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Evening journal., 1918-12-14
HUNS OPPOSE TAKING
OF EASTERN FRONTIER
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. i4.-Germany VIII
appeal 10 President Wilson for Amer
can assistance in preserving the intes-
rty OF her eastern frontier, It was intl-
mated In diplomatic circles here today
Authoritative adyices were that the
Berlin government will demand pro-
lection against Polish advances into
eupation OF certain points in German
Bohemia.
Disposition OF both districts will
come before the peace conference, but
the Germans are contending, II is de-
clared. that their occupation at present
is against the armisilce terms.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
MATINEE RACING AT
ELSMERE NEXT YEAR

Plans for the coming matinee season
were discussed by horsemen OF this
city at a meeting held in the rooms OF
the Delaware State Fair Association last
night. The horsemen, adopting the name
Of the Delaware Horse Show Associa-
ton, will hold a meeting next month to
form definite plans for the season and
TO elect officers.
The meeting last night was one OF the
best attended meeting OF horsemen ever
held here. There has been no matinee
racing here since the old Wawaset
Park was closed. The new Elsmere
track viii b'e used.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
RED CROSS SERVICE
AT CENTRAL CHURCH

Red Cross services to be held at Cen
tral Presbyterian Church, tomorrow
morning. VIII be unique. The Rev. j
II. Crawford, pastor Of the church. will
preach a special sermon on Red Gross
work. A committee will see -each mem-
her Of the congregation as tney leave
the church and solicit their member
ship TO the Red Cross. This committed
will consist Of Mrs. William :. Prickett
chairman; Mrs. j. p. Hyatt, Miss Helen
VI. Price, Miss Helen Hayes, Miss lsa-
belle Halket. Miss Eva B. Taylor and
Miss Blanche Fraim. Each person who
pays 81 for membership in the Red
Cross. will be given Red Cross button
of the new design, a Red Cross service
flag and ten Red Cross stamps.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
GETS$75OO JUDGEMENT
FOR HUSBANDS DEATH

Judgment for $500 was confessed in
Superior Court yesterday afternoon. by
the p. b. & w. Railroad Company. de-
fendant in a suit brought by Mrs
Annie W0oleyhan. Mrs. WoOleyhan's
husband was killed last spring when a
train ran into an automobile In which
he was riding. at kirkwood.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
HUNS SAVE DOLLARS
BUT LOSE THEIR JOBS

Refusal OF two German aliens 70
contribute 20 a Red Cross fund which
was being collected at the plant OF the
American Vulcanized Fibre Company,
Maryland avenue and Beech street.
Yesterday. resulted in a near riot az
the plant. The, appearance Of officials
saved the men from bodily harm. but
the men refused to 60 back to work
until the Germans had been discharged.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
DISCHARGE $1,000
SOLDIERS DAILY
BY The United Press

WASHINGTON. Dec. i.-Demobiliza-
tlon machinery in this country is now
turning out about 1900 men a day TO
civil life. The War Department hopes 10
double that figure before long
Announcing this figure today. Chiei
Of stan March added that $4,000 men
in this country have been designated
for early discharge, while 10 December
~, a total OF 1858 officers and tS,262
men had been designated for early con-
yoy home from abroad.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
HURRYING pRAFT WORK.

Although the local military boards are
speedily completing their work.. they
have an abundance Of work on hand.
Reports OF the boards OF the state are
being made out for submission TO Pro-
vost Marshal General Cr0wder, and they
are expected TO be completed in about
two weeks.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
TREATED Az HOSPITALS.

Patients treated at the Homeopathic
Hospital today were:
Thomas Martone, boy, lacerated
head.
Louis Bowers, lacerated hand.
a. Rosendale was treated at the Del
aware Hospital for a mashed thumb.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14

TO make that spare room earn some
thlng-adyertise Il in the WANTS
Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14

Salary increases Invariably result
after faithfully using and reading the
WANT ADS.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-12-14
SELL LAND TO CLEAR TITLE.

