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EVENING LEPOER-PHILAPETiPEtlA", TUESDAY. JTTLY
AUSTRIAN FLEET
SHELLS ITALIAN
COASTJOWNS
Air Raid Also Made on
Cities Along' t Adri
aticDamage Slight,
Reports Rome.
IT
WAR MOVES' MEANINQ
' ubifepLY UTTSfRpnEnrED
"NOSE" OF GERMAN SHRAPNEL SHELL
Squadron of Wnrshipa and Hy
droaoroplanos Shell Ancona
nnd Drop Bombs on Rnihvny
L3no Between Fnno and
Senlfcallin.
Komo Reports Third Attack by Foos.
Raiders Catno From Poln Italians
Take Important Island In Adriatic
Off Dalmatian Coast King Em
manuel's Troops Close to Gorizia.
ROME. July 27.
Austrian warships and hydro-aoroploneB
made a combined nttnek on tjio Italian
coast In the Anconif region from sea and
air today The naval squadron, consisting
Of a crulter arid four torpodoboats, Is be
lieved to fhavo como from the Austrian
naval base at Pola, DO mites north of
Ancona
Appearing oft the coast shortly alter
4awn, the cruiser opened tire rrom n posi
tion three miles Off the coast upon the
railroad lino between Pnno and Scnlgnllla.
xno torpeaoboats served as guards to pre
vent an attack by an Italian submarine.
While the rallrbatl was being bombarded
eeveral Austrian hydro-aeroplanes flew
southward to Ancona. Rising above that
It the aviators dropped a number of
bombs
Tho official announcement of tho Aus
trian raid says that only slight damago
1as done The official statement follows:
"An enemy cruiser and lour torpedo
boats bombarded the railroad between
Tano and Sonlgollla this morning.
Simultaneously hydro-aeroplanes bom
bifded AncOna. The damage, dono was
J Ight."
Tho railroad lies alonz the coast from
T ano to Sonlgallla for 13 miles. Ancona
1 17 mile's south of Sonlgallla.
Fano, a noted Italian watering place,
his been Tiombftrded by Auslilan warships
and aircraft on previous raids on the
Adriatic coast. Ancona, one of the most
important Adriatic seaports, was shelled
b an Austrian fleet early In tho Austro
1'allau war.
Further successes for the Italians, both
by land and by sea. were lonortncl todav.
f ollowlng tho occupation of the Island 1
ci reiagosa, in tho Adriatic Sea, the
I hllans established a, naval base there
fr further opehxtlons off the Dalmatian
coast.
The capture of Pelsgosa Is an lmpor
tnt achievement for the Italian navy,
because Of the stfoteglc Importance of
the Island, wtilch lies about 160 mlle3
mutti uf Polo, tho great Austrian naval
Iwse on the Adriatic. Italian ships oper
ating from this base will bombard wire
It ss stations and railway lines.
Along the lsvrto front the land fighting
In embracing every agency known to
Warfare According to ofllclal dispatches
trim the front, the Austrlans are using
poisonous gases. In the mountains thero
fi "stone throwing," which consists, of
rolling huge boulders down tho cliffs upon
fib Soldiers who are trying to scale them.
The official report makes especial men-
i.on of tho fierceness of the, fighting
i round Gorizln. where tho Italians
r'ormed some of tho Austrian positions
at tho point of the bayonet and occupied
Tlie fate of Wnrsaw hinge Wore
directly on the iwno between trie
Nitre w nhd Dufe Rivers, whither1
for the third timo in Ihe present
drive 'against tho Polish capital
(he impetus of Hie assault ha been
flifttorf Than upoh llf& mdTOmWUII
operating from Iho other pointa of
tho cornpnss.
MncK.cn sen's lack1 of success in
cutting the Cholm-Lublin Railway
has lessened tho nienaco from tho
south, and tho Teutonic sweep
from tho west seemingly has been
suspended.
Tho fall of Warsaw apparently
is less imminent today than earlier
in the week, basing this surmise
on the latest report of Grand
Duke Nicholas, which chronicles
driving northward tho Germnns
who crossed the Narew and ro-
pulso of Teuton attacks on tho
South Vistula fortress of Ivnn-gorod.
BITTER CONGRESSIONAL
FIGHT THREATENS OVER
"War Munitions Trust"
Will Clinch With Sena
tors a n d Congressmen
Favoring U. S. Manufac
ture of Its Arms.
& IWEESpMV gjftiraicAJjAlS, rift jjftfrfolisid. I ySK Ma
&SlSliM ni ,Jr$
FIRE IN DREADNOUGHT
CAUSED BY TAMPERING
j fa i in i
Officials Seek Man That Opened
Pipe to- Flood Compartment
With Oil.'
ALL GERMANV FIRM
FOR SVBMAHtNE WAR
Dozen Lawmakers Are Now in
Washington Making Compre
hensive Plans for Coming
Conflict .$500,000,000 May
Be Appropriated.
t'lem
NEW
BRITISH NOTE
MAY HASTEN PEACE
Continued from Paso One
pave ground for widespread
speculation
hopeful
BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE.
