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PIGEON RECEIVES
HOSPITAL TREATMENT
Exemption Boards Ask Churches
1 to Help Carry Out War
Program
KOTHEK CITY NEWS NOTES
Rea Brands n3 Ridiculous Rumor That
' He Is to Ro3ii;u as President of
fcj Pennsylvania Railroad
Tony' Pel I'lS01' wl" undergo treatment
. t0(iay at the Jefferson Hospital. 1'hy.
Mina anil nurses expressed the opinion
and hope that the little feathered guest
iould recover, for Its own sake and for
The case Is unusual In Jefferson's hfs
trv Dr! Clifford n. Lull, lesldent physl
rlinBt the hospital, wag sut prised yester
Atv when it little Italian boy, hearing a
nlctoti cnteied tho hospital and aslted that
frMtm'cnt be given the bird. Its wing was
Doctor I.tiU granted the request The
Wrd was Inkl on an operating tabic and
' Ws was icset. He then handed It
lack to tito youthful Hatnarttan nnd told
htm to return with It toilav Nuises neg
lected t R" the lad'" name or the
plfteon's '
Churches Asked to Aid War Program
Churches In Philadelphia have been asked
by Clinton Hogers Woodruff, chairman of
the Sixth District exemption board, to co
inerafe with the Government In carrying
out the war program. In a message to the
Social Vervlco Commission of the ProtCBtant
Episcopal Church. Mr. Woodruff Bald:
"There are three things we must keep
constantly In mind. Klrst, we need men
at the fiont to do the fighting. Second,
It Is estimated that every man at the front
requires si" perrons behind the lines to keep
him supp.led and going. The normal Junc
tions of life and government must be sus
tained unabated
"The uov eminent Is taking care of the
Brit, but the chin oh can help and help
mightily in promoting the second and third.
rtea Denies Humor of Resignation
Samuel Ilea again today termed a "ri
diculous" he circulated reports that he
Intended t" leslgn .1s president of the Penn
sylvania rtallroail. The report was denied
also by scvetit! officials of the company.
Mr. P.en was leachcii at the New Wlllard
In Washington "Theio's nothing to It It's
absolutely ridiculous," he said.
Flush Streets to Prevent Typhoid1
Many stieets In the southern section of
he city. e.peeiall. In the Second, Third and
Fourth Wards, are being flushed dally to
'prevent 'he spread of typhoid fcer.
Numeious ci'ies of tjphold In the congested
lection of tin- i Itv have been leported
during the last few weeks.
STEEL COST INQUIRY
REPORT NOW COMPLETED
President Expected to Fix Prices
at Once Based on Commis
sion's Findings
WASHINGTON. Aug 17.
The Federal Trade Commission has com
pleted Us investigation Into the cost of steol
pioductlnn ii the United States. It will
submit Us ipuit to Pi evident Wilson with
in a icij 'piv days
j 'Confuilon .md ilo'.iy In steel construction
' work planned by the Got eminent will soon
end. I'lcsidcn' Wilson Is expected to fix
a price en all bteel pioducts immediately,
tased on the findings of the commission.
While no In fin mat Ion was ascertainable
t the commission on the cost figures there
li red soi to Inlleve It will lange between
ttS and iU, a tun.
The eo ,!iuiMuu's ie,)ort conies at a time
when boii the .s'ati Department nnd Ship
ping Boaul arc about to launch giant con
tracts The I'lesident's action will end the
Incessant blckeilngs that have continued for
ome time, as steel magnates fought against
lower prices.
CATHOLIC CLUBS TO MEET
Delegates Coming Here From All Parts
of Country Next Wee"k
In gioups and in palis. several hundred
f the delegates from Catholic clubs and so
defies In all parts of the countiy, who are
to attend the forty-thlnl annual convention
of the Catholic Yiniu Men's National Union,
to be held In Philadelphia Monday and
Tuesday of next week, began arriving today.
The- organization Is composed of moie
than 20,000 members, icpresentlng 518 clubs
nd societies In ninety-three cities and
towns. More than U00 delegates are ex
pected to attend the conference.
Licensed at Elkton to Wed
ELKTON, Md.. Aug-. 17. The following
J marriage licenses were Issued hers today:
John Colettl and Angella Del Andrea, Fred
erick Messer and Mary Chllds, Charles J.
