& VENING JL Ju U fjr Jd H i5(l . n VOL. I NO. 1) PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1014. PRICgG ONE GENT DUAL OFFICEHOLDERS PROVE USEFUL AIDS IN OPPOSING MAYOR Their Votes in Select Coun cil Sufficient to Override Veto of Land Ordinance Reeking With Scent of , Graft. VIRGINIA JOINS DRY STATES State Will Lone $700,000 In Revenue After November, 1010. RICHMOND, Vn Sept. M.-StntV-wldo prohibition won In Virginia yesterday by a majority of from 3.r,.O00 to 40,000 votes, carrying all but four cities nnd sixteen counties. Tho four cities opposing prohibition were Utclimoml, Norfolk, Alexandria and AVIlllnmsbtirg. Tho total vote ran to from 143,00 to 150.000. Tho election results will cause a loss In revenue of moro tbnn $700,000 nnnttnlty to tho Stnle. The Stnto becomes dry on and after November 1, 1910. KUEHNLE ROUTED' IN CONGRESS FIGHT IN ATLANTIC CO, Votes of dual officeholders, bipartisan sympathizers with tho Republican Or ganization, standpatters and boss-con-itrollcd members In Select Councils made posstblo yestordny the passage of the ordinance to condemn land for use of tho Municipal Court over the veto of Mayor Blankenburg. There was evldont apprehension In Or ganization ranks before tho balloting on tho measure, that will condemn only a email plot of ground at tho northeast corner of 21st and Race streets nnd Jeavo the remainder of the block ns a fertile field for land speculation among the usual boneflclarles of the city's land purchases. Judgn Drown, of tho Municipal Court, Jias already made public a 'lavish de velopment Bchemo for his court build ings that will Include virtually tho en tire city block. It was obviously feared yesterday by the Rspubllcan oponajra for tho land condemnation that tho 29 vntn neces sary to pass tho ordinance over the Mayor's veto could not bo mustered. Urgent calls wero sent out to every mem ber of the chamber who takes orders from tha bosses. William E. Hexnmor, of tho Fifteenth Ward, telegraphed from Washington that ho would mako every effort to return. Ho failed, however, to nppear In time to have his vote recorded. One member was rushed 60 miles by au tomobile to cast his ballot. President Ransley delayed convening th meeting until some time after pro ceedings had started In tho Common branch, and ws Anally compelled to cast Ms voto as president to mako tho 20th ballot to save the bill from defeat. An unusually large-number of absentees nlded In crippling tho Organization forces. Dl'AIi OFFICEHOLDERS ACTIVE. Conspicuous among tho line-up of Eelcct Councllmen who voted to flout the Mayor's wishes and to open avenues for lavish expenditures by the Municipal Court wero county officeholders, whom Mayor Blankenburg declared In his an nual message to Councils Inst Thursday, to be serving In tho legislative bodies of the city all good governmental policy. Chief of these noteworthy dual office holders was Thomas S. T. Macklcer, of the First Ward, who receives n salary of 0 a month ns clerk in tho Municipal Court. His voto alone saved from defeat the mcasuro that will benefit the source of his salary. Among others who hold county offices jind whose votes helped to over-ride the Mayor's voto, are Harry Ranstoy, prcsl elfnt of Select Council, who Is a mer cantile appraiser; William J. Hnrrlng ton, of the Fourth Ward, employed in tho ofllco of the Register of Wills; Ceorgo D'Autrechy, of tho Seventeenth Ward, a clerk In tho ofllco of tho Re corder of Deeds; William E. Flnlcy, of tho Thirty-ninth Ward, a real estnto assessor; Harry J. Trainer, of tho Third Ward, who has boon a mercantile ap praiser; John F. Flaherty, of tho Thir teenth Ward, a clerk In tho Quarter Sessions Court, nnd Edward Buchholz, o tho Nineteenth AVard, listed In tho Manual of Councils as a real estate as sessor. Referring to tho dual officeholders In his message last Thursday Mayor Blankenburg said; "Hero are men charged with the Important duty of making laws which govern tho com munity, who, because of nlleglanco they owe to political dictators, can block and have blocked Important public measures, nnd on tho other hnnd have passed over the head of tho Chief Executive meas ures which ho disapproved and which nave been recognized by the whole pub lie as against public policy." Dr. William D. Bacon, of the 41th