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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY, OOTOBEE 28, 1915.
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FRENCH BLOW UP
DEFENSES OF FOE
NORTH OF ARRAS
Series of Powerful Mines
Lay Open Way for Ad
vance Against Germans
CAPTURED LINES HELD
Kaiser's Troops Renew Efforts
to Turn Enemy's. Flank East
of Rheims Attacks Fail
PARIS, Oct. 28. A lull has fallen
upon the battle front In the western
theatre of war according to the fol
lowing, brief communique issued by
the French War Office today: "Dur
ing the night there were only en
gagements of patrols and unimportant
reconnaissances, which were to. our
advantage everywhere."
PARIS. Oct. 28.
Tn tbelr advance on the road from
Arrag o Lille the French blasted their
waj Into the German entanglements Hnd
trenches southeast of NeuvlUc St Vaast,
in the doctor just ninth" of Arms
JoftnJ'a troops exploded a. series of pow
erful nilnes on the encnu's positions Tho
trenches were destroved- by -th- blasts
and tlie Infantry pvtshed forward and
occupied the excavations Tlit-v main
tained themselves here in the face of a
violent bombardment and several counter-attacks.
Meanwhile the Germans, bald .put In
the Artola sector by the constant presure
of tho tVllteS, made a new 'effort "to break
through on the Champagne front. East
Of Rheims, where the Kaiser's troops
have several times launched fierce at
tacks without success, they attempted
another attack.
I ndcr cover of he.wy blanket of suf
focating gas the Gel mans advanced to
ward tjie French line. Agulnsit he fumes
Jnffres men were .Yule to protect them
selves. The French artillery, aided by
the Infantry, then set up a barrier of
fire which the eriomy could not pass
Another attack on "La Courtlne," south
east of Tahure was also repulsed, the
French. War Office ropoits
BRITAIN NOW HEADED
TOWARD BIG DISASTER, !
BERESFORD ASSERTS
Famous Admiral Says Nation
Faces Life or Death Crisis.
Attacks Present
Leaders
POLITICIANS DENOUNCED
LONDON. Oct. 28.
Stinging denunciation of the Govern
ment's conduct of tho war Is made by
Lord Charles Beresford. retired admiral,
who says:
"War requires quick decisions and
prompt notions. Both have been sing
ularly lacking since the war commenced.
The policy of 'wait and see' Is fatal to
success In war.
"Owing to the Indecision and vacilla
tion of the Government on every Im
portant occasion, action has been too
late. Ministers having no Initiative of
their own wait for public opinion to
drive them At the same time the min
isters Withhold from the public Informa
tion without which they cannot form a
just opinion.
"We did not stand 'by', our friend Serbia
until too late. We neither stand by our
friends nor stand up to our enemies.
W attempted to bribe Bulgaria ty offer
ing her other people's property, thereby
copying: German mflUindrt. W1 .attempted
to bribe -Greece by ottering a portion of
our own property. Necessarily we are
humiliated when Greece refuses to ac
cept it
, "if we continue our present procedure
we shall head straight toward disaster
before he latent energy of the nation Is
(awakened. Recriminations and deplor
ing; the past are not of much use at the
present moment, except In so far a to
prevent a j-ecurrence of crass misman
agement. 'TJiat mismanagement Is partly
the result of the executive. Thousands
of our best .men have been lost ashore
and afloat because politicians assume the
executive.
"The war up to now has been controlled
by politicians, not men who have studied
and understand, war. The Dardanelles ex
pedition produced the present serious com
plications tn the Bast and the Balkans,
which Involve greater danger to our
selves. It opened up the whole Eastern
Question when all that was required was
concentration In the West
"If we 'are W win. tile war certain mat
tera mul be settled -at once. It Is not
a question of day, but of hours. We are
in a crisis which means life or death to us.
"Why are not drastic measured taken
to secure all the Germans In our midst,
naturalized or unnaturalized? Why do
we not at .once commandeer all German
land, money, securities, etc, throughout
th empire'
"Why-ha the defense of London been
neglected? It appeara to. be administered
on similar lines to Jho censorship, with
divided responsibility, nobody knowing
who Is really responsible.
"Why has not the Government taken up
the question of the rise In prices of food
nnd coal In order to prevent the exorbitant
prices charged the poor?
"At this mqjnerit the Government has
no policy, no objective. The late Attor
ney General left the Cabinet because there
was no policy, no decision on any point
We began the war with two great as
sets, tne fleet and our wealth. The sec
ond asset I being squandered by mil
lions, without business supervision or ade
quate return. We soon shall be bankrupt
If this goes ent
"We blundered before the war and have
been UuntUrln ever since. What else
; r. coMld, hapRf n when the war was being
Btan&aca y puuucuns. not uy men w.io
pdertn and nave etuaied war. we
ve a. Cabinet of 21 member, only one
Iwbem wMerMa-ns nnytnmg about
LWe oaa eiy beat the perrnans by
Og'. TaWfur U ueles,
ere" ought to be six or seven men
ns understand war to control the war.
,.u(blu-,le ,(u the name principle as
un. German Gmeral Starr, three men who
ho' lhy uerUnd the strvity of our
uoniifca. TU Minister for War. for Mu-
IbriitioiU tf the kit Attorney General
JStWHW JfT -l l l) - -". ,.
t,nt iuii ,i i n I, 9 nil,
vttBM MttmHy CaMfwIgit
iMnnr Wharton Vtvmt outlined flnnl
pit to? ihe National Bscurlty league
.mi .? -i nt a luncheon at the Racouet
P OMb uiy Many rpr)ttvp tum
i,, I i tjtt e;-;iai srit-n tvr iifvbvhi aho
f4J,'i,': ll re mjar' m mivv"u'i
it uvtu uittco ci;i)( rswnit iercy si
t fent thiwui aw r,
V. S. REFUSES TO ACT
OX GERMAN COMPLAINT
Alleged Murder of Submarine Crow
Does Not Involvo America
WASHINGTON, Oct 28
The fnlted States wilt take no action
on the romplalnt of n-rnany that the
officers nnd crow of the British patrol
boat linrnlong murdered In cold blood"
th crew of h German submarine. The
Stnte Department holds that, although
nfl'daVlts nllcr-crt that tlio Ilnrnlnncr ot
first Hew tin I'nlted States flag the fact !
