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CONSULT CHAS. E. HUGHES
Head of Local Appeal Board No.
2 Confers With Head of New
York City District
High Points of Day's
Events in Army Draft
WALTER WILLARL), chairman
of Philadelphia Appeal Hoard,
No. 2, indicates, followinp; confer
ence with Charles E. Hughes, of New
York, that trained policemen and
firemen will he exempted from the
new national army.
The Appeal Board begins its woik
on the flood of- exemption claims
next Monday morninjf. It will prob
ably sit in the Federal Huirdinir.
Thirty-sixth District Draft Hoard,
at Park and Lehigh avenues, reaches
its quota of 167.
September 1 sot as date for public
demonstration in honor of recruits.
Mayor Smith promises that the pa
rade will be biggest event of its
kind in city's history.
Federal investigators continue
probe of South Philadelphia notaries,
who arc alleged to be preying in
illiterates.
Philadelphia policemen and firemen who
are thoroughly trained In their dutln will
In all piobablllty be -xeintl frinn pen Ice
In tho new National Armj
This became apparent today when Waller
Willard, chairman of District Appeal Hoard
yt No. I, returned from New Vol I., where he
'$$ held a conference with Charles i: 1 limbec.
head of the New York cit exemption
board.
Willard declined to discuss the woik of
bin hoard, hut admitted that It would lie
guided consldeiahly by the iieclsious of Mr
Hughes. "It Is the purpose of the War De
partment." said Wlllanl. "lo establish uni
form draft rules for the appeal boards
throughout the countlj Mr Hughes has
Klven considerable study to the druft prob
lems and Is Interpreting the rules and regu
lations In a manner that Is pleasing to the
draft officials.
Concerning the exemption of policemen,
Willard Indicated the attitude of his board
by quoting the former Associate Justice of
the United States Supremo Court "Mr.
Hughes." said Willard, "feels that it would
be unwise to draft men who are trained In
the police department. They are doing u
valuable work In their own Held and one
that Is indispensable I'erHonull.v I hold
the same view."
S?' The exemptions, though, will not he ex
tended to new men, hut only to those who
re thoroughly trained and whose places
Would be difficulty to fill during- the present
shortage u man power.
TO PJIKVKNT DISOIlG.VMZATION
Draft officials bellevo that It laKes two
years to train policemen and firemen effi
ciently and contend that a wholesale draft
.of army cllglbles In the two departments
would creato a chaotic condition in tho fire
and police departments.
The flood of Industrial claims Is present
ing" a big problem for the board, but Willard
Is confident that the present difficulties will
bo handled easily when the hoard gets
down to business.
"We do not propose to establish hard
and fast rules," he said, "but the uver.ige
easo can be disposed of with little tlouble."
Appeal Board No. 2 will handle the claims
presented by men In Baldwin's. Cramp's
Shipyard and other big Industrial plants,
"Mke other claims," said Willard, "those
based on Industrial grounds will be treated
separately, but very few exemptions will bo
granted,
"We are working on the principle: that
ery man has enlisted for war service
but It falls upon us to decldo whether cer
tain men are of mora use at home than In
thearmy, Many men who are at work In
the munitions factories are Indispensable,
for they occupy places that require spe
cial technical training Such men must he
exempted because upon their work at home
depends tho success of the army '
Further plans for the parade and demon
, atratlon to be held In this city In honor of
the drafted men on September 1 will be an
nounced by .Mayor Smith toilay
The Mayor announced also that ho would
v Issue a proclamation today calling upon all
fhlladelphlans to Join In the movement to
make the cclebtatlon a great success.
The Thirty-sixth registration Division
has Completed Its quota of 167 men, accord
ing to tho board, which has been examining
at the Park and Lehigh avenues police
station.
Six hundred men vvere called for rx.iin.
Inatlon, and of that number 1G1 were ac
cepted, while 34G were (ejected or exempt.
There arc sixty-one claims for exemption
pending. Five men have moved from the
district, while twenty-one aro enlisted In the
Federal service. The seventeen men who
failed to report for examination have au
tomatically been accepted for the National
Army, and If they fail to report lo the boaid
with a legitimate excuse befoio a reason
able time Ihey will bo classed as deserters
from the army
A drafted man who carried the combi
nation name of CJeorge Washington and
the address Mount Vernon caused the ex
emptlou board of the Twentieth district, at
Thirty-ninth street nnd Lancaster avenue,
to sit up and take notice today. It was
no lineal descendant of the Father of Ills
Country, however, but a colored laborer for
tne Keystone State Construction Company,
who lives at 382E Mount Vernon street. lit
was passed In the physical examination,
A new phase In the draft work developed
today In the Forty-second District,' Slxty
flfth street and Woodland avenue, when sev
eral men who had failed in the physical
tests when they tried to volunteer several
Weeks ago passed the examinations for the
new army.
"It Is not fair lo reject a man in the
Volunteer army and accent him rhr iii n.
'' army." said Dr. W. Warren U'mvip "v
, x liave had several such cases, but have rec-
ommenneu mat tne men be accepted In the
particular units which they endeavored to
join. One man who wished to Join the navy
was rejected because the examining doctors
said he was suffering' from hernia. We
failed to discover any trace of this trouble
and recomrnended that the man be accepted
by .the navy."
