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lions Of modern long range artillery
fire. A comma ndng officers duty In 10
give strict orders To respect hospitals.
ambulanccs. &c. and also to place Bed
Cross units as far away as possible IN An
any legitimate line of fire. But with
all care some accidents must happen,
and many reported cases will he am
higuous. At the same time when milf
tary observers have formed a distinct
opinion that buildings and persons under
the recognizable protection OF the Red
Cross were wlfully fired upon, such
opinions cannott he dlsregarded.
Between thirty and forty OF the dep
ositions submitted related to this Of
fence. This number does not In itself
seem so great as to be inconsistent with
the possibility OF accident.
In one case Red Cross depot was
sheled on most days throughout the
week This is hardly reconcilable with
the enemy's gunners having taken any
care to avoid II.
There are other cases OF conspicuous
hospitals being shelled in the witnesses
opinion. purposcly.
In one of these the witness. SER
geant-major, makes n suggestion which
appears plausible. namely. that the Ger
man gunners use any conspicuous build
ing as mark to verify their ranges
rather than for the purpose or dcstruc-
ton. 1t would he quite according to the
modern system of what German writers
call kricoshdson to hold that the COZ.
venienCe of range finding Is sufficirn'
military necessity to Justify disregnrdlne
any immunity conferred on buildin.
by the Red Cross or otherwise. In any
case. artillery fire on "A hospital at such
moderate range as about LOCO yards
can hardly be thought accidental.
AS to firing on ambulances. the evil
dence Is more explicit
In one case the witness Is quite clear
that the ambulances were aimed at.
In another Belgian Red Cross party
is stated to have been ambushed.
on the whole we do not find proof of
general or systematic firing on hos
pitfalls or ambulances: hut II Is not
possible TO believe that much care was
taken to avoid this
Az 10 firing on stretcher bearers In
tho course OF trench warfare, the testi-
mony is abundant. and tho facts do moi
seem applicable by accident. 1t may bs
that sometimes the bearers were sus'
pected OF seeing too much and Il 1,
plain from the general military policy
OF the German armies that very slight
suspicion would be acted on In case o.
doubt
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force. For instance. witness says
about September 90 our regiment took
part In an engagement with the Ger
mans After we had retired into our
trenches few minutes after we got
back into them the Germans retired into
their trenches The distance between
the trenches of the opposing forces was
about 400 yards. I should say about
fifty or sixty of our men nan been left
lying on the field from our trenches.
Aftcr we got back to them ! distinctly
saw German soldiers come out of their
trenches, go over the spots where our
men were lying and bayonct them Some
Of our men were lying nearly half way
between the trenches" Another says
| The Germans advanced over tho
trenches OF the headquarters trench
whore ] had been on guard for three
days. When the Germans reached our
wounded ! saw their officer using his
sword to cut them down" Another
witness says: "Outside Ypres we were
In trenches and were attacked and had
to retire until reinforced by other COM
panies of the Royal Fusiliers Then we
took the trenches and found the
wounded. between twenty and thirty.
lying In the trenches with bayonet
wounds and some shot. Most of them
say three-quarters. had their throats
cut"
In one case. given very circumst n :
TALLY. witness tells how n party OF
wounded British soldiers were left In n
chalk pit. all very badly hurt and quite
unable 10 make resistance. one of
them, an officer. held up his handl<er-
chief as n white flag. and this attracted
the attention of a party Of about eight
Germans. The Germans came TO the
edge of the pit. I, was getting dusk,
hut the light was ST good and cyery-
thing clearly discernible. one of them
who appeared to- be carrying no arms
and vino. at any rate. had no rifle. came
few feet down the slope into the
chalk pit within .clght or ten yards OF
some of the wounded men" lie looked
AT the men, laughed and said something
In German to the Germans who were
waiting on the edge OF the pit Imme-
diately one OF them fred at the offi-
Ger. then three or four of these ten
soldiers were shot. then another officer
and the witness and the rest OF them
After an interval OF some time I sa,
up and found that | was the only man
OF the ten who were living when the
Germans came into the pit remaining
alive and that all the rest were dead "
Another witness describes a painful
case In which five soldiers, two Bel
CLANS and three French, were tied "a
trees by German soldiers appa rently
drunk. who stuck knives in their faces
pricked them with their bayonets and
ultimately shot them.
We have no evidence to show whether
and In what cases orders proceeded
from the officer in command to give
no quarter but there are some instanc
in which persons obviously desiring &c
surrender were nevertheless killed.
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CONCLUSIONS.

