P- ) -. it" t-- . tf lWy ! r-Vi(r'-,n5CT57 i -'. ; xxfrstM?Rzm , , , --'- - -vxpV -V.vyix .-,' 4 - aflMRafAM m . . KS ubltc Jfrt-ger THE WEATHER Washington. Fair tonight and T.hurs day, not much change in temperature. TEMrEBATUBF. AT BACH IIOCH 18 1 9 110 111 I la I II 3 1 3 1 4 1 fij 187 170 7n 7.1 174 I 7f. I I I I :i . WL' . POSTSCRIPT M VOL. IV. NO. 238 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1918 Cortr.ioiiT, 10IS, at tii rusi.to turoni Commnt PRICE TWO GEM icuenma $1 Iff IW II I ? V m ftf ''ri f ft' If !. if 12 lir -" w PENN GRADUATES t A URGED TO FOREGO SELF FOR NATION Spirit, of War Pervaded ' " Commencement at --Opera House DECREES ARE CONFERRED Goloncl Henry Page, U. S. A., . and James Hosmcr Pcnni- man Are Honored The 162(1 commencement of Hie Uni versity of Pennsylvania was held, this morning In tho Metropolitan Opera House. Eight hundred young men and women, In the various department of the Un -vorsity were awarded diplomas or certi ficates of proficiency. The spirit of war and the spirit of patriotism pervaded the exercises, en dowing them with an added EOlemnlty that was made manifest In the grave faces of the graduates and the grave faces of the relatives, and friends who thronged the great auditorium to see them receive degrees, certificates and prizes and to hear them receive the last charge from the provost. The charge was an earnest urging of the men to realize the greatest benefits for themselves and for the world from their university teachings and associa tions; to preserve and foster and en courage the .lofty Ideals that the Uni versity had striven to Inculcate on them ; to" hold loyalty and patriotism above all else; to fulfill their duty to themselves and to their country. It was a trlbuto to the 307 recipients of degrees and certificates who arc now Ill service and to others of tho Univer sity who have gone to answer the call of their country. It was an admonition to obey always the" Impulse of self sacrifice for tho love of the nation. It was a powerful warning against the dpctrlne of Individualism, which the provost said had no place In tho life of the University, and Indicated as clearly that It had no place In tho llfo of the world. Honorary Degrees Conferred The honorary decree of doctor of pub lic hygiene was conferred upon Colonel Henry Page, former commandant of Fort Oglethorpe, "physician by profes sion," "soldier by choice," for "numerous original contributions to the field of ap plied hygiene" and "for seeking to de vote the conquests of medicine to the amerlolatlon of the camp and simul taneously developing specialized train ing In the more difficult branches of the healing art." The honorary degree of doctor of let ters was conferred on James Hosmcr Pennlman as "an acknowledged leader . among teachers." "an author of funda mental writings In tho science of educa- f A . tlnn" and school government." IrrV:- Till- Ttarinlman la n 1tn4I.Ai. t.t Tn.lnh It.' Pennlman, vice-provost of the Uni versity. S- Announcement was made that but 'for '"'.the sudden death this week of Frank Mles Day :he honorary degree of doc torof science In architecture would have conferred upon him." Shortly after 9 o'clock the student candidates for degrees and certificates, attired In cap, hood and gown, moved in solemn procession from their place of .assembly at Mercantile Hall to the Opera House, entering by tho stage door, marching over the stage and taking places in the orchestra tectidn reserved or them. Followed the faculty, the trustees, the candidates for honorary, degrees, the provost -and the vice pro vost. Assembly of Faculty The faculty assembled In the prom enade under direction of Dr. Walter T. , Taggart and Secretary Edward Tloblns. George K. Nltzschc. assisted by Dr. J. R. Fltzpatrlcli and Dr. T. H. Muller, had charge of the student procession. The commencement exercises were opene.d with iie Invocation by the Itev. Carter Helm Jones, chaplain of the day. Following the hymn, "Our Father In Heaven," written by Dr. Thomas Wlstar, of the class of '63, Provost Edgar Fahs Smith conferred the degrees In course. Following the announcement of hon ors prizes, the hymn, "Hail, Pennsylva nia !" the words of which were written by, Kdgar M. Dllley, class of '97, college, was sung. Then the honorary degrees were conferred. The provost dwelt briefly upon the achievements -of Colonel Page and Doc tor Pennlman. He spoke of Doctor Pennlman