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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
CHINESE WRECK BRIDGE
TO RLOCK JAPANESE PATH
Advance of Land Force Against Kiao-
Chau Impeded by Act.
PEKIN, Sept. 90.

PEKIN, Sept. 90
Advices from Wei-Hsien say that
Chinese troops have blown up the rail-
road bridge at Tayhu-Ho Shantung
Peninsula, in the path OF the advancing
japanese army moving against Kiao-
Chau.
1t is not known whether this action
was taken under orders from the Chinese
Government.
Recently il was announced that the
Chinese Cabinet had sent orders to the
Chinese commander Of Shantung prov
tEce that he was not TO interfere with
the Japanese. However, when the jap
aness landed troops and seized Wei
Hsien or Saturday China formally pro-
tested TO Japan that Chinese neutrality
again was being violated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Revision Assistants Named

A committee OF fiye 20 assist the bu,i[ ~
mgs Commission In the revision OF "a "a
building code In Camden was annouIo ~
today by James L. Hewitt, presldshF n
the City Council. They are Ralph
Childrey. Charles A Stewart, ds9.s co.
Bachman. Ephraim Tomlinson ana "
sral John "A. Matter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
PRINCE kDALBERT KILLED
BY GERMAN SHOT, Is REPORT
Belgian Doctor Says Kaiser's Third
Son Died in Client Hospital.
GHENT. Sept. %

A Belgian doctor just out Of Brussels,
saws that Prince Adalbert. the Kaiser's
thlrd son. died in a hospital there and
that Dr Lepage, King Alberts physician,
,yas ordered 10 hold an autopsy In the
nresenCe Of two German doctors. II was
found, he says that the Prince had been
killed py a German bullet and that in
other examinations officers we're found
10 have died too, from wounds made
by German bullets.
The man Who told this was firmly con-
ylnced OF the truth OF his statement. but
II should be accepted with reserve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
ANGLO-FRENCH FLEET AGAIN
TRAINS GUNS ON CATTAR0
Two Forts Destroyed in Renewal of
Bombardment.
BRINDIsI, Italy, Sept 20.

5tPC
The Anglo-French feet in the Adriatic
has resumed it's bombardment Of the Aus
trian port OF Cattaro. TWO of the forts
which have been defending the city have
been destroyed,
An Austrian rnan-of-war is reported to
have been torpedoed by the Anglo-French
fleet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The German ueroPiane which hew over
Pars on SUNDAY and dropped bombs
killing several persons, was Hred upon
and brought TO earth near MoHtgeTou
a few miles southwest Of Paris. accord
Ing TO a telegram received here today
The aviator was killed
According 10 this MESSAGE, the German
aviator had just dropped a bomb upon
a trainload Of French soldiers when a
shell hit the aeruplane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Motorcyclist Hurt in Collision

In crash between an automobile and
motorcycle at Eighth and Market
streets late this afternoon. Frank Flora
Berlin, \. j., riding the motorcycle, was
ferson Hospital Physicians say he win
recover.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
VIENNA. Sept. %.

II is stated here that the French bonn
bardment of Cattaro has been unsuccess-
full.
One big French cruiser is said to have
been sunk by the Austrian forts at Cat
taro and two others are reported dam
aged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
SERB -MONTENEGRIN FORCES
BEGIN TO SHELL SARAJEV0
Austrians Also Losing Final Foot
hold on Servian Soil.
ROME, Sept. q.

ROME, Sept. 2.
A dispatch from Cettinje says that
Servian and Montenegrin forces before
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia. have begun
the bomDardment of the city.
NISH. Servia, Sept. g.
The Servian War Office issues the fol-
lowing statement:
THE next few days will see all the
Austrians expelled from Servia. Their
sole remaining foothold is in the noun
tains southwest OF Krupani. where our
forces are winning in lighting in the
mountain passes"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
aERMAN NAVAL LOSSES

BERLIN, Sept 29.-The sixth German
naval casualty list issued today gives
the name OF one man killed and 81 Of
keers ana t35 men missing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
FRENCH TAKE GERMAN CONGO
Occupy Greater Part of Foes Terri
tory in Africa.

