vf ILLS FOLK PLAN &JHD FOR SOLDIERS fttirdin of War Causing Shortage ot .Physicians $t and JNurses Here OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS Police Searching for Two Miss- ( ing Boys Fear One Is Vic tim of Kidnappers IJvrt- In an effort to mnko the soldier life of the ,f pew Ultuvww men in tifticcuiJJO a Clll!in 1 tia win iiennii, rcsiucnis 01 me Falls nf .- Bchuslklll lime formed an arcanlz.-itlnn i iJ. look out for men for the new National F Army called from that section. Tho or , puliation has not et adopted a name. A AmQn'a (illlrlHni'u line ! ......, wvji'" ..-. j ...a w.iu lutuiiu. una Ms' of the first acts of tho organlznt on, meet- L In., last nfirht. una In MnlrK nlnm. .,- ;T "turn-out" next Saturday In honor of tho i sraucu iiiwiit ,t omcers 01 me new organization were J chosen last night as follows: President, ?v Charles L Djkcs; secretary, Charles Doth. '& well; treasurer, Krncst G. Carwardlnc. ""J ..a , .. rf- war urain on City Hospitals The drain of the war on Phlladelnhln ?v hospitals nnd medical schools has assumed $ ?. alni-mlne nronortlnns. nrrnnllm nmini " . --. "" " -. .... v umvmi announcements, voluntary enlistments In the Red Cross, Medical Itesero and other &!! lint a 4n1H m a 1 ...- . P vmio, iimc mivu uuy , email army 01 Internes, staff physicians and nurses tv. jw riake matters worse, tho draft likely will fu, itudents in this city. i. As an Immedlato result of the drain, Dr . iuiihuc, iv.i.iiifs tnici resiuent ot the Hahnemann Hospital, said that tho work had'been doubled In that Institution. An athertlscment calling upon medical students to apply as Internes, especially men, has been Inserted In tho Jlcdlcal Journal. Jefterbon will lcso nearly 25 per cent ef Its students through tho draft, It is Wtlmated. Asks Exemption for Employes Adalbert Koertlnff Fischer, president of the Schutte & KoerllnR Company. Twelfth and Thompson streets, has asked exemption n Industrial grounds for several ot his f"iplojes. A lew months ago Fischer was j indicted on charges of smuggling and con ip fplracy In connection with Captain Max t Thlerlchcns, of the German nay. 1 I, Commission for Real Estate Assessor Charles P. McMlchael, real estate as sessor of the Thirty-third Ward, has re eelved a commission as first lieutenant In the United States ambulance service. Ho ttpects to be sent to the camp at Allentown Doctor Smith Is Now a Major Dr. S, MacCuen Smith, a member of the faculty of the Jefferson Medical College, has received a commission ns major in tne medical corps and will soon leave for Camp Meade. Plan to Raise $25,000 for Hospital Unit Headquarters have been opened In the lalesrooms of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company, at Fifty-second and Chestnut Itreets, by the campaign committee In Charge of raising $25,000 In West Phila delphia for the Jefferson nase Hospital Unit No. 38 Samuel Crothcrs, William Gibbons and E. II, Apsley are In charge of the campaign. New Cane for Doctor Eldridgc A gold-headed cano was presented to Dr. Thomas E Eldrldge to replace the one he broke defending a policeman from an attack by a gang of rufllans about a month ; ago. The presentation speech was made by Daniel Glmtfel during the drill of tho home defonto reserve at Twentieth and Buttonwood streets last night. Sued Here by French Modistes Mrs Itobert C. Lo Conte, formerly Mrs. Tznago Stewart, of 2000 Spruce street, has keen named as defendant in two suits In Common Pleas Court here by leading French dressmakers and milliners Both are for alleged unpaid bills One was en tered by representatives of Paquln, Limited, for $177.80, and the other by Jeanne Halles Llement & Co. for ?936 06. City Swimming Pools to Close The city's public swimming pools will close at the end of this week with n pro Irani of races and exhibitions tomorrow and Friday. The girls will show their Prowess tomorrow from 2 to 4 p. m. and Ufc boys on Friday from 10 a. m. to noon. Funeral of Smith D. Cozens Smith D Cozens, a Civil War veteran and a clerk in the offices of the Board of Revision of Taxes for twenty-six years who 4ted on Monday of pneumonia, will be burled tomorrow from the Fifth Baptist Church, Eighteenth and Spring Garden treets. SOLDIERS' INSURANCE OPPOSED BY INTERESTS Opponents Make Last Stand Against Measure of Relief for Enlisted Men The last Ria7A,SHINaTON' Au' 29' ministration?. nd of ""nonents of the Ad aim , and ,. Wr ,nsurae bill for sol- nenresenlMil UC Mns "hauled for today. Sill wi.Vark'r' of Ncw jMy. su Hsterdnv n,,0.CklnB ctlon on tho measure andr,"1 'w -Mom of the Interstate t-hniV. commerce Committee, tee ha8TlM,n.,a!nson be,1"c'' the com,n"' he Go eSimJS e'ery nrunt wlnit will Inii,, nmen' Insurance measure and he regardl.,, ? ,,,ho co"le "ting today, wh.n ?u'.Mr' Worker's stand, almost r.ri .H1u" mcet" morrow It Is ?eadJ tn ,.nnln. 