' -V ?w r, V K&. 1.3SL it :-i ICANBLOW 1EPLY TO KAISER CO. . r 4tA.nswers Hintzc Criticism gThaL U. S. Troops Had no iujmary uiuu VICTORY PLEASES PARIS E&nr Encirclinc of Mctz Would End War, Is General Belief Special Cable to Eteninp Public Ledger Covvrlaht, 1911, bj .Vrw York Ttmts Co I'nrK Sept 16 j n-i,- A.,iMr. (ftiitnnh nt st Mlhiel t IC ..... v.,., ,ii,.. i M, hailed hero as an Incontestable Mctorv I Howevcr much the Germans mai irv to minimize it b nssertlnK that thc mere ly carried out i rctrcit which hid Ions been in their plans In oiikr to shorten their front thn fact remain that they were forted to lr.ne In the hands of the lctorlous Amerlc-ins the equhalcnt of two full diWslons of troops, which tho enemy never needed go badly as nt present, in addition to lealng an enormous imouunt of ma terials behind for the Allies to use against them, and helnc compelled to destroy probably as much more to pie tent simllarlj annoiliiR use belne mule of It Such factors d not inter into any kind of oluntan rt treat -What especiUh delighted Piris is the fact that on the eij da the derm in Forelsn Minister on Hintze oracu larly announced in Vienn t tnat the American troops hid is mi n mill tary lalue (Jmeril Ptrshlng officl ill reported 'Int the first di of the American offensive in the M Mllne' salient resulted in the t ipture of 8000 German prisoners The absurd con lotion of iho i f..is has rreatlv tickled Paris 'Pershlne, cries one eminent Trench military critic 1ns nude of his first battle a miKntfio nt lctor " "In its first trill effort as an lutono mous force the Kirst Ameiicnn rtn "' states another expert his aUiiced a masterpiece ' ItllTerent IVrslilne "Splendid lctor ' is the phrase used bj" nearly een Paris newspaper in1 summlng up the nsults of Amerlttn I prowess In our first reil bittle Gen eral Pershing s portrut adorns the front page of min I'iris tnpi rs and it is notable th it the picture is not that of the plnsarth smiling t id eally American-featured soldier of twelo months ago, hut of the grim war rior of todaj, with lined brows and hard-set jaw which p.iks eloquently fmtrv II went to frame In M115 of the awful burden of responsibility D, fore cnteilng thi siriie lie issisted and grinding work which the Amerl- Ills fither in me it mirket the latter can commander his had n nssumt. In tonducts.it the (Itim liitnwn acnue ad order to bring about tne brilliant sue diegs cess his arm has achieved I'rlvnte Mnv Ilnrrls, who on separate Sooner or later, now tint the g'eit , otiaslons shut ,Iul' -'8 has been te- hook In the line south of Verdun which ported mist-tug, wounded and killed in EO long Irritated ever Allied mpi thlzer, has been dissolved the encircle ment of Metz will come within the range of the practical The loss of Meu would he the end of the war so far as operations in France are concerned, and probably for the rest of Kuropp also mi c. .rit.i.i . i . i. i.. i.ii. .i ni J.1IC 3t -uwuei iiLiurj, IL IS I iei I f trii ttf -vnere, will have an incalcul ibly favor- able Influence in the whok of the Trench front, from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier One of the strongest and most menacing of the cnemv s central towers ins betn blown up The blow "to the eastward which I ftrtcist a fortnight ago has been struck f?. . Itonti In Knl.r'. 4ti, I, 'N Tho Americans it is felt here have - olmn lli orilt nn.sililo ronli- 1 r tli n..... .... ...., rw.-....w ...... ... .... hypocritical speech of the Kaiser which can carry any weight tint of force against force ind might igainst might The first blow Mrurk b the Amer icans, It is unlversallv recognized is a heay stroke an 1 epeclillv s0 in view of the fact tint It was fulK expected hv Ludendorff and full I ears rut f och s confident assertion to the Paris Munici pal Council that he pursuit of the enemy would be ' implacable Tne onjectue of tne American armv obviously was ty ixtingulsh the famous St Mlhiel salient but It Is rtcogniztd here that this, can onh be a part of the general plan of the greit bittle which Foch began on lulv IS Military crlti - agree that the fact that the Ameritam, Imp struck at one of thn strongest nria nf tlin enmn. linn (rfjis full of slgnilli nice of the future and c" L."4. nnnn,lf.r. .f .1... till... In .U- t. yi mo i-wiinurir c ti 111 Vlllir- ill llie 1- vorable character of tho present situa tion During the last ear, simulta neously with the organization of the Hlndenburg line proper further west and north, the interior of the St Mlhiel sall- ent was pimply crowded with fortified works. While hey were organizing the Wotan, Siegfried and other lines, the Germans constructed In this legion a series of powerful posit ons which they Delieveu were lmpregmbli Their ob ject wan twofold First the aimed at i encircling erdjn from the tast -t t.. .. . ,. . . t;u-eijr us pu-aiuie anu, set ontl V TO cur - . , , .,.,,,.. r-inlnln h,H all possible direct rallvviv co.nira.nl. ' M ,hp ,im' ."'hatttt cation between crrtun and Nanc r "'arl "at a(,' r K . J 1., ,u, mm ' of tht 109th Infintrv His own corn er, , . , ' nmnil was roraiiinj I. t first he wis Vhoiio ir viei VAnnr0,i n.issinr but on ugust 1- a Residents Begins Continued fmm Tone One under the belief tint thev were legally compelled to go Deelnres s,rvlre Onllniiul "The Irish Governmint leavis It op tlonal with