UMilBIH &Jrww f!'?. llvrRi3HHIHHrnraHHHH ":- ;Vzrmatmw-??-rPzmainMmm A VOL. IV. NO. 68 GERMAN RANKS SHATTERED BY BYNG'S CANNON 'Battleground Between Bour- lon and Moeuvres Lit- tered With Dead MASSED ATTACKS PAIL Counter-Attacking Forces Shat tered by Terrific Fire of Byng's Guns By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES" IN FRANCE, Dec. 1. British- troops holding ground be tween Moeuvres and Bourlon today are clinging to tt field of horrors. The ground is littered with German dead. The British arc "dug in" amid shattered human bodies and broken im plements of war. A great German wave moved across this ground in a counter-attack against the British last night. Tho wave re ceded to leave behind a quivering foam literally composed of strips of flesh, bits of bodies, uniforms, metal and cloth. Using their old storming methods, the Germans charged full into the British machine-gun positions in densely packed masses. Into the wall of humanity the machine 'guns poured a steady fire. British artillery, far behind, ac curately caught the wall with heavy shells. They exploded, tearing to pieces the sections of the German line that still stood in tho. face of the tearing of the machine guns. . The advancing wall melted away. Exploding shells flung bits of what had been human beings over the field. Ma- i chine-gun fire continued to slice holes in the quivering column. Then the piti ful remnants turned and dissolved in flight. This was only one of numerous, almost continuous, .German counter-attacks. All 1 were heavy. Crown Prince Bupprecht evl Idently lias determined by massing of even' available man to retrain some, If not all, of the ground newly won by the' Brltleh. llo hopes for some blow which will regain Ihe prestige German arms havolost. It is Evident from tho, attitude of German prls- rsr-that Byng's .drive vaa the hardest llew struck German moralo since tho French droVe the German Crown Prince sick, from Verdun In February. 1910. I ' A C r,ni t tlAftiinn ntti1, nl.,1 f!nlti- s., .i;u. ubiiiii.il nvKkii hiuuiiu vuitlii btfrt cost countless dead for every few rds of gain and that gain did not hold the fact of, an Instantaneous British In- Intry counter-blow. IThe Prussian artillery throughout tho pole Cambral .sector Is laying down an Inost ceaseless barrage of shrapnel, hlgh- nlolsve shells' and gas. In the Bourlon rtor today their airmen were busier than bal. I saw one exceptionally daring ex- Ut by a German fighting pilot.. While Ljsky was liberally flecked with British nen a lone German, watching his chance. Iped through the cordon and charged a Klsh sausage observation bulloon. lo swooped above It, loosed an Incendiary silo and curved beyond. Then he turned ' ost on one end and escaped back home Whirlwind of shell bursts, He balloon had been hit. It burst sud- ly Into a mass of flames. One observer Its basket leaped out, his parachute lefully unfolding and gently depositing ion tne ground. Tne second occupant he basket, with Iron nerve, waited until balloon started falling before, he, too, led with his parachute. By a miracle heavier and more rapidly falling mass ames just grazed him as ho slid to i. lie sot off unscathed. II . . WATORS LEAVE FOR TEXAS kty Men Now Recruited for Lan caster County Aero Corps PCCASTRU. Pa.. Dec. 1. This mnr.i. Iilrty-sevcn men left for the aviation it Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to Join fUirco sent there recently, all to form lancaster County Aero Corps, No. 1, led by'rcgular army officers. ay's contingent, which wns joined at Iburg by men of the Berks County luorps, paraded before taking the headed by a band, Civil "War vet- Pand citizens. En !Held Pending Coroner's Inquest l?Huh Cartln. twenty-two years ni of 1627 South Carlisle street, was held with out hajV today by Magistrate Kmber. at ourtn. etreetand Snyder avenue, to await h.' Coroner's