9TRfc PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 18, 19, 20 teiger ifamtmg FINAL V.r. .'-. .E. Vol. iv. no. 16 PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1917 Corrnuiii, 101. fct tub Ptauo Liuata Counxi PRIC TWO CE! I LtfU . FIVE ATTACKS , FAIL TO SHAKE BRITISH LINES .Teutons Anticipate Big Drive Launch Vio , lent Assaults HAIG'S MEN HOLD ALL POSITIONS English Guns Pound En , emy's Lines in Preparation for Offensive ROULERS NOW MENACED " PETROGRAD, Oct. 2. The Russian offensive in the Riga region advanced a mile against the Teu tons1 today, the War Office announced. "In the Riga region, south of the rail way from Kronenberg to Spltall, and in the Groundiili sector our vanguard advanced a mile,'' the statement de clared. LONDON, Oct, 2. Violent German counter-attacks by great forces of specially picked troops against recently gained British positions along the bloody Ypres sector were all repulsed by British defenders, Field Marshal Halg-reported today. No lees than live of these blows were struck by the enemy during the night between the Ypres-Menln road nnd the northeast, corner of Polygon wood, tSe British commander-in-chief stated. All failed In a withering fire from the British rifle, machine-guns' nnd the barrage from Held pieces. The same driving desperation In counter blows was reported from Zonnebeke to south of tne Ypres-Iloulers railway. Halg declared the enemy had suffered Very heavy losses In the fruitless attacks. From the German tactics of almost fever lhly Inspired counter-attacks, plus Hale's silence on his own moves during the last few days'. It was confldently predicted lufc today that another big British drive la Impending. The Germans have apparently sensed this and are striving by every means to keep, the British so occupied by counter attacks that they cannot mans effective for an offensive. The Germuns probably t rIsq seo the. grave menace uf further British advances In tins Ypres sector as y likely to jut tneir lines 10 mo utitmn submarine basts. TVhlle (t. Is,, the Oermahs and' not the British who are at present employing their Infantry. Halg's big guns are more uctlve than ever In poUndlns the enemy s lines. Thjs cannonade covers a wider front than any other which has preceded an Infantry thrust on the West Flanders front. The artillery Arc may continue for a week before the next Infantry drive is launched, but when the thrust does come It will be against tho German trench ilnes on t(ie Passchendaele ridge, the only re maining piece of high ground that stands betwien the present battle front In West Inlanders and the Belgian plain. Already the Ostend-Lllle railway, the only lateral line of communication feeding the German army on the Went Flanders front, blunder tire u,t two points and tho next rush of the British may carry them close to Routers, If not into this Important Belgian town. When this rush will come In entirely a Continued on l'uire Nine, Column Three ATTERBURY NAMED BRIGADIER GENERAL Vice President of Pennsylvania Railroad Commissioned in National Army W. W. Atterbury, ylce president In charge of operation of the Pennsylvania Wlallroad. who recently went to France to direct the railroad plans of Uncle Sam's forces, was among others nominated today for brigadier generalships In the National Army. Mr. Atterbury Is regarded as one of tho most practical railroad men In the United States and rore to a vice presidency with the Pennsylvania Railroad through effi ciency and his own Initiative. KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE Unidentified Man Dies in Hospital. Driver of Car Held An Unidentified man, knocked down by an automobile, died today at the Howard Hoipital without regaining consciousness.' The, driver of the motorcar, Floyd San erson. tUl Market street, was held with- ,out ball today by Magistrate Coward at .me second and Christian streets station to await the action of the Coroner; He had no chauffeur's license. After the acci dent, at Broad and Fltzwater streets, Sanderson. It. Is alleged, .drove away. He was ariested at his home. The Continuation of the Story "Germany, the Next Republic?" by Carl W. Ackerman is printed on Page 18 VARE SENT DEUTSCH TO HIRE THUGS, MALONEY TESTIFIES; HIS PAY $100 f T"jTT ' vy"t"vy' " " "' ' ' - " i - -i. Tin mi ,- JSS2e&r.;L22tSat LIBERTY BOND RUSH GAINS MIGHTY FORCE Demand by Seekers Shows Patriotic Spirit of People 2 BIG BANKS TAKE . A MILLION APIECE F. T. Chandler Subscribes for $50,000 Other Large Purchases "BABY BONDS" PLANNED This city's s!'are of the ftoldcn tide that Is destined to sweep Prusslantsm from the world rose with a mighty swell today, on the second day of the campaign for the new Liberty Loan. The Glrard National Bank and the Corn Exchange National Bank each took n million dollars' worth of 4 per cent bonds, while