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IN MEMORIAL VI.

HopklNS--ln sad bur loving r.mC;n0r,ncc
81 our dear wife and mother KAru-
RHINE KENNY HOPKINS VINO Departed
1917 ''i'"e' ~
Com. but not forgotten"
HUSBAND AND CIIII.DREN
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LODGE: NOTICE..

MEMBERS "f Si"newaH Jackson AcTi. No
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y. a,tc" h'tllnE WEDNESDAY. December I {
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
DE. AI1lS

EkhAE,ii tTnsrat OF ON, Mss
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iD-J5 5a;. Ia $s!a,.f y
5 "fsFn MEhSE%$ ar'h FrEhG&GN In
.ssuri.d ON "ar;h to dream in heaven
BEANcn-On account OF Tho remains .n4i
:.iriyln& schcdwlcd,, the funeral Of Or
tcrday f fron tn, residence of his father the at 10
GSIGsh xeT ns rni''Ir'r Walden Pr MS
y. iIowle. Dr Y. j. Cowariin., Arehie, l..
w we're conducted by Rev. G. Teyion craig
T5- 5fIsT 65Isf IPs.s 4 J MS
J. wII.LlAM RRYANT. son OF the late
B iam S%0a "n savs late Nidcw s s OF
children Dorsey. aged, eight: Harold Won
two and half years who uecply mourn his
Dallas. Tex. tiarrisonburG and stanton
;,apers nl.asc cony.
D%NhIDP ssspar rh MI,h Pa
feiiewiae an .at.acE of innuenz&' GRGvEi:
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gsrei ; ponald
pY N6R%lXG M nsGS bbSnfseTS ME asa
Func-4! service vii. bc conducted a. The
FQN-I3DLsd. ,5,;35 P; NJ pgcen6eT iS at
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WEpM ;bol; pSSg9her rs at mnGn S,S
G&SEINS---Thg body Of MISS NAY GAS;
not ;e-sh This city Yesterday as furnished
r. ipS e,srn1 5ss'
w!.k& 2EiR n, iiA l5S.f.;i iSi: r. NJ
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peg 59 g., hy hGms Of her PaSGn,i
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4af..i oo' d{S lassTr }n,s5nsns will be
u na Rnr NWi2ii.l a8m1 T Gonn,E EFoHnd
~. 3s2s IyS u fl &
his W. :ataeT; ~ e5oihers Two sisters
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Ng%sifktEplef TaeSs.y ReSembs5 ~
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Msx.$ GS'.s ;wo o 4 AUG hrG?.
m sn 1hf rems5ns vii E yHGGpEhI 70
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tah.r" to'tce later,
MG isis -E.st on Aiondayy. DcGsmbsr ls.
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FvneT.l vii be he!a ., tho grave in
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fHAUr -Dl.d. Tuesday. 8 p. ~. MISS
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, i.T OF ~. LeRoy j. Phaup and Mary
fEneraL roNc" ls,"-
E& Sci 4aS.e. Psf n Es'Tss1 f2T ~
J. HAL ROBINSON. o: 25oi ives, Mali.
FMnersl no,teo later
TATE-p!ct. u pneumonia at Icsidencc.
l,2? Vest .G.ar!y,, Monday 4 NJ. MIR.
3ERkLEf TATE; Remains shipped TO
SeaEeF Dam Va. by Phsuu. Interincnt In
her rssiaches ls5 '"n HIuyii s, STE Mrs rs +,
-. TlNSl:EH. aged s"vcniy-fvc. Fiys sons
surriEs: lrSipg IS. i,irmnEham. Ala SD
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at IS. Stu-T Circle liospi;sl. Richmond. after
! hAENES; aged nfty-tw Oldest daurht.r Of
/ tn late Hohcrt a Blackwell. OF Iunenburg
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| WILLIAM r; Jr one daughter Miss M.fV
HOLY Dale. Va; three sisters. Nrs Sue l.
s!lte. Mrs. Lizzie Blackwell Williams a ,,h
Miss Houston blackwell
me luncra! services were conducted hv
IN" remains Inferred in Blackstone Gem
e'I,E YESTERDAY afternoon at o'clock.
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ARMY DRAIN CRIPPLES
GERMAN FACTORIES
Some Plants Closed or Run by
a Few Girls While Men Are
Sent to the Front

