liVtjr i j Ki !? V Spr SRi . V it a 1 w I If h i& l I. GERMAN RETREAT NEAR ON VESLE i American Officers There Take Fires Behind Lines As Indication NO TROOP MOVEMENTS Prisoners Do Not Expect Vic tory, Pinning Their Hopes on Peace By the Associated Prest With the American Arm)- on the Veile Front, Auk, 24. A number of fires were reported late Thursday and during Thursday night within the German lines between the Vesle and the Alsne. American otllcers re of the opinion that the Germans are burning buildings and material which they do not want or hae not time to moe. French and American observe sev eral days ago reported heavy movements of enemy Infantry and trucks north ward. Prisoners enptured by the Amer icans In the last few days declared they knew nothing about troop moements between the rivers The continued pressure of the French nd British on the fifty-mile front north of Soissons and other developments lead American officers to believe that the Germans will be forced to withdraw from the line of the Vesle. German prisoners say that the gen eral opinion among the German soldiers Is that Germany cannot win a decisive Uctory. They believe that Germany will try to hold on In an endeavor to Obtain a peace by negotiation, Thursday and Friday the Americans on the Vesle experienced the hottest weather of the summer. American troops yesterday carried out another local advance In the same region, where they Increased their hold ings along the Vesle on Thursday, Hand grenades and flame-throwers were used by the Germans In an attempt to check the attackers. The flame-throwers had little effect, the American troops man aging to keep out of the-way of them until American riflemen and the Ameri can artillery had forced the men with the flame-throwers to retire with losses The Americans overcame a detachment of German Infantry and took twelve prisoners. East of Fismes an American patrol and a German patrol clashed during the night, the Americans taking four pris oners. The famous Fourth German Guard Division, which was thrown against the Americans beyond the Ourcq, In an endeavor to stem the tide of the French American advance, has been withdrawn. Prisoners taken Thursday by the Americans during fighting west of FUmes were from the Twenty-ninth AyjviBiuu, twuuii liciu uecu snipped 10 the west to fill the gap made In the front when the guard was transferred. Whether the guards were . sent to another front or to the rear to rest, the Americans have been unable to ascer tain. LEAVES $26,000 TO SISTER Susan Dewey Chief Beneficiary of Sarah C. Dewey Sarah C. Dewey, 1615 nrown street, whose will was probated today, left the bulk of her $26,000 estate to Hunan S Dewey, a sister. Other legacies were left Slv ester B Way. a nephew, $2600; l'llzabeth J. Sherman, a niece, $B00; George W. Alexander, a nephew, $1500 Frank A. Dodelln, 222:. South Broad street, left $5000 to his wife. Arabella Pilling. 4250 Chestnut btreet. left her J 8000 estate (o her sons nnd step-sons, each to receive a fourth Interest. CRtharine Boyce. n Philadelphia!!, who died August 16, while visiting friends at Villanova. left an estate of $3200 She bequeathed $50 to St Vincent's Home and left $50 to the Hev, Father C'arrl gan, of the Catholic C'Wiedral, this city, for the propagation of the faith and $50 to the Rev. Father Clark, of the Cathe dral, for masses for the repose of her soul. Her brother. Mai tin Murphy, re ceives the home furniture of the tes tator, 2131 Appletree street, and her three nieces get the dwelling. REED KNOXJIADELIEUTENANT Son of Senator Wins Commission in U. . Cavalry Reed Knox, of Valley Forge, son of Senator Kncx, has won a second lieuten ant's commission in the cavalry. News of his promotion came today trom Wash ington. Knox enlisted April 13 and was sent to Fort Slocum , Other Phlladelphlans who received commissions are: Second lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, Charles Shoemak er, 924 Susquehanna avenue; second lieutenant, chemical warfare tervlce, Gottfleld Binder, 2328 Poplar street; second lieutenant, air service, Albert Stuetz, 427 South Fortieth street. Commissions awarded to others in the vicinity of this city are: Second lieutenant chemical warfare service. Talbot J. Albert, Jr. Wilmington; sec ond lieutenant, tank corps, Abbott France, 1419 Chestnut street, Chester. GERMANS CHAIN BOYS TO GUNS Twelve-Year-Old Lads in Anny, Soldier Writes Boys twelve years old are chained to machine guns on the German lines, ac cording to Corporal Dewey Lear, of the 109th Infantry, In a letter to his mother, Mrs. Henry Lear, 121 Woodlawn ave nue. , "When Germany uses boys of this age," he said, "she must be awfully hard up I think the war will soon be ov er." Mrs. Lear has seven children, six of whom are fighting for Uncle Sam. GIRL DROWNS IN.SURF Was Guest at Stetson Employes' Club at Margate City Miss Dollle Meyers, eighteen years old, of Jasper and Atlantic streets, drowned In the surf at the foot of Washington street, Margate City, yesterday after noon Her body has not yet been re covered Miss Meiers was a good swimmer and was In the surf , with a number of friends. There was a heavy undertow and It carried the girl a considerable, dis tance out. Suddenly she