;'.''-.,. ', t. v ,'; i-71 ,b. 3SV 'DEATH if . Homes in-stt Estab- Kments fit OVERWORKED iVfB NefyvExhaus rough Frequent -Alarms I, was burned lo dealh and Cyndonia safk .FTER 3 DAYS OP PERIL Philadelphia Vessel Which Was Crippled in Snowstorm Reaches an Atlantic Port The Philadelphia yacht Lyndonla If safe In an Atlantic) iort after having Mrfted helplessly for three days In the ocean as p. result of the blowing? out of Its boilers. Nobody was Injured, accord ing to reports received here, hut the ship was so seriously damaged that It will have tn be virtually rebuilt. The X,yndonla was on patrol duty for the United Wales Government having been bought last spring from Cyrus H. K. Curtis. She was S00 miles off Uie coast and In a bllndkig snowstorm when the boilers were blown out, crippling lighting and heating plants und putting t Ltbe wireless out of service. It was after RUSHING WAR PLANS AND CUTTING RED TAPE America Responding Promptly to Practical Sug gestions of House Mission ARMY AND NAVY ACTIVE Sccrocy Cloaks Details of Program, but Speed Is ItSynoto in All llranches of Service WASHINGTON-, Jan. 3. America Is already responding to the jtaOTJrWtt "commendation, of the House to port The news came In a letter to Harry .?" arranged, ana Is constantly giving Mate Wnl- lu"cr co-operation" m tue war against Olmbel from Chief Machnlst's ter 1). Yates. Lieutenant l' II. llahcnck, commanding the T.yndonla, telegra)hed ntinbd to forwnrd clothing. Mr. t'urtls sent twenty suits of dungarees nnd J ISO for the crew, .-, .1 t ..... .ini.ti.i,. nights. Including Christmas, that an fcadly damaged by llro early , -"an irawicr rounu jicr ana towcu ncr ( mt Sections of the city. ' fourth day of unending the Jlre department mid tlio .many engine nompanici nro exhaustlon. Fulluro of the nt In mmliiv Willi ino wvr torcement of tho two-platoon I responsible .for the great bur-' placet! on ,tllo nreligmcr-. . - - Syrr TRUCK TRAIN COMING l Jforwooa street nnno rn an oil stove Ignited the bed . m - KAS1 rKUMJIKIliaiT cms occupied the House, nrw- I h neirrcsK unconscious und i "to Pt. Joseph's Hospital. She ', Start JanUaly g ailtl Will tosion'of a lamp i wid to, Run to Seaboard on Eight i a nro whlchiaflir damage... , OI. "M nfl,nn.. s-r,plifli0 , -r rnir ft. Hlikaru. a rnal . " .---- mission. The navy has started "the more active utilization" of our Milps which tho tiils- the submarine nnd'ln protecting icsels, The army Is undergoing overhauling. which will make It more responsive to tho urgent House appeal for speed. The navy share In the program Is uloakctl In secrecy becauso lt portion Invo've.i naval movements, publication of which the voluntary censorship for bids. As for tho army, tho recent crea tion of a war council lo co-ordinate the various major branches of the net vice, plus the announced leoigonlzatlon of the ordnance department with American business men Included In It, constitutes the outward steps toward that rpeed. unity and co-operation. Vital' legislation Is being prepatcd'by the War Council and should be (submitted to Congress within n few days. The matter of rpeed has at last come home. Itcd tape is being eliminated and every effort Is being made by the Shipping Hoard, army and navy to ful fill the requirements of tho llouso recom mendation, Secretary of War linker and other oft. clnls forceee poislbln temporary Oilman success on the west fiont, but appar ently they propoe to cut down the ....... ....., -PI... 4-t ..... .....-., ... ...I.., .."-.. ..- ,.....-. ...... ....... ...... ........ .v.... ...., ..,....., .Ui ia uu. faster than the original schedule, which to the umount o'f more, thai, , truck train will otmrato on an eight or looked to at least four or live months' a caused at the home of bam-lnlnu day schedule from Detroit to the 'training on this side PRETTY GIRLS AT SKATING CARNIVAL The carnival was held yesterday nftcrnoon at the Palnco Rink, Thirty-ninth and Market streets,, for benefit of the navy auxiliary wool fund and army motor kitch cn. Miss Elizabeth Ford Mar tin, on the left, and M'ss Louise Kerr Lippincott uro shown ns they appeared In the candy booth. HAr.r.isuuna, Jan. 3. J. Liciuiy O'Xell. fc'tute Highway Coni- lllckard, a coal r.r.n Mmnnvs street. er- hf Several 'autdtrueks In the ere also greatly uamagcu. no l.Tnvii iw. . ,. ... ... .... ., . , LgsHMed a loss" of 20p0 