w S r,r 't; '''? STA'Y f&3 K" m WK m- w fit V W ft R ill m m a 'Vs.... P ,' H 'ii" iff in i .. i . "" LCK OF POWER FOR WAR PLANTS el Officials Confer to De- ;vise Means of Meetine Emergency ;IEED 120,000 KILOWATTS Mperativc to Exnctlitc Sunnlv Isanti Munitions Contracts r: SV- Here Confronted by the most serious short- 6 of plectrlA nnwar Philnrlnlnhla lifts tLV ftVfff 1nnnn ..m..!..!.. . Va .tl.ii.lnl power ana light conservation division 1f the Federal fuel administration went Into executive session at the Medical Arts Building at HiliO o'clock this after noon to wrestle with tho problem. War Industries hern are urgently In need of 120,000 more kilowatts of elec trical power than Is available, and the quartermaster's corps and the ordnance department of tho army are Insistently urging that means be found to expedite '' 'supply nnd munitions contracts placed here. "Wo are up against a very perlous shortage of power," said J. Franklin Stevens, president of. the Engineers' Club nnd chairman of tho district con servation division imi.M..i.ii.i..i ,. , .... ',' ,,8 ":,r '""r.,l"cs.c""" "".:"'""" u" """ ""If?" Sir ', mo,:.e Van.'s avauame. inis uon.ua win sicaany increase mir ng i. nii momns wun xne expansion r ... .,.uui,n , ., miei, wui i- Increased use of electric power for lighting nurno.ses. which naturnllv "Will follow the shortening of the day light hours and the coming of winter. Morn l)rn(le Cunscri nllnn "The nubile utilities And the mibllc In this district have responded loyally to every appeal we have made for con-1 servatlon of light and power. New and .more drastic demands will have to be made. Every Item of waste, every leak age of power, must be stopptd. and we roust save coal right down to a matter of pounds and fractions. "Whatever measures we may find it necessary to adopt to meet the situation. we can assuro the public that light and power will be as widely distributed as possible. Curtailment of both In many quarters Is certain, however Where voluntary measures fall, we shall have to use compulsion. Two developments In the power situa tion, which took place before the con ference this afternoon, encouraged Mr. Stevens In the belief a way would be found to meet the more pressing needs. The first was the announcement that the Wanamaker store, which has Its own power plant, had voluntarily decided to keep open for business only between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4:30 o'clock p. m, for the duration of the war, and tc divert the power generated .by Its plant to the Philadelphia Electric 'i v Company for .general uses. '... This means an additional 900 horse- powvr Jl uiivcL i-uirciii Htituauie uminK the store's open hours and 1400 horse power during the closed hours, which can txj taken from the load In the central district and diverted to the war nlants JKj, In outlying districts. It also will save , street car tratuc thousands or passen SSf rers dally during the busiest hours of SV'k. mnbjnnil narlml &KS" s . . Loan for I'llllAuripilia i.irririr A second development was virtual as surance from Washington that a loan of 1 JZO,00,OUU wouia De innae io int t-iuui- delphla,, Electric Company by the war ' Department nnd the United States shlp- i . nine board for tho expansion of the com pany's Chester power plant and (tho com pletion of Its partly constructed plant at Beach and Palmer streets on a much large scale than was planned. Negotiations for this loan have been In progress for several weeks, and it Is reported that It Is about to be consum mated. In that event 30.000 Hllomatts will be added to tho capacity of the Cheater station, and 90,000 kilowatts to the capacity of the Beach and Palmer streets station, thus achieving the total .amount of additional power now, needed xfanwhlte. the fuel administration must find other means of Increasing the supply of power. This will have to b6 accomplished as1 inis win it. , follows: , , . I Continuation of the skip-stop system i ' for street car lines, expansion of the sys- tetn to lines not now aliecicu, ana more ugreeu upon oy l-resiueru namuei .om rlEld enforcement of traffic regulations ' Pers of the. American Federation of ILB.-, i.!,,-. bv blocked streets and : L- President Charles S. Barrett, of crossings. Curtailment of street car lighting all the year round and of street car heat- ing In winter. Stricter I.leht Kronomy Strict economy in the use of light and power In all plants and factories, j elimination of wasted electric energy, j and enforcement of the rules against ! using power to operate machines not actually producing war materials. Converting the power loads of several private electric plants In olllce buildings and stores to a single plant wherever possible, and diverting the power gen erated by the plants thus freed to gen eral use. -tlBy "tying together" several public ..n-i Hvstems For Instance: Xorrls- ow , ... -. . mi. D,imiita town has power to spare. This surplus will be ulverteu to i-iiuaueiiium. .no Wayne plant of the I'nlted Gas Im provement Company Is Idle during the r . . - tl.. Oflflfl Irllrt. summer. It nas a capacity m " " ,fa i :. n.i.1. ,,.,, m ho nut Into operation $? -watts. This would be put into operation for general use. Thu latest essential industries (the conservation division of the fuej admin-1 Jstration does not consider any Industry j now in operawun a auoumn:ij ..n- essential) to be put entirely on night rnrlctnr schedules, and allowed to op - eVate only between 11 o'clock p. m. and 7 o'clock a. m. pAnriv making ana leweiry manuiac- unuuunuru nno iuuy ut.ti me r hut 5!2 , n.nd . the "least essential ' Kcy Fleet Corporation had taken over turlng are placed in the "least essential class" with other maustries. ' Mortifications of the restrictions on street lighting were forecast by Mr. Ste- JiTVena. Public satety uemanaeu u, no &i.'Lld. and the fuel administration has found that the power conserved that i&'.Way Is almost negligible. Coal con- RftJ umed In producing power for lighting "&! 