m r -g ""? "r ,Y- fW"''1" '' ' !fPl fll ippppmp PICTORIAL Eimttng toftger sVb POSTSCRIPT EDITION SECTION RAGES 16, 17, 18 "JolT III. NO. 210 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917 ConuottT. 101". t Tin Ten io I.tpon CouriKi PRICE TWO CENTS W$3tnp! fii-'C i VJfi I i i RUSSIA PLANS NEW CABINET; ORDER NEARS Government and Council's Committee Confer on Coalition Scheme U. S. AIDS IN HARMONY I' GENERAL MICHAEL ALEXIEFF His resignation as Commander-in- Chief of the Russian armies is ru mored in l'etrograd. General Alex iefT's tenure dates from April 15, when he was named by the pro visional Russian Government to chief command of its armies. PETKOGRAI), .May 17. General Alexieff has resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies, according to a rumor circu lated here today. There is to be a mili tary conference in this city shortly. It will be attended by the commnnders of the various army groups and will be held for the purpose of considering the general military situation. rirrunanAn, May it. nussU appears today to have passed the crisis of politlcalfdckness and lo liavo ttartcd on the road uTconvalesccnce. Dif ferences between tlie Duma Government nd the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies were melting away and tho forma tion of a. I'.ihlnet which f-rrniH certain to command full support of all factions went on apace Today tlio executive . coiniiilt(to of the Council of Workmen's and Soviets' Depu ties met with the Duma ministry. They Jfked that the ministry Include in tho reorganized cabinet three Social Demo crats and three National Socialists six out of twelve of the Cabinet posts. Official denial of alarmist reports of conditions r.f i irchy at Vladivostok was Issued todav. It was asserted tho army commandant tlicro reported complete quiet and co-operation of all classes ever smco tho revolution Ono thing which it seems lias had gicat effect In stopping tho intcrnccene strlfo among factious heie is tho series of state ments printed in newspapers from prom inent Americans urging complete democracy and unity of effort to oust autocratic. Ger many. Today tho statements of Hamilton Holt. Now York editor, and a number of American Socialists that tho United States does not seek and does not favor aggran dizement in the war were received with especial favor. DKTAILH OF SITUATION Few people outside of Russia will un derstand why there has been so much va'cllatlon about a coalition Cabinet why the soldiers and workmen's delegates first refused the Duma Ministry's proffer of such a plan : why they changed this refusal into acceptance on certain specified terms; why tho Duma leaders rejected the epeclfled terms and how It comes today that there is so much "Jockeying" between the two factions for tho reorganized Cab inet An understanding of what tho sol diers and workmen's council really amounts to Is essential. As a mutter of fact the workmen's and Midlers' deputies virtually occupy the Place formerly held theoretically In Ttus n administrative affairs by the Duma. The deputies are representatives of the Russian people themselves. When the revolution succeeded tho Rus slan people spontaneously began to con elder some way of taking advantage of the lessons in co-operation and popular rule and the experlenco they had gained in the Zemstvo and other co-operative societies under the old autocratic rule. Such organ isations as the Zemstvo many times saved Russia under the old regime by assuring Woper food to troops nt the front and en deavoring to balance distribution of food. any of the present leaders of the Mln ' ry were prominent In theso organiza tions having become prominent becauso "iey were originally chosen by the people. PEOPLK KLECT DEPUTIES But with the revolution a success, tho People began electing delegates to meet In We Duma building to act as a sort of iemstvo organization to aid In govern mental administration. Workmen all over nesla met in barracks, trenches, work "Ops, and