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TEUTONS' LOSS
HEAVY AS DIAZ
CRUSHES LINES
1'First
and Second De-
I fenses of Austro-Ger-
mans Smashed
IflTALlAN TROOPS
lAiviii ur r iiiiNOi. Vii(
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flicted Upon Invaders in
Victorious Attack
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'?P With Anglo-French Forces in
TTioWl Rome Looks for
m , ' Decisive Move
LONDON, Nov. 28.
' "The Italian crisis is past," declared
h (Antral F. B. Maurice, director of the
f operations, in his weekly statement to
I day. "The credit is due to the Italians
ilone."
I By JOHN H. HEAULEY
I ROME, Nov. 28.
Si Within the last twenty-four hours
1 Italian troops, assuming the offensive.
: have smashed German first and second
lines, inflicting tremendous losses on
the invaders. The announcement was
made here today.
Details of the victory were withheld
for the present. The news was tited as
evidence of the growing strength of the
Italian army, its complete rehabilitation
and as an illustrationthat the enemy's
most powerful efforts to break the
Piave mountain line have been utterly
fruitless.
With .French and British aid now rap
Idly approaching the front, Rome looks
for a decisive strategic step of vast
importance.
LONDON'. Nov. 28.
Germany's great plan to crush Italy as
eervla and Kumarda were conquered has
ended In failure, according to belief ex
pressd In Imlltary and diplomatic circles
today.
However, both sides are preparing for a
freater struggle. Kelnforccments of men
and guns are pouring across the Austrian
frontier Into Italy to strengthen the Invad
Jnj hordes, while tho Alpine roads leading
down from Franco Into Italy nro choked
, with masses of French and British veterans,
trains of supply wagons, and long lines of
artillery.
An oversight In two directions has helped
to frustrate tho carefully laid plans of the
German general staff. First, they failed
to count upon tho true lighting spirit of
the Italian soldiers; second, they failed
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PW"' ,ulck ald belnB Blven tlle ItaIlans hy tl10
jt riciicu uuu uriiisu.
The magnitude of the preparations that
jjj, us uciiib muue on ooin siues ior a con-
av tlnURtlon nf the KtrlliTfrlf. Is Khnu'n liv thn
yjf closing of the Austro-Oerman frontier and
jj ine ranco-ltalian frontier. These step-)
nave Been made to cloak the amount of re
inforcements that aro being sent Into the
arena of action In northern Italy.
IDEAL AND REFUGEE
SHOW FORM AT BOWIE
m Speeders Outsprint Fast Fields in First
g and Second Races,
Respectively
BOWIK, Md Nov. 28. Over the snow
laden, slippery course and under anything
but Ideal conditions Ideal snrlnted tn vie.
i tory In the first race on the program here
si this afternoon. Tho veteran Ambrose was
In the saddle, piloting his speedy mount to
J- a win over the fast finishing Onlco And
flairyman, winners of second and third,
rejpectlvcly. t
Refugee showed u fine hurst of speed In
th second event at seven furlongs, out
distancing Early Morn and Little Nephew.
nummary:
, FIKST IIACE.
lODtl!
selling, two-year-olds. 5'.4 fur
J?.4'- ini. Ambrose 18.70 J3.R0 J'J.OO
On co. 98. Wall. ,. ..... S..10 a0
Dilry Man. I in. Mrrsler... 4 oil
Time. 1:0(1 1-3. I)locorlUe. Logical, MIllrHce,
f?r, Joe. Hame. Don Jo, sister MnrJorle
r' Jr.!"" P."y '" rnn- acraicneu
.J5&J.'"a. ilooehead. tlreen llrnss.
-June IIuk
Urass. Hoy lllue
ww viHronrie.
fuSECOND P.ACE. three-year-olda and up, .even
.p:u.?".U4, .b'rt M-TO J3.S0 J2.70
ii.V1,r.Mclrn- " rarlneton .... S.oo .-l.tio
utile Nephew. 114, Lomaa n.oo
ui lm. ? --S. Co.tumer, Pharaoh, Joe Finn,
fiSSLfiZ! .'H'ah.Way. Alex (letz. Shrapnel.
s5re, !ffaloJ;a a," rttn- 'Kleld. Scratched
?""' "allot. The Decision, Srarplo, Preaton,
P.BAiinw. Charmeu.e. '
3Hm.S.,,APB. two-year oid. furlonit.:
Ortii'J03; ?,' "own. ....... M.7U IS.WI $2.00
Orlando of Havana, 101), Par-
.ring-ton 2 en n .
