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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
NAY COMPROMISE MOVIE suit
Stanley Corporation Willing to
Stop Oh bjectionable Practices

An agreement may be reached tomor-
row in the Federal suit against he
8{anley Booking Corporation charging
Q1fair methods and restraint oc trads
The hearing. conducted before Federal
xaminer w. T. Roberts in the Federal
aiding. was suddenly suspended this
4(ternoon until tomorrow morning al
~ O'Clock following a conference be-
tween counsel.
n George McCorkle and r. r. Kane, the
prosecuting attorneys. announced that a
Statement Of facts would be drawn up
which probably would be satisfactory TO
~ compiainants and the defendants.
The Agreement will be subject 10 ap-
Df0val Of the Federal Trade Commission.
II probably will contain an offer from
~ defendant concern to eliminate prac-
~ against which the Trade Commits
~ and motion picture exhibitors have
Gf1Gted. f,7 80
~ Stanley Booking Corporation Is
kEEest motion-p picture booking con-
- =. the city and controis numher
~ theatres,
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Ask Revocation
of B. e L. RuLinq
Continued from PAGE One


undivided profits. and undivided profits
must be regarded as surplus
Holds Bond Investments Irregular,
attorney General Brown did not share
this opinion and insisted that the state
laws governing building and loan asso-
cations did not permit them to loan
money to any person who was not bona
nae member of the association.
~ was the primary purpose of the
founders of these associations" said
tne states attorney, ito devise a system
.nat would make it easy for man TO
become home owner. Now. these asso-
ciations are cooperative affairs and op-
Grated ior the benefit Of members They
are entitled to borrow money for the
purcnase or homes, but directors of such
associatins ohave no right to go outside
and invest funds in bonds"
If we permit them to buy Liberty
Bonds we will be giving them broader
powers than the founders intended, and
that Will lead to the buying of other
things. Such action might lead to dis
aster."
Brown Adheres to Law
Joseph H. Pace, president of the as
sociatfon that led today's effort and
Attorneys Robert T. Corson and Thomas
II. McCarrey held that permission to
buy Liberty Bonds would not break
down the legal barriers that protect
the associations.
Il would like to find some way out
of the difficulty" concluded the Attorney
General. for l am just as anxious to
AID the Government as you, but must
adhere to the strict Interpretation Of the
State laws"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
ENEMY'S WEAKNESS
EXPOSED BY NIANGIN
Ludendorff's Defense System
Failure When Shock Troops
Are Lacking
By WALTER DURANTY
ocinI Gala fo E.nuiar D,.hEn n.

DPSSsht tuOte ~ EUtH"S uOtC LSugtf
CoppriOht. IorS. by the Ne,c York Times Co.
With the French Armies. Aug. 20.
The latest success of General Mangin's
Army, though on a minor scale, demon
strates once more the fundamental dan
ger of the German system of the forma-
tion Of shock divisions at the expense
of the rest of the army. Although the
Germans were holding strong positions
the Aisne, the French effected a mile
and a half advance on a ten-mile front
and gathered a total of $500 prisoners,
with losses so small as to be Negligible.
The enemy divisions were good aver
age holding troops whose weakness
against similar attacks by the Franco
Americans had already been shown in
similar operations preceding the Marne
counter-offensive.
Ludendorff's new depth defense, adopt
ed from the French and described fully
In recent dispatch, developed a flaw
when intrusted to other than shock
troops OF proved quality.
The scattered troops holding the out
post zone surrendered tamely at the
nrst onslaught instead Of holding up their
assailants to permit a counter-stroke by
the supports farther back, with the re-
suit that the French had already pene-
trated the combat zone and reached all
their objectives before even the German
artillery could react.
Sundays action bePan at An n, after
a sharp but very Violent artillery prepa-
ration. Similar bursts of shellirg had
been carried out by the French for the
last few days, so that the infantry as
sault took the foe largely by surprise.
The German divisions were holding
the front from the region from Audgni-
court and Rosette Hill, which dominates
the Carlepont plain
Independently Of subsequent OPERA
tions there Is immediate value in a
frmer foothold on the plateau. The ad-
vance brings the important road from
Amiens through Roye and Noyon to
Blerancourt under the fire of the French
field guns and-what is still more i'm
portant-inCreases the efficacy of the
heavy gunfire against the Laor-La Fere-
Chauny-Noyon railroad, a few miles to
the north which Is one of the most vital
German arteries.
Two weak counter-attacks, finally
launched this morning at s.: 80 near Fou-
raverre and east of the Tracy -Carlepont
road, were easily repelled, and the enemy
did not attempt further reaction. al
though the latest reports announce a
very violent cannonade on Mangin's
whole front
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DISCUSS WOMEN IN WAR WORK
Physicians and Other Experts
Hold Sessions Here