decision as to the cause of ka .death of .James Grlffln, forty-six years ii.o,frJ026 Snyder avenue, who was found iad In his home on November 23. Cartln. ko'yaH arrested last night, testified that was in a ngnt with, Griffin on the after- on ot me uaie ntimru ana mat while tiling Grlffln trluned over a mnnlinlo nn.i Lcturcd his skull, which caused his death, K R. T. Shopman Severely Shocked Lv"llve" spring was the cause of Kdward Hett, thirty-four years old, of 810,Mad- street, neing severely shocked -while vorklng on the motor of a street tho Fifteenth and Cumberland olley barn late last night. He was unconscious and' rushed to the Homeopathic Hospital, where h,i Sad night,, but was Improved this (Vllaekett la emDloved n. K lmn. m "t. S barn. "Buiidti6.aoQ-Aoa rvw pi. CWICAOu' pec I. A UO.000,000 by- "'' Wftnlant will be erected at Hast LT fU4,M"i lne Ainvican coke and mlcal pomimy, through one of Its sub- wrr comiuiV jr copipi - ' IWm& Killed byExprea TraJn EATWIIiLR Pi. Poo, 1, 'Thomas rty-nye. of ?.Nonh, peach V" ' UIHaWU WILSON PLEDGES AID TO RUMANIAN NATION SupporJ. Promised Both Now and After .Wnr in Message Sent to King WASHINGTON', Dec. 1. To encourago Humnnln, now In a dif ficult position becauso of Ilussla's defection, President Wilson today sent a messago to the Ilumnnlan King promising support now and after tho wnr. At tho same time President Wilson sent the Jnpancso Kmperor a message declaring tho results of Viscount Ishll's visit would bo "as happy and nn permanent as tho enduring friendship of the peoples of the United States and Japan." "Tho people of tho United States," said President -Wilson, "have watched with feel ings of warmest sympathy and admiration, tho courageous struggle of your Majesty and the people of Ilumanla to preserve from the domination of Herman militarism their national Integrity nnd freedom. Tho Gov ernment of tho United .States Is determined to continue to assist Ilumanla In the struggle, "At the samo tlmo I v.ish to assure your Majesty that the United States will -support Ilumanla after tho wnr to tho best of Its ability and that In nny final negotiations for peace It will use Us constant efforts tb sec, to It that tho integrity of Ilumanla as a free and Independent nation Is adequately safeguarded." The message to tho Mikado read: "Your Majesty's cordial messago Is most gratifying . to mo nnd the people of the United States. I wish to express, to your Majesty the heartfelt pleasure we have had In welcoming your distinguished represen tative, Viscount Ishll. The result of his visit will be as happy nnd as permanent ns tho enduring friendship of tho peoples of the United States of America and Japan. Per mit mn to hope that Viscount Will In re turning to his native land wilt bear with him memories of his visit as delightful as thoso ho left with us." GERMANS SWITCH PLAN OF ATTACK Failing tp Break Italian Line, They Shift Tro'ops to Westward ARTILLERY EIRE RENEWED P.OMi:, Dec. 1. Ilenewal of Infantry fighting on a big scale was forecast today by violent ar tillery duels reported from all parts of the front. ( Advices fiom Verona, the new Italian base. Indicated that the Italians CNpect a drive In a new quarter. For somo time the Germans "and Austro llungarlans have been shifting troops along the Plave river nnd the Aslago plateau, and military critics bellevo the next assaults by the Invaders will bo westward of the presentirena of lighting. Having failed to .shake the Italian front on. the Ptavo, and t)ic Aslago plateau, the Hermans Pjay switch their mulrV 'pressure to tho sectjSr between tho Astlco river and Lake' GSrda, hoping to brealc through In that district, and cut southward on the ex treme western edge of the Venetian plain. Railroad Consolidation Authorized SPllINGKIKLD, 111.. Dec. 1. All order was granted by tho Illinois Public Utilities Commission authorlrlng purohase by