.!. EVBITiyq LEDGER PHIEADBEPHIA'. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21'. I8IB; ll . I RUSSIANS HURL ; GERMANS BACK i ON PINSK LINE New SJav Offensive Results in Capture of Impor- tant Positions TAKE 8552 PRISONERS Berlin Admits Loss of Ground Along Styr Rivor Making .-Counter-Attacks . BERLIN,. 1 Octl l21. The Germans have captured, from the Russians the Dvina River bank from the town of Borkowltz- to Bcrsmucnde, southeast of Riga, it was announced officially this afternoon. PETnoanAD, Oct. 21. An Important offensive movement has been commenced by the Russians north dtitliralf. " Several German position have been captuied by the Russians In the region of BarandVHch. It was officially an nounced by the War Offlco today, alonK with 3352 prisoners, 10 machine guns and a piece of artillery. Baranvttch Is an Important railway Junction, 6 miles north of Plnsk and 105 miles south of Vllna. The Warsaw Smolensk Railway and tha Rovno-Vllna llre pass through It. The text of the official report follows: "On Wednesday. In the region south east of 33arnnovltch. we carried the Ger man positions nt Eklmovltch, Odokhovst-clifna-and NiiMkl "Nagorlnn; During the course of the day we took prisoners S5 Xusfro-ttVFman IHders and 35.12 men, and cjip.turcd 10 machine guns and one cannon " " . GERMANS FORCED TO GIVE GROUND OX STYR RIVER BERLIN, Oct. 21. German troops oper ating oh the Styr River, In Volhynla. have been forced to retreat from Tschar torusk.. the War Office announced today They erf rmw- making1- counter-attacks to regain the ground lost to the Russians. SLAVS HAMMER HARD TO OPEN BALKAN PATH LONDON, Oct 21. , The energetic offensive of the Russian armies on the middle Stry and along the narrow strip of Gallcla that Is still held by the. Slay- forces uner General Ivan- i off is regraded here as a direct attempt vr smnqh through the Teuton lines at that end of the battlefront.'wllh the ob ject of reaching Servln The- only means whereby aid can be given to the Servian army is by way J Transylvania and Bukowlna and the landing of n force on the Black Sea coast ot Bulgaria. The vigor and success with which Gen eral Ivanoff Is pushing his advance has stirred much hope In military circles here and Is regarded as the best means of halting the German drive on Constanti nople. A report was received hero last night that the Austrlans have evacuated Czer nowltz, the capital of Bukowlna, a report which finds soma confirmation In an Odessa dispatch declaring that the Rus sians have abondoned their contemplated evacuation of the northern districts of Bessarabia. Battles south of Riga, where the Ger mans have made some progress in the new thrust at the Baltic prqvlnce port and in Volhynla and Gallcla, where the Russian have gained rather Important victories, are now competing In Interest With the operations In the Balkans. GELDING R. H, BRETT WINS BIG PACE RACE Continued from Pace One heal were: :3W. 1:02V1, l:34i and the mller in 2.05H- In the 2:30 trot Lady LUIch won the race In straight heats. The times were 2:25 and 2:29 flat. Bow Devil was awarded second money. Nugget Boy proved his superiority over the rest of the field In the 2.2S trot by win ning handily In straight heats. The miles were covered In 2:19 and 2:19!i. Peter Stevens Is owned by W. B. Eckert. of Wilmington, and was driven by Ray gjnerJekeT. r The horse -scored down rather easily In the first 'hcaf 'and at the wlro t-rtecfltevenirljrqke out In front and held a lead of about a half a length to the quarter pole-. After passing the quarter Driver Snedeker urged his pacer, and when the half-mile post was breasted Peter Stevens was In front with two lengths daylight Jsetween them. "Nick" Grady, up on R. H, Brett, made his bid atiJhis Juncture, so that at the three quarters Brett had closed all but a length. At the finish R. II. Brett had a half length advantage. The crowd of 2500 persons was brought to Its feeHrtreTrthe-hld for the lead was made during the pacing of the last quarter Of the first heat. Both drivers urged their mounts for all they were worth, and It was anybody's race until within a fur long of the wire. During the very last strides R. J I. Brett nosed out In front and won. Five heats are to be raced before a. decision Is reached. Senator McNlchol and his