EVENING LEDER-PHILADELPHIA MONDAY, JULY 81, 191G.
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f)nWh and disorderly houses were
wv imrnMlaUiyv Mf, FoHer said. This
" twtvtnt people 'wanted from beln
NJWi oT that they wef wanted by the
Mite It has been a practice ot the
wwtwrt administration to withhold war
want tot- periods us long ns three months
br Hrer are set-red. Then, In soma
eft, thoM named In the5 warrants Have
lift tor1 parts upkonwn.
TtMrt Mr. Kotan intends to gd deeply
ttrt Ow vico situation -was evident when
Hone apclat policeman arrived at his office
thl afternoon with four clothes baskets
full of 'itorica reports from stations in the
TtmAnHelrl district.
Tfi jurors complained today of the in
MttMl Want In tha lUrvroom. Charles O.
HrMtofl, foreman of the Jury, complained
to Judft Rogers and the latter asked, Chief
XL.:hltn, of the Electrical Bureau, to
Uretatl electric fans In the room.
WiLBON CALLS FOIl FACTS.
Fsjrerness for the turning of the search
light 6n vice conditions, regardless of poll
tics or anything else, was expressed today
by Director Wilson. Ho called upon all
policumen who knew anything of grafting
Among police officials to come forward and
tell th6 truth fearlessly to tho Grand Jurors,
tH continued the probe today.
The Director followed the pace set by
Mayor Smith, who In a statement last night
rnn.de a similar request, and asserted that
r.o policeman or official need fear discharge
or persecution for telling the facts.
TVhat may hamper tho Investigation
somewhat la the absence from the city of
irany men whose testimony would aid the
' Jury In finding out the actual conditions.
Amonff thoso whd might give aid in this
connection. It la said. Is William Reed, a
Varo political worker of tho Third Ward
and a former member of the Legislature,
who Was caught during the raid of July IS,
In n house near llth and Melon streets.
.Reed Id taking things easy at Atlantic City.
Where he was seen enjoying tho oceaii
brsoiea In a rolling chad1.
The attitude ot many of the politicians is
In direct contrast to the city's two highest
officials, and this has caused an Impression
that much ot tho graft disclosed so far was
carried on without their knowledge, Thnt
hi views on the matter may be learned
definitely, Director Wilson said!
"I want the truth to come out Any po
liceman who knows about graft being re
ceived by dlshopest police officials and
falls to tell tho prond Jury about it Is not
& ftrorthy citizen, and Is a disgrace to his
brother officers. No policeman need have
any fear of being transferred or driven
from the force I will protect any honest
policeman who will help In this Investiga
tion. My office Is open to' any policeman
-who can aid the Grand Jurors. I am
ready to protect from hounding or perse
cution any such man who will help to get
crooked police officials."
NO PERSECUTION.
The Mayor in his statement said:
"I will not allow any police official or
policeman to be discharged or persecuted
because ot any evidence he may give
throwing light upon conditions which tho
Grand Jury Is probing. In fact, I shall
personally extend to such witnesses my
Influence as Mayor to shield them from
reprisals from any quarter, and I know
Director Wilson, will do llkowloo.
"This assurance Is given becauso of my
earnst lntontlon to give Philadelphia the
best police servlco In tho country and to
eradicate any condition that may need cor
rection, no matter how drastic that correc
tion may have to be.
"The present Investigation has my sin
cere support. I desire that no stone be left
unturned to get down to the truth of the
whole problem. I am not only ready, but
would be pleased to testify aa a witness
before the Jury at any time."
Rumors persist that by the time the probe
Is finished there will have been such testi
mony given that Director Wilson will be
forced to retire Superintendent Robinson.
Assistant Director Davis, Captain Kenny
and former Vico Squad Chief Charles 7-.ee.
There also ia talk of extending the jury's
tune of sitting beyond August 4 in case the
probe Is not completed by then, and enough
aveiiuea of testimony have been opened to
make it possible to sit .for another month.
This matter will be brought to the attention
of Judge Rogers.
Mayor Smith himself Is very anxious to
tell some of the things his private Investi
gators have found out, and it is believed
Director Wilson' would like to take tho
stand.
yiCE NET SWEEPS BIG
CATCH INTENDERLOIN
City Hall Police Court Scene of
Many Hearings Following Po
lice Activity Saturday
Tho activity of the police against vice
continues, and as a result Magistrate
Mecieary was called upon in the Central
Police Court this morning to dispose of
several cases.
Jako Mellnkoff, a well-known character
of tho Tenderloin, who has given the police
considerable to do since his advent here,
had a hearing, charged with maintaining a
disorderly house at 448 North Franklin
street, and wis held In (600 ball for court.
He had no trouble in getting ball.
