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Evening star., 1916-08-03
FALL Of LEMbERG.
REGARDED CERTAIN
Russians Also Confident Kovel
Ultimately Will Be in
Their Hands.
TEUTONIC RETREAT
OPENS APPROACHES
Germans Make Gas Attacks-Von
Hindenburg Reported in Su-
preme Command.

PETROGRAD. August 3.-The ulti-
mate Russian occupation of Kovel and
Lemberg and the retirement of the
Austro-German line of defense beyond
the Bug river are now regarded here
as foregone conclusion.
The armies of Gems. Won Boehm-E
molli and Won Linsingen, which have
been badly crippled in their efforts to
hold back the advancing right wing
of Cen Brussiloffs forces. have been
forced to retreat to n point which
leaves open the approaches to these
two important centers. and the Rus
slams in both regions have begun an
encircling movement, which Is slowly
but apparently irresistibly closing in
on the two cities.
The German loss Of the Stokhod
crossings and the recently announced
Russian crossing of the river leaves no
important line of defense before kovel
except a natural barrier consisting of
a wide swamp. which undoubtedly Will
retard the Russian progress. But this
movement from the west along the
route midway between the Sarny-hoVei
and Rovno-kovel railways, in con1unc-
tlOu with the Russian pressure
from the south in the region OF Nlad1-
both of which are sue
cessfully developing despite all GER
man counter attacks, Is considered as
making the outcome assured.
Threat to Lemberg.
The operations against the Germans
are also having an important effect In
facilitating the advance against the
Austrians defending Lemberg. since
they enable the Russians to exert
pressure against the Austrian left flank
and increase that brought on Lemberg
from Brody and from the south where
Cen Letchitzkys troops are success
fully traversing the food Dniester re-
gion and are threatening the Galician
capital along the route leading through
Stanislau and Halich.
1t is unofficially reported that the
Germans already have begun their re-
tfrement from kovel and are preparing
to fall back on Brest-Litovsk. Cholm
and the general line of defense follow
ing the Bug river.
According to unofficial dispatches
from Petrograd, Gen. Kaledines' troops
have pushed forward ten miles since
they crossed the bend of the Stokhod
river, which would place them only ten
miles from kovel.
Evening star., 1916-08-03
Dependents of the National
Guardsmen on Border Re-
ported Actually Suffering.
NO AID FROM U. S. ...
AS SOME SUPPOSE
False Impression That Help Is Not
Really Needed. Corrected by
John Dolph.

Relief work fog families and other
dependents Of members of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia is
being hindered by the belief on the
part of the people of Washington that
aid Is not really needed. according to
John Dolph. president of the Citizens
Welfare Association. Residents of the
District seem to think that as there Is
no war, and the guardsmen therefore
are not seeing actual service. their
families are not in need. 1t also is
believed in some quarters that Congress
has passed a relief bill for the aid of
families of the militiamen. and that
men with dependents. without trouble.
may obtain their discharge from the
National Guard and resume their regu-
lar occupations.
Mr.. Dolph stated today that men in
the National Guard who have families
or other dependents are discouraged by
their associates in the guard from ask
ing for their release. so that they may
return to their regular work and bring
in their regular Incomes. He went on
to say that National Guard officers do
not look with favor upon releasing
men even if they have dependents, in
that il disrupts to some extent the or
ganiza tion.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17

"Hark, the Angels Sing" Mendels.
sohn; while Shepherds Watched
Their Flock" Handel; 80. Little Town
of Bethlehem "St. Louis" by Red
ner; silent Night. Holy Night" Cru.
Der: "Oh~ Come All We Faithful Por'
tuguesc hymn.
Assisting DR.. Cogswell will be the
directors of the Fairgrounds and the
public school teachers OF the District.
At the time when the carols are be.
ing sung at tho Treasury, there Will
be nm assemblage of colorcd play
ground children and members OF
churches and schools who will join
them on the campus of the Howard
University, under the direction Of
Fred Randall, director of the Cardozo
Playground.
same Program.
The same program viii be followed
by the coiored as by the white chill
dren.
Mr.. Earnest will be the director OF
this band of singers assisted by Mrs.
q. LOWS Pelham. There will be 70.
hearaals by the colored chorus at the
Minor Normal School Tuesday and
Thursday evenings at o'clock.
Song pamphlets and Information
concerning the arrangements for the
chorus can be obtained at Room =, In
the District building.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
END OF WAR NOW
Is UP TO ALLIES
Germany Ready to Place Her
Peace Cards on the Table
for Inspection. :
lcontInued from rIrst page. }

