li1 iSSBMSfe. w$r. Urtiaer Euentng FINAL ) 4 yat4S IFTI 5 I"" -tv v M Jl'i At. VOL. IV. NO. 67 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 CorimonT, 1017, st in Pcbuo I.idom Counxt PRICE TWO CENTS' TJP! JRHfli ' ,0. ... L 585 fWARN RUSSIA OF DANGER IN ; PEACE OFFERS AlHes Serve Notice That i Move Violates Treaty' Obligations U. S. SIGNATURE WITHHELD Impression Given That Wilson Will Follow Rule Adopted Toward Mexico GENEVA, Nov. 30. Count Czernin, Foreign Minister of F Austria, today sent a wireless message I to Petrograd consenting to treat with f Russia for peace, said a dispatcli from l Vienna. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30. Austro-Hungarian army officers have armed at the headquarters of Prince Leopold, on the Polish front, to treat with the representatives of the Hoi gheviki concerning peace with Russia. The Russians arc expected to arrie Sunday, and the negotiations, which will deal first with an armistice, will open the following day. Prince Leo pold is commander of the German armies on the eastern front. By JOSEPH SHAPLEN STOCKHOLM. Nov, 30 Allied military officials, except tho Amer j lean, hao served formal warning on Bus- ula's Bol"hevlkl authorities tli.it in nttempt t np a peace with Germany Russia is mtli l lessly Lasting aUle solemn treaty obliga tions. According to reliable Information here, the notice was In tho form of a joint note B and specifically announced that the protest was mailo "in conformity with precise In- ' etructlons received from authorized tcpro ' sentatlvcs." i The nolo was delivered to tho Bolshevlkl comminder. The widest speculation was arousul hero over the news that no Americans signed r the note The allied message announced "a protect ( In the most energetic manner" ng.ilnst llus. r fla's violation of tho conditions of thetrc-ity ' of August 23, 1914, in which .ill tho Allies, f Including Russia, solemnly agreed not to f conclude ti peace separately. Tho message concluded with the admo nition that ' the signatories cons'der it their duty to warn Ktissla that lolatlons of this pledgo may cause ery serious conso le quences." Omission of American signatures to the note reported ahne may he ery sig nificant of the policy of the United States toward Russia. If President Wilson follows with tli.it nation tho policy ho adopted toward Mex ico, it will bo that tho United States will not interfere with tho working out of tin people's national ampliation, ptIded America Is not affected In that process of evolution. PHTHOORAD. Nov "10 A coalition Government innslting of Bolshevlkl, MlnamaUsts, Internationalists, the Left parties and Social Revolution trie, was In process of form.itlcm todiv Tho new Government will consist of a minlstrv representing 'ill tboe politic il fai ' tlons, which will bo responslhlo to a Parlia ment composed of 10S memheis of tho Workmen's and Soldiers' Soviet, an csquil number of representatives of tho Peasants' Congress, 100 delegates from tho army and 60 from tho trudes unions VON HERTLING LAUDED BY REICHSTAG LEADERS AMSTERDAM. Nov 30 Assurances of united buppoit from tho Centrists, majority Socialists and Progres sives vvero given to tho German Chancellor, Count on Hertllng. folding his Reichs tag address of csteiday, according to Berlin dispatches today. Dr. Trlmborn, Centrist leader, spoke Immediately following tho Chancellor, llo expressed "full confidence," In his course, ana especially announced his approval of the Government's attitude toward Russia Philip Scheidemann, majority Socialist leader, declared ho "joj fully welcomed the prospect of peace with Russia." and ad mitted thut the new Government was "bet ter than Its predecessor " Herr Flschback, progressive leader, Cuntlnurd on I'jikc Tumi), Column Three CAMP MEADE RECRUITS ARE AROUSED BY FIRE Early Morning Blaze in Barracks Squelched With Blankets Be fore Firemen Arrive CAMP MKADK, Admiral, Md , Nov. 30. I.Ittlo Penu vi as given Its llrst lire scare early today when u guard In the barracks of Company U. Twenty-third Lnginecrs, dis covered llanns In tho sleeping quarters of the men, Kitty men, who were sleeping on the second floor, were