W.1. ' BM Kj. IM -4JKHIlBK:TStgiL:tlVjlHh.'Viar,'t.' Cj ";'- "l'k vT :v,fg rii.i f v i ' S LTJTatK1.t JTBar 4. J; -f - V -if. ' TT . ,"V J "fi',' W, '. ' -vJ-t?y' ' j ' " KM V Euentng $lublic iCeftger tf " THE" WEATHER Fair today and tomorrow. TEMrr.RATtlKB V BACH BOPIt I ' 10 (It 112 I 1 I 3 3 4 S 1B8 I 61 I fi2 6S SS 168 l9 I I I i, rt" - NIGHT i'.. ; ', & EXTRA fe VOL. IV. NO. 229 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918 CortMAMT, 1018. bi Tiir Pisiio Lrncrn Comwm PRICE TWO CENTSV It r V. Vt' SHIP FIGHTS OFF RAIDER - NEAR SHORE I-' Submarine Attacks Steam ship 5 Miles Off Coast at Rehoboth, Del. Scores see battle FROM SHORE LINE k Shots Arc Exchanged, but Neither Vessel Is Hit y by Shells nircTPfivpps Tiv rHASir. t"JU"lUUU ill u""u" SrSp.vi t'cntccn Mines Swept Up ait Mouth of Delaware flivcr ttu a Staff Correspondent Levres, Del., June 8. A running fight between a German submarine and a large steamship oc curred about fiv c miles oft shore from Re hoboth late yesterday afternoon. The Steamship escaped. Scores of persons, with the aid of binoculars, watched breathlessly from the'beach'vvhlle the attack of the LMjoat upon the steamship, which resembled a transport, was In progress, j The discovery today of seventeen more mines near Cape Henlopcn leads to the belief that they were placed there by thq V-boat while it wai here yes terday, The mines, It Is believed, were placed within the last twenty-four hours. Fighting craft of all classes are rush ing here this afternoon. The steamship hoe Into sight about 6 o'clock. She was proceeding on a lelbiirely course up the coast toward the entrance to the Delaware Day. A few minutes later she suddenly put on full steam ahead, as a streak of flame flashed from a lowly-lying object some distance In her wake, and the roar of the first shot from the submarine rolled shoreward. Presumably the U-boat had first launched a torpedo at tho steam ship and had missed. The sea asp then rose to the surface and opened fire with her deck guns. Kxrhange of Shots Great clouds of black smoke poured from the steamship's one funnel as she made a dash to escape. Several more hhclls were sent after her by the sub marine before the steamship's aft gun was brought Into action against the U boat, A few ahots vvere exchanged, with neither the pursucr?.or the pur;, sued apparently scorlng'a"h1t?nnd then tho U-boat dropped behind and soon was lot from view In tho heavy fog, which hung over the capes. The fleeing vessel, zigzagging fran tically, dashed to safety Inside tho breakwater. A few minutes later two torpedoboat destroyers, evidently at tracted by distress calls of the steam' shfp, sounded by her siren, appeared outside the breakwater and circled In near the spot where the attack was made. Darkness found them still searching for the submarine, which may have found it an easy matter to evade them In the for. The attack took place not far from fhe spot where the steamship Herbert L. Pratt was sunk on Monday, Xni Hunt for Mine Tn addition to the mines discovered today, it Is believed that other mines are floating. Several mine sweepers and ' patrol boats are scanning the water closely. A cruiser, two patrol boats and two chasers arc hunting for the U-hoat. They are hovering about the scene where It was seen last, as it is believed that It was mcrel" 'merged (o pre pare for another attack. NORWEGIAN VESSEL IS U-BOAT VICTIM Washington, June 8. There has been no official confirma tion of the persistent reports of the capture of ope of the German subma rine raiders by an American destroyer, but there was a formal announcement of the sinking of tho Norwegian f steamship Vlnland the latest victim ( of the unrestrictecTwarfare off the At lantic coast. The Vlnland was reported to have been sunk by a submarine sixty-five miles off the coast of Virginia about 6 o'clock "Wednesday night. The vessel was attacked, the crew ordered to leave and the Germans boarded her and sunk her with bombs. Nineteen men comprising the crew were landed at Cape May yesterday. The Navy Department had no information on the cargo or the destination of the 'schooner. Third -In Same Place The Vlnland was lost within a short ijSfe weglan steamship Eldsvold was sunk late Tuesday ajternooi., nna imriy-nve miles closer to the Virginia shore than, the point wlicre the 'British steamshtp Harpathlan was sunk Wednesday morning. - Naval officials who took the location of the attack on the Harpathlan as an Indication that the submarine was working out to sea plainly were puzzled by tho report of the loss of the Vlnland. sr......