. ''- ;, EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917 I . Hi JWR CHILD'S OUTING YOU MUST KNOW YOUR CONSCRIPTION NUMBER TORPEDO NEARLY HITS BIG AMERICAN LINER SUN SHIPYARD TO BUILD U. S. MINE SWEEPERS " W g: BY SALVATIUIN mm jZ ,. y Mtl& . tiy S S. .. N .WIS,. mfYirMiutPSX 1 ''I It Vhonws B. Smith nnd George A. Vare Playgrounds Open for "Summer Season 4y 'other city news briefs ...i Street raving to Be Com- .i.tpd in FortniRht, Highways Bureau Promi liscs ' n. first Salvation Aimy outing nC the ....on for poor children vvns held today tid I by baml"! ami with vvnUnp; llaRs, morn . 800 halipy ""' mlllni ou"R"te" left Sirtn't "tVirt wharf fr the Solvation irmv Kro'h Air Camp ntf rpUnrt. IM Among the lomlliiB nrnu workers rent Colonel William I'cnrt. of .New ork. id Colonel K V. Ilnlr To I'lajKrountli ()ncn to ,,,c ,,uolic 'Tho Tliom-n II Smllh pla ground, !t Twenty-fourth ami .lackson streets, con itructea at .1 cost of many thousand dol tin nrobablj will ho opened tonlRht nc tord'lnR to an ollk-l.il announcement The ootn-alr irohiimlnR nl of tho Cleorpo A Vare pla ground Tvv put -sixth nnd Morris streets, also opens today Paving to Be Finished in Two Weeks The palnR on Chestnut street, between Seventh and Twelfth, will be finished within two neck according to an announcement ty the Ilureau of Highways Tho I'hlladel phli Ripd Ti -unit Company I lnlng now tricks In that section; Councils' Campaign to Start William y l'lnley, of the Republican City Committee announced that mcetlnR cf all the ward committee would be held next week to start the cnmp-ilgn for the romlnatlon and election of Select nnd Com. jttin Councilmen nnd also of ward ofllcers Denies Wounded Will Be Treated Here Denial tint wounded soldlei of the French and Urltlsh armies wero to be treated In I'hlladelphla ha been m-ide 1 Captain Prank Anderson, army surgeon, In this clt I have heard of no such pur pore on tho part of the (Jov eminent, ' lie said Boy Dies After Fall Wllllim llrmid. four car old. 210 forth Tienti-scond street, who was In jured lat Sundiv afternoon when ho fell eff a Pile of brli-Ks at Twcntj -second and Race street dieil today from his Injuries ut the Medlco-Cliirurglcal Hospital Robbed of Watch and Money on Street Frank Steinmaver, pf Zleglersvllle, N .1 . was seized and robbed of n Rold watch nnd Jl 60 bj three men nt Kranklln nnd Vine streets about 3 30 till mornlnR Policeman Condon of the Tenth and Iluttouuond jtreeta station who happened nlonR about , that time arrested three men, who were held without ball for a further hearlnR July 23 bv Magistrate Costello hi the Tenth and Buttnnuood htreets station The men held are Louis Kcll, twenty-three jcars old, of Green street near Xlnth, Anthony Emolnsk tvvpntv-threc jears old, of Tenth t and Oreen wtreots. and Leonard l.utr. twenty-one vc.irs old, of i;iecnth street near Green Appointments at City Hall City appointment today include Kduard Kennej, 1GJ6 South Molo street, inspector. Bureau of Water, s.ilarj $1000, Owen McGovern 2G18 Kast Ann street, lnpector. Bureau of Hlghvvnvs, $s: B0 pec month, and William K Steh e C1J North Fortieth streot, iret a3.stant engineer, Ilureau of Survevs I12GC Baptist Organ Suspended The Baptist Commonwealth, ofTlclal orR.