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7iV0L. IV. NO.
278
Published Dally texcept Sunijay. Subscription Frlca: 16 a liar by Hall.
Copjrlsbt. lflS, by lb rubllo Lsdcer Company.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1918
Entered as Second Class Matt-r at the roslnMee at Philadelphia, r.
Under the Act of Jlircn 3. 187.
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. TwentV'SIX Total r Tom LiltY I
' and Vicinity in Two
Days
ttfWO CORPOHALS FALL
fjk Private From Chester i
?fr'i From Darby Amo::g
and One
From Darbv Amo::c Heroes
in New List
ONE WROTE TO MOTHER
i
hfe WouW Havp Died Happy if
TT 1 ..1-1 tl C-.. TTo
Could Have Seen
Face Once More
Sf t nC VjOUMI X1HVC OTOll nil
.Nine, more fighting men of Philadl-
..' . . . i.iti..i
fepla and n.earfiv tnwn.n" "" "
iiim h enemv "or there." accord -
. .' li .. i..t r-a-
ini tn rsuneral Pershing s latest cas
ualty lists, one of which, containing
498 .names, was issued In Washington
A Seen others or this district hae
J. been severely wounded in action.
X Twent-sW soldiers of Philadelphia
S nd surrounding territory hae been
$. .1fs(ed as dead in the casualty repoits
i announced by the War Tieparlment
rlnce Sundav eiening Marly others
,w haAe been reported wounded
Ij ,The local casualties "reiisicu
$ fbllowa:
jTlT.te Mlrh.el r1enVI. 1131 Fair-
a 'Jjlount aenue
P U.rn.r.1 Trank AIIHHge. 210 Korth
f Bancroft street.
E- Cerporal Andrew W
I,Tttfn,
2BI5
Sartmn street.
t- Prlrat Charlee
Bennleker,
k Xorth Tenth street.
IF r-rlrale F.rirar Connor. 2S17
;r Nerrls meet ....
f- i Prlrt Hugh T. Ponrherty, 873 North
TUIrleepth street
rrlrate Itarn O. Roblnaon, Chestar,,
Pa . . ,,,.
J.THX.W J.me. H. M.BW.-W.
North Edgenood street
f rrtraM WHWam Carty SaTlll. Upper
araiw an n . r - . -.- c
S'l!MtoThais. narry, ii'
East.
MuBtlrtiabn-streef. "'
i4ifYiJ,rla.t Harry, C K
,th, 201 l.e
IftKi.liuHr -avenue r ... .. .
fiTi rriai Charles A. nnr, 331o Tvortn
fj. yi"r.Fip t na
ti&'t2w 5'':.. f '1..J a-Wr P
...i zv ."
l .T' - - a. 1.H11aliaiii
JPrlrate Andrev- Gratlana, Jenkintown
T
rrirkt John ZonloU. Vllmlngton, Pel
Orpornl Thomas naremate
Pa.
nhaitfir
w"-
irrlrate rolenaki, reported as killed In I
action.'' boarded at 11 SI Fall-mount
venue, and entered the armv from
that address, but nothlngwas known
a ar mm mprp mcpd inni- nc . "....
. .. a, U ta Isi j . hafin
kj .Jrt setvice a ear or more,
d- j rrlTate Montgoniev was twenty years
. -.. . Um K.hb Pha.l.a
old. His foster mother, Mrs unaries
-Martin, lives at SOS Noith Edgewood
Jf'J streetr He v. as killed July 16 He en
& llsterUn Julv 1917. in Company K. Slth
IS. t Infantir. National Guard of Pennsyl
i . -i a inin.H nt r.'.-imn llancoclv.
tZrttf'H entered the Martin famllv when he
X r .--. ..a-.-, ma and an ornhan To
(ft Jlra f- Martin he wrotei "Mother, if J
-"eould only see your sweet fare .again 1
fllST svould lie quite satisnea io bud uvi u.j.
"A1 life for my countiy."
ip Corporal .llrldge was the son of Mrs
& Ttuth Allridge. 2220 rortn Bancroft
'.street. He was in the Seventh Infantry,
j& "regular army. He enlisted In June,
Jr. e . - i, .
7J 3817 .From Camp Greene, .. v.,
V failed foi France His mother to
-V Showed a silk handkerchief Frank
Vit'ent her on which were embrold
p itlie''iords, "To my dear mother, t
fj France "
tff ?For five -vears he was a cordmi
fMTj 1017 Trrom uamn urcenf, ., , ""
. ' ' ' . ,,1. ....... .a.4...
h ranee rus iiiuinn iwhj
Frank nao
embroidered
lother, from
K 'irn, flv ears he was a cordmaKer
i-B. vtnV.-nun A Co He was a orotner
v. i . 1, .'- j . . ..