as "a student of the life of the immortal Washington, of whom you have written In a masterly and scholarly way." and as "not only a lover of, hut also one who knows books, their history, their contents, their alms living your l(fo with them and in them." .This noon tho provost and the trustees win CHtcrtaln the special guests, the recipients of honorary degrees and the class presidents at dinner at the Houston ' Club. ProTotl Smlth'a Charge The provost's charge to the graduates follows : , "Again the'hourhas arrived In which It falls to- me to speak the parting word. "From the history of the University we learn, that the first provost closed each college year with a charge to those who had completed' their .studies and were1 about to-face the sterner realities of life, On every similar occasion I've fctrl'ven to" follow him. although my thoughts have usually crystallized them Bclves into familiar talks. "It would not be easy for me to ad ' dress you with a forma) oration, even if r were to speak to you of the science In which I have 'lived and moved." No, I would certainly present Its niost com- p'lex and perplexing problems In the 1 simplest terms. And all this, I fancy, .may be attributed to the Intimate foot ' ins upon which we have lived together during tho years of .your University so ' journ. , "Whether you were aware of it or not, many of your problems during this. period were my problems, so that I think of myself os being one of your num ber and am disposed to say good-by In the tame comradely way In which I said ll io my own ciubs long ago. All the Intervening years' have -been spent in college and university, studying the life there. The knowledge I have ac quired on 'this susject could not be Im parted In the brief space allotted to me this morning. "Freauently. I ask myseif.What did i?lgt you get In college?' It Is difficult to C- '-'Niglve a satisfactory answer. I learned "'ilSWo know my fellows my views of life he.' rlere' expanded a tolerant spirit grew -y- - i In me I found myself Impatlerit t Dveiop euuie ui uiv iu?a wiucn Una . Mr birth in the Inspiring and eneour. rVtjig words of those who taught me, I h-novcrea mai i was not ana could not "Anaepcnaeni in my action and be of THREE CRIMINAL ALIENS ESCAPE DETENTION ROOM Gcrinnn nnd Two Others Vanish From Gloucester While Await ing Deportation Three men. Including a German, cs-' raped front the Government detention station at Gloucester, N". J., late Mon day night and have eluded tho police and Federal agents. The men, were Herman Martens, Ger man; Mike George, a Greek, nnd Charles Warn, an Englishman, all of whom have served, terms In penal Institutions throughout tho country. They were be ing detained at Gloucester pending de portation. A Federal lncstlaatlon of the man ner In which the men made their es cape .Is now being made. It Is the second time III less than two months that prisoners have escaped from the detention station. Two men got away six weeks ago by crawling out a coal chute. None of the soldiers on guard duty will he permitted to leave the premises until tho Investigation has been con cluded. HUNTS PURSE BETWEEN LINES Boston Man Searches IVo Man's Land in Daylight Willi tlie Amerlmn Army in France, May 23 (by mall). Here's another little tale to show that all Ir not a torrent of shells along the sector held by American troops near Toul: A sergeant from Boston went out on patrol last'nlght. With a party that In vaded the German first and second line trenches and returned without encounter ing anytnmg but trench rats. The ser. geant discovered thlB morning that his pocketbook was missing and he had a good Idea where he lost it. It contained Just thirty francs, or less than $6. But our sergeant, being a thrifty soul, bemoajicd the loss of his J6 all morning, and at noon crawled across Xo Man's Land under a hot sun. invaded the Hun first-line trench, found his purse just about where he thought ho had lost It and returned without a shot being fired. MRS. BUSCH LEAVES SHIP i Pcrmittctl by Federal Authorities to Go to Hotel Key West, ri June 19. Mrs. Adolphus Blisch, widow of the mil lionaire brewer of St. Louis, and her companion, Mrs. Hans Baumann, ac companied by a Swiss nurse, are now quartered In a local hotel here under a guard. They wcro permitted by the-Federal ni1tlir,tltlAa tn l.atM .lin oln.moliln Ifou. cotto last night. rue uusch party Is being held await ing word