,y t :SHIP CONTRACT ;LET TO HOG ISLAND Emergency Fleet Corpora i,v Awards BiK Job to Corporation Here jULUON TONSPER YEAR - hundred standardized ships. A'MntA T tat to the German submarines ,,V T war arc arc to be built at the renrshlnn that the C I ternat onal Corporation had AW,ri .nntrnct with the Emergency fleet OKd r"lWIrt ,i,0 vessels for the C,rPOrnrrt gave added Impetus today to 0ernmnt ga e the the work of VhV will malic the Dejaware Irlca's "re" te,t shlplmlldln J"" throb with Increased vigor. JSrtS .announcement In a formal Jwment Soc9 not reveal the Importance of the ..tnut of more than 1 000.- I1.1"? a" ve"r of fast .tee! merchant ship. 100 tons a jear or i tcr a muU ,tet .thc.,H? a hard 1 low at the United ""11 n means a" cxuendlturo estimated States. ,Saa nmnm'for tho man with 5200,f. fot-Tho "a" with the material. Jhe.?.P echnlAl genfts ho plans the work Ea for t he wo.kman who weave and welds nSy'l'ii-Sueof.,, Ai engineers and laborers, who are WthS foundations for the mammoth CStof of the activity that Is to fiSn hnp!nant Influence on tho com rt Earnings In tho next two years, for fh. company runs no risk, being assured a antlal I profit Tho Ciovcrnmcnt It la BJterMMd. ne-umes all risks and guaran '? all 1 expen.es. Tho company Is pad administration and operation on n foe Xe remuneration fluctuating between Lrtan limits, depending on construction 2 If the fee. as one llnancler pointed ,t Is estimated nt r. per rent of the cost. Shomi-nnv Should earn between J7.600.000 Ind) 0000 000 In two years the estimated Sost of the csscls being between $150, JoOOOO and ?:00.000.00, and the time re X for their completion two years. In SddlUon the N-ew York Shipbuilding Com Jany, of Camden, a subsidiary of the American International Corporation. s husv with Clowrnment orders on a percont e basis of 10 per rent. It Is understood. Before many days Hog Island will bo teeming with thousands of laborers. To. toy whllo tunejors arc mapping out the 100-acre tract, laborers nro building a rail way loop. This work will bo followed by aredelnK and filling, a process that will re claim many acres of land from the Ht. Construction work on the 'fifty shlpways Rill follow tho preliminary operations. At full capacitv the completed yards, It Is estimated, will bo able to produco four E000, ,ton ships a week, or moro than 1,000,000 tons a year. Night Watchman Dies on Duty A. seventy-one-year-old night watchman, John Campbell. 17111 North Hnrtlno street. as found dead today lying beside tho steam thoel that ho was guarding at n street operation nt Sixtieth street and Columbia svenuc. Cnmibcll, who evidently died of heart disease, was found by Joseph Can. of Sixtieth stieet and Columbia avenue. Ittt pollco were iiotlfled and tho body wan taken to tho West Philadelphia Homeo pathic Hospital y'WHSi'' wwwwa,wh J EVENING LEDGrER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1017 w: BREAD AT FIVE CENTS AN IMPOSSIBILITY NOW AMATEUR WIRELESS OPERATORS PREPARE TO AID U. S. ' Hoover lo Center on Standard ized Fourteen-Ounce Loaf nt Eight Cents IT MUST BE PRODUCED Puis It Up to Millers and Bakers to Come Through With Ac quired Article l'l (i StaH Conrirn'K'iiil WAKIIIXtlTO.V, Sept. 11 I Plve-C'Pnt livrn.l lu ,.,. (..,., ..dull. ill,.. ..a... --- ----- "....il .o .111 ,ll.,a,l,!, ,J ,,M Hefhert Hoover the Administration's f"od dictator. Is e-onvlnccd of that. A standard fourtoen-ounco loaf nt eight cents to the consumer Is tho best ho hopeq for tinder existing conditions, ami ho has told the millers nnd bakers to produce It I Restoration of the noimnl five-cent loaf, which was to havo been the trump card of tho food controller lu popu irlzlng dictation with the masses, failed when tho wheat prlce-fWIng committee named a price of i $:.20'u bushel on this year's crop. I "Anything under 12 wheat will mean the return of thn rrifnliifl.iri ut-n,l lni,a1 Inif ! not a skimpy one." declared nno of tho otll clals lu Jlr. Ilumer'H olilce before th