M vcr-'nitwit . ic ? V te f &. mmm IKES ODD TURN rerges Course and Hits larely After Missing Norse Sliip ?K OFF FIRE ISLAND S. Destroyer Reported in pmk 'Battle With Submarine in Same Vicinity Xw York, Aup. 11 aOerman suhmarlnea tnnk fMi n am,. B?iif,yiln hlrmlnn- 4n wnlan ntirtt - i-i p'JtJ01" r the iccond time vesicrdaj-, when KiiT jiiMnciiun nit.immp ftommerstad K. .1as sunk off Fire Island. The 3S75 Kj ton freighter win sent to the bottom ;Bot far from the locality where the .armored cruiser San Diego was blown p en July ID Tho Sommcrstad, whose crew of thlr- iy-one was brought here today, was 2mdcr charier to the United mates uhlp- rins board The vessel was on the Wy from Bergen, Norway, to New York Jfl ballast. Captain IInn3en, master of tho ship, jf nuu auu . suuit Jit 0 o CIOCK J PSier- 3iy mornlnir. The crew tnnk m ih.. 'boats, and later wni p'eked up by a "pausing vessel. The Sommcrstad was Imilt at Newcas tle, 'England, In 1100, her owners of rec ord being A. I. Klnvencss Co ,. lVavli'nctan, Aug. 13 Indications are that the Norwegian steamnlp ommer . Start, torpedoed vvlthnu' warning and 'unit by a German submarine yi trrd ly morning twenty-flic mi!ei southeast of Firo Island, N. Y, nai des!roed by a 'wireless-controlled torpedo The N'aj Department was advised today by the commandant of tho Third Nival Dis trict of the sinking of the ship The captain reported that he saw the wake of a torpedo and lir ncd alelv re versed engines. The torp di p"sed J Under the bow of the cmp1 which v.11 drawing only seven feet of w.tler rull 'peed ahead was then order d but the torpedo turned sharply to tho left and returned, hitting the vesie' between the third and fourth holdn on tho port side ' The queer antic of the toipedo le- jjS sponsible ror tne s iii.hr or tne wnifr- kiiu aa uiu ii'uiuu iij mn unit i.u here to a Jammed rudder It was point ed out that It the rudder did not func tion properly th" torpedo mlcht very easily swerve In Its course and com pletely turn around Alro, some otpeits added that Imperfect kj rocopIc me chanism has been known to c.iut a torpedo to turn about In Its course. The thought advanced that possibly the Ger mans had perfected means of controlling , K torpedo's course by wireless was be lieved unllkelv, thoush possible. ' f Germany has brought one of her favorlte7 brands of frlghtfulnesj direct it to' America's shores. ' A gas attack was made on the North Carolina coast late Saturday afternoon Six of the coast gaurd and lighthouse personnel on Smith Island, near tho entrance to Wilmington harbor, were avtrromA bv the cas. but no deaths tfei ..resulted, according to a Navy Dcpart- rnent Btatemeni. The gas was generated from three large patches of oil, each more than an .-CS'' --n. -rs .."rftrjtrfwTr-w-'-,. t.riff:r r--Cr'- Vv-a. WtftSZlr -. VAk.-j-'-'J ws jr f - s-- . i jiff --iT. -S!fe..ir ! e .r1.-l -j V m iEK i' Hb : r vWsiWisKaika-v---bVigafe''gs Ik WzH rkwWt 't' MssmjRsWeuwC Vf Jssr f alJlssHLr 0 acre In extent, which the submarine rpread on the water. s An Atlantic Port, Aug. 13. A British vessel arriving here today reported that It had picked up two wireless calls at sea yesterday, one saying that a mer chant vessel wns being sunk by a U boal and the other that a destroyer was attacking a. submarine 100 miles off Fire Island. The wireless reporting that a ship was being sunk was picked up In the morning It wns hollced to have been sent from the cscl that was attacked. The other -wireless was picked up In tho afternoon. It was not known what ves scl sent out the report of the attack on the submarine. notion. Aug 13. fourteen men from three flshl'ig schooners sunk SatuitVn. by a Gcrmin submarine were brought here today by n fishing trawler, which picked them