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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
SCULPTOR OF MARTIAL
HEROES KILLED IN WAR
Friedrich Pfannschmidt, One of Most
Famous European Artists.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19,-The death in
battle Of Friedrich Pfannschmldt as an
nounced i'll today's dispatches from Ber-
lin, removed from the body of European
scuptors one of its most famous mem
bers.
Pfannschmidt, who was a member of
the Senate of the German Royal Academy
OF Arts, and president of the Association
OF German Sculptors. was born in Berlin
in 1864. Among his famous works were
statues of Field Marshall Won Moltke,
General Won Der Tam Rathsamhausen
and Paul Gerhardt. For his skill in these
works he was decorated with the Ludwig
Cross of the First Glass and made a
member of the Bavarian Michael Order
and the Order OF Merit for Arts and
Sciences
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
BORDEAUN. Sent. 10.

BORDEAUX, Sept 10.
1t was officially stated today that let
ters found on dead and captured German
officers prove conclusvely truth of the
earlier reports of terrible mortality in
the German ranks, especially among the
officers.
In the tenth and Imperial Guard corps
there is said not to have been a single
high ranking officer who was not either
killed or wounded.
All of the companies of the first bat
TALON of the Prussian guard are now
commanded by volunteer officers of many
years service who have taken the places
OF those killed. Numerous companies of
German infantry, which consisted of $50
men, have been reduced to sixty o.
seventy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
GERMANS SEEK NEW WEAPON
TO SKATER BRITISH NAVY
French War Office Reports Expert
ments With Aerial Torpedo.
BORDEAUX. San

bOHDEAGA, sept. 10.
Word has reacned the War Office that
the Germans are experimenting with a
new weapon with which they hope to shat
ter the British navy, This weapon takes
the form of an aerial torpedo.
At Berne, Switzerland, a telegram says
that every night huge Zeppelin hovers
over Lake Constance at a height of 1000
feet, carrying on experiments.
Wicker work torpedo cases are lowered
into the water attached to ropes. The
explosion which follows is terrific.
The Germans evidently hope to line the
North Sea coast with these engines and
perhaps to shell the British fleet with
them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
VIENNA POPULACE RIOTS.
ATTACKING WAR OFFICE
0u'oreak Indicates Public Feeling
Against the War.
LONDON, Sent.

RIotIn. LONDON. Sept 10
Tsleans 70 a dispatch to the Exchange
T6Iapn T6Ia Company from Rome.
bAar ulspateh states that word has
a moh hee.yed IN Rome from Vienna that
trlsS oS 1, attacked the building Of the Aus.
windows. ""i' breaking all of the
Is insics,t.f'eak occurred on THURSDAY and
! coward the war. p'pOiaF leshhs there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
Po1NcARE DEcoRATEs GENERAL

BORDEAUX, Sept 10 49, President
Poincare raised General de Castelnau to-
day to the rank OF grand officer OF the
Legion of Honor. The honor was be-
slowed on the recommendation of Cen
eral Joffre, commander-in- chief of the
French armies I'm the field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
BODIES POISON PARIS WATER
Corpses Heaped Along the Marne
contaminate Capitals Supply.

Parisians have been warned that be-
cause Of the battles on the banks of the
Marne which is the largest tributary OF
the Seine. the water OF the river here
must not be used for drinking purposes
without being boiled
Philip RAIDER, an American volunteer
aviator who has Just returned from ths
valley of the Meuse, says that corpses
lie heaped up on the banks Of the river.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-09

= = = = = > =
THE TELLTALE HANDS {"
BY Marah ]. Locke.
Copyright by w. G. Chapman
The beautiful music steals out
upon the ambient air soft and sooth-
ing, and l lean over and kiss the dear
hands at the piano. 1t is a vernaI
paradise without, comfort and peace
within, and she the cherished queen
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-09

