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WJWWpSS"! -r- Iie&jer NIGHT EXTRA igimtmn NIGHT EXTRA PRICE OWE CENT PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914. VOL. I NO. 32 CoptsionT, 1014. t inr. Pfjiuto Lewm coiiriHt. GERMAN CHARGES ALONG RIVER YSER AGAIN REPULSED Belgian, Troops Throw Back Kaiser's Forces Near Ypres Invaders Advance From Lille in Futile Effort to Pierce Allies' Lines Blocking Road to Dunkirk. Capture of Several Outer Forts at Verdun Is Announced by Berlin Paris States French Advance Along the Meuse Has Not Been Checked. ' French troops continue to push forward on the Meuse, in the peninsula of Camp ties Romaincs. ' The Belgian army has repulsed German assaults along the Yser River and its lines are, intact. Germans are advancing from Lille in the direction of Arnicnticrs, Fournes and La Basscc. German warships on Sunday sank the British submarine E-3 and the entire crew was lost, according to a Berlin official announcement. A German torpedoboat destroyer has been sunk by the Japanese in Kiao-Chau Bay. Reports of the recapture-of Ostcnd by a land force, aided by the British fleet, are unconfirmed. The British Press Bureau says it is without informa tion on the subject. Capture of some of the outer forts guarding Verdun is reported officially from Berlin. The statement adds that preparations arc being made for assaults on the main fortifications. Several other forts on the, Verdun-Toul line arc reported in danger. The French War Office, however, announces gains along the Meuse and an advance near St. Mihicl. c Desperate fighting has continued along the Poland-East Prussia frontier where the Germans have concentrated on a line fromN Biala to Thorn and offered desperate resistance to the Russian advance, which appears to have been halted by the enemy entrenched in previously prepared defensive positions in the lakes and woods of the .region. German aggression has been confined to a demonstration at Mlawa, across the frontier from Graudenz, a heavily fortified East Prussian position. The German forward movement against Warsaw apparently has been blocked, though the great army invading Poland has not ceased its endeavors to cross the Vistula. The Petrograd War Office claims that the Austro Germans have lost very heavily all along the battlcfront with a consequent retreat from the Warsaw-Ivangorod front. The principal German activity has been at Ivangorod, where the Russians have succeeded in destroying the enemy's' bridging material. In Galicia the Germans have moved almost to the Polish border, though the main force opposing the Russians is composed of the rejuvenated Austrian armies. Petrograd reports vanguard actions against these south and cast of Przemysl and repulse of a determined effort to cross the San. Przemysl still holds out, according to Berlin and Vienna, and the Czar has lost 40,000 men in the storming and investing of -the fortress. Berlin denies Russian advantages in the East Prussian frontier and stamps as false reports of the recapture of Lyck. Servians completely quelled the Austrian bombardment of positions along the Save and Danube and prevented a further attack on Semlin, which is still occupied by Serb forces. Japanese forces occupied stations in the Marshall, East and West Caro line and Ladrone groups to protect commerce of the Allies, and for "strate gic" purposes, according to g Tokio announcement. The British cruiser Triumph was disabled in the bombardment of Tsing-Tao. Italy and Austria are at serious odds, London reports, because the latter suspects Italians of burning thedreadnought atMontfalcone. War between the two nations is expected. SILENCED COUNTRY VILLAGE FOR WEAK MINDED WOMEN IS URGED Board of Charities Hears Dr. Mary M. Wolfe Describe Plan, for Which State Has Appropriated $40,000. B. & 0. EARNINGS INCREASE RAPIDLY AS EXPENSES DROP OUTER FORTS AT VERDUN FALL, BERLIN ANNOUNCES BERMN. Oct. M. Some of the outlying forts about Verdun have been captured by the Germans and they are preparing for an attack on the main fortifications of the French fortress, according to an official statement Issued early today. It states that the German operations against the Russians and tgalnst the Allies In Belgium and France continue to be successful. The statement follows: After several weeks of desperate resistance our troops have captured lome of the forts surrounding Verdun. This opens the way for an attack on the main fortifications and prepara tions for this are now being made. In the East the Austrian and the German forces are meeting with con tinued success against the Russians. The enemy has been unable to drive our troops back from the Vistula River, and south of Przemysl the Austrlans are Hanking the Russians' left wing. The situation In the West shows little change. The remnant of the Belgian army Is opposing our Antwerp army near the coast. The French and British troops, apparently worn out by their efforts to check our advance, are leaving the