The kind of industries women are
best fitted for and ways and means to
protect them in war work were subjects
for discussion today at an executive ses-
sion of various physicians and noted
men and women representing the lead
ing war interests.
DR.. f. d. Patterson, chief of the di-
vision of hygiene of the Department of
Labor and Industry presided at the
meeting held in his office in the North
American Building. In attendance were
l.. r. Palmer. Of the Department of
Labor and Industry Miss Mary Van
Kleek. representing Secretary of War
Baker; Mrs, Samuel Semple, of the In
dustrial Board of the Department Of
Labor and Industry; DR.. Fanny Steese,
of the Goodrich Rubber Company,
Akron. Ohio; DR.. Elizabeth Bricker,
chief of the womans division. Depart
ment Of Labor and Industry: Captain
j. j. Riley, of the Ordnance Depart
ment; Captain A. J. Lamza, Gf the
Unhed States Public Health Service
DR.. L. A. Shoudy. chief physician for
the Bethlehem Steel Company; DR.. c.
A. Lauffer, chief physician for the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company. OF Pittsburgh DR.. Alfred c.
Marshall. of the u. G. l.. and Prof. AL
fred Stengei, of the University of Penn
Sylyania
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FOCH GRIPS LASSICNY:,
THREATENS NOYON

Paris, Aug. 20.
The French continue to extend and
consolidate their gains on both sides
OF Noyon. They have penetrated
further toward Roye and Lassigny
and the latter town virtually has been
occupied.
The Germans are furiously bonn
harding the entire region, while the
French are shelling Noyon from two
directions.
French troops are now firmly in pos
session Of the Lassigny and Carlepont
plateaus, the two gateposts of the
O1se, and are threatening Noyon. They
are within 5000 yards about five miles,
on that town from the SOUTH
General Mangin's artillery is sweep
ing all this territory except a mar.
row outlet toward Guiscard five miles
north OF Noyonl.
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Situation in Russia y
at Its Turning Point
Continued from Page One

is going to split u pinto a lot Of sepa.
rate states. we in the Archangel Gov
ernment, think the best thing we can
do is to put ourselves under England"
When at the end of March travelled
north from Petrograd to Murmansk
I found the arrival Of British troops
eagerly Anticipated all along the line.
That the Allied troops will be re-
ceived with sympathy by the local
population in the north is certain.
The fighting. such as it is. has not
gone entirely In our favor. A small
force that marched along the fiat road
from Omega Bay to outflank the Bol.
shevik force that was retiring along
the railway line seems tc nave suffered
a temporary setback at Obozerskaya,
That is slight misfortune that will
delay OUR movement toward .Vologda.
May Reach Czechs
What is of more importance for the
immediate purpose Of the expedition
is that british force has gone up
by boat along the northern Dvini to
koltas, one OF the most beautiful
stretches of river travel in Russia.
From Koltas a short branch railway
leads to Viatka, a considerable town
on the main line from Petrograd and
Vologda to Siberia. 1t was reported
recently that in Viatka the Bolshevik
regime, never firmly established, had
been overthrown by local insurrec-
ton.
From Viatka 1t Is not very far
through Perm to Ekaterinburg, which.
according to the last reports, was in
the hands of the zecho-Slovaks. The
prospects of the Allies getting into
touch with the CZecho- Slovak line in
the interior seems, therefore, to be
very favorable. But it must be re-
membered that all military operations
in the north, including the occupation
of strategic points, the maintenance
of communications and the creation Of
a Russian force must be carried out
with great energy before winter comes
on and before the Germans succeed In
effecting counter strokes.
The Bolsheviki are falling, though
reports that Lenine and TrotslSy have
left Moscow seem hardly credible, and
it is for many reasons highly improb-
able that they would take refuge in
Kronstadt, but their fall will leave
many complications, and the Allies
will have to exercise great tact and
caution in dealing with the new de.
velopments.
In tn Allied capitals the representa-.
tives of the various parties and
groups are pushing their claims, and
the British and French and American
public, unversed as 1t is in the intrica-
cies of Russian politics, may easily
become bewildered and wearied by the
multitude Of conflicting counselors.
Task to Free Russia
The task of the Allies in Russia is
clear. The work of the troops is to
help Russia free herself from the Ger
mans and to restore to her people lib
erty of action. We cannot and must
not impose on Russia any particular
political system, nor can we, while en-
gagged in the work to which we have
set our hand, allow ourselves to be
entangled with any particular faction
or promte anything we do to prejudice
the free reconstruction of Russia.
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ENEMY HARD HIT
BY AIR LOSSES
Finds Difficulty in Replac-
ing 1900 Machines Every
Thirty Days
293 DOWNED in MONTH
Losses in Action With Allies
Total 1854 Since Early
in January
293 DOWNED IN MONTH

