!W r5g -m- A uentng public eoaet THE WEATHER F POSTSCRIPT EDITION 1 V&Jy " cool tontfhts loiioif about J5-,;.PKJITIIRK AT HUH llOUIt TWirKKMiint: immwMlf !t I vrr-STTo 11 '-I 'I - ' " ' '' "' jr 1 mnutsriwiwi I I iU 21-- 0 nn i!uo,nm 100,000 30,001) js.ooo ,'." .oon is ,000 INDIVIDUAL EDfiES TO CITY , fDRIVEFORLOAN 8rly$l,000,000 Is Added ftfl Constantly Grow ing roiui h i TO TAKE 5230,000 R.f Subscriptions Pom IgKnd Keep Booths and IfStreot Canvassers Uusy CrLd portly before uouii today . JEi,.,v ji 000 000 to Hi" totals of i STUfJ tlberl Loan dmc. Kcport "2W.L . ,..I.ltlllC about the CS vtoTltvto - 52. ,.- ....ir!.l ..n Hull illdl.llt. !Wty' .... ,i. , iiIpiIcpr !UC lei Sj ,1,1s amount HI be double! In. W" '"s,c "U1-"1110" u",',v ffi .leased .t tlir l.mcrgcno Aid Eumthobtatu. of Llbctty In South Square It was for JJ30.000 and Sjfrom tlic I nllrd Uas Improicmen. CraipaW. 'falMjfciuM.iiption-i .i iOllilOu Improvement Inm- lV' ...... x. Hannl llnnk Itnti Ctl .Munint . UnpTare'r (ompunj j, ImrMxIm 4. I . Uu.rBOOKU1 mum. filiittilelphla going forward Willi ic wW momentum to overt, ribc the loan iffire Saturday nigh' seemed to irnior '.WtheWbcrl, Utc Thoro bun M Of pieogcs c" ""-' Snird R Ham-ell Jr ."id bcr aides injitilrc to drive one of tbo gold MtM n"3 I" tl,c "Kaiser's ,onl" iWcH U offeced to each bond purchase itihettatue booth ts bringing persons fm ill walks in life ' -inere the "bloalcd bondholder" mixc Soi th man hi overalls. They stand tfebrtldo as they write their pledges injicapt Hie nails fir.I.Mlbur H leltlK Hummer ifi T. Stotcsburv forced him.' If jhnuih Hie big crowd surrounding the tata tbb mornlns and subscribed to a PNI bond- Dlsdalnliijj tho offer of a kfcdtipncxt to him to drive his tmk sthabase of the statue, ho swung tho I Uiuirtr himself, and demonstrate.!) that tfm IW " almost u well as he u "drive home financial matters IDtliH the remainder of the I.lhcity UU campaign tno public speaking at Die Statue of Liberty, South l'cnn norfc II1 bp directed exclusively by tttfour-mlnuto. men of the rcnniyhnnla Cramlttee of I'ubllc Safety Coinplcto luf of tiro fpcahinp aciiMUCH naa fm.tiicti In tho handu of Harry P. nttfetC1 county chairman of tho four- PtlMtlI. jJimjemenWliavo been made for the ice or a number of bpeaKerc, m Amcrlcan, Eritlfli. Canadian French toldlcr3 from the front ; Intst , official personages and mr ted theatrical tlar.s. IncludliiR- tlitra 3. Hart, Marguerite Cl.nK a ivnts 1. Corbctt. tta section of Droad street between Ctj Ball and Chestnut street is roped 1 and devoted to Liberty Loan KtMtles between 1 and 2 o"i lock each llwoon. Gcorgo Wlinitou I'epper, tlilnjuji of tho Lommlttco of public ;fdr, will be one of tho speakers, lafcir men tpcedlng up war material WietlMWUl lend tho third Liberty Uu cimpilrn additional liunch. All Mrorpalmlons In tho city will be Cirtljr In tho drlo with all tho power tldr thousands of workers and dot 11 i'f ptit tnaEs-mectitig of 10.000 work etfrom the Dlant of tho Baldwin Loco- rattlri works and ndjaccnt plants will k mi tomorrow at noon ut tho Unlttd ales Mint. Seventeenth and Spring Ouin atleets. Spcalters will addicss At crowd from thn htrni nf the lnlnL itntrthem will bo Harry Lauder, tho fcotch comedian. ttkimMtlns ts one of a series planned iiMwrui plants throughout tho city V On Industrial and commercial com- of the Liberty Loan committee. JtBeanathe beelnnlng of thn labor mo- Miltlon for tti InaM Hrltn A" h a fair prophecy of tho numbers j-oia wno will bo brought Into tho fctr to aeenrA t!l? nnn nnn nf i.a inan- ,,Wd commercial quota Tho e-ccond will also be held tomorrow -at 6NlJnlrlI.lt ! ........... . .- :. Lm .a.ii,mcn;iuriiiK Louuiiiny, nfetlnf Park nnitr. ..na Mi.Ainnm uiq. IS ? Crtrira 1 f iiu niin .. -n--.-,i- i l.i.. r ' w "ail' ( iiiiimui ui tcuuii la Paii.wlt be In charge of tho T3ald- mcturir. In cato the rain btortn 2;a, the meeting place will to , Garden atrects w orass foundry department of iwi&b shlnvarrl l.a ..l.j.. t... KJ1. ery man tn the depat Intent Krf .' 