. Kr rf r k i 'v t" ,i e kvEN&G' LEDGBR-PHlLADijLjPHIA, TUESDAY," SEPTEMBER 4, 1917 I K rrs Report Shows Con- mm .Dangerous to Sur- nrpuhding Property !KS SHOW SATURDAY 1 qileit denials by former admlnlstra- kitnati me city Hail tower contains 1-iSnd In n dancer to nurroundlnK ' as Well as to the public have been . In an lineallffatlon conducted by an 4 JtS cracks and mliistne bolts, it lias Uncovered that many of the romalnlnu 1,-are not bronie. As a result, the bolts L-t.wero oupposed to bo bronre liae I. off. 4-FDKweeks a nnunrt nf uorkmen under the VtlncMoQ of It F. Atkinson. 27 North Junl , 9r fctreet, one of tho bcst.known riggers ft ' "ttrt.dountry and a famous steentcjack. , rx,MV;.cn at work repairing me uamagcu -ft WOWjpf the tower. i I i jt wwwww ui niv it.rn un wu .... . .v.,. R'Vi'nWew'.Vlafble last Saturday to city ortlclnis .,7'ho .'wero up there when n snluto was W) ttlttS from, a cannon In honor of the aelectUe J? arrt'1 roen " parucipaieu in me - TLT ItblM.nn . 1t liaa l.AAM VfflAPtpn tO Uf wjpetfntend tho repairing. Ii working under k:v orderaof the Department of Public Work j Though, lie refused to discuss tno condition i,W if, the tower, which was constructed mors than ft decade ago when $24,000,000 was , appropriated for the City Hall, it wns -r-.T r JTreseatl, Colmar, 'Thlonvllle, Cambroy ana Mat Clppy. At Saplgneul a French patrol raided an enemy salient 'and destroyed tho garrison. On tho Soualn-Sottepls road (Cham partner sector) the French raided the enemy lines over a front of 800 meters (approxi mately half a mile) penetrating first line positions, destroying gas machines and Ink ing; prisoners. A Herman assault on Iturteblso farm (Chcmln-dcs-Dames sector) was broken up. HBLRIN, Sept. 1, Nineteen enemy airplanes and two cap. the balloons were donned In ncrlal fighting on tho French front jeotcrdny, the War Otllce announced today. 600,000 GERMANS FORCED TO QUIT IN TWO MONTHS ruu r Rf m ' taavMa.1 tn,lav twwm nn nittlmrltntlvf annrf that he has pronounced tho tower as bclnt, "unsafe." The Investigation of tho tower confirms In every- detail tho report submitted t TJIrector Datcsmnn last June by n com mlttee of three relating to the condition of the tower. The committee of three which Inspecte the tower last June was composed of J0 eph A. Ttolettcr, acting city nrchltect ; Jons than Jones, assistant engineer bridge division, and James W. l'hllllps. assistant engineer of the grade-crossing dllsloi, This report, which wax submitted to Director I)ateman, led to the Immediate mplOylng of Mr. Atkinson. Shortly after ward men were put to work o.i :ne tower to replace the broken nnd missing boll. While tho twenty-one liots were being fired from the cannon wh'ch wns placed in the tower, news of the tracks 111 the tower spread among many city olllclals In tin. Mayor's reception room. This news became generally known after the cracks had been Been by certain persons. The peal contents of the report tubmltted to Director Datesman by Messrs. Iloletter, Jones and Phillip has never been made public This report Is now- In the archives of the" Department of Public Works. But It wns learned today that the report wns confirmed In every detail by Mr Atkinson "I must be excused from discussing the Present condition of the tower," said Mr Atkinson today ; "we are at work and work ing hard." Touchlpg upon the stone masonry from tho ninth-door level to the clock tower, the report rccelxcd by Director Datesman rends as follows: "That part Is badly In n"d of repolntlng: thcrq Is no Indle-itlon of disintegration of the stonework. The condition of the metal work -as found In the detailed report of Henry It, Qulinby, under date of April 20, t 1913, now on fllo In jour offlce. has not Improved, but Is dally growing worse, and wa therefore suggest that to properly rem edy the defects It Is ers,entlal. In order to protect the surrounding property and the public at large against Injury from falling Pieces of metal nnd loose