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i H r J.., I COCdll ADMITS Hli 1SLEWCRUGERGIRL Hew York Italian Confesses "When Quizzed at Bologna, Police Learn SECRET SERVICE IN HUNT i ROME, June 23. "" ,The confession of Alfredo Cocchl that fc had murdered Ruth Crujrcr In New TfVk early In February was formally rifortcd to American Ambassador Page from Bologna today. i .'Ik view of the request of the United States Government for extradition, J P'a'gc was preparing official papers to 1 sh an end for submission to the Ital- iri Ministry of Justice. NEW "YORK. June 23. Alfredo Cocchl, proprietor of the motor ffel ahop where the body of seventeen-year-0.4 Ttuth Crug-er waa found, has confessed thai he attacked nnd killed tho girl, the police were Informed In a dispatch from Bbtojna, Italy. Cocchl In under arrest nt Sotorna. The frail text of Cocchl's confeiclon Id ipected before night. The news from Bologna came'as a distinct surprise. The police bad been Informed In earlier dls- ' jafches that Cocchl had protested his In IKKience and had retained a lawyer to 1 fight extradition. Since he has confcal ' it Is believed the Italian Government will place no obstacles In the way of his re- 1 ttjlrn to New York to face trial. Cocchl was employed as a mechanic when found In Hologna He flrM said lie left New York because of trouble with his wife, and denied any connection with I'uth Cruger's disappearance. Tho news that the, missing girl's body had been dug up In, the' cellar of his shop plainly startled tirn, and he appeared greatly depressed the early dispatches said The Importance which the flnverninent attaches to the disclosures was v lilfncci' by the fact that William .1 Klvnn. chief of the. United States Secret Service, has taken charge of the investigation here Chief Flynn Is delving Into the t-tory of white slave traffic told by Mli t'onsuelo La. Rue, the girl who was mysteriously at tacked by two men after she had made Im portant revelations In tho Cruger mystery. Though the Federal authorities are main taining absolute secrecy. It Is reported that Miss La Hue was investigating the. Inter national white. slave tralllc as tho seciet " agent of a South American Government when she was attacked In tier apartment It Is known that khe has received large uma of money, and that Joe A. Del Campo, a Latin-American consul, has been making Inquiries about her condition Del Campo refured to glvo an Information about Miss La Hue. except to Bay that "she comes from one of the best families in Argentina." Police Magistrate Koenlg early today Is ued a warrant for the arrest of a man al leged to belong to a gang that kidnapped young girls and sold them to resorts ill South America. This man nnd his asso, elates are held responsible for tho attempt on Miss La Hue's life. The man Is wanted on an abduction charge. A sixteen-year-old girl, who dls. appeared, was last seen In his evinpapy. Federal authorities have Information that the girl was sold into 11 house In llucnoa Aires. Spurred on by bitter criticisms of their handling of tiro Cruger case, the police are making strenuous efforts to connect Cocchl with this International band of white slavers and to arrest tho gang leaders. Two more girls who were subjected to Insults by Cocchl were found last night Cocchl and his associates systematically plotted the ruin of young schoolgirls, the police are now convinced, planning to ship them to Latin-American countries after they bad teen disgraced. Henry D. Cruger. father of the murdered girl, will be tho principal witness when Commissioner of Accounts Wallsteln re sumes the Inquiry Into police activities In the Cruger case Monday. Cruger, It Is rumored, will make sensational charges gainst the police The Inquiry thus far has developed that the police arrived nt an early conclusion that Iluth Cruger had gone away with a man and virtually abandoned work on the case after reaching that decision. DOCTOR CONDON LOCKED IN MERCER COUNTY JAIL Alleged Murderer of James Piper Brought to Trenton, N. J., From Tennessee TRENTd.V, June 23. Hecause the Mid dlesex Cotfnty" Jail at New Brunswick is undergoing reconstruction