rv ; -.;, w - "KWrw:v!;. 4,'... m M Pr'A B. m. l K, "! r ... - n- Rs i. V 80. IP tV "1 ," K :-. ai t't:.r iWIll -irt-w m in $9'K ML 5TH WARD DRAFT RECORDS . .t it; f j'Mjor JVlurdock Acts After esident Wilson Sus pends Board MO. 6 TO BE ENLARGED .Ifforts Beinc Mndc to Have W Clinton Rogers Woodruff Return to Duty SiA' Records, of Local Bonrd No 4. which T -Jis been suspended by President Wilson 18' .Until the Federal Grand .Tnrv nmb. i ?ileed Irregularities, were sealed this af- gC tTnoon y Major W O. Murdoch. State Eft! " Disbursing Officer vrgl - "cr y" remain scaiea uniu the sup Pv&r Wnded board's work U inUnn -,,.... .. A-ff- nr.-... .in i . .... v r ,..., " tl " ftv. iwvai xjuara vo, t. immdelately following the nnnnun-. gV- 'ment from draft headqunrterR that boaul E'K V?- .. j.( J0, 6 would assume charge of the nf- . fairs of No. 4, came the action nf Major I U ( Murdock casing the Fifth Ward bod'sj its. records. Local Board No fi. of w.iWh Ueorgc W, Long Is chairman, will take up the work of handling selects es of Hoard ,No. 4 next week. .Reorganization work began todav to ntablish a larger personnel for No. 5 KAMndi. .! I . ... . """"t "i 'e increasco worn. Telephone alls were put In todav for Clinton Rogers Woodruff, former chair- 'man of Board No. 6. who nnw la In Xm. Tork on a vacation, to have him return to Philadelphia to take part In the activities of the larger Local Board No. 6. It Is understood that Mr. Woodruff. Wio resigned recently a& head of the board. Is particularly desirable to Pro vost Marshal General Crowder, and for that reason draft officials will make every possible effort to obtain his re 'turn to the board. If Mr. AVoodruff cannot be found os teophone, he will be certified to the board's membership anyway. Besides Mr. Woodruff, two more men will be appointed to the enlarged board this week. "All local draft boards In Pennsylsa nla have been notified that a reportlon Class 1 registrants nrrllmlnarv tn nn. 1M,HnmM.n, nf ... ...itl I .. , FV.HUHHKJII ui iiuuiiin iu ue requesieu wunin me next two weeks. When the report is asked "nothing shall Interefere with the prompt compilation," sayc the Otter. Conditions are such In the Fifth Ward, li is saia, tnai any new board ap- pointed would find itself In the same position as was the original Board No. , mt Is caught between the upper and nether millstones, of the Deutsch: and Carey factions Hence the decision to have Board No. C take over the work- Complaints Are Inc-reailng Besides the charges already filed niajnst Ulstnct Appeal Board No 2, of t.i.1. nr.i. ....-, . .. . v - favoritism that will be brought by John '-. ..w, ,ui. bv intu ucuiua the new charges today, but Int j that they were of the same nature those filed some time ago. One of the Chief complaints against Appeal Board No. 2 Is that a list of forty-one men who had failed to report far military service, and who should ve been certified to Major Murdock ." ".' ' VJ,,f, "airman there This city "today observed a ir.ee 1st hnT ' Jolln Bac" Mr-MaMcr. the historian He ar other accusations of neglect and' dav In hnnr'f ;..," special hoi-,,. -.,.,i-, , ,,,. .j,., .,. fjf. A AAAKnW I....J t.... I I 1.J1 rf. - "-.s"i mia, imu uccii y.buuu-iiuicu. 1IIC ism,c vt uiuuji iicciauu uctkuuii is on la. Mils list, and though ho Is actually a de- PMgrartr, he can not legally be called such, iSj" jjbut can only be classed as an evader of a.; the draft law. The failure of Appeal Hoard No 2 to do IU full duty, It was said by Federal JMIIb Alm . 1 il .. 1 rV"'.,;"""'U'",:""a .l"a'.,n? cna.rBe iiiu un, zinnia . nergaoit, motner , i. ...-n . l- ., . of the young man, must be changed when her case comes up for a hearing again before United States Commissioner Long, ln the Federal building thla after noon. She was accused at the first hen-Ins of aiding and assisting a deserter, but how the charge Is booked to be switched to helping a registrant to tvade the draft law, Astumes Renponnlblllty Sronte Creenwood, Jr , chief clerk of Board No. 2, appeared before United tSatea District Attorney Kane and As Ktotant District Attorney Sterrett today, explaining that he assumed all respon i nihility for the nonllstlng of forty-two deserters from the district Mr. Greenwood said the pink slip form H6-A containing the nnmes of the1 deserteru reached the district board Jhen It was still quartered In the Fed eral Building. When the board moved, he said, the slip was placed ln an old filing cabinet .and was not seen again until about three weens ago, wnen it was found by Green wood while going over files In the i-ai.. ' jnet. He said he gave the slip to J Mil ler, a clerk of the board, with Inttruc - ... uons mat n De rorvvarueu to the adju- im general ai uarnstiurg as quickly as attracted much nttentlon. Dr. Harvev .possible. j Bahehore. of the State Department of Miller failed to forward the list. Green- ',ea',n' "Poke last night outlining the wood said. Greenwood absolved the ' ii"?'0."' "' tn" ,'x.hlb",, W'lch he said Ward members from blame, s-avlng theyl n.rt?on,VyDnhsr.ng,he,h,e,anbar,br 0t,Z had no knowledge of the slip's being1 Molltor. chief of the Bureau of Iloushlg mloJald. . of the Department of Health, spoke on j .,. .. , . c , the necessity of well-lighted and well- Gr.nd Jury Not In Setilon aired homes At tonight's meeting a There will