tt" t ' ' js- J . "? "... j ?' v - ; 'VT " ,';.' tv:' ftf ., ' PICTORIAL SECTION S' B4G&? 14,16,16 UI.NO. 284 Cutmtng 0re : jlLUS' SPLENDID VAimAlSEATEAir OF CKAONWE IN HAND TO-HAND-FIGHTING PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY(1 AUGUST 13, 1917 liftArtfii future i , y,' "- tw rftr- - M - , , ' A V, .' ".O raoA fc"W k JkMWk" ' W f ' . f . , 1, K n . . ' jj r rtta - V ' CorillOBI, 1917, II tUtFDBLIOt.IW!UtCuUriMT ( PRICE TWO CENTS',! lilliant Counter -At- lfnrtVs Kesain jjivery Hnch of Ground Pre- fyiously Lost lenri Bazin Tells of Ti- titanic oiruB81 LUi pastery as tie baw it btnat. Behind Lines w1" rbwn Prince Pays Stag- ., . t-.. J T.-l-il Bering rl ice ior r utile iAttertipt to Win a Few Wards More I IS'- By HENRI BAZIN lL'.;t rorrpondent of the Kvkvimi I.Mkii.k lrtfth t" American Army In I runc-e R'JrtlIHn FKKNi'H AllMIIM IN TIIK Paris. July Ti, jHAVE teen closo to Hie great battle 'hfch for four run nays uns uccn ik'i'k Jiiid about the iilutcau or iraonnc. .viy it officer's orders, dominated b h hall iBoche poison Bas s,loll!' ',0"1,m1 ",c cl0i,cl' iih than half .1 kilometer from the W which has been a tremendous give and 'nlnljht anu nay iic "" cuumc ifttclt, a loss here and n gain there, for rtnetj.Blx continuous bourn. 1s.-i ki. nftfli-nnoii after vlrtlotilne gas masii im nuij-citiuv it.? r thrown, a ot 'ftest'I stood upon the topmost platform of Ytnrt ladder observatory, and saw the ''.ia 4? France drive Roche regiments full h.HHnnletely out of open spaces between L-twrnents and California plateaus regain-. Wait every square ihuh wi i-mm.,- uiai ,,v, FWntemoorarlly lost on July 19 and 0. ?-Wlth the single exception of a tiny Held ttlJcatlon In the normwest suiiem. wniun I been destroyed and iiuanuoneii ny noiii :ijM, every square or 10mm or circular wee 01 irenca laheu muiu me iwnc im Vi ago and lost to them In the law Arte Mays has been regained and le Ncapied by the pollus of France. ilMlFrencn coumer-auacK wnieii 1 Mur.vu brilliancy Itself. I'oulil I admlie ll mllu more, 1 would. All these long WMtMhehas been my Idol and now, saving fiwtit sacrilege, he has become, as It S,-Bii' god. For naught 1 could say In rtne couiu tatnom niy reverence lor itourige, his devotion, his (Ightlng qual- rui: KlHl lMPRbXi.VATEl) WITH DKATU Fill, (bis unforgettable afternoon the itllier was as clear as a polished mirror, i'Uua tky without a I'loild, the vision 1 a last unfolded panoruma taking in a deep area from the elevation upon kh.lstood; a panorama now smoke ob- mti and now visible. ICvcn wiierc 1 was, ilf a, kilometer away, could not have I a minute save for my mask, the air : impregnated with death from poison HW!, HENRI BAZIN AT THE FRONT g"?1 WOMEN, BABIES AGAIN VICTIMS OF AIR RAIDERS 20 German Planes Drop Bombs Over Southeast Coast of England 23 KILLED, 50 WOUNDED The arrow points to Henri Bazin, Evening Ledger staff correspondent in I-ranee, with a Kroup of the Allied officers who were conducting Gen eral PershniK and his staff on the tour of inspection of the western imttlefront. The men are watching a hombardment from the plateau at Craonne. LOWER GAS RATE FOR PEOPLE ASKED Head of United Business Men and Ex-Congressman Donohue Speak CLAIMS OF CONSUMER ICdward A. N'op'pel. president of the L'nltcd Business .Men's Association, toduy declaied himself In favor of the consumer receiving the benefit of the IHe-cent re duction In gas charges which will be brought about January 1. 