f ." "iv-snw- -.wm -p? r "i , - r".TS-- t -f'irV J"1 M TOE WEATHER Washingtot it, April ST.- Partly cloudy tonight. Sunday fair. tkm ri:r..vriiHK at r.c itnt,n T.t Ts i so ' r.a r,i : i ' - Izuenincj public ffieftcjer POSTSCRIPT vol. iv. NO. 19 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27. 1918 "or'MoiiT 191S t' itn rcnuc LrD;.tn Coitrixr PRICE TWO GENTS V IfwYi''' V- I I mm boys HERE TO LEAD . T n in i TT ' LUAlN rAUAUL faur Thousand M e n From Camp Dix Regi- KP mpnts at Bal 1 Park m, lilt?""-' TOt H ' In an NAVAL RESERVES ARWVE FROM CAI L MAA ; " ..i l.. "Rail F.5Pm'tpfl 1w Liberty e11 usconeu oy HOWitZerS aild r reilCll ' n Guns i I J5)oo0 WILL BE IN LINE General Scott to Review "March of Democracy" Along Broad Street Points in March Today of Militant Democracy Parade starts at B.oad street and Columbia acnuo at 1 o'clock, jjno of maivh Is south ln I5.-o.id street to Christian street, whoro marchers will disband. First section Is bchednlcd to reach Teicwins stand, north of City Hall, at 1:35 o'clock. Four thousand Camp DK troops, 1KB naval reserves from Wlssa hlckon Barracks ind .Sowcll's Point, 2500 sailors and marine from Leaguo Island, two hospital units from Allentown, motortruck train en routo to l'rancc, and pieces -of ordnance will form tlio "fighting ranks" Major General Hugh U Scott, Brigadier Ueneral Mcilac, Admiral Hclm,Kcar Admlra. Tar pan, Ilrlga dler General Waller. Governor rirumbauglt and staff, tlwernor TunnfCnd of Delaware; Mayor Smith, Oovernor rassmorc, of the Third Federal ltesero District, and Director Parsons will comprise re tlenlng parts-. ,. .. 1 .... In... .A .1.. 'n cour inousa.ni timuiLTa ul hi" ..,.-. tlonal Army from Camp Dlx and 1 180 H Itllora from the naval reserve barracka ....., .. ... ,. . , flrtie iiay ana cweiis point urriveu llre tMs morning to taho pan In the action of a Herman suUnmrlno cotumau tUs -Liberty Loan narade on liroad . der, who rccontly stopped a Spanlhll mi v . i . . . . Vjm' ubleh starts nt 1 o'clock till" .MM.. WHICH SCarCS ni I OUu "- uiituuoii. in M... Thirty-live thousand mm, most 01 them uniformed, w III be In line. A little , Bu more than 10,000 men will represent tl great Industrial army of the com- m P". Mr al .a , ."; I nrcmty w.iicn is oacK or ino amy u u . w. xiiuse men i '""' '""Uruguay may soon enter the war, af ..,k Mu vb " .,...!.., . from the Mldvale steel works. There 111 also be in 11m a contingent of tomen worker-, in bloomers. The ill 80 sailors, most of whom are PUladelphlans. arrived at the Chestnut . i . t r"u,u, ""' ,JU ,, turner me i;uinnmiiu ui i.iiaiKii& . n- Blrmlneham and J. S. Friel. Thej marched up Market street to Thirteenth, then to Locust and to Klghteenth nnd ,!ust urects, whero the Tied Cross canteen department served them lunch eon. Later they will march up Sixteenth street to their placo In lino above Co lumbia avenue. ; The 4000 national army men from Cmp Dix urrixed nt the North rhlladel I'bla station on a train of several sec tions, tho first at 10:17 o'clock. The .others followed at Intervals of about tfteen minutes Tho troops are from tho H5th and 130th brigades. There are plout 1000 men each from the GOSHh, tllOth.. 311th and 312th retrlments. prltidler General Marie L. llershey Is ' command There was an immense crowd at the wlon to see the boldlcrs leaving the jru'and marching away to the 1'hlla jelphla .National League ball park, at Broad and Huntimrdon streets. They fe served luncheon and occupied tho fner seats by tho ISod Cross can 't department, under Mrs. Gcorgo A". UJs Drexel and Mrs. Gcorgo V. Iloyd. oT wilt be one of tho leading organt- ,iJns In the lino this afternoon. Ii'ichcons to tho sailors and sol- I1ches and coffee. They wero glen ui oy women of the lied Cross as the 5 marched past long rows of tables. The Liberty Bell will Head the narade. M-It headed tho parado yesterday of ittQOOI f-lllLlKAH Ih i..i. ...J.. 1.... ......1. tn f .