from the authorities at Wash ington. Orders have been Issued that no communication should ' be permitted to pass between the two women. Mrs. Busch was detrained upon her arrival from Germany pending an In vestigation as to her delay of a year In returning after war between the United States and Germany had been declared. BWS TO HEAR SW1NT0N driginator of Tanks Speaks To day at Bristol .Major General K.G. Swlnton, origina tor of the -British armored tank, is in great demand as speaker at the ship yards. His words have impressed the shipbuilders, nnd the national service section of, the United States shipping board has mapped out a busjt card for hlni for the next few days. Today at noon the general will address the boys'at the Merchants' Shipyard, at Bristol. Tomorrow ho will appear at the Sun Shipyard, at Chester, and on Friday at one of the Wilmington yards. FREIGHT RATES CANCELLED Import and Export Increases Were Discriminatory -Wnalilncton, June 111, Cancellation of the recently'proposed export and Import freight rates, which were embodied In the general freight Increase, whs an nounced today by the railroad adminis trate These rates, which were to become ef fective June 26c were found to be dis criminatory, particularly with reference to export and Import between the United States and the Orient. Hundreds of pro. tests against the Initiation of those rates led to the decision to cancel them . URGES PEACE BY POLITICS German Writer Can Sec No Hope in Military Action London. June ID. "We see more clearly dally that the war cannot he ended by a military stroke, but only by political action." writes George Bern hardt In the Vosslsche Zeltung. of Berlin, uald an Amsterdam dispatch to, the Kxpress today. Bernhardt admits that Germany has made a political failure in the Kast. He continues: "A separate peace means only pro tracted war. which requires nerves, as well as food and materials." LANSING WRECKS BOOM Secretary of State Would Not Ac cept Gubernatorial Nomination Washington, June 18. Secretary of state Lansing is not an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Xew York, has not been approached on the subject and would not consider accepting. .... Thin was stated authoritatively todav following the publication of a dispatch from Utlca. X. V.. stating a subcom mittee of up-State Democrats was con sidering his avaiiapuny AMERICAN ARRESTED IN PARIS Naturalized German Charged With Trading With Enemy Parln, June 19, Jacob Stern, wealthy silk merchant, was arrested today charged with trading with the enemy. Stern Is a native of Germany, but Is a naturalized American. CONSUMPTIVES SENT HOME Half of Russian Prisoners Re turned by Germany Diseased Washington, June 19. According to a report to the State iDepartment from Vplogda, half of the Russian prisoners of war now returning home from Germany have tuberculosis. The .Russians are sent out of Germany, the message said, with only the scantiest of clothing. IL S. CHASERS IN EUROPE American-Built Enemies of U-Boati Arrive in British Waters I.opdon, June 19. The first United States built submarine cbasera have ar rived In British .waters to co-operate with the destroyers In routine out .tha U-wrts. hu apngiiftq aw mm DEMOCRATS SEE HOPE OF PEACE ! AT HARRISBURGi Rival Factions May Avert. Clash Over State i Chairman BRENNEN AS EMISSARY) Unlikely Platform Will Con lain Planks Opposed by Bonniwell fiv ft Staff Correspondent llsrrlsburg, June 19. The dove of peace was reported to tjc flying back and forth this morning be tween the camps of the rival Democratic factions, and there Is a slight chance that.thc anticipated bitter clash over the election of a State chairman may be axcrted. AVilllam .1. Brrnnen, of Pittsburgh, former old guard leader and since 1914 a factor In the Talmcr-McCormlck wing. Is reported to be the peace emissary who seeks to bring about a truce between the rival Bonniwell and Palmcr-McCormlck wings. Brennen supported Guffcy for the gubernatorial nomination, but announced following the primary that he would abide by the decision of the voters. He took a prominent part in the parade which preceded the reception tendered Judge Bonniwell, the Democratic nomi nee. In the Dauphin County courthouse last night, and occupied a front scat at the courthouse gathering. Palmer and fluffey Arrlte A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic Na tional committeeman, nnd Joseph F. Guffcy. State