3FTNANCTALEDiTIONs -nl- NIGHT EXTRA VOL. in. NO. 13 txmmta iJltittt NIGHT EXTRA HAIG'S TROOPS GAIN NEW LINES IN "BIG PUSH" British Advance Between Martinpuich and Gueude- court in Latest Thrust K FRENCH FIRM ON MEUSE Rumanians Win in Transylvania. Greece on Brink of War British troops drove on again last jiight In the great Allied offensive on the Somme, General Halg reported this aft- lernoon. Tho latest British advance was between Martinpuich and Gueclecourt. The British arc now concentrating their efforts in attacks in tho direction of Bapaume, from which their lines are B 'only threoNmllcs distant. The Frerith aro making ready for tho ""encirclement of Peronne and Chaulnes, " south of the Somme. The number of ' prisoners taken by the Allies as a re sult of two weeks' fighting in the Somme region is 10,000, In addition, much booty and vast quantities of am munition have been taken. A German attack in the Thiaumont Fleury sector on the Verdun front last night was crushed by the combined power 'of French guns and infantry, Paris reported today. On tho Bulgar front fighting con tinues Bulgarian attacks, delivered with the purpose of recapturing Fio rina, were beaten back with bloody losses, the French War Office announced today. Tho long-expected counter-offensive of Field Marshal von Hindenburg against the Russians is apparently un der way. Numerous attacks have been launched by the Germans on, the east ern front all along tho line from Riga to Ums Galician border. In Volhynia, German pressure became so strong that : the Russians' advanco was halted. Greece's army of 300,000 men will be mobilized immediately to join the armfon nf thn Ailing, nnirl on unrnn. 'Lrmed Athens dispatch today. King Constantino was expected to sign the mobilization decree within forty-eight hours, Athens reported. The Government will then issue a procla mation to the people, denouncing Bul garia's occupation of Kavala and other s Greek ports, following 'this with a dec laration of war. Contradictory dispatches from Ath ens left the situation greatly clouded today, but it appeared probablo that ' ex-Premier Venizelos arrival at Crete, where he received an enthusiastic wel come, forced the hand of tho King. Venizelos caused a proclamation to be given wide circulation throughout Greece offering the King ono more chance to join the Allies. The 'alter native apparently was a revolution. PHILADELPHIA, THUBSDAY", SEPTEMBER 28, 191G ComianT, 1010, t ins rmto Lxdoii Coxmkt. r BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE AGAIN. ON SOMME FRONT, GENERAL HAIG REPORTS LONDON, Sept 28. The British drove on last nlirht In the J-', (reat Somme battle, which has raged uu ji ceaslngly slnca Monday morning, and ad- 1 vanced their lines between MartlnDUlch and 1,.. j .. . .... .... ..., "uucuccuuri, iienerai jmiK repuneu una eve- f4 ainr. f General Hale's men are pushing steadily forward to the north. In the direction of Bapaume, now only three miles away, ac cording to official bulletins. The British : are now only 800 yards from Faucourt v l'Abbaye. i 'Excellent progress was made today," ' E&ys thA 1ntfit Tli-ftUh ttitllAlfn "K7.....I, i t Piers our troons carried further- nmv t-J trenches on a front of 2000 yards and are ST now level with the east side of Faueom-t 1'Abbe. ."There has been fierce fighting northeast Thlenval. in the course nf uhlv, ..- k, troops stormed and now hold an enemy BRITAIN RESENTS PEACE TALK OF NESJTRALS; DEMANDS FIGHT TO FINISH, LLOYD GEORGE SAYS Move by United States, Vatican or ain Woufd Be Construed as Pro-German, War Secretary . Declares Determined on "Knockout" L ) By ROY W. HOWARD rresldnt of the Unltd Trm Atioclatlon. CopyrUM. 