a$i ::'' mV CTORIAL .093b iHttytT 'V itimtmg FINAL SECTION PAGES 20,21, 22 ta""4 J - IV. NO. 36 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917 CnriitanT, 101T, m Tnu Folio Ledoeb CouriNt PRICE TWO CENTS fCADORNA'S LINE PIERCED; 1 r E DOLLARS TALK IN WAKE OF OLD LIBERTY BELL Parade for New Loan Brings Money March to U. S. Coffers $275,000,000 RAISED HERE FRENCH AGAIN ADVANCE fams press IHEAD; ENEMY NEARRETKEAT petahVs Army Extends Gams on i-.aon Front SrrMANS LINES GIVlli WAI AUAliN Amv nazes Viiiuua i" I0UC1"J preparation lor Anotner 'Strategic' Ketiremem Lilians quit menin t SSeualion of Flanders Town Begun, Dispatches from Amsterdam Assert LONDON, Oct. 25. jfnother unsuccessful German coun :.u.A south of Houthoulst wood ' reported today by Field Marshal JM. The assault came aucr aruncry wpiration ycsieruaj ouhub. " - Cmui completely," according to the fjHtish commander-in-chief. I PARIS, Oct. 25. SGaieral Petain's victorious poilus firove further forward toward Laon todiy, , Rapture of Roscy Farm and advance efthe French line to new forward posi tions between Chavignon and Montdes Mtes were announced in the War Of- li'ft statement. iTarther to the loft, orv the Chcmin )amesj advances were rcportca Cemv-cn-Laonnpis. fennany is believed to be preparing mother "strategic retreat," botn i tltnAers and from around the region irtheMitest French victory north of rfcAisne. An Amsterdam dispatch received to- r lays civilians are reported cvacuat- the town of Menin, southeast of pres. Tht Paris nrcss today asserted tnai rfwh Aitntnra flulnc nvpr the Laon BeCtOr .Kported evidences of the German plan of lltitn villages and trees which preceded jtti famous "strategic retreat" on the Arras vbmbral line last spring Trees have been ftlkiand villages destroyed In what would em to be the path of the French advance towird laon Everywhere great activity it the German "destruction corps"' was ietn. 1 The victory of General Pctaln's poilus, 'which, oddly enough, fell on the annlver uij of the recapture of Fort Douaumont 'it Verdun, caused an outburst of rejoicing &" "it Is impossible to overestimate the Im Jortince of this battle In Its relation to ear final success," said Le Statin today. The victory Bounds a daathknell to the Geraun hope of retaining the Chemln-des-Pmes." ffETery report that came from the Alsne ifrjnl today emphasized the magnitude of jWjTlctory. So badly shattered was the p,rman army south of Laon that It could mIIv Via niiHtii nttnnlrn lint unant all nf AlWnesday bombarding the French posl . AU of the newly won ground has Hen consolidated by the French troops, M they have been busy Blnce Tuesday Wbt removlnir bootv from the irreat cavern lftres .formerly held by the Germans. plhe number of German prisoners taken l V TA L 1 1 I .... 1 -. t-.u? cream HUH ituw ueejl iiiuicubcu iu JwW 9009, while seventy-UN e guns of all ittllber wpm lni.1iiHi.rl In itin hrtntv jiVeiiln, from which the clll population m wen ordered, according to tne Amqter o report. Is approximately eleven miles jieutheait of Vpres, and Is about six miles from where the lltlitlnc front Is now lo oted after General Haig's most retfent Uyconaes. The town la one of the general WettUes of the British drive Some of m mot bitter fighting of the Flanders ywlsn has centered astride the Ypren fttin highway and railroad. The town Is M'the main line railroad from Lille to wuna, which Is one of the arteries of Ger Jufi communications to the submarine jMw on the coast. A civilian evacuation -would seem to Indl- Mta etthP f... 1... tk. r!A.a.. arm.. f 5sl11' Immediately around the city or a g" vi retreat. Pg increase in world CORN AND OATS CROPS Kl Wheat. T?VP Rnrlav nnA Pico However, Reports Rome Agri cultural Institute KWAStrrvTrtpmsM, -. .