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VOL. IV. NO. 31
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917
COMMGIIt) 1911, 1 Till POlIontWH COMMNt
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CORONER RAPS OFFICE
OF
KNIGHT HINTS
ROTAN COVERS
UP GUILTY MEN
Clashes With Prosecu
tor's Representatives
at 5th Ward Inquest
THREE WITNESSES
' REFUSE TO TESTIFY
Maloney, Sullivan and Clark
' Decline to Take Stand and
Y Answer Questions
FASCIA HELD FOR KILLING
Knight Fails to Hold Common
wealth Witnesses as Acces
sories in Fifth Ward Crime
ft
W? ..--.lll.l 1...... n Mm hlltKAa nf Iliutrt,t
Attorney Rotan and Coroner Knight flared
;vp this afternoon at the Inquest Into the
Oath of Acting Detective George A Hpp
ley. slain b.v Imported New York gunmen
In the "Bloody Fifth" Ward primary elec
tion. I ir.nmr. lintel.! n Vn I ...Km 1 1 h nntltlf!ll
Reader, accused the District Attorney's
office, which Is prosecuting murder con
spiracy charges against Maor Smith, of
Imposing silence upon three Coroner's w li
tems Samuel O Maloney, head of the
Vt O'Earrell Detective Agency bureau
rand two emplojes, Michael J Sullivan and
James I. Clark He made a mate as If
J to hold as accessories before the fact these
h three men, who, likewise, nccused of
1 murder conspiracy because the. brought tho
tunmen here, are three of the Common
wealth's principal witnesses against the
Mayor.
'-Assistant District Attorney James Oay
Oordon, Jr.- pointing his finger at Coroner
Knliht. declared that he lesented the ac
tuation. In reply to n ijuer from the
Soroner he asserted that no evidence in his
Sffoneiajon showed that tho men could be
ff.lnld as accessories
ire outcome wai that "Hutch- .sgucglla
(Matcla). the man who killed Kpnlev. was
held by the Coroner on a murder chaige
for the Grand Jury His pal "I.eft" dl
Roma (Costello), was held as an accessor
Costellos confession, made public toda,
shosedlhat there was co-operation between
the thugs and the police In the ward fight
The sudden flare-up jolted what was. save
for occasional wrangling oxer minor wit
nesses. npDarcnth a cut-and-dried nrobe
Into the actual killing On several occa
sions Coroner Knight gae warning that
le would hear nothing but testlmonv perti
nent to the,case In hand, and once he cut
short an I, tempt to olce "frame-up"
charges,
COl'XSRL BLOCK QUIZZING
Counsel for the thiee witnesses piomptly
blocked the moe of Coroner Knight to
Question Maloney, Sullivan and Clark,
whose testimony at the hearing of the
Mavor before Judge Brown was of great
elrhk In causing the Major to be held In
W
sie.wo Hall for Court.
When the name of James 7. Clark, the
Y, "laa with ejeglasscs, was called, his
4f attorney, Thomas J. Mlnnlck, Jr., stepped
(s up ana said
S" "I hae advised inv client of his right
and have Instructed him not to take the
stand, lie has already been held for court
y a Magistrate."
Michael J Rllllvan. the go-between In the
political murder, "was next called an a wit
ness. Ills attorney, Harry 1). Wescott.
stepped up and said, "I advised my client
not to say anv thing or testify In this case"
Coroner Knight then started hostilities
lth the District Attorney's office
"t don't understand," he said. "Haven't
X the power to ask these witnesses ques
lions relating to the murder of Detective
tppleyj"
"Sullivan has not as et had a hearing
"fore a Magistrate," continued Coroner
Knight,
Counsel for Hlllllcnn tnfnrrviori Pnrnnr
JvniKht that Slltlll nn .A Ussn nnlnJ
'" Judge Brown, sitting as a commlt-
.ini Magistrate, and that Kulllvnn hull at.
Sleady been held for court
..., Aviiifiiii, men ruieu inni juufie
Brown had no right to sit as a committing
JJaglatrate, and ordered Sullivan to take
the. rtand.
