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I'lSj' 'WWWPf "JV v ' 'Vf i A r '- XiJWW-l M lh,ff V A K '1 J' m i( w a - EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918 Vk ''JUo"' Ji VV. J? v ! & I f h n it t ( l& ' & GOSSIP OF THE STREET BALDWIN AraDVALE CLAM ATTENTION DUE TO FORMER'S DEMAND AND LATTER'S PROFITS CAMP MEADE'S OLDEST soldiers' dance postponed I DILATORY SHIPMEN BUSINESS CAREER OF PETER FLINT A Story of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead Financiers Discuss Rumors of Stock Dividend for Loco motive Company Position of Rapid. Transit and Higher Fares Gossip of the Street "DALDWIN Locomotive nncl Midvnle Steel liave npnin come Into prom JJInencc In discussions on the Street In this city, but thli time the interest Is not In any wny linked with the old stories roRardlnu a pnlhle merger. Instead they hae attracted attention Cot two distinct and sepa rate reasons, both of which have actual! been recorded The former became prominent due to the netlvp demand In ester day's generally quiet New York stock market for Its common shares, which carried the price up for a substantial adance, and the latter was brought Into the limelight of the financial district by Its excellent earn ings report for the quarter ended June SO, which showed large Increases over the previous qunrter and over the corresponding quarter of last jear. From New York comes the nevs that the rise In Baldwin stork came as a direct result of a large demand from Important Interests which was accompanied by talk of an unusually good earnings statement soon to bo made public and rumors that a stock dividend might be declaied and the Increased Issues put on an 8 per cent bals . Large Dividend Rumor Questioned Among local financiers manv are found who ghe some credent e to the report that there might be a stock dlstilbution, but there are few who think the common shares are likely to be placed on an S per cent dividend basis soon. While It Is known that the earnings ate i tinning high and that manv orders are on the books of the companv that will keep It bus after the end of this year, close followers of Baldwin affaiis point out that the expansion of the business by the erection of additional plants and the heavy working-capital requirements lesultant from the enormous busi ness have been used by ofllcials frequently dtiiing the last vear or two to explain why It was thought inadvisable to declare oinmon divi dends. And, since these demands are continuing, miny believe that if the shares are put on a dividend paying basis the amount would not be as much as the 8 per cent mentioned In Wall street. Some brokers and bankers are skeptical of all the rumors and say they believe the active demand for the shares has come from reports, also emanating from New Yoik, that the equipment trade experts "see every piospect of uninterrupted activitv In the lallroad motive power branch, with continued hatlsfactory profit for locomotive companies, chief of which ate American and Baldwin Botli of these companies already have all the business they can handle throughout 111S. They may look forward to next year with confidence, as all indications point to the probability that their plants will not be able to meet the demand and will be kept running full." Cambria Big Midvalc Asset In discussing the good report of 'the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company special mention is made of the fact that it is the first steel organization of importance to show for the tecond quarter of this v. ear a surplus available for dividends greater than that repui ted in the second quarter of last year. It can be said that Mldvale's Uige earnings are due to sales of commercial hteel rather Ih in to munitions . The Cambria Steel Companv, which is the greatest asset of the Mid vale Steel, produces nothing but commercial pioducts, and Cambria Is understood to be earning at the rate of more than $2,",uCO,000 annuall The Rapid Transit Situation Announcement made a few dajs ago that emploves of the Rpald Transit Company were to receive large increases in wages has resulted In no little discussion among stockholders, bankers and brokers as to what is likely to be done by the Public Service Commission on the lenfee propo sition and what the outlook Is for higher fares. On this account the following discussion from the weekly market letter of Chandler Brothers . Co, is especially interesting: "The petition for the approval of the lease of the street railway lines owned by the City of Philadelphia to the Itapld Transit Company was considered and dlscussed'by the commission In secret session on Mondav, ' 'the 29th, but no decision has been rendered. These ptocccdings do not involve the question of Increased faret. To get the faie question before the commission a schedule of the increased fares must be published by the transit company, and this schedule must be formally consideied and passed upon by the commission. The companv has Mieadv raised the wages of the employes, and it Is generally believed that an incieaso of fares will be allowed, as such lnci eases have gone Into effect In mnay parts of the country. "No explanation has been made by the companv as to why a schedule of Increased fares has not been published Possibly, if the lease Is ap proved, the company may not consider It ncccfcsut 5 to increase the rate of fare. There Is evejry probability that the lease, with some modifications, will be approved It Is diftlcuit to conceive how the clt.v's own