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SSlof teachers
FOR MORE PAY HEARD
Education Board : Committee
Considers Their Plea and Those
of Janitors and Engineers .
Appeals for Increased pay on behalf of
ha gcliool teachers of the city, and also
.. hehalf of the janitors and engineers of
it the schools, woro made nt the meeting of
the nnanco onuiiiii""
ctllon, which was held it 3:30 o'clock this
.fttro'oon In tho Kcystono Building, on
Nineteenth street above Chestnut. Tho
committee also heard the report of Secre
tary Flk on ,lle cujBel for 1918
According to Secretary Dick's report, tho
Mtinjated Income for next year Is S11.C2V
o(7, and the estimated expenditures 1 10,
700000. The receipts are based on a tax
l.vv of six mills, the highest levy that can
11 a(je without a special act of Assembly,
which could not bo made avallablo before
1920.
While, on tho face of the report of the
.MTttary. tho excess of Income over ex
Stures will amount to $922,047. there
S. i a deficit from this year of $600,000 which
must be taken caro of under tho 1918 bud
t In addition Secretary Dick Is asking
Jhai an emergency fund of $300,000 bo set
aside and the teachers, tho Janitors and
ihs engineers nre asking for more money.
The 10 per cent Increase asked for by tho
Vrhers alone would mean an additional
Innual expenditure of $682,060.
Yrs. Emma V. T. Klndal, president of the
TeVahers' Association, made un appeal to
th board In behalf of tho teachers, many
of whom, she declared, are finding It dlflicult
to live under present conditions. A repre
sentative of the Janitors and engineers also
anoeared beforo the committee and pre
sented the demands of thoso employes.
NAVAL RANK FOR CHARLTON
Captain of Tanker That Sank First
U-Boat Commissioned Commander
The announcement was made today that
Captain John Frederick Charlton, formerly
commander of the oil tanker Sliver Shell,
which on May 30 last sank the first German
U-boat sent to the bottom by an American
vessel, has been commissioned ns com
mander In tho Units'! State navy.
The aiipoimmeni oi luijuhh unaruon Is
generally accepted as a recognition of his
He will be attached to tho Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
Cadorna Gives Battle
Along Flooded River
i
Continued from I'nee One
slow up the enemy's progress and permit
many more Itallan-soldlcrs to escape.
ANGLO-FRENCH FORCES
JOIN CADORNA'S ARMIES
ON NEW BATTLE FRONT
LONDON, Nov. 2.
Anglo-French reinforcements have ar
rived at tho Italian fronts, according to of
ficial Information reaching hero today. They
have joined General Cadorna's second una
third armies on tho new battle front. Of
ficial Information says that tho welcomed
Iroops found the personnel and -material of
the retreating forces were In much better
condition than might be expected after their
recent experiences.
General Cadoma never expressed any
doubt to Great Britain of his ability to
meet any expected attack and never re
quested help, J. I. MacPherson, Parlia
mentary Secretary for War, told tho House
of Commons today. Ills statement was In
reply to a query as to why Britain had not
aided Italy more.
GUN STRENGTH VITAL
Here In London the vital Issue, as mili
tary observers saw it, was whether the loss
of the staggering number of guns and quan
tities of supplier which the Berlin official
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iZJ:JAyr.'A
BRAZILIAN IN U. S. ARMY
Annibal Bomfin, a sophomore at
tho University of i Pennsylvania,
who has enlisted in the aviution
section of tho army. He will leave
November 12 for Fort Slocum, N.
Y. Mr. Bomfin is a son of Dr.
Manuel Bomfin, noted ' Brazilian
author.
reports havo claimed ns the bnntv of the
Invaders would permit tho Italians to re
tain this line. Uidorna, It was realized, must
havo great artillery strength If he Is to
hold the Germans back. His defeat at the
outlet of the invasion was due to pre
ponderance of Teutonic guns. And of this
smaller atoro of metal tho Berlin state
ments report 1500 guns taken. Loss of
men, even tho enormous total of 180.000
claimed by Berlin, Was not considered fatal.
Italy has plenty of mnn power.