Sullivan tv as swprn as a witness,
Coroner Knight odItaH ym !- ., Ijrau
i'c' nd did you have any connection
-in ine cringing oer of these gunmen
vm new york to Philadelphia?"
SUlllVan rnllr1 'T -.. 4n ....,... An
??un( that it may Incriminate me "
M0 has lniltrilftftri vnii nnt Ia nnnwip
ter question "asked Coroner Knight.
ceunsei, was the reply
next Ta.Ani ik.l. . -.,. - ..
.. '-'.. men ciiitiujci, witn vmieu
w the stand Former Congressman Logue
."rnied Coroner Knight that he had ad
prjsed Maloney not to testify.
jou oring any of these people over
!ifltiwh0 flurd n the Fifth Ward shoot
. ,.,1(td tne Coroner, "I refuse to an-
, was Maloney'a reply
wl What Frmitifi Hn mi vfitaa t n. an-
r'wifT" the Coroner then asked.
k,.,. . repljr v"'- "n the ground that It
fY Incriminate me."
CORONER. SCORES ROTAN'S OFFICE
-Afttr fttlnnaiv ttA 1- V.n .. !.. tnv.A
Jr' "d refused to testify. Coroner Knight
4 o Assistant District Attorney Gor
fiw na said.
lifn , Gordon' J"0" being the representa
J'l oj the Commonwealth, I ask you, has
Continued en rage Ten, Column Three
V 1
The Continuation of the Story
"Germany, the Next
typublic?"
'by
CffJ , W. AekermaH
Urtirtcv m Pi
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
HOOVER ARRAIGNS RETAILERS
FOR HIGH COST OF FOOD
"POOD ADMINISTRATOR HOOVER puts the high coat of food dncctly up
-- to the, retailer. In n, lengthy statement issued at Washington he says:
1 While wholesale prices hate hecn reduced, retail figures either
remain stationary or hate heen advanced; that 330,000 retailers
hate balked the (lovcrnment's efforts to stabilize the cost of liting.
Lacking power to compel the rctniler to do business on the basis of
cost nnd a fair profit, Mr. Hoover declnrcd that he intends to do the following
things in an effort to wipe out excessive profits:
2 Inaugurate a svstem by which the wholesale prices of principal
stplcs shall he published in every consuming center etcry day,
so that the public may know nhatthe retailers are paying for their
stocks.
Gather reports on retail prices from 700 cities, aterage litem
and make public at regular intervals.
Let the public decide whether the retailer is plajing fair or
whether it is necessary to regulate him by law.
3 The food ndministrntion considers thnt, subject to co-opcrntion from
the farmers and the ictailcrs, the corner has now been turned in high
prices nnd that most of the essential commodities should, one nftcr another,
continue to show ledtiction between now and the end of the year. The
food administration has no control of either the grower or his organization
nor of the great mnjority of retailers. The foundations have been laid for
regulation of the intermediate trndes, and where these regulations have
come into force and the trades arc co-operating finely considerable results
nre evident in the wholesale prices.
4 Flour is from $1.50 to $2 per barrel higher than is warrnnted by the
price being made by the millers. The nernge retail price on first
patent: in 706 cities on October 13 was $13.77.
5 Beef already shows some tendency toward reduction in wholesale prices,
but these hac not been so far reflected in the pnees quoted by tho
retailer. The price of beef at the packers' door is 144 cents per pound,
as compared with sixteen cents in the month of July, while the nverage
retail price of round steak in 79G cities is thirty-one cents per pound, against
twenty-seven cents per pound in July, thus showing that retail prices have
increased while wholesale prices have decreased.
6 Beet sugar prices are being controlled by tho manufactuiers upon a
basis that should reach the retailer from 8 to 8'fc cents pere pound,
depending upon the locality. The rise in retail prices of sugnr during the
last three days in the eastern States is solely due to the advancement of
these prices by retail dealers in the face of n short supply and does not
bear any relation to the prices at which these sugars have been purchased.
