HEUO ESffizn wxwy. (l-r- 3V!l3NlN& 1,MGBR-.PHILADEL?HIA, MOMPAg, AUGUST 27, 1917 mrmn&, ut v.. ITS TO SPEED TAX BILL BLOCKED lv few Closure Rule May Be Evoked by Advocates '' nfOni.VVnfn W. X14AWJ T WW -?L IL GROSSO BOTTINO DI GUERRA DEGLI ITALIANI . 'jJUVltUr riliill SttttiUO &UA f. Vi-rl I a- 4! Kv km WASHINGTON, AUR. 27. Efforts to hantcn action on the war tax were blocked In tho Sehate today. W h Ste -v debate on tho bill Itself or on the Income nd war tax sections, only to have objee ilon raised by Jones, of Washington, and f.n Follette, of Wisconsin, lie finally notified tho Senate thit when the postal rates and publishers' tax sections ure disposed of, h ', will ask Immediate consideration of war p profits. "i'-' V 1tni-,ll- r.t rl.l ... I ,1... - .u...fl., ui vhiii, uikvu iiiiiiie-cunic nc tlon, saylns: "The country should know what new burdeni It must assume, partic ularly If the vlew of the extremists, who de inand 60 to 80 per cent war profits tax, Is to bo accepted." Tho new closure rule may bo resorted tc by thoso favoring a quick vote. Circulation of a petition was he-nun to day by Senator Hole, of Maine Conscrlp tlonlsLs sny It can't (jet the neiessary two thirds vote betauso there Is no filibuster on inA 11111. Tlmt-A m,i I.a l.t..... . .. mi l& buster before closure ein lie. lnnU,,i MAY ADOPT CI.OhL'Iti: If two-thirds of the Senators preienl hup port the closure motion, no Senator there after may speak longer than one hour, nor more than once on tho pending measure. Adoption of the closure rule I favored hi the Finance Committee, which sees ahead a lonp fight on war profits and Incomes Tho Johnson. Unr.ih group w 111 v Igorously opposo closure, and l.a Follette. who has i program nil Ills own for iticre-usliiir war profits and Incomes, Is bitterly opposed to It and will fight Its application until after both tho Income nnd war profits sections hao been disposed of Out of tho chaos, the.blckerlng, parleying, trading, compromising And strategic iiiatuu. crlng over the big war recnuo bill, this teems to be tho almost certain outcome: A bill of at least S3.000.000.000. a bil lion moro than proposed by the finance Committee. Tho elimination of all the so-called mis cellaneous consumption taxes, aggregat ing nearly half a billion dollars. ' Substantial! Increased leilos upon In comes of moro than $5000. A levy of somewhere In the neighbor hood of $2,000,000,000 upon wai profit i. hX rOLMTTTi: SIAY COMl'HOMISI. This Is substantlallj the program of tho La Follette "maximalists," and the de clare they hae the votes to put it over They are going to back a war profits tax of 80 per cent, and If they can't get that ac cepted they will propose a 75 per cent tax, and keep offering gradually reduced amend ments until they hit tho acceptable level. Tho "old guirdsmen" nnd conservative Democrats supporting the bill In its present form maintained their claims of victory, but their claims lacked the tones of confidence prevailing In the opposition camp. They are not only confronted with the I.a Follette movement, but their flank Is badly exposed to tho fire of tho Southern Democrats who are opposed to the pro-war basis for levjlng the war profits tax Unless they can put down this mutiny they are doomed to cer tain defeat. There Is considerable reluctance on the part of the Finance Committee to make any compromise, on the pre-war basis because It evolved that scheme of levying the war profits tax after the most exhaustive Inves titration. To give In now, committee mem bers declare, would necessitate changing the whole foundation work of the bill. K Sammees Progress Sensation Abroad t 1 SM-e, ml. L&W- h. M Continued from Tate One anywhere, nnd French cheese with a really truly rich crusted American apple pic. riuisns gi.nui.ai. sibi:kt But better -.till vtas the kindly conversa tlon of the man who directs tills division of American soldiers. His voice Is full of quality and he looks upon one over his gold-rlmmed spectacles as If thcro was nothing In the world dearer to his heart than the welfare of his men Ho asked mo many questions after hearing I had made many trips to