f-H '.WVWTt PP1 Vl-I f ,jr, 4 IF1 0 h it: IV; h I . ' Itf X & ?K FT V' W Til &J . :.t Id t" B i if t ' s : f X '. t'r TUE WEATHER -k Washington, Sept. 19. Fair tonight, probabfy followed by rain Friday; gentle southerly winds. TEMFKnATVRE AT EACfl IIOCTI Si-' I 8 0 IIP 111 12 I 1 2 1 Iss" 58 I S9 161 173 174 I J VOL. V. NO. 5 WORK OR QUIT, IS PIEZ ORDER FOR HOG ISLAND Fleet Officer Bids Yard Foremen "Get Rid of Absentees" lit MUST GIVE FULL TIME " ' 'No More Justified , in Partial .Service Than Soldiers in Trenches, He' Says C ., irsi steps to DreaK up BiacKerism g T among shipyard workmen nt Hob Island .ij were taken by tlic Emergency Fleet If, Corporation today, when Charles rlez. ripe president and general manager. In structed the yard foremen to "get rid of absentees." "tari nmnlnirAit In (hit -1.1...... cl., ... .. ... ,.u ,. u Ill kill; OIIIJJ ni HCIf 8ld .Air. Plez this afternoon, "arc really K engaged In a military' operation, and arc ?& no more justified In working only part 35' (tlme than soldlerB In the trenches would f be Justified in taldng a holiday when- , ever they felt like it. r "These men come to the yards under ,111 agreement to work forty-four hours a week, on a basis of eight hours a 'day for five days and four hours on Saturdays. Those men who hereafter -. refuse to put In full time will be cllm- j inated." Under the new man-power law, which was so drawn as to reach shipyard workers, every man exempted from t military duty because of employment In the shipyards, will automatically lose that classification when discharged from the yards and immediately become liable to the draft. Regulations laid down by Provost Marshal General Crowder also will pre vent Buch men, after November 1, frorii '. obtaining employment In other ship , yards. The same regulations prescribe '" the number of days a shipyard worker may be absent from his work In a month. Mr. Plez expressed the opinion today f. that, If all shipyard labor were put on a' piece rate basis, it would be an In centive to sustained errort nnu greater production. The fleet corporation, he said, favored a piece rate scale, but some of the unions represented in the yards would not no cept It. Skilled workmen now on a viIam rain haMtu Tin dnpljirpd. nftwn nrit t3$KBttilKI7.ti l'.J5 nn hour. . "''These men, Instead of demanding ., higher; wages, can earn more by stick- .. Ing t6,tho Job and Increasing produc--jjri tlon,"ho Bald. T5iV' Hr. Flez salu last Friday's record- , . i Itfiiii trine !( I no rrlorl PArnTiarn r CI. Hie unity jmcvui u.uiu-i uir inj jhiu, m conclusive evidence that "all Is not well" and that tne men can dp better work i than they have been doing. u. :,. mJi,. f .i,. J uwfc -"v ...-. ft"" a...'jM.ua throughout the country similarly affected by the ' slackciv workmen wjll be ready and willing to co-operate in a campaign for the elimination of the lagging mem bers of the for:e was the assertion of Mr. Plez. Labor leaders agree that slackerlsm Is In vogue at the island. Men seeking to evade military service are gaining employment In some minor capacity, using the yard as a hiding place, and are "unabje to perfoim any decent work for their'pay," it was stated. DENY EX-BALL PLAYERS ENJOY SHIPYARD FAVOR Fans at Hog Island resent assertions that some of the ballplayers now work- nging tnere and playing on the island nine got their Jobs at the shipyard with the deliberate intention of evading the draft. They also deny the baseball men have soft Jobs and big pay. "That's foolish talk." Bald Johnny Cas. tie this afternoon. Castle Is manager of the ball team at Hog island, where he has other duties also. Formerly he was an outnemer tor tne rmiiies. .More recently he managed teams In the Middle West.. , "You take Hans Lobert. and 'Big Chief Bender, for Instance." Castle said. "They're bolter-up foremen, and there are no better men In their line on the Island." Lobert played third for the FhlllleH for a while, and later went to the Giants. Bender, the Indian, played with the Athletics, where he reached tho pinnacle of his diamond fame, and aft erward ne was on me i-miues payroll. Caatle went on to cite other ballplay ers who, he says, have made good as shlpworkers. There Is Young, former -Detroit 'second baseman, now a bolter- up foreman. There Is Joe O'Rourke, who- played with the St. .Louis Nation als and managed Pacific boast teams. "Don't tell me that lad doesn't know bjs business' as a xhlpworker," Castle napped. "Ho served twelvo years at Cramp's before he became a profes Blonatf ballplayer, and he's some ship- worker. Believe me 1" 'NAhd there are others. Take Buckles, formerly of the Kansas City team, and of 'the New York Americans. When he la not a pitcher he Is a riveter. "And sky, as a riveter he's real, that boy," ap. plauded Castle. " Swlgler, formerly a pitcher at Penn, Is now dentist at the Island, and a mighty .K1 good, dentist, too, says uasue. naipn if Hauls, who shone on the diamond for j&i. the Pittsburgh Federals, is