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JOBS PREVENT
RISE FOR COPS
Big Pay for Henchmen of
Politicians; Little for
Police
SOME CLERKS PAID .
FOR STAYING HOME
Nearly All Offices Deserted
by 3 P. M., Though More
Help Is Asked
AUTOS ADD TO EXPENSE
Payroll of $19,000,000 Due to
. ' Unbusinesslike Methods,
Say Investigators
Useless city and countyjobs!
nimlloatlon of-dutles at City Hall!
High pay for short hours, with Uttle
or nothing, to dol
v These and other unbusinesslike
methods, Investigators say. are re
sponsible for the $19,000,000 personal
service Item which prevents Councils
from pajlngMMng wages to police,
firemen and other of the more humble
woikers.
Recent Investigations by the Civil
Service Commission and by members
of Councils havo brought to light, to
some extent, tho evils of the patronage
system which means high pay for po
litical services and. low pay for badly
needed service to the city. Ward lead
ers in some fnstances use offices In
City Hall from which to direct their
little employment bureaus and to cai e
for the interest of men already placed.
Chairman Carfney. of Councils' Fi
nance Committee, has adopted a
"show me" attitude regarding Job
evils that Is likely to lead to his
being shown some, ery unjpalatable
facts that have come under the ob-
"servatlon of Independent members of
"V Councils. . The show down will crys
Sf talllxe this fall when the demands of
$ 1500 employes for Increases that wlt
IS add a halfmllllon to thepayroll win
1:. a - iTLV .??. A ,t.j nawiA ttmn tViA
OB Wlejl Ul. .rtV mc oi. ....
Sidetracked demands of policemen and
V, iremen'niay.'be.'hetfrd.-
Xy i Borne Een wy aimume
,, Until the "outbreak of ,the war there
riya hardly a bureau or department or
:'MvVr i-Aountv that .was not over
'$ loaded with employerfCondltlons Have
tr. cnangea Dy reason m , io "; m
many of the "younger and more val
!f uable wprkera have) gone Into Oovi
fj ernment servite. Many have been
replaced oy les auie wurneio uuuacu
by ward and division leaders for their
ii .political value.
' A number of department heads are
now Clamoring ior more new p
while bureaus doing little or nothing
because of the general stoppage of
wwk'flnd It difflcult to keep up even
a semblance of being busy. In soma
Instances, according 'to Select Coun
cilman Harry Trainer, of ,Uibx Third
Ura-il It ha hanAMA mCWJkasA 1-V iV fltlt
& (orib of theJorce home rather than
AKavik Vim trtmt around thii offices all
This, Councilman Trainer saya,
Pbt- (s the case In the Board of Registrft-
l tion, which recently asked Councils'
J&u Finance. Committee for $10,000 for ex-
W traclerk hire.
A' A million or more uoimra couta oe
T7 -. ... U.J I .
a" Bavea Hnnuuiy ur apt'iiou iu cami?
3r lncreanesffor real workers if a portion
I - '.."1 .a-
sr or.tne unnecessary piaces couia ne
v- done away with, in the opinion of In
$ dependent Councllmen, who have been
$? making a personal etudy of conditions
$- In City Hal1!.
C Surplus ef "Blunt Tool."
The city ana county government wun
it boards, commissions, courts, depart
ments nd other divisions, all under the
head pf place holders drawing from
14000 to $18,000 a year, are well sup
plied with secretaries, press agents, of.
(Ice forces, messengers, etc. Many tech
nical positions are being tilled by men
'whose chief claim to recognition lies in
their ability to carry divisions in po
litical fights. These certain officials
term' "blunt tools" and accept as part
- of the patronage system, ,
:: Perhaps the most striking instances of
".'. useless places Is the existence of eight
"t-. X 'LaaflHAlt A aTft B M1rfa aakalfeljklg A Va Wfe atl ath1a am
7 Jiriwj !. uuio ffinuu m Duajr AVf n.
t'A biuo iiuiw cavil jrfi m aj9u v Tuia
cty of $77,000, Coming aa they do,
under the department controlled by W.1
Vrateland Wendrlctc a. close narsinnal
,'. ' friend of the Mayor, these sinecures will
fnot be disturbed' despite the discovery
by Honert M. qrifllth, president of the
: civil service commission, mat mere la
' ' little or no need for their continuance,
!'A These pfllces are kepC'onen all year
r wun a uepuiy v souv, or eigm aepuiies
J has a cashier.-wlth their payroll amount-
': Ing to H,00V Rent for the pfflces re-
quires "17100 and the remainder of the
v office force bring up the total to the
every appreciable, total of nearly $,-
" )00, May and August are the busy
t"-; monins ior tax omciais. i ne remaln
r, J4er orthejear payroll men flrul time
? I.iIhv ltatav lv nn 4ha.t. hana w..A uul
J Xt a.vaaa.. a.y.a ..aaa.ua aa.iva ;,
? come, an occasional taxpayer who drops
jiln to relieve tho monotony. X
', Hanking Hoar Obserred
i, Ope discovery made by Investigators
( is. that ocorea or place holders. In City
V TTall arla the cltv A. ahnrl' rtav nnH H.