Dorothy Gilbert, who Bald she lived at
Riverside. N. J., who had been In prison
since Saturday night without a hearing, a
fact which aroused the Ire of her counsel,
C. Stuart Patterson, Jr., and caused him
to bitterly denounce the police, was fined
110 and costs for disorderly conduct The
woman had been arrested by Policeman
Brendley, of The vice squad, after she ac
costed him on the street The policeman
Mid a detainer had been lodged against
the -woman.
John Hennessy, of 1100 Diamond street
and Sadie Hall, who said she lived at 1303
Oreen street, were held for a further hear
tag charged with having drugs In their
possession.
Special Policeman CCNell, of the Eleventh
land Winter streets station, said he saw tha
man sell the woman some "dope" and she
ald him IS for it When the man was
searched. O'Nell says four cans of "dope"
and several other packages containing drugs
were found In his possession.
Helen Burns, of 1 Providence court
charged with stealing JS from Monroe D.
Southard, of Danville. Va., was held in J100
ball for court Detective Ernest of the
Eleventh and Winter streets station, said
J S. of the stolen money was found under the
mattress In tha woman's room.
Funeral for Poisoned Child
The funeral services for Mildred G. Allen,
S years old, JUT Baynton street. German
town, who died Saturday supposedly from
M.tinr a lolly-pop which contained poison
au. mtter. were held today at the Allen
lieroa. Burial was In Ivy HU1 cemetary.
Aaents of the State Board of Health and
tat State Dairy and Pood Commission will
tovceiigato tha causa ot tha child's death.
Br. Charles If. La Wall, State chemist,
will analyze tha candy.
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NOTES TO CANCEL
BRITISH BOYCOTT,
WILSON'S BELIEF
President Expects Suspen
sion of Blacklist, but Only
After Argument
POSITION WILL BE FIRM
Plain Talk, but No Threat
in Note to Great Britain
THE announcement
has been received with the moat
painful surprise by the people nnd
tho Government of tho United
States, nnd seems to embody n policy
of arbitrary interference with neu
tral trade, against which it is its
duty to protest in the most decided
terms,"
"The harsh nnd even disastrous
effects upon tho trade of the United
States and upon the neutral rights
upon which it will not fail to insist
are obvious."
"The possibilities of undeserved
injury to American citizens from
such measures, arbitrarily taken,
and of serious and incalculable in
terruptions of American trade are
without limit"
" The citizens of tho
United States aro within their rights
in attempting to trade with tho peo
ple or the Government of any of tho
nations now at wnr, subject only to
well - defined international under
standings and practices which tho
Government of the United States
deems the Government of Great
Britain to have too lightly and too
frequently disregarded.
"It is manifestly out of tho ques
tion that tho Government of tho
United States should acquiesce in
such methods of applications of pun
ishment to its citizens."
" but his Britannic
Majesty's Government ennnot ex
pect the Government of the United
States to consent to sco its citizens
put upon nn cx-parte blncklist with
out calling tho attention of His
Majesty's Government, in the grav
est terms, to the many serious con
sequences to neutral rights and neu
tral relations which such an act must
necessarily involve."
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN
WASHINGTON, July 31. The Adminis
tration confidently expects Great Britain to
withdraw her boycott ngalnst American
Arms. It Is expected that thcro will bo
considerable debate before this object Is at
tained, and that tho British Foreign Office-
will defend Its action to tho last, but
H the end the President feels certain this
country's warning will bo heeded.
Tho boycott note, sent forward last week
and made public today, makes It plain that
In no circumstances will tho United States
submit to tho creation of "an ox-pKrto
blacklist"
The protest while giving Great Britain
tho benefit of the doubt ,ln suggesting that
the blacklist was created "without a full
realization of tho many undeslred and un
desirable results that might ensue," makes
It plain that tho friendly relations between
the two Governments aro endangered by
tho act of the British Foreign Ofllce.
Another point emphasized, and one which
Is expected to become a factor in all of
tho relations, between thq United States
and tho various belligerents, la that citizens
of the United States are entirely within
their rights In attempting to trade with
belligerent nations, subject only to tho rul
ings of international law.
It was said In official circles today that
the Administration already had made It
plain to Sir Cecil Spring. Rice, the British
Ambassador, that ft would press the de
mands made in the protest to tho limit
The preliminary reply, suggested by the
British Ambassador to Acting Secretary of
State Polk, that the blacklist now was
completed and would not be extended, will
not be satisfactory to this Government
That la all right as far as It goes, but tho
demand of the United States, administra
tion officials say. Is that Great Britain
-withdraw Its blacklist against the firms
now under the ban.
The very fact that the blacklist already
has cost Americans millions of dollars in
the destruction of foreign affiliations which
have "been fostered for years" Is cited by
this Government as the chief reason why
the blacklist Immediately be withdrawn.
