'EVENING LEDaER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1017 . f- EDISON STUDIES . DEFENSE AT SEA Spends Ten Weeks on Ocean Perfecting Plan to De feat U-Boat URGES BOND PURCHASES ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 25. Thomas A. Kdlson, veteran Inventor, has pent the last ten weeks on the high seas, striving to perfect some means of defeating the submarine, lit laboratories announced today. He Is now back "somewhere In America," with the results of his studies and experiments. First news that the electric wizard had carried his search to the seas ai made In a brief statement by William Maxwell, vice president of Thomas A. Edison, Inc , nd general manager of the musical phono graph department today. It was In coneC tlon with a stirring appeal to the American people, written by Edison himself, that they lsuy Liberty Uonds. Edison' Liberty Bond appeal, received at his plant from "somewhere In America," where Edison Is now working, read One hundred and forty-ono jean ago our forefathers fought for less than we are fighting for today We have mado heroes of the men who fought to make this country free and have branded as cowards and traitors tho men who refused to fight. Posterity will grant similar Judgment on the men and women who do not do their duty now and who aro creating a heritage of shame for their children and their chil dren's children Germany's place In tho sun means nothing short of world domination Every Liberty Bond jou buy this week Is a message from ou to the Kaiser that his ambition to conquer the world can not be realized (Signed) EDISON. Prior to reading the Ed Hon message, Maxwell said "If there Is any man In this country today who typifies the spirit of 1776 tint man Is Thomas A Edison seventy jcirs old last February He has been giving very moment of his time to the Govern ment "He has been on tho high seas working day and night for America wherever his duty has taken him tirelessly, under all conditions Sometimes his assistants In the laboratory or on tho seas with him have complained, but he has replied to them Sou can stand It If I can "Think of If A man seventy jears old retting the pace for joung m-n ' Edison has been so busy on special Government Work that until now he hasn't had time to urge purchase of Llbertj Bonds, although he has purchased every dollar's worth he can aflord " Maxwell would not further dlcuss Edi son's absence 'on the high eas or whether the Inventor has perfected an anti-submarine device He did sa however, that during the ten weeks Edison was at sea he was never seasick, although frequently his assistants were so overcome that they wanted to get ashore. It was believed from the fact that Edl con's sea vojage was announced as ended and from strictest reticence at the Edison plant today as to his whereabouts, thit the Inventor had probably found the anti cubmarlne weapon for which he has been searching U.S.SHIP IN FOUR-HOUR BATTLE WITH U-BOAT Seven of American Vessel's Crew Wounded, Two of Them SeriOusly PARIS, Oct 25 With seven of her crew wounded, two seriously. In battle with n U-boat, an American steamship nrrlvcd today at a French port The battle lasted nearly four hours. . , . Tho timely arrival of an American de stroyer alono. saved the ship from being sent to tho bottom ... .. , A few hours after the vessel had entered the danger zone a lookout sighted a sub marine on the port bow. but before he had time to report Its presence the submarine fired a shot which missed the stern of the shin bv a few yards The captain Immedl ate'y seM om a' wireless call for nstance The gun crews of the two vessels then began to exchange shots The chief gunner of the steamship opened flro at a range of 9000 yards but all the shots fell short The submarine kept maneuvering to keep out of the range of the ship's guns, at the same time maintaining a running fire In an effort to disable them The merchant sh p. after altering Its course, started at full speed In an ittcmpt to escape The stubbornness of the battle is Indi cated by the fact that the submarine fired 234 shots at the steamship, which responded with more than 260 shots After the fight had continued for about two hours and severnl shots had struck the ship, wounding four men ona shell hit the vessel and exploded In thoenglnc room putting; the engines out of commission ami rendering the ship helpless The German commander then appro iched nearer and the submarine continued to rain shells upon tho tiisabled craft