Thirty acres OF land, near Bear sta
ton, the property OF Iva NJ. Appleby,
Of George W. Appleby.
was sold by Sheriff Francis
this morning TO William T. Lyman, at
t0rney. for $500. The sale was to
make title
eyIdence Of similar eharaetar also has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
NEW WARCHBISHOPO OF PHILADELPHIA
NOW ON HIS WAY TO THIS CITY

announced their intention Of being in
Philadelphia for the enthronement
Ceremonies making Archbishop Dough-
erty the head OF this diocese will begin
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. pro-
cession Of participants in the services
will be held at $40 o'clock.
Assignments Of Parishes
The places assigned the parishes in
tonight's demonstration are as follows ::
| Fast sde-,FIlbert street to .Green----Di-
ia RinS xrsbd and F l. co,,sila East sIaeriSSer,
sss,hqiylkii{ Haven; st. AssSstins, RridgspOrt
ssHSs; Do%nins.o%n s! aCS Mashas q Sne Rais 81 s.
e.
faFs Fslck ana GSy S
@sit S ae g%sass
SIS SIS; simoR and jude, Bethlshe St. Jo:
anR Rses 9q to lay Of f2mP e eosss Rss
tie titoGn n, Maueh CHUNK: Our Lady, Of Good Coun-
F$a SSE Hnf hS}tSnWSsdsi 'G %s?S%escfisdi: Hsd
pnFa aRg MdaculSns MsdS ,G
s. RSonatO. Spring Garden to Green-st.
@s Mount ysrnsS s M9ns, To
isrdEet i5ro ;e :, and Holy Family; Manayunk Wal
Brown Ls@H M@F!Sf the safRsss?y Rcsa?y
S6ar PSpfafh to tQ srspSs, PqsSaJs Lpkes Genside
West side---dreen' to tr Mount vernon-s..
ss?s 'oH2 ss ns1s sass spd s.. Ins
1SseP6 To St
Fopars,P FoSTn ts pLnawF Parrish to
nue-Cur Mother of Sorrowe
>, East side-Grard avenue to stiles I'm
of +Sompson se' to to ThemDsSn
Mams MMasehys isrsAnn Master e JsreTson H9iy
oxford coIumba srenaest hGR,rsSss sonsven
Vlra,o VtHsa: ,oo Columbia avenue to MONTGOMERY
West side--Girard avenue to stiles. Our
ttady Of the Rosary. Thompson SeSgMii 70 Master.
Jefferson to OXFORD St fSRn GIizaSeth iee oxford
TO- Columbia avenue, Our Lady of Angels
Most Precious Blood. O'
MoHbtgfomery avenue TO sus9uehahga aye aye
fen! '''O'' mar snail Df' W. H. D. 'f'''
East side-Montsomery avenue to- Berks
ssts S M0Ei sties St. anS 81
avenue, Our Lady OF Mercy. ~
streets ayeRse to Bsrks S1x
street. St. GATHERINGS and St. Cecilia s.
Columba's.
Susauehanna TO Indiana avenue-Division
marshal, NJ. ]. McEnery:
East side--Susquehanna avenue to Dau-
phin street s.. Veronica's; Dauphin to Yorl!
street, st. Edwards; York TO Cumberlan nd
street. st. stephens: Cumberland to Hunt
ingdon street. Nativity: Huntington street to
Lehish avenue. st. AIMS, Lehigh avenue to
somerset street. Ascension: Somerset to
cambria street, st. Dominick's and st.
Henrys. Holmesburg; Cambria street to In
diana avenue. Immaculate Conception, Ger
mantown.
West side-.susquehanna avenue to Dau-
phtn street st. Matthews. ST.. Marys and
st Gertrude's. Conshohocken;. Dauphin to
York street, Our Lady of Holy Souls, st
Ladislaus: York to Cumberland street. Cor
pus Christi and Our Lady of the Eternal;
Cumberland to Huntington street, Holy An,
gels: HOLY, child and Holy Cross; Huntingdon
street to Lehigh avenue, Our Mother of Con-
ISOLATION and St. Francis of Assist: Lehigh
avenue to Somerset street st. Vincent de
Paul Germantown. Somerset to Cambria
street. immaculate Conception, Jenkintown,
and Seven Dolors, Wyndmoor; Cambria street
to Indiana avenue, St. John Cantius and Our
Lady Help of Christians
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
PLAN BIC RECEPTION
FOR NEW ARCHBISHOP