? 'of.Grover C. Allridge. the steeple- Jack
3 knowri a- the 'Human Kly" Grower
xJL.-. ,k. At.-rlran hnrder and when
i.lfth. 'present war broke out n3 dl3-
-Yhr!e'i pr dlsab""5''
Wi" .!... r-nnor. 2617 East Norrls
Ii 'street, killed in action on July 20. was
&3.M-7 ... -i ... nia .nn unlisted lust
ISfM . year aeo today. Ha selected the reg
ular army and was assigned to company
!V C;of the Fifty-ninth Peglment of In
ipfantry. After six weeks training at
BW Qettysbt-rr; a call came for ,oIunteers
Vf ' to fill up a machine-gun company and
,VVConnor responded, being transferred to
T-4- tha Twelfth Iachlne Ggn Battalion and
i ent to Camp Green at Charlotte, N. C.
tt . -.! .kA ..nlf laefr MaV.
jivj , WO..emainrii vus.s. u..... .-..-
Kit whn his, battalion was sent to France
(fif . n.'Aed through this city en route to
iiTa port and mailed several postcards to
S .friends and relatives at West Phlladel-
l"4, uhla. The last letter received irom mm
I .1-.,. T. . j,. -a Tnlv a and told of the big
m-J a " " : . , ,
'.-t wan ""- - ----,----., ,fc"
V celebration
tno Americana mm n.c
ij tltes held on .Independence Day He
s -also declared, he -would "gie anything
SSfcvr B -chance lo .taHe, In Atlantic City
ie K . and Willow Grove" and spoke hopefully
4c., of tho fun ha would hate after the war
f ' Connor was eaucaiea in mo nnm
4? "ton public schools, but went to work
'a ti .yxa.l 1.feHitlHH.
RL stter reaching the, eighth grade ana M-
I riant. JU has a ounger brother. Hay
5?VJ?!Ji J-n, hn was drafted 'this
L ."'iWlmrner ar(d Is now at Camp Wadsworth.
& l.rlSl .:...k,i. n n.
-, ---- ninnn vaV(a ss.- .-
'iV?b.i..i. flanahertr. ot 813 Korth
?.H.Li.i..,h .lMt .win nnn of tho first
w-j,niriv"" "-hs." -,,...-. ,. ,.
VraftM n;en to jeavo i-uiiavicii'iuo- ."
'iU Contuio4 o r-age Two. Colunm Two
WHO SAID SNOW
'j?Fairand continued warm tonight
l ? prooaoiu iveaneuoy.
V'-. Curses I ,
t 'j. .. it i.inll iiioaasfB4 mistlilit
tCMC urWWIO ". taw, nw
(li(xhctiic tdWable t,erei-.
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Fir Jrvni- tne aommuno
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80 P. C. WAR PROFITS TAX
House Committee Ready to
Adopt McAdoo's Plan
If) the United Press
I n aslilnatnn, Aug. 6 The House
Wau and Means Committee today stood
teady to write an 80 per cent war
rrofit tax In the nsw revenue bill after
once virtually rejecting; the proposition
I The committee's turn about on
the war-profits tax means that Secre
tai.v of the reasurv McAdoo has won
lout In his first skirmish with Congress
in nm win d-o nin ia mil
, Assistant Secretary of the Treasurj
l.emnuwell late yesterday Informed the
eommlttcfi that the department as still
strongl In far of the 80 pet cent plan
Reports also reached the committee that
the President was ready to take a hand
l Ml this was followed bv an announce-
1 ment b Chairman Tvltfliln thai r. ..,-
loiltv of the committee 'seemed to fa
'01' the war-profits ta. Other mem
bers Indicated It would be put as soon
hs ueiPiis couia ne worked out.
RELEASE DENIED NEGROES
Judge Patterson Dinruiseen tlabcaa'
Corpus Petitions of Eight '
Ten negroes ai rested dmlng (j,p ,
cent lace riots In the Grays Fern ril-
titct appealed todav before Judge Pat-1
terfon. Quarter Sessions Com t on l'fH'
of habeas corpus, asking relea-e from '
jail.
Aftei hearing the eldence adduced by
.ludge Patterson denied the petition of I
tight and i evened decision a to the
I owier two
Judge Patterson iefued to take action i
l on the motion of G Edward Dlckerson.
I lounscl foi Preston Lewis one of the re
lators,, to hold Patrolman Schneider un
I der ball for court on a charge of assault
I and-natterv on Lewis
i nan was fixed in tie sum or jim
t for Lew The otMer ,iefendants held fort
, com t were .loseiih t ouni. Hairv Pes-
1 ton. AVIlllani Barbel. Geoige Martin
Harrj Hill, l.erov Uathcis and John G j
Pendleton The court resened decision i
In the cases of Joseph Bilh and Hcniy'
Glllen I
DISLOYALIST NEARLY LYNCHED
Shell Loaders at IDIwood, N. J.,
Attack KaiscrV dmirer
Woikmcii at the Atlantic hell Ibadlng
Company Illwood, .V ,1, nearlv lynched
a recent emplove who championed meth
ods of the Kaisei todas
The man. said to be an alien cnem,
Is ISIcliard Wetzel thlrt-five years old
He was recued bv the police a work
men were about to hang him from i
telegraph pole. -
According to agents of the Dcp-ut-ment
of Justice, Wetzel obtained em
ploMTienl at the Cluoori plant seeial
das ago Ho got inlo aigumentR with
ome of the i'mplocs when It is said,
he spoke In glowing terms of the Knisei
Wetzel failed to register as an alien
.l.n nn-An.B a. 1,1 ft ,1 rl ttfllllorl flOITl
""'town to town He icpiesented himself
as an, nierlean when he obtained fin
East I plovment. ,
U-BOAT CREW&REBELLIOUS
IRenorted That Reoltina Sailors
VnHrA
a.. aV'.. .-. w..-..
'By the United Presi
AmMerilarrt.
