n,
'-
vi
Mr
. THE WEATHERS
i
R
f1
, "u' I '
rFnsimgoii, Juiy 8. Fair, continued
cool (onlght and Tuesday
TK.MPi:n.Tnn at r.Arn norm
j i a no ru us I il 2 1 3 4m
164 I I Bg I 6 I 70 I 70 I 71 M2 I 73 I 73
" Vj"
.l
SPORTm
EXTRA
j
u$
and
AS""
W
THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
- ! J
tmml "S
VOL. IV. NO. 253
Published Dolly nicept Sunday. Suhtcrlptlon Price! JO a Tear by Mll.
Copyrlcht, 1D18, by the Public Ledger Company.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1918
Entered as Second-Cliee Matter at thi Poitofflce at Philadelphia, Pa,,
Under the Act of March 3, 1878.
PRICE TWO CENTS
uentno
eoaet
STORES WILL CUT
LIGHT AND LIFTS
JO SAVE ON COAL
Agreement With Fuel Ad
ministrator to Reduce
Consumption a Fifth
BUILDINGS TO CONSERVE
I
Plarns for Similar Action Con-1
l sidercd at Conference All
) Employes Will Help
. The largo stores will reduce elevator
service and the number of electric lights
to effect n 20 per cent reduction In
coal consumption.
representatives of the stores con
ferred today at the ofllce of William
Potter, fuel administrator for Pennsyl
vania. They were asked to put ' the
conservation plans Into effect Im
mediately, and return written reports
by August 1
Superintendents of office buildings met
this afternoon and plans to l educe the
elevator service were outlined. The fuel
administration hopei- to have the elevator
service curtailed by July IE. and prob
ably will order one out of ceiy five
elevatois discontinued
Conservation Committee
The plans to conserve fuel In indus
trial plants throughout the State have
been approved and provide for u com
mittee of competent workets In all es
tablishments to supervise conservation in
the engine and boiler rooms and through
out the working parts of the buildings.
These committees, whose service Is to
,
he voluntary, and performed during
) woruing nours. win report to Doner anu,
, r nni.n.r.nnim 11... tn -nnh ......... ,.'1.1.1.1
county, which,
ntv admlnis-i
my aomims
will confer with the cou
tratois. I
more
light
Ing
may even bo called upon to eliminate
uneconomical, Isolated plants, if great
fuel saving could thus be n'Cjiut-IIshed.
The work of the various committees
will be superv lsed by tho Fuel Conserva
tion Board, of which Dr. If. S. Drinker,
Lehigh University, is president Right
members of this committcu are Fhtla
delphians. Fourth of Winter's Conl Here
One-half the normal supply of coal
needed by domestic consumers in tills
city to tide them over next winter has
been ordered and half the orders have
been' filled. Coal for the public schools
I assured through orders being placed
at the mines by the Board of Kducatlon.
Announcement of this has been made
by Fuel Administrator Lewis, of Phila
delphia County, coincident with the
rtaUment of Mr. Potter; that "nothing
except the strictest kind of supervision
In Philadelphia and other cities of previously served in the bureau with methods or wile communication undcrj "'" ,, 1l,,1" "'e '"'"' 'n-trciieii n.icu
than 15 000 nonulatlon lrjwei ai ! u,e "l 'naJ "'"' cuiunci. "' is .ii-,.. mmerv Islon " . . u""cl "" " pii6uin.it.
cornmlttMrnisune infantry olllcer and graduated from lU,u "I)ervislon. n ,a certa iat t, ocrman
Committees Will supervise tllO limit- ,.-.ot Pnlnt In 1S" .lilw h,-nn.lnn- linnni- Sir Kes 11 I he. sniillimst nTrl nr.l rfl,. l.,o .. l.iS.1, 1.... . i .... !. i .!.
Of tho production of ln-VVC Tlwv -.... nf tlio Infnntrv nnri c.iv.ilrv I... ..,.,,. ... . I....1. 'n i. .,.. . ....... ...... ... ''''.."
5 lrt-ioiir-coaltsvippIy" Is going to get us
X- tntouglt tho war,"
Mr Pntlei- l-ernrtilvieniled tn T"ir. llflrrv
At Garfield, national fuel administiator,
th&t 'TIUO.000,000 be appropriated for
hues nevv' power plants, the need for
which Is Imperative ln Order that the
Pennsjlvanla coal fields may operate up
to leciulremcnts.
TURKEY ECHOES KUEHLMANN
Naturally Support His View in
, Turk-Bulgar Dispute
fiy the Associated Press
AmMrrilmn. .Iul 0. The Turco-Bul-garian
dispute over the division of lerrl
lory taken from Rumania under the
prace agreement with the Central Pew
ers Is still at the forefront in Constan
littople, according to Indications In a
jConstantinoplP telegram to the Itnein
Ische West-faellsche Zeltung. of l.ssen.