be no further seslson of the community chorus will sing. Grand Jury, which ls probing the! " ' " charges against Iocal Board No. 4. un-! MAY KI 1ST M'f'Rni.'c. til Monday, but Colonel Easby-Smith. rf X l-IS liMivKOIiiJ General Crowder's office, will return to , .Philadelphia on Saturday and go Into ' Aulhorily Oiven to British Recruiting the new charges against District Appeal I Mission in This Country Board No. 2. I r, . . . . Norton. O. Harris, chairman of th. J PTj-1 Pided Board, No. 4, said that he wel- corned an Investigation In-order that the actual eruditions may be known He lfc'i,,cla'rd "iat tne board steered clear of r.l,:'.' Tiolitlcs and fsrtlnnnl fli-ht ,.0,,i,n.. , r.ji t r- - -- ...,-, .Bbwintijr in mlal i. in,, niiin a rn an mi., .... .. ,. K politics to Interfere with operation of toe draft In any way PLAN "SKIP-STOP" SCHEDULE Eliminations Probably Will Be Announced Tomorrow FSnvV ..The number of stops that are to b it, eliminated by the "skln-stoD" ne.harini. Sfi' ordered by the fuel administration will r , ..w.u, uv HimuuilbCI, lUIIIVIIUW. ffi . Francis A. Lewis, fuel administrator .' for Philadelphia, is today conferring fJiB'vrlth railway and police officials In an fta4fort to prepare a list of stops that are UrH K. allmlnalfti. AKnt.fr ttn ...II. n-w. ;..... ...-nr... wuuv uv win nave een cui oui wnen tne scneauie goes into effect Sunday. inner eliminations win De made from c u ii.-ne, ana wnen ine entire sched Is completed, there will nrobablv n out 1000 stops cut from the list. a-. rding to the fuel administration. rlAIL WOMAN OF SEVENTY 5tkor Charge Made Againit Aged 7ft , Camden Resident kin Charged with keeping a disorderly tBm! i na lurnisning intoxicant! to sol , Jane Hall, seventv veara old. cnm. a.' was committed in tall in .ir,niit ! IJ00 by Uecorder Stackhouse In Cam tm. today. Ta woman's pome was raided early ay and the police say a quantity Mru&nd other IntoxlcantM wan mn. ttd Two soldiers werA fnllnrl In euee. w-j, WOMEN PROTEST RENTJNCREASES Visit Kane's Ulhcc Carry ing American and Service Flags CALL LAWS INADEQUATE Added Charges "Outrageous,'" Assistant TJ. S. Attorney Declares to Delegation Carrying American and sen Ice flags, twenty-seven women residents of the block on South Stanley street between Wharton and Reed streets marched In a body today to the office of United States Attorney Kane and made a vigorous protest against what they termed "ex cessive" rent Increases The women told Asslstnnt United States Attorney Stenett who receded them, that the rents for tho fnllr.rnntn ""ruiiiKB in vvmen mcy live Had in- creased from $11 on April 1. 1017. to 'li " "tenth, and a new notice raise '"' ''"nt tn ,,lr' n, month nn August 1 dwellings In which they live had In- The houses, the women said. imvne" hv the Perrella Healtv Cnmpanj J of which Nlehola Porrelln. with milcc ' nt Sixteenth and Moure streets Is the "p-" Perrella. the women charged told i ""m ,ne-v 'wo "lucky" when they pro. ",,'l against ths rent Increases and Rtl If dial. .. .. .. ... .... ; "" "um re p.iinc j;o a month I ..fforff lne winter was over, because ih- ";vp " Place to move to KiS SS Iar'r..' ".agm wl" be led Cither n. hi ' r"d ,la else their husbands are eniplojed In some war-essential Indu.t.i One "?",a"- ,' Armblade. ju recentlv as discharged from a hospital h..-He , ? t,vo 5'0unB children and her ?" ,ba."'i h" b" "rafted and sent to .,, , " -nj. Anotner. Mrs kiiph "lake, a widow sixty en old as her two pons In the milliarv se? ce tnMB!h,ant Dl,,rlct A,tO",ey sterrett --- """iito aim niiorcied I ttli lief to the victims of rn. ,..."' t"p- said a general Increase of 10 per cent would be fair, hut i.i-,..i .u. ..'. II rTL.flha.l I... . i-. -.-"'vu me wonien as .. ,u .. '" taM outrageous increases He suggested that they appeal tn rnn I Kress. The women told him thev wntiW .Several announced that they wern even ' willing to go to France and flchi i,..i "" uetermmed not to pay the rent j demanded of them i " lenutnded of them OLD YORK GREETS U. S. TROOPS English City Holds Holiday and Supper for Aniens,, . v..o uy fie Associated Press lork. t:nt nn,i tx'-a ... . .. ..... of those soldiers parading" through ?he h... . .- v.,.,,t,ii uinirci ine iord Mayor read a letter frn, iiuoui j. -.--.--" "'" i.oru last June lmated . ?J1 "J.; U? Archbishop of York and n, t.- ci,-... .r, r, v.uncttti rir jonn .Maxwell comrnnrini- .....-.-. .. ntnm,, ,uw x ui in pitccl, as ln-chlef of the northern district "'"ucr i has received a commission as first Hsu- Went vii?. Cm,ba"v conveving Pres- I tenant Sheehan, who is thlrtj-fKo .veats v IMt of thS ArdhtS?hnn f" O-"6, h'-lP'.'U ! old. Is n graduate of the Central High United stated last March k t0 thc Scl,o1' of thls c,ty' iiml of Unci""" Col- After the parade 'the Americans v.r. 1'gf' wnere " took a course In uigineer entertalned by slght-ecing tours and a ' lnB' I,c ls an ""-mund athlete, and in supper In a local park u 190G vv.is captain of UucUncll'.s baseball NUNS RED CROSS NURSES Birmingham, Ala., Sisters of Charily Prepare for Service Abroad .N-w York. Julv I1T. K,... Charltv th dm im.-i.. ...o..-it u a,1LJ lne nrst American nuns in n rs of liar as ,..":. "'.'i .'"."" luns Prising ihLoyoianllYaveaveTrn Barm.n2hmrrm. Bt Vincent'., Hosplta" ntfJE o"?!"' ln" and are he'ng out fitted at the Rtlrenii nt v.,....i ?