the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, through Its president H. W. Lewis, announced the pur chase of J50.000 worth of bond1 for a cus tomer. First among the purchasers at the Union League was Frederick T. Chandler, who took $$60,000, and other large sub HC"',tlons are being roceled steadily at a pa i that premises a total for Philadelphia far n excess of the quota allotted. Tho hchools have been enlisted In the campaign. Under the direction of Doctor Oarbcr, every child will participate in the campaign. The men In khaki from nil branches In the service are represented In tho campaign. Plans are being perfected for u mammoth parade on October 24. which has been designated by the President as "Liberty Day." Philadelphia and the district surrounding this' city has been asked to buy $415,000,000 worth of this feecond Issue of the Liberty Loan before' October 27. That means, when Sundays and half-holidays are eliminated, that about $20,000,000 must be subscribed every day. Every man must make application for all he can possibly buy.. The bonds can be bought for $1 a week. If necessary. "Don't stop to argue " says the committee. "Re member the hellish fisht going on 'ovet there' l Buy and buy quick!" APPEAL OF COMMITTEE Head this appeal Issued today by the Liberty Loan committee: Citizens of Philadelphia Tho second Liberty Loan campaign started on Mon day, October 1. and will terminate ot. the morning of October 27. Of the $3,000,000,000 to be raised In the United States, we have h minimum quota of $260,000,000, and Washington desires us to secure $416,000,000. To obtain this quota and preserve Philadelphia traditions of, always stand ing by the Government In a crisis, many active business men lit all lines of bust ness have volunteered, without compen sation, their services to solicit subscrip tions to this loan. 'As many men who were active In the previous campaign have been drafted, the number of solicitors has been greatly reduced. We- would, therefore, ak 1'lilla delphUDN when ollcltor or the Liberty Loan call on them, to (Ire them Im mediate attention, unit not keep them waltlnr, the time of thee men U valuable to the Government. A meeting of representatives of oil the city's financial Institutions was held at 4:30 this afternoon at the Bellevue-StratforA. to make plans for pushing the sale of bonds even more vigorously, Charles J. Ithoads, governor of the Federal Ileserve Bank, Philadelphia district, presided. . , Boy fipiuts competing for the several prlxes offered for tha securing of bond sub scriptions will encounter Veen competition from aeqrge Bent, a fourteen-year-old scout of Troot 89. whose home Ib nt 410S Harin street- Went started uut yesterday by ob- Conllnved pit t fifteen, t'olqran live NAMED AS "MEN HIGHEST fr'notn by riloto-i'r.ifters. Congressman William S. Varo (left) and his brother, State Senator Edwin H. Varo (right), leaders of the Smith-Vnre organization, were directly named today by Samuel G. Mnloney and other witnesses in tho Fifth Ward murder conspiracy hearing as having knowledge of the plan by which the "Frog Hollow MusKcteers" wete brought to Phila delphia. Mayor Smith, as he listened anxiously to the testimony involving the Vurcs and himself in the events culminating in the "deplor able" tragedy, is shown below. GARFIELD ORDERS COAL PRICES CUT Duty of State Fuel Adminis trators to See That Re ductions Are Made . DEALERS ASK TOO MUCH WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. Itetall coal prices must dt p. Dr. Harry A. Garfield, coal administrator, meeting a score of Stato fuet administrators here to day gave this order. Ho warned the State administrators that thcro would be uttempts upon the part of retail dealers to evade tho order of October 1, reducing retail prices. Figures were presented by Dr. Gurfleld to show that the margin of profit now de manded by dealers Is exorbitant. He pointed out that even with lncreated labor and pro duction costs, the retail price of coal can be materially lowered. Reports of the Federal Trade Commis sion were presented, showing that coal costs In a scare or, more of the leading cities are too great. These figures, as well as esti mates drawn by tho Fuel Administration, were carefully discussed by the conference, and probable prices In individual States were taken UP. Dr. aarfield explained his plan for an, additional margin of profit. of 30 per .cent over tho profits of 1915, He declare -1 that Htite Administrators would find that this plan would reduce coal prices' In their Staus to a .considerable extent, nnd Warned them that it was their duty to see that the re ductions we're made. The coal'sltuutlon In the Northwest was discussed at length. Dr. Garfield declared that while the situation there at present seems critical, the order Issued late last night stopping the Bhlpment of coal to Canada will meet the situation. Ha de clared that there Is a dally shipment of 180,000 tons of coal from Lake ports. For months most of this has been going to Canadian ports. He stated that If 160,000 tons were shipped dally to the Northwest from now until the close of hnvlgntlon the Continued on ! Fifteen, Column Fire UP" g.ir.r'riirr.