peasants including women In il settlements to chocue delegates. These "rates hastened to Petrogrwl. Entirely inofficial, thoy nevertheless really constl- ARMIES IN BATTLES ON THREE FRONTS Big Conflicts Raging on Western, Italian and Macedonian Fronts HAIG EXTENDS GROUND French Again Crush Counter Assaults Between Moulin and LatTaux LONDON, Mny 17. All of the southern part of Palestine has been laid waste by the Turks, ac cording to a Milan dispatch printed in the Daily Telegraph today. It is said that the Turks have evacuated that part of the Holy Land, laying it in ruins as they fell back. Taking a les son from the (Jermans, the Turks de stroyed the greater part of the city of Jaffa before retreating from it. LONDON, .Mny 17. The entire village of Bullccourt, on the Arras front, is in the hands of the British troops, the War Office an nounced today. Three big battles uie under way in as many theatres of war. On tho western front the tremendous engagement betwen Lens and tile Ar gonne forest still rages; In tho Austio Italian zone the Italians have opened their spring drive against the Austin- Hungarians, and violent lighting Is in progress along the isunzli River front; In Macedonia the Allies haw opened an offensive, and In the region of Mon.istn tho German allies are hart' nested. Military critics. In discii.-..ug the- gen eral military situation, dwell upon the fact Hint riermnny and her allies an upon the defensive mi nil fionts. During tho last forty-eight hours the Or-rmnn allies have been compelled to give ground in Franco, in Macedonia and on the Aiistro-ltnllnn frontier. i HI ! I ' 'Iff1 -. i - dS Hr3l f&liP f Viet ' P.F.DEVEREAUX HELD IN DEATH OF GUARDSMAN Patrick J. Crawford Shot in Altercation by Fellow Private VICTIM DRUNK, OFFICERS ASSERT Teased Slayer While on Sen try Duty Fires in Air With Fatal Result TO BE COURT-MARTIALED i! MORE PROGRESS REPORTED BY HAIG AT BULLECOURT LONDON". May 17. More progress at Biillecourt was reported by Field Marshal Haig today. "Tiieio was fighting around Bullccourt again," ho said. "We progressed further through tho village and lenchetr -the west crn edge.'" PARIS, May I". I' the second suc cessive night (jcrinan trc tp threw violent attacking waves last night against French positions 1101 th of Moulin and I.affaux and wero again repulsed, today's official state ment declared. Another series of three Ocrinan attack ing waves northeast of nrny-en-Ttonnals was likewise, checked, tho War Ofllco dp clared. The text of the official leport follows: In tho course of the night tho Germans reattacked in tho region north nt Moulin and Laffaux. All their efforts to rc tako the ground gained by tho French SOLDIER SHOT BY COMRADE, Patrick .1. Crawford, 2.'!0 Berkley street, Germantown (upper), mem ber of Company A, First Regiment, killed by Peter F. Devereaux (lower), a private in the same company, while on guard duty at the Yardley, Pa.i railroad bridge. BRITAIN WILD OVER COMING OF U. S. SHIPS Destroyer Flotilla Starts Immediate Duty, Needing No "Tuning Up" Three Tragic Dcatlts Caused by Guardsmen MAY fi Private of Company 1), First Pennsylvania Infantry, doing sentry duty beneath (iirard avenue bridge shot and killed Patrick Heavy, sixty years old, 171f North Thirty third street. Lieutenant Colorel Mil lard I). Brown, of First Regiment, withheld name of guard and refused to allow police to make arrest. MAY II Private Osrur C. Moser. of Company I), First Pennsylvania Infantry, was accidentally shot by Corporal Carl F. Mines at the "high bridge" over Wissahickon drive. Moser died yesterday, llines is in trie First Regiment Armory, Broad and Callowhill streets, awaiting court martial. Rifle unlocked, con trary to orders. MAY 1(1 - Private Patrick J. Crawford, twenty-one years old, 'J.lll Berkley street, Oermantown, was shot and killed by Private Peter F. Devereaux while guarding the Yard ley, Pa., railroad bridge. Devereaux under military arrest. QUICK NEWS U. S. HAS NO INDEMNITY PACT WITH ALLIES WASHINGTON. May 17. There exists no agreement between the United States Govtyrnmenl and the Entente Allies concerning de mands for annexations and Indemnities nt tho cloio of tho war. This was uimtc emphatic by State Department officials today. The ques tion was not even discussed Informally with tho British and Ft melt missions. 