-in f the l'ennavlvanl-i Baptist Cleneial Con nntlon has suspended publication Owing toheavv expenses it has been merRO with toe Watchman-lAaminer, published in New Torlc AUTO MISSES CYCLIST; ANOTHER KILLS HIM While Arguing Over Close Call Protestant Is Struck by Second Car i " Carman I'aneehellc nineteen ears old, of 271D South P.irien street, a blcjclc rider, narrow i escaped helns hit by an nuto moblle at Broad ttreet nnd Snder nvenuc nd during the nrRimient that followed a car driven bj Paul Hohevv.i, of 1125 Spruce street, cime along nnd stiuck him. eiuslng his death Hoscvva vvns arrested The driver of tho first car left when I'anechelle was hurt Magistrate linker at the Thlrty-fomth District station. Fifteenth nnd .Snjder venue held Hoi-cuny without bail to await action bj the Coroner Albert Sjli ester, tirtj-slx ears old, of 2260 Kast Alleghcnj nenuc, was under an automobile trvlng to fix It, on Northeast Boulevard near I" street when another car hit the macnine Sjlv ester with three rib broken wa taken to tho Jewish Hospital John W Imow, driver of tho second car. was sllRhtlj hurt He will bo taken to City Hall today t LANGUAGE OF LOVE WINS IN CAMP OF MARS Lieutenant Randolph W. Childs Gains Bride WhiloSoldiering on Mexi can Border Miss Hazel Damon, a pretty New Kng na Blrl, was teaching school In Kl l'aso, jex, at tho time of the recent unpleasant s between tho U nl tod State nnd His uewnlskered Hxcellency Vcnutlano Car-r-r-r-anza Lieutenant Kandolph W Chlldi, or the Sixth Ileslment, X O I. who In Peace times occupies a law- office In the J-and Title BulIdinR, quit his home at llrn Athyn and went with his regiment to the . Lieutenant Childs met Miss Damon She aid not teach him rcatlln' " or 'wrltln"' jr "rlthmetlc.-1 but she taught him the weet alphabet of lo o from A to Z Miss Damon came to Philadelphia two weeks ago and ten days ago Jie was mar ried ttj tho lieutenant Tho secret 1 Just out and Child is beli.R "t.ldded" mercl sly hy his comrades in the nrmnry nt '"rty-first street und Mantua incnue The marriage w-i nt Lieutenant Chllds's jome, whero Mrs Childs llcs while her "Uaband preparo for war Foot Comfort Recnvsed 25c Each U A MM A S. K. Cqr. 13th & Sansom, llAIlJS A over Cranes; also 1204 nl3a Chestnut MANICURING, 23c Galvanized Boat Pumps u d. ncnacn co.. n. u si. al 4IK. llartl Hi. I Stand Behind the Government LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEK inW i n b 8 JsSLi A'aX 1 33rd VIST. "-1 31st BIST $(V M r Puc sriror a t TtortreinJfJir,1' 7 f l VsrAND THOMPSON 3T8. POLICE SrTTJON MS QQNDnrcT fe 1 -lch,gh tve T POLICE STI. JtJSQjWPV. Wor"A!L hf asnpisi: fe8gg& M37mst.- IV ) $1 puce: jrsro S ieughm. J$ xtce sr. V tS???J- S SOrH ST. BELOW Z& MfAvrT ?&l1 SZnoSTANO e, 7 b 1 I Xi S Jr Jr $ h 3 ( 38Dsr X; WJDsr" 40TPIST. v. police s7vrrow ptyf -PducE sr?roN u, J 7OLfce stttom j HtmnmRK tye. shxoek me. r. Jf shdek ?ve. fa rK il I K i. LEMGY. Tho Go eminent requires that every individual registered for nrmy concription shall know his serial number so that when the numbers of men drafted for the firs t army arc announced from WnshinRton each man shall report promptly to his local board. The Goernmrnt holds the individual responsible. Ipnorance of the serial number docs not oxcucp him. To help drafted men th e Evening Ledger is publishing maps showing tho boundaries of each consctiptton division, the numbers of divisions nnd the location of the complete, accurate, serially numbered local board lists in each division. A dditional maps will bo printed daily until the entire fifty-one have been used. The first ten district maps were published Saturday. The numbers apply to registra tion districts, not to police stations. JERSEY BOARD ALLOWS GAS CONSOLIDATIONS Conditionally Permits Various Com panies to Merge Properties ns "Cumberland Gas Company" TIU:N'TON". N I lulv IS The State Hoird of Public Ctllltv Commissioner? Ins npproed, under certain condition-' consoli dation of thesMilhllle (las Light Cnmpinj, Cltlsens- fl.is Compatn of 1,-indlR township. Cltlrens' Ons r.lRht Compin of Vlnel.ind. Commercial (las Cnmp-im, Jl-iurlce ltlv"r O-is Compinv. How no Towhhlp n.is Cum in nj. Lawrence f!is Compin ralrtle d (lis (Vminin, Iieerllelil Cns Compiny and JlttFKroe (3as Compin. nil of