price of wheat was fixed. "Wo havo as suranccM from tho nmall bakers that thev can innke bread for live cents n loaf at ii good prollt If wheat sells for $2 or less.' Herbert Hoover has been conferring dur ing tho last few days with representatives of tho Master Makers' Association, and tell ing them that he expected them to co-oper-ato In reducing the price of wheat to consumers-. It was said nt tho olllccs of Mr. Hoover that tho big bakers of tho country havo not sWtvn the disposition to help thai the niinll bakers have. They embittered Mr. Hoover greatly when they adopted his suggestion that they ellmlnato tho prlvllcgo given retailers of returning unsold nialo bread without re ducing tho price any. The bakers pock etcd tho cntlro amount saved by eliminat ing tho return privilege, aylng tint they wcio entitled to tho savings made In the operating of their bulnos. After th"lr conferences with Mr. Hoover this week the big bakers declaied that as elght-cont loaf of fourteen ounces was a possibility. In fixing tho prlco of wheat at $2.20 a bushel tho food administration has made a certain reduction of $.1 u barrel on flour, and whllo that Is not enough to warrant tho return of tho five-cent loaf. Mr. Hoover has made It plain that ho does not propose to let tho bakers pocket all that saving, as they did when the return prlvllcgo was wiped out. en with $2.20 wheat, Mr. Hoover be lieves that a five-cent loaf would bo pos slide if tho Tnlted .States marketing con ditions wero as clllclent as thoso of Hurope. In tho 1'nlled States there Is a, demand that each loaf of bread bo wrapped sepa rately lu oiled paper and that the liiucs be delivered to tho door of tho home. Theso things add materially to thc retail cost. PUMP BLAMED FOR TYPHOID Thirty Serious Cases Reported in Lan caster County Town IXCASTi:rt Pa.. Sept. 11. An old town pump Is held responsible for an enl rlimlc of typhoid fever that Is sweeping Hast Petersburg lu this county. Thirty rcrlous oas-es havo been reported so far, nnd vlitually tho cntlro town 1st quaran tined. Stato health authorities havo already arilved on the scene, and drinking of the pump has been foi bidden until an analysis Is taken. Tests nie also being mado of the milk dellveied In tho town. No deaths havo been reported. ILNEMIC0BERSAGLIAT0 C0I FR0PRII CANN0NI La Presente OfTcnsiva Portn a Cndorna 32,000 Prigionieri e Ingcntc Bottino di Guerra SOLITA BUGIA AUSTRIACA KKSa8M3!WS!ESaa Many tcr?ons arc taking nd vantage of the free instruction in the working's of tho wireless telegraph beinc given by the South Jersey Radio Association in the high rchool at CollitiRjwood, N. J. The student operators arc shown at tho keys, sending messages from one table to another under thc direction of their instructor. VIENNA PAPER URGES TEUTONS TO CALM U. S. Says Compromise Now, if Pos sible Pope Reported Still Optimistic ;i:.r.vA. sept. n. A warning to (icrmany not to tempt the anger of the I'nltcd States any fmther, but to try to bring nbout a compromise If pos sible. Is printed 'n tho newspaper Zelt, of Vienna, said a dispatch from that city to day. ItOMH, Sept. 11. Pope Itenedlct Is optimistic In tho hope of peaco negotiations beforo Christmas w'th an ending of tho war by N'ew Ycai's or early In the spring, according to Vatican reports today. Presumably this optimism was based on expressed liopo of Vatican authorities today that tho Central Powers in replying to the Pope's peaco note would null no their precise conditions of peace, which might honorably be acceptablo tr tho Hntentc, U. S. CALLS UP FOOD MEN Conferences Arranged for Many Classes of Producers WASHINGTON", Sept 11. Virtually every food producer In thc United States has been called Into conference with tho food administration. Some of tlit" food producers called for conference within a few days aro Tomato cannirs, on September 11; sugar brokois, on September Hi; sugar producers, on Sep tember 10; fibre paper can manufacturers, on September is ; ll-h