- . . . titer iCrCp on,y sI18ht'y mr than half of -. iiu reuueea worm crops or wneai, wley and rice were reported by the - icmauonai institute or Agriculture, .lJOVf.rnn.an --.... x.i . W. -"""" tiuM cuina.ie Dureau an fwaced today. Big Increases In world corn -- vroaucuon mis year were re- KtT' "owever- . : Wregate wheat erop of the prln- ..-.u tounines, exclusive of Russia, " liven as 1.77K nnn nnn hii.h.u -- r - I fit of the average for five years. The Continuation of the Story RASPUTIN Devil or Saint? by the m Catharine Radzlwlll ,) printed on Pige 21 i SAILORS IN LIBERTY LOAN PARADE 1 1 '.. "M." 'ii i irrtHifc ' tdL -'T-t ' : A 4?" '...'.'""' - - --y Y4-.A A. . r -"-. r .oJ UaVxiju.ViVA A J. - J. J. j-.r . i, , . -W rtf ' ll. ZVtR .i .t. t S. . .u. 4uui.Aa'u.v,VA A. . j. jr ht-.-w i -liniM .-maajC. I'M I HI li mM i'i nvw tf ulW4 ' ! i Philadelphia's millionaiies, its working people and its orphaned waitls to the number of several thousands backed up Uncle Sam's bluejackets and marines today in the city's Liberty Loan turnout on Market and Broad streets. The sailors from Philadelphia Navy Yard, comprising part of the first division, are shown marcliing west on Market street. PALMER WILL WIDEN ENEMY SEIZURE RULE Decides to Take Over Hold ings of Bulgars, Turks and Austrians REGARDED AS ENEMIES WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. All holdings of subjecwof Bulgaria. Turkey and Austria In the United States will be sefzed, together with Cermans' prop erty. A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, announced today. Talmer's decision regards Bulgaria. Tur key and Austria as enemies, although the United States has neer formally declared war against the three allies of Germany. Ills ruling followed a series of conferences ,ith Treasury Department umtmio, i vhlchhe scoype of the tradlng-wlth-the-Tnemv act was carefully studied. nulearla Turkey and Austria have vast stores of war supples In the United States, stores 01 " ' ot the German prop e?tySewUl be Bdd86and used against the Kafs'er Austrian capitalists are especially i?int.ii hv Palmer's new ruling The dl aft,C nHa fm their investment, also will hL ?Srned ovr to he Treasury Department investment In I"'ure Llberty Loans' -for.' Snt U expected shortly of , ifSwho will enforce the act In all ihe pdndpal Industrial and shipping centers "e6 OeUrman embassy here, despite the . .Inn. it rests on "German territory," tan taken over by A. Mitchell Palmer, will be taken mer , rtCi hi Rented and the rental turned Into lV Tluury Department. The trading th,h enemy law is interpreted to In wlth the enemy i aw remained Idle slnCnfvoVrnstcrff and his party returned to Germany. REPORT VILLA IN ACTION Rumored Preparing to Attack Parral and Chihuahua City s.tt tjaro Tex.. Oct. 25. A mining com VS'nTv received a report from Par- p i,.V Pranctaco Villa, at the head of Lthani camped along the Wo Florida idthrenat.n.S attack Parra. and Chi- huTjJ"eCpori"S.o alleged that Vila, after raWIngeveral small hamleb, wuth of Pr- atf aW Jha men of hi. nd to carry , ' . .1' ' N -'". '" 7V iV!, I mk TOWN MEETING PARTYSUESCITY COMMISSIONERS Asks Court to Compel Print ing of Candidates' Names in Three Wards "IMPUDENT VARE TRICK" Tho Town Meeting party late this after noon brought mandamus proceedings In the Court of Common Pleas No. 3 beforo Judge Dala to compel the County Com missioners to print the names of Its can didates in tho Seventeenth, Twenty-sixth and Thirtieth Wards on the ballot for tho offlcUl election. Tho writ will be argued next Monday morning. The action followed the announcement of the County Commissioners this morn ing that when double sets of nomination papers are filed tho names will not be printed on tho ballot. Tho affidavits of tho Town Meeting party, which were filed by Paul Hellly, allege that the second Bets of papers In these wards were filed by Vato worker long .iftc r the candidates of the Town Meeting party had fllul theirs. In a statement Issued at the headquar ters of the