'purposes, he pointed out, Is never more rW than 2 per cent, of tho total fuel con- R 4" n,.M.rhtlrm Inclined to Voluntary Artlon At the conference today the con- I Kk iwrvatlon committee Is taking up the S-a nuestlon as to whether other large stores , : .'.a, ... .-!..... ll. l.nla fftmtlo.. In ("W uusuiossro nun i..,.o ,,.. that or the wanamaner store, capaDie ,t'ge1tteratlng more power than Is actu- ly required to run the business, snail !V.e ordered to close earner or not. air .jftevens said that he was incnnea to flv tnem an opportunity io un mio ....Al... minlitnln.llv .,4,$fcWhere the private power plants are iV diverted to the uses of the war Indus- a KLLIU1I V V.M.I.U. .,J, - v'-tfl". tns owners will be paid for such - lIMge. tie suggesteu tnat ti euuia mrue ''fores refused to follow tlfc action of fjje Wanamaker and other stores In qlaelni early, the fuel administration Might d'em It a matter, of fairness to niiul them to close. Ip this connec tion he stressed the Importance, of re- t:H iiivlna-.,o.-isenger trafllc ou the street Jprti r.M during!. the rush hours by having iHaHJTt: JfJH, . my ian.yn.aj , wny .kSiV-- 'La'F t.v 'S ":"" ' i Ins those hours of tho day when the traf flp Is ordinarily light, Results of a survey which has been made of- power plants throughout the southeastern part of the State probably will be laid beforo the conservation committee this nfternoon. On the basis of this report tile committee will work out a plan of making nvallablo to war t Industries every posslblo klllowatt of ' surplus, current. It also Is probablo that the committee will arrange a starting schedule for factories, designed to distribute the peak-load i Olllcials who Attended the conference, besides Chairman Stevens, were Arthur L, Church, assistant to the president of i the Baldwin Locomotive Works: J. Miller Frazler, manager of 'the Hcllevue-Strat-ford, representing the hotels: (1. L. S I Tlngley, vice president of the American Hallways company ; Kamuei freer, sec retary of the Ice Publicity Bureau : I'eter O. Johnson, power engineer of the J. n. Llpplncott Company nnd State deputy of the National Association of Stationary Engineers; Thomas Kliroule, transmission engineer of the IMill.nle -phla Electric Company ; A. W. Vollmcr, representative of tin Olllce HulldhiKS Association of Philadelphia ; George. H Henderson, Stato advisory engineer nt tho fuel ndmlnlxtrat'on, and E. L. Cole, director of the conservation division. Soviets Declare Defensive War Continued frcm Tnirr One after their flight. Is not tnken seri ously. North Uopul'llo Organizes Tho new government of the north at Archangel is rapidly organizing Its different departments. Information reaching the State Department shows' that these orders have been Issued: I Appointing a commander-in-chief of the Uusslnn forces, military and naval; abolishing all organs of the so 'CUIien U1LI iititl-iuiiinii ,iiii iJiuvi- -J c i. -. .... .. n.1 nK.1.. I Iner the arrest of all Soviet Commis-1 suire nfllcmla. appointing Govornment commissalrcs of three for provinces nml rountlcs,; re-estnbllshlnK munlcl-; ,m) BOVernments and SS - imvpr nc Oca sol ,.., .,. mnimi fnn.i Ing so far as pnslblc existing nwpa rntim but cleaning out thi II ilshcvlk elements, re-establishing Judicial or ganizations: re-establishing free exist ence and activity of co-operative asso ciations, labor unions nnd organiza tions to further the prosecution of war, ana nationalizing transportation, financial and Industrial Institutions. RUSSIA IS GRIPPED BY REIGN OF TERROR Special Cubic to Ki-em'ng Public Ledger Cviwrioht. JflUf. by Xru Yolk Timri Co. StorUhnlin, Aug. 9. Travelers who have arrived here from Petrograd tell of the Incredible terror which rcgns In Russia. The IJolshevikl are arresting en mnsse all suspected persons, especially Menshevlkl (the Moderate wing of the Social Democrats, of which party the Rolshevlkl nre the extremists) and Social Revolutionaries. All officers have been registered nt Petrograd to the number of nearly 70.000. Some thousand officers, have been arrerted and sent to Kronstadt. Their final destination is unknown. The arrests continue. Urltsky has been named Commis sary of Home Affairs, nnd has ordered drastic measures for the maintenance of order In Petrograd. Restaurants, cafes, etc., nre obliged to close at 11 o'clock under a penalty of J5000 fine. The street patrols hnve been doubled and the Inspection of motors nnd pas sengers Increased. The Czecho-Slovaks are considered as the greatest enemies of Bolshevik power. In a speech delivered to work men mobilized to fight tho Czecho slovaks, Lenlne declared that .the struggle against the latter was a de cisive fight which would determine tho future of the Soviet republic. By the Associated Press lyondon, Aug. 9. One , thousand Russian officers have been arrested In Petrograd under a plan by tho Bol shevikl to force them Into a Red Guard army being formed, a dispatch to Co penhagen from Helslngfors stated to day. j BUSINESS AND LABOR PLAN RUSSIAN AID U'HHlilnclnon, Aug 9. A movement American labor and business Is under way today for a common understanding "'), action between the people of the I ni.p,i ctritn nnn Tlnss .1 At a big meeting of the executive committee of the American-Russian League here, a course of action was the Farmers' Educational and C'o-Op-eratlve Union of America, nnd business men nnd legislators "to render a full ai10ix nf nnnillnA nnrl ItnAfllflsli lilft to safeguard the future and welfare of the iiutwians. , "There Is no purpose or Intention In the United