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Evening journal., 1915-08-19
TEUTONIC ALLIES
OPEN ATTACK ON
BREST LITOVSK
Strong Russian Fortress May
Be Evacuated by Cars
Retreating Armies
foe THREATENS DRIVE
ON PETROCRAD next
BY Tie United Press.

By The United Press.
LONDON. Aug. 19.-The assault on
Brest Litovsk. main base of the Rus
sian field armies. and one Of the
strongest fortresses of Europe, has
begun. The outer works are under
attack by the Austro-Germau armies;
infantry divisions are closing in
about the forts and siege guns are
being brought up to batter at the in
ner defenses
Military men here today expressed
the belief that Brest Litovsk will be
evacuated by the Russians possibly
within a fortnight The fall of
Kovno. the advance of the Germans
against the Kovno-Brest Litovsk
railway and the threat against Petro-
grad itself will make il necessary for
the Grand Duke to abandon entirely
the Brest Litovsk line and wheel his
armies northward to defend the Rus
sian capital, it was believed here
An official statement from Petro-
grad early today admitted the cap
ture by General Won Hindenburs Of
the principal defences of Kovno. A
portion of the works on the right
bank of the river Is still held by the
Russians, who are using the same
tactics they employed upon evacuat-
ing Warsaw From their positions on
the right bank. the Russian artillery
is covering the retreat Of the Kovno
garrison in the direction of Wilma,
the railway center toward which the
German rush is directed.
South of kovno, the German armies
of Won Scholtz and Won Gsllwitz are
hammering hard at the Russian lines de
Tending the important Bielostok Bres'
Litovsk railway. The Russian war oftic'
early today admitted stubborn fight
ing in this section 'with alternating sue
! oesses.n petrograd also admitted heav,
| German attacks upon the forts of Nov
/ Georgievsk. but declared there had bee
no change in the situation sroun
Brest Litoysk.
Persistent reports have reached her
| that the Germans are transferring Who'll
I army corps from the southern TO tn
northern front and are preparing for
drive on Petrograd after seizing tn
railway at Wilma In some quarters /
\ is believed here that the movemen
through Kovno ON wilma is more than al
| effort to reach the Warsaw -Petrograi
railway and turn the Russian flank. Tn
Germans, some London critics believe
plan to drive a wedge in the Russiai
/ line east Of Wilma and send armie
marching to an attack on Petrogral
while holding off the Russians to tn
south.
To meet this offensive movement
/ it was pointed out here today, the
| Grand Duke must evacuate Brest Iii.
4 tovsk and retreat northward with
his armies or leave a garrison in
Brest Litovsk to impede the move
Continued on Page Eleven.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
match PLAY MAY
END CHILD'S LIFE
7 Year Old Margaret Seelig
Badly Burned While
Playing In Park
CAR CREW BEAT
OUT THE FLAMES

As a result Of playing with matches
in Rodney Street Park yesterday af-
-ternoon, 7-year-old Margarea Seelig,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
6eelig of No. 1917 West Eighth street,
is in a critical condition at the Della
ware Hospital.
Accompanied by her sister and a
playmate, all under 10 years of age
the children were briskly engaged in
lighting matches and throwing them
10 the wind. A box of matches had
been found by Margaret. One Of the
lighted matches caught in the folds
of the flimsy white dress worn by
Margaret and in an instant the child
was ablaze from head to foot. The
strong wind gave impetus TO the flame
and the little girl was enveloped be-
fore her playmates could cry for help
a West Eighth street car conductor
was passing at the time and Daniel
Jones, motorman and J. H. Ferial
conductor, ran to her assistance
They pulled off their coats as they
ran and put them around the child's
body and rolled the child over on the
ground.
The child was taken to her home
and DR.. J. A. Draper summoned. He
Continued on Page 2.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
TO PROBE death OF
FOUR IN TROLLEY Crash
BY The United Press.

bt Inc Unlted Press.
NORRISTOWN. Pa. Aug. ia
sweeping investigation was today in
stituted by city officials into the death
OF four persons and fatal injuries to
four persons and fatal injuries TO
fifth when a trolley car of the Lehigh
Valley Transit Company crashed into
a touring car on De Kalb Pike, near
here, last night.
The dead. who we're occupants OF
the ill-fated auto. are.
Frank Murphy, 21
Blanche Murphy. 80.
Clara Murphy. 90.
Lena Bitter. II.
Mrs. Mayme Murphy was removed to
the Charity Hospital seriously in
iured. The accident occurred at the
intersection of De Kalb Pike and Yost
Road. Persons who reside in the vi
cinity stated that the railway signal
bell at the crossing has been out Of
commission for some time.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
WEDDING
RING FOR WIFE
Georgia LyncherS Comply
With the Dying Request
of Their Victim
NEWSPAPER MAN
GETS GOLD CIRCLET
Bv The United Press.