Britain In the note takes about the same
attitude as that maintained by Germany,
nsmely, that the conditions are unprece
dented, and that England declines to be
bound by obsolete rules of International
The note Joins Issue squarely with the
contention that the Order-ln-Councll pol
icy does not measure up to the require
ments of International law by holding that
the Council orders. Board of Trade rul
ings and prize Court regulations are
rounded on the principles of International
law, although the application of thoso
principles may be different.
The most striking feature of the new
Hrltlsh note Is Its citation of various
ases that arose during the American
"lvi War to Justify the course of Eng
land la arguing that the British Govern
ment Is living up to the DrlncInlM nf In.
tematlonal law, especially the doctrine of
ronumiQus voyage, wmen governed the
attitude of the United States Government
when It seized British cargoes bound for
usseau, in me nannmas, in the develop
ment of a "war trade," Which was mostly
contraband, destined for the Southern
"onfederacy.
ATLANTA'S CHIEF OF POLICE
SUSPENDED BY POLICE HOARD
Reform Officer Accused of Inefficiency
and Insubordination.
ATLANTA, Go., July 27 -Police Chief
Beavers, who closed the segregated dis
trict here three years ago, was sus
pended by the Police Board today and
Will be tried Thursday night on ohargea
of Inefficiency aad Insubordination.
Leaders In the reform element, which
supported Beavers' War on the social
evil and has since been fighting the many
drlnkinsr elubs In the city, declared they
would retaliate for the chief's puspen
eion through recall proceedings against
the Mayor and aldermen.
IRON PLANT TO REOPEN
Mill Closed Since May, 1014, Will Give
Employmant to 2K0.
DUNCANNON. F, July . Prepar
ations are being made to put the plant
or the Duncaunon Irpn tympany into
ofwratloe, When reldy to run, It will
gfv epleymenl t 00 men.
The pnt, wleh is aw bv th,e
lAbanon Iron anl Steel Company, baa
fcaen idle elwse May, 19U- '
f ATHOUCf ELECT OPPICPS
Federation of Societies gt Aitoona
AI90 Pfas Many Reolutioas.
ALfOCW A. Pa , July tl -OWcew were
tet4 t today's seesion of the Veder,
tiai a CMUc 8ocletie aj follows.
Pi njlilrrt 8 A Ennl. ruturtn
1 t pwltt t I "VL
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VASHINGTQN. July 27 -Rumblings of
a bitter Congressional fight over the pro
posed hnlf-bllllon-dollar army-navy ap
propriation at the approaching oesslon of
Congress nere already beginning to be
hearjl todav
The appropriation will not be fought,
but tho war munitions trust" nntl thu
faction of Senators and Congressmen who
favor Goyernment manufacture will
clinch to a Bhowdown, It was evident.
A dozen or more lawmnkers In both
houecs who do not want their activities
noised nbroad as yet are spending nil
th,olr limn In Washington, canvassing tht
situation and making comprehensive plans
for battle with tho "'munitions trust "
Inconspicuous envoys of thr- nntl-trust
action thioughout the count! y are sound
ing out every Senator and Congressman
Itonms of literature on the subjects and
thousinds of letters to voterB urging them
to see that their Representatives light the
munitions makera nre going out from ier
dallv
SENATOR. FOR U. S. MONOPOLY
That this anti-trust faction already
possesses strength Is shown in n personal
letter from a powerful Senator, high In
the tanks of those controlling expendi
ture of army and navy appropriations.
Tho letter says In part:
"I certainly will support and vote for
a law creating Government monopoly of
al War ftiipplles, equipment, ammunition,
armor plate and the like."
"No sooner will the Speaker's gavel
fall," said another Senator noto In Wash
ington getting ready for the fray, "than
resolutions will be dropped in the basket
which will precipitate h last ditch fight
for Government ownership and manufac
ture of munitions
"You will readily see what wo fa:e
when I tell you that the munitions fac
tory clique has representation In high
official positions In Washington. These
representatives or war for profit are
backed by certain Washlhgton banks,
which are affiliated with certain Now
York and Philadelphia financial Inter
cats, whose leaders orb stockholders In
private munitions factories.
"Wo have the names of si)th repre
sentatives in Congress, and we shall glvft
those names In the light of day when
the time comes. They'll go the limit. 8j
will we.
"FAVOR DEFENSES BUT"
"First we'll show up them by aaini
'Yes, wa are fbr a navy that will darken
the horfzops and for land defenses that
will cumber the earth If the Govern
ment builds them.'
"When the showdown comes on roll
calls our strength will astound them We
have foreseen this situation for many
months; and we have not een Jflle."
On a certain Congressman's dealt In the
House office building is a stack of letters
irora wiwressmcn ana senators never.
ueipre ncuve on mis. point, promising
stanch support to tho Government own
ership fight.
Tho picture shows tho time fuse of a
German shrapnel shell picked up on a
Flanders battlefield by Private J C.
