? , . - - iv.s'"wm.. JKA V--.,-, - -17-Vv &$& f-rttg- tJat&Xe&l J,i A. eoger y- JW -t tfiVSTJa iSTaw 4' -; .. "--(""J'" ir mosrroffl wvac wino .'MtlW-ATIllI- AT KACM HOUR . . KfrhTi I 1 1 1. Ill U i-i I 1 1 Trrrn I '3T6 I 0 161 182 I 63" j I I I . I oi it VOL. IV. NO. 234 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1018 PRICE TWO CENTS torment 1018 kt tnr rcmo I.rnorn CosirAt s. " Wr ' '', "'M V-tilt IV) k h r & 11 If & T tt W ALL REPUBLICAN FACTIONS JOIN IN I .WELCOMING HAYS P : IJig Gathering at Bellevuc- Stratford to Meet Na tional Chairman HARMONY IS KEYNOTE if Assemblage of Varc and Pen- rose Leaders Hints Unified Parly Harmony was the keynote ot the republican leaders of Pennsylvania, assembled at the BellevueStratford Hotel to welcome Will II. Hays, Re- p, publican national chairman. J All successful State canuiaaies; vn- ,, tuauy all ine utieauu v.iiii ..- fs county "arid city leaders fiom all ocr &l" the State, and representatives of the Republican city committee of Phlladel V pWa. the Town Meeting party and the tt Republican Alliance attended the con 1 p Terence, and the dove of peace was In 'i evidence1 on all sides. e Prominent among the visiting dele vi nates was J. Denny O'Xcll, State High way Commissioner, who was defeated y by State Senator William C. Sproul for the Republican gubernatorial nom' (nation. His presence Indicated, it was the opinion of the parly leaders, that he would tender his support to the straight Republican ticket. The meeting, scheduled to start at 10:30 o'clock, was delayed when Mr. Hays did not arr! e. He arrived later. Among those Present Senator Sproule, Senator E. E. Beldleman, nominee for the lieuten ant governorship; Representative James F. Woodward, who won the nomination for Secretary of internal Affairs; Paul Houck, Secretary of In ternal Affairs, who was defeated for the nomination for that office, and Rob ert Patton Habgood, unsuccessful can dldate for the nomination for gover nor, were among those present. Both Vare and Penrose leaders of this city and allpaits of the State were present. The meeting was much the same as many ofthe old-time State conven tions, political leaders said. Mayor E. V. Babcock, of Pittsburgh; Coroner Samuel C. Jamison, Allegheny County'; Joseph G, Armstrong, former major of Pittsburgh; and Max Q, Les lie, Penrose leader in Pittsburgh, rep resentedthe western city. Chairman Hays, who is the central figure at, theimeetlng, which is for the purpose of reorganization of the "V1 State Republican committee, will make 3' a strong plea for a unified party. fcurprlaed t Factionalism Mr. IIa'3 imlstR.he.does not know the meanlnr of the wofd""faction," and ex pressed surprise that there was such a thing as "factional politics" in Pennsyl vania. Chairman Hays, who is traveling over the, country addresslnc gatherings of Republicans In every State, Is con centrating on the effort to elect a Repub lican Congress. Unity of party and prosecution" of the war has been the keynote which he has sounded In his various talks. He is aware, he says, that the party in Penn sylvania, especially in Philadelphia, has not measured up to his ideal of a vig orous and united force, but is not"Sware of the exact details or causes of the factional strife In the city and State. "Faction?" he answered, when asked what he would say to the factions here this morning, "I do not know the mean ing of rth word, I do not believe in fac tional strife. There can be no factions In the Republican party, because this is a 'wln-the-war party.' ' Alms to Unify Farty MT tin nnt bnnu, tha ATCnni nltliatlnn In )i Pennsylvania, but my Idea Is to-unite unfl jjany aiiu nato 1L ubb iib ucbi ri --rta In nrnmntA the aurr.PKfi nf th. na. Cjn In the war. I am 101 per cent for f,iho war. This should be the thought of very Republican of high or low rank In the party," A hurried sketch of the situation In Pennsylvania was furnished to the young national chairman. He was told of the oontrol of the State by Penrose and the city by the Vares and the efforts of the latter to wrest control of the State ma chinery' from Senator Penrose. k "Tell me who the Vares aie," asRed Chairman Hays. He wan Informed that one brother is the contractor-boss of the local organiza tion and the other brother Is In Con gress, i "And you say they attempted to ob tain control of the State?" he asked. Informed that they did, Chairman Hajs dwelt sucfessUely on the fact that there must be no "yesterdays," the war polloy, and th'e need for a united party. , Win the War lir.t Duty t iitu, aaiu -ur. nays, - ims is my tnougnt' ana , purpose notwithstanding the past, notwithstanding all bitterness. t))e Republican party In the state and nation must be a' unified party. Theie itZ can be no yesterdays In our, reckoning. ivBiJiie mc icbuii ui any election, ae splte the result of the lust primary, U'S -spite the result of the lust primal fe ' whether It had been