Continued from First PageD
up a, peace sentiment the world over
which in the coming months must be
reckoned with. and which may lead
before another Christmas season, to
actual negotiations between the war
riors
Disarmament, at least partial, to.
gethcr with the idea OF a world guar
antee of peace, would be topics which
Germany would gladly discuss in q
peace conference. II was officially
stated today. In fact, she is ready TO
take up all such subjects as would
naturally come in for confederation
In settlement OF tho conflict.
Her Willingness to consider world
guarantees encourage tho .Administra.
ton. especially as officials here feel
that some such system would be
absolutely essential, II the world IN
to avoid repetition of this conflict.
The conviction grows that while
peace is impossible Immediately,
Great Britain and her allies cannot
uneauivocaIly ignore--or dismiss
without something in return-thc
German proffers. Such action, by the
allied mowers. u II believed would
Immediately reflect To their disadvan.
tagc In neutral countries.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
LOCOMOTIVES RUN FACTORY
Generate Steam to Keep Big Plant
GoinQ.

NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-Ofncials OF
the Arlington Company. manufacture
ers at Arlington, n. j.. began TO work
It's men in three shifts the other day
to catch up with orders. They re-
allied yesterday that the boilers
could not generate sufficient steam
and contemplated laying on a shift
OF workers when an idea occurred TO
one OF them.
lie communicated IL to the Erie
railroad, and that corporation rented
to the concern two engines at 800
day They were dawn up along
side the factory and Immediately be-
gan their work of generating steam.
Two things are worrying some Of
Arlington's COMMUNICATIONS can the
Eric auparc two engines, and what
their throttIcs after they had been
placed in their new positions
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
POLICEMAN SHOOTS NEGRO
.Is Victorious In Revolver Duel with
Offender.

Policeman Augustus Thompson. oil
the Fifth precinct. was victorious In
a pistol duel with James Mason,
coIorcd. In East Capitol street, be-
tween Second and Third streets last
night. Mason IL at Washington Asy-
lum Hospital today with n slight bull
let wound In the leg.
Thompson arrested Mason on n
minor charge. Mason resisted, drew
a pistol from his pocket and backed
into n nearby alley. According "a
the police. the negro fired and Thomp-
son returned the compliment
The negro ran and the policeman
followed. few blocks away the
battle was renewed. One OF the po-
lIceman's shots landed.
. Mason was treated at Casualty
Hospital and later sent to Washing
ton Asylum
The Washington times., 1916-12-17

ncinl statement commenting on the
proposals declares.
Belief Is expressed that euhpatic re.
lection by Russia OF tho Offer can
hardly have been necessary to con
vince America and other neutrais" OF
the allied attitude. and that the at
tempt HIS failed because the motive
was transparent.
what Russio and her allies desire"
the statement said, 'is not "A destroyed
Germany. but complete defeat OF am.
billions OF German domination. When
German is ready To consider lasting
and fair peace Russia VIII consider
the time opportunc for negotiations.
Russia cannot discuss peace with an
opponent who proclaims victory"
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
AUsTRIANS ReTAKE HEIGHT
Vienna Announces Capture Of Posi-.
ton In Uz Valley.

BERLIN (via sayvillc wireless),
DEC. 1T.--Itccapture by counter attack
of height In the w valley taken by
the Russians was announced In the
Vienna official statement OF Deccm.
her 10. Just received here.
North OF the Osobanos valley the
Russians obtained n local advantage,
IL was stated. stubborn combat con
tinues west and northwest OF Ocna.
I'm tho Forest OF the Carpathians
Russian attacks near koniushy di.
niintshed, and south of Scborow Aus.
tro-Hungarian dctachmcnts gained n
footing In tho trenches OF Russian
outpost positions along n front OF n
quarter Of mile
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
Fairgrounds and School Chill
dren to Give Program
Next Sunday.
CAROLS FOR THE HOSPITALS
Trips Through City to Be Pre-
coded by Songs at Treas
ury Department.

