STRAT sSf V uemnn 6 final VOL- IV. NO. 35 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917 CormmiiT, 1017, r the finite l.rran CoMrmt PRICE TWO CENTS PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 22, 23, 24 meager v V l ft. I 1 1 WAR BOND SALE HERE P0ILUS' DASH WINS ALL OF AISNE CREST French Victory in "Battle of Caverns" Drives Foe From Ridge I4QN LINES CAPTURED V , PARIS, Oct. 21. General I'ershinp, commander-in-chief of the American expeditionary forces, witnessed the great French vic tory in the battle of the caverns. To day he penetrated deep ifito the con quered zone. French tanks had a brilliant share in the French master stroke on the Alsnc. They participated in many of the "attacks, and to them was given credit for the taking of Guilain farm. By HENRY WOOD WITH TUB FRENCH ARMIES AFIELD. Oct. 24. General rctaln's pollus fought in the air. 01S the ground and literally and actually far below the ground to achieve their epochal Victory of Tuesday morning. The fight will go down In history as the Battle of the Caverns the conflict of cave men. The French won their objectives which means that today they hold every Inch of the famous Alsnc crest and have nut the Hermans oft from their last look it the promised land of Franco beyond the rldse. The total of prisoners taken today rtched 8000, Including 100 officers, and these of the choicest of the Crown Prlnco's troops. Todayfls official statement paid ilhey had been Idcntllled ns belonging to elgTit separate Herman divisions. Three full regimental staffs were Included in the prisoners tnlcen. Two German reserve di visions suffered heavily. Tuesday's drive was alonff a front of six miles on the Allemant-Panthcon front The French selied the last portion of the Alsne rldfe, Including to tho west a little over two kilometers of the historic "Ladies' Wsy'i (Chemln des Dames), with Its Junc tion 'on' the IlrusKelrt highway, which the Qtrnuns still held, together with all ob servatories, notcuiy l-ort .inimaison. me Frtnch'are now masters of every spot on the entire ridge from Vouxnlllon to Crsoniie which heretofore, formed the .backbone of the German positions. ftU v OtTIH T.AON LINKS TAKK.N Not only that, hut the French now hold the outer line of defenses to Laon. The battle was fought on the summit 'finis razor-back ridge, beyond which, on 1,1 k pja'teau half a mile wide, there runs the Continued on Vatce Five, Column Threo LINDSAY BEST MAIDEN IN LAUREL'S FIRST RACE Troxler Rides Two-Year-Old to Wire in Close Run of Six Furlongs "LAUREI. RACE TRACK, Sid., Oct. 24. Troxler was up on Lindsay, winner of the first race here this afternoon for twe-car-oW maidens. Tho machines paid $7.70. Ke'ough brought home Sea Farer for scc 'oa4 money. Jim Hoey was third. Summaries: FUST RACE, maiden two-Year-olds. O fur- 15 oast: LltMlav. Ill Trn.l.. 17 TO 1 4 1ft to Kfl ieaftrer. 114. Kfoh '.'. .'. ','.'. .'... 4.S 2!sn dim Hoey. 110. Iiuitnn 2.70 . Tle, l;17 3-3. Hill .MrCloy. llnnclana III. X?1 0Jtrud. llathllile, Arizona, Torque and Calais slo ran. SECOND ItAUK. Helter Skelter Steeplechase, tlrea-ytar-ntda and up, 2 miles: ""'. ,1J3. Havnes Mli.tO J5.R0 J3.20 f.n Wl-vla IJA ft...- tl ,1 v.i Kins Simon. 185. Wolko a.20 Time. 4:(W. Welsh Klnc. Hold Ilond, ltuaalan S?! and Itoyal Spinner nlao ran. .THIRD' '(ACE, three-year-olds and up, fl fur Jongs: Matter Karma, im. Taplln. .I33.H0 113.00 I3.30 Jouyenlr. His, Hterllnit 0.20 .l.nn Itarlr Slaht. 108, Walls...' 7.IW Tlmei 1:1 i 3.11. I'harnah. Iachsablbble. llur Mk, healatll.le. Illua Pox. Illrdman. Anxiety. is Uaicot, IlefuKee, lllue Ilannock and Owau-u alio ran. fOtmTH RACK. Klllcott City Handicap, lu-e.y,ar-olrt. 1A, miles: gaturalUt no. Keosh 14.70 13.20 J2.40 4JWndljid. 