' A.1 i M si-a v . s. .( i,' PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 18,19,20 sVVx5STRA v itbatt v. , . .. . . , i'a 'VV' W$ unletting SP EXTRA i j-, 5 VOL, IV. NO. 12 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917 CorttionT, 1017, tt ins Pcslio LiKdct Courixt PRICE TWO CENTS 'Tv. -. .4 LK10 '$V'SS il u jv D a 5TH WARD PLOT HATCHED IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE UNMAN TALKS TO SAVE SELF; NAMES SLEUTH Admits Thugs Were Taken to Deutsch Clubhouse 3AYS DETECTIVE GAVE OUT WEAPONS Confession, Held Secret Here, Is Made Public in New York another link in CHAJN Declare "Little Nick" Hired Gang for $30 Each for' t "Election Job" f The "Bloody Fifth" Ward murder conspiracy was perfected in Inde pendence Square, in the shadow of the Liberty Bell, symbol of American political liberties, according to a con fession by Fred ("Whitey") Burkhart, one of tho hired New York gunmen, made public today. In Independence Square, the confes sion declare, the blackjacks intended to lilence the votes of the anti-Vare-Rmith-Deutsch supporters were dis tributed by "Mike" Sullivan, or O'Sulli van, a private detective of the Val O'Farrcll Detective Agency, who gave the gunmen their instructions. TELLS PLANS IN DETAIL t Tho document describes how the gun- Ken registered at the Keystone Hotel; how they wore taken to the Fifth Ward Republican League clubhouse (the, Deutsch club) and met the "man with lllglasses"; hjw they raided tho Fin- tetter Hcpubllcan jiud tine iarey neaa quarters) on election eve, and cor- joboratcs many other bits of testimony mai nave oeen presjiuuu iu onuw uwi a plot existed. The gunmen, a band of eighteen Frog Hollow Musketeers," were re- cruueu in new xort. uy rutuuius .("Little Nick") Ritt and were met hero by Sullivan. They were promised ?15 to $30 each for two days' work. A copy of the confession, made public in New York today by District Attorney Francis Martin, of the Bronx, where Burkhart is under arrest, is in the hand3 of District Attorney Rotan, who refused to make it public. The version given Jit in the Bronx today was telegraphed to this city by an Evening Ledger staff correspondent. ,v THE CONFESSION Statement by Frederick Burkhart. made Monday, September 24, 1917. in the presence (f Seymour lMork, Assistant District At torney, of the Bronx; Joseph H. Taulane and Joseph McClaln, of tho District At torney's office, Philadelphia: ' ( This statement Is made voluntarily with out any promise of immunity. I make this statement in order that the truthful story f my connection with the matters I tell shall be set forth for the benefit of the DIs 'rlct Attorney of Philadelphia. If my story proves to bo true and I am ot Implicated with tho murder of Police man Eppjey or the assault upon any one !, nor am I mixed up In any of the as Hulls which occurred In Philadelphia Tues- y. September 18, and Wednesday Sep tember 19 that my story, If true, shall re lte due consideration In the final disposi tion of my case If I am found guilty. Monday night Nick Illtt came over to the corner of 18th street and Brook avenue, utsiae the saloon and he asxea me ana ottwr felldw they eU Mug- Smith his 'iht name Is Christie Smith Nick says to a, "Do you want to so to rhlladelphlaT" I says. "No. T don't want to ffo to Philadel phia. What do f. want to go to Phlladel W fort"' He says, "Sou only got to bo out and watch the polling place" I thought H was a place where you stand around matching barrets with pictures? stand round the polls and hang around. I says to Nick. "What's In ItT" Nick says. "Fifteen K thirty dollars for two days." "MIKE" SULLIVAN THfcRE. Qutlon What days were you to got What twq days? Answer We ware to stay there Tuesday and Wednesday, so wo says, "Where will meet you?" He says, "Over In Kenny's." We went over to Mike's saloon. We says. TVhat time do you want us to meet you?" says, "Get there at 1 or. 0 o'clock." Well, we meet about elahteen of us. so nt there, Mike Sullivan waa In there. lth Nick. That was only the night before Monday njght. In Kenny's I shys, "What o you