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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA,. TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1917
BEERBOHMTREE,
Noted actor, dies
Son of English Grain Mer
chant Won Way to Top
of Profession
VISITED THIS COUNTRY
Vffas in unite a duuus uuat
Winter, Playing in rniiaaei
phin in February
'' i.nvnos. July 3.
glr Herbert Heerbchln Tree, the nctor,
1 dead.
Sir llerbcit. who had made many public
Appearances since his return from the
tinned Stater delivering addresses dcrcrlb
Lj h8 experiences in Amoile'a, had been
rm for several days
It was nnnounccii mat nc nuu 'ui"--,
undeigone an operation, and accord-
-in to latest reports he was making s.vtls
.factory progress toward recovery. Ills
i ieath. announced last night, was. therefore,
omewhat unexpected
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5'H underwent an operation June 21 which
l-'rroved to be somewhat serious, hut was
itocted to lead to his. complete recovery
BTIi attending surgeons, however. Insisted
noon tne cancuii.iiiun i . u.. ...,-..
tnsagements so that he could enjoy com
plete eecluslun and rest
eir Herbert Bcerbohm Tree was a fpsclal
K favorite with the paople of this city, ns In
i dd with audiences In every part of Amer-
lea. He nan won nit uuu iu men Hiiumuiin
and respect by dint of his charming
rertonality and the virtue of nis tplendld
artistry. His last appearance In this city
vas In February of this year, when he np
reared as Wolsey In Shnkespenre's "Henry
VIII." At that time Sir Herbert foresaw
many more years of life and activity, for
In one of his speeches before the curtain he
assured his audience that he would return
to this city as soon ns possible after peace
was declared. If not before.
Sir Herbert shared with Sir Charles
Wyndham and. Sir Johnston Forbes-Hob-jrtson
the leadership of the stage of Great
Britain,
I . . .
Russians Smasli floes
Line; Capture 6300 More
Contlnittd from Tnso One
huge supp'les of munitions nrrlcd safely
today, after making their way through the
German submarine zone.
FRENCH LINE HOLDS
FIRM AGAINST ATTACKS
PARIS, July 3.
Germany launched another offensive blow
it the French lines today, centering two
llmultaneous thrusts on the t'hemln des
'tames, south of Laon, and again around
Verdun.
In both Instances the enemy failed to gain
pound, the War Office reported today.
''At 6pm Monday, along the line from
Allies to I'alssy, the enemy returned his
tombardment nnd violently and forcefully
attacked the trenches, which French forces
retook yesterday," the statement said "A
fc.aw riAcmtratt, KtritiTcle throughout the
d slfht ensued, but nil positions were main-
Ulned.
'On the left bank of the Meuse there
was Intense artillery firing at midnight in
the sector embraced by 1 1111 304 and Avo
eourt wood. At 2'30 a m. on a front of
tOO yards In the southeast corner of the
vvqod enemy waves started out of the
benches, but under our artillery fire did
rot reach our lines.
"In Champagne the French forces blew
up an enemy blockhouse."
The Allles-Palssy sector Is one In which
the Germans have twice before attacked In
powerful drlve3 during the last ten clays.
The front here lies directly south of Laon,
where the French command of dominating
positions opens up the valley of the river
Lette.
Hill 301 Is northwest of Verdun, where
last week's Germi drive netted them
only a scanty foothold on the western
lopes of the mount
the.lr Initial successes, continuing to gain
The rtusslan nation has been stirred to
the profoundest depths by the Initial suc
cesses of the offensive, more than 10,000
Austro-Hungarlan and German prisoners
having been captured up to date.
But the thing that moved the people most
was the news that War Minister Kcrensky.
falling to nrousc the soldiers to the proper
pitch of enthusiasm w.th oratory, placed
himself at the head of the nrmv and led hu
troops Into the thick of the fighting.
There was a dls.ios.tlon In certain circles
today to rtgnrd the rcpurts of the last two
months na to disorganization and lack of
discipline among tho Husslan troops as
hav.ng b2cn much exnggernted. It was
admitted the circulation of such reports
was good strategy, Inasmuch as they served
to make tho enemy believe there was utter
demoralization. The Hermans have un
doubtedly been weakening their Russian
front lines very greatly, to make up re
serves for the western and Italian fronts.
Here In Ixmdon It was hoped the example
of the southwestern Russian nrmy would be
quickly followed by an offensive of the
northern (Mltau-Rlga) army.
IIAIG REPORTS ONLY RAIDS
ON BRITISH BATTLE FRONT
LONDON". July 3.
Fighting nctivlty on the British front
during the night was confined to raids.
The War Office announced today that
the British troops made two successful raids
at Havrlncourt, on the Arras front, and
near Nleuport In Belgium. German trenches
wero entered and damage Inflicted to the
dugouts of the garrison.
