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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14

4 lstsche Of Embassy in Pe,ro.
Accused in Story About
Cars Jewels

~ - * New York, June H.
Haron Gerard Maybel, who with tn,
caropess is at hotel in this city. hs,
e'yen to State department officials In
washington and to the secret seryic.
mere . clue which, It is believed viii,
furnish the key to an international p,ot
% suugele into this country the Jewels
q the former Gar Nicholas OF Russia
and other possessions OF the once
wealthy Russian nobility
The baron and his wife arrived her.
on May 2s from Petrograd. having
sailed on the steamship Heiie o)ay.
fellow passenger on which was
Sillimsr Evans. former clerk in the
United States Consulate at Copenhagen.
VINO was arrested in Dallas. Tex. on
wednesday on charge Of smuggling.
Also on board the Norwegian ship
were Montefiore G. Kahn and Vladimir
Jogefson. who were taken into custody
and held in $4,000 bail each for failure
70 declare jewelry said TO be worth
$3.50, ,0o0s and believed by Federal officials
TO be part of the ex-Czar's collection.
Baron Maybell says an attache of
the American Embassy at Petrograd
connded to his keeping package which
his wife had inadvertently left behind
when size sailed for New York The
attache assured the baron the article in
the package was his wifes personal
property and not dutiable. At Stock
hoim whether the diplomat accompanied
the baron and baroness, the latter were
introduced to Kahn and his Secretary.
Jogelson. These two sailed with the
Maybells. who were greatly astonished
on shipboard when Kahn showed them
several magnificent pieces of jewelry
which he said the American Embassy
man wanted delivered to his wife in
New York. These included double
necklace of pearls, which Kahn said had
once belonged to the Czarina and had
been picked up at bargain as an in
vestment,"
Kahn wanted the baroness to declare
that these costly gems were her own
intended for personal wear. but
the Maybells refused on conscientious
grounds, Notwithstanding Kahn re-
minded them they had promised the
American diplomat in Petrograd TO do
SO. On arrival of the ship the baron
related all the circumstances to the
customs officials and the series Of
arrests followed.
. 1t has been learned that ss long ago
as last November Kahn sent a collection
Of oil paintings to America by a man
named Macbeth. The collection was
seized by customs officials One story
about the paintings was that they were
supposed to have been taken from the
walls of the Cars Palace.
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North of the Aisne shock detach.
ments penetrated the n eneYny's
trenches. South OF the .Aisne. after
strong artillery prepa ration, We At.
tackled the enemy and threw him out
OF his lines east of Cutry and Dom.
miers and drove him back beyond
these places. North Of the Ourcd
River the Savieres region was
cleared of the enemy. a
Repeated enemy attacks north.
west Of Chateau Thierry broke down
with heavy losses.
In the last two days thirty.five
enemy machines have been, shot
down. Captain Berthold and Lieu.
tenant Menkhoff obtained their thir.
ty-third aerial victory, First Lieu.
tenant Schleich his twenty ninth
and thirtieth. Lieutenant Veltjens
his twentieth and twenty-first and
Captain Reinhardt his twentieth.
A supplementary report issued to-
night tells of local engagements south
If Ypres. southwest of Noyon and
south of the Aisne.
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Paris, June "A.
The War Office announced that con-
centrated fire from the French guns
caught powerful German forces attempt
inE to counter-attack between Courcelles
and Merry on the front west of the Oise
ana not only drove back the advancing
waves. but inflicted very heavy losses
In heavy fighting between the Aisne
and the Ourcq the Germans gained a
Footing In the village OF Laversine. The
text Of the communication follows:
During the course of the day the Ger
mans launched "a powerful .counter-at-
tack from Courcelles to the north of
Merry tMontdidier sector). Caught under
the fire of our guns, the assaulting
troops were not able to reach our posi-
ttofis. hut;were obliged to retreat 10 their
line OF departure after having suffered
very heavy losses. .li-lr
The material captured in our attacks
June IL included ten cannon, four OF
them, heavy pieces, and a very large
nunlper li6f ,niaehins cguns.
!. i Between the Disc and the Asne the
ION the Aisne the enemy continued
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GEROfANS OFFENSIVE FOUGHT
qss no STANDSTYllLs ON NEW FRONT