I Aote their real energies forlvat? bust-
I ness ventures of a more or less remun
erative qnaracier. aiucn of tnelr
? evening' work, It la said, is glyen over
to 'furthering the power of the political
. leaders who place them In the easy
going shorty houred service of city or
t,, county. ,
f?t Jameo u. Hailett, recorder of deeds,
r. s"aKing a aaiary increase or 1300 a
K ptv-tr fnore thtnla, hundred clerks and'
Our Positions Improved '
in Chateau-Thierry Region
Washington, June, 22.-i-Amerlcan
positions were, Improved northwest
of Chateau-Thierry, General rersh
Ing reported "today. Brisk artll
lerylng was reported In other
sectors.
"Northwest of Chateau-Thierry
we advanced our line and Improved
our pos'ltlon," the communique
said. "In, the Woevre and In the
Vos$es there was brisk artillery
fighting."
DONNELLY AGAIN HELD
Real Estate Man Faces Another
h,mbczzlctneiu Charge
John J. Donnelly, a real estate agent,
formerly of Thirty-second street and
nidge avenue, who has had several hear
ings' during the last few weeks on em
bezzlement charges, was brought before
Magistrate Macleary at the Central Po
lice Court today on still another charge.
This time he was accused of appro
priating to his own use J 163 belonging
to Mrs Elizabeth Loefler. 807 North
Tenth street. She said Donnelly col
lected rents for her. and was supposed
to use the money to pay taxes He
failed to do so, she declared, and she
did not know of this until a deputy
sheriff came to lake action.
Donelly was held In $500 ball lor a
further hearing., He Is now under $60,
000 ball as a result of the arlous
charges made against him.
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U-BOAT OFF COAST, NAVY SAYS
"Battle" Turns Out to Be Bom
bardment of Barrel
vTaslilifcton. June 22. TVfcsnlta n. tie.
lief In many quarters that German U
boat raiders had retired, the Jsavy De
partment today has positive eldence
iniu ai tease one u-Doai was operat
ing this week oft the coast
A 'battle" between nn American
transport and a submarine, reported from
"an Atlantic port" by the press, was
shown in the Navy Department reports
10 nave oeen a case or simoiy nring
9uuuo3 v jo; u3stE)sm 'a.ueq v uorln
tower.
VATICAN PEACE MOVE HINTED
Grasty Hears of Message From
Papal INuncio at Vienna
By CHARLES H. GRASTY-
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CetvrtoM, 1911, tv h'tw York limes Co.
Somewhere In France, June 32 A re
port reaches me from a source usually
well Informed that a message has' been
Intercepted from the Papal Nuncio in
.Vienna, to the Pope, forecasting definite
plans for early peace mediation by the
Vat lean
ENTER SUMMER IN DOWNPOUR
Sunset Occurs at 8:33 Tonight,
Latest Ever in This City
Summer has officially arrived.
Promptly at ! o'clock this morning,
when the sun touched the Tropic of Can
cer, the season of birds, bees and flowers
waa ushered In. , ' ,, ' j-
Thsre were' nn ceremonies In connec
tion with the event. '" lnsteadtherek,were
torrents of rain and a temperature that
was not conslsunfwlth the thought of
summer. The conditions were more on
thei order of spring's advent.
Today also .has another- significance
it is the longest day of, the, year.
Tonight the sun will let at 8:32
o'clock the latest it has ever set 'in
- SM'U.due Uncl.Sm.who
Mve daylight.
FORD "DRY" BILL WITNESS
,
'Auto.JVIaker May Testify' before
,i Seqate Committee .
Washington, June 22 Congressional
jiiLcrviK in me proniDtiton question
leaped up atveral points today by the
announcement mat Henry ford was ex
pected to testify when the Senate
Agricultural Committee resumed its
hearing Tuesday.
The hearing scheduled for today, when
Balnbrldge Colby, of the snipping board.
was expected to testify, has-been pot
poned. He Is expected to appear Tues-
aay.
Evidence as to whether the workman
should be permitted to have his glass
fbeer will be given by an Imposing
'
QUESTIONNAIRES OUT MONDAY
Will Be Mailed to 1918 Dra'ft Reg.