the Southern Hallway Company of Illinois from tho Southern Itallwny Company of Virginia of all the latter'a property In this State, ex cept rolling and capital stock owned by tho Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and the Wiggins Kerry Company. MERCHANTS GIVEN JAIL SENTENCES Business Men Caught When Pottstown Official Raids Gamblers SIXTEEN MUST PAY FINES NOimiSTOWN Pa.. IKc. I, The Montgomery County Law Library was enriched to the extent cf J2000 today, when Judges Swartz and Miller Imposed fines aggregating that amount on blxteen Pottstown business men who previously had pleaded guilty of maintaining gambling devices In the business centro of Pottstown. Tho lines ranged from $23 to $250 each. Twelve of tho blxteen wero ulso given Jail sentences cf thirty days, but were told that It the fines were paid within the specified time the Jail sentenco would be suspended. In four cases, which were termed "flagrant violations," the Jail sen tence was not suspended, and as a result four "respected citizens" must go to jail, two of them for two months and two for four months. The wholesale sentencing of gamblers was the result of a raid made by the Dis trict Attorney of Montgomery County nfter he had appealed to polico authorities of Pottstown for relief, with no result, Dis trict Attorney Anderson had received nu merous complaints that gambling was per mitted to thrive under the eyes of tho police. In the raid gambling devices of alt descriptions were confiscated, and pro prietors of barber shops and stores were arrested by special .agents of tho District Attorney, When their cases were heard by the court a few days ago Judges Swarts and Miller wero shocked at tho way gambling was pro tected, nnd said that If' tho polico had no better conception, ot their duty than had been shown bytholr testimony on the stand they should bd dismissed, as tho citizens of Pottstown ,wcre entitled to better pro tection. This criticism applied to tho cjiief of police as well an his subordinates and the other authorities. On the witness stand the accused business men told the Court they could not say what their profit really t was on tho ma chines and other devices, nnd that they had only Introduced them to stlrntitote business, Attcr passing sentence Judge Swartz said tho Court had. a, lot of letters which' had been received from persons n Potts town. making suggestions as to the extent of, leniency. "These letters come with very bad grace from 'the good, people of Pottstown," ob served Judge Bwartz, as he threw the let Ur violently on' tho' desk u, front-of him; "After the . pople have .been tolerating this condition, and i the- DUrtrltf Attprnv WAR COUNCIL OF ALLIES GETS DOWN TO WORK First Meetings of Supreme Military Board Held at Versailles U. S. DELEGATES PRESENT No Time Wasted in Attacking Problems, Preliminary Work Having Been Done VERSAILLES, France, Dec. 1. In tho city where in 1871 William I was proclaimed Emperor of a united Germany representatives of nations fighting his grandson met in confer ence today. The Allies' supreme war council opened its all-important sessions nt 10 o'clock. Premier Clemenccau, of France, presided. The delegates were brought from Paris by electric train. Colonel House and Major General Bliss, the two American delegates, were ac companied by their aids. No time is to bo wasted by the su preme council in attacking the problems before it. The way has largely been cleared, by the work of the Inter-Allied Conference in Paris, so that tho com missioners today met virtually with their decision on many important points of policy completely determined upon. No announcement of these conclusions lias yet been made. The' bulky Inter-Allied Conference, with its multitude of committees, is now to be succeeded by the more com pact organization of the Avar council. A great many of the minor officials as