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feitor NIGHT EXTRA PKICE ONJE CENT Euemnn NIGHT EXTRA PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914. COPTIKMT. 1014, ST mit PCBMO LlPOBI COHMItT. VOL. I-NO. 37 i mil $LX2zf "wCW-sfiMc-waF- (q&gJi ' - . - .. -. z ALLIES MEET GERMANS BY COUNTER OK RIGHTWING Pressure on Left in Bel gium Causes French to Push New Assaults in Woevre and Argonne Districts. German Bombardment on St. Mihiel Communications Is Met by French, Who Take Thann in Vosges Mountains. Kaiser's Forces Meet Strong Opposition by Intrenched De fenders and Are Checked After Successful Drive Across River Yser. The Allies replied to the Gorman assault on their Belgian lines today by counter attacks in the Wocvrc and Argonne districts. Following their successful drive across the River Yser, the Germans have hecn unable to advance further in the face of the firm stand taken by V the Allies, according to the French official communique issued today. Though the Germans have succeed ed in bringing up their heavy artillery with which they arc shelling the en trenchments of the defenders, it is asserted the Allied front has been everywhere maintained. It is stated that the battle line now extends from a point near Nicuport, between Dixmudc and Roulers, in Bel gium, across the French border be tween Arnicnticrcs and Lille, to the west of La Basscc and Lens and to the east of Arras. Ostcnd, Nicuport and Dixmudc have suffered severely from shell fire, and the last-named city is in flames after a terrific bombardment by the Germans. In an effort to check the German advance, the Belgians have flooded the country around Di.xmude and Nicuport by cutting the dykes. Fire from the British fleet has forced the Germans to abandon the roadway between Ostend and Nieu port. In what is apparently an effort to divert the attention of the Germans from the Belgians, the Allies have be gun offensive movements in the cen tre and against the German left wing. In the Vosges district the French have penetrated as far as Thann and have taken possession of that town. In the Argonne region the French have taken the village of Mclzicourt, commanding the valley of the Aisne. In the Wovre district, on the French right, the Germans are using heavy guns in an attempt to break the French line of communication to ward St. Mihiel through the Thiau-court-Nousard road. The Germans have been forced back 50 miles from the Vistula, thus check ing the invasion of Poland, with War saw and thence Petrograd as objec tives. Austrian troops have been used to cover the general German retreat to its bases near the Silesia-Poland frontier. These, according to Petro grad War Office, are some 50 miles in their rear. On the San River in the southern field of operations the Austrian ad ance has been stopped, Petrograd declares. Russians are at a standstill in Ga- Concluded ou I'age Four CLOUD TIW WEATHER for Philadelphia and vieinity Generally cjoudy, unsettled and 'lightly cooler tonight and Tuesday; Moderate southwest winds, changing ' woriAu-est. for details see last page. A STRAP OR A SEAT? Tho EvENtNa Ledger printed on Saturday, October 24, a notable article In which were set forth tho transit problems of Philadelphia and the progress of the plana for their nolutton, together with the obstacles encountered In the attempt to put these plans Into speedy operation. TOMORROW The Evening Ledger will begin the publication of a scries of articles dealing with tho peculiar problems of each Important geographical sec tion of tho city. The first of these nrtlcles will deal with FRANKFORD And the northeast, whom nearly 125,000 riders dally are obliged to uso tho present Inadequate transit facilities. It Is a Journey of at least 49 minutes from FranUford to the city's business centre. Tho Evening Lnoonn will also reprint, by request of a largo num ber of readers, tho authoritative ar ticle of lost Saturday, In which tho present status of rapid transit In Philadelphia Is so admirably re viewed and explained. GERMANS EVACUATE LODZ, IMPORTANT BASE IN POLAND Flight Is Precipitate 75 MileB From v Warsaw. PETROGRAD, Oct. 26. Tho following official statement has boen given out here: "Tho precipitate (light of Germans con tinues, i "They arc evacuating Lodz, 75 mlteB west southwest of Warsaw. "They made an unsuccessful attempt to arrest an offensive Russian movement by clinging to positions at Sokhatchoff, 'frox which, however, they were dislodged with heavy losses." Lodz is ono of tho Important German bases In tho invasion of Poland. BRITAIN ASSURES AMERICA COTTON IS NOT CONTRABAND Ambassador Promises That Ship ments Will Not Be Halted. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Tlrltlsh Ambassador, today officially notified Acting Secretary of State Lansing that Great Britain had no In tention of placing cotton on the contra band list, and that American shipments of cotton to Germany or Austria would not be Interfered with. This statement of the Brtltsh Ambassa dor dispels a fear entertained by this Government that American cargoes of cot ton would bo detained or prevented from reaching their destination. In order to prevent possible delay in the receipt of American cargoes sent abroad the Ambassador requested tho State Department to Instruct American shippers plainly to Indicate the nature and destination of their cargoes on the accompanying bills of lading. Such a procedure, the British Ambassador point ed out, would greatly facilitate their de livery. At the conference between Acting Sec letary Lansing and tho Ambassador the former stated that ho had been officially notified by the Danish Government that Denmark had established an embargo on the exportation of all kinds of oil, and that tho other neutral European coun tries had done likewise. JAPANESE SINK AUSTRIAN CRUISER IN KIAO-CHAU BAY Interned Warship Destroyed by Shells From the Hills. PEICIN, Oct. 26. neports reaching the Japanese Lega tion here declare that an Austrian cruiser, which took refuge in the harbor at Klao Chau at tho outbreak of the war, has been sunk by the Japanese. Heavy artillery posted on the hills, near the hurbor mouth, destroyed the Austrian craft. AIRMAN AIMS BOMB AT GERMAN CROWN PRINCE Missile Kills Fifteen and Injures Twenty-two at Revigiiy. PARIS, Oct. 26. The Excelsior corre spondent at Vitry-le-Francois, Depart ment of Murne. has sent the following dispatch to his paper: "The town- of Revigny, 12 miles from here, where Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany had his headquar ters several weeks ago, at that time received a visit from a French aero plane. The operators of the atrshlp dropped a bomb which killed 15 people and Injured 22 others, but the Crown Prlnco was uninjured " A Havas Agency dispatch from Pet rograd says that the French aviator, M. I'olrtt, who is serving with the Rus sian army, outwitted and escaped three German aeroplanes through flying at a louer level. He brought back to the Russian lines Important Information of tho movements of the enemy along the Vistula River. ENGLAND ORDERS 200 TRUCKS Syracuse Auto Company Will Rush Work on Motors. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 26.-An order for 00 three-ton motor trucks has been received from England by a local auto moolle company at an aggregate cost of (720.O0O. Some of the machines are to be shipped to England and the others to France for use In tho war It Is the largest order et received here from any of the warring nations and camu from Arthur M. Laycock, of Loudon, who has obtained the exclusive contract of supplying the Allies with motorcars. The company already has Increased Its force and will rush the order The cars are to be of the same type as those used by the New York National Guard, hav ing an eipreaa body and tarpaulin top. ff?!pJ " wMmM0 WW '" mm jmHBIPR v vwaraACi. i hi mm m wtir m iii , ,i u. ... jmntsmejsBXBir-.xr.a. ,-v.mssw v.va-v -"fctji-.. 35i8sSPM :S$r?u "TrS " -S'vSfe-j? SOLID ROCK MRS. CARMAN FREE ON BAIL FOLLOWING JURY DEADLOCK Gives $25,000 Bond Glad to Bo Home, But Boen't Know What to Do. NEW TORK, Oct. 26. Mrs. Florence Carman, whose trial for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey ended in a disagree ment of the Jury yesterday, was admitted to $5,000 ball this afternoon in tho Su preme Court in Brooklyn. Tho proceed ings were conducted In chambers before Judge Kelby, who presided at the murder trial in Mlneola last week. Mrs. Car man, accompanied by one of her lawyers, George M. Levy, and by District Attorney Lewis J. Smith, of Nassau County, spent ten minutes In conference with Judge Kelby. L'pon an agreement as to the amount tho ball bond was hastily signed and Mrs. Carman loft for her Freeport home In nn automobile. Mr. Carman's ball bond