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- SUPPLY OFtlGHT
-IN PRIVATE HOMES
TO BE CUT DOWN
Twenty Per Cent Reduction
in Electricity to
'Save Coal
HOTELS MUST CONSERVE
First Four Nights in Week to
' Be "Lightless" Under
Latest Ruling
Reduction of thlrty-three and one
thJcd per cent In electrical Illumination
of hotels and apartment houses through
out the State and a twenty per cent
reduction In the use of electric lights
in private homes will constitute the next
step taken by thc Federal Fuel Admin
istration for Pennsylvania In the coal
conservation campaign.
Details of the new light restriction
measures are expected to be made public
late today, following a meeting of county
fuel conservation heads In Harrisburg,
where the plan will be outlined by B.
I. Cole, executive secretary of the con
servation division of the State. Other
measures looking to the decreased use
of coal and the elimination of all waste
will be proposed at this conference.
Representatives of Philadelphia hotels
and apartment houses will meet Friday
in the office of Federal Fuel Adminis
trator William Potter to work out .v
plan of co-operation with the fuel ad
ministration In connection with the light
reduction order. The exact date for
making thc ruling effective has not been J,
decided upon. At tills meeting ae
rreascd elevator service will also be
discussed, and further savins, measures
suggested
Further conservation of fuel was
stressed by the fuel administration to
day as of extreme importance. In de
termining upon a decrased use of elec
tricity In private homes, it first was
proposed that a similar reduction as
that orefcred for the hotels be agreed
upon. One-third reduction may be
achieved later, however. At present,
20 per cent less Illumination will be
insisted upon. While the fuel admlnls
tratlon's rullnr: In this connection will
he mnde In the form of a persistent
request, violators will Tre forced to com
ply with it.
Hotels to Co-operate
No leniency will be shown by thc
fuel administration to business houses
that violate the lightlcss nights ruling,
which becomes effective July 15, fter
whfch time the first four nights of each
week, from Sunday to Wednesday, inclu
sive, will be "lightless."
Lightless nights. howeer. will not
mean that pleasure parks and amuse
ment houses will have to close. Much
of the unnecessary lighting at the parks
will be eliminated, particularly deejay
lights and electrical advertlsliCg devices.
Tho business man, his clerks and
"stenogs" who make a habit of going
to their oftlco In large buildings before
7:30 oclock, will have to walk,
even
though he be located on the top floor.
, Coal conservation measures just or
dered by the fuel administration pro
hibit the operation of elevators between
tho hours of 6:30 p. m. and 7:30 a. m.
Elevators will also stop running at 3
o'clock Saturday and will not be per
mitted to resume until Monday morn
ing. These new rulings become effective
fJuly IB and will last at least three
months:
Operation of freight elevators in tho
office buildings la also to be curtailed.
They will be run only between the hours
of 7 and 10 a. m. and 3 and 6 p. m.
The public Is also aBked to walk when
going no" further than the second floor,
the first stop will be the third floor.
With the curtailment of elevator serv
ice and electric lighting In the city's
large stores the new regulations arc
expected to reduce coal consumption in
big buildings at least 20 per cent.
Amnaementa Not to Cloio
Ninety per cent of the July coal allot
ment to dealers is now being shinDed
here. This statement was Issued at the
office of Fuel Administrator Potter after.
persistent inquiry us 10 wnen I'nuadel
phla coal dealers are to receive sufficient
supply -with which to All the thousands
of orders for next winter's coal now on
hand.
The llghtless-nlght order goes into cf.
feet tomorrow. Monday, Tuesday, Wed
nesday nights will be lightless thereafter.
Whether theatres, motion-picture
houses, amusement parks and similar
Places will be affected by the rule could
not be learned at the olllco of tpe United
States fuel administrator here, where
' officials stated that, as the order will
be a Federal one, all details will be
embodied In the edict to be Issued by
Dr. Harry Garfield, Federal fuel ad
minlstrator. ASK EIGHT-CENT CARFARES
Reading
Company Files
New
Tariff Schedule
A new tariff of passenger rates, in
creasing all fares from six to eight centsfj
except in me cuy zones ox jteaoing anu
Lebanon, has been Hied with the Public
Service Commission by the Reading
Transit and Light Company,
The company operates cars on Ridge
avenue, this city, and to Norrlstown,
Reading, Lebanon and surrounding ter
ritory. A recent strike of Its motormen
and conductors was settled when of
ficials granted a wage increase demand,
after the, cars had been tied up for two
days.
