i.rt Kft1 J K:? WEBs in i' & fEt 1' II L4 . w$ .fkri ' j&K. i, !h' fc: j ' k&V 'h h . . 0 : a ; i,iiiiiinpi j STRIKES CAUSE CHAOTIC STATE IN ARGENTINA Industrial Paralvsis. Desti- ft"" 4.ii..'nvi nvJ TtV. J llfnl.t bUbiUll U11U UCUU1 111 KVU1VU of Upheaval Rt 'NOT A WHEEL TURNING By CHARLES P. STEWART Special Catle Btrvlc ef (6 t'nllrd rreia and Kvcnlnp Ltiatr. BUENOS AIIIKS, Sept. 17. Destitution and death marked continu ance of Argentina's natton-wldo strike todny. Stahy .Infants and Invalids whose deaths were reported succumbed because of the milk famine. Violent clashes between strik ers and police were reported. More work Ingmen Joined tho movement today nnd the Industrial of the city were at a standstill. Meantime, S Government was ener getically Reeking arbitration nnd marking time on Its decision as to Argentina's fu ture course toward Germany. Public reali zation that German money and German Eents aro aiding the strikers has served to put a powerful Impetus behind the move ment for a. break with the Teutons. Today the prospects for any Immediate settlement of the strike were "Hopeless. Cvery class of labor Is now affected, lvcn housemaids are considering a walkout. The gas company employes quit today. Two of trio city's street car lines were tied up and the strikers stoned the crews and as saulted passengers on some of the cars. Nqt a wheel Is turning on any of the railroads. Business Is completely tied up. The gravest destitution Is already reported hero and In other cities due to the food shortage. Argentina marines are In control of the waterworks and all power plants. The pro-war demonstration last night attracted a crowd of 100,000 people and this despite a heavy downpour of rain. As against this popular manifestation In tavor of war with Germany, Government officials announced today thousands of mes sages were being received approving Presi dent Irogoyen's reported attitude of con tinued neutrality. WILL REGISTER WOMEN FOR WARTIME SERVICE WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. All American r6men ore to be registered for war service. The woman's committee of the Council of National Defense had before It this after noon two plans for registering the woman power of the nation. The plans were prepared by Mrs. Ira Couch Wood, the executive secretary, who has just returned from a tour of the Middle West to perfect the organization of local Committees. Under the first plan a special day or period of time would be set aside for tho registration of women by Governors of the varlqus States or by State councils of de fense. The alternate plan proposes that tho registration be carried out gradually as the work of the woman's committee develops. La Follette Is Denounced i Continued from rase One read men that the loans we are receiving since you began to take part of the finan cial burden find their way across the At lantic. As a matter of fact, they go to swell the wages In Bridgeport, Bethlehem fl a hundred other centers of Industry ere the wages are tho highest on record. ..They go to provide the homes of the Workers of the United States with com forts unequaled In any previous era of pros perity. They will return to -swell the 'finances of this country In tho form of workers' subscriptions to tho Liberty Loan SPKAKS OK THItlKT "Intimately connected with tho length of the war Is tho question of thrift. When the war began, the people of Great Britain, who are by nature almost as extravagant on these of the United States, had no Idea that saving would be necessary. 'Business as usual' was the slogan, while money poured Into the pockets of the workers In hitherto undreamed of streams. "Little by little we learned that saving was essential and as was told you yesterday by one of our most able British economists, Mr. Basil Blackett. of the British Treasury, the money is returning to tho use of the Government In the form of war saving cer tificates and other forms of thrift. "As to the length of the war, we should more properly speak of the, wars. Thoso who not closely studied this greatest earth quake since Its Inception at the time or Frederick the Great are Inclined to com-, pare It with struggles that are by compari son small affairs, yet our own Civil war. In which neither side had any great prep aration, lasted more than four years. 