L
pharmacy in BalleTan. l had to play
the doctor free gratis in order to sell
my drugs, but it brought me living
and, my old ambitions dead, settled
down grudgingly to the poor exist
enCe fate had awarded me.
One chill October evening sat in
my little office back of the store
apartment when heard the front
door open sharply and close as
abruptly. A yelled woman, young
could guess from the rare grace of
her movements, brushed hastily past
the counter. UNLIMITED she passed
through the doorway, lifted her veil
and sank to a seat before the table at
which l was reading. Her breath
came in quick gasps, she was
trembling all over, her face was
colorless.
You are a physician-a chemist?"
she asked instantly, with an appre-
hensive glance over her shoulder in
the direction of the street.
l nodded assentingly. Her tragic
appearance, her statUesque pose,
above all her agitation and the love-
illness of her face dumbed me.
fancied l. noted two lurking forms
SLOUGH past the front window.
Listen and act quickly" she di-
rected. There is your fee"
I stared hard. My strange client
had placed a hundred dollar bill on
the table. She pushed it toward me.
It's magnitude attracted and then be-
wildeTed me.
81 wish you to procure and bring
to me in a saucer or some hollow
dish" went on the young woman,
some corrosive fluid that will-wiu
remove a blemish from the skin"
regarded her wild rose face, I'M
able to detect a flaw in it's velvety
softness. Was she meditating sui
cide-was she a prospective vitrol
fbrOwor0 DonoOnd RI cDoolz with
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-09

you Are Physician-A Chemist?"
of it all. How could l live without
her.
Go back with me five years and let
me tell you strange wierd story of
which she, Alma, was the center and
whose hands, now so raptly weaving
a delicious sonata, played a dreadful
yet heroic part in one of those life
dramas which called for sacrifice and
devotion of no ordinary caIiber.
1t was in a third rate city of Aus
tralia that 1 had found myself after
wasting three years and a small in
'heritance prospecting, specializing
land trading. had studied medicine
and when l found myself with only
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
GERMAN DIPLOMAT
BEARS WORD FROM
U. s. TO THE KAISER
Baron Reudt Won Collenberg
Sails With Bryan Peace
Treaties and Personal Mes
sages to Emperor.

WASHINGTON. Oct. s-Intrusted with
numerous personal messages for the
Kaiser and reports for the Berlin Foreign
Office Baron Reudt Won Collenberg, for
merly German Consul General in Canada,
sailed from New York today for Berlin
In diplomatic circles his journey at this
time is looked upon as the most important
German diplomatic trust since the out
break of the war.
Among the many documents the Ger
man official will present to the Foreign
Office will be copies of Secretary of State
Bryan's peace treaties with all the great
Powers, These were given to Ambassador
Won Bernstorff few days ago by Secre-
tary of State Bryan.
A complete report also OF the peace
efforts in the United States will be sub
mitted to the Berlin Foreign Office.
Since the outbreak of hostillties the Ger
man officials here have been entirely cut
off from communication with the Foreign
Office. and Baron Reudt's visit is ex-
pected to bring them in touch again.
Baron Reudt will sail for Rotterdam
on a Dutch liner. Safe passage has been
guaranteed him by the British Govern
ment
1t is expected that the Baron will re-
port to the Foreign Office about the large
funds being raised in the United States
by German-American citizens for the re-
lief of women and children in the empire
This fund is believed to exceed 81, 1000, 000
inasmuch as numerous large contribu-
tions have been received from all parts
of the country, especially from German
centres. such as Cincinnati. Chicago. New
York, Milwaukee and cities further west.
One California community alone raised
800 600
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
ToDAYs MARRIAGE LICENSES

