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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
F0sdick to Face
GriIIing on Vice

Continued from Page One
hours II so inclined Every gambling
house and resort can be closed by the
police overnight, he said
The Chamber Of Commerce, in a
resolution adopted by the executive com
nnittee, which has been sent TO the
Mayor. urges that an adequate defense
70 the charges be prepared II they are
untrue or. II they are correct, a full
and frank statement revealing existing
conditions be made at once, and i'm
TriEg writes Mayor
Ernest T. Trigg, president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, sent letter
10 the Mayor in which he stated that
accusations such as those made by Mr..
Fosdick reflected seriously upon the city
and that II they were not founded on
fact. they should be contradicted prompt
" and emphatically.
The full text Of the letter sent to
the Mayor was as follows:
wide publication has been made in
the newspapers throughout the United
States concerning a report prepared by
Raymond b. Fosdick, chairman of the
commission on training camp activities,
to Secretary Of Navy Daniels, relative
10 conditions said to exist In the city.
Conditions such as reported reflect Sc
fiousiy on Philadelphia throughout the
nation and throughout the world
Err the report referred 10 is founded
on facts. then the conditions should be
Immediately corrected If the report is
not founded on fact II should be EN-
pbatically and oonclusiyely contradlcted.
The executive committee of the Phila-
delphla Chamber OF Commerce on be-
half Of virtually 5000 members and on
behalf Of the entire community. au-
shorizes me 10 call upon you to explain
Immediately the accuracy of the allega-
t.on contained in the Fosdlck report.
and. further, II there be proof in these
charges, TO take immediate and uncom-
promising steps to remove any such
conditions"
Detective Jesse ]. Wister. former
head OF the motor squad. has been sus-
pended and ordered to appear before the
police trial board, II was stated at Gem
tral station last night. Acting Detective
Louis j. Hill, of the Tenth and Button
wood streets station. has been suspended
and summoned before the trial board.
No reason for the suspension of these
two men was given, and officials declined
10 say whether II had to do with the
vice situation or the recent dissatisfac-
tion over the thefts OF automobiles.
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batteries caught under their fire
enemy concentration east of Cantigny.
A strong German reconnaissance at.
tackled by our troops on the left bank Of
the Disc, southwest Of Servais was re.
pulsed"
The reserves of the Entente Allies
still are virtually intact.
The French did remarkable feats in
connection with the transport OF troops
when called upon TO support their Brit.
ish allies. One army corps came from
q long distance TO be thrown imme-
diately into the fighting as the men
debarked from motor lorries with their
packs. This same corps now has been
in the fight lines ten days without re-
lief and has requested permission to
remain there, although il has borne n
great part in barring the route toward
Paris through the valley of the Disc
Prisoners say the 20sth German di-
vision since the beginning OF the Of.
fensive has suffered losses of 20 per
cent The Twentieth division lost so
per cent The Eighty-eighth division
lost 30 per cent the first day and 40
per cent in an attack on Mesieres
March %.
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LeHrOot in Lead
in Wisconsin Fight
nsntisasa from rass one

renfinusd from PAGE One
SIN has voted herself loyal by three or
four to one.
The missing counties are all nomi-
nally Republican. except Washington.
Seventy-flve precincts In Milwau-
kee County out OF 1873 gave:
Lenroot. 1901; Davies, 11,S07; Ber-
ger. 1850.
The early returns indicated a marked
Increase for the Socialist vote and the
re-eiection Of Mayor Daniel w. Hoan,
Socialist, OF Milwaukee. was conceded.
Washington, April s.---The Democratic
National Committee early today declined
to concede the election of Irvine L. Len
root as United states Senator from Wis
fonsln Despite Milwaukee figures in
dicafing the Republican candidates cleo
lion By some $4,000. the committee said
complete returns when available would
show Joseph f. Davies winner by very
small plurality
The Republican Congressional COM
InIttoe insisted that the complete figures
Will only add 70 Lenroot's plurality
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BERLIN PROTESTS
AGAIN TO RUSSIA
Arming of Teuton De.
serters Is Latest Cause
of Peevishness
ARREST is DEMANDED

