T?W run j - -tt " V.H pVHn- Vfv-WAWl wii r f- iftonxamHimu wt "a t u iTM.HRSipmxfirtjiw.Yru7i T.fi S. lVia'?T'TT- yrfSIfCSfrrsm ustVimbv. Kyf? w . V r ffh T3wW T FES'l&Y, SEPTEMBER & 19ig fSi'' 1 r '" --K"r 'll'V H -Tv v,r-1 r f ?,? - 5- NG PUBL1 1EE FHILADEIjP i , " iaWW Wfrrxm jHELP NATION rsn sr .w r- Volunteers for 1000 tinent Places Sep- iW12 m )V.--, w Mm ,w-rt -,-vm-r i -rifcTTii- ONS EXPLAINED , f i Issues Instructions as to Answer Twenty Inquiries Ipendency Questions few Registration Card area of tho lS-to-45 rcglstra- fcnl follow: bntalns twenty questions. Itlons concern name, age. pf birth, color, citizenship, oc- flon, employer and name of at relative. stains no exemption clause, jlonnalres, to be filled out after ration, caring for this fully. Ikes no mention of social Rs whether married or single If of dependents, as on oiiglnal iruuun caru. ... twenty questions which men i within the scope of the new I n-to-forty-flvo draft law must ' on registration aay, Tnursuay, nber 12, together with an expla- of each, have Just been received . o local draft boards In this city tually- every polling place in the will be used for the registration. cal board members will play only bits of supervisors and will ac- ave no active part In it, occord- rannounccment by Major W. O. r, head of the draft In this State. ill be 1000 registration places Ing to Major Murdock, the local ' embers nlready "nave tnelri nil." and the registration must Bucted by persons appointed es- ffy for the work. Ivost Marshal, General Crowder Is- L warning to an prospective regis . who exnect to be nwav from '"districts on September 12, to hao cards in the hands of their local ds on or before that date. cal boards are authorized to as- ka, representative to all schools, col- and training camps for rtgistra of psrsens not exempted, slness men, school teachers, clerks 41rothers .who are able to spare the fare being recruited for the tegls- Oii, widen Is expected to make at 250,000 more men in this city sub- to military duty. wrican Gains Imperil Laon sued from fate Ono lis. The trenches ran In every ption and most of them were deep. Inu been dug by either the French jermans during their respective Iplatlbns of the plateau. Defeat Picked Germans French nnd Americans met Ind Juvlgny the elite of the German y. grenadiers of the Prussian rd, picked storming battalions nnd Idy mountain infantrymen. They Bated them decisively, taking an Irmous death roll from their ranks sending a goodly number of cap- rs to the rear. Phe Americans co-operated in the IcK, on juvigny with tho type of nks which the French have named lhars d'Assaut," or shock cars. eso engines of war have been called nored Infantry. They have all -suppleness of troops afoot and advance readily Into the enemy s Itlohs, dealing death with gruesome Kusnon from their quick fliers and Don. p' of these cars manned by a fch lieutenant killed 200 Germans Juvigny- IERICANS GAIN LEY" POSITIONS lBOVESOISSONS Advance Behind Barrage id Sweep Foe Back in Bitter Fighting By EDWIN L. JAMES lial Cable to Evening Public Ledger Lrl, JS1S. tiu Nm York Times Co. th;the American Army In France, Bent," 3. nerican tanor Day gave the ted States troops north of Sols- van occasion to celebrate their fcCcess in reaching Tcrny-Sorny and I &a-olssons-St. Quentin highway after i Jvedays fighting against four Ger- I envisions, xerny-aorny, wnicn Across the road, wus reached nday. -, ITh foothold on the highway gives he-Americans ana i-rench on either Mae a good position, on the plateau running north of the Aisne. To ach this position mants the ac- apllshment of an objective for vhlch 'the Americans started last Wednesday wnen tney wero thrown t( mid itMV ii uiw vftiuu ui uirui j i their way tney nave taken about i. prisoners. ?hls lias been one of the most tsub- thi If "not the most stubborn, flchts licwhlch tho Americans have been rench communiques day after day ive'called "attention to the stubborn- s oi me Diooay ngni wnen tne uer ns '.tried to hold the key position Klnst tne trench and Americans rthjof Solssons. The American ad- eqc tne last days Drought many iinKK,Incldents. Our artillery re- 'oongraiuiaiions tor us worn in njrtho Infantry closely and jolntblank Into pestiferous Ger- 5 machine-gun positions. Our ty-llves got so close that the gun I HHurea neeing uermans. marked was the enthusiasm of rtJUtrymen that on one occasion bo. tney Had advanced even flr, 'infantry and were doing j' lighting against enemy ma- frg9mrA. German battery found r without infantry between It and iNKfis, wfiii uuui going me r. our machine gunners kill- tftw at two guns and we tba guns, both slx-lncn