1010, by the United True. Copyrighted. In Oreat Hrluln. ' The following interview with David Lloyd Gcdhge, the directing lore, 'behind Great Britain's armies, asserting that the war must go on to the finish to a knockout is the first statement given by htm to American newspapers since he succeeded Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for Wan I0ND0N, Scpt 28, Thcre ,s no cnd of tho war in siBht Any attempt at this time by the United States, tho Vatican or any other neutral in tho direction of peace would bo construed by England as an unneutral, pro-German move. These statements are made on the authority of the British man of the hour, Right Honorable David Lloyd George, Secretary of State for War. "Britain has only begun to fight; the British Empire has invested thousands of its best lives to purchase future im munity for civilization; this investment is too great to bo thrown away," was the Welsh statesman's size-up of tho situation. More than at any time since tho be ginning of the war there is evidenced throughout England a popular suspi cion townrd America, a suspicion that did not exist a year ago. This feeling appears directly attributable to the no tion generally entertained by the man on the street that President Wilson might bo induced to "butt in" for the purpose of stopping the European war. A similar suspicion of Spain and the Vatican is also manifest. Lloyd George was asked to give in the simplest possible language the British attitude toward the recent peace talk. "Simple language?" he queried with fl Violf 0V!1m HP! tin 4...Vl. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE mcnt; "Sporting terms are pretty well understood wherever English is spoken," he replied.. "I am quite sure they will be understood in America. "Well, then, tho British soldier is a good sportsman. He enlisted in this war in the sporting spirit the best sense of that tcm. He went in to see fnir play to a small nation trampled upon by a bully. He is fighting for fair play in international dealings. He has fought as a good sportsman by the thousands. He has died like a sportsman. He has never nsked anything more than a sporting chance and hasn't always had that. When he couldn't get it, he didn't quit. He played the game. He didn't squeal and certainly he never asked any one to squeal for him.'' N SAYS GERMANS ARE "SQUEALING" The Secretary for War, who looks, acts and talks more like an American business man than any, other Englishman in public life now, speaking real United States with scarcely any trace of the usual British intonation of accent, continued : f "Under the circumstances, the British, now that the fortunes of the game have turned a bit, arc not disposed to stop because of the squealing done by the Germans or for the Germans by probably well-meaning but misguided sym pathizers and humanitarians. "For two years the British soldier had a bad time no one knows so well n3 he what a bad time it was. He was sadly inferior in equipment. On the average ho was inferior in training. He saw the Allied cause beaten all about the ring, but he didn't appeal either to the spectators or to a referee to stop the fight on the ground that it was brutal, nor did he ask to have tho rules changed. Ho took his punishment. Even when beaten like a dog he was a game dog. "When forced to take refuge in a trench, when too badly used up to carry the fight to the enemy, he hung on without whining, fought oft" every attack, bided his time, endured without wincing, worked witout flagging." -j nBIW price one enure ' "JOE, MY JOE, COME TO ME,"MRS.LE DUC WAILS TO HUSBAND "Will You Take Me Back?" Hotel Tragedy Victim Asks SAYS, "OF COURSE, I WILL" QUICK NEWS PHILLIES 0 30 BROOKLYN.... 0 0 1 " Alexander and Killefer; Ghcney and Miller. Klcm and Emsllc. WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 ATHLETICS... 00 10 ' Ctolllu anil Il'iKjr; labors mid Suann. Continued on fate Seven. Column Ono CARIUNZA AGENTS REPORTED . ON WAY TO ADVISE CONFEREES t - iWill Watch Negotiations at Atlantic ( City, Is Belief ' ATLANTIC CITY. Sept Z8.A report --- - ".nu .juaricr uecjares mat t!7 Jlxls.Bndln" two representatives to ' . . wuwi wim me Mexican !rRatlon whl ' t0 begin its meetings O0 on MonAnv Carranw has directed his emissaries to jWPresa upon the Carransista delegates that uL T H "'"" "p aiscuseion or matters -- . -- .vi, uul uno momentous h? iBno fn ngTTque'tUm affecn the Inten- to M 1 ""'" oiaiea as to lis soldiery THE WEATHER FORECAST JV Philadelphia and vicinity Srkfi.m.MB"d tonht fld Frt- mlHV ?hr FridV; fresh south m imthwett winds. IX 'its UWQTH OC DAT 6M a, n. I .' ' ' ' I," .4.t p, a. wbm HIVHK TU1K CHANGHS K CHKOTNUT BTR1WT jraHvaKAvwHw at hack imuk CONTRASTS FOE'S ATTITUDE Lloyd George's eyes