w , " . c pED'BRACELET PRAYS RUNAWAY ELl Who Left Washington l:Home to Become Actress Foiintt nere IbTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS iWor FfTCr ii Shalt ami j" Injuries . i i.i t,. Hirt nrroHl rtf ' A P:anr old M rjorlo Thompson.- a &"M.n.-,e."!. irl who was found by her S-Wft'i"""-'"" ,ivlnR run nwny from school 'feSri "Ulfo'e'amliltionH wore frowned 'hv her mother, Mrs. , "" - "Mffi. He rt;Mtw.B'-hown " , l TtnHlmorc anil nanuiHLWM -- ?r. liatc iter, hut without result. Hy ' Bi ofrti bracelet, pawned near Twelfth ..mfjinoi u venue. Detectives Jo- t vHH Shay and McKalls traced her from h &vfh Twelfth street rooming house to one EC,. Tenth and Walnut sireeis, mice ou ;-. found las' nlSm' ,,m'Y. , "?u",,l:u ;i . Iter mother was noinieu ami vuimy S t " authorities to hold her at the ((SJSeotWtenttoii for a few days. v Killed by Fall Down Shaft W ., a result of Internal Injuries sustained la fall down a waier wmu rcm ii '' i. William Carter, thlrty-flve years old, dcS,..i TriVrson street, died early today i) ?'.,. West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hum- 'k BlUd. , i ..... n .ltll.. 1... Carter, who was eniiiiujvu " .- " Thomas Connor. & Son. of Over .rook, was aorklng on the l'e.insy vanla K Iroad ron- Mfi- ttnictlon at rnty-ninui mi iri .,.. I Mne avenue, when lies lo,st his balance and m Swd down the shaftlle was rushed to p the hospital, where he died live hours later. Library for Enlisted Men . , ,,ee niirarv for enlisted men Is being . Janlied at 1725 Chestnut street hy Amcrl Jjn fted Cross Auxiliary No. 220, under the Juntos of the Woman Suffrage party. All Jlnds of hooks, from fiction to engineering texts, are needed. One Killed, One Hurt by Locomotive A locomotive killed Philip hacklrnlek. !0 Hodman street, and seriously Injured Samuel zcft, 2511 South Kalrlilll street, vtien they were caught on tho Twcnty secontl and Westmoreland streets bridge of the Pennsylvania ISallrond last night. The men were going homo from work at tho Budd Manufacturing Company plant, Tvven-tr-fourth street and Hunting Park avenue. Zeft Is at the Samaritan Hospital. Penrose Banner Hoisted in Vare Ward ' A huge banner bearing the portrait of Senator renrose has been hoisted nliove the crossing at Twenty-fourth and Wharton treets, In tho heart of tho Vaio-Snilth jtronghold. against which the I'cnrose-.Mc-MchoI republican faction Is waging n de termined light. Tho Penrose Itepubllcan Club of .the Thirty -sixth 'Ward, sponsor for the tanner, has a ticket In the field. Antl-Smlth men of tho Twenty-eighth Ward, Mavor Smith's home, will hold a mass-meeting Monday night at their headquarters at Twenty-first and York streets. The anti-Vare-Smlth councllmanlc candidates were Indorsed at a Twenty-ninth Ward meeting it 2800 (llrard avenuo last night. Uncle Sam Wants Educated Farmer An open competitive examination tn fill a vacancy In the office of farm management, , Washington, was announced today by the United States Civil Service, Commission. The examination, held October 9. Is open tojrocn only, tho position to be filled being tsslstant In agilcultural economics, paying from4JI800 to J228U a year. P Carnival to Kaise $1000 for Hed Cross , rtn thousand dollars Is lielmr raised bv TS the Southwestern Hranch of the American K. TY..1 n.,.,t. .it fi .nit'iilixil tut tiii'nuli ni ft ikCU ,l UP ilk iv vai ill tai iiiim iiu(.iiiit "" tu Fifty-first street between Klngsesslng and (fv Greenway avenues. The Murine Band fur hL nishes music every night for dancing, which rc, H new in tne romegys runiic scnooi. i ne P?' 'unmmlll&n In nfii t-irii la lion (1 il ? At (&U Eliiabeth Sel fridge." Captain Mustin Sells Home Captain . I. lturlon Muiitlu, olllccrs' lesorvo corps, has sold his house on the north side if Johnson street west of Lincoln drivo to rhlllp J, ll.iur for $i::,G00, The property In cludes a Colonial houso and garage on a 77 by 150-foot lot. I U.S. PLANS TO CONTROL ALL OCEAN-GOING TUGS Shipping Board Will Standardize i& work and Establish Offices in Philadelphia and Othej: Ports XVACTTIVflTnV Ca.I fi The. United States Shipping' Board today announced plans for taking over tho con trol ol all ocean-going tugs on the North Atlantic coast. The move will bo mado In tho Interest of efficiency, according to die statement. Definite action will not be taken until a public hearing has been held In Boston, September 18. Tho plan calls for" a central offlco In New Yoik, with branch OfliCefl In rMilln.lAlt.1.1.. ...! Tfnln k itl..nl the activities of ocean-going tuns. ' ..V"lfoim demurrage charges will bo one ft f'JV rst steps taken undcrthe new regu. Wr lAtlOnS nlflnl.,t ..II ... "" 1 l K rt '"nlnatlnif competition in a large " Kit ' wmcKer loading, quicker tug tits A" J!11" longer unbroken voyages, towage of It , "'"1'iemeni or narges, nnu use ot K; eraaller tugs for protracted trips, will bo ac- h. rampuslied by a central control of -all of of "16 North Atl.inilo uma W: ..Cargoes of barges will be standardized. Plr. reSent U ls dec'ared that many barges tS tall luuueu to capacity. targes. Wh lie the present plnns call for control ! ? north Atlantic coast tugs, exten m i k t ''lan l3 contemplated until tugs feeder c ii aat aml eulr ports nre un" ..' W.3IHUUMJJ DTJ.r.V I B l IPiMl I 1 11 K '"Tr . ." ' "..rr"T- "1 EVEIKG LEDllliJHiLAfeFHM, ' UIIDA, "sJBPTEMBBR sY 1017 Tzy7-irn"'TT,wmw'VW( t - - i .