Town Meeting party the action of the County Commissioners Is declared to be "a particularly Impudent effort on the part of the County Commissioners In collusion with the Vare-Smtth combina tion to make use of palpable fraud to de prive the citizens ot these wards of an opportunity of voting an honest and Inde pendent ticket "It is a clear effort to elect the gang ticket In these wards by remoWng all opposition to It, und It will be fought to the full extent of the legal recourse open to the Town Meeting party " RULING DENTS VARE ATTACK Judge DaVIs made a big dent In the Vare Smlth" case against the Town Meeting party's nomination papers today when he ruled that an affiant vouching for the signers of a nomination petition need not Know all of the signers, provided that tho five affiants collectively know all of the signers to be qualified electors. The ruling, considered ery Important by the defense, came during the testimony of Howard Klatz, a salesman, of 2141 West Susquehanna avenue, who was one of the five who signed the affidavit vouching for a nomination petition containing seventy seven names. Klatz, under questioning by William Connor, the 50-60 ticket's attorney, CeMaMdMj raf!X7.t,(Celuaut Zw TEUTON ALLIES PIERCE ITALIAN LINE ON IS0NZ0 Austro - Germans Break Through Defenses on East Bank BATTLE CARRIED TO WEST SLOPES Enemy Checked at Monte San Gabriele, Rome War Office Reports KAISER'S BIG GUNS AID Infantry Attacks Preceded by Violent Artillery Preparation on Eighteen-Mile Front ROME, Oct. 25. Austro-Gorman troops broke through the Italian lines to the left of the Isonzo, today's ofllcial statement an nounced. ' To the west of Volnik, on the western slope of Monte Sant Gabriele, the enemy was checked, the War Office stated. The Teutonic gains, it was explained, were achieved by the enemy taking ad vnntnge of the bridgehead positions at San Maria and San Lucia, south of Tolmino. In violent fighting the Austro-Gorman troops, carried the battle to the slopes of the right bank of the Isonzo. Every dispatch from the front em phasized the great concentration of German and Austrian forces on the whole of tho attacking front a sector of approximately eighteen miles. Tho infantry attacks were preceded by n violent artillery preparation, mostly by heavy German guns. 10,000 ITALIANS TAKEN PRISONERS IN ATTACK BERLIN, Oct 25. Ten thousand prisoners, including a brigade and dMslomil staff of the Italian army, hae already been captured In the Austro-Gcrman drhe on the Izonzo, the War Office announced today. "Much rich booty has also been taken," tho statement afcsertcd. Tho positions captured, tho War Office said, aro situated on Bteep mountain slopes barring the roadway to the surrounding alley They were scaled and captured by Teuton troops desplto desperate Italian re sistance The War Office statement on the opera- tlons ngalnst the Italians Is the first to come from this source since the entry of Italy into the war. Great masses of concentrated guns of olg caliber began bombarding the Italian positions in the Julian Alps and along the upper Ioonzo on Sunday Increasing to great Intensity. Fog and snow flurries at times hampered the work ot observation, but tho guns were kept thundering up to the hour for tho attack. The grand nsBault was launched simul taneously nil along a. fiont of twenty miles, nnd, despite the stiff resistance of the Ital ian warriors, the Germans occupied a num ber of first-line trench systems The pre liminary bombardment of the German and Austro-Hungarlan .artillery used large quantities of a new gas shell against the Italians At latest reports the battle was continuing. A London cablegram on Monday quoted Rome udices as saying that the Germans and Austro-Hungarlans were massing rein forcements of men and guns on the Italian Continued on I'aae Tour Column Two RESENTS REFLECTIONS UPON RUSSIA'S ARMIES Slav War