a derrick fji 'foreman. Ersklne Mayer, who pitched the Y't, .rniiiicn 10 many v, viuiuiy, mm wchi iu jsj .rutsDurgn. is anomer oi me oouer-up '' foreman. II K '"Now there's a man for you," ei' ca claimed Castle. "He's had a technical .r senooi. training, ana is a smpworKer irom the ground up. And yet they talk about lacker ball players down here J .Foolish Ulk, I tell you." ilCaatle desires the ball-players receive "" swollen salaries. "Aa foreman, they start In at aViniit S4A." hn Raid. "ThAr.. 4 .rienea iur u. sum mey Buy mens uan ' Wavers ride to work In automobiles. Sure r -ti. A.1 .1... n.. ai - t-i. ' they do. Didn't they run automobiles -'vMfcnre they quit baseball7" METEOROLOGICAL TRIOfET For a change there'll be rain, And it's coming on Friday. Though It gives me a pain, For a change ther&ll be rain. r Cfentle Kinds mag ordain v' avioi xoaag s a ary aag. ItFpf a change there'll be rain Sf tnd IPs' cotilng on Friday? 'V7.Y .' . , IIM.I' . ....' .. . . '...'. JB r ' s ' . 3 4 i Bl Published Sally Exctpt Sunday. Subsctlrtlon Price! 0 a Tear by MalL CoOyrlght, 1D1K. by the Public ledger Company. ', JaWaBalSaato-. s x. ' '-taaaHaKi.'. x- " wmw - "fe : ,..s MRS. EDWARD DIDDLE Named by Mayor Smith as a mem- ber of the BoartJ of Recreation MAYOR NAMES MRS. BIDDLE ON NEW PLAY BODY Smith Chooses Civic Club Head, and Social Worker for Rec reation Board Mrs. Kdn-nrrt W. Piddle, widely known in educational nnd Foclal work and pres ident of the Civic Club, was appointed a member of the Ponrd of Recreation today by Mayor Smith. Mrs. Diddle takes the place on the board made vacant by Miss Sophia P.oss who, with several other members of the board was forced to resign sev eral weeks ago by the Mayor for re of refusal ' to vote for the nppolnt Kdward It. Gudehus, secretary to Sena tor Varc, as supervisor of school play grounds. Just what stand Mrs. Piddle will take regarding Gudehus Is a matter of conjecture. It was reported at City Hall that Robert Smith, one of the present members of the board, would resign If tho Mayor appointed another wrann to tho board. Mrs. Piddle Is associated with the Playgrounds and Reel cation Association of America, Public Charities Associa tion of Pennsylvania, American Cllc Association, State Charities Arbitration and Peace Society of Pennsylvania, ChlM Labor Association and sccral other organizations. FOG JARS EARLY TRAFFIC Gloucester Ferry Service Sus pended and Trolleys Bump Dense fog that spread over the Phila delphia district early this morning, traces of which llnrcred until noon, stopped Delaware river tratllc, and was the cause of several collisions in tho 'sTrecr.$."4Th6f6'govcred a wide area, and was densest from 1 o'clock until shortly before 7. Several thousand workers at Hog Island and other shlpyatds in the dis trict were late because of the fog-lm- I'edeu transportation service. , Oloucester ferry boats discontinued at o'clock, and no boats ran for more mail Ilvn linllrn Two ciowded trolley cars collided rear-on In the fog nt Gyrmantown and Hunting Park avenues, and several pas sengers were cut by flying glass and bruised. All were badly shaken up. Peter Peterson, 2768 North Hcmberger street, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with a dislocated ankle, und he may have internal Injuries. Ho Is twenty ono years old. CHAPItjWAiNTS DEATH SHOCK Wife Murderer Says He Is Sane and Eager for Electric Chair New York, Sept. 10 (Dy I. N. S.). "I wnnt to go to the electric chair," Charles K. Chapln, former city editor of the Evening World, Is quoted as say ing bv Assistant District Attorney Mr Gee, during a conference at the arraign ment of the editor today on a charge of murdprlng his wife. "I am perfectly sane," the editor Is said to hae added. "I don't want any sanity commission appointed. I want to pay the price." ' Chapln's counsel entered a formal plea of apt guilty for hts client at the ar raignment. The court announced that it would allow ten days In which to change the plea and remanded the editor to the Tombs. It was nnnounced by tho District At torney's oltlce that any effort on the part or cuapin or his mends to have a lunacy commission appointed for him, wouio. oe opposea Dy tne aistrict at torney. BREWERY SLUSH FUND PUT UNDER PROBE OF SENATE Investigation Ordered of Charges Following Attack on Bris bane's Newspaper By the Associated Press Waalilnitmi, Sept, 10, Investigation of the recent charge of Allen Property Custodian Palmer that a group of brewers bought a Washing' ton newspaper to further the publicity Interests of brewers was authorized to day by tho Senate. Arthur Brisbane. owner and editor of the Washington Times, announced yesterday that he bought the Times with money lent by a urewer. A resolution ordering the Inquiry by the Judiciary- Committee or n sub-committee .was Introduced by Senator Jones, of New Mexico, and was adopted by the Senate with little debate. It sets forth allegations that the brewers have exact ed pledges from candidates, "Including