I. ( PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 18,19,20 && Evening FINAL i 1 " "' VOL. IV NO. 39 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS .', i CorrmoiiT, 1017, m Tin roue Ltroi Coiirisi ITALIANS PLAN STAND feflner tLM E TOWN MEETING PARTY IS LEGAL, COURT'S DECREE Vares Defeated in Effort to Keep Names Off Ballot QUICK NEWS ON TAGLIAMENTO RIVER SOCCER SCORES 1 3 ,1 -vy. PHILA. HIOH . . 3 0 a 1 1 020 S. PHILA. HIGH . . O 00 GERMANT'N HIQIt , NORTHEAST HIGH , CADORNA WILL FALL BACK SIXTY MILES; CHECK ON Desperate Efforts Put Army as Austro-Germans Push Mighty. Advance Into Plains Beyond Che Isonzo Atntro-Gcrman forces invadinc Italy Office announced today. ROME, Oct. 29. "Movements which the General Staff ordered arc being carried out' said today's official statement. "Troops opposing the enemy arc fulfilling their Uik of keeping a check on the advance on the plains." The Germans have evacuated the according to official announcement made f forces were landed on the peninsula during PARIS, Oct. 29. Violent fightingjn the Mcusc sector was reported in today's official state ment. After a heavy bombardment on the right bank of the river around Lichaume Wood and Bezonvaux, the Germans attacked and succeeded in gain- 'ing a footing on about 500 yards of advanced French lines north of Caurricres Wood. A counter-attack, the war Ollice asserted, retooK tne greater part oi this gain. LONDON, Oct. 29. Great raiding activity of British and Belgian troops in Flanders was reported in today's official statement "Opposite Warneton we raided the I enemy at night," Field Marshal Haig declared. "In the neighborhood of Rcutel I hostile reconnoitering detachments were I mtrol ennturcd a German post and r DUtnude a successful Belgian raid brought back twenty-threc prisoners and t t machine gun." WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. General Cadorna's Italian army will make its first determined stand against the Austro-German invasion of Italy on the Tagliamento River, official Italian cables indicated today. Cadorna isnow making a tremendous effort to save the third Italian ihnv. stationed at the Gulf of Trieste's end of the Italian lines, the cables added. Cadorna's decision to fair ba"?PfSpproxfmately sixty miles to the Taglia mi.n RIvm- mentis he has found it necessary to sacrifice a strip of territory tllxfy miles wide at its widest point and Gulf bf Trieste and northward more tnan izu miies. among tne larger ues included in the territory which will be given up are Udine, Tarcento and par ticularly Cividale, where all Italian stores and munitions have been held in reserve. Much of this material already has been destroyed. There Is no tear nmons Italian officials f If tit the Tagliamento line will not hold. K Grave clouDtB are voicea. novvever. w mo morale of the people back of the lines. "Italy Is not defeated." said one high Italian official. "She will carry on her 5art of the war If tho civilian population can De sumcientiy quieiea Dy rauuiin mm mint come from America In American thlps." Whether the famous Italian general, out numbered nearly four to one, can check the pectacular onrush of Von Mackensen and the Teuton hordes depends, military au thorities here believe, entirely upon the number of big guns the Allies are able to let to Cadorna before the great battle along the Tagliamento begins. Territorials at Plezo and Caporetto, com- i, posing the routed second army, were re- iponslble for the general Italian defeat, the tables said Against these troops all men of more than forty earH of age with families and only partly trained to military service the full force of Mackensen's drive. as launched. That Italy was betrayed by German spies, i the firm belief of Italian oftlclals here. Otherwise Von Mackensen could never have i urawn in,weax point in me jiaimn iinrs. I The Hun hordes struck that part of the I Italian lines held by the territorials from f a point east ot Tolmlno to Pontebba. nunareus ot Italian villages win oe ien behind Cadorna, including such Important points as Udlne, Palmanova. .Tarcento and, most Important of all, Cividale. ITALIAN army driven BACK FROM PLAINS LONDON, Oct. The Italian Rltnallnn dominated 9. the ijl wnpie war viewpoint today. dinned by an overwhelmingly superior force In men and guns, Italy's armies were "t being thrown back in a rout. The hol British press was unanimous today In Insisting that the Allies must grant Im M!ate aid. : Although all rirfU. T-jltr:iri their con silience In General Cadorna's strength and ouity uter to stem the tide, nevertheless, "any newspapers today pointed out that ," enemy's power had been gravely mis. tabulated by the Allies. 