4 & V. . . i iff. .,- . P'v: . vs . & w r' 'f' i iiiV SHYER SHELL HERO TELLS OFVICTORY Captain John Fred Charlton Describes Battle With German TJ-Boat JENKINTOWN HONORS HIM How his gallant ship the Silver Shell sank the first German submarine to meet destruction at American hand was told today by Captain John Fred Charlton, mas ter of the victorious vessel, safe at his hotr.o In Jenklnetown. Crippled by rheumatism. Captain Chart' ton wis carried by his sailors to the deck, where he maneuvered the storm-tossed merchantman through the vicious ocean duel. In which the 'United States navy gun crew on board the Sliver Shell registered the first American Blnklng of a Kaiser's U-boat on Decoration Day, Captain Charlton, whom all the Old Tork road community will honor at a big meeting' at Jeneklntown tonight, told his story simply. Passing by It as an "affair," he said earnestly: "The I'nlted States Is In this war to win." Like a narrative from the days of John Paul Jones and the wooden men-o'-war that met In death grapples on the high seas reads the story of Captain John Fred Charlton Here It Is as he told It for the first time since, his return home: SIGHTING OP THK Sl'BMAntKR "The affair happened on the nfternoon of May 30, Following n, period of live days of dirty weather. In which 1 was on duty nlmost the entire time and In which I Contracted a severe attack of rheumatism, I was resting In my cabin. As a matter of fact, J was really 111. "Shortly before C o'clock a report was made to me of a strange vessel on our starboard beam, seven or eight mites dis tant. I was helped, almost carried, on deck by two of my men, and through the Classes determined definitely that It was a submarine. "I kept my course, slowing down to per mit the boat to approach and reveal Itself. It did without showing the flag of any nation, We showed our colors the Stars and Stripes. And still the boat refused to hoist a flag. There was but one thing to do And we did It we flred the first shot 'There was a terribly high sea running. So I threw my boat 'across seas' to prevent the undersea terror torpedoing the Silver Shell, and at the same time to aid in causing the shots of my opponent to fall astern or ahead of me. I'-BOAT DISAPPEARS FOREVER "In all, the German fired thirty-nine ex plosive shells, slx-pounders Of these seven were shrapnel, designed to kill my crew. One of these exploded seventy-five feet over the bridge, and the shrapnel scattered all about It was about 7-30 o'clock when the Sliver Shell Crew fired its twenty-fourth shot, striking the water directly In front of the undersea boat The gun wan ele vated a trifle and the twenty-lltth Bhot was a clean one, striking directly In front of the conning tower, and. Immediately fol lowing there was a terrific explosion. The submarine disappeared att within ten sec onds after the firing of that shot dis appeared forever. And, -that's Just how It all happened." Captain Charlton was asked If he cared to express an opinion as to the possible duration of the war. He hesitated, because, as he said. 'There are some things we are not expected to talk about." But with a keen look and a firm Intonation of voice, he said. "Please publish this. We are In the war to win. We will win there Isn't any doubt about It. But to win we must do every thing In our power to help the Government. And we must do everything In our power to punish to the greatest extent of all our laws all propagandists who do anything against the best Interests of our Govern ment." Captain Charlton, whose boat docked at "n. Arl.?? ?. "t,liaL!?r: returned to Jenklntown late last night. Then he spent soveral hours as the guest of Louis R. Dutton, chairman of the commit tee planning tonight's celebration. It was midnight when he consented to be Inter viewed, and It was long after midnight when the talk ended. Then Captain Charl ton retired to "sleep a couple of hours." HERO'S DAUGHTER RECOVERING Throughout his narrative the "hero of Jenklntown" plainly showed his anxiety about his lltle daughter, Katharyn, who was seriously 111 at the time the Slher Shell docked at the American port where the vessel