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kaiser's Lines Pressed Back
in Battles Fought in Dense
Fogs Counter Assaults
Repulsed.
Invadons Preparing to Push New
Drivo to North Sea Predict
Fall of Calais and Dunkirk by
Christmas.
Pespite heavy fogs, which neces
sarily restrict operations, severe fight
ing in the Argonne region is reported
by the French War Office in its of
ficial statement issued this afternoon.
The Allies claim gains in these en
gagements, declaring that all Ger-
liian assaults upon their trenches have
been repulsed and that new ground
has been won.
A new triple attack against the
'Allies at Nieuport, Dixmude and
Ypres is expected on the part of the
German army in west Flanders.
Heavy reinforcements of artillery, in
cluding big siege guns from Liege and
Bruscls, have now been brought
into position, and a general attack at
these three points, under artillery fire,
is looked for, the Germans asserting
their expectation of occupying, both
Dunkirk and Calais by Christmas.
The new forces of the Germans in
Flanders- are under the command of
Grand Duke Albrecht, of Wurttem
bcrg, heavy casualties having com
pelled a shift of troops.
The attack of the British fleet upon
Belgian coast towns occupied by the
Germans has been renewed, both
Lombaertzyde and Zcebrugge being
under bombardment. London reports
that the shore guns were silenced,
but the official statement issued in
Berlin declares that only slight dam
age was done by the shells from the
warships.
The French War Office asserts that
the German losses in West Flanders
have exceeded 120,000.
Soissons, under firer :for -the 24th
time since the campaign began, is
now a scene of desolation, most of
the famous old buildings having been
ruined by bursting shells.
Von Hindenburg's drive against
Warsaw, which brought the German
forces within 30 miles of the Polish
capital, has been checked at the Bsura
River. North of the river the German
attempts to force a passage have
been futile. The advance which
reached Lodr, where heavy fighting
ook place, has turned to a retire
ment. Pctrograd reports a decisive
'defeat of the enemy at Lowicz along a
line extending SO miles tp the Warthe
River. The Germans have begun a
new flight over the former route of
retreat.
British troops arc re'portcd pur
suing Turkish detachments which have
been repulsed in battles at the head
of the Persian Gulf. Basra has been
seized, according to the British state
ment by Lord Crewe, and many of the
Turks captured. The Turks report
auccessful moves toward Datum, Rus
ia's Black Sea port.
The Russians, in an official state-
Concluded on Page Pour
RECLUSE'S FORTUNE SOUGHT
J Eelatives of John Maglnn Search for
Hidden. "Wealth.
Search la being- mad? today by relatives
In the. two-story house. 313 North Sth
street, for largo sums of money believed
to have ibeen secreted there bjr Joseph
Maglnn, an 80-year-old hunchback, who
was found dead In the kitchen of the
i dwelling where be had lived the life of a
recluse for JO years. The fortune, If
I found, will probably go to Mrs. Blrdcet
WS Sllggins. a widow, who Is the old man's
i niece, she uvea with her two sons at 633
I North Front street.
, The only thing- of value found on the
cm man wnen ma clothing- was searched
waa a gold watch that had been pre
sented to his brother, who was a priest
In Ireland. Mrs. Hlgglns told the police
that until the last few years her uncle
would not permit any one to visit him.
Lately he has been getting feeble.
S"arro Hand Frcsea to Death.
MIDDLETOWN. N. Y.. Nov. U.-ivta.
prick; Balcom. 65, a farm hand. Is the first
triuum u too coia wave la New York.
2aicom was overcome on hl way home
last night when the temoeratum m, it
degrees above sera His body vu found
I by the roadside today.
THE WEATHER
For Philadelphia and vUiniUi-.
Fair and oeldtr UmUkt, followed by
xHctemwg elewimtta and warmer ta-
torrow.
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MEN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING
i i i i ii
Philadelphia Itnllnns Held for Elkton
Mans Critical Wounding,
Four Philadelphia Italians Rro In the
county Jail At Elkton, charged with
shooting Tony" Iatenic, 30 jenrs old, In
his phanty near Conowlngo. Ills condi
tion Is critical.
Tho men under arrest are Poter Tallno,
Francisco Nevello and Domino and Folic
Petrlm. According to Latenzo, three men
came to his shsnty Saturday night and
asked for beds. In an ntlcmpt to rob
Latenzo, mo of tho men shot at him, ono
bait taking effect.
Tho men wore arrested on a train at
Perryvllle and turned over to Sheriff Mor
gan and deputies. Two revolvers, a razor
and a largo knife were found on them.
KAISER SPEEDSM
ARMY TO PUSH DRIVE
BLOCKED' IN POLAND
Russian Reinforcements
More Than Offset by
Fresh German Troops.