have to do?" Ho says. "Just hane, -una me pons. Keen oraer. i says, "Ail lht, I'll go," TutSday HlOrnlnr w, knot Anil Nlrk mi IM tn MnU ...... ....a .. ct iiu ...... If. "- -vu vuiUlD aim iUU Putin, UMT I wre. He savs. "I'll meet vou at Thirty. mlrd street at the terminal So we met Mm at Thtrty-thlrd atreet t the terminal. jttfphla. He gays. "When vou in In the et7 """' wi ail u -rogsuier. we says. MURDER PLOT DEVELOPMENTS GUNMAN arrested in New York makes confession in hope of saving himself. , This confession says the gang of New "York gunmen were hired by "Little Nick." They were promised $30, for two days' services for "a Philadelphia election job." Confession says the Rang was brought to Independence Square, where, within a few yards of the Liberty Bell, symbol of American political freedom, the Fifth Wnrd murder plot Dions were perfected. 0'Sullivan, private detective connected with the Val O'Fnrrcll Detective 'Agency, was the man who distributed blackjacks to the thugs at tho Inde pendence Square meeting, nccording to tho confession. Clark, the "man with eye-glasses," has confessed everything to District Attorney Rotan, it is reported. His confession, held secret by Mr. Rotan, is rumored to implicate men of that "higher-up" type who nre called "influential politicians." WILSON DEFIED BY PRESIDENT OF REICHSTAG "Bites on Granite" in Trying to Alienate People From Kaiser MICHAELIS MARKS TIME AMbTCRDAM. Sept. IT "He who attempt-) to drive a wedge be tween the Kaiser and his people bites on granite," declared President Kaempff, of th German Reichstag, In the opening of that body's sessions today. Dispatches from Berlin quoted him also ns sarcastically demanding to know how President Wilson could "continue to talk the protection of small nations in the face of the fact that he left Greece In the lurch " The Reichstag's presiding officer quoted Von Buelow's phrase ns to '-biting granate" In lauding the "common sense of the Ger man people." who would refuse any such separation from the Knlser ni"that desired by tho American President. Berlin dispatches said Chancellor Michac lls's speech, originally scheduled for today, had been postponed. It was declared the Chancellor would not make nny additional public statements as to Germany's peace hlm3, but might address a rccret.mee.tlng of the main committee of the Reichstag. RETURN OF RUSSIAN LANDS ASKED BY POPE rtOMK. Sept 27. Restoration of Riga "and nil other Rus sian territory" now held by the Germans was "explicitly and Implicitly" suggested In he Pope's appeal, nccording to a Vati can announcement today. The announcement was taken to mean that Germany must relinquish her piano for a kingdom of Poland, with a German regency, to meet the Pope's conditions of peace. . , It was also reported today that the Holy See had advised German that the Pope would Mew with active displeasure nny at tempt In Ge.rm.any to restrict the liberties of Matthias Erzberger, the Clerical (Catho lic) liberal leader, or tho Catholic preis, which is firmly supporting a nonannexa tlonlst program. RYAN SUGGESTED . TO OPPOSE ROTAN Nonpartisan League, How- evre, Fails to indorse ram de Moll's, Plea AGAINST THE VARE, TICKET Paul de Moll, a political satellite of Tub Ko Sen Ice Commissioner Michael J. Ilyan. this afternoon proposed tho name ot tho former City Solicitor and former Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, as the candidate of tha Independents for District Attorney. Rjan was not indorsed. The sutKcstlon that Hyan. who -was ap pointed to the Puljllc Sen Ice Commission through the Influence of the Vares. be placed at the head of the ticket that will oppose the Vare-Smlth city Administration at the ceneral election on-No ember 6. was made .i.. f iho Non-Partisan league of PMUdelphta. held In Dooner's Hotel, on Tr.oSnB'tts called for the purpose f rtiwusslnB the new .Independent move of ?hr was launched against the city Tdmlnlstraton whet, the Anti-Contractors' narTy was formed lastweefc. Independents. rnta and Itcpubl cans were present De JiHt for the "row" offices and the