--- ..,, vil 111 lilCli DUillill liltlll-i II street. Directly In the rear of old bell will be a float with paint- r leinns or the purpose of the "march ucinocracy." Libert- HaII iinn. nn...i I The bell win v iinPiA.i v... n ritnii. .iltent Of RolHlra oqllnpo o.,.1 mntlncH WjPrteentlng tha 'three branches of tho iZiS ,nat ave Blvlng their all that Its "wool, liberty, may survive. Men who Jtnt for Its preservation half a cen- rriVit ,, way. grizzled eterans of tho ef v. Ww will form part of tho guard .tvery man in Una w.m i. i., ...iifrtni e IiHuBtrlal sections will parado in C Wnt clothes Industrial unl Km. tJnlformed fraternal organlza C,r.llnl tho mew State reserve mllltlu v'orm a big part of the procession. .. i1'. ltle mel who are taking part towM ,"" ul "10 iiooration 01 ihb k from autocracy, but tho silent KwIs.?rtlllerS' ha' an roar oml iSu?7f;WIU be '"eluded. Field guns. tnu "mb pieces, smaller types of Mwi ,?ul, und other forms of ord "Wt andheavy, will bo drawn JI UIO tllllltarV finrf n.ml .lBnAl,n,nln 't?ht.lnch howitzers, fully camou- fcii . "i De entered by the Mldvale CO and OrrinonA. - ... i ,. ,--- .v .uiiiiJaii , . i.. r ration that Is sure to hold IJWb. ".iWeBt or the, h ir tlirnnim thaf Dn hand to ra th Insnlrlntr Wir. '" D8 children between Bithin, 1 n twelve years wnosa -- 4i Aug war. Rlwa by General Scott lbt MralTi'eXjnTr tand wlu ,10,d jraJor tllLxtCarap Dlx: Brigadier General - Mcrujo, of Camp Gren, S. C. ; Ad F' Jt II, Itejm, In command of tho tiiai4 pit P0 rj,e, c,iulm, xiu-ea brklwvnIGht IN ADRIATIC esiroyers rut l-'ivo Au trians to Flight Air Forces Raid Durazzo Tw Ullti6h u&ve ' jr" l:!r ,h. ' Tuo or u' icstrocrS m tn- Ainai , illgaBCd live Auslrt.-ina." l, .......... .... t HIV t JLH I. illV r,l enemy fid to Duraszo for Llieltei , "VUo mora Britii ami two v, rUiao. whlcIl contlnuc.(, unttl lnldnlBllf on .Monday Our casualties wen sc-i-t, 'ltlIIo1 U11(1 nineteen wounded. ..UrltNh ... ,or0 r .... , , ''"" at Durazzo Tuetday and apparent v ere successful." VP'l'lT'W A VC rvi.i i.i ,.,,v..- MOTORCARS TO MARCH 300 Civil War Jlcn on Foot 'Will Carry Dnttlc-Toin Flags Today Tlirce hundtcd Acteratis im tuusl for freedom In '61 will bo among the uniformed men who will parade in th "March of Democracy" on Droad ttrct this afternoon. Old and innrm though home of lhni arc, they will walk every last one o ttifi rii.t ti.m u. ... i ..i.i . I awa'ssr. or martial tunes of their da and tlir present generation. Hack of their desire- to march again many were not as strong as they should ior irceunm Is a story of patriotism UV. rlUleil (AlllS 01110011- rrOllieerS iVIclY L il 11 S G i and well-nigh lncmllble corruption, mc.i.i the abnndoMincnl of many f tii??Z.I,ZI, t0 tinn Wn..Co Thun Tt1n ATnr,, Kliinmmi's Hnmo "rlberx- is as common in the Kaiser's neutral!: if ,ho , leld. The parade bureau, throush Cnsnei "" -. . .. . l calm today as It was in tho Cz.ir , lieuvcui the dll and tlie W. IT.iel.er. offered the veterans the U'o LoSSGS "LtI'IIDS. bilVS FlCC dominions before the i evolution. Holland fenis to forsake h'r of motorcars, for It was known that . .j,,...i,. ,i ,,- .,f,M,.u n.iiinnl mine lt. Tho niii.mlnnK liora nm- foot1" !,,an1 tllc rlsors oC paradlns: OT""imEEDS WASTEFULNESS" Tho old men corned the oftcr. They - that ' maroh I", ,?' oarrJ',nB th0 ""K" ''iee bidding is a war c 1 wtii.m : tleneld. The 'bat tb'"caIrredane1nbluiijoauscs tl ,Irnln on natlonaI resources , will be borno by tho jounger of tho ' more pernicious than tlio losses In bat- veterans and tho Hags of the Allies will , tie. be prominent In their ranks. A warning to this effect, eoupl.d with , GERMAN NOTE FAILS TO PLACATE URUGUAY l'....1.:.. . Tti; c .1. . ' i! ii.-MiiiiKiuii urncict nuuin .irucr- i icail Nution Is Ilkcly to Kntcr . War Against Kaifor inam'i r'-plv to ,1 ri"guay .lnq'ulrv as! to whether the Herman fjovernment'coti-1 Montevideo, I'rnictiH,. . prll -tier- siuereu mat u btato or war cMbteti ut-i tween L'ruguay and Hermany is reported i I.A,,n. V.. ............ ...... ...a... 1, I . .... 11. n.i.u in-tii niianiiMui iui;. n is i-i' l"ci-iuii an ouiciui siHtenieuL on ims suu icet will ba lrtsuwl later. tVmhliiKton. April ; t'ruguay'h In-' qulry ta ,!erilianj Vt,s cauted by th.i ia'nor aim tool; on tne Uruguayan ,.minlu. ,.n lo 1,Vo.,..a Tl, i.ii1.ninrtlin uliiU nnf fiff vsStl ... . ........ .... .-..-.