i. S'ff yssH1sS.+ ~. - ~
c'.''slss fsem rss. on
nnSncIs nn1 Es Rsssee- ~ lttt Mar Once an.
the Sosnfsa as1t,;ssse ;sesy Ts rs attacked
PUT were. repnised I, Heavy artiiiers, AZ.
~, ~ asyelopSds III the sector of viiiers.
FSf Il, k2tssgs s.4ik y
Hais's report IL as follows, .,s.1,,
r,.A etrong enemy party was, conn
p.e,ey repulsed southveit OF Nsrris
ensrs rns snis morning and a few fris-
Our raids. were SUCCESSION in!.,b.
nelEhborhobd OF Melville -Vitasss civ,
enemy and La Bassee. lr,"'-' - y
several prisoners and two machine.
frn, .ru were taken, " advantageous pa
a aoi encounters southwest OF Gavreile
ana northwest at Meyy;iiea (. :. : ( ''',e'.
There was hostile .aftii,prx Nr,r~ tr
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DREW REVOLVER. CHARGE

Harrisburg. June thames Fergu-
son. sixty years old. Is under arrest here
charged with drawing a revolver on T.
r, Hancock. postmaster of williams
town. George r. Wren. OF williams
town. threw his hand over the weapon
and prevented its discharge. -- ~
The alleged assault took place In the
Williamstown law offices Of Lincoln G.
Carl Postmaster Hancock was executor
of Ferguson's wife's estate The estate
was settled in the lawyers ONCE ana
legged that Hancock remarked:
( Now that we are all through. Jim.
tell me. did you say to any one down
in Bethlehem you were going to will
Jamestown to kill me and my familyr
Ferguson made no response, but, It ia
charged drew the revolver. st
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
BRITISH BAG q ENEMY PLANES
Achieve Big Success Against Ger.
mans in Two Days

1.spdon. June l4.-T@enty- -one Ger
man aiAplanes and q balloon were de-
stroyed and four enemy machines were
driven down out of control in day and
night hEhting by British airmen We'd
nesday and Thursday, the War Office an
nounced today
Four British planes are missing.
Several tons Of bombs were dropped
on enemy objectiyes.
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the Americans. ran into the pnachine-
| gun and rife FIRE OF tho others. Then
! those left rushed headlong the other
way. to surrender. In a short time the
! gallant marines had got to the other
| side Of the woods and immediately. with
the aid of the engineers, started the
construction Of a strong position.
Prisoners counted that day numbered
more than 500. II was found that they,
belonged 10 the crack Fifth German
Guard division. which includes the
Queen Elisabeth regiment. There had
been 1900 Germans In the woods. With
the exception of the prisoners nearly all
the rest were slain.
The prisoners said they were glad Of
the chance TO surrender and get out
Of the woods. because the American
artillery FIRE for three days had cut on
their food and other supplies. and they
had lived in a hell on earth. The Ger
mans seemed deeply impressed by the
fury Of the American attack. One of
the captured onicers. when asked what
he thought OF the Americans as fighters,
answered that the artillery was crazy
and the infantry drunk. A little boche
private. taking up his masters thought.
pointed to three tousled but smiling
marines, and said
win rouge, vim blanc. beaucoup vim"
He meant he thought the Americans
must be intoxicated to night as they did
for that wood.
Our boys took special delight in cor
railing the machine guns. These guns
and in rocky caves and wen supplied
with ammunition. The Americans had
practiced on a German machine gun pre-
yiously captured, and knew just how 10
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FRENCH STOP COUNTER-ATTACK
FROM COURCELLES TO merry

his thrust between the Aisne and the
forest of Villers-Cotterets. He was re-
pulsed at the majority of points. but
succeeded in gaining foothold in
the village of Iavers.ne. All at
tempts to debouch from Coeuvres and to
advance west of Verte Feuille farm
completely failed. The enemy was not
able to renew his attacks.
In the afternoon, north of Corey. the
enemy who had penetrated our lines mo-
mentarily. was driven out and we estab-
lished our positions In their entirety" \
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most gigantic .sacrinces in military his
tory during the past twelve weeks to-
sibility can he continue this bloody
Alaughter of his own men much longer.
IL he orders still another sacrifice Of
preceding ones he will have thrown
prudnc to tn winds in blind rage Of
despair.
: General Foch is the master OF the
Foch's strategy 'of saving the Amer.
leans for a later offensive has been In
dicated. The Allies may well be opti.
mistic .f
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2 FRENCH FLIERS KILLED
Plane Collapses Within 200 Yards Of
Landing Station

Isndon. June 14,~-Captain Pierson
and Lieutenant Rousseau, French avia-
tors, hying from France to Hounslow,
England, were killed when their ma
chine collapsed, IL was announced today.
The accident occurred when the avia-
tors were within 200 yards Of the land
ing station. - 49,,
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POiLus Repulse
PeriLOHS BLOlU
Continues from Psse On.