its citizens to join the armed forces of an countrv the individual de sires, but the provisional government wishes to impress upon all its nationals that they art under no obligation to perform mllitar sirvm for anv countri .Gsy but Ireland fll . "Boja who know little if anMhins, ,?TaDout International liw do not undej- 'KiBjand their own rights and are Imposed fc iaHipon by Irresponsible persons One of ythe objects of the registration is to in- y- struct mem us 10 ineir ngnts duties and nteresis ana 10 give tnem all the pro motion possible when they are in need if 1 same." K' Call Lixui Ml to Krjtintrr '.p?'' In a notice addressid to 'citizens of the Irish Republic!. Doctor McCartnn A-" calls on all native-born Irish persons, '$ male and female, to reirlster nt ih Sijj .. earliest possible date ' t'T'.J. Tl..,.. M. On.. .- .1.. ., m f yui.11'1 .'s. ui iu, tiiti i-ivu ot me " 1 '.'nmvlRlonnl frov. rntn.nl Is n ir.iliiai. St&Pt the atIoll JL'nherslty of Dublin , Jnd is a fellow of the Rojal College of -Vsqvernment' Is thoroughly organized, l.thtlt that the names of Its high officials re peine hept secret. 4&L Cermans Shell Hospital Lt r. With the Amerlrnn Army In Franrr, tbst. 16 (By I. N. S ) An American 1,' jreMlntr station was rushed up and es l ".! iihllnhed In a captured German hosnltal ... T ......IkiA Hi. n.rman an.1 .Iia im.rl. JW 4U4(.lt(V, .w ....M... ..U ...fc ......- 1 surgeons, nurse nn oraerues grn 1 caring tor the. wounded of friend and -The uennans, gratefully accepted I ana iokiub Jivm me wiu7it:aii vhrt(Jrmaii artillery shelled icvicinity jne uennan rlth,.w, Americana in air. RCKft 'ii' PHILADELPHIA HEROES 4MMMKBE1MMMMMR a jrfSS'Tl? t a if A - Cap. VYm. F.GUILFORD Pnv-JOHN R CHORD ELWOOD P TERRY GASSED WOUNDED GASSED. rwo From Nearby Die in France (nntlnnrit from Price One listed todav total 17t holh thn olllcial 1s,s fi tlio morning anil nfternoon 'lowspipcrs being mndo up of ciglitv- nu, lm(, Twentv-nltio Pennsyl- vnnuns ire listed among the ITS mints nnrl are, for the most part men from the western part nf the Mate In the Hit made public In the Sun da newspapers mm I'ennsv Ivunians were reported among the casu titles SKETCHES Or HEROES I leillrnunt tiriirce I llcmt, the well Known .ithleti of this t It who while it tin I nivcrsitv of IN mm lv.inla gain til fanit on ilu swimmius anil hisehil' tt ims ha bun gis-cd while leading his nun in Irinn anil Is now In a base hnsplt il I ilimil thn lints 1 am in a hnspim oir here mm tring fmiii a sub, ,f tns in vvintt Thi shell lutu up ilsjhi in ill i in n Lieutenant Itoit is i in mhtr of I om Junv A IHitli Infamiv and trained it ' mm llancotk h ore sillmp fo, nii.oe III tiillsted In ilu .iiiiij on pill IS 1 "17 and was assigm d thi duties ol in ord-ilv Ihs lis, i, ,rtnk until h, situitd his tomini'-sj in m prst lleuitM mt w is r ipid lust hcfiup lie tnlistt,i Hoit plivtd on Ik aru tt mi it tin I nivcisht md ii rilt will In on the I'liin tt mi guncd lh nti n ol'tgi He MMiiunlnir i Ii ininlmi i.i in. , ...... .. ... -""' . '"' ""'" '" ""' cilv Is at Bin N"rt" H"' vertl! s,r,o- I'rltnte Milium Alt rkl-, the son of Mr ami Mis Joseph MerUe fine; i;Pr- inuitown avtnin his been killed In Kranie aicoidliiK to unoincl.il word re- uli.J here toda He sered with I'oni- pan r 111th Infantrj Ills pirents leftiso to belli w tint he his bei n killed ln llle fate of the report mide to them '"" l" Prhate Herbirt 11 Dewees nf Tnm- pan K 111th Infintry wrote to u frit ml in (lenmntown I suppose ou hte heard thai Wil liam Mi rkle was kllltd I was apt iking to him an houi befort and whtn I re turned r s iw whit was left of hlni ' MerMe was twenl-one eirs old and enlisted in the old Third I'.egimtnt, to be transferred later to the 111th ln- action, Is believed to he unharmed anil with his regiment in I ranee He Is the son of bamuel Horns, 191 8 South Fifth street on August 21, the soldiers father re ceived word fiom the War Department that his son hid b en missing since luly 28 Last Wedntsdav .1 second telegram came from the War Department, an nouncing that Private Morris had been wounded in action List fritrav he was unotllciallv report) il killed in action Mr Borris tod iv received word tl rough the Red Cross that no otllcial rtcord had been retelved of the soldlei s ileith Despite the fut thit he was ml 10 have bei n wounded Letters hive been received from the soldier un der dits of August 2 and I In which he niakis no mention of wounds He wis behind the lines with his regiment at that time resting after coming out ot the ftont line tienches Private Bonis Is a member of Com panv K seventh Regiment Before en tering the service he was a shoe operatii I'rlvnte ( lnrenre 1 a'lni, llnl. Vorth Slo in street vvas wounded in action on Julv li, according to a letter retelved bv his niothei Mrs catnarlne 1 anon He vvas a member of tne iustn .vincnine Oun (Viinpinv formerlv Compan H, distil Regiment Olllcial notice nf his injury has not been lecelved from Wash ington Tallons brother fleorce who is i menibtr of 1 ompinv I- llltii Infantry letentlv wrote to his mother, saving ihat his life was probablv sived bv a Bible tint he tarried shell ev ploded near him vnd .1 P'ete of It penetrated the book (Hptain I. Itiirke I ira-art was seen with 1 number of other American otllcers on his wav to 1 prison camp in Ger minv atiording