'Cadorna's admission of disaffection In hla ranks was, more disquieting than the llouts. Butggering; as meso navu wen , Sorted by Berlin and Vienna. The Teutons ere now claiming 100,000 prisoners ana ,vu inns. y . DISAFFECTION ADMITTED The Italian admission of the defecflh Iwrob some of Cadorna's troops Is mTue I tne following official report Issued in n Bunday; u luuure 10 resist on tne pari oi sumo L Continued on Pf Four Column Two The Italian Crisis Will be discussed by ADALBERTO CAPORALE la l masterly article, In which he recasts tho final battles of tho ?t on tho Venltian plains, in Tomorrow's I USTHAj) Suenfog frffigflft Wstytx iribow' nd," TROOPS KEEP FOE'S ADVANCE Forth to Save Third BERLIN, Oct. 29. have arrived before Udlne. the Wnr PETROGRAD, Oct. 29. Verdcr Peninsula, in the Gulf of Riga, today by the War Office. German the recent German offensive. repulsed, worth, ot niercnem a ueigian twenty - one men yesterday. North of stretching forty-five miles nlong the START BIG "DRIVE" TO MOBILIZE COOKS Food Pledge Week Opens With Half Million Volun teers at Work SEEK SUCCESS OF WAR Boys Can't Endure Hell if Ill-Fed, Says Northcliffc THE greatest food experts on both sides of the Atlantic say that there is a world shortage of food. The boys who are enduring the hell of the trenches for our sake cannot hold out if ill-fed. The situation which we have to face right now in this Food Pledge Week is obvious. Either the stay-at-homes must save so that the soldiers may get their vital needs or the soldiers must go short so that the stay-at-homes may fatten. You cannot have it both ways and must make your choice. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 The food ad ministration's bis drive to mobilize Ameri ca's kitchens for the duration of the war started throughout the nation today. Half a million volunteers began Invasion of the country's 22,000,000 households with a personal Invitation to each housewife to sign the food pledge to conserve wheat, meat, fat and sugar. Aiding in the work is an army of H.000 "four-mlnule men" scattered among the country's "movie houses and on street, corners to catch the hnuxmvlfa while ehe's shopping and tell her W tJia Mccm of Food Pledge Week la Important to the winning of the war. Food Pledge ween, puoivun .. to avoid conflict with the Liberty Loan Anal., will end Saturday night. "Unon the success or failure of Amrl ca's households to Join this food-conserva-tfon movement." said Herbert C. Hoover, "will largely stake the Issue of this war." Lord Northcllffe. of the British mission, anrt Baron B. de Cartler, commissioner from Brtrtum. today added their voices to Hoover's In an appeal to the housewives f"Ark.."rld Baron de Cartler. "has kept Belgium from starvation. Those In Europe vvho are extending every effort to Crush Pruln autocracy forever need food. America must supply "? ereater nronortlon of this. It Is a grand concep ften worthy of Ideals and traditions of !h. atti republic, that this food shall be suonMed by the voluntary effort of the tadl' Iduai TcltUens. Jhus they will assure VtS fiwS' Sw Northcllffe. "who are Tontine"! on !. rT. Colomnyoue JT a nHin Noel Ioe, Hidden Treawit and FIRST OF GERMAN SHIPS SEIZED BY U. S. IS SUNK Huns Bag the Clara Mcning, Under Charter to Italy No Lives Lost AMST-nitD,!. Oct 29 Chancellor Mtchaclls' resignation has been accepted, according to a report reach ing hero today. Chancellor Mlchnclls handed In his resig nation to take effect teveral clays ago, ac cording to a report cabled from Amsterdam The Kaiser delated