11 was staled. HE VENUE HILL IS SHY $445,000,000 WASHINGTON. Mny 17. l'otir hundred and fortyfive million dollnrn additional must be added to tho $1,800,000,000 revenue hill now before the House. Cuatiman Kttchin. ol the Woye and Mean Committee today told the House. ( GUARD OFFICER KILLED BY POISON BRUSH ON VOYAGE ACROSS I. OX HON. Ma,v 1". Knowing that American ilcstroycrn aro today coinliliiK tli "can nlmiRSlilft nrltlsli warship Fdiri'liliiR for mibinarlnee, tho trrcn announcement of the American roni- inaiidri', "We're ipatly for Immediate duty," , urr,,iprPj m tho elvil nutlinrttlcn. l'riate Patrick .!. I'rawfnrd, of Cpio- panj A Kii'M I'pnuHAhnnln lufnnliv. N 1 1 , wn Mini mid Icllleil by 1'rivato I'cter K l'eere,iux. nf the rami' uompnny, In nn iilterr.tttmi nt the Vow .Icrney end nf the Vardloy hridce over the Delaware Hlver. whero a detnehment of the renlment Is Rln- tloneil. Full dunlin were made Known today nf the Hhootlnj;, which occurred yesterday aft ernoon. Devereaux 1 under nrrext at the Kirrt Itejrtnient. Armory, ntwl will he fried by court-mm-tlul. nci'rrdlmj to Lieutenant Colonel Millard D. drown, i otmnandrr of the regiment, in tplte of demand!' by the dead' soliller'i father. John .1. Crawford, of 235 Iteihle it reel, iei iimntown. that be be I . " vv .i .w.vwi vlB JH mMJmm - Iff Continued on l'nen l'our. Column Two THE WEATHER ,FOEGASr , "or Philadelphia ami vMnttvFalr &ithtr and moderate temperatures to "'flat oiid Friday; gentle northerly winds. 1X2 ''"" l.KNOTII or HAY 4:43 a.m. IMoon rliea. . 2:17 n.m. T:U! p.m. Moon southi. 8:38 a.m. UEL.HAKi; niVKK TIDI. CHANCKS - C1IK8TNUT BTHEBT Strt,,'r fttaa.m, Ijw water. . .VtOp.m. mtn Wat(.r loanara.'Hteh water .11 lli p.m. fvv. TWIW'JIATI'RB AT P.ICII 1IOUH fcM.OI 101 111 1'il II "91 :tT 41 .1 .Continued on rase four. Column Three "WAR TO FINISH," NOW TEUTON CRY Chancellor's Speech Reveals Germany's Peace Feelers as Diplomatic Mask HOLLWEG STANDS FIRM COPENHAGEN'. May 17. Oennany is no longer "playlnp possum" lettliiR hints :reep out through her censor ship showing alleged popular waves for jicaco and seeklnK to lull her enemies Into the belief sho is wcnkcnlnK. On the con trary, it is war, uncompromisingly and bit terly, to the end. And Americans here sen In this new development tho necessity for throwing all America's weight immediately into the fray. From this close ringside seat to the fight this opinion is universal among Americans and Allied citliens here on German Chancel lor von Betlunann-HollweK's speech Copen hagen is closest of all neutrals to the Ger man side of the conflict and less FUbJect to outside Influences. The Americans and Allies heic regard Hollweg's speech as that of a leader victor ious In a small-sized brush with antagonistic political elemenfs. They hold he would never have made so uncompromisingly curt nn address If he were not sure of his grip. Thpv hold tho Chancellor has flatly re futed tho ftoid of ' Intimations from Ger many's pfopaganda department that Ger many is ready to quit. They hope Hollweg's unequivocal stand for continuation of the war will eradicate that element In America which has counseled for passive participa tion in the war in the hope that Germany Is getting ready Tor a compromise. Well-informed oftlclals here Interpret tho almost universal approval of Hollweg's speech as voiced In German newspapers as an indication that tho Chancellor has survived the political crisis In his career. Thoy aro not by any means sure there ever was a serious political crisis threatening Hollweg's political head that It may have been a very clever German propaganda move to spread authenticated reports