'Now this series of wars finds the maker of the wars prepared to the minutest de tail. He Is opposed by those who are deter mined that he shall not rulo the world, We, his opponents, are even now In a state of preparation. You have had object lessons In the last few weeks of .the depths of the roots of this great conspiracy against the world's peace. You have seen the great and prosperous State of Argentina thrown Into , position of chaos by a word from Berlin. LA FOLLETTE DENOUNCE!') "You bankers are as truly enlisted in the war as If you wore khaki and were going overseas," said Doctor Butler; "It Is you who must fight to protect the nation when edition, conspiracy, cowardice and treason raise their heads here at home." 'Have the American people lost their capacity for corporate Indignation?" he de manded. "There Is a provision that Con gress may by a vote of two-thirds of Its members expel any of Its members, ltobert 1m Follette, by Ida utterances on the floor of. the Neuale and In tb hutting, It at truly guilty of treason t If he had cone on board the army trantporti and poured pol.on Into the food of the American trsopt." Immediately the Dankers rose to their feet and roared approval of his Indictment at the conclusion of his address. The cheer ing lasted for a full minute.' The United States can pay all the taxes required to maintain Its credit and Bupport all the borrowings needed for the period of the war without crippling. Its vital Indus tries. This was one of the outstanding thoughts in the address of Benjamin Strong, Jf., governor of the Federal Iteserve Bank of New York. "But our Congress must be careful not to destroy the Income Bources which produce taxes," sad Govev.ior Strong. "Industries which mutt expand to meet tTr condltloni ed earning for plants and Inventorize which may be useless when the war cease, and yet they must be built To take all thtr Income will retard ntw construction. ''Our Government's present tax program Is .one of the most hopeful auguries for the success, of our whole financial undertaking," Mid Governor Stcspg. "Personally, I re joice that the .officers of our Government have the' courage to face the criticism on (be one hand, of those who believe the pro gram of taxation Is too heavi s on tho other band, of thoso radicals who think It is not tttevy enough. Mot enough taxes means drttfrl-if credit I too much taxes means dew eolnlay Industries. The only danger In ex. axttMf Jrr taxee on profits and Incomes U M danger of not silo wing sufficient pgM totoficut to the iadastritf of tbe ttumUf 1 rtufiu'ttc )M-o4etie.H -t as t4wa4 -thtvt Uts tat HAIG'S LATEST GAIN IN FLANDERS 1S HODGE " ,! POLOErfHOLIf j" v All A ,MRC3aiTkRUY3Er,T. 8 VlX'ilOOSTHOEk- feitdJ!Jf .v KPirvcrTs. J I W ,-...-, i wm. , .. -w,Bnr - r. I -t-w Ihblfi ST.ELt? .?- VWNCVOOROE ' J U VT" -- ,HCt.LEBEltF. RA.IUROA.D5 The newest offensive launched bv the forces of Field Marshal Haig on a line running from (1) cast of St. Julien to a point (3) southwest of GheluveH, with the greatest gain at (2), where Anzac Ridge, Nun's Wood and the greater portion of Polygon Wood were taken. weakness In our financial organization Is the lack of State bank membership In the Fedcrnl Reserve system. One-half of our financial army Is equipped with modern machinery by membership In tho system. The other half, equally patriotic, la Ineffec tively armed. You will recall tho disas trous result to the Ilusslan armies In tho early days of the war when large numbers were sent to the front without arms and ammunition. Don't let us fall of our duty for lack of the strength we can only en Joy If wo nre united." Lord Northcllffo arrived here shortly be fore noon and sat down to luncheon In the Marlborough-Btenhelm at 1:30. Only five other men were present, Lewis E. Plerson, chairman of the board of directors, Irving National Bank, New York; James B. For gan, chairman of tho board, First Na tional Batik, of Chicago ; Benjamin Strong, Jr., governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Arthur Reynolds, vlco presl dent of