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VOL. V. NO. 46
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Copyright. lilts, by the Public Ledger Comtan
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1918
Kntereil recond-Cla, Mutter nl the Piiatnfflre nt rtilladi lihl.
Under the vet of Mnrth ft. IsTH
PRICE TWO CENTS
:''
G. 0. P. CLAIMS
BOTH HOUSES
of congress;
Republican Victory Is Con-1
ceded by N. Y. Demo
cratic Papers
HAYS SEES SENATE
BY 5, HOUSE Y 35
Democrats Forecast Senate by
One, House by Narrow
Margin
. HAM LEWIS DEFEATED
House Count Now Stands
C. 0. P., 224; Democrats,
200; 11 in Doubt
, Xrw Yortl, Nov 0.
Republican national headquarter Is-1
sued n statement early this afternoon
claiming a majority of nt least five, I
pud possibly six. In the United htntes
Senate. Election of 230 Republicans
In the House. m claimed, giving fifty- i
five majority.
Pall's election as a Republican In
New Mexico vvns declared certain.
Doth the New York Times and the
New York World thin morning concede
that the Republican party will control
the next Congress The Times foresees
a majority of four in the Senate and
nineteen In the House.
Demoenitlp Clulnis
Democratic national committee liend
Quarters claimed the Senate would be
Democratic by nt levst ope, and that .
final returns alio would show a small
margin for the Democrats In tho House.
Democratic headquarters claim os
"certa(n" 214 members of the House,
concede 205 to the Republicans and clnlui
the Nonpartisan League repieaentntlves
elected will vote with the Demounts.
The Republicans, however, claim a wain
of twenty-six in the House, with a
tesultnnt majority of thirty-five there.
With thirty Democratic Senium h In
cumbent and twelve others elected In the
olid South, Democratic headquarters
counted on soven more one each from
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Montana,
Missouri, Nevada, Oregon und Idaho a
total of forty-nine.
The Democrats refuse jet to concede
defeat of Senator Fhafroth in Colorado
and Lewis in Illinois. They also enter
tain hopes for Watson in West Vir
ginia, strong Democratic minim? districts
not yet having been heard from, they
say.
They list as ' doubtful" New Mexico,
Wyoming, New JersejTNeW Hampshire;
and Delaware, all of which early re
turns Indicate have Rone Republican.
Returns received by the Republic.
committee were said tu show definitely
the election of forty-nine Democratic
Senators, while in the House 21 S seats
were assigned to the Democrats. 201
to the Republicans and the remainder In
doubt.
Republican Senate (Jains
On the face of the returns,' the Re
publicans have gained seven seats In
the Senate and lost one to the Demo
crats. Senators elected by Republicans
to take the places of sitting Democrat
were Dall, In Delaware, In place of Sen
ator Saulsbury; flooding, Republican. In
pltce of Senator Nugent, In Idaho)
Phlpps In Colorado, In place of Senator
Shafroth: McCormlck. In Illinois. In
place of Senator Lewis (the Democratic
whip of the upper body): Capper, in
Kansas, In place of Senator Thompson:
Keyes, In New Hampshire, In place of
Henntor Hollls, and Spencer, In Mis
souri, over former Governor Kollc.
The Republicans appear to have lost
to former Governor Walsh the place now
held by Senator Weeks, of Mas
sachusetts. Reports of the contest In
Nevada, which has been hotly contested
by the Republican". werenot conclusive
up to an early hour.
SO to 40 Senate Dltlnlon
' On the most definite figures obtain
able, the Republicans will have control
of the Senate by n majority of four, tbe
Indicated party division being fifty Re
publicans and forty-six Democrats. The
present Senate contains fifty-two Demo
crats and rorty-rour licpuDiicans.
In the contest for the House of Repiej
sentatlves, the Republicans have appar-
b.Im v.ln.J .H.ntl.fn1l. ...I. fen... tl.A
IWIUJ Hniiie ... ... j -.wm. v,m .... iiiv
i ..uemQcrui
and the Democrats eight
seats from the Republicans. These fig
ures make the next Houso stnnd: Re
publicans, 22; Democrats, 200; with
cfeven seats still In doubt.
Gain Two In Pennsylvania
Gains by the Republicans Included
four seats In Kansas, three In Indiana,
two In Pennsylvania, two in West Vir
ginia, two In Ohio, two In Nebraska,
two In New York, one In Kentucky, one
in Missouri, where Champ Clark (Dem.)
was apparently defeated; one In Mary
land, one In New Jersey, one In Rhode
Irland, one In Colorado and one In
Delaware, making twenty-four In all.
The Republicans, however, nppear to
hiv lost the Republican seat held by
Stafford, of Wisconsin, to Victor Merger,
the Socialist leader, who Is under Indict
ment for vlolntlng the espionage law.