sembled in Paris- for the preliminary conference had left today. General Pershing, who was present at the con ference, has departed. $2000 FIRE DAMAGE IN FOUNDRY Flames of Unknown Second Floor of Origin Envelop Iron Plant Fire cauted $2000 damage at the Iron foundry of Henry A. Hiltner'a Sons Com pany, Aramlngo and Huntingdon streets, early today. The flames, the origin of which Is unknown, were discovered on the second floor of the two-story brick building. Po liceman Uaitleaon, of the Trenton avenue and Dauphin sjreet station. saw'tJie smoke arid gave the alarm. Great volumes, of smoke poured out of the building, which not only enveloped tho homes In tho Im mediate vicinity, but by impeding the work of the firemen In their three-hour fight, added to the property loss. Hit by Train; Drowns in Creek MAIIANOV, CITV, Pa., Dec 1. Stines WIsork, of Coaldalc, aged thirty years, on or tno pest-unown contnet miners In the Panther Creek Volley, was struck by a Central Railroad of New Jersey tiler and hurled Into the Panther Creek early today. Ho drowned beforo assistance could reach him. COUNCILS PROVIDE $2,500,000 LOAN Special Meeting Authorizes , Publication of 'New Measure TO. BE ' PASSED DEC. " 31 Three Years of Smith: Its Effect on Taxes WITH Common Council in spe cial session today to act on man damus funding plan, ci real estate las rate, including sixty-cent school tax, now stands at $2.35 per $100. In three years of Mayor Smith's Administration the jump in taxes on iiomes is as follows: 1010 Tn rule SI. DO ANfteNwtnent 2mo sn.mi SWMI , , . , , 4.VOCI 4000 00.00 ftOOO ,,.,, 15.00 OflO 00,00 7000 ...........103.00 1017 1018 . si.is Ki.:w, Amount of Tiixe. S.VOO 47.00 .v.no 70.ro 70.00 U4.no K7.IM) iu.no 10.7.00 141.00 122,30 104.30 Councils today authorized publication of a new municipal loan to be passed beforo the books of the new year are opened. It will provide $2,500,000 for mandamuses, various sums for sewere. Improvements ot streets, Ijgan- Square nnd a number of other projects for which no provision was made lu the $2.35 tax rate. A bill to publish tho loan for fo'ur weeks Was Introduced by Chairman Joseph P. Gaffney, It was referred to the Finance Committee, and after a brief discussion, was reported out. Councils then authorized Its publication. According to schedule.! Common Council will pais tho measure -on the closlngday of Council December 'jl'and' Select Coun cil will pass It on Januaryi, before It re organizes for 1DIS. f The loan. Will provide .for Items not In cluded ln1fho $48,000,000 budget, and M ip.iiriied 'lot overcome '.opposition of C trtrtler Waltonjto Insufficient J5rovUlonsi exnenso Items for J 9 1 8, i The riew tax rate by no means cover all the obligations of the municipal governrfient and the fact' that Councils' met todayl4for' the first time on Saturday show's, tho igent need for quick provision that will satisfy Controller, Walton, -who,, us the waxehdog of ths -treasury,. ' has served, tiotlcfc tlmt mandamus b4 other. jtwns must" iV.'wpro.i :rldd, tiT.oriOi9l tiioHyritttl ,--. vUv cl;'tn.tfTiriJirK,iH ', S PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1917 SLAVS ON BRINK OF NEW REVOLT AGAINST "REDS" Russian Provinces Ripe for Uprising to Throw Off Bolsheviki Yoke LENINITES SEEK COVER Commissioners, Apprehensive of Their Safety, Resign Sepa rate Peace Opposed By JOSEPH SHAPLEN STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1. Russian provinces are on the brink of -an nnti-Boleshiviki revolt. Bolshevik commissioners arc resign ing, apprehensive of their own safety. Trotsky, Leninc and others of the Bolshevik ring in Petrograd arc wildly striving by merciless persecution of elements opposed to them to reach a separate peace with Germany before the deluge. A separate peace would mean the bo ginning of a Russia-wide civil war. Such was the story brought here today by a