1(1.1. Ilowan 4.30 i.r.n Wjatful. 114, I,yke 2,40 .Jlpw. Is45 2-5. Delia Desmond and Mida ai( ran. -.PIFTH KACB..mlI: Ctlto, 101, liuxton $T.il0 J3.00 J2.30 ijoreas. 10 l-arrinitton 4.40 2.0 Kohlnoor. DS. ltowan 2.70 Tim.. 1:43 4.,, SIXTH ItACE, 1A miles:- Pr(vrth, 112, nice 112.00 J4.no J3.40 "rather Jonathan. Oil. Itownn 3.70 3.40 Etmont, inn, Haynes 0.20 Tlraa, 1:00 4.,. Latonia Results ,'BSf ItACE. nurse 1800, maldeiCthree-year- t!j n? on. mile and 70 yurds: y;int, ino, Morys ...JR.40 l..00 1.1.80 "-ior. .112. Connelly 2.00 .ill)!' Uf'i- ,.Vr'".1")"' , pertery. Southern A,r'!A AC .lY.""v 1'olaskl. Cuneo. Tours, - at.&CS.P?". Thruah also ran. ntSSP?N.n..nArK. furlonsa: E,l,n It.. 108. Durach 4 40 a so fiL'i 5. xnhu.:: :::: :... alio . Tllllin HACE. n furloncs: l!.ralSlniln,::J V0"" JS.10J2.2O out l,r"l, 110, Qrntry 2.40 out .'" K?,:r,l 07. Barrett.'. .... .... SSt ...i'RTII ItAt'B. I furlones: 0i hV"' .'PI' Jjderls..J10.40 JT.20 JS.flO a W .W'..''. ' rump 0.10 .3.10 V r-ii--' M,nk -60 .VIFTH IlACK.'mll and 70 varda: JiV.A-.V" .T .fiiiTJil'..''..1''. arner,...ja,30 J.1.10 J2.00 'Kil'n'olfi' - "4. Kedrla 3.40 tin TV l:4liaW"ra 3.30 Home Gucrd Reorganization Planned wTK ?r" " "nR ot hp delegates of the Jhlladelphla Home Defense Reserve was t$i 'n Rom 25. Ctj Hall, lato today. WIH William II. Mills presided, The l $ "'J8' t0 PrIc' P'an for reorganlra. fB-wiM 4Ui- mo (UIUIC The Continuation of tho Story RASPU&N Devil or Saint? by the Hfacee Catherine Xachiicill U pi4nUi w rff 38 REACHES $225,000,000 WITNESS SAYS VARE'S POLICE 'DEVILED' HIM Tells Court That Detectives Wanted Him to Repudiate Town Meeting Signature MUST EXPEDITE HEARING Further proof of police persecution of those who signed nomination petitions for Town Meeting party candidates was shown today at tho proceeding!! before Judge Davis, In Common I'leas Court No. 3, brought by the Varc-Smlth machine in nn attempt tn discredit the signers of tho In dependents' petition-). Incidentally, a boomerang has loomed up for the plaintiffs, nn It was .earned that tho hearings wilt have to be joiicludcd Within the next two j unys. or it will be too late to print the ballots In time for the election. lOvldercc that tho Vnro machine was desperate was shewn by the testimony of John A. Avln, of 1023 i:ast Moyamenslng avenue. In tho course of a cross-questioning by Attorney Connor, lepresentlng the prosecution, Avln declared that he had bee"h "deviled" during the Inst few davs by City Hall detectives, who wanted him to repudiate his signatures on the petitions. Aln said a ditiTtivp mimed FlMier tried to get lili.i to my ho did not sign tin tcmlnatlon petition on which his name ap peared. "When I refused to repudlato the t- mature," said Avln, "they annoyed my i-lfe and tried to get her to inlluence me to f-ay the signature wa:i not mine." AMAZI.VO TKSTIMOXY Walter D. Klntilrr. of 2116 South Second htrcet, who with -.x other men was arrested earlier In the dn - nnd held In $1500 bail for court by XI -glstrate I'cnnoclt, was among other u M testified. He, with several othrrs, was accused of conspiring to mahe falely and to file nom ination paper of the Town Meeting party candidates. Klauder'H testimony caused general amazement. Ho Bald 'that Frank ICnmmerad. who was arrested with him, signed names of numerous voters to nom ination petitions N'os 82 and 81 Kam tncrad. nccordlng to the witness, said. "I got to get nil these papers In quickly, so let's alt down and write tho names." "Tho other men-'n'.l -testified" against mo in the magistrate court," said Klauder. "but what t am tilling Is right." Klauder said he signed tin Inst eight names on list