at the es-1 """""' ,:1 " '-M'i. " u icicgnun Rt Ut mill? 9C a-7AIII'i"'itt "" - a .., o.. nu. 14-m. nf 4273 Kranliforil avo-1 cara will Iravn Dntmlt. An.lt.. nn r JLHhoUKli tho llremcii responded L1)0t jaUary IS, and rrquestlng tho SM.VVfJirflr-t-lto of .th.J Highway ,WJ Kbit, S04 8outh Nlneteentli street, ' B.aiJoar,i. Meajeicctric wues. jiany 01 mo 1 had narrow escapes from terlous CESTg.. AGAINST 3T STREET BUFFET ;for Removal of- Saloon Will .'Granted Unless Remon- i. . ... SsSs alcants-Appear-. &:. m. , .'lH)llylOl tfL dUUII i-..i..Vwi4.. .. eeper Of Jul' raraynnir avenae, oral of his location to i.32 aiar- et will be heard In the License EMwnorrcw, and unlets lemonstrants ,-ja; person to ouject j tno new Uie petition will ue grnnieo, as trances have been men in rit- re the court. ti' other applications fur change tteen filed with tho court, tho list fii-'follows: '.' ss A. Schmltt. lKTllaiket street. M.I', Callahan; Harry A. wood- Koutli Twertty-thlijI 7treer. to I'll. Storkey; AVIIilam A. Urady. I1-Z3 South Kighth street, to 3. King ; Vlnceiit J. Tor pey. JC22- arenue, to John J, Tprpey.: t Allekna. southcm'.botticr TSet'onU iter streets, to Harn- Jtolscn: 3fenry, :i Va.l ClieJlen avenue,. I'. Harklns: Mlclfatl Tom- lTJfortli Fourth htreet, to.2940 '.street: Carrip Miller AlengU.' t corner Twenty-ninth and ' SLreet,, to rf rantc engis; gers (owner). 1014 HoUth- ; street, to Harry J. McGlnnls: ttZjConard, "69 Kast Passyunk u'to tZit Market street. jfl5 "WHOLKSALB m Aldworth. bottler. 1;13 Aim itftj3034 Boudlnot street, jy. i 1 itae Guest a at Lecture HHldred marines from the .league ifKaTy Yard will be guests ".'ot. David Fallon, M. C, tonight at ny of Music, where he will .. lecture entitled "Klghting- Hell." Captain T-'allon. who Jlth' th Brttleh and Australian. iwounaca una4nnuuea nomer ti an account, lit his personal I Inthe-wan. The navy share in the new program will help in acompllslilng destruction of more Ceiman U-boats than ever before While last week's tonnage destroy..! tvofl large, as predicted in esterda) :i London dispatches, It was regarded hero an onn of the crests of the UIM lllld es bo made In bridges in I downs' in U-boat wurfare. The lKccm lledford, Tho State High-1 tier average was gratifying and more C-boats aro oonnantly lieing bagged. A letter was ulio iccclved from tho highways transport commltteo of thel Council of National Defense, -in which ' If Id UIIVtfAuli.il ... ,1m U.i,. ltllM.....B Department olllclaln thnta twtf or threo J minor changes be made ueuwr null way Department Immediately took this mutter up with tho olllclals of the re spective counUeB nnd will endeavor to l.ae tho changes made as recommended. Commissioner (rell also announced today thaftho flepartlnerit had perfected its organization from the omo lo the Maryland rU'ato lhie. tin'owplows have been satloneu jilong tlm route, nnd ar-1 rnriKcincnlH have bcen.rnude with farmers und other citizens to coma to tho aid of tho department during all snowstorms. so that tho roads can bo kept open at all J Mount Holyoko College lost by flro mi times for tho safe passage of truck anil December 22 Lyman Wllllston Hall, tho motorcar, which aro being taken ever oldest of Its hdence laboratories. The tho Lincoln lilgnway lit increaing num-i building housed the departments of bot MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE APPEALS TO ITS FRIENDS Replacement of Museum Equipment Lost by Fire in Science Lab- oratory Solicited aiafc aV & SB& It NLHIKH 'S. W SljlllllMBTf JfHL BBBB aV B H 'lit. r' L i r' ( aHIIIIIH f, 1. ".'' H I'M.; yfJ'k -f C.:S. TT -4V- " l il V. . .'.'-. . ' i i It sJf . ..'jm 'J? $!$&'' ' ' ? ilslslsV CAMP DK INVADED BYFEMDARWY Fostlick Commission Galls Upon" Travelers' Aid Society- for- Help - ; ; ;;; HUNDREDS ARRIVE Presence of Sweethearts, 'iBona fitlo" nnd Otherwise, Gives Con corn to Ofllcials. . By M'LISS The eternaf femlnlno has responded lo the Jure of the uniform at Wrights, town, N", J with such gusto that the Kosdlck commission, appointed by the (lovernment to look after the social ac tivities of the military 'Inside and out side of tho cantonments, has called on tho I'hlladelphla branch of tho Travelers Aid Society for lielp. Wrightstown. X. J., as even the most benighted reader knows by this time, Is merely the civilian way of s.ylng(..ainp Dlx. with. Its thousands of