Hint the llrltlsh enslRn, substituted he
fore a shot was fired, eliminated the
charge of misuse of the American Mac
So far as the charges that the sub
marine crew was slain ae concerned, It
wnn Mated thnt thH was cntlrolv u
tnnltcr between Urcut Britain nnd Ocr
mnn and that this Government could
make no representations In the matter
ITALIANS TAKE
TWO AUSTRIAN
FORTS IN ALPS
Troop Train Near Trent
Destroyed by Artillery
Fire, Rome Reports
ADVANCE NEAR TOT MINO
ROMK, Oct 3
The capture of two Austrian mountain !
rts and some trenches waa officially an-
forts
nounced by the Italian War Otllce todav,
North of llovcrcto Italian aitlllery set
file to un Austrian inllltju-) train. On
the Ir nzo front the Itnllans' offensive
has re iltcd in further gains.
Th ext of the official report follows
"Our artlltcry from our new positions
on the right bank of the Adlgc River,
between Rovereto and Trent, bombarded
nnd act on tire a military train of tho
Austrians near Santllarlo station.
"In the upper Ccrdevole valley, during
the Jfilh, we captured an Austrian for
tress At Coldlnetta we took trenches
which were found to be filled with dead
Eight unwojnded prisoners were taken.
"On the night of the Mtli, in the Monte
Nero zone the enemv dellvcicd strong at
tacks against our positions on the Vodll
We allowed the Austrians to .ippioaeh
close to our lines and then mowed them
down with our cross fire.
"Our offensive movement In tho sector
of Santa Lucia hill, on the Tolmluo (Tol
meln) front, has gained us further pio
gress. We look 21 prlsoncis.
"In the Plava zone we captured an
Austrian fort southeast of Globna, where
wo took 102 prisoners, including four of
ficer? Wo ulo captured some machine '
suns. i
"On the Carso plateau (the Isotuo)
there was a terrific artillery duel through- i
out the day W e achieved a small ad-
outage occupying some trenches of tho
enemv Fifty-five prisoners were taken
there."
XEW ITALIAN OFFENSIVE
EBBING, VIENNA REi'ORTS
VIENNA. Oct 28. In an official state
ment the Austrian War Office today re
ported the Italian offensive was "ebbing."
King VlctorV troops still attacked In the
Isrnzo, but In rmullcr numbers and with
le,s ammunition. '1 hey had been repulsed
at Km. It was admitted that they took
sections of trench at Gorltz, but added
that later they were dislodged.
At Reverto -they were accused of shell
ing a hospital.
CONGRESSMAN MOORE
DISCUSSES DEFENSE
Speaks at Delaware City on
"National Defense and Deeper
Waterways Day"
DELAWARE CITY, Del., Oct. 2S.-Na-tlonal
Defense and Deeper Waterways
Day was observed here this afternoon In
connection with the carnival and home
coming week now being observed. The
speakers were Congressman J. Hampton
Moore, of Philadelphia, and United States
Senator Wlllard Saulsbury and Congress
man Thomas W. Miller, of this State.
Senator Henry A. duPont was unable to
be present, but In a letter to the com
mittee expressed his Interest in both
projects. General E. M. Weaver, of the
Coast Artillery, was present but did not
speak. An Immense crowd listened to
the speakers.
Congressman Moore pointed out the ad
vantages which would come to this part
of the State from deeper waterways, and
also advanced a strong argument for na
tional defense and preparedness, particu
larly for proper cooct defenses. Ho gave
special attention to the canal here. Sen
ator Saulsbury favored a sufficient army
and navy. Congressman Miller, who has
given considerable attention to the mat
ter of national defense, showed how the
army now Is divided and how Impossible
It would be for It properly to defend the
country.
PAPER BOX MANUFACTURERS
SHORT OF DYE AND MATERIALS
Jobbers Applaud Suggestions of Pica
for Government Relief
Pessimism, except for the encourage
ment given by Director Loeb, of the De
partment of Supplies, reigned today at
an Informal meeting of B0 paper box ins'iu
facturers at the Manufacturers' Club,
which was addressed by representative
paper Jobbers of the Knsl n h sh"rtnga
of aniline dyes and Imported papers.
"It Is high time that our t nmiei-clil
Interests receive attention, now that the
authorities at Washington have virtually
disposed of some of the vital problems
relating to the Oerman situation." Mild
Leon Beck, of the Charles Beck Com
pany, In suggesting that resolutions ask
ing relief be drawn up and submitted to
President Wilson and Secretaries Lansing
and Rodfleld. He wan applauded, but
whatever action ia contemplated by the
manufacturers was deferred to a future
time.
Inability to secure the essential Oerman
dyes or to manufacture domestic sub
stitutes, the prohibitive British regula
tions, the operations of speculators, who
have raised the price of bright colors a
hundred fold; the adulteration of dyes,
the actual disappearance of certain colors
from the market und the entire discourag
ing outlook were discussed by the speak
er, who Included !' A Chasteney and
Charles Williams, of New York; J W.
Sterling, of Brooktleld, Mass.. K. U.