up in six dories after they had been adrift mere than twenty-four hours. They were Cnptiln itobcrt Jackson and two men of the "ehnoner Progress: Pantaln Albeit Siinche? and vcen nf the crew of the schooner 'William H fitarbuck, and Captain Krank Lynch and two men of the Lena May Nnnlurkct, Mans., Aug 13 An Amer ican flag, torn from tho miaiheid of tho Lena Mnv, wis taken aboard the enemy craft by .i (lernnn nlllcer who wrapped It around his ncc and gave, a grotesque exhlhlt on of dancing, while his men, each armed with a revolver, looked on and cheered This wa tho ntnrv told here today by surHors of the vessel who were forced to wltnes the performance The fishermen had been ordered aboard the l"-boat, where ten of them Vood against the conning tower to be photographed The mato of the Lf n Mnv dtcl.ircd tbi thA Hermans w re drunk. "At !rat they were hnlf hnt," he said lou would hale 'bought that, ton, had ou wen tho dance of the Ger man oilier with th Mars and Stripes rinprd around his shoulders and heard the cheering .as the fl ig finally was flung down and stamped on, amid sh-iiks from our ciptor" AUSTRIANS ON WEST FRONT , Kaicr Obliged to Draw on East Line for Reserves lh thr Associated Press Tnrls. Aug 1 '. (I Ini as Agencj ) Guniinv his been compelled In o ill upon uMrla Hungan fm help on the western front and Auarn-Hungnri in ttoops are arriving Ihetc the I.cho de I'.irls h.iik tod iv Thcs( tr)ops It adds are being sent to quiet sectors of the front V dispitch fiom London last night st.it.ed It ha been nsceit lined that then was om Austrian division on the west ern lront but t h it it had not ct been brought Intif action JAIL TERM FOR SLACKER 15-Day Senlencc Given York I.itior Edit t Enforrcd fly the Associated Press Man. llarrUhurg, Aug 13 Henr.v Rouscher, York, was sentenced to lortv-uve najs in prison and ordered placed In Class 1-A, on a charge of being a slacker, after a trial In Vnltcd States' Court todav. A numbei of sentences were Imposed upon persons for furnlhlng liquor to soldiers, Judge C II Witmer declaring that these are war tunes and tnat the law must be obejed even by friends of soldiers Lincoln Forest Marie Smaller Wunhlngton, Aug. 1? Nearly 28,000 acres of land are eliminated from the Lincoln National forest. New Mexico, by an executive proclamation announced today, to slmpllfv boundary lines and make available for farming nurooaas certain tracts found to be valuable. srass 4Z.Zii KV. ui r- w CHESTER SHIP CROWD DANCES FRIDAY NIGHT Mighty Throng in Odd Fel lows Temple No Fun for Committee Kmployes of the Chester Shipbuilding Company will shake the Odd Fellows' Temple, at Hlghth and Sproul streets. Chester, Friday night, vvhon thrv will ill try to dance at one time This Is tho dance postponed so as not to Inter 'ere with the date of the soldier guards' fandango The Chester Shipyard Band will give the ball, and Is talking of having one each week An orchestra will alternate with tho band, so the steppers need lose no time. The blacksmiths are In hard luck. It Just happens that every man on the committee In charge of this affair works nt the forge, and there Is an Inviolable rule that committeemen must not dance It's their place to see that everybody nlse gets a partner and self must be for got Chaille Morris, head of the blacksmith shop. Is chairman of the committee The other members are Joseph P. Walsh, as sistant foreman, George L Hanklns and I V Hlckm in These, alsb belong to the band, so that after seeing that every bod else Is happy they can take their pi ices In the band The Ladles' Auxiliary will also do Its bit to make the affair a success Among the girls will be Mis, Katherln O Itourke, of I H. Louiran's office; Mrs Florence Feehley, of Captain Fred Mtunford