vsjKfijwra -v ' ., ' - j "S j :''., &i. write meodet end r -'', mm JTajftfegton,' July 39. TiiWer ihower this afternoon' or tonight; cool- er; Wednesday, lair, moderate ninth. TKMI'EKATtmK AT KACH 1KU1H I 8 0 10 11 12J1 I 2 3 4 fi 7r. I 77' 7HI 82 I S3 I 8I1 St' I I I lir - TA THE EVENING TELEGRAPH jsvu? !W'f-7jiWi.' ucniiiH VOL. IV. NO. 272 BOARD 2 FAILS TO REPORT 2000 AS DESERTERS United States Grand Jury Hears of Wholesale Neglect REPORTS IN PIGEONHOLE Lieutenant Colonel Easby- Smitb Tells Probers of Draft Irregularities Here The number of draft delinquents District Appeal Board No. 2 failed n report as deserters has pone above the 2000 mark, according to information given by Federal agents today to the special Federal Grand Jury probing draft conditions here. Coincident with this, evidence of alleged Irregularities found in this city by Federal investigating bodies were revealed to the Jury by Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Easby-Smith. special rep resentative of Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder. Discovery of the alleged wholesale neglect of the district board of which Walter Willard Is chairman to for ward the namts of the dellnciucr.ls to the Adjutant General that thev mtaht be posted ar delinquents followel an Investigation in the status of O rover Clovelnnd Bergdoll. Special Agent Clark, of the, Pepnrt ment of Justice, appeared before tlio Jury and told of hi:? investigations of the appeal board He dcclaied the entire list of delinquents wis found pigeon holed, within fifteen minutes after State draft officials demanded that any such names be forwarded at once. Shifts !lpniilliltlty According to Federal investigators, although the matter tan hnrdlv be term ed as criminal, no tatlsfactnry explana tion of the enor has been offered. They report there Is a general attempt by board members and clerks to "shift" the responsibility Thorugh the errnr more than 200(1 i--glhles have been able to evade the draft laws and regulations, resulting In other men being Fent, to camp by the local boards. Bronte Greenwood, chief clerk of the board, who offered the explanation in the Bergdoll case that the names weie over looked because of "a clerical error," Is al leged to have now taken the attitude that he "will not be the gnat" In the matter. This he Is said to have told Fedcial agents. For more than two hours today Colo nel nasby-Smith related to the jury numerous cases of draft complaints that ho had Investigated and the condi tions that he found existing. It was learned that 'Colonel Smith took up the charges against District Appeal Board No. 2, thirty cases In all, In addi tion to the error In not certifying and forwarding the names of the draft de linquents In addition the Irregularities, found In various local boards were pie ' sented to the Jurors by this draft offi cial. PROCEDURE FOR DRAFT DELINQUENTS OUTLINED By the Associated Press Harrlshurg, July 10. "The haphazard procedure at present followed In obtain ing Information regarding delinquents and deserters has proved unsatisfac tory." declares Mator W. G. Murdock, the State draft officer. In a letter ad dressed to all local draft boards In Pennsylvania In which he specifies the methods to be followed. "All inquiries regirdlng status of any delinquents are to bo addressed to the State headquaitcra of the State of which the man claims to be a resident : and where a man claims to have no registra tion card or not to remember where he registered he Is to be given opportunity to reElster at once. "When descriptive lists of deserters are received by local boards they are to turn them over promntly to the proper fiollce authorities an.1 request that an mmediate investigation may be made." CONVICTS IN HUN ARMY Americans Capture Recently Freed German Criminals By the Associated Press With the American Army ort the Alonr-Marne Front, July So. A prisoner taken by the Americans Monday near 'the River Ourcq asserted he had been re leased from a German prison three weeks ' ago to Join the army. When the Allied offensive began he waB sent to fight with the Germans oper ating along the Marne. This prisoner eald other Germans had been released from confinement and turned over to the army. From a dead German the Americans took typewritten papers showing he had been set free from N'ordllngen prlpn July 17 to go to tho front, The docuhients showed that notwithstanding the man's Joining the colors the penalty