Cuniberlind County The newlv formed ompinv propoces to take the name of the Cumberlind Cis Compinv Tho Mlllvllle fins Llpht Comp-inv h.is outstanding stock In the amount of ?2no 000 and $rinnonn In bonds, while the Milwldlirv comiunlei lnxo lomblned outstnndlnK stock of $255,000 The Hubildlnry properties hae no nln', Ka(jes and no debts outside of those nwlnir to the Mlllllle fJas Light Compin ft i construction purposes The entire financing of this group of properties has been accomplished throur'i the securities of the MHMlle tins Light Compin , in addition, howeer, the Mill IIle flas Light Compiny his outstanding certain constructions debts which nro more than offset by current nssets. Among the conditions of npproa! Im posed l the board are these Itefusal to approe the amount of se curities which would result In refundlnr securities to which "the beard would not hae originally nppnncd; ,ipproal of a stock Issue of $200,000 In exclnnge for n like account of stoik of the Milhllle Has Light Compinv, npprnnl of a $100 000 mortgige, npproal of an Issue of bonds under a new- mortgage of $000 000 It Is ordered that nn expense account be set up to tocr the amount of debt discount and expense "Boy Orator" Arrested in Heading UnADIN'fJ. Pa . July 18 Ileciuse Mnjor riltert thought A Lincoln ioldbacher of Philadelphia known ns the "boj orator ' an Impostor, the joung man, who for seeral weeks haR been touring New- York nnd Penn s)tanla holding open-air meetings to 'stim ulate recruiting." was arrested while ad dressing a large audience hero. J.E.Caldwell 8f(b. STOCKPINS Regulation Swords Polo Mallets f Golf Sticks Riding Crops Canoe Paddles r Of Gold, or of Gold With Platinum "Turn Your Back and Close Your Eyes and when Anna Case's glorious voice, literally rc-crcated tone for tone, shade for shade, pours forth from 2& NEW EDISON '77hj Phonograph With a Soul" you will feel her very presence in the room. This marvelous instrument has been tested by direct comparison with its re-creation of the voices of the world's greatest artists. Half a million people have heard these astonishing tests and were unable to distinguish the singer's living voice from Jts re-creation. WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR SALON v AND MAKE THE TEST FOR YOURSELF LUDWKJ PIANO C0v 1103 Cfaeitnut St; .m nn --r- HOME RULE FIGHT AROUSES RUSSIA Cabinet Crisis Caused by De mands of Ukrainia, Fin land and Kronstadt MILIUKOFF PARTY BALKS PI TimrjiiAl) July 18 Itussli s In the throes of n ' home rule" fight which todnj has assumed Importance only second to the wnr It was the direct cause of KussJa's Cabinet split 1'kranli, rinlind nnd Krointadt are all seeking home rule not independence The Cabinet resignations of cadet (Con stitutionalist Democrats) members fol lowed revelations tint Foreign Minister Tcrefchenko and .Minister of Communica tions Tstretelll hid gone to I'kralnla and signed an ngiecnient that 1'kr.ilnian nih il. lis should be responsible onl) to the rkralnlan C ingress This agreement was signed Saturday whin Tereschi uko nnd Tseretclll, at Kleff. were In tonstnnt Much by telegraph with the Cabinet In I'etrogrnd The Cabinet in structed them to get t'krainla's lows, but not to sign nn ngrtement On Sunday the two Mini' tri returned and tho Cabinet held a long session at Prince Loffs home i:arl Mond.n morning Tereschenko nnd TFeietelll brought out the agreement they had signed There was an immediate storm in the meeting The cadet members refused to ratlfv the pledges Prince Loff sided with the Socialists nnd lbidlcnls, who approved tho step Tho i adets flnallv quit the meet ing at 3 o clock in the morning, later re signing The cadets appirentl are still showing the same misunderstanding of the nlms of the Itusslin