Snapped, as sitting at his desk In tho War Office he tilted back his chair and studied the celling as If seeing there a picture of Tommy's game fight In the early stages of the contest. "And at this time, under these conditions, what was tho winning German doing?" he asked. "Was he worrying over the terrible slaughter? No. He was talking of annex ing Belgium and Poland as a result of his victory,' and while he was remaking the map of Europe without the slightest regard for the wishes of Its people, the British people were preparing to pay the price we knew must be paid for the time to get the army ready, "It Is one thing to look back on the pounding the British soldier took the first two yeara of the war, but a different thing to look forward, as he did not know the beating couldn't be avoided during these months when It seemed the finish of the British army might come quickly. MUST BB A "KNOCKOUT" "Germany elected to make It a finish fight with' England. The British soldier was ridiculed, held in contempt. Now we intend to see that Germany has her way. Continued on Taie SoTtn. Column F!e MAJOR RAMSAY, DU PONT VICE PRESIDENT, DIES Was Chief Engineer of Con struction Plant Harf Built Many Explosive Plants WILMINGTON. DeL. Sept 21. Major miui.m rinuvemeur lUmsay. vice president and director of the du Pont Powder Com.' pany and chief engineer of its constructive department, died suddenly here today. He was the principal factor In the physical development of the du Pont plant, caused by the extraordinary demands put upon it by the European war, Major Itamsay entered the service pf the du Ponts In Hit. He built many oxploslve factories throughout the country and was engVged In the construction of a plant in Montana which will be named Ramsay, In his memory. He had some 00 men -on hU acUve ta and 10.000 work, meu under him enraged in actual con truotki work. He was ma4e a director aad a a vIm prMt Ut Tkf Hat H fcpy t the yiMBJMWj M. !, NEW YORK GIANTS WIN TWENTY-FOURTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY Tesreau Hurls Shut-out Ball Against Braves in Opening Game of Today's Double-Header FINAL COUNT IS 2-0 POLO GROUNDS, N. V Sept. 28. New York continued Its great winning streak this afternoon by taking the first game of tho double header from the Boston Driven. Tho score was two to nothing. This Is the twenty.fourh consecutive victory for Mc Graw's rejuvenated club. 4 Jeff Tesreau pitched magnificent hnll nnrt was not In grave danger In any inning ex cept me nrst, when the Braves beiran hv loading the bases with one down. However at this Juncture Tesreau tightened, re tiring Smith on a pop fl and Magee on a fly to the outfield. The Giants scored first In the fourth on Dave Robertson's home run Into the right field stand New York'a second run came In the sixth. Robertson scored this run also on a wild throw by Maranvllle after ho had reached first on a fielder's choice and third on Zimmerman's single. PinST INNINO Collins singled to rlghtj Maranvllle sin gled over second. Connolly popped to Kelly, Konetchy was safe on Herzoga muff or Fletcher's perfect throw. Smith popped to Zimmerman Magee out to Robertson. No runs, two hits, one error. Burns wa out, Rudolph to Konetchy Herxog singled to short center, . Robertson lined to Connolly, who threw to' Konetchy doubling up Henog at first. No runs, one hit, no errors. SECOND INNINO Egan was easy for Herzog and Kelly Gowdy struck out. Rudplph also fanned No runs, no hits, no errors. Btmmerman went out, Rudolpl to Ko netchy, Fletcher fouled to Gowdy. Kauff wa retired, Maranvllle to Konetchy. No runs, no hits, no errors. THIRD INNING Collins struck out. Fletcher tossed out Maranvllle. Connolly went out the same way. No runs, no hits, no errors. XUy douWod to H JUU Uuat. Mc Oarty saoriee4, HudrisA to Xwuiehy. 