lines could be operated except In connection with lines owned bj tho Itapid Tianslt , Company. I "Wherever there has been a divided operation In othei cltlei theie has been trouble, and particular was this the case in San Francisco Over one year ago in our Market L.ettei of March 2, 191", in discussing the growth of Philadelphia, we used tnls language: 'New means of trans portation will be required and new surface roads, subways and overhead lines will be built, and the only companj to operate them will be the Itapid Transit Company, experience has shown that In great cities the public authorities must operate the transpai tatlon svstem as a whole or this must be done by one corporation under arrangements mutually advan tageous to the company and the public. That the city of Philadelphia will assume a great transportation business In Incredible; that in some way or another that business will be conducted by the Transit Companj as a unit, is sure.' We have no teason to change the opinion we then expressed." Tt f TO-COM' IS A FIGHTER Mr. anrillnti ntt fiutffno. nelltna nth rrltnlna and tmvlovmrnl JLh lotir qursllons clearlu and Dive all the ftictn, i nur correct iintn mid full addrem mut be slotted to all lilqldrir Thoic uhlch arc nnoitimolM mint he ignored Anau cm to technical question telll be sent ftw eiinl. Other e7urfloin u ill h rimrpnfi (n i( -olumn. The tiot liitri l(io pror. Irnn at inauircn Mill be tcoietl into the itoru 0 Peter Flint. CLXI FRANCIS and 1 met im slter Lucy and Mary Cilllesplc it tho Knicker bocker Hotel at 11 30 We nt in the lobby for half an hour chatting MV' How fine It was to be there It Feetned almost too good to lie true to lt thcro in lint beautiful lobby and forget for a half hour that 1 wns onlv earning eigh teen dollars a week and to get away from tho cheap henneries where we eat I mean, whero I eat. for Krancls looks after himself very well. I guess Some times he takes me out to dinner, but not very often Prancls had seats for ihe Hippodrome, fo after wo had some lunch at the Knickerbocker we all went to the Hip podrome and had a good time At 5 30 we put the girls on the train for home. 1'rancis said he bad an ap pointment that evening wltli the banker, fo he hid to leave me right nwiv I couldn t help thinking of the fine time we had; how nice It was and How fine I felt walking down the street with iwo Mich good-looking girls as I.uey and Mary l.uck hid such preitv hands I turned to Francis and s-cld, "She's some swell little girl, Isn't she?' "Vou bet she Is," he said heartily "I think vou are a lucky boy to have a sis ter like her " "Oh, gee' I wasn't talking of I.uej I meant Marv " Ho looked at me for a moment and then said. "What Is the nameof lint joung lady vou are engaged to'" Somehow It made me feel a hit gloomy to be reminded of Rosle just then It reminded me also that I had prom ised to visit her that evening, so I drop Hnrrimnti Mm Change Plan to Lrt Hand Practice . MUST WORK OR FIGHT Sergeant Schneider Came Back From France to Help Sell Liberty Bonds Camp Mende, Mil , Aug 8 Machine-gun bullets and l.lbertv bonds nllkc have been used with telling effect agalnt the Hermans bv Scrgant Rich ard Schneider of this cantonment, one of the flftv American soldiers sent across the seas from France by General Per shing to help In the last Liberty Loan campaign In this country Schneider. who Ins been In the regular army for thirtv jears, and whey Is the oldest "non com" In IhlR cimp has seen the bodies fall before the machine-gun bullets which his comndes and he have cent against them The sergennt knows whit real fighting in this lampalgn Is and can assure the fellows that when thev get over there thev will have plents of action He knows However, Sergeant Schneider did not have to wait till this war to get a smell of powder He has been in real fights In manv sections of the world In Cubi, the Philippines China and Flame He fought In Cuba In the Spanish-American War. In tho Philippines at the limn rf the Filipino Insurrection. In China at tho time of the'lloxer uprising and but recentlv against the boche Persons who know Schneider sty that he did vcotmn service, too, In the Liberty Loan campaigns Members of his audl enco when they le-arned of the "areer of Sergeant Schneider and fiw the various seivlce ribbons on his breast realized tint nctlons speak louder than wrrds so far as Schneider was concci ned That Is whv thev were readv to bu fiom him Some perons might form hasty con clusions about that mine Schneider until i they get talking to the seigeant His father was a Herman who t mgnt hi" son to be a real Amerlcm and his mother was Irish ' It seems to me w hen 1 get In a fight" savs the sergeant, that the Irish In me keeps shoving me on " The pergeant reallv thinks the Yanks hive tho Germans buffaloed He tells an Instance of where some Germans sur rendered to American soldiers A few- minutes late- another bunch prepared to The soldiers' dance scheduled for last I night In the barracks at the Hurrlnnn -,. . ... . -. shlpvnrd was postponed until net LilCCtlVC 1 Kill III Upcration Monday Th" first of a series of dimes ' given bv tho prominent women of thit section "was held last Thursdav and after that was over It was announced that It would be repented each Thurs dav Since then It developed that to hold tho affair Thursday would Interfere with the shlpjard bands anictlec No soldier was willing to assume nnv re- pponsmi niv i or uia , '' AV . '"'''" of wolk among tho shlpworkers and hold the dances' on