-rr-r - vray -xlTTl AIR RAIDERS KILL 10 AND WOUND 38 Latest Teuton Attack Brings List of Total Deaths Up to 864 SAVAGE FIGHTS IN CLOUDS LONDON. Oct. 2. Ten persons were killed In the German air raid last night. It was ufllrlally announced today by Viscount French, commandcr-ln-chlef of tho homo defenses. p This brings the total number of persons killed on British soil from German air raid its to S6I". In addition to the ten killed, thirty-eight others were wounded In the areas bombard ed by the great Ilect of German airplanes Monday night. Although thero was savage fighting high In the clouds between British machines and the German planes, all of the British air craft returned. In last night's raid over London and the southeastern counties more than twenty great German machines of the Ootha type took part, It was estimated today, and con siderable damage was done not only by the bombs (Iropped from the airplanes but by the ralii of shrapnel frpm the high-angle guns which fell back upon the city. The people of Loudon had been warned In advance to expect un uttack and only the bolder souls were in exposed positions when the alarm was sounded and tho thunder of the barrage Are from "the hlgh-anglo guns began to sound just at sunset Not all of the attacking airplanes were able to get as far as London, so vigorous was the defense put up by the British patrols and so violent was the curtain fire from the anti-aircraft cannon. However, some of the machines in. the first squadron succeeded In bombarding the southwestern part of the city In which the finest residences are located. Some pro jectiles were dropped also on the, northern outskirts. Savage fighting. In which the spurting Continued on l'ai Nine, Column fear BASEBALL SCORES NEW YORK.. . OOOlOOlOOO 0 PHILLI'S, lste..o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Teirltt nnd McCurty; Rixey and Adams. JJyron nnd Emslic. NEW YORK.... 0 0 10 G COC 12 P&ILLi;S, 2d?-..0 0000 602 x 8 12 4 Demaree and .Rarldenj Alexander nnd Klllofer. Byrne nnd Einslic. ATHLETICS ...0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0--2 6 2 NEW YORK.... 0 0100002 x 351 Brndy and Ilucl; K. Johnson nnu McAvoy. Horiarity nnd sneeii. NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON 0050000 0 1- GOO BROOKLYN 0000010 10-201 Barnes and Tragessor: Bfeffcr mid Miller. AMERICAN LEAGUE WASHINGTON .... 000 1 0 2 0 1 0 20 15 2 BOSTON (lstg.) 2401 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 2 Harper ana Henry; Ardt and Mayers. WASHINGTON 10000000 172 BOSTON (2dg.) JQ 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 Ayers and Henry; Mays nnd Agnew. SCHOLASTIC SWAB.THMORE PKEP DARBY HIGH SCHOOL CLEVELAND'S BOND SUBSCRIPTION $6,534,000 CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 2. Cleveland's subscriptions to tho new Liberty Bond isuo reached $0,534,000 nt noon, officials of the Lib erty Loan Committee announced this nftemon. This is more than one-tenth of the city's minimum quota. BRITISH AIRMEN GET FIFTEEN ENEMY PLANES AMSTERDAM, Oct. 2. British airmen whp Sunday night bom barded German stntions behind the lines, destroyed fifteen Gotha airplanes 'at St. Denis nnd Westrom and wrecked a troop train, kill ing many, according to messages received today from Sluis. LOW PRICE FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE SEATS Two Philadelphia Stock Exchange seats were sold today at prices slightly below $3000, the lowest figure at which memberships have sold in twenty years NAMES JOHN MITCHELL AS NEW YORK FOOD COMMISSIONER ALBANY N. Y., Oct. 2. Governor Whitman late today nom inated Johu Mitchell, of Mount Vernon, ns chairman of the New York State Food Commission in tho place of George W. PerRIhs, whose nom ination the Senate rejected. Mitchell's nomination was unanimously " coinimrcd by tho Senate. EARLY HEARING URGED ON DRAFT LAW TEST CASES WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The Department of Justice, acting on behalf of the Government, today moved to advance to the earliest possible date hearings on the eight caseli now before the United States Supreme Court Involving the constitutional ity of the selective draft act. $15,000,000 TRUCK CONTRACT FOR UNITED STATES SERVICE INPIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 2. Accordlnjc to information given out here tho Premier Motor. Corporation has obtulned a $15,000,000 contract to build trucks for tho United States Government service. BANKERS TO AID IN WAR BY LIBERAL REDISCOUNTING WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The