friends oc cupied a. point xt vantage In the grand stand. W. B. Eckert and his family were, nearoy,. In the first Heat of the 2r30 trot Lady Ullch, a .black, mare, wltb A. Winkel up, wtfriln 2l2514. Second place went to Bow Devil, while the third horse under tho wire was Cecilia, Jane If. was fourth. andi Frank Bowers fifth. The winner came down Under the wlro easy and ap peared to-have ths leg of the field Nugget "Boy, the bay gelding, with Coy In the seat, won as he pleased in the first heat of the 2.25- trot. Star of Sea, bay mare, Seal up, was second, a length behind the winner, with Silent Partner, Mage, griding. Jackson driving, third. 9nrb Cord, perfection and Stranger were th JbjJMes; tx finish in order. The, Judge of the. racing was Frederick Wffevev" The day was an Ideal one for the sport The summaries: MatehipatS race, far puns et $3000 (btat ft. II, 13rU. Kg., Nick Crady.. 1 a l i 'ler BUvcni, b -, Ray Snedekar... 2 12 3 . 8. vh. a.w. a.oe. 2:6 trot bt 3 In 3 bata ruucB. .!., A. WHWei i i ' Stavll. Wc. ft DunUp , J 3 tofen SulllvMi ..,..,.,, 5 , bk. j . Jack ,. S 8 tr. z.. WnKe 4 3 pfV..(Wrir ,t.,t .... i. . 6 6 ar-all trot- Ifejjjltrwxrt.., .. 1 1 SWTTSaiiyiwiitc::::.:: I k ! jars, rcUU 7nmWt, pr Hoxterry '"Y'.''f 4 2 "r , .. .... i i ' Pw jf Hnvlf . i -i t. .....,.Jfc. a 3 1u . ti, t'tl'n. wut tiSSSTriJ. m.,"i rF.f13 S'-r I Bart. Oar. I I 5fl- flUBtofllV KITS AT MAYOR Answers Charge of "Treason" by Calling Dlankenburg Office Seeker and Pledge Breaker D. Clarence Glbboney rp1ld this attar noon to the criticism of him nude last night by Mayor Blankenburg In the course of an address nt two political meeting In the northern section of the city The Mayor declared thAl Mr. Gib boney was a traitor for approving the metger of tho Koystone party with the Republican Organltatlon. In commenting upon the Mayor's state ment, Mr Glbboney said "Rudolph Blankenburg truly presents a pitiable spectacle. For 25 years he de voted his untiring efforts to obtaining an office. In 1911 he made Innumerable prom ises nnd pledges, and the voters, believ ing him, elected him. Ho has repudiated many of the pledges and broken many of his promises, and his administration has liocn n disappointment. Because I and many thousands of others who voted for him refused to Indorse his pledge-breaking or to support his personally selected candidate, he resorts to his usual pro cedure under such circumstances of call ing names. "After all. Is It not a compliment to bo attacked by an official who has broken faith with the people?" EX-PRESIDENT TAFT MAY BE A WITNESS IN NEW HAVEN CASE Government Said to Contem plate Summoning Him to Testify Regarding Boston and Maine Deal MELLEN AGAIN ON STAND NEW YORK. Oct 21,-Former Presi dent William Howard Tnft probably will be called aa a wltnesi In the Govern ment's prosecution of 11 former directors of the New Haven Railroad, It was re ported around the courtroom today. The ex-President, It Is understood, will be examined as to a conference he once had with Lewis Cass Ledyard, one of the de fendants, regarding the Boston and Mnlne deal. Charles S Mellen. former president of the New Haven and the chief witness on which the Government depends to con vict the defendants, resumed the stand in Federal Judge Hunt's court today to narrate the second phase of the New Haven's activities In gaining control of New England traffic. Mellon, standing before a huge mao showing nil the arms of the "octopus" with a pointer traced the various lines and how they finally converged Into the New Haven. MELLEN'S ACCURATE MEMORY. For more than an hour Mellen continued, ilescrlhing New England's transportation lines as they were a quarter of a century ago. His memory for detail was aston ishing. The accused millionaires listened In open-mouthed wonder. Speaking of one road, Mellen mentioned Rochester, N. H., as a point on It. "What kind of a town Is Rochester?" asked Assistant Attorney General Swac'ter. "Oh it Is a nice little town all cut up by railroad crossings," Mellen answered. MELLEN AND CLARK. Swacker asked Mellen more about his dealings with Charles P. Clark while the latter was president of the New Haven. Clark is a defendnnt In the pres ent case. Llndabury Interposed his cus tomary objection. "We are getting the facts as best we