'tJ!t one bond and many EiV"1'" Tllls ,e tnl1-0 "'0 amount Md durlns tho llrst two Liberty J&w other plants the same generous Wort hf ii,- i ... ..... .. hmm i . Iutu s noicu. i, in W "I Merehant & l.ans Com- 10 RING THE BELL FOR LIBERTY! C-) PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APK1L 11, 15)18 124 ON OVERNIGHT AMERICANS ROUT CASUALTY REPORT GERMANSATTOUL FROM PERSHING IN BIGGEST FIGHT One Killed in Action, 20 First Real Test Proves U. Others Dead and 69 So- S. Infantry More Than vercly Wounded Match i'or linemy SHOWS U. S. IN IMG FIGHTS AKTILLEUY PARTICIPATED i Anotlicr Bitf List Received to Number of Teuton Modics in 15c Announced Later ' No Man's Lund After ' Today Gallant Defense I'urraiuiit, lots, m tut ft mo l.rrcta Cuunnr PRICE TWO CENTS HAIG STRAIGHTENS LINE; ABANDONS ARMENTIERES ON DANGEROUS SALIENT When l.ibciij lirllr join-. I ihcrl.v Hell in the Ialicrtv Loan uppriil :iii opiulielminfr palnulii icspmc -.liould lie assuicil. Tlic novel ami sinKiilitrly uppropiiale Liberty Loan booth pieturcd nlion lla been placed in Hie lobli.v of llie Nion Thcatie, 1 iflj tci-oml street below Jlaiket. with Mrs Ruth Mattern in i-liurp t invite all to "do their bit" by bujing bonds nlilnclnii. April II Tho uxernlElit cimmIIv llpt from Om eral TerMiliiK ootitiitiicil I'.'l uamea linl one fcotiller wax kllliil In action Twu illril of vvoundH. Ow dlctl from ulr ac i idflitf, thtrtec'i died from disease, slstv . i Int wcro KCvercl wounded four vvrrr iiiIkhIhc In ai'lion and thirty were -IlKhtly wyumled The Ilxt all raited particular tnteie.t tho Wnr Krp.iriment and was tnktn as proof that the Anierlraim arc In Im portant fighting While 1ml one wan killed In action, iiienrillm In tin- llxi. 't-nlup wire revrrlj vuiunihil. ugalnst 1 lilrt dllghtl) wuuuded Thlx s tilt I rut time the proportlnn kn In thl- dl itctliiu, It wati miteil The names follow Ivlllrd In itlnn I'ltn Ait2 JUll.N I'LU.UT Dlffl nf wniinri-t MAJlill UUW1V II t.l.Mtll.i: v-oitpon.M, tih.imsi i uoni.ttTK lliril nf ..l.lfii('. PUI.TI! 1 ttSU lll.l.l.l.l ITllVA-tn t.UI.AVti A MMIII.W I'ADRT UII.LIM J Will in iwiurr r a nitAtJLii MULTtl.NA.ST CltVltl.Ltt l r.lVAni lllnl nf lll-n- lOrtPOttAI. PI IIJ1A.N t'l.Ut-t .f. pnru inniilii rulll. UIJAPkl.TTP. i-ubriu in 'itii; una. s:cioit tTtiiAii: I. sir BEASLEY ASSAILS MAN-POWER BILL LEASE AS INVALID THREATENS CRISIS Ttlimi iinruniuiil i ANt'llGW A DIl'M.h. ilhili WII.UWI nn. KM . AI.J.W I 1)1 llWAlin iii'lilnsin I.UO PtlANTIH P.MIIIla.l. Pllfuinoni.1 III.SMt; It HUI.UN. iHplitlltTln. I I.MUIt IMLMAMd N, tllUlV! M.lt piifunionlt VlnllilW 111 i.l.f.ll thrrld rullATH IJUfUtnoliM I MAKI.US W lil'Pl.ll. mnitiiEltlfi 1.KI.ANIJ,J(IMm1 crvdlprlas PHAVK Mli:p.Un. tjplinlrl (pfi t'lkll Til IMl HIVIVIM ...... ....n..lu . - lloundwf xllcliCLv Lieutenant I'diruk J . . Kowlliw laciiiriuiu Puisne r IIhuiiII, Srr Unconstitutional, Business British Cabinet's Position f-nl' Af "ai... rr.ro i i-w ...... .. ...u.i. ...rr .1111 l lllluill 1 CUIIIIHI1 Corporoln tiell i:. In N-lunuil .loliii Parnll llarri Inslmm W Ilium P. Nuo Arbi. neara and lljrry A Ui koine Meitmnn Tliomas J 1 leiuliiE. PrlwtPH th.ililmi II PlunkPlt ami John U Wulllvan Josepii pjiuotl. .Nell Mcurtln. C'lirtmi llrll William I. llurke Vernon i" UiiMoii I..I inuM.I Catsl'lv, lienrs" t'onclo, Mlihclp licracn. Lmremn Plnnerl. .I.ihi.m II Prier. Prjiik tliiUHve. llobert Juhnnloii. Men's Counsel Tells Service Board on Measure Considered Strong SEES FINANCIAL DANGER RONAR LAW'S CHALLENGE i (Jj-cai UcEiblcy, reincHcnllng the United und othorttius-hiess men's a?o elatlcus uppo&"d to the leaso of the tilj't. high epeed tiaiihlt lined to the Philadelphia Itapld Tiansil t'uinpaii, appiarerl at tho reopening uf the heat ing this morning by tho State Public Sen Ice I'ommisBton Thin In the sec ond KCbslou of the hearing. '1 ho tltxt was held March 27, when William Dra per Lewis, ttpiilal coutiwl for the cll, CMilalncd tho leae hi detail