Democrats report! on Houso elections
resulted In their claiming the follow
ing early today at committee headquar
ters. Ten districts In Alabama; one In Colo
rado; one In Connecticut; one In Dela
ware: four In Florida; twelve In Geor
gia; ten In Illinois; six In Indiana; one
In Iowa eight In Massachusetts; two In
,Mlchlgan; one In Mlnresota; eight In
jjisaissippi; iweive in .Missouri; one in
New York; ono In Montana; two 111
Nebraska; one In Nevada; six In New
Jersey: twenty In New York; ten In
North Carolina; eight In Ohio; six in
Oklahoma; five In Pennsylvania; seven
In South Carolina ; ons In South Dakota ;'
eight In Tennessee; eighteen In Texas;
two In Utah; nine In Virginia; one In
Continued on l'nre Fifteen, Column lour
AUTUMN HAZE
'Tit cause or icondcr r.vcriifhere
Xovember should 6 classed as air.
Instead of runnlno true to form
She promises a welcome unrm.
.rotfaj, fomorioit- that's the dope
Then tcatch her blast our every
hope!
High Points of Election
Reflected in Congress
Republican control both branches
of Congress Indicated.
Republicans' claim Senate by
from 5 to G votes und Houso by
35 votes. Democrats rcfuso to con.
cede defeat, nnd claim Senate by
1, Houso by small margin.
Latest returns on Houso show:
Republicans, 221; Democrats, 200;
doubtful. 11.
Republicans Rained Senators In
Colorado, Missouri, Idaho, Knnsas,
Illinois, Delaware ant New Hnmp
shhe. Pennsylvania Republicans gnln
two Congressmen.
New York Republicans gain
two volts In Congress.
Dchiwai e Senator Saulsbury,
Democrat, defeated by Doctor Dull,
Republican
Michigan Returns bhovv Heiir
Ford behind in tho iuco for Senute.
Ford claims election by 10,00 .
Mlbsourl Champ Clark, Demo
cratic Speaker, tunning ahead of
Dyer, Htpubllcaii.
Illinois J. Ham. Lewis, Demo
cratic Senate whip, defeated by
MedlU McCormlck, Republican.
Massachusetts Senator Weeks,
Republican, defeated by ex-Governor
Walsh.
Kentucky Sherley, Democratic
Houso whip, defeated. Governor
Stanley, Democrat, leuds for Sen
ate by 6000.
New Jersey Rdge nnd Raird,
Republican, elected to Senute. Re
publicans claim gain of one Con
gressman. FORD REDUCES
TO 5000 LEAD
OF NEWBERRY
Nine 4 ppcr Counties Still to He
Heard rroin Are Normally
Republican
Detroit, Nov C. With nine small
counties missing und leturns fiom a
few counties still Incomplete Tiuman H.
Newberry was leading Henry Ford by
DOOO voles In tho race for the United
States Senate, according to reports here,
ford got a plurality of approximately
27,000 In Wayne County, where his
great plants, employing some 40,000 men,
ale situated. The nine counties as ct
unheard are in upper Michigan and are
normally .Republican.
Congressman Frank K Doreinus,
Democrat, was relumed to Washington
on the Tace of returns from all but fifty
precincts In his district. His lend Is
6000. and Increasing steadily. He In the
only Democrat to win In the State. This
gives Michigan twelve Republicans and
one Democratic Congressman, h gain of
one for the Republicans.
Governor Albert K. Sleeper has been
re-elected and apparently the entire
Republican State ticket has been le
turned with him.
The suffrage amendment has carried
the State by a majority of 10,000 to 15,
000. MORE G. 0. P. CONGRESSMEN
Republicans Hclice Four Demo
crat Districts in State Are Won
Republicans probably have been elect
ed In four of the seven Pennsylvania
Congressional districts now represented
by Democrats.
Latest returns Indicate the victory of
A. W Diiy In the Columbla-Montour-Sulllvan
district, according to W. Harry
Linker, secrctnr of the Republican State
Committee.
Duy has carried Montour nnd Sullivan
counties over his opponent, John V.
Leaner, the Incumbent. Returns from
fifty-three of the fifty-fivo precincts in
Columbia County glvo Du 2584, nnd
l.esher. 3810. The district Is normally
Democratic.
The other thiee Republicans for-whom
election Is claimed In Democratic dis
tricts are: Drue F. Sterling, Fa.vettc-Greene-Somerset
district ; Rarl H. Resh
lln, In tho district which embraces Hilt,
Forest," .Mercer, Venango and Warren
counties, nnd lMuln S, Hrodbeck, Yor!.
Adnms district.
J. HAMILTON LEWIS BEATEN
Meilill McCormick's Plurality Es
timated at f0,000
.., vft.. e. t Aiiii xt---.ii."
. 1 llirilKlf, w.. v, t'lruiu ,4vwi Illicit.
' llepuimenii, present . ongressman-at
i.nree. was eiecieo iTnneu urates ?ena
tor In- a nluralltv estimated at CO.OOO
over Senator James Hamilton Lewis, ac
cording to returns complied from more
than three-fourths tbe vote of the State.
Returns from 2.192 precincts out of
3200 In Illinois outside cf Cook County
give McCorm'ek 236.1(12 and Lewis. 161,
012. In the city of Chicago Lewis had
a plurality of 63,000.
If the ratio Is maintained In the
down-State returns, MrCormlck's plu
rality will be close to 60,000.
The congressional delegation from Il
linois will stand twent-one Republicans
and six Democrats.