Locke, of Camden, and Mr Beck. A
Hartung, Walter Matthias, Edward
Htotscr, George Rudutph and Director
Loeb. of thia city Edwin J. Bchoottle
presided Director Loeb advised dealers
to furnish the public with only white
coated boxes, a piocejis which, however,
noma sneakers declared would soon have
to be replaced with the natural tone of
the paper
Predkta UiUversal Peace Campaign
! Universal peace win uecura an inter
national campaign SO years from now
aecoratn to i-erci a. voouin, wno
Imc Hlaht addressed the Dicker Fellow
ship tut IU flrst iWMthMC of tm sa i
the Hotel Walton.
FRENCH TARE
THREE TOWNS
IN SERB DRIVE
Occupy Strumnitza, in Bui-.
garia, and Two Positions
in Serbian Territory
SERBS RECAPTURE USKUB '
i
IinMl." Ctrt 9ft tlimalnn wirnliina
KO.Mh, Oct. 8 uuHsian warsmps i
nre again shelling Varna, Bulgaria,
according to a dispatch to the Slcfanl
News Agency.
LONDON, Oct. 28. A Central
News dispatch from Zurich says that
70,000 Turkish soldiers have arrived
at the Bulgarian port of Dcdcagatch.
LONDON. Oct. .
Fion It tioops hnve occupied Radovltxa
and Ktlvnlac, In Scrvta, unci Strumnitza.
In Bulcnil.t. nccordlng to Salonlcn ad
Mces They art now advancing on a
i-mllc front toward lstlb The Bulgnr
lans are fulling back.
The Bulgarians are tepnrted to have
hern driven out of the importnnt railway
town of t'skub, but In the north the Scibs
nre slowlv f"'hnsr back upon their moun
tain slionaholds before the advance of
tho fpiitntis.
British tioups havp at last icached I
Serbian noil nnd nre Inking part In tho
forte fighting nlnni? the Salonlen-Nlsh
" t wn. MI '" ?"'nlc" 1
1 lie juiicuuii in iiic uniiu-uei uiin imu r
Bulgarian armies In northeastern Serbia I
gives the Teutonic allies n semicircular
battle lino ncail.v ,7 miles long, from tho
Drlna River ton point near Strumnltza.
TEUTONS AND BULtiAIlS GAIN
(iUOUXD IX NORTH SERBIA
BKItl.I.W Oct 2S.
Advances for both the Austto-Germnn
nnd Bulgarian forces n northern Serbia
oro nnnounccd by the Ucrman War Office I
today
The tet of the official leport follows
"Balkan theatre The Austro-German
armies of General von Gallvvitz and Gen
eral Koevess In Serbia continue to ad
vance. Since Mondav 2033 Serbians have
been captured. c also took sovcrnl ma
chine guns General Boyadjieff s Bulga
rinn army has taken Zaichur Tho Bui
cruised the Tlmok Itlver ' member of Councils. Ho might with per
ijevatz on a large front. I fect Propriety have been an Influential
guilans have
north of Untitle
Knluicvatz is In the hands of the Bui
garinns Several guns were taken Tho
height of Krenovaclava 15 miles north
west of Plrot, has been taken by the
Bulgars "
DUE F0RTI AUSTRIACI
PR SI DAGLI ITALIANI
SULLEALPIEAPLAVA
Un Formidabile Attacco della
Fanteria di Cadorna Contro
le Posizioni -Fortificate
Nemiche di Gorizia
AVANTI, NELLA NEVE
ItOMA, 28 Ottobre.
Da quanto annunclava lerl I nltro a sera
11 rapporto del generate Cadorna si puo
prevedere che l'lnverno non fara' cessare
conplctnmente le operazlonl dl guerra nel
settore delle Alpl Infattl, nonostante le
nevl cadute gla" In abbondanza. le truppe
Italians operantl nella valle del torrente
Pontebbana, a nord-ovest dl Pontebba,
rlusclrono ay discendere nel fondo della
vallata e pol a rlsallre I rianchl del Ross
kofcl (e non Itauchkofel come per errore
II telegrafo trasmlse lerl) ragglungendone
la clma alta 7330 pledl e dannegglando
cola' le trlncee del nemlco. Questo e' II
plcco plu' alto delle Alpl Carniche orlen
tall e da quella clma si vede flno II Utorale
dell'Adrlatlco. II Rosskofel guarda II
passo dl Nassfcld da cul si penetra nella
valle della Zeglia.
Notlzle da Brescia dlcono che gll ital
lanl operantl nel settore di Gorizia Inter
ruppero II 25 Ottobre II loro vlolento bom.
bardamento delle fortlncaziont 'dl Gorizia
per permetterc alia fanteria di lanclarsl
ad un vlgoroso attacco. In questo attacco
eseguito sotto 11 fuoco delle artigllerle
e delle mltragllatricl nemlche, la fanteria
Itallana rinsrl ad Impossessarsl dl Im
portant! posizioni, ma slccome 11 fuoco
delle battcrie austrlache domlnava ancora
questo posizioni, 1'artlgllerla itallana do
vette rlentrnre In azlone e rlprendcre II
bombardamento dalle buo posizioni a sud
dl Tolmlno e dl Plava slno a S. Andrea.
La sltuazlone degli austrlacl che ancora
controllano Gorizia e' iltenuta assal criti
cs, glacche' nnche in questo settore le
batterle Itallane hanno potuto stablllre la.
loro superlorlta' sull'artlgllerla austrlaca
ed nttaccano ora le llnee Interne dl dlfesa
della piazza. Clo' slgntflca evldentemente
che 1 cannon! itallanl sono ora In posizlone
dl nttaccuro le batterle austrlache del
Monte San Marco e del Nonte Santo.