Congressmen and United States Sena tors"; that to Influence public opinion the brewing Interests have subsidized the press; that In order to suppress hostile expressions of opinion they "have set In operation an extensive system of boy cotting of American manufacturers! mer chants, railroads and. other Interests," and that a political 'organization has been erected to carry out their pur poses. It is alleged that the brewers were allied to suborga"nzatlons, such as the German-American Alliance, the National Association of Commerce and Labor, and the Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association, and "have paid laice sums of money to citizens of the United States 'to advocate, their cause Including some )n,th Government era-I n". rH. jst...!iiiaaiu uentnd I NURSE FROM HERE' ON CASUALTY LIST; TEN MEN CAPTIVE Pneumonia Caused Death of Philadelphia Woman in France 4 SOLDIERS WOUNDED Another Is Reported to Bee Victim of Gas j Attack Roll of Honor of City Contains Woman's Name nn:n of disease .M'fl'.n NKI.I.IE J. WARD. 228 North Pxon street worNnnn PRIVATE KRWIN '. OARRETT. -131 Went .stRfTonl Btri"t. PRIVATE WII.t.IAM CALLAHAN. 231 1 South Carlisle street. PRIVATE VUI.I.IAM C. SMITH. 117 Xorth SKtr-thlnl street. PRIVATE EDWARD Y. SMITH, 117 ?sorth Sixty-third street. HASHED PRIVATE JOHN JOSEPH Ml'RPIIY, 1313 South Tnlor street. MISS1NO PRIVATE JAMES PETER IIIOniNS. 310 .North Thlrty-etuhth street. PRIVATE WII.T.IAM II. CONI.EY. 3012 rilbert street. PRIVATE Rl'SKEl.ti W. MII.T.ER. 8227 Master street. PRISONERS IN GERMANY nrni.ER j. j. heney. .iois North Eleventh street. PRIVATE F. (I. WADI.K, 2039 Kenslne ton avenue. PRIVATE ANTONIO HEI.ENIAK. 3233 Webb street PRIVATE EDWARD VOELMLE. 44!) Northeast Houleard. PRIVATE KDWI.V OOODIIEART AN DERSON, 3330 North Potter street. PRIVATE RALPH ACOSTA, 1727 North Tuenty-seconil street. PRIVATE EDWARD S. OASTROCK. 2010 SenUva street. PRIVATE JOHN II. DOMINICK, South Ninth street. 1403 TRIVATB HAJII'EL Carpenter street. fiEONNOTTI. 028 PRIVATE JAMES II. fiREEI.Y. Jr. 702 uiiiuii Birei. FROM NE.RIIY POINTS PRIVATE E. KELAFOS. of ItUerslde. N. J., killed. September 19, 1918 The foregoing list Is compiled from the official casually records and from unofficial reports received by relatives and friends of men overseas. The complete list of rasunltlen an nounced today by the War Department la printed on page 11, The first Philadelphia woman with the American army In Franco to die in the service of her country Is named today In tho official casualty list Issued by the War Department. She is Miss Nelllo J. Ward, 228 North Paxon street. West Philadelphia. Pneu monla caused her death July 14. Four moro Philadelphia soldiers are listed as wounded, and three are miss Ing, according to today's reports. confirmation of the death of three others who were killed In action has been received. Ten I'niiaueipmans are reported prisoners. Two army casualty lists and one of the marines made public today contain In all 272 names. Twenty-five Pennsyl vanlans are Included In the records for the day. Tho list made public In tho morning newspapers Is mado up of 142 names, and tho army and marine lists published In the afternoon newspapers contain 130 names. Two army officers whose homes ore In this city have returned from the battle front to act as Instructors at Camp Dlx, NJ. They are Lieutenant John F. No Ian, tho first American officer to enter Chateau-Thierry when tho Germans were beaten back at the Marne, and Captain Henry P. Brown, Jr., of Chest nut Hill, who was wounded In action. Lieutenant Nolan, who was formerly a member of the Public Ledger reportorlal stafT. arrived at his home. In German town yesterday on a short furlough. Captain Brown Is already n Camp Dlx. In France he was promoted from the ranks of first lieutenant to that of captain for bravery in action, for which he received the croIx de guerre. During the week ended September 13, the War Department announces, 884 sick Continued on race Two, Column Flie GERMAN TROOPS DESPONDENT Letters on Prisoners Reveal Weakening of Morale By the Associated Press With the Amerlean Army on the I.or ralne Front, Sept. 10. Fear lest the Americans would advance and over whelm them, bitter complaint at bad food and general despondency at the prospects of the war are the keynotes or letters written heme Dy uerman sol diers and found on their persons when thev were cantured. A certain American division which took more than Its quota of prisoners has made ari exhaustive examination of these letters and round that tne morale, even of the men in the Tenth German Regiment conceded to be the best op- r losing the Americans Is decidedly low, f It can be Judged from private letters never Intended for American consump tion. TUNGSTEN POOL FORMED Inter-Allied Munitions Council at Paris Reaches Agreement By the Associated Press Washington, Sept. 10. An interna tional agreement for the pooling of all available tungsten among the United States