-.., ment. 222 Fourth avenue, preparatory to Halllnc fnr ti-VnnA iJ Headed bv Sinter rhri.i..i. .,.,. unit contains, besides the nuns, a 'die ' I "V 'nlJ?.r?,W' a"sl"tant. ""etary and ninety jtea Cross nurses. When thev fdfK-iVlArl K.. 1. i. . -.v-""7"..""" '"rK 'ne question of nut ion of out - mung tne nuns came up for the first time In the history of the M Crew The sisters affirmed, however, that thev had enlisted with the understanding that they should retain their official habit of dark blue, with large white coronet In all other respects they will follow Ited Cross rules BABY SHOW AT CARLISLE Large Crows AtlenJ to See Exhibits Large Crowds Attenil to See Exhibits t'rllIe, I'a.. July 11 The Baby Sav ing hhow being held here under the aUSnlceH Of the unman'u rnm.,tt ... funcll of National Defense, l belnii ":."nJnny l!!UC"lmodeI kltcl,en and sleeping rooms' as lartTAin aa.WaJ . i.i . .. - --.. contrasted with those untidy and dlrtv uv ",e "ociatea fress N'w York, July 11 Authority to rnK negro soldiers In the British army has been received bv the British and Canadian recruiting mission in this country, it was announced here today Heretofore this has been restricted owing to the limited number of negro battalions In the British army and to the fact that a great number of negroes have been enlisting In England. The applicants must be British subjects. TRAWLER SENT DOWN Collides With Steamship Off Boston Harbor Crew Saved By the United Press Bonjon, July 11 The steam trawler Georgia, of Boston, was sunk off this harbor today in a collision with the steamship Bristol, bound from Norfolk for this port. . TJ1.. .Qorsla's crew was saved and landed here. The accident occurred dur ing a heavy fog. Government Surveys Jersey Tract .nl'in.V'i, J" Ju,Iy Government f.-inh!f" hav comple"d a survey of the n?Mr!n e'fn3ule,rton and the Central Railroad of New Jersey, south of thlH ffiithh?.-1 II .'S h,he tnr "Pinion that the land fa to be used as a proving """? the engineers either did not know or had been Instructed not to tell. There Is hardly a house In the entire tract numbering many square miles. ' Cirl Saves Father From Bull Davenport, X. J July ll.Mary Bur ton, fifteen years o d, probably .avert the life of her father when a hull knocked him down and gored him. Th. girl threw a kettle of boiling water on the hulls head, bllndlne htm on , Jl could not see. Mr. Burton's condition (Is pot crltlcaL r EVEHIffG PUBLIC - 1-- 1 . , WOMEN c- - ' , Cairinp tlic Huri ami Siripc NINE PHILADELPHIANS ! WIN RANK IN ARMY Henry J. Raymond and rDr. Philip D. McMaster Among Recipients of Commissions Mne phlladelphlnns are among suc cessful applicants for commissions an nounced t the adjutant general. The local men commissioned Include ' tlfinri T !.,. .nn.l .. U I ..- - 1 . I lieutenant In the quartermaster's corps I -., ..... . . i - .. iui.Mi.u.111, in, in iiuiuu a urpi !.. co,Suuu iu .tinji riuiaon.ru. loi gate Creek, Md Raymond was general superintendent nf the du Pont powder works at Parlln. N J. He Is a member of the Union League, of the Military Order of the Foreign Wars and of the Princeton ritih of Tsrew vnrt ii ...-. graduated from Princeton In 'l005. Ills parents are Mr and Mrs Henry W. nay- mond, of 633S tlurbridge street, fierm.in ,mv"'' ur- .1',,,1P '.' Sic-Master. 1100 De I.an Cey place, w no has been commission Pd a nrst -lieutenant In the medical !. i"i n- -)ii3 u hip army, is a son or "' Un versl y of .ennsy anla recelv " tenant In tho engineering corns. Lieu team. Other Philadelphlans who received commissions are Itobett l Hamilton, 7012 North Twelfth street, captain cf ordnance ; Raymond Stanley Schofield, 1421 Horle nvemie, second lieutenant engineers, John A. Comvell, 317 North Sixteenth street, nnd Wnltor Thomas Starr, 809 North Twenty-fourth street. second lieutenants. quartermaster's corps ; John II Hart well, 3302 North Board street, fir-t lieutenant medical corps; George A Klenk, 4744 North Mnrvine street. I.ogan, first lieutenant, Quartet masters ,orl'3- - - ESTIMATE FRUIT CROPS I, , . I lc,Illsna"la Wl" " arvcl 1,251,000 Hti'liels of Pearlies flj the Associated I'rcss Ilnrrlnhtirg, I'a.. Julv 11. Pennsvi vanla's peach crop of mis is estimated nt 1.261 'inn bushels and the apple crop at 16 1 lO.onii bushels bv the Stato Ag riculture Department statisticians, who have been getting reports on the fruit prospects I Reports nn the Pennsylvania canning I Industry are that 1431 acres of tomatoes navo been contracted for. together with 3942 acres of corn, 825 of peas and 265 of beans MeADOO BUSILY ENGAGED Invilalions to Appear in Pub- i lir During S(a in West fly the Associated Presx t Arlington, July 11 All Invitations to appear at public functions on the Pacific Coast aie being declined hy Dl rertnr !eneral McAdoo. He has tele graphed William S Wnlner, president of the Parlfie Ilallwaj Club, that dur ing his stay .In the West every moment of his time Is demanded by important railroad work. SUES HOTEL FOR DAMAGES Litigation Follow;. Hill of Plivsirian Called to Attend Cues Suit for damages was entered in the Municipal Court todav against the Belle-vue-Stratford Hotel by William f, r-rooks. Boston No bill of particular was filed, and the amount of damages (.ought was not stated It was learned Mr Brooks had an argument with the hotel over tho bill of a phytilelan called to attend him. and that he felt that he had been in sulted by tile management Appointed to City Jobs Cltv appointments today Include Clif ton Bull, 07 Ma.nlewood avenue, cap tain. Bureau or Klre. J1500; John M King, 6214 De Lancey street, sergeant Bureau of Police, ;i4n0: Oeorge O Oreenly, 3026 North Percy street, ma chinist. Bureau of Charities, $4.2.1 ,i day, niizabeth I.. Plucker. 