Tjils German newspaper .piotes the
Turkish Journal. Sabah, as declaring
that- the apparent swinging lound of
hnlnlon nf tlermanv legarding the Turco
Bulgarian frontier questelon had made
an unfav cranio impression in ruri.sy
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Arlolph L. Young, This City, In
iured in Action, Parents Hear
Adolph L. Voting. 1022 Reno street,
has been severely wounded whllo light
ing in France Word of his Injury was
.'.i. ..1 .., I.!.. n.rntilfl M uii.l Ti-u
rPtenru ui i .. ...-....-, ..... ,... ....... (
. Louis young, lotiay. , , ,
''vniiiip is thlrtv-n no vears old una
ui mm "i tii.i.iB.. " .," , hirom npnt railroad engineer, is aliegert juukch uuiier ann uauBe. . nesier ioun-' ,i,. ,, . . . . . -., . ........ .. .. hi.kuo,iiC iu ,,nu
JTA3b ire WbiltZ I - . ..7um.nt b, WlliUm A J ;vnsoXt,n AX K S'M oti? 'app
proval of the Turkish standpoint. to h., wife. Gray, ccunsel for Deutsch. and the five care of the men i bear out th statement Oiat th Ger-I
a.cSSr? 5! c W0.nnS80offl ' LW ai'ni ae',i t0s!l,,,;Pen,sCies pa"""e" "ho are co-defendants. ..J TuZo) ' "IT ,7 ""' ', T t0 ' !
rsl the Constantinople newspaper. "Will Xol tal I u a dying codlHoi , Tl e fudges also dismissed another pe- , ,,e o her members of the craws who SldJtll!!, faCt th3l ,I,C USUal re,,tlUR '
Bulgaria also restrict her Ins-atiable ap- Wis wdfe to ii ja I. tltlon filed by Deutsch. Lieutenant Ben- eslfened were i old an annronn-vtio !0rIda "n 'attacks will have,
letter Unhappily t Jicie is little hope ' 'A few minutes before Stephens, had nett and the five patrolmen areuse.1 KioU,d , nii ?)ro billtv be tTshTe bv bce" c0,li:IVden ror n" the C"""V
of '!' wrested the gun from, his wife she had ,th them, for a bfll of particulars from S, w fJL'n t " 'iLbt-' "ill i tro""s ' the near future.
Rjjswas born In the house where his parents
now live, jie hub iuiiiiciij. ciiijjiuj v-u ui
tho National Pulillshing Company. lie
enlisted on Atemorlal Day. a year ago.
and went to France as a member of
Company G, Ninth Infantry, in Septem
ber, In a letter to his parents a month ago..
Young- paid lie wan In good health and
was enjoying himself.
IQUENTIN ROOSEVELT IN BATTLE
Former President's Youngest Son!
Has iirst Air right
With the American Army nt the
Marne. July 8 (By I N. 8.). Lieutenant
Quentln Roosevelt, youngest son ot the,
former President, lias'engaged In his
first air fight, although ho bad previous
ly made two lllghts on the active battle
front, v
During tho engagement Lieutenant
Roosevelt's machine gun Jammed and
ho was pursued by two Germans, who
kept nunuvng a stream of bullets nt
, hhn, but he escaped by skilful jockey
ing-
GERMAN DESERTERS JOIN U. S.
Walked Too Much, Fed Too JL.it
. tie, Bodies Quit
fly the Associated Press
Willi lb" American I'orren on Ihe
Mtrnc. July 8. Two German deserters
rrosred the American Hues on the Ktarne
lart night. They bald they were tired
of the war and the 111 treatment of their
orflcers, who walked them far and fed
them little.
One of the deserters was formerly a
merchant. The other was a farmer.
THE EVENING PUBLIC
SENATE FRAMERS
OF 'DRY' MEASURE
DECIDE ON TERMS
Compromise Bill Fixes Earlier
Date for Making Prohibition
Moves Eflccthc
lly the Associated Press
Washlnictnn, July 8
legislation to prohibit the pale of dis
tilled liquors, wine anil beer nfter J n mi
lt ry 1, 1019, and to prohibit the manu
facture of wine and beer after November
1, next, was agreed upon today b the
Senate agricultural rommlit3.
The legislation Ik proposed n. a sub-
stltute for the pending Xorrla amend
""" ,- ,,ne,e,mprgt')c,y afr,?Vu,'rnl ?'"
1 propriUlIOU mil- wihui uuni oiuji im-
i .-.alp of dtstlllod Hqnor and wlnt oti Juno
30. 1019, and prohibit the manufacture
of brer three months after the bill be
come a law.
Provision for the exportation rf
lltiuorts already produced was consider
ed by the committee and probably will
bo reported In some form before the
Federal acts on the amendment.
rrl. I. .-..-, 1.n.1 Iman il ttaitteanil (Vi - I
number of days.' so that when t.,; con,"
mlttee met today, action was virtually
hv unanimous consent without a reeotd
vote. .,.,. ,. ,, , '
By fix hig M definite date after vvliHn
tho Vale would be prohibited of all in-1
toxlcating llriuots, members of the com-i
mittec believe that any cliaige of dis-
crimination would bo avoided The say
T'l . ... . ,
pose of this years crop, wnue hieucr.m
could make use of their entire supply of
malt.