. ' i -
heie'thkTvsomo o tha1
.511' ..'i-rfi!;0-?1!,
t'been itcehed-
,. rin,ui uuiiMii nuu...n. ...n ... '-"r
erewB.ot uerm;
rsTffshaweTrTreoltedi'ana-tJiat a tiuniM'M
of sailors were executed
Sou'lt'TO oerman nevvspa
perss an-
Inoume. that the lcsignatlon of Admlra
c anrnrai
i ,on Carelc,.MInlstcr of Mmlne, is im
i tninent
tninent ,
The Deutsolie Tages .fining rejoices
In tha roalrruttAn rf Vlfilfl Marshal nil
' Holtzendorff. commandr-In-chlef of the
' .Vustrian armies because hepRB nn ad-
.ai.p.tr wimiMi mt Tlrn I?. Mrihr
' --io.j v ..... . . "v..i----
j expoucni ot nuuiuiiniie iiisiuiuiucd.
DESTROYER TAKES WAVES
l.Iln,., Seeond From Yards of
i '
( -.
otHidimim oiup ridiu
lly the Associated Press
n . -a. . -n, ...
squanium. liaas., auk o iiib v.c- "?. " ...... ,.., ..,. c,.. ..w ... ..,-..,. . ....v.... . m. jiwn ..i-..-Dermut,
second of the destroyers under i noon for the same reason iters
construction at the fcnuanlum plant of' The Victor Talking Machine Companv . Congressman Vate was in the effice
the Bethlehem Shinbui
anipouiiaing- v-onjorauu
to take the water, was launched todas
The Delphv was sent down the wajs
nineteen davs ago
As Mrs Kucene G Giace. wife o
president of the corporation, christened
tlin easel, a blower of loses, dror
bv cranemen oeiched high above the
15,000 spectators, floated down upon Iho .
huge American flag draped ovei the1
bow of the dester and upon the
heads uf the launching party. I
PEACE URGED IN GERMANY
Negotiation Proposed by Mouth
piece, of Berlin Gocrnnient
Amaterdam, Aug. 6 (Bv 1 N. S )
Peace negotiations aip being urged by
the Xorth German Gazette.
The Socialist newspaper Atrwaerta
of Berlin, regaids this a a semiofficial
inquirv into the peace aims of the En
tente Powers.
The North German Gazette Is gener
ally regarded as one ot the mouthpieces
of the German Go eminent
CARRY YOUR DRAFT CARD
Sai.es Eligible From Being De
tained, Says Todd Daniels
Warning that all draft ellgibles should
carry their registration and classification
cards in A lew of raids being made on
slackers was given this afternoon by
.Todd Daniels, head of the local bureau
of the pepartrnent of Justice
' Such action1," said Mr. Daniels, "eaves
the draft eligible from detainment and
inconvenience. Furthermore, It will aid
the agents in quickly apprehending real
Slackers."
A raid' was recently conducted at
Woodslde Park, and it lo believed others
will follow.
AUSTRIA STARVING
Cabling from London, (he staff
correspondent of the Public Led
ger, says: "We hear that de
pression in Germany has reach
ed its lowest pitch since the be
ginning of the war. There are
further chaotic conditions in Aus
tria, details whereof will filter
through Amsterdam, Berne and
Milan shortly. Not without ur
gent reason are the mighty Hin-
denburg and Ludendorff issuing
long explanations and exhorta
tions to their wretched people."'
B. F. Kospoth, Evening Public
Ledger, correspondent at Berne,
Switzerland, tells the whole
graphic, vivid story of toppling
Austria's hunger and wretched
ness, the forerunners of rebel
lion, vin tomprrow's , ,
!5f5Hf".'
BLAZING HEAT
REACHES 101;
( SHIPMEN QUIT
I Two Dead, Many Prostrated
on Summer's Hottest
Day
THOUSANDS FORCED
TO LEAVE BIG YARDS
Girl Worker Sent Home From
Welsbach Plant No Rc-
-lief in Sight
nrpnnnc a ri- rinpi.rm
KfcCORDS ARE SMASHED
Alerciirv Within I WO Decrees
' . "
ol Most lornd Day in His-
lory of (he City
It's Getting Hotter
lealerdar
... 71
... 71
... 71
... 72
Today
8.2
81
81
Rl
81
80
80
81
8
88
1!
11
17
100
100
101
I a.
m.
2 a. m..
3 n. in.,
t a. in..
' a. in . .
B a. in .
' a. in.
R a. in. .
1 a. in.
in p. in..
II a. m. .
7.1
71
7fi
78
Rlt
12 noon 81
1 p. rn 8R
2 D. in 88
2.30 p. m 88
2 P. in SO
3:20 p m no
Talr and rnnllnued warm ton lit hi
and probal.lv Wednesday; tenlle
winds, mnatlr onth. Is the Weather
Bureau's fnrerasl.
I he tempeiatuie reached 101 al 1 .10
o clock this afternoon
The blistering heat broke two records
This was the hottest dav this summri
and the hottest day of this dale on icc
oid Xo relief Is In sight.
The 'pre lour hottest dav this summer
.
was Juiv 31. when the. lemneratme
. r"W
IS, The prexloUs hottest da
. 4ha.
ion this, date occuned in 1
tdegfeeawas lecoided. L;
8ns, when 18
Las! year the
. i " .
th!JPlTr'hed l,,ion ''u'v' 1U
hatat.tarrfddayr"jverelttln rJiita -
..ir-crEBJJi-a,! ,-... .i.-,.-.
