temporal- promotion to rear admiral twenty commanders for temporary promotion to captain and forty-six lieuten ant commander for temporar promotion fo commander "These latter officers will bo eligible for temporary promotion as temporary vacan cies may occur In tho higher grades This will not qualify them for permanent promo tions, for which however, thy wll' be eligible for consideration by another selec tion board that will be conened when suffi cient permanent vacancies occur" German Broil Now Involves Peace Terms Continued from I'ae Onp tlon of the Junkerltes with the course of compromise with which the former Chan cellor so tons rnaintalned his domination in Germany Foreign Minister Zlmmermann Is to be suc ceeded by Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, ac cording to unofficial reports from Berlin Count Brockdorff Is a cousin of Count Johann von Bcrnstorff former German Am bassador to Washington He was one -ot the group of officials who stood out to the last against unbridled submarine warfare on the ground that such a policy would surely draw the United States Into the war. michaelis Appointment fails to please rebels LONDON. July 16 Appointment of Dr Oeorg Michaelis as German Chancellor has not appeaed the Reichstag reformists All word reaching here Indicated that there was continued dissatisfaction over the fact that the ele ments In the German parliamentary body who forced Von Bethmann-Hollweg's fall were not consulted in the new Chancellor's naming There was no evidence whatever to show that the new Chancellor Is any more In clined toward democracy than was his predecessor New elements have now entered Into the German crisis The public entrance Into politics of tho German Crown Prince, Field M&rshkl rllndenhurg nnd Quartermaster General Uudendorn show the unveiled in fluence of the militarists sought to he exerdsvd over tho Itttchstag and other Civil .v.nnritles In Germany With on Hethmann-Hollwegs fall the list of Prem.ets of all belligerent nation who have b:n swept from their places duilng the w. i Is complete Hollweg was the last to go ' It w-3 recalled today that before the German broi.lt with America Count von Bernstorft rcpn tealv declared In Washing- ton th..t then, "could bo no peace until all tho before-the-war Premiers had retired" Tho men who might be responsive to a public demand for peace, however, are not now in control In iiirm-iny The time for nn uprising In Germany which will sweep away autocracy Is still far distant, according to the, views of the afternoon press today, commenting on the situation created by Germany s ha Itch of Premiers The Pall Mall Gazette's opinion was typical "The German crisis," It asserted, "has ended, as usual In a practt, jl reminder that the Kaiser and the army are the su preme factors In the control of German. "Germany will continue her attitude of truculence There is abundant, vague fer ment among her population, but the des perate agony that nlone begets courage for revolution Is still far distant " "This Is the third famous Junker victory since the war started.' declared tho Man chester Guardian "Tho first was the Ger man decision to wage war, the second was the Institution of unlimited submarine oper ations Again the Kaiser has allowed his own judgment to be overborne by the Crown Prince and the Junkers, who must now attempt to Justify their faith In the word and themselves b a supreme effort on Und and n tea WASHINGTON HEARS OF A USTRO DEMORA LIZA TION WASHINGTON. July 16 Reports that Austria, during German's Cabinet crisis, attempted to Interfere on be half of Hollweg and drew bitter attacks from some of the German pi ess were re ceived by the State Department today This Information, coupled with recent re-, ports that the Russian offensive Is rapidly demoralizing the Austrian forces along the .Dnelster, diverted official attention from ' Germany to her ally today. That Austria Is becoming more and more anxious for peace la borne out In both offi cial and diplomatic messages received here. German newspaper comment, made public " by the State Department today, was devoted tersely to the contemplated German suffrage reform. The Berliner Tageblatt said this reform "may not, perhaps, become a reality Until after peace Is declared, although the (Socialist Vorwaerts regards the Intended uffrage law as the first decisive step toward i wnocracy" 3 a. i .mwnnriTt a r pppc Km tinni? ',.