CHAMP CLARK TAKES LEAD
Speaker of the House Has Safe
Margin Over Dyer
St. LouU, Mo Nov. G. Champ Clark,
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, Democrat, has a safe lead over
II. II. Dyers, according to late returns
Judge Selden P. Spencer, Republican,
was elected United States Senator over
Governor Joseph W. Folk to fill the un
expired term of the late Senator Stone,
The State-wldcA prohibition amendment
was probably defeated. St. Louis rolled
up a 75.C00 majority for the "wets"
while the rent of the State went heavily
"flry," but could not overcome the St,
Louis lead.
REPUBLICANS SWEEP KANSAS
Contest Over, Only Ono Congres
sional Seat in Doubt
Toprka, Kan.. Nov. C With the elec
tion of Governor Arthur Capper nnd
Henry J Allen. Republican candidates
for United States Senator and Governor,
respectively, assured by lnrge pluralities
interest centers as to whether the Re
publicans havo not carried all eight con-
, rfssioimi uininc-m in 1110 nunc, tnereuy
I unseating the enlro Democratic Houso
I delegation of five.
i In only ono district, the Eighth, Is the
! outcome In doubt. The contest there be
'tween Representative W. A. Ayers and
I P C. Mack, Republican, la close, with
both sides claiming victory,
, Till: IT I'RKVKSTlllN AOXINKT IN.
I nun4it nn.l pneumonia la a welt.nourlahed
I bodv, luke Imperial Uranuni, the Unawrat.
ened Toed, betun meali sail on rttlrlnf.
44V,
SPROUL LEAD
IN STATE SET
NEAR 250,000
I
Late Returns From ir-
Inally Every Count j
Increase Majority j
PHILADELPHIA CARRIED '
IJY MORE THAN 92.000
I Simpson and Kcpliart Far in
Front for Supreme Court
Places
MAKE GAIN IN CONGRESS
Democrats Also Lose Seats
Stale Senate and Lower
House
TIIK WINNERS
Governor Slnlo Senator Wil
liam C. Sprout, of Chester.
Lieutenant Governor State Sena
tor Kilnnrtl K. Ileldleman, of Ilur
rislnirg. Secretary of Internal Affairs
State Representative James 1.
Woodward, of McKccsport.
Tin; von; in thi: city
Oovernor
William C. Snroul, lc
laigene ('. lliinntu-ell, 1. . . .18,039
Lieutenant Oovernor
IMwnrri II. Ilrlillrnmn, It l.lH.HOI
.1. V "Klilngtoii I.oKue, II Sl,n33
Secretary of Interim! AlTnlrn
.lumen 1". Woodward, It -11(2,301
Aslier It. Johnson. II IS. 1-7
.Supreme Court Juitlie
Tno to lie rlrctrd)
Mexniider Slniion, Jr fit, 04.
John W. Kephttrt . . "4,122
Cllnrlen II. l.ennban 14,08!)
I.dwnrd 4. For B.7SO
llenrj llmld ... . . 3,; 15
Superior Court Judge
VMIIInm I). I'orler lS'J.SS-i
S. It. Ilimelton . . 13.SJ3
AMKNIIVIliN r NO. I
Ve 117.411
" ... 14,877
VMIIMIMKNT NO. :
1' f8,81n
No 37,08!)
Governor-elect Sptoul's majoiity
throughout the State probably will
reach 250,000, nccoidlng to W. Harry
Raker, secretury of tho Republican
Stato committee), this afternoon. Rp
poits fiom virtually qvery county in
dlcato Increases in flvi'-fterraTjllean
vote shown In eniller 1 etui lis, he said,
Tho entire Republican State ticket,
together with an overwhelming ma
jority of Republican congressional.
senatorial and legislative candidates, '
was carried along to victory on thb- Re
publican landslide.
Pluralities for the successful can
didates mounted higher as returns
continued to come In early today.
Senator Sproul will have a plurality
far in excess of 200,000 It the Interior
counties continue to show tho same
pluralities as those already tabulated.
Figures leceived from nppioximntely
4000 election districts out of the 7051
In the State gave him a plurality of
more than 170,000. Of this plurality
Philadelphia contributed 9237. and
Allegheny County, with only half of
the districts heard from, gavo him
11,120.
Seven Counties for Honnhvell
Rerks, Columbia, Greene, Lehigh,
Northampton, Pike nnd York, ull nor
mal Democratic counties, gavo plurali
ties for Hugenc C. llonnlwell, of
Philadelphia. Senator Sproul's Demo
ocrutlc opponent, according to figures
so far received.
Stato Senator LMward K. Retdleman.
of Harrlsburg. was elected Lieutenant
Governor, nnd Jnmes F. Woodwnrd,
Allegheny County. Secretary of Inter
nal Affairs. Figures for theso two of
flees havo not yet been computed, hut
It is believed they won by pluralities
only a little less than that given the
hend of tho ticket.
Justice Alexander Simpson, Jr., of
the Supreme Court, nnd Judge John
W. Kephart, of the Superior Court,
nre leading for tho two seats on tho
Supreme isencn nv large pluralities,
with less than half of the State heard
from. Justlco Simpson Is leading
Judge Kephnrt by more than 30,000.
Justice Kdvvard J Fox. candidate for
re-election on the Supreme Rench, is
nearly 45,000 votes behind Kephnrt.
