FINANCIAL EDITION iErttger Ctmtmg NIGHT EXTRA NIGHT EXTRA Br VOL. I NO. 194 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915. Conr.ioni, 101C, bi ins Pestio Umb Comtawt. PEioa ocra cuare I! 1 m PLOT TO DEFEAT TRANSIT, ADMITTED BY DAVE LANE, HOTLY SCORED BY TAYLOR Circular Scattered Broadcast Over City by Republican City Committee Head Urging Voters to Defeat $6, 000,000 Loan Brarfded "False" by Director of Transit. r -- - Heavy Stockholder of Union Traction Company Tells Voters Adequate Transportation Plan Would Reduce Property Values and Be Burden on Taxpayers "Mis- ' leading" Answers Comprehensive Plans Author Vare and McNichol Not in Plot. l An eleventh-hour plot to defeat rapid transit at tho polls tomorrow was dis covered today. "Hundreds of cards, at tacking the 6,wiu,wu transit, loan bill, and urBlng Its de feat at tho special election, vero scattered broadcast over tho city. At first tho origin of these cards was unknown, but later David II. Lane, chairman of the Republican.. City Committee and one of the heaviest In dividual stockholders of the Union Trac tion Company, admitted full responsibil ity for the attempt to defeat the Taylor high-speed transit plans. Tho cards put In circulation by Mr. Lane and his ndhorcnts of tho 20th Ward reads "The election on Thursday, April 26, Is to enable tho city to borrow $0,000,000 to start a subway, and It Is only tho be ginning of an expenditure of over $103. 000,000, which means an Increase In tho property 'nlues to adjoining counties at tho expense of tho taxpayers and prop erty owners of Philadelphia. A ote In favor of tho loan Is a vote to reduce tho already low value of property In this neighborhood, and ultimately to Increaso the tax rate. Therefore, go to tho polls Mia vote ngalnst tho loan." TAYLOR DENOUNCES SCHEME. Director Taylor was shown one of the cards Ho at once dictated a reply, ad dressed to tho voters of Philadelphia as follows: "To the voters of Philadelphia: A lajt-mlnute attempt Is being made to defeat tho tramit loan at the polls to. morrow. A circular contalnlna false and misleading; statements and requesting YOU to vote against the transit loan Is being widely circulated. "Every man, woman and child In Philadelphia will be benefited by real rapid transit, connecting up all lm portant sections of the city for one five, cent fare. "I have exhausted every means at my command to gain for YOU these much needed facilities. YOU will have the final say at the polls tomorrow. "I most earnestly urge YOU, In your cwn Interests and In the Interests of the members of your family and friends, to turn out tomorrow and vote for tno P- ""Shall the city have real rapid tran- THE WEATHER UNSETTLED The wildest antics of Bethlehem Steel have nothing on the performances of tha u. .... itrini thA last few days. It would certainly bo a great proposly tion If one could uso mermomeici 'w"i as a speculative unit. Think of tho for tunes that would have been mado and lost since Sunday. And those who play ed It short last night would certainly ba cleaning up this morning. The thunder storm ot last night Is still making tself felt as to effect But it Is not for long. For, according to tho cheerful optimism of Mr. Bliss, the relief Is hut temporary and we will all bo Bwelterlng again by tonight or tomorrow mornlngl ceer'u.1 sturt that. However, you probably did not have to read the thermometer this morning to realize that the weather was a bit pleasanter. Tell us now, , didn you have to reach for those blankets on the bed during the early hours this tnnrninG? Fof once it was a Joy to do so. I FORECAST For Philadelphia and vicinity Un ttltled weather with probably local thowers tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight; light, variable winds. For details, see page S. Observations at Philadelphia 'arcn,,t,r !.."j 30M sV? . .v.v.v.v. . . .. :::...::: . ciou jy S Precipitation latt 2 hours nV'nir'ient umldlty ,,,,.,.. 01 Pr cent inlmum temperature ,,,,...,.,.,,' KJ Maximum temperature imihimiii On tho Pacific Coast Ban TrancUco Weather, Clear. Temp 31 Pn Dl9 ,..,,, Weather, Cloudy. Temp. 6$ Almanac of the Day Bun aets , . -5Sj"2J- ( Bua rUes tomorrow y.., 6 03a.ro. Lamps to Be Lighted rAutoi sad other vehicles.,,..... 1:03 p.m. ' The Tides POHT RICHMOND, Lw water . 8.05 p.m. HUb. water tomorrow lli "J- tow water tomorrow Bia m. OHMTKTtT HTTtRTpyP WHARF. gj, .... -..., ,. -- tf?5 wter .. jiuni water tomorrow , m Low water tomorrow .... ... TS4d.ul 1.10 a. m. 8 JO a, ro. RKBDY ISLAND. mh .,.. 