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Intensive Work Will Hasten
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Month
Bu a Staff Corrttrondent
CAMP MKADB, Admiral Md.. Oct. 31.
In an effort to put the Seventy-ninth
ftylslon In nhapo for service "over tliere"
lh training will be Introduced In sev
eral units.
Target practice work In mss halls and
lectures on grenade throwing wilt be In
order, while actual night operations In the
drill fields will follow within two weeks.
Despite the tax on their time and the
flraln on their strength the men are keen
tfr the extra work, and, entertaining the
belief that ttry hour devoted to military
work will hasten their departure for
France, are pitching Into the new duties
with vigor.
That the division, or at least a big sec
tion of It. Is due for nn early departure Is
no longer a matter for spccu'atlrtn. because
the transfer of 200 men on Monday and
Tuesday for a point of embarkation served
to emphasise the fart that as men are
trained tby will be ent ncro"-! the seas.
Today the commanders of the Infantry
and artillery regiments are making a fur
ther surey of their units for the purpose
of finding additional men who are fit for
foreign service. Men selected will be ex
pert mechanics who can Join special
branches of the service abroad.
How many men are to be Included In
this draft cannot be learned, for General
Kuhn lia placed a ban on all news that
deals with this phase of Camp Meade
activities.
n.ilph SafTel. of Washington, a member
of the SI 2th MftChliie-flun Battalion, was
ready to leave camp yesterday for France,
but at the last minute was rejected by the
turgeon. Four men In the unit volunteered
o take Saffel's place and the captain per
mitted the men to tos a coin for the place.
Although It Is virtually certain that Gen
eral Kuhn will go to France before Novem
ber 5. offlclal confirmation of his transfer
Is lacMhg. General Kuhn declines to dis
miss the matter, but persons In close touch
with the War Depaitment do not hesitate
to say tht the General Is winding up his
affairs at Little Fenn, and will soon depart
for the fighting lines.
Lieutenant Colonel Huntington, illusion
surgeon, is making a survey of the camp
kitchens and today announced that officers
at the camp had decided to obey the wishes
of Food Commissioner Hoover. Meatless
Tuesdays will be observed In future in the
barracks of the commissioned officers.
Two Die in Colliery Accidents
SHAMOKl.V. ra.. Oct. 3t -Otto Wetzel,
thirty-one years old, was crushed to death
by wagons In the Philadelphia and Heading
Coal and Iron Company's Mountain colliery,
while John Zonza, twenty-five yenrs old
SONGS WHILE AWAY TIME
IRKSOME TO ARMY MEN
Phjladelphian Leads Chauffeurs
in Vocal Rendition of Sal
vation Book Music
By J. W. PEGLER
WITH THU AMKniCAN KXPKDI
TIONAHY AttMY IN FRANCH, Oct. 15 (by
mall).
Chauffeurs were having a song Fe8lon
tonight In their messroom. Just aft
the kitchen of the village hotel. "L'lttle
Angel," the busy waitress, was bustling
around the table clearing away the dishes.
"That dinner was tres bon," Ryan told
her Ityan the boss chauffeur, ex-drlver
of a New York express truck. "Angel"
mlled appreciation and asked how to Bay
"tres bon" In Kngllsh
"It's "swell dish'" Iljuii explained
And "Angel" went away repeating "swell
eUsh." She Is fast picking up English.
Fowler, the son of a wealthy Phlladel
phtan, thumbed over a Salvation Army uong
book.
"Her""' ft jfood one," he said, "Page 6."
If "n and Darnell turned to Page
(, monlzed:
ou now. my boy,
t, In olden time.
prattle and smtln
lie north while,
-r- was a arolden chime.
They must have sung pretty loud, be
cause a rain-soaked military policeman
banged on the door with his club.
"Watcha want?" Ityan demanded.
"Cut out that noise and g'wan to your
billets.'' he roared.
"Aw, pull In your neck contract your
ee-soffyguss," was Ttyan's comeback.