Local boards were today Instructed by
Colonel Frank a. Sweeney, of Harrlsburg,
to have the second and third quotas of the
new army ready on September 19 and Onto.
fiber 3 respectively. The first quota of the
i?w army will be drafted Into the Federal
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"ftvivc VII crciJtciituvr u. vviuiiei ovreeney
'alao Informed the draft boards to forward
their appeal boards the names of alt men
'pettier accepted or exempted. This Is for
i purpose or having tne appeal boards re
ar 'the exemptions and check up on cx-
ptlon errors made because of the differ
ti standards established by local draft
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tans of tne sixteenth District Board,
niown, Dtueves mat many men sent
if Meade wllj be rejected by the army
minute. M thoeemadftby reru-
STORE CROPS, HE URGES,
TO HALT MARKET GLUT
Food Commissioner Heinz Warns
Against Possible Higher
Prices Later ,
War gardens of Pennsylvania will turn
out 0,000,000 bushels of potatoes, while IS,
000,000 bushels of the same crop will be
supplied by the farmers of this State this
season, according lo Howard Ilelns. ap
pointed by President Wilson as Food Com
missioner of this State
Mr Helm Issued a lengthy statement to.
day in his ollhe In the Finance Building
In which he touched upon the food situation
In this Slate. He urged that new crops he
not delivered to the markets at once espe
cially at the harvest time.
"To csrt potatoes and other crops to the
inaikets." the statement leads, "would cause
I'll l anil waste and possibly high pi Ices j
liter on
'It Is highly Important that the potato,
cr 'i I - im he sioied with rare, since
ilu pon quill, uf sied used for this ear's
ci 'ii 'vMI Increase the rhances of spoiling
after harvest."
.Mr lleln. pr edicts lower prices for pota
toes. In lew of the large crop of that com
modity this .ve.ir
"This comedy has enough food to supply
her own needs, but must conserve and pro
iltue In everv imsslble way If vv are to
xupplj nut .ii II U-h iiluii.id " Hi" statement
continue" . 'oui n-al pUrrs must lool, t
19l!. fin then the fond hIioIIukp will he
mole seven, than evtii now If we do not
piodutc mure
SWINGS OVER CITY HALL
PLAZA HEAD DOWNWARD
Workman's Presence of Mind
Saves Him as He Dangles on
Hope After Fall
Hare pieseme of mind saved Andiew
l.lnlnsky from iliath today as ne dangled
head downwaid from a. lope live stories
above the City Hall I'lnza
With another workman l.lnlurUy was
removing scaffold. ng which had been uted
to teal down a muoke.sl.uk when he slipped
and fell from the scaffold at Hie seventh
lloor In somo manner his foot became
entwined in the incslr of the rope as he
fell As he plunged downward the rope
became I.Vit and held him just outside a
fifth-floor window
Shouts of workmen attracted sroies of
pedestrians who nti-jthlessly watched the
dangling fmm I.ln-nsKy, knowing that
his foot was Hecllio In thu i.riot about his
ankle, swung his body to and fro until he
developed enough momentum to swing to
the ledg of the window He crawled on
the ledge urid workmen, who weie trying to
reach him, helped li tin remove the lope.
Llnlnsky then iiillaphed llo was sent to
the Hahnemann Hospital, hut aside from
suffering from shock was uninjured. Llnln
sky lives at IRIS North Fifteenth street
PLANS FOR RECEPTION
OF BELGIAN MISSION
Will Include Visit to Independ
ence Hall, Navy Yard and
' Other Points
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The bowl and .spoon uscil on the occasion of tho first national draft in
Washington, July 1J0, was received by Mayor Smith today. These
historic instruments will be placed in Independence Hall with the
Liberty Hell.
Arrangements for the entertainment of
the Belgian Mission on Us visit to I'hlla
delphia next Monday were completed today
at a conference between Mayor Smith nnd
the members of the citizens' committee In
City Hall.
The Uelgiatis will aiilve it Hroad Street
Station from Washington at I2:R5 o'clock
in the afternoon. Thoy will be uietij- the
chairman of the citizens' committee, Wil
liam Potter, and escoited to the llellevue
Stratford for luncheon, At half past two
o'clJ"1v n visit will he made to Independ
ence "Hall. The return will be west on
Market street At the Wanamakcr store
the mission will he presented with an Amer
ican Hag and a city Hag by the W'anamaker
Cadets, who will he at attention on Market
street
Following a visit lo League Island, where
the mission will be escorted about the
navy yard by Commandant Tappan, the vis.
Itors will go to the Belgian Itellef Asso
ciation at 152 Walnut street, after which
they will be entertained at dinner In the
Manufacturers' Club They leave for New
York at ft o'clock that night
U. S. TO STABILIZE
THE PRICE OF WHEAT
Hoover's Representative Stirs
Enthusiasm by Announcing
Food Plans
U .in enthusiastic session of the I'oimiiei
clal i:iliange .it noon tml.i.v mi the m.iiu
floor In the Hours-. II I) Invln. Hoover's
Philadelphia repic.eut.itlvc of the Food Ad
ministration drain Corporation, who re
turned from Washington today after n con
ference with Herbert C Hoover, st.ittd that
the plans as outlined by the iloveruinent
were entirely advantageous tu consumer"
and pi mincers
The Food Ailinliiistiatiuri Cr.illi Coipora
tlou will buy wheat upon the dellvir of
warehouse reielpls at terminal markets."
said Mr. Irwin "Such warehouse receipts
will bo those of (Slr.inl Point and Port
Itlchinonil elevators and others IT thev arc
so designated later
Tho corporation will pav for no wheat
and make no advances against Vhcat prices
to such deliveries. The price of wheat will
remain absolutely stationary when It Is
once fixed.
