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ffi Patton Also Spoken of as
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Talk of Other Resignations in
Consequence of Political
Hands in Departmsnts
UAiUUHIIlMtU, .vug 13
The foicil leilgiiallon of I'rnnk II DUcl.,
ef Somerset County. .Stale llighnay Coin
inlaaloner. became lif sa)t the (Jovemor
deslreii t make the department n political
annex of the VBie.BiumbaiiKli machine,
Again revive"! the names of '. Utmiv O'.N'ell,
State Insurance. Coinintnslunei. and C 13
l'.itton, .Sectetaiy of Agilcultute, ae the pos
sible men who nrc to aid In building up
the machine thiough the expendltuie of
thn millions of dollar provided for high
vtny woiU,
O'Nell. on of the Keenest politician. In
the State outslcls the I'enroae cam)). I"
looked upon t the man who ulll mot
Hlcely to be selected, unlets the Vans have
ome one els In view, t'attnu If aniloui
fop the place because, among: olhu thing.
tt mrilea an $8000 mlar)
O.N'ell la one of the best oir'iI-iH the
Uovernor ha In h'n Cabinet and moie
over, In In entire ii)miathy with vntuill)
ever) thing the (loernor doet He. however,
la of the !nme type as I3lac). It Ih gen
eralty believed that If he were told bv the
Governor to do aomethlng he did not think
right, he would sever 111 connection with
the State lloverninent
Tnll of othoi rcalguatlous because of thn
alleged Injection of politics Into the Htale
Opattmentl) the (iovernni and his At
torney (Jenrtal, fraud Shunk lliowu con
tinue It la ald .State Health Commie
loner Dixon will not etand for the Injec
tion of politic Into hi depaitment lie
i neatly dlaturbed because the (Jovernoi
mw fit to piolde Stale fund foi the In
apecllon of lieams for the benefit of fl-lt
but not foi the benefit of humaiiMnd
'Iho Uovcrnui vetoed the Item piovidlng
the ealarles for the (If t -four stream In
spectors of the htale Health Department
but, approved the hills for the Huh Maidens
who pet that manufacturing1 plants do not
liour chemical Into atieams
Chief nnglneei filler of the Slate High
way Depaitment, nia resign ax a i suit of
his chief's break with Governor Brumbaugh
over the latter' attempted coiuondilp of
the derailment's plant to distribute the
f,000,000 for State hlghu.iv woik uiumii,
the counties on a inad-mlleage basis
Publication of the vailous umomitH
which niack Intended to set ailde fnt each
county teleased the tlguici which the Uov
rnor desired to Keep daik Why he should
have tried to do this Is unknown, foi many
counties have known for months Just what
they would received provided the) put up
a similar sum. They knew these amounts
definitely as soon as the Governor ap
proved the highway bill, being- able to woik
It out on a percentage basil, aftei figuring
out the number of miles of State hlghwaj
route unimproved in their dlstrhts
Already .Mck'e.ui, Allegheny, Aimstiong,
Butler. Beavet, lliadfotd, Crawfuid, Cam
brlat Chester. Krle. lllk, Cavette, Oieeno,
Indiana, Lawrence, Lucerne, Mercer, Mont
gomery, Northampton, Northumberland,
Potter, Tlogn, Someiset, Venango, Washing
ton and Westmorland Counties have agieed
to co-operate with the State Hlghwa De
parment on the flfty-flfty basis that the
Governor disapproves
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TOSSED PETITIONS
OVER TRANSOM
Reason Thai Three Philadel
phians' Nominating Pa
pers Were Late
EXPECT MANDAMUS SUITS
General Hillings, of Franklin,
May Contest for Place on
Congressional Ticket
Pholu b V I imiueiiiiMii.
I.IEUT. J. FKKD MACKHV
In command of Pennsylvania Ttuck
Conmpany No. 8, which had left
Wtllinmsport, Pa., to ltc mustcicil
into Federal !ei'iee.
TRIAL OF BOY SLAYERS
AWAITS FARMERS' PLEA
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MINE FATALITIES SHOW
DECREASE FOR HALF YEAR
Individual Worker Being ImpiMMid
With Need of Protection Greater
Precaution Taken
IIAItlUhBt JIU. Aug 13 halal acci
dents about the coal mines of Pennsylvania
were not so nuineious dutlng the flitt six
months of 1917 as lompaied with the .anie
period last jear There were C09 fatall
ties this jear, as compared with fill in
1916, knowing a decrease of 2.1,
The greatest number of accidents ac
cording to data collected hs Chief of Mines
ItoderUk, resulted from falls of coal, slate
and mine roofs The number this veir
was JGO. while ill 1916, during the (list
half ear. It was 238 The departmenr,
Mhrough lt Inspectors, has made every ef
fort to make. Impossible the lecuuenc'e of
these accidents
Chief iloderick savs inineis grow Indlf.
ferent to dangeis. and the lessening of the
number of accidents now Is largeiy n ques
tlon of educatioo and or Impressing the
Individual worker with the necessity or
protecting himself and his fellows
CROWDS AT CAMP..MET1XU
Thousands Attend Set vices at Hunting
don Valley Assemblage
fclUOKSIlINNV. Pa. Aug 13 --lliou-aands
attended the Huntingdon Valle camp
meeting for the (list big Sunday of cential
J'ennsjlvanla'B outdoor assemblage of Meth
odists. 'the pieachers at the thiee sessions et
the Ilev. Dr. Charles M Olmslead, super
intendent of the Wllkes-Barie District of
the Wyoming Conference, who preached In
the morning, and the Ilev Ui Georce M.
