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SUED BY KING GEORGE
Monarch Asks 81 ,022, 900 for Black Tom
Explosion Loss

New York. July 80. - The name Of
King George OF England has been added
to the long list OF those who would
have the Lehigh Valley Railroad COM
pensate them for the losses they suffered
when the store of munitions went up in
q blast two years ago on Black Tom
Island.
King Georges name appeared as
plaintiff in action for the recovery OF
s1.022.ooO for munitions aboard the
schooner Pauline.
The French Government also filed suit
for $500, 900 for loss of munitions aboa rd
the schooner Charles Rockwell The
Aetna Explosives Company is seekink
to recover $4,000. The total OF suits
filed today was for sl,s59.o0O
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BARS GRAIN FOR MALTINC
Food Administration Issues Order Pro.
hibiting Purchase Before October
Ry the Associated Press

Washington, July 30,-Under a ruling
today by the food administration, malt
sters may not purchase any grain for
mailing purposes before next October !.
This action was taken pending deter
mination OF the amount Of malt required
for next winters operation. the admin
istration explaining that maltsters now
have on hand a sufficient supply to meet
their requirements until January /.
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FERDINAND LEAVES HOME
Bulgarian King Reported Travelling "fo'
His Health"

Washington. July 30.-An official dis
patch from France says German news
papers report King Ferdinand of Bull
garia has gone TO foreign lands" for
some time on account Of his health
According to the Neue Freie Fresse.
of Vienna. Bulgarian parsonage en-
his way through Vienna admitted lie
bulgarian people were very tired o. the
war and had prospects OF a poor harvest.
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Schooner May Be Total Loss

An Atlantic Port. July 3O.-The Amer
lean schooner Luna. which went aground
of this port Sunday night. is reported
to be in a bad position and may be
total loss. The vessel. lumber-laden
Is lying head-on and is full of water
There is strong wind and heavy sea
The captain ana crew were taken Off
by life guards.
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Fight Endemic

Amsterdam. July 80. Tetanus has
broken out to serious extent in the
Germany army. according TO the Tele-
graaf
The Netherlands Export Company has
agreed to send a larfe consignment Of
anti-tetanus serum tC Germany.
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and individuals. Worth Brothers will
employ about 5000 men.
From Wilmington to Claymont and
from Marcus Hook, Pa. to Claymont
building operations are under way.
Companies in the vicinity have made ar
rangements for temporary school build
ings to accommodate 1900 children of
the workers.
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R,s;ness Questions Answered

T have a considerable quantity OF No. l
,;,nhnr VIZ white ash. white oak white
nins red oak hickory and chestnut. what
is the present market price per 1000 teet.
sawed and delivered I. o. b. cars at my
'oT" haven't the least idea. but under
senarate cover ! am sending you the
names of two sources through which you
can find out.
have derived much pleasure IN reading
your "Peter Flint" stories and the adVice
on business matters you have SO KihdIs
diase minated from time to time. am
therefore going to avail myseit OF your
kind offices in this latter connection.
am a Young married man, with no pre-
yious busins IS knowledge other than tnat
derived from engineering (civill experience.
am out to better myself. ana nave
about $4,000 10 invest In good business.
on a partnership basis. I am not particular Z
AZ to what line II Is In, as.l think that !
could take a pretty keen interest IN any
thing that promised well for the future.
intend running an advertisement soon,
and think 1t possible that ! may have a
fair choice of offers.
before doing this. however. ! wish to OBJ
tain as much knowledge as possible on
business affairs from books. as ! have no
time 20 spend on DIsinsss s.,,r colleges: ax.. ,ok
How to Deal With HUMAN Nature in
Sheet by stoekweil; G. A., are good
YOU give me your opinion OF them and sus-
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Launching at Sun Yard Sunday

The cargo-carrier Deerfield. one Of the
largest built on the Delaware River
is to be launched next Sunday at the
Sun Shipyard. at Chester. The Deer
field Is a l1.600-ton vessel OF the stand
ard type and will be ready for commits
sion within a month after it's initial dip
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Publisher of Toledo Times Dies

Toledo. O.. July 3o.-Clarence Brown.
attorney, capitalist. politician Of State
wide prominence and publisher of the
Toledo Times. died this morning.
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Much Pivots on Meaning of "Invested Cepitar'

yesterday
capital The which
will whether which
back plant be regarded whether
easiy s a of cent
the invested capital and clear lucid definition
public
market
b. dsregarded..
Mercantile Marine steadily
q While
definite idea the financial plan that the directors under
ntmaed
making
prices
Among As in
there has intmaon what
Burlington
collateral
had not
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CHEsTNUT HlLL. PA.

CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY
A country boarding and day sehoo1 foe -
Thorough preparation for college. seteG( y
fne gymnasium with swimming pool.
pupils received. Separate Lower Schoo1}
Sneclslty low rates for Aye-aay 6aaoo
JAMES LAWSON PATTERR0N. nQ11
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Boy Drownsd x Az u
Atlantic City, July 80
zen years old, was drowned n.
without being observed yee((
had entered the water with btt1
panions. The body was waehe4
last night. He was the son Of 1l1g
Fish, IA North Mississippi 'AvG9u
widow with three children. u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-30

CEDAR GOTH d CEDAR AVENUE
Mary Pickford in HOW voc SouhD n -.
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railroads
lines the is less
and brokers shake heads onous the
while
dreamed of
radical things both social
the public
public a
considered
with article Electrical News
Canada following
municipalities
doubt been
the evil uncontrolled private ownership fell
uncomfortable municipal ownership.
taking
possible of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-30
GOSSIP or THE STREET
MARKET OUTLO LOOK OPTIMISTIC,
DESPITE INACTIVITY YESTERDAY
AND FAILURE OF ALL FORECASTS
Bankers Surprised Number of New Security Issues
Given Quasi.Approval of Capital Issues Com.
mittee-Current Gossip of the Street

NONE predictions
the close Of the last the
and the found In the financial
district
time to what might
And yet would admit that market is likely to fall
especially favorable
front Every reluctantly admitted that with
as continuing
and all other securities
wlknown broker asked which he
money or the news? Hts As the market
cerned today neither
There is however
will not be Jagged
tight enough 1t acknowledged
numerically but the yesterday would
inclination
understood.
would
poraion dividend
welknown
be declared directors habit differently
while and that the meeting might be of them.
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Banks Drained of Cash for Harvesting Season


different currency
he
bankers which
all
OF
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Many New Security Issues Tentatively Approved

which Of
paible
street.
counts for something called
difference
adopted system of restriction almost similar
I'm the
in the second making a Of s3327
$4,000 through the sale of bonds certificates
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BELMONT SD ABOVE MARKET
ELSIE FERGUSON in "A DOL POLLS Is
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BY ALTMAN
BY AHERN

in ball games think they are waiting to when
all the ball teams win and then they'll take
them, huh? Yknow Felix, everybody Is all full
of patriotics, over here on account of this war.
When they was no war nobody knew nothin
about war etticat not even me, and now when
am in the movies or outside places l always
stand up when they play Over There, and Noahs
Ark and etc. The other day was standin up
when they was playin and fella yelled at me
to take OF my hat, and he was taller than me
and he could see the music fellas easy enough
over my hat but he had a lot OF his friends with
him and they all helped him out at yeln at me
about my hat so took 1t OF my head pertendin
1t was warm and was gonna take 1t of anyhow.
Then a fella says to me to always take my hat
off when the National Anthem Is played, that's
what they was payin and like it SO much am
goin to 80 the other folks one (1) better and
go bareheaded all the time. Well now Felix
am gettin near tn end SO III have to quit pretty
soon.-S'long!
Go get 'em!
Your bro. Benny with good luck.
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Especial to The Times. J

