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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
TEUTONS PIERCE BRITISH
TRENCHES NEAR LOOS
BERLIN. Ian.

BERLIN, Jan 3.
-Four lines of Allied trenches east of loos
were peRetratcd by "A detachment of Ger
man troops, the War Office announced to-
day, After destroying defensive works. the
SanRunary losses were inflicted upon the
English defenders of the trenches, the Off
cial report said. Bad weather has hampered
artillery activity on the western front.
PARIS. Jan. 5.
Active interchange of artillery fire around
Douaumont and NauX marked last night S
fghtng on the west front, today's official
statement said. Engagements of advanced
posts by Serbians on the Macedonian front
was also detailed.
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ANGLO-FRENCH READY
TO MEET TEUTON BLOW
LONDON. Jan. +


Germany is about to attempt another
great offensive on the western front In
tbs Wow of the Allies,
The same desperate need Of peace which
the Allies believe inspired the German
proposal is thought, now that those peace
pIeas have been rejected. to be behind a
gigantic thrust on the west designed as
Germuny's supreme effort.
DISPATCHES from Paris today indicated
general belief there that the German blow
was now being prepared Gustave Herve.
I'm an editorial in La Nictoire. fixes the
fine wien this blow will be struck in Febru-
ary lie Figaro and lie Temps agree that
q push is impending, but think it Will
come later in the year.
with German public opinion now be-
lievcd 10 he dangerously near breaking
under the suffering of food prvations. the
German Government is thought to realize
that II must be fed on some great military
nttempt at a victory against Germany's
major foes The Rumanian victory, al
though hailed as another evidence of Ger
man invlncibilty, has failed to evoke the
German public's enthusiasm, because of
the realization of Rumana's military
weakness According to information here
German ofiicialdom is realizing that it
must make some move to offset French
successes at Verdun and British power
manifested last summer.
But If Germany is preparing another
offensive, she. will find the Allies ready
Speeding up OF all branches has been the
first duty of the new Lloyd George min
istry
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FIFTEEN PRIESTS TRANSFERRED
Archbishop Prendergast Announces
New Assignments

Archbishop PrenderEast today announced
appointments and transfers OF fifteen
priests.
The REV. John " Mcmahon goes from
st Philip Nerrs Church to st Anthony Of
paduas.
The Rev. Edmond OShca from ST. An
thongs to the AuuuuCiation. The Rev i
e. Brett from the Nnnuuciation to St
Philip Ncris. The Rev J. " Brogan from
St Josephs, Ashland. TO the Church Of the
Immaculate Heart Of Mary. Chester.
The Rev. Joseph Parker Is appointed
temporarily to Ashland The Rev A. Lam
doh goes from the church OF our Lady Of
Angels to the church Of our Lady Of Mount
Carmel. Nesquehoning.
The Rev Victor Donate from Nosolc-
houing to the Church Of our Lady of Mt
Carmel. Allentown The Rev Dr. Victor
Struma from the Church Of the Immacu-
late Conception Brdsboro to our Lady of
Angels. this city.
The Rev Ernest Santoro is transferred
from Allentown to Birdsboro. The Rev
Filomeua Bernardo goes from st Anthony
of padua's Chester, TO the Church OF our
Lady of the Eternal this city. The Rev
s. NarEa is temporarily assigned TO st
Stephens McAdoo
The Rev John 4. ZbytnicwsN Is an
pointed to st Adnbcrts this city The
Rev. G. w Nodgcs goes from the Church
or the Holy Angels, oak Lane to St
patrick's. McAdoo; the Rev. Michael j.
NtcNIahou from St Tatrick's McAdoo, tn
St AIMS PhoeniNvillc, aud the Rev Henry
McFlll from PhocnXvillc to oak Lane
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GERMANS PIERCE
BRAELA DEFENSES
Capture Three Towns and
14OO Prisoners inOUn-
impeded Advance
sLAvs STRIKE IN NORTH
Teutons Break Russian As
saults in the Dvinsk
Sector
RERLIN. Jan 5