Londor. April A German note 70
ne Russian Government declares Ger.
man and Austrian deserters at Moscow
are threatening to seize the Swedish
and Danish ctnsiIlates and that they
have already taken possession Of lodg-
ines for war prisoners. The note con-
tInuos:
''They are endeavorinE by violence
10 put these prisoners into the Red
Guard. The civil and military authors
fiss at MOSCOW are said to be powerless
and. IN some Instances, to favor such
activities. The German Government ex-
poets immediate energetic measures to
be taken by the Russian Government,
and especially expects the dissolution
Or the war prisoners committee, com
rosed Of these deBerters under the lead
frship Of the Austrian Asennz. and the
trrest Of all Of its members"
Captain w. r. Webster. Of the Amer
lean Red Cross, and Captain W. L..
Blcirs, Of the British military mission,
have been assured that fewer than 1900
Austrian prisoners in Siberia had been
armed and enlisted in the BolshevilS
Guards. and that all these were Social
hts who had renounced Austrian
cItlzenshlp. The Soviet gave assurance
That no more prisoners would be armed
Ard also announced it's intention TO de-
fend Siberia against the German in
vasion.
A dispatch from Petrograd says;
"A solid sense Of deep satisfaction
prevailed here with receipt OF the news
that the German advance on the other
edge OF Europe had been checked. There
can be no doubt that this object lesson
has come in most timely combination
With the feeling OF heartfelt disgust Of
the Russian nation as a result of its
twelve months spree as embodied IN the
predatory German peace treaty blindly
signed at Brest. and ratified blindly at
Moscow. A new spirit is coming over
tha nation"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
TREASURER'S CASE SETTLED
York City Council Accepts $4,000 OF
Jones's Tax-Bonus Claim

York. Pa, April 3.--The City Council
has terminated litigation brought
against former City Treasurer ]. Will
liam Jones for the recovery of money
due the municipality on the tax dupli-
Gates for the years 1912, 1918, 1914 and
1915 by making settlement with the
American Surety Company, of New York
city, his bondsman, On a compromise
basis of $4,000.
The amount of the suit instituted
against Jones and the surety company
was approximately $4,000. including a
large number Of unexonerated and un-
collected assessments for occupation
and livestock taxes.
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FRANCO BRITISH
RESISTANCE STOPS ENEMY

From General Foch, the Allied
generalissimo, down 10 the private,
the opinion is deep-rooted that any
further efforts of the Germans to
break through the Allied front and
capture the base city of Amiens will
prove disastrous failures.
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STRATEGY NOW POINTS
TO ENCIRCLING MOVEMENT ON AMIENS

stant arrivals Of heavy artillery and
new divisions for the supreme effort
The artillery concentration Is especially
heavy In the region Of Montdider, while
"A great number Of six-inch pieces are
constantly in action everywhere.
The German obstruction In the old
Somme region is a boomerang. II is
necessary for the Germans TO bring UP
their entire food supply which cannot
be augmented from the countryside, as
formerly.
The difficulties Of the terrain are de-
laying the enemy and causing him hard
ships. The Allies communications
quickly convey troops. guns and sup
plies.
one German division marched eight
nights. Another detrained In the eve
ming and marched twenty miles, entering
the firing line in the morning exhaust
ed. There are thirty-two divisions (3S4,-
600 men) so far opposed to the French.
The aerial warfare Is extensive. Yes
terday an allied squadron Of eighty ma
chimes pursued a German squadron Of
forty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
MRS. BOYCE LEFT s6,921,s1O
Son Inherits $2,519, 9,905-Legacies
for Grandchildren

New York. April 3.-AIrs. Edith Cooper
Bryce, widow Of Lloyd $. Bryce. for
merly United States minister to the
Netherlands, left net estate of $6667.-
l25 when she died at Rohlyn, l.. L.
April 29. 1916, 1t became known when
the transfer tax appraisal was filed al
Mineola. Mrs. Bryce's gross estate was
So $40. Her personal property was
valued at S5,275,443 and her real estate
at $l.9O1.052
ceive total of s957.G45 and Cornelia
II. Pinchot, also a daughter S9G6,635
Peter Cooper Bryce. a son, is TO get S2,.
5l9,905. Henry 5. Cram, a grandson
gets Sl70.9SO and the same sum goes tc
Edith Bryce Cram, q granddaughter
and John s. Cram, n grandson. Clifford
Pinchot, Jr.. another grandson, receives
S5O3952.
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with the French Armies in the Field