OrOW and Anno Whi-lv Patrick A Mft.
llhenny and Elizabeth M. Smith and James
J. McCallln and Anna Therr, all of Phlla
delphla; Christy A. Trultt, Matcus, Hook.
nd Elizabeth S. Douglass. Chester ; Daniel
Miller and Minnie Muller. St. Clair,
p-; William Then on and Katherlne John
Jon, Camden. N. J. ; George Gerner and
ti rg"2rlt8 Redding, Atlantic City: WIN
n Wt ' Weaver. Perry vllle. Md and Viola
Johnson, Oxford, Pa.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
lfftLX'r1b'rBt "' l'ne t, and Myrtle Hab
r'n," ' ?37 McKnun si.
.Srlck Dokenwadel. 1HR Blaine Sun ave.,
V.J15. V?u,,e Larnrlzch, 1701 Maacher t.
lit ?,'S7 N. 31st St.. and Symme Bon
t . t' rardle. Oa.
!!?. ,Jlrrett. 1009 Dennle t., and Laur-TtSS1.."."-.
l0.L.. Pf "'' .. ...
T rSli'S' Jfi3- Lombard st.
& Am Mulrhead. Radnor. Pa., and Neasle
H l!?i MM?! Iooretown, N. J . and Mary Frle-
. ; waiter, ou.-.i nnnnsneia v., u
E WSrtJXf Droughman, 140 jirle ave.
PyJohn Karrs dxford', p'a.T'and' Oenevleve Me-
tti r. l-lura1. Oxfnrrt t"a
n.1hiMolwza- 8H Monlroie St., and Maria.
T' mi?,k. 9Ji"""'. -a-,:i LehUh ave.. and Ellla
t., and Elian
and Beaalt
, .Klynn, lit. Ary, 1'a.
' ft pfl! " "dJlo fllS .Tefferaon at
i u-SSSin-A 6181 llHlilea.l at.
I lllam Owei,,. uiu N. 1'lat at.,
v.iarence V. Stoiki. 1017 W. Indiana ave.. and
' 'jnr.l?I,laaarIde. School la. and Wayne av.
Joteph P. atone. niV'l V. lath at., and Flor-
V , . 'nee Utter, il"0 Krle ave
K v"chenBld. i'liss Cemetery ave.. and Emma,
P ''!. Whlle.iTMAnnln at., and Lucretla
f.:,"lu! "nure. isii!i s. Mole at., ano
e M.Snt; Jr- --"-"-s I'll" t and Ha'rrlet Boyd,
F .'avrford, l'..
Harry E. Koeberle,,:!S3l N. Tt-rcy at., and Dalay
Ha
(Elm.
roney 1731, jit. I'a'ui at
and
,wmr Lindaay. Jo: Mortheaat Boulevard,
TOir.a,ry,?uUon. 100 Northeast Boulevard.
r!."," H- Jonneun, 133U B. 40th at,, and Id
lLJ2iu.l,?frs.T . llh at. .' .. .
,j vi.V.f ...1-"aa", '717 uumoeriana ., -
kv N.ih. ' J'ek. sh7 Cumberland at. , ....
I ' V.llan Ugelanr. Lisa H. 0th at., and Either
1, 1 fTi;.i"a("mn. lail Ilnuerta ve ana j
I flWmiVHr'.Mryvl"Ja. M ,. .
m W An m ?,m ,h; o-'tl tValton ave.. and Verna
E, MWU"" M. Temple Si-A-Itedner at., and Mamie
Et r5, loaa. 184 ri -t7lh et
!' MeCllnan. yiloV -l at., and May E.
'JHirry lewder. AUooiT.. "l'i.. and Bernlce Bui-
5l. . State- Collrxe,
k,.?I.,Pu,nswk. 3t Tllton at,, and Laura
i, "Pitzkl. a030 Webb at.
;-lU?ftV"fa roSlarat.. and Dollle Bolo
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SlTUAl1W1r?DEiirir
COUNCn, IS CRITICAL
Result of Effort to Forbid Mem
berS SellingU. S. Supplies
rld?r a0Uach8ednl,ne ! t10"uaft of "'
barring them fr" ,h,?, food co,"rl lV
to the tlni.?. "" se,llns ,nelr Kw
law's flnnlln""".'- Vncer,aln'.v o the
law s application has halted all work
nlreVdyrrees,re,nVl:al.Wh0, 1 "
tlon In Jh. d' lJ!lt " crltli;al ' the Rltua.
