Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 24, 1918, Night Extra, Page 15, Image 15

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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1918
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3G0SSIP OF
f STOCK BROKERS ARE SURE PEACE
.WILL NOT COME
ftfc HOLD FOOT OF ALLIED TERRITORY
slBpbl"1 Hesitates to Invest in Securities While Uncer
tainty Over New Income Tax Continues.
Gossip of the Street
- i.. . . , .
XTOTWITHSTANDIXG that tho war stocks especially United States
i Steel, -were under pressures jestcrrlij-, there were few If anv broltprs
rsf-in this city who believed that nnv chinno would bo made by the United
f'r" States Steel directors In the dividend on Tuesday next. And as for peace
talk, it was "taboo." It would he difficult to find any bankers or brokers
'In this city who believe tint the present operations on the nuropcin
J'S;front are anywhere near such a lmcnlttide as to create serious thoughts
.Siof peace on either side. As a well-known banker o this city, who has
been to the front, said a few divs am. "'r hive to 'lick' ricrmnnv twice"
f'i He referred to first "licking" her
t"nd then ticking her on her own
,:naps of the territory still occupied
Cic;3Can be seen, peace is a Ions wav off.
l Many hrokeis attribute tho present condition of the stock market to
the pending letrlslitlon on taxation, which they claim Is keeping the'
icn public out of the maiket until It kuwa to what extent incomes derived
St'from securities will be taxed. There Is still, however, each dnv a belief
fthat wp are passing through one of thoe periods of calm when no ex
"' Cuses or reasons can satisfactorily account for tho reticular turn the
." market will take. Rome brokers were Inclined to think the present de
cline in prices had inn Its course and that, with continued good war news,
.itsbthe market would soon turn upward
Conditions Not Due to Money Shortage
to! The discussion In tho flnanctil dlstilct still goes on as to whether It
Vlvls really the money conditions w hlch nro responsible for the present pecullnr
conditions In tho stock market or whether some other reason can bo
uncovered.
"ot According to those best Informed concerning the situation, pre all
ot jlng conditions are not attributable to any acute shortage of money, hut
n"more to a disposition on the nart of the leaders to keen the market In a
I. oo" position where It can meet any demands made upon It. In other wnrds,
an organized effort Is being made to keep the money situation in con
a." trol. Tho enormous transactions made ncees'-nry bv Government financing
s-wtoelngccomplished without anv disturbances Is icgardod as proof positive
-liVTof the sound position of the money mirket.
91" Financiers claim that money Is available for legitimate purposes,
but none Is available for spcculition This the money poweis icsaid as
r decidedly undesirable at such a time as tho present. Call funds arc being
J .supplied as needed and there are sufficient amounts offered each day to
i i tneet the current demand and prevent an advance in. rates,
The present policy is one. of conservatism. How long these conditions
Titl prevail It is Impossible to stnte at this time. It is believed, hovevei,
e. that money will continue at 1th present level for some time. If any
sw change should occur it is believed it
I' W . ..
:RumoredyP. & R. Will Issue Equipment V
' There Is a vvell-dcflnerl rumor in the Street thai
, , Company has made -application to the capital Issues committee for per-'-mlsslon
to Issue quite a largo amount of equipment notes, nnd It Is paid
t'""1hey will likely be Issued ver soon through the usual channels.
In connection with tho aboe a well-known banker lornarkeil jes
terday that quite a number of railroads arc up against a problem of no
" ordinal y proportions. "It will be lemembered," ho said, 'that the mil
V.i,Voad administration some time ago oidered ,i large nmount of rnllroul
Vequlpment In the form of freight eirs and locomotives and these are
'.Jjeing assigned to certain loads At the same time thec loads are being
ar 'Instructed to make the necessary arrangements with their lunkeis to
I -meet the bills.
- -Last May," ho continued, "this equipment piogram was di.iwn up
.' "by Director General McAdoo and called for the expenditure of almost
.ni-'T$SOO,000,000, and it was then stated, as I lecollect, that palt of he
i-1-capital necessary to pav foi the equipment was to come out of the rovolv-
'lng fund of $500,000,000, with the idea in view that it would eventually
'be repaid by the roads receiving the equipment.
"It is evident thej are now being asked to fulfill their part of the
program 'But giving directions is one thing and getting laigo sums nt
lVift! money these dajs Is quite another,"
t"oads as the Reading will have no clllllculty in tne matter, u win do very
difficult for some of tne roads, especlallj as the amounts to be raised
lfi&re quite large."
' vBabson's Letter Causes Price Slump
There was consldcinhle amusement In financial circles In this city
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yesterday over a reason for the sagging in prices on the stock maiket
which originated in Now York, but which had been overlooked b the
"brokers here. It was claimed that a special lottei fiom Roger V. liabton,
-J, Bnancial expert, economist nnd publisher, had caused all the tiouble.
vi' xne following is a copy 01 me uausun n-iici .
fc-i.W "When we advised the purchase of stocks last winter we distinctly
S'Jpointed out that, wo anticipated an intermediate swing, such as occuned
:sln 1911 and 1912 and not a broad bull movement. The rise which we
' Jooked fpr has already taken place. Stocks are now around the hUli
i c levels of the jear. Fundamental conditions are not satlfactorj Devel
opments on the western front are very encouraging and have caus-ed
' bullish enthusiasm in the stock maiket. ffc advise clients to take advan
itrvtage of the opportunity furnished by this optimistic sentiment to take
.'(-profits on all industrial and copper stocks. This applies to the following
',iillst of stocks which we suggested ns a purchase in Nov ember and Decern
rV ber, 1917. Continue to hold jour ralhoad and public utility issues."
