W I! pXr. to bridge schuylkill aga1 'moO.OOO Concrete Structure I i'u:ii P.vnsa River at Girard Point I RUSHING SHIPYARD LINE ftuge Force Employed on New Double Track to Govern ment's Plant Site 1 !,. pcnnsvlvanla Hnllroad Is working Government rush orders with nil Ihs wd J tlt command on tho $2,000,000 con billon of a new double-track line. In. '"r: . $300 000 concrete bridge across Sr'echuilklll t 0!rord I'olnt. connecting H!! 900-acro Mto of the big Gov eminent Sfobulldlns Plant at Islngte.n on the Del- "; nnh lis rhliaueipnia. uummuiu mm wAhlnKton dIMslon at Mnrcui Hook on .L.,nnd the Girard Point freight and rtr terminal on tho other The James McCIravv Company, of Phlla Mnhla which hat tho contract for ,thc n ire line Is working from 700 to 800 men fndiv and hones to hnvo 1600 on the whole line of construction before long. Under special agreement with the Phila. .Mohla and Heading Hallway for the time fee nff the Pennsylvania Is operatinK a tem porary siding from the former's tracks on to he new line and unloading rails nnd ties it North K'tlngton at fast as machinery ind' labor will let them Excavations In erne cases hao been virtually completed where tho cut was shallow, and In others Is under wav Several steam shovels are digging out dirt by 'ho ton-bucketsful, nnd lines of dump and flat cars are taking It to the places where filling It ncccssar Another jteam shoel It expected 011 tho work with in tvro weekt and the contractors arc now (fjlug to obtain a standard gauge locomo tive and cart Numerous plants In Phila delphia are shipping tons of cinder out to points on the line to till In the long stretches f swamp bottom James n Tarrell president of the con tracting comp.inv who lives in Shnron Hill, Was In Harrlsburg vesterday looking after certain authorization necessary to the build ing of certain bridge nnd grade crotilngt along the line It Is proposed to build the line at grade ncrot streets at first In Order to speed Its completion, conttructlng the permanent bridges later when there Is more time The engineering work Is under the dlrec tlen of J P Temple, assistant engineer, 'whoe oflice is at Overbrook, but tho en rlneerlng p-irtv under William II Ilub Urd, has established a branch oinoe at North UsMngton so as to be on hand every minute Tho railroad has until the first t September to lay the connections to the shipping plant nnd tho engineering force la exerting every effort to get the work Into that limit, somo of the men working at Bight One of tho complex problems on this work Is to get the requisite housing for the men to be employed The Immense Westlnghouse plant Is under Construction along the new Pcnnsvlvanla lino and virtu ally all available houses In Hsslngton and the surrounding territory have been en gaged Tho JIcGraw Company Is now nav bg thirty cents an hour anft housing the men on the work and has a standing order tut for 200 moro men SPHKD A VITAL TACTOU The situation of the big Government ship, building plant at Essington is peculiarly favorable, considering the fact that In erder to be built In the shortest possible time and then to reach Its maximum ctll Clency It must havo abolutelv adequate rail connections with the great supply and dis tribution districts of the country The Penn urlvanla Railroad has had the new line of tack through this section under contempla tion for a number of years. The survey work that Is necessary In order first to lay cut the routing of the line has all been done, the property all bought up by the real es tate department nnd everything Is In readl sess to start construction nt once The Chester end of the line, In fact, has keen under construction since last fall, but the work on tho rest of tho line has been gradually shaping up, as there Is no appro priation for the contract, the expense being met from month to month as the construc tion progressed Now however conditions nave changed suddenly and the entire lino Is under way. There Is thlt difference, though: the con miction In many cases Is temporaary, with a view to completing it nt the earliest pos Bible moment The trackt will be raid as best they may now and the curvet straightened according i the best engineering lines later Many of the bridges over the minor streams, and especially the large re-enforced steel and concrete bascule bridge over