ffi IF 'Attack, which took us to r.wa made after a series r After the first bar. not thinking there system than their . barrage before an their shelters to . Tney met another u toVlter, Haig Captures Lens and Queant Continued from I'liic One beyond Dury, the capture of which was announced last night, aro report ed to have been taken today. Win Store Towns The village of Etalng, two miles north of Dury, fell late yesterday at about the same time the British fur ther south were capturing Vlllers-lez- v.niguuri. luese captures were ct- fected after most bitter fighting. A strong Ilrltlsh forco Is driving forward on the northern reaches of the Hlndcnburg line. The British are well Inside the Drocourt-Queant line. So far as learned no organized) counter-attacks have been developed by the Germnns, but on the extreme British left determined opposition Is developing. The British today pushed forward well to the east of Noteull nnd the Australians made steady progress to the east of Pennine. The cnemv was In force at the last reports to the southwest nnd to the noith of Queant. Krom the ridges ho was pouring a heavy machine gun fire at the British, who were returning the (he and gaining ground at the same time. I On the Somme battlefield the British I are dtlvlng at a pace generally fast In the direction of tho Canal du Nord, , where the Germans have elected wire , Their trenches hpre, however, have ! onlv been half dug, It Is rumoted. The Germans, It seems to be expect ' ed, will offer determined resistance along this line. a3 they now are doing I In front of It, and then retire back I of the canal, if necessary With their I lines at the canal in .such an embryo state, however, little protection will be I afforded the enemy should he be forced to take retuge Dulilnd tnem Prisoners Pouring In On tho northern half of the Dro- court - uueant uattlefront there were some 3000 prisoners In the cages lust night. Thousands mere had been taken to tho hospitals wounded, while probably more than 2000 additional captures have been effected on the southern half of the front. In one place along the line of battle eight German divisions or rather four comparatively fiesh divi sions and the mienants of four other divisions wre lighting against three British divisions. An officer from one of ihese enemy divisions, which was I - ho Second Guards reserve, said, how- over, that this division hart linPn In tli lighting for more than a week and that its effectives would number fewer than a thousand men. In his bat talion only himself and twenty-four of his men had survived, ho declared. He added that the Gorman losses had been heavier than any they had pievi ously suffered. In their push northeastward along the Bapaume-Cambral road the Brit ish have reached' Beugny. (Unofficial advices from London this morning re-1 t nrtpfl Mm TtHMali In tl mlitnnin ported the British In today's advance tn have pushed some three and one half miles beyond this point). The town of Vlllers-au-Flos, south of Ba paume, waB in British hands early last evening nfter severe fighting. Fighting Is Severe After taking Sailly-Sailllsel the Brit ish pushed on across the Bapaumc Peronno rood and In the fighting Just to tho north were well on their way toward Rocqulgny. (Rocqulgny has since been reported captured.) The Germans were In heavy force In the region of N'oreuill and hard fighting was In progress there. By the Associated Press Paris, Sept. 3. Constant movements toward the rear of tho German lines on the Somme front in the region of Ham and Gulscard aro reported by the correspondent of Le Journal at British headquarters. Hospitals and dressing stations aro being hastily cleared, while convoys are moving not theastward haiasscd by Entente airplanes. Artillery actions on the Somme front and further south between th Olso nnd the Aisne nro reported In the official statement Issued at the "War Office today. Official War Reports HIUTIHIt London, Sept 3 Our operations carried out ester day south of the River Scarpa wero completely successful. The enemy was heavily defeated In his prepared defenses of tho Drocourt-Queant sys tem, with the result that he Is retiring this morning along virtually the whole battlefront. In the course of yesterday's battle, in addition to Inflicting heavy losses on the enemy wo captured 10,000 prisoners. We aro now advancing and are reported to have entered Pronvllle, Dolgnles and Berllncourt. Canadian troops showed the 'great est skill and courage yesterday In storming the Drocourt-Queant line. These lines had been perfected by tho enemy in the last eighteen months. They provided the most formidable obstacle, ns