Ward, who has 'been holding his sent In Select Council since last election only by litigation In tho courts, was another who votod against the Mayor, An otll clui count In his ward declared his In dependent opponent elected to Select Council, and Dr. Bacon now holds hli feat by virtue of on appeal to tho higher courts. FALSE TO CONSTITUENTS. Thomas J. McGlnnls, elected by a. Democratic constituency In tho Sixth Ward, cast his voto as usual In bipar tisan sympathy with the Republican or ganization. Herbert I. Marls, the Glb-boney-Keystone representative, of tho 8Uh Ward In the Select Chamber, simi larly cast his vote with the organization. Klwood S. Davis, elected as an inde pendent In tho 23d Ward, lined up with the gang. Republican standpatters In Select branch, who consistently boosted the ex travagant plans of the Municipal Court end voted yesterday for their realization. Were Charles Seger, of the Seventh Ward; Edward Patton, of the 27th Ward; James E. Lennon, Vare's man in the 26th Ward. Although Common Council passed the ordinance over the Mayor's veto last Thursday, It was accomplished by a bare three-fifths vote, and independent mom fers later voiced their doubt that the veto could have been overridden In less hasty procedure than was adopted. Even President McCurdy, of the Com mon branch, disapproved of the land oeauirlng ordinance for the Municipal Court. Yesterday he favored cutting Irom the J1U0O.OOO loan the $100,000 item Tor Municipal Court buildings. The nt titude of President McCurdy In opposing the expansion plan of the city's newest court and his championing of trie economical scheme to house the court "rjr present House of Detention is awakening considerable speculation emong Organization forces. "PORK BARREL" CUT BY SENATE CAUSES PROTEST IN HOUSE Friends of Projecs Not In cluded in $20,000,000 Appropriation May Revolt and Defeat Measure. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Murmur Ings of a revolt In the Houso against tho cut In river nnd harbor appropriations to $20,000,000 by tho Sennto today wero heard among friends of projects left out of tho measure. This brought tho sug gestion from Senators favoring water way Improvements thnt even tho $20, 000,000 appropriation might bo put In Jeopardy before tho matter finally Ih closed. A strong ccntlmcnt was apparent on the Houso side which indicated that tho. Rivers and Harbors Committee of tho lower body might disagree to the .Sonnfr) measure. It was pointed out that tho return to the Sennto by tho House of a bill differing from that passed by tho Senate, with tho temper of tho Scnato still on edge ns n result of tho long filibuster, seriously might threaten tho passage of any waterways bill. Tho hill as pnssed provided for tho al lotted amount to be expended "under tho direction of tho Secretary of AVar nnd tho supervision of tho Chief of Engineers for tho preservation and maintenance of ex isting river and harbor works nnd for tho prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized ns may bo most desirable In tho Interests of commerce nnd navigation and most economical and advantageous In tho prosecution of tho work." Tlic Ncwlnnds River Regulation Com mission scheme was defeated In commit tee by n vote of 3 to G. It was provided, however, that the allotment for tho Mls Blssippi flivcr up to tho mouth of tho Ohio shall bo oxpcndod In accordance with the plans, specifications nnd recom mendations of tho Mississippi River Commission. AGENTS ORDER U. S. RIFLES, PROBABLY FOR THE ALLIES 100,000 Guns Sought in New York by Secretive Bidders. NEAV YORK, Sept. 23. Somebody Is in tho New York gun mar ket with aln order for 100,000 rifles and 50.000,000 rounds of ammunition for ship ment abroad. Local gun dealers have been approached by commission agents during the last week and asked If they could fill a substantial part of tho order. Tho agents failed to state who their prin cipal was . Tho agents wero authorized to buy 100,000 guns nnd sufficient ammunition. This Is taken to mean COO rounds for each rifle. The agents want ns modem rifles as they can get, but nro willing to tako fairly old-fashioned arms. They would have to pay from J5 to $10 for an old rlflo. nnd un to 20 for nn un. to-dnto arm. They are willing to pay tho higher price. If they got