153 i:ast Herman street, nnd Florence K Mar ton, 1221 North Fifty-fourth street, as sistant teachers, Board of Recreation. $900 each German Paper at Shore Quits AtlantltvClty. July 11 Jacob Mueller owner and editor of the Atlantic City Frele Press, a German language weekly iiij in li-., , mil . iihm Hiiniiiinr.n ,na Biionn..- alnn nf Mia n.u'in.mr "Hitritii, tl,n ..ini Ing hostllltlen with Germany" In the same announcement, addressed lo Con gressman Bacharach, Kdltor Mueller of fers his services to the Government In any capacity ha may be able to fill I33.30I.S0 From Dog License Fees Walter Gilbert, chief clerk In tthe Bureau of Police, today announced that dog license receipts up to July 7 to taled $33,.101 50. It Is expected the final total wl be 150.000. The time limit for registering dogs ended yesterday. City Treasury Statement The amount paid Into the cltv treas ury during the week was (29,Md .12 and th pavmenta amounted to $712,1 05.30. The balance on hand. nn. Ijieiiiiiino. .h. sinking fund account, ls U. 545,606. 80. , t ! fmwmmmmm lFislf PR .-ill-w ihw .-' JHRK'HSHBHI II ..B alllllHltB IBbi .lll I T' ''TTr-M-'VTrTi.lllRlv'-,' -. x 9m IH k TTlZT" ...," '-H-iwS PliaMnrj I : d "hb---vmmmb--------v MUMmM4'JmimmBammm mmmmm . I W&UEmi mMSmmmmmmmmmm 1 8 fwll I 1 L,!gS-3y .g..v.,aat?-!iag!T!mMiijHiik'J r.-,..--. E "'' 'JwwisHWRi4!a !fefci2lK5SF?S!3W3JKMra 1 i , LEDGER-PHrtADk-Pm ...f. , , ., ., ) n,.. WITH RELATIVES IN t-rvirc flni:, lhi otilin?riit of noinrn marched lo llic rcilrrol ltuililiiiR nlinornial ri'o in rents demanded of tliem GIVE CROWN PRINCE HIS DUE, HIS FROG TALE MAY BE TRUE For Experts Say Thai lp in Air Their Sounds Are Clear as Day. So There' They Likewise Hint at Chic TNVESTIOATION "f the tale the Oer- man frown Prince told his pjp.i, the Emperor, about the pro-(icrman frogs which crriaked loudly enough to cover the sound of Teuton Rim. shows the Pllnce must h.ive been up in the air when he heard the batrachlan chorus. The Prince ilerlarrtl that the frogs croaked so loudly at I ho h.ittle nf fnem-In-des-Dames that the nermann were able to bring tip their guns nnd batter ies without discovery l'urthermnre, he asserted that when the attack waBiln our midst said the frog statement I " frog oratorio drowned 'KXXn"Z'Z ""nd of the thundering guns ' nThCar thlnSa 1, d Tke t" Aerial eprts of Philadelphia say tho cron'c of ftogs may be heard 3000 fen in tho air often more distinctly than vvhn one Is on the .same level wlih them Thl- is borne out by a CROWDER SUSPENDS BRITONS' INDUCTION1 Canadians Also Privilcsctl to Enlist in Own Army Be fore Draft Hcrc Accoiding to an older telegiaphed by Piovost Marshal Ceneinl Crowder to nil local draft boards, all Billons nnd Can adians in the I'nlled States, whether declarants or otherwise, may enlist In the British oi Canadian army before being drafted into the United States armv The local boards tile Instructed to sus pend the induction of Htltlsh or Can adian subjects Into the United States aims until further notice The dtafl convention between the United States nnd (Ireat Britain, which has Just been approved bv the Senate, npplies to all Riitlsh and Canadian sub jects between the ages of twenty and fourty-four Inclusive The convention will ho ratified within the next few da.vs, which allows nil eligible men from sev enty to. eighty days In which to make their choice. They must enlist in tne British or Canadian forces, or else at the end of the stated period they become Immedi ately subject to draft. According to Oenernl Crowder's messago lo the local boards every possible effort has been made to allow Britons to Join their own foices. In Philadelphia nnd district neatly liOOO men will be affected. By application to the Brlt!"h nnd Canadian Recruiting Mission, Sixteenth nnd Chest nut stieets, thrv can get all Informa tion. All colored pet sons who ate Brlt'sh subjects, who speak and understand English, and who are not permitted by lellglous convictions to eat ordinary army rations, can now he accepted for enlistment In tho British at my A'U colored men between the iige.s of twenty and foity-foui, Imiusl'e, may be posted to anv unit for which they possess the necessary qualifications Mioc Workers Get Wa?p lnrreac Haverhill, Jl.. Julv 11 A vnlnn lary Increase of in per cent In wngen nas neen given several inousamt work ers emplcved In seven ot the largest shoe factories here. WOUNDED IN ACTION Corporal Martin J, Fahey, 2520 South Fifth street (top), and Ser geant John II. Kelly, a marine, of 329 Krams avenue, whose names appear in the latest casually list of General Pershing TvX ANMT T "- afittl.1111111111. TV." . K3 jpi :iiiim9flmm ( m"-, r , . VM'' . Hv i SERVICE PROTEST RENT GOUGE &mmmm&r;x?T&'s$xazmwmi$'M$jms statement by Camllle Plammirlon on i sound traveling. In view of the strategy Camden .police failed In an all-night employed by the Germans pome mllltao s('''"Tn ,0 nmI an' trnco