ornaments, that the exterior of the touer Miould recelo Im mediate attention, ns experience procs that deterioration when permitted to pro- li-creases -Willi rapidity." Another part nf the leport, which refers to cracks and missing bolts, reads: 'The structure from the clock floor to the base of the statue Is constructed en tirely of wrought iron, cast Iron and steel. The outside conslsta principally of Iron plates about one-quarter inch thick, bolted to a self-supporting structural Iron frame work, Befbre these plates were erected they were first given a plating of copper and then a plating of aluminum and se cured In Place with bronzo holt. Thm Kft ( are many bolts used that are not bronze. Bv J " "km nave rusiea on. some are miss tfe hl,r' PermItUnB the metal to corrode at all j nnir nn id "THe aluminum coating virtually has dis appeared," the report states, "and likewise the copper coating, which was Intended to bo virtually permanent. Clacks have de veloped at many points, the metal has been eaten away, permitting water from lain and melting snow to enter, and has caused serious cqrroslon to the metal framework adjacent to the shell of the tower " A suggestion Is mado by tho committee In its report that $100,000 should bo ap propriated to make repairs, with the re quest that further bums be available for the work. Canadians Gain 200 Yards on Lens Front Cei tinned from Taxe One to within eight miles of the Adriatic strong- J hold, according to reports received here i ty the Italian embassy. The Allied vessels are protected from submarine attacks by a large fleet of de- atroyers, motorboats and mine sweeper.". ' It Is believed the Austrian Gonerai Staff ,- has had to keep boveral hundred thousand m troops for protection of Pola, because of Its Investment from tne sea. The dual monarchy's main fleet has been battled, up In Pola slnco the beginning of the war. GERMAN AIRMEN BOMB CITIES; FRENCH REPLY PATHS, Sept. 4. Thirteen German airplanes wero brought tv, .aown In extraordinary aerial acthlty on ft the French front yesterday, today's of- I". ' German airmen bombed Dunkirk and Calais, killing and wounding a number, and PSi Uet bombs fly oer the Nancy and Lunevllle ff 'regions., without striking any victims. In l creiurn J?rencii uvmiurs uumuarueu enemy fix aviation fields and other stations north of VM.. . -- . - .V.-V, aL'ft',Mr,';,-l?iiJri- PURE AFRESH RMNT BeJeveMe k'Z, yWA.have i. v '" Jjfdiwed the business of f ty (painting: ,to a science Otp'Mch hi,?h-ckss work so 1iMKlMl(-nii obligation LP ehnle IN Vsi-V By HENRY WOOD WITH Till-. FHKNCH A KM I IIS IN FIELD, Sept. 1. Forty German divisions approximately COO.OOO men hao been forced out of ac tion In the Flanders and Verdun lighting utone since July 1. Tho figures are from carefully checked up estimates. They show tint on tho Flanders front the Germans were forced to pull back for reorganization thirty division (450,000 men) on account of losses these units suf fered. Twelo divisions (180,000 men) of those In action there July 1 still remain to light. Aiound the Verdun front, ten divisions (1C0.000 men) havo been similarly with drawn because of losses, and seven of Uie original divisions (105,000 men) still lire there. Twenty moro German divisions (300,000 men) are now undergoing the same lire which put thehe forty out of action, and soon must be withdrawn for reformation. OW RIGA'S FALL AFFECTS PfeTROGRAD 1ST RUSSIANS FAIL BRITISH IN ASIATIC CAMPAIGNS LONDON, Sept 4 Tho long continued Inactivity of the Brit Ish forces In Turkey was today attributed In military circles to the conditions prevailing In the Russian army The original plans for the crushing of Turkey called for Joint offensives by the itusslans and British, the former driving through Armenia, to effect k Junction with tho IlrltlMi In Mesopotamia, and the latter attacking In both cai-tein and western Turkej Bagdad was captured by the liiltish on March II nnd on tho following day the Russian evolution