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to Bennett, professed a desire to become
ongressman-at-Large. Stern, he said.
claimed credit for creating the Town
Meeting party
Assistant District Attorney Taulane's
first question on cross-examination was
IL Bennett had not been a prize fighter.
The witness denied he had ever fought
in boxing ring outside of police ath-
letic carnivals.
Ignorant Of Local Politics
Were you not transferred from the
Seventeenth District toS policeboat be-
cause you failed to suppress gambling
in that district?" asked Taulane.
Il knew nothing of reports about
gambling" Bennett likewise denied he
had been transferred from another dis
trict for political activity
Bennett claimed an even great greater
Ignorance of Philadelphia's politics in
1915 than Isaac Deutsch did yesterday.
He had not known there were two po-
litical factions in the city, he asserted
He knew that Charles A. Amber and
Charles Snyder were candidates for the
Republican nomination for Auditor Gen.
eral, but did not know what faction was
supporting either contestant. Bennett
believed the Republican party in Phil
no knowledge of any Penrose or Ware
faction. he testified.
In May of 1918 Senator Salus was
contestng for the leadership of the
Fourth Ward with Robert Moore. The
election was held on the day Bennett
took command of the Third District,
Fourth Ward with Robert ]. Moore The
witness said On that day he was entirely
unaware of the Salus-Moore contest.
Bennett has heard Sam Salus is leader
of the Fourth Ward but does not know
positively such is the fact. The wit
ness testified he never had a conversa-
tion with Lieutenant Duffy, of the Nine-
teenth District, in which he (BennetD
declared he was going to put Carey
| out of business"
Admits Holding Back Warrants
Taulane shifted his attack to the
/ batch Of warrants served on Carey elcc-
ton officers on primary election day.
Bennett received the warrants from
julius Lewis an attorney and candidate
! for the Legislature Pressed hard by
Taulane, the lieutenant said he be-
lieved Lewis was affiliated with IKE"
| Deutscn.
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Lieut.. T. E.. Wood,
War Hero, Slain


Continued from Page One
July sand went to France on the
same transport in May.
Both. in letters written home recently,
confirm the statement of Corporal
Jimmie" Cochran. 1929 Master street.
who was reported killed in action week
ago, that the transport carrying the
1l1th Infantry was attacked three times
by submarines off the coast of France.
Neither Bradley nor Campbell. however.
mentioned that the submarines had been
sunk. as Corporal Cochran wrote.
Private Bradley was nineteen years
old. the son of Daniel A. Bradley. He
was a member of Our Mother of Sorrows
Church and has two brothers in the
service, Corporal James d. Bradley,
twenty-five years old. now on the way
to France. and Private Paul Bradley,
at Camp Wadsworth, S. c. He was
wounded July l3, according to a mes
sage from the War Department.
Private Campbell was twcnty-three
years old and was married a few months
before enlisting. His bride, Catherine w.
Campbell. and his II ether. Mrs. Matilda
Campbell. who is widow. both reside
at 5215 Warren street. He. also, was
wounded July l3, according to the War
Departments message, indicating, his
wife believes, that Company NJ was
heavily engaged on that day.
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FOE TRIES TO DELAY
RETREAT TO VESLE
By the Associated Press

Paris, July 31.--Strong German reaC-
ton Tuesday shows. in the opinion of
French military experts that the enemy
Is determined to postpone a retreat to
the Vesle as long as possible. notwith-
standing the wastage in man-power that
policy involves. The reaction was brisk
but vain. Several newspapers express
the belief that the German line of re-
sistance has been reached.
The Germans yesterday. according to
Marcel Hutin in the Echo de Paris. threw
in five Of their best reserve divisions in
a counter-attack between Fere-en-Tar-
denois and Roncheres without apprec-
able effect against either the French or
the Americans
The German Crown Prince has num-
ber of good reasons for trying to hold
up his retirement TO the Vesle. First
he may desire to prevent the French
from using the Soissons-La Fere-Milion
railway; second, he may want to keep
the main Paris-Nancy railroad. which
parallels the Marne, within range OF his
heavies, and, third, he may want to re-
move his material without too much
damage to the Nesle line,
Furthermore, the Germans would be
unable to use the Rheims-Soissons road
If they retired to the Vesle. Also they
would have their backs against the
Aisne, which would not simplify the
means of communication in the rear.
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YANKEES CHARGE WITH
DRILL-LIKE STEADINESS

