C22 NIGHT EXTRA Icuening tf in AnciAl edition' SJrttget VOL. 3H.-NO. 1 PIULADBLPIIIA, TUUBSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1910 Conusor, 1018, it tiis Vduo Lraan Coufaxt. Teuton allies plan great BALKAN DRIVE; FRENCH GUNS CONTROL ROADS TO PERONNE Jig Offensive Decided Upon by Central Empires Against Rumania and on Macedonian Front, Rome Asserts T.OND0N. Sept 14. Revolutionary movements have hrnken nn (n i, fretk Islands of Chios, Mytilcne and Samoa and arc extending to other Greek hhch ons in inc veguun ocu. uibiiuiciks irom aaionica today renortM th iarrlvl of Greek offlccts from those islands disguised as sailors, stokers and thauffeurs. some ot tnese omccrs nae volunteered tor service with the allied ' fsrees in Macedonia. A great offenswe dpslgned to punish Rumania and drivo tne allied forces i from the Salonlca front will soon be undertaken by the Central Empires. t;rhis offensive was decided upon at tne war council held yesterday by repre sentatives pi tne icuion, auies anu prcsiaca over oy tne Kaiser. Troop3 are Already on the way from Belgium-to tho cast front to rclnforco tho German-"Bulcar-Turklsh army. While the plans for the big drive arc under way French nnd Serbian 'forces ore continuing their attacks on the Struma and Vnrdar fronts. Paris nd .Salonlca report gains for tho Franco-Serbians, and these reports arc denied by Sofia and Berlin. A great battle is now raging in the Dobrudla .district between Russo-Rumanlan and Gcrman-Bulgar forces, according to . Petrograd. Heavy German reinforcements have joined tho Austrians in Tran sylvania, but liucharcst continues to report progress in that theater. On th'o Somme front the French troops have now gained control of all iV MirViwnv. to Pnrnnnp. The town la almost pnMrnlw isrlnf,l v , .. C ef the German line, and its fall is believed near. The British have extended t "their ground in tho neighborhood of Gmchy, thus bringing their lines closer 'to the new positions of tho French. The fall of Peronno would force the 1 abandonment by the Germans of tho entire Noyon salient. CENTRAL EMPIRES DECIDE TO INITIATE GREAT DRIVE IN BALKANS, ROME SAYS LONDON". Sent. 14. Emporor William and representatles o Germany's nllles in conference at German military headquarters hare decided to Initiate a great offensUo in tat Balkans, according to a Home dispatch ,u wvuQ wirciCBB lirrns. a.m.. owifco ... w. - t many win send zou.uog men ana Austria ? trill contrlbuto 100.000 to co-operate with k-Mrt Bulgarians and Turks. AUSAX.UiJ.A-ni, Sept. n lllBO immucm rf vi uerman troops Biuuuueu in ucibiui" j ' eibtf transferred to the eastern front. All nenger service on tno uerman rauroaas Lbeen held up for two days to facilitate I J Kttstern movement. German troops stationed In Belgium serves consisting of men hitnerto re ad as too old for. continued active f serrlce. That they should -be. sent to the fentern theater Indicates a possible Teuton ftnelve la tho Balkans. itMCII AND SERBS PUSH P. ,itv ah nunvini rnnvm ' PARIS WAR OFFICE SAYS 7 PARIS, Sept. 14. ' t' Continuing their iolnt offensive on tho I Allies' left wing1, the Serbian and French. Sweeps hive won, further successes oer the f Bulfarlans. according to an offlclal report o the Salonlca operations Issued by the (War OHlce tqday. I The Serbians, It states, maintain their liMofrees west of the Vardar. They have Seaotured a height west of Hill 1500. The l Renting In this district Is still In progress. SALONICA, Sept 14. Bulgarian troops have made prisoners of - entire. Fifth Division of the Greek ; erjpy at Ka'vala, It was announced hero to y, The Bulgars also took possession of Greek military supplies In tho town pe4 the forts nearby. JlUMANIANS AND FOES n riAvimw tttqctaiuci nifnnDT ""'""i auooinufl '" PETROGRAD, Sept 14. Rumanian trooDs are encaccd In battle jen the Danube with German and Bulgar j tan forces, the Russian War OfTlce an- Bounced today. The fighting Is In prog ' In the region of Slllstrla and thus far .ss favored the Rumanians, who captured iht light guns. iiie War Office report follows On the western front of the Russian armies tlie situation Is unchanged. in me Caucasus as a result of en gagements in the region of Hamadan e captured a herd o cattle and cam els. On the Balkan front In tho region ot WlUtrla, fighting Is proceeding on the Danube. The Rumanians repelled the attacks of the Germans and Bulgarians t and captured eight light guns. ILLIED OFFENSIVE HALTED IN MACEDONIA, BULGARIAN DISPATCHES ASSERT BERLIN. Sept 14. The i.jr Alii .