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,i' ' The Btate railroad commlKslon has ap-
Ii' pointed a. special commission to Inveatljrntc
bi'l . ondItlons at CftTnp Hancock.
f V A t.nlntlvo ahlSitlnn nt llin trnlWllortn-
tPi tlon problem between Camp Hancock and
l. BliarilM la n M n,, n r I , asldrfl 1 nt 1. ('(Ill
ftrenca between members of the Hoard of
Commerce and Oeneral Manager Wicker
ham, of the Georgia ttnllroad.
The Board oC Commerce for the lant two
weeks had been Wiring otllclals ot tne rail
road to run shuttle train between the camp
and the city. Thin would necoiltnto the
'V laying of a ppur track. At the conferenco
Bru( ir. " ICKtrcBllillll em... mu -w-
pany would lay the truck nnd operate
huttle trains -pa certajn dnja of the week
If the Mar board at Washington would per
mit tho company to withdraw freight cars
from commercial business for the transpor
tation of troops.
MAKES OKmit OF IMt'IlOVCMHNT
Mr. 'Wlckersham told the. members ot tho
board that Ifrfiuch, enra could be withdrawn
from ordinary crvlce, they will be fitted up
as comfortably 'a posslbo for tho troops
to ride In Trfe camp Is about the miles
from tho city and the running tlmo would bo
short A charge of tvvcnt-flve cents per
trip would be made.
MerchantsVfeel confident the company
will be given liermhslon to uo tho freight
cars for the transportation of troops
Company It, Engineers, of rhlladelphla,
arrived In camp lust night
They found quarters in good shape
Equipment was quickly unloaded with the
aid of the motor supply train The men
slept last night In. their meps Bhacltx They
will put up thett cam as toila) Starting
today the engineers will begin to map out
the camp and locate favorable terrain for
trenches
OTHKK OltnnitS EXPI.CTED
It Is bellev'cd by otllLers of tho staff that
orders will be Issued In the next day or so
for the movement of the Tenth. Sixteenth
and Eighteenth lufantrj lteglmcnts
The Eighteenth I'eglment is the lirgest
Ingle unit of the entire division and Is the
only regiment which has a machine-gun
company Its personnel iiumber3 4000 irten
It has been definitely established tint
there will be a, michlnc-gun battalion In
each brlgado nfter reorganization of the
division Is effected
Major Oeneral Clement was Herenaded
by the Second Artillery Hand lat night
in honor of the npnlvers-irj of his fortieth
year In the National Gqarrt of I'ennevlvanli
An Impromptu reception was held nt the
Hermitage, his tejniporarv he idqu.irters,
and he received the congratulations of all
the officers of tho Held
000 Attend Picnic at Boiling Springs
CARLISLE. Pa. Sept 4 ("irll-le h first
community picnic, held todaj at Polling
Springs Park, attracted 5000 persons from
this town nnd- the neighboring vicinity
Local merchants were hosts for the day
and contributed $100 given In prizes for
contests, aKo food.
KITCHIN MAKES APPEAL
FOR NEW ALLIED LOAN
Declares Advancement Asked
Necessary if War Is to Be
Fought Out
WASHINGTON', Sept. I.
There Is but one proportion before tho
House; whether wc shall make u new loin
to the Allies amounting to four billion dol
lars. Wo havo niniln their i.iuso our muse
Every move they tnnke benefits iim. Tlve
aie .no longer able to finance tliemvclvn
So far wc are What are wo going to do
atout It?'
This was MaJorll Leader Kltchln m
opinion, given today In the genoial debate
on tho hlggcgt Inonev bill ivcr e oiiBldcied
by any legislative bod tho $U,538,ar.,ICu
bond and certificate bill
Mr Kltchln pointed out that three bil
lion had been extended In ctcdlts aliridv to
the entente nations To llnani'e Hum- until
next Jiilv, however, fotn billion additional
Is an absolute necessltv, unless peace Is es
tablished beforo that time
The bond lssii of peverr billion lontrm
platid In the bill Is fffset b foro gn securi
ties for the s lino amount, maturing not
later than tho United .States bonds and with
Interest panblo nt tho sune time. Mr
Kltchln pointed out
'Shall vc help our Mile or sh ill we ie
fuse to help them'' Mr Kltchln demutulid
"If we are going to light this war nut
and wo are going to light It out to n llnWh
wo must make this additional loan The
figures iiro stargtrlng, but necissarj In this
crisis '
E.M'LUNS CEHTIEICATES
Expl lining the Issue of certificates of in
debtedness provided for In tlm bill, Mr.