of two O'll. men believe that the frogs may have , Iron "no disappeared from their homes been carried along to furnish tho oral Tlle mi,,sl"R children. Angelina Lorn camoutlage. I ImhII. ten years old, 20G Senate street. A psychologist here who Is also a med- leal authority said after careful re flection today that the Prince was evi dently suffering from a disease known as prcVarlcatltls, which Is due to lack of co-ordination of the brain cells nnd Inflammation of the Imagination One very candid military authority have happen. But the Emperor, who believes that nothing but truth could come from Hohenzollern, swallowed the tale Just as he would one of the frogs had It been served at hl Imperial dinner. rU. S. TAKES OVER 128 SHORT LINES Beh Line Hcrc Among Little I nn:i.,i. tt.k.i:.i :.. JIUJ1LUUUD uuiwuiui;u 111 Federal System Vt'utlilnctnn, J illy 11 One hundred and twenty-eight shott line tnllroads, definitely retained and made a part of tho tlov eminent sptem, were classified regionally hy ordets issued by Dlteclor Oencral McAdoo Seventeen of them ate placed In the eastern region, under the regional director. A H. Smith The status of all of them Is definitely settled. Whether or not Federal man agers for each f them are tn be ap pointed has tint been determined Their fmplo.ves, however, will get tlle Inci casus In wages ptovlded ln genrl ordt 28. The short lines In th eastern region are tho Akton and Barbetlon Belt Rail road. Akron I'nion Passenger Depot Company. Hoston Terminal Company. nronl.lv n Kastern llstiict Terminal Railroad. Buffalo Creek Railroad. Cen tral t'nl m Depot, of Cincinnati: Dayton and t'tilnn Railroad Dayton Union Rall wa.v. IVMcilt, Bay' City and 'Western Rallwav Dettnlt Terminal Railway, In dianapolis Union Railway, Jay Street Teimlnal Ralltoad, New York; Ken tucky and Indiana Terminal Company, New York Company Railroad, Toledo Terminal Railroad, Troy t'nlon Ralltoad nnd Xaiiesvllle Terminal Railroad Thoxii Included ln the Allegheny re gion are Buffalo and Susquehanna Rail land Railroad, Monongnhela Rallwny, Philadelphia Belt I,lne, Pittsburgh, Chartlcrs and Youghlogheny Railway, Statcn Island Rapid Transit P.allway. Union Railway (Pennsylvania) nnd Washington Terminal Railway The Ashland Coal and Iron Railway Is Included In the Pocahontas region. FINDS MANJN HER HOME Intruder Held as Burglar After Chase I lirough btrccts Magistrate Pennock. Central Station, committed Charles Donughan, Nine teenth and Noble stieets, without ball today on the charge of burglary. Douaghan was arrested eatly this morning after a chase following his al leged discovery In the home of Mrs Sophia Vendlg, 202 North Warnock stieet Mrs Vendlg left the front door un latched for her husband, who returns late at night from hit work. Her nine-year-old son was awakened by an In truder. The screams of the woman and boy nw aliened the neighborhood. TODAY'S MARMAGK LICENSES Henry I,eupold, 724 H 17th ft. and Mary A , ITnvrzaet, 3315 rtldtf rv Benjamin H Ko. U H Navv, nd Ellta tith Vebtr, norheitfr. N r Clirfonl F. Hunter. 1714 8 Rlnssnld t , ana Margirtt P Wood, 1700 H. RlnccoM Jaiil" V Hliodera-H. SIH1 V l"ilnirilon at and' Jennie M Olouapr. 831 .Moer at William D Thraahar. 1'518 W ()kill i . and Marlon K. Handall. Kil7 N. 30th at Charlea H Daley. I.nadowne. Pa , and Florence M Knsle. R.a-! I I,ancy at. James F f-qulre. C'hfstfr, I'a., and Laura A Rannum. Ch'ater. Pa Walter Hall. 31 N Salford at. and Anna O Klifetttr. 3R3J Pnwelton ave Max Paul, 2123 K Orkney at . and Sophia ulahan, (122 Itltntr ai. ' Qeorse s; Kia 4IU4 Reno t . and Lillian Junker lini MarlbAniigh at John J. Rtockbunr, 157 llrunnrr t , and Kdna Stuart. 20 W. Ilzan at Walter B. Hrlrkman 302 H loth at , and Kathryn Dobtl. SOS H. lfllh at William IX Walts, 4717 Nnrthw-nod ave and l.ucy F Lawrence, 8102 Frankford ave niadatone D. Humphr, Hrtn.eton. N J and Zella B. Caae, New Tork City Luke Oray, !2 N Camac si. and I.ouiie Hebron. 029 N Camac at Samuel Taylor, 2104 Webster st , and Lena M Pitt. 2030 Catharine at Jamea White, 2733 Titan at , and Mat-tie Jones. 2733 Titan at. '"" Kdaar Ovratrt. Pittaburch, Ta and Anna It Lau. 3131 Jaapcr at Isaac nlan. 307 N Vocdta at and Sadie Bchallr, 784 Paaayunk ave Frederick A. Pfeirter, 14S0 N nnth at and Nellie M. Ehrsnod. Anaela. Ta. EInathan A. Fowler, 121 N. 33d at... and (lrtruda C Kf.llv. flwirlhmnra r iiiri rf. i.inreii, . unnp u j Utvtnlhal. Camden, N. J. and Ella road corporation, Cherry Tree and DIx-' r i'i . "' ' , '1 """' "ere brought onvillo Ralhoad, Cumberland and Pern.