Berlin Confident of Hin
denburg's Success.
BERLIN, Nov. 24.
Fresh forces'' are being hurried to tho
battlefront In roland to strengthen Oon
oral von Hindenburg's campaign against
Warsaw, which has been blockod be
tween tho Warthe and Vistula nivcrs
after driving forward and regaining much
of tho ground lost In tho previous re
treat. The arrival of Russian reinforcements
has been admitted, and this. It was
stated, has delayed a decision of tho
Issue In Polnnd. Every confidence Is still
expressed, however, In ultlmato victory
for tho army of General von Hlndcnburg.
Certain atratoglo movements havo been
necessary, It Is declared.
It Is roportod at tho War Office today
that tho German armies In Poland have
succeeded In cutting somo of Jlio lines
of communication upon which the Rus
sians depend, and that this will greatly
Impede the movements of troops to re
sist tho continued offcnslvo by the Ger
man and Austrian forces.
Tho military experts are unanimous In
declaring that the Russian reinforcements
which havo reached tho front will be more
than offset by the vigor of the attacks
made by fresh German troops who have
also beenbent to the battleground In
Poland.
Tho confidence that tho War Oflloo of
ficials express as to ultimate victory Is
reflected in the German press.
MnJoV Morath, of tho Tageblatt, who
Is closoly In toUch with tho War Offlce
and has nccess to the reports received
here, Jooks for Important developments
north' of tho Vistula River In Poland
about the Russian fortress of Novo
Georglovsk,
"To reinforce their troops In Western
Poland," he says, "tho Russians have
been compelled to draw upon the forces
loft to garrison Warsaw. Tills leaves
Novo Georglevsk without support except
for the Russian troops north of the Vis
tula, who, after being badly beaton In
their attempt to Invado East Prussia, nre
falling back In a demoralized condition.
"The hurried dispatch of the Warsaw
troops to the front shows that tho Rus
sians are making a final desperate effort
to save tho day. Tho Russians west of
tho Vistula havo boen unable to retire
upon the Wnraaw-Ivangorod line be
because of our victory of Wlocklawek
and our rapid advance up the Vistula, but
have been forced to offer battle on a front
about Lodz. This Is considerable dis
tance from their base, and the farther
tho Germans can draw tho Russians away
from their base the greater will be tho
Russian defeat."
GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT
IN POLAND, PETROGRAD SAYS
Hlndenburg Reported Withdrawing
From "Warsaw1 Objective.
PETROGRAD, Nov. II.
The German forces engaged In a hot
battle about Lodz have been beaten back
25 miles west of that point.
An official statement from the War
Offlce reports "favorable news from the
front between the Vistula and AVarthe.
where the Germans have retreated."
Other reports declare the Germans who
had reached Lodz are now at Sadek,
3 miles in the rear of the easternmost
point reached by the force which ad
vanced through Poland from Kallcz.
It also Is officially announced here that
the German foroes are In full retreat
southwest of Lowicz along a line ex
tending for 43 miles from Strykow to the
Warthe River, and that the Russians are
pursuing the beaten enuemy, The Ger
mans north of the Bsura River have
been unable to cross that stream, and
It la stated that all Indications point to
an overwhelming Russian victory along
the entire battle front.
On their reformed battle., front, the
German advance has thus been effectu
ally halted. Between the Warthe and
Vistula "Rivers the retirement already Is
In the nature of a flight after 10 days of
Btubborn righting, In which the Germans
pushed forward more than half way from
the frontier to Warsaw.
The Una of retirement extends from the
upper reaches of the Bsura towarda the
southeast as far as Sleradz.
The entire movement of the Germans,
both In their advance and in the retire
ment which has now begun, has been
entirely In accordance with the Russian
plan of campaign.
KILLED IN TROOP TRAIN CRASH
German Detachment Meets Disaster
Wear Potsdam,
BERLIN, Nov. . OPlva soldiers were
killed and 1 wounded wbeji a troop train
was derailed near Rathenaw. 31 miles,
northwest of Potsdam yesterday.
The troop were bound for the western
theatre of war.
Bx-Con pressman's Brother Killed
NHW YORK. Nov. H Arthur N. Bon
ygpt, an lMswra&ee broker, and a brother
of former Ctmjfreigipan RobaK W. Boa-
yM f Colorado, fU fivw the window I
Of J ftstftt Mr at 4UWL W a two
VERA CRUZ AGAIN
UNDER THE FLAG OF
MEXICAN REPUBLIC
National Emblem Hoisted
Over Custom House From
Which it Was Removed
Last Spring.