can," retorted Swacker, and referred to Mellen as a "hostile witness." Llndabury defended Mellen. "He Is not hostile," he said. "He Is anything but hostile, and It Is In bad taste for you to attack your own witness." Judge Hunt rebuked Swacker, but over ruled Llndabury's objection to the Gov ernment's line of examination. "What were conditions as regards com petition between the New York and New England and the New Haven?" was one of Swacker's questions. "The worst I ever knew Just cut throat work on both sides." Mr, Mellen said that when the New Haven announced a reduction In the run ning time of three passenger trains from Boston to New York, he went to Clark and protested that the reduction was un fair to the New York and New England. "I told him all the things that were likely to happen," said Mr. Mellen "What were those things?" "Well, I had In my pocket a copy of an advertisement which I said I was going to put In the papers that after noon announcing that we would run a train at Allyus Point direct by boat to New York, and that the fare between Boston and New York would be $1. Clark said: 'Is that honest?' 1 eald, 'It is.'" Two months, after this Mellen said he became second vice president In charge of the traffic of the New Haven. "Who employed you?" "Charles P. Clark." "Did he tray why he employed you?" "He said I made too much of a nuisance of myself on the New England." Mr. Mellen Bald Clark asked him to start suit against the New England, and that he did It through Boston brokers. This milt, the Government alleges, was intended to embarrass the New England. Asked about the Goldsmith suit, another litigation which the Government alleges wae used to force the New England Into a receivership, Mr. Mellen replied: "I have heard Mr. Clark talk about It." MEXICAN RAIDERS KILL THREE U. S. SOLDIERS Continued from I'age One Edward N. Glass, had a narrow escape, a bullet going through his hat. During the last three days the Mexi cans have killed IS persons In tho vicin ity of Brownsville. Following the burning of the Yanaga ranch house near Sebastian, 40 miles north of here today, by Mexican bandits, a sharp skirmish was fought between the raiders and a squad of Texas rangers. The rangers, being outnumbered, made off, and the Mexicans are believed to have crossed the line. El Demokrata, the Carranxlsta officio organ at Matamoroa, has been held ud mj ..iiiMift.auuii auwiuiiucB uccauao oi in flammatory articles referring to Dr. B. B. McCain, Deputy State Health officer, who wai killed in the hold-up and wreck near Olmlto Monday night, BANKRUPTCY IS CHARGED Three Banka File Petitions Against Ned Irish, of Coal Firm A petition t6r Involuntary bankruptcy against Ned Irish, only aurvlvlng mem ber of th firm of Irish Brothers, coal dealers, wai filed today. In the United States District Court, by the Norrlstown Trust Company, the Montgomery Na tional Bank and tha MOshannon National Bank, Receivers for the coal firm have been trying to adjust Its affairs for some time. Th three banka figured in not trans actions. Tha act of bankruptcy charged against Mr Irish la th alleged allowance by him of a Judgment tor K1.633, obtained by his wife, Mrs. Agnes Irish. This Is said to b in the form of a lln against real estate owned by Irish In Mont gomery County Court of Common Pleas No. S ap pointed rscelrers for th firm September 22. MM. at which time th assets wer given approxlmatsly as H.SW.fcio, and lia bilities, 760,W0. Th company owns coal lands dp-State, PORTER ADDRESSES CROWDS OF WORKERS Celebrates 18th Wedding Anni versary by Working Harder Than Ever Oeorg D. Porter, Independent candi date for the mayoralty, celebrated the Uth anniversary of his wedding today by campaigning a little harder than usual for election. He talked three times nt noonday meetings of workmen In West Philadelphia, visiting the 2th, 3h and 44th Wards. Audiences of 400 persons greeted the former Director of Public Safety at th Standard Roller Bearing Works, 49th street and Merlon avenue, and outside the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, at3HK and Raca streets. At $9th and Cailowhlll streets Mr. Porter talked before 200 trol leymen from the big car barns there. The challenge to Thomas II, Smith, Re publican Organisation candidate for Mayor, to accept