Minister Declares Country's Forces Will Fight on to Final Victory PnTROGRAD. Oct 25. "He who iaH that the Russian nrmv no longer exlBts utters a lie." declared General Verk hosky. Minister of War, In a speech before the grand preliminary Parliament of the Russian Republic today. He added that the Russian army, when discipline Is completely restored, can be looked upon to do Us duty and to fight to final victory. The War Minister has submitted a spe cial measure to deal with disaffection Spe clal tribunals will be established which must act upon all cases of Insubordina tion within twenty-four hours after charges are made From the tribunals the cases will go to the commanders. M, Savlnkoff, former acting Minister of War, was expelled from the Socialist rev olutionary party today. He had been sum moned before the central committee to make certain explanations but failed to ap pear. Premier Kerensky Is leader of the So cial revolutionary party. City Treasurer's Statement The weekly statement of City Treasurer William McCoach shows that the receipts amounted to $138,663 4! and the payments to 1989.249.26. which, with the sum on "hand, not Including the Sinking Fund Ac count, leayes a balance, of 2t,C61,li.23. HIT THE HUN! America set a new record yesterday for Liberty Loan subscribers. Did you buy a bond? If you did, buy another today. If you didn't, buy several. Only Two Days More to Buy Liberty Bonds Philadelphia must subscribe $190,000,000 more by Saturday. It's up to you to do your part. GET BUSY! QUICK FOOTBALL SCORES Q'T'NP. JKS, 0 0 0 7 7 C'NTRT VK. O SOCCER 1 1 a 0 2 a CENTRAL tt GEH-'IANTOWN H FRANCE GE1S ANOTHER $20,000,000 LOAN FROM D. S. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Another loau of !?ao,000,000 to Pruncu was extended by the United States Govcriiineut today. Tills briuga l'rauce'a total up to !8lO.OOO,000 unci the totuls lor nlJ rfc.. Allies to i?3,820lOO,000 LUTHERAN BODIES IN U. S. SANCTION MERGER Union of tut millions of I.utlieuinu hi the Untiud Sutsv m one body, by merging tilt General Council, Gent ml Synod auutiie UuiteJ Synod ot tho Suub into an urisiniUuliun to hv knuwa aj tile fllta Lutheran Cauri'h in' Amorlcn. wau uimiuinouly ai3procci';u a re.-o hiHou by tlw rouYWrtioii of tlit Genial Council ot' tho Evaneollcol LuHn-iun Cluuth, IncludWix ilvlefraicL from every tato la tau Union in tiie Vrtlinipon- Building lute today. GERMAN SPY SUSPECT SHOT r (!AMP GBEENE, Charlotte, IJ. (J., Oct. yi. I'rUderlct BeethoveJ, IHiuve'i to bo a German srv, vriti sliol asra luto today ly a. prcrvot' yunrtf w.Uils r,ro?liag about tht cumv He lut been cnli&tod uad d'j z'.rtc::. He !:. xpsctd to re'soer DECISION WITHHELD IN PASSENGER RATE HEARING No decision wao reached today In tho hearing In the protest case against the rates of the Philadelphia nnd Western Railroad, held befoie Michael J. Ryan, mem ber of the Public Service Commission, In City Hull. Haloid S. Schertz represented tho complainants, which Included civic nnd improvement associations of Brookline, Ardmore. Hecchwood, Nonlstown und tho Philadelphia nnd Western Commuters' Association. , GERMANS BOMB NANCY; FRENCH BAG 25 PLANES PARIS, Oct. 25. Twenty-five enemy ulrplanes wcie brought down by the French on Wednesday alone, todny's official statement unnounced. Nancy was he object of another German air raid, but without any victims PADEREWSKI, POLISH PIANIST, PLANS NATIVE ARMY WASHINGTON, Oct 23 Ignace Paderewski, noted Polish pianist, wants to recruit 150.000 Poles In the United States to fight for Polish Independence. Ho has tried to obtain permission from the War Department to rnlly these men, none of whom Is a citizen l) to tho present, he has been unsuccessful. Paderewski has expressed the opinion to various olllclals with whom he has come Into contact here that tho people of Poland hae no desire for a freedom gained through an alliance with