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IIIUUyilflM , 3. j TFTNANCIAL EDITION PICTORIAIi SECTION PAGES 18,19,20 .STRAT Singer Evening .POSTSCRIPT EDITION V VOL. III. NO. 224 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS CortimnT, 1017, itioi Fmlio Lxdgis Covrist frW "WfVWifr TfT B f I pwu - W ' STARS OF THE . n-raBKMaw,WaiWTJrwroTOnrgTOt x - 1 ZT JBB7" ?fe NHL f BJI I ' .JiJl J ENGINEER CORPS IMHKMaMM , CALLED TO COLORS i ft W , 1 J 1 '"" An the upper illustration Miss Helen Mary Cassatt is guiding one of the l , Jion winners in the saddle classes. Below, an entrant in one of the f1 .mping events is "taking the rails" in a class for hunt club members. BRITISH PLAN NEW 40W IN FLANDERS uti r uiu basing Artillery Activ ity Indicates Coming Smash on Belgians LULL ON ARAS FRONT AMSTERDAM. June 2. Kaiser Wilhelm has wired hearty congratulations to Emperor Charles of Austria for the Austrian defense on the Italian front, according to Berlin dispatches today. I,., "Your armv on the Isonzo has bidden fiance to a mighty and stubborn on- ."taught and caused it to fail," the f Kaiser declared. "I congratulate you 1 and your brave troops on their1 great puccesg, God helping us." LONDON, Juno 2 There were Indications today that the British may pYtftnri tliptr rirtvA Intn wpflt Handera. The Increasing artillery and raid. K activity along this part of the border ' accepted by many military experts as the prelude to infantry assaulU In the Belgian front, especially In the districts around Ypres and Wytschaete, the rtlllery firing has become so violent as to fw comment from the German War Of we. This hag Jed to the predlctlon by Wch war commentators that the Germans "jrepadng for a, new Channel drive. v, i? ""''"us efforts have been made by 1B Qtrmana tn hri,alr thrniiffh (inrl rinnh "f, the Channel, hut hnih h,i. rfnu,n with r, tnJrnious losses. o man 54,600 German prisoners have. captured by the British and French wee their Joint offensive was opened. Of owe number 31,829 were taken by the . and the remainder by the. British. uesplte the greater activity In the north, u comparatlvA lull in .. flhinM ..t.a,. "th cMtiMii - ieia Marshal Halg'g report, made public Continued on Pare Wre. Colamn Ht THE WEATHER ' Jed . P'lad'P'te nd vicinity Unset- itUi lk.7.!fea,.'ler' "" proDaWj showers and Si?, temperatures; , gentle southerly LENGTH OV TIAV un wt 4 S3 a m4l Ifonn kAtM 72 B. Tn I Xtnrtn amitha n A n' m' : OS a, m. DELAWAUE RIVER TIDB CIIAN0E8 I Fte litb wl !! if J m I lw wattr. 628 p. m, TPmrw a ..... . ?T-"'J-aa-LUWK AT KAC1I IIOU21 -t. i v it i 11 vi : - a n i'OJ77 ?n T SThe Grizzlv King " by James Oliver Curwood, ar TANBARK AT DEVON w - v - tzsssxxsMixasxsemmi RIOTING ON DRAFT EXPECTED MONDAY Federal Agents Believe Quitters'Plot Is Quelled for Time 100 ALREADY IN PRISON NEW YORK, June 2. Three Columbia University students, Eleanor Parker, Owen Cattell and Charles Phillips, charged with con spiracy to violate the conscription law, were held for action by the Grand Jury when arraigned before United States Commissioner Hitchcock today. As sistant District Attorney Content de clared the anti-conscription publicity they distributed "was treasonable, se ditious and rotten stuff." CINCINNATI, June 2. Twelve men were to face United States officials today on charges of treason. They were arrested in the western central section of the city last night, citizens aiding in making arrests. The men are alleged to have distributed seditious hand bills denouncing con scription. WASHINGTON, June 2 One hundred alleged antlconscrlptlon or antlreglstratlon plotters have been bagged by the department of Justice, with other arrests to follow Activities of the plotters seemed for the moment to have been dulled by the fear of the hand of the law , but evidence In posses sion of Federal agents Indicated that Mon day will see new outbursts Attorney General Gregory, however, was Inclined to take a more optimistic view of matters, today than at any time since the sinister plotting started This does not mean, though, that the Department was re laxlng its vigilance. On the other hand, realizing that the worst" of ths p!o;ts and even 'riots may be