his own proposition for a publto debate on the Issues of the cam paign and the needs of the city at tho Convention Hall next Thursday was made at each meeting by Mr. Porter. He also pli-dged himself again to carry out all the great public Improvements started un der the Blankenburg administration If elected. "For 36 years," said Mr. Porter, "the Republican Organization I do not mean the Republican party has had control of politics In Philadelphia. It has had overy opportunity to give Philadelphia great Improvements, such as port de velopment and adequate transit facili ties, but It has failed to do so. Port development, transit and other Improve ments, however, were started under the Blankenburg administration. I will carry them through. "Dave Lane and the Republican or ganisation leaders don't want me to enter Into personalities. They don't want me to say to you that when I started the Investigation of the van stnblcs 31 horses v,c didn't know the city owned mysteri ously reappeared overnight. They don't want mo to sny or to tell you about Policemen Lnch, Shubert nnd Sweenoy, of the 19th district, who kidnapped a man at the polls because he was an Inde pendent worker." D Clarence Glbboney, president of the Law and Order Society, came In for a short but succinct attack on the part of Mr. Porter nt all the meetings today. "Glbboney Is at last In his place," Bald the former Director. "Some of us have known for a long time that he belonged to tho Republican Organization Now Glbboney himself has let the people know It" Speaking to 300 men and women at th headquarters of the Women's League for Good Government late this afternoon, Mr. Porter attacked the Republican platform as dealing in generalities only. "It Is a platform of platforms," ho said. "The Organization has made prom ise after promise during the last 35 years, but verv few of them have ever been ful filled They are making many generAI promises this year, but are making them in such a way that they leave themselves a loop-hole through which to escape from earning them out In the way the people want them carried out." SERBS ROLLED BACK BY TEUTON FORCES Continued from I'age One Negotln have reached the (Kajecar) Za-getchar-KrJazhevatz (Knjazevac) high way." (Leskovatz Is 20 miles from Nlsh on the railway.) Bulgarians today occupied Radujevatz, Servla. The Inhabitants are seeking refuge In Rumania. Radujevat2 Is In northeastern Servla, on the Donubs, at a point near the Serbo-Bulgarlan-Rumanlan frontier. The cap ture indicates the progress of the Bulgar move toward a Junction with the Teutonic forces in northern Servla. Bulgaria's army has cut the Nish-Sa-lonlcu railway by reaching Vranje, the Servian War Office admitted today. The official report of the Servian War Office follows "Fighting Is In progress on the Alexn-drevatz-Kersna line. Bulgarians hold the right bank of the Knolonoatz and the Tchar-Vlasslna line on the east bank. Bulgarians have retaken the Salonlca Nlsh railway line near Vranje, and com munication between the Servian army and Salonlca has been cut. The prqssur of the enemy In the north is very strong;" UsHub and Kumanova, two important Servian towns on the Salonlca-Nish Rail way, have been evacuated by their In habitants as a result of the rapid ad vance of th Bulgarians, according to re ports received here from Athens today. It is believed King Ferdinand's troops will occupy both cities within a few hours. A great battle between the Servians and the Anglo-French allies on one hand and Bulgarians on the other, has developed on the heights of Vlassona and Kotchana, The Bulgarians are trying to cut their way through toward Monastlr. SERBS CHECK FOE. In the Negotln region, west of Strum nltza, the Bulgarians are attacking fierce ly, but the Servians assert that the as saults were repulsed. The rapid advance of the Bulgarian troops In southern Servla, compared with the slow and painful progress of the Teu tonic armies In the north, has caused great surprise here. The Servians, nfter abandoning Isttb and Kotchana, fell back toward Uskub, which Is at the Junction of the Salonlca Nlsh Railway and the line running south from Mltrovitza, Shortly after the Ser vians retreated alt communication be tween Nlsh and Uskub was cut. The diplomatic corps In Nlsh has left