chairman, arrived here late last night from Washington at the head of a long delegation of Democratic lead ers. Judge Bonniwell preceded them. Both Palmer and Bonniwell denied persistent rumors that they were to meet In conference today. J, Washington Logue, nominee for Lieutenant Bovernor, who came here with Robert S. Bright and other Philadelphia Democrats, also denied that any renuest hnd' been made to him to withdraw In order to permits the naming of a "wet" candidate. Palmer predicted soon after his arrival that the State committee would elect William P.. McLean, of Wllkes-Barre. chairman, and expressed the belief that It would leave the drafting of a platfon. to a committee. The Bonniwell forces likely will be permitted to name a committee to direct the gubernatorial campaign, and It U unlikely that the platform wjll contain anything- antagonistic to Judge Bonnl well's "wet" plank In his personal plat form. Both are cotisldered concessions by the Pnlmcr-McCormlck leaders. VV4cott Htory ISxploded A rumor that former Judge Wescott I would not be here for the meeting caused I the Bonniwell contingent some worry. , Friends of the nominee frankly admitted ' that they did not know If the story ema nating from the Pnlmer-McCormlck camp to that effect was true and plainly betrayed their anxiety. Their fears wcro relieved when Judge Wescott" apwared late In the evening with Henry Budd, of Philadelphia. He took some ofXhc edge off the significance which. was supposed to he nttached,"to his appearance here by an explanation I after the meeting. i Judge Wescott made It clear that nc ' political significance was attached to i his visit, that "Washington knew noth Ing of his Intention to come," and that he had not consulted any of the Palmer Mc'Corinlck leaders before accepting an Invitation to speak. He spoke, he said, because of his friendship for Judge Bon- , nlwcll, who. he believes. If elected, would I Continued on Pc Two, Column Heten THREAT TO FIRE DRAFT BOARDS Proof of Irregularities Will Mean Instant Dismissal, Says Murdock WILL CONDUCT PROBE Should proof be produced that any member of the Philadelphia draft boards has been guilty of violations of the draft rules he will be unceremoniously dismissed. Major W. U. Murdock, head of draft operations in Pennsylvania, made a statement to this effect this afternoon. He declared that any of the draft offi cials, regardless of station, who had worked In any but the most straight forward manner, would not be tolerated. "I did not come to Philadelphia to have a vacation," said the Major, significantly, Iteports 'that State olllcials proposed to obtain the services of a former judge to conduct the draft probe were denied by Major Murdock. "I do not believe ll will be necessary to obtain help to make the investiga tion,;' he said. ' To yConfei with Federal Attorney The major will confer with Assistant United States Attorney T. Henry Walnut this afternoon. The Grand Jury haB tho po-er to recommend the removal of any member of the boarfl guilty of .irregularities, ac cording to Walnut. Jf 'the evidence Is sufficient, he said, the grand jury can either indict the men brlught; before It, or can recommend punlsluneni' by the Federal authorities. Mr. Walnut said that he would ask Major Murdock to turn'over to him all the 'complaints and evidence he has In the draft probe,, so .that. It may be pre sented to the grand jury., He .said he could not tell al' this time the number of persons Involved In the probe. Won't A,Imlt llrrorh Willi Kano Major Murdock's arrival, following the empanellngfof the grand jury to Investi gate draft scandals, leads to the report that the breach between' th Federal CJovernment and State officials had, wld Mifr ' . ..-: i'T.,sl TURKS ATTACK U. S. HOSPITAL AT TABRIZ, PERSIA Moslems May Force War by Loot ing Consulate and Raiding Hospital Washington, June 19. What may proc to be an act of war against the UnltcdStates occurred at Tabriz, Persia, when' the. Turks took that town, occupying the American and British consulates and attarklng the American Hospital, according to reports reaching the American minister at Te heran. The flag of Spain was flying oer tho hospital,, and the Spanish consul, representing United States Interests at Tabriz, protested against (he looting. Full crlfientlon of the minister' re ports are lacking, but they arc assumed to ho true. That these acts might lead to a dec laration