PATROL OF FOES KEEPS
DEUTSCHLANDINPORT
U-Boat Declines to Run Gauntlet
of Freighters and Motor
boats on Watch
BALTIMORE, July 31. -The tug
Thomas F. Timmins started its engines
this afternoon and began clearing away
the barges obstructing the passage of
the German supersubmarlne Deutsch
land, now snuggling at the foot of
Andree street. There is every indica
tion of immediate departure.
The Bremen will reach the three-mile
limit tonight, and then or early tomor
row the Deutschland will go down the
bay. This was "let slip" by a member
of the big U-boat's crew in saying "Auf
wiedersehen" to a friend on Locust
Point.
BAI.TIMOnE. Md., July 81, -- With a
fleet of allied freighters scattered over
Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and the
Virginia capes, and the coves and Inlets
of the bay dotted with allied motorboats,
the German submarine Deutschland today
further postponed her departure from Balti
more. Discouraged by his failure to get a Fed
eral revenue cutter to convoy his craft to
the open sea, Captain Paul Koenl? decided
upon further delay.
The Deutschland was; scheduled to leave
Baltimore last night Additional tugs to
aid the Thomas P. Timmins on the trip
down the bay had been ordered, but when
the time to sail came and more than a
score of big British freighters and tramps
were reponeu Between Baltimore docK and
the Cape Charles lightship the agents of
the Deutschland declined to risk the trip.
The tugs reported at the Deutschland's
dock, but they were sent back tp their
piers.
Today's shipping reports and the reDorts
of the German observers who are combing
Chesapeake Bay did not reassure Captain
Koenlff. In addition to the "mosquito fleet"
of fast allied motorboats for observation
purposes, they mentioned some two dozen
big British. French and Italian freighters
at Baltimore piers, anchored in Baltimore
harbor, cruising on the bay or berthed at or
about Hampton Itoads.
In every freighter Captain. Koenig sees
a potential "accident" which might send the
Deutachland and her crew to the bottom,
or at boat disable the undersea, craft for
Months. So h will take no chances, with
out ample protection. A further Oort will
re tjiivW f $ ft overmut thip to coa
voy VUe 1J. it.-iliwi to the Cape.
SCENE OP MIGHTY MUNITIONS EXPLOSION faHlCH ROCKED NEW YOUK
Black Tom Peninsula, whero the
Manhattan Island. On the right
DEATH AND DAMAGE WROUGHT
BY EXPLOSION OFF JERSEY CITY
rpHE cause Not definitely determined.
- Known dead Three. Twelve missing.
Tho injured 116. tf
DESTROYED BY EXPLOSIONS OR FIRES: '
Seventeen warehouses.
Six piers.
Four barges.
One tugboat.
Eighty-five freight cars, many of them loaded with munitions.
ESTIMATED PROPERTY DAMAGE:
On Black Tom Peninsula, National Storage Company, plant and
stores $12,000,000
Central Railroad of New Jersey 50,000
Lehigh Vnllcy Railroad 1,250,000
Ammunition in cars nnd barges 5,000,000
Moron Towing Company barges 60,000
Other barges and cargoes 200,000
Total $18,560,000
In Greater New York (mostly plate glass) $300,000
In-Jersey City (mostly windows) 250,000
On Ellis Island 100,000
On Bedloc's Island, whero Statue of Liberty is located 160,000
Now Jersey points outside of Jersey City nnd Black Tom Pcninsuln 150,000
Grand total damage $19,510,000
RESPONSIBILITY FOR CATASTROPHE:
Four inquiries to fix responsibility under wny by
The Federal Government (under law regarding interstate transportation
of explosives).
Jersey City (under municipalities explosive regulations).
The rnilroads, (to fix blame, if any. among their own employes).
The police authorities around Black Tom.
ARRESTS MADE SO FAR:
Albert M. Dickman, Lehigh Valley Railroad agent, station on Black
Tom Peninsula.
Alexander Davison, superintendent of the National Storage Company's
property on Black Tom Peninsula.
Warrant hns been issued for arrest of Theodore B. Johnson, president
Johnson Lighterage Company.
All three men charged with "criminal and gross negligence in pausing
death of one of the known victims of the explosion.
MILLIONS DAMAGE, THREE DEAD
IN EXPLOSION OFF JERSEY CITY
Continued from Faze One
INJURED.
JAMES ALLEN. 21 IUver atreet. noaton: wvere
laceration and contusion ot the entire bodv.
FttANK CONNIFP, flreman on Bnslne No. II.
FRANCIS CONNELLY. 10 ytara old. of boat
r!itat A Co t In Jcrney City hospital, shock.
