STRA ithatt fcuenmn SECTION -b FINAL PAGES 18,19,20 NOTORIAL 1 HI. NO. 210 . t -voi A ADORNA BREAKS FOE'S LINES; CAPTURES 9000 ITALIAN ARMIES EAL SMASHING BLOW ON CARSO Jamiano and Boscomolo Road Falls to Ca- dorna's Forces m PLANES ENGAGED IN AERIAL BATTLE I- Borne War Office Announces ' Progress on Heights East of Gorizia BRITISH GUNS CO-OPERATE I French Crush German Assaults to Regain Lost Ailette Positions ROME, May 21. I' following len hours of terrific bombard- I'tttt, Italian attacking forces broke through itntily organized Austrian lines in the Qro, captured Jamiano and took 0000 ,.... I. ISeTVar Office, statement today atinounc- tx the victory stated that 130 aeroplanes !-jjrt)dptted In tho fighting and that fire ,from ten British artillery batteries had rllM. Tk breach In the enemy lines was ef- MM aldne the sector from Castagnavlz-a ItQ till ea and likewise In the area south '. . Tlna'ftmaln rnnrl nround Passl. BOS- wntlo and Locatl. If Around Gorilla, tfa statement said, a iWnr point on the slopes of San Marco had lias captured and progress mado around Honte Santo ana voaice. -feneral Cadorna had begun a heavy kliebardment of the Austrian lines on the hern sector ct tho carso Tuesday, in nis rt uubllshed yesterday by the War Office tyu stated simply that the artillery ac ktwttw Cared "had been intense, but an Ixtrlnti official bulletin told of heavy tafebirdment to which the Austrian lines Ittftae Carso bad been subjected for several ,teli,the Rallans employing guns of every aicr anairencn rowmis. "MM line smashed by Cadorna's forces ijpttrcay runs for a little moro than six '3m from ths lmDortant road center of I'a-ttpievliza, cast of Oppacchlasella, on Of outskirts of which tho Italians were ijjtKnched since last November, to the sea. "ktartom today In celebration of Italy's t'trnce Into the third year of the war. 'fttnn all over the country were decorated irith the colors, la Rome processions bearing the flags it lUly and her allies, Including tho Stars u4 Stripes, paraded tnrough tho streets tmrird Capitol Hill, where patriotic ad- Irenes were made Many references to Mi participation of the United States In u war occurred. v. t The newspapers review the results ob blntd by two years of military operations. rla speaking of the present situation, they nj me offensive now In progress Is In tjaded to assist the Russians by preventing tU Austrlans and Germans from exerting "A"r pressure on them, thus enabling the feaiUui revc4utlonary Government to tarten reorganization of the army. Tin newspapers draw a parallel to the tuition of two years ago, when, with Continqed on Puts Six, Column Tour ZEPPELINS RAID : COAST OF BRITAIN German Air Flotilla Shells f Eastern Counties, Kill ing One ENGLISH FLYERS PURSUE T.ONDOK. May 24. . Four or Ave German airships raided wtwn counties of England last night, popping a number of bombs and killing Wie- mnn In n vn-ti, irlllncrA T.nnl ITrftnch. !" "flefense commander announced today. bombs all fell on country districts and damage was declared negligible. Lord 'raicr. said: v The airships approached the coast Mortly before midnight. The sky was overcast and a thick bank of rain clouds na observation difficult. Four airships ! wilted an erratic course, being unable locate their position, Our aeroplanes Wnruea them, but the thick clouds en wled them to escape. iiAlrahlps" presumably means Zeppelins. o, the present raid .Is the first since No ,mber :, and the twenty-second since the Jrt of the war. The total casualties have 9 kllld and 451 Injured. THE WEATHffR Kr Philadelphia and vlclnltyt-acner- Ml tdlr fnntvjif nA VlAmi TvmMnhnt Ijwrmer Fridav: moderate -winds, mostly UnthKett. r kl IKGTH OF DAY JS ' ,43s a.m.Moon .ti...lO8T p.m. T lita ii. Wr..H .nut ha ftift n.m. -DELAWABK RIVER TIDE CHANGES P irvmwft anmwP IBw1?.1"" ,;8S a.m.HIh water.. 