Minimalist courier, direct from Petrograd. lie declared the Itusslan nation was rising to stamp out the UolshevIkU The Bolshevik Commissaries Nagln, Mill utln, Tarln, Lunacharsky, Mrs. Kolaxnt and others have formally resigned In protest against excebses of the Maximalist Govern ment. TCiey assert, In view ot the Ilol shevllc leaders' violations of life, of liberty and of freedom of the press and speech, the nation Is being t tung to fury. Many provinces oto nlmost ready to oust tho Uolshevlkl by force. Tho courier asserted that Lenlne, Trotsky and their ministers Kameneff nnd Zlmo vleff, now formed a virtual quadrumvlratc of control. They an desperately seeking to retain that power by mercllesi persecution even of the oldest nnd most revered vet erans of other revolutions. Tho two Minimalist leaders. Plechanoft and Smirnoff, It was asserted, had been beaten by Bolshevist emissaries, who at tacked them on tho n'ubllc streets. The .Minimalist representative said au thoritative reports 'iad been received by his party leaders In Petrograd showing that free Ilussla wol'ld never consent to a , separate peace. A counter-revolution with violent civil war would occur the moment tlin peasants, who form nearly 80 per cent of the population, realized that tho Uolshe vlkl had played Into C'.erniany's hands. GEORGE D. GLOVER DEAD Camden County Politician Dies ot His Home in. Haddofifielt, N-s-J. i George V. Glover, seventy years old, one of the best known figures Iri 'tho political life of Camden County, died at his home In Haddonfleld, N". J., today. Mr. Glover had been chief clerk tf the He.nklng nnd In surance Kepartinent of the State of New Jersey before the Wilson r.dmlnlstratlon. He was president of the Haddonfleld school board for twcnty-f.ve years; presi dent ot the Haddonfleld Itepulillc'an Club for ten and was. a Councilman for many years. He was also well known In Masonic circles. Ho Is survived Uy his widow, four daughters and three sonh, one of whom ts Captain Barrett Glover, who Is believed to be In France with Pershing. BOY SCOUTS OPEN $125,00 CAMPAIGN! -7 'I 6000 Cladl iA Khaki Make Clad I Splendid jShowing on ,.i BroaU Street 1-WEEK CANVASS BEGUN Boy Scouts COOtS of them each with a real soldier's stcp.l marcied down Broad street this afternooti In a pageant which launched a campalgVj to raise $125,000 In one week. This fund, Is necessary to carry on Boy Scout worly this city during tho next three years, f tiers, fathers, brothers and sisters lined ,1 curbstones as the !hakl-clad youngstei I marched by. They were cheered by evo. '" one. Two hundred andi forty prominent citi zens of Philadelphia 'attended a luncheon at tho Bellevue-Stratfqfrd this noon, to In augurate the campaign. The hosts were the thlrty-ono niemlers of the Philadelphia Council of the Boy '.Scouts of America; Dr. Charles D, Hart. cVialrman of the council; K. T. Stotesbury. treasurer; Arthur li New. bold. Alexander Win Rensselaer and George D. Wldener. Jr. The campaign I executive committee Is composed of John C. Martin,, chairman ; Kills A. Otmbcl. 'the Bev, Daniel J. Daly, George I. Bodlne. Jr.. Charles W. Church man. K. Iwls jBurnham, Charles Kdwln Fox, Walter S, CJowIng and Dr. Charles D. Hart. Doctor Ih'art will act as chairman of the citizens' :ommitteee, which will co operate In the campaign, this committee comprising nevejnty-flve of the leading men of Philadelphia The paiade Started at Broad street and Glrard avenue lit :;!0 o'clock, and was re viewed from a Island In frorittof-tha Belle- divisions, eactil of them representing some phaso of Bey rfcout activity or senlce, I TO SJllOVf WAlt womc At tbftr qead of the line was carried a hugjy-'Boy Scout banner. Five divisions. poiTraylng Scout service, followed, They 711 show how the Hoy Scouts raised $500. b00 In subscriptions to the first Liberty Loan nnd $2,000,000 In tho second Liberty lan