Bell, of Kingston, who preached afternoon'
nu evening rue iiev, uien iiaiuwiu, ot
Mansfield, directed the Hlblj Conferences,
and TJr. Trank Klues, of naltimore, ifrt ,
the children's meeting
'thousands Attend Field Mass
IjAXUASTKU, Pa, Aug 13 Sevciul
thousand persons. Including delegations
from tlarrisburg, Heading, Yolk. l,?u-iioii
and Lancaster attended a Held mass
on St. Clement's inonauleij grounds at
Kphrata, held undet the management of
Lancaster Council, Knights of Columbus
The services were paitlclpated In h Bishop
McDcvItt, of the diocese ot Harrlsbuig, and
twenty-five priests A largu orchestra ac
companied the singing.
Agriculturists Object to Call for
.lury Duty While Harvest
Is Renriv
HKuuKV ll.l.i: I'a Aug 1. hauliers
objecting to jm dulv while the haivest
seaon Is on iii.m succeed In poipoulng un
til Novemhei the triil if Crnesl llalues,
who, Willi ll.ni'. Until Mntteni, lias been
ronvlcUd of the iiiuidei nf William Hatne
his fathtr 'I he Mate Supienif Couit has
giauted llalncs n new lil.il which was In
begin In the Jeffei'ou fount) couit heie
toda)
1 tallies Is tlglileeu eai old Mottcin
Is "evenleen 'I lie hiit-i nlra appealed to
the Suiireme ( nun aflei the Koaul of I'ai
dons lejecled the clement v plea ot both
Hut In Mottcrnn use the hlg.ie. tllbunal
would go no furlhei than send It back to
the Jefferson t'ouut) couit and let (he ques
tion of a new healing hn decided bv the
trial Judge II Is expected the atguinent
befoin Judge t'otbel on .Mullein n appeal
will be held within the next two weeks
When the 1 (nines rase Is called toils) it
Ik Mectid the couit will .itc'ee to post
pone il Ihsl In lespouse to the strong sen
tiiiieut foi this action to pirveul luteifei
enco w llli the woik nf hatve'tlug and
second possihlv In await the outcome of
Moltrins effoit fen a new Dial .Vlolteiu Is
the pi luclpal wlluess against llalnes When
the liovs weie tiled a veai ago the t'outt
house was filled with peisous Horn even
section of the count) llccause of tile Meat
lutcieit In the case thetc appeals to be no
ilntibt that hundieds of farmers would give
up woik foi n dav or two to come Into town
foi the new ti III.
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Carbon Count s Quota Is 112
MAUCII CHUNK, Ta , Aug 13 Acroid
lug to the lev lied figures from the Mate
Registration Bureau, Carbon Count) 'a
quota is Hi, a reduction ot more than luO
from the original, due to revisions ot credits
allowed for enlistments In the National
tluard prloi to June 30, The first quota
Wave credits for guardsmen only to the
cities and boroughs which were the head
quarters of a command.
Hoy Killed by Auto in Chester
' CHnSTBH. Fa.Aug 13 ulrtlnc fiom
the pavement to the street, ten-year-old
Frank ltumford fits Welol. street, was run
down at Sixth street and L'dgemont avenue
by Frank Kerr, of Leiper btieat, L'ddyotone.
driving; a touring cats The child was rushed
In the Chester HojpiUl by Kerr and died
half an lioui later from a fractured skull,
' Ketr was held to await the action of a
'v owner's iury.
frr 'Wilmington Bank Clearings Grow
WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 11 Clearings
at the Wilmington banks last week amount.
'ti to J,ISB.57b.C7, -compared with 32,19.'..
114.40 for the same period last year. Though
theamount is large, the clearings over the
previous year have been showing about the
mud lnoreaeo for several weeks,
Twif Halts SukUtAMm9t
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CURB MARKETS STARTED
BY ALLENTOWN COUNCIL
Free Space Ptovided for Farmers in
Effoit to Reduce Cost
of Living
M.I.KN'IOW N I'a, Aug II in an ef
fort to leducii the high cost of living In
AllentovTii City Council has now es
tablished eight curb oi open lot market
which )eaiH ago weie suppiesjc-d, 'thev
will he "fiee" markets, in that It will not
cost the fjtmeix oi dealers am thing to
set up their wagons oi stands The Cham
ber of Conimeice the Lehigh Countv
(Srauges and the countv faun agent will
co-operate in an elfort to get the fainieis
to ionic to the muikets
A confeieure will be held upon the sub
ject ot market da)s and hours the assign
ment of places and leasonablo t,anitai)
legulatlons 'I he plan will be to have,
maikels In Alleutuwn like those at Lan
castei and oik The lots foi the maikntS)
were made available by Colonel K M
Young the William II Aluev estate, the
'liltbdilsr estate, the Pason estate the
Lehigh Valle) Itallioad Companv Piof ()
Dome)' and ex-Ma) in I'liarles I) Hun-sicker
David S. Cook
WltlLiinsVILLK. Aug 13 Uavld .s
ook president nf the First National Bank
and one or the best known men In Yolk
i.ouiitv idled suddenly from a sltoke of
apoplexv In his eightieth ear Since hn
'Jshtt'ti eara old, when he engaged
with his rather In th lime business, he
hart heen active in business, He was
M-uetai) and tieasurei of the AViIghtB
vllle Iron Company, otganlzed In 1888, and
In 1S7J he went to Vltgtiila, whole he
elected a laige furnace, lie was an ex
tensive land owner In Vliglnla. and affiliated
with all tlje leading industries ot this sec
tlon He was a chattel niemhei or the
Maona and a member of the 1'iesbyterlan
Cbuich. Ills wife survives. '
Aaron V. Stover
QUAKUfVlOW.V. Pa . Aug. 13. ai..n K
Stovei, seventv.jlx, died at his horns
here. A native of II a) cock, he e
moved c. piiakertow;i when quite )ounr
... .v..u ,..,.. o ninr, i Ur many )eara
he was a leader In upper Uucka County
politic", having been n active associate
with the late Lau Penrose. lie served
four ) ears as postmaster, was tieaauier
of the local F. A. M,, borough treasurer
and county tieasurer, dliector of Quaker
town Trust Company, lifelong- Republican
He Is survived by a widow, two sons
Frank, of Philadelphia, and Harry, and
one daughter, Mrs Maud Stover Coll, both
of Quakertown.