4:OOp.m. -- (WVI lilt WU TV TV . m - , TlUIPEHATDnK AT T1AC1I HOUR iTXi -.., . . . T . tt1 lirf-iM "" "' iai " 2I ai ' -i uverj$eur Morris's Thrilling Story AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION DIES W V', Jt&budH& 'C I ' John Leslie Darcy, better known us who died LES DARCY DIES FROM PNEUMONIA Australian Champion Suc cumbs to Illness in Mem phis Hospital WAS SICK SEVERAL WEEKS MEMPHIS Tciin., May 24. Les Darcy, Australian pugilist, died here today. Darcy's death v. as caused by a complica tion of diseases, which started with an at tack of pneumonia about two weeks ago. Monday It-was nnnounred that he was Im proving, but Tuesday ho suffered an attack of kidney and stouuch trouble Darcy stncu coming to the Vnltcd States has icr been able M fight, despite tho fact that ho was lecognlzed an ono of the greatest boxers of a. decade He left Austrnll.i in No ember short I) after his twenty-first birthday and was chaiged with leaving to escape military service. Ho was branded a "slacker" In this country as well as in Australia. Governor Whitman refused to permit Ills appearance In New York, and his attempts to box In other States met with the same reversal. Ho died, liov ver, a soldier Darcy was teken 111 In Memphis shortly after Joining the aviation corpi of tho United States army. At first his jtllmcnt was only rheumatism but ono of -Is ton sils and later a tooth became Infected. Tolson spread throughout his body. Ho had been very low slnco last week. For the last few days he had been paralyzed. Darcy was born In Maltland, Australia, and became a pugilist when Mick Hawkins discovered him In amateur tournaments lie turned professional and won tho middle weight as well as tho heavyweight cham pionship of Australia. He was brought to tho 1'nlted States by Tex Rickard, who planned to match him with Georges Carpentler, but the latter would not leave France. Then an attempt was made to stage u match between Darcy and Al McCoy, who pialms tho middleweight championship. This was abandoned when the New York Boxing Commission decided McCoy must first box Jack Dillon, and carry out an agreement. Then Darcy and Dillon were matched, but Governor 'Whitman refused to permit the bout. Darcy then tried lo meet Jeff Smith in New Orleans, but the Louisiana Governor, following tho lead of Governor Whitman, denied him the right to fight. He was matched to box George Chip In Youngstown, O but again was turned back by Governor Cox. Darcy then went to Tennessee, where, after enlisting as a member of the United States aviation servlc, he was permitted to arrange a match with Len llowlandi and later was taen in. Darcy Is survived by his father, mother and a number of sisters and brothers. His statements when he first came to this coun try were that he wanted to box here to earn money for his family before going to war for England, He had applied for his first papers in order to become a citizen of the United siaies. , BOYS BONFIRE CAUSES $30,000 LOSS; 20 HOMELESS Part of Steelton End of Bethlehem Plant at High Spire Destroyed. Flames Halted HAnniSBUEIG, May 24. Twenty persons hnCnViMs IS0.000 loss, eight dwellings and a mil Sestroytd are the results of a bonfire kindled In High