-. ' - The new plan cargo for all U. S. ORDERS PERSHING TO REPORT 0NM RAID Must Send Details at Once of Reported Casualties at Hospitnl DAILY LISTS REQUIRED WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. (Jencral Pershing today was ordered by the War Department to send nti Immediate report on tho casualties In tho Harvard and St. I.ouls hospital units In France, and hereafter to put nil casualties nt tho hem! of his dally cablegram. In the event that the medical olllcers killed and wounded In the Oerman nlr raids were, attached to British forces, Pershing was ordered to mako Innulrlcs regarding them. The order regarding the reporting of casualties Is a new departure. Pershing had been sending dally cables In the nature of a continuing report on the American expeditionary forces, The first cable usually reaches the do partment about 8 a. m and tho last section In tho late afternoon. The new order Is expected to prevent reports of casualties being dolnycd. The war spirit was much In evidence In Washington today. Continual bombing of hospitals by German airplanes has hereto fore horrified mostly the medical members of the army. Thoso who permit It have been denounced, of course, but In compara tively mild terms. Today this was changed. Utilization that the action Is part of a deliberate plan, clearly emphasized, by th'o announcement that American medical olll cers have been killed and Woundid far fiom the firing line or baso camp, Ii.t greatly Incensed every ono In Washington. The Immediate result, It Is believed, will be the hastening of the nation's war plans and tho elimination of red tape in certain quarters. Olllclals w-ero hoping that tho realiza tion that Germany Is becoming desperate over the Inability of her forces to rcsaln tho offensive at any point In the west and plainly has decided to resort to tcrrorlm everywhere In tho air wit hasten th- avia tion program of this country. It is badly Involved. Although Congress wns liberal in its appropriations and General Squler chief of the signal corps. In direct charge of the aviation work of the aimv, .s work Ing day and night and doing ait one man can to get results, the progress to date is far below what It should be. Planned fields hero nre not ready, and will not be for weeks and months. Materials and com pletcd machines still nie lacking. The num. her of men Is training Is too low by ,t,any thousands. In fact, the entire aviation sit uation at this time Is a most bitter disap pointment to the men who know that If the war Is to go to a finish German must be beaten In the air. There Is a belief, however, that as soon as President Wilson Kels through with his price-fixing program he will get after tho aviation situation. German Drive Slows as Slav Line Stiffens Continued from I'iikv One Germans aie hampered by dllllcult marshy ground they nre compelled to tnuorse anil by the fact that their Infantry and cavalry have outdistanced their artillery. "The general situation has Improved," de clared 'Colonel Kropotkln at the conclusion of his report. "The Germans are encount ering Increasing dllllculties." In addition to the natural obstacles the Uussians' rears guards are sturdily resist ing tho German attacks. The situation at Dvlnsk, tho great fort ress that checked tho German drive lu 101.", Is causing no alarm. There arc no heavy bodies of German troops moving in that 1' rection and the evacuation of tho city is not under consideration. The Germans have failed to cut the line ot retreat of the, Russian army that was holding tho front from Itlga to tho Gulf. This explains the comparatively few pris oners captmed. It Is believed by military critics that the Uussians will make their final stand on the 10110-foot mountains known as the "Livon ia n Switzerland." This is lu tho western pnit of Llvoula. , The military ciitlcs of the Bourse Ga zette expresses the opinion that tho Ger mans cannot hope to move much farther from their present positions. OUT OF DANGKIIOL'S SKCTOrt Tho military writer on tho Ileltch says that from all the Indications tho Husslan fou-cs that have reached Jlio Segavold dis trict are now safe, having left behind them the dangerous sector lying between lloden poll and lliii.onlitrg. Colonel Andosky, who has just returned from the front, sayn that the lllga opera tions of tho Germans have about como to an end. From now on It Is expected that the Gormans will devote their chief attention to the Frledrlchstadt-Dvinsk line. The attempt by tho Germans to carry out a spectacular flanking movement cast of lllga failed. v GREAT GERMAN FLEET APPROACHING PETROGRAD W. D. Winsor's Will Probated Will. . !....