7 We have a potato harvest of 59 per cent in excess of the crop of last
year. The price at the loading points varies from $1.50 to $2.80 per
100 pounds, depending on the section where grown nnd the cost of getting
them to market. The price, which is somewhat higher than at this period
last year, is due to a tendency on the part of the producer to hold the
potatoes for higher pi ices than last year and to the temporary inability of
the railroads to furnish equipment sufficient to move from many sections
the quantity available at this time.
FRENCH REPULSED,
BERLIN REPORTS
i
Germans Assert Vauclerc
Mill Attacks Failed, but
Paris Claims Success
GUNS ROAR IN FLANDERS
BERLIN". Oct 19 Samsulnarv rcpulsn
of French attack north of Vauclerc mill
iChemin des fames) nnd Intoine Ilrltlsh
nrtlllerv fire were reported In todaj's ndl
clil Plalement
In Flanders there was Intense artlllerv
fire northenst of Solssons and also formid
able use of munitions on the eastern por
tion of Chemln des Dames," the statement
raid "The French three times attacked
north of Vauclerc mill and were sanguin
arily remiHed
Twe.ve enemj airplanes were downed,
dix of thet.e being of n tquadron of bombing:
planes -which attached Roulers and in Oel-
munster"
PARIS. Oct 13
Numerous detailed operations were suc
cessfullj carried out bj Kronen troops on
the Chemln des Panier, the French olTlclal
report declared today The p-loners In
cluded men from four different divisions
In the Champagne sector tho statement
sKld, a French detachment penetrated Ger
man trenches nnd drove back a German
unit. On the right bank of the Meuse at
tacks were repulced Dunkirk was again
bombed b German raiders, but without
lctlms
LONDON. Oct 11
IJnemy nrtlllei nre In the nelghbor
hoodVof Menln road and also around Zon
nrhnkft was renorted today bv Field Mar
shal Halg. Kast of Vermelles, he said, Hrit
ish troops repulsed n hostile raiding part
without casualties
TOP COAT PAYS 524.30
TN 2-YEAR-OLD SPRINT
Lyke Pilots Outsider to Victory in
Third Race May W. and
Babbett Win
LAl'RKL Md Oct 10. Rabbett car
rying 118 pounds showed the wav to a
classy field in the opening six furlongs
event here thlr afternoon when Troxler P -
loted his mount to 'cl0"vW"LP?. .?.rrt"
terflv taking second and Tea Party third
The m"hin paid f IB. 5 80 and 3 80 on
thInWth"e.raeond event at six furlongs Mav
W. well backed b the gathering, ran In
snendld form and led Swift Fox and Lo
hengrin to the -vlre The machines pa d
IberX In the thlrt for SK'hvMki1
furlones wh-n Top Coat, handled hy Lke
M. Vol.owedPby Valerius and Kryple
O'Nell. Top Coat paid !I 30 for win
nneSTURAnCErm.lden lwo...W)ldi. Dili.
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BOsrWrSW OTBBM.
GROCERS CONSIDER
CUT IN HIGH PRICES
Meeting of Leading Dealers
Discusses Means for Re
lief of Consumers
HOOVER'S CHARGE DENIED
Thnt relief from the prevailing high
prices of food products Is In sight for Phila
delphia consumers became nppaient this
nfternoon when a meeting of the leading
letall grocers of the cltv was opened Ht the
store of Mitchell. Fletcher & Co. eighteenth
and Chestnut streets at which a lepoii was
heard from a representative of the Phila
delphia association, who has been In Wash
ington for several dajs In conference with
Herbert C Hoover, national food admin
istrator, and with representatives of othei
retail grocers from all parts of the countiv
As a lesult of this meeting It was stated
by a prominent grocer, there is eveiv
probabllltv that substantial l eductions In,
the prices of mnnv commodities In the local
market will be made at once.