""'J" , r V "J'-; J ,-"""' '' rner -
purv attained 101 In the shade.
' Tvtq men died today from the heal.
mans peisons wer prostrated, and in
llllnieroiis lai Pejln ants nftrt tvtta o,,.
nended parlv In the afternonn
- .,.,,. ,,";- ,, -
. A."?RKW Mfl0?' SdlxKSv,r
.f0urn,Vno !!7 tmVm WxXtu
nuhbrr nork. Thlrt.eentl1
vtaim old
PhiUfllnhla
and ilffen
sireis
ETER SOVIMf.RX. forK veaii. old no
hme, founi unrensclouF In stable ai .'.r.iri
In -w - -n.1 ..t am .. .. . I.l.1
,..,- -;.-r. ..;. ...... un j ... u.ni-ii
two inousanus empiojea or the vusev . w"-" --...... ...... ...,...,,c, , ,,..., n,
Jotics Shipbuilding Company quit,"" J'nnn bl" hicli Malonev testified
work al 1 ocIolIj this afternoon be-
ra,. i,
men could not stand the
.- .. , .w.,,u .-.. .-. ..-. , ..
i i,t .1 i ...
hfat nh)( lfl00 eniployeg g th.
Welsbach Companv al Gloucester Pil,
tune, nf ih.m bIIb a, -. vmh. l,nn.A nt
Cantinnetl en rage le. Column feeen
101 DIES, 4 HURT,
IN R.R, SMASH-UP
Train Hits Oil Wagon at
Swedesboro, Explo&ion
Following Crash
DRIVER MEETS DEATH
A man was burned to death and two
men and two women were badlj In
jured when 'a local train on tha Penn
sylvania Railroad's line from Salem to
Camden struck a wagon loaded with
cans of Caroline near Swedesboro, N.
J , this morning.
Many of the cans exploded The en
Bine cab and the front coach of the
rt-aln caught lire and many persons,
trapped in them, had narrow escapes
from death or Injury.
,1110 driver of tha wagon was pcooped
up on the pilot of the locomotive. Ha
was soaked with gafcollpe from the
broken tanks and the resulting explosion
buincd him terribly.
TUB PEAP
EJIWMUI TRAINER, twentj.elaht sears old
tDuedeaboro, driver for tho Standard Oil
Companv.
THR IMURm
r.VTRICK SUlXnAN, fnrtv.nie J-tars old,
Saltm. enslneer on tha train. burnd by
flaming oil. taktn lo Cooper Hospital,
Camden; not expected to live,
ERVIN TANCOAST. twentj-flve yeara oM
Falem fireman, burned by oil, taken to
Cooper Hospital,
MIRS EDA STARRS, thlrtl elht leara
old. -Aoodsliwu. dlaloeated neck, head cut,
taken to Cooper Hospital.
MRS. CEOROK rRrilY. fifty-five yeara
old. Salem' fractured akull and head cut!
takan to Cooper Hoapltat ana la eipected
to die.
nnilneVr Keeps Tost
Patrick Sullivan, engineer, stuck to
his post until ho had brought the cars
to a stop. Then he sprang from the
cab, his clothing aflame, rolled on the
ground until ha had put tha fire out.
and then dashed to aid In rescuing, those
In the first coach
William ,11. Stock, brakeman. also toqk
a gallant part ill tho rescue and, aided
by .olunUr from , tho .rear coaches,
ho and.Sullhan got everybody out of
the purnlivs coach.
Main women fainted and a number
of others were slightly .burned, by sparks.
All these were tre'ed on the "Spot by
physicians from, nearby towns.
The accident occurred at the South
Center stie't crossing, about a. nine
south of Swedesboro. Accprdlne; to wt
r.eas.rraAne. Jhe JriveCol the trucks
. . i.i.,..L..u.J -I Ih. ...I- bmH
angel iwVlari 13 ' n-n apopmyfc.,, ... uhs,..
3 liaT,Lt-?aU
Lord Northcliffc Felicitates
Hiirlcy on Launching Here
Chnirman Hut lev , of the shipping
boai'tl, lodnv ieicledto cal)lc
Krami on the launching of Ho
Islands first ship, the Quistcotick,
cstcr(a.
One lablcRinm. fiom .losepli
Macla, Hrltlsh Minister of Ship
ping, read. 'Congratulate sou
heal tlly upon the magnificent ac
complishment which Is furthci
guarantee of the defeat of the sub
marine. We relolce In the abso
lule , assurance that America's
iiitlltan elTort, vast tbough It Is.
will not lie hampered by the lack
of tonnage."