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug 19.-It was
Leo NJ. Franks last request that the
wedding ring he wore be delivered to
his wife
Il was in the hands today Of O. B.
Keller. a member of the stan Of an
Atlanta newspaper, who is a resident,
however, of Marietta.
A mysterious, unknown messenger,
supposed to be member of the mob
of lynchers. delivered the little gold
circlet at Keelers home Wednesday
night. with the following note:
Franks dying request was that
his wedding ring be given to his wife.
VIII you not see that this request is
carried out?
This note will be delivered to you
by a man you do not know and who
does not know you. Make no effort
TO find out his identity.
your article in the paper Of the
seventeenth is good-very good.
"You are expected to destroy this
note after reading it,"
The message was unsigned.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
wife Gone: deer Takes
TO Drink BUT REPENTS

'My wife went with another man
and broke up my home and I started
to drink" said Henry Deer when ar
raigned in City Court today on a
charge of drunkenness.
Deer said that if Judge Churchman
would impose a fine of only 81 on
him he would take the pledge. He
said he was employed at Eddystone
and expected to live here in the fu-
ture. Deer was fined 81 and costs
and after court took the pledge.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19

CARR,NzA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF PEACE NOTE
BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug is-aenerai osrranza today eprtiy
lnoaedged receipt PanAmercan-encan peace note
This acknowledgment osbed his agency
not an answer Agency oacals broadly hntsd the
last that would be from him
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
FUNERAL OF W. B. GIPP.

The funeral Of William B. Gipp
took place yesterday morning from
his late home. No. 1124 King street.
The Rev. James Quigley celebrated
high mass of requiem in St Pat
ricks Church and interment was made
in Cathedral Cemetery.
The floral offerings included a pill
low from the children, a large cross
from the mother, Mrs. Nora Gipp; a
spray Of asters from his aunt, and
another spray from his brother, l..
A. Gipp, of Chester: a wreath from
his uncle. E. B. Gipp. and a spray of
white roses from Wilmington Lodge,
No. 266. B. |. L.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
BURNS DONE WITH CASE.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.--Emphatic in
his assertion that Leo Frank died as
only an innocent man can die. -
William J. Burns. head of the Burns
Detective Agency. declared today
that he was through with the case and
has no intention of going to the State
Of Georgia to ascertain the men who
lynched the convicted man.
"The statements in the papers that
l intend to go South on this case are
foolish" said Burns. "If Frank was
guilty he could not have died as he
did. The mob Of Georgia convicted
Frank Just as it murdered him
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
SHIFT EXPRESS CLERKS.

Through a change of clerks in the
office of the general manager Of the
Adams Express Company, several
changes have been made in the local
offices in this city. E. A. McGarvey.
agent here. has been promoted to the
position of division agent with head
quarters here. George T. Vandyke
of Chester has been promoted TO agent
here and w S. Shenton. formerly di-
vision agent, has been transferred 70
Charlestown. West Virginia.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
POLAND IS LOST TO
The RUSSIAN Government
By The United Press.

BERLIN, Via Wireless to Sayville,
Aug. 19-The first definite announce
ment from the government that Po-
land will not be restored 10 Russia
when a peace treaty signed, was made
by the German chancellor. DR.. Won
Bethmann-Hollweg in opening the
sessions of the Reichstag this after
noon. The Chancellor's speech,
pledging a brighter future for the
Poles and an opportunity ito cultivate
an individual national character, 4"
was interpreted by his hearers as a
promise that IN Independent Polish
kingdom, perhaps under Austrian or
German suzerainty. will emerge from
the war.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
State FAIR Will Open
ON MONDAY This Year

An impression was given yesterday
that Children's Day at the State Fair
will be the first day. Children's Day
will be on Tuesday. but Tuesday is
not the first day of the fair II opens
on Monday. September 6. Labor Day.
and will continue until the close of
Friday
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
RRrTIsH LANp rROoPs " TURKEY.

LONDON Aug ls-Under heavy attack by the Turks.
nrta have landed troops the shores suvla
on the side Gaipou Peninsula General Hamilton
.or'cd 20 the this afternoon The Sighting has
been very ssvere~ esbied the British commander Tos
losses on both sides are very heavy"
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
REWARD FOR FRANK MURDERERs.

