"V ftN A N CI AX EDITION linger NIGHT "EXTRA night EXTRA JyOL. l-NO. ii)S) PRICE ONE 03BN.' PHILADELPHIA, IT UK DAY, MAY 1, 11) Lo. CorimoiiT, IMS, at thbPoblio Limb Coutahi. fllllrof ft IT BttshM JL srV Bl I JL 1 1 1 I I I I WSSri " vadSgJsrTw7 RUSSIA HOLDS galicia front, lavsassert legrouping of Forces, Giving roe iNew iGround, Basis of Ger- Iman Victory Claim. 77 Pultons u" - to ," " ing Slav Realignment, Petro erad Concedes, But Lost Ter- -T5 . . rjMrtfi iiirrnriv iiin-- ritory Recovered o z a r Strong on Dunajcc. V hostile Advance Into Bnltic Prov- ,i inccs Clinrncienzeu a ouimu - Opera" Campaign Berlin Cole ' 'bratcs Gnlicia Triumph Allies '' Repulse Attacks at Yprcs. S.Jin mncnlflcs antl I'etroRrtul mht- fjSliea operations of the present week '(id-'Westcrn Gnllcin. The Herman Tapital Is en fete to celebrate tho vle-fiofj- oniclnlly nnnounced yesterday .. ..a ronUnn flint tllf! MliHCO- 8110 CAJJcita ,w.... - - ejfc Uno has been pushed back 30 Site's from the Dunnjec. Unofllclnl Sports set the Czar's loss at 100,000 W.i.. n..calnn Wnr fllllcp L'cincedes Klue ------ JJalns of territory by the defenders. Rwlng to a rcBrouiiinr? oi lorccs, inn. Renles emphatically any lnrBe-scnle "Hillclan victory such as that an- I5"'.- ..J 1-.. Um innml. 'TllO lmatlln JJvance Into the Czar's Baltic fijrovlnces is characterized ns a "comic iBDera. KCerman nttneks on the British posi Rv .. . .. -v- .....i .... v.o ttlons normensi oi mum """ " rKench lines nt Le Pletre were rc- jpuised, acconllng to otllclnl reports MAYS DENY GALICIA DEFEAT; ADMIT REGROUPING FORCES German Baltic Advance "Comic Opera" Campaign. !li(M.Rapnian ftlntma nt II PW.ll VlC- jtory In western Gallcla were denied by line jiussian ar umco iuunj. .it u huiti that the recent offensive under- & Concluded on ragel'our(. Column Three THE WEATHER Ihe weather today Is unspeakable. We "jere "almost sure of It when we nrrived jSjrorlt this morning, but we were posl- tjje about It a short time later. Didn't ,uin We Talis Everything uver witn :nir us of It when wo culled up on tho ,or.eT ."It ;Js unspeakable' she suid, "and that ns you can t talk about it, bo you no excuse at all for not talking mt me. now. have you?" Qtt'nee, It all came about this way: wajiy enough we had to show her the tier talk yesterday the, very first Brie thought It was wonderful. laPld you really write It?" she said. "I ,at believe It. It's the best you nave jrercone." fcThat was very nice for us7 of course. kSV airly burst with pride. Out the ijom was yet to come. COh, da do it again." ahe urged. "Write Mt,me, I mean, Its such fun." Pvi had not expected that, quite. In Er'w remonstrated that this space was tsrf"1' weather and that we might lose Lr,Job and all that sort of thing. It was Sjthey won't mind Just once more," she mp?- ''Just think of all those people ifjnar about me and not knowing It. Its i? it you don't. You care more for IJIatn that horrlri nlrt hiifdnpsfl. don't JWiri an awful situation, We don't know Ir.V.,"1 "3. going to come out of It. Dut gf "pace Is for the weather. we are going to stick to It. FORECAST Wr Philadelphia and vicinitii S(W tonight with nrobable ftrt; Wednesday fair; moderate i momma northiveat. &r details, see page S. pwervations at Philadelphia A. Bl, 'f qflln ' ..v....,....;.' 5U East. H mtln foil..',... -: .- t.i nainins ri.."v" a noun is ter.M.at.r.' . '' ?..? Wm roprarur ' .. 'VfV ' kt a, 1 --T T-M-tltM(lM On (he Pacific Const fclicp Weather, cloudy: temD.. 50 - . .Weather, clear; temp.; 3 Almnnne nf 4,. n.. Rt. " ""' ? tomorrow . o.ui p.m. Lamps n itf i.tnhto.i d other Y.hlcle, 7,13,,, nl. The Tides PORT mraunui, huSf. a:oa T lvi4Willl. P. ni. a. m. a. m. t7 5 """"row i:ii B' tomorrow Zii WHESTi t CTooa H.'.'. '. ! m "t.i HAHt. Itf. H2w .1.M p. m. a. m. 1:00 n.jts 3.