all tho guns at the higher prlco the cost will be J2. It -Is doubtful if there are 100,000 rifles In tho country for sale. Mexico, during the troubles down there, took all the arms tho American manufacturers could turn out. The manufacturers thero are only two In tho country who could fill tho order-have not nearly that many rifles In stock, It is probablo that these agents have men scouring the country, buying half a dozen here, twenty there ,and eventually according to one familiar with the gun Hltuation, they may get together 15.000 or 20,000 rifles to ship abroad. TWO KILLED AT CROSSING Wilmington Couple Latest Victims In Auto Tragedies on Railroad, AVILMINGTO.V, Del., Sept. 23.-Threo persons dead, the result of nutomobllo accldentr, due to being struek by trahw nt grade crossings on the Delaware Bail road within a week, may result In agita tion to abolish such crossings. Tho latest grade crossing tragedy occurred last eve ning at State road when Orvllle C. Gooden, real erituto broker, AVIImlngton, was Instantly killed and his wife so bad ly injured that she died within half nn hour after leaching a hospital. Mis. Gooden, who was driving thee ar, ran directly In front of a southbound express train. The maehlno was hurled 50 feet and tho occupants thrown ten feet further into a ditch. Tho Goodens lived at the Delaware Apattments. Sirs. Gooden' s father, S. AV. Cann, of this city. Is ill with typhoid fever and was not told of his daughter's death. Just a week ago ex-State Senator It. P. Bernard was killed In a similar accident at Wyoming. Gooden was a native of Wyoming and a personal friend of Bernini, Assemblyman Emerson L. Richards, the Commodore's Candidate, Badly Beaten by Bacharach. , ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 23. Rout of Kuchnlclsm was absoluto in yesterday's test of strength between tho Bacharach forces, working In conjunction with tho new organization of tho City Cominlsslon nnd tho remnant of tho once powerful organization that did the bidding of tho "Commodore," Asscmblymnn Emerson L. Richards, the Commodore's cnndldato for Congress, was defeated by 1414 votes In tho city, Bach nrnch carrying all but eight of tho 43 divisions. Tho Kuehulo forces lost tho Second AVard, tho Commodoro's homo di vision, by 276, Richards losing five of tho nluo divisions. Tho routed Assemblyman mndo a bet ter showing In tho mainland districts, nnd with nil but flvo districts accounted for, Rncharnch's lead will not exceed 1250. Cumberland County, to the great surprlso of warring factions hero, went for Richards by 200. Bacharach had claimed tho county by twice that total. This Is regarded a sovcro defeat for ox Senntor Isaac Nichols. Senator .Blanclinrd AVhlte, of Burling ton, who ran third In tho congressional race, received tho news of his defeat hero. Ho attributed Burlington's poor showing to tho candidacy of ex-Senator Griffith Lewis and Insisted ho would have won with Lewis out of tho race. Joseph R, Bartlett, regarded ns a Kuchnlo man, was nominated for sheriff by tho Republicans. A. M. Hcston, antl Kuehnlc, was named for City Treasurer. Edmund C. Gusklli won a flyc-corncr raco for recorder. SC0VEL SUFFERS CRUSHING DEFEAT AT HANDS OF HAINES City nnd County Republicans Sup; port Camden Councilman for Sheriff. Running on n platform condemning Or ganization rule, ex-Prosecutor Henry S. Scovel yesterday nt the primary elec tion suffered a crushing defeat In his tight for the Republican nomination for Shrlff of Camden County. Joshua C. Haines, a member of City Council, won by a plurality of 3616. with three, country" districts missing. Hnlnes vote totaled 7771, and Scovel received 4128. AA'lllard T. Glbbs and Harrison H. Martcr, Jr., polled 424 and 803, rcpect!voly. Hnlnes not only--carcled.cvcry..rono.