s olbce. Miss Frances Mills, of Mr Hale's olllce ; Miss M. S Koetzel, of tho purchasing departinint , Miss Green hurg, of the null Inspection olllce, Miss Grnie bheckler, of the training depart ment Miss OKoutke Is engaged to one of the bovs In the navy, but the marriage has bien postponed until after the Kaiser Is beaten SHIPYARD MAKES OWN ICE w 'cll-Equipncd Commissary at Harrimnn Plant The Ice situation Is not worrvlrg any body nt the Merchants' Shlpvard at Hnr rlmnn The men make their own Ice and plenty of It The new commissary oper ates Its own refrigerating plant and makes ahotit two extra tons of Ice a day for Ice water and other cooling bever ages Here and there throughout the big place are up-to-date drinking foun tains containing Plentv of cold water. The new commissary Is the I itest nddl tloa to the Hirrlman shipyard There are seven cafeterias on the second floor, besides i quick-lunch room, covering In all about 61,000 square feet. On the second floor are several large private dining rooms and one public place, vvhlih hns a seating capacity for about 4000 Some of the cafeterias arc open from 6 a m to J a m Wanted Agencies Large, respectable agency and commission firm in Kristiania, Norway, wants connection with first-class firms for under taking various agencies. Possess the best connections. Bank references can be furnished. Apply "AGENCIES 10620" co OHME'S BUREAU, KRISTIANIA, NORWAY ESSSSSSSS JsEG., -" mm0m m umMmMmmwm rj&T yM Msmxaxi&2s:-& T" H - r& jr V "V 1 TCJ? ilslslslslslslslslslslslslslslssslsaBBLffr W ?jl "- X-W v-.r. iW .. '-"-.r ' -. "s'K-y BUSINESS CAREER OF PETER FLINT A Story of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead ' Copyright! CLXV S' AY, do you remember my telling about that Italian, not nye-tallani Believe me, after that call down "C C " gave me about speaking of Italians an dsgocs, I have been minding my P's and Q's. I don't believe 1 ever go so much help from a gink as t did from Fras cati. He saw the doctor, passed the exami nation O. K , and took out a $1000 pol icy, and then now get this ! ho te o phoned to Perkins and said: "Would you send that bright voung man down? 1 know of two other men who ought to have Insurance and I want to Intro duce them to our agent " Oh, boy! What do you know about that? "C C." was going by when the tele phono lall came, and as I put my hat on to go out he said- "You don't want to waste your time with them, do ou7 They ro Just a couple of dagoc "Aw, quit our kidding," I said; "you needn't keep rubbing it In Uellcve me, from now on. I'm not at all Interested In where a fellow was born, so longias he Is Just an American" "C C " turned to Perkins and said. Do ou know, at times It shows signs of almost human Intelligence As I nurried across to Fulton street I was thinking over the question of for eigners, and I have a hunch that we Americans that Is, we fellows whose pirents were born here make It hard for the newcomers to become Americans We are so darn stuck on ourselves that we think wc are better than they are Gosh It's home Job, Isn t It, getting folks to come over here and quit being Scotch or German or French or what ever they m iv be, and to iook upon this counti aD IT? 1 know It I went over to oh, say hpaln and when I got there thn Span lards called me a Gringo and said that ai: Grlngoes were mutts and that the only folks who were anj thing at all weie Spaniards, I'd want to stick up so hard for good old U. S A that I could never become a good Spaniard Of course. I cou dn t, tnats understood, uui I wonder If the Spaniards don t reel tnat s-me wav about us? Gee, I am getting bpjnnd mv depth Guess I'll lie on my back and float back to shore Well. I called on mv Italian friends, rnscatl shook hands as