of Internal dissensions. Unrest reports from r, "v might be counted on to Influence RuHta W as the United .States. Itus slan Socialists have already apparently taken great Mock In these German rumors of public unrest and have announced they ore working for peace through a "revolu tion" In Germany. It appeared today that Hollweg was as strong as ever, it not Ftronger, and that he would retal;i bis strength unless Ger ,ie..NJ . it.int cannmlen falls or there Is upon nirlxal of the llotllla at tjtircnstnwn, unit a thrill through Kr.rtlaml. That the American vessels anled on this side leady for Instant action and that one of tho destroyers has already had a brush with a Mihmarlno became known fol lowing tho first Admiralty statement an nouncing their presence. The Hrltlsh Admiralty never discloses details of actions between Its patrol ves sels and Hiihmarlne unless there have been casualties to tho Hrltlsn forces. The same plnn presumably will rover whatever ti. Admiralty may buo to say regarding American dcMroyers In action. In the. pte limlnarv announcement, howfrver. it Is be llcvcil "the Admiralty desired to let the people of England know thai the American were "In the thick of It" and, therefore, per mltted announcement showing the destioycr V-boat action. What the outcome of the brufli was the Admiralty withheld. 1'verv Hrltlsh naal officer and seaman who has seen the American flotilla is open voiced in admiration of the businesslike, appearance of both ships and men. 1 ho destroyers bad been "cleared for action on the way er, stripped down to fighting trim and the personnel ilrlllcti u ""- SeCI?o"ndon newspapers glowed In relating tho Incident of bow British otricers wm oarded the American fvotl la com mander's flag.'hlp to bid him welcome and to take tea with him learned that the American commander expected to begin dmy the next morning. The British had expected several days' "tuning up' after tho transatlantic run. The equipment on board the 'le-stroyers was found L. ho In excellent condition and remarkably well suited to the requirements on this side of the ocean. I n act. It was that onlv SECOND KILLING IN WEI1IC The shouting, which resulted In Hie sec ond killing nf n Phllndelpliin nation;)! guardsman bv a comrade within tlnee days, ended n quarrel' between Crawford and Devereaux, who lives nt 'i"2 oxford street. According to olllcers of me regiment, Craw ford and another soldier, who were off duty, approached Devcicaux and wanted his gun to show to sonic friends who had dilvcn up In an automobile. Dexeieauv refused, as he was on sentry duly. Crawford and his companion then climbed n bank above the sentry nnd threw rocks at him. cursing him, according to olllcers, who declared that Craw fold was drunk. Devereaux. after warning them to go awav, fired Into the nir to frighten them, lie maintains. The bullet struck Crawford nnd he crumpled Into n heap. Devereaux wns arrested b order of Lieutenant Hairy Krvckberg, his commander, and taken to Trenton In the automobile that carried the wounded man to the .Mercer Hospital. Ciawford died late last night, after as serting that lie had been shot while only "joshing" Devereaux. DENY VICTIM WAS DKfNIC "I was shot like a dog." he said In his ante-mortem statement. "I only threw pebbles at Devereaux." Emtiliutlc denial was made by Crawford's family and frlemN that he was drunk. He was a total abstainer, they said Last Tuesday Oscir c Moser, of 2222 Lieutenant William V. Corcoran, of doitl Vine f-trcut, ilictl as the result of natiiiK poisoned food nt u militia camp in Port Perry, AlleRheny County. Several oilier guardsmen from this city also were made ill and narrowly escaped death. Cnntlniinl en Piute I'liur, Column To many a V ..... .nin.i ili Central ol'ier biiui.w !,.,, --. for victory In Ger- some rower. , . , ,. 1M nt,lm Hill to overtimed i the radicals and GrnS'mXteiy'rinMltuVe V.-1 jpn of eighteen Instant ca,s t.iic?ii rttiirprK thine lacking in the equipment of the Ameri ,h "?