they had been furnished with every device of modern engi neering. Tho enemy had re-enforced his de fenses here to such a degree that on a front of 8000 yards no less than eleven German divisions were identi fied Undeterred by the strength of his defensive organization the Canadians, assisted admirably by British troops on their left, carried all before them. South of the Canadian corps, Eng lish, Scottish and fiuval troops of the Seventeenth Corps, under command of Lieutenant General Sir Charles Ferguson, Bart, K. C. B., K. C. M. O., M. V. C D. S. O., performed no less a gallant and arduous task In storm ing the Junction of the Drocourt Queant and Hlndenburg systems. Those defenses were of tho most formidable character, but our troops swept over and around them, en circling Queant from the north, with the result that this important pivot fell into our hands at nightfall. The tank corps again assisted materially in the success of those operations. FRENCH Parl, Sept. 3. During the night there were ar tillery actions on the front of the Somme and between the Oise and the Aisne. En..mv raids along the Vesle River and in X e Vosges region were without result AMKBICAN Washington, Sept. 3. Section A North of the Aisne our troops have continued to advance. In spite of strong resistance by the en emy, and have taken the village cf Terny-Sorny. In the operations yes. terday in this region they captured 672 prisoners, two 10S-calIber guns and seventy-eight machine guns. North of the Vesle two local hostile attacks west of Flsmes were repulsed with losses. GERMAN Berlin, Sept 2 (delayed). The English have attacked between the Scarpa and the Somme. To the southeast of Arras and to the north of Peronne they rained ground. Re serves met their thrusts. On both sides of Bapautno the enemy waa re culsed. Bet4fl the Olse and th Aisne French mtucka davaJocwL thla after. TUGST0BEMADE INT0FIKEB0ATS Every Available Vessel to Carry Blaze-Fighting Equipment DECIDED AT MEETING Move Agreed Upon for Fur ther Protection of Property Along Rivers Nearly every tugboat on the Dalaware and Schuylkill Blvers wilt be equipped to fight fire as the result of plans made today at a conference between Director Wilton, of Public Safety, and rcprcsenta lives or several business concerns. at City Hall. The conferenco was called by the Di rector, who believes the plan will prevent big fires on tho river front Representa tives of the Pennsylvania Railroad, At lantic Refining Company and other con cerns nttended the meeting. Director Wilson said the regular city flreboats could not properly patrol tho entire river front. It was decided that sahage would not be asked by tugboat owners W V Barnard, president of tho Ves sel Owners' Association, agreed to sub mit n. list of boats which may carry fire equipment. Chief Murphy, of the Fire Bureau, announced that ho would send an in tpector to exatnlno each boat and decide upon Its equipment. Phila. Man Dies Hero in France Continued from TaiEe One wounded A field card dated June 2D and telling of his good health at that time Is the last word received hero pre lous to the announcement of his death. He died August 21. Young Henlls enlisted, the day war waH declared, in the old First Regiment, lror" ""'on no nau oeen uiscnargeu wnen his company went to the .Mexican border. He fnlled at that time to pass the phys ical examination, although he had been a member of the First since 1!)1G When he passed the physical examination after a state of war was declared between this nation and Germany, he was as signed tn Company C, of the lODth Regi ment, and detailed to guard duty In the western part of tho State Later he went with his company to Camp Han cock, and finally sailed for France In May of last year Healls, before hi enlistment, was employed as a clerk In a . n i. coffee house In the center of the city. Corporal Albert II. Om Inner, Jr., miss ing, enlisted in the Third Regiment, N. G. P , In 1916, when he was eighteen years old. Ho served In the Mexican border campaign and then helped to guard bridges and factories at Lock port, Pa., until the Third was sent to Camp Hancock nnd reorganized. He was assigned to Company A of the 110th and promoted to corporal. The regi ment wont to France In May last. In a letter received by his parents, who live at 6 North Nineteenth street, mi August 14, and which was dated July 13, he said that he had not been in action yet, but expected to see some real fighting soon. He Is reported miss ing following tho attack of July 30. Young Gwinner was formerly employed as a clerk In a chain grocery store. Corporal ItenJumln 4. Illttenheniler, twentv-boven