'Itth'n slid they had been pltnned as. In
vestments n deem ibie at n time and
bearing Intirebt to givo an opportunity t
very small Investors to 'do their bit "
"We expect to raise between one am:
two billion dollars In 'chicken feed' with the
certificates. ' he said He pointed to the
Instant sun ess of the scheme in England to
bear out his statement
Repiosentatlve J Hampton Moore dls
russlng the bond bill laid particular em
phasis upon t! e fact that the United Stntes
In live months of Its w.ir had expended
neailv as much as England In three eirh
"I assume that the peoplo of the United
States will p itilotlcallv complv vvlMi evh"H
obligation which the President and ("d'n
gress Impose upon them to w n this wu",'
said Mr Moore, but If It Is true that we
are 'In for a long and costl w ir,' ind vie
begin our pirt of It with $l 000,000 000 of
American obligations. Is It not fair to om
own people, and to our Allies ns well lint
we tnken an early account of their win
stock and of ours' Jf we begin rith nrnit
Prltaln, the greatest of the foie'gn nations
tvlth whom wo are eo-operatlng the con
trast will be Interesting.
GREAT BRITAIN'S DEBT
"Dati complied bv the Department of
Commerce nnd submitted to the Waj i ind
Means Committee shonw that the public
debt of Ure.U Britain .March 31 1114 vv is
3,I43 7J9 ooi; thnt one jer liter, March
31, 1913 after the war Ind stirtnl It Ind
advanced to J1 673,74 000. a ;intter of onlv
$1,200 000 0,00" In One whole vtnr ml tint
more than three vcirs later Julv '1 101.
the Interim being war i irs it had In
creased to $JI S97 Ofil! 000 or onlv about
$2 90"000 000 more thin the t'nltid Stateb
w ir i"t Including loim In five months
The depirtment data submitted to the com
mittee show that Great Britain s debt In
cluded advances to her allies nnd to Brli
lsh dominions of an equivalent of $3 S00 -000,000
If p lid, these advances would re
duco the total British debt for a war of
AMERICA'S GREAT NATIONAL AkMY
WELCOMED INTO WAR SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. President Wilson has addressed the following
message to the diaflcd men who Icavc'homc and assemble in the Uaimng can
tonments this week: , ,, fi
Tho White House,
Washington.
To the Soldiers of tho Nntionul Army:
You arc undertnldng n groat duty. Tho heart of tho whole country is
with you.
i:crything that vou do will bo watched with the deepest interest and
vltfc h '! ""it nllr-'i'H "nt only by those who are near and dear to you,
but by the whole nation besides.
For this great war draws u? nil together, makes us all comrades nnd
biothcrs. as nil true Americans ftlt thcmstlvc3 to be when wc first made good
our national independence.
The oye9 of the world will be upon ou, because you arc in some special
sense the soldiers of freedom.
Let it bo your ptitlc, therefore, to show all men cerywhcrc not only what
good soldiers you nre, but also what good men you nrc, keeping yourselves fit
and straight in everything and pure nnd clean through and through.
Let us set for ourselves a standard so high that it will be a glory to live
up to it, and then let us live up to it nnd add a new lautcl to the crown of
Amci icn.
2Uy affectionate confidence goes with you in every battle and every test.
(Jod kcci) and guide jou!
WOODROW WILSON.
To the New York troops the President sent this message:
Please say to the men on September 4 how entirely my heart is with
them and how my thoughts will follow them across tho sea with confidence
nnd also with genuine envy, for I should like to bo with them on the fields
and in the trenches, whete the teal and final battle for the independence
of the United States is to be fought alongside the other peoples of the
wot Id, struggling like ourselves to make an end of those things which have
thteatcntd the integrity of their territory, the lives of their people and the
very character and independence of their governments.