Duffy, of the Liverpool Scottish, and sent
by him to Miss Margery G, Parker, of
iiO Seville street, Roxboroufih. (tt Is
similar In construction 10 jhft combina
tion knob of a safe. The numbers cn
Rraed on tho side represent seconds ot
tmc. In nctual use the gunners cal
culate (he time required for tho shell to
reach a point about 75 feet In advance
of the enemy The number of seconds
thus determined Is set on Iho shell by
turning the conical lop until the number
is dlrccdy over n. permanent mark di
rectly berieath the row of figures. The
Interior of the fuse contains a spiral p&th,
In which Is slow-burning powder. This
powder-train Is set off by the concussion
of firing. The train burns unlit It reaches
an opening, which leada Into the Interior
nf the shell, and causes the entire shell
to esplode. By turning the fuso the now-
d(r-traln Is shortened or lengthened, as
destted, In order to cause An explosion
of the shell at the calculated lime. The
fuse Is the mbst expensive part of shrap
nel, and consumes considerable time In
manufacture. It Is modo of bra.&8 ) The
fragment Bhown hero weighs 2Vi pounds.
OVERCROWDING DID NOT
CAPSIZE THE EASTLAND
Continued from raftc One
turned over while llng at her pier
In
Chicago River Saturday.'
These Inquiries were:
Coroner Peter Hoffman's Inquest which
convened at 9 o'clock.
State's Attorney Home's County Grand
Jury Investigation, which began at S
o'clock In tho County Building, 100 wit
nesses having been summoned.
Catling of witnesses by United States
District Attorney Clyno for a special
Grand Jury Investigation, which Is ex
pected lo sta.t not later than Thursday
Independent Inquiry begun by Secre
tary of Commerce Redfleld, who arrived
at 8 o'cleck this mornlnf. Upon arrival
hs epld thit he brdUght no whitewash
brush with Vilm to Chicago Neither Is
he1 seeking an oftfelal goat
"Exact Justice 18 What I am seeking,"
ho said. "Sutciy that Is proper."
Investigation by tho Government Steam
hnat Inspection Service, with Genernl
George Uhler, Supervising InapectofTJen
ci al, who arrived before noon-
InqHilry ,by the Harbors and Wharves
Committee of tho City Council at 10
o'clock.
Inquiry by the Stato Public Utilities
Cbramlsiton, planned to start this attcr
ndOn. Tho first intimation of clash of author
ity, wltn so many Investigations on foot
simultaneously, came today, when Fed
eral District Attorney Clyno got nn order
from JudRo. Landis requiring Chief of
Police Healey to turn over to him cer
tain papers which "were to have been
used by State's Attornoy Hoyne in fixing
the blame and In determining Just how
many persons were op the Eastland.
when the Eastland turned over, and It
will be that red that the ballast tanks
were not properly rilled. The filling et
the tanks, the State's Attorney ltl
charge. In the duty or tho chief engineer.
STATEMENT FROM ERICSON
Erlcson later told his story to State's
Attorney MacLay Hoyne. And that
official said that when this evidence Is
presented to the Grand Jury the "lid
win ue torn completely oft the Eastland "
rorty others of the Eastland's crew have
given sworn statements lo the State's
attornej
"Wo were listing for seventeen min
utes before we started." said Engineer
Erlcson. "I was flooding the right side
of tho boat 1 had live water ballast
tanks on each side of tho boat. I was
working though with only two tanks on
each side."
Asked why ho "was not using more
tanks, Erlcson said, "I thought two were
enough."
"Did you attempt to communicate with
wio capiain regarding tho listing of the
boat?" he was asked."
Oil from a feed pipe, which afiMfently
hita Been UmpeTScl with, waS reflploljslfcle
tor the rife BineiKh turret Kb. i of the
dreadnought Oklah6mh, under construe
tlon At the Camden plant of the New
York Shipbuilding Company, Investlga'
tlon ha shewn. A rlld Inquiry Is new
under way In the big plant neresj the
river to find the guilty person.
Several hundred workmen of foreign
nationality who had been working en Ihe
tilM ohlfl. rushlnff the Oklahoma, to
completion, have been transferred to the
day shift by the yard omelAls as ene
result of the blare. It Is believed new
that the dreadnought will net be ready
for delivery to the navy until next Jnnu
MY. It wa to have been delivered In
October
Thousands of dollars' damage was done
by the fire. Heavy steel plates were
buckled and will have to be replaced, fix.
Hires were melted bv the Intehse heat.
and the fireproof corking waa destroyed
! by the blaze after the heat had CAused
the firepreoflng material to evaporate.
The most startling fact brought to light
by the Investigation In the big room midef
turret No. 1, however, was that tho oil
pipe had been tampered with. A connec
tion known lo plumbers as a "union Q"
had been unscrewed. This permitted the
oil to run Into the room, The connection
was found lying In a corner. Careful ex
amination of the pipe thread from which
It had been taken showed that the con
nection could not have been knocked off
accidentally or the Ihread would have
been damaged.
When Camden firemen and two Phila
delphia flreboata began to pour hundreds
of tons of water Into the big ship It had
absolutely no effect on the blaze at first.
The reason was thai the fire was fed
constantly by the oil spurting from the
open pipe, and- the Dames were not extin
guished uhtll the entire compartment had
been filled with water. Then, for lack of
air, the lire died. g
Special guards are kept aboard tho
Oklahoma now, hlght and day. The night
shift has been discontinued, and no one
Is allowed aboard except tho watchman
and guards. Officials will not talk abeut
the nre, but It Is known that every man
who was In the shipyards the night ot
the fire Is being closely examined.