and Is considered Inadequate, Dr. W. 3 Condon, of New Brunswick, the alleged murderer of James Piper, was brought to this city today nnd was lodged In the Mercer County Jail hero. A requisition for Condon was Issued a few days ago by Governor Kdge on the Gover nor of Tennessee. Condon arrived hero shortly after 12 o'clock and was taken In an nutoinobllu to the jail, where he was locked In 11 cell without preliminary hearing. Ho was ac companied from Chattanooga. Ton 11 . where he was arrested, by Middlesex County De tective Richard Peltlar, who went after him armed with Governor I'dgo's requisition, and by Detective Harry Law-son. of Chatta nooga. Condon appeared to be calm and took his Incarceration In the jail without any out ward sign of perturbance. BERLIN PLANNED U-BOAT BASE ON MEXICO'S COAST Scheme to Attack American Shipping From This Side Frustrated by Carranza Officials NEW YOrtK, June 23 That Oermany planned to establish a submarine base on the east coast of Mexico for U-boat opera tions against tho United States was learned here today. The scheme was blocked, however, by the vigilance of Mexican ofllclals, who were i determined that Mexico's strict adherence to neutrality should not be violated. From a reliable source It was learned , that Hckhardt, the German Minister to Mexico, planned to purchase a ranch from : Mexicans In the Mexican State of Tama- , taupls. on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico , The Germans, It was said, wanted a place Jar Matamoroa or Brownsville, where they euld establish, when necessary, a subma- . line base. Opportune intervention by Car- t jwnza, officials, who had gottenvvlnd of th plain, foiled the tlermans' scheme. Dynamite Coat Higher at Alines JUZLETON. Pa.. June 23. Anthracite atnpanle nd stripping contractors re- ved notice of another advance In - price of dynamite, making the fourth ce the war began. More explosives are ng used In the mines just now than at "Mir timo in the history of the Industry, wine to the demand for fuel, ' Acre frf Spinach Going to Waste JfOOBESTOWN. N J-. June 23.. Hun 40s of acres of spinach are going to yeiati on loft lrna in ujih bcvwuii vn au nt of ft I0K pi marKet anq picKtrs. have Bfcen .pnKM to oujr ntir a mn n o or w, Flour Sold at $200 a Barrel In Greece ATHENS, June 23. TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS for n barrel of flourl Thnt price, rrnid by n wealthy Greek, shows how acute the food shortage 13 in Greece. The Allies arc taking steps to remedy it. MEMORIAL CHURCH TO BE DEDICATED Building at 57th Street and Washington Avenue, the Gift of Craig N. Ligget The new church erected for the Ninth Presbyterian Church nt Fifty-seventh street nnd Washington avenue by Craig N Llggct In memory of his son. John D Taggart Llgget, will be dedicated tomorrow morning The ceremony will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. John Axford Hlggons. pastor of the church, nnd tho dedicatory sermon will be preached by the Rev. Dr. George N Luc cock, now of Wooster, O, who was for merly pastor of the Chicago church with which Mr. Llggefs son wns connected, and the evening KArrnon will be preached b.' tho Rev Dr. David S Kennedy, editor of the Presbyterian. The Ninth Cmirrli was located at Six teenth and Hansom street for nearly three quarters of a century, and for nearly a quarter of a century before that held serv ices at other downtown location. The new buildings of Gothic design built of granite and trimmed with limestone The Interior Is finished In hardwood throughout, the celling being of the open-truss type I no seating capacity Is 800 In the basement are two large rooms for classes In Illble dtuily. accommodating about 70" Tim new building completes the group that will be In use by the Ninth Church Mr Llggel has been 3- (Mr, ,.f the chinch fur mote than t went v -five ve.irs Sundav school superintendent for morn than tlility veais .1 member or . fainllj tin 11.. nent lii the rluin h hltorv His place of business. Robert Llgget & ' Meel nnd iron. Is Tblileenth street Just above Arch. In which lot'iilltv, was the first building used by the Ninth Church CONSCIENCE FIXES