The othet cahlcgiam, from l-otct
Northcllffe, teail, "Congratuljtlons
to ou,and to the wolkcrs al Hog
Island on .i magnificent piece of
war-winning"
FINLEY DENIES
VARE ASSURED
GUNMEN'S PAY
Testifies Congressman I old
. i mi 1 r ivt
Maloncy There d Be No
Money From His Office
RELATES CONVERSATION
Run VtaJT Coitripnnilrpt
West Chester, Pa., ug fi Vn pledge
was gen to Samuel G Malonev h
Congressman William S Vate that
" neuiFPh had monev to pa all bills' samp soit or effort to bold the llled
when Malone (sited the Vale head- tloops as he unrip against thr Amer-
rpiareis In the Mnenln building, on ep. leans noi th of the Omcq Hip Allied!
tembei IS 1117, to find oiil who waslfoices ate busv bptteilng tile vitua
going to pa for the 'eighteen detec-1 "n ipsulting fimn Sundav morning's (
thes wanted h Peuitrh in Hie Fifth
Wird on oilman election dn. actoid-1
ing to testimon' of Select founclltuan I
"h. ':..mSmV.I01'"5J i r ,'
He alw) testified tlat vision- of grpal
wealth were dangled befoie hi. ere. In
Mairh. HIT b "ialone on s scheme
lo tele Jore taping in f'enns lania,
hul lie turned down the 'unsaoi propo-
i sitlnn "
"Ike" Deutsch, Lieutenant Bnnptt and
flie subordinate policemen arp on Itlal
( for conspiracy to lolate the Shern law
and prevent a free election September
1! HIT. '
T'inlej. who Is executive director of
I l.a TJ DlMlhllnaK .!. . ..v..1.4sa a-nna
llnfnnev'R.xnrsirin nt Hm 1uflAf' 1UI1 t
tuator Edwin m VareomcP on the
1 dav 'before the nrlmaiv l.Tti s.,.',i5.n
.. ..- .,.-.,.........,,.,... .,p, ,
.- -- y--r---r -- -,
sr - rpeie, win ne, no mnnev' fiom this
office hefore oi after election." Plnlev
testified Congressman Vare told Malonev
when the latter asked about payment
foi the detectives mdered by Deutsch
Denies He Gave ftnoo mil
.Malonev had testified thai he wpiiI lo
Vare's orflcp and that Gongressman
Vaip had assured him that Deutsch
was able lo take caie rrt all bills Pin
lev alsox denied thai he evei had anv
,! I,., M-. !. .
ne a received in payment from Kin-
"5 Wr tne detectives' wno tinned out
in n :w . nriv s'linnin
F)nlp, rtescrbed how he went tr Sen-
alor Vare s office, Hie alav before the
n, l. 4 ., In .ll.nrl In o. n. a nnll, I. . I ..,..
rniin.,.a n pi T. rt..mn Vnt.r
COOPER HURLS
FOR PIRATES
Prcndcrgasl Pal Moran's
Choice lo Do Tossing
Today
SMALL CROWD OUT
rniLMEH
nanrroft. as
Wtllltms. rf
Stork. 3b
Tndema. lb
Mensel If
rraiatli. rf
Hemingway, 3b
Adams, e
PJTT.BL'R&H
rilam.
Hicheo. ir
rarer, rf
Soothivorth. rf
t ntsnan, 2 b
Mollultt. lb
MrKetrhnla. 3b
rhraldt. e
f ooper, t
rrenderratt. p
Vmplrea O'Day and lljron.
' By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
, riiltllea' Hall Pork, Aug 6
Bezdek's Pittsburgh Pirates broughtln
a blast of torrid weather today when
trey arrived from Boston to entertain
tho Phillies, in a four-game series. The
Buccaneer manager selected Cooper" to
open up in the box, with Schmidt doing
the receiving.
After due deliberation Pat Moran
chose Prendergast to perform on the
mound for the Phils The twlrlers had
no trouble In warming up today
Only a small crowd saw the contest
I-IUST IVMK.G
Ellam filed to Ciavath. Stock threw
out Blgbee. Carey fouled to Adams
No runs no bits, no errors.
Bancroft singled to center. Williams
forced Bancroft. Kllani to Cutshaw,
Stock forced Williams. McKetchnie to
Culahaw Ludeius fanned. No runs,
one hit. noerrors
BRITISH BRING DOWN ZEPPELIN
Was Engaged in Raid on England
La't Night
London. Aug 6 In last night's raid
on England by German alrahlpa one of
the enemy craft, a Zeppelin, was brought
down. It was officially announced today
Another of the German airships was
damaged, but probably succeeded In
reaching its base.
The raid was attempted on tha east
coast ot England, about 9:30 o'clock last
The enemy aircraft did not penetrate
far Inland
MA?snOASTED TO DEATH
grranton, ra, Aug 6. John Klefer.
thirty-two yeara old. brother of Deputy
Sheriff -VxtQ. Klefer, wast roasted to
daath. today, whan aalg-lnch eteamplpa
awi
FOE MAKING
STAND NORTH :
OF THE VESLE
Attempts to Stem Allied
Tide by Artillery Fire
From Hills l
EVENTUAL RETIREMENT
TO AISNE IS EXPECTED
Principal RoarN Supplying
Germans Within Range
of Foch's Guns
,U. S. PATROLS ADVANCE
'A
mrnran
Engineer Hnilil
Rritlgc
Heedless of
Hcavv Looses
IW r.DWIN I.. HMF.S
i Special Cable to f-'irtimr Public Ledger
CnmnoM ISIf, hu rti I orA Titnt Cn
j XUiU lhp A.,.erian Am.,. Aug
J1'" rZmT ,"' ,kl,nK " T"1
I nortli of the Vesle 'J lie bat plaied
'laigp forces of artillen on the lange
oetween IW eslP aim Aisnend late esterda nftemoon llin enenn
an and r.pncb pa
arm i i
the no. thorn b.nk
i ici s nnn Ampi icm
, trols that gained
of flip VprIp Sunria wpip met hv
heaw midline gun file from wpllor-
ginii'pd positions
With Hip down Prince making (be I
nnatipe. when Hip inrantrv found 11
elf on the banks of the Vrsle far
rt)rad of Its attlllpiv support
While thpGe, mans remaking an
, ... . . . ,
0,1'pr "'V".'1 ,1pfo1 " b,'"s l,m'11 bark
to the lAisne. Hip Anipricans hold
t'lsmes and the TVench aie aetoss
the nanow stieam nt several points
On rismesand Bralsnv.cpntpr. all the
pt ineipal-oads'supplj Infc.the territory
betr.ppiiltii'e'Vesle and thp Alsne and
?ll thaferrltory Is within range of
ppr latter gups "
Ainetlcqn in1 Prencli patrolsi aie
ftcttjs' tJiejVesle"nt a number of places,
piotectlnsr our iifidertakinss. , w'i
)fdp eslabllsbed sAeratiotrjIriKifoot
holds in the noitli binU wjbXch iader
the Geimans fiom occupying certain
advantageous positions.