commoners that ciused the fall of former l'orelgn Minister Mlllukoff The Cabinet crisis ciused Intense excite ment here All nlpht Monda there were crowds on the streets and there was the greitest dlplav of arms Flnce the revolu tion At midnight automobiles carrying rapid-fire guns nnd armed soldiers dashed up and down the Kevskv Propekt dls pcrslng the crowds The Itidlcal elements Insisted that .Socialists should replace the t f resigned cadet ministers nnd conservatives disagreed M Tscheldze president of the Soldiers nnd 'Workmen's Council, was In Helslngfors, rinlnnd, todnv endeiorlng to adjust the ' home rule" fight there. CHILD KILLED IN WAR PLAY Attempts to Make Tunnel Into "Trench," Which Collapses CHICAGO. July IS Tommy Beutsch, eleven, sacrificed himself to the ardor of war. In a mimic sand lot battle. In which "Tommj" represented the Germans and two companions the '"Merlcans," the for mer was elected to dig a trench In a sand bank After tunneling his way Into the sand the "trench" collapsed and Tommy died from his Injuries. ") x Passengers Describe Attack of July 11 by Invisible U-Bont AN ATLANTIC POUT, July 18 A torpedo missed n big American liner by thirty yards when It wns nttneked by n submarine July II, nccordlng to Colonel A. C. Grenmo Harrison, a Urltlsh army oiricer, who nrrlved on the stenmshlp today Colonel Harrison said none of the pas sengers saw- the submarine, hut the naval gun crew mnde rend) for action No shots were fired On July 13, Colonel Harrison nsscrted, sixty-two shots were fired b) the gun crew nt what appeared to be n periscope, sighted 2000 ards distant In mid-Atlantic Closer Investigation revealed the supposed peri scope as a buoy which had broken from Its moorings The steamer was delnved more thin sixty hours In leaving Hngland by reports of unusunl submarine activities A submirlne torpedoed the Urltlsh steamer (irnnmore on June 7 when she was being convnjed bv nn American destrojer, according to other passengers I'lve of the (Iranmnre's plates were stove In and the fore peak tilled with water The Oranmore remained afloat and was taken Into an Irish port Six of her crew were among the liner's pnssengers They said the submarine remained sub merged throughout the attack JERSEY HEAT CAUSES DEATH AND PROSTRATION Philadelphia High Mark of 88 Again Likely Today, With Late Thundcrshowcrs Two Camden babies are dead as a result of the heat nnd three persons nro prostrate in the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital, Camden Tho children are Jadvvga Kvtlla, six months old, of 1910 Klllmore street nnd Doris Wonderlln, three months old, of 105 Stewart nvenuo Those prostrated are James D Dctts, nineteen a ears old of 273 Victoria street Mcrchantvllle, Jennie Sznoska. eighteen ears old, of 122S Chestnut street Camden and Theodore Dllllon, forty-nine vears old, of (1035 Osage avenue, Philadelphia Tho highest temperature jesterday in Philadelphia was 88 That temperature probably will be reached toda Thunder showers this nfternoon are probable Seeley's Adjusto Rupture Pad will lncrme efficiency of any truss C0 Pressure can be adjusted at will Swlrfl action In bottom allows edges to yield to every motion with out shifting centre or allowing rup ture to slip Comfortable, safe, dur able and sanitary Mailed anywhere on receipt of $2 State kind of truss It Is for. Call or write for circular No agents. I. B. SEELEY, 1027 Walnut St. Cut out ant keep for reertnet. Jmuwb ur" patiWT CREW dzS AF-LIED mwiATon. tp ran BONWIT TELLER. aCQ fadpceiatyhcp0ncfina&onb CHESTNUT AT 13" STREET For Thursday Bathing Suits and Accessories Greatly Reduced Prices Entire stock divided into four groups for disposal, before semi-annual Inventory. Group 1. Bathing frocks of 3ilk poplin and wool