& xTMii lJXHtilJ Uliuu uj uii " '? FOR GERMANY'S lititUKM ,FETROaRAD, July 1. The downfall of CtMnoellor Hollweg destroys all hope ot ' Aw immediate democratization of Ger. Many' In the view of Petrog rad newspapers They hold the appointment of Dr Georg Michaelis una the interference or we frown rr:nce and Germany's auo or muiiarun ly4ers HIndenburg and Ludcndorff, as In. BJUtbur wuitlwM vou& ot atrofant aup-. Austrian Army Flees Before the Slavs Continued from Tate One Stanlslatt, the Austro-German troops at tacked after a heavy bombardment and tried to throw the Russians back across the stream, but wero unsuccessful. Fighting Is still In progress Dispatches from the front today reported Increasing artillery activity nlong the Dvlna River. FRENCH REGAIN GROUND IN CHAMPAGNE BATTLE PARIS, Jul 16 Desperate fighting In the Champagne, In which powerful German attacks Prst pro gressed around Monts Haut and Teton, the tide changed and the French retook the cap tured positions, was detailed In today's offi cial statement Heavy losses were Inflicted on the enemy The statement said- In the Champigne the Germans bom barded our positions vlolentlv nnd nround Monts Ilout and Teton launched r"werful attacks on the pos'tlons which the French took Ssturdiy At first the enemy pro gressed on Mont Haut, but after nn all night luttle the Trench retook their pre vious gains The Germans' losses wero verv heavv Between the Somme nnd the Alsne Ger man raids were repulsed South of Cor benv. In vigorous fighting the -ieir was hurled back BRITISH RAID TEUTON TRENCHES AT OPPY LONDON, Jul IS -tlllcry dueling give nnj to raiding ne tl Ules on certain parts of the British frjnt during the night the W.ir Office an nounced at noon The British tarried out a successful raid at Oppv six miles northeast of Arras, en tering Germ in trenches ind Inflicting dam age The Germans tried unsurcessfullv to raid British trenches In the sectors of Armen lieres and Fontaine There has been heivv fighting with big juns In certain sectors nf West Handera GERMANS FAIL, DESPITE TERRIFIC GUN ASSAULT By HENRY WOOD WITH Till: rRHNCH ARM IKS IN THE FIELD, July 16 The most terrific bombardment Germanv has et concentrated against the French lines was massed S-iturdav night In a des perate attempt to force back General Pe taln's troops from new positions around Moronvllllers crest, which thev had wi'n by a new stIe of surprise attack. Toda with the consolidations of the French lines effected in subsequent fight ing, the French grip on Moronvlllers was tightening with v!ellke hold In fury for this Inclosing pressure the Germans Satur day night shelled several villages In Cham pagne five or eW miles from the front It seemed as though this fire vvna solelv to vent German rage at the French success Tho shells fell In many vllHges where Red Cross ambulances were stationed. Including I. section of the American nmbulnnce corps waiting to go to the front for wounded All tho Americans esraped unharmed The Champagne struggle began early in the week with extensive preparations for at tack bj the Germans The French defend ers were fully apprled of thee prelimi naries They Baw construction of a new trench from which the German attack was destined f start Thev knew that three new divisions (approximately 45 000 men), Including the Seventv -fourth Hanover Regl. ment, had been brought up Into line The Hanoverians were to bear the brunt of the assault They knew these attacking troops had been rehearsed back of the line for the part they were to play In the struggle Then the French eg.in preparations of their own for an attack For threo days the French artiller roared out a prepara tory fire Late Saturdaj evening this preparation decreased The French pur posely timed the slackening fire to deceive the Germans Into thinking nn attack was Imminent. But the usual attacking hours passed Along toward 7 10 the Germans began to figure that there was no assault coming. The enemy hauled down their ob servation sausage balloons, apparently con vinced that the day was ending In tran quillity Suddenly, at 7 4fl, the French reopened a redoubled .artillery bombardment Al most simultaneous the French Infantry leaned out of their trenches Across tho line the Germans tried hastily to shoot up their observation "sausages" In an endeavor to find out what was hap pening Uut before tho balloons, could reach heights sufficient for observation the Trench had won their victory I ollus held the tops of both Monts Teton and Haut exactl the objectives planned foi them Within less than five minutes the Ger mans, with the gigantic artillery concentra tion which they hnd massed