Emulating the waits OF "Merrie
England" whose custom II was to go
,L,o,,,,h Tho s,rcc,s on christmas Eve
w -, ,'u-,. =, ,,,..l,
anu Sing carois 'thc VI
ingtons Fairgrounds ana pupic
schools will assemble on the steps OF
the Treasury next Sunday mt . o'clock
80, ..sI., a., ,ho Ntarine
a a "eI 49,, ~ -
band, VIII sing elgn, ca,ois, si'v,
which they VIII dispand, anu IN
tbro,,rh the streets,
In automobile trucks loaned by
pierchants of the city, some htty spe.
clal groups VIII go 10 INC various
hospitals anu otner lnstitu.lons s sha
s,nE TOT mar an hour;; hnohs IN
p,mc"s uus NN,suco VII ", au ''
Jel'' anu the nome ior INC Nseu'
Dr. CogsweIi In Charge.
a.. u,t. =, ,.,.., ,,,o,,,, ,r
~ '""''" re- VS." We ~, a,
music In the pubic schools wiz W
rect the chorus. Tho Marine Band
of forty nIcccs will he led by Director
II Sa,,,ai,,,., ,.,I,, ui.s ELLA
- 49, -
Gardner, Oh the Departmrht OF Ias
grounds, VIII have chargc OF Tue or
ganization OF the various groups ana
units.
Col, w. W. IiartH, superintendent oI
EuildingE and Grounds, IL In under
stood, viii provide the bahd stahu
he ne grantcd he pcpartm.nt of
Fairgrounds by Maj. Gen. George
Barnet y. =. ". , IA.
,,,,,a.,,,, lii GO ,,,,,,a'n ,a 'hc full
est extent in mnkinng tho carol sin.
Ing a success. \ number OF police.
men who arc on duty sundays nay"
rnuu,rnto" pcr"'Ss'o" u Jul" :" wv
Charm. IN Lead.
Each group singing before the hos
pitnls and other institutions will he
headed by some church or sunday
scLnoi chci, ar ,bcsc n,nr. thnn nfty
haro o, yoi,,n,cc,ed
iF,d,. 49,. i,aJ...I,. -, AL r.,L
,ri,,.' H. ~. IN IL, =, w M'sS ~ ~
,hn chaS,,' WV '''' '''o"'H WIZ '''"
anIn,s .,,,. al. ..,....,.
Saiii :. MN w." WORDS oi thc cur
p,t, 49,, -. n.,'ou'ou !" .n' r'nE'Ir.
,s .o.' Nv, so"S WIZ "Is x",ng "
@ p"a' ~ 'nc H'hsins wiz DC ~
r' - ~" NY p r,'s ~" S,'ps ' III
,,,,h 49,, 49,. ,. '" , y, w "
"J th.t M onc sIand 90 r. a, 90"
within the Enclosures about the
ou,IdinS -,.-,..
,,or,in. Tho n,a,,cr or inininss t H.,
movemcnt Was taken up. For the last
The Washington times., 1916-12-17

city will be hosts and the high school
boys and girls guests. The feature OF
the entertainment viii be ~ four.feel
motion picture chow, depicting life ON
the campus and student activities at
the university. Songs and corncli'
yells will be heard In abundance.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
WANTS BIRDS FED.

The Bureau or Biological survey.
or the Department OF Agriculture, has
Just sent out letter urging the farm.
ers. and city folks, too, to feed the
birds In the winter time. II can be
done by simply putting up suit In
small cans. In cocoanutS. or under
netting, and by scattering mixed seed
on bare places. Bread crumbs or amy
old thing VIII be acceptable To the
birds, too.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17

Ths official statements announce:
nent OF capture of the city of Bosom
Naux indicates that the French often.
sive north OF Verdun apparently has
been resumed. Fridays official state
inent told of the capture OF the. Ger
man works defending that city. ny
capture of the town Itself. the French
have now advanced approximately
eight miles from the outskirts OF .hc
city of verdun, and extended their po.
sitions since the assault began to n
depth Of moro than three miles In this
mart ocular direction.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
WEATHER REPORT.

Forecast for District OF ColumbIn-
Cloudy tonight Lowest temperature
about 2: degrees, Fair tomorrow.
Maryland Cloudy tonight, probably
snow; lowest temperature about -,
degrees
Nirginia-Cloudy tonight. Fair to.
morrow. Lowest temperature about
~ degrees.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
SAYS RUSS MuTINIeo.

BERLIN (via Sayville wircIcssI.
Dec. iT.--That Russian soldiers OF the
forticth battalion OF the 368th rcgI.
ment mutintcd and killed their com.
msndcr with their bRyonets, was a..
serted In review of the Carpathian
nghtinR, issued BY tho Press bureau
The Russian offensive was diatnlss,,l
sh having failed utterly, despite great
wHstagc of men
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
RouMANIANs AID GERMANS.

BERLIN tvia Sayvilie wirciessJ
Dec. IL The manager OF the Rou.
inanisn rsilroad. Herr Cottcasc. has
Offered Field Marshal won Hindcn.
burg the services OF himself and all
foumantan railroad employees. SOFIA
kilograms assert. The prefer was
accepted, and the men VIII work I'm
der German leadership
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
FRENCH GAIN EIGHT MILES
bezon'vaug Falls In Latest Ad.
vance on verdun Front.