to word received here bv his wife Mrs Marie M fousart, 503(1 Willows avenue Lieutenant lein Bernaid, of the Frenth armv whr is interned in Switzer land vvrnit to Mis I'nusirt stating he hitl seen her husband it a rallwav sta tion ind tint iiptun 1 nu in nrui i"i the French otliitr to write to his wife .inil infornl ller IIP was -nit- Intel national Red Cross , M lf s,aterl lhal lle waH a prit'oner ! at famp Rastatt Gfrinuiv cable irom in Private William i. lliieerniiin ins um ,.rin.n home erv often, he tills his I f ,miu at Norwood in a r'tent letter Ibetause he is so busv dodging shflls .anil bullets" He is in .1 ho-plial now .. i,i- f mn a tad w )Unel ot tin tool His letter savs ' l.vrv thing vvas going w.ll until thev got me on tin foot on August 1 It is all right to look ln a new paper and see where a town Is bombarded, but, when vou art there It is not so much of a joke is vou think When I went in o a. li. n I vv isn t live minutes before 1 shell blew mv machine- .., . ...ri 1 III.,.! il.. ,ther gun tO SOme place unci i.n.u ...c " gunner If I ever thought of home it vvas then You cannot Imagine how a fellow feels when he sees h's best friend killed outright I went or with mv re volver and ran two miles after the hoches but never saw one But there vvas plenty of bullets singing 'Home Sweet Home, going past Luckllv, none of them hit me" Lieutenant Kobert Ilonner, 110th United States Infantrj is alive, a pris oner In a German prison camp at Hi hurennli7 Silesia according to a re port made at the Uijnrs olllce b his sister, who received word from the War nJlartmi ', Vh " ent at Washington At tne time exlcan border troubles, he went out with the old Third Regiment as a private and later' vvas detailed at City Hall durlne- the tecrulting drive Lieu tenant Bonner was reported missing in the drive across the Marpe River Out cf 255 of his coinpan, 194 were reported killed or missing In that action Prlvte Chsrlea A. Hunting has been officially reported a prltoner in Camp Llmburjr, Germany His parents, Mr and Mrs, Thomas Bunting, 649 North Thirty-fifth street, have pot heard from the boy since the first letter they re ceived when ho landed, in France In Bunting was a member of the old Itf glment, N. O. P., for four years, -.'iffirvle' on the AUxJcan border, i'rT;.S5. EVENING PUBLIOVtBbGEKPHILADEIlPHrA MOtfDAt "SEPTEMBER 16, i!918 W) i r ,i ft, CHAS.RINCKE Riv Wm. SLYTflE INJURED WOUNDED and whin he relumed In 1916 lle was emplnvpil is 1 Hi em in on the P It It Private Moses I iiriinr, nf Dovlistnwn Pi has been killed In action in 1 raiite whlk fighting with ( ompinv ii ln'ith Infintrv iccordlng to unolticiil icports ri ciivcil here in letters I'rlviile lehn tMnsun son of Ton slablt A R tkiiison of Dovlestown, w is gassed in thi attack in which l.i ziar Is sild to hive givtn his lift Ac ini ding to the litest reports Atkinson wis disthirgtd from a b ise hospital ibotit eptembtr 1 and is now bitk on dutv Hi his ilirte biothirs in tht st rv Ice two of whom are in Cnmpanv d In n Utter he vvrott aftir Ik Int, gisstd tklnson said lust In fore I w is put out of thi fight we wint through whit was It ft of one town ind the onlv living thing 111 it was 1 dog ind ho dldn t Ftij tlift long Private i'llam Pettlt, of Dovlestown is reported to htvi bten si rlnuslv wounded In iction with fonipinv " In it lettir written h.v 1 friend who Is also in Compinv O, It vvas said tint he had in excellent chance of compute re coverv Private Knhert . Horn, also of Dovlestown was wounded in action lite In lulv while fighting with tht fifth Regiment of marines aciording to let ters retelved there recent Iv Hu Is said to hive ri covered, but no uuntloi Is made of whether he leturntd to the front line or not. Private (luvtnn mltb, n' Midli was ki ltd In attlon lulv 1". in the fighting In the vlclnitv of rimrttc hut onlv after he had hlmstlf kill) u nine Ger mans according to a letter received bv Mrs I.mra Ferguson, 4'.'.' 1 ist Thiid street, fhester, from Prlvati Albtrt lunt7 nf that t tv, who is abroid with the Suppl t'ompin of the 10 Hh ln fai trv Just before Private "smith silled for fiance with the 111th Infnntrv he pre dicted that lie would lose his nfp in the war Good-bv ' he said to friends -I'll never see ou agiin " Kunt7 declired that Smith put up a stubborn fight with the bodies before ho wis felled He succeeded In ills posing of nine of the cnemv and was returning to his tent when he was sniped bv a Gernnn midline gun tint was concei ed in a nest Kunt asked Mrs ftrguson to hive her son notif Smiths parents In Media doling Smith wis i member of the Medl 1 Fire Cnmpanv He orlginallv enlisted with Compinv 11 of the old cIxth Regiment hut Just before the out breik of tht Mexican trouble ho joined the old first Regiment hue ind served on the border He traintd at Camp Ilamock before sailing for Fiance Private llenrv llriivvn. 