Teuton Allies Break Throughjsonzo Line Continued from Page One front and that an offensive against the Ital ians on a major scale was Imminent RIGA LINE STRIPPED FOR DRIVE ON ITALY UNA GRANDE 0FFENSIVA ALLA FR0NTE ITALIANA L'Austrla Impotente a Fronteg- glare gll Italian! ha Chiesto Aiuto alia Germania PARLIAMENT MAY EXILE FORMER CZAR'S FAMILY Patrograd Report Says "Tobolsk Inci dent" Led to Dis cussion PETROGRAD, Oct 25 Ex-Czar Nicho las and his family may be exiled from Rus sian soil The Bourse Gazette stated to day that It has learned from an authorita tive source that, at a secret sitting of the Grand Preliminary Parliament of the Rus sian Republic it considered the question f deporting the Romanoff family During the discussions, it was slid the Tobolsk incident was freely debated The "Tobolsk Incident ' vas explained In a cablegram from Petrograd on Tuesday An Immense crowd gathered In front of the gates of the Tobolsk Monaster! In which the former Czar and his famll) nre living, and, on bended knees tang a Te Ileum for the ex-ruler. LONDON Oct 23 Direct connection between the German retirement on the Riga front and the German-waged Austrian offensive en the Ital ian front was seen bv obcrvers here to day Germany has now stripped her lines facing the Ruslans to the thinnest point of which thej are capable In order to an swer the frantic appeals of her ally and grant aid against Italj Berlins customarll sweeping claims of the uccess of the A ustrr German drive on the Balnslzza plateau were not borne out by Italian dispatches The latter ndmltted the strength or tne drive inu auneu mat was under German direction, with German troops and German guns and munitions at the head, but added nothing supporting the German claim of ' thousands of prisoners " Complete confidence was exprcsed In the Italian defense In tills connection recent dispatches were recalled detailing how British and French re-enforcements In men, guns and material were on their tij to the Italian front J For two months Vienna has been clamor ing for German aid to eae the unjieldlng Italian menace toward Trieste and Laibach In the face of successive blcws ngiinst Aus tria's military prestige Inflicted by Ca dorna's offensive, the peace sentiment has grown so steadily In the dual empire as to alarm Emperor Carl and the German mili tary machine Evidently It was felt the onlv wa this could be combated was to produce news showing Teutonic strength Therefore. Germany Is diverting some of her precious man-power and munitions to aid of her ally ROMA, 25 Ottobre. Un comunlcato uftlctale annunzla la con centrailono dl conslderevoll forze nemlche alia fronts Itallana, alio scopo dl Inlzlare una poderosa offenslva contro lo poslzlonl occupatc dalle truppo del generate Cadorna. Dette forze In larga proporzlone sono te descho cd It materials da guerra Impiegato e' In gran parto provenlento dalla Ger mania Fcco II testo del comunlcato del generate Cadorna, pubbllcato lerl dal Mlnistero delta Guerra Itallano: II nemlco ha concentrato conslderevotl forze alia nostra fronto con lo scopo dl Inlzlare una grando offenslva Una larga proporzlone dl queste truppe e materials da guerra sono provcnlcntl dalla Germania Nullamcno II colpo del nemlco cl trovera ferml c prcparatl Durante la notto si e notata nna crescente Intenslta' dl fuoco dartlgllerla nel vnrll settorl delta fronto Glulla e vlo lento bombardamento per to plu' con speclall proiettllt esploslvl tra Rombon e lo llnce scttentrlonall sull altlplnno dl Balnslzza, ovc si dcllnea II prlnclplo dell nttacco Nunostante II cattlvo tempo. It fucco nemlco comlnclo' n dlmlnulre verso l'nlba In segulto al vlolcnto fuoco delle nostre batterle Dalle nii7ldette notlzle ufflclili devo rltenersl che 1 nnnunrlata offenslva austro tedesca c' stata Inizlata o sara' condotta In Bpeclal modo sull'nltlplano dl Balnslzza ove le valoroso truppe del generale Cadorna, slide e preparate nellc loro posl zlonl fonnldahlli, sapranno scrlvcre un'altra p.tglna glorlosa dl questa guerra dl redenzlonc L'Austrla da sola non puo piu' fronteg-, glare 1 armnta lt.illana o spera con 1 aiuto delli Germania potcr Impedlre un altro colpo dl Cadorna che porterebbe alto sfaceto dell Impero Ad ognl modo e' oplnlono ge nerale che so 1 aiuto dell i Germania potra' rltnrdare 1'avanr-ita delle truppe Italians non potia Impedlre una dlsfatta per gll nustrl.icl I, aiuto del rlnfor7l tedeschl rappresenta una conferma della Importanzi delle vit- torie rlportate dagll Itallanl