nlller rir.li! for nsmea
l!asl of I'lsmes the Geimans ar
geneiallv hack to tne Vesle. although
snnll detachments of machine gun
nets ni p still lingetlnjr in the woods
until the 1'iench and Anieiicans com
plete flip mopping up piocess.
While thp Amei leans met little ieat
ies.lst-.nee In their advance to the out
sklits of rismes. tlieie was a bitter
liglit for the posseision of that rpnter
of nadir. This opposition was some
what M longer than the Geimm ie
ttcat it other polns might liavp led
our men to expect. Tile first detach.
I
nielli of Amei leans lo penetiate the
town met a savage gtinflie nnd ie
I Hied Then 11 developpil that on our
I light midline cunneir had walled
i while wp passpcl, and wtipn nr at
I taiked 1'ismen in fortr wp hid lo l on
I ipnd with an enflladins flip fiom them
These imcliliip gunnels having heen
I wiped out fuilher penehation of the
town disclosed the prcsem e of strong
detachments of Geimans who had
been left foi learguairi fighting
The lullle foi Kismes went on with
vaiving inleiibltv foi spvpii boms
The GPiman suns which had just
been put into position, got Hip range
and shelled our advancp as well as
m . .. Aim l.IlA.n l.i m
our i car Hirci mi nvc Liiuiucin.
back Our guns opened p on the
enemv gun positions ani 't artillery
fighting of which there had been none
for the three preceding days, became
intense
While the fighting for FUmes was
going on our patrols crossed the Vcsle
on a foot bridge to the west of the
town and, woiklng eastward, broke
up much German resistance tUe
In the afternoon it was announced offi
cially that Tismea had been taken by
the Americans
Built Bridge Under Tire
Tiibute should be paid to the work
of out engineers in throwing bridges
over the Vesle undei heavy artillery
flie and that of many machine guns.
While the Infantry fighting was going
on almost at their backs our engineers
did their budge work, laboring on
both banks of the river. Sliellflie
would destroy a halt constructed
bridge and they would go at it again.
On detachment of twenty was te
n..n.d m fifteen and then to ten, and,
when iclfef came up, the five remain-1
jng men were norwns inuusmousiy
to finish the btidge over the. sttcam.
The Vesle Is about fifty feet wide and
from five lo eight feet deep, which
makes fording impossible, and the
Continue on Tata Sin. Column Two
NEW KUGLER TRIAL '
Wife of Restaurant Man Wins Re
hearing in Divorce Case
Judge Martin, Couit No. 5, today
made an order granting a navtf trial In
I lie suit of Mra. Mattle AT. Kuglei
against her husband. AVilllam B. Kigler.
the restaurant man. for a partial dl
. . , on Ihe ground of cruel and bar
barous treatment. .
si.r-.s iijhI last winter befoie Judge
Alonogliin the jury returned a verdict In
ni of K'lglei, hcbsequenUy . the
Court reduced the weekly allowance paid
Mra. tvVfW
rnru i7r.TT q ni7QPi7P atp.
m. vyviJi X V7XJLVWJ LSLJs.
ATTEMPTS TO DISLODGE
iiitv
GERMANS POUR HEAVY
. FIRE ON
United States Guns on Vcsle
Hurls Gas Shells in Attempt to Prevent
Advance
? thr Animated Pre
Willi Hip. Aincritan rm on (he
t eslp, Aug fi
Tlie Germans aldng the line op.
poslte Hie Amei loans west of Pismcs
ud tlieii guns freelx estncH
ifteinoon In nn nppairnt attempt to
discouinse the Americnns and tlipii
I'lenrh hIIIps fiom fuithei aggiehp
rffoits The lntpnsit of the flie In
ci eased as the Germans hi ought Inlo
action suns of Kil milllmeteis
During the afternoon the Germans em
ploed flame projectors from the slope
north of the Vcsle where thev annearerf
lo be well organized Machine guns also
were used repeatedl
The American lines alo were sub
jected lo a. heaw fire from German in; .
'lakeri th. hilltops tl, various kinds of
""'
' hmXl that" oberts.ion" w
difflcull and maps had to lie used, the
Americans picking out Get man portions
obf.eied during Hie da The G'tmans
'helled forests llo.r rads hlghwajs
Clumps ni urn Him hii Ullicr tuai rs
BULGAR-TURK FRICTION WORRIES frTSTlM.?;-
ZUHICH, Aug. 6 Accoidlng to a nrutml a-'-liorif
high lepute, theie Is consideiable unca-inss In "BetTn on .'
count of the bti nned lelations between Buljrarip and Tmk".