"'"'' ' "BABSOX'S."
WriV"" In commenting on Bahson's letter theie were quite a number of
"""brokers who doubted the patriotism' hehind such a public statement.
They pointed out that many er wealthy men nro engaged In tho war
Tjjptvho had large fortunes Invested In the ery securities of which the Babson
rfi letter advised the sale, and that this
continuous succession of splendid victories. If this Is tho pioper kind
g of advice, they said, while the Allies are winning, naturally the reverse
if would be correct when they are not making headway.
4 Stamp Sales Indicate Huge Savings
The manager'of an old-established banking and investment house In
terested in the war-savings stamp
"the new records which are being
" savings and thrift stamps furnish further evidence that the people of
this -country are saving their money nnd that the total of the savings Is
surprisingly large.
"It is realized, of course." he remarked, "that a considerable number
of the persons who buy thilft and war-savings stamps are not in the
j bond-buying class, except in a small way. Still it is believed that the
practice of saving in small ways to buy the stamps will lesult in laiger
savings on the part of a large number of persons and these will eventually
become bujers of railroad, industrial and other bonds as well as Govern
ment bonds."
It has been rather disappointing that the stockholders of tho Ameri
can Telephone 'and Telegraph Company took only a small amount of the
recent Issue of $4-1,500.000 bonds.
These bonds are now being offered at 94, to jield about 7,10 per cent
to investors, and it is expected they will soon be absorbed. Xo ofllclal
announcement of the failure of tho stockholders to subscribe wa3 given
out, but a report from Boston said that only one-third of the bond3
were taken by the stockholders.
A -well-known banker and broker said jesterday that those who had
taken Roger Babson's advice to sell leading stocks had no doubt for
gotten his advice to buy Russian bonds when they were at their highest
top-notch price.
,
A special meeting of stockholders of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
has been called for August 8 in Newark, N. J , to authorize $500,000,000
bonds under a consolidation mortgage covering all the property and
assets of both the Bethlehem Steel Company and the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation and to consent to the Issuance of $70,000,000 bonds under
the aforesaid mortgage to secure the issue of $50,000,000 7 per cent notes
and to ratify the sale of these notes to tho banking syndicate formed
by the Guaranty Trus) Company, Bankers' Trust Company, J. & w.
Seligman & Co. and Chase Securities Corporation.
PRODUCE 82.510 MACHINE GUNS
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i. Record Made, in U. S. Since Coun
t try Entered War
WMhln-ton. July 21, Since the
.United States entered the war there
I'lMlvs) bien manufactured In this country
..tout production of Z,6iu maenme
ex an p. . .."."
triMd oy ine war uopaiwiisuu
L4W!a iwu, rnKi
SWHPVII f
vie-
THE STREET
WHILE GERMANS
back into her own Geiman tmrltory
tenltory. Any one who studies tho
by Germany can sec that, so far as
will be In the direction of lowei rates.
.
lotcs
that the Reading Railway
he said, "and while I believe such
advice was given In the face of a
campaign pointed out jesterday that
made every day in the sales of war-
guns, and light and heavy Browning
guns, the new- American standard
These figures cover the period up to
Julv 13. and to the general total nhnnia
be added another week's production, or
upward of 7000 The production of all
upes ot macnine guns ior tne weeK
ending Julv 13 was 6681, an increase of
1564 over the previous week.
Falls From Bridge and Drowns
Swedetboro, X. J., July 21 Nlne-j'ear-old
Charles Sasser, who had been
staying with Edward Brown, a farmer
near .here, was drowned Monday night
at tht drawbridge. It Is supposed, th
tm in renins;. as.ums ma sit-
BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
A Story of Salesmanship by
Harold Whitehead
(CavjrioM, J918)
.1r. 11 hUthtnd (till nnjitfr vaur hnninm
Ot""ffos on huuinn. trlllna. nrfi'rr(llnft and
! riiiptoyturrf. AK novr qtiMffott clrnrW ntirf
pn ' nu thr fncti Your eorrrct itdmr nnif
full attilTras must If Mpnrrf to nil IHijtiltif.
77iof ii hich arr onotimo!ii miisf hi (oiiorrtf.
tsuci fo technical uliCJtfo"' Mil hr wm
lu mull, other ijtirsriotii itfll be nntujrrfil
1 1 this rnliimn The monl Intertitlno pro!)
terns of oiQiifrrr iltl be ttoicn into the
story o I'eler Flint.
CHAPTER CXL.VIII
IN SPITn of the work of the week, I
am still thinking of the good time I
hid at home the pist week-end
While I remember It, I must put down
the Idea I got from the drummer who
was In dad's store when I dropped In
" You see. aftrr Francis Graham nnd
J-ucj bid left the little mother nnd me
to hive n talk duet I toM mnthrr about
mv work with the Magnitude Life Insur
ance Compnnv Then she told me that
did was feeling better, but that business
was none too good
Then she asked me a lot about Francis
Graham, who ho was, what he did ana
all that.
