"$ffiT'iTii '' ' wt i kK ffVENINCL PUBLIC LEDE-i-PfilLADELPHlA, ' WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1918 4 J e I l fc If IS IK I' I i YM W if 1 1 U, E " fl, I 5 w !-, t Ylt- I& c'le it- n :'- jflluOlU DEFEAT LAUREN ARNOLD PROMOTED First Lieutenant Was Trained FUK BUJNMWM.L Sjiff Fight in Democratic , State Committee Today Expected "WET" ISSUE AVOIDED i i UCWOHWITAIW flTBB Rupp and Davis Arc Promi- nently Mentioned for the j Chairmanship By a Blaff Correspondent HnrrMiurR, I'a , Sept 4. "Win the nar with Wilson" is the i rally cry of tile Democratic party p'at form that the Palmer-McCormlck forces at the Democratic State Committee con ference today Is fighting to put through over the opposition of Judge Eugene C Bonnlwcll's Trtherents ' The battle ocr the temporary chair manship of the State committee btgan to take concrete form today, with pre dictions that Honnlucll nould fall to secure the election of one of his candi dates. Lawrence H Rupp, of Allentown, who has aspirations for a judgeship In Lehigh County, and Parke H Davis, of Eaiton, were favorite names for the chilrrmn ship today, nn Incoming committeemen rolled the total up to almost, the full strVngth of the State committee Van 11 ke Mentioned Another name mentioned Is that of Warren Van Djkc, secretary of the State committee, hut Van Dyke pro fessed not to take ths suggestion seri ously. Ho expressed an opinion that Rupp would be tho successful candidate to succeed Major George R McLean, of Wllkes-Barre, who, It Is understood, wltl resign because of his connection with the judge adocita genral's office of the War Department. Rupp's undoubted strength Is (signifi cant In face of notlco pencd on him by Bonnlwell Democrats tf Lehigh Count; tha ho would get no support from them in his contest for tho Judgeship The big siege guns, "tho heavy artil lery and the lighter field pieces of the Democratic party arrUed last night Vance C. McCormlck, national chairman rf the Democratic party, was among the first to reach hero. A. Mitchell Palmer, national com mlteeman, was the next to nrrlvc He wen Into conference at once at the Sen ate Hot!, where he was Joined at 8 o'clock by McCormlck. Joseph F. Ouffp leached here nt 11 o'clock, romlng'from New York city. He arrhed nt the hotel as the conference was about to conclude. Wet Inline Avoided The platform prepared by the com mittee keeps assiduously away from the "wet" Issue, It was rumored In circles close to Palmer and McCormlck, who certainly have been consulted as each plank Mas worked Into shape. Some of tho most glittering "fire works" nt the conference which began at 2 o'clock this pfternoon In the Hoard of Trade assembly room, was expected to result from denunciations of the "Fair Pla ' party, the third pa-ty started by Xionnlncll i'B a p"slLle road to lctory. The BonnIwi.il candidate for acting diilrman Is Henrv C Mies," of York, who was oerw helmed at tho spring mcet'ng of th committee "Drjs" were confint lie. would not have more than a score of otes today. With Yale Batteries Lauren Arnold, 4438 Sansom street, his been made a first lieutenant In the 'field artillery. I Lieutenant Arnold, a member of the Merlon Cricket Club, Is a graduate of Hacrford, '13, and of Yale, 1916 S He Joined the Yale Batteries In 1515, and went to Tobyhanna, Pa, for train ing. On the Batteries, being mustered out, he was sent to the Yale College .Mission, Changsha, China, to teach for I one year. A ear ago he went to Frnnce and I won a second lieutenant's commission He was ordered to an artillery training school In eastern Krince, and then was attached to the Seventeenth Regiment of United States field artillery. His regiment was ordered to the port. Sub sequently he was one of four, young officers selected from his regiment to be sent Home as instructors lie is now at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S C Lieutenant arnom is a son oi ait. ana Mrs John De Witt Arnold MARKET OPENED Nearly Fifty Farmers on Hand for City's Second Venture 4, MAY LEAD TO OTHERS RAILROADS HERE TO POOL FREIGHT New Regulation for Outgo ing Traffic in Effect Sep tember 9 TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY MESSAGE FROM FOCH WILL BE READ HERE Communication to America to Be Made Public at Lafay- V ctte Birthday Exercises Marshal Foch has sent a