-..... ..... ally permitted the .onmilwlon to pro-. ..ri n.nr.m,M,ttl,. ajan liOMri anient tliat a siiari) mmurj , was edit to Ilerllu hton rep,y..whlch It Is ! ln ;, nn , , K'. ' ,!, ! u" --r.,,, -", ' '' V,V0LablUtics that recemii loreeasi iroin uonuun st w PV1 TsITC 'Vf ITflYP '""" u-.mu. j ..iv4.j FQR WRONG WAR VIEW r. l'n fm,.!, VntHw nf Pw .v.. t .fcii....., ..utiiitth v. j. man Militarism One of Many Misled Vtilllaiiihpnrt, fa., April JO. A Tnnilltibon. of fioctor. i'a., leaving his home, wife and two children after en listing ln the .senlee of ids country, says he Is going to atone for possessing a w rong point of view for many months In regard to Germany's attitude In tho present war. Tomllnon mado a state ment, in which he bays- "I am of ScotUMVelsh-Gprman de scent. Like ntuny other loyal Ameri cans, t grew up knowing absolutely noth ing of militarism. I neer for the space of a second thought that Germany wai building up a war machine on tho quiet which would shake the very foundations of liberty. "My hlstoiy taught mo to hate Hng land and c er thing Lngllsh. I believed in my heart that llngland was playing her old game and through Jealouby In vited war with her commerUal rival, Germany. In order that she might crush her. I am grateful that the light has come to tno In tho same manner In which tl has come to so many other Americans. Men in all walks of life wero isled." FINNISH EXPORTS IUIIREI) Likely That Germany Is Not Af fected by tho Order t openhucFn, April 27. Ml exports from Finland have been prohibited, said an olilclal dispatch from NUtolalstad today. Nlkolalstad Is the capital of Vasa j province, ln Kinland, and lies on the Gulf of Bothnia. Large forces of t.er- . 1. I aiir.il I II i7,(tI n llfl man iroops uro uciuk "," "' ,',"""," to overcome the Ited Guard (Jlolshevlkl. From the fact that much of tho coun try Is now dominated by Germans and tho White Guard, It Is likely that the prohibition order icfcrs only to other nations than Germany. POTTSTOWN NEARS QUOTA Liberty Day Drive Results in Big Gain Goal Assured ' j l'ott-lowii, fa., April 27. -A. tremen dous Liberty Day ir vo 'i" " - suited in a nuuuiru i.ei nm ,"". " ;" sae of bonds and Uctory In attaining the coal Is now assured. The Eastern sHlef Company, with 175.t(6T). heads local corporations, whose total subscrlp tlons amount to J391.800. Industrial employes have subscribed $342,060. The total to date Is ?702,950. The district's quota Is J900.000. YOU CAN REVIEW today's MARCH OF DEMOCRACY through the PAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS which Mill appear in later editions of the Euening public iieDger Pictorial Section DRESSING UP THE Preparatory to takinfr its plnce at the head of Philadelphia's "March of Democracy,'' the nation's revered velic va appropvlatelj decorated this morning. INJURY TO NATION GOUGING SURE TO SEEN IN PRICE BID facts uml figuroH to troo his con-j tcmals. Charles A. l'bn, vlco elMlrnian bribery havo gradually lieeomo a lcglli tentlons. wan clven by Hr. Simon X. of tho Hmcrgeney Hoet t'orporation. is- . .., nT rxlstonec In tho striiK- latten, of tho rnHcrslt of reunsM-""'td anla. In the course of u cimdld and . - ... .....,. ... .......... lnMUn a uuvoiui uurt ui iuu.ij a n-i , tho American Academy or rnjmcai una Soelal Science, at tho Uelleviio-Strat-ford. .. Whother in wages food or raw ma- terial. lie assorted that prlce-blrldlns thwarts the emls which nations In pe-! , ods of nr.'-s hhould promote, nun ,,, mi,i n, .nraicer K..(d It ere-' - - ui-ii i-nu.ii.iiit. I..- r.iii ...-. .. ates personal gains at tho ejpc-iiso ot ..... .. .,- , t,iu ,i i. l'Uhlie welfare, mal.es spenders and lu , creases botli extra vaganro and waste. i:nerlmonts In hblpbulldlng. enter prises, ho declared, without mentioning names or placet,-, should convince tho public of tho fallacy of price-bidding In the domain of wages in this connection, Doctor I-atttn contended a slower start f' yt0 audrets of Doctor fatten and that i VL HrlZ th" University of tlio State of Xe- Vorli. who deplored th. .hncrnineiifs mithod of doing Imsmcss witnout a budget, were tho outstanding featuru; of today's opening session. "Tlio MnKlnr of a ur liuugct ' was the general topic selected fur tho speak-1 ers. All the addresses glNcn were psrti- nent to t10 