JOHN 1IEINTZ, rtrcman on Enslna No. 10
l'BTEIt HACETA. St ears old. Is West Slity-
flfth street. New York city, burns on head.
nEOltOE SCHAMM. fireman on Truck No, 0.
More than forty persons are receiving
treatment for injuries in their homes or
hospitals today. Numerous inquiries have
been made for persons unaccounted for
since the explosion, but the police list of
missing narrowed down today to 12. Tho
ruins of the buildings wrecked by tho blast
are being searched for the recovery of ad
ditional bodies.
Early today It had been Impossible to
make anything like a systematic Inspec
tion of conditions on the Island. At that
time, however, the full effect of tho blasts
was seen. The buildings there were shat
tered and torn. Barges tied at the pier
were shattered, their upper parts being torn
away.
On the Jersey shore lay all that remained
of many lighters after they had been eaten
by (lames. When they caught fire and
threatened other shipping nearby they were
set loose to burn up.
STOItAGC VIOLATIONS.
It Is alleged there were many violations of
the Federal law In the manner of storing
ammunition at Black Tom Island and the
way It was handled there.
United States District Attorney J. War
ren Davis Is said to have secured the help
of a number of the best men In the Gov
ernment Secret Service to Investigate these
violations. The Inquiry may result In ac
tion by the Department of Justice.
The Jersey City police assert there were
many tons of dunlte In the warehouses on
the Island. This Is the -most powerful and
destructive explosive known In this
country.
In commenting on the arrests In connec
tion with tho case. Chief of Police Frank
Monahan, of Jersey City, said today;
'These men were subordinates. They did
yhat they had to. We shall try to reach
the men responsible."
That the loss of life was remarkably small
as compared with what might be expected
from such tremendous explosions was com
mented on by the Jersey City authorities.
A number of firemen from that city probably
owe their lives to tho fact that their hose
buckled. They had gone to the point where
the kink was when the first explosion oc
curred, leaving only two men at the nozzle.
Those two men were blown SO feet.
RUINS STILL. AFIBE.
Fire is burning on part of the wreckage
today. Firemen said that a week would
pass before the flames will burn themselves
out Every few minutes the blaze reaches
one of tha many unexploded three-Inch
shells that are scattered about and a sharp
report follows. For the most part, the
sharpnel files in the air.
The scene of the explosion Is like a bit
of western front in France. About twenty
eight acres have been gouged out to a
depth of 30 to 4P feet, and water from the
bay la making a lake of the hole. What
ever stood on the ground there was blown
to atoms. Twisted pieces of steel and not
many of them remain to suggest what
happened.
Of the twenty-flve storage houses which a
few hours ago stretched a mile along Black
Tom Island and the filled. In ground that
connected It with the mainland only four
and a half are left. One great concrete
grain elevator stands also, but Its Interior
Is ruined and there Is doubt If the walls
can be used again
There is a likelihood, In the opinion of
firemen and officials, that all of the dead
will never be accounted for. The explosion
that destroyed the cars and buildings and
excavated the acres of land, without doubt
blew some workmen to bits. The bodies of
such as were blown, into the bay will ap
pear again in a few days.
SAVING TUB PIECES.
The Jersey City police have drawn a line
about the approach to the scene of the ex
plosion through which no one can pass
without giving a good account of himself.
A seqtQ ot policemen remained at the scene
under Lieutenant Shugrue all night and this,
disaster occurred, projects into New York bay from the Jersey shore. In the foreground is Jersey City. On the left is
is Staten Island. As the map indicates, tho whole area is so densely populated it is a matter of wonder that there
was not greater loss of life.
morning their places were taken by others
under Inspector Lennan.
The salvage of millions of dollars worth
of merchandise began early, when C. D.
JacobH, general supervisor of the depart
ment of bridges and buildings of tho Le
high Valley Jtnllroad nrrlvod with three
work trains and 600 laborers. Ho first
looked after J2.000.000 worth of grain
which remained In barges beside tho ruined
grain elevator. Ills forces will be In
creased by 500 more men within a few
hours. He said that In the destroyed ware
house 15,000,000 worth of fine Havana to
bacco, assigned to Germany, was stored.
This tobacco was to have been shipped
abroad as soon as war conditions would
permit. It, however, formed only a small
part of the contents of tho buildings.
wiinitE blast occuimno.
Black Tom peninsula Is situated at th
bulging end of a lone nenlnsula thnt lutn
about three miles of Communlpaw, slightly
south of Jersey City, and south of Ellis
Island and tho small plot of land In New
York harbor on which the Statue of Liberty
stands. (While Black Tom Isltnd Is really
a peninsula, ft retains the name "Island."