"Look here, mother." silcl 1. "vvhats
tho Idei' You never asked mo about him
before Don't jtm like- him?'
"I think he's a fine voting mm " she
ansvveied, "and 1 like him very much
'Then why nsk about his pedigree?'
1 nked, puzzled
She looked at me like she was laugh
ing nt me and slid "Just because I m
mother and love all mv children nnd
want to care for nnd guard their happi
ness" "Hut" I began, when she broke In
"Itlnea mv onill 1 hollPVe VOlirtonRUOS
hung' nn a swivel and vvolks both nvs
nt mice Put on our hat and go to the
slop
Your dad will bo expecting vou,
for Luev nnd
Francis .Mr Ctranim
..111 1.n.A I-. r n lltm 1 It II if flFO
,lll ,ii,- p . . i. t.i. ..n -.r. . .
I .,-. I .enl II tn IHO RmTO i t'V II HI
... . ... ,v .. -- -..- -- ,-,, -,i
i. ..:,,., :.t i . ,i,,,,,npp
I1U-1 l.llKIIIK null I"-' ",- -,.... ,
I Did left the drummer me ininun- i i,.-- ..j,...,, n tUIvn .m.-i m-. imiiii.
vv nit In, nnd cime qulcklv to mo and er's deith
hugged me, sivlng, 'My deir bov, bow vt tho home Pilnstri met rteedv and
, hippy It makes mo in know j'nii II He to xteCutcheon The three grew up to
l visit us." and he held mo as tlimign ne u KehPr pnJe,i baseball baskethill and
n0VoTenn.lheIpCm."looU-itthP-eBup.."tlWr game, tngethe, an,. ,n nn long
nllfo You will have to manage tne
itnie some dij so It wont hurt nil to
get nn idra on buvlng nipplics"
Oh' vnu mean look nt this drummer s
simples? Come here, Francis, antl help
US lumrn'of introductions followed and
then Cresset the drummer) said; "F.x-
cup" ru Mr Peter, but 1 heard jou call
me a iifummcr" , ,, .
WnnilHrful earslght, basil t he.
fell full nf fun . ,t.
Im not a iirumn.ci i ... -.
man . ..., , u.i
it-,.. i, aiff'' t lnuched.
' Lots A drummer Is an old time
! binding gli-slliiKlnr. siangv hot-air
I artist He lived by boozing his buvers.
tolllnir 'nn smuttj s-tories an K..,h
gl.d hand "-Hints In J.lice of business
I acumen
that's some mouthful." I Mid
I'Hevv
it in...,, i i.i.inir nnv notice ot wnu i
slid, be continued "While the trawllnB
,...;..,, u .i ilenn-Ivlng, vveu-iriuini
mm, vvllh l 'thin ough knowledge of his
II 10 and bow his eustonurb tan prnni
ri.n n.l.tlmo ilrummci was .in out-
' til. Vrec-"nd-easv. hlt-oi-mlss
Iness methods Modem business Is
Then 1 cam m-ii '" .;-,'.,
'Thev have one
OI IIIU IP, L I"' "
.... n,naa in the rountrv
Rut I must J101
i"1'""" '."":,.. it.
Flint, sn sup-
Keep ou anv iui.cn, . - - --
" ' - - .. . ,ni,n ..nt the order?
t'v"r . -...j 1 .. ,nn.i nu ji leaving,
Kto
bus
"...... ii. ..,i us cuv ellciencv ereaien i them, who hid n hc- fnimo .iiio.nl nf "an neen vvniin.ieu in im i. g nv miiiii-
.,o iiicellm silesman who Is hlghlN I them nel In tho fighting nn Mnnd i lhoiut that the American transports have rea
i iined and who Is leallj "n epett m ., , , .,,,,, , ,,,, ,,. , news sue linn hnil inai nor son w.is in- eonw mur ,,u c j than they vvero c
i. lbiV In i (and fr quent v does) I, ' ,11' resolvid to go when my two K,f, , ,ho , ,llUo ,lft hri, hll be ml .
his llui, alili" to laiiii ii i . , I friends went, but I put off . n sting I hic.c sbn ni.inineil n. rnilksinn In nt - nrFlT." .. .-
" ".U-T ", , n Sui i adv drummer I kept pulling it off tlinugh the letters .omp.nv her son tn a hospital Aft. r ' 1 he Miiencliner eues e .Mcnrlcmcn
his no no e chance against the trained from them urging me to Join them kept ticlng thit he was . tended In she wont sun the German general headquarters
sdesman than a common stuet tough comne Yhen I heard th, ne.ftl,.lr bark to the st itlo.i to cheei. as she Mid Miff has come In contact with specUl
h is agamst . prlz. Ilght.i " , . deaths the shock went right through me ,l,p ."" " h" ,,n'1 "," ,,"'"; "f lnt,lnB ' rll,llcult ,-,5Us ''"'"(fht about by the in-
h"olf-I s.Kl " J'S Re "ales- I looked things squareh In bo ffc I mf 0to?nX .'"'momlnont social ' 1"W'"ns ;f ""Idlers and hi soldiers
. SLliu.f-h. pn for liH rom.rn and 1 to mo nnd nu filomN Tint's why I en- cfes in Hanw Moi wmU usuall keciw l more Ihin .i00 000 soldiers In Trance
his a corps of Mlcsnitn unm i ...... usieu i nope i soon will gel across nci in inc miu... ... . .......