-of the thirteen wards of tho city, but also received n majority of the votes cast in tho outside districts, where Scovel expected to lead. Scovel ran far ahead In his home borough, Haddonfleld, nnd in Colllngswood, but tho generous sup port given Haines In the townships nnd , boroughs enabled him to overcome this lend and brought htm to the city lino 200 votes ahead. Ho carried the city by 3120. John B. Kates. Garfield Pancoast nnd Charles A. AVolvcrton were nominated for Assembly on the Republican ticket In ono of the closest races that ever marked a Camden primary. AVolvcrton and John II. Fort ran close for third place. AA'Ith returns from threo districts still to bo reported. VVolvcrton wins by a sennt 2"4J. Kates was highest with 10,150 votes, and Pancoast was second with SS.1t. Dean Pressey. recorder of Haddonfleld, sup ported by the Anti-Saloon League, polled 1S03 votes. Bitterness marked tho raco for the flvo places on the Republican ticket for excise commissioners. There wero sixteen aspirants for tho nomination. Tho win ners nnd their votes follow: K. J. A Iff. 5595; Matthews Banes. 3620; AV. Taylor AVrlght, 3100; Howard Lee. 31SI. and Rob ert A'an Slater, 3052, Tho other candi dates and their votes follow: Chamber lain, 2079; Ladd, 2014; Barrett, 2201; Sweeten, 21S5; Davis, 1046; Gnnng, 15S4; Schmttz, 10S3; AVhltney, '819; Moore, 75, and Laute, 52S. State Senator Read was renominate! without opposition, as were also Harry C. Dole, Charles Mills and T. Harry Rowland for the Board of Eudcatlon. Dr. Frank Cook was unopposed for the nomi nation for Coroner. Tho most stubborn fight for Council on the Republican ticket was In tho Eleventh AVard. where Edward Helmnch defeated Fed A'on Nelda by four votes. In tho Fourth Ward Harry A. Read won from A. It. Dease, 315 to 13?, and Councilman Mills, of the Eighth Ward, won In a three-cornered race with F. D. L. Covely and Simon Besser. Mills' voto was 3V, Brcsser's 221 and Covely's H3. Councilman Robert AV. Gordon defeated AVIUiam Crank In tho Fifth AA'nrd, GO'l to 111. Frank Petltt won from Edward Crane In the Ninth AVard. 4S3 to 190. Councilman Deacon defeated Coroner David Bentley In the Tenth Ward, 512 to 363. Domocrats showed little Interest In the primary, their vote being very Il3ht. Alvln B. Pitman was named for Sheriff, 11. Graham Bleakly for State Senator, and Dr. llyman Goldstein for Coroner. There wok no opposition to Daniel S. McGear. Herbert AV. Royal and Ralph AV. Wescott for Assembly, and William T. Davis, Howard A'earsley and George 51. Fisher for the Board of Education. SUBMARINE STRENGTH OF THE POWERS AT WAR According to tho latest figures nvnllnhle tho combatnnt nations In 1913 thus wore equipped with sub marine torpedo-firing craft! Orcnt Britain ' 72 France ,.,,.........,,,.., 63 Russia ...., ,..,. 31 Gcrmnny 21 Austria-Hungary 10 Japan 15 BRITISH DEATH LIST IH NORTH SEA FIGHT PLACED AT 1754 The War Today Survivors From Three Cruis ers Sunk by German Sub marines Arrive in England. Tell of Escape. LONDON. Sept. 23. The magnitude of tho disaster suffered in tho North Sea when tho cruisers Abou klr, Crcssy nnd Hoguc wtro struck by German submarines, struck home to Eng lnnd today when It was learned that only 511 survivors, officers and sailors, had been accounted for. The missing number, 1754, the threo ships having carried 2100 sailors and 165 officers. It Is believed that some of the missing have been rescued by ships that will re port later, but even tho most optimistic fear that the death list will total at least IGOO. Only the barest details have yot reached hero of the terrific execution caused by tho torpedoes sent from tho German submarines. The unofficial re ports state that tho three cruisers were sent to the bottom within n space of only two hours. The Aboukar wns attacked about 6 o'clock yesterday morning. AVJthln a few minutes her shattered hulk had sunk, leaving on the surface only wreckage and members of tho crew who had been able to throw thomsclvca Into the sea before the vessel went down. AVIthln a short time tho Iloquc reached tho spot, and while close watch was kept for tho enemy's submarines, Its boats were lowered away to save tho Abouklr's men. To this fact many of the Hogue's snllors owe their lives, for, despite the precautions taken, a submarine dispatch ed a torpedo ngalnst the Hogue's hull nnd sho followed tho Aboukar to the bottom. DESTRUCTION OF CRESST The Cressy was. tho third to bo de- Concluded on 1'age t CAR BEHEADS CHILD CAMP FOLLOAVERS OBEDIENT. Other camp followers of the organiza tion held In leash by Vare and Mc Nlchol Influences, who voted yesterday to over-ride the Mayor's veto were James AVillard. of tho Eighth AA'ard; Alfred M. AValdron, of tho Thirty-first; Louis Hutt, of tho Twenty-ninth; WIN Mam H. Qulgley, of the