aroused and extinguished the small blare by smothering It with bed sacks ind blankets. An ularin was sounded, but before tho lire apparatus ai rived the eoldicis hid extinguished the blazo. Tho origin of the tiro Is unknown SAVE BURNING PLAYMATE Prompt Action of Children Probably Will Prevent Death of Girl The prompt action of seeraf playmates of Elizabeth Burgess, four jears old, 141 East Melvale street, In rolling her on 15ie ground In a rug when her clothing suddenly caught fire us tho children plajed with matches, may save the little gill's life. Sho Is In St. Mary's Hospital, severely burned about the face, urms tind hands. The child and several companions, a few years older, were plalng In the yird of her home. They had obtnluedonatches, and were striking them on tho walls. A spark; from one of the matches set lire to, Eliza Muwareu, RAINBOW DIVISION IN FRANCE; CHEERS GREET FIRST GUARD UNIT; REPRESENT 33 STATES Announcement of Safe Arrival of Initial Ex peditionary Force of Militiamen Joy ously Welcomed by People of Towns American Soldiers Make Fast Progress in Battle Training. Some of Them Already Reviewed by General Pershing Buckle Down to Hard Work Promptly By J. W. PEGLER AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS, FRANCE, Nov. 30. American National Guard units representing thirty-three States of the Union are now in France. They arrived borne weeks ago, but it v.vas not until todny that permission was granted to announce the fact. The new Sammecs received a heart-thrilling welcome from Franco. They were quartered in towns which heretofore had seen only a few of the Amer ican fighting men. The occasion of their arrival was made memorable by special welcoming ceremonies, local officials combining with the military authori ties in a whole-hearted celebration. Blaring French bands, trying their best to rattlo off American ragtime, gave a home flavor to u reception which otherwise must have impressed the militia boys as unlike anything else in the world. The Americans were welcomed as heroes. Thfc French population, dressed in its gayest clothes, marched side by side with the detachments, festooned the soldiers with garlands of flowers and decked themselves out in tiny American flags. Within twenty-four hours the militamen were thoroughly at homo and on the most friendly relations with their fellow townsmen throughout the area over which they were billeted. Tho iint National Guard arrivals, it was stated at headquarters today, have made encouraging progress in their training. General Pershing has already inspected certain of the new units. SI ANN COMMANDS GUARD TROOPS "OVER THERE" WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. America's Rainbow Division Is In France, along with other National Guard units Thcj represent a total of thirty-three States. While the War Department m.ido no an nouncement upon receipt of dispatches tell ing of the guard units' arrival, tho army censor said It was permissible to refer to the Italnhow Division, as that was obviously me mt, and as General Pershing's censor liad passed the news. N'o announcement was made as to tho na ture of the other units "over there." The Rainbow Division Includes troops from Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Maryland, Loulslma, Wisconsin. New York, Ohio, Georgia. Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, South Carolina. California, Vir ginia, Missouri, North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Michigan. Ne. brass.,!. Colorado, Oregon and tho District of Columbia. General William A. Mann, formerly of tho inllltl i division of tho War Department, coiiun mds tho Rilnbow Division and 'millntiril on Pace Seven Column Tho MACHINES PAY $16.70 ON WINNER OP MILE Start Bight Heads Field in Bowie Opener Sweep Up II Takes Sprint UOWn:. Md, Nov. 30 Start Right, tarrlng 103 pounds, closely followed hv Sunny Hill, led Green Grass, the well baiked favorite, to tho wire In tho opening tno mllo event here this afternoon. Ktait ltlpht paid $10 70, ?9 10 and ?3.40. Sweep Up If, with Parrlngton In tho saddle, headed a fast field of sprinters In the second event at six and one-half fur longs, vi lth Porter taking place and Game cock annexing show. Sweep Up was u four to ono shot. Numni iry riltvr HACK slllnir. two-v.