Industries, on Sep tember 2 1 and canned milk Industry, on September 2i. ENGINEERS IN SESSION Discuss Modification of Electrical Ma chinery in Steel Plants Mod'flrnUon of electrical machinery In rtoel plants was tho chief topic discussed n: I'Hlav's) meeting of the Iron nnd Steel lllei'trlcal llnglne.rs' Association in the ltolleuio- Stratford Hotel. pour hundred ill-legates fiom cve-ry section if the I'nltcd States nro attending the eleventh annual convention eif the association. Tho convention will comlnuo until Fri day. During their stay, many of the dele gates will visit tho more Important plant In and near Philadelphia that aro turning out work for the Government. Among them aio tho Midvalc plant, tho Baldwin Locomotives Works and Cramp's shipyard. PRESIDENT'S TRIP TURNS INTO BIG DEMONSTRATION Massachusetts Populaco Cheer, Sing and Wave Flags Along Eight Mile Waterway SANDWICH. Mass., Sept. 11. President Wllon's tlip through the Cape Cod canal today was attended by flirting patriotic demonstrations from otto end of tho clglit mllo waterway lo tho other. Ships wero crowded with school children and hun dreds of others gathered on tho banks. Patriotic songs wero sung and Hags wero w a vcd. Tho enthusiasm took Mr. and Mrs. Wil son completely by surprlso as. what wan Intended to bo a quiet and almost secret journey, suddenly becamo tho object or nn extraordinary outbutst of popular en thusiasm. Germany ,Rars Coal to Holland AMST IIUAM, Sept. 11 Tho Telegraaf icarns that (Jermany has stopped supplying Holland with coal, probably duo to tho re fusal of Holland to glo tlcrmany further credit. : Mr iii.niii A Revolution in Bread Making! Such has been the effect of the wonderful new Fre'.hofer Liberty Loaf. This is how Philadelphia's housewives have responded to the call to "Save bread waste!" Thc second day's demand for Freihofer's Liberty Loaf was THREE TIMES that of the first day; the third day's demand was FIVE TIMES as great. This marvelous bread which stays fresh for three days or longer has proved a boon to the economical housewife. Help Mr. Hoover! "Save a Slice of Bread a Day" by ordering Freihofer's Liberty Loaf. Crisp, moist and palat able to the last crumb! No stale ends or left-over slices to waste. You'll eat it all. Large Double Size Loaves, 10 Cents Freihofer Baking Company Main Office, 20th & Indiana Ave. LEAVE A STANDING ORDER WITH YOUR GROCER TirPRT fOAF II SAVESWmWEM i -' . .. v . ' . . X . . . -Jf-. . . ; ,vau v- . " .!.. Gold Imports Nearly Doubled .VnV VnilK, Sept. 11. The Federal Itc servo Until, for September estimates the Im pel ts of gold Into the I'nlted S.ntes from January 1 to August 17. 1!U7, at J.'inil.M i. 000, compaied with 52SI.170.0UO In tho cor responding peilod eif 1010. elf this amount fSst.O.IO.oon w.is In line bullion, compared with JIOS.OO'.OOO; foreign coin constituted $!)0.0!."i.00ii, compared with J'.Ovr, 000. Tho exports of gold nre placed at J28S.207.0oo, coinpaud with $G0.2'.o!,000 111 the cone spoudlng period of llt. Stars and Stripes Afloat at Verdun PA HIS, Sept. It. An American Hag. pre sented by Mrs Carroll Carrollton, was ji'S terday hoisted above Hie battel ed walls of Verdun whllo tho m'lltaiy forces saluted 11 Comando Austrinco Sognl ill Aver Rieonquistato Posizioni c I'rcso MiBliaia di Italiani P.OMA 11 Settembre. Solo oggl e' statu posslbllo rlccvero la llsla completa del vn'to bottino fatto dagll Italiani hi (piesta battnglla die lnfurla an cora ill iintto r ell glornn enza tregua ncl scttoro dl (lorlzl.i o In quello del Carso. Kacclamo i-egulre II comunlcnto ufflclalo del generule Cndorna pubbllcato lerl sera dal MlnlMcro dellaGuerrn: N'cl Trent no dlstnccamentl nemlcl In rleognlzlone furono messl In fuga dnl nostn postl asanatl. N'eli.i Cnrnla tin nttacco esegulto In innssa dnpo un'nccur.ita prcpuarnzlone dl mtigllerla contro le nostro posizioni sit Moutu (.irnmid.i e Cuel Tarond, falll' I'ompletnmentc A nntd-ost dl riotlzla la nostra pressl ono eonllmm. Tre tentallvl da parte del nem en ill alleggerlrla e-on continttncchl ill fnntcrla furono piontamente rcsp'nltl. Nil settoro merldlonale della zona del C'aiso I'.ittlvita del lo artlglierlo c' ptatn giandlsslma. 