the French front, and that I was officially attached to the French aa well as the American army. Ho had visited several secteurs of the French front himself, and was strong In admiration of the pollu, as, indeed, would bo any man who had spent any time with him In the trenches or directly behind the front. He apoko modestly but with evident satisfac tion of the progress' being mado by his men, and was also, to my evident vision beloved by his staff, a courteous lot of sol dierly gentlemen. It is my personal opinion from my con tact with General Slbert, both In tho de barking port nnd the far-off training camp from where I wrote these lines, that he will be. heard from before this war Is over and that his reputation as an engineer In Panama Canal work will be greatly en hanced by his qualities as a leader of men In the fight for civilization's cause. Some time during the course of this month the American troops are to bo re Viewed upon successive days by General Petaln, supreme commander of the armies of France, and Marshal Joffre. the truly well-belovcd. These Inspections will take place In the order named within a few days intervals. The men will be marshaled at a given point nnd pass In review after a minute Inspection by the French officers The event Is being looked forward to with eagerness and will. In a certain measure. be competitive, since the crack French dlvl Ion of chasseurs that Is acting as In structors to tho boys from homo will be inspected at the same time. Many of the American officers have made ftPLZ n" fro,nt- and ' ' the Intention of both Generals Pershing and Slbert to have as many more go in turn as possible. if, iM... " 'n,ll,nry authorities are in ll K h?rt?. "Apathy with the Idea, nnd are IS cfnalnC unusual opportunities In this dl- tfWh t- 'J if n"5,lon .t0 utilize my P:Z:??LZ"1 ta,t0 ona "c these trip, In .tie? nmrBatllon ,Wi,h. a hCh American statl officer who had ni .... . - ;Aone of these trios. and 'It, ' 'VT",U J-""i t?fLhim h,s Impressions of an nttack and the 0?epe,lin1 of a c"t".attack he had vvlt. vTr ,CDOCU' lie Bam; t -C & Th mn!n thtno , i. . t rZt .i.;IrT": t ii,jresneu me was ? ' " wr nau put depth In Its place. .L It has been tumbled down , -'.: Zr J I l- . . . . "" ICttlBUIHQ ivmnaKio supponea uy heartrending and a Vwur. . ' mie io something Ki$ that la accepted as a part of duty and In -prosperity at home we had become too tJiiti i V..' t """ l 'nisconsirue, too Uncivilized, xye had magnified death till It was mi mortuary anu no romance, all horror and no glory. And here we see It Jn its true light, a natural, mnii.r.nf. iftlnr, coming Booner or later or all men, Fff "':" " '" "ni ot a auty to one s kals and the rights of men. almost some htarvto be envied. I saw Frenchmen the mwv-v IU u ivmuiu lu HCUOn Wltll thlS aptrjt wrlttett all over them and It Bank deeply Into my soul." 7 -iiw ijri oi ueimci io oe used by the i.arMwn army nas ceen decided upon. It i2ji vanern pure and lm- ""'"" (f"HirDiHfn aaiKI & ' K zmxZ7:. Due Cnnnoni dn 305 Millimctri Sono tra i Trofei di Battaglin Rnccolti dalln Sccondn Armatn ' UO.MA, 27 AkusIo I.i battJglla dell'tsonro Infurln nncora vlolentlsslma. Gil austrlacl contlnuano a rltlrarsl davantl all'avanzata vlltoriosa dcllc forzo del gener.ile Ctdorun, i.a battaglla si svlluppa cost' bene die II generate Cadorna, nd una dom.mda rlvoltagll da nl cunl ufllclall esttrl addettl nl t'omando Itallano, rlrpondevn ion tin sorrlo "AndU kiiio motto bene ; grazle." I.e iirtigtierle Itatlane e le siiuadrlglio aereo hanno gettnto tantn spivenlo e opcrnto tanla dlstrti7lone nellc llnee nemictie, f lie It morale dello truppe nustrl- actio nc c' slato scosso graveinenle Noun stnnle ihn sulla frnnte Itallnna I'Auslrlii abbla le sue mlgllorl truppe. iiuellc Unghe resl e slave del sud, jiuro I prlglonlerl pai lano ill demorall7zazlone che rldlico consl ilerevohnente la reslstenza dello forze del gonerale Horoevlc D'ultra pirte artlgllerli' o vellvnll ltall.inl liatinu cosl' grnvemente daiineggtato le tetrovle licmlclie. die In moltl puntl Interl repartl .lustrincl sonti rlmasfi senra vlverl per dlversl gloinl Calcoll, che