VERA CRUZ. Nov. 21. The Mexican
flag was again run up over Vera Cruz
today after an absenco of nearly seven
months. The hoisting of tho republic's
ling was made tho occnslon for brilliant
ceremonies on the pnrt of tho Constitu
tionalists' troops occupying the city. Over
night triumphal arches had been erected
in tho Rtreots and flags had been hung
from tho windows of many houses.
At S o'clock tho bugles In the Mexican
barracks stirred tho troops to action nnd
half an hour later, with bands at their
head playing maitlal music, a heavy de
tachment of Constitutionalist soldiers
moved through tho streets. Salutes were
flrcd while tho Mexican flag was hoisted
nbovo tho custom house, the Government
building, the naval academy and other
public and scml-publlo structures.
Afterwatda a procession of S0:0 Con
stitutionalist soldiers was reviewed.
Tho night passed quietly and dawn
found military proclamations posted
throughout tho city warning persons
against Illegal acts and against the sale
of Intoxicants. Thcso were signed by
General Candldo Agullar, tho Constitu
tionalist commander.
Out In the harbor the United States
man-of-war Minnesota could bo seen rid
ing at anchor, but thoro were no American
soldiers In tho streets.
WASHINGTON RELIEVED
Views Present Conditions in Mexico
Without Anxiety.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2i.-For the first
time in months tho Washington govern
ment today viewed the Mexican situation
without anxiety. With tho American
troops safely withdrawn from Mexican
soli and prospects that General Villa will
be unopposed In his occupation of Mexico
City, there was no need to worry about
tho affairs of the republic, according to
Stato Department officials. They took
especial comfort from the order of Villa
that he would punish any soldier who re
sorts to looting and raplno during the
occupation of the capital.
It Is believed hero that tho arrival
there of the Villa forces will end all ap
prehension and place tho city In better
ordor than It has been for months. Dis
patches from Consul General SUliman
havo reported that General Blanco, who Is
sold to havo declared his allegiance to
the Aguascalientea convention, Is main
taining ordor and tho early fears of the
residents have been allayed.
ON TO MEXICO CITY
Villa Hastens Flans to Occupy the
Capital.
EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 24. Appeals from
Mexico City to General Francisco Villa
to hurry on to the capital that he may
tako charge of the situation there, which
Is now verging on anarchy, have caused
the northern leader to hasten plans for
the movement of his army.
General Luclo Blanco, In charge at
Mexico City, has wired Provisional
President Gutierrez that he and his
troops will support tho Aguascaltentes
Government. It Is reported that Blanco
has also wired that he has placed under
arrest Generals Alvero Obregon, Eduardo
Hay and Airtonlo Vlllarcal. This last re
port was denied In a message from Isldra
Fabalea, 'Carranza's Secretary of State,
who declared Obregon Is at tho head of
a large force of troops ready to oppose
Villa.
CA1UJANZA REPORTS VICTORY
Says'Villa Lost 400 Men In Plght at
Tlaxcala.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Capture of
Tlaxcala by Carranzlsta troops with a
loss to tho Vllllstas of 400 men and somo
guns was reported by Carranza to his
agency liero today.
Denial was made that Zapatistas had
captured Puebla. Carranza said they
were defeated at Cholulo, and that Gen
eral Colics, Carranzlsta, repulsed May
torena troops at Agua Prleto, killing 200
and capturing 500.
Captain Hill Denies Charge
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Captain W.
N. Hill, of the Marine Corps, reported
from Boston as having stated In an in
terview that "burning and looting" would
follow the evacuation of Vera Cruz by the
United States troops, today wired a denial
that he made such a statement.
$180,000 LOSS WHEN FIRE
RAGES AT M'KEESPORT
Department Store of J. Denny O'Neil
Detroyed by Flames.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21 -Fire of un
known origin In the basement of the de
partment store of J, Denny O'Neil, 325
and 327 Fifth avenue, McKeesport, early
this morning destroyed the building and
damaged other structures.
Flames and smoke coming from the
basement of the store were discovered by
pedestrians. When firemen arrived the
building was doomed and only hard work
saved the entire block.
Ice-coated firemen fought valiantly
against a stiff wind and succeeded In
conftnlng the flames almost entirely to
the O'Neil Building. The firemen were
forced to tunnel under the ballast of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad In order to
lay their hose.
The losses this morning were estimated
aa follows:
J. Denny Q'Nell. SJ5-3I7 tth avenue,
three-story brick; damage to stoek and
buUdlng. IITO.OOO. . )
Helmstadter Brothers, dry goods store,
318 Cth avenue; atook damage, ICO0O.
William Sheehan Building, three-story
brick. S Btb avenue; $15,000.