"We're In quarters now."
And the muslo went on. I went out to
follow th policeman. He swung his club
like a regular copper, flashing a pocket
lamp Into corners.
"Wandering Boy No. 1 was found sitting
on a doorstep oblivious of the rain and
meditating aloud. The cop led him to the
clink. Through the open door I saw three
other "wanderers." Then the cop resumed
his wanderings. He saw' teutfuls of sleep
ing soldiers and I went on down a street.
The gutters roared with a torrent of water.
Three Sammees came rollicking toward us,
chanting a new song:
I toisM a bomb Into the air.
It cams to earth rlcnt over there;
And when that little bomblet fell
A doxn rrltzlea went to h .
The cop halted them, heard them four
Hush about having lost their way, put
them on the right street and sent them
kern with the warning they'd be pinched
-K they didn't go straight.
I said "good night" to the cop and he
went splashing along his beat. You're
bound to have strays and stragglers In the
beat of armies wandering boys to be gath
ered In by the cops.
ILLINOIS PACIFIST BEATEN
SsV'V .,, Xr.VKI A. C,!.,.. I- ItTkt.U
He Slurred at the Flajr
CARMI. JU.. Oct 81. Samuel Selbert.
arty, paitor of the Church of Apostles
tare, was attacked and beaten by a mob
Mr cervices: la the church In which he
. alleged to have declared "any man who
fltaWtatln thm nrnf war nn, , nkr.
'- Wmm" and "that he would never salute tho
Bolted SUtes flag." Kederal operatives
$! Investigating today.
War, Dttkratlett Against Austria
TORK Oct atUrarent nlen. that
"truuMnt Wilson call a special session of
rm c onp to declare war on Aus-
jriev-HwiejaWry was made to the American
0tti. Scoiaty today by nichard M. Hurd,
eirm.ii o( n executive cwnmwee. He
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TWO AGED WOMEN DEAD
AS RESULT OF BURNS
Another injured Following Attempt to
Put Wood on n Room
Stovo Firo
HAnTKOnn, Conn., Oct. ai, -- Mrs.
Francis E. Spencer, eighty years old, was
burned to death i Miss Martha 11 Ioomls.
a sister, aged setenty-slx, was so badly
burned that she died, and Mrs. Henrietta
Martln,.seventy-two years old, another, sis
ter, was slightly burned and Is In a serious
condition from shook as tho result of a
fire Jn their home toilaj.
Mrs. Spencer attempted to put wood on
a ston fire In tho room, setting flro to her
own clothing.
FAIR WEATHER HELPS
SAMMEES IN TRENCHES
After Repairs to Dugouts, Sol
diers Face Hazards Under
Harvest Moon
A M K It 1 C A N Hi:ADQUAltTi:nS IN
FltANCK. Oct. 31.
Two consecutive days of cloudless weather
have Improved considerably trench condi
tions for the first American soldlrrs to fret
Into the trenches.
The water which filled the trenches fol
lowing the several days of rain has been
drained out through the communication
trenches. The engineers have gone to work
repairing the sections which caved In and
tho portions wnshed out by tho rain and
blown out by shell fire. The Sammees have
been able to dry out their shoes and cloth
ing. Yesterday the Sammees were "quite chip
per," and one remarked tint "war Isn't o
bad after all " The weather todaj has
been Ideal for aerial obserxatlon and ar
tl lerv fire, but no Important news has
reached headquarters. Flocks of ducks
have been flying nrross "No Man's Land"
today and German soldiers have been shoot
ing at them, but without bticcess.
Tuesday night a harcst moon was out.
making "No Man's Land" somewhat like
Broadwaj The shining light made, the work
of patrols extremely dllllcult and danger
ous. Especially was this so at the place
where the German nnd American lines are
separated but by about 300 yards There
It was possible for snipers on both sldeB
to see men getting out of the trenches In
the moonlight.
The signal corps Uentenant who was
wounded Is recoerlng.