special mes sage to America, which will be made public here next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in connection wth exercises in Independence Square, commemorating the 161st birthday annhersary of Gen eral Lafayette. The message was ar ranged for by Ambassador Jusserand. Chic, military and naal authorities will be represented and France and America will exchange courtesies sjm bollc of their old and new alliance From the Nay Yard a battalion of singing marines and 500 sailors will come with their bands These, with G A. R. veterans, the Veteran Corps of the old First Regiment, now the 109th. In France, and the Old Guard of the old . Second Regiment, now the 108th Infau "try, will proide a martial touch to the occasion The French colony of Philadelphia, with ten different organizations, also will be present, and Colonel J. Camp- bell Gllmore. president of the citizens' committee, who will preside, sald'a rep reeentathe from the 'French embassj probably would come from Washington, bringing the cable message from Mar shal Foch. , - COAL MEN ACHIEVE GOAL Anthracite Industry Accomplishes Big Delivery Task Statistics tabulated today show that though anthracite Industry, both as to production and distribution during the first third of the coal J ear, accomplish ed the big task It set itself. Domestic sizes of anthracite were de livered either In excess of the amounts allotted to the different States, of Urtu ally equal to such allotments. ' BUSINESS MEN AT FAIR 'To increase the efficiency of the three railroads serving Philadelphia, new reg ulations governing the acceptance nnd forwarding of all freight shipped from the city In less-than-carload lots will bo put In effect on September 9 The proposed arrangement will be an exten sion of the "salllng-day plan" instituted on the lndftldual railroads -of the city some months ago Under the new rules, all of the advan tages of the original "salllng-day plan" will be retained, and will be extended by a practical pooling of the outgoing trafllc, which will be divided between the three railroads In accordance with the territory each of the lines most efflcJent- 1 V HAFI oa The Philadelphia and Reading Rail way will haul all less-than-carload traf fic to the territory lying. In a genernl way, north and northwest of the clt The Reading Railway's region will cm braco the Schuvlklll Valley the Wilkes. B-irro and Scranton districts, New York State west of the Hudson River, north ern .Yew Hngland, northern Ohio. States bordering on the Canadian line and Canada Southern Territory for II. nnd O. Tho Biltlmore nnd Ohio Railroad will hive for its territory the South and Southwest, Including the Baltimore nnd Washington districts, and the States south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers The Pennsylvania Railroad will pro vide less-than-carload service for vhat may bo broadly described as tho middle section of the country West of Phila delphia, this will Includo the Harrlsburg, Pittsburgh nnd Krle districts, embracing central and western Pennsjlvanla Be vond the western border or the State It will glvo less-than-carload service to central and southern Ohio, and to In diana and Illinois points, including Chi cago; thenco westward to the Pacific coast, covering tho central belt lying between the regions served via the t'lillidelphla and Reading Railway along the north and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on tho south Through Its lines nnd connections to tho north and northeast of Philadelphia, the Pennslnnla Railroad will nlso serve New York city, Brooklyn, Now Jersej (except certrln points assigned to tho Philadelphia and Reading Rail way). Xew York State east of the Hud son River and southern N'cw England From the Pennsjlvanla Rnllroad stations In the northern part of the city, service will also be provided for points south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and also southwestern -points In the Balti more and Ohio Rifflroad territory. This provision Is made to meet the conveni ence of shippers In the northern part of the cit where the Baltimore, and Ohio Railroad has no stations Fourteen 'ones Here In working out tho plan the freight stations In the city of Philadelphia will be divided Into fourteen zones To equalize the service among the different sections of the