-. ni tit a nfietVittlt.r nf 4 !. ,-i (UAl'Cft iwi " 1"".. ...j w vncio l " being two submarines In the same lo cality, me oniy oiira wiitiuaion was that the submarine which sank the Harpathlan returned closer to the shore durlnff Wednesday, The sinking of the Vlnland became known early yesterday, when the Navy Department received an unoffi cial report that the crew had been ' landed at a New Jersey port. The K' early reports, however, were to the LvV ,iact that ltwas the liner Finland, a -'troopship, wnicn was attacked once , before 'by a submarine. This report "caused a flurry of excitement at the ,vy J-parimeiil uuu reec-eiury Oi f"IJ . . " . " "IT" , .....- . w ih.,!,,.,. iiruri rn iiimi iini. rM 00 nwae hi v-upe ay Why Germany Wants Von' Rintelen Freed is maile clear by llic otory of the nmrliinatinns anil capture of Rob ert Fay, who succeeded" the KoifcrV relative in the Teuton plots to blow up American shipping. WILLIAM J. FLYNN Recently retired chief of the United States Secret Service, tells the thrill, ing details on PAGE ;7 OF THIS ISSUE OF THE Cbenins public ebger MAPS OF PORTS FOUND ON ALIEN HELD AT SHORE Think Suspect May Be One of Spy Band Which Guided llic U-Boats Atlantic City, X. ,l Juns 8. fritz riage, a registered alien enemy. Hrrested following an attack made upon him by visitors who saw him reading a German newspaper In a Boardwalk pav ilion. Is believed by the police to be one of the band of spies for which the Gov ernment Is looking In connection with the flashing of signals to U-boats oft this coast. Maps and blueprints found in his pos session give the layout of every harbor between Baltimore and Boston, in which the smallest details a- to piers, wharves, warehouses along the waterfront are carried out, while others show the loca tion of the principal buildings, particu larly office lofts, big manufacturing Plants, theatres and public buildings where large crowds congregate. Indicat ing the easiest routes of approach. The maps show them In blrd's-eyo views as well as prints that are reproductions of city and Government engineer maps. In tho prisoner's effects were found literature about coast cities, their offi cials and activities, with particularly note of shlppln gpoints for troops and railrcad routes. IRISH WOMEN AGAINST DRAFT Will Sign Pledge Tomorrow, St, Lolunibkill s Day Dublin, June 8. Women throughout Ireland will sign a solemn pledge againFt conscription tomorrow, the festlalday of Saint Columbklll. Many churches will be utilized as gathering places. Afterward there will bo floral processions. Irish leaders have appealed to tho people to observe this as a nationnl prayer day "for dellv ernnte of Ireland from her perils." The pledge to be signed by the women reads: "Because enforcement of conscrip tion without consent is tyranny, ' ,'Resolvcd'-thmre"Wl)l resist; that we will not All the places of men de prived of work thtough refusing en forced military service, and that we will do all In our power to help the families' of men suffering through ic slstance." TORTURE PRISONERS TO DEATH Gcnnans Tic forty Britisdi to Pole Until Dead l.nnilon. June 8. Forty British Pris oners sent by the Germans to work under lire on the Russian front were slowly tortured to death, according to a member of the Ttoyal Division who has lust reached ungianu alter escaping frnm Germany. It had been decided, he savs, that out of a party of 500 British prisoners. thlrty-sl should, die in conse quence of an allegation that German prisoners had been murdered by their British sentries. The men were la Ken rrom working narties at the end of the day. made to mount a block and then tied to a pole. The block afterwards was kicked away. in this position they were Kept tor two and a half hours each night for fourteen nights in Intense cold. Forty men died under the treatment. PRINCETON MAN DIES A HERO Paul Hargreaveg, of Ambulance Service, Killed on Marne New Vork, June 8. A dispatch from Paris hrlnirn the news that Paul Hnr. greaves, of the American ambulance pervice, nas necn Kinea on nuiy in