108 Tenn street Chester, vvas killed during a gas attack on August 12, according to word tint reached his home vesterdav He closed his career with a brllliint record hiving been 'over the top' four times Congressman Butler, of this district, who vvas with Brown one night on the firing line paid a glowing tribute to tne dead here Brown vvas tne son ot Mr and Mrs H I Brown Private John It. ( horil. Company B fiftv-eighth Infantrv Is nfflciillv re ported missing n action ugust 0 F01 -merlv a s,m Fruit Ncan he lived in this tltv -wo vears oelorc lie enlisted in the aimv list April His siter Mrs Grace Weil Unl Walnut street with whom he ri sided, received a telegram from hi mother In Sin 1 rancisto stating tint Private Chord bin vvrittin her on u gust 15 from a nospltal where lie is tecoverlng from a wound In his back He is twent-five 5 ears old and befoie entering the service was emploed as a machinist at Tdd stone Private Ukiln simltnn, Compinv A Fourth Infantrv, was severely wounded In action Jul 25 Private Shatton, who is twentv-tvvo vears old, was horn in Russia He was not a citizen but when the United M itss declired war on Ger- manv he was one nf the first to volun teer in this countr s defense He lived with a famil named Schwartz at 4181 I.eldy avenue before he enlisted Pri vate hatton has been wounded twice the first time on June 26 This injur was not serious and he vvas back on dut in a few davs $10,000 IN GRAIN BURNS Four-Alarm Wae Sweeps Lancater Avenue Warehouse Feed ind grain, valuid at $10 000 was destroed in a fire earl csterda morning which bad! damaged the ware house of Frederick Lemont, at 4522 Lan caster avenue The lire is believed to have resulted from spontaneous combustion. Four alarms were necessar before the flames were subdued Willing lo Repeat Little James, while at a neighbor's vvas given a piece of bread and butter, nnd polltelv said, "Thank ou " ' That right, James " said the ladv "I like to hear little bos say Thank CU" " Well,' rejoined James, 'If ou want to hear me say it again, you might put some jam on it " Tit-Bits "Hinky Dink" to Turn From Beer to Ice Cream ChkaBO, Sept 16 "HInky Dink" Kenna, for forty jears noted as the dispenser of the "largest and coolest" beers In Chicago to tho motley of tho First Ward, and widely known, with "Bath House John" Coughlin, as political czar of the First Ward, will open an ice cream parlor next year when the country Boes dry He hotly denied it at first, but admitted it today. Pat O'Malley, his principal rival in the saloon business, ill open a flower shop. S f?lw rJJVJ 0, ' -1 . ,.' iwrvji s - :,'', 'TLV I A '3rT- SOVIET HEADS PLANNED TO MAKE RUSSIA VASSAL Sold to Germany Commercial Control of Nation for Five Years After the War Berlin Financial Interests Given Sway Wnnlilngton, Sept 16 The part plaed by tho German Im perial Bank In financing the Russian Ilolshcvikl movement, the care taken by the German military authorities to pre vent spread among their own people of tin sotlnllstlc preaching of tlulr Rus sl 111 tools nnd tho plans laid for German control of Russia, economically and fiinnciill, during and after the war, feituio tho disclosures In the second Installment of tho sensational series of secret documents which the Americin Government is making public ( opies of tho documents given out list night, carrv the file numbers of the Rilthsbink, or of the Germ in gineml stuff and in some lnstnnres notitlons hv I.cnine or TrotsKv, the Bolshevik loaders now shown to lnve been in the pav of Germany Blnce long before the overthnw Russla'o new deinonallc gov ernment and virtually turned the toun trv over to the Teutons Thev are Il luminating explanatory notes bv fdgar Mssmi of the committee on publli in formation who directed the invistlga tion which rr suited In the disclosures fine of the Riichbink meiiui mil 1 d ited list Januarv announced to th Conuuissir of Tarelgn MTiiis (I.onine) tint fiO 000 oono rubles of gold Ins been pined to the tndlt at Stockholm of the represent itlves of tile Commlssus to lovn tin cost of Red Guatds mil agiti tois Another of a few divs later tells of a credit of 5 Olio, 000 rubles for tho assistant nival commissar In the I ai I ast who Is entrusted with the t ilc of carrv ing off or destrnving the gieat Vmciicin and Japanese stores cf war nnteriil at Vladivostok 1 schrme that rrnhahlv wis well under wiv when the linding nf American and Allinl foites at ladlvostnk ended tht swav of the BoHievlkl there A resolution adopted bv the Girmin ctmmcnliil banks, undci the aiispltts of the Reichbank, outlines an eliborile pin grim foi control of Ru.sla bv Girminv and the barring of Amerii i and the Allies from the Russlin common ill ind industrlil field after the w 11 Wh it Ins hippened to this scheme Is not dell nitelv known, but It Is suggested th it It ma lie the subject of one of tho sicitt ections of tho Germ in-Bolohcv Ik ticat How I.enino nnd TrotsKv were bc traving their Soclillst fi It nils ilong with Russia Is disclosed bv i sh irp nnte to I, mine fiom the NaihtUluon bureau demanding to know whit steps hi would tike to mike good his per Minal proinlse that socialistic and agi tational llteriture would not In clicu liled among Geinian troops Trotsky wrote on the mat gin "I ask to discuss it I. T" The concluding document of the In stallment Is a Gernnn warning on Iinuirv ii to I.rnlne, that unknown igltitois were circulating propaginda telling in advance of the plans of the Bolshev ki to openlv surrender to the Germans as the' actti illv d'tl later Tin documents show whit revv irds financial and Industiia interests di -in iniled In 11 turn foi the Gernnn sup. poit of the Bolshev Ikl And thev show how th Bolshevik leaib rs betiavid their own follow ith and abiudonid the pieuliing of tht it soelil revolution wherevir tht Germans oulercd that it should be abandoned DOCUMEiNT NO. 8 (P-cl hslidiik No 2. Jan 8. 