Mondijs It's . V.try man who has shown a dlsposl all the same to tho debutantes who are . tlon to stnj nwav from his woik fre sponotlng thee entertainments for tho quentlv Is to be made the object of spe guarils clal solicitation bv an agent of the fleet I coiporatlon with a view of reforming his Has Reforming In fluence To Fpeed up work In the shlpvnrds throughout the counlrv tho Hmergencv I Fleet Corporation has begun a new lino U.S. AND BRITISH SHIPS l'Vi. Congressman Padgett Says Al lies Will Give Com plete Satisfaction this does not work out satisfactorily I the offender is to be nlnced In class 1A, READY FOR GERMANS j Mir! ?2S:l" it iu ii iiit iii'fil tint iiui ii'iiA jt4t aifH'.t the mens deferred 1 iv-lfiiallon was canceled and tluv will now hive to go Into the mlllt irv seivlce The pi in originated In the provost marshal general's olllee at Washington, and thus far lesults have been so grntl- fvlng the eampalgn Is to lw extended to everv shlpvird in the countrj. For two months the woik his lrn going on In the -.hlpv uds along the Del iwale River V A Martin, an agent of the indus trial illations dipirtment of the fleet corporation, who Is the onlv man at present working In this Important cam paign, has personallv Interviewed about 200 shipwoikeis and. It Is s ild, "re formed" a good manv of them Some Instances have been reported where men who had been In the habit of absenting themselves from their work with fieetucivv m one weeks time ex alted themselves to the top of the honor list Some have won enviable reiords Martin his done this eliss of work London. Aug S CT'.v INS) When the German fleet dishes out, the American and RritlsM n ivies will be readv to give 'complete sitlsfaction " according to Representative Lemuel P Padgett, of Tennessee chairman of the House Committee on NJaial Affairs Mr Padgett has just ri tinned from a tour to the naval bises it Quecnstnwn and In Scotl mil and Cngl.ind along with other numbers if the House Com- mulct: nit .uiii ,,ii int. , -.... The eommltteo found the American- ln"'." ard along the n, beware 1 ,a id Hut I surrender te the Amerl"an1 but when thev saw the nov s xrom tne goou om V S A . shouting and laughing and .-... .. .!.- .!r1f F lin I !.. ped Into a beanciy and had a couple or JoKing in i" '""-' "'. - dropped ons" and then slipped Into the changed their minds ami surrendered o Thirty-third street tube and across to the ll,r:S HOI PPI H' ............ .-- ..,.".. and Itrltih perfectlv lit and eo-operat-'ng with the utmost goodwill "instead of two servlns the two coun tries have one service," salel Representa tive Padgett We .ire Impressed bv the firm belief tint the American and Brit ish are co-eper iting cordially, and such m irked efflclenev villi render lompleto sitlsfactlon for our people if tho men have an opportuniti The Rrltlsh tmv Ins had enormous tasks, but thev viere performed with ofTlt i.Us co-operate with him in every w iv The lonipaul'S have caietuuy tabulated lists showing each man's rec ord from dav to el.n and these have been turned over to the fleet corpora tion's agent With these lists Martin was i naliled to confront some of the men who made denials and finally pin them down to an acknowledgment that they had taken holldavs when they should have been at their work 'Our polUv Is to reason with these men. salel .viartin i nnei uuic i "i SHIPYARD PAY DISCUSSED Men and Employers Consider Further Application of bcalrs Pacific Coast shlpjard heads and labor representatives who are meeting In the Uellevue-Stratford Hotel to adjust labor conditions In the west coast Fhlpvnrds, are consldeilng the classification of em ploves, so all shipyard labor mav come under the wage scale specified bv the Macy adjustment board Committees from the labor delegate conferred with the general eommlttee of einploers In closed session this morning on riuestlons discussed this afternoon ui the general conference It was explained by S L Napthlev, vice president and general manager of the l.os Angeles hlilphulldlng and Urv Dock Company that Feveral rlasses of emplojes were not Included In the Macv board wage recommendations He denleo emplovers are disregarding the Macv scile- so far lis the recommendations go What must be done he said Is to c!assf the various emplojes so Ihe.v will come under the Muv lmanl rulings WHERE ARE THE PEACHES . Y. Ship Fmplojes Wait Long ingly for Promised Fruit New York ship ofllco emploves are keeping express companies bnsv with their epicrles these dajs A W Wells, blueprint-paper coater at the ship of fice Is spending Ills vacation at Rcho both Reach. Del This Is a great peach-growing coun trj. and before going Wells promised to see tint his co-workers got all the good fruit of that varletj thev could eat as lontr as he as awav Rut not a peach has arrived jet, and some of the bovs sav that there niusi be an em bargo In effect between here and Reno lioth Wells until thice vears ago was matlcarrler In the shlpjard, and Is known to all the emplojes NEW YORK SHIPYARD MEN ALL INS! -H' Viftarw. nm Inir Via tsjramlnm TtiA ( JJ. Mb -,,..H.... " At the 'J SHIP GUARDS HAVE CANTEEN Company C Men at Harriman Buy Records With Profits The soldiers of Companv C. who are guarding tho Merchants' shlpvnrd at Harriman Hon 1 navo to pn an ene av V ai i rif I lloslo has Just bought her.elf some flgh tng as a Joke, ami can , , en n-1 aM ,..., Lor(, f ,hp ,, new clothes Thev were all right when elusion that the Americans ' u'1 ' "" I Admiral!, for the careful arrange ou looked at then, piece by piece but had great Prt 'lh "" ' " k"If' nients they didn't look Just right when thev their captives Thev saw the J ot ting as Amet leans were accompanied by ..... . i... rpt,... .II.1..U s.,r. m (it mi imeslon of Jollification met in-l, .,,, ,,,,, ..,,,, sign u anility mil encitcei our nignesi . , ,. The steady men in tn Rrlstol now for tnier cnneonies anu admiration .1 Jm irrls who elo their bit every day lolh pops and soda Thev now have a "We are especlalK gratified and he enlpvarcl swno no inr r'"l"',Jfe. cameen of their own right In their bar- nleised that the Drllsh inu AiiHrle ins 'isle to see some of theit fellows taking ihfm ,,,, "I, ,he most Compete ha"-I '11' "fr to n tl""'lvo8 The fore- (Wpl(')plnK tn r0nimeicial Instinct 111.