Twenty-eighth; James M. Necly, of the Ninth; John J. WEATHER FORECAST For Philadelphia and vicinity Un fettled and cooler tonight and Thurs day; moderate variable winds. Ctr details see page 4. r - McKinley. Jr.. of the Thirty-third; Gcorgo Mitchell, of tho Thirty-fifth: Henry J. Klor, of the Forty-fifth; Harry F. Kennedy, of the Fourteenth; Albert Do Prefontalne, of tho Thirty-eighth; William J. Crawford, of tho Thirtieth; John J. Conroy, of tho Twenty-fifth: William Bon!, of the Forty-first, and Ellas Abrams of tho Sixteenth. Tho Select Councllmen who voted to sustain the veto of Mayor Blankenburg and check the expansion planned for the Municipal Court, were Edwin C. Bollcau, ot the Thirty-second Ward; George J). Cox, of the Forty-third; George B. Davis, of tho Twenty-fourth; Joseph J. Dllworth, of the Eighteenth; Ira D. German, of the Forty-sixth; J. F. Green wood, of tho Thirty-seventh; AVIUiam J. Huston, of the Thirty-sixth; Colonel Sheldon Potter, of the Twenty-second, and AVIUiam R. Rleber, of the Forty-second, Five-year-old Girl Killed in Sight of Her Mother, In plain sight of her mother slttlnsr on tho steps of her home, May Sum mers, 5 years old, of 1921 Passyunk ave nue, was decapitated by a trolley car this morning. May was playing across the street from her home when her mother, Mrs. Joseph Summers, called to her to give her a cake. In her eagerness the child ran in front of a nearside cor going case on Passyunk avenue. The car passed over her neck, sever ing the head from the body. The car was stopped after it had dragged the child's body more than 25 feet. It was taken to the St. Agnes Hospital. The father of tho child, Joseph Sum mers, an lec contractor, disappeared about five months ago. The mother, devoid ot a means of support for the dead child and her four brothers and Bisters, had been contemplating sendlnc inem to a charitable Institution. stroy'cuT She Is"Sa'la to haveTc'en sent to tho bottom about S o'clock, white her boats were engaged In rescuing the crews of tho Abouklr and Hogue. The Abouklr wns struck on its star board side. It was thought she had struck a mine, but while tho Hogue was lowering four lifeboats she wns struck on tho starboard by a torpedo. It was then understood that submarlcs wero in action. Four were seen nnd fired at. Tho Abouklr sank in ten minutes, nnd the Cressy, also approaching to glvo aid, was torpedoed and sank." Two submarines are reported to have been hit, but this Is unconfirmed. Tho third escaped. It is supposed at least four German submarines engaged In the attack. Most of tho survivors of the Cressy state that they wero three hours In tho water, swimming, before thoy were pick ed up by small boats. The survivors wero nearly undressed In their berths when the torpedoes struck. They Jumped out and leaped overboard. The captain of tho Tlton, which helped In the rescue work, believes thnt It Is possible other survivors may possibly have been picked up by fishing boats. Only one German submarine wns seen near the spot where the British cruisers Abouklr, Hogue and Cressy were sunk in the North Sea yesterday by the captain of tho Dutch steamer Tlton, who picked up a number of survivors and took them to The Hook. STORY BY BRITISH CArTAIN. The Tlton's captain told the following story of the disaster today: Early yesterday morning, when we were nbout 30 miles off the coast, we saw threo warships In the offing. They were so far distant from us that they were nearly hull down upon tho horizon. As we approached I saw ono of them suddenly disappear, AVe continued In tho direction of the ships, and immediately I saw smoko urlso from one ot the others, then the faint sound of an explosion came across the water. AVe put on more speed so as to rescue any survivors that might bo floating in tho water, and as we rushed forward I saw the third stlp struck, AVe did not know nt first whethor there had been explosions on board or not, but we were puzzled by the fact that no attacking force could ba seen anywhere. Survivors from the three British cruisers Bunk In tho North Sea wero kept under close guard today at the Shotley Naval Hospital and tho Great Eastern Hotel at Harwich, to prevent their giving out any details of the dis aster. Tho only information vouch safed was that they reported probably 700 