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PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY. MAY '2G, 1917
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Official amioum Lim rt male today -ihows the lntot rut'l oi" ih sc aonnl tichtinp quairor io lo tbo liiont ili-as-tiou n.-.: . f lif. ,md injury to
citizens since tho hcirmninfr of aeroplane warfare. Three of the ileen (ictm.tn aircruft epgniipri were brought down after droppinc; bombs, uhtcb. ac
cordinf; to official .tatoment, caused seventy-six deaths anil broupht injury to 171 person-, mainly in a sinirlc town alone tb- onthcat cna-1 of Knirland.
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GREAT BATTLE
IS0NZ0 FEONT
Austria Hurls Her Reserves
Against Gen. Cadorna's
w '- jforces
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COUNTER-ATTACKS F A I L
HOME, Mb JO-AustriH-hunRary
Is liurlinc all Iht ro-
ta-(3 acim t tho Italians in a vain effort
to 8tem 'I. I'inti I'.idorna'R new and Hiwer
fal drive i i nd Trlfstp.
Advi,-, until i dine toda kjiIiI that
inong Hi i .'15 Auslro-llunsarlaii iirlmn
tncaptuiMi i.v the Italians In the punt two
Mays, pun null h. on drawn from the east
ern front .mkI i.thrvp from Ituirtanlu and
Albania t, i. -inrorco the lroop In the
J'lUIIan ,u Hi. aire
.Kurloui. tiKlitliiR I.-. Htlll In iiroRrcsH along
Uie Isonx.. Kurr. Tho Itullans are cuttlnB
.' their ivai inrimrd yard by yard, mean-
hlle ov. r.-i miiiR vlBorous eounter-attackti
hanched against them.
North .t l.tii.hini. .vlmiw hA Itnlliltltl
lute capturod homo heights, and northeast
Corlzi.i. win rn they are llghtlnK for pos.
Itesslpn oi M'.nir- Stioto. almost lnsurnioiuit-
Weu3tarlGN must be ovcteome. Tho fight-
l h In tlii mountains, where tho Austro-
fnvcgarlnni h.id transformed every eml-
lence Into n fortress
ltallun tronp.s today stood victorious as
.Bujters of the vast and complicated system
Wfortlf'xiit ions wlilrli Austrian forces havo
1tn COIIhtrill'tin!' nil u-lntpr Intiir In Imr tlin
' 1T to Trle.tto and Lalhach.
! : irst N" ember General (""adorna pushed
? "atfinin; vulient forward In tho farso
Mh)a objclKe Trieste was niado plain
! appaieni to the enemy. Then came the
P'P of winter In tho mountains, forcing a
atIor or massed fighting activities,
"rough all the Knows and blizzards the
fmtrlaiis worked um-easlngly fortifying
Ualnst this Italian wedge, hollowing out
iT underground passages, cementing rocky
Wlcadcs, bringing up artillery.
ii nl0"S this masterly series of fortlfl
f "ons thai tho Italians have secured their
np. and wero reaching out today still more
rasplnEy toward Trieste and I,aluach.
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'Thi Jta"an offcnslvo along tho Isonzo
i;er I'ss been checked for tho time being,
jWWMItie lo clnlips made by the Austro
nunKitrbn War Ollleo today.
VoKnt attacks were directed against the
Ci ,Iui'Karlau positions between Tol
, 'J0,8'"1 ,ho A(lrlatlc Sea nil day Thursday
? frlday, hut at no point were the Ital
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, j "i . I'icati inrouHii. suiu u (itspaiiu
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Ejmts repulsed, hut tho Austro-Hungarlans
"Ptured about C000 prisoners.
, '"aicndous efforts, wete made by the
"Mlans to gain a footing on tho crest of
5unt Santo, northeast of Gorlzla, but they
Continued on l'aio J'olir, Column Tno
I THE WEATHER
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V8 doudiness tonight, probably followed
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PLANES RAID DOVER
AND F0L&EST0N
27 Women and 23 Chil
dren Among
Victims
MOST DESTRUCTIVE
ASSAULT YET MADE
Royal Flying Corps Drives
Off Invaders in Cloud
Battle
ENGLISH AVIATORS SAFE
No Casualties, Says Oflicial Re
port Teuton Base at
St. Denis Bombed
UKKLIX (via London). May 2li.