It Is planned to make the new fares
effective August 1, All monthly tickets
will be Increased approximately 16 per
cent and funeral and special car rates
In the third fare limit, and up to and In
cluding the twelfth fare limit, will be
increased five dollars per car. Reading
and Lebanon fares will remain at six
cents.
WEATHER-WHYS
Bite's fair. The simple fact once told
Aids to mv ir'l7nt of sorrow.
I know that she today is cold
' And will lie cold tomorrow.
The pentle northern winds may blow
For two long days togcthtr.
I speak, oj iromant liless you, not
Vm talking, of tho weather.
THE EVENING PUBLIC.
fongftt
moderate
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AUSTRIA BALKS
ON NEW GERMAN
GENERALISSIMO
Refuses to Accept Kaiser's Ap
pointee to Direct Army
on Italian Front
By the United Press
Ttnmr. July D
Austria lias refused to accept a German
generalissimo to direct operations on the
Italian front, according to advices re
ceived here today.
Ilecent reports paid that In a general,
shakeup of the Austrian command. Gen-
emi vuii iiciun. aviiu uiit'uica uie lurmvri
Austrian offensive, had teen made commander-in-chief
of the Austrian armies
Later It was wald that General Luden-l
dorft had hurried to Austrian headquar-'
ters, evidently to make Von Below's ap
pointment effective.
BAKER TRIES TO END-STRIKE
Suspension of 1600 Weavers Re-
,. rinfli f,r' ITnifrr,.ia
(lllCCS lotll lor Umtorms
By the Associated Press
l.awrenoe, Mm.. July fl. Secretarv of
War Baker, in a message tr.eay to Wil
liam M. Wood, president of the American
Woolen Company, said he had asked
Ilenrv B. Kndlcott. xecutle manarrjr of
thc State Committee on Public Snfuy, to
try to settle the strike of 1600 veacra
in three mills here.
"Am greatly conceincJ at Ids of
production through the .valkout of
weaers." Mr. Baker said, "and have
telegraphed Mr. I'ndlcott, asking his
good offices to adjust the controversy."
In appealing esterday to tho War De
partment to take charge of the situa
tion, Mr. Wood said the mills were mak
ing cloth for the armv, and that produc
tion had been cut down 50,000 yards
daily by striking weavers, who demand
ed a wage Increase of 55 per cent.
GERARD MAY BE NOMINEE
Consiilcretl by Democrats for IS.
Y. Gubernatorial Candidate
By the Associated Press
S.rnnar, July 0. Democratic leaders
from all parts of the State, except
New York City, were here today to
suggest names of possible candidates for
Governor In place before the party con
ference at Saratoga on July 23."
On the, list for consideration uere
James W. Gerard, former Ambassador
to Germany. Al K. Smith, of New York :
Charles A. Hitchcock, of Syracuse ; Will
iam Chuich Osborn, of Westchester;
Mayor Harry Walker, of Blnghamton.
and Congressman James It. Lunn, of
Schenectady.
Charles F. Rattlpan, repiesenting
Cayuga County, has announced his In
tentions of fighting vigorously any at
tempt's" to have thc conference go on
record as favoring the nomination of
William Randolph Hearst.
AUSTRIA TO HANG ITALIAN
Lie,utcnant, Wounded and Cap
tured, Convicted of High Treason
fly the United Press
,rneva, July 9. Lieutenant Fenuccio
Cerelll. an Italian Irrcdendist, wounded
and captured in the recent offensive,
was convicted of high treason, accord
ing to a Vienna dispatch, and will be
hanged.
An Irredendlst Is a member of a party
formed In Italy In 1878 for the purpose
of annexing to that country certain
portions of other countries largely popu
lntpd hv Italians, including Trlest and
Trent, In Austria; Nice in France, and
Corsica and Malta, sucn regions aro
called "Italia Irredenta," or "unredeemed
Italy."
SERIOUS FIRE IN HATBORO
Homes, Stable and Lumber Yard
Are Prey of Flames
The homes of several residents of Hat
boro and the stable and lumber yard of
S. Carl Garner were destroyed by fire
which was discovered in tho stables early
this afternoon.