now lies. "It was the only unpleasant hlngs that' has developed, and I'm hoping she'll soon' be well," he said Dr. 12. T. Qulnn, who Is attending the lltle girl, said she Is past the danger point and will recover perhaps almost entirely before .her father alls again. In several weeks. Captain Charlton Is about thirty-three years of age and weighs about 1E5 pounds. He ha a the deep blue eyes so common among the Northmen his birthplace wan Sweden. He has a sharp-ut chin and a quiet voice of penetrative power, slow of enunciation. He was married seven years ago to Miss Katharyn Dlehl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Dlehl ,who for many years lived near Fourth and Diamond streets, but who later lived In Wyncote, finally opening a business place In Jenkln town They have two children a boy and a 'girl. The little girl Is named for the mother, the son for the father, John, Jr., and- seems happiest when he Is wearing a sailor's cap, with Its gilt letters, "Silver Shell." TONIGHTS BIG CELEBRATION The big celebration In Jenklntown will begin at 7:30 o'clock tonight. There will be a parade, consisting of officials of the borough in motors, with Captain Charlton riding with Samuel C, Schlvely in the lat ter's car; civic organizations. Home De fense organizations from Oak Lane, Ash bourne, Jenklntown and Abtngton, details of Boy Scouts and citizens of the suburb. Every householder has been asked to dec orate his home and to burn red. Are as the parade passes. At the ball park. Walnut street between West and Greenwood avenues, the public meeting will be held. The grand stand Is reserved for women and standing room to hear the speakers will be available for thousands of suburbanites. Louis R. Dut ton, chairman' of the committee In charge, will preside. The four speakers will be Representative Henry Wlnfleld Watson, Judge John Faber Miller, of the Montgom ery County Courts; State Representative Fletcher B. Stltes, of Narberth, and Samuel H. High, of Jenklntown and Norrlstown. Citizens of the borough have subscribed liberally to a fund, and a costly wrist watch as a testimonial will be presented to Captain Charlton. Doctor Dixon Under A lias at Hospital Catlnnd from Face One to the hospital under an assumed name .and said; I "Doctor Dixon and myself and others close to him thought it would be better for blm to go under an assumed name to the hospital. It was generally- known that fee had been suffering from overwork. We were afraid that his going to the hospital would unnecessarily orouw fears for his health, and we decided It wan better to have him take another name than to have to lve lonr explanations that might not bo believed. Then be could leave the hoe Vital a little later and no one would be Um wiser.. "Hta (oknr to the hospital waa primarily for 3C-ray examination. Ha waa recovering, but atlll K was thought best to have the inminttoa mafct leet ha have tome all-:-m Uvt- n4 . pTerlooktd Jn making var votm. . twM, fiaSSJSyT 'ft" i . i&0 jL X n r islMlffPBwffflllllKMil Mil m! ' ' '" ' ; , "IB tiJws.Ari JOHN FRED CHARLTON LUTHERANS VOTE TO AID YOUTHS CALLED TO WAR Norristown Conference Lays Plans to Safeguard Moral Wel fare of Men in Army Camps MARK 2 ANNIVERSARIES NORRISTOWN. Pa.. Oct 16 Confessing the little donu bv the Lutheran Church to safeguard the soldiers and sailors engaged In the war. the Norrlstown Con feronce of the Evangelical Lutheran Mln Isterlum of Pennsylvania, lit session In Trin ity Evangelical Church here, today adopted resolutions unanimously culling for a com mittee to arrange plans for a mobilization of the Lutheran religious forces for the preservation of the moral and religious wel fare of tfle yjung men who were taken from religious environment at home and are subject to the temptations pn-vulent outside the various army camps. The conference, which Is presided over by the Rev. J. F. Kratnllch, of Itoyersford, was attended by about sixty mlnlsteis and lay men. It was tho fall meeting and com memorates the quudrleentennlal of the Ref ormation and the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the patriarch Muhlenberg The Rev. II. A Miller, of Philadelphia, president of the inlnlsterlum, pointed out the dangers to which the young men vveie exposed who were In the various army camps, and declared that the Lutheran Church was doing virtually nothing to keep these young men, taken from religious In fluence at home, In touch with that which would safeguard them religiously. "It Is a problem which confronts the Lu theran Church today," said Mr Miller. 