1 no.strl nerooplanl bnmbnrdarono le lutterle nemlclie nella foresta dl Tnrnoo. II nemleo II nttacco" con Intenso fuoco, mn luiitlluienle I.a enuineiazlono del vnsto bottino cntturato sin dall 'Inlzlo del'a battnglla non e" stata ancor.i e-ompletata. Kinora Femo stutl contntl 14 e-annonl dl cul SO ill medio callbro; S3 fra mortal da trlneea o Innciabombe; H2S inltraglln trlcl o 11,107 fuelll. Mn'tp dl questo nrml sono stato gia' mcso III azlonc contio II nemleo. 11 comando uuslilnco contlnu.a a far afllulio llnfnral sulla lnea dell'Isonzo; iliiestl rinfoiv.l sono oostltultl In masslma parte da soldatl ledeschl e turclil dalla fionte fussa coino e' appunto prnatv eel prlglonterl piesl negll tiltlml glornl, I comunienil ntistrlncl chn olcvano far credero cno nel settoro del Cirso gll Italiani erano statl rlbuttatl Indletro, sono del tutto falsi Non solo gll austriacl non v sono rlu-cltl a nlocglftto gll Itntlanl t.w.,.,M, u, iUcn.i uvtuj'uiu HyiinitTBWWmu uuunsivn, ma en itaiiam conununrioad avamare sirtutta la linen. In un iol pun to,' a sud dl Solo, In un vlolento assalto gll 1 nUstrlnel innniillMNtnn 1a .r.LI.A ai- e-nzlont plu' esposto ma le truppa Italians Immedlatamcnto contrattaccarono o' non solo rlstabtllrono la llnea primltlva m avanzarono nnclm leggermenle bu una fronto dl dlocl mtglla. II rapporto del nemleo, ejulndl, cho vnnta dl posizioni rl conciulstatQ o dl numerosl prlglonlerl preil non ' altro cho una llluslone. lntanto la lotta Intorno nll'IIennada eon tlnua con la sollta vlolenza e lo posizioni del nemleo endono una nd una In mano delle truppe dellu Terza Armata. Ierl, iu una frnnte dl sctto mlglla, el Ingagglo' una battnglla nsprlsslma o gll Italiani rluscl-' romi ad occupare I "tunnels" della ferrovla chc conduco a Uulno che furono pol trovatl pleat dl vlvcrl o ill munlzlonl. I'na comunlcazlono udlclale del 27mo Corpo d'Armata rlvela cho gll taustrlaot segultnno a rendcrsi colpevoll dl vlolazlono degll usl dl guerra. ICcco II comunlcnto: "Nella notto del 23 Agosto, verso la dlccl o mezza. una compacnla nemtca pene tro nascostnmento nel bosco sltuato alia sinistra del secondo battagllono del 107mo fnnterla con lo scoppo dl Irrompero sulla llnea occupnta dalla eettlma compagnla della sezlono mltragllatrlcl. I.a magclor part drgti austriacl patlava Itallano; moltl por tnvano gll elmettl cil, lndossavano montura slmlll alio nostre. f.o nostro truppe rospln sero l'nttacco facendo prlglonlerl died au$ trlnclche, cho pol furono fattl fucllaro dal nostro comando. . ; V"1 s .-'J sV Water Chief Davis Off to Convention Carleton K. Davis, Chief of tho Bureau of Water, left today to nttend the annual convention of tho Now ngland Water Works Association, which is being: hold In Hartford, Conn. Chief Davis Is vice prsl dent of tho association and will read a paper on problems he has met with as head of the 503,000,000 plant In this city. Ilranch Sewer Proposals Received Proposals were received by Director Datesman, of tho Department of Public Works, today for tho construction of twenty-one branch sewers In different sections of the city The work will Involve tho ex penditure of $200,000 of loan funds. Returns to Milton After 30 Years MHrON, Pa.. Sept. 11. John Michael of Newton, Kans., has returned to his old home, In Milton, after a thirty years' absence, to lslt his sister, Mrs. Sarah Ilrown. Met at tho station, their recog nition was mutual. "Sadlo," said the ltrntlior. "liren't Votl Sl:ldl?M ,rVs nnA you are John." sho replied, and both wept. ' 1 pltflnllH The world's largest manufacturers of shaft' drive units for the con version or motor into trucks. cars The modern Philadelphia TRUXTUN plant, cover ing an area of more than 60,000 square feet, is at your service. 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