- together In inn most compieie inr a M interested In keeping their Thpse n(1 ,)m. ,)u,r n n stock In- nionv and understanding men on tho Job, and thev too, have been r-hiding smokes and s.up the mlddle- Mi Padgett and the other members '"' '" '"J " " ,B ,1,0 offenders " nun's profits These savings .ire spem of the American eommlttee thanked Sir treat lleP "' sponuih ...Heine machine records, and now atura -111 e and quiet, aa M.rj's clothes human measures taken ag.lnst laptlves So I felt a bit pevcd. so 1 said. 'Why Tin. Incident w U g cne an Idea n don't ou learn to dress a bit quletei. Rosle'" "What's the mittcr with these'' sne 1 snapped back I Just' bought a lot cf I new clothes to please jou. and now vou 1 aren't satisfied 1 don't know what is biting j on latel j " "Well. If 1 keep nagging at you for jour own good, why can't you learn 10 dress like decent girls do?" Look here, Peter, jou bo c&reful what jou aro sajlng " . What 1 mean " I continued laine- lj Ms. vihj don't jou dress like refined g"lrls do? ' Her ejes narrowed She wa about to say something, but bit her lip 1 don't mean that, either I me,in " Somehow I dldn t know Just how to tell her what I did mean. Per haps I didn't know mjself. umiv thing anout eiress, isn 1 ic: the waj inc ui-ini.w.-. ......... r. . ..'. j mHV explain a lime ine 11 lusie'Kiiru mr fie common decencies of warfare Schneldei Is a Californlan Jo has been In manv parts or ine worm ne wont quit the armv until the Kaiser get" all th 't's coming to him The man who took Schneider's place in the ranks Is now at a hespltal In Prance suffering from a severe wound EDGE FILES HIS PETITION Enters Race for Senate: "Ameri canism Before Party' Trenton, Aug ! Ooveinor IMge todaj filed his petition as a candidate foi tho Republican nom ination for Putted States Senator with 1 Secretin v of State .viariin '":', LACK OF MACHINERY RETARDS NEW SHIPS HEAT DEFERS LAUNCHING Dip r. 1 .. n r, t 1-, I - ..11,1 -Irtll Unn Afltltll'nt Hi 4 ti 1 S 1 CD .1 1 U I I" srr knovr,hev' zz w z ii;r wispie":i,on w people-why their clothes Just seem 101 Idehes nimberh( vvrn. 1 ;i(lsBnat,nI,f hit vou In the face the minute jou clap , "nlch nW ,,p,ar on the ticket after ejes on them I his name iiepiiniican-rtim-i ""-" "-- I I was talking about It to Francis one 1 fore Pnrtv "... , . , , ..... . -.j .... ......, !! I ti, e.innr Issued a st ilement in niuiit anu nu s.ihi ii,u inn mnu;. 1.1. 1,1c .....-..-.- ...it ., ,,, t inrir nuuiti ,ii.- ,.,w.... 1 n . . ..lQf lln . eieorire 1. i.r""1 Well, one thing led , hefoic long Rosle and 1 ieiii rie.11. I iret so dlscou 1., ..t hei to buck un and la like oh. world and like Lucj or 01 other girls Hut she doesn t seem to be able to git reflne- 1111 111 line "i mr -" v. ------- ,,i We went to a movie show pretiv hum inif of President Wilsons re-election .1 1, .,., inn Lot of old films th it ileilaifcd the (Jovenioi made jour ej cs do an Irish Jig tijlng to '"U0U " . s . ' t ha unlike -Weorge L lle... .1 ol to another and , , ' pv ,-it, one of his opponents foi Un had a fair spat 'Ilornimitlon he had not .11 rived at a so- nn iged I want imlon of all of the pro lcms hi f 1 1. t he ..... 1. in -u 1.1 .,,.1 ho mnnosed to StUlll lllilll I 111,1 take advantage of the grc it oppoi tiinltj anordtd bj the eountrv s pre sei t ! exiieilmmts . I 'One of the reasons .uinui... ", ' , Inability of PLints to Deliver Equipment Delays Out put of Yards was .. .. t. ... i.,,r iil nil. rii w.ii tnai in 11.11 "'"."';. .... if, ecu I fl.iro IlKllt I Mill mi - the fa I Jit .VII 1, . .j ..111 ii.ii son's willingness to subordin ite opn on tS facts, to maintain an open mm o nroflt bv expenenc-c nun biuuj ; rlef fo put us Into wni, w is one of th. Presidents greatest acts In the inter.Mt 0f,fonv,eerrn:,d,gems.,at'.,sC,rha, no man reilly know, toelaj whether PHILADELPHIA MARKETS GRAIN AND FLOUR WHEAT Iteeelpts 72.5V1 bunhels mar ket firm The nuatntions Car lot" In ex port elevator. Government standard inspec tlon standard prices No 1, red winter $2 30. No 1. northern sprlns SJ 1 1 No 1 hard winter JJ 811, No 1 red winter Kar llckv. I.' .17. No 2 red winter '.' 3(1, No 'J northern spring, ti IH. No. - hard winter $.'.311. No S. red winter Knrlkk.. $.' 3t. No 3 red winter JJ 3-'. No H northern sprlnic $2 32. No 3 hard winter $.' 3.', No 3 red winter ttarlleky, $2 30 COKN The market wan quiet but Arm under Hunt ofTerlmrs Quotuttoni Car lots for local trade No 2 yellow $1.8S4J1U0 No. 3 jelluw. $1 87 01 8S OATS Itecelpts 43 7S4 bushels Trade was slow and prices further dei lined l.r Quotations. N'o 2 white ItSkHii stand ard white. 83V4 0B4e No 3 white S3W 83V4c:No 4 white 8m82s,e FLOUIl Receipts 40 (100 lbs In sacks Trade was slow and the market was barely teady. Quotations To arrive, ner 10(1 lbs In 08-lb sacks Winter wheat. 