petition .No 81. Ho also declared thnt Kamnictnd signed six nnmes 'n petition No, 84 nnd thl-teen on No. 82. He s lid that Joseph Levy, who was also arrested, signed several of the names. The witness declared that later ho told William W. llo)er, of the Town Meeting party, of what he had done. At this point he was cross-examined by Mr. White. "ITow d you lecognlzo these two lists?" linked Mr. White. Klauder turned both lists over several timet'. Finally he said he recog nized them by the writing of the other men who had signed with him. "You admit you're n forger?" asked Mr. White. Mr. Connor objected Judge Davis, addressing Klauder. said: Continued on l'uee Tire, Column Tno REOR.J.A.W0RDEN VICTIM OF PARALYSIS Aged Member of Presbyterian General Board in Feeble Health When Stricken Quteltunat n'w iraph, THE REV. J. A., WORDEN Prominent Presbyterian clergyman, who died today. The Rev. Pr. James A. Wordcn, one of the oldest members of the General Tres byterlan Doard, today died from paralysis at'hhr-home, 4208 Walnut street He was 'seyenty-slx years old. Doctor Worden, who had been a member of the board for the last thirty-eight years, was In feeble health when he suffered yesi terday the stroke of paralysis. A widow, one son. Dr. Charles. U. Worden, and a daughter, Miss Marlanna Worden, survive Many Innovations In Sunday-school work were adopted by Doctor Worden. who wu i romoter of Children'- Day and Rally Day. IT. VTA9 POT! H '"- - ..-. -.- itrd from Miami University and the Trlnoe- ton TWoiMiw'.' v"u" " f "" P . grsmzxh!,. ;Te.Vs 46S3SiJ:s , ,.. SaTnLalall i i mm& "Nv :msm i i :cKv7 ' fflFP- Ifffffffll I : sr.A.r.Tirv'r.,. m AS'amiuiwam t 1 aaaWOffflSBiW'' ' J BafiaMftaJlBBBiuHBHHalaMiiatWi iiirmi iilnl d tuaa&&zttr?mgxzm&mv&z:3i2 Orpgrory nhntn by fun'-d nat LIBERTY LOAN ORATORS Thomas Watt Gregory, Attorney General of the United States (upper), William A. Garrett (middle), in charge of the con struction of railways in France, and William A. Glasgow (lower) will be the principal speakers at the Liberty Loan mass-meeting in the Academy of Music tonight. 4GERMAN FLEETS MENACE IN BALTIC Teuton Sea Fighters, With Aerial Reserves, Are Threatening Russians KAISER SENDS MORE SHIPS BERLIN, Oct. 21. "We withdrew from our lines on a wide front between Dvina and Riga," said today's official statement. Yester day's Petrograd official statement men tioned sweeping captures of German front line trenches which had been re linquished by the Teutonic troops. COPENHAGEN. Oct. 2 Germany's sea forces In tho Baltic have been spilt up into several squadrons and further operations upon a grand scale seem Imminent today. I'art of the German men-of-war nro cruising In the Gulf of Hlga nnd off tho mainland. A second squadron Is pushing northward toward tho Gulf of Finland, while another powerful force Is lying off the Sound, the narrow"strlp of water be tween Sweden arid Denmark. Additional re-enforcemsnts nro being re ceived by the German Baltic fleet, which Indicates the German Admiralty feara that England will attempt to send a big fleet to the Baltic to aid the Itusslans. Tbo heavy naval losses sustained by the Germans evidently staggered them, as they had palpably underestimated tho morale of the Husslan sailors. PETnOOItAI). Oct. H. The gigantic' size of the German fleet operating In the Baltic was shown today by a statement given by the chief of the Itusslan nava staff. Count Capnlst. He gives the disposition of the German ships na follows: In the region of Tagablattl, the cruiser Moltke, two battleships cf the Kaiser type, sixty torpedoboats, Ave submarines and a senro of trawlers. In the 'region, of Suelosun and the Kor saary coast.' about lwe"hty