-i . ,. ltd "Vin completely halted, according to ( JSSDa dlBDatchru inAnv ft ,!" British forces that attempted to R 2, 1c ,n he region of Seres were re- f-w. zunering heavy losses The Biltlsh We fOrCed In rltrtnltlal UmnAmrili. ... TTir P'twns and aro now In retreat liTra attacki, by French and Italian u-tb ceen easily repulsed. Tho .M A - ... . iikuv nriiii,. i,c IIW lunnAMMi .. . fewl back to their former positions, be- CtflMaatd en Fate roar, Cclomn Two THE WJ3ATHER FORKnAST Jor Phihdtlpfiia Mnd vicinity Uv lontght and Friday, with prob wine light rain; aemewhat coqlcr V, gtntH variable winds. rj. j -wi" ur vix FlEljil,,"i -"'l" rtoes.. Taopm. " J .i,lloo Hvtha, l;t a.m. "W-WARK KIVKK TJ1S CHANGJW : (Hak . wimui arrHBarr itar Z-?". i t WBLBr..1 r, 10,11 a.m.lLew wur..lilt iB4rgF-i-pi--M .ai i'.t WT AND FOVatD GOES INSANE AND ENDS LIFE Lancaster County Official Threatens Family and Commits Suicido LANCASTER, Pa.. Sept 14 J. Henry Sherts, forty-fho jcars old, a courthouse ofnclal, committed suicido trfday In his bed room by placing a gas hoso In his mouth. During tho night ho had becomo violently Insane nnd drlcn his wife and child from tho house,, threatening their lives and his own. When they returned tho body was found. MOB OILS RAILS; EIGfiT HURT AS TROLLEYS CRASH One May Die as Result of Accidents in New York Strike MANY TRAINS ATTACKED Elevated Cars Bombarded With Stones and Bottles From Housetops .. i NETW TORK, Sept 14 felght persons were hurt, one seriously, in a scries of col lisions at "Westchester and Brook avenue In the Bronx today, when strike sympathizers greased the rails of the surface car line. Grease mado the raotormen tunable to stop their cars on the grade at this point. Traltlo was tied up mora than an hour. Crowds jeered the crews until dispersed b the police. Rioting nlong the e!eatod and surface lines affected by the traction strike con tlnued today. During tho early hours no serious violence occurred, but there were enough disturbances throughout the strike rone to keep the police on tho Jump. , As usual, tho fatorlte method of attack was hurling missiles from roofs at clcated trains and dragging motormen and con ductors from surfaco cars. A Ninth aenue train was bombarded with bricks and bottles as it sped past 127th street A brick crashed through a car win dow, but nobody was Injured. From tho roof of a tenement at Sixth avenue nnd Fiftieth street a fusillade of stones and bottles showered upon a train, smashing scleral windows. Another train was bombarded nt Ninth aenue and Thirty-fourth street, but no one was hurt and no arrests w ere made. "v LINES CLAIM VICTORY Reiterating their declaration that the strike on the elevated and subway lines had been broken and the struggle on the sur face lines would terminate In twenty-four hourB in a complete defeat ot the, union, traction offlclals early In the day set about making their threat good. Assembling 1400 lojal employes- at the surface barns, they sent out the cars at frequent Intenals, all under police guard. Continued en Tate Two, Column FMir PROOF OF DOPE SMUGGLING FOUND BY REVENUE MAN Consignment Worth $32,600 Shipped From 'Here to Canada and Returned SYNDICATE'S HAND SEEN Bottles Bearing Labels of Phila delphia Drug Firm Peddled in Tenderloin Rvldence of the smuggling1 back into Philadelphia of a portion of a consignment of narcotic drugs alued at JS2.600 has been discovered by Colonel William Gray Beach, general deputy tntemal revenue -col. lectpr, In