French forces have occupied the greater
oart Of the Congo territory ceded 10 Ger
1osny by the treaty Of 1911, il was Ofhsiai-
Iv announced today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
New PennsyIvania Postmasters

WASHINGTON, Sept. q The Presi-
dent today sent to the senate these
nominations for postmasgrs in Pennsyl-
Vanla: William A. keftisr Homestead: /:
~ =, Somers. YatesboFo, ana John
kahos. PittsteS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

fully from the insanitary conditions in
their trenches and from the lack Of
substantial food.
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these from the branches. None are
more popular, however, than stockings
cut and sewed up out of pieces OF tarle-
tan Gig. 81, and hung by pieces Of
ribbon; and cornucopias made OF col.
ored paper and hung by means Of rib.
bon Zig g.. Figure shows how to
cut piece Of paper for cornucopia.
Coat one edge OF the piece with mu-
cilage, then starting with that edge.
roll up the piece Of paper into the
form shown in Fig and paste to the
outer edge. Paste small colored pic.
lures upon the outside OF each cornu-
copia.
The little goblin shown In Fig. 8
is only one of the many funny little
people that can be made with orange
heads and cardboard and paper
clothes Cut away the outer portion
of the orange rlnd to form eyes, nose
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-18
MIstIetoe Hunters.

"euzy, In Brittany annually becomes
a center Of attraction for mistletoe
pickers, and the poplars that line the
hillsides around about the village
show an abundance of the precious
evergreen, the sight of which would
fill the heart of many Norman mis-.
tletoe gatherer with envy.
Here, however, the trees are lofty
and by no means so easy to despoil of
their white berried parasite as the
apple trees in northern France, which
yield most Of the harvest destined to
find its way to the British market
Nevertheless clambering up into the
tree tops sixty or seventy feet from
the ground is not so difficult a task as
it may appear to those who are I'M.
initiated into the modus operandl OF
the mistletoe hunters.
With the aid of peculiarly shaped
iron critics attached to their feet en-.
abling them to get firm grip of the
trunk or stem which they wish to as.
cend, the skilled climbers make their
way from branch to branch with mon.
keylike agility, and in few minutes
the tree Is stripped OF its mistletoe
crop.
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Pursuing the Russians.

The Germans declare they are pur
suing the Russians to the south and
southeast of LODI. Several American
correspondents were with the Rus
sian army when the battle Of LODI
broke, but nothing has been heard
from them for several days. Evident
ly they are under the hand of strict
censorship.
British military experts say that
three-Quarters of the best material of
the German army has been held in the
western theater of war throughout the
campaign and that the troops opposed
to the Russians consist principally of
second line organizations.
But the great battle for the posses
sion of Poland continues. The front
extends along three hundred miles and
victory, over a part of it at least, ap-
pears to have fallen to the Germans,
while the Russians are pressing upon
Cracow in the south.
Importance of Capture.
For weeks military critics have
called LODI "the vital point of the
Polish campaign" To The Germans
it meant everything, according to
Major MoralIt, German war expert.
To prevent an invasion by the Rus
SLAMS the kaisers troops had to check
their enemy at the city and their cam
paign in doing So undoubtedly brought
mt the greatest generalShiD the war
mas seen.
Lodz long has been an objective
point OF the German army. 1t has
grown in recent years from an insig-
nificant place to be one of the most
populous cities in the Russian Empire.
In 1910 its population numbered 415,-
G04 and with this important place as
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-18

thread. using some white kernels and
staining other kernels red, blue and
other colors with dress dyes, or any
coloring material that you have at
hand. Two cranberries strung on the
thread between every FIVE or six kerr
nels of popcorn make a pleasing va
ration in the popcorn chain idea. An
other chain that Is of novel form is
prepared by coating a piece OF string
with glue or mucilage, and the sprin-
king bits of colored paper over the
glued surface. Cut up any colored pa.
per that you can find, or buy a small
roll of colored confetti. Use plenty of
mucilage or glue 80 the bits will stick.
Fruits and nuts belong among the
Christmas trees trimmings, and there
are many unique methods Of hanging
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Rumania Nav Enter.