Uon In the council that officials refuse to
lndurlhlVal, reachM to lI" " nr
Prestden. w.1ar1 and ,,la Whl' "ou
and t".1 S" Ty he forc'J '" "tep In
Sun'cH VrrUOcT,Ir0U,ap,,O ,he Cnt're efcs'
,,,m"r"!"? "Ported to hae told com-
ih. n. ""i""?1 mey could not
a;iimDELm ;tiBAt ':A$khnfM
then selt os liable to huge fines or lmpr'son-
nient.
A ,.A .
nnn.ii. wc1norn' tiregor.v. after heuilng
befor8eUeJr W.S PlaCCd mM"
JERSEY AND DELAWARE
TROOPS OFF FOR SOUTH
Companies Leave Sea Girt and
Wilmington for Training
Camp at Anniston
SUA (IIIIT. X. J . Aug it
Troops of the Klehth Army HMslon to
day are en loute to their southern tialnlnt;
camp. Xcw Jersey troops left early and
will pick up other units a tho speed toward
Anniston, Ala
Pathetic scene", lcmlnlsceut of SpanWi
American war days, weie enacted at the
station as the soldiers bade good-b to
their families
fio far as is knu'tn here Companv K. f
ho Third neglnicni.' of Hrldgeport,' is the
first unit to get under way. They left here
at 10 o'clock At Trenton they will Join 11
company from the Second nnd will pick
up a llo'aware company at Wilmington
Other troops from lieie. Including the
engineer battalion, n batter: of Held ai
tlllery from Moirlslown and n detachment
of signal coips men from Jersey Cltj will
get Under way later today about the s.iire
time that companies fioni the Klrst. Fourth
and Fifth Regiment that are concentrated
at Newark leate there
1
WILMINC1TON. Del. Aug. IT
Escorted to the station by the First In
fantry Baud. Company D, of the Delaware
Stato mllltla swung launtlly off to At 'its
ton, Ala., toda.. headed ultimately fo- the
fighting front In Prance Theie ueie
nlnety-thtee men in the rompuiiy. com
manded by Captain A S. llirsel. and they
were the first of the Delaware mllltla to
entrain for the National Guard canton
ments. Company t) is regarded as one of the
crack units of the Delaware organization
It marched first from the State aininry to
the public building on historic Rodney
Square, where It was addressed by May 01
John W. I.awson and William S Tillies
Then it paraded through decorated streets
and cheering crowds to the Pennsylianla
station
ORDER GENERAL CLEMENT
TO CAMP HANCOCK
Formally Placed in Command of
Seventh Division Pennsylvania
National Guard
SUNBl'Iir. Pa. Aug 17 -Major Gen
eral C Jt. Clement, commanding tho Sev
enth division of the Pennsyltnnla National
Guaid, was directed today to proceed to
Camp Hancock, Georgia He will leata
with Captain Boal, of Boalsburg; Captain
B. C. Oilman and Lieutenant W. li. Charch
ntan, aids.
The order directing him to leate o(llciallv
places him In command of tho Pennsylvania
guard. The units which will proceed to
Camp Hancock are Company D, First Reg
iment Infantry , Company K. Thlid Itegl
ment Infantry; Company I, Sixth Regiment
Infantry; Company A. Fourth Regiment In
fantry; Company 1). Klghlli R(;iment in
fantry: Company A, Tenth Regiment In
fantry; Company I., Thirteenth Regiment
infantry; Company C, Sixteenth Regiment
Infantry; Company M, Klghteenth Regiment
Infantry; Battery E. Fitst Meld artillery.
Battery 13. Second Meld artillery; Battel y
A, Third field artillery; First Troop, P C
C, First cavalry; first platoon company
signal corps
CharRed With Attempted Auto Theft
Failure to understand the iih'cIi.iiiImii of
an automobile which stood In fiont of the
Stonemen's Fellowship headouaiters. 138
South Twenty-second street, this afternoon,
resulted In the anest of two men, who. it Is
alleged, tried to steal the riu The automo
bile belonged to W 1.. Crlckett, of Oil Wal
nut stieet. He saw the men working mound
the oar, It 1b alleged, and turned them oter
to a policeman. The prisoners gave thelo.
names as Robert Butler and Robert Watts,
of Twenty-second and Dickinson streets
Storm Brings Flood Complaints
Complaints of too much water flooded the
Water Bureau during and after the raln
stoim last night. There ytere moie than 200
phone calls for help from persons with
Hooded ccllais and damaged homes.