had been saved. A pathetic scene was enacted last night when tlie wounded nnd unwouuded sur vivors, numbering 110, wero landed at tho Harwich and Parkeston docks. They wero brought ashore on a little hospital ship that went out to meet the cruiser and destroyers that had picked them up amidst the wreckage of their ships. AA'OUNDED TAKEN HOME. The wounded were carried through lanes of weeping women to the Shotley Hospital. No Bound was heard but the shuffling ot the feet of the Utter carriers and tho sobs of the women. When some of the latter attempted to approuch the litters to peer In the face of the wounded, they were gently thrust back with the one word "wait." They waited, but it was a grim vigil. Even after tho wounded reached the hospital, their relatives were barred out. They were clad In nondescript attire for the most part. Some wore only blankets. Others had to be content with burlap sacks. A few more fortunate than their fellows had been given the thick coats that seamen use at night, but on the rescuing ships there had not been enough ot these to go around. Many of the survivors were officers. They fared no better than the sailors, however, la the matter ot clothing Fierce fighting, especially on the west wing of tho long battle line, wns re sumed on this, tho eleventh day of tho great battle of the Als'ir. Posi tive announcement wns tnptlo of tho success of the turning movement by the Allies against the German right wing. General van Kluk's nrniy Is now In greater peril than at any time since tho battle of tho Marne. Russians continue to bombard Frze mysl but the Investment of this heavily fortified position Is not per mitted to delay the main Russian movement on Cracow. Tho Austrian baso of supplies. The storming of Jaroslaw "wns accomplished at small Russian loss but tho cnsualtlcs wero heavy, among th cgnrrlson. Tho Rus sians have rehrldgcd tho San and aro passing troops across to rclnforco tho army advancing against Cracow. In Poland German operations proceed briskly, and tho Russians are de moralized by tho rapid advance of Von Hlndenburg's army which de feated them In East Prussia with great loss. Tho Berlin War OfTlco re ports a steady advance In the War saw campaign. Belgian troops arc engaging In numer ous sklrmlshas In vicinity of Mech lin, Tcrmondc nnd Ghent, to harass German, reinforcements which are ad vancing westward Into France. French official statements without qualification announce tho success of the Allies' turning movement against the German right wing. This will force a general withdrawal, it Is be lieved, as reinforcements rushed to von Klult's aid through Belgium will not bo able to niter tho stluatlon. For tho first time authentic announce ment Is made as to tho Identity of the generals In command of 'the armies of tho Allies. Berlin official statementt Insists tho entire German line Is holding firm with no important change In the relative positions of the opposing armies. The forces, operating from Metz, havo driven tho French far within their own frontier. It also is added that "the Germans havo driven tho French from tho outlying trenches at Rhelms. London has unofficial reports that Brit ish advance guard already Is in the suburbs of St. Quentln, as a result of a series of charges yesterday. Nine miles of trenches filled with German dead wero takon nfter a'terrlflc artil lery duel. These trenches are of great strategic Importance, as they command roads to Peronne, Gonzca court, Cambral and Belllcourt. Tho main body of German troops nre be lieved to havo left St. Quentln. Belgian AVar Office reports a policy of co-operation with tho Allies by which the attention of German troops, ad vancing westward, Is occupied, by flying squadrons, thus delaying rein forcements to the six German armies on the Alsno battle line. Petrograd War Ofllco reports that many Austrlans are destrlng in largo numbers and that the army of Gen eral Dankl is almost completely sur rounded. It does not expect that Przemysl can bo taken by assault, but claims that the capture of Jaros- lau, controlling the railways west, obviates necessity of capturing Przemysl ns an obstacle in tho prog ress to Cracow. Jaroslau was taken by direct assault, according to lato dispatches from the War Office. British losses In North Sea disaster