held last week or J- last monin. me party must get togetli together .""j vf win me war. t f to win the war. nnthlnv tfils Allnli0r IbbLi ova nhn... Wffi' in comparison to this gigantic task. , il.i.....m .... w..w. w..v.n. viiw.cB i .; Mfie loyalty oi tne itepuDiicait party is ly"' on trial. The affairs of the nation, with K li which we must deal are so much bigger R' ik. .... ni.ljh.i 4le. u .,. ,. Si. llian iiicic twviiujiMi diiiid tiiai mc jai- ter must De lorgo.tten. in wongress ana .. r. in me uuuiiLruuia.uu:.v una icu wmoui f ' evasion or reservation In the perform ance or amy ana we must continue to . io so. Therefore It follows that there ti Is but one supreme duty for every indl ILvldual and 'e,very political party, and' K tbat Is lo win the war." t. 1iMla.Bnlf f.nil fa Sfnnnfl Out g. h TSbaasiuU.h. P . June K.Wlnlleld X.fatombed In' a cul,m bank rush yes 1rdiy. Tl)e stenmshovel ensfneer John Sttceoey, pcooptd the bov out,- uncon fiKious feut otherwise, uninjured. ' 1 Whin yu (hlnV tt wrltln-j i. i 'i.iL- ..r Ift'UITIVtfl. AAj. b "" u a)Ilo VI If ' -mimw x Vi x f p iir i tsilr & 1 N 1: if 4l I ! . '------------: ii:.fJ'HP.IIIIHs "i PiK.IIIIH.IIIIIIIIH ! h Hp.miiiiiii.iiiiiH i IpppppppppppppppppppppppBSpHHpppppppppH ft( if.--; ',sr.."?miyrif 0 1'HYLLTS WALSH GIRL WINS CROIX DE GUERRE Miss Phyllis Walsh ,oJ This City, Dccoratctl in France Miss Chvllls Walsh, daughter of Mrs. Florence Huhn Walsh, ot 0erbrook, has been decorated with the Crol de Ouerro at Xanoy, In France Miss Walsh has been in France since Decem ber drivlnc an ambulance and supply truok for the American hospitals "back of the front." She Is well known as an all-round athlete and her .friends felt, before she left, that pile would enter the fray with an especially large amount of American vigor. Reports hae come back fre quently sayTnK that her woik has been remarkable, but the news of her lielnit decorated will bring a thrill to girls all oer the count r. Miss Walsh left for Trance with Miss Katherlne Force in the Dursca War Ilpllpf! hut atmrlH nftpi- h nrrlvo.l kh left this unit, "probably," as one of her friends remarked, "It wasn't llely enough for her," and joined the Ameri can Fund for French Wounded. KIip brought her own truck with her. and girls, ex en the cry brao and daring ones, would either care for or be per mitted to do. Miss Walsh's name Is one ot the xcry first ot American women in the war zone to be written on the list for the decoration of the Croix de Gueue. JUDGE BROWN MUST ACCOUNT Auditprs Named .in Quaker City Insurance Co. Receivership After a etubbornlv fought legal con test in the Dauphin County Court for the last two years. Judge Kunkel has just appointed auditors in the Quaker City Mutual Life Insurance- Company, for which Judge Charles L. Brown was named rccelxer in October, 1800, The auditors named are Owen J. Robeits and EUis Ames Ballard. In the June, 1916, term of the. Dauphin County Court 'Charles S.- Wood, repre senting arious policy holders in the de funct Insurance Company, Jointly with the Attorney General, asked the court to name auditors to-rompel the receiver to file an account. It was "pointed out that whlle'the statutes required' thar a receiver of an insurance company file an accounting at least once a jcar with the court, in thin instance, although eighteen 3 ears had elapsed, no account ing had been rendered. Attorney Wood declared that Charles 1. Brown, the receiver, had collected up wards of I2Q.00O and, up tq the time of the beginning of the application for an audit, had never made an accounting. LUMBER COST MARGIN FIXED Re'toil Dealers Allowed $1 1.50 ,to $12.50 Per Thousand Feet Retail lumber dealers here will be al lowed from JU.60 to $12,60 per 1000 feet marginal profit over Government fixed wholesale priivs to cover handling rharges and profit, it was announced to day. . This older bv the war industries board applies to Government emergency orders and Is in effect also in Boston, Xew York, Newark and Baltimore. The Gov ernment agrees to replace all. lumber taken for emergenc use under this ar rangement within ninetv dajs or make a cash settlement in full. Extra charges of from J2 to H are allowed for ripping and dressing boaids. A scale of trucking charges has also been fited. CAPTURE ELEVEN TOWNS Allies in Macedonia Advance Nine Miles 011 11-Mile Front ,rarl. June 14. Kiev en towns and 310 prisonets have been captutcd by the Al lied armies in Macedonia, according to an official statement, which follow s: The operations on Mount Kaza and Lenia were continued witli success. On the right our advanced forces progressed on Crete and Coratop as far as the source of the Skumhi River and on Kuktl. In the center we have penetrated 3lnapiente and captured numerous food and munition supplies, We have organized the giound taken. The advance made is along an extent of 11101a than eleven miles to a depth of more' than nine miles. We