A brisk wind quickly spread the flames
(o several adjoining properties, and it is
believed tho loss aggregates many thou
sand dollars. Every fire company In the
York rqad district was summoned, and
a largo number of residents also gave
valuable 'aid in fighting the flames.
The Garner lumber yard Is in the busi
ness center of Hatboro. The homes of
John S. Leldy, a newspaperman, and
Howard Wlsmer, a policeman, were
among those badly damaged. The places
were Ignited by sparks carried by the
wind.
The- origin of the Are has not been
learned.
TO MEDIATE TROLLEY STRIKE
Taft and Walsh Will Try to End
Columbus Dispute
By the United Press
Washington, July 9. The national
war labor board today designated
Joint Chairmen W. H. Taft and F. P.
Walsh to examine the facts in the Co
lumbus, Ohio, street car controversy antjp
recommena a Dasis or seiwemenv. niey
may hold public hearings here, but,
first, examiners will be sent to Colum
bus to hear both sides.
This is one of twenty-five street car
controversies now Before the board.
Awards In the controversies are not ex
"ted until President Wilson has de
cided whether he will assume rate
making control of local street car com
panies. 32 TRANSPORTS.!"!) BE BUILT
After War They Will Be Used in
Mcrchunt Fleet
Wanlilneton. July 9. (By I. N. S.l
Ninety-two transports of 12,000 tons
each are a part of the Bhlpplng board's
program. It was learned today. They
are oeing so consiructea mat tney will
be available as passenger ships and as
giant merchantmen after the war.
Chairman Hurley, of the shipping
board, discussing the ship situation at
the White House, was extremely opti
mistic. American shipyards are putting
ships into the water faster than boilers
can be secured, he asserted, and the
average efficiency of the yards has been
Increased forty per cent
"We are now manufacturing ships In
stead of building them," he declared.
"TIME TO DISCUSS PEACE"
Wilson Paves Path to Ideal Con
ditions, Bernhardt Writes
By the United Press
Copenhacen, July 9. "The time has
now come openly to discuss peace," de
clared O. Bernhardt, writing In the Vos.
sische Zeltung.
"Having regard for the ideal condi
tions laid down by President Wilson,
unanimity will be reached In Germany
favorlpg his demand for self-government
of small nations and reasonable disarmament."
CASE AGAINST
MRS.BERGDOLL
PUT UP TO JURY
Kane Suddenly Lays Evi-
,,c,I;rd-
TO ROUND UP SLACKERS
SlalcWiJe Dragnet Ordered
bpread for Men Who
Evade Service
The case of Mrs.
Emma Bergdoll, ac-
cused by Federal authorities of ai'dln
1 1,.er "n- trover C Bergdoll, to evad
I the draft, today was unexpected!
g
ade
exneetedlv
placed before the special grand jury
Investigating alleged draft Irregulari
ties In this city.
This action by United States District
Attornely ICane was taken, it is under
stood, to have the grand jury consider
thc weight of evidence the Federal
authorities are said to have collected
In the case.
Another development today was the
announcement that State draft head
quarters, co-operating with the Federal
aumormes In probing the draft opera
tions, had ordered a State-wide lound
up of "slackers."
Local hoards have been ordered to
furnish complete information to the
authorities with regard to all peisons
who have failed to register or lespond
(o calls for cntralnment.
noard Can Itropen Cnurs
It was ruled by Slate headquarteis
there is no question the district boards
have authority to "reopen and reclassify
Industrial and agricultural cases up to
the day and hour of the Induction of
the registrant into military service."
The Grand Jury investigation may end
today. It was expected all the remain
ing testimony to be taken could be com
pleted this afternoon Thc jury-s return
may be made tomorrow
One of the witnesses called todav was
Kdwuid Herkert, former clerk of Draft
Board No 32, Overbrook, where Grovcr
Bergdoll registered for the National
Army
Herkert was in Harrlsburg on busi
ness when he was summoned by tele
phone to appear today. It is presumed
lie was called to tell nf tim ro-i,-.i..
of Bergdoll Another son of Mrs. Berg
doll. Irwin, failed to register, accoidlng
to the Federal authorities.
May Indict Mother
1 It was pointed out (Me nfi.n,,. ......
although It is not expected the Federal
authorities will ask Indictment of the
Bergdoll boys, Indictment of Mrs. Berg
doll may be asked. Federal authorities
say it is unnecessary to indict thc sons,
inasmuch as their ovvn actions make
them liable to arrest on sight.