Milk Prices Boosted
HAKKISBL'Ra, Aur. 13 The formsrs of
Dauphin and Cumberland Counties at a
meeting, agreed to put up the price
of milk frojn twenty to twenty-four aents
a gallon, and the local dialers on August
15 will increast the pries from eight to ten
cent a quart In Harrisbure and vicinity.
Reasiinc Calls More Men for Draft
RBADINQ. Pa , Aur. ll.v-Thla cltv must
Wtsu wty soldltrs aa4'tMuty en
slS.lfca.Ufrui)nnil USf. ""-' Imr! ..
IIAMHIbBLItU Aug 13
Tto or moie mandamus suits may be
bi ought In the Dauphin County Couit as
the teiult ot piocrastlnatlon by randldites
In filing theli nomination papers at the
State tlfp'tlment
One of these cases may be biought bv
fleneisl Willis ,f, Hullng, of 1'ranklln who
deslrej to entei the rnngreslonal content in
the Twetily-elelilli District, compilslng Mer
cet Aenargo Wanen Koiet and Kit, CoJi
lle O I' llleaklev was elected theie Ust
veai but teilgned js the ieull of an ex
pose of his election Mense Koi that
tcason a fioc;il election will be hehl till"
fall
Suimtitt cull papers filed befoin lilda)
ilie last cld foi fllliic calm- from C H
lleiliiln ot W'.uieri and C c: Vl-iitln both
IVuioiiat and I ' l.vons a (lepubllun
I tleneial llulltigt (lied a papei as n Ileptib-
Mean candidate but h .ille.idv nriuouiiccii
it contained onlv luu mines Potitions foi
ongiess inusl conlaln 200 signatures The
additional slgnatilies wete mailed bv
registered lettei oil I'llday. but did not in
live heie iiulll Hie on ."-itunl.iv
s tlieic Is no olhei coiigresslotial tlKlit
In the State no blank petition fonim wero
pi Intel ll vrai, ind the ones cni to lien
rial llulitgs fix I lie Inst clcv foi filing a
tnenlv-eif' i clas pi loi In the pilinnih"
I he la was ili.iuged in Hie l.et,ltlaluie
flMiit. lie Usi dav as fortv davs piloi to
the piiuailff 'I he othci candidates In the
I neut) -eiptilli DIMlkt Mlllck olll the
flguies 'twenlv eight and lii'eiled 'foitv '
(icnei.il I Inline; tjv lie did nol know the
Ian had been thinged
TIIULK IMIlLML:Li'UlANh I.NVoLKD
'I he other suits ma) come fiom thieeian
illdiles Tor judge or Common Pitas Com I
No 0 Phlladelphh 'I lit) are Thomas P
Tvvlblll 1'iank 'I Alallhew and fieoigo
.Steiutri inessengei vith thii petitions
and ulth an adillt'oiial petition foi Judge:
Cu(,ene Uonmnell anlveil lieie lale Til
da) nighl He went to the Slate Derail
ment ,iud round tin' office locked foi the
night
'I hi- closing houi of Hip Mate Dijiait
mciil Ih G o'clock III the afternoon bin mi
the last dav, to accommodate those who
alwa)s anive late the office is usuallv kepi
open a lone as the department officials
know petition aie mi the way thfie On
I'llelav nlRht thp nlUce was c loed at III 'ft
o clock
The mcveiigei Willi Hie petitions called
up Chief Cleik Ceoige D Tlioin and Rot
him out of bed at 11 lift oclork He said
he would eml a taxlcab foi him if he
would uo to the Stale Depaitment to le
celve the petitions .Mi lliuiu said lie
could not get tlicie befote 12 o'clock
"oit bloomiiiET old ciab, said the mes
&eiiRei nvci the telephone
'Same to )au and man) of them,' le
plied '1 lioi n
Vlin the Slate Depaituieut was upened
the notH lon.o wee found In the depaitment
having been tossed llnougli an open dan
Olll
In five of the judicial dlMnUt the can
didates have no opposition and the) will
most likely all be ie-electcd at the pii
niailes 'ihey ate Judge S J M McCauell,
Dauphin County. Judge William ButUi,
Chester Countv, riohert McCoimlck, Cam
el oii-Cilntou-Elk district: Judge A Swaitz,
Montgomeiv, and Judce John Add Mcll
jalne, Washington Judge Hall, of the
e'ameion-Cllntnn-LIk district, a biothcr of
the late State Senatoi Hall, was expected
to flic papeis hut none iriived.
LIST OP ( AVUID.VI KS
I lie follow lug is a llt ot candidates In
Iho counties filed at the htale Derailment
CON'GP.L'SS
Tnentv -eighth Dlstitcl L'lk t'oicst.
Metcei, Venango and Warteu Counties (to
fill vacancv) i: if lleshiln. Wairen,
Deni , lT G Lyons Wairen Hep : C G
Mat tin, Franklin, Dcm
OltPHAN.V COL'RT .11 DO US
Philadelphia Countv (two to be elected) -Ldwaid
A Anderson 'Toseph P Lamoi
elle, Kmanucl Kline, George Ullrich, Hob
eit P Bonnei, William C Lynch
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES
Chestei (one to he elected) 'William
Butler.