of war on Turkey by the United States was admitted by State Department authorities. DEAD AUSTRIANS CHOKE DEFILES Mountain Slopes Black With Bodies of Teuton Storm Troops LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS By AUSTIN WEST Special Cable to Kvening Public Ledger Ceipuriolit. Iflfritl .Vne YnrW Timf Co. In the Italian one. of War, .Tune 19., Seventy-one divisions, or full three quarters of tho mobilized forces of Austria-Hungary, have been identified ns participants In tho actual battle. The number of cannon ranged nglnst Italy is estimated at 7500. together with the enemy's entire aviation re sources. The din of battle Is now loudest along the rluve, having died down bomewliut on the Alpine front from Asiago tp Montcllo, In the whole of which region the enemy 'losses have been stupendous. .Thousands of dead lire heaped before the Italian lines In the mountain sectors, blocking the mule-paths and choking the defiles. Though endeavoring to obey the drastic order to advance at'all costs, for Instance, along the twenty-five-mile stretch between Val d'Assa and Monte Tomba. Field Marshal Sclieur cli'enstel'B ponderous army left fully one-third of Its storm troops ftrewil on the ground before withdrawing to Itn-oriKlnal 'imrenchmenUc-Nor fewer than nine desperate onslaughts upon Monte Grappa, always with fresh re se'rves, were broken upon Grappa Heights, 'tfefore the enemy desisted the craggy slopes were black with corpses and littered with broken machine gtins and abandoned rifles and munition chests. Austrian OhJerliTrn According to statements of prisoners, .tile Austrian objectives on the first day of the attack were Rassuno, eight miles down the Brenta, and Tre.vlso, eight miles west of the Piave. The attack plong the Plave from the Venetian la goons to Montello Has aimed at posses sion of the main roads leading to Monte Bellunl. Trevlso and Mestre. five miles west of Venice, thereby cutting off Ven ice and thrusting toward the heart of the Venetian plain. In the meantime General Conrad von Jloctendorf'B armies from Monte Urappa to Aslago were to sweep don upon Asolo and Bassano to prevent the retreat of the third Italian army from the Plave Continued on Parte Fife. Column One 274 U. S. SOLDIERS IN CASUALTY LIST Army Suffers M4, While Marine Action Results hi-130 LIST LONGEST TO DATE Waslilnittnn, June 19, .The War Department today announced 144 casualties, divided as follows: Killed In action, -8 died of wounds, 12; died of airplane accidents : ; died of disease, 8; died of accidents and other causes, 3; wounded severely, 87 ; wounded Bllghtly, 1 1 missing In action, 1 : prisoners, 2. Two marine lists reported today to talled 130. divided as follows: Killed In action. 30 ; died of wounds. 7 ; died of disease. 1. and wounded seveiely, 92. The officers on the army list follow: Killed In action .Lieutenants Edward W. Flower, Youngstown, 0. ; Isaac V. Coltra, Bluemond. Ills.; Gordon Kaem merllngj Xew York city. Died "in airplane accident Lieuten ants Donald A. Blgelow, San Francisco, and Albert H. Coward, Krisley, Ala. Wounded severely Lieutenants John D. Filley, ,lr Brooklyn, X. Y. ; Will A, Forward, Ttockton, III.-; Harold C. Mills. Troy. X. Y. : Itobert II. O'Laughlln, Xew Yorw city; Dean D, Sturgls, Unioutown, Ta. Prisoners, not previously reported missing Captain Howard F. Kane, Machlas, Me.; Second Lieutenant Ed ward A. Koewie, Rochester, X. Y. The list follows; KIl.I.KO IN ACTION Lieutenants FLOWKII. KDWAM) WILSON. Tounzstown. Ohio. COI.TflA. ISAAU V.. niurmound. III. KAEMMKItLINO. GORDON, ,New York city, . Htrcrant DUNCAN, ERNEST F., llloomlniton, Ind. ( Corporals IIAKBIt. ARTHUlt W Temple. Tx. rAItKER. CIIARLBS A New York city. VALLONS. JOSEPH. Waterbury, Conn. rrlratss AMATO. SAJIOKL, Brooklyn. N, T. ANpniZTlJVSKI, IinANBLAW, Chelsea. Varna..' .,-.,. laHOgWMBB "' "KoU;n..W. GERMANS VAINLY HURL DESPERATE ATTACKS . TO STORM RHEIMS; ITALIAN RESERVES READY FOR City's Capture Or dered "At Aiiy Price" THREE DIVISIONS HURLED IN VAIN Assault Made by 36,000 Men on 15-Milc Front ;HALK CIRCLE THROWN ABOUT OBJECTIVE Blow Preceded by Violent! Bombardment From I the Nortli ! INFANTRY BLOW HEAVY British Recapture Position on the Flanders Front Paris, .Tunc 19. A desperate German attempt to take Rhcims "at any price" last night was completely blocked by tho defenders, the French War Office announced today. (Rhcims and Soissons wore the termini of the