PRICE, POTATODEALER ASSERTS Will Rate Go Up? Well, Nobody Seems to Know About That Commission merchants of this cltv. nilved today about the reported further It.creaso In the price of potatoes next week, declared It was Impossible to predict any rise or fall in tho market and that they were governed merely by the supply and demand. Various causes were given by the com mission men for the latet advance In price. Some blamed It on the dry weather of last July Others bald the railroads wero short of car, 'hat the available supply was being used to feed the army and navy or that the Inrrcateil acreage planted this year resulted In a great demand for potatoes as seed. All agreed that the present crop was good Toe wholesale pint of potatoes Is now $10 50 a barrel for the best, and as low as 51 11 barrel for reo-nds. for which the con sumer pays twenty-five cents a quarter peck Virtually all the potatoes In the markets of this city are shipped from tho South. Shipments from New Jersey will start In a few weeks. "How do you know what price to ask for vour stuff?" was asked of one wholesaler. "(lur consciences tell us." he said. "We get whatever we can." he added without a pause. "Sometimes wc make fifty cents, sometimes $3 on n barrel Not long ago we made $1800 on three carloads." The branch of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture In this city reported delay in rail shipments to Phlladcphla. Sixty carloads a day Is tho normal con sumption. DELAY CALLING GUARD INTO FEDERAL SERVICE Original Plans Would Work Injustice to Many Officers, It Is Believed WASHINGTON, June 23 Drafting of the National Guard Into the Federnl armies for war service may be delayed until Au gust 5, because It has been found that under the present plans for drafting the Guard in three increments July lfr July 25 and August 0. tho relative rank of Its olllcers would be established on an unfair basis. Tho national defense act provides that National Guard officers shall take rank as of the dato of draft The additional time gained by postpon ing the draft until August 5 would bo val uable to the department in making ready the divisional camp sites at which the State forces will be mobilized and also would permit the assembling of additional equip ment for the troops. The desires of various parts of tho country ns to the time when the Guard shall have been assembled have been con flicting. The department has received nu merous requests, on the one hand, for early drafting of forces from some States, mem bers of Congress Btatlng that the troops were ready and eager for tho call, while from other sections, notably agricultural regions, requests for delay have come, as the loss of tho number of men Involved during harvest period might create a labor shortage. Drops Dead After Playing Golf Henry Pascball Dixon, who was In the heater and range business nt 1313 Arch street for more than thirty years, dropped dead from apoplexy as he was returning to the Springhavn County Club House after a game of golf on Thursday. Mr IMjum was seventy-one years old He was a member of tho Union league, Philadelphia Country Club. Hose Tree Hunt Wilmington Coun try Club nnd Sprlnghaven Country Club. HEALTH BISCUITS Assist the liver to act regu larly, thus preventing bilious at tacks and headaches. . RELIEVE CONSTIPATION Never use medicinal laxatives for constipation. Correct the cause of the trouble. Strengthen your digestion by eating this laxative food, Children love them. CONTAIN NO MEDICINE At all drug and ne p. grocery stores . vu a A t-B or direct from Dr. Von's Health Biscuit Co., ttlS-ZO Market St., 1'bUadtlphU. Pa. Jccommoufdl by rhyticlans EVENING LEDGEtt-PHILAPELPHIA, SATURDAY; JUNE 23, 1017 LA RUSSIA SI MUOVE VERSO LWENSIVA La Gormnnia Ha Gia Trasfcrito Divisioni dalla Frpnto Occidcn- talc a Quella Oricntale ATTACCIIERA' IN GALIZIA? ROMA, 23 Giugno. II Ministero della Gucrra annuncia chc ncH'ofrensiva dl martcdl scorso con. tro le posizloni ntiatrlaclic dcll'Ortignra, nel sctjorc di Asiago, gli italianl cat lurarono quattrn cannoni.1.1 mitrnglla trici, un migliaio di fucili cd una grande quantita' di matcrlnle da gucrra di ognl gencre. Altro materiale cd armi cat turate rimangono ancora da contare. IIOMA. 