Amck.n. nil. a Collin. also
(kM.".''!!1;:;?- '"belt. 'rtlan. Tea Parly.
?&! Soldier Hl.o ran. Hrratrheit Valerius,
iT-v L. .-Nominee. Dairy Man. Lady Gertrude.
or Spades.
.ioVRTK nACB- three-year-olds. mils and 20
rf Sjli" r?.x.l0' Sterling 124.20 tn.sn .-,.no
U: S.l.w.'.1rdotte. 100. Mooney. .... 3.10 2 fin
fim. ' v ? own.. a.oo
Pn, Annie Edgar, I'ollvanna and
LSh-r."nV. Scratched Wild Thyme.
piiS..J'".rhiri- Alvord and Tom I.
"f'yTH KACE. mile and 70 yard.:
glSl"1. Bun.US, Htlrllnic ;: ....
T?L"'Hy: Erlck.on ...
nn, Annie Edzar. Pnllvanna and nn l.lnn
Crepu.cle.
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. ...n. uirr, ai.uiii inn i iiiti ,.nwrv.
If- . O.rT.u "IS" "; "owan r. i.i'U JH.WI is.ihi
t , L.5h.?,';S Jl:;h!1r"n'c Is-40 ,n-vi
Tim. i.kn-' - 1 "."
KlnLX?i" "ACB, 1 1.1(1 mile.:
n fr".',!!,bl"' HO. Rl..,30.30 lo.fin jn.Ki
Bati1. MJ J1"' J'"-. "Mtwell : 8.40 (1.211
taiuaJ. "
twa. 105,
llf AlMamV
SO, 70
RoyKNTH nACB. 1 1.18 mile.:
iSfh'Ti.102- Mooney 18.80 4.an is.so
a?il"rJ,. J..KIc .... 3.00 2.BO
Tim2"cf,.,98.i "owan 2.70
Time, 1:50 4-5.
Held in $2000 Bail in Theft Case
..Hrry 1axer. of Second and Morris
tr . ' waB neW (n ,2000 ba toT a tunhev
nearing December 5 before Magistrate
jannock In the Central Tollce Station to-
V M wag accused of receiving 1C00
Ijuuna hats said to havo been stolen from
; ",lt concern; Lixer in hla own
W. said he had sublet the section of
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American Generals Send
Thanksfiving Messages
THK Evknmno Ledger today re
xccivel two ThnnksgivinR mes
sanes to the American people from
the iKhtintr front in France, written
by the American commander-in-chief
over there" and his lirst assistant,
the messages nro:
General John J. Pershing
First, we may be thankful for tho
spirit which a great, t'ause has
aroused in our nation.
Second, that our army in France
increases and its training continues
according to plan.
Third, for the energy and unity of
purpose from home which sustains
us here and which will rend us the
men and tho material cnnMing us to
deliver blows whoso result will give
us even greater cause for thanks
when another Thanksgiving Day
arrives,
Hi Major General William
J.. Siberl
This little pioneer contingent of
mine has many things to be truly
thankful for.
We have progressed far along our
progress of training. We have be
come so hardened physically that,
despite exposure to the rough
weather, our men have had a mini
mum of illness.
But most of all we arc thankful
for this: In tho great task of trans
porting our army to France wo have
not lost a single man not one
casualty.
It U very encouraging, because we
know and our people back home
know that when the full force of the
United States can be transported over
here and thrown into the fight, then
we Allies will win this war hands
down.
RESERVE DECISION
IN BALLOT APPEAL
Supreme Court Hears Or
ganization Plea to Stop
Recount
STUFFING CHARGE MADE
OFFICIAL COUNT, CITY AM)
CAMP VOTE
RECEIVER OF TAXES
Kcndrick 117,529 Armstrong 108,713
REGISTER OF WILLS
Shechan .. 110,856 Smith .... 108,731
CITY TREASURER
Shoycr ... 113.2G7 Nicholson. 111,263
CORRECTED COUNT FOR FORTY
I50XES
Old Net New-
majority gain majority
Kendrick .... 8788 158 8044
Armstrong ....
Sheehan 2072 171 2216
Smith
Shoycr 2004 173 2177
Nicholson
The Supreme "ourt of Pennsylvania lato
this afternoon, after hearing argument, ic
wrvert decision mi today's appeal of the
Hepubllcan Organization from the Kloctlon
Court's recount of tho November fi vote.