disappeared, The young girl, with her mother and sistor, weie guests at the Bachelors' Club, at Washington avenue and the Thoroughfare, Margate City. This Is a club maintained by employes of the Stet son Hat Company and their families. U. S, LABOR AGENT HELD 4 Negro Accused of Uiing Poiilion to Rob Men Thomas Brown, a negro employed as a labor scout by the Department of Labor, and ali-o the operator of the Palm Beach Employment Bureau, 1203 Pine street, was held in $1000 ball to day by Magistrate Mecleary for a fur ther hearing Brown was arrested on the charge nf carrying concealed weapons. Accord inz to Detective Faulks. of the vice equad, ..Brown rifled the pockets of -jsaB" w 'wwt ssajsHHsajasi Js""fr Gaffney Now Admits City Payroll Is Padded Chairman Qaffney, of Councils' Finance Committee, has reversed his views on the subject of needless Jobs at City Hall. In June, when policemen and firemen sought higher wages, Qaff ney declared there were no unnec essary places on the city's payroll. The finance chairman now ad mits unnecessary places exist. His change of front followed a guarantee by Senator Edwin II, Vare that the'" city's tax rate would not bo boosted next year. OLD THIRD REGIMENT GETS 2000 PRISONERS Wounded Philadelphia Boy Writes to Father About Con ditions in Germany Two thousand Germans wfre captured bv the old Third Regiment, composed of rhlladelphtans, when the Americans drove the Kaiser's forces out of Chateau Thierry, according to a letter received here from Nelson Young. 1311 Wolf street, oung was reported missing In action, but later was found In a base hospital, where he now Is. He Is not seriously wounded. Young writes that from German prisoners It has- been learned that In ternal Germany Is In a critical condition, and that food is so scarce the people are forced to fast for long periods His letter, written to his father, Gil bert Young, follows: "Just a few lines to let you know that I have been getting along fine In the trenches, but glad of a little rest The heaviest fighting Is over for the present, but It was some show, our old regiment alone taking 2000 prisoners "We have Just had some hard showers and last night we had to sleep In, mud. "Old Fritz' sent over some of his 'high explosive ten-Inch shells and continued the shelling all night, but none of us were Injured. And we sent back ten shells to his one. "The Germans we raptured declared It was the drive that was to bring peace. One hai a letter written by his sister In which she said that she had had noth ing to eat for three davs and if the war continued for two weeks more all would starve to death "We all think the war will be over by September, Judging by the way the Americans are fighting. About overj Hun I saw shouted 'Kamerad !' "AH the boys from Philadelphia are doing great work ,and will keep It up until we 'get the Kaiser.' " SNEERS CAUSE ARREST German Held for Slurs at U. S. Arm) Uniform Georce H. Koenljr a Gernnn, 2924 West Birch street, Chester, was arret ed today hv Sergeant Warren, of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and turned over to th Pepirtment of Juftjcc He will be held pemllMi; the Itsunncc of a presidential warrant. Koenlg. who uuiu- here from Germany In 1912. Is alleged to have made sneer ing remarks about uniformed men, nnd to have expressed the desire to bo on one of the German submarines operating off the const. mADELPHIANSHURT IN WARSHIP EXPLOSION Doctor From This City, Un injured, Cares for Orizaba Wounded Five Philadelphia sailors, two from Chester and several others from various parts of this State, were among the In jured when a depth bomb exploded on board the U. S S. Orizaba at sea on August 17. killing Lieutenant Com mander William Price Williamson and three enlisted men and wounding Com mander H. D. White and eighteen men One of the dead Is a Riverside, Jf. J , seaman Another Philadelphia man aboard the ship was uninjured and won the praise of the commander for his work in at tending the wounded He Is SuVeeon P O. Sklllern, Jr., 241 South Thirteenth street. Word has been received at his home, whero he lives alone except for a servant, that Doctor Sklllern Is In JJew York city. He enlisted more than a year ago. The Phlladelphlans wounded Include: STANLEY E. DOUT, 523 West nock land street. nOBEflT H. McCrtACKEN; 3333 Spring Garden street. EARL O'BRIEN', 7621 Ridge avenue. SAMUEL STEWART, 1044 Poweltcn avenue. JOSEPH F. JAWEN. quartermaster, 3120 North Marston street Dr. Sklllern, thirty-six years old. Is a son of Dr. Penn Gaakell Sklllern He was graduated from Penn Chartei School and the University of Pennsyl vania Medical School. Ho Is a member of many medical organizations and a Mason Dout, a gun loader, enlisted in April, 1917, in the Naval Coast Reserve, when he was nineteen. He has a brother, Charles B. Dout, vvho went to Camp Dlx In the engineers' corps last May, Stan ley attended the Sheridan School, On tario and G streets McCracken reached the home of his father, Robert H. McCracken. Sr, 66 North Thirty-fourth Btreet, Thursday night. He Is twenty-three. He enlisted In May 1917, and was assigned to the Orizaba gun crew. He Is now at the home of his wife's parents at Wyncote. He recently married Miss Helen De Lacy Nash. His