- iviVii ""'eu. louay incuiuo those or William D. Wlnsor. Ardmore, Pa which, a private bequests disposes of property W -a: '206.u0: "enry C. Benner. Wall Si ;..la" ln-8ni Charles II. Hall, 1.101 ,Z '" Nineteenth street, G500; Walter II. ami??' .0Dl3 North Sixth street. $3100. to ,. Hnrtmnn. who died In the IW. - Cut in Two by Railroad Train -MOIIVT irnr .- . .' . .. . hli ... """' . J., orpi. b. supping TO attempting to board a moving freight Ihfri WIU drilling here thla morning. A. H fr.uv.. 'i ul " wsveianu avenue, Trenton, K . ..J1""""111' 'eI1 across the rati In it i.. : . lne ear and was Hilled. Ills body I. "M CUt In tWO Wo ln wnrVln. nn .. ...' i 5. K belween Camden and Bordentown , la-Mount Holly. . . Food A cent fnr Tlnln D. jtADJNQ, ra,, Bept. 8, Mrs. J. Bennett ."" Meen appointed rood agent for V Irl mU .....1,1.. ..... i- i a ! 'TiMcT'of , the)'" hhtlonfooa'adi; STOCKHOLM, Sept. 8. A heavy force of German warships, ac companied by submarines, has been sighted steaming through tho Baltic, said a dis patch to tho newspaper Sydyenska Dags blad today. Tho vanguard of tho fleet Is mado up of torpodoboats and submarines. Tho squadron Is paid to consist of part of the German high seas fleet. An attack upon the naval bases defending Petrograd Is ex pected, There Is great activity at tho Itusslan naval stations at Ileval and Kronstadt. It was reported from Stockholm today that tho Husslan men-of-war wero being fueled and laden with supplies of ammunition and provisions ns though for a cruise at sea. Tho Itusslan warships that were In the Gulf -of Ulga when tho Germans captured tho city managed to escape The safe withdrawal of the fleet was effected after a lively Httla engagement In Riga- waters between a German submarine of unusually large typo and tho Itusslan transport Llnal. Tho Russian transport drove off the sub marine after tho U-boat had fired twenty shells. The transport, although armed with only l.B-lnch guns, returned the Are and forced tho submarine to submerge. Tho Germans In Riga nre repairing tho bridges over tho Dvlna River. Although a number ot persons havo fled from Petrograd advices received here today said that the city was calm. Kaiser Wllhelm Is at Riga, celebrating the capture of the Russian Baltlo port, ac cording to dispatches received from Berlin today. The German Kmperor reviewed Ills victorious troops there nnd distributed nu merous decorations. Ho also announced the appointment of General von Alteti as Gov ernor of the city. Tho fact that the Russians nre showing greater defensive power may account for tho btatement credited to "an Important personality" by the Berlin correspondent of tho Amsterdum Polltlken, that the Germans are "unlikely to continue their offensive toward Petrograd this year." RAIDERS AND PATROLS ACTIVE ON HAIG'S FRONT LONDON. Sept. 8. Raids and patrol fighting were all Field Marshal Halg had to report from the front today. "In the neighborhood of aavrelle." lie said, "wo carried out n small successful raid at night. Northeast of St. Jullen there was patrol fighting at night, with consider able enemy .casuale Around, Lango- 'marek- there was neayjr; Jincny, neiun; cuae.i w- 8amm:w WOMAN ACCUSED AS WITCH AND HER FAMILY J&tMm)(Zi7t SfeS-SM Mrs. John DissniBer, of Auburn, n villnpe ifear I'ottsv illc, Pa., lias brought suit against the fntlicr of I.crov .Siegfried, of the same town, because be said she line) "hexed" his ninctcen-ycar-old son. Mrs. Dissinger is the woman with the baby in her nrms. Her husband sits beside her. Nino of her eleven children arc shown in tho picture SAMMEES ENJOY FINE HEALTH AND SPIRITS Virtually No Disease nnd Moral of Men in France Well Safeguarded FIHLU IIKADgCAIlTiniS OF AMUltlCA.V AP..MV IN I'ltANCi:, Hefit S American mothers who hae sons In the army need not wony that their boys will reluirt with wrecked morals or diseased bodies. As a matter of fact, the morals and health of the Sainmeea ur Infinitely lit tier safeguarded than If the soldiers weio still employed at their customary tnsks In tho cities or on the farms of tho I'nlted States'. The results of several weeks' pres ence of the Sammees upon French full fully Justify this statement. In Mexico, General Pershing's medical staff wns unusually successful in holding down the contamination among the troops to I ner cent. It Is known that Pershing would be satisfied if he could equal this rec ord In France. Tho percentage of contamination so far has been held to one-halt of t per cent, and the medical olllcers hope to maintain this record ii record that Is astonishing, In view of conditions prevailing