destroyers, a number of schooners, coal ships and trans, parts. In the Gulf of Riga, four dreadnoughts of the Koenlg type, six armored crutr Utwo submarines and a great number of destroyers, torpedoboats and mine layers. At the entrance to the Gulf cf Finland, northwest of Daggerport. three battle cruiaerp. A II ttfS,BA Ajk.''' .. ..... l .. J . LIBERTY LOAN DAY CLIMAX IN MASS-MEETING Unofficial Total Mounts De spite Adverse Weather Conditions GREAT RALLY TONIGHT Tonight's Mass-Meeting for the Liberty Loan QPEAKERS Attorney (icncral O Tho Thomas W. Grceory. who will frive specific reasons for quick finan cial aid to Uncle Sam; -Major Wil liam A. GaiTctt, American railway commissioner to France, and Wil liam A. Glasgow, attorney. Tickets may be obtained nt nny of the newspaper offices or at Lib erty Loan booths. If you have not bought n bond, bring money with you, for you will bo convinced of tho absolute neces sity of such a purchase by figures and facts. Go early. Suhsorlpt'ons to the srennrt lsue of the Liberty I.nan In tho Philadelphia, or Third Federal Reserve District, havo reached tho ! 223.0no,onn mark, according to an unolll- cm I estimate given out today by tho Lib erty Loan executive committee. Although the patriotic parade and the demonstration In front of the Liberty Loan headquarters havo been postponed until tomorrow be cause of the rnln, the weather did not i dampen the enthusiasm for the Liberty ! Loan. Tonight there will be n monster mass meeting in the Academy of Music, at uhlch Attoriw General Thomas W. Gregory will be the principal speaker, and It has been hinted that ho will say something particu larly significant In his address. Other speakers will he Major William A. Garrett, American Railways Commissioner to France, and William "A.- "Glasgow. Tickets may bo procured at all newspaper olllccs nnd Libert)' Loan -booths. The campaign took a flying start today, ut.d the results of tho flrst few hours Indlcato that It will be a red-letter day for Uncle Sam's especial business In this connection. There Is n determined effort among all con cerned in the work to go the limit. Employes of the Bethlehem Steel Com p.iny hno subscribed for J3.ln0.00il worth of bonds. The Irehlgh Coal nnd Navigation Company took t3.ooo,ooo late this after noon, ind the Boy Scouts of Philadelphia have passed the $1,000,000 mark. Coatesvllle's prescribed quota of $1,2."0, 000 was surpassed todny when the Lukrns Steel Company, through Its president, A. V. Huston, announced a MibFcrlpthm of $1,000,000. OTHER BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS The Corn Exchange National Hank has received $1,300,000 worth of subscriptions from customers. A subscription of $10,000 has beert received from "On soldiers stationed nt Fort du Pont. Other large subscriptions received tndaji were from the Barnes & Tucker Coal Company, $!GO,nno. nnd the American Rillways Company fur $50.00p worth of bonds. Catholic churches through out the city to date have subscribed $2,500, 000 through tho women's committee. Subscriptions, largo and small, poured In upon the Liberty Loan committee today. Topping the list was the subhcrlption of" . W. Clark & Co. for $1,000,000. while the Ros3knm-Gerst!ey Company, with $225,000 ; the Philadelphia Electric Company, with $200,000. In addition to Its former subscrip tion, nnd tho Keystone State Construction Company, with $100,000, swelled the total. Group No. ! of the industrial and commer cial commltteo nlso reported an anonymous subscription eC $100,000. Armitt, Brown & Co. this afternoon re ported ii subscription of $100,000. Fourteen-year-old Paul F. Turner, of G 135 Woodbine avenue. Overbrook, a member of