-.,. ...oL i,vu.r clothing. It appean can Galium " ow .., ..i-.i,!,,- that the Americans were w earing S-'"'hlt g too light for the varying conditions of weather they will encounter in these , w.t -rhls lack, however, was quickly provided IMMEDIATELY VVT OUT TO hEA After the formalities had ended and the needs of the men were attended to he American ships at once put out to sea, the men from captains to ordinary seamen, ooking in the pink of rendition i and ap parently enthusiastic for their task. "They aro certainly a fine body of men. and vvhafa more, their craft look Just as to" said the British commander as he watched the destroyers file seaward. One of tho American destroyers began war duty even berore reacnins """ "'" of the Atlantic This was when It picked up and escorted through the danger zone one of the largest of the Atlantic liners. This action so pleased the passengers on board that they sent a message of greet ing and appreciation to the commander of the destroyer. The message read: "British passengers on board a steam ship bound for a British port under the protection of an American torpedoboat i..i,wr Komi their hearty greetings to her commander und her ofllcers and crew and desire to expre their keen apprecia tion of thlH practical co-operation between the Government and people of the United States and the British Empire, who aio now fighting together for the fieedom of the eas. Judge Speeds Up Court Cases CARLISLE. !' May 17 Judge Sadler served notice In court here that only delay of attorneya will hold up trial of cases In tho Ircal courts, the "slowness of Justice" N WRECKAGE INDICATES LOSS OF SHIP AN A.MKI'.K'AN lollT, Mny 17. -The .steamship .lolling, from Manila, reported sighting a mass of VMcckuwc about thii-tv -throe miles off tho American const, indi cating that ii vessel had been lost fit that point. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT IN ITALY ROME, May I". Kni'tluiimkes continue in central Italy and on tho Itlviera. Nowb won received bote today lli.it scvcie shocks wero felt in Tern! nnd Scstrl l.ovnntp (eupt of Genoa) ihirlnt: the night. ' "i ' ' - - ALLIED ECONOMIC CONFERENCE OPENS AT ROME HOME Mav 17.- The Allied economic conference to consider trndo problems after tho war opened hero totla established. GUARD OFFICER POISON VICTIM; THIRTEEN SICK Lieutenant Corcoran, of Philadelphia, Dead in Pittsburgh SOLDIERS TAKEN. ILL AFTER MEAL IN CAFE Proprietor, Believed to Be Pro-German, Guarded as Probe Starts BODY WILL BE EXAMINED Fatal Dose Believed to Have Been Administered in Milk or Pudding One Philadelphia, a lieutenant of Corn pany f Third Infantry. N. G. P., Is dead and thirteen members of tho company are in hospitals In nnd near Pittsburgh as result of n mysterious poisoning. Tho men became 111 In camp at Port Perry, near Pittsburgh, following a meat at s restaurant near the camp. Carl Miller, the lestautant keeper, believed to be a German sympathizer. Is under military guard. Com manding olllcers of the company are con ducting a rigid investigation. Lieutenant William V. Corcoran, twenty seven years old. who lived with his mother, Mrs. Mary Corcoran, nt C533 Vino street. Is the deal man. Other Philadelphia! who are In the ho?pttnl In serious condltton are: HAIlllY WALWAP.T1I. coiporal. 1222 Cad- wnllader street. EinVAItO BOYLE 19H North Crosker street JOHN K1HSON, h'ourth street nnd Snyder avenue. JOHN BIlENTINGEIt, Twenty-seventh and Tasker streeta. BENJAMIN KNIGHT. 41!! South Carlisle stieet AltTIlfl: McCOIlMlCK. 