burden of the con flict to the Belgians, who are show Ine great bravery. The enemy In this theatre of war seems to have exhausted his reinforce, ments and to have weakened his tine by extending It In the effort to keep our troops from the coast. It Is frinkly admitted by German of fleers that the long resistance of Verdun han Interfered with the German of fenslve campaign. The fall of that fortress will release a great force that has been trying to effect its fall for many weeks. Though the fighting on the western end of the battle front In France has been most spectacular because of its proximity t Paris and the Enellsh coast, the grlm ness of the struggle that has been golnc on about Verdun has been eaustel nn. wuero. mo i reucn nave struggled to thrust the Germans back and every Inch they have gained has resulted In severe loss, but the continuous pounding at the French lines Is now said to have had its efftct. BELGIANS REPULSE FOE ALONG THE RIVER YSER PARIS, Oct. 20. The Carman forces In Belgium are making sharp attacks, but the Belgian army has succeeded In maintaining Its "ne along the River Yser, according to an official statement issued here this afternoon The Allies In Belgium are nstitlng with the Germans in the region aoout Ypres, while the Germans are making sharp attacks against the Allies' "ft wing from Lille. The offl. lal statement follows: la Belgium, despite Wolent attacks, 9 the BeUian army maintains its posi tion on the lino of the Vscr. Other engagements are taking place In the region of tne Ypres. On our left wing, the Gu.-mans con tinue their strong advanced from Lille in the Jlrectlon or Armtntlv-res Four nes and La Lassee. On the Meuse the enemy has at tempted in vain to repulse that part of our troopa which debouched on the Concluded oa I'axe Four A Pennsylvania village for feeble-minded women was advocated today by Dr. Mary 'M. Wolfe, who asked the Board of Public Charities for .1 fund for that purpose. The amount deemed necessary was not disclosed. Tho bonrd opened the first of Its three day sessions In the Bulletin Building to hear requests from institutions through out tho State for appropriations by tho next Legislature. Tho question of such a village was brought up at the last legislature nnd JIO.CX) was appropriated to buy a tract of land for such nn Institution. A board of managers was appointed by Governor Tenor, Doctor Wolfe being one of them. Meanwhile she has been asked to act as superintendent of the Institution nnd work for tho appropriation for buildings. A tract of land was purchased near Laurelton, about IS miles from' Lewis town, In I'nlon County. Its location Is declared by experts to be Ideal for the purpose. Money with which to erect mod ern buildings Is now desired. Speaking of tho proposition Doctor Wolfe said: "It Is well known that feoble-mlnded-ness Is hereditary. We want to make a plnce In Pennsylvania where we can rcgregate these women between IS nnd 15 years of ago. When we find a mentis of reducing child birth among them we will havo the key for stamping out idiocy. "We will re-iulre a lnrge sum of money to build ami equip nn institution where wcak-mlndcd women may bo segregated without being locked up like the danger ous Insane. "The cost of erecting the buildings would be greatly lessened because of the large amount of sandstone on the tract purchased. There Is enough material to erect the buildings now planned. Another economic feature is that of the water supply. Water will be furnished by two lakes In the mountains, high enough to give ri good pressure without a pumping station." Thirty-three Institutions sent represent atives to the hearing. Head of System, Testifying at Rate Advance Hearing, Says Gross Income for 1914 Was $100,000,000. CZAR OF STEEL WOULD CORNER NAIL OUTPUT VILLA IMPRISONS PEACE MEN All Delegates But One Taken Into Custody at Aguascallentes. LAREDO, Tex., Oct. 20. According to a private telegram received here today General Francisco Villa, at the head of 15.000 soldiers, entered Aguascallentes and matlfl prisoners of the delegates attend ing the national peace convention. General Antonio Vlllareal, mentioned na a leading candidate for the Presidency, wof the only delegate escaping arrest, tho telegram said. BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK BY GERMANS IN THE NORTH SEA "I'LL STICK" VARE; PENROSE DENIES, BUT WON'T BRING SUIT Senator Accused of De bauching Mayor Reyburn by North American Issues a Statement in Reply. Downtown Leader Talks of Loyalty to "Republicanism," But Politicians See Glitter of Knife for Candidate's Back. E-3 Destroyed by Warship Sunday, According to Offi cial Berlin Report All of Crew Lost. BERLIN. Oct. 3). Official announcement was made today by the German Admiralty that the new British submarine E-3 was sunk on Oc tober IS by German warships In tho North Sea. This announcement helped relieve the gloom felt throughout Ger many as tho result of the fate suffered by the German torpedoboats S-115, S-117. S-US and S-119. The submarine E-3 was built In 1913 and carried a complement of 16 men. She was 17fi feet long, 22 feet In the beam and had a Bpecd of 15 knots. She was armed with four torpedo tubes. Deep grief is felt over the loss of the German crews, but tho vessels were old nnd of little value. PEKIN, Oct. 20.