&
BIG CROWD FAIIJS
TO SEE CHILDREN
CURED OF PLAGUE
i I an
Little Convalescent Taken
From Hospital to Wynne-
field-Still Crippled
PARENTS TAKE OTHERS
But four Homes Are Dark
Where Scourge Has Taken
Lives
Seven tittle victims o Infantile paralysis
.who "weathered the storm" were taken to
day from the Philadelphia Hospital for
Contagious Diseases to the Children's Hos
pital branch at "Wynneneld, prepared to
receive the convalescents.
No one was allowed to see the little
convalescent!) as. they were bundled Into
fln ambulance that called at the hospital
door shortly before noon. A crowd of
curious men and women waiting at the
,lodge gate craned their necks for a sight
of the first "recovered" victims, but their
curiosity was' not appeased.
The children, who still are crippled, will
be treated with every device known to scl
'ence. Mrs. J. "Willis Martin, of the emer
gency aid committee, announced today that
inquiries as to the best means of treating
the convalescents havo been sent to 20 or
ganizations, including the Rockefeller In
stitute. At the same time the children
were being conveyed to the country hos
pital, a further contribution of $293 for
the hospital fund was announced.
, Those sent to the Wynneneld Convales
cent Hospital:
JOSEPH KARUAL.
d months old. 204'? Stamp-
era strut.
THEODORE ANOEf,ES.
Is months eld. 251
Bourn Eierentn street.
IIARRX BRILL. 14 months old. 403 aaaklll
street.
WILLIE RUBENSTEIN. tS months old. Bit Fed
eral street.
ROCCO 6T1PPA, 7 months old. 1007 South
Twelfth street.
ALBERT THORPE. .1 years old, 3119 C street.
FLORENCE ALEXANDER. 5 years old. 1930
East Erie avenue.
SEV'KN sent home.
The little convalescents were not the
first to leave the confines of the hospital
at, Second and Luzarno Btreets. Seven
others, more lucky than they, were sent
home quietly by the physicians yesterday.
It was announced today. Six homes, for
two of the patients were brother and sister,
thereby were brightened only as homes can
bo brightened by happy contrast with
homes where the plague did Its worst.
Tho seven tiny patients passed through
the ordeal of paralysis unscathed except
for weakness. It is probable that In after
years, when they havo grown Into men and
, -women, no -traco of the paralysis or its
after effects will remain, physicians said.
The "lucky seven" sent home:
MART UA.LDINO. 18 months old. 1320 South
Camac street.
GERTRUDE DINAN. 6 months old. 403T North
Sixth street.
HKU1.NA
NEILSON,
months old.
128 West
wisnart street.
ABRAHAM HOUOSSKI.
CLAYTON SPE.N'QLER. 8 years old. 414 North
Fifty-ninth street.
ALICE TYLER. 30 months old, 2813 North
Falrhlll street.
RICHARD TYLER. TH years old. 2813 North
Falrhlll street.
A discordant note In the constructive
.work of curing the victims was struck br
the report of additional deaths and new
Victims claimed by the plague today. There
were four deaths and three new cases, rais
ing the totals to 112 deaths and 383 cases.
The deaths:
MILDRED MILLER. 21 months old. 2044 Flora.
stroet.
JOSEPH JACKSON 15 months old. 803 North
Twtnty-sUth atreet.
HELEN HOLT. 4 years old, 329 Horton atreet.
ROBERT 3IALONE, 3 yeara old. 084S Matthew
atreet.
The Miller case was newly reported to
day. The other new cases:
FLORENCE LASKET. 11 months old. 2214 West
Louden street.
ROBERT LOUGHERT. 26 months old. 2248
West Louden atreet.
SCHOOL OPENING POSTPONED
A request that the school officials of
this city co-operate with the health au
thorities In the proposed postponement of
the school opening September 5 came today
from Doctor Samuel G. Dixon, State Health
Commissioner, at Harrlsburg.
The message from Doctor Dixon to Henry
R. Edmunds, president of the Board of
Public Education, was In -the form of a
query as to whether or not he would be
willing to defer the opening of the schools.
President Edmunds, who already has de
clared himself as willing to take any steps
the health authorities consider necessary,
at once took steps to get Into touch with
Dr. John P. Garber, superintendent of
schools, who Is. at Buck Hill Falls.
September 18 Is the date set for the open
ing of schools, according to the present
plan. The health authorities are consider
ing extending the no-school period should
the epidemic fall to decrease in violence.
Chicago Schools Open September 5
CHICAGO. Aug, 25. With all danger of
a general Infantile paralysis epidemic be
lieved to be passed. Chicago public schools
will open as usual September 5. There are
still cases of the disease scattered about
the city.
St. Paul Takes Precautions
ST PAUL. Minn., Aug. 25. Approximate
ly 44,000 school children will be examined
for symptoms of Infantile paralysis before
entering school this year, the State Board
of Health ordered today. Entrance to
schools will be denied children who have
not been examined.