100 per cent (tour, $10 0SOtnon Kansas wheat 1(IU ner cent flour $1 l.J'0 1 1 50 sprlne wheat 100 per cent flour til 23011 30 RYK FI.OUIl was In ample supply and aulet at former rates. We quote at $0 73'a' 10.70 per bbl , In sacks as to quality PROVISIONS The market ruled firm, with a fair Jobbing- demand Following are quotations. City beer. In sets smoked and air-dried, 47c, western beef, fn sets, smoked 47c, city beef, knuckles and tenders, smoked and alr-drled 48c. western beef, knuckles and tenders, smoked 4Kc, beef hams. $80, pork, family, $32033, hams s), p cured, loose 3103.c; do, skinned loose. 31632?: do. do. smoked. 33033c: other hams, smoked rlty cured, as to brand and average 8J034C- hams amoked. western cured, 323tc: Uo boiled, boneless 4flc; picnic shoulders H P cured, loose, 23V4c: do. smoked. 2c. bellies In pickle, according to average, loose. 34c: breakfast bacon, as to brand and averags. city cured, 4tc; breakfast bicon western cured, 41c, lard western refined T27He: lard, cure city, kettle rendered, 27027HC POULTRY follow them Rosle was chewing gum I do hate the I smell of gum on a girls hi oath M.uv 1 never .hews it ' For the love of Mike," 1 said, "throw ibat fllthj gum awaj " Rosle glaied at me. nnd Instead of do 1 lug as I asked, shoved auothet piece into het mouth We left the theatre a few minutes later, both verj sulkj I "Have jou told jour people jet tint I we arc engaged' ' I 'No, and I don't know when I am go I lug to I am Just going to do as 1 darn please about It, too See'' I 'Just listen to mc, !'- i-u-.f She squared herself In fiont of me and held 'one pudgy hand with finger outstretched, I close to my face "I'll Jusi give ou a 'couple of weeks to tell them, and If you don't tell them, then 1 will Oct me, Held' 1 lion't vou see. Peter de ir, that as I loner as we keen It under cover like this "!, , ,,,,. i, ,lntll later in the dav' U. 0 11 111 hnth feel a bit ashamed of It It -if- Wnnnmnker who had been pass- "- .. 1 -. .......-.- ,, , ,, , A makes jou cross " I nK his vacation at neaiorn npii h-, er ne turned jesierum " ""'.', "',,', r Production of ships for the Vmerlcan merchint marine has progressed so rap idlv that outside plants have been un able to supply machinery and eepilp ment In sulllclent eiu entity to meet the Remand Several ships have been launched tint cannot he completed because of the lack of machine! v Indications ate that vli tu illj all of the machine and equip ment facilities of the eountrv are be ing utilized to their fullest 1 tcnt The lontiolling factor In rushing the shipbuilding program lies In the de llviries of inaehlnerv and equipment rathei than In hull deliveries It Is pos sible for shlpjnids thioughout the lotin tiv to turn out additional hulls but If such a pnllcj wele adopted It would not idd to the list of completed vessels The hulls would be Idle in the waters ad. Jacent to the slilpjards awaiting de liveries of hollers, engines and other equipment Steel ships have a gieitir earrjing eapaeitv than either wood or concrete vessels, nnd everv elfott Is being made 10 lompleto the steel toninge ihead of the othei classes Thej are being lushed to completion as fast as the sup plv of raw inateiials and equlpim nts will in unit This also explains the policy to award jiei new iiinttacts for tile eon- Inn tlon of concrete 01 wooden ships Watonwan Mav ?vot Take Until Next Week -tm... it-,., 111 the RSnO-ton carco carrier tint stuck on Ihe wavs when It was to be 1 uinched last Saturday at the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation Hilstol, will piobably not bo launched until next week It had been planned to send tho big xcssel into the Delaware today, but the excessive heat of the last few dajs caused the workmen to quit earlj, and the xesel Is not jet readv Offlilals of the companv have been un able 10 ibteimlne what prevented the launching The original theory that the boat settled on the wajs has been found to be wrong, jet workmen me still un able to budge the big craft Several tugs have had lines 011 it, but even their power was insufficient to move the Watonwan music with theii meals is a common thing Thev take their turns putting on records and senlinnntal hallads are In great demand, in addition to patriotic airs The soldiers get to Bristol often enough and with the canteen open all the time thev hive no trouble getting whit thej want wlv" 'he; want It I'llOTIIPIAVs Company Gives Every" Eadrl ployc a $500 Policy After-pte Year's Service H Hverv one of the men In the N( York Shlpjard, at f'amden. Is Ineuri but thousands of them vvho went th recently perhaps are not yet aware oflJll The company Insured every one ottt;I men and Is men are not to pay one cent. end of their first year's service they are) CM given a policy for J 600 and an addvl3 lioillll iuu la fciien mv-iii . ... , of every siiececdlnc year as lonr ! llin, T-nmnln In ehrt service. " ? "' ' '" " ec Some of the older employes hat; policies for J2300. representing aboii li.tilAA,i .AnTa t.. tliA nervine. ThfMtft tR itial $500 policies are given retroactlv .9J effect, dating back to the beginning of TNs the emnlovment The company was OTn-Mm ganlred In 1900 and there arc still sm?4i .... .. .. .......1 .. uv. ., it raw in us empioj' woo bihuiu inu n,w -.- . ganlzatlcn if- wS W Danner, foreman In tne macninoyji shop, has a pollcj for $2100: J. Taymr.jsra In rharce of the mold loft has one ror t mr,nr,r, . V.... l- Ja U A hln .. fitters' gang, one for $2100; J. Truax, J In the engine installation department,' ,y; ono ror ?