'SInrrn nt (tinua snort a & onmliin l,..nT. ... ,n,l fWally and crippled phv-leally. Either the Lutheran Church will have to meet these conditions or else confess that It Is not ready. I do not mean to be derogjtory or critical. If this Church does not do Its work the Y. M. C. A. will be the church of the world after this war." The Rev. A. H. Mcintosh, pastor of Trln Ity Church, Noirlstown, said: "We will make the mistake of our lives If we let the Y. M. C. A. do our work. The work of keeping these boys on religious lines should proceed, even If It doeM In terfere with routine benevolence " Mr. Mcintosh also declared himself against raising funds at this time for any thing except routine benevolence, asserting that whatever extra could be collected -should be employed In safeguarding the young men rrom the Lutheran Church who have gone to the war. A report made for tho Rev. W. D. Kelter, treasurer of the MInlsterliim, showed that only twenty-eight of the fifty churches In the Norrlatown Conference had contributed to the monument fund, and of these only one had rated Its full quota. The Rev. George Drach, of Trappe, gen eral secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the General Council, made an ad dress on "Foreign Missions " Others who made reports were the Rev. A. B. Mcintosh, Norrlstown; the Rev. IT. F. Seneker. Pottstown ; the Rev. J. 11. Waldellch, Sellersville; the Rev. N. Y. Rlt ter, Perkasle, and the Rev. It. E. Kein, Quakertown. SQUARE SLEEPER PAYS FINE FROM "ROLL" Magistrate Stevenson nearly dropped oft the Justice dais In tho Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue station house this morning when a dingy-looking person, ac cused of sleeping In Franklin Square, Franklin and Vine streets, pulled out a huge roll of yellowbacks and paid therefrom the $5 and costs assessed by the Magistrate for the man's nap, The Park Ouards concluded last night that the winter season had opened and that in the Interest of public health Frank lin Square should no longer be used as a dormitory by any rash enough to select It. So they roundel up ten sleepers ubout midnight 1"" I i i I i f I i I 1 " -1 m$k. You Will Pay $8 Elsewhere For BOOTS OF BLACK KID Topped With White $r 50 Kid We Price at . 0 They're a marvel of fine bootmaklng the very acme of exclusive style. Every inch of their aristocratic lines speaks refined duality. Other Philadelphia shops, with their extravagant methods, couldn't sell such a boot for less than $8. Their extravagant, wasteful methods make It impos sible. You know what ridiculous prices they charge and vhen we offer you an absolute saving of $2.50 sHk&. u WlbV And we Two Boot worth $8 anywhere In Philadephla. Black vamp topped with jrray buck, brown varop topped with fawn buck, all beautifully made and fin ished, at our price of $5.50. Even we may be forced to raise our price when this stock is gone. Somei we may not be able to obtain at all, and you know hojw fast we sell boots at this shop. That' saying enough. The wise woman won't wait. She will be here this week without fail. Will you? ROYAL BOOT SHOD 44. - FOB WOMEN JT 13610 Chestnut St 2nd floor savet $2 EVENING EDGElt-HILADELPmA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917 ' ' -- J ' LANE TO BOOST WAR LOAN HERE Secretary of Interior Chief Speaker at Liberty Bond Banquet COLLEGES ARE ACTIVE Secretary Franklin K. Lane, of the De partment of the Interior, will be the prtn clpat speakers at the Liberty Loan luncheon to be given by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce at the Hellenic-Stratford. Presi dent Ernest T Trigg, of the Chamber of Commerce, who will preside, will introduce Secretary Lane, who will make n special nppcal to commercial and