was signed by Smith Cox and Ernest Randall, two friends of the Carman family in Free port. Upon her arrival at her home in Free port Mrs. Carman was welcomed by her husband and daughter. "I am glad to get home, but I don't know what 'todo," declared Mrs. Car man. Upon his return from Judge Kelby's court at Brooklyn, where tho bail pro ceedings took pluce. District Attorney Smith said it was his intention to go befora tho appellate division of the Su premo Court and request that a justice bo assigned to come hero for the purposo of trying Mrs. Carman a second time. "I am ready to go to trial as soon as tho necessary details canNbe orranged. "I did oppose. Mrs. Carman's application for bail fortho reason that there is no doubt in nfr mind that she will be Just as available for trial while she is In nor home as she would be If she were con fined In a cell." TWO INJURED IN CAR CRASH AT EIGHTH AND SPRUCE STS. Other Passengers Narrowly Escape Injury From Flylnff Glass. Two persons weie hurt nnd many mhers narrowly escaped Injury today when a south-bound car on Sth street ran Into an east-bound Spruce street car. at Sth and Spruce streets. The rear of the Spruce street car was battered In, nnd the forward platform of tho 8th street car was badly dented. Mrs. Anna Murphy, 7SS Moyamenslng avenue, and Phillip Black, IH3 North 2d street, both passengers on the Spruce street car were Injured. Black's head was cut by flying glass, and Mrs. Murphy was stunned. Both were taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital. VON MOLTKE RUMORED DYING Failure of Staff Chief's Plans Ag gravates Illness. THE HAGUE. Oct. 26. It Is learned from a seml-ofnclal source that Count Helmuth von Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff, Is at death's door. He has been seriously III for a fort night! his sickness being aggravated by the failure of the General Staff's mili tary plans in France and the displeasure of the Kaiser. General von Falkenhayn Is acting Chief of the General Staff. JAPAN OBJECTS TO U. S. HAVEN FOR GERMAN SHIPS Contention Is Made That Repairs to Geier Ate Finished. TOKIO, Oct 4.-The Japanese Gov ernment has lodged a. protest with the United SUtes Government against the German warship Qeier twins allowed to staj an longer In the port of Honolulu The Grler put Into Honolulu for re pairs, which, th protest asserts, haya already been made, "THE HANDS OFESATJ" Today's instalment of thli remark able series of articles on political con ditions in Philadelphia deals with the INFLUENCE OF RUM ... "IN CITY COUNCILS, It discusses tho methods of the po litical ring, working through the llauor Interests, to accomplish Its sinister purposes. In the editorial page of this Issue. ROOSEYELT STIRS 17,000 IN STRONG PENROSE ATTACK Great Crowds Cheer as Colonel on Tour of State Flays Senator as Dominant Campaign Issue. rsou oca STArr coiuiusrosnE.sT. POTTSVILLK, Ta., Oct. 26. Theodore Roosevelt, displaying his old-time punch nnd vigor, unmercifully Hayed Penrose and Penroselsm In his swing from Easton across Northampton, Lehigh and Schuyl kill Counties to Pottsvtlle this morning. When he had finished the first half day of his Invasion of Pennsylvania he had addressed about 17,000 men, women and children., nnd It Is estimated that fully 50,000 will have heard the Bull Moose leader by night. Although the Colonel is getting the crowds, he is encountering little Progressive enthusiasm except In .Schuylkill County, which is still n Pro gressive stronghold. In Palmer's district his broadsides against Penrose stirred the throngs to wild enthusiasm, but when he udvocated the election of the entire local Wash ington party ticket, as he did at every stop, the crowds became Bllent. Tho Itooscvelt special left Jersey City at 7:63 this morning. tAt Ludlow, N. J 12 miles east of Easton, a delegation of Progressives from northeastern Pennsyl vania hoarded the train nnd greeted tho Colonel. All three candidates to succeed A. Mitchell Palmer as Congressman from the Northampton, Monroe, Carbon and Pike District were in tho party. Bdwoid Post, of Easton, Id the Washington party nomineo; H. G Steele, of Easton. (s the Demociatic nominee, and John D. Hoff. man. of Rethlehem, Is the Itepuhllcan nominee. DUTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. "Pennsylvania must stay In tho van of the great movement, and keep the place it held two