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EVENING- LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917
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MILITARY DRILL
FOR PENN CO-EDS
Girls Organize for Training
and Will Be Trained by
Plattsburg Graduate
OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS
Edward Bok Chosen Chairman
of Pennsylvania War Work
Council of Y. M. C. A.
Co-eds nt the 1nUcrnlly of rennisjhanla
nc orsnlieI for military trainlnc and
rcrWce TIip fair rolillcrp-to-Uo will drill
ttry Momln and Krlda afternoon In tlio
Potanlcal Ciardcns at tlw l'nlcrollj under
the direction of a I'lnHnburg grailuatc The
riBiibtlon uniform of the co-eds for drill
lll he hlatlt bloomers and a oucatei
A iwtlie Doited In the KlrlV rest room
at College H.tll reads as follow
How man Klrls would like to take a
course In mllltait drlllliiK with a IMatts
burK uradiiate a tutor? Those who would
r'gn liclow
So man Rlrl have lRncd that It Imi
l.ten netebFar to enlafRP the ioter Hi
T I lojic of the department of iililcs,
ll drill the co-eds
Bok Chosen Chairman
Kdard Bok, editor of the LadleH Home
Journal, has been elected chairman of the
I'ennsjhanla War Work Council at a
treetlnR of the executive, committee of the
erganlzitlon held In the Union I-eague
Joseph M Steele was elected vice-chairman
The couiuil is the State branch of the
National War Work Council of the Youn
Mens Christian Association dlrcctltiR the
nmuelations activities In tho fnitcd State
arms and navv
War Vaontps Scholarships
Kc'lou ships and scholarships valued at
ir.un lnmdied dollars, have been vacated
st tli I nlversllv of PentiH.vIvanla ouliiK
to enlistments bv theliolders In the war
frrvlce of the t nlted htates More th.ni
ton students who had been honored with
tfstart.il fellowships entltlltiK tliem to be
tween $500 and $inOU to itmtimie their
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more rtudents it the L'nlverslt.v now ate
In war set vice
liailroad Hu.vs !'orl Dwellings
The l'liiladplpliU anil Trenton Itillroad
rrnnmm a HtibFltll-irv nf the ItcadltiK, has
iiuired title to fort.v ilvvellliiRx at 'I ronton
avenue and N'orrls Mieet as the site for an
fjcleti'lon at Ktont and Norrls streets Tho
price was $37,999 70
Pour Automobiles Stolen
The theft of four automobiles with a total
value of $1315 was reported to the police
jesterdiv Two of the cars wete iccovered.
New Fire Station Opene'd
A new tire station nt Twelfth street and
Oak lane was opened last night with ap
ptoprlate cctemonles
Ilajek Now Kmplocd by Navy
V V Ilajek formetlv an agent In the
reps'tment of Justice h s Jo'ned the Naval
Intell ttente Department Ilajek is a Ho
heml.iii lit liutli and .t Rradtnte of the I'M
versitv f PiHRiie
I'hlladclphian to Head Veterinarians
The ninlilliKitlnn of moio than 12 )0t
perls stul enlfited men for the tiovernnidit s
velerlmn strvke has been plaird in the
hands of s Phlladelplilan who has been
iilleil to Uashlticton fur the duration of Hie
war fii Hi s purpose Dr C .1 MarMiiII
nf 5M riur Mlrtet the St itn veterinatian
and tirifessn of vetetinarj medicine In the
l'nlerit of I'ennsvlv.inla is the expert
selected
Babies' Welfare Association Elects
The H-ibio Wtlfire Association of
rhlladelplili Ins eletted tue follow Inc of
ficer f i I'll 7-1 S President Dr William
Duffleld Robinson, vice presidents. John
C ppltgitp Mr Strait J Babcock, Mis
James P MvMcliol, treasurer Arthur U
Post secrt-tar Dr Hatrlct L llartlej