city, the 'sailing days" for various specified destinations will be rotated between the various zones. A consolidated shipping day guide for all three railroads Is Ibclng prepared and will be Issued to the public In a few das. It will set forth from what stations of the city cars will leave for various destinations; also the davs and hours at which the cars will "sail" The traffic will move along well defined lines, resulting In-concentratton of the ship ments, thus securing maximum, loads to all destinations By this arrangement the carriers will be enabled to establish through service to approximately 1500 destinations After Closing Hour Hucksters May Purchase Remain ing Stocks Philadelphia's second curb market opened today In Lehigh avenue, east of Kensington. nearly fifty farmers, with wagons loaded with fruits and vegetables, were on hand when the market opened at 7 a m The new market will be con ducted twice weekly Wednesdays and Thursdavs, from 7 am. Until noon. The success of the first curb market, In College avenue west of Ridge avenue, resulted In the opening of tho second, and upon the success of the latter ven ture depends whether the food admin istration will have other markets open ed A feature of the new market Is that nfter closing hours tho farmers will be permitted to sell their remaining stock to hucksters, who will dispose of It to housewives on their various routes Large crowds attended today's mar ket, many women carrying homo two baskets of fruits and vegetables Peaches and tomatoes were sold in large quantities for preserving purposes The College avenue market continued Its success yesterday, and many farmers disposed of their entire stock In nn hour Prices were In almost every Instance considerably lower than those asked b) retail dealers throughout the cltv. Some of the prices quoted were as follows Pears, 60 cents to Jl per basket, five eighths bushel; peaches, 85 cents to $1 25 per five-eighths bushel basket, corn, 35 cents to 60 cents per dozen ; joIIoh tomatoes, 75 cents per flvc-clghths bushel basket; cooking npples, 40 cents to 60 cents flvc-eighths bushel; eating apple, 75 cents to $1 flve-elghths bushel; sweet potatoes, $1 25 five-eighths bushel White potatoes, 90 cents to Jl 25 bas ket , cabbage, 5 cents per head ; cucum bers three for 10 cents; cantaloupes, four and six for 25 cents; raspberries 15 cents per pint; beets, R cents per bunch ; peppers, 15 cents to 20 cents per dozen ; onions, 30 cents half peck. ENDS LIFE IN RIVER Robert Stein, thlrt -eight years old of 3408 Helen street, committed suicide bv Jumping Into the Delaware itlver at the foot of Allegheny avenue Stein's father tiled a jear ago and it Is believed despondency caused his act When he was arrested Inst ChrlRtrnv eve on the charge of speeding In an nu tomohlle he tried to hang himself nt the Fifteenth District station house, accord ing to the police Three months ago his sister died ENEMY ALIENS PAROLED Germans and Austrmns Released to Work at Brick Making Seven Germans and one Austrian, de tained at the Gloucester Immigration Btatlon, were paroled today to a brlcK maklng firm near Altoona The paroles were the first under the order of Director Camlnettl, Bureau of Immigration, that enemy aliens, the charges againrt whom are not too seri ous, may be paroled that the country may have the benefit of their labor. , 'The End of the War" A remarkable booklet The thought and belief of millions powerfully and brilliantly expressed All who ha glen time money or kin ahouM read nnd pnflsess this work. LIMITED EDITION. Sold bv subscription only. Price prepaid 60 cents SEND FOR IT TODAT. TUB VMVEBNAI rUMMHIIKNO CO. tluakertown. lo. Si School of Airplane Construction For Men and, Women Fall Term All Classes Day and Evening Opens September 9th Four practical Intently coursea to prepare you for the moat eaientlalv war work FACTOBY MECHANICS tralna for shop(wjrk In wood and metal. F1EID MECHANICS for position 'n (round dlvliloa or anembly department, , DETAIL DRAFTlNd Fundamental! tlioroushly taut-ht. MOTOR CONSTRUCTION' Assembly and Bench Work on airplane and automobile ensinea A Present Service to Your Country A Future' Atsurane et a Gootf Paying Poiitlon to Yourself K .A. wintl tlfVADUlVtAV aTTftl V U7VIW At nunwm t i w Member of United BoPy tinrl Families Frolic nt Bytrry