From the foregoing pages II will be
seen that the committee have come TO a
definite conclusion upon each OF the
heads under which the evidence has
been classified.
1t is proved 90 That there were In
many parts OF Belgium deliberate and
Systematically organized massacres OF
the civil population. accompanied by
many Isolated murders and other out
RACES
GD That In the conduct OF the war
generally innocent civilians, both men
and women, were murdered IN large
numbers, women violated and children
murdered.
CID That lootinG house burning, and
the wanton destruction OF property were
ordered and countenanced by the off,
GERS OF the German army. that elaborate
provision had been made for systematic
incendiarism AZ ths very outbreak OF the
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(c) Abuse Of the Red Gross and or
the white Flag.
The Red Cross,

Cases OF the Red Cross being abused
are much more definite.
There are several accounts OF IRE
helnG opened, sometimes at very short
range, by machine guns which have been
disguised In a German Red Cross ambu-
lance or car this was aggravated in one
case near Tirlemont by the German SOL
diers wearing BELGIAN uniforms.
Witness speaks also OF stretcher
party with the Red Cross being used
TO cover an attack and OF n German Red
Cross man working a machine gun.
There Is also we'll attested case Of
Red Cross motor car being used 10
carry ammunition under command OF
officers
Unless all these statements are will
fully false, which the committee sees nc
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Thomas Egan Of - Northern avenue.
known on the stage as the Irish barry
tone, was sentenced TO pay a fine Of $50
or serve twenty days in prison by the
on charge OF assaulting Ivan r.
Maginn. n law clerk. who testified tina:
on March 90 EEan blackened his eyes
when he attempted to serve an order IN
supplementary proceedings on the singer
at the Palace Theatre. where he was
headliner. Egan paid his fine
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war. and that the burnngs and destruc-
lion were frequent where no military
necessity could he alleged, being indeed
part of a system OF general terr0riza
ton.
Gv) That the rules and usages of
war were frequently broken. particularly
by the using of civilians, including
women and children. as "A shield for ad-
vancing forces exposed to fire. to a less
degree by killing the wounded and pris-
oners and In the frequent abuse of the
Red Cross and the White Flag.
Sensible as tley are of the gravity Of
these conclusions. the committee con-
ceve that they would be doing less than
their duty If they failed TO record them
as fully established by the evidence
Murder lust and pillagc prevailed over
many parts of Belgium on a scale un-
paralleled in any war between civilized
nations during the last three centuries.
Our function Is ended when we Eavc
stated what the evidence establishes, but
we may be permitted to express our be-
lief that these disclosures will not have
been made in vain II they touch and
rouse tho conscience OF mankind. and
we venture TO hope that as soon RS the
present war Is over. tire nations OF the
world in council will consider what
mearR can be provided and sanctions
devised to prevent the recurrence OF
SUCH horrors ms our generation Is now
witnessing.
We are &c,
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,bI Firing on Hospitals or on the
Red Cross Ambulnnces or
Stretcher penrrrs.

This subject may conveniently be d.
vidcd into three subdivisions. namely.
firing on 90 Hospital buildings and
other Red Cross establishments. t2)
Ambulances. CD Stretcher bearers.
Under the first and second categoric.
there is obvious difficulty in proving
intention. especially under the condi-
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PECIAL ARSON CORPS USED BY GERMANS IN BELGIUM aaNR
FOR AND WITH