cGsimir Yeltus. lOT Fernon st., and Petronilla
Iyaskeyicute, IA Mcclellan st.
FhlllP Caecamo; ~ League ST., and Nellie
Bremen. OLE s. OriannR st.
George p. HOrnberEeF, 242S w Harold ST b. and
Johanna d. Weinrtch, 2213 W. Lshigh ave
and johanna 2. Welnrich, 22lS w Iehigh ave.
Jennie NJ Murray, 84T N 4sth ST.
Mariana Melt g2T TRsker st. and Roma Zito
$3.50 n. Maryins 81.
Salvatore Raudazzo, $40 Christian ST., and
Raymond KeummeTle. 1T31 Master St and
Catherine sottung. lIl9 Master 81.
Actuni Kaslawsky, 1921 Edgemont ST.. and
Antonle Maszderouna. 1904 Wsstmoreland 81
Richard Mayer 6l9 ~ 6th st.. and Nina Bern
Walter y. Nester, 4434 n. 18th ST.. and Anna
Ralph W, Matthews 1918 Green ST., ana Eiiz-
Rbeth 3. Harris, 1872 Green ST.
Joseph Crosse $50 sil s. lith st. and Rose Sew
GaT2v iLfz rSss-taI MStSIhs 7si 81 \ aotb =.
v. LAghtfoot wildwood. n. ].
Charles v, Vanorman, 1914 Glenwood ave, and
Lillian NJ, Riehl, T24 ", Lshigh ave
Hunter, 1879 Rittenhouss square.
James II. Rinssy 2s5O ~ 25th St. and Caro-
line NJ. Koshowsky, 3TO2 Lancas ster ave
Herbert Rice, l228 Fitzwatsr st.. and Anna
L1nwoOd Price, $500 Magnolia ST., and Sidney
Mason. 6s02 Magnolia 81.
John n. Rea. 1884 pennie st., ana Dorothy
i7ss5a RSla. Wars isO5 ' souTsl S@'siF e st. and
Robert p Powell 2442 Patton a.. ana Flor
MADELINE Patterson. 4i57 n 7th : 3. ave- ana
Howard ~. Hempstead. Mobile Ala, and Lou
ise G. Mason, 4524 Wsrrington ave.
Mary S. Myers, S0i2 ". ClmberIand - -Aa
William Trultt. i622 Catharina St. and stella
LogEsS. 22aA LataaA - '''-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
GERMANS ARE ACCUSED
BY MRS. WALDORF AST0R
Teuton Atrocities Alleged in Letter
to American Friend.
RICHMOND, Va, o

hlC1AOINItt d. OCl ..
Writing from Briar Tor, Yeiverton'
South Devon, England, to a friend here,
Mrs. Waldorf Astor, formerly Miss Nan
ME Ianghorne, of Virginia, says:
This war came so suddenly that 1t
simply knocked everybody of their feet.
and when once We found our feet, we had
so much TO do that We couldn't look
around This dreadful war is almost un-
believable, but these Germans must be
licked once and for all now.
I'VE have come here and taken this
little house. nine miles from Plymouth.
1t Is Just on the moor. We took It so
that the children could get moorland air
and we could work in Plymouth most OF
the day,
I'VE have had 100 of the wounded at
Plymouth for the last fortnight They
were wounded at Mons those first three
days. A great many of them saw the
horrors of German brutality and the
stories they tell are almost unbelievable.
only they tell them quite simply and told
them 10 me the first day they arrived be-
paper
"Ona poor creature was absolutely
shattered, he said. not from fear OF the
war or OF the guns, but at seeing two
Belgian women with both hands cut Off
II know that the Germans are doing
what they can In America 10 deny
these things but 1 have got from the
men themselves - plain, uneducatsd
soldiers. q great many OF them. The
Coldstream Guards regiment was nearly
wiped out, because the men refused TO
fire on the Belgian women and children
whom the Germans had put Ia front OF
the guns at Mons. This soldier WAS
wounded there ana told me this him
SELF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
CZAR'S TROOPS TO BRAVE
I RIGOR OF WINTER CAMPAIGN
Rulers Cousin Says Cold Weather
Battles May Settle Issue.