'al Mr Adnn'son will be Sat Ion of Mrt ,he blU wl,n lhe recommen lVm.ni i hl commlttce ,nnt It pass The tlrn nL.'r Con""s supporting tho old laTn 0n,s8tem. from which they ob- Ues Sf h" """tagos, and represenln. win th.! e ?ld llne '"franco companies stand! thclr 'orccs for a Iasl beAook0? le,b."1 ln th6 "OUE0 cannot to nre, n l0,r bcfoc next weelt' "Cording to present plans 0f the leaders. BOY SCOUT FARMERS WIN WASHINGTON TRIP Thirteen Lads Obtain Reward for Ex cellence in Home Gardening Thirteen Bov Scout cardeners nnA f.ir.,,. ers will recelvo their rewnrd for doing the best work In Philadelphia and vicinity tomorrow when J. Parker, gardening ex ecutive of the Scouts, will tnko them to Washington for a three-day trip They will visit the Capitol and Congress and will probably havo a little talk with Herbert Hoover, Pood Administrator Tho bojs made the best show trigs on the five farms and with the eighty-one gardens of the Boy Scouts of the Philadelphia Coun cil The bovs will leave the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station at 7:45 In the morn ing. , The best gardeners are: Loul Hand SOJB Frankfortf nvenun: Harr Shtstcr, M37 Moro street Hobm Shutcr. 4358 Brown trm. Otto Orllleb. 40JO Wilton i.p i aroid rmmmrn. MIH Cambridge atreet. Har.-ld Iv-'n1 I."1. u.'JLk. Ff.rm- Chtlfont, l'a . sampaon mjm LEDGERPHIUADEEPHIA'. WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST, lSi Well IlOfl llftpl Vim f'hnlfnnl T, 1, .. Sr?.?'.,,l. t,lf" llHC0 'reot. Frederick M-irklntar. n.lli (.heater avenue, Irwin Hnrgln. !J2 bouth Wilton Btreet, Town Youns 1108 Soth St Ber nard etreet. William McDowell S12S Cedar street, and Uobert Waironson, S0J3 South Ftf-ty-seventh afreet. LEHIGH COAL CO. SETS PRICES FOR SEPTEMBER Rates Are Those Allowed on Anthra cite in President's Price-Fixing Proclamation Prices for anthracite effective Septem ber 1 are announced by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. The prices are those allowed under Presi dent Wilson's recent order, and with the exception ot pea aro nn advance of ten cents a ton over August prices, which the big companies have been charging September quotations at the mines nre egg, $4.45: stove, $4,70; chestnut, $4.80; pea, $4, Lehigh Coal and Navigation's August price for pea was $3.40 PACIFISTS TO FIGHT BAN I ALLENTOWN HAS SMALL FLOOD ' ,Big Main Bursts and Water Is 18 Feet Deep in Places ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 29 A new tnlrty-slx-lnch main, designed to give Allen town an Increased water supply, burst to ay with a terrific explosion which threw J pieco of the pipe on a bank twelvo feet nigh. Back-water from the city stand Pipe and the entire sj stem of mains caused a flood which was eighteen feet deep at Places. The water ran through the pump jK station and back into the supply basin. The bleeding of tho mains and standplpe Jeprlved the city of water, and late risers aidn't even get a wash, let alone a bath. Employes of the waterworks braved the Jood In rafts and dived where tho water as deepest, and in about half nn hour suc ceeded In turning on the valve of the twelve-Inch main which had been supply ing the city. An investigation will be made by Mavor "elchenbach and Water Commissioner Thomas J. Itoth into the cause of the break, which may have been caused by a fl.w Ijj ' a new pipe, although there is a suspi tp 'on that it may have been tampered with. Hi. - if BEAT OFF FOUR BOCHE PLANES 'f American Flier Saves Comrade Stiff Fight in France in PARIS, Aug, 29, Lieutenant Raoul Luf ry, of the Lafayette squadron, saved his colleague in a patrol flight, Sergeant Itobert jouolran. of South Boston, from probable ?,&th when Soublran was suddenly at ik . by four