broke out. For n time the British and ltusslun.s continued to at tack the Tuiks In concert, but then the Husslan morale broke down and in eastern Persia the offensives came to an end. a deadlock developing which has lasted ever since In the meantime the British had Invaded Palestine, adding their new pressure to the strain that was nlteady beginning to tell upon tho Turkish armies A brllllnnt cam paign during the latter pait uf April and the lirst part of May brought such successes to the British that predictions were made that Jerusalem would be taken In June. However, the weakening of tho ltuslan thrust allowed the tirku to send rc-enforce-ments Into the west, with the result that the British forces aro still In positions In Palestine they were holding nearly four months ago. BALTEV mAJnk I 'II & ' ll n yfW T O$tH0V KHOLM.7 iEK&Xr SVtyT2lAHY yJ sector attest to tho Oerman victory thsrc, today's efflclal report declared. One hundred and fifty Husslan guns wero seized nnd "countless war material" cap tured, the War Office announced. Tho nrrowj indicate the geographical relation of Riga to Russia's capital The railroad route is also shown. The present approximate position of tho battle lino is mnrked out by tho heavv Uack line running south from Riga. McNichol Will Build Subway; Others Quit Continued from Pace One Thomas B Smith Bonding Company, the Mayor's concern. The premiums on the bonds on the four contracts approximate $100,000. The Thom.it B. Smith Bonding Company receives as Its commission for get ting the buslnep.s 30 per cent of this, or about J.10,000. The Major owns 80 per cent of the ttock In the companj, and therefore his profit will be about $24 000. When asked to comment upon tho action of the contractors the Mayor said: "The acceptance of the contract by Sen ator McNichol Is a source of gratification both to me and Director Twining. "I do not believe that the lefusal of the other companies to arcept will cause much delay. Jf the Keystone firm had declined to accept the contract we should have been In a serious way, as their contract calls for a great deal of the ateel work. Di rector Twining will readvertlse for the work covered by the contracts turned down, and this time will advertise for smaller units, possibly eliminating steel. That would allow us to do the excavating work und conditions of the steel , market may be improved by that time. MAYOP. IS PLUASKD "I had thought that all would tuin down the contracti or all would accept. I am certainly pleased that tho big contract uill go through. I was In touch w Ith Director Tuining until nearly midnight last night, and we decided to rcadvertlse for all tho work not accepted today. Conditions now make any kind of work a gamble "The acceptance by the McNichol firm looks llko progress to me nnd I do not believe that our transit plans will suffer much delay " The Mayor ridded tint ho would be In conference all afternoon on transit iiues tlons, but would nut be at City Hall. He will return to his ofilco Frld.t) In time for the transit hearing beforo the councllmanlc committee, he said. Thirty-four Invitations have been sent to persons to attend the first public hearing on the lease on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. In Boom 490, City Hall. Tho Invitations were sent by Joseph P Gaffnej, chairman of Councils' Finance Committee, and Charles Seiicr, chairman of the Street Ball wajs Committee to which tho transit lease has been leferred Jointly Russians Flee as Fall of Riga Menaces Line ('ntlnurd from 1'nce One part of the Busslan Baltic Sea fleet was lying Inside of the Gulf of Blga and that tho fall of this port would real Its doom. However up to the time this dispatch was written no news had been received as to the licet. The belief Is held In some com petent quarters that the greater part, If not all, of the Baltk fltct is a Kronstudt, where there is a land fortress. With Illgd In their hands, the Germans may now iifce It ns a base for combined land and sea operations against Itcval and ultimately Petrograd. QUICK AND HARD DRIVE ON PETROGRAD EXPECTED LONDON. Sept. 4. A quiil. haul drive from Blga toward Petrograd Is London's forecast today of Germany's Busslan lompalgn. Military ex perts believe Germany will' do her utmost In Mel The Germans must go far In the 320-mllo Journey toward the Busslan capital before freezing weather sets In If tliey ex pert to tely on the German Baltic fleet's aid. The m.ij also be expected to hurry with all speed to cover a." much ground as possi ble befoic General Kornlloff ran carry out his plans for regeneration of the Hutslan aimy If the Russians manifest a proper fighting IrWaiijrjtfYoi oT4KECARE orYomwaT Have It Bright and Green Nest Spring by Sowing Now MICHELL'S Evergreen Grass Seed on the Old Turf Splendid for Sowing on Now Lawns Quart, 23c; $1 Per Peck; One Bushel, $4 Catalog Free 0 SEED HfllKSP 518 MARKET ST. THIS ANCHOR WAS DROPPED IN 1071 ANO Still holds w When You're Somewhere in France i j 'HEN vour Somewhere in France let us assume the care and management of vour rroD- crty and financial affairs. Collect and disburse your income as directed. Make out your Income Tax Certificates. Pay your taxes, attend to your real estate and act as your representative in all financial matters. All the knowledge and experience of our tried executives is at the, disposal of those who would "do their bit" with the ' full realization that their financial trans actions will not suffer through lack of proper attention during their absence. SPfFor $100 and 50 cents we will pay $100 in American money or its equiva lent in French gold to anyone in France. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Incorporated 1871 Capital & Surplus, $1,600,000.00 Main Off.c. 316-18-20 Chestnut Street Uptown Office W..t Phil.. Offic. 1422 So. Penn Sq. 9 So. 52nd St. (Oppo.it. City Hall) (Opca about Nor. 1, 1917) Philadelphia, P.T r ir i ? wV: h. ?, . twnuw WivAf T,i -A" ..Vidtaa u&h i&LJr's nplrlt, military authorities hero today ngrcc, they will easily block the Herman drlc. The ground from ltlga to Petrograd Is of a nature lending Ittelf readily to defente It Is marshy nnd studded with lakes nnd wat erways. Small bodies of Itus9lan troops could play havoc with greatly superior at tacking forces attempting nil ndnncc ocr ueh broken terrain In the opinion of observe! s here much depends on the Kusslnn fleet in stopping tho expected Ornian di!e if mutinous sailors can be quelled and discipline nnd fighting spirit restoied the IluiMiin licet could ef fectual hamper peihaps prevent opera tions by n Herman fleet in the Ilaltlc N'o nttempt was made to minimize the effect of r.iga s fall nn the Cirmaii ponuln- uaiu-iPii imniy on (ne west front b tlon Hrltlsh and IYencli lrJiM nf ih i.i e. months and with Au-til.i losing ground every hour under th Italian ussault. the c.erman militarists were badlv In need of a Oerman ktory to henrten the public. They will mnko the most of Itlga'a fall. THOUSANDS OF RUSSIANS AND ISO GUNS CAPTURED IIIIUM.V, Stpt i. Thoii'.ands'' taken prisoners in tho ltlga BERLIN TAKES HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE VICTORY unnLi.v, sept. 4. Ilcrlln took n holiday today to celebrato tho fall of ltlga. Tho Uiolo city was ablaze with flags, mottoes nnd pictures. All schooU wero eloped and the people on the street Jubilated In tho victory. The scenes wero reminiscent of eniller days of the war when Derlln was celebrating Hlndcnburg's victories against the Husslans. Merchants of Hamburg and llremen took occasion to telegraph tho Knlser, nssurlng him of their lojalty and their determination to hold out, "repulsing all foreign Interfer ence In Germany's internal affairs." "Krom Hlga, noitheastward dense masecs of troops nro croudlng tho roads day nnd night In tho marches toward the Jaegel," the War Office statement declared today, "Tho Husslan resistance nt Illga was broken down. Tho enemy's evacuation of tho