2.1 Giugno VI sono oggl Indlcaslonl 'h le forre russe stannn per rlprendere se imn propria una uffeti!la contro gll Imperl ccntrall. al ineno 1 nttegglamento ostlle eho dee pure Klere a qualclu cosn. ail alleggerlre le form trdesche ed nuntrl.11. lie sulle fruntl ill Kranrla e d'ltnlla A Vienna e" stato annunclato che negll ultlml tro glornl I'attivlta' delle urtlgllerle russe. compiee quelle dl grosso eallbro. e' and.ita aumentatido sulU fronte dell.i Gallzia. II che mostra die I russl liannu nutnerus batterle, ubbondantl munltlonl o buoiia vclonta' dl nttaccaro Herllno an nuncia pure attlvlta delle batterle msse nel i-eltoro dl Lutxrk c Costantlnopoll parla ill attlvlta' da parte del iiissi nel settoro ill Krzlngan, nel Caucaeo So I iusl stanno per premere dl nuovo sulle loro frontl di battaglla. U staglone estiva atluale d-ira" aurora inline offensive e nuove vlttorle da parte drgll alleatl deirintesa Oral da Loiulrn letin la nntizla lie i pateci'hle division! tedesrhe che furono tolte dalla fronte rusa ilopo la rlvoluzlonc cotitrlbulrono ad arrestare I'orfrrmlin anglo frnncco sono state ilmandate alia fronte orlentale Noli e' Imposslhlle se I russl st nostroranno plu' attlvl che rmn in quesli ultlml meal, che trlr,--hl ,sl austilail slano costrettl a trasfem,' buntia pint delle dlilslnnl urn 1 ul nv,voii f.itm fmnte alio offensive di llnlg e di I'admn, Certo e ancou Imposiblle dire in quale misuiu la rlorganlzrazluMc dell eserrlto russu e' stata nnipluta dnpn la ilvnluzione, nia senibra ie molto si e gia falto, e sembra che le truppe della Gall7la e della Pololila slano bene organlZJntu v discipli ning, nun toln, m.i abblano una stlina. llllmltntn del genernle HrusllolT die 1'aiino HcnrM) illede loro la vlttorla e 1 he ora ' cmnatid.inte In capo ill tutte le foize russe. Hccii II testo del rapporto del generate Cadom.i pubbllrato leri sera ilal Ministero della Gucrra clri.i l uperazionl del "D con ente- Nella glornata ill lei I 20 Giugno nel settore della valle Costcan.i-Ampezzo noi fucemmo csplodeie una potente mlna din era stata scavata con nnormn dllllcolta' sotto lo sperotie del Lagazuol Piccolo l.'nsploslone fece saltare la poslzlone e dlstrusse la guarnlglone austrlaca Sublto dopo 1'osploslone le nostre truppe nlplne, nppogglato dall'artlgllcila, 0011 quistarono con un brlllanle attaccu la sommlta' della Quota 2068. Mil Laga zuol Piccolo, c vl si stablllrono salda mente. Sill rlmanento della fronte si sono avute soltanto le polite nzlonl di nrtlgllerla. I'n telegramma da Amsterdam dice che 11 prcsldente del Conslgllo austrlaco Clam Jlartlnlc non e' rlusclto a formare II nuovo gablnetto ed ha cblesto all'lmperatoro Carlo dl lncarlcare qualche altro pcrsonagglo dl formare II gablnetto Clo' mostra che la 'tuazlono polltlca In Austria e' tuttora serla. La caduta del gablnetto Clam fu dovuta all'opposlzlone dell'clcmento polacco che recentcmente si rlbello' nel Rclchsrath e rlfluto' dl votare per I credltl mllltarl Race with the Hare Hunt with the Hounds You can in your Peerless Eight for it has two separate and distinct power ranges that give it a "dual personality." The U. Jtojdfingr Mjane In Its "loafing" range you may "race with the hare." You have the nimble "getaway" for quick acceleration at all speeds, you have the soft, smooth, pur ring motor that will winrTit8 way through traffic taking the slow crawl or the swift spurt, or the smooth, even gait every thing required in ordinary driving with the utmost grace and distinction. You would imagine that the car was de signed and built onfy for that kindof work nnd to utterly excel in it. In ordinary driving itperforms entirely in it8"loafing" range at half rations, using fuel so spar ingly 03 to shame many a six of less, power even many a four. Let us demonstrate what it means to drive a car ca pable of almost unbelievable contrasts of performance, a car that will maximize your pleasure yet minimize your expense. Girard Automobile Company 2314-16-18 CHESTNUT STREET PHONE BELL, SPRUCE 1446 The Peerless Motor Car Co.,' Cleveland. Ohio $3,000,000 CAMP FOR CITY