The Germans today hold the vital bridge
heads on the eastern bank of tho Taglla
mento. It Is supposed that Cadorna, his
army once safely over, destroyed the
bridges themselves, but this Is not certain.
Officials hero bellevo that General Ca
dorna Is entertaining two plans for bat
tle. One Is along the Tagllamcnto, pro
vided the enemy has not made too deep an
Inroad from the Carnlc Alps; tho other, on
tho riave niver, which flows westward
and which already Is bristling with strong
fortifications.
Heartening news Is seen In the fact that
all of the big British guns were saved. The
arrival of tho Anglo - French re-enforcements
also means that the enemy will face
the heaviest fire yet to be encountered in
an attack against the Italian forces.
First description of the original Ger
man assault by which Von Mackensen
gained the Initial Impetus for his great
drive admittedly the most overwhelm
ing maneuver of this kind since tho war
started was received here today. The Ger
mans tried a new trick.
They opened a deluge of shellflre. It
was tho greatest concentration of artillery
the Italians had ever undergone. It covered
every Inch of tlje front except a certain
small sector. Tho (Ire did fearful execu
tion everywhere. At the height of Its In
.Ptislty, when Itallnn troops were bent
under dugouts everywhere even In ne
small sector over which tho Germans with
held their fire the German attack came,
it was aimed at the small gap in the Italian
line from which the German fire had been
withheld. The assaulting wave caught the
Italians there under their dugouts and
crouching in the trenches. The defenders
had no Idea that an assault was coming,
because on both sides of them tho usual
preparatory artillery lire was still pound
ing away, and there had been no change to
a barrage curtain.
Thus catching the Italians by surprise,
the Initial wave of the German advance
penetrated Cadorna's line and started the
reat sweep forward. The tremendous Ger
man artillery lire continued without abate
ment as Cadorna strove to send re-enforcements
to repair this break. It must havo
done terrible execution in the ranks of
troops sent up to head off the Germans
and Austrlaus.
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'EVEtflKGr MBKh-FHILADELIPHU. FRIMt, NOVEMBER 2, a
Russia in War
Until the Finish
Continued from Tt One
a newspaper here printed n brief portion
of Kerensky's reported statement, and by
8 o'clock omclal and diplomatic quarters
were In an uproar. Kxplanatlons were Im
mediately made that Itussia merely Is with
drawing from major military activity for
the period of tho winter. British and
French military attaches were at the Rus
sian embassy early to receive any news,
nusslan officials rused to the Stato De
partment to correct the false Impression
that Russia had declared a separate pence.
Then Secretary Lansing and Ambassador
Bnkhmeteff Issued statements declaring that
separate negotiations between Russia and
tho Teuton Powers were not to bo thought
of. . .
BAKHMKTBFK EXPLAINS
Criticising the Washington paper for Its
headline, Bakhmcteft's statement went on to
say ,
"Russia is not out of the war : has no In
tention of quitting. No word of Kerensky s
gives warrant for any assertion of that
kind. As a matter of fact, tho Premier
stated the exact opposite. Answering to
the question, 'Is Itussia out of the war 7 he
most emphatically declared that this was a
ridiculous question to ask.
ff.n nPA.iA irrnnlv expressed was
only a feeling of tho Russian people that
nld and support be extended to them and
that the encouragement from the Allies is
Justified to a nation that has borne such
heavy burdens and is now in a. iu .u. i
fundamental readjustment. NO worn was
Intended to express any blame or sarcasm
against Allied action.
RUSSIA HOLDS BIO ARMY
"A cable received lately and which Is
given out to the press today shows the real
military condition .on the Russian front.
The lie.t answer to malicious assertion,.
II. t iiiil l out of the war will lie tlie
net
riven by thl ruble ""
we are
i.l,lln- ),. nrraent time on our front
147 divisions of enemy troops."
The embassy was asked as to wliat ex
tent were Justified the rumors that great
numbers of German troops have been with
drawn from the Russian front to bo sent to
the Italian theatre of war.