Delaware (one to be elected) William
11 llroomall. James 5 nankin, Albert Dut
lon MacDade
Montgomeiy (.'ounty (one to be elected)
Anion s Swaitz
Philadelphia Count) (No. 1 one to he
elected) 'V. Amedee Ureg) Walter V
Chew
Philadelphia County (N'o " two to be
elected) William C Kerguson. 'Chailes
U McMichael. David Lav is loaeph II
Thomas, Cdward D. Mitchell, John Lyman
Rov Harold Miennan. Fred Be)ei, J J
McDevltt, J Louis Brelttngei
Philadelphia Count) (No. I. one to bo
elected) 'Charles Y Audeuiied, Alexander
L Lauer, Richard T, McSoiIe), William J
lllKglll"
Philadelphia County (No 5, one to be
elected) William H Slaake, 'John Mon
aghan, Frederick S Drake, Joel Paikev Crlt
tendeii. Julius D. Love, lohn X Landbcrg.
Eugene C Gonninell
FIREMEN PLAN FEATURES
FOR PICNIC AT PITMAN, N. J.
Motor Engines From All Sections of
the County to Take Patt
in the Ftin
PITMAN, N J, Aug 13 Motoi file en
gines from all parts of the countv will be
entered 'In the consolidation test which will
feature the (list annual picnic heie of
tli Gloucester County Firemen's Associa
tion next Saturday. Calls will be Bant
in simultaneously to eveiy Alehouse In the
county and the time of each of the crews
In making the run to Aloyon Park will bo
roted The object I to demonstiate the
speed with which assistance can be consoli
dated for fighting a ssilous conflict atlon
In any part of the county.
Motor pumping engines fiom Atlantic!
Cltv, Woodbury. Swedesboio, Colllngsnood
and Gloucester City will engage In a ton
test between and 3 o'clock. Chiefs of
companies not participating win act as
judge and awaid a silver cup 'I heie will
also be a tug-of-war and other sports
FARMER INVEIGHS AGAINST
CITY FOOD SPECULATORS
Soil Tillers Work for Less Thnn Cost
of Production, He
i Asserts
CARLISLE. Pa . Aug. 13 -That tlie resi
dent of cities set price and that farmers
are not properly paid for their w-mK. '"
consequence- of which eo many are oulttlng,
Is the opinion of W. If. tourtiart."
land Count) Tanner, head "' '"'"'., '"Vu
era' and dalrymni'u associations He de
clares that the inajoilty of the farmer
are woikliig for less than the tost of pto-
' ".viLfchuglnil also Is ngilnl an) embargo
which would hinder competition In food
prices "Allow mo to ask )oll how fann
ers nie golm? o huv high-priced manufsc
titling work?' he asked lecently. 'Will the
clt) peonIn come to oin lescue, nntl Instead
or nskinir us to i as them foi the pioducl
of th factoi.e at the late of eight houi
work and ten hours ' ) will thev let u
have their products a' he late of twelve
ho lis' woik and tin bouts' pn)
'"I he farmer ha to contend with waalher
cotidltlon In hi effoiis He sometime Rett
a good ciop and often doc nol I" ho
does he penult some olio who has piobahl.v
never nlsccl a tiop to nial p Hip prioo lit
which he In obliged to Kelt 'I he faimei gel
wages If the clt) speculatoi lets him liavu
them
I UNITS RE-FORMED
ON FRENCH BASIS
Ambulance Corps in Allen
town Camp Reorganized
on New Lines
PREPARING FOR WINTER
Now Quarters Being Built for
Permanent Training
Site
SUNDAY SEES THRONG
AT GRETNA CAMP
Ideal Weather Brings Record
Crowd in Every Soi t of
Conveyance
MUl M UP.hri.W I'J Auir H I'ifleeu
thousand visitoii Hie b'ggest ctoud on ioc
oi d, thiongcd t lie camp of llm PeiinH)Ivanla
divisions aiixllliiv units vesleida) Ihey
came bv spec i tiain atitnmubllep, molor
cvcles and olhei lonievance rioin all parts
of ejsteiii jnd euti,il l'enn)lvanla, and
favoied In Idrsl wtathei coiiditlou" pcnt
an riijnvable d. wlih ineli nIdlel tel.t
lives .Hid fiimiN 'ide fiom the social
fealuie, theie weie baud conceit thtnugh
out the da and lejlgious sen Ices were of
uniissal lnteiei
Klght special I lain uli I lie I muuall and
Lebanon fJivlslnii of tlie Pennsylvania ILill
load handled the cioud while the nurn
bet of automobiles was consei vallvely ficd
at "(Mil) inotoiojcie at 1000 and hoise
diawn conve)anocs at 40H The iegul.ii
paikiiiK facilitle weie inadequate
n oiil'ljiidlng featuie was an addles
bj 1 lie Ilev Hauls II Cicgg, of Chicago,
at the morning spivice In (he State Y M
C A tent Mi Ctegg was In Cngland
dining seveial Zeppelin laid and took for
his slibjec t the quel v , ' What Can the Clerg)
Do to Prosecute the War"' addressed by
the l.'ngllsh clerg) to Field Maishal Halg,
whose leplv a" lo effect a gieatei splt
Itualltv among the people
Tnlfoim and equipment weie issued .Sun
da) to the mllitaiv police and dlscloifil
how haid put the 1'ederal Government is
In that man) soldieia dtew outfits that tlie)
juklnglv likened to Joseph's coal of man)
colois I'olloitlng the lsue. both Captain
Heniv ( loful of Hie Philadelphia Companv,
and Captain J i I) dp .Miller, of the Pltts
IiuieIi i oriipam conducted inspection
LAND PURCHASE AUGURS
INDUSTRY AT MARIETTA
450 Awe Tiact Boueht by Banker.
Designed for Big Plant
Is Belief
MMIIL'I'I Pa Aug 11 Heniv .