yeats old, was severely wounded In action on July 23, while fighting with Company L, Seventh United S-ates Infantry, In which he enlisted In July of last yenr. Before that time he was cmplostd at the Mldvale Steel Works. His sister, Mrs. John Peters, with whom he made his home in this city at 2132 South Simpson street, re ceived notice from Washington a week ago that htr brother had been wounded, but a. week before that a letter arrived fiom him telling of his injuries. "I was in the big push," he wrote, "and received shrapnel wounds in the back, the shoulder and the right hand." He is not married. Private Sylvester F. Hamll, suffering from shell shock, enlisted In the old First Regiment, N. .G. P., in June of 1917 when he was only seventeen years old. ' He was sent to Camp Hancock for training and later transferred to Company M, 109th Infantry. Though officially reported missing, a letter, dated four days after he was supposed to have disappeared, states that he Is in a French hospital recovering from shell shock. He was an electrician by trade and lived with his parents at 2132 East Monmouth street. A brother, Arthur V F Hamll, has Just been commissioned a lieutenant after completing the course at tho officers' training camp at Fort Gordon. Trlvate Homuel T. Illalr, gassed, en listed In the Third Regiment, N. G. P., in July of last year, and after being sent to Camp Hancock was attached to Company M, 109th Infantry. Though officially reported missing, a letter dated a few days after he failed to report for roll call Informed his parents, who live nt 3047 Coral street, that he was In a French hospital, recovering from gas I poisoning. He was a blacksmith betoro , enlisting. I I I'rltatr Morris Oreenbrrc, 233 North Second street, enlisted In Company I, i Twenty-third infantry, In July, 1910. He spent one year on the Mexican bor der and left for France in July, 1917. I His parents received a telegram on August 26, stating he had bee.n wounded in action on June 27 A letter from him dated August 2 Informed his par ents he had been wounded In the left arm, but expeoted to be back In action soon. Greenberg was twenty-two years old and was a salesman before enlist ing. Private John SI. O'Neill, reported miss ing in action since July 28, is the son of Mrs. Mary O'Neill, a widow, 3223 Lombard street. In a letter she re ceived from her son that was dated July 17 he said they were "getting some ex citement." The boy is twenty-one years old, and before he enlisted with Com pany L, 110th Infantry, In August of last year, he was employed by the Hutcninson Pie Baking Company, at Thirty-third and Walnut streets. Corporal Jncknon liluck, reported as severely wounded, formerly lived with Lis wife and child at 337 East Lehigh avenue. In the official list his address is given as G25 Llpplncott street, but the family Is unknown In that neigh borhood. His wife Is believed to be working in a mill tn Kensington, and efforts are being made to locate her. Corporal Black, who was a texttle worker, Is about thirty years old. He enlisted the day war was declared, and aftei he left for training hla wife gave up her home at the Lehigh avenue ad dtesa. Corporal Francis J. Il me, Company M, 109th Infantry, missing In action July 27, has been In the service for seven years, Is twenty-four years old and lived with his wife, Frieda, and a three-year-old son, Francis Jr., at 2TI5 West Somerset street. He was a mem ber of the old National Guard. Friiute John 1. Blley, Company D, 110th Infantry, reported missing In ac tion on July 30. Ha is only nineteen years old ana enlisted' In the Third Regi ment, N, a, 'p., on July 26, 1917, with ten friends, ito received his preliminary training at CaVnp Uncock and sailed for Franca In May, i?U., In tht. last wnvm r atsvyarou. PHILADELPHIA JOSEPH COY Wounded SIMON KLONIN Wounded X Z- 5 &- SYLVESTER F. HAMIL - )K Wounded fT" -a, W' v V CHARLES A. HEALIS, KILLED Missing -P$ "'' III WK&Nfc 1 II C0RI- DENJ- J- BITTENBENDEH, ft??7' ?"7-i$' WOUNDED ,' "fr ,,. -r Vv Jm' J MORRIS GREENBERG Wounded July 7, ho saya that he "Is getting along grrat " He has a brother in the army. He lived with hlB parents at 1441 South Howard street. Corporal Kdvvard W. Chestwortb, Company D, Seventh Infantry, reported wounded In action on July 2G. He is eighteen years old and enlisted on July 12, 1917, and was sent to Gettysburg for his preliminary military training For his final training he was bent to Camp Greene and sailed for France in April. The last letter received by hlfe mother, Mrs. Rose Chestworth, Is dated July 31, 1918, In which be mentions that he has been In several battles. He had a brother