ATLANTA ca Aug 1s-Every available cent at his dis
posa devoted to catching Leo Franks ynehers Cor
ernor Harris today The last Legislature appo
prated only rewards and $500 has bD spent The
other $500 r b offered $500 for avs members Of
the mob
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
.ALLEGE ATTENDANTS
killed insane MAN
Br The United Press.

TRENTON, ~ j.. Aug. 19-As the
result of an alleged assault by an at
tendant at the State village for Epil-
eptics at Skillman. N. j.. William Van
Riker. patient at the institution is
dead. Fred c. Holbrook, the attend
ant, who is alleged to have commit
ted the assault. is now confined TO the
Somerset county jail.
Van Riker, the dead patient. was
sent to the institution from Passaic,
and Holbrook gives address as No.
20 Hamilton avenue, Englewood.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
FARMERS DAY AT SPRINGS.

Farmers and Merchants Day are
being observed today at Brandywine
Springs.
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
TODAY'S TEMPERATURE

AT EVENING JOURNAL OFFICE
Evening journal., 1915-08-19
WEATHER

Fair tonight and Friday.
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Don,t Ne EviI-BIInded.

Dear Miss Fairfax: My brother-in-lsw
Is about 70 spend a day at Atlantic City.
Ills wife cannot 90 on account OF a
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FOURTH EPISODE.
Poor Little Runaway June.
cHAPTER III-(contInued.l

CHAPTER III-(Continued.)
''You haven't much choice said the
low voice of Blye, and he held the door
open for June.
This once" And she looked him
squarely in the eye. He smiled.
June was thoughtful all through that
delicious twenty minutes of riding. Blye
hts dark face haunted her, Another
face came to her-Ned! A great wave
Of Inconsistencies swept over her
They made their adleus rather hastily
to Blye. for their time was "a little more
than I'D.
Just before dinner was called Mr.. Wiles
came home. and June happened into the
library. 1t was Doly's favorite store
room for toys. books and everything else.
Mrs. wiles-he called her Woozly-was
sitting on the arm of her husbands chair,
her arm around his neck and his chin in
the palm OF her hand. With the other
hand she was twisting lock of his hair
over and over her finger. and she was
most distinctly and obviously wheeling
him for money His voice was low and
protesting with as much sternness as a
man can use when he Is being charmed
into dociity Woody Wiles was locking
the money in her little inlaid> desk when
June next saw her.
They were going out after dinner.
There was some talk about ordering a
car, and It needed but one word TO give
Dolly a start. The luxurious Limousine
OF the black Vandyked man the whole
Of her text. She ratified on and on and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-09
Huge Cost and Great
Energy Wasted inWar

tinually strengthened their defenses. TAX
ing the whole amount Of digging that
has been done by the soldiers Of Ger
many. France, England Austria and Rus
sls during the two months that the war
has already lasted. the quantity OF ma
terial moved cannot be less than 100000
cubic yards and may be as much as
100000
Now the total amount OF material re-
moved during the long years that the
Panama was under construction was
about 25O,ooOOOO cubic yards, or only
twenty times the maximum amount that
have estimated for the trenchlng opera
tons of the European armies in two
months! Usefully employed what might
not that vast amour. of labor have
achieved?
But this is only a drop in the waste
bucket of squandered physical energy that
the war is filling up with frightful disre-
gard OF the ultimate consequences to
mankind. Suppose that there are but
100000 men subjected to the fatigues,
dangers, diseases and demorallzations of
war-those 100000 necessarily represent
the very best physical type OF European
manhood. They are the younger men,
the stronger men, the healthier men. the
more active men, because the weak are
not wanted. and not taken, until the ex-
haustion of the others compels the war
lords to force them also into the servile
ranks of slaughter.
Hundreds of thousands are killed out
right or wounded, so that their future
usefulness is crippled; hundreds of
thousands perform forced labors that re-
strength, and of the hundreds of
thousands who will ultimately survive,
untouched by any weapon or missile
hardly one individual will ever recover
all of his original elasticity and capacity
for work. It Is we'll known that soldiers
lives are short, not so much because Of
bullets, bombs and bayonets. as because
of the eXtremeties of fatigue TO which
they are subjected, and the germs of
disease that they cannot escape.
Voltaire once wrote a very interesting
story of the visit to the earth of a
philosophical giant from the solar sys-
tenn Of Sirius, who laughed to split his
sides over the foolish little men whom he
found here engaged in continually cutting
off their own noses in a symbolical sense.
VIC have been In the habit of imagining
since Voltaire's day. but If he could come
back now would he be able to find to
find. even in his rich vocabulary, words
keen enough TO properly fay our foolish
! ness?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-09
The New Baby
is Worlds Wonder