and the Allies, reached through the Inter-AUIed Munitions Council at Paris, was announced today by Chair man Baruch, of the war Industries board. Us terms will be made public If the arrangement Is finally approved by President Wilson. ... , , Tungsten Is produced largely In Col orado, but some comes from South Amer-' ca and Sweden and other European ,.,! Distribution of the aunnlv probably wilt be directed by jh war Tn aboard. --( -ft ag ,.,. MxMl r r and THE EVENING PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918 $2000 Earnings Likely to Be Taxed $10 a Year liy the Associated Prcji Washington, Sept. 10. Kxtenslon of the proposed special war tax of $10 a year on business or occupations so as to Include all persons In professions and trades earning $2000 or moic nnnunlly, was approved today by the House Ways nnd Means Committee. A redrafted clause to cover this tux was ready when the House met to resume consideration of the war levenue bill, with only relatively minor sections to bo disposed of before .t final vote. Tho committee, by divided vote, also decided to recommend suspen sion during tho war of tho 4 per cent tux and regulations on manu facture of mixed flour. Flour maim faeturo would be left to tho food administration us requested by Ad. minlstiator Hoover. A GREATER TAX Unwise to Go Beyond the $8,000,000,000 Now Pro posed, He Declares ENOUGH FOR PRESENT Washington, Sept. 19. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today put the qiletus on fears that the nalton must bear a greater tax than $8,000,000,000 for the fiscal jear to carry on the war. In an olllclal announcement issued as congressional leaders were flounder ing in confusion as to how best to meet the added J7.000, 000,000 demand thl week by the War Department, McAdoo declared, "It would bo unwise to go further In taxation nt tho present time." "Conditions which might develop in the future," he ndded, "will determine tho question of further Increases In tax ation. For the present fiscal year It Is our plan to nsk for $8,000,000,000 In taxes." aicAaoos announcement gave great relief In congressional circles. Leaders were all at sea as to how the extra $7,000,000,000 was to bo raised. ito puzzling had the problem become that benator Simmons, chairman of the Sen ate Finance Committee ; Senator Martin, chairman of the Senate Appropriations committee, and Itcpresentatlve Shirley, chairman of the House Appropriations, Committee, had planned to have a heart- to-heart talk with McAdoo about It. So the Secretary's announcement clarifies the situation so far as extra taxation Is concerned. But Congress wants to know, nevertheless, whether the depart ments can spend nil the vast sums pro posed. To this end. Representative J Hampton Mooro will offer an amend ment to the revenue bill for creation ot a congressional committee on war ex penditures. This same plan caused great dissension last session nnd was rejected upon demand of President Wilson. It probably will be beaten but discussion of It Is to be made the opportunity for asking some pointed questions of Administration leaders con. cernlng the country's war finance policy. McAdoo probably will announce tho amount of the fourth Liberty Loan this week. Final determination of the amount may bo mado before Congress disposes of the pending bill to extend tax exemptions on Liberty Bonds. Treasury officials today were specu lating on the probability of there be ing four loans this fiscal jear. It was hinted that the size of the coming loan might approach $7,000,000, 000. This, however, was not officially discussed by high Treasury officials. But unless the German Government Is crushed before the predicted time the n-itlon must certainly prepare Itself to take care of four loans In fourteen months, it was stated semiofficially. Small amounts of bond3 of the fourth loan will be In tho hands of tho district committees on the opening day of tho loan. The Bureau of Hngravlng and Printing Is ready to begin turning out finished bonds within an hour after a decision on the terms Is reached. HOUSE DEFEATS MOORE'S sismmmii miir n m r i ct m r I States after the war. The United ! COTTON TAX MEASURElnot only needs the British uhlps Washington, Sept. 19. The House to day derented ny a vote ot 100 to 28 tne Moore cotton tax amendment to tho reenun bill providing a tax of $3 a bale on cotton used In certain textiles. Mooro warned he would orrer later anotner amendment putting a tax of $3 a bale on every bale of cotton sold. Another amendment disapproved was that or itepreseniative wopn, or inaiana, to specifically exempt traveling sales men from the $100 brokers' tax. Mr. Wood contended the tax would work a great hardship upon thousands of trav eling salesmen. Members of the com mittee said- todav thev had been assured that treasury regulations In administer ing the law would meet tne situation. MISTOOK MAN FOR HUSBAND Woman Charged Desertion and Then Discovered Lrror Forethought of Municipal Court