tho Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago, and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, New York, who will be one of the speakers at the session this nfternoon. Tho bankers of the United States were urged today by Georgo M. Reynolds, presi dent of the Continental and Commercial Bank, of Chicago, to set aside whatever prejudice they might have against redls counting, nnd not to hesitate to widen their credit operations so that suuport to com mercial production for war purposes might bo forthcoming. Inasmuch as the business men of the nation must look to tho banks to finance their war production, responsibility for the winning of the wnr rests largely upon them, he said, and they should there, fore engage In rediscount operations when ever necessary. .The assistance given to the Government by the American Bankers' Association in floating the first Issue of Liberty bonds, which Included n cash expenditure of $20,000 by the association, will be repeated In connection, with the forthcoming Issue, If necessary, according to Peter W. Goebel, of Kansas City, retiring president of the association, In delivering his annual ad dresse before the convention. "The association stands ready to give the Government similar assistance ,ln the flotation of futuro bond Issues,' said Mr. Goebel. "Tho organization should not un dertake to finance such activities, however, and It will probably not bo necessary to do so. Tho Federal Reserve Banks, as the' raDiiiraim Figure your pay-roll the short way HAVING it figured piecemeal all over the plant- by higher priced em ployees in operating departments that's one way a slow, inaccurate, and ex pensive way. ' The shorter, cheaper, and surer way is , to center it alt on the Controlled-key Comptometer. Whatever your form of pay-roll wheth er figured by hour, day, weekly, or month ly rates; by piece work or any of the va rious Bonus or Premium systems it's a regular Comptometer job all the way through, the extensions as well as the additions. Felt & Tarrant EVENING LEIaBRPB:iLADELl?HlAV a?HtTRA' 'BBrt?EIBfiR 27, 'MC .' i' URiry;cT V v Jri 'SCM."E OF"Mi:S' ROA.OS tho Ilritish nnd not vet ended carries Governmental agencies for selling and dis tributing war loan bonds, have had ex perience and ample tlmo In which to per fect organizations tor this purpose. Tho association will co-operate with them In every way possible. "Tho railroads have been most patriotic, but It seems to me that the real lesson Is found In the lack of railroad '.".duties, In tho falluro to have a reserve which would permit the railroads to meet the emergency. Despite the great efforts of the masters of transportation, the greatest dltllculty is found In moving commodities. Tho long campaign of repression la bearing" bitter fruit. The situation bespeaks the need of Justlco for the railroads, of fair rates, of ilberal treatment and of tho summary dis continuance of persecution." The following officers wero elected for 1017-18: PRESIDENT: Frank W. Blalr, president Union Trust Company, Detroit. VICE PRESIDENT: John W. Plattcn, president U. S. Mortgage and Trust Com pany, New York. MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL for three years' John S. Drum, president Sav ings Union Bank nnd Trust Company. San Frnncisco; Solomon A. Smith, president Northern Trust Company, Chicago ; W. I Hemingway, president Mercantile Trust Company, Little Rock, Ark. ; Henry M. Campbell, chairman Board Directors Union Trust Company, Detroit ; Myron S. Hall, president Huffilo Trust Company. J. Elwoo Cox, of High Point. N. C. w.ib elected president of tho National Bank Sec tion of the American Bankers' Association at the closing meeting. Others oiHccrs elected Included Oliver J. Sands, of Richmond, Va., vlco president; Jerome Thralls, of New York City, seen, tary. The executive committee is composed of Walter W. Head, of Omaha; II. H. Jtc Kce, of Washington, D. C, and J. A. Pon drom. Joseph S. Calfce, of St. Louis, the re tiring president, was made recipient of a silver coffee service by tho members of the section. GOVERNOR STRONG SPEAKS Reassuring banks of interior points tli.it the withdrawal of their proceeds from the