SEATTLE, June 24.-The Anti
Profiteering league, which was re-
Gently formed to combat the rent
hog" and the land shark" met
in the Labor temple Sunday aft
ternoon to discuss the situation,
several property owners, among
them Mayor Hanson, being present
and taking part in the discussion.
The women and girl wage work.
ers came in for considerable dis
cussion, as, 1t was said, many were
finding themselves unable to live
on their present wages and with
increasing rents.
Mayor Hanson talked over the
real estate history of Seattle, go
ing back as far as 1909. He said
that all that time and for a few
years before the war, rents were
lower than they should have been
In as healthy a city as Seattle, at
this time when thousands of work.
ing men were making this city
their homes, rents should go above
normal.
Various remedies were suggest
ed, among them government con-
troll and laws governing the col
lection of rents, as was done in
the British isles during the second
year of the war.
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COUNCILS
HELPING IN
RENT FIGHT
Especial to The 1,imes)

CLEVELAND, June 24.-Fur-
Their legislation aimed at curbing
excessive rents has been intro
dueed by Councilmen Dittrick and
Sulzmann in this city.
1t Is proposed by the council
men to take the matter up first
thru a mass meeting of tenants
to protest against landlords who
have made excessive advances in
rents.
II this procedure does not bring
results, an appeal to President.
Wilson will be made, and last,
petition to the president and to
congress asking federal legislation
to stop rent profiteering.
A resolution instructing Law
Director Fitzgerald to prepare an
ordinance creating a city board to
hear and decide controversies be-
tween landlords and tenants has
been introduced and adopted.
Dittrick, last month, introduced
an ordinance asking an investiga-
ton of excessive rents in this city.
A committee held two meetings
and heard testimony of several
persons. Reports of the investi-
cation were sent to Senator Hard
ing and Congressman Emerson.
Congressman Emerson is pre-
pairing to present data on the
Cleveland rent situation to con-
gress this week.
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pany, how he could afford II these
days, supposed to be so hard on
the poor, downtrodden landlord.
Rents in New York city last
year." he said, were increased
from 10 to 80 per cent.
''These raises In rents rep.
resent in many cases what
the landlords can get, rather
than what they need i'm order
to meet the heavier expenses.
"Our slight raise of four per
cent may not be sufficient to quite
meet our added burdens, but we
won't raise rents further unless 1t
becomes a matter Of imperative
necessity. .r ~
'If our service is paternalistic,
we are confident that in the. near
future the path this company has
blazed will be followed by land
lords generally.
by good management we think
that we have at this time of ma
tional need made an important
contribution to the citizenship OF
the country"
Makes Nice Profit.
The City and Suburban Homes
90. makes = profit Of rs X per
cent and pGun q dividend Of y
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Felix, when you meet any of them huns out in
no mans land don't let them call you friend in
germany talk like they do cause they amt yours
or nobodys friend, and you anser them back with
another bump on their squareheads for me, and
you might give EN- another wallop for my friend
George. That makes three (3) punches unless
you got lot Of friends Felix. went to a movie
the other night and II showed some of US Amer
leans over there in France gettin medals pinned
on and ! looked hard but couldn't make out
which one was you I am goin again tonight
and be in the first row and look hard again.
Try and wave your hand or wink or somethin go
then I'll know. Y'know over here they have
made a new rule where fellas what don't do real
work will half to get a war job or fight, and
that's where you did wise again by quittin your
lumber jack trade Of cuttin down and up trees,
and goin to war like you done, huh? And also,
the ball players are in question about that new
rule like this It says, Ball players? guess it's
cause they is some ball teams that always lose
SO they wouldn't do in the war II they losed like
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CORNS ACT like
A PUSH BUTTON
Tells why they are so
painful and how to lift
them right out.

If you push on an electric but
ton you form a contact with a live
wire which rings the bell. When
your shoes press against your
corn it pushes its sharp roots
down upon a sensitive nerve and
you get a shock of pain.
Instead of trimming your corns,
which merely makes them grow,
just step into any drug store and
ask for a quarter of an ounce OF
freezone. This will cost very lit
tie, but is sufficient to remove
every hard or soft corn or callus
from ones feet. A few drops
applied directly upon tender,
aching corn stops the soreness
instantly, and soon the corn
shrivels up so it lifts right out.
root and all, without pain. This
drug is harmless and never in
flames or even irritates the sur
rounding tissue or skin.
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=In the -
Editors Mail
SOCIAL CENTER
EDITOR THE TINES:


In reply we'll
June 20, signed Mechanic"
sympathy.
married middle who works daily for
self support both of this social
In early life had refined home, well known and had
established in the community later
stranger in places. had position exactly reversed
This a serious question
that lies heart because would
have carried this idea long lonely people,
both old, il a
have undertaken it.
If there is with will be glad to
dertake this matter suitable home place be found
attending would
a refreshments
committee executive
to introduce plan entertainments.
should because of work they
do the size of their income.
The question education congenia principals Of ethics
themselves those who attended Helpful talks
this
other of life than their
Will Mechan interested please
reply. HOSPITALITY
The and address of the above writer were en-
truste to my made known
reader.-Edtor
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" ~ - A<A O%S
reporter for The Times Attached
TO Gen. Pershing's Army, Who
Is Home on Furlough.
Letters from home. Our fight
eB In France don't get half
enough OF them.
One day at the front q high
general called a number of war
correspondents together and said
"a US:
Tell the folks back home to
write more CHEEKY letters to our
boys in France A homesick, de-
spondent soldier might as we'll be
In the hospital.
Nothing keeps the boys in
good spirits like letters from
home. IL every boy could get two
letters a week, the army disci-
pline question would be half
solved"
Dads Not Very Good.
The mothers of America do
very well at the letter-writing
game.
And the sisters are a close sec
ond.
The dads and brothers don't
take their pens in hand very often,
but nobody suffers thru their neg
sect, SO long as mother or sister
keep the family news coming.
It's the sweethearts who are at
fault!
At least nine-tenths OF the en-
listed men in France left sweet
hearts behind in America. These
girls should make it their business
to write often and regularly, re-
CARELESS Of how many letters they
get in return from France.
Use Tact, Girls.
A soldier boy cant be depend
ed upon to write regularly. He is
in the trenches for days at al
time, and when he goes off guard
he is so tired he throws himself
into muddy dugout and sleeps.
The girls back home should take
this into consideration.
And girls, use tact in your let
ter writing. The other day saw
a hoy throw a letter aside in dis
gust.
"Whattaya know about this?"I
he peeved. "A seven-pager from
my girl. and on every page she
tells me what good time she's
havin' going to dances with a guy
who didn't get into the army be-
cause he had flat feet.
Next thing | know she'll be
margin that gink. There ought
to be law against fellow with
flat feet marryin'."
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BY j. II. Duckworth
Special Staff Dispatch.

NEW YORK, June 24.-There
are some landlords who are not
reluctantly compelled owing to
war conditions" to increase rents
10 to 80 per cent.
That is proved by the way the
City and Suburban Homes Co. Of
New York treats its $4,000 ten
ants.
This company, capitalized at
$6,000,000, which cntrols five
large model tenements, finds a
A per cent average increase in
rents ample to cover the higher
cost of labor. material and taxes,
and meet dividend requirements.
II has even been able to in
crease its depreciation reserve.
This company has previously
shown its lack of the profiteerlng
spirit by allowing tenants a rent
rebate for their few heatless days
last winter.
What Traffic VIII Hear.
So unusually confederate Is this
landlord" that = asked Allan
Robinson, presio}nt Of the COM
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THIS man ABLE TO
WORK NOW FIRST
time IN TWO YEARS
Says Tanlac Gave Him
Biggest Surprise of His
Life-Gains 20 Pounds