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MOURNS BROirtCR AS DEAD
Miss Lena Cohen, of 820 South
Eighth street, shown above, be
lieves that Oscar Davis, the first
senmnn to be lost from nn Amer
ican vvntship s.ince the war betran,
is ncr mother, whose pictuic aIo I
appeals. I
SAILOR, U-BOAT VICTIM,
MAY BE PHILADELPHIAN
Mothor Believes Oscar m Davis,
Lost in Submarine Action,
Was Her Son
The first seaman in an Vmerlcan warship
lt loso his life as the result of L'-boat
operations Is thought b hl relatlve4 In
this city tf be OT.ir Dvvls of 820 South
nifshth stteet The mother of Davis. In
spite of the repot t that a man ftom Ala
bama was killed in the recent I '-boat oper
ation, Is Inclined to think bet son the victim
Plve jcars ncii Oscit Cohen enlisted In
this cltv untler the name of (Ken Davis
He wbh first placed "pop Hip Inltlpshlp
Arkansas and liter transferred to the Ohio
nt this pi tt Last ;eir hit nlltnicnt ran
out and he was home on the usual furlouph
allowed men thai thev might decide shout
r-eiillvtinent On the dtv before be was
Mheduled to deildp he i"tnie to his liuitlipr
' I m not k il i I" lpt nv one call im
i slatki lip snltl I in KoliiiJ back .nid
e this war tllllUKh,'
Hb wis linine for n few il.tvs In Apt II
shorth before the I nlted Slates pnteied
the war Up then piedlcted that the iter
tinn L-boatc -vould be dtnceioiiM to Amtri
citt ships If war 8h.mil 1 be deelared lie
was at one ilin- oi the lorpedoboat Jan is
A fetv ilits at, hi siter Miss I o in
Cohen, rece'ved h Iili.i frum her brother
who tvidentlv wrote ftom lielatid "I hope
to be hick In the snte not later than a
vfar from now ' he wrote
Mrs Hose Cohen the mother melted
from WiashltiKton the follow Ins teleKram
"Uurcdu deeply tpprets to Infotm von
itcar D.nls jecontl tlass seaman was lost
ov ertioat d fro ii the I" t Jatvls Octohei
8 No further Infotmnt on ,it hind
llurenu tried tn nctl1'' nest of kin a mar
tied sister liisMe Smith 13.'2 South Seiond
"Ircet I liable to del to- mes'-age
OF NEW YORK
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Presents an Exclusive Showing of
GOWNS WRAPS SUITS
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October
22nd, 23rd and 24th, at the
Hotel Bellevue-Stratford
"The Red Parlor"
The talent of Harry Collins is well expressed in the
gowns which he has designed for the leading Theatri
cal Productions now playing in New York: "The
Very Idea," Astor Theatre; ""Business 'Before Pleasure,"
UtingcTheatrc;"'iVVflyrfw,,.,Longa,crcTheatrc;
"Oh Boy," Princess Theatre.
Every facility available in his New York Salon is
here placed at your disposal.
Nowhere else in Philadelphia can the
originations of Harry Collins be had
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The Kew York Salon nf Harry Collin, is at 29 We-t lBh Street
NEWSPAPER HEALTH
COLUMNS WIN PRAISE
Assistant Surgeon General Com
mends Work of Helping the
Masses' Well-Bcing
WASHINGTON, Oct 19
Health columns In newspapers and fur
ther and complete education of the masses
to safeguard their well-belnK were advo
cated bv a number of speakers nl today's
session of the American Public Health As
scclatlon Dr John W Trask. Assistant
Surgeon Ceneral. declared that newsparers
should make tl eir health column as lndls
pensable a" their iokc column " He said
that health protective measures fall Into
three groups as follows
Snnltary projects and n ssft wnter sup
plv .
t onlrnl of roniniiinlrablt ilUtasts.
Ptrsonnl livglrnt.