Morgansteln, a baker, 734 South
Fourth street, was one of the witnesses
before the jury this afternoon. His sis
ter was uIbo called. --..j...
Rorgansteln was placed In class 3-U
by his local board, after claiming ex
emption on the ground that his parents
were dependent Investigation bv the
Federal authorities, it Is said, showed
Morganstein's parents were not depend
ent. Adjutant General Beary and Major
W. G. Murdock, disbursing officers for
the State, went to Washington yesterday
Continued on l'aco Two. Column Four
NEW ARCHBISHOP
ON WAY TO CITY
Leaves Buffalo for Scene of,
Higher Labors Acconi
panied by Escort
READ MASS AT SUNRISE
Route of Catholic
Parade Here Tonight
Starting from Broad Street Sta
tion about 8:30 p. m the procession
made up of Archbishop Dougherty
and church dignitaries who will re
ceive him, will move over the fol
lowing route:
will move over the following route:
South in Broad street to Mifflin;
countermarch north in Broad street
to Indiana avenue, thence south to
the Parkway and to Logan Square.
Clergymen and laymen represent
ing the various churches will
throng the line of march.
By a Staff Correspondent
Buffalo, N. V., July 9.
Archbishop Denis J. Dougherty, fifth
bishop of Buffalo, today left for Phila
delphia to assume his new rank as
head of tho archdiocese there, to succeed
the late Archbishop Prendergast.
A light cold rain was falling when the
archbishop reached the Pennsylvania,
station to board the 9 o'clock train.
There was no demonstration as the prel
ate entered one of five special cars pro
vided for himself and his escort of
honor."
A little knot of local clergy and laity
accompanied their former biuhop, to the
train. There was evident regret at his
departure, tinctured with gratifications
that he had been appointed to one of the
most important dioceses in the United
States. '
As bishop cf Buffalo, an ofllce- he as
sumed two years ago, he was ecclesi
astical head of 300,000 Catholics. In his
new episcopate he is the spiritual di
rector of nearly 800.000 Catholics and
will have more than 800 priests under
his Jurisdiction.
The new head of the archdiocese will
reach Philadelphia about 8 o'clock to-
Continued on Tag Five. Column Two
LEDGER .HAS
THE EVENING
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1918
I PLANES BOMB U-BOAT BASES
1 British Airmen Attack Ostcncl,
i Zqelmiggc and Bruges
! London, July 9 British naval air-
1 nlanes fn tl, norlnrl I..,,.. ...... ...... . .
July 7 dropped six tons of explosives
on German works at Ostend, Zeebrugge
and. B.rV.sea- Direct hits were observed
on buildings and vessels
Five German airplanes were destrov
ed and three others were driven down
?eu,tu?nedontro, Ml thc BT,tw' """"
NEW YORK MAIL
PUBLISHER HELD)
I Bail pe,.j c, R(.
i , j? nnn
"UI.CU riuiil OIW.UUU
to $35,000
OWNERSHIP QUESTIONED
By ie Associated Prcs
New York, Jul 9.
Edward A. Rumely. publisher i
Dr. Edward A. Rumelv. nuhlNher
of the New York Evening Mall, who
was arrested yesterday on charges of
perjury made by the Government in
connection with the statement of
ownership of the paper, was ar
' ra'Bned before United States Com
mission PI' MitrlmnnL- tmlno
He was i,pi,i n i,n .m
... ,, ,...
reuucen irom $iuu,uuu to tio 0UO. and
the hearing was set for July 23. Doc
tor Rumely was unablr to furnish
the ball Immediately, but hoped to
secure it.
Doctor Rumely is charged with re
porting: to the custodian of alien
mTv! tl rw,ru;siArenrufrom,th0HC,Trts HSlriA!e " Momdidier and River on Two-and-One.
,,.,,, . . Alsne attacks and ready for another ,. ,, .... , , , . .
alleged by the Government that the efrrt H(llf-Mde I rOllt Tanks Lead AsSQltlt Victors
P-pei .- .eauv own ny u.e ueiman It ,,. .,bout fom. davs for ,hp ,
Government, which, it further alleges, German high command to prepare foi
gave Rumely the money to purchase!?.''10 "ke tliat on the Somme. The
the paper from tho Mail and Express i malfle", torm trV ",ho tl Pari
, ... 'in this offensive, beginning on Marcli i
Company, in June, 1915. I 21, were withdrawn in detachments, '
IvoiTlnnl.,., A li i-
-.-. . i ...ii.. ,... .