rbe Russo -Rumanian bridgehead position
~ Rrsila mas been pierctd by the GernSll
oiiiee the war Office reported today IN an
omciaI announcement on Rumanian opera
,rbe rumanian town OF Slobozia, in Wal
,,obia nroyiuce which has been holding out
Co. weeks has been taken by the Teutohic
alice after storming assaults and hanu-to-
hand fighting. ~ .,,,,i,,t
rho German allies also have occupied
currueti and Romanul after bloody hsht-
irr, in the streets and from house to house.
Fourteen hundred additional lusso-Ru-
r,aniau prisoners and SIX machine guns
were captured. .-,-- t.,,.
r'bc German allies are advancing rapluN
.,,.-n tine important Rumanian stronFholds
Of Braila and Galatz, on the western sue
of the Danube River.
Hetwcen the Carpathian Mountains ana
Are Screth Plain Gin Moldavia). the German
,ilies have advanced. capturing several nun
dred prisoners
Attacks by Russian dctnchments on the
eastern frontier Of Pennsylvania were re-
pulsed. ,.-..,..
Russian troops have launched ansohensive
along the northern end Of the eastern front
and n big battle has developed. Northwest
of pyiusk the Russians delivered four as
saultg using heavy forces Of men. the
war Office announced. All were repuiscd
Further uOr,h the Russians attacked parts
or the German line and the action is still
In nrogress In the sector Of Friedrich
stndt heavy artillery duel has been in
progress
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Chamber of Commerce
Faces Big Fight

Continued from Page Ono
directors are in the field The list cboser
by the nominating committee Is:
Howard y. French, Samuel II.
French & Co
Rowe Stewart, president Poor Rich
ard Club
Charles NJ Biddre, supplee-Biddle
Hardware Company.
Powell Evans, Merchant & Evans
Company Inc.
Francis b. Reeves, Jr Reeves. Par
win & Co.
H. c. Graf. l.. G. Graf & Son.
Daniel whitney, Whitney & Kem-
merer.
william a. Law, First National
Bank
Spencer X. Mulford, England Walton
& Co., Inc
John slnnott. 232 South Front street.
Wilson H. Brown Continental Elder
down Company
Charles II. Thompson, Lewis Thomp-
son & CO.
william b Riley, william II. Riley
& co.
A. Reed McGntire McIntlrc Magce
4 Brown Co
Florence J. Hoppe. c. ! Hoppe & Son.
Montgomery IL Wright, John h
Stetson CCmpars,
'To I'LL an unbNpired term.
The insurgent ticket Is
T. j. Berlet. Maxwell & Beret. Inc
BARLEY !. Doyle. Keystone Publish
ing Company
Lee !. Eastman. Packard Motor Car
Company.
Edward Edmunds 122 Dock street
Walter l.. Eckhardt. Pennsylvania
Talking Machine Company.
Stanley q. Flagg, Jr., Stanley G.
Flagg Company
Walter l.. Rosenberger, Smith Kline
& French Company.
Gilbert S. Smith, j. f. Buchanan &
Co.
w. F. Therkildson w Atlee Burpec
George b. Wells, Eleventh and Mar
ket streets.
Thomas virgins. r. f. Devices
Lewis Bremen, Jr, II. G. Nolan Com
pauy
Howard Il French. president of tn,
Chamber of Commerce and head of tn,
paint manufacturing plant of Samuel II
French & Co.. is suffering from a sever,
attack of the grip and has been confined t.
his home at 202l Spruce street since tn.
beginning of the week Mr. French Is said
to have declined TO he n candidate for re.
election as president Of the Chamber OF
held this month Mr. French is seventy.
two years old.
Scant information regarding his illness
could be gained at his residence, and II
was his secretary at the paint company
office that annouWced the nature of the ill
ness
From several Sources 1t is understood
that Mr.. French does not desire again to
assume the heavy responsibilities of the
chief officer of the Chamber of Commerce
and placed a letter IN the hands Of ~ Il
Kelly, the general secretary, requesting that
his name he not presented as candidate
No confirmation of this was given by Mr.
Kelly or any of the several members OF
the nominating committee, which met last
night to arrange the list Of candidates cligi-
BILE to election to the board of directors,
Under the bylaws of the Chamber OF
Commerce, the officers are chosen from and
by the directors, forty in number.
When questioned relative to the letter
Mr.. Kelly said
81 cannot discuss the matter, I have
nothing to say"
similar attitude was taken by Alba r
president of the Baldwin Locomo'
tive Works, member of the nominating
committee and one of the vice presidents of
the Chamber of Commerce.
1t is the duty and power Of the nominal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