1918, when the t'nlted (Jas Improvement Company Is under contract to tedtice Its price to the city from eighty cents to seventy-Hxe cents per 1000 cubic feet. "As a matter of fact." he said, "l am strongly in favor of the consumer "(jetting the entire amount which now goes Into the City Treasury. That amount will be twenty-five cents per 1000 cubic feet when the city gets the additional reduction of five cents next January. "Philadelphia, I believe, Is the only city In the country where gas users are taxed by the city. Users of electricity are not taxed. Uy all means let the consumer get the benefit of the five-cent reduction." Kotmer Congressman .Michael Donohue today came out squarely and firmly In favor of the consumer receiving the benefit of a five-cent reduction In gas ihniges. The former congressman said that he not only desired to be, placed on record as favoring the consumer getllng the nickel. (able' to give a Keneral. description UiUUie declftml thatr,he..vms"gOl)'ig-.oU;info". a 'section in which this battle rages le, "Pen '' fall and work with might anu main 101- nineiy-nve-ccni gas, Thlii five cents," he said emphatically, xhould go to the people, for the contract Is one between the people and the gas company, not between the gas company and :i few selfish city officials. All contractu with the people should be kept religiously; In fact. Ill the end they are certain to be kept religiously.' for the people, will Insist upon their natural rights ' "1 have lead that Controller Walton says that It the five-cent eduction Is not put info the City Treasury the city will have to put r few mote cents on real estate or iin uose a tax somewheie else to get revenue. Well, let the city put a tax somewhere else If it needs more revenue. There Is hut one question Involved In this controversy and that Is a question of principle that cannot be ignored. I relteiate that the contract Is one between the people and the gas com pany, and should be kept. The ell" of Philadelphia connot afford to regard sacred contracts with the people as mere scraps of paper. "At Ibis time the people 'of Philadelphia aro beginning to feel the pinch of high prices Incident to the great war, which has extended one of its frontiers lo our thores. U-BOAT CAPTURES 4 YANKEE GUNNERS Captain of Tanker Cam- pana, Torpedoed and Sunk, Also a Prisoner TAKE FIRST U. S. SAILORS iMntlnues as 1 write this btory upon an ny typewriter at Clcncral "s head- irten, for the cannonade Is unceasing In unity of violence. K'l ''could see afar hand-to-hand ,en- ElMsttn between masked men, shooting. Swonefing, gripping each other's throats, MtHIng and dying, the vista appearing and tsppearhig amid the smoke ot shell and fine. I jaw cclarly for perhaps ten miu- lea,.and with an exultant joy, the French Mvince, the pollu regain and hold teni 7 where In all this war. with the single Inception perhaps of Verdun and only per rHDi.' Please note Iuim ilu fl"htlmr bet 11 I'fcrctr,. the attuck of the lloche more RWrtefui of Uerinanlc life, the stuff more KWent that In Interweaving of glory and 1 Continued on Page Four, Column line pE EXEMPTION i nflneinNeTmuv EL iuuujinj ivnmi Sixth and Thirtv-second Districts to Pass on Hun dreds of Claims I'unllnunl on Paie Konr. Column rite WASHINGTON. Aug 13. Wold has reached heie thai the Stand ard oil tanker Campana was sunk on August fi by a German submarine. It Is believed by the Navy Department that not only the captain of the shlp.Jmt four mem bers of the armed guard wer made pilson ers. This Is the first time that any Ameri can sailors acting as guards have been made prisoners by the Germans. The at tack occurred off the west coat .of France. The Germans have been making the captains of all vessels prisoners recently. their Idea being, so far as It was under stood here, to aid their campaign fur wiping" out ocean-going tonnage by depriving ihe Allies of efficient navigators, especially as It U known that there. Is a serious shortage of