sono conslderatl molfn pru- uenn, iiinuu uremlin le tieid te tola In flltte da Cadoma null nustrlnil In uuista prcsenie onensiva a non mcrio di KniOiii) uoniiiil 11 ioI(m. jiltr terrlhllo rlcevuto dal I Austria In questa offtuslva Itallana e' statu la caduta ill dd Monte Santo, un lulunrdii che le truppe delta M ennda Armata uvcvatio rlpctutainetitii ucctipato uelln prltnavir.i scorsa senza potervlsl incntenerc fluo a che si fosscio potute pot tare In poslzlonn le ni tlgllcrle necessarle a illfrmlcrlo d-ii ion tiattncchl austrlacl v dalle battirle del San Gabrlele Ora nvce le hatterlc Kallaiie il 1 Santo dninliMiio le pusizlonl itustrliche del San Galirlele e dcllc altuiu vicine, inentre la vallc del I'hlapovano e' rim isla scoperta al suo shocco o Tohiiino e le nltun- ad est ill (joilzl.i hanno pcrdiito la plu' dlietta e pin' Important!- Iliua dl inmunUazlnno c dl allacclaniento II generale Capelln. he comand.i la Sei onda Arniitu e die direvw l.i tittorioo.i e dllllclllssiina operazlonc lontro II .uitD. e' stato fattn "tgnn a lodl Ik n imrllate spe clatmente per II fatto die egll iluscl' on una btlllante manovia ill avvlluppauiento a tagllare la rlllrata alle tiuppe autrlache che presldl vano la forteza. II. IIOM.I.TTINO Dl l'AIK)It.A Kcco It testo del lappoiln del genciale I'adorn.i puhhllmto lerl sera dal Minlstcru delta Guerra I.a liattaglla lomlmi.i .1 ilvelarsl in tutt i la sua grandlosltu l,aione a nord dl Goiiria dal 10 Agosto puo' esere riassunt.i come s(,uc I.o vnlorso truppo della scruiida Ai mata. dopo avei gcttato quattoidlcl pontl nttravero l'lsonzo sotto II fuoio delte hatterlc nemlche. passarono II flume nella nottc dil 18 al 1 Agosto e furouo Ian elate all'attncoo delle llnee nemlche del laltoplano dl Ilal-nizza Avanando de llberatamento In dlrczlono della froiite del Jclcnlk Vrh. esse agglrarunn le tro llnee dl illfea nemlche di Summer, Kobellck e Madonl Conteinpor.ineamente e-sc at ta enrono le stc-se llnee di fronte e le sfondurono nonostantc I accanltlslma re slstenza degll austrlacl I.a conseguenza dl quetii audace manovra fu la con qulsta del Monte .Sunto. t.e nostre truppe oia rontinuauo la loro avanzata verio II i Iglloiic urlentale dell'altoplano ill Halsnlz7i-S Spirltu, In seguendo vlgorosainente II ncmlco che nondlmeno offre ancora una vloient-i re slstenza on grossl repirtl ill mltragllerl c con I'artlgllerl i Icggem SuH'altoplano del Car.i ieii la bat taglla ehlie una sota temporant.i Al cuno nostro lirevi avanzato hanno retnil cato la fronte delle poslzlonl reccntc mente couqulstate che Hino state covi' consolidate mentre I lontrattaechl del nemlco si spczzavano contro II -nostro fuoco. Kerensky Avers Russia Will Hold Continued from race One all attempts wltll armed tuice aglnt the people's power " "Those who once tumbled before tho government of autocrats now boldlj mirch against the Government, with arms In hand," he continued "Hut let them le member that our patience lias Its limits and that those who go beyond them will have to settle with a Government which will make them remember the time of Czarism." .spnr.cn STIRS PROFOUNDLY Kcrenskj'8 speech produced a deep im pression. Ho concluded amid cheers even of his political antagonists and today there was a peiceptllilc lessening in tho Uol bhevlkl and reaction iry opposition. The forces which will literally pass upon the Kerenrkv Government are vabtly mixed Thero am bankers, rich land owners, Con servatives, a sprinkling of re ictlonarle even monarchists Tho Issue Is tightly drawn between free and open democracy versus constricted rcactlonarjlsm. Keren sky never faced such a task as his present ono of coaxing support from such a group ot enemies to the sweeping democracy he represents Kvon the Maximalists adjudged the conference anti-revolutionary and not representative of tho people's will In re fusing participation. Kercnsky's supporters agreed today that tho supreme test of the democracy will come In tho Moscow meeting. "If wo yield to the Conservatives and reactionaries now, said one of tho revo lutionary newspapers today, "they will deliver Russia to Nicholas or Wllhelm " Speeches