when throe cruisers, the Abouklr, Hogue and Cressy, wero sunk by German submarines nro now placed nt 1761. Several hundred survivors have been landed at Harwich, Eng land, while others picked up by fish ing bonts havo been taken to the Hook of Holland. J VON KLUK FLANKED AS ALLIES PUSH ON IN AMIENS REGION British Army Already in St. Quentin Suburbs, According to Unofficial Ad vices German Right Now in Greatest Danger Since Battle of the Marne. Germans Report Capture of Outlying Trenches at Rheims and Further Suc cesses in Lorraine District Fighting Resumed Along Entire Battle Line- BRYAN'S LINCOLN FRIENDS COLONEL'S PRESS AGENTS Nebraska Democrats Work Hard to Get Audience for Roosevelt. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. M.-AVoman suf. frage was Indorsed and Progressives of this State were urged to support all Pro gressive principles in a speech delivered here by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt He also asked the voters to support equal suffrage for women. On the theory that each vote polled for the Progressives n Nebraska woidd aid In the defeat of the Republican ticket, the Democrats, headed by many of Secretary Bryan's friends, worked hard to promote a large gathering for the Colonel here. Mr. Bryan's home town. Officials of all State party committees attended the meeting. Sir. Itoosevelt caustically referred to Mr. Rowe. Republican candidate for Governor, who remained In his party after protesting vigorously against tha wrongs of machine control. The ex-President baa accepted an invitation to be tho guest at dinner of Governor Edward F. Dunne, of Illinois, at Springfield, to morrow night. JERSEY NEEDS BAIN Water Problem Growing Serious in Some Sections. LAMBERTVILLB. Sept. M.-The Cham ber of Commerce here, at a meeting last evening, considered five propositions for securing s.ddltlonal Industries. Two of them, a. cut glass concern and an iron workfci shop, are from Philadelphia. PARIS, Sept. 23 It is offlclolly announced that the French left -wing has advanced about ten miles along the Olso Blvcr. PARIS, Sept. 23. General von Kluk's army, the right wing of the long German battle line, has been outflanked, according to un qualified statements from tho front. Fighting of tho most desperate char acter Is In progress In tho district around Amiens, 70 miles north of Paris, with the Allies claiming success along tho 15-mllo line from St. Quentln to Peronne. The British troops, according to un official dispatches, have advanced to St. Quentin, ono of the points In the tri angle occupied by Von Kluk's army. The German right wing is ncaror to disaster than It has been at any time since tho battle of the Marne. Reports this morning, without qualification, say A'on Kluk's army has been outflanked and the Allies aro assaulting In force in an effort to divide his division from other German forces. Violent hostilities still continue at many points along the great battle Una from tho Olso to tho Meuse, but re ports agree that tho most furious fight ing is now taking place along the left flank of the allied armies, where tho British and French are putting forth superhuman exertions to swing back the German line, thus compelling the retirement of the entire German host from the strong positions It has occu pied since the battles ot the Aisne be gan 11 days ngo. Unofficial advices which have reached this city since then show that the battle fronts have been pushed further and further toward the north west from Noyon. Tho German forces which occupied Peronne several days ago to protect the German right apparently are par: of General Goehn's army, which was rushed forward through Belgium to reinforce General von Kluk and to help defined the German lines of communl cattno. It Is officially stated that many of tho prisoners captured by the Allies along the extreme northwestern end of the battle Una are soldiers of the landwehr, or German reservists, show ing how hard the Germans have been pushed. They have been compelled to put these reservists (who correspond to national militiamen In other coun tries) on the firing line at this critical point, where the services of the hard iest veteran troops apparently were needed. The nucleus of tho Allies' attacking force along tho German right Is sup posed to bo