PLANSMATOING
FOR SPEEDING WAR
Navy to Get Better Chance
for AcUon, Especially
Against U-Boats
SOLDIER-MAKING TO BOOM
AM ll.NGTON. Aug. 17 The machln-
cVnii . nr,1,y n"u ,ha ,lav- ad
vanced i op.nolch speed today. Among
it is possible to initko public' only n very
iew Others must lemaln shiouded In se
recy until they nrtually are In effect. Those
tthloJi may b0 told the public Include:
Approxal by ti,e President of certain
Plans which will make the navy a more
etnclent factor In the war nnd especially
i" turning the German submarine men
ace Assignment i). ,,,,, President and Sec
1 ctary of War of the best brains In the
army. Including all ranking major gen
er.us .md thoe jmt promoted, to acttvc
iluti Willi the Held forces. This means
thai the National timid will be readv
rpr Ha nee lni; l0nr ,w nie nn;t
that the new .Nntlooal At my. first In
ueiiient. ('.in ia, (t,, pi,1Ces In the re
serve camps l France liefoie the spring
dt It 0 comes. If Hie vji r goes on
Mi.1111 curbing of the I W V and
ail pro-Geimai, agitn'.ntM who hate plan.
n il to Interfere with Hi,, manufacture of
munitions and war supplies. Including the
lumber for the gioat war aerial fleet, and
announcement by the Dep.it tment of Jus
tice thai ot.plon.ige laws an- to be en
forced as dratted
Them nie many additional motes which
are of the inmost liupoitau, e The. how
etet. will he revealed from time to time in
I lie cable dlspitrhns from the battle front
1 he compute organization of the .National
1111y nnd the National Guard cantonments
Is a most utal mv,. The lomniandlng
tlkcis and their staffs will get on the Job
immedlatelt Tho result must soon bo felt
"MRiilflc.int in tho extreme Is the assignment
of men like Wood. Barry. Bell. Morion.
I .irkei and the like to active scrvlco in the
field. These veteran organizers will bring
their commands to war elllcienct In short
order and the newer major generals will
not be far behind
The announcement that mgaiuzatlons will
be along the lines Miggested bv Genetol
IVrshlng following his ohseivatlons In
France, with the company unit ;50 men
coniiiiiiided hv two captains n tlrst lieu
tenant and three second lieutenants, shows
that right fiom the start the men are to
be 11 allied In all of the twinkles of trench
warfaie It also means that the original
plans of e tiling up the vailous Increments
of 500.000 conscripts in tegular order, os
fast as places can he made foi them In the
camps, is to be rigidly adhered to
The second call will come as oon ns the
National Guaid Is ready to et.nl across the
ocean, and as National Guard units depart
their places will be filled bv men of the
"second 300.000. '
MOUNTAINEER PLOTTERS
GUILTY; GET FIVE YEARS
McCoy and Phipps Convicted of
Conspiracy to Seize Arms and
Munitions of U. S.
Bid STON13 CAP Aug 17.
William V AlcCov and John Waller
Philips veie found gultty of "conspiring
to sele hv force the piopertv or the t'nlted
States" and sentenced to five eais each
In Atlanta Federal pr!on In Federal Court
hei e today
"The pioperty" to have been seized was
arms, munitions and other war materials.
Presiding Judge .McPowell directed a ver
dict of not guilty on the Indictment of
levying war against the I'nltcd States on
the ground the Incipient "revolution" of
tile :ioo mountaineers, otgauiied by Phipps
mill Ah Coy for icvolt against the Goveri
nient. could hardly be dignified by the term
"levying war"
I.atx in the trial it developed that all
patllclpaiits of the pioposed revolution were
to have not ( than $20,000 apiece ns their
Individual shares fiom wholesale lootings
mid j-elzmi' of pioperty
Funeral of Slain Policeman
NoRRI.STOWN. Pa. Aug 17 Burgess
Blooniliall, members of police force nnd
Coushohoeken boiough ofllelals acted' as
escort to the body of "Chic" I.ucas In tho
procession to St. Alntthew's Church, where
funeial sen Ices weie held this nioinlng
The streets were lined with people, and
citizens ciowded the church The body
whs sent to Bethlehem for interment.