1918) 1 erj Secret To th' Coinmlssar 0f Foreign Af fairs lpformation has todiv been lecelved bj nit- from Stockholm that 10 nniMinn rubles ot gold has been transferred to be put at the disposal of the repiesentatives of the Peoples Commissirs This cftdlt has been supplltd to the Russian Government ln order to cover the cost of the keep of the Red Guirds and agit itors in the coiintiv The Imperial Govern ment considers it appiopi late 10 re mind the Vivkt of Peoples Commis sirs of the necessity of incieising their propaganda In the tountiv as the antagonistic attitude nf thr -muli of P.ussu and Sibeili to Hit existing Government s troubling the (In mm Government It Is of gieat Importance to send e xperleneeil men ever where In order to set up a uniform govern ment Representative of tile Impel lal Bitiik, on hchanz "Note Members of the Red Guard were paid from twelve to sixteen rubles a da, whereas soldiers were paid hardly that numbtr of kopecks Ibis letter show s w here the money came from The Bolshevik Government also icqulred fac tory owners to pay regular wages to their workers while the latter suved in the Red Guild The notation on letter indicates that It vvas referred In Men shinski, the financial minister, whose ex pert councilor was the German Von Toll. MenshlnsM personally conducted the wrecking of tho Russian banks a milieu. ver that deprived all opponents of Bol shev ikl'in of their financial means of warfare It was a classic job of de struction, done in the name of icCon structioii 'Have photograph of this letter" DOCUMENT NO. 9 (Relthsbank No s Jan 1.', IBIS Berlin) I'ctj Secret To the Commissar of Foreign Af fa'rs I am Instructed to conve the agnement of the Imperial Bank 10 the Issue of a credit of 5,000,000 lubles for the dispatch of the assistant naval commlsijar, Kudriashoff, to the Far East On airlval at Vlndivnslol. he shnolrl visit the retired ollleer of the Russian fleet Mr Panoff and instruct But tenhoff and Staufacher, who are known to Panoff, to come to see him Both the mentioned agents will bring with them Messrs fdward Shlndler. Wil liam Keberleln and Paul Dlese (or Deze) With these- persons it is nee essar to think nut a plan for earn ing out the Japanese and American war materials from Vladivostok to the west If this is not possible then thev must Instruct Dlese (or Deze) and his aftents to destroy the stores Shlndler must acquaint Kudriashoff with these Chinese agents at N'lkolsk These persons should receive the agreed amounts and should lie dis patched to China to carrv on an agi tation against Japan President of the Imperial Bink, Von Schanz "Note If this plan vvas developed to a climax It was not by Kudriashoff He vvas killed on his passage through Si beria two or three weeks later, and It was reported that a great sum of money was taken from his body by his mur derers, who were said to be two Cos sacks Most of the German agents named In this letter were still active in Siberia In the spring, as shown by Doc ument No 29 "Have photograph of this letter," DOCUMENT NO. 10 (ltelchlhank N'o. S, Ja.n 11. 1018.) To the Chairman ot the Council of People's Commissars: My Dear Mr. Chairman The Indus trial and commercial organization In Germany interested In trade relations, with Russia have addressed themselves tu mu tn a letitr. udlBf .ceveral wxrlWfj Lcninv Plans Alliance, Perhaps With Germany , 1 JJ) the Atsociatnl l'rc Amsterdam, Sept lfi Hints that tho Holslicvlk Govcmmcnt of Ilus Ma may seek nlllance with other Tow nis nro contained In .1 noto nddicsscil to tho people's commis saries anil so icts bv Nikolai Lc nlne, the Holslicvlk Premier, pilnted In the t'nivdn, of Pettu grncl, nnd republished ln the Lokal AmclRcr, of Ilpilln The note I cads ' Tho position on the Cyecho Rlovak front Is becoming more "ilingerous diilv. We ate laly be coming incieislngl totnlnceil that alone we nre powerless Tor tho Soviet (loveijimeiit there Is only one vvaj" nut, namely, to tonclude II defensive nnd offensive alliance ,vlth anothei fovvei. "In oiilei to sii' the power of the wotkeis ami pcistnts, we must not even leioil fiom an alllanco with imperialists" guiding Indications Permit mo to bring them to vour attention fitst The conflict of the Russlin revolution with the Russlin capitalists absolute lv does not Interest German manufactmlng circles, in sr far .is the question docs not t oticern Industry as such Vou can destroy the Russian i.ipltillsts as far as vou please, but It would b no means be possible to per mit the destruction r f Russian enter In lses Such a situation woujd pro duce a constant ferment in the coun tiv, supported bv famine of materials and, in consequence of that, of prod ucts also Thr Tngllsh, Amer'can and frencb capitalists taki advantage of this dlsordtr .yid understand how to estibllsh here forps of their commer cial agents It Is necessary to remem ber tint Germ in Industry In the first vears ifter the geneial peace will not be In a position to s itlsfy the purchas ing demand if the Russian market, hiving brnid similar parallel tasks in the Near Hist, in Persia, ln China and In Africa Setond It Is esspntl il, therefore, to conduct a nnvass and gather statisti cal Information with regard to the con dition of Industrv, nnd, in