Members of the IJnlted Buslnfoj Men's Association are frolicking today at the Philadelphia County r'alr. nt Uyberry. IJvery member of the association that could get , awny Is at the fnlr and nearly every member "got away. Wives and 'kiddles' are there, too, en Jolng all the thlrujs that go to make up a county fair. It was a "get-together" affair for the members, and many who had not seen each other since list fair-time met nnd clasped hands Automobiles and spo ilal trains look the crowd to the grounds Members of associations affiliated with the United Business Men's Associa tion united with the parent organltatlon in making the day a success WAR HITSCHARITY BOARD Director De Schweinit. Tells Needs to Rotarians at Lunch Methods employed by the Society for Organized Charities to reach the needj were explained to the Tlotary Club nt luncheon today In the Adelphla Hotel by Carl de Schwclnltz, dlrectof of the so ciety. The Increased expenses of the sodetv In view of the ndvanced prices of every dav necessities also were discussed At the .present the soclctv cares for only 60 per cent as man cases hs ne fore the war, but the expenses have nevertheless Increased During 1917 and this vear the society spent $40 000 more than for the two years previous Hotarv Night will be celebrated at Willow Orovo this evening Members o tho club nre urged In the official cat. to hang down the top of their desks at i '45 o clock and speed on to the park In addition to a feast, there will be music Following a dinner there will be a reception to lieutenant Sousa, whose bind Is dispensing an all-Allied program this week at Willow Grove 'FRIENDS OF KAISER EXAMINED' Opcn-Air Orators Arrested and Quizzed by U. S. Agents Two open-air oreators whi. boasted of their friendship with the Kaiser were examined this nfternoon by agents of the Department of Justice The men wero arrested last night while speaking at Sixth street nnd Ol rnnl nvenue. They gave their names hr Charles Ilosen nnd Iouls Schkk, Seventh and Spring CJarden streets The prlsoiurs, regarded as alien ene mies failed to register In their speeches. It is said, thev declared the Kaiser was coming to deliver the world Thev also distributed circulars announc ing the coming of the Lord Department of Justice agents suspect the men are feigning Insanity 800 SELECTED MEN GO TO GEORGIA CAMP Relatives Cheered Soldiers From North and West Philadelphia More than 800 selected men from North and West Philadelphia left for lnK rark avenue B6 ' No Camp Greenleaf, Oa, today, and they were given a cheering send-off bv hun dreds of relatives and friends The embrvo soldiers entrained .if North Philadelphia and the Baltimore ana unio naiiroin stations streets, 27 men ; board No 12, Front and Diamond streets, 47: No 13, Eighth and Jefferson streets, 41; No 14, 4431 Main street, Germantown, 4B; No 24, road and Dauphin streets, 27 i No 25, Twenty-sixth and York street. 28 j No 26, Twenty-eighth nnd Oxford streets, 19 , No 28. Pifth and Collins streets, 74 No 2", Twentieth and Berks strets, 28; No 30, R39 livst Allegheny avenue, 21 j 'o 36, Park and Lehigh avenues, 40; No 37, Twenty -second street and Hunt- 38, Twenty- necond street and Hunting Park avenue. 15, No 43, York road and Nedro street, 32; No 44, 3167 Germantown avenue, 21 , No 50, Nineteenth and Oxford streets, 20. These delegations went from the West Many delegations wore accompanied Phil idelphl i boards by bands and neighborhood orc-vnlza- i Board No 3:. Sixty -third street and lions, assuring enough enthusiasm to send them over the lop with bravo hetrts The delegitlon from North Philadel phia numbering 671 men. left at 10 40 The draft boards represented nnd the number of men follow Local bo ird No in Front and Master Lansdowne avenue, 42, No 33, Sixtieth nnd Market streets, 44, No 41, Fiftieth street nnd Chester avenue, 37; No 42, Slxtv -fifth street and Woodland avenue 50, No 46, Forty -eighth street and Lam. ister avenue, 63; No 48, Fifty seventh ami Spruce streets, 18; No 49, Fifty -fifth and Pine streets, 21. BalexBanks andBiddleCo. Seasonable Gifts , in Glass Iced. Tea Glasses Ice Cream Glasses Lemonade Glasses Fruit Plates Salad Plates Grape Juice Qlasses Etahed Engraved and Gold Border Patterns BusinessHours 10am 43opm J E- Oldwell Sf - . JEWELERS-SILVERSMITHS DIAMONDS BOUGHT Any