The evening world. Newspaper, June 18, 1917, Page 4

ocialists Vote for an Offen- sive—Petrograd Council May Lose Power. ) PETROGRAD, June 18—The Con- gress of Workmen und Soldiers, with jogates from ail over Russia, ap- peared certain to-day to sweep away @ national power heretofore as- famed by the purely local Council of Vorkmen's ahd Soldiers’ delegates in rograd. ‘The Social Democratic delegates the new organization balloted se- tly Saturday night, 75 to 65, for eos by Russia at once, At ie same time the Socialist Revolu- ries voted 826 to 26 for war. e remaining delegates to the oon- are practically without any ricular aMllation, but are the so- “Wilds.” They are a unit for Svar. In an unoffictal debate of members fens. at which more than five hun- were present, the universal timent In several speeches was t Russia should crush Germany fd fight to a finish, A separate ce with Germany ‘was not even tioned. The new congress is representative the whole of Russia, ‘The Petro- counct! has only eight votes out the 19,000 represented at the meet- 'For this reason it seems almost cer- in that the Petrograd council, oh arrogated to itecif almost na- ent authority, will lose all its in- ence. The Congress, it was stated to-day, I represent 25,000,000 Russian citi- It may appoint a special board assist the provisional government. RUSSIAN PARTIES "RUSSIAN BASE BLOWN UP BY GERMAN AVIATORS Land on an Island in Riga Bay After Bombardment From Sky. BERLIN, June 18 (via London) German airplanes on Friday effected a landing on an iand in the Bay of Riga and destroyed a Russian base there, tt is announced ofMcially, ‘The statement follows: / “Greater activity by Russian naval forces in submarine and mine warfare made necessary defensive measures on the German side, which had the fol- lowing rewults: On June 18 our air- planes dropped explosive and incendiary bombs in large quantities on Russian bases, obtaining good redults, On June 14 the military station on the island of Runeo, in the Bay of Riga, was bombed with visible success. following this enterprise, our airplanes on June 15 landed on the tana and destfoyed the remaining portions of this base. All our airplanes returned.” ENTIRE RUSSIAN CITY IN ORGY OF DRUNKENNESS Five Thousand Rob Distillery and Many Are Killed by Ex- plosion of Alcohol. PETROGRAD, June ‘18.—Frighttul ending of a drunken orgy at Dorgo- buje was reported In despatches here to-day. Five thousand townapeople | | | | there attacked a distillery, discover- ing 100,000 gallons of liquor, A city spreo followed, hundreds lolling about the streets drunk or parading in maudlin gies, One crazed drunkard incautiously threw @ lighted match on the liquor soaked ground near the distillery and a fire ensued. A huge tank contain- ing alcohol exploded shortly there- after, killing a number and terribly burning othe: per dae SS Great Bond Record tor Noy The Boy Scouts of America's four. day LAberty Loan campaign last week resulted ,in estimated sales of more than $20,000,000, it was announced to- day at’ the ‘organization's national headquarters here. Returns thus far total 15,214,350 from 1,043 cities and towns, With several thousand commu: nities as yet unheard from. Fresh and Refreshing SALADA" osarTiLionNnw THA lardens to your table. Good Inst TERMS service in good homes. NotaPenny Protit on Their Prices Rises the fragrance of Ceylon’s mountain Sale of USED PIANOS and PLAYER-PIANOS ruments to Suit “Best used instruments we ever had,” said the chief of the Piano Salons. They were taken in part exchange for new pianos—mainly for our finest of all REPRODUCING and ANGELUS player-pianos. A few have been used for demonstrating tone, All have been through our factory, gone over thoroughly, tuned, polished, brightened up, made ready for long Don’t Miss This Sale if You Have No Piano Music Is a War- Time Necessity in the Home Sale starts today. Used Upright Pianos, $55 upward, Used Player-Pianos (88-note), $345 upward. Used Grand Pianos, $350 upward, Terms to suit each purchaser, in reason, Piano Salons, First Gallery, New Building. Broadway at Ninth, New York KEEP FOOD FROM SPEDULATOR' GRP WLSIN 70 HOOVER President Writes That Expert’s Job Is Not to Controt Supply. WASHINGTON, June 1@—The ap- pointment of Hefbert Hoover t# not to control the food of the country, but to release it from the grip of speculators and other persons who seek to make inordinate profits, and to protect the