though he was trvlng to milk a pump, gave me a cigar and called me his good friend Ho gave me a chair and told me to w lit for a minute It wasn't long before he re turned, with a couple more d Ital ians They vvcro all talking as excised as anything He Introduced me to them and said sWY.r. i." rf.vt JM r. :r& , Z-J MZ&U rm lilfj ,, .' .3K:.T-i'--'TO?", WW1" 'JU.XXXISZlf- -i 1 1 i, MK&tiaivSti i ii isTir iHLL.HsssissBHHLHmNSswKsHiu)i . sBBiJsfi i-HafiQa, SjaSMilM wl VfSSGSftfBtxTli nKtBBWStlKKKUKKaKBiBiiKBOXrTsmSSvVajlK ' IiVshEBsa'' iIHBRn2Iw ' '"iTrnMrVT ti i"?lf'irf"i'm Jill WHBMsmnrl BLBBLsssssssssslLssrssBBrffBffifsB8Bss3iBswvBisTO -i !?sBlsftfe?ilsSsKltfflfeKC W LflsWnsHHBv'liHvssraflsv: tt v&i cLivKSSlfvBSlflZlsHKSsiHIfsW Lfl9SJssRssHHBOsBEsSryeflBs&wK Wt l?.';vW7&&Klft& &8mKBtiKrWMBfl && nnjBssssffTsByrfWwBtfeMfl iiy nB i J WMM'iwi WtMMni 'ijPJj1 a MsS9BsssRiBoStx98cc3rilir ? IStmOBBSsSiWSBSasSSS SmSRB3KiBimixsVus&fiMEn sWEr ' .i i f Jr KLkr HRBEHMsImI BBlP SZsMflsBsKHHCMsVW S SSSSH 'lVt' LLSSH'SSSSsW. .SSBSH iHV JK. B M 'H '-w''i iHtrsskssH V BiA HiLBisssV -.-ssssH S.H.'--t' ssBssH.V. sssssssBsssW LSSSSHLSSST JSSSSSSSSSB ssstssB ...B 'A;-v-:-.um- m tm. m. they both wanted to take out insurance. "Alattl Is good for12000 and Amlco is good for,J1000." "Gee!" I thought. "Better put on my hat and beat It while the beating Is good, I guess my friend Frascatl has spilled Boston's favorlto fruit all right, ill right." And then, to my surprise, Frarcatl turned around and said to me, "That's all right He thinks he ought to take 2B0a, but I told him that 2000 ought to be enough. Anyhow, Alattl wilt take $2500 nnd Amlco will take n thousand." Say, can ou beat It? Here they were scrapping Just because Alattl wanted to take more- Insurance than his pal thought ho ought to It got me the way Frascatl could turn mound and Jabber In Ital ian to his palB and then click! Just like that talk as good L'ngllsh as I could. When I got back to the office and told Perkins about it, he said: "Good work Now, If you are wise, you will write to Frascatl thanking him for the Interest he has taken In jou and telling him that you appreciate the honor of doing business with him and any qf his friends, and that jou will be glad If you carl be of any further service to him or hl3 friends at any time " "What kind of cigars does Frascatl rnioke?" "Did the cigar ho gave jou have a band around It7" "Yes " ' Too bad," nnd Perkins shook his head vigorously 'Of course, you could hard 1 be expected to know. When you're doing business on a semlsoclat footing, as you often have to, always watch out for the band around the cigar a man smokes. It Is frequently good business to send a little remembrance In the shape of a box of cigars, and If jou send a man the kind he smokc3 jou will be sure to please him " "I thought It was bad business to give buvers things" "Indeed It Is, but I'm not suggesting that jou give a bujor something, but there Is no harm In giving a friend who - V.V. m. m .v& CT 'TV J ggj Somehow one looks HuES pfl at life in a calmer, HEQg giy m o r o philosophic 2BS; S3 ; fashion when one is ynis iiPf ; 21 stories above the ,f 'BSS EE J heated street and a S 'Sg gH - fresh, cool breeze is 1 gff ; blowing. One's atti- )'J ? H I tude sometimes de- rJi jlll pendt on one's alti- X gg -3 BQJJfl?- 1 va " S. tr-K i-JlUnttTWUT ATnTrl -fy K In my flight from state to state I find Murad everywhere! :. VfA s..