-A dispatch from Tlng-Tao states that the Japanese cruiser Tnknchlho. which went to the bottom on October 17, was sunk by the German torpedoboat S-90 and not by a mine as first reported.' FAILS TO GET DAMAGES IN SUIT AGAINST ZOO No Vi.oln.tIon of Duty in Case of Child Bitten. Under instructions from Judge Henry, a Jury in Court of Common Pleas No. S today, rendered a verdict In favor of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia In the suit for damages brought on behalf of Evelyn Mario Jones, 5 years old. who, while visiting the Zoo on June 1, 1912, had her left hand and arm bitten by the equus onager, or wild ass. At the time of the. accident the child was accompanied by her grandfather. Otto U Sechter. who testified that as they were walking alone the Iron bar en closure, where the bensts are conunerl, one of the animals stuck its head part way out and caught the little slrl's hand and wrist. The grandfather said the animals snorted and appeared In a vicious temper. Sechter struck at the animal's nose with his fist, beating It back between the bars. Little Evelyn's hand was badly lacerated and her arm strained, which Injuries required medical treatment for some time. John P. Connelly, resisted the claim for damages on behalf of tho society, by contending that the accident was not due to any negligence on behalf of the defendant, nor had It been shown by the testimony that the animal was vicious Judge Henry ruled that the plaintiff fallel to establish a claim by showing any violation of duty on the part of th society WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -Daniel Wll Inrd, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, resumed the stand In tho 5 per cent, rate advance case today to Sive the Interstate Commerce Commis sion his opinion that the present reve nues of the rnllrouds are not adequate to permit them to keep up their present equipment and allow for necessary Im provements. "If wo give you the 5 per cent, ad vance," said Commissioner McChord, "will It permit you to do all that?" ' No, sir," replied Mr. Wlllard, "but It would help considerably." Commissioner McChord said that the commission had received petitions and letters from nil parts of the country, asking that the roads be given the advance. "ir we give you the advance," said McChord, "will that result In good to tho country as well as good to the roads?" "I am not arguing here for the country." replied Mr. Wlllard. Mr. Wlllard Introduced testimony to show that the net operating Income of his company was lower than In any year since 100?, excepting the panic year, 1903. It was lower by over U.OOO.MW than for 1913. In 1902 the Baltimore and Ohio realized total operating revenue of $'2 351.670. Its net operating income was $21,373,311. In the 12 years. 1W2 to 19H, this system added approximately $HtJ,000.O to its prop erty Investment, and In 19H its gross earn Ings were slightly over J101.000.W0, or about $3S,COO,000 more than In 1902. DECREASE IN OPERATING COST. Nevertheless, In spite of this Increase In property Investment of over 37 per cent, and the Increase In gross business of 35 per cent . the system's net operat ing Income In 1911 was almost exactly H.Wtt.ono less than In 1902, before thi added Investment of IHij.OOO.Ou). On Its total capital obligations the Bal timore and Ohio earned 1.12 per cent, in 1911, while on Its property investment It eurned but 3.SI per cent. Both ratios were the lowest of any year In the past 15. Charles A Conant. of New York, author of many works on finance, fol lowed Mr. Wlllard. He dealt mainly with the effect of the European war on the railroads of America, and said that the war. If it lasts one year. youl.I cost ap proximately tlS.OOO.WW.Oflo. This expendl ture, he said, would raise rates of n- Concluded on I'uee Two. Andrew Carnegie Writes of ' What He Desired as Su- i RECEIVER NAMED preme try. Power of Indus- what ho the steel laird of A v. I o cr Andrew Carnegie's story of would do If he were czar of Industry as narrated by the Sklbo H years ago In a letter to his partners provided the most Interesting featuro today of tho continuance of tho Government's suit to dissolve the "steel trust" in the United States Circuit Court. "Briefly, If I were czar," wrote Car negie, "I would make no dividends upon common stock; save oil surplus and spend It for a hoop nnd cotton tie mill, for wire and nail trills, for the tubs mills, for lines of boats upon the laks for our manufactured articles, and to bring back scrap." - The sensational charge also was made today by Special Assistant to the Attor ney General John M. Dickinson, that the capitalization of tho Steel Corporation Is not less than JMW.0t0.CO in excess of the vaiue or properties taken up In tho form ation of the so-calli-d trust. Several other letters written a dozen or more years ago by Carnegie to his part ners In the Carnegie Steel Compnnv wero contained In tho Government's brief filed today. The Czar letter was written July?; 11. 