Dr I'rederlcU S I.pp nf Columbi ( t ni
versitv pnlnlcd out that one of the tnosi
striking features of the present war Is the
unprecedented use that Is being made of
si lence and that the accomplishments of
plivsloloRv must be added to those of me-
hanltal engineering and theiulstrv be
ause men and women ate as necessary as
cer to the performance of Industrial work
spo.ikitiR of tile human mathlno In lu
dustrt lip sild
Like other liidulilnl machines II can be
worked nt dlfferint rpeids, but unlike other
industrial machines It tannot be worked
for nu Indefinite period because it Is sub
ject to the limitations of fatigue Patlgue
delays work diminishes output, spoils
goods causes accidents and sickness keeps
workets nt home and In all these ways Is nn
obstacle to etllclencv How fatigue can be
kept down to Its lowest reasonable limit
how the working power of the Individual
an he maintained fioui dav to day and
fiom week to week and be made to yield
a malmum output without detriment to
itself and to others, in othet words how
the human machine can be used so as to
obtain from it the most profit, constitutes
one of the greatest Industrial problems of
the day
One of the Important ieults of the war
studies now being made IcHlcs to thp hours
of labor during vv libit Hip most efficient
work can be perfoimed Dot tor t.ee tiles
the following InslHiites In whlth an liuiease
in production followed :i reduction In the
bouts of labor
' With n group of Mi to too women turn
log aluminum fiisp-bodies the reduction of
the weekly hours of acttnl work ftom 5fi U
in IB a a saving nf more than twentv bouts
inrKased the gloss production bv ' per
flit When the Hctunl working bouts of
hftv-six men engaged In the Iiptvv lahot
of sizing fuse-bodies wpip reduced fiom
s -' t"i.it - Hit gross output was Increased
by .'I pit cent
YOKKTOWN ANNIVERSARY
Today 13Gth Hirthday of Coimvallis's
Surrender
1nd.iv Is the 136th nniilversarv of the
suirendet of Cornwallls at Vorktown The
vntlous tommanderles of the Patriotic Or
der Sons of Aniet lea which prevlouslv have
celebrated the day with fitting ceiclses
and entcttaiiiiiient, have abandoned the
Idea this year
It vtns slated nt the headnuarteis of the
organization that In view of nut present
telations with England, who Is mil allt
agilust Nalierisin, the usual t en tntmlts
weie tailed o'l w as not tu i inlli. t ttnli
what the ttovi tninent is tlol it,
Tahf the rtfjht road
' buying shtrts.
UNDERDOWN
f SHIRTS
$1.50 each
3 (Of $4 nrr the most comfoit
! .'able to weat and the
hlKKest value vou can get at this
price
A. R. Underdown's Sons
Itnbber Goods & Man's Tarnishing
202-204 Market Street
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MAN SHOOTS WOMAN, THEN
TRIES SUIGIDEPOLICE SAY
Victim Reported Dying in Methodist
Hospital, Rut Motorman Is Not
Seriously Hurt
After shooting Christine Holleufer. forty
four years old, 1622 South Ilroad street
during an altercation at Ilroad and Morris
streets, the police, gay. loula Clipper, forty
five years old, a. motorman employed In
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's
barn at Sixteenth and Jackson streets, at
tempted to commit suicide, by shooting
The wound In tho shoulder Is not serious
The woman Is reported to bo dying In the
Methodist Hospital Clipper Is under ar
rest at St Agncs's Hospital
According to the police of the Fifteenth
street and Snyder avenue station. Clipper
and the Hclleufer woman met at Hrond and
Morns streets They conversed several
minutes when, according to the authorities
Clipper drew a revolver and shot his com
panion FREE IRELAND SOUGHT
AT STOCKHOLM PARLEY
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Erin's Political Independence In
cluded in "Peace Terms" of
Preliminary Manifesto
STOCKHOLM Oct m
Political Independence for Ireland Is one
of the pence terms contained In a manifesto
Issued bv the organisation lonimlttee of
the Stockholm conference todav.