'fOJWfau Mt to Kaaa, who tcwaw et XeHs JOSEPH C. LE DUC He arrived from Chicago today to visit his wife in the Jefferson Hos pital, following the hoteltragedy ' of Wednesday morning. Miss Ann McAndrcws, sister of Mrs. Harry BcJzcr, who shot and killed J. C. Gravcur, wqunded Mrs. Joseph C. Le Due and then killed herself at the Hotel Walton early Tuesday morning, said today that her Bister nnd Gravcur were engaged to be married and that Gravcur attempted to break the engage? mcnt about three wtecks ago. She de clared that the engagement was known to their intimate friends only. Miss Mc Andrcus said also that her sister had taken steps to get a dhorce from her husband, who is now in Panama, on the grounds of desertion. Miss McAndrcws made the statement at the Morgue, after identifying her sister's body. Absolute faith In his wife was borne out, according to the police, by tho latest devel opments In jestorday's shooting at the Hotel Walton, upon tho arrival today of J, C.jLo Due, wealthy Chicago clubman nnd golfer, whose wife was wounded by Mrs Harry Belzer, of Now York, when she shot nnd killed Joseph C. Graveur, a New York garage owner, and then committed suicide. Investigation today, according to detec tives, Indicated: ' That Mrs. Le Duo did not accompany Graveur to this city, but met him here. That It was Mrs. Belzer,' not Mrs Le Due, who registered at the hotel with Oraveur. That the tragedy occurred when Mrs. Le Due and Oraveur, who had been on the roof garden of the hotel, stopped by the latter's room on the ninth floor to get Mrs. Le Due's handbag. The description of the woman who regis tered with Graveur corresponds with that NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON.lstg O OOOOOOOO-O 6T NEW YORK O O O 1 O 1 O O X- 2 6 1 Rudolph nnd dowdy; Tesicau and McCarty. i;OSTON,2dg. ...OO - NEW YORK o 1 Rngan nnd t!owdy; Sckupp au,i McCarty. AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW YORK o O O ' BOSTON , O 1 '..". ' - riogiidge r.nd Walters; Mays aud Cady. CHICAGO ' CLEVELAND Postponed Rain - TODAY'S RACING RESULTS First Woodbine race, Stockbildge plate, $600 added, maiden 2-ycar-olds, 5 1-2 ui longs Stniter, 108, Pickens, ?8.86, $4.10, $2.00, won; Beauty Spot, 103, Giay, $5.30, $3.40, second; Blight and Tarly, 103, Robinson, $20, third. Time, 1.08 2-5. Tirst Havre fle Grace race, selling, 2-year-olds, . 5 furlongs Mother Machree, 104, Louder, $10.70, $6.60, $4.00, won; Kentucky Boy, 107, Schuttlnger, $8.50, $4.80, second; Old Drury, 100, Troxler, $0.20, third. Time, 1.08 3-5. MASTER BAKERS URGE EMBARGO ON WHEAT CINCINNATI, Sept. 28.-W. H. KeiboTT, cccietary of the Tri State Master Bakers' Association, including Ohio, Indiana and Michi gan, today said that tesolutlons adopted by tho association had bceu torwaidcd to President Wilson urging him to call special j,cs&lou o Congress to place an embargo on the expoitatiou of wheat. ' Continued on I'ate Thirteen, Column Two TWO MEN SURRENDER AS RICHTER'S SLAYER GREECE DISAVOWS RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEWS BERLIN, Sept. 28. Tho Greek Minister to Germany has ofllcjally Informed the Foreign Offlco of tho abolition of tho Greek censorship. Ho stated that tho Greek Government consequently declines responsibility for all new from Greece. (Cable dispatches from Athens via London last wc,ek stated that the Allies have taken complete charge of the news censorship in Greece.) OIL ADVANCES TEN CENTS AT PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28. A ten-cent advance in oil was announced today, Penn sylvania crude advancing from $2.30 to 2 40. All of the eastern grades were ad vanced ten cents with tho exception of Ragland, which advanced five cents to .80, Mercer (black), Newcastle, Corning, Cabell nnd Somerset are the other grades affected by tho advance. Tell Detectives They Believe They Fired Fatal Bullet in Target Practice CuMnml race IHilua, h Two men, .who believe they accidentally shot and killed William Rlchter, of 2SC5 South Hancock street, surrendered them selves to Detective Belshaw in the City Hall today. They are William C Campbell, fifty years old, of Slit South Mole street,' and Daniel Illty, sixty-four years old, of 207 North Second street, Darby, The police believe that the story which the men tell fully explains the mystery which surrounded the death of Rlchter laBt Sunday, who was shot to death on his front doorstep while holding; his little daughter. Since that time the efforts of the police to connect anyone with the shooting; proved fruitless until both men walked into the detective bureau this morn ing. They told Detective Belehaw that on Sun