wouldn t hint jou to have a veal iitulel . heard that one of the old bnvs frnm
him" Then, turning to ('russet, ne q, Jonn-H wa, lecentlv awarded the viin.'n lAJFrilrrc itit
said. "M bov sells, at leas hope ho CroU ,,? ncrr0 0p of ,v ,lnll)ltl011 ALLILD IMI'OKrb CLT
rio.o Insurance foi the Magultuiie ,. , , . T . .
e IMC". .. C .1. ' ..O- - ,....... 11 ,,..., , - ... . . , . . ...1. T-. .... r
Dad and Ciosset to Ihemsclves eighteen, full of fun and life It Is onlv
"l never got on to the VJ , 'f'o'ii when ho talks of 'his old .omridcs who
tween the old and new ine hods of sen- ik(1 tn fo(j (hat ))p lielras (ho
",?p,nfn.ntnnatcjCau".K main old sales- serious p.rt nf hi? mike-up One re
men fit I? realize the chang.d condl- nllzes then that he has In blm a deter
tlons and ihej are struggling along In initiation that the. boch. s will find haul
the old way and gettins more and more lo cstlngulsh
out nf the running , I Tlneo men in the nunitermaster de-
They still talk nf the 'good old oajs, 1 lar(1)(nt (hlcl r,ntonmnt have been
nnd then bemnan their fate when voiiK-1 c) , p , ,lan.fprrcrt tn (.nn,
er iv. n. not P""'B '' f'f,, wuf,c ) In , Joseph V. Johnston, Ja.ksonv llle. Fla .
h.Cm K ,h" ""' ' ,w,,BnPl r,,r ,,,,u
less conditions are promoted above with the qiiHrtermastn otll.ers tr.aln
IV; ing camp Th" honor of the mnslgn-
Dad ealbd me to seo a machine to fix
per strip on parcels in place of s-ti ing,
that enileil Il.e gabfest on ilrummei
pape
n that
veisus salesman
TOll.VVS IH'SIM'.ss fcl'H.KVM
Do lou spend your .lollnis ici'i
"cents"f
What does this mean to nil .
Business Questions Answered
I would like vct m'icli to nk un tl"'
bunln.fs of show-card wrltlns mil win ion
ri"Sliavo hart quite mm- experlen." ;'l
winrtow liresslnB Hnrt feel thl I could mil'
coot If 1 hail im enpAble man lustra, t in'
v . .. ....... r.1 ji u, ho.,1 ill lie town
where I can receive In.trucUoii In thl lino
I will be greitb Indebted to sou If jou 1
will let mo know. " '
Under sep irate cover jou will receive
an answer to jour question
Mi husband, is a harh-r In a cool Inn
lion but bo has one business rlv il Hum
are union shops .,,,
About a ear ago thero was nn iiBrejment
In the union that Iwireuillns s lioul. be
tliirts-nve cents My husbinl thouslit 11
h st for all .imrhera to sund tosfth.r on
this rrlce, but Iho other ' man ,"1,rilf.rt
children's halrcuttlns tweriis "-"'"
except Siturdass " Now lie l Btttln most
of the otilliren'a trade .
As a ilauso In Iho union rules reads
"hairciittlne not less Ihin iw.nis live""".,
m husband came down to tweat five cents
on children s haircuts but has not advertised
thWe have a slide In the nelnhborhood pic
lure theatre advertising our shop a nd the
n.l Is chaneed each week and we have had
rood results I write these ads for 1 hn
been r.adlns up on the subj.ct of adver
llslns; tn the library -hvI..
Would jou Please Elve me will fdvke
about mj advertlslns that "n"',lh,'i"h'i;!
t. .,,-. i,s,isi i have done nothlns hdoui
I "'The" other man runs a sll.ie-a picture
ronloS from Hose O Nells kew pies-one
cuttlns the other's hair very ooc "
underneath his ad of ' Children s hair cut-
""weVlsomalce some of our own toilet pwrj
aratlons a quinine hair tonic ".J1"""
cream and a shampoo These are. all pure
and excellent In nualltj and '"'" ln
tho shop We would like Ii sll them
The. formula, for the tonic ""l""""..
obtained from a couple ot New Dorics
,eaIdwoBa.'dhbi,lba1,p t...t ""V'ViVr1
advertlslnB these M"s M J ,
Your problem Is realls for an adver
tising agent to solve. The cost would be
nominal and jou woufTl have the satis
faction of Knowing that jour advertise
ment was expertly piepared
However, here's a suggestion for you.
I'IIOTOrLAS
THEATRES
OtVNED AND MANAGED BY MEMBERS OF
THE UNITED EXHIBITORS ASSOCIATION
rr-i arxviT S!D ABOVE MAItKET
nr. .lVltJIN 1 t n ri a y
I t n U:J In 'BELIEVE ME,
Wallace rveia xantippe
CEDAR 60T" CEDAR
VIVIAN MARTIN in "Vivictte"
COLONIAL 0,n aliTA p.vm:
Douglas Fairbanks ' VX'w
COLISEUM Wo'Btf ?
tHHtowSkr
Make all j-our advertising ot children s
haircuts appeal to the children If tho
children want to come to j'our shop
they will make their parents bring them
why not advertise "Tho bannv hslr-
cut" for children nnd gHe each child
a piece of hard candy to stick while be- i
ing trimmed'' i
Have pome smart Urtvcrusing earns
printed, say a cut-out of a child's heid
havo the face printed In full of smiles i
and on the back saj' "You will be
happy If ou have jour hair cut at
. leu moiner to nring jou ncre
next time. Free candy while jour lnir
Is being cut."