r.lch. caslilei of the Hit .National Bank
of Marietta, ha just tlosed a deal with a
coiporatlon Involving the puichaso of 4 GO
acres of fatm land Just west of Maiietta,
the pilce paid being 540O per acie 1 he
fauns were onned by Kta B Lngle Barr
Rpangler. 8amel t! Kngle and John G
Engle The piopeitv required is neai the
Susquehanna Itiwi : the Penns)lvaiila Kali,
road passes bv It and near by Is the pine
line of the Matlella tiiavlt) W'atei Com
pany. Ml J'.lch tefuiea lo tell whom he iep
resents, but he ha said etiotif.Ii to make
It ceitain tliat the propeil) Is to be applied
to an Industrial cnleipilse An impiegsiou
pievall heie that a steel plant I to be
elected
Halelon Asks Better Mnil Service
HAZLlVION". Pa, AuiT 13 The Ha7le
ton Chambei of t'omnieice acting1 on ap
peals fiom lecal batiks and nieicliants to
dav will send i protest to !' potal
dcpaitineiit at Washington on t i- poor
mail seivlce Harleton I lecelvip since
the new tlmetahln of the l.chli i Valley
llallroad went Into effect pvp a weeks
ago
STATE NEWS
AT A GLANCE
LLUN10W.V. Pa ug 13
Wink is being speeded on the permanent
barracks at the fnlted States ambulance
ramp at the Allenlown Fair Ground
Oni of Hie three large buildings Is
vlitually finished and the second I In
an advanced stage The offlceis state that
the ptesent plans ot the War Department
aie to send all the men now In the camp
lo Fiance within tne next two months, or,
at latest, bv early fall, depending on trans
poitatlo. facilities across the Atlantic
Ocean .-v unit will b brought on, and
a omi.v nf the facllltle or the ground
shows that about 2000 men Can be kept In
camp and trained during th winter, in
summer the ground will accommodate
6000 but nut of the buildlrg aie unfit
for w Intel use since thev are of such con
filiuctlon fiat If will tip Impossible to heat
tlcm The permanent bairacks will have
healing )Slem With He oncoming ot
winter the main building ot the Allcntown
I'.Tir will le abandoned a a dorniltoiy for
soldleis and ued for Indoor diilliuc pur
pocr 'I he nerlty for everv Indi of
t lie grounds foi the ue of the camp is In
dlcited bv the fact that the c'amp ha com
in uideeieil thn storage house of the Allen
town Vail and it will he used . a gutrd
house
111 IT OK DOCIOItS
riisl I Ipuienant I McXIIlstei has
been thmsfeired fnmi this i amp to Fort
oglelhoipe C.i Itst Lieutenant R It
l.owrv It ha been sent lo Fort Hairlson
jlid l'ii-t Lieutenant O L Pchofleld has
been ordeied heie
Hi Q U Aini Hie only Allenlown phv
ttlU.ni who enlisted In the medical coips
iPLeivInc n commission as flist liputcnaiit
has been attached to the post hospital 'J his
position hp lecelved at his own request Not
being a mllltai) man, Docloi Arner did not
feel like taking command or a unit vvneie
nillltaiv knowledge is desliable thinking
he could best nere at the hospllal
Dr W L" Kaheu or Philadelphia the
first lieutenant in chaige or the Tioga, unit.
Is In the Allcntown Hospital with a painful
attach of ihcumatism Duilng the hot npell
Hot tin Haken sulTeicd gieatlv from tlie
heat and one night spent no les tliin si
hour utidfi the shotvei bath The cold
billing water that Allcntown inns thiough
Its pipes pioved too much He is Improving
and will be on duty ncNt week
l'JIP IS KCORGWIZUn
I he leorganlzatlon of tlie camp cm the
basis of fmtv-flve men to the unit has
been completed and wa a tiemendou job
When the oilglual call went out theie weie
teque'ts of thlit)-si men to each standard
unit accoiding to the French arm) nystem
1... r..l.!-A a. i.l iAniis.1 ef ATiralial lritfytt 1
Later it was dUcoveled that It would he
ndvlsahlp to add nine melt to each unit, to
eive as mechanicians and lepah men In
Fiance there aie little blacksmith and le
paii shop at fiequent Intetvals along the
nails ir, ipn.nr hi okpn-iloivii nintmcaiH mid
' ambulances, but it will be Impossible for the
tnetican aimv to have peimanenl lepair
shops and it was deemed wise to have
enough men to take care of all bieakdowus
'I he leoiganlratlou meant a great mauv
changes, both In the make-up of the unit
and in commanding offlceis Some unit's
were siioit of th''t)-sl: and olheis had
nearlv double that iiumbei, and all weie
made to consist of foi tv -Ave men In doing
this It wa necessarv In some Instances lo
put bov fiom the AVest oi South, as the
case might be whop nulls numbered mote
than fottv-fivp Into units fiom vailou
places that weie short and thus then, ha
been a gical tluowlng togethei of men
fiom nil sections of the United States A
case in point Is where the son of Judge
Dean of Boston was made a membei ot
the South Caiollna null to which he in
stantl) became loal. although !.3 Tankee
twang Is In marked conlrat to their south
ern diawl
Thp heavv woik of leorganlzatlon was
performed by Majoi Aithur W Yale, of
Philadelphia, oiganlier of ambulance com
pnnle. with the O. K or ' olonel Person,
the commanding oflleei The leorganlzatlon
shows that the Cnlted fetate Ambulance
Coip now consists of 117 unitiof foit)-flvn
men, plus a (list lieutenant In charge of
each or a total of 5282 men
RBOKUAMSSBD CORPS
'I he leorganlzed corps consists of the fol
lowing commanders and commands
JPiYnliiiiBIKI 1 1 rtHii
SCOUTING AT OCEAN CITY
Lawrence L. Stevens, Jr., of 260
South I'orty-sixth street, is prob
ably the youngest scout protecting
the shoies of the United States.