erf Cabinet members served to emphaslzo Russia's present critical situ ation Minister of Interior Prokopovltch reported actual scarcity of food In several provinces and a dwindling supply even In such cities as Pctrograd and Moscow. Vice Premier Nekrasorf warned that Russia's finances were In grave shape. Against Usuanco of an average of 250,000, 000 roubles ($125,000,000) yearly In 1914, 1015 nnd 191C, ho reported an average monthly Issuance by tho new Government of 840,000,000 rubleB ($420,000,000). Vast increases In wages 'had been met. New governmental activities consumed huge sums of money. Taxes were not producing as much as expected Nekrasoff urged high taxes on war profits as one means of rais ing money. aBPBiTPi3iwM Kofi 1 Straflbridge. ,$ Clothier,! CARDINAL GIBBONS SEES IMPULSE TO LIBERTY IN POPE'S PROPOSALS Hy JAMES CARDINAL GIDBONS T HUM) with srent satisfaction the amplification of tho Pope's pence pioposals 1 published with the approval of tho Cardinal Secretary! of State. ThouRh they arc plven to the public only now, still I have reason to believe that they formed an integral part of the Pontifical mind from tho vdry bcginn iiff. No plan of society emanating from the Holy See crin be considered complete that docs not recognize every claim of justice as far as the ripeness of the times permits. Though it must be evident to every thinking man thnt no pence can lie possible nfter u wnr as great and terrible ns the present one without n spiiit of conciliation nnd of mutunl willingness to mnke concessions nnd condona tions, still I think it must be held that that rule applies only to muttrrs of detail and of secondary importance, nor do I believe that anybody will bo disposed to consider the rights of Belgium ns a question of thut kind, and not rather ns one of the first importance, entering into the very henrt nnd essence of the whole conflict, wherein, in order to satisfy the conscience of humanity, every claim of justice must be fully met and satisfied. Further, the clear statement of the Cardinal Secretary of State that the form of government is to be left to the free choice of every people marks the very cornet stone of civil liberty, and it is my impression that that strong confirmation of the Holy See of the old Amcricnn principle will give a new impulse to civil liberty the whole wide world over. Deal Beach, N. J August 27. German Offensive on Riga a Failure ( oiitlnuril from Pne Due line' were stormed and taken and the Hrlt Isli front ndv iineed half a mile over a mile front Although violent fighting Is believed to In- still in progress there and at Lens, it Miecessful raid or Ont iverne (I'l.indcrs fiont) in whhli n few pil-nturs were taken. w.im ail rich! Manha! llalg repiuttd ttnl.iv lie had no aildltliuul details fnmi the I.tns or St Quentln seetor RUMORED U. S. CERT A IN TO REJECT POPE'S PLAN vv VSIILVJTON vug .'7 'lhai the I lil ted States -will rej'it the prate pioposals nf His llollnts". Pope llen'diot because thi have failed to take Into consideration the necesltv for the met throw of Gtrm.iuv s autocrat v was lonsldeml tertaln tod.iv siimultnneousl) with the Intimation that tin! uply In the Pope would go forward Ibis wetk. the Male Dep iltiuetit made plih, llto the text of n tablegrain of gritting sent bv the PiiMiIent to the iie.it I'mincll of the' Russian People now In sclou In Mm cow Tills gueting ent In behalf of tile Amen ill people. xpresed the belief of the President tlist a free Russia will triumph 'against all enemies within and without.' nml pledged the fnlti-d States again as read.v to give "every tnateilal and iiini.il tiKsUlanee ' to the Russian Govern ment In Hie ' promotion nf the eoinmon cause to which the tiro mtlons are un seltlshl united Odlclal det'laitd that they consideied the Piesldent's message to Russia at the pres ent time most s'gnlflcaiit While both the Mute Department nml the White House de e lined Io make any statement regarding when the note to the Pope will bo completed, it was frtronglv intimated that It ahead has been completed b the President and that It will go forward this week In eennectlim wltll