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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
RUMANIA DEPRESSED
AT BEING IGNORED
By w. S. FORREST
,m,,cd Press sta1 Correspondent

,j!icd Press StdT Correspondent "a
PARIS Feb. H.
Rumania is disappointed at PresldtsF
Wilson's failure to mention her In W
latest message 10 the world, ! lear1>o
on excellent authority today. "a
If official encouragement is given "
Rumar.a during this critIcal sjuncture
7 understand, it will be of the creates
Importance in helping TO stand OH ~
present menace from the Central Powsn
and the Russian Bolsheviki.
The country's morale Is OF the ~
and the army Is still an important eeu<
bative force. but encouragement Of besn
diplomats and the army is imperative
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
ICE BENDS UNDER FUNERAL
Settles Three Feet as Cortege
Passes Over Wisconsin Lake

LACROSSE, Wis. Feb. 16.-while
funeral cortege, including the hearse,
three hacks and a buggy, conveying
mourners at the funeral OF Mrs. David
Kingensmith, from Red Wing to Bay
city, was crossing Lake Peppin on the
ice, the entire cortege narrawly escaped
being swallowed up by the lake,
The ice settled more than three feet
while the teams were crossing and
solid ice was reached only by hard driv-
Ing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
HELD AS PURSE SNATGHERS
Woman Accuses Two Lads of Rob-
bing Her on Street

Two boys, giving their names as Ray
mond Gale. twelve years old, Jefferson
street near Twenty street, and
Alfonso Jenkins. eleven years old, Uber
street above Columbia. avenue. were ar
rested today after a chase. on the charge
of stealing purse from Mrs. Susanna
yickers, 1890 Montgomery avenue.
Mrs. Vickers was standing at
Eighteenth street and Montgomery ave-
nue., when the youngsters jostled her
and, she says, snatched the purse from
her light hand.~ The purse contaIped
Ses1t, \ ~, i u 4. N, "A : q
!. 2tsx x x!'' hsss @ Z 2ls,'e9 ! ~ r.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
COPENHAGEN. Feb. II

Real peace negotiations bstxe
Central Powers and Rumania have ~
been opened. but preliminaries have n
gum" declared a Berlin dispatch a
ceived here today. 1t added that ~.
eign Minister, Kuehlmann soon wou3
leave for Bucharest, former capital 4
Rumania, now IN, the hands Of the Az
tro-Germans. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
Una Entusiastica Dimostra-
zione a Torino per la Croce
Rosa Americana
d / A z INTERVISTATO
ROMA, 16 febbraio.

II giornalc "L'Idca Nazionalc'
pubblica oggi un dispaccio riccvuto
dalla Russia, secondo IL quale la Ger
mania ha sospeso di trasferire lc sue
truppe dslla fronte Orientale a quella
occidentalc. In seguito al fallimento
del negoziati di pace Brcst.Litovsk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
CHINESE DIE IN EARTHQUAKE
Consular Advices Report Several
Hundred Fatalities at Swatow

WASHINGTON, Feb 16. Several
hundred Chinese were killed In an earth
quake at Swatow. China, last wednes-
day afternoon. declared consular adyices
10 the State Department thfs Afternoon.
Property damage vac great also, 3n-
f|adips lniuEy g ~ 1a,srIesa I. { M eoryIgte
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
Start Another
Ship at Bristol
Continued from Page One

Continued from PAGE One
essential tasks. will be continued on
Sunday.
NEED DAY OF REST
"a man cannot work seven days a
week and keep It up" he added; ''he
can do more work in six days than in
seven. OF course. under special incen-
tive, he can work In spurts. but cannot
maintain the long-continued steady ac-
ton we must have. l want every man
in.the yard on his toes Elk days In the
week"
; When questioned as TO the progress
at the yard during the two weeks that
he has been there Admiral Bowles said.
The percentage Of progress In the last
two. weeks has been greater than In tho
r5tt3ons hNo weeks- That. however.
taa aet III aue e rQy |ls.z ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
re.ehers in Spelling Contest

Pa. Eeb. 10. AT the
;oors' institute IN East Greenville
4 2 we're awarded by County Super
asnt I-andis to the following In the
~ contest Of 100 pupils; Esther
He1t6r. Rcd Hill; Helen. Le-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
MAYORS TRIAL DELAYED
Neither lie Nor Finley Will Be Ar
raigned on Monday

. Neither Mayor Smith nor Select Coun-
Gilman William Il. Finley win be ar
raigned next Monday In court In the
Fifth Ward case. according to a state
lment made by Assistant District At
lorney Taulane today. 4.
/. Mr. Taulane said that n9 dofinite date
&s xst has BEEN A2cc t9 ~ s1ze)opr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
Major Mitchell Goes on Duty