While spending the summer with
his paienls at Ocean City, N. .).,
he scans the sea and the sky ft pin
the Boaidwalk, always, wealing his
tiench uniform, watching for Get-
man submannes or Zeppelins.
Asn i .lr( urd I""
Carl tl "VNcncle 101
VVIIUrcl tV. Putnam inj
Msiiln P. "mior I in
JUrlon i Wilson tni
iieorgo 1. Hon . H'l
Herbert C vrrlbnei mil
c'larrnrn I, S,im.in 107
llurrlfcon J ltoblu
soi mi
Mien Wuinlcock 1''
'i errpnrn ltad tin
Clark K Lurigfonl 111
Hnrr c Ion"" II.'
h jrl V Miores tl t
lUle Martin 114
liiil. K Vice ul
loush 1 1 "
llonies I) Ucif 1th
ilnnton Turn , 117
Ernest Itkhmcl 11
Battle Creek
lUltle ("reek . ..
Battle cYeek .0
smltli I orm A IrucK.A
vvilleBarre A
VVelleiley A
Portland Me .A
Portland, Me .B
Portland Mf C
t nil of Illinois A.
I nW of llllnot tl
I'nlv of lllino U
la- A
e'V Haven . A
Lnlv or Callfomla U
I nn of i nlltornla C
I nit c f I'HlllomlJ D
lleadnuarter -
Nt-v Voik
SEIZE A "WIRELESS"
PLANT IN MEXICO
Outfit Is Discovered on Lobiz
Island Builder Is Placed
Under Arrest
Uig 1 I
a ueinian
has been
on Lobiz
MHXICO riv
Wlut I believed to have bsen
information foi w aiding station
dicoveied b) .Mexican officer
Island, a lighthouse station off the .Mexican
cmst, uoitheasl of Tuxpam The Mexican
authorities believe the "tatlon mlcht have
been converted Into a submaiine or naval
base had it not been located b) them
The Coveinment rccentl) decided to place
a vviieles station on Lobi? Island and
when Manuel tlodilguez Otilteirer, Sub
secietaiy of Communication, went to
Tamplco on a tilp ot Inspection he sent
Albetto Mender, chief of the vviele de
depittment of communications, to the Is
land. On hi airival there Mendez found a
complete wlteless plant in operation. It had
been built by the. .ghthouse kcepei. who
foiinul) wa a mechanic He was unable
to give a sallsfactoiy account of how he
obtained tlie w!ieleR appatatu and was
anesled
Mender alo learned that n launch, which
had, made the island It headquarteis, had
heen car)ing supplies, aims and ammunl
tlon to rebels on the mainland, who had
been interrupting traffic around Tu.pam
and Interfciing with oil shipments The
launch was confiscated
As Mender, with the keepci a prlsonei,
stalled for the mainland In a lighthouse
lendei another vcsel put off ftom the main
land and follow ed the tendei until It was
within the tluee-mllc limit
Mendez has made a full tepoit and the
Government Is Investigating The coast la
being seaiched fot other wireless plants.
GIRL AND YOUTH DROWN
(mBBNSBURa, Pa. Aug. 13 Malxls
Ilugg and Robert Klcher. each fifteen years
old, ot Je&nnette, were drowned In the
treacherous waters of Buttermilk Falls, at
Idlewlld, In the eastern part ot Westmore
land County.
The girl had made a dive and was caught
In the swirling current. Youns Eicher went
to her rtscue and both went down. Charles
Thomas, ot Greensburg, who attempted to
rescue them,, was almost dragged down
with them.
Wesley Mllnor, Historian, Diet
BRISTOL. Pa , Aur. 13. Wesley Mllnor
one of Bristol's old historians, died at his
residence here In his seventy-eighth
year. lie was a oagtagemaster ot the
Pennsylvania Railroad forty-one years and
was pensioned a few years ao, K u a
a. i.ahta & m usiuh kT mm (ib.
n WimiM H1HJB
M.ST HKAni.Nd Tioops composed of
nicmbtis of leglmeiitM ot the Fourth Pio
vlslonal Uilgade, New Voik, will anlvp In
town to (.it nd thn Lebanon Valle v and Pea
cock Itallioad bridge which had been
guarded by the Philadelphia olJIeis duilug
the lat thice months
f.Olil.I.I.USV II.I.K. Miss Clutsla M
daughtct of Ml. and Mis Kile) Class, wus
married to Chailes N Dellatt an armv field
clerk attached lo the I'nltcd States Coast
Aitllleiv Ciov ei not Island, .N
HKI.MIOLI1S ltwln L Swclgcu a fatm.
ci, lhltl).thiee yeaiH old vvu hilled when
a wagon loaded with a thieshlng machine
pabsed ovci hi body
l.V.Uliiilios 'the P.ev .1 r Pcnn pas
tor of the Pentecostal Chuich of the iaza
lene, pleached his farewell Btinion. The
Rev and Mrs I'enn will leave shortly for
Africa, wheie tlie pastoi will engage In mls
slonai) work
.NF.8()ULHOM.S(i Cggs aie selling at
flftv cents a dozen, nnd the high cost of
feed Is bound to make them soar higher
IlKAVKR MKADOW John King was
presented a du Linerty Uond by the C. M
Dodson Coal Company as a leward for
working eveiy day during the last month
LANSIOKH Wlnfrcd D. Lewis, a mem.
ber of the Carbon County bar, has been
elected a dliector ot the Lanstord Dime
Bank,
I.AJ.8FOKD A M Neunilller. who has
conducted a general store here for fifty sue
cesBlve years, has left for a tour of the
Northwest, Middle West and Southern
St&tts
I..VN81 ORU Raymond Schope, assistant
cashier of the Citizens' National Bank-, haB
passed a successful examination for the
position of assistant paymaster In the navy
and expects to be called on duty shortly.