Many Tuikish debertions aie lepoited. Thice thousand d -bciteis
are saiclto have banded togethei in the mountains cf
Asia Minor,
V f
ITALIANS REPULSE
:
ROMU, Aug. 6. A detachment of Italians holding Cucl
bridge in Albania resisted Austilan attacks that continued for
150 houis last wtekr, according to a dispatch from Valoua.
nj
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'SEVENiTEAD BY 'HEAT IN NEW YORK 'f -
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. With seven dead and scores pros
trated, the offidal tempeiatuie was 03 1-2 dcgieeb at 3 o'clock
this afternoon the hottest August 0 siuce 1006.
BASEBALL
0 0 6 0
0 0 0 0
PITTSBGH.
PHILLIES.
Prendergast-Adnnib; Coopei-Schmidt; umpires, O'Day-ayron.
ATHTICS..
ST. LOUIS..
CIN'NATI.X.L 0 0 2 0
NEW YORK, X.L... 0 0 0 0
Ring-Wingo; Steele-McCnity.
ST. LOUIS, X.L
llOSTOX, X. L
Meadows-Gonzales; Eagan-WiHou,
CHICAGO. X.L 0 2 10
BROOK LYX, X.L... 0 0 0 3
Tylet-Killefei; Coombs-Miller.
WASHTON.A.L..
LEV'LAXU, A. L.
0
0
IiOSTOX.A.l...
DETROIT, A. L.
XEW YORK, A. L.
CHICAGO, A. L...
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Second Saratoga lace, about 2 mlleb Leuiai souin, 147, Ailen,
7 to 2, 7 to 5, 3 to 5, won; Babcock, 14,7, Williams, 2 to 1, ven,
second; Max Meadows., 155, Byeis, 1 to 1, thiid. Time. 4.3J ,.&.
3 IN FAMILY DROWN
Huibantl, Wife and Daughter Fall
From 0erturncd bWilt
William Kansbathor, twenty-three
year old; his wife, Sirs Alary Hans
bather, twenty, and their Infant daugh
ter. Josephine, were drowned In the
Delaware Biver, five miles above Bur
lington, last night when their skiff over,
turned Kelso llassen, who was with
the party saved himself by clinging to
the sides ot the boat, and was rescued
bv two soldiers from Camp Dix
The Bansbathers had been picnicking
on tho Pennsylvania shore, and were re
turning home when (he accident occurred
Ransbather'". body was recovered a short
:. later. The river la belnr draered
utftd'fraai JH.to.'by tha Florno wile, for th, bodies of
iuiin ur vEiOLvOs
AMERICANS
Reply Vi porously as Foe
nheie thei thought troops or suppllep
inighJ be congregated
The Gel mans were haniinpped b the
weather conditions It was mlsu, and
it limes latin.
I se Mnstsril (.
l.ile In the afternoon the Get mans
began using mustard gas sneeze gis
and some ihocolate gas so named from
the odor These gas attacks weie In
effthe the American gas dillls halng
taught the troops all the German tiicks
.Nevertheless tlie Germans were pei
slstenl lhe combed the hills bordering
the Vesle with gas shells, endeaorlng
lo reach the loads leading to I ismes
and nihet points where thev thought
the Mlies might bp assembling for a
nossing of the Vesle At some places
along the highnas the Germans would
start planting shells In 7ig?ag line
foi a mile or so ind back again often
'"PI""B them ever, twentv o, thl.M
feet and then lepeating the process
along lhB objects p. f- which the, were
alining '
oulli of Bazo. lies w iierp the Gprnnns
tried this ulik, thev llred a lighter gis
first following It up with sneeze gi '
i nntlnneil n Tare sli, ( ehtmn File
ATTACK IN ALBANIA
SCORES
-
C U-BOAT SINKS SCHOONER
Raider Gets Another Victim Off
Canadian Coast
) the Associated Press
A Canadian Atlantic Pert, Aug 6
The British schooner Gladys J Hoi
laud has been sunk by a German sub
marine The crew landed today at a
Nova Scotia town. They raid the attack
took place yesterday morning
The Gladjs J. Holland was a New.
foundland two-masted stjioonei.
Two boatloads of suruSoiB of the oil
tanker l.u Blanca, torpvdoed by a cler
man submarine off this port yesterday,
weie towed ino the harbor today.
The Lux Blanca was captained by J
Thomas, of Newport. Pa wtoM" wa
among those brought here Av"M; TU
au-aw rui mimiL ...:.. v..
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rrfmm
M-J
Gijeiri"i"'s RePulTsTc ittJ
"ZZfl
FRENCH REACH
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BANKS OF AVRI)
Operations in Montdidiet1
Zone Menace Tculoii'
Junction Point '
THOUSAND GUNS TAKEN
DURING FOE'S RETREAT
Repealed Attacks DcliveratT
Against Allied
Vanguard
HEAVY FIGHTING RAGES
l.tiflcnrlorff Tnrreaecs Artillei-y
Fire on French and
American forces T'
Ify the Associated Prest
Tarls, Aug. fj.
Noi lb of thp Veslp thp Germans
bavp hee ippulsed in efforls to dig.,,
tnnrrn ,-.!. .. J . . ..