officers capable ot operating ships. The seizure of the armed guard would seem a most natural thing, since they aie sti Icily prisoners of war, being men in Ihe naval service of an enemy country. The speculation heie. however, is aroused be cause of the fact that the submailnes, naturally, due to their cramped quarters and Mx.rt supplies, do not wish to take aboard any more persons than they have to. Some little fear is felt that Germany may be plannlnstfonifs n fnim of Wilhlen-. as Illustrated 1y the' murder orT'arrtalh Fryatt. The .Navy Department Issued the follow ing statement. The Standard Oil tanker Campana. an American steamer, was sunk by a submarine on the morning of August 6 143 miles west of lie de T.e. forty seven survivors reached land in safety. It is believed that the captain of tlio steamer and four of the armed guard are prisoners on board the German sub marine The gunners of the l.'nlted States navy whose probable capture Is announced above are the first Americans taken plls oners since the United States entered the wa r. . The lie de lie lies on tho coast of France opposite the port of 1-a Ttochelle. The Campana was formerly the steamship Dunholme. She wasbullt In 1901 at West Hartlepool, Kngland, and was reg istered at .1313 tons gross. She was 33a feet long with a beam of forty-seven feet The Campana was the thirty-eighth American merchant ship destroyed through the operations of German and Austrian submarines and raiders since the war began. Thirteen of these ships were sunk before the United States en- French Make Reprisal by Bomb ing Frankfort, 150 Miles in Enemy Territory LONDON. Aug. 13. Unofficial telegrams received from Southend say that the deaths in the air raid there are known to have been mostly those of women and children. LONDON. Aug. 13. About twciit.v German airplanes raided the southeast coast of iCngland Sunday eve ning. Hombs vveie dropped in the neigh borhood of Southend, forty miles east of London, and on Ihe seashore le'oit of Margate, eighty miles southeast or the capital. Xearly forty bombs were riiopnsri upon Southend, and consldeiable damage to prop erty was caused. Two airplanes were over the town ,tbout ten minutes, firing aerial torpedoes as well as dropping bombs. Seventeen houses along one stieet Here damaged without a single casualty. An ottUilal statement said: About D:lj o'clock this evening a squad ron of about twenty enemy airplanes wcie l epoi led off Felixstowe (in Suffolk). They skilled the. coast to Clacton (Kssex), where they appaiently divided, a part, going south to .Margate tin Kent), 'lite lemaluder crossed the coast and W2nt southward toward Itochford, near which place they turned southeast and dropped bombs in the neighborhood ot Southend (In Kssex). Some bombs also were chop ped on .Margate. No leports of damage or casualties have yet been received. Our own aircraft were very quickly in the air and they pursued the enemy out to sea. A later official report says: Enemy raiders caused considerable damage at Southend, where they dropped about forty bombs. The casualties thus far reported are; Killed, eight men, nine women, six children. About fifty people were Injured. At Itochford womeir were Injuicd, but no damage Is reported. At Margate four bombs were dropped. One uninhabited house was demolished, but there were no casualties. PARIS. Aug. 13. - For Ihe flist lime during the war two French avUtors dropped bombs on Fraukfoit-on-the-..Maln. one ot the most important cities of the German empire, with a.4 population ol moie than 300,000 and situated ICO .mile: from the French fiont. An' official state QUICK NEWS FIRST NATIONAL ARMY DRAFT ALMOST COMPLETE WASHINGTON. Apr. 13. America's first National