the Schuyl kill river at Girard Point, will first be pile structures The latter structure will Include channel span of 400 feet, and will prob bly be bridged by the bascule type, but It Is not definitely settled as yet whether the mlng draw will be substituted nouTn op new line The entire line as laid out by the Penn yllanla Railroad to serve the present and coming Industrial development along the Delaware has a length of roadbed of about sixteen miles, exclusive of the numerous tidings into the manufacturing plants Starting In nt a bit of dead end track at Marcus Hook, close to the boundary line ef Pennsylvania and Delaware, the route virtually parallelt the Philadelphia, Balti more and Washington division through ( South Chester, the business center of Ches ter and thence to Eddystone, where it crosses the Philadelphia and Reading, but Parallels the latter from there to North Es sington Here It curves toward the Dela ware River running through the site of the nestlnghouso plant, follows the general line of the river for about two miles and then hoots across Intervening farms and swamp land to the northern end of Hog Island, which Is separated from the mainland by what Is locally known as the "back chan nel." recently dredged out After a wide weep to the east the line follows this back channel to the army and navy reservation M Fort Mifflin, where It takes a north easterly course to cross the Schuylkill about forty feet In the air and connect with the ree freight terminal that the road is per fecting at Girard Point, the location of the huge concrete grain elevator and the docks ervlng this freight depot. Bridges will also be built over Plum $100 WEEKLY Will brin$ you eVictrol'a and 10 Records of you own selection $ Your choice 4 - of four style Victrolas "X CrSi, Cnmb nCreek' n,dly r. channel at ,. ?T C.reek and the bn ture" are L !i,B,lsIand Pe"r.t struc Darbv .1,. " way now at tne R'dley and uarby streams and Plum Creek toSr!din .re C,1,her nnlslml or Wis built CrewTeWeW V antS ,th..e Dl are Steel mTVomi "TonL Bht" Su" Shlpbulld !,ni.i Chester Tube, Eddj stone Am. a'wesSuoneV "PEACEFUL INVASION" IS TEUTON PROGRAM Insidious Propaganda Plans to Overcome Neutrals by In dustrial Aggression . , WASHINGTON. July IS i.,!2npea on exer' "and in hit efforts to invade pur nation, the German Emperor Is conducting what Is being characterized as a peaceful Invasion of as many countries as ho can reach Germany's peaceful Invasions are direct en against neutral countries and are de clared to be almost as effective as the dev astat ng mllltar Invasions which wero pro jectcd before the Kaiser's c-mles were curbed The pacific Invasions nrc Industrial In character and Inslduout In operation. Ad vices to the State Department declare that they are conducted with such skill that neu tral Governments are at a lots to know how to repel them They take the form of in 1 J' con,rnerc'al and financial lnlluences which stcadllv creep Into the neutral nations and undermine the nome Industries and Place tho Germans In dominant positions The effect of the pacific Invasion of a neu tral bj the Kaiser Is to give German busl ness men mortgages on so much of the bus iness and property of the affected country that its people and Government daro not antagonize the Herlln authorities Prom Switzerland the State Department hat received comprehensive leports of how the peaceful invasion Is working there Ger many has estahllhed great Industrial ex hibits, getting a foothold for her business on deplomatl' pretentions Theso exposi tions are made permanent and German agents operate from the headquarters, un derselling home Industries and In every way possible taking Swiss business out of the hands of the native operators Some of the bolder newspapers, accord ing to the reports received here, already have begun to Inveigh against the German industrial Invasion, pointing out that It Is a deliberate scheme on tho part of the Kaler's Government to gain a foothold In Switzerland which will not augur well for the future Independence of that state How ever, tho Government, with tho spectacle of Belgium and ltoumanla beforo It. Is diffident about making any representations to Germany which would be sharp enough to be effective The exper:cnce which Switzerland Is undergoing Is only typical The same sort of