0 p. m. 4 TJ ro. 8 It a.m. Lw water tomorrow . . . ' water tomorrow aRBAHWATEH fiH water T 1J D. m. i 48 a m. mm wawr tomorrow . . fc wawx toatortow .... sit, or shall the city not have real rapid transit? It Is up to YOU," LANE'S PERSONAL, SCHEME. Proof that the movement was a person al scheme of Mr. Lane and that it would not bo backed by tho Republican Organi zation was given Immediately by Sen ator McNichol and Senator Vare. In Har rlsburg, who declared that they knew nothing of the cards. Other Organization leaders in this city stated that they will not bo Inlluenced by tho Republican chairman's attitude in Iew of tho open Concluded on Tnite Tno. Column Tour AUSTRIANS TORPEDO FRENCH CRUISER OFF OTRANTO IN ADRIATIC Leon Gambetta Goes Down. Only 136 Saved Out of 725 on Board Every Officer Lost Paris Admits Loss. PARIS, April 28. The Trench armored cruiser Leon Gambetta has been torpedoed and sunk In tho Adriatic Sea. Part of her crew of 723 men was saved, but tho loss of life Is believed to have been heavy. The cruiser was torpedoed oft Otranto, tho Important Italian port on the Adriatic. The commander of the Leon Gambetta and all the staff perished when tho ship was sunk off the entrnnce to the Otranto Canal. The following official statement supplementing the early announcement of the cruiser's loss was Issued by the Min istry of Marino this evening: "Tho Leon Gambetta was sunk whllo cruising ofT the entrance of the Otranto Canal. She went down In 10 minutes. All the high o Ulcers died at their posts. One hundred and thirty-six sailors ,and petty officers were saved by Italian boats It Is considered certain here, however, that the ship was attacked by a submarine- from the Austrian naval base at Pola.. Thy scene of the Austrian submarine's attack Is said here to have been near Capa Saint Maria Dl Leuca, south of Otranto, The Leon Gambetta wes a sister Bhlp of the Victor Hugo and Jules Ferry and registered 12.353 tonB. She was nearly 12 yeors old, having been completed at Brest In October, 1503. The lost cruiser was 476 feet long, 70 feet wide and carried a crew of 725 men. The Leon Gambetta was protected by Krupp armor and car ried the following armaments: Four 7.6 inch (15 calibre) guns In pairs In turrets fore and oft. 16 6 4-lnch (15 calibre) guns, 12 of which were In pairs In turrets and four In casemates; 24 3-pounders, two l pounders and two IS.Inch submerged tor pedo tubes. The cruiser was capable of 23 knots speed and her Indicated horse power was 21,123. VIENNA, April 28 Official announce ment was made today that an Austrian submarine had torpedoed the French ar mored cruiser Leon Gambetta in the Adri atic. Part of the warship's crew was saved. BOMB, April 28. The French cruiser I,eon Gambetta Is reported to have been In Italian territorial watera when It was sunk by an Austrian submarine. An Inquiry Is now being made to deter mine whether Italy's neutrality was violated. Watchman Downs Armed Burglar An alleged attempt to rifle the safe In the establishment of the J. B, Van Sclver Company, Camden, was foiled last night by the watchman, J. J. Shepherd. A man was seen at tho safe In the company's office by the watchman Tha stranger, according to Shepherd, turned a revolver upon him and told him to throw up his hands. Instead of complying. Shepherd says, he grappled with the Intruder, and after pinioning him to the floor telephoned for the- police The prisoner said hla name was Wilbert Dudley. 26 years old. ot 425 Lino street, Camden. ntad today's totuettias '!? " ""' vmus FsUei" en p T. Mu, SURGERY RESTORES MEMORY; VICTIM FORGOT TO MARRY Van Wic Became "Kennedy" Two Years Ago; Is Attain Original Self. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 28 -Frank Van Wle today prepared to hunt up Clara Holze and explain to her why ho didn't keep his dato to marry her on May 24. 