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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Qualifying
By KATHLEEN NJ. MOORE@

TLENNILLE was only a small town.
" The male population was in the
minority. but the town boasted six
star service flag.
a few of the girls had organized
benefit club.
Wen call it the S. S. s Club" sug-
gested Vera Quinn, and no one but "A
soldier or sailors sweetheart will be
eligible
Fine" exclaimed Gladys Then
Babs won't be eligible. because she hasn't
any sweetheart"
The aforementioned Babs heard of
the plans and applied for membership
on the ground that she had two broth
er and four cousins in the servtce-all
volunteers.
But you mus; have sweetheart in
"Oh, very well. miss" she replied
tartly. "l'll qualify before another
month is up, or my name isn't Barbara
Helena willows"
Girls called Vera well put it this
way: If Barbara willows gets a sweet
heart in the service inside of one month.
Wen have to admit her to our club; II
not. she can't have another chance"
Arriving at this agreement the club
adjourned. a
The club met for its regular weekly
meeting. and since Babs had another
week in which to qualify. the whole
evening was spent in discussing her
progress.
DO you think there is any chance OF
her joning?" asked the president. who
was not oVeranXious for her member
ship.
"Of course not" replied Ruth. Why,
Wednesday night ] saw her at the
movies with Bill Stratam. and If lazy
Bill ever joined, the whole town would
| die of surprise
And l saw her in the park Friday
night with Ted Barlowe, a likely young
man but too fond of the glad rags
10 don a uniform" put in May.
II saw her sitting on the porch one
| night last week with handsome Art
| Gordon. but there's no chance of his
| joining" And thus they picked at this
/ one and pecked at another.
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joice. Cheers. handclapping and hilar-
Gus laughter broke out The head
quarter rooms were suddenly crowded as
If everybody at once had discovered that
victory had perched on the banners of
the Real Republicans and was pouring
in to enjoy the triumph with the leaders
Prominent men. who had taken an
aggressive interest in the campaign,
came in to offer their congratulations.
Jerry received these fluctuations of
his warm personal friends modestly. and
slipped away to the privacy of an inner
room TO telephone to Ruth. To his sur
prise she was reported not at home
"Out with Miss Letitia, Mr.. Archer"
reported the butler.
Jerry chuck,ed. "Out in the car
watching the election returns. I'll bet
a dollar" was his conjecture.
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Tuesday night came and the girls
had assembled early, and were await
ing Barbara anXiously
Has any one seen Barbara since our
last meeting asked the president.
There came a chorus of noes. -
The discussion drifted to new FAM
ny mat had moved TO Genville a few
days ago. Fifteen minutes had elapsed.
but no Barbars-then there came q long
peal from the doorbell
There she is now" they all cried, as
Ruth hastened to open the door.
Babs entered looking very Charming,
and. smiling prettily, she said. "WefL
girls, ] have won without trying. ana
now may | be a member of your select
club"
First give us evidence of your quali-
ficalion,' demanded Vera, growing un-
Yes, produce evidence" cried the
others
Very well" replied Babs, in a mat
this month has not been in vain" she
began. Il not only made myself eligible
to the club. but | helped increase the
ranks Of Uncle Sam by three. Evil
dence?' and here she opened the door.
and admitted two khaki-clad boys, and
one in naval uniform,
The girls gasped In surprise as they
beheld Art and Bill in khaki, and Ted
Here is my evidence" Babs con-
tinued. taking note OF the surprised
looks on the girls faces. -1l
When Vera had regained her COM
posture she said, somewhat nervousiy:
But But which WI IS your sweetheart? They
But we'd like to-" pped the boys.
Cheerily.
"None of them" and Babs laughed
mischieN ously.
None of them :" echoed the girls
Then J fail to see where you have
But; Miss President, don't jump at
conclusions Barbara responded Il
! haven't finished yet Here Is my sweet
heart and here Is proof that he Is my
sweetheart" and she held up her left
hand; displaying dazzling solitaire
man, dressed in khaki, made his ap-
pearance, smiling. ~
Allow me to introduce Sergeant Al
bert Phillips, a new resident OF the
geant Phillips and / have been good
friends for a long time. / met him
| through my brother when he was at
glances. Being home on turloush be-
| cause of injuries sustained In action,
| he paid me a surprise visit Ted, Btll
and Art having listened to my preach
ing for month or more, enlisted .fcr
| Uncle Sam and elected me as their god
mother. Now have I qualifedT and
she tossed her head saucily TO the side.
Rabs The bd srS SsI ssst snySus
brief silence Vera said we Certainly
take OFF our hats to you, Barbara. You
have overqualified. We admit you are
ado"
Barbara smiled upon her army, which
stood erect behind her and said. We'll.
boys, l have come out victorious, JUST
like you boys are going to do some day.
and turning to her club sisters she said
Well leave Glenville tomorrow. The
boys for their different stations and
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Organic Chemistry