Thco blatPiuents uf louiibel on both Eldca are preliminary tu tho taking of testimony and eUdenep by tho com mlfcilon I'oetor LpvvIs this morning prcsentcl hla lirlef in tho imec llo c pl.ilned that tllncsa had picvented It" prppiratioii nt an earlier date The brief bets forth all tho arguments that Doctor Lewis and thn ilty administra tion have iii.iiIp fioin thuo In time in regard to tlic lease (alls lrne I monolitiilinnnl Mr lleaflej lontendcil today Hiat the lease NlolalcH the I'oiibtltutlon of Pcnn sjlvanla "because It authorlcs. the cit to appiopiiato the nncnucs oi us lines .Mr lomlnti, April II A complicated iiolitlcil initiation, I full of poshlbilitlcs. is thicdteited as a ltsult of tho timti-powcr hill (providing lUiiioiie; other thiitgB. coiibcrlptioit for 1 d eland), according to tho Chronicle, ' tuda. I Tli.it the Uovciiiineut'ti position Is 'strong was sdiotui by two develop incuts: l'irst. Tho quick passage of thcldll i on toeouil rcudhiK. Second. Tim invitation of Chancel- lor Law to tho lloio of Commons "to change tho Covcruineut If tlic lloiibo (lid Hut liko tbo bill." The Ciuicrimicnt't) in ijoritv lu tho vote on becoiid leading was ""S otes. Tho bill will go into tho commltlco htage .mil inubt be cillod up for llnal passage bcfoio it I-, enacted Into law. "Some of the piovlslons in the Mil vnpic hharply ertlUUed during debate l.ixl night" bald the Chronicle, "no. tiibly bv Sir Donald Jlclycm who spoke with all the uuthorltj that he longs to him b.v virtue of bis position as ihalrman of tho most Important draft appial tiibiiii.il in tho eountr.v. Julio Dilllon hounded a waining and former Picmler Apqulth counseled Willi (lie Ami ill, ill roues in I came, April II. Atnerleun troops on the f i out not lb west of Toill vcstcriliv beat off tin heavicbt nttacl, ct di live ml aisaittt thetn wlipu tin Amei'ir.iii lines win UMHUUltCil b 80U "shoik ' bohbii- The enemy wn.s lomplclclv toutdl and buffered bcav v tnsst .. It with the blscest operation in vvhiih Atiierloniis had taken part and was marked bv irrrlllr .iriilln v tlrp. The tlcnnans were vrrv where uutfniigbt Tlic nttloii lasted twu bonis and was prcftued and fnllovvcil lis the heal lest tirtlllerv cxelinnges In wblih Aniprleiiti iirllllny pad vol t.ikiu pail. The Allierlcaiis In the fiunt lino tiTitehes fought with the utmost gal l.intry and ipfwid in jn io ,i liml, root of crouml The llttaik was ilinveiid e.iilv In the llHil'iiLliK tlinlei i over nf a Iic.im iMrragc tire and Hip liiiiuans woie favored b a thlik mist, whlili lnm perrd observation I Tho Hermann uiIv.iiiipiI in tiriss for mutton, hut vvpip mowed dm. h b tin lire from the Aim i leans' i lib s and' IllUellillC eTUIIN. When ilav dan tied a niiinbei of bodies rould be spin Ivinj; in N'n AIiiii'm Idiid. Two wounded (niiii.iu wore captured. Om diid fiuni bN wounds and the iiIIipi is In a Hold hospital In a ei-lthal loiiditlou lie had been fOinl tliiough the rr Tlic aclluti followed a iiuniliri uf minor rahU dlicetcd at u point where Herman prisotlcra wcic aptund uu Saturday. Tho light wis the tnst ic,, tevt or the American iufintiv ami tin laukecs moved more than a mitili i for the eiiemv in cveiv bunch of the hcriico eng;.ii;cd UTILITIES COMPANIES MUST FURNISH SERVICE Kcvv Jcibey Ilo.ud Olders Tlucc I Companies to Supply 1'crt.ous Connected With Sys.lem , Ireiilnn, April II - T h,. Vulcan Heat , Light and Puhpi I'umpaii). ul Capo Mai 1 1 ourlhou'i". tnd.i.v wh ordurcd by the British Abandon Avmentieres (Stiouini; I initKrv I ) tuiij RJrr St .l- V-- 3 -JSj.- -- Z?2AAVA- aSA -ji SbJi .V. &eTni - r 'v ir .-- a.ii.. i. k z2ewi?Jx- i' .vv. swthouroub " ?ffsK 0ixmui?T,,7l'K Tdiclb ear eurj 4 N nzS$fS,FJn.li' Bo vi .'0 SabsdicndacKi r iT J Herm',ctc r0ritie5lio YPRifef , I VfWattcn rbtccnvoord$Bg S'M rfA c.