line driven against by the Germans in the Marne-Aisne offensive of May 27. Rheims is on the French right wing). The assault .was made on a fiffteen-mile front between Vrigny and Fort la Pompcllc, forming a complete half circle about the city on the north, front cast to west. Thirty-six thousand Germans (about three divisions) participated in the reported attacks. "a" I'renrli Com'mnnlqnr "" ' -- "Yesterday at 6 p. m. the Germans launched a violent artillery bombard ment on the whole Itlielms front, from Vrigny to eastward of Fort la Pom pclle," the communique said. (Vrigny is five miles west and 'slightly south of Ruelmt. Fort la Pompellc is in a corresponding posi tion to the eastward.) "German infantry attacked the French positions between those two points. The French resisted with full success the enemy assaults. "Retween Vrigny and Ormes (two miles east of Vrigny. the Germans were stopped by the French flro nnd hurled back several times upon their lines of departure. They were unable to reach the Freneh lines at any time. "In the vicinity of Rheims there was violent fighting with heavy enemy losses. The Germans were re pulsed everywhere there. "To tlie eastward of Rhcims the fighting resulted to the advantage of the French. The Germans who pene arted the wood northeast of Sillery (two miles south of Fort la Pompelle) were hurled back by a Freneh counter-attack. "Prisoners taken in tho Rheims re gion declare the town was attacked by three divisions (36.000 men) and was to be takenv tlie same night "at any price." London, June 10, The British attacked and recaptured a post from the Germans near Vleu Bernuln (on the Flanders front), the War Ofllce announced today. There was active artilelry firing dur ing the evening In the Ancre Valley and Jjerlcourt sectors. During the night there was heavy fchelllng near Merrls. v "South of Ilebuterne we made a suc cessful raid last night," the statement said. "In the Vlcux Bernuln sector wo at tacked and recaptured a post which the enemy had taken the night of the 14th. "An attempted enemy raid was re pulsed in the Locre sector. There was hostile artillery fire in tlir A nerd vall uhmtt M.rl.nnr. nnd 1 In the neighborhood of Merrls." I The French War Office last night re ported Increaned artillery activity north west of Montdidler on the Amiens front and between Montdidler and the Aisne. Berlin reported Allied cannonading In various sectors on the Flanders front and between Airas and Albert. Field Marshal Halg announced success ful British raids In the sectors bteween the ricardy and Flanders fronts. U. S. PLANS IN ITALY SECRET Baker Refuses to Disclose Ameri can Intentions Washlnfton, June 19. Count V Macchl dl Cellere. the Italian ambassa dor, conferred with Secretary Baker presumably over the War Department's plans to send American troops to Italy- Air. uaKer ueciineu to aiscuss me con ference. but again made it clear that he would not feel at liberty to make any announcement1 concerning sending American troops to Italy until they had actually arrived there. The plan to have American forces par ticipate with the Allies on this front is In line with this nation's policy to share the military' responsibilities with France, Great Britain and Italy or. the Italian front, as well as on the present front in France and Belgium. Italian troops are co-opertlng with French, British and Americana on the 'western root now, and It Is retarded aa only, logical ENEMY BLOW ON THE PIAVE FRO! GERMAN COUP i SiPTiVv TI , f'Tf. lJ'v?Ull'!'""o6M ill x " ! &&?&: Mlr. " . : ' V T 'T J 'I' ENCH HURL W '. P.....T,rlrTi'il. '.. GERMANS BACK n F?'t. X. V-7.r..'t'Vonati,iion-sn 7N buoodv vA-lNVSfe Wf-rrr Jf q -. tr, defeat A iJ -VS w&t&'.'.&K KrV. - wScva i A iolcnt onslaught of three (Jerinan divisions against the French posi tion defending the city of Rlicims failed of urce;s and was bloodily repulsed b )lhe defender. The sudden blow fell between Vrigny, five miles west of the city, and Fort l.a I'ompcllc, in a corresponding position to the eastward. The altarkst were particularly violent between Vrigny anil Orines and in the wooded area northeast of Sillery. At both places the Germans were hurled back U. S. DRAFTED TROOPS FIGHT LIKE VETERANS Settle All Doubt as to How National Army Will Behave by Deeds in First Engagement By EDWIN Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright. lMfi, bu .Vne Vorfc Times Co. Willi the American Army