There are two kinds Of
building contractors, just as
there are two kinds Of en-
ployees those who work for
you, and those who work with
you.
A contractor who merely
works for you is time server,
but the contractor who works
Nth you is an investment,
and will yield more than the
cost Of his hire.
And 1t is this distinction
working With a client rather
than for him-which is largely
responsible for the prosperity
Of our business.
THOMPSON-STARRET1
COMPANY
Building Construction
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BRYCE.
T.. POLLOCK.
EDWARD CLARKE.
kESELM Il. DIGPy.
ALFRED HoPKrNsoN.
n. A. l.. FISHER.
HAROLD Cox.
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TRACK SEASON DISASTROUS
Metropolitan Association Clubs Fail
ure to Pay Annual Dues Is Sign

NEW YORK. Sept. 17.-Evidence that
the present track and field season has
been a disastrous one for many OF the
clubs in the Metropolitan Association is
gained from the knowledge that 3S clubs
affiliated with the local branch of the
Amateur Athletic Union have not paid
their dues for the coming year and there-
fore will not be entitled to a vote in the
annual convention on Monday night in
the theatre of the list Regiment Armory.
Many of the delinquent organizations will
pay up before the year is ended, but still
greater number undoubtedly have been
compelled, because of inactivity, to give
up their membership in the Amateur Ath-
letic Union,
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Deatbs

BERGER.-on September 15. 1915, GEORGE
W, husband OF Martha Ber<sr (nee HodgesJ
tives and friends, also st. Johns Assembly
No. 2s. A. O.. of M. p. and ST. Johns Work
parents sr resdsncs aCs D. Madison % ave- az m. IN.
terment North Cedar Hill Cemetery.
BIDDLE-on September Is, 1915, WILL
LIAM 5. BIDpLE aged 7s years. ReIa-
tives and friends are Invited to attend fu-
ss isSa.Ses % sSis 1SS % a1s 1som osr ss
eran Church Grounds
ARINE c.. daughter Of Joseph and catharine
Bradley tnee Pine(, aged 13 years z months.
o. So Phps cbSpoh saSrsa Ixsdt Heart
TO attend the funeral. on Saturday, al $50
eth e. fES% sosms asr RS Mass 5ssasss az g. i
Church at 10 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross
BRAHAAG.-on September 10. 1915. HEr-
TIE c.. widow OF Francis NJ. Brshsn, aged
72 years; Relatives and friends are Invited
from her sons residence. Francis Brahafa. 81
Pine at, Audubon. y, J. Interment at Monu-
viewed Friday. after p. m.
BhoBsoN,=suddsnly., st AnSlessa. N. J.,
ssg5sneFF e. HS. t@wds %ITdsor SEbEDERIcK bo
OF the funeral win be given.
BuCKHALTEk.-on September "A. 1915.
HAREY s,, L, bslOyed S:.d,i husband q Emma G.
months. Relatives and friends, also Crescent
pha Baptist Church and congregation and
employees OF suIpass Leather Company, are
sfssTnoon tsS a is5 O'clock. from he sse rss
dencs, 5841 North Water ~. Services al the
Alpha Baptist Shaseh, 2;s9 precisely. Inter
CANNON.--on September IA. 1915, JAMES.
husband Of the late Mary Jams Cannon (nss
BuTks). Relatives and friends are Invited 20
fsSis Leslie. ssn MsrcsT 81 eiSsh's ssR @l@aS %
Church At 10 a. m. Intsr%snt Al 81 Ann Ann :
Cemetery.
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private. At cTeenInount csmstsry.
CoNN0R.-on september 10. 1915 JOHN,
hssiiSss and friesds are Invited fi q sttSnd *.
ss.asas nsass on s ss'9sk Wsisu s' & AZ from HE lsts
teTnsat A. New Cathedral csmstsry. Kindly
sSs o. .ss ss%si' s9sss ~. q 5sS. Hsl
tffaa ana friends are invited to attend The
s9sisl ssS s,s ',sss s,sIss.s % issa as'Ssy G q
nent private a. Wssf Laurel Hiil csmstsry.
CRooRs.-..on esRtsmbsr "a lsib. ELIZA
Ter u jeees y and sarah = zmith. iii assa- Rsia-
tlsss and il,spds, else n.enbsrs 81 Cootrns 4
nsl.sd % % attend ~ fsia .' o. q sSte4s sftsssa -,
D m.s nom her tal1 residence, 2815 M an
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OBITUARIES
Sebastian A. Rudolph