the general belief thai the reply of the President to the Pope will be a rejettlon of the peace plan, coupled wltll a inncrett expression of the Ideals for which the I lilted States is fighting, so that Ills Huliness. if he stes tit. can continue negotiations to end the war. the State De partment today affirmed the sentiments ex. pressed b.v Sir Robert Cecil In London It was italcd that all of the Information in tin possession of the United States stiongly proved tint It had been the wai plan of Germanv to overcome Prance, then Great llritaln and then the United States Secutary Lansing stated tint there was pientv of evidence In the possession of the United States to show tills fact Uollimlng tlie making public of the Piesl- deiifs note to Russia, many iilllcl lis ex pressed the belief that the President's mes sage to Ui Pope would bu .stronger than hid been at first expected it was said that li ver probibly would entei into tho over running of all small nations anil Diueriy assail the Geiman nillitarj autocracy as n t.istti wose promises and pledges could not be accepted b an nation" Just when the note will go forwaul Is not Known Jt may alreidy have gone Some ofllclals profess to bo certain that this is the case Uut no authoilzed announcement to this effect is obtainable. The note will go to the Vatican through the Hrltlsh foreign ofllie. In exactly the same channel In whleh the Pope's message was transmitted to the United States, and no Intimation or us contents win ne al lowed to be made public until the Pope has had eipportunltv to read It KUSS1AX COURIER ANGERED Released, He Asserts Federal Agents Treated Him Like Get man Spy SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2" Lieutenant Roils da Lasklnc, diplomatic courier to Washington, who was held up on arriving hero from Honolulu, pending an investiga tion by Department of Justice agents, was formally releasee! last nlgnt. Mr. Do Lasklne raid that the agents treated lilni "like a. German spy," lefusing hlin permission to communicate with the Russian consulate to verify his pasports and credentials "It was an outrage." lie said, "and, above all, they have disclosed nil mission to America." Mass-Meeting to Rap Transit Lease "Grab" ( eintlinieit friim Page One slderatlmi guaiantees no itliiin tu t lie P I! T Cnmpuiv "eeonil The inembeis of our associa tion cie.nly unelorstciod that the 1911 tentative agreement between the Plilln dt Iphlu Rap d Tratwit Complin unit tho ill leiiulrul the Immediate abolition of the m hang tickets mi the Issuing of lie, tiatisfti" thiciUKliotit the tlt.i. e"f. i ept in the ihllveij tllstrlt t bounded bv the two ilveis and Aich and Walnut mieets aWo tint passengi is were to re. ielve frte transfers outside of tile busi ness distiltt which would en ilile them to ililc on iast anil west lines and then transfei free to nurtli anil south lines le tiling in theli ill stlnatloii in the busi ness dlstilet, nnd on the ututn tilp. tlie.v would be enabled to take a north mill soutli line out fiiim the business dis. tilit and transfi r fit e on an east and west line to theli destination in either .Vorth ri i South Philadelphia This agiee inent to continue, in oiclei to avoid i on gestlon on surface line- within the busi ness dlstilet. until the dellveiv loop Is pl.ueil In operation unilei Arch. Klghtli and Locust sheets when flee transfers would bu nht.ilniMe within the business district, and between high-speed lines, and between high-speed lines ami sill face lines throughout the citj Mr. Tnjloi cle.ulj Itifoinied us at om meetings. and he also Informed the pub. lie at numerous meetings tlitough tin department leports. and through the newspapers time and again, that the operation of the ill's high-speed lines coupled with this aiiangement would, during the earl.v .vcai of opeiatlon, pro duce InMiiIlcient levenue to pay the eltvs entire Interest and sinking fund iluugV He pointed out time and again the amount of deficits which the eltv might be required to make up out or the cui lent revenue dining tho earlj jears of opeiatlon; and he- explained how tho one-mill personal property tax, gtanted