Industrial Phila delphia to subscribe to the second Liberty Loan. In addition to the members of the Cham ber of Commerce, Inflations have Iwen sent to many leading bankers, and to all mem bers of the Industrial mid commercial sec tions and to all the members of the sales committee of the Liberty Loan committee. It Is expected that the luncheon will be the largest one Riven since the opening of the fcecond Liberty Loan e inipalgtt. Secretary Lane will arrlvo In Philadelphia on Thursday morning, and will depart Im mediately after the luncheon. Ills time Is fully engaged In Liberty Loan campaign work which he Is doing in uddltlnn to his oillcial duties. HIIIBEN-.S' STATEMENT William A Glasgow, Jr. will make nn nppeal for subcrlptlons to the Liberty Loan to members of the Rotary Club at their din ner tonight nt Kugler's Jo.Nn Grler lllbben. president of Prince ton t'nlverslty. sent tho following state ment on the Liberty Loan to the Philadel phia Liberty Loan committee4 If you purchase a Liberty Bond you help to support ono or more soldiers who represent you and nro fighting for you at the front In a critical emergency you help your owii (Sovermnent without nny sacrifice to yourself You can give and vet lose nothing by the giving It Is your country that the soldier fights for. as well as his own It Is vour homo for which ho Is readv to die It Is your wife and chil dren whose lives and honor his own life defends The chosen guard of your coun try are willing to go through hell Itself for you and all you hold dear. Will vou not resolve that the very best possible equipment shall be theirs, the wisest pro vision for their health and security, nud the most skillful guidance Into the storm of battle and the lctorv beyond? The success of this Llbert Loan earn nnlgn will be to the whole world .1 dec laration and a proof that America Is in earnest and is grlmlv determined to put an end as soon us possible, and once for all. to the hideous waifurn which Germany has waged to defeat, degrade and domi nate the free peoples of tho world Miss Helen Taft. daughter of former Piesldent Taft and dean of Hryn Mawr I'ollege. will direct a Llheity Loan rally tonight nt Hryn Mawr and will urge every student and member of the faculty to Join the army of Cncle Sam's shareholders MIs Taft will be assisted by Professor Marian Carrla Smith, who will ho captain of the Hryn Mawr Liberty Loan commit tee, and others. Active campaigns have already been started by the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University. Swarthinore College, the School of industrial Art. Pierce School and other Institutions. There Is every Indication that the enthusiasm of the stu dents and their general aggressiveness will be a big factor In enabling Philadelphia to uphold Its reputation for financial patriot ism, SUFFRAGISTS ACTIVE Right In line with the spirit of the col leges Is that of the Philadelphia Woman Suffrage party. Mrs George IT. Dunning, president of the organization, announced to day that she would give the forces of the entire organization for work In tho Liberty Loan campaign. Mrs. James Wlnsor, of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America, has taken similar action. Under the auspices nf the City Club, Liberty Loan committees have been organized In the Twenty-seventh. Ward and the Fourteenth Ward. Franklin" D'OUer, a director of the First National Bank, of this city, and now a major In the United States army, today cabled from France his subscription through the above bank of JGO.OOO to the second Issue of Llbeity Loan, asking that the American expeditionary force receive credit for this subscription. Martin Madson. a native of Denmark, displayed $4000 In Liberty Loan bonds to day when he enlisted In the famous Black Watch (Forty-second) Regiment of Can adian Highlanders. "I figure that these Liberty Bonds are the safest kind of an Investment that any ono could possibly find." he said. Instructing the officers of the British and Canadian re cruiting mission to put his allowance for food and expenses Into the "smoke" fund for the "bovs." Madson, who Is a florist of Norwood, was sent to the