Among the other "peace terms' con
tained In the manifesto are the following
International dKu niament
International League to Jaiforce Peace
Restoration of Atinenl.i to Turkey
tiermanv to restore llelglutn and
French soil now occupied
fierniatiy to pav a war Indenmltv to
Ilelglum
Kutuie of Alsaie-trfirrnlne to lie Mi
lled bv the vote of their own peoples
Servla to tie lestoied
Unlnnd lo be granted Independent e
The Salonlcn terrltorv to he plni i d
lindet common Jurisdiction of Itulgnrln
Servla and (Ireece
This Is the so-cilled Intel national i i
Nt peaic parlev whlth was to haw been
held In Stockholm last stimmei but w lib h
has bten postponed from time to time be-
iun some of the llled tlovet niiients n
fused to grant passports to persons desir
ing to attend It T tie Impression was gen
eral In lhigl.iml and Atnetlca that Hermany
was sponsoring thp conference and Intend
ed to lisp It to further her own peaie ends
l S. Issues Anthem Rule
WVSHIMIIOV tiit pi To tlear up
misunderstandings In the nations v.istlv
enlatged nrmv Hie Wni Dep.at Intent has
Issued a statement tailing attention to reg
ulations ptovidlng that when the national
anthem is plaved ollhers anil men In uni
form when tint ov tied shall stand at at
tention without saluting
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FOOD SHIPS LOOTED
BY GIANT U-BOATS
Cargoes of Fats Removed From
Merchant Vessels Before
They Are Sunk
WASHINGTON. Oct 19
Hermany 'a giant pirate L'-boats are now
robbing food ships of their cargoes, stow
ing these within the subinarlnn hold and
then sinking tho unfortunate, victims
spurlos versenkt
That Is the newest development of ruth
less undersea watfaro according to con
lldentlil embasv tepnrts todnv, t'slng
new l.iOO-ton vessels apparentlv In pairs
the Hermans are operating off 11. beaten
track, apparently several hundred miles
outside the old danger lino zone around
Oreat llrltaln and France
Numerous cargo ships have recentlv been
llstid as missing ' In the light of this
iiprinin lawlessness the vessels are now
given up as sunk wllhoul a tiare left, par
tlrularh ns In m.iiiv tases their cargoes
wete fats whlth, tiprmanv needs so batllv
The newer I -boats nro sumeltnttv large
to pptmlt stowage nf a I trgp portion of a
captured cat go ltccausp of this taparltv
the war trade board has been particularly
reluctant to ship out cargoes for Kuropeau
neutral ports
Convnvs for merchitit shlpn spHI much of
tin apparent dllllculty f.einiaiiv and Ails,
tria are now hiving with then subniHrin
fleet The two mutinies repotted vestet
tlnv coming atop uimthci nnuoiinceil last
week Indli.ilc Teuton seamen despite irnn
diselp Inp arp unpen ed bv thp antisub
marine work nf the AIIIps and Aniprlia.
and ate dominated bv the unknown perils
WINTER'S RAVAGES
cannot harm our boat if protected
1 y a canvas cover made by
F. Vanderherchen's Sons
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7 N. Water St.,
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Friends noom O'NcIl Tor Governor
HAHtUKHtmO. Oct 18 State Highway
Commissioner O'Nell said lie did not
Issue, the cards suggesting he. would make a
good candidate for Governor on the. llepub
llcan ticket, and said It must have, been the.
work of friends Cards asking ''What do
you think of Denny O'Nell tor Governor:"
have been circulated about the fatate.
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Only Today
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to get in on
this Perry
Intensified
Value Sale '
of
Winter Suits
at $20
Every one a $35,
$30, $2S or $25
quality mostly
finished and un
finished worsteds
and silk mixtures!
W Aren't they slick
ers!" said a husband to
his wife the other day,
as both finished an in
spection of the marvel
ous display of these In
tensified Value Suits
at $20 in our windows.
J The clothing men
of the city, and out
of - towners visiting
the city, have been
wondering all week
"how Perry's manage
to do ii."
I The suits really
should sell for much
more than $20, but
we saw the chance
months ago to make
this the most-talked-of
Event of the Times by
selling these wonder
value fabrics in Suits
at $20, and we're stick
ing to our purpose!
( Publicity and Pres
tige for Value-giving
are the returns we look
for!
CJ It's your chance to
cash in on our pro
gramme! And we want
you to ! We know that
you will, if you give the
Suits one look, one
feel, one try-on!
I Single - breasters and
double-breasters; most
ly finished and unfin
ished worsteds and silk
mixtures; stripes, small
checks, soft plaids;
browns, blues, grays,
greens combinations
of good taste and
beauty !
For Today and
Tomorrow Only!
PERRY&C0.
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