biggest organlted step being taken by Amerlcun bankers to meet tho new demands placed on the business and financial world by the war la the revolutionizing of banking practice to provide for liberal redlscounttng of commercial paper. Determination of the banks to take this, step was prompted by the offering of the second Liberty Loan on top of the crop moving season, and the greatly tUimulated financial activities due to the turning out of war munitions and other supplies. "DRYS" WIN ELEVEN MORE CONNECTICUT TOWNS NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Oct. 2. Eleven more Connecticut towns uro in the no-llquor-llcense column today as a result of yesterday's "Uttle town" election in this State. "The "weti" were able to swing only three towns from no-llcense to license In a vigorous campaign waged In more than sixty towns, the final result showing a net gain jot eight towns for the "drys." There are now ninety-nine towns ln'the "dry" colurfin, while the "wet" towns. Including all the cities of the State, total sixty-nine. The'dry" used the "war argument" with great success In their campaign. i i KAISER GIVES GEMS TO PAY GERMANY'S DEBTS AMSTERDAM. Oct. 2. The German Emperor and Empress are reported to have placed a large number of valuable jewels at the disposal of the Reichstag with instructions to use them to diminish Germany's obligations In foreign countries. 3 5 11 3 0272 7 1 FOOTBALL SCORE 12 8 0 O O 0 -20 -.0 ',-M lLl 'GO THE LIMIT' AGAINST CAREY, MAYOR'S WORD Star Witness Avers Pin ley Discussed 'Strong Arm' Plot With Him 'THE LITTLE MAN' CALLS IT 'FRAME-UP Refuses to Discuss Charge That He Knew of Gun- men's Coming THUGGERY IS DESCRIBED Blackjacked Candidate and 'Izzy' Stern Tell of Attack and Kill ing of Policeman EpRley Mayor Thomas B. Smith, Select . Councilman William E. Pinley, execu tive director of the Republican City Committee and a mercantile appraiser; Common Councilman Isaac Deutsch, Vare-Smith aspirant for leadership jn the "Bloody Fifth" Ward; Lieutenant David Bennett, Vare-Smith police com mander at the Third and De Lancey streets station, and five policemen were arraigned before President Judge Charles L. Brown in the criminal branch of the Municipal Court today. The charges agaihst each ranged, from violation of the Shern act .to con spiracy to commit murder, growing out of the killing of Acting Petective George A. Eppley by imported New York' gunmen, in the "Bloody Fifth Ward primary election September 18 in a political feud for control of th Fifth Ward and then for pbssessloil. of the whole city of Philadelphia The Commonwealth's "star" Wit nesses were Mercantile Appraiser James A. Carey, "blackjacked" and bandaged McNichol leader of the ward, opposing Deutsch for the Republican nomination for Select Councilman; State Representative Isadore Stern; Samuel G. Maloney, former "boss" of the ward, now Philadelphia manager of the Val O'Farrell Detective Agency, which im ported the gunmen, and James I. Clark, the "man with eyeglasses," a Vifl O'Far rell detective, who directed the work of the "strong-arm" men. Their testimony was that: -," ' State Senator Edwin II. Vare, tke "little man," the "boss," financed the importation of the 'strong-arm" men4 United States Congressman William . S. Vare, his brother, had complete ' knowledge of the plan. Common Councilman Deutsch en gaged Maloney to get the 'strong-arm" men, saying that Senator Vare would attend to the expenses. Maloney discussed the plans with Se- lect Councilman Finley ,ln Senator Vare's office. Finley agreed to pay Maloney $1009 as a deposit for the venture. Maloney received by special delivery, a $1000 bill inclosed in blank paper. The mysterious $1000 bill was pro duced in court as the fee. iritended for the gunmen who killed Eppley. Congressman Vare assured Maloney that Deutsch had ample funds to pay for the thugs. Mayor Smith informed Carey that he would "go the limit" to defeat Carey and that he would back the Vare wing of the Republican Organization in Its efforts to elect Deutsch. Mayor Smith ignored appeals to stop thuggery in the Fifth Ward. Mayor Smith told Stern that he wouli "get" Carey. Senator Vare advised with Captai of Detectives Tate on what detective THE WEATHER FORECAST For J'hlladctphla and vicinity: Fairj ntpht and Wednesday; tometcUat tear Wednetdav: ocntlo winds, Mostly o tccst, ' For extern Ponnstluiinta aiut j(m jenev: J alr lomoni ana weane tcarmer AVedne4day; gentle Mouthy winds. I.KNOTII or IUV Sun rl BJT. re. I Sun seU. . .-.tM . ' DBI.VWAKE RIVEIt TIDK ?HAWHR - CHBSTNW 8TSEBT Jllsh wtr. .J":H , m. I Hlh Ur .1M . , uytr water- - -v . m. i jiir -wmtt . -pa I TUrB.Vri'KK AT XACK nc "81 "( tPL.U.L'gC.jy'Sl 1 sim i ifrypjm rtr ttom m X&LW 1:&&. . I. O-MilS-, 7 M tK -y : r ?&m feimaEffi' 4s ESKKPffi
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