nel recentl com battlmentl ed II valore strateglco delle posl zlonl die eM hanno occupato speclalmcnto sull'nltlplano dl Balnslzza da dove gll Ital ian! potranno Inlzlaro opcrazlonl che affret terebbero la soluzlone del grande conflltto Dlspaccl gluntl da Londra confermano 1 ammassimcnto delle forze tedesche ed au-stro-ungarlchc sulla fronto Itallana e die uni poderosa offenslvn e' lmmlnentc Circa tale offenslva 1 crltlcl mllltarl rl tengono che 1 eslto potra' essero dlsastroso per gll Imperl centrall, e riguardo ad cssa sono dl tro opinion! c cloe' 1 Che I teutonl sono d'necordo per una minovrn strateglca alio scopo dl sollcvare lo spirlto depresso delle popolazionl tedesche ed austro-ungarlche ; 2 Che essa sla un'oper.ulone mllltaro per dlstogllere 1'nttenrlonr degll ulleatl al f ronte occldentale , 3. Che si tratta dl uno sforzo per una vera e propria offenslva nelK quale la Ger manli e ''Austria, Innno Impegnato tutte le for?e per sconflggere l'ltalla WILSON ASKS NEW YORK SUPPORT OF SUFFMGE TfjllB Empire State Callers to Carry His Message Home to the "Voters TIME FOR STATE ACTION Declares Question One Which Lies at Foundation of Organized Society BRITAIN WILL STAND WITH ALL HER ALLIES No Soparato Peace at Expense of Russia or Rumania, Cecil Declares FALLS FROM HIGH WINDOW Michael Rooney, fifty-five jears old, 1402 South Ringgold street, received a possible fractured spine and other Injuries when he fell from a second-story window of the machine shop of tho Atlantic Re fining Compnny, Thirty-second street and Passyunk avenue, toda He Is in St Agnes's Hospital WASHINGTON", Oct 25 "Speaking for mvself with all my heart, I hops the men of New York will vote for woman suffrngc. I hope ou will be my messengers In carrying this message to them " ... President Wilson In these words reassured 100 women who called on him at the Whits Housa of his support In their campaign for the vote In New York State. "I know the difficulties under which you have been laboring In New York Stnte, the President said, "but In my Judgment thoso difficulties cannot be used as an exeuso b the leaders of nn party or bj the voters of nnv party for neglecting the question which jou nre pressing upon them "Tho whole world now Is witnessing a struggle between Idenls of government It Is a struggle which goes deeper and touches moio of the foundation of the organized life of man than nnj struggle that has ever tnkrn placo before, and no settlement oi the questlans that lie on the suracc can ...i.r.. .. iiimtinn which rcnulrcB that tilt questions which lie underneath and at the foundation should nlso be settled and sot tied right 1 am free to say that I think tho question of woman suffrage Is one of those questions wnicn no ai ui iuu.iu... Tho world has witnessed slow political reconstruction and men have generally been obliged to be satisfied with the slowness of tho process I believe that this war Is going to quicken the convictions and con-sclou-ness of mankind with regard to no lltlcal questions 1 believe that Just be cause we are quickened bv the questions of this war we ought to be quickened to glvo this question of woman suffrage our Immediate consideration "As one of the niokcsmcn of n great partv. I would be doing nothing les than obevlng the mandates of that partv if 1 gave my hearty support to the question of woman suffrago which ou represent, tfut I do not want to speak merely us one of tho spokesmen of a party I want to speak for mvself and mo that le seems to me that this Is tho tlmo for the .States of this Union to tnko this action I feel therefore ' he concluded, that I am standing upon the, firmest foundation of the ago In bidding goospeeu iu uik tnunc which jou represent and In expressing the ardent hope that the people of Now York mav realize me grvui u. ........ ....... . ..