, jitranta
1 WathlatUa, June 22 Questionnaires
wll be mailed to the selective service
registrants of the' class of June. 191 1,
tlnulpg Ihree days thereafter. 25 per
cent
i( oeinK maneo auy, crovosi Aiar
i Osneral Crowder announced totlav.
Local. Boards will proceed 'according
tnrtha rearlstration number
trants.- but will defer classification until
the order" numbers are assigned accord
ing to regulations , laer-to be promul
gated. ITALIAN FLIER MISSING
Major Biraecs, the Country's Noted
Aviator, Had Won 34 Victories
Rome, June 33 An official report
saysv "The valiant Major Baracca, who
had won his thirty-fourth victory, did
not return the 18th Inst, from an heroic
war flight." t
Major Baracca has long been re
garded as the leading Italian military
avfator. '
WORTH-WHILE
FEATURES
, Every One of Them
EXCLUSIVE" s
in This Edition, Include
"The 'Eagle'B Eye," that Rripplng
expose of German intrigue,
' with today iiutalunent de-
' voted to the plot to invade
Canada from the United State.
The Crack in the Bell," a story
woven about Philadelphia poli
tics; The Secret Witneag," a
new mystery' romance of lore
and war; "Dreamland Adven
tures," for the children all in
-, a page of fiction features.
Weelcly review ofr what'a interest
ing in Washington by 'Congress
man, J. Hampton Moore.
Whole page of t sparkling icomiea.
Picture r the ,vlint Italian
army in action enlivening the
back page,
Illuminating cabbie diapatchea
from tne vaneua capitaie of
w . j i
war-teen r.nrwiw.
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46 KILLED, MANY
HURT IN WRECK
OF CIRCUS TRAIN
Twenty-five of Those In
jured Reported to Be
Dying
MANY BURNED TO DEATH
Fire Adds to Havoc After
Empty Troop Cars Cause
Crash
Gary, Ind June 22.
Forty-six persons were killed, tnenty
fle are reported dying and about eighty
others Injured In a railroad wreck at 3
o'clock this morning, when a westbound
empty Michigan Central troop train,
traveling nt sixty miles an hour, tore
through four tourists' sleepers nnd a
caboose of a Hagenback-Wallace Circus
train near here.
It is possible .that the death toll may
reach seventy-five, through deaths of
those severely Injured. Half of the dead
were burned In the flre that early en
veloped the wreckage.
Among the missing and known dead
are several noted circus performers. Miss
Rosle'Roseland, a bareback rider, whose
salary is $26,000 a: year, Is among the
missing
Other stars of the sawdust ring who
are supposed to have been on the train
ttre Harry La Pearl, the famous clown ;
the Itooney and Cortrell families bare
back riders; MacAdams and Edward
Dccore. clowns, and the Meyer family,
animal trainers Charles Gorman, man
ager of the circus, was on the train and
is reported to havo been killed.
The fire departments of Gary and
Hammond rushed apparatus to the
scene, but they were delayed en route.
Forty of the Injured were reported at
the Mercy Hospital here and ten are
in the Gary General Hospital, while oth
ers are scattered among other institu
tions.
, The circus train was the second sec
tion of the Hagenbeck show. It had
fourteen flat cars, containing equipment,
in addition to the four tourist sleepers
It was bound for Hammond, where a
show is scheduled or todav.
Broken Axle Discovered
A broken axle was discovered at Ivan
hoe and trainmen with warning flares
were 'sent back along the tracks, accord
ing to circus men
. At sixty miles an hour the empty
troop train came on, and failed, it is
declared, to stop In answer to the signals
displayed.
It crashed through the four coaches,
and the engineer wjts burled in the
"Wreck, from which arose the screams of
the Injured. Then flames began to rise
from the demolished cars
riramaa Bseap i' Disappears
,. ! . w-j'- i at
?Ae- "n,nL'.?J?adc.m,r,:u'0.u,,l.;
scaped from his cab could not fetan'd
the strain of the traged. before him.
He ran Into the rearby woods and has
.vot been seen tlncq ,.
".For God's sake, kill me," screamed
a woman, 'pinned under a heavy car
LbeanVaa the approaching flames began
to seno our tneir warnings of heat.
"Kill me! Kill me! Don't let me burn
to death.'
Ittwa the flre trjey feared, these In
jured, captured circus folk, driven by
fear Intc fighting animals, similar to
those who make up part of their show.
Two clowns, one of them with his legs
broken, fought e.cli other In an effort
toNescape the oncoming flre.