At the sanifl time, In tho ICIectlon Court,
the Organization was nccused by the Town
Meeting party of ballot-box stalling. Kor
ijie flrnt time since tho Independents gained
access to the voters' check-list boohs " It
was announced that the Town Meeting party
was prepared to- show that In at least llil
election divisions 1R3T more votes were
cast than thtre were voters registered or
voters In the division.
The Supreme Court, In star-chamber ses
kIoii, listened for an hour and a half to
argument In tho proceedings to stop tho
recount. No one was Admitted but the
Justices and attorneys for both side. The
appeal was for a writ of certiorari for
a supersedeas, brought by Alexander Simp
son. Jr., V. Horace Hepburn and William
A. Carr. representing W. Freehand Kendrick,
James I). Sheehan and Kred J. Shoycr. Or
ganization candidates. The Town .Meeting
patty was represented by Henry J. Scott.
Justices who heard the argument were Chief
Justice Ilrown and Justices von Mosch
zlslier. Mestrezat and Potter.
The petition was based on two points.
The Supreme Court was linked to declare
that the lower court has no right tn receive
petitions filed by tho Town Meeting party
more than threo days after returnH have
been made. Tho higher court was also
asked to declare that tho lower court had
no right to open the ballot-boxes.
Henry J. Scott, In his argument against
granting the writ, said the three-day clause
In tho election law was directory and not
mandatory on the election court Judges and
that It applies not to nilng of petitions but
to the decisions upon them. He also con
tended that tho election court was more
than a computing court and that tho law of
190D rcetulres that It make u Just return of
the vote. In accordance with this. Mr. Scott
asserted, It can receive any evidence, In
cluding the opening of ballot-boxes.
Tho appeal from the concurrent decisions
of Judges Martin and Klnletler that the
Election Court could go behind the returns
and have ballot-boxes opened was based
on exceptions taken by Organization coun
sel whenever a box was opened for re
count. The Election Court's action fol
lowed petitions from tho Town Meeting
nartv asking for a recount based on charges
that" many Town Meeting ballots were Il
legally Invalidated. Should tho Supreme
Court sustain tho Organization's objection.
Town Meeting leaders nnnounced that they
would contest the election In the Court of
Quarter Sessions acting as a contest court.
In the Election Court today tho count pro.
cceded slowly because of the crowd and
tho dllatcry tactlcs'of rtepresentatlve John
II. 1. Scott, who was rebuked repeatedly
liv the court for arguing. Nevertheless, the
o'rganlzatlon counsel blocked tho proceed
ings at every opportunity.
Only threo new Town Meeting petitions
were ncted upon by the time tho restraining
writ was naked for. A recount was ordered
In the case of the seventh division of the
Forty-eighth Ward The petition for a re.
count In tho thirty-first division of tho
Twenty-fourth Ward was dismissed. The
petition for tho fifteenth division of the
Fourth Ward was held over because, of a
roucrt by Henry J. Peott, Town Meeting
counsel, that Peter n. Ewcll. one of the
signers of the petition In the last-named cjl
vision, be held fcr perjury. Th Ih was he
flnt case of a witness's credibility being
inestloned so severely since the recount be
questioner wi ....',.,. fhA n-tlt on unt 1
I "" "
gan. " curi ! -
RUSSIAN REDS
FACE ROUT AS
NATIONWAKES
Plans to Overthrow Maximalists-
Fast Gather
Strength
WARNING GIVEN ARMY
Proclamation to Soldiers De
clares Rolshevik Peace Pro
posals Are Traitorous
LONDON. Nov. 28.
'I lie Allies arc considering the' send
iiiK of a w amine to the Knssl.m r..
lions, pointing out tho serious" couse-
'luonccs of a separate peace with Or- ;
many, Lord Hubert Cecil, Minister of i
liiockndc, announced in the House of
Commons today.
LONDON. Nov. 28.
Congratulations from the Holsheviki
lenders at retrograd to the Holsheviki
army commander-in-chief. Ensign Kry
lenko, for his "efforts looking toward
conclusion of n general, just and demo
cratic peace," were announced in a
wireless message picked up here today.
I.ONTlON. Nov 28.
The Ttussla of the plain people seemed to
be coming to Its, senses oday, but very
slowly.