for Eraljevo. CYPRUS OFFERED GREECE. In a final effort to obtain the old of Greece In halting the Teuton-Bulgar in vasion of Servla, England haa offered to Immediately cede the Island of Cyprus to th Greeks. No official report of th offer has been mads by Great Britain, but th fact that tha censor permitted dispatches concerning the subject to pass Is regarded as a virtual confirmation. It is apparent that the Balkan situation as Involves Greece and Rumania is ap proaching a "showdown." These coun tries must declare their position. While th Austro-Hungarlan, Otrman and Bulgarian forces ar still continuing their Invasion or Servla, steadily wearing down the defense offered by the soldiers of King Peter, the Anglo-French expedi tion landed at Salonlca Is apparently re maining Inactive. Though part of the allied force i have reached the Serb frontier, 'it appears that these troops have taken no part In the fighting in Servla. Ryan Rules Against City City fkllcltor nyan. In an opinion on the question of curb alterations, finds that th city not the property owner, ts responsible for the cost of changes mad by th municipality In aldwalk curbs. In his opinion he makes a clear distinc tion btwn th obligation of ownrs to replac worn-out curbs and the city's obli gation in bearing the cost whte. at Inter sections, changes ar mad by th De partment or Public Works. Th Opinion wa In respJns to a requtst from DI rsetor'Cook to b Informed whtther th city or property owner should bar th cost of substitution of curved curb foT rlht-sngl curb at th various street intersections. .-T TOO I.ATK FOR CLABMFICATO8N , HKI-P WANTKD KEMALK TELEPHONES OPERATOlt for prtvMa -awitc. board mutt bsv copd knowUace af atajiag rnphyt HO Dr k. M 13. Zlr CaKtSB, FOR PEACE AND PLENTY AMID STRIFE, LET US GIVE THANKS, SAYS WILSON ..! I ' l - WASHINGTON, Oct. 21PT,.ldent Wilton, naming Thurtday, No vembtr 26, at th date, today Uiued tha following Thankigiving proc lamation i "It ha long bttn th honored euitom of our people to turn In the fruitful autumn of the year In prahe and thanhigiving to Almighty Cod for Hit many blettingt and merelet to ut at a nation. The year that it now drawing to a dote tinee we latt ohterved our day of national thanht giving hat been, while a. year of diteipllne beeaute of the mighty foreet of war and of changet which have ditturbed the world, alto a year of tpecial bit I ling for ut. . , "Another year of peace hat been vouchtafed ut another year In which not only to take thought of our duty to ourtelvet and to mankind, but alto to adjutt ourtelvet to the many retpontlbilltiet thrutt upon ut by a war which hat Involved almott the whole of Europe. "We have been able to attert our rlghtt and the rlghtt of mankind without breach of frlendthip with the great natlont with whom we have had to deal, and while we have atterted rightt we have been able, alto, to perform dutlet and exercite privilege! of tuecor and helpfulnett which thould terve to demonttrate our detire to make the ofRcet of frlendthip the meant of truly dltinteretted and untelRth tervlce. Our ability to terve all who could avail themtetvet of our tervlcet In the midtt of crltet hat been Increased by a graclout Providence, by more and more abundant cropti our ample financial retourcet have enabled ut to tteady the markett of the world and facilitate necettary movementt of commerce which the war might have otherwlte rendered impottiblef and our people have corn more and more to a tober realization of the part they have been called upon to play in a time when all the world it thaken by unparalleled dlt trettet and ditattert. "The extraordinary clrcumttancet of tuch a time have done much to quichen our national contcioutnett and deepen and confirm our confidence in the principlei of peace and freedom by which we have alwayt taught to be guided. Out of darknett and perplexity have come firmer countelt of politic and clearer perception of the ettentiat welfare of the nation. We have protpered while other peoplet Were at War, but our proiperity hat been Vouchtafed ut, we believe, only that we might the better perform the function which war rendered it impottible for them to perform. "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilton, Pretident of the United Statet of America, do