(3 10.00 wuirrnw I fninAU.. ' ' p. m. a. m. a. m. :RrRJ& WKSf"...:;.:!:';;,; 'fife a. is p. n. a. m. WOMEN SMASH This was the scene in front of the Crown Stamp Company's store, nt rain and chnrged the store entrance in their nnxicty to redeem WASHINGTON INCLINES TO BELIEF GULFLIGHT WAS VICTIM OF MINE Receipt of 'Something New' Regarding Disaster to American Ship Qff Scilly Isles Admitted by State Department. WASHINGTON. May That "something now" had been re ceived concerning tho American tnnker Gulfllght. which met disaster otT the Scilly IsIcb, was admitted by a State De partment official today. The "something" was a message, which was being manifolded for the various de partments' use. The belief was growing that the Gulf llght was not torpedoed but hit n mine. WASHINGTON, May I. The United States has not yet formu lated any policy regarding the attack on the American oil ship Gulfllght and will not do so until the facts have been estab lished from every ancle. President Wil son todny told his callers. He stated, however, that the case in volving the drowning of Leon C. Thrasher, when the British ship Falabn was sunk by a German submarine, will be treated In conjunction with the Gulf llght Incident. It Is probable that all matters between the American and Ger man Governments regarding the "war zone" decree will bo grouped together in Whatever action is taken. The Chief Rxecutlve would make no further comment on the Gulfllght matter pending receipt of definite Information. Consul Stephens, nt Plymouth, today sent to the Stato Department a brief dis patch In response to Secretary Bryan's call for a full report on the GuKllght nt tnck. The message was not ninde public. Mr. nrvnn said ho had a dispatch from the owners of the Gulfllght which ho would give out later. He added that no word had been received from Berlin In response In his rcnuest for Information from the German Foreign Office relative to the aeroplane attack on the American shlpCushlr.g or tho Gulfllght. Consul Genernl Skinner, at London, re ported today that u submarine was sighted from tho American steamer Gulf llght 15 minutes before the Gulfllght was struck off the Scilly Islands Saturday. HRITISII SHIP 11L0WX UP; TWO OF CREW KILLED LONDON, May,!. The number of ships torpedoed by Her man submarines in the 48 hours between Saturday evening and Monduy evening was Increased to 10 today, when It became known that the British steamship Mln terne had been blown up oft the Scilly Islands Monday. A German torpedo hit the Mlnterne, a vessel of, 3018 (ens, on the starboard Bldo and killed two firemen In the engine, loom. The lest of the crew, with Cap tain S, M. Croskerj, escaped and wero landed at Peniance today. The Mlnterne wns a London steamship, built at Stockton In 1903. She was 330 feet long. The other ships sunk In the renewal of the Gerinap submarine campaign Include tha American ship Gulfllght. the Nor wegian ships America, Baldwin and Leila, the Swedish steamer lllllda and the Swedish schooner Elsa. April Circulation Evening" Ledger DAILY AVERAGE January ,,.,.,. 68,726 February ,, ..,,.... 64,045 March 70,947 April 82,104 Tho foregoing statement repre sents the actual net paid circula tion of this newspaper for the months indicated, eliminatinjr aJJ returned and Iree copies. WINDOWS IN RUSH ITALY BELIEVES WAR AT HAND: PROPOSALS ! OF VIENNA REJECTED Messengers Reported on Way to Germany and Austria Bearing Demands That lat Rome Wlil Accept r Neutrality. for no.ME. May I. The most intense excitement pervaded the city today with rumors that Austria's final word had been delivered yesterday to Foreign Minister Sonnino nnd had been regarded aB unacceptable by the Cabinet Council. As lending color to the belief that a crisis has been reached It wns announced today that the King and his Ministers had abandoned their plan to attend the unveiling of a monument to commemorate the achievements of Gnrlbaldl's volun teers nt Quatio Sant Klcna tomorrow. The newspaper MesEoggero asserts to day that, following an all-night confer ence Sunday, the Austrian Embassy dis patched messengers