At the moment when nuthr.rltntlve re
ports declared Herman staff olllcers we-e
openly In conference In Petrognd with tho
I.enlne-Trotsky Holsheviki Government half
a dozen dispatches from other sections of
Itussla reported the growth of a formidable
movement for the overthrow of the Maxi
malists and establishment tf a real coalition
Government, expressive of Uussla's people
as a whole
A llaparanda dispatch today reported
that tho Committed on Public Safety had
Issued u lirtA'laniatlon to the army declar
ing: The Ilolabrvlkl prnri. prnpn-nN linvi.
ilrMrnyol ltiixila. Foreign Matra will
iim.lilrr aurli u ktrp n mlilnc Ituvani
traitor. They will withdraw tlirlr hiii.
piirt. At Hip ler.v ninmrnt f Anirrlia's
entry Kik.Ih will lie ilr-rrtnl l.v erv.
body and imit brreeli tlii- Kiilrr for
prurr puying Hip price In land and In
money.
"CONOnERS" CAM.ni
llrltlsh wireless btatlons today picked up
n message sent by the Pctrograd station
and signed "Second Lieutenant Shorin"
which irged nil Husslnns to partlclpato In
a "congress to be held 'at Petrograd De
cember 9." Tho message nsked for replies
to n previous Invitation for such participa
tion. Whether the "congress" was n Holsheviki
conceived plan or part of tho growing
movement of opposing political factions to
replace the Maximalists with u stnble Gov
eminent was not indicated.
Tho Russian Constituent Assembly has
been called to meet by Premier ICerensKy
December C. It may bo this Is the "con
gress" referred to.
A Petrograd message said M. Tchernoff.
formerly Kerensky's Agricultural Minister:
M. Avksentleff. who later held the same
post; Prof. Paul X. Mlllukoff, formerly
Foreign Minister under the Duma Cabinet ;
Admiral Vetkhovsky, Kercnsky's Minister
of Marine; M. Ivanoff, a prominent Mod
erate Socialist, nnd a number of others
had met fur a conference at army head
quarters Their specific purpose was for
mation of a substantial Government.
At the same time the Itusslan army, now
facing starvation thiough utter failure of
tho Holsheviki Government to arrange
transportation of forjd, is nevertheless torn
Continued on PnK l"ourten, Column lino
RECORD TAX RATE
JUMP IS FORECAST
Probable Loan for Perma
nent Improvements Faces
Finance Committee
$44,357,440 TOTAL PASSES
A record-bieaklng Increase In the tax
rate, with a probable loan for permanent
Improvements next May. was foreshadowed
late this afternoon by action of Councils"
Finance Committee lu aprovlng expenditures
for 1918 totaling iU,3i1.U(i. This total
makes no provision for repayment of the
temporary loan of 1. 200,000, for man
damuses for deficiencies or for soldiers'
dependents.
The Finance Committee reported to Coun
cils n bill providing for the present tax rato
of $1.25, with the understanding that It
would be amended to a much higher figure
after a meeting of the Klnanco Committee
on Friday. A new rate will finally he tlxed
hy special session of Councils on Friday
afternoon.
Chairman Oaffney predicted a new loan
for next year In the course of an nrgument
to reduce an Item for repairs to streets from
$800,000 to $400,000. This item was cut to
tho latter figure with the understanding
that It could be. enlarged later through a
municipal loan In 1918.
Mr. Gaffttey said In nil probability a loan
of this character would have to bo provided
next year. During tho course of a four
hour session Councils' financiers pared over
$1,000,000 from Items asked for malnto
nance and supplies by various departments
and bureaus.
One year, ago Councils raised the tax
rate from $1 to $1.25. This move was taken
with fear and trembling, but as It brought
only a slight protest from citizens It was
decided to this year make the burden
heavier by leaving the municipal payroll
cluttered with a duplication of places that
city otllclals frankly assert should be abol
ished If the city Is to have anything like
a business government. Useless places, ac
cording to Jlooert jvi. tiruuin, or me livii
Service Commission, are In part responsible
for tho second Increase In two years.
Vot the least of the reasons tor the
latest Increase are the hitherto unh,eard-of
demands of street-cleaning and garbage-collecting
contractors. Despite appeals from
Director Datesman, of the Department of
I'ubllo Works, the usual contractors have
boosted their prices to a point that will be
well over,$1.000,000 over the record-breaking
prlcef charted this year. The Increases
have not! been definitely fixed, as some of
CMttMrt m rMrtt, Ct4u Tkn
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1917
GAS ATTACKS
FAIL TO SHAKE
BRITISH GRIP
Germans Hurl Tornado of
Asphyxiating Shells on
Byng's Lines
ROURLON WOOD IS HELD
Crown Prince Kupprecht Sacri
ficed Flower of Army in Vain
Counter-Thrusts
AMSTKKDAM, Nov. "S.