by the Stale to the city as a prat Ileal Milisld) In aid of transit development, would help offset these earlv deficits. He also explained how the construction of the clt.v's high-speed lines would very largely Increase, tho taxable value of real estate in tho districts which they will serve, and how the city would thus gain verj large Increases in ta revenue on account of the increased valuation, and not on account of Increased tax rate. These facts were jspiead before prac tlcnllv all of the- business, Hbor and clvlc orgaiilzitlons throughout the entire clt.v with the utmost frankness The voters i.itllled this plan of ai tlon at many mass meetings held In every wctlon of tin city; and they went to the polls and voted over $00,000,000 toward the build ing of the city's high-speed transit lines, with the understanding that ttie ex change tickets were to be cancelled Im mediately, and that the high-speed lines were to bo operated, with free transfers between them and between the high-speed sjstem nnd surface lines. We believe that tho e-ltj's policy with respect to the Immediate abolition of tho exchange tickets has been finally settled, and that It cannot bo upset without going? back on the voters. In conclusion Mr Chapman expressed the belief that the discriminator) exchange tickets weie Illegal and s.ilil tl, c-it and the Public Service Commission should not become parties to an ngieement which would nullify the prot ceilings now pending before tho Commission designed to elimin ate this Illegal charge against persons and localities In Philadelphia. A simllai attitude, it Is expected, will be adopted b.v Senator Vare's contracting firm which has $2,000,000 In contracts for transit work Senitoi- MeNlchol bale! 'If bids were made today tlicj would be about $4,000,000 higher than those mado In February. We leallze, however, that refural to accept this worlt might mean ft long setback to the transit program, so we are going ahead, "Tho public llttlo undei stands the dlltl cullies confronting us. For Instance, our Arm had delivered hero 1,000,000 feet of lumber during tho last week and estcrday It was all commandeered by the Government and we ate purzled how to get more. "The public tuny bo getting tired of see ing that mass of steel on tho southwest plaza of the Cltv Hall. We have been ready to put the steel Into plaeo for several months, but we cannot get enough steel to eomplfti- the connections with the work under South Itrond street and under tho Cllv Hall If wo should attempt partial work It might be possible that the effect would result In tho destruction of u part of City Hall ' When asked to jeplj. to Mr. Chapman's letter. Transit Dlrettor Twining said. "Althourh I have not received this lt-t-tei I unileistnnd It was made public bv in Issued through the i-x-dlrte tors' olllce It Is appHtentlv an attempt to again air the views of the ex-director upon this matter and to start u public controversy under the guise of obtaining proper Information "Tho department does not Intend to en tourage public eontroversj In advance of the September 7 meeting of Count lis' om mlttees. When tills lettei of Mr Chap, mill's lenities me It will teielve pioper consideration NORTH KENSINGTON BODY ENTERS TRANSFER FIGHT Yin uilh Kensington IJuslness Men's Audi l.itliiu tnil.i-, filed :i complaint with the- Public Service Commission at Harris lung against the Philadelphia Rapid Tiau sit e'ompin.v alleging that the company Is discriminating when it asks passengers on some lints to pa thiee cents for a trans fer while on otlieis transfer aio Issued free. The nssoc latioii wants tr.uisfeis issued free on all lints The commission has alrc.idj received four similar complaints It Is set foith in the complaint todnv tint the conipanv reepiires the pajment of eight rent i for an exchange at ISC transfer points while free transfei s are Issued m ITt'i other points The selection ol ?uch points the business men allege, Is not based on distance traveled or lervlce i eli de led and therefore gives undue advan tages to ceitnln sections eif the cltj DRESSES WILL BE LONGER Si Inches Fiom the Ground Is Fash ion's Latest Decree i till 'AGO, Aug '.'7 The.v'iu going to wear 'em longer. 