Objected to Larger Hail j """ " " " ' , A
Doctor Rumley. brought to the ed.j ben oTlZ o'cust fonyX
eral Building from the Tombs, ob- afterward. The troops . that pushed
jectcd, through his counsel, Frederick tne a"va".:e as far as Chateau-Thierry
t r,,.ii . .i iii . . .were withdrawn, beginning June 6.
J. rowell. to the lilghcr amount of Counting forty days from June 6
bail naked by Harold Harper, Federal vvould give July 16. Hut the effort
Assistant Dlsti let Attorney. I'owelr mado on tl,e Alsne was not so great
cnIH .i,D ,..,. ... aM that o the Somme and not so
-. ... Uc..ua.. ,,.. j .an oi
large resources, handling considerable,
money for the Mail, and having
pledged his personal finances on the
Mail's notes, and was a man "o? hign
reputation."
During the period of investigation,
counsel said, Doctor Rumley supplied
Government agents vvttli all the infor
mation in liis possession, placing
copies cf all his papers beforr the in
vestigators and otherwise co-operating.
Mr. Harper, in asking for 150,000
bail, alluded to s recent case of a
Federal prisoner who fled from the
court's Jurisdiction after small bond
had been fixed. It was assumed the
counsel had Jeremiah O'Lcary in
mind. After consultation with Doctor
Rum ley's attorney, however, Mr.
Continued on Pare Five, Column flx
PENROSE FORCES"
HEARING ON WIRES
president Carlton, of West-
ern Union, Before Sen
ate Committee
'CONTROL UNNECESSARY'
Wanhlnclon, July 9.
Senator Penrose and other Senators,
demanding investigation before action
on the House resluto-ion authorizing the
President to take over telegraph, tele
phone, cable and radio lines, won a vic
tory today, when the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee heard testimony
behind closed doors on the telegraph sit
uation from President Carlson, of the
Western Union Telegraph Company A
decision regarding further hearings was
deferred.
The examination of Mr. Carlton, It
was said, was not arranged In advance
Chairman Smith, of the committee, said
the Western Union head happened to bo
In Washington and was given a hear
ing. nlruS Strike
The strike called by the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union and later postponed
12 5iSQ,i?ed.J,t ,enBth- Mr- Carlton
Bald of fifty thousand iv..i.,n tr.i
operators only fifty-six men belonged
to the organization. He added that the
company had co-operated with the or
ganlratlons f Its own men, but resented
what he termed "outside interference."
In denying a bias against telegraphers'
unions, he said the Western Union em
ployed many men helnnrin- i - , '
tions other than the Commercial Teleg."
! Union, including the Railroad
Telegraphers' Union. He declared the
commercial union had only 2B0O mem
bers. President Carlton's statement was the
first made on behalf i ,.' ",""'"""-.'. "" c.nr"!? .l"! "Ri? !5
nan,B .!. , ., ,,c will- oeoaBflitmiiyii v,t uum H I'lirUUCll, tne
Fi .i. , inception of the leglsla- German Ambassador at Moscow, on July
lion, the House Interstate Committee and ,ne subsequent revolution,
having heard only Government officials! Wireless messages to the Soviet Gov
favoring the legislation U""-1,J1S ernnient told of the capture of several
prominent Bolshevik! officials by revolu.
"Control Not Necemary" i "nlsts and of the arrest of revolutlon-
wni, r-a-u. , , , '"y lemiriB uy uuibiisviki iorces.
vvniie Carlton took the position that Similar Information reached the de
advisability of the pending legislation 'nartment 'rom ,1,e Associated Press re
was doubtful, according to committee I l'r"JtBtl,v" a1.,Vo,l?d.t1 wh? sald there
members, he did not vigorous?? protest ! JaVosla"1 mi"B bth " Mmc0w and
against enactment of the House resolu- The messages of both Ambassador
tlon. He pointed out difficulties attend. I Francis and the Associated Press cor
ing Government operation, and some oft respondent were sent to the American
... ..V." B.e ot'consul at Archangel and there riiv.H
lite iiicinucrH sain m.v nih.ru, .I... !.
regarded government control as unnec-
. . .-... m .ui us
Continued on Tate Six, Column Tbreo
nS
TELEGRAPH
GERMANY PLANS
TWO BLOWS FOR
NEXT OFFENSIVE,
Stage All Set for Big At
tacks Against Both Abbe
ville and Chalons
MAY COME ANY DAY,
Forty-four Divisions of Best
Troops Compose Kaiser's
Army of Maneuver
SpeeU ilZlilJZt ,,dSer
Corvrioht. lilt. 61 .Win York Timrv fn.