Qui a Boma si attende da un glorno
nll'nltro la notlzla ufticlale della caduta dl
Gorizia.
II comunlcato austrlaco ammette che
gll Itallanl uttaccano con vlgoro tutta la
llnca dalla testa dl ponte dl Gorjzla slno
al Monte Nero, ma naturalmcnte dice
che gll itallanl sono costantemente
resplntl. Invero e' curloso II fatto che lo
Stato Magglore austrlaco dice sempre In
larlabilmcnte che gll Italian! sono re
splntl e pol plu' tardl ammette che cent
attacenno in un punto molto plu' ad est
dl quello dal quale, secondn II precedente
comunlcato, crano stall resplntl solo
qualche gloino prima, ,
Ecco II teslo del comunlcato ufticlale
pubbllcato lerl seia dal Mlnlstero della
Gueria:
"II fuoco delle nostre batterle dalle
nostre nuove posizioni nulla riva destra
dell'Adlge, tra Itovereto e Trento, ha bom
bardato e Incendlato un treno mllitaro
austrlaco nelle vlclnanze della stazlone dl
Sant'Ilarlo,
"Ncll'alta valle del Cordevole nella
glornata del 2$ corrente nol cl slamo Im
padronltl dl una fortezza austrlaca. A
Coldlnetta nol abbiamo preso al nemlco
trlncee che furono trovate piene dl cada
ver! Ivl facemmo prlglonlerl otto soldatl
non ferltl
"Nella notto del ft nella zona del Monte
Nero gll austrlacl esegulrono vlgorosl
nttacchl contro le nostre poslzlont del
monte Vodll Not lasclammo che gll
austrlacl si avvlclnas.ero bene alio nostre
llnee e qulndl II contrattaccammo con
fuocchl Incroclatl
"La nostra manovra onnlva nel set
tore della colllna dl Santa Lucia, sul
fmntc dl Tolmlno, ha fatto ulterlorl pro
gress!. Ivl prendemmo lerl 21 prlglonlerl
"Nella zona dl I'lava nol cl slamo impa
dronltl dl un forte nemlco a sud-eit dl
Globun, dovo faremmo prlglonlerl 10J aus
trlacl comprest quattro ijfflcla.il. Ivl pure
nol prendemmo al nemlco alcune mltra
gllatricl. '".
City Employ te Honor Hero
In response to a request from officers
of the Army and Navy Union. Depart
ment of Pennsylvania, that members of
the union In the city employ be given
ft half holiday on Saturday to attend the
unveiling of the monument to Qeorge
rolnsett, Mayor Blanktnburf today In
KtrucUd deprt)Witul heads to grant
leve f asW to M)fiye wishing t
mUwui the irerv).
(v nan " ....... .....
' unveiling of " monument to Qeorge
LAUNCH FINE HOUSEBOAT
Vessel, 77 Feet Long, the Property
of Henry W. Savago, Theatrical
Producer
Dorlnda, the queen of nil houseboats on
the Delaware River and the property of
Henrv W Savage, the widely-known the
atrical producer, was launched late this
afternoon at the plant of the Malhis
Building Company, Point street, Cam
den The luxurious boat, which cost
more than $30,000, was chrlstetied by Miss
Anna KlefTer, 013 Cooper street, Camden,
daughter of one of the members of the
building conipan
The vcrscl Is 77 feet In length and 17
feet 6 Inches In he.im Rh In tho Innt
word In comfort and luxury Tho fur.
nlshlnns nro In mahogany throughout,
lh rullman windows nnd shades. She
U equipped with two 1,0-horsepow or gaso-
,me CUR,ncB wnlcn wlll ,cvel0 H -pccd
of 12 knots an hour
N0RRIS PUTS CONNELLY
IN ANANIAS CLUB
Former Director Condemns Or
ganization Man's Charge
as Falsehood
George V. Norrls, former Director of
the Depot tment of Wharves, Docks nnd
Ferries, this afternon gavo the lie dl
icct to John P. Connelly, Organization
candidate for City Solicitor, In answer
ing Connelly's charges on tho stump last
nlsht
Mr
Norrls onswered charges made by
L-0'nncllv that when Director Mr. Norrls
hart d-nn,.l.P1 State funds In a bank un-
der his own name.
..The exposure which made on Tues-
. ., . ,,,, , , n,,,..
day "ishl of "ostllltj f,Ulc Orgamza-
I Hon to teat rapid transit ana me evi
dences which I gave of Its Intention to
make a 'killing' out of the transit situ
ation under the next administration. If
they can control that administration, evi
dently 'stung' Mr Connelly badl," .ild
Mr Norrls "He first does the mean
thing of alluding to an old lawsuit grow
ing out of n private business trnsaction
17 vears old, In which a firm of which I
was furmerl u partner was interested,
knowing that 1 will not Indulge In a
newspaper discussion of such a subject.
I lld not attack Mr Connelly personally.
I attacked Ills public recotd He might
.with prorilety have been an attorney of
tho Ilnpld Transit Company. If he nail
not at the same time been an Influential
member of Councils. If he had not been
at tho Fame time the nttorncy for the
Rapid Transit Company The wrong and
Injustice to thn city was this combination
of the two functions.