LICENSE COURT NOVEMBER 28
Time for Petitions for Change Ad
vanced a Day on Account of Election
The next session of the Liquor License
Court will be November 28, when Judges
Martin nnd Finletter will hear applications
for change of locations and persons In Itoom
290, City Hull.
Unusually ihort notice Is ghen appli
cants for change of location anil owners
petitioning In lapsed license cases. The
last day for filing Huch petitions Is next
Monday. Ordinarily the day would be
Tuesday, but as that Is election day the
petitions will have to he presented to Clerk
Turner by Monday evening. Ono day Is
also lost in the cases of change of owner
ship of licenses. Instead of the last day
for the filing of petitions In these cases
being on Vovember H It Is November 17,
as the 18th Is on Sunday.
1,000,000 TONS OF SHIPS
PROMISED IN 4 MONTHS
Construction to Be Speeded Up
and "Red Tape" Cut 6,000,000
Tons by End of 1918
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.
The United States will turn out 1.000,000
tons of shipping in the next four months
nnd liv the end or 1111 moi Ipn than
C, 000, 000 tons will have been constructed.
Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board,
announced this afternoon.
The new goal In shipbuilding will neces
sitate the operation of steel plants and
shipyards at maximum capacity on a twenty-four-hour
basis. "Red tape" of every
sort is to be eliminated and the forces
of labor and the shipping Industry are to be
more cloiely co-ordinated to meet the na
tion's need for more tonnage.
The new program cnlllng for atl in
creased tonnage was outlined today by
chairman Hurle at a "get together" con
ference between Government officials and
the representatives of labor anil shipbuild
ing. The conference was one of the mo.st
Important war gatherings since America's
tntrance Into the war. Attending were
spokesmen of seventeen of the largest
shipyards on the Atlantic coast They
pledged utmost co-operation with the Gov
ernment, as did labor representatives. In
new plans formulated for greater produc
tion and Increased efflclenc).
"The new goal of our expectations Is ten
times the production of 1916," Chairman
Hurley stated. "We are confronted with
an abnormal task and we muit apply ab
normal methods. Hvery ounce of our en
ergy and .Initiative must be directed to
ward the accomplishment of the greatest
task ever Imposed upon a nation In war.
DOPE DEALER SENTENCED
Court Refuses Leniency on Draft Call
Plea
Buck Maier, convicted in the Federal
Court on the two charges of dealing In
narcotics and having opium In his posses
sion, was sentenced today by Judge Thomp
son to serve a term of fifteen months In
the Atlanta Penitentiary.
Mayer was defended by Congressman
John It. K. Scott, who pleaded for leniency
on the ground that the accused was a
drafted man and should be allowed to re
port to Camp Meade and serve his country
In the army. District Attorney Kane took
the position that men convicted of violations
of the anti-drug law would not make' good
soldiers and should bo required to stand
the consequences of their misdeeds, Judge
Thompson agreed with t,he District Attor
ney. Fr
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KVENING- tEDGER -PHILADELPHIA, Eu;s!btoJLA CN'TOUER 31,""
GOVERNOR EXPLAINS
LAW ON DEPENDENCY
Advises Registration Boards to
Withhold Action Pending Ar
rival of Text of Act
Tho manner In which the Federal Govern
ment, will administer the new law for the
support of dependents of United States sol
filers was explained by Governor llrum
baugh today In n letter sent out to the
local registration boards throughout the
State. He asked tho boards to withhold
dertnlte action on specific cases until copies
of the net are In their possession.