Every tiny infant makes iife's per-
spective wider and brighter. And what
ever there Is TO enhance It's arrival and
TO ease ard comfort the expectant mother
should be given attention. Among the
real helpful things is an external alb
dominal application known as Mothers
Friend" There Is scarcely a community
but what has it's enthusiastic admlrer OF
this splendid embrocation. II Is 30 wen
thought OF by women who know that most
drug stores throughout the United States
carry Mothers Friend as one OF their
staple and reliable remedies. IL Is applied
20 the abdominal muscles 10 relieve the
strain on ligaments and tendons.
Those who have used II refer 20 the
ease and comfort experienced during the
period OF expectancy; they particularly
refer 10 the absence OF nausea. often so
prevalent as a result Of the natural
expansion. In a little book are described
more fully the many reasons why
Mothers Friend" has been a FREUD
indeed 20 women with timely hints. sug.
gestiOns aud helps for ready reference. "a
should BE- IN All homes. "Mothei = frirnd
may be had Of almost rry druggist. hut u
you fail 10 ind II write us direct aud alsc
write for book 80 Bradheld Regulator Co.
A03 Lanai Bldg, Ai.autas "a
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forated tubes placed fan-shaped at the
front and back OF the car.
As a rule, employees IN breweries. tan
neries and printing ink factories are i'm
mune from consumption, .Turpentine
works and rope works are a protection
from rheumatism. Workers in copper
mines need not fear typhoid.
Three years ago the population OF the
world was $50, OOO.OOO souls.
Soldiers In France are allowed 10 cul-
vate gardens In any spare ground about
barracks. and TO help cut their ratlons
by growing vegetables.
s. is estimated that nearly seventy
thousand tons OF corks are needed for
the bottled beer and aerated waters con
sumed annually In Great Britain.
KTupps WORKS at Essen, in Prussia,
were begun in 1872: the first gun, In cast
steel, was made there in ls47.
Naturslists state that the eagle is able
to look at the sun without blinking. be
cause II has a thin semi-transparsnt veil
which II can draw instantaneousiy over
Its eye. and which does not obstruct the
sight
smoking cars for ladies are In use ON
some OF the railways OF Russis.
The syrians consider that ri,kled
grapevine leaves are a great del.,scy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-09
To Darken Hair
Apply Sage Tea
A few applications of Sage Tea and
sulphur brings back its vigOr,
color, gloss and thickness.

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea with sulphur and alcohol
added. win turn gray. streaked and faded
hair beautifully dark and luxuriant, re-
move every bit of dandruff, stop scalp
itching and falling hair. Just a few ap-
plications will prove a revelation ii your
hair Is fading, gray or dry. scraggiy and
thin. Mixing the Sage Tea and sulphur
recipe at home, though. is Troublesome.
An easier way is to get the ready-to-use
tonic, costing about 50 cents a large bot
tie At drug stores, known as ''wyeth's
sage and sulphur Compound, thus
avoiding a lot of muss.
While wispy, gray faded hair is not
sinful We all desire 10 retain our youthful
appearance and sttractiveness, BY dark
ening your hair with Wyeth's Sage and
sulphur no one can tell, because IL does
50 naturally so evenly. You just dampen
a sponge OF soft brush with 1t and draw
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time by morning all gray
hairs have disappeared. and. after an
other application or two. your hair be-
comes beautifully dark. glossy. soft and
@--''siant--Adyertiseme
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-09
Do You Know That
Copyright 1915 Intern1 News Service.