PARIS. Dec. 1T.--Capturc of Bezon
Vaux is announced in the official
statement as the latest victory in the
French offensive north of verdun.
In the initial advance of the first
blow struck by the French Mt the
German lines. tho fortiflcations around
pezon-Vaux fell into the assailant's
hands.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
coRNELoeug At "TEcT.p

A"Cornclogue" viii be held Thur
day evening at T:45 o'clock In the
IL simply a big party.
at which the Cornell alumni OF the
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
FRATERNITY INITIATES.

The Delta Chapter Of the Phi MI
Sigma Sunday school Fraternity held
its last annual business meeting last
night. at which time candidates were
Initiated into membership.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17

Mouse after a night of calm. II de-
tailed In the latest official statement.
In Wallachia and Dobrudla Tcutonic
armies gained ground. Calm was re.
ported from the Macedonian front.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
CALLS PEACE IMPOSSIBLE
Russian Statement Scouts Pro
posaIs by Germany.

rETROGRAD. Doc. 1I.-Bccausc
peace prcsupposos a peace
dictated by her. IL must fail. an OF.
The Washington times., 1916-12-17

Guides Flowers and BIoouing PIasty
make the most appropriate, most pleasing
Xmas sfts. Order early. 1874 F.-Advt
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
,uN. AND MOON TARLES

Light automobile lamps at a:Is D m
The Washington times., 1916-12-17
TEMPERATURES.
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TIDE TABLES
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nigh tides, 1921 n. M, height 30.
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The Washington times., 1916-12-17

The following carols embodying the
Christmas spirit will be on the pro.
gram; Joy to the World" Antioch.
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22
AN IRISH HEROINE

Story Emme Housekeeper.
Surely higher place than
that the humble Dublin the seuth
mounds Britain Robert household
word Brian Devn Dublin hearts
United shman preparing armed
liberty in Buter6e lane the leaders
the which
band of rutians
Ole nome surrounded
rebel
who Miss young
and her the
was to be found Many times had Travelled
Dublin Engans work Ireland
might as we'll have tried to hur Wicklow
as to shake the
They thrust their bayones
flowed from dozen cruel
Hang her" cried perhaps the
Before
dangling asked her once again to confess
You
get from me"
Then he rope round hern
"The Lord n
She deemed
its most horrible form, life
life and all that life promised by eng the single word desired
torurers
Engands
lowered her again ground the first
the brutal cheers
death itself
another PLAN Her father and mother her brothers Jail
Their liberty the
had
SIR could
where plans beine maued
family
which
Anne
out of too whed paid little annuity
cemetery
to be Robert Emmets-New Jersey Monitor
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22

eminent mail intended for gov
eminent representatives in this
country. This last protest is now
being considered by the United
States Postal Department. 1t will
be apparent to all fair-minded
readers that the so-called
breaches of neutrality have not
all been On the part of the Teu-
tonic allies, but that Great Brit
ain. too, has time and time again,
broken International Law in her
relations with neutral countries.
In but one of these cases has an
apology been made as result
of these protests and that apology
was made in reference to the H.
legal use of wireless apparatus by
English shippers. In. one period
in our history, war was declared
on Great Britain on much small
er infraction of the rights of
American shippers than exists at
the present time.
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22
HOMELESS ONLY IN THE
LAND OF THEIR
NATIVITY.

The Hon. Robert Taylor, ex-
governor of Tennessee, has paid
his compliments to the Irish
people for their labors and sacri-
fees in a beautiful tribute in
which he declares that "the Irish
are homeless only in the land of
their nativity, but princesses and
lords in other lands. Man.
hood is measured by the measure
Of man." Continuing his eloquent
tribute, the ex-governor says:
n. "If I were an Italian sculptor
and could chisel out of marble my
image of a hero, would make it
the Image of an Irishman sacri-
h icing his life and hope on the
saltar Of his country, and I would
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22
MRS. suRRATT INNOCENT
Says Edward v. Murphy, for So Years
onfeial Reporter Of the United
States Senate.