Charles R. Lenahan, the Wilkes
Rarre attorney, who had the support
of the Bonnlwell forces, appears to
have run third In the race for Supreme
Coin t. although he still refuses to con. ,m"T. SlieS '"V, ,,, for the con
cede defeat, and Justice Edward J. nuor'ty, hv'e"wal TlU hi TllkelJ -to lay
Fox. of Easton. who was a candidate duct of the war, ' I1I " ' ?
. ... Limeair- nnrnrAr.ti.. ..i..i,.i him oncn to severe criticism ouring 1110
to succeed himself, apparently finished
below Lenahan
Porter Wins Over Iluselton
Superior Court Judge William D.
Porter, of Pittsburgh, has been re-
Continued on I'one Fifteen, Column Three
G. 0. P. SWEEPS N, HAMPSHIRE
Knee for Short-Term Senate Seat
Close
t'oneord. N II., Nov. 6. Returns from
nearly 230 towns out of 294 In Now
Hampshire Indlcnte the election of
George II. Moses, Republican, for the
short term Senate sent. Ills volo was
"8 104 against John II. Jameson, who
polled 27,752 votes
John II. Rartlett, Republican, vvns
elected Governor over N, Ii Martin,
Democrat.
Governor Henry Keyes, Republican,
was elected to the Senute for the long
term. Of 294 towns, i(Jl towns' gave
him 34.331 against Eugene Reed, who
lulled 30.09C,
SENATOR BORAH RE-ELECTED
Senator Nugent Behind in Idaho
Senatorial Race
IloUe, Idulio, Nov, 6. The entire Re.
nubllcuu Congressional nnd State ticket
was elected. Senator Rorah was re.
elected also. The only doubtful contest
Is between Senator John F. Nugent.
Democrat, nnd Frank R. Gooding, for
the United States Senate.
Gooding Is 600 vo'es ahead with more
than 20.00Q votes counted.
r.
"Mess Your Heart. Gene;'
Sprout Tells Bonniwcll
Judge llonnlwell called Governor-elect
Sprout on the telephone
this inurnlm; und congratulated
hint on lils victor.
"Illo'ss your old hetiit, Gene,"
said the next Gov ei nor. "I know
vour voice.
."I wunt to bay that the people of
Pcnnslvnnla have elected n leal
man for Governor," said Judge
llonnlwell, tho defeated nominee.
"Well, old fellow, that's u mighty
nice thing to suv,' 'aitsweied Mr.
Spitiul
"I tell ou one thing." the sue
cessful nominee continued, "there's
no fun In making a campaign
ligalnst n fellow like oii I
couldn't put nnv ginger into It Tin
only thing I could sn nUoiit vuu
was that you weie a might good
chap."
NATION RESTORES
CONGRESS POWER
People Vote for Return to
Constitutional Methods
of Government
VAK AIDS NO PARTY
Election Proves Wilson Hn
Failed to Create a Win
ninp: Dc
emocracy
II) CLINTON W. UILIir.KT
Staff (jirrnpoiwlriif Vx-rntno rubllo l.rdutr
opurluht wit, lu public Uduer t u.
Washington, Nov. 0.
The Republican victory In tho House
and apparently in the Senate, too,
means that President Wilson has full
ed to create a strong Demociatlc
party; indeed, his lecent appeal for
the support of tho Democraitc
candidates as an evidence of personal
support of hlmelf indicated that had
tho President built up his part Into
a war patty, he might havo remained
in tho background and let the Demo
crats face tha issue nt the noils. Hut
tho war has not changed the couutiy's
habit of thought.
Tho majority of the people nre Re-
miblican.H. u thev cermlnK- wi in
1012, and as they probably were. In
splto of the President's accidental suc
cess, In 1918. he Civil War nnulogy
dops not hold. Tho conduct of u suc
cessful war will not. In this case, in
sure success for the party managing
It for cara after its conclusion, and,
moreover. Mr. Wilson's personal
Btrength with the votets Is personal
strength pure, nnd simple. It cannot
bo delivered by him to his party unless
he heads his party's ticket, and oven
then only In u degree.
Fulls ns Party Ilulhler
If it Is Mr. Wilson's nmbltion to
creaje a winning Democratic party, he
has himself partly to blame for his
failure to do so. His autocratic tem
per and his solitary disposition are not
the qualifications of a party organizer
When n man reduces Congress to in
significance, It is dltllcult foh!m to
go to tho nation nnd ask thut that In -
significance be Democratic. When u
man inns to coiisun. wuu m-. o n Mouse Sector. Nov. C.
party lenders In tlu Senate and re- , ' ...
duces them to the necessity of writing , German resistance against Amerl
letters to him to learn party doctrine, can pressuie west of tho Meuso stiff
it Is clifllcult for him to make the pub-1 one(j considerably today. The Gei.
lie n-neve liiui mil ia e1"""'"' "" "
personal, not a party, Government.
Attack on Republicans Falls
It has, moreover, been impossible
for the Administration to ralso the
lssuo of failure to support the war
agatnst the Republicans.
Their record was at least as good
In this respect as wus the record of
those in whose behalf the President
appealed, ...