In tho other nrmlt"'. These good results have been obtained as the result of a triple drive against con tamination. The chief features of this "offensive" were: Fli.st. Women of 111 repute wete drhen from the zone occupied by the troops. Second. K.ich contingent arriving on French soil was given stiff lectures on tho danger.) and responsibility to future Amer ican generations. Thlid. A staff of highly trained medical specialists has been constantly vigilant pre venting outbreaks of disease. The V. M. C. A. also lias been doing good work to keep the health of the Americans at Its highest level, and tho Ameilcau olll ccrs are highly pleased with the r-ul'.. STILLS CLOSED BY U. S. MAY COMPLETE WORK Government Expects Spirits Fer mented Up to Tonight to Be Finished by Next Tuesday WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. America's dlstllleiles, ordered closed to Favo grain, were turning nlit their last spirits today. At 11 o'clock tonight all fermentation must censo by order of Presi dent Wilson. Distillation of tho spirits fermented up to the hist moment may be continued until completed. No unnecessary delas will bo permitted. Tho Government expects every distillery not duly authorized to continue work for Government purposes to complete the distillation on hand by next Tuesday. From one end of tho country to tho other men are affected by the drastic order. More than C00 distilleries and 8000 men will be out of business. There are 202 registered distilleries In Kentucky, 1C5 In California, sixty-eight in Pennsylvania, forty-four In Ohio, twenty-eight In Maryland nnd Mis souri and twenty In New York the States hardest tilt. , RUN DOW BY TRAIN One Man Killed, Another Injured While Walking on Tracks TRF.NTON, Sept. 8. A man named John Arrnwsmlth, supposedly a native of Phila delphia, wns Instantly killed Into last night by a fast freight tiulii on the New York division of tli Pennsylvania Railroad at Cornwolls, while GeorKo Kolchmnn, of Chester, Pa., Is dying In Mercer Hospital hero from n. fracturo ot tho bkull nnd other Injuries sustained In tho accident. Tho men wero walking along tho tracks and In tho rain did not hear tho train's approach. Tho body of tho dead man was taken to Bristol to Rue's Morgue, while Kolchman was hurried hero by train. They were both employed by tho Taylor Ship building Company at Cornwclls. DRIVES FIANCEE TO DEATH Auto Carrying Two Men nnd Woman Plunges Into River CHICAGO, Sept. 8. Driving his fiancee. Miss Violet Dirks, and a friend, George Mason, homo from a farewell party In cele bration of his departure for Camp Grant at Rockford, Victor Motzlck sent his maohlno hurtling through an open draw Into tho river early today. Mason jumped clear and saved himself because he was able,' to swim. The car carried Metzlck and his flanceo to their death. JERSEY AVIATOR HONORED Kenneth P. Littauer, of Newark, Named Knight of Order of Leopold' II rATUS. Sent. 8. King Albert, of Bel- glum, has named Kenneth P. Littauer, of Newark, N. J an aviator with the Franco Belgian squadron, a Knight of the Order of Leopold II. Mr. Littauer, who already had the French war cross. Is the author of u number of poems. First Aid Unit in Reading, Pa. RKADlNG, Tn., Sept. 8. The General Gregg first aid unit, organlzod here and of which former Mayor Ira W. Stratton Is chairman, met today and decided upon, n Lplan to help care' for wounded soldiers. snouiq any ue.Mm nere ,oy m uuvvrn mwt..TlM .unit will .Mrrt.weWtsieldkw )Mflj,'rMW'C-S -.lA.J'tkNft ifnS i ,?JBLVNi "HEX DOCTOR" S Auburn Has Its Fingers Crossed and Courts Have $20,000 Suit WITCHCRAFT IS DKNIKI) Ry M'MSS PuTT.SVILI.i:. Pn . Sept S. The "Iicn" Is In again The "hex-doctor," who wns thought to belong to an extinct bpculcx. has made hl; appearance once nioro and Is brewing his herbs and murmuring his Incantations. The serenity of a peaceful mountain hamlet has been shaken to Its very depths with n terror, the contagion of which threatens to spread throughout tho Schuylkill Valley. Auburn, a spectacularly neat little town tc.n miles fiom 1'ottsvllle, has got Its fingers crossed. Auburn housewives, who are not sleeping as well ns formerly, riuo earlier to peer tinvlnusly at their gates and fences and doors. They are looking for tho whlto chalked cross, which no box. who is a legu lar hex. falls to leave behind her when she has maiked a family for her prey: when. In fact, she has picked It. or some member of It, to cast a spoil upon. lu the breasts of the second generation a desperate battle between modern skepti cism and ancient superstition In being waged, lint tho notorious "golngs-ou" nt the barricaded houso of Augustus Sieg fried ; tho frequent nppcaranco ot tho old lie-doi-tor who comes on tho train from the outskirts of Reading; the unsubstanti ated but firmly believed rumor of Lcroy Siegfried's detctit!"ii lu his father's