"In a successful raid, our air bqtiad
ron bombed Dover and Folkestone and
the south coast or England," today's
oflicial statement declared.
Dover and Folkestone are on the Stralta
of Dover, about eight miles apart. Tho
towns mo about forty miles poutheast of
Loudon.
LONDON, May 2G.
Death-dealing Ucrjnan attacks by sixteen
enemy aircraft, resulting In the killing and
Injuring of scores of women and elilldieu
and followed by buttles la tho clouds be.
tween British nnd enemy airplanes, last ovo
iilng, marked tho bloodiest Teutonic aerial
attack on Kngland since the wai's opening.
Details were revealed today In Admiralty
and homo defense statements.
Tho list was otllelally flNed at seventy-ilx
killed nnd 174 Injured; twenty-seven women
nnd twenty-three children are among tho
dead and forty-three women and nineteen
children are among tho injured.
Itoyal Hying corps machines, which aioso
to battle with tho invaders as they winged
their way across Kngland, downed threo ot
tho Germans.
rtoyal naval air serlcc planes nt Dun
kirk, tho Drltish baso on the French coast,
called Into action Immediately, swung Into
battlo array above tho channel. Hern a
series of thrilling encounters occurred. Ono
Ilritish machine entered Into battlo with
threo of the enemy craft and shot one -if tho
trio down. Tho two sped on with the other
raiders to encounter moro naval planes over
tho Belgian coast. Kar aloft the two forces
sailed, maneuvered and fought. JJeforo tho
enemy forces could escapo two twln-englnn
machines wero shot to tho ground. Of the
sixteen nlrcraft participating In tho raid, six
were, therefore, accounted for.
The home defense statement named the
CJerman raiders bb "aircraft," which might
be cither aeroplanes or Zeppelins The Ad
miralty "statement spoke of "enemy air
craft," but llkewlso detailed an encounter
with "three hostile planes" and tho destruc
tlou of "two twin-engined hostile machines,"
Indicating airplanes. It Is possible, therc
foie, that the German raiding force was
composed of both Zeppelins and aeroplanes.
"All our machines are safe." the Admir
alty announcement declared.
f'olncldent with announcement of these
air battles the Admiralty announced a raid
by Ilritish naval aeroplanes von the enemy
aqrodrome at St. Denis yesteWay, In which
many bombs were dropped. ,
Some "houses and shops" wero seriously
damaged, the olllolal statemnt declared
Assuming tho casualtle In this latest
raid wero of noticombatanfs. tho total num
ber of civilians killed s,,ce-; tho start of
the war by German ,air raids aopellna
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MACHINES SHOT DOWN
Facts About Greatest
Air Raid on Britain
SIXTEEN crnft participated in At
tack. Six of them lost in buttle
with British aeroplanes.
Seventy-six persons hilled, among
them twenty-seven women and
twenty-three children.
One hundred and seventy-four
persons injured, among them forty
threa women nnd nineteen children.
Totnl number of dead ns result of
air raids on England now 30,').
Total number of injured, 7'J1).
Tho next deadliest attack on Eng
land took place on March HI, 101(1.
Tho casualties wero 59 killed and 1H
injured.
WAR TAX MAY
Senate Finance Committee
Strikes Out Clause on
Auto Manufacture
LIGHTING LEVY CUT OUT
Ho a Ntnff CorrrKpontirnl
WASHINGTON. M.i -;
Automobile ouners may have to p.i .
Uw as the result of the nrtlon of the Sen
ato Klnamv Committee today striking out
n tax of 5 per cent on new ears manufac
tured and transferring the burden to the
owners.
The increase In the Mirtnx on Incomes of
15 per cent inude by tho Irf-nroot amend
ment In the House bill was also ttrlcken
out.
All tho gross rate taxes will be elim
inated. Tho Senate committee Is going to
follow the prlnelpio In making up the war
revenue bill that no Uixes shall be imposed
upon the doing of business.
Among other changes made In the bill
besides the elimination of the surtax In
crease and tho G per cent tax on the gross
sales of automobiles aro these:
Elimination of tho 6 per cent tax on the
users of heat, light and power. Tills would
havo been a illiect tax on the people.