-Hr.oMi, 1 mile. Mart Itlcht. 1U. A. Collins SHI 70 l'i 10 f 40 Sunny 11 III lot M Ilonaii 8.SO 4 70 V.ret-n Urns. 100. Sterling .. ... . . 4 1 70 Time. 1 l"i 1- H:upv SnitlA. Wlchaka, lo kohl. llalietlc Mnosehead,, KubunU, Hun Klx, (Juronnc and Tit for-Tat also ran hUCi'M) ItACn. Howie Juvenile, two-ear- htteei?,t'p!Un"J'ePirrl!iIttoii .J10 10 J2 00 2.40 The Porter. 115. lluxton 2 40 J in 0.im Cok, 110, M ltowan V fO Time, 1 'Jl 4-5 Onlco. IVrtlzan. Pljlne Dart, cjolrlpn 'oliilfr alio ran TlIlFtD KACi: s.eii elshttiif of a mil: Mill Krufr 110 Kuninwr. 1 4U M 70 J.I HO !t"f!iel!l Olnrt . . .. 7 HO 4 r..l Srn Hoarll 110, . Culllns 4 30 lorillll I1AC11, tho Au Ilolr Hamilcjp, all ........ 1 ...Ita WomUtouc. 105. Walls ... I4 10 $', .10 J2 70 lllsllluil I-ail. 127. hterllnit , . 3 SO 2.10 hhnntin.- Wiir 115 ArnbroM. .... .... 2 40 Time. 1 n 1-5. Woodtrap and Harry .Shan non ln ran ril'TII HACK, mllo and 20 vurda Tiartnorth. 11 nice . . .$7.J0 f I 20 V 70 I'arly Morn. '" Tarllngtoi 7.b0 5.10 llichard Lunsdon, 111 W, Hob. liibon "JO VXPiiii?'5?T S'iu'u-er?. I.M. 70 $.2 on jo o "i3ii"Worfco,,'n" :::: ' ?-s sbvITnih hacf:. l l-l(l nilis: I-lrliii lane. 05. Mergler ....513 40 I1JJJ J4 00 Kbo, on. Kummer. !M 3 70 Widow Hoilntte. U. Korpclmaii 4.50 'lime, 1 51 2-3, New Orleans Itcbulls irinsr IIACB. 51 furlongs rnbilt .. HI. VI lUUm.. T to 2 6 to 3 0 to 5 VV if lluckner. 114. Con- 0y 3 to 1 A to !i Tanlac, 114 Robinson 3 to 5 Time 110. hbCOND RACE 0 furlongs' Tom faro, 112. Johnson... 3 to 1 even I to 2 nulla II. 114. Dnrlty 4 to 1 J to J I'ontefract. 114 Kclsay .' to 1 TlniM 1 t3 3-.1. . , 'llllRD RACE. 0 furlonss! Mountain ltoso II, 114. VW i-niiina J to 1 even I l" - ai Pierce. 114. M darner - to 1 even Tantivy. Ill Harrington Time 1 IS l-. . , r-oiiRTII HACK. B furlong;: 4 to 1 sir Ollvr. 10(1, (iray , Trusty, 112. Keuay.... ,15 to 1 0 to 1 3 tol e en l 10 . Durward Roberts. !!". Ttoblnxon Time. 1.16, ! to 1 even License Court to Sit January 4 Clerk William Turner. In Quarter 8es slons Court today, announced that the next session of tho License Court will be Jan uary 4, 1918. when Judges Martin and Finletter will hear applications for trans, fers of ownership and location. Hoy Steals Kaiser's Art Treasures TIIK HACJUn. Nov. 30. A seventeen-year-old schoolboy has been arrested it Kassel on u charge of stealing art works belonging to the Kaiser from Wllhelm shoescho castle, said a dispatch from Ber lin today. . MISSING DOCTOR AND WIFE FOUND Felgers Left West Philadel phia House to Begin Life Anew in Frankford UNDER ASSUMED NAME Dr, Floyd Folgor, veterinarian, and his girl wife, missing for six weks from their homo at 840 North Palm street, West Phila delphia, were found by .the pollco today In a furnlhed room over Andrew Martin's cigar store at 47CG Tacouy street. Mrs. Margaret King, of ManvUIe, O , Mrs Pelger's mother, almost beside herself with grief and worry slnco tho joung pair's disappearance, vias with Dctectlvo McCol gan vi hen he found Mrs. I'elgcr. Sho was overjoyed at finding her daughter, and Mrs Kelger was happy to see her mother again. Meantime Special Policemen Rosboro and Farmer, of tho Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue police station, found that I'elgcr was working in the Quaker City Paper Rot Unctory, at Drill and Richmond streets, and went there to And) him. Felgcr llrst denied his identity, Insisting that his assumed name of John Ochlnbocker was bis true one. Finally Ijo admitted he was Felgcr and led tho special policemen to tho furnished room on Tacony street where Mrs. I'elger already had been found. WANTED TO i:.SCAIi: GOSSIP Felger said ho and his wlfo dropped from view to escape "gossiping neighbors" and to make a new start In life. Though ho had done nothing wrong, Felger felt that he had not succeeded In life as ho should and he wanted to start over again. "I was Just trying to start out new and make a living for iny wife and the little visitor we will boon havo and mj.self," he said. The