who was drafted last April, as well as two cousins In tht service He lived with his mother at 4531 Dlttman street, Frankford Private Simon Klonrn, Company K, 110th Infantry, reported missing In action July 29, Is In a base hospital be hind the lines, according to a letter re recelved from him dated August 4. Klo nen lived with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. H. M. Klonen, at 6170 Columbia avenue. He was drafted In September, 1917, went to Camp Meade and from there to Camp Hancock. Private Clifford White, machine-gun company, Thirty-eighth Infantry, was reported wounded August 8. He enllsteu in the regular army lour years ago While In Missouri. He Is twenty-3lx years old. His mother, Mrs. S. Horter, of 1260 North Fifty-seventh streeti re ceived a letter from him written a few days before he was wounded, In which ho said: "I am right In the swim and w6're heading a marathon for Berlin. Having a h of a time keeping up with the Huns, but the Yanks are right there with the courage. I have had the satisfaction of sniping a few Huns to my credit." Private Joseph Coy, or Cola, as his father. Domenlco Cola, spells It, was born in this city on the Fourth of July twenty-one years ago. He enlisted early In the war and was sent to Camp Han cock. His last visit at home was at Easter time, when his father was 111. He had been back at Camp Hancock only a short time when he went to New York where he' had a day's leave to visit his parents and then sailed for Franco. On August 4 his parents received a letter nlch he said he was sick In a hos pital. House Takes Up Revenue Bill Today Continued from Face One come pays $5180 under the present law and will pay f 13,405 under the new lav. Corporations Must Pay Corporations are taxed under either , the excess profits or war profits tax, ac- ' cording to which rate yields the most I money to the Treasury In each Individual c ase. After the war profits or excess j profits tax, the corporation must pay an 18 per cent tax on Its net Income, which remains undistributed and 12 per cent on the income distributed In dividends Interest qn Government, State and municipal bonds, as well as dividends from other corporations are exempt from 1 this tax. The war profits tax Is based on tho difference between what a cor poration made this year and what it made in 1911, 1912 and 1913. Exclusive of a flat exemption of J3000 the corpo ration must pay 80 per cent to the Gov. ernmept. If the corporation's profits were less than 10 per cent during the pre-war years they are allowed an additional exemption of 10 pe- cent before the war profits become operative. The excess ' profits tax allows a flat exemption of (3000 plus an exemption of 8 per cent. Profits between 8 and 15 per cent pay a 35 per cent tax; between 15 and 20 per cent a 50 per cent tax, and above 20 per cent a 70 per cent tax. Ninety Per Cent Affected Experts estimate that 90 per cent of the corporations of the country will pay under the war profits tax and 10 per cent under the excess profit tax. Income and prolt taxes are payable In three Installments! on March 15, May IE and June 15, Llimor taxes are prac tically double un-jispsant rata. SOLDIER HEROES Corporal EDW. CHESTWORTII Wounded Wilson Assailed by Senate Critic Continued from Faco One wagons ; an epic on fish and clams along with a sonnet or two on sheep kllllng dogs." ' Former Secretary Bryan, the Sen ator declared, resigned when he had "played second fiddle long enough and 'his power for harm had waned.' " "Time-Serving Polities" "Politics began there and It has never adjourned since In domestic affairs," said Mr. Sherman. "Was thero ever a more sordid revelation of selfish, time-serving politics with the first ex ecutive office next only to the Presi dent shuffled nbout as plunder to suit partisan ends?" In criticising Colonel House, Senator Sherman said as personal repreienta tlve envoy of the President while abroad ho "exercised unofficial and usurped powers of government," and "his gra tuitous advico to settle the U-boat dis pute provoked the derision of Germany and tho Impatience of the Alllos." Declaring the Administration seeks even to dictate Republican candidates In Republican States, the Senator said "Ford Is to be made Senator from Mich igan by executive order " "SoclalUt Intellectuals" Denouncing what he described as so cialistic plans of "a coterie of poli ticians gilded and plnted by a group of theorizing, Intolerant Intellectuals," Sen ator Sherman continued: "Government control Is a mere name. As now exercised by this Administration It Is tho threshold of permanent politi cal ownership and operation. "On all questions