First Chemist-Have you seen
A today?
Second Nut-Al who?
First Chemist-Why. Alcohol.
Kerosene him yesterday with his
sister Ethyl Alcohol in Benzole
car driving like fury Inulin pto-
since. Well, Iodiform a posse and
go look for him, but I'm sleepy
so | gasoline against a post and
take a naptha-Lehigh Burr.
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Great demand for the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER may cause you
to miss an installment OF this very
interesting story. You had better.
therefore, telephone or write to the
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the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER at
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CHAPTER "
Peggy Flies TO Sea
FIGHTING FOR AMERICA

tPeggY toliotUS General ThrittS ".
S. S. army 10 an dirplnne fGctory
There she helps catch SpU, ,cho
tries 10 disable neW Sedpldnc IN
tchiCh ndry dutdtor, Lieutenant
Young. Is about to 90 in search Of
German Submdrines.)
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seat. and, before Peggy knew what
he was about, started his engine There
was tremendous roar and a great
blast of wind az the propeller caught
the air. Peggy and General Thrift
threw themselves fiat on the deck and
grasped stays to keep from being
blown off. General Swallow wasn't so
fortunate and was whirled into the
air far behind.
The seaplane gave a lurCh. Glided
down the ways. and struck the water.
There was a Sudden smother of foam
as the bOatlike machine rushed across
the bay another lurch, and it began to
climb into the clear air.
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men, if you want to. Though these
fellows are not criminals, tHrre isn't
any crime some of them would stop at.
They've had it pumped into EN- by
agitators. They supply the sparks, and
we, the employing class of America.
supply the powder in the form of our
blind mishandling of labor, and labor
situations
Jerry, it's crude kind of fight
We've been in. 4 sort of rudimentary
one. 1t was fight that had to be
made but after all it was only symp-
tom. Corrupt political machines have
got to be smashed, OF course. Our
laws have got to be enforced, and bad
ones repealed and better ones made
But fostered by old evils new evils
have grown up. This problem of the
relation between capital and labor. this
question of distributing and assimilat-
ing the rewards of industry. of secur-
! ing of such rights for the masses as
| the classes are able to secure for them.
selves-that's the problem ahead of this
country And government has got tC
| solve it
! CONTINUED TOMORROW
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(Tomorr0,C aciH be told hoto AN
Scapldne, tcith Pe09y on BOARD
searches the ocean for the German
SubmdriReSJ u
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CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-07
By the Associated Press
with the French Armies in France

Nov. Tho French armies made
another forward bound yesterday of
from five to seven miles all along their
front from east of Guise TO their
junction with tho American forces
west of the Mcuse, pressing close upon
tho rear guards left by the Germans,
who are in full retreat.
General Debeney's troops. tramping
through mud and drenChed by the
continuous downpour OF rain. captured
Nouvion and Regnavial forests The
booty taken over this front indicates
that the, enemy's retreat has been
more precipitate than that Of yester-
day. Prisoners captured say that the
retreat will continue for a distance Of
fifteen or twenty miles further.
The march of General Gouraud's $
men toward the Meuse continues with
increased speed. After working all
night under heavy shell and machine
gun fire in the construction OF bridges
for infantry and artillery over the
Aisne and the Ardennes Canal, they
crossed the swollen stream in force
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDuER-pHrIADELPH THURSDAY