yesterday to Vienna nnd Herlln. The Messaggero Bas these bear minimum demands consistent with Italy's neutrality which the Austrian En voy has threshed out after conferences. Alarmist reports continue to be cir culated, although the city wns slightly calmer today. One rumor had H that I'riuco von Buelow had submitted fresh proposals to Foreign Minister Sonnino to day, but this wns regarded as unlikely. Diplomatic; conferences continue almost constant!1. . "The critical hour has nrrived. The sec ond war for our national Independence will be declared. The events precipi tating Sunday's conference between For eign Minister Sonnino and Prince von Buelow were decisive." The Idea Nazlonale. Rome's chief Inter ventionist organ, makes this declaration today, confidently nssertlng that Italy will Join the Allies. The Idea Nazlonale asserts the decision of the King not to attend the Garibaldi -Concluded on I'ugn Four, Column Four Man Kills Himself and Child NEW YORK, May ", Brooding over ill health and despondent because physicians had ordered him to go to a sanitarium, Thomas Smith, 30 years old, shot and killed his 2-year-old child as It lay sleep. Ing today nnd then committed suicide oy tiring a bullet Into his head. The trag edy took place In Smith's Flatbush home, and his wife, who was in the apartment, was powerless to prevent It. LIBERTY BELL CLAPPER GONE; REPLACED BY STEEL SUPPORT Evasive Replies After Discovery of Its Absence Starts Rumors " of Theft by Souvenir Hunter Neiv Device Is Intended to Strengthen It for Trip. t ,The clapper of the Liberty Bell In In dependence Hall has disappeared and. the Inysterlous reticence, of Curator Wil fred Jordan when asked about It today gave rise to vague rumors that It had been stolen. Later It was learned from Chief Ball, of tho Bureau of City Property, that the clapper was taken out to make room for a "spider" of structural steel that Is ex pected to keep -the famous old rello from falling apart on its long- trip to the Pen-ama-Pacinc Exposition. The clappen a largo, ball of bronze sus pended from a short shaft, was taken out a few days ago. Visitors noticed that It w.as gone, but It was not until today that a woman, familiar with the. appearance of the bell, called attention to Its dis appearance. The uniformed guard In In dependence Hall at drift refused to talk about It Finally be admitted havtnif ON CROWN TRADING 1007-00 Arch street, todny, when hundreds of women disregarded the their stamp books before the company winds up its business. BASEBALL GAMBLERS GET BIG POOL PROFITS; POLICE HOT ON TRAIL Fifty or Seventy-five Lot teries on Outcome of Games" Yield Leaders "Rake-off" of $300,000 to $500,000 a Season; The annual battle of wits between the City Hall sleuths nnd the Wlll-o'-the-wlsp "get-rlch-qulek" men that manage baseball pools Is now on. Dhector George D. Tortcr, of the Department of Public Safety, admitted It today. Detectives believe thcro are between SO and 75 pools operating In this city. It has been shown that the lendeis make profits that should total between J300.CO0 and $300,000 In this city nlono for tho season. Mindful of the arrest nnd Impiisonment of "English Tom," former lender of the baseball pools. In ' 1913. these gamblers have gone to amazing lengths to keep their Identity secret even from the dis tributors of their cards. They have no headquarters, unless a street corner or tho lining of n nnt can be called a head quarters, and they are all nnmcltbs. The prizes are received by the winners nlways through Indirect sources. The "offlclnis" nre always "Just nround tho corner," but "Just nround the corner ' Is like one of thoso tomorrows that never comes. Here Is the way the organized gambling In baseball games Is worked In one of the clubs heio: The bartender or cigar-store man or the barber, or whoever It Is you know that has this mysterious Intimacy with the man around the corner, takes your Concluded on Tae