ahead, the Federal agents Increased their hunt In eery corner of the nation. In reply to suggestions that examples be made of some of the ringleaders before registration day certain authorities suggested that a drastic course would "martyrUe" the men and really have a retroacthe effect through, out the country. Officials estimate that the number of registering next Tuesday will be almost negligible when taken in comparison with the more than 10,000,000 who are BUbJect to registration. Kfforts to round up the quitters will be made both on registration day and there after, and such of them as are located by Federal. State and local authorities or In- Continued on Pit FIto. Column Three HORSE SHOW WMMIimiainiiiM.iiiiii ii i, hmffwWTWWm t Nine Regiments, Including One From Philadelphia, to Be Mobilized FOR SERVICE IN FRANCE WASHINGTON Tune 2 i iic iiur ueinrimcni louay ordered Into actlxe (erice tho nine regiments of the engineers corpi that are to go to France to work upon the lines of communication Tho regiments will probably be mobilized for training before sailing for France By direction of tho President, the commanding generals of the arIous departments were authorized to order the regiments Into serv ice at such times as their services aro needed under the plAns for organlxatftm. and mobilization. - -1- -..fiT Four of lie nine regiments aro airaedy at full war strength, and four others are recruited to more than half their war com Plement From the Atlanta regiment fig ures are not yet atnllablo The regiments already tilled are those at trolt Chcaso, Pittsburgh and Dc- .n.h.tiSt LoIs "K'ment has reported 643 enlisted members. Boston, 426; San Fran Cisco. 547 . Philadelphia, 758. .IWtthJ"? ,f.cw we,cks "o War Department "' " nH '" regiments will bo completed fnr M!7. ". a CUrSe f lntc train ng The full strength of tho nine regiments Is approximately 10,000 men "-,m"s The enlisted men are being drawn largely from the railroad men largely Pneumonia Kills Police Sergeant Patrol Sergeant James O'Loughlln, of the Third and De Lancey streets station, died of double pneumonia today at the I'enn. syhanla Hospital nfter a short Illness. He was taken III on duty last Wednesday Ser geant O'Loughlln lived at 6011 I.ansdouno avenue. GEORGE W.CREIGHT0N DIES IN HOSPITAL General Superintendent of East ern Pennsylvania Division of P. R. R. George W Crelghton, general superin tendent of the Pastern Pennsylvania divi sion of tho Pennsylvania Railroad, died today of arterlo-sclerosls In a private hos pital In this city Mr Crelghton lived in Altoona, and Is survived by his widow, two sons and one daughter Mr.' Crelghton was born In Philadelphia June 22, 1856, and was a graduate of the Central High School of this city January 2, 1878, Mr Crelghton became connected with the "Collins Expedition" and Berved with the Madeira and Mamore Railway In the province of Matto Grosso, Brazil, as chatnman, rodman, levelman, transltman, topographer and assistant acting principal engineer. On October 1 1879, he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as rodman In the engineer corps in charge of Camlllo S d'lnvllllers May 1, 1880. he was appointed assistant supervisor at Baltimore, his duties coveting part of tho Baltimore and Potomac railroad and the Northern Central Railway. January 1, 1881, he became supervisor of Baltimore section, which covered the city of Balti more, on both roads. He was appointed assistant engineer of the Shamokln division, Northern Central Railway, and of the Sunbury division, Phil adelphla and Erie Railroad, May 1, 1883 On November 1, 1885, he becama as sistant engineer of the West Jersey and Camden and Atlantic Railroads; May 1, 1889, assistant engineer, Philadelphia divi sion On JanuarV 1. 