for their abor tive attack opened the most terrlblo bom bardment 1 have et witnessed anywhero along tho French front The summits of both Haut nnd Teton wero quickly envel oped In seething smoke The sides were a living furnace rf burning grenades, Incendi ary shells exploding munitions caches and flaming materials generally Into this literal furnaco tho Germans launched their counter-attacks Tho desper ate character of tho fighting which ensued was apparent from the countless rockets that flamed Into the skies French and German troops both sent them up. signaling advances and retreats, calls for lengthening or shortening of the bat rage fire, n change In nrtlller ranges and other fluctuations of the battle Night fell on this scene, but the darkness was hardly noticed In the flaming of the rockets and explosions It was as light as day The Germans finally gave It up They let the Frtmch hold tight to their gains Before morning the pollus had concentrated their positions and gripped still tighter their hold on the Moronvlllers crest dominating the entire Champagne front BRITISH FAIL TO REGAIN LINES, BERLIN SAYS BERLIN. July 16 Heavy losses were Inflicted on English troops In repulse of three attempts to re capture positions recently lost by them around Lombartzyde, Belgium's today's of flclal statement declared South of Courtecon the AVar Office re ported violent fruitless French attempts to recapture a lost position and slmlllarly heavy losses Inflicted on Trench forces In their attacks around Labovelle farm The statement said In part In western Champagne and on the Romme our first line trenches remained In the enemy's hands at the end of a night's fighting At Hochberg our captures were not maintained At Poehlberg we again reached our old lines after bitter hand-to-hand fighting. A considerable number ot prisoners and a few machine guns were captured. Of the fighting on the eastern front the statement said: In the wooded Carpathians the Russians were repeatedly repulsed Dredger Drowned in Monongahela BROWNSVILLE. Pa., July 18. W J. Brown, thirty-five, of Trenton, N J was drowned, and three other men narrowly escaped a similar fate, when a skiff In which they were rowing overturned In the Mononranela River near here early today. The men were employed In dredging operations.- Man's Body Found by Fishermen LANCASTER. Pa . July 16 The body of Harvey Wllhelm, of York was found last evenlnr by fishermen, floating In the Sus quehanna. River near Duncan's Island, op posite Fequea, The discovery waa the cul mlnt)o , pi a week's search after the EVENING PROPOSED SITE J m WmmA ) wavy v7. lp BluLINGSPORT N.J. The property, known as the Blnck estate, lying below the governmental reservation at Fort Mifflin, is (said to have been selected for tho purpose of housing a Federal shipyard capable of constructing fifty vessels at one time. FOUR PERSONS HURT AS TRUCK IS OVERTURNED Six Children Escape Uninjured in Accident Doctor's Car Hit by Motor Four persons were hurt when a small motortruck earning a picnic part of ten was overturned at Twentieth and Dickinson streets last night Six children escaped uninjured The Injured are William Sklvo. forty ears old of 2333 Gray's Ferry road, father-in-law of the driver. Anthony Caru'o, of Chestnut Hill, Mrs Sklvo, forty two ears old. Mrs Rose Caruso, the drivers wife, and Caruso himself They wero all taken to the Methodist Hospital Edmund R Buffington. of Fifteenth and Jackson streets, was held In $400 ball by Magistrate Collins for further hearing next Tiida aftel his motortruck ran Into the nutnmoblle of Dr Frank Husted, 51 40 North Carlisle street It was testified Buffington tried to get awn after the crash Qulnton c Brown, of Hnddon Heights, was held in $2500 ball nt Magnolia, on tho White Horse pike tl Is charged that his automobile hit Dorothy Craley. one of two children killed at Magnolia Justice .Inrkson of Magnolia assessed the following fines for speeding T F Rellly 2450 Brn Mavvr avenue Philadel phia. $20. John G Pugh, Ei8r) Drexel road, and Max Wilson. 