Felgers are not under arrest. They are accused of nothing. They were simply missing, and now they nre found. They will go back to their West Philadelphia home for a few davs and then villi re turn with Mrs. King to Manvllle, O, where they will live. Mrs. King lame hero when answers to her letters to Mrs. Felger re ceived no answers. At the Quaker City Box Factory it was said Felger, or Ochlnbocker, us they knew him, was a model employe. He recelvd 15 a week and told fellow employes he was trying to savo up money enough to go to tho University of Peunsjlvanla and be com j a better veterinarian. rHOTOGRArH GAVE CLUC Tho clue to the couple's whereabouts was given by William II. Kppehlner, proprietor of a dry goods store at 4740 Tacony street, Frankford. He called the police of the Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenuo station on tho telephone and said that a couple he believed was Doctor und Mrs. Felger had been making sin ill purchases at his storo In the evening for the last few weeks They lived In a furnished room at 47G4 Tacony street, he said. Later, shown a photograph of tho missing man, he posi tively Identified It as that of hli customer. Mrs. Margaret King, of Mansfield, O , mother of Mrs. Felger, who came to this city to Investigate when she failed to recelvo replies to letters, acompanled Detective Cal llgan, of the Frankford station, to the Tacony street address. Hero the landlady told them that tho couple had left a. few moments before to go to work In a mill, the address of which she did not know. They had been living with her for six weeks, she said. This Is the period of their disappearance. SAYS GERMAN U-BOATS ARE NEAR WEST INDIES British Captain Brings Story of Sub marine Activity Off St. Lucia AN ATLANTIC PORT. Nov. 30. German TT.hnats have reached the West Indies, ac cording to the captain of a British steam ship which arrived nere ioaay jroni me River I'laite. He reports that while In the port of St. Lucia, In the British West Indies, he re. celved warning from the authorities that a foreign submarine was operating- near the Island. He was advised to follow a circuit vu cQUTM'ta UavlasiSt. Lucia, GERMANS ATTACK SOUTH OF CAMBRAI New Battle Develops Near Gonnelieu, on Extreme Flank TRYING TO SAVE CITY Violent Assaults on Bynjj's Line Meet With No Success ny WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS WITH Till! BRITISH ARMIKS IN PRANCi:, Nov. 30. A new batleground in tho Cainbral lighting developed today On tho extreme southern flank, ncir Gonnelieu, the Hermans early this morning opened n violent attack At tho time this Is c ibled they havo ap parently been unable to m iko hcadw ly, Tho enemy assault was one of tho heavi est attempts to check tho slonlv closing Jaws of Hvng's vise around ambrnl that Crown Prlnco Rupprecht has vrt delivered. It was eharictcrlied by lavish artll'ery preparation and birr.igp nre from guns latclv galloped up to the line. (Gonnelieu Is at tho etiemo southern most point of the an over which Generil Ilvng struck his surpilse blow It ! situ ated about eight miles from C imbr il ) Throughout last night the Prussians deluged llourlou Wood and vlclnltv with shellllre, which rontlitucil heavily today. Prisoners latelv t iken ilecl iro thev b ivo been almost without sleep since Novem ber 20, and their haggard appearance and utter exhaustion bears this out German olllcers, they declared, arc fearful that tho British wedge at Ilourlon will force a withdrawal south of the Soarpe It Is this apprehension whirl) was evi dently causing the shell storm tcdiy. Aviators reported evidences tint tho enemy Is dcstrojlng Camhral and neighbor ing towns. LONDON, Nov. 30. Tho big guns wero active nil night In front of Cnmlir.il The British positions In the Cambr.il sector were heavily shelled hv the- Germins, the War Olllco announced at noon. Tlic British guns replied mid a violent artillery duel developed. There was heavy gunllri! eist of Yprcs, on the vi est Flanders front also. Near Gnvrelle, on tho Arras front, the Germans tried to raid a British trench, but wire driven oft. PARIS. Nov 30 The second powerful German raid In two