Two, Column Two NORTH JERSEY BANKS IN NEW YORK DISTRICT Transferred From Philadelphia by Reserve Board. WASHINGTON, May '.Member banks of tho Federal reserve system In tho northern half of New Jersey today were transferred from the Philadelphia to the New York Federal Reserve District by the Federal Reserve Board. Member banks In Southern Oklahoma were transferred from the Dallas to the Kansas City District, and member banks In Tyler and Wetzel Counties, Northefn West Virginia, from the Richmond to the Cleveland District. Hhe petition of member banks In Wyo. mlng and Nebraska to be transferred from the Kansas City to the Chicago dls. trlct was denied. been told that the clapper was taken out. He did not know who took It 'or the rea son for Its removal. Curator Jordan then was appealed to. He considered the question a few momenta- and then referred inquirers to Chief Ball. He was psked f the clapper had been taken out by the authorities tor any reason, and he still refused to talk. He said he did not care tq discuss the matter. Several curious visitors, hearing the rumors that the clapper had been stolen by rells hunters, went to independence Hall, cot down, on the floor and gazed up Into the interior of the old bell. All thej could see was the rigid arrangement from which the clapper had been sus pended. The bell will ot be taken on Its trip to the Pacific coast until after July 4, and Jmt why It should be necessary to con struct the "spider" at this time has not teen made known. STAMP STORE PLATE GLASS SMASHED BY FRENZIED WOMEN IN CROWN STAMP RUSH 3000 in Frantic Fight to Get Premiums After Acme Tea Company An nounces Its Subsidiary Will Go Out of Business. Three thnusnnd women clutching trad ing stamp books and iimmcllns ciowded Aich stieet from 10th to 11th tqday and surged toward the double doors of the Crown Stump Company, nt 1007 nnd 1003 In a. panic lest the stamps they had col lected nt chiilu-store groceries could not be exchanged for the premiums offered. Tho stump company, n subsidiary of the Acme Tea t'oinpnio, nnnounced yester day that It would letlio fioni business. Thnt news brought the crowd today. Women lost pockilbooks, their collec tions of stamps, weic tiampled on nnd Jabbed with umbiellas in the crush thnt centered tn Omit of the doors. A jrfl plate glass window beside one of tho Mora entrances wns pushed in ami the women Conchidi'il mi l'ncp Tim, Column five SH0REJ0Y RIDERS IN PLUNGE OF DEATH Girl Drowns as While Three Swim to Shore, Police Come, Companions ATLANTIC CITY, Mny 4. A joung woman was drowned and three compan ions narrowly escaped death cnrly today when a six-cylinder touring car plunged over an 18-Inch coping on Hnrrlsburg nvenue, Chelsea, Into the Thoroughfuie. The dead woman was Miss Bella James, of Goshen, N. J. Her body wns lecover ed nbout an hour after tho accident oc curred. The other members of the party freed themselves from the machine and reached the dock. The nutomobtle wns owned and driven by Charles Leslie Champion, n gnrage keeper of Cape Maj Couit House, who explained today that ho thought Harris burg avenue was Albany nvenue, which crosses tho Inside Thoroughfare. According to Champion, H. C. Tyler nnd Miss Anna Mae Traft. n companion of the dead slrl from Goshen, they left Capo May Court House about 8 o'clock, Intend ing to come here nnd seo tho clicus. Ar riving here, lhe found It pouring rain nnd decided to foreso the pleasure. They went to a boardwalk vafe for luncheon nnd had a few drinks. About 2 o'clock they started home. Champion In his statement said he was unused to tho road leading from this city and becoming confused drove out Harrlsburg avenue, Ju&t a square below Albany. It is but n short two blocks from Atlantic nvenue down to the Thor oughfare and before Champion realized that he hud taken the wrong street, his machine hit the stone embankment and plunged on Its death dlvo. Sergeants Craig nnd Holmes, accompan ied by a