Fort Wayne to Defer Opening
FORT WAYNE, Ind . Aug. 25, City
health authorities today asked both public
and parochial schools to defer their open
ings until October 2 because of the feared
infantile paralysis epidemic here. There
are now six cases In the city.
CITY MAY WIN CONVENTION
Committee of Chiropractors Will In
vite Associates to Come Here
An effort to bring the next annual con
vention of the Universal Chiropractors As
sociation to this city in 1917 will be made
by nina women and J J man, who will leave
her tomorrow for Davenport, Iowa, to at
tend the third annual lyceum and convention
which will be held next week in the western
city.
Those who will comprise the party In
clude Mrs. B. S. Asiy. D. C: Josephine
Belt D. C. ; Mrs. John A. Fischer. M. D.,
. C. ; Lillian M. Lynch, D. C. ; Mrs. Gar
rett C Pogue, D. C. ; Mrs. LaForest Potter,
u, v, , Mrs. xi. a. unoaas. wr. Charles
Stuart and Marlon Stuart,
The leader of the party will be Dr. A. VT.
Marchand. It was organized by the con
vention bureau of the Philadelphia Cham
ber of Commerce and thiy are well sup
plied with literature.
P, O. S, OF A. ENDS SESSION
een 1 n 1 i. .. si
New
President to Build
ganUation .
Up Or-
The Vs P. O. 8. of A. convention Is over,
and the unJforraad figures are not to b seen
on tha street today. Most of the members
wha attended the convention Jsft for home
tftl JJMJTRjBg.
Kxt yr' convention will be held at
WUkw-Bajre. Meanwhile the nr prfsl
Ut. m & Clark, of Pittsburgh, will en.
to, build up the organization. lie
ymatm tv organise a, camp ia wtry bl
community in Pennsylvania.
2
For Sake of Democrats
Don't Strike, Says Marshall
WASHINGTON, Auff. 25.
VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL
thinks tho threatened railroad
strike should be settled at all costs.
Here's the way ho viewed the situ
ation today t
"Justice Hughes is way out West
making- speeches. Railroad tlc-up at
this time would maroon him out
there, preventing his scheduled
speeches in the East. This would
give his eastern campaign managers
their one chance to carry the East
for him. We Democrats must pre
vent such a calamity."
TRAINMEN STAND PAT
ON COMPROMISE PLAN
Continued from Pare One
men question discussed by farmers,
stock raisers, dairymen and merchants.
Please get as many of these classes
ns possible In vour town and vicinity
to send telegrams rush to President
Wilson, at Washington, urgently re
questing him to settle tho controversy
by arbitration Telegrnms should show
business of tho sender. These tele
grams are to be paid for from station
funds and statement sent mo or
voucher your credit. I want you to
send copies theBe telegrams to me by
wire as soon as transmitted to the
President, using our own wires for this.
Might be welt to have some of the
most prominent signers send message
to their Congressmen and Senators In
Washington. In addition to those sent
to President Wilson. This Is cry .Im
portant and must be given preference
over normal business today.
DEMANDS OF UNION
Lee told the President that this proved
conclusively. In his opinion, that the mes
sages reaching Washington Indorsing the
position of the railroad heads was "manu
factured." He also said that all of the
committeemen were receiving demands
from their locals either to stand pat on the
President's original proposition or to break
off negotiations If the roads will not yield,
and go through with the original strike
program.
The President made no new suggestions
to the brotherhood chiefs, but sounded them
out on a proposal that had been made to
him by certain of tho railway executives,
which would provide for acceptance of tho
eight-hour day, but would make the basis
for payment the present compensation for
nine hours Instead of ten as at present.
This would have tho effect of "splitting
the difference" and would save the rail
roads half of the amount It was figured
that the President's plan would cost.
It Is understood the President simply
suggested this proposition to the four
brotherhoods' heads, but did not press It
when he found that they considered it
entirely out of the question.
The President told tho men of tho various
conferences ho has held with the railroad
chiefs and counseled the utmost patience.
He made it plain that all of the efforts
to bring about a peaceful settlement would
be ruined If the "hot heads" were per
mitted to assume control of the situation.
When the brotherhood leaders left the
White House they told the President they
would report to the full committee all that
had occurred and would keep in close touch
with the White House.
In their secret conference In their hotel
the railway presidents and managers
threshed out the situation. Radical dif
ferences of opinion exist among the rail
way executives and today's meeting, at
which, for the first time, all outsiders were
barred, was an effort to see whether united
nction cannot be forced and the present
aimless milling ended.
OPPOSE EIGHT-HOUR DAT.
The committee of eight has not at any
time agreed to accept such an eight-hour
day. When It has been discussed In general
conference, sentiment against It has been
crushing. Only general Ideas have been
advanced.
Individual presidents have voiced opin
ions, but thus far these have not been
crystallized Into a concrete plan, and no
opinion yet voiced could command approval
of a majority of the executives.
A suggestion of some eight-hour day plan,
together with assurances of remedial legis
lation, was turned down when It was ad
mitted that there were only "promises" of
such legislative help, with nothing tangible
possible at this Congress.