Continued on I'nce Nine. Column One MRS. BARLOW WINS ON SOGGY COURSE Plays Brilliantly, Reaching Bumm Golf Semifinals at Expense of Miss Chandler MISS CAVERLY ADVANCES By PETER PUTTER WHITEMARSH VALLEV COUNTRY CLUB Oc' 21. Under tho most wretched weather Imagin able, with a stiff wind blowing gusts of rnln Into Pielr faces, with a mild hailstorm to make matters even worse a s6oro of women played their mutches in the second' round of match play for the Belle Steelman Dunn Memorial Cup here today. Tho win ners wete Mrs. G. II, Stetson, who defeated Sirs. G 8 Munson; Miss Mildred Cnverly. who conqured Mrs, Blllsteln ; Mrs Ronald II. Bntiow, who triumphed over Miss Elea nor Chandler, and Mrs. Caleb F. Fox. Mrs. Price, who was to have played the cham pion, defaulted, so that Mrs. Fox was not 'rcM to ' The semifinals will be played tomorrow. The rain fell in n cloudburst Rt time, but from the moment the women left the first tee until tho matches were over there was no let-up to the rain. The wind at tlmo.i almost reached the velocity of a gale ttnd golf under these conditions was anything but pleasant. Miss Caverly In her match with Mrs, Blllsteln wag out on the difficult first nine In forty-five strokes, while Mrs. Stetson In her match played the first nine holes In forty-six. But It was Mrs, Harlow who played the rnosi exceiieni Drama or golf An? it I EXTRA P. R, T. CARS CRASH ON GERMANTOWK AVENUE BRIDGE NEAR CITY LINE Two trolley cars of the I'hilndplphia Rapid .Transit Company crushed into each otlier, sending one o'cr the Gcrmantown nvenu "jvitlgo ov.er WlstHihlckon Crefck near City Line late this afternoon. The drop from the bridge, which is a steel strucutcr with wooden flooring, ,! ten feet. Whether there were any deaths or injuries is not yet itnowii. FINED FOR ADVERTISING WITH 1-LAG NJGW YORK, Oct. 84. -L. M, Totter, fonnor Brooklyn alderman, wis fined $30 todny for using the American flag ns nn advertisement. Ho used tho emblem on -candy wrappers. COURT DIRECTS CLUB MEMBERS' REINSTATEMENT Court of Common "PIeah No. 2 today issued a peremptory man damus against the Manufacturers' Club directing that Bernard Wilm sen, who was suspended from membership several mouths ago, be reinstated. The suspension of Wllmscn grew out of sumo misun'dcr Standing ho had had with Charles Pilling', .1 fellow member of tho club. LUTHERANS AFFIRM LOYALTY TO UNITED STATES Revolutions affirming the loyalty of the Evangelical Lutneran Church of the Unltetld States and praying for the bucccss of American arms wero adopted this afteruon at tho conference, of tho church hero by an almost unanimous vote. The resolutions were followed by a prayer for success In the war by the Rev. Henry H. Roth, of Rcea villo, Pa. SOCIALIST HELD FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER "WASHINGTON', Oct. Sd. Paul Haffer. Socialist, who gained wide publicity when ho was found guilty of libeling tho memory of Oeorge Washington, was sentenced todny to ten months In the county Inil for failuro to register under the selective draft act. ,., PRO-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION IN ITALIAN CHAMBER ROME. Oct. ai.A rousini; pro-American nnd nntI-Socialis.t demonstration whb provoked in the Chamber of Deputies by Enrico Ferri, Socialist leader, today. In a speech drowned by the protest of ti.e entire chamber, escept the Socialists, Ferri declared ho doubted t u practical value of American intervention in tho war. In a ftr.sh the i:ttiro pro-Government bloc iu the chamber rose to Its leet denounc ing Ferri and shouting "Viva Italia, Viva America." WAR STAMP TAXES EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2 I WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roper announces that all stamp taxes embraced in the new war tax law of October 3 last take effect on December 1. JOHN WANAMAKElt HURT IN FALL Because of a Blight Illness and the Inclement weather, John Wnmimnker was unable to attend the convention of the Kvnngellcal Lutheran Church, which Is be ing held today nt the Zlon Church. Franklin Square. Mr. Wnnamaker denied state ments mntlc nt the convention thnt ho had broken his arm. Ho fell several days ago nt his homo In Jenklntown ami severely bruised his shoulder. The Injury will keep him Indoors several days. TEN GERMAN PRISONERS FLEE INTERNMENT CAMP ATLANTA, On., Oct. 24. Ten German prisoners two ctllcerH and eight sentnen members of Interned German ship crews, escaped from the prison barracks at Fort McPherson last night or early this morning, It was illhcdvered this morning when tho prisoners utwweied reveille. They were beljeved to be wearing their unlf6rms. Department of Justice ulllclals bean an Immediate Investigation. Detailed descrip tions of the men have l.crn wired to all parts of the country SNOW FAILS TO HALT PITTSBURGH'S BOND DRIVE PITTSBURGH, Oct. 21. Rain, which turned to a two-inch fall of slushy snow, thteatencd to spoil the Liberty Day program here. Another $10,000,000 was added to subscriptions within the lust twentv-four hours, placing the Liberty Bond total at $70,000,000, and today's drive is exp-oted to put It close to the $90,000,000 allotment. RUSSIA SEIZES CONTRABAND BOUND FOR GERMANY PETROGRAD. Oct. 21. Russian customs officials at Uleaborg, Finland, have seized seventeen sailing ships which were about to sail for Sweden with enormous quantities of contraband on board, It was learned here today. Tho supplies were ultimately to reach Germany. At Rclostroff, on the Russo-Finnlsh border, two trains with eighty carloads of contraband goods for Germany wero seized by the Russian officials. They Included metals, sugar, butter, melenlte and other nmeltera. U-BOAT SINKINGS EQUAL BRITISH SHIPBUILDING LONDON. Oct. 24. Admission that tho rate of building of British mercantile shipping is not yet any greater than Its rate of destruction by German submarines was made today In the House of Commons by Doctor McN'amuru, Ilnanclal secretary to the Admiralty. ROSE TREE MEET POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT OF STORM The Rose Tree Hunt meet, scheduled for today at Media, has been called off owing to the heavy rnln this morning. Today's schedule will he run off next Tuosday. PRESIDENT INVESTS $15,000 MORE IN LIBERTY BONDS WABHINGTON, Oct. 24. President Wilson has subscribed for $15,000 of the second Liberty Loan. Of the first Liberty Loan he took $10,000, P. It. R. PLANS TO LESSEN FREIGHT LOSSES The Pennsylvania Railroad, In a bulletin Issued to shippers today, gives. Instruc tions in regard to the packing of goods which, It. Is said, will result In the saving of $2,000,000 worth of freight every year. The bulletin says that the value of freight injured In transit has doubled since the war began. WOMAN POURS OIL ON FIRE; BADLY BURNED Mrs. BridBt JileEwan, sixty years old. 4 Burrs Court, was severely burned to day when coal oil she was pouring on the kitchen stovn flared up and lsnitod her Clothing, one was nipneu. v mo xiruinciuann fiurim y oergeani MWrunJ of tR viftaeiitfe m4 Vlfi IW1' !"r Mfttkm. I v ,,'HSWr,.-i.: Her ptmiw M friom. MICHAELIS HAS RESIGNED POST, LONDON HEARS Amsterdam Wireless Re ports Placing of Portfolio in Kaiser's Hands NOT CONFIRMED AS YET 4 pi f-rrjivi' , - JPsfyE m. WtW) ' . ,. .i.'iA' Wvk .-. .'