in tlie Manic, June 19. The line fighting of the Americans northwest of Chateau-Thierry lias given an indication of what the men Of America's National Ai-mv will do. While the units In the battles against tne t.ermans on our Marne sector me Rut what Is of more interest to old army units, for the last ten or ' Americans, he might try to punish fifteen days of the fighting drafted our troops northwest df Chateau men have been in tlie front line and Thierry. Our successes there are a have shown tlie bravery huc) training I very sore thorn in the side of the of vetaVans. German high command, and It would Five du.vs after- otn- men halted the ' eQmS, SLo surprise to have to face GermaiiH on the sector intrusted to " vap;p thrust against our men them and drovo the KhInpi-m 't'liu-k tltrouph the German desire to. achieve troops back H became necessary to use r"iiliicm"iitt. num- of whom wcro drafted men. For ten days these boys . have hell their owi. u-id no tithgr sub ject is a greater cause of favorable comment among high American ultlcers , than the way tlxcy behaved. Thoy went through tlie heaviest sort of ar-1 tlllery fire without being "buffaloed."! They stood up against venomous gas attacks for two and a halt days with- out faltering. Never before had they faced artillery fire or been tried in u gas aiiacK. wiuie it is not to be ex-'with the opposing armies almost nu pected that they shielded themselves merically equal and with the boche on as well as the men of longer training, thev allowed the proper spirit. The eyes of nil the army, as well as of France and Germany, too, are watehlns for tlie conduct of the first drafted (nlls when they go into bat tle. It may well be stated that on the!" conduct may depend the outcome of the war. If the conduct of the drafted men northyest of Chateau Tlilcrrj Is an indication, our drafted troops will have a proud place in ills tory Auutlici niow ComiiiK it was iiulet on our front northwest of Chateau-Tlilcri-y today for the first time sine we took over the hcctou, more than two weeks ago. There Is not the -llarlittwt doubt that the t.er- mans are nieparinc to hit again, and the nt'Iet nil UI0113 the line means thev sjir -I-. 1 t' it th Germans are the only oiicj who lire gutting ready Where IPmlcnbur and LudendorfC i ' POLICE CONSIDERING WAGE-RAISE ACTION Policejften of tho city met at Tenth and Greenwich strceta at noou today to decide what action to take regarding a wage increase. At the same time Director Wilson was notified that the pilots and engineers of tho police and fire boats would not recon sider their decision to strike at midnight tonight. ARDMORE MARINE KILLED IN ACTION, Joseph Y. Sanderson, of Ardraore, a marine, has been killed in action. His name appears in General Pershing's casualty list, announced today. Sanderson lived at 129 Cricket avenue. He was eighteen years old. MOTORTRUCK CRUSHES BOY ON MARKET STREET A motortruck carrying a 7500-pound load ran over ft boy at Elyhth nnd Market streets at noon. The' truck had to, be "jacked up" sff that thelad might be released. He is lu Jef ferson Hospital. ' YOUNG MARINE KILLED j wssaoan...... Joseph Fnrrell Dies in 'France, Parents Are Notified Joseph Karrell, twenty-four years nidi of 2029 South Sixty-sixth street, a pri vate in Company G7, Fifth Ilcglment, United States Marine Corps, was killed In action In France, June 7j, accord ing to Information received from the War Department today, by his parenti, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Karrell. Farrell enlisted December 15, and sailed for France last March. He was a lathe hand' at Baldwins' before his enlistment. He had studied In tha Southern Manual Training , School, kerved as captain of, ' tlu tit. Jara FAILS AT RHEIMS L. JAMES" will make the next drive is not known. The Germans have considerable con centration of troops in the vicinity of Amiens. Military strategy might dic tate a drive In the Champagne, to try to gain Chalons. Or yet again the boclie might keep on driving direct nt Paris and lilt toward Comnlegne again to straighten out the line from ' .Montdidler to Chateau-Thierry n moral victory by defeating th5 Americans. With the line In Its pres-t-nt locution it would be of no. military advantage to the Germans to drive against the Americans, and an attack in tlie next ten days on us would mean only that the Kaiser wants to get even. t.erman Gains Inevitable j , Wherever the