&8 w4r. wMA,f " '"NiN ' 'BIIriSff tEifa occupy m(o't --, -iArfncnticr3Sg r-f&L-l Shattered City No i Longer Strategi cally Useful FURIOUS FIGHT ON NEW FRONT Germans Renew Drive on Northern Brit ish Line CHANNEL PORTS OBVIOUS OBJECTIVE Teutons Apparently Con centrating Against Brit ish Positions LULL IN OTHER ZONES Action Slackens in Albert, Amiens and Noyon Battle Areas 22D DAY OV HA'ITLB John A. McD.vcr. Urnest Purter imJ Jmt h.,Hlu ird of Public Ttllity CoumilD- Trarev -. biuiier.s tr continue hcrvieos to perboti3 i s,,.i, .j., , , connected vilih tho ilMrlinitlon ajatcin, f- ,, , ""'""'"'-l.l eiitcnnnt. Le01iirt.i ub will an to improve Its cipilpinent i H I utilli Jameii Prederldi Leslie, beruemilu ' A complaint wio lllpd with liiu board ."Ho It ta-inke. .lulni 1. Jlohr. Josooli L. 1 reicnlly to tho erfis't lliat tho comp.iu henepal. i orroralu Albert o l.nnse. 'IliuiiMs . w.ia not nuppljlng electric (-rrvliip to VV. Painter lliuinaa 13. Hullinin. Itov w I perbuna whom it was tho dutv of the 'Uauun Pranl. j W heeler. Me, ht.uk Iter- lu' ?",".)'.' B,,'' I usler Ier VV . urmb I lrC 1,1,1, Hr.tt and Power Cr .T, 'l " "r'd Ms. nV'1!- tl-e cMPttblm, of the m.lltar ..vu.j .--, - ,. , , . itcrviicaei io iieanu. agaliibt the mingling of immlcipa fund, n1JIRCli0P i.,..s ...m, ,. ,. K.udeil lib a masterpiece and ho made it plain mat tno cabinet Is going ahead with thobo of a pilvato ii.rporution It was futther contended bv Mr neabley that Article MV of the Uulfltt ,'th tIlc ,,, wih Tl mn,,!? m5,,S act. 'ivhlcli piovidcs that ciciy coh- othol. tl11KH 1P ,,,,(,,. btrt It. Uusenuu PrlvatPN Jaliien AINe. Adolr llnlcr. I jbl.iu llarlx-au M lllta.n P lUrtkileilit It'Uben O Itotlkr Jolm P lowrlrn, Pari Dutj William II Uou.herU WHIIam Uuer Mi It in llalon. cnur II r-lrbiiil.n, tjeorei J Pord Kumali 1,'ulU. Uiorffe It, i.ote. John ,11 Uondi, lto Urinlth. (lus W. cluctlia i an I A Itaeni'ccii Plank llarimker, 1'juI II I Heller Hubert t llellcrman, VVoodie Jolin- sun Llotl P Uindnei. HltnlP tunb Ottn I. Lanze 1hiiI, 11 I. l".delbeit Lenltic I., i Llplimkl i Mlehuel P. Mellratli Jail, MJi foil Joxi pli I Mllnmtlkl Jiimei Mirllli. Mliliael J Mai I roikt t'hHrleM p. Nenii. utlu Ni ueinlnrf Itiiimun.l 'Pander Men PUor.M Utors. It' bedew and lieorse It Koble dim I Thalia. UeorBe U eil,et i-am- uel T .shaeCelford Kinll bUilin-k. Ilcnrt It 1 1 Hlruup Pre.l bfr iJeore Katnttti'ii 1 John I. Hihelbaili T'earl Ktan .SimIiIi II, r Pert Sonnenbnrar Leslie 11 rilnluti .litlm II rttcilllc 1.eii J I elmHti, Theoilure A Vleddi I.oul UttltOHSlti Max IVuirliuitk. Wultir A Wust. Prtd Zcnk . VlUsInc In ,lf linn I ranuin Praml .1 ChIiIM Pritatei IhoniaH tonncllt, MkhacI Holme- t harles A 11 Izslns ( Tlils Is the list received Ubt night i upon whli h the War Depat Uncut had been working inntlier II t bald to contain an un rhnr lilci omnanv ' locaieu in me low n or Mono Harbor in Capo Ma I uiintv Is imt fiirnlslilng afp, adeiiuatp mid proper berv iup to I Its lUMunicrn and Hint it dues not main- I tain Its propertj and i ipiliniu ut In the I proiter manner, the Male Imaril of Pub i Up rtlllty CoiumlbbiutiprH tutl.iy ordered ' tno euniern to rimtliiuo bervlio to per bous connei ted with Its distribution nys tem The N'cpluno Water Company. f Caiie jVIay l ourthoiibe. was ordered to eon tlnilo eorvlen to persons etntipi ted it III. IIh dlbtrtbulloii Htstim and repair or re place at otuo all water nmini which ore In eui'h i-ondlllnii that adeiiuatp and i nroticr berviio is nut nuv being uf. I furded Il'LAG RECOMES SHROUD ' OK LYNCHING VICTI.M ' llody of German, IlaiiKed for AN i legctl Ui&loyally, Wtapped in ' U. S. Colors at (iiam The 111 it ts.li foiees have withdrawn fiom (he d.iiip;ciout t.ulient it Aimentieres, tlnt.s siiaiHitcninp; their line lo tho west of the il'-iii-tHleil town, which is nut considered btrateyically importiiitt. 