related to labor Gompers is practically President; Bur leson controls the physical agencies for communication of thought, and McAdoo the railway's and country's finances. Strip oft the mask of alleged Govern ment ownership and see behind It the revealed political ownership and con trol of Gompers, Burleson and McAdoo for partisan put poses, to be used le lentletsly to elect party candidates now and In 1920 a President. "Politics adjourned. Worse, more rampant, rancorous partisan politics never abused tho patriotism and gener ous confidence of a great nation. Against tho clandestine partisan poli tics of this Administration, hidden un der the thick clouds of war, I raise my voice seasonably In remonstrance." Two Boys Drowned in Mill Raco By the Associated Press Allefitonn, Po Sept. 3 Joseph King, I eighteen years old, of this city, and Rob ert Case, sixteen, of Kllckvllle, North ampton County, wero drowned when the truck in which they were riding over turned In a mill raco near Bangor at 11 o'clock last night 2- 'J X" Smiik'&eder ;. . -., . v , i r IHh & , Market v Streets '.- ' if -, '(. vV' V tvij3ieiiia3rfecl' '.: oiure , un- ;r -,tl K ,- iV hV-'V A, ' t . r t ' i VWaMw , -u,uu 4 wi?. lour WW TAX CUT MAY HIT VARE PARK CLAIM Promised Reduction Held Likely to Menace City's "Moral" Debt CONTRACTS IN PERIL Lower Levy May Mean Less for Ash Removal and Street Cleaning Will Mayor Smith's determination toj cut tho tax rate jeopardize Senator Vare's long-standing "moral claim" of $150,000 for work on Leaguo Island Park, or lead to a reduction In tho $3, 000,000 being expended annually In street cleaning, aBh removal, etc. 7 This Is but one of tho many questions being asked In City Hall by thoi-e fa miliar with the unusual wartime finan cial problems that Councils will face when thoy convene this month. The Mayor is doterhilned to spend less money In 1919 than this year, the only question Is whero is the cut to come nslde from dropping unnecessary places. By cutting forces, It is claimed, enough money can be found to pay salary Incte.ibes to at least a part of the 7000 city workers who aro prepar ing demands upon Councils In the improbable event of the re duction in tho payroll covering wartime increased cost of living, for those left In the service, the Mayor and his flnanr clal advisers will find themselves ex actly where they were a year ago and with some $46,000,000 to provide. This can be done on nothing less than the present tax rate. nig Demand for Supplier To add to tho financial difficulties in the way of a tax reduction. Director MacLaughlln, of the Department of Supplies, is preparing to submit to Councils a demand for from $500,000 to $600,000 for fuel nnd supplies for the early months of the coming winter. With the unappropriated balance In the City Treasury near the disappearing point, this extra money will have to be found for payments on delivery. Fuel Is being purchased at Government fixed price and plus extra freight charges allowed the railroads. Mnny clatses of sup plies arc being purchased In the open market at steadily Increasing prices. Claims, other than the one of Senator Vare, liable to cause embartassment to the financiers, include a total of M0, 000 for legal fees for attorneys who have fought legal proceedings outside the work done by the olflce of City Solicitor Connelly. In this list Is one for ap proximately $30,000 fo'r William Drapir Lewis and his associates In drawing the proposed lease of city-built lines to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit. One of the legal claims dates back to the time of former Mayor Reyburn. To Oo Over HudireU In tho three weeks that will Intervene before Councils meet Mayor Smith nnd department heads will go over budget cuts and allowances In the hope of economizing. This work will start to day and may not be completed In time for all the budgets to be In tho hands of Councils Finance Committee before October. Most of tho planned changes will become effective the first of 1919. With Mayor Smith planning a re duct'on and some department heads and courts determined to Increase the pay roll, the members of Councils Finance Committee anticipate some lively ses sions b?orc the final division of funds for 1919 It accomplished. In order to expedlto the work, weekly or semi weekly sessions will be held during Oc tober and November, If necessary. FOUND BEATEN AND ROBBED Highwaymen Leave Abington Township Victim Unconscious Joseph Shoemaker,' McKlnley, Abing- ton Township, was held up by two men east of Ogontz shortly before midnight, robbed and beaten unconscious. lie was taken to the Jewish Hospital. It is believed