recruit depot at Toronto. Sales reported by the Allied Lumber Trades today amount to $215,000. Includ ed In these are the following: George W. Smith & Sons, $50.000 ; Joseph W. Pear son's Sons. $20,000; Smedley Iiiothtu, $10,000; Chailes Felln & Co., $10,000. The women's booth outside of the Union League this afternoon announced that It had received contributions during the day amounting to $10,200 for the second Liberty Loan. From the vicinity of Scranton subscrli tlons amounting to $3,590,750 have been made. The Industrial Commercial Committee rcpoits subscriptions for yesterday alone totaling '$837,000, making n grand total for this committee of more than $4,000,000. Nine million more dollars for liberty was subscribed by Philadelphia yesterday In the big drive for the second American war loan of 1917. Part of the day's Miccess was due to Individuals and to the regular or ganization that has been campaigning for the Liberty Bonds ; but the major part of It was due to the 8000 women of the Phlla- un me smartest two-tone ooots in Philadelphia you can't let it slip by. have a big showing of other - Tones at Wholesale delphla district, who worked Ilka Trojans to advance the sales. The booth, built like a treasury, In front or the I'nlon League, "manned" by women, sold $118,000 worth of bonds in ninety minutes, Kvery department of the Wom en s Loan Organisation of Philadelphia Is striving to do Its full share toward raising on?thlrd of the district's quota of $116. 000,000. In booths nt strategic points nnd In every big hotel nnd railway station the women ure selling bonds. The work In the nation Is under direc tion of Mrs. William U. JIcAdoo, wife of the Secretary of tho Treasury, and Mrs. Barclay II. Mnrburton Is clialnnnti of tho work for the Philadelphia illstilct. Chandler A Co. bought $1,000,000 worth of bonds; John nnd Hodman Wnna maker. $1,250,000 worth each; the Herman American Trust Company, $100,000 worth The totnl subscriptions of Montour nnd Columbla Counties were $747,1100. ., J,AnI,nr,,.,!lck"MnB''" rnl'any has taken $50,000 worth of bonds, and the Home Life Insurance Company has subset Ibed for $:0.000 worth. "If the American people could only vis uallie the desecration and Insults heaped upon mothers, wives nnd daughters, there would be no Liberty Loan; It would be a liberty gift, to wipe (lermnn militarism from among the peoples of the earth!" This statement was made bv William A flarrclt, member of President Wilson's com mission to France, sent to Investigate the condition of railways, nt a ineeViig of the four-minute speakers In tho I'nlon League Club under the auspices of the Pennsyl vania Committee of Public Safety for the Third Federal District. The meeting was pteslded over by ox-Governor Kdwln S Stuart. Klve-mlntite speeches were made by Colonel John (Irlbbcl, Oeorge Wharton Pepper and K T Stotcsbury urging that the four-minute men make nn effort to Inject mote vitality Into the campaign. Mr. CJnrrett then addressed the meeting on his visit to the battle line, from Ostend to Verdun, and observation of the rnllwnr system by which the Allies nro supplied. The trip gave him opportunity to obsrvn nt first hand the ravages of tho Huns nnd the seriousness of the struggle to which America Is not yet awnlte. NHfinOUS PATRIOTIC Churches for negroes In Philadelphia are organizing actively for the support of the Liberty Lonn. according to the report of the " The Security I Offer "I, your Government, ask for a loan, not a gift. "Do not hesitate. "Every man must recognize the immediate need for money. My interest rate of 4 is liberal. Nothing should deter you. The security is the best in the world. "Do you not realize that my entire resources are behind these Liberty Bonds every forest, every mine, every crop, every herd of cattle, every industry, every store, every bank, every home stead, is their security? "And do not forget this! Wefightadespoiler. Men and money. ' together, will beat him. If there is a lack of either, we shall lose. If we lose, every penny you earn will be shared by the War Lord's tax collectors, and Hun bayonets will still your protests! (C Vafould