' Among . those km wn to be missing
are:
Fred Ledgett, chief of the wardrobe
James Conner, bos hostler.
Z. Cartcledg?, chief electrician.
Ceatlauad en ran iwo, lu.uiu.t ..
LENINE RESIGNS,
ZURICH REPORTS
Czech o -Slovak Siberian
Army Directed by Ma-
(Taryk From U. S.
CUT OFF FOOD SUPPLY
Washington, June 22
Dispatches from Zurich say that
Peutsches Tages Zeltung declare that
Nikolai Lenlne, the Bolshevlkt Premier,
has resigned There Is no confirmation
from any source.
The power of premier Lenlne, who sold
Russia out to Germany, Is steadily wan
ing and Washington officials have been
expecting his complete1 downfall and
flight Ills flight must be well planned
and executed to save nis life, because
the wrath of the Russian people against
htm haa been steadily rising, as their
eyes have betn opened, and thousands
have sworn to take his life, to avenge
his aetlon In turning the new republic
over to Germany bag and baggage,
dermans Doable-eras leolne
Germany Is falling to ghe I-enlne the
support he had been promised. It Is
learned, and. Instead of giving aid to
Lenlne's agents in high places, is putting
forward men of Germany's own choice
Thia has arrayed a formidable por-
tion of the Bol'hevlki party against
their former chief, and. according to
State Department advices. Lenlne's
death may come at any time, either at
tha hands ot nis lormer owwrevw sup
porters, or by action of the kaiser's
agents,
Meanwhile, the cutting off of the food
supply of the region controlled by the
Bolohevlkl Government Is seriously
threatened by the Ciecho-siov ak army
which now controls Siberia and the
Trans-Siberian railroads.
" Massryk DlreeU Army
The movements of this army. It Is
learned, are directed from Washington
by Thomas G. Macaryk, head of. the
Cxecho-Slovak provisional government.
Who came here some ime ago and,
after -considerable delay and difficulty,
succeeded In gaining support of the
Washlnston Government.
While President Wilson Is In direct
touch 'with Masajyk. It is understood
that h not given his unqualified
support to the plans of the Csecho-
BIovsks to
overthrow the Bolshevlkt,
I 'nor tan ha directing the force of
Schumann-Heink Accepts
Invitation to Sing Here
Madam Schumann-Heink today
wired Mayor Smith that she would
be delighted to hae a part In the
Fourth of July celebration at In
dependence Square.
Her message was as follows:
"Delighted and honored to accept
jour invitation for Independence
Day celebration. Will arrive In
Philadelphia a day ahead. With all
best wishes and cordial greetings.
ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-
HE1NK."
REPLACE PHOTS,
WrffllN 24 HOURS
WILSON ASSERTS
Director Promises to Re
store Harbor Police Tugs
to Service
ELECTRICIANS RETURN
Intimation of Rise in River
Front Insurance Rates
Follows Baugh Fire
There were three Important deTelop
menls today In the controversy between
clry offlclslfl and employed nf Tarloud
departments over the present wage scale.
First Dlrertor Wilson declared lie
would obtain pilots and engineers to run
the city poller nml flreboals tied up
through n strike, within tnentj-four
hours. '
Second A reprrsenlntive of the Phila
delphia, fire Underwriters said there was
a possibility of an Increase In Insurance
rates on property along the Delaware
River front.
Third Fifty-one employes of the Elec
trical nureau vho quit work Thursday
because of dissatisfaction over the pres
ent wages, returned to work today.
The return of the electrical workers
and the announcement hy the police
yesterday that they would not go on
strike has brought the city government
safely through the present crisis, it Is
believed, as other employes have signi
fied their willingness to await action by
Councils regarding adjustment of the
wage scale.
.
Wilson Opposes Reinstatement
When asked this afternoon, what ac
tion he would take toward moving the
city iflre and police 4 boats, which are
tied up at Holmesburg, through the
strike, "Director Wilon;sa(d!
H A.T" jL'r "'-'J . JT-"""..
j win pna ways ana means wunin
iweniyuJur .noura pypiHy piiqu una
engineers, Mr he-boata which have
been temporarily) halted. I' will 'do -this
It I have to go down In my own' pocket
to make up the deficit,
"I nmrpoBltley opposed to restoring
to duty any of the, pilots or "engineers
who deserted their posts. Every one
knows that to tie 'up t these boats not
only endangers the property of the dty
but that of the Government as well.
I told the pilots apd engineers who
quit work to wait until Councils .would
meet. I promised to go before Councils
and demand that they get more money.