Sebastian A. Rudolph, retired paper
manufacturer, died yesterday at his home,
Ashland, Belmont avenue and River road,
West Manayunk He was Sc years old.
Mr. Rudolph was born in Echenheim. Ger
many, in 1899 He came TO Nicetown In
1896, and q few years later settled in
Manayunk. He went into the grocery
business, and in 1868 began the manufac-
ture of dyes and chemicals as a member
Of the Ashland Dye and Chemical Com
pany. In 1864 he added the manufacture
of paper to that of dyes and he subse-
quently became the sole proprietor of the
plant. He retired in 1900. He was well
known for his philanthropy and was ono
OF the oldest members of st. Marys Ger
man Catholic Church.
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PEARSON WINS MATCH
AT GERMANTOWN CLUB
r. F. Beard Is Victim OH Cricket
Courts, 6-1 and
6-3

Cooling brezes made the tennis oourta
unusually attractive to both the fresh
man and the tired business man yester-
DAY AFTERNOON when the third round OF
the handicap tennis tournament for MEM
bers OF the Germantown Cricket Club was
played.
A match OF peculiar interest 10 the ral-
lery was that OF William b. KurtE, one
OF Manheim's old stars, and Stanley
Pearson, also dear to the hearts OF club
members. Mr. Pearson won with a score
OF Ga. SO and 6-3.
other results In singles were: Robert
Duncan Gatewood won from n. 8. pot
ter, 6-a 6-L
W.. L. Matthews won from Fnedsr,o
etrawbridEe. Ga, "a.
George Purvlanoe won from Frederick
Shoemaker. Sc rs.
Stanley Pearson won from r. II. Beard,
o-l, ~.
william Nassau won from r.. d. Gate
wood. "a ca. 60
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FEW MINOR CHANGES
TO BE MADE in THIS
SEASONS CAGE GAME
Forwards and Guards Must
Stay 10 Feet Away From
Centre on Toss-up.
Rules Modified
TEAMS PLAN FOR SEASON

This years basketball game will show
few changes compared with last. The
moguls who guide the affairs Of the East
ern League at their recent meeting could
md no serious defects in the old rules.
and consequently made only slight
changes.
The most important change was the
time-out rule. AS this was much abused,
1t came in for repairs. The new ruling
was made 10 read:
"A time-out can only be called when
the referee has the ball In his posses
SION" The old clause gave the players
tho privilege 70 call time out at any
period of the game, and the referee was
compelled to stop play. no matter II a
goal was about to be scored by the man
on the team not calling. There has been
no increase in the number OF time-outs
allowed each team in each half nor the
time limit extended Each club will be
allowed the customary two time-outs in
each half with the two-minute rest regu-
lation.
Another Encouragement was made about
the tossing up OF the ball at centre. This
season when the referee tosses the ball
up between the two centre men the for
wards and guards must be kept 10 feet
away from them. This. the Eastern
Leaguers say. will prevent crowding
around the pivot men. Lines will be
drawn across the floor the full width of
the cage In order to make 1t forcible.
Players stepping across 1t before the
ball Is put into play will commit an Of
tense.
In so many games of last year in
various leagues the forwards and guards
developed style of play that often en-
abled them to be right at the centre men
IN a jiny before the ball was out Of
their hands.
The cage game Is TO receive a boom
this season. Already many OF the East
ern League teams are providing for their
representations. Schoolboys are putting
In a little practice to make sure they
VIII be on edge when their scholastic
season begins Independent teams are
waiting on cooler weather to condition
themselves.
Greystock, which finished strong in the
Eastern League last year winning II out
OF their last ID contests, according to re-
ports. ts going to be shaken somewhat.
Where the Greys VIII be repaired is at
: centre. Rube eastman. who was pivot
man Is not to be worked so frequently
II seasoned athlete can be secured
eastman played good ball for the Cooper
battalion boys last year when he fell
into their style of game, and should be
strong man there this year. Wilson,
MeWAliam, Sugarman and Cross are to
be the Greys' fixtures.
There is to be a general house clean
ing In De Neri ranks. forward, centre
and guard are being sought Last year
the De Neris started like a whirlwind,
but injuries to some of its members
caused them 10 fall back
The Jasper fellows are looking forward
TO big year. Brady. one OF its players,
is working out OF the city and 1t is un-
nkely that he will report during the 1916
IN Ha f.1
mer and Wohlfarth to return and get re-
tnstated into the good views OF the
league. the uptown boys will be ready to
give any of the clubs a hard test
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FUNERAL OF VIM. R. WILLIAMS
Prominent Welshman Will Be Buried
in Mount Vernon Cemetery