brother William Is a member of the naval coast reserve at League Island. Stewart Is the twenty-two-year-old son of William Stewart and enlisted about the same time as McCracken, his friend. A report on the accident reaching the Navy Department shows that Lieutenant Commander Williamson, who was execu tive officer, was killed Instantly, and that Commander White, the commanding offl cer, has his Jaw broken and a knee cap fractured The sailors who lost their lives were Samuel T. Lambert, ollei1. Riverside, N. J.; Frank J. Mayer, baker, Cincinnati ; Arthur K. Balrd, sea. man. Pittsburgh. No material damage was done the Orizaba by the explosion, A court of In quiry haB been ordered to investigate the causq. Among the enlisted men from this state who were wounded were Seamen Basil E. Agon, MoKeesport, Pa,: Frank G. Baxson, Chester. Pa. 1 John W. Shaw, Chester, Pa. ; Coxswain John A. Corey, Altentown, Pa.: Pharmacist Mates Eu gene B, Dunkelberger, Reading, and Ar thur F, Holler. Hummelstown. Paxson Is twenty-two and the son of J. Frank -Paxson, of Chester. He for merly worked tor the Sun Oil Company as a, clerk. Shaw U twenty-three, and the son of ThQMM U- 8hW of ChMtW- w4 formerly, t W Wt"W I l .(. ---" IMMki4Ml."I -. VENING PUBLIC - CITY'S PAYROLL TO SUFFER CUT Longer Day for Employes Is Urged by Griffith MANY USELESS JOBS Civil Service Commissioner Thinks Municipal Working Hours Too Short Longer working hours for city and county employes were advocated today by Robert J. Griffith, president of the Civil Service Commission, as a partial solution of the pressing need of economy with city funds. Pursuant to the recent recommenda tion of Chairman Gaffney, of Councils' Finance Committee, department heads are going over their pa rolls, checking up employes who may be dispensed with. Mr. Griffith today frankly discussed the situation from his viewpoint as head of what really Is the city's employment agency. "We not only should abolish all un necessary places," he said, "but we should put tho city on a business basis as far as working hours are concerned The nverage city cmplove Is worftlng too short hours as compared with em ploves In business houses Knows of Useless Jobs "I have always advocated doing away with needless places. We all know they exist and we all know they cost the taxpayers a lot of money. "Take this department, for Instance, as an example of what department heads may do. We have dispensed with nine employes and mean to let some more go. But next year we will satisfy our people with salary Increases with out nsklng the city for one cent. This will be accomplished by doing away with places not absolutely necessary, "With a policy of longer hours ' for fewer workers, no one Is, likely to be overworked," ho continued. "We cer tainly can cut down the paj rolls a very great deal. To standardize salaries and duties for the entire city would take a long time and reduction In the number of city and county employes Is the first" step " At present tho city's payrolls In all departments carry 11,080 names and the county the names of B000 workers Heads of city departments today re fused to estimate the possible savings In their departments through a reduction of rlaceholders. One phase of the situ ation Is the number of engineers, tech. nlcal experts and policemen nnd fire men who have entered Government serv ice, and whose places have not been filled. Engineers no War Work This condition Is particularly evident In the Bureau o( Surveys. A number of highly-trained engineers of that bureau are now doing war work. Almost the same situation exists In the Bureau of, Hlghwavs. Two women on Monday next will take the places of two draftsmen who have entered Government service. It was estimated today that there are about 300 women now employed at City Hall In various departments. BURGLARS ROB STORE; ' SAFE FORCED OPEN Intruders Loot Place in South Street Get Nearly $600 in Haul Burglars early today stole nearly $600 In money. Jewelry and merchandise from the shoe store of Charles Block, 315 South street They used a chisel and screw driver belonging to Block to force open a small safe In the rear of tho store. Not satisfied with securing 1550 In I bank notes and $20 In small change from the safe they Invaded the upper floors of the houso where Block, his I wife, his daughter and his son-in-law were asleep. From the room of the son-in-law, Samuel 'Heltzer, they took a gold watch but overlooked several diamond rings. They also gathered up some small change on a bureau but failed to see a pocketbook containing a number of bank notes Boxes of shoes were found scattered about the floor this morning when the robbery wa discovered Several pairs of shoes were In the r-ar yard of the place. A rear shutter had been pried open by the thieves. Mrs. Morris Auerbach, 317 South street, whose home adjoins the Block store, was putting food Into a refrigera tor In her kitchen at 3 o'clock this mornlng.rfhe said, when he heard a noise, afifeently In the rear of the Block stor?An examination this morn ing of shutter locks In the rear of the Auerbach dwelling showed they had been tampered with DEATH RATE DECLINES Mortality This Week Little More Than Half of Last With the lptup of heat, the city's death rate dropped 34per cent from last week. Deaths this week numbered '398, as compared with 616 last week and 453 during the corresponding week last year. Deaths were divided as follows: Males, 215; females. 