f!f b BIZK ' ., il uentttd JTsjfcJngton, Sent. i7. Fair and MTG&T ctioler tonight and Wednesday; gtnerat western uinds. i?'i u i TEMITJIATURR AT F-ACH MOCK H'-'" iaMyma Ar" vJ . 'V.tsaW.i-aV-. V aaKMri . mmxtmp?apr and aJ I I 9 1 10 III 1.12 I 1 I 2l Tl4 169 I 70 I 73. 1 178 79 70To -Bl VOL. V. NO. 3 iasi. ' 'lSH iv C .. '."tojr- k e.. it-'- THE EVENING TELEGRAPH CLOSING STOCK PRICES Published Dally Kxernt Sunday. 8ubcrlitlon Tried In n Year by Hall Coyrlihl. 11K. by th. 1'ubllo LcVr Company. ' WILSON CURTLY SPURNS AUSTRIA'S DESPERATE PLAN TO "TALK" PEACE PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1918 kaiser nervous And ill, report from abroad London Hears Wild Rumor. Also I That He Has Al.di- j cated ' li I if l lr. I' - 1.-? t ' President's Caustic "No" Sounds Death Knell of Enemy Hopes ANOTHER FORWARD STRIDE IN PROSPECT Time Drawing Near for An nouncement, "We Can and Will Win Quickly" ONE CHIEF STIPULATION Nothing Short of . Surrender Will Cause This Country to . Cease Use of Force By CLINTOPf W. GILBERT Staff Correspondent Krotfno Public l.edoer Covvrioht, 19, Vu Public Ledger Co. 1 vt asiungton, sept. 17. J President Wilson hns bluntly, briefly but none the less emphatically refused to accept Austria's Invitation to be n party to a round-table conference for the discussion of peace plans. His brief "No" rriust have burst upon Austria and simultaneously upon Ger many with alarming effect, showing s as It does In language too plain to be misconstrued or misunderstood that there will be no compromise, no iliclt- - ering, no parleying with the enemy that nothing short of absolute yield ing to the President's terms will ever be acceptable to this country as the basis of. peace negotiations. President May Go Further White 'there Is general approval here of the President's curt dismissal of Austria's request, for- a conference, there Is1 also a feeling that so far-as this country Is -concerned the Presi dent will sooh have to go further and talk more as General March has talk ed recently, no doubt with Administra tion approval, and moro as everyone here Is now thinking. It Is a long stlme since President Wilson has discussed the war alms, of the nation and in that time while it Is not fair to say those ainiH have changed, ,It Is proper to say that they Is c have;, chained,, ami -that therp .Is .a bet- ,- - ,-... -..-.., w. .. nitHiuua u which they must be obtained. .When ftlrl Wilson spoke last, the Administration, had great hopes of a diplomatic soluUon flf tne problem of the Central Power's and their relations to the world of the future. Mr. Wil son believed then that Austria, could t be tr.usted to readjust her own affairs A- so-as to effect-Justice for her sudjcci race?. 'The federalization of Austria ' 'was regarded as the 'way out of the J. tangle ,of Slavic and German races In Jft the dual empire. In a similar way : , the belief existed In the same quarter i' that Germany could be trusted to set &j. her own house In order. Now the r;v, view obtains that only force from the i outside will bride about the reform of Germany and Austria. The Allied I U. S. Reply to Austrian Note. Is an Emphatic "No" Washington, Sept. 17. Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, lost nightmade this statement: "I am authorized by the Presi dent to state that the following will be 'the reply of this Govern ment to the Austro-Hungarian note proposing an unofficial con ference of belligerents: "The Government of the United States feels that there is only one reply which it con make to the suggestion of the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Government. It has repeatedly and with entire candor stated the terms upon which the United States would consider peace, and can and will entertain no proposal for a con ference upon a matter concerning which it has made its position and purpose so plain." fly the United Press London, Sept 17. The Kaiser has suffered a nervous breakdown and Id ery despondent, ac cording to stiongly persistent rumors. DISTRICT PLANS NEW LOAN DRIVE FOR fiW BILLION Workers in Convention Told Quota Will Doti- i l)le That of Third 70MEN TO SELL HALF NAMED FOR LEGISLATURE Philip Crockctl, are Follower, to Fill 2otli District Vacancy Philip Crockett, a Vare fo'lower.'has been elected by tin- Forty. third Ward Itepubllcan committer tn nil the vacancy on the Twenty-fifth Legislative District ticket caused by he resignation of Harry A. Frlcke. (.rocKCii received flftv -eight votes, against eight for Cliarhs It Utter, can didate of the Penrose lorois In the com mittee. Twenty-six member of the com mittee were either ahsmt or did not vote. .. Krlcke resigns! a the ! sii'ntlvc can- ninate because he . , member of a I local draft hoard, ami he (Sim i-iitne'n ugulatlons do not pern,, H diuft board 1 uiimioer 10 tun tor oiiin ""ywsi&wx&vTwiy1' ra' ALLIES ADVANCE London, Sept. 17. (t:18 p. m.). 