Iondou. April IA dispatch to the
DAILY Mail from The Hague states that
Germany is combug ont every available
man, even from the muti"n factories,
aud drafting them into the fighting
tanks. some works either have been
closed or are employing only few girls.
while raw materials have ceased to ar
rive m usual quantities at certain works
ID is stated. for instance. that we'll
known car works at cologne and MuI-
helm We're virtually closed during the
week. the Germans employed there being
taken out for various services. some Of
them for the trout \, certain dye
works in another Rhcuish district only a
few girls are left, all the German en-
pjoNcs. even wounded men, having been
I transferred 20 other services At Co-
lugne brick works aud cable works,
which have also been employed on mu-
ntiuns. are equally reduced to a few
girls or have been closed altogether.
4 neutral who reached Holland FRI
day night had conversation with
German who had just returned from the
western front. lie nut the German
losses at roughly a quarter OF mil
lion, and added
Nobody any longer believes We shall
now reach Paris. We were simply mOWn
down by machine guns At one place
the French made a rampant Of German
bodies as high as man
II is also very noticeable, the neutral
said that i'm Germany the women are
getting ont Of hand as the tale Of losses
Increases and as trainloads Of wounded
return The result Of all this trans
uOrtatiou Of wounded is the circulation
Of Wild rumOrS to account for them, such
as the breaking Of dkes and the flood
ing out Of large body of German
troops. or again. the breaking Of the
flank Of the German position opposite
Amieus and the collapse Of crown Prince
Rupurechrs army wild rumors fly
about Cologne Of the loss Of 10000 men
us prisoners in one day.
These rumOTS. or some Of them, have
nov been denied by the German press
IN the demand Of military authorities
but they show the state Of mind pro-
iucrd by the discrepancy between the
official and other inspired reports Of the
situation aud the facts rs they appear
from the transport Of wounded.
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FRENCH EDITOR SEEKS
TO EXPLAIN FOES. CASH
Director Of Bonnet Rouge Denies He
Made 1t Paci6st Paper After
Cetting Cerman Nancy

Paris, May 1.-The examination of NJ.
nnsal. director OF the Bonnet Rouge,
WAS continued al the trial Of the seven
accused persons yesterday.
~ Dogal attempted 70 explain eiropm-
Staheea in which nearly 100000 francs
nat raceived from a German banker.
Mars OF Mannheim This sum was
nilhdrawn from Switzerland in the form
cf TEN checks ave brought be- NJ Duyal
and lhe others by "a Vefeasson. who
aIto il inyolsed in the Bonnet Rouge
raat
DNa admitted putting 100000 francs
into The Bonnet Rouge but denied that
Iia' oonnection with that paper coin
fIft1 with its becoming pscifist. Colo
n1l Noyor, who presided at the hear
|ha nolnted out that Duval had not al
nnI1 observed the censorship, As he had
printed 3l9 articles out ofslOi6 which
t, rad been told to suppress.
IuNnl admitted he sent 20 subserib-
M ~ the Bonnet Rouge by mail full
1N.'|I 81 articles censored, but he ar
tIt| that a. Clemsneeau. the Premier'
.I |10t she same with articles sup
IIa...A b. his paper, LHomme kn-
t..|@4 uuvai admitted having sub
|. |01o1 three weekly newspapers, one
tf |141e lrancs and the others at TO-
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GOyERN0R. NAMES LlNTZ
ALDERMAN OF CHESTER
Murtaugh's Failure TO Get Post Creates
Sensation In Politics Sproul
Support