Centlmitrt trem fate One
than this A nation at war hss its dally
crisis" , , , , ...
Despite the warning contained In the
laieit American note, officials here still
declare it ynwlae for Americana to travel
in ships of belligerent nations.
HOSTILITY TO U. S. GROWS,
EXCITED BV SUBMARINE NOTE
BERLIN, July 27.
nnAiA. wntt TAltimAtin-HelUveg the
aormeh Chancellor, fetutned today to
lierlin from general headquarters In the
Bust, where lie discussed with Emperor
William the latest American not. Doc
ter von Bethmann-Hollweg found, upon
his return, that hostility against the
United Slates Is t rowing hourly, being
festered, In some instances, by the press
The radicals nm in favor of Ignoring
iii tateu American nole by refusing to
Answer It, but theie Is stiff opposition to
such a eourse from the conservatives
Most of the SoclAllsts aro upon the side
of the conservatives, ami are in ravor 01
making eome sort ot conciliatory reply
which will not compromise Oermany.
The Deutsche TAgeszeltung, In its third
editorial upon the American note, sets
forth Ihe principles that It GermAny has
a right to sink trawlera and small ves
sels lit tho war sons waters around the
British Isles, she certainly has the legal
privilege to Blnk transatlantic liners car
rying contraband of war, no matter If
there are eltlrena of neutral countries
on beard.
iti Foritm Office circles alienee Is main
tained, but it Is admitted that very eeil
ous consideration Is being given to the
nole and the various Issues connected
with It.
.There seems to be a growing belief in
official circles that President Wilson Is
asking too much of Oermany In regard
to submarines, The submarine is Ger
many's only effective .naval weapon nt
present, and any curtailment ot the meth
ods employed would Impair Its power.
Keen disappointment Is expressed that
the negotiations between this eountly
and America, Instead of leading toward
a settlement of submarine controversy,
aro apparently provoking a situation of
the utmost gravity. Even some of tho
American eltleens, who have long been
residents of Germany and who have ab
sorbed the German viewpoint, criticise
the attitude of President Wilson.
fflENCH GAIN STRONG
POSITIONS IN V0SGES;
TAUBE RAIDS DUNKIRK
Strategic Hill in Alsace I
Captured by Night At-i
taclc, Reports P a r i a.
O 0 u n t e r-Assaults Re
pulsed, - -f - --
FARtS, July 27
The French bftdnslve in Alsace con
tinues to gdln ground despite desperate 1
Countcf-attnekfl by the Germans. A hill
of strategic Importance between Luig
and Les Carrjirep was taken last night
and three counter-attacks repulsed
A German aeroplajie dropped nftfn
bombs on Dunkirk today
Uoth Westendo and Mlddlekorke, in
West Flankers, where the Germing have
r4.-lt bofllett of troops concentrated, wr
BoTntSnMja by the Fftneh
The Germans pre nBaln delivering
strong attacks against the FTenrh Mn
In tho Argonno, but these havo been re.
pulsed.
Tho text of the communique follows-
"A bombardment of Furnea and of Ooat.
D-ufflterqllo wfls followed by n reprisal
cimi0rudo on buc Dart on the German
enenmnment of Wentende In tl,irlii,.,.i..
"Five bbmbs were thrown last evening
by a German aviator upon Dunkirk
They caused no damage.
"In Artols, In the sector of Souchez
there was a cannonade and fighting with
grenades during part bt tho night
"In the Argonne tw6 attempted attacks
by the Germans n6ar Lajon, fclnarvlllo
and La Uarozco wero easily checked
"In the Vosgea wo succeeded last nlgnt
in extending And C6nB6liaatlng our posi
tions on tho crest of Llngekopf and oc
cupied tho bill located between Llnge and
Les Carrleres. the eticmy counter-attacked
three times, but without success
0fnan artillery bombarded th6 hill tf
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"CAP" WOOD ON VACATION
Firemen Send Away Leader Who
Scorns Pension.
Members of Engine Company No. ,
10th and Buttonwood streets, gave Cap
tain Elmer J, Wood a rousing send-off
to-day, when he left with his family for
Falrvlew, Conn., to suend a short vaca
tion after years of service in the Fire
Department. Captain Wood Is eligible to
a pcnson, belnc B0 years of age, but he
hasn't the slightest, idea, ot quitting, fits
has been a career of activity seldom, If
ever, equaled, and to ston work now
I would be like lying down to die, accord
ing 10 uapiain wood's own words.
Many say Captain Wood has a charmed
life, so often has he pfn given up for
dead only to make his appearance at the
top of some burning structure and then
lead his men In their efforts to quench
the flames Many tiroes has he suffered
minor inlmles, but they never kept him
away from his v,wk very long. n nar
rewly escaped death In the great Balti
more Are of 1901, when he was buried
beneatn a railing wan. "Cap" Woad,
a fie if familiarly known, wag appointed
a. hoseman it) UHL He was promdtw to
aJ5Wot foreman In 1309 and advaneed
to a oapJalney In lMv- HI home la at
im Wilt street
CAPTAIN WON'T BE GOAT
In the investigation of the tragedy, the
State's Attorney's office came Into pos
session of "a. staftllnfe Statement by Cap
tain Harry--PcderSon, commander of the
Ill-fated vessel. Captain Pederson, an
ticipating that he would bo ono of tho
llrst witnesses called before the county
and Federal Grand Juries, said today:
"I shall tell everything I know. The.
owners of the Eastland are trying to
make me the goat, I'U tee that they do
not do to me what they did to the cap
tain ot the General filocum.