1 (Uy I. X. S. ). It was learned here this afternoon that rumors lire current In border countries that the rierntiin ' Kpmiliitwiti f i;n rI. .: f Kaiser either has abd.cate.J or It about, XeS0IUtl0n ot loU Chairmen to abdicate. - The rumor was of the aRtlcst so.rt, but It was regarding some trouble In the Hohenzollern family. There Is absolutely no confirmation of It here. ' hat Indorses President's Refusal t Treat With Austria 3 CITY SOLDIERS DIE, 14 WOUNDED MORE THAN FIVE MILES IN BALKANS Revived Serbians. With French, Smash Bulgars Defenses ' GREEKS PrSHING AHEAD HclloniV Forces Thrust For ward Three Miles in the Struma Scc'.or One report was that the entire liohen- , zollern dynasty had or would abdicate. i WAR MAY CLOSE I TEXTILE PLANTS Seventy-five Mills Likely to Suffer by Wool Diversion THIS DISTRICT 11111 OTIIIIlt ,o.N ',.M.()Ns IN S l.'l.L, . Ctuntn Nutivrrlnllnnx '"t i.onn. .tuo.tino.non $333, son s.in 'eronii s.in.nnn.nno una ttn-ttn inird "no.nnn nnn ini nni',,,. "on rlli Philadelphians on Official Casualty Lists Many Unofficial Reports loo.nnn.unn The qU0ta fro, ,he n,ilnilel.lifii dls-' TEN MORE PIUSOERS Ir'ct for the fourth Liberty Loan P.iigti will he sson.nnn.nnn i.,in n, ' sum required In the last loan. This announcement, enthusiastic ap proval of the President's refusal tf; con- 1 shier the Austrian peace note and a ! unanimous pledge to put the new loan "ner the- top" Inside the three weeks allowed were features of a conference 'or more than 150 county chairmen ami LODGE APPLAUDS STAND PLENTY TN OTHER LANDS vUhJP.s,rri;oi,dorkcr""lod,,y nt thc Bc!,e" Hails President's Curt Re- The women's committee. In a separate A number of Philadelphia mills making 1 mfet,nr agreed to undertake responsl- "ini tor JO(i,ono,000, hair the district quota. The fourth loan opens September 28. Pntumnre Stirlliss SurprUe I- I Passmore. illreeto nf t... l-..i I i;nen eioui, eat pels anil rugs are nae- ly to close within the next' few month, j the withholding by the Government of I wool from nonessential Industries being the principal reason. eral Heserve Hank In this city. who It Is estimated that from fifty to -'"eu tne meeting to order, surprised rl t A . TJ ? seventy-five textile plants may be nf-! "?,, ,',.. ,, 1 17. ,ayn that ln "" ,rou- ply to Austria-Hungary's jreced by ,h, woo, B,,Ua.o .uch T&uT toTT would "e H" "Stlinid lVnt" extent that much of their machinery will Kenjamln II. Ludlow, chairman of the V Wl1, I he forced Into Idleness. jspeakirs' bureau for this district, de. " I T(ic draft ami Ik lurP o( lllyrtls ! SuTmthMop'Jl, ! 'a", c""1'1 b' HAS NATION'S APPROVAL ' am' lnunlt,on ',lan,!' are' Imposing a drain! less If every unit' worked wlth'fun'specd ' 1 on the textile labor supply that Is also and In complete harmony. ' , I complicating the situation, according to , "urln the dlscusslonVf general prnh- fly the Associated Press , manufacturers .' ,Z":"L l".'.' any tTV"0.,'.1,z,nK ' v-v. .,.,,, lunnti nuuiu luiiliaie Wnshlnftlnn, Sept. 17. Unqualified Indorsement of President Wilson's rejection of Austria's proposal for secret and nonblndlng peace discus- rUKS 1,y pnrlnK'' ..! .raj Bven in me senate today by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Ite publlcan floor leader and ranking minor ity member of the Foreign Relations Committee. One effect of the diverting of the against the success ot the campaign, and wool supply will he a complete suspen- a resolution was presented Indorsing slon of the mat irufacture of carpets and !-""d takn h.v president Wllsou In ... ., . , ' ,, , , fusing to treat w th Austr a. -, It Is predicted. Phlladel- note win meet, I am sure, with universal approval,"' said Senator Lodge. "Wis prompt and curt refusal of the Austro Hungarian offer was not only right, but Wise, for it will, I believe, put an end to loose and feeble talk about these Austro- Hungarian offers a kind of talk which Prolonged Aiilnile I'inlonged applause greeted tills res-o-lutlon. and various speakers asserted that not only would the loan campaign he affected but the morale of the army, the navy and the people as a whoic would he lowered If the Imnression worn allowed to get abroad that peace was J actually In sight. A formal resolution cmbodvlne the nations are committed generally toitrai powers will soon begin to under the nationalistic aspirations of the I stiinrf Wir m. 1 heileve that .i,.. . juku-oiuvk, Czecho-Slavs and the which means that they Intend bv force to end the ancient Injustice of Austria to her subject races, Anil no - one now believes that Gerinanv will be reformed unless she Is first defeated by the Allies. This new and clearer view has en tered too much into the national con sciousness for Mr. 'Wilson, who is a faithful exponent of public opinion, to refrain from expressing it. It is being forced Uon his attention. A national campaign Is on, which Is an occasion When the 'real opinions" of the country come, to the surface. The time when Prrsldenl Wilton shall .f.,i nnj ... ,,,v iii.i, ,hi wm ,-i.n nm. i!VS will win tl, v.r mil win II n,,lLI fc-V ----- --.