London. July 31.-The Reuter- CORE
spondent with the American army on the
Aisne- -Marne front sends the following
under Tuesdays date:
Yesterday was a day of Ceaseless
fighting, in which little actual progress
could be made. The enemy offered a
most determined resistance and brought
up fresh troops. but although he delayed
us for day. my conviction is unaltered
the Germans have no intention Of stand
ing this side of the Nesle.
at was plain that the Prussian Guard
division had been bitterly Chagrined by
the loss of Sergy the previous evening.
after four times having retaken it.
Therefore, it was no surprise when, soon
after dawn. they launched fresh at
tack from both sides of the southern
most angle Of the Nesles forest. The
attack was backed by field guns and
with a ragged barrage on our second
line Of batteries, the enemys gun posi-
tions above Cierges being well placed
for fanking fire, which the holders Of
Sergy found most trying.
"They were forced to withdraw from
1t and fall back across the river. The
enemy was permitted a few unpleasant
hours Of occupation. during which he did
his best to improve the defenses and
darngly brought some field guns toward
the brow of the hill above II. But
these apparently found the price of their
daring much too high and the American
gunfire too accurate, for their dis
appearance was more rapid than dig
! nified
Soon after they recaptured Sergy the
! Americans. who forced the passage OF
/ the Ourcq overnight. advanced up the
! narrow valley dividing the hill behlnC
! nd off in u-hirh &
bayonet and the rife butt were almost
alone used, took MeurCy farm, about a
/ mile up the valley.
This was preliminary to an attack OF
Seringes. and from the farm it was pos
sible to outfank the Seringes defense'
and approach them by IL less steel
ascent"
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region seems to have placed them in a
dominating positiont
All around the salient there has beer
continuous battle during the last
two days, with the Germans launching
repeated Counterattacks against the
Allied lines. They have all failed and
the Allies have gained important
ground at vital points.
Immediately south of scissors and
west of Rheims the German lines are
strongly held. but enemy efforts to
improve his position in the latter re-
gion have broken down.
There now seems to he little doubt
that the Germans will retreat to the
Nesle River as soon as possible, any
possibility OF making a stand north
of the OurCQ being seemingly gone.
Against the new British positions
at Merris. in the Lys salient, where
the Germans were driven back by "A
surprise attack on Tuesday, there has
been heavy bombardment.
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TRAINING SHIP SAILS
U. S. S. Admiral Has 200 Navigation
Students Aboard

An Atlantic Port, July 31.-The United
States steamship Admiral, with 200
sailors aboard has sailed. the trip
being made for the purpose of giving
the sailors opportunity to study and
with chronometers. sextants
and other nautical instruments.
DR.. c S. Street. an instructor for the
war emergency unit. is in charge OF the
educational campaign and will be as
sisted by Robert Wimsy and w. H. Car
roll. of st. Louis.
The war emergency unit, with head
quarters in the Widener Building. has
established additional schools of naviga-
ton and seamanship at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard and at other Philadelphia
points.
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COUNT WHILE TAKING ETHER
Germans Practice New Trick for
Control Under Anesthesia
By the Associated Press

With the American Army on the Aisne-
Marne Front. July Sl.-Brought to an
American dressing station On the banks
of the Ourcq. a wounded German cap
tain kept repeating "one. two, three"
monotonously. but with an earnestness
indicative of concentration. An inquiry
to a nurse elected this explanation:
"Oh. all those German officers dc that
The average person talks when under an
anesthetic II Is like talking in your
sleep. The Germans know this. and
every officer we get goes under the ether
while counting. The result is that in
stead of talking and giving information
they keep right on counting"
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NO WORD FROM FRANCIS
Washington Queries on His Transfer
to Moscow
r., rho limited Press
BY the United Press