peoplé against the ex- tortions, President Wilson said to- day in a letter to Representative Bor- land. The letter says in part: “A certain disservice has been done the food measure by speaking of it as the food control bill, The ob- ject of the measure is not to control the food of the country, but to re- lease it from the control of specu. lators and other persons who would seek to make inordinate profits out of It, and to protect the people against the extortions which would result, “It seems to ine that thdse who op- pone the measure ought very seriously to consider whether they are not play- {ng into the hands of such pe and whether they are making selves responsible should they suc- ceed, for the extraordinary and atro- clous price of food in the United States. Foodstuffs will, of course, in- evitably be high, but tt 1 possible by perfectly legitimate means to keep them from being unreasonably and oppresnively high. “{ hope and believe that the Con- gress will see the measure in this light and that It will come to an early passage. For time is of the ensence. The legislation should be secured by the first of July to make the country eafe against the dangers it Is meant to guard against.” —_— MUNITIONS DEPOTS IN AUSTRIA BLOWN UP Six Persons Killed and Three Hun- dred Injured at the Steinfeld. VIENNA, June 18 (via London).— It i# officially announced that an ex- losion has occurred in the military pinion depots at the Steinfeld, near jener-Neustadt, 81 Vienna. The statement says that three of the depots have been destroyed thus far and that 100 persona are reported to have been injured. Unotliclal reports say #lx persons Were killed and 300 wounded in the Hteinfeld explosion, Great damage was done in Haschendorf and Sigers- dorf. mules = from a eudiat Killed, ; SON, Mias., June 18,—The Sulli van's Hollow feud in Smith County. Missiesiv™l, wan renewed to-day Al church Leon "Bryant killed Leon Sill: van, nephew of “Wild Bul" Sullivan, leader of the Sullivan gar Both clans ar ick coll | WILSON WIRES RED CROSS PLEAS TO 100 MAYORS, Their | Asks Cities to “Measure Gifts by the Urgency of the Need.” | WASHINGTON, June 18.--Presi- | dent Wilson in a telegram to Mayors | of 100 cities urged generosity tn con- | tributions fot the Red Crots Fund.) | He said: “The American people, by the over- whelming subscriptions to the Liber- ty Loan, have given a new indorse- ment to the oie pease for which Ainerica entered the war. During the present week, which I have designated as [ed Crogs Week, they will have a unique privilege of manifesting America’s unseifishn: aa well Ag the real spirit of sacrifice which animates our people, “May I urge that your city, in doing its parts in the raising of this $100,- 000,000 war reef fund, measure the | generosity of its gifts by the urgency | of the needs.” THREE MEN MAY MANAGE THE WAR FOR UNCLE SAM Advisory Board of Council of Na- tional Defense Will Be Re- organized. WASHINGTON, June 18.—A com- plete reorganiaation of the Advisory Board of the Council of National De- fense and a rearrangement of the duties of the council itself is expected within the next ten days, The move has been definitely planned and has the approval of the President, ac- cording to reliable report, An effort will be made to centralize authority in a board of about seven men who will be responsible to the President and the Cabinet directly, It is expected the powers of the seven will be further centralized later with a view to vesting the actual manage- ment of the war in a board of from three to five men as has been done in England and Fra . One of the first objectives of the re- organization will be the correlation of the work of the American and the other allied purchasing departments with a view to stopping the boosting in prices of food and war supplies. ae ! POLICE TRIBUTE TO OWENS. Ceremony by the Honor Legion at. Headquarters, | Officials of the Pollee Department | ‘and members of the Honor Legton this afternoon paid a public tribute to De-| tective Sergt, Martin 8. Owens, who will leave for France soon to drive the ambulance contributed to the Allies by the Legion. | To the music of a trumpet fanfare, | Owena, escorted by a full company of | the Honor Legion, was led to the Centre | Street side of ‘Police diquartera, where, with nationa flags waving abor Ni ented with a letter o: ited State: Commissioner Wood: corted + told Owens the denar fied that the right “an had been se- leoted to uphold the honor of the force on foreien fields, Owens made a modeet regnanan, 1 A iia a JUDSON C. CLEMENTS DIES. Member of Interstate Commerce Commission Twenty-five Years. WASHINGTON, June 18.