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' . pee EDITION * Cirentation Rooks Open t oe nance at OS OFST be Hadeow Camnte MF trenton New Vek ana TWO CENTS clanmhore (oer rian ? Ce (the New ¥ PRICE LA FOLLETTE DODGES A BUT GRONNA (S FOR WAR, HOOst WiLL AU uot U.S, SAY —— Aerkel Reports \ to Macket Flood and Announce ten to italy’ s Aid t Arrest ol Reveal Sent us Stot CTION URGED. garia but Supports President Wilson’s Programme. VOTE, GERMANS FORMING 2000 GERMANS ‘DEFENSEARMY’ IN SLAIN INA NEW o AN! Ad NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917 28 POLICE CAMBRAI BATTLE . Here She Is! Girl C ‘onductor on Broadway * ‘Gondola”’ Spy Mso! f seing vo Atticks M Made to Retake Old Hindenburg Line by 375,000 Teuton Troops re sen, By William Philip Simms. HOY! OWT THE BRITISH ARMIES LN THE FLELD, De (United Presa) e At t 2,000 ins perished in He wo vt 1 fru cttempta to ind Viai ¥-flve German divisions have 6 Merkel, identified as composing the “Ctreutation Rooks Open to All.” a PAGES ‘s. RELIEF TRAINS RUSHED TO HALIF AX; DEATHS IN THE STRICKEN CITY 2,000 ALL BUT TWO CHILDREN PERISH IN DESTRUCTION OF ORPHANAGE Car — Unanimous Vote in Senate for War on Austri The WEATHER—Clowdy, catd to might) far te i EOITION ee —* = PRIG Bure int im treater vem yoo Maden Commie 8 4 TWICE STS ‘ewan piniisinsmnnecsii@ Girl Under Pile of Rubbish While Rescuers Work Expires as They Reach Her—Dead Piled in the Streets—Snow Aids Firemen. Frightened Residents Thought Ger- man Raiders Were Attacking | Them — Thousands of Tons of TTL Ea aee cae tien cata aa | azagues ehtanatva ciseeanlts calatene High Explosives Cause Havoc. sys Partner in’ Button Concern Veive Toogue, Merkel was are || ndicating the Germans have at ‘ pa wien Te By Samuel M. Williams. fus’ Pul Inio Reesiver's ted in tite } Tailrn rd SENT! east 976,000 magned the HALABAX, N.S. Dec. 7—-Stunned by the magnitude of the dis jal Staff Correspondent of The - : py? : It was the ho were en on hak ; (Special Bee perreereiis FandeComiunite ide Ano tial fi loged to ; a ae ae aac aster WhAH has overwhelmed the\"Garrison City by the Sea,” the , co s ae TON, Dev. 7 The se meaty sui th ‘a 1 ! t muna of n nthe Hindenburg Hine tt : WAS Ly ; ' | eee nates saiiee atid ite papers |dey—the same line that the Germans ple of Hallfax to-day bent-all theirgnergies to relieving the injured, seed. ate to-day passed the res on f . eld so N Byn ah - ] Louis Sioninaky. ft oe gat iil eaten ‘i German | eld so flemly until Byng’s «mas ine tt hey shattering he " Snel | Satine wer (Om Ausiiie. & pert Ro, fetlegen 1 ¢ Unive i x Witth They defended the former enemy ng the hungry, sheltering the homeless and gathering their dead mous vote after less i pany W st ' Nothin nation in line againat several 5 ul attempts: A heavy nowstorm séb in carly tp-day and, while this in a measure “ollette not vote . to retake it, Toe my tub F + beg gfl@bate, La Follette u ; Yo UNE iy nee C8 ‘ eA Ream Miah afb ns impeded the work ‘Of Yellef and rescue, it served to aid the tiremed (8 e vuled for it ur ‘ t " \e 4 ri r Gronna yule ry . fi * . in Wkessed tvoopy were thrown forward fighting the tlames which still burned fiercely in many places among tae La Voliette bustted ir 35 Nassau ntrbes ta ae Saik and driven off, Almost Immodiatery > itis des the He ; > ber after the debate ed but ; z ; p ie asi rimans in| ® second attacking wave formed is in