action and It had been reported that he would refuse to ac cept tho resignation. ILL WOMAN DISAPPEARS Police Asked by Husband to Search for Mrs. Margaret Bayer Mrs. Margaret Baer. twenty-eight ears old, of 2451 North Third street, Is being sought by the police following her disap pearance from her homo last Friday, at which time she left a note for her husband In which she said: "Good-by, Arthur. I am going to end my life " The police were not notified until this morning Prostration from grief oer the disappearance of his vvlfo Is glen by llajer aH an excuse for hla failure sooner to com municate with the authorities. Mrs Uacr lias been in 111 health for a number of jear. She has a four-year-old son living with relatives at McKeesport. Man's Skin Like Photo Paper A case of nrgyrln, In which the human skin If sensitized like photographic paper. Is attracting attention at the Philadelphia General Hospital Tho patient Is John Stenanlgan, who come years ago attempted to tighten a stomach tube by applying sliver nltrnte, which entered his system and caused his skin to turn black where ex posed to light Caught in Machinery and Badly Hurt Peter (Jlno, twenty-six years old, 4317 Factory street, received Injuries th it may prove fatal when his clothing caught In a machine In the plant of the Andrews Mill Company, Adams avenue nnd Lelper street. His left nrm and leg were badly crushed. He Ih in the Frankford Hospital ,x The illustration show the competitors in today's thirty-six-hole best-ball match for the Soldiers' Tobacco Fund over the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club course at the eighteenth hole. Left to right, the players arc: Evans, Maxwell, Loos and Barnes. EVANS-MAXWELL EVEN AT 18TH Amateurs Overcome Lead of Six and Tie Pros on Last Hole at Whitemarsh PLAY FOR TOBACCO FUND WHITEMARSH COUNTRY CLUB, Oct. 20. Jim Barnes nnd Hddlo Loos, pros, and Chick Hvans and Norman Mawvelt, ama teurs, In the best-ball foursome match over a thlrty-slx-iiole course here today were all even at the finish of play, and an extia hole was- started Ilvans and Maxwell evened the 'score on the eighteenth. The match was for the benefit of the sol diers' tobacco fund. Barnes won outright nve holes, ioos three, Evans two and amateur Maxwell one In the morning round. Barnes had the best score, getting a 75 for the'" irst rouni. The driving from tho tee vvai excep tionally long In lew of the heavy atmos phere and the course. After Evans got started, having driven down from Bethle hem In an open automobile, he held his own against Barnes, probably the longest driver In the country. On two or three holes the four tee shots could have been covered with a blanket. All four players averaged more thin 200 yards on their drives and even on the holes against the wind their shots were close to that figure Despite the threatening weather a large sized crowd attended the match, and when the afternoon round began the throwing was considerably larger. The amateurs were handicapped by Evans's lack of knowledge of the course, as he saw It for the first time this morning. As a result, Barnes and Loos had a lead of Ave holes on the first eight and It was not until the ninth That Evans won the first holefor his side with a bird two. He and Maxwell further reduced the lead to two down on the thirteenth. On the next four Continued on 1'aco Thirteen, Column Three' MAYOR'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM HEARMN COURT Move to Quash Fifth Ward Murder Conspiracy Charge Is Argued "NO EVIDENCE," IS PLEA A move to quash the "Bloody Fifth" Ward murder conspiracy charges against Major Smith and Select Councilman Kin ley was made today beforo Judge J. 