- -- - ....... .,n.,. counteracting ,the German plea that a miliary decision is impossible, and that nothing' short of n defeat of Ger many seems likejy to bring about the accomplishment of the larger ends the unueu states hai In view, cannot therefore, be far, dlitant. pbln normally makes about fifty per, cent of the nation's carpet and rug pro-, ductlon. I Some of the upholstery nnd carpet! mills will he saved from Idleness by I me President s reply to this stupid 1 manufacturers assert, but mills here 1 ' and In other northern cities are only getting the surplus contracts that .south ern mlllF,- controlled" by thc -so-cOled j sentiments of-the meeting and pledging "Duck Trust", cannot handle. Transpor- every man present to strive to the ut tatlon dlltlcultlcs are responsible In part, most fpr a quick and .successful cam It Is saldrfor the comparatively small palgn Will be drawn up by a committee number of canvas duck contracts and presented tcr the convention, awarded In this section of the country. I The refusal of the War Department If. It. Hnsworth. head of the Delaine 1 to Permit wounded soldiers In snenl; nt Is not only debilitating and confusing, : Mills. Manayunk. and president of the Liberty Loan meetings was deplored by but distinctly helpful to Germanv I W0PIen .Manufacturers' Association, oe. many speaaers ami a resolution ex- ,.. . . , , " i c area today mat tne -amount or mie The President, without entering upon , machinery In this city will become any details or definitions, says the posl- ' greater," because the Government Is not tlon and purpose of the United States ! 8"lvl,'B out "oo1 for civilian purposes, i. ii x .i.ii, .. . ., 3""-o H estimated there are between sev- Is plain. I think that the purpose and j fnty.five and eighty woolen mills In this position of the American people are city, and declared that "iw of them plain and" growing, plainer, e'earer and wl" hp oblfecl to dlscoi.tlnue In the stronger ever' day. They are becom- near future Ing so plain thtit I think een the cen- Tl" Wo' s,,or"K' "There Is no shortage or wool, under stand," said Mr. Bosworth. "There is plenty of It in Australia and South America, but the Government opposes the ue cf shins to convey It to this Roll of Honor of City and Vicinity for Today Kti.i.t:ii ,Wuu.T,j.,s?.v?I!ii.v;.r",K-"'" r'"XrWtiy, ; rot-NT- PRKviorsi.v rri'okti'.ii Kiu.r.n. MHV KKPIIRTIII tOI Mii:n '".i'n"!,:;,,"--- '"-i:,... PtTTON. I'KI-Vllit'SI.V IIKI'nitTKII Klt.l.KI). xntv ni:r(ii;:ri mnvi.-i, i.i. .ir, .lflwi--iiii I 3St Stll,., Htri-el h.ki;.ssi:w.ki. mii:- p'S "VIII'MiKii M:ilflKNT .lvr lll(-r,, IIItin.iK. .-.nin-'-Vrtr ,,!,KP'tT,VK Wf-t HunllnwW .(-.'it l,1n' iimi'MRti, .lii.r-.p Norlji Wnter s-r n "'VATi: tii.Mti.i: Oxford stl-l-rf l-KIVATi: NOMW I.OMAS. .-,01 SUSO Earn Vorti street. PIIIVATK IILNRV S. Kli:r-KR -'ni Millt'AIIK, ; H. IH'MMKI.. K.il many pressing this disapproval and the unani mous hope of the convention that the military authorities would reconsider their decision was drawn up and tele graphed to Washington. learn, and the sooner the better, that the American people mean to have com plete victory. They must be made to know that we have no Intention of argu ing with them about terms of peace around a table. 'o Time to Parley The circumstances of the rejection cf the Austrian overtures show clearly enough that the President Iihk little hope of an end of the war by negotiation. The President has revived "shirtsleeve" diplomacy. The curtness of htsrejotnder nd of the. method ot making it are almostupprecedented in diplomatic an nals, It Is-true that he does not? close the door to further approaches by Ger many and Austria. Xo ohe charged with his responsibility ,could go- so far j as mat. nut ne oocs say as clearly, as he can that the time fur maiieuer or the sort that o'cruplrd thin country anil the Allied world "a few montlm ago U pant. An earnest appeal for peace bv the. Central Towers will be listened to. but an 'abandonment of Germany's prei tensions 'In the, Kast will be one of the sign's of earnestness on the part of Ger many. Virtually the President's words, taken. n' conjunction with the circum stances' of their publication, mean iJiat - tlirra ran be nn trading with Germany. Only, a- Surrender by Germany will be likened to. . Hreka, to Stop Debate p?ti' jn sucn a message a, ne wrote yes- rjtf, icmity, n, wuuiu nave oeep oimcuit .to wj suriner inuii ipie i-rcBioeni aiu, it Is hard tatell an enemy that you will not negotiate with him until after he cries for quarter. And ,even if, public opinion In this country wpuld have applauded such a' rejoinder, there Is public opin ion. In Kngland.ftFrancp aiid Italy to be considered. f "The. President evidently wished lo aod giving, tne Centra) .Powers an op portunity to rejoin, lie wanted to atop a", debate that might ralae falae hope, of peace and weaken Allied morale. And his repjy, especially t,he' curtness and ,. i..'w". w.. im. ni, ommn four yi- " ijextey Soldier Among MUeing Be, , OlaVuboro,. S,4-, 8rpt, 17 Charles ine mltfslna- ilonary forces. i or aouth c "rrm -. ... " . T.T-..