It was reported from the Cerinan
fionticr today th.it the Kaiser is going
to tin- western front.
Hy WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
with Tin: imiTisu aiimiks in tih:
I'llM.I). Vox L'S
The Germans tlticniked a countryside filllv
of gas In their attempt", to shake the llrlt
lsh grip back nf the lllndenburg line to
day Shells containing powerful asphyxiating
vapor were distributed hy German guns
over wide areas Immediately back of the
llrltlOi posli urns Nil damage was done,
and the shells gave the enemy no advantage.
As this dl-patch Is cabled the llrltlsh at
tack bus appatcnlly shifted to west of
Fontaine Notre Panic, but positions In
llourlon Wood nil' standing secure despite
th enein.'s most desperate efforts.
The cncni) fntmledl) ihelled Itoiirlou
Wood all of last night and deluged with
gunllre the lines south of that position, in -eluding
Aniieux. lir.ilucnuit and I leiulciiiii I
It was as though the enemy were cningcd
by bis failure in a vigorous attack nmuiid
Tadpole Copse, south nf Inihy.
This afternoon the lines on both sides
were virtually unchanged
Tho Prussians seldom fought with such
desperation as K'tey battled yesterday nnd
today, vainly, bloodily, frantically striv
ing to wrest Horn '.on Wood from the Itrlt
Mi The wood Is a mere bundle "f sticks now.
Its great trees have literally been splintered
by high explosives, smashed down by tanks,
uprooted by shells Wit it used to be a
pleasant stretch of grateful shade is now a
bare, scrawny hump. :i000 by 'Jf.no yards, out
of the salient shoved forward Into the very
vitals of the German line. Its very base
must by now be stuhed with the blood of
fighting illtat has raged over Its top.
This dispatch Is written Just after my
leturn from a sight of Cantbral The build
ings of the prize clty.arc visible, even In to
day's thick weather, fiont where the Uritish
line sticks Its steel menacingly forward.
Ql'KANT'S Pi:iUI CHOWS
On tho other side of the llourlon ridge,
toward Que int. tho lllndenburg line that
wits looked llko a prison yard from the
keeper's .tower, so commanding is the ridge
position.
It Is small wonder Hupprerht Is now
desperate, as he tern this vital dominating
point In llrltlsh hands.
As 1 stood south of the wood the rattle
of rltles c tine front the right. I have seldom
bear such terrific bursts of noise from In
fantry lighting.
Then the machine guns on both sides
Joined their stacc-Uo rattes 111 a feverish
crescendo. A sally had been tried. And over
all came the crash of gre it explosions.
The bodies are taking no chances of let
ting llrltlsh re-enfnrcenients come up
Minute by minute they are busy crumpling
every known road or every known track by
which they think fresh llrltlsh troops may
enter tho salient, lllgli-exploslvo shells nre
used, great monsters that dig deep craters.
The llrltlsh guns do not hesitate to rejiy.
Hack on the German roads Hyng's shells
must be making life miserable for the
lioches.
As this great artillery duel roared there
was a sudden cyclone blast of rattling bail.
Wo peered out over No Man's Land to see
six British planes swooping, swerving,
Contlnilfil on 1'illte 1'mtr. Column Two
PENN RESERVES
MANICURE FIELD
Fohvell Uses Scrubs and
Second Varsity to Help
Remove Snow
REGULARS IN CONDITION
Franklin Field will ho lu condition for
the big game with Cornell tomorrow. To
day Folwell coached his army of stalwarts
In new tactics and they, surely niado a
clean-up. As clean-up men they were voted
a success, and to make this clean-up Fol
well didn't call upon his first team, feeling
well satisfied that his scrubs and second
varsity was capable of doing the Job.
Snow-laden Franklin Field came In for a
battering. Snow plows, scrapers nnd fifty
shovels cleared away tho white covering
nnd before dark tho field was dark anil
slippery. The scrubs nnd second varsity
didn't get their signals crossed once, though
shovels often came together. Snow flew, so
did tho men and everything was flying be
fore the pigskin was brought Into piny
When tho Held was cleared ihe Penn
regulats came on tho field and the boys
were sent through a snappy practice They
showed much' life In their work-out, ran
through tho signals Finoothly, received a
few punts, took a spin around the field,
then speeded for the dressing room, through
practlco for the season and awaiting tho
game with the Ithaeans on the morrow.