TROOPS New York Concern Gets Contract for Cantonment at Annapolis Junction SPEEDING UP DUCK MILLS Ptl o Rtoff Correspondent WASHINGTON. June 23 Construction of the cantonment at Ann apolis Junction. Md , where all of the Phila delphia and Pittsburgh men who are drafted Into the military service of the I'nlted States will be trhlned. Is to begin within the next few das. The War Department toda announced the award of the contract for building the cantonment to Smith. Hauser. and M F Isaac, of New York, thercbv turning down local contractors who had attempted to get the work The 1 onstrmtlon of more than 1100 build ings the laving of miles of sewer nnd the building of roads In the cantonment will cost more than $3,000,000 The contractor will receive 1 per cent profit on the cost of Isbor and materials, making a pioflt of JJ10.000 on a $1,000,000 contract It Is estimated that the net profit will be only half thnt, thn other $10ri.000 e-olng for over bead expenses Between .1000 and 600a men will be employed In constructing the 'uarrarks Most of the barracks will be two Horles high housing 200 soldiers earh There will be thirty-three men to a room In these buildings I'nllke the one-story tunnel shaped barracks constructed at the ofllrets' ttalnlng camps, the kitchen anil mess hall will be attached to the sleeping quarters At the oltlcers' training famps the cotn panv kltihens are sepatated Another change Is that the soldiers ate not to sleep on double-deck beds, one mnii sleeping above the other, the Surgeon Gen eral's office maintains that such a housing ortnngenient Is lnanltai All of the men will sleep on the same level ,,n individual J lion bul The last step In a long series of negotia tions diiei'ted tjivard speeding up tho (quipping of cantonments foi a million men has been completed by the Committee on Supplies, of the Council of National De fense Sl weeks ago It Is made known, flftv million Minis of iliult for tents, mutnitiuck covpiliiKs. hgglugs, baveis.icku and other equipment were needed at once by the Government The duik mills of the entire (Oiintrv were unable to pioduce more than twenty million v arils befoie the first of next Junutirv The remaining thirty million jards needed the Committee of Supplies uncle t tool, to get by encouraging manu f:u Hirers who were iiuiKing catpets and otliei Kinds of cotton teitlles to turn their plants to making duck Ilundieds of looms were changed and builders' stocks were altered so extensively that many mills without facilities for making .varns en countered a serious shortage of them It therefore became necessaiy lo obtain the o-oper.ttlon of the makeis of arn 111 order to avoid sharp rlhes In prices and the disarrangement of existing Govern ment prices for duck, which would occur if the Government went Into the market for the sixteen million pounds of hard cotton yarn needed, the Committee on Supplies asked the yarn makers to mobilize their forces to help the mills A jam committee has been organized at a meeting of rep resentatives of twenty major spinning manufacturers and dealers This com mittee, composed of Andrew S. Webb, of Philadelphia, chairman ; W. It. Moore, of Yorkvllle, S C , and J. A Mandevllle. of Carrollton, Gn., with ofllces In New York city, will be charged with the entire respon sibility of adjusting the yarn supply to the needs of the mills. "All that the name implies' 99 AMERICAN COMMERCE MAKES NEW RECORDS Exports and Imports for May Total Huge, Sums, Despite ' U-Boivt Activity WASHINGTON. June 23. More new records for American com merce were hung up during May and for the twelve months ending with May, It was announced 'at the Department of Commerce this afternoon Hxports fo: the month were valued at $551,000,000 nearly $21. 000.000 more than In April. For the ear ending in May tho total was $U. 18.1,000,000. the largest In the hlstorv of the country. Imports during May totnled $281,000,000. making It he greatet single month In this respect on record. In spite of submarine activity For the vear ending In , May, Imports totaled $2. 