Spire this afternoon by bThe borough Is at the cithern end of the Steelton end of the Bethlehem Steel Company Harrlsburg and Steelton firemen panted a high wind from carrying the names 10 u Les Darcy, middleweight pugilist, today. PHILS OVERCOME BY REDS' ASSAULT Cincinnati Mauls Moran's Pitchers and Entire Team Goes Up in Air HITS GALORE SUIT FANS Tin iIiii-H nf flir ritllniiVlpliiti National Iukiio ('tub fotltiy NiilinrrlLeil :t50u to flip Liberty Loan fund. By ROBERT W. MAXWELL I'HILLIKS' HALL I'AIIK. May LM. It uas.awful liorrlbleg ! The Phillies, after winning sic straight games, including the t-ntlie seiies from the I'ubs. fell before tho lowly Keels heio this afternoon with a terrible Miiasli tiiat echoed In every nook and ciirner at the ball park. The Cincin nati's, one-sided vietoiy evened up the series played so far, ono all. At tho end of their half of the sixth In ning the lttdlcss had amassed a pile of Feventeen luns and seventeen hits. The best tho I'lilllles could do was to get two runs oft Jimmy Ring. Nine of the runs for Cincinnati were mado In tho second Inning, whon the visit ors drovo Mayer and Oeschger off the rubber Poor fielding played a part In the scoring of these runs. In the first two Innings, NlehotT had three errors and Bancroft one. The Reds kept up their heavy hitting on FIttery, who was given good support until the fifth Inning, wlten Cravath, Paskert and Stock eat h made an error. Cincinnati x total number of bases on hits up '" the seventh was thlrtv. I-'IIIST INNING Groh doubled down the third-base line. Kopf sacrificed. .Stock to NlehotT. On Rousch's grounder Groh was run out, Nle hoff to Kiilefer, to Stock, to Mayer. Rousch overran bccond, but got back when Nlehoff muffed Mayer's throw Chase got two bases on Bancrofts wild throw, Rousch scoring. Griffith popped to Bancroft. One run, one hit, two errors. Kopf threw Paskert out. Bancroft lined to Rousch. Stock doubled to right. Cra vath walked Kopf threw Cooper out No luns, ono lilt, no errors. SIICOXD INNING Stock threw Thorpe out. Wlngu bingled to left. On Shean's grounder, Nlehoff threw wild to second, trying to force Wlngo at second. Iting doubled to center, scoring Wlngo and Shean. Groh singled to left, Ring reaching third. Kopf doubled to cen ter, scoring Ring Oeschger went Into pitch for the Phillies. Itoufcch'H slnglo was knocked down by Stock, Groh scoring. On tho hit and mn, Chase singled to left, Kopf scoring. ttousrli and Chase worked the doublo steal. Nlehoff fumbled Griffith's grounder, Rouscli scoring. Thorpe sent the ball Into the left field bleachers for a home run, Chase and Griffith scoring ahead of him. FIttery went In the box for the Phillies. Clarke batted In place of Wlngo and walked. Clarke stole second. Stock threw .Shean out Ring fanned. Nine runs, seven hits, two errors. Clarke went In to catch for Cincinnati. Shean threw Luderus out. Nlehoff filed to Rousch. Kiilefer filed to Grlfflth No runs, no hltB, no errors. THIRD INNING Adams went In to catch for the Phillies. Cooper mado a great one-handed, running catch of Groh's drive. Kopf walked. Ban croft threw Rousch out, Chase tripled to center, scoring Kopf. Grlfflth doubled to left, scoring Chase. Thorpe beat out an infield grounder. On an attempted double steal Griffith was caught at the plate. Adams to Bancroft to AdamB Two runs, three hits, no errors. FIttery fanned. Paskert walked, Ban- Continued on Tare ThirWn, Column Four of Hie? Visit to the PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, U-BOATS