Have these distributed outsldo the
schools. The joungners will take them
home, and some of them vv 111 become cus
tomers. I cannot discuss tho marketing ot
j'our toilet preparations, It would re-
quire nt least a weeks research Send
me jour Ideas, and I will be glad to
comment on them
I
T1UA rUITMO tfll I VV
1 WU LiiUlHo iilLLmJ,
7 ,
ORPHAN BOY ENLISTS
'
Youngster nt Meade Wauls to
Emulate Example of Asy-
luni Comrades
romp Mrnlf. 'Vlil , lulv 31
When two of his comrades who lived
with him for inanv vears In St John's
Home. Rrooklvn, Hid down their lives
upon the fields of France, nn inspiration
enme to .Irseph Palastrv, an oiphnn of
tint city, that the best w 1V for him to
show his cffectlon fqr his chums wns tn
enter the seivlce for which thev died
Thnt Is why Pftlistri nt the age nf
eighteen viars Is now i private in the
Seventeenth Infantrv, n regulir nrmv
orginlzitinn that forms pin of the
Eleventh Division at this o-intonnunt
Thl two chums of Pali'tra who made
tlio altnromo sn,rlfoo ori VV'llllnMi
Reedy nnd William McC'iitrheon Thev,
loo. were orphans inn were sPnt to .St
John's Home, one of the big orphan ni-v-
nun-, in iiouiiii iiuimri ins
twelve veirs ago He wis adinltt
lums nf Hrookhn Palistri
Inst his
mothci
ed to
,., ..! .JI.il. ... i.i
n"u-.n mmui im- rnnip nine ransiri
got letters from his i hums ,ifei thev
in, enjoved the show, telling him hnw
mlp, t,ov pnjnoi the fighting ami
urRlnR him In gel Into the gime He
I Pondeied ovei the situation and (lgurcd
I thit at the age of icvent. en ho .ould
afford to wait before milking i ilielsion
! Thp letters from Predv mil McPutehcon
I became more persin-vi mil I'alistri "
cnthiislit-m v is enkindled
Then nne dav th. onih in from Tlionk-
lvn read in tho intwr tin. i,iu i..n
chums had been killed Their names ip
peired nn tho sime cisiiallv list, and It
Is possible tint thov hoth fell slile In
side The news nf their deaths shnclud
Palastra Then he l.rg.in to think
"It occurred to me" he s.alil toilav,
that I vv.im acting llko a sinker I hid
ibsolutelv nobody dependent nn me Tho
country and the cltv of HiooMjn, and
t1,p pc'0plo nf the nrr
othor, nart ,.pn
ill in isvluin and
square dral and
H "as up to me In show nn gi itltude
I found tint hundreds of tho old bi.js
it the home hid cnllstnl men. some nf
1 fight like mv comrades I felt Imnelleo
....... . . .,
't' i.iiii.ic- ii.eni 1 ,1111 i;i in 111 11 1 1111
tint wav 1 hnpe the'j- .send om regiment
ovoj mlghtj' soon
n.i...,,... i.. ,.ni .. - ,.. -
men' cmsists in the fait thit the nr-
(ifr teques'tug the men cilled fni sol-
f)PrR nr an tcept'nnallv high tjp." nf
Intilllgence and character men who
will prove themselves to be Iho llnest
mateil.il for enmmlssimis The three
selected were Sergiants Albert J
Madru. Jr . and Bernard I, "Vle.Vlchol,
and I'orpnral Charles r MrelcJi
Joseph Dudi and Joseph Pilll, of Phlla
delphl i, have been phv sc illj' dlsquill
fled for service In the army.
FLYING TEACHER KILLED
Tatal Accident nt (trr-tiier I'icld, La.
Hci.lenl of Iowa
W) the AW(.ialcl Press
( e.lnr Hmilds, lonn, Julv "I Lieu
tenant Rlchird rtlstine, an avlallnn in
stiuctor at Oerstner Field Lake I h irles,
I.i, was kllbd In an accident nt the
Held vetenlaj', according to word re
reived bj his pirenia hne
Lieutenant Kbtlno received his com
mission at that Held, and three months
ago was made an Instructor and trans
fened to the ground sehool at ("ai ingle
Tech In Pittsburgh At his own irquest
he was transfernil in a lljing sehool,
and jesterdaj was his first daj In the
nlr after bis return to lljing He wasi
twenty-two jeais old
v ' -
GIRL KILLS MAD DOG
Fires Gun
for First
Time When
Attacked
Hiickl.iKl.ain, N. .1.. Ju'v 24 Bertha
ivi. sixteen J ears old. had an excit-
r encounter with a mad dog in her
n home The animal attacked her
Dav
Ing
ow
while she was caring for a bihv .she
seized ber father's gun and killed the
dog Miss Davis had never fired a gun
before, and In the reaction that followed,
she fainted The leport brought her
father from the field and he revived
her.