Striking out of a tax of 10 per cent on
movies and nmutementH when te uilmU
Hlou charges do not exceed ten cents. The
10 per cent tax on amusements ubove that
price will continue, as will the same taK
on dues to club?.
The 10 per cent tax on proprietary medi
cines will be eliminated and a stamp tax
su3tltuted therefin.
The committee. In eliminating the 6 per
cent tax on gross sales of auloifiobilos. has
decided to place a small tax on the price
or license fee or a graduated tax on the
horsepower on motorcars. This will bo
Email and will not b fell so greatly. Th
House bill estimated that fully $00,000,000
would be raised by the gross saio tax on
automobiles, but not more than half that
alnount will accrue from the new system.
The Senate committee purposes to keep
down tho amount of the bill, feeling that
It may be necessary to have anrther tax
hill In December If tho war continues. On
the other hand, tho raising of more money
may not be necessaty.
By eliminating the tax on users of gas
and electricity every household In Phila
delphia will be saved B per cent of the
amount of Its bill for gas or current used
for lighting and fuel.
Three Children Durncd to Death
rjTTSTON. ra May 2p. Klro destroyed
the home of James Nardif, at Wost Plttston.
early this morning. Thjree children, ngeu
eight, nine and tcrl were, burned, to death.
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BTABOO IN 1920,
IS CAPITAL HINT
Gossip in Political Circles
Is That He May Be Demo
cratic Candidate
MAKfNG FRIENDS ON TOUR
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WASlllMlTii.V. May i'.
Siiict.ii nf the Tn.istm McAdoo a the
Democratic candidate im I'lo-ldent in 1H20
l.s the gossip of the Capitol building today.
liven tuir fun 'i it 0 i i" lull. i n. ii-utm
here, and that's b Imtli Hcniociat mid
Republicans are watching with ilnsest at
tention results of McAdiMi.i Hip urmiiul lue
country In the Interest of lloai!ng the Lie
erty Loan bonds.
There is no alteinot b Ifiii" 'at '
ccal their satisfaction over the reception
McAdoo Is receiving wiywh. ,.-
parent popularity through tile W;1 and
hti, success Is, as they Km, 'delivering the
goods." Ono of the highest Democratic of
ficials in Washington said toda '
"This trip of McAdoo's may eventually
prove to -havo been the thing thut first
aroused the possibility of his being a. Presl.
dcnttal candidate."
"" Neither Republicans nor Democrat at
tribute any politics to the Secretary's' pres
ent tour, but both admit that It is bringing
tho Secretary Into touch with the people of
tho country on a great patriotic question
and Is bound, therefore, to establish him us
u prominent Identity in their mind".
McAdoo, being the son-in-law rJ President
Wilson, somo argue, he probably l In n bet
ter position to Interpret tho Presidents mind
and carry out his policies than any other
Democrat. Around McAdoo has centered
thus far the hulk of America's first part in
tho war financing the Allies. During tho
war much will depend upon tho successful
operation of the Federal Resero Bank sys
tem. In which McAdoo Is tho directing au
thotlty. ARMY "BOOZE" HAN ENFORCED
New York Hotels Clamp Down Lid to
Sailors Too
NKW YORK. May 26. The National
"booza" ban on all army and navy men
became ubsolute here today. Kven hotels
stopped serving drlnkB te men In uniform.
Nor can friends of u man In uniform buy
him a drink if the bar man knows Jt
Tho penalty lor selling lo uniformed men
Is $1000 fine or twelve months In prison, or
both.
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JUDGES TOLD REPUBLICANS FAVOR CANDIDACY
Judges Rregy, McMichael. rerguson. Audcnrcld. Ktaake. Mon
flglian, Lamovclle and Anderson wejc waited upon today by a commit,
tee from the Republican City Committee and formally notified of the
Republican party's unanimous Indorsement of thclv candidacy for
r0,BlCCtIon' ' !il-. 'A I.
U. S. TAKES OVER TWO INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS
WAS1IIJJOTON. Hay 86. Th Interned Oermnn shlpn Orteuwai"
and President, lying in San Juan Hiubov. rorto Rico, were today fir
mally transferred to the United Stnt3 navy when President Wilso.
tssuetl an executive order authorizing Secretary Daniels to equip and
operate them "until further notice."