ing committee to select list OF fifteen
eligible candidates for directors Each year
ten are elected for a term OF four years.
At the coming election, which takes place
January is, an additional director will be
chosen to fill an uneNpired term.
The candidates selected by the nominat-
ing committee need not necessarily be the
petition nominees. Any ten members Of the
Chamber of Commerce may place q can.
ddate on the ballot by filing petitions, pro.
vided the petitions be mailed TO the secre.
tary OF the committee two weeks before the
annual election
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

USED COMPRESSED AIR
TO KILL GIRL, is CHARGE
Chicago Young Man, Accused of In
fiating Young Woman's Veins,
Goes to Trial

oLNEY, Ill, Jan. 5.-ProbabIy the
worlds first trial for murder by air was
under way here today Roy Hinteriter was
fighting against the States charge that he
pumped air into the veins Of seventeen
Year-old Elizabeth Ratcliffe and killed her.
The exact cause of death might never have
come to light had not physicians noticed
little bubbles breaking from veins when
they performed an autopsy.
The minute detail with which his lawyers
today sought to weed out undesrables in
the Jury and wrangled over every step In
the trial indicated a bitter legal fight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
HELD FOR KILLING AssAILANT
Chester Man Faces Trial for Stabbing
Foe With Penknife

CHESTER, Pa, Jan 5--Accused of the
murder Of George Crossen, who died in the
Chester Hospital last month from stab
wounds, Joseph J. Hitler, a young white
man, was held for court without bail at a
joint hearing and inquest before Alderman
Berry OF the Third Ward. last night Hill
Ter was attacked by Crossen, and while the
latter was holding him TO the ground drew
penknife and stabbed his assailant over
the heart
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QuarryyilIe to Buy Water Company

LANCASTER, Pa, Jan. 5.-Votes an
nounced this morning assure the purchase
OF the ouarryville Water Company by the
borough Of QuarryTille, The company Is
twenty years old and has reservoir with
capacity OF half a million gallons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Seamen to Boycott
All German Sailors
After End of War
Allied and Neutral Nations
Represented at London
Conference.

LONDON. Aug. 17.-"To consider the
crimes committed by Germany and sea-
men of German U-boats," was the Of
fetal description of the purpose of the
gathering here to-day of representa-
tives OF sesmen's organizations of sew
eral Allied and neutral countries.
France, Italy. the United States, Cana
da, Australia, Holland. Belgium and
the Scandinavian countries were rep
resented by masters. mates, engineers,
sailors, cooks and stewards.
j. Hsvelock Wilson, head Of the Brit
ish Seamen's Union. presided. In his
speech Mr.. Wilson said:
1T lis not worth while calling on the
government to protect US, but the peo-
pie of the world must do something for
themselves. The war will not last for
ever. After the war the Germans again
will have TO come among the seamen
Of the civilized world Then there will
be great many accounts 70 settle.
"As sesfaring men we should ex-
press in no uncertain language our
opinion of German brutality. Suppose
the seamen of the world make up their
minds that, after giving Germany fair
warning. they will, Independently Of
all governments, show the Germans
that the seafaring men Of all nations
will not permit themselves to be dis
graced by working in boat in which
Germans sail. Not only will we pun
ish German seamen, but German ship
owners as we'll"
Mr.. Wilson proposed that the seamen
after the war set up an international
commission 10 deal with commanders
and crews who have murdered inof-
fensive seamen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Russian Princess
Met Death Bravely
Olga Engalicheff Faced Exc
cutioners Predicting Sue
cess of Revolution