'Willis Martin In Court of Common PIc.ia No. 5. Attackjng the hearing beforo Judge Charles I.. Drown, of the Municipal Court, as unconstitutional, and tho evidence sub mitted as not substantiating the charges, former Judgo Abraham M. Beltlcr, of coun sel for the defense, warmly defended Mayor Smith and absolved him ot all blame in tho murder nnd thuggery. Argument on habeas corpus proceedings for the Mayor's seven other political co defendants wns postponed until Friday morning, because of absence of their coun sel Hearing of tho cases ot tho Mayor and Mr. Finley was negun after more than an hour's delav, after the defenso made an effort to have all nine cases continued. Admitting that the police were nsked to work for Isaac 'leutwh In the Fifth Ward fight with James A Carey, Mr. Ileltler de nied that Police lieutenant Bennett, Direc tor of Publlo Safety Wilson or Mayor Smith could bo connected with the request. He denounced Carey'n letter of protest to the Major a.s a "dishonest letter" and a "smart piece of political trickery to coerce tho Mayor." asserting that Carey refused to co-operate In an honest effort by the Major's personal Investigators to probe Fifth Ward conditions In defending Director Wilson, Mr. Beltle, pointed out that there are 4500 men In tho police service and that they are "not all Continued on I'nir Five Column One GOLF CHAMPIONS IN "SMOKE" irm$n&&j, '-- BLAZONRY BLAZES HOME AHEAD IN LAUREL OPENER Robinson Rides Winner in Field of Nine Two-Ycar-Old Maidens Over Six-Furlong .Race LAUREL TRACK, Md , Oct 29 Robin Mm was up op Blazonry, w Inning by a length In the first race here this after noon It was a slx-furlong event, and the victor's time was 1 16 Summaries: KirtST HACK two-year-old maidens, purso I70O, H furlong Illazonry. lit Itoblnnon . ... 13 40 1 20 J2 an Man o' the Hour 114. I.jle 4 20 2.50 Whlppoorwlll. 114. J. JIcTas- Rrt .4 SO Time 1 IK i:i Carltanla. Arizona. Ilandana, Dathllde. Top IlooU and mil McCoy also ran. Golden toldler. I'rlnceps, Dalrman, Mlllrare and Medusa acralched. SECOND RACE, claiming. three-ear-olds, fl furlong. Mellora. 10T. Pchuttlnger $10 00 30 $4 10 neprobate. 10$ J McTairsart . . 4 00 3 SO Uurkshot, 113 nice ft 40 Time. 1 14 4-3 Coitumer. Milbrey. Polla, Akeldama, Fathom, Cuddle Up. Xother Machree. Tlna-.a-Llna-. Milton Campbell. 8ltt Fox and Tolly J also ran Meellcka. Alin O and Comacho scratched. THIRD HACK, ConvoJ 1'urso, tno-year-olds, a furloncsr Ton Coat US Like $4.30 $3 SO $2.70 Oold Tassel 112 Iluxton 4 30 a 10 Ben Farer. 10.1 Keoh ft 40 Time, J. lft l.ft Fraiconard, Irish Kiss. Game Cock. First Troop. Drer. Felicitation, Ilabotte, Discoverer also ran. FOL'ItTH HACK. Liberty Handicap, all ages. mile and 70 lards. Tlpplty Wllchet. 10S. nuxton, $4 10 $S OO Out E1 Cudlhee. 104. A. Collins &.40 Out Frnmnuse. 101, Ambrose Out Time, 1 45 45 Dorcas also ran. FIFTH nACE. 1 mile: Shooting Hur. 112. Ambrose., $20.20 $1 R0 $2.40 Crimper. 112 Iiutell 2.40 2 10 Whlmsey. 112. Tudor , 2.S0 Time. 1:44. Latonia Results FIR8T nACK. A furlongs: Thoneta. 112. Garner $7.60 $4 00 $S BO Melllotus, 112, Kelsay .... 6.40 4.S0 Ana-ellne, 112. Oenlry .... S.10 Time, 1 17. SKCOXD HACK. A furlona-a! Dr Campbell, 100. Bolton. .JB2.30 $10,00 Jl 30 Fllstn. in.V. Kelsay., 4 00 8 40 Solmlnti. 103 Connelly..., , 13.00 Time t'tfl2.S. THHID HACK. 6 furlonss. . .. Tex Foreman. 112. narrett... $8.40 $4 00 $4 00 llobert U Owen. 109. Garner .... 7tlO ft.on Lurky II.. 112, Minx 7.1)0 Tim 1 15 4..V FOl'nTH n.ACB. I 1-18 mites Butterscotch ll. ibO Kederta. $0.10 $ 20 $2 JO Vafor, 100. Dreyer .,.,, . ,., 60 J.10 Arrlet. 104 Crump .,,.... ,. i .... i.OU Time, -rim. ;o -o Wisconsin bars dan morgan's boxers MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. SO. Dan Mot gnu and his entile stable Of boxers, Including Jack Urittoii. were sAispcmletl for six months to day by tho Wisconsin boxing coiuinlsMon. ABSOLVES MAYOR FROM POLICE RESPONSIBILITY Thcie is nothing in the Bullitt bill which places the Mayor In charge o the Department of Public Safety, according to Jomes Scat -let, counsel for Mayor Smith. He made this statement this nitoruoou in Court of Common Pleas No. 5 during the pioccrdliigb to qtmsh tlm murder conspiracy cliniges, against the Mayor and otheis. EVANS AND MAXWELL BEAT PROS ON 38TH HOLE WHITEMARSH COUNTRY CLUB, Oct. 'SO.