Army draft In nlnicct complete. At lenst 75 per cent of the 087,000 men who are to hr drawn for tho first force have been listed, according to reports received by Brigadier General Enoch II. Crowtlcr, Provost Marshal General. Information in hand indicates that tho roster of the new niiny will bo completed this week. A large percentage of TTie regis tration boards have completed their work of Delecting the men tlrst In order for, service. The remainder of the -1057 boards, chiefly thofcu uf the Western nud Pacific coast States, will finish their work this week. ' ' HOOVER AIMS FIRST BLOW A! FOOD GAMBLERS Will Take Over and Li- cense Gram Elevators M and Mills l ' M BOARD WILL FIX PRICE OF 1917 CROP '.: y Administrator Threatens toJ3 my, up uountry's Entire ? wneai supply 'm TU STABILIZE BREAD Present Level Held Extortionate. V1$J standard 16 Ounce Loaf May Result flU Continued on I'aie t'our. Column' Four KXAmINATIONS IN OTHERS m; Decisions on hundreds of exenmtlou DTA tt I.- ...! l -. .1 ..,.. fctiL'!?I'8lstrnt,on districts In this city Ski:. , Rt Twelfth and Pine, and the jWMconu. at overbrook. Sliu ?wo boards have teen reported as r"" ooui, finished their tasks as far as klvf!' drRfU8 concerned. In three others, fch.j., piiysicai examinations me EKfd 0nlj' ,0 8tan tda' ;?lrllng todaV. vn,r,lntl,,,, ,.-111 l,u liplil .A.- E!Khthat Tenth and Buttonwood . the Thlrty-thlrd. at Slxty-ll'rst and WMon streets, and the Twenty-third, at "second street and Woodland avenue. "V AIneteenth ilc,,.l..t i.nn,i ...m. t.AU,l. fteraat Tlllrtv.nlntli trt uml T.aneas- rtvenue will not start examinations until "uay. This district thus will be I'Mtln the eltv tn o-l ,, ,,,!,. .av. ivS?J.ne ,0 K'll'ln P. Smith, member of LT. l" registration district board, flfty r .Visible will be examined dally until LH'rlCt 8 OUOta la .insured. tfvuu '"'ousands ot exemption claims J.'b bards throughout tho city, It j f hundreds of Industrial claims for ? $n,.Jbe"L !!!!! el Boar.l v ..-1.1 ...... ..- 1....1 -..- lived . -'": .-, u iimi jiu utu -JJ.7W at least 600 such claims and that Si, " "V6 ekng' to be exempt because ''na other plants furbishing Govern ' War sunntlou S-'vl'fd said thut probably manyof PENNSYLVANIA MEN WIN COMMISSIONS; OTHERS ARE PICKED IN FT. OGLETHORPE 512 Philadelphians Are Called. to Train as Officers for New Army has come Pennsylvania. The second call to young men t olllcer ,ne coming legions of the UnU18t.t.. to men fiom rnii " A quota, of 15 as neen decided upon and notices are ... " for the men todcy. Of this number at. are Philadelphians. ...- ,.n ho have won their spurs in 1 UUHl . a few life, men vvould be thrown out. 'Tliey i. .""" uo inrown o -tuiy. will n, ,.. . .. ...1.1 lti i I V ,iirpvru, no duiu, ,,"," "o. mat tne inausiry i "? to the nnflul lnt.H.1 n,1 Ihnr piPloye who eeeks exemption Is abso- CoallnueJ on I'an Four. Column Three If JHE. WEATHER ?X 'OI!ECABT 'MfadelpMa :anU vicinUuVloudu i.i,i..tiJ....' . .. .... Moicer;- loworrom, air. 1 ? "" " wu'-r rlon.l vears or ousinern " . jeuro " , .. -nm nent and wno are, ' - ,,,.,... TJSH an "those choien Major,, u u -. - - caaes to decide on vvno , ,T-:OUota. ll Major,. !' u u ,? .Vintcut in many cases Artillery, 'oS ' dJchu" S,d?Mnd as he to decme o.. """.',.." the quota. IK USE, ft reGovireo't.h d an usuany fin. body of men tos.ee. The. original """n lagara fo'. train froh' TtS,?.n wacha'nKedand i men Wth the changing p the local MMy Society Men Leaders Among the Fortunate Ones in Fort Nia gara Camp Think of it ! A major In the urmy is not a title that is easily won, and yet among the few majors who have'beeu commissioned at Fort NMagara today are Krancls V. l.lo.vd and Benjamin Franklin Pepper,- of this