pubject, especially Doctor rattens, no got ai mo root 01 in nreument. "Tne tanacy of i'rico ino-i ding," by reviewing tho agricultural !ia CNpalned. "but only ln cases where situation. wo tlnd that profiteering landlords and Acreage Meann .Notl.ln r f "Sf'nt? ro attempting to ... gouge Hog J-dand workmen tor high Acreage Increase means nothing, he rcntals." contended, If new land Is poor .land. He The 'conoiailon official!, declined tu (aid that while somo new Holds come nuil.e ynov,n xw site on which the Ho Into uti, many moio 1110 going out of ' ernnient will erect houses to take care of cultivation because of soil defects. Sum )tB shipyard employes. "SomowlXro nilng up, the speakot declared that four along tho new double-track trollpv lino teres out of llvo of our farms must U. 1 1(, jios island ' and "a siwt that will not classed as poor land t,0 Holated from the city" aro the only "Tho high pike of land fa vol 8 tenant explanations they would ghe eonuoru farmlng," he said. "The owner Uvea, Ing the proposed housing ptoject. off Ills net produce whllo a shifting" Mr. Schwab atilved at tho Belbnuc tenant does tho work. This tendency la.Stiutfotd a tevr minutes after S o'clock apparent lu every notion whero high Iln greeted Admiral Howies and Mr. land prices ptevall. The present In-1 fleas with his customary smile, and the crease of food prices. If permanent, will trio, with a few other men. went out make tenant farming unlvi rsal. We I side to waiting automobiles and wero will have a dozen lielands with the w hhled away to the Merchants' Ship misery which such conditions crtate 'building plant at llrlstol "High prices fur good "lands means Humors that Mr Schwab and Admiral rich landlords, but not full bins from Dowlos aro at oJd wero npparontly w-hlclf consumcis may diaw. This 'loss 1 set asldo bj the new- director general Continued on I'iiep I'lie. Column lwu PLOT TO KILL NA VY OFFICERS THWARTED I, r i1, .,...,! t R... UCV Jfltlfld i iuukim. w "'"ik aval Ball Discovered by Secret Service Hie ircond llu" "PV outrage I nlfleance. In New Vorl. harbor, pri- noatust I7i- Ivitcd States while tin "warily only for a revlow and for a jolll- cou in icaa . II a neutral IslfoM tlcatlon they now assumed their real coiiJiir; itasjiiiii ' , propoj tlons In tho eyes of the populace, today by Coin 'i' ''' pp,ed r ' 'displaying to ea.tern America Just for cotincctliif f7ic facts jreeili hi ,,,,at tlltJ. couId be jepen(je(1 pon m lnHtewi T. FlWn, r.ceentlu retired ,.a.a nt war- An,i wItn fxery dtty that head of thr United. Mates Secret ( danger seemed closer. 1'or America re- Servtce hast week the chief of the bented tho sinking of tho Lusltunla. The rattle's Hire" explained the general great crowds around tho bulletin boards, t - "Sit "the KS 'nTheadVlyo;' MtorfJS connection with the l.usi- or lopaymMlt from tns mos,l.r''natton faiila sinking, 'today thr details of , uur0H the Atlantic that could kill wom- th- nttftiint In blow UD a AtO 1 ork pn nnd children and clorv In It n ., hotel u-hllc M0 navigating officers of f7ic L'lilfed States uaw were atieno- ""' J ,."B","..U"1', lc": CII"a ing the .aralbaU. arc made pulllo 1' " for the flist time. ,dM jjarrlson Grant, of tho Criminology Cfub. THE VV L UALL CONSPIRACY I Working day and night with his com IliLi iNAt.in u.uu w. ipanlons of the club,-Grant had hurried Thus tho news of tho sinking ot to the uncovering of tho conspiracy to the Lusltanla came to New York, to present forged utlldaMts asserting that tne i.usiia.11 ...... the Lusltania carried guns and contra- throw a saddening cloud upon what was bawi, nue ttfr cUlp waa rm, d0Vt.ni nlanned to have been tho happiest week while in Washington the Imperial Ger e mam- 5 ears. For, In the Hudson 'man embassy worked Juet as hard in of man) jiaio. m, . i tho onnoslta direct on. powrtne- h Illver, great, block leviathans of tho deep, the sixty-four esseis or m .n lantlo fleet hail dropped anchor to await tho resident's review, while the streets, tho theatres, tho restaurants bore tho clorlous flutter of flags and bunting, and the blue and white of the navy unl forms were everywhere. And now that tho Lusltanla had been "0W "-'J1 '-J," ! . m.,. liunarru " .