Chester, Pa. May L. \ boWb was
gent into the Mcclure ranks when IL
was announced that Governor Brum-
bauRh had APPOINTED DR.. Charles Lintz
As A1derman of the Second Ward. LintZ
had the support of former Mayor Ward.
AIionael Murtaugh, steward of the Sec
ond Ward Republican Club. was the
Old Guard" choice, having the support
of senator Sproul and William T.
Ramsey. who is seeking reelection to
the Legislature.
The O'NeiI forces. it.fs said. seel,
Wards support, not thar they expect
the former Mayor 10 turn Chester city
and Delaware County in. the O'Neil
column. but TO cut a slice in the SprOul
<ofe. Radical Prohibitionists are with
he former Mayor, botn in the city and
the county districts. .t.-.r
Judge Johnson has dismissed the pc
tion OF John Scott Miller, Councilman
sl<lng that the proceedings instituted by
Ward to contest his seat be quashed
IN the event of Elgn Il. Vests de
feat for the legislative nomination this
month. Ward. will enter the field against
Ramsey on afusion ticket. The former
Mayor made a statement TO this effect
today ID. q. Hendricks, the war
hoqNes OF the Prohibition party. and the
fandldate OF that party for the Legis.
isfuFf has consented to withdraw after
the prImariea in Wards favor on a
fusion ticket. it
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Berlin By-Election Said to
Prove They Are Not Against
War of Conquest

/ The Globe. OF London. In large type
across three columns Of las issue Of
March lG. presents what it considers
as fun proof that the German masses
are decidedly not against war uf con-
quest
1t sets forth the lesson of II Berlin by
election and declares: An event has
just occurred iu Germany OF such inn
portance that ii deserves far more prom
inence than it has yet been given in the
British press" And it sets forth the
following circumstances:
"On Tuesday a by-election. ~aid 70
he The most important ~ Germauy since
.the war began. was held in the constitu-
eu"y Of Nteder Baruum Although,
owing to the system by which a Cau-
uidate YES not rcturucc >cept with q
clear majority. the final result $ not
yet known. the preliminary figures are
of Il highly significant character. They
make virtually certain the bad defeat
~ the Independent Socialist candidate
Bvettscheld, whose poll is nearly 5000
lower than that Of the Majority Social.
list. Wissel, who had the support OF
Norwaerts and the whole organization
Of the Government Socialist party.
Three other candidates from the
beginning were a negligible quantity
representing the National LieZral I'rD
gressive and Conservative parties, ant
scored between them only 1880 votes
ss compared with 23,5H' FOR the Ma
Iorily Socialist aud l5.SO0 for the mi
nority Socialist.
Between the Two latter. therefore
The final duel will be fought, the out
come of which cannot he doubted. a.
naturally The supporters Of the three
knot tked-out candidates Will uanSie
their votes At the second ballot Il
~cheidemam's heuchmau
we quote this comment on the re-
-ult from the Rotterdam correspondent
.uf the Daily Telegraph:
This contest is an indication Of the
feeling of the German working classes,
the importance ot which could hardly
be oyeirated II is the heaviest blow
vet struck at the minority party ana
iS establishment for those VINO
/ claimed that the majority OF the Ger
/ man masses were behind the reNOlu-
tiOnaries, who opposed the continuance
Of the war and have consistently
voted against the war credits; ana Is
/ iu effect "A great victory for the GOV
! ernment. as well as for the Majority
/ Socialists Nieder Barnun, which is
( one of the ten POtSdam divisions, Is
I entirely "A working -clasS district. ana
I was formerly represented by the In
dependent Socialist Stadbagen, WHO
~ the last election polled nearly lou,-
600 votes. But Nieder Barnum has
deserted its old standard, and proved
what everything else Of recent date
has indicated - thar the German
masses are further Oft than ever from
revolt against the Governments war
OF conquest.
"ln short. the Germans themseIve
have hammered one more nail into In
,offin Of Lansdownism, Ramsey Mae
J donaldism and defeatism and pacifism j
general"
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HINDENBURG FEELS OUT
ALLIED LINES TO SOUTH