German machines of the ii IM type wnlle he was "J"1" at a Iw iiiiuae. (The German machines were over oouoiran,, attempting to down him, when dr( :ly' Be'lng hls comPanon's Pl'sht, I "em ahd allowing Soublran to escape.' A WSUtenant Lufberv was wnrmlv nralod V the Officers and mn rt hl onmmanrf four . bravery in attacking single-handed Will Seek to Enjoin Minnesota Gover nor From Prohibiting Meeting NEW YOniv, Aug. 29 Efforts to com bat the nctlon of Governor Burnqulst, of Minneapolis, ln prohibiting tho People's Council of America for Democracy and Poace from holding Its scheduled meeting ln Minneapolis were begun today by of ficials of the organization. The probability that the council will seek to enjoin Burnqulst from enforcing his order was indlcnted by Miss Hcbecca Shelly, financial secretary, speaking ln the absence of Louis P. Lockner, executive secretary, who Is now In Indianapolis "We have legal advice that the Gov ernor's order is a direct violation of the Federal Constitution," said Miss Shelly, 'The question Is whether we can get an In junction In time to hold the meeting as scheduled, The meeting will be held else where If It cannot be held ln Minneapolis " SECOND ARTILLERY ON WAY TO SOUTH First Section Carrying Phil adelphia Troops Passes Through Richmond EN ROUTE TO AUGUSTA At division headquarters in the Lin win Building it was announced that the First Pennsylvania Artillery would leave Pittsburgh tomorrow for Camp Hancock. The first section, consisting of Battery V and supply company, will start at 9 a. m., and the second sec tion, Battery 11, headquarters company, sanitary detachment and field staff will follow an hour later. Brigadier Gen oral William G. Price, Jr., said the de parture of the First Artillery probably would end the movement of Pennsyl anla troops until after Labor Day. The first section of the special train ear ning the Second Pennsylvania Kleld Ar tilery to Camp Hancock, near Auguta Ga , passed through Itlchmond, Vn , at 7:40 o'clock this morning Following close be hind It were other sections. Some of the men who wero awake looked out of the window and wero iheered by railroad em ploves and others at the station at Itlch mond Tho last section of the special train left this city at 6 o'clock this morning There were six sections. After an unexpected delay, due to a stid den order rescinding the rush order to move which was received Monday night, the regl men, comprising more than 1300 officers and men and their guns, horses and other equip ment. entrained last night. The first contained tho me,n and equip ment of the headquarters and tho supply companies When It nrrlved at Twentv fourth and Chestnut streets station of the Baltimore and Ohio Kail road 1000 loives of bread from the mobile bakery on exhi bltlon on tho Parkway were placed aboard The other eectlons followed In quick suc cession, and It was not until after 2 o'clock this morning that the last car passed through tho station on the way South, One hundred and ftftj-sK cars were needed to transport nil the men, horses, guns and, supplies Each car was examined closely by Inspectors of tho Baltimore nnd Ohio Hallroad as tho trains pulled into the station Ice was placed ln all tho passen ger coaches and tho men were made as comfortable as possible Hundreds of rein, tlves and friends of tho men, despite the early hour, were at the station to say their farewells. They swarmed Into tho coaches when tho trains stopped, and re peated touching scenes which had been witnessed at the camp earlier In the day MAY SING NATIONAL ANTHEM Bishop Denies Ordering Its Exclusion From Church Music NEW TORK. Aug 29 Wshop David II. Greer denied today that he had ordered the plajlng of tho "Star Spangled Banner" discontinued In the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, ns thnrged by the Foreign War Veterans in session here. "Your Impression Is entirely erroneous," Blshoji Greer wired he war veterans "It Is tho practice to sing patrlotlo hjmns at the Cathedral and the practice will be continued." The veterans nsked the bishop for nn explanation of reports that he had ordered the playing of the national anthem stopped because It created a sentiment for war. to which ho was opposed. CANADA HAS CONSCRIPTION Bill Becomes Law When Governor