jears ago," he said. "The one controllns Interest In this fight is to get rid of Senator Penrose and everything that appertains to him There is on man and one onl who can bsat Senator Penrose, and that Is GifTord Pinchot. If you don't vote for Glfford Pinchot. you give elthr a whole vote or half a vote for Penrose. "Stand by Gifford Plnohot. Stand by McCormlck, too, to get rid of the whole Penrose machine." He spoke for the entire local ticket ana In favor of Progressive bills. "Lust ir. although the Progressives did not have complete control of the Legislature. the put through thre Pro grevlvo bills in the House." continued the I'olonel "They were a corrupt practices, act, child labor bill mid a workmen's compensation bill ' Then Penrose Senata knifed all three. Concluded ou Vso Two. GIRL AND HER SWEETHEART FOUND LIFELESS IN GARAGE Police Believe Couple Carried Out Suicide Pact. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 25. Beside a, truck in the garage of the Milwaukee Cusket Company, Alma Leopold, 17-year-old girl, and Fred Oehler, her sweet heart, carried out what tho police be lieve was a suicide pact early today. Employes broke down the locked doors of the garage and found the girl's body, a bullet wound In her head, lying beside the truck. Sitting in tho front scat of the truck, one lifeless hand still gripping tho wheel, they found Oehler, who was an employe of the company. There was a powder-scarred bullet wound on tho right side of his head. A revolver and a bottle of poison lay at his feet. Two notes. In different handwriting, were found on an order blank of the company. They read: Kindly notify EdwarJ Htraua. Phone coroner. Thinks for this favor and for all past favors. Fred Oehler Kindly notify Mrs. II Leopold Alma Leo- pnld. The girl's body was cold, showing she had ben dead several hours. Oehler'i body was uarm, Indicating he had killed hinuelf hut a few minutes before the bodies wero iound. BULLET TAKES EYESIGHT University Student, in 111 Health, Shoots Himself. James W. Fryer, the University of Pennsylvania student who shot himself while visiting his hrothcr-ln-law in Germantown, hnjs lost the sight of both eyes ns a result. There Is little hope for his recovery. He Is In the German town Hospital. Fryer Is an honor graduate of the Central High School and entered the University with the Intention of com pleting the four-year course in three years. Realizing that his health was failing, lie became melancholy. He had suffered a nervous breakdown and en- I tered a sanitarium. He went to the home of his brother-in-law, George K. Boger, 303 Seymour street, Germantown, last week, apparently In mucli better health. Yesterday morning ho shot him self In the head. The bullet entered near the ee Three students committed suicide at the Unlvujslty last year. In each case overstudy was given as the cause. MIXED WEATHEB, IN OCTOBER Snow and Sunshine Alternate in the Day's Offering. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 2.-Mllwau-kee saw its first snow of the year today, when the weatherman delivered weather direct from Medicine Hat or Wyoming. For a few minutes during the morning there was sleet, then for half an hour bright sunshine, followed by a light snow. Sunshine and fine snow flakes, driven before a strong wind, alternately held the upper hand during the morning. MARQUETTE. Mich. Oct. ; -a near bllzzard today brought northern Michigan Its first snowstorm of the season. High seas are rolling on Lake Superior and shipping U tU'it up. I.OGUE IN SWIFT CAMPAIGN Congressman J. Washington Logue. of the Sth District, starts tonight on a whirlwind tour of the wards included In his district He will hold open-air meet ings t points deemed the most important and will endeuvor to cover them all in a fiual rauvaM before Election Day Having bn kept busy in I'ougress un til last Saturday. Congressman l.ogue re turned to thU city to Dud little attention has been given hU Hgtll for re election Ha wtU take personal ..li.uKt of tho lKA3i- wninwina campaign. His Jisin-t in. SENATE HAS PROOF TO LINK PENROSE WITH. "SLUSH FUND" Collections Twice the Size of Lorimer's Indicated in Testimony That Was Prepared for Committee, Making Case Darker Than That Against Illinois Man. Senator's Re-election Would Be Signal for Immediate Investigation The Evening Ledger Obtains Much of the Evidence for Publication. NO. Tho