city was hurried." Wilson Peace Reply Considered by Kaiser Continued from Pure One weg for tho profoundly Junker Michael!" The revolters arc thoe who apparently were content to rest nftcr a few additional nnd empty promises of reform from tho new Chancellor. London has always huspected that Mathlns Krzberger, the Clcilcal leader, and his cohorts were used by the Govern ment to fake u reform move by which tho Government .might oust von Bcthmann llollweg They may bo In use now again. CATHOLICS I'AVOH l'KACIJ On the other hand tho Clericals arc the Catholic party of Germany, and havo been profoundly stirred by l'ope Benedict's peace plea They may iiImi havo been equally stirred by President Wilson's irpl laying down democratization as the primo requisite to a discussion of pcaco with Germany. lirzbergcr, according to Dutch reports, expects to Inaugurate his campaign at the next meeting of tho main eommlltee, pre sumnblj next week Ills plan Is to make the Chancellor responsible f til" Ilelchstag not to tho Kaiser He liken Ut, desires that r Continental Hotel ROOF GARDEN 9th fi Chestnut " 'J COOLEST 1'LACK IN TOWN f Business DUC Men'. Lunch OUC n.no to 2.30 DINNER t Chicken, Lob- J P X ter or Roast P 1 r, 3a to s.so Danflng C to S 0 to 1 the Government shall announce Its mini mum demands and clear up the situation ns regards the German Uew of Alsace and Through the same news channels conies the prediction that the Ilelchstag wll be dissolved soon after It reassembles nnd that general elections will follow. SOCIALISTS DfiMAND HEFOItM Dr Kduard David, Socialist leader of tho Reichstag. In tho Vorwaerts, the Ger man Socialist organ, maintains tho Itclcha tag has constitutional means of enforcing Its will, as no Government can continue to rule against Us vote He says that new elections, in which tho soldiers nt the front would participate, would clearly show how tho ship of etato must bo stoered. Ha sees In prospect n dishing defeat of tho Pnn-Gernians nnd nnnextlonlsts. . ........ frnm Airisfftrrlnm Inillratn that the next besslon of tho German Itelchstag Hxccutlvo ns a "diplomat In shirtsleeves." .BANKSSBlDty will be devoted to tlm nucstloti of hZT3 Tho niujorlty. It is said, will challnn.. .X(S statement of tho aocrnmont regarrllnJil.. 3 minimum peace program nnd, It Is ihoutM '1 tho Government will yield with a view i "t pcaco negotiations before Christmas. ' I It Is intimated that tho German Govern ment favors the plenipotentiaries nii either at Tho Hague, nt Berno or at Coi ' hagen, but preferably at The Hague. Tho answer of the Porte to the IW-. note, It Is aald, would be that Turkey , co.oporntlng heart nnd soul to obtain th mo3t favorablo response to tho peace In Illative, although not nil tho Ideas reaA Into the Pnpal note on the enemy's side miJ with approbation. ""' Iteports also received through Amster dam stato that President Wilson's not. vexes tho German press. The n,n. Zeltung am Mlttag (.peaks of the American 1-n.,,(Kn na n ",llnln,Maf tti t.l.l...1 I. ftl t 8A Q) nnwPx n. n -zr The New Regulation Goiter Devices And in Miniature Size For Shirt Collar jiRnffl .UXUUIU - V EXCURSION, UP THE HUDSON, TO WEST POINT and NEWURGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th VIA .IKIISEY CITY AND STEAMER GRAND REPUBLIC EEmn Capacity 3.V0 paBScnsers, spixiti. lis in u:uw ltondlni Terminal 7:00 A. M. I'nlumliln Avenue 7:00 A. M. llcintlnnlon Mreet 7:1.1 A. M. Uune Junction 7 it 7 A. M. Jenklntonn . 