MMYRE TO AID MARCH
Will Become Principal Assistant Georgia, however, by having Ills com
to Chief of Staff mltteo report the resolution today vvlth-
lly the Associated Press
tt ii.MnntnH JnK S. Mn lor (General
I'rank 31clntre, chief of tho Insular
Uuteau and formerly cnie. mil unrj
Zn"ZKntri;VMZ;Xi
Mnrnli ,.hlof nt atnff. He villi succeed
31ator neneial William S. (Iraves. now
ut-sistant chief of stuff and head of tho
executive division, general staff
Cicncral liiaves will take command at I
(. Kremont, C.il.. where the Klghth
... .' .. ... . .i ... . ....
Division (regulais), Is in training.
npnernl Mctntv-re h.iR been lu-nd nt
JnejJj1",8 p ij"..")?
the
school in 1889
UKRAINIAN CABINET RESIGNS
Socialist Federalist Charged With !
Forming New Ministry
By the Associated Presi
Ainhterdnm, July 8 The Ukrainian I
Government lias rcsignea ana -vi. -viar-klevltch.
a Socialist Federalist, has been
charged with the formation of a new
cabinet, according to a I.emberg dls-
Jiaicn to IHR vieilim -seue rinio nro
The present j-oreign Jiinisier anu
e 3Inlster of War, General RoRosn,
the
however.
ate expected to tetaln their
offices.
THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Two Others Seriously Scalded on
ByhlsZatcTplcss
Irnnkfort, .Vlleh.. July ,8. Thiee men
were killed and two seriously scalded
in an explosion of a steamplpe on the
Ann Arbor car ferry Xo. 5 heie toda.v
Following a loud report there was a
burst of steam nwl ashes so gieat that
no one was able to teach the place of
the explosion until all the steam In the
pipe had escaped.
When it cleared away sulllciently to
allow an entiHncc two seriously burned
men. Assistant Rnglncers Moore and
Kiev vveie b'ought out. The bodies of
A. Gilbert, William Freeman and Lou
Boyd vveie recovered. The bodies vveio
hurdly reiognlzable.
INVITES WIFE TO SHOOT HIM
,. , , r , Tr.cniin -mill
Husband Oocs to llospital and j
Woman Lands in Jail
,
fiv the United Press
Vlluml. ria.. July 8 "If V ou vvant tn
shoot me go ahead," Henry J. Stephens.
Ktenhens told the nollce. He said that
his wife vvas in a jealous rage when he 1
entered the house
BARER ABOLISHES
U. S. 'WAR COUNCIL'
I
IIcaJ h m t lice a llniAC niir iniBPn. - ... --- ""' wi- nil, in.uincii;ii m w ,, V. ,U 1I..1 11 . .1
Former Quartermaster Gcn-jh'm.'
Vs eral and Chief of Ordnance
Gel Departmental Details
' lly the United Prcsi
IVaitlilnRlon, July
General Sharpe, former quartermaster
general, and General Crozer, former
chief of oidnauce. who were subjected
to fire -when the Senate faunched Its
military nrobe some months ago. are
- - I
now confronted with departmental as-
slcnmenti.
ti,. ir. r....n ' 1 i..
The War Council, organised last
ear when the Senate probe was on.
served as a berth for the two gen-
"'". ""' ,,, suuiivi. nun """
.UUM, M, Jt MCI Ut OCV,CIIJf UattCI,
Major B, F, Walton, also a member
of tho council, has been assigned to
the general Htaff,
General Weaver, coast artillery, mem
ber of the council, was recently let I rod
for age. General Crowder, provost mar.
glial, acted as legal adviser and will con.
tinuo as provost marelial and as judge
advocate geneial.
General Goethals was a lato addition
and his assignment came after the or
iginal agitation!.
General Sharpe has been transferred L." not an official of the civ and could .y to "insiaio aciierson. irrespective
10 the southeastern department, and Gen- a, Zmv Orel KherJ W "hl"h aSSi. f. fri,lcJ'm tVm -' hCe" " l"e
eral Crozer will bu given departmental . vioiait me nucrn vaw wniui applies ,,Holij who resigned did not return,
work uepanmeniul to Iliunlc,pa ofTlcals aid employes. . Fire underwriters ot the city threaten
WIRE CONTROL
.ACTION URGED
BY SENATORS
i
Proposed Resolution Would
Preclude Committee Con
sideration of Subject
NECESSITY OF HEARINGS
Penrose Inquires About Tele-
phoucCompanics on Verge
of Bankruptcy
Ity the United Prcs
Wn-lilncton, July s.
nemnnds for Immediate action by the
Sp"a' " "e resolution empowerim- .he
President to take over the telegraph and
telephone lines were voli!d tjday when
tllp Senate met.