tne battle of Chateau-Thierry. He was tlm son of George T. Hargreaves. night news manager of the International News Kervice. ana was a resident 01 Jamaica, I,. I, Only a few days ago Paul's wife, uhn was Miss Hester Hunter, nt Jamaica, received from the young am- nuiance driver a leuer announcing mat he had been awarded the Croix d Guerre (French war cross), with a spe cial official citation for braverv. Young Hargreaves was a Princeton man and was only twenty years old. TEUTONS PUN NAVAL BLOW. 1 ' - Milan Reports High Seas Fleet Ready to Move Milan, June 8. Tteports are in circu lation here that the German Admiralty Is preparing a huge naval stroke against the Allies, s. Orders are said to have been given the hlgln seas fleet to be in Instant readiness to move. Numerous high German naval o,fflcers have been re called from Switzerland and all leaves are said to have been suspended. TAGEBLATT TRIAL SET Thursday Next Is Fixed for German Editors' Arraignment r Next Thursday has been set for the trial of the five officers and editors of the pmiaaeiP9ia 'rageoiati, tne uerman laneuace newspaper, on a charge of violating the Espionage law. In garbling and (listening news aispaicnes cuuea from other newspapers, to aid the causo of- the German Government. The Government has engaged Owen J. Itoberts as a special assistant to United States District Attorney Kanq to present the case. Two of the defendants, Louis Werner and. Martin Darkow, were ordered ac quitted by Judge Dickinson of a charge of treason last March. Since their ac quittal Darkow and Werner have re signed as editors on the Tageblatt. They, with Peter Schaefer, the presl. dent of the Tageblatt; Paul Vogel, Us treasurer, and Herman Lemke. business manager, will be tried Thursday. Weather Forecait for Next Week Washington. June 8. Foiecast for the Seriod June 10 to June IB, inclusive: ortli and Middle. Atlantic States Uictil lalna flist of week and again about Fri day, Seasonable temperatures. 'toMbm?.;, LAY LIGHT DRAFT TO WARD HEELER Small Fry Politician Likely to Bear Blame of Inquiry , PROBE FOR PROPAGANDA Housc-to-Housc Canvass May Be Part of Federal In vestigation Activities of pro-German propagan dists and "small-fry" politicians arc being Investigated today by Federal au thorities who are trying to figure causes for the recent light registration , of draft ellglbles and for the apparently small number of .voune jnen now avail able in class A for military service. "L'nfatr classification" of ellglbles is charged to ill aft boaid members said to have been Influenced by political "wire-pulling" that resulted In eligible' registrants dodging nrmy service. Todd Daniels, Assistant Vnlted States District Attorney, who is co-operating with the Department of Justice in in vestigating these charges, declared that there has been brought to thf Govern ment's attention, frequent Instances of these "political evasions." "Wc have gathered many evidence of political Influences at work," said Mr. Daniels, after ho had given renewed or ders to his men to "get" any politician found tampering with selective service activities "In South Philadelphia many wards where powerful political leaders stand in with members of the draf hoards, and In some eases where the draft officials arc political tools, then have been mysterious doings tending toward evasion of the draft" Speclfle Instnnres Heporteil Mr. Daniels declared tiiat specific in stances had been brought to the attcn ttoji of the Department of Justice, and that these are being run down by his men He could no reveal any 0 the cases, he staled, hut as soon as they an unearthed they wilt be made public. "It's a serious offense," he continued "and punishable with indictment and conviction under the espionage law." He said that his men had also come upon cases where Injustice had beei done to young men, who had drawn upoi them the hatred of political bosses by 1 working for the other political "cause." These men, he said. In some cases were entitled to deferred classification, but had been placed In Class 1. Complaints concerning alleged med dling by politicians in the affairs of drft boards have been received from all parts of tho city by the United States District Attorney's office. T. Henry AValnut Assistant District At torney, Bald this afternoon that if- the reports