UhuKbcIad ilrnflprt mptl. Kvery day hundredn ef girls and women bonatlde Bwceineiris aim un identified sweethearts, wtmen whose pur pose. Is not good and women with no apparent purpose whatever aro drifting Into the cam. They come by the rail road and they como by the flotillas of Jltnoys. which ply regularly between Trenton and the camp and Camden ond tho camp. , . ... , In the main each fcn.ilnlno Isltor animated by tho holy, or unholy, pur imso of lightening the lonely hours of ih il,ller bovs. Lack ot accommo dations In Wrightstowh and the adjacent nr.itni... i..t 1.r.n nn deterrent to uicm. A discouraging reception on tho part of. il, i:.,vrin,i(.iit lius been futile ill keep ing them away. Kven Jack Frost, who MISSIONARY SOCIETIES OPEN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Women Set' Out to Gain 8000 Re cruits, for. Home nnd Foreign Field A drive" for nn Increase of about 8000 members In tho Women's Foreign Mis sionary Society and tho Women's Home Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of North Philadelphia and the section bounded by Paoll, Heading bnd Trenton starts today. The present mem bership of the two societies In the sec tion Is about 2000, so tho Increaso sought In four times the present membership. Tho slogan of the campaign Is tho "every woman's campaign" and the effort will be mado lo get oven woman Identified with the church to becomo a member of ono or the other of tho so cieties. Tho campaign will be conduoted bv Mrs. A. M. llauer and Mrs. M. C. Etout. Mrs. Allco Wlshart, wlio has been a missionary In India for fourteen years, will assist by visits and ad dresses. This Is not a financial drive, as memberships cost nothing. The drive will end, January 21. ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER TRAPPED BY MARINE Arrest Man Charged With Selling Whisky to Sea Soldier nnd Soliciting Sailors OLD YORK ROAD . ENDS TOLL GRABBING Historic Highway Passes Into Control of tho State and Will Becomo Free i i FORMAL SALE RATIIFY Chanrro Costs $108,000 in Which Bucks nnd Montgomery Counties nnd State Share- Old Yorjc road, ono of tho historic highways cf the State and the oldest toll road of the Commonwealth, went out of existence, In a technical, sense, at least, this morning when confirmation of the sale of the' road to the Stato Highway Department was ratffled nt u meeting ot the stockholders" of the Chel tenham nnd Willow Crovo and the Hat boro ohd Warminster Toil Companies Consideration In tho exchango of owner ship of this famous highway was $105, 000, of which' amount tho ofllcials ot Uutks County have agreed to pay $3244 ns their shale. Montgomery County r.O per cent of the) remainder, and the State Highway tho remaining fin per cnt. making the sliarcs of tho last two $31,000 each. It Is understood that tho Montgomery. County officials have sent out circular Accused of soliciting soldiers nnd sail-1 letters lo all of tho boroughs, town s at tho United Service Club, 207 South 'councils, etc., of that district, asking iik ."" -. .-- ..i .1.. I rne arrcsi ui ""su" " I ban been particularly wureessrul Uie , p ,va,e villlani Ka I last week In making nicely powdered M . w10m ,)0 ,g ,,,,, , ,iioes assume a repelling magnet-colored' t wi,k. ...- ..l.i..' r... ,l.oin nut. Accord. I H" o"11 xv .N,-k . . .... . era of tho Twenty-second rtreei. iun oners 10 pur chase liquor tor them, and with having actually made a sale nf whisky to a member of the United Slate Marine Corp?, John Hughes, of 4907 Chestnut Ktrcet, Is' under atrest by tho l-'cdeial ('authorities. The arrest of Hughes was lirougnt alclier, l. S, have made 7..yi..,.,-..,,.. -r. .g ..-jMry.-s.ig.n.KMaaaMuwyq.im .a.'t.sAfc'wid TRADE BOARD STARTS POWDER WORKERS DIE DRIVE FOR FREE PORT IN GAS-FILLED ROOMS siineriinnoslnc n feminine population on "the little hamlet in entire dihpioportion to its slzo and creating thereby a situa tion which. If it were not so clotely watched, might bo sensationally dan gerous. "The Ko?dIck commission." Miss March said, "asked us to send ono of our agents down to look nfter country nnd up-State glrli who, lnred by the universal feminine admiration for uni forms, might get into all sorts of trouble If their purpose In coming Is not tare- make the traffic as unprofitable, and .un pleasant as possible. HOV HIT BY AUTO. Ur'ces Wharves Department to , Effort to Keep Warm Sends fUiiy investigated t--.... tr;i -. Ty.M.