-- them on election day nnd may respond to It In noble fa-shlon " SOLDIER VOTE TO BE TAKEN Governor Expected to Appoint Commis sioners in Day or Two HARRlSBrnG, Oct 25. Governor Brumbaugh "probably will name In a day or two the commissioners who will take the November vote of tho Pennsylvania guardsmen nnd drafted men In the a.rmy cantonments The commissioners will name election boards for each unit These boards will be made up of army officers who will transcribe tho results of the soldier elec tion in books prepared for the purpose. Entries will be mado according to the counties represented In each unit One com of the official vote will be sent to the prothonotnrles of the counties and another to the Secretary of the Common wealth for checking up purpose. LONDON, Oct. 2E. Britain will never make a separato peace with tho Central Empires at the expense of Russia or Rumania, Lord Robert Cecil, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, told tho House of Common today. He vigorously denied the Government was seeking such nn arrangement, declared that Great Britain would stand by Russia to the last and assist her In every way to consolidate her new born freedom, "England will not desert Rumania." Lord Robert added, not t efcll'H Lord Robert Ceell'H declaration was made probably with two objects In view to dis pel tho possible effects of tho sinister propa ganda conducted by Tevon agents seeking to alienate Russia and Rumania nnd In duce them to sign a separato peace and to disarm the Russian Bolshevlkl, who have been spreading the Idea that Great ilritaln was planning to betray Russia Into tho hands of Germany. Child, Matches, Fire Engines, Doctor Lester Barlsh two-j ear-old ton of Mr. and Mrs I Barlsh, of 1833 Ridge avenue, suffered severe burns this morning as a lesult of playing with matches Tho child was In the dining room at the tlmo and set fire to the table cloth He was rescued from" the flames by his mother About J250 damage was done by the flrg FRENCH AND BRITISH AID CADORNA IN BIG BATTLE WASHINGTON Oct 23 One of the decisive battles of the war Is apparently being fought today on the Baln slzza Plateau, where the Austrlans. with twenty fresh divisions containing man) German contingents, are on the oftenMve General Cadorna Italian high commander with re-enforcements of French and British troops, is prepared to hold tho Italian lines at all costs official Rome cables stated Italian officials declared tho Austro-Ger-mans are willing to sacrlflo thousands of their troops for gains on the Isonzo that would be heralded In the Teuton press to strengthen the people's morale German aerial squadrons are strongly represented on the mountain battleground One German filer was brought down, Bald the Rome cables mct Discontinued Lots Due lo the fact that our factory has been unable to purchase raw materials for certain merchandise that we have featured bolow, vve have decided to discontinue these numbers and we offer them to you at the following ridiculously low Driccs THESE PRICES GOOD ONLY UNTIL SATURDAY 8 P. 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Other articles arei Bring Up a Tree in the Way it Should Grow The Fanners' Own Cold Storage Trading a Farm for City Real Estate This is the first of many articles an'd stories in which we shall show up the real-estate. blue-ilty and sJet-rieh-quicK orooKi and their schemes to separate the farmer from his money. Invest a dollar and save your savings by profiting by what you read in clRo COUNTRY GENTLEMAN T Curtlw PubUihtng Cmpmmp !nd000tidtnc0 Square . 5C PHttadttphf fl iCw thortar HAS POWER TO PERMIT "TRACKLESS TROLLEY" Keller Holds O'Neil May Grant Right to Use State's Highways HAniUSOURO, Oct 25 Highway Com mlmlonnr J Denny O'Neil may grant a per mlt for tho operation of a "truckle trol lej ' over a State highway, nccordlnir to an opinion handed down today 1 Deputy Attorne General Keller, In response to n 'quer ralet by tho commlRBloner follow InR tho application of the Dover-Itossvlllo Tranelt Compinj for iiermi'ion to erect polei along State roads In York County Tho deput nttornoy general flnds that the commissioner shall direct tho manner "and method of construction and Impose audi conditions as may he necessary for tho electric trolley lino and wires. Tho com missioner also may decline to lssuo such permit If, In his Judgment, the facts war rant such action. The hlghwa commissioner, tho opinion holds, has full authority over tho roads, so that they may be kept safe to truffle The company, which was chartered In Del aware han been granted a certlllcate of nubile convenience bj the Public Service Commission SLAV CIVILIANS QUIT KRONSTADT Abandonment of Petrograd's Main Naval Defense Of ficially Reported -i i TROOP LANDING REPULSED PETKOGKAD, Oct. 25. Civil evacuation of Kronstadt, the main naval fortress guarding Petro grad, was begun today, according to official announcement. German attempts to land troops at Tomba, south of Verdcr, were repulsed, an official statement declared today. To the north of Trlcdstadt (Dvlna lllver front) the Germans continue their retire ment, slid a dispatch from headquarters todiy Russian