183; boys, 87, and girls, 63. The causes were: Typhoid fever j aieasita VV hooplnc couth IMphlhrria and croup ........,, Influenza . ., .t.,., Epidemic dlaeaaea Tuberculoma of the lunrs Tuberculosa menlnffltla Other forma of tuberculoaal Cancer , ( simple menlndtis Apoplexy and aottenlni of brain .,.,,, Organic dlaeaaea of (he heart Pneumonia ...r..,,... ,, Bronchopneumonia ... Disearea of the atomach .,..,,, Olarrbae and entrltla , -...? Appendlcltla and trphllltls Hernia ... '. Clrrhoili of the liver . . , ,. Acute nephrltta and nricht'a dlaeaae.... Noncancerous tumora ... , Puerperal aeptlcaemla Puerperal accidents Cunfejrital debility and malformations.. RRerta of heat Homicide ..........,..,.., All other v lolent deatha t Suicide All other dlaeaaea ., Coroncr'a casta, pendlnar Total, - Citbolira Open Retreat A retreat that Is both religious and recreational was opened last night at the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo. In Overbroolc. This Is the first of two lay. mens retraata thar th umihi k4m- Maw BHt'jrrMay irtt. Supper' was '( .av-v-a, tJi. -aaattUM sMaflHaMaKWllh a UaJkUk T,iH tW M ssaaaapa LEDGEPHIEADELPHIA, SATTJRDAY, aTaBBBIBBVSP -"AaraaaaV Mmc - ' aaaa'' V' , K Wvf 1 aBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarTvi&S? Ei '.y M sLLLLK-. v ,- i SMfcliMB 'iiJFl B is BHpBBJBBBHpJpr g c i 'Mm, -H DR. ALONZO TA.YLOR Herbert Hoover's right-hand man, who, during a visit to his home here, expressed himself as enthu siastic over the good outlook for the Allies FOOD PROBLEM MET, SAYS ALONZO TAYLOR Conservation Must Continue, Declares Philadclphian, Back From Europe That tho American food administra tion has solved the problem of feeding the Allies Is acknowledged in France nndjrflngland, was the assertion today of Dr. Alonzo 13 Tavlor, who has Just re- turned from overseas. Doctor Taylor, member of the United States war trado board, accompanied Herbert Hoover on hi. Rnronean Jn.n.r. tlon tour. He Is now back In Phlladel phla. Although unwilling to give a de 'la. ittlllUUKH UII11IIHIIK IU Kltt: it uc m., j ,,.,. hi. .,ir,. -j observations, the noted University of Pennsylvanti .Vcmlst nnd food expert , says the war Is .-.regressing favorably! for the Allies, and leiory Is assured. Failure of German submarines to op erate In the Kngllsh Chanel Is due, ho asserts, to the efficient patrol system of Allied war craft. 'So free Is the channel of submarines " said Doctor Taylor, "that the British are sending over ammunition In long barges drawn by a single tug, Just as the coal barges are handled on the rivers here " Dealing with the subject of food. Doc. tor Tavlor Is firmly convinced that the big problems of the Allies In that field are being solved, and points out that tho food administrators of France, Italy, England and the United States are now wormng out a scienunc system lor me distribution of foodstuffs America, he feels, must continue to regard food as a vital factor In the war and do ever thing possible to conserve the supply. Winning the wnr, he says, Is now a matter of man-power and food power, and the experts, Allied and Ger man, are convinced that if nothing di verts America, from concentratjng all Its power within the coming jear the war will beMvon by the Allies. To make sure thnt the folks back home do their share Doctor Tailor as serts that food conservation will be made our "religion of 1919," Other food slogans will be discarded, for Mr. Hoov er, In order to rally the country, will ralBe the food conservation propaganda to the plane of a religion. Doctor Taylor emphasizes the neces sity of national unity nnd co-operation In thin effort and is confident that Amer ica will respond and make the religion of 1919" something more than a cam paign slogan LOCAL BLUEJACKET KILLED Norman Ferguson Met Death on His First Voyage While on his first vovage aboard a munition ship, Norman Ferguson, nine teen years old, 85!) Mojer street, a navy seaman, was killed July 18 He was burled the following day with military honors near Bordeaux. France. -"!'. : . . i . Word of the voune man's death was lorelwd hv his hrother. nenrirn Kpririi- Bon. with whom -he lived In this eltv. No details were given In a letter from the American consul at Bordeaux tell Ing of Ferguson's death. The voung man for a year was a car penter at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and recently volunteered for service on a munition ship. His brother. Samuel Ferguson, Is an officer In the British navy and has been on two 6hlps that were torpedoed, cs- cnplng Injury each time. A sister. Mar- garet Ferguson, Is an rjngllsh Bed Cross nurse In France. nnnTUCDC UTET IU TDCUrucc BKUlntKO lULLl 111 IntnLnfco Had Not Seen Each Other for More Than Year Two brothers, Charles and Philip Bennlngcr, of Glenslde. vvho enlisted and .n. to PVanco in different branrh of the service more than a year ago, met again for tne nrsi time on the samel ... m i !.. itar. u. ' battlefront along the Marne, according to a letter Just received from one of the boys. Charles enlisted In the 103d PennsI vanla Engineers and Philip In Company B, 109th Infantry. They both sailed for France about a year ago, but noth ing was heard from them until July 20 of this year. Neither knew of the other's where-' abouts since they had arrived In France i until they found themselves fighting. niriA hv Kide in the same trenehxa - FIRST TROOPSHIP LAUNCHING American-Built Transport Leave Ways in March to Th first Amerlcnn-bullt troon trim, i on Mlfiln Btreet between Fifteenth nnd am Tau"ched "ex z ?.mrt', Plei vice nresldnt , .h ! 