hereby detlgnate Thurtday, the twenty-fifth of November next, a a day of thankigiving and prayer, and invite the people through out the landto ceate from their wonted occupation! and in their teveral hornet and place of worthlp render thankt to Almighty Cod. "In witnett whereof, I have hereunto tet my hand and cauted the teal of the United Statet to be affixed. ilea jiaie to as uiui he city of Wathington thit 20th day of October, in the year thoutand nine hundred and fifteen and of the Independence "Done aCtht of our Lord one tl of the United Statet of America the "By the Pretidenti "ROBERT LANSING, UNION BARBERS REFUSE TO RAZOR CHINS TODAY Facial Landscape Gardeners in Score of Shops Strike for Shorter Hours The constant swish of razors echoed In many homes downtown today. Many clerks bearing scars of battle with rusty blades reported late for work, and still more Went to tho ofilce with hirsute adornments which charged their com plexions and their humor. It's nil due to the downtown barbers, especially those of Local No. 745, who went out on strlko for multitudinous reasons. Two score of shops were closed this morning. The barbers say they have to work from 8 In the morning until 9 nnd 10 o'clock nt night. Often, too, they declare, the hands of the clock slip around to 41 before the boss says good-night. Arid there nre still other bntbers who asrtrt that they go to workwhortly after th milkman utarts his rounds and scrape and cut until the last loiterer In the saloon staggTs his way home through the night. Ask them about lunch and dinner hours and they laugh In your face. Inciden tally, tho bosses would become Indig nant, they claim, if such a thing were montlOned. They cat soup while they shave and manlplate their meat while they cut hair. Many a bowl of sdup Is wasted down the neck of a patron because the barber Is not a good balancer and very often he has to balance his pie on one knee while he avoids the ears of a sleepy cus tomer with tho scissors. Tho chief reason for the barbers walk ing out Is that the employers refused to recognize the cards of the local. And to make matters worse, the bosses who did recognize the union, declared a "lock out" this morning. Tho union's headquarters are at 505 Reed street. Leon C. Worthall, chief or ganizer, expects that 400 barbers will be out by nightfall. LIBERTY BELL JUNKET BILL PASSES COUNCILS Continued from I'age One Introduced an ordinance for the con demnation of a plot of ground at 11th and Carpenter streets for a playground. This plot Is adjacent to a playground con ducted now by the Philadelphia Play grounds' Association. Another ordinance was Introduced in Select for the paving and grading of Passayunk avenue west of 23d street. Councils In both branches Ignored vir tually every really Important measure, Including necessary appropriations to run the various city departments until the end of the year, and even falling to carry out tha recommendations of the Finance Committee. No attention was paid to the Mayor's request for an appropriation of $2500 for the erection of a one-story pavilion on the .north aide of the building for tubercular patients at the Philadelphia General Hospital. Both branches Ignored the Mayor's re quest for action on the plan to have the U. G. I. substitute gas for gasoline In 19,000 street lamps, at a great saving to the city. They ignored also the urgent request of the Mayor for an appropria tion to the Department of Supplies to buy forage for horses, coal for the pump ing stations and clothing and medicines for the hospitals. It was pointed out by th Mayor in another communication that detectives Are obliged to pay their own expenses incident to the. city's work, because of the lack of funds in the Department of Public Safety. No attention was paid to this by either branch. Unionists Win in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 2t Unionists will control th next Parliament of the Union of South Africa according to late return from Wednes day's general election. Up to midnight tha returns showed the election of the following! Unionists, Sit Botha party men, 11; Laborltes, 3; Dutch Nationalists. 