1891, he was promoted to superintendent of tho Bedford division; February 1, 1891, superintendent of the Shamokln and Sunbury divisions, and Oc tober 1, 1895, superintendent of the middle division, Pennsylvania Railroad. On January 1, 1899, Mr, Crelghton was appointed general superintendent of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad division and Northern Central Railway, and on August 1, 1900, general superintendent of tho Buffalo and Allegheny Valley division. On January 1, 1903, he was make general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Rail road division. U. S. ARMY CALL TUESDAY TO BE PATRIOTS' FETE t Nation Will Make Great Holiday of Registration for Draft MANY PARADES PLANNED New York to Stage Mammoth Celebration and Police to Watch Quitters NI3W YOniC June 2 The machinery Is ready and the holiday prepared for the youth of America to regis ter for war next Tuesday Goernors of many Mates hae pro claimed Juno 5 a legal holiday Thousands of grent Industrial orginlzatlons hae gUen Mielr laborers tho da off with pay Pa rades, speeches and pngeants will fill the land with tho spirit of celebration rfl. nn.lnnnl Uln.A !,. Mn.inl.v llllllT. I 1IU flrt IIVIM.I, Otitic lJ, tUUIHJ, 1II..&V, w-trd an,d precinct organizations of the Kcpubllcan, Democratic nnd Suffrage par ties have been called to tho colors to serve I nclo Sam In getting his oung fighting men together Thousands of girls and women will put In the day at the registration booths, cheer ing the young men as they step up to register nnd pinning honor badges and registered ' armlets on them as they come out Saloons will be closed by order. In some Instances out of patriotism In many parts of the countrj SHW YOniv R FESTIVAL In New York registration day will be a festUal occasion Police Commissioner Woods expects no trouble but every pre caution has been taken In tho midst of parades blaring bands, red fire, confetti and mass-meetings, thousands of mounted and foot police. Secret Scrlco men nnd nrmed officers In motors will patrol tho city Field telephones will bo Installed at street Intersections and at night myriads of searchlights will sweep the darkness In over and nround tho metropolis to guard agalnBt possible antl-cons,crlptlon out breaks Kansas was the first State ready for reg istration Preparations were complete last Saturday Governor Capper has proclaimed a holiday Municipal receptions In honor of those registering have been prepared In every clt Kansas City, Kan, will have a big registration parndo of lodges, civic or ganizations, city and military officials rr.,iim ciiv lfin wnmpn have made khikl armlets to be given the men ns they register Other cities give badges Illinois Is ready At Springfield bands playing patriotic muslo will ride In the street cars There will be a giant military parade In tho afternoon Governor Lowdcn will speak at a big mass-meeting at the Stato arsenal at night CALIBRATION IN WEST t ruiftrm nil srhnols. municipal and county courts and mo'J &t.r'5-s ani' V"8'" troops will bo ready to quell any trouble, and details of detectives will be stationed every block Hundreds of special police will guard tho registration booths In Iowa cities women and girls will pre sent each registered youth with a cop of President Wilson's war rres4iigq I'actory whistles will bo blov t ircqucnt Intervals to remind men ,to i j.ster In Colorado jvernor Gunter Issued a proclamation Baying that ' Industrial neces sity" prevenli making registration day a holiday, but urges Its patriotic objervance throughout the Commonwealth New England States and the rest or the East are equipped and ready for the draft In Pennsylvania boy Bcouts and girls nnd women defenso leaguers will make houso-to-houso canvasses In Philadelphia and other towns to rout oiJt tho young men Stock exchanges In Boston. New York and other eastern cities will close June 6. The exchanges havo urged their conscript able members and clerks to register. Vlrglnln Is prepared. Governor Stuart Issued a proclamation making Juno 5 a Continued on Pore rive. Column Four WIND LIFTS CIRCUS TOP; WOMAN KILLED, 3 HURT Panic at Uniontown When Big Tent Is Blown Down Ele phants Break Loose UNIONTOWN, Pa, June 2. Mrs, Elizabeth Hellman, thirty-two years old, was killed, and three other women Mrs. Early Areford, Mrs Hortense G Frank and Miss Tern C Levlnger were seriously Injured In the collapse of tho main tent of the Barnum & Bailey circus nnd the en suing panic during a storm late yesterday A gust of wind lifted the huge top of the tent from Its supports and Immediately the poles began to follow The crowd be gan a wild stampede for