cnmpalgn; how they cultivated '.'00 ncres of land as "war gardens'' .during the last summer ; how they assisted the lied Cross, with distribution and, messenger service, and how they helped In scores ot other- ways In clvlc and conservation service. Other spectacular features showed bow the Boy Scouts fulfill their oaths to b trustworthy1, loyal, helpful, 'friendly, courr teous, (kind, obedient; cheerful th,rifty, brnvt. MvMom' mr ' extra mmmm . REACH AGREEMENT I Revised Smith-Mitten I)m9 I Abolishes EightCerii!M BRITISH LINES YIELD TO ATTACKS; BERLIN CLAIMS 4000 PRISONERS BERLIN. Dec. 1. Capture of Gonnellcu nnd Villers Quslalivwlth 4000 prisoiuvs in all was reported in today's official statement as the result of powerful aerman attacks on the Cambrni sector. Enemy countrV-nttncks against the Counelieu and Guslain positions failed. Several enemy batteries were captured. "Between Moeuvres nnd Bourlon nnd also from Fontaine to Lafolie we threw the enemy baclt on Gralncourt Anneux and Cnntalng," the statement declared, "Botli sides of Bauteux Heights on the western bank of the Scheldt weic stormed." , PARENTS UNABLE TO HEAR CHILD'S DEATH CRY t JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 1. Tragedy stalked into the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Ohland today. Their baby cried Itself to death. The Ohlands are deaf and dumb. Tho mother could not hear the cries of the baby and it ruptured a blood vessel. WASHINGTON FEARS CARRANZA IS LOSING GRIP WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Apprehension is beginning to be, felt in Government circles today over the extreme unrest in Mexico. From semiofficial sources came disquieting reports of Currnnza's military Inability to cope with rebellious factions. Zapatistas, at present in active, are within ten miles of Mexico City, and Villistas, Yaquls and Telaezstas operate with little difficulty in their separate districts. REICHSTAG RUSHES 15,000,000,000 MARK WAR CREDIT TIIK HAGUE, Dec. 1. Spurred on by Chancellor von ItcrtllnB, the ItelclistaB is rushlntr through the now German war credit of 15.000.000.000 marks. A dispatch from Berlin said the credit was be'.i'.R called up for third reading this afternoon. MAY USE POLICE DOGS (.'eniinn pol'ce docs mu" bo us;cJ to auard the Philadelphia waterfront against, eneniv nitons. svt'i.vnl tuomliK.nt losldeutH of the Main Line today offered" their valuably Cerniaii i.iS'.Ivu ;o.,'3 to t'nltej that iiunoie. Mr.,Kani said lie would uty Jlnrt'iala ICer.ney and Kelly, tosothcr many? of t.ic Uiil'.-.i i!:,'tca Secret Service, expressed the opinion- that' the dogs might be I'icd vit" c!"o"t!vc'y. NOyiSMBKIl MINT COINAGE HERE 69,640,446 PIECES Tiies November co'iirfi'e nt Vis I'jUv-l Statt-sMint In Philadelphia amounted to, 09.tMtr,'.f.2.'.plb;e'J- r Wli-jScu ri, llus; Jink dqllors ,080.000;-fuarter!j.v 3.J40.000; dlmcx. S,700,C'00: iilckfl'-, J 0,7.71,618, and nno-ccnt pieces, U,7-18,6:'7. U. S. MAJOR GENERAL QUITS HOSPITAL IN FRANCE AilKIUCA.V Fll:i.D HKADQUAltTLSllS, France, Dec. 1. The American major general who has been 111 at an American base hospital was discharged as recovered today. SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS AGAIN DECLARE NEUTRALITY CimiSTJAXIA. Dec. 1. Norway, Sweden and Denmark have entered a new agreement to observe the "utmost neutrality." An official htatcment today announced this result of tho conference of the Scandinavian Icings and statesmen, which has been in progress here. KERENSKY REPORTED ARRESTED BY BOLSHEVIKI STOCKHOLM, Doc. J. Premier Kcrensky of Russia has been nrrcslcd at Vladi mir by fiolshevlkl toldiers and imprisoned, uccordlng to a report from Harparanda today. Vladimir Is 110 miles northeast of Moscow. (It was reported in Petrograd yesterday that ICercnsky had fled to Finland, where he Is now In hiding.) CRUSADE AGAINST GAMBLING IN BUENOS AIRES