maintained contact with the foes rear
guards by means OF patrols, and at
dawn yesterday the pursuit was re-
sumed.
The map shows how Marshal Foch
followed his characteristic tactics OF
pressure on the salient which have been
the source of his previous victories
At the present moment the British!
are less than fifty miles from Namur,
while on the right the French and Amer
leans. already we'll nigh astride the
Metz-Sedan railroad and hardly twelve
miles from Mezieres, are only sixty-two
miles distant from the Belgian fortress.
which is assuming the character of a
swiftly narrowing gateway through
which the German forces in France
nine armies strong--must retreat.
The extreme point of the salient near
Rethel Is fully seventy-five miles from
Namur. and the Germans, hampered
by lack Of motor transport, are being
crowded. even more dangerously along
the roads and railroads still open to
them, but never free from tie deadly
assault of the Allied aircraft.
II was reported some weeks ago that
Foch said II have not yet had my
battle"
The operations now in progress Justify
the belief that tho Marshars hour mas
come at last
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on both sides of the river, the Ger
mans giving way slowly.
The railway juction at Sedan al
1 ready is useless to tho enemy. The
| French on the American left are NOV
ing forward rapidly in the direction
of Sedan, making Il doubtful whether
the honor of first reaching the city
will go TO them or TO the Americans.
During yesterday afternoon Ameri-
can forces took Villemontry, Mont De
Brune, Autrecourt and Connauge. To
the west, the French, in cooperation
with the Americans, have reached
Omicourt.
During yesterday the Americans at
one place advanced over four and n
half miles. The villages taken include
Bulson, Haraucourt and Raucourt
Great quantities of commissary stores,
many railroad cars and equipment and
enormous amounts OF war material
have been captured.
Desperate fighting continues east Of
the Meuse. In the face OF strong re.
sistance the Americans have gained
nearly two and a half miles, captur-
ing MuryauX, Tontaines and Hill 2SA
which the Germans gave UP only after
a severe struggle.
Machine guns continue the CHIEF
weapon of fighting IN the German er'
forts to hold the heights west OF the
Meuse. which have been in their pos
| session since 1914.
Reports from the center OF the
| American line, where the buildings or
| Sedan are in plain view, say part OF
the town is in flames. Mouzon, on the
Meuse. eight miles southeast or Sedan
also is on fire.
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DR.. SCARLETT COMMISSIONED
Philadelphia Physician Made
First Lieutenant in Army

DR. Hunter ". Scarlet. 222s Locust
street has been commissioned first
lieutenant in tho medical corps of the
army. His name is In a list OF COM
missions just announced by the War
Department.
Doctor Scarlet spent four years in
American hospitals I'm France before the
United States entered the war, and he
treated thousands of the Allied wound
ed. He will go to the medical officers
training school at Camp Greenleaf,
Jackson :. -, within ten days.
Doctor Scarlet was Walter camp. s
selection for the All-American football
eleven in 1908. He was q star end on
the University Of Pennsylvania team.
other Philadelphians awarded COM
missions follow:
First Lieutenant engineers, Joseph L.
:. Donnelly 1921 Wallace street.
Captain, ordnance, Edward {. Wor-
rell, 2i21 Elmwood avenue, Philadel-
phi1.
mold Bamberger, Sheffield Apartments ;
William J. Phillips, 1925 Moyamensins
second lieutenant. quartermaster
Marcus 5. DeWolf, 2lS9 North Fifteenth
street.
Captain, medical Herbert p Leopold
| 1928 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
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the weather@-the rain fell in sheets yes
terday-the retreat OF the Germans
verges perilously near a rou,. British
forces are within a few miles Of Mau-
beuge, the fall of which Is imminent
Hirson.
The enemy is falling back on the
Meuso before the French Fourth and
Fifth Armies, which are driving In his
rear guard and capturing many ma
chine guns. The German white flag
party may hear of the fall OF the Ger
man Emperor's former headquarters at
Charleyille and Mezieres before they
reach Marshal Foch. Near the Meuse
the American army working in close
touch with General Gourauds forces
are demolishing bit by bit the power
full pillar of the German defense on
the western front. The destruction OF
this German bastion would involve the
whole enemy retreat in disaster There
Is now no resting place for the German
hosts this side OF the Rhine. Indeed. il
IL not too much to say that the Ger
mans are doomed to defeat without hope
OF recovery.
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Official War Reports