checking up' the Government order blanks of one of the largest wholesale drug firms ot this city. The Goernment order blanks show that within the last few weeks this Philadelphia house has shipped to Canada 2S00 ounces of heroin and 2300 ounces of morphine at the wholesale price of $7 per ounce. That would make a total of $32,600 received for the "dope" by the Philadelphia firm. Evidence that a portion of the consign ment wjs smuggled back to Philadelphia oer the Canadian border by agents of the "dope" syndics' was furnished when agents under Colonel ' each discovered several bot tles of the consignment In circulation In the Tenderloin. These bottles of "dope" bore the labels of the Philadelphia firm. The "dope" was being retailed by peddlers In the Ten derloin at (48 per ounce. The Philadelphia firm, according to the Internal Revenue Department of this city, acted within the law In making the ship ment to Canada. The order blanks were filled In properly and met the legal requirements In every way. Acting under orders from United States District Attorney Francis Fisher Kane? R. II. Oyler, special agent of he Internal Revenue Department at Washington, re turned to this city yesterday to take charge ot the "dope" situation In Philadelphia. Mr. Ojler Is considered one of the most capablo men In the department He has Just completed n two months' Investigation of the narcotic drug situation in New Or leans and Detroit In New Orleans he brake up n ring of "dope" smugglers who were smuggling 20,000 grains of heroin Into that city weekly, and he caused tho arrest of a druggist who had sold 4049 ounces ot morphine QUICK. NEWS VST. LOUIS 100 0 PHILLIES 0 110 Watson and Gonzales; Mayer nnd Killefer. ATHLETICS.. J 0 00 0 CLEVELAND.. 0G0 0 'Nabors and Piclnlch; Gould and Deberry. " 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE PITTSBURGH ....Q BROOKLYN O O O o o -. , v SMALL SAMARITANS RAISE FUND FOR PARALYSIS VICTIMS SlHiHB jSk , te jjjk I ' ' H j w ., ' i f'm L ' -I '' (It LI ; ' rsrVi : v'i PTW- I M '011' . !r'lETT - ,. B ' Mil im?m J --M----------t. - J K-liMll-t--l H jrnHrwi A"t HH' i -BV H -----ff1----------K -B wl S; I !l I F V--H oB H LJPB I Hr' H HIK8S53 W r D i2S - ij Thcsp little girls were bo nffected by stories they heard of the sufferings of poliomyelitis victims they organized themselves into a band. Then they made upand sold smnll articles, which brought them a total of 510, nil in, nickels, pennies nnd dimes. This sum they sent to Emergency Aid headquarters to be used in making things easier for paralysis convalescents. Lo ft to right, they nre Francis Sarvlnsky, Jennie Cutler, Anna Schlossberg, Clara Berstcin, Lillie Lashinsky, Bella Ilcrshovitz and Rebecca Weirs. FOOD VENDERS FINED FOR EXPOSING WARES Fifty Street Dealers Netted in Extensive Raid on, South Fourth Street. ' Fifty street merchants, venders of fruit; cakes, meat and other foodstuffs, were ar rested today In a raid along Fourth street between Soyth and Catharine, conducted by physicians nhd sanitary Inspectors. When tlejroseeutors arrived In the neigh, borhood, notorious .for lolatlpns of tha san itary laws, they found but ons policeman, and, unwilling to await the arrival of mors from 'the statlorrliouse, raided tbo accused men themselves. t wa.s one of the largest wholesale ar rests eer made In this city In so short a time and ths majority of tha defendants Lwera forctd to pay a fine of 110 and z.eo l costs. They were taKenj ueiora Magis trate Baker, in his offloa at Fifth and Tas ker straits, protesting their Innocence in a dosen different tongues. A few n w," stand? on the pavement were jureetea, Init the majority ot the prisoner were pcart ywr, whoee wagona ataaJ In the street, Aa .easfe ot the tatter wM aelae be wa tore to. s4an4 la UMi Wh- the Uaf m as-aiilats pwfceaK IpiiiOla M ataih-trat rt aw kecua. .rfr". CAMDEN LABOR QUITS AS PREACHERS TRY TO HELP ON TABERNACLE Enthusiastic and Clad in Over alls, Ministers Run Afoul Union Rules Preparing for Lyon Campaign DISPUTE