600.000.000 Seventy ono per 1 ent of Imports entered free of duty In Mav and CO 1 for the ear Gold linpnits In Muv were $52 000,000 and exports $58 nou.ooo. mostly drawn by Japan, Spain nnd Mexho Net Imports for the ear weie $77ii 11OO nflft ALLEGED GAS-SAVING DEVICE FOUND DELUSIVE Its Inventor Arrnipned on Charge of Falsp Preten.se nnd Impersonating Federal Officer Smile- ami handshakes weie passed about aiming the ship's company aboard the power launch Absalom D III the belief that the bsalom D was running on eight cent kerosene Instead of twenty-slx-cent gas This would have been due to the new carburetor Installed bv Harold II. Montague. If It had only been true but In renlltv, so 'tis said, there wns a steady flow of gaso line running Into the laihuretor That was the secret part of Montagues Inven tion. It wns testified before I'nlted States Commissioner Long tod.iv when Montague was anolgned on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses nnd Imper sonating a Federal olflcei The Federal iiiflcer Montague was accused vf Impersonating Is 'submarine Inspector ' It said so on the large badge he showed the launch's ownei at the time he Hist men tioned his new fuel-saving Invention The badge bore the words "Submarine ,Itispectm No I. Chief of Construction. Hvdro Sub marine Corporation " Montague, it wjs testified, sold the al leged carburetor to Rodney Morlson, assist ant secretary, treasurei and general man ager of the West Jeisey Sand and Gavel Companv, for use on board Mr Moilson's boat On the trial trip everything went smoothly until It was found that nn Incon spicuous pipe admitted gasoline Into the carburetor and that the engine wns using about the usual quantltv Montague, who lived nt 20.12 Arch street, was held unile $500 ball No Wage Increase for Schoolteachers NORTH WALKS, Pa . June 2.1. North Wales fchoolteachers will not be granted the 20 per cent Increase In salary asked for In personal letters sent to each school direc tor last week. The school board claims It cannot grant the request with tho funds available. Last year's snlarles amounted to about $7000. Several of the teachers have signed contracts for the coming term while others arc still undecided what action to take In the matter W. C. T. U.s "Safety-First" Poster The Philadelphia W C. T V has placed an order with the Hlllpostlng Company of Philadelphia for fifty large posters, with Inscriptions such as "Safety First Means No Alcohol. Kven Moderate Drinking Means Slower Thinking." The placards are on exhibition at 1703 Arch street, In charge of Ml3s Gertrude Pennington, who superin tends their distribution The Spdirfimr ft jtJXMgrer But when you want to "hunt with the hounds" you have o brute of a car ready to pace the best of the pack. You have only to open your throttle wider to call upon your "sporting" range and utterly change the character of your motor. That same softly purring motor now utters o deep growl of brute power. No ordinary car can hold with you now. You have unleashed eighty horsepower on full rations and few indeed are the cars that can contend with you only the few that ore built especially for thundering Bpced and prodigious feats of power without re gard for the gentler virtues which tlio Peerless exhibits in its "loafing" range. WOMEN PLEDGE WAR ON VICE IN CAMPS Association of College Alumnae Plans Campaign of Sup pression 1 . One hundred thount.d women all over the country have pledged themselves to take active measures to suppress vice li the army and navy training camps. The As sociation of College Alumnae Is responsible for the movement, according to Mm. Wil liam I Hull, of Swarthmore She wus one of the originators of tlio plan and has called upon every women's organization In the clt.v to further Its success. "The conditions In .Mexico last summer were Intolerable." said Mrs Hull, "and the situation In Knglntid Is appalling. It re mains for the good women of tho land to see that nothing of the sort occurs bote We nie going to appeal to Washington, ask ing the men In authority to take steps to establish p afety zone around the camps and lo establish moral sanitation. "We have adopted resolutions, and we have asked every women s organization to adopt them also and send them to President Wilson the Secretary or War, the medical section of the Council for National Defens, R. I). Fosdick chairman of the Commission of Trailing Camp Actlvllles the Women's Advisory Committee Council of National Defense. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, chair man. and Governors of each State "It Is unthinkable that dissolute women should exist In the neighborhood of the enmps, or that liquor should lie sold In the vicinity "I'nlcss laws arc made and enforced our boys will be exposed to tho worst sort of temptations There Is no time to be lost We want these measures passed befote any mole camps are established" The Philadelphia branch of the Woman's Suffrage party experts to Hdopt the lesu lutlon at Its meeting on Monday. 1 GHEKCK HARD HIT Y U-BOATS Submarines Sink One-Fifteenth of Na tion's Tonnage in Three Months WASHINGTON. June 2.1 German sub marines nre taking a heavy toll of Greel; shipping An olllclal report to the Stale De partment today stated that nearly one-fifteenth of the entire Greek tonnage has heou sent to tho bottom III the last three month Since Apt II 12 ships representing a ton nage of 31,542 have been torpedoed and sunk by German and Austrian tT-boats The ships nie valued nt $4,592,000 The latest blow was tho sinking of the Nestoe. of 4000 tons, loaded with grnln. Seventeen Taken in Crap ttnme Haiti Seventeen men were arrested In a shed In the rear of the residence of William Wll fong. Fifty eighth and Market streets last nlglit for shooting crap DRINK Mountain Valley H Water For Bright's Disease, Rheumatism, Gout, etc. To Get Well Sample it FREE at 718 Chestnut St. fff7M I Mala 401 Ask Your Physician or Druggist V Two Power ivCllT JReerless Eight Touring , , Roadster . . Sporting Roadster Coupe Sedan , , , Limouelne . . U.S. MAY SEIZE OIL, DANIELS DECLARES Tells Senators Supplies May Be Commandeered in Crisis FUEL SHORTAGE FEARED WASHINGTON. June 23 Declaring It n "question of a ver.v short timo before the Government must com mandeer all oil and coal In tho country,' Secretary Daniels today told the Senate Public .Lands Committee that the oil situa. Hon In the country Is serious While Daniels was testifying at the Cap! tol, President Wilson called personally on the Federal Trade Commission, presumably to discuss the proposition made by Daniels and chnliman Denman, of the Shipping Honrd that the commission fix fuel ana steel prices, Daniels told the Senators that if the commandeering was not done negotiations must be entered Into at once b the rjov. eminent lo require the opening up of oil and coal fields, lie said the fuel -uppiy must he regulated and the Government em. poweied to fix plces on both oil nnd coal The navy oil reserves must be saved. (, said, for the future whlih we annot foresee " With 200 oll-huriilng ships now being bur. iledly built, Danlals ndmltted he doesn't know what the available oil supplv of the country Is llo suggested a Government survey of nil oil fields to determine where fresh supplies might originate He said the Government was going to get n mueii of Its oil as possible from outside the I'nlted Slates "In order to cunscre nur own " "If the war goes on for a vear or two it would be absolutely vital that the oil in this countiy be materially Increased, bei ausu tho deniand would be inoiensing'v greater ' li declared "In other vvotds ml is th basis of conducting this war. Kvervthing depends on It." If Mexico were cut off as ,1 source of supply, he declared, the drain on tin- coun try would be tremendous, and the need of the Government assuming control of oil supplies nnil enfouing Its 1 onscrvatlon would be immediate Daniels protested vigoiously against open. Ing up the present naval oil reserve in California until pending ll'lgatloo has been pressed to termination. He declared son of the men on the reserve 11 1 i,ing titles In the names of "dummies" if n Is opened he urged that tho opening b under direction of the Government or .ome agency and "not by men with fraudulent title.' To Keep Well ges $2090 $2090 $2250 $2750 $283; $3590 w tTcw- wv-wnm owjt1 i . t- " "J ' , ' ' "If' "r wrm VP X "J:?'h9 i-U i , I'"-'" -.;: