w " a V V VfHN V1- , 1"W EVEA1NG IACUGER-PJIIL.SBELi'HIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1017 1 m m.. GERMANS HURLED BACK EAST OF RIGA .: Battalion of Death" Re pulses Enemy Battle 4t Still in Progress Mi! ..r- iw - M &' l"T 5 .fcAIDS ON WEST FRONT 6 If fe I PS IB Is I; BERLIN, Sept. 11. Numerous encounters between Gor man advance forces and vanguards of the Russians between the Baltic and the Dvlna were reported In todyn's of ficial statement. A number of pris oners were taken. On the west front the War Office said frcch fitrlitinc had occurred at Vlilaret early this morning which resulted in favor of the German forces. r-TiioaRAD. Sept. it. The Rusilan "death battalion" defeated the German In certain rectors In the lcln Ity of Zgevold, thirty-two miles northeast M R'ffa. eays the 1'ctrepraJ official war Matement A battle Is belnir waged between ad vanced German detachments and the Rus sian rear cuardi who are holding the Hurt, cctsk lino to the l'ukoff road rirrnOUlLVD, Sept. lO (delayed) Itusfda'a women soldiers will dlo for Premier Keren.ky. If need be. Tho "LcKlon of Death" was re-forming to day, ready to ilu.it whcrocr they may bo ordered. "We must show the wrld we are willing to dlo for nuMln," declared Madeline Butchkoresa, commander of tho lesion, as nhe left with a score of women recrulti for Moscow, there to gather more women fighters. "We will assemblo 150 more women, very one of whom will die. If need be, for Russia's freedom " Hundreds of citizens who had fousht for places In the ticket lines hastily preparing for exodus from the capital were shamed by the spectacle of Mmu. Hute'hkorer., dressed In arinv uniform, ast-ombllni; t rroup rf slrln and women at tho station Two or three rul" oIllcerH formed the Klrli tnto someth i K akin to military formation. "Thefcc are :e"rult," tho womin com mander declared "Wo are now en route to Moscw. There will be more w.iltltiB to take our oath to do or die " FRENCH PIERCE GERMAN LINES AT TWO POINTS 1'AISIS, Sept. 11. German trenchta near Vnuxnlllon, north of the Alsnu l!ler. nnd near Casque. In Chntnpanne, were pentralcd by the French In a set Its of nlfiht raids, the ar Ofllce stated today German supply de pots wcro debt resell. LONDON', Sept. 11. Local tUhtlne around Hardcourt and hostile nrtllleiy lire around Yprea was oil Field Marshal llalu hail to report to ay. southeast nf Hardcourt, In tho neigh borhood of VIMaret, a. few were taken prisoner In local llEhtlnR," he bald. "I'ahl of Yprea thTe was hostile artillery flio arly at night." Fuel Administrator May Take Over Coal Continued front Purr One have outgrown our rallwnys " said Presi dent White of tho miners' union Fuel Administrator Gnrlleld, hemccr refines to he stampeded. Tho "coal panic" has been stimulated, In part. Telegrams arrlvlnis hern Indicate that Imlustrlis hao been circularized to ncnd complaints. Gartleld Intends to nnnoilncn ultl.ln a few days his coinp'eto plan for n rout con troller In each State nnd a rltUcti.V coal comtnltt3 In eery community to mike a Runy of tho situation and recommend maxlmiini retail prices. No now priority orders nre contemplated Immediately. When tho reports from eerv community In n Statu are In, the coal supply will be apportioned with regard to tho greatest existing needs In communi ties where today there Is no coal available at retail prices, becauso the output of most mines has been contracted for, an effort will bo inndit to locate theso contracts! so tho homes may obtain their winter supply. DEALERS WON'T SELL IF CONSUMERS HOLD PAY Should It bt ollli'lallv announced that tho consumers who have rueted coil ftntu dcnlcrs shall have the right to rrfuso pn.i inent until the margin of profit has Im ii llxcd by the comm'ttco many retailers will not sell under mich conditions. Most of the retain.'! , who nsrert that they are making little or nothing, even nt tho piesent hl!h price of coil, say they could not afford tn have hundteds of tom out and unpaid for whllo the committee was deliberating. A representative of the firm of 11 and i. Chalfant, Forts -seventh and I'aschall ave nue, said- "We do a cash Iiumihss iiml take no time on our bllN, and It would be neccaiy therefore to conduct tho n lllng end of our business on the same plan, t believe that If such u plan weiu enforced man mailer would be obliged to go out of busluehs The retailer Is not tcpomlble for tho high prlco of mill, and hc.utll) wishes that he could oell It at the price.:) which prevailed In normal times. "I do not know what we would do in tho event of u uonumer le fin-Inn to piy for coal retlvcd Wu villi have to aw alt developments " At the olleo of the Gtoige It. Newton Companj It was announced that all olllclnls were out. Prices of coal In Philadelphia have been given another boost bv letall dealt is. Pn vailing pi lies are raid to be among the highest ever Known In this cltv It Is esti mated that the new into will cost con sumers approximately tl.ni.o.oot) In the ne.t twelve month". The latest prices announced nre: Kgg coal, $.". Ftovo eoal, '. and nut coal, j'J Pea coal was advarcid scvcnty-flvo cents a ton. according to unnounccnientH made yes terday. The prlco of pci coal now Ir JS a ton The prices have been boosted again de spite the nsseitlon of Ir. Henry A. Uarfold, national coal controller that Philadelphia houcholdeiM would get that product cheaper. The concerns to t.i'i-e pileea weie the George H Newton .' mpany. controlling about -j per cent of life loe'ai .narliet, and Kdwln J Ouininlngs. Tho Jump amounted to thirty-live cents a ton on egg coal : thirty, five cents on stove:: ten emts on nut, and twenty-live cents on pea This is tho Mioml rho this month, im i-eptemher 1 ten cents was added n egg. Move and nut and snen-ty-ftve centN on pea Compared with Pep. tetnber, 1910. egg Is up $1 20 a ion; i-tove, $1.20; nut, ?1, and pea, $2.'J3. The nawio given for the advance was that the dealers were not receiving enough coal from the i.illroad operating companies and were forced to go Into the open mm - SLAV TROOPS ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD Vr X "CTic V I V" I i fc. vWrffi2 Sfr? M (& f r te . A-fvrrjA f E VvVC M A: v CVCF OF z N AWQjM i? A Sk> f0 The tnnp rhows tho joule taken by Ilussinn divisions formerly com miinded by General KornilcfT, who are mnrchinR toward tho capitnl city from P.skoiF. They have rcncho.l Vyritzu, only thirty-six niilus fror.i I'etroKraii. ket nnd bid a pioinlum for the supplies ut Independent miners P.'port of the lall load compnnlcr Kho v that far 111010 bald coil Is being canled this .Mill' than last The dealers fay this fuel Is being canled to other parts of tho country at the ex pense of Philadelphia. P.. J. Montgomery, 'vlee 1 resident iiml sales manager of the Philadelphia nntl Heading Coal and lion Company, which supplies more than 2.000,000 tops ef the 4,000,000 ued hern annually, refused to comment on tho allegation that the opera tors were cutting down their shipments here. In answer to tho charges 3lr. Mont gomerj replied: If vou don't believe what the retailers my about not receiving enough eoal from the operators ask them to chow ou their book. While the lls.t prices of tho Newton com pany are ldentlt.il with thoi-o put out b the I'ummlngs concern, th" latter made Us prlies subject to a discount of twenty-live cents a ton lor cash. Tho Newton eompauy nm.ouiii,"d no reduction for cash, and with the addition of twenty-live cents a tem If the coal was can lid into tho cell ir. GOVERNOR TO SPKEII LT ROADS Will Confer With O'Neil on Return From Maine This Week IIARItlrillt'llG. S-ept. 11. - Governor Itiumbaugh Is expected to return this week fiom Was ne. Me. where he lias been since the latter part of July. One of the Gov ernors first I'onfeiences will be with Hlgh waj Commissioner J 1. O Nell j and ai. tv result of tills confen nee It Is expected that an effort will be made to get woik started 01. the through hlghwava favored by the Gove-rueir and the commissioner. Tho Governor regards main east-west lend north -south hlghwns as uhsoliittlv neecssaiy before nil) great linprovemeiit e'.m como In tho State's hlghvvav r.vstem Itoad men loek for an Intensive eamtuigii net spring to finish tho uncompletce! ec tlons of the William Perm and Lincoln highway. 1'KOMISES TO STOP MINK CAVE-IN MENACE TO CITY Pledge Formt Important Plank in Phit- foim of Candidates nt .Scrunton hCP.ANTUN, Pa., Sept. 11 Solution of the mine e'.ave inoblem Is tho most exciting featuie of the Majoralty race, with seven candidates In the Held All of the aspirants are conducting public meetings throughout the eltv anil all ale otTerlng their own Ideas on how the cave nuisance can be solved. The. most ladlcil views on tho mine cave sediitlou ale being offered bv John Dm kau and Steve MeDonaltl, tho former being president of thei Surface) Protective Association, while the latter Is head of the Central Labor I iilon. Iniikan would pi event companies from operating mines that etielanger piopertles. McDonald prom ises to trly em the mine worker'' either candidates who arc devoting con sldeiahle attention tu the mine cave prob lem In their eaiiipalgu speeches me A. A Vo-burg and Alex- Council. The former calms tee have diafted an ordinance sixteen- ears ago that applies to the cave nuisance lldwaid Holding, Socialist candidate, has poted u00O with a local bank that he will settle the cave problem If he Is elected, railing to elo so, be agiees to forfeit the money to the West Side Consumptive ltos. pltal lie propeises to stop eaves be, use of police powei right for Pldcii as Freeholder MILLVILLi:. N J. Sept. 1 1. An earnest campaign is l;lng leiught In the southern section eif 1 iimhcrland County foi s-eats on the Hoard of I'reeholdi ts Jo eph Tur ner seeks le-flectleni and Is being opposed bj Willis Kobbins Jeesepli Cli.imheis Is ngaln a candidate for lo-cle'c tleui nuel the OtllCO s alFO SOUght bV Jl.llpil Wllsem George lie eves, who lias been a Ficelmliler for almost a quarter of a rentuiv, is having his first opposition, Gustavu1, V Kcpple r having Hied a petition. U. S. Flotilla Fights Battle With U-Boats Cnittliieicel from I'uete One fight was that no lives vvero lost on the American snips. ...11 Tim battle Is the most serine's bint Inci dent of recent months, The first evidence of missed submarlro attacks was that of ' the German encounter with the first licet of American transports sent tn France On I that occasion all of the ships cemc through safely duo to the heavy d-str-ver convov- 1 It Is nssumert that the ollnr vessels with tho Wcstweg-J were meic'nntmen, thoiign the cable gram was not specific as to what vessels they were. FREIGHTERS RELIEVED TO RE VICTIMS OF RATTLE NP.W YOltlx' Sent. tl. I It was Iearnel hre today that the Brit ish freighter Wentworth, commanded by I e-(v inln Crone, anil the French fr'gh' steamship Kouang-SI e'omma"ded bv Cap- I 'niii 1' ggl. have bcii le- ortcil sunk bv Miibnmtlnes off tho Fiench coast on Sep tember ,"e. The Wentvvorth ninl KouangSI nre be lieved to be the ships sunk In the battle with an American conviy, news of which was given mil b Secretary of the Navy Daniels In Washington today. The Kouatig SI el splaccd 0 172 tons and hailed from Marse.lles. She nrrlved at an Ameilcan port on her I.tbt vv estvv aril, o age on July 4, nnd pallet! later, presumably for Kuiope. She was built In 1901. The Wentvvorth was 11 vessel of nS2S tons, hailing from Newcastle-. England. The ln-i leeorel of her movements In the marine le-glstei was her aiilval at nn American pent on July :,n 'Ihe Winlworth was built In FJtn.. WESTWEGO TRANSFERRED TO U. S. REGISTRY IN 1914 '1 lie tanker 'Wistucgo, which paitlelpated In the big buttle of September ei. Is owned by the I uloii P-t-olciun Sfeimshtp Com pnnj, with olllces In New Yoik She Killed fliuii this poit about Hit en weeks ago with a e iiigo of oil. She was commanded by '""ap tain Wlllelts. It Is believed leveral Phlla delphlans wero among her crew. The vessel was formerly the Itumanlan steamship Stenuo Itommio. built In flti manj. and was purchased bv the I'nlon Pi it oleum steamship Company In December, 1011. She H 100 fret long, with n fifty-foot benm Iter tiansfer to Ameilcan tegistry was anangeel by the I'nlon Petroleum Steamship Company In Ilerlln. U the time of her transfer the e.itre near rnu-ilng Intei ii.tllem.il eompllcatlons similar to the' famous Dae la cases The Wostwego was stopped bv the iler iiuii feiihm.il Inc 1'-I5 off l'.istnet Janu.iiv 31, 1H17. .mil iart of her eaigo ot col leUed. The captain eef the ('-boat threat ened to sink the "ship if the oil was not given to hhn. Upset Van Halts Trains an Hour PITMAN. N. .1, Sept. 11. A largo movluer van upset here today on the Ilroaei wav eeosslng ef the West Jerse.v and Sea shorn llallioad. when It went Into a flesh sewer excavation, blue king the northbound ti it lc for an hour. Glee tile expresses ami local tialns weie elelnjed. A company eif Atlantic Connie's new militia enioute to Se.i Gilt was belated. Record Wane Ends Puddler.s' Strike P.rADING, Pa, Sept. 11. Tho Mrlko of pneldleis at tin- Heading lion Company plants heie was settleel late yesteulay. Tile men will get 411 a ton, tho highest evil paid in Hie i;ast nicy wauteei 511. so when tliej thst went em sti iko and later, talsed this to MJ. Until the stiucl; they' .. . HA .,tl,i tr, 7- , 1 uiu hs,.it, v...'. 1 Gen.T J. Stewart Passes Away on lis Birthday Contlni eel from I'lice One also noted as an orato- nnd after-d nnef Weaker His fund of s'nrles rce.ned to be Inexhaustible and he tol.l them vylth a force tulne-s and point which held Intel est Thomas J. Stewart was born Septem ber 11. IKS. near Ilelfasl, Ireland and wan brought by his parents to NorrlMoun. In St! Ilf. was educ'ied In the public schools nnd nt the Quaker Cltv Huslnes College In Phlladclph'n At sIMe-n yeai of nge he enlisted n a private In the 13SIH Iteglme-t Pennsylvania Volunieers lie was engae-.d ns 11 mamfneture- and dealcf In window glass from 1870 to 1881. lie was assistant nelUitant general. De partment of Pcnnslvanln G A. 15, from 1S8i to 1888; nnd was elected department commander In 1590. In 1881 ho was ap pointed nsilstant ael'utant general nf the Grand Army nf the IP public Vntlotinl Kn canipnicnt. In .SVpteaiber, IS!', hee wim appnlnleil ndjulnnt genernl of the G A. II bv Commander-in-Chief J. P H Gobln ; te-npiioliiti-il in Keiitember. 1808, by Com-, minder-ln-Calcf James A Sexton : reai iidnted Sceitember, 1SD9, by Commnnder-ln-Chicf A'.lrit D Shaw He was clcctid convuander-ln-chlef ot tho G. A. It. October 8, 1002. POLITICAL CAP.i:i:it Genernl Stewart was a member of tho House eif Kepresentatlve , tscssinn 1S85-M1, and hns been connectej. with the National Guard of penns.vlvanla since 18f.S Ho was nppolnled adjutant of the Sixth Keghncnt In 1887. On September 20, 1889, ho was ap pointed nsslstant nd'utant general, First Urigade, and teappolnted In 1891. He was appointed, on tho part of tho House of tie preventative, a member of Iho Commission to Locate and KstahlMi the Peiins.vlvanla Se.ldieis' and Sailor." Homes, and afteiv.atel n imi'd as 11 member of the board of trustees of the same Institution on the p.ut of the e;. A 1! lie acted as leeretar.v of beeth the c 'ininlssion and boaiel of trustees. He Ii im bee 11 see rctnry of tho board eoiitlhiiouslv h'neo tSitl In IS'iO he was uppolnted a member of the lommls biou In charge of tho Soldleis' Orphans' Schools He was elected Seeretat' of In ternal Affairs on November I. 18S(i. tc elccted November I, ISP". He leslgned January 13, 18!lli. He was appointed Ad jutant General by Governor 1). II. Hastings on Januaty 15, 189R, reappointed by Gov ernor William A. Stone, January 17, 1598, appointed by all succeeding Governors. Funeral seivlccs will bo held ut General Stewart's homo In llairlsbuig Friday eve ning, at T'.'!0 ei'clock, and the body will be taken to Norr sto'.vn. his old home, Sntuiilav' morning at 10:.1e), wheic scivlces will bo held in the afternoon -4 RE(tUIRES HEIR TO WED Priest Dai's Nephew Unless Ho Marries Within Year NEW TOIIK, Seiit 11. The will or Father Patrick J. Fnliey. lector of the Church of St llenedlct Joseph, at Morr'a Park, has been filed fir probato In Ijueens Count. Father l'ahey, who died on July 13, was teputed to bo wealthy. Tho alll davit tiled with tho will does not (estimate the estuti, cf ejit to my that it Is In excess of si 0.000 in pergonal piopeity Father Fahey's will directs that $2000 he set aside for his fttnciul and the erec tion of a muiument over his grave In St. John's Cemetery. Ho leaves $1000 to h's sister, Mis. Catherine Dotiohue, of Ashfleld, Ireland All the tesldiiary cstalo Is left tee John Fahey, .1 nephew, if Huxtown, Ireland, pro vided he was .nan led at tho time of tho death of the decedent or that ho marries v Ithln one enr thereafter. If lie Is not married or does not marry befoic July 1",, 191 S, the re.'iduary ct.ito is to go to the b'shop of the diocese, to bo used as pan of a fund to erect a temlnaty. PHILADELPHIA DOCTCf RESTORED MAN'S SKijj Reports Success of Electric Treatment nt Shore nft t vention t ATLANTIC CITY. N, J., s t Amazing results ob'nlned In th, ? mrnt ot melancholia nnd other r, v "ellsuders" through tho u0 of rtirients during tho past jcar vvcrcr by btaln sneclnllsfi In tho annual I, Hon of tho American l:'ectro.'rkc10.!!.tt,1' Association, nt Hotel Traymoio toda-T"1' P.esults n'niost, If not ns eneourflffl;, being pi (.cured by Philadelphia,,, i"" coirTtlem of defects' of mlon li, . tt Jllrth. of Phl.adclph'a told of ret.nH11 s-lgh' of a Phllulenhean who .-'a, ."f" ,.v..... ......... ...,, VJV ti'e'uiajet se- ferred tho i.t-o to him as n. , .' Stress was laid upon tho fact that ti, I nils eef Hit- patient wcro found in K' ously affected. 