have occupied eleven villages, and the num ber ot prisoners taken is 310. B0LSHEVIK1 PREPARE FOR WAR Declare Eastern Russia in State of Siege N London. June 14. The Bolshevlkl have declaied the far eastern section of Russia' In a state of siege and are prepailng to draft men oer eighteen for the army, according to information from Tokio toda. The dispatch added that the Bol shevik leghn would declare war against the counter-revolutionists. . Further advices from Tientsin. China, xaid that Chinese and Cossacks, under General Koltchak, would be used to check the eastwaid advance vof the Bolshevik foices. x "THE SECRET WITNESS" A New Mv&lery Romance of l.ove and War By GEORGE GIBBS Author of "TIIK YELLOW DOVK" BEGINS IN TOMORROW'S ' t)ening public Icbrjci ALLIED COUNQL CALLED TO UNIFY MUNITION MAKINGi1 High Officials Arc Expected to Gather in Paris for Conference TO STOP DUPLICATIONS Cabinet Members and Other Important Men Will At tend Meeting By CLINTON T. GILBERT SlaT! Corrc.iontfi.f F.irnino Publc Ltieer Washington. June 14. , A seneral Inter-Allied Council Is, I likely to he held In Paris In the near i future mecedlnc- Mm formation of the'isoonto Jto.oon proposed Inter-Allied Munitions Board. At this council the .whole subject ot war supplies will be discussed and the organization of thr permanent muni tions board effected. This will afford an opportunity to apree on the details of the organization. The deta s proposed hj the Allies nave only just leached this country by cable and are hclnc discussed by the American Gocrnment. Up to this1 time the Administration has not agreed , to the Allies' sussestion of a central . munitions orKanlzatlon. but It is confl- II A lWIli'DCJ IlDf!?!! dently expected by Allied diplomats! Dl 1 IlljIiaJ UIlUIjl live that it will do so. since this coun-1 try has taken a leading part In pro-1 fTA 11I? D WIN WAR motinc Allied ynitj. A sIiirIc control IvllEiLr TT 11 1 IT fill of war supplies Is a necessary comple ment to a single command of tiie Allied 1 "" armies. The council, which will precede the formation of a central munitions board, will probablv be attended bj , ,, , .... . . icauiuK mcinucrs oi me Mncncan ao- Itllnl.tMI.Inn ... I, .. 1,1 1 1 1 ji,i3kiuiiuu, its it win aiso De Dy mem . ! i,cl., f n, n.m.i, iv.-.i, ni iioii.,., ' 0CIS Ut ,,,e ""tlSIl, I rCHCll and Itallun cabinets. As the Administration has not decided jet in favor of a central munitions board, naturally the per sonnel of the delegation which will go t0 Europe lo organize It has not been selpcted. But it Is teported that If the decision of the Administration is favorable some or all of the following Important members of the Administra tion will go to Europe: Secretary Mc Adoo, Secretary Daniels or Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, B. M. Barucli, chairman of the war industries board; Secretary Baker 01 Assistant Secretary Stcttinius, Food Administrator Hoover and Chaiiman Hurley, of the shipping board. Mistake Made at Versatile When the last International Council on Material was held at Versailles the mistake was made of sending only one man of fcneial reputation Colonel House to represent this country. The men who accompanied him were virtually unknown abroad. T.belr au thority was only secondarV Conse quently, the influence of the United States at the council and at the con. feiences which attended It wab weak ened. The selection of these men to represent this country was severely criti cized here, especially in the United States Senate. The error on that occasion Is cer- tatnly not going to be repeated nov.. The-men wlio go wlH be of Cabinet rank for the mo3t part, or the heads of the new war administration, or men who, like Mr. Stettlnlus and Mr. Roose velt, have recognition and standing abroad. They will stay long enough to get the new board organized, after which they will be replaced by representatives. The council which will precede the formation of the new board will prob ably be held in Paris, where It may be accompanied by a meeting of the Vet satlles council, affording an opportunity for a thorough discussion of the war in all its aspects. Paris May n lleadquartera When the new munitions boRd U or ganized it will probably make Paris, I rather than London, its headquarters. It will do so because Paris is virtually the headquarters of the unified army command, of the Allied General Staff and usually the meeting place of the Versailles council Paris is, moreover, convenient. It Is nearer the front than Continued on I'air Two. Column Eljht ARREST GERMAN U. S. OFFICER Lieutenant al Fori Slocutn Charged With Espionage Xaw York. June 14. Oscar Titus, a. Prussian, formeily a soldier of the Kaiser, an associate nf Jeremiah n- O'Leary and in Intimate of Bernstorff. 