De tective Greaves prevented the arrest of an Innocent man on the charge of wife desertion. It developed In court today. Greaves revealed the case In explain ing why he had not served a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Mary Pullinger. Mrs. I'uuinger, wanting in Wyoming avenuo n few nights ago. saw a man she thought her missing husband. She Immediately swore out a warrant. Greaves decided to Investigate before serving It. He first ascertained that the man In question was named Dilltngs worth. Instead of Pullinger, and that he had been living with his wife for several years. Mrs. Pullinger took a "closer look." ana decided Dilllnesworth wasn't Pullinger; BUSINESS MEN FflR ARMY War Department Asks Employers to Aitl To obtain men who have demonstrate their ability In commercial life for work in tne array, me war department has appealed to manufacturers and business men to submit names of their employes with such qualifications who come In the early qraft classifications. The general staff plans to nlaee th men In positions similar to those which tney now in civil uie, xpereoy increasing thr efficiency of the various branches nr th-Wu ntiarlanBt. t . -. XTTivT 7'A?:x. . y. """le s-w -i TELEGRAPH ALLIED AERIAL RESOURCES MAY BE CENTRALIZED i j Representatives Now Co- I operating Toward Unity 1 of Aerial Control j POOL OF ALL INTERESTS i i C !.... Tll: 1 . T- T ouncinu utnuiai ui UK in JJIS- Tavor.by U. S. Some Obstacles Appear ny CLINTON "w. C.ILHERT Staff Corrfronifriit .'iriifno Public I.cdocr Ccpyrtohtmif, by Pnh'.c Uiloer Co. WnoliliiRlnii, Sept. 19. Tho news fiom Paris that John D. Ryan is co-operating there with Winston Chin chill nnd the French nir war nuthorltles Indicates that a pool of tho aviation resources of the Allies will he tho next pool to he effected. Since a large number of representa tives ot this Government went nbroad in July to organize what was called in advance the "great inteinllled muni tions executive," a number of pools of war materials lias been effected. But it Is apparent that the big centtnl authority superior to these separate pools which tho Allies wished to create has not yet been set up. Lord Robert Cecil referred to it tho other day in a speech ns the greatest present need of the Allies. His speech suggested that difficulties were being encoun tered In forming such nn organization. There Is reason to believe that these difficulties have much to do with Lord Reading's present trip to Europe. Difficulties Foreseen That there should be difficulties was perfectly obvious. They were foiesecn in administration circles from the out set. The project of sending repre sentatives abroad to form tho great International pool was debated a long time beforo any one was sent, and when the names of this country's rep resentatives beenmo known It was evi dent that tho American policy looked rather toward the formation of sepa rate pools than tho creation of one single authority over all the materials of war and means of transporting them. Secretary Baker's lato trip suggests that the Idea of a more intl mate combination among the Allies Is gaining force. wui ine implications ot such a com bination as Lord Robert Cecil appar ently nad in mind are too vast for any one to say yet .hat an lntcr-AUIed unity or command over materials or war, food and shipping Is to be expected. This country naturally is slowest to accede such a unity of command, because this country has most to surrender Into the control or otners. The material re sources are for the most part hers. The supply )f shipping will, before the end of the war or soon thereafter, be largely hers. The Shipping Question The shipping question which has arisen between this country and Kngland Illus trates one of the difficulties In the way of forming nn Interallied executive which in Its Important effect upon the future, Is a big step toward forming the league of nations, which everyone talks about, but no one creates. It Is Impos sible to see this Interallied control of materials and shipping lasting during the war. and then suddenly stopping. This is in the minds of the elements In Kngland called the Liverpool school, who are demanding the return of some British ships to foreign trade now that tho greatest danger from tho Germans is passed, what, they ask, Is going to happen after tho war? What will be come of our foreign trade then, when America has the Immense supply of shipping she Is now building set free from carrying troops and war ma terial, to enter Into competition with us for foreign trade? Important to Iloth Natlona This would be a question for an In-ter-Allled executive to deal with. It Is a question of ltal importance to the successful prosecution of the war and to the British Kmplre and the United The United States now, lent to her for carrying her men over, but It has been officially Intimated that she wants and expects to have 1,000,000 tons more of them In order to get her eighty divisions neros the