As the subcommittee of eight resumed
Its deliberations the two questions upper
most In the minds of the executives were:
Will the President stop with his pres
ent plan of settlement, and If not, how
far will he compromise?
Will the employes actually strike If
the railroads turn down the President's
proposition while offering at the same
time to agree to the theory of the
eight-hour day and to put some shorter
day program into effect?
There appears to be no change in the
determination of a majority of the greater
systems and most of the smaller ones to
oppose any settlement based on the eight
hour day with ten hours' pay, as proposed
by the President. An eight-hour day with
the present eight hours' pay and some stipu
lation for overtime would be accepted by
them Instanter
Contending that acceptance of the Presi
dent's offer would mean merely "passing the
enormous burden of cost to the public,"
President C. R. Gray, of the Western Mary
land, today added his protest to the accumu
lating list, and sad:
"We would be both cowardly and un
true in both our public and private rela
tionships if we did this merely as the easiest
way out. We, too, answer to the public,
and we are not yet satisfied that the pub
lic or even a respectable majority,
countenance our surrender."
President Willard, of the Baltimore and
Ohio, Is working hard.
"You're working too hard, Dan," Presl
dent Underwood, of the Erie, told him last
night. "There's no great rush about this.
I've got to leave for o. meeting of my board
of directors Saturday night, but I'll come
back again Monday."
BILLY PAUSES HERE
IN FIGHT AGAINST VICE
Continued from Fate One
glad hand. After the brief reception an
Informal luncheon was served.
Billy, although he has lost none of his
old-time ginger, appeared a trifle tired.
"Feel great, boys!" he gushed as peo
ple pressed on all sides for a handshake.
"You see, I hve left my fur coat behind.
I've got x coat of tan instead. Colly! I'd
hate even to think of warm clothes these
days. Looks as though I'd have a hot
time enough without Old Sol trying to get
me, too.
"The fact i. boys, that I am tired. I've
just had a. dandy trip In the Thousand
Islands, but every place I go people expect
me to speak, and I'm worn to a frazzle. I
have to speak this afternoon at the armory
in Trenton and again tonight In Ocean
Grove. I hoped that the campaign would
not open there until Sunday."
When told of tha rumors of vice In As.
bury Park, which la known as one of the
strictiit communitias in the country
'Billy" said he had no definite informa.
tlon on the subject, but would wallop the
devil thera with hi usual punch.
He flatly refused to comment on the re
cent vice ral4 here. "Nothing doing!" he
said, with a wave of hit hand. But when
asked U he favored a segregated vice dlsi
trtet, he Mid he did not "Decidedly no,"
he said.
"A- segregated vice district (a an Indorse
ment of vice. I do not favor a segregated
vice district any more than I would favor
a, district where one could go and hire
ytggmeo, cutthroat and thieves,"
EVENING" LEDaKR -
City News in Brief
The steamthlp Erlcnon, of the Erleaaon
Line, was beached today In the Delaware.
Canal, seven miles from Delaware City,
when a large hole was stove In her bot
tom. Her 65 passengers, who were asleep
In their berths, were rescued without dif
ficulty. John Karano, of Amerlc n and Somerde't
streets, who pleaded guilty last Tuesday
beforo Judgo McMlchael to a charge ot
assault nnd battery with Intent to kill his
wife. Llz2:o Kavano, of 2859 Orkney street,
was today sentenced to six months In the
county prison.
On Information obtnlned from those
caught In the gang of Oermantown thieves
Wednesday night James Kane, 20 years old.
6920 Baynton street, was found by Detec
tives Corry and McFarland In Vernon Park
Ho was held with the o-li. .a of the gang
without bail for a further hearing on Sep
tember 15.
The body of a wetl-dreased man was
found in the Delaware River off tho Alle
gheny avenue wharf early today by Lulte
Armstrong, 306 West Serjeant street, a
fisherman The body, which had been In
the water several weeks, was that of a
man about 46 years old, weighing nearly
200 pounds, with sandy hair nnd mustache.
It Is awaiting Identification nt the morgue
Mlml, the chimpanzee owned by Dr. It.
H Furncss, Jr., has new quarters, rather
elaborately equipped, at the Zoo. She has
a lot more furniture than when she lived
out at Walllngford. and It Is difficult for
her to get used to It.
Secretary of the Navy Danleli, It Is ex
pected, will come from Washington to at
tend the closing session and participate In
exercises at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
attendant to the convention of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways' Association, to he held
in this city September 12 to 15. Plans for
the celebration on Friday, September 15,
Mere discussed at a conference held nt the
navy yard yesterday, attended by CCnptaln
Russell, commandant of tho yard ; Con
gressman Moore, president of tho Atlantic
Deeper Waterways' Association, and Sec
tctary Sproule, of the Commissioners of
Na Igatlon.
An tilted woman woi rescued from Iter
sick bed when Are damaged the home of
Harry FInkol. 2139 South Sixth street,
early today. Mrs. Flnkel, the Invalid, was
carried to safety by her daughter, Esther,
and her 3on, William. Tho fire started
In the kitchen and spread to other rooms.