cellar, and finally tho suit which Mm. John 1'ls .singer went all tho way fiom Auburn to Pottsvlllo to fllo against the elder Siegfried because of tho accusation she dechucs ho made that she had put a spell upon Ills sou, Is proving too much for (he community's balance. Tho old people, who nod their heads knowingly, believe a course of noninterfer ence tho wisest one to follow where witch craft Is coui'orned. A hex woman, though she resemble n ben evolent edition of your grandmother. Is not a person to be Milled with. She can make jour fortunes wither and your rhlldien grow ill and rile. She can put n curse upon you ot the iwil diabolic nature. Her povv. i'l-s are not of thl. earth. Sometimes even the hex-doctor, with nil his uncanny ait. Is no match for her. Sometimes the hex doctor's treatment of tho hex'n victims W too rigorous. Onco u. little child was killed because the hex-doctor advocated stumping tho devils out of her. All this the old people believe. But the young people, with the toxin of a high bchool education in their veins, want tho Siegfried houso raided and tho "goings on" explained. ALL, HXCULrATE MRS. DISSINGHR However, one and all, they exculpate Mrs. Dissinger. There may bo hexes, but the little hard-working woman who has had eleven children, whoso two strapping sons she gladly gavo to tho army, who, al most unaided, works n slzablo farm, and who has ("craped and saved to own tho homo she lives lu, could not possibly be lu lenguo with tho dnvll. they nusert. In a nutshell, the story as I picked It up from neighbors, tho notary public, tho restsiurnnt proprietor and other business peoplo from tho town in geneinl, Is this: I.oroy Siegfried, nineteen years old, could not get along at school, desplto tho ambi tions of his parents to givo him a good education They sent him In high school and to a business college In Pollsvillc, to no avail. Several weeks ngo a baby was born to Mrs. Slegftield, tho boy's mother, and bo foro Its coming tho community was elec trified by tho appearanco of tho hex-doctor, who came up from tho vicinity of "Reading. HKX-DOCTOR TUB ACCUSER The town hold Its breath. But looking neither to tho right nor tho left ot him, tho hex-doctor, n gnomish llguro of a man With a bent back and a long beard, who carried a small bag and hobbled nlong on a cane, went directly to tho spick and span Immaculately whlto cottage on Second and Orchard strcots, which Is the Siegfried's Ho camo again nnd again. Ho wnn said to bo "pow-wowing" over Mrs Siegfried. Tho Intter, together with several other well known families lu tho town, ueccordlng to report, havo mado no secret of their belief tn "boxes." Then, the neighbors assert, after tho baby was born tho box-doctor was asked to turn his attention to tho boy. "A woninn on tho hill lias hexed him." he Is credited with saying, as he pointed in the direction of Mrs. Dlsslnger's home "Keep tho boy away from that woman " To follow thlsv command, tho Siegfried house was almost hermetically sealed. Tho bov was not peiinltled out. It was said ho was incarcerated In tho cellar to keep Mrs. Dlsslnger's Influence from reaching him. Four days after tho baby's birth tho nurse who was intending tho mother was refused entranco to tho nouse. Then Bertha Beehler did not appear for several days at tho Auburn Knitting Mills, where she Is employed. Bertha Is a comely 111 GLI ITALIAN IMPEGNATI IN 2 GRANDI BATTAGLIE Gli Auslriaci Giurnno di Morire Piuttosto die fnr Pnssarc gli Italian! 120,000 UOMINI PERDUTI II Ncmico Conccntrn Truppc cd Arti- frlicrio sul Carso, Intorno nll'Hcrnintln country girl i.f sixteen, who camo to Auburn nioic til. in a .vear ago. She boaids at Siegfried's, wheie rhe was charged only ?2.fiD a week, the nelglihora pay. because .Mis. Mleglried h.iprd she would tnko a liking to and marry Lcroy. When I'.ertha did not nppenr nt the mill, tumor ran wild It was s.tld that she. too. was being Incarcerated In the hope of foic Ing n marrhge with the hoy, according to the superstitious belief that the marriage Would cine the bo's tt'oubles. More terror wns Injected Into the eao when shots began to ting out In the night, the sound emanating Ironi the Siegfried home. The shots, it was said, weie fired regul.il ly to keep the hex away. So much for the accumulated gossip. Now for Hie facts. SIHGi-'HIKD IIOCSK SHALKD TIGHT I went to the Siegfried houso. From thf fiont view every curtain and window was down, every shutter i-lo.