SOON SETTLED Twenty-five carpenters at work on a tabernacle In Camden, where the Rev Mil ton Lyon, evangelist, w)l cohduct services next month, went on strlko today because a committee of ministers Insisted upon help ing them tn the construction of the building. The walkout was of short duration, how ever, aa the ministers, called ''scabs" by the carpenters, after a five minutes' conference, agreed to surrender to. the workmen and to abandon their Intentions of working on the structure. When the ministers left tha lot, the carpenters returned to work and prom ised to contribute to the evangelistic fund tor the conduct of the services. The meohanlo are employee of Joseph O'liara, building oontraoter, Tbey are urlon men, and under the earpenUra' union ruted no ''outeWers" oouM work on the Miaee job with. Ufa. Mr. O'Ham explained the aituMlen. m the pastors appeared on the Held this morning. Hut the -Urgysoeo wire than 1st evereila. AMERICANS IMPERILED IN RIOTS AT4(AVALA Bulgars Massacre Inhabitants,. United States Citizens in Grave Danger ATHENS, Sept 14. , Americans are In grave danger at the Greek port of Kavala, now occupied by Bul garian troops, as a result ot serious riots that nave broken out in the city, Uul gar'lans and Turks are massacring ths In habitants. A number of business establish ments have been pillaged. A heavy guard has been placed about buildings owned by American tobacco Interests and connecting stores valued at several million dollars. It Is Impossible to ascertain whether any Americana are Included among tha dead apd wounded. SALONICA, Sept. K. British and Rua irian wai ships today bombarded the heights and a reek forts at Kaala occupied by the Bulgarians. Unofficial reports senfe a mareacra Is In progress Ira' the town Itself, Turks and Bul garian massacring the Inhabitants. 8amii Untormywr Operated On TONXMUL N, T.. 8pt .JSamuel Untennyer was operated on yesterday or InteeilaeJ. trouMe following a sudden aertesa attack, it mi learned today. Tho operation m performed by Doctor JaW bum. a Now Yentf weetaJlnt It m mav, newnoat t IMmurer dosm today Apt U W y " W BW4el aslBHP 4B TODAY'S RACING RESTTT.Tcs First Montreal race, maiden two-year-olds foaled In Canada, purse ?500, 5 1-2 furlongs Tea Cup, 112, Pickens, ?4.S0, $2.60, 92.CO, won; Bavarde, 112, Robinson, $2.60, $2.60. second; Wish away, 100, McAtee, $4.00, third. Time, 1.00 1-5. Second Montreal 'race, purse $500, claiming, two-year-olds, 0 furlongs-Hhymer, 108, Robinson, 6.20, $3X0, $3.00, won; Grati tude, 05, luke, $22.50, $0.50, second; Great Dolly, 100, Parrlucton $3.G0, third. Time, 1.13 3-5. Flist Havre do Grace race, three-year-olds and up, selling, 6 furlongs-Little Dipper, 102, J. McTajjgart, $26.20, $0.00,' $4.40, won; Shoddy, 112, Schuttlnger, $3.30, $2.00, cecond; Palanquin, 112 Troxler, $3.10, third. Time, 1.13 4-5. BUSINESS BOOMS IN WALL STREET NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Wall street experienced the greatest day's trading today since tie McKinley boom times of 1838 to 1001. The demand for stocks was so large that brokers failed to execute many otders at stipulated prices. The million-shoie mark in trading W88 passed at midday. Many new high, records were established. ALFONSO HALTS WAR REPRISALS ON PRISONERS MADItlD, Sept. 14. Announcement was mode today that King; Alfonso, after long negotiations, had succeeded in effecting an agreement among tho belligerent nations to suspend reprisals upon prisoners of war. ' RUSSIANS LET TURK SICK FREEZE, SAYS WOMAN BERLIN, Sept. 14. Two carloads of Turkish prisoners suffering from typhoid Were left last winter by tho Russians to freeze to death, according to the Polish newspaper Kray. sajs tho Overseas News Agency. The newspaper rniotea Mrs. Mary Bentkowska an 'authority for the story. Tho Turks wero left In the cars In an open camp near Snmnnn for two weeks. When the Turks were all frozen the bodies were ImVued. CITY'S TREASURY BALANCE IS $16,074,457.18 The weekly statement of City Treasurer William