'he four minute men spoke to the big Emergency Flet Corpora"' thul1BEn Wh'Ch "" "" ""' announcement today. Mr. Plex said the I p corporation nas given a numDer of con tracts for transport?, but none will be finished until then because of the late start. When the Emergency Fleet Corpora tion began. hesald. the Government did not request the building of any trans ports, and It vvas not until fter Di rector Oeneral Schwab took charge that the corporation was called on for such vessels. MAY BAJALL-NIGHT BARS Fuel Administration Considering Clos ing Order to Save Coal All-night saloons in Philadelphia, Montgomery. Chester and Delaware Counties may be ordered to close from midnight until S a.- rn. to save fuel. Federal fuel officials are considering the matter now. C. U Cole, director of conservation for the Federal fuel administration In Penn sylvania, said today the proposal- was GIVE UP HOLIDAY TO ENTER DRAFT Men Newly Twenty-one and Register Today Will Total 2500 JEWS ENROLL MONDAY Youngest Class Now Being Called Merged With That of June 5 A large percentage of the 2500 young men who hnve Just become "Mihjert to the draft had responded to the registra tion call tin to 4 o'clock this nfternoon ------ All who have attained the age of twenty- one since June 5 are required to reg ister. Those who reached the various draft boards late were obliged to wait in line for some time, and many had to forego their Saturday half holiday Questions were answered quickly, and many expressed the hope that they would soon bo called upon to take their part In the war The registration estimate of 2500 Is given by Major W J Muidotk, State Vi..Ur.8J?B .m"r ." "!HtC1V. 'i"e"r- ,. i,i, f. iuuia llllKlll "V "MIK"!1 c duced, owing to enlistments of many youths In army and navy. Religion Deferred To A special order Issued by Provost Mar shal General Cronder permits all ellgl bles of Jewish faith to postpone their enrollment until Monday, as today Is the Jewish Sabbath Those subject to registration were In structed to appear before the local board having Jurisdiction over their home dis tricts between 7 a m and 9pm, unless excused under tho order of the Provost Marshal General Revised estimates made public by General frowder show npproxlmately 158,000 men will register totl-vy and Mon . dy throughout the country. Of that numer- i-ennsj ivama is listen to enroll 13,585 young men ioaay s registration win come us a .... ..... noon to many or tne noarcis in this city, ;leh J18 'rtuall' exhausted their f J7, ,!., ,. , . . . .,1" '" "B,urcd "?,' 1fuJly50.Pe.r, "S. ?' h.! "e.w '"". w" Physically fit -..w....... w. ..... .,,,, ., o ,., ""in uejHMiuency- nnu industrial Claim., tney will do much to bolster un Class 1. I according to Major Murdock. and will permit Philadelphia ns well as Penn sylvania to maintain Its st,idv flow of Ul'll it . ti xv;i i- i men Into the scrvlco to meet the many'1"11" Hunts Those Who hscaped I Induction calls o Drawing NeceNsary The registration today will not neces sitate a sneclnl drawinir for order num. j bers, asserted Major Murdock, "The new registrants will be merged into the enrollment on Jum 5 of this year," he stated "Virtually today's registration might be considered a part of the previous one. I When the returns are made to the draft headquarters In Hnrrisburg num- hers will be nsslirnerl In th ellirlhinu. which will determine their order num- her in accordnnie with the previous drawing. In turn the local boards will then announce the serial number of the iegl"trant. onilnnnnir win foil- ,.i,ioh n, i . . ... .-..,.., .,...... .,,. ellglbles must till out properlv. Then the registrants will he clat-slfled. Both j leglstration cards and casslficatlon cards should bo guarded carefully by the own ers. I Disregard of this Instruction has al ready caused hundieds of ellgibles In the previous drafts much Inconvenience Institution at College and Ridge when caught in the recent Marker raids. . a .. . r- i "Carrv them with ou," Is the warn- Aenucs Attracts Crowd Ing of It D Clark, head of the con- Hundreds of men nnd women, manv wrlptlon squad of the Department of coming from distant sections of the city. Justice "It saves the legistrant time todnv visited the cuih market In College and trouble and also materially aids .ivenue. west of Itldce avenue the Government ngents in quickly sift- This market, designed to eliminate the Ing out persona to teach the real Black- i profits of middlemen hv permitting fann ers" ers to t.ell their produce direct to ion- sumers was opened Tor business Thurs- SACCARAPPA TAKES PLUNGE Second Hog Island Vessel and Destroyer Launched The Saccarappa. the second vessel launched nt Hog Islind, started down the was at 3:27 this afternoon to the ...