-ed. As I approached the rear porch, however, then- was a hur tled swish of skirts and the slamming of a door. No coaxing on my part brought any lesponso from this houso ot mystery, "Only the Ilex doctor gets In tiiere," a neighbor called warnlncly. "And watch out: she might do something to you. The man nnd the hoy are up to town, but the Mrs. is In Iheie. Don't fool With her. Sho's got a pistol." Later In the day I'.ertha Redder came from the mill, ran quickly to tho hack door and wns admitted. Before tills 1 had seen lUrtha llceliler at th" mill. It was her fltst day there after her' supposed detention. She Is a self-possessed young miss, with a poise be yond her j ears. "U'ete you foiclbly held lu tho Siegfried hou and locked up with the boy?" I asked her. "I wasn't exactly held," she laughed guardedly, "nnd I'm thinking ot leaving there." "Ho you believe In witches, nnd docs a ho-doetor i-onie there?" "Oh, yes, a doctor comes. I don't ex actly helleve lu witches." "Are you going to many the boy?" "That boy?" Another laugh and she had run back insldo the mill to her work. MRS. DISSINGKR'S PLAINT , I'p on tho hill Mrs. lUsslngcr, red-eyed and nervous, was hard nt work cleaning elderberries. liver and anon ;i neighbor stopped to call a cheery word of consolation that things would come nil right. "Hut my character." she subbed brokenly, with all of tlie small-low a woman's terror of a good name gone. She seemed Insensi ble of the fact that she was suing lor $20.1100. Aceoiillng to her story, she put the matter lu the hands of her lawyer. William Wllhelm, of Pottsville, and know nothing of the nature of tho suit, except that she wanted to I'ome through with her old untarnished leputatbm. "I hardly Know those Siegfrieds," she said. "I'm a woman that'll been too busy to hollies with gadding mound. I've had eleven children and raised nine of them. There Isn't a person heie who can any n word about me. "Then all of a sudden this Siegfried the old man came up the hill one night. Ho knocked on tho floor of tho porch nnd 1 came out. Ho called me a name and kept saying, 'Slo hut ma boo fa-hexed' that's tho Pennsylvania Dutch for "You've hexed my boy." 1 couldn't get anything more out of htm than that. I don't know tho boy, cxcVpt that he's a quiet sort of boy and everybody hero feels sorry for him. I don't believe he's ever done anybody any harm." "QUEER GOINGS-ON" "Tho placo ought to bo raided," one of tho most sensible young women I spoke to paid crisply. She lives across tho street from tho Siegfrieds. "I've heard tho shots and I know that there's queer goings-on. I don't believe In vv Itches mid I don't want (o rale my children In a place where thero's nny Midi nonsense talk. The sher iff ought to clear the pl.n'.i out " Augustus filegfrled la tho nijjit watch man lu the tube mill nt Aubuiii. ills wife, before Iho coming of tills baby, w.ih an ardent organizer ot toap clubs and has the reputation ot being a money-maker and a close saver, so that dPFplto tho liumhlo ness of her "man's" calling they Jinvo saved "considerable" and are accounted among tho solid citizens of the town. Two other families within a Mono's throw of the Siegfried house, families of means nnd standing, aro said to be avowed believers in hexes. Both ot these houses, however, refused mo admittance when I knocked and gavo no sign of being occupied. Tho station agent verlllcd tho coming of tho hex-doctor. In tho meantime the ancient hex super stition has a frightful grip on modern en lightenment. A full expose lu court, many peoplo here believe, will go far In smoking tho hex-doctor out and ridding the com munity of witchcraft practices the heinous ness of which H suspected rather than con cretely proved. m '.r& MMJch. fw? 0 ifttta-iuMflHy" im. wimiMw itm .v:tt!sTSS.VATG?,a- ifef!i&M it Wnill In the time to In. ""'' lall lValrr Mrtrr to net ratine for IBIK. I'llll.A. jir.ii'.B ru., tin ueni mi. ,ir, Uailttllitv. ,, ,ir nllllllhur- Mwe "TrldrnUV uwd Itinn 'a.- - ii ROMA, R Set I ombre Vell.i piesenlo bnttnglla gli nuslrlcl ftnnnn Implegando tilttl I mezzl nntl ngll espertl ill nrto mllltarc. -Sulla linen del Cnrsn, speclnlmenln tra Caslngnevi.za e 1'IIermada, essl lnnclano cnutrnltiicchl dls perntl col dopplo seopo dl Rb.irrare ngll ltalln.nl la via dl Trieste o dl opcrare una llverslva per rllevnro hi presslono Inces santo cho gli Itnllanl slanno esercltando a nord-est dl Gorlzja. I.o loro spernnze. pero", sono vnne polche' Cndnrwi, con mlrabllo prevlggenza, ha resn U settoro su cul opera la Seeonda Armata nl comando del generalo Capclio, del tutto lndlpcndento da qucllo a sud ill Gorlzla oocupatn dalla Terza Armata nl rnmirjpdo del Ducn d'Aosta, 1a battaglla, qumdl. si puo' consldernro dlvlsa in due parti, l'una a nord-est ill Gorlzla o l'altra a sud dl iiuesta. sul Carso. 