1 oy-a ana me omer nign priests or German propaganda here, has been found in the United States army bv the Army Intelligence Bureau. Under the name of Ralph K. Chatillon he had risen to the rank ot lieutenant since his enlistment, six months ago Dav before yestef.lay he was stationed at Fort Slocum, Toda'v he is in Raymond street jail, charged with espionage Lieutenant Chatillon is onlv the most recent of Titus's aliases During the fourteen years he has spent in this coun try he has travelled the devious paths e took to gain a livelihood as Raoul de Chatillon and Oscar de Chatillon. as well as under the names already mentioned. U-BOAT SINKINGS DECREASE Announce Falling Off 'Since Blocking of Zeehrugga and Ostend Tarla. June 14. A "notable decrease" in the number of sinkings by submarines In th western and central regions and the English Channel was announced bemlofficlally today The announcement says this decrease has been evident since the hldcking of -eebrugge and Ostend harbors. BRITISH ADOPT AMERICANS Cities to Look After' Soldiers From U. S. Namesakes i London. June H.-The Earl of Beau champs has been made prasldtnt of an organization formed in British towns to ''adopt" American towns so jB to make American soldiers feel nt home The neonle of Worcester hiva ""domed" Worcester, Mass. and will do nil ponaible to ee to the comfort of the dnuchboja haillnir from the Amerlean pltv. i Newport het "idonte-1' vvnorl. TL I London may "adopt" New York. . 206 MEN MADE MILLION A YEAR IN U. S. IN 1916 &Szl zf of Wealth lVhln,ton, June 14 n analjols of the Income tax lelurns nf lai, au m . A m mlklln t. t I. n T..4. j ury Department contains tome Interest I Ins figures covering distribution nf in comes In this counliy These lncomt3 were derhed In 1DI6 before the ntv, rexenue law was framed They iecal amour other thlpgs, that In that jar more than twice a3 many pcrLons en- 1 jojed Incomes from J5000 to $10,000 a , j ear than there were thore haing In- , romes from J4000 to $5000. Also that. I there werf 206 persons with incomes over Jl.000,000 and 376 with Incomes be- tween JBOO.OOO and ?1, 000,000. The following table shows how wealth was distributed and how It inci cased in lnlce seara. income ri. Number of returns Hlefl tst4 loin iuio 2,1b ,(MS SB.f.'J (tll.H'iri ftX.PIU 72.0J ,T im Innini t n KPlI 13000 to liooo unoo to tnooo 9IIMMJO to m. mi" .14 141 ni.iiij tn.auw ts.lnn 8 ma H.4X.I II, (MIS :i tni ri mi 1 180 inn j. tin 14J fin 1H.475 9.;n; H.1UB 7,nos 4.100 r,,si- 1.7P.I 7'Jt aso 2l 2R4 12 2iin "1 HIK H18 12.B1II S OB", in nos A.nn in iv 2 ooo :2rP 127 tfiK J4r. 400.nno to lonoon it. 000,000 nd or gmV fl"H ToUl! 1M no :n,i i . ... ' "'"'" '" ""' f!iiiiiiiiietniirr LllfcUll Calls OllimUblUIlCl L,.UCUU '-""'O ( nl1 Smip Tll&titlltioilS to U 3t'UC ln-mulIO,,s IO 1 T Tl Join Reserve GATHER AT RELLEVUE Must Pledge Every Dollar and Every Drop of Rlootl. Declares. Speaker Wp base not to stand behind the (internment with every dollar anil evr3- dron f blood we pom. You banker ran but serve jour iorrn- ient by addinr your aenrta to thoo of the Federal Reaerve Ttem. This la no time for qnlbtillnr. !'' know the nation that the bankera of lnn ajlranla pnt the general welfare of the ronntrv before ever other eon Idtratlon." This was the mesage which Daniel V. Lafean. State Banking Commissioner, brought to a gathering of more than one hundred representatives of state banks and" trust companies this morning at the Bellevue-Stratfor-.-wher they met at'hls invitation to determine how best they might help the Governinei.i win the war Commissioner Lafean proposed that'an association of state bapks and trust i-nmnanleM be formed to wage a cam paign of education among suth instltu-1 tions throughout the commonwealth to I tJ .UM. Inln ,h. irAri0r.ll TtftSPrVl- ... -1.. mmiinnrr franltlv ad- ,nltted tnat no material benefit could accrue at the present time to state banks , from taking such a course. He maoe his appeal to them purely on the ground of patriotism and as a matter of duty in the face ot national pern. There was every Indication when the bahkers convened that they would adopr the commissioner's plan. Once the state association is formed, delegates will be named to attend a meeting In St. Louis on July IB, wnen a national association will be organized. Out of the 529 State banks ond trust companies In Pennsylvania, only twenty one are members of the Federal Reserve system. These banks, however, repre sent 2S'i per cent of the total assets of all the State banking institutions. "Still Pennsylvania State banks are lagging," said Mr. Lofean. "We must do better than that. If the news goes out that Pennsjlvanla financial institutions have added their assets to those of the. national banks to help the Government, (similar Institutions in other States will quickly foil in line. In this world crisis we should all be a unit behind Uncle Sam. I want to see the State bank's and trust companies of my own State among the first to demonstrate that America means something more to them than a nome. 1 firmly believe they