"Black Mike" Noland, who killed I.ucas to
fcepe anest Monday night. Is still a fugi
tive. Forced to Kiss tho Flap
KAUKANUA. Wis.. Aug 17. Alleged ln
Biiltlng remarks against the American flag
resulted In John Collins and Leo Madlgan
being led to a conspicuous place In front of
the publlo library by a crowd, where they
were forced to kneel and kiss the flag ten
times today.
Monroe and Pike Official Dies
STHOUDSBI'RC. Pa, Aug. 17 Charles
B Staples, President Judge or aionroe anei
Pike counties,
lesion
died at midnight of cerebral
SLENDER FIGURES OF FORT NIAGARA
WARRIORS SUDDENLY MADE ROTUND
Officers Found Easy Way to Enlarge Their Martial Forms
by Donning Two Uniforms, One of Them
Smuggled From Canada
The rush of the returned Fort Niagara
officers for uniforms and equipment con-
haTy are unabe to take more and
have found It necessary to turn the men
"WMany of tho officers obtained I their equip
placed in this couiiiry Callada w,r0
arjwai ...
! .hYaUraction. offered by the Toronto
took full advantage
they
tores. ii "- , . .honnlne on the
situation oy uum
other Bide of the "ne. . nto
KnuKi - t,.rn nnnat-
lhV 1VUUIU t,""" r
The
Canada
thin:
"u , ,v nounds heavier. . This became
enn "-"' ,- ,i.a aKcnts of the uuiiorm
weanfnt "edged with the head, and
complaint "",',", who 1. also the post
0n?a.t.CrUSnree0ffl.CpaTbSepu,.. were ap
ma ,Ii 10 watch the returning offtcers.
Plntei ,,, !!. Kocm stopped, but not until
:i .' eived $100 per month, a total of
? r .nt nf them had planned to bT
W!?ZSL&?TtMt outflt. or which
mU&sj.ffij&i!t , V
a... 1. . . 4T -
yppa
tgsixaissssa
WILLIAM G. MURDOCK
Lawyer nnd former postmaster of
Jlilton, Pa., who has lieen appointed
disbursing officer for the expenses
incident to the conduct of the drnft
exemption boards in Pennsylvania.
succeeded, however, as most of their pay
went for food. The camp has been severely
criticized for the poor "grub" served, the
new officers say, and many of them could
not eat It
Th'e first contingent of Philadelphia
troops Is on Its way to Camp Hancock. Ga.
Company B, of the First Battalion of Kn
glneerH, left the camp at Admiral, Aid., late
last night for the southern concentration
camp. Other local units are to follow Alon
day. The Fiist Regiment will hold a "dress"
parade on the ball field at Lan&downo to
day at 4 p. 111
One battalion of this" regiment Is en
camped at Griffiths Park. Lansdowne. This
Is composed of companies C, M, I and K.
Th celebration will be in honor of the de-
parturo nf Company D. now at Camp 1
Brown. Thirty-third and Spruce streets. I
for Camp Hancock on Monday.
PLANS FOR COAL
CONTROLCOMPLETE
Government to Buy, Pool
and Distribute Upon Rea
sonable Terms, Is Report
ILLINOIS OPKRATOKS OUT
WASHINGTON. ug 17
Plans for Fedei.il "control ot coal are
pi.trtlctllv completed Announcement of
the plans may he expected very soon Fiom
a source Instrumental In forming the plans
It was learned today that tho pioceduic
most strongly urged upon the President Is
this
Tlmt all ronl he piirflinned h.v the linv
ermnent al the roM of proildt lloll flltls n
rentmmlitp prollt, prohnhly ten per lent.
Thill the nhiite output he pooled mid
dMriltiited hy t lit- tiuvrrnniefit at nn
average price, iitun the "t of hiuidlliiit,
In the event of failure of lhl phiti,
to take over the mine.
I'ndcr existing laws, the Piesident has
full power in follow this course Taking
over the mines and operating them bv the
Government will lie resorted to only ns a
last neecssltv
It has heen repteselited to the Piesident
that the spriou" aspect of the cu.il situation,
particularly 'to tho people of the Vorthwcst
Is of such gravity that it cannot he exag
gerated The need of ipuck nnd decisive
action lias been Impressed upon him from
several quarters
The objection of seveiat small coal mining
men to pooling the nation's coal output
would lie removed by the plan uiged upon
tho President Thev had feared that In
fixing nn ateiage pike fur coal an ateinge
pilco to be paid the mining men for their
product would he fixed This would not
bo fair to the smaller mines, It was pointid
out, as there tho cost of production would
be higher, giving them a smaller profit Hi. 111
tho bigger mines, 01 wiping out their piotlt
altogether It wan pointed out today that
tile output of each mlno would be paid for
.it cost plus a percentage for piollt. The
selling price by the Government agency to
be formed will bo determined on tho total
cost of purchasing the entire output, with
the co-t of handling added.