Indeed, when one reads, through the list of newly commissioned ofllccrs. one wonders If the list Is for war or for the Assembly or some such affair. But It Is not eligibility for the latter things by any means.that has won the copimlsslona ! it's aptitude, pure and simp'e. Frank Moyd married the stunning Miss Mary Lowell, of Boston', some years ago, and they have been among the most popular members of the younger married set here. Not only are they extremely popular, but also extremely talented. Mrs. iJoyd is de cidedly artistic and made quite the hit of tho season two years ago when .she took the title role In' the' "Ballet bf Orlando," which was given here by members of the Junior I,eague. Mr. and ilrs. Lloyd live at Bryn Mawr. p Franklin Pepper married Miss Rebecca Willing' some ten years .ago, They live In Chestnut jllllitnd have taken part In all the doings of the,' younger married set there and la town. Mr. Pepper Is a dlstjngujihed .law- year BUd Mra.ppr, v "wy,t'-Y" cooea, lei one 01 rjif'"""'"- -- . .Hwjrf-tfcir flvt-.TfctyjrJytjyyawi of ainHP.-u In reprisal 'forthe "(JeriiHit bombcrd- nienls of Xancy and the region noitu r,z Paris, two of our machine piloted by T.lcuteuaut Iexerncs and Kublleulenant Beaumont esterday dropped bombs 011 Frankfott-ou-ths-Ma'.n Both machines letumcd undamaged. On Hie night of August 10-11 and during: the day of the eleventh our avia tors on the front In Belgium bombed enemy encampments to the north of the llouthulst forest and also the stations at Corleinarck and l,lchterelde. A file was started and violent explosions were observed at I-lchlervelde, The aviation giound at Colmar (Upper Alsace) also has received many projectiles. GIVE DRAFTED MEN PUBLIC FAREWELL Gen. Crowder Suggests That Each Community Hold Celebration CALLS ALL VOLUNTEERS WASHINGTON. Aug. J a. Kuoch H. Ciowder, Provost Marshal, suggesting that each community have an appropriate celebration for the depaiturc of the selected at niy, says: The men to be called into service Sep tember 1 Under the selective draft act have in every proper sense of the word volunteered. The men of this country as a whole have volunteered, and now the Government is about to call into service the first quota selected from this whole number of available men. These men are Ihe choice of the villages, towns and cities to goforth to tight their battles. They are their own contributions to the national cause. So It seems to me. as It should seem to every cltUen ot our country, that In overy community, as Its selections go forth to war, there should be appropriate ceremonies commemorating the histori cal' and patriotic character of the occa sion. Kvery community will know 1 am sure, how to' commemorate this most epochal occasion In an appropriate manner. 1 am sure that every community compre hends the significance of this unprece dented patriotic expression of democracy, and so those who must stay at home, who cannot go., will make tho going of their fellow cltliens ,ap event In the his tory of our democracy without parallel. When these men go, on the first of September, the supreme meaning of the war wlll.conft homo to every community the determination of this people, In the words ot our President, "to make the world safe for democracy." These men have' Ween chosen under the falreit methods that could be' devised; arid by their own neighbors and townspeople. In' accordance with the fundamental prin ciples of democracy, equal rights and op Dortunlties Ifor all to stve service. There has never been In the history at que "country- a more concrete, .expression of , democracy than the .responseof these men' at this moment. Therefore, I hope , and expect that every community, will. -write down In Its history and la &U. . A. . unUy Uw . meaning or tn w?"i .'