Candidates for -w i Councils wUl no' t dominated br'th. Vare !Tr.i.i.iii.iiMte discussed at length ""Tto meet Sd to indorse all candl daTe. tor Councils who will really represent SH -.Vr0 FSi f-Tbrnlnl -owr .the suggestion that Mr. Byan head the tlcKet. db mouv rnopo3ES nvAK . .i. M611 acted as secretary of the Mn and when the discussion of tha meeting, ana wn wh(r8 ne.CiV L wew "to be discussed, he sug. candidates !, nyaa wr DBirich head tne ne ,tt, to a vote of themen Th;queUonwasiJ wag attendinr the wi n nt. JL pres. not P,r;.lyVofed thf indorsement of S.USr'h1; withdrew from the Or- f "hcnVr aKsed th, exlsdng pol.t. ,?;WS5 W ta-tlj, and decided t, con- LA FOLLETTE DENOUNCED BY BANKERS Convention of Financial Men Thrown Into Frenzy on Suggestion to Oust Him PLEAS FOR THRIFT ItV o SfajJT ( orrmpnndFvt ATLANTIC (MTV. Sept 2" Hanker attending the convention nf the American HaTiktrs' Ansoclatlon hero wpio stirred this afternoon b two cpecchos, onp by Lord NurthclJITc, nho made, un urgent plea for thrift to end tho war. ami a de nunclatlon of .Senator I .a Kollctte, which was launched by Dr. Nlihol.iH Murray Hut lcr Tho 3000 bankers Jumped tn their feet Btlrrcd Into n frenzy of excitement, mul cheered their approval of tho (-corn which Doctor Duller poured on "fomentcra ot sedition" and roared their nppronl of his demand that Congress oust La.rollette Im mediately. Lord Xorthcliffp inado nn urgent appeal for a "pull-together" policy. "That Is our motto," he declared "Kicry man, ocry woman putting their very souls Into tho war. The Htm must bo crushed Tho evil thing ho has reared must bo driven out of our Uvea nnd the way to do It Ih with ft eel on the battlefield and with silver bullet fli tho world's marts Let us glvn the people to )inJeritnnil li tn vital fact nml victory a oanureil. "We find u rem.trkablo unanimity of thought awlnurpHa between vhp'GtUc" Til J-nkirn'iiiTrl'ftii.in6 rff'Uin h.mtl, t flnd the fond ullimllon In (Irrmany nnd Auitrln diatlnrlly lirttrr than It wns a 3 ear go. The capture of supplies In Rumania, no less than tho extension of cultivable areas throughout the lands of the Central Powers, has relieved the tension In cerealH and garden produce. "H Is money that makes tho wheels go round," he added. "In this matter we row tho same boat and should pull together with our most capable Secretary of tho Treasury acting as tho stroke I have complete and unbounded faith In the A'merlcan people, I am sure when they rrallte that any tlgn ot iinlllInKne to hear the monetary har den of tl vrnr will be regarded nn quite mm nrrluuj as the loan of a big battle In France, they will give of their reaourcea freely and unallntlngly. 'There lr 11 distinct misapprehension Jn this country as to the destination ot loans made to the Allies by the United States There h an Impression oyen among well- Contlnard on rata Tour. Column One 20,000 see boston tackle All-stars Mclnnis Plays First Base. Shocker, of Yanks, Pitches. Cobb in Center RUTH HURLS FOR 'SOX .M.rsT.vns MoranTllte.) ft ( liRuman. b Cobb, rf Xprakrr, rf Jurkton, If Ulrlnnli, lb Wfarrr, 3b ri'.Sfin. c Nliorkrr. p DOSTOV M 1lootr. .rf lurry. -!)i llol.lllirll. lb l.oirld. If ttxlkrr. rf (Irtnlnrr, .tl Krnlt, Asnew, n llutli, i FENWAY PARK, Boston, Sept. 27. Thousands of Boston and New Kngland fans trooped here, this afternoon for a ball game between the Red Sox and the All Stars, which was arranged as a memorial to Tlmothy If Murnane,;who, back in the seventies, plajed both for tho Athletics ind th,e Phillies In Philadelphia, nnd who forty one years ago was a member of the Boston Natlonnls. . Befoio the game some of tasehaU'n great est stars competed In field events. Mc Xally, of Boston, won the bunt-and-run-to-flrst ecnt; Joe Jackson, of tho White Sox, made the longest throw; Dutch Leonard, of the Red Sox, the moit accurate one, while Chapman, of Cleveland, showed the way to the base chclers , r The game started with Shocker on the mound for the All-Stars and Ruth doing the Red "Sox sharpshootlng. Mr. Murnane, who for nearly thirty years Continued on rase