the open Sev eral tiers of seats fell as the people fought their way from under tho canvas. Mrs Hellman was found dead when the mad rush subsided. During the excitement six elephants broke loose and ran wild over the ground, but were captured before doing any damage. The circus suffered a loss of J .'5,000. AMERICANS WAR VICTIMS Three Reported Dead, One Missing and One Wounded on West Front OTTAWA, Ont, June 2 Six Americans appear In today's casualty list Presumed dead are- Private P McEwen, Detroit, MICh ; Private T Ingolta. St Louis; Private II Ofstedhal, Grafton, N. D. The wounded aro Sapper J R. D,avls, Cathay, N D , suffering from gas poisoning ; Private J Varln, New York city. Driver J. Gordon, Pittsburgh, Pa., is reported missing. Shock Kills Electrician Raymond Smith, twenty years old. an electrician, 2837 Jackson street, was killed by electricity at the Atlantic Refining Com pany plant today. He was hanging wires between new buildings at tho south-end of the company's plant at Point Breeze. Doctor Long, resident physician, kept Smith alive for two hours by artificial respiration. Companion Story to "Kazan," QUICK HOMELESS- FRIENDLESS. BUT BUYS LIBERTY BONDS CLEVELAND, Juno 2. IJ. R. Tompkins, who snid lie had no home, no filends, nor nny business Just a derelict ship without course or rudder walked Into n bank, removed $250 from his shoes nnd bought Liberty Bonds. ITALIANS TO VOTE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT ROME, Juno 2. A vote of confidence in the Government was today regaidcd as ceitnlu to bo the first action of the Italian Parlia ment when it meets Juno 14. Tho recent successes of tho Italian offensive have lcsulted In the utmost unity tuuonrr all paitlci,. WESTERN KANSAS COVERED BY FOUR INCHES OF SNOW SMITH CENTER, Kansas, June 2. rour .inches of enow lie on tho giountl In several western Kansas counties today. A tcmpcinture of four degiecs above zero was lcglstored hero today. I BRITISH CABINET MEMBER REACHES PETROGRAD I'ETROGKAD, Juno 2. Aithur Henderson, member of the Brit ish Government without portfolio, today began a seiies of ccnfei ences with membeis of the Russian Government upon th labor situ ation. Mr. Henderson has just arrived from London. Albeit Thomas, French Minister of Munitions, is nt Barry consulting with members o tho Rumanian Government on Rumania's shell supply. ALLIED DRIVE AT END, KAISER WIRES WIFE AMSTERDAM, June 2. Kaiser Wilhelm wired the Kalserin today that Eield Marshal von Hindenburg had reported tho Franco British offensive definitely ended. GREAT CROWD SEES KING GEORGE HONOR WARRIORS LONDON June 2 lljile I'atk wus thronged this afternoon with a vast crowd attending the tiist public Investiture of decorations by King George. The King per sonally pinned the Victoria Cross and other decorations to the breasts of 3D0 army and naj officers, men and nmses. Many American doctors and nurses of the army medical units now here were among the specially invited spectatoea. ASK CHANGE IN PLAN OF HEARING WOMEN'S CASES A change In tho conduct of hearing the cases of women and girls brought In the Magistrate courts Is urged by the Civic Club In a letter to Mayor Smith. It Is suggested that nil women nnd girl offenders be transferred for hearing from tho various Magistrate courts to the Centrnl station and that their hear ing take place in the Magistrate's private office or In the court before the public Is aumltted. - v- - -v -hi,.,- L.7!' READING RECORDS FIRST HEAT PROSTRATION READING, Pa , June 2 The first heat prostration of the season occurred here todav. when Cliarlej Raj, fort-rlc jears of age, was overcome while at work In Olcy jtieet mill. Part of tho mill force was laid off on account of the high humidity, which caused much discomfort. v IRISH UNIONISTS TO TAKE PART IN CONVENTION DUBLIN, Juno 2 The Council of the Irish Unionist Alliance, while deprecating the opening of the question of home rule during the war, has decided to participate In tho convention proposed by the British Government, provided the home rule con vention Includes a fair representation of Unionists from the three southern provinces. NEW YORK STORAGE INCREASES AGAIN HELD UP WASHINGTON, June 2 