.-,. , - .... .,
Senator Smith. of Geo-gu. inltoduced
a resolution dlsrhirglng the Interstate
Commerce Committee fiom conliieiallon
f , reso,lItloI1 T,,,s vouId ,,rlnR r,p
fAsntllllnn I -..... .11 .4-1.. !.!-- 1, -
w,",""wn ".mh-uiu.- ,iaip ",rw
nenate. Smiths le.-.ol'Hlon nji'S over
under the lulcs un'.ll tomorrow.
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Committee, may forestall Smith, of
i out recommendation
c..ltt. t.. -....- I
"
limning iu cuiiuiiiiice in ineeL i M ij. in.
today
told members he pees no lcason
foI. 10i,nR healings and favors an lm-.'
"Prt.
. .. ...- -.
l'nvored .b War 3leoaurr
"As a war measure I favor speedy ac-
linn tn i.ttt tlm m.nna nf rtin-iltnl-jl Inn
MII1IVI 1 IU1 VI IIIIICIIL lUllllUI. IIU ll.lC
the malls under such control. We should
also have the much swifter,, more secret
Depaitment and White House confident
belief was expressed that President S.
.1. Konenkamp, of the Telegraphers'
L'nlon, would be able to keep his men
In lino until the Government acled
The situation was being watched
closely, however, and If a dangerous sit-1
lines.
imiiuii an mi; i iiriucui nm Ecie mo
Ilelietes llenrlngn Unneremry
I don t believe there to anv necet-sityl
.
for a long series of he4-lng." paid
, ...,.,, ..... ....... of , ,,r,, ,.,,
: ' , ,, . '.r ,, "' -:
' ha. been ,,eUI b, tn0. ,IoUf,' commit-
tee I cannot see why the matter-should
not be referred to the Sena.c in a very
nhort time."
Senator Bramlegee. of Connecticut,
and Penrose, ot PcjinsMvaniR. objected
"Contlnufil nn-Pan Seven. Cnlumn Tho '
-
DEUTSCH DENIED
' .. . . . . , .
CJUD ADA T'P TD I A I
lAPil All A I Pi I tl I A I .
kJUA IHU111J llUXlLi
.
riicnr. P, ,.,!,- P -
u"1,0"-' uuuul.' vj t u i i.
Turns Down Petition of
5th Ward Defendant
ALL DELAYS BLOCKED
By n Staff Correspondent
WeM Chewier. Tn., July S
The petition of former Common Coun-
-!
.I...... t ... . i .. .i
L'ilmen Isaac Deutsch, one of the princi-
pals In Ihe Fifth Ward murder case, for
a stparate trial, was dismissed today by
"Rjth bills are dismissed
-aid Judge
liuiier. president judge of the cnester
oumy vourt. "juuge nause and I are
ot the same opinion"
. Mr. Gray made his plea for a separate
trial for Deutseu on the ground that his
lninryiH uniin nc nnimpri i.v tiia .. . '
deno which might be Introduced against
th-: policemen.
The defense of neutscli (Iiav con-
1 tended would be different fr-"n that of
the policemen, and evidence Hgiinst
,!;"l,.n?i 1B',',"'t "'-' wit
Ihe argued. His right to rlialle,ii. in the
i selection of the jurors, Gtav also salj,
v ould bo curtailed.
Light challenges are permitted and
. t..j r.. ...... . -. ...... iiurenu inuav- lesuiieu in notmng iur- mnuma it t (.,.naan.i. . ,. i...
iii- 1 iiijiiiiim v catui
they would be divided among the seven"'''" a,UI lwo 1),lolB who lefused to Join
defendants. I 'n "le "walk-out" hud been rewarded
TauUne'H ArKiimenl lHn I
Assistant District Attorney Joseph II 1
Taulane
motions.
rmiaueipma, opposed both
Mr. Taulano declared a bill I
of particulars was not necessarv
Hie
, testimony Introduced before Judge 1
' ..T.'' S, ).l" c..l.,0..I"I
!. l.UUIIO.1 IUI UC1.IIHV Wll ..lltlk llic VUIII-
jmonwcalth expected to base Its prosecu-
tlon.
i me pennon ior a separate iriai.
Mr Taulane argued that more than one
j)erson must be involved In a conspiracy,
'aml ,hat Deutsch had no right to a
separate trial,
Judge Butler pointed out that In a con-
spiracy case the defendants are tried
jointly. If the evidence he announced.
Is not sulHclent to show the conspiracy
of any of the defendants, the Court wilt
take the proper steps to protect the de
fendant. Judge Butler admitted In reply to
Continued on Pace t-lv, Column Die
When jou think of wrltlnc,
think of WHITINQ. -Aiiv.
v ..ti i' iiiav iidu iiuuiiai ut-u i iii l 1 jpii Kr 1 1 . . .
LEDGER HAS
! LORD MILNER LAUDS YANKEES
I Their Work a Revelation, He Dc
, clarcs, After Review
I Itv ihr UnitrA !-...
tilth Ihr Americans on tlie Homme. I
July 8. "It has been a revelation." i
Lord Mllner, British War Minister de
clared arter lcv-fewing a regiment of
American troops from the division which
participated In tho capture or Hamel
"I didn't expect It. They hae the
hearing of veterans. They drilled across
this field as If It were a paiade ground
Really, they are fine, and I am told
iney ngiu ueuer man incy inaich
"Australian officers are trei.in,in..t
5
pleased at the showing of the Amcrl
vrtn, mm sn.v inuy are meir Kind o
soldiers," which is the highest compll
infill nit; v n.n jui(
nrniTf on niTAnrn
nuruLaBSMUWi
ENEMY WEAKER
Allies, at Hamel. Virtually
Put Three Divisions Out
' of Commission
FEVER SHAKES FOES
By PHH.ir G1I5IIS
I C l-tt .. . .. .
vprciai iaute to htcninp riibltr LcdRrr
Copunaht, ISIS, tiy.Vrtc 1 oi Tl irs Co.
War Correspondents' Ilradiiuarlcrs on
the Western Front, July S.
liarly Satuiclay mornliiK the Aus.
trallans made a push forward bojond
tho line attained by their advance
south of tc Somme on July A, In-
PrPflRlll"- tllO flolttll nf l,l n-.l.-. t...
nj,rt,.f nn
Vrtfrltl nil i ft Mtir nf tiiiin
. than il mile. 3tnst of HiIm mh in M,
nature ofa No Jinn's Lnnd. il
vvlilch
the enemy hud established few out-
POSlH,
Elsevvheip an English soldier went
out alone to one ot the enemv 's out-
posts ntter It had been under l Ifle and
grenade fire and tried to observe what
damage hnil been done. Suddenly u
Gel man nfflcn- nmi V, ,. il 7 in,n
uuinun oincci ami twelve men came
out ot a dugout and Mirreudeicd to
panics foutrlit with the Australians,
are utterly Incapable of making a serl
otas counter-attack and they doubtless
have been relieved by other troops.
I have already hinted that the Span
ish influenza has l)o"n spreading
'.mnnr- tl,. r ......... -V. ....... !-.,..
,., ,,,,. nf .,,,, ,mr.1iu ,.-.,.
down to low strength on account of
i mis epiaemic, which seems nre in tne
vieijiiun rtiiiK.s. nnme cases ol lyinuuu
aie also reported among them.
lt would be rash to assume that the
I IL UIIUK1 U l'HSIl 111 iIN'SLllIltf LfliXL Lilt;
ripinv i tho nnenlnir nf the nt nlmsn
0r the nerman offensive was due nrl -
",,-...y"rV " r "l? ".",", '.V'
'"""jiy 10 mi sickucss. jt i nuio
sal(li therc mu,t be otll(,r ,lnd moro
potent reasons but one Is almost t oneis. The enemy's trencher vverl
forced v the conclusion based on a entered east of Ilazehniuck by Alts-,
K00;, dcal of ovdence, ,'at this wide- .trallan troops and a few prisoners vveie
spread outbreak of Influenza Is really ' ,,r:.'",,t 'J;, ., , , J
I affecting the enemy's striking power' ' " J"?V "o ar,tllIe,y hn' ,,e,u'
rontlnued on Pufce M, Colmnn Three
,
$1800 FOR PILOTS
WHO DIDN'T QUIT
l:....i.. vT;K.. r...... AI.,
untuui " "a"" i s ltiLii
n p i r" t .
on i once anu r ire uoais
Out of Own Pocket
EXPECTS CITY TO ACT
j Xo compromise has been leached et
between Director Wilson and the crews
j of the police mid flro boats who resigned
""cm i-uuiitiia iciuacu an utci cute in
i wages
I A conference between three of the
stilkers and the head of the police
uurrau inuav lesuiieu in notmng iur
the fall, nrmlriliic for .,.., I,.r.nn I..
wages for the men dating from June 1
i appealing to the men to return ti
1 work, he ptomlFed lie would do all In
Ills power to have the wage nupstinn
provided for by Councils us soon as
possible.
Itlllne Thoe ho Didn't Quit
The three men will confer wltli the
otliers who resigned and decide whether
to return to work. At present war
plants and other industr.il establish
ments along the Delaware and Schuyl-
kill Rivers arc not adequately protected
from flie. only one police boat, one fire
boat and four small motor launches
being In operation.
It transpired todav that two etigln-
wmi me salary increase aemanaeu by
the others. Director Wilson appeals so
confident Councils will act favorably
""" "e i"'suuauy auvunceu uie nigiiey.
May Reinstate Jerfemun
'rlin salnrv nrmfilerl fnr li it.n l.v I
ie clty ,a 5,30p a vear for el)Bnecr8
" 13B0 for pilots. The four men
now operating the boats are receiving
"isoo a year, ror pilots, and J1600 for
nglneeis.