CLAIM TWO BIG PRIZES; 458 LIVES LOST British Troop Ship and . French Liner Are Torpedoed 29 OFFICERS KILLED ON TRANSYLVANIA Santoy, Bound From Salo- nica to Marseilles, At tacked in Stormy Sea BOTH CAPTAINS PERISH Transport Believed to Have Car- ried Soldiers for Italian Front Two Allied craft, ono British mid ono Ficnch, have been sunk by submarines. Thev were tho Iliitiih trnnsport Tran sylvania and the liner Bontny. The Ios.cs vvcio: Ti.insylvanla, 14,315 tons, 413 lives los,t. Smitny, 724" tons, 45 lives lost. Both vessels vvcro torpedoed In tho Mediterranean, tho Transylvania, It la believed, while carrying" British troops to the Italian front. LONDON, May :4. German submarines havo exacted a stag gering toll In tho Mediterranean. News was received today of the destruction of two great ships In that zone with the loss of 4CS lives Ono of the lost ships the Transylvania was an army transport. She was sent to tho bottom on May 4, It was officially an nounced by the Admiralty. Twenty-nine officers. 373 men of other rank, tl"e"fcapTalrrSf tho" ship, one officer1 of tho ship's htaft and nine members of the crew lost their lives. Tho troops wero under comrn-ind of Lieutenant K. Brencll. The other ship sunk was tho French steamship Sontoy, bound from Salonlca to Marseilles with 34G persons on board. Forty-five lives wero lost on this vessel. It Is believed that the 'Transylvania, which was evidently carrying British troop", was taking reinforcements to the Italian front A message on Wednesday bore the unconfirmed report that 250,000 British soldiers were fighting ngalnst tho Austro-llungarlans with tho Italian army. PARIS. May 24. The French liner Sontay, bound from Sa lonlca to Marseilles with 34B passengers on board, has been torpedoed with the losi of forty-five lives. Official announcement, ui inr ucsuucwuu of the ship wai given out today The ship was attacked and sent to the bottom on April 10. At the time heavy Beas wore running, but despltu the wind and the roughness of tho water 300 of those on board the ship were saved. The crew worked with perfect discipline, launching tho boats and seeing that they wero filled with passengers. There was no panic Captain Mages, master of the ship, stood upon tho bridge refusing to enter any of the lifeboats. He perished. The Sontay was n ship of 7247 tons and was owned In Marseilles She has been Continued on I'ate Six, rotumn FHe ATHLETICS OPEN UP WITH WIN IN DETROIT Mackmen Gain 8-to-2 Victory Over Hughey Jennings's Club in Great Battle Noyes Quiets Tigers atiim:tich aii. it, u. o. a. i;. Witt 1 t 3 3 0 MrunU, if 2 1 I" 4 0 0 llmlle. If 3 I S 1 (I 0 llalri, 3b 3 0 (1 1 3 0 Mrlnnln, lb S to I 0 Schanff, c 4 0 n I 1 XV. Jolinunn, rf 0 I I (I I) Cirovrfc, 2b 3 0 S 3 0 Noin, p 3 o I I o Total 30 3 7 27 14 1 IltiTItOIT All. It. II. O. A. K. llu.l ' s - n Young, Sb 3 0 0 3 S 0 Burn., lb 4 u I l' 0 0 Cobb, rf I 3 (I II Yearn. If I 3 0 0 llellman, ef. 1 i 3 VIII. 3b 3 0 0 1 1 Hpenrer. c 0 1 3 " Klunke, p 3 0 0 0 7 0 Crawford " 0 0 0 0 0 fJone 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cunningham, p " 0 0 0 0 0 Total. 33 3 0 37 it i Hatted for Klunke In rlxlith Innlnj, titan for Crawford In rlihtli. Two-ba.e hit Veaeli. Haerlflce lilL Klrunk, llatet, drover and Hpenrer, Btruck out Ily Nojm, 3 1 by Ehmkr, 1, lle on balli On Nojfi, 7 oft KlimUr, 4. Double play Urovrr to Witt to Melnnli. Stolen tiaiei H trunk, Ilodle, llu.li, Yltt and Jonti. lilt by pitched ball llnrnn. NAVIN FIKLD. Detroit. May 24. Young Noyes, Connie Mack's quiet hurler. Contained oo race ThlrUeQ, Calumn Two United States Fleet Iss Printed on Page 9 of This Issue 1917 CormioiiT. 