1M3. If he tells her that a man named John 8 Kennedy shoved tho actual Van Wle from the tatter's house of clay and that tho real owner has Just pried hlo way In again with the aid of a surgeon's knife and a tap on the spine, ho will be telling the exact truth. To all Intents and purposes John 8 Kennedy died today, as Frank Van Wle "returned to life." On May 7, 1913, Van Wle, employed by tho Milwaukee Roofing Company, fell from a roof. The man fully recovered his physical faculties, but ha had no Idea what his name was or what his past Ufa had been. Ho took tho nnmo of John 8. Kennedy and worked undor that cognomen for two years, at length deciding to undorgo an operation Dr. J W. Klem performed It yesterday In Kenosha. An effects of tho anrsthotlc died away the soul ot Van Wle resumed the place occupied for two years by tho Interloping cosmos of "John S. Kennedy." It was hard for Dr. Klem to convinco Van Wlo that today wasn't May 8, 1913. Van Wlo didn't even know thcro was a war In Europe. FULL CREW REPEALER RELIEVED TO BE DEAD Scnato Coinmittoo Refuses to Report Bill Affirmatively. Ill) a Staff Correspondent HARRISBURO, April 28. Tho full crew repealer was virtually killed in Sonato commltteo today. Tho Scnato Committee on Railroads met during a re cess of tho Scnato and by a voto of 6 to 6 refused to report tho bill affirmatively to the Senate. Tho action today docs not mean, how ever, that the repealer is lost beyond all hope, as the committee has tho power to reconsider Its action. PRINCIPALS AND BRIDESMAIDS IN TODAY'S WEDDING i sv v ' w!mmWMM Jlltlllililll I H' III il p , 4.. - flliMillPsiili Mm i 1 f IwRiiiiBHCHiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHH fM The upper row, from left to right, Bhows Misses Charlotte Harding Brown, Margot Scull, Ruth Coxo and Hope Truxton Bcale, who will bo the bride's attendants. Below are Miss Cordelia Diddle and Angler B. Duke. FORTUNES IN RARE JEWELS FOR MISS RIDDLE, BRIDE OF A. B. DUKE Heir to Nearly Fifty Million Dollars and Debutante of 17 - Married at Holy Trinity at 4 O'clock This Afternoon Guests ' From Many Cities Confusion at Church Feared, The wedding of MUs Cordelia Blddla and Angler Buchanan Duke will take place at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at 4 o'clock this afternoon. In the quiet RIttenhouse Bquare district this morning tho canopies Bet In place at (he doors ot the church and of the Blddle residence, at 2104 Walnut street, were the only visible signs of a scene that for many reasons promised to exceed in brilliancy and In the confusion and excitement inseparable from society weddings any event of this kind In many years. The youth and beauty or the bride, the glamour about the. name of Blddle. tha exploits and enthusiasms of her father, Anthony J Prexel Blddle. the vast for tune of the young bridegroom he will eventually be th possessor of between 110.009,000 and w.000.000-the unexpected Btsa of the engagement, tutve ail con RUSSIAN ARMY, TO AID ALLIES, ATTACKSTURKS Czar Concentrates Great Force at Odes sa for Assault on Constantinople. Transports Ready to Carry Forces Across Black Sea for Landing: on Ottoman Coast. To Co-operate With Anglo French Forces. Sultan's Fleet Bottled Up in Bos- phorua by Firo of Hostile Fleet and Unable to Attack Troop Ships. Slav Torpcdoboats Raid Enemy's Shipping. PETROORAP, April 23. Russian expeditionary forces arc to aid tho western Allies In their campaign against Constantinople. Troops are being concentrated at Odessa, whence they wilt bo taken to the cstern coast of Turkey to effect a landing under protection of the Russian fleet. Emperor Nicholas has gone to Odessa to review these troops before their de parture. Announcement was made to- Conclmlril on rnjto Tour, Column Tito Thoto by Underwood & Underwood, tributed tq bring to RIttenhouse Square today many more hundreds ot persons than have been invited to the wedding. FORTUNES IN GIFTS Untold wealth Is represented In the gifts which have been showered upon Miss Blddle. Up until the present; time only the most intimate friends of the Blddle and Duke families have been permitted to have a peep at them, but it is said that fevy weddings have ever been held in this city which brought forth such offer ings and that few princesses have such Jewels to boast of as this youthful Phila delphia girl. A close friend ot the Blddle family said that Mr Duke had given bis fiancee a diamond chain '"the like of which could not be found the world Cescta&d oa Pus X1t, Oliuaa Os BRITISH FORCE GERMAN BACK AT ST. MIEN French and Belgians Recapture Het Sas. Allies on Offensive Along Ypres Line. French Bring Up 200,000 Troops to Reinforce Weak Positions Battlo Still Rngea From Dixmudo to Armen tieres. Drive on Kaiser's Wcdgo at St. Mihiol Renewed Paris Reports Gain of Half Mile Between Les Epargcs and Cnlonne Austrians Lose Heavily in Gallcin. Vigorously pressing their counter offensive along tho en tiro Flanders battlo lino, from north of Dixmudo to n. point several miles' south