Germany and that his people have no confidence In Russia They want tu play a lone hand, he declares. SUNSET DIVISION VANGUARD REACHES NEW YORK NRW YORK, Oct. 25 The vanguard of the "Sunset Division," which will bo composed of 28,000 men, nil from points west of the Mississippi Rler, began nirlv Ing In camp near New York toda. The first airltaW weie tho 145th and l'"th Artil lery regiments. They enmo In on nlnet Pullman tars, their equipment being tar ried on thirty-four freight cars. Theso units were transferred from Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. Nearly every State west of the Mississippi 1h represented in tho "Sunset Division." COLONEL "TEDDY" TAKES STUMP FOR MITCHEL NEW YORK. Oct 25. Colonel Roosevelt Joined Major Mltchel's campaign Hituad today. Roosesclt will speak at fle Mltchel rallies, beginning October 29 and cover ing the last week of tho campaign. SEEK GAS AND FLAME NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Gas nnd flame fighters for the United States army are sought in New York today. Tho recruiting officers assured applicants they would be In Franco before Thanksgiving day. NAME WINTER QUARTERS FOR REGULAR REGIMENTS WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. Winter charters for the jegular ainiy regiments now being expanded In northern camps were designated by the War Department today The troops now at Syracuse, N. A, and Gettysburg, Pa., are to be moved to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N C. One regiment ot regulars now stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah, are to be moved to the National Army cantonment at Des Moines, Iowa, and the remainder of tho post are to be sent to Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark. One bat talion of Infantry now at Fort Snelllnjr, Minn , will be sent to the regular army post at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Only tho troops that havo no wooden barracks .for winter use are to be transferred, the War Department announced today. IOWA VILLAGERS CHANGE THEIR MINDS; BUY BONDS MANILA, Iowa, Oct. 25. Almost every man In Asplnwall, a small village near here Inhabited mostly by Germans, owns a Liberty Bond today, and thosewho do not are under Investigation by Federal authorities. After attempts to hold a Liberty Bond meeting nt Asplnwall had been frustrated through tho alleged unfriendliness of the townspeople, seventy-five citizens of Manila Invaded the town, closed the stores and obtained subscriptions for almost the entire amount of the town's, quota. NEWS O- 0 SCORKS SO. PH1LA. H PEDAGOGY . O 1 1 o y y FIGHTERS FOR U. S. ARMY Great Outpouring of People's Cush Follows Patriotic Proces sion Headed by Ancient Relic Monev talked today N'ay. It fairly sang as bullets sing It did more. It paraded, throwing doun the gantlet to the Hun In a challenge unmistakable In Its determina tion Money, which we have been told for weeks nnd weeks, will win the war against bar barism, spoke today In terms of the $275, 000,000 that Philadelphia has already con tributed to the Liberty Loard and It spok In teimq of the millions more that she In tends to contribute; that she must con tribute "Make tho day ominous for the Kaiser." It was Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo who gne the slogan Delayed by yesterday's weather. Phila delphia demonstrated today with an enthusl asm that amounted to a patriotic fervor Just how ominous she enn make this, and every succeeding dnv, until "finis" shall havo been written to tBc Teuton menace. They brought the Hell out for tho parade. There Is only one bell for nn occasion Ilk this tho Liberty Hell. Lovingly It was lifted from its sacred sh.