Evening LlSDOEr. has obtained for publication much of the evidence which was to have been presented to tho Sen ate Committee on Privileges and Elec tions had that body voted to investigate the methods employed to gain the Ite publlcan senatorial nomination in Penn sylvania for Boies Penrose. Parts of this evidence, Including the reproduction of letters, outlining the en tiro Investigation, naming witnesses and what Is expected to be proved by each, ns well as making public the recent ac tivity of the liquor bipartisan combine to re-elect Penrose, nre available for publication In the Evening Ledoeh. It has been learned from an authorl tatlvo source that. In the event of the election of Penrose, the Investigation, backed by the power of the Administra tion, will begin Immediately. Republican and Democratic members of the Senate who have examined the docu mentary evidence and the statements of witnesses, maintain that Penrose will never take his seat In the Senate should he be elected. Several Senators have gone so far as to state that the case against Penrose will be far easier to prove than was the one against William Lorimer. of Illinois, who lost his sent by a vote of 55 to 2S. "SLUSH FUND" EXCEEDS LORI MER'8. Following a resolution presented In thj Senate by Sonator George W. Norrls, of Nebraska, calling for an Investigation of the methods employed to effect the Sena torial nominations of Boles Penrose, Re publican, and Roger C. Sullivan, Demo crat, of Illinois, the Committee on Priv ileges and Elections conducted a cursory Investigation to determine whether a sub committee should Investigate the nomina tions nnd report to the Senate. Convincing testimony was presented showing that a "slush fund," twice as large as that used to elect Lorimer to the Senate, had been raised in the in terests of Penrose. It was also testi fied, to the satisfaction of the majority of tho committee, that enormous sums had been obtained by a direct assess ment on manufacturers throughout the State, that Old Guarn Democrats were financially supporting Penrose, and that no mention of this money was found in the primary expense account filed by the candidate. The committee decided, after hearing the testimony, that nn Investigation should be made after election. LIQUOR MEN'S INFLUENCE SEEN. It Is known that a sufficient number of Senators privately promised to force the Investigation before the November elec tion. Within a week after the promises had been given several mysterious calls were made. A prominent politician from Indiana, a close friend of Mr. Sullivan, EXTRA SESSION NOT IN PLAN I OF THE PRESIDENT NOW To Call Conference of Senators After Election to Map Out Program. WASHINGTON. Oct SS.-Presldant Wil son Is not now thinking of calling an extra session of Congress in November, or after March 4. He said that shortly after election he would call Into confer enct pome leading Senators to map out the legislative program of the winter ses slnn. Ills belief today was that It would take until Februarj to dispose of ap. proprlatlon bills. Then bills already passed by one House, or demanding early attention by reason of their importance, will be considered, in the order of their Importance. The President fcald he expected to go ahead with the Government ship pur chase bill unless matters of greater Im portance demanded attention. Conserva tion bills will be the chief consideration of the wlntr session. The President was inclined to ,' il tnat no cotton legislation need be attempted, as he felt recent relief measures were clearing up the situation. Cessation of hostilities abroad, however, he believed would be the only real remedy for the South' condition. He expected consider able relief from the fact that this Gov ernment has assurance that all ports will be open to cotton cargoes. SEVEN-TON CHEESE READY Largest on Record Made for Panama Pacific Exposition. UT1CA. N. Y. Oct. 35 -The largest cwe on record, weighing uearly svven tons, has just ben completed at Wejt Martioeburg. LewU County Ta cbeM has ben made for exhibition at tli Pan-ama-Paciflc Exposition in San Francisco nex. ear. and its munufa, inn. ro.,,ruH ltW.000 pounds of milk It measures fi.ur j&Mti -SJTO feet la circumference. 