1; Independents, 4. lif Rich iacHardx l m an aifl one hundred and fortieth. "WOODROW WILSON. Secretary of State." WAR STOCKS ADVANCE AS RUMORS ABOUND Bethlehem Steel Jumps to 599 General Motors and Studebaker Up NEW YORK, Oct. 21. - Many sensa tlonal advances were scored in the stock market today with trading very active. Most of tho demand was for the stocks which have become known as war spe cialties by reason of the fact that the companies have received substantial or ders from tbe Allies fo'r munitions of war from time to time, thus Insuring them largo profits. The advance was not general through out the list and the large gains were confined to a fow stocks. Chief of these was Bethlehem Steel, which bounded up "O7 points on two sales to a new high record of m. The first sale was 21 points aboe last night's close at 560 and the next sale sent It up the rest. General Motors roso 26 points to a new high rec oiti ueforo noon and Studebaker added more than 18 points In the same length of time. Profit-taking later In tho day drove prices off, Bethlehem losing more than 21 points. Trading in the very early session was active, but toward midday demand was satisfied to some extent and the market quieted down. At times tho demand for the war specialties was so great that trad ing became wild In some of these Issues. There were many rumors on the floor of the Stock Exchange to account for the rapid rise In the specialties. These ran all the way from repotted more large war orders to others of stock distribu tions to holders of the stock. It was said thero would be an in crease In the capitalization of the Gen eral Motors Company at the next meet ing of the board of directors, and that It would take the shape of a very sub stantial stock dividend. Of Bethlehem It was said there would be a readjust ment of capitalization, and that 10 shares of new stock would be Issued for each one of the present shares. These were only rumors, of course, but they found many believers In the Street. MISS NEVA DEARD0RFF QUITS HEALTH BUREAU Division Chief Will Become Di rector of the Bureau of Municipal Research Miss Neva Dcardorff, chief of the Division or Vital Statistics of the Bureau of Health, today resigned her position to become assistant director of the Bu reau of Municipal Research. The trus tees of the bureau announced the election of Frederick P. Oruenberg as director of the bureau. Miss Dcardorff was appointed head of the city's Vital Statistics division in Feb ruary. 1914. Previously she had been em ployed by the Bureau of Municipal Re search, to which she now returns. A chief of the city division. Miss Dear. dorff received a salary of $1750 a year and Stat fees approximating $3000. During her term of ORtce she utilized $5000 of th teas to equip the division of which sho was tne neaa. Under her management the division has been so thoroughly systematized that It is now looked upon as a model for other cities to copy, Mr. Onienberg, th new director of the bureau, has ben connected with it for two years. Previous to that time he wa head of the foreign exchang department of Brown Brothers fc Co., bankers of this city. He haa been a resident of South wark and the College Settlement. He Is a- graduate of New York, University. 50 HURT WHEN FERRY CRASHES INTO A PIER Panic Among 500 Passengers in Now York -Three Am bulances Galled NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Upward of SO persons were. tinjurd whrt th Lack, wanna ferry Netherlands collided with n pierhead at Its Christopher street dock here today. The ferry ran Into the pierhead during; n, fog, More than 500 passengers wer on board. Of this number between 200 and 300 were women and girls. Three Ambulances responded to th call to remove the Injured. When the ferry hit the pierhead auto mobiles and wagons carried on th lower deck were thrown together In heap. A panic, which threatened for a time to assume serious proportions, resulted, and women passengers became hysterical. They wero taken from the ferry sceam Ing with fear. TURKEY UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH REQUEST OF AMERICA Morgenthau Submits Reply on Ar menian Situation WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Turkey has advised this Government through Ameri can Ambassador Morgenthau at Con stantinople that It Is not able to comply with the request of the American Relief Committee for th Immediate release of Armenians