A dispatch from Bucharest says Ru-
mania has definitely decided to enter
the war on the side of the Allies. This
decision is in accordance with the
wish of the entire country, including
King Ferdinand and all the Rumanian
statesmen, with the exception of the
minister OF finance, NJ Marghiloman.
The question of when Rumania will
make its entry into the conflict is still
being discussed, however, one side de-
string to avoid winter campaign. but
the military authorities express the
fear that Servia may be defeated soon
If Rumania does lot help at once.
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the upper eni5 Of the sticks to oppo
site faces of the star, and bind the
lower ends together with thread
When fastening the star to the tree
run the ends of the sticks far enough
below the tree top to enable you to
bind them securely in position
The four lower points of the stars
serve excellently for attaching the up.
per ends of the ornamental chains to,
that go to make up large portion of
the trimmings of tree.
There are various ways of making
pretty chains. String popcorn on
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-18
Heavy Fighting in Alsace.
British Win at Sea.

The British have retaliated for the
recent German naval victory in the
southern Pacific by sinking four Of
the German warships which sank the
Monmouth and the Good Hope. The
German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneise-
nau and Leipzig were destroyed east
of the Falkland islands, in the south
Atlantic, in a battle December s.
Two other German cruisers, the
Nurnberg and Dresden, escaped. They
were pursued five hundred miles. The
Nurnberg was finally sunk. The Ores
den, badly crippled, got into the
Straits of Magellan. The British
squadron was composed of nine bat
tleships, some of them the largest and
newest In the navy. This avenging
fleet was about twice the strength OF
the German group.
Two Golfers were captured. At the
same time a squadron of British and
Japanese warships sank three German
merchantmen off the coast Of Terra
del Fuego. Announcement of these
sea activities have just been made by
the British admiralty.
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HOMEMADE TRIMMINGS FOR THE
CHRISTMAS TREE.

1t is lots of fun trimming the Christ.
mas tree with homemade ornaments.
much more fun than with the kind you
buy in stores, and planning and max.
ing tree ornaments that will be both
novel and attractive provides interest.
ing work for several days.
In the Illustrations below are shown
several clever forms of ornaments
that are easily made. The tip of the
tree should be crowned with a single
ornament, and a double five-polnted
star made after the fashion of that
shown In Fig. l is most appropriate
The double star is prepared In two
pieces cut from cardboard box Gigs
z and 81. Mark them out alike with
ruler and pencil, making the distance
between opposite points inches. Cut
them with knife or scissors.
Each star must be slashed so one
VIII Mt over the other Slash one as
shown in Fig 2, from point A down to
b. which is one-half of the distance
IRON A to C; and slash the other as
SHOWN In Fig. 8, from C up to B You
VIII see that by now crossing the pair
OF stars. and slipping the slash made
Ill each over the uncut portion of the
other, the star ornament will be put
together to look like the one in Fig l..
The cardboard must be covered with
tihtoil to make II nice and shiny, but
before putting this covering on, cut
TWO slender sticks for a support fasten
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inches wide and 26 inche. Ions was
used for this base. Fig. shows the
first step in its construction-the form
ing Of a pocket in the bottom OF the
box to receive the end of the tree.
This is made with two pair of boards
nailed together crosswise as in Fig
3. Any boards of narrow widths will
do. Cut pair A exactly as long as the
inside width of the box. and pair Is
exactly as long as the inside length OF
the box. For the end Of tree of me-
dunn size, the pocket should measure
two and one-half or three inches
square. This means that the strips
should be placed two and onc-f or
three inches apart. II the pocket
proves to be bit too large, the end OF
tbs tree can be wrapped with a strip
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and mouth, and make the ears out Of
cardboard and stick them into Sits cut
in the orange rind.
Figure 8 shows a pattern for the
ears. while Fig. 10 shows how to cut
the cardboard body. Stick the neck
of the body into a slot cut through
the orange rind. To hang up the little
figure, stick hairpin into his head,
and tie piece of thread to the loop
end figs. 8 and 11). Paint the clothes
of the body with water colors or color
with crayons. II you make several Of
the figures, provide some with hats.
and some with bonnets.
Copyright, by A. Nicely Hall)
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TO SANTA CLAUS
Santa Claus. Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?

Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way moment pause
Here's a test for you:
DO you linger round the spot
Where the sunshine cometh not?
Do you seek the hearth that's cold
With your treasure.stores untold?
Is your smiling visage seen
In the howell poor and mean,
Or are you the guest elate
or the ever.fortunate?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus.
With your pack OF cheer,
Are you solid gold or gauze?
Democrat or Peer?
Do you seek the squalid lane
or the pauper and the plain?
Do you take your Christmas joys
To the pallld girls and boys,
Little maids and little chaps
Clad In rags and housed in traps?
Do you load the Christmas Trees
With rich gifts for such as these?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus.
Whittier are you bent?
To the frlgid upper.hoors z
or some tenement, 5
Where upon bed OF grief E
Lies one thirstlng for relief,
Thirsting for some little rift
In the clouds that seldom lift
Do you carry drafts OF life
To these scenes OF pain and strife.
Or are you the guest alone
OF your sister Fortunes ownf
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way moment pause
Here's test for you:
Do you give to those in need?
Do you to the weeping speed.
Scattering your gifts OF cheer
Der the weary and the drear-
Or do you your treasures pitch
Into laps already rich?
That, dear Saint, beloved and gray.
That's the test Of Christmas Day!
John Kendrick Bangs. Harper
Weekly,
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base 1t is expected that the Germans
will make strong effort to reach the
Polish capital of Warsaw.
Serbs Win Big Victory.
An important Austrian defeat In
Bosnia is now an established fact.
The SerYians drove wedge into the
center of the Austrian forces, shatter-
ing four army corps, which are now
in fight. The mass of prisoners and
captured material is so great that 1t
cannot be tabulated.
The Servians are pushing the pur-
suit vigorously and successfully. The
roads in the rear of the Servian army
are blocked with incoming prisoners
who appear satisfied that their ordeal
is over Entire battalions are seen
marching, under guard OF handful of
Servians, while many groups Of pris-
oners come in unattended, says a
Servian official report.
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Imports of Salt.

Common salt continues to be i'm
ported in considerable quantity, more
than one million barrels coming to
Atlantic ports last year, according to
the United States geological survey.
The country is amply able, however,
to supply the entire home demand, as
the capacity OF its salt mines and
works is in excess of the present out
put. The imports last year were only
80 per cent of the total consumption.
whereas in 1890 the percentage was
17.a.
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OF cloth or paper to make It fit tight.
This pocket frame does not require
fastening to the box II 1t is made to
At snugly.
The bottom pocket holds the end OF
the tree In position. A similar pocket
In the top OF the box Is necessary to
keep the tree from topping over, and
this is made by fastening one pair OF
boards between the sides Of the box
even with the top edge &c. Fig. ~,
then crossing them with pair nailed
to the top OF the box Cd, Fig 81.
The base can now be completed by
covering 1t neatly with cloth, but II
will have a much more attractive ap.
pearance II you slant the sides as they
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waterspouts Escort Ship.

Officers OF the steamer Borinquen,
from San Juan, Porto Rico, reported
that just as the ship was entering the
Gulf Stream four waterspouts were
seen. Two we're in the southwest and
two in the east, and travelling at a
high rate OF speed before westerly
wind. The water temperature at the
time was rs degrees and hat of the
air II.
At first the lower parts OF the spouts
we're vertical, and the upper parts hor-
kontal. later on more spouts Az
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FIXING THE CHRISTMAS TREE

A base for the Christmas tree is one
of the simplest things in the world to
make wher you know how to go about
the con truction. And you can make
one for the home tree that will be
every whit as good as one bought,
A grocery box and few box boards,
some cloth covering material, ham
mer and - saw, are all tht required
in making the tree bas, shown in
Fig. l.
An Cblong box 10 inches deep, 90
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-18
SHIPPERS FEAR GERMAN
CRUISER KARL 6RHUE

New York.-The will.o'-the-wisp
movements of the German cruiser
Karlsruhe in South American and
West Indian waters and the belief that
German secret agents are keeping
her informed of movements of mer-
chant vessels, is working havoc with
shipping along the South American
coast, according to officers of the
steamship Scottish Prince, which has
Just arrived here from Santos.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-18
Sweden's Ire Is Rising.