101. LATEST PEDS STO? PHILLIES' CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES CINCINNATI . .1 0 S 1 4 0 0 2 0-10 10 1 PHILLIES 0 00200 1 GO 0 12 8 R!n-, rn.l Wlngo; Mnyrr, Oescltacv. FIttery ami Kiilefer, Adams. A'S START TIGER .SERIES WITH VICTORY ATHLETICS ...a 0100000 0-371 i-KTROiT ...0 10100000-2 91 ... . t i .'.' it; Ulunkr. nntl Sfcace;-. 0 L u . .1 i. . EVEN THE MIGHTY FALL; TUTS PTJOVF-: tt PH1LLIIIS r It o a e CINCINNATI r h o a Pa.hcrt.ct 12 0 11 Groli,3b 2 3 3 1 0 Bancroft, us . 10 2 3 1 Kopf.ss 3 1 ?. 3 0 Stock, 3b 12 2 7 1 Rousch. cF 2 2 3 0 0 Cravath, rf 1 I 0 o 1 Cliasc.Ib 3 3 10 0 0 CoopcT.lf 10 0 0 0 Griffith, rf. . . 2 r 2 0 o L:dcru, lb 1. 1 03 1 0 Thorpe, If 2 3 3 0 0 Ntil'off.Zlv 3 3 '! d Wlnrjo.c 1 1 a 0 0 Killefcr.c ... o 0 I l o Shean, 2b .. . 2 0 10 0 iyer.p .... 0 o 1 0 o Kiug.p... ...... 1 1 0 1 0 Oct-cligcr, p 0 0 0 0 0 Clarkcc i 2 0 rittcry.p... .. loioo Adan,c 12 3 5 0 1 ml Wm i M tim Totals 0 12 27 21 S Totals 19 19 27 12 NATIONAL LEAGUE ST. LOUIS 02000201 BOSTON 0 00 1002 3 . Ames nntl Gonzales; Barnes and Govvdy. TtTTSBURGH .. .000 0 0000 0-051 mkoohlyn' o o a 1 1 o o 1 x-oioo r,: lines r.nd riocHcr. l'lofter and Miller. i-'neVi'CFO ""',.f .T0" 2 ""() C" 01' "O'-'O"""-"' " ' '"' NEW YORK 00 102000 - . i..J.vs r.nd T7llooni Ilcnton mid JI:CaJty. AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW YORK ... .000000000 0 13 CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2 ?i Caldwell and Walters Covnlcsltio nud O'Neill. WASHINGTON 0 0 0 CHICAGO 0 0 0 Dtimont nnd Ainsmtlli; Russell and BOSTON 0 0 0 ST. LOUIS 1 0 0 Iluth and Thomas; Daveniioit nnd ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS Sixth Jamaica race, 3-year-olds and up, maidens, purse $500, G furlongs Gox, 110, Robinson, 7 to 2, 3 to 5, out, won; Swan Soiuj, 111. Garner, 7 to 20, out, out, second; Wonderful, 110, Fairbrother, 12 to 1, 3 to 1, 7 to 5, third. Time, 1.14. Scarpla II, Rockport, Hat .Lu:::cur and Burllugamo also ran. PENN HIGH WINNERS IN MATHEMATICAL MARATHON Winners in tho various mathematical contests held this after noon at the William Pcnn High School. Fifteenth and Mt. Venn streets, are: Addition, Emma Rofnyj relay race, Anna Kaufman: bank discount, Ethel Sloan; simple Interest, Jennie Bell; quadratic equations, Helen Emcrt; perccntngo problems, Ida Beldman; tabular addition, Helen Weymanj factoilng, Catheiino Solfer; linear equa tions, Rebecca Roscnfeld; problems in nrithmetlc, Lillian Rack. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MINERS VOTE NOT TO STRIKE DUBOIS,' Pa,, May 24. Central Pennsylvania miners today ac cepted the Washington agreement by a vote of 113 to 40, thus avert ing a btrike of 75,000 miners. TO RECOMMEND SIMS AS VICE ADMIRAL WASHINGTON, May 24. Secretary Daniels announced today that the President would sen,d tbe name of Admiral Sims to the Sen ate for ptomotlon to rank of vice admiral. Sims is in commtnd ' tho American destroyers In tho TT-boat zone. it the roue LtMU Counxi SPORTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sclmlk. a 2 Sovoieid. PRICE TWO CENTS TRANSIT LEASE MAY BE TAKEN BY FINANCIERS Bankers Reported ' Ready if P. R. T. Pact Fails HINT OF PROPOSAL GIVEN BY TWINING '' GalTney Denies Knowledge of Rumored Company to Take Lines WANTS TO RE INFORMED His Only Desire, Savs Financo Chairman, Is Fair Bar gain for City 1 ' H'v.'ih reported In financial circle today thai a Kr,, 