for whom the committee guar anteed expense of transportation to the United States. Inability to find the Ar menians specified, who are relatives of Armenians living In the United States, was the reason given. Ambassador Morgenthau advised the State Department that he had hope of later securing the release of the Indi vidual Armenians named by the American Relief Committee, when the Armenian refugees reached their ultimate destina tion In exile. The Turkish Government advised Morgenthau that It was Impos sible to trace any Individuals among tho refugees sent Into the Interior of Tur-key-ln-Asla. Reports have Also reached the State Department that.thse exiles In their flight are still being harassed by tribes of Kurds. NEW POST FOR BAUSWEINE Police Lieutenant Who Helped to Im prove "Hell's Half-Acre" Trans ferred to Northeast Station Lieutenant George Bauswelne, famous In the annals of "hell's half-acre" ftB the man who helped to clean up that section of the city, nas been transferred from his post at the 12th and Pin? streets station to the Front street and East Glrard avenue station. The lieutenant's namo Is not unknown In the Kensington mill district, for he was a familiar figure in that section at the time of the trolley strike In this city, and soon acquired a reputation as one who used the "big sUck" frequently and effectively. His place at the 12th and Pine streets station will be filled by Lieutenant William Sauers, formerly of the Front street and East Glrard avenue station. Eugene Field Could there ever be another? Is there another pen that can limn the laugh ter that's in life, and the tears that flow be neath it? Is there a poet-philosopher who could write another "Little Boy Blue" and in the one day tell a story on a townsman which would make a nation laugh? We think we have found him. He is a Philadelphian. We shall tell, you more, about hirh to morrow. uiiit0iKfi9tr HOSKTALFllNDRia! TO 5158,655.751 $14,187.75 Collected ToW J lore uauy Luncheon Ui One o'clock ' tl ino grand total collected m crlbed In aid of the n,iu.i.; up to 1 o'clock today waa $1MLK this. $14,117.75 was announced. STtH luncheon at campaign heada.u4rt.r!SI the Hotel Adelnhla. ,.--Tx"SI loted today. " Todays contributions conilnw ( $7730.10 from the men's team, .3 from the women' teams. Ths mlU; "' ecuu Th silken banner for th . fl cessfut men's team waa awTa4 wan uc. jBiopuuno team, or which CX Mason Is chairman, TEAM O WINS Anno Mrs. Edward lltsley, captain Lr i- a, reported tne largest amount con3fl by any of the women teams TJ2fl collected $1608. ' T1H This is the third day In four thu til Illsleys team has carried off hESSSH ors. '"".as! Team No. 3, of the men's tetM. S tected W and an We "$ man who could not afford tZl$i hv Mr. Chllrrforrtnn n. l.. from an Initial bid of $3 to m- '& price it was knocked down to jfoTfi Earnest Itlchard. xant.i. .. m i Amid cheers and much enthuslaMMtii Richards was awarded a special '- Jovian Electrical League, tniwaMal that JUW A? f.Al- Am1 a m ..j" league at an early luncheon, haM ki honor of the 36th anniversary of tf veiiuuii ui mo Jiivuiiuciccni WBM) b. ...... ... ............ ... ayyicatUH g this announcement a speclaf banner nwaraea io air. israei lor nit tMav WAP.DBN McKBNTY SPKAKB." Minsiu a. lajrrea, president Of SjaiS innaren s nospiiai, presided at tf luncneon ana introduced warden "sWJ McKcnty, in charge of the Eastern iaj,i tent In rj'. as the principal speaker. WmI en iciveniy aaia mat ine love of vmiv children waft as nrofounri nmm tk. ..-4. mates of his Institution as out of If, tal announced a subscription of $90 nhaHl taruy couectea among tne inmates of tm nnlffntlfirv wlttlln an Yn,i .. .tjWI ,............ 4 ......... .. ..vu, alter la learned the warden was to be prefeat kU today s tuncneon. ,j r .t. tt m. t,!,.. u i. t! uuvn up im-nciia ami mw J Chicken owners of Fernwood. W Lansdowne. Highland Park. rwy. Heights, Lansdowne and Prlmoi, wWil have lost nearly 2000 fowl In ths hrf'JI two months, are breathing more Mtar today with Samuel Davis, a PhlUdtJakh' negro, behind the bars at Clifton IWfMt1 Davis was captured by Chief of rsa) McGowan with 10 fat pullets la hi . session, the police say. He Is belnf Ml pending an Investigation. v t
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