A press dispatch from Copenhagen
says that it is stated from Stock.
holm that twenty-five floating mines
have been observed on the trade
routes in the Baltic near the Finish
coast. The mines are believed to have
been laid by Germans. Great indig-
nation is expressed in Stockholm, as
in the last few days three Swedish
shipping disasters have occurred at
the cost of fifty lives.
Kaiser Has Pneumonia.
Kaiser Wilhelm is seriously i'll. Mes
sages received from Berlin say the
kaiser is suffering from pneumonia
and that his condition is aggravated
by nervous depression caused by his
extreme exertion in remaining with
his troops in the field almost constant
ly since the war began
Heavy Battle Losses.
Reports from the French war Office
state that the losses of the FIRE. III
army in killed, seriously wounded and
CuplulCu up W ANONONlbIi LVg "SAO
slightly more than $4,000. OF this
number nearly 100000 have been
killed in battle. Press dispatches
from Berlin say the German official
list Of dead, published from time to
time, now amounts to about 100000.
The British list OF dead to the middle
of November is reported at 10000; the
Russian list, 10000.
Austria has put million and half
men in the field and they have been
fighting constantly and desperately in
both western, eastern and southern
areas. Belgium's little army, origi'
nally about 100000 strong, has swum
in blood almost constantly. Servia
has reported to Petrograd, London and
Paris the loss of about one-third of her
forces. They we're originally about
100000.
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The Scottish Prince left Santos on
October 81. She received wireless re-
ports that the Karlsruhe was watch
ing for her and altered her course,
steaming more than LOO miles out
of her way, almost to the west coast
OF Africa. Nothing unusual was sight.
ed, however, and she completed her
voyage in safety.
At various ports of Brazil and Ar
gentina, between the Amazon and
Plata rivers, officers of the ship said,
they counted eighty-seven German and
Austrian steamships informed because
of the war.
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Italian Troops to Africa.

Eight battalions of Italian troops
have been ordered to Libya to rein
force the troops there, and, according
to the announcement, ito be ready for
any emergency" Libya is the Italian
name for Tripoli and Cyrenaica, the
part of Africa over which it has con-
troll TripOli is in Northern Africa,
directly opposite Italy.
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top down over the edge of t! bottom
frame, and tack it to the under side
Care must be taken when putting on
this covering material to stretch the
cloth tightly and evenly Bring it to-
gether at the corners AMI sew the
edges nelly.
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The French Claim Capture OF
Two Important Points
on Battle Front.
FOUR GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK
Commerce Destroyers Attacked BY
Strong British Squadron in South
Atlantic After Five Hundred
Mile Running Fight.
Summary Of E1ents.)

The Allies are reported from
Paris and London to be making
slow but steady gains along the
entire battle line in northern
France and i'll Belgium. This adj
vance has been proceeding for the
last six days, according to the in
formation. The Allies have cap
tured Roulers, in Belgium, and
Armehtieres, III northern France.
Both are stragetic points.
Germans Move Headquarters.
The German divisional headquarters
was removed from Roulers when shells
began to fall in the town after the
British had recaptured Passchendaele,
eleven miles northeast Of Ypres
Despite the vigorous attack being
made by the allied forces, reports
indicate that the Germans have
not abandoned their offensive at all
points. Heavy firing is reported along
the coast, with the Germans lombard
ing East Dunkirk, west of Newport,
The allied warships also are reported
to have been able to get back into &C.
ton and have shelled the German pc.
sitions.
Heavy Fighting in AIsace.
Heavy fighting is reported in Alsace.
In the Argonne the German trenches
are being assailed vigorously by
French artillery and through mining
operations. All new positions taken
by the allied troops along the User
have been held and the advantage is
being followed with determination. ac-
cOrdiDg to London reports.
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peared on either side, about two miles
away. They were solid and nearly
vertical. The dark clouds from which
they appeared to descend were about
1000 feet above the water. After
about forty minutes conditions be-
came normal again.-New York Trib.
une.
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Ash Can On Wheels

A Connecticut man has patented an
ash can on wheels, the handles Of
which can be locked to hold It sta.
tionary when not needed to move II.