Cardinal Gibbons late this afternoon
will arrive from Baltimore to take
charge of the enthronement services to-
morrow in the Cathedral elevating
Archbishop Denis ]. Dougherty to the
archbishopric in Philadelphia.
The head of the Catholic Church in
America will ARRIVE in Broad Street
Station at $50 o'clock, two and one.
half hours ahead of the archbishop. From
the station Cardinal Gibbons will be
taken to the archiepiscopal residence at
1928 Race street, where he will stay
until the services tomorrow morning.
Archbishop Dougherty will arrive to-
night at 7:55 o'clock He will be met by
leading churchmen and laymen &C this
and other cities A reception is planned
for the archbishop, to be held In Broad
Street Station. Following the reception
a parade including the archbishop and
his escort from Buffalo and the Philadel-
phians receiving him will be held.
Parade in Broad Street
The line will move south in Broad
street to Miffiin street, returning in
the archbishop will go out the Parkway
to- 1928 Race street.
Stretched along Broad street on both
sides of the parading churchmen will be
members of Philadelphia parishes. Lead
ing each parish's representatives will be
a marshal The marshals and their
marchers met last night to decide what
course they would pursue in regard to
their part in the review. o.
Bands will accompany the delegations
from the parish houses to Broad street
One of the biggest turnouts will be
from Our Mother of Sorrows parish, of
which Bishop McCort is the rector Led
by their Boy Scouts and their band of
thirty-eight pieces and accompanied by
another band of twenty-six pieces, the
men of the congregation will march from
the church, at Forty-eighth street and
Lancaster avenue to their station, on
Broad street between Girard avenue and
Poplar street The start will be at
o'clock. It is estimated there will be at
least 1900 men In line.
Bishops from all over the United
States have telegraphed local church,
men they will come to Philadelphia for
the ceremonies So far, sixteen heads
Of dioceses throughout the country have
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Harper informed Commissioner Hitch
cock he had no desire to demand bail
which the defendant would be unable
to furnish, and consented to the smaller
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
OF NEW YORK
EVENING MAIL is HELD

escaped facing an indictment for
treason by Just three days" Doctor
Rumely, it was said, had received his
last remittance from pro-German
sources on April 3, 1917, and the
United States declared war on April 6
of that year.
Count Won Bernstorff and DR.. Helm
rich f. Albert, formerly commercial
attache of the German embassy in
Washington. were said to have been
the brains" of the Nails pro. .Germa n
propaganda before the United States
entered the war.
When President Wilson addressed
Congress preliminary to the declara.
tion of a state of war, the loyal Amer
leans associated with Doctor Rumely
were said to have besought him to
come out strongly in Endorsement of
the Presidents policy. Doctor Rumely,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
FRENCH ANTI.AIRCRAFT GUNS
KEEP GERMAN SCOUTS AWAY
High Skill in Getting Range Is ShownMarne Section Offers
Good Cover for Gathering of Foes Troops
for Attack
BY WALTER DURANTY

the Marne front, about three miles from
the German lines, which were so quiet
that II almost seemed suspicious Half
an hour before our automobile had run
for a quarter of an hour along a road
in full view of the enemy. only two miles
away. on the heights across the river.
1T would be different If we were pa art
of a convoy of trucks" said the ma jor
who accompanied me. The boche is be-
having very nicely, but just the same
we'd better return by a less exposed
route. We cant trust him too far
His words reminded me of a phrase
used by one of the high officers two davs
before the beginning of the Chemin-des-
Danes battle:
THE boche is so quiet that can't helm
thinking he is planning some surprise. "
and I wondered whether. after all, these
peaceful fields ahd woods of the Marne
valley might not soon be hell of gas
and high explosives.
Marne Offers Excellent Cover
Among the many guesses heard in the
last three weeks as to where the enemy
will launch his next attack. it seems
safe to dismiss from consideration that
of a frontal blow against the Marine Yet
tne low, rOlllng nils, covered with
patches of trees that stretch northward
to tho Aisne. offer excellent cover for the
secret bringing up of troops, which is
the basis of the new German method. and
the historic river itself is no more diff
cult obstacle than the Asne. In Amer
ica It would be called a creek. as it is
barely forty yards wide. Moreover.
Hindenburg may obtain a tactical sur
prise by attacking in superior numbers
but the June battle showed that the re-
cults are nullfied by the presence Of
equally strong divisions behind the line
assailed.
It is true that the keynote of the sue
cess of the Won Hutier system is that a
blow may be delivered anywhere the
enemy chooses. The drive of May 81 es-
pecially came against the Chemin-des-
Danes position that was regarded as a
quiet sector. A less unlikely thing may
happen than an attempt on the part Of
Hindenburg to repeat his former advan-
tage by a similar f1anking movement
against the main body Of the Allied
forces grouped between Flanders and
Chateau-Therry.
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DOUBLE BLOW NOW AIMED
BY GERMANS IN NEW DRIVE