81 Wsshipgion, July 3l.-The state De-
|alos>snspt was still without official word
1nfly today to prove whether or not Am
bssrador Francis had Quit Nologda. as
k1linor<d In Russian cables.
~ II he has II II assumed that Bolshe-
VIZ pressure had become too serious:
He and other diplomats at Vologda had
refused to go TO Moscow, as the Boil
shexiki wished and this may have in
turfSd their wrath.
1,hc movement to get the diplomats to
Noaccw Is generally considered inspired
t. ~ The Germans. because there the Boil
Sk<rtki and their German associates
S1o1Ild have better control Of cable and
E1a1 communications.
ne depaItmen. has cabled Moscow
- full Information about Francis
anunication with him has been ex-
ely Irregular for some time, though
- TO the Moscow consul general
come through with fair promptness.
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Bennett in Dark
On Party Fights
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from Pase One
accidentally n, was iostled by the
crowd.
"I was tho second man TO enter the
poolroom Cohen and another man were
standing on a ladder at one, side of the
store. I ordered them to get down. While
/ was in the from, of the place I heard
proans in the next room, cohen had been
struck bv tive no,icemen don't know
their names. Then Cohen was taken to
nospitai
hne,. naIneo re" oi ,,e po,ee
'e" !" .ho party tha' ralu1u Co'el
pira .,,nons .ne'l wee r,a ,.a', a,u
.a, W. s,,, VI 'he ueIenua.s, ame u,
~ Is,..,. -, neMspap o..s,, 70
,;a, - ' ''u"''e "' p"N %
.
''s" y"
Inc sign displayed OUTSIDE coneT :
poolroom oerore the RAID was eNn'oiteo
IN court. NH,
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BRITAIN GIVES DRAFT NOTICE
Informs Americans Abroad Of
Liability Under Treaty

London, July 3i.--In pursuance OF the
British-American convention for draft
ing Americans of military age resident
In the United Kingdom, notice has been
given American citizens desiring TO re-
turn to the United States for service
that they must make their own arrange
ments to leave before September 20.
II they fail TO leave by that time. they
become liable to service in the British
army without right of appeal An
American may enlist in the American
forces by applying to British re-
cruiting office.
An order in council will be made
about August 30. providing that before
the tnirtieth day thereafter, an Ameri-
can who has not applied to return to
the United States. or who has not en-
listed In the American forces may ap-
ply to British tribunal for exemption
on any grounds open to British sub
tects. ON the thirtieth day. those who
have not left for the United States or
enlisted in the American army will he
liable, subject to exemption, to be
drafted into the British army
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BOMB GERMAN CITIES
British Aviators Attack Railway Sta.
tions and Airdromes
By the Associated Press

London, July 3l.-The following COM
munication has been issued by the Air
Ministry:
"On the night of the 2Sth-29th our
machines attacked the railway stations
at Offenburg. Rastatt and Baden. Stutt-
CART and Sollingen also were attacked
Three hostile airdromes and numerous
ground targets were bombed and sub
iected to machine-gu fire. All our ma
chimes returned.
our airplanes bombarded the railway
station at Offenburg. Good results were
obtained. In the course of combats
three enemy machines were shot down
and another was driven down out of
control.
zone of our machines is missing"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31

Today wartime conditions make de-
pendability the first essential in your
automobile.
It is not question of convenience
but necessity.
The business man speeding up pro-
duction of war materials-the farmer
trying to make two bushels grow where
one grew before-the women giving their
time day in and out to war activities
would find their efforts suddenly cut in
two without their automobiles.
And yet who knows where curtailmert
in automobile production is going to
stop? Who knows how long the steady
drain of expert mechanics to govern
ment service must continue?
One thing is sure. You must use your
automobile for a greater number of
years. You must exact harder service
from it. So you must have quality. You
can no longer rely on the pleasant prac-
tice of driving your car short time and
then exchanging it for new one.
Here then is the big reason for order
ing your Super-Six-and ordering it
now.
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BELGIANS ACTIVE
ON USER FRONT


WASHINGTON. July 3l.--Activtv on the
Belgian front south of the User and
hte destruction of six balloons by Sub
Lieutenant Soppens were reported in the
weekly review of Belgian oDerations re-
ctived today by the Belgian legation
herr. 1t says:
The usual artillery activity contin-
ued along the entire line. the greatest
intensity being in the district south of
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Praise Wilson Stand on Mobs

Nashville. Tenn, July 31.--The eXecu-
tive committee of the Tennessee Law
and Order League. organized this year to
combat mob violence in Tennessee. has
sent n telegram to President Wilson say
ing the league ''rejoiced in your noble
and stirring address to the American
people on this monstrous evil" Support
of the league in all the President may
do to make democracy what it claims to
be" also was pledged.
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Buy for Quality Alone Today
Curtailn1ent in Production Makes
Quality the Only Economy at Present