-- .:""a um JH52Liwi-'..fJ2Ba w,ln ln rt con- i-urn wi KiWXrri&li -v ...y ttHl . ". -. - f) T"V -. JVTITI .n ... -- .T Victors Will Deride Peace Trrtna "When Prussian militarism Is crushed and thc Germans throw up their hancin, then the United States and her allies will tell them the terms of peace which they are to accept. In no other way can the world be made safe agalnaj German wars of conquest. In no other way can we Justify our entrance Into the war and our sacrifice of our best and bravest. "We shall press on until the only end worthy of attainment Is fully reached. Germany has brought unnumbered woes il upon an innocent world. She must be put In a position where she cannot strike again. She has appealed to the lust of conquest, the dread arbitrament of arms. By that she must abide. She Bhall not now resort to talk and bar gain for a decision. "We mean to put her in physical bonds. We mean to make the world safe for all tree,, law-abiding, decent people, so that they may live their lives ln peace, unthreatened and unalarmed. For this we fight. We shall not ask more. We shall never accept less," Senator Lodge praised Secretary Baker for his recent order barring cer tain books because of their pro-German tenaencies trom military camps, Not Money In Hank Lewis K, Parsons, director ot the cam-1 palgn In this district, urged the chair men to Impress on their workers that It Was not what a. man had In bank hut' what he could reasonably expect to make j during the next six months that should serve as the basis for determining how ' many bonds he should buy. I The Philadelphia district with 25 and ' country. The ships, the Government i J-HMlis or the, inhabitants purchasers! holds, must bo used only for military of bonds In tho last campaign, had led purposes at this time."' the country, added .Mr. Parsons. The sllual.lon Is npt so threatening , It was announced by it. K. Norton, , as far as upholstery and toweling mills director of publicity, that two exhibition ; are concerned, according to TherAlore trains, fitted out with war relics and. Miller, head of theassoclatlon of up-; captured German trophies would tourj holstery manufacturers. Mr. Miller is the Philadelphia district while .Mr. president of the Stead & Miller Com-' Ludlow, of the speakers' bureau. m , pany. upholstery manufacturersFourth these trains would be supplemented with I and Cambria streets, ana is aiso presi- inoior hulks lor me country oistrlcts, dentof thc Star and Crescent Company, . far removed from rail and trolley lines. towel manufacturers, Hancock street Twenty-eight airplanes from the PIIIVATK UII.I.IAM li -'OJI Cast TloBa "tlee pkivati: u'ii.i.mm p. 1711! Wyllf. Mreet PRIVATK. WII.I.MM -1310 Aspen street PRIVATi: llmvARI) III NTKlt. Ilelmont avenue. .Manayunk neimoni PRIVATK KAKI, nvenue. PRIVATK II. Macl.KIKTKR. no local nd ure siven. (Canadian Mrinv.) PRISONKRS IN liKRMANV lT.'-.V,I,',rJeV,,;S J' "KV. 101 riflVATK KIMVtRI) p. IIASSKTT l-TRI.ONd, O'DONNEM,. II. II..IINP,V. RII.IIV. nM Walton Norlli Nlvf.-..tv,K ." " . "' ' rjl ' I'RIVATK A. KAZZKWSKI. MU4 Mar Karet street. PIIIVATK P, field Street. PRIVATK T. t Deuey atreel privatk a. s. i)t:sri;r.Mi Went Thnmppon alreet I'RIVATK II. P. Al'lll IP, Price street T. KAITJhX, L'.-,.-,0 .May. MII.I.MAN. nil N,,rlh i.-sni ISC West FROM NKARIIV POINTS PRIVATK OKOIHiK UASIIINCTnN I.KNTKs. if llrjn .Mawr; m'sslnj privatk ymu iiri'no. of ,,. JIASTKR KNtilNKKR KOIIKKT MARSH of llrlHol M led PRIVATK TIKHl.lVl J. VISS. ot Hris tol; bounded. II)' the Aiiorialrd Prr I.oniloii. Sept. 17. Serbian and Krench troops continued the offensive In Macedonia and have D'-ogressed more than flvp mites nr , coidln-,' to a Seilihn ..(Tlr'al vt .-men: rccelve-I here. The iiiivniirlnu Allies Ihnxp (iocjiicil nn Impnitnnt fr'cs of I ibices The Allied ticionv have rnptuied j mo'p than sooo ;'Ioiipis nnd twent i four iu . Their casiialtle" have l,'.i , .Sll7h!. , The Allies are moving forward on a i front of more than twelve miles and , have taken the vllla-e of Gr.ideh'iltfn. ! twentv miles east of Monastlr. A .Imbii. j Slav d'vlslon N nlitlr.g with the Serbs j nnd Krench niii bus reached Kozlak. I the most important pofillon In the re- j tIp- o' tbn offensive. T'- ollcipt stntement. uh'ch Is .Ittrd Monday, ceaflo "Our offenrlve continue' with comlilee rijccess. The float plerceil has been .widened to Include the temalnder of the village nf Gradeshnltsa and extends over a fiont of nmrp than twenty kilometers. "The whole of the ridge of Sokol 's i in our hand as well as the rldg.