11 romtinlcato ullhiale del generalo Ondornn pubbllcnto lerl sera ilal Mlnlstcro dclia Guerra e' II segucnte: A notd-est dl Gorlzla II licinleo. non ostnnte lo gravl perdlte cho sublsce da parooiiil glornl, oppose illsperatn reslst enza nlla nostra presslono la quale eon tlniia in manleia dooislvy. Nella glornata di lerl fiiifiiiinii ptlglonlerl .1 ulllclall o 2n iinmlnl ill truppa. Sul Carso nlla lotta nccatilta dl questl ulthnl Blond sono stieccdutl vlolentl bom bardamenll e azionl locall nventl per oblettlvo la renin della linen. I noslri vellvoll relteratamenle dls frufsero n gettarotio lo rcomplgllo fra lo batterle nvversarie nolle foreste dl rnno vlzza e Ternova e nello llneo di coinunl cazloni sul Carso. Trontatnlln prlglonlerl nu-drlacl sono caduti uelle maul degll - Italian! ne'l.t prescute olfeuslva e si calcola die lo per dlte del nemlcl ammontlno a plu' dl 120,000 uoinlnl. Sembra oho II piano degll austrlacl sla ill limanere sulia dlfenslva sul clgllone ortentnlo dell'altoplano dl Balnslzza dove le lorn poslzloni, come I montl Cetoek, Dingo. Volulk alll mllie piedl, dominium quelle occiipnle dagll Itallanl, e dl concentraro 1 loro sforzl sul Carso. DnH'Hermnil.'i nl mare la fanlerla nrmlra attacia con gr.iudo furore e la battaglla non i-essa un Istnnte. fill nttacchl sono Inmintl ron una noncuranza dl perdlte molto evldente. 1 "feidjaegers," r.oldatl plu' valornsl deH'impcro, sono decimnll In esorablhnente ilnl fnoco Itali.mo e sembra ehe questo sforzo sovruniano cho gli aus trlacl stanno facendo sla 11 loro ultimo. Qtlcsta disperazlone si splega col fatto cho iictrultlmo conslglln dl guerra tenuto re ceniemeiite sotto J.i prcsldenza del i.tare siiallo Contnd e n cul prcsero pirtc I plu' abill geuerall nustrlaii, tr.i 1 quail lioroevio e ICoevess, II glurameirto fu preso dl nr restare gli Itallanl ad ognl ivisto e dl rlcau cl.uil d.vl teriltorlo d.x csl oeoupnto. MKS. DAVID H. LANE WELL AFTER ILLNESS Wife of Veteran Philadelphia G. O. P. Leader Answers Inn.uirics of Friends Personally ATLANTIC CITY. N. .1.. Sept. 8. Mrs. David II. Lane, wife of the veteran cx ehalrninn of the Republican city committee. who was leported yestenlay to be seriously III at Hie Hotel Strand, when- the and Mr. Lane linvo been located since early In the summer, purpiWcd her husband and many friends In the hotel by making a sudden nnd wholly unexpected recovery. Scores who made inquiry tody, in person or by telephone, were informed by Mrs. l.auii herself that she had wholly recov ered fiom the Indisposition which caused .Mr. Lane and -her othir friends serious ahiini on Thursday night and occasioned the sending of a hurry t-all to Doctor Kliliy, tho Lanes' family physician, in Philadel phia. CITY .MORTALITY Itl-X'OKI) Deaths This Week Smaller Than Num ber Last Week Deaths in the city during the week num Pried 4U. ns compared with ISl last week and r. I." iluiing the loriespondlng week last ear. They were divided ns follows: .Males, 217: females, lti." : boys, St, and girls. 71. The causes of death wero: TM'lwlil f'Aor a Wliaopins: ciiuxli -s filiilithorhi and croup 1 Kpid.-mlf ilipRHi-s a TuhereuloFlM of lunir-4 41 TuberculnNW irfnlliffltW 4 Other formi of tiUnTrulnsIs L' ('sneer -Ci Slmpl menlnsltN 1! Apoplexy mill xnrtt-ntntr uf LrHn 3S Ornnle dlHeasps et-liart 32 Acute brotuiilllfl i a (Mirunlo brunchltls 1 Pneumonia to Mronctiopneiiiuunla It Pltoam'M of riisplr.itory. syMm s DlftQuHen uf ntnmuch 4 Diarrh'-a and enteritis CO Appemlkitli and typhlitis J Hernia t I'trrhosls nf liver r, Acuta nephritis and llrlsht's disease 3 N'iiin'iincf.i,iis tuir.or-i .1 Puoip.'i.il HPptlcenila :; Pii'TiM-nit nccldonifl .. CoiiSf-iiliul liability Senility .-, lliinilcldn ......!!. " All (ithnr violent dalli . Sul, ld " All olhpr dlceanes !!!.'.' (10 Total ""no Sonjr Festival for G. A. H. Day Tho Philadelphia Community Music As sociation will hold n song festival In honor of G. A. R. Day tomorrow ufternoon at Hunting Park, Old Yorl; road, Albert N. Iloxlo will bo director. One of tho features will ho bugio calls by ono of tho G. A. R. veterans. A general Invitation has beeti Issued to nil enlisted men to attend. 155 PTR.R. OPERA! STRIKE ON WAGE E More Men Expected to Walk t on Trenton Division, Union Men Say COMPANY'S STATEMENT No Ileal Grievance, Officials Decli nnd Action Is Unpatriotic ),fl Uj H TRUNTON. KentL 8 Ono hundred nnd fifty-six telegraph op-H- nrnlnrn nt II, nH.. .,,..,, . .. ' "' iivoiuii division or tne Pennsylvania Railroad went on strlliu nt' 7 o'clock this morning, following aleclston ' tl Ia.t night nt n conference at Rurllni-tnn n.', , wage advance, nnd flfty-four moro are'Vl to quit this nftcrnoon. tho men mv. t..A-'S senger nnd freight trains arriving nt the K Clnton street station hero up to lltlJa'Ti -- ...iu ui ,1,-aa uci.ieii irom scnea ; Hie time. No violence has so far attended ' ' in sinne. -tiie most disastrous nhasa ot the situation, according to the railroad' company, Is Interference with movoment of troops to Camp Dlx nt 'vVrlghtBtown. A number of tho Milkers have been replaced; The Pennsylvania company nt 11 a. m, Issued tho following statement: Only a few of tho operators havo been so Ill-advised ns to dcaert their posts, and the trains, with some detentions, nic operating normally and wo expect they will rontlnue to do so. This action cf tho men was arbitrary and unneces sary and