-1 i", ,' for .rh?ir ..?!.nl"itlon' . Rl,"y svlvanla Railroad Huntingdon anl W Sf 'gaKbl ng Uui n enf wre'eo Btoad Top Mountain Railroad, Long Is- fiscnted ' l r t0" .'r"-.?' i - u I..;...r...A TO lnrfa lo rccislcr protests acainsl tlic SEEK LOST CHILDM WHOLE NIGHT IN VAIN May Drag Delaware River for Boy and Girl Missing From Camden and l'ernando Patonl, eight years old. 204 Senate street, disappeared yester dav morning. They had been playing together. Mrs. Antonio Lombardl, mother of the girl, called to the 'youngster to come 1M (he house When she did not answer the mother started a search. No trace of the children could be found nnd the search soon extended over the neighborhood -After hunting all day without finding the slightest trace of the two little ones the parents reported their disappeatance to the Camden police. Tho police Instituted a city-wide search but It hi ought no better result than that conducted by the parents of the missing children during the day. The children were playmates and were much attached to tach other. Their homes, which adjoin, aie not far from the Delaware River and the children frequently wandeted down to the water front to plas Unless some ti'ace. of the missing children ls found caily today, the Cam den police plan to drag the' river. WAR NOT "ENTIRELY" WON But "Gotl Is Still WJth Us," Kaiser Writes Amsterdam. July 11 The German rmperor has replied to u congratulatory telegram ftom the Unlveislty of Cologne, as follows: The Invincible bravery and unlim ited self-saerlfloe of the Herman na tion shine brightlv out of the dark ness of the mightiest wnr of all times. Our victorious arms have not yet succeeded In entirely breaking our enemies' will to destruction, but Ger many's sons with unshakable confi dence are rallying around their su pieme wnr lord and their trustv mili tary lenders to win for the fatherland life, happiness nnd fteedom to create a iree pain ror mo development of Its intellectual and economic forces. God will be with us nnd our Just cause. - . . I i TAKE 500 IN GAMBLING RAID """' Jersey Militia Aid SIierilT Descent on Hotels . ill i Hy the Associated Press llnekensnrl., .(., July 11 Mote than 500 persons were Hrrested venter day when Sheriff Courier, with two coinfianles of Stato militia, raided thtee Bergen ( oiintv hotels, where. It wis alleged, gambling was being conducted. Soldiers In uniform, with fixed bnv-' nnets, were tilt own around the hotels and turned back all who attempted to Among the prisoners seized, II Is paid are many gamblers well known to the police and the district attorney of New Yoi k. FAVORS SUNDAY BASEBALL Reading Dietrlct Allnrnej Sajs He Won't Prosecute . I'lajers Iteadlnr, I'a., July 11 m answer to an attack hy clergymen on Mavor 13 H Filbert and District Attorney Wlloon S Rothermel at a Sunday baseball hearing here. District Attorney Jtothermel has issued the following statement' "I wish to be left entirely out of this matter. I will certainly not prosecute a man for playing bah on tho f-'abbath If the reverend gentlemen of this coin, munlty Fee fit to remove from tho work ing man the only opportunity he hrm of trame enjoyment hy witnessing a ban game on the Sabbath, let them proceed and It will be for the courts to decide the Issue." Rothermel, known In Jila college days as "Shorty," was a baseball player of much repute at Albright and mi,..,. i.. stltutlons. Y. M. C. A. MEN ARRESTED Adjudfeeil Guilty of Attempt to Evade Censorship in France With I be American Army In 1'ranre Jily 11. (By I. N. 8.) Two Y. M. C A men were arrested at the army station charged with altemfftlng to evade the .ciiBuiBiuii, uiio ui me men vvas return ing to America carrying photographs, letters and packages for snldlem Both, men were found guilty ' bv a court-martial and sentenced to confine ment. They will be sent back to the United States at the expltatlon of their sentence NAVY BASTILE DAY PLANS U. S. Ships Will Be Dreiietl and Tri. color Saluted ' By the Associated Press Waahlnxton, July 11. Plans for ob ervance by the American navy of Baa tlle Day, the French Independence Jlay. were outlined here today by .Secret srv Daniels In a message to nil ships and stations. They include the dressing of ships and the national salute to tiie tricolor, and commanding o nice rnaa re directed to co-operate In connectbnvlth local eel-ebratlona. '4 MAYOR SUSPENDS" SUBWAY WORKING Orders Stoppage of Arch and Locust Streets Excavations TAKES EFFECT AT ONCE Thompson Street Sewer and AH Operations Nonessential to Pnhlic Safety Included Suspension of all Work on the Arch find Locust streets subways nnd the Thompson street sewer, except that necessary to assure? safety t'o'the public, was ordered today by Mayor Smith. The Mayor's aetlop was taken fol lowing a conference with City Solicitor Connelly, Transit Director Twining and counsel and officials of the Keystone State Construction Company, which holds the contracts for the work. The older Is effective at once. Only where work. Is open to such nn extent that the safety of the public Is nt stoke will the contracting company continue operations, and In these ctses all speed toward completion will he urged Director Twining nnd englneets of the contracting company will continue conference" looking toward nn exact basis of settlement. It Is helleed the Mayor's action today Indicates a tt'n tatlve agreement of settlement has been reached, and that the final plan will be drawn up quickly at the conferences between Director Twining and the com pany engineers Both sides are making eery effort to reach a conclusion so that the work'can I bo abandoned and money procured for I the completion of the Frankford ele- ,a.rti nini mc uuunaj Uliuei V.UJ 11H1I, Under the ordinance of Councils giving Under the ordinance of Councils giving Mayor Smith and others authority to annul the contracts the final settlement must be submitted to Councils for ap proval. CEMENTING TEUTON ALLIANCE German and Austrian Statesmen Hold Economic Conference London, July 11 German nnd Aus trian statesmen have begun a conference at Salzburg for the purpose of