will." Mr. Lafean then outlined his scheme ot'ornnlHtlon. H. pointed out that an association, could do more a., sucn to- ward brlnKlnf state lnsmuiions imu me - 1 - Federal Reserve system than bankets I This step, expected for some time and could do as individuals , for which the Federal employment serv- The commissioner himself took the t Ice haa been preparing since the first of chair when the bonkers gathered In the j the jcar. Is a part of a general plan to hotel roof garden. Following his appeal And sufficient labor for war production, tempoiary officers were chosen nd gen- It Is not Intended as a repressive "meas eral discussion of the movement began lure, the Department of Labor explain", m I but is to insure all war plants that they Pimn ivirinirn BV TRnPlTi'" have enough labor The common CHILD INJURLL) V lKUMiabor suuatlon today ,, that ot crltlcal Ni'ne-Year-Olil Leopard Street Girl Sc. below their productive rapacity because the Atonde, by which to push toward 1 of Villers-Cotterets forest, and the ad . " 1 xi I of the lack of common laborers The De- Compiegne. have been bloodily de- mirable action of the Americans on riously Hurt pattment estimates that from 25 to 40 fended In the Matts valley fuither ,ne C1"0""11 recently taken by them in Elisabeth ndeison. nine jears old, per cent of the common labor immedi- . . . . Cllgnon valley. 1244 North Leopard street, is In a serious ately available is not productively em- ea,t- ,ne "Mh solln of Chevincourt j .... t p,rin. Binn. Fnii condition with a fractured skull at S. ,'d I still prcs,eiit an impasiuble barrier. . eruotw Blow Foiled Mary's Hospital today following an accl-plo,ea j ' ... , . "" , This, however, is not the best sign dent in which she ran into the rear wheel I rmtraliiatlon Plan Aareed On liuiib M rerU AtUcKa I for the fifth day of the offensive. Vbn 0fShUwas' plaslng on Howard stieet Tentraliiation of all labor recruiting Fiom one bare Hat lull, where WIN Hutier's thrust from the north toward above Olrard avenue and failed to se and furnishing In the Government em- Ham of Havj , Governor of Compregne, , i nnirnumrona lln2f L.'l the truck, driven, by Ernest Gould. In pkment agency and the elimination of 1. thp ,,mp of ,oan ... .. hI , , e,ml numerous lines of attack iSme manner she Van into the vvheel as) 'pr,ate competition for workers ha, ln the time of Joan of Arc. had his the German command has now opened. h . .hirii. was nass ng and was thrown 1 cl" a .. u.. .n ,-.. . ...t castle. Frenrh guns are tearlnc- aRsanit It has been brought to a stoD bv reap. !?en,1-t?. f ?23ei.- T"... r.lr Dltnl iiouia vn nciu ....". -.. ... ait the outcome of thB child's injuries., NEPHEW OF DREW KILLED New Jer.ey Airman Cited for Bring ing Down His First Enemy Plane v&rla. June 14. According to the 1 Gazette des Ardennes. Corporal TJ Sid ney Drew, nepnew or jnnn urevv, tne actor, who was reported missing, has been killed in an air fight. Alan Nichols, of Palo Alto, Cal.. who wounded In the abdomen In an air flaht. died ln the hospital at Compiegne. He vvia buried at Rojalieu with full military honors. Harold Saxon, of Washington. D. C. is reported missing since he rejoined his squadron. All are members of the Franco-American air corns. It, B. Hoeber. of Nutley. N J an other member of the Franco-American Pvlng snuadron. has brought down hn first German machine and h?s been citd J n the army order. U. S. TROOPS TAKE 1000 PRISONERS IN TEN DAYS' FIGHTING NEAR BELLEAU GcmiailS Make IS'cW Dc6pcratC Attempts to Retake Town of BoiircBclir.s Every Doclic Who Entered Village Either Killed or Captured by Our Boy Eight Out of Eight Battles on This Front Won by Persh ing's Men By KDWIN L. JAMES Special Cable to Eicning Public Ledger f, ,,, light, ISIf bit .Veto Vorft Tim' Co. With the American Army on the Marne, June 14. The Germans launched nn attack 1 1 against the Americans jesterda In an attempt to retake the town of t Bouresches. The assault followed a heavy artillery bombardment ot our positions. When, the Americans found 'hat the Germans had enteied the town they poured out of their shelters and every pray-coat was either killed or captured In retaliatory operations the Amer-, anc -iiD-t..-, 1,111 ,.i, yt .1,. , leans attacked a hill north of the town which was held by the Germans and brought in forty-one prisoners, Includ ing one captain, who was formerly a Berlin banker. This captain, with eight dep. ht" sald that when ho adanced tow'au, ,hc Amerlcans le wa3 aiays s"; at- . . , The flghtins in the German attack 1 ana uur reiuuuuun uisiuu mice iiuurp Having failed to hold Belleau wood with oruck Gorman troops, and hav ing lost eight out of eight fights with the Americans northwest of Chateau Thierry an dthnse cast of the city, the Gerniifns brought up a large force of artillery, and for ten hours pouictl some 20,000 high explosive and gas shells Into our positions. This bom bardment Inflicted some losses upon us, but in no caso did the Americans , give an inch of ground. Americans In High Spirits Afler twelve dajs of- almost con- I tlnual fighting the morale of our men , northwest of Chateau-Thierry is most c.cellent. 