States to Interfere In the Internal affairs of Russia ; these must be worked out by the Russian people them selves." said Rompers at the meeting "All that Is to be done will be to give the Russian people the opportunity of working out their own salvation and destiny " Barrett, who Is spokesman for many millions of American farmers, said these are watching Russian developments closely and "as soon as the opportunity presents Itself the helping hand of the American farmer will go out to the peo ple of Russia particularly the peasants and heln them with men. machinery i ioiii real cu-upeiuuun 10 mune uie great , ne,a. an(, t,)e caUe of frfe rll,sslll ,e and real co-operation to make the great foundation stone of new democratic nation." ) The Russian-American League, which contains some of tho foremost men of lno nations, win estaoiisn onices uoiit )n Ms coum . an(1 ,n jjussla to carry I forward its work . U. S. TAKES SHIPYARD - - Government to Complete Ships l r i . at i -ni .. j BlllllmS fit PtCWCOmb Plant Newport Nw, Vu., Auk. 9. It was tne nperaron or me .-eweomD snip- bulldlne and Dock Company at Ilnmiv ton The company has on hand about twelve contracts for t.te Government. Marriage Licenses Isfned Toilay Kwill Pollow. 2t S. 4th t., and Minnie Kablnowttz. 2K1M Wharton at. William A. Waener. S'-MO K it., and Helen B. Andruszko 82r,l Aramlnito ave. John llarxe. 17.14 Nuuditln at,, Hnd Mario. M. Smith. 1041 l.atona st, Joseph J. Gnnlev tons fallowhlll at., and Jlarle J. Flrd 1(124 Wood at. Jaroli M. Walner. Camp Gordon, and Yetta Kahn. 020 Dickinson at Thomas AueuFttne 39ir, Walnut at., and Paulino llrown. 2231 Wood st. Ueorce J. Schwab, Jr.. 4Rn n. Wlldlo at., and Helen Stumvoll. 2S W. Thompson at. John M. Monhan V. 8. Navy, and Doroth) l.n Hue. 20OO N. Ilrnad at. Samuel Davidson. 12V Poplar st., and illnnle 8amul. 1810 N. 7th St. Henry Hooth. T17 S. nth at . and Magele I.ovelac. 7221 Rayhrook ave. Harry Cuhen. ssnj Poplar at., and Anna Slrulnlk. U.1S Dudley at. William Mark. 1721 J-ombard at., and Hen rietta K, Small. Camden N. J. Joseph Melman, 1039 N. 32d st . and Fran ces Felnsteln 031 N Franklin st. Harry 11 Hunter. 2341) K. Cumberland st., and llnrs.iret Itothfuaa. 2128 Cedar at. John Coleman 1511 Fltr-ater,at., and Lena Jonta, 15111 KBter at. William D. llorhm. U. 8. M. C. Philadelphia llarrarks, and Mae ri t.vani, .-tu ri. 30th at. dearie Z. Sutton. 10.1(1 IN. 18th at., and Lillian A. Hltcheovk. 3403 N. 1.1th at. Cornelius X. MeName. 1000 Winter at., and Mary A. Fell. Wilmington, Del. Frank 3. P'rr. 1121 Linn .at., and Sophia Bpeetor. 3935 Philip at. William It: Stltt- 1B05 W. Oiford. at., and Wlldora. jiccormiCK. inu i join at 4 U1 (, print garden Chines i;. rtarriawru iou; ,t;jHrt pearl Johnson. Llfa. o. imkkf : '' JA.'rU a t jt EVENING PUBLfo - PARADE r&xy''&i!!i'i&& HlmBMr TinrfiiM i IT it if' Tif rfi If igllBM 1 1 wSSSfii!BKMKBKtm Inifoimcd women's war ork a;nrinlinu ami other organization! toilay marched from llie Union League to the Ulierty Ptaluc in a "recruiting siiig" for nurs-es. In the line were memlibcrs of tlm of the Nalionnl League for 'S omciu Service, Emergency Aid uidc, Red Cross Motor Mcffcngc" and Girl Seoul?, together with nurses :! GERMAN -CAPTIVES CRYTFSALLOVER' Throw Up Hands, Learning Number of U. S. Men in France 110TII OFFICER WRITES nerman officers captured by the 1 10th Infantry, which Is composed of the old Third and Tenth Regiments, N. O. P.. threw up their hands and cried "It's all over" when told how many Americans had arrived In France. This Is the statement of Major Joseph H. Thompson, former football star, who Is In command of the first battalion of tho 110th, In a letter to Attorney Gen eral Francis Shunk Brown, who resides In this city. The Old Third Regiment's head quarters formerly was In this city. Its members are mostly l'hiiadelphlans. The Tenth Regiment, known as the "Fight ing Tenth," is from western Pennsyl vania. "When any person says tho American soldier Is not everything that a soldfer ought to be, he lies," says Major Thomp son. He described the capture of 2000 Ger mans by French and American troops and declared they were all happy to no prisoners. "Efn Kaiser Would tult" "Even the Kaiser would quit If It were not for army olllcials," Major Thomp srn quotes some of the prisoners as bay ing Describing tho beginning of tho Ger man offensive, which resulted in a rout for the enemy, Major Thompson wrote: "Tho Prussians becan their attack Sunday night, July 14, preceding It by I the heaviest bombardment the Allied lines In that sector had ever experienced. It was beginning of the last Hun drive on Paris, and the Prussians were thrown forward to walk through the 'Insignifi cant and untrained American army' to Paris. "The Heaver and Somerset companies of the former 'Fighting Tenth' were In the front line, under the deluge of Hun shells. They were still there when the Prussians advanced to the attack. "One young I'enntylvanian, with an automatic rifle, shot himself out of ammunition three times when he was apparently surrounded by Huns. Sev eral of the Pennsylvania boys who were taken prisoner escaped and returned through the enemy lines and rejoined their command. Some of tho btorles of their escapes are almost uncanny. "Twice the Hun attacked with gas, hut the Pennsylvanlans never wavered. Then the Hun resorted to treachery In an effort to break through the wood ! which the Americans were holding. SUPPOSED KIDNAPPING WAS BUNGLED CHARITY Children Back With Mother. Negress Arrested as She Returned Home Instead of being a kidnapping, as first 'iclleved, detectives now sny the disap pearance, of the tw-o sons of m,s. Louise King. 2227 North Fifth streat, Is bungled case of philanthropy According to Information In the hands of Captalp of Detectives Souder, a ..