Gen eral of Dominion Signs It TORONTO, Aug. 29 The Governor Gen eral has signed the military conscription bill for the Dominion of Canada, The bill was brought from Ottawa by special messenger. Court at Woodbury Sentences Culprits WOODBURY, N. J , Aug 29 In tho Spe cial Sessions Court here sentence was sus pended on Clarence Brewer, of Paulsboro, charged with attacking Margaret Lippin cott. Russell Nobel, of Glassboro, charged with keeping a disorderly house, was fined $100 and cost1, and to stand committed until the fine was paid. Harry Walnw right, who forged a check while working for Ed ward Sherwln. at Mulltca Hill, was Ren fenced to the State Home for Bojs at Jamesburg. Foot Comfort s.d 25c Each S. E. Cor. 13th & Sanson, over Cranes; also 1Z04 Chestnut MANICURING. 25c HANNA! Galvanized Boat Pumps bmrflirrri W""" I,, n. RERGER CO .BO N. M Bt. Main i10t. Market SH. 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UNCLE SAM tt WAR BILL NOW $30,000,000 A DAY Nearly a Billion Expended Dur ing August Military Cost Fast Growing WASHINGTON, Aug 29 United States expenditures for tlu month of August will reach nearlv a billion dol larshigh water mark In the history of this Government'!) disbursements. Although In tho war only tlvo months, America's average expenditures today are right on tho heels of those of final Brit ain, which has been In the vsai three ears Month b month since her entrance, the United Stales has shown greater and great er sums going Into tho mnw of the battle In April her tlrst month at war she spent $297,574,400, a dallv average of $9,919,147 The first twentj -seven davs of Augutt showed disbursements of $811,004, 16b, a dolly average of $10,000,000 Intervening months show steady In creases as follows May, $3;s,S5G,8l3 , June $415,S93,700. July, $716,660,006 Soino Indication of tho blio ot America's war bills may bo seen In comparlHon with dallv aver.iRo expendltuies durlnj; tho Civil War period $2,300,000. According to British Chancellor of tho rcxehequer A llonar Law. KnKland s vvnr expenditures now nvernRo nenrl $31,000, 000 nnd will toon reach $40,000,000 Those of tho United States nio now $30,000,000 and going up Barkeeper Held on Assault Charge Oscar "lleuland, of Second nnd Spruce streets, was found ui':onscIous today nt Second and Pino streets ns a result of In juries alleged to lmo been Indicted by Theodoro Knoll, a h.irtcnder of the Delaware Hotel. Knoll, according to the police, struck lleuland with ,i beer bottle during a quarrel Bouland was taken to the Pennsjlvanla Hospltnl. Knoll was held without ,bnil by Magistrate Coward to await the result of Beuland's Injuries DENIES NEWS LEAK THROUGH MEXICO Grave Difficulties in Trans mission From Southern Republic Asserted CABLES UNDER CENSOR MEXICO C1TV, Aug. 29. After a thorough Investigation telegraph and cablo experts dcclaro that there Is no leak of news from tho United States to Germany through Mexico, In fact, these experts declare that In formation from the United States to Ger many could hardly bo transmitted by a moro Inefficient or longer route, nnd that those desiring to transmit to the Central lowers Infornntlon of troop movements and other valuablo news would have United Stntcs direct than through Mexico. There soema to bo llttlo difficult? In get ting any sort of news Into Mexico. Thore s small doubt that many lottera containing Information find their way ncross tho bor dor, although thero Is supposed to bo a strict censorship on the American side. Messen gers or agents have llttlo difficulty ln cro-s-Ing tho border, although each person Is searched by tho American authorities before crossing tho Illo fSramle. Telegraphlo dis patches alo seem to And now obstacles at tho border Tho quostlon thoreforo appears to bo not how to get nows of Importance to Germany Into Mexico, but how to get It out. There Is but one mall route out of Mexico to Oermmy except through the United Stntes This Is furnished by tho lines of Spinlsh steamships which touch at Vera Crux ono d ty each month The majority of the Fpinlsh steamships go to Now York be fore sailing across tho Atlantic, and such mall Is available for censorship ni tint port When It tomes to carrlng news out of Mexico bv messenger the problem Is still more difficult. The southern