day they were shooting at a target placed In the grounds of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, at Second and Shunk streets, and believed that a stray shot fired by one of then) probably killed nichter. The gun which they were using at the time is of the tame caliber as that" of the bullet which ended the life of Rlchter. After telling their story in the Detec tive Bureau, they were arraigned before Magistrate Pennock in th Central Station and held to await the action of the Coroner As the evidence points' to a purely accl dental death, the Coroner allowed the men to be rlM4 ta the parole of their attor y'4NU SohcAeM. until tomorrow mora lac " a jUmtust lai) tU death tf MONEY LENDERS CONVICTED OF USURY A rule of ten per cent per month on a loan of $25 was chargoJ, according to witnesses, by Albert W. Sholler, who, with H. Matthias Pudcr nnd Leon W. Short, professional money lenders, was tried this afternoon before Judge Davis in Quarter. Sessions Court. Puder and Short charged lower rates, which, however, also were exorbitant. The men offered no defense and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty, On on J, Roberts, the defendants' attorney, made a motion for a nw trial on the ground that the money Ioanders' act was attacked before Judge Staake. The motion was refused and Pudor was nned $100 and the costs of prosecution. The other defendants were admitted to $200 ball, pending the appeal of Puder's case to the Superior Court. OKUMA TO RESIGN AS JAPAN'S PREMIER TQKIO. Sept. 28, Count Okuma, the Japanese Premier, will resign in October, it was learned today. Tiaron ICato is expected to succeed him. Advanced age is given as the reason for Okuma's retirement. FARM' LOAN BANK BOARD ORGANIZES SYSTEM m WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Final steps for tho organization of the Federal farm loan bank system, the first venture of the United States in rural finance, were begun hero today. The Federal Land Loan Board returned to Washington after a tour of investigation which has lasted sevoral weeks and settled down to tho details of organizing the personnel of the now sjBtem The, board hopes to have its organization in working order by the first of next year. ' MILLERS PREDICT FLOUR AT $10 A BAtfREL MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Sept 28 Local millers declare that flour may retail at $10 a barrel in the near future If whjW prices continue, to rise. A slump in wheat prices has prevented a further rise in flour, but quotations were Arm at $8.80 for first patent grades in barrels in carload lots. Flour is $3 a barrel higher than it was a year ago. HAWAII SWAMPED BY EUKALELE ORDERS WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. According to Commercial Agent Taylor, at Honolulu tho demand for the eukalele, a Hawaiian musical Instrument, is far ahead of facil' Ities for Its manufacture in Hawaii. At this time last year the demand was for about 800 instruments a month, but now It calls for 1600 a month. There are eight factories in Honolulu and many small makers scattered around the Islands. MILLfON IN GOLD DUST BROUGHT FROM YUKON SEATTLE, Warti., Sept. 28. The steamship Victoria arrived today from Km with more than $1,000,000 of new gold. F Bmlth and wife, of the Koyokuk ftistrtct nsr the moutjrof the Yukon, brought more than $260,00 pf gol4 dtc u jt TMnhM! aa wife ham tte mw AUtrtct at Marshall, on tke lowar YuImm, ttfeugbt Wjm fcl OUTSIDER WILL ADVISE MAYOR ON TRANSIT W. Barclay Parsons, Fat mous New York Engineer, J Has Been Selected j CONSIDERING TWO MORSi Will Endeavor to Work Out De tails of Agreement with the P. R. T. Company J The outside transit expert whom Mayer Smith has considered bringing to this oKy' to assist in wor'.lng put the co-operatlvel agreement between ihe. municipality and thsj Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company lsW. Barclay Parsons, a consulting engineer of' New York city. Mayor Smith, at his At-f lantlo City home this morning, admitted thli to bo true, and at the same time hsl said he had considered Inviting two other public utility experts, one from Chicago' ana one from Doston, to lend further as slstance. Mr. Parsons was recommended to th' Mayor