MILAN OCI. ,.
The Duke OF Leuchtenberg, a cousin of
the Czar who has arrived in Italy from
Berne, has granted an interview to a
representative of La Stampa. at Turin,
in the course of which he said:
my august relative, Wilhelm II, and
his ally, Franz Josef, are playing risky
game. They have wrought themselves
into a fury and still vaunt the certainty
of final victory. However with our 8 OOO,-
900 Russian soldiers allied with the heroic
sons of Belgium, Britain and France,
we shall encompass Germany and Aus
tria in a circle of steel wherefrom they
can never free themselves. They will
perforce have to yield"
Questioned about rumors of truce until
coming spring, the Duke replied: 'These
rumors are absolutely absurd. Our Car
has sworn to his allies to destroy Ger
many and Austria. The Cars troops
are adept at winter campaigning, and
its rigors will entail far less suffering
upon them than upon the Austro-German
troops. It is out OF the question that
the Czar is going to give our enemies a
comfortable period in which to strengthen
their preparations.
Hence, while L can hazard no opinion
about the duration OF the war, my belief
is that the great battles destined TO de-
eide the fate OF Austria and Germany
will be fought during mid-winter."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
BURROWING ARMIES
LIKEN BATTLEFIELD
TO GAME PRESERVE
Trenches Along
Aisne Resemble Countless
Number of Rabbits Quar-
ters, London Correspondent
Says.
LONDON, Oct. s.

LONDON, Oct. s.
The correspondent OF the Times, writing
from Epernay, France, on the various
phases of the conflict in France, says:
1.-The battle of the French rivers has
now entered upon its fourth week, and,
unless some lanking movement Is car
red through successfully, there appears
to be no reason why the titanic tragedy
should not continue for a long time it's
successful run.
Now that the perfection of the Ger
man trenches is rivaled by those of the
Allies, 1t has become a struggle in which
each If pitted against an invisible foe,
who is never seen until he springs sud-
denly from his hiding place. The country
side along the Aisne is a vast military
rabbit warren.
Both sides are determined not to give
ground, The Germans continually are de-
livering attacks and counter-attacks, but
the Allies are not making any aggressive
attempt to advance in this region. They
are content for the time being with beat
ing back all the German attacks, and are
not trying to occupy the enemy's
trenches.
THE forces of the Germans are worn
by hard campaigning and by frequent at
tacks, while the Allies troops are fresh
because they are frequently rested and
changed. The casualties on the Allies
side have been very slight recently.
Everything possible is being done to
relieve the men from their strain of walt
Ing. Tobacco and newspapers are pro-
Vided and mail is delivered regularly The
strain of waiting has been especially Sc
we're on the African troops, for whom
there are no ordinary diversions such as
the French and British take advantage of.
"one of the most useful articles of tho
German war equipment is sky rocket,
which gives a powerful illumination, last
Ing nearly q minute, above the ranks of
the enemy, enabling the German artillery
officers to obtain an accurate range of the
trenches"
The correspondent of the Post In Petro-
grad finds German strategy at dlsad-
vantage in comparison with that of tae
Russians. He telegraphs as follows;
Instead of following sound military
principles of seeking out the enemy's
strength and endeaYoring to smash 1t, the
Germans seem TO follow the lines OF least
resistance. Whether this is the result of
basing war upon the ineXperiences of the
parade grounds and maneuvers arranged
beforehand, 1t Ia difficult to say, but GER
tainly the German army is only learning
its business now.
Both of the great German defeats Qn
Galicia and in western Russia) exemplify
the same defect In tactics of following the
line OF least resistance. In both cases the
Russians caught them In precisely the
same trap. In the latter place the Rus
slams left a gap OF 20 miles open like a
rut-trap door. and the Germans marched
gaily in. They found no opposition until
they met an unpleasant surprise at the
fantastic bends of the river Niemen
While trying to ford the NIsmen the
Jaws of the trap closed upon them"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
q 4RAZ<n5T hlHo RARK5 HARD E0R
DRHlE NM .5HOWIS HER RRLIzS EREE
OBITUARIES
MARION MANOLA
Once Noted Comic Opera Prima
Donna Succumbs After Operation.