drive comes the people In America should be prepared to hear of slight German gains. In the present war situation, this is almost Inevitable, tho Inside of the circle able to m6ve troops for attack more fiulckly than the Allied command can move troops to oppose hlni. But although there will probably he gains, they will be slight. Whether the total of those gains in the next four months will be enough to bring the boche to Paris, only time can tell. The Kaiser will drive and drive this summer to the limit of the strength ahd endurance of his troop's and that is what the Allied fighters must face. As long as the Germans keep up the drive for PailR, and that means this summer and possibly part of the fall, Americans will aid in defending Paris. After the boche has delivered all hla drives nnd .,, -h im.rin ntrnn, ...u-u tr. .... !(ble the Acs , prtpare a bg offensive of lell. oun$ tne worW t to ee ow p1, Germans retreat before the ned wlte and B1 I saw today a document taken from captured German olticer of the crack j t'nntlniinl on Pane Hii, Column Four SCENT NEW.PEACE FEELER Scheideiuapn Meets Dutch "Social' ist Who Will Go to England Amsterdam, June 19.- Dutch news papers say Phlllpp Scheldmann, leader. or the regular uerman social it party, arrived at Leeuwarden to meet. Plata? hTroelstra. Dutch Socialist leador.''Wls nual conference' of the BrMakilliwrf trninar in Fiiiariaiiin mi i pm - kbba congress. ',. WasklaaUa.'. reccivM r Keitunc aa i 'W Allies Push Teutoi Back In Fossalta Region FIGHT GROWS ."- MORE VIOLENfl A...,...: 5 TT . Tl usuiitiis neaviest mowi-y at Extremes , of Piave Line Mf; DEFENDERS RESTORE ASIAGO POSITIONS : v,'j Ahso Maintain Advantage a$S Points on Menacer! M-& River Mm M CITTT AiTiimvT 17 A irrTt k riV-i'H.-4 JiiUftllUil CAVUnAOU" - t c- i a1-...- fec rijl vjttjuiiiuu icuiuii vsuiccrts lioiw .! u: n-:., tt n v&4 I.I.III, iJIjj U1HC 11UH UtCU "jfj Balked , London, June 19.. The Italians have ilarge forces ij reserves at strategic points DactV the battlefront, ready to fling Ini the fighting should the Austr drivp become seriouslv' menacinsr.Ti was learned authoritatively today!' J -- .1 -"--,.. in the r ossalta region theltalii pushed the Austrians backTiyt Piave River and captured .Cajp ne, cutting off the Austriahainvt Meolo salient ffour miles wtk'tfl . .. .... . ." -c ? - river;. But tne Italians later 4j forced to fall back, to thePM line, still retaining a gain of a.l meter (about two-thirds of a milM The Austrians have made a fur slight Ca'n at Montello. I SjS; ' -- .-. ..WSiri' tfl Nilunlinn H'vnl-hl .' , Tlie ItaliarTsituatlon "is riio're.j able than It wan yesterday,. it wail learned from an authoritative The danger in the Montello Is greatly lessened. r t"$I Between the Brenta and the'.,. Ulvers Austrian gains were agal uuced. .. j J Three Austrian attacks werftif pulsed between the Brenta aneV-w; Plave. XH Allied Initiative. In Moh Allied forces still retain the!lnKJ In the mountain area of the It front, while the Austrian -co their principal efforts at both ei of the Piave River line, Jt wa"l In last night s official staten Italians also maintain an adv certain points along the'riverSfj' IIIIU IJ1C gieuicBL 8irebivatKv to the Italians lay In the aa their mountain defenses, as 'vj Austrian success there woutyjfl withdrawal or tne armies, Piave and probable evacu Venice nnd Truvtart. lhA'l'a .,7 .- .... . British, irencii-ana-uanan- stopped the enemy in thelr'1 Premier CqnMentvv" "The enemy continues 'htt"i along the mountain, front an region of Montello," said Praia lando in the-. Chamber .of. shortly before midnight, with confidence. "The enemy has made .r forts on the Piave, butall'4t) yaiu. i j&jfi "Our artillery haa been?M efrpp.tlVA Rfiralnnt f fm li'naillst4 ,.. r.. .--:.' JBiSa me ngnt Dame twesiern'i stream. .- W, . . .. ..rr- "jy couiucr-aiiacKS i taken several nosltions-i of prisoners." SJ" Battle Ltaea V . The general outlines : front have remalned.ua semiofficial s.tatementijir been Issued, f rom the.Ht ilirusia uy inej.aia Allies in. tlie seclor' plat eaii, and Monte Or stored the poaltlonJ-a (ore ine Austre-jti was started,Mat , "We are'hUilMJ repeated 'aUgta' .fc area and alnchk tne. struggle, ia nesa," said, the tion. " WA v . -""" , w; ".'ritia; Thn'frmtasV, were' iniH$- mnt,fcK .ffffWl QiyMSW tiitiw w 1-ifi.rfM i-k' v.i r-T-vT.' BV I Ai 3-ttUBfJFJJ . 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