he was paying was to continue hanging over his head. This German was Killed iy an American sergeant with a pistol just after the Americans had crossed the Ourcq. Lord Litchfield Dies of Gun Wound London, July 30 Thomas Francis Anson, the third carl of Lichfield, direc tor of the National Provincial Jtank of England, and tho Bank of Australasia, was found dead today In the grounds of his estate at Shugborough Park, Staf ford, with a gunshot wound In the head. Lord Litchfield was born In 1856. Deliver "000 Rifles in Day Washington, July 30. A record de livery by a single plant of 7000 army rifles In one day last week has been announced by tho War Department. WEATHER-WHYS Still the weather causes wonder. iBhowers arc coming, likewise thuniler. If this afternoon Is bright Look for rain soma time tonight, tfortUwest icimls, tha sharps de clare, Will help to fashion M'cdnesdau fair; "But if she be not fair to me What care I hoto fair she let" t..t.it-t--. ... . .. - ""' uaiiiri.Trj.pt H'iniliy. Ruharrtr-tlon rrleei 10 n Your by Mall. Copyrlsht. IMS, by the Tubllc Lcdeer Company. x$ iJ-. - ; ' "j: , jiJiti $ :N1iiS3v.w.t!pMiwv. X- i BEFORE DRAFT JURY Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Edsliv Smilli, rcprctcntini: I'rovot Mar shal General Crowder, torfav went Iiefore tlie Federal Grand Jury to tell Avliat he had found in in ost i uating the 'elective servirc tangle in this city READY FOR HONORABLE PEACE, PSSAREK SAYS Opponents Must Quit ,"Hotilc" Plans, However, Austrian Premier Arid fly the Associated Press Amsterdam, July 30 "Wr are ready to conclude a.r honorable peace as soon as our opponents renounce their hostile plans aiming at our destruction or re pression." said r.aron on Huviarck, Austrian Premier, In presenting hl Cab inet to the upper house of the Austrian Parliament, according to Vienna ,id le.t He .Tided, according to the dis patch, that, so far as the Central Poueis are concerned, the war is a defensive one . "So long as our opponents tale the standpoint of or.e-slded dictation." he continued, 'there In nothing for us but to continue the-war and carl it on so igoiousIy that It will be shortened." IN FLANDERS, WON BY AUSTRALIANS IN DASH Anzacs Clear Villajie of Germans in Few Minutes by Snappy Fipbting liy the United Press itli the 1lritl.li Armies in Iriimr. .lulv dSO Australian troops capture Meiris. an impoitant town in the Flan ders salknt, by a sui prise attack i.irly toi'ay. The Australians quickly sui rounded the village shortly after midnight. After a few minutes' snappy ijork the place was tlcired of Germans and outposts weie established to guard against sur prise counter-attacks fly the Associated Press r.mulnn. July 30.- German positions In the Merrls region, on the Flanders front, were entered last night by Aus ttalUm troops', who took forty prisoners, the War Office announced today. The enemy artillery was active in the region northwest of Albert, throw ing In gas shells. It nlso displayed ac tHity between La Bnssee Canal and Ypres. U. S. MAYCONTROL OIL Fuel Administration Plans to Eliminate 'Competition fly l7ic United Press nhblllRton, July 30. 31. A Ttequa. director of oil supply for the fuel ad ministration, expects within two weeks to announce a plan for Federal control of the industry It Is desired to put the plan Into operation through voluntary action ot producers and refiners, although the pro visions of tho Lever bill are available, if needed. It is planned to eliminate competition thiough fllng prices of crudo oil in the various fields and setting a maximum figure on bonuses If necessary to keep military needs of the Allied natlona fully supplied, allocation will be undertaken, as in the case of steel. It Is considered likely the Industry will shortly come into contact with Govern ment regulation thiough the necessity of applying for priority In supplies and pipe. Old machinery and bupplles havo been raked over, bui' the end of this source i now in sight. It Is planned to Issue a series of prlcflj differentials tor tne prouucis oi me re finery, based on the price of. crude oil and moving In sympathy with It. i - ITALY GREETS YANKEE TROOPS Combatant Units Receive Gala Welcome fly the Associated Press WatlilnKton, July 2'J. American com hatant tioops, whose arrival lecently In Italy to go into action on the Italian front was announced heio today by Gen eral 3Iarch, chief of staff, were received with an ovation on their arrival at Turan and 