DUUNCS AIllES, 13ec. 1. An uctlvo campaign for tho suppression of gambling. Is being carrluJ on here. The President is receiving proclamations In. behalf of the movement, saying that "lotteries, race track betting and roulette are robbing th4 country of Its maximum energy." PETERSBURG R. R. PROPERTIES HEAVILY GUARDED Ii:Ti:ilSUUUG, Va.. Dec. I. A heavy military guard has been thrown around all ralhoad property here today following the discovery of what was believed to bo an attempt to destroy tho Norfolk and Western bridge between here and Camp Lce. Ten sticks of dynamite with fuse nnd caps were found close to the bridge. BABY'S SHRIEKS ROUSE FAMILY IN FIRE I'ive-months-old Milton Dlvac today saved the lives of his entlro family when their residence, 1826 North eighteenth street, caught fire from a match thrown on the floor by Israel Dlvac, grandfather of the baby. Dlvac started n flro in the kitchen stove and then returned to bed. The rest of the family were sleeping when tho baby aroused them with shrieks. The entire kitchen was found In flames. The damage Is cstlmated'at $300. MILLS IN MAHONING VALLEY AGAIN OPERATE TOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 1. Coal supply In the Mahoning Valley was materially Improved today, and In consequence plant operations showed improvement. The Republic Icon and Steel Company will operate all Us Brown-Bonnell finishing mflls. which, with the exception ot the twenty-Inch mill, fiave been suspended for some time. With the exception of two blast furnuces, the Carnegie Steel Company has its. plant on full, and Brier Hill Steel Company is running nearly norrqal,but with, low' supplies. GERMANS PLAN DRIVE FOR FOREIGN' TRADE TIIK HACJUB, Dee. 1. The Berlin German foreign trade association has been raised later to $25,000,000 and with central oitlces Irt Hamburg. Tho. object is tuj make u study of opportunities, encourago export tuuicj, especially oversea nnanclal undertakings, nnd there Is a feeling that tho new organization will light for commer clal foothold In South America. TOWN MEETING NAME, PREEMPTED IN ALLEGHENY ... . K nrmismma. Dec. 1. The naino of the Town Meeting Parti'" vaa..Drc.mDted today for nil ,tho congressional", senatorial and leglstatlvo districts ,ft,'Aliegherij'" County, tho papers being filed tn a bunch. There were twentyfo altidayitsV.tW,; in behalf of the new parjv , v iv "j.wtf,' ,.-.,-.. t.Ti,rt a -r nnacinirDd nfirr Tjirc wrDVfi ' WASHlfjOTON, Dec, 1, Technical men. commissioned aa KMyoitawilifiiM enstnoer ' corps wt(l havs o "majt. ;ood" ln.vcampvhfrBbefore,theyvlbeMslB to aeUvVrvi'nt War Department announ9e4'toy."trVwteii''i'a''iJM , Wlni ATJUJ Covtmobt. 1017. Br tn rcstio trtxjti Counsi 'PRICE TWO ClJN'ftP'jBH TO GUARD WATER FRONT States Attorney take the matter Francis Fliher Kane for under advisement. Dep- umitr uausemeni. uep with Captain Grillln and John McTanv correspondent of Weser Zcltung sajs.a new' formed with a capital of $5;000,000 to .be LlfTW :iUD,3 i for;tbroitlMr. - aJ 1 ,JW ilkx. ....li." J Mitao i Exchanges , , "?$s IN SHAPE FOR COUNCffllH Finance Committee Will '$W Ready to Report Next' 'f-m Friday , . X. IV An agreement between tho represh fives of the Department of City TranaHj and the Philadelphia ttapld Transit Com-,1 ,.. . .... .. , .' iuny nas ueeu reauneu, 11, wui luurucu rj.i day, and the revised Smlth-Mlttcn translt.rei lease will bo placed before the Joint Com mlttcc of Finance and Street Railways oaf Friday of next week for Its cpnslderatlon., While tho agreement has been tentatively. Xh reached on mott of the' nolnts In the las' for the hitch-speed lines and subways' for' At this city, the "representative,1 of city, and ?, company spent this afternoon golnovep the lease to ascertain whether alt objeo-. lions had been provided for in the re;' vised lease. The "chcchlnir up" conference M was held In the ofllce of Director Willtam',i 8. Twining. In the Bourso Building, and ..at, nll.n,!. 