"When these men called on me they
were accompanied by representatives of
the Englneera' and Pilots' Association
Even the members of this organization
advised the city pilots and engineers to
day to stay on the job and expressed the
belief that 1 was acting fair with them
"'We don't care; were going out,'
said our men and -they did For that
Continued en Face Two, Column Heren
4 FIREMEN HURT
AFTER EXPLOSION
Bursting' Boiler Spreads
Flames Through Furni
ture Factory
LIVE WIREDDS DANGER
An exploding gasoline tank In the
garage In the rear of Louis K. Wlser's
furniture factory and warehouse at 260
and 23 South Fifth street, started a flre
today that spread rapidly among stored
oils, varnishes and other Inflammable
materials and in half an hour had con
verted tho big four-story brick building
into a roaring furnace.
y One fireman was severely burned on
the hands when the ladder 'from which
he was fighting the flames caught flre.
He had to be taken to the Pennsylvania
Hospital. Two firemen were severely
cut on the hands but went back
bandaged to their work.
Seveial men were overcome by smoke.
All employes so"me twenty-five in
number escaped death, but several
were badly affected by smoke and flame
before they reached safety.
k Tear Firemen Injured '
The Injured are:
wii.uiA.-u ri.i.-N. .tuck no 1. overcome
vjr iinuaei -mna iniK Hospital.
IIUiVAHD UrOOU'AN. Ladder Truck Nn 2,
hands severely burned: Pennsylvania Hos
pital CHARLES CULL, hoseman. Company No. 8.
rlsht hand severely cut -
IIENRT H. JXVOTFJ.- actltur chief bfFlrst
Hattallon, handa severely cut.
McGowan mounted his ladder with a
hos? and was playing the stream on the
flre when the flames reached the lad
der. He was compelled to cling for life
to the sides of the ladder until other
firemen could bring It away from the
building.
Women of the neighborhood covered
his handa with ointment and bandaged
them and he attempted to return to
work, but the pain was so severe and
his hands were so swollen that police
surgeons and doctors from the Pennsyl
vanla Hospital Insisted upon his leav
ing. Jefferson Hospital ambulance men
bound up the wounds of Gill and Foote.
Live Trolley Wire rails
One stream case upon the blazing
building waa so powerful that It )oos-
thelened a trolley wire, .which
hlch frilto
PIAVE BATTLE
WON, PREMIER
ORLANDO SAYS
Italians Make Important
Gains in Pushing Counter
Offensive BRITISH AIRMEN WRECK
FOE'S SEVEN BRIDGES
Duke d'Aosta's Third Army
Presses Austrians Hard in
Montello Sector
ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE
InvaOers at End of Week Arc
Far Behind Scheduled
Objectives of Drive
Rome, June 22.
"It is now permissible to state that
the Plave battle has been won," Pre
mier Orlando declared In the Chamber
of Deputies last night, the Trlbuna an
nounced today.
The Premier said that In pressing
their counter-offensive nt both points
where tho Austrians crossed the Plav e
the Italians have mado additional Im
portant gains.
That the expected renewal of the
drive southward from the mountains
Is Imminent was Indicated In the Pre
mier's declaration that the enemy is
gathering all available men on that
front. This maneuver Is believed to
have been advocated by Hlndenburg
and Ludendorff In their recent hurried
trip to the Austrian front.
By AUSTIN WEST
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CovvrioM. lilt, bv .Veto 1'orfc Times Co.
Italian Zone of War, June 22.
Torrential rains have converted the
Plave Into a vast rushing cataract
which is sweeping away everything In
Its course to the lagoons
British aviators had wrecked all
seven of the permanent bridges, hail
ing down about ten tons of bombs.
Those which Field Marshal Boroevlc
was constructing for moving across
his heavy artillery were destroyed In
the flood with the lighter pontoons, so
that feeding tho fanjlshed. enemy
troopsjjiev5dotv. the rjght baik.ja
possible only by resort to hydroplanes
between Zemson and Musllo.
The outlet into the Gulf of Venice
at Certllazzo is obstructed by an enor
mous accumulation of floating timber,
the debris Of smashed boats and rafts,
carcasses of animals and corpses of
men.
The battle raged most furiously
Thursday night from Candelu to Capo
Bile. "With fresh divisions at his com'
mand. General Wurm renewed his as
sault on the Intrenched camp at Tre-
vlso and reattempted the passage of
the Plave between Ponte dl Priula
and Candelu. Simultaneously strong
masses of Infantry tried to push
through the Trevlso road near San
Blaglo dt Callatto and along the
Mestre road near Meolo.
"Non passeranno" (they Bhall not
pass) has become the grim battle cry
of Italy's brave warriors. The Po
tenza brigade, with the Bersagllerl
cyclist corps, routed the Twenty sixth
Austrian army corps during its wild
dash toward Monstalr.