WASHINGTON. Feb. is.-Major John
Purroy Mitchell, aviation section, signal
| ofI,cers reserve corps, formerly Mayor
u New York. Fas thfr afternoon
|nEd1Eea To- eslixa n.y. z xllk ,fcpe1k
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-16
Gather Data on
Labor Draft Plan
Continued from PaEe One

Y OHtlnuru from ItIt WV
This investigation will show just what
conditions exist in the state and then
VIC will be able 10 60 ahead with our
eyes open and knowing what we are
doing"
Mr.. Trigg gave II as his personal
opinion that conscripton should be used
only as last resort in filling UP the
ranks of labor. In the case of strikes,
especially in the shipyards, however. he
said that II should be placed i'm effect.
IF there is any way OF getting labor
without couscription,' Mr.. Trigg con-
tinued, "it should be done. This investi-
CATION may show that there Is no scar
city of labor in general throughout the
State. It may show that where there is
scarcity In one place there Is surplus
In another line.
an that case redistribution of labor
would be as effective and more desirable
than conscriptior.
FOR SHIP PLANTS
IN the case Of strikes in the ship
building plants, | think that conscrip-
ton should be used if other means fail.
Nothing should be allowed to interfere
with this great work.
THE organization of the sh!p5uilding
plants at present Is even more i'm
portant than the raising and training OF
armies II we do not have the tonnage
to carry the armies abroad, there Is no
use gathering and training them.
Furthermore, it would be criminal,
even IL we could find the tonnage. TO
send armies abroad when We have not
sufficient tonnage TO keep them In cloth
ing, food, munitions and other supplies
The shipbuldng plants must be kept
up. They are the most important factors
In the prosecution OF the war today. II
labor cannot be held together In any
other way, conscription should bc used.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
British Activity
On German Targets
Airptunc~ Bring Down Nineteen hun
Machines and Lose Eleven.
Towns Damaged.

London. Sept. @l.-Nineteen Ger
man airplanes were brought down by
the British yesterday, the war office
eommunlque on aviation states to-
nlEhI The British -lnzt-elexen- ma
chimes. AT night time double
sngined German bombing plane was
shot down Tweniy-six and half
tang "a tscE44t.s waFt--,ifofPed on vari-
Gus German targets.
London Sept. @I--scventeen tons
of bombs were dropped last night by
British bombing planes on Mannheim.
on the wharves and factories at karis-
ruhe. the blast furnaces at Burhach,
and the aerodomes of Boulay, fres-
catay ara Morhanse. Direct hits
We're scored in the raids on Mann
helm Frescsty and IarhanCe, result
ing IN fires one German machine
was shot down. One Of the raiders
failed to return.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
BONE-DRY MEASURE
UP IN HOUSE MONDAY

Washington. Sept. 21.-Bone-dry
prohibition will claim the attention
of the house Monday when the food
stimulation bill, to which the senate
attached the Sheppard rider stopping
the traffic after June 80 Of next year,
will be called up for consideration.
1t il almost certain that the house
will adopt the amendment by large
majority.
Representative Lever. of South
Carolina, chairman OF the committee
on agriculture, gave notice in the
house this morning OF his intention to
ask for action ON the hill, which has
been held up ever since ii passed the
senate. by the revenue bill He will
ask the house to disagree to all the
senate amendments and send the bill
to conference. The drys are prepared.
however. to substitute for this motion
one to agree to the Sheppard amend
ment This will force the measure to
a vote in the house without action by
the conferrees.
The agricultural appropriation BILL
which was vetoed by the president
because 1t contained the section fixing
the minimum price OF wheat at $2.20
a bushel, was rcpassed by the house
today with the price fixing section
omitted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
AMERICAN VICTORY
TOLD TO GERMANY
Maps Showing St Mihtei Salient
Dropped Behind Enemy Lines
by British.

Al the British Front. Sept. IL
Graphic maps Of the Toul sector
showing in red lines the capture py
the Americans OF the ST. Mthlel
salient in the brief space of thirty-slN
hours, were sent by the thousands
into the enemy lines by British pro-
paganda balloons yesterda and today.
The Americans were pleased ana
grateful to hear that the british IN
teliigence department went to this ex-
pense ard trouble To proclaim the
American victory. The maps are
printed in German and French and
illustrate how the Americans bit OFT
tho deep German pocket on the hrst
day and advanced on the two sue
ceedtng days.
In the right hand corner in blazing
red letters. under the heading The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
Liberty Drive
Begins Monday
Committee is Installed for Action and
the Teams Will leave the Post"
Tomorrow Morning.