-iuu, ana y- xi jcuihuu, 111 iw general store, one tor jzzuu. ine neitrjo-. men all have to work their year out Met "A get their policy. At The total amount of this Insurance tt"2 ft elite Is JJ.057.S00 covering 3413 ensj ploves out of a total of 11,252 In otheywj$ words 30 3 per cent of the force already, have received their policies Since tmtK i inaurnnee heenn last Sentember J22.30ni:i,i has been paid out in claims and recentWWii claims amounting to $1300 are now on,, ,.- 1 .. Ill l. .AlllnJ lSfrml me anu sciun 11111 uc niiinu. J-ti HI it-S.ji B.JV ConiinUioneel as Dental Surgeoa ' n.. .!. 4. ..:i j d... S3 Ilnrrlnhurg. Aug 8 The first appolnfV ment to be made In the dental corps Ofir g the State reserve militia was announce oP toelav Second Lieutenant James w. 1 Armstrong, of tho roltstovvn company, j i.Ainn nnmni na ftist lieutenant andU 1 "rmh -- -- . .la., (til Ulll crt.nil 1 i.t,,.... ..-.r. 11 , .(ly m XjI -. QTPAMn utn Av. at Venango, E.of Broadj.j,l we can i nave cverytning FURFrCA i0T11 MARKET BT8- LEE KIDS in 'wn snort.D wonrtT" ownersnip .inu ".. - :.- iilnn si .Imau of ne.lfe is or IS iim i'"- ..- , ., . , 1..,.. - ... ---. ,,rnhlems olllel Ulan co Keep I'liunv navi nu, ur of transportation problems bu,dlng of 11. w shipvar.ls In ,...r-c- T-rr Atnc V KX !?:' alieadv congested dlstrlits It would SERVICES FOR MIlS. JjALhSj,,, ,.lKlng labor trom the steel shlp- I jards r- 1 n.r.....1 line. I T,i. 'he piesent supplj of steel Is below Hour for Funeral Deferred I'nlil ',,. ,,,,(, ements In ome sections. nislit Bccau-e of Heat lwhl.li is Ingelj due to Improper dlstri The funeral of Mis Marj I ales widely known charltv worker and sister of John Wanamaker. vihn died on Tues day at her home. 4407 Spruce ,street. will be neicl mis eM-nuni ; "",, ,,,, 1 service was announced foi 3 o clock, but in view of the Intense nenc ine ''"" closed You're no little tmncn or sunsm jourself," I snapped "No, It makes me cross as well, but once vour people know, well get on so much bettei Tell them Peter Don t jou know. Peter dear, that 1 would uo Wn.lr..iei) i.aek From "Over There ? ic United Press l.l '-The market was IrreEUlar manv of the irrtiiila beinit eif stock serlnusli at ferled b the recent hot ueuther Trnde was nulet Quotations I owls I4.t",e sprlns chicken not I.CKhorna wrluhint. li 4J2 IIjh allien 3sfCIJi w.lkhltik- IflHi lbs Mnitf, .1I1UU.I, lilt lu i.h...nu II J. " - . ... toVle lift site ron-unZU',r 4u?i7 almo-t anjthlng In the world for jouV I 1 .mii ni'iniK .iicviic 00 no ui,! er Ami 1 unow mac II onue liiuy iumu 1 ii- , health much Unproved by the mountain air He Insisted on returning for the funeral The Wanamaker storo this afternoon at 3 o'clock. 11 111 be hamiy and " She looked at her dress "I'll let you help choose nj ' Oh, Peter, I No, I'm not " She tried cue lo Imlin Itunn. r lffi) 7. .,,.)......, per r'jlr II inn II, plKeons oiii per imlr i"-1 ' " niuMK pit imir nu'(H PI 11 n iiiiiui .iiieuriiiu iHiinse usi.ie rrom dui ks ,.h.n si, hurst lntn tears Which were III IIOO.I ilmun,l .In.l.nl' slle '"rsi lino liam hleher The auotstlons ranted is foi lem 3 am so unhappy. i-resn Kineu low is in uuis . rancy. dry-picked m lausll fano seleeteil JT'ic welkhlnu 4 llm and , t , . , ,. , over apleie 37c smaller sizes 3JM(1(-, olJ "You beat It back to New vork and wt'eVii flfncr'lKhf, Jbr.'l'"ln-:p,ehee1e'ndl'''"0. a Jl00d W ' ")" ' ", ?"' ner 43fc44e snnller sizes II fflj.'e bPrlnlt I ling " She pushed me from her and hur elucks Lone Island unci IennslanU 3USr ' Hed UP the steps into her boaidlng house; 37c siiuabs per doz . white welshlnK 11 m ij ids per no ihiji jo, wrikhbn.- !W 1(1 lbs per doz I7W7 VO do uelshlnE 8 lbs per doz IHRfl 1u do welshlnz 7 lbs per doz 14 Wift dl welk-hlnif nsAdU hs per doz I34, do rtarK, I1.50O2 50, small and No 2, SIC J 30 Washington, VUK 8 One hundred nnd flftv-nlne sick and wounded Ameri can soldiers from the A i: V were landed in the United States during the week ending August 2 Municipal Hand Conrert The Municipal Hand will play tonight nt 8 o clock at Seventeenth street and Snjder avenue bution This condition is being reme died and the program, which contem plates construction of S, 000 000 to 10 000 000 tons of shipping nest jear, will not be hampered by lack of steel Seized Willi Cramps Drowns VV lllaniiport. I'll., All- S -When Kreei II II lines twenty-five vears old' went swimming In tho rivei and did not le tuin home his fainllj thought be had spent the night at the home of a com panion When he did not appear jesier dav morning a search was made and his elothes were found on the b ink of the river and his bodj was latei dismv creel In the watei nearbj It Is thought he was seized with cromps Enpinc Crushes Own Fireman llainiiiontein, N. .1, Aug 8 llugene ruiis .iced nineteen, a joung college student from California, was killed at 1 lllwond station uy oeing crusneu .iaiiisi the division fence between the two tracks. Divis was working as extra fireman on a West Jersey and Seashore express PRICE COMBINE ON TOBACCO 'Gentlemen'-" Agreement' to Keep Kate Down Is Alleged I nmiiHler, Pa, Aug 8 V movement has been started among Lancaster to bacco packers to paj not more than twentvcent8tlilsve.il foi tobacco Ihe fat niei are ill minding thirtv cents a pound and :hi clash promtsis to be in t'ristlne? It Is undei stood there Is a gentlemen s ngiieuent cmong the pickets to stick tocethoi dozen or more Aims a e said 10 have mteied into the ngieement, hut