Invasion Is being carried on In all neutral countries which Germany or her agents can reach In South American countries which still are on terms of amity with Germany, the Industrial and commercial Invasion Is going forward The American State Depaitment has very definite reports on tho progress of this propaganda In China That nation, preoccupied by In ternal difficulties. Is being overrun by Ger man agents who arc making arrangements for post-bellum business and Introducing German buslnest methodt and trade Ideas Into the commercial communities which are Intended to give Germany an enduring trade ascendancy In tho Far East Even In Japan, which is at war with Germany, the propaganda Is going for ward There are many German sympa thizers in Japan and with these the Ger man agents are able to do business The disturbing influence of Germany In Norway, Sweden and Denmark Is well known This Is declared to be the result of pacific Invasion It Is expected that the American Govern ment will be able to make some counter moves In this game by using tho new ex port control powers and officials now are studying plans for combating the German trade expansion HR It Sells Big by the Case M HHH Buying ginger ale by the case for the home is an idea that Hk HH never occurred to a lot of people until they tried Clicquot Club. Hj BR Then the idea of keeping a case in the pantry and a few bottles H HS on the ice became a very natural sort of thing. This ginger ale K Hl is made of ginger. It.also contains pure juices of lemons and B HDH limes, cane sugar and crystal water from a deep spring. H HkUJ THE CLICQUOT CLUB COMPANY, Millis, Mass., U.S.A. S HJPl;4-i . ..-,. ' j . , ,jjjj:jii-U"'"im jH H 111 EVENING LEDGERr-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917 STAGNANT POOL After uvcry rain this fair-sized body of water collected at tho northeast corner of Ninth nnd Catharine streets Complnints from persons living nearby were unavailing until the Hvenino Ledger took up the case. Now tho Division of Sewers nnd Bridges is digging up the street to get rid of tho pool. IL MINISTERO INGLESE SUBISCE UN RIMPAST0 La Crisi in Germania Non An cora Risolta Si Prevede l'Av vento di Un Dittatore Militare HOMA, 18 Luglio. II vice ammiraglio Del Buono c' stato oggi nomlnato ministro dclla Mnrina. Egli prende il posto del vice ammiraglio Triangi clip era stato nomlnato appena un mese fa quando il gabinctto Boselli subl una riorganizzazione. rtOJIA. 18 Lugllo Mentrc la Germania non ha ancora defl nltlvamentc rlsolto la sua crlsl Interna la cul gravlta' non puo' sfugglro ad nlcimo, ancho in Inghllterra si sono avutl rnmbla mentl In seno nl gabinctto, ma senzy. ru moro e senza aglfai'ionl die potessero farll prcvedere Sir Edward Carson, che era prlmo lord dell Ammiragllato, una carlca corrlspondcnto a quclla dl ministro delta Marina, ha lasclato quel posto per entrare nel conslgllo dl Guerra II suo posto al l'Ammlragllato c' stato prcso da sir Eric Campbell Geddet cho era flno a qualche glorno fa dtrettoro genernlo dillo Munlzlonl Vlnstnn hpencer Churchill gla' prlmo lord deU'Ammlrnitllato, e' rlcntrato nel gibinetto In quallta' ill ministro dello Munl zlonl Altrl c.imblnmenti dl mlnorc Im portanza per quanto rlguarda U condotta della guerra si sono ,rc complutl. I.,a crlsl tedesca non o' ancora completa mento rlsolti II nuovo cancelllero Ml chaells lavora notte o glorno, si dice, per preparare II discorso programma cho egll pronunclera' nel Reichstag, ma non e' nncnra rlusclto a trovare un suctessoro al ministro dcgll Esterl Zlmmerm.mn Per questo posto si ta nnche il nomo del conto von Hornstorff, eVc ambasclatore a Washington, ma II nome plu" quotato o' quello dell'iAimlragllo von Hlntzo la cul nomlna verrebbo a daro al nuovo gnblnetto una tlnta anche plu' nnnes slonlsta cd Intranslgcnte In fat to dclla pace SI prevede generalmente cho In Germania si avra' presto 11 dominto dl un dlttatoro cho potrebbe ancho es&ero 11 generale Luden dorff In tal maniera II kaiser tenterebbe dl rlbolvero la crlsl tedesca e la sltuazlone In Austria che va dlvencndo sempre plu' crltlca a causa della scarsezza del viverl II presldente del Conslgllo austrlaco, von Seydlcr, In un discorso pronunclato davantl al comltato della costltuzlonc del Ilelehsrath, dopo avere accennato alia saldezza dell'alle anza con la