We n-. SJBV vx3STRA7 NIGHT EXTRA Ctmunn Iieuaer : NIGHT EXTRA 6 :h TFlftANCIAL 'EDITION fi VOL. III. NO. 65 .HTY"SEVEN DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS-HERE ARE i am" i ir in i a n i . jai. . .L:fcij, v) -tLji-ii'fm,Tw'fc-itf'ifffit TRjffur ywi More than one thousand of the firs, way yards, at Nineteenth street and GERMANS TAKE GIURGEVO; GAIN N ALTTALLEY Mackensen's Troops .Now Only 35 Miles From Bucharest tKVRTEA ARJESH FALLS Falkenhayn's Forces Drive For ward in Region of Campolung BERLIN', Nov. 28. The German allies are now only thlrty flve miles from Bucharest, the Itumanlnn capital. Official announcement as mndo today of the capture of Glurgevo, which Is di rectly couth of Bucharest and only thirty five miles away. Glurge Is on the Dan ube and lies at the terminus of a short railway line running Into the capital of Kins Ferdinand's kingdom. Kurtea Arjesh, an important railway town In northern Itumanla, Is also in the hands of the Austro-Germnn forces. This town Is not far from Campolune, ono of the chief objecthes of the army of General ion Falkenhayn. More crossings of the Alt Hler have been gained by the Teuton nllies. Under the powerful blows of the Ger mans, Austro-Hungarlans and Bulgarians, the defense of the Busso-Rumanlan forces U crumbling to pieces all around Bucharest. The text of the official report follows: Army croup of Archduke Josef On the eastern frontier of Transylvania the firing Is much lheller. Several Itusilan roconnoltering detachments were repulsed. The Alt has again been crossed by us New operations ha,vo been commenc! by up and the fighting is progressing In our favor. Kurtea Arjesh ls In our possession. Army group of Field Marshal von Mackensen (Dobhidja) The fighting activity In this lone has been limited. The army of the Danube has gained further ground. aiurgeo was captured by us yestirday, SOFIA, Nov. 28, Three armies of German allies have creased the Danube from Bulgaria and In vaded Rumania.' The "War Office announced today that these crossings were effected from Vldln, Lorn Palanks and Behovo. BUCHAREST, Nov. 28, Using: gas and tear 'shells the Teutonlo forces In patrol engagements, backed up by artillery Are, are attacking Rumanian troops Jn the Bure Valley as far as Dragos. Uvele, the War Office reported today, In the west there were no engagements yesterday, except on the extreme right the Rumanian positions were under heavy aemy bombardment On the left wing there was nothing of Importance, Alpng the Danube the statement reported CooUnutJ en rate I'Iti, Column Fur THE WEATHER FORECAST For Philadelphia and vicinitlhGen erqlty cloudy and warmer, wifft prob akly rain late tonight or on Wednesday; moderate southerly winds. LK-SGTII OV DAY fun rlu 7 (to ra. Moan ric g IS P m M ti iaap in. I Moon south" 3.U p. m. DELAWARE RIVER tWK CHANCES CHESTNUT STREET tow wUr 10J$ n i Uy waUr H:2Sp.H TEMPERATURE AT EACH HOPR sUftLlH.?! U-J"34-AU5 loaded on immense freight cars, nrrived in Philadelphia today. They aro lying in the Philadelphia and Heading Kail Allegheny avenue. They arc said to bo scarce and will probably command a high price owing to the gypsy brown moth blight. The Forestry Department has placed a quarantine on the trees. WILSON WILL NOT URGE PEACE NOW President and Aids Decide Against Proposing Nego tiations to Europe GERARD TO WARN BERLIN Ambassador to Caution Kaiser on Submarine Activity and Deportation of Belgians WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 President Wil son and his closest personal advisers In a scries of conferences In quick succession decided this afternoon not to malto any doflnlto move, toward obtaining peace In Europo nt (his time, it a Btatcd In officl.il circles. American diplomatic rep resentatives abroad who have been "feeling out" tho belligerent nations upon the sub ject will bo Instructed Immediately not to commit this Government as being Insiitcnt that peaco como quickly Ambassador Gerard, It was learned, re ceived Instructions to Inform tho German Government upon his return to Berlin that the now German submarine warfare "makes Is seem apparent that German