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New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
Will Not Admit Loss of Turtuka.

Bucharest, Sept. 6, via London, Sept. 7, 4:5O D. m.-Rumanian troops have occupied Gyergyo-Ditro Orsova Pass, on the north and northwest frontier of Rumania. says the official state ment issued by the Rumanian war department today. Seven guns, a number of machine guns and impor- tant food stores were captured from the Austro- -Hungarians.
 German and Bulgarian forces, hav- ing received numerous endorsements, continue to attack with great violence the Rumanian fortress of Turtuka- The garrison of the fortress is cease lessly counter attacking. the Ruman- ian statement adds, and the losses on each side are said to have been very serious.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
WILSON TO COMMISSION
Expresses Faith in Its Ability to
 Solve Knotty Problems.

Washington, Sept. 7.-President Wilson today sent to the joint Amer 1can and Mexican commissioners, in reply to their message sending him most cordial greetings the fol- lowing telegram:
 May I not express to the Ameri- can and Mexican joint commission my very warm appreciation of the telegram just received, my profound interest in the tasks of friendship and accommodation to which it is addressing itself, and my confident hope and expectation that its delib- erations will be crowned with a suc- cess which will long cement the friendship between the two nations"
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
HOLCoMB SATISFACTORY.
Local Republican Delegates Plea
 With Outcome of Convention.

Local republicans, including M Britain's delegates to the state ed vention in New Haven today, expr1 themselves as thoroughly satisd with the outcome. he renomination Governor Marcus H. Holcomb Southington was apparently desirem many who first shouted for Heaw'
 The Windsor Locks man was { first choice of the New Haven de gates and Holcomb second. When became apparent that the tide h turned in Holcomb's favor after C fourth ballot they went with it. ff publicans here are all pleased with q work of the convention and figure th the nominations are the strongest III could have been made.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
CONSTANTINE LAUDS DOYALISTS
Says He Will Face Any Enemy With
 Such Men.

Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 6, Via London, Sept. ', 11:45 a. hiking Constantine this morning received 15O officers of the eleventh division of the Greek army stationed at SaFoniki who had refused to join the rebels when a revolution broke out in the Sa1oniki garrison September l. The king con- graduated the officers on their action, saying 1t constituted brilliant page in military history and set great example for coming generations. With such officers and men as those whom he was addressing, his majesty said he was ready to face any enemy.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
Turtuka Evacuated.

Petrograd, Sept. 7, via London 2:54 D. m.-Turtuka, a fortified Ruman1an town on the Danube, about fifty miles southeast of Bucharest, has been evacuated by the Rumanians, ac- cording to the Russian official state- ment issued today.
 Tn the fighting in eastern Galfcia yesterday, the announcement says, the Russians took $500 more pris- oners.
 The Russian statement adds that Russian troops have occupied thee railway lines between Halicz and Semikovitze and Wodniki.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
Organizations Orde From Border WI R a ilrOa d s tri
 Threatened Are
 Quit Federal Servi'
YALE BATTERIES
 COME TO MAN
Troops Affected Are Located in York, New Jersey, Maryland, nois, Missouri, California, Or Washington and Louisianar-l teenth New York to be Held Para-Typhoid Disappears.