31llan. Princess Laetitla and the civil and military authorities enthusiastically greeted the Amel leans at Turin, where they paraded through the city's streets amidst great ovations, according to an official dispatch today from Home. In llllan a similar reception greeted the Americans. This continued through the afternoon, assuming tho character of a great popular demonstration for tho United States. FATHERLAND "NERVOUS" News of Retreat From Pocket Disturbs Civil Population fly the United Press Paris. July 30. The new German re ticat in tho Solssons-Itheims pocket, which became known only yesterday, caused extraordinary nervousness among the population In liorlln and through out Geunany, according to a Zurich dis patch to the Journal today. Tho Cologne Gazette and the Loial Anzelger declare the loss of ground on the Wfcet fiont is "unimportant." . HEAT KILLS WOMAN Showers Help Keep Tempera ture Down Today Overcome by the heat today in her homo at 359 Soulas street, Mis. Marie Fleischer, sixty-six years old, died in tlvf Jewish Hospital. At 8 o'clock this morning tho tempera ture was 70, and It mounted steadily until one, when S6 was recorded. The humidity stood at C8 per cent. Showers fell this afternoon, helping to keep the temperature down. Tomor row, eavs the forecast, will be fair. i U6oiV4sbV B ' h -xm TURKEY BREAKS WITH GERMANY, LONDON REPORT Britain Hears Constanti nople Has Severed Rela tions With Berlin QUARREL OVER CRUISER Sultan M a y Spurn Brest- Litovsk Troaty in Dealing Willi Caucasus litidon, July 30. "Tho relations between Germany and Turkey havo been severed, ac cording to direct information from Constantinople." This announcement is made by tho Copenhagen correspondent of tho Kx ehange Tejegiaph Company. The excitement against Germany, the ndvices say. has been growing, particularly after last week's events. The Germans demanded the cruiser Ilamidloh, tho only largo ship then in possession of Turkey, as compensa tion for tho Ereslau, formerly a Ger man cruiser, which was destroyed in tho Dardanelles while .imler tho Turkish flag. Despite Turkey's pro test, the Hanildieh has departed for Sevastopol with tho German flag fly ing. fly the Associated Press Amsterdam, July 30. Turkey Is going to handle tho situation in the Caucasus according to her own ideas. This Is Indicated In u telegram from Constantinople dated July 23. which quotes an article in the newspaper Xnsfirl Ekflar presenting tho Turkish viewpoint. "Wo have nothing to say against the principles laid down in the Rrtst l.ltovsk treaty." says the article, "but when the Caucasus, newly reorgan ized, turned townid us and, master of its own destines, refused to lie bound by tho treaty, what was more natural for us than to tako into consideration tho necessities of this new situation created on our important eastern front ' Could we close our ears to the appeal of the Government of a people largely of tho snmo race and hnmo creed as ourselves? "We are aware of the action and Its present progress, to placo under German control Tlflls and Baku. That In a logical consequence of tho 1 1ndication of the Brest Litovsk treaty. How could thl3 treaty be taken into consideration In the af fairs of the Caucasus, seeing that the Bolshevik Government has not oven been able to return to us. In accord ance with tho treaty, our eastern frontier and that in the Caucasus in fluences entirely Independent of tho Bolshevik Government have arisen?" OPEN BREAK LIKELY, WASHINGTON BELIEF fly the Associated Press. ' Washington, July 30. N'o official ad Ices regarding the reported break In relations between Turkey and Germany have leached Washington but the Gov ernment would not be surprise dlf Tur key has been driven to an open rupture as there Is a well-founded background for the report. It has been known for somo months thnt a deep and growing feeling of dis satisfaction has existed In Turkey over the treatment by the Germans. Itepoits that a Turkish mission recently had been trying In Switzerland to cultlvato friendship with somo of the Allied Gov ernments hao been iccelvert here. It would bo natuial, officials said, for the Turkish Government to endeavor to find some new friends among tho powers be fore breaking with its old associate. Anti-OermanH in 1'ovvpr When the present Sultan came to the throne in Constantinople a few weeks ago some very strong anti-Germans came into power. It has been a ques tion whether these men were In strong enough positions openly to defy tho Teutonic powers. 