The fourth Liberty loan campaign
will begin tomorrow morning. Head
quarters for the city of Richmond
have been opened at the corner OF
Eleventh and Bank streets.
w, r. Dabney, manager of the
Richmond campaign, will start the
ball rolling with full organization
after certain preliminaries regarding
team work Monday morning.
Saturday, the 2Sth. is set apart as
a special drive day, and il is desired
that the citizens of Richmond will
call upon their banks early in the day
to enter their subscriptions to the
bonds
From day to day the committee will
publish the amounts subscribed, and
il the people will rally around the
work as II leads off, by rapidly invest
ing in the bonds, it will serve as an
inspiration not only to the workers.
but to the public in general.
Mr.. Dahney- speaking of the out
look. stated yesterday that he believed
the people were ready to meet the
call. and that 1t would be met with
enthusiasm. but there were many
who for some reason or another,
would wait to be approached. This
really should not be the case" said
he Every citizen knows what he
can do, and realizes both the duty
and responsibility. 1t would, there
fore. be so much easier on the COM
mittee il every man would promptly
come forward and respond without
delaying the work while awaiting for
personal solicitation. Besides. it
would stimulate the spirit OF en-
thusiasm throughout the community"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
HUNS NERVOUSLY ACTIVE AGAINST AMERICANS IN ALSACE
SERBIANS IN DRENSKA MOUNTAINS ON MACEDONIAN DRIVE
ALLIES MAKING PROGRESS ALONG WHOLE WESTERN FRONT
FIRM APPEAL TO CIVILIZATION
TO RELIEVE BLEEDING RUSSIA

following ambassadors
allied
his is in
and
wholesale
Of
of
of unit
of he
in
OF
tbatt
OF
ahhor Of IN
wiun inquire therefore, Their
will
from
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whc lizatio
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
Nothing To Report
About The Yankees
Germany Admits Withdrawal Of
Troops Near ST. Quentin and.
Ridges of Jouy.

Amsterdam, Sept. 2l.~-Two impor-
tant admissions were made by the
Berlin war office today in the follow
ing statement:
South of the Somme we with
drew our advanced troops. evacuating
Essignv le Grand -four miles south
of st. quentin.
The enemy gained footing on
the ridges west of Jouy' tnear the
western edge of the Chemin des
Dames1
Regarding the army in front OF
Metz. faced by the Americans, the
statement says there is nothing to
report" II continues:
East of Merckem Belgian attacks
were rcpuised.
During repufse OF Eng<sh at
tacks north OF La Ba.ssee we took fifty
prisoners
IAN English attack at Bellicourt
failed"
Berlin, via London, Sept 21.-To-
nights war otfice report says:
I'm front of our Siegfrtesi positions
between C5ouzea court +tsix miles north
west Of Lacateletl and Hargicourt
tfour miles southwest of Lecateiet)
large centralized attacks by the Eng
liSh failed with heavy enemy losses.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
CALL To HUMANITY
AND CIVILIZATION
IN AID OF RUSSIA
To Stop State of Barbar-
ism Brought About
by German Intrigue.
REIGN OF TERROR
Bolsheviki and Kaiser
Held Responsible for
Onslaught Upon Prin-
ciples of Right.
REIGN OF TERROR