The Germans tried to raid British trenches
In tho sector of the Oojeul River hutewere
dispersed.
(The Cnjeul rises south of Arras and
flows eastward. Joining the Sense south of
Greenland Hill.)
AUSTRIAN DRIVE ON ITALY
BALKED BY SLAV ATTACK
ROMH. July 3.
Austria-Hungary's plans for another
drive against the Italians on the Trcntlno
front may be frustrated by the new nnd
powerful Russian offensive.
For some time the Austro-Hungarians
have been massing blg-callbcr guns, huge
supplies of ammunition and reserves of In
fantry behind their lines in Trcntlno, Indi
cating that an offensive was In contempla
tion. Germany, said a dispatch from the front
today, contributed largely to these supplies,
sending many tralnloads of munitions.
Zelma Pomeroy Going
Back to Dad's Office
Continued from Pane One
her temporary home until tomorrow At
the end of last week she obtained a posi
tion In the center of the city nnd decided
to make her home at the Voung Women's
Christian Association because It Is nearer
vhere she was employed."
"Last night nfter I talked to her about
going home with me she decided tn rin m.
Her first thought was for the position she
wns forced to quit. She got her employer
on tf telephone and told him that she
would not return today
"I am going to have her stay In Phlla
delphla until she Is able to stand the trip
home. Then we are going back to Mon
tana "
Miss Tomeroy is a distant relative of
Miss Helen Russell, of the Sage Foundation.
After she went to New York n year ago a
relative told Miss Russell of her being there
and she called upon her at the Young
Women's Christian Association, where Miss
Pomeroy was then living. They arranged
to live together and have been doing so
since that time.
PATHKR PROMINENT AT HOMK
Mr. Pomeroy Is an attorney In the Mon
tana town, which has a population of about
10.000 persons. At one time ho served a
term of two years on the bench of the
Dlttrlct Court, which corresponds to the
Common Pleas Court In Pennsylvania. H
Is prominent In his city, but has not been
taking much activity In politics for several
years.
When Miss pomeroy first disappeared
from New York tho case caused consider
able sensation nwlrig to the prominence of
her father at his homo nnd because she
had been connected with suffrnge head
quarters When she wns not heard from In
a day or so after her disappearance It was
feared she had met with some accident.
Late Inst week, however, she wrote Miss
Rufsell asking her to send her cloth.s to
Phlladelrh'a. She did not seem to want
Miss Russell to know exactly where she
was located here Miss Russell notified her
father and ho went to New York, arriving
there on Sunday night nt ! 30. He Imme
diately began the search which resulted In
her being found hero last night.
Her father had been waiting for her at
3033 North Fifth street, where sho was
boarding, since late In the nfternoon. At 9
o'clock the telephone rang nnd the young
lady was on the telephone. She fold her
father she would wait for him at the Young
Woman's Christian Association, and In n
few minutes they were happily reunited and
everything was settled with regard to her
future.
Three Negroes Die
in Day's Race Riot
Continued from I'nee One
hours, six city blocks were wiped out by
fire Property damago Is estimated at
$500,000. Many bodies aro believed still
In the charred ruins of the negro hovels
"I believe there arc moro than 100
negroes dead." Night Chief of Police
Hlckey said "Wo hao 105 names on an
Incomplete list, but have net found nil the
bodies I estimate the Injured, white nnd
blacks, nt 760, but any statement nt this
time can be no more than an estimate "
Troops have been ordered to slnot to kill
In caso serious rioting Is resumed.
Blood-mad men and women rose In a
mighty mob of 10,000 during last night nnd
wreaked vengeanco upon the black popula
tion of the, city for tho kOUng of police
Detective Coppcdge and William Keyscr.
a merchant
More than 400 prominent citizens were
Incarcerated In the city Jail during Inst
night, arrested at the Instigation of mllltla
officers.
NHORO LEADER MISSING
Dr L. M. Dundy, negro dentist, said to
be mob leader of the blacks. Is missing
and a search for him has been instituted
He Is tho man said to have Inflamed the
negroes nnd formed the mob which killed
Policeman Coppedge. A large reward for
the arrest of llundy in offered. A Grand
Jurv Investigation Is to be started Imme
diately. All saloons are closed and will remain
closed until further Instructions are Issued
No picture theatre will lie) permitted to
open.
A part of tho mob lynched one negro who
was using n little black child an a shield
to protect himself from tho shots of the
white men. The Mack, pursued by fifty
white men, seized the girl as she crossed
nt Fourth and Broadway "Hang him I"
was tho cry of the mob, nnd he was hanged.