CHICAGO. ug 17
Illinois coal opeiotors today lepudlated
their agreement with Governor Low den to
ro-operate with tho State fuel direr tor In
reducing co.il prUes by formal vvitlulravv.il
from participation ofllcially or uiiolliclnlly
In the coal hearing which began today
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind , Aug. 17
Governor James P Goodrich will Issue
a proclamation tomorrow calling the In
diana Legislature Into extraordinary ses
sion of August 27 ro legislate against "out
tageous coal prices " This fact was learned
from authentic nnurcus today. The Goter
nor, however, withheld formal aiinoiinm
ment of libt plans
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Wills Probated Today
piobated today Include those of
Tomllnson, Somerlon, which, In
bequests dispones of property
at J13.8UU. Alary .m. .mioik, iw
Wynnevvood load, J1700; Julia Sternan, 1S0.I
North Broad street, M000 ; l.oulso Kiicher,
Allentown, I'a- $3S0O. Margaret Callahan,
3514 Aspen street. $3775, and IMvvard W.
mttcrson, Kock Itldge, Pa., $3350.
Kansas Drought Followed by Rains
TOPF.1CA, Kan.. Aug. 17. After suffering
for two months from a diought which, ac
cording to an official forecast, has cut the
corn crop to less than half a yield, Kansas
today seemed threatened with a flood.
Heavy rains have fallen throughout the
Stato during the last forty-eight hours, and
at Salina Dry Creek Is out of Its banks and
many acres of land are Inundated. Other
streams are approaching flood stage.
Sixty-Year-Old Farmer Drowned
SEAFOItD, Del., Aug. 17. While bath
ing at Wight's wharf, near here, yester
day. Detbert Guild, sixty years old, was
drowned. He was a prosperous farmer llv
lng at Horsey's Cross Roads, about five
miles front Seaford. The body has not
been recovered
Wills
Francis
private
valued
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TO GO TO THREE CAMPS
Virginia, Maryland and Ohio
Cantonments to Receive State's
Contingent in National Army
WASHINGTON. Aug, 17.
ilciipportlonmeut of Ihe National Army
to camps planned by l'rovost Marshal Gen
eral Orotfdor nnd approved by Secretary of
AVar Baker today sends Pennsylvania and
New York recruits to three camps and
completely realigns the whole cantonment
system. The CS7.000 men will lie dis
tributed as follows- .
Yaph.tnk, Long Island New York troops,
43,000.
Ayer, Mass. New Yolk troops, 6000;
Maine, !6iM : New Hampshire. 1C"; Ver
mont, 1013. Massachusetts, 20.58C; Con
necticut, 10,977; Itliodo Island, 1801
Petersburg, Va Virginia. 13,985; I'cnti
sylvnnl.i, 1' 1.000 ; West Virginia. 3101
Annapolis Junction, Md I'ciiusyltnula,
32,859; Maty laud, 7090.
Wrlghtstovvn, N .1 New Jersey. 30.CG5;
Delaware. 1202: New York, 20,211
Louisville. Ky. Kentucky. H.23G: In
diana, 17 510, eastern portion uf Illinois,
10,1.14
Rockford 111 P01 Hon of Wisconsin,
7171 ; remainder of Illinois. ,12.016
Battle Creek. Mich. .Michigan. .10,291;
portion ot Wisconsin, D205
Chlllleothc. O. Ohio. 38.773; portion of
Pennsylvania tOOO.
Little Hock, Ark. Arkansas, 10,267.
Louisiana 13 5S2; Mississippi, 10.801: Ala
bama, 5692
Atlanta li.i --Tennessee, 1 1.528 ; Geoigla,
18,337. portion of Alabama, 7920.
Columbia S 1' South C.110II11.1. 10.081.
North I'atolln.i. 15.974; Flotid.t. 6325; Porto
Rico. 12.1.1,1
Fort P.lley Kan Kansas, r.llll; JIS.
sourl. 11,660, South Dakota, 2717; Ne.
brnska, 8115; Colorado, 175.1, New Mexico
2392; Ailr.on.i. 3172.