McCoach shows that the re celpts amounted to $177,004.47 and the payments to $684,408.27, which, with tho sum on hand Inst week, not Including the sinking fund account, left a balance of $16 074,457,18 at the close of business last night. U. S. NOT YET SATISFIED WITH RUSSO-JAPAN TREATY WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. The State Department this afternoon announced that In response to America's demand for an explanation, of the Russo-Japanese secret treaty recently entered Into both those Governments have assured the United States that the "open-door" policy in the Far East has not been Infringed upon. It is admitted, however, that further Information concerning the treaty will be sought before this Government Is satisfied. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF MILK INDUSTRY STARTED WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. The first public hearing in tho Department of Agrl culture's nntlon-wldeinvestlgatlon Into the milk industry began here today when Maryland and Virginia dairymen told the Investigation committee that dairying conditions were ruinous. AMERICAN MERCHANTS CONFER ON TRADE EXPANSION WASHINGTON, Sept 14. Plans for the organization of a conference of Amer ican merchants and manufacturers to conduct the United States campaign in the war for the world's trade, which will follow the European war. are under considera tion by officials of the Department of Commerce. HINDENBURG GIVES KAISER A "CALL-DOWN" ROMB. Sept. 14. The Agenzla Llberta states that Field Marshal von Hlnden burg has curbed Emperor William's habit of giving military commando by advising him to confine his activities to visiting the wounded and delivering speeches. SALE OF LOUVRE MASTERPIECES TO U. S. PROPOSED PARIS, Sept. 14. America, bids fair to, become the home of many of the master pieces 'now hanging In the Louvre and Luxembourg museums. The sale of these gems In the world of art has been proposed by Urbaln Colder, prominent French publicist, to restore Prance's trade balance with America. CARRANZA ASKED TO SPARE AMERICAN DOOMED TO DIE MEXICO CITY, Mex., Sept. 14. The American State Department has asked that the death sentence Imposed upon Harold E. Elton be commuted to twenty years' Imprisonment. Elton, an American mining engineer, was tried in Ooxaca on a charge of aiding the reactionaries. A month ago. at tho request of the United States, General Carranza postponed tho execution. Evening Ledger Circulation For 'Six Months) Daily Ayerage fer Marfh, 110,721 ' Daily Average iTor April, Daily Average for May, 122,011 Daily Average for June, 125,808 " ' Daily Average for July, 121,H Daily Average for August, 117,856 , . Tk'lywoi!! tew rprmt afhti ml paid oircula toft of Om nwppr, ekmimtitng o fttmyUd mud irt NI&HT EXTRA PRICE ONE (MffT SEVENTY AFTER POLITICAL ALLY OF 'HIGHER-UPS' Intimated Minor Leader la Tn.n A Jl.. i. J? Ti L vc.uu xiujiutunb ox jjireubur r Wilson's Ward SENATOR MAKES THREATS Funds Needed to Prevent Wholesale Poll Frauds rpiIE Committee of Seventy needs $7500 to carry on the work of ex posing fraud in registration. In an nppcnl for funds tho com mittee expresses the hopo of receiv ing henrty co-operation. It is pointed out that prosecutions hnve been brought ngninst fifteen defendants for violations of the primary act. It is announced that warrants will soon be issued for many of tho offenders. ; Additional arrests In the Committee of Seenty's city-ulrie crusade against false registration loomed up as certainties today, when detectUcs were sent out with a, war rant for a politician whose arrest, It was said, would lead to the arrest of men higher up. Intimations that the man in question was a Vare follower In tho Twenty-sixth Ward, the stronghold of Director of Public Safety Wilson, brought forth a warning from Sena tor Edwin H. Varo. Should the threat be carded out, he told reporters, ho would Issue a statement attacking the motives of the Committee of Scicnty, The identity nnd political affiliations