'lite sliailfd poition of the map bhovv.s the f-iound taken by llie ti'cuiiaii- .since .leslciday .Hid the bector wheie the hcaiicst iij:hl my: iiurn today, fiom l.a liasbcc Canal to the l.yb Kiicr. The (.'el mutts have leached a point approximately thitty mile fitm the .seacoast at Aimentieres. TRANSPORT REPORTED SUNK IN MEDITERRANEAN s NEW YORK, April 11.. The Atlantic Transport Line ofilces 'nimoti ced today that they had henrd a -report that their I9,.ld3 ton liner Utiiuirtonka Und been sunlt. but were unable to con riim tho lepott. Tho vessel 1ms not touched an American poit In umietiiii". tbey said, boitnj used In tiausnoit service between tnulnud uad Italy. The sinking was teported in the Medltcr i i. .can. THREE DETECTIVES TRIED FOR ALLEGED "GRAF!" Detectives Jesse J. Wistei. Clayton K. Hill antl Harvy v. Hick were put on trial today before the police board, charged ivitli conduct unbecoming officers, .is a result of their failure to turn iu to tho Superintendent of Tolice a reward collected for tho recovery of a stolen automobile. Wlster and Hill also ate bung tried for taking a ride in a atolen automobile. t. LouIh. Ipt-il II -Kobett Paul Pr.ugcr. Itvciitv-tiine vcnis old. Herman Kltlclt piovidcs mat cvciy con- .,... ..,. .. ..,.,. """'y " l "-.' '".",,,wl" "" u- ,....,..., ,.. ,. ... ,..., tract for public inipiovcnient bliall be ..,f .c, ...,.,. , .,. ... ,lvllt , usuany i.irgp tiuinner ot names w.ik tc- """ '' - . c """ " ""p- basid upon the .bt .to of tho whole ,-i . LbU o we Mill .1. nor , n! ,,,, '" Walilni;ton at g o'eloek tl.l.tiillc. lit. carlv ..kt Frida, morning in mi 'niB am. tun uo auuiiuiicru later ilea tn at. .vpiiiiicwh cemetery ncrc to Continued on I'aae Pour, dIiiiiim Itui ' l,"ljv ,,,. ,imcr to Praeger's living u ' ' I iitlest. the Stai- mill Mtrllies ttprp ttmimk i around ha tireabt as hl bod w.o, low -.red Into the earth. The Harmonic Lodgr. o, 3j3 I o. O cost,' opposed the b.e He cited an opinion on this point by Public Servli. Comml.ssioner Mlihael J. Ilan when h wan City Sollcllot in Philadelphia I hnrK's Ittriiiptrd Kruaion "Tho lea.c is an attempt to enable undcrlltiK tompanles to evade the rate-making power of tho Public Setv ico Commission," Mr Beanley charged Ho continued- "If tho undcrlviiig ciinipanie were not leabed and were operating independently j their rate of fare, which controls their groM rcvenup out of which their dlvl-' deuds would come would be unqueftlon abls bubjei t to the regulation of tho Public Hervleo CoiiuiiWhIoii. Can such i eonipanles by a tlctlon of a lca.se to sonm TWO PHILADELPHIANS PEACE PLAN WITH U. S. BECOME MONSIGNORI ADMITTED BY AUSTRIA hn r, . ""iiciiaiii &. t.vana c on Vfl fifn' ,50 ana c'"Ploycs of tli r '--('ai minnanv Ta kh nnn . V Lmployea of the A Klrbclibaum rTfVir camg fnniji.1 ...III. t-nnnn W-J"Jlnd.wll tae more. Last - 05criDed J1D.000 n DrWe Ualna 8,i, lrloatei r th. u... ., rw.isj .c . cuuliipiious jciier tm . am ln ,,,c "elBbborhood of BB ti e, -... ".-Uiia III ioucn eTbSl?P.alBI? "P'ned that thin VlWrh. ? be C0I"e"atlve. Tills WHO t i'' lDla ' "bout $27. ES ftr daJ8 of the drive. gtet of u,e Bub,criptio..S "m itrom w..i . ,Icr froni cy rS SSh "K'01'- accordhiB to a in. -"ia is. SS&SfJit" TfM anil ib. U. ' ,m cornierclal !? drh .in..iTi ' ua crl0"a to kau...T.in ' Interests of tb !,. t, JL "' bJ represented and 4t concert ? t.h"'utrlail cm. '? "S ln ,,,ls cty IH be Er InVualrir,"' "i""-"8 n.up tS" of thn i. . ..M commercial V "w Will mat. L .i.u.ii om ll'wUn on E,n?rt addresses. Ckiiuh1'? of.,lhc Kltr of 5,i? fi'Pllir Tin?'. ea0!nit WOI"a w"h Vwtnc. . '. ." uelayed "nt! i "ences a tprt of co.0ptra- I' of which Praegir wiih a member adopted a i..s.ilutinii deiioimeiug Iv uchlng. 'I he renolutloti vta foruar.wj , lo Uovcinor I.oir.ii. nf Illlnoli. : i'ur- - oner Lowe, of Mjdiboti, and Prctident ... h -. .... Wilson und CongribH Pope ucslows Honors Upon Enincror Participated in Sen-, " learned that the t.muebt .u .