"The wheat pi ice will he predicated upon
a staudard-gi.ide price nt a large Interior
market, presumably Chicago When once
tho price is lived, there will be dlfteren
tlals established at the following terminal
markets N'ew Yolk. Philadelphia, Haiti
more, New Orleans, fialvc.stoti, Buffalo.
Uulutll, MltuflapoJIs', Chicago, Omaha, Kan
saa City and St. Louis."
Mr. Irwin told the membeis of the ex
change that it would be to their advantage
lo sell to the Government Ho further wild
that the Government would not buy any
wheat unless It was In these grain elevators,
and that the grain could only be held thirty
days In tald elevators
The speaker was loudiy applauded at tho
close of his address
F1I-TII TO DIK I'OK ONE MUKUKlt
Joseph Cohen Sentenced as Accomplice
in Killing of Barnct Uaff
NliU' YOlliy, Aug 17. Joseph Cohen
today was" ced to illo In the eln-.iiic
chair ut SliiCltm, anliis the week u
October 1 llo was convicted of lielrnt an
accomplice In the plot to murder liarnet
Baff, a poultry dealer, on November 21,
1!H4.
Abiaham Graff, who Is alleged tu have
contributed to a fund for the murder of
Uaff, was sentenced to a minimum of ten
Hnd a maximum of twenty jears in Sing
Slnir. This makes live men convicted In
the munler of Uaff
BULLETINS
DATES FOR ENTRAINING OF DRAFTS AGAIN SWITCHED
WASHINGTON, Aug:. 17. -- Piovost .Marshal General t'rowder today again
changed the dates for entiainlng the (list B87.000 troops In the. National Army.
Thirty per cent will go September 6, 30 per cent September 19 and 30 prr cent
October 3. The last 10 per cent will leave Inter In October. Orders to this elfcct
were sent out today
SECOND RAINBOW DIVISION FOR FRANCE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. A second Italtiuovv Division composed of National
Guard troops from each New Knuland .Stute will boon bo to France. It msy leave
simultaneously with tho first Itnlnbow Division. Supplies aro being- gathered for
both divisions and tho rnpldlty with which these aie collected and the availability
of transports will determine tho time of leaving. Major General Clarence IMvvards,
commander of the Northeastern Dopaitment, with headquarters: at Hoston, will be
commander of the second division.
MRS. HORWITZ CALLS ON MAYOR SMITH FOR POINTERS
Mrs. Marion Newhall Horwlu, widow of George Horwltz, a prominent Phila
delphia attorney, Is taking- her ofHco as Mayor of Moorchaven, Kla., very seriously.
She called on Mayor Smith lit City Hall today to receive pointers from the Chief
Magistrate of the third largest city in the country on how to hold the administrative
reins of her own municipality In the Florida Kverglades.
M tta pfcya
WILL RAISE MONEY TO BUY HORNOR BUILDING
Confidence was expressed today by Henry It. Edmunds, president of tho Hoard
of education, that the necessary funds would be raised by September l for the
purchase of the Hornor Building, 925 Chestnut street, where the board proposes to
establish its headquarters. The Hornor Building Is valued at $000,000 and is owned
by the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
GOVERNMENT COMMANDEERS FIVE MORE SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Five more privately 'owned American merchant ships
were commandeered by the Government today for tho War Department. This makes
twelve ships seized within two weeks.
ALLIED AIR FLEETS SHELL FOE'S BALKAN LINES
PAIUB, Aug. 17. Great aerial activity Is reported from the Balkan front. The
War Offlca announced today that twenty-three French and Ave Italian aviators
bombarded Bulgarian military depots at Seres. The statement added that there
have bM Intermittent artillery actions along the whole Macedonian front with
patrol combats on the Struma River and between Lake Ochrlda and Lake Prcsba
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PRESIDENT MAKES FOUR SELECTIONS FOR U. S. SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. President Wilson today nominated Clarence Ouslev
of College Station. Tex., and Ilaymond A. Pearson, of Ames, Ia to be Assistant
Secretaries of .Agriculture. He alio nominated Surgeon George M. Magruder to ha
wnlor Burgeon, of Public Health Service, and Hugh 8. Gibson, now Secretmrr arf
(Bbay or, Legation. CUm J to.be Secretary of Embassy or Legation, ClaaTiT
X
SOUVENIRS OF DRAFT
FOR INDEPENDENCE HALL
Provost Marshal General Pre
sents Original Glass Bowl and
Other Relics to City
The liiiKina' gUvs howl and wooden pnnii.
Ii means or whlili Nincrlia's Him draft
army w.im tailed and m-vcimI tr the tln.v
capsules, vv lilt ii contained tho hfrlal num
bers, urrived at Mnjnr Smith's olllce late
today and will beiome a part of the city's
permanent hi-loilc.il exhibits-.