Chicago Dairy Company, 399 (th ave
nue, WOO.
D. L. Clark Building, eight-story brick,
531-53 Cth avenue, W0-
D. Simons Clothing Company, first floor
Clark Building; ,13000.
The burned building extended from
Sih avenue eaek to Jerome street, where
a number of flame dwellings are ooou
pled by foreigners. Burning embers
alighted on the houses and for time
there was danger of the flames spread
ing The excited foreigners oarrted tUalr
household good ta the sUt and ham
IMrod the atwnea la their work. Sev
eral tmnii are started h tha vlelnHy,
but were nlMM)ifrs& before gatnlAg
fetoiwajr, C
CORNELL FOOTBALL MEN
COME AND GO SAME DAY
Arrived in This City Early This
Morning, Breakfasted nnd Departed.
Cornell University's football team ar
rived In this city from Ithaca, N. Y at
7:30 a. m. over tho Heading Railroad.
After enjoying breakfast here the grid
iron warriors left for Atlantic City,
whero they will go through Just sum
dent exercise to keep the muscles lim
bered up for the Thanksgiving Day game
at Franklin Field with the University of
Pennsylvania representatives.
Coach "Al" Sharp waa very optimistic
of the result Thursday and believes that
Cornell will come through tho victor.
The Quakers, however, have managed
often to spring a surprise. Cornell's
eleven Is In grand physical ulinpe, nnd
when the men trot on to the field Thurs
day afternoon a finer conditioned set of
athletes would bo hard to And.
MOORE POINTS OUT
DANGER TO CRAFT
IN EVENT OF WAR
Congressman Declares Dis
tressed Vessels Would
Risk Destruction Because
of Lack of Canal System.
Battleships of the United States In
distress would havo the alternative of
romalnlng at sea or risking destruction
In vulnerable harbors In event of war,
according to a statement of Congress
man J. Hampton Mooro, aB President of
tho Atlantic Deep Waterways Association.
The statement Is the opening of the
campaign to bo waged In tho last ses
sion of the 63d Congress, which opens In
December, for tho Atlantic Inland water,
ways project, and especially for the Chesa
peake and Delaware Canal and Dclawaro
and Rarltan Canal.
Congressman Moore explains tho argu
ment for Improvements to theso water
ways Is mado from the war standpoint,
becauso the projects havo been neglected
oven when by the pcaco argument It was
shown there waa available ten times as
much tonnage for the 13-mIIe Chesapeake
and Dclawaro Canal as for tho Panama
Canal.
"The war now going on In Europe has
Illustrated two or three matters of great
significance to tho American people," says
the statement. "It has shown that for
eign nations, presumed to bo less power
ful than we arc. have not been neglectful
In battleship construction and In tho op
eration of a merchant marine. It has
also shown that wnterwoys and canals
In Europe havo received careful govern
ment consideration and that they havo
been kept Up to date for purposes of com
merce as well as for purposes of war.
"The war In Europn shows In tho neg
lect of such Important watorways as the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the
Delaware and Rarltan Canal, the United
States Government Is putting us In such
a position that In tho event of war wo
must keep our large vessels In vulnerable
ports, or In the open sea, or unit until
Inland canals are opened up and made
available for them to pass from one sta
tion to another. Wo have somo extremely
Important ports Inland, but they are not
connected up as they ought to be.
"Should a blow be struck at our coast
line and the need nrlso for shelter or
refitting, anywhere from Boston harbor
to Jacksonville, It would bo up to those
who havo neglected otur canals to ex
plain the wasto of life and property that
would ensue. We have not hitherto
argued this matter very strongly from
the war standpoint. We havo urged the
opening of these canals and their con
nection through a continuous Inland
waterway for commercial purposes. Sup
posedly wise men who do not understand
the commercial need, nor even the ordi
nary prudenco that patriotism dictates,
splutter over n possible ten millions and
take on grievously becauso the opening
of such a canal In times of peace would
cost money."
"OUT DAMNED SPOT." VAIN
CRY FOR KAISER, SAYS CRITIC
"Rhine's Waters Cannot Cleanse
Mailed Fist," Preachor Declares.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 24. "I have been
asked to bo neutral and I am neutral
when I say that all the water In the
River Rhine cannot wash the blood and
shame from Germany's mailed list."
This was tho bitter comment against,
the German Government today by the
Rev. Newell Hlllls, pastor of the Ply
mouth Church, Brooklyn. N. Y.. who Is a
delegato to the World's Bible Conference.
Ills remark was apropos of German de
vastation of Belgium.
Of the general results of the war Mr.