0f independent hankers In I'hlladcln-il.i ln, notlflel tho city admin Istiatlon leaders that an otter to lease the city's projected transit system would he mado If tho municipality and tho Phila delphia Itapld Transit Company should be lilinblo to nsreo on the terms or a lease. Ths offer siiKKested tentatively and se cretly mime vvcekH hbo. It was reported, novr m;i wen renewed as a direct result of tha thrent of 1. T. Stoteshury. chairman of tho board of director! of the 1'hlladclphia Itapld Transit Company, to resign that posi tion, if the city does not accept substantially tho terms of the lease offeied by the com pany. Mayor Smith nnd Transit Director Twin Ins lefuscd to comment upon the report. It was recalled, however, that Director Twlnlns In his address before tho notary Club In tho Hotel Adelphla early thin month Rave a stronc hint that ho knew borne such offer would be made Joseph 1' riarfney, Councils' I-'Inanca Committee chairman, who has closely sec onded Director TwInlnK In opposliiR the. present form of the 1. ItT. lease offer, likewise declined to comment upon tho ru mored offer from Independent banking In terests. Mr rtaffney was then asked: "Have yon over received any Information which would tend to make you bollcvo that liolltlc.il leaders were planning nn Inde pendent company and that slock would b sold for It?" "Von can say for me," replied Mr. Gaff- ney, mat I n.ive never heard of such a company nor havo I ever heard It hinted at before. If any ono has any Information whatsoever regarding tho formation of such iv company It Is his duty to the publlo to mako It known nt tho next hearing on transit:' AYo will welcome any such Informs.-. te flon and will deal with It promptly." ni'XII'3 CO.VSI'IllACV "Kurthcr. as for tho suggestion that thcro Is a conspiracy of 'palm-Itchlnff politicians' to draw such a leaso as tha lianslt company will bo forced to reject and that then politicians will proceed to th organization of an Independent company and unload stock, I can say most emphati cally that all the opposition to tho present leaso of which I know is based upon a con viction that it is not fair to the city. "I havo always believed that If we could havo an agreement with tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company we should denl with them on this proposition. Hut If nny agree ment we get with them cannot be a fair on 1 am opposed to It. just ns I will be to an unfair agreement with any other company w hatsoever." Whether the city shall prolong tho transit leaso negotiations with the Philadelphia Itapid Transit Company, whether inuncl pal operation Khali bo adopted or whether bteps shall bo taken nt onco to plan for an independent operator will bo dlscuxsed at a conference of Major Smith, Director Twin ing, l'limuce Coiniiltteo Chairman Gaff ney and William Draper Lewis, Iho Mayor's Continued on 1'iige Mx. Column On I'allH Dead at His Work While making some woodwork repairs at the lesldence of Mrs. I'llzabeth Clouser, 90 North Twelfth street, this afternoon, Will iam Mink, C.r. years old. of 922 Sartaln street, fell dead. The body was taken In the I'lghth and Jifferson streets police patrol to the St. Joseph's Hospital, and thence home. Dutch to Send Ships to U. S. for Food AMSTERDAM, May 21 The Dutch Gov ernment has icuulsltloucd twenty-two ships with a tofnl tonn.igo of 100.000 to brlmr corn and other grains from tho United. States to Holland. Tho vessels will be sent to America at once. 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