AJItI OptIdJlOIl.
NEW YORK, oct. s.-Marion Manola,
long a popular favorite in comic opera,
died yesterday in the New Rochelle Hos
pital, following an operation In pri-
vate life she was Mrs. George G. Gates
and New Rochelle was her home Her
daughter Adelaide, is the wife of Rupert
Hughes, author and playwright.
Miss Manola forsook the stage 10 years
ago owing to failing health. In the height
of her success she created the prima
donna parts in 90 Of the comic operas
staged by Colonel John A. McCaull. in
troduced to London De Kovens Maid
Marian and toured Great Britain and
this country with John Mason.
Her maiden name was Martins and
she was born in Cleveland. At 10 she sang
as soprano soloist in a church choir In
that city. Both her parents died and an
uncle undertook her musical education.
He sent her to Paris. where she studied
with Nine. Marchesi Another girl stu
dent had a Spanish lover named Manolin.
The girl became critically i'll and in dying
asked Miss Martins to assume the name
Manola if she followed the stage. The
name means "madcap."
Her first husband was Henry S. Mould
of Cleveland. He went into business in
Pittsburgh, and their daughter Adelaide
was born there. Then husband and wife
adopted the stage together. She divorced
him in 1891, when they had been married
five years, and soon afterward married
John Mason. Her ill health interrupted
their joint work in 1893. After six years
the couple were divorced.
When she was singing In Castles in
the Air" in the Broadway Theatre a
photographer in box sprung a flash
light and got her picture in tights. Miss
Manola instantly quit the stage and
brought the performance to an end. The
Photographic plate was destroyed. Sha
declared she could not humliate her lit
tie daughter by the public display of i'm
modest photographs of herself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
FOREIGN LEGIONS
RECRUITED TO WAGE
BATTLE FOR ALLIES
mo Austrians, Germans or
Turks Need Apply" Says
Commander Vet
erans and Mobiles in Ranks.
LONDON Oct

LONDON, Oct. 8.
Two foreign Legions are being formed
in London. which probably will increase
the fighting forces of the Allies by 5000.
One of them, headed by Chevalier Luigi
Ricci and numbering among it's members
many noblemen, II is expected will total
1900 men. The other which is expected
to be 1000 strong is being organized by
Captain Webber, a veteran of many
wars.
I'VE have already enrolled 1850 men,"
Chevalior Ricci said today. "and in a
letter to the King We offered 5000 men, a
number which We shall easily raise by
the end of the week.
Lord stamfordham has acknowledged
the letter, and states that the King has
forwarded our offer to the War Depart
ment. 1 hope that in a fortnght's time
the Kings Foreign Legion will be fight
ing for England and her Allies in Bel
gium.
"At a meeting of the officers of the
Legion the command was offered to me.
but on account OF my age-I was lighting
with Ganbaldi in 1861 have refused the
offer, shall remain the honorary coll
onel, be in command of the home depot
and feed the Legion at war with more
men.
we have asked the War Office to gs-
point an English officer in command OF
the Legion. The Legion is composed og
all nationalities except Germans. Aus.
trians and Turks, who under no condi-
tion whatever will be allowed 10 Join.
Several Australian bushmen and Ca
madam trontiersmen who served In the
Boer war have Joined our ranks and we
have enrolled two ayiators, Il. Boslzio
and GustaYe Manin. They both have
machines. We also have had a large
number OF motOrcars offered US.
"A meeting OF the officers Of tho
Legion will be held soon to arrange for
a drilling depot"
Captain Stannard Rogers, who fought
in the Boer war has been appointed ad-
tutant Of the Legion pro tenn, and the
names already enrolled include Prince |
Alexander TschaGadaoh, a Russian ofl-
Ger; Prince l. OurOusoff, formerly "a /
captain in the royal bodyguard of the /
Czar; Count Anthony de Borch, a Rus |
sian officer Count di Radionne, formerly 1
In the Italian Uavy; Count di AIontanoa |
a Portuguese: Captain Granville Baker. |
who fought In the Boer war; Colonel |
We're Wright and Captain Geloso, Carl 1
baldl veterans; Lieutenant +. Buberi /
In the English cavalry; Lieu
tenant A. T. B1rberini formerly in the
Italian navy; Captain Text Voudt of the
Dutch army, and Captain Copinger Ma
hooney, late OF the Munster Fusiliers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
COUNT ZEPPELIN PREPARES
FOR AIR RAID ON ENGLAND
aerman Newspapers Say Inventor
Will Direct Flight.
THE HAGUE, Oct. s.