—Commla- stoner Judson C. Clements of the Inter- state Commerce Commission died here Mr, Clements was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission for than twenty-five years, and in 10 was made chairman of that body. and had b nty, Ga, y 01 His father " was’ Dy, 1 8. He mar in 1886 Miss Lizzie E, Dulaney of Kentucky, He had three daughters, It 1s of record that no decision of his, upon ite substantial ever reversed by the RIPPLE WITH JAPAN OVER. | State Department Refuses to Yx- plain Adjastment, However. WASHINGTON, June 18.—The tem- pest created in Japan's official teapot by Secretary Lansing’s recent note to Ohina had subsided to-day, Bfforts to wot {rom the State Department an ex- planation as to who hn adjusted the matter were unsuccessful, Japan be- came vexed through a misunderstand ing of the real course of action con- templated by this country, it ts sald The intimation war given that the State Department ot consider the details of the bungled or otherwise, any of the public's business. Great Britain's answer to the Amer= joan request that the British Join the United States in sending a ‘note to China arrived to-day, As predicted, {t was a refusal, Secretary Lansing said the British could give out its text, eccncbiaieabieataaiing Eluhty Cavalry OMce Ww. NOTON, Ju | Many of the second Heuten vacant by the promotions pupils from. tho oMie 5 At Little WHOLESAL eee iN THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917. : a It is the DUTY of every American to contribute to the Special Fund of THE AMERICAN RED One Hundred Million Dollars — DB. Altman & Cao. SALES OF SEASONABLE INTEREST FOR TUESDAY A Special Selection of Silk Parasols presenting the new designs, colors and com- binations, will be offered at the exceptionally low price of $3.50 Also Coaching Parasols (shower-proof) of colored silk taffeta, featuring the smart short handle and white bone tips, spécial at $3.00 (The entire stock of fine Imported Parasols has been marked at severely reduced prices.) WOMEN’S UMBRELLAS of taffeta or twilled silk of excellent quality, with handles of various woods, will be on sale at the same time at $2.75 Men’s & Women’s Handkerchiefs All of linen and of superior quality, specially priced. MEN’S LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS Initialed . . per dozen $2.30 & 3.00 Plain, hemstitched, per dozen he $3.25, 4.00 & 4.75 With tape border per dozen 2.85 WOMEN’S LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS Initialed .. per dozen $1.70, 1.80 & 2.50 Plain, hemstitched, per dozen. $1.50, 2.00 & 2.30 With Yeinch hem . . per dozen 2.35 Hemstitehed, with hand-embroidered corner, perdozen . . $2.75 With hand-embroidered scalloped edge per dozen . $4.20 Also Women’s Shamrock Lawn Handkerchiefs, with colored border per dozen $1.35 CROSS Must be Raised in ONE WEEK An Exceptional Sale of Bed Furnishings to be held to-morrow and Wednesday, on the Fourth Floor, will offer new, desirable mete chandise at remarkably low prices. White Blankets perpair . ‘ . $4.95, 6.00 & 7.00 | A Limited Quantity of White Blankets cut and bound separately: % Summereweight . . per pair $4.50 Medium-weight . . per pair 4.75 (These are exceptional values) Plain-colored Cotton Blankets with fancy border . . . each $2.95 Crinkled Dimity Bedspreads (white) witn embroidered scalloped edges: Size 2 «234 yards . . . each $2.15 Size 214x284 yards . . . each 2.70 Bolster Shams and Pillow Shams to match the above: " Bolster Shams, size 36x72 inches, each 95c. Pillow Shams, size 36x36 inches, each 5$5c. Satin-finish Bedspreads, with scalloped edges: Size 2 x234 yards each $3.25 Size 24(x23f yards . 32. 2S ws each «(3.75 Size 245x234 yards. ‘ - each 4.25 Comfortabies Ot figured silkoline Aare each $2.35 Of figured silkoline, with plain border, each . . . . . . . $2.95 Muslin Sheets and Pillow Cases Will also be on sale at most attractive prices. An Important Sale of Couch Hammocks, Hammock Shades, Stands and Pillows will be continued to-morrow, on the Fourth Floor \ Also A Sale of Hand-made, Hand-embroidered Philippine Lingerie On the Second Floor The Store Is closed at 5 P.M. On Saturdays, during June, it will be ciosed at 12 Noon, ? Fifth Auenwe- Madison Avene, New York