HOOVER CHARGi: IlllMlIP
The stitenient made jesterdav In Wash
Ington bv Food Administrator Hoover that
the retail grocers of the countrv nie re
sponsible for unreasnnablv high prices In
manv necessaries of life brought foilh ex
pressions of protcKt from leading Philadel
phia grocers todav
In all Instances these expressions wero
tempered with the statement thnt thfie is
no desire to crltlclro Mr Hoover, that he
Is doing a great work and- deserves the
hearty support of the people hut that h
has unlntentlrnnll done an Injustice to the
noble arms of purvojors of prunes, pickles
nnd other edibles, which is much to be de-
r plored
That prices of table necessaries have
continued to mount In spite of the fact that
I'ncle Sam has taken charge of the situa
tion is not denied bj anv of the local
retailers, but the question of placing the
blame for this condition is one that brings
on more talk The human tendency to pass
the buck Is apparent on all sides Some
thing is the matter and somebody is to
blame, but the retailers, large and small,
are very positive that the fault Is not theirs
RETAILERS OFFER EXCUSES
The chief excuses given by the dealers
for the continued and Increasing high cost
of food are about as follows
Shortage of supply due to the war
Inadequacy of transportation facilities
making Impossible an economic distribution
of the food supply of the country.
The commandeering of large quantities of
supplies by the Government for the army,
reducing the supply for the consumption
o the civil population almost to the vanish
ing point
The manager of one large downtown re
tall store blamed the people fiemselves
for the condition which now confronts
them "If the didn't buy so much stuff
for fear prices will go higher," he said, we
would have more to sell and the prices
v ould not be so high
Without exception local retailers ex
pressed the opinion that Mr Hoover's as
sertion that wholesale prices have gone
down while retail prices have steadllv gone
up, was misleading. "It isn't a question of
wholesale prices at all," declared one prom
inent dealer, "but a question of getting the
stuff at any price. When there Is a uni
versal demand for something thnt ou
haven't got, the price of that artlclo Is
going to be high OuMproblem Is to get
stock at a'l '
What Mr Hoover says about the price
of flour at the mill Is quite true," said an
other dealer, "but vvh,at good does it do ua
that flour Is cheap at the mill when
can't get It here in Philadelphia?"
The sugar situation continues to be most
Continued an raj:, ffli. Column On.
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$. W. Y. Extradition Hearings Itcset
NBW YORK. Oct 19 Tho hearing on
the extradition proceedings In the cases of
Elisabeth Gurley Flynn Carlo Tresca
Arturo Olovanltti and Vlovannl XSaldlixl
was poatpontd today until next Monday
morning The. defendants were! Jndlcted t"
the Cook County, III,. Crand Jury follow
er tn rct I. W- "W. )ds UtfMfc-hou
,ji coimtry.
DRAFT BRAINS
OF U.S., THEME
OF EDUCATORS
Utilization of University
Men's Technical Powers
Discussed at Meeting
DREXEL SILVER JUBILEE
rtlllr.it Inn nf the brains and technical
training of college nnd imlversltv profes
sors giaduates and students In furthering
the mllltarv nrtlvltles of n nation at war.
along lines never before dreamed of during
anv pievlnus wnr, was the theme of a
conference of more thin too presidents of
cducatlonnl Institutions, scientists and Fed
ft nl nlllclalH which began this morning at
Dievel Institute
Reports presented at this morning's ses
sion showed that this mobilisation of spe
rlillv 1 1. lined men marks the dawn of a
new eia In the training oftertd b higher
Institutions of learning and In the relations
between them nnd the Federal Govern
ment The cnnteience Incidentals signalizes the
tvventv -fifth annual convocation of Drexel
Institute whoso ptesldent, Dr Hollls God
frev Is a member of the Advisors Com
mission nf the Council of National Pefeue
In opening the conference Doctor God
fiev pointed out tint the dut laid upon
the ndvivorv commission b the Vdinin
Istiatlnn was to watch the lines back nf
the line of bittle" nnd asserted that as a
lesult of the m commendations offered bv
the educational authorities for mobilizing
the technical abilities of the mtion every
ndmlnistiatlve department of the Govern
ment was now far more .Interested In edu
cational matters than a ear ago
NEW ERA RESl'LT OF WAR
"As a result of the war." said ho. ' fni
greater emplnsls Is now laid upon the duty I
of the American college and umvoisit man
ever before This meins a new era. in
which Che knowledge of the trained man Is
to be put to better account, as well as his
alillltv to net as n lender of men '
Doctor Godfrey drew a lesson for the
t'niled Stales from the example of the
famous universities of England, which,
although the had emptied their halls when
the call to wai came had let their men
go (ci tho trenches Instead of utilizing their
knowledge In technical lines The tre.
mentions change toda ' he pointed out.
