2S, 1 iM "7T atefca ' v JS3 r -" NIGHT EXTRA NIGHT EXTRA tiettm -f je f 1 rOL. t -tfO. 62 PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1914. PRICE ONE CENT Cornronx. 1014. nr ra Pcstta Ltxran Courirtr. SiirijLiVxmuAyMo v k m b k it ! V.f MGH ATTACK iVIHS GROUND! ARGOME FIGHT 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. t - pmm arum wt ggt 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. " j 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. 1 EH t? - -vj 9 n m Til
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