The sum total of the enemy's prog
ress toward his objectives on the Plave
during six days of battle works out
1200 jards per day. The Austrians
again resorted to the Caporetto trick
of sending Italian bpeaklng agents
clad In Italian uniforms Into the Ital
Ian lines In the hope of creating panic
and disorder. All those taken pris
oners In this way are summarilly
court martlaled and shot.
AUSTRIANS UNABLE
TO BURY THEIR DEAD
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CovvrioM, 19lt, tu Stw York, rimes Co.
Italian Headquarters. June 22. The
hnttix in hezlnlnar to delimitate itself.
The chief points of pressure are from
Montello to Fonte dl Plave. the railway
line from Oderzo to Trevlso. the railway
line from I'orio uruaro to luesire
through Stadon and Capo SUe In the
lagoon between the mouth of the Fiave
and Venice.
Austria Is now lighting desperately on
a thin strip of land on the right bank of
the river, where the Italians are pressing
them closer and closer to the Plave. This
thin expanse of territory Is bathed In
blood and heaped high with dead bodies
which the Austrians are unable to bury,
for the Italians never give them a mo
ment's rest, charging thein with the bay
onet or keeping them under deadly fire
from their machine guns.
For this same reason the enemy are
prevented from transporting their heavy
gun batteries, which are hidden on the
left bank of the river anionic briar
bushes. They have eet-srai titles at
tempted to cross on pontoon bnoges, but
in vain, as the Italian guns do not al
low it.
7
AUSTRIANS BADLY
PUNISHED BY BRITISH
By WARD PRICE
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1M, v Nno York Timtt Co,
Italian Headauarters. June 32.
The Austrian loss In killed In No
Man's Land n front of the British line
speaks with gristly plainness. There are
800 on the front of one of our divisions.
They are to be seen lying fifteen in a
single shell hole.
The British machine guns had Ideal
targets as the Austrians came . on In
close formation. The gunners hoisted
their pieces lip n the parapets som
tiwi;A,i;ytIm',,4VBcd to attack with de-
to make the most oi meir cnance. xne
RAINBOW DIVISION
CITED BY FRENCH
FOR BRAVE WORK
Commanding General Praises
Distinguished Service of Men
on Lorraine Front '
With The Amerlean Army In Trance,
June 22
The "Rainbow DlvlMon" of the
United tate armv, which has been
seeing service on the Lorraine front,
has dl'tlngulslieil Itself to such an ex
tent as to receive citation from the
French general commanding
nn army
corps.
The French officer stated In the order
he desired to do homage to the fine
military qualities which the men of the
American division dlsplajcd and for the
services they had rendered.
The ardor for offensive operation and
the utilization and organization of
terrain as well as 'the spirit and
methods of discipline of both officers
and men "proved that they can, at the
first cail, take a glorious place on the
line of battle"
The "Itnlnbow Division" Is FO-called
because It has men In ltn ranks from
thlrtv-three American States It was
the first detachment of United States
militiamen to arrive In France The
Pennsjlvanla troopn In tho "nalnhow
Division" Include four companies of the
Fourth Infantry from Kaston, Bethle
hem, Reading and Lancaster under
command of Major Qulnton O Reltzel,
of Lancaster. The division also Includes
Dome troops from New Jersey.
900,000 SOLDIERS
SENT OVER BY U.S.
March Announces Troop
Shipments Five Months
Ahead of Schedule
ENEMY PREPARES DRIVE
tVaslitnxtnn, June 22
The United States has crossed the
900,000 mark In troops shipped over
seas from American embarkation points
We are five months ahead of our
regular program.
The Germans are refitting a combat
dlvlslbn preparing for another drive
These to Important facts were an
nounced today hy General starch, chief
of Ht.iff. In his weekly number confer
ence. As for the general war situation, he
declared he can say again that the Cen
tral rowers are held, but warned that
the nation must expect a renewal of the
German offensive
He accorded high praise to the
Americans sharing In the present
struggle. The) have done Well and have
deliered the goods, hQ said ,
Commends First Division
Eniieclrtlly 'did lie fconjmend the fu-stt
regular division, under Gen. Robert L
Bullairi. for, (Is gallantry At CHntlgny.
the It.ilnbou National Guard division
Undei Gen'. C, T Mrnoher for ll'gh grndo
work to date' the. Twenty-sixth pivlslon
Is doing very well
'As for the Ita.lan situation, the Gen
eral held that, considering It a part of
the whole western game, the Teutons
were again held.