Washington, Sept. 7.-The " guardsmen remaining on the bc4 stay there for the present.
 The war department official k nouncement was made in the foA ing statement:
 "The secretary of war directs all the organizations of the Natl Guard in the federal service rect ordered from the border to theij spective mobilization camps be | tere out of of the federal servid soon as practicable and returneI the normal status of National Gl troops except in the case of the Fl teenth New York regiment, whid held in service at its nobilizd camp pending the prevalence in : regiment of para-typhoid.
 "As soon as it can be safely this regiment also will be must out. Similar precaution should | taken with any other organization turning from the border sufft from any infection or which is u
 suspicion of being infected"
 The troops affected are three
 ments from New York, two from
 Jersey, one from Maryland, two Illinois, two from Missouri, one California, one from Oregon,
 from Washington and one Louisiana. These units compris
 the aggregate about 15,000 Nat Guardsmen.
 The plan for the mastering ol the regiments will be executed u the various departmental comm CTS within whose jurisdictions ! organizations are placed. In T l instances where there is no reasc ] hold them because of disease in l ing, the mastering out will be 1 immediately.
 It is expected that all the orgal 1 tions except The Fourteenth York will be mustered out as 500 the necessary routine is conclude The Yale Battery, mobilize Tobyhanna, Pa, was ordered to \ tic, Conn.,, where 1t will be must out.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
BRITISH AIR RAID.
Turkish Positions Near Suez
 Under Fire.

London, Sept. 2, 1:47 p. m.-A T by British aeroplanes on Turkish pl tions at Ell Arish, in the Sinai IF insula, 90 miles east of the Suez Cal is reported in the following offi1 statement given out here todayi
 "On Tuesday two of our aeropla raided the Turkish aerodrome { aeroplane repair section at El ArI Twelve bombs were dropped, app ently with good results. Enemy ae planes attacked our machines but not close in, only opening fire at Id range. They ultimately gave up fight. Our machines returned unda| aged" t
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
POMERENE SEES VICTORY.
Says People Prefer Realities ot
 Wilson to Hughes Prophecies.

Columbus, O., Sept. 7.-Adoption of platform was the principal work of the democratic convention which met a in adjourned session here today. Senator Atlee Pomerene, as chairman of the convention, predicted 'victory in Ohio and in the nation" at the November election. and declared that "the people will not change the realities of Wilson for the prophecies of Hughes"
 The state platform as drafted con- tains a strong endorsement of Presi- dent Wilson's administration.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
HART-RUSSELD.
Popular Local Young Couple to Be
 Married September 27.

Cards were issued today announce ing the wedding of Donald Richards Hart, son of MT. and Mrs George P. Hart of Vine street, and Miss Elise Rockwell Russell, daughter of MT. Mrs. Isaac D. Russell. of 47 Grove Hill. The ceremony will be performed at St. Marks Episcopal church We'd nesday, September 27, at o'clock by Rev. Harry I. Bodley, the pastor
 After the ceremony, receptign will be held at the home of the brides parents.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
TRAILING TRAIN BANDITS
Posses Pursue Six Masked Robbers Who Make Unsuccessful Attempt to Blow Safe on Golden State Limited


 Douglas, Ariz., Sept. 7.--Six masked bandits, who last night held up the Golden State Limited of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, near Apache, forty miles east of Douglas, early today were being trailed by a sneriff's posse, organized immediate " after the hOld-up. The attempted robbery was a complete failure
 The bandits after six attempts to tlow open the safe of the express car, abandoned the job and disappeared on COW pones The passengers were not molested. One shot was fired at the mail clerk, as he clostd the door and locked himself in the car. Two of the robbers boarded the tender at Apache, covered the engine crew with Tevolvers, and after the first three cars were detached, were joined by four companions waiting at a camp fire nearby.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
S3,5OO FIRE IN MIDDLFyTOWN.
Ten Thousand Bushels of Corn De-
 stroyed by Water.

Middletown, Sept. 7.-Damage esti- mated at about $3,500 resulted from fire today in the grain elevator of Meech & Stoddard of this city The fire was caused by an overloaded pull ley bearing in the elevator shaft and was eXtinguished by the sprinkler system.
 The damage was chiefly by water, some 10000 bushels of corn as well as a quantity of feed being water soaked. The loss is covered by insur- anCe
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
BRITISH STEAMER AGROUND.

Boston, Sept. 1.-The British steamer Royal Prince, which struck on LoweI1's Island, in the outer har- ~bor during a fog late yesterday, was still aground today. Tugs made an attempt to float her this morning without success.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
Russians Bombard Halicz.