Mexican fron tier Is iui off on tho Pacific side by Guate mala and on tho Atlantic ride by Belize, a British colony The wireless field offers llttlo more ad vantage to u German spy sjstem No ap paratus Is known to exist ln Mexico which could transmit mestogos to Germany with out relny It Is reported that the most powerful station In Mexico, that at Chapul- TwwfflWllH .. i -- -.', ,s, , w wmfflmirxsit tepee, has recently been Increased In power from nva to fifteen kilowatt. This, accord ing to experts, would give the station a' standing radius to a point aomewhere oft the Isle of Pines. It would, of course, be possible for this station to transmit to Cen tral and South American points, but when such a message had arrived In those locali ties It would be as far away from Berlin as ever. . ifc WOMAN TO BE SLENDER; TRUE PATRIOTIC FASHION All Must Be Thin, Stylo Leaders De cree, nnd Principles of Con servation Dictate CHICAGO, Aug. 29. Dear Mr. Hoover: You ought to have attended today's session of tho Fashion Art League. Your efforts to conserve tho food supply of tho nation aro going to havo the hearty co-operation of Dnmo Fashion women will be slender this winter. "Tall women, short women, fat women thoy've all got to bo thin," Mme. Margaret Johnson, of Chicago, declared. "The fash ionable gown will be silk: one that wilt cling and make n fat woman look slender. It will help to jnaks ou look slender, but the renl thing will bo the fashion" Tho new gown Is to bo made of a cash mere silk, which will bo popularly known as "elonderlilng silk." And another vvnr-tlmo economy was an nounced today. Silk gloves are going to bo worn this winter instead of leather ones. "Tho soldiers will need the leather more than ve," one of the dictators of fashion said Your Soldier Mothers, Sisters and Sweethearts, this Ii Gift Week for the Boys ln Khaki. Send your soldier a call of "Fatten Foot I'nuder" It Is cooling, soothing and anti septic. it brings quick relief from tired, swoolen, burning nnd aching feet. It Is a splendid deodorant, and heals broken blisters Thousands of cans ot Fntrp nre In use In tho ranks and ln the trenches nt present Before marthing and drilling, Futtep rubbed well Into the feet will bring ab solute foot comfort. What gift could be moro acceptable? In Sprinkler-top Cni, 25o All Druialutt, or K. FOUflEItA CO.. Inc. 00-03 Brehman Htreet, New Terk J.E.Caldwell Q. THE STATIONERY OF DISTINCTION for weddings and other social requirements ' MMM'fttfHJ -i i -i i mi J-- .VV1 Kegistration-oMdie Law" Cmm Large Number to Leave in HMt ft. i- a "V"n"ng "P l" rmy or Uiun Ployed, the Dollee turnrnt In .., .ni?.m..? of ?eron hr ha4 registered unr the compulsorr Uw. Th pollca also lMrMfty mat a large numhor nt nnfu.i..i rzmr-a tlm", hva "Jwrnped to other cltlSf? trn v ,erned th Poce wera on-diaUf tL ;& JILT f ma" Pontage of person unam- i isterinr com,n" up wlunUrlly and IIH lOi I5S COME folks can't find & any comfort in the flight of time, an yet nothin9 else makes fre'ns so close, shoes so easy or tobacco $ so mellow. I0$(J $ lf(7L m i r I, it tec The VELVET that you smoke today left the fields of old Kentucky two years and more ago. Two years it mellowed in wooden hogsheads, becoming smoother, milder. That is Nature's way of making good tobacco better. Learn how much better, today. Buy a tin of Velvet. 5cvBags lc Tina 1 lb. Glaaa Humidor. Encore Week! Only Three Days left to Stock up and Buy $30, $28, $25 Perry Suits at One Flat Price $20! I Multiply twenty by two, and you'll have what similar values will cost, if you wait to get your suit next summer ! Good choosing! Some pippins f At Other Prices $20 and $22.50 j .$16.50 Suits for j $17.50 $15 and $18 .Suits for ... , i-.-fc. m ij jj ! h r $13.50 Last Call for Tropical Suits at Special Reduced Prices ! $6.50 $8.50 191 m m Separate Trousers Reduced $3 & $3.50 Trousers, $2.50 $5 Trousers for. . . . $4.00 $6 Trousers for $5.00 Real Reductions on Excellent Stocks f fl M im "01 Outing Trousers $3, $3.75, $4 Formerly $5 and $6 Officer Uniforms Khaki Suits, $12 & $15 'Serge Suits $35.00 Overcoats $40.00. M ? . ,- &f& it, a i,S i & t itfi ryffl S V( s r.h-p. vj 'C ". i. yi'. i .': i 1 Bfor. clof daily $ P. M. i ,v? I P, it. Sotvrdayi during Avgutt : PERRI&G ? Jh' M .m y. KOBijsssrmmwm