-,, .. ,,.. . - ......... I Collinsvillo Into Praegpr'a dralb ntav be Chancellor riuinatincc and arate NcKoliations Conducted. I concluded tonight or tomorrovr. it an ,, . ,- ,. abo lc.irii.il thai . v lilencc has been Sai'S UCpOI't I1 ronl Bciilll I found Impll. allng A men, ant? that their uriest W ein.eted shortly. I Jobcph V a Collinsvillo coal , .... i miner, e-ttiti lie tied tho hands of "i""""'n' .ipru ii I peacKcr anil I at In knows who nulled PiofHsor Andcrton, of WaMiineton. tlto rope, and i- willing to tell llio Cor- ncgotlated with Counts Andrassy and lludapcst, rcgaid- AMERICANS ON FRONT MARTKNHAIG'S TROOP'S United States Soldiers Enter Battle Bri gaded With England's Veterans, Who Cheer Their Comrades Philadelphians in Fight the Rev. W. J. Walsh Honors have been conferred upon two ON TIIK lmiTISlI FUONT , other company llx their rev enuobesond ,,hIa(,eIphu Catholic clcrgjmcn,' In ap. the power of State control through the .,..., Public Service commlbslon? Kor In- polntments announced by tho I'opo ac htuiiie, under thib leabe tho revenue oi cording to a tpcclal cablegram received l-ribra, ln Vlcnni and in ll.n ..lvnnk Priwirill-fll" 1 t.lllt. UV f'nlt.-l. .. ....... . .....II.. ....... .1 ,...- panv is tlNcd at nnuall. 72 per cent. ' ,rom lwn uy l" -u,,u,H' '""'"""jlng tho polblllly of a tcpaiwr peace and of tho L'nloii Ti action Company nt I Tlntca today. .between Austria-Hungary and the I nlted Tho Very Ilev Udntund J. Kitzmaurlcc. vicar general and chancellor of tho inch dloceEC, and the Itov. Wuiccslaus J Alalsh. who wan secretary to the late Archbishop 1! 1'. Prcndcrgabt, arc ap pointed domestic prelates, with tho title aether with tho admission that Austria- iraci iil.mvcii hisihcvi.vi "...".. i.i maintain an c.tcesslvo return upon tlicli 'of niotislgiior Hungary had initiated various peace tic- capital, whllo tho buine privilege b I Doctor Kltzmauiicc was profesaor of I EOtlatlort. Many of thcfo uegotlatlouo denied to other companies engaged In I . n..,.tic thcolonry at tho Uvcrbrool. i em .aid to havo been .ondneieri i. 17 per tent annuall.v upon tho money paid in Tho Public Scrvlco Commission lu a icccnt case Hied tlto revenues of a company at 7 per cent upon the money paid Into Its sbtciu Cam tlic Citizens' Parsenger ll.illn.iy Company and tho I Lnlon Tiaction Company by a mere con-1 Iran between themselves continue to States, according to a. dispatch to the I tierltn Tagcblatt, from Its Vienna cor I rcipondciit I Tho correspondent said tho Austrian rorclgn OIllco had admitted this, to H 0B p" Sir, Column Tjiio similar business. Thcteforc, beroro tne Public fccrilc-o Coniniibslon should ap prove any leaso the question of the Justlco of these underground rentals should bo thoroughly examined and if excessive should be rcctitled, becauso tho higher rate of faro provided for In tho leaso Is admittedly largely duo to thesu excessivo rentals." Jlr. llea?lcy further contended that the "city's borrowing capacity cannot be restored under the leaso because tho city's interest and sinking fund charges uro not absolutely provided for" HOPEFUL FOR SENATOR STONU 'condition of Stricken Missouri Con gressman Reported Unchanged lVa.hlnilon, April 11. The condition of Senator William J &tone, of Missouri, who whs stilcken with paralysis j ester day, was ilrtually unchanged today. Senator Stono slept late today and early last nleht and Ids physicians said the) arc hopeful for his steady recover', Seminary when bo was appointed Chan cellor last December, llo is only about thlrty-sl. cars of ago and ciceeding ly popular, and Is regarded as one of the most scholarly priests In Philadel phia llo was born In Tarbert. County Kerry, Ireland Ills family is noted for tho number of Its members In the priest hood. Ills four uncles were priests at ono time in tho ecclesiastical province of Philadelphia One of these ts tho night Ilev. Dr. John U. Kitzmaurlce. bishop of Krlc, who was formerly rector of tho Overhroolt Seminar. Another Is tho Itev Francis I. Kltzmaurlce, rector of St Joachim's. Krankford. The other two vvero tho lato Itfv. Kdnard Kltz maurlce, of Scratiton, and tho late James p ritzinaurlcc. rector of St Michael's Tho Ilev. Francis J. Clarlt, rector of the Cathedral, Is his cousin. Doctor numaurlce was odiicatod In his native town and