It almost seems as if Hudson engi-
neers built three years ago with the
present situation in mind.
In the wonderful Super-Six motor
they put power and endurance beyond
anything previously attained.
Then they proved the Super-Six by
the most grinding series of tests to which
an automobile had ever been subjected
race track-mountain climbs-cross
continent tours-the daily experience of
thousands of motorists.
The Super-Six is the car which will
carry on" no matter how long you must
drive it. 1t makes you more independent
as far as the scarcity of service mechan-
les is concerned.
If you want Super-Six, make sure of
it. Order it now. The demand at pres
ent and for some time past has been SO
insistent that, even with exceptionally
high prices offered for used Super-Sixes,
there are not enough Hudsons to 60
around. 1t is only the part of wisdom to
anticipate your needs even a year dis
tant.
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HOLD GAINS; ALLIES
SMASH NEW GERMAN BLOWS

ing men from the Middle West and
eastern States. have pushed their line
forward a little more. and now it forms
the apex of the long Allied front.
Their progress. though less than two
miles. is regarded as a brilliant opera
ton. in view of the determined counter
ing by the Germans.
on either side the French also moved
forward, while steady pressure was
maintained against the east and west
fanks The bending of the German line
by the American spearhead and flank
attacks by the French and British
threaten to force a new Teuton with
drawal or envelOp the Crown Princes
forces.
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the User. Several or our contonments
have been bombarded by artillery and
aviators. our fire has been directed
chirnl toward the enemy's lines of COM
munlcation. Our accommodating parties
have been successful, notably so in the
vicinity Of Wieltje. where fifteen prls-
oners were captured 4; also near Lanke-
narck and DiXmude In front of Nieu-
port we drove off strong German patrol.
During the week Suo-Lieutenant Cop
pens destroyed six balloons. three OF them
on July 90, within five minutes. bring
his record to twenty-one in three
months
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REPULSE FOE
IN COUNTER-A ATTACKS
Bv the United Press

Rome, July 31.-An enemy advanced
post in the Daone Valley was surprised
SundPy night and its garrison captured
it was officially announced today.
"ln the Brenta Valley on Monday
night, after n violent artillery lombard
ment, the enemy attacked in force
against COronone." the statement added.
We COunter-attacked decisve!y ana
after a brisk hand-to-hand fight repulsed
our assailants. forcing them to retire.
Machine guns, a flamethrower and pris-
oners were captured.
Yesterday our airmen repeatedly and
effectively bombed enemy military OBJ
iectives. Five hostile machines were
brought down"
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BRITISH CAPTURE l4,5OO
Germans Taken Prisoner on Western
Front Since March 81
By the United Press

London, July 81. - ]. J. Mcpherson,
Under Secretary TO the Admiralty, an
nounced today In the House of Commons
thai since March 81 German prisoners
takan on the western front totaled about
14,soo
This obviously meVhs Germans cap
tured by the British.
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Continued from PAGE One

place in the plans of General Foch.
That the Germans realized the menace
of the American thrust was shown
by the determined resistance of the
Prussian guards and Bavarians, the
picked troops of the German high
command
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U. S. TROOPS PLUNGE ON
THROUGH BARRAGE
By the Assnciated Press

With the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front. July 31.-Through
mans have laid down on any sectcr for
months. the American soldiers. cernpris-
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TeutOn Chief Stain
BY Bomb at Kier

Continued from PAGE One
Bolsheviki. according to dispatches
from Moscow.
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GIL ITALIAN SEMPRE
VITT0RIOSI IN ALBANIA
LIE Truppe Austriache Con-
tinuano a Subire dele
Cravi ScOnfitte

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 341
Authorized by the act of October G.
1911. on file at the PostofHcc Of Phila-
delnhia. Pa.
BY order OF tho President
4. s. BURLESON
Postmaster General
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kasn End. Life by Gas

.r1ro Wolbert. fifty-seven years old.
nrald street, committed suicide
no today by tnhalinx illuminai-
~ was found IN his room
eccppep(e y ~ heQss.
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SCRISORI De Pc C1MPULi
De LUPTA DIN lFRANTA.
Dfaga aanice! !!