Folwell will stnrt the same men against
Cornell that were In the first lino when
Michigan wits the opposition. Tho men arc
In condition and while not overconfident,
are not doubtful as to the result of the en
gagement. PLEA FOR UNITY IN WAR EFFORT
Dr. Hillis, 'Addressing City Club, Asks
America to Co-operate With Allies
A plea for sympathetic nnd co-operative
ffforts on the part of this country with
French and English Allies was the key
note of an address by Doctor Newell
Dvvight mills to an audience composed
largely of army and navy olllcers at the
City Club luncheon today.
Doctor HIllls, who is a successor of Henry
Ward lleecher as the pastor of tho Ply.
mouth Church In Brooklyn, has recently re
turned from a tow of northern France,
whera he received the courtesies of the
French English and Belln arm! w,
QUICK
MRS. C. J. RHOADS NAMED MOTHERS' PENSION TRUSTEE
Mrs. Charles J. Itboads. 'South Klttenhouse Square, was today ap
pointed a Mothers' Tension trustee for Philadelphia, to succeed Mrs.
Bernard Gilpin.
TEN ENEMY ALIENS ARRESTED. IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Nov. 28. Xcu enemy aliens, were arrested on a coal
pier hero today nnd trill he interned for defying the proclamation
against Germuuu upproaching the water front.
JAPAN TO TAKE PART IN ALLIED CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Nov. i!8.-Jopau will participate In the Inter
Allicd Conference at Taria Thuuki-Eiviiif; Day, according to official
Homo cnblcti received here, today.
DU PONT DIVIDENDS FOR YEAR 50 PER CENT
WILMINGTON. Pel.. Nov. IS. !:. I du Pont tlo Nemors Co. has declared, In
nildltlon to the regular iiiaiteilv dividend of tl2 per cent on the common stock, or
IS per cent for the tear, a special dividend of ;i per cent, payable In Liberty llonds
at par with all cotipuni' nl Inched, and payable December 2L to stock of record
November "0. The ley, liar ii ideiul, which Is in cash, is payable. December lo to
stock nl' reconl Nnvenil cr So. tin the debenture stock the regular 1 per cent dii
tlend w.is declnud. pnMiiiti- January 1'j to stock of record Junuar 10.
2050 PROVISIONAL SECOND LIEUTENANTS NAMED
WASHINGTON. Nov. .'I. The War Ucpurtmcnt today issued orders assigning
0."f provisional second lieutenants in lite cavalry , Infantry, coast artillery and Held
artillery. This is the largest assignment of ulllccrH over Issued 1 the department.
The nlllceis arc trout tho olllcers' reserve corps, civilian life or front noncommissioned
ranks in the lemilnr in my and National Guatd. They Include some front the Porto
Itlco liiiantr; .
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CLYDE LINE SUSPENDS SAILINGS TO NEW YORK
The tiiwtckl) ..cvii i of the t'l.vdc Steamship Compan's Phllinlclplila-Ncw York
line will bo Indcllniulv suspended nfler Saiuulay, December t. Tho last sailings
from New York to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to New York will be made on that
tlnte. Announcement to this effect was made today. No freight will bo received
from shippers or connecting lines for transportation between New York and Philadel
phia nnd points beyond after the noon hour on the date of suspension of the service.
Tho Philadelphia olllces of the company are located at 701 Chestnut street.
STRIKE OF MUNITION PLANT WORKERS SETTLED
l WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. Settlement
of the Amerlcaii-ltrltlsh Manufacturing Company. Providence. It. I., engaged on a
Government contract for anti-aircraft guns, was nnnounced by the Department of
Labor today. The terms of the settlement wetc not reported by John J. Casey, the
department's conciliator, but It Is believed the workers were granted the eight-hour
workday, for which the) were striking.
DENIES POPE PLANS NEW PEACE APPEAL
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.---Osscrvatore Itomnuo. the organ oT the Vatican, denies
that the Pope has directed or Is preparing a new peace appeal, arcordlng to an offi
cial cablegram from I tome today.
THIERICIIENS GETS 11 MONTHS' SENTENCE
Captain Max V. Tbieiichens, former commander of the Gentian sea raider Prims
Kltel r'rledrloh, wns today sentenced to fourteen months' Imprisonment In the Fed
eral Penitentiary at Atlanta, fin., by Judge Thompson In the I'nlted States District
Court, for conviction of violating the Mann White Slave act in bringing Marie Funk,
n young German domestic, from Ithaca, N. Y., to this city for Immoral purposes. In
January last.
PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS IN BERLIN AND BUDAPEST
AMSTKKDAM, Nov. 28. Peace demonstrations have occurred in lierlln and
lltidapcst, according to reports reaching hero today. Police In both cities, it was de
clared, had clashed with the peaco advocates.
BENSON AND BLISS RETURN TO PARIS FROM FRONT
PAKIS. Nov. 28. Admiral Ilenson and (ieneral liliss. members of tho American
mission, returned today from u visit to tho French front, where they had been guests
of Ocneral Petulii.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP THOR REPORTED SUNK
TOKIO. Nov. 28. The Pacific Mail steamship Thor, bound to Yokohama from
San Francisco, has been sunk, according
were given,
U. S. WANTS 500 GRADUATE NURSES
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S Five hundred graduate nurses for Immediate service
are wanted by the army, the surgeon general announced today. Tho nurses will re
ceive $00 a month and maintenance.
WILLIAM G. MURDOCH TO GET MAJOR'S COMMISSION
HAIlKISill'KG, Pa.,. Nov. 28. William G. Murdock. disbursing officer of tho
Stato draft headquarters, is to be made a mnjor In tho I'nlted States officers' reserve
and attached to the .Judge Advocate General's Department, when he takes formal
hold of the State headquarters on December 15.
THREE FORMER WATER
BUREAU MEN INDICTED
Embezzlement, Falsifying Rec
ords and Conspiracy to De
fraud City Charged
Three former employes in the Water Hu
reau were indicted today by the November
Grand Jury' on charges of embezzlement,
falsifying records nnd conspiring to cheat
and defraud the city. The defendants arc
Charles H. r.ussell. H07 West Thompson
street, permit clerk; .Tames S. VnnVranken.
2212 Ivtmbard street, assistant clerk, and
William S. Jones. fiOf.3 North Lawrence
street, permit receiving clerk
According tn the indictments, which
chargo specific Instances, nearly 1 1000 was
stolen by the defendants from the city.
Kussell, VanVranken and Jones are all
named In the Indictment charging "embez
zlement by employes of a municipal cor
poration." Kussell nnd VanVranken are
named In an Indictment charging "falsi
fying, etc., hooks of a municipal corpora
tion and a book of a public office1 and
"conspiracy to cheat and defraud and to
embezzle from the city." An Indictment Is
also presented against Jones charging him
with falsifying the city's records. The In
dictments were returned to Judge Davis, in
Qunrter Sessions Court.
Jones was employed In the Ke'celver of
Taxs' office and Kussell and Van Vranken
In the Water Ilureau. It Is said that they
conspired to alter books and keep different
fees that were charged for the Issuance of
permits, etc. The books of both offices. It
Is alleged, were altered to cover up the
defalcations.
Policemen Kill Supposed Hold-Up Man
FEORIA. III., Nov. 28. Otto Kurrle, an
alleged hold-up man, was shot and instantly
killed In a nlstol duel with two nolleeman
early, today, , ..v.
CorintciiT, 1017, Minr rrrno Lima Cost pint
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NEWS
of the strike of 200 workers at the plant
to word reaching here today.
No details
U. S. PATROL BOAT
DAMAGED IN CRASH
Collides With Merchants and
and Miners Liner While An
swering S. 0. S. Call
AN ATLANTIC POUT. Nov. 28.
The steamship Ontario of the .Merchants
and Miners' Line collided with a L'nlted
States patrol boat off the Atlantic coist.
according to advices iccelvcd at the olllce
of the line here today.
At the time of the collision the patrol
boat was on Its way to answer an S. u. S.
call tent mt by the tvo-masted schocner
Kirk, which was reported to bo leaking
badly. No one was hurt, but the patrol
boat was so baihy damaged that It had
to be benched. ,
The Ontario ttood by until the patrol
boat was safe and then' proceeded slowly
to Its berth, slightly d imaged and leaking,
No further word was heard of the Kirk.
"GASSED" CHILDREN 11UHIED
Bodies of Two Asphyxiated by Deserted
Mother Interred Here
Funeral services for Catharine and Karl
Whitehead, twelve and four years old, re
spectively, of lluddonficld, N, J vtero held
at tho homo of their grandparents. Fifty
sixth street and llHzel avenue, this after
noon, The two children were found clasped
In each other's arms In a gas-filled room on
Monday with their mother, who had chosen
that way of ending the misery and nova
tions thrust on litem by the desertion of thci
ranter ana nusoana, John Whitehead.