days, following a violent artillery bom bardment and partaking almost of m n turo of n localized nffen-dve, was unsucress. fill around Ounmhrelte. today's cifllul.il statement asserteu Artillery firing was reported very Intense throughout the Ar- gonnc. BI'RLIV, Nov 30 "Numerous" Ungllsh anil 1 rinrh pilin ers were brought hack by German storming detachments In various sectors near the coast, todav's olllclnl statement declared "Near Camhral the English attacked after violent tiro early this morning west of Bourlon," the statement continued "They were repulsed with heavy losses. $2.35 TAX RATE PASSES COUNCILS Virtually Means .$2.50 Fig ure, Independent Leader Says in Fight HIGHEST SINCE CIVIL WAR The 1018 tax rato for Philadelphia was dxed at S2.3G this afternoon by Common and Select Councils, after tho Independents In Common Council discussed tho question for nn hour and put up light to prevent the Ini reaso from going Into effect for tho coming car. Tho new rate Is slvty cents higher than the present nnd marks the second increase) during tho hmllh Admin istration. The bill to Increase the rato passed Com mon Council by a vote of 63 to 10 Those voting ngalnst the Increase) In tho lower branch were: Bradenburgh, Fifteenth Ward; Bureh, Forty-sixth Ward; Cahlll, Fourth "Ward; C. F Kellcy, Seventeenth Ward; Lauiberlon. T cut -second Ward; Levis and Meekert, Twenty-third Ward; i:, P. Itoberts, Twenty-ninth Ward; J. M. Smith, Thirty-fourth Ward, and I, Walter Thompson, l'orty-slxth Ward. Tho bill passed Select Council, without discussion, by a voto of 11 to 11. Joseph P. Gaffney, chairman of the Flnanco Committee, hpoltc about the pro posed increato In the tax rato and s ild that tho Increase In all departments ot tho city Government for maintenance and sup plies vi ere duo wholly to the advanced prices caused by tho war and pointed out that no new jobs havo been created for the year 1018 other than those of 450 llremen required to put Into effect the two-platoon sstom passed at the last session of tho Stato Legislature. Independent members of tho lower branch attacked the methods used by tho Finance Committee and said that the appro prlatlons lor the different city departments could bo pared down so as to keep tho tax rate at a lower rato than $2 25. Bobert V. Lamberton. Councilman from (he Twenty-second Ward, was tho principal bpokesman of tho Independents Francis F. Bureh, of the Forty-sKth Ward, also made an attack on tho Increated tax rate declaring that councils were com pelled to trust the finance committee and never see the budgets utll tho tax late tor the following ear Is llxed. The new city rate as approved by Coun cils' Finance Committee made up of the fifty-cent Increase on the rate of 11.25 and Is based on Increased salaries, new places, Increased cost of supplies, and Jl, 200,000 temporary loan which must be repaid early In the ear. The new city rato of Jl 75 Is an Increase of seventy-five cents during the first two ears of the Smith administration. Taken, with the ten-cent Increase on the educational rate, It makes the now high rec ord for taxes In this city since tho Clval War. On November 3,' A. Merrltt Taylor pre dicted that a tax rate of $2.34 would result from the success of the Smlth-Vare ma chine at the polls. This prediction by former Director Taylor today caused com ment throughout the city. The tax bill as reported to Councils this afternoon Is made up as follows; Forty cents for the payment of Interest on funded ueoi ancK lor cue sinning tuna and other capital outlay. Three cnts for the relief and employ, ment of the poor. Three cents for health. Light cents for lighting the clfy, Ctatlnud a.TMfr Twentr. Column xhree QUICK YOUTHFUL JOYRIDER HURT AND ARRESTED A youth who rovc his ninno ns Joseph Pcrccll, of 007 North Nine tii'iitli sticct. vvns tho only ono iitohtod of tlncc young Joyriders whoso paity cue to a Midden halt by cinshhiL; into a ttollcy enr on I, v'tiuith stirot below Popl.u this nftincou. Pencil iccrivod n i iihi of i'ut on hli, bend nml luce wlilth handicapped hint In get ting; away aftii tlie mishap. Hi w.i , tal.tn lo the Lunkcuiu Hospital lei