1. together with an ofTlcl.il who holds of tho most Important posts in the co try, exerted Influence to call off tho .;oiiniiuii uiun ancr election. . , t There Is much speculation in thl,lc1'Ket ital as to the arguments advanced Sjtiful turned the tide in the committee. generally believed, however, and, in e i. open' stated by many In Congress 1 .aejf tho national liquor interests wor' No through this prominent Washington -jue. flclal. ' for To gain a postponement was the at of the Penrose workers, while not a fei'ag of tho Democrats believed this a wist course to pursue, as the Pcnnsylvnnlalt Senator would become one of the greatenem assets of the Democratic party In 1916. lal should he be expelled from the Senate. in In short, a postponement, so eagerly & sought by tho liquor Interests and old-line A Republican Senators, dovetailed with such e a nicety Into many of tho Democratic plans that no specific date for tho proba was set. Tho committee returned a re-lnB port that a sufficient number of Senators to. could not find time to conduct the in- to vestlgatlon before election. bit VAST AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE. iAl Since the presentation of documentary '" evidence to the Senators a vast amount of new evidence has been disclosed. Thli. like the former, has been obtained by in-r5' ternal revenue collectors, detectives em-" ployed by several Democratic county committeemen, and a mass of evldenco has been procured from brewers, retail liquor dealers and manufacturers who have refused to pay tho political assess ments and will name on the witness stand the solicitors. In addition, the registration In Fayette County, where the machine of State Sena tor Crow, Rppubllcan State Chairman, has perpetrated registration frauds sur passing tho halcyon gang days In this city, will come under the scope of tho investigation. Senator Crow is listed as a witness ,n tho event of the Penrose probe to explain tho registration frauds, and to account for expenditures alleged to havo been made during the campaign. In brief tho evidence gathered indicates the following facts: First. That a "slush fund" was gath ered by direct assessment of saloon keepers, browers and distillers. Second That the bipartisan liquor combine worked nnd Is working for Pen rose and is disregarding the Brumbaugh campaign. Third. That the Old Guard Democrats are supporting Penrose. Fourth. That there has been a general "hold-up" of manufacturers In Pennsyl vania, through the elforts of the Penn sylvania Protective Union and a finance committee In Pittsburgh. Fifth. That the Penrose machine has enrolled thousands of fraudulent votes to make sure tho election PENROSE-UQUOR MEN TRAIN GUNS ON LOCAL OPTION Final Battle Now On to Elect Rum's List of Candidates. Liquor interests today brought into play their heaviest campaign siege guns to batter down local option forts and send Boles Penrose buck to the United States Senate The final battle is now on to elect candidates formally indorse! by the Pennsj lvanin State Brewers' Association the Pennsylvania Wholesale Liquor Dea. ers' League and the Pannsylvania Retail Liquor Dealert,' Ashnclatlon. Shortly before tho primaries a list of candidates favored by liquor men for nomination was Issued Compared with the list of candidates published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, tho other shows that purveyors of rum haw in the field a candidate for United Statts Senator, three for Congressmen-at-Larg, K for District Congressmen, 30 for the State Senate and 1S7 for Representatives tn the General Astembh Boles Penroc. whose picture has formed so prominent a part in the deeoratf.o scheme of saloons, heads the list of can didates approved by liquor dealers JI Is the only man for the post of United States Senator favored by them. One of the bet-knuwn Penrose work ers in the State Is also supported by tli rum seller. He is William E. Crow. Re publican Slate chairman, manager of tin Penrose campaign and candidate for ths State Snate from Kaytte County. Prohibition candidates for the Houst of Repnwntaties who hav been n dorsed by the liquor dealers are Josei J II McArdie. of the Uth I'hlladelpli a District. Robert Smith and Laopold I Glass, of tbe 1st Philadelphia D4trf t and Hontce W Crutuer. of lb ttk Pti burgh District. "There U oer helming Mutinunt m favor of a local option bill Friends the movement all over the Stat are r thuniasTic as to tba outlook. Th slti.a-. tun today is more favofablo than It w two years ago." k I s. . V r ter Ing th i r,