-s of Truavlska. !lnnska anil rtrazdasta. We have advanced more than c'ght kilo meters "I'll lo the present the French md Sr!ian troops have taken more that Soon prisoners and mo-e than twenty. four guns, our casualties have been quit? small "A Jugoslav divl-hv has leached Knzlntc (BOSS feet and rortheast ot Sokol). the most Important position In' this region. Out- advanoo continues." My the United Press Allien.. Sept. 17 G-c-k troop have Advanced from two to thre iplles on a nlnetern-mile front In th-. S'ru'na sctor, ! notwern th Varilar P.ver and Lake I Gen. Haig Congratulates Pershing on Big Victory Uy the Associated Press London. Kept. IT. -Field Marshal Haig has itsued a special order of the day for the Information of Url -.h troops In France. It reads "To General Pershing. "Headquarters. American Kxpp illtlonary Korce: "Ml ranks of the British urmios ,n France welcome, with unbound ed admiration nnd pleasine the v., :try wh.ch uttendctl the imtlai . : nshc of the great Amcrlc:,, i rnile under jour personal (oir ii.and. "I beg of jou to accept and m ur.e. to all rank- m best trp. Li-ntu:utions und those of all ranks if (he British armies under m lnmnnd." PRICE TWO CENT'S II s sm niRRsli M VU Li r V .W 4h TOWARD METZ :: w.iiW 1C&SI tiw f A merit FREED ST. MIHIEL RINGS JOY BELLS Villagers Relieved of Ger- man Yoke Hang Out Faded Tricolor MONEY TOLL EXACTED ny WALTER DURVNTY Special Cable to Vvening Public Ledger rnpurtttlit. t'is. bu Sew York r,iti r .,. With the Krend, Armies In Lorraine. Kept. 17. "It was one of thc most successful opeiatlons in the whole war." said a -.niiMKuisneii otiicer to respondent great I velf-ii. i-i:s VSS! . 5KS IC.-Mie Rnnnli V'. is --'--- JIVULII T ail- W 1 iv .tf dieres. 1 U MilPS From -MM I'rontier of Germany . ROTH WlrVriQ AmrAMPt-. "' ""'"lViE., ENEMY IS IN RETREAT ' - - , CT Foo Rums MoscIIo Towns May Withdraw Rchind Hmdenbnrg Line HAIG .NEAR' ST. QFENTIN '11 -a IJrilKh Anpronrli Hooge ifu- Flanders Plunge. Gain Above Lens Mv thc United Press arl". Sent. 1T. Vmerlcnn troop- have reached Va-41 -. naiiiii a mne nnd a half of jV-fctl --........ ,,wi,Lit:i. i.;i i.n.n. m. notinced todav. Anndlcres Is i the Moselle valley;,! - s. mill- i urin in' dlereo. th your cor- of Poli(.-n-Molissnn'- 3m and elpven ,nr, -...i... . - -- .- SJ? . ..,,,,-- -Miiiwesi or Metz. Mv the United Preks Willi (he Americans on the Met ''Sa " nrI'i. li. firnclunl nrozrea. nf spealtlng of Pprahiuc'M the Amei-Ipan Ilnp ni u ii.. ,. '') Victory. "T'lle nttnpli'u ntilonl left avlrmnllln. i . .. was to . ,i .,.. . ."...' JV- ... .."": -""es as me uer- ... ,vU.,Ll- lIle j,t. .iHiuei salient, mans rnll back won. mat not only hns been done, but fensps. me sides have been pinched ho elll clently that the Junction was effected III 1'N4 1 II II II rillKll, l A . . (. . . ,n ... baa of Z r '... U1' lrtl , i-.Mirinclpal advance 1, being made, '1 toward tlie Metz de- 9 Aprial activity Is somewhat reduced' i as tlie lesttlf nf mtfufm-ni.t. .AAt..u s ... ,,....., , u.,u; vtcaiuctt llltOi n II ..... lini lia,., t. -tr. . .. '1.11 mi ii c m inrru i (if iri(i ntii iini.r.iiA .... '-- rounded up will exceeded even 13,000. ' The Herman- are busily digging .In'.- J . .,. i,le uocnes were aionir tne hwiiinr n ...i.n. n t positions are being steadllv strenirfb. 7 ened. ' ' '-&JJ wS? II y tlie Atsociated Press Uilh thc American Army in Lorv i.iiiie, oepi. ii. lesterday was th ai 1""c" completely by surprise. They expected the nttuck. but didn't expect it so soon. And, what's more, thev never expected that it would be de livered with such dash and vigor. I cannot say too much of the .conduct of the American troops, magnificent. They were i nuieiesi uay on this front since, thebe-..-,1l ginning of the offensive last Thursday, Mi reai'ivZ.! KUnday. ,,,st tlle enelI1' al" p"tIo'uon and DIelouard: foiirO ead had begun to remove his heavier ' mile- . ,i, .i. ,. '.TlXll. ,,. ' - "' n.,.i,, nc nncueu loyivf.t-' huna una material r.-uin the s,al:etn " fa.r we are able to reckon, he ; .hhj" . ...?"".'il.Bl" .l,"8 's mrantry Doha.,, captur'ng s.veral xlMane-. ac- . ,i, ,2vi,a'1 , en 'ehInB struck at Jcc.-dlng o a-d'spatuh-fionisSalon-ca I h'?B.IarLino,me.nt .and "8ht The nttack va.i complete surprise, supported bv artllWv v'"uany un The (Jreeks lost only tho oflteers and tt-n .V,". Thnrrilv noi-i . , men, wh'le lite Bulsarlan losses were In ......J ?i?A. ! ??'bJ? me to Kve exlieme'v heavy. ...,X ' .." 'I1'""".."1 V.le operations mi,. i..,t. .... .t.-. - . . .""" i vviii,BuiB me r reiicii iinun. i Velrn,.' bobro """SiThS. 1 ? .ortb ' " ' "'Jl!'? vitally important mountain poai Ions T where flehtlnW ,.o i..;..'. .' ? w-xii umen report imu. which the Bulgarians had been fortify-' Hrst winter of the war-.n,.i L- tlre artillery of the Thlrt5 in mr iwo )ears. command of nn American corns leader man Division was ruptured The eoniplele 11. t of eaauultlr, hii. liniineed today b the IVar llepurtinent is printeil nn paice II. and Lehigh avenue. Mr, Miller said there are about ten upholstery mills in this city. Some of these mills are working on Clovernment contracts, particularly those equipped . for the manufacture of canvas duck. Berth the upholstery nnd textile trades ' are busy at full time, he declared, but pwlng to market conditions are not lay-1 Ing up surplus stocks. J Mills May Close Continued on Tune 1n. Column line ARMY PROGRAM WILL COST MORE THAN 7 BILLIONS ferred to an anonymous book which was 'e,lt "UCK contracts, ne earn. recently banned from military camps. ' Mr. Ketterolf Bald that a year ago i.iii ,.i,ii, ua oii,r.,i i..,.