"Is that our colleges have been cilled upon
to take up work in co-operation with tho
General Staff nf tho Armv nnd with the
civil staffs of the Government"
A survev of the plan of activity rec
ommended bv the committee cm engineering
and education of the advlsnrv commission,
and In part nlrendv put Into effect was
presented bv Dr Samuel P Capen, execu
tive secietai.v of the t'nlted States llureau
of Education Reports fiom elghtv-nlne
American educational Institutions show he
slid, that their enrollment In IslT is tl 2
per cent les than that of 191B. hs a lesult
of the entiante nf their students Into the
service of the nation Twentv-three lead
ing engineering schools show n decrease In
eniollment of 14 1 pel cfnt said he whi'e
nntlniiecl cm 1'iiae Ten ( nliinin line
FLUCK ATTACKS
MERRITT TAYLOR
Fourth Transit Hearing
Marked by Northwest Busi
ness Men's Chief's Charges
ASSAILS BLANKENBURG
The fourth public hearlt g nf the Smith-:
Mitten transit lease befoie Councils' Joint
Finance and Stteet Itallwa s Committee
this nfteinoon developed Into an attack
upon fotmer Transit Pliectnr Merrill
Tnvlor delivered bv Charles I. Pluck,
piesldent nf the Northwest lluslness Men's
Association and the lender of seveial move
ments to obstruct transit development Mr,
Pluck ali-o directed his veibal bolts against
former Maor nlankenburg
After icvlewlng the atlnus steps In the
carlj history of the eltv's transit develop
ment program Mr Fluck summed the sit
uation as follows
'On September 11, 1016. with a silver
pick ix, Mav or nlankenburg and Director
Tavlcn began to dig thn hole in which
Philadelphia now finds Itself faced with
the tiece-ltv ol either raising carfares In
the neai future or raising the taxes
CHAUOKS AGAINST TWI.OR
Mi Kluck charged the ex-dlrector with
having changed his transit progiam fre
ciuentlv for political cvpedlencv He
charged nlo that back of his "self ac
claimed elToits for the dear public there
hail been a political ambition, and accord
ing to statements appcirlnt. In the news
papeis of this morning. Mr Taior believed
his opportunity had about arrived '
In a piepared speech, fom-one pages In
length Ml Tluck reviewed the hlstoi of
the entire transit development program
from the vear 1013 to the present date His
attacks against Mr Taloi and what he
characterlied as "the obnoxious Taylor
lease" wero scattered throughout his en
tire nddress
Discussing the faro feature of the pres
ent Smlth-Mltten lease, lie advocated that
Continued on I'ase Nineteen, Column eren
RASPUTIN
"Saint or Devil?"
the true story of the "Black Monk"
of Russia, by the
Princess Catharine Iiadziwill
begins in
Tomorrow's
jstrat
QUICK
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Foutth Lnufel lace. 1 1-10 miles. Ci Impel, 110, Butwell, 50 50,
$1 SO, out, won; Ticket, 117. Shuttinget. $1.40. out, feecond; Hnubcitt,
115, Robinson, out, thlid. Time. 1.45 3-5.
Second Latouln lace, 5 1-2 fui longs Lady Luxtuy, 107, Oentiy,
3.00, ?3.10, $2.00. won; Bteczy, 107. Dieyer, $8 40, $5.80. second;
Trctty Uaby, 112, Laliunr, $7.40, third. Time, 1.11.