..'m-u:.C!ss8:fi PR. GEORG MICHAELIS A wireless dispatch received today in London from Amsterdam asserts that the German Chancellor has "placed his portfolio in tha Kaiser'u hands." LONDON. OOt. 21. A wireless press niespnge rri-'lvod today from Amsterdam nsiertu" that Chancellor fotcliaells had "placed his portfolio In t Kaiser's hands." Thfl wireless press noiy was not con firmed from other sources The opposition to Chanrrlln- JLrhaells has been growing steadily dur'ng recent months in Oo-mimy. It Matted with the effort of the majority .Socialists to obtain some definite statement of Oitrm'nny's war aim mil gn-w m re fniinld.b?e When Ml chaclls e tided and ducked the Issue, l( leached n-vrlsia when Mirhnells and Ad-' tnltal. .vo-i Cnpelle. Minister of .Marin, ppriirg tiii news of tho Herman naval mu tiny l:t wliat Socialists sunn saw was a' tilck to ;rn!ti a weapon by which MIcliaella nnd his Junket He. supporters could cru.ih libera Is.ii In Oermany. Within the laM few weeks Rerl'.n re pail have Indicated the my.terlaus prej epeo there of Prince vrn IJuelnw formerly Chancellor, .mil have cotipied bit confer ences with.hlgh officials v. it:i the report that the CliaiiCAllursh.ii was again to be ottered him. DEMANDS OF SOCIALISTS BECOME MORE INSISTENT AMSTKROAM Oct. 24. Renewed ptcssure ngain-t Dr Ooorgs Mlchaells, the Herman Chancellor, has fol lowed a secret rr-.ucui f the leaders of the Ilelc'iitag majority parties, and demands fir his retirement are becoming mare and nore Insistent, according to advlceJ from Vrlin today. The Vossl -che Ze'tung Is quoted as saying at tho uec ity for further changes In the Herman cabinet Is now recgnlzed on ..very hand. An thcr telegram nyn that the Socialists, through Deputy Philip Scheldcmann hava Fervod nn "u.tlinatum" demanding the re tirement of the Chancellor. The Ka?or,ti-ho Is giving his personal at tention to the pollt cal sltuntlon. In Oer many. has not reached nny final decision, .ut Is expected to d.i so w.thln the next few day. GERMANS WITHOUT HOPE, SAYS U. S. SWISS MINISTER I WASHINCTON. Oct. U. The lnpelcsne-s of a Herman victory Is felt by tin Kascr's subjects, eve-i In th army, according to P. A. Stovall, Cnlted Sfntes M'.n'xter to Switzerland, who visited he White House todny. "Oermany's social, military and economla rondltion is becoming rtendlly warse, Stova'l sa'.d. "I don't know whether tht collapse 'yiii come-In tho army or behind the lines, but I believe It Is Inevitable." Switzerland Is playing her neutral rot admirably, according to Stnyall, although lie country Is filled wlih German propa gnndlsts. . 6 M.1- i iMmWA. 1 HSf-k If1 TWO AUTOS, FOUR CARS IN CRASH; 12 INJURED Wife of Trade Commissioner Colvcr Among Tho3e Hurt in Washing- . ton Accident W.VSHIVHTOV. '' -MM-ft w. a Co'ver. wife of Federal Trad Commis sioner Colvcr. was knocked unconscious thin- afternoon when hr autoiiobl'o cnlT n lifted with a motorcar driven by Mrs. B. N. Hurley, wife of the chairman, pf tbt y.t United States Shipping Board. ..U, Js. Four trolley cars figured in th ernaV ' nlso, with a total list of twelve persons. In.--jured. Mrs. Colver'a Injuries are not acrloW THE WEATHER . FOItECAST tfa. For I'httndelpMa, rjtid vtctnilu: Ciga inp and much colder tonight: Thvii&av'' partlv cloudy and colder; stronp tipf(A) ertv tclndJ tonlnht. becomlito tnoieraU ' Thurtduy. . ifc ,.". '; M lf lU.tll . v -,. .li UflU lf-(FtfV tcy; Knfn aiid colder toulaht; rhurl$W partly cloudy, and roldr: moderate iiorfju xccit valet tonight, dlnnlxilnq ThUrnidu, I.KNCiTH OF WW . " Sunrlei 6S0 m. i Sun sit .aa58n.,i, CHKUTNCT 8THKRT "V"B Law wtr Si?! n. l llwrter ill"? p lllhwHrr..sMa. m. J Mla.Vi,ier M Kj Tj'rTi2iT?n;"C r. . . .rjr- irr- v- . , j rf4-ifii it.r "i ? . . r
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