WK1BSPORT The funeral of Levi A
Schoenberger, Republican candidate for
sheriff ot Carbon County, wae held with
services by the Rev. P. V, Kuhn and the
Rev. G. V. Riffert.
.NESQUEUOMNG Mi. Jones, of the
ivcnueiu israei aynagozue. nil siiini,t..
and Brlnley Rtchatds, soloist of St. Maik'a
Kplscopal Church, Mauch Chunk, sang at
the evening servloe In Reed'e Methodist
Church.
UAVCH OHVUKTht Mauch Chunk
rant t the carbon County Chapter of
Firat Lieutenants
Tohn T Bethel.
Prank N". (ireen
loaeph W. Garden
decree s VVoodatil
i' II Wehater
c aliln Witter
i.uther 1 FerAUfton
Vattll U Oreer
I imrlts N. Hell r
Itufuti Van A est
I'lllolt R DIvon
1 dtvnrd K Mooie
ailtou I) liana .
AleanUer H l.lHlee
No
Samuel Met' Browne ill
1 rant. I. C'nle
'ihomas ri Hurler,
r.iiil 1. Ccia .
Willie .1 V Inion
lames (I Kldd
Pranl. A Brajlen
liatiln Lyon
Wnllel J VMilte
house
cltorie Tt. I'lapa
n U Hamilton
loiin i; uolln
lection . Unit
Stoneman lellowahlpA
.Stonaman I'ellowshlp.D
storotnan Fellowship.''
I'nlv of Penn .... A
lloneinan I'ellonililp H
.Sloncman Fellowship K
stonemsn Kellowahip r
StonerriHii rellow,hin (l
ITarvard
Harvard
.Harvard
UaiMiiKiuii
Waahliikton
Wafhhuuin
T'njv of rzlnis
Jlnlv of Viislnla
.I'oluville
loin a llooklna
lohrtptoivn
lohnstown
Princeton
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llenjamln F vvyiuin .
raiin r vvnuunaii
ritwaril A l.oorer
Atei D 1 ercuion
Charles I. Weber
navtd K .Smith
Rener B Orahatn
I tiarles I, lenntnsa
c'liarlaa I,. 1 ulmsr
i laude v Thomas
William n Itakln.
Henry L, nibby
Mark 1 Healy
Max R Sloekton
lohn It 'lurmr
Claude VV. Page
John C Hen.
loaeph V Horan...
Ihomaa O Kllleeti
Jiihrman H Hhuta
'mes 1, Jolev ...
laiftni, vxr n.Hi hn
'hot It Kennerdell SO
ParCl K llinlln. R1
"ours jc jiiar
Max P. cowett..
rtoial A Schaaf
Minor R, Kendall.
Kawln. Pottar..
lrlay A. Felts...
Jlieodort C. C'rnft
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1'enna .Stale Col
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Frankfort
t'hlladolplila
TtnlV of '1 Ann.....
Wastilnitton and l.ee
!"' "i riorina
Vew Tori.
Hlensman 1'ellowahlpH
Amherst C6leSe a
10,000 AT CAMP-MEETING
AT BRANDYWINE SUMMIT
One of the Biggest Days in the His
tory of the Organ
ization Wll.MlMilON, Del Aug 13 It is esti
mated that at least 10,000 perisons attended
Biand)wlno Summit ramp-meeting neai this
cit) toda) on the occasion of "Big Sunday"
which I the last Sunday of the camp
'there weto services In the mornlne, aftei
noon and evening It was one of the big
gest daJS In the hlstor) of the campniect-
Jlnlv of Penn n
Kara; ""
Boeton V
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vvm a. c;liamberiain SO.. Carnal
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Si"1"'1 Toms... (12.. Dartmouth
, SSJ'Ti J'a C.f r" " M Kslent
't:'05 i.,'?mlth..., ,. Pasadena
i. , H. Northrup,, S5..Pidna
M.K. I'erlclna,.: ns..PaaaeIeiiI ..
SfJ Hi '-tsrjteit.,.. 7..Allenton
X!),ridAv.f r. . . .Hamlin." Mirm
loaeph Klmhali.. Rn..Phlirt.iit,iilnn'"
Willi, jj Ceiaon... 7n..nlv. or vvaahin;;;:.'
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MOl.T GRKT.NA Pa
,n iiiti uuuav ai ilie
Auk
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tu lln.m,nli... .
mo mount uretna United n e,i,;J ... ,"
t'ln 1st. and b) leason of tlie niiiifilT" '"
on the State reservation the clwVm,p
iii larr-eet h. i, I.,..." '"e.crowd was
4
Ion life ran n.nti'i, S . F.,.V?". ocl!C-
inacleuate ---,-s
spoke at the afternoon and I evenl.?i,ltaB01
iaurtnfSS"
Maigaret T. Russell, ot Mobile' fina MlM
ducted the Sundaj Ichool and 'p'.n? 'r0
Clippings, ot IlaiilibmK,"," inf',hJJ'
ot the evening sonu seivlce t.harge
- .
Girl Victim of Smash Dies
HASJLETON, Pa, Aur 11 x.i ..
Spauldlng, tvventy-lour ) firs .'thT L'f lliel
nve persons Injured when 7he . '?i" f.l,,e
as struck at the Crnnbwrv pL? tom,0,,tle
Penns)hanla ner dled a ,hs r" B V,v a
Pltal of a fractured skull ani i.MVe Hos
The othtr Mctlms of th" accld'" hl.p'
Good shape and will rccoe? ' are ln
PinSBURGHYOIJlll
MM DRAFT LAW!