the devastated district ‘ to-dw body 1 through) Nam pRon jermar : ins Ps ‘ after sitting a short time at his des rn gt Nee eR! veoh. Meaee Awe second wave of danaely p: Reports from the improvised morgues and from vospi churches in i " H ee 1 Government | masses of men was caught in t , went out aga’ a = 1 « ei ore mea yi f. wore | Deeb artillery storm and wiped out | schools and private residences seemed to bear out last night’s ebtiimate ty-four Sen. voted RRCHTS ACS Ls t our | ‘ eine est ee si 4 7” Ne odin this correkpond as volun-| 1D io tp nt that at least 2,000 lives were lost when the Belgian relief steamshi) Lue eo war jolutio Senha a o « onlWetwo alter ‘ 4 i including Turkey and saria in the is @, teers ss . ’ ils con- | Byng. One was to push collided with the French munitions steamer Mont [ lane, causing a& declaration wan mi le in that body ) n the t ue I a : ation into{the other was to p ba eee ae tonation of 4,000 tons of trinitrotolu A, one of the must powertul ex. On hearing of ti jal tro Joveloped and last week \) | antece- |More secure footing, Wi ba noobs . House Leader Kit ne & Aptel,:w ; Von Rintelen,|slan situation permitt plosives manufactured, ound him to arrange tor calling - . sary (ewe 4 : sa} to masse great forces on t Miss Margaret O'Leary, Uke firat girl conductor on ti ail . of debate Joos in Nassau Bircet. Building, cont * f Cup Bo I : ie isl arset Zarope. ol ; Ms Rea iis com ACUVRk oles ct iaEaRNESe The matron and all but two of the children at the Protestant a an A n iT V nestor rac ne, je backward step ay car line 1 fn it's . i “There will be but one vote in op-| had w receiver appointed x #4 : Toten igo, had |ony thing to do: from her booth in one of the “gondola” cars whieh ply on busy Orphanage are believed to have perished, Of the two who es- ” aid, “that of Lon isky called at the firm's of s The ni } puts the Br é ona " A oa He Sec teas Wa. 6 sky a . the firma of: | 6 da " Morkel been Th mi 1 aula ae) Bea Broadway | caped, one was not in the building at the time of the explosion. . ces yesterday and cried over — nto a mue er posture reee ; : move for qioatitation of text at : troubies, Jt {s believed he went to ne séay University | the ¢ da it arr The child, who was in the building, said that when the expi sion Senate resolution in place of the) oy ia pal vonthel tiem aeain hit the D t of Justice | out perfectly—so at the came Miss Knaut, the eal, af P i ¢ build Lon mn at RA y | ca s Knaut, th ron. called to the ren to take retuge wit House resolution, ao that no WHOL) oovaay, but shin THIRd andi te ¢ Merk fermans jooked foolish) tn their ut ve pina e ben or = to the child 2 tke . business can be completed at or | rode up to the fi nth floor to come | Phig inst whose name is sup- | tacks on unoccupied land erin the basement, is supposed that she thought a bomb had fallen. TWO MAIN REASONS FOR DEC | Lg iictue preaacd se eye upon| The Boches shelled tho uninhabited Thirty girls employed at the Richmond Printing Con ar LARATION OF WAR, Sloninaky leave Wife and six|sorkel's ¢ ngs among | land and thereabouts for hours with a * Minune Es Ete FSA EMROIS FTIR PARAS ane in course of debate it became ap |childten, His home was at No. 2873|the univer u i) Anaily |Wurrioane barrage, Then ms | ported dead parent from statements made Etghty-thira Biaah Bensonhurst daundidtvect < Im with | tacked with dense masse ne " HON, hey : L Chairman Flood of the Hour ne iaiaa _ in prop-| storming waves found the forest of | | Help from outside began to reach the stricken ci { dogs Pee On Soraige Atala: iv "KING RECEIVES “U.S. HERO. |.» ' certain | Bourlon garrisoned only wit tors, nurses and medical and food supplies arrived on special trains (rom been in close communication ro ; Kent dead. F the President and Secretary — \r ¢ seit —— | Truro and Windsor, N. S., and from Moncton, N. B. Other trains were t developments |Meat O'Brien, Who Escaped From! artor the Ar I neo Bureau! Herlin Reports ¥: ng Weltiah | State, that am he § ' “i | Germans, Visits Backingham. and the Der Fusticn Cambralt Posttion. reported on the way and were expected to reach here d we da in the war havawprompted aeBressi¥O) yO oN ye Flight Lieut. Pat-| peonts had act a W m Merkel] BERLIN (vta London), Dec. 7 tes H f; f c wen Hy this t Le ‘ ean jie O'Brien of M ones ¢, Ml, a mem, ea ree German Ublel Garman ivcove sfofned) Ea Jus Novelty of Lady Conduetresses| Carries Blankets, Emergency The special train sent from Boston by direction of Gov, MeCail ef » Bight months of watehfu ber of the British Mying Corps, who i Avante lth alae ary 5 saeat a . Massachusetts will arrive this eveni { waiting for some indication that | arrived in London last week after a] versity Tease Avenue,| Farm and cleared he blog cat Conducting Draws Extra | Dressings and Cots for Thou- | 4ssac s ill arnye this evening. Austria would seek to break away | thrilling escape from a German prion | Headquorte A snemny, at ay worn ala lovecanrere | sands of Injured AMERICAN MEN-O’-WARSMEN AID RELIEF. domination have camp, was received by King ( ot the Cambra} fre aserted assenge anc C : | lel aa ed te Austr on |day at Buckingham Patace. ; nt Coy and! North of La Vacquerie t 1 peace re at Virtually, all business is suspended and ed, while crite M of the] troops maintained the Mt bir oh anueee tt finite! a ere are eighteen w \ wv prompt ans the inhabitants generally are » their at . k ie mitted te the same princi: | BILL WOULD MAKE U, S. DRY. BE ea ee LO a ean MTOrare toe Molton coseey I et trom atrloken. Halifax | en ao ants generally are turning their attention war eo ite greater ally or it is | ah tack They are noth ine the a MoH faven{ ets and sailors, including seamen from an American warship wiie’s se mr ee ging t 6 t r s. ‘ ork New Have : / willing to be subservient to the nator Shafroth Introduces War-| ; umes full un 1 Rallrond » after. |ushed to the port when it received word of the disaster, are patroting aepelan altcaracy Time Prohibition Measure, SAVED vst Th k { 4 Ob. : 2. The United States is hasten WASHINGTON, Dec, 7.—A bill pr f pape and * Lait BRITISH BATTLESHIP } e noon ape 2} the ane Ken distric dal ng in th 1@ work r ne vid for national prohibition durir # many trunk » Int : sn | ile surviving steamship officials believe th which caused the ing to the succor of strugaling * 3 C F I | Italy, The Italian front is the he war was to aay Hit pan by nex REW OF THE RELIEF SHIP vd t |to the roofs w t und} explosion was due to a deck load of benzine on the munitions ship, Govern= ' ct just | Storm Shafroth and referred to the Agr Among “Pare a | critioal sheatrs of the:sonfllot) nral Committee, It alao would pere| + ak d ‘ ee ‘n-| ment officials are making @ thorough investigation. ‘bey recall the finds aS Pres eit emieneen he hat ir pemmnanidee ibe distilled Mquor eugue ® +. 