Much of It Is "made land.") Had the ex
plosion occurred on the mainland of either
the N6W York ar Jersey coasts the shock,
officials said, would have been much more
violent.
As It was the giant concussion pushed
In windows five and six miles away, and
the shock that was carried to Manhattan
rocked giant skyscrapers and monster
apartment buildings as far uptown as 160th
street as though a great hand clutched
the rock foundations of the city and shook
them. .
BRITISH PLANE ROUTS
ZEPPELIN IN BATTLE
Spectacular Fight Thirty Miles
Off English Coast Reported
by Admiralty
LONDON, July si.
A British aeroplane early today attacked
and defeated a Zeppelin airship In a battle
30 miles off the east coast of England.
The details of the battle are contained
In an official statement issued by the Brit
ish Admiralty this afternoon.
The text follows:
At 5:15 o'clock this morning one of
our aeroplanes pursued and attacked a
Zeppelin 30 miles off the east coast.
The pilot fired two trays of ammunition
Into the Zeppelin when he was tern,
porarlly Incapacitated by a part of the
machine flying and stunning1 him. The
Zeppelin was nowhere to be seen when
the pilot regained consciousness. lie
was, therefore, forced to return.
It is believed that the airship was on its
way to bombard the British coast when it
was sighted In the North Sea. In spite
of the heavier armament of the big dlrlg-
Die, me pilot or tne aeroplane did not hesi
tate, but plunged at once Into the attack.
The Zeppelin was sighted shortly after
dawn, which la an unusual time for the
German aircraft to visit England. All the
raids In the past have been made at night,
most of them just before or shortly after
midnight
It is becoming Increasingly difficult for
German alrshlpa to reach England unde
tected, for a vigilant patrol of the skies,
as well ai the waters off the shores of
England, Is now being maintained by the
British Admiralty.
Reading Minister Engaged
READING, Pa., July 31. Announcement
was made hers today of the engagement of
the Itev. George A. Bear, a Reformed cler
gyman of Saxton, Pa., and Miss Helen A.
Schmoyer, daughter of Thoroaa A,
Bchmoyer, of this city The wedding will
take place, within the next month. Tha
couple will locate at Saxton, where the,
prospective trldegroom la pastor of tha Bo
formed Church.
IIAIG REPORTS NEW
GAINS FOR BRITISH
Contlnned from I'ate One
ville wood, has been n death trap for
thousands.
Tho French took Gorman trenches
from Hnrdecourt to Hill 130 on n front
from 300 to 800 meters deep. Besides,
they pressed forward to the outskirts
of tho villago of Maurepas, east of
Hardecourt, and took positions north
of tho village of Hem, which is south
of Maurepas. These were held against
counter-attacks of the utmost vigor.
BRITISH PUSH FORWARD
AND STIFFEN NEW LINES
OCCUPIED ON SUNDAY
LONDON, July 31.
Further British ndvanco at points north
of Bazcnttne-lciPctlt was announced by
General Sir Douglas Halg today.
"As tho result of local encounters," ho
said, "our posts h.io advanced at points
north of Bazentlno-lo-Fetlt"
There was a cessation last night of tho
hoay fighting east of Waterlot Farm nnd
Trones Wood, between tho Ancre and
Sommo Rivers.
British troops spent the night strength
ening and organizing the positions cap
turoil on Sunday, and no new situation
developed.
The following Is the text of the official
report Issued by tho War Office:
The night was spent In Improving tho
positions which were gained yester
day. No now situation has developed.
As tho result of local encauntors
wo advanced at points on the plateau
north of Bazentlne-le-Petlt.
Bazcntlne-le-Petlt lies between Pozlcrcs
nnd Foreaux Wood.
Tho Joint Anglo-French drive was re
sumod on a sovcn-mlle front north of tho
Sommo yesterday, and all along tho I'ne
from Delvlllo wood to the river the Ger
mnns were driven back from a qunrter to
a half of a mile.
Desperate counter-attacks were repulsed,
alt the ground taken was held, and as n
result today the British lines nro to the
cast of tho Waterlot farm and tho Trones
wood, just under the edgo of Gutllcmont,
and the French have cleared tho Monacu
farm, Hem, tho wood and quarry north of
It, and have reached the outskirts of Muu
repas. Tho Allies took more thnn 460 pris
oners and Inflicted heavy losses
It was to the French that the bulk of
tho day's honors fell. Charging In the
early morning, they drove tho Gerfnnnn
from a complete system of trenches five
miles long, and In places a hnlf mile deep.
Thoro had been tho usual heavy artillery
preparation, and they found little left of
tho Oerman trenches which they could turn
to their own use. But they Immediately
dug In, and when the fterco counter-attacks
came were ready. The fighting Is reported
desperate, particularly near the Monacu
farm.