ter than his best German soldiers, when
he really means business?
There is nothing more than a moral
victory to be gained at this time by a
German attack upon our troops north
west of Chateau-Thierry. 4 glance at
the map shows that the enemy cannot
make much of an advance in that region
unless on a front much wider than that
held by the Americans. To do this
would put the Germans in a corner
between the Marne and the Ourcq. The
Kaiser knows now that to attempt this
enterprise would cost him dearly.
There is no denying that the morale
of the Kaiser's crack troops is good.
but it is gratifying to know that he is
having trouble in keeping up the morale
of the troops which are not used for
attack. These form 65 per cent of the
German army.
An order recently issued by General
Ludendorff calls on the officers to stop
desertions and calls on the men to stop
giving information when captured Lu-
dendorff says that German desertons
are increasing.
The German soldiers. with the en-
phatic exception of the Prussans. are
firing of the war. Here is an extract
from a letter written to his sisters by
a German soldier three days ago:
Here all sorts of things are hap
pening. You cannot imagine them. OF
my squad I am the only one left. The
others are all dead or wounded, and
believe me. my dears, ! wish all this
nonsense would soon come to an end,
for we all have a noseful"
Here IS an extract from another let
ter from a German on the front facing
the Americans;
There is no thought of leave, be-
cause we had such great losses. Half
my company has been put out of ac-
ton because we are now in a very bad
position. If this misery would only
end"
This is from a third letter. dated
June 80:
Here there is a terrible mix-up be-
cause we have Americans directly oppo-
site us and next to them are colored
troops English, and some French. The
Frenchmen have already made stone
piles out of our place. At night they
always come over and try to penetrate
our positions"
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it is said, demurred to takln3 t6o
positive a stand at. once as. he ~
alleged to have said, eve have lasxo<
German clientele and we want to edy1s'
cate them gradually"
Instead of being American-o owned.
as Doctor Rumely, who is vice presI..
dent, secretary and publisher of the
Evening Mail, is alleged to have stated
to A. Mitchell Palmer, alien properly
custodian, the Mail, in fact, accordiue
to Merton e. Lewis, State Attornex'
General, and Harold Harper, assistant
United States District Attorney, u
owned by the Imperial German Gov
eminent The arrest of Doctor
Rumely, which caused a sensation in
newspaper circles here, followed sew.
eral weeks of investigation covering
the financial transactions for the pur-
chase of the Evening Mail
The first suspicion that Germany
money paid for The Mail, it is said,
came through an examination by Fed
eral authorities of the books of Hugh
Schmidt, the German fiscal agent In
this country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
TRY 4ITALIANS 4
FOR BLOWING UP
BENEDETTO BRIN
Three Sailors and Soldier Charged
With Destroying Battleship
in September, 1916
By the Associated Press
Rome, July

Rome, July 9.
Three Italian sailors and one Italian
soldier are being tried by a court
martial on a charge of having blown
up the Italian .battleship Benedetto Brin
on September 81, 1916, by placing an
internal machine in the gunroom. The
defendants are Achille Moschinei, GU
glierno Maitolini, Mario Azzon, all
bluejackets. and trooper Giorgio Carpi.
The Benedetto Brin was blown up in
the harbor of Brindisi with the loss Of
more than a hundred lives, including
that Of Rear Admiral Rubin de Cervin
An inquiry showed that the battleship
was destroyed through the vaccinations
of German agents and forty persons were
arrested
An Italian named Ambrogetti impli-
Gated in the destruction of the Benedetto
Brin and also Of the Italian battleshiu
Leonardo da Vinci. was arrested, and
asserted that he was the financial agent
of Monsignor Gerlach. private chamber
lain of Pope Benedict and an Austrian
citizen. Gerlach fed from Italy before
an Italian court had Investigated his ac-
tivities. found him guilty of espionage
and sentenced him to imprisonment for
life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
GRIP BOTHERING GERMANS
Many Enemy Soldiers III. Docu
ments and Prisoners Indicate