-nmnn In nioucester. whose husband la I MnnAntA.t u'ltH ttin TTnIlprl Qtatoa stiln. ping board, saw an advertisement In which Mrs. King said she wanted some person to adopt her sons, Kdward, six years old, and Charles, five. Mrs. King said she believed some one In better financial condition than her self wou'd care for the children, and that was the reason she advertised for some one to adopt them. The Gloucester woman communicated with Mrs. May Brown, a ncgress, 1712 Catherine street, and asked her to see If the Jrhlldren were all right. Mrs. Brown reported the little boys were what the Gloucester woman wanted. Renson for Vanishing Arrangements were made to take the children, according to the detectives. To avoid future possibility of the mother wanting her children back, the would be adoptor vanished with them, the ne gress told detectives. Mrs. Brown was arrested today with in half a block of the house where Mrs. King lives with, her mother, Mrs. Mary Brelt. Tho negress was. returning the children to their mother. When neigh bors saw the woman wjth the children Bhe was seized and threatened with vio lence. Policemen from the Fourth and York streets station saved her. Will fee t.lounester Woman Captain Souder sent detectives to Glou cester to question the woman said to have wanted the children. She will not be arrested, Mrs, Brown first gave three other ad dresses in Catherine street as her home. Captain Souder theft ordered men tp the Catherine street houses with Instruc tions ,to' arrtat every ,one In them. The children mother. iwwki ij.i, niiu mcir cellars today dv lar man at tna same'-" .., .... -...-, ...v vr: i Mayor wm asa to nave one ot tpvn sent Huperinienaem v.uuicr Uuu u targe nura-i '; ' .1. t LEDiBM5iiLAi)ELVmZ, feiAY, AND SING IN NURSES' DRIVE ' from thirteen hospitals Robinson Quits Post in Bureau of Police Continued from I'pire One be met firun the city treasury and at the close of the war Robinson can return to the department nnd com plete his twenty years of service, which he must do In order to be eligible for a pension. Shortly nfter noon today he said farewell to his friends in City Hull nnd announced that he vta glad to have an opportunity to reenter Me Government service. Robinson has two years to serve before he can file a claim for n pen sion. Ho has been a member of tho Police Ilureau for eighteen years nnd rose from sub-patrolman to head of the bureau. Ills career during the Smith administration has been a stormy one, and for several months he has been merely a figurehead, having been superseded In authority by Cap tain Mills. Forred Out by II. S. His retirement as the actual head of the police bureau was duo to the In fluence of Federal olllcials, who de manded a change because of vice con ditions. Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Hatch, who jammed down the lid on vice here, was largely responsible for Robinson's retirement. This occurred April 19, when Colonel Hatch, a marine corps oflteer assigned here by Secretary Daniels, demanded that the city's police department be di rected by somebody other than a "puppet." Colonel Hatch asserted that vice con ditions In the city were' of such a char acter that a change was Imperative. nefrndrd Ily Mayor Although Mayor Smith defended. Rob inson, he accepted the advice of Colonel Hatch Cantaln Mills succeeded Robinson as the head of the bureau, but did not succeed to Robinson's title. The laiter took a long "vacation." and when he returned was put In charge of all matters pertaining to trafllc, school of Instruction, tire marshal's ofltce, van sta bles, navrolls. parades, uniforms and training. Captain Mills, despite the protests of Robinson, continued to direct the police bureau. Storm Center of llurrnil Since then Robinson has been the storm center of the Police Ilureau. Many times the story that he would resign hap been circulated, but Just as often did Robinson make vigorous denial. His position paid a salary of $4500, and, with only two years more to serve to become eligible for a pension, Robinson would not consider resigning. His retention as superintendent, de spite the fact that he was not In actual command of the force, did not help to build up a morale In the bureau, and, as could have been expected, retarded the development of the force Into that type of an organization that Captain Mills wished to develop. Political police, or those who owed their positions to "gang politics," stood by RoblnBon. The attitude of Mills and Colonel Hatch, who demanded real, po lice efficiency, was so new to the polit ical police that they resented It. They Insisted that the storm clouds would pass over and that Roblnspn would be reinstated. Their contention received considerable support from Mayor Smith, who from the first defended Aoulnson. in tho latter part of April nnd during May. when Robinson was away on a vacation, Mayor Smith, asked If he would oust Robinson, branded the reports that he ', would ' ..)Surrt ailrt baseless, n I Notwithstanding the sunnort Of Mayor Smith and Director of Public Safety Wilson, Robinson never resumed con trol of the bureau. Whether an ar rangement has been perfected between himself and Mayor Smltli which will permit him to re-enter tho department nt the close of the war and serve an ad ditional two years lit order to make him eligible for a pension could not be learned today That such a plan has been affected Is not at all unlikely, ow ing to the deep friendship between them. Today It was pointed out that Robin sons cse Is no different from tnat ot patrolmen who have entered the army or navy. In their cases provision waB made to reinstate them at the close of the war. Briefly, these men are still retained as members of the department but listed as "absent on extended leave." Robinson served as a subpatrolman for several years and In 1908 became drill master for the bureau. His elevation to superintendent of the bureau came four yesrs later. He was a member of the National Guard for many years and was elected major In the old Third Ilegf- ifient In 1911. He resigned from the guard In 1911. He Is a prominent Mason. MANY UNFILLED COAL ORDERS Requests Total 833,157 Tons Above 817,988 Delivered Coal dealers In this city still have un filled orders for winter cbal totaling 833,157 tons, desplVe the fact that 817.988 tons had been delivered to residences up to August 1. This la the announcement of Howard White, acting county fuel administrator. Stock on. hand August 1. according to Mr. White, amounted to 87,060 tons. He said there Is more coal In Philadelphia i time wet year. j ...