The Governor gave the board these In
structions: "In connection with decisions on claims
for dependents on the ground of dependency
and for consideration In determining appro
priate action relative to reopening depend
ency cases tinder the provisions of ruling
12-M, your attention Is Invited to the fol
lowing Important extracts from tho act of
Congress approved October C. 1917, provid
ing family allowances, allotments, compen
sation nnd Insurance for the mltltary nnd
naval forces of the 1,'nlted States-
Sertlon 201 provides for allotments of
pay of every enlisted man compulsory
as to wife (divorced wife In certain
rases), compulsory as to child, volun
tary as to other persons Monthly com
pulsor allotment shall be In an amount
equal to family allowances hereinafter
specified but not more than one-hilf
pay, or less than $16 Tho enlisted man
may allot nny portion or amount of his
pay in addition to the compulsor allot
ment for such purposes and persons as
he may direct, subject to regulations
Tho Secretary of War may require that
nny portion of one half pa) which Is not
allotted shall he deposited In the mlll
tarv pav deposit fund for the benefit of
the man Compulsory allotment mav be
waived on written consent of wife, sup
ported by evidence of her nbllltv to sup
poit herself and children Compulsorj
allotment mav be excused for good causes
show n.
A family allowance nut to exceed $50
per month. In addition to pay allotted bv
the man shall be paid out of the Treasury
of the t'nlted Stntes. Such family al
lowance shall be paid upon application,
which may be made bv the man or made
by or In behalf of the beneficiary. No
familv allowances shall lie paid for nnv
period preceding November 1. 1917.
Family allowance will be paid from time
of enlistment
He sets forth at length the schedules
of pay to be allotted families according to
sUe.
Preference for the hrnncn or the service
to which the selected man wishes to be
detailed is being noted oy the local draft
hoards although this does not Insure his
going there The hunt for men who have
not answered notices to appear for exam
ination Is gradually decreasing the list of
reported deserters
The JD0 reward paid by the Government
for each missing man turned into an nrmy
post Is being variously apportioned by the
draft hoards. The Eighth District L'o.ird
is dividing It into three parts, ono to the
Police Beneficial Association, through the
policeman making the nrrest; one to the de
pendent relief association In its section, and
the last third to the member of the board
escorting the man to camp, the expenses
for the trip being me uy that member,
however.
Other boards have for the most part turn
ed their lists over to the police department,
and the latter Is paying one-half of the
reward to the policeman making the nrrest
and the balance to the Police Beneficial
Association.
District Appeal Bonrd No I today certi
fied seventy-one men for military service
to the adjutant general of the State and to
tho local boards as follows- Draft Board
No 1, seventeen men; No. 6. thirty-eight;
No 7. five; No. 35, three, and No. 39, eight.
District Appeal Board No. 2 certified
thirty-four men for military service, grant
ed discharges to eighteen and allowed tem
porary discharge to eight.
JUDGE SEVERELY CONDEMN
SOLDIER GUILTY OF THEFT
"Unpardonable Disgraco to the Uni
form You Wear," SaysvCourt Fol
lowing Conviction of Bernard
B. Ferry
'An unpardonnble disgrace to the uniform
vnu wear." remarked Judge Baldrldge. spe
cially presiding In Quarter Sessions Court
today, to Bernard B Ferry, who stood
at the bar of the court in the uniform of
the artnj, convicted of stealing an auto
mobile belonging to H V. Hast, of 132
North Third street Sentence on Kerry
was deferred until his captain, who Is
stationed at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.,
Is heard from regarding the steps the
army will take on desertion charges that
have been lodged against the defendant
In addition to the charge of which Kerry
was convicted, he was also alleged to have
tried to steal an automobile truck belong
ing to the Adams Express s'onipany dur
ing the fire at the companv's garage last
week.
Before being called Into the Kederal serv
ice, Kerry was a member of the Third
Beglment, N. O. P. It was while he was
stationed at the armory that he and an
other member of his lompany stole the
automobile belonging to Mr. Hast.
His companion Is navr at the Augusta
camp and efforts of Assistant District At
torney Maurer to get hlm back to this
city for trial were unsuccessful. Kerry,
however, without leave, left the camp and
came to this city about two weeks before
the fire at the Adams Kxprtss Company's
garage. Under the Government regula
tions a boldler Is considered a deserter If
he Is absent without leave for ten days.
