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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917
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WAR BOND SALE HERE
P0ILUS' DASH
WINS ALL OF
AISNE CREST
French Victory in "Battle of
Caverns" Drives Foe
From Ridge
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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 $T.il0 J3.00 J2.30
ijoreas. 10 l-arrinitton 4.40 2.0
Kohlnoor. DS. ltowan 2.70
Tim.. 1:43 4.,,
SIXTH ItACE, 1A miles:-
Pr(vrth, 112, nice 112.00 J4.no J3.40
"rather Jonathan. Oil. Itownn 3.70 3.40
Etmont, inn, Haynes 0.20
Tlraa, 1:00 4.,.
Latonia Results
,'BSf ItACE. nurse 1800, maldeiCthree-year-
t!j n? on. mile and 70 yurds:
y;int, ino, Morys ...JR.40 l..00 1.1.80
"-ior. .112. Connelly 2.00
.ill)!' Uf'i- ,.Vr'".1")"' , pertery. Southern
A,r'!A AC .lY.""v 1'olaskl. Cuneo. Tours,
- at.&CS.P?". Thruah also ran.
ntSSP?N.n..nArK. furlonsa:
E,l,n It.. 108. Durach 4 40 a so
fiL'i 5. xnhu.:: :::: :... alio
. Tllllin HACE. n furloncs:
l!.ralSlniln,::J V0"" JS.10J2.2O out
l,r"l, 110, Qrntry 2.40 out
.'" K?,:r,l 07. Barrett.'. .... .... SSt
...i'RTII ItAt'B. I furlones:
0i hV"' .'PI' Jjderls..J10.40 JT.20 JS.flO
a W .W'..''. ' rump 0.10 .3.10
V r-ii--' M,nk -60
.VIFTH IlACK.'mll and 70 varda:
JiV.A-.V" .T
.fiiiTJil'..''..1''. arner,...ja,30 J.1.10 J2.00
'Kil'n'olfi' - "4. Kedrla
3.40
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TV l:4liaW"ra
3.30
Home Gucrd Reorganization Planned
wTK ?r" " "nR ot hp delegates of the
Jhlladelphla Home Defense Reserve was
t$i 'n Rom 25. Ctj Hall, lato today.
WIH William II. Mills presided, The
l $ "'J8' t0 PrIc' P'an for reorganlra.
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The Continuation of tho Story
RASPU&N
Devil or Saint?
by the
Hfacee Catherine Xachiicill
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MICHAELIS HAS
RESIGNED POST,
LONDON HEARS
Amsterdam Wireless Re
ports Placing of Portfolio
in Kaiser's Hands
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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. .
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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 '
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tcy; Knfn aiid colder toulaht; rhurl$W
partly cloudy, and roldr: moderate iiorfju
xccit valet tonight, dlnnlxilnq ThUrnidu,
I.KNCiTH OF WW . "
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