The damage was $350.
Aaaursnce that the new atamshlp line
between Portland. Ore. and Philadelphia
will start In November has been received
at the Chamber of Commerce In a letter
from F. C. Knapp, president of tho operat
ing company. It was said that 70 frames
had been laid In the first of tho steamships
and the keel for the second was laid last
week.
With a hole In her bottom, couied by
being rammed by a swordflsh, the Ashing
schooner Reita has reached Boston. This
Is the second time within a few weeks
that the Relta has been pierced by a sword
fish. T.lfthlnlng, attracted to a wire clothesline,
killed Mrs. Grant Herring at Harrisonburg,
Vu., as she was gathering her washing In
the face of an approaching storm, and then
jumped to a doorway nearby and killed a
neighbor's child.
Two telephone linemen, L. E. Ilehrmnn
and Harold Smith, while returning to York.
Pa., from Dallastown. were i:'ted from the
scat of a wagon during a storm and hurled
Into the road. Behrman suffered a twisted
neck and Smith escaped with slight bruises.
Excitement during a fire thut destroyed
all of the outbuildings on the A. L Butz
farm, between Pemberton and Lewlstown,
N. J., caused the death of Anna Lynch, a
domestic In the Butz family 40 years.
ZEPPELIN RAIDERS
KILL 8 IN LONDON
Six Machines in Foray Damage
in Metropolis, Inland and
to Shipping
LONDON, Aug. 25, Zeppelin airships
bombarded the outskirts of London early
today, killing eight and wounding 21 per
sons. Tho electric power station and the engi
neering works were damaged by bombs.
Six airships took part in the raid. Cities
on the eastern coast were attacked as well
as London, while one airship penetrated
far Inland. Ships off the coast were also
attacked.
In the first official statement Issued by
the War Office no mention was made ot
the attack upon London, but a later state
ment issued this afternoon gave the details.
Thirty bombs were dropped In the east
ern counties, the official report says, but
In that district there were no fatal casual
ties, though several persons were hurt, nor
was any serious damage done.
The Zeppelin which reached the suburbs
of London dropped bombs which resulted
In the following casualties: Killed three
women, three men and two children; se
riously Injured three men and four women;
slightly hurt seven women, four men and
three children.
INDIANS SCORE
MANY IN FIRST
Continued (rem face On
Plclnlch. Turner died stealing, Plclnleh to
Witt. Two runs, two hits, no errors.
Plclnlch fanned. Williams grounded to
Wamby. Witt fanned. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
THIRD INNING.
Speaker was thrown out by Williams.
Roth fanned. Wamby's single was too hot
for Pick to hold. Wamby stole second.
Gandll walked. Chapman popped to La
Jote. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Walsh grounded to Wamby. Speaker
made a brilliant running catch of Strunk's
long drive to right center. Schang (lied to
Turner. No runs, no hits, no errors.
FOURTH INNING.
O'Neill grounded to Pick. Bagby filed to
Strunk. Mclnnls robbed Graney of a single
when he grabbed his bounder with his gloved
hand and put him out, No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Lajoie was thrown out by Turner. Mc
lnnls filed to Wamby. Pick fanned. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
FIFTH INNING.
Turner walked. Speaker also walked.
Jjtoth fanned. Plclnlch threw the ball in
center field. Turner and Speaker advancing
a base. Wamby singled to left, scoring
Turner. Gandll hit into a double play,
Witt to Larry to Mclnnls. One run, one
hit. one error.
Plclnlch fanned. Williams filed to Gandll.
Witt singled to right. Walsh lined to
Speaker. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Plague Kills Chester Child
CHESTER, Pa., Aug J 5. The third death
In Delaware County from Infantile paralysis
occurred today, when . 4-year-old Roberta
Ralney. daughter of William Ralney, died
at hr parents' home in Lin wood Heights
near here.
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MRS. ALICE IDA OGDEN
Her coolness resulted in the cap
ture of a robber who entered her
home, at 1123 West Lehigh avenue.
BURGLAR'S SHOTS WIDE;
SUBDUED IN STRUGGLE
Plucky Woman Aids in Capture;
Man Held, Accomplices
Sought
After a battle In which ho tried to shoot
his captor, a man who said he was Charles
Mulligan, of Hazleton, was subdued by
Robert P. Lclnau. of 1123 Silver street.
Lclnau saw him running from the home
of Mrs. Alice Ida Ogden, 1123 West Lehigh
avenue, last nignt witn uiree other men.
Entrance to the house had been effected
through a side window and Jewelry and
clothing valued nt $1200 had been packed
ready to be carried away. The clothing be
longed to Mrs. Ogden's son. Albert W.
Ogden, who Is now at El Paso, Tex., with
the Second Regiment Band, In which ho Is
a drummer.
Mulligan, suffering from the bruises
which he received from his captor after he
tried to shoot him, was arraigned beforo
Magistrate Beaton in tho Central Station
this morning and committed to tho county
prison for a further hearing September 3,
when the police hope to arraign the three
who escaped with him.