tl ese do not include General Cigar. I orlllard o lasenlohr, who are the blg ges livers and usuallv get more than hall 'if the ciop What the 'big' fel lows vclll do remains to be seen 206 KILLED AT CROSSINGS Public Pcrviic Commission Issue- Re port for Year 192 Injured I!) the Atioeiated Press llnrrlslinrK. Vug 8 Pigures Issued bv the Puhlli Service Commission show that In th vear ended June 30, J0b peisons were killed and 2 Injured in accidents at giade ciosslngs, 3H0 auto mobiles, 158 wagons and l.'ei pedestrians being struck at smh 1 rosslngs 1 Nlnetj-slx. occupants of nutomohlles and twentj-nlne occupants of wagons were among the killed while investiga tion showed that 17 per cent of pedes trians killed and injured at '.osslngs had crawled under gates Tl-. QfarilrRnnlr.ncfPnrr.nvfinnFsi I I 31. k .LAJLXIW V J V WAS.&A AA 'Sta'Xje. ssh w9s,jiVs 1 T1IC fcllowlng theatres obtain tneir pictures mrougn tne anuiui nooning Corporation which I" a guarantee of early showing of the finest produc tions All pictures reviewed before exhibition A"k for the theatre In ycuf locality obtaining pictures inrnumi ine .-. 1 n.r 1 huhmhh - mi'mm". All 1 12th, Morris & PassyunK Ave. nuiuuiuia Mat Ualll at J. UlES 0.4S&'J Pf.rtsin.NO 8 e'HL'SVOl-.US 3fW 1 C -! A-ND THOMPSON STS ArULLvJ MATIVKB DAILY HAUOI.D I.OCKVVOOD In "I.I M MU VOt'P. SAME" ADrAniA CHlZSjr.MT lteloiv K.rlt AKCAUIA 10 A M toll 13 P M l'Ai'UM'. prtRnrnicK in KHDORA" rt f lrDlDn UUOAD srilKKT hnd BLUEBIKIJ st SQII II V.SNA AVE rinneiniY hvi.tox in 'Tilt: KAISI H S slIAPOW r-lVDDCCC -MAIN S.T. MAVAYUNK EMl Kbi3 VIATIM3C DAICY viAn uvr.sit in tup. in. 1 in pi) TitAtTon FAIRMOUNT NftISS pvi i.is-n rnrnFitir k in IIKII SINAI, Kl'I'kOMMl FAMILY THEATltn 1311 Mirket bt 0 A M to VIHnlght. l AHVint. MKVnns In THE DIlKAVt I.ADY rz-T'tJ CT THnTm: lleloec Spruee 56 I ri O 1 mtinci:dmly VI VP M Vlisll In VI. 1 WelVIAN GREAT NORTHERN Ur?;,-..aI.Evle THFD IIAHV In V I-OOI, THEllll VVVS IMPERIAL "lLl,72o iiuv vn r vv vsiiuprts' in RlDUKIt t. hu I rAnCD 1ST 4 LANCASTEP; AVE LLAULlA Matlnes. Dally ('11 Mil F4 PAY In "CLAW OP TJ1P. 1HTN" 333 MARKET fg?. 5!SK 4 BERT I.YTELI. In VO MAN S LAND ' MnnPI t.'l tOI TH ST. OntLU..Jf Jlf IVIWUCL, continuous 1 to U. ,M"41 PEGC.Y HYI.ANI) In rt C- "OTHEK MLN h UAUQHTERS" tl ?J PAI ACF 1SU MARKET 8TREKT ,?fl - - - - - - Ml rt CI CO A&ilO S-a JS, 3 yj-ii WILLIAM PAIIVUM "Till. HONDMAN ' PRlMPP's'; 1018 MARKET STREK riMlVIVCOJ 8 IDA .VI. to 11. -IS p. KITTY (.OH DON In T1.VHEIY z5i'4 i H .XT RFP.FNT MARKET hT Below UTHW ( ItARLKsl ItAV in ' NINE O C'LOl K TOWN" Umi, HMO i , RI ALTO oc'A VJ,?oacvkfl?nub4? 0, Dlnl I B2D AND SANSOM STS. IMV'-'l-il MATINEE DAILr s1 ( ATIIP.nlNC CALVERT In "V ROMANCE OP THE t VDERVVORLD'T RI IRY MARKET fcT. nELOW 7TH "IL 5 XUDI II) A. M to 11 :1S P. itrtT VI OKVTI L siiipma.V In -i?5 MAV s AUREEMENT" !?--. ua CAVnY 12U MARKET STREET "7" H Of VUI 8 A M TO .MIDNIOHT"" 1 IPNP V.I virion In -s, 1 "IOAV OP THE WOODS" 4 CTAMI PY -MARKET ABOVE 18TH "5,1 l """ wi n 1-. a m toiinsp. IsWm i in, c i.i ,-. i Ainu -iic in -nt-91: IaSl IlOl'.vn IV MOROCCO VIPTORI A M-.RKET ST AR. OTHX"" " VlVIUPiin da M to it :1S P. UrtemX. OI.1VP TI'I I hm i ha nrTr nniMr e, .: .lb TO HPLL WITIf THE KAISER" f'o"ll - ;w THEATRE OWNED AND MANAGED DY MEMIJER& OF THE UNITED EXHIBITORS ASSOCIATION ijsa Sliinnnrkpr' Ret Un The heat drove VV I. HouKh II- BELMONT JU AUV U MAMKET biailan of the New Vol k Shipbuilding c U..b.., In 'Will IE rompinv to Atlinti. (it vesterdav aessuc riayakawa '" jiVnsiavv HoiiRh found the surf so pood that In- stend of stiliiB onlv about two hours -sr-pv A D uOTH i CEDAR AVENUE he Middled It out so lonir ne pact to In O' ER THE TOP CEDAR waft oit at the nhnto until this morn- QUY EMPEY (iPorire Htf-' one of the otlki bos,j - In the Ubrarv will be Miss i:ilznbcth ' COLISEUM Market U' 5J'h A 'h Cooper's week-end KUest at hei home . . . , ,i ,,.,.,.. t Shi,, Hottom V I Miss Cooper Mary McLane made LOVE TO MI ItlrU UII1 ill HIV 0111)1 "1 I I- 1 1.' c nrnrv- ... .... I fTM iMlAI v-m . Maplcwnoa vcei I arie i.snioeri oi ine st-w iotk oi- i vsyusieinej j finnls ", p m nee Is BpcnnmK a v lemon or two weeks at Asbuiv Park J COLONIAL . Henry B Walthall ' ' K is 471S Prankfonl FRANKFORD Taylor Holmes ln ' nuaaLSgFOA JUMBO FUOM f-T fJinAHD AVE. . I umbo June tlon un Krnnkford TJ Carlyle Blackwell " "'wP11 JJ M LOCUST r.JD AVt I.OC'L'ST STREET3 uU Mi 1 Ifl 1 HI Evs II 31) to ll WALLLACE REID '" "SKISSf NIXON MD BEU,W MAJ,TT 5i ;r 1 aylor Holmes m OP SJXES"V IRESH TRUITS INCREASE FARE RATES Lehigh Valley Transit ami Phila delphia ami Western File Tariffs I The I.ehlBh Val'ev Trnns-lt Conipiiny ' nnd the Philadelphia and Western Hau ls WAT. AMI MHITVRV f'AMr.1 V W I. AN O MILITARY PAVirS cnrs Vlen anil Itoys cning Vlen and Hoys REFINED SUGARS Prices were firmly maintained on of 7.C0c for flne granulated DAIRY PRODUCTS tt basis BUTTER The market ruled Arm t re cently revised prices, with demand readily asaorblnc the limited offerings. Quotations. Solld-paeked creamery, extra, 45Vsc. higher scoring Konds 4clvi 648c, extra firsts, 4Sc. firsts. 41044He, seconds, 4.'W43c; fancy brands of prints Jobbing at olCPSHc, choice at dOc; fair to uood at 40O4UC, EOOS Pine new-laid stock, was well -1aned ud and firm. The Quotations: lree .. nearby flrata. lis 20013 r0 oer atan- -V clard case, current receipts J12 00 per case; '.;. western extra nrsts. lis bo per case: nraca. fe Ili'.OOClS-O per case; fancy aelected etcs wars1 juuuius m iivMii-o per wmhi, CHEESE The market ruled firm, with nana apsoroinc ire umiiea onetinss. Choke stocks sold f.ilrh and values Ken .ii. .. . i .....i , ... .. K.uiij .