Thirteen, Column Four WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN BASEBALL TODAY NATIONAL L11VOUE Yon. TamU l'ft. n. Loe, New Aork I'Wllles7,.. si. IxmiIs Clnrinnitl . Lklraco . Ilottan Itroeklrn. riMtbonh ,04W 84 ftt .818 81 AH 71 78 77 77 .04 44 15 .BOO .487 .503 .1ST ,4fl .4 Hi .45.1 .337 Left. 4 .461 100 .833 AMERICAN JLEAGDB Wen. I.4t. ret. OK BS .ess ..87 88 .600 Win. .KM Ch trass llun . rierelsnd Detroit V hlit ten .NeV York .019 S4 .BIS 71 .BIS IS .418 u .413 ,t19 7 84 .43A ,V.l "IMS GREAT MEETING WILL PROTEST 'MURDERRULE' 50,000 Persons Expected at Gathering at Acad emy of Music Tonight POLITICAL THUGGERY WILL BE DENOUNCED Philadelphians to Declare Their Independence of Gunmen Government DOORS OPEN AT 7 O'CLOCK Facts About Huge Mass-Meeting fonight PLACE: Academy of Music. TIME: EiRht p. m. sharp. Door3 open at 7. SUBJECT: Protest ncainst "Governmcnt-by-Murdcr." SPEAKERS: Ex-Mayor Blankcnburp;, Father McDcrmott, Jude Bonnivvcll, Rabbi Krnuskopf, MaRistrato Carson, Al bert H. Coccins, Frank L. Kamernar, John H. R. McLean, Jr., Samuel Mc Reynolds, James J. Brccn. ATTENDANCE: Fifty thousand persons nre expected. Overflow meetings to bo held on Broad street und Locust street; if necessary. A city's voice raised in a mighty protest ngaimt "government by mur der" will be henrd tonight, . Vast throngs of,rftcn,1nnfL Jvom.cn a eBtWrdift-GO;uOQ-wTll': press ciwd es to tho Academy of MuBic.for tho town meeting called to plan emancipation from the rule of gang politicians and hired gunmen that resulted in tho killing of Acting Detective George A. Eppley fn the "Bloody Fifth" Ward primary election, Tho greatest protest mass-meeting in the history of Philadelphia is ox pectcd. A revolutionary demand for a rebirth of clean government is em bodied in n set of resolutions to be presented ns the city'ri "Declaration of Independence." Rudolph Dlankenburg, former Mayor of Philadelphia, will bo tho principal speaker. Unconquered by illness, the white-haired "war-horse of reform'? do- clnred that ho would address the meet ing if in doing so he uttered his last spoken word. Filling up of the big auditorium will begin at 7 o'clock, when the doors will be opened. Those who rCach tho Acuden:y t early will obtain tho best seats, which arc oxpectid to bo occu pied rapkfty. Jj overtEow mcetixg "But we will take caro of everybody who 'falls to I. obtain a sent," Judge Uonnlwell said, "provision naying already been muoe for seral encrnqw meetings, If necessary. The principal speakers will address these meetings." Resolutions condemning tne conditions (onllnurd nn I'ale Keren, Column lire KILLED BY TOADSTOOLS One Man Died, Another Family Mado 111, Testimony Shows A ferdict of death from poisoning due, to eating toadstools was eh en by a ooroner's Jury today In tho case of PeterDe Angells, thirty-seven jcars old, of 1909 North Telthgow street, who died In the Episcopal Hospital on September IS. Michael Wise, of 409 Berks street, testi fied he gathered the toadstools at "Wynne wood. believing them to be mushrooms. They were prepared for dinner by Mrs. De Angells, and Wise and his wife aided In eating them. All -were, taken sick Orders JMwl, Then Falls Dead AnN unidentified man, about Ifty-flve years old, fll doad In the Rldgway res. taurant, 1SS3 Ridge acnue, today after ordering a meal Believing that a spark of life might remain, 'the, police sent the body to the Hahnemann Hospital. Efforts to revive Jhe man proved futile He was flyo feet eleven Inches In height, weighed 17S pounds and wore a blue coat, brown trousers and black shoes. Th? Continuation of the Story, "Germany, the Next Republic?" by Qarl W, Ackerman v is printed on Page 18 s. LATEST BASEBALL ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 ATHLETICS ...0 0 0 0 Gioom and Scveicld; Bush nml Feildns. EXHIBITION GAME BOSTON RED SOX ...00000. ALL STARS 0 0 0 0 0 Shocker nnd O'Neillj Ruth nut) Agucw. Connolly and Nnllln, -' NATIONAL LEAGUE BROOKLYN ....0000001 .- PITTSBURGH 120 02 0-1 , rfcftei' nml Kiueger; Cooper nnd Mlackwell. BOSTON 0 CINCINNATI 0 - Hughe nnd Mcyets; Ellci nud Wlugo. AMERICAN LEAGUE b CHICAGO 2 13 - WASHINGTON ..010 Benz nnd Lynn; Shnw and Aiubiuith. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES INDIANAPOLIS .... 0 0 0 1 0 - TORONTO 0 0 000 Not tin up nud Gobsett; Leach nnd Lnlouge. SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN'S CONDITION HOPEFUL WASHINGTON,' Sept. 27. A consultation will be held tonight to (IptPimino whether it will be necessary to opeinte upon Senator Chnmbcilaiu, of Oiegon, who Is suffeilng fiom appendicitis nt his hotel heie. Kls condition todny wns hopeful. - "; CHbONoVETl'RESJGNATIONCEPtE'S ' - , VkWWA .. ...tMfnntr -Cfl- 07 WAoUiMuiuw, suiji. i- wimiuiicuuyit justice lias ac cepted the leslgnntlon of District Attoiney-Albeit' B. Sclioouover. of X,os Angeles, who will b3 nsslgued to special Investigation woik by the depnittnent. H- CROWDER DENIES FIXING SECOND DRAFT"" DATE WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Fcrsibtent rumoia thnt u .date heel been set for the -second draft were flatly denied by Piovost Mntshnl Oeneinl Ciowder this afternoon. EIGHT ACCUSED IN DRAF1 ADILENE, Tex,, Sept. 27. Eight'of the foity-nine defendntits chargeu" "rtlffi conspiracy against the Government to msUt the se lective service law were discharged here today. Judge "Jack, In Federal Couit, Instituted the jury to render a verdict of not guilty beenuso tho evidence, he said, failed to establish the charges. KERENSKY QUITS WORKMEN AND SOLDIERS BUREAU PETRbGRAD, Sept. 27. Premier Keronsky today resigned as a member of the Central Council of the Workmen and Soldlors' Bureau. Ilp also announced his re tirement from the governing boards of other similar organizations. BRITISH AIRMEN MAKE BOMBING RAID LONDON. Sept. 27. British Admiralty reports that pn tho nights of tho fttn and SCth British urmcn dropped many tons of bombs on Thouroit', Llchterveldo a,hd Cortemark Junct'ons, making direct hits on all the lines observed. All machines returned safely. , LANSING DENIES HOUSE IS TO HEAD PEACE MISSION , WASIIINGTONi Tcpl. 27,' Secretary of Stato Lansing today denied reports that Colonel E. M.-House Li to bo sent to Europe on a peace mission by President Wilson, or that a so-called "Peace Intelligence Bureau" Is to be established by tho United States In Entente countries. Administration officials take the ground that It Is premature to discuss peace or to laythe basis for peace negotiations In the. near futuro. , , , SAN FRANCISCO SHIPYARD STRIKE AT END .SA.N FRANCISCO, Sopt.' :7, Faralysls of San Francisco Bay shlpbrul)dlpg, which has been tied up for ten days, will qnd tomorrow, when 25,000 members of the Iron Trades Council will resume work. The decision to end the strike came after a' five-hour eesslon tf tlc Iron Trades Council Thg council annouhcedhowever. that It was not satlsfled with the temporary agreement and would, accept purely for patriotic reasons, ' ii i . i. Tirin'iairjiiiD aimivf ATMi7ri. Art. nv nriAnrk t ncn XJin jw.ihj&4 mui jjjuiAfmjMj f 4lij uii uuxiiMi uuoi AN ATtiANTIC PORT, Sept. 27- A the British steamship Wentworth, from an Atlantic port tda lrfench port, had beerr sunk by a submarine on September 8, -All on board were Io7t, it was stated. ' TWO EXPELLED FROM' N. V. STOCK EXCHANGE- ' NEW YORK, Sept. 27 AnnouncemenUwas made front the rostrum r)f the New Tork Stock Kxchange this mornlntr that J. W. Cornwell and Jl Taylor "had been expelled from membership In the exchange. If. p, Lewis it also was announced, had been susDended from memberahln In. the exchanse far twa years. Mr. rnrnun joined the Stock Exchange oq petocr 27, Xewli w elected a Member uaa U H SPORTS SCORES , , 0 0 0 2 0 0 ' Evans nnd Owen. -&&'''&, rv ' jir.L .Tlt. 11n..n ..,..rff.