view of the nbseni e 1 f iiionev In Russia, to address In business convers ttions vvhlchever is dtsiied of the groups of German com nit rclal banks Third Tiade with German nnv be In the first period nlinost exclusively exchange for wheat ind for nny re maining pioducls to rtelp household neiissltlis Hve r thing which exceeds the limits of such tiade should be paid foi In advance to the -amount of 75 per 1 tut of the marki t value, with the piment of the remaining quirlei In a six months period In p-ace i f such an arrangement, probiblv it would stem to lie possible to penult privately tho taking of German dividend shares on tho Russian Annuel tl nniket, or solldlv guaranteed Industrial and rall load loans In view of the Indlc lied Intel est of G11 man manufacturers and merchants In trade relations In Russli, I cordi allv beg ou Ml. Chairman, to in fonn me of the views of the Govern ment lcgirdlng the questions truched upon and to receive tile assurances of inv sincerist respect Representative of the linperi il Bulk and stotk V. chinge in Berlin, G von Schatiz 'Note The engaging attitude nf the Gernnn manufacturers toward Russian c tpit ilists is the feu tun of this lettei apirt from the cerdlal and evidently tin derst Hiding expressions of the repre nl.itlves of the'Gennan Imperii! Bank to that supposed cnemv of the capitalists of all nations. Lenin The letter was sent to the secret department bv Secretary skrlpnik l't rhaps some di on Schanz will disclose Lenin s answer Have photograph of letter," DOCUMENT NO. 11 IReichsuank No 1217S Berdn Dec 2S. 11117 ) RTiOLrTIOV eif conference of lepresentatlves of the Gernnn commeicl.il binks con vened on pioposil of the German dele gation at I'ltrogiad bv the manage ment of tin- Impel 111 Bank to discuss the resilutlons of the Rliinc-Wt stpha lian Industiial Syndicate and Han dlist ig first All loans are canceled the bonds of which aie In the hands of German, .Austrian, Bulgarian nnd Turkish holders, but pi inept must bo leaiized by the Russian tteasury ln the tourse of a twelve months' term after the conclusion of sepainte peace Second The jmi chase Is permitted of all Russlin securities and alvldend bearlng paper by tin rtpiesentatlves ot the German hanks nt the rate of the da on the open market. Thiid Aftei the conclusion of sep al ate ptace on the expiration of ninety divs thjre are re-established all the shares ofprivate railway companies, metallurgical industries, oil companies mil ehiinlcnl ulmrmaceutical works T he rating of such papeis will be made bv Hie German and Austrian stock ex changes Fourth There arc banished and for five veais from date of signing peace art not to lie allowed F.ngllsh, French and American limit il in the following Industries Coal, metallurgical, me chlne building, oil, chemical and phar maceutical fifth In the question of develop ment in Russia of coal, nil and metal iuigical branches of industry theie is to in established a supreme advisory oigan consisting of ten Russian spe cialists ten fiom the Gciman Indus trial oiganlzatlons and the German and Austrian banks Sixth The Russian Government must not interfere In the region of questions connected with the transfer to the benefit of German of two min ing districts in Poland Doinbrosky and Olkishk and to Austiia of the oil region In Gallcia The transfer of the latter will be only in the form of limitations of the right of making claims, land allotments and applica tion of capital for the production and refining of oil. Seventh Germany and Austria en jo the unlimited privilege of sending Into Russia mechanics and qualified workmen Highlit Other foreign mechanics and woikmen during five ears after the conclusion of peace between Rus- I or " Iffl 1, BROAD atilTTiHHWr , SjWW n W TRelBltfz: ISncft This is the last week this season for you to enjoy the very different atmosphere of the Kitr Roof. This year it has had as guests hundreds wm EtrVt mm 3l f .u-jsi-s.m ..,-hi - sla and Germany nre not to be allowed to enter at nil. Ninth. The statistical department of producing nnd manufacturing In dustrie!! wltii iho rorresnondlne Gov ernment organ must bo controlled by t uerinan specialists. Tenth. Private banks It Russia arlso only with the consent nnd ac cording to tho plan of the union of German and Austrian banks, whereby the rating of the stocks of the hanks on all exchanges of tho New nnd Old World will be handled by the group of the Deutseho Rank. nievenlh. At the ports of Pctro grad. Archangel, Odessa, Vladivostok nnd Datum will be established, under the leadership of specialists from Germany, special statistical economic committees As regards the tariff, railway and shipping rate policies to regulate tho Russo-German-Austrlan trade rela tions, this part of the economical treaty will be discussed by the spe cial tariff council of the Handclstag Chairman von Orcnncr, Secretary Berenbluet. "Note The penned Indorsement on the photographed copy of the resolution Is 'Chairman of the Central Kxecutlve Committee-Commissar Menshlnsky re quests that this resolution should be taken under advisement, and to pre pare the ground In the Soviet of the workmen's and soldiers' deputies, In case tho council of people's commissars will not accede to these requests Secretary n Raskin ' Menshlnsky Is minister of finance. All of these terms, wholly pun! tlvo