Bid them godspeed for me from a very full heart.
Cordially and slnccrclv vouis,
WOODROW WILSON.
more thin three ears to an amount below
the IniUbttdiKss now la ing Incuned by the
United States for Its live months' participa
tion In the wai
'The llf-uie-t quoted nnv not bo the latest
utile 1 tl figures ,ut they servo to show thnt
fie United States up t" lat", Is certa nh
doing its bit llnamlall, eompired with
vil at lire it Britain h is done.
The pulille debt of Prance as reported
t the committee bj the same tlcp.iitment,
was $0 1)7 840 (ion on January 1, P'H, be
fotu tho war started, but jumped rapidly
ui tl' pill Hi, 1H7, when the total vva
i 17 727 01 1,000 This huge lutlebtedm ss of
I'. inn, where most of the bird lighting
his been sustained Ij less for the time
j(rs than the live months' cost to the
I n ted sutcs and It Iniluded loans of
ni .1 4 000 001,000 francs to allied coun
tl l s
The Hii-sl m debt, as reported to the
eiiumittii began at $4 34 1 mOO.ooo, Jnn-
Kii I lit I, and hovered round about
$L, 000 00(1 000, Januarv 1, 1917 '
GKRMANY SHORT OP COAL
Great Ansiety Prevails Over Winter
v Sunnlv Miners Overworked
AMSTERDAM Sept I Thete Is great
anxletj in Germnnv about tho winters coal
supplv" The census of coal was taken last
snturlav The eonl' controller admits an
actuil coal shortage
The annv Is unable to toleac enough
miners The miners win are working are
suffeitng from lack of proper nutrition and
from ciMtlnuous overtime work and their
aboi has income Inefficient
Palling Wall Kills Workman
WILMINtWOV, Del Sept 4 Henrv
Bartell, slxts-flve vears o.d, of Guyencourt,
was crushed to deith vcsteiday nt that
place when a foundation wall fell while
he was at work He was brought to tho
Delawarci Hospital, but died on the way
USED BLAZING SHIRT
TO FLAG THE EXPRESS
Philadelphian Stops Train to
Bring to Hospital Two In
jured Companions
A blnlng shirt was used as a torch bj
Homer Beeves of 5610 North I'ourth street
to llag a Heading exprets train, about
fifteen miles outside Ocean City, to bring
two men Injured In an nutomobljo accident
to a hospital In Camden
Beeves was driving the machine when It
skidded on a panel spot on the road near
Petersburg nnd rolled down an embank
ment near the railroad track. The Injured
men are W H. firav. C309 North Ultth
street and Walter Waldls. of Ogontz The)
are In tho Cooper Hospital, Cnmdin, where
Graj's condition Is said to be serious
Punning Into a sandbank between Glass
boro and Claton on the Glaaeboro pike
n machine containing nine occuj ants driven
hv Samuel I'laum of 147 Cumberland street
this city, turned over The machine was en
loute to Camden from Atlantic City. Plvc
persons were injured and were taken to the
Cooper Hospital The injured arc:
PT.AUM Mils KATB, fottj, Internal Injuries.
I'LAUM, UEHrci'CA, hw nai wounds anJ a
I rnliiible fraeture of the lull
Pl.Al'VI ANMB, eight months olJ, Internal
Injuries
n.Al M noSB, four, cuts ot tho hands mid
head
Zcblejs Hold Reunion
WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. 1 The fifth
annual reunion of the Zebley family was
held In Brand) wine Park Monda). ("h ules
M tfcblev presided and Samuel H Itay
nard was the principal speaker There
wcro Eevoral hundred members present.
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store, with, adequate variety to meet
your style wants and your sixe needs.
You will find it an economical
store, with, prices low, quality higli
- and values consistently gfcod.
You -will find it a conscientious
Store, anxious to please you, careful
to fit you and always ready to adjust
cornplaints, your way, with, a smile.
Ifou will find it a reliable Store,
selfongonly what it knows to be,
"Vrom Mrst to ast and Cast to libber
'REAL SHOESr
And you will find it convenient and
centrally located open day and evening, at
lOl Market Street
Thiladclfhia Headquarters for the "wetl known Rl VfJL Shoe Co.