Indeed, the Democratic leaders have
frankly conceded for some time that
th. nrnmlnence of Champ Clork,
Kitchen and Dent In the House of Rep-
lescntntlve.s and tneir anti-war con
duct was a source of great weakness
to them. , ...
They expected to lose tho House,
because of what these men had done,
so, by the vote of yesterday, tho Issue
that this Is a Democratic war has been
once and forever disposed of.
No rroflt To 1'urtlr
Neither party Is going to profit from
the war as such.
Mr. Wilson may personally profit from
It In a political sense, but that remains
to be Been
The real test of Mr Wilson will come
In tho next two years when penco Is
restored and when freo jmbllo discus
sibn onco more prevails.
tiu niitoeratle temper, which has been
Intensified by his year or two of supreme
him open to seve
Continued on IMte llfteen. Column To
SMITH LEADING
BY 32,113 VOTES
IN N.Y. CONTEST
136. Upstate Districts Still to Be
Heard From yin Guber
natorial right
New aork. Nov. 0 Returns from
6704 districts out of 7230 In the State,
including New York city, give for Gov
ernor: Whitman, Republican, 1138.714 ;
Smith. Democrat, 970.827.
This puts Smith In tho lead by 32,113.
with 436 districts still to be heard from.
The next Assembly will be Republican
although by reduced majorities. Only
ono woman was successful In her race
for otlice.
In the First Afsembly District, Suffolk-County,
Mrs. Ida II, Sammls. Re
publican, defeated herDeinocratlc op.
ponent, Walter L. Stllwell.
jrhe next congressional delegation
from New York will be made up of
twenty-three Democrats and nineteen
Republicans. The one Socialist In the
present delegation, Meyer London, was
defeated by Henry M. Ooldfogle, Repub
lican, running with Democratlo support.
Whn you think of wrttlnf,
"fink of wumha,-uv.
ALLIES CLOSE
ON HEELS OF
RETIRING FOE
British Plunge Forward to
Wilhin Four Miles of
Maubeuge Fortress
iYAMvEES AND FRENCH
PUSH NEARER SEDAN
Americans Smash uotlier
Mouse Defense System En
emy Fire Increases
M'KMNS IS MENACED i
(Shattered German Forces Re
treating on Wide Front
Hammered by Focb
Wv the Annotated TrcM
Paris, Nov. il.
Mi.uteicil enemy forces nre In full
retreat on the enllie front from Va
lenciennes to tho Mouse. They me
being pressed hotly by the Allies and
are retiring rapidly.
As tho letrent of the Germane
nlong tin. whole of the Fiench front
s j contiiuus the Fiench nre In coutnet j
, with the enemy rearguards', the War
oi'lee announces.
Ninth of Marie the French have
pii-pl be ond Vohurles, live miles
Jsouthwist of the Important railway
Junction of Vcrvlns. Italian troops
have occupied Lo Tuel, four miles
southeast of Montcornet.
Tho lalhoad through Moils-Vervins
nnd I a Catelle. which the Fiench
tin eaten, Is the main aitery tif the
central part of tho German front In
France They uie separated from it
only by the Nouvln Torest.
The French have crossed the Aisne
cm both sides of Rethel, capturing
Rarby, west of Rethel.
North of tho Argonne the French
I also huve moved forward, reaching
tle outskirts of Lnmetz nnd Lacns-
. .. , , , , , ,, .
"hie. (Latasslno is eight miles fiom
Sedan und eleven miles from Mezlcres.)
In tlit ir advance yesterday the
Fiench captured 4u00 piisoncrs and
sixty guns. They occupied Guise,
Marie. Hcrpy, Condes-les-Hei py. Cha
teau Poicien and numerous other
towns. In the Argonne they crusted
the Anticlines canal and tho Aisne
near Montgon und Lachesnes.
As the result of tho latest battle
In which the Allies have soundly beat-
en 140 German divisions, hundreds of
villages havo been fiecd nnd thou -
iK-SE-JS'TSi
neioi e, now may op sam xo ue tiesper- '
ate.
I ... , oc;fl,,; i
, " ",e '"""area ' ress
, Willi the American Army lu the '
Lm.in .-irn uslnir lirtlllpiv. mis and inn.
chine guns. The village of Reaumont I
w hero there nre more than 400 French
civilians, la the particular target of
tho Germans. All last night they del
uged Reaumont with poison gas,
Another formidable enemy defense
line, on which the Germans planned
to make a stnnd, vvns smashed by the
Americans late Tuesday when they
captured the town of Letanne, in the
bend of tho Meuse south of Mouzon.
From Letanne the lino extends along
the Meuso through Poullly und Inor
and eastward.
This lino was part of the new de
fenses along the Meuse from Stenay
northward to Sedan. An elaborate
trench system recentl had been
completed, along with numerous vvlro
entanglements, concrete dugouts and
miles of concrete emplacements for
heavy machine guns. In some places
tho emplacements wpre only fifteen
yards upart,
In their retreat east of the Meuse
the Germans, according to reports
reaching American headquarters, are
destroying property and cutting down
trees along the roadways. American
aviators reported today that the high
way from Stenay northward to Ollzy-sur-Chlers
hi blocked every few yards
by trees across tho road. Thu destruc
tion begins Just beyond Stenay nnd ex.
tends northeast nnd north from one to
three miles. ...