submarine commanders are running the risk of v lolatlng tho pledges glen to this Government" Tho Ambassador was also instructed to tell the Berlin Foreign Offico that tho United States would "seriously regret" any interference with American rellot work In Belgium by the deportation of Helgians to Germany." Ambassador Gerard will leave Washing ton tomorrow und sail from New York Tuesday, carrying out the Instructions upon his arrival In Berlin Tho conferences with tho Tresldent were attended by Colonel JIouso, Ambassador Gerard, Secretary of State Lansing and Counselor I'olk, of the State Department. BERLIN HI AY CONFESS ERROR IN MARINA CASE WASHINGTON, Nov 28 A carefully guarded wireless message received this aft ernoon by Ambassador von Bernstorff from the German Foreign Office, was reported here to contain Information that a- Ger man submarine sank the British steamship Marina October 28, with tho loss of flyo Americans, in violation of the submarine warfare pledges given to the United States, It was further said that an official note to this effect for delivery to Secretary of State Lansing was now being prepared by the Berlin Foreign Office, admitting that "u mistake" wub made and containing an offer to make "full reparation ' Ambassador von Bernstorff refused to make any comment concerning the report. It was admitted, however, that he might present Important papers to the State De partment tomorrow or Thursday. It was believed that only the gravest matters would be taken up on a holiday. CHMUNG, AMERICAN SHIP, SENT TO BOTTOM 2615-Ton Vessel Belonged to the Atlantic and Pacific Trans portation Company LONDON, Nov 28 The American steamship Chemung lias been sunk The Chemung, according to Lloyd's list ing, 1 owned by the Atlantic and Pacific Coast Transportation Company She waji a steel vessel t 8615 " was i. (M ij, length aA was 1&US Itf t&n Iftfta Iter I HOUSEWIVES ASK FEDERAL ACTION Two Millions Appeal to President to Regulate Prices of Food DEMAND TO CURB EXPORT Governor Whitman Plans Com mission With Competent Man in Charge of Work CHICAGO, Nov. 28. Thirty million dozen of eggs, enough (o supply every man, woman and child in the United States with more than three eggs each, were discovered by Government in ventigators in n cold-storage warehouse today. The eggs were bought last May at twenty cents a dozen and are, under stood to be held by James K. 'Wetz, self-styled "egg king." NHW YOBK, Nov 28 Formal appeal for Government regulation of the countrj's food supply was forwarded to President Wilson today by the representatives of 2,000,000 women of tho National House wives' League. Simultaneously Patrick 13 Qulnn, Gov ernment Commissioner for Now South Wales, explained the Australian system of food control nnd recommended Its adoption by the United Staten The plea of tho housewives and the rem edial system outlined by Qulnn dovetail with Governor Whitman's move for tho regulation of New York's food supply by a State food commission Both Qulnn and President Mrs Julian Heath, of the House wives' League, praised Governor Whitman's action Tho housewives' resolution, adopted by the State chairmen ot the league from every State In the Union, bases Its appeal on the assertion that "tho people of the United States are suffering from exorbitant prices due to shortage of crops, Increased export, decreased Import nnd speculation" The league's appeal urgc3 the Govern ment "to determine by all possible meth ods the food supply needed to feed the peo. Cenllnunl on Vast Two, Column. Thre SANTA SENDS FIRST LOT OF CHRISTMAS TREES One Thousand Arrive From Vermont Woods Children Rejoice, but Par ents Will Pay More A positive Indication ot the fast approach ing; Yuletlde presented Itself this morning In the forn? of 1000 Christmas trees, Sevi era! carloads shipped from the upper Ver mont woods arrived at the Philadelphia and Heading Railway yards at Nineteenth street and Atlegheny avenue. Packed tightly In huge freight cars of the Canadian Pacific Hallway and covered with a frosty coat of thin Ice, they were slowly hauled to their temporary resting place. A few momenta later the "kiddles" of the neighborhood Who were on their way to school heard the glad tiding and rushed over to take a "peek " Gee ! Santa Claus la sure to come again this year," shouted onq of the youngsters TThe war ain't goin' tq stop him " The nevys may not have the same pleasant results to4the parents, for it Is learned that Christmas trees are likely to be scarce and bring high prices. Vermont trees are said to be at a premium, owing to a blight caused by gjpsy-moths. The Forestry Department has ordered that all shipments be thor oughly Inspected before leaving In other words. It la n veritable, quarantine Delaware College Gets $100,000 WILMINGTON. DeL, Nov 3 J An anon ymous friend of Delaware College, who has riv.n t about Jl.0O0.U00 In the last year. taday presented another 10.80 for de- PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE TREES TW0ZEPPE WRECKED; SHELLSLONDON British Fliers Bring Down Giant Cruisers Return ing From Raid THRONGS VIEW BATTLES Four Injured 'When German Plane Drops Bombs on Capital LONDON-. Nov 28 night thousand feet aloft, above the Hngllsh Channel, British hydroneroplancs sont a Gorman Zeppelin hurtling down to destruction In flames today. A little earlier anti-aircraft guns, co-operating wjth an aeroplane, nccountcd for nnothcr German air raider on? York and Durham Counties tho great air cruiser also sinking, all.une. Into tho water. A German aeroplane dropped six bombs over tho city of London toilaj. Ucn cral French reported that four persons were Injured, one, a woman, seriously. The of flclat statement said the aeroplane llew at a great height over the city and was partly concealed In the hazo It appeared be tween 11 00 and noon Hxccpt for those Injured, tho statement said, tho damage done by tho bombs was slight. Graphic details of tho llrltlsh success In repelling tho twent -seventh aorlul raid by the Germans since the first of the year were announced today by General Lord French, coinmauder-lu-chief qf tho British home forces Ho said damage In lives or property from bombs dropped by tho raiders over York nnd Durham Counties during the night were believed slight. The first Zeppelin, which apparently en tered over Durham, was pursued by nnaeru planq as it ,turn A homeward Not until the Zeppelin whs over the sea off tho Durham coast did Ihe British uvlator succeed In reaching a. vital part Then lie brought the great dreadnought of tha air down, a burst of flame anti-aircraft guns co-operating The second German Zeppelin entered over North Slldlands, dropping bombs at several places, French's statement said Then It turned homeward nnd sought to escape, with British aeroplanes pursuing 1'lnally the great vessel was apparently struck The last part of her journey was made with dim culty, the eppelln lamely pressing onward She was unable to reach the coast by day. break Later, somewhere gloft on tho Nor folk coast, tho German crew apparently ef fected repairs. The machine Immediately proceeded eastward, rising rapidly to u height of S000 feet Then four naval aero planes attacked the Invader nine miles at sea. An armed trawler aided In the attack Finally u bhot reached a vital part and the great ship sank from the sky a blazing niasa at 8MB a. m Germany has lost one or more of her Zeppelins on every attempt she has made at a raid pver England since September 3 With last night's scor Germany has lost sis giant machines since tha( time GIANT "SCALPS" UUTCHEIt Arrested, He Tells Cops He 'Lives in Arlington Cemetery A giant who was refused money today attacked A. J. Bonsor, a butcher In the Beading Terminal market, according to the police, and inflicted a serious scalp wound with a hatchet before he was arrested Tbe alleged assailant, Charles Horner, made Bonsor unconscious with a blow after an argument over money Bonsor was tak en t- the Hahnemann Hospital, where five stitches were taken to close the wound. Horner, who Is six feet three Inches tall, was held in f 1009 ball by Magistrate Tracy, ojf, the Central Station Be told the polte Hat lived ift Attests Qwwtfqi 28, 1910 CortamnT, QUICK WHEAT BREAKS 10 TO 13 CENTS? GAINS A TRIFLE LATER