Mrs Ogden and her sister Harriet on re
turning home last night from a walk heard
a nolso In the house and summoned Mr.
Lelnau. The latter was entering the house
when tho Intruders left by a side door. Miss
Rhoda Gillies, of 2710 North Twelfth street,
a friend of Mrs. Ogden, was close by and
started In pursuit of Mulligan.
1 She was at his heels when Lelnau pounced
upon him. The report of tho pistol which
Mulligan used did not frighten the girl, and
finding that Lelnau had the man in his
power tried to traco his companions.
The burglars are believed to have planned
to set fire to the house to conceal evidence
of the robbery. Lighted newspapers burned
holes in the carpets all over the house De
tectives Oomborow and Orndorff and Police
man Slcklnger, of the Park and Lehigh ave
nues station, are trying to And the men who
were with Mulligan.
News at a Glance !
l'UnjIAN, Ala., Aug. 25. C. W. Smith
and Robert Hall, prominent Wilcox County
men, are dead as the result of a pistol fight
on a ipubllc highway.
WASHINGTON, Aug. !S. The Senate
Foreign Relations Committee this afternoon
voted to recommend ratification of a treaty
with Great Britain for the Joint protection
along the Canadian border of Insect-eating
birds for ten years
MEXICO CITY, via Galveiton, Tex., Aug.
25,-r-A decree ordering all property owners
In Mexico to prepare a statement immedi
ately showing such holdings was Issued
today by First Chief Carranza. The de
cree was issued presumably to determine
the amount of taxation necessary to secure
adequate revenue.
BAY SHORE, N. Y., Aug. 25. Dr.
George S. King flew across Great South
Bay in a. Curtlss aeroplane to answer a
hurry call from a patient on Fire Island.
NEW YORK, Aur. 25. Traffic police.
men In New York have volunteer assistants
today. Suffragists are stopping automobiles
throughout the State and distributing litera
ture to their occupants.
BERLIN, Aur. '.'5, General von Header,
Governor General of Poland, Lithuania and
the other occupied Russian territory, has
granted new charters with broad powers
to the University of Warsaw and the
Technical High School of that city, says
the Overseas News Agency,
WASHINGTON, Aug, 25. The big naval
collier Hector, broken In two during a re
cent hurricane off the South Carolina coast.
Is to be raised and reconstructed. The
Navy Department announced that a con
tract for the work had been let
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug, 25. Full
reports received concerning Tuesday's hur
ricane place the damage in excess ot
$1,000,000, chiefly to tobacco properties and
the grapefruit crop.
ROCHESTER, Aug. 25. The Iter, Seth
Cook, of Dryden, for many years pastor
of the Lodl Dutch Reformed Church, was
killed and nis aaugnter seriously injured
last night when a freight train struck their
automobile.
nARBISnURG, Aug. 25. George V.
Welghardt, of this city, a stenographer of
State Water Supply Commission, now bu
pervlslpg the construction of the dam at
Coatesville, has resigned to accept a posi
tion as a stenographer of the Water De
partment of Baltimore, effective Septem
ber 3.
IlAURianuna, Aug. 25, The state
Board ot Education is preparing the agree
ment for the taking over by the State of the
Normal School at Shlpptnsburg. The State
wljl pay 110,500 for the stock of the school.
The school hus Issued 26,00O worth of
stock.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Aur. 25. -Asa O. Cand
ler, millionaire "soft drink" manufacturer,
was nominated for Mayor of Atlanta In
the Democratic primary. The nomination
Is considered equivalent to election.
TO DISMISS DIVORCE SUIT
Charge o? Cruelty Against Pastor, Pre
ferred by His Wife, Not Supported
by Testimony, Master Holds
The dismissal of the divorce suit filed by
Mr. Sadie A. MacArthur against her hus.
band, the Rev. James H. MacArthur, pastor
of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church,
Frank-ford avenue and Berk atreet, was
recommended today in the master's report
filed In Common Pleas Court No. 1. The
charge of cruel and barbarous treatment,
which was the basis of the suit, the master
found, was not suppofted by testimony.
The Domestic Relations Court tried some
time ago to bring about a reconciliation
between the pastor and hla wife, but they
were unsuccessful. Mr. MacArthur Is at
the home of her father In Norwood. N. jr.,
with her two-year-old daughter, Virginia.
The other children, Esther Elizabeth. U
years old, and Ruth, yeara old. were left
with their father at the time ot their
separation.
PROTESTS POURING IN
AGAINST STAMP TAX
ON INSURANCE POLICIES
Congress Deluged With Objec
tions to Provision in the Ad
ministration Revenue
Measure
NOT IN ORIGINAL BILL
Hi a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. The Dem
ocratic members of the Senate Finance
Committee, at a meeting this afternoon,
voted to eliminate from the revenue bill
the provision of a stamp tax on Insur
ance policies. The action was taken
following a deluge of protests from all
parts of the country.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. Protests have
reached members of the Senate and House
against a stamp tax on Insurance policies
in numbers grat enough to Indicate that
cither the Senate or House both will pro
test against the position taken by the Sen
ate Democratic caucus on the subject. Pre
dictions are freely made today that when
the Administration's revenue bill becomes a
law, the stamp tax on Insurance policies will
not be a featuie of It.