ot tho man In question were withheld. It waa said, hoveor, that although he personally was of not much political weight, taking him Into custody would open up menues of Information that would enable the Commit tee of Seventy to carry the attack on fraud- j ulent registration to the cry thresholds of ' political leaders. SEVENTY TO PnESSTItOBn E. D. L. Itonch, secretary of the Com mittee of Seventy, today called upon the city committees ot the several political parties to furnish lists of otcrs registered on tho first registration day. Should the registrars, who ordinarily hold the lists un til registration is completed, refuse to com ply with the demand, the work of the Com mittee, of Seventy will be delayed until after the last registration tfay, October 7. It Is the plan of the Committee of Seventy to obtain the lists Immediately, so that Us probe of fraudulent registration may be pressed. ORGANIZATION AGOG Belief that the Committee of Seventy would causa more arrests caused quit a stir In Organization Republican ranks, fol lowing the arrest of former Policy Lieuten ant John -A Woods, Select Councilman William J, Harrington and Common Coun cilman Daniel Cahlll, both of the Fourth Ward. .Friends of County Commissioner Moore, who la one of the political lieutenants la the Penrosrf-McNIcho! wing of the Organ- . Izatlon, charge that action of the Committee of Seventy may be credited to the influence of the Vares, It Is conceded that Woods did not regis ter or ote In West Philadelphia or from any other than the South street address during tho period covered by the affidavits sworn to by Leon Schwartz, formerly ot 404 South street, on which the three war rants were Issued, The farmer lieutenant takes the position that he was entitled t ote from the place of his choice under the law nnd that he had no thought ot shirk ing responsibility for his acts. Councilman Harrington declared that "Schwartz either lies or Is mistaken whea he says that I had anything to do' 'with Aiding or abetting Woods to register or vote In the Fourth- Ward." Mr. Harrington disclaimed any knowledge of the facts, Ie admitted that he knew both Wood and Cahlll well, but did not even krtow whether Woods voted Jn the ward, "He may have claimed a residence In the seventh dlvtele ot the Fourth Ward, but If he did I bad m knowledge of such a claim," said the ac cused Councilman. HEARING NEXT WEDNESD-AY The three men will appear before Magis trate Imber at 12 o'clock next Wedne4ay, to answer the accuatlon of the Committee of Seventy. They are accused of false regie-, tratlon, perjury and false noting at the primary election In J01B. Woods wrs fct ' that time lieutenant of ths second an4 Christian streets police station, All three hae been staunch supporters o County Commissioner Ilobert J. Meet whose political leadership In the Fourth Ward was wrested from him at the Ma primaries by the Vaies, when they put Senator Samuel Balus In political command. Harrington Is a compare, clerk in the i.llco of Register ot Wills ghxban. and Cahlll Is an Inspector In the PejirUnent of Weights and Measures - Sc!4rtz who twv? makes his home" in ltoxborouth (.ts forth in his affidavit thi ' Woodn IIKgally registered a ad voted trM (Olitlnues tht HarrlngtoH and CakUl to him an! Vrpmlned hint itroteeUo immunity in c- ne go nte 'trouktte IKrmutlng Weed to ruaier aod -r4l ins noue. After MiKMmetaa the arrests of th 1 men tfce ctmaiHtee of Seventy said th4vt1 ram were m tuna to Mas arret f , uci-iii uH.jmnu-r rnnrpes ana tsut woui ue pervea wtiatu tive neat few i Half a, aeere ot University Modal gaged by Ocar-si John R. K. w stdrud work yeMerd-y for the Mnltte of Seventy In Hut uau r v the Thirteenth aod Fourtwiith Wn eeeeraui jr taare ure any rraudul tratloos, reported today that tbey Invest If ted early In Ih day Bocae ot these i-uiijod wt were i urea rrwn niutiuun .dtiieama. tk caew. ! RiareMui tUn C fwnff wm need kwukiu! BiJs flHePHC-i f " "p JZJBS&i V M Til, ilitti -J ifc.i in rktiini i t,- .. , . ..Amw. .