U. S. DESTROYER RUNS AGROUND! SAFE
United States destioycr No. 0 ran aground on tho rocks at an
American port todny nnd was badly damaged. Tugs weut to the
vessel's nssistanco nnd she was pulled off. No one nboard was re
pot ted Injured.
NAVAL D0ARD CONSIDERS ANTI-U-BOAT DEVICES
WASHINGTON, May 2C The nnval consulting board is in ses
sion, today. Numcious devices to combat the submarine are beluc;
cciibideicd by the board.
HINDENBURG ASKED TO DECLARE FOR ANNEXATIONS
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. AMSTERDAM. May 20. Field Marshal von Hindenburg, chief
of staff of the German army, is being bombarded with telegrams
from members of the Pan-German League, nslug him to declare openly
in favor of peace with annexation and indemnities, says a telegram
iora Berlin today. m j-,! . . ,. .
GERMANS TRY TO DYNAMITE BRAZILIAN DEPOT
UK) l)E JANEIRO, May 2G. An attempted dynamiting of a (Jovcrnnunt
depot licrc by Captain Vending and eight (icrman seamen from the interned
German ship (.'obtirn caused tremendous excitement and added lo the war spirit
against (Jcrmany. The (a-rntans were arrested. How near Ilruzil is to a decla
L.tion of war against (iertnatiy was iudirated by today's announcement that the
fleet is now patrolling the Atlantic. The Brazilian Congress rontinued its secret
discussions of the international situation. Anti-war members: were still tili
buslering and no action was possible.
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SARAH BERNHARDT TO LEAVE HOSPITAL TOMORROW
Sl'Av YOIMC, May 2C- Sarah Bernhardt iH uMl again. Having amazed nurgcons
l. her i.ipid recovery from a recent operation, the famous actress will leuvo Mount
Hin.ii Hospital tomorrow, ft he will live at a hotel because she can't find a country
Imme that milts her,
ANOTHER TOP MARK FOR U. S. STEEL
M;V YORK, May JH Culled Si itcs Steel common stock made another new
record ti.il-ij im tin Stuck I'.vl-.mv. 'Ulns dinrtly before the' close at 13lT4, a
y.'iln of Ms for tiic !; . The short M'ssion wus Ihe most active of any Saturday
tills c,ii. Tnc entile list was strong, advtiuces tegisterlng from fractions to almost
ii points In home Instances.
NAMED SHIPBUILDING PURCHASING AGENT HERE
Major Uobiji-t E. Wood. t'. S. A. rctlted. was today returned lo tho active list
and assigned to Philadelphia ns chief purchasing agent under Major General
GopthaK in charge of the great merchant marine building campaign.
GASOLINE ADVANCES ONE CENT A GALLON
Tho Atlantic Refining and ' ' Refining Companies announced this morning
un udvanre of ono cent a gul.on on nil grades of gasollno. Neither company
would give uny' specific reason .for tho Ipcrcaso In price.
ARCHBISHOP ORDAINS 28 TO THE PRIESTHOOD
Archhhhop Prendergast ordained twont -eight young seminarians to the priest
hood this morning In tho Cathedral of Sis. l'cter and Paul. Seventeen of tho nowly
ordained priests wore students from St. Charles tlorromeo Seminary, In Overbrook;
flvo from St. Vincent's Seminary, In Ucrinantown, and six from the Augustlnlan
Monastery ot St. Thomas, at Villanovn; Solemn high mass will bo celebrated for
tho first ttmo by the young priests tomorrow In churches throughout tho Stato.
.$112,000 CONTRACT FOR VARE APPROVED
Mayor Smith today approved. a contract awarded ly Director Dates-man, of
tho Department of Public Works, to Senator l'Mwin H. Varo for completing tho
South llroad street plaza between Oregon nvenuo nnd Hlglcr street. The amount of
the contract is $112,000.