'The leference to the deposit of State
mono was fully threshed out over two
vcars ago If Mr. Councils said I de
posited a dollar of that money In my
"own private bank account," he said
what he must know to be a dellberato
falsehood 1 continued the policy which
hud prevailed under my predecessor of
denosltlng the montnlv Instalments of
the Stnte appioprlatlon to the Department
In a special account. In the name of the
Department, In the Farmers and Me
chanics National Bank, a fiduciary agent
of State and city The City Solicitor
thought these payments and disburse
ments should go through the City Treas
ury Instead of going through a bank,
and when he so advised me, although I
did not then agree with him and do not
now, I accepted nnd ncted upon his judg
ment." LIQUOR DEALERS WARN
BAD LICENSE HOLDERS
Circulars Sent Urging Saloon
Men to Abide by Laws and
Wishes of Community
A Joint committee has been formed by
the Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewer's As
sociation, the Wholesale Liquor Dealers'
Association and the Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Asjoclatlon to "clean house" In sa
loons of this city and court action will
be taken If necessary. A formal state
ment to this effect wlll be made to the
License Court tomorrow, when applica
tions for transfers will be heard.
Circular letters of warning have been
sent out by the committee to all saloon
keepers In Philadelphia. Investigators
have been employed nnd aro keeping cer
tain places under surveillance. Men who
decline to obey the rules laid down by
the License Court have been warned that
unless they do so the committee wlll take
action to have their licenses revoked.
Frank Ehrllch, Jr., attorney for the
committee. Is sending out the circulars.
"The great majority Of the liquor dealers
of Philadelphia." he said today, "are
naturally law-abiding and want to con
duct their places In strict conformity
with the law and the wishes of the com
munity. They do not propose that their,
own good name and business shall suffer
from the Illegal and vicious acts of a
few license holders."
PORTER FIRES INITIAL
SHOT IN BIG EXPOSE
Continued from Pre One
there were 33,000 less voters registered
than at the previous election. This, no
doubt, was due to the fact that the gang
knew our men were tn the city as a re
sult nf the recent exposuics.
" 'In other parts of the city our oper
atives discovered fraudulent registration,
but owlni to the work done a halt was
called by the gang, and the machine, for
the time being, was disorganized.' "
In answer to John P. Connelly's de
mand Mr. Potter sayss "I have given to
the public hut the Introduction of Wil
liam J. Burns' report, One of .the most
shocking revelations of vice and crime
and election fraud In any community.
"It Is a revelation, not from me, a citi
zen, or a Director of the Department of
Public Safety, or a candidate for Mayor,
but from a disinterested detective agency
of international reputation
"John P. Connelly, Organization spokes
man In Councils, now Gang candidate
for City Solicitor and a speaker on the
stump for the candidacy of Thomas B,
Smith, who does not live In Philadelphia,
has 'demanded' that I account for the
expenditure of those disinterested citi
zens who were patriotic enough to aban
don party lines, dissociate themselves
from any and all political factions, and
apply their financial resources to Inves
tigation looking to Philadelphia' better
ment. "I am meeting the machine's request In
so doing, it will ho necessary for me to
apcnl lo (lie public service of both the
afternoon and the morning newspapers.
"Through these generous instruments I
shall endeavor to give to the public those
startling, shocking and revolting facts
which thi Burns Agency uncovered and
proved,
"Tho revelations will bo as Intimate as
they are sensational I ask that the pub-llC'-the
voters who will cast their baljots
on Tuesday next -follow these statements
In order that In tb marking of their
ballots fhev may act intelligently and for
the test intrta of thtu,lyg n4 utjr
city," z
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
WANTS CARRANZA TO
END BORDER RAIDS
Sends Telegram to President
Wilson Asking Executive to
Bring Pressure to Bear
on Mexican Chief
VILLA TROOPS WATCHED!
WASHINGTON, Oct 2S. -r Governor'
J'erguson, of Texas, today appealed to
President Wilson by telegraph to bring
all possible pressure to, bear on 'Gcnerah
Carranxa to stop the raids along tho
Texas border. Secretary Tumulty earlier
today announced that Ferguson had. ap
pealed for more troops. This" afternoon
tho nccrctary said that report was wrong
and that all the Texas governor wanted
was for the President to 'get assurances
from Canitrua that, ho would stop the
raids from the Mexico side.
The situation at Douglas, Ariz , today
was quiet A squadron of crfvolry was
sont from Fort Huncliuca to Nnco. Arli,
to prevent Vllllsta troops from crossing
the border there In order to. outflank
Carranza's forces in Aguag Prleta,
Tho ndvanco guard of General Villa's
fotccs Invading Sonorn wns reported lato
yesterday by cowboys to have reached a
point near the International border, IS
miles cast of Agua Prleta.
General Villa was reported to be near
Coloula MoroloM, to the rear of this ad
vancing column of soldiers, supervising
tho transportation of artillery nnd bag
gage wagons.
Tho troops which reached tho border
were estimated to number from 1500 to
3000 cavalrymen. Additional soldiers were
arriving there hourly, the cowboys said.
Military officers hero have selected a
site for the camp of the "th and 20th
United States Infantry nnd two addi
tional battel les of artillery, which nro
to arrive tomorrow from El Paso.
Thise reinforcements will increase the
border patrol In this vicinity to appprox
imntely 6500 United 'States soldiers.
sroE-swwomN"
SUFFRAGE QUESTION
Montgomery School Directors
Ignore Request for Infor
mation on Subject
NORIUSTOWN, Pa.. Oct 28. The
Montgomery County School Directors, In
their 53d nnnual session In N'orrlstown,
today sidestepped the woman suffrage
question.
"What benefit would tho schools de
rive from woman suffrage?" was one
of the questions In the question box.
There was not one woman school direc
tor present.
No sooner had Secretary Schmidt read
the question than motions to pass it
without discussion came from all parts
of the room, the directors being either
afrakl of tho question or opposed to the
"Votes for Women" proposition
The Rev. George W. Lutz. of Penns
burg, In answer to a question as to
what benefit medical Inspection brings to
a fourth-class district, said'
"Up our way, we do not need medical
Inspection because of the belief In pow
wowing and home remedies."