With thc American Army In France,
July 9.
! . lno next -.crman offensive is at
hand. It is -a matter of a few days. ,
of perhaps hours.
The German high command ap
parently has the stage set in two I
places for a drive against thc Brit
ish, with Abbeville as the grand ob
jective, and for an attack in Cham
I J!"6' wllh Chalons as the objective,
, Tllev
may make a stroke at both ,
places at about the same time.
Somewhere back of the German '
lines are forty-four divisions (660.000 I
men) of the Kaiser's best troops, his
army of maneuver, which he uses to !
i make his drives. This highly mobile I
and well-trained hammer force is now
many shock troops were used
three-fourths, it Is estimated.
only
Attack May Come Sooner
This might mean that a period of
thirty days would be required to get
ready, which vvould make the date
July 6. If it took thirty-five days,
this would mean July 11, or If it took
the full forty dajs it vvould mean
July 16.
To understand how the Kaiser's army
of maneuver works, it must be under
stood that in tho German offensives not
all of the shock troops enter the offensive
at the outset. One wave which starts Is
replaced, by a second, and so on. There
fore, It is not necessary for all forty
four divisions to have completed tllelr
forty days' preparation when the drive
haln. T- .1.- .1 - ..,- .
uca,a. in inu jiHiie uaine iroons
came Into the line on the fifth day which
wero known to be In the training area
on the first day of the assault on the
Chemln-des-Danies
These forty-four divisions of the army
of maneuver are trained a considerable
distance back of the lino and rushed
where the attack is to be made at the I
last moment after thc stage is all set '
That is why It Is so difficult for the i
Allied command to prevent German
gains in tho first few days. Many
i points must be protected, but the enemy
I makes his assault at one or at most two
points His Mipply of thock troops Is
Idrawn. as needed, on a scientific schedule,
' from the training auea where the ad
Ivance has been rehearsed.
While it is true that the Germans
have been good at beating the best Allied
forecasts, there is little sign of an at
tack now on the front between Mont
dldier and Chateau-Thierry. Beyond a
doubt the greatest result for the Kaiser
would be to reach Abbeville and cut the
British army off from the French, or to
force the British lines to fall back on
the Somme and give up the channel
Continued on race Five, Column Four
SCHWAB MAY SEIZE LUMBER
Authority Given to Rcmiisition
Material for Shipbuilding
Director General Schwab and the vicn
presidents of the Emercencv Fleet Cor
poration have been vested with author
ity to requisition lumber or any other
material In transit, or elsewhere, when
ever It Is urgently needed for ship
building, In announcing this step this after
noon, Howard Coonley, vice president of
t'le Fleet Corporation, made It plain
that In granting the authority the board
of trustees deemed it merely an emerg
ency measure.
Mr Coonley said he doubted whether
It vvould be necessary to requisition any
lumber or other material, but declared
the order necessary to prevent serious
delays.
Representatives of six wooden ship
yards in the South conferred with Mr
Coonley this afternoon regarding the
form of contracts. Some of the wooden
nnlpbuilders have comnlalneri that set.
.eral of their ways were empty, and
today 3 conference was expected to ter
minate In an amicable agreement
AMBASSADOR FRANCIS SAFE
Wires State Department of Revo
lution at Moscow
By the Associated Press
Wahhlnston, July 9. Ambassador
Francis, at Vologda. In a message dated
July 7. bringing the first word received
from him by the State Department Rlnce
... . . . .. -. -:. - --..
iney Drougni rener to omciais
who hnil
feared the Germans
had succeeded in
completely cutting of
communication with the outside world.
AN UNEQUALED NEWS SERVIO
Entered a Second-flam Matter at th PoitnfTlce at Philadelphia. Pa..
Under the Act of March 3. 1818.