German newspapers received here Mon
day indicate that Count Zeppelin and his
stan are at Wilhelmshaven, whence a
great aerial raid on England is to start.
German newspaper correspondent
says he met Count Zeppelin in a train
on the way from Berlin to Wilhelmshaven
and said TO the aviator:
Il hope you have not forgotten Eng
land"
Zeppelin's reply was;
You may be sure / have not / will
prove II very soon"
II is reported that Count Zeppelin was
summoned by the Kaiser for an inter-
view and was informed that the Emperor
yelled on him for great work. He Offer-
ed TO bestOw the title OF generalissimo OF
the German air fleet. The count smiling
ly declined saying:
Il win accept the title, your majesty,
when return from England"
Meanwhile the Zeppelin stan Is working
night and day In the greatest secrecy.
irainloads OF aluminium framework and
other airship material are arriving daily
and are being swiftly put together IN
preparation for the great flights over the
North Sea, A dirigible station Is being
established at Emden where the Schuette.
LAM and Parseyal airships viii be sta
bonsdf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
MACHINE AFLAME, AVIATOR
FIRES AT FOE IN AERIAL DUEL
Two German Airmen Burned to
Death in Encounter.
BORDEAUX, Oot. {


Graphic account is given in official dis
patches of the War Department OF an
aerial duel which was watched by thou
sands OF soldiers of the French and
German armies. on October s, at JON
cherry, In the region OF Rheims.
A German aeroplane assembled with two
men, and after circling over the French
positions was returning TO its own lines
when Sergeant Frantz. one Of the most
expert OF French aviators, accompanied
by his mechaniclan. Quinault. sprang to a
machine and gave chase.
BY skilful maneuYer the French
aeroplane took the German on the hank.
wounded the pilot and put a bullet
through the gasoline tank.
A sheet OF flame enyeloped the German
craft, which dropped rapidly landing
close to the French lines. In the descent
the unwounded man continued TO nre
his pistol until prevented by the flames
Sergeant Frantz came to earth in a Sc
rles OF spirals. Both Germans were found
burned TO death In the smbers OF their
machine. Frantz was decorated with the
Legion Of Honor, and Qulnault received
military medal for bis exploit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-08
MRS. FLORENCE KAY STOKES

Mrs. Florence Kay Stokes, daughter OF
John l. Kay, who was q prominent law
book publisher OF Philadelphia and a
grandnieCe of Conde Raguet, founder OF
the Philadelphia Savings Fund. Seventh
and Walnut streets and Ambassador to
Brazil in the days of MaNimilian, died
yesterday at her home, 7i3O Devon street
Mt. Airy. Her husband was Charles NJ
Stokes, banker and broker, who for many
years was connected with Drexel & Co
Mrs. Stokes was "A years old and had
been an invalid for several years She
succumbed To p,eurisy. Two daughters.
Elizabeth Harper Stokes and Margaret
Kay Stokes and three sons, Charles NJ.
an insurance agent; Bernardo H., with
the Philadelphia Savings Fund, and John
W, of New York. survive.