Petrograd, Sept. 7, via London 1:49 D. m.-The Russians are bombarding the Galician town of Halicz, about sixty miles southwest of Lemberg, says the Russian official report issued today. The town is in flames.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
MORE PARALYSIS IN NEW YoRl

New York, Sept. 7.-The health al thorities today reported another sligl increase in the infantile paralys epidemic in this city. There were new cases. 8 more than yesterday an 2S deaths, as against 22 yesterday. I'll total number of cases to date is s 391 and of deaths 2.o75.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
10000 Rslmanians Captured.

Berlin, Sept. 2, London, 5:55 p. m. e-More than twenty thousand Ru- manians were taken prisoner when Bulgarian and German troops cap- tured the Rumanian fortress of Tur- takai, says the official statement is- sued today by the German army head quarters.
 The statement says that more than one hundred guns were taken.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
British CIinch DeuZe Wood.

London, Sept. '. 1:5 p. rn.-A Ger man attempt to regain possession of Leuze Wood, on the Somme front. last night, led to hand to hand fight ing with the British. The war office announced today that the Germans were beaten back.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.

Plymouth, Sept. ', 2:5O D. m.-The British steamship Torridge of 5,O36 tons gross has been sunk. Nineteen members of the crew have been land ed, No news has been received of the other sailors making up the crew
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
Wood, Despite Attacks.

Paris, Sept. ', noon.-The French have captured the German first line trenches over a front of one mile on the Verdun front, the war office an- nounced.
 The breach in the German line was effected on the front northeast of region and the town of Chenois. They took 250 prisoners.
 The French statement adds that a powerful effort made by German troops to dislodge the French from Hospital Farm, on the Somme front, was without success and that the Germans were dispersed with heavy losses.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
FORD SUES FOR LIBEL
Attorney to Bring Action for $1, ,OOO,- 900 Against Chicago Tribune Which Called Peace Advocate Anarchist.

Chicago, Sept. 7.-Suit for $1,OOO,- QUO was filed by Henry Ford, the De- troit manufacturer, against the Chicago Tribune in the United States district court here today. MT. Ford asks for personal damages as oompen- sat1on for an editorial printed in the Tribune June 23, which 1t is charged called Ford "an anarchist"
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK.

Rotterdam, Sept. ', via London 1:06 D. m.--The small Norwegian steamer Rilda has been sunk. The crew were saved. The Rilda was of 313 tons gross and was built at Pres- ton in 1883.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
WEATHER.

Hartford, Sept. Flor Hartford and vicinity: Con- tinued unsettled, probably showers tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
City Sixty Miles From Lemberg In Flames, Petrograd Reports $500 More Prisoners Captured
BULGARS CLAIM TO
 HAVE TAKEN TURKETA

Russian Statement Mentions Fall of Important Runlanian Fortified Posi- ton But Bucharest Statement Says British Still in Possession of Leuze Wood, Despite Attacks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-22
URSINUS COLLEGE OPENED
Two Hundred Students Enrolled for
Forty-seventh Year

CoLLEGEVILLE, Pa, Sept. 22.-The
forty-seventh year of Urslnus College was
opened with an address by. Dean Frank
u Graves. of the University of Pennsyl-
yania. The exercises were held in the
Renovated and refurnished chapel. Presi
dent Omwake announced that the new
organ, installed during the summer as
memorial to the late Charles Heber Clark.
will be dedicated October 81
Prof r. b. Munson, until recently a MEM
Der Of the Pennsylvania State College fac
ulty. becomes head of the department of
history and political science. Sturglss b.
Davis, formerly dean of the school Of edu-
cation of the Ohio Northern University
will conduct the courses in education for
merly taught by President Omwake, who
will devote all Of his time this year to other
duties.
Katherine Fetzer has been added to the
staif as instructor In physical education and
expression for young women Nelson Kerr
Thompson. 1911, has assumed his duties as
graduate director of athletics.
The entering class numbers at present
sixty-fve. The total enrolment will exceed
two hundred.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-22
PLAN TO DEMOLISH
CITY HALL OPPOSED
Municipal Finances Will Not
Permit Project, officials
Assert