payment of subscriptions to Government loans and their disbursement In New York by" tho Government will not result in a permanent loss of deposits by the Interior banku, Benjamin Strong, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, told the bankers that in his opinion, the present tax program of tho Government (s one of A saving pi 50 on pay-roll work is not unusual in offices using the short way the high speed Comptometer way. Bear in mind, also, that the Comptom eter is just as effective on all the figure work of accounting Proving Postings; Balancing'Accounts; Adding Trial Bal ance; Calculating Costs; Figuring Invoices, Estimates, Inventory all can be centralized on the Comptometer with a sure saving of labor and expense. Invite a Comptometer man to demon strate the effectiveness of this rapid-fire machine on your pay-roll work. Then verify what he says by asking some neigh boring Comptometer users about it Manufacturing Co., 1713-35 N. Paulina St, Chicago CONTROLLED-KEY ADDING, AND CALCULATtmUACIMm SOLDIERS' FAMILIES CARED FOR BY CITY L. Relief Work Now Under Way Means Much to Fight ers' Families MORE MONEY IS NEEDED Few persons, aside from direct bene ficiaries, have knowledge of the scope of the relief work now under way among depend ent families of BOldlers and sailors, Thou sands of dollars are being paid out ench month, nnd soon thousands of dollars will be paid out each week to protect tho needy from actual want. Since tho departure of the guard regi ments for the South and the mobilization of the soldiers of tho new National Army in cantonments, demands for help have been received from all sides by members of Coun cils' special committee on care, sustenance and relief. The last appropriation of 26, 000 and the Mayor's direct appropriation for expenses Incidental to the preparation for war of $50,000 aro both nearly exhausted, but funds are now being pajd out at the rato of $1250 ench seven days. Most of the appropriation to the Mayor has been ex pended In dinners, etc.. In the entertain ment of distinguished guests, nnd In caring for the needs of commands passing through the city. Although the funds nre low. councllmanle financiers have promised to find by transfer tho many thousands of dollars that will be needed to feed, clothe and keep warm de pendent wives, mothers nnd children while the heads of tho households aro preparing to leave for Franco. Action along this line will bo taken at tho next meeting of Councils. ' ' Select Councilman Isaac D. Hetzell. chairman of tho Relief Committee, and a corps of clerks and Investigators are dally besieged by new applicants with stories of destitution or near destitution. Tho commltteo rooms on the fourth floor of City Hall aro at all times well filled with mothers, wives nnd others dependent upon the absent men. No worthy case Is turned away and weekly orders are made for the benefit of those found to have need of them. So quietly has the relief work progressed that It has attracted but llttl public atten tion. Its existence, however, Is well known to tho men composing tho various Phila delphia commands and tho soldiers nnd sailors have not been slow In acquainting their families with the fact that their wants will bo cared for over the winter nnd, In fact, as long as the war continues. Present plans for keeping the fund alive call for making use of the more than J500, 000 that tho city will receive In 1918 by reason of the additional five-cent rebate It will get from tho United Gas Improve ment Company for each 1000 feet of gas sold under tho lease. Thoso In chargo of tho work claim that a half million or even three-quarters of a million dollars can well bo set aside for expenditure during 1918, beqause of the fact that demands will most likely Inereaso with tho drafting or enlistment of men as the war continues. Tho fund Is for the benefit of all needy dependents of men In every branch of tho army and navy and for tho payment of the difference In sal aries received by city employes now In Gov ernment service or who at any time enter Federal employ. The only requirement Is tlint the beneficiaries Bhall bo Pnlladel phlans. The nctlon of the city In caring for de pendents