Epistola data din Franta de IA
mine, prietenul tan l. Cocos.
Prin mica mea carte afla 81 des-
pre- mine al tau prieten prrcum
ca ma aflu vim 81 sanatos pima la
facerea acestei mici CART, care
tot odata rog pc bunul Dumne-
zen ca sa va daruiasca 81 pc vol,
aleca intreaga-ti stimata famiie.
Vel sti ca 81 ceialalti sunt toti
sanatosi, 81 va doreste fericire 81
sanatate. Apoi prietene vel sti ca
vremea-i aici ploioasa, ploala
tot mcreu ziua 81 noaptea 81 c
rece. Apoi vel sti ca moi am avat
intel bad luck, cum zic America
nil Gu traiul asta, dar nu-i mimic,
Cd toti am scapat in pace 81 sana-
tosi 81 sd nu perdeti curajul, pen
tru ca Neamtul a capt1rat nitel
pamint, ca asia ce ell a capturat,
la avnt in 1916, 81 ell nn a avut
aici nici O victorie, ca aici pc pa
mintul asia pc care ell Lam va
zut nu G altceva decit numai ru-
ini 81 morminturi, 81 el null poa-
te tinea, pentru ca nu sa poate
sapa ca sa-si faca transeie 81 in
tarituri. ST inca una, al nostri
nh sunt in. linie pima acuma.
Acuma cit de curind sa finn 81
moi, 81 atunci o sd vada Nea,ntul
cind il vom lua dindarat Gu re-
zerva Americana, ca asa sd sti
ca moi o sa invingem in razboiul
asta. Apoi mai departe ma rog
sa-mi scrii ca care dintre Rominii
ncstri s'au mai inrolat in arma-
ia 81 pc care i-au luat, sa-mi scrii
ca voiesc sd stu care au avut
inima in el, 81 care stunt in stare
sa site in tara aceia liberia sa-si
faca datoria fata de ca. Mia pa
rut rau cind am cetit in ziare ca
ce au facut mai multi straini ca
i-au luat in draft 81 nu au volt sd
vina aici in Franta sd lupte, 81
asa guvernul la eliberat 81 intre
eli au fost foarte multi Rom1ni Ca
re s'au retras de a lupta pentru
libertate 81 nu pot sa stu ca cum
ii mai tine Uncle Sam 81 lie mai
da lucru, apoi te rog spune-le la
toti prietenii mel ca lie doresc la
toti fericire. Eu iti vol mai scrie.
.Salutari:
I. Cocos.
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IN v TT A r E.

Domnul 81 Doamna Lie 81 To-
dora Gergel din comuna Sopotis,
cOmitatul Solnoc dobica. au O.
noarea a invita- pc toate rpdenii-
lie pc toti prietenii 81 cunoscutii
din loc 81 jur a lua parte la pc.
trecerea 81 masa, ce Sc va aranja
Gu ocazia Botezului fiului lol
care va avea loc Dumineca, II
August 1918, in sala din 445l
Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio.
Dansul Sc va incepe la orele
l p. m., lar masa Sc va aranja
ia Orele seara.
Nasi vor fl: d-nul George 81
dina Ana Sturza din comuna
Breaza, comitatul Fagaras.
Muzica romineasca din Cleve
land, Ohio, va distra onoratuI
public asistent Gu cele mai fru
moase arii de dams 81 cintece ma
tionale.
In speranta ca ne yeti onors
Gu pfezenta d-tra, pima la reve
dere raminem salntindu-va GU
toata dragostea:
Parintii 81 NASH
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-08-08
MANON LESCAUT.
b o n A N
ABATELE PROVOST
(Urnnare).
B o n A N

Ce mizerie sal spui nnui strain
mizeria ia 81 sab rogi sa-ti faca o
parte din banii lui Numai un Al-
fiet las poate Fl in stare de asa ceva,
din pricina josniciei care-l 1mpie-
dica de a simti cit de umilit0r
faptul, sau un crestin umilit, prin-
tr.'un exces de generozitate care-l
pune de-asupra acestei rusini. Nh
cram nici las nici bun crestin; asi
Fl dat jumatate din singele meu,
ca sa soap de-o astfel de umilire.
,,Tiberge - fmi ziceam - bu-
nnl Tiberge % sa-mi refuzc ell ceca
&c poate sd mi Aea? M, arc sd I in
tlnioseze mizeria mea; dar ma va
I aSasina GU morala lui. O sd tre-
'buiasca Sd sufar dojenile, tiradele,
amenintarile lni; are 81 ma faca sd
-cumpar asa de seump ajutorul lui,
fncft as mai da o parte din sfngele
meu decit - ma expun Ia . scen4
plictisitoAre, care ma va tnrbura
siszni Va a. relnusexri. Isi da, ur-
Aai. ~ tiar treoue - renunt IA
6El ees xpernn3 \ de- osrce asi-ani ri
/ lI(e 1ltG sale, II suntl "a az depar-