-.c i .m:bs iiorienso i.pseii. ruin viuhhib iu i uiiin- grove Morgue Set Aside Ground for Open Zone ber dally. GRAHAM DEMES HE IS BERGDOLL'S COUNSEL Congressman Says He Merely " "Inquired Status" of Young Brewer .if He Returns Denial lias. JiechJ mads by Congress man tieorgo S. Graham of published reportOthathcIs tho attorney for Cro vcr Cleveland llergdoll, tho wealthy young brewer, who Is bclletcd to hare ' gone to Mexico to avoid the draft I Congressman Graham states that his Interest In Bergdoll'g caso has been as any, geology, psychology, physiology and zoology. Tho lots to the colle'go Is Wrtually complete and Is estimated nt more than $100,000. It Includes tho mu seums of botany, zoology and geology tho last especially rich In dinosaur foot print!! of the Connecticut Valley. If other Institutions or private Indi viduals have duplicate museum mate! lal. J microscopic slides which they do not lieeu. eKirfi luouraior v;ui(nif iil uiiii cult to prot'urc at tills time, or duplicates of out-of-print books, tho heads of' the various departments announce that tKey will be glad to learn of this In order to arrange for loan or purchase. In par ticular, those who have tent reprints to Mount Holypke before may be helpful drie for a free poit fur l'liii.idel- phU has been htarted by tho Hoard of Trade. This body has asked George S. Web ster, Director of tho- Department of Wharves, Docks and Kerries, to set aside several hundred acres for development of a fie zone, or, In tho event of the department being unable to do so. to have legislation .introduced to enable the plan to be carried out. The Uoaid of Trade believes If the United States Is lo compete for the world's trade it must offer Its manufac turers every ndvantage for economic Civil Serrjce Examination Dates Kxamlnatlons will be held under'.clvtl service regulations on January 3. Feb- tho FOClety 8. .iiarv nml Mlrch B for itilflcninti agent, has been given ottlco room In ' operator. et a salary eif .$1000 to 1?00 the little triangular building which Is , n .f!U., An 01)n competitive exainlna sct up.ut tho Junction of all tho roads ;ton liad aU,0 ijeen ordeie'd for physician at Wrightstown and which serves aa, i.. ,i,B inuan and Panama wrvic. l'KNXSOr.OVi:. X. .I.. Jan. ;:. the office of the tosdlck Commission I w)Ul aiarles ranging from. $1000 to Four powder workers hao been fnuen an admlrnblo lookout for lnestIgalor.. ji 300 a year. to death In the last few das. The vie-' Sho hasn't as many heads as Cer-j : , . . l.-. tlms wire IMwsrd Cavanaugli. Harry . berus has Miss I'.osen nor as many nhvemnr iraise Doctor 8tnn' Lynch. 1'rank C. Thomas and James eyes as Argus, but fiom .this vantage) liOiernOrl raises UOCtor htone (Itmpbell. Tho last-named three had point she will scrutinise every femlnlno Governor Brumbaugh has Issued a been overcome by gas, and, npparentlye visitor Mho comes to bee a soldier boy, statement bestowing warm pralso on too benumbed bv the cold to help them. Particularly will he hae an eye for Captain II. C. Stone, founder of the selves had (.lowly perished. tho giggling girl of tho romantic age StoncmcnH I-ellowshlp, who has gono to .,.. aw, i.-.i .,.. i.. ! wIl, neglects to include In her nightly ( France as a chaplain, on account of scrv- bee"detecled "by -bthe'r Toltanen, who """l.'"''1.". " ??W had intt.se.1 the two men since Monday ! h" "nLF.':a," I''Lu h3 I night. He found a small gas stove rtlll 1"rt"'i.,t,J ..'., 'i1 . .. ... . .... ........... . ,..A.. :., l, t i.. .-. ...w....o u.,u .vuniun ,i production, such as would be afforded i """"' '"" ""Jf,1" r"; .'."" '-''-" ." camp will not bear the pure .white light by a free zone. Philadelphia, tho body , concluded tho Mctlms had been affected f ,',, by rcpcatlngitlus.caurteiov.U..ti0iiSlble. tem. At least BOO' ncrcs will bo re--slnoe much time will bo needed to re-1 -"'-"M ?r nmw.- operation of a free place flies of periodicals. Dr. Cornelia port, he said, which should bo enough M. Clopp. for many years head of the ) . development of large maiiu department' of roology and phyMology, facturlng plants as well as the neces had deposited her large collection ot re- sary ttorage yards, warehouses, piers prints In the department library, now anil other equipment. completely destroyed. A free port would tie a district set Those to whom correspondence should ! aside which Is entirely beyond custom. be addressed aro Alma U. Stokey. botany 'awn. i-nips from all parts of the says. Is the logical point for tho estab- "' tn0 carion wonoxiue given oir i.y tue llsiiinour r CM..U. n ,m- -, " lreoterJu tho compartment from which ., ,, ,, ' . , . , . ,, , all air had been excluded. It was some "-...."