has lightened tho task of exemp tion boards to the extent of making their investigation of claims on the grounds of dependents much less vital a matter. Cities and towns which have not yet adopted the Philadelphia method perforce must use more care in the treatment of this Important subject. $1500 for Loss of Wife's Affections READING, Pa., Sept. 27. A Jury"ln tho case of John A. Rosscr, of near here, ngalnst Cyrus P. Rahn, a married man, re turned a verdict of $1500 damages for the loss of MrH. Rwnrr'H affections. Rahn has four chlhircti. It was alleged that wireless signaling posted Rahn ns to times when lloscr wnB not nl home. Philadelphia Soliciting Office 1019 Chestnut St. GLI IMPIANn AUSTOIACI B0MBARDATIDI NU0V0 Lc Retrovio del Nemico Sqtto- poste al Fuoco Incessantc del Velivoli Italian! ROMA, 27 Settcmbre. Nessun Importante combattlmento c' stato segnalato durante la glornata dl lerl ad cccexlone dl alcunl success 1 rlportatl dalle nostre pattugllo lo quail rlusclrono n, recare dannl e molestlo nl nemico. Esse rlusclrono, nnche, a catturaro parecchl prlglonlerl Inslcme con arml e munlztonl. Squad re dl nostrl nrcoplanl bombardarono stablilmentl ferrovlartt con buonl.rlsjiltatl. Ecco It testo del comunlcato del Gcnerale Cadorna, pubbllcato lerl dal Mlntstero delta Guerra: Lungo l'lntera fronts te nostre valo rose pattuglle hanno causato darml al nemico ed altrlmentl molestandolo. Sulla fronte carslca, nella regions dl Ptoslna, furono fnttl del prlglonlerl e si cattura rono arml a tnunlzionl. Questa mattlna I nostrl neroplanttbom bardarono gll Btablllmcntl ferrovlarl dl Podberda, nella.' Valle Bazza, o ncl pome rlgglo quclll lungo la costo. dl Prowscco. Inoltre furono gcttate cinque tonnellale dl bombe con vislbllo e buon rlsult.ito. Gl'ltallanl durante la pausa cho ha segulto gll ultlml vlttorlosl combatUmentl sullo AlpI Glullc, so sono occupatl dl rnfforzaro le poslzlonl conqulstate cd ihanno Inlzlato opcro dl rlscostruzlono nel paesl occupatl. Canaie, un rldento vlllaglo sulla sponda sinistra dell'Isonzo, e' tornstoiad un aspetto calmo o sereno, come so per nulla fosse stato testlmone degll ultlml ed Im portant! fattl d'arme cho dl novella gloria coprirono II valoroso csorclto Itallano. Dopo l'occupazlone da parto dello truppo deli Gen erate Cadorna, II graztoso vlllaglo e' rOcadu. to nell'antlca tranqullllta' cd ognl traccla delta cruenta lotta cho si svolee lungo le stradc, dl casa In casa, ove gll austrlacl si erano barrlcatl, o' scomparsa. I mortl sono statl suppellltl o le case restaurato. Suite fontana rappresentante Nettuno, nella pi azza prlnclpale, le dl cut. acqUo furono dagll austrlacl Inqulnato con mlcrobl, una grando Iscrlzlone "dice: "L'acqua non o" nncora potablle." La frase "non ancora" fa sperare cho lo sara' ben presto. Nell!anzl detta piazza sono statl alllneatt dlecl can nonl dl grosso callbro e nove da campngna, recentemento catturatl agll austrlacl, I quail nella fuga non si sono curat! dl renderll lnservlblll o gll Italian! durante II combat tlmento potcrono vantagglosamente usajlL And Nojvr Riccardo Stracciari ! Europe has placed. Stracciari1 s mag nificent voice first among living baritones. South America, unerring in musical judgment, turned his last year's tour into a veritable triumphal progress. This Fall finds him in the v'nited States where he be'gins a season with the Chicago Opera Company. His first, and exclusive, jfl.mciii.uu icLuiua uic vuiuuium His role for October is that of Figaro the gay figure who struts through Rossini's immortal "Barfa'ere di Sivigia." He sings the classic bari tone aria "Largo al Factotum" (Make Way for the Factotum). And how Stracciari does sing it! His robust vigor and amazing .range are at their dramatic best. He puts a lustre, a dashing gaiety, a glittering brilli ance into this scintillating air that surely never gleamed there before. 4918l0 12-inch $1.50 ( w..