The covtled triMuiiies of the iliafl weie
brought fiom Washington In an automobile
bv Captain Williams, uf the Movo-il .Mar
shal General's olllce They were piet-eiited
to .Mayor Smith with Ihn tomplhnentK of
General Crow tier and will he on exhibition
at the Ma.voi h olllt e until Julv HH. when
the will beiotne a part of the permanent
historical exhibits at Independence Hall
LET PUBLIC SHARE,
DRIPPSSGAS PLEA
People Should Benefit by
Reduction of U. G. I.,
Former Director Says
PSYCHOLOGY OF ISSUE
Dripps Urges Public Benefit
From Cheaper Gas Rale
ROBERT U. DMPPS favors benefit
of the five-cent reduction in gas
charges for puhlic.
Asserts that if city financesliavc
been properly handled there is no
reason why people should not Ret
ninety-fivo cent gas without necessi
tating additional taxation.
Urges that the local government
capitalize the spirit of faith with
which the people now regard the
national government.
Hobcrt Smith, Common Council
man, advocates careful consideration
of the gas issue from all sides;
urges that all factions get together
in the interests of the puhlic.
McNichol councilman "tangoes"
out of range of gas-reduction discussion.
SHIPBUILDERS WATCH
FOR MACHINISTS' STRIKE
Walk-Out of Men in Philadelphia
District Is Feared
Now
Officials of large shipbuilding plants in
Philadelphia. Camden. cireMer and 'Wil
mington today are watching for a ponsihle
strike amoiiB machinists and metal work
or.". It Is reported that the situation is
being watched by Government Investigators
Government fnnttnets are held by several
of the. concerns in whose plants strikes may
tako place.
William II. JohiiMiii. intei national inci
dent of the Machinists' International Asso
ciation, today held a conference by tele
graph with the huslners .iRent of tlia
Philadelphia branch of that organization,
whoe local headquarters aie In the X'atk
vvay Ilulldlng.
The business agent admitted today that
machinists employed at shipbuilding plants
In Wilmington nnd Chester wjro dissatis
fied Avktd if a strike was contemplated
among the machinists, of whom about IsOil
are employed III Chestei and Wilut..igton.
ho replied
"I won't talk ' A few' w'onis
the key to the entire situation
uatlon at the present time . i
Ing poker with good pol." p.
bad move and then voui
through. Wn have leitain plun.
dou t intend to spoil them by
much."
Kioiu New YoiK. last night, Louis Wy
land, representing th .Marine Trades
Council, joined with 21. J. liecrhig, business
agent uf the machinists union lit that city,
hi sending a telegram to James O'Con
riell, of the Metal Trades Department of the
Amcilcun Kedeiatiou of Labor, asking per
mission to call strikes In Wilmington and
Chester
Denial was made by the Censoi's (ilhte at
the l'hlladelphla Navy Yard today that ma.
chlnlsts employed theie were preparing to
strike.
An ollltlal of the Chester Shipbuilding
Company, Ltd . at Chester, said :
"There has been talk of a strike, but I
feel corrlldcirt that none will tako place
Our employes seem to be satisfied. How
ever, should a strike take place we are ready
to handle tho situation. I don't believe any
man In our plant would embarrass tho Gov
ernment by walking out at this critical
moment."
Inquiries made at the plants of the Sun
Shipbuilding Company, Chehter, the Will
lain Cramp & Son Ship & Engine. Ilulldlng
Co, of this city; the New York Ship Ilulld
lng Company, of Camden, about the report
of a probable strike, brought forth tho reply
that, tho situation was being keenly
watched. i:.uii 111 in expressed the opinion
that theie would no strike
give
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Holier t I' IrrlpiiP. former Direitm of
1'ublli Safet.v and prominent In ilvlt affairs,
today enthusiastically Indoised the proposl
lion that the five-tent leductloii In gas
charges scheduled for January I. llUS, In
the contract between the city and trio I'nlted
Gas Improvement Compan.v. be given to the
public
l'"or inanv jenrs Mr Dripps has been a
student of municipal affalis. mid Ills opin
ions on illy government have the respect of
the best political elements
"With tho pioper handling of city
nuances," said Ml Dilpps, "It should b
possible! to give lonsurners rlie benefit of the
five-cent reduction in gas tharges without
burdening the public with additional taxa
tion At thn present time I am not In the
position lo know whether tho limine lal af
falis of tho city havn been handled In such
a manner as to1 warrant tho giving of the
live tents reduction to the consumer
"In view of tho piesent period of high
prices, rho city should do all In Its power
to lighten tho burdens of the people, nnd If
it is possible to cut down gas charges It
should lit) done Immcdlatel)
"The piesent offeis a splendid oppoitu
nIO for tity governments to obtain the full
co-operation of the people There Is an In
teresting psychology at woik just now. duo
lo the great war. Wo notice, an Increasing
doiie of the pcopln to co-operate with the
NiUfonal Government The people have
faith and confidence In that government,
and they aie filled with an earnest deslic to
belli that government In cveiy way possible
lo attain Its ends If city governments tan
tapltallztt hotiio of that spirit, we will be
ablo to go a long wa.v toward uplifting and
bettering our municipalities. Our local
government would do much toward irettimr
I tho full io-opeiation of the people by pay
I Ing particular attention to matters like the
gas issue.'