Mr. Shoemaker put up a fight. He was found by a motorist. Teachers Confer in Abington More than 100 teachers of the Abing ton Township and Cheltenham Township public schools are attending the sessions of the Inter-Township Institute today in the Abington High School. Sessions will continue until Friday. TO L GEORGE BENDA Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, A. MITCHELL PALMER, Alien Property Cus todian, will offer for sale to the highest bidder; at public sale, on the premises of the plant of George Benda at Boonton, New Jersey, at 3 o'clock P. M on Tuesday, the seventeenth day of September, 19 18, all the property and assets of every kind and description belonging to George Benda, a partnership, as a going concern, including the leaseholds, trade names, good will, modern plant for the manufacture of Bronze Powders, machinery and all other property. Full description of and information concerning the property to be sold and the inspection thereof and the terms and con- -ditions of sale may be obtained by application to the office of the Director of Sales, 110 West 42nd St., New York City. JOSEPH F. GUFFEY, . Director of Sato. L FIRES AT ARWENT1ERES Extension of German Retreat in Flanders Imlicrilcd Dy the United Press On tile British Front, Sept. 3. In the northern part of the b'attlo line Amer ican troops are sitting In trenches on both sides of Ypres. Signs are every whefo visible In that region that the Germans In the north aro preparing to make the best of a situation that Is rapidly growing worse. Fires wero observed last night at Vrmentleres, Warneton and smaller towns In Flanders, lighting up the eastern sky. Charge of Tanks as Seen by Airman Continued from Tnro One ment aftorward another group nc compllshed a similar maneuver high er up, nnd they, too, converged south ward upon tho road. The tank that had been Injured seemed to have lost Its power. It stuck In the mud with the trnctors churning uselessly. "I flew forward over the village and spotted a scorn of Germans run nlng back up the hill from the wood through tho comctery on tne western outskirts. I gave them a round of bullets from 50 meters, and several dropped, but tho fire from tho vil lage beyond the cemetery was very hot, and I didn't wait long. I circled back over tho canal and flew along It, raking the edge of tho wood be low where tho first battery of tanks had crossed. As I came to that point, I saw the third group mako the cross ing. One on the left ambled nbove the tank in tho mud. "Tho next time I passed, n few minutes later, they had attached u steel hawser and wero tugging him out, with shells farting all around. I saw no more there, but heard after vvnrd that they got him out all right, and both managed to reach the vil lage. "The patrol leader then signaled us to cover the village in close order as there were enemy planes above. Two tanks were on tho road at the southern end beyond tho cemetery, firing nt the villa on their left that had worried me. We co-operated, and a moment later the infantry rushed the place and went on beyond. I saw no bodies run away, so I guess the defenders had short shrift. "By this time tho French wero well established on the crest, but lighting In the houses and gardens still con tinued. "I had hardly a scratch, save for this arm disjointed. My machine was badly smashed I was lucky it didn't catch fire so I reckon by the time n new one's tuned up I'll be about ready to fly again. The surgeon said my arm would be stiff for three weeks, but I hope to get back on the Job In ten days at the oueslde." IIKI.P WANTKn M M.K SALESMEN We nrfi In need of two rral saipftmen with power and persuasion for special work: permanent position, with one ot the larirest llvest sales organizations In America, rapm aavancemeni to inoae wrto qualify cipor.-cut legitimate business op- icirtunltcs for rrn-n with foifllsht and back one: If Mm have made f.2000 a par or more rail between 10 a, m. and 4 p. m., Il-nm nnn Land Title nldg. I.AllonnitH wanted. Drehmin Paving Co . Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Kirhmond and Norrls. Appiy nearest U. 3, Employment Hureau. Hrlntf this ad wi th you BOYS in YKARS OK AOi: OR OVKR TO OPERATE DUPLICATORS J.VU PER MONTH MERCHANT RHIPHt'ILDlNG CORP U. S. 6KIPPINO HOARD E. F. CORP. HARR1.MAN, I'EN.NA. Apply nearest U. S. Emploment Office llrln this ad with vnu MAN of lexal learnlns and capacPv pro- uuction. on not '.ill. but write full ex perience In detail. MERCHANT tiHIPIlI'lLDlNG CORl' U. S. SHIPPING nOARD E. V. CORP. HAUItlMAN, PENNA Apply nearest U. S. Employment Office Hrln'-r tbls ail with vnu DRAFTSMEN l.lic-rlc.il-WV have opi-nlnc for men hnvlnsr peeral j ears' actual ex perience In this work, do not call, but write. Blvlnc full details of past experience and salary desired, MERCHANT SHII'nL'ILnlNG CORP. HARUIMAN. I'KNNA. Apply nearest U. S. Emplojment Office Rrlnt: this art with vnu ENGINEER, resident! tl, central heating Plant In Philadelphia suburbs: very de sirable surroundings 1(12 Chestnut st. Annlv liearcat U. S. Emolovmcnt Service. ' Bring this ad with ;ou J1AX AND WIFE, vvhlto; general housework Phone. Overbrook 830 W, or call 215-i llrvn Mawr ave. llala. SITUATIONS WANTT.D M M.K ACCOUNTINO-bookkeeper: 1.1 years' exp. ; evening engagements. 11 224, Led. Off. It. E. FOR RENT. Sl'IU'RHAN FOR RENT October 1st, completely uiul beautifully furnished house on one of the best residential streets of Narberth: lessor called In army service. Thono Narberth mil W. 100 Chestnut ave rwr.. BE SOLO BYTHE ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN The Property of f i - SCHOOLS FACING V MANY PROBLEMS5 Women Janitors and Fire1 J Attendants Considered Probable LOSS OF TEACHERS, TOO h Increase of Pupils Is Expected at Opening on Next Monday Slowly the Board of Education is get tine Its preliminary problems thrashed out for the opening of the public schools next Monday. f On one hand Is the expected Increase In pupils, on the other n prospect of femlnlnn tnnttnra flrn nftAHnM. .., cal workers, teachers and siipervlsors,Vl to take the places of men who hav'Ti gone to the front. mere nas neen no building of new schools this summer, and only the neces rary repairs on old buildings," explained. Superintendent of Schools Oarber. "We ' know we aro going to bo short many helpers, especially In tho clerical de partment. I don't believe we will be short of teachers, however. You see, we have a waiting list." It is supposed a number of the te rrs who entered Government vvo, during the summer will not come back. '" niKiier salaries iomp tnem, as it Is possible tho contemplated rise ln teacners- salaries win not come before 1020. Members of tho board also believe I war work may keep a good many high 1 school students from completing their courses tnis year. Only two now courses have been r ranged for In the public schools thill year, xnese win Be in penmanship and clvlc. "Tho schools," said Superintendent' Garber, "will continue their war work and every course will bo more or less affected by the war. I do not believe the new draft age limit will affect us much, because most of our men teach ers have dependent families, and few high school boys are above eighteen years old." HEATHS FOm.K. .lulv 23 in Portland. Ore., MILLER S FOULK. husband of Alice C. 1 milll TTnlnllvaa nnrl f.li.nn nl ,.! ot ........ .......... a .. ..iviiui., ,BU lllfltUO and memberi of all organizations of which he wnn a member are invMted to funeral services. Thur.. Sept. 15. 3 p. m., from his late resldenro, 3120 Sydenham st. . MONTGOMERY Sept. 2. In Danville. Pa., tiv niltomnhlle accident, MISS ELIZAHETH MONTGOMERY, sister of Mrs T Coony, Musurnve , OttTTMAN Sept. 2. at Pleasantvltle. N. T FRANIC. husband of Rose Guttman (nee Savage) Relatles end friends. K. O. A. Mercer Castle. No 23. of Pleasantvltle. N. J . nnd Perslum Society of Chelten. Pa., Invited to funeral services, Thur,. 2 p. m., nt tho parlors of E Adams. IS N. 2d St., Pleasantvlllc N J I1LACKSTONE SiHlrtnlv Sept 3. at 23T S t3th st t.Ot'IS nLACKSTONE. division engineer of 'P & R. R. Notice of funeral Inter. lll'.l.l' WANTKI FEMAI.K MOTHER'S HELPER or governess, experi enced; French preferred. Phone Overbrook s3 IV. or call 24B2 Drj-n Mawr ave.. Bala.. QIRLS wanted, about 1(1 years of age, Tn office, or largo mercantile firm; light offce duties; chance for advancement. Address V, 218 Ijedgcr Office. STENOGRAPHER, one with secretarial anil ity preferred; must bo high-grade, rapid and nccurate and with comprehension; do not rail but write, (riving full particulars. MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING CORP. V. S. SHII't'tVfl MO VHU E. F. CORP. HARRIMAN. PA. " BEAT. ESTATE WANTED WANTED TO RENT, from Sept. 15 to Oct. ir, smill furnished house or apartment near Philadelphia; state terms. P. O. Box SQ3 Rndnnr Pa PARTICULAR PEOPLE prefer 20th Century Service. Plerce-Arrow padded vans. Skilled, courteous workmen. Place sour order now before the rush season opens. riKKPROOK SANITARY 20th Century Storage Warehouse, Co. Opposite West Philadelphia Sta. Pno?ic Preston 0107 nln A. MITCHELL PALMER, ' Akn Property Cuafc vV. Jfi? ".V w I T -vsKrf. -." . .v - -., y ff, U'-... - Ifl.-,-.. a -'.. X. , J J JV " ,1--. 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