Washington, MdN ].
THAT the Allied western line far to
the south is being sounded out by the
boChe for a new opening was the
thought of military observers today.
Halted before Npres, though perhaps
only temporarily and held before
Amiens. he may be- seeking to break
through elsewhere
His thrust at Noyou may have been
i'm the nature OF testing out the Allies
planning a counter offensive there. And
some deemed it Significant that the
French statements show that the Ger
man has been Trusting at the Nerdun
region even farther south.
Neither movement. however, was Of
more than local Importance in so far as
II developed. Their importance now lies
solely in whether they Indicated an in
teRtiOn 10 shift the attack sOuthWard.
The period Of gloom over the Npres
situation was supplanted today by a
feeling of more hopefulness, in the view
Of the tenacious resistance offered by
the British and French. The problem
there Is still difficult. however. aud il
5 yet too early JC be actually sanguine
Of the outcome, military experts warned
They took great comfort, though, in de
veopments TO date.
Those who have viewed the ebb and
how Cf Teuton onslauEhts dispasson-
ately. said. as before, that the boche will
not attain the Channel ports, and that
IN the long run he is destined TO defeat.
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the japanese Ni-ten done In wood.
standing on recumbent monsters are
other acquisitions in the Far Eastern
Department They come from coilev-
tion Of japanese sculpture formed in
osaka by foreigner at the time. when
Japanese ruins were disregaTded and
contents Of old temples sold to any pur-
chaser. aud at his death disposed OF
and traced to san Francisco. where the
museum succeeded in obtaining this
pair. but representing the best age of
japanese sculpture.
\ cannon aud two cannon balls Of tile
late fourteenth century. French are
acquisitions shown In the department
Of arms and armor. Wing VI. Room 2.
ana in the same department are mod
ern war helmets, which will interest the
public There is "A German helmet given
to the museum by Sumner HealeN
late model Of the French helmet and q
model Of the American helmet This
French type OF helmet is used in the
Italian aud Belgian armies, and the
american helmet used at the present
time is modelled after the English he'll
met
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NEW YORK INSPIRED
BY THE BLUE DEVILS"
ihousands Catch Feel of
War as Wounded Heroes
Plead for Loan
BONDS SOLD FOR CASH
Band of Chasseurs Alpins Leads
Parade From Battery to
Armory

New York, May ].
Tfrtsands of New Workers got some
ttluK Of the feel OF war when veterans
from lte american forces in France, aud
7heuss4urs Alpins, the blue devils" Of
~ Ffaench army, took part in a series
~ 4t'Noustrations In behalf Of the third
Niprtt} Loan ftt
The e.refurned troops from the American
lfcncies appeared at rally on the sub
treasury steps, at which S25O,000 In
noud4 Waa sold. after which they Joined
the tfrenchnnen in. a. parade, from Bat
fefN f4rk to the City Hall and thence
TO De Slxty-ninth Regiment srmory.
Htfeets near the Subtreasury were a
tee4ttng mass OF people, aud civiliat
speaRers, who had opened the rally.
dpies1y retreated into the background
WhtN fourteen EhalSi-clad, steel-helmeted
men Of the PershlnE expedition made
fhelf appearance A nraehfne-guu crew
tocE us stand nearby, and frequently
ihe1 guns staccato bark pierced the
<WeHhg roar OF ,chsers as patches Of
bo1ts were sold for cash.
jf4Ivate John Mccormack OF the l66th
Ihf1itry tthe old Sixty-nlrith). no wore
ne Wrench Croix de Guerre on his uni
Eor,I and who has been wounded in ac-
iticH led the speaking, telling the crowd
Tho boys over there can't do it all
1fe IEal0 the men w lne tTeHcues VIII
stifk until they are killed" but the
pfcffe back home "must back them up
: VITA bonds" s...
ftfgeant Eugene McNih said. he was
Waf'Ing TO be hit again" If he could get
. few more boches''" Corporal Milo
H. Plant youched for the spirit of the
men At the front. other infantrymen
hoWed TO the crowd. but shock. their
he9es at the demands for speeches.
Ii the parade a company Of the
TNtnty.-second. United States Infantry
aolad Is escort the 1906 French Chaus-
scilfs having the position of honor and
being followed by the Persh.ng cCntiu-
Rebi. only fourteen of whom have re.
lnaIned In Kew York. while others have
ecltr 10 other cities to take part in the
l3a0 campaign. The crowds We're dense
allf along the line of march, and there
wax continued cheering, but, except for
an occasional smile over incidents, Of
lh9t procession. both the French and
Aufkrican soldiers were sober-faced,
ei<ing evidence Of the ordeals in which
Ia6ht Of Them have suffered wounds and
many have won decorations for bravery.
Mayor Hylan addressed the troops
ih4sC,lty Hall.
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VOTE SHOWS ATTITUDE ADD INDIA SCULPTURE
OF GERMAN MASSES TO Y. MUSEUM OF ART
Figure of Nishnu. the Pre-.
server" Comes From Temple
i'm kikkeri Erected in I'LL