Hlllls declared that a democratic gov
ernment, similar to this country, would
supplant the autocratic rule in Europe,
GERMAN LIGHT FLOTILLA
OFF COAST OF FLANDERS
Armored Motorboats Relieved Sent
Prom Cuxhaven.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 24.-A flotilla of
German armored motorboats, equipped
with rapid-tire guns, has arrived on the
coast of Flanders, says a dispatch to
the TelegraafTrom Its correspondent In
Sluls.
Where the light-draft boats came from
Is not definitely known, but It Is con
jectured that they have arrived from
Cuxhaven.
ATJTOIST'S INJURIES FATAL
Justice of the Peace Shaw Attempted
to Avoid Striking Pedestrian.
Mordecal Shaw, Justice of the Peace of
Darby, died this morning In the Univer
sity Hospital aa the result of Injuries sus
tained In an automobile accident last
Wednesday.
In endeavoring to avoid hitting a pedea
trlan at Yeadoa. Shaw swerved his car
from the road and collided with an Iron
hose plug. Hla skull waa fractured,
The other passengers in the ear were
Deputy Sheriff William Mathuas, of Del
aware County, who suffered the fraature
of several ribs, and William Parker, who
waa slightly injured.
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Campaign Button In Child's Throat
A 14-yar-oVd girl U at Coopor Hospital
today with a pin and a Republican cam
paign button la litr throat, and so far
tayaiclana hava been unable to extraot
then. She U Marie ttrtauee. at WIS
Chejtnut straat, Camden. Hr eoadiUoa
Sa sot eoAs&wead. exlo.u.
'HURRYP WIRELESS
CALLS AS 25 PERISH
ON ROCK-TORN SHIP
Operator on the Hanalei,
Wrecked Off California,
Sends Messages With
Makeshift Outfit.
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. Twcnty
flve persons, possible thirty, ure believed
to havo lost their lives In the wreck of
tho 8tam schooner Hanalei, which broke
In two on Duxbury Reef this morning,
nfter having been pounded by tho surf
slnco noon yesterday, when sho crashed
on tho rocks In a fog.
It was reported that thoro wcro from 5S
to III persons on board, and by 10 o'clock
llfo sacrs had succeeded In rescuing S3.
Life Havers mado a gallnnt light, and,
nfter tho Ilnimlcl had broken her deck,
tho forwnrd pnrt of the vessel drifted to
nlthlu 100 yards of shore.
A tnortnr In tho ISolltms life-saving sta
tion wns not powerful enough to shoot
a lino to tho vessel aa sho lay upon tho
ledge, nnd tho mortar from the Golden
Gate life-saving station was carried for
threo miles across tho mountain roads.
By tho time tho mortar wan in action
tho water was waist deep on the deck
of the Hanalei nnd tho wireless operator
was sending out his entreaties with an
Impiovlscd outfit held In ono hand.
"We cannot stay here: wo must got
ashore," called tho wireless man.
There nns a pause during which the
officers on tho Hanalei were evidently
trying to persuade the bolder passengers
to take to the water with llfo belts and
wreckago for buoys In an effort to bat
tle their way to shore through the
breakers.
"HURRYI" WIRELESS CALLS
"Hurry! Hurry!" camo tho final call
from tho Hanalei. Tho current was so
weak It could barely be heard.
But In spite of this pica tho life savers
were unablo to rig up a buoy.
Threo passengers and two seamen
braved the surf and swam ashoro In tho
Icy water and 13 others were rcseucd lust
before tho Hanalei broke her back.
Among them was Captain J. J. Caroy.
Those who swam ashdro wcie Karl
Carlson, James O'Dortnell and David Ne
ville, passengers, and James Stccn and
Fred Slevers, sailors.
The first body washed ashore was that
of a gray-haired woman, whose hands
woro clasped to a piece of wreckage.
SEND FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES.
Tho Maritime Exchange this morning
received the following message from Cap
tain Alger, of tho revenue cutter Mc
Cullough, which Is at the scene of tho
wreck of the Hanalei:
"Send doctors and nurses immediately
by revenue cutter Golden Gate or other
wise, as the first boatload of survivors Is
now on board the McCullough. Their
condition Is pitiful. Rush assistance."
SERVED HIS TIME IN JAIL
BEFORE HE WAS SENTENCED
Man Who Pleaded Qnilty Pinds Gov
ernment Owes Him Two Days.
By serving time In prison before ho was
sentenced, Soloman B. Brown got rid of
his legal troubles quickly. Incidentally
ho served much of his time In court amid
somewhat esthetic surroundings, instead
of the dull gray cell and the grim grated
door. Brown was vory happy tooay be
cause of tho unique conclusion of his
troubles.