Ilobert Smith, Common Councilman from
tho Thirty-sixth Ward, nnd Vare candidate
for City Treusurcr, said-
"This is a question that should be given
careful attention, and certainly the Issue
should not be made the football of politics.
All factions should get together, discuss the
merits of tho situation and settle the matter
In tho best interests of , all concerned"
William J. McCloskey, .McNichol Common
Councilman from the Sixteenth Ward,
ducked the issue
"I have not given the matter much con
sideration," ho said. "There Is plenty of
time to think it over. Councils do not
meet until .September-."
Matthew ICennej, Common Councilman
from the Forty-third Ward, said:
"I shall voto for tho beat interests of rny
constituents. Of course, If nlnety-llve-cent
gas Is going to result In higher taxation, I
shall go against It Last year I voted
against an increase in the tax late."
"Defeat the councllmanlc candidate at
the polls who will not give us nlnety-flvc-cent
gas" Is a slogan which Is being voiced
in many sections of the city, and the slo
gan promises to be still more 'strenuous at
the opening of the fall campaign.
Today politicians hi till parts of the city
began to "sit up and take notice," and
realize that nlnety-flve-cent gas Is going lo
be a live Issue In tho councllmanlc light
High prices have aroused the people to
a flghtlnr pitch, and there aro Indications
that they are going to line up solid for
nlnety-llve-cent gas
Brooklyn Yard Strike Threatened
i T'W ,Yomc- -XVJB ".-striking ship
builder here today threaten to carry their
strike Into the Hrooklyn Navy Yard It Ir
declared that more than 300 men have a.
ready left their work' at the navy yard be
cause of dissatisfaction over wages v
J. Deerlng, business agent of the Mnchlnls's'
International Association, and Sccrerarv
Wallace, of the Marine Trades Council
statu a widespread strike Impends. Thev sav
that 2000 additional shipbuilders will be
out tomorrow to swell the ranks of the 8000
already out.
ACCUSED AS IJODGEK
Maryland Jlati to Be Arraigned in
Mixtip Over Age
IMvvard Algard. of near Hagerstown, Md .
will he given a hearing today before I'nlted
States Commissioner Long In tho Federal
building on a charge of avoiding regis
tratii n for conscription
A tip was given the Department of
Justice and S Busha. was sent to Investi
gate It. He found Algard on a farm and
questioned hlnr aboutUils failure to register
Algard said his mother had told him he
was more than thlroy-one years old on
June S. His mother showed liusha the
family Bible, he sald which contained tho
tlate 1885 as tho tlrjno of Algard's birth
The Department of JustIce had been In
formed that the young man was bcrri
January li, 1888,
John Dlttmar, of J 2741 Toplar street, was
held under $1000 ball for court by Coifi
mlssloner Long yesterday for falling to
reg'siei'
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ALLEGED BAG THIEF CAUGHT
Lively Chase on Chestnut Street Viewed
by Throngs of Shoppers
After a lively chase through throngs of
nhoppera and on Chestnut street thli
afternoon, Policeman Baker captured Kred
Magruder. a negro, who Is said to be respon
sible for the theft of many handbags from
automobiles on Chestnut street
The negro, It la said, took A bag from
the car of John Hurko, of rialndeld N J
while It was standing at Thirteenth 'and
Chestnut streets. Baker's suspicions were
aroused because Magruder's general appear
ance did not compare with the quality or tl
bag. Magruder was held In (800 ball bv
Magistrate Collins In the Central Poiic.
Court for a further hearing. lce
tZ-'IAOAKA 11X8 fit FU tn.d .
:'-.t.ZT.::Vt..'.r...rZ?L-. reitauraat
'-Vf? "?" '" wjw'nanna vatlyj
tially Hoi. 'jr. r.S'T mrch at.
Frederick J (UllitEhJr. '-'-. 32 Ashmedd t.
1'letro P. lulnondo, 21". .Virrtatown. P.i
TWBNTY.-EfUIITII DIVISION'
(I'ormrlly N, (I, )
tiiirdI inkantuy f
Jmnes A Quintan, 81. Arilmore, Pa
Howard Uubler. 'JO. &l17 Hpruce at
Arthur II. Hchwenk, &u, Honnhan, N' J
. .' ilKSTll.N'KANTItY
iJiOy il I'urttrr-lQ.tf'l ,V 30Jh al.
MII.ITAKi' I'OLlt'I.'
Italph II Stephen; 33. 730 N. i'Olh at
I1KITISII
Nell Johnson
Ha mud McAletae, L'302 I'ltrie at.
William Cummlnga, Penriagrove, J
plchanl Kllpatrlck. KH37 Taaker ar
Kenneth M, Asnew, iD'iS N', flth at,
CANADIAN
Julin Chapln. 'J Howard pi.
John O'Donnell, 03 H. Weatmoreland at
NAVY
Joseph IWphatl. S3, Rlveralde, K. J,
Ouatave O. VVedel, IS, 118 iMwrrnct) at
(leorce J. Iemer, Jr., 83, Ulbbatown V t
James Godfrey. 87. Wayne, Pa. ' ft J'
John N. Kurrell. 1818 Ureen at.