concerning one board In South Philadelphia vvere true, it "had been put ting over some pretty crooked stuff." The office of the District Attorney Is investigating every complaint received. Mr. Walnut said moat of the complaints Investigated so far had been without foundation, InTtntlfalor Coming On orders from Provost Marshal General Crowder, In charge of the Na tional Army draft, Major W, G. Mur doch, In charge of State draft head quarters. Is expected to arrive in this city Moi'day to conduct a thorough in vestigation of the causes underlying the 1 small registration of last Tuesday. . Particular attention Is to be paid by Major Mudorck to districts where the registration of aliens was below what the draft officials believe it should have been. Pro-German propagandists, working among the foreign element, are believed to have been largely re sponsible for the small alien registra tion. General Crowder has Instructed Ma jor Murdock to probe deeply the low registry. Vigorous prosecution Is promised in all cases where the work of the draft officers has been hindered. In returning reports of he small reg- Continued on Tare Two, Column Thro EXPERT SEES U. S. AID AS ALLIES' 1918 ASSET War Situation Same as in 1914, Problem Being to Hold on Until American Army Develops By MAJ. GEN. MAURICE rormtr Director of Military Operations of tho British Army Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrioht. Hit, Vu Ktw York Time? Co. London, June 8. y The declaration of the Supreme War council issued tnrougn ine rress Bu reau, and Its complement, M. Clemen ceau's speech on the military situa tion, delivered In the French Cham ber of Deputies, de- serves most care ful consideration. Neither attempts to conceal the gravity of the pres ent situation (though the former deals with a very light hand with the enemy's achieve ments since March 21, which are de scribed as some initial success), and both emphasize the solid reasons we have for hoping for better times to come. The Supreme War Council points out that before the tide turns we must he prepared to face another crisis, but that If we Allies da our duty, we shall pull through them, and, having as a whole greater resources than the encrny, can In that event look confidently to the Anal re sult. To put the case bluntly, we find our selves, broadly speaking In the situa tion In whlcn we were in 1914. Then we ha not made adequate prepara tions for the struggle for national ex istence. The undeveloped asset of the Entente was tho military power of the Riitlsli Kmnlic. anu It was a auestlnn EVT, JSattKaHaaBl SaviasaBatBtBH of holdlup on jintjr our new armies ' Immediate corresponding- increasa 'n the could be equipped, tialned and placed Allied fighting strength. We knqw. how i ii.. flol.l Mr that the training of Amarlran ,?U wr a'- In' 1918 UrMtAMat !fe? Mb Vv vHl; vjHjK'-.ttESnii SHu ' HHyQsS52rHM ' fKi V. BHF H-, "mmBWr ? 0-6. "... i:km:rm. pkrsiiinc The roniinanilcr-in-rhicf of the mcriran forrc in France person ally ilricrlcil the American fore vvhirh raptured the village of (.'an lignv on the Pirardy front, it was announced from Washington to. dav. ASKS ARMY DUTY FOR MEN IN JAIL Mrs. JM a u d Balliugton i Booth Urges President to Draft Convicts INDORSED BY M'KENTY Piesldent WIIon has under consid eration a suggestion by Mis Maud Bal liugton Booth, head of the Voluntecis of America, for enlistment Into the service of "selected" convicts in Slate prisons. Warden McKenty, of the Kastein Pen itentiary, today Indorsed the scheme and declared that It it should be adopted 60 per cent of the penitential y inmates would be available nt once for active service. "The men should he allowed to en list." declared Warden McKenty. "I heartily agrcrt with Mrs. Booth In that. A large percentage of our men here would he in service now If wc could so legislate It 1 would be glad If Con gress would make some provision where by military service would be open to selected jirlsqnets. "'llueh tirto.r'Mslrii.r "Theic are any number of men In here who are stuidy, strong fellows, straight as a string. And they will go on living straight when they leavo the prison If society will allow them. But just suppose men now between the ages of twenty-one and thirty -one are not allowed to serve their country. "After they are released society will