2109 North Eighth street. Philadelphia, $10 each, Daniel Pier son 2000 Broadway, Camden, and S Paul ing. 14 32 South Penn square, Philadelphia, $15 each LITTLE THEATRE FALLS INTO SHERIFF'S HANDS "Piano, Scenery, Props, Curtain, Desk, Chairs, Etc., and Third Floor Contents" to Go The property of the Little Theatre, 1714 De Lancev street, consisting of chairs, cur tains, props, etc , arc to be sold by the Sheriff on July 30 Whether this means that tho theatre has closed Is not known. It Is evident from the wording of a sherlff'd notice posted on the door of the theatre that the property Is being sold to satisfy Indebtedness. Tho notice contains the announcement that tho "plnno seerery. props, curtain, desk, chairs, bookcases, cabinets, rugs and the contents of the third floor" will be sold nt sheriff's Bale by court order on Friday, July 30. What debts the contents are being sold to satisfy are not known, as neither Mrs. Beulah E Jay, originator and manager of the theatre, nor her backers or associates could be seen today, but the Sheriff's no tice states that "all claims of rent and wages must be presented before the day of tho Rale" Tho Sheriffs notice men tions only the name of Mrs Jay Tho brass plate) on tho doors of tho theatro announce that the manlioment has Iti ortleeH on the third floor of the building This Indicates that the ' contents of the third floor" mentioned In tho Sheriff's no tice Is tho property of Mrs Jay and her htaff The only other concerns In the building are the Metropolitan Dramatic School nnd tho Noes School of Rhthmlc Expression nnd neither of these Is men tioned in the notice on the door SPECIAL LICENSES PUSH SHIPMENTS TO CANADA Blanket licenses have been given to all collectors of customs covering shipments made to Canada, In order that there may bo no delay In getting them through under the provisions of the embargo which went Into effect at midnight Saturday Word to this effect was received by the li asportation bureau of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce this morning from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce at Washington Many Inquiries had been made as to whether or not goods shipped to Canadian destination prior to tin date on which the embargo took effect would be permitted to go through and tho Phila delphia Chamber of Commerce took this question up with the Bureau of Forelg nnd Domestic Commtrce so that an Inter pretation favorable ijo shipments of this class might be secured The full provisions of the embargo, of course, are now In effect, and shipments under Its terms can be made only by license, but shippers who have goods in-transit tor Canadian points can be assured that these will reach their destination TWO WOMEN HEAD FIGHT TO CHEAT THE GALLOWS HARTFORD. Conn. July 16. Two women today headed a fight to save Mrs Amy Archer-Ollllgan, condemned as a murderer, from being hanged November 6 Mary Archer, nineteen years old, daughter of the doomed woman, started a battle to win a new trial for her mother. Mrs. Cecilia Bltckensderfer, wfe of a Stamford manufacturer, has entered the lists for Mrs GUllgan by advocating that the Pardons Board commute her sentence. She may circulate petitions all over the United States asking for commutation of sentence. No woman has been hanged In Connecticut since 1876 Both the daughter and Mrs. Bltckens derfer are In consultation with Attorney Holden. who defended Mrs. Qllllgan, marshaling every legal aid they can to keep the condemned woman from the scaffold. Mary Archer Is still living In the old home at Windsor where, It was alleged, Mrs. Gllllgan killed Franklin Andrews, one of the Inmates of her home for the aged and Infirm. " Hartford 1 divided Into two camp over the nuettlon of executln lire. GHUmiL LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917 FOR NEW SHIPYARD Food and Fuel Sole Features of New Bill Continued from I'sse One had meat once a dny for the boy nnd girl nf the family who workrd When meat got beond their reach they turned to onions and potatoes. Then onions and potatoes began to rise nnd the lived on ellow len tils nnd macaroni without cheese. Now these things have advanced and they are living on bread bread, half alum nnd halt holes and weak tea. Tho children are un dernourished, sleepy and stupid, and the mothers nre fearful that a new outbreak of Infantllo parnlvsls nrn -"M to their sufferings THE CHINESE WALL "Between these hungry people and the Government, which should protect them, there has grown up a Chinese wall," Miss Todd continued. The? women who will come to Washington will be messengers behind the wnll asking that It he battered down from the Inside If It cannot be throw down from within it must be at tacked from Without This Government must be. humanized The people are not prepared to suffer much more than they havo suffered already "Vet the faith these women have. In thi face of their bitter oppression Is appalling The believe that down here In Washington there Is some great heart that Is