General D'Amnde'a French army, which pushed northward from Paris to form tho upper blade of the "scissors" in which the Allies aro try ing to crush the Germans. On account of the flooded condition of streams and a long stretch of marshlands on the Olse, the French had to take a round about course and push far to the north before they could take up a position from which they could deliver a blow against the Germans. In the triangle bound by Noyon, St. Quentln and I.a Ferte the Germans were successful In occupying a number of elevated positions upon tho hilltops whero they threw up Intrenchmcnts nnd planted cannon, but tho Germans havo suffered from exhaustion, and, they have not tho superiority of num. bera which characterized their opera tions ngnlnst tho French and British on their march south around Paris. Heavy siege guns, which had been used against Maubeuge, have been moved forward nnd planted along th German lines and these have proved B. strong factor In tho fighting. A number of German prisoners have) been taken around Amiens. One re port says that the entire general staff of ono German division was captured In the fighting along tho upper reaches of the Olse on Sunday and were taken Into Amiens. One correspondent sonds word of tho destruction ot two German troop trains which were rushing with rein forcements to tho extreme northwest ern end of General von Kluk's front. According to the correspondent, this disaster took place between St. Quen tln and Peronne. A French gunner managed to tapa private German army telephone, connecting two stations He gained information as to tho loca tion of the two trains and communi cated this to his commander. Artil lery was placed In an ambuscade and the trains were shelled and wrecked. On the German centre, it Is stated, tho lines still hold. The southward movement of the enemy has been checked, although ho still continues to attempt to break through tho French line, now strongly reinforced. The Ger man left is very active. Strong rein forcements have been sent Into action and they are operating well within tho Lorraine frontier. Tho death list is enormous on both sides. In the last three days tho Allies? have suffered more than tho Germans on thtlr centre and right. Inasmuch as they have been attacking In force. In an effort to break through the German lines. An official dispatch from field head quarters of General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, admits that tho losses of the Allies have been "severe," but. It Is added, the losses of the Ger mans were undoubtedly heavier. The Germans are still bombarding tho French lines around Rhelms with the French artillery answering tho fire. The invaders aro making desperate ef forts In that region to pierce tha Al lies' front. In the fighting around the plateau of Craonne the strugglo has been titanic. One superior officpr esti mates that the Germans lost 7000 men there. British troops aro now supporting tho French centra and a large force of British U reported on tho Allies' Una at Rhelms, The Germans are making violent ef. forts along tha French lines around A'erdun in order to offset the progress In tho region of Argonne. Still farther east, to tho right of the Meuse, in tho AA'oevro district, tho Germans aro struggling against the French forces which are trying to push northward In the direction of Metz. It Is estimated that the French have at least 700,000 men In the battle lino from Rhelms to tho Vosges, and prob ably. 200,000 mora In reserve. I I 1 a NINE MILES OF TRENCHES, FILLED WITH DEAD, TAKEN LONDON, Sept. IS. Nine miles ot trenches filled with un burled dead wero tha fruits of yester day's fighting by tha British troops now making up tha allied left wing. They wero taken, according to reports received from several sources, unoffl. clal but well authenticated, in a sue ccssful turning movement between tho district Just south of St. Quentln and Peronne. For hours before the British gharged the line, the British artillery shelled the German position. The range was) deadly. From aeroplanes that flew low, defying the hail of German lets, the ran go was given and th 1 J burst like deadly hall dire tops of the great II- trenches, jammed wl waiting for orders c5 7"0 ii
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