Ever since the revenue bill was reported
to the Senate from the Finance Committee,
telegrams of protests against the Insurance
tax have literally poured Into the Capitol
from Pennsylvania and all other eastern
States. Many members of the House have
received as meny as twnnty telegrams a
day, and Senators have received many more
In proportion.
The House passed the bill without this
or any other so-called "objectionable"
stamp tax on documents, policies, etc. The
Senate Finance Committee reported the bill
with provision for a stamp tax on bonds,
debentures, stock certldcatus and Issues and
transfers of stock, sales of product on ex
changes, conveyances, entries at customs
houses, withdrawals from warehouses, for
eign passage tickets, parlor car seats and
berth, and Insurance policies, other than
health, accident or life.
The storm of protest from Insurance
agents alt over tho country Immediately set
In, and may have the effect of removing
Insurance from the war tax jone.
GERMANS VAINLY HURL
ATTACKS AT MAUREPAS
Continued from Papo One
said. Instead of retiring they have pre
pared to defend tho eastern Macedonia
forts.
The Greek Government Is said to have
laid this Information before Germany,
adding that public Indignation over the In
vasion has Increased to such an extent that
the Government Is no longer mastor of the
situation. Upon receipt of this Information
Germany ordered the Bulgarian with
drawal, it was stated.
The latest Athens dispatches apparently
contradict the Rome report, stating that
tho Greeks are evacuating tho region
around the city of Seres under orders from
the Greek Government.
Budapest dispatches, reporting the con
centration of largo bodies of Russian troops
on the Be.isarablan-Rumantan frontier,
evidently with the purpose of crossing
Rumania to Invade Bulgaria and Hungary,
aroused Intense interest today. Tho Buda
pest newspaper Az I?3t, was quoted as de
claring that the Rumanian war party Is be
coming stronger and that tho Rumanian
Government has made tentatlvs prepara
tions at the frontiers, making It easy for
the Rumanian forces to co-operato with the
Russians If Rumania Is drawn into tho war.
Recent dispatches from Berlin asserted
that Russian diplomats are bending their
energies at present, not to obtaining Ru
mania's participation In the war, but to
obtaining permission for Russian troops
to cross Rumania to attack Bulgaria and
Hungary.
GREEKS FALL BACK BEFORE
BULGARS; COMMANDERS SAID
TO DISREGARD KING'S ORDERS
SALONICA, Aug. 25. Greek troops, who
are fighting with the British and French
In an effort to check the advance of the
Bulgarians through Greek Macedonia, have
been forced to fall back In the region of
Lake Tablnos after suffering heavy losses.
Dispatches from the front held by the
Allies' right flank told today of violent
fighting in that district where the Bul
garians have been reinforced by hordes of
Comttadjls (Bulgarian Irregulars),
Six hundred Irregulars entered the town
of Prosenlk and seized large quantities of
Greek army stores, after which they burned
the place. Then they occupied Djoumaya,
(Prosenlk Is six miles northwest of Seres
and lies on the Salonlca-Constantlnople
Railroad. Djoumaya, or Dzuma, Is three
miles northwest of Prosenlk and Is about
a mile east of the Struma River.)
Semiofficial reports from the Struma
front state that the Greeks are still con
testing stubbornly every Inch of ground.
The defense of the Greek soldiers Is being
made In violation of an order sent by King
Constantlne to the Greek commander, Colo
nel Chrlstodoulos. The Greek commander
has gone so far as to summon reservists
to the colors, although he has not been
warranted to do so by the General Staff.
RUSSIANS RESUME ADVANCE
ON ALL CAUCASUS FRONT;
TURKS EVACUATING BITLIS
LONDON, Aug. 25 The Russians have
resumed their advance on the entire Cau
casus front following the recapture of
Mush, said a wireless dispatch from Petro.
grad today The Turks have evacuated
Bltlts. according to an official dispatch from
Tlflls. Tha town had been recaptured by
the Turks a week ago.
Advancing along the Euphrates toward
Dlarbekr, the Russians have reoccupled
Mush, west of Lake Van. In the battles
that preceded the capture of the town the
Czar's troops took 2300 prisoners.
This new move of Grand Duke Nicholas
In Armenia has put Increased pressure on
the Turk, who seized the opportunity when
the Russian drive slackened to send troops
to the east front and to the Balkans. The
fresh threat and the possibility of a re
newal of the offensive west of Erzlngan are
likely to force the Sultan's generals to re
call men to the Armenian front.
RUSSIANS MASS ALONG
RUMANIAN BORDER FOR
INVASION OF BULGARIA
LONDON, Aug. 25 Russia Is pre,pariP8F
to strike at Bulgaria through Rymenle.
The Czar has massed a large army on the
Rumanian frontier and on the bank of the
Russian Danube for this blow, according
to a Morning Post dispatch from Budapest.