-Chiules (Chick) Evans nnd Norman Maxwell, amateur, defeated Jim Bnines and Eddie Loos, professionals, in nn extra-hole match in the benefit f out some for the soldiers' tobacco fun heie this afternoon. The match went to the thhty-cighth hole or two cxtia holes. At the end of the mo'n ing lound the winnets weie six down to Loos nnd Dames. SEVEN MORE ALIENS SENT TO ELLIS ISLAND NEW YOKK, Oct. 20. Because Uiey did not "keen their mouths &hut," as Attorney Gehetal Gregory lately advised enemy nlitns to do, Ellis Island has seven additional icsiitrnts, it was learned heie today Six veto chni,cd with &pi ending Illinois of American tKinspoita sun . and suicides among Amciican boldiura. The tovtnth voiced his lu lief, "Gcnnuuy could not he ucutcn in" a himdiud years " SOLDIER HURT IN JUMP FROM WINDOW George Plesclski, nineteen years old, a private of Company L, Forty-seventh New York Regiment, who was under arrest for a minor offense, Jumped frbm a sec ond story window of the State Armory, Thirty-third street nnnd Lancaster avenue, early today. He struck the ground with such force thnt he was knocked uncon scious. Two guardsmen found him und sent him to the Naval Hospital. TOURNAMENT AT WHITEMARSH i:'V. NEW ITALIAN CABINET BELIEVED COMPLETED ROME, Oct. 2D. Minister of the Interior Orlando was believed to have completed the new Italian Cabinet late this afternoon. Formal announcement was withheld. NEW $500,000 PLANT CHICAGO, Oct. 29. A new chemical Company at Bramwell, W. Va. It will UNCLE SAM LENDS JOHN "WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. The Treasury to Great Britain, bringing the total of loans 3IAN ELECTROCUTED ON P. R. R. MAIN LINE CABLE The body; of a man, who had been electrocuted, according to authorities) of the Presbyterian Hospital, was found early today lying across .i high-power ciiblo on the main lino of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Thirty-first and Market streets. In his pocket was a paper with the words "John Jacques, Comp.iny C, 115th Infantry, Camp Mills, Mlneola, Long Island. LACK OF POSTAGE WILL NOT HOLD 3-CENT MAIL WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. When the' three cent postage law goes Into effect No vember 3, letters with Insufficient postage will not be held up, but will be sent through to their destinations, It was announced today by the Postofflce Department, When a letter reaches the postojllco address the carrier will affix postage due stamps fo- 'he umount lacking, cancel them and collect the Insufficient postage when delivering the letter. STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF BARRED ZONE RULE WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. The Government has decided upon drastic measures (o keep alien enemies out of restricted territory. Orders were Issued from tlio De partment of Justice today for more rigid enforcement of the President's proclamation concerning barred rones. Aliens violating are to be prosecuted i the limit. FARM HELP PROBLEM FOR NEXT YEAR SERIOUS WOODBURY, N. J Oct. 29. One of the leading farmers In this section sas that the farm-help problem for next year Is going to be far more serious than It has been this year, unless the war ends. A good farmhand can get his own price as a rule now, because there Is considerable work to do yet in handling late produce, much of which is still In the ground. This applies particularly to potatoes. This farmer further says that there U not one man In a hundred In South Jersey who has made arrangements for help next season. Not that he has not fried, but because the men will not hire out. Ninety per cent of the farm help In Gloucester County now Is from the South. Much ot It will be retained through the winter, if possible, In order to have a little guarantee for next year. Rebellion, b Ux Beach, Page 19 TO MAKE CHEMICALS plant will bo built by tho National Carbide cost approximately $600,000, BULL $25,000,000 MORE Department today advanced $25,000,000 to the Allies to $2,851,400,000. BENCH GIVES HARD BLOW TO MACHINE Ruling Assures Candidacy of Nicholson, Armstrong, and Smith STATE POLICE ASKED f6r Warning to Citizens of Philadelphia THE Town Meeting party today issued this warning: It has been openly stated today that a circular letter will.be issued and sent to every voter in Phila delphia, signed with tho. name ot the Town