The current issue of "The Chroni-
cle,' New York society magazine, car
ries what is said to be the true story
OF the hanging of Princess Olga En-
galicheff, daughter of the richest man
in Russia, in the prison of Tomsk. on
January 10, 1916. The story is signed
by Boris de Tangko," name which
"The Chronicle" asserts is the nom de
plume of Russian nobleman. who fed
to New York when the recent Russian
imperial government set price on his
head as a revolutionist.
The story depicts the Russian prin-
cess bravely facing death as she pre-
dicted the very elimination of Russis's
troubles that is now engaging the at
tention OF the entire world.
According 70 the story of Boris dc
Tangko." the Governor of Kief was as
sassinated in the home of the princess.
Her father sensed at once her connee-
ton with the murder. and shortly after
he had given his daughter fair warn
ing that he intended to remain true to
the Emperor. she was arrested anu
exiled to Siberia.
After five years spent in prison there
she escaped and went TO Paris, where
she became a power in social and po-
itical circles. In 1915, following the
death at the front of Dimitri Dsshkow,
fellow revolutionist whose acquaintance
she had formed while both were exiles
IN Siberia, she decided 10 return to
Russia. Three months later she was
arrested
Influential friends begged that they
be allowed to appeal to the Gar for
nardon. but she refused to allow them
10 speak in her behalf. Two days be-
fore her execution she managed to send
several letters 10 her friends in Paris
in all of which she wrote: When tins
letter reaches you. shall be dead But
our work will continue. Our nation
will soon be free"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Demand Decreases
For Beef and Lamb
Buyers Respond to Hoover's
Request to Substitute
Other Foods

The demand for beef and lamb has
materially decreased since the publ
cation Of Mr.. Hoover's first injunc-
tons, according to adyices received
yesterday from Washington by Mrs.
Charles Tiffany, Of the Mayors Com
mittee of Women on National Defence.
"Mr. Hoover is much gratiiied over
the response of the American women to
his first appeal" Mrs. Tiffany said.
"The beef and lamb markets have par
ticularly felt the difference, although
there has also been an encouraging di-
intuition in the buying Of fats and
sweets"
Miss Mabel Kittredge, of the Mayors
Food Aid Committee, yesterday replied
to the complaint that the substitutes
Mr. Hoover suggested are more eX-
pensive than the articles themselves.
This campaign is for the conserve
ton of food. not of money" explained
Miss Kittredge. We are interested in
the proper distribution of the different
kinds OF foodstutfS, not merely In the
consumption of the cheapest articles.
l. a housewife can afford 10 make the
substitutes, she ought 10 do so; If she
cannot Mr.. Hoover trusts her 70 90
her best with her own problem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
China to Act Alone
In Conduct of War
Austrian Concessions and
German Banks Taken Over
by Government

PEKING, Aug. IA delayed .-China's
declaration Of war on Germany and
Austria Hungary, beginning at 10 a. m.
to-day. and the other documents relat-
ing TO the conflict, do not mention the
association of the Chinese Republic
with the Entente Powers. They midi
cate that China's action will be en-
tirely independent.
The declaration of war created little
excitement in Picking or in other North
China cities. The long discussion OF
the proposal discounted its effect.
The Netherlands Minister TO China
day took over the Austrian interests
and received the arms of the Austrian
guard. The doors Of the Deutsch
Asiatische Bank have been sealed.
Chinese troops at Tien-Tsin took
over the Austrian concession and the
German bank and German barracks
there without incident.
Regulations issued to-day by the
Chinese government permit the de-
parture Of Germans and Austrians
within five days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
MARRIAGES