The As Eat. which gives credence to
this report, also states that strong Ru
manian forces hve been concentrated en
the lower Danube and the Pruth. rady
to Join with the Russian army advancing
through the cquntry-
Berlin for the last few daya has insisted
that Rumania already bad joined the En.
tents, but London baa had no confirmation
of these dispatches. Rumanian interven
tion on the aid of the Allies undoubtedly
would force the band of King Constantlne
and bring Greece into the war against the
Teutonic allle.
BERLIN. Aug. . Government circle
here, though none V optimistic, view the
Rumanian situation calml, r. th IUj
tude that It Is Rumen!' """ J.!
ftinir la that the Central Powers nao
don. erVhlng possible to meet R
view, and that Rumania, In persisting in
,h. course desired by the Entente and her
expected jt every effort will b made
to Insure that the new. war theatre will be
. tl.laaAHlnH (AM
Information from Vienna Indicates that
tho Austro-Hungarlan Government, bearing
In mind the results of the negotiations con
cernlng Italy's claims before that nation
entered the war, has been at no time dis
posed to offer Rumania similar concessions
for fear that this again would be mistaken
for a sign of weakness.
At this moment there Is not discernible
the slightest effort to persuade Rumania to
take any other course than one due to her
own Initiative. The latest dispatches from
Bucharest indicate a further cooling off of
the war fovcr
GENERAL CAD0RNA ANNOUNCES
FURTHER PROGRESS OF ITALIAN
TROOPS NORTH OF VAL SUGANA
ROME. Aug. 25. Further progress for
the Italians on the slopes of Monte Caurlol
was reported by tho Italian War Ofllce
today
Forty Austro-Hungarlan prisoners wero
taken.
In the Carnlc Alps the Austro-Hungarlans
directed an attack against the stations at
Vallo d'lnferno Pass, but were repulsed.
Aitlllery dues are In progress In many
sectors of the battle line.
The War Office report reads!
In the Fassa Alps denso mist Inter
fered with artillery activity yesterday.
We have mode further progress on
the slopes of Monte Caurlol. Forty
prisoners were taken there.
In the Uppor Degano Vnlley and
the But Valley hostile batteries were
active against our positions.
We repulsed a small attack at Valle
d'lnferno Pass.
There Is no change in tho Gorlzla
area nor In the Carso Plateau. The
Austro-Hungarlans are again shelling
Gorlzla and the Isonzo bridges.
VON HINDENBORG'S OFFENSIVE
FAILS; GREAT BATTLES ARE
BELIEVED IN PROGRESS NOW
PETROGRAD, Aug. 25. -Field Marshal
von Hlndcnburg's counter-offensive against
the Russians between Vllna and tho Ga
llclan frontlor has been checked at every
point.
Northward of the Llda-Molodetschno
Railroad the Germans attacked, using
poison gas, the Russian War Office an
nounced today, but this assault, as well as
others made farther south, were all re
pulsed by the Russians.
Although the official report made no
mention of fighting in Gallcla, military
critics believe that great battles are In
progress in the Carpathians, where the
Russians are fighting for mountain passes.
(Molodetschno, mentioned In tho report.
Is 66 miles southeast of Vllna. Llda is 51
miles south of Vllna.)
VICE RAID WRONG,
SAYS GRAND JURY
Continued from Face One
failed to know of the exlstenco of each
resorts, haTlng tolerated them for so long
a time.. The city could IitiTe had no proper
motive fur ordering the simultaneous ar-
resti of nil Mioao persons Involved. In
fact, the whole evil could have been abated
without n single arrest t to permit the
flagrant violation of the law for a long time
and to follow such a violation with the per
emptory arrest U an Improper use of police
power,
"This sensational action of the municipal
authorities was Inevitably followed by
sensational accounts thereof In tho news
papers. No other result could havo been
expected or Intended.
"Tho great amount of space devoted by
the newspapers to the subject doubtless
furnished diverting reading for the prurlent
mfnded; and those of salacious taste, but
It had other consequences extremely In
jurious to public morals and welfare. Many
people who hardly knew of tho subject
found It thrust upon them: The natural
curiosity of young people was aroused, and
exact Information furnished, and not only
as to the district, but the street number
and the name of the proprietor of the
resort where tho curiosity may be satis
fied.
"This Is not merely a surmise, for we
are Informed that, since the raid and the
attention attracted to the district thereby
and by the description of It In the news
papers, many sightseers, new faces, are
seen In the Tenderloin. Some of the resorts
are said to have opened for their edifica
tion. "The municipal authorities who ordered
the raid and kept the matter before tho
public are responsible.
"Periodical wholesale raids and the nub-
llclty Incident to them are harmful to the
public morals and are not designed to
remedy evil. Therefore, they are con
demned. We recommend that there be no
repetition of such wholesale raids."
The Grand Jury here ends Its discussion
of the vice problem and goes on to consider
the other work It had to do.
The presentment was handed to Judge
McMlchael by Charles Slnkler, foreman of
the August Grand Jury. Judge McMlchael
read the presentment to himself.