-m ..... c..i . . ,.o .., .m.,,,, mtAmrinntmanl rf t hnami Tvmm n IttKAHn . nr unrunii ien nnd officials of the jard und Emergency Fleet Corporation.' ' 'he emergency Meet I orpo of the IJmergency among whom was Charles M. Schwab, director general. Tho ceremony was not so elaborate as that of the launching of the Qulstconck. the first ship completed, but It was Just as successful. Only the workmen and the few officials and members of the christening party witnessed It Mrs. F. C. Sargent, wife of an assist- ant general superintendent of ship con- structlon, smashed the bottle of cham- pagne on the vessel's bow us she started down the wajs Mrs Sargent's "s.wlng" linil all the vim and snap that distil gulshed Mrs Vv llson s nt the Qulstconck launching. The Saccarappa went down a little m-r. -'Bll0r T"hd. I hlngVas under direction of W H T. Boots, superintendent of plant , protection. I The ship, or 7600 tons aeaaweigni, is , virtually a twin of the , u stconck. ' i"e -,:" iul, """"b s.-... .. rVntan n foot rlflLlrnvat Ufll nanv. Camden, a rast aesiroyer was launched successfully, Mrs Henry S Bran, of Bryn Mawr, being the sponsor ' The ceremony there, too, was simple and I witnessed by few but the workmen RAISE NEW SERVICE FLAG ,, , . .,.. Banner Near 15lh and ftlimin streets u.r, Fichtera Honors rignters 1 . I .In.. ...I.t. Ilil.,t,..l.h, B.nvs t bcrVll-B lint, null iiiuij-cif,iiv Piam was raised this afternoon by residents of the area bounded by Fifteenth, Slx i.M.ih Morris and McKeau streets for the )Oung men or me neignoornooa wno have en'ered the sen Ice. TVitrlntlo exercises and a parade nre. ceded the flag-raising, which took place Galvanized Boat Pumps L. D. Fiercer U.. ,69 N Zd St. Main wr, Mimn & 1.2.3 & 5 Tons lippincoTT Motor Cq MOTORTRUCKS 2120 Market St Guaranty INTERNAL, GEAR-DRIVB UNIT Lippincott Motor Co. MOTOR TRUCKS IO PARHCT THEKT B J AUGUST 24, 1918 ' SLAIN RUNNER'S WOUNDED PAL DELIVERS MESSAGE AND FAINTS Army Paper Vividly Re cords American Heroism on the Marne NEVER FORGOT BUDDY-! U. S. Athlete Starting Back for Partner's Body When His Strength Failed Him A copv of tho Stars nnd Stripes re ceived In Philadelphia today gives n vivid storv of two American runners In the second battle nf the Marne. The Stars nnd Stripes Is the odlclal publication of the American expedi - ,- .-....-. I,, ,-i n of ,,1(" runners follows tionary forces In France Tho stnrv "They had been pals together out hi Council muffs Al Hoy sen and Billy Shupp and they were together In Com pnny L when their regiment sailed from America last fall. Because they were voung nnd slim nnd could run like the wind, they were closen as runners, avid ns runhirs they were together on the greatest dav and hour of their lives "It came In that historic fortnight of Julv, 1018, for their regiment was one of those th-it waited with fixed bavonets when the mighty Oermnn offenslv'e broke like the surf against the expect ant Allied line, and that did not sit down to rest till the Marne and the ! Ourcq l.,y behind them it was the hour when an Important message had to be carried from the com pany commander to a deep, hidden dug out then serving ns battalion headquar ters The written message, first read" aloud to both of them, was thrust Into Shupp's outstretched hand, and he was up and avvHv like a shot, racing across n country all gouged and quivering from the battle, racing over fields and roads where shells had been falling for hours and still were falling with deadly regu larity. Tno Hundred Yards Behind "A minute later 200 yards behind, perhaps came Hoy sen, for. thus man aged, that message would have a dou ble chame i.f getting through It was Boy Jen who delivered It, because as he ran he saw his friend etruck and tossed Into the air In a gevser of earth He I himself was wounded, painfully wounded ' In till. Inn Kl.t l.n .. n .. .. A .1 ' m tin. ion hut hn .. . t in - or,,i a few moments later the battalion ndju- ,am -"'gbt him ns lie pitched, weak nnd "h-ra'-"l. Into the dugout, -They've killed Shupp. sir.' he Biuneci, ana tney vc wounded me fAll FORMER TAPS FVADFR . UI1UU I UI11I1UII Wl fcJ 14 f lAAiAVU Draft aiul Thrn Quit Slackers who gained exemption from military servl-e h reason of being po licemen nnd then resigned to take hetter pavlng Jobs will have to do their bit In the army Superintendent Mills Issued a special order today requiring police lieutenants to report to local draft boards all pollce- ..inen exempted from military service 'who have resigned since June B. 1017 The draft boards will reclassify the men Mno 'vl lne Iorce nner neing exempieu A number of complaints have been mnrta to !".p "ce ""reau that patrol men of three or more yrnrs' service ,i, . ,, ,irrrri ni-,'.in. have resigned to take more lucrative 'cntlon from their local draft boards 1he policemen neglected to ask for a new I cl isslflciitlon . on terminating their ser- inrna nn mpmherw nr tho fnrr Those repotted to the draft boards bv the police lh'Utcnants will have to report for a neu classification CURB MARKET BUSY PLACE daj Today's crowd Indicated that the plan Is meeting approval . An agent of the Philadelphia food ad. ministration who Inspected the curb market today, said