water. England's shipping Is pressing for the return of some of tho shipping now lent on the plea that tho future of the em pire Is Imperiled. An International ex ecutive might solve the whole difficulty by saying, "Kngland, you lond the ships now feu the duration of tho war and America you lend to Kngland ships for a certain period after the war, so that she shall not sacrifice her commer cial future by the step we are compell ing her now to take.'1 Some such way out of the present dispute Is sure to be found, for It Is understood that this country is willing to guaranteo Kngland's foreign trade for a certain number of years alter the war from any raiding by American shipping. But does the thing stop there? From this illustration It Is apparent that nn International executive In order to act with authority during the war. must also have authority for a number ot years after the war. ONLY TWO MINES IDLE Men at These Are Expected Back Tomorrow By the Associated Press PottiTllle, Tn., Efept. 19. With the exception of the Blackwood colliery, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, and the Buck Run, an Individual colliery, all the mines In the anthracite region were working this morning. It Is ex pected that the men will return to work ex these two collieries tomorrow morn ing The Blackwood had been working steadily throughout tho week until this morning. Five U. S. Planes Fall to Return Washington, Sept. 19. Five American planes are missing as a result, of an attack by a, superior German force dur ing a bombing expedition in, Lorraine, General Pershing reported tn.hls com munique, received last night by the war Rbnro.t. , l - - c 5ie50er Entered as Second-Clan Matter at the Poetofflre at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act cl March 8, 1879. CZECHOSLOVAKS FORCE RETREAT OF BOLSHEVIKI Retrograde Movement Under Way on Both the Northern and Southern Fronts London, Sept. 19. Bolshevik forces nre retreating on both the northern nnd southern fronts. nccordlng to n Stockholm dispatch to the Dally Mall. The Dispatch says that a telegram had been recelxed In Stock holm from Moscow stntlng that the; Czecho-S-Iovaks still hold the city of1 Samara which the Bolshcvlkl recently claimed to hae retaken. A dispatch from Vladivostok an nounces tho t'zecho-Slovak forces have captured Perm. Tho same dispatch says the Go em inent of Samara has been transferred to Ufa. In the government of the same name, 280 miles northeast and much nearer the Siberian border. KAISER'S NERVES BADLY SHAKEN Possible Retirement as Re sult of Breakdown, Hint ed in London Rumor MAY BE GREAT RETREAT Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Conrloht, 191S. hv Xrw York Times Co. The llnRiie, Sept 19 The grand committee of tho Reichstag has been summoned for a meeting on Sept. 24. Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright. 1918, hu .Vnr Vorl: Tfmes Co. London, Sept 19. The view that the Austrian new peace note was Issued under urgent pressure of conditions within the Central Em pires Is supported by all Information that leaks acro.ss the frontiers. Re sponsible opinion In this country has always protested against any undue hopes being founded on the economic stress in Germany and Austria, and the British public has been urged to re member the extraordinary power of the German race to adapt themselves to a much lower scale of ll ing. and the hope lessness of nn nttempt at revolution by old 'men, women, nnd children In these days of machine guns. But In the last few days rumors have taken on a new complexion. They are unconfirmed, but they point tn some sensational happening behind the scenes In Germany. The Kaiser's recent speech to the Krupp workmen proves how over wrought ho is. nnd certain passages In lt censored aH they were, ns the German press has complained, hardly read like that of a sane man. There may con- i River Orodeshnitza and the villago of sequently be some ground for the story 'Gradeshnltza, which was stubbornly de that he is suffering from a severe fended by the enemy who had orders to nervous breakdown. hold It at any cost. In tho center they Another rumor has It that the Kaiser, foreseeing the utter ruin of his house. Is contemplating one of those dramatic moves so characteristic of his tempera ment. One of his most renowned prede-I the Perez nnd occupied the massif of cessors. it Is remembered, Charles V, In'Topolcs. The booty captured was con the sixteenth century, left the world for slderable. More than fifty cannon, of a monastery; and if he really may be1 "'"' twenty were heavy pieces, fell thinking of some spectacular act of re- '1 h"d";.l.Ih "S" f "'I'; nunclatlon, It Is remarked here, the Allies would easily provide n suitable place of retreat, which the Lutheran Church might find It difficult to offer. May Foreennt Ureal Itetrent Setting aside these reports, however, another view of the Austrian note, widely nccepted In London, is that It was issued to prepare the German peo ple