1 never saw such enthusi asm, despite the losses. The Germans are expanding nn enormous amount of ammunition to break the spirit of our men. but the American morale has I remained out ot range. One of the 1 men said to me today: v j "Yes, we have German shells for breakfast, luncheon and supper. The only thing I mind is that at night whenever one hits nearer than ten feet it wakes me up." On the right flank of the German army, driving In a new attack for Paris,-ls-a. very-sore-, spot. It Is near Montdldler and was made by American artillery. In the meanwhile, odr in. U. S. TAKES OVER LABOR SERVICE een men, advanced toward the Amer i V . , J, onop .uncumcij case leans under a flag of truce and sin- S?m.V Z , r n V. .T.":, Mst of , T,hP pe,,,tl?!? dccIa,c. ihat the couu i-ptiriprpri nnn r.nrmjn pvnlnlnrrl that Montdidlei mill 111 other directions decision ill the casp "offers an aenue l?Z,r,?EE,Z,iV.. The Amcncnns are not waiting for the of escape" from the Sherman nntl- Federal Bureau to Supply j Teuton Thrust. Fails Workers to Plantb Em- , Oain. but Losses Art ploying 100 Men J Hcav RULE IN EFFECT JULY 15' Wan.iii.Kton, .hint. 14 Il-irlnhlrif lull 1 fl tin inrittoMa il pIoMn more than 'lOO woikeie' nin be permitted to icciult Common labor' independently and must call upon the Federal emnlovment service of the De - partment of l.aboi to nil its needs, ac- cordinc to an official announcement the opening Fession of the first national - .. ... war labor conference, nftila r -(nn It ai o told ml Vti fAn sldeied the forerunner of complete Gov - ernment control over the national labor supply and . one of the most drastic atep, taken since the Adminstration de- elded upon a definite labor policy for the iina --nwiii tt to uiu. inuj ..- It was asserted the step Is necessary I "o-' a" "'"V'C -.f iT . - -- --.; - '-"'-- hortaee and ffianv war industries are denartments and boards concerned witd'after assault to pieces. On the right. war Production and having to do with' .,.. """,- - ;. '. -- terials. Thla agieement has been made through the war policies board or tne Depaitment nf Jibor, which consists of the heads of the various arms of the m vt .. x nepattmenl ot iDor ana represema- lives of the production sections of the War. Navy and Agriculture Depart- west oi uise ne i-annoi win ine prog and war-industries ress which lie must make or admit ments, shipping boards and the food, fuel and railroad admlnistrations. The board Is now con- sidering the standardisation of wages and a survev of the peeds of all war Industries Its chairman is Felix Frank- furter, assistant to Secretary W B, Wil - son of the Department of Labor, and vlrtuallv the national labor admlnlstra tor, by reason of his being chairman of the -labor policies board of the Depart ment of Labor. All Industries Asked to Halp connection with the turning over of the supplying of common labor to fuatlaued a fas. Two, Celumn ri7. Ambulance Driver Takes Captive: W rench His Pistol Palis, lunc 14. Saniuei O Duval, of Rensscjaet Ind is the first ambulance driver to take a German prisoner. Duval's car biokr down noith of Chateau-Thleny While he was tinkering with it he saw a German, who had been in hiding. Running across a Meld Dual, who was un armed, lushed forwaid and leveled his monkeyw rench at the boche. calling upon him n surrender. The German threw up his hands and Duval took his rifle awa; from him and turned him over to the dough bo; s The hard American ambu la .cc man got his Just congratula-tions. fantrj like nlaers on a bench at.p to. .ptacj,rc.ont.Vt waltln game T. n . f t ,j,j, , nna Monldldipt- has not et extended I far enough west to encage the Anier lean forces but thp last two dajs oui guns hae been going full olast t went lat night to see them at work. Mlle awav could be heard thp ?7 " f ar sun atter gun but a continuous mlghtj roar A loai of so many guns being fired so fast that imp fuiild not distinguish the in dividual shots These guns aie still going on and pom Ins a rain of steel -..' virimnil lltj if'JUir'fll UMI1'I1 p flax ' upiman n i c oetwpen .otnnh. ,i, a. i,-. i..-i ... !