Fifty-one years ago today, on April
IA, President Lincoln was shot by ].
Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater, Wash.
ington, D. c., dying next morning from
the effects Of his wounds. For that
crime military court, dashed to pas
sion by the prejudices of the day, sent
four people to the scaffold: Mary E.
Surratt, Lewis Payne, George A. Atz.
erodt and David E. Herold.
Edward v. Murphy, for Sc years Of
fetal reporter Of the United States
Senate, helped his brothers, D. F. and
J. ]. Murphy, to report the trial that
ended in Mrs. Surratt's conviction.
Hardly more than a boy at the time
of the trial, Mr.. Murphy firmly be.
lfeved that great injustice was being
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22

she claims are contraband of war;
against the illegal blockade by
Great Britain of the neutral coun-
tries of Denmark, Holland, Nor
way and Sweden protests against
the action of Great Britain in
refusing to allow shipments to
neutral countries without the
consent of the British Admiralty ;
protests against the seizure of
two thousand American ships car
rying American produce; protests
against the blacklisting of Ameri-
can merchants who have dealt
with merchants in Germany and
her allies; protests against the
seizure of American mail against
the seizure of the diplomatic cor
respondence of American repre-
sentatives; protests against the
holding up of American shipping
on the high seas and the arrests
of passengers of German birth ;
protests against the invasion OF
American neutrality by British
ships coming within the three
mile limit; protests against the
prohibition of American manufac-
tured goods, the manifest purpose
of which is to destroy American
trade in these goods.
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22

done; that lives were being unjustly
forfeited to quench the thirst for VEN
geance which seemed to have taken
possession Of the entire country. He
entertains today convictions as strong
as those he entertained in his youth,
and maintains that Mrs. Surratt went
to her death on perjured testimony.
He sets forth his reasons in a New
York magazine of last Sunday. with
every particular of detail and evidence
accumulated in fifty.one years.
Perhaps the strongest testimony to
her complete innocence was that of
her confessor. 1.-THE late Father Wal
lington, who had been for years her
confessor, and who administered to
her the consultations of religion down
to the moment of her execution, pro-
claimed her entire innocence of any
knowledge of the crime" says Mr..
Murphy. David Miller De Witt, in
his two books dealing with the trial.
proves the execution of Mrs. Surratt
to have been judicial murder Rev.
erdy Johnson, long an honored men,
Der of the Senate and one of the great
est leaders of the American bar, who
was her counsel, was of the same opin-
ion."
This was also the opinion of John
Randolph Tucker, General Ben Butler
and Ben Pittman, who was the Record
er of the Military Commission that
tried Mrs. Surratt,
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22

carve on its pedestal the name of
Robert Emmett. If l were a paint
er / would make the canvas elo-
quent with the deeds of the brav-
est people that ever lived, whose
proud spirit no power can ever
conquer, and whose loyalty and
devotion to the hopes of free
country no tyrant can ever crush,
and l would write beneath that
picture-1reland. If l were a poet,
l would melt the world to tears
with the pathos of my songs; 1
would touch the heart of human
ity with the mournful threnody of
Ireland's wrongs and Erin's woes
| would weave the shamrock and
roses in garland of glory for
the Emerald Isle, and the land of
martyrs and memories, the cradle
of heroes and nursery of liberty.
Tortured in dungeons, murdered
on scaffolds, robbed of the fruit
of their sweat and toll, scourged
by famine and plundered by the
vagaries of heartless power, driv-
en- as the autumn winds before
the winter winds, the sturdy race
of Erin's sons and daughters have
been scattered over the face of the
earth. Homeless only in the land
of their nativity, but princes and
lords in every other country,
where manhood is measured by
the measures of men,"
The Irish standard., 1916-04-22
Explanation of Differences in Catholic and
Protestant Versions of the Bible

Simple as this question looks at first
sight, 1t really involves host Of 9TH
ers. First of all, most Catholics are
probably unaware that the leather
bound volume which graces their book
shelf hardly deserves the name Of
"Douay" Bible. This, at least, Is the
opinion of Newman and Wiseman, who
more than seventy years ago called 1t
an abuse of terms to speak Of our re-
cent editions as the Douay Bible. Nor
has the King James Version remained
the same. New editions of the Prot
estant Bible have been brought out
within the last thirty years, which.
despite fierce opposition, have gained
ground steadily. Taking, however, the
question at it's face value, let US see
what the difference is between the
original Douay Bible and the King
James Version as published in 1911.
First and foremost, the King James
Bible omits the so.called deutero ca
nonical books of the Old Testament.
while the Douay Version, faithful to
its Catholic principles. includes all the
books enumerated in the canon of the
Council Of Trent. In other words, the
Protestant Bible omits Tobias, Judith,
the Book Of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus.
Baruch. both books Of the Maccabees.
parts of Esther and Daniel. This fact
alone should be sufficient to bar the Pro-
testant Bible from any Catholic house
hold. For whatever doubts may have
existed in former centuries. whatever
arguments Protestants may advance
against them, whatever blows higher
criticism may aim at their genuine
ness. the infallible Church accepts
them with the same reverence and pi-
GUS devotion as she accepts the other