QUAUTKRMANTKH ItliSKHVK CORrs
t'harlta W, Htarr, 85, Cheyney, pa,
William J. Davis. 88. 1788 S. 38rh ar
Chili. J, Srahl. 80. 8S88 N. Myrtlawooci .,
David II. llrown. 88. S33 W. vVnanm it ''
Kdwln A. Tomllnaon. 81. Swarthmors Vi'
Joaeph K. Powers. 88. 8M Marrha at '
Ueorsa'l'. Wyncoop, 81, 1708 W. Ontario at
UNITED 8TAT H ARMY
Hugh V, Mc-Menamln, 81, 014 N, 8t. IrnrH .,'
c-harlea A. Parker, 80, Ua W. Muter ''
(leorge Ilurroughs, 28, Cheater, Va. '
Tony Carllna, 80, Marcua Hook, Pa
Ituasall U. I'almsr. 83, Trenton. N. 'j
HEVKNTH DIVISION (Formerl N. p v
THIRD INFANTKV '
Frank C. Oantg. 10, H1B B. nulah si
Walter II. Moxley. 85. 223 K. Allelheny ,v.
HIXTtl INFANTRY VC
Kranlc A. Janowlak, 28. 211 McClellan at
Leon ). Dagney. li. soth at. and Church Ian.
Ernvn vmn tan,.... 'B.
"- .v wiiiaai
AUTOMOBILE RUNS WILD,
AND ONE MAN IS DEAD
Another Hurt When Fast-Going
Machine Turns Turtle at
Broad and Berks
One man was killed and another InJnrid
when an automobile ran wild nnd turn, d
turtle nt Hroad and Herks streets early
today The police say the accident vvns the
result of n Joy ride.
The victim was It. II. 1. Humphries,
fortv je.ir.s old, of 1607 Summer street.
Ho suffered a fractured skull when pinned
under the machine. He died In the
Woman's Homeopathic Hospital,
The driver f.f the car was Harry
Dessonder. of 26 South Alden street. He
was badly bruised
According to the police, the car was going
north on Hroad street at high speed when
It clashed inlo another automobile and
turned a somersault as tho result of the
force of the compact. The car was wrecked.
Desscnder wns arrested. Ho was nr
rulgned before Magistrate Collins nnd held
to await the action of the coioner.
MOTHER PROVED TO SON
HE IS OVER DRAFT AGE
Altered Bible Record, Tis Said,
and So Algard Didn't Regis
terHe'll Do It Now
Mother love that prompted an aged wo
man to'tell her son he was above conscrip
tion age nnd to prove It by the record of
the famllv Hlble. which she Is believed to
have altered, llgured In the hearing of an
nlleged slacker before I'nlted States Com
missioner Long today.
Kihvaid Algard, the son of a fanner near
Hngersvllle. Bucks County, was arrested
yesterday by ugents of tho Depaitment of
Justice on Information supplied by neigh
bors of thn Algard family that he had not
registered nnd was within tho draft uge.
At the hearing today Algaro said ho had
been told by his mother, nnd It appeared
In tho family lllble, that he had been born
In 1S85 The physician who attended the
mother' when he was born and the clergy
man who baptized him testltled that both
these iinpoitant events had occurred in
1SS8, which would make him twenty-nine
jeara old
''ommlhslouer Ixing was of the opinion
that Algard's mistake had been honest nnd
born of his mother's story, so, Instead of
sending him to jail, released him on S1000
ball and his promise lo register for the
Nntlonnl Army.
In the absence of pi oof that tho mother
had Intontlonully tried to Interfere vvhUi the
draft, -thorn will be no further proceedings
If Algard registers.
ARRIVALS OF VESSELS
AT ALL ATLANTIC PORTS
List of Ships Coming in as Posted by
Collector of Customs
Today
The following list of the arrivals of ves-
bels from forelgrr countries at ports on the
Atlantic coast and Clulf of Mexico for twenty-four
hours ended August 15, was posted
today In the Custom House-
Aliselo Toao. Hal. atr
llelveinnn. Nor. tr.
Iliron rolvvarth, lirlt-
l.h str.
lla mutable, Arner. str
llrtizos, Ain'T. .rnr.
Henry M Flagler
Aniericun air
Har.il'l, Nor. str.
Jos. It. l'nrrott. Amer
ican str.
.Tudlque. Amer. schr,
I'alvlii P. lUrils, Horry ltange, nrlt. str.
American srnr. i.nay nynn, urn. sir.
Alrndhu. llrlt. sir. Masiotle. Am.r. str
Charles Pratt. Am. sir. Manrhtoneal, Nor str
Cartlgo. Amer. str. Median, Ilrlllnh ttr.
(,'oahuila, Mot. str Madrono, llrltlih str,
c.lba, llondurun str. Munorway, Nor, atr
Cralgwen, tlrit. atr. Mennon, Hrlti.ti atr
Crown of Galicla. Norman Ilridge, Amer-
llrlllah atr lean atr.
Cuniann. Amer str. Nlwaru, llritiih Htr.
Dakotnn. Amer. atr. Newton. American str.
liuBnnlo J. Dlacakls, Ottar, Norwegian atr.