-ine yesterday and guarded with reerent care through the night Today embowered In leaves It led the parade once moro doing service In behalf of n people bent on being free. Thousands had assembled In Independence Square to tako part an marchers or spectators In ths gigantic demonstration SlLi:.NT SPELL OF OLD BELL Onco moro that nnclent cracked object of brass worked Us magic spell and tightened with emotion the throats of all who beheld It Aurned by Its Incomparable tradition, the most cherished symbol of a people who Willi not lle If they cannot be free, the Liberty Bell was none the less potent because of Its awesome silence. Rut doubtless could It hae rung out as It did of ynro It would have mixed with the triumphs of Its peals the supplication: "Give. gle, gle' Give ns your fore fathers gac Oh i? until you feel the pinch of giving. And then give I" Men, women and children who have bought and who will buy until the last penny Is gone, If necessary, made today's parado tho uplifting. Inspiring, soul-ttlr-rlng demonstration that It was. On and on, wave "after wave, a surging, rnaijsjof everybody bankers, bollermakers, ""'"hews bojs. sailors, mailnen, society women, working women. Boy Scouts and school children they came. Many who had thought to stnnd In the sidelines were swept Irresistibly Into the parade, caught by the contagion of the overwhelming' necessity to give patriotic expression to the . profound conviction that dohars will win the war. Regiments of dollars were represented by tho marchers Many of them have worked untiringly for the success of the loan, buy ing bonds up to tho hilt meanwhile. All icnllzcd that this was lAit the beginning. All realized that Germany, which has sub scribed to eighteen billions of dollars in seen loans In thren jears of the war. must be drhen back, dollar for dollar, man for man, If necessary to make the world a llva- Continued on Tare Two. Colamn Ons MRS. FOX BEATEN BY MRS. BARLOW City Champion Eliminated in Bumm Golf Semifinal at Whitemarsh by 1 Up MRS. STETSON IN FINAL CHESTNUT HI LI Pa . Oct. IS. Mrs Ronald II. Barlow, of Merlon, and Mrs. O. Henry Stetson, of Huntingdon Val ley, qualified for the final round of the Belle Steelman Bumm Memorial Cup at the Whitemarsh Vallej Country Club today. Mrs Harlow defeated Mrs Caleb F. Fox, of Huntingdon Valley 1 up, and Mrs Stet son defeated Miss Mlldien Caverly, of the Philadelphia Trliket flub, 3 up and 2 to pla The niatt.li between Mrs Barlow and Mrs Fo was tho more exciting, and It .Mrs Fox had been able to putt the match might lme had a different ending At It was. Mrs Barlow won on the Inst hole one up On tho flist hole Mrs Fox missed putts for a win In four and on the fifteenth and eighteenth holes she misled putts that she should 1iae made easily. On the other hand, on the sixteenth she holed out with her approach the ball run ning up the hill nearly into the rough and then down again Into the hole At the end of four holes Mrs Fox waB two up, but on the fifth she put her tee shot into the creek and then put two out of bounds and gae up the hole. On the sixth she put her drixc out of bounds and lost with a six to a fixe ' The peenth was halved In sixes, but for the first time during tho tournament Mrs. Barlow plaen tne seenm wen ana won with a six. and a seven Mrs. Barlow misted the green on the ninth and took a four to Mrs Fox's three and the match was square at the turn Mrs. Fox won the tenth with a six to a seven, but on the eleventh Mrs. Barlow had a fine six to a seven, only to lose the tw'elfth Continued on i'RKe Fifteen Column One THE WEATHER roitncAST Vor Philadelphia and Vicinity: Partlu cloudv and continued cool tonight and Friday; vioderate tce$terlu u-inds. For eastern Pcnntilvania and NV-tc Jw sev: Fair tni0ht and rrldav; not much change In temperature, fresh west tcind. I.ENC1T1! or nY Bun rlMf .Q--1 a m. I Sunsets . S;0Sd. m. DEUVWAHB KIVER TIIIK CUAN0E8 "CHESTNUT STJtBET T.or water S 48 m ILovrwuttr .4:05 p. m. HUhwatVr tH m. Xlsh w.r .:jSp.3: .Tiaii'iaiATtsB Jir mn suns "ri'PlJoj .Hi "!-"' gl .'. W' - $? n v. a J t .;