1'JOO. In this and In other letters Car negie makes It plain that he did not favor pools and combinations with the other large steel companies. Another section of the Czar letter reads: "Concerning my wire upon the situa tion, let me say that all Is coring out just as expected. There Is nothing stir prising; a struggle is Inevitable, and it i a. itursuun oi me surwvai of the fittest. For many years we have seen that the manufacturer must sell finished articles. One who attempts to stop half way will be crowded out." Sl'lT BASED ON LETTERS It Is mainly upon the contents of this letter that the Government Is basing Its demand for tho dissolution of tho Steel Trust. In another letter Carnegie wrote: "I do not favor disturbing th structu ral steel pool as long as wo get present percentages nor the rail pool if we could obtain present percentages, but I do think in the latter case It is Impossible l MU HIIC FOR BERG & BERG WHEN CREDIT FAILS Simon Abrahams Is Ap pointed by Court to Take Over Stores on Market and North Front Streets. A fear of business depression and in ability to obtain credit and loans to the extent desired caused another receiver ship for n local firm In Common Pleas Court No. 2 today, when Judge Barratt appointed Simon Abrahams receiver for Berg it Berg, a corporation which con ducts business at 020-2.S Market street and MO North Front street. Tho receiver's bond was fixed at $100. 001, nnd under tho appointment tho de fendant's business will be continued as a going concern. The action of tho court fcllowcd the filing of a petition by two stockholders In the concern and an an swer by tho firm that It agreed to the establishment of tho receivership. Tho two stockholders are Adolph Greenspan, holrtor of $1300 worth of stock la tho corporation, and Ahraham Stein field, who holds $;000 worth of shares. The president of the corporation is Ben jamin Berg, and tho secretary, Philip Berg. It was stated that the corporation has ampla assets to discharge all liabilities, but that the necessary teady cash to meet pressing tln.ms and forestall suits Is not available owing to the refusal of banks No action to refute the startling: charges of debauching a Philadelphia Mayor, nrought against them by tho North American, was taken today by United States Senator Boles Penrose State Senators James P. McNlchol and Edwin H. Vare or his brother, Congress man William S. Vare. E. H. VARE SAYS HE'LL "STICK " "I am a Republican nnd I will stick." This statement wns made today by State Senator Edwin H. Vare at his of fice In the Lincoln Building when he was asked If he contemplated any action agalndt tho North American or reprisal against United States Senator Penrose for tho charges made in the newspaper and tho treachery of Penrose. "Aro you going to take any action against the North American?" ho vu I asked. I "It wasn't the North American that j said It," he replied. "It was Penrose, then?" "So they say." "Well, will you tako action against Penrose?" "Of course I wouldn't; but I don't want to discuss It." "Do you believe he said the thingn tha North American said he did?" "I won't discuss that." "Will your people in South Philadelphia, believing he said It, throw htm over?" "I won't discuss that." "You are going to stick, then?" Vara was asked. "Yes, I am a Republican." "Some people are naylng this Is the tlma for you to drop Penrose and become the lender In this city yourself." "I am a Republican. I won't discuss It," said Vare. "If you don't begin a libel action people will think the charges are true." "Well, let them. I won't discuss It " In political circles the declaration of Vara that he Is a Republican and will I stick Is regarded as merely a political I move to prevent charges of "Irregular ity." the organization politician's most I deadly sin. ! SENATOR PENROSE'S STATEMENT Senator Penrose this afternoon Issued his promised statement. He failed to , say whether he would begin criminal j prosecutions. Senator Penrose's state ! ment read: I "My attention has been called to an artic. recently appearing In a yellow Journal. Just at this time I am busily engaged every day keeping appointments throughout Pennsylvania, and I hardly havw the opportunity or leisure to read the newspapers, much less the yellow Journals. I did not see the article re ferred to until this morning when It was submitted to me. "I am willing to discuss public mat ters with any one of responsibility and character. I am not willing to get Into a controversy with one whose name Is a household work for muck-raking and falsehood. He will have to bolster up his failing circulation and endeavor to re cover his lost prestige by some other