for a great retreat. That would rfiake It out to be Inspired hv the mill tnry chiefs. They, It Is contended, sec that they must relinquish Belgium In order to shorten the lino on account of their destroyed divisions; and they wish to prepare the German people for this practical acknowledgement of military failure. Moreover, with characteristic mis understanding of the psychology of their enemies, the Germans still believe they could dutach France from her Allies by the return of tho occupied French terri tory and somo concessions about Alsace Lorraine ; and for this reason they Continued on Tage Two, Column Mi WOMAN CONFESSES STARTING NUNNERY FIRE MONTREAL, Sept. 10. The disastrous Giey Nunnery fire of Februavy 14 Inst, in which sixty-five babies were burned to death, was purposely caused by a female orderly of the institu tion, Berthe Courtmnnche. who is said to have periodical attacks, of five mania. She confessed to the crime when accused by detectives, who todny arrested her at the nunnery, where she was still employed. The woman signed her confession. SAILORS TO AID FIGHT AGAINST INFLUENZA All sailors who have been assigned to l'hiladelpnia ".os. pitnls to study hospital work weie iccalled today and sent to naval hospitals to aid in the fight against Spanish intlucusy. TURKS TAKE BAKU, IS REPORT Bre9t Treaty Left City in Pos session of Russians By the Associated Press rarla, Sept. 19. Turkish troops have taken Baku, according to a Basel dis patch quoting a tolegram from Con stantinople under date of September 17. It Is pointed out by the Temps that the treaty of Brest-Lltovsk left Baku to the Russians, but that this does not prevent the Turks from continuing their ad. vance. This report from Constantinople would seem to Indicate that the British have suffered a reverse In the Baku re gion. It was reported on August It that British forces had entered Baku, having reached that city from their base by the way of Persia. No fighting tn the Baku region has been reported re cently,, - " ; ,- ,' 'f - imm winn iimumm kit - OUTPOST LINE IN DRIVE; BULGARIANS IN FLIGHT Enemy Retreating in Mace donia Applies Torch to Villages ENTENTE SMASH GAINS TWELVE MILES Foes Rc-enforccments Leading Stampede Serbs Pursue Day and Night 45 VILLAGES CAPTURED1 French, Greeks and Serbians Smash Through on 23 Mile Front 77y the Atsocialed Pre I-omlon, Sept. 19. The Bulgarians nre In flight. In Mace donia nnd ore burning stores and vil lages, nccotdlng to n Serbian official statement received here. The Allied troops now have ad vanced moie than twelve miles and their pt ogress Is so rnpld that they have not been able to count the pris oners nnd war material taken. New regiments thrown In by the Bulgari ans have been forced to retreat with the others. The Biilgailnns have been defeated completely nnd the Serbian troops are pursuing them day and night. The Serbian nnd French troops have taken the towns of Topolets, Tot shishta. Reshlshta, Melynltsa, Vlto. llshta and Raslmbey. They have also it. it.. 1. IK nf T.'iirtUInt iromon I ln!E" i"S L '"m, 7, ,en enr'deai: ing vrtth operations on the Macedonian front has been Issued by the French War Office from Paris: "Despite Important re-enforcements hastily brought forward by tho enemy who defended his new positions stub bornly, the offensive of the Allied armies continued successfully on tho 17th. All objectives fixed for the day were reached. Attacks developed on a front of nbout thirty-five kilometers nnd progress wad made to a depth of fifteen kilometers at certain points. ' "Serbian troops, operating with French nnd Greek detachments took after a violent assault;- 46. villages. Including Zovlk nnd Stravlna and the heights of Polehlc'ite and Bechlchte north of the progressed on the hill which Is situated near Kozlak, advanced northeast of Kozlnk and took a foothold on the hills of Kuchkov. To the cast they crossed Oilers I" nuinininh unwioiiihij! ..ic Allied uvlalors dominated completely over tho enemy and greatly aided In the battle by attacking enemy troops. URGES U. S. MAKE WAR ON BULGARS AND TURKS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covurloht. 1118. by New York Times Co. I'arU. Sept. 19. Perhaps tho most en thusiastic man In Paris today over the successful attnek of the French and Serbian troops on the Bulgarians In Macedonia Is Mllenko Vesnltch. Serbian minister to Paris. "This Is the successful beginning of an offensive by the French army and the troops of my own country against the enemy In Dohropolje," he said, at the Serbian legntlon this morning. "It is tho last finishing touch to the evi dence needed to prove that ut last we have unity ot front as well aa unity of command "There Is only one thing left to bu Continued on I'UEe 1'lve. Column Three 33 RAID CAPTIVES FINED Striking Painters Were Gambling at Union Rooms, Police Allege Thirty-three men were fined ft and costs at the Kleventh and Winter streets police station today as the result of a raid on the