ninTori.Ms
STRAND U,n AV" at en,inE0'E ' Hroad
MARGUERITE CLARK
In "L'NCI.n TOM'S CA1UN '
EUREKA mn :AIlKUT STSl
HAROLD LOCKWOOD
111 "LEND Mil lOcrt NAME'
FRANKFORD "13 ftSS1,"'
JACK- PICKFORD in Sandy"
II IMRO FRONT ST. & OIRARD AVE.
jwiuww jumbo Junction on KranKfor J
L"
June Elvidge ln "A 7s
UEDEJIPTtON"
I CT !T 52D Af'D I-OCUST STREETS
LAJUUtJl jut, 1:30,3:30 Evs u 30 to 11
Sergt.. Guy Empey '" -VB Top
NIXON K7 BELOW KET BT. I p A nFR ST XANCASTERAVK. VIPTORFA MARKET 8T. AB. &TH
V iii.m. iKr.ir.?ilSJr..a' LpAUtrv matinee DAjur V1L.IUI1A e a.m. t una p.m.
f , THE-UNBELIEVER , ' bkiibbn!btt . . theda bara
S&-M&"5!, ,!, L "'. .WfcKlIT OOIWa" Z I in "A FOOl, THEM! WAS?'
GOVERNMENT TAKES '
BIG TURBINE PLANT
Now Wrsllllnllfiiiep Fetnlilieli
ic, w c&uiiyiOUSC LStMlllSll-
incut at Essington Passes
Untlcr Federal Control
The big nevr turbine plint of th"
neir 'rnn "bsT 'iZ'Zl ,0",rfl
near I.sslngton. his hf'en tiken over
""irciv .. uu i .-.irr.ii v.mernment It I
Is the lirgest plint In the enunlrv of tho
twentj'-one nfrerted by the new Govern-1
mrat order cnmnmUorlng nil turhln I
plints of 700 bor-e-prnver or over The I
nc" ""'i'1" nf ,hn ",,nt' mremiv im. ,
drr contract with Federal Government
p;r
States shipping boird
The plant covers a trnct of land shout I
finn ncres, sllintod between slmrtnn I
and Lester about nine miles from ritv
Hall, and hiving a frontage nf some
thing more thin one mile nn the Deli-,
warn River At tho close nf mr, the'
Immediate construction nf n factory do. I
velopment thereon was begun
There nre seven buildings, ngeregailng I
npprnxlm itelv fourteen artos nf floor
spice, wh'ch when fully manned will'
furnish einpmvment fnp about noon per-
sons ami cm lor a mommy pajroll ot , attempting to envelop this confession In
morn than Jtnn.fion i
The Ohe-tei branch of the Phili.M- "' "" l"u1, nt ""I'lnntlons. employed
phli and Heading ltillwav runs througli wlt" n Nl"" tn making It more nccepta
tho iiroperly passing Immodlitelv north I 'He 'o the German public The Derlln
of the llrst development, and tint coin- correspondent of the Strassburger Post
pinv is miking nn extensive change In
Iho gndn ntid illgnment nf lis main
trieks and constinetlir i new van! nt
that point The Pennsvlv.anla RtMrnad
Compinv Ins almost completed the con
strurtlnti nf nn entirely new bunch lino
boiderlng the development on tho soiitl
As far as possible, the Government's
oiders will be allocated to the wir- "P "erP not n," nirlse him
m.iklnr agencies requiring land md ma. , ' Nn" ,v"' French and the Americans
rlne tin bines, and piloiltv on dellviry "" ncKun a counter-offensive The
will be given where the requirement is ffition Is thus modified and the Oer-
the most urgent man hendquarters rtift will have to
At a meeting tomorrow with wnr In- mak" fr"h pl',ns The PuhI1: "HI do
dustrles boaid nlllclals, representatives "e" Io Practice patience with regard
of the four piinelpil turhlno nnnufac- to futurc developments of operations In
turf is will determine on further step, ' tno west
to meet the war demands on the Indus. Fenr' nrh's Strntegv
ll' .... , ,. . I The Frankfurter Zeltung writes that
Plans to determine priority among th the entire Hlndenburg strategical plan
navv the nrmv anil the emergence (loot i, compromised 'Something new np
fm team and electric turbines, It Is im- pears In the strategic situation.' It de
derHtond. now nro being worked outcare, -Generil Foch has been able to
through Seerctai es Daniels and Hiker i form nn Importnft armj of reserves He
.and Chairman Hurlej-, of the shlpplnR ' , trvig now bv a powerful counter
1,0i,nI . , . , .. , , , j offeiihlve to wrest the Initiative from
U was slid today the needs of thej mndenburg The German advance on
nnv and the emoigencv fleet .no belns , ih sides of Ithelms has been stopped
met as rnpldlj as they arise ,-otl,.s ilUaik rtoeg not ln(,re,ly alm at
it'i acting tho attention of the German
NURSING. FINDS SON WOUNDED ZTZ'Z!