JESUITS ASSIGNED
TO NEW CHARGES
Several Changes Announced for
Old St. Joseph's and the
Church of the Gesu
Currently with the annual solemnization
of tho Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola on Run
day several Important changes In the clergy
of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, "Wllllng's
alley, and the Church of the Gesu, Eigh
teenth and Stiles streets, are announced to
day, Tho Bev. Thcobold M. McNamara will
go to Fordham University from St. Joseph's
Church. Father MoNamara has been at St.
Joseph's for the past threo years. He Is
well known In this city, having been
formerly connected with the Church of the
Gesu. He was the director of the Rosary
Society and the Society for the Propagation
of the Faith at St. Joseph's.
The Ilev. John D, Butter, S. J goes from
St. Joseph's to St. Aloyslus" Church,
Leonardsvllle, Md. Father Butler Is also
well known here, having come from the
Church of the Gesu several years ago. Ha
was director of the Societies of St. Vin
cent de Paul and St. John Berchmans
Altar Boys' Society.
, The third vacancy at St. Joseph's will be
made by the call of the Rev, Arthur Hart,
R. J who -will go to Brooklyn. He Is
assigned to St. Francis Xavler's Church In
that city. Father Hart came to St, Joseph's
from Poughkeepsle, N, Y., about two months
ago.
The Ilev. James Casey, S. J., of the
Church of the Oesu, has been assigned to
fill one of the vacancies at St, Joseph's,
while the Itev. Henry P, White, S. J., an
Instructor In St. Peter's College, Jersey
City, will All one of the other vacancies.
The changes In the clergy of the Church
of the Oesu and the faculty of St. Joseph's
College are aa follows:
The Rev. James F Casey, S. J., Is trans
ferred to St. Joseph's Church, Willlng'a
alley; the Rev. E. F. Gallagher, 8. J., to
St. Aloyslus Church, Leonardtown, Md. ;
the Rev. Joseph J, Prendergast, S. J., to St.
Mary's Boston; the Rev, F. M. Lupl, S. J.,
to Church if St. Ignatius Loyola, New York,
N. Y.; the Rev. H. A. Dalton. S. J., and
the Rev. E. P, Duffy, S. J., to St, Andrew.
on-Hudson, Poughkeepsle, N, Y,
Messrs. J. F. McNally, S. J, J O, A. Storck,
S. J., and H. P. Wennerberg. S. J to
Woodstock College, Maryland; Mr, George
A. Connors, S. J., to Georgetown University,
Washington, D, C.
The pew members of the faculty are
the Rev. Hugh A. Gaynor, S. J., from
Brooklyn College, New York; the Rev.
Charles J. Hennessy, S. J from Woodstock
College, Maryland; the Rev. Eugene T.
Kennedy, S. J., from St. Androw's-on-Hud-son.
Poughkeepsle, N. Y., and the Rev,
Alphonsua WeU, S. J., from Holy Trinity
Church, Boston, Mass.
No changes are announced among the
parish fathers except the addition of the
Rev Ferdinand Muth, S. J.
The full complement Includes the Rev.
Joseph P O'Reilly, S. J J the Rev. Michael
A. O'Kant, 3. J.; the Rev Edward P.
Splllane, B- J.f the Rev. William F. Oan
non, B. J ; the Rev. Patrick Quill, 8. 3. ; the
Rev Robert J. Tracy, S. J., and the Rev.
Ferdinand Muth. 8. J.
The changes wera announced by the Very
Rev. Anthony Moss, Provincial of the So
clety of Jesus In the East,
The Feast pf St Ignatius Loyola w!Jl pa
soteiuaUed on Sunday to all the churches,
f-
MISS LIBERTY'S GOWN
RIPPED BY EXPLOSION;
HER INJURIES TRIFLING
Statue's Escape in Terrific Ex
plosion Only One of Many
Freaks of Disaster Doors
Wrenched Off
POLICEMAN UNDRESSED
New York Explosion
Caused Many "Freaks"
rpHE blnst wn3 felt in Lancaster,
Pa., 158 mtlea from Ncv York.
John Pnvclskl and Mnry Wcllnski
hnd just been mnrried nnd were sit
ting at tho bridal breakfast tabic.
When the blast enmo nil tho guests
fled, but tho nowlyweds rcmnined at
tho head of the table.
Slivers of broken glass from tho
windows of n Brooklyn restaurant
made a watermelon look like n
porcupine.
Blnst wrenched n night stick from
Patrolman Kachlcr's hand in New
York.
Ripped shoe from left foot of Ed
ward Schnefcr, police patrol driver.
A typewriter, thrown from the second-floor
office of a West Side
building, was found intact.
Hundreds of clocks stopped
around 2:08 a. m., tho time of tho
explosion.
