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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 '
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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
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IIItin.iK. .-.nin-'-Vrtr ,,!,KP'tT,VK
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"'VATi: tii.Mti.i:
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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
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