"If any Jury should find that I was re
sponsible for the deaths of all thofce hun
dreds of persons I want to go to the
scaffold. I am a sailor, not a manager.
I Was upon the bridge, where I belonged,
I was not counting passengers. I was
not in the" englno roohi.
"Thb officials 6f Old company were verv
anxious to get the privilege -of carrying
500. passengers, instead ot 009, as they
wero licensed to do 'a. year agq. '
V1 JK Jo'd. K the office to gp to Rob
ert Held, We TederaTTnSfector of Grand
Haven, and apply for this privilege. I
was told that It was all nxed up for Held
to glvo me this privilege. I guess, it must
have beep. He had no hesitancy in giv
ing it."
EBICSON'S PART.
In connection with this statement of
Captain Federson, and the testimony he
is expeciea 10 give oerore tne county
Grand Jury. State's Attorney Hoyne will
present evidence tht It was soon after
the permission to Increase the passenger
carrying allowance of the Eastland that
J, M. Crlcson, son-in-law of Inspector
Ited, was given the Job as chief engineer
of the EastUnd. BrlcSon, it will be
pointed -out, was In charge Saturday
"No," replied the chief engineer, "but
I sent my .assistant lo order the pas
sengers to scatter around tho decks ti
help right tho bbar."
Eflcson gave tllla statement as his ex
planation if Why tho vessel overturned:
"It was due to ono of these thrpe
things: First, the fender of Ihe boat may
have caught under tho dock, so' that tho
pressure was released nil nt once on ono
side when sho was pulled away. Sec
ond, the boat nifty have been whAliv. a,.
In part, resting- on the bottom ef the
. v . .. " ""y "vo- ocen ovci
loaded
State's Attorney HoJ-pe affded that he
had evidence that 2S00 persons with spe
f'a' curslon tickets wero admitted to
the Eastland before slits Went over on her
side; that 50 others were ndraltted with
regular tickets to Michigan City and that,
In addition, there were members of the
orchestra, peddlers, a crew of 70 and an
unaccounted number of persons who Went
aboard without tickets of any kind.
A LIFE WORTH 31 U CENTS.
Tho balance Bheot, showing the exact
financial dealings betwoAn iii w..
Electrle Employes' Association and the
Eastland Owners Was mido bublld today.
The dwners get $500 fob their share , tho
Indiana Transportation Company, which
?ISa the b6at' ?760' ana "l'le assoclatldn
$625, fof a totil ot J187G. This total was
received fr6m the sale or 2800 excurslbn
tickets at 7B cents each. The extra 500
tickets sold as the result of Increasing
the authorised load of the boat from 1000
to 2500 brought In SI6. At least 1100
souls were lost, placing tho money value
of a life at 31 cents.
liJ DEAD. ,
Tho latest estimates of the dead In
the Eastland .disaster last Saturday give
the number at IMS," Eight hundred Ind
nineteen .hoflles have.', been identified.
Seven are still unidentified at the 2d Regi
ment Armory. Tho" "Western Electric
Company reports 413 persons still missing.
In tho recesses qf the hull groups q
bodies nre now located hotuoon ,im,
in the forepart qf. the, ship. The water
is 13 feet deep and diving is dangerous.
Bpdlts pre also known .tq be In 'con
siderable numbers underneath the pilot
houej) an4 Jammed In the bow. Between
the. s.Ceno qf the week and the Lock
port docks floating oodles have been re
ported and will he caught fit Lockport
Store than half a million dftllars will
be paid out before Ihe end or 'this week
In Insurance policies to the families of
vlctlios of the Eastland disaster
GERMANIC ALLIES SHIFT MAIN
ATTACK TO NAREW RIVER FRONT
I n th raft'l,e Gweral von Buelow'fl
-.-,..., ,,., mini irviu wounana, are
S6 miles southeast of Shavll, ''having
reached the Ponleweeeh Railway June
tlon, linked 1 with the Vllna.DvmsVlml
which the German cavalry Is attempting
to seise preparatory to cutting the mere
important Kovno-Vllns, Hnn. ThV .!
4I,a fl..n.,M .,..... . .... . . .T
Continued from Fag On
making a deilplte nght for this line,
which forms one of two of the capital's
main supply reliances
Dlipatchos reaching London from Fet
rcsrrsd predict that the ollmax to tha
great struggle in Poland will come within
a, fortnight, with simultaneous attacks
on the city from the nprti orftj outh
German daValrv in thi 1. -s.t
mated at Fetrograd at 3O.CO0.
Continued from l'age One
the Chamber of Commerce In selecting
a site by the majority vote of ltd mem
bershlp would have a potent Influence
upon Council.