0 b r, Veiy encoutaglng results are boln. tnlned also, other delegates reported 1 tteattnent and cure of cataraet. .V " galvanism. racu ihn"& Dr. Alfred T. Livingston, of Jamt N. y.. In warning the electr,, specialists against cxtrcmo current. his best tesults have been procured tSrT niiidjlug tho electrode to tho haw if .S nerve centres miming Into the bralic "Sending tho cui rents through thee 1,. la n methoil to be approached wllh.v ' cue," the New Yorker sale! "I ,, stimulate the nerve centers, and ntocS sels which me the ntonge batteries nf brain rather than applj the euricnt dirU, to the lirnKi .ells ' Such a te I," 0 W' lie v e,l. points the vv.., to t,e , of 'disordered Idea-' of the braln' re not ted the npp.uent eute of n prononJH ease of melancholl 1 in four months, BRIDEGROOM TARDY, GIRL MARRIES HIS BROTHER Northumberland Lassio Cries a Littj. Then Turns Happily to 1'irst Love NOUTHCMIlFltLAND. Pa., Sept 1U. Miss Allco l'ratt, eighteen jcars old, j, has big brown eyes and rosy clikt ,. peat eel at tho nlllce of Squlro S. Jt p Tlerney, to become tho bride of John Bort ner, a neighbor, she F.alel With htr ru Frank L'ordner, a brother of the proptctfti bridegroom When John did not appearf,, the niiiiti.il s tears sprang to hei ces. Flank spoke words of pity, an(j e asked the use of tho .Squire's private olUct Jn n few minutes both returned tmlliu. "It's till right, Semite," tald Frank, sj was my sweethe.it t (list, anyhow, and hi consented to becoino my bride, Insttad John's" A hurtled trip was made to th courthouse, a new marriage license obtained and In a few minutes they wero nudo mu and wife. ' RAKERS, URGE STANDARD LOAF Relieve Government Should Follow Out Wheat Plan WASHINGTON. Sept 11 -A unlfonn prlco uvei.vwhcie for a standard loaf mi ', discussed between the food administrate, and lcpie -ontatiies of the Master Bakcrf ' Association lieio Mstc relay. Many nt tho bakers feel that InasnwtbJ as tho Government hns set the prlct of wheat, which will determine the price ot Hour, tho time Is tipo for standardizing tli loaf ot blend. I' lh t f 3 . i .'. KT a- 'i ' ri ' v Vt, I ISV 1 V f : t'AWs Jim 1 ' mmmm teWFI 1 jii;miiitiiP' liHWUcTMWel eW-MMMWteOirieriiiBi wwaajinaifc lmifmmB0Bem Vould I ous Let low oesband Rnow That You Suspected Suppose you were married to a millionaire's ison Suppose he became fascinated by another woman, a beautiful, highly emotional woman of 28 Suppose you discovered that she had made uo her mind to win your husband' from you Would you be silent Or would you let him know what you had learned? What would you do in Ellen Josselyn's place? Would you do what she did when her hour of trial came? Find out how she handled a terrible situation by reading "Josselyrfs Wife." This thrilling serial of love, ambition and temptation is the greatest story Mrs. Norris has ever written. This is the crowning work of her career. In this powerful and dramatic novel she touches the very depths of human passion. Every line of this novel is clean, wholesome and inspiring. You can finish this splendid $1.50 book-length novel in four 25,000-word instal ments for 15 cents each. Think of reading a $1.50 novel by Kathleen Norris for 60 cents before it is published in book-form. Don't MISS This Gripping New Novel Kathleen orris Author of "Mother," "The Heart of Rachael," etc. BEGINNING IN IllMTC? K' eJLilJlJl y . The pig Fall Fashion N OF iH Hi ML Jk B.a 1& mm PH Mm ffSaL -Mr?m &'' f K H WK Z Vi"SaW 135 mk 2'--xS!v' 1 1 iHilv jgui -safj tmf jji VUiMr l4BahjHi.lV gr BSniamB mii iV.TiIW CeSfijF eMvy T 0P zJFk, VU WW H I " i- e . ii iTTrroniMrtiTiTmiTwiijjjijiihiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii i - . . . . . fll i ii im- - - - J"""!.l'lm iwuimu.uuiimmmum mnm WiMrtO.KwiiM.ai Ml HMcriNriMUMMMWaMMMMUi i.1 . -t w "T"!! X Kmj&HikmBrRkWkmMmBkmMkmM mMmmmmmmWKmMmwBMEUMmm E Out To-Day i'AZl:h&to, ,' Z-ri'l, FmyiJ&i: VFi' l. 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