Greek Htr Vloneer. Amerlran .tl.
Ilaat.Walea, IJrlr atr Port Hea. llrir. srr
i;Jwln tl I'arrar. Prlnco Arthur, 111- atr.
American achr Itoal Prince, llr sir.
riaur do I.ja. llr. str. Hoauu, NtirweBlaii atr.
Kanrdo and Fa, Htcrhen. Ilrltlsh atr.
American achr Trnvanlen. Ilrlt. alt.
Frontera, Nor, atr Vnarll. Norwegian str.
(leorpta, Amer. eehr Verona. NorwtKlan atr,
(J nauin Prince, Amer VV, II. Potter. Am at hr.
lean tuff Wada .vtaru. Jap, str.
tlralnton, Hrlt. atr. Waltham, Amer. achr
tiiednow. llrltleh atr.
WOMAN MEETS ODD DEATH
Stricken by Heart Disease, She Seizes
Clothesline, Which Strangles Her
Mrs Kmma Iloeschen. fifty years old. of
1539 North Twenty-seventh street, met
death In the back yard of her home Irr an
odd manner today.
Mrs. Roeschen was In ill health, almost
an Invalid. She was unablo to walk with
out grasping hold of some sustaining sup
port She went Into the yard and caught
hold of th 3 clothesline to sustain her steps
As she did nho suffered a stroke of heart
disease and pitched forward unconscious.
The rope caught her neck and she strangled
there She was dead when found.
NEARLY BLINDED BY HAT BRIM
Lawyer Has Narrow Escape in Colli
sion With Another Man
James MucMullcn, member of the law
firm of Dickson, Beltler and McCouch, with
olllt-es in the Bullitt Building, today had
a narrow escape from losing tho sight of
his left eye, following an unusual accident
Mr. MacMullen was walking In the cor
ildors of the Drexcl Building, when an
other man, coming In the opposite direc
tion, collided with him. The brim of the
straw hat worn by the other man struck
Mr. MacMullen In the eye, causing painful
lacerations.
U. S. Orders 764 Locomotives Here
Tho United States Government has or
dered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works
761 locomotives. This Is in addition to the
Government order for 300 locomotives of
July 20 lBt, which was split evenly be
tween the Ualdwln and the American Loco
motive Companies.
HUGEORDNANCE
PLANTFORTACON
Guns of Big Caliber Will M
xuxiiuu um uy iNGWJy H
Formed Company
WORK TO START AT ONCEl
America's Imperative need for hlg.e.n
guns for the battering of the German llnT"
nas nrougni into existence In Ihlli,i,.i,.,J
nnother big ordnance companya, cornpa li
which has nlreatlv ntit.iln,i t. Tf
,. ""are of lh
$25,000,000 In ordnance contract! jt
awarded by tho United States Government''
Tho new company Is tho 1-Cony 0rd1
nance Company of Tacony and lni.....'l
connected with tho Tacony Steel ComM
aro behind tho enterprise, Work win ,')
iminetriaieiy on trie construction of a ln7.
ordnance plant, nnd, as a beglnntnrr m!!
than 500 men will ho employed to rush ?
on a large number of rIv.Ii.i, i'..7.w.
forglpgs ordered by the War DepartiS
J. U. Warren, secretary and general
nger or the Tncony Steel Company II
nres dent of bo nw. ,.. "", 1
TO BUILD NEW PLANT
"We are just organizing," said Mr. vJ
ron In nn interview over the telephone i.?1
day from the Now York ofllce of the Tawl
Kteel Company "We expect to have oil
organization complete by next week 3'
then we will make n statement Woh,n'!
build a new plant, which win , i."
than tho present plant of tho Tacony stS
Company, and right off the bat we anil '
employ ouo men. Wc have received an orrt
dcr from the Government for rim..i.. .. ' f.
mgs, just how many I nm not prepared
state at this time. Tho machining of th.
HHKiiiK" 'ii "c uonc in tiovernment ar'Vl
tenals." r"J,j
Itcports from Industrial centers all ovta
11, ix l'Mltn.l JI., . ...! .u. .. .' g,')1
... . ...... .,i..n-n iinia inai me Admin.'
Istratlorr nt Wnshlngtorr Is making prenari '
tlons to send tho American army to tint
iirniK lino in i.urojie witn n entv nf ki.w
callbro guns. The last order calls for lool VI
iiii.-c-in. it kiiii-i, nui;ii win cost rrom Siooo ?
to J 10,000 each, making tho total value of tk.'a
The recently formed Symlmrton.Ans-.i.S
Company, of Rochester, .V Y will share Ir u
tho contract M. II Anderson ,.!, ...Ai
formerly with the Bethlehem Steel Company
Is vice president of the new company, Itt.'j
cently the American Brake Shoe leicivedani
older for- .1000 gun
.sy.sti:maticpTans"
na
Bread Clicaper in Saxony Than Here
AMSTERDAM. Auir. 17 A,ri,.
celved here today said that the price of 1
lirC'lfl In Hmnnnn 1 . . ."-' V.
iJ. , ",'T," "tta ueen raised frorrr
?ny"0U.r "f?nnlff8 t0 o'Bhty pfennigs (six
teen to twenty cents) per four-pound loaf.