..f..- 1,-m-ii Him -mencan units WfiM
The official statpmenl from the War -"fl
OfTicp todav also rpports a French a Jyi
vance tn thp Avrp. north of Montdidiar.
PrlsOnprR pin iaWtrn hv thm TPnnU ..
in the lepulse of a German raid south. S$
i oi .vinniniaier. , (
i tip statempnt icads: .v
"North of Monldldler
our troops stfrfa
have made pingiess toward the Avrar.Hwifii
which thpV have rearhnl lulsiau Vlsi
Oi-iIb nnJ llnul.1 , .1 nf 211
front) A German surnrise iltavi'
.southeast of Montdldiet vrn cbecbasijl
completeljvPrfsoners remained In'otJ
hands. laVA
v r , cm,- anin. ii3 r rsniTriT-r
maintained tlielt positions at maryHr
points noi Ih of the river despite) ri-'-SAi
. x... ...- . .1 i"ji
' - ' Fi
drive thpjn out. Thpre is nothing ot A
importance to rpport from the reJ '
HfH ipn HiiPiiini M nv ii an iifririia nsi iji t 7.sst
maindpi of Ibis! f,nntM . "Vn
TIip town of Braches lies six mites
notth nf Montdidler. Morisel Is threie
mnes noun ni uracnes ana iaces m ,.
ipUII irom me oiner siop oi me nver. "r-SzM
TIip rieteimitipd attacks which tha5. W'a
f a n ! as. VsAoa-i a4ak1IsrAals. sip 1
onteiinel tVin AltlArl arKanrad fMOrAtt t-A.Vn
wu.... .. -. .awv. b iyry
IIUI 111 m llir i ii"- uac -.aiivTU w o-- j.
tuib tlin tpinnorarv stabilization of i&v
tin slt front The Allied com- $y
trunri i5 ip a n nr thB initiative in v
; " " h
tneve oprraiions g;
aiiiiuii iiiifi'i lauct: is- niiav.iicu (.uuj' iJU
in riiF- npfi tiuuii rrponro lariner lu
Hip north aloiif; the line, between -?
Riar.hr and Mm IipI nnrtlt nf Afrint. Tff1
clidipi. These .ire nointed to as a df-c ?S-
iet menace to the junction point ot
the armies nf General on HutUr
and thrown Prin e nnnnrenhf. jvt3
TIip Herman Crown Piinrp t nn iv.3
pritraeed in reconstitutinir his KhntJ ,J
l.Pnr Alt lamtie r.e.lilnr1 rls Me... .ltU
(.-I rn 141-iciifii-i ot ihiiu .inr unci wim locril
the aid of thp lennlnder of thp 1919 nigl
recruits, in inc oninion oi uflneraiin
., 1." ..!.... . I j ....c JSl J
i.lalllii " m'fi' .iiiiiv luaj nj ouui if
brilliant pai t in forcing the German
retreat fiom the Marne.
Willi Hip Hritish Armies in France,-
Aug 6
frown Tiinrp rtuppiecht's read
justment of his line, -specially aban
donment of the plateau west of the
Avie fiom Montdldiet to the con flu -ncp
of the l.urp is pr significant,
as thp plateau ga,ve observation of the .
.....ten , ill.i .e .i.. -..., ,1. A ... Inn... ..1
Cll.ll. tnilCJ VJ1 ..... .1IIIJ 111G ..JUClf! tJ
There is gunfiie in ceitaln areas,
particularh in the Givenchy legion
nortli of Ld Bassee Canal, whore Ger
man artillerv is active probably cov
ering a furtliPi ictlrement. Thous
ands of gas shells weie thrown Into
St Venant vesteidav. and the Yorea.
Kletrp and HingPh sectors and the , Si
Udci nrrui ,ti -.jiuea.
British patrols
dIs lontinue extiemely w
t.e Kritisb artillery Ja 'jal
bus Llkewihp
liaiassing Geiinan tommunicatlons
rvetvvvliPiP This front appears to be,
incredsinclv uncomfoi table for tha"
hn. hpa iiM.nn.i. dol'iplnff ....n.n
ww....' ,-. . -w... . w.- .... 111. iiuuirivuq
positions have hpen tendered untehr
nble TIip we.ithei continues show.
pr . wddlne: ll tllPlr rilsi nmtnrl ..a
. " .33
Its thr tlnitrtt Pre,, ' VZ
,,iiu mn i.inn .iiiiurs in mo riera fa'A
Trencli tioops today maintained
theii bridgeheads arrose the VeH'r2
liivei despite two drone UermsHtu,
I counter-attacks M
i iTiui on hip page oi me liuagerBT rl
Braisne. on the VpsIp, six miles north .J
,. net nf PIboips una mpllnliwl hs ttuV
Pionch during the night. Two brldsaa. J'.
In that region were also seized. Th J'l
Geimans are fltlll holding out .ia'-ti, i? 1
Biaisne 'A
Machine gun batteries have been.lav Y
stalled in uraisne and the enemy; taj '
matting uivicr icsibluiiiw ijirro.
Artillery of both aimlea ln''Kc
shelling along the Vesle, Alwwa
oise rivers. . -im.
jjy mo umre rrtst St
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m . , ..'i.
ixmaou, AW
Since the Germans began
treat from ihe Marne, tlie'Ail
captured a. thousand guns.t)
of machine gun and',i
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