-,,.... , boche lo biing this figlit to them, but tiubt law, and again "surrounds with doubt tne limitations of the patent , I ontlniieit on Tate Fliht, Column Two giant WILSON SUPFORTS'XEYMEN'S RIGHT TO UNION WASHINGON, June 14. Piesident Wilton has come out flatly In suppoit ot the National Wnr Labor Boaid's decision that the light of union oignulzation in the big telegraph companies cf the country should be adhered to. In a letter to Newcomb Caileton and Clnience Mnckny, heads of the Western Union and Postal Telegiaph Companies, respectively, he urged that they abide by the decision, of the War Labor Bontd in its rport on the threatened stiike of telegiaphis. Mackay hr.j wired his accep tance to the piinciple involved, and the President expects to hear from Caileton Monday. & PHILADeYpJIIANS Job:; E. CnbdJ, voutV ' a ii"l.'V t -?,t P- -, South CuUvrgad,,iU'cet, and Edward "lijy rfiinh t.uv cti c'Utcl; vere rcio)til Bovcroly 'I r -. ',! i' ui-ilty ll (winy. Cabell It- FRENCH BARRING COMPIEGNE ROAD to FOE'S DEFENSE SLUGGISH ll WLTR DURA NT Y Special Cable to Ihcniug Public Ledger l ";J" "'" '" i ' ir.io, . mr rrcm-n .wmies June II ' Tl,e Kienth still bar tile road to nmii -'-itri nun rim --ni in ia-- . -. ..... . , ' ", . ...... ...,-r-, " - "' lhat Is a si.mn.m.v of the bat "e Btlfi rou u3Ul 'SlitlliR unpaia. - I 'eied in internes cm In? left the A ltlarl nm.ntAtanVA 1nn at- ..... i. imi tuuiusi-oiiuftc ima liuuni iiir enemy back almost t0 the Une where I, "'n'f,aXLtnrt. 'e attack began, despl e he fact that it encountded extremely heavy forces which were themselves massed for a new blow At one point the attacking Ftench met 40'000 German- on w0'""" , front and drove thtough them Irresist- iblj. Something akin to panic appear- ed to seize the enemj. Gun teams were obset v ed hun ledly . emoving pieces far . ersine. a front of four miles. In the rear of the scene of action. Though outnumbered, the French Where th. left mpriro .vith ., have siven aflne account of them here the lert merges with the gelleSj breaking repeated assaults of center we recovered important posi- the enemv. who Is reported to have tions everj where carpeted with heaps 1 Jtot into the villages of Coeurves and of Uerman man dead. In the center Cer- ma" attempts to leach the valley of the northern spur of Lalgue forest covers tne aeiense against movements ,.. f,m ,,",. nents ouu,.-.wk ....... ...--... i Evetywheie the Germans are being slaughtered like cattle. Nowhere are .L-.B ha t nJifnnrtltin. HPU t TX A . ... .... ine " "'"-"'s. mo cnemv stems to realise the danger of his situation. defeat. He has, therefore, now at- tacked anew between the Aisne and Villers-Cotterets forefct in an attempt to drive a wedge between the latter and the forest of Compiegne. l I cannot emphasize too strongly that the two foiests that of Villers-Cot- inula nnu w wwhkjhc n ln-j greatest obstacles to Hindenburg'a plans. Unless he can pass them his whole scheme ot battle is nullified. That talready the German tactics havq seriously mUoarried is evident. Not only nave men- losses Deen ap- palling, but the, ifesulta are far less Continued on rate Two. Coluaa S.y FIVE U. S. FLIERS BATTLE VITH 15 ENEMY AIRMEN Americann More llian Dreak Even in Their Bigget Sky Fight With thp American .Tune 11 Arm; In Trance, 1 I Amprican ajrmen more than hrok een In fighting under heaxy odds eS' 1- Iterdav oxer the front north ot Toul in . .,. 1 , -1... ,-...- , ...U,l- t ..1 ' UIB UIKBCBL SIJ UdLllQ III WHICH M11?I1 can avlatoro hae yet engaged I Between twehe and fifteen German ' albatrosses attacked two American photographing planes three miles north ) of Norrey north of ront-a-Mousson Three Fnlted Stater fighting maehln'"' sped to the assistance of thp attacked Americans with the sun to their backs and doe in amid the Gerroa p German planes , Kach of the American airmen picked i out an adxersar), forcing the enemy nlatiPR down to an altitude of two miles At that height Lieutenant tnamedelet 1 ed) poured several rounds into his op- ' ponent, the German jnachlne falling in 'Active II 111, I IIC VllT.llinilD UIIOMIIU Oil 1IIIGI lean machine, three albatrosses enclrcl- I Ing it The American machine was seen to spin earthward It is belleed that the Americans wete made prisoners i Another of the I nlted Ptates planes got on the tail of a boche, firing steadlh I I Thi horhp mnrhlnp. nnnapntlv rrlnnlprt. dhed earthwaid The remainder of thp , sf-Ts-'r-To&KL 'Ihc Ameri n nnoinei engagement, roueni eatuer i" mi" wo. unto inic.liiiil nimiun shot down a German machine oer Thlacourt after a long chase GOVERNMENT ASKS REHEARING "Supreme Court Petitioned to Re open Shoe Machinery Case Vt nMilmlnn. June 14 The Govern- ment todav petitioned the Supreme! rourt for reiieanns i nine initen, IN CASUALTY LIST j POILUS REPULSE PERILOUS BLOW ' French Give Good Account of Themselves South of Aisne GERMANS RE-ENFORCED By G. H. PERRIS Special Cab(e to Evening Public Ledger I iwicoht, 1SIK, bu 'ew York Tmej Co.. With the French Armies, June 14. South ot the Aisne, the high, bare l farmlands extending from Solssons to 1 mtUIIMH VAtVtIUI 1 the borders of the foi est of Compeicne are cut y . vaey ,, u , ,he 0.1?,., forest of viHers-Pot. terets to'the river at Ambieny. This 1. ... .. ... 