7:33 A. 31. $Q.OO 4$ ItOtJNM Tit If unii:k AUsricns or thei Philadelphia & Reading Railway W Hud son Pric es Too Must Advance Some Cars Already Increased Bring $1200 and $1400 Cars up 10 nuason jrrices. money Can Be Saved by Prompt Fifty-one makers have already increased their prices since January 1st. Former $1200 and $1400 cars now cost $300 to $400 more than they did one month ago. Some cars ad vanced January 1st, which again increased in price August 1st. In the higher priced classes increases since Decem ber amount to $350 to $700. Many makers have made two advances within the past eight months. Others give warning of further advances. The Hudson Super-Sixes sell at the same price that they have sold at since last December. Increasing cost of materials is responsible for higher prices in automobiles. It is affecting all makers. Soon Hudsons, too, must cost more. Today Hudsons are sold at the same price at which they have sold for several months because they are built from materials contracted for last fall. Then material prices were lower. Increases have been rapid since then. Steel, the most largely used material in an automo bile, is made from iron, and its price is affected by iron prices.- Last December iron sold at $30 a ton. Its average price for 25 years prior to the war was $16 a ton. Today it is $54 a ton. Hudson Was the Choice When Others Cost Less When cars in the lower priced grades sold at $200 to $300 less than a Hudson Super-Six, Hudson sales were greater than any other, two makes of that class. Today, with no difference in price, Hudsons must con tinue to be even more popular. Hudson leadership is understood by all motorists. It is explained in the Hudson Super-Six motor. No other car has a motor similar to the Super-Six. No other car for that reason has equaled the performance of th Super-Six. Its record in the hands of almost 40,000 owners shows what individuals can do even when they are not seeking to establish records for speed and endurance. No car of any make or size has equaled the time record of the Hudson Super-Six Special in the world's greatest hill-climb to the summit of Pike's Peak. ness No automobile has yet been able to equal in either direction the transcontinental record of a seven-passenger Super-Six Phaeton which traveled from San Francisco to New York and back to San Francisco in 10 days and 21 hours. No conceivable test has revealed the limits of a Hudson Super-Six stock car or stock chassis. No individual use of the car has yet taxed it to its limit. Hudson Sets New Records on the Speedway The speedway, too, has failed to exhaust Hudson Super-Six endurance. The special racing cars built to meet those conditions, but preserving the same principle that accounts for endurance in the stock cars, did not reach the limit of Hudson endurance. They did establish the American Speedway record for 200 miles at an average speed of 104 miles an hour. The Hudson Super-Six racers made more records in their campaign of racing than any team of cars the industry has produced. These records are made only to indicate what you may expect from a Hudson Super-Six. You don't want a racing car. The car you buy isn't suitable for racing. It is made suitable for the kind of service you want. That service means endurance the kind that does not call for frequent adjustments, repairs and overhauling. It is the kind of car that you can use day after day and month after month with a reliance as to its performance that increases only as you continue its use. Just Now Hudsons Cost Less During this time when price's are being readjusted on account of increased cost of production, you can buy a Hudson Super-Six at the same price you pay for former cheaper cars. If you wait, you run the risk of not being able to get such an advantageous price. When present material supplies are exhausted and cars must.be built from materials bought in the present market, then the Hudson Super-Six must be priced in comparison to its greater value and greater cost on the standard established by other cars. MWDSON ItUPlBJ msupcajv Phaeton, 7-panenfr. .$1650 Cabriolet, 3passoir. 1950 Touring; Sedan 2175 Town Car Landauft. .sanzs own Car 2925 Limousine 2925 AH Trlcei f. o. b. Detroit) Limousin Lanii.lf . tn?e tMMEUIATE DELIVERIES ON ALL MODELS GOMERY-SCHWARTZ MOTOR CAR CO. 253-255 NORTH BROAD STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. oumjjjujB s Wi ifti 1 r j- fc "T v GTJVK -1 S3. j
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