-.. i.. .. i rinvemment representatives called a : Carpet Speaking for the carpet trade, H. o. Estimate Submitted to Congress j, etteroil. prcBiuriu ui ine riuui min im; Association of America, and head of one of the biggest carpet mills In this section, declared therj "is every ap pearance of h number of carpet mills closing in the near future." There are ohly two carpet mills, to ' his knowledge, working on two shifts at present, he stated. One Is the It. u. Vnllernl Ooinlianv's nlnnt. Stenton ave- I nue above Wyoming avenue. The other i Bram under the eighteen to forty-flv Is the mill of Schofiekl. Maeon & Co., j draft law w submitted lo Congress by Inc.. Cumberland and Falrhlll Htreets. .u. ,- ti . . ..,.... These plants are working on Oovern- Thg BR .,,' ,. . I officially today by the War Department President Wilson's answer to the Teuton peace maneuver. The new estimates, if uncut by Con $7,347,727,602 Total Appro- priations S36")00,000,000 By the United Press WuHlilnffton, Sept. 17, An estimate of .$7.3 17,727.602.32 to j carry out the new enlarged army pro- '. Although only the Philadelphlans are 'mentioned on the two official casually . lists released for publication today by (the War Department, unoRlclal reports ' that soldiers from here have fallen I In battle lengthen the city's roll of honor. I Three local men have. been killed, one I of them a lieutenant In the Canadian j army. I Two Fhlladclphlans who were pre I vlously teported killed la action are now 1 known to be alive. Ono Is recovering from wounds In a hospital behind the American lines, and the second is a cAptive in Germany. Thirteen other I'hIIadelphlans are re ported wounded Failure of relatives of soldiers over seas to notify the War Department of changes In their addresses is causing delays ln the delhery of telegrams giv ing notice of casualties. The depart ment asked today that all persons re coiried as the next of kin of soldiers to notify the adjutant general's oHIm e j promptly of any change In address. A total of 343 casualties are reported By the United Press Wn-lilnclnn. Pept. 17. That Ciermanv Is trying to Induce FtulgaiM to bIh lii tn Turkey on territorial claim", wan the view of some diplomats here today, fol lowing announcement that Colonial Sec retary Solf his gono lo Sofia, ostensibly to turn oer fun.is to the Bulgarian fled floss, which were collected In Ger many Thai Solf should go to Solia Just when Tnlnot Pasha i in Berlin for Important confeiences was considered significant. Bet lln rumors are that negotiations over the boundary dispute which threatens disruption between Bulgaria and Turkey are to be co.'.cl'idd In favor of the ottomans. The who'e Serbian a-irv is united and on Serbian soil no- .i ,i result of the DnhroVille victory as.ilrst the Hulgars This victory gave th" Second Serb Army a chance it had si'-iikkIpiI innit to ob tain, and li has robbed Hit Itulgar of positions which he hid held tenaciously for more than two years. l-na Ion Hai nnd the remainder under Trench corps, command, subordinate, of course, to general American direction. These were grouped In the center of the salient, one to either side, to co-operate with the American drive on the flanks of the pocket. Hardest Task on Left llie troops on the left bad the enemy, who mixed ln a few masf Kim B.is projectiles with his otherft. '""" . mm -hvldence "."accumulating, -ilist't riiriiij iiueuqs witnarnwing all nwfr01v5 forces behind the HIndpnburg line?fiisfe ...I,- n,in- ii ne jS pressea any lurtnmvtfcfsa Moselle. jj$i tne enypi .--first aez-i-'i'i In the 4feS .inwrii-nn operation on this rront. j jf The dlvls'nn that was used to beaV''jif 111. llln.'t ne th.. nlln.l- I .1.- ... ' , . V. In the sullent east of St, Mlhlel, It ap, Wki pears, was the Thirty-fifth .Austrian1. $$& Division. It was ordered to maintain' 1 a holding action until all tho German's the' resisted stubbornly in the fastnesses of the wooded and broken countrv known as Moun'alii Wood. "We were rather fortunate, as we eiicounterei Austrian, whose value is less than the Cle.mari". We took 2300 of them and Hft.v-sevHn olllcers In the first morning. The Amei leans on our left pushed on irresistibly and kept pace with us tho pollus said nothing could stop Les Americans, which Is tlie highest praise our veterans can ollu, llulffnrln, Sipt. 17. Francn Setblnii troops. In nn attack on the Bul cariHti lines In Macedonia pjrlv Simrifiv mornlng, succeeded after a desperate ' critics the great value of cavalry snuggle in occupylnc the Sokol. Donro- I pursuit oi ine reireating cnernv .. ... ;.