Alio aM6 North. EifJitk et
POLAMINACCIATADALLA
FL01TA ITAO-INGLESE
I Soldati del Kaiser Mnndnti in
Aiuto dell'Austria Non Imprcs-
sionano il Gen. Cadorna
nOMA, i Settcmbrc.
I.a flotta Itallana 0 nuella Inglcse
operantl nel Oolfo ell Trieste si Bono rphitc
ad un pnnto a coll otto mlglla da Pola, la
fortlsMma bapo navalo auitrlaca, dove
I'lntera flotta nemlca, liiflleme con InRcntl
forze, pono ora rlnchluoe e la loro nalvczza
resa prcc'rtrla dal fuoco Incensanto del
monitor! Itallanl cd Inglesl 0 dello nltro
unlta' nav.ttl.
Sulla fronto carlca. dal vcrsanto Kettcn
trlonalo (II Monte S (i ibrleo flno al nllone
ill Iirestovlz7n, la battaglla eontlnni nniora
nenza lenn Sono iiuestl I duo puntl iiinB
glormento fortlllc itl della llne.i auitrlaca 0
non nppena cho II nemlco para' nlogKlntei (la
eil nlloia nulla potrn' nrretare la mania
deKl'ltallanl verso terreno plu' facile, verfo
muKglor gloria.
Heco II enmmunle.ito ufilclnlo eni.an.ilo elal
generalo Cadorni e pubbllcato icil sera dal
Mlnlstero della linerm-
.Sot tutti la fronle, lerl, 1 fu una
grando attlvlla' dello urtllletle 11 fuoco
fu plu' intenso ad est dl Oorlrla c huI
l'altoplatio del Carso
Nel Vallone dl llrcstovlzzn, dopo fu
rloso rombattlmento, not porlammo In
nvantl la nostra llnea e facemmo parecebl
prlglonlerl Un violent!) contrattaee-o del
nemlco fu atreslato dal nostro fuoco
II numero ill prlglonletl e-atturatl kt
bato 0 domenlca nulla fronlo Cilull.i am
monti a otto ufficlill e 3Ti soldati
Come r.ipportnmmo lerl, iiuando gll nl
liinl rleoniUlitarotio lavumposto nella
Valle Zebru (frontc Trcntlna) e-sl cat
tuinrono unche un c.iimono e tra mltr.v
gllatrlcl.
Intanto gll austrinei eonilnuano a portar
rlnforzl sulla loro llnea tna tpiestl lion val
gono nd nrrest.are 1 impeto dello truppa
Itallane. H' aeeertato (he la ticrmanl 1 hi
mandito un 1 Intet.i dlvMnup e un gran
numero dl nrtlgllerle In aluto degll austilacl
e die 1 soldati tiele"-chl occupano un buon
tratto della Unci ill battaglli Kssl lnnno
pres.0 parto negli ultlml seontrl ma foiio
stall sbaragliitl c la poslzlonl die "il
ellfendevano Bono passatu In mano degl Ita
llanl s calculi cho negll ultlml dodlcl giornl
dl fombattlmento gll austrlaci hanuo perdu
to 110,000 uomlnl dl cul ,1300 ulllclall
CI si aieeit.a cho II gener.ale Prrocvlc, cho
dlrlgi va le opcrazlonl mllltari digll auitrlari
Milla frote Car'-lc.a, s,la Ktato eleatltulto d el
Mio comando o cho In mio posto la stato
nomlnato II gener.ale Koeves-i Al generale
Ilornevle' si attrlbul'co la recente dHt.ilt.i
delle forze nuitrlache e plu' chc altro la
perdlta del Monte Santo
AT CHRISTENING '
Pa , fept 4 Pursued by
MURDER
T'flTTIVn.Ll
.Tnhn si.hutr with an ax. John Punnlck
of Tuicarora turned upon I1I1 aiiallant
and fifot hm dead with a shotgun The
murder took place at a christening at Tus
carora s'chutz bellevfd the celebration had gone
far enough and was trjlng to break up
the assemblage when tho trouble occurred
State police arrested Pupnlck and he Is
now in Jail heie He recentl) qualified for
the arm), but was exempted because he
has aged parents dependent upon his earn
ings He Is twenty-four vears old Schutz
was married, with a famil).