. ,'J'"Tr!Li.r & U. S. SEIZURE OF SHIPS PLEASES NORWEGIAN FIRMS t'liniSTIANIA. Niiiwh. Aug. 13. The decision of the t'nlted States Government to take over shlp uinier construction In American yards elicits favorable comment In the Noineslaii pies. The newspapeis agree II Is to Norway's Interest If the tonnage Is ued umlr the American Hag. because the taxation then Is more favor able than under the- Noiweglan flag, l-'or this icasou several Norwegian ships have been transferred tn American ielstr. Norwegian concern", also are establishing branches In th I'nlteil State and Incm poratinR them there with American, as directors, anil ,1 1 pcl that mhi.c of lliec nrm will be Riven the management of new 1 built No.ue.;.au sIiiik. ,, maw-t i.,i.. r,riiinri., 1 t .l-kliU-. 1IlMl VP IP iMUub Mfiis .iuii a(iKiiJ.Ka u airtin; vixioin iii.iv PAULS. Aug. in. The railiuad emplo.ve. In the province ot Catalonia have sent to tliiv Spanish Government a declaration ot their Intention to Join the strike, which, according to a dispatch from Madrid, is designed to paralyse rallioad tralllc thnniRli out Spain. MAUIilU. Aug. Hi. II was announced at the Mlnlstr.v of the Interior that tele grams had been received from the Spanish provinces Indicating that the railroad employes who went on strike Friday night were returning to work. Premier yato expiessed the belle' '.li.it the strike had fulled. COL. LITTELL DENIES CAMP MEADE WATER IS BAD WASHINGTON. A, is.' 13.-Colonel I. W. I.lttell. of the quartet master corps, who has chft'se of the cinMructlun of cantonments and camps, denounced as untrue the Htorv sent .nil ft out Baltimore that thete was any clanger In the water which would be supplied at Camp Meade, wheie the Pennsylvania national army will be j quartcied. ' 1100 MILTON. PA., FOU::Dl.YMEN TO GET MORE PAY ' Mll.Tu.X. I 'a.. Aug. IS. -Aunouii.eiiKiits. o.'.ed In the plant of the American I'm- and couudiy I'oiiipanj bore, say tli cmplo.ve.s will receive an Inciease ui iu pet cent In .;..-. aarlinc; now. Mure Umii 1100 men are working In the clay and night h'ft. It l ur.ri-i".tiif,.l tbl 1 Ihe forerunner of further lpcieases at this plant. - -,... .- . -- - - . fc- . .. .'- i - ;. .- -taAip" . . ,u.. .-" ' ' ' - '-"- 'KS " " -T . - :&. ..,.. ... i .,,n ininiinii u Am- x' criKVM.'l c '7-? lil.UUt -Mr.K I'liAiM t.uariu9 numv ui i cioocm j.t t.'1.'.'! ii "!':!'. i'rr. N. .I.. Au I".. With forces on duty night and clay, the vvoik of building the .w Jersey ai.i Pennsylvania shipbuilding plants Is being pushed with all possible speed. At the former plant the backers arc anxious to get It advanced to work can be started at once on some of the big contracts. At the latter four ships aie being completed, and It is expected that one. a tanker, will be launched within the next month. 50 SOFT COAL COMPANIES GET CHARTERS IN 15 DAYS UAI.RISJtlL'P.G. -ug. 13. -Incoipoiatloii of coal companies has been ul a rate not ccjualcd in the hlsloiy of the State this year. The last month and a half has seen more than tiftj concerns granted chatters to cither deul In coal lands, mine coal or to bundle it. Yiituall all of these companies like those incorporated earlier in the yearare for the soft coal fields, Fayette. Westmoreland, Cambtiu and Alle gheny Counties hue lug the bulk of them. Some of Ihe companies have Incorporated for as high .is loOiit.'ii. "WHEATLESS WEEK" SAVES FLOUR IN BAY STATE BOSTON, Aug. 13. "Wl.catless week" In Massachusetts was a success, Henry Kndlcott, Stale Food Administrator, said. Mr. Kndicott estimated that the elimina tion of white biead fiont hotel, lestaurant and home menus last week had saved io.000 barrels of white flour. A postcard canvass of the New F.iiglapd Hotel Asso ciation (nought leports thut the arrangement had met with the favor of the hotel paP'ons. FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE CI.AV CKNTUlt, Kan.. Auj,-. 