in anient and then uuibtcd. SEWER INSPECTOR SUFFERS THIRTY-FOOT FALL WMlhun W. lliiskbwoieh, blxty-onc ycais old, a bewar inspector abiding ut UMll Noith Sixth sticct, lb lying in tho Traukford Hos pital in u ""ilticnl condition ua n icbttlt of Injuikb ucclvcd In a thirty toot lull nto a i.cvcT ibis afternoon. Ho fiucluiud bib Lkull oud 1 hiu nml nhiO l:uu toiiUibioiiB of the fnco tmd head and it is uot expected thut ho will iccour. MAXWELL WINS AT LAKEW00D LAlvXWOOD, N. J. Nuv. 30 In tho second lountl ot tho golf, tourney hem Noiniaii n. Maxwell vciy nnirowly chtuped being beaten by C. K, ltochwi-11, the Philndelphlnii winning on the nineteenth hole. I30Y STRUCK BY AUTO 5 DRIVER HELD r.dwaid .1 Dee, nlnu yeaib old, 10JJ7 Swain btiect, was knocked down and huiious,Iy injutcd at Sixteenth and Blown bticetb Into today. 1I is in St. Joseph's Hospital. The diiver ot the machine, Walter Hiuliy, 101) Ki.tins avenue. Maiuiyunl: was nucbtcd. riKST WAR COUNCIL TO MEET TOMORROW l'Altlo, Nov 150. Tho bupiiini' win council will hold itu first h Hun tuniuiiow ut Veibuillcb villi Colonel Huusu and General Blit3 in atti'iidance sib Anileic.i'h reiucbontiitivcb, uetoi cling to auuouucc iiunt toilay. 'lhc Intel .Allied Council held u leugihy bebbiou today and Jl a i" stated piogltbj wau lupidly bdm; made. NEW JERSEY BANK COMMISSIONER SWORN IN TRENTON, Nov. 30. Frank H. Smith, of l'lalnfteld, was toilay sworn In as the new State Commissioner of llanklne; and Insurance! to succeed George M. l.amonte, of Bound Biook, who recently resigned. CUBAN SHIPMENTS END NEW YORK SUGAR FAMINE Ni:V YORK, Nov. 30 The end of the sugai famine) In New York Is in sight to day as the tesult nf the nct-nt aiiival of two steamships from Cuba carrying hun dreds of tons of sugar. Distribution will be made Immediately. I R. T. ORDERS' FIRST EMBARGO IN HISTORY Kor tho llrst time In the history of trolley fi eight setvlco in this city, the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company has been obliged to place nn embargo on certain commodities offered it for shipment. The company Is now handling fifty-four car loads dully out of Its l'ront street bams, the shipments soing by trolley us far as Ncirrlstowu, Allentown, Ti rnton, Bristol and IJaston nnd other nearby points. Tho commodities pi iced under embargo nro furniture, household goods, iron bars, pipe, conduits, boaters, rnngcts, stoves, radiators, toys, wasto paper, rugs, wool nnd cotton (other than Government shipments), lumber and mill wot It, empty barrels and boxes, trees nnd shrubbery, plumbing supplies, plaster, nasollno In drums, oil In barrels or drums, sleds und wagons, automobile chassis and window glass. GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH MEETS OFFICIALS HERE Governor Martin G lirtimbaiiKh was In Philadelphia tills afternoon Ho confer red with DdRnr G. Selton and Lewis S Sadler, of tho Committee on Civilian Servlco nnd Labor. They discussed the plans of that committee for the- mobilization and dis tribution of labor in Pennsylvania Tho Governor also spent somo tlmo in confer ence with Howard llciiu, tho I'ederal food administrator for Pennsylvania. FRENCH WAR COST FOR NEXT QUARTER $1,800,000,000 PARIS, Nov. 30 Prance's war expenditures for the next quarter- ear vvero esti mated at 3,000,000,000 francs (about J1.SOO.U00.000) in IlRUres submitted to the Cham ber of Deputies today by Mlnlstei of Finance KloU. $250,000,000 TREASURY CERTIFICATES FALL DUE WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 Treasury certificates of indebtedness totaling $250, 000,000 fell due today. Four courses aro open to holders of tho certificates. They may bo redcomed for cash, of tinned In for new treasury certificates of indebtedness maturiiiK June, 1918, or may bo paid on bonds of tho setond Liberty Loan us of De cember 15, or, If held by a bank, may bo turned In In response to Secretary McAdoo'a call for 20 per cent of tho Government's deposits. COAST DEFENSE RESERVE NEEDS 140 MEN Ono hundred nnd forty bcumen. cooks and high-class mechanics are needed to till out of tho ciuota of tho Fourth Naval District for the Coast Defense Heserve, accord