i Mochm s army that Is marching cast-
, - -v- i ward and should it be successful It
Lry of lotllcr Greets ?vevv i might compel this nrmv to retreat under
York Wwn.lll, Volunteer ill ""' unfavorable .ondltlons Foch's at-
' lack Is not onlj nn answer to the Ger-
lt tho Atsnciatetl I'rcn nun attack on both sldis of Khelms, but
i's-1. lulv 24 A Vew- Yolk worn in u thieUencs the whole of Hlndenburg s
altiched tn the lied I'rnss h ippenc.' tn plans'
bo In Pails todiv and vnlunti. ted tn help 'The same pipei. attempting to ex
it! taking can of the VMiumlid mining In
f-niii tho battlolleld Sfn was wnrUIng
I iisllv when stnttle.l In a loud civ of
M. .1 .
"Ti.rnltig, hhesuv hoi own son a voting . henceforth .be considered that Foch's
l.iiii-nint In Hie Amsricin n mv lle'nrtnv of maneuver wns used up. asks
Supply Adequate Dc-pile .Tran-porl of
Aincriian Troops t
Ih ie .itionatrri I'mi
I iimlini, lulv -I H.plvlng in the
House nf .'ommoii to a iiiottinnei sir
I. on .1 f'hin77a Mnnev, pin llitiu ntity
jFecretnij In the Mlnisirv of Shipping,
S till ill' ll.liii in .i.t.'-i .1- in i(iui
acioss the Atlantic 111 10 sitllj Ii 1 rl do
pilvoii Un I'nlled Kingdom .and the
Fntcnto Allies nf Impoits thej might
olhuwKe have hail
Ho added, howivei tint tho shipping
orgmlxitl.in, n a whole had been sueli
lh.it Ibe Miipplles rf nntoiials nf vvai
hid been curled In ipuntltles adequate
lor the Diltlsli and tholi illles
IITMiURS OOIGKH SVILORS
Cliarped $3 for Kiile When Recalled
on U-llnat Si are
Wilmington, Pel. lulv J I Itoshlents
who poht the weel'-end at Hohnboth
are amused nvir the bus tirnfileois, whn
clmiged stiiors and nival iiffn ers $1
apiece for a speTi-mllo rida to the
T.ewes naval ba-e Silurdav night The
enll'led men whn weio .mending i
dance won recall0.! In Iho haiiaoks on
P-bnat scare nnd when thov iiished
fn. . III..,, Ilin .... r tin. a liol.l IViom,.
un I for the fl far -"
It is.Miooiori thit tin mention nf the
ftoveinmeiil oibclals will bo called to the1
goug'ng I
t ii xi iM.'nnn'1'c im,1 t ix
t. vi. 11. iii.i nn in iujis
1 lie pci onil nav snuin ni ine nun
annual cnnvciui.ui m u." uc-n-in inner
of Hibernians Hoard of F.rln which Is,
being held at the Mijo-tic Hotel, was
opened this morning with a reiding of
foirispnndenee and th" pmi'iedlugo of
Iho last convention bj the general oecre-
:S:t"w'!,h- ruTyWhfa1
Ihe principal speiker will b. Judge
rtogeis, Common PK is Court So 2.
The Stanley Booking Corporation
"Tin: fellow Ing theatres obtain their pictures through the STANLEY Booking
1 Corporation which la a guarantee of enrlj showing of the finest prodec
tlons All pictures reviewed before exhibition sk for the theatre in ycur
locality obtaining pictures through the STANLEY Booking Corporation.
' Alhnmhrn "'. ?rf. f. t"lul?Hii.
, ttmamDr(Jm .'.''..V? 'viAt'r S
in m r Ur viti'
J" m' ''L-N1' A-N-N1L'
nnl I f ."-'t' A.ND TlIOMPhOV bTb.
ArULLVj MATIN KB DAILY
p.u'i.ine i )n:in:i!irK
in '.viviivm ji: vi.opsy"
ADiATllA CHEbTSL'T "How 11ITH
AKCAU1A 10 A M toll:15P.M.
EI.SIE IHlUll PUN
iii "Tin: DAm:it mark
ni i irrniDn mton HUCIIT ami
DLUHlJlrvL' Mt.QLnilA.N.SA AVE
IIKOIlOK M ( OMAN
in 'llir THE rllVII. IIOl.l.lDAT"
MAIN ST., JlANUl'SK
HlViriIl3J MAT.NUlJ DMI.Y
mapok kv:n.vkdy
in 'OUR i.irrLn wipe"
FAIRMOUNT :bV, MVliX-
l.Mlt,Y STEVENS
In "A MAN S WARD '
r?AlIII V THEATRE 1.111 Market St
rAlVllLI 0 A M to Midnight.
MONROE SUjatlURY
In "WINNER TAKlS ALt."
CTU CT THEATRE Below Spruce
POln Jl. MATINEE DAIL1
VII.1.1M FAIINUM
In ' ROOiiH AND READY"
PDCAT V'nDTHFRM B'oaasi M Erl.
vaI-rn iwiv.uuiiii j 7
14. OP M
MMIIDN 11AVIKS
"CECELIA OF THE PINK ROSES"
In
11VIDCDTAI C0TH & WALNUT STS.
llVlrCilMALi Mati 2 10 Evs T 1 0,
MAROARITA FISHER
In "IJIPOS8JBLE SUSAN"
DANGER IS GRAVE,
GERMANS ADMIT
Teuton Press Concedes
Foch Has Taken Initiative
From Them
BOEHM'S ARMY PERILED
Foch's Strategy Threatens
Whole of Ilindcnhurg's
Plans, Foe Critics Say
Washington, .Tulj' 24
Oerminv has not only been greatly
depressed by the failure nf the Hlnden
hiirg strategy; involving the repulse of
Ludendorffs offensive, but Is disturbed
seriously over tho loss of the Inltlntlve
fearing It miv require weeks tn wrest It
again from Oenornl Foch An official
report from llasle sij-s-
'While confessing now that the situa
tion h.a- t hinged, the German tirpsa !