..'"Lrffll.u' '. ? .?- W "ter the etudlng Ahe free-jiprt plan and Is york- ng out qetaiis to, estniinsii fucii a.s;s- rt vat-itt'iii' rt fniirrroou ntnl lint n u tin altornev and that It had been represent-' department : Mlgnon Talbot, geology de- . worlJ "d come hele and dlscliarge lVrDJ ri"? Y1't U , ,, , " renrcaenl 'I partment ; Samuel 1. Hayes, psyeh.dogy . their cargoes without having to enter dpartment! Abby H. Turner, physiology "' " uiii nuuw (urn wuuoui nav department; Anna II, Morgan, zoology department, at Mount Holyoko College, South Hadley, Mass. Plans are forming to raise a fund ot $200,000 for a fireproof science hall, and to this friends of Mount Holyoke are Invited to contribute. So great has been the Influx of onion to the cantonment, that, according ' to Miss March, the Fosdlclt Commission has experienced the greatest difficulty bpngalow. and then he Mumbled upon 1 , keeping-the, recreation rooms of the the body of Campbell, lying upon the . v. -3r. c. A. at tlie .camp' free, of those 'ennfrlM'!" trims 'n rfAii'lnnntu ni'lll Ian of Tlionms was stretched border on the disgusting and obnoxious. cd to him that llergdoll had como to a realization of the fact that he bad acted foolishly and desired to returiv to his home and enlist. He declares that he mado no effort to obtain leniency for llergdoll,. but merely, undertook to ascer tain what his status would bo It he should return, and whether lie would be allowed 'to. enlist in the aviation service. ' fitflaad on U. S. Mission mm cniuui. 'i ino uumiins lirni I. Smith & Co.-this, city, has. ox- .England on a special mlselvtv t'TTnlt.! KtnrtB llnv0rnm.nl no- Kto advices-received here. floor. The- body across it lie lieu iiotn i.o.nes weie frozen , ..The Fanle trouble is being experienced Ul .tlfr flint tl.Al. lm nm.i-A.l .n Iia 1 . ..... . .. . . "' ";: "" "'-- ni Aiieniown, too," miss March said.' morgue w-lth dlfllculty. fco far Coroner I ..ana w0 sln ,l0rk tliero a,BO- w Aslicraft has been unable to obtain the , also cxpect lo ,lavo an KJ,rTit at Cam. ' addresses of tho vlctlnix. Thomas Is , df!n to get at tllo lrouljle from one ot -ta Id to have been ia bookkeeper. Its Kources. The hostess bouse of the Harry It. I.jncli failed to appear for v. W. C. A., however, which opened ut work, and Inquiries disclosed the fact Wrightstown recently, is expected to do that ha had not been Keen fclnce'Mon- ' ..md, i ..learhnr m h ivniiimi ." day night. Coroner Aslicraft Invest.- M n10 annual meeting of tho society. 1'itieliuT.t Golf l'o.lponed VINBHUR8T, X. C.Jan. 2, A cold southeast, wind, wHn' Its" attendant dls co'mflfuro.'thls morning cauied a further postponement of tho midwinter colt I .tqurnamcpU Marine Engineering School Open The first meeting of the first cla s of the marine engineering school, under the supervision of the Shipping Hoard, was held In the assembly room of tho Uourse last night. STARTS BOOM FOR WAR GARDENS v. p. SPEAKERS TOUR STATE TO STIR PATRIOTISM luires Each Commu- to Raise Its Own . jS?? vegeiaDies M"'. HAIlHHBURa; Jan. 3.- e Iiepartment of Agriculture ;-statement .UJT'I Resident j I imanweaim to siart at onco war aardenrt. While there Is measuring the eft ecmhe ones ;,aad on vegetable prices, the if believes foedi' costs -would greatly Increased in these months bad, no, use been made yarus au vacant-ioui.- not too early to make plans var'gardens of 1918," said K. I). director of the uureau of Mar- continued : t business men of towns and irOm. DVVU IU Wd,VVV lll.kl.U- joake.A-iruney. of the . products consumed In'tli-Mr JJOfDUlUIllllW eiMl4.).TB4.t(.IIU n how inany of tpeso-coum- within easy reach. It would food distribution, j-roulem for' those In charge. "only a waste of time, en- to bar smppea into a that could be grown near- ulre additional freight and that now should be used IAAM." - -. - labile tt'wouliTiiot bo-f. cities, uie sniajier ones cap, .through!, organlia h vegetables so it would in 1118 for shipment. to ! tle:ordlnary vegetables llve'ou. oHrte fori system of w worjted out." ha said, fnri; jjearbi.'tomt ISmt mm ketoc eoumed , ;-.,- y"r !.