"Well, l have Just finished my
third bottle of Tanlac, and do you
know l had the surprise of my
life the other day when I got on
the scales and found l had actu-
ally gained twenty pounds al
ready" said w. s. Hukill, a well
known carpenter, living at 1908
Park Avenue, recently.
II hadn't been able to hit a
lick OF work in two years, until
now" he continued. MY appe-
title went square back on me, and
what little i did manage to eat
soured on my stomach, causing
gas and intense suffering. My kid
neys bothered me something aw-
full and my back panied me so bad
1t was torture for me to have it
rubbed. was SO nervous and
miserable during those two years
that I never knew what a good
nights sleep was, and for seven
months of that time | was flat on
my back, hardly able to move. I,
of course, was under treatment,
spent some time in the hospital,
and took all kinds of medicines,
but with 1t all I kept getting
worse.
81 kept dropping off In weight
until lost forty-seven pounds,
and was almost living skeleton.
When I left the hospital and de-
cided to see what Tanlac would
do for me, weighed only ninety
five pounds. But Tanlac GER
tainly has made a wonderful
change In me. / sleep fine, and
really it's the first time in two
years I have been able to sleep
the night through. My back and
kirneys don't bother me any
more and my stomach Is in such a
good condition that can eat just
anything I want without suffer
ing particle afterwards. The
way I am getting back my lost
weight is astonishing. AS I said,
1 have already gained twenty
pounds. and I am still gaining.
Not only that, I feel better than
I have in years, and I am going
back to my work, as feel strong
and well In every way, and I just
can't praise Tanlac enough for
what It has done for me-"
Tanlac 10 sold In Tacoma by
French Drug Co.. under the per-
oonal direction Of . special Tan
Nc representative.
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Dear bro. Felix.
In Somewhere France.

Dear bro. Felix In Somewhere France.
My, are you there to! 1t must be big village OF
somethin cause nearly all the soldier fellas are
stayin at that town huh? It's good thing you
Unlisted in the draft, cause II you didn't you
would be drafted and half to 60. That was q
wise move Of you and will do the same when
my number Is called out. Y'know Felix, would
like to be In the aviaters bunch II 60. I'd like
to fly in a airplnne IL I could keep one (l) foot
on the ground and l wouldn't mind It SO much
that way. Did You forget to close your letter
to me? Cause II was open when got 1t, and
1t looked like some fela named Censor opened
1t before got it and II he had any edication he
wrote opened by mistake huh? Supposin you
wanted to send me some soovnirs from France
like frog legs frinstance, wouldn't have a fine
chance Of gettin them when the letter would be
opened and they'd jump out and they wouldn't
know enough to Jump over hear to me without
the address. After this Felix mark hands off or
not to be opened till Xmas on the outside Of the
letter and see II that won't help some. Listen
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cent. The 81 per cent differ
ence is transferred to reserve, :"
for the reproduction of buildings
and is used to reduce mortgage
The company has an ingenious
plan under which II Is providing
for the reproduction of its build
ings when they are economically
dead.
1t is paying off each year pro-
gressively larger portion of the
mortgage debt by compromising
the interest. and when in SO years
the entire debt is extinguished it
will establish a sinking fund COW
ering the remainder of the build
ings' life-in the City & Suburb
ans case, nine years.
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$4,000 TONS
SUNK, CLAIM

AMSTERDAM. June. 24.-Ger-
man submarines sank total OF
$4,000 tons Of shipping during
May, according to an official
statement issued in Berlin.
The statement also said that in
addition to the losses announced
for April, $4,000 tons were taken
into allied ports badly damaged.
According to allied statements,
the total tonnage lost during April
was 800, 900, about half of what
the Germans claimed. No allied
announcement has been made of
the total for May.
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FIRE RUINS
BIG TRESTLE

SEATTLE, June 24.-Fire, be
lieved to have started from a Gig
aret stub, destroyed the Spokane
street trestle, leading to West Sc
attic and Alki beach between s
o'clock and midnight Sunday. The
loss is 100000.
Firemen battling the flames
were compelled to work with gas
masks in the early progress of
the fire in order to avoid asphyx-
iation from the clouds of gas
which issued from a broken main.
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RAIN SAVES
WHEAT CROP
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

PENDLETON, Or, June "a
Rains extending from the Cas-
cades to the Rockies have saved
the wheat crop of the Inland EN-
pire. The crop probably will be
normal. Two days ago the out
look was for failure.
More than half an inch of rain
FELL here in half an hour Satur-
day.
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SHIP MINED
Omitted Press Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, d. c., June "a.
The small steamer Fenimore, in
the naval service at an Atlantic
port, was mined yesterday but no
lives were lost, according to an
incomplete report to the navy de-
partment today.
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DO you want a home? Times
Real Estate Page has the best
buys. You'll find what you want
on page z.
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MAYOR TAKES PART
IN Rental Meeting

A motion that a committee of
10 be appointed for ways and
means was passed and Mayor Han
son was named as chairman.