-.,.. ...... ... a ,. ,u. Uw inero fw j - ri s -?. ""V y- na . i " ' ' , ' . . . a. tivpi) urn inn Bflrpnins' t"i m na mun . ..,. .!.. . . iAnHr,a ' i .t.ii.iiu nru-nip. - l . J ' .f'l 1 I 1. V HEAT FATAL TO 13, MAKINGT0TAL47 Temperature More Moder ate, but Humidity In creases Suffering NEW HOT WAVE FEARED i Thirteen more deaths from the heat were reported today, bringing the toll of the torrid wave to forty-seven. Although the excessive heat apparent ly Is broken for the time belnn. n wave of high humidity has tnken Its place nnd is causing sintering as great as that experienced when the temperature was above 100 degrees More hot weather Is moving eastward from the Middle West, according to tho weather bureau. The humidity this morning was 02. This afternoon It had dropped to G7. The temperature nt 2 o clock was 80. Those leported dead today nre: FltRllRRtCK rr.INK, four nnd i months oil. 'J712 South Mole street, nt hnme. hlf Died FKAM'ISKA KltA-inVSKA. thirty-one ypars old, 101 Olvmer lrret. IMed nt hnme. MAKIK W. I.KKIMM. nln-tw-n month, old. , housewives to oMam iresn canning Prpa 327 North Slxty.ilrpt ntrret. Died nt home, 'nets nt prices much lower than In the JAMRS I'lTZPATIllCK. seventy-elRht years 'retail markets. old. 300 Cant Ilnlncn sir. rt. Died nt home , Thn Stnte fontl administration has an- ORORdF. IU'RI). rj-ero. fifty years old. ts.is ' 1 """"l "" "" i "oosevcu nos-1 carting a curb market. Tho admlnls- ,.,,.,'., rs ,,,, , , , , , tratlon has a bureau of experts hi the Lii.tui.i.n .timiKi,, tnrert months olo, 204 ., . .,u n(.i.Ata nn t.no nmm. North Flfty-eiBht street. Died ,,t home. I operation of curb markets and has prom-KUIU-.KTA n.l)KY. five months oil. mr.o . Ised to assistance to all communities ln- ",'I1"! "trt. I'amilen died nt home. 'terested in the project. i.i.. i ri.wii.i iiw mnnins nin. ft.i.i rnr. renter street. dle,l nt Pnlirllnln 1lnn!tHl. I.KXA MMiRH. elKhly-flve years old. 20IHI rrnnkfonl nvonue; dl,t ut home. WIIJ.IAM ZIMMKKMAN. forty-five yenrs ' oll Richmond street nnt Krle ntenue; died at Kplspiipnl Hoffpltttl. M.MHiAKRT II.UVMIN. sixty-four yenrs old. L'41 Meridian street; died nt I'hllndelphla Honpllal. J(lsr:i'll M.UtTIUI, one month old. 2021 Stella avenue: riled nt 'home. MAKdAKRT FRANKLIN, fifty years old. rear of 220 Queen street: died at Phila delphia Hospital. What Humidity I Since the beginning of tho hot wave many persons have mndc Inquiries re garding humidity Many have asked the mtanlng of humidity and the Wcath. er Bureau thus explains It: "Humidity Is moisture. With regard to temperature, It Is called relative hu midity. Relative humidity Is the rela tion of moisture In the air at any time to the amount of moisture required lot saturation at the given temperature. "Air at any given temperature has a capacity for a certain amount, of mois ture. Whatever the percentage of mois ture present In the air, according to Its rapacity, Is the percentage- of relative humidity." The forecast for today was "local rains and thundershowers." A trlcklo of rain fell about 1 o'clock this nfternoon. To morrow, according to the Weather Bu reau. will be fair with moderate temper ature. A return to high temperature is expected within the next few days, the Weather Bureau believes, because of a torrid disturbance that Is now centered In the Missouri valley. PHONE BOX A BEE HIVE Swarm Chases Linemen From Pole in Williamsport Wlllhimapnrt, Pa., Aug. 9. When telephone llnepien climbed a pole In the western part of the city yesterday nnd opened a box nt the top they were met hy an advancing wave of furious bees, which Issued from the box. The linemen fled and later It was learned that the bees heloiiKed to a bee fancier nf th neighborhood. They hnd left their hive end swarmed In the box, entering by cracks and holes. 1-(Torts to chase them awav were un n ailing, until they were smoked out by ftilphur fumes blown Into the box with a long rpe. PLOT TO DYNAMITE R.R. BRIDGE FAILS Discovery of Explosive Averts Wreck of Structure at Vnlley Forge An attempt was made to dynamite the Philadelphia and Reading Railway bridge at Valley Forge on , Wednesday afternoon, It was learned today. Twenty-fire sticks of the explosive, weighing tw-o pounds each had been carefully concealed at various places along the base of the bridge. The bridge Is about fifty feet long, and Is over a smajl creek that runs Into the Schuylkill River. Karly Wednesday It was reported to the detective department of the railroad, at Ninth and Spring Garden streets, that several men had been acting In a sus picious manner about the bridge for several hours. Railroad Detectives Schwartz and Margeos were detailed to' Investigate. When they arrived the men had disap peared. They began a search, dnd In several momenta found the first stick of the explosive. Kvery foot of the bridge :e" : ,y ll 1 . y ??.