Youthful Slackers Orcaniw'l
to Resist Sfilppnl 1
War Service
150 IGNORE
fUMMONsrj
Several Overheai'tl to Boast Th
Would Not Be Sent to EUrn"tyj
pean Trenches
PITrSBCHGir, Aug. 13 rir,. . J
plstanco to the selective diaft i.V ,.ca. V
Count) has como (o light through th. r t
emptloii boauls nf the Kim nnrf 'J
Wards reporting to the Dcnan.' . ?P"i'.
tlco that a croup of voting men of thai t
trlct had organized to avoid mint,;,?. 'V
jce wnr.
Declailng the) would iathcr co . ,J
than enter the nillltarv set vice th. s
have Ignmed Iho summons nt the bo.rJ1!
nppcai for ph)slcal examination an.i 11. 0
manifested theli opposltioii to belnt e.iuT "
vvneii it wan found 1 id men had faliej , 1
appeal, Iho members ot the honr,i. "1
unable to account for the large number. !
absentees until Infotmation leached th'
that some of the missing men had boitSV
",c . :.",.".. ;:"" A" i"""1:. "nd
""' ' '" ' ." jv vviuiams. m
rctaty to the chad man .lohn s w,m I
tho first knowledge the board had'oMk'' !
.i,...ti... .. .... ... vi in.,
Biiuuuuii aa wiiuii n Clllzen niA.v.. .
sevcial men discuss their refual i.
drafted It Is said these antl-draft.-. .. ',
claicd thev were not going to fight i. ;
Kurope and allow cempted foreigner,
get their positions fpon investigation ,! '
was learned tint most of the mim. " "
"e )oung m
nf lliAea Itt n it qiIci ln l.K. ..
. -'" " """ "Hive snown Ih.ir
opposition to enterllng tlie ervlce llr. V
the same Incalit) ' '"
I urther Indications of icslstance uni.J
Saturday In an announcement by AurT-
Loch, chaiiman foi the. hoard for u?'
Twent) -ninth Wai.I, that some of th. ulf
ail.,, tiiif. tn. ..... . mt Iff
..,".:.,:.:.,' "iwi ior phiii.i
is m-i
nm.t
We don't want to lrnv. awi,i.... f
with this." was penciled upon one notl'
lfllutned undelivered ollc,i
"If these slackers have oiguilzed n,..,'
cases Will he lian,ll.l i. m,V zcu' "KV
said i: Lowr) lIu,cs7l niced si IZW i
Our otTico wil'
qttlncv. ei. ,.'"
la.y authorities I ,e apprehension ?Z
cat exainlnntlnii , iAiin..i , "
tal authoiltls containing derisive .""t
tages to the diaft board on tho cnv.tn.. 1
iric-i .vuciniej, tonlsht. ' Our otTico wil
onlv be listrinn.ntil l ,., .. "r9 '1J
i... ..,ii,.r,r" ..;. "'a"".,inB ne mm.
HEADING MILLER URGES
CALM ON FLOUR PRICES
Hcnty of Wheat, But Sncculst.'
Must Be Put Out of Business, A
bays fcxpect
KKADlMl Ha Aug U i:dard 1
AVeitr. for foitv vears .i lejiir. in ik. ,.
and milling business of the county, has li'.j
..... .i Fidieiiieiii. cetiinR me public not tl
Ret evcitccl about the pike or flour. Tin'
wheat supplv Is ample AVerU declared and
tne only thing neecssaiv to kep prlcti 1
.w, I, ib ,u jvfeii hpeuuiaiois out
' When Cong-toss, made the mlnhumn pries
ot wheat ?. " AVcrlz said 'It seemed t
fot get that onlv 5 per cent of the population
is composed of fanners They are the cnl
class interested in the high price they re
,-ci.u mi inrir inouucis. nut tuo other 91
pei cent wint lowei prices When Con
gichs takes caie of tho 5 per cent the olhu
5 per cent mu-jt lake the conscnuencti '
Them Is eveiv Indication here of
nuiuper poiaio crop. I cannot see whyprtccj
should not be lowei now than J1.50 a bu!hL
L'nough tubers aie si own here to fsed everr
ono In the count), with lots left ovtr ll
hope the Hoover admlnlstiatlon will Uli-
up me potato question soon '
JiLiiiiUUlSTS HOLD "BIG UAY"
Congiegation Marks Reopening of IU '
Church at Pitman
PITMAN. X. J . Auc. 13 -Methodists had"
a. "!. day ,ieic to maik the reopenim
ot theli church, which has been lenound
and cxtcnslvelv Improved during the lut
two weeks No subscriptions were askel ,
foi vesterdny. the improvement fund hartali
ueen previously sjbscrlbed
Senatoi lames Hammond, of Mercwj
Count), addressed a large audience lut 5
night. At tho inornlntr service the termon,
was pleached by the Rev George H. Neil
district Kiiperliitendeiit, nnd there was aho ',
a "peclal nfternoon service by the SundJf?
sciiooi 1
rOOI)-SAVING CUTS GARBAGE
Not L'nough to Feed Collector's Pigi
Afforded by Woodbury ',
WOODBUnV. X. J.. Aur U The c'ty.
gaibage collectoi sa)S lie Is not gettins, " J
usual quantity 11600110 of the movemtw, 1
among the residents of food conserving J
and asseits it is haid to get enough feed mr 1
his lions.
IV )ear ago. he sa)s, theie was won
garbage than his pigs could eat, but no
his wagotm come In with Ics-j than nan (i
wnni no ueuaiiy gainerea. fi
THRONG AT CAMP-MEETIM.
United Brethten in Christ lfave "Big I
Sunday" at Mount Gretn.i
Do you tnow a soldier boy In ctmp or
colas to the front? Seed turn a copy 01
"IAUGHandLmr
By Douglas Faibbanks
It villi give him tometltlne to
go by something to cling to--
something to coma back with.
Put a con? It Vt 'comfort box"-
crr;c:icect
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