NEW YORK, July 31. Miss Liberty's
gown was torn a llttlo and some of her akin
was punctured by shrapnel but tho famous
statuo of Bodloe's Island today was found
to be surprisingly free from Injury, con
sidering Its location, loss thnn a mile from
Ulnck Tom Island. Mnny freakish Inci
dents wcro roportcd horo and clsewhcro.
The main door giving cntrnnco to tho
baso of tho Status of Liberty was wrenched
off Its hlncen as If by a glnnt hand; tho
Iron cover of a powder mngazlnc was torn
nwnyj nil doors wero crushed In and prob
ably a hundred bolts Joining the plates
which compoeo the gigantic flguro were
broken or sheared off. A numbor of angle
bars were twisted. It wan some caprice
of tho exploding foreeH that left tho giant
figure almost untouched.
Thero were lots of other freakish stunts
which tho explosive forces did In nnd around
New York and lots of freakish things
which people did under stress of the ex
citement Hero are a few:
John D. Rockefeller, up at Pocantleo Hills.
was awakened by the explosion, got up and
tried to And out where tho "earthquake"
was located.
Pollcoman Henry Doherty, patrolling tho
waterfront In Jersey City, found himself In
the water with every stitch of his clothes
stripped from him except a sort of breech
clout Charles Cutler, bargeman, way hurled
high Into the air and landed safely and
softly In a car of borax.
Immigrants at Ellis Island wero thank
ful for what wns apparently a rain of
heavy sheepskin lined overcoats. Nobody
knows where they came from.
Not a solitary window In tho 12-story
building occupied by the New York Plate
Olass Insurance Company, which will have
to pay millions In Insurance for smashed
windows In and around New York, was
broken, although those In nearly eery
building around wore shattered.
A Janitor In a building far downtown for
got to close the windows In the structure
when he left Saturday noon. His forgetful
ness saved the glass. The windows In every
other building nearabout were broken.
6000 RICHMOND FOLK
GO TO SHORE FOR DAY
Almost Whole Section, Led by
Westmoreland Republican Club,
Makes Excursion
Six thousand men, women and children
who live In Richmond are seeking relief
from the heat today at the seashore.
Completely filling seven trains, they left
early this morning for Atlantic City a
happy, smiling lot, Joyous over the prospect
of a day free from the cares of toll and the
heat of the city,
The exodus began at t o'clock. The
excurslonosts left from the stations at
Front and Norrls streets and Allegheny
and Trenton avenues. They were headed
by Magistrate William J. Campbell, presl.
dent of the Westmoreland Republican Club,
of the Twenty Fifth Ward.
The excursionists, envied by every one
of the stay-at-homes In the section, were
the guests of the club. In all 80 cars were
required to transfer the Rlchmondltes from
their homes to the seashore. It was one
of the biggest excursions that ever left that
part of the city.
Many industrial establishments were
short of help today, for virtually every one
Invited accepted the invitation, regardless
of consequences. Many storekeepers closed
their establishments to participate In the
fun.
TOO LATE yOK ClABSltlCATlON
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lim Cemetery Train leaves Urged Htreet 8ta.
iton for Queen Lane at 10.18, AutomoXlU
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Jtrmc'lAWALOIlON. Superior of tha BlV
tera of Mercy in tha 8sd year of hep u.
emn reuulem nuae will Le held la tha cbape
tba convent at Broad etreet and Columbia
sue on WMneaday Auuet t, at 8 a.
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lot
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Boiemo pQoiioeu requieat maae wui
mlr nlafw
in w cuapai vj in room
Thursday at 10 a, m
sod raUseua. relative
notbarhoua at Merlon on
m The. reverend cUror
VA and frlenAa nrl th.
alumnaa oita MUUre of Merry are Invited to
attend. Interment la the convent ceujtttry.
SB Q
.uxaicr ui iuuiaa ,p, ana lo lata ur. xeon
. Jlrmatronir aaed 21 veara. Helativ nH
rule of the family tr Invited In atr,n iKa
ral aervlcea, on wedneaday, at 10:30 a. nt.
aa.
RUSSIANS REACH
POINT 25 MILES
FROM KOVEL BASE
Fighting in Progress West
of Stokhod River Near
Railway Crossing
STANISLAU NEAR FALL
The double victory of tho Czar'a
troops at Brody and west of Lutsk,
coupled with the renewed offensive of
General Letchitsky on tho Dniester, has
put von Bothmer's forces along tha
Strlpa in a position from which they
will have difficulty in extricating them
selves. Already, apparently, tho Aua
trians aro exposed to flank assaults. In
tho north General Sakharoff is nearer
Lemberg than von Bothner, and only
the speedy retirement of tho latter
toward tho Gallclan capital, with tho
defense of which he is intrusted, can
save him from rear attacks and pos
sible envelopment
Tho chief danger to tho Teutons in
tho Russians' double drivo lies in tho
interdependence of Kovel and Lemberg.