The director was asked If he would
relustatc Granville Jefferson, the pilot
dismlfsed after his airest 011 a murder '
charge, of which he was later acquitted.
lie Intimated he would find it uecca
a sharp Increase, In insurance rates for
plants along the river fronts unless con
ditions are rectified.
British Down Five Enemj I'lanes
London, July 8. Five German air
planes were brought down and one
British machine was lost ln aerial bat
tles Saturday, the Air Ministry an
nounced today .More than twenty tons
of bombs were dropped on enemy ob
jectives Saturday and Sunday,
Associated Press, United Press, Central News, Inter
national News Dispatches and Special Cables, Giving It
BIG COUNTER-REVOLT IN MOSCOW;
FURIOUS FIGHT RAGES IN STREETS;
KAISER BREAKS WITH BOLSHEVIKI
ANZACS' PLUNGE
WINS NEW GROUND
ASTRIDE SOMME
Advance Over Width
3000 Yards on Roth
Sides of River
of
GUNFIRE ON .? I' RON IS
Artillery Baltic Oil 1 5-Mile
MiinicLinc Reported in
Paris Communique
77v
the United Trev
Paris, Julv S.
n nrtlllerv battle along the tlfteen
I mile front between Vlllers-Cottercts
forest and tho Murne. was reported
by the Fiench war OITice today.
"Between Foret do Vlllcrs-Cottcrets
mil tlie Maine there was artillery
fighting," the communique said.
London, July S (Ry 1. X. S--
Australian troops have scored an-
other billllant success on the Picardy
flout, advancing their lines over a,
width of C00O yards on lioth sides of
the Somme River, the War Olfice an
nounced today.
The attack was carried out last '
night just north of the Hnmel district
Marshal Halg also reported to tin
War Ofllce that enemv artillery re
sumed activity in the Somme region
throughout the night. It also dis
played activity north of Albert. In the
vicinity of Beaumont-Hamel. and on
the Flemish line, In the neighborhood
of Uethune.
"j.ast nicht
Australian troops ad-
vanced their line slightly on a 3000-
i J. rd front abtride the Somme. Sev-
ju .tw,,t unkiiitw mi .,..,...
, eral prisoners were captured. A suc-
1 cessful raid was carried out by Scot-
lUh Irnnn. n,.th of tn Tl.ncseo Ciinal
, ., i V
resulting In the capture of a few prls-
of our operations, rt!n west of Bcau-
mont-Hamel and In the neighborhood
of Uethune.
By the Associated Press
Willi The llrltMi Army in Irnnce.
July 8.
In the cou'-e of tne night Australian
troops attacked and caiticd their line
forwatd astride the Sommn River to a
depth of 600 ids on a front of S00O
sards
xhe operation moved the defenses on
'he liver ahead i" (orrespond with
the push made l. the Australians anil
the Americans m their Fourth of July
i Hack Just south o' the ilver. .
U.S. TROOPS READY
FOR 1KIF FA'EMY DRIVE ,
fiy the Associated Press '
Willi Ihe American 'Army in 1'rante, i
Julv S.
Resumption of the German offensive1
against some pait ot the Allied line
Is believed to be near. For obvious
. ' '"w " 'm iiji iiieic nre mree
I?."!1 ''.",t8 ISr. ,ne enemy's attack- ,
the Chateau Thierry region, the line
Continued on Psee s. Column Two '
TY TURNS INFIELDER; I
PLAYS SECOND BASE
.AY.,,. .. 1 r- n- c. .it 1
" aisOll and Killllt) Mai'l Hurl-,
ing for Athletics and '
Detroit
Hv
ItOULKT W. MWWLLL I
Shlbe Park, Jul- S. 1
Ty Cobb turned Inflelder pro tern, to
day and took up the duties of second
' baseman for Hughie Jennings
Watson and Kallio were t
lie lespec-
tlve tvvirlcrs for the Athletics and De
troit. The Tlgeis scored twice In the first
Inning on a pass, Cobb's infield hit, an
'"field out and Stanage's single to left,
I'IKST INMM1
Bush popped to Dugan. Jones walked.
Cobb beat out a bunt In fiont of tlie
plate. Dykes threw out Veach. Stan
age singled to left, scoring Jones, Cobb
took second on the throw in. Harper
vvns tossed out by Dkes. Two runs,
two hits, no errors.
Jamieson struck out Cobb" allowed
Kopp's grounder to roll through his legs,
much to the del'ght of the fans. Kopp
dlAI stealing, Ville to Bush. Acosta
walked. Burns singled to center. Acos
ta going to third Gardner's pop fly
dropped between Veach and Buh near
the left field line for a double. Acosta
scorlnr. Kallio threw out McAvoy.
One run, two hits, one error.
TRADE AND
A RMY TO
Troops Purely for Protective Purpose A'o Military In
tervention Economic Relief Washington's
Sole Plan
i fiy the Lnitcd freis
Washington, July S.
An "army" of trade and business
experts, supported by a sizable police
foice of inter-AIIIed troops, will be
iSPnt l0 Uu"ia t0 'a ln establishing
UlUCI.