- Mnsg-Meetings'to Be Held in Many Towns Expected to Inspire i. . War Sentiment k,Urutt D Tuslln, chairman of tho ' speakers' bureau of tho Committee eif I Publla Safety, and p, staff of patriotic r oratory Including formcj Congressman J. Washington Logne. and Lieutenant 'Jlectp.rMcQuarrle, ofjhe British army. tomorrow, will begin a tour ot the btato for" tho, purppse jyt holding mass-meetings to'.nrouso patrlotlo war sentiment among the people. ' Th'or spcaklmf schedule Is as follows: Chester County West .Chester, Junuary P. Waltec H.-TaJcJi. speakers' chair man, presiding; Hradford County To wanda, January 9. ISenJamln Kuyken dall, speakers' chairman, presiding; Wyoming County Tunkhannock, Jan uary 10, Dr. V. J., liardwell, speakers' chairman, presiding; I-uzerno County .WIlkes-Barre. January 10: Lackawanna itun'-'-Cii.rb'ondalo, January 11 ; Scran- ton later same day, Major T, Frank Tenrttiirl, speu"feert.' .chairman, presiding; Laroon v-ounty iiaucn e;nuna, January 15, V. C. Watktns. jspeakera' chair man, presiding; Northampton County Kaston. January 12, Thomas A, 11. Hay, speakers' chairman.' Hasten district, presiding. An extension of the lour to cover York, Carlisle, Chatnbersburg, LewUton and .Harrlsbure.ls.belng arranged. -Other ex. tensions: Twill Jo aVJixdlUe'd 'later. JOLTED OFF TROLLEY, THREEBADLYINJURED Ing to pny duties on the merchandise or products brought in by them. These same materials could then be shipped to different parts of tho world 'without requiring customs transactions. All manufacturing plants located in this area' could Import material and man ufacture urtlc'.es for export without having to pay duties on tho raw mate rial. This would ellmlnato tho neces sity of capital being tied up' Ui the form of duties which are turned back to the manufacturer Ir tho form o "drawbacks" when the finished urtlclo Is exported. A communication was received from the Tariff Commission by the Hoard f Trade asking Its view as to a freo port . under whoso authority tills port should. , be and' "by Whom Mr should "To" con" Men Fall Against Iron Girder When Hurled Through Door of Car gated and discovered tho man, frozen stiff. In his little bungalow In a .ectlon f the powder villages known as Wood's Grove. He had been overcome by II. -umlnatlng gas which (lowed from a imall heater. The body of Cavanaugli was found along tho river front. An to be held on Monday afternoon, the war problems that tho Travelers' Aid has automatically assumed will be dis cussed. The finding of suitable boarding houses and homes for the thousands of workmen who are pouring Into the city (r. nivn. Inl.a ... linn 1.1.....I r.n.1 ..a...... lutoiiiy showeil evidence nf heavv itrttik. ..i ...' ... ?. .. ... . I . - - ' i ipw-w vici3 uik t-nienjriEcs are on is " one of the mammoth tasks the society " "'? " has patriotically set Itself. SPECIAL TEACHERS MAV GO loard Expected to Eliminate Fourth Grade Instructors J School officials exptsct the Hoard of 'ducatlon toasHenf; to tho recomnienda. 'in-of tho elementary bchools commlt eo that all special teachers of handwork ind sewing In tho fourth grado ho ellml. ated. This will cpmo before tho board at mp. junuary meeting, tn be held next t feimir J Car. Ut, BtmVTr!K-,Cpm-' Mnonr.lo,UJce oft trolUyoar which -tre latMUtriUt'. twocure rpr tbm or buUd -fi'. . Ty AUTO FUMES -NEAflLY KILL Two Men in Garage Taken to Hos pital and Revived Gasoline fusies escaping from an au- Lttmoblle were almost fatal late last night to Earl 'Frahketfldd, twenty-four years .old., 1SSI Chelten avenue, and Max Udasher., twenty-four- years old, 4137 Xorth Klghth street. - Both men were repairing an autimo bile in Hje Goodyear Oarage, 848 North Broad street, when they were overcome. They were removed to St. Joseph's Hos pital, where they were revived with the aid of the pulmotor. Xffiztlitktt-CftwZtowght Here stosi Keeplnrand the crew gftllrt sobooner Beth. ? Jr.. t .. have reached Ffcll- ftsr Three men were seriously Injured early today when they were Jolted ffpm the rear platform of a nogh.bound trol ley car at Twenty-second and York streets. All are In the Women's Homeo pathic Hospital. Tho men are Thomas Byrne, fifty years old. :412 North Twen'- ty-slxth street. Internal Injuries and three fractured ribs; John Spencer, twenty nine years eld. 2521 Coral street, two fractured ribs and bruises, and Herman Wagner, twenty-two years old, S5J8 Emerald street. Internal injuries. The men boarded the car at Twenty second and York streets. As the car turned from York to Twenty -second street the door flew open when the car passed over an obstruction on the tracks. The Jolt threw the men out.. They.