- J!tfZ!,jf-. TURKISH CIGARETTE happens to be also a bOyer some remem brance In the shape of cigars, a dinner, a theatre party or some other small thing," today's nusiNKSs nrioiiAM When von "take a chance" ba sura that Wa your own chance you gamble viilh. What does this mean to YOU? Business Questions Answered I have rend with Interest our Peter nint stories, and think mayba voU could give me some advice .WaAe'fi'R.,?B.;?4A'rV1h.7.,n.'W igSgJngiBB iiiiwiufflmilwwgijlMWUH a immuimimnz m u"uim"mmimmm If Tropical Weather and eg MB hH i Ba H is 1 II IP Suits Go Well Together- This is especially true when they may be had in numbers exceeding one thousand at prices decisively lower than their usual fair selling figures WANAMAKER & BROWN have collected twelve hundred Palm Beach and Mohair suits, and a few hundred' are in cool crash and open BB weave fabrics; quickly as they can be $8.50 to $12 Genuine Palm Beach Suits, $7.50 $16.50 to $18.50 Mohair Suits More,and more it is becoming true that the men and. young men of Philadelphia are adopting the wisdom of wearing thin cloth suits in the heat of Summer. This offering of tropical suits gives a man comfort with the advantage of great savings. In any of them a that he also looks well. The designers of tropical clothing have made giant strides in impart ing distinction to the style lines of thin cloth suits, and this particluar offer ing of tropical clothing represents every fashion improvement. It also saves a man money, which is a consideration of overwhelming importance in these war times. Wanamaker & BrownjlVlS11 iiiLiLint'UiLi'Uii'!i!t''.'i.i'ij.'N,iijiN.MiiiiiiiJiuiiUdiiJHji.ii!iMiNtiJJMjiriiUiiPi:LiJi;i'iiiMi;!L;iiMLiiiMinriiin;LiEiiijJ!:uiEiMjiiiM;ii'iiiTiitr:' r .ri:iN:iii:ir!!iTi;ii!ii;r::tfLr'n!TiirTTininirriiTnitiiJT..R(nrrrii.ti!rLr:rTi:ihirriiriirrniiMrT:rtrTjjMi, iFiTTmrfrr,t,TT,FirT,!irrT,iir.i,rr,,,.rr..r sssv : dWIUailllllliUBillBilH ueh openlnta or"opportunltles In my town. 1 would ltkn to become an operator, but do not know how to (ro about It. M. O. There are no opportunities with tele graph companies for Inexperienced girls. You must get some preliminary, training first. The Young Men's Christian Associa tion of your town has a telegraphy class for women and you would be well ad vised to Join this at once. I am a hlth school student nd am desir ous of becoming a court reporter. Kindly tell me throush yqur columns how I may become ono and what the necessary A good court reporter Bhould be able to take 200 words a minute. He should have a good knowledge of Kngllsh and bo familiar with legal terms. The necesiary knowledge can be ob tained from any good business college or the Y. M. C. A. all to be sold on the following put into service the man looks cool and feels cool tUIIIUBH ill riHMlIll.il IIIW'lllllBIIIIMIfflllllllffllM WHY? j&i'. , CtUP Ml IK ItUK tMMI MM aumc mun una rvuu. wiiw Some Hcitr.Munitions Plant Calls, But Applicants Are Sufficient Main Llna police forces are suffering from the draft and tho high wages paid In munitions plants, but there Is no alarming shortage of patrolmen, accord ing to officials of Lower Merlon, and Itadnor townships. Lower Morion's force ! now short flva men, but there are sufficient .appllca-. tlons to fill the force at any time, it was stated. The force ordinarily com prises twenty-five. Radnor township, where ten patrolmen are maintained, ! short two Several have been drawn away by the high munitions wages, but there have alwajs been men to fill the vacancies, a Merlon commissioner said. Tropical basis of saving as $10.00 utmost of hot weather and has th e assurance - Mm Makers cfthe Highest GcadffTarklsh and EqufrtianjCkjarattes n the Wd fy .mM 4, - .... i. 4 .W -v . y M' " . Wj l 4 v, ijwj;.. s "v m - vi :' ".' L ; trfJ M,:n?, '.:ar"Ksa?j..?!.vw. .jr.f, '" r i feC' ' P, .UflS.?4J-. .T'c. )'' t- ' ( S Hli&'ii ALttafi .- c h- fr'. -v " - , iAiJa i'W.- -iT&, f i ' Afr-5ii.";lK is- ,..s.;f vvf & BKMWV.w.. --t ,, s tm&Aj ij n ' ii. X r i '.ft.s.y .xEi.8,J
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