ask, 'Were vou In the war?' And then the natural questions, 'Why, where were you? What vvcie you doing.' What chance Is there for a fellow- In the face of that? He Is forever branded as! a slacker, a coward or a convict "Aside from the prisoners' standpoint." tniitlntierl tin wnrden. "the country needs its man-power, and thousands of husky' men who would make splendid fighters, are being held back because of the law In rcgaid to prisoners." Mrs. Booth, known as "The Little Mother" to the prisoners of America, with General Ballington Booth, founder of the Volunteers of America, and Alex ander M Ntchol. chief secretary to Mrs. Booth, will speak In Philadelphia tomor- Conllnned on Paro Two, Column teTen uation caused by the collapse of Rus sia and the massing of German troops in the west, we are once more holding on, but once more with an asset to develop the military power of the United States. As to the immediate situation, I havet X hope, made It clear that the enemy has, in getting to the Marne. employed much less force than he did In the battles of the end of March and of the beginning of April last, and It will be quite contrary to all our experience of his methods if he stays his hand before he has thrown In every man he can make available, wh(le, further, Austria has up to the present taken no hand in the cam paign of 1918. Therefore there will be anxious days before the Allies are gradually telleved by the steady In crease of American forces In the field. We know from our own experience tho time It takes to fit newly raised armies to take their part In the mael strom of modern battle. America is 8000 miles from the western front,-and the shipping situation is no longer as It was when we began to sond our new levies to Prance, Therefore we must have catlence. But there are Increasing signs that our patience will be rewarded. We have Just heafd.of the distinguished part played by American troops on the new battlefront between the Ourcq and Marne, and as It Is unlikely that those who have recently been fighting successfully near Montdldlcr have been moved, this probably means a definite re-enforcement by American sailors whose training for battle has been completed. American nate Share flrowlnt; We hear from time to tlm? figures of the total number of American troops In France, but jt would bf an Illusion to suppose tnai inas,e nguics represent an troops' la proceeding ,Pc "awl on sclent PERSHING LED -MEN AT CANTIGNY Commander Personally Di rected at Capture of Important Town WON IN NICK OF TIME Further Enemy Advance Would Have Menaced French Munition Plants VFftshlngtnn. June R General Pershing, commander-in-chief of the Amcilc.m forces abroad, person ally directed the attack that resulted In the capture of Cantlgny a few days ago. the Senate Military Affairs Com mittee was told today at the meeting of the War Council. And at the -anie time It wa revealed that the Americans stopped the German advance jut in time A, few miles ad ditional gain by the enemy at thai point and mine of the French munition factotles would have been within reach of the German long-range guns Pershing's presence at Cantlngy shows the victory there bore the trade-maik "Made In Ameiica" from the com manding officer down to the rookie. The general situation now on the west fiont is favorable, the Senate committee was lold The German was vlituall.v stoppeil in six days Otdnaiue production in this country Is grcatl.v Improved now, as a number of heavj Browning guns ate being tinned out. It was said. Members of the committee svld thai ordnance production was not moving forward entirely to their satisfaction A serious phase of the recent German drive, they said, was that It brought the German artillery dangerously close to striking distance of French ordnance plants north of Paris Another advance like that of last week would bring their guns within range of some plants. Since the American expeditionary I , ... .in ,i..rf. hJ ""--" "" "- "'"' " French Government for the field artillery this feature of the advance constituted something of a menace It was added, however, that tho French had many other ordnance plants further to the south. The troop movement since June 1 fell off somewhat, the committee also heard. This, it was explained, was not due to the German submarine activities on