tender, some ono who loves them, some one who could correct If he onl knew the things they suffered The ono man In America they trust with nil their souls Is President Wilt-on they want to tell him they trust him and to tell him they are hungry He must see them , he must tell them he has not forgotten them He must renew their faith and through them his faith may be renewed To the Agriculture Committee they will appeal for the Immediate passage of the food-control hill," Miss Todd went on "They will tell the urgent need and will give solemn warning the mensuro must entail real control It must be designed not only to help our allies, but to help our people nt homo aa well They will seek, too, while In Washington to have one of their number given membership on the woman's commit tee of the Council ot Defense "One ear ago when the suffering became acute, the women of the East Side were told the Ma or would help them," Miss Todd continued. SOUGHT RELIEF IN VAIN "They went to the Mayor He told them to go to Albanv Albany told them the Wicks bill would bring relief It didn't Then came Mr Perkins with his rice and smelts which never appeared- as the now saviour Then they were told when Hoover came and the food bill was passed there would be relief They pinned their faith to Hoover of Belgium Hoover camo two months ago The food bill was Introduced a month ago Still they nre suffering The only result they saw of Hoover's coming was that a lot of domestic scientists came down to the East Side to show them how to cook They know how to cook far better nnd far more economically than the domcstlo scientists What they need Is food, not domestic science teachers "The women are growing bitter Hoover seems to them to have been onlv another mirage I saw Mr Hoover and I told him the women were losing faith, and were com ing to feel that he wan llko the rest and didn't care The faith of the East Side Is not misplaced In Hoover of Belgium," Miss Todd concluded WILL OPEN PROBE TOMORROW Joseph 13 Davles, member of the Federal Trade Commission tomorrow will hold the first Important hearing In the new Federal food-price Investigation, In which the body of which he Is a member, the Department of Agriculture and the food administration are co-operating The hearing will be held In Chicago and will bo devoted wholly to meat Stock growers, meat packers, butch ers Jobbers wholesalers and commission merchants dealing In meat will be confront ed with an array of evidence prepared by field agents of the commission While there have been numerous Federal food-price Investigations In the last two ears. the Administration plans to make this one more effective than any heretofore With far-reaching powers, the Adlmlnstra tlon Intends now to see to It, definitely, that middlemen no longer prey on the American consumer, using war conditions as a cloak. GAS VICTIMS MAY RECOVER Two at the Episcopal Hospital Are Ex pected to Live Two recoveries from gas asphyxiation are expected at the Episcopal Hospital, One of the patients Is Mrs. Ethel Asher. twenty-eight years old, of 2815 East On tario street, who was found In a stupor on a sofa In her home by Mrs Francis Ozlck, a next-door neighbor. The gas Jet was turned on The other patient Is Paul Onestook, twenty-two years old, a boarder at S21 Mutter street. With Frank Aenpsk, twenty-eight years old, another boarder, One stook came home Sunday morning after a heavy drinking bout, the police say, and was careless In turning out the light. When another Inmate of the house found them, Aenpsk was dod, but Onestook, who waa still breathing, was taken to the hos pital, H,e was revived with pulmotors and will live, It was said today. 1 S! L SEND A PACKAGE OF BOOKS TO YOUR SOLDIER AND SAILOR FRIENDS -JACOBS &J BOOKS 1628 CHESTNUT STREET CTATfONERYAMD ON DELAWARE NATION'S CALL TO WAR HAMPERS FIRE BUREAU Draft Bids Fair to Cripple City Department by Taking More Men . Philadelphia s Fire Bureau, already crippled through losing some of Its best men for military and naval service, bids fair to suffer heaviest through a draft of men for the regular army Unlike the Police Bureau tho firemen have no sub stitute list, nor is there available at this time any large number ofH'lvIl Service cllglbles who could be called Into service Tho Fire Bureau, including officers and men, numbers nearly 1000, and Includes fifty-nine engines companies, sixteen truck companies and five chemical companies flfty-nlno engine companies, sixteen truck Ever available man Is needed to properly handle apparatus