Because OF the many costly projects
planned by the city administration the
scheme 20 dismantle and demollsh the S25.-
000, 1000 CITY Hall that now houses the de-
partments advanced by the municipal af-
fairs committee OF the Board Of Trade will
receive no encouragement from Councils or
the heads Of departments. Mayor Smith
also is known to favor the completion OF
some OF the outside improvements contem-
plated before entering into any contro-
versy on a change OF location for the
municipal buildings.
The plan to abandon the present costly
and inadequate structure has been dis
cussed from number OF angles by persons
familiar with the fact that the present
building Is overcrowded 20 such an extent
that stairways are now being used for Of
fees and that stenographers and clerks are
crowded into the least possible space In
many departments Most Of the sugges-
tions for improvements have come from per-
sons Interested in removing the courts from
the City Hall.
The idea of abandoning the hall entirely
was given concrete form in the communi-
cation sent to Councils yesterday by the
Board of Trade members favoring the
change. II is not likely TO see the light OF
day for years TO come, as IL will be tabled
by the Committee on Public Buildings.
Separate buildings for municipal depart
ments TO be built along the line of the Park
way ndNt lOik Dttn advocated ana, aC-
cording to members Of Councils Committee
Of Finance, constitute n dream Of the future
that may or may not be realized. Not this
year or for years TO come, however, do city
officials expect any serious consideration OF
moving the hall.
The present building was started thirty
years ago and is not yet complete. Many
OF the rooms on the upper floors have not
been finished and Councils no longer ago
than last July appropriated more than
100000 for completion and Improvement
OF the building which the Board of Trade
now advocates moving.
Among the municipal fnanciers who are
on record as being convinced that the float
ing OF the $l14525.00o loans will place the
city In position Of being unable to con-
template any such monster project as a
new City Hall are nearly all OF the present
members of Councils Finance Committee
who realize that the tax rate increase they
are. even now planning will impose all the
burden that citizens will care to shoulder
FOR long time to come.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-22
POLICEMAN AUGUST GROH,
FRIEND OF "KIDDIES," DEAD
Guardian of Bathhouse at Trenton Ave-
nue. and Memphis Street

The death OF Policeman August Groh, OF
the Trenton avenue and Memphis street sta
ton, has cast gloom over the camp of
the kiddies who gather around the public
bathouse at Memphis and Tucker streets
Gus" as he was familiarly termed by
the youngsters, a typical round-fgured
German with a jovial disposition, a friend
to all the children in the nelghborhood died
suddenly last night In the Episcopal Hos
pital from heart failure. caused by asthma,
from which he suffered many years.
For many years Groh was stationed at
the bathhouse to watch for the safety of
the kddles. who plunged and INDUCED in
hundreds Of antics in the pool. They knew
him as a friend who overlooked many CT
their minor wrongdoings and was gentle in
his remonstrance when their pranks became
too violent. 1t was a familiar sight to see
a group of children clustered around the
big policeman listening to some Of his
stories.
Groh was fifty-flve years Of age and lived
at 2375 East York street He was re-
moved from his home to the hospital yes
terday afternoon, dying n few hours later.
Arrangements for his funeral have not been
completed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-22
COLLEGE ROMANCE ENDED
Former Waitress Gets Divorce From
Pittsburgh Bankers Son