Continued from PAGE One
Gala ~ Tho offensive are enlarged speaks
sIoo,entIv ~ the conscious need TO bring
~. SrsnS adventure TO a speedy climax
Nm, All. haste ynvolyes heavy moral as
we,, as ,nun,ericai u.ury. Instead of q
s,,lI rorr,aI neriod for reflIinr ana new
sc~,nrn.nt ,nclndInr r,,t AT the rear or
~ /. r,,,.t ..ctor nd |, cour.e of fre.h
tra,r,r. hs,n. g;ver 10 I diyirtor with
Sr.wn from the line owing to III losses.
q a hurri.a,v reconstit,Ited ana pu.bad
back into the battlefront after as Few
possioie'
e .
oeen sxs.Ainro. not oniy oy reenIorce.
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% ."e ~e n ,,, v NY
oau ny -. aeeopso ~ VIA. .nes
sous o' srehs.n
ere oeInt Iapioiy eShaus.ee' me hu-
An ,r,. M .oo "us
IN Su.yf nc neio uepo.s na,e oesn
snp.su s =. Ieeluns nom .ne
es''. ms, are Iueneu 70 tns
rom, saly oicers, are "smouhted
M saS IN tne in,ahuS' men oe-
sacneasIof spseai ~ors are caneo psck
sneI. uni's anu s'ii the war goo -
uHsaIsneo.
j. incorpVrsl,on OF tne isEV Grass began
~ Apru ana MAY. miners ana me
na".ca are AGAIN turned lnto the hSht-
ns rnn.a. M as they can De spared
Hom lnuu.try, prooaofe that not
: oivinon mas peen' iett IN the east that
cuuiu pe NJ Tor the western 'front.',
Wounoed men and invaiids imperfectly
cured are pressed back into service. And
peniho tne armies thus repienisned there
tne nsuon-hunery.. enfeepied' terror
zee. utterlns words OF despair even In
Its ie..ers 70 the trooti Ludendorn may
weh hurry. -,
bitter ccure.t,.. n.,n.
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pn' VII sNs an iuee oI ns ,,o- @
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v,nr nss,hs ar.nsiys % oAa an,r ~ 'as s,, w',.
miles from its starting point with the
Montdidier -Estrees Railway. and the
same dutanee pehind IT, For these
reasohs and because u stands on a spur
q tne Mery plateau II was certain to be
naraty contested posit'on
On sunday morning, taking advantage
oi ,nc cover anerded py broad nelds OF
wei-er0Wn wheat, the Germans came up
the siope from H?ilot and rushed the
vhiase. AZ s;4o the French reformed
End Fstook H. recapturing zoo men ana
IHnr cmcers, forty minutes later
i
north put was thrown back Some storm
sroops norever. got around by the rear,
inese were, IN turn, repuised
sssslAL nours passed. IN whicn me
,nfee stfse.s Oh proAen houses were put
iln cr1sI TOT sieke AZ p, m fresn
estecs WAs repuised, later IN the after.
noon me Germen success At Merry and
penoy resuteo IN Courceiies being beset
on tnres nees' oniy : narrow aiey OF
connus'cs'ioh 70 .ns west remaining
ot'sn.
Inc detendsrs now had their blood up.
tne tsssrsss ~ouie soon arrive. rnis
wesssIh HAhk OF ths oatue was OF tne
utmoss Anporianee nan become z
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FOCH'S HALT OF FOES
OFFENSIVE CRAVEST
DEFEAT OF YEAR

BY ]. ". I. MASON
Unitcd Press War Erpert
New York. June A.
General Foch has inflicted on the
enemy the most serious German defeat,
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The Germans started in headlong
flight when the Americans seized two
machine guns and turned them on their
opponents with terrific effect. The Ger
mans soon tired OF this. and those near
est tho Americans began surrenderins.
In the meanwhile the marines kept up
the chase.
while this was going on the Amer
leans pretty much surrounded the woods.
and the Germans, fleeing from some of
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
.AMERICA'S TROTZKIS