nnd a drnft of one or two men from each company would create a handicap that would be hard for the remain ing men to overcome Some months ago the Civil Service Com mission announced an eligible list for hose men and laddcrmen, with more than 200 names A part of this list has been usedto fill vacancies, already existing, and others have been placed on the force to replace men who have entered tho nation's service. The list Is still further reduced by reason of the fact that many men who were will ing three months ago to become firemen have. In the meantime, secured more lucra tive positions with private concerns No exact estimate of tho men willing to fill vacancies can be ascertained until the list Is gone over and each eligible Is offered a place During the last few weeks many firemen have been advanced to lieutenancies or captaincies to fill vacancies caused by res ignations or leave of absence granted men to Join commands This has greatly re duced the number of members of the force ellglblo for quick promotion Recent tosses to the fire bureau Include some of Its ablest officers, Including the two men counted upon to command the work of fighting fires In the central section of the city Battalion Chief George W. Mood le, of tho Second District, with headquar ters at Sixth nnd Locust streets, has quit the service for tho period of the war, and Is with the Naval Coast Reserve forces at Cape May, while Captain George Martin, of Company No. 32, has rctu-cd to become chief of the Bethlehem Steel Company's fire force. Battalion Chief Jacob Wolbert, of the Fifth Battalion, with headquarters at New Market and Poplar streets. Is filling In for Chief Moodle. leaving his Important post to Captain Lincoln Bunting, of Engine Com pany No 21 This compan. In turn. Is In charge of a lesser officer The New Market and Poplar streets station Is but little less Important than tho one In the central dis trict, as It takes In tho Kensington mill dls. trlct New captains are at work In many sections, while In other stations men have been advanced recently to the position of lieutenant Eligible lists for policemen are longer, nnd a new list will soon be available, so that Director Wilson, of tho Department of Public Safety!, has but little fear of not keeping the police force up to regulation size no matter how heavy tho draft shall fall upon Its members Already hundreds of municipal employes from many different bureaus and depart ments have entered the national service, and In some Instances th,elr places have been filled by women substitutes, who will serve during the period of tho war Under war ordinance, all who quit the city service or are drafted will get their positions back at the close nf hostilities and will In the mean time draw from the city the difference be tween their city salaries and the umount the Government pays thepi while away MORE AMBULANCES NEEDED Additional ambulances for the Jefferson Base Hospital, to be established In France are being sought by public subscription, and an emergency meeting of the newly organ ized Fotteral Square Red Cross Ambulance Fund Club, which Is pledged to furnish &e fully equipped ambulance, will be held to night In the home of Its president, Mrs B Naylor, of 1131 Cumberland street This Is the Initial meeting of the members of the club, which comprises members of the neighborhood families Plans are under way for a lawn fete on July 27-28, with baby and Boy Scout parades, a concert by a United States regimental band and booths, at which refreshments and hand sewing donated by the neighborhood are to be sold as features. 2fe NEW EDISON "The Phonograph With a Soul" What other phonograph has stood the test of comparing the artist's voice with the reproduction of that voice! Only Mr. Edison has dared to make this comparison. And of over 300,000 persons who heard both side by side not one could detect a difference. We invite 3ou to hear music of a quality you never expected to come from a phono graphMusic's Re-Creation. Moderate Terms. ' Ludwitf Piano, Co. 11 03 CWiuit Mightiest Shipyard for Delaware River Continued from Pate One After the war the plant will be used for .i.. ....iMin- nf shins for the American mer chant marine, thus bringing the Government nearer to realization of the ambition to make the United States the foremost mari time nation of the world The plant here, like the other one planned by the Government, will be Government owned, but will bo operated by private capital under direction of the Government The National City