this side of the Atlantic, but to the inability to supply shipping sufficient to keep up tho rapid pace set In the May troop movement. , "SHOTS FIRED IN FIGHT Kmploves of Niles-Rement-Ponil Com pany Quarrel Three Arrefted Several shots were fired today in a fight at the plant of the Miles-Remtt-Pond Company, Ruffner and Donath streets The refusal of several work men emploved at the plant to Join the Moldcis L'nlou caused the fight, the pollen saj Polke arrested three men chanted with annovlng tho workmen The prisoners gave their names as Ben Walker. Fourth street and Lehigh ave nue ; Thomas Martin. Sydenham street and Krie avenue, and Harry Itaquet, Russell street and Columbia avenue. They were taken to tho Twentj -second street and Hunting Park avenue police station and held In ?30Q ball each by Maglstrate Price. SUGAR "SLACKERS" HIT Tnrdy Manufacturers to Go With out Until July 1 "Quite a few" manufacturers have failed to register the amount of sugar they have on hand, and must go with out sugar after July 1 unless their re ports are made before midnight Monday. This was the announcement at the office of the Philadelphia County Food Administration this afternoon. No leniency will be shown those whose reportn are tardy. It was stated, owim. to tho ample time given. The food ad ministration office will close at six p m. Monday, but reports in the mall before midnight will bo accepted - FUNERAL OF R. R. BAIZLEY Services Held at Home of Engineer and Manufacturer Funeral services vvere held this after noon for Rudolph R. Raizley. engineer and manufacturer. 2217 North Brnad street, who died at Mt. Clemens, Mich, June 4, The services were conducted at the Balzley home by the Rev. John K. Davis, pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Mr. Raizley was president of the Balzley Iron Works, the City Iron and Machine Company, this city, and the Metropolis Ice Manufacturing Company. Rrooklvn. N. V He was a member of the Knglneers' Club and the Masonic raternlty LIEUT. FLANNEJtY'S HONOR Official Communique Notes Award of War Croit on Hern ViaaliinKtan, June 8 Official confirma tion of the report that Lieutenant Wil liam J. Flannery, of Pittsburgh, had been decorated by thexFrench Government for his bravery in swimming the Marne in aid of a wounded pollu, was contained In today's brief communique, which says: "Lieutenant William J. Flannery. In fantry, received the Crol de Guerre on the afternoon of June 6 for swimming the Marne on June S and bringing back a wounded French soldier." KIDNAPPER SENTENCED Man Who Lured Ardmore Girl Gets Four Yean Charles Hemphill, Clayton, N. J who was arrested for kidnapping Louise I vein, ten years old, of Ardmore. today was sentenced to four years In jail fol lowing his conviction. The mysterious disappearance of the girl and Hemphill, who was employed s a laborer on the Ardmore College farm, excited the oLwer Merlon com munity, and a determined hunt was con ducted for neaily tventy-four hours be. fore Hemphill, with the girl In his com pany, was apprehended In this city. " Oil City Soldier Gat Victim on tilv, P Jun .T-Lawrence Bre- not has been gassed In France, accord- liifto .word received tv,hl father. He was 'connects wlthJlx, Ijase hospital AMERICANS AND CONTINUE TO PRESS ON IN MARNE LINE O'LEARY INDICTEDiTHREE INQUIRIES WITH WOMAN SPY, Sinn Fciner and Baroness. Kaiser's Relative, Accused in New York Ttt;n rjTTivrrirr. nv nnr tr-irl 1 vt v. iiuiiiuu "A J viivji Now York, .Tune S .Teiemlah A. O'I.earv. the Itlsh Ameilcan agitator, and six others were Indicted vesterday by the Federal Grand Jurv on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage and treason. Pun ishment upon conviction of the first count, cun he death. The other six Indicted with O'l.cnry vvcie: John T. rtvan. Baroncs Mat i.J K. do Victoria. Cat! von Rodlger. William .1. ttohlnson. Albeit Paul Fliuke ninll Kipper. Ilelalive of Kaiserin B.uoncss de Victoria, who Is said to lie tel.ited to the lalerln and Carl von Uiidlgei. Lieutenant commander in the German nv wete derlaied In the indictment t lie Teuton spies. Rudolph Hinder iiul Unco Schwelt7er who bhoh died last jcar, aie accused of having participated in the treason able conspiracy. Albert Paul Frlcke. a former auditor of the Ha.nlnirg-Amer-lean Line, is ascrted to ' nve been pay master for