HALENBECK.D AVIS-At the Church OF
the TRANSPORTATION, East 29th ST., August
l6. 1917. Dorothy Cecil Davis. daughter OF
Mrs. Frank Gould Davis, of Manhattan
Beach, n. Y, 10 Mr.. Arthur Elmore Hal
enbeck, of Hoboken, N. j.. by DR.. George
Z. Houghton.
HINGMAN- RIDER-Mr. James f. Simp-
son announces the marriage Of his grand
daughter, Hazel S. Rider, to Second Lieu
tenant Lawrence kingman, u. $. r., of
Brockton, Mass, by the Rev. Henry F.
Payne. at Brooklyn, ~ Y. on August 49,
MILLER WITHERBEE- Thursday Au-
gust l6, 1911, at Grace Church, by the
rector. Rev. Charles Lewis Slattesy ID. D.,
Evelyn Spencer, daughter Of the late
Frank Spencer Witherbee, TO Charles Dun
can Miller.
MORSE - COUPLAND-hnnouncement is
made of the marriage Of Miss Muriel
COPELAND, Of Union Hill, to Bernard
Morse of Newark =
ROBINS REED-In New York. on August
is. 1917. by the Rev. }. r. Lynss. rector
Of 81. James, Church. Great harrington,
Mass, Mrs. Jessie NJ. Reed, daughter of
Alfred Skitt. of New York, 10 Mr.. Fred
erick Burton Robins Of Toronto. Canada
sAWIN- MOULToN Thursday, August
10, 1911, at 81 Remsen ST., Brooklyn, N Y
b. the Rev. Robert B. Soote. Edith Moulton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin W.
Moulton, of Wakefield. Il. l., to Lieutenant
Melvin +. Sawin. +. A. o. X. c.. son Of
Mr. and Mn. Eugene N. Sswin, Of Provi-
dence, r. I. Mr. Sawin has received his
commission at Plattsburg and the marriage
has been fastened on this account.
SKINNER RULON-MILLER- Satur-
day. August II. 1917, at So gandeyenter
Place. St. Louis. by the Right Rev. james
X. Winchester, Bishop of Arkansas. Caro-
line, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Rou-
lon-Miller, Newtown Square. Penn, 70
Captain Alexander Riyes Skinker, LIST
Missouri Infantry, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Keith Skinker, St. Louis =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Smoke Screens
For u. S. Ships
Navy Department Accepts
Devices to Conceal YES
sells From U-Boats

Washington, Aug. 17.-Apparatus for
creating smoke screens for protection
from submarines is to be provided soon
to every American merchantmen enter
ing the war zone.
Details are withheld, but Depart
ment of Commerce circular just issued
reveals that preparations are being
made to use not only smoke-producing
boxes. but smoke tunnels and phos-
phorus for supplementing such ap-
paratus. The boxes, TO be dropped over
board at the approach of an enemy,
will be issued 10 each ship by the Navy
Department as part of its naval arm
amept. The more elaborate stationary
funnel contrivances are being made
by private concerns, and shipowners
have been asked by both the Navy and
Commerce departments to purchase
them direct.
ShipOwners Instructed
So far have the plans advanced that
pamphlet has been issued to ship
owners describing the best kinds Of
oke-producing apparatus, and giving
directions for its use. II is taken for
granted that a long series of expert
ments preceded the step, and although
officials decline to discuss that phase
of the matter, il is apparent that they
expect important results in the direc-
tion of making the seas safe for mer-
chant shipping.
1.-THE Department of Commerce" says
Secretary Redfeld's circular announc-
ing the step, regards this matter as
of great Importance for the protection
Of our merchant vessels"
Use of smoke apparatus TO blind sub
marines is not in itself a new feature
of sea warfare, but until now no such
elaborate steps have been taken to
employ that means of defending mer-
chantmen.
Value Has Been Proved
Few merchant vessels could simulate
without special apparatus the great
smoke screens produced by destroyers
TO protect themselves and hide the
movements Of other units of the feet,
but it has been pointed out more than
once since the war began that such a
screen would be one of the greatest
possible projections for merchant YES
sells encountering U-boats.
Whether the Naval Consulting Board
had a part in framing the departments
policy for smoke protection is not re-
vealed It's members have been at
work for months on various contriv-
ances for combating the submarine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Bursted Main Deprives
Brooklynites of Water