Ho was tried before Judge Dickinson,
charged with concealing the assets of
Hyman M. Glnsburg, a bankrupt shoe
dealer, formerly of 4332 Gcrmantown ave
nue. On account of tho complications of
the cafe. Brown had a day In Jail and
then a day In court alternately. Finally
he pleaded guilty, and tho Judge
sentenced him yesterday to a year in
prison. But tho commitment papers
stated that sentence was to begin No
vember 21, 1913.
Brown could not keep track of all tho
legal steps In the case, and In a dazed
sort of way went to Moyamenslng Prison
with a deputy marshal. Warden Cook
read tho commitment papers, and,, after
looking the prisoner over, asked him what
he wanted.
"I came to serve the time." said Brown.
"Vou havo served It," said the Warden,
"and the Government owes you two days.
You havo 15 and a suit of clothes coming
to you. '
Brown was so happy that he refused
the offer, and, having visions of eating a
Thanksgiving dinner at home, left the
prison with a smile on his face.
As Brown has been In ill health for
some time, it Li believed that hla condi
tion prompted Judge Dickinson to give
the peculiar verdict.
WARSAW PANIC-STRICKEN
AS GERMAN BOMBS DROP
Citizens Agin in Flight American
Consulate Damaged.
PETROORAD, Nov. 24.
German airships have resumed their
attacks upon Warsaw, capital or Poland.
A dispatch received from Warsaw today
says that one of the German machines
dropped a bomb In front of the American
Consulate there on Monday, killing sev
eral persona and breaking all the win
dows In the consulate.
The dispatch adds that panlo has de
veloped among the residents n Warsaw
aa a result of this attack and that many
refugees who have returned to that city
after the first German defeat In Poland
are again fleeing from there.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. A. German
airship, cruising above the city of War
saw, dropped a bomb In front of the
American consulate, where It exploded,
breaking the glass In the windows of the
offlce and killing and injuring persona
who were In the street This report waa
made to the State Department today by
Hernando DeSoto, the Americas Consul
at Warsaw.
DeSoto Is listed at the State Depart
ment aa a native of California.
J. Borden Harrjman Improving
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-J. Borden
Harrlman, the New York society inan
and Aaaneier, who has been riuy 111
for iowtb. was roportod to be slowly
but steadily improving ta4"-- At hU
Washington resldenw, where he i usdor
the oonitaat care of physician and
nurse, H waa Mid bU eoaiUUon was
"Bjgfc (Wg aftul."
BABY HURLED TO SAFETY
Thrown From Window When Flames
Trap Boston Tenement Dwellers.
BOSTON, Nov. 24. A three-yrar-old
baby was hurled to safety from a thlrd
story window, several persons leaped for
their lives and two girls were overcome
by smoke when flro trapped them In a
tenement house early today. Seven per
sons wero taken to the City Hospital
badly Injured.
Tho flro started under tho stairs In tho
rear of the first floor nnd spread quickly,
cutting off escape by the stairs. Police
men nnd firemen mado heroic rescues.
LAST MINUTE RUSH
TO AID BELGIANS
ASSURES ORN FUND
Charitable Send Contribu
tions for Food to $1 15,000
Mark by Noon $4000
Extra for Milk.
Tho fund to atock tho Orn, Philadel
phia's soconll ship of mercy, was com
pleted today at noon when tho total fig
ures reached a llttlo moro than $119,000,
which Insures a largo cargo of milk for
tho starving babies of Bolglum, besides
the goneral food cargo that had already
been provided.
All morning contributions poured Into
tho Philadelphia National Bank nnd at
tho Belgian rellof headquarters In the
Lincoln Building. With tho required
amount already raised, tho funds con
tinued to pour In.
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania havo
responded to the call from across tho
Atlantic with willingness. Two weeks
ago tho Thclma was rent to Belgium,
laden to Its capacity with food, and to
morrow the second ship wilt leave with
a larger cargo.
It Is estimated the city and Stato havo
contributed an average of $9000 a day.
When It wns announced a second ship
would bo sent by tho charitable peoplo of
Philadelphia It was believed that $115,000
would provision the ship. This would havo
been a sufficient sum wcro it not for
tho appeal mado at the eleventh hour
for milk to keep nllve the starving babies
In Belgium.
$4000 GIVEN IN A DAY.
At noon yesterday tho $115,000 had been
raised, but it was necessary to secure
tho additional $4000 to buy milk. When
It becamo known at headquarters that tho
entlro fund was assured and tho possi
bility that it would even bo exceeded,
there was enthusiasm. It was feared for
a tlm tnere might bo a possibility that
tho amount would not be realized. This
fear was entirely dispelled, however,
when an Incessant stream of contribu
tions began to pass In and out of tho
building. Some loft 23 cents and others
as much as $2.