with the French Armies In the Field,
April 3.
Failure TO reach Paris and Amiens
through wing attacks apparently has
caused the German command to center
It's efforts on the latter city. In the hope
Of encircling II by attacking in naturally
defined sectors along the rivers.
The first of these Is north Of the Ancre,
another Is between the Ancre and the
Somme. the next is between Somme and
the Luce. the fourth is between the
Luce and Avre and the fifth between
the Avre and the Noye.
The latest attacks betray the enemy's
Intentions While aiming directly NJ
Amlens in the center the attacks on the
north and south aim TO encircle the city
from the north via Hebuterne and Doul-
lens, and from the south via Montdidier
and Comfy. First they would isolate
Amlens from northward and southwark
railway communications, then force an
evacuation by n semi-circular artillery
concentration.
The encirclement has temporarily
been checked, but airplanes report CON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
DAGLI ALTRI PUNT DEL
TEATRO DELLA GUERRA

lie operazioni ALA fronte occidentale
mel tredicesimo giorno della grande
offensiva tedesca, possono riassumersi
come segue:
II triplice obiettivo tedesco di cat
turare Amines, tagliare la linea ferrovi-
aria Calais-Parigi ed interporsi ira lie
armate inglesi g Iranscesi in delta
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
RHYME NAME OF GENERAL FOCH
WITH SLANGY BRITISH "BOSH"
TO pronounce the name Of General Foch,
Remember he's going TO thrash the Boche:
land Boche Is pronounced as n II tcere Bosh);

sephane Iauzanne
a
Ferdinand
with short L 81 a
shortened II will rhyme with English Bosh
Or will rhyme equally
unspeakabe German
that General Foch
have the correct pronunciation heavens
gallant General the way;
rhyme with Hoch'
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Csntinued from Pare One
been busy reorganizing their forces
and in bringing fresh troops and
artillery to the new positions. On
their side the British and French
have massed their reserves at
strategic points around Amiens, re-
enforced their artillery and strength
ened their defensive works.
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GERMAN HEAVIES NOW ARRIVING;
BIG GUN BATTLE TO RESUME

prove. There must inevitably be fur.
ther times of great anxiety for the
French and for ourselves, for the Ger
mans, too, are beginning to get up
their heavy artillery. The battle. as
1t gradually loses It's character as a
fight with infantry weapons as the
chief arm employed. will hardly dimin-
ish in intensity or violence. But we
may say with fair confidence that the
rush has been stopped and its object
defeated.
The French success has been gained
only by stupendous exertions and the
greatest valor. In MOreuil, Orvillers,
Plessier-le-Roye and lie Plemont in
particular the hand-to.hand fighting
has gone on without a break.
In retaking lie Plemont two enemy
divisions which had been ordered to
advance at all costs not only broke
before the counter-attack of one French
division. but also left 700 prisoners and
twenty officers behind. On the Disc
front a German battalion succeeded
in crossing the river at Chauny and
attempted to establish bridgehead on
the left bank. but II was so vlgor-
ously attacked by the French that vir.
tually the whole battalion except 100
prisoners was wiped out.
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their man power than can Germany. The
death payments OF the Allies ought to be
made for offensive gains and not merely
the recovery Of technically valueless ter
ritory. These may be the considerations
that are Withholding General Foch for
the present from striking against the
Germans.
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L'OFFENSIyA IN ITALIA
81 CREDE HIMINENTE
LIE Armate Austriache Sareb-
bero Pronte Per un Po-
deroso Attacco
GIL oBIETTIvI NEMICI

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 34i
Authorized by the act Of October q.
1917. on file at the Postofiice Of Phila-
delphia, Pa.
by order OF the President.
A. 9. BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-11
SAVING THE WOUNDED
Red Cross Is Doing Heroic Work
in France.
Georgia Soldier Says, "They All Work
ed Like Dogs in That He'll
Out There"