-..." - - - - - - had been sacrificed to the lust or hn- io take on a new meaning a new sit- LIBERTY BELL . CAUSE SEIZURES ELM WOOD A1JAXD0NED " .More hou-cs in West and South 1'liila.-, Celphla will be comnmndetrtd by tho I vcrnment if profiteering landloids and Ieal estate dealers continue to gouge em- ployes of ilovernment plants foi high this warning to rent Pntocf today after he had announced that tho Klrmrond housing project for Hog ..... ... ...... . ..... ... iriana chip worars nau ueen aniiniieiy r.onn.ioneti. , f'harles JI, Schwab, director of mer-' li an shipbuilding, accompanied by Mr. lMrz and Admiral Howies, visited the Bristol shlpjards today. Mr. Plz predicted that the kmergcnej , " , -"'i "''', "" ""'" ' """. '"," trenched" in this elty bj .Tun. J. Work i --... .-., , ' ; .. -I. .!........ " ""iii " .ni"-i "- ii"iiiuwi "win ttuoiiiiib'mi " i.i i'u n.,.i ii-u iinuu. gj. j0 l(tj- supplementary IOUI1 l'iu.11- '.'L15,'1!;!! should b0 u.0,nplttca wltllln ' destlncly at cKorbltaut prices from uu ' "Tho Illmwood projtctf has besn den-1 Scrupulous dealera, who In their turn. nllely abamwncd," bald arr. l'ica. "Wo luie no Idea of building any houses "t. ami Tt would bo neccsWry to Vcct u )f amUbcmelu for tho oiltmen besides houses, and this we haven't ., ,,,, time to do.' fromlvei. No fHitluli .Mr. flez asserted that there a- intention on tho pait of tho Hmergtncj vteti I'orpoiatlon to nict dwolleis In West or South fhlladelphta. No per - . .,m ,. v.,.n.i ,. .r,.n hut i.n in. .ilcatcd strongly thut the Ho eminent d0CI( not lmt.n0 to permit rent profiteers to tait0 adantago of tho situation caused by the thortago of houses. ..r.- ,.,. ,,,mtn.-ituleci- mora liouwi Continued on 1'ase Iour, Column Una 7?,. "... A ,., uii n. ...:.. - ' noa j u, n- tiutvi uui iuB l"lctory." Uverj" telegram from Wash- i tracks of Its plotters and Its Bples, seek ing to proclaim to Amerlcu the sorrow which it assumed over tho sinking of the groat British llper. To some tha sorrow seemed sincere. To others Harrison Grant among them that sor row was known to bo only a mask, thrown hastily on to deceUe America and to keen America at peace until Ger many folt Itself ablo to cope w Ith It and strangle It ns It sought to strangle tha .?. ? d move, and teat ui tno nviiUi counter - moves, uny after day tha popu lace by tno hundreds of thousands eath tontlnned on fas. su( t'oluma iwc. GERMANY SUNK in deepest pit: OFCORRIMW Crime Grips Empire. j Foreshadowing Its Inglorious End TWO YEARS OF HUNGER !P "hv s:;i,;Llloo:;.rtied With Baseness of Those in Power ARMY ALSO INJECTED Tlit'ft. the New Phase of Kul- tur. Has Replaced For tuer Ideal. Uy 15. F. KOSPOTH fcial to liventnff Public Ledger Itcnie, SnlUrrlaml, April 'JO. Travelers nrrhlng In Switzerland from Ciermany lay particular stress Inn t new and erj significant symp turn of the solw lut Inevitable dNiniegmllnn of the German cimilie, "Gei many Is today.'' they unnntmouslyi declare, "not nlono n land of slow 1 HtiiiMitlon ami tnlMM-y, hut of crime sensational murder or robbery in the great cities, and pcoplo in nil conrli- tions of life, cen respectable men and letl 0f K00,i f;,mll. will stc.il (1K t(rJ. t.a ,.,. (lcIr ,lall(s fo0( 0). tnonty to huy fond without t)e 6Bi,test jjosltatlon. No moral d m '..!,, them. Theft and lqU for ilfo In besieged Germany." What theso neutral observers My ja oorroboratcil lv all 1 learn from othrr Qurc0)i llboll jlrCijPlll ,.0ndltlons In Cierman.v. Tim news columns of tho Herman papers tell tne same siorj. The fact Is that tho weeltly tood rntlonsl instituted by tho Government ,,r ,,..,1ruv Kl, vcantv that nconlo aro ncccssarllj so sianij mat pcopio - .VUlVIJ .. ...... (......