Frank Brant, of Lower Providence, was
opposed to teachers taking a half of a
school day a month for holding their
meetings. He said that It was not right
to take this time from the children when
It was possible for tho teachers to meet
In the evenings or on Saturdays. Tho
custom, he said, opened the way for
criticism of the teachers by the taxpay
ers, many of whom consider their posi
tions as easy. In that they earn their
salaries In 20 days a month at best.
W. J. Byrne, of Lower Merlon, raised
the question as to wnat action school dis
tricts should take In reference to the
workmen's compensation act. He stated
that he referred the question to State
Superintendent Schnffer, who. In lurn,
had passed It up to the Attorney Gen
eral for decision.
The following directors were appointed
delegates to the State Convention at Har
rlsburg. F. J. Wile, Franconla: C. H. Carter.
Narberth; the Rev. N. F. Schmidt,
Schwenkvltle; tho Rev. S. N. Messenger.
Trappe, and I. H. Shoemaker. Plymouth.
The officers of the association were re
elected. They are:
President J. H. Ervlen, Cheltenham.
First vice president D. H. Bartman,
Collegevllle.
Second vice president The Rev, S. L.
Messenger, Trappe.
Secretary The Rev. N. F. Schmidt.
Schwenkvllle.
Treasurer Frank S. Brant, Lower
Providence.
AUTO LOAD OF STOLEN SILVER
Dripps' Machine Used to Haul Alleged
Loot of Negro
The automobile of Director Dripps. of
the Department of Public Safety, was
used today as a moving' van to haul
silverware from the home of a negro,
who was Bald to have stolen It, tn the
Detective Bureau.
Silverware and other articles, valued
at more than ?1000, Were stolen several
days ago from the Hotel Ardmore In
Atlantlo City. Word was sent to the
police here that an employe, believed to
have taken the booty, was living In this
city After receiving the message, Detec
tives Rich and Daut went to 1439 Alder
street, and arrested Robert Owens, while
ho was sorting about 100 silver pieces
The detectives say the articles bear
the name of the hotel, and that Owens
is wanted for the robbery. The material
waB too bulky to be parried away by
the two men, so they telephoned for
Arthur McCrae, the Director's chauffeur,
and.McCrae was at the scene ot thq ar
rest within 15 minutes.
Magistrate Beaton, sitting In Central
Station, held the prisoner In 1M0 ball
for a further hearing tomorrow.
MAN SHOT AT HIS WORK
Bullet Strikes Him While in a Tailor-
oring Establishment on North
Sixth Street
The police of the 4th and Race streets
station are Investigating the shooting of
Max Katz, 99 years old, iSSt Wharton
street, who W employed in a tailoring es
tablishment at 38 North Cth street He
Is in the Jefferson Hospital with a bullet
In his right hip,
Katz was at work on the fourth floor
of the budding, with his back tbward a
window which face on 6th street, when
a shot was heard, followed by the sound
of falling filata, Employe rushed tq th,e
scene and found Kt In an pnconiclous
condition A patrol wagon was sum
moned and took him to the Jefferson
Hnsnltal
Tho police nre of tne opinion Jthat the
ot th ort&iv,4
FIRE IN SCHOOL TRAPS
PUPILS; MANY PERISH
Continued from I'uxe One
locked, the front door was in two halves,
rtnd the pressure of the first rush for tho
open door forced this dopr shut, so that
for n long time It cohld not be opened
Thus, tho great majority of thoso who
cseuped were thrown or Jumped out of
the first nnd second-story windows.
The water supply wns inadequate A
hydrant near the school broke and one
man said It was It minutes nfter tho
tlremen arrived beforo tho Mrst strenms
w-re plajlng on the flame. The first
victim Identified was Elizabeth Nolan.
Most of those who were killed were be
yond naming.
Mother Superior Carmellta gave the
alarm, sounding tho nre gong. She was
In a room In the school, beenme uneasy,
thought sho smelled smoke and stepped
Into tho hall. A bOy ran toward her
screaming "Fire." The hallway was
smoke-niled. Sho ran down the stairs,
sounded the gong, then directed and as
sisted at tho work of passing the chil
dren out of the three-story window's.
ONE SISTER SAVES 25.
Sister Aldegon, of tho Order of the
Sacred Heart, was one of the heroines of
the nre. Sho saved tho lives of 25 chil
dren by dropping them from a window lo
the outstretched arms' of men standing
below.
Some of the youngsters she threw from
the window by moln, force as they clung
to her skirts, sobbing and terror-stricken.
Twice clouds of smoke rolled from tho
window where she stood nnd hid her from
view of the watchers below. Murmurs of
honor swept through the crowds, but
subsided when the smoke i oiled back nnd
the black-robed sister was been swinging
another child over tho sill.
Exhausted firemen told of acts of raro
courage on the part of the 16 sisters, but
agreed that tho bravery of none of tho
unmen prl Insert that of Sister Aldegon.
Sho wns In charge of 30 children, most of
them girls between fl and S years, on tho
second floor. Tho shouts of children In
other rooms, then a puff of smoke that
burst suddenly through the doorway,
warned her that something was wrong.
Her little chorges huddled oround her
whlte-fnced with fright She Hrst made
efforts to calm them, patting sobbing lit
tle girls nnd drying their eyes. Then sho
gathered her flock together and made her
wav towaid thehnllwa
Throuqh the haze that niled the corri
dor. Sister Aldegon made her way, closo
ly followed by the little girls. A gust
of smoke swept up as she reached tho
head of the stalrwav and cinders nnd
bits of burning wood brushed her face.
JUMPS TO SAVE HERSELF.