Today's Entertainments
for City's Service Men
aiSA ttSi- Jhn!fo',55
, S15, 8:15 p. ra. Vaudeville Keiiht. ti.
ter, twentr-flre tlekata tna ' Ef T.-t"
Central Y. M. C. A. ' "' efce,
tent' Ki ,?r57Mo" P''ur... bw-hW
M.'a A - "'tnre.. Central Y.
?psesKrv
women' Leasue. liia r.i' . 'ulne
yr. will b. p.en. l.t Ikkl. .W
B.-lhTin'll.'V.t.8'- HU,b, Charcb. U
'''i''.AA'
.. 1. 1l'..l'llwriaV. . . i V w. . i.
s& ji BMESJKmu-.. 4n&r.
.'Aj-'Ai
On every side there arc Indications thitt'
the entire problem of creating an ordnancep
manufacturing Industry from the crnnnayl
up Is being carried out methodically by thill
Government J'lefereneo is being given toirj
companies which have broad experience Si;
In the handling of machine tools anil i
almost every Instance Interests recelvlngitll
Kim tAiiiii.ium uic lurimnK suosituary ord-vr
nanco companies, so mat mere can be no
confusion in the computation of costs anil
piollts. Tln Bullaiil Machine Tool Com-l
pany, of Bridgeport the Nilcs-Hemend
Pond Company and the Otis Elevator Com.TO
pan are about to close contracts for gunitpJ
But there are evidences that the con-fcl
tracts already closed nrc "but a drop liY
the bucket," computed to those contera.-a
plated by the Government It Is undir.tll
stood on excellent authority that beforo tbVy 1
end of September contracts will be awarded il
tin luifcu iiuiuuern ui hi., Eeven, cignt, nlni
ami twcive-inch guns
56TH ST. CAR LINE
PROVIDED IN BILIi?
J
j
Ordinance Introduced in Couii'
cils Directs Its Construction
and Defines Route
3
Dr William D Bacon, Select Council
mail from the Korty-fourth Ward, Intro-'
duced nn ordinance at this afternoon's $t
clal session of Councils requiring the con?
structlorr of the proposed Klfty-slxth strut
crobstovvn hurfuce line.
The Philadelphia Itapid Transit Cot
pany Is given ninety days in which to Mr
whether It will build and operato the line,'
and If It does not ncccpt the proposal witn
In that time tho Mayor Is authorized to have
the city build It and turn it over to an o'
trrc company to operate.
Tho route ot thu line, which would tie
double-track tiolley, Is given as Flfty-ililll
street, Lancaster avenue nnd Gibson avtmif,
parts of Oxfor d street. Vogdes street, Kac
sttect. Baltimore avenue. Fifty-fifth uv
Whitby avenue, Fifty-fourth street, Glbsort
avenue and Grnv'h avenue
Tho picamble to the ordinance said tint
during recent years tho population ot MM
city west of tho Schuylkill lllver has in
creased more than 100 per cent, "while novdB
tiausit improvements have been maae uki
that section since lflOD It ulso nssertlW
triiu tne i It, T. company repeatedly n
reruseu to build the line.
"J
Mace Out for City Treasurer
Harry W. Muce. Assistant Director of.x
Health and Charities, has been put forward
aB a candidate for tho Ilenubllcan nninu"'-
tlon for Citv TreiiHiirer. Mnca Is declare
by his political itdlierenls to he the Vaiv;
choice for City Treasurer, notwithstanding?)
mat senator vara, declared jesteruay
selectlotr had been made.
Calm Weather Follows Storm
Sunshine Is promised for this afternoon
after last nlght'H htorm, the most severe!
the city has expcilencetl In nlneteciwer.rw
A total of S.S0 Inches of rain fell In "'Vi
than an -hour nnd a quarter Frank Htn-JJ
nlnger, forty-three years old, of I'OIJ oolu"A
.,.u ontti, , a.o iiiiit;u uy an t;ti.....w .-- jm
anriiryjrrrfiril
'm
ONE -DAY
OUTINGS
From Market Street Whah
SI (HI Atlantis City, W"o"
4I.UU vO0d,cpMay,0can
City, Sea lileClty, Stone Harbor
Avilon, Anolotaa
T.oni, oallr. additional on Sturd)rl
and Hundaje. Atlanllo City 7.30.
buodj, Wlldwood Uraucri t.iSH-
3 CI OC Darn.gat Pier, Bay
""" Head, Point PlMiant,
tulin rll Octibtr II - - 7.20
Ihwiirji tfC Jrpt. I 8 so
SI qfl ATbvry Park, Oon
Ctlmar, Sea Girt, Sprlna Las
!um mtli OtliiH II. - "'-yS
luridli until Silt .1 - - 0-58 V
Tmiiy mit a . . tlltK
From Broad Street Station
Stopplnaat Weatl'Ulla.and No. Ptill
S1.5D'AuryP.,k, Oe..n
Falmar, Sea Girt, Spring La
Wttfnitdin until tut. II 7.03V
flliill tntll !iL 7 . 7 03.
S3 Art UP th Hudion. Weit,
d.UU p0nt ,nd Htwburjh
nuridiji, toiuit ii: ti;i.
Him-jh. ShL II III 31
liroal ktreqt Htatlon T.0St
Pennsylvania R.R ',