1 ft 1 ng of dynamite disguised asx a lump of coal on a ship New York ried to the rescue. > All this “8 ilarbor @ few days ago. sed a sey : Ger 15 BELOW ZERO UP STATE. (Continued on Page.) $ B f 1 and A arte According to Pilot Prank Mackie of the Me i + confusion of ments tha je suc n | 1 the Tir , 1 ¢ histh unded by the i ! 7] whistles sounded by the Imo caused ol J ihe blage tien at the time war wus Saranac Lake Reports Lowent Ten 9 YCLE SCORE): ‘ tary relief of against Germany last \ perature to Date, 112TH HOUR x 1 xplode Ke iin 5 shige d and caused three thousand tons of high , , faded from sight BURG, N. Y., Dec. 7.—North Miles. ‘Laps. , ! t : k HW Chief of Police Hanrahan estimate wat mor lan 2,000 perished, ‘ah exirncrdinary, conversion wa York andthe au midack | Goutiet and Mag 19634 j Leg ually riding o 1 prived the ' ilundreds of iho wounded will die, The exact number of victims will néver 8p) n doth Houses to-d . nperature | Goulet and tr 19634 in . oe hn ; , leaders of that opposition going to eading, 1 ews | Madd oe 19634 Toi Milbe FLUE Telne of eo known, b abuse many tamilies divd in the flres that destroyed thelr th . \ Sara. |Piercey and Gre . y t the front aa saptnl OF HaiRge wat Be earn | Gaeetvand Opeart 19634 j Avenue i mars 7 esa a fowt rema pret Diced ¥ open } Hill and Hanley 1968 4 i 5 res, f£ not bundredy, at work ia the harbor r » away and 1 in the nd Rinvemes iand’ aw 4 ‘ s A @ ‘ * lost and many bodies will never be found, « laurahan's estimate of resolution 1 Lengthen Chicag oY Vacation! Carman and Wile 19634 7 ; tal - ) f Cooper of Wisconsir to Saye Cont Bn andy Ween 1963 applies tilt ' , é 100 Was made after the Lst of had grown from S00 ty 1,000 and ae 6 Bepuh an a ICAGO, Di 1 Ac Egg and Droba 19632 - Pe KI 1 0 (01,800. The disaster t fearful that ever occurred of the House . t ry E 19634 , : ‘ Shapman and Ea Dieth of Baby Holds tp Past Seu V ¢ American continent ne Dp damage be in the millions, Representative Mason ave an extra aiion: & ee havicad - diacasgy | HST 9k Hehe Hioide Up | , el n t q millions. foremost among opponent r sho wit nd 1 la Lawson and Tea, S eit ; Pwe five Wagons loaded with fies arrived one morgue with Garaany, was abs H | i a Brchach te ‘ we es AC night these wagons ued their Crips from the stricken disteiet, ten request asking t xe i sta ee lGentva RRSR aM LHsAD: RAN ISE | i a M 0'Co ie Suits.$9.95 | a tescue parties, working with lanterns, brought out bodies all night and 1 LOatS G@ou wee 1 (Gshtinued’ on fanth (Bas For Racing Entries See Page 20. 919. en's Praca’ day. « 1 \ ig i nd many injured who had been buried in the deb ——aa « c ‘ ; “ 1M Zé y ire were crushed to death in t hat follo TARE WORLD TRAVEL BUNEAU, TEA ERS omy, | Worth, Building od ares Ms ' to b se s] ushed dea 3) pan that followed= the Aroade Puliteer (World) Buus ¥ at Brinda y AY fo train Was stopr More w x * explosion o b 1 A Klan amovian : mmenda t wands of relief workers who have come into the city are dazed ; “2 . sald to-da : ‘i t rd . Ne AW The | ORWED'S Wines. F Bo, Wn ~~ - a e extent of the horror. Temporary morgues have been established 4 darclay at . BAN WR ia vat Wee ARG [Hub Clothiers, eee ave! | ws Paton a ® oho syrt | A MBM RCANDALI Whol the) YR. JONWE MED, FOR OCR .fOUP, |! many bulldings Im long, sllent rows (housands of persons seeking ” ed a ee eS De