"As an Indication of the plight of the
retreating Geunnns It is known that
on tho entire western front the enemy
has in reserve only one division which
has been out of the battle one month,
and four divisions which have been
from two to four weeks. Two
of tho divisions nre east of tho Meuso.
The Germans, It is believed, huve
used alL their reserves on the front
Continued on I'ute I'lre, Column Ono
WEEKS DEFEATEDBY WALSH
Massachusetts Democrat Elected
Senator hy Morb Than 18,000
lloatnn. M.. Nov. C, Complete
State returns give David I. Walsh, Dem
ocrat, for Senator, a plurality of 18,008
over Weeks. Walsh's total vote was
206.710, while Weeks polled 187,802.
The vote In 1906 was Lodge 267, 17i ;
Fitzgerald 234,2.18,
Calvin Coolldsro. Republican, was
elected Governor by a safe plurality, his
margin being estimated ut from 6000 to
lOOtin In 1017 the vote for McCall,
Republican, was 220,145 and for Mans
field, Dimocrat. 135,666.
Tho Republ'cans elected their candi
dates for Lieutenant Governor. Secre.
tary of Stale, Trcnsurer, Auditor nnd
Attorney General. The heavy vote also
gavo tho Republicans an overwhehnlne
majority In the State Legislature,
America iacnbtf ftcafltefurmg
JStote to ftumaman obmtmcnt
Washington, Nov. f, -illy I N S.).
I Secrctnr.v of St Up Ijinslng sent the
I following nu"age to the thai ge d'af
I fnlrcs ad Interim of Rumania
! ...
f The Government of the 1'nlted
i Suites has constantly hnd In mind
I the future welfnro und Integilty of
Rumania as u free and Independent
I county nnd prior tu the elstenco
of u state of wnr between the United
I States and Austii.vllungai y a mes
sage of 8mpathy nnd appreciation
1 was tent by the 1'iesldent to the
King of Rumania,
i Conditions have changed since
thut tlmo nnd the President acund-
lugl deslies me tu Inform you that
the Government of tho United States
is not unmindful of the usplrn
I tlons of the Rumania people without
1 as well n vvlthl lithe boundaries of
ITALIAN ARMY PUTTING ARMISTICE IN FORCE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 0. Bcfoie the Austrian armistice was
lguetl Italian troops had opcuplcd Sludcrnio, in Vnl Vcnostn, the
Mentlola pttss,, the Nariovvs of Salonio In the Adige Vnllcy,
Lcvico iii',"Val 5Sugana, Flcin ttl Frimdero in Vnl Vlsmon,
l'uiitebbn, Flezzo, Tolmiilo, Goiizia, Cervignnno, AtjuiJcTa and
Girulo, saya;a. dispatch to the Italian embassy fiom Geneial Din:..
The dispatch ndds the movements ngieed upon In the ni'mUUcc
nic now taking-place.
WILSON'S DAUGHTER WILL SING AT VERDUN
PARIS, Nov. 0. Miss Margaiet Wilson, daughter of the
President, who is in France, will leave for Verdun within a few
days to &ing for the. American soldiers.
RHODE ISLAND RETURNS COLT TO SENATE
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Nov. 0. Revised figmes from Rhode
Island t,hovv that Senator Lcbaron B. Colt, Republican, 'vvns
elected over his Democratic opponent, Congressman George F.
O'Shnunessy by more than 4200 plurality. All three Congress
inn will bo cpublicnn.
ELKINS LEADING FOR U- S- SENATE
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 0. Returns from 1135 out of 1003
picclncts in West Virginia ts.. noon today gave David Elklns,
Rcpuoilcan, 78,724, against 07,383 for Clarence W. Watson,
Democrat, In tho United States senatorial race to succeed Sena,
tor Nathan Goff.
i
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i -
! ORDER PORT USED
TO SHIP TO SOUTH
Federal Directors of Coa&t-
wise Lines Make Rule In-
creasing Trailic Here
3000 TONS EVERY WEEK
An embargo cm the shipment by laud
and water of freight from Philadelphia!
to New York, for transportation from
that c't to p.ir.s south und southeast
of Philadelphia, has 1,cen Placed by
Federal manage" of cosstwlse steam-'
ship lines.
This embargo lias forced Hie sailing of Joed at the big majority be plied up Proclamation, the German Govern
ing . .. . ,.un. i., ' ment has released al Reldmi ,.iui,
four steamships from tne port oi n ,
delphla vlthln the last three wcc.ts. Hie
ruling will bold for an Indefinite period
..i ..in uithout doubt, greatly in -
W".1"Jllln'i,rB d,d T nafeG. !' way
it sailings here and pave inu vu
,o rapid development of this port.
crease
m Vw
In view or tne coiisimi" i ...... aim gave a glimpse of the factor
."ingMdv",..: hav"' 'SSrKind.mne,. of busy Chester. In the dls
shipments from louthern ports delivered , tnnco across the valley, he told of some
at Philadelphia for transportation to 0f tho plans that he has for thsee net!