The new Egyptian flag consists OF three
white oresoents with their backs to the
staff. each with a five pointed white star
between the horns. on a red field, This
flag was the personal standard Of the
khedive, and now takes the place of the
former national flag. which was dis
tinguished from the Turkish By having
a star OF five instead OF six points.
One OF the evils OF war is the lowering
OF the national physique. In the genera
tion after the Franco-German war there
was an appreciable decrease in the stat
ure OF Frenehmen through the large num-
Der of young men OF good physique who
were killed.
For the payment Of salaries In the Brit
ish royal households the king and queen
use annually $4,000.
There Is no pauperism In Servia. IN the
sense in which IT IL understood In the
west. The poorest people have some sort
Of freehold property There are a few
poor people In Belgrade. but neither their
poverty nor their number has necessitated
an institution like the workhouse.
More than 10000 books are lent by
London public libraries In year the
juvenile readers taking considerably over
a million.
The streets OF Milan are watered from
the electric tremcars. on these watering
cars reservoirs have been adapted to the
platforms and these reservoirs are emp
tied, a. the car runs. by means OF per-
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poured out without stint TO maintain
struggling armies in the field, to destroy
the fairest cities and the most admirable
creations of art on the globe, and to
send hundreds OF thousands OF the most
perfect specimens OF young manhood
that the race possesses to an untimely
death.
Consider the waste OF mere physical
energy that this contest involSss-energy
which, properly applied, would transform
the face of the civilized world. reclaim all
the waste places on the planet, increase
the productivity of the whole earth and
almost rival the gigantic engineering
feats that imaginative astronomers have
ascribed to the inhabitants OF the planet
Mars
Take the amount Of work wasted in
digging trenches and throwing up breast
works. The battle front on which the OPP
posing armies. comprising millions Of
men. are in touch with one another. ag-
gregate hundreds OF miles, and on both
sides they are continually digging them
selves in" burrowing deep into the earth
TO escape the shrapnel and the bombs
showered down upon them.
Suppose that there are at any time only
800 miles Of such intrenchments. 10 dig
them it is probable that at least cubic
of earth must be moved for every linear
yard Of intrenchment That would make
$4,000 cubic yards in all. or say, for
the sake of round numbers, 10000 cubic
yards. But line after line of intrench-
ments is constructed, as the fortunes OF
war sway to and fro. Then, in many OF
these works, the amount of earth moved
must be much larger than 1 have esti-
mated. Since their retirement began in
France. the Germans have dug them
selves in at least twice and they are con-
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Read it Here-see it at the Movies.
RIGa1G1<GQ4I/ Hume
az 9eesse SanAsAk9ssAs.A1as: Gaka~ eEees.

OF about it, and as she talked the pretty
face of Mrs. Wiles grew more and more
distressed.
Harry dear" she said. Dolly and 1
want n limousinel Please!
Dolly clapped her hands.
After that limousine again." he gayly
commented. Not now. Woody Bust
ness is too bad"
~ don't like business" she laughed.
ITS a mean old thing. isn't It, Dolly?
Harry, please"
Get thee behind me, Woody" The
man still laughed. but he began to look
very seriously at his charming wife.
| You'd get anything out of man"
And his laugh was half vexed, altogether
admiring.
Pretty Mrs. Wiles accepted that com
pliment prettily, but June. as she slipped
out of the library unobserved, was hurt
for the woman. for herself, for her kind
as her face betrayed. Here II was again
the endless. almost unvarying story OF
the woman dependent on the mans
bounty and, in this case. getting all she
could out Of him.
Again in the evening June heard Mrs
Wiles and Dolly pleading for a big
Limousine, and next day a car costing
several thousand dollars stood before the
door
Mrs Ned Warner had been made ire
mendously Nhoughtful by the affairs Of
the little Wiles family. There was some
thing wrong In the custom which ma ie
this condition possible. What was It? The
position OF donor and recipient. Neither
the man nor the woman was really 10
blame. IL was custom. And June knew
what Mrs. Wiles would not admit to her
self, II she suspected 1t, that the man was
being constantly wheedled beyond his
means.
The crash came sooner than June had
expected. On the next evening after the
limousine had come home there walked
into the house a grim-iawed, hard-eyed
man OF a, on whose suit case were
pasted foreign labels.
Hello. Baker, exclaimed Wil4g with
cordially.
"A little personal business" Ana Baker
seated himself
'How's the London branch" asked
Niles by way of making conversation.
Doing very nicely" was the curt reply
and Baker shook hands with Dolly. By
and by the voices of the men rose as
they became more interested in their
conversation, and there floated up to
June an emphatic speech OF Bakers which
she could not help hearing
You've spent it, BAKERS words were
clean cut. In my absence Of a year and
half you've Overdrawn your account
$4,000. Fifty thousand dollars was the
exact amount Of your investment That
makes US quits. YouH turn over your
share OF the business TO me immediately %
But that leaves me without a cent,
without an income" worried NIles. He
had no blame for his partner. nor was
he as much crushed as he had expected
to be. Il have a wife and a child. you
know. Baker. l could no more refuse
them anything than { could refuse bread
TO starving child"
That's the trouble Bakers voice was
not harsh. II was simply cold. You've
spoiled them. A wife should be a help
70 a man, and most OF them would II
they were given chance, You made a
/ toy OF yours"
The next morning Mis- Wiles came
up 70 June. She had been crying. but
there was light in her eyes which was
good TO see.