advanco detachments have reached the lino of rctwark, Opery-Wcbs-Ktarust-Subak, where thoy havo consoli dated their new position. Russian reconnolterlng parties report that Kovcl, Loulsha, Hllshan and Rakor have all been evacuated by the Germans. Russian cavalry has reached Tourgol In the Hochfahrt forest. Southeast of SJe-balrlc-Kroppenhof the Russians havo oc cupied a monastery. Kronstadt's civil evacuation In evidently In anticipation of a German naval drive toward Petrograd. Tho fortress Is located twenty miles west of tho Russian capital, on the Island of Kottln, and Is regarded as a fortress of tho first rank A large naval depot with docks, yards and various estab lishments, Is also located there Reval, the outermost of the Russian naval fortifications on the Gulf of Finland, has already been evacuated both by civil and military forces. The Russians aro appar ently concentrating their power of defense on the remaining fortifications of the golf at Vlborg, Helslngfors and Kronstadt. MICHAELB'S EATE RESTS WITH KAISER Emperor Studies Political Situa tion in Detail Before Mak ing His Decision nnnuN, ,oct, it ICalser IVIlhelm has not yet mad n!l decision as to the, Chancellorship. The Berlin press today was filled witi, exhaustive discussion of the whole Cabin,. crlsls,wlth varying guesses as to the ont come. The Kaiser. It was mat. i. .. : In the situation In detail and' does St M "-"" - " ."v-iiuii uoiweenChan cellor Mlchaellsvqnd various political grou longer than necessary. M Tho Taegllcho Rundschau today a.,.., . that Chancellor Mlchaells docs not r,, i his resignation as required by nreseni -dltlons. vresent cn. Dispatches from London quoted a wlr ' less press dispatch from Amstr,i,, '"' terday as stating that Chancellor MlehaViu i The foregoing dispatch, direct from Beriu would seem to confirm this report Young Girl Struck by Auto Anna Matey, of 2301 South Twentieth street, an eleven-j car-old schoolgirl, was knocked down by an automobile near her homo laRt night She was taken to the Methodist Hospital In a serious condition James Perry, 1500 Christian street, driver of tho machine, surrendered to tho police. DSp"-"" p i iBBBHai iin S Columbia Records wkjSL Nntomher T fm WJ Dance List M ur. vw. i 1 I1 isB CalombU CrsfsnoU humbsrlOO Hello,My Dearie One-Step (Tho Ziegfeld Follies 1917) Columbia Record A5986, 12-lnclt, $1.25 Old feet become yountr, younrr feet take on a new burst of speed when Prince's Band starts up this swinginc one-step. This number introduces 'Chu Chin Chow,'-' the cymbal-clashing strain to which the girls climb the ladders in the last act of the Ziegfeld Follies. Turn the record over and play "Chine Chong," a one-step that simply won't let your feet behave. Luckeyc Roberts' greatest success. Send Me Away with a Smile One-Step. Columbia Record A5990, 12-inch, $1.25 Here is a dance arrangement of the song that everybody is humming and whistling nowadays. It's a dance particularly popular just now because it fairly rings with martial vigor. It introduces i ou Can't Tell the Mothers from the Daughters," "No, George!" and "Look Me Up When You're in Dixie." The companion one-step on the other' side is "Peg O' the Ring." Castle Valse Classique Columbia Record A5989, 12-inch, $1.25 Every lover of the waltz owes a debt of gratitude to Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra of Rector's, New York City, for this beautiful walte arrangement of Dvorak's immortal "Hutnoresque." The dreaminess of the stately waltz tempo is enriched and enlivened by the merry vibrant notes of the player xylophone. "One Fleeting Hour," introducing "My Dreams," is on the other side. For the Freedom of the World . Columbia Record A23i7, 10-inch, 75 ctnti Tiie rolling of drums, the calling of bugles and the blaring of a full brass band fairly pour dash and swing into this one-step. And you simply can't refuse to fox-trot to the time on the other side "Everybody's Jazzin It." In addition to these splendid dance records, the Columbia November List of Dance Hits includes Borbee's Jazz Orchestra in "Paddle-Addle," and on the same record, "The Ragtime Volunteers Are Off to War," (A2363, 10-inch, 75, cents). Better than reading about these dances is to listen to them and dance to them. Ask any Columbia dealer to play them for you. New Columbia Records on Sale the 20th of Each Month m M-B ii ! i i i i i win i i i i sihmiss - XXXT XS AUTOMAT - mfflX t - rthlTitfilKyti n iTiiMBSftiWiA i "ras if irWar ' f, . a jAshAJsW Jiiiftax