"I think that Councils would bo ontv
too willing to have this cenvehtlon Hall
matter settled," he said. "I believe they
are undecided and virtually In tho air
because of so many conflicting and vary
ing Opinions .as to tho lncatfnn nf Ihn
structure."
In commenting on the selection of a slto
by the Chamber of Commerce Mr. Cald
well declcarcd in a- signed statement pub
lished In UlA AflVnhAa A ni,MI.ll..
the Corp Exchange NatlAn.il Rank
'"There Is no excuso for further delay.
Any ordinary business house would have
decided such a question long ago. Shall
the Wholo City's reputation suffer while
ft. few rival business organizations self
ishly fight for recognition?
"It seems to. us that this question Is
of easy-eolutlon. Let the fch&mber or
Commerce name ft committee of five
prominent business men men who are
not Interested in any particular lo'catlon.
"This committee shall heAr the claims
01 an rjvai tactions ono decide on a ioca
ttoO , "Wo feel sure such a committee could
be appointed that wodld be fair in Its
decision and that could ommnnrt h
confidence of City Councils and all our
cllliena.
"Let the Chamber of Commerce act."
WANT HALL IN CENTRE OF CITY.
.It liSs been pointed out that the Cham
ber of Commerce has beon nctlVe In tirc
Ing Councils 'to facilitate the erection or
the Convention Hall, Two months ago
when the proposition to transfer the
IM00.00O Of funds from the jurisdiction of
,the Mayor to the FAlrmount Park com
missioners was before Councils, which
action would hnve Insured rnn.tiMi.iiiM.
of tho hall Jn Falrmoiint Park, a eommlt
1 . ff "I US. Chmber of Commerce,
headed by Charles Z. Trypn. appeared
vm!? 0Utc.",E?n,? cpromlttee nntl art
aa i lld'PP 0' tb? ball at 2Uh
ana Market streets, and the Chamber of
commerce Is generally Understood to be
against any plan that would place the
noil- at . distance greater than eeiild be
traversed in a 10-mlnute walk from City
Although Several months ago tho hoard
of directors of the Chamber of Commerce
Indprsed the 2h and Market streets site.
t Is declared that the organization today
!3..no.t7,U.',l.'' "n1 unalterably com
mitted. t that location. It is argued that
new -phases Tiave' entered" the discussion
since that action was taken, which will
reopen the entire matter.
It the plan of holding open hearings
25. Bn,eraI b'1"ting by the members Is
'"i ' "tvumauca wim the expected
rZ'Lw t0d?B a6t!on by n? Executive
Comrnjttee, the majority choice of the
.. "" " uuumeu ns ine pass for the
BOUcy 304 ihe Chamber ojf Commerce.
The members of the Executive Com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce in
session today Include Alba B Johnson,
Charles J Cohen, Howard B French, N.
B Kelly, Thomas B Harbison, A. C
Goodwin. Charles Z Tryon, 'Charles p.
Vaughan and DAnltl Whitney
Among the various sites puggested for
Convention Hail are: Green , street in
trance to the Park 21th and Market
streets. Snyder'l Woods In FalrmVun
Park. Jlst and' Spring Garden streets, :rj
and Chestnut streetr, ntdgway Library
site, Broad and Christian streets, and the
block on Chestnut strept. opposite -Independence
Hall, between 5th and th
streets.
WASHINGTON SEES LITTLE1
DANGER IN LEELANAW CASE
WASHINGTON, July 27.
America's International difficulties weio
not more numerous today than they haVe
been for months past, but they Wero
more pressing as n result ot the Leela
naw incident.
Jingo Interests were trying to make It
appear that the German torpedoing of
the American steamship Lcelanaw was
tho Kaiser's answer to Amerlco-'o protest
against lil undersea boat methods.
Later and fuller information convinced
ofllclals much to their relief, that the aer.
mafia had acted, according to their in
terpretation of it, with more than usual
regard for nil technicalities of interna
tional law so far os concerned tho de
tails of Steppage anil Search of eentra-bfciM-CAfrylng
ships And. Attention -to tho
safety of those on board. Not the Inci
dent Itself, but tho circumstances of It,
hnppenlng Just when they did, wero re
garded almost AS n good slgjl,
It was still considered today that the
Fryo and Lcclnriaw affairs fell much un
der tho samo head. This Implied a Gei-mah-Amerlcnn
difference of dpInlOn. but
only a diplomatic difference of opinion,
concerning Germany's right to destroy nn
American contraband-carrylng ship, us
well as its contraband cargo.
It was conceded that the sltuntlnn ivnn
somewhat tense ana admitted that It
might become critical nt any momenti
but for tho trme It vas atnted there was
nothing to bo excited over.
The State Department pointed out to
day that the treaty pf 182S, Between tho
H"ll-d-,aUs, ?Sd Prussia, provides for
the safely of Vessels caught with con
traband cargo on tho high seas. "Under
this treaty the Germans hoMa right to
"dolivor out" or destroy the contraband
Cargo of the neutral vessel, hut they bad
no right tp harm the vessel Itself.