POLICE TO CANVASS LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS
Policemen tluoughout the city weie instiucted to make n house-to-house
canvass in the Intel est ofthc second Llbeity Lonn thU nfter
nooii. The police nie being fumUhcd with pamphlets setting foitli
tho advantages of subset ibiug to the loan and also with subscilption
WOMEN CRUSHED AT LIBERTY LOAN RALLY
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Several women fainted today when
ciushed In n crowd at a Liberty Loan lally In Wall stteet opposite J.
P. Morgan's office. This led to a wild leport that there was n llot.
AMERICAN AVIATORS REPORTED TRAINING IN ITALY
HOME. Oct. 19. Accoiding to the Gioinale d'ltnlia, nnnmoiis
young Ameiicnn nviatois nie tialntng in a Miiall town in southern
Iltnlv The men nie housed in special conciete uulldingb, it is snid,
t cl the Itnllan iimtttictors nie well satisfied with theii piostess
DETROIT CAFES FALL BACK ON BROWN SUGAR
DETKOIT, Mich., Oct. 10. "War stigni" fills the bowls in De
troit cafes. This js not a new variety, hut just plain brown sugni,
u"ocl as n last lesoit, when le&tauiuteuis failed to get any white oi
lump sugnr. .
WORKERS STICK TO POSTS THROUGH FIRE
SI ,iii emploves of the Wlllatcl Wright C'ornpati. manufacturer of silk band
ages. Si" North Mm vine street, stuck u thcli posts todav when tire was discov
ered in the basement of the plant. The damage was estimated at $f0.
DOG FANCIER SUES FOR TERRIER'S BOARD
Alf lielmont. dog fiiu'lei. show expert and tho owner of kennels at Devon, Ta.,
has btiiiight suit BCH'tm Wllltym r Kolin IS0G riiostmit stteet, to iccoer an ac
count nf JSTfi. alleged tci be due foi boaidlng and caring for Rollns fox terrier, at
2 pel week, fiom l'cbnl(.r'S, lftll The case Is entered In the Mdnlclpal Court.
SEVERE STORM TO HIT CITY TONIGHT
The iiiiim .eveie sloim of the season l scheduled tn lilt Philadelphia late to
night, nccoiil.ng tn le Weather FSuieau It. Is headed frem the Gteat Lakes and
traveling eastwaid at evpiess all plane speed Warnings have been ordered displayed
on the Atlantic coast. The storm will start with a light lain, due this evening.
Tomoiiovv it will be heie in full blast 'with a diop of about twentv degrees in tem
pera tin c and high wind It Is not scheduled lo Inst more than twentj-foui hours
TRAIN AND TROLLEY INJURE TWO
lc 'in ii.ii' iilmi nil -il e .vei'is old. of Baltimore, a hinVeman, Is in n critical
rondll at uf'er I eng struck liv an engine in a tunnel near Thlrtj-flfth sticet aand
t!in"8 l'ertj load Sam McDowell, twent.v eight, of 14:'" South Twenl -eighth stiect
was dragged more than fifty feet when lilt bv a car while riding a motoicjcle on
Twenty-second street His condition also is serious. Roth aie in the Polj clinic
Hospital.
EXPLOSIONS SCARE SUBURBANITES
A -eilos of shucks that shook houses In Chestnut Hill and Torresdale shoitl
aftei ten o'clock todav. gave ilse to a repent of an explosion similar to that which
occurred at i!lhlstnwn. N 1 Monila). costing the lles of foui men It was learned
to be without found-itlon. the concussion resulting from blasting near Bristol to
facilitate the construction uf u shlpvard In the process of erection there
BLOCK OF $1,000,000 FIRST LIBERTY BONDS SOLD
NI'W YOKK, Oct 19 The largest transac tiim in I'nlted States war bonds wns
made cm the New loik Stock Bvchance todav when a block of J1.000 000 first Mb
eitv Hunil VjH was void at sD "IMOO This sale exceptional!) large In itself, Is bj
fni the lamest single tin novel of the Initial I'nited States war Issue .