1 5 ' " . vl"ases or -rsine, Cutry- Dmmiers and SI. Plerre.Aisle. has constituted the front for tne ,Mt fortn,-hti with Flenc t. 1 posts on the east side, but the real line of resistance on the west. Von Hutier having met with the trouble beyond his expectations on the west of the Oise, his colleague. Von Boehm. was sent to create a diversion " "Is flank of the battlefield. Five 'divisions two of them fresh ones, -were ?'; plerfe- a ?at Sore lha1 cunter- Damard. further south on the hnrrt.r oaianceu uy vne rrencn aavance at I llona. A Ah Ffe?ch. ". a1d ce"er. and is contained, as we may hoDe. deft nltely, from the Mery plateau and alonir the course of the Mali The German movement converglngl Hum Lite cam lunam iiic Birm lOrCSIS that mask the Parisian teglon is com prehensible. These forests are an ad- vantage ot first importance and extend over very large" areas. But If the ...,. miiM Iiquo hrnL-an .... U , the ooen country west of the Oise vai. ley, this benefit would have been auto matically canceled without cost to them and the danger to the capital would have" become most immediate. We must not rejoice prematurely. On the flftli day however, it can be said that the present offensive has won much less than any of the preceding phases apd that in the only vital part of the field Generals. Foch and Petain have the situation -well, in hand. W' FoerihHae, The feverish haste with wfeHtthe enemy's attacks are mulUfH-' U Ceaalaaea ea fta MaM,' " r FOE'S DRIVE FOUGHTTCK STANDSTILL -. , . - t mj.my IVPW UtieilSlVe lalte(lft ., -V KJ alJ Along Marne Oise Line Xjr.CT'TT 17 XT fWtTCl XXVvJ X XI I I XJXjvF W O MERELY LOCABI Cannonading Villers-Cotterets Area FRENCH PROGRESS , at rroiur nrc t nri; n a j- uJU.Tijj-iJE,o-ijWTliOA.j?5;f Rattl . - w !.. ie iow unfertile JNewTOra "Stabilization', " ' viA Ma FATPAtV Atf Ml A T IT T r WfiWX ,. j-- W, (li-nii-n Pr'mnn'a Raeot-t'oa TmJM!P& ,i n nwoi.ia MJ j-,kj l---.l l R -M-WI-- 1 IUI111 111 MJj .LVlVJllJJg Away" I Paris, June 14. i With the Germans checked all ! along the line only minor operations Innlr nlapa la at mflit en lin IFjimI . .!.& I ... j.,1. ,oov ,..&., uii ii.c muiiir wj jnidier-Uise and Aisne-Marne fronts, the War Office announced today. A violent artillery duel developed on tne iweniy-miie ironi Detween jjtvf Villers-Cotterets and Chateau-Thier-; fk!i ry, on the southern half of the AisnelS Marne front. (Americans hold part of the lineSS immediately north of Chateau-Thier-- -;$! 1 ' ' , A heavy German attack failed faJ the center of the Oise area. The French made some progress IrVs the sector of Lo.e farm, on iWs(:-t center of the Montdidier-Oise li.? Successful raids by the Britifei and patrol encounters were noted, m'ji a report of the London War Ofwwv received nere today. There vraa,M4l-; t tile firing atVaiers-BretonneiX4S Jjj the Scarpc Valley. iS?'5 Marne battlefront has thua slmmer4 down to local actions, with th OffrS mnn rtrf vre(f? nf "fair i1 sn.J aJi Vl -. a uiiviwu v -'f-jr a. OIUCU , -t the battle entering the period." "stabllizatlMt,3E "5 JK$.t French Communique , ';& The official report is as tollowa:jf. only local actions occurred lat night north of Grivesnes (four mi: northwest of Montdldler). ""V -( A French raid In the Courcelttftf region resulted ln the capturet' thirty prisoners. T.W At the Ferme des Loges tlW T.l j ."lv. r 1 ciivjn jiugresseu. yw A German attack failed in Antheull sector. $$ Between Villers-Cotterets fi and Chateau-Thierry there wait5 the artillery fighting. 4if, French patrols took prisoneraj ITuBslares, west of Rhelms, arid; the Champagne legion. iifii.klll..,l..i, -.-.-. The stabilization" phase of the til has arrived, and at many polntai trenching is in progress, it is The Germans have been fought 'a standstill on both the Montdla front and In the Aisne-Marne battle, last night's official report'': dicated. Alt of the German eff debouch and extend their gain'' been smashed by the Allies, - I'onerxui aiiacas were , fai against French positions betweea celles and Mery (southeast oi dier) but the Germans were pi by the French fire from reach! French lines. '- The Germans, are being held.U tne uise wver Dy patcnea of wooded ground which, the Freofli fortified. These woodlands ale screens for great masses ot IT tlllerv. which Is keeolnsr thl under a constant harassing ... X3CVVVCCII IHV ,B, I1U H.fl ers twnere iu rencn rat on Wednesday the new' V.An -trnnv liiL.Vll1 ened. The Gftfcrtns .did not, hurl attacks ittalnst th.ti. South of the Aisne the. attacked In .the sectoraeC ... nl.... ll-l. ..-. 'ft. Verte Feullle farm. TThe. broke down and the exhai was unable to reMW'JIieiik'' OttmmpltlfMf. The German,-War71, that -repeated eneearii f Chateau-Thlerry are engaged) Drone,. losses-"- - l' ni.k ?- iwitaMri oiraw tke GtnauiMk aS m, w TzrT. 1m- ' - ft- . down with lhjpfcrij.J enemy uiumsx an a i ers in tne new.p-re, cannon. ' s S ir HAl&Hl Atii i&m .?.. t, ; jj'A-na t tJ-'V m "m r& ' ,V"' &M 5- p. "" j" &. ei "- vA- ! .a.T', t,rt" . ;."-?. ,.. (HVkl.l I..TT' ' - V j? . tit J.-?.3t 1 itt.iva S-ly ,--v.-iura;4iHiv. W. ?fi.M l"l" -.4 ft? ' .1
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