The United States, according to de
partment official always has held that
Z1 &!?6 6oxiH hhCno Jtfrlsaictlotl Above d
treaty, and thar even if reparatldn be
hiado'to tho owners of A Vessel Illegally
destroyed, as In the case of the LAelanaw
hn,d. ,h? W'lllam P, Kryc, tho nation com
mitting the OffenSe also riiilst make
rfi?etLtIn fr tUb 0ttenBt hy "Pressing;
REVOLUTION IN HAITI;
Executive Palrtce In Flamcg
After Being Attacked at Day
break by Rebels.
AGENT TOOK THEIR MONEY
EraplgyrnBjit Bureau H$fd Charged
With False Pretenses.
The polite are searching the city tor
P MUm. who jonduets Uie Stand
anJ BrnpfNTOMt Agenty, m vyaiut
tteet. A warrant 1m beep tasiitd at
the ineuace f enraged puroaa efeorglae
that IN) afcUiQMi money ttam them to se
cure thm Job sad then "tklpsed" with
taeir deposit rr .
rully lit angry men and womn stormed
the closed doore of the agency. fellewlsV
the seisuf of the furniture by George
U Scott of the Department of PubUo
8fetj BUman. It Is ld, obtained be
tween P and M from ch person reg
istering tod then nt them after Job
that nover exi4, i ee tty m
una bio to get the Job all but r,u
w to fee raturaed to them TUa umnm
M to pay tor the tgltU
JUtm beetj la bmHoes since Mtt
He tWrt boud, whtcb doea na
aptit OcleJMr xul irum wbiili the
4J( etfto le be lobuxt.
GERMANS NEAR NOVO GEORGIEVS&
IS BERLIN OFFICIAL RPQET
iu uitws aavaneee, tisre, ale. we can-
BERLW July JT.
The War Qfflee. hss glvfn out the fsj
Ittwlne officlai repprt en the prgrM cf
hMUJItleii:
"18 tb Jft9rn war theatre, jwrth 0:
the River Klemen. the srmr Mer ae-
Mmy Ml iwUtfnee he has been
beaieV -Ve fMu& w ! wMonera
"On tit Warew front our troops forced
a crossing ot the river- Furthermore,
belli above and beloy Ostroleak our
(roopf f slotrty puWy the enioy baek
in the direction or the lUVer Bug Ttie
SueabMUi are oDCering elwunatf riftnre
"Qn the nbrthwest front ,.. .
furtter bk We enured tM,U iS
cere, teJT m and U rtaSWe iJwT
dtawwiS. the Jt,u0a wrt VTfeviil
cbauge "
Owm no
AUSTHIANS CAPTURJS STRATEGIC
PQT IJf NORTHI2BN GALICIA
VIBNKA, July m
The foBewiBJf ejfictal cejaaauateettoo
ww tn4 today
"SoatH of tefcol (Norihwru SalJeU) 3ur
tree ctptured 1 ai.t-f pdaft trUic
U iaiviunii for oar bftdriwaea Um
tern buK 0 m But Ifierea
non and two ificlks. uimi
SHERIFF WILL ARREST
POLICE OF TWO CITIES
Jersey City and Hpboken Offi
cials Accused of Failing in
Strike Duty,
LAST U. S. NOTE TO GERMANY
EVOKES AUSTRIAN CRITICISM
. . . VIENNA. July J7,
Austrian and Hungarian newspapers
criticise sharply President Wilson's third
hoto on Germany's submarine warfare
They unanimously declare" It "narh""nd
'not vth ih afloorila'nfie' with the mast
elementary' demandB of neutrality," and
assert that America openly supports tho
purposes of the Entente Powers to starve
the population of dermany and Its allies
by cutting Off tHeir oversea's supplies.
"It Is plain," said the Pester Journal,
of Budapest "that America, regardless
of her official neutrality, openly sides with
the enemlea of Germany by tdleratlng
5lii liJl,-r?(,Aab,fl t0 England and her
ajllei ortd at the same time finding Intol
erable eveify thins: Germany does under
the pressure of her desperate fight for
existence." e
The Neue Frela Presse, of Vienna, and
tho , Axyjsafr. of Budapest, Cdlnmfint in
Similar strain. The latter onciudea thus.
"We had expected Bornetningiiuite dif
ferent trpfn.a nation grown powerful in
the spirit of International law and freedom."
PORT AU PftlNCfi, Haiti, July 27.-A
revolutionary movement ngnlnst the pres
ent Government of this country was be
gun early today. At 7 o'clock President;
Qulllaume was In the Executive Palace
resisting the attack of rebels, while the
building Itself was In flames.
The Tnutterlngs wnich have been heard
for some time camo' to a climax nt day
break, when the troops In rebellion against
the Government attacked the presidential
palac. Firing continued for two hours
Thero wero a number of casualties, the
exact number belhg Unknown.
TJRITISlI TRAWLERS SUBMARINE
VICTIMS; NORSE SHIP FIRED
All Crows divan ffine to Tako to
Boats, ,
ABERDEEN. July 27. The steam
trawlers Boslln and 3trathmore were
sunk by a German submarine today oft
hwlp Iplsnil. The crews of both boat9
Wero saved.