arranging for closer relations between tho two countries nnd cementing their alliance sixty of the most prominent statesmen and diplomats of the Central Kmplres were to participate In the con ference, according to report. First announcements relative to the conference stated that political and mili tary arrangements of a doner chaiacter than had heretofore existed were to be arranged, but n dispatch from Amster dam says advices from Vienna state! Power from the natural resources ol that the negotiations aro of n purely this State that can ho delivered Into economic, character and that no political the war-Industry zone. All this lnfor or mlltniy Investigations would be dls- matlon Is being placed before Congress, cusrod. and an appropriation of $200,000,000 hai It In reported that Austria piopos-es been asked for In a bill that is ready to that free trade shall not be nrranged, I be presented to Congress." but that nil products wlikli, need the Su:sct,0Jtofsaa!s,olall,,aTr,rL1ZrV LUTHERAN MERGER AGREED Oh' alliance between Aus'rla and lcimany win not be of nn aggressivo chaiacter toward the enemies of thos'o countries nnd will not present a barrier to tlu futute friendly relations of Austria with the Entente Allies. It Is proponed to arrange a tariff arrangement for n term of twenty venrs milileri in n ,-,,. i.i1, evcrv five veirs ' SubJect to n "Vision evcij ine jears - MOTOR SALES CO. HEAD HELD Accused With Salesman of Ol). ... . . , ," ol w" taming Allto by I'alsc Pretense The nreirloni mi . .i.,. . .1 American Mo"or Sales "omnanv '"l-in Market street 1 today wero h,Yi?; -.",. I? unde CtJ'0oe,i,a?.dae.,c ."nn116 if?LC". obtaining an automobile under false' pre. tenses and onciatine a ,nmn . ;..i.i.,,. first having registered the concern with the State I John West Is tho president, and the salesman held is Frank 'J. Page, North I v ogdes street I Daniel Kline, 2505 South Darlen stteel, i testified before Magistrate Pennock. Cen- ttli Clniln.. L a 1. li it.. .... '" ni'wiii nuti mp sum wig concern an Automobile for $356, nccepUne a ihlrt - "" noTTlKh""!!.'- bi'nVfe .'Ma's returned twice, he Raid. Tlio nm ...a. dated June 3, and West did not teglster bis company until June 6, BEQUEST TO HOME Presbyterian Institution Benefits by Will Probated Today A bequest of $300 to the Pieebvterlan Home for Orphans Is contained In the will of Mien Albertson, 1030 Lombaid tree! probated today. Aside ftom a few minor bequests to relatives, the ten tntrix leaven her $1200 estate to tho same Institution. Directing that she have nn automobile funeral nnd that her grave be planted with Ungllsh Ivy, Kmily Cassln, who died 'n the Germantown Hospital, In her will, left to relatives, an estato valued nt $12,500. Other wills probated today were those of Josephine Kchlmpf, Atlantic City. $18,000; Robert Walker. 243 Robor. ough nvenue, $12,900; Catharine Crumm. 1533 North Sixtieth street, $5500, and Clara K Hammett, 025 West Sedgwick street, $3000. Palermo, Italy, llonon Wilson Hy the Associated Press Rome, JhIv 11 In recognition of tho services he has rendered to humanity. President Wilson will be honored by the city of Palermo by having ono of the leadtnir avenilea then, nnmi.il art, l,,m The mayor of Palermo has Issued tha necessary aecree. Son of Edison F.nlUts liy the Associated Press 'Vlorrlalown, N, 4., July U r-Wllllam I. F.dlson. a son of-Thomas A Kdlson. the Inventor and honorary chairman of the navy consulting hoard, enlisted to day In a tank division or the United States army and left Immediately for fort Slocum. FARMER'S CHILD MISSING Vlnelnml, N. ,?.. July 11. Joseph As soro. a farmer, left his flve-j ear-old son on the corner of Sixth street and Landls evenue for a minute, he said, and the boy disappeared as though the earth had swallowed him. Searching parlies were out all night, hut no trace of the missing lad had been found Deer Damage Jersey Crops Whitings, Jf. J.. July 11 Deer hav ing damnged their crops to an alarming degree, farmers have taken tlie law Into their own hands and are killing off the animals dally. So bold have the deer become that they Invade the Melds ln daytime although moonllRht nights Is the time the greatest damage Is done, bo far no arrests have been made. JJlHTATlOVAf. onna Men unit lle VII, I. AMI VA VILLANOVA ! J.Wi 'Si' ,,fh?1 Eieellent rourtea In ' . X. "".. ann aitumnirai tncinr- ! "fV "' tllslbla for C'oniniTukina . in Eng neerlng corpa. Grtat nied for ; men trained In thw branthea. Clanlcal. ; roDiracrcUl and rtclitried pre-mnlleal n..j.bB'br8vr.rPK.:.vtir.;ir. fcwjilill'i'j , mi ,? 