ing to a statement undo today by Lieiitcnunt Tucker. reciulthiK ofllcer In chargo of tho organisation's local recruiting ctllco at tho Naval Home, Twenty1 fourth street und Gray's Ferry road NEW RULING SENT TO DRAFT REGISTRANTS negistranta under tho new diaft regulations must notify their local draft boards of any change In address beforo December 15, unless they want to bo placed In the first class and thereby under liability to be called first for military service. Samuel J, Buck, chahmnn of tho Fortieth District Draft Board, has sent letterb to all regis trants in this bectlon, giving them notice of such ruling und also telling them that all men rejected for phslcal reasons or possessing ii lertiilcato of exemption for any other reason are subject to call as if they had not been discharged from military tcrvlcc. KERENSKY REPORTED HIDING SAFELY IN FINLAND STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30. Former Premlei Kereiisl:y of Russia was reported by tho Hussion press today to be safely In hiding In Finland. BRITISH LOST HEAVILY IN NOVEMBER LONDON, Nov, 30 November's casualties among the British tinny forces were greater by far than those of uny recent months, according to compilations today from published cusualty lists. Dining tho month ended today Britain lost 120,679 olllcers and men in Killed, wounded und missing. $16,659,012.02 BALANCE The weekly statement of City Treasurer McCoach, Issued today, shows thut the amount paid In was $378,950 29, while the leaves a balance, not Including sinking fund uccounts, of $10,059,012.02. 1,250,000 FRENCH SOLDIERS KILLED IN WAR WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Ono and a quarter million Frenchmen have given their lives In the war and a similar number have been seriously wounded out of an army of 7,000,000, according to Representative Johnson, of Washington State. Just back from tho west front, Johnson declares he has these figures on tho authority of a French general. Pajlne tribute to the nobility of France's stand, Johnson sayB emphatically that Franc is now able only to tuko tho defensive as a nation, and that Great Britain and the United States must carry on the main war burden henceforth. DRAFT BOARD CALLS 120 FOR EXAMINATION LANSDALU, Pa., Nov. 30. William D. Heebner, president of tho Fourth District Draft Board, states that approximately 110 men havo Just been called and examined, and of the number only sixteen passed without claiming exemption. This leaving tho district bho'rt, a callr has been sent out for 120 more. Forty more men must be certified Xor service before tho dbjtrict quota la reached. NEWS IN CITY TREASURY umount paid out was $2,774,771.92. This 1"C BRITISH CHIEFS r . ,? in ;i REJECT PEER'S tfJ! n PEACE APPEAL Cabinet Repudiates Lans- downe Letter and Adopts Condemnatory Reply ACTION WIRED TO PARIS Marquis Expressed Fear Civili zation Would Be Wrecked if War Continued LONDON. Nov. SO. The British Government today formally repudiated the letter on peace written by Lord Lan"downe At a meetlnc of Unlrnlut and Conserva tives this afterneon. Chancellor A. Bonar Law, In behalf of the cabinet, disclaimed Know ledge of the contents of the letter and alt responsibility for It A condemnatory resolution was adopted and was wired to the Inter-illled War Conference now- slttlnK In Paris. In his letter, which appeared In the Morn. Ing Telegraph, Lansdoune expresses the fear that civilization wiy. be completely wrecked If the world conlllct Is allowed to contlnuo much longer and argues that Ger many (-hould be assured that It Is not the wish of the Lntcute that sho should be wiped out of existence. A number of big developments, all bear ing upon peace, have taken place within th last forty-eight hours. Uoughly grouped, they arc: First. The assembling of' the Supreme Inter Allied Wir Conference In Parit with the possibility of nn expression of peaco. Second The convening of tho German Belchstng in Berlin and the declaration of fhmcellor Herthng that Germany Is ' ready to open peace negotiations wltn Itussla regarding a separate peace Thlnl Tim ri-vnlntlnn that Sweden ha been acting as an Intermediary between Itussla and Germany for the arrangement of an armistice Fourth. The Lansdowne letter. A big sensation In political and govern ment circles was created by the Lansdown letter. The Marquis of Lansdowne Is a t.it?nnn of the llrst rank and Is one of the bestTcnown men In public life In Lurope todav He is amllatcd with the Conserva tives and wns a member of the cabinet when Astiulth was Premier An thins that he has or writes carries great welRht. Lansdowno estimates that about 21,000,. 