This time was up when Kerry was ar
rested for the attempted theft of the auto
mobile truck. He has been In custody
since.
In his defense he sought to lay the blame
for the theft of the car on his compinion.
Boy Loses Arm in Fodder Cutter
SOUDEnTON. Pa., Oct 31. Ralph
Gentsch, fourteen years old, had his right
arm mangled and to badly torn that ampu
tatlon was necessary when he caught It In
a fodder cutter. Young Gentsch Is a son
of Mr and Mrs. Charles Gentsch. The ac
cident occurred at the farm of Abram
Heebner, at Telford. The Injured boy wai
removed to the Grandvlew Hospital at Set,
lersvllle,
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KEMP NOW IN COMMAND
OF 110TH AT HANCOCK
Replaces Shannon, Who Assumes
Charge of 28th Headqunrters
Train and Police
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATED
Tricks, Dancing, Movies nnd Refresh
ments to Enliven Evening
of Merriment
CAMP HANCOHC. Augusta, Ga , Oct. 31.
Colonel Georgo K. Kemp now commands
the 110th Infantry vvhllo Colonel 11 t.
Shannon commands the Twenty-eighth Di
vision headquarters train and military po
lice. The appointments were made yester
day In general order from division head
quarters. Colonel Kemp was former commander
of the o'.d Third, while Colonel Shannon
was commander of tho Fourth. Both regi
ments wire dismembered In the recent re
organization. Colonel Kemp as commander
of the 110th Is again at the bend of his old
regiment, for. nslde from 34G men, tho en
tire regiment was absorbed by his new
command several days ago He replaces
Lieutenant Colonel Coulter, who has been
acting commander of the regiment.
While Brigadier General K V. Stlllwell
Is at division headquarters In command of
the division, Colonel Kemp will be acting
commander of the Fifty-fifth brigade
The appointment of Colonels Kemp and
Shannon follows Instructions from the AVar
Department to nil all vacancies existing
In colonelcies.
Captain Frank D French, nsslstnnt de
pot quartermaster of the Tvventv -eighth Di
vision, left hero today for Philadelphia
where he will be assistant quartermaster
at the expeditionary depot
One hundred nnd sixty-nve selective serv
ice men from Camp Meade. Admiral, Md ,
urrlved here yesterday shortly after noon.
Tho men made the trip on n special train
and report a bad Journey. All can led big
blue laundry bags while severat were en
cumbered with suitcases and the like.
The men arrived at the Wheless htntlon
under the command of Lieutenant William
c. Shuster One hundred and forty-seven of
them have been assigned to the base hos
pital, the remaining eighteen to the 110th
Infantry.
Lieutenant Shuster nnd the four non
commissioned ofTiccrs who brought the men
here leave today for the Maryland camp.
A Halloween party at the field bakery
and quartermaster corps will enliven the
evenlnc nt Cnmp Hancock t'aptnln Frank
Mueller Is espousing the affair. Old-time
Halloween tricks, dancing, moving pictures
.nnd refreshments will serve to make the
evening enjoyable for the hundreds who will
be present.
Thirteen ghosts, formerly bakers of this
city, will appear on the company street of
the Held bakery at 11 :15, the keeper of, the
clt.v cemetery having kindly consented to
the participation In the festivities of hl
vplrlts.
TWO WOMEN NOW FIGURE
IN CHICAGO SPY CASE
Expected to Testify Against
Count Minotto in Alien
Investigation
CHICAGO, Oct 31.
Two women, one of them widely known
nnd the other shrouded In mystery, today
became dominant figures In the case of
Count James Minotto. whose alleged Ger
man associations have led to his arrest by
tho I'nlted States Government. The woman
of mystery, whose Identity Is known only
to Federal ngents Is expected to appear to
testify against the count at a hearing to
day before Inspector C. H. Paul, of the
Immigration Bureau. She Is said to have
been found in Chicago.