the blotters. Robinson was O'Leary's chauffeur. O'Leary and Ryan n Buffalo law yer, are fugitives irnm justice. The j jjve' otlcI. tieienaauis, wno were in custodv. were arraigned before Fed- eral Judge Augustus N. Hand, to whom the indictments vvcie pi esentcd. I All pleaded not guiltv On recommendation of United States Dlsti ict Attorney Caffej, they vvere held without ball The men were - i (ontinurd on Pace Hlf. fohimn Two l FINDS MAN SKETCHING DELAWARE SHORE LINE WILMINGTON, Del., June 8. William, (Billy) Ford, one of the Tjest-known target shooters in the East, announced today that a few days ago, while near the Delaware Bay, a few miles from Fort.SauLsbury, he came upon a man who was. sketching the fchore line. When the mnn was questioned, he nnswered with n, Gnunn accent that hp was fishing, but had no outfit. Ford at tempted to detain him, but the man outran hlm'to a smnll boat and pulled ncioss the bay. The mnttcr hat been upoited to the Ftdcial aulhoiitics. BANKERS TO FURTHER AID GOVERNMENT HARKISBURO. June 8. A confeience of 100 icprcsentatiTf bankers, of Pennsylvania has been called to meet in Philadel phia June 14, at 11 a. m,, for the purpose of consideiing merni of luither co-operation with the national Government. The csll was issued today by Slate Banking Commissioner Lnfe.in, follqw ing a lecommendation adopted hy the convention of State Bank Supervises at Hot Springs lecently. In addition to State asso ciations, a national organization will be formed. The movement has the indoisement of E P. Pnssmove, governoi of the Phila delphia Reserve Bank. U-BOAT REPORTED OFF COAST OF MAINE BIDDErOUD, Me., June S. A repot t that a U-boat had been sighted ecven or eight miles off Biddeford Pool, the coast resort nine miles from here, staitled this place today. It was reportedd that Lightship 74, which is stationed off Capo Elisa beth, had scut out the icport. 13 PENNSYLVANIA PROPOSE ALLIED MEN IN WAR TOLL! WAR EXECUTIVE Many Keystone Soldiers in j International Cabinet Is Casualty List of 108 Names 30 KILLED IN ACTION lVakhlngton, June 8. The War De partment casualty list issued today con talned 108 names, divided as follows. Thirty killed In action, ten deaths from wounds, six deaths fiom disease, four deaths from airplane accidents, six deaths from accidents and other causes, thirty-five' wounded severely, seventeen wounded (degree undetermined), Captain Rufus F, Montgall. Kansas City, and Lieutenant Hamlet P. Jones, Kaufman, Texas, were killed In action. The 1UV followa; KILLED IN ACTION Captain MO-STQALL, nUFUS F., Kanias Cltr, Mo, Lieutenant JONES, HAMLCT P., Kaufman, Tex. Sergeant THOETE. CAnL O Clmlnnatl. Corporala MANCIIUSTEn. CLIFFOnD H,., Newark. N. J SANDMAN. CAUL, nroirn Valley, Minn. SCHWARTZ. DAVID, New Tprk, nasoner COTN'-- PATRICK. Chnrleraont, Masa. Metliaalr C6stmuVE, JA11U3 J.. 11 Hamilton av. nvie. Lnnt Mai, . t f , rniv t . INTO RENT GOUGE United Stales. Red Cross m .. Sn rTS l" ",,H J i"ivwiiiB vmnrwrr t rcirc tittctmicc vli;vvv iyjjijj uujinujij P.-nt "profiteering" by landlords here l to be thoroughly investigated by the' Cnltcd States Government, the American I!rd Cross Society and the municipal government. The courts may he asked to take a hand In the situation In an effort to protect householders from exorbitant rent Increase", reports of which have been particularly frequent In the last fen- days. The Wel Philadelphia sec tion seems to have been hardest hit by alleged "profiteering horn owners," who rent houses particularly to families of soldiers now In the nation's service. Ril Cross tn Mjtht The American Red Cross, through Its Home Service Section, will wage a fight notably against "profiteering landlords" and leal 'estate agents, and against over charging lawyers, mortgage holders and creditors who aie prcylnir upon fam ilies of men In the army and navy, This was announced today by Mrs. .. - u. ----- .". ,. lienry v noyer, cnairman oi me iiunm Service Section of the Bed Cross. 