-.,i ,.,, u-i,i iiiru - 1), hums ...... -i -- -- . Auplis Vlrelnlu Per bbl .' 10f(l, do vvav t ompany have filed .1 lolnt tarllt Wfr "-k bllKb basket .Mltliltl 7.1 il.i itr ..ill, ,hd riihllc Sprv Ipm CoinilliKslon nush iMaket. IVJ.'."i I'eachea (leiirals ,,,ai,in,. iiicrenscu In nne-wav faies and iir 11 banket . iirrlnr i-Uhprlii l.1 r.llfrij ..-.. ..-r. lVrfihiH .Viirth Carolina iier ll-l,:.ikf Other lates earrlfl lli-llo and i;inerta S.'nogM Peaches West V'iralnla per 11 basket Ter rier IJfoM Lemons per box, 4 "0i Orances California per box Jllifll Orapei fruit, per box 4. Orapes California per 4 bnhket crate l.'frS t .Vil eara Call fornla iwr box .' 50 tl Plums Call fornl l per 1 basket crate II 23 A Canta loupes North Carolina per standard crate loc&tl 'J.") do do. per puny crate o0&7."c do do per rial crate, .vile, do do Uldauays per stand ird crate $J0 J 30 do do do tier pon erilp Jlftl u do Delauare and M.irlanil iwr stan.llrd crate) ii 7nti 3 5, do do do lier pony crate. JlSll JV. do California Turloek per standard crate 4. do do do per flat crate IJ, elo. Arizona Jier slaiidaru erale JJCJ ."iO, do do per umbo crate $1 1 r i"--' on. do do per pony cm Hi $1 .'.(101 75. do do per flat crate tHtl'.'.V do Arkansis per standard crate l.'WS VV'aternwlons aouthern per 100 t'3 (0 30 do do per carload SJ0 1(130. VEGETABLES The general market was uulet and without Important change Quotations, While pota toes, Norfolk per bbl No I. 13 504 75. No U. $1 -3C-.&0, white potatoes Eaatern Shore, ter bbl No. 1. J3 T.VW4.75, No a. II J31'.7. white potatoes Jersey, per H bushel basket No. 1. 80ctl. No ' BOSP 7nci white potatoes. Jersey, per 130-lb bag. titH 15: aweet potatoes Jersey, old per hamier-NoV 1 J 5003, No s. II S301.T5. aweel poiaioeauriu v.. ....-. .., ,. bbl. No. I. !: No. !-'. 13 B0C4.80! see.t potatoes. Eastern Shore new per bbl No 1. $I8i No. -', 13 B04 50; lettuce. Naw York, per crate. Iltfl.50; peas. New York, per bushel basket. Il2: onions. Special Six-Week Course From September 1st Tim I.ehlch Vallev Transit has also announced lx-ent fares pel zone and ci cation of new rones Both these In orcefbes affect 1'hlludplphla commuters The Hanover and McSherrSfetown Street Ilallwav baa Bone up to a six rent fare: the Mroudsburc Traction rvminanv announce ehangea In ratea. ( while the IZastun Transit I'ompany In cieases fares to six cents and Increases special car fares The rhambersburfr and James City Gas Companies have Increased rates DISOBEYED LIGHTLFSS EDICT I Theatre Man Onlered to Pay S20 to Red Cross The first direct violation of the llght Vns nlebe edict elnce the fuel admin istration has Issued written reports specl fSlnK the quantity of power that may he used was reported today. The violator, Harrv nus,h. proprietor of the Fifty-sixth Street Theatre, a motion Picture house, was notified he must either pay a fine of $50 to the l'd Cross or face prosecution under the Lever act. which provides $5000 fine, two j ears' Imprisonment, or both flush was given until tomorrow to make his decision. It was said he op- JUNIOR PLATTSBURG New Stone Colonial Homes in Overbrook With Space for Garage $9250 2d 1918 Encampment Lake Champlain, N. Y. FOR MEN 17 TO 45 YEARS OF AGE who desire to preparo for entering immediately, as trained men. Into tome branch of the Military Service of the United States Four divisions under direction of United Htntes Army and Navy Oftlcers asuUted by Canadian and llrltlih Ofllcrrs who have served overseas. Artillery Cavalry Infantry Naval Complete equ pment In each division Modern barracks Klcctrlc lights nnd runnlns water Ideal location and sanitation. Hospital, etc. 75 trained cavalry horses. ' TERMS: MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING, $200.00 Enrollment limited. Quick action advisable to assure entrance. Phone, wire or write for reservation. New York Office, 8 W. 40th St. Phone, Vanderbilt 2290 Flattsburg Office, 20 Brinkerhoff St. Phone 487 Over 600 are now receiving instruction and training in the first vsuk uuowuiaT were Quotations: new zora. 3.:.. fit. ... v nju S4au.i. ..: wt nra-r. jt- ;- x: -.-y.-E".!-- v-r-c .i-.-.. - Bt, ,rliutl , basket. i.tff IjMII rMVr?"W1W. at? .W' WMummWm i llgill $1000 ;pj KSSsssssssssssssssSHSSriSKiRi'naTjssa ' I , Aalssl tVassssssfWIfcgjaCffw-gSj.Ug . , ' JB ffTssWaWiiisinMiiwTOsiMlMiff iilwiBii I TiWssMjrMsinnissfisWirj rli j.'fSM ssWIss tfsssslgaTli lift 'tt fe Ttri BMjrr.c:s iJiffjgVT -, ti&lW'wSK '!-l LliauHMIIIH9lMasHassBssss';sE; iWlfflBo5sr wjgggai "I'tlssf tW' 71 tl tree '',ftirM RffiKfeNll Tf a Month wj y?Mais tarrying JJaM sssssssssssMlisiWalsssnBrTslffssBIsi '"-'--"' " . TT aPMTMBassslJssssI fharPM JBH sssssssssrLsfflssssBssssssssssatTmanlssssmsnasssMtfraT TrrlyrTaiMyBsTTfflBsssffsssfBssssssMrl 'laic' KISbbcsbbbI P"aWKBla4sss2asHassBBasslasMasssssssB eii sUbB m On Columbia Avenue East of Sixty - third Str lent. Three atones, large lots. Z baths, a BurroundinEs. Open today for Inspection. Columbia vonue qne; 5-ent tTjf.fy ,iV iU Ic Colwnbm AtjWJ TiiI fnmnlAtfH onnlnlnlnfr verv tnnrlnrn Imnrncptniitit ThrAD htorfp.q Inrere lots. ? hatha. HSDarate 3 exceptionally flne and high location, with beautiful surroundings. Open today for Inspection, Tab. Street Klevated to 6Id Street, get tree transfer Jo Columbia vonue qne; 5-ent tnrjf. fy ."w CHARLES J. HOOD fc CO.. ur'L- ' M irtiMiliTsiitn! V- I I 1 IlssslV'T'll 'iMllsMslssssss!