3lany officials long havo resented tho dominating ways of tho Germans and have blamde them for tho lack of food and other supplies in Continued an I'uue Mi, Column One MANY WOMEN ASK FEDERAL PENSIONS Widows and Orphans of For eign War Veterans Throng Offices Here Widows and orphans of Spanish-Amerl-can War, Phllippino Insurrection and Chinese Boxer rebellion veterans today crowded the pension office hero to file applications for Government allotments under the lecent ConKiesslonal act al lowing pensions for those having In comes of not more than $250 a year. One mother, with sU children three of them under sitien years of age was among today's applicants. From all parts of the city aged women and motheis of young children are taking advantage of tho Government's ruling. It is believed it will be several months before the applications will he passed upon and the money forwardvd, because of the enormous amount of work in the pension bureau at Washington. The act provides that widows fit veterans, without means of support other than daily labor and with a net In come of not moro than $250 a year, be Placed on the pension list at the rato of $12 a niontl. during widowhood. The mother or guardian of minor children of deceased veterans may also obtain $2 a month for each child during mi nority. Should tho child be perma nently helpless, the pension is to con tinue' during life. In applying for a pension tire women aie asked to lili out a blank giving nil the details of the husband's service, date of marriage, sources of Income, number of children and naming wit nesses to. whom tho Government inves tigators may refer in Iodising up the case. These applications are forwarded to Washington and thoroughly Inves tigated beforo Jho pension is actually made out. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1918 X a -IT 4 iTf vat - 4 vfl i : WOUNDED IN ACTION Private Joseph C A. Giuliani, "fil Smith Warnock lreet (lop), am! Private Mever Harvcv, 1821 Ilav. crfonl avenue, who are ainonp tlio-.e severely wounileil on General Per shinp's ca.iidlt) li?t 4 MORE WOUNDED FROM THIS CITY And Another Philadcl- phi a n Ts Reported as . Missing in Action N. WALES MAN KILLED Tour more soldiers from this city and nearby havo been wounded, one Is missing and a man from North Wales, Pa., has been killed, according to to day's casualty list from General Pershing. Two of tho wounded aro brothers.' Severelv Wounded rrivate Charles V.. limns, Anymore. Vrtvnte Samuel II. Ilvnns, Ardmore. rrivute Joseph C. A. Giilllnni, 7G1 South Warnock street Private William Mejer Harvey, 4S21 Haverford avenue. MUsIng In Aition Corporal Albert V. Ilrnkrl, 1,112 North Marshall street? The North Wales man who was killed was Private Wallace William Keller Charles Bill Kvans and Samuel How ell Kvuns are sons of Jlr. and Mrs Samuel Howell Kvans, of 13 West Athens avenue, Ardmore. Samuel Howell Kvans Is twenty-six years old and had been in the ofllce of Congressman Geoige S. Graham. He enlisted In California, but came Kast to meet ills brother and wan tians ferrcd to tho New Jersey troops of the signal corps. In training at Camp l)l Ho went to France In May with the 303d Field Signal Battalion. Geoigo Karl Kvans Is twenty-four years old He enlisted In the 103d KnclneerH of the National Guard last July, and beforo ho sailed for France' in Man was in training at Camp Han sock, Ga. He was wounded on July 15. Guillani is a private in Company A, Continued on Puce M. Col'iinn One TAX ON AMUSEMENTS" DOUBLED IN NEW BILL Rate on Club Dues Similarly Increased Tobacco to Pay More liy the United Press Wuthlncton, July 30. Tho doubling of the tax on admission to amusements and the tax on club dues In the new revenue bill was decided upon by, the House Ways and Means Commit tee today. The pres-ent admission tax Is 10 per cent and the tax on club dues Is 10 per cent of the dues In excess of $12 per year. The cominlttie went on record as in favor of more than doubling the rate on cigars, tobacco and cigarettes At present $170,000,000 Is raised by the tobacco tax. The committee today de cided a half billion bhould come from this souicc. This would mean nearly trebling the tobacco taxes, Present rotes are thirteen cents a pound to tobacco and unuff. $1 to $10 per 1.000 on cigars, $2. OS to $4. SO per 1000 on cigarettes, and half a cent to two cents a package an cigarette pa pers. Somo provision for