CHICAGO, Nov, as. Tho whont nmikct vnn demoralised by henvy Helling1 townul the close lothty. l'llew melted by quarters nnd halves nmtd intense excitement until 1imb of 10 to t.'l cents from the mcvlons close wciv teconled, trhoi' wnti n mlly nl the end on coy ling, but final quotations wcie 0 to 7 1S conta net lower. The whirl wind followed reports concerning diplomatic lclntlons nntl more lesti lotions by lnlhonds on the movement of grain. RAILROADS MUST RETURN EXCESS 130X CARS WASHINGTON, Nov. UtJ.llctmna by cadi inllrontl of all box cats on its lines in excess of ttic mtmbei owned by I'i'.it line waa in dcied today by tho conference committee- on car efficiency of tho Ameilcnn Hallway Association. The order was issued "in the inter til of the public to meet an cincijjcucy." MYSTERIOUS SHIP SENDS CALL FOR HELP HALIFAX, Nov. i8 New niVHtcty was attached hero today to wireless S. O. S. calls picked up by tho Knblc Island Motion fiotn a steamship which signed horself "Amerliiuc." No such vcrsi-I Is IIhIi-iI In shipping records, and mnrltlmo men Hay thej never heard of her. The calls were quite distinct mid weie lelnvcd to vessels In n wide radius No I canon was civ on for tho distress calls DISGRACED NEW YORK GUARD OFFICER "FIRED" WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S Tho War Depirtment today announced tho dis missal of Klrst Lieutenant Clvdo I-'. Mnrlon, Kevcnty-llrst Now Yoik National aunrd, who was convicted by ioui t nmrthil of diiinkcniicss nnd "conduct unbecomltiK an ollleer and a kimiI Ionian" while on dutj on tho Mexican border. Tho conviction wns npptoved In 1'iesldent Wilson. PLATE GLASS COMPANY INCREASES WAGES TOLKIX). O, Nov 28. The Kdvvaid I'ord Plate Glass Company will voluntarily Increase the vvnees of Uh 1S00 eniplojt-s eluht per cent, elTectlvo December I. Tho nvcinKP dally wnpe Is now $' CO. MINT GETS $8,500,000 IN CANADIAN GOLD TODAY A shipment of Canadian nold valued at $8,500,001) la on Uh way lieio from Ottawa tuul will arrive at tho Philadelphia Mint home time lato today. Tho gold Is accompanied by armed kuuuI.s nnd will be taUen to the Mint from the railroad station In heavily KUnrdcd evproHS wagons Tho i;old IicIoiikh to .1. I' Morgan & Co. VERHAEREN, BELGIAN POET, FATALLY HURT BY TRAIN HAVIIL3, Nov. 28 A dispatch fiom ltoucn snH that i:mll Verh.icion, well Known HulRlun poet, wns fatally injiucd by falling beneath a moving train today. BRITISH STEAMSHIP REPORTED SUNK, LONDON, Nov. 23 Tho Dltcrmnu liner City of Birmingham has been sunk. (Uojd'H lists tho City of Birmingham as a Htecl vessel of "lys tons, with Liverpool her homo poit ) EDGE'S MAJORITY, FOR .JERSEY GOVERNOR, 09,617 THDNTON, Nov. 23. Governor-elect Walter 11 Hdgo's olllciaj majority was 69,617, tho State Board of Canvassers was Infoimod this nfternoon nt Its meeting In tho Stutohouso The llgurc: also show Hint United .States Senator elect Joseph S. rrellnghuyjen, tho Republican nominee, was chosen by a majority of 71,690. In the totals for Assemblmen the Republicans had a majority of C5.013 Tho average vote for tho Republican electora wan 208,082 nnd for the Democratic 211,018, a iTTffeionco of 57,904. The Hgnn road bill was can led by a majority ot 89 250. SOUTH AND MIDDLE WEST TO MONOPOLIZE FARM LOANS WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Tho rcBources of tho Federal Loan Board will bo vir tually monopolized by tho South and Middle West, It was learned today. Tho board plans to locate inoio than half tho tvvelvo farm loan banks In that section becauso of tho extensive farming la thoso sections Tho boaid today began laying out tho fnrm loan dJKtrlcts tho country is to bo divided Into nnd will announce tho location of tho twelve ccnteis by December 18. U. S. RECALLS MILITARY ATTACHE FROM BERLIN WASHINGTON, Nov 28. Tho War Department today olllclally confirmed reports ot the recall of Lieutenant Colonel orcph 12. Kiilm, milltniy nttacho of tho Amerlcun Embassy In Berlin 15600,000,000 WAR EXPORTS TO RUSSIA NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Statistics have been given out by the foreign trade de. partment of the Nntlonnl City Bank on