The second woman Is Jlnw. Joseph Call
laux, wife of the former French Premier,
with whom Count Minotto Is alleged to
have been Intimate In Buenos Aires. Count
Minotto admits an acquaintanceship with
Madame Calllaux. but declares that he met
her In a social way only and that It was
"just an ordinary acquaintanceship."
New evidence In the hands of Federal
agents, It Is declared, will prolong the hear
ings being held here nnd delay the for
warding of evidence In the case to Wash
ington. Man Killed by Collapsing Derrick
SCRANTON, Pa , Oct. 31. Joseph Kear
ne), nineteen, son of H. 1'. ICearney, rond
master of the Laurel Linn Railroad here,
was killed today when a derrick on which
he was working collapsed.
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BY FOOD PRODUCTS MEN
Influence of American Specialty
Association Pledged Govern
ment in War
ATLANTIC CITY. Oct. 31.
Laudation of Herbert Hoover was the
outstanding 'note of the ninth annual con
vention at Hotel Traymorc today of tne
American Specialty Association. One nun
dred of the largest packers of meats, cereais
and other food products In the country
sprang to their feet and -sang "A";''
with vigor after the Rev. Charles M"'"
NMIes In the Invocation had prayed tor
victory for American arms In the world war.
Fred It. Drake, cx-presldcnt of the Amer
ican Wholesale Grocers' Association, review
Ing the patriotic activities oT that body In
a message of greeting from the wholesale
distributors, spoke of the universal willing
ness of individuals to serve the general
welfare.
"We are proud of what Herbert Hoover
1ms said of our organization." he declared.
"Our president. Theodoro Whltmnrsh, Is in
Washington working eighteen hours n day
as one of Hoover's aids for $1 a year The
wholesale grocers nt a meeting with JjooX'p
In August suggested something much like
tho licensing system which It to go Into
effect In a few hours for the suppression or
profiteering In food products True Amer
icans content with a small margin of prom
during pence should he content with u small
margin of profit In time of war."
"This Is no time to talk about making
monev," exclaimed Walter I.lpe. of the
Beechnut Company "This country always
has been fair with other nations, and we
know.lt will be fair with the business
Interest. What we want to do Is to stop
worrvlng about the fuluie and go forward
confidently. Wo know In our hearts that
tho nation will not hamper business be-
There is no Sedan on the market more truly beautiful or more distinctive
than the new Paige nothing quite so luxurious in appointment.
These general characteristics apply to all other models in the new Paige
enclosed line the Limousine, the Coupe, and the Town Car. You
will find it a pleasant experience just to look them over.
The "Six-55" Sedan, 7-Passenger, $2850
Emm "Sii 55" 7-pntngir H775; Ceupt "Six-55" 4 puitngtr J2S50, Town Ot "Sn-55"
7 ptsienccr 93230; Umousine "Stx.55" 7 pusengtr 93230; Brookljndi four pisirngtr ?lo9):
I inwood''Su 39" five pautnirr 913JO, GUndale 'Six. 39" Chummy Roadsltr?1330, Dartmoor
"Six 39" 2 or 1 ptiimgrr J1330, Sedan "Su-39" fwe-pasitngtr 91925, Stratford "Su-51"
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"I'd rather live In this country Wlhout
anything under a democracy than llyom
this country with a mllllbn dollars under
the Kaiser," said Fred Mason, of tho
.Shredded Wheat Company.
Finds Another Baby Malady Case
CHAMBKRS11URO. Pa Oct, 31 rountv
Health OHIcer Klnter found Harold Cordell,,
of Waynesboro, to be a .sufferer from In
fantile paralysis. This is tho third case
now under quarantine from this disease
In that town.
New Cause for Fifth Ward Murder
The failure of tho passage of the police
nnd Hre bill at the last session of the Leg
islature was held to be Indirectly tespon
slbJe for the Fifth Ward murder, accord
ing to Frederick J. Beyer.
The Regulation Officers
Official Dispatch Case
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