Leon Trotzky emerges big in the news from Russia. Trotzky is the man who says that Russia must be social ized on the destructive Tr0tzky model even if the country is to be deprived of tits last loaf of bread, it's last piece of leather, and it's last plate of steel" in the process. That is Trotzky' $ ultimatum to every factory owner, ev- cry land proprietor. every man with a few rubles in his pocket. in all Rus sia just now.
 A few months ago Trotzky was preaching the same doctrine of des- truction in New York. He was pres enting the same ultimatum to ever! factory manager. every landowner, ev- cry man with a bank account, in New York and America. He never got into the news until he returned to Rus sia.
 How many TrotZkys are there ii' New York and America, formulating the same ultimatum without getting into the news? And what kind of news will it be when they do get into it?
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
BL.ASPHEMY! \

The Atlanta Constitution, chief ex- ponent of Democratic policies in the South, demands the removal of Post master General BurlesOn on the ground that he has sacrificed the ef- ficiency of the postal service. Forum ate for you, Brother Howell, that you are such a powerful factor in politics. If you were an ordinary editor you wouldn't dare talk that way.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
TURNS THOUGHT TO RELIGION
Destruction by Shell of Statue That Stood Somewhere in 0aiiela Re.
 suited in Many Reproductions.

Yes, war does turn mems thoughts to religion. Go to gay. immoral Buds- pest. You find 1t today a city of sober people. You find In many of the shop windows the reproduction of famous statue that stood somewhere in Cali cia." relates the Christian Herald.
 It was a large cruciflx. A battle pivotpd around 1t. A shell struck the statue. lore away the entire cross and left the figure of the Christ standing and unscathrd. This event made Il tremendous impression upon the Hun ga rians.
 The story of it went through tho army like wiIdfire. At Budapest mini ature statues, showing the destroyed cross and the intact figure of the Christ. were at once manufactured. and put on sale. You can find them now, expensive or cheap. in nearly every Hungarian home.
 The pity of it Is that 1t seems to take u war To make some people think of these things.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
THE PARLOR PIG

The Department of Commerce Is pretty hard up for something to keep its horde of clerks going. Under date of December 9th the country was sprinkled with bulletin flor imme- diate release" announcing that $20.- 900 worth of food animals were kill ed on the tracks of the Central Geor- gia Railway during the first nine months of this year. This is made a basis of estimate for the entire coun- try, or a loss of $3,68O,OOO annual ly. Cattle. hogs. and geese are inciud- ed in the casualties" The Depart ment of Commerce ought to know that the northern and western far mers keep their hogs penned up. Hogs are not permitted to become in innate associates of our families. and that swaggering, free-lancing, devii- may-care democracy characteristics of the George razor-back would never for a moment be tolerated by us in the North and West. The Georgians may think we are putting on airs, but the Commerce bulletin is pretty good proof that the pig which holds un- disputed possession of corner in the front parlor is the pig which sooner or later comes to grief in argument with a locomotive.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
Agriculture In France.

The French government has under taken to supply the depleted ranks of the farmers and to give assistance to the amateur fariner by means of a correspondence course. which has been eagerly received. The pupil receives instructions as to a course of reading. the management of small experiment tal plot. the carrying out of simple experiments. visits to- neighbOrine farms, etc. The Union of Agricultural Syndicates. which has assumed charge of this work for the government, has appointed a number of monitors" to supervise the work of pupils. The pu- pills prepare monthly examination pa pers and render monthly reports.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
Make Your Own Fat Compound.

Make Your Own Fat Compound.
 Many folks object tu paying the pres ent high price for lard, but realize thnl al the price of hogs and with the prob able future demand it Is unlikely that the price will be reduced soon. It be. comes important, then. to find Il cheap pr satisfactory substitute. Dr. Louise Stanley of the Missouri college of az riculture. suggests that hOusewive: consider suet as Il source Of cheap fat Supt has not been as extensively uset us lard on account of its harder con sistency. It can be obtained ut about 10 cents Il pound. From this can b, obtained 14 ounces of pure fat at ' cost of IF cents a pound. In order to bring this to the consistency of lard it is only necessary to add oil in tn, proportion of one of oil to two part> of Suet. This gives compound fat which Is very satisfactory for genera! household Use. CottOnseed oil or GOTH oil can now he obtained at about Fl cents 6 pound. On the basis of tn. above proportions d satisfactory lard substitute can be had at a cost of l.? cents pound.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
Liuht Best Suited to Eyea

Recent investigations into the kind of light best suited to the eyes have important practical significance. The studies were made from the point of view of "cOntraSt" to determine the ideal contrast between the object looked at and the surrounding back, ground. It was found that the usual contrast in brightness between objects out of doors rarely exceeds the ratio of l to 20. The eye can detect con trasts as delicate as 98 to 100. In doors. contrast In light and shadow often runs as high as l to POO, and a dark window frame against a brigh, sky presents q contrast of l to 10000 The scale of contrasts best suited tU the eye lies atwren to 20 and to 100.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
RELIGION OF THE CHILDREN
Spirit of Faith, Hope and Love Toward the Father and Mother 10 on
 sprino's World.