PARTY LINE PHONES
SHAREINRATECUT
Reduction Ordered by State
Commission Extended to
Residence Service
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SUBSCRIBERS SURPRISED
Thousands of Bell telephone party line
subscribers, receiving their monthly bills
today, were agreeably surprised to nolo a
perceptible reduction In tho rate they were
accustomed to pay. Tho most mv coping
reduitlons. which became, effective .Septem
ber 1. vvero mado In business rates, and
were expected, as tho Hell Telephone Com
pany several months ago announced that
these rale changes would tako place, fol
lowing tho older of tho Public Kcrvico
Commission,
pi,- users of nrlvato rosldeiico phones,
however, hid received no Indication of any
change In charges, It being only rumored
that they, as well as business houses, would
reap the advantages of tho new rates
Iteretoforo tho users ot the four -party
line s)stem. which permitted, without nny
cxtn chnrge, thirty tails per month, vvero
rhirged at tho rate of $J inoiitlil) I'tidcr
the new rates, whllo tho fiat ehargo re
m ilns the snme, tho number of calls Is In.
creased l'"orty Calls per month aro now
allowed the users of this 8) stem
The two-party line s)str-m, embracing GOO
calls per )oar. Is reduced from $3 per month
lo $2.50. The s) stent of tabulating the
calls ha3 iiIko been changed, being reckoned
from month to month The same number
of calls us In the four-party line s),stero
aro permitted.
A reduction was also made In tho direct
lino unlimited service Tho r.ato Is now $S7
per jear. Instead of the former rate of $00
No change was made In two-party unlim
ited service, which Is at tho rate of $13
per )ear.
SHOTGUNS PROTECT MELONS
Delaware Farmers Angered by Motor
ist Pilferers
OnOPvGnTOWN, Del , Pent 4 Parmers
are suffering losses from automobile turtles
who destroy watermelons while seeking ripe
melons
At Greenwood farmers have formed a
protective association and unmet guards
aro watching the fields In other sections
fnrmeis are guarding their melons with
shotguns.
Frenchmen to Talk on War in Utah
hAI.T I.AKH CITY. Ptah, Spt 4
Hdourd de Hilly, member of the Trench
mltsbn to the United States accompanied
by Colonel James Martin, Captain 13, J,
P. Itouvler and Lieutenant Henri do Cour
tlvron, of tho Trench aim), nrrved hero
todav, following conferences with military
nnd diplomatic authorities at Washington
M de Ulllv will address a public meeting
nnd tell of Trance's participation in tho
war The frenchmen villi leave for San
Tranclsco tomorrow morning
ACKERMAN REVEALS
GERMAN CONDITIONS
Famous Correspondent's BookJI
Appuur aeriaiiy m Evening
Ledtrer. Boorinninrr Tnmn-..
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Thcro Is a demand for direct lnformaUo
regarding nctual conditions in derm.
-" " "i.vt.miijr uc-sirous of know 1
Ing tin- true nttltudo of tho German p.osu"
President Wilson's nolo has aroused n7
Interest In this connection. The ofni , "
communication f Allow eel n prophecy n, i
by Carl W. Ackcrmarr, n. widely Kno n T
roricspondenl. who- hat) been In the ,
heart nf tieriiiaii turmoil during the i"7
threo .vears Itn said: "Tho world cani1'
afford to consider peace with Germany S'
tho people rule. Tlio sooner tha Ifu I
.States nnd her nllle U4i this to the n.
man people, ollle tally, tho hooner vve t n
havo peace Permanent peaie will foii
tho establishment of u republic" '
This prediction was mado by Mr Ark
man on the titlo p ige of his new iw
"Germany tho Next Itepubllc" lleali,!?"
tint tho people of tho United States dAi,'
to know the sentlmcntinf tho German ni.
In this cilsls, the lfvr.KtNei I.udoer if,
arranged to publish tho book In serial fori'
Tho first Installment will appear In 5at,,.
tlnued dally thereafter. con-
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