tho exports of meiclmndlse fiom tho United States to Russia since tho beginning of tho war. According to this compilation, these exports nmount to more than J600.000.000, of which about $JOO,000,000 went by way of tho Pacific Ocean and $400,000,000 by way ot the north Atlantic louto. FEARS OF SUBMARINES ADVANCE INSURANCE RATES NEW YORK, Nov. 28 Believing that German submarines nio crossing the Atlantic preparatory to beginning a vigorous warfare against Allied commerce, sev eral local underwriters today raised tholr rates fiom to H4 per cent on ship, ments for South America. The transatlantic rate Is unchanged, ranging between 214 and 3 per cent on all shipments, whllo cargoes to tho Mediterranean ara being negotiated nt 1 per cent. While two or three of tho underwriters placo little credence In tho submarine report, others feel thnt since the British Admiralty has seen lit to warn alt merchantmen to be on tho lookout for U-boats there must bo pome reuson for this warning. 2600 STEEL WORKS EMPLOYES GET AN INCREASE PITTSBURGH. Nov. 28 An increase of ten per cent in wages has been announced by oilklnls of tho Superior Steel Company, of Carnegie. Theadvante affects 1700 employes A similar lncreaso has been announced by the Standard Steel Car Companj, at New Castle, la, benellttliig 900 employes. Roth are elTectlvo December 15. OUSTED TEUTONIC ENVOYS REACH BULGARIA BERLIN. Nov. 28. Advices from Solia say that tha Ministers of the Central Powers, whoso departure from Greece was demanded by the Entente Allies, have arrived at the Bulgarian port of Kavula. BOOK IN JACKET SAVED BOY HIT BY AUTO A school book which a boy carried In thq breast of his jacket probably saved his life when he was run over by un automobile at Broad and CallowhlH streets. The lad was Joseph II. Chok, of 102t South street. Ho was r.Idlng a blayele vvhon struck, and ho fell under tho wheels of tho motoicor, which passed over his chest. At tho Hahnemann Hospital it was found that he had no s,e!ous Injur', The book had acted as a fender, SARDINIA, ISLE IN MEDITERRANEAN, SWEPT BY CYCLONE PARIS. Jiov, 28. The Island of Sardinia, in tho Mediterranean, has been range4 by a cyclone, according to a teport received in Rome and forwarded to the Havos Agency. ' CATTLE EMBARGO THROUGHOUT STATE DECLARED As a. projection asulust hoof and mouth duwase, an embargp pgahist live stock from Nebraska and the Kansas City stockyards lis been declared through out Pennsylvania by Dr. a J Marshall, State Veterinarian. Cattle from Nebraska have developed a disease resemblng hoof and mouth Infection, and the -embargo Was declared pending Investigation. WOMEN TO SEEK 5200,000 FOR COLLEGE Tho Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania will begin a campaign on De cember 4 to increase its present I5QO.040 endowment fund by an additamal 800,000. Prominent Pblladelphlans are among tbe workers in the campaign, whleh, will con tinue until December 16. Tbe campaign la novel in that, it will ba conducted entirely by women, 1010, t ma Fcsuo LtMi Cauriiit NEWS PItlCE ONE CENT DEATH GAMBLE " IN COPS SEEN IN PENSIONDEALS Councils Asked to Probe Insurance on Police Here WHO PAYS PREMIUM? WHO GETS INDEMNITY? Councilman Thompson Hints Scandal Connected With Pension Mutual POLICIES ARE FOR $250p "Who la making money out of the deaths of Philadelphia's policemen?" This Is the purport of n resolution which was taken to Councils todny by Common Councilman J. Walter Thompson, of the Forty-sixth Ward, nnd which ho said ho would Introduce at today's session. The resolution nBks a councllmanlo ln vcstlgatlon Into tho affairs ot the Police llcncflclary Association In tholr rolatlon to tho Pension Mutual Life Insuranco Com pany of Pittsburgh, nnd It recites the fact thnt policemen's lives and deaths nro virtu ally being gambled on. Mr. Thompson, In his resolution, says h lias Information that policemen's funds, as Invested In the Beneficiary Association, are Invested In tho Pension Mutual Life Com pany and because that company's capital I reported to hav an Impairment of mora than $1,000,000 WHO PAYS PREMIUMS? lie Hnj.s ho has learned that lives