.,.,, . . ,
The Lmled Press touav. seeking to i
cle.ir up cqiisldeiable confusion as to
the Allied roure toward Russia, is
able to s,tato seniiofllciallv that tho
forwoln has been dennitcly deter-'
mined on and will be put Into effect
very soon.
There will be no "military lnterv on
I tlon
Xegollatloiis are now under wav be-
tween the Allied Powcis to determine
the be't and ipiScke't means of as
seinbl tig the needed troops It Is not
pos-jlhle to u-e the tVsclio-SIovak trcops
now in Vljdlvostolc as a nut leus foi
the force, because In their Siberia light
ing they have become "combative
BASEBALL
DETROIT.. 2 C 1
ATH'TICS.. 112
Kallio-Yelle; Watson-McAvoy;
PHILLIES. .
CINCIN....
Oschger-Adams; EUer-Wingo;
CLEVLAND.A.L.. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
BOS., A. L. (1st g.) . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Covaleskie-O'Nell; Jones-Agnew.
CLEVLAND.A.L. 0 0
BOS., A. L. (2d g.) . . . 0 2
Morton-Thomas; Mays-Schang.
CHICAGO, A. L 13 0
NEW YORK, A. L... 0 0 0
Shellenbach-Schalk; Hussell-Walters. (
BOSTON, N.L 0
1'ITTSB'GH.N.L... 0
Ragan-Wilson; Comstock-Schmidt.
NEW YORK, N.L... 1100000
CHI., N.L. (1st g.).. 0210003 -
Causey-McCarty; Tyler-Killefer.
NEW YORK, N.L...
CHI., N. L. (2d g.) . . .
OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS NOT SCHEDULED
LLOYD GEORGE CONGRATULATES ROYAL COUPLE
LONDOON, July 8. In the House of Commons today Pre
mier Lloyd George moved a resolution congratulating King
George and Queen Mary on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their
wedding. In a long speech the Premier paid tribute to the
manner in which'' the King had "faced the greatest Issues during
a period in which the world has been devastated by the greatest
hurricane that ever 'swept the surface of the globe."
HUGHES GOES TO DAYTON IN AIRCRAFT PROBE
DAYTON, O., July 8. Charles E. Hughes, chairman of the
Federal committee investigating aircraft production, arrived here
today, and, following an Investigation behind closed doors at
the Federal Building, it was reported that Attorney General
Gregory would arrive tomorrow. No statement could be obtaiued
from official!.
SENATE TO GET WIRE RESOLUTION AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, July 8. The Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee this afternoon ordered an immediate report on tho
lesolution empowering the President to take over the telegraph
and telephone line?. The committee made no recommendation.
.WEATHERMAN AGAINST U.S.
Cleveland Abbe Dropped for Pro
German Tendencies
lly the Associated Press
mulilnrton, July 8. Official corre
spondence
that Clev
Monthly
maae puunc touay aisciosea , vv.klilnrton Julv 8 n earthnu-ikn .Ine main roaus mere are unair waier. ," :-;
elan.l Vbhe Ir riitnr nf llm ' .11., ... V 1 uul lnai iramc is oeing maintainca By- t "
eianu Aune, Jr, editor ot tlie . 0f considerable Intensity nd centered mcans of boati ji ,-4i
Weather Review, recently about C50O miles from Washington. A brldgo over the River Salsbach ha' ,
e ti.- r..... -Mm.., ......... I Probably In south America, was re. ..... .u i.,i ....... a 1 , -. ......... . r,
u,u,.,.c ' """""'".",- corded on Georgetown University sels
wa dismissed because of "his well, j mographu this morning. Tremors began
known sympathies for the Imperial Ger- at :42 a. m.. gi owing In intensity and
man Government." lending at 8;B0 a, m.
AN UNEdUALED NEWS SERVICE)
POLICING
AID RUSSIA
troops" in the eyes ot some Russian
factions.
31 Mat He "I'rolettUe"
The "police" forces must be safely
protective, it Is stated. Mobilization of
this police force H the sole problem
holding up the Russian nlan now.
since a la.ge appropriation may he
inrooaij iu iiii.tiii:- mp PApfUlllOII. 11
Is likely President Wllren will appear
before Congrf-s to outline his propotal
and his needs.
"The Russian project" is one of the
m0!' unique and comprehensive ever
t&rXX
agriculture and trade authoiitles wl'l so
to Valadlvosttok and move slowly west
ward. They will aid in re-establishing
ri edits, assist in crop movements, seek
to encourage confidence of the Russians
vvlth each other, aid In bulIdlnB up Irons-
imitation facilities In short do verv- i
thing within their power to Uart things
moving In Russia.
The outgrowth of this inurement, II Is
confidently believed, will be a si on
tuncous and enthusiastic rail-lug to the
Continued on Pace Seven, Column l'ouf
SCORES
umpires, O'Loughlin-MoiiaiU;
umpires, Eigler-Moran.