Itev Dr. Charjes A. Tlndley, chairman of the committee In .charge of soliciting sub scriptions among the negro population of the city. It Is proposed to call a meeting next week; under the chairmanship of Doctor Tlndley of all negro ministers of the city and all the leaders of activities among negroes to boost tho sale of bonds, , "SAVE FOOD," IS PLEA OF VERDUN SAMMEE Ambulance Driver Tells Emergency Food Gnrden Commission of Need of Conservation WASHINGTON. Oct. 18. "In the name of Liberty, save food," Is the message given to the people of this country through the National Mmergency Food Harden Com mission todn by Raymond .lames Whitney, an ambulance driver from tho Verdun front who went to an Atlantic port to sail for Franco today. Whitney, whose home Is In Ucdford, Ind., has Just completed n Hying visit home nnd he stopped In Washington long enough to call upon the National Kmergency Food Garden Commission to ask that the people be ngnln urged to conserve cver.v ounco of food. Whitney Is In the American Field Service nnd Is taking back twenty pounds of sugar to Mrs. Vanderbllt, so scarce Is tho lump nitlcle over there. He won the Wnr Cross for work at the front. "The declaration of wnr by President Wilson" said Whitney, "saved the world from the Kaiser. In my opinion, for from my observation of a jear nnd a half In tho war's fiercest fighting there was nothing that could possibly have put the 'pep' Into tho battle front as that did. Men nnd women kissed us Americans nnd wept when ever they met us. "Food Is the thing, and the conservation department of tho merknn Forestry Asso ciation Is doing a gteat work In Its cam paign for wnr gnidens Keep It up, for you will need It next yoSir, too. The Forest Regiment will do a great work over there, for the cleaning up that has to be done In that wrecked country will be a big job. "At a restnurant today I saw n waiter dump n half pitcher of cream nnd part of a square of butter In n cup half full of eoffce. In Kurope he would be shot for that. "V you rather lend to me, or give to Germany?" Make your subscription through any Bank or Trust Company LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE Third Federal Reserve District Lincoln Building Philadelphia This space has been donated and Trust Companies H -- 1". vV- MR. AND. MRS. BARKER MARRIED FIFTY YEARS Financier nnd Publicist Was Populist Candidate for Prcsldcht in 1900 Mr nnd Mrs. Wharton llarker arc today celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniver sary and ulso the sixty-ninth birthday nn nlversary of Mrs. Harkcr. Mr. Darker Is n well-known financier. Probably no ono In Philadelphia I better versed than ho In tho history of the city's financial and business establishments. When the Populist party sprang Into prominence some years ago Mr. Darker gained considerable political distinction by becoming Its candidate for the presidency In 1900. Flexible Diamond Bracelets A beautiful collection of handsome bracelets designed to fit the arm gracefully. Very attractive is a plat inum - front flexible bracelet of tapering effect. It is beau tifully decorated and contains five diamonds, graduated in size, in square settings $190. S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut St. DIAMOND MERCHANTS JRWELUrtS SILVERSMITHS by the Batiks, Bankers of Philadelphia .-f t Atthough he has pasted the ,,, Z",.L:iT-rvrtr vigorous nemo iwi iuii u, ins years, Ir I 74 oncn-alr advocate, and frenn.nii. . '. 11 hikes which men of much younA. hesitate to attempt. "" Mr Darker has three sons, tf,,-, , Ilarxcr. nnnnciai euuor of n mnrri.. ' 1 with n department stbre, and Folr.- HJ who Is engaged In the real !. ik'f.1 ness. " ontu Girls Arrested as Apartment Tm fl NKW YORK. Oct 16. Thr.- ..."""U to have confessed to being Imni ri'.,,aiJ ten apartment burglaries, were rri.rJ.'U the police today. Helen Donlln "n T from n second-story window to ih ,.,.' elude detectives. She Is In Bel .!,.'J , M ,...,.. m 9 $3 I 1 m , it IK IK ! .m.jMt.fen tyL. - i tofcifiiehkJ - -. JJJJlM- . .. . " '""SHMW, ' '" l"."JL!V " V ' " "litft1tfaitj
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