1807 Chestnut street, colncidentally with the announcement that the civil courts may be asked to enjoin alleged "rent profiteers" in West Philadelphia. So many complaints have been brought to the attention of United States District Attorney Kane in the last few days that he is considering the advis ability of seeking injunctions against owners of property restraining them from enforcing exorbitant rent Increases. Tenants In the section bounded by Continued on Tate Fire, Column P.liht Planned to Direct Busi ness of Fighting U. S. IS ASKED TO JOIN By CLINTON W. GILBERT Sfa.tT Corrr Jrotidni r Evcnins Publio Ledger Washington, June S. TheAllles have asked this country to Join them in forming; a great in ternational war executive, to sit con stantly abroad and manage the busi ness of the war. This is something- different from the Versailles Council, which seems to have largely to do with the political questions of the war, and different also rrom the Interallied Gen. era! Staff, which, under Koch, ha to do with strategy. IL might -almost be called an in ternational war cabinet,- and the, big gest men in the war organisation pa Washington have been Invited to' and take part In its deliberations,. least. If not permanently, temporarily until, they can choose representatlvM. tp sit regularly; and speak for them. It Is proposed that tho War .and .Navy Departments of this oount4iran4 die .jiiuua ittnv pari jn -inar t national executive. jntM ii-us propose iMiim munition of BaftftnA. uaiy, una um -vac FRENCH fc ifYvffi f'IM A.T'fc' THRUSS Forge Ahead Nortlil west of Chateau- Apl 1 merry ',- LOCAL SUCCESSE&I IN HAIG REPORT! 1 Violent AttnnL-c , C...4lir?S 1 -m.xo un uuuiu Mi Part of Champagne Front Repulsed ! IT C TVT ARITVirC' nunP v? :PJ9 Vf-S WRECKS FOE'S STORES -IjS . . . m Ludendorff s Reserve Muni$ lions Destroyed in Quantity T&f- YANKEES GRIP HEIGHTS ' tf Marnc Defense Lines Rectal fied by Notable American Thrusts Pans, June 8, . &J&1 French troops. 1 - uiiui. co-operaiine TMltf" -Vim , i1P Am.Pi.-n- .u... m. . '5"'AJ " . Amerfcan northwest of ChtMy& -""-. i, .mimics on ine.B iiunnern portion of that front, tha rrench War Office announced todty o vioicni uerman attacks on southern portion of the lino In thi region were repulsed with hevrjfc losses. fev South of the Ourcn, the Freaeii? , progressed, messlnc ttiA fl,-mMJfc J back," the rnmmnnlmin aM k-'3 ...,.. c..,. .'JiK' The r rencn lines now reach .. west borders of Dammard, east v-nezy and one kilometer (O.dJl ml north of Neuilly-la-Poterie. Fifty oners were taken. , PW Ktttt Vl KM KMltiU t A t' V.I . . vuci ouuni iwo violent u atticks galnat'Boureches and! OlM - verrokiut) with heavy' Jw uuuiubviicb in live mites west og- teau-TMerryr "nethlblef1s"twj southeast of Boureschea. on the highway leading westward from tcau-Thlerry.) "On the Aisne front there wi heavy cannonading- near Fare (sixteen miles southwest of Soil 'Southeast of Ambleny (six mMom- dlrectly west of Solssons) FreqcliiBfe sltions were improved." i';',j r. London, June Successful British raids and German artillery fire were rei by Field Marshal Haig today. .!. "A few prisoners were taken In. night's successful raid in thecal borhood of Hulloch," the atati said. "Patrols 'vC Inflicted ..l.-jj UcUIUMIilCH . captured a machine-gun lnV Strazeele sector. IS "North of Albert and south Arras hostile artillery was actlv The United States marinafe to the west of Chateau-Thfe pushed for a gain of two milij-JI mum aeptn op a six-mile ironw are masters of the strategic. valuable heights northeast oft portant railway city on tbf,i branch of the Marne. They bv fled their lines and consolidate positions won. Vast quant stores which Ludendorff had a lated for continuation of hlsfd the French center in an endea cut the railroad and supply Ha which the Americans travel. n..i . i.. T M.-M.1 .V -'- -nils lu wit- jutiaiiic iruiiw captured many prisoners and's guns. The enemy's loss waa . i.. t ' JWS Illgiy iiuwvjr, .y- The United States marine.. village of Bouresches, near' Thierry, and advanced, bey objectives, including a long, l,n TarU hl-rhnrnv- i'Si Not a single American prisoner. 4 (A French official stated that the French at'( troops. In their drlve.onUs northwest of Chateau-TM additional ground dur fighting. capturingtr' Neuniy-la-Foterle-ana i Four TnitW'' TTwtlnv llifc. f--i-.lri-"V back at the polntwlVM" I closest to Pvelm.P1M. Neullly-la-Fotwrta, ; 5.4S and Torcy. 3TJJ The big 'battlt? out anwat.at i The America. tlon of thfir 'Tr ' Dirit- U.r" The roa-liU toj beyond t IT' " ITT UOM j-Ti ' flfiarcj1 m hi i?Aa im '.m ,wm -ft vJva V.i!U fwk " lfnM''iii JEr i .4Hi f!.,S.tHL v l .V r.: j!tt inic'VJ