0- 0
1- 1
4 0
8 0
RECORD SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
Georgetown Seismographs Regis-
n. 'I'-... TK,.1.1.. :..
.1.. j.t.u.u., i.u.,aUj;
souin America
lly the Associated Press
Social Revolution
arics and Reds in
Severe Battle
UPHEAVAL AFTER
MIRBACH DEATH
Uprising Has Been Sup
pressed, One Dispatch
Reaching London Says
BERLIN IS STIRRED
BY DEVELOPMENTS
Kuchlmann Ordered to Cease
Negotiations With Le-
nine's Delegates
EMBASSY IS GUARDED
Soviet Premier Attempts to
Placate German Anger
at Murder
l) the Associated Prcsi
Ioiidon. July I.
A setious counter-revolution has
broken out in .Moscow, according to
a setnlofllclal Wolff Bureau telegram
dated on Sunday from Moscow and
transmitted to London by the Ex-t
change Telegraph Company's corre-
jtipondcnt at Copenhagen. Fighting of
I great severity Is taking place In the
I streets between the Bolshevik troops
l 'tnd Social Revolutionaries, the de
spatch says: .
Revolt Follows Mlrliacli's. Death
The revolt accompanied the asras
sination of Count von Mirbach, the
German Ambassador to Russia.
A Russian wireless dispatch claims,
that tbp tini.ii.iii-. I... ....... ......
,...j..rt I,.-, iivyv uvcii uuiii- fm
Pletely suppressed, and the tone dtf"?Ja
the message Indicates that the sup' Vffl
urcssion was accomplished with san- S ,
guinnry violence, the orders beinert!iat
I nil who showed resistance, to.iUw!Jgijj
' uuisiicviK! snouid he "shot on tha-sfl
1 spot. .J-jj
beverl hundred Russians, includ- '.S
1 ing tne faoclal Revolutionary leader, Vj
itiejwunarovucn, nave been arrested at
j Moscow.
I The Russian wireless also circulated
1 the lollowing, signed by M. Araloff,
j the chief .Moscow commissioner:
I "The Social Revolutionists, by fru
1 anient means, captured for a few
j hours a small pait of Moscow and
, the . Government telegraph office.
, whence they Issued false reports of
tlie suppression of the Soviet in Mn
' 'ow. 1 beg to announce that the
1 inutinj was caused by a group of'
heeky fools and was suppressed with
out difficulty by the .Moscow gar
1 1 Ison. The mutineers have been ar
jiejtcd and older has been restored.''
j Kaiser HrcaKs With Keds
As soon as Kmperor William heard
' or the assassination of Count von
Mirbach. the German Ambassador to
1 Russia, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam,
ho ordered Foreign 'Secretary Kuehl-
lnanu to break off negotiations with
! Ihp Russian delegates in Berlin.
A strong guard has been placed be-
1 fore the house of the Bolshevik Ambas.
1 sudor in Berlin, as It is feared the ip.
ulace of the capital will Inaugurate
, antl-Rusian demonsiratlons
All the German newspapers declare
the murder of Count von Mirbach must
, Inevitably have a great Influence on
uuBiu-utmian relations.
Trie to I'lxi-ate dermana
.Nikola Lenine. the Bolshevik Premier,
is endeavoring ti- plucate the Germans
bj. appointing "an etraoidinary com
mission of investigation" to probe trig'
death of Count von Mirbach The com
mission Is headed by "Comrade Peters.''
Lenlno previous! sent an apology to
Germany,
Meanwhile Berlin Is doing its utmost
to make capital out of the von Mlracji
affair. A German official account of the
assassination concludes:
"The result of a preliminary Inquiry
pernuis me assumption that agents in
the seivlce of the Entente are Impli
cated in tlie uftalr '
j . lly the Associated Press
AiiKterilnni, Jul I.
Accoidlng to a Moscow telegram to
I the Frankfurter Zeitung. the two ag
tasslns of Count von Mirbach fled aftxr
) lommlttlug the crime to a building oe
j cupied by Social Revolutionists, where
1 they were being defended with machlne
I guns
I it is declared In the advices that the
Continued on I'me four, Column Tft
FLOODS RUIN TEUTON CROPS
Rivers of Germany Overflor'
After Deluge of Rain
lly the Associated Press
4 ...at aeilani TltllS fi Tl1ln Hani lUa
today report that severe floods followod
a sudden, heavy rainfall In many nana
of Germany Serious damage, to crop.
and loss of property are reported from
several meiricis.
A telegram from sa(zburg states that
Liii. a.,... ....nj. 4 f.lfc. n,i,vit,lL ui. 1
iiinuer una "ecu loai ki xiaiteir. ueavy ",,i
uamage 10 crops is remnea in ine iaiM 5jj
Traun district und the damage Is - jv
pcciauy serious around lak Mono.
-.I
:&
"r
.,?!
! l
I
J
SC-kS ,"-. 5$
i.
3 :
r"&t
?' il'
a-
.v,