jersey, in navy and black and many color combinations. Formerly up to 6.?5 2.93 Group 2. Five models in taffeta, wocl jersey, mohair, silk poplin, in navy and black and many color combinatior.3. Formerly up to 9.7E 4.S5 Group 3. Bathing frocks and suits of extra quality satin, taffeta and wool jersey. Formerly up to 12.75 6.95 Group 4. A few fine fibre silk bathing frocks to gether with specially priced suits of taf feta and silk jersey. Formerly up to 16.5C 8.95 All medium and high priced bathing suits and beach capes, actually reduced below cost of manufacture. &.5 up A very Bpecial value sale of bathing slippers, caps and garters. Many of the article in this sale are far below cost and are markei for opeedy clesr once at 21c Private Work Is Abandoned by Company to Push Vessels Needed by Government Thrco mine sweepers, on which work will be stnrted In n short time, will be. put on the wnya of the Sun Shipbuilding Company near Kddystono as the first Dtcps In a pro gram of Oov eminent shipbuilding All prlvnto work will be nbnndoned by the com pany, which Is operated in connection with the Sun Oil Company. The Sun company has six shlpways on the Delaware, with facilities for turning out a lOOOnton ship every month The plant hns been operating little moio than a jear Options nnd actual transfers were ob tained vesterdav for land north of the Wcstlnghouso plant nt Ksslngton for the great lioveVnment shipbuilding plant, which will be built bv the American International Compnn). of the National City Dank This plant probnblv the greatest in tho world, will employ 15,000 men ami is to comprise fifty shlpwnys Florin Trounces Lancaster A. A. MAUir.TTA Pa , July 18 florin won nn exciting contest from Lancaster A A. by tho score of 6 to 0 9mmnmmM 11 rite or Yalt for ovr new and Interesting PooHlet "Lonkino Into Your Own A Scries of Eye Talks v Our Next Tnlk, Weil., An. 1 Hy Joseph C. TcrKUson, Jr. ANY people un derstand "Eye Strain" to bo the result of some fault of the shape of the eye. While such is, perhaps, most often tho case, yet it is frequently caused by overtaxed nerves or blood vessels connected with the eyes and their nppendaces or even by remote parts, such as the stomach, back, etc. It is for such rensons ihat It ts iwh sable lo ron"Ult an oculist a phjslclnn who spe cializes in treatment of tho eves whenever It is suspected that the eves need nttentlon Should glases be necessary have the prescription tilled by an Optician whose experience and hlth standards nf accuracy assure ou of the best results &. 6. 2emtwnJfi Prescription Opticians G, 8 & 10 South 15th St. ire Do XOT Examine Euty. 'This 'Talk from a copinsht gerles, all rl&hts icaerved. quick " CN A c ? liMraMlflUIIHMI lu Li n: 9 51 Is I , ! These present - Reductions tf plus the sure advance in prices for similar goods next year make this the greatest Reduction Sale in many a year! $15 & $18 Suits.. $13.50- $20 and $22.50 J $16.50 Suits for I $17.50 $25 Suits for.... ggjg S2Sand$30 $23.00 Suits for I $24.00' I Everything that goes into a Suit of Cloch.es fabrics, lin ings, bindings, but tons and thread have gone up sky high, and are going higher! Suits, like these will cost five to ten dollars more next year than the reg ular prices these are( now reduced from! 1$ Lay in two or three suits for future needs! Hot Weather Suits J The ideal fabrics for torrid weather wear! All colors from cream to oxford, with stripes and novelty patterns! A big stock to select from! $7.50 to $10.00 $io.ol $12.S $13.54 $15.00 Palm Beach Suits "Breezweve" Suits Mohair Suits Store closes daily S P. U J P. 21. Saturday during . Jul and A.ugu$t. PERRY &C ' B. T." 16th i -.fl "va A v. xXS 3 , m n M TO.,., if i i Vu 'li
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