- .. - I . ,.. .. .... . : polje anil vetreniK positions, says a War ' comparauveiy kiiviii numiier ot Amer- Oflice announcement. ' j ...n.j . t... Vi 7, T: I Conttniietl on race Nil, Culuinn llirre dorsed by' George Creel, chairman of ,"ee""l ...LTv '. ,31, i " gress, will bring total appropriations for tne comm ttee on .pupuc information. l""v '"Y'"- " ',:?",. '" ", ,'n nno (inn ,ne "scal 'ear ot ISlS-l! to more than Praising President Wilson's Ba.ltlmore lf ,th.at . a lo. igTi, LJnrt Tn thlrly-slx and half billion dollars, speech, which called for "force and more rd,s of duck e"'8'-, T farp,f,t,"a"- The estimates are divided as follows force" against the enemy, he compared "facturers were asked to help out and F of ne J791.619.952 "fi It with what he .termed "stuff" written , makf ,Tl?.Tf o ,ek ' r subsistence. Including food. 263 - by. immigration. Commissioner Howe. TL8. fr " ? " ?J" lt Z i '0.022.94. The canvas duck.Mr. Fetterolf del ZTiiTsilU-lV-307-fleets of army motor-truck.. Huge tar- ' ',XV ".M,.8,7J:lb"' lnc,ua- ! !..i i Ii '- I wwivwwiwww tuiiuf.u iui 111 H. nr. Of his unattractive Qualities, his re. ' Paul "B r.?..m"ue. "m ' .'... -"uf." vlous contract authorisation. llBlous'hy,crlsy Is the 'worst."' 1 1!1"""10" "T",1 ."..Si ." For Provost Marshal General Crow. uniforms are being made from It. hef?'8. mcca or. ra" rl through. which, he declared, was In flagrant viola tlon to the President s policy. The Senator declared that the German Kniperor has been the fountain he;d of He said the Kaiser had "insulted Bgium with a separate peace offer. jlgium with a separate peace offer. Cid and It Is even einpToyed to cam--4ut ,he country. J23.617.302. One of thc most creditable things ',?' 'H t,? France that the Kor air service. 178,758,36C86. wh esldent Wilson hrs done during the,"naKe. ad,8v. '' ""$, L dilvV,i ' '" "ddltlon to more than UOt.floo tire war. Mr., Lodge continued, was to e'9 of enenV a,rlnen ""' be d?ccl,crt- previously appropriated in the regu Pres entire recognise the Czecho-fjiovak nation "When tne President recognized the Czecho-Hlovaks," said the Senator, -"he set his hand to a document that meant the dissolution of the Austrian Empire." er--fCftiailun, rriqi;tf amor jf? n the,. American expedll '. rUaaahorn., -:Ha Is alinnfr ?.t WEATHER-WHYS 8tno hev and ting ho and no trouble tcefjt lorrotift Joyous the news and our hearts llphter growl "Fair and voolcr tonight and topio'r rovc. General western u:ndi will blow." Wool Denied Thrni A cppnnlttee representing the carpet trade went to Washington recently, de clared Mr- Fetterolf and were told that because of war needs the trade could no! pTneet anV WOOl. ' Transportation difficulties,, manufac turers say, are ai trie nniipm ot koine of the mill men.s troubles. Vast quan tities of grain nnd steel passing through this port ore making it difficult to se cure shipment feu ma'nyi other com modltleB. The congestion o the railroads i. iine added to. they say, by a. falling J off of ?oastwIse traffic, duetto several army appropriation bill. vhlch 1.000 regular J TrVtlH PKNClfJI' ' ) standard of th FIVE NEGRO SOLDIERS HANGED Pay Death Penalty for Participa tion in Houston mots By the Associated Press . San Antonio, Te Sept. 17. Five pegroes, whose sentences to death were pronounced by court-martial which tried them for participation In the Houston' riot In August 1917. and whose sentences were approved by President Wilson were banged at Fort Sam Houston at daybreak tlds1 morning: ' No civilians were allowed to witness !S..!5!Sa,.tl!Si..w'fj!:-w"i """led UlVH,nilUll. OCWlCVjr, The list includes the names of twenty- nine i-eniiBjirt'iinn. ln the official list released for publica tion in the morning newspapers, eleven men from this State are listed among the 165 mentioned: while the- afternoon newspaper list Is made up of 178 names, including those of eighteen PennsyL vanlans. SKETCHES Of HEROES I'rliale Chnrlm W, Hummel, twenty nine years old. 506 Oxford street, was wounded In action In France, according to word received here. He Is u member of Company 1. 111th Infantry, and has been In the service for twelve years. , I'rlmte HTIlam Airred I'oiintner, I who Uvd Irt this city lit Kast Uussell street before enlisting in the Canadian army, dbd of wounds on September 5 according to word -received here today He was twenty years old. Private Kdwuril F. Cadrll, 1637 South Fifty-third street, dltd in Limoges France, ot ivounus received in action. SOUTHERN COTTON SENATORS PROTEST TO PP.ESIBEiVT WASHINGTON, Sept, 17. Southern Seuatois and Beprc- ' tentatives, headed by Senator Smith, of outh Carolina, and Rep resentative Bell, of Georgia, conferred with President Wilson this afternoon in efforts to secure abandonment of the Admin istration project for stabilizing cotton prices. GENERAL SMUTS COMING TO UNITED STATES LONDON, Sept. 17. Arrangements are under way today for General Smuts soon to go to the United Statts to establish close political and military relations between that country and England. General Smuts is expected to spend about six weeks in America. NEWARK FIRE ENDANGERS MANY LIVES NEWARK, N. J., ept. 17. Fire this afternoon at tho plant of the New Jersey Button Company endangered many lives. It Is believed several persons have been killed. The ntlre ffre fighting equipment of the city, was summoned. tmnni u-ro u-lttwIrnM.,. Tn ,.... -?t hardest task, as did the American uuenoe nf this It suffered very heavy'S divisions in tllla rpcrinn fne flio ...., . .... J T' -p-ii i , ..... . . ' . . v 'i-".