SECRETARY LANE'S CONDITION IMPROVING
WASHINf'TON, Oct 10 Secietatv of the Interior Franklin K l.ane who is at
his Witshlnsto'i home suffcrtng with an attack of giip was testing easier toda
He wns tnken III while making n trip In the interest of the UberH Loan
AUSTRIAN REGIMENT VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERS
W XhlJINliTON. Oct 1 -An Austrian regiment, with ofllcets at Its head and
carrlng tlicit own aims, has suriendered to Rumanians alone: the Flusso-Humanian
front, according to cables receied today The report stated that the regiment was
composed entirely of Mohammedan Serbs from Bosnia. The colonel declared that
they weie all Jugoslavs and surtendeted olutnaiily in order to enlist in the Jugo
Slav regiment now being formed out of the reorganized Serb i imj.
CALLS ON MEXICO TO TAKE STAND WITH ALLIES
MEXICO CITV Oct, 19 - A call for Mexico to Join the Allies was sounded In the
Chamber of Deputies todav Deput Manuel Garcia in a speech declared that the
Allies ate lighting fur elemocracj and against supreme autocracy, and in view of
what lias happened in Mexico during the last half a doj-en ve.-irs Mexico should
take her stamen the side of the F.ntente Powers
ARMY TO LOCATE HOSPITALS AT DESERTED POSTS
WASHIM5TON Oct 19.- The War Department will soon announce full details
of tlie plan to convert posts now deserted bj regulai troops who have been dis
patched abroad. Into hospitals winter quarters for specialized blanches of the ser
vice and other mllltaiv uaes The posts In the South are now being utilized for
aneclal purposes, but those In the North soon will be available fot use bj reason
of their soldier occupants either being ordeied abroad oi sent lo the warmei climate
of the South
SNOW INTERFERES IN CANADIAN WHEAT FIELDS
WINNBl'KO. Canada, Oct. 19 Snow and sleet have held up threshing all over
the ptairie provinces, but four-fifths of the crop, however, is In elevators or en
route to the Hast. Full plowing Is under way very generallj.
PARENTS SAVE CHILD'S LIFE FROM FIRE
. Quick action b his parents saved the life of I.ouls Matelll, four sears, old, of
1654 South Chadw'lck street, who was burned early toda while playing with matches
at his home. The child's clothing became Ignited and his mother smothered the
fiames by wrapping him in a rug-. Louis Masselll, the boy's father, then carried him
to St. Agnes's Hospital.
- RUSSIAN U. S. WAR EMBARGO LIFTED
PFrROClRAD, Oct. 19 The embargo on exports to the United States, which
was Imposed oa account of the war, was lifted today by the Minister of Finance.
BRITISH PLANES BOMB GERMAN AIRDROME
LONDON, Oct. 19. Brltijh naval olne yesterday tombe4 the Vruenatr air-
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SLAVS ABANDON
NAVYBASE;MAY
MOVE CAPITAL
Evacuation of Big De
pot at Reval" Formally
Announced
RUSSIANS ALARMED j
BY ENEMY'S DEIVE f
Plans Made for Transfer of
Seat of Government
to Moscow
FOE HAS GREAT FLEET
At Least 70 Warships, Including
10 Dreadnoughts, Massed
in Gulf of Riga
PHTROUHAD, Oct 1.1
Kvacuallmi of Reval, Ttussla's great
naval depot Just at the entrance to the Oulf
of Finland, was formerl.v announced today,
Petrnsracl msj be abandoned us the cun-
Itnl nf Itus.ln.
"On account of the strntegic.il situation."
caused bj the menace of a German advance
fiom tho Gulf of Riga, tt was formerly
stated today that earl) transfer of the
capital from Petrograd probably to Mos
cow was being prepared for by the Gov
ernment A speclnl "evacuating commit
tee" had been named to make alt plans.
The personnel of this committee Included
M Tretjakoff president of the economic
council nnd a member of the Cabinet M
Palachinsk, president of the committee
on National Defense, and Minister of Pub
lic Welfare Klshkin
Germany has n vast naval force around
the Riga Gulf Official reports today gave
the total strength of the enemy fighting
craft there ns ten dreadnoughts, ten cruis
ers, flftv destrovers nnd eight or ten sub
marines. Two enemy trawlers tt wns announced
today, had been sunk In Moon Sound
' On Wednesdaj noon the enemy Innded
on Dago Island near fieiro village," the
statement cone uded
WASHINGTON. Oct 19.