000, men ate now engaged In the mighty conlllct ihat ,s drenching Lurope with blood After painting a dark und horrible picture of the slaughter and or me j-urope of tho future, if It Is allowed to go on. he pleads for a new peace expression from th Lntente Powers, embracing .these principles; First. That Ocrmany shall be assured of the fact that the Allies do not wish to crush her ' . . Second That assurances shall be given to Germany that lier people may choos tho'r own form of government vvfthout in terference from any of the nations nosr( at vi ar with her. .... , Third. That guarantees shall be given , .-,....,... it,., ,h. nhTitl ''hav-A n nlace In the sun" In ft commercial way after thl BJ w ir f'1' ' I IM Fourth. That "the freedom of the seas" t, .... . . I.,--. .... j.... nf th. nm " " - snail ne cuiisiuciru .in u v. .,,. ,.-.., F.fth That a league for the enforce ment of peace shall be formed at the end of the war. It Is feared that the letter will have th result of reviving attacks on the Lloyd George government. LANSDOWNE'S APPEAL OFFERS PARALLEL TO WILSON'S PRINCIPLES WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. The Marquis of Lansdowno's demand for a revision of the Entente war alms In the Interest of peace caued only a momentary sensation today In America's capital. High administration olllclals read the suggested platform of the British Tory leader with deep Interest. But they at once said that they could not Bee where his sentiments iluinged the situation so far as tho United States Is concerned Our war alms already are known in Berlin It is known there, officials pointed out. that the President, ai spokesman of the American people, in his reply to the peace message of the Pope made It plain that neither revenge nor hope of material advantage had Influenced America In Its Intention of warring to protect Us people And It likewise Is known that the German governmental con trol has prevented the exact words of the President reaching the German people as a w hole. ' On the question of whether the United States will favor a concrete exposition of y the vi ar alms of German's enemies, to be formulited by the Inter-Allied Conference now sitting In Paris, no offlclal statement was forthcoming today. Privately admin istration officials bald this was a question on which Colonel K. M House, chairman of the American representation, has com plete power Colonel House knows exactly what the President has In mind on this line. It was Intimated, however, that the United States has favored the utmost pub licity regarding war alms and that. If the question came up for decision, the voice ot Its representatives probably would be on the side of restating the anti-German position. It was pointed out by officials In the absolute confidence of the President that , he already is on retord on certain of the subjects which Lansdowne says should be cleared up. In this connection the follow- Continued on Pale Twrntr. Column Una THE WEATHER , ;'oi'c.isr r I'or Philadelphia and xlcinlly: Un$eU i tied weather tonight and Saturday, & probably some num. nn. ..1,.."i . IOIIIJ", V""" ""- ' I.KMITH OK mV s SJ??: r.rt Uhh ! . . d SJ n. L. , "W CHESTNUT STHEET -, v ,)i "." .... .. i tiu ....... t-m . -yir' twiVek.vtirk at kach iiotm 'i l -,rr uTTiTi-iii'iai tl siTSTTB? '2J sa :rs140T 4TPUI 42l..43JJALJSESi "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PENNSYLVANIA The Llf6 ptory or y Governor Pennypflcker, Appearing in daily IqataUmaMM is continued on Pf,23 ot Todtllfa JT utmngjpH aX", .f K' kvt HI er ' m & w Kl 5' VJ 'At ca.1 ?$ ..'. -W 'h .s
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