slie or qanntltv. Will call anywhere within 200 mllea. pjiom: po pi.au ssis U A A C ls North 10th Street nVO Philadelphia Warner Auto Trailers Two and Four Wheel Type V Ton to 7 Tons Capacity INSTANT nnMVERT JOHN W. ADAMS, Distributor 1427 Melon Street DAY AMI MdllT SKKV It'K H at whatever hour -ti telephone H rail brings prompt rraponne. The beat aervlce of trained ex- I pert and flriit-rlana equipment H nre nlnayn yntirN. ( YOUR DESIRES REGULATE THE H Diamond CfKT Uinmoml H 79 v J 7439 ' MB (6o2 DIAMOND STJMhI i The engagement ring Assurance Of Superior Quality, However Moder. ate The Price Paid, Is A Most Grati. fying Condition When Purchasing The Lifelong Sym bol Of Deepest Sentiment. BUSINESS HOURS TEN UNTIL FOUR-THIRTY Correspondent tnd Statistician Wanted by local brokerage house; draft exempt. Write experience, former connections, qualifications and salary expected in first letter for appointment. Address F 643, Ledger Central Military and Engineering Training for Men 17-21 To meet the present military needs the Government has Iow eied the draft limit from twenty one to eighteenyears. Officers are needed and will be secured to a considerable degree from those institutions in which have been organized the Students' Army Training Corps. Enlist in the Students' Army Training Corps at DREXEL The Engineering Courses to be given during the year 1918-1919 at the Drexel Institute will be under the guidance and supervi sion of the War Department. Tuition the same as in former years. All students taking' these course? are soldiers in the United States Army, receiving private's pay and allowance for subsist ence. Students are classified accord ing to age. On the day appointed for class, the Government tests the students as officer material. Courses commence October 7. Write at once for information and enrollment blank. For the oflclal bullrlln detcriblno iri courses in full apptu to The Registrar DREXEL INSTITUTE " IIOI.l IS fiODFRK Se. D Kn. It.. I.I. D t'.Il.I... President Philadelphia, fa. 4EPure service 'i Open 9.30 A. M. to 5 P. M. Mann & Dilks U02 CHESTNUT STREET 5wP Tyrol Wool Girls' and Misses' Suits For School or Seminary 24.75 26.75 Also Top Coats, 24.75 There is nothing as Wearable, Serviceable or as good looking as Tyrol Wool "It will do everything the dictator wills it shall do. Ready at precisely the second you are. "Economical, yes; but even its great economy is secondary to the im provement in the character and effectiveness of our letters. "The Mail Pocket, tying up the dicta tec) cylinder to the individual dictator and assuring him intelligent per sonal service on his mail, alone makes The Ediphone System the one- lqgical system to produce Bet- ter Letters" , (Quoted from the statement of one of the thousands of Ediphone users listed byname j and business in our book "STABILITY." Th Edipfroi flUahlaBt V 4 aasaaraV InsUlled by G. M. AUSTIN 103S Cheats Strtwt Ask fur VijoVt lUttsr IMltrt itagathu Perry's Final Farewell Sale of $25, $28, $30 Spring and Summer Suits at the One Uniform Price $20 And not one of them can be replaced to sell at $25, $28 or $30 today! 1 As a matter of fact, we could hold them and realize their full regular prices on them. Instead of doing that, we are giving our friends and customers a chance and a FINAL, one to get a Perry $25, $28, or $30 Spring and Summer Suit at the , One Uniform Price $20 J Single - breasted models, double breasted models; bluish and grayish mixtures; cassimeres, wool crashes, chev iots, and flannels - some quarter lined with silk, some half lined, and some medium weights suitable to wear for a couple of months to come! Here Are Good Bargains in Tropical Suits Palm Beaches, $7.50 to $15 But only large sizes at $7.50 "Breezweve," $10 and $12 Mohair Suits, $12 to $25 ' Striped Outing Trousers Were $6.50 and $7.50 Now $5 and $6 ' & n TI ff ryx " Duy rrui auuuiys oiamps f Philadelphia is behind its quota! PERRY & C "N. B. T." 16th and Chestnut Stri tf ,-j. i 9 ri A -i3 ti '5. itrl '3 ?T11 avaVaVraVBBBW -y,5 , "' nm MiQMnirv - jimum un rnvln - lnl.".u - "' 4-T-. fliHUi .l&'$i if r m .if iwi , v t . i rCM! iWhMrt 313S. ay: , V , . . ft "r it a , .TIittm 4,ct w, '. ' v , r ry . ,1k. I 'Aft. A. l.jT r - ltt tt 4saflMfBUjB& iKfea,.-ajJlalBBaaBlHBBB&L.A . .
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