of policemen nre bolng Insured without havlnc to undergo tho usual formality of a physi cal! examination, nnd that an unknown "philanthropist" pays tho premium. H naa ho unnta to know who this is and how It hnppcns thnt policemen's deaths can bp made to mako money for people. Tho Pension Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, of Pittsburgh, which Is mentioned la Councilman Thompson's resolution, la the company for which a receivership hearing han been set In the Dauphin County courts December 12 next, and which Is dominated by Lyndon D. Wood, nometlmcs called the "Insuranco wizard" of America, nnd th president ot the Pension Mutual besides. being tho dominating head of tho Coiisoll-Hl dated Investment Company and the union Casualty Company. Tho resolution which Councilman Thomp son said ho would offer to Councils Is an follows WHEREAS, It has como to my at-' tcntlon that sovcrnl thousand members of tho Philadelphia police force, who aro members of the Police Beneficiary Association, are Insured through that organization with the Pension Mutual Life Insurance Company; nnd WHEREAS, It has been reported that this Insurance company In faced with a capital Impairment of more than $1, QOO.OOO; and WHEUEAS, I have been informed that none of tho policeman Insured through the Police Beneficiary Asso ciation themselves pay premiums to the Pension Mutual Llfo Insurance Com pany, but that the premiums are being paid by some unidentified "philan thropist," and WHEREAS, I learn that policies are Issued on these policemen without their having to undergo the usual for mality of u physical examination, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, thnt a council manic committee be appointed to in vestigate Just how the Police Bene ficiary Association Is Identified with the Pension Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, who pays there premiums on the lives of policemen which they them selves don't pay, and who gets the money when one of them dies ; In other words, to find out who Is making money out of the deaths of Philadel phia's policemen. BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION The Police Beneficiary Association is com posed of several thousand members of th Philadelphia pqllce force. The lives of large percentage of these policemen are In sured In the Pension Mtual Life Insurance Company. Each policy, It Is (understood, Is for 12500, Ever since the lives of the policemen were Insured In the Pension Mutual Life Insur ance Company, paments for J2500 have been made by that company to the associa tion. These payments, which usually cam In the nature of a check and made payable to the Police Uenltlclary Association, wera deposited In the djrard Trust Company In the name of the association, WHERE JS100 GOES Later a check was drawn on the associa tion In the name of the person who deliv ered, the original check from the Insurance company for about 92100, enriching the treasury of the Police Beneficiary Associa tion with 100 The: check for J3409 usutUr went to the unidentified "philanthropist" The insurance of the policemen In the Pension Mutual Life Insurance Company mis placed soma time in 1916 by Seth II. Whltely, a life Insurance agent qf this city with ottlces at Third and Walnut street. Recently when Mr Whltely was asked who was paying the premiums on the insurance for the policemen he said that was being done by certain persona who had warm spots In their hearta for members of the police force He has steadily refused to reveal the ldentltxof the man or men wh hav a been paying tho insurance premium. QUBSTION PVADBO Olttora of the Police Bnflciary Asseek atlon, when asked who was payinj? tfe. premiums, hav usually d.smuised the Ques tion as follows! Wa liavo no idea who is paying y premiums, but if doesn't interest a because uvery time that A policeman who Is a member of our association dies, and who Is insured in thf Penluu Mutual Life Insurance Company, our balance In the bank la Increased wuh JilO or jnort i P. UaKnoj ctaainaaA of Cat&ntM ' CVnuaiti', I MtmnMv iu-- jK m 4T mi at isi 4m& emsm w mm- ssS I hup- -ft "Jlllr' f