13. Continued improvement in, the condition ot William II. Ttfl was lepurted by hi physician, Dr. It. F. Murcan. Considerable nourishment was taken by the former President following a nights lesl. In which he slept better than at any time since an attack of Intestinal Indigestion tent him to Ills bed last Tuesday, causing the postponement of a lecture tour upon which he was engaged. Although his patient Is making excellent progtess. wocior .Morgan reiuseu say when lie believed Mr. Taft would be able to leave for his summer home In Canada. U-BOAT DESTROYED OFF FRANCE, GUNNERS SAY AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 3. Another Get man- submarine has been sunk by the guns' of a nieicliantman, It the gunners of a British ficlRlitet which arrived here are conect In their assumption that tluee shots which struck an undersea boat oh" Brest, Franco, sent her to the bottom. One hlmt destroyed the periscope. The second and third were followed by an explosion and the submarine disappeared. The gunnels were confident that the submarine went downjnvoluntaiily. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. & ihe price to be paid for the iheit' crop of 1917. Herbert C. Hoover sid,,Wf wouia, wiiii the rull approval of Prei jV dent Wilson, be fixed by a commission 4rJ headed by Harry A. Garfield, a son etMl ex-l'reaident Garfield and President ty. Williams College 1 1,'?; - " MSB A fight lo the finish will be waged on M speculators and profiteering In wheat and ffflr flour by the food administration in a cam- iJ .., ' uunn me i.igu cost oi living. 1 hat -much was made evident In an announcement Issued by Herbert C. Hoover, in n.m the President has placed virtu ally unlimited power In this phase of th war ptogiam. Gambling in wheat exchanges. Mr. Hoover-, said, must end. even If the Government Is to go to the extent of purchasing the- en- , the supply of the nation. He added as's, warning that the new food administration, under the powers given It by the control I. Ill, Is prepared to act Immediately in that direction If the situation confronted seemed to warrant It In so doing. The announcement soon will be fol. lowed by others which will have a radical e.Tect upon the whole food supply of ths country, as Mr. Hoover Is determined either to win a big victory for the people or go down fighting. As a preliminary s'tep, Mr. Hoover will laU not- iIia ..n..i..i ,, .. . . ...-.,. ,c ,,lwul , ull 5raln elevators rMt ninl nillla lii. tn .. mn ,i , 'i . "" " "a" capacity of more than 100 barrels of. Hum- ami nUn. iv,.. under a system of licenses which will pro- "$i vide full Information for the food admin. AW Istratloii and make hoarding Impossible W.fl i ne grain sicliange. at the game time, will 'S51 ie requested o suspend all dealings and &'.i quotations In futures. .M ... ,,.uR,oi itnnuunceu oy .Mr. tlooverU ''3KM the. most revolutionary step ever tak'elf bV'Sf the Govermnehtlo. ptolect Itself and th,ta i.uuiw Hfiamsi. POVateMnterestjiaitat iivS Si' ,.",. 3' .'i.v.,,'.,!Jf ,nCnn4 , .rM,((,t niiic-ii enry navi; " ;c,v"u ueioie. tne lone of Mr. Hoovers sltttemcnt-siowed that h in .u ,,,uwi in nesttate at any action which lie felt was for the best Interests of the VvI country ',) 'DIIIVK" TO IIKDL'ra PltlCK OF UltEAD , A drive to reduce the ni-lr. ,f l.i i, ..S.1 thus Dllttlinr under rmt rtrvoi-iii,nt .i.!'4!'