The families of the grandparents of the
children attended the funeral and the burial
In Mount Morlah Cemetery. The mother
of the children, Si; lawrovlnr, WM'jwt
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FRAZEE, RESIGNING,
LASHES EDUCATORS
Charges Public School Sys
tem Is in Administrative
and Financial Chaos
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John c. Kiazee. associate superintendent
of public schools, today' resigned from th,
position, accompanying his letter of rcslg
iitnion with a hot attack on certain un
named members of the Hoard of Kducatlon,
who, lie charged, had brought tho city's
public school system Into a state of admin
istrative and financial chaos. He will take
up the chairmanship of a Federal labor
committee for this Slate on December 1.
Mr. I'rnzee's letter of resignation wai
addressed to Dr. John P Gather, ruperln
teiiilcnt of schools, who has been his warm
defender in a long-standing cmtroversy be
tween Doctor G irber nnd certain members
of the Hoard of lMucatlon which arose
after Mr. Frazee wns made bead of the
public schools' bureau of vocational train
ing In .May. toil.
These board members recently voted to
eliminate the olllces of three associate
superintendents. Its action being prompted.
Doctor Gather contended, by their desire to
oust Mr. Frazec. Recently, the Department
of Labor leipirMed the board to grant Mr.
Frazec a ) ear's leave of absence, with
salary, tn assist the Council of National
Defense In dealing with the labor question.
Yesterday, the hw.ird's committee on
elementary education notified Mr. Frazee
through Doctor Garbcr tint It would not
grant hint leave of absence under any con
ditions and suggested point-blank that he
icsIeu altogether
Mr. 1 'razee's letter. follows:
"November 2S. 1917.
"My dear Doctor Garbcr - 1 am today
In tcOc'pt of our letter of the twenty-sov-eiilli
instant, containing the Information
thai the committee on elementary schools,
nsremhled tn consider the request of the
m ting Secretary o' the I'nlted States De
epartment of Labor that I be gi anted a
temporary t please from all school duties to
enter the service of the riovcrnment, hai
olllcl.illv refused to grant me a leave of
absence under any consideration, and has
suggested that the Hoard of Public Ivduca
tion Is ready to nccept my resignation as
associate superintendent of schools if the
Government desires my services.
"I believe that my undivided Interest In
tho public schools of Philadelphia has been
amply attested by my declination, during
my period of service with the Hoard of
Public Kducatlon, of other positions offer
ing materially larger salaries. I'nder ordi
nary circumstances the choice of the alter
natives presented tt this time would be
difficult But In vlmtr of the chaotic con
dition Into which the schools have fallen
through the improper assumption of admin
istrative functions by certain members of
the board, nnd through the financial mis-'
management which must Inevitably result
when the flnanro committee attempts to
exclude the superintendent of spools from
its meetings and persists In conducting Its
business affairs without a detailed system
nf budget and n properly organized control
of exieiidltures I feel that nothing of
value can be accomplished for the youth v
of Philadelphia until these and other serious
evils h ive been remedied.
"I am therefore handing you this resigna
tion as associate superintendent of schools,
to be effective at the end of this munth.
I'nder ordinary circumstances I would not
submit a resignation to become effective at
such short notice, but tho purpose of he
Department of Labor In requesting my
leave of absence has been to obtain Imme
diately my full services In connection with
the labor emergency. Very truly yours, J
"JOHN C. FKAZKH."
Mr. Frazee, who Is about thirty-eight
years old, Is a graduate of Coe College,
Iowa, and nlso studied at the Massachusetts '
Institute of Technology and at the Michigan
State College of Mines. From educational
work on the raclfic coaut he returned t .j
teach at Columbia University and then
came to Philadelphia
Last August Mr. Frazee was appointed
Federal director and (superintendent for
Pennsylvania of the United States publla
tervlce reserve, to enroll Industrial workers
tor governmental service, He was made
an officer of the Department of Labor at
the beginning tt the war and was later
made vice director of the department of
civilian servico and labor of the committee
of public safety of Pennsylvania.
tils work for the Federal nubile servlca
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possible to grant hlni leave of absence from ft'iK
his Philadelphia scitooi post with salary, he bis
asked for leave of absence without salary, Wi.
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