"I felt sure Philadelphia would not fall
us," said a member of the Belief Com
mittee. "Phlladolphlaps may well sit
down to a Thanksgiving dinner, knowing
they have sent llfo and light to a nation
dying for food. Whon wo launched our
last appeal for $1000 for thb babies It was
asking the good peoplo of our city and
State to como forward and save thou
sands of little lives. City nnd Stnte alike
may well feel proud of their boiis and
daughters."
Tho loading of the Orn Is nearly com
plete Stevedores will plnco the last of
the cargo abbard today and arly to
morrow morning. Tons and tonsrof corn,
flour, sugar, rlco, barley, canned goods,
salted meats and other foods for women
and children aro aboard.
Headquarters will bo open today from 8
o'clock In tho morning until 8 o'clock at
night. Every newspaper office and many
of their substations will also receive con
tributions and forward them to hcadquar-
Concludfd on I'ace Two
COURT'S DECISION AGAINST
WAGE LAW LAID TO POLICY
Question of Contract Itight Blamed
by T. Henry Walnut.
The decision of Judge Catlin In tho
Minnesota District Court In St. Paul
holding the Minnesota minimum wage
law Invalid was said by T, Henry Wal
nut, a member of the Pennsylvania Leg
islature, to be nothing more than the
policy of the court to refuse to decide
questions of public policy.
"The law has been declared unconsti
tutional," he said, "because It delegated
legislative powers to an appointive com
mission, and on the ground the law waa
an abridgement of the right of Individ
uals to contract.
"The same arguments were advanced
against the laws creating- tho public
service commissions and the Interstate
Commerce Commission before public
opinion In thejr favor became so. strong
tho courts considered it Inexpedient to
declare them unconstitutional. "
"Compensation lawa are a new thing.
Public opinion has not yet beoorae
strong enough In their favor to convince
the courts that they are expedient as
a matter of public policy,
"The decisions handed down by the pub
lic service commissions and the Inter
state Commerce Commission telling a
man he shall not charge more for u cer
tain service or less, abridges the rights
of an Individual to contract as much aa
a decision by a minimum wage commis
sion telling a man that he shall not work
for less than a certain amount.
"The difference is the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the .public service
commissions have had a chance to prove
that by abridging the rights of a few,
the community as a whole is benefited
The commissions have ban given as
much power aa it would be neoosaary
to give a minimum wage oemmlaoio. '
TO FACE WHITE SLAVE TKIAL
Rleh Hill Owner Charged With Vio
lating Mann Aot.
MQBIwe, Ala., Nov. Sl.-Jol M. Foar
ter. wealthy Brawns Muia, N. J., rtt
dent, must faea trial hr Tlarimhaf 9
on obarsoa of violating the Mann "white
s4avu act. Judge Toulmiu today d-
Vtoittr't alleged crime the transpoua
Uon of DUaUlt M. Braill, hi 17-year-old
Mnegrapbr. to Mobile last January at
trcattd nation al attftaUoa.
R. R. CONSPIRACY
MY BE CHARGED
BY COMMUTERS
Significance of Simultaneous
Announcement of Uniform
Increase in Rates Empha
sized as 300 Organizations
Join in Protest Meeting.
Pennsylvanlas President De
clines to Send Representative
to Hoar Complaints; Roading'a
Merely Acknowledges Receipt
of Invitation.
The question whether tho railroads aro
acting In conspiracy and restraint of
trade In tho fnro increases announced. i'M
was raisea at tno meeting of commuters'
In tho Oarrlck Theatre thlB aftefnoon by
liuwln M. Abbott. "t i
Ho pointed out that if such should ,'
prove to bo tho case, tho matter Is within
the Jurisdiction of the Attorney General,'!
Prior to tho meeting It was rumortldi
that charges of conspiracy -might bS
mado by somo of the speakers.
These charges, It was said, would b"c
based on tho fact that tho Increase ln
passenger tariffs was announced simul
taneously by all the railroads, and that, J
thcro was n rcmarknblo uniformity In tho '"J
rhnnirpq ntirriroatnrl 1.., nil 4t.A Mml. . -4
Tho news from Washington yesterday '
that complaints had been made to tho
Department of Justice mraJnst thn nrftnr,
of tho railroads brought out this new. i'fi
phaso of tho rato fight. While th offlekli i
of the Department of Justice will mako '''M
no statement, It Is unders'ood that tho M
w...,.a...vu M.ow Hl.rOLlbUUUJl IU Ufl f (
icrmine whether or not the railroads
havo entered Into a conspiracy In violation
of the Sherman anti-trust act.