-u ......u. --. -I -- - , . ,,,. , , , ui.. iho '"" ...u.v.. " ..v . bilbo tho police to allow mom to I Mny on their unlawful trade. The ' "st of living has in consoquence I becomo so high tor all concerned that I i, ' s simply lmposslblo for pcoplo at moderate means to exist honestly. Two Years of Corruption These coirupting lnlluenccs Ii.im ncen at Woil; now for uioro thun two ... ,.,...,,,.. ,otr...to.t .irenK- i '" ... j - - Into tho Ufo of tho pcoplo and Into German business life. They Ua 0 also already dangerously undermined thoso twin pillars of tho Prussian State, tho vast body of Government ofllclals and tho a 1 my, with its hallowed caste of ofllcers and noncommissioned officers, formerly subjected to specially heveio code of honor. A ears of slow starvation Have ciiKcnuereu a m.uo of general corruption In Germany, n. hind of moral Insanity, which, when It attacks entire t lasses of sotlcty In n touiitry has ecr been the forc i miner of reiolutlon, And that Is why theso signs of social decay, fore shadowing the downfall of Prus'lan autocracy and Its institutions, seem well worth careful Investigation. lZven German writers and politicians no longer make any attempt to con ccal tho truth. In a weekly paper called Die Illlfc, edited in L'erlin by l'rledrich Xaumann, ono of tho lead ers of the Liberal party in tho llclchs. tag, I find tho following significant outburst: All Are Guilt "At tho present day there is not a slnglo grown-up Individual in Ger many who is not guilty of somo offense against the food-rcstrlctiou laws and who would not bo sentenced to Im prisonment for bribery and corruption in caso of prosecution. Tlio most com mon offense is bribery, ln business life it has becomo a regular custom to bribe all employes: thero Is no other way to obtain orders or goods fiom any linn. Embezzlement and theft aio almost as usual. Tho worst ot it Is that even tho Government ofllrlaU, whose Incorruptibility used to till us with legitimate pride, have heroine contaminated and arc as corrupt as the rest. And not only subordinate officials demand and accept bribes in tho most matter-of-fact way, even Continued on Tate four. Coluniu Tour SERB DETACHMENTS REACH TCHERNA RIVER Forces of Allies Break Through Teu ton Defensive for Important Gains in Macedonia Paris, April 27 Serbian detachments penetrated a position held by the Ger man alllasj on the Tchema Illver In Macedonia, said a War Office report dealing with operations ln the Balkans. IIeay artlllory Are preatls along U19 greater part of that front. "Thero is heavy artillery firing along I the great part of tho Macedonian front, especially on the right bank of the Var. dar River and In the region of Mon- niir" uiirl tho communloue. "Kerhlan detachments Penetrated Al- I lied positions on the Trtierna rtlver "Two enemy airplanes were downed HAIG STOPS GERMANS; ALLIES GAIN IN SOUTH Teuton Advance Is Halted After Furious Battle British Push Forward at Villers-Bretonneux GERMANY'S NEW DEMANDS may force dutch to war Five Propositions Sent to Holland Bring- Situ- ation to Crisis Military Leaves of Absence Stopped by l.umlon, April 27. ' Special dispatche., from Dutch sources tMla declared that Holland has .Welded to one of Germany's de-, . . . ,, 'Uliia III MIO JUbU liXDi. nielli. I'uvi' mands- bat of use of the raila RO,nR 1Mo sccrpt pM,,01 across the prounce of I.imlnirK I Th0 ,,0ll(, r,0 not dlsgutse lhci, hut has stipulated that it hall not iViuiety, but the press counsels confl he ned for military Ira Hie. denee. Tim aggrefcshe tone of the German t.i.nilnn, April 1'7. pres Indicates Germany will not reccdi l-iploi.iutic information from Holland f""" ' m"" ?yjlllc JS ,i emphasizes the extreme gravity of the i Gernmn-ltjllnnu situation Hormany haM made demands which Holland's deep sou. neutral- Ill she J leld .' nd what will Germany do if she .es nut yield? TH- sw .ousuess ot ufi'ulrs iif urthor n"1 denvinds to llollatul and that aiij-lsmmti b a dUputuh from The HaguojtUo fifth erbal and more drastic has jRtating that all leaves of absence have 'been delivered. LIBERTY DAY GAVE STRONG BOOST TO LOAN TOTAL WASHINGTON. April 27. With reports of sales iarnlrcd by -Liberty Bay" demonstrations only just starting to filter in, subset Iptlons to the thlul Libeity Loan, ns Indicated by tho litest r.guies ln the hands of tho Ticnsury Depaitmcnt, lodny totaled !?!3. 113.008,350. Early repoits of Libeity Day sales, howevei. would seem to bear out the hope of the Tientury offi cials that they created n new leconl. It is piobable that the complete teturus of the dny's Mouday. t STEAMSHIP'S COOK SHOOTS SEAMAN l'eicy Stevens, a cook on the steamship Giecian, shot ant' seilously wounded Grafton Davis, a member of the ciew, today, occoiding to the police, during' n quauel at the Spruce sticet whnif. tvheie the shii it, lym. Davis was taken to the Penn sylvania Hospital. Stevens suirendeicd to the police. 