'I his was tho decree to da b Ainei lea's diessmakers hero for the senil-aiinual loiivetitlon of the Fashion Art League - ".ikiits will be from two to slv Inches longer, said .Mine. .VLugatet, of Chicago "lhc'll not lie moie tlinu sl Inches from tho giouud " No sleeves for evening gowns; shorter coats, narrow -irts but not "hobbly;" plain pockets' and elimination of large cuffs and coltais are also a part of tho program. Midvale Requests Wholesale Exemption "" (onlliiiiril from l'mre One plan will be tho making of .1, 4 and f Imh guns for the new destrojer ttcet unit fot the merchant vessels to bo turned out bv the Kmergeney Fleet Corporation, Here tofore Midvale lias been making nrmor plate, naval guns, gun forglngs, field guns nnd finishing shells. Now, however, every thing wilt bo diopped except guns nnd equipment for the- elcstro. er.s and meicliant nien. 'I pi utilised Secretary Daniel".' i-r lioeith told the appeal board, "that, beginning October 1, I would suuly to him povent, Ilvi) of tin guns each month, unit beginning next January 1 would produce flft or sixty additional monthly " Owing to tho lack of cletks Hoard No -has been delajcd considerably In its woili. nnd, according to Chairman Wlllard, will not hand down decision until Wednesday or Thursday In the first batch will be n number "f exemptions Invotvinf; skilled workets In Industrlil establishments doing war wenk tint exemptions for matrled men with dependents will not lie handed down until tho last of the week". Todav the board received more than 300 claims Assltntit Fnlted States District Attains, T llemv Walnut, who Is In charge of "slacker "cists," today turned tils attention to a group of Mexicans who failed to icgls-te-r at Fifteenth and Vine streets Shoitlv liefou- registration day. on June "., they ellsnppeaied from the foico ot Pentisjlvania Railroad track workers and have tint been seen since Mi effort is being made to find them OOlllclals of the Mlltai Training loips Association aia taking a keen Interest In the draft, and to equip tho inemlieis of the new arm with the fundamentals of milllai v tiulnlng ale conducting drills In inanv sec tions of the t lt Draft olliclils asseit that the Presidents attitude toward man led men, as expressed In Ills letter to Secretnty Baker, Is the same as the position which lie took at the beginning of the draft They pointed out that the exemption of in.urled men hinges upon "dependencj" and that no man having u famll, dependent upon hlin will bo drafted So fill as the Philadelphia district boards aie- concerned thev will be guided by the draft rules And regulations when consider ing the exemption claims of married men It has never been their Intention to draft the heads of big families when it was ap parent thut the families would sufTei hard ships as a result of the biead winner's pai tlclpatlon In tho war Marriage, though. Is not a giound for exemption, and when the married man fulls to piove that his wife and family are de pendent upon him for suppoit ho will be diaftcd A-., P U.S. COMPANY PREPAR1 FOR MEXICAN LOAN Bunkers About Complete Ar-I ai ,;;;, ." Aid to Neighbors Ml'XIOO CITY, Mexico. Au t, Rafael eN'leto, Secretary Halcnda. tt. 3 at tho work of floating tho Mexle-.., i ' ! Is piogresslng. The Iselln Company h. ..i, would probably handle the details In c ' ncctlon with the- Natlonnl City Hani11! $ New ork. The Government Is gure ,h loan will be floated soon It Is denied thit tho Mexican Government attempted sound London bankers or any bankers i side of Amerlcu. th. I The Iselln Compan.v will ieet ()le ranza stibsecretnty Monday nnd discuss j" tails The subject of the coinage of f..i can gold pieces will also be taken u- ji i 1 thought that Hils Cabrera, former's ' I ormer Secrt. tary iiiiic-ncia, now ncaci ot the Imni.,. commission to reorcnnlze n, . ' !.'" KAISER'S GIANT RETIRES Genetal Von Plueskow, Tallest in Ger man Army, Suffers From 111 Health 151'RLIN', Aug. 17. One of tho best known military figures In Germanv. General von Plueskow, lias just rctlied Von Plue