Frank S. Dickson, Adjutant General of
Illinois, reached Kast St. Louis at 12:30
this morning. Accompanied by State's At
torney Kchaumloffer and the city attorney,
he Immediately made n tour of the com
munity States Attorney Schaumloeffcl of St.
Clair County estimated that 250 negroes had
been klled Military authorities said the
death list wou'd be much lower.
BODIES ARE BCRNED
Many of the negroes' bodies were
cremated In the cabins nnd the actual nunv
her of fatalities probably never will be
known.
Six negro sections of tho city were
fired by mobs and the terrorized negroes
shot down ns they fled from their burn
ing homes. Two white men were killed
by negro snipers nnd at least three
negroea were lynched
Tho night wns nn orgy of torch nnd gun.
Ah clouds rf smoke rolled back the light
of burning building showed In one section
n negro being ljnched while crowds Jeered
ns they watched his death agonies, and
In another colored men and women on their
knees begging for mercy.
Moro than 20.000 negroes were thrown
Into terror when the rioters decided to bun
and kill.
White women and girls Joined, shrleklne
In tho pandemonium, mounting street cars
and dragging forth colored women to be
beaten by mobs In the streets It was not
until sundown yesterday that the frenzy
if the rioters mounted to extremes of vio
lence, hut there had been Intermittent vio
lence nil day.
The rloKrs took ghoulish amusement In
the lynching of negroes Two white men
strung n rope nbout the neck of a black
and swung him Into tho n!r from n tele
graph pole The rope broke nnd the negro
fell to the ground amid the laughter of tho
lynchers He was killed by the fall.
Another group of white men spied three
negroes escaping from a burning house
They caught the blacks, strung ono to a
tree and then coolly shot the other two
Hundreds of half-grown boys nnd girls
were In the mob When threo negroes were
shot down nt the Intersection of Colllngs
llle nnd Stnto streets, a crowd of white
women swooped down on their bodies, kick
ing them nnd beating them with stones and
clubs Well-dressed girls nnd women, hair
flying and clothing covered with blood, led
units of the mob Two girls, not more than
nineteen years old, boarded n street car
and dragged off an old woman They beat
her Into Insensibility with their shoes.
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
The race troubles here began late In Ma.
when labor leaders expressed a fear that tho
negro labor was being Imported to break an
ticipated strikes during the summer On
May 28 a crowd of white men demanded of
the city council lhat tho negro Immigration
be stopped. Mayor Moltmnn tried to calm
them, saying nn' Investigation .would be
ordered After the meeting adjourned
white mobs stopped street cars nnd dragged
ncproes off and beat them
The next day State troops arrived There
wns n riot the next night, two white men
and three negroes being shots but within a
day or two order was restored and a few
days Inter the troops were withdrawn.
An Investigation by the State Council of
Defense wns made and they reported that
Inbor agents had Induced negroes to come
here from the Smith. This report was made
public last Saturday.
CITY BAND STAND COLLAPSES
Structure on North Plnzn Weakened by
Wind and Rain
Tho band stand on the north plaza of City
Hall collapsed this nfternoon, damaging
the front end of the structure Chief Frank
Cummlsky. of the Bureau of City Property,
Immediately put a gang of men to work
to rep.ilr It In time for the concert of tho
Philadelphia Band tonight.
It Is the belief of the nfllclnls of the
Bureau of City Property that the stand
was weakened by tho high wind nnd heavy
rnln Inst night When the stand fell today
members of tho Third Regiment Band, who
have been using the stand nt noon dally for
concerts to stir up Interest In their recruit
ing, wero In the Mayor's office waiting for
tho rain to stop so that they might stnrt
their concert, otherwise some of them might
havo been Injured In tho collapse.
WAR CARRIED TO JERUSALEM
Airmen Drop Bombs Close to City.
Turks Say Cityjtself Was Shelled
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN EGYPT.
June 30 (delayed) General Allenbv. on as
umlng command of the Egyptlnn expedi
tionary force, finds the operations on the
Pnlestlne front conducted by forces deeply
entrenched within a short distance of each
other
An nlr squadron attacked tho headquar
ters of the fourth Turkish army at the
Augusta Victoria Hospice, a mile from tho
walls of Jerusalem, dropping fifty bombs
on the buildings. The Turks say the British
bombed the city, sacred alike to Mohamme
dans nnd Christians, but that, thanks to Al
lah, there was no damage The city was
not bombed, but four bombs hit the Turkish
headquarters
CURTISS TO MAKE 1000
$5000 MOTORS FOR ALLIES
American Manufacturers WiD Rush
Large OrdeV on Airplanes for
Entente Forces
NEW YORK, July 3. The Curi'ss Aero
plane and Motor Company has abejut closed
negotiations w'lth the Allies for 1000 Cur
lis motors. These will nverngo nljiut 15000
each, which means nn order of) approxi
mately $6,000,000. Deliveries pro! nlily will
start Immediately at the rate irfi five mo
tors a day. By fall It Is expected that ten
motors dally enn bo delivered on tj'ils order.