stopping tobacco manufacturers and dealers from exces sive boosting prices on the plea of new taxea will also bo bi ought before the committee. Beverage taxes, which the committee originally planned to consider in con nection with tobacco, will be put off until tho last This is due to the present uncertainty of the prohibition question and also to prevent great quantities of liquor .being withdrawn from bond in anticipation of the tax. Lieut. Harries Dies in Auto Smash liy the United Press Hreftt, l'rnner, July 30. Lieutenant Warren Harries, son of tho American commandant at Ilrest- Is dead hero ip ' the result of an automobile accident, in VVMKII IMH Rlrtl I11IIH I VflU IIH1, GERMANS LAUNCH DESPERATE COUNTER-DRIVE ON WHOLE Strip Down lo Cold Sled and Grit, Yankees' Order With the American Army at the AIsiip, July 30. (By 1. X. S.) lieie is tho order to chargo that was given by an American captain to his men In the fighting that can ltd tho heights north of the Ourcq Klver in n storm assault: "Strip off your packs. Carry nothing lint your rifles, gas masks and grenades Fix your bayonets, for we aro going after them. All you need Is a little gilt and plenty of cold steel." NEGROES CENSURE MAYOR FOR RIOTS Committees, in Letter, Pro- fpslc 'P.ivfinlilv" In tLStS IdltialllV tO tv;i ., " Whites P V VTCITT TH Vf'TT SSfllV i 1 I Ull A-' Il-lOVjl Two committees of reprf sentative negroes called upon the Mayor and Di rector of Public Safety Wilton todiy to protest against what they called the "partiality" of the police during the race rmts in southwest Philadelphia They weie unable to see M.or Smith, who was out of town for the dij. but did have an Interview with Director Wilson A letter expressing the views of th two committees was mailed to the Miyor bv the licv U. II. Wright, editor of a necro church paper and a "sociological investigator." We asset ted failure of the police to protect the homes and persons of coloreo citizens, ws condemned by the leaders of the delegations. It was charged the p'ollce invariably arrested negroes on any pretense while "while hoodlums" were allowed to parade tho streets un molested, stoning tho homes and even tho churches of the ncgioes. Oppotiti ei;reBation The committees weie unanimous In their opposition to segregation of any kind. Insisting that the negroes had a constitutional right to live where they pleased They suggested rliat colored policemen in colored districts would do much to tolvo the present problem. Jn the letter sent to Mayor Smith he was accused ot "playing politics" In the police, and the foice, as a whole, was declared inefheient. The delegation of negro ministers rep resented tin Methodist Preachers' Meet ing, an association of coloied pastors, with luadquartu at Ml Pine stieet. It' was headed by lr Wlight and the Itev J. C Hi i U t' j The other committee lepiesented the colored Knights of Pythias, and was i C'ontlnueil on rate To,('Iiiuiii Tn j MACKENSEN TO HEAD GERMANS! Reported lie Will Replace Lu (lcntloriT as Army Chief I'urls, July 30 (Hy I. X. S ). Field Marshal von MacKensen has arrived at German great headquarters and it is re ported that he will replnco General Ludendorff, said a dispati h from Berne today. (Recently General Ludendorff has been signing the olllcial statements of the German War Ottlce, winch supported reports that ho had succeeded Field Marshal von Hiiulenburg as chief of the Gel man general staff. When llinden burg was made chief of staff. Luden tlorwff, who was eiiartermaster general of the German aim. was made Hlnden burg's personal chief of staff. With the last few weeks, howevei. It was le p&rtcd that lllndenburg and LudendoitC had dlagieed on mllitarv policy, and that tho foiiuer had fallen ill At va rious times his death has been reported Macken'-en won his lauiels on the east ern. Rumanian and Ii.tlkan fronts.) German newspapers indicate that the greatest possible elfoit will be made by the Germans to hold on along the Crise and Ardre Hills. LOANS TO SIBERIA HINTED Allies May Support Provisional Government of Republic liy the Associated Press Wuililnstnn, July 30. Repents of a loan by Japan to the provisional gov ernment of Siberia find no letlectlon in Government ciicies here Olllcial!) said they had nn Information on the subject and to all appearances were not ran slderlng it as a factor In the arrange ments being made for the lellef of Russia. j.ondon dispatches last night, defining the alms of Great Hiitaln