In the absence of official dispatches the
Riisslan cmhaesv withheld comment this
afternoon on the t-port that the Itutslan
provisional Government has ordered the re.
moval of the capital from Petrograd to
Moscow. Tho move wasinc. -unexpected,
however. TtmoaI of the capital has been
looked for ever since the German drlv
against Petrograd got under way.
copgiiagi:. Oct. in
A big naval battle for the control of the
Haltlc Js imminent
A large rectlon of the Russian Haltlc
fleet, which took refuge in Kassar Hay after
the Russian battleship Slava was sunk In
Moon Sound, is preparing to make a dash
past the German men-of-war guarding the
western entrance according to a dispatch
from Petrogtad tndaj dited Thursday
night
In the Rusisn fleet It was teported, nre
between eighteen and twent-two rhlps. In
cluding battleships cruisers gunboats, tor
pedoboats and "ulimarlnes
The Gcrmins have a fni supctlor fleet,
the big guns on the superdreadnoughtu
far outringlng the cannon on the Russian
men-of-war There are between fifty and
S'xtv unite in the German fleet, no' counting
tl.e mine sw eofrs
Moon Island is now vlituallv In German
hands An ofilclal statement Issued today
In Ilerlln, relative to the naval operations
in the Gulf of Riga, savs
"We gained nearl all the mole on the
western coast of Moon Islahd and by mid
daj all of It was ours We took r.000 pris
oners Part nf the action on Wednesday was
fr.ught with the warships filing acmes Moon
Uland at eich oilier
The Germans now hold four of the elx
Islands dominating the entrance to Itlga
Gulf
No details of the Germnn occupation of
Moon Island, due cast from Oesel Inland,
have come through Apparently it followed
Immediate!) the sea fight The Rerlln War
Office, in announcing the capture of 10,000
prisoners and fifty guns on Oesel, stated
that onlj a few hundred of the garrison
managed to escape to Moon Island
Indications are that the Germans' next
Mep will ba a campaign against the Aland
Islands, which He at the entrance to the
Gulf of Uothnla. with the ultimate object
of bottling up the great Russian Battle
fleet which now lies inactive at Kronstadt,
in the Gulf of Finland J00 miles northeast
nf Riga Gulf Kornstadt U the sea defense
it Petrograd
evacuation of P.eval If confirmed, would
appear to Indicate even greater menace to
Russia by the German Baltic Sea fleet than
Its lctorles so far teported have Indicated
Reval Is the first of the naval bases which
a hostile fleet Intent on penetrating the
Gulf of Finland would enc'junter It ts
only 2nn miles from Petrograd Before
the war Keval was classified as a nav'Rl
station of the i-ecnnd class, hut under the
Czar"s regime It was strengthened and re
'ortlfitd Transfer of the cipltal from Petro
grad to Moccovv has fiequentlj ben con
sidered h the new demociatlc Government
At the time of the last German drive on
land around Riga It was fnrmall stated
that such a step was planned Appearance
more than n month ago of a formidable
German fleet In tho Rattle and reports of
an impending navBl offensive against PetrOT
grad caused a levtval of the report Demo
cratic leaders have since the verj start of
the new republic legarded Moscow Tiiore
suitable for thp capital than Petrograd.
Just why there should be anv Immediate
fear of danger tn Petrograd from the Oer-
Contlnurcl en pace I'Uht. Column Three
THE WEATHER
FORECAST
For Philadelphia and pJojiiHj. tfaln to
ulghl; follotecd by much colder. Saturday
partly cloudy and colder moderate tor
able trlmfa, becomfnj; fresh northiceit i
For eastern Fennsylcaula Kalii. and
much colder tonight. Saturdav parti
cloudy and colder rxcep' rain In -northeast
portion, fresh northtccst tclnds
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