. the dliecllon of wheal and flour for Ilia B Allies and Vor domestic purposes Is cot?.. 54H templated as one of the eaily stepson thr 3S campaign for lower mice'. It ..an i, ,,i.j i ai that the food administration, despite lh. S&M protests of some of the .bread-making In- fy&i .. ..,..-, ,, iCli i1)ai. ,,ir prtrneur ifvi wu T4m cxtortlonale ami airalimt the best fnterestfl MI ftf fhn rnnsihiilnio .itl.ll.. & " ' it it'iiiL - ,,. uhu.iiiiiiij, i'uuiii.-, It even has been believed entirely nosal'-' nie lu some quarters thjit a standard six- ft 1 i iMiimtieu en rata roar, column Tir jjj BRITISH PLANNING -ll FLANDERS DRIVE Feel Out German .Lines Pre; " nai'QtoHtr fi n XThit t.A3 Attack 'l GERMANS CAPTURE m ...... L,. , M j,n K7fini. m w. '.": ? 1 Vjs1 f& i4Ti MS AMBOY DIVISION TELEGRAPHERS ASK MORE PAY BUitl.lNGTON, N. J.. Aug. 13. A difficult situation Is about to face the Penn sylvania Ila'llroad unless an inciease in wages Is granted to the telegraph operators o the Antboy divijiou of the line,, between Trenton and Camden. The operators have been trying since the first of the year lo get an Increase by petition through the superintendent, but they have been refused an audience, The men make Hie demand on account of the Increase In cost of living, and now letters have been sent to higher pmclala. If the tequest Is denied It is possible JO per cent of the operators will glv'e up their Jobs. EIGHT MEN BURIED IN MINE; SIX ARE RESCUED l.V&ENS, ri A lit. 1". Eight miners were entombed here In u shaft of the Short Mountain colliery, owned by the Buiqiiehanna Coa) C0n.paii. Six" of them have been rescued. The men were caught by a slide of coal, which blocked the gang way. R. V. Ilandall, superintendent of the shafts here, said the accident was caused when a pillar became "saturated." The missing m'eji aje Lewis Shailler and .loliu Charney, c ROCKEFELLER WAR HOSPITAL OPENS IN NEW .YORK NEW YORK, All. 13. The Rockefeller Institute for .Medical Research has' . .... 1 11 I An' ,1.- ,.,Al,..l n 1.a 'iM.ttll.tn C t. ......... . opeued"tts war demonstration nojpuui, uu mo B.i..iiu, ui mo u.biucc jfc rtiun and Sixty-fourth s(reet. The purpose ot the liosplfa( I lo treat patients suffering; .-- . ...j. I... M.-i1.n,l whirl, hatA hAit ilAV.lnni1. In 1RliiAnAn"'flrmi4 hospitals, eweclally the mthpdylopAby,pr.ltxpHis, In thpUIUryJU?llWWsIl.Ml iTJT'tSBM LONDON. Aug. 13. The center of military interest on the cast front has shifted from lha area of the recent Russian retreat im Galicia and Uukowlna to the 'front of Field Marshal von Mackensen. In lower Moldavia, where heavy battles H are raging. The Teutons appear f have won u considerable victory, re- porting the capture of 130 officers, more than GG30 men, 18 cannon and, '61 .machine guns. v , v LONDON, Aig, XJ. Fighting on the Flanders front was of desultory character, t)io British apparently feeling out the German lines to deterinlMuM? weak points for the next attack, 4 'iia It Is aunoutived that In the drive of AU- J 71 gust !U and since, tot uermati prisoner,'-. Including nine officers and six cannon, hav-iT, been taken. y; A tlermai. raid south' of Arnientleres was icpulsed by I'ortUKUe" .troops with jiS ' r.re. this : cue nrriinii.uoif.cjf cue t-orfu. j .......... In ,S li.... .1.., iC ' All attayli'Jn considerable forca .was dsKJ llvered by the French against the pcHltlotwy captured Iiy"the Hermans north ijf ,ui ujueiuiu on ine nigni. ui wukiuc.?, rsu reports that the ground previously' lost J the French was re'coyere4i TwoT"strt Herman .attacks pii(hc4Aieiie front .www repulsed. ISJP . . ,'. "A PAUtS, Aug. 1J. A statenientiliHMifd ft tlie French "War 'Of0c s:; ..v-i.-".' fcast'tf Fayrt'(ndrthtof ,'jid our iJTopa reomiucron.,nii. ,R 'eieiueniB wiucn iia.MriHaH' otrtiK Jiignt or Auiav . 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