"The Russian embnssy Is In recc pt of an
official cable from General Dessir.o, rep
resentative of the Russian army with the
British headquarters." was the reply. lie
communicates the following Information:
" -Four German Infantry divisions and
three Austrian infantry divisions have been
withdrawn from Rumania and GMc .Im
mediately Prior to the attack on the Italian
front. At the same time a few German di
visions havo been transported from the
French front.
"The total quantity of enemy troops
which Is being Maintained at Present
against the Russian armies arc: Eighty
six Infantry nnd ten cavalry German divi
sions, thirty-three Infantry and eleven cav
nlry Austrian divisions and seven Turkish
and Bulgarian Infantry divisions, making a
total of 117 enemy divisions."
LANSING'S STATEMENT
Secretary Lansing was sunjecieu 10 a
rapid-fire of questions on the Russian situa
tion at his conference this morning.
"Can you give us some Idea of Just what
the Russian situation today is?" the Secre
tary was asked.
"Our own advices," he replied, "show that
the provisional government In Petrograd
Is attacking with great energy the problems
confronting It. Reports received from Pe
trograd by mall and telegraph show that
Vremler Kerrnky nnd hi lo eminent,
far from yielding to riivrnurarenirnt, are
ntllt animated by a strong determination to
organize nil KiimIr's resource In u whole
hearted resistance nnd carry the war
through to n rlctorlouK completion. At the
samo timo this Government, like those of
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the Allies, In rendering- ill possible stt
ne. He declared emphatically that no news
whatever from any source would Indicate
.that Russia planned to dectare a separate
peace.
KERENSKY TO REBUILD
GOVERNMENT BEFORE
. RE-ENTERING CONFLICT
LONDON', Nov. 2.
Itussln will not flirlit this winter. Sho
may possibly be able to flRht next summer.
It depends entirely on whether Trcmlcr
Kerensky, now gaining s'renRth over his
Dolshevlkl enemies, will lis able to remold
Russia's domestic structure. From now
until next spring, nt leaRt, Itussln will rely
on nature's defenses of snow nnd lee nnd
cold to hold back Teutonic Invaders.
This epitomized ofllelnl feeling hero to.
day. It was the main lesson which the
Foreign- omce saw In the Italian cntns.
t raphe. The Foreign Odlo was not talking
for pub.lcatlon, but oHltlals privately cm
phaslzed tho view that more than ever
from now on Kngland nnd France nnd
later Amerlcn must hear tho Irunt of tho
war on the west front.
Knglnnd his counted Ilussla out ns a
factor of military strength slnro tho Bo.
shevlkl movement forced tho Moscow con
ference Certain olllclnl circles today did
not hesitate to add that the victory which
the German propaganda service scored In
thus paralyzing Russia's military activities
was greater than that which Mnckcnsen'a
armies have scored In temporary military
ueii'ui oi iiaiy. i
Ah Kngland now sees II. Russia must
roplaco her tottering governmental founda
tions before she can exert tho smallest bal
ance of military power. Premier Kerensky.
officials privately pointed out. has realized
this also. Ho has fought and delayed a
crisis until now, when winter's showh will
soon be coming to barrlcado his new de
mocracy. Not only that, but 1'etrogrnd dispatches
today Indicated that out of the crisis he
had emegred with n new strength over the
Dolshevlkl In votes cast In the first general
municipal elections throughout Russia. The
defeat of Rolshevlkl oindldatcs and the
election of an overwhelmingly pro-Government
majority exhibited In fheso returns
gave profound satisfaction In governmental
circles here.
Tho Russian constituent assembly meets
December fi. Premier KcrensKy has Indi
cated he wlli urge its speedy dispatch of the
business of forming a. complete govern
mental machine In the meantime, with the
cold Russian winter sitting In, the provi
sional Government proposes to center every
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BRITISH STRENGTHEN
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LONDON. Nov. 2.
South and west of Pnsschendaelo nnd
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"In successful minor operations," Field
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Kast of Ypres the British commander-in-chief
reported hostile artillery firing and
grent activity at night.
PARIS. Nov. 2.
Failure of enemy raids ngalnst French
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ported In today's omclal statement. On
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KILLED BY GAS FUMES
Found
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