-were thrown against an Iron girder lying In the street prior to Its being put In place on the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge nearby, where improvements aro being made. . ARMY MEN TO HOSPITALS ' . V Officers Will Be Given Medical In struction in Philadelphia Several officers in the Natlbnal Army have, been assigned to various Philadel phia hospitals to receivo meuicai in struction. Major H. C. Herrtclc goes to Pennsyl vania Hospital. After receiving instruc tion 'he will go -to Fort McIIenry with n.nral tfnanital a. First Lieutenants V. L. L'yettone, II. n Smith, M. C. Hunter and W. C. Til'len are assigned to University Hos pital, . Boy H.t by Automobile Stephen' McOarge, fifteen years old, of 4(13 Woodland avenue, suffered a frac tured skU'l last night when he' stepped from behind a trolley' car and was struck by on automobile going in the opposite direction- on Woodland avenue at May street Ho was taken to Unl verulty Hospital, ,.. Mayer -ApttMla for PHetMn . structed. The commission believes th Federal Government will not bo will ing to mako appropriation for the estab lishment of such a port. In keeping with the port development plamT, "the Hoard of Trade does not- think, kuch a plan should be developed by private en terprise, nor does It think, private enter prise would.be willing to expend the sum AABr.n e At llin aenKllulii.iAnt n nirtk I --. ii.., .... ...v. ......am..,.,.,-. ... buv.ii in? various comiult tees ex officio, nt- a 'rea son0 tended .'tho- "elementary schools commit- ' tco meeting yesterday. He has been tR Prcn5nNS T.VMPHPF - conducting a. rigid Investigation of tho jh raiju& LiXXNCitbii hoo, nyatem and attcnia tllcse com. IN-U..S. DURING YEAR 'nlUee. meetings to prevent the recom- inenuaiiou ot cxpenaitures not absolutely THE WEATHER i Official Forecast WASHINGTON'. Jan. S. The fctorfn that was central over Ken tucky yesterday was forced' fcoutheast ward and Jles qff tho Florida coast this morning. It caused a light to' .mod crate snowfall over most of the eastern portion .of. the .country, and .has. been .uiiuncu uj- u ittruo urcii oi Jllgil iaxom-J rtpr IhHt i.tf.n.lM In ti i-lrlt-.. r.n. 1.A ' Less Than One-third -of- Victims bf ncc--' Mob Law Were Accused of "Unusual Crime" TUSKECJEK INSTITUTE", 'A lal, Jan. t 3. The record of lynchlngs for 1917 compiled. by the division it records of, the Institute was announced as follows: "There were -thirty-eight .persona lynched. In 1917, .of "whom thlrty-slx were negroes, and 'two were 'whites. Thirty ;seven, were males and one fe male. 'Twelve', "or a HlUe'less than'bne thlrd, of thoso put to death were charged with' rape or. Attempted; rape. The offenses charged against the whites lynched werei Rape- and murder, 1 ; fomenting strikes, 1, , 'The' off nses charged against the ne groes were: Attempted .rape, 6;rape, Cj murder, 3: killing" 6fflce of the law. 2 ; for not getting out of road and being Insolent, 2: attacking women, 2: dis puting white men's, word. 2; entering woman's room. M-f. wo'uKdlng";tfldn ef the law, 1 ; molesting women,. 1 ; steallpg coat. 1 "Intimacy with wonieri; IvltllN Ing man .in .aJUercatlon, . 1 ' ' acchjeptjljly killing child by running' automoble over it. 1.; vagrancy, jj wounding; ftpd, rob bing a ram, l.i attaclifrfg an .officer of the law', 1 i "Opposition ro war draft, 1; insulting, girls, 1; writing insolent let ter, 1. . '' ' The States In- wltlclf lynchlngs- oc curred and number In each Btate were as follows? - Alabama. 4 ArkanMn . . Arliona. 1 ; Yl'orld i, i; "deorgia", ; Ken tucky, 2; Iulslana, fi; Mississippi, 1; Montana, 1 ; Oklahoma, 1 ; b'outh.Caro Una. 1 ; Tennessee, .3; Texas, 6 ;,yifgjr)la, Funeral ttfXhvIes Atelv The funeral of Charles Abet, who' died' suddenly Monday night at,. his home, 200 Tlfth avenue, Haddoh nelghts, N. J., will, be held.af-X o'cloclc.tooy-from lis hdme. ,,,Mr. Abel was one of the, ten luesua)-. ji is one o mo many Mcps . upper I-ako region to Texas. As a re- belng contemplated In tho campaign for ' suit the temperatures havo fallen economy." throughout the central valleys, the cot- Contrary to custom. Hdn-ln Wolf, ton belt nnd most nf th l.ni.o .