The Allies have oniy started tjiclr busi
ness with the American matiufnett rers, and
as the capacity of the factories hlsre Is en
larged tho orders will. It Is unite! stood, bo
Incrensed In proportion. It Is 'said that
the Willys Interests will shortly start the
manufacture of motors for the Oarge fight
ing machines now In uso by m.e Allies.
These motors nre being built InJ England,
but experts rent abroad by tho mcrlcan
manufacturers have ncqulred nil too knowl
edge necessary for tho manufal-ture of
the larger motors here These mi tors are
more expensive than tho regulatl on Cur
tlss motor, costing nbout J7000 e;ich.
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GERMAN AVIATOR KI
Fobert Ricssinger's Airplane
by British Flyer
AMSTERDAM, July 3. A Frank?
telegram reports the death of J Robert JRtoav"''
singer, aviator., who already; Jiad dorm .
four adversaries. In his lastf fight h is(
ceeded In Igniting tho enemy airplane. sf
"An Englishman, with cenliln death ks'
foro his eyes, rammed Rlesslnfeer's alrplafa ,
and both airplanes fell," says jthe, Frankfort
dispatch.
The Englishman's Identity la not dlK
closed. j'
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Expect Trucks for Supp.y Company .
HARRISBIJRO, July .V The flfV
trucks for the new companies being formJ
as a part of tho supply triVlns of the PmiV
sylvanla division nre expected to arrlssi
this week, nnd No. 1 Comlpany, of Harfhf1,
burg, the first to be. oriranlzed, will ' k
equipped. Tho company fwlll be ready
handle stores na soon.asMheiguard ente
Federal service. i
Boy May 'Lose. Hand From fihot
ALLKNTOWX. Pa., July 3. Tne first .
victim of n ircmiiturc Fourrh of 3tiy nccl '
dent In this nectkei Is Russell Kccfi, twelve-year-old
son) of Henry Keck, bf stone
church, who was. shot In tho had and will
probably lose tho member. Afclatol In th
hands of n, companion wait discharged
prematurely and the bulletstruck young
Keck I
Fifty-Foot Fall Proves Fatal
READING. July 3 George J. Bausback,
fifty years old, died In the Homeopathic
Hospital today from a fracture of the skull
ss a lesult of a fall of fifty feet through
Mie elevator shaft of W H Luden's candy
factory
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MARKET ST. EIGHTH ST. FILBERT ST. SEVENTH ST.
In Commemoration of
3fafoepentience' aj
THIS STORE WILL BE CLOSED AL'L DAY TOMORROW
JULY 4TB
THURSDAY 'WILL FINDTHE GREAT
JULY SALES IN FULL SWING
The economic opportunities offered arcfSo large, so important
that you cannot afford to pass thexn by.
Mammoth stocks, hence almost unlimited choosing in every
needed article for summertime, . both in apparel and home
furnishings. !
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ALLIES TO STRIKE
FOES ON ALL FRONTS
LONDON. July 3
Simultaneous resumption of all Allied
offensives, now that Russia has at last
started to "do her bit," was expected here
today, Petrograd dispatches detailed no
Oatement In the Onlldnn nttnek tnilav
with General Brusslloffs troops, fired with
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Steve Brodie, a well-known
New York new"Nw jumps
from the Broo- v bridge
A FEARFUL DESCENT
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th Sait Blver Just Beyond the Hew
Tork Tower He is Only Slightly
Hurt Arrested for Attempted Sal.
old.
Steve Brodie, an old time newsboy,
Jumped from tho Brooklyn Bridge yes
terday afternoon, lie struck on his
feet and swam for the shore. An hour
later he was In the midst of ten acres
of hurrahing Fourth Warders, and a
policeman was leading him to the
Tombs. Brodie Is twenty-three years
of age. five feet six Inches In height
and of dark complexion. A sporting
man had said he'd bet 1300 that Brodie
could not make the drop and live.
Brodle's friends took the bet and the
preliminaries were quietly arranged.
jo o'clock in the mor;
Brodie slipped off his jacket and,
flinging It In the face of his com
panions, leaped Into the roadway.
Climbing hand over hand down the
outside Iron railing like a monkey he
clambered down to the bottom of the
Iron structure.
The boat containing his friends was
in the middle of the river. Ills face
looked towards Governor's Island. A
shriek went up from somebody on the
dock below. Then Brodie let go. His
arms, at first stretched rigidly above
htm, sunk down to his side. Then they
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