skow was known as "Der Lange Plueskow" because ho measured two meters and eight centimeters (nearly C feet 10 Inches). llo Is tho tallest general in the German army and was aide-de-camp to tho Kaiser and commander of tho Castle Life Guard During the war he commanded the Eighth Army Corps until bad health compelled hi retirement Ho Is sixty-three years old. Enemy Aliens Sent to Georgia Camp NLW YORK, Aug !i" A pirt, of eneni. aliens. Interned at Kills Island bv order of the Department of Justice, left here today under guard for Fort Ogletlioipe, Ga where the, will be held for the duration of the war m til!!! Ills E3 CAMERAS PROMPT HLM SERVICE MAILORDERS & ENLARGEMENTS "TMe TTn KINO- send por pRice Liar 8te:&&SEBi:SE r::' a Diabetes enervates the system and causes the blood to lose its led corpuscles and thus breaks down your resistive powers to other diseases. You can obtain relief and remove the cause if you DRINK DAILY 8 TO IS GLASSES OF Mountain. Valley Water Pure, valatable and tasteless A delightful tabic water Sample it FREE 718 Chestnut St. Phones JSu5407 BOM tfSSZ "un5 WSfroJMK.,. F&I fffi t m ne.. tl banks, will leave for New Ynri i "I!11- & tlon wltll tho loan -onn. C.irr.inza returned to Mexico City c,in, day morning. M,r" I ."Morris Guest on Mayflower WASHINGTON'. Aug ' 27. Ambis.acW Roland S Morris nnd, Mrs Morris t," shoitiy will leave for Japan, were gu, ot Secielnrv unit Mis Ilanlels vesterday on the Mallower. which convejed the Jaw uese Mission unit others to .Mount Vernon rT-.tJJlA A A .l-JT,l-.IJ..J.l-.U.ir7t !$kow Tpi'uvim. dftu I V eVeviai- The CicJai- gcts on your nerves i rii n i tviir Shade-Grown Real Havana 10c and up Ht.r.v.v viv.v.v,l-r';,VtiUj.J.iiny-1 H! VI CAMP MEADE Officers' Reserve Corps TRAIN LEAVING 31th and Chestnut Streets 7:45 A. M. AUGUST 29 Will Arrive Camp 10:20 A. M. Lmht Ollirr Daily 7ralm INFORMATION 1341 CHESTNUT STREET Baltimore & Ohio L - c SPECIAL A 7-Volume Stt of Booth Tarkineton's Works Cloth Binding $2-95 -IACOBS A I FOR SJ BOOKS STATIONERY AND ENGRAVING 1628 CHESTNUT STREET City Hall Traffic Suspended Tiatllc about the C t Hall was tenipo i m 11) halted today when a hoi so and wagon driven by James McAn.ui), of U226 Shars vvood street, crashed Into the automobile owned and driven by William Vnlltuette, of Dajton, O, The accident occurred outside of the Filbert street le-crulting station of the National Guardsmen, opposite the City Hull No one was hurt FOUNDED 1865 P The rovident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia Every single woman should carry insurance. Even if she marries it is just os'valuable. A Provident Policy will al ways stand at her side, assur ing her financial independ , vice. FOURTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS llllll!lllllilllllllllllllllllllilllllIMllttllil llllllffllBlniliilllilllllliiUlilS I " atTT!tj!rnS CHASSIS $1815 ,, ,- mM, Until Further Notice .ifdMfMEwH 1 IKlRfjVO!?,"'Blii-i. iiimi i 1 1 i liiHl-iW' IHSi i siBW5SbHBwkHBBHHBiHB5iiBc sHHHHffl IIBaailHHImtfMiSBHVUSifiKUIIIKiBBBK-IHilBl m TaL r3K?!VBHIHIHHIIHHHKIIIHA & m lfwix7; bi. ii i I e-BTSL '41 '"!: .,B. -'S 1 I " . i ' "sm. -1 Wt I ' I wPJTi i Ti f k JflliHilinn5AKuBKK39ftfS&3iniHHKEiMtaJV ' v M W 7SSlfSkmf'aKKI9StBBSi3umi ', M ! f Z9 Jhr,ee Kinds of Hauling tach Day with this Autocar THEblanket and woolen mill of Richard Hev Thf Auf tm Seevet,hyredeav!eParate and has removtbt S "& wi a P body that first hauls tofl!&2J?,SLH,e dumP . Then the remnv?.i j tekes away ashes- stakes and thl fflSS-"! i" ds? n- ii 1.1 , ,. stocK sheds to thp nlnnfu u " utenai irom the finally come the deliveries of finished goods to thefiXS Jf J ltself delphia-with more raw goods for the stock iheds on the ret SS tf!.t.atlons and Piers all over Phila- "Our Autocar does all our hauling," says the comnLv -?Jnp charges alone i to .pay for its upkeep We wouldn't be SoTt it" SS US enoueh " demurrage For information on the Autocar in your line ofCinl a your needs, see The Autocar Sales & Service Co 2SS tfi spial bdies to suit "THE AUTOCAR -MOTOR TinTr umdJiM ' iiTJS.J i.W 'V.U
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