writes
llie public had In general attached
loo gnat hopes to the German offen
sive which was Hunched on both sldis
of Ithelni' As we can see In reading
tho (onimunlentlons of the lift few dajv.
thtse hopes hive not been realized The
enclm "'" Informed nf our plans and
plitn the fillure of tho German plans
am rocallinir Hint the nrevlons Gernnn
nlhcnl i ommunlcations deelari d It could
whore these troops eimrt trom. assuming
H
loses rnllli In t-llouts
'Tho submarine warfare, alone, It be
lieves, cannot prevent the continual
transport of trnnin nnd war material tn
the western frcnt The English nrmv, it
continues, 'has been reconstructed nnd
put Into a perfect stat" The public
vi hlch is aware of the enormous difficul
ties against which mil headquarters staff
rns to fight, will not he nUnnlshed to see
the latler proceeding with prudent tardi
ness It will take weeks, perhaps, to
wrest the Initiative frnm (lencr.il Foch
Anv nervousness would he at the present
i moment not only useless, but even lnrm-
fill'
, "These exhortations on tho part nf Ihe
I rjerman press are a proof thnt profound
i discouragement Is rising among the Ger
man population, which Is perfectly nwsre
nf the tirrlble blow dealt to the Imperial
armies ,md Hlndenburg strategy bj the
1 r no-Amerlcan rffenslve
Kinm the hundreds of prisoners ex
nmlned all have given an identical an
swer vve not onlj- never expected to
i ''" atla.krd, but thought vou would not
even be ln a position tn attack We were
told alwavs thnt the Allies were com-
.urieiv exn.austeci that they had no
onger a single man in reserve, and
that we ban onlv to go on marching ln
order In advance as fir as we liked
Yes we have been deceived'"
Amsterdam, Julv 21 The Oerman
1-t.ll.Mn lu h.ln. IaIiI Im. .. I I -1... s-
.. " "" " "J ,,cllllrt"
mllltarv e-perls that the French and
I American ambitious nttimp's to break
through whl.h In Haron von Ardenne's
words, 'might have caused a decisive
change In the mlllt irj" situation on the
i west front" has failed hecauso of the
famous German sjstcm of clastic de-
fopse.
.. . v,.,nI,i ..,- ,a ...M., u
," -, "Plained that the eomv ob.
talned Initial successes owing to the fact
mat umerai von lioonni s right lianit of
twenty-Hve miles was not strnnglj- held
an( his iniln strength lay on the east-
"--"""--, sradmr-thii
('Intent Thierrj and Sosf.nns were the
two cornerstones of the llerman defense
333 MARKET no.T,
ji'vk CArnici:
' MISS INNOCKXc-n '
MOnFI :;i WUTH bT. Orchestra .
IV1V1C1 Contlnuojs 1 to 11.
FRVMv KEENAN
In ' LOADLP DICE '
PAI APF 12M MARKET STREET
1 lrJVVC I0 A M to 11,1.1 p. M I
MAE Ml'HRAY
In "THE HRIDE S AVVAKENINO" I
PRINPF 101S MARKET STREET
riXIPNVC30 8.30A M. toll 15P.M
ORACE D AUVIOSD
ln 'THE C'Rl'C-IIILE OF LtFE"
RFP.FrvJT MARKET ST llelo KTH
rCVJE-lM 1 n A. M to 11 p. M.
VtOI. DANA
III ' OPPORTUNITY '
RFAI TO GERMAN-TOWN AVE.
ll"VI 1 J AT TUI.PEHOCKE.V
E.V ST
PAI'MVE pnmicniri.'
Irf "HER FINAL RECKONING'
RIVOl I 55D AND SANSOM STS.
IXl V Vl,l MATINEE DAILY
CLARA KIMRAI.L YOl'NO
ln "THE REASON WHY'
Rl IRV MARKET ST. BELOW TTH
IUDI 10 A. M to 11:13 P
P M
FDITH ROBERTS
in 'THE DECIDING KISS"
5AnY 1J1J MARKET STREET
3AVVJI 8 A. M TO MlDN
IQUT
ELSIE FERQUSON
In "A DOLL 8 HOUSE
CTAWI FV MARKET ABOVE 10TH
31AlNL.C-I ll:t.1A M to 11:15 P. M
MADGE KFNVEDY
tn "THE SERVICE STAR"
and that the former has heen lost to
th foe, "who was aided by not lncon
Mderable American auxiliary forces"
The Wolff Bureau's correrpondent at
the front does not fall to dwell on the
' ecesslvelj severe" Iosfcs suffered by
the Americans These losses, he says
were due to the Americans being mixed
for the first time with 'savages and
negtocs," Instead of with white French
troops as heretofore He sivs "at many
p nts mountains of American dead lie
In front of our positions "
The Koelnlsche Zeltung's war corre
spondent sijs that never before have
the variegated enemj nationalities pre
sented a more solid and compact front
The present clash of hostile forces,'
he adds. is the most gigantic and ter-
rible conlllct of mental and physical
enrgv ever seen There Is no room for
platitudes Now begins the Anal phise
' th0 ar
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