We need not follow the nntiquarians back into the era of the cave dwellers in our search for the origin of religion. Religion Is reborn In the birth of every babe. says Lyman Abbott in the Out look. He needs n" teacher to tell him that he Is deprdeni on his mother for h!s food and widening sense of his helpless dependence on her grows with his widening experience. Her service to him nwakens his gratitude. her breeding love for him inspires III him an answering love.
 If she k wise as well as an alice donate mother. he carly recognizes her authority and learns that prompt obedience is one secret of happiness. If she loves and hOnOrS her husband hers 10 the strong stranger. If she has piety ns well us human affection. he dimIy perceives in her prayers at his by'lside an experience which he present.! wishes he might share. Thus there srows up in him spirit of dependence. gratitude. love, rever- rnce. obedience. faith-and this spirit ls religion. It antedates all theology. prpctsips thought. transcends defini- tion. Tine spirit of faith. hope and love toward father and mother Is the "hilds religion. The conception "f God and his duties toward God comes later.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
COL. HARVEY AT THE BAT

Col George Harvey, the man who is responsible for the election of Woodrow Wilson to the governor ship of New Jersey and later to the presidency of the United States, has contended from the beginning of the war that the United States should or ganize a war council of the country g leading statesmen at once and not wait for an upheaval like those which have overthrown many administra- tions in the European governments.
 In the latest issue of the North American Review Col. Harvey again deals with this subject:
 Tt is fearful responsibility that fate has put upon the president" he says. and he has the sympathies and the prayers of millions, but it is none the less maddening that he should persist in attempting to bear the whole burden alone. Again we inn plore him to abolish the latest make
  erworked heads of departments charged to meet once week, and draw to his aid the five biggest minds of the cOuntry-men of the calibre of Chief Justice Edward D. White and Elihu Root-and hold them at work every day and every hour that may be within the range of physical pos abilities. Surely, if. as the president warned our allies, unified direction is essential abroad, it is no less requis- ite at home"
 Col. Harvey thinks the change re- gently made in creating a new war council, consisting of the old board of national defense and five addi- tional supernumeraries. was for the worse rather than for the better. The larger the body. he points out, the less useful it is bound to be. "In point of fact" he goes on, "the new coun- cil is not council at all; 1t is week. ly town meeting, held every Monday morning. when at all times each member should be at his desk"
 Great Bfitain's greatest difficulty in organizing for the war was in the unwieldiness of it's war council. Final- ly Lloyd George simply took an axe and slashed right and left, and when he had finished. a compact but ef- fective organization composed of big men was the result. Will America have to come to that?
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21
To Reduce Airplane Explosions.

Airplanes equipped with machine guns run certain degree of risk from an explosion caused by the flame at the muzzle of the gun. Hence consid- erable study has been devoted to Ob- yiating this danger, and young Flor entine chemist Is said to haVarrecent- ly given q demonstration before an Italian military commission of . new powder invented. by him which burns Vithuut either flame or smoke and does not flare on detonatio0.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-21

THE TEMPLE OF THE SOUL. ~ OULS are built as temples gre V Sunken deep. unseen. unknown.
 Lies the sure foundation stone; O Then the courses framed to bear
 Lift the cloisters pillared fair, Last of all the airy spire. Soaring heavenward. higher and higher. Nearest sun and nearest star. Souls are built as temples are Inch by inch In gradual rise Mount the iayerel masOnries. Warning questions have their day, Kings arise and pass away, Laborers vanish one by one. Still the temple is not done. EtiIl completion seems afar. Souls are built as temples are Here a carving rich and quaint. There the image of saint: Here a deep hued pane to ;eI Sacred truth or miracle; Every little helps the much. Every careful. careless touch Adds a charm or leaves a scar. Souls are built as temples are Based on truths eternal law. Sure and steadfast, without flaw. Through the sunshine. through ths
 snows
 I'D and on the building goes; Every fair thing finds it's place. Every hard thing lends a grace. Every hand may make or mar.
 Susan Coolidge