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wet of the town of Antlieuil (fix
advanced more than a
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MILE NEAR COMPIEGNE
Beat Back Counter-Attack
fl the Lniled Press i
Paris, .lnlv n
Striking between Montdldier aiid the
Oise, French troops, with the aid of
tanks, advanced more than a mile on '
a front of two and a half miles, north-
west of Compiegne, this morning. i
A (erman counter-attack was re- I "
re-an-
pulsed, the Fiench War Oitlco
nounred and all French
alns were
maintained.
Four hundied mid fifty prisoners
were taken.
In the l.onspont region east of the
Retz Forest the French increased their
gains of v esterday and took additional
prisoners
"Betuetn .Montdldier and the Uise
French troops effected a local opera
tion nt 3:30 a in . west of Antheuil
(six miles northwest of Compiegne),"
the communique i-ivs
"With tho hi'li) of tanks the French
penetrated the German lines on a
front nf four kilometers (two and one
half miltM, took I'orte and Les Loges
farnrs, and advanced 1800 meters
(about u mile) A German counter
attack against Les Loges farm was
repulhed. Tho French maintained ull
their gains and took 450 prisoners,
including fourteen officers.
"South of the Alsne there was ao-
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UNITED STATES GRANTS ITALY CREDIT OF 310.000,000
WASHINGTON, July 0. An additional uedu oi $10,000,000
was granted to Italy today by the Tiensuiy Department, in.ii:.jig
a total of $660,000,000 for Italy and ot 0,001,500,000 to th
Allies to date.
VIENNA ADMITS ALLIED GAIN IN ALBANIA
VIENNA, July 0. The Entente pressme ngaiiut thc Aus
trian lines in Albania Is being continued by fcices n.lvancuifr
across the "river Voyusn, according: to today's Wai Office an
nouncement. A gain of ground by the Tien h .ilons; the upiiei
Devoll is admitted. Fighting also is taking phue in the inteiioi.
southwest of Derat.
LANGHORNE FARMER FOUND SLAIN
Edward A. Beaumont, Jr., n farmer living tuar Langhorne,
was found murdered in his barn today. The body, with the
throat cut, had been hidden under a pile of hny. A negro Hosier
is suspected of having committed the ciiine and is, being held
by neighbors. The State police lmvo been sent for.
TWO LOCAL MARINES MISSING
Philadelphian and Camden Man
on Latest Casualty List
One Philadelnlilan and a Camden man I
nr Included in the casualtv list re- I
celled todav from General Pershing.
both being missing in action. Both aro July" 6." Captain Ito7 slnlVTcSernor
marines. of the Island and commandant of the
Th Philadelphian is Percy H. naval station, reported today to the
Hoskins, of 651 North Fifteenth street, Navy Department. He said half the
a private. Inhabitants are destitute, crops have
Sergeant Thomas J, .laexson. of :829 been destroyed and much material dam
Hayes street, Camden, is the other sol- age done. Steps have been taken to
dler reported missing. ( feed the destitute.
FOE HARD BLOW
ik;;x&k '7krmA
River, French troop;, operating just
miles northwest of Compiegne), have
mile on a two-mile front
live artillery nehtlnc.
filrm (eight miles southwest of Sols
&ons we accentuated our progress by
tak'iK twenty prisoners, including one
officer.
"Northwest of Chateau-Thierry and
Hill 204 there was active cannonad
, "In the Champagne, French patrols
took prisoners."
Til !3n o.tt'lnt vinwll.ti nt,t Thv
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pun, soutu or tne Kiver Alsne, French
troops advanced about two-thirds of a ,
mile along a front of nearly two miles, i
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tho vnr Office announcement of last
By thc Associated Press
lomlon, July 9. A successful raid
was carried out by the British east of
Arras during the night, the War Office
announced today.
German artillery was again active
in the sector of the Somme River.
ine statement reads
During the nlcht" LmuTnn irnnn. .
carried out a successful raid east nr
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TYPHOON DEVASTATES GUAM
Island Inhabitants Destitute, j
Crops IJestroycd July 6
fly the Associated Press
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11 nineioii, July 9 The Island of
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OF KERENSKY
Arrests Leading Men Who 1
Served in Russian
Cabinet '
SWINGS DRAGNET
FOLLOWING REVOLTS;
Martial Law Proclaimed
Moscow by Bol
sheviki M
GERMAN DRIVE HINTED Vel
Kaiser May March on Capital
to, Avenge Mirbach
Murder
lly the United Pre,, - hi
"n.sle, Switzerland, July j. "Mt
Martial law has been proclaimed liiV, Wj
uoscow, according to dispatches re-W"?
v..u Jlcle loaay.