1222 South Twelfth street I GEOItGE McCUTCHEIl. .1-!7 South Bam- brev street. M (lilATK, believed to be a Philadelphia!!, address unknown. The poisoning happened yesterday at the noon meal. News of It wns suppressed for some time. Correct news of the affair did not reach Philadelphia until today. Lieutenant Corcoran wns the first man to complain of Illness. In a short time sev eral others were 111. norroits bush to camp Hurry calls for help were sent to Pitts burgh and doctors with stomach pumps were rushed lo the ramp After the Men were removed to the hospital an Investiga tion began Immediately. Carl Miller, prd prletor of the restaurant, at which the din ner was served to the guardsmen yesterday, was placed under military guard. Com manding ofllcers of the regiment aro con ducting an investigation. Poctor Schlldrckor, Pittsburgh city physi cian, examined the body of Lieutenant Cor coran after It had been removed to the morgue. He said death had been caused by poisoning, but was unable to state the nature of the poisonous ngent A toxlcolog leal examination of tho body of Lieutenant Corcoran Is under way to determlno the exact nature of the poison. It wns Intimated that a preliminary Investigation developed tho theory that tho poison was milk 0? pudding. -. 0 GUARDSMAN ELEVEN YEARS Lieutenant Corcoran had been In the Na tional Guard eleven years While with th Third Itegiment on the Mexican border last year ho vvaB promoted from first sergeant of Company C to second lieutenant. 1I was employed as a bralceman on the Penn sylvania Ballroad. Mrs. Corcoran has not vet been officially notified of her Eon's It wns said a commercial entente would be argument to be henceforth u dead letter In this county. This was made following the in EMINENT MEN HONOR CHOATE AT FUNERAL Simple Services for. Great Law- yer-and Diplomat Attended by Leaders of Nation NEW YOllIv". May 17. Kuneral i-crvlces for tho late Joseph II. Choate, world famous as diplomat and law yer, were held today at St. Bartholomew's Church. Among the throng which filled the edifice were some of tho most distinguished men of tho nation and of tho foreign diplo matic corps. Nearly every walk of life was represented among' tho mourners. A vast sorrowing throng filled tho street in front of the church and police reserves had to bo called to preserve a passagenas for the cortege. Tho Illght Itev Charles II. Brent. Bishop of the Philippines, conducted the services. Among those present wero two cx-Pros-Idents of tho United States Colonel Theo dore noosevelt nnd William Howard Taft tho Trench and British Ambassadors, Mayor Mltchel. the country's most, Impor tant financiers, the presidents of many unl- versities and ueieguiioim wuni iiiuiiiiiniii organizations. A huge shield of red carnations, sent by tile American Bed Cross of Washington, was ope of the most Impressive of the floral 0fThe1B8crvlces weie brief and following them the body was taken to Grand Central Stulon wheio a Heuai train bore it to Stockbrldge. Mass.. for Interment. Asks Volunteers for Draft Kegistrars CMtLLSLE. Pa. May 17 With but ten annilcattrtis foi the position of registrars ii Se -the selective draft plan. Sheriff Green wood sent out a call for men to volunteer io this service. In Carlisle a celebration. Including a parade, fetes and band concerts, Tu'lll be-Jield. o theate. BERLIN SOCIALISTS PARADE; HOSTILE TO HOLLWEG AMSTEHIJA.M. Mu;. 17- A wiciallslic deinnnotriitlun look place In Berlin last night,' says n dispatch fiom tho Geinian capital today. .Speeches vveto made anil the persons tnU'ng pnit In the manifestation marched through the streets. Hostility was expressed Bsahist IV. vm nethmunii-llullvvcK. tho Chancellor. U-BOAT SINKINGS OFF SPAIN DRAW FRENCH PROTEST MADIUO, May 17. Tho Uroncli Government has sent a noto to Spain protest ing vigorously ngalnst the frequent attacks upon French ships in Spanish waters. Tho French Government takes tho view that Spain should prevent German subma rines from entering her territorial waters. ENGLISH ARMS STRIKE SPREADS TO NOTTINGHAM LONDON, May 17. Although nianv of the stiiking munition workers in the Manchester district lime jeturned to work, the strike has spread to Nottingham, whete a nutnl'W n have riiiip mil. 