Meeting party commit tee, requesting the voters to mark and vote the "Anti-Contractor" ticket instead of the Town Meet ing party ticket because the Town Meeting party fears and believes that ticket is illegal and cannot stand. This circular is fraudulent ana a forgery, and the Town Meeting party repudiates it as such. The Town Meeting party is .cer tain of the legality and status-of its ticket and ballot. This said circular is being issued to deceive again the voters and deprive them of their ballot. It is n palpable fraud and in a re markable way shows the trickery to which the other side is resorting in an effort to avert an honest election. The Town Meeting party has no doubt that the citizens of Phila delphia will fittingly resent this and similar insults at the polls on November 6 by voting the full Town Meeting party ticket. The existence of the Town Meeting party. Is assured. Judge Davis, sitting In Com mon 'Pleas Court No. 3 today, decide dbat the names or the new part "a candidates might be placed upon the official bal ot His decision was a blow to the Vare Smith machine In Its desperate efforts to smother the Town Meeting party kefor election day. The very couft Which the Vare-Smlth fnctlon appealed to declared the candidates of the people's party put for ward In nn Illegal way has upheld the In tegrity of tho new reform movement. Judge Davis's ruling makes it certain that the names of the candidates for the row offices William R. Nicholson, for City Treasurer; Thomas K Armstrong, for Re ceiver of Taxes, and Walter George Smith, for Register of Wills will be p'aced upon the general ballot at the election on Tues day November 6 Judge Davis's decision was In line with his ruling last week, to the effect that tha rights of the electors of the city would b protected by the court Judge Davis declared that he would per mit of the Town Meeting nomination papers to be amended, but Indicated that he would not permit some of them to be filed at all. He said. "In view pf the vast amount of testi mony nnd the necessity of going over each and every nomination paper that was filed. It has been Impossible to go over them thoroughly. I wish to make this announce ment: "I shall allow amendments to be mad where the affidavits, through inadvertence or other good cause, have not been prop erly sworn to; that In to say. I will allow the documents to be nmended when prop erly sworn to by five qualified elector! appearing regularly before a notary. Th amendments must be attached to the nomi nation papers to' which the objections specifically have referred. I will hear ar. guments on any other question. Further, I will Indicate which papers the court will allow to be amended. I will try to do this by this afternoon or tomorrow. But there should be no anxiety on the part ot any one as to the party name going on the ballot" COURT LIMITS DEDATE Judge Davis, then limited debate to one half hour on each side. His decision limited the argument simply to the question of which petitions could ba amended. Counsel for each side Immedi ately filed briefs stating that they had gone over the petitions and the names as thor oughly as they could, and giving the court the summary of the result of their Investi gations. William T. Connor, counsel for the Var Continued on Pass Thirteen, Column Firs THE WEATHER , FORECAST For Philadelphia, and vicinity: Vntrt tied late tonlaht.ictth probably rain in the early vtorninp and an Tuesday; warmer tonlpht; colder Tuesday 'afternoon and ntoht; fresh south shifting to west winds. For eastern Pennsylvania and Keio Jcr rv: Probably rain tonight and Tuesday: warmer tonight and colder Tuesday; JresK south shifting to west winds. i.knotu or n.w Sunrises . ..A23a.m, 1 Sunsets. ,. 5 03 u pa. DKLAWAKK BIVKR TinE CHANGES C11KS1.NUT fVTHKBT lllfh water. .12:17 a.m. I Ulan water. 12J0 p.tn. Im water.. 7.18a.m. 1 la water 7.38p.m. TKJirEKATl'rtK AT KACJI Itnl'R lOTllI 13"! U 21 31 4"T8 'Sol SO I MXfiOLoU JUI6JBi The 'Continuation of the Story RASPUTJN Devil or Saint? by the Princess Catharine Iladzholll is printed on Fag 19 r"$P & TUT o T ,"V..V. Mm X-J! .tttf xm y