Company has long been contemplating the building of a huge ship plant on the Delaware Through Interests In other shipyards It Is thoroughly ac quainted with shipbuilding and Is In posi tion to put engineers nnd operatlngexperts at werk Immediately the plant Is ready for use The Government plant will be comple mented by the new ards building above Bristol for Carl W Hamilton, president of the Chester Shipbuilding Company Other great yards now In operation are the Tray loi ards at Cornwells, Cramp's, the New York Shipbuilding Company, the rejuvenat ed Chester Shipbuilding Company, the Sun Sh pbulldlng Company and Worth Brothers, nt Chester, Harlan & Ilollingswortn, at Wilmington, and many others of less size but still Important WILL BUILD STANDARDIZED SHIPS Tho vessels built during the wnr will conform to the plans of tho Emergency Fleet Corporation, which General Goethals directs They will be constructed on stan dardized patterns, thereby facilitating con struction to n maximum The parts will bo made In a score or more of shops and auxiliary buildings and rushed to the was, where the will be wrought Into ships lis fast as men can work them The vessels will be of various sizes, but ot few tpes Time will be the essence of tho ifulldlng Everything that can be sacrificed reasonably will be sacrlfled for speed In construction and for utility . All curves not absolutely necessary will be eliminated Instead of being Inclined in ward at the tops, so that the deck beams are less than the beams three feet down the hulls will rise straight from the water line Even the sterns will bo vertical, ex cept for the curves required to accommodate prepellcrs The peculiar shape of the vessels will be a concession to speed in construct'on and a concession to beauty, but will be no concession to utility or service An or dinary hull Is built with the sides curving slightly Inward toward the top, so that n transverse section looks llko a V. with tho top bent a little toward each other These nuns win riso siraigni. so inai a transversa section will look exactly like a V Tho result will be a topheavy appear ance, but It will be only appearance Tho ships will not be actually topheavy They will, In shoit. be exactly as good, as serv iceable, as satisfactory ns any ship, but not as pretty It will take longer to build a pretty ship and the Government at this time Is not considering ships from nn ar tistic standpoint, but from n standpoint of service The decks also will be flat Instead of cam hered. A cambered deck Is high In the center and slopes gently downward to the edges, Just as n good street pavement Is higher In tho middle and slopes gently down ward toward the gutter The flat deck will be as serviceable and can be made more speedily None of the ships will have a tonnage of less than 5000. With tho standardized building policy In full operation and all the fifty ways in use. as many as possible both day and night, 3,000,000 tons of shipping will be under construction at all times when the' yard Is In full operation Tho slto of tho Government yards has long been looked upon by experts as the most Ideal location on the Delaware for a large marine terminal and Industrial de velopments. Plana for Its development by private financial Interests were well ad vanced when the Government saw and de termined to meet tho emergency created by the submarine campaign of the Germans Owing to tho exigencies of the present situation with sites for shipyards of such magnitude difficult to find and difficult to obtain the former plans were abandoned nnd the property was turned over for the Government's use. Darrow Quits Post in City Hall George P Darrow;, assistant chief clerk of the Bureau of Water, today resigned to accept a position with the contracting firm of Day & Zimmerman The city position carries a salary of J2000 George Hazlett a brother of Recorder of Deeds James M Hazlett, Is scheduled for the place Two Wills Probated Today Wills probated today included those ot James Morris, 2436 Kensington avenue which. In private bequests, disposes of prop erty valued nt 18,000, and Maria Baldwin, who died In the Woman's College Hospital, (2500. r-JA. a- . j, , . "H p-i-A-A Girard JTLe C6ar A : that never deis on your nerves Shade-Brawn Real Havana 1 0c and up 1 tlllllllllllllllllllllll llll II III I III I, I II AMfA CASE 4jl2ft-p waacaamtHHnnMn STRICKEN SHIP DROPS CARGO TO KEEP GOING All Passengers, Including pr0m i innnt Donnrtorl ai:,.. . ". 