- .. .. --'i m ISCHARGED ' v.w W-t steamship arriving Hera today reported, that i04, and' Mr.aylor pn May,, $92. Mrw ?v; BRITISH FORCED BACK SLIGHTLY AT ZONNEBEKE Heavy Shelling Compels Retirement After As saults Fail . -' "M BATTLiJli KAliUS - a UN 6-MILE LINE , Haig Holds Nearly All VS 'I Taken FRENCH STOP THRUSTS Two Counter-Blows North of Aiane Fail to Bend Potain's Line WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN" THE FIELD, Sept. 27. Very heavy German shelling this aft ernoon had apparently forced tho Brit ish to retire slightly in the area of ' Hill No. 40, immediately north of Zonncbckc. Tho Zonncbckc railway station, in consequence, is .again in German hands. However, outside the town and north eastward the major portion of the ad ances remain in control of the British. Further counter-attacks lato today won the Germans local posts in the re gion of Winzig ,1'arm and Valehouse, but British troops, in desperate fight ing, wrested back some of these points. The same iolent combat brought re lief today to a detachment of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who had been cut off twenty-four hours from their lines and who, despite the fact that they were without water, food or aaaiuonai supplies, nevertheless re fused to surrender and kept the Ger mans at bay. , - LONDON, Sept. 27. Pour ncparate and distinct German counter-blows, delivered with terrific force and strength against Hatg's newly wort posi tions In the Tfpres sector, "were rlung back asffisafeK? xt4 The enemy struck .jit .the British line east of Tower Hamlets and the St Jullen Gravenstafel road between and 7 O'clock: last evening. All of the assaults were de feated. FIGHTING "MOST SEVERE" "Later accounts of the fighting yesterday afternoon and evening show It was most severe," Hals continued. ''The enemy epared no effort to regain the Important ground captured by our forces. The strug gle was most severe In the area southi of Polygon wood, where English,, Scottish, Welsh and Australians defeated repeated attempts tp break in "Artillery and Infantry Are was ex tremely heavy. Later In the evening the) h-flghttng gradually died down, we being la possession ot 'f he ground captured during the day," NnJ Battlefront dispatches today Indicated ths righting was almost continuous along all tho six-mile froijl:,oer which the British registered their successes yesterday. The most determinant resistance! was encoun- , tercd" from the Germans, and when the Brit ish drove them out pf positions yie enemy '' sought In violent counter-attacks to regain, the lost ground, Zonnebcke was held firm against strong; enemy attacks. At several places the Oer-, mana succeeded ln-rekachlng the British. lines, but-were latesgUected. tj - v IMPORTANT ATTAINMENTS Theso Important results" bid been talned by the British: t $ ' The British line has been advanced ,from one halt ot a mile to a mile over a front six miles wide east of Ypres. The newly won ground, la being con solidated ' About 2000 Oerman prisoners have been captured. The fortified village of Zonnebeke Is now In tha hands of the British. TJhe Oerman front has been beaten back until If. Is now only seven mlle from the. greht aermsn base of Roulers, where Oerman headquarters on the' west "Flanders front Is maintained. Important hlgl ground, commanding -the Flanders- plains. Is now menaced by Field Marshal H.n!gyarmy. Australian troops took an Important part In he latest British thrust, but tile glqry of storming the strongly fortified village of Konnebeke fell to English. Welsh and Scottish soldiers. Prisoners pouring back of the llnfcs were heartily glad to emerge from the fighting alive. Bavarian and Baden troops who opposed part of the British advance jde clured they were sick of war TheJ com- ; - - ' p Cootlnied on Pate Four, Column Ms II 'mi fl I n I 11 ' i TH0 WEATHER FVIIECA1BT ForJ'hlladclpbif a? rlc('il(i ncrj-oj-inp, cloudlncat, tonight. proaUu followed ,; thnwrrs Erldam tliohtlu icarmer iobfi vtntle u-fhjls, VoTi ouf htcetf. for .iasccr 4-c7iujiinmiic urnirawfi, j ClOU'lV ippiijf upu r4. v"" urewwp iotccrj-, farcBT.' in Aoutneait portion, rv -j jotiivtcesf o ieciHnl, LUNOTfTor WAV Bun rl. 8 as a to I6w if aJSlpm JIEUWARK RtVHK T1B CH.VNOKtl rif8TJUT STeiKKT Law water' 5 '.a.lpw wifr IA. Hit wu. li.lRM.aiiJ yUr iM aw-MHj " . ii k, ' "Vt i ? rt f v4; T .. du "TSl Mr ;j 5. a ' A' . r V-'5 A , "1 '" V
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