The funeral Of William r. williams. a
prominent Welshman, of this city, who
died at his home, at 222 Mannheim street,
Tuesday, will be held today from the
funeral parlors OF oliver Bair. Inter
ment will be made in Mount Vernon
Cemetery.
Mr.. Williams. who was 81 years old. had
been totally blind for the last five years.
He was born in Anglesea North Wales,
and settled in Philadelphia In 1857 on a
25-acre farm near the Falls OF the Schuyl-
kill. There he raised some of the finest
blooded cattle in the State. He retired
when his farm was purchased as the site
for the present Queen Lane Reservoir.
He was president of the Cambrian So
ciety, a Mason and identified with nu-
merous other societies.
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BACHMAN FIELD CLUB NINE
TO PLAY COLLEGE CLUB TEAM


The Bachman Field Club ana the
strong College Country Club have AT last
come 70 terms. and Cramer Hill, NJ J.,
Will stage on Saturday. September Is.
what promises 10 be one Of the most ex.
cltinE ball games held there Ia the last
ave years
The Intense rivalry existing between the
two clubs viii make the game not only
for HOOD but for tho ehampionship Of
ronpehgInk. Manager Fannlns, Of tbs
conntIy club. has IT large expense got
toHeihcr most OF the stars OF the old
Burnett 4. O.. and Il u rumorsd that he
has obtained the services Of Dan Mc-
tu|fe. . promising amateur pitcher
The clubs have chartered 4 boat 10 &C
ctnmr1eIe Tie large clQ&o expected ID
tH4e q bad weather s battle yin be
t'eehi u. following .a.oax.
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Three Priests Transferred

Archbishop Prendergast has transferred
the Rev. Edward ]. Long from st.
Bridget's parish to the Annunciation, the
Rev. Joseph A. Hayes from St. Leo's,
Tacony, to st. Bridgets and the Rev.
Edward Kelly from st. Stephens, Port
Carbon. to Tacony.
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Curtis Weigand

CHESTER, Pa, Sept 17.-Curtis Wei
gand, Of Chester, at various times man
ager of the Wilmington and York teams.
in the Tristate League. and of the old
Chester Athletics. died today after
lengthy Illness.
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Through the Commercial Depsrtn,...
Leaser Central a large number on arnoss ~
Once oh lssR els g secure sSPssnt
and clerical eirls. The net tir,e' s
ere 70 need oI an ofnce assistant tsiSael
phone your Help Wanted ad. 10 s,sSiiss-
bhe viii select compelent ElrIn ana r,,s.
nit them Tor your connldorafien 9444n-
NJ : free sersies 70 Ledger advert,sSsl.- .-
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Qensral

nuelNGs6 MHN. ATrnNrfc1ss
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LYON PUBLIC sTHN0iII FIiilfr r.r.. - :.
.--'It wv |uIuaI Lie IIda ~
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General

cLERK6-Women wanted as govt. olerks, sTO
month; Phila examinations coming; eannpls
questions free. Franklin Institute. Dept lis
q. Rochester, N. Y.
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without experience. although same Is less
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..esY man ot energy and thorough business
training, which warrants the assumption d.
tive or general superintendent
Experience Of years with a Largo ba nkinf
mouse OF Phila.; age 20, married, good family,
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