As soon as one falls nothing can savo
the other. Consequently tho Austrinns
and Germans cannot concentrato their
forces at a single point. They must
bo just as strong on the lino between
Kovel and Lemberg as at tho towns
themselves, for a front cannot break
at one pdlnt without imperiling all
other points.
GERMAN RETIREMENT FROM
STOKHOD REND IMPERILS
GERMAN BASE AT KOVEL
FETnOGRAD. July 31. By tho with
drawal of tho Germans from tho bend of
tho Stokhod River tho Russians of Gen
eral Brusnuoff'n Volhynla nrmtes havo been
able to press forward until they nro now
within 25 miles of tho great German baso
at Kovel. Violent fighting Is In progress
west of the river nnd south of Hulewltschl,
which lies on the stream at tho point where
tho Kovel-Klcv Railway lino crosses.
While tho Russians are pounding away
with renewed lgor In Volhynla thoro Is
no lessening of the pressuro In Gnllcto. A
retirement of the army of General von
Bnthmor from tho Strlpa la expected forth
with, for tho advance of the Russians north
and south of tho positions held by Gen
eral on Bothmor Is putting tho Austro
Gcrman forco In danger of bolng cut oft
completely.
It Is believed that Stnnlslau Is on the
point of being taken by the Russians. Late
ndvlccH from the front Btnte that tho Rus
sians wero less than ten miles from the
Austro-IIungnrlan base and v.vro moving
steadily forward.
Furious hand-to-hand oncountcra and
cavalry dashes havo succeeded massed In
fantry and artillery operations along tha
hundred-mile front In Volhynla and north
ern Gallcla which the Russians have smash
ed. The Russian advance all along the line
Is procedlng, with tho Teutonic forces
rapidly falling bnck to new defenses near
Kovel.
General Brusslloff'n troops now hold vir
tually the wholo of tho Stokhod line. Only
at Isolated places have tho Germans nnd
Austrinns been able to hold out against tha
terrlflo onslaughts of the last several days,
nnd these they aro expected to abandon as
soon na the danger of flank or rear attacks
becomes moro pronounced.
The wedge which tho Russians drove
through tho enemy's lines nt Ilulevttchl al
most due east of Kovel has compelled the
forces of von Llnfilngcn to withdraw from
the salient formed to the south by the curvo
In the Stokhod
"The withdrawal had been planned for
a long time," Is tha statement mada by Ber
lin last night Berlin also announces the
rcpuiso with severe loosen of Russian at
tacks along this whole front
The Russian armies continue to push for.
ward at other points where tho opening of
breaches In the Teuton lines would seri
ously menace Important districts and towns.
Northwest of Buczacz. south of Brody, and
In the direction of Stanlslau. tho Austrian
lines are being subjected to the most power
ful pressure and In spots have crumpled In
before the Russian onslaughts.
South ot the Dniester, whero the battle
Is on In earnest for the first time since the
floods of early summer prevented the con
tinuation of actions, the Russian wave has
Mowed over the Austrian advanced lines
nnd la pounding furiously at the second
lines east of Tlumach.
AUSTRIAN'S ADMIT RETREAT
INSIDE REND OF STOKHOD
RIVER AFTER SLAVS' ATTACKS
BERLIN, July 31, Austro-Hungarlan
headquarters In a report under date of
July 30 state that the Russians In Volhynla
nnd Gallcla reattached with the greatest
lolence, assault following assault both day
and night Most of the attacks were
repulsed.
Tho official communication, which was re
ceived here today, follows:
"Battles In cast Gallcla and Volyhnla con
tinuo with undiminished violence. In east
Gallcla, northwest of Kolomea and west
and northwest of Buczacz a bitter struggle
has developed. The enemy hs,s continued
attacks day and night, but all failed with
very heavy losses. Also between the
Stokhod River and Berestsczko the Rus.
slans attacked, but In spite of their great
losses they achieved no success. In most
cases the attacks were stopped by an
artillery Are. While the Russians entered
temporarily In our trenches west of Luck,
they" were ejected by counter-attacks.
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mi or
IIOVT. On July 30 1918, at Sprln Lake U
J.EMMA ALLEN HOTT, Serv(d?a " TuiJ:
day. Auru.t 1. at S p m.. at lOd Paale
avenue. . Sprtns Lake. N. J. Interment on
Wedneaday Ajuruit 2, at' Ivy Hill Cemetery,
Qermantown. Pa . at 18 o'clock noon. "'
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portunlty to the rlht men: ;Lte experience,
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