TRENTON. Sept 22.-By signing a final
decree OF divorce Chancellor Walker
ended the last chapter Of a romance which
began In Princeton University when Rob-
ert McEldowney, son OF Henry q. NIGEL
downey, a wealthy banker of Pittsburgh,
fell In love with Miss Cecilia Stahoeski. u
young waitress in a local restaurant.
brief courtshiD was followed by a
clandestine marriage at Wilmington. The
appearance OF young MoEldowney and his
bride at the McEldowney home IN Pitts
burgh created stir which eventually
ended in the separation Of the couple. The
senior Mr. McEldowney threatened 10 his
inherit his son II he did not give up his
wife
hcEidowney was arrested while attend
ing class reunion on the day OF the Har-
sard-Princeton football game in 1913. He
xsve bonds to support his wife. Divorce
proceedings were brought later by Mrs
ncEidowney on the ground Of desertion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-22
son FACES ERRANT MOTHER
Bethlehem Woman Found Here IN Com
pany With Man--Both Held
Under $500 Bail

The role Of detective was successfully
played by a son In tracing 20 this city his
mother. In company with a man other than
her husband, according 20 the police The
couple were arrested.
After ten years OF married life. according
20 the husband, James Kennedy. Of Beth
lehem, his wife left home In May with their
three children, but sent the children back
home. Accompanied by his stepson. War
ren II. Ritter, Kennedy came 70 this city and
found his wife and a man named Edward
Fay at a house on Germantown avenue
near wingohocking street Both the man
and woman were held under $500 ball
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-22

smiled as he worked.
Although his English was somewhat
shaky and my German not as polished as
IL might have been. we managed to inter-
change a few remarks,
Il was an able seaman on the Inflated
'Blucher.'" he said, and will not soon for
get the pounding that II, NJ. $. Lion gave
u.s. The first volley blew up our foreboilers,
and from then onward our decks were
swept by the British guns. When the
'Blucher' went down We were all picked up
from the sea by the British boats-curious
thing to do, was II notT'
TEUToNIC ETHICS,
confessed that l saw nothing in the
least curious in the rescuing of n drown
ing enemy. British tradition demands that
sort of thing" explained. Wouldn't your
officers have done the same?"
He shook his head, while n perplexed
look came into his fine blue eyes. VERY
few OF them would" he said, 81 don't see
why they should"
did not at the moment feel equal to
expoundng codes of ethics, but asked him
IL he was longing to return 20 fight.
The answer was surprising
Never again do l wish to see n German
battleship. nor hear the sound OF a gun 20
said he fervently.
And further along the road. in the
prisoners camp, there was much content
ment. When the warriors returned from
their magazines and books. played their
little games and chatted interminably.
But there was no talk OF war II
might interpret the words OF one much bat
tered and elderly German who had been
captured during the horrors of Mons. they
would run like the refrain OF a once-populaT
song, This Is the Life"
gather from these interviews from
stories told by officers on leave and from
many varying circumstances. that prisoners
are often only too willing to be captured
and at rest
Close TO the battlefield" said a young
British officer, there is a busy road. II 4.
employed not only for the wounded wedgec
| in between two companies are a horsemaI
| with Red Cross on his arm and a small
unkempt Bosche hanging on to his stirrup
Fritz has n very slight head wound, and
he is obviously the happiest man in the pro
| cesslon. You see. he is now on the way t
| rest and regular meals for the Duration
He ls bound for a well-wired-in inclo
sure not many miles behind the white lines
| New wire-coils OF it-has been made i'm
! passable for the inhabltants-by the Inhab
| itants Those within the wire frontiers
have little more to do than proudly surve.
their work the livelong day. For the pred
ecessors of Fritz built their own prison.
MY tour of the camp emphasized tn,
| iron discipline of the German soldier. Dif
| ferent States OF the Kaiser's empire wer
| represented, and. without exception an tn
| prisoners sprang TO attention when I ap
preached and remained rigid while beinl
| addressed.
For disciplinary purposes, they are un
| der their immediate senior. In this case th
senior is q sergeant-major from a Rhine
| land infantry battalion-one OF the tive
men who speak English. He stands no non
| sense from his men.
But by far the most interesting of th'
interned were a Red Cross private and {
rakishly thin infantryman from Berlin. i
you've ever shouted Waiter In the grill
| room of a well-known London restaurant