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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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POWER CONTROL
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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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