Inciejsej proposed In storage charges at Jersey City, New York city nnd northern New Jersey points and In lighterage charges across New Yoik harbor were again suspended by tho Interstate Commerce Commission today. The increases will become effective December IB If by that time tho com mission has completed Its Inveslicatton and given Its approval. The Increases were proposed by tho eastern trunk lino railroads In an effort to reduce freight conges tion in and nround New York city. DASHING ITALIAN GENERAL KILLED IN THE CARSO ROME, June 2 Major General Rlcordl was killed while leading a brilliant attack In the Carso, according to official announcement today. CROCKERLAND EXPLORER REACHES COPENHAGEN COPENHAGEN, June 2 Doctor Hunt, a member of tho MacMUIan Crocker land expedition, nrrlved hcie today, reporting the expedition still in northern Green land. He s.ild the winter hud been an unusually mild one. BRAZIL FORMALLY LINKED WITH U. S. IN WAR RIO DE JANEIRO, June 2. Brazil's revocation of neutrality as between the United States and Germany was In full force today. President Braz affixed his signature to the act of tho Brazilian Congress late yesterday. The Senate's vote on the resolution was 47 to 1 BREAK UP ANTI-ARMY TALKS, ORDER TO COPS Police are under orders today to break up any gathering where evasion of the army registration law Is urged. Speeches made at Socialist meetings will be reported by stenogiapners for Federal authorities to scan INDIANA WARNS RAILROADS TO RELIEVE CAR SHORTAGE TERRE HAUTE, Ind , June 2 The Indiana Public Sen Ice Commission after two weeks' Investigation has given the railroads which enter the State's mining field the alternative of supplying all tho cars asked for or be proceeded against In the State courts for appointment of receivers Governor Goodrich and his legal advisers hold that a State law authorizes such a proceeding when a railroad falls to meet the coal traffic requirements. The mines are operating only halt time because of car shortage. In the meantime the Governor has named a committee to Inquire into the advisability of the State buying a coal mine from which to supply State institutions. SOUSA TO BUY CARLOAD OF MUSIC FOR SAILOR BANDS CHICAGO, June 2. John PhlllP Sousa, bandmaster, now an officer of the United States navy, with the provisional rank of lieutenant, and charged with the task of organizing bands at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, left for New York to assemble a carload of band muslo for the blue-Jacketed musicians. He explained that a carload was not so much when it was understood that each tune will be repre sented by vocal copies, piano copies, conductor's copies, and "part" music for each of the fifty instruments in tho four bands to be formed. P. R. R. SHOP MEN ON THEIR WAY TO DUTY IN FRANCE ALTOONA. Fa., Junei2. Telegrams received from the Broad street offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad notified seventy-two shopmen of thts city accepted for engineers' corps for services in France to report to Philadelphia today for further orders. Five men feave the tin shop of the machine shop department and three of the five are married. NEWS Begins on Page ANARCHISTM0B AND CRIMINALS MENACE RUSSIA r Wave of Crimes and Rob beries by Former Convicts Sweeps Petrograd WANT TO LOOT BANKS Another Political Crisis Seen in Resignation of Cabinet Member By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD PETROGRAD, June 2 Russia's criminals all released from prison In the first Jojous celebration of the revolution, aro fast making Petrograd un safe A wave of robberies and violent crimes is sweeping tho city A number of heavily armed anarchists paraded the Nevsky Prospect today bearing ' banners Inscribed "Down With Authority I i Long Live the Social Revolution I" Speak ers at various meetings of theso paraders urged the people to loot the banks. Many soldiers and sailors joined In the demonstration The paraders were armed with rifles, revolvers and grenades. No attempt was made to arrest their). Today a millionaire merchant, Gregorieff. was shot down at his mansion In the very heart of the city by three men. The trio claimed to bo anarchists