-..., under You will find the music from your favorite operas on Columbia Records superbly rendered by famous artists. Hear them at any Columbia Dealer's.' JVei0 Colxanbla Records on sale the 20th of every month CI m olumbia ; 1917 British oFrced Back 07t Zonnebeke Line Continued from Tnt One plained that the losses of their troops were higher than those of tho Prussians, whose battles they wero nqw forced to fight Still other prisoners declared unless peace comes soon the German high command may have difficulty In keeping all Ha troops In the fighting. This latter statement of serious discon tent In tho German ranks Is completely be lled, however, by the stubborn German de fense which tho recent fighting has devel oped, During tho fighting British warships hovered off tho Belgian coast nnd threw shells Into German military works near Ostend white swarms of British airmen flew over the aerman trenches turning loose their machine-guns upon tho Teutons, FRENCH FLING BACK TWO FURIOUS AISNE ATTACKS PARIS, Sept. 27. German troops struck two desperate but unavailing blows on the Chemln des Dnmes last night, today's official statement re ported, The first attack centered around Cerny. It followed a tremendous German artillery bombardment. French troops broko down the attacking waves by concentrated flro,, throwing tho enemy back with heavy losses. Tho second assault was. around California plateau nnd the Casemates. It llkewiso was repelled. ITALIANS HOLD FIRMLY ALLBAINSIZZA PLATEAU WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Italian troops havo completed the occu pation of tho Balnstzza plateau, and It Is now firmly In Italian hands, according to official dispatches from Itomo today. The greatest work Is at present being dono by Italian aviator, who aro scouting over the rear lines of tho Austrian army and bomb ing lnrgo bodies of Austrian troops. Tho present state of tho Italian front ap pears full of promises and surprises, the dispatches say. The Austrian-;, thinking tho solution of tho war Is to be expedited only In tho result of tho fight on this front, are desperately accumulating defenses to oppose a new Italian offensive. Hungarian papers, according to a Berne dispatch received In Rome and transmitted hcre, say tho Allies wilt attempt a new gen eral "offensive before winter comes. In order to Insure themselves the most favorable positions for the definite blow they are pre paring for next spring, 'Lwso al Factotum (Make Way for the Factotum). From BarbttrtW Siviglia. (Rostini.) Riccardo Ctn.nl.H ti.,.A Stl...' i""u"t. -n.iiira accompaniment the direction of Giorgio Polacco. GRAFONOLAS 4driOUBLE-'DISC Records rvr i&j&i BULGARS WILL 01 IF ASSURED SP0I1 Not; Interested in Mittel M . x wc i cam, junvoy to u- o. says WAR ENDS ARE ATTAlNEf WASHINGTON o . Bulgaria Is uninterested K7 fl helm's dream of a Mlttel-EuraL. r ' nn interview today stephan PanaO?' garlan Minister to the United StaS his country had attained the .Li" MJ entered the war for and I, retd ' "$' Providing she can keep the territory by language, nationality and hi., . h5L belongs to her." Y d h,,tort Hfit "Bulgaria entered tho world .. M one object In view to regain i Z Macedonia and parts of Berbli S unjustly taken from her In the sT, 4 kan war and In the treaty of ff.S Panaretoff. '"' HH "She had no particular love for o,. M tral Power-In fact, a few , 1 had been nt war with Turkey 7. "'" of entering tho war, she asked . Mc of her former territory, which bvr?or!lUl' Wllson'a own statement of .ViL,?,elld darles,' rightfully belongs to her ' bwj "Bulgaria would have preferred . M tho Allies. But they offered I rt ? 1 her territory provided Serbia woubt "onotl to take In exchange other terr1t0nMt5l sumably wrested from Austria-l!un2ruJ Turkey. Our Trlme Minister even.Tf to the Allies that within twenty-f eSr ?1 of the acceptance of Bulgaria's t., " army would be marching on ConsUnttaeS "Germany's offer was unqualified TS Dobrudja and Macedonia were to v. 5 stored. We Joined the Central T.3 not because we had to, but becatm. ZSt llberately chose to. CaU8, w "Now Bulgaria has attained thot .?' for which she entered the war m, 1 ready for peace, according to no I....5 thorlty than Prime Minister lUdeSijS and wants nothing but which by lansKSi nationality nnd historic right betonV, ? her. Sho has no Interest In Germany? .i ported dream of a Mittel Europa, no, J? the elimination of the Hohenzollerni. 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