With the British Army in France, July
9.-Captured. documents and statements
by prisoners indicate the enemy is hav-
ing bad time in numerous zones with
the new influenza which is running
through Europe
An unposted letter found in the pocket
of a man captured on July throws light
on the subject 1t read:
Il feel so i'll that should like to re-
port sick. Fever is rampant among us
and already~a a whole lot of men are in
the hospital Every day more 60 in.
AS have not yet had leave and am en-
pecting to go any day, l shall not report
sick yet, anyway"
The particular letter, of course, re-
fers to the prisoners own sector and
not to the entire German front, of which
he would know little. The new fever is
said to strike down the men so quickly
that they drop in their tracks while on
duty. They have high fever for two or
three days and usually are laid up for
at least six days in the hospital
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Special Cable to Evening pubI;c IoJoo,
CopDri0ht. 1918. By Ne,o York Times Co,
with the French Armies, July Q.


CopDri0ht 1918. BY Ne,c York Times Co.
with the French Armies, July Q.
period like that of the present Ger
man preparation for an offensive lends
added Importance to the work of the
anti-aircraft gunners, who force the
enemy scouting and photographing
planes to fly at height from which ob.
servation is very difficult and keen the
German "sausages" at a respectful, dis
tance.
have visited one Of the crack French
batteries. the crew of which has cached
such pitch of Skill that It can direct
an accurate fire against an enemy fier
at any but an exceptional height less than
minute after his presence is signaled
1t is extraordinary TO witness the ra-
pidity with which calculations are made
on complicated instruments No fewer
than six separate operations are fol-
lowed by the actual work of aiming the
cannon.
Just as the officer in charge Of the
batteries had finished explaining the
methods employed. one of the observers
cried:
10000 yards away" To an unaccus-
toned eye there was nothing visible in
the sky. but almost Immediately two 1T
tie clouds of smoke to our right showed
that a battery in that direction was
already pursuing the enemy
But Boche Went Back
Instantly all was activity. Men sprang
to each instrument. shouting rapid and
incomprehensihle figures Before thirty.
seconds had elapsed the gun muzzle had
swung up in a steep angle toward a
cloud hank some 1000 meters high, into
which an airplane had disappeared Eag-
erly we watched for it to emerge but the
boche was taking no chances The dis
tant hum of his motor grew fainter and
finally faded away completely as he
made off to safer region.
You see" cried of the officer tri-
umphantly, that is the best proof Of
what the boche thinks of us Our anti
aircraft guns have brought down so
many recently that they are inclined to
give us a wide berth"
We were in a neighborhood right On
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ports. 1t is also true beyond any doubt
that the cost of such an effort would be
terrific for the Germans.
Perhaps the next best prize. always
omitting Paris, would be Chaons. An
offensive in Champagne, reaching Cha
Ions might force the Allies to fall back
to a line from Chateau-Thierry through
Chalons to St Mihiel. This would give
the enemy new line of railroad
communication from Metz through
Chalons to Chateau-Thierry and greatly
strengthen this portion of his front
Either of these drives would be easier
than a drive at Paris.
1t is not to be supposed that the
offensive now about to begin will be
the Germans supreme effort Evidence
is not lacking that the German high
command plans a supreme attempt to
seize Paris in August. The drive at
Chalons or Abbeville. or both. would
be for the purpose of obtaining bet
ter position for the August effort
With the British cut off at Abbeville
or forced back on the Somme, or with
Germany in possession of Chalons. the
enemy would be in much stronger posi-
tion for a stroke at Paris than at the
present time, when they hesitate to
and Chateau-Thierry.
It would be giving the Germans valu-
able information to say where they
would encounter the Americans. The
enemy know they stand between him
and Paris. He has learned that by
costly experience.
In considering the German efforts, it
must be borne in mind that the Amer
lean successes northwest of Chateau.
Thierry is very sore subject for the
German high command, The German
people are learning what the Ameri.
cans have done there, and the knowl-
edge of what we did has also had
bad effect on the morale of the Ger.
man army.
Americans Raise Questions
Will the Kaiser decide to hurl enough
soldiers against the Americans to drive
them back. which he can. undoubtedly.
If he pays the price?
Will he attempt to show the German
people that the Americans are not bet