of Ypres, tho Allies liavo succeeded in regaining many of tho positions captured by tho Germans In their Initial drive. Bel gian and French troops have taken several trenches near Hot Sas, captur ing many machine guns and 200 pris oners. Tho Germans left S00 dead on tho field. The British havo taken St. Jullen Photos by Relly & Way. according to reports from Paris. In the Woevro tho French gained half a mile In an attack on tho German lines between Le3 Eparges and Calonno. Desperate fighting IS still on In the entire district north and east of Ypros. At St. Jullen tho British are conduct ing a furious drive and slowly forcing tfte Germans bnck on tho positions whfbj1 they originally held. The rrcncj' havo brought up 200,000 moro troops V reinforce the weaker points In their ll. ' Berlin repoYts that In Poland, north east of SuwarJ;'. the Germans have taken Kusslnn portions along a front A of 20 kilometres. PARIS HEARS ST. JMEX CAPTURED DYhl'ITISH v., French Make Further Advances Alone; Ypres Cnnal, PAIUS, April 28. It was announced hero toda that the British have recaptured St. Jullen, In West Flanders, from the Germans, but this Is not confirmed by the War office. St Jullen Is about three miles northeast , of Ypres. ' North of Ypres In West Flanders the French continue to gain ground. It is an nounced Hundreds of German prisoners i tmo been taken and at one point SW Ger man dead were counted upon the battle field. I GERMANS, NEAR YPRES, WAVER UNDER ALLIES' ASSAULTS Great Anglo-French Force Hurled at St. Jullen Line. LONDON, April 28. The offensive In France and Belgium has passed into the hands of the Allies. Advices from half a dozen points today Indicate that, despite ,tha Btrength of the German line, it Is wavering under re peated assaults at certain points. The weight of the Belglan-French-Brltlsh combined forces In Northern France Is being thrown against the elbow In tha German new line around St. Jullen. The fighting along the northern line continued last night, according to the re ports received here, Advices from tho Belgian headquarters today say that last night the Germans distributed a great quantity of their asphyxiating gas along the line held by the Belgians and at tempted an advajice. The Belgians lay Concluded on Fage Four, Column One Capsized Vessel Bound for This Port Dhers examining the capsized vessel towed into Norfolk reported today that it was the four-masted schooner John B. Manning, which sailed for Philadelphia from Ferpandlna, Fla., on March 21. with a cargo of lumber. The schooner was last reported off Diamond Shoal Llthtshlp April 12. Nothing has been beard from the crew, .and It Is believed they have been lost, The Kensingtonian Says; Frank B. Bant it till runnfit? afttt the Ire enginti. Frank taya ho has not mined a fire in Kensington sines tht Civil War. Some old fire hone, eh, boyit LOST AND rOTJND LOST Monday, bunch of e keys. Iron Ledger Central to Wth ana Klnsuulnr ava via No. IS car oa Walnut at to B2J and Market ate. Reward If returned to "Mia Dean.' Mllll(Ul 03f-Sunday at Fort turauoUa and diamond rt Sid Inn, Imitation nd rlns. valued aa htlr- loom Liberal reward !( returned. Branch A 115 Ardmor htiite Olfter CUutited Jilt fvoft4 11 M it TODAY'S BASEBALL) GAMES BROOKLYN OOOOO rniLHES 2 0 0 10 ApplPton am! McCmty; Mayci and Klllsfer. ATHLETICS OOOOOO - WASHINGTON 10 0 0 0 Wyckoff and McAvoyj Jolmson and Alnsuilth. " COLUMBIA OOOOOIO PENN OOOOOOO ? Smith and Lane; Wallace and Koous. NATIONAL' -LEAGUE,. OCT BOSTON NEW YOKE BANKER'S TAIL SENTENCE COMMUTED WASHINGTON, April 28. riosident Wilson today commuted to thiee yenis the five-year entente imposed on William E. Gehry, o Rending-, Tn., April 22, 191-1, for making false entiles in the books, of the Pciin National Bank, of Reading, of which he wns teller. Gehry's action was due to hla desiie to piotect another who had ovcidinwu his account, and he lcceived no money himself. PARDONED TO SAVE HIS EYE SIGHT WASHINGTON, Apt 11 28. Tt have him fiom going blind Pieslclent Wllbon today pauloned Ohnilea L. Gieenfield, of St. Louis, sentenced Pebiuary 8 last to a year and a day imprisonment aud $5000 fine for coiibpiiaty in usiug the malls to defraud. Greenfield was of material assistance in submitting testimony convicting other consphaturo. - WOMAN KILLED GRArTON, W. Va., April 28. Mrs. her 8-ycar-old daughter badly burned Boyd home. CULEBRA CUT NOW GAILLABD CUT WASHINGTON, April 28. President Wilson signed