With tho American Expeditionsry
Force, Nov. !.
East of the Meuse We advanced
four kilometers and captured MurvauN,
Hill 2Sf and FOntaines.
West of the river we captured Rou-
court, Bulson and Haraucourt.
FRENCH
Paris, Nov. E.
The pursuit was renewed this morn
ing on the whole front.
We progressed east Of the Nouvion
and Regnaval forests and north or
the Serre and the Aisne.
on our right twhere the French Inc
Joins the American) cur cavalry cle-
mcnts arc pushing toward the Mcusc.
BRITISH
London. NOV. :.
our progress On the battlefront
continued yesterday evening.
We have taken Dompierre and Mon
ccau-St. Waast and have reached or
passed the line Of the ANcsnes- BaNay
road between Monceau-St. Waast and
the railway south of Bavay.
A counter-attack IN tho evening
southeast Of Bavay was repulsed with
heavy losses to the enemy and our
line was advanced.
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POTTSVILLE CARMEN QUIT

Pottsvine, Pa, Nov. THE several
trolley lines OF the Eastern Pennsylvania
Railways Company running out of this
n strike of the crews.
The company put into effect n new
method Of collecting and registering
fares, which the men say imposed extra
work upon them for which they receive
no extra pay, hence they struck this
morning. Upward Of 200 employees are
involved.
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BRITISH CAPTURE THOUSANDS
Threaten to Cut of Germans IN
Berlaimont
By rhc Associated Press


with the Allied Armies in France and
Belgium, Nov delayed. - Normal
Forest has been thoroughly cleaned out
by British troops, but some iew Yer
mans are still In Berlaimont. Where Ihes
are in danger of being cut off.
British forces are east of Porquerle
and are advancing toward Pont-sur-
Sambre New Zealand troops are NOV
ing along the road TO Baray ana are
near Hargnies. ~.
Up until last evening the Third Brit
ish Army had counted 1913 German 0ni-
GERS and 5s79 men taken prisoner since
Monday morninC. Since that time pris-
oners have been coming back through
the lines. The Fourth Army had taken
1900 by last night, while the First Army
had captured several thousand.
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GERMAN CHIEFS KNOW
SITUATION IS CRITICAL
BY WALTER DURANTY
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1913. 6y Nctg Yorl; Times Co.

CoptTt0ht, l0jS, OY NeE loT6 IlmcS co.
with the French Armies, Nov. The
Nauen wireless message announcing the
departure of the arlnIstice ENJOYS from
Berlin occasions no great surprise. At
the same time IL Is pointed out that the
extreme haste shown BY the enemy to
demand conditions of whose severity
they already have a good idea from the
terms accorded their allies and the prog
nostications In the Swiss press. proves
that the German war chiefs realize what
W known here--that tho military situa-
ton is no less dangerous than internal
conditions.
| learn today that the latest prisoners
all say Germany will never accept such
conditions as were imposed upon AUS
tria. but 1t is considered that their
unanimity indicates a statement based
on orders. The evening news contains
signs of the German retreat degener-
ating into a rush for the frontier. Only
weak rearguards oppose the Allied ad-
vance. Large captures Of material are
everywhere reported. It is growing
hourly more certain that nothing but
surrender will avert disaster
For the first time | can affirm with
confidence the end is in sight.
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OHIOANS STORM SALIENT
German Wireless Tells of Deci
sion to Abandon Ghent
By the Associated Press

On the Battlefront in Belgium, Nov. ..
delayed A wireless dispatch was re-
ceiyed this afternoon OF the headquarters
Of General Beaurains from the Germans
saying they had decided to abandon
Ghent and asking the Belgians not TO
fire on the suburbs Of the town where
white flags were raised.
American troops from Ohio, under the
command Of General Farnsworth. played
a great part in the relief Of the city
b. an attack on the Eecke salient, six
teen miles southwest of Ghent, which
was taken by storm yesterday. Their
losses were comparatively light.
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FOES WHITE FLAG
INPRESSES FRANCE