Washington.-"Test the nerve of
those Americans" evidently was the
order given to the German soldiers
facing the sector held by our boys in
France, and gas shells and all other
methods were used. Completely re-
pulsed as the Germans We're, the test
must have been anything but reassur-
ing to them!
A correspondent talked with some
of the American soldiers wounded in
the attack. One youth, whose home is
in Savannah, Ga, and who looked to
be not more than eighteen years old,
made the following highly compliment
tary reference to the American Red
Cross stretcher-bearers and ambulance
drivers:
I've sure got to hand 1t to those
men with the Red Cross on their arms.
They all worked like dogs in that hell
out there. They seemed to have but
one idea-to do their duty-and appar-
emily cared nothing for their own lives
while doing it. They were game right
to the core"
In this connection it may be said
that there are a certain number of
men who wear the Red Cross whose
names are on the casualty list. If any
one has thought that a Red Cross
worker goes out on a battlefield only af-
ter the firing has ceased and brings in
the wounded, this statement by a SOL
der will correct the wrong impression.
Stretcher-bearers work under fire-and
the Germans have not hesitated to fire
upon Red Cross workers.
The knowledge that the Red Cross
workers will be at his side almost as
quickly as he falls wounded, to take
him to the first-aid station and subse-
quently to the hospitals, has given
great comfort to the American troops.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-11
Trench Graves in Lusitania Cemetery
Cleaned up by Cunard Steamship Co.

Queenstown, March 31.-(Corre-
spondence of The Associated Press.)
have just finished a
months task of tidying up the Lusi-
tania cemetery here, where lat of the
Lusitania dead are buried They have
converted the three mounds of earth,
which mark the trench graves of the
victims, into the neatest and best-kept
part of the village burying ground at
the top of the cliffs.
A neat sign placed over the largest
of the three trench graves informs Wis
itors that the improvement was made
at the direction of the Cunard Steam
ship company, and that the company
has engaged Cork firm of garden
ers permanently to keep the grass and
trees trimmed and the flowers water
ed.
The failure of the town council to
care for the graves made it necessary
for the Cunard company to do so.
Some time ago The Associated Press
correspondent visited the spot and
was surprised to find grass foot high
all over the cemetery. His account of
the incident led high official of the
Cunard line to make an inspection.
He reported to his headquarters in
Liverpool, confirming the account of
the neglect of the graves. The COM
pany acted at once and the result is
that, while two months ago it was al
most impossible for the casual Wis
itor to distinguish the Lusitania
graves from any others, they now ar
rest immediate attention.
The earth around the graves has
been banked up two feet above the
level of the ground and carefully sod
ded. Fifteen pine trees have been
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-11

melted, and Gods praises were not in
frequent in the meeting. The spirit of
prayer was in the meeting. Folks
were thinking as never before. 1t was
a great hour, the climax Of eli the
meetings thus far. We took new
ground, climbed a little higher on the
hill, we went little deeper into God.
A striking statement from the evan
gelist: "Christ did not teach mon how
to preach. But he taught them how
to pray"
The services are at 8 p. m. and 8
p. m.
Don't let another meeting go by
without getting into it. Ray scars in
the heavenlies but he also walks on
earth.
Come out and hear this great man
who wears No. 10 collar, stands six
feet one and one-half inches high, and
weighs 275 pounds. He doesn't know
the size of his hat band. He's tall
timber and he is doing some tall
preaching.
REV. A. E. GAMMAGE,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-11
SHOVEL HIS WEAPON
Thrilling Story Of Trawler Skip
per's Exploit.
Third Blow of FIailIi<e implement
Puts Out U-Boat's Eye and Al
lied Crew Escapes.