-f., it ANTI-PROFITEER MARKET PLANNED Food Administration Will Help Farmers Sell to ' Consumers I PRODUCER TO GET MORE ,Yct Purchaser Will Obtain i Fruitg'and Vegetables nt Lower Prices Establishment here of a curb market to cut profiteering In vegetables and fruit Is the plan of tho Philadelphia food administration. Farmers will sell direct to consumers Imtrnd of through dealers handling tho food before It finally Is laid before the public. Curb rrtrkets will have the effect of mnklng Silgher prices for the growers nnd lower prlret for the consumers, because under the present system, the food administration says, farmers In somo cases receive less than cost for their produce, while retail prices re main high. With the opening of curb markets In Philadelphia, the growers will be able i to sell from their wagons at a fair pr'cc and make a profit, while the price that recompenses them win bo less than that which the retail dealers now charge the consumers. First to Open Soon A test matket will be opened shortly to try the plans. .lay Cooke, Philadel phia administrator, said today. Curb markets have been established In various cities throughout the State. ' and have been well patronized. Pltts l burgh tried tho plan successfully last year. The food administration In Alle gheny County caused the curb market Idea to he tried, with the result that crowds flocked to the market each week. The curb market operates much like the cash-and-carry plan of the lee sta tions throughout this city. Consumers pay cost and carry have their purchases. drovers or agents bring their produce to a specific point In the city. From the wagons they make their sales, giv ing buyers a chance to get fresh vege tables and fruit. There are no dellver- les from ,hc curb mnrlct- Everything :juut;ni must ur mKi-ii uwujr uy uie buyer. An Investigation In a specific Instance by the local administrator to determine whether or not curb markets would benefit both farmer and consumer, de veloped that green nnd wax beans were being sold by farmers at less thnn cost. At tho same time green nnd wax beans sold In Philadelphia far above the price paid tho farmers. Will Itemedy Situation Tho food administration, basing Its assertion on the results In Pittsburgh, Allentown. Scranton and other places, snys that cases like this are terminated Instantly by the entrance Into the field of the curb markets. Kspeclally urgent Is the need of these markets now. the food administration believes, because of tho approaching canning senson and toe need of much preserving. Curb markets will allow nounecd that It will arslst any one In PRAISE FOR U. S. SOLDIERS Captain Fcrnand Dumont Writes Mother They Are- "Wonders" Captain Fernand Dumont, 1216 North Sixteenth street, Philadelphia, has writ ten a letter to his mother. Mrs. Helen Dumont. who Is summering In Atlantic City, that he Is now aide-de-camp to Or'neral Dlckman. nnd took pnrt in the recent counter-offensive with an Ameri can unit, escnplng without a bruise. He writes ! "The American soldiers are the won der of Kurope, and fight superbly. Gcn eni nixkmnn remarked that we should kneel before them to thank them for their soldierly bearing, their courage nnd their unselfishness In fighting alongside of the French and tho Allies." He also reported that both on July i nnd .inlv 14 the French soldiers en tertained the Americans with a French menu and the French officers did like wise for the American officers. PLUG BATHERS ARRESTED Two Men Fined for Wasting Water; Fear Shortage In an effort to prevent the opening of city fire plugs for "bathing" parties, arrestt? have been made by the police at the request of Chief Davis, of the Bureau of Water. Two of the men John Rellly, 1628 North Twenty-fifth street, and 'John Webster, a negro were fined 15 after a hearing In the Nineteenth and Oxford streets police station. Chief Davis testi fied the water shortage Is serious and urged that the Magistrate make an ex nmple of the prisoners ns a warning to others. SAILOR AND GIRL ATTACKED IN PARK Were Sitting on Bench in Ger- mantown When Suddenly Pounced Upon Harold Roc, twenty-four years old, a sailor In the United States navy, and Miss Helen Cooke, eighteen years old, 4613 Newhall street, were attacked In Vernon Park, Germantown, last night. The couple were sitting on a bench when a map crept .up behind them and hit Roe on the head, stunning him. The assailant grabbed the young girl, and as she struggled, Roe recovered con sciousness. He went to her assistance and she ran to look for help. When she returned both men were I mls6lnK Uoe had been found partly conscious by a park guard and sent to the Germantown Hospital. He was suf fering from two Btab wounds and lacer ations of the head. A tflan who collapsed at Wayne ave nue and Juniata street several hours later was taken to St, Luke's .Hospital. He answered the description of Roe's assailant. Miss Cooke was sent for and taken to the hospital, wnere sne menu fled him by the sound of his Voice. He said iie was wyilam Llpaik, twenty-one years old,.of Brunner street, lie will be arrested when he Is released from the hospital. Cannot Have German Cannon ItarrlKburr. Aug. 9. Harrlsburg will not get one ot the recently captured Ger man, cannon asked by Mayor Ketster at present. The Mayor was notified 'that thn cAnnon ar being turned over to the mwt-rr ? I f:.a ' - Bill Vare Unaware ' of 5th Ward Fight Continued from Pare One Flnlcy. Mnlohcy Informed the Con gressman that he was going to take sotrle "detectives" Into the Fifth Ward the next day nnd wanted to know about the pay. "I told him," Congressman Vare testified, "that I had been ex tremely busy In Washington and. that I Knew nothing about tho Fifth wnru or any other ward matters." "I further told h m that there would be no pay forthcoming from this office before or nfter the. primary, aiaioney seemed nervdus, ho