to American fngllsh and French capital, could lurk In the secret section in tho present German-Russian treaty. I do not know the fato of the resolution on this, Its enrlv winter appearance 'Have besides the notated photograph a printed copy of this circular." DOCUMENT NO. 12 (Gr fli-ncrnl stnfr Section It N'o Varhrichten Ttureau ISO feb -' lnl8 ' SF.CRF.T To the Clnlrman of the Council of People's Commissirs: After confer ring wltii the Peoples Commissar Trot7kv. I hive the honor to ask vou to urgentlv Inform the agents of the secret service nt fitafkn. Commis sars felerabend nnd Kalmanovloh, that the should work as formerlv ln complete Independence nnd without the knowledge of the official staff at Stafka and the general staff In Peters burg and pirticutrlv General Boneh Bruevlch and the secret service of the northern front, communleatlg only with the Peoples Commissar Lieu tenant Krllenko for the head of, the department, R Bauer; adjutant, Buk I10I111 "Nole cross the letter Is written Inform Mosholov N G ' (Gorbunof's initials) In the margin is written 'Passed on to the tommlssar of war, M Skrlpnik ' The significance of this let ter Is that It Is to Lenin; tint the two chief secretaries of himself and the coun cil p isscd It on for action ; and that Trotzk and Lenin on februnry 27 were continuing to h imper the Russian com mander at 1 moment when tho German army vvas threatening Petrrjgrad Mo sholov was one of the carnTlli,sar on ",e staff of Kiilenko the commissar repre senting the council of commissirs in the command of the Russian militaiy forces, Ills achievements is a tllsnrganlzer were notable. This letter indicates that ho had the confidence of Germany. 'Have original letter." DOCUMENT NO. 13 (fir (teneril stair , N'nrhrli Men Bureau, Section it No 713 Feb 21 ) J cr) Secret To the Chili man of the Council of Peoples Commissirs Acvcordlng to reports of oui Scciet Service In the detachments operating against tho German troops and against the Aus trian Ukralniin corps, there has been discovered propiganda foi a national rising and a struggle with the Ger mans and their allies, the Ukrainians I nsk nu to Inform me what has been done b the Government to stop this harmful agitation For the head of the depaitment, R Bauer; adju tant, Ilenrlch "Note Across the top Is written 'Ur gent to the Commissars of War and Special Sniff M. surlpnlk ' The last stmt nee is underscored and in the margin appears a question marked, InV tialed 'L T' The Hist Is Lenlnc s order through hi5 secretary and the second mav possiblv be taken as TrotzK s op position to anv iction The loss of the I kralne bv counter-Gciman Intrigue was a sole point in piestlge with him But bis essentlil obedience to Germany was not 'essened 'Have original letter." DOCUMENT NO. 14 (O O S Vnchrlchten Bureau Section R No '78'011, reb 7 To the Commissi! of foreign Af fairs According to information ot the Secret Service department It has been ascertained tint the promise given personallv bv ou, Mr Com missar, in Brest-Litovsk, that social istic agitation il llteratuie would not be circulated among the German tinops Is not being fulfilled Tell me whit steps will be taken In this mat iter I or the head of the depart ment, R Bauer: adjutant, Ilenrlch 'Note Brusque words to the B'orelgn j Minister of the Soviet government or Woikmen. Soldiers unit S illors of the Russian Republic, delivered not by nn 1 equal ln olllcial tank, but by the deputy of a German major nt tho head of an Information department of the German Government. Did Trotzk resent or deny the imputation? Instead he wrote with his own hand in the margin, 'I ask to discuss it L T." Thus he admits that Contented Faces Motif prevent shaving trrits Mon and keepa th fac In perfect condition. Soltvn th bard. Apply ligbtlr with th nncr tip no bruih, no lathr. Svstlm,trou bl nd discomfort. Largo tube 23c at dlr. WINTKKS i. lCr.SI.FK. Distributer Lafeorttc Illili., I'hlla., Po. MOLLE MO t ForShavJiig u& HIP" w ot newcomers. We hope tney found the welcome here no less hearty than was our pleasure at playing host. ' r h - J" TJ 4 X h6 did give the promise at Brest-Lllovsk. Tho question raised concerns otjly the measure of obedience to be required. Hao original letter." DOCUMENT NO. 13 (The1 rountereapltmiR'tt with the Stnvl, No. 311, special section, Jan. 20. 1018 ) A Warning To the chairman of tho Council of Tcople's Commissars: The counter-espionage at the Stavka advises that at the front is being spread by unknown ngltntors the following counter-rev olu tlonary literature: First. The text of circulars of vari ous Oermnn Government Institutions with proofs of the connection of the Gcrmnn Government with the Bol shevik workers before the passing of the government Into their hands These leaflets hnvo renched nlso the German commanders The supreme command er has received asdemnnd from Gen eral Hoffman to stop this dangerous agitation by nil means possible. Second A stenographic report of the conversntlon of General Horfmnn with Comrado Trotzky, whereby It vvas supposedl proposed to the latter, to make peaco on conditions nf consid erable concessions on the part of tho Central F.mplres, but on the obliga tion of tho Russian Government to stop the socialization of the, life of the State Comrade Trotsky supposed ly offered tho termination of the war