that prices there were much lower than those charged In the produce, markets or by hucksters ITALIANS RAISE TWO FLAGS Germaiitov.ii Men Fly Their Ov.n .. i : Italians living on East Rlttenhouse street, (lermantown, held a (lag-raising and patriotic demostration this after noon TWO nuge nags, American auu Italian, were flung to the breeze from a nnirnolp nt the end of the street. A short parade preceded the flag-raising and exercises Pletro Hizzo was chairman of the Hag fund committee, to which Italian residents of tho neighbor hood subscribed liberally Woman Tries to Die by Gas Mrs Hose Ituhl. flftv-flve jears old, ent to her roonl n a lodging house in i Diamond street above Eleventh today and turned on the gas An hour later SZJZSho'Z , Pll-J. w"e Ph slclans say she ill re- c. A BUSINESS MAN OF ABILITY with ntde and iirrtftful rxptrl tffic In or)canl?lnK manarlnB adrrrttalnir fUlnjc. , ueftlrrfl an rxecutlvft ponltlnn with n reapon nlhle Arm. Am employed at pre ent draulnc $3000 nnd earning moreand time excellent reasons for nnntlnr n rhinice. Mr middle name It 'Kn1flenryM und I hnT a head rhtirk full of practical .dent for better renulU. That head In euflb uorth $10,000. a j ear to the rUht flrtn- hut for the present It may be had for len money ulara rep It. money, IMeane nlve brief partic ulars and teiepnone nuraoer to Addrentt A 339. Ledger Office. Notice of Removal On and After September 1 Ramsdell & Son Now at 1803 Walnut Street Will He Ideated at 1225 WALNUT ST. Ivers and Pond Pianos ADVERTISING COPY MANAGER A rhllndfllihla eiport heaae la d'llronn of obtalnlnc the aenlees of a rotnpetent man or woman arable of handllnc their adver islnc department. All rorre aponaenr. treated la strict con fidence. Address F US. Lednr Central "All Dressed Up, Nobody to Kill An American battery comman der was ntnndlnK by the road, look ing tip the wet, heavy track ahead In a dejected vvny, "Is thH n wnr," lie nsked, "or Is It a marathon? I started after tho Hermans with my battery six days ago. I'vo counted nt least two dozen times In thec last six days when I was all set nnd rendy, only to hear each time thnt the dough boy had onto morn run the boche out of range. So here I am, nil dressed up, with nobody to kill." "Then he poured cut th mnisigo, re peated It more slowlv to be pure, nnd turned as If to start out again out Into tho storm. To Ort UN lluililj "Several hands caught nt him Where was he going? " 'Where'm I going?' he cried, the historical note tnatering his voice, 'Where'm I going? I'm going back to get my buddy ' "Then ho fainted "f!o to nnv one who have lived through any day or week of that battle where It was hottest and ask who w"i--o Its heroes. He will want to name all the men who put their shoulder to Its tremendous burden, from the ammunition drivers, Plowing Ktubbornly on through mad dening miles of mud, kfowlng and ask no sleep for many davs and nights, to tho battalion commanders who could not nnd would not remember what the hooks sild about their place being be hind the line Hut If he mut single out one group for tribute, the chances are he will reluctantly pss the others by and say: 'The Runner ' Whtit Riinnera Iln "The runners nte the fleet oungsteTS who, ns the bnttlo Huny arid strains, keep regiment In touch with battalion, battalion with company, company with platoon. To let each unit know Vow the others are faring, above all In such fight ing ns the hist weeks have seen, to let the nervous guns know to whit line the surging Infantrvmen have attained, this Is tiie business of the runners Tho story of much that Is crushed doftn under such verbal Impediment ns liaison, ircon nalssince nnd communications can be told in the terms ota brave boy's legs" LODGE DEFENDS THE NAVY New Srnatc Leader Answers Criticism of jMeCumber and Penrose fiy the United 'rrvv V nHlilnctnu, Aug 24 Senator 1-odge, new Republican lender and member 01 the Xaval Aff.ilrs Committee, this af ternoon assured the Senate that the navv Is taking nil possitile steps In com bat the l"-boat nnd commerce-raiding activities on this side of the Atlantic. "All available vessels nre engaged In thlR work (if course, nothing has been done to weaken the convovs for trans ports." said Ixdge Lodge made his statement In reply to criticisms voiced ! Senators McCum ber and Pentose In view of the seizure nnd conversion Into a Ucrman raider 01 the tiawltr Triumph. "This grent country can rest assur ed," said Ixdgc, 'that its navj is doing Its dulv. "Without weakening those vltnl brnnches of tho service In which the navy has been cngigtd, every possible step has been taken to curb German activities on this side of the Atlantic Criticism of tho navy Is not warrant ed " YOUTH IMPALED ON SHAFT Timber Driven Tlirongb Clie?t When Truck Hits Wagon A wagon shaft was plunged through the chest of 'Joseph Hng.tn. seventeen vears old, of 115 North Fortv -seventh strtet, when nn nutotiuck on which he was riding collided with a wagon this afternoon at Twelfth and Dauphin Rtrerts Jlagnn Is in a critical londltlnn in tho Chlldten's Homeopathic Hospital Clnrlos farieit, or 33TB Kllneit street, diner n' the truck, surrendered to the nolle e nf the 1 hlrtv-second street and Woodland avenue station after taking llagan to the hospital. Seven Alleged Slackers Held Seven alleged slackers tndav were held' under $50n ball each for further hear ing bj Magistrate rtenshaw acting I'nlted States commissioner. The pris. oners all were artestcd In recent raids In South Philadelphia. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY Responsible mnnnfnetnrlng concerns can obtain on attractlre tern inorongniy modern Rrrommodntlnns for any number of plants sad emploTM' honslnc. In n high-grade Indnstrlal community now derala. Ing within 10 miles of Philadelphia. Mneh cheaper "orerhead" cost man present congealed metropolitan centers afford. PREPARE NOW FOR THE FUTURE and "Told freight embnrcoea so frequent In large commercial rtla by locating In till new vicinity with One trtn nnd trolley acrrls. complete shopping facilities and general welfare features for all-rr amusement, aa tract contains large creek and beautifully wooded rT bow being devised for park purposes. Box A 225, Ledger Office CHEAPER THAN RENT $55 a Month, With Garage Space nas mmZM OVERBROOK STONE i'GgONIAL HOMES Columbia 'Avenue, East of 63d Street t. V ... 1.1-j ... lals Un . .nk t-Klk. saw as tasa haat alnna nu.i Ha-&tiMv AwtAa ! juBi compicira, foniainins every moaern im proven viai uv cvv uus-i't wfliui, vruArHie yuruof". "llil JvnCHaMI aurroundlnsa Open today for Inspection, for Inspection. Take Market moDin carry ins cnarsei iranier to Columbia. Avenue one 0-cnt .U VIIB WTHs "iviis urc-ta uiciBvvi raCtlUiiaii iUJ ttllU IllaVll I' Ckrl J. Hood A Co., m lraU: r, 14X1' ' M 'J'w.wiw wrssrTgssasaMaaaasjaj 7J.C ' Hz POWER SI IOKTAG HERENOWAI M 120,000 Additional Ha power Needed to Open War Industries GOVERNMENT MUST A( Expert Explains Situation This District to House Committee One hundred nnd twenty thousand! additional horbepower Is needed to rwA! me inauRines or tne Philadelphia S-Si trlct. which should he stmnlled hv lfc rtnrtimnnt nt n .BttmnlAj . 1.mM ' - " "II to lllldlt-U Sfc Oiy $14.1500,000, lieutenant Stanley, reore- sentlng tho Council of National D? fense, testified today before the Hottsej Committee nr Tntprsfnto Cnmmi.,A a'fl Wnshlne'on. J Tho Industries of the New Jersey! district need 94,000 additional horse', jj nOUPr. Wtllnh (ha ClfWammAnt .n tnm-WW fclsh nt an estimated cost of $5,500,t)0C Lieutenant Stanley said. , SI mis testimony wus given before th Interstate Commerce Committee on thrJ." Administration bill now before Congres,rl proposing to npproprlate $200,000,000 t' enable the Federal Government to built' ' power plants, nsslst existing .plants tr& Increase their power, and in, varinurKi other ways to furnish additional horse- power for tho various manufacturing ?1 plants. Lieutenant Stanley estimated thi nnrsepower now available from the pres-, ent generating plants in the Philadel phia (llstrtnt In hn "flfl flftrt nnA U It ? must bo lncreised to 320.000 hnnut-'ivl lmui,r. J$il The horsepower now available for thelj New Jersey region, he said, was 303.500 ril and it should be Increased by 94,000;! noisepower. tl rl "Tills proposed bill Is a strictly A-,5 ministration measure, strongly urged t" Piesldent Wilson, to appropriate $200,-' 000,000 to Incretsc the output of the - vnrtnns linupr titnnfc" ualrl rnnwj,a- man Arthur C. Hew nit. of Alientown.Tj I'.t , n member of the Interstate Com merce Commission, In discussing the btll and Lieutenant Stanley s testimony. 58 TAKEN IN SLACKER HUNT j Seventeen Sent to Federal Build w ing, Others to Work Ski 1'lfty-elght men were rounded un to- a.l day In a raid for slackers and ldle,r "gu conducted by the police or tho 8eocna'I and Christian nnd Pourth and DeLanceyil streets stations, .viany or the men weroa found along the river front k,ft Seventeen of those arrested could not 'J show registration cards, and were MntS ii me reuerai uuuuing. ine otntrtr were turned over to Samuel Cohen, fa i r, nreSPnlUtlVn nf thn n,.,l.irfriArt n T -! bor, who will put them to work lnOov-J eminent lactones. TWO HELDJN TRAFFIC DEATHS Autotruck Driver nnd Motormek i must face Coroner Magistrate Mecleary held John BlyUwTS nn autotruck driver, 18"34 South ElKh ici-mii bucci, luuiiy, 10 uwait tne. Acimi of the coroner In the death of MI i.ieunnr -v ivennan, twenty-rour ye old, of B936 Trinity place. The tn driven In Hli thj Hti-ttelr ih. HAm.h.l night nt Sixtieth htreet nnd Woodland avenue, ana sue Uleu in the' FhlU-ca delpliki Hospital, ;J William McMullIn, n motorman. ofSj 1.112 llosion avenue, w'as held to await. 3 the coroner's action In the death ofjfl Charles I Menk. Sr , flftv-flve years '"1 niu. i oiniiRunie. .vienK died in the Jef- jM fnl un ti T Ini.it II nl nfln IiaIiii. ..ft.....!. . 'It trollov car last night at Fourth and i .Mantel sireeis. STORAGE Now is Ihc time to place your nnlr for htnrHRs nf jnur house hold i.oods Tho rush season vrllt soon lie here. Have It done RIGHT. FIREPROOF SANITARY 20tb Century Storsje Warehouse Ci Opposite West rhlla. Station Phone Preston G10I 1 4mmu I a I s mi WtiBEWMa . -.-. ? t lfj .. T'." Imnrnuumanr Thre .Mori," mttrrv tllaa I1M . j fc.aa T i .'ai eh Inrntlnfi with :aW Price $9&o only fnoo coh. tWl Direct Elevated to M mxxT&T Uro (Vs f i ."V1r! te$M i ,u t (! - ...
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