Germania con la Turchla o don la Bulgaria, dlsse che 1 Austria combatte TO GO AT LAST per 11 sacro dlrllto del suol popoll dl decidero sul proprll destiui e per rtggiungerc I unlone dl tuttl i popoll civ ill In un nccordo che renda Imposslblle II rlpetersl dl urn guerra come questa Come si vedo II governo austrlaco tendo ancora I'lnganno per otte nero quella pate i he non ha potuto ottencro finora con la forz.a dello nrml e che csso deslder.a plu' cho ognl altro govcrno. lerl sera II Mlnlstero della Guerra comunlcav.a II scguenu rapporto del generale Cadoma circa l.i sltuazlone alia fronto Italo-austrlaca Sul secondo picco del Col Itrlcon nol nbbiamo fatto snltaro medlantc tina mlmi linportantl operc dl fortlflcazlone del no mlco cd alcunl lavorl dl mlna che 11 nemlco stava prepaiando per attaccarc le nostre pnizlonl Una trentlna dl adaverl dl oldatl nustrlaci furnno trovatl nel cra tero formato dall esploslone Sul rlmanento della fionte dl hsttnglla si sono avutl I milltl bombardamcntl da parte delle nrtlgllrrle t'n trlegramma da Petrograd dice che II rlplegamento delle forze niRe nel settore dl Kalusz era preveduto dallo Statn Mag gloro rus.o Ivl lo tiuppp dl Kornllolf id piano splnte In un sallento perlcoloso che non potc' cssere coirctto o perclo' dovettero rlattraversaro 11 Lomnlc.a Eo po'lzlonl luugo questo flume sono stato mantenute nonostanto 1 vlolcntl nttacchl degll austro tedeschl Del rcsto si combatte or.i su tutta la fronto rurt, dal lialtico al Carparil. Sulla fronte occldentale I fr.ancesl hanno nttnecato le llneo tedesche sulla rla sinistra della Mosa, tr.a la Quota 301 cd 11 boeo dl Malancouit. cd hanno conqulstato la prima la Fecond.a llnea di trlncce catturando ancho 425 prlglonlcrl dl cul otto ufficlall Una rccentlsslma cruzlone dell'Etm, fccb beno hl.a stata dl brevls.slma durnta ha caus.ato un panlco nella popolazlono del vlllaggl delle fnldo del vulcano per 1'enornie quantlta' dl lava cmessa cho o stata su perloro nd ognl precedento cruzlone Durante 1 eruzlono una colonna dl lava venlva Ianclata In aria per un'altezz.a dl 2G00 plcdl nl dl sopra del cratcrc, presentan do una scena torilhllmentc grandlosa. riXISHING STEEL PLANT UNIT Work- at Worth Brothers, Claymont, Del., Ncars Completion An army of workmen Is busy finishing the buildings that will comprise tho first unit of the Worth Brothers Steel Company plant at Claymont, seven miles north of Wilming ton, Del A largo rolling mill Is being roofed over and all tho steel stiuctural work for It hat been completed with the exception of somo supplemental steel girders In the Interior Tho foundations for another build ing are being laid It Is reported that the company expects to duplicate In Improved buildings and ma chinery Its former Coatesvllle, Pa, plant. FREIGHT TRAFFIC GETS RIGHT OF WAY Fairfax Harrison Announces Reduction of 16,267,028 Miles of Trains GIVE ENGINES FOR WAR Also Means Saving of 1,120,000 Tons of Coal for Other Purposes WASHINGTON, July 18 rnlrfax Harrl son, chairman of tho llallroads' War Board, has Issued the following statement on tho effect of railroads all over the country cut ting off passenger trains to throw their equipment Into the handling of freight business- The railroads of tho United States ns a part of their effort under the direction of the llallroads' War Board to make avail able n maximum of transportation pnergy for the movement of freight necessary for the successful conduct of tho war, report the elimination of passenger trains aggre gating 16,267,028 miles of train service per ear This Is done to save man power, fuel and motive power, which can thus bo applied to the transportation of neces sities The elimination of passenger service, now reported, w 111 make available for other purposes more than 1,120.000 tons of coal Many railroads, especially west of tho Allegheny Mountains, arc still to be heard from Tho railroad systems In the Eastern Department have cut out 8,518 696 miles of pasenger train servtcei thU9 saving 716,113 tons of coal per ear Tho Pennsjlvanla svstcm eliminated 3,300,000 miles of train service, thus saving 186,876 tons of coal The New York Central plansi to save 126,000 tons of coal The I'rlo has cut out 1.600.000 passenger train miles, the Baltimore and Ohio. 1.168.596 , tho Chesapeake and Ohio, 850.000 Roads In New England