Interferes with tho movement ( r Government material nnd Inconven Imccs tho general public, for the reason that they had all been advised that a meeting would be held in Philadelphia filially to consider their demand, They have also had this knowiedgo for tho Inst two weeks. The imitation 1st chiefly caused by sclf-nppolnteil ring leaders, who aro acting for their own ends regardless of the benefits to bo de ilved hy tho men or of tho Interference'" of tho business of the State. Wo have tho matter well In hand and expect to keep it so, and for the reason that their action has been hasty they nte not entitled to sympathy oper- RELIEVES consiii Yo ri ur do. ler Mothers, Sisters nnd Sweethearts, your Soldier's Comfort should bo foremost in your minds. Tired. Swollen, mistering. Uurnlng and AihiiiB ffet. which mo brought on by Marching and Drilling, can bo prevented by rubbing "faslep root l'ovrdrr" well Into tho feet. riiKtep" heals cuts and broken blisters It's cooling, soothing nnd antiseptic. As an effective Deodorant for all parts of tho body. "rni.pp" will provo Indlsnen- wihle 111 tho trenches, when time la nrcsslnir nnd facilities aro larking, pressing Send yniir Soldier n Cnn today. All drinreM, ",'o. or i:, rour.Lii.v co inc. D0.U' llcekman Htreet, New York DRVONSHEALTHBISCUIT , ;l A tuty, coacslont Cracker that will creata and maintain normal, regular Intestinal aetion, CONTAINS NO MEDICINE nZ.r PirLabe At Drujriite b Orocera Zoc racKage dlrect ,rom Dr. Von's Health Biscuit Co. 2;u-2::o maiikkt mthekt ' riiii.. p. Phyttciafts Recommend Them mmmmmyfflfi ,",( f .- I i i" 'nnfrMia .-J. .."T-'t. Jieprcsentntlves of the teleirinnl. nlors" union of the Trenton division of tho Pennsylvania Railroad are today conferring ...... inn Ki-iienii manager nnu otber officials of tho road. In an effort to adjust differences that havo arisen following a demand Rr a new wiige scale. At a meeting held in Trenton vestcrday Sin) men voted to strike unless tho roaa ngiced to a minimum wage scale of $3 per day. time and u half fv holidays and Snn days, and two relief davs with pay . Th minimum wage is now $G7.."!5 a month. An offer ot $".".0 a month Increase In wages and an nddltlonal relief day nt all olllc.es now getting relief was mado at noon today to moro than 200 ot the tele graphers by ii J. ("leave, superintendent of tho Trenton division from headquarters here. This piopositlnn followed a confer ence with the O. R. T. 1). A. and S repre senting tho operators. The Jnen aro asked to take no further hasty action to Inter fere with l-'cderal nnd State business. The siriKers, who aro now getting a minimum of $07 n month, demand $3 a day, time and n half-tlmo for Sundays and holidays and two days relief each month. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO CONFER WITH PACKERS AKrccmcnt Sought Whereby U. S. Meat Output May Supply All Allied Countries WASHINGTON, Sept. S. - Representa tives of fifty-four American meat packers wero called Into conference he.ro today by the Gotincll of National Defense and tho Food Administration. On Monday a se ries of formal conferences will begin. It will be the endeavor of the conference to reach an agreement whereby America's output of meat will Insuie supplies for both the American and allied armies, ns well as the Aineilcan consumers. With the promise of co-operation from live-stock dealers, the Kood Administration now is attempting to secure tho same co operation from tho meat packers. Distribu tion of the meat supply and a more steady; flow of meat products from tho markets will be token up. The Kood Administration will nsk for co-operation which will benefit tho con sumer, but ns for nny deflnlto agreement llxlng meat prlies. there Is no, such action contemplated. M n uiii i uniH 1 1 j 1 1 1 ru ini mi 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 111 1 nin 1 in i u;n rini n tniii ;iin i ini in 1 in m : iini iuii ixinnii niuii S Tour Wife I Will Save 1 At Least I A Dollar If you brlnu th entire family here tomorrow for dinner. We ecrve tho bnt only at in K& : , 3 r mi m r rlrs thnt sIvmi tittle uroflt but ots of patrons, SIT.CIAI. MUSIC TT7'" TNL l" .G lYiyiJSL ANOVER Twelfth and Arch Sts. (Knlronce on itth Bt.) CLAUDE M. MOHIt, Iter. S T til 5c!V S 1 I f ItS ss0 iuiinuuuiiiuiiiiimutiumimimiiiiJUiJiiuimniimuiuiiHuimiiwHtuuimiiiimniiiMiWMi 'it- il if- EXCURSION, UP THE HUDSON, TO WEST POINT and NEWBURGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th VIA Ji:itSKY CITV ASU STEAMEIt GUAND REPUBLIC Capacity 33DO pasancra. .00 v . h RI'ltriAI. THAIV I.l'WlS Itradlm: Trriuliml., 7:00 A. SI. Columbia Avenue 7:00 A. M, llunthicilon Street 7llK A.M. Wuine Junction,.,,,,. .7tlT A, M, Jfiiklntowp .,,,,... ,,,,725 A.M. $3 ROUND' TRIP Jlf-j ,.M .Kit IUNUKK AUHriOKS.Or.TMM r1. .r . -. -.Ji't'1 iLfjr'&jM ?K-3u. sm S53
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