New England ami the West four yenl.Si
--- ... .... r r.i-.T
A Morgan, traiuc guiiu.pan.nci
j. 4 ........-"- , ,nll,tnn
fit ''Sli Vn ..hZrelphla' , Hs..t
the illiectors OI puuuc: uiioi
thn conservation of nillengc. equipment,
Wbor and Mil. this afternoon made tho
following statement
-" ...... il.. ..... n o,nt rinn in
'In the past i iumic'- ......-
wKhstindlng the fact that direct
n fnr ihc Southwest.
sailing for tne bouu
l"rJli' inreiio,
... .
T'i Federal managers or the coasi-
if . ... ., M .....It... In a Conner-
1,,ll;e, .r.; .move to New York and hen
fielght to move to .-.ew lorn
via water to tne guig .u...
continued on rn.e To. Column Peten
l"r "
,,,. nun urn TA nPATU
WOMAN BURNtU ID UtAlH
- L..,., .
(-,,,,. f 70 Found Dead ill
isilllistci ol ill iounil uctui in
Her AliartlllCllts
MUs Uivlnla C Harmstc.-.d. 141 1
North Nineteenth street, was burned to
death today Her clothes caught fire
from an overheated oil stove. She was
reventy yenrs old. and lived alone In
two rooms on the third floor.
Patrolmen Fltzpatrlck and Smith, of
the Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets pollc
station, found her dead on the fioot.
They entered her rooms when they saw
smoko pouring from a window. Nothing
in the houso wan burned, not even tha
carpet In tho back room, where she fell
after running from tbe front room,
where the fire stnrted.
Her only Known relative in ine city
Is a niece. Miss Helen Urunlus,
4507
Spruce street.
..iiin. .ire made from Philadelphia to the papers this morning, and said, 'V
11 . iniu in the southwest, have shipped I are Governor, Pop, now, aren't our "
F SeTam.' rl '
11 water it q competitive boats Governor Sproul's victory was marred
ra i cut-nil n-
" ...!. n-.. nrtlnn- in a cooper- , this n little came the We come news Hint "i, kiuiuk ineniy-iune.
..fC,fnZer v h the Federal director his son. Jack, lieutenant In the army tKy commander was shot dead,
ntlve manner w mi i ,,.,i ,i vternn c.f thrp ranlui... v,r..i Holdlers In the garrison at
of all rail line. na"' ' . ni, I flr.rivf,ri . v.nr, v-i. ',,' mutlned and uhouted "Down
embargo on I niinu i ,,......,. ...ln nnii ,..,.. ,, trl . ,,, Kaiser." The police
the kingdom It has witnessed their
struggles and sufferings nnd sacri
fices In the cause of freedom from
their enemies nnd tluir oppressors
With tho spirit of national unit
nnd the nsplrntlons of the Ruman
ians ever welicre the Government
of tho United States deeply sym
pathizes nnd will not neglect nt the
proper time to exert Its Influenie
that the Just political nnd terrltmial
lights of the Rumanian people liny
be obtained nnd made sertilo from
all foreign aggression.
Accept, sir, tho renewed ussui
uiiccs of my high consideration.
(Signed) RUI1URT LANSING.
Tho American Legation ut .lussy
was instructed by cable to convey tho
foregoing message to the Rumanian
Government.
I SPROUL DESIRES
TO BE PRACTICAL
Su).. Pennsylvania Should
Lead in After-War
Reconstruction
, MODEST AFTER IGTOKV;
'
" .Wither elated nor Inflated '
That's tho pithy vra Goveiiioi-ilret
f proul expressed bis feelings today alout
his vlctorj.
He is more loncerned over giving
Pennsylvania an honest, far-lghtcd.
progressive administration, thin over-
( u.ruugnom me ninte.
sitting in the big, hlgh-ceillngcd en-
trnnce ha of h, hcnutfUl ,.-.. .
,. ,. . . i
I "lidea Manor, at a window that looked
out upon the wooded hills of his estate
' . .. ...
i in o lie lal fed Ills utile trr.indrlniii-rt-
, tor Jean. ho calls bin, "n,g Pop." Mood
I..- Mlu Unn. uml In. .1. a !... lm nn.....
. " ".....- .i,i. ,tc uusu
every now nnd then in his talk to an-
swer her questions.
' "I'm her nl- oPop. now," said the
.. .....-., .... .... .,.......,.... ,,,.- ni .
W-urls. "She showed me my picture In
ou
" neavy personal sorrow that fell
l-nlden Mi.nn -
T. . . . ' - -
on),. ,nort t nle ,,le , atl o r
tain Klanr, Ills son-ln-law
. thla n llltlo cunli Ihi. w'nli-nr
To offset
which he suffered some months ago.