300 ORGANIZATIONS TN TnnTT)!ST l
Tho meeting in tho Qarrlck Theatro iap
inu iimt reai voney ureu in me cam- gj
palgn, for while desultory action has been "
taken by scattered bodies In tho past
week, representatives from 300 business,
civic and Improvement organizations meet
thoro to Join In tho fight as a unit.
Samuel Ilea, president of tho Pennsyl
vania Itnllroad. nnd Theodore Voorhees,
president of tho Reading Railway, today
wroto to Edwin M. Abbott, one of those
who called tho meeting, acknowledging
tho receipt of the invitation to attend.
Mr. Rea stated that the Pennsylvania
Railroad would not bA represented, "for
tho reason that tho proposed increases
In passenger faros have already been
called to the attention of the several
Stato commissions and tho Interstato
Commerce Commission."
Mr. Voorhees did not stato whether the .
Reading would bo represented or not
It haa not been announced deflnltetv hv
tho leaders of the meeting Just whac ' ,
course or action win Do taken. The prob- '
ability that the Public Service Commls--plon
of Pennsylvania will hold a hearing
In Philadelphia somo timo this week will1'
have to bo considered In making plans
for tho fight.
Until yesterday it was not thought the
Commission would grant a hearing to the
commuters' protests until tho Increased
rates would havo become operative. IToI-"
lowing the conferenco lato yesterday
afternoon between Kdwln M. Abbott,
president of tho Philadelphia and Read
Ing Commuters' Association, and William
W. Trlnklo, counsel for the Commission,'
It was announced that a hearing might be
granted Friday in the City Hall.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT RECOGNIZED.,
As the commission last weok Intlmat-:-?!
ed, It would not announce a date for a
hearing until after December IS, the date '1
when the now rates become effective. '
Commuters say the change of pjans on
tho part of tho commission la proof that 1,1
they have come to recognize the strength
of publlo sentiment awakened In the
Commuters' Association, United Towns
Improvement Association. Haddonfleld
Clvlo Association, Audobon Board of
Trade, the General Improvement Asso
ciation, of Palmyra: tho Pitman Board
of Trade, borough boosters of Laurel
Springs and the Clementon Business
Men'a Association, toduy presented a
petition to Governor Fielder again nak.
ing him to take action In tho proposed
incrpn&ell nf mtlrnnil rut ht. .nHlnr- ?
special session of the Legislature, which. U
tiA ripp1lnff4 in An lnsf u.'wlr is
The particular matter causing the cqsi-. Ji'
...... Au r9 flrvil.a T.ttia.. Hill.k - - c
,,,M.,0 t,f.,, wmouj auw, buaoiu 19 Ji
tne lack or detinue powers of the Stato
Board of Public Utility to order the ooht
tlnuahce of the sale of the ICO-trip ticket,
the KM rip family ticket and the excursion'
ticket, which the railroads In December '-
announced tbey would wltlulraw.
William C. Marshall and Edward Weat
appeared for the commuters, and do
clared among other things that the seven
sisters anti-trust laws could not have, "
Deen iramea more tavoraoiy ironi, &.
raiiroaa bluiiuuuiih. s "
At the conclusion of the res Ing of tile?
petition and the argument the Governocd
said that he had not changed hla mJn'T
the matter and he had no reason"- for-
calllng a speejal session of the LegUli'tf"'
ture. Tne representatives, alter waning1
on the Governor, went to the office of
the Utility Commission to secure further;"
a.a In nnl., n nrlno fliM matter fnrmatK
ly UVIUIV UIB wwiiiy uaiu.
Last night protest meetings were hel&
in Is'orrietown, Wyneote, Riverside. N. jr.;
Haddon Heights, N J . Narberth, Wcfeda .
l.. l.-.. .1.- Tl.lll... TOn.u
bury, N. J. ; Rlvarton. N J . and Wif "
chantvilie. N. J. A score of other meat ''
log are being planaed In every TUfljM A
section of remayivania ana new J
The New Jersey towns nave arr
combined mass meeting at th
City Hall for 4 o'clock Friday afl
whan delagatas from all the J
association will form oue central
union to conduct the tight Mayor
H. Sills will preaide. The Mayor qf m
nmlartlntr community lias been amd
uttaad and to appoint one eitUea to afe,
Muojuay him. Wv
VOBTUASSeSS. DIB6 ON TJtAIX
Stephen Uuttmu, yaarai oh.
master of Kweavilln. IhwrUngfH
ti i . aroptisd dead tMs; mnniln 4. j
Ambov MtWea traiu of the JPlifji
vuua KatUoad aaar MUwhaunUlm iC
wa ouo to ajHiy.
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