turned and Bald, 'I am your friend.' "I then motioned to Mr. Flnley to ushor Maloney out of tho side door of tho office, Maloney could have had na conversation with Finley that I could not havo heard." Maloney, Senator Vare testified, came to him nnd told h,lm that "Penrose was Investigating majorities In South Phlla delphla." Maloney, Senator Vare con tinued, suggested that he be employed to watch the Penrose Investigators. "Later I learned," said Senator Vare, "that Maloney had used the same men to work for me that Investigated for Penrose, nnd I paid tho bill." Tho Senator testified that Maloney dame to him three weeks before the pri mary nnd suggested detectives for the Fifth Ward. "His work had been un satisfactory In South Philadelphia," said Senator Vare, "and I had nothing to do with him." Senator Vare, on cross-examination, referred to Isadore Stern ns a "joke." Ha said he never talked to Stern except In a joking way. Asked about a reported talk with Stern In which he was Quoted as saying, "See what you have brought on your self," ho declared his only comment to Stern was: "You can wrlto 'ex' before your name now.'' Itarkrd Carey for Job During the cross-examination Senator Vare declared ho had not been opposed to Carey in the Fifth Ward. He Insisted on explaining why he was not opposed to Carey. . "After 1906," Senator Varo testified, "we looked over tho good fellows and took care of them until they got places. "We carried Carey on the payroll until he was made a magistrate. Carey now holds a posltjon absolutely on my rec ohimendatlon. "When the contest In the Fifth Ward ws started, I first thought I would help Deutsch," Senator Vare continued. "Sen ator McNIchol met mo and asked me to let Carey alone. I took no part In the contest from that time." Varo denied that he told Malonev to send Captain Tate to see him. Tate did come to seo him nnd sny Mnlonev had sent him, he testified. Ho admitted also that Maloney met him In front of the Lincoln Building, nnd asked him to send Lieutenant Wood to see Maloney, dui ne pain no attention to him." The Senator expressed the belief that Lieutenant Bennett had never been nc tlve politically In behalf of Deutsch. and never heard any report of political activ ity on the part of Bennett except what he "read In the newspapers.1' He rcored the newspapers severely several times. "The newspapers boosted me as an an gel for yenrs," was one of his com ments, "nnd when I got near the top and they tried to kill me oft, I paid ab solutely no attention to them." Several times during his testimony Senator Vare replied to Assistant Dis trict Attorney Taulane's questions with tho nnswer: "You know ns well as I do, Joe." - "N'eTer Ilroke with SfeNlehol" "I run a high class political organ ization," was another comment of the Senator's. The Senator denied holding any conference with the Mayor or Deutsch on the Fifth Ward. He knew nothing of the shooting in the Fifth Ward until he read It In tho newspapers. henntor vare denied he had ever "brok en" with McNIchol. "The newspapers always had us fight ing," he testified, "but we were friends, some times we would differ and I wouldn't go along with him or he wouldn't go along with me." The Senator would not admit that all tho appointees of the South Administra tion were Vare men. Director Wilson, he said, was the only Vare man In the Smith cabinet. He testified the news papers always referred to It as a Vare administration, but would not admit It was a Vare administration. Aska Juror's Withdrawal On cross-examination Stern was asked If he had ever told Detective Meyers "there can be no slip up In the Fifth' vvara case." Stern did not recollect, and then added that he was probably as sure of It then as he was now. Gray, for the defense. Immediately asked to have a Juror withdrawn. Judge Hause refused the request. Maloney was recalled to the witness stand by tho defense. He denied that he ever told Detective Frank O'Connor that "Flnley had nothing to do with the Fifth Ward." "The story's ridiculous. It Is a well known fact O'Connor and I don't speak." Maloney declared. He was not cross examined, Isadore Stern was recalled to the stand. He admitted he had met Allan Olds Meyers, the Burns man, who charged him with saying the Fifth Ward case was a "frame-up" but denied making that assertion to him. MAN IS DROWNED AS CANOE CAPSIZES Two Girls in Party Are Saved After Desperate Struggles I in Delaware The Delaware River Is being searched at National Park today for the body of Joseph R. Moon, twenty-four years old, 818 Market street, Gloucester City, who drowned last night when a canoe carrying two other men and two girls from a motorboat to shore capsized. Moon, with Henry Richmond and Karl Howarth, Gloucester, and Miss Sadie Foy nnd Miss Emma Bclecce, Camden, yesterday afternoon held a party on board the motorboat Klk, anchored midstream. Shortly after 8 o'clock they started back to shore In a canoe, but the load was too heavy for the canoe and 200 yards from shore It upset. Miss Belecce went down twice, and was saved by Albert Bright, who an swered calls for help In another beat. Bright then pulled out Miss Foy and Richmond, while Harry Barker, also at tracted to the scene by crl'es for help, saved Howarth. Special Policeman George Hughes, guarding the Government property at National Park, arrested tjie four sur vivors, and announced they would be or dered to appear at an Investigation Into the death of-Moon, The two men and girls were allowed to go to their homes at midnight, , Will Hold Separate Institute Hhenamloali. Fa., Aug. 9. At a meet ing of the Board of Education It was decided to break away from the county tenehera Institute and hold n senamtM Institute some time during the school! term, wnicn opens oepieinuer