as outlined to the provisional government of Si beria, weie regal ded by some observers as probably foreshadowing a movement In which the Allies might suppou the piovlsion.il government as their Instru ment for beginning aid to Russia, but this found no continuation in. official lews. NEW STRIKE IN PRUSSIA Machine Guns Used to Suppress Kalk Crowds Anikterdum, July 30. A now strike has broken out at Kalk, In Prussia, near Cologne, according to the Reho Relge. Machine guns were used to suppress the movement and the leadeis weie arrested, tho newspapers declare. The police, it is added, were still busy when the report was rent dispersing the crowds which continued to gather in tho streets. U. S.-lritUh Ratify Draft Pact By the Associated Press Washington, July 30. Ratification of tho draft treaties ueiween tne united States and Gieat Britain and Canada .....m ovdinmred today at London, it was officially stated at the Stato Department, mnnnir mem rueeiiv irmu emav Entered aa Second-Clnns Matter Under the Act AMERICANS FIRM ON OURCQ BANi YANKEES HURL ENEMY FROM BANK OF OURCQ Brilliant Charge Drives PicJc of German Divisions Be fore It, After Americans Had Been Repulsed Twice By EDWIN Special Cable to Lvening Public Ledger lopuriaht, 1.913, by Xcir York Times Co. Willi the Antrrlp.ui Army, July 30. The Germans have crossed tho Ourrq. So have the Americans. On a line well north of the stieam our tioops. with tho French on tho right "id left, nio pushing back the Ger mans toward tho Vcslo Biver. Tho enemy hail evidently Intended to make a stand on the north side of the Ourcq. but a brilliant charge wmsI"'""-1""'13 "' i"r , 7 made bv the Americans, who forded I ''ss the Ourcq yesterday. Ampri- ; --m f broj. though theirosi. I -h"c?-'T1.1eS,gum?sthei,srrg ,m'ir '""fled withdrawal' fiom tho I ?nd. bmbs 'l1 n..S,trnfi P?s!t,0n-.1n'J ,unk. The line a, th0 0 from biokc thiough with such violence that Kere-en-Taidenois to the source of tho l lh,' dfc a, ''P1 i"'1.11"5 "to 'h,c live, is held bv Ameiican troons. , enemy lines beyond what the schedule nviM Is held by Ameiican troops. Tn .a nn-'Piwlnnnlu nn a 1 1 1 rt n Onn. I day b5 tho French, vvlth American altl. anJ on oU1' right the French have ! ' , nr). .. oli ,,..,.,1, r Pnto... firlirnv ' leached well north of Passv-Grlunv and to the enviions of Ville-on-Tarde-nnis, southwest of Rhelms. The Ger man withdrawal is going much faster than the high command expected. The CLOSE MORE SALOONS, RESULT OF R'OJ !" All saloons from Sinucc stieet to Mooie street mid W -. 1 lie Schuylkill River and Bioad stieet weie Oi'dci'tl clnsrel '"'' nl'tpmror by Assistant Superintendent of Folice M'U-. ehie to tV ic-iiuni-ticm of liotmg e'owntown today. Mills n'si im-V'ielei Ilobcit Kniusey, a policeman of the Twentieth and 1" lr-l t''r elation, pending nn invc-tiRatlon into the death of Kiley Bollo-k, n liegro. who was killed yesterday, DENIES ALLIED PACT WITH SIBERIAN TACTION LONDON. July 30 Loid Robert Cecil, of the Blitish Toi- ciii Office, announced in the House of Commons this afternoon that theie is no agreement between the Allies and any factional Go eminent in Siberin. YOUTH'S BACK BROKEN IN COLLISION Constantino Camuoni, seventeen yeats old, Black Hoi so. Vc , suffered a biokcn hack and other' injuiies when the heavy tiuc!; in which he was riding collided with a ticc today at Chinch l.-tn uml Ciowboii ntici't, Gcrmantown. Jle is not expected to icovr, DEUTSCH DENIES 5TH WARD PLOTl Places Blame for Hiiine; of Election "Guards"' on Maloncy HINT TRAP FOR VARES West Chester. Pa., July 30. A stream of denials and explana tions fiom the mouth of Isaac Deutsch today was plaved over tho fire of evi dence kindled In the last two weeks by the prosecution in the Fifth Ward conspiracy case. Deutsch charged that Samuel O. Maloncy, of the Val O'Farrcll Agency, originally suggested the use of "election guards" in tiie Fifth Wird, the "guards" that black jacked and murdered on election day. The Administration "boss" of the. Fifth Ward took the stand this morn ing in the Chester County Couitliouse on behalf of himself nnil six co defend ants after Isadoro Stern had been cross examined by Attorney William A. Gray From Stern, the defense tiled vainly to squeeze admissions showing a plot to entrap the Vaies and Mayor Smith. Stern admitted meeting Lieutenant Bennett last May for the purpose of getting n "confession" from the police olllcial. Stern was the first witness called. Gray