reserve squad, were on the scene n few minutes after the accident. They raised the auto far enough out of the wa ter to cut the top ond Sergeant Holmes, reaching In the water, grasped the cloth ing of the James girl. She was brought up on the dock and artificial lesplratlon was resorted to In an effort to find life, but the girl had been In the water for almost an hour and after a succession of efforts they gave up. The Kensingtonian Saya: 411 (he boys were at a loss (o under stand whu Charlie Sautr looked "to down in the mouth" until theu heard that he was wurkio in u dsnfol office. LOST AND FOUND LOST On FrWay. a bdgo of the yire Injur ance Patrol. It contains tha word surgeon and th unit of Dr J. Chalmera Da CeaU. If tho finder will return this badge to Or. Pa Costa, at 2015 Walnut a: b ft 111 r calya a raward. Othtr (.'Kml4 4-i fagtt H utid tl QUICK NEWS ) WOULD DISMISS DOCTOR RICHMOND The Slaii'lhiR ComniiUre nf Uip nniscopnl Dtoc?Bc of rfimsyl mnl.i lifts recommended flint Dishon Jthinelnnder sever the pnsto-' fflntloiia between tile Hcv. Oeorgc Clinlmcts Richmond rind t'.ie 13. .Tr.nn's Church, Ilrown street near 3d, according to nnnounccment made by the Itcv. CI. De Wolf 1'cny, chninunn of that couimltttr, in Uia annual lepoit rend befoto the Diocesiui Convention rjt tie f.liurcli of 65t. Luke and the Epiphany, 13 stiect below Wnlnul. P1IILA DELPHI A GIRL TO WED PRINCE A marriage license was Issued in New Tork today for Miss Eutb Morgan Waters, of Philadelphia, New Tork and Newport, and Prinrt Ludovle Fignatelli, I'riuco of Arragou and Cavandish. Tho Prin;e'3 ttoolug wao opposed by the young woman's parents. LYE CAUSES CHILD'S DEATH AFTER TWO YEARS IftitliiR lye two yenrs ago caused the death of 3-year-old Edna WIsb, 217(1 Kiiki York street, on April 27, It developed at a Coroner's Inquest held this afternoon. Tho child crawled across tho floor while tier mother waB wash ing clotht'M, mid turned over a can of lye. It was testified. She ate some of it. nml although she received tientmenl Immediately, sho suffered ever since. Her nesophiiKiiH contracted, making it difllcult for her to eat. For several weeks before her dentil, which occurred in St. Christopher's Hospital, she could e.it no solid food and had to be fed artificially. Starvation resulted and contributed to the cause of her death. IJA1JY FATALLY HUKNED AFTEK FIRST WALK Lucllla .Minna, one year old, -4030 Thompson street, who had Just learned .to walk, died today of burns received at a bonfire during her first stroll. Lucllla was so overjoyed at being able to use her legs that she strayed away from her mother last Tuesday and Joined some boys making n fire In a vacant lot. When her skirts caught fire tho boys lied nnd she was ablaze from head to foot when her mother found her. The parents refused to let the child be taken to a hospital and hail her ti rated by a nearby physician. FUU. CREW REPEALER REPORTED IN THE SENATE HARRKSIll lUJ, May 4. The Semite Railroad Committee today decided by a vote of 7 lo C to report out the repealer of the full crew act, already passed by the House. KING GUSTAF WARNS SWEDES AGAINST WAR GOTHENUURG, Sweden, Mny I. Speaking at a banquet here today on the occasion of tho launching of a new warship. King Gustaf warned the people that the danger that Sweden may bo drawn into the war has by no meanB diminished. "So far we have been able to keep out of the struggle," he said. "It Is my sincere hope that, with tho aid of the Almighty, we may remain at pcuc-j with all nations, but the danger that we may be- drawn in Is no means loss,- than nt the outbreak of the war." GERMAN WARSHIP SHELLS FINLAND LIGHTHOUSE COPENHAGEN, May I. A German warship has shelled and set on Are the Lagsker Lighthouse, on one of the Aland Islands at tho entrance to .the Gulf of Bothnia, according to a dispatch tecelved today from. Stockholm, A general German attack Is expected on the coast of Finland In the northern