11 DEAD IN ACTIONU. S. MEN VALIANT IN 103 CASUALTIES AT SEICHEPREY , , . , T?pnnft Shnw u oi. ...to - -i - Toll of American Fight ers in Battle LIST INCREASES DAILY Vi nhhliictoii, April - Yhe ,ue of tho casualty list was again larger iouuj, mi .. u-i ....i.... .......... ... i, r- .,..n ccntnlninir 103 names. Klcven soldiers, including two lieutenants, wero killed lu action, four died Horn acciucuis, two died from dlease. foity-scven were wounded severely and thlrty-soven wounded slightly, while two weic report- ! ed missing in action. Tho list follows: Killed In Anion JOHN P. YKNKTT, lleutcnani CHAltl.i:S f. LONG, lieutenant IJDWATID J B13ATTY, bergeant. HAf.rtY 1'. niTMAf.S, corporal UDWARP f. WING, corporal. f'HAf.LICS B. COSMA, prlate. 1T.ANK DUItWIN. private. BHIlNAItD T. KITZSIMMONH, prl vate i:niC G. Hi:nQUIST, private. ABH KOSIOf., private. IIHNUY A. LIX'f.OI.K. private Illed of Accident TUiiMAS J. MOONICY. lieutenant CHAULGS S WILLIAMS, lieutenant KItKD BONYGA, wagoner. JOHN COCIin.VNfi. private. Died of I)I-ar SAM HERMAN, prlvato, pneumonia. CHARLES NAILLS, private, lymphy sarcoma. Vitrei)' Wounded JOHN T. HNGLISH, captain '.tUC vt'v rol'iiTV Heutenant S t S : ski. C TtriT HARVKV C. ri'DLGROVH, lleuten ant. CLOVIS I PKSAULMIHRS, lieuten ant. CHARLES L. GILBERT, sergeant. aHORGIS M. l'ARKS, sergeant. JAME J- HENDERSON, corporal. CHARLES J. HILL, corporal. WILLIAM V. SHERIDAN, corporal. SAMUEL TOBIAS, corporal. ANDREW II. BROADHURST, cook. LKON ROBERTSON, cook. RUSSELL DRURY. wagoner. RICHARD M. LAND, wagonei CLAIUSNCK X. ADOUE, private. iitAf.LEY f. uai, private. WH.T.IAM UECICWITH, private. i Vmii ll (HNNOK Driv , JOJ.Ln r Cft'7Zl ni DOMLMCO CAI l ZZ.I pi ALOYSIUH .1. iiiwiv.v private. ate. private. IlRODIE C.VYWOOD. private, MANEUL O. CARREIA. private Onlinned on fare four, CoIubib Thtc - 1 Netherlands bftn -topped by tl ommamler-li ',1''f "n anl Eea farces. The Premier and Foreign Jllniatci ..i . .ii. ...tin ,c,t a 'on "" "'"' ' ""l" I uti tiuiiui-i.il' i JJltJIIMfc ,i iju.itu H.lll Holland. The newspaper Germania shows Ger many's hand, saying: "This Is Holland's chance for redrets i land to balance her concessions to the Ilntvnte. Sooner or later lioth IlolUnU nnd Switzerland must enter one or thi other camp May they understand the signs of the times and eliooso that sluf which will have the deciding voice at the ' pi an. conference by right of success Of victory. ..,,,. ... . s.nle will not be available before f ". ' Ledger Col 1 G S 1) 0 11 d e 11 1 ,nn. iir.-t. tt itn. Talks With Heroes Who Repulsed Germans VILLAGE NOW A WRECK 1 IIFNRI BAZIN j ai .'.w-drte.taj ,"-, American Arni iieHiiquarters in J ranee, . ,, - Ac'con lcd b. a American line of- Accompanied l an American line of- ! fleer I visited today for tho first tim. I in over a month tho poitlou of the bector ncar Toul Whero tho Seichcprey f.ght occurred. AVo witnessed ecrywhere eiidcnces of tho hand-to-hand tight during which, desplto the communiques sent out by tho German war offlce, tho boche never captured, because his possession lasted .only a few hours. During that time constant combat ensued. The Americans here lcpulscd a Ger-1 man force which greatly outnumbered them. Tho ground of a large area both before and behind the lino Is thickly shell-potted Evidences of peisonal valor are nu merous, showing tho stuff the Ameri can soldier Is made of. One lnstanco follows: Tv. o replacement men went over the top villi tho wrong company. Both fought allantly during tho engagement. Later they discovered their mistake and found their own detachment. On re turning to their company they learned that they had ben reported missing. Another American prlvato said to me: "When we went over the top T rushed one big bocho and Jammed my bayonet through him, but I believe I forgot tne .Instructions I recehed in training, to ? . -rk mf $- - in nulllmr out the knife, In another instance an American con fronted a b6cho who threw up his hands find cried "Kamerad " The American youth, In telling me of the incident, bald, "But you know those guys keep grenades ready to throw when you accept surrender so I winged him through one eye with a rifle bullet. I found after wards that he had two grenades, ono in each hand. Selcheprey is not a new name ln tho war records, tha village having been I taken and lost; by the enemy tnrico in 1911 and when It was occupied by tho I Americans It did not contain ono roofed house or solid wall. It has been occasionally ehejled during ' the past thirty months, being a part of the front line. The village Is now moro demolished than wlwn 1 visited It when It became a part of tho American cc !tor. It is now an absolutely unrebuild "hie wreck in Flanders T- English take 900 PRISONERS . IN BRETONNEUX !Locre Is Losl aild Re" raptured by the Allien iirii ivnuin i mm i -ittp WU1 liIWV L I AtV3 DRIVE TEUTONS OUT Tremendous Losses Are In- dieted on the Germans ,-,. I r IVIli; VtI IIT"- tmrc -- 1 1 liLlljlUUUVj' I1I1j5 TO GAIN AT KEMMEL p , i I , i. JJ11I1III 111U1JU VSSilUllS Ull Hill South of Ypres 38TH DAY OF GERMAN ' 1 OFFENSIVE London, April 27. Tlie enemy is held everywhere Field Marshal Haig announced to day. On the whole front north of the Lys the fighting yesterday was of the severest character. Repeated enemy attempts to develop their ad vantage of the previous day failed. Following many hours of fluctu ating battle the enemy's advance was ; blocked with heavy casualties to Ml 1-W I "'"" 1 Field Marshal Haig's report fol i lows: From Locrc to Laclytte the enimy s assaults against the French positions were pressed with extreme violence. After three at tacks were beaten off with great loss, the Germans succeeded in carrying Locre village. In the evening the Allies counter attacked and drove the enemy out nf the village w Inch is now held by the French. At other points, in the evening, the enemy was re pulsed. "North of Kemmel village and in the neighborhood of Voormezelle, after a prolonged and fierce struggle, the positions remained ours, "In the ridcro and wood southeast of Voormezelle the enemy again heavily attacked but was completely upulsed. We took hundreds of irisoners. "Local fighting on the Lys front, avu 'n k ne'8hborhood of Givcnchy yesieruay uiternoon won us lorcy prisoners. i "South of the Somme, in the after- noon and. ev.eninS we obtained BtT- . "" 'w "."".- vantage in the Hangard-en-Santcrre ' a"J Villers-Bretonneux section. Our prisoners here totnled more than i J U0U. "Along the Hailgard-Brctonneux: i line we advanced our positions at certain points. "Hostile attacks with tanks werd , broken an(J fftied to deveiop I , M"t Kemmel tot iieroic Aiuea aeienso ot tno summit of Mout Kemmel, which dominates the whole northern sldo ot tho salient driven by the Germans up the valley of the Lys Illver, failed to prevent its capture by the Germans yesterdayv This defense will rank among the most brilliant chapters of the war; the French troops on the summit, aK though isolated and surrounded, re fused to yield and fought desperately against swarms ot Germans, but finally were overwhelmed by aheerr welght of numbers and were over come. The Germans before this had taken the village of Kemmel, north of tho mountain, and Sranoutre, to the south. The loss of Mont Kemmel may post Continued on rate l'onr. Column Tua ALLEGED DISLOYALIST HELB Allentown Maker of War Material Accused of Threatening President Allentown, ra., April 27. Charge' with threatening to take the life o tne i-resiaeni oi mo uniieu nuue, .j Tlanliil 'Ptnnvnfti-lcl.r rtf 1R37 Tin nai - street, who oDerates a machine fihoD.afl Emaus. was held under JB000 bond feeTY a further hearing before United Bta.nj- Commissioner Turner next Friday mor-? 3 d Ing. The arrest was made py JlcTamwf, Und King fro mthe United States Sr' cret Service office ln Philadelphia, avs City Detective Jacob Nixon, of this city, early today fennypacker la said to have given WW terance at various tlmas to unpatrloHaf remarks. His plant is working t , nreBent on contracts for marine cngliM - parts for the United States Goycxnmwt, - I which total hundreds of dollars. W i J '4
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