havo nrranged to eliminate t 817,332 passenger train miles, with a saving of 256,724 tons of coal. The Boston and Maine cuts out 2,118, 948 miles of service; tho New Haven, 1,707.001, and the Maine Central, 442.676 The Pero Marquetto and Wabash, the onlv roads reporting at yet from tho Central Department, hnvc eliminated, to gether, 846.600 miles of service ana plan to save 49,555 tons of coal The Southern Hallway has cut out 1,900,000 passenger train miles and will save 97.2S2 tons of coal Bar Tvpists With Flat Feet NEW YOUK, July IS If vour feet are flat, girls, there's no chance for ou to run a tvpewrlter for the I'nltpd States navy Two voung women who applied for positions In the naval (tensor's oflice were turned down becausc-thev had fallen arches Regulations aie regulations said Lieutenant Baldwin of the cenor s office, nnd tho navy cannot take recruits with flat feet Two More Whites Die of Riot Wounds EAST ST LOL'IS 111 Julv 18 The death of two more white men from wounds received In the riots of July 2 brings the total of known whites killed to nine Wffl Nine times out of ten llll Sy a cool, fren'ly tobacco v in the pipe means. cool, up Ijl genial thoughts m M in the head. J' IIm SL Jm ONLY Kentucky's "Blue Grass" soil could put that full bodied flavor into VELVET. Only kindly Nature could have brought out that flavor to the full with an age mellowed smoothness. VELVET is Kentucky's and Nature's best pipe to- bacco. You won't find its So Bag 10c Tint 1 lb, GUu Humldon SANITATION WORKERS SPEED TO COMPLAINTS Hasten to Clean Up When Kicks Come to Bureau From Eve ning Ledger REPORTS MADE TO CHIEF The division of sanitation of tho Board of Health continues to co-operate In every way possible with the Kvenino LEDOCn, In Its efforts lo better sanitary conditions In the streets nnd ulleys of Philadelphia All complaints received and belonging to this department are referred to It, and as soon as possible a report is returned to the Evevivo LEDOF.n, I.ast week complaint regarding the con dition of Ludlow street cast of Sixtieth was sent to tho Kvenino Lr.DOEn A va cant lot Is being used at a dump heap for all sorts of rubbish, tin cans, bottles, ashes nnd garbage Exhibit A of this collection was an old two-wheeled cart belonging to the Street Cleaning Department' Tho follow Ing special report of tho In spector has been returned by the division of sanitation on this complaint' In connection with romplnlnt of Ltzxino l.rtmFit 1 lnirfctcl alley nnd lot In rear of South sixtieth Btri-et houses an! found same In extremely lnsanltir condition, lot lielnc littered with rubbish tin cans and parbi Re 1 ranvaM every house on Mar ket atreet, South Sixtieth atreet and South Salford etrect and served notice on owner of every uncovered pirbane pall also warned tenanu of earh rropettv about throwing refuse on this lot Attached nre receipts for uncovered gar hRe and would advlae tint ' H D " be ob tained for this lot that proper service, may bo had nnd condition remedied ItespLctfuIly submitted, otto c. nuirz. Appropriations mado by Councils for re paving allevs have been exhausted. There aro many small alleys all over tho city, all at: w.?4i. jS . f ' OJ$if.UntiI A r Saturday xtSfou, Market & lOlh Streets wH ' "W llMH I I lllli.,,.. -MIIIIP W tm of them hrArir nt ril a.4- health that cannot be touched until - l8 In hand Een when rttnnrtftr r,J reoulred to renavA itid ! n joining their properties, the division of i iiauuii cannot proceed until there la : The comnlalnt hv A V. tiln 1H Nineteenth streAf ! a aA in !.. cral property holders In this neighbor nrn wllllntr tn mv Ih.lp -nn. .-.. .. the alley back of their houses repairedI ul uivision ot sanitation cannot pro niuiuui 1UI1US. "in Browning.King & company , 327 Men's Suits Reduced $35 to $30 $30 to $25 $25 to $20 . $20 to $18 $18 to $15 . Palm Beach Suits $7.50, $8.00, $9.00 , Khaki Trousers Vs" $1.50, $2.00 ' White Duck P Trousers $1.50, $2.00 White Flannel Trousers $4.50 vgggf 1524-1526 T Chestnut St. WivlSM Ml vwr W Nil mmt Affr M-VR I a-' ft WW Vwm3' sfMKc Cat- 'vlK 'vlHFS'v J ml Co'S .' V Sflt r.s i Jl k-ii ws '? 4: Hi n , , tr r l I f il y f nrrnYsiTrts-, i G.WHUVERCQ . WTV-VV7V m: i THfcHCHE-OpSEBVICf:- LWtobS ?. . tilS il t;&&' ,V.Wxfc. .v wn Jt mw&smao :"3eTi
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