Several of those arrested in connect
tlon with the assassination of Ambas
sador Mirbach are said to have ad'
mltted the purpose was to provoka
annulment of the Tfrest-Litovsk peac
treaty. Among those arrested waa '
Madame Splridonova. ,
London, July 9. ''
Premier Lenine has caused the ar-
I rest of M. Skobeleff, former Minister
At ChavignyOf Labor; Tir. Tchernoff, former Mi'n-
r or Agriculture; M. Tseretelll
former Minister of Post and Tele
craph; M. Savlnoff, former Minister
of War, and other members of Uie
Kerensky cabinet, according to a
Moscow dispatch received today.
(This development would neem ta
bear out the rtnichn.,n, ,, ...
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.u..b.liv tiajtn max
--"i.ci -revolution in Moscow has
been suppressed and wnnM ir.ni....
that Social Revolution, ,-i., , -,' . 1
allied vvi h Ata!n1' hm
amonS tho leaders.) icSa
rAM.. m ... tffM
w.r. liny i-ians Action - -jq
upauon or uussla and seizure of M
its resources may be the penalty ln- -v
DOfced llV dorm an... i.. J.r.'!i?i
,! , """ lur me assassin:.
tlon of Its ambassador at MosrJJ
Berlin Is taking the onnnrtnniM '.. . i
forded by the Mirbach murder to dwVl H
Dare erreat campaign of nrnnnnhi.
and arms against fh tj..i ...
..,, j.lc uingiDie evidence of
material success.
The Inspired German press is pr
paring the public for a radical move
against Russia as punishment for the
murder of Count von Mirbach.
Dutch and Scandinavian newspapers
hint at a march on Moscow, and dis
patches are printed showing that Ger
man forces now are about 300 mllos
west of that city and are being hear
ily re-enforced.
ficneral Savlnliofr Is Accused
German newspapers point to General
SavinkotT, now under arrest, as th
man behind the Von Mirbach plot,
whicli is being gradually developed byv .
the Teuton press Into a great antl-Ger-'
man movement backed by all those .
men whom Germany has found to be" i
hindrances in her plans of aggression '
in Russia. A Moscow telegram circu
lated by the Wolff News Bureau of
Berlin says:
"Savinkoft is considered to be re
sponsible for the deed. He is, more
over, said to be closely connected with
the Czecho-Slovak and Social Revolu
tionary movements."
fly l7ie United Press
Amsterdam, July 9. "The murderers
hoped to create a break between Ger
many and the Bolshevlkl, but there Is no
Idea here connecting the latter with,"
the crime." viares the Lokal-Anzeiger
regarding tin .sasslnation of Am-'
bassador Mirbach.
The North German Ovzette said: "On
the principles of who would benefit from
the crime, the facts point to the Allies,,
who long have tried to sow mistrust
between Germany and the Soviets"
The Frankfurter Zeitung declares -that
the Central Powers cannot allow
the Entente to secure fresh resources
In the East.
GERMANS LACK MEN
FOR DRIVE IN RUSSIA
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, ism. ov Xew York Timet Co.
rrl. July 9 -French opinion la &
somewhat divided as to the effect which CSM
the murder of Count Mirbach. or. r.th.r
? 'Jxf,l0'"! theFrench prefer
by Germany in Russia. itn h.a-.i n.6
t" v.ui, ,L. n, nave nn mi rapv an.l.M . .c
of the Gaulois,
generally a very cleapi ,.
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PENROSE BLOCKS "DRY" MOjfcfl
His Point of Order Stalls Amends
nient to Food Act
fly ic United Press
VVanMnrton, July 9 Wets today tern- flf
(norarllv hlnrlced mn.lri.palln.1 n9 ....,.
time prohibition by the Senate. " CS
.Senator Penrose raised a nolnt nf !
w.v. ,,;. me iuuiiiuiiiuii amenament T'
to Inp pmereenftv fnnd on ,n .v.. ......a
. ,4... nnnlp.o . .!. .l. Wt.i .. . t ,
that It Is general legislation on wi.-'el
appropriation bill, .& i
Senator Saulsbury. who was Dresldin . fl
did not wish to decide the point, if
order Immediately, and the net erteevwtt1
to postpone consideration of the uW
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