Coolly she halted the procession of
childien Without betraying tho slight
est alarm she waved them back toward
tho room whence they hnd come. But
the hallways were now filling with smoke,
shrieks of children on the first and third
floors were heard throughout the build
ing and tho little girls ran toward the
windows, crjlng hysterically.
Sister Aldegon raised a window as the
flames roared up the second-floor stair
way Her shouts were heard by a group
of volunteer rescuers Just outside and
several stalwart men massed under the
window. The remaining children were
passed out swiftly, some of them sob
bing an'd clutching at the window ledge
as they were dropped to safety.
Red flames woie licklrif, tho top of the
window, poking their wav through clouds
of black smoke, when Sister Aldegon her
self climbed out upon the window ledge
and signaled that she was about to Jump.
A huge blanket was held for her by eight
men She dropped Into the blanket un
conscious. At the convent across the way, where
she was given medical attention. It was
found thnt tho fire heroine had been bad
ly burned about the shouldeis. Her gown
had been partly eaten away by tho lick
ing flames, but each tiny blaze she had
extinguished with her bare hands, paus
ing only an Instant In the work of rescue.
Only one of Sister Aldegon's charges was
seriously Injured. A little boy slipped
through the arms of one of the men
waiting to catch him. His leg was broken
One of the heroic Incidents of the fire
wns a noble nttempt made by one of the
sisters of Notro Dame Convent to save
the life of Mary Meade, 15, who died soon
after being tnken, terribly burned, to the
Thomas Hospital.
"In the height of the excitement," said
an eye-witness who refused to give his
name, "one of the sisters wns seen fight
ing her way from the burning building
v h a girl In her arms. Tho sister's
dre b was in flames, bqt she gave no
thought to this. As she struggled out
with the unconscious girl in her arms she
continually tried to beat out the flames
that had caught the girl's clothes. The
sister's hands were badly burned In keep
ing the tire from tho child's face.
The, mother superior, who was at first
too overcome tq shed any Information of
the fire, said later:
"Two or three minutes before tho fire
vsoa discovered I was on the upper floor
making my rounds of Inspection. Sud
denly a little boy came running toward
mo crying' 'fire.' I rnn to tho first floor
and sounded the fire gong. Many of the
pupils failed to hurry, evidently thinking
It was merely a Are drill.
"Many of the sisters apparently did not
realize either that a Are had started.
"In a moment we were all panic
stricken to see the flames Bhootlng up
the back Btalrs."
Half an hour after the firemen arrived
one of the sixteen sisters wns rescued,
badly burned and in a hysterical condi
tion. She broke free from her rescuers when
carried Into the open air, and shouted
frantically for some one to go to the
aid of the children trapped on the th'rd
floor. Firemen made vain efforts to learn
from her raving cries how many chil
dren were still on that floor.
RESCUES HIS CRIPPLED CHUM,
Thomas O'Shea, aged 8, a one-legged
boy, owes his life to his chum, Morris
Harris, aged 10, another of the heroes
of the fire.
Morris had reached the lower floor and
was making his way to safety when he
stumbled across an unconscious form.
It was little crippled Tommy, Jie
gathered up the one-legged boy in his
arms and dragged him to safety.
The loss of discipline of the Are drill
cost many lives.
The Are was so far advanced that
when the pupila marched Into the hall
they found themselves choking and stl
fling In hot smoke and gas.
The Are drill went to pieces ln spite
of the, .brave efforts of the SUtera of
Notre Dame, who served as teachers, and
the coucorted rush down the stairway
These1 panic-stricken children fought
agalntt the Slstera, scratching and tear
ing at' them, screaming, wild with
agonized fear.
The flrst of the children safely reached
the open air pouring through the door
way -Then the full mass canto together
squarely at the door. It la reported there
r.ai", T.? dlleuy Pht'.s the lower
half of the doorway
In any case there waa a struggling
thronjr of children In the hall b'efo? ha
,. . ,..,..,., i-uvnvu utRi scurci.it
one could escape, so Jammed together
that It was imppsslble to open the doSJ
illSi10?!' tne way t0 a'ety of the street
Tho throng of children ,. J. . V.6
wa dUsolved when some of the eaclreri
succeeded in It.uMn.. .v,"J 5w '."actier
succeeded In Jeudlng those1 in th. ...
out py other ways. Uy that tini ,!
unconciousness or
umonsviuusnesa or were stifled bv th.
I By noon It was nouihi. A.
I m Marsh tor b41ts, " J
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BOMB PLOT LEADER
IMPLICATES GERMAN-1
SPYJERVICE CHm
Fay Asserts Berlin Officials &J
pecien mm to uarry Out 1
JPlnns to Cripple Muni,
tion Plants
HANDED $4000 IN CASHl
.1K.W 1U1K. V. .. 1
Designs of the German Secret 8rvT
to blow up munltlon-cnrrylns ships t
dvnnmlto ammunition plants and' '
wreck railroads that transport war m ''
nlUp h, !,.. A Ills. ..... . . Ul.
,..... .. ... .....vo, C1H revealed jj.:
tcrday by Robert Fay. former tu... '
of tho ISth Prussian Infantry and .wear?
v,. i..v .v, .u, lu v.i0l iynn,,0f th
The tall, self-possessed soldlsr ..-..1
lng carefully nnd choosing every ordl
told a, storv thnt left no donh i. .3?i
minds of Federal ofllclals who heard ,ltl
as iu mu nuin mui was. expected of r5l
when he received $1000 to com ,vs4
country. The recital given by the officer!
sets forth the following dramatic ltu4
tion: M
Fay In April last was sent to the hurt
hi mo ucraiwi secret service ln the Wii?
helmstrasse, Berlin. '
When he reached the presence of Chlf
jonncrsen, ui ino secret service, he tilt
plained briefly his plan for comlnir f .vr33
o v .ma's
country and manufacturing mines thaCj
auacncu co ruaper posts of ships, ivouldl
namper me snipment or ammunition from
this country to the Allies.