method than recognition from m ir doubtless feels keenly the loss In clrcula tion which he Is sustnlnltig by reason of another newspaper trying to get into the muck-raking business which he here tofoie has pre-empted. "Mr. E. A. Van Valkenburg claims to have been In possession of Information which he failed to announce for several years, nnd his lack of good faith is bet evidenced by his giving it to the public now within a few days of election day As a matter of fact I had several con versations -with Mr. Van Valkenburg and had of course with many thousands of others during the Mayoralty campaign uf three years ago. Mr. Van Valkenburg expressed admiration for Mr. George H EarU- and Indicated a willingness to sup port him probably directly, and, certainly Indirectly "Mr. Van Valkenburg evidently has gathered together all the ridiculous stories and scandals to which he has ever lent a willing ear and concentrated them n me. His statement is a malicious, delib erate tissue of lies. Involving a dead man and meant to bolster his falllne new. paper and to divert the attention of tno nnrt nlnnrft tn cvl.nH ,-r-cwilt n.4 m,. loans in the amount desired hi- Ron nn,i fopie from the real issues of ih. ram. Berg. paign If he wants to go Into the past It was also stated that the annointment history of Pennslvama politics, w-h of a. receiver for Berg Brothers had in- I doesn't he begin at an earlier date, tak- Mill another letter contains the follow- statement of directly affected the ctedit of Beg and tjerg ai'iinugn mere is no connection bo tween the two stores. Berg & Berg was Incorporated in 1912 and has outstanding cnnltnt .in.i. f Ji'i'O.W. Its assets Include dry goods and ' uiticn.wunMi worm iiMf.UA. ;s,o further ing. for Instance, the time when he was indicted by the Grand Jury in Schuylkul Concluded on face Two. assets or anv ammmi ni liabilities was; given to tha court. Th attorneys declared, however, that the cor poratlon assets are more than ample to pay all obligations Owing to th.- loiKttttons now prevalent in the business world and financial In stitutions, it was deemed prudent to have a re.elvir take charge of the business and ihus forestall any suits or Judgments for amounts due creditors and to con serve the Resets and continue the business without interference of creditors. PAIR THE WEATHER For Philadelphia and vicinity Fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly warmer Wednesday; gentle, variabla winds, becoming southerly. For details, see last page. ing: "Vt need to manufacture hoops, cotton ties, steel wire, nails, tubes, perhaps other things later as we go on. When. cev ve do so we have the big Unsts at ojr mercy Temporary arrangements and understanding may be arrived at then but we should place little dependence upon them. Our safety lies In being pendent and running our business In our own wa " ' The hearing against the "Steel Trust" Is being heard by Judges Woolley, Buf llngton. Hunt and McPherson Bdln"; h"aS,hae moSrer;,,s0tl;n.h, ' "" Dr0Wn Ba Sinks semoiage of legal celebrities appeared there than that which Induded tho men representing the various companies and defendants who are charged with violat ing the anti-trust laws. For the Inlted Steel Corporation are John u. Johnsm. of this city; qeorga A Heed, of Plttbuigh. Richard A Unil ab.,r . of New York, and Francis l.Mid abm . of New York, and Prances Uynd, bteti n. Former Ambassador Joseph I Choa . who U also representing the tal magiu trs. Is expected t tun hre before the al arguments hava ba con cluded. Attorr.s repsentiag- the Stsel Trust John l Rockefeller, his son Andiew Carnegte. E. H Gary. Ueurge W Pr- T.i a. Oct JO-Bisbt men tre JruwaBd iB the SJusWagum jVrr Bt Bevwlj- today. Wba 3 barga loaded wtt r.wu sik bn mfelrenia. Tn other on the bs,rge wers rescu4. PANAMA CANAL OPEN Workmen Make Hecord in Bemoving Huge Destruction, COLON. Panama, net ?) Forty-eight hours before schedule time the canal workmen achieved another record toda by clt-aring away the debris occasioned Uv last week's slide and making the Pana ma waterway again navigable for ships Concluded ua I'ase Two, LIQUOR BARRED FOREVER IN THE CZAR'S EMPIRE LONDON. iM m - a Petrograd dis patch to tf Reuur Apency -.. "ssUn Umpeianee societ . 1 ... .. .w. ji"inpu (ureter in ... no uoveniment lOHii ' sa'e uf ai- MAN CONFESSES ROBBERIES Sentenced Ten Months for Burglaris ing Two Hemes. Ju4g MtUs in quarter Sessions C'ou t today sentenced John Dorsey. 3d and I'ins strwts. to i months in the county Prison after he pleaded guilt) to bur glarlzinic the homes of Mrs. George Wal ker. SMI North 1Mb street, and Mr UmjW Huth. VOi Wast Indian avenus la lb Walker hou the prloar tol several article of Jwelr valusd at tis A gold watch, a stick piu and U in mon were takaa from the Huth hoot Harrj Burns. 3X3 Garrett atraat, was onUeted b a lurv of entering th itora 'if Ik finkel. SJ7 South lltli street, ar.l stealit g clothing valued at Burns was given one jtar In the I'ouoty Prison 3 Kl ;