at the University of Louvatn, Belgium, and the Ameri can College at llotnc, ivhcro he was Contloued no Tsie T. Columo "ElsUt Ltnpcror Karl with numerous persona of Internationa! connections' 11'aaldnrlon, April 11 Itepotted "pcaco negotiations" be tween a "Professor Anderson," of Washington, representing tho United States, and Counts Andrassy and Tisza, In Vienna and Budapest, created a stir In ofllclal and diplomatic quarters here today. The Profcsior." however, was not available and his identity was not es tablished It wab stated odlcially at tho State Department that "Professor ' Anderson iv as not known thero and further that nothing was known of tho Incldcu. ic fcrred to in the dispatch Prof. P Chauncey Anderson, con nected with tho war trado board, w'as the only "Professor Anderson" known ACCEPT SI FOR EACH SHAD cv Castle Fishermen Sip;n Contract for Remainder of Season New tnidlr, Del., April II Shad fishermen of New Castle, numbering; ownert. of nineteen iietn, after disposing of their catches for the cirlj part of tho season, have made a contrail with rrancols Doinlulco for tho entire catch of the remainder of tlic season, und prices havo gone tu $1 a fish as caucht. largo and small Tho purchaser has bonded for the carolng out of tho con tract witli a rtircty company of Phila delphia. Shad fishermen had the tuuo of their lives on the Dclawaro Itiier front yea terday with a number of their boats scuttled or sunk by tho high winds and waves and tho nets ko badly tangled that it will require scleral da a to get them In shape NEW NAVY YARD WAGE SCALE League Island Mechanics Receive $5 a Day, With Overtime A new scale of wages for navy jatd etnplocs on tho Atlantic roast ap proximating tho so-called Macy boaid scale at private plants, has been adopted, tho Navy Department stated today ThlH will give Lcaguo Island mechanics ,p be here and he said ho hadn't been In ,7 J -" J " -',,,",; Cimtfoued on ra bla. Column lire lK"'cs approximately tho same 11 nshinctnn. Apt it 1 1 Shifting of the main American reserve Into the west front battle is about com plete News that a mii.iII portion of this nrm of freedom bad been Incorporated into the brave and hanl-prcsKed Uritlsh battalions vt,i followed by information thai otlieth will boon be doing their part in withstanding the borhe The men already lidded lo the rtiltlvh front aio well seasoned and have been tested by tlto Teuton fire Their record has been rulcndld. Tho others coming I in soon are of the battle t.vpo the kind i America lan count on fur valiant serx llce Organization of Aiuriic.cu forces abroad Into complete armies probably I will not lie attempted until autumn. Meanwhile tho plan adopted hy Sccre itary of War Baker, v?hlch provides for i amalgamating American divisions with I British and Ki ouch armies, will bo car ried out as rapidly as possible. This will greatly simplify tlto shipment of supplies, military olllcials explained to day, and Increaso correspondingly tho number of vessels that can be utilized for troop transports. Alt movements of supplies overseas to tho American forces and tho Untento will bo completely co ordlnated, and every available Inch of cargo space will be utilized. i Iho I tilted Slates troops. However aie not to lose their identity Divisional organisations will be maintained as they 'leaio tho United States except In cuses I of great emergency. Iaii.tlon Mill berrrl Before long the men who have not had tho test of battle will be going In too, brigaded with the ictcran British- . rrs Whether the first contingent vva 'placed on the new balllefront or lu the Piiaidv salient c tint tpvratcd here, but It is assumed that If the battle I develops on tlic present llneb. Americans will ipili kit be plunged Into the northern . teelor The western battle took on a new. direct personal Interest In every Amen- , can toda. In tho light of tho new United ' States parth Ipatlou ( American milltar ineti believed that1 the new struggle In Danders Is