by the Chamber pf Commerce In ths letter sent by President Howard B. French last week. In the spring the Chamber of' Commerce made an effort to have this same' man brought to make a complete survey of tho entire transit situation before ths passage of the transit loan. As their plan would havo meant months of delay and In action nnd an Indefinite postponement ' any vote on the tranult loan, It did not meet with approval from any one Interested In the prompt solution of the city's transit problems. OPPOSE TATLOIl PACT The Hrst Intimation that the officials of the transit company are now offering op position to tho use of the tentative agree ment, worked out by former Transit Di rector A. Merritt Taylor, as the basis for renewed negotiations, was also given by th Mayor In the course of his interview. "The P. IL T. officials," he explained, "say that the 1007 agreement was the only one ever made between themselves and ths city and they assert further that the sub sequent proposals for an agreement, made by Mr. Taylor, wcro never ratified' by them.; While maklne no comment uoon th vlw of the transit officials the Mayor said, that' this tentative agreement could not be used now in its original form,, as It did not pro-1 'vide for the lines as they are to be built. The Taylor plan of construction, however, the Mayor gave his renewed Indorsement with the comment: "I am determined upon one thing. That Is to have the Taylor plan followed out and to have It followed out In Its entirety." CONFERENCE AT NOON Whether or not Mr. Parsons alone or Mr. Parsons and two other? experts are to be Invited to this city now was to have been de cided at noon today at a conference between the Mayor and the two other city represen tatives on the Philadelphia Rapid Transit directorate, William Hancock and Colonel Sheldon Potter. The Mayor, however, has postponed the meeting until early next week. The Major frankly admitted that he was not a transit expert, and this was the rea son, he said, he wished to call in outside help in order that things might be guided right and that the ultimate solution of the transit question would mean "efficient serv ice for the public, a paying proposition for the operator and a monument to the pres-i ent administration ' "Mr. Taylor, who himself was an expert," the Mayor observed, "called In expert opin ion before he drew up his final plan or agree-v ments, and as I am not a transit expertVv there Is Just so much more reason why If V should call In expert opinion In order that the best possible plan may be worked out for tho city." WORK ON TENTATIVE PLAN The Mayor made It clear that no matte what the experts might propose they would be acting only In an advisory capacity an4 that neither himself nor his two fellow members on the P. R. T. board would be bound to accept what the expert or the ex perts might work out Even It an entire draft were worked out by these outsteps men, he said. It would only be tentative un til It had been given the proper considera tion by the local officials. In discussing the fact that the Chamber of Commerce had made the suggestion of Invltlna Mr. Parsons and that their letter had been withheld from publication, ths Ma) or said he thought the men who seat the letter should have given It out ths selves, as the transportation cowvmitUe of the United Business Men's Aiwoclatkm dial with their letter sent the following eVay. Thcre was no significance In the faaf that he had delaed giving out the lettar far publication, he pointed oUt. Krusen Lifts Civil Servtee Bar At the request of Director Xrvs tfc Department pf Health, nurses aa e4srttaa whoso, salaries do not exce4 J50' a r' will 'be placed in the exempt- slass lay ks Civil Service Cwtmtos'on. Tim difficulties eoeoutttersd in afeUlwlssT and ordsrllea far te lafantM campaign and iter ssrylM ta tfss wards of eMy WtUtlo Is tc given by ptfestsr Xrusea tai request that Ms sshUs si'i enter the atty ssrvtas wiakptst ths rsstrMlotrf tasWsnt U ffi ) tltjmm Im Ctiy Triiim tTh. tusV MAAiAkHAn . f4hr W . -AS William shows that tb rimlW imwIM to 1TM1..H, and the rnnsa?! V ;,.-.--, wM-wn, wiui lilt MSBj fJB. MM ttttl was. MX including Uw fssg, MCt haJanea uu UsjkI of 14VJ Pe" vjPv "JaW VHP