- losses, pslippfallv In ni-unnura H T?M ' - "...... ifl American und. Allied aviators car-TPa i ,vu uui c.'.iuusive uomoing raias Ore .m3 Ha j onvllle Krescaty, Sablons nnd ill j ine onection ot .Meta yesterday after noon. Fire? weye observed at Sablona'., -?fS une ot tne American planes shot down .ixSJ a German balloon near Preny. J(i Lieutenant Ducksteln. observer, and , i-ieuiemiiu menarason. pilot, wer at. give. So rapid was the advance that j tacked by an enemy machine bearing haiftlH vvitii the fo.ces t -on. the tight Krencl markings. They were forced early Friday morning." ' to land Inslle the American lines, but It might be memtond In this con- were uninjured. An American balloon i"rctV;ei,,,v,,,r,i,u,1opf S"inoHsrKi"."hot down ieMpraay-Mt th: in . s,CIl-lB av-aiieu saieiy uy paracnuie. By the Asacinted Press j With tlie British Army in France, Sept. 17. The advince of the British : yesterday In Flanders was pressed I along the Ypres-.Menln road nnd car j lied the Hrltlsh to within a mile ot ' Hooge. (This operation represents an' advance further north than recent op; ! eratlons In Flanders. Menin is eleven. mile southeast of Ypres.) By 'he Associated Press ,, London. Sept. 17. The British lines have further closed 'In on St. Quentin '-3 w from the northwest. Field Marshal "V-1 Haig In his report today announced 4 tl! that the British had made progress liTi.,-,' the direction ot Le Verguler. kP i.p verguier is on an eminence and would afford a favorable starting point, 35i iui u iiiuuiuiiL iu iiuiik at. ijuenun s-x from the north. The English positions were improved? .BBt MrAa' oH IC .,I1 -.Ml.... I.i . Al 3 Hulluck (between' Lens and La Bassee!. r&i and northeast ot Neuve Chapelle -liir "5. ft ; Flandtrsi. . ifTl i.- HERMAN MINS SHVrr. r '"'.'-1 -'uw itiV NEW BRITISH LINtef . Va.fcw! n PHI? IP mnnc .Ifej - UU 1 J'l LOOT HIDDEN IN THEATRE ' "MOVIE" HOLD-UP FATAL r i. ,m .. .- 1 ij r- 1- ' .. . Special Cable to Evening Public L Police Lliase lloys I'roin Lyceum ".v li,e i'roin Uullrt ouiiii In-, ccmufm. ii. bv tu York rioiw Gallery -and Recover Booty fueled by Playmate 1 War Correspondents' Headquarters1 Thrive bu.a chasid 10 the eallerv of. Austin (.agurtis. seven lears old. of' rraiirc, bent. 17, Death resulted August 2U, according to the old Lyceum Theatre. Kighlli nndi'0! Uranqywlne street, died today in' l"or the last thirty-six hours, thM " Vine, streets. Inst night were arrested ' me tiaunemann Hospital from a gun- .has beesi no important infantry ac after a police search revenled a quan- " wouna accidentally Innicted on July on the Urillsh front, and nothlni .1.. .. ..i.i...... , .... . . 21 by a bov comnanlnn u.-h, i. ...,1 .. ina. 1.1, u. .-iui.ii.iK, u..n i-ors aiiegeu iv,,vere nlavlne mnvini nt-iV.V ,iV',7" special Interest has happened, ex, ' ----- ..--. I'..u.b IIUJU.U I . - r '- rr, meii. an advance Of 1000 varria h th. John O Helen nt Vn.KtuA... . . . tJT..i ."i"'. ;:"'"VU". w" neiu ish Second Armv In the, Vm-.. t'ontlniird ri I'sce Two. (nliiiiin sx CARDINALJARLEY WEAKER. Two Sinking Spcjls Darin" Night Cause Abandonment of Hope Mamarnnrck. N. Y.. Sent. 17 Th- .:. ditlon of Cardinal Farley. Archbishop of New York, was much weaker todav. Members of the prelate's official family, assembled at his bedside, reported that tin had two sinking spells during the n;gni ami inai mr was virtually no uvio, vt -iwi, quan- shot wound accidentally inflicted on July ed to -' by a. b?y -ompanlon when the two w 1 were playing moving picture hold-un men. Ixteetl John O'Rrien. nt Vn.,!.iAn.n . t..,.. s ohl. Klghtb street near Brown ;, m $600 ball today for a fur "her hrarli i ls" beC0" d novel, sixteen years old. Tenth by Magistrate Pennock on the" '"rge of with the ci t near Brown, and Satnuel Lewis, shootlne Udwarri nmi-n if .Vi - ..il j ra. years old. Spring Garden street, S rtrrt to .t'.''.,:?? ft ".' ni1 M have been no'en Tte hoys were Leo Lockowiti. sixteen years 010, i-.tgnni Alfred street twelv near Ninth The police say the trio used the old theatre building as a rendezvous and a hiding place for stolen goods, The two older boys were sent to Central station. Lewis was tent to the House of Correc. won. -a v. T'"?1! street, Brown also was held in tii nan as a material witness. The shooting took place hi front of a saloon -at Eleventh and Sprlngiar den streets. The bullet struck dfbwn over-the heart, but was deflected by his spectacle case and lodged In his right arm. capture of forty-sevon some patrol work" by. the . trallans northeast: of 'Holnonvl near St, Quentin. ....,.. .Jx .-, fw sip' jiiir .riiciii s uriinery oatl.t ing Havrlncourt, -avalnl -ami - -. '. .' 1, 1 ,r tSCMj 't&4UBbL- ;'!f, r . OaMaaX tmWmft V if ' '& ie?1 '" " ' cV .. 4 ft A ST-. , LQ ss-- rAMaaeeemi ; . iSlXV r ifur.. .-.- I M !!, Ill Zi JSaSLflai'jj.iA v J .-1
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