The Orlmsby trawler King Athelstono
wus sunk fcy a submarine off the coast
of Scotland early today. The crew yfi8
lAndecl at gtornawity,
HULL, July 27. TITe trawler Honorla
was Blink by a German pubmnrlne fn
the North Sea today. The crew was
landed at Klrkwalh
AMSTERDAM, July 47. The Norwegian
eejioorier' Harbo, carrying a cargo of lum
ber from Chrlitianla to Sunderland, wbb
fc"t on lire by Jhe crew of a German sub
niarlne in tho )forth Sea Monday. The
ijrew wag siven 10 minutes to leave the
ship and was landed at a Dutch port to
day. Sailors of the Harbo reported that when
their ship was set on fire three other
burnlns vessels were visible in the neighborhood.
BAYQNNB. V, J , July V -irt 8u-
dard Oil otHkft'We. tyt jhdrtly before
moii ttf Jry City a JroUafien with
0e anawjnc4 UitSstlon oX arrwfWf bo-
ftr faUwre to report to blip here at 6
. in today for stitks dmy
th 9bultt. salvaaiMd into actio rw
mts hU fimr to ael trooM here
W4W nnifirrije4 PUfol (Ski, Iri
very instance his eewijund wi met
wltt UcoJ refusal bf 4Mk oRlceri
tlaertn they were afrHd tXaLi
KW Jey law U Shtritf is empowejeel
tocall out the mmUclJHU fficers, it U
l&tV stflkM pt t
Mpfclned thy
tA aaatand u.lk
tw tumnmti uat the tour th.
V fSW JM "Uitto USsetfflly
"I will arrest evarv unlforma A..,
mt; wtjo Muoee to be sworn in and who
rMm U foort. to me ui. m..m
fWMM rejxart to me" 4ja jfcHt
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
KEEP PRESIDENT BUSY
Calls Off Monntng Golf to Conner
Critical Matters.
WINDSOR, VU July i;.-Presldent Wil
son toda'y plunitad Into" worfc In earnest.
He sailed off his usual mornirig round of
geir. Summoning his stenographer early,
he closeted hlmsejf in nte study to spend
the whole forenoon.
Stats Dpartmnt adviaes oooceroioi tOe
torpedolns of th Ltlauaw sod th Brit
ish rpy to the American note protest
ing against the Order In Council -were
understood to iiavp been received by the
to caiiM the most wjrry ow work X
tptaive drift of a note to Orwt Britain,
WWM lisd wepired beare th5 Jr.
lh rerir wu woWd, wm have to be
completely discarded. An entirely new
sate wilt be dratted.
if w w, jt, ar.r vr .r st;:? w"- ".''. ww n,j
1 nuui out ut iiJ..,tL." """"- '.," Tmu VI fJW averiQ
Twtw fill! for "ilasblng"
M.ty rUon b)rjgi,tr(it ok la Jb
tn street and Lancaster a.vriu sollee
etetioM -
JIU y4ths arretted wr Bueaeli
street wtiltam Barrett, is yr aiiT
wm- mm naiuB 1 reel nirru frn.
i'i 1
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PAGE STARTS INVESTIGATION
INTO LEELANAW SINKING
LONDON. July 27
Ambassador Page today began an In
vestigation of the sinking of the Amerit
can freight steamer teelannw by a. Ger
man submarine. He Instructed D II
Dennlson, United States Consul nt Dun
die. Scotland, to secure Affidavits from
Captain Delk and other officers Of the
ship which will be forwarded to Wash
ington. Comment on the matter was withheld
at the embassy, but the English news
papers, In editorials, discussed the case
The Evening Standard declares th sink
ing of the Leelanaw was "a contemptuous
violation of the treaty of 1829, whl'ti goes
the woy ot all documents Standing in the
way of the German plans "
"We Strongly suspect that the Germsn
Government will And at last that it has
Bene n ilep too far,'" says the Glob "It
iiuu pieniy 01 time otter tne receipt or
the American note to warn lis subma
rines. "'
"The action of the submarine in sinking
the Leelanaw can hardly be regardt4
otherwise than a controversion of n ltral
rights," gays tli Pali Mall ijatte
"Preeldnt AYIlSOo may take the view that
the Germane did nJjt have ftm- n , om
mUnlCate with the commander of the sub
marine, but it Is only on such a pietoxt
that; he gen. avoid taking action
Bqo Agen) Accused of Fraud
"Thjr 'boe.k of lecture' Is nothing more
man ttiopauva Jiwery of the Worm m
a new blBdlng," said Dr William Johnson,
W60 Gertnantown avenue, todav uiq
CharllS M. Colladay, itH Keser stieet
end Robert E. Wilkinson, 2113 I'eiss
street, were arraigned before ilagtjuju
PennooH at the Germantown poli tie
tlsn to anawsr a charge of obtaining
rsOney tmdtr falsi nrtense Tht uiM
the bhokii they w?r aelllhg ' The Rar;a "
Mankind" Both Vere held under 109
bail for yiJ
cuaed vi "juaui uoig a JbUli.
Flls
TltlP
Niagara
BOUNO
Julr M
Bptflafr
WwVwi5artSl r
rrir Cert, Dlte Car, Dar outt
TU 'iMn(que Mqaeaaaae, alUf
TIckfM 4 er Virrfm ia
ftiepover at BuSTalo sad UtrrUbvt
!" UJttfJ s..,.u vjt
Pennsylvni R R
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