JUDGE DISAGREES.
'The criticism In the presentment Is one
for publication," he sad. "J cannot eay
that I agree with the Grand Jury. Many
cases have come before us, have been dealt
with by the court and by the jury, and have
resulted In the convictions ot men who got
money from the Illicit conduct of women.
It Is a matter for the authorities to decide
how to proceed. The defendants come Into
court presumably Innocent. For 20 yeara I
have tr;ed to send the girls back to their
families If there was an opportunity for It
"Experience shows that this is a good
plan."
"Many Utters have come to the court
showing that these girls have reformed.
The solution of their problem Is a serious
matter. This time I have been obliged
by a sense of duty to send to orison Inn.
women who are so degraded that thera
was no other place for them. The whole
question is not Judicial, but Is one for the
publio authorities, guided by the public and
Informed by the press.
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AT THE BRITISH FRONT wUnv
Aug. 24! via London, Aug. JsllSCt
been murderous work on both flanki'2 11"'
with every stage ot British r.??l.
fighting seems to become moS fflS ,h
tho artillery fire hotter. blllutf?
On the left the Germans hold to th-" ''
the right they cling to Qullle-neii l
of all the ruined villain Tl, now lh.
completely pestle-mlxed by ehellnr. ""X
Last night the repulse h? $
attempt to drive th. nti.P.l 0a?
edge of Gulllemont and the nVi.u'
stone quarry was one of the bloSdlW
tha wor begun, """umi iM
Tonight the British have been J
further progress east of Delvll?. rtlf'
and aulllemont u" vlnTt "&
ANOTHER LAP FORWARD
This afternoon . t..,., .
forward another lap toward ThlteM
observers witnessed nnnth.,- ...mF. 4
tain of flro which uttcriv .iti'l'"' WJ
''," ' Jl1? whl.lh "J.1" "weed
chine guns ns the ehnrcin,, n'i!?..lll,.ll'i7
their way among tho sh. i .'U'I,."
yards up tho hillside and entered fil"!.
trench, sending back the usual mW
i crat
mteret
prisoners.
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It all was seen as elearw .. ,i
r ft. ntl.....
of men standing on the edge of tha tr.T1
throwing bombs as on. m.. ..Af .
Into a basket M
Clearing out snipers and ploddlnr tku;
with their supplies of bombs and K
blasts of their own guns, and in th, miwf
oi oursung sneus irom the German vm.
lery, never faltered, but rerh.a ....
Mods58' at ono po,nt 8,ons Ni
THIEPVAL PULVERIZED.
They were within only BOO yardi of tti
pulverized remains of what was once til
village of Thlepval, which has become in
most redoubtablo of names to hundred! tti
thousands of men. f
Meanwhile, tho British kept on nsdiri
15-Inch shells Into tho Thlepval area arj
German dugouts which lie deen va.. ,i
wreckage of the houses, and tpouti if
'"""" """ "uai. luao iu neignil ZOO f(.(B
and with what looked like bodies of ntaf
ur Dciiiuus ui UHlucra ueing USled SOOOt
BARGE TO CALL HERE
WITH BREMEN CARGO
(.oniinoea irom race une yi
another tug, which will stick to It sua Us
arrives in new Lonaon.
Captain Hlnsch, of the North Qiraua
Lloyd liner Necltar. who had charts e( Hi )
pier facilities while the Deutschland whJ
hprn. 1t in trn with thn PTnntta i.ntll iVi ...
it,ftta In Dhlln.tnlila Th... h. I. t. k.. .1
a fast tug for New London, where btirtH fl
make arrangements for the docWcjtrii.
barge.
Neither the Maritime Exchanji h t!if'j
city nor the local Nortn Germaa Usii-;
agents havo been notified that til Ct ,
and barge are to pass up the river. TUT,
said today, however,, that it was rote
usual for a barge to make such a trip.
SUNKEN BARGE BEING IIAISEU;
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT PB0BED1
Detroit May Be Afloat in Few Dirtf
No Hindrance-to Navigation
Th Philadelphia Shlnnlnr ComMWi
agents for the barge Detroit, wfjlca wi
ammed and sunk by the Clyde Line it
ship Delaware off Kalghn's Point lait nlfjit,
announced today they have started to raise.
the sunken craft and expect to hav
afloat in the course of three dap.
An investigation was started today M
determine responsibility for ilnkUH tM
barge, which contained 350,000 gallooicl
molasses. The molasses oosed from a MM
In thn Rid, nt thA barsra.
The Delaware, bound for NewTcrtjfM
on her way down the river as th Utfl,
tun Av,lnc n Th T1trrttt BllUt U&Xtl
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dlately after tho crash, but tne capuw
her crew of eight men were picked J W.
the steamer. After an hour's delay m
proceeded on Iter way. f
The sunken barge Is near thi Jenef
shore nnd no great hindrance 10 na
tion, but If left there mud ;.;
ftpi-nmnlnlA nrnnnri thn hulk and CutTf!
shinning. ..'M
The barge nnd her cargo are eoveW W,
Insurance.
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