London.-When ones vessel is In
danger from enemy submarines any
thing will do as a weapon Of defense,
as is shown by the story of a captain
of British trawler who used a coal
shovel with good effect against Ger
man-U-boat. The trawler, according
to the story told by one of the crew,
was in the North sea in a stiff breeze
when the skipper saw periscope
crawl through the breaking surface Of
the sea about hundred yards off.
There was no gun aboard and the traw-
ler's best speed was less than eight
knots.
SIT was situation to dismay most
men," said the seaman. Sour skipper,
however, has fighting spirit. A touch
of the wheel sent the trawlers blunt
bows pointing at the submarines
whaleback, and we wallowed menac-
ingly toward the pirate.
"The U-boat swung round to avoid
the impact and the sides of the traw-
Ter scraped along the sides Of the SUBJ
marine. The periscope still was well
out of the water but was beginning to
slip down as the submarine Owed.
'8The skipper bawled for hammer,
a crowbar, anything that would hurt.
One of the crew thrust coal shovel
into his hand and he scrambled on the
bulwarks and leaned over, two of the
crew hanging on to his coat so that he
wouldn't fall overheard. Backward
and forward he swung the heavy scoop
at the fragile periscope, and the third
blow reduced it to fragments.
"Tlle submarine commander, hearing
the noise and wondering what new and
horrible device the enemy had invent
ed, crept to his periscope to have a
look, but all was black. He was blind,
and the trawler got away in safety"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-11
RAISE FISH IN BACK YARD
President Of National Aquarium So
ciety Sponsor for Latest in Con-
servation of Food.

st. Louis.--If you want to help Uncle
San win the war raise fish in your
back yard. The new food conservation
scheme is going to be tried out here
with the slogan, "Keep ten fish in your
back yard"
s. Chichester Lloyd, president of the
National Aquarium society, is sponsor
FOR the idea and suggests it be adopt
ed all over the. nation. LLOYD in his
back yard last year raised 10000 fish
in three 500-gallon pools.
With little care the average city
dweller with back yard space can
raise all the fish he needs for his
table. SAYS LLOYD. Many types Of the
finny tribe are eatable at the end of
the first season, he declares. The Ger
man carp is said TO be the most popu-
lar and it is pointed out is habitue
of every back yard in Germany.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-11
Ex-President Taft Writes to
Governor Sidney J. Cats

liter School of journalism of Column
bia, W. Morgan Shuster of New York,
and William English Walling, the well
known internationalist.
In addition to these the foremost
representatives of the allied nations
now in this country have been invited
to speak at an Allied War dinner,
which will conclude the convention on
the evening of May 18th.
In his letter to the governor Mr..
Taft says:
"a special session Of present and
former governors of states is planned
to meet in Independence hall, Phila-
delphia, on the afternoon of Friday,
May II, as feature of the conven-
ton on "Win the War for Permanent
Peace, which will be held from
Thursday to Saturday of that week
under the auspices of the League to
Enforce Peace, of which l am presi-
dent. I have the honor to invite you
to be present.
"The purpose in calling this conven-
ton is to sustain the determination
of our people to fight until Prussian
militarism has been defeated, con-
firm opposition to premature peace,
and focus attention upon the only adj
vantage the American people are hop
ing to gain from the war-a perma-
nent peace guaranteed by league of
nations. The efforts of German and
Austria to arouse paciist sentiment
in this country and among our allies
make it a patriotic duty to do every
thing possible to counterfeit this in
1uence.
"Our executive committee wishes
me to invite you to appoint a number
of official representatives of your
state to attend the convention"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-11

planted about the edges, and a space
in the center is adorned with beds Of
hardy flowers. A gardener from Cork
makes weekly visit to the graves.
After the war it is proposed to build
a monument on the site. This is to
be done by the steamship company in
cooperation with the British govern
ment and plot of ground has been
reserved for this purpose.
There are three trenches, the largest
of which contains seventy bodies, the
second fifty and the third twenty-sev-
en-. The plot for the memorial is be-
tween the second and third trenches.
A few small gravestones, sent by rel
atives of the victims, now form the
only memorials to be found about the
spot.
The graves are seldom visited by the
villagers. They say they shun them
because they recall the terrible scenes
enacted nearly three years ago. One
of the latest visitors was the Ameri-
can consul there, Charles M. Hatha-
way, jr., who escorted group of Am
erican naval officers now on duty in
adjacent waters.
The town hall in Queenstown, which
was used as a morgue for the victims,
was for two years afterward deserted
by the villagers who had, for genera
lions before, used it as a marketplace.
1t was said to be haunted" and no
good luck was expected from any
transaction completed there. During
the last few weeks the villagers have
begun to use it again, but only after
a squad Of painters and decorators
had transformed its gloomy interior
into such a cheerful place that the
merchants, despite their superstitions,
were coaxed back.