an executive order changing: the name of Culebra cut on the Panama Canal to Galllard cut, la honor of tho late Lieutenant Colonel D. D. Galllard, the engineer who su perintended the excavation and died from disease contracted In his work. JITNEY OWNERS IN MILLIONAIRE MOTORIST CLASS ATLANTC CITY, April 28. Jitneys havo rights not to be transgressed any more than tho rightB of millionaire motorists, according to Theodore W. Schtmpf, City Solicitor. "You can tax 'era and you can regulate them seven days a ucek," Mr. Schlmpf told the City Commissioners today, "but you can not make them give an Indemnity bond any more than any other user of the public highway." ALL ENGLISH PORTS CLOSED, BERLIN HEARS BERLIN, April 28 Tho Overseas News Agency today gave out a dis patch from Amsterdam stating the British Consul there had given notice that all English ports had been closed to foreign essela. STORK AGAIN EXPECTED AT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, April 28. That President Wilson is to become a grand father aguln soon, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo being tho parent this time, vas generally believed today, though the report was conflrmable neither at tho Whlto House nor tho JlcAdoo homo. The statement that the StcAdoos would make a visit to the Executive Mansion In two or three weeks since the supposedly expected new arrival was to be anoth'r "White House baby," It was said was regarded as giving an idea of the approximate time of tha stork's visit. STANDARD OIL INCREASES PAY OF DECK OFFICERS In compfltlnce with the request of the Neptune Association of Masters and Mates In C.yu nnd Coastwise Steam Vessels, the Standard OH Company has announced that. It will Increase the wages of all deck officers in its aervlco $25 a month, beginnl'.IB May 1. s. MAN HANGS hViSELF AFTER TAKING WALK Rudy Klttlnger. 65 years olU. at employe of the Bureau of Highways, hanged himself this morning In'tte cellar at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Hevener, 2621 North 27th street, V'th whom he lived, after he had taken an after-breakfast walk. He was despoh6"1 because of 111 health. Policeman Rudy Gilbert, of the 26th and York street station, is a nephew. V CREW JACKS CAR TO RELIEVE INJURED MAN Fifteen minutes passed before the crew of a Pa-jkB"Ie car was able to Jack It high enough to release Patrick Breslin, 50 yearla "815 North 9th street, who was run down at Spring Garden street and nidgaven"6. Breslin, according to witnesses, walked directly in front of he car, llamas taken to tne itannemann riusimui. auueruic FIRE SWEEPS THREE BLOCKS IN ST. PAUL ST. PAUL, Minn., April 28. Seven men were injured, one probably fatally, and three city blocks on 7th street, the most prominent part of St, Paul," were either burned or damaged by smoke in a fire today. The Are started in the St. Paul Library and spread rapidly. The Minneapolis Fira Department rushed seera! companies over to St. Paul to aid In fighting the blaze. The fire zone extends from St. Peter street to Minnesota and 7th streets. Tha loss probably will exceed 500,000. RUSSIAN AEROPLANE SHOT DOWN; THREE KILLED AMSTERDASI, April 28. Three Russian military aviators were killed Tuesday, when an aeroplane of the Sikorski type was shot down fy Hun garian troops near SzebaJa, southwest of StryJ, Galicla. The fourth occupant of the machine was taken prisoner, MOB STORMS JAIL AND KILLS NEGRO PRISONER fSOMERVILLE, Tenn., April 28. A masked mob stormed the Fayette County Jail today, got Tom Brooks, a Negro, charged with killing Pleasant Hawkins and R. L. Day, prominent farmers, and hanged him. His body was riddled with bullets. The Negro had been confined in JaU at Memphis, but was brought here yesterday for trial. ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONISTS ARRESTED BY TURKS ATHENS, April 28. Four hundred Armenians', Including the chaplain of the Armenian Patriarchate, have been arrested at Constantinople by order t$ the Turkish Government on a charge of plotting a revolt in Armenia, cco4 tag to a Ubpatch from Salonika. FOUR. GERMAN SUBMARINES TO RAID BALTIC BERLIN. April 28. Four German submarines, that havo beB operating In British watern have ben transferred to the BalUfl to U0c Buaalaa war ships, according to reliabl reports iwe, BY LIGHTNING Charles Boyd, aged 40, waa killed and here today when lightning struck tho irum a irttciurea onuu. - - m
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