Washington. Sept 21.--The United
States government look steps today TO
END the reign of terror in Russia 10y
having all the civilized nations of the
world express their horror at the
cTlntes. prosecutions and murders that
have made that unhappy land run red
with human blood.
Secretary Of Stale Lansing made
the move in a cable addressed to the
American ambassadors and ministers
ia all the allied and neutral. countries
save Great Britain and France. The
latter already have protest against
conditions in Russia
The state departments message IL
mere expression of the attitude
this country takes ana ar invitation
n Ttt dTTFf aTTICd and neutral coun-
tries 'to take some immediate ac-
ton 80 Impress upon the
perpetrators OF these crimes the" aver
sion with civilization regards their
51T@---f++ y.r++rprT EIy7rg-
IS The message clearly points out
There is no Intention ~ en}bro.l neu-
ira in The war nor is there anything
N~arlke in tho expression of this
country II IS simply call 10 human
ify and civilization TO register its
adherence at the harbartsn now rag
irE in Russia,
A0Ia1 N1N1e OF -44Ua1FA-----
For sometime the department has
hcen in receipt OF trustworthy In
formation showing the terrible state
OF affairs n Russia and the message
to-day gives a faint picture OF the
evowcd campaign OF mass terrorism
that is in progress. As every one
recognizes this reign Of terror is the
mai attempt of the Rolsheviki To
maintain themselves IN authority and
l. ~. -. -
many il is assumed chat the latter
country looks on and approves of the
Slaughter of thousands of Russian
citizens.
In calling the attention OF neu,rals
to conditions the government writes
y new page in diplomatic history. The
action. though Americas role as
spokesman for civilization and the
message. it is confidently believed. will
bring statements from the entire al
Ned and neutral world.
The state department today had no
confirmation of reports that Ameri-
cans had been put to death In Russia
nor had IL been advised that Charles
J. Nopica. United States minister to
Rumania and other entente ministers
there had been arrested at the order
of the soviet. presumably while re-
turning through Russia,
Poole Reported Safe
1t was announced, however. that
Consul Generat Poole at Moscow was
not under arrest This information
taken in view of the outrages perpe-
trated on other allied ENJOYS and con-
sular agents there shows that the Boil
eheviki still respect the United States
government in the opinion OF officials
here. The news OF Mr.. Poole's safety
was transmitted 10 the state depart
Nv rsa M
Early this morning Great Britain
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
NEW WAR POLICY
LOOMS FORWARD
ON EASTERN FRONT
Victories Over Allies Of
Central Powers Sig
nifty Change of Plan.
BREAK COALITION
Object Is to Remove Tur-
key and Bulgaria So
as to Reach the Back
Door Of Austria.
BREAK . COALITION

London. Sept 21--The simultaneous
British. French. Serbian and Greek
victories on fronts that have been so
long quiet--in Palestine and Macedo-
nia--give evidence of a new entente
policy representing an attempt to
break ap the enemy coalition by at
tacks in the central powers rear as
we'll as in their front.
Turkey and Bulgaria are the back
doors of Germany, II they are knocked
out the way Is open for an attack on
Austria across the Danube.
Complex situation.
ccordinEly the danger which has
arisen in the near East must compel
Austria. II not Germany. to send troops
to Serbia, while the peril already fac
ing Turkey, that of rupture of the
Aleppp communications with the OF
toman armies on the Eurhrates and
Tigris will cause the sultan to demand
succor from
Therefore informed quarters here
consider the successes Of General Sir
Edmund Allenhy in the Holy Land and
those of General Despery commander
In chief of the allied Macedonia forces
in Serbia Of extreme importance for
the fortunes of the whole war.
Coincidentally with these victories,
which sym bolize the hurying OF the
Ratchet between the Eastern and
western schools of strategy which have
long disputed the relative importance
of the eastern and western fronts.
and have now agreed on concerted
plans OF action in all theaters of war,
great interest is expressed in the
American attitude as regards the send
ing Of troops.
umit~d states ouf Of II.
Americans not being at war with
In the present stirring events in the
near east.
Much more attention is paid here TO
source to Belgium that 20 the open ap~
peal of Austria Hungary for a confer
ence.
The offer to Belgium is in effect
disguised proposal to France involv-
ing Germany's giving up most Of the
occupied territories in the west be-
cause the proposal to withdraw from
Belgium implies military and strategic
reasons necessitating at once the re-
tirement from nearly an OF Northern
France to the line of the Meuse from
Meyieres TO Ferdun and thence across
to before Metz as the front now stands.
The fiat Belgian refusal of the
insulting conditions proposed was
absolute Belgium will not heed
any PROPOSAL that does not speak
of rcparation.
Thus another @ IN n plot 20
strengthen Germary's military position
and upset the morale of France has
fallen to the ground.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
MACKENSEN MAY
TAKE UP BIG JOB

Rome. Sept. 81 Re ports that l4u-
dendorff's star Is ny ming have been
frequent Of late, but the most
definite story yet received on the
subject came To the Agenzia Lii
IBERIA from Swiss-G German sources
through Switzerland today
Field Marshals Won Hindenou
and Won Mackensen. II is said. have
been in consultation for severai
weeks. The conqueror Of Rumania
liz reported to he slated for Luden-
dorf's job.
General Won Luderdorf. linden
burz's amensuensis in the earler
stages Of the war has been regarded
as the real brains of the German
war machine ever since the collapse
Of Russia Politically as well as
rnilitari1y he has been considered
absolute dictator He represents the
old Prussian school which ho'dA
that the offensive is the best de-
fensive," while Hindenburg has been
looked upon as the advocate nf
purely defensive warfare IN the
west. Since the collapse OF the
Marine "Friedensturrn" HindenhurS
has gradually rctained the DOM
mating influence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
RAIDS OVER LONDON
WANTON DESTRUCTION