Paris. Nov News that n German
white flag party had left for the front
made a deep impression in France,
where the prompt action OF the Ger
man Government took the public by
surprise. The last lingering doubts as
TO G,ermany's sincerity in asking for the
Allied terms for an armistice, still held
in certain quarters. seem to be re-
moved.
on the contrary, the impression now
held Is that Germany Is really worse
off than generally believed.
In the meantime the Allied troops arc
giving the enfeebled enemy no rest.
deserted by their last remaining ally
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London, Nov. british forces are
continuing their progress along the
Franco Belgian battle line. Northeast
of Valenciennes, according TO Field
Marshal Haig's report today, they
have reached the outskirts OF Quiev'
rain and Crespin, close to the Belgian
border. -.
Further south the town Of Angre
has bee ntaken. Southeast OF the
Normal forest the British have cap
tured Monceau-St. Vaast and Dom
pierre, three miles northwest or the
railway junction of Avesnes.
The great railroad Junction OF Aui-
noye was captured Yesterday.
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Special Gable to Erening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918, by Ne,r York Times CO.
M The Hague. Nov. !.

Copyright. 1918. by Ne,r York Times CO.
~ The Hague, Nov =
Travellers from Germany Will. whom
I have conversed confirm the unpopular
nv OF the Hohenzollerns. one OF these
fnformants came from Berlin, where
many disloyal bills are now posted.
Ny informant had seen bills declaring
thar the KAISER should be sent TO st.
Helena, "."Down with the Hohenzollerns,' -
Long live the Social Revolution and
Long Live Liebknecht.'
One bill. representing a prison, bore
the Inscription. "Liebknecht should be
liberated and his place taken by Kaiser
Wilhelm"
When the Informant left Berlin few
days ago the people had not got 50 Tar
as to insist on the Kaiser's going. In
working-class quarters opinion as to ad-
visibility of this course was divided. The
result was a series Of disputes, which
often led to fighting between the rival
factions, with the Intervention of the
police.
The royal castle il now strongly
guarded. All around il is a hedge Of in
fantrymen. not more than n pace from
each other They stand with fixed bay
onets. rigid as statues. Behind them is
a ring of Uhlans with drawn swords,
and behind them n detachment of ma
chine gunners. while another circle Of
infantry makes a fourth line Of defense.
Guns are also stationed on the bridges
giving access to the castle.
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and took up their advance yesterday
morning, throwing back the rear
guards. taking Rethel and advancing
into the Rethel pocket for an aver.
age distance of six and a half miles
and liberating twenty.four villages
with tho greater part OF their inhabi.
tants.
In some towns were found men of
military age whom the Germans had
recently brought back from behind
their lines.
The cavalry Of the First Army had
reached the road from vervins to
Avesnes. Vervins was later captured
A considerable number of prisoners
and immense booty fell into the hands
Of the French armies during the day.
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Amsterdam, Nov. 7.--Thousands Of
workers from factories and workshops
in Stuttgart paraded the streets Mon.
day and demanded the formation Of a
Workers and Soldiers Council, says a
dispatch received from Stuttgart.
German Social Democrats have no.
titled tho Government, through Fried.
erich E. Bert, the vice president of
their party and president Of tho main
committee of the Reichstag, that their
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DEMAND TEUTONS RETIRE
Poland Notifies Berlin to Withdraw
Troops From Borders

Amsterdam, Nov. Demands that
the Germans withdraw their troops
forthwith from Poland have been for
warded to Berlin by the new Polish
National Government, according TO the
Rhenish Westphalian Gazette of Essen
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By the Associated Press

London, Nov. "A British official
report on operations la Belgium says:
"On the Scheldt, opposite Ghent and
on the Terneuzen canal our patrols were
met with machine gun fire. South of
Gheut the hostile artillery was fairly
active"
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U. S. Troops Fight
Way Into Sedan,


day and early today the Americans
were only four miles south of Sedan.
Part >of Sedan is in flames.
During the night the American po-
sitions east Of the Meuse were con-
solidated, while progress was made
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representatives will resign their min.
isterial posts II the war is not brought
to an immediate end.
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BRITISH Headquarters In France, Nov.
THE Germans are retreating all along
the front of the First, Third and Fourth
British armies, which are pressing them
hard. The heavy rain continues ana
the ground has become sodden. This,
while It handicaps the British move
ments. equally impedes the enemy in his
efforts to save material.