-...i president of the board and a member , and the cold is. intense In all of thoao districts. ..... s. Ir' caserJ. Pennsylvania Fair and continued cold tonight and Friday ; mod crate north winds. For New Jersey Fair tonight, ex cept prouaoiy snow on the coast; Fri day fair and continued cold ; north winds strong on the coast. M Qmfp. Women and the War Parsimony is not economy; the President does not ask, does not want us to stop spending, .but to direct our expenditures with an eye to service, utility and an ap preciation of "the demands of the country upon labor and materials. Tyrol Wool garments meet every requirement of the patriotic woman. Smart, serviceable, eco nomical and in keeping with the ' spirit of the times. Tailored Suits for .Women and Misses 23.75 24.75 26.75 3J.75-- - c -Top, Street & Motor Cdatsv. 24.75 27i75 32.75 . 37.75. Mann & Dilks 1 102 CHESTNUT STREET .-' w.t v-V tons - 1008 Chestnut Strcrt.PhiladelpKia ', ; Cotton Dress' Fabrics For' the 1918 Season 1 ,.' . -- A Most Unexpectedly Full Opening ""A' wonderful variety ofuiiusual patterns in , 'yi' VOILES 'C BATISTES SHANTUNG " -. '-' .ANDERSON ""' V GIN(GHAMS,&c. ' '' Price-Range 30c upward . 'Beautiful Fabrics fjrom France - .Exc'eptlbrial -etyles -and coloricomblnatlons which v j cannotvbe duplicated ,' $1.75 to 3 JS0 the Yard i .. ' .' .. i r. - them to assume a proportionate amount of the expense Incurred by the cntlro county. To dato tliero nave ueen tew respoiiserf, nnd the outlook ut present Is that the entire amount wilj havo to be paid by tho county. Settlement for the purelraso price Is to bo made by February 1" at tho late.st, and on or before that, dale nil toll chnlgei on this toad will niltn- in n t lii 1 1 1 .liiiiiin nlil. 4 Vi b I If ii ii e .. . . . . - . .... ii ii nun tu s-ib r"i' ....-.- . ...... -i-ii-. in fri(nniiiind irn-t iiti niei nu vn T";' 2." I'elma VaA'h l rhaw "i ' forbidden by law for Kat.dier lo pur-. ..;" ,, ,"ra , u and cnearter. K Sd,wnbl. fflof tl o "ravcfc.s' e- A w"kfA five-dollar bUh alleged lnlI of tIlN road K1K.8 Js,5, and slni-e -tho l'h ladclph a oince of the J ravclcis ,, ,,, fo. botll . . . . ... of whisky, Is jart of the evidence In the The eliange In ownership Jus-t consuiu ease. mated will mark tho end ot another toll.' Clandestine purchases ot liquor by , charge system, of which there are only enlisted men from bootleggers whofre-:n few remaining In operation In this quent the Vnlted Service Club are saldj State. Old Yolk road Is one of the to havo been increasingly frecruent re-main highways to New York city nnd cently and a determined effort Is being; Is one of tho best-known automobile . . . .. . . ... . i.. ..... ....I-.. ...,.... made ny army nuci navy oincers to iuuh-.-i in mc rmnu ,..u.-, Jumped Off Trolley and Ran .in Front ot Machine, Is Report Stephen Mncdargec, thirteen years old, of 1C13 Woodland avenue, Is being treat ed at the University Hospital .for n fiacturo of the leg, fracture of the' law, and'prouablo ffacturo Of the nkull, re ceived when ho was run 'over by a motorcar driven by William Irvin.- of ('hester. .Irvih was placed under arrest,' but has been ro'cai-ed on his own recog nisance, witnesses stating that tho oc currence was entirely accidental. Tho accident happened at Forty-sixth street and Woodland avenue. It Is said the lad was riding on the tear of a trolley car and Jumped off directly in front ot the automobile. Berkshire Life Insurance Company of Pittsfield, Mass. In extending the - --COMPLIMENTS of the SEASON to'oiir Jiiany policyholders and friends, it is gratifying testate that the' Company shows, the continued gains,' in 19 1 7 as noted in. previous years; ' . . w I , Briefly stated: "" ' T .,'; Ij'. " "' ' "7 in assets, :?: r"A?r-; 1 ' IN MEMBERSHIP,. IN PREMIUM.INGOME. - IN INTEREST -INCOME, ' '.' ;j UN INSURANCE IN FORCE,, IN SURPLUS ANQ RESERVE, IN DIVIDENDS P&D TO POLICY HOLDERS. -. - . i ... - X.i fi x Lombard 2352 E. H. PLUMMER & SON a - -: Gmmi Afmte jr ' . . I... ' s 1 u k "tfl - ' Afl &JSI'.' M jLne -umiia ctu. roaa Wn ' -r-.-j-1 - - -J , (V i" . 1 KSB 71 C'l '.& nRMtssHsSMsHKH lff
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