Most important n the recent access
sions ~ the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art, New York, is u delightful relief
sculpture Of Nishnu. "rho prcservor,
the Pillar OF the Universe" The relief
Is GIL inches in height by 2s in width,
ish black stone III nigh relief The fig
ure standing erect. Is impressive and
the serious face gives the idea of the
thought-power for which Nishuu stands.
the balancing force between the contend
ing powers Of good and evil. There IL
"a wonderful amount Of finely carved
detail in the ornamentation uf the figure
ana the sort Of canopy under witch II
stands At the foot uf two pillars on
either side are two smaller figures, and
In the upper part Of the relief are Tiny
figures which represent the ten avatars
Of Nishuu The figure comes from a
temple in kiNkeri in the Mysurc district
Of southern India. which was erected IL
1l51. aud the sculpture is supposed {,
! date back to the last quarter Of th'
, twelfth century. 1t was removed (,
! England tu the early part Of the nine
/ tCcnth century.
| Two tine old chinese paintings 10y /.
| Lung-Micu are To he seen In the De
T partment Of Far Eastern Art u cases
under glass where their iuterestul
/ qualities may he studied. They ar'
black and white ON scrolls. come iron
a snup in Shanghai and were obtaine,
for the museum 10y the and uC Charlie
/ l.. Freer for whom they haG been re
served. They are wonderful example
Of fine strong drawing. one of then
shows the Lohans ana holN men travel
ing ON marvellous animals, dragons
|phueniNes and pesCOcks to the Buddhis
7 heaven. whore Buddha is waiting To- re-
ceive them. and a second shows Il groul
Of Taoist saints travelling across the sci
in as remarkable a fashion to an islaut
where they are received by a couple o
godlikc figures
Two temple guardians, wartime heroes
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NOR1L EFFECT GREAT
or lPRES SUCCESS
Wriit,u Jor the rausd py's,,
New York, Ma


IIrdeuburg is staggering before the
most stupeudous German failure since
the battle Of the Marne.
General Foch's cnticcmeuts Of death
are proving more terrible than even the
Kaiser eau pay for The slaughter Of
German man-power by order of the
German high command has come to an
abrupt end but a renewal Of the pant
ing effort To break through the Allied
lines is inevitable The victorious Ger
man spirit. however. has been eNtiu-
guished aud Won Hudeubug can no
longer progress except at an even more
ghastly cost than he has previously paid
The moral effect of the Allies SUE
CeSsIul stand before the last delenSeS OF
Ypres il enormous. After having won
the most difficult parts OF the approach
to Ypres the German have been halted
virtually on the SUBMITS of the mus
they paid 50 dearly to capture. The
collapse Of Won Hmdenburgs oit"nslNe
under this circumstance demonstrates
ronrIusively that thu British and the
French cNacted far heavier toll lrom me
Germans for possession of McsSluts riuBe
and Mont KENNEL than Won linden
burg could afford TO pay.
risk StiIl further Eambles, for he mas
moi a. yet taken a single position thai ~
vital. lie cannot turn to the German
people and proclaim a decisive victory
which even they will be deluded into ac-
reptng To he held along the pfesehi
line indefinitely must IN the tnd prov
the lmdoing Of von HiuGenburg.s repu-
tation and the collapse Of kaiserlsn'
The German people at last are begin
ming to realize that an enormously Pow =
erfuI American army is pllhs mo
France. The Americans may not be
FULLY prepared 10 strike before. next
autumn or next spring, but II Hinden'
burg is blocked in the west this summer
he will STAY blocked until America ;
naio offensive is ready 10 start. Ihat
means defeat for von Hndenburg. That
is why each German halt such aS me
present one before Npres Is a terrifying
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01
KAISER PRAISES BRITISH
Lands Bravery of Prisoners Who
Salute Him

Merlin. May 1.-The correspondent a
.he front of the semofficial Berlin
Lolkal-A Anzeiger says:
The Emperor. who spends every day
on The Battlefield, lakes keen interest in
the prisoners staken by us. British sol
dlefs who recognize him salute respect
fslly NSa
''The Emperor has spoken again aud
again 70 them, officers and men alike
evrreseing his gdmiration for their brave
attitude during the recent lighting