'ftio lall Kvpress In commenting upon tho general Indu-'tliil unrest says It Is obvious that an organized plan exists to hinder tho output of war materials. However, says this paper, the conspiracy has no chance of success. Tho agitators have recently approached tho Chatham dock workers. It was said. 7000 MEXICAN MINE LABORERS STRIKE MEXICO CITY. May 17. The labor situation In the mining districts, which was'already grave, was made more alarming today by the strike of 7000 laborers In the Pachuca district Tho men are demanding a wage Increaso of 50 per cent. FAMOUS BRIDGEWATER LIBRARY SOLD LONDON. May 17. Tho famous llrldgevvater Library, which was started by Lord' Ellesmere, Chnncellor during Elizabeth's reign, has been sold. The Times intimated today that tho purchaser W an American. The library Included more than 4000 rnio books, 200 manuscripts and 10,000 other documents. Jcatl1- . . .t. . 'Officials said they wero convinced that tho poisoning wan tho direct result of a - plot Tho ptomaine poisoning theory was scouted. . A marked similarity of symptoms dis played by the victims of this poison epidemic to those of the victims of th Bishop Mundeleln banquet In Chicago, February 10, 116, coupled with the fact that Jean Crones, suspected poisoner ot the Bishop's guests, is believed to have been In Pittsburgh, led to the suspicion that he may have had a part in the plot. Officials refused to discuss this phase of the situation, and immediately following the poisoning a e.trict censorship vyas lm pojeilby the military authorities. This censorship has prevented details from be coming public, although It is believed that three other members of the company aro dead, or are at the point of death, nnd tht the others are In a critical condition. PICTURE POSTCARD MAY STOP WEDDING Father Writes From Reading, Asking That No License Be Issued to Daughter In an attempt to prevent the marriage of his sixteen-year-old daughter.Wllllam M. Drelbelbls. ot Beading, Pa., appealed to Clerk Ferguson, of the local marriage license bureau, this morning. "I do not approve of my daughter Mabel' Intention to get married," was the message contained on a postal card received by Fer. guson. WEEKLY STATEMENT OF CITY TREASURER According to the report of City Treasurer JlcConch. the amount paid In during the week ending last night was $607,840.72 and the payments for the same period' totaled $1,062,816.41. This, with the balance on nanu irom lasi vveea, not jnciuuing the linking fund ntcount, leaves a balance of $17,141,050.21. ARGENTINA RE-ESTABLISHES WHEAT EXPORT BAN BUENOS A1HES. May 1". TMj Argentina Government's embargo on exporta tion of wheat has been re-established. It had been lifted for n brief spell as u result ot tho vigorous protests of Great llrltuln, backed by the' United States. AMERICAN RED CROSS HOSPITAL IN FRANCE OPENED PARIS, May 17 Th American tied Cross Hospital, established by Dr. Joseph Blake of New Tori:, has been opened and a number of wounded were received today' from the Aisne River flghttnp front. Elaborate dedication services, were Jjeld, ;wUH-Cardinal. Amette. Archblahopot .rwl, officiating. m On the postcard was a detcrlptlon of thef girl nnd this order: "To whom It may con cern: This Is to notify you that you are not to Issue fc marriage license to Mabel A. Drelbelbls without my written consent, prop erly attested, prior to the 6th day of Jan-. uary. 1920." The anxious father has sent a similar e peal to other large cities. isnnn vnu nilPHRSTIlA 'i""v " JEK ' Friends of the Philadelphia Orchetr- - Society today are interested in the B y nouncemeht that an anonymous supporter;" of the society bad offered to contrlbtW -$16,000, if an additional $100,000 Is rate!r by July 1. This offer was duplicated tf Miss Anne Thompson. The board ot directors announced at is',.. annual meeting yesterday that sufflclestt money bad been contributed by membiw ot the orchestra society to meet these terra" i aM annnnnr&d further that the end&tfl . ment fund of, the usepclAtlon. now4MMiM',C V -i3W "i flSt ..!'.. m,sm& -fii.i mrflrrrtt-iT,3r T""l i forms. , . -.-, ' ' "'-" ".fjMm , .. . : i-i ; yn P
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