FRANKLIN SUGAR REFINERY TO BE REOPENED
Prospective heavy demand for sugar during tho canning season and un
precedented demands for sugar from the Allios will cause the big Franklin Re
finery. Front nnd Rainbrldgo streets, to bo reopened In n few days by the American
Sugar Refining Company. Recently the company received an order for 20,000
tons of sugar from Oroat Brltaiir. This alone will keep the plant operating for
two months. '
ITALY TO HAVE PERMANENT COMMISSION IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, May 26. Italy will establish a porr.'.p ient war commission
In the United Statos. Announcement was made today that several of tho members
of tho Italian mission, which arrived here on Wednesday, will bo attached to
the Italian Embassy hero to form n permanent war commission, which can confer
with the Government of the United States on subjects of vital Interest to Italy
as they arise. t
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r M.I.El) TO TREASURY POST
Ilr. Loo S. Rowc. occupant of the
chair of political science at tho
University of Pennsylvania nnd n
publicist of international reputo,
has been offered the post of 'As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury,
to assume charge of nil matters
pertaining to customs.
The post of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury was offered to Dr. Leo S Rowo,
of the I'nlverslly of Pennsylvania, today.
A dispatch from Washington this after
noon which announced tho offer, said the
distinguished Philadelphia!! would havo
charge nf customs and succeed Assistant
Secretary Peters.
Doctor Roue, who is professot of political
silence at the t'nlverslty of Pennsylvania,
Is secretary of tho International High Com
mission and an authority on international
matters. He has been called tho "Atnbas- .
sador of Trade."
Doctor Howe's acceptance of the post has
not beeu received. It was stated. Ho cpuld
not bji fijund .early , this afternoon.;
Doctor Rowe lias I en president of ths
American Academy of Political and Social
Sclcuco since 1005.
Doctor Rowe was born hi McGregor, la.,
September 17. 1871. lie came to Phila
delphia when a hoy and was graduated
fioni the Central High School with the de
gree of A. II., In iK7. Ills collegiate edu
cation was obtained nt tho University of
Pennsylvania, wliete ho received degree of
Ph. It. In IS0O and the L. L. II In !;.. In
1S9J he received tho Ph. I). at the Univer
sity of Halle.
A member of the bar. he was Instructor
In municipal government at the University
of IViins.ihiinla and became assistant pro
fessor cif political science In 1890. a posi
tion which lie held until 1901, when he be
came hend f tile department, lie has
:ered In this capacity eier since Id 1900
ot bit went on leave of absence as a mem
ber nf' the commission to levlse and com
tlle the laws of Porto lilci and in ISOl-OJ
as chairman of thu Insular Code Commis
sion, reporting codes which wero, with some
modifications, adopted as the laws under
uhli-li the Government now Is administered.
lln was United States delegate to tho
third International Conference of American
States to Rio do Janeiro In 190C. and In
1908-09 he was chairman of the delegation
of the United States to the llrst Pan-American
Scientific Congress, nt Santiago, Chill.
In 1913 he was a member of the United
States Panama Joint Claims Commission.
His latest service was ns secretary of the
American section of the Joint Mexican
American Commission Inadetl by Secretary
Lane, which attempted "to reconcile the
differences between Mexico and the United
States.
GOVERNMENT REDEPOSITS
MONEY WITH BANKS
Funds Obtained by Stile of Short Term
Certificates to Bo Held .
Until Needed
WASHINGTON". May 20 The an-'
nounccid policy of redeposlllng with sub.
wrlbinc bankB and trust companies por
tions of the proceeds from tho saio of the
short-time treasury certificates was Inaugu
rated today when the Treasury Department
so redepositcd $128,093,000. Most of til
banks receiving tho rcdeposlts wero In New
York and the Keast.
The money will ho allowed to remain In
these special depositories as will imuro re
dcposlts so made from time to time only
so long as they are not actually needed
to meet Allied or United States war de
mauds. When withdrawn possibly within
ten days 3 per cent Interest will he In
cluded Subscribing bankB at tho same time were
glen an opportunity to state whether or
not the deslro such redeioslts. '
HERBERT C. HOOVER
will tell the readers of the
lEuenmgffirSriiger
Next Tuesdau
of his aims nnd purposes us
Food Administrators
of the United Static. Thjs WM be
an exclusive Interview, ffranted to
a correspondent jpf the EvpNiNd,;
Ludckr who worked with Mr, Hooye'r
in Belgium, who knows Trim, yvhnt
ho has done and what he cart and;
will do. Reading the Interview,'
your market basket may bo interested.
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