part of rite Gulf of Bothnia, It adds. NATIONAL BANKS ORDERED TO REPORT CONDITION WASHINGTON. May 1. The Comptroller of the Currency today Issued r call for the condition of national banks at the close of business May 1. PHILADELPHIA' YACHTS PASS CANAL The yachts Allegio and Juniata, owned by Colonel James Elverson, Jr., and George W. Elkinsi, respectively, passed thiough the Chesapeake and Dela ware Canal today, bound for Washington, D. C. On board Colonel Elverson's yacht were Herbert C. CarpentTMa-d E. E. Smith, of this city, and P, V. gcaton, of New York. Mr. Elklns hud as his guests District Attorneys Samuel P. Rotan, William F. Brown, Jnmes G. Llndsey and W. C. Downing, of this city, and St'even Peabody, of New York. DRY FORCES WIN THREE MINNESOTA COUNTIES ST. PAUL, .Minn.. May I. The "dry" forces won three counties In yes terday's option elections, sounding the death knell for saloons In Chicago, Lan Qui Pailc and Isanti Counties. ALLIES' AIRMEN UOMItARD GERMAN'S IN BELGIUM AMSTERDAM, .May 4. Airmen of the Allies aie maintaining constant activity over Belgium, bombarding Geiman concentration camps, artillery posi tions and tnllv.as. Another rnid has heen made over Bruges, where the railways were hmntmrded. ' Two aeroplanes, evidently British, flew over Knocke and then continued along the coast at a very low altitude, dropping bombs upon the German batteries. Although subjected to n heavy Are from the German high-angle guns, both aeroplanes escaped toward the west. GERMANS ARREST BRITISH SPIES IN PRIEST'S GARB AMSTERDAM, May -t. According to teports from German sources two v English spies, disguised as priests, wero arrested In Belgium Sunday, After compromising documents had been found upon them they were taken to Brussels, for trial. It is believed they will bo executed immediately. 500,000 NEW MERCHANT MARINE TONNAGE AVIth the placing of the steamship Iris, which halls from this port, under the American flag today, the American merchant marine tonnage acquired lnce tht outbreak of the wnr passed the half million mark. The tonnage of the Iris is 2331. To date 112 ves-sels, of 500,705 gross tons, have been granted American registry under tho emengency ship registry act of last Auguf-t. The Sun Company owns the Iris. TURKS' CAUCASUS OFFENSIVE REPULSED PETIU'GKAD. May 1. Caucasus headquarters teport the repulse of Turkish attempts to resume tho offensive In the direction of Artwln. There has been some lighting at other points, but the general situation Is unchanged. TWO NORSE STEAMSHIPS BURNING IN NORTH SEA LONDON. May '. A Lelth dispatch to the Star states that the captain of, the Norwegian steamship Sernebo reported on arriving there that he had bighted two Norwegian steamships burning in the North Sea. SUBMARINES ORDERED TO SINK ALL U. S. SHIPS, DUTCH REPORT LONDON, May 4. The Financial News today prints the following: "11 is reported from a Dutch source that German submarines have been ordered to sink every American vessel sighted, specially passenger liners, without regard for loss of American life, n order to demonstrate the absolute to potence of the United States." IMPORTERS ASKED TO FILE WAR LOSS CLAIMS , Local Importers wero notified today to file their claims on shipments on the American steamship Ogeechee with the State Department. The vessel w seized by Great Britain last month while en route to New york from Bremen, The cargo has been landed at Sharpness, Eng. Affidavits, attesting to the ownership of the goods must be sent with aU claims. HOT FIGHT ON AT POLLS IN BALTIMORE BAInMORE.May 4.WIth both the Republcans and Democrats elajrai-g victory, Baltimore ti voting today for Mayor and City Cgunallmeu. CkortiiW H. Helntzeman, the Republican candidate, said today he would win by )M majority, while Mayor Jamas If. Preston, who is the pemocr&Ue JIUhUim re-election, said he was confident of winning "by a largo majority.1 Hhp was a, heavy early vote polled. a yd a. m.