1 Mij ": v. TRANSMIT POWERS INSTEAD OF COAL Plan Would Save 500,000 Tons and Obviate Ship ping of 1,000,OQO ENGINEERS END SURVEY State Fuel Administration Considers Project of Link ing All Dynamos The annual saving or 800)000 tons ol coal and obviating transportation of 1,000,000 tons are planned by the Penn. sylvanla fuel administration by linking power plants so that coal may be usetj at the mines to generate electricity, which will be transmitted Instead of th fuel. William Potter. State fuel ndmlnlstra. tor. In explanation of the project Issued this statement: 'Knglnecrs, who have been busy far several months surveying the mine-power I Project, have reported to this admin. j istrallon enormous savings that can be effected by Interconnection of exist, ing plants to the territory that It Is proposed to senc with the mine-power project. It Is estimated that It wll require 800,000 kilowatts to operate In. dustrlcs ln the so-called war zone, whlclf Includes eastern Pennsylvania, Jtary. land. Ohio, Delaware, New York and possibly a part of New England. Mean HIr Saving "Engineers estimate that the sav. Ings that can be effected will amount ! ' 129,000 kilowatts minimum, and a maximum of 150,000. Tho amount ol money that would otherwise be ln nested that can be diverted by thin method would be more than enough tc pay for the high voltage transmission lines, step-up transformers nnd step, down transformers, together with thl buildings required lo house the equip ment. "The generating of from 200,000 to 50,000 kilowatts at the mine will result ln a net saving of transporting 1,000,001) net tons ot coal annually from the mlnei to Industries. This saving In railroad transportation would bo more than enough to pay for tne Investment in transmission lines. The transmission would thus fulfill two functions, either one of which Independently would b more than sufiTcIent to Justify the In vestment or the demand upon our man. ufacturlng 'resources and man-power, In nddltlcn to the mine-power schemj for generating energy and transmitting It to Industries, engineers have com. plcted surveys of every source of water power In the Stnle for this admlnlstrat tlon. They estimate that .there Is avail able about 100,000 to 110,000 horse- , Committee Decides on Plan foi tt r ti r i I UnU of " lirce Brrmr-hesi j Atlantic City, July 11. -A merger o "10 'hree principal branches of the I,u ' thernn church In America was virtu, n,,v effected at yesterday s session ol Ul0 wavfl nnd m(,ans rommttee. repre. sentlng all three branches, at the Hotel Chelsen The meeting at which tin ."'": WoXS&XllXtiS gates will assemble to Incorporate tin I'nited I.utheian Church of America. Tills will bring to n close a dirferenc that has existed between the thret branches since the days of the Clvi' , War' A" ,hre0 umber PPl'natels '.2'0.000 members, with r.000 churches tuMt colleges and six seminaries. ,,; h'i,J'.rriaV5nlcnt,ilt waa. ',0LntM, ol ?. n?',1 churchmen In session here will make possible many cconomlei ! tht ough the elimination of overlapplni I boards nnd united work in the homt and foreign mission fields. Far greatei results will also be achieved It Is pre. dieted, when the three branches unlti for evangelistic purposes. TENER WON'T TALK Has Said Enough and It Is Up to Johnson Atlantic city, X. J July 11 Neithei President John K. Tener. of the Na llonal League, nor August Herrmann chairman of the National Baseball Com mission, yesterday would discuss furthet the acute baseball situation broughl about by President Tener's statemen! that ho was through with the National Commission unless Its decision In thl bcott Perry case was enforced. Mr. Herrmann Is continuing his nollci of silence in the matter and flatlv d dines even to admit that baseball hai come to a crisis. ' "There Is nothing more to be said," said President Tener. "r have state my position after long nnd serious con slderatlon nnd It Is now distinctly un tc tho other fellows" ' U. S. LAW RULES CHILDREN Supercedes Labor Statutes Falling lie low Its Standards By the Associated Press Washington, July 11. Federal em ployment directors In all States In whlcl the standards of the State child laboi laws are below those established bi tho Federal law recently declared uncon slltutlonal by the Supreme Court wen advised by the Department of Labor to day to observe the former Federal Stan dards. Their attention was called particular!! to the section pf the. old law forblddlni employment of children under slxtee! In mines and quarries and those undei fourteen in canneries, mills, workshops factories or manufacturing establish ments. nKATJIN HKCKI.En. July 0, ALBERTA. LORPVpi (ne Frits), wife of N Franklin Heckle? Due notice will be lvn from "later" Mm Gen V Hamilton, 4SJ B. 4th at fcolwv'nK jovrc Jiny lo nonfeVTV "no?1 em ward! and Catharine Joyce, at. it 14 montli and 11 dasa. neljlhe. and friends InvltB to funeral. Rat.. 1 p. ,n . 1923 N. Juaiol at. Inl Holy Croaa lm cil.ll. July ill. I'AnOLINC vilf n N'cholaa Bella:, nelativiasnd friend, in lted to funeral service. Sat.. " n m 3J4 Market at Body may be viewed Fri evn(n. int. .Ml. Vernon Cera, """" rn HKNRy. July 10 JOHN, hu.band a J'' ' , ""ry. Hue notice of funera. from hla late realilence. 134S S "tth it 1.ATIMKK. Julv if.' HAP.AH OL V. wife of the late BnJ A Latimer. Reli Llv." ?.n1 flenda Jnvlied to funeral ervlra gs.Lv.jP- " O'O Jefferson at. Int. nrlv 1.0.T AMI FOUND t'lmXL. contalnlns monev kesa and " ad dreaie, lo.t between Mount Vernon nl Lehlsh. on atreet or car: finder pleaae r turn J3T1 l.ollBh ave and receive, reward IIKI.r WANTKII FBMALK VOtlNO WOMAN, ceneral office work, knowl ede bookkeeplns, state salary, c 23 1-ed.er Office. MTPATIIINH WANTKIV MAI.R t'HAUr-KLUIl white, exempt from draft wl.he. pe.ltlon rriratei Pierce an rackard cara, li seara' experiences beat o reference froni la.t emploer. a 83J FOR HAT.K UnLAT PANC Ten fin. pupa for aalt reaaonable. cm., u. White. Avalon. N .1 I W ILL NOT be reaoonalhle for debt unlea. rontracted by munlf. 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