endeavored to show collusion between Stern and high officeholders for the purpose of entrapping the Vaies. All of Gray's allegations, hinting at meetings with Senator Peninse and "newspaper men"- were emphatically denied bv Stern. The cross-examination of Stern was brief. Itrnnett "llnted Tlmt Irli.li Ilos" Gray's opening question for the de fense asked of Stern was If the latter knew a Hector Abrarnson, Seventh and lino streets. Stern knew Abrarnson, he said, and admitted he met Lieutenant Bennett in the doctor's drug store. Tho witness went there with tho understanding that Uennett wns willing to make a confes sion The meeting occurred about May 11 ot this year. Stern met Bennett In the presence of Abrarnson. The witness told Bennett, he said, of his sorrow at tho "fix" the police lieutenant was in. Stern then endeavored to gain a confession from tho indicted police official. Bennett complained ho was being "made a monkey of," according to Stern. The lieutenant said If there was any way of showing the Mayor up without Involving Deutsch or tho Vares he would do so. The lieutenant continued. Stern testl fled, that he liked Deutsch, but "hated that Irish dog, Carey." When Bennett made his reference to Mayor Smith, Stern asserted, Doctor Abrarnson was not present. "Isn't It a fact you said to Bennett, Continued on Pace M. Column Thrre At tho rotom- at Philadelphia, Fa. of March 3. 1879. L. JAMES retreat was forced so strongly that hundieds of tons of ammunition were left behind by the fleeing bodies. While the Germans withdraw on a regular lino of flight It cannot be rightly called a rout, but the pressure of the Americans Sunday plaved havoc fc'lth the Crown Prince's retreat. Thrilling Charge Across Ourcq Wo occupied Seilnges et-Xesles, Scigy and Roncheres. Theie is some I uml1 " "" ciniucr oi m.r rigming called for. One has heard for many ' yt '" "ehting qualities of tlie mil' 1 .Villi Ulll. ,, III. II It'l HIV I.I1III fe- It has added greatly to its glory. Ono Is not now permitted to name this unit, hut the stoiy will get back home, for It cannot die. Continued on Pup M. Column Two CZECHOSLOVAKS REACH BLACK SEA Southeastern Russia En- tered and Cruisers Seized at Novorostok MAY MOVE ON TURKS By the United Press WnBlilnetnn, July 30 Czecho-Slovak troops have penetrated to the Black Sea In southeastern Russia and have seized two Russian cruisers in the haibor at Xovorostok, according to authoritative advices reaching here to day The word is the first indication of the presence of the Czecho-Slovaks so far south in Russia. The opinion was held at the headquarterii of the Czecho slovak conference that the operations were those of detachments who were feeling their way southward in an at tempt to get to France. Much importance was attached to the dispatch, as the possibility was indi cated that the fighters might join the Russians battling the Turks In trans Caucasla and form a union with the British forces In Mesopotamia A Rus slan campaign with this objective was rapidly Hearing success when the Ruu slan collapse came. The advices stated that the guns of tho cruiser were turned on the Bol shevik! garrison at Xovorostok Another dispatch reported the seizure of an armed steamer in the Volga River between Rbunske!n and Astrachanl by the I'ze-ehoSlovaks. The fall of Vlarka, an important June, lion point on the Siberian railway, be. fore the advancing Czecho-Slovaks, Is believed to be Imminent, it is stated. The Czecho-Slovaks apparently are pressing boats Into service to carry sup plied up the Volga River toward Viarka from the western base of the forces at Kazan . It Is declared that the plan of the Czechs in this region is to reach the Murman coast. Colonel Hurban. of the Czecho-Slovak forces In Siberia, is expected in Wash ington In a few days to confer with Dr. T U. Masaryk, commander-in-chief of the Czechs and tho chairman of the Czecho-Slovak national council. Colonel Hurban started to the United States to make an appeal for transportation fa cilities to get the troops to France, but It Is understood that the recent change In Far Kastern conditions will cause him to make other recommendations. - By the Associated Press Shanghai, July 30 The Czecho-Slovaks have occupied the town of Schmakova, according to a dispatch from Vladivos tok They captured several machine guns, with shells, hand grenades And poison gas apparatus and 200,000 cart ridges. ' "Hopes" Succeed Foe'8 Prophecies