and demanded money of tho merchant. Militiamen and workers responding to Gregorleft's cries for help killed one bandit and captured a sec ond The third committed suicide. The 30,000 rubles ($15,000) which they had forced Gregorieff to glva them was re covered When the new democratic government took hold all criminals were released from the prisons They Bought out the cities and towns and have grown bolder and bolder in thievery and murder Minister of Commerce Konovoloff ten dered his resignation today on account of differences with Minister of Labor M. Ska beleff as to financial and economic meas ures This may presage another political crisis The unrest In the city has been aug mented by the striko of 6000 clerks In Petrograd s shops They are demanding double wages retroactive since the start of the war which would be an equivalent of from 10,000 to 20,000 rubles ($5000 to $10,000) per clerk Many shops were closed todaj, proprietors declaring they would re main so Some owners Insisted even If the clerks demands were acceded to the men would not work Twenty-five shopkeepers Complied with thalr .mnlnvt.1 AamanA SV No additional details were received today on yesterday's rioting at Kiev, where 15.Q00 absentee soldiers were said to have organ ized a formidable demonstration In protest against Minister of War Kerenaky's rigor ous orders punishing desertion with penal servitude. The latest Information was that a number of rioters were killed and wounded. . , -TheJfmrtrrtstemn TJorcrnment irril r. deavor to obtain revocation of the vote eti the Council of Workmen's and Soldier" Deputies yesterday assuming control of Uta fortress of Kronstadt, principal defense of Petrograd The Journal of the Workmen's and Sol diers' Deputies nnnounced today that con fiscation of property and money may bo necessary, owing to the slow progress mads In obtaining subscriptions to the Russian liberty loan Nicholas Romanoff may find out from personnel experience tho rigors of the pun personal experience to mete out so freely to Russian political offenders The Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies today adopted a resolution ap proving the removal of the former Czar of all the Russlas from his winter palace at Tsarskoe Selo to the great fortress of Peter and Paul The delegates were convinced that the autocrat of other days Is carelessly guarded under the present arrangement. Peter and Paul fortress has housed many a victim of Russia's secret police of the other days Its gloomy corridors date from the very foundation of Petrograd Itself. The fortress Is situated on nn Island in the Great Neva River, within tho city limits. GERMAN U-BOAT SUNK IN FIGHT French Submarine Victor ious in Engagement in Adriatic Sea FRENCHMAN ESCAPES 9 PARIS. June 2. A big German submarine of the latest type has been sunk In the Adriatic off Cattaro by the French submarine Circe, Announcement of the sea fight and French victory was made here today. The Circe was attacked, but escaped. The German submarine was escorted by torpedo boats at tho time U. S. SEEKS TO TRACE MESSAGE TO RUSSIA? Cable Companies Asked to Discovor Fate of Communication Out- ' t lininp; War Aims WASHINGTON, June 2 The State De partment today asked the cable companies . to Investigate what has happened to this Government's recent message on war alma sent to Russia to quiet separate peace prop aganda and solidify the Slavs to war against Germany The message, considered vital at this p tunc, IS I bicai-vub BiaicmciiL ut imc. ,i a u. position toward the war and Is Intended tsy 5 encourage Russia. A J Jl xne last wuru direct irom aiouhmqw 4 jt Francis reached the State Department CaJJJ' 29, but contained no suggestion that t,i message had yet reached t'etrograa. jtrtrM sent In a special code possibly one of t codes already In possession of Germany." The delay In receipt may be simply counted for by reason of special buslnesik though the fact that It was dispatch about two weeks ago is not generally aak : sldered to come under that excuse. The Department Is not fully informed m to what route the message took, though ft. believes It was sent via Great Britain mj Arenac get 7 , :jjihit i &'. V -w i.