1.. rentnr- Tartnlnfl. IIpY! "William Draper Tewls. Thomas K. Mltte'n,F prcsldent ; Ellis Ames Ballard, chief .coun sel, and A. Ij. Drum, chief engineer otMjts, Itapld Transit Company, '$'! Asked today alraut tho agreement. .TJNjr; rector Twining said: tivi vu win nave fuuiciniuK ucumiv iu kivbf, to Councils' committee on Friday, We hav'' already agreed on some points In the lea,. mid they are now In the hands of the) printer, while tho others will be settted In ', a day or so. ' . TO ABOLISH KXCHAN'Gi: TICKETS "Have you reached an agreement with! the company as to the Immediate ellmlia-' Hon of the discriminatory eight-cent 'ex cnango ncKeisr ne was asxeu. . v. "We are agreed on the fundamentals,! he replied. " ' -Jl While he said that tho city and companjJI had discovered n way to' get rid of the'ex,-.'! mange ticiets unuer tno terms or tne new i lease, he would not say Just what methodj had been reached to satisiy the Itaplu Transit Company and how they Will bi;: compensated for the elimination of the obn jectlonablo tickets. The company derlvev a revenue of $1,000,000 a year from 'thest w tickets, and the plan of tho conferees'Jti$j roach an agreement on .this" point "lsJ"! i "t was suggested to the director' that al most a monin nad elapsed sjilce) thp, last & meeting of the Joint Committee e'f FInanei't? and Street Hallways had discussed "thVJ "Smlth-Mltten lease. It was otrthis meeUTfg tng that the committee suirirecled tn .th&7l . city transit officials and the representative of "" p IL T- tlmt ,h'y Kat. together an -V get r,fl of ob,ecllonilb,e fen-tu, 0fth--i4 lease u-hlnh hnd .hpii orlt!i-lRd at nn'.'n th ether jot the' live meetings heldbyulji committee to discuss the lease. ' -' X:M DmiCCTOll.TWiNING TnOlBllKDl lea, saiu me., wirec.or, ",ii nasieeni tedious, Job. ondi don't 1nor jgrhewt'f I con rest easier oewre or BiierTJucll. nnlh.l." K'S-T!' ' "Vlmf'ls'the nlgllicanceorrcftrSfetolJ Mr. Twining?" Vfff4' ff&i v en. we jiara xntien ioirciner'M.H I agreed on a Jst -which we thlnlc IS ; j lease ; but thnt's what they tlt6tlght;ln;il ivc never unowjusi now inesc inmgs out wFien they are pufln use. "tf I knew what the financial condll of the country would be fc-ty -earsf now I could tell you better, ' si A. Merrltt Taylor, former DlrcctorJ Transit, when toM that the city; andi pany had come to an agreement- on. Smlth-Mltten lease. Raid he u-outrt mik comment, until he knew wha the' reyl TEUMS NOT FCLLV KNQWN It Is not known, and probably will be known until Friday, jwhether ,th vl.ed lease continues to insure thei-P.'r a dividend tt C per c;ut oil Its camUl of $30,000 000 or any additional stocje prs linlnted nut that uhli hia nlil -S Mitten lease which was made, public. Ift-nA arm vava 1ia nnmnam. n ft nAi.i dividend rate, the lease written, bj; Director A. Merrltt Tyloc only.jaj for a dividend for the company? cent. . -'.t'ifi. mere was airo consiueraoie spi ns tn the lirovlslon made In, the Smlth-Mltten lea- for. ,the ntJrchiis city or me nroneriy anu iranciuses company at the termination -ot ' '.th'a and whether the city wouldrbo.coiJe: pay a price equal to tne. far jvaju: outstandlnc stock. &'". "Wilt the lease require il'iat,,t'io:V Interest and sinking fund cnargeutii out or gross revenues, or irt omercwpi oj carfares. was anomer uesiiu arose tn tno minns oi .ioiiow;rs. transit problem, .. News that the city and reached an agreement 'became, h Ktoek market opened itlilsirh' n. t. truit certlflcatcs.,:toed'tast 26 U and at tho cloe of'.tha-marJf the stock Jumped to 2?Hi, City Hall Xpp&tinwtt City apiwintmenta tpuayj,n;"j S. Groves,- J6Q .Houtn juniper j eral Inspector, Department al.r saary" $2600? Joseph,, A.. 3toett ar- Hirt. archltecturut drafUij of City Property. $21004. 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