an at tempt by the (Jcrman to gougo his way ) to the impoitant Channel Kirt t alnls ' Through that city pour the British Ir- ' clone' supplies and It Is but a step across ; Iho Channel tn Lugland. Sonic, however, believe that the pies- i cut phase Is merely Intended by the tier- j man to reltovo pressure on his Plcardy flanks and to prevent development of' dangerous counter-attacks there I Abandonment of tho ruined cil of Armcntleres straightens tho line of the struggle and frees tho British from dan ger of crushing at a partlculai point wheto they were outflanked Teuton Ilrlvlne Power l.r Military men believe that the Get man has temporarily or permanently abandoned his direct smash for Amicus. They think he will content himself with holding the line near that railroad cen ter und shelling the Parls-Amlens rail. wa, meantime striving to push u way through to tho Channel port farther northward. Tho bochc ptogrrbs thus far Indicates that lin has not the samo driving power perhaps as in his drive out of St Quen- tin. Military men say? howoiUiat I the creat weleht of tho affenritVM vlll 1 push the Brltlsjt back for a tltiTe. .but mat it prooabiy w'liitiovY up as it pro ceeds WITH TUT. ItlCITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, April 11. 'llie (ieriuans have reached the neighborhood of Slccnvicrck (four and one-half miles nest of Arnicn lieres and two miles north nf the L.ih River), it is reported as this is, cabled. London, April 11. Fuiious I'lghting continued on Wednesday afternoon and last night along the whole new battle front I fiom La Itassco Canal to the Yprcs- 1 Comines Canal in Belgium, the War Oflicc announced today. I The Ilritish withdrew from Att I mentiercs, which was full of gasi from shells, General Jlaif reported 1 (Aimentieres is in Franco uponr hc Belgian bonier. It is bctwccri' scicn and eight miles west of Lille, eleicn miles south of Yprcs and twenty-eight miles northeast of Arras. It is about thirty-five miles from Dunkirk, on the North Sea.) (General Maurice, director of Brit ish military operations at the War Oflicc, stated on Wednesday that Ar nicnticrcs had been wrecked by bat tle and was of little use to tho British.) Only u pile of stone and bricks and no longer of strategic consequence, the town has been abandoned be-1 cause of its position at the point of a dangerous salient. The Brit ish lilies to tho west arc firmly estab lished and fast held. The utmost severity marked tho lighting in the region of the Lawc I.ic Canal and from Lestrcm to Aimentieres. On the fiont north of Armcnticres there hah been little change, the offi cial icport added. Near W.itschactc and Plocgstract the heavy lighting continued far Into the night. Ilaig's Report .Marshal Haig reported as followBt The bailie has continued along the whole front from La Bassce Canal lo Yprcs-Comines Canal. In the sector of the Lawc-Lys Canal and from Lestrcm to Ar mcnlicrcs Iherc was severe lighting. The Ilritish haic withdrawn from Armcntiercs, which was filled' w ith gas. Xorlh of Armeiiticrcs there was little change in the situation. In the neighborhood of Plocg siraci, aicssincs ana Wylschacle Iteai y righting continued until late in the night. The terrific bombardment on th Franco-Amcrican front Tuesday, from houth of Verdun to east of St, Mihicl, described in yesterday's French communique, was followed by a determined raid on ono of the Amcrican sectors. This was re pulsed. Channel Ports Objective Hindcnburg and Ludendorff hav shifted their attacks farther and farther north on the battlefront. TU Coitllnuisl on rri Hit, Col am a h wlrmy In Willi th llritl.h vArmr April 11 Comlne of American lioop I'ratic, I to he Coullnued, tu l'nct Ui column foot in r-r Uuy-liuy Liberty Bonds or BycBya Liberty Ships count more than shoutinft Arms count more than argument! ' rood counts more than fumlujtj. Cash counts more than chrerjfc -j i "J . A .r "- "!., TJM . V. V
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