7v,r "A ",UI, aaie Off Cape Race ST JOHNS. N V Julv IB ..... number of tugs and other vessels ,.niiV i the crew of the 16.000-ton Norwegian? ir- , lean liner k'rlstlanlnfjord tn.lni i.!L .A.m- ' enlng the cargo In an effort to . .V steamship, which went on the rodf. V " Cape Race Sunday All of the ,J s" BenserB ,mvo neen inKen olT without tLV dent Messnires from r-..., t, lcel- steamship Is not hopelessly darna? n KrlstlanlafJord left nn Amerirnn J?..0'. bound for Norway Helnrlch Schauffluu . n representative of Count von Bernst former German Amhnssarin,. ,.. .... .. ." States, wns among the passengers hi!? been deported by the State Department. Threo ot the passengers of the wrest, steamship are from Philadelphia or vlclnii. Miss Senta Centcrvall living in Brvn XittJ nnd Miss Angot Moller at 237 East JohS street, Germnntown Mocr Carlsen nr mate of the steamship Wnscona was return iiik iu mo iiuinu in i nnsiinnia All tur chased their tickets at the Philadelphia office of Wescnberg & Co .ins ,.?' street """ BENSON WILL NOT QUIT THE SOCIALIST PARTY Former Presidential Candidate Will Not Resign, After All- Deplores Anti-Draft Stand NEW YORK Julv lfi Russian Social ists have taken the lead In world democno and "with tho war unmlst-ikablv drawlnr to a close" there Is much work for the fin. clnllsts In Ameilca, Allan Benson form, presidential candidate for that party d dared toda He made the statement In announclnr that ho would not withdraw from the Social 1st organization despite Its nttitude toM the draft u Benson tald he "deepl regretted" th. action of many of the numbers of the So clallst party In pledging themse.ves to pud! port "mass movements agnlnst conscrlo. tlons This, he declared could be Inter preted as nn Indorsement of drnft riots a though not so Intended ' MAYOR FINALLY COMES TO THE FRONT FOR OLD GLOIiY KUZAItr.TH. N J Julv 16-The Ameri can flag which Slav or Victor Mravlag re. fucd to recclvo from the recreation com. mltteo on July 4 In behalf of the city hai been accepted by him He pledged his allegiance to It In tho following words: Although I have folks in nnother land I do hereby pledgo nself body and' soul, to support tho flag and all that It stands foi In the pretcnt struerU t which tho country Is now engaged Tho Independence Day Inclden , which In. eluded tho Maor's departuro from a Dublin ceremony because ho objected to the tenor 01 n speecn, lea to n citizens request to Washington to havo him removed from th registration exemption board Child Dies of Infantile Paralysis IANCASTi:rt. I'n . .Tnlv 1 C InfanlL paralysis caused the death this morning of inree-jcar-om uaniei ucrtzier son ot 51ra. uel Hertzler Another new rnse wa. At. covered Saturday In the county, making the total for to weeks of four County Heiffli Inspector Mowrey will open a campaln againsi ine piague SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE NOW GOING ON SPECIALS ?K $1.90 dee ol i 53 sod X ipi. I 000 Tain $3.30 Pumpi. Careful Shoppers' Opportunity Every day hundreds of women are coming here to pick up the daintiest footwear n't the most astonishingly low nrices ever known. Pumps of every design, priced S3 to co iuivlt uiuii Hiiywiiurc cist: iu - delphh. Pumps that are priced actually at wholesale prices. THINK OF IT- $1.90,2.40, $2.90,53.90 are the prices now of all $3, $4, $5 and $8 Pumps Hundreds of patterns, new, smart, wondrous, in beautiful white, tan, black and gray leathers. Every day you wait depletes our stock. Wide choice now. Come in and save $3 to $5 Monday and all this week. EXTRA SPECIALS A distinctive SO I'rench Pump of zorgrou. Oynter (Ira), Mux- CO Oil turd. White llu(kkln I.ouli V,)(7jU llreU; Hand-turned hales 7 Patent Colt Pumps 0 QQ A bench-made creation JW White Iiuck Pumpi. Ills JO Qf) .1 value HiniK " Patent Colt, Mahogany. Gray, White and Dull Calf Pumpn. ltlg IS and M $1 Qf value here XmifV DON'T WAIT, COMK KATtl.V THIS VfKEK HflfflLftKOTSMV - 1 ran, wuMtn t i 23 Floor Saves 9 1206 fflO Chestnut St 11X1111 ir " I YOU can send the EVENING LEDGER to any of your rela tives and friends with the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces abroad at domestic subscription rates. You may telephone order ta Walnut 3000 (Bell) or Main 3000 (Keystone), Circulation Depart ment Subscription will be en tered and bill mailed to you, or you can mail instructions, inclos ing check or money order. McFmtMmUi SV t.t I l'2a"amausw 'PBSt iion at w jrtwiw yoip m tFm9Wlf on th river by 1 f wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Hiliifiiww&nuiiiun
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