Wnthlnictnn, July 30, Prophesies of success In the German nress are now being "replaced by pious hopes," says a disnatch fiom a forelcn ranltat mrltiH m th "tnt" -"artmenl this nfternoon PRICE TWO CB1 LINE; K't i a?vti K "S))Jr5J3 Despite Vicious BloW .. ."'ix Manage to Advance! mi in Sector -rM ALLIES GAIN ALONG ARDRE Enemy Using Seventy-one . JDivisions in Aisne- ', Marne Battle TEN FROM FLANDERS . ARMY OF RUPPRECHT'- fiernnns T c II Germans Lose d( ! oners-Other C C, ,rn Set at J50,' I 30,000 Prk- Casualties 000 SEE END OF RETREAT," Fierceness of Teuton Fighting Indicates New Stand on Ourcq By the Associated Press With Jhe American Army on the Aisnc-Marne Front, July 30. ' Under a fire from the enemy only ' slightly less than that of yesterday;. the Americans on the front -nnrth M . the Ourcq held on to their positiosfS-Jl .jus. lorenoon and even advanced 5 ?1 mue toward the road from Seringa, V'? toSerrrv. j t Repeated efforts by the enemy to dislodpre the Americans wp .iM. On the Americans left the FrenA $ are movintr forward TV j. t-i.i. II the lines aro holding steadily. 1' ?.. ,U A J . in a. $ "j .- .ijsucuzrea rress London, July JO. Vj ff The Germans have been cxuntetstiU; tacking very heavily along vlrtaaflryi the entire battlefront. according .& news that reached London c W U-Vi .'il today. VJV? Their attack was an especlallvhtjuji one in the American sector, and r?k? suited in driving the Americana eirf?Sffl of the village of Cierees. about .flWvS and one-half miles southeast of Fereif 3 Another German thrust drove the French back from Beugneux, nUr Grand Rozoy, northwest of Feren Tordenols. Some advance has been effected by , the Allies in the Ardre valley, alonr . the easterly side of the front, toward' the village of Aubllly. A certain K amount of ground likewise has been gained near the center In the neighbor hood of Villers-Agron-Aiguizy. ' The main advance on the westerly' side of the front seems to have been at Grand Rozoy, nbout Ave mllM ' northwest of Fere.en.Tnrdennlii. - The Fiench hero are progressing rM north on to the crest of the plateau between the Vesle and the Ourcq. ' There has been heavy fighting neai' uuzancy, nvo macs soutn or boissob,-.; ana aiso in i-iessier wooer, aDout nre miles farther south. In this lstttr' locality forty-five prisoners were takes belonging to three divisions of the enemy now engaged In the Marne salient. There are seventy-one such divisions, of which ten belong to the northern army of Crown Prince Rue- preclit of Bavaria. The enemy's withdrawal Is reported still orderly, and military opinion In London discounts the possibility oC any rounding up of Germans In the salient. " By the Associated Press With the French Armies In Field. July 30. the The; Germans continue their : &5j desperate resistance along the whole 'a "" "' t; jjusmon esiaousnea try- It is impossible to tell yet whether. JSBI this is the place they have chosen tslitVtYl make a stand, or whether they' iwuTSsS ou,.i,m.mli u. bicul nujiiuer oi inen ftva merely to savo vast quantities materials. me narciest lighting Is arouni iseaugneux twnere the French are rejV "- ported to havo ben ejected) behind I'?5' tV,l.h tllt-A la f . n olaontlnn .v.m. .1.(aW r Fistnes, twelve miles distant is visible.; ,,'s3l n.. .. rr...-.-j n f.R,a uj me uiiiicu rress KJi.yra?:S Iimlnn .Tulv AcrC?frrj -. -j :: . zyvj the RhelnuhSefchS: ;he Germans ImiftPj-si corresponaenis in me sons salient declare the i lost 30,000 prisoners In their openU tions and that other casualties wtllSPi total 250.000. (y the Associated Press Paris, July M.jr' The fierceness of the fighting Mo; aay, it is Deuevca nere, is a that the German retreat has r its limit and that the enemy make a stand with his right wing the pieateau soutn ot tne crlee.' with his left on, the hill south 'ec Ardre. For the defense of this line. -It held, the Germans will devote aH General von uoenms army ana reserve divisions taken from t'rinco rtupprecni oi uavana. ,- Today's War Offiqe statement nounces mat mere was no cnai the situation during the night. , statement reads: v' jjurinK me nigm no event Of alM r ohejlj' riffl Vi -FKfrt ,.feSkI R3 Vi & MH otm nfc3s v?v "3i "!',.: iM sal f 5 Jf"-' , -?H?W-y it- r 'WW j. jevZ. "!. AXi -i. tlvJlAt-iLiX-'vJ 4 f i l-ri . ,iL.J rir 'j" it" ,ii vv i m -Vt r If .Kft-a . e. . . "jtJv,- -.-!.- 'Ji, &!&?3a r :. . tfWsBBiaS .V1. . , .. -M ?i?i'i.,itT "W4
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