, .nvinir hnnd rMrh.H ,
w n t yB o troublCi ga,u tho armistice terms nre rejected. South
Governor "That's a mighty fine boy I Germany Is in a panic, and there are
have-he'a a taller man than I Hm'j'rumors that an Invasion Is imminent
nnd ll0 Proudly showed a snnp-shot to j through Austria,
prove It n picture of Lieutenant Sproul '
ruuiuiRK ntui .im tHMcnior and H1H
wlfc' Tno ncw ''''"tlve Is a big man ,
,lhBlcally as well us politically and. In
i a business way, one of the biggest, most '
up-Kiiinuint; ineit ever elected lo tile gu-
Dernnlorini cnair in Pennsylvania. HI
vrnrs sit lightly on him. He Is trnirhi
keen, clear-eyed, a man whose faco ami 1
mnnner ami conversation go far toward
explaining the wenlth and prestige that
he has won,
Iln. Some Pronounced I,eH,
"I'm not ready to give out n detailed
statement of what I plan to do ns Gov-
UW lllimit", W
"i nave eomo pronounceci tueas on
things, however. And perhaps I may
say that I have had more experience In
Csntlnood on rate Tiro, Ccliuno Six
BERLIN TRUCE
DELEGATES ON
WAY TO F0CH
ion llint.e One of Four
-Named by tbe German
Government
MAX URGES PEOPLE
TO BEAR HARDSHIPS
-Manifesto Declares Old Em
pire Is Being Transformed
Into a Popular Slate
MUST DECIDE 'IN 3 DAYS
Washington Diplomats Be
lieve That Limit Will Be
Given Commssoncrs
Bill Germany Must Pay
May Reach $7,750,000,000
fly the-United 'ren
ouwamvs hi,, ..... ,,. ..
Tins: '"""
i;or reMorlne llelB,
,rwnri"w"" no''
. K.OOD.OftO.oon
lern
l-V.- ""'"rill serl.l,
1 L rn',"".""""l"n f,,r
lirltah, n"'U ,'"'r "'"
iiM.eeo ooo
."O.I.OflO.OOO
.o.ono.coo
1.030.000.000
Totnl
t.7.VO.OO0,OO3
Uy the Associated Press
Amsterdam. Nuv. c.-a German
nimlstlco delegation left Uerlln this
afternoon for the western front.
ine membem of the delegation com
prise General V. G. W. von Gruenell,
Germany's military delegate to the
llnguo peace conference; General II
K. von Wlnterfeld, Admiral Meures
nnd Admiral Paul von Hlntie. forTr....
secretary of foreign affairs.
appeal to Pepp lo ,eJr UardsM
The Dirlln Government has issued a
manifesto signed by the Imperial
( hnncellor. Prlnco Max, the Vice
Clmncellar, Frederick von Payer and
the Secietaries of Stnte appealing to
the people to hear their hardships and
assuring them that resolute .rt i.
j being done for the transformation of
, Germany Jnto a popular State, which
I will be behlnd'no State In the world In
liberty nnd social progress.
,,,3!"' (J,0V?r""ieiit and chiefs of the
urny und navy desire an early peace "
continues the manifesto. "Until that
s uttalned we must protect our fron
tiers from Invasion.
I nnn'V1!' "mo f Germany The
i State arid Empire ars our common fu
turc. our confidence, which Is Indis
pensable to us In the hour of danger,
is really but tho confidence of the Uer
I man people In Itself, in ItH future a
futuiu of safety for Germany. That
n in vve have before our ees. We must
already begin to work for happier
times to which the German nation iocs
a right.
Relslnn Prisoners Released
., ,'T1,e "f"' Gvernmcnt is engaged In
this work. Important work has al
leady been done. Equal suffrage In
jrussia is already assured. The nevr
liiE-jtX
"The Imperial cimnnniini. n.i 1.1.
colleagues require for continuance In
oftico the confidence of the Reichstag
and of the nation. The fundamental
rights hav e been transferred from the
person of the Kaiser to the icpresen
tatlves of the nation. Declaration of
war and conclusion of peace require
tho sanction of the Reichstag."
In accordance with its nmnuiv
, rlsmiers held lu Germiiay accord"
' Ing to a telegram received hero from
' Uerlln.
,eclal ,ruI "" ?, Belgian
prisoners have been lied ure said to
have been abolished
Kaiser's Abdication Imminent
Rmperor William's abdication has
become Imminent, according to Infor
mation received from Uerlln by the
Munich Post. The newspaper says
emu serious uigerences navo arisen
j""..1". "er"n GV
--'-"-- . - ...
"The Hohenzollerns and the milltarv
party would be making a mistake to
play with tire, for the people are by no
means Inclined to remuln passive.1'
Severe rioting occurred at Kiel Sun
day after n meeting of sailors and
laborers which was addressed by an
independent Socialist Bpeaker. Mutin
ous sailors disarmed a military patrol
und made their way to the military
ni-lcnn ntltli ttiu Intnntlnn rf HKnAil.
I '" """"-"";
imen confined there for lusubordlno.
l.i mi,- .ni.Au.. ..-...,.. l-
nun. jiic ii.muii suiu, wno vver
Peiieu wun stones, urea upon me mu-
xue nun-
Berlin
with the
fraternized with
1 tl' mutineers. It Is understood that
Uavarla will act separately If the
GERMANY MUST DECIDE
OA' TRUCE OR WAR,
WITHIN FIVE DAYS
WiLslihictnn. Nov. 6. Germany
mUEt accept or reject the armistice i
terms of the associated Powers wlth-
in nve cays -- '" 'mJ.. n
' 'nc t0 diplomatic belief ltewtoy.0
I U. was, nddfd,, .V ,''! 1t"rnlnft,
''".." ,l.. k. I...... n.r.Mnii llUI-hl
nonce inuv c ,unv, wv..w. i.u,!..
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