San Antonio. Te. Texas. .10.515; Okla
honia, 15,561
Ameiicaii Lake Wash .
7296, Alaska. 1,36, Oregon,
nia, 2J,n0. Idaho, 2287; Nevada, 1051;
Montana. 7172. Wyoming. 110: Ftah. 2370
Washington,
717. I'.illfor-
GOES TO SEE WIFE WITH
A REVOLVER IN HIS HAND
Ciimdcn Man Tells Police Up Didn't
Intend to Harm Her, but
Shoot Himself
When .lames ItndrllfTc. 1172 Penn sheet.
1 '.linden, appears) before 1'ecorder Stack
house today lie will have to explain why he
carries a loaded revolver when lie visits his
wife's home
Last night Policeman Uutbrle received
a telephone message that Badcllffe was on
his way to 718 Walnut street to see Mrs
I'adi'Iffe "He has n gun In his pocket
and he will kill her" said an excited woman
over the telephone
fJuthrle hastened to the Walnut street
address and found Itadcllffe nnd hi wife
on the front steps Itadcllffe was talking
veiy earnestly nnd In his hand was a re
tolter He was locked up on the charge of
i.iriylng .1 concealed weapon. He denied
that ho intended to harm his wife, but Is
alleged to have said that lie probablv would
have shot himself Itadcllffe and his wife
quarreled a few days ago and separated
Left Camp lo Work in Coal Yard
Charles .1 Adam, nineteen years old.
2160 North Tenth street, attached to Bat
tery It of the Second Field Artillery, was
auested today necued of deserting from
his camp at .leiiklntown Adams was work
ing as a laborer In a coal yard at llleventh
nnd Dauphin streets, when 111 rested. The
anest was made by Sergeant Hartlgan. of
the Second Field Artillery. Ho was placed
In a cell of the Park and Lehigh avenues
station and tomorrow will be taken hack
to the c.unp
All Races Face X. Y. Exemption Board
NHW YORK. Aug. 17 New York s
famous melting pnt of the nations Is on
exhibition today at headquarters of the
district exemption bo.ud, presided over by
former Justice Hughes, where men of nearly
every race under the sun come to appeal
their claims for Immunity from army serv
ice. Many spoke Hngllsh with difficulty.
Nearly all had their first naturalisation
papers, however Pleas for exemption cov
ered an astonishing1 range i:emptlons
average about one In every fifty
To Supply .Movies for Soldiers
NKW YORK. Aug. 17 To provide rec
reation for the troops In camp, the Na
tional War Work Council of the Young
Men's Christian Associations in the I'nlted
States has made provision for the presenta
tion or 8,000,000 feet ot film per week. In
343 cantonments, camps and posts, 1126
piogrnms will be lendered weekly.
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IN ROAD NEAR BAREVILLp
Mutters "Rosls Lowls" and Philadelphia
Address, nnd Tells Disconnected
Tale of Hunaway
A well-dressed girl, about twenty years
old, muttering the name of Bosle Lewis,
all during last night between spasms, nnd
at times icferrlng to the corner of Twenty
first and Morris or Nct-rls streets, Phila
delphia, wns found lying In the mud late
last night along a lonely stretch' of road
near Baietllle, Pa. She wns suffering from
a largo doso of poison, thought to have
been self-ndnilnlstercd.
The girl Is now In the hands of Dr. J. L.
Winters, of Blue Ball, who has tried to
patch up a connected story from her frag
mentary statements. She has told of run
ning away from her home in Philadelphia.