The chief knew that Fay-the Health J
ant admits now that his name l .,h..
""mil j
"Fao" had done splendid work in tasf
irencnes ana Knew mat he was ready tei
undertake any commission. Jonn.r X
according to Fay's own statement, picked!
up a lencr wim cuppings from Amerl.
can newspapers, handed them to pT'
"Rend those carefully."
Fay found flrst a letter t,m.. ... - r,
Herbert Klenzle, tho young engineer noWS
n llio Tombs rlirH .l.v '! .,w!
with Fav to blow un shin. tn m. fiJI1 '
in Germany, head of the largest cloeki
works In tho world, tt tnlrt nr tu.
ner In which munitions of war wwi
Koine- Tnnnnrni.ttirAVl It. ,11,. . ,'
.J V ... .... wiunuy and
sniniwu iu me Aines. inere were clip-'
pings that showed what ships were car
rying ammunition and other supplies. '
The names of the ships and the nature'
01 mo cargo 01 eacn were presented.
READING CHECKEDIN
COAL HAULING DEALS!
Agreement With Subsidiaries!
Declared Illegal by Federal
Court
Violations of the Sherman antl-trurti
law by subsidiary companies of the Phllj
adolphla and Reading Railway Companrj
must cease as the icsult of a United!
States District Court decree handed down!
In this city today by Judges McPherton,
Bufflngtoh and Hunt. This decreeftdl
cates that a partial victory was eccftdl
by the Government In Its suit agalostj
tho so-called "hard coal trust," althoushj
when tho case came to trial some time
ago It was believed the Federal authorW
tics had lost every point As for thy
contentions the Government failed to ttjm
tablish. It Is believed that an appeal will!
bo filed by Federal officials within 61
days.
According to today's decree, the Cea-1
tral Railroad Company of New Jerseri
must dispose of Its holdings In the La
high and Wllkes-Barre Coal Company,, ial
whlph I, nnur lina n rnntrnllntr tlHrfgt.ii
As a result nf this control. It is declared!
by tho decree, the Lehigh and Wll3i
Bat re concern Is combined Illegal;) wliai
the Phlladelnhi.-i nnrl Readlnir Coal and!
Iron Company, which Is owned by thej
Reading Company. The Road.iv uini-j
puny Is a subsidiary of the Philadelphia!
nnd Rending Railway Compan), and Ttl
controls the Central Railroad of N'twj
Jersnv. The ,1pm. mil thai ho Central!
Railroad dispose of Its Lehigh aivlj
wilkes-Bnrre stock Is Intended to o",t
the relationship between that compjorj
and the Philadelphia and Heading comi
and Iron Company,
The staniD of Illegality Is alto put up?5
the contracts of theso two coal coiB
panlrs which require lessees of their coitj
lands to ship coal over any particular!
railroad. This mentis of Insuring thfttl
lial itll I.a al.lnr.AH e at ,Iia Pltl Ifldplnhtill
and Reading Railway or Its subjldlaiiffl
Is declared to be Illegal under tne wi
mun law jjj
With these exceptions the GovernmenV'1
Mil la .llctmfaoAH onalnat I, a T? n ill II Z COlS.-!
pany. the Philadelphia nnd Readln HUj
wnv rnmiinnu rMillnilnlnhln nnd ReaaiWf
Coal and Iron Company, tho Central Rail
road Company of New Jersey, tne cenmii
nt1i Wlll..Att.rtnrrA f-nnl Pnmnanl. the L1
high Coal and Navigation Company, Iht
Wilmington ond Northern Railroad Cora;
pany. the Lehigh and Hudson River W
way Company, tho Lehigh ana jvew um
Innrl l)nll.Arl nftmnniiif Honrce F Biker.
nHwnr T Ctrttnutiiirv Tt-nTV C FrlcW?
Poter A. B. Wldener. Henry A du rpnWI
Daniel Wlllard, Henry P Mcwean w
Samuel Dickson.
TWO KILLED WHEN AUTM
PLUNGES INTO DITC
,M
Rear Wheel Breaks and Occjjl
pants Are Pinned Under
Wrecked Car
3
wAtuTrNriTnw. p.. Oot. 23. Anib
L. Eakln, general superintendent of i
South Pcnn Oil Company ln this oi-y
and a Councilman from tho un
onrl T Tinea Tnhmnn. DBftllt for tllS P
sylvanla Railroad here, were inty
killed shortly after midnight this jn
lng when Bakln'a automobile In w
they were riding toppiea miu
ntA n vhom utli.al hat rlfnWrm.
Ann itai ..,v, ,. .,.-.--.-. .
n't.. AiMArT h.nn.ntil rtn Infi NSC
l,.- Mll.. ....., nf h. ThOn10lGf
pine, limr icn nw. v . - r -.: - -iJ
cyclists happened along Just tBvf3
turned over, out louno. tne mv """:"
wiih bodies etui warm., -inoy nti -beneath
the body of the touring car
almost unreeognlzame. wamn ""
rled and leaves seven children Jo
nua a niu.ie iiiu.ii, . .,
Roth wore prominent Masons, anaw
automobile death ride followed th11
ienaanc at n laatsonic meoun. ! r
lOO LATH WJK t'lAHBlKIOATION
HKU' WA!TKI JUM5
lit ah iionirui i-M'v'K an,i Attlct niat
Wcmixt mill & tweut e "'J1'
ApiLi
,v roiHM mrai?r rieivn -,
WU latin reference and saury
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