The Austrians, he pointed out, had
gained at three substantial places
enough to give concern to the Allies
The Austrian advantage had been offset Government Is prepared to aid cxten
by floods, which carried away the entire slvely plants throughout the country to
- - - . I ....- .1 .... ,.mna n r-..ni anil ,1-a
Austrian bridge system
Seven temporary bridges have been
built since then
The western front battling during the
week was deemed of minor character
without I nportant military effects.
U.IIOO Jlsrlno In Franre
or the 100,000 men In France 12,000
are marine March revealed
The Italian battlellne before the drive
wau J00 miles Ions The drive centered
over n comparatively small portion of
this, nnd the greatcbt advance was four
and a half miles In the direction of
Venice, putting the Austrians thirteen
miles wa from the canal city.
Along the French fiont. the action of
the last week consisted mainly of raids
The lull theip Is advantageous for tho
Allies, bcause It permits them to re
nlenlsh their lwniiowei. America Is
i, J Vnn nno
adding much to this line,
iroopJ Include tlioc In France, on the
high kchh combatants and noncomhat-
a"fi;e wa, situation has shown recen.l,
the valu of unit nf command, March
said.
KERENSKY AIDE ARRIVES AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, June 22. TEe arrival here today of Alex
ander Konovaloss, with the almost simultaneous arrival in Paris
of M. Teretschenko (both Kerensky aides), Is expected to bear
on the formulation of a definite program by the -Allies toward
Russia. Konovaloss, it was stated at the Russian embassy, whT
- confer with State Department
ITALIANS HAVE-CAPTURED 12,000 PRISONERS
. LOONDON, June 22. The total number of Austro-Hun-garian
prisoners captured b the Italians since the offensive
began last Saturday has been increased to 12,000, said a news
agency dispatch from Italian headquarters today. ,
DRY FORCES WIN ANOTHER VICTORY IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, June 22
in the House today when a resolutifin calling upoa the PrwisViat,
for information as to whether the fuel adminlrtrattetlMstf vkA
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strlcted coal to Drewers was taKen xrom tne jtouse .fnejiTuyp i r
VUUM"H." - j(.av ,
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"DOWN WITH GERMANY,"
CRY OF VIENNA RIOTERS;
MINISTERS MAY RES!
Assassin Attempts
to Slay Emperor of
Austria, Is Report
London, June 22.
An attempt has been made to
assassinate Emperor Charles, of
Austria," according to reports cir
culated on the Amsterdam Bourse,
said a Central News dispatch from
that city today.
There Is no confirmation of the
report.
Nothing has been heard of Em
peror Charles since the Austrian
biead ratlons were reduced. The
last puhllcly heard of Charles he
was on the Italian front.
Earlier advices hinted that tho
Emperor's life was In danger, as
tho Austrian newspapers had
ceased to publish reports of his
movements.
MORE THAN FIVE
BILLIONS FOR GUNS
United States Artillery Pro
gram Largest in Military
History
PLAN TO CROSS RHINE
Washlnston, June 22.
The largest field artillery program In
military history Is provided In the for
tifications bill reported to the House to
day. The new artillery program. Represen
tative Borland, chairman of the Forti
fications Committee, explained. Indicates
clearly that this country's military ex
perts believe dajs of trench warfare are
virtually ended and that a war of move
ment Is in prospect.
Of the total of S5,43B.096,2U ap
propriations and authorisations In the
bill 6,003,m,8l6 Is for mountain, field
and siege cannon and ammunition.
-The extent to which coast. Panama
Canal- and other defenses were subor
dinated to the all-Important work tQt
ta
tin
lAipplylng General Pershing with art
tiller' Is shown jy the facf thatrthe
total for those Items carried In the bill
Is 13,000.000,000 less than War De
partment estimates
"AVe dropped nearly everything ex
cept the field artillery program because
It was decided that all our resources
Bhould be used in making guns for use
In France." tald Borland
Huge Types of Guns
The backbone of the new artillery
program Is 76 millimeter guns and IBS
millimeter guns and howltsers. The
pui iiieee iiuoo ijijoo v bu,.c ... .....
ammunition for them Into quantity pro
duction by the first of next jear or
sooner.
Until that time General Pershing will
continue to buy guns and ammunition in
France. After the first of the year
American armies will be Independent of
Frcncli production, although the French
have more than supplied the needs of
our men abroad.
Next to field artillery, production of
big guns from 10 to 15 inches stands
out in the bill. Forty million Is pro
vided for the big gun plant at Neville
Island, near Pittsburgh.
Expect to Cross the Rhine
"The big gun program Is framed with
the expectation that we will have to
rros the Rhine and reduce German for-
tlllcatlons to conquer." Borland said.