She was picked tip by a teamster yesterday
afternoon near West Chester nnd carried
for six miles, Then ho started to walk
again, nnd was next seen In llarevllle,
She wore a black hat trimmed with
daisies, a dress of varl-colored silk, and
appeared to havo como from a refined
home. Sho will bo taken to the Lancaster
Ocneral Hospital today
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REVENUE BILL STRIKES
MORE SNAGS IN SENATE
Weeks Against Increased Postal
Ra.tcs La Follcttc for High
War Profits Tax
WASHINGTON Aug 17
With laves aggregating more than JtOO.-
000,000 nlieady agreed on, t It r revenue bill
today struck more snags when dehnte was
started on the tacs Increasing the postal
rates, both on first and second clnss matter
Senator Week", of Massachusetts, was the
leader of the light to strike out the section
raising the second-class rates, on the ground
that such a lax would fall most directly on
newspapers, which have not benefited In the
war prnspeilty In ratio to oilier lines of
Industry anil business
The big tight ovr the bill will center 011
the win -profits ta Senator La Follette, Its
leader, said he believed the opposition was
growing, and that the feeling was Increasing
that war profits should be levied upon more
heavily He will Introduce numerous amend-
ments Just as soon as the uai -profits tax
Is taken up,
"The British tint eminent Is already
taking SO por t0lll of wnr ront nnd ,
undeiMand they aie seriously considering
lalslrig the late lo Of, per cent." said Senator
La 1-ollette "The highest we propose to go
Is r,0 per cent and that only on war profits
of more than 250 per cent. I believe that
if0.'0.'! ",,?.k " na" ,PVy r,'ual to "t'ltost
ir not the entire amount of the war profits
If we try to meet all these expenses In
bonds we aie going to be confronted with a
serious situation One of these days the
The'.,.!1,1,,""! """ "'C "nr pn,fll" '" S."
Then that enormous source of revenue will
be cut off. The thing to do Is to Ret The
money now from the war profits
.M K:,!SB, was
unfair ,0 ,. lhHr proniH .,
.siflnn'nAn0" ""? ,a"' 'M'od'd lo raise
5-1 00O.O00 annually were ngieed to bv the
senate .ie,pi,. .sVllator ,,,.,. Jh)p'
Hie question may bo reopened, however
before a Hnal rollcall , taken on the bill
War Department 'Fotbia .
ther Shipmenta-:More Nf
for Other Front ?;;
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WASHINOTON. AMT.
Deluged with American amhi.laA
l. .,-. ,. M . .. .- T"
, -ICHI.-II iront, tne ilea cross antm
wSe..pt J , War DPartmnt ordK
"iuuimb niriner smpmentn.
"There are." said Martin Ea-an.
to Henry P. Davison, "hundreds of pl
American men and women vim hiM
ped ambulances, stipulating- that tlwy
to France. We cannot marantea th 1
m-iivo many 01 tnese ambulances ars
withheld by tho donors. If Ih.aa
people would give us these ambuIancM tar
tisi where needed In thin rmintrv nrtim
the Ilusslan front, we would be dllttrti,i
"We like the attitude of the Elks, tS
"ucrvu us ti.uuu.vuo for a baa "hoi
in i-rauce ami wanted It Identified as
i.iks mm. on learning- the War 1
ment nan ordered us to accept no
iHino nospiinis tor trance at present ai
mat identification might not be postlltfsOi
tinder nrmy regulations, the Elks cheerfully '
accepted the situation and we are no
tiiiiMiieiing oincr uso ot me lund, ,4
Kgan's statement was occasioned by in-'?;
qulry concerning the Bed Cross nonaccept-
nnce of an ambulance for Francs, fund '
for which were subscribed by employs
of Ihe t'nlted States Senate. Th nmhu.
lance Is now stored In the basement at t
Capitol. , r ,
"JUDGE" WINS RECRUIT
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MnRistrntc Imbcr Proves Prisoner
Wnsn't Dlufllng '
M.lElstrnlc Imher. In the Fourth Mnt
mill flvtirter nvenlle unties atattnt. nA- '
tnlned n recruit for the United States najr.s"!
1 ne recruii, vvno nau Deen arrested on thsJi
i-iinrye 01 v.im .uiu , was vasen 10 ma rS-,-r
crultlng Ration in the magistrate's automo-if
bile
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Michael Flynn, of New Haven, Conn., wasfv
the recruit. He told the magistrate that'i ,
llscharred from f
be had been honorably dlscharced from '
Ihe Third United States Infantry thrat
v-ent.s nco and had serveff as n mambii inH
waters near France and Kngland tor ths.!-j''i
past two years. He arrived In Phlladtl-.rit !
phla only six. days ago, he said, havln,,j('S
come from the other side to offer hlsl".-
services to the Government. . j 63
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inncss vtomans auicioc mouve t'vl
Tne ponce tooay- nre scarcning lor reia- jy ja
ll-r,d nr frlntwU nf Miss Annie ITeln '?. M
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laundress, mriy- yeais oni, wno cDinmima.'
suicide at rj2ft uaininriago street, tbs ,1
M'nnM pnirni;efl n rnom In tbe RnlnhrMmM
street house about two weeks ago. Illness, JjV
It Is believed, caused her to commit suIcias.-l.3V
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