without peace nnd the dcmoblllzntion of our nrmy. When General Hoffman announced that the Germans would continue tho ndvance Trotzky suppos contlnue the advance Trotzky suppos of force we shall be forced to make peace and fulfill all demands " This documen has created Indigna tion among the troops Against the Council of People's Commissars arc heard cruel accusations Commissar S Kahnanov Ich "Note This letter Is a warning of the slow -rising but coming storm mat win c iu.n thron boldest nlrntes of history from the country they have temporarily stolen To net a real understanding of the meaning of the second and important section of the letter It must ne iiun.iiu out that until February 1 the Russian calendar vvas thirteen d.iS behind the western Huropem calendar. The real date of this letter, therefore. Is Febru ary 10 This Is the date Trotzky's '.No peace, no war' pronouncement vvas made at Brest-Litovsk The news of it did not reach even Pctrosrad until the next day Yet on that dty printed circulars were being distributed nt the front stating that Trotzky had agreed to do the xery thing he did do and glxlrg nn augur of events that did take place a week later, when Germany did begin Its ad vance and when the Bolshev Ikl did ful fill all demnnds The fact Is that simple truth vvas being told Nor is the means by which it vvas secured at all obscure A few daring nnd skillful Russians had found a means to get information from Brest-Litovsk The circulars referred to In the first paragraph are, of course, those already familiar to Washington from February dispatches 'The following naive comment adds to the attractiveness of the letter, 'The committee for combating the counter revolution states that these clrcula'rs were sent from the Don, and the steno graphic report vv.us seized In transmis sion from Kleff Its origin Is undoubtcd 1 Austrian or from the Rada M. Skrlp nik ' "Have photograph of letter." WON'T VOTE ON LIQUOR Pclilion Opposing Gloucester Saloons Lacks Nere"ary Signatures failure to obtain adequate support among those opposed to saloons will mike It Impossible for the residents of Gloucester to vote on the liquor question at the coming November election A petition urging that the question bo contested nt the next election was clrcu ated by the Anti-Saloon League, but It was announced todiv that the necess iry 500 signatures could not be obtained Most of those approached contended that the Government intended abolishing the saloons in the near future and that fu,i,Pr action was unnecessir There are twent nine saloons in Gloucester, 1 liiiiiiiiiiuiiiiifl Jt liiiii 1 A sx . . feUW vT Vffimv m X. 111 V,' r-s. UNCLE SAM is in the hat business this year but if for any reason you can't wear any of the attractive styles that he has made up for the Army, the Navy, or the natty little bonnet he has designed for the "bird men" per haps I have something you will like. I don't know what you expect in a hat but I want something with a little style to it that looks well on me, feels comfort able, holds its color and keeps its shape, and wears as long as I want to wear that hat. And this particular'year, I don't care to pay any more than I have to, to get what I want. ' If you feel the same as I do about it you can have any felt hat or derby in my store for $2.85. And don't forget that the largest hatter in the U. S. A. next to Uncle Sam guar antees the quality. ' XLnifA raasnvr r. . i n I'-.if H .- ' ' s t . -i " ! GARFBEtDlJRGES ,..- POWER CONTROL 1 Favors Erection of Central Plants lo Expedite Coal . Production WOULD EFFECT SAVING Solution Seen of Shortage, Problem in Philadelphia . and Other Districts llHslilnginn, Sept. 16 (By I. N. S ). Stating that more coal than ever be fore vvas being produced In this country with a shortage still existing, Doctor Garfield, fuel ndmlnlstrntor, advocated today the establishment of Government controlled or Government-financed centrally-located power plants In coal min ing centers ns a means of expediting , and Increasing coal production. The speedy passage of the Sims emer gency povvef bill ns a means for estab lishing such plants, which, he explained would result In a grcnt saving in fuel and man-power, also vvas urged. His utterances were made at a hear ing nn the bill held bv tho House In terstate Commerce Committee. Doctor Garfield figured that where 9,- 000,000 tons of coal were now used to run a group of Isolated and Individual plants, capable of producing 90,000,000 tons, only 1,000,000 would be required to furnish fuel for n centrally located plant The Sims bill carries an appropria tion ot $200,000,000, nnd Is intended to supply the Increased necdH of elec trical power plants which, the adminis tration has announced, urgently require financial assistance to meet the great and growing demands being made upon them for additional power. Powder for 4 Million At the average rate the people composing the mil lion Delineator families con sume 770 cans of talcum powder every waking hour; 12,328 a day; 4,500,000 cans a year. B u t Delineator families buy much more than the average of all neces sities and comforts. Do you make anything to tell our people about? .The Delineatoir The Maqazne In ' One! Million flomes I take off my hat to onfyoiie hatter in the world Uncle Sam! 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