Painters' Local Union, H2 North Kleventh street, last night. The men are alleged to have been gambling. Three others were discharged upon the plea that, although they were In the :oom, they were not gambling. According to police, the men arrested are painters who recently went on a strike' for a wage Increase of from seventy to eighty cents' an hour. Several nunurea aoiiars ana consiaerame ganv fling paraphernalia were confiscated to ti raid. '- - - . ".?,.?. ffl B....1 ....i. n..a MIGHT &OSINO STOCK PRICES, PRICE TWO CENTS- 3l l 'iiVJ British Smash Furious At-. rM tacks and Press Ahead TAKE 8000 CAPTIVES, CAPTURE 40 GUNS More Strongholds Wrested From Foe in Encircling -of St. Qucntin FRENCH STILL GAINING Poilus Pierce Teuton Position at Contescourt, in . Picardy By the Associated Press With tho riritlsh Forces in France. Sept. 19. Field Marshal Halg's forces up to midnight last night had captured a total of more than 8000 Germans and forty guns as the result of their drive of yesterday on tho Cambral front. In tho prisoners taken twenty-three Ger man regiments- in eleven divisions were represented. Several thousand yards of the Htn denburg outpost line were In British hands this- morning In tho Vllleret sector, southwest of Lc Catelet. By the Associated Press London, Sept. 19. The British have made further prog- less In their drive into the Hlndenburg lino in the St. Quentln region, aimed i inu encirclement or that town, ac- ... commS to th ottlcM .statement Issued toaay by Field Marshal Halg. In a continued advance north of Pontruet they icached the outpost positions of the Hlndenburg line. N Tho Australians renewed their at. tacks and carried the Hlndenburg out posts. Many prisoners nnd a number ' H at machine suns were taken by them. S-, The town of Lemplre was captured,?Ji ns was Gauche wood. (Lemplre is ftrar miles direetlv west nt T. r-atolotv f. German Kirc Heavy ine Germans late-yesterday started i& a ucitvj uumuarameni on tne nortnera try part of the battlefront Kniithwe.t k - & Cambral, between Gouzcaucourt arid the Arras-Cambrni rtoad (a distance of " twelvo miles). The fire was of ex treme intensity. The enemy followed his bombard ment by a strong Infantry attack on a wide front northward from the vicin ity of Trescault (three miles north of Gouzeacourt). He was completely re pulsed at nil points with great loss to the guards and the Third and Thirty- seventh divisions. " Teuton Losses Heavy i He was likewise driven off with. 'Kfl heavy casualties shortly afterward -f4" north of Mouevres (west of Cambral) Some German parties that succeeded at points in entering the British trenches were entirely disposed of by counter-attacks. In opening their drive yesterday the British and French advanced on a twenty-tvvo-mlle front, pierced the Hlndenburg line at two points and captured thirteen villages and" other strong positions. By the Associated Press Paris, Sept. 19. French troops last ntenL coniinuea ineir nrogress in iiva . ja region of St. Quentln and penetrated Viil the German positions at Contescourt, three miles southwest of St. Quentln. By the Associated Press With the French Army in Picardy, Sept, 19. The troops of the French army under General Debeney who pur.- ? sued the Germans from the region of Montdldler have, after a few days of comparative Inactivity, successfully re sumed their attacks In the region of St. Quentln in conjunction with the British. In spite of the long pursuit from the Avre to tho Somme with almost constant fighting since August S, Gen eral Debcney's men are pressing the enemy with the same vigor with which they began the offensive In Picardy. The French nave aavancea close to Dallon, less than two miles from the iveslprn outskirts of St. Ouentln. TT.ri. tVir nro flcViMntr tna Hprmnna nn thek' TItnJi.nt.ii. 1 1 . a A.a.p I..a1 .. .1. P f llliuciiuui t ..lie aim ctcij ,u.u vi. uta rati ground is ueing uispuicu siouuy Dy tne i" 'i3" enemy. Apparently the Germans aret. '.$l II on -In at wi-st nf Rt- Otipnttn amttfe of FrancUly, east of Savy and north r.9 Tnnn " General Debeney's troops have been. V obliged to attack it piecemeal and to a to WW advance by little bounds, slipping iwe K iiiat.iiiiic-k.uii ciiliuaijciliciivs ficrtj rl: ana mere ana sometimes maicing iron- eM Tt tal attacks. Everywhere the Frenchiws bnvn hpen obliged to flcht thpir -w-ivs&Sp around or through obstacles that iie-tKkh fore this war would have been -rfK?vy v garded as Impregnable. The GerraM.'j infantry here is supported by artillery,";;-:: which puts down heavy barrages lim ,rm front of the advancing waves IM n maintains a harassing Are against U.X -i rear and the lines of communication? Progress under these conditions essarily Is slow, but the Allied Hi are none the less sureiy advancing ward the outskirts of Bt. Quentln kthe south and west as well as lie MANG1N CLOSING IN ' i .S'i ON CHEMIN-DESDAm ... .. wv.-.l ,,, With the French Army In Fn Sept. 19. 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