Parts of Brooklyn and Queens were
deprived of water for several hours
yesterday because of the bursting OF
main at Cypress Avenue and Iroutman
Street, Brooklyn. The high pressure
of the Cstskill water was said to be
responsible.
The geyser drove a thirty-foot hole
through to the surface and inundated
a considerable section. Police reserves
were called to calm the residents and
aid in salvage work. The break oc-
Cured at 2:30 A. NJ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
u. S. Accepts Hospital
Red Cross to Cooperate With
Army in Running Ii

Mrs. Robert Bacon, chairman of the
American Committee Of the American
Ambulance Hospital in Paris, an
nounced yesterday that the United
States army had accepted the hospital
which was offered by its board Of gov
ernors to the government. The institu-
ton. which for more than year has
been caring for more than 100 pa
tients daily, will be known as the
American Military Hospital. II will be
managed in close cooperation with the
American Red Cross. Major Reed, Of
the Medical Corps, has been placed in
charge.
"The work will continue under French
military regulation and control. as be-
fore" said Mrs. Bacon. "but under
United States reserve officers loaned
to France for the purpose until the end
of the war. French as well as Amer
lean wounded will be cared for 1hS
personnel will remain largely the same.
with Dr. James P. Hutchinson, Of Phila-
delphia, as chief surgeon"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Houston Takes Vacation
Secretary Goes to Woods Hole
for Weeks Rest

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Secretary
of Agriculture David F. Houston left
the capital to-day for weeks vacation
stay at Woods Hole, Mass. The Secre-
tary of Agriculture will divorce himself
completely from his official duties in
an effort TO recuperate after his siren
uous work in the last four months.
In addition TO presiding over his de-
partment, Secretary Houston is mem
Der of the Vocational Education Board ,
the Council Of National Defence and
the Forest Reservation Commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Four Times Usual
Food Supply Canned
Record Breaking Year in Con-
servation, Says Washing
ton Statement

WASHINGTON, Aug. l7-Three hun
dred per cent more canned and dried
goods were put up in thirty-three states
of the Union this year than in 1916, &C
cording to preliminary reports 20 the
Department of Agriculture. Unofficial
reports coming in from the fifteen re-
naming states. indicate similar in
creases.
This is a record wear in food conser-
vation,' said a department statement
to-day. "The amount of food put up in
the home last year was twice that of
the year before, but now the women Of
the country have tripled that record"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-18
Serbia Wants Union
With Montenegro
Legation Publishes Resolution
Adopted by Government
Leaders

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Ser
bian Legation published to-day the res
olutions adopted by the Serbian gov
eminent. the former Serbian coalition
Cabinet and the representatives. of the
Jucoslav Committee of London at
Corfu. These various factors said
the legation, with the aid of the presi-
dent of the Skupshtina, discussed the
many questions which concern the
Serbs, the Croats and the Slovenes IN
their future common state
The resolutions declare that it is the
desire of the entire race to set up a
free and independent kingdom under
the dynasty KarageOrgevitch, its name
TO be 1.-The Kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes."
The resolutions further declare that
the race refuses any partial liberation
from Austro- Hungarian domination
and desires q union of Serbia with
Montenegro in one single state"