--otheV high explosives: These
, .!!.,." forU'Tn 'makhT d'ye
. -v" '
1000 by-product coke ovens- to produce
toncluded an Face Two. Column One
officials and President Wilson.
fi
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Hungry Mobs Attack
man Embassy Charg'i
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by Police
SSHS3&
ac iris
GOVERNMENT ADOPTS
REPRESSIVE MEASURffl
Mg'Vi
Bakeries and Munition Faj&i
tories Scenes of Demy
f
onstrations
PREMIER OFF TO FROI
. t
Famine and Revolution Mni
ace Dual Monarchy, SwWf r
Reports Say &
jyonaon, june .Tt-
ivioious scenes continued last night;!
Vienna, Favoriten and Brhrlttenau.' Mt
patches from Vienna, received here!hjKr-i
Wav nf Zurich .Ala.arf ,1B.. . i&
An attack on the German cmbaM ' l
by a mob, which shouted, "Germanjrl Vffi
, n v. la., a.,-a .1 .,..- . .. .aa al .fW
oaaa.lllK UD, UUWn W1LJ1 UrmU1Tr Wat-KEV
broken up by the police. Many pen
were Injured and
arrests were made,
1?
Evidence Is accumulating of th roti4
seriousness of the Industrial and powpt .
ita, suuauon in Austria. DisnatcMB.
from Dutch, Swiss and Scandlnavl,- M
Rmirf-Pn hnn. O etltllnr a1aHllnl... . 'V aM
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"Vienna newspapers are publish
details of strike developments.
In itself, Is most Significant. said
latest Swiss dispatch. This Indie
the Government is not trying tost
press the news, while heretofore, t
wvas the tightest censorship on alla
iiuui million. v S SiiJt
Mesy Mean Revolution .
The Neue Freie Press says: "f;
oeiiuus nois nave occurrea in
Eireeis or. Vienna. Trams nave,
stopped, munition factorv win,
smashed and bakeries nlnnriererf.i..'
police and military were called u
and took strict measures. Thejr,
KllH a Wftrnln tanflMfl. MaHah'
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i-iwiiBiuie ior we actions OE
naii-icu cnuaren. , ,
ine government will De coi
euner 10 increase me Dreaa
or risk further exciting tkaM
people. It may possibly himbi;
oiuuon., y-ts.
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Mtlfcc mnvatmkntMa li.Tii ':
aoTNnentiomthe extenf;twr;
xaoro inan asu.uuB muruiin,
are new on stnxe in ana ai
ertna. t yn
streets demanding .restoration,
bread ration, increased wages,"!
hours of labor and conclusion-of ';
era! pyace. The police Intervened.,!
.v new prociama-uon inreaiena
measures In repression of the dux
, The Socialists are endeavorlngtft
trol the situation and restorers
hoping that Germany and Hungary-
send aid. rfc
However, Austrian Socialist -"le
who have just arrived at The Hague
mlt that Austria-Hungary is "on
last legs," said an Amsterdam dli
to the Express today. They declare
what itussia ana Serbia diavnot
is being achieved by Germany1. . 'i
The Burgomaster of Grata arr
the capital and appealed for heh.
daring that his city is BtarylngAi
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The Austrian uaninet was
to meet today 'to decide 'he qi
submitting its resignation and. of
monlng parliament for an extn
session because of the food '
according to dispatches from ,Vj
AmBieruani.
Premier von Seydler Is" .re
havo gone to Austrian field Q'
present the Governments r
personally 10 lunperor cnsnii,
Further information connrrm
norts of Intense resentment and
ment in Austria over the reduction
bread ration is quoted from.
newspapers by the correspondent
London Times at Tne Hague.)
the subsidiary causes, of tha
the fact that notification of the
tlnn was not made until noon S
although it had been enforce
early that morning, when loud
cited protests were raises. ;
rrvnuvr Avssnai ..i
Premier von Seydler lsJ
the Arbeiter Zeltung, of. I
dlsaatr ous situation by n
Aerarlans and traders. If
situation could certainly-'M
Drevented. The paper rails '
many and Hungary, and tells thJ
itlrs that they, must immeau
tne attention 01 uteae wins
fact that food conditions In .
Intolerable, and aemana
alstance. It adds; ttyfS
"The Austrian 'pooulatts ,
starve wnue uermanyanc
have tolerably.adenuUrl
Austrian itovernmeiKii
nrft- tiitelafrja-AVMt ils l
to the food supply. ItlMM
be subjected tal
nonulatlon must 'net ha
starvation1 for tha'taUtf
ernmeni.-, B ,f
Jim" pnWiti
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