London. Sept. 2l.--The pretense so
continually put forward at one time
that the Germans only bombed Lon
don because it was fortified place
OF great military importance has now
been abandoned. Captain Lieutenant
Freiherr Treusch Won Buttlar- Brand
fels. writing in the koelnische Volks
Zeitung, describes in detail an airship
raid over London. and says:
The city of London Is naturally
our chief object, because there Is the
greatest traffic and there the most
important civic buildings are situated.
When an airship appears over the
center of the city. its commander or
ders the bombs to be thrown out"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
CAUSE OF GERMANY'S
STATE OF FATIGUE

Washington. Sept. ef-Approxi-
mately 100000 Germans have been
captured by the French, British and
Americans since JuiyIs according to
authoritative information received
through official French channels to-
day
Let the number of killed and
wounded be added TO that totaf' says
the Temps. land one can easily under
stand the state of fatigue of the
enemy, a state which is revealed more
clearly every day by official documents
which bring out the profound depres-
sion OF the morale. of the soldiers on
one part. and on the other the feroci-
GUS power with which the high COM
mand II attempting to counteract It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
Unveils His Own statue.

Peekskill \. Y. Sept 21.--On Tues
day next Chauncey NJ Depew will per
form the unique feat of unveiling a
statue OF himself. Yes. I would call
1t unique" the former senator ad
mitted today. Most persons do BUSH
ness with an undertaken before ap-
pearing in bronze. but the good people
of PeeltskiA got tired of waiting and
insisted on having a bronze statue of
me in the park which I gave the city
and which they have named after me-"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
END WAR IN SIX WEEKS,
SAY 8 PRISONERS

With the American Army in Al
SAGE. Sept. 2t.--The Germans are
Smelling our Aissicc front with gas.
using a new large protector rang
ing quarter of a mile They
threw 5000 shNtlS over into our
lines i'm two nights.
Three wounded prisoners cap
tured ny n couple of American
cooks assert they believe the war
will he over in four or six weeks.
With the American Army I'm
Lorraine, Sept. 2f.-There has
been no further activity on this
front
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
FUEL CONSERv ALTON.

State Fuel Administrator Byrd
calls attention of the individual
houscholdcrs 10 the necessity for
fuel conservation and makes the
following pointed suggestions;
Start furnace and kitchen range
fires as late rs possible. Forget
the first few cool fall days.
Raise window curtains during
the day to admit sunlight. for that
Ii free heat. Dispense with avn
ings, rs they shut out the sun.
Wcather-strip all doors and win
furnaces. boilers, and cellar pipes
used for heating purposes.
Reduce the home temperature to
sixty-scvcn degrees. Do not wait
until the mercury shows seventy
four degrees before closing drafts.
BY this time that extra amount OF
coal will have been consumed and
wasted. according to all economic
rules.
Bedrooms. where windows are
opened for the night or otherwise,
should be shut on from heat. Use
blankets and feel better In the
morning.
Wear heavier clothing. This
materially saves body heat.
Thoroughly clean SCOT from pipes
and boilers and do not mind doing
little work In the cellar. seeing
that window panes nrc tight and
weather stripped like the other
Gas lighting ut night aids In heat
paFts OF the house.
Use gas for cooking and heating.
-. fpaeA home stores and buildings
where used.
Use heavy drapcrics on doors
ns,d windows for interior home de-
cor1fiOn. This aifis In outstanding
I fnacra0r heat supply.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-22
Coast Guard Go
Down In Heavy Sea
In Attempt TO Rescue Passengers I'm
Torpedeed Craft, Heroes Are
Drowned

Washington. Sept. 21.--The navy de-
partment is informed by Admiral Sims
that the following men of the coast
guard Of the United states steamship
Seneca lost their lives on September
Is while attempting in heavy eea 70
save the British steamer Wellington
which had been put in sinking con-
ditlon by an enemy torpedo:
William L. Boyce. Jersey City, y. j.
James J. Nevins. Norwich, Conn.
Merton Spellenwerf, Port Richmond,
\. Y.
Raymond II. PinEusrd. Bridgeport.
Conn.
William Fl. Prime. seaman, Yonkers,
y. 7,
Russell Elan, no address.
Angus zulegcr, no address,
Afaetin NJ. oveson, Mou Aaiber<.
Denmark.
William II. Best. no address
Carl s. New bury. New London. Conn.
The body of Best was recovered by
United States destroyer.