J. ine ac tion was tai&en on- rvivimnvnuuiiori or. WOJ " "C - HOME RULE BILL IS BEING DRAFTED House of Commons Likely to Pass Measure, Says Irish Secretary TO DISARM ULSTERITES London, Aug. !. Replying to an Inquiry by John Dil lon, the Nationalist leader, concerning tho Government's Irish policy, Edward Shortt, tho Secretary for Ireland, an nounced In the House of Commons that he would be engaged during the re cess In helping to .draft a Homo Rule bill which would bo likely to. pass the House, The Government I determined tn 'seize 60,000 rifles which are said to be in the hands of Ulsterltes, Mr. Shortt announped, nddlng significantly that, It the Government could get them without tioublc, oo much the better. This statement was loudly cheered by tho Nationalist members. A little more than n yenr ago July 25, 1917 the Irish Convention, upon whose report the Government bill for Homo Rule mentioned by Mr, Shortt will bo based, began Its first Blttlngs In London. Asldo from the Government, every political, social or Industrial party or faction, save the Sinn Fein, was rep resented. Tho convention was the result of a decision proclaimed by Premier Lloyd George In the House of Commons on May 21, 1017, as follows: "The Government have, therefore, de- cldod to Invite Irishmen themselves to put forward their own proposals for the government of their own country." On April 8, 1918, Horaco Plunkett, the chairman of the convention, pre sented his report to the Prime Minis ter. There was n majority report and a minority report. In the former the de cision was In favor of an Irish Parlia ment, consisting of the King, an Irish Senate nnd an Irish House of Com mons, and It confined Us powers, with certnln exceptions, to the Internal gov ernment of Ireland. A dissenting report was signed by the nineteen Ulster Unionists, In which they declared that no ngreement was possible, since the Nationalists In the majority report had put It beyond doubt that what they wanted was "full Independ ence," or n Parliament possessing co equal powers with those of the Impe rial Parliament. STORE HOURS CUT ATWANAMAKER'S To Open at 10 A. M. and Close at 4:30 P. M. Each Day. to Save Fuel The Wanamaker store, beginning next Monday, will Inaugurate a six-and-a-half-hour business day as a coal saving measure. The store will not open until 10 o'clock In the morning and will close af4:30 o'clock each afternoon. This Innovation, announced today, la coupled with another move radical In department-store methods. After next Monday all privileges of the return ot merchandise will be withdrawn. This Is to save the waste of man-power and mechanical power In sending and brlng ang back goods ofttlmes thoughtlessly ordered. Whenever the fault is on the part of the store, however, goods' may be re turned and exchanged. At least 15,000 kllowats of power are needed for the war plants in and near Philadelphia. Army engineers have been mnking a survey of this section for several days to determine how the power Is to be distributed. Following their reports. It was the intention of the fuel officials tu hold several conferences with big business representatives and obtain co-operation to Inaugurate the neded fuel-saving measures. In addition to saving coal, the short working day was adopted to relieve the overcrowded street cars and trains of a. considerable part of their early and late' rush-hour burdens caused "by early shoppers, thus leaving this means of transportation freer for the greatly In creasing army of munitions and ship yard workers. The statement of the Wanamaker store Is printed In full on page 7. , The Federal fuel administrator today. Issued this statement, following the Wanamaker store announcement: "To provldo power to tho extent of 15,000 kilowatts for the use of the war and other departs of the United States, Government, It Is necessary to reduce the consumption of electric power and lighting In the territory supplied by the, Philadelphia Electric Company. "To this end conferences have been held with representatives of various or ganizations. Including the shipping board, the Emergency Fleet Corpora tion, the War Department, the Federal fuel administration, the Council of Na tional Defense, public utility companies. the Public Utilities Commission, the Pennsylvania Department of abor and. Industry the Pennsylvania Electric As sociation, business Interests, including tho department stores here, "The administration requested depart-, ment stores to consider the feasibility of deferring the opening of stores for the selling of goods until 10 a. m. No order to this effect has oeen issued, but tho leading merchants of Philadelphia have indicated an unselfish attitude ot co-operation with the fuel administra tion." Boy, 17, Takes His Life I.nbanon, .Fa., Aug, 9. Christian, seventeen-year-old son of Mason Ober, n South Annvllle township farmer, died In the Lebanon Hospital from a self inflicted wound In the head. In a fit of melancholy on account of 111 health, the bov went Into a. cornfield some dis tance from his home, and was found by a searching party. 1IKI.I WAXTF.D MAT.K ASflMKN 8KVERAI, Kln.hT-Cf.ASS MEN OOOll PAY WITH ItAPin ADVANCEMENT K3 HOUH8 PRR WEEK FREE TnANSPOItTATION ON OOR OAKS AITLV P. It. T. CO. POWER ROUSE 0113 11EACH ST. DEATHS " ' Hl'l.NlU.rJK- Aug. K. ANNA H. HPl.NU-' LEU. Relatives and frienda Invited to fu nral Sat.. 4 p. m,, realdente of son-in-law, OVorw W. Martin. 2243 N. 10th at. Int. Mnniror- fifru. Auto funera I. MAIITINT AUff. 8. ANNE l.EIPER. widow nl llobert fjtuphler Martin. Funeral acrWcrs from, residence ' c- " "reed. Esq.. Law. renXvllie. N. J.. Bat. aft.. Au. IU, Int. , "Jlf'.MSa'ilin Pnll.tr.wn. AW. R. KLI.1H V r.VANH. wlfa.of the Iter. I.. 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