1peo.al C0e cdbie to Evening Public Ledger
0O'''''o"'' 1913. bv.the Ne,o York Times Co.
Paris, Aug 20.
aris Is laughing at the absurd av,,r..
'ermarf airplane losses published IN
w Berlin communiuue of August 10
""'eh asserts that the total Iosses 20,
. were 12s airplanes and sixty-three
p'e balloons. The real figures n.
''s KNOWS them, show that cut Of aas
p,"nes doing duty last month on IN.
ae"ch front alone the Germans Lost
go NOBODY troubles to refer. 70 IN.
losses Of "sausages." which u,a,,,h..s,,,
'are been similarly minimized.
"hat Is known here in exact ana
ihdisputable figures is that since n.
BEGINNING of January the German. have
lost 1854 airplanes. as compared with
oo4 French machines brought down bv
the enemy
Inc text of German orders pub,,sb.6
mere SHOWS how anxious the enemv bs,
oecome as to airplane losses. An orde,
ISSUED to rthe 1880 German Infantrv
states fatty that owing TO the nresent
ieeoie resources of the German army In
.he department Of aviation. It is abso.
iu'eiy useless for any regiments to con-
tinue the practice of sending in COM
plants Of inefficient support afforded bv
tne German air authorities against Al
lied activity in the air.
Inc infantry the order states,
must make even more use than in the
past OF its own arms, such as machin.
guns. etc. for defense against Allied air.
planes.''
Calls for Planes Barred
In the same order regiments are natlv
forbidden &c send in further request. for
heip from airpanes. =
another order promulgated by the
commander Of the German First Army
IoInpIains pitifully of extremely heavy"
,ossss s',s, ootn In air planes and pilots, re-
marking that the most celebrated ana
accomplished German pilots have been
killed. Other sentences in captured or
ders show that the Germans are suffer-
ing daily from a slowing down in the
production of machines, Increased dim
cuities In developing new pilots and
mechanicians and the dire need for econ
omizing the available resources.
All this shows that the Germans have
arrived at the limit of effort they can
make in the way Of aerial warfare Az
present. according to data published
here, the utmost strength Of the German
air forces on the western front numbers
between $500 and 2700 machines. These
consist Of 200 bombarding machines, $50
for maintaining llaison with the infantry.
100 fighting machines and 100 for
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Official Var Reports
FRENCH


Paris, Aug. 20.
There were reciprocal bombardments
In the regions of Lassigny and Dres-
lincourt during the night.
Between the Disc and the Aslne
French troops occupied the village of
Vassens, to the northwest of Morsain,
last evening.
A surprise attack by the enemy west
of Maison-d de- Champagne was without
result.
The night was calm on the rest of
the front.
German airplanes bombarded Nancy
last night. 1t Is reported that six of
the civilian population were killed and
a score wounded
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
PARIS ORCHESTRA COMING
symphony Artists to Play Here
October IA

Philadelphia music lovers will have an
opportunity to hear the famous Paris
symphony Orchestra on Monday. OC-
tober IA. The famed musical organiza-
ton will tour the leading cities Of
America next fall under the auspices of
the French Government.
Arrangements for the tour We're com
pleted by the French high commissioner
and the United States Government. act
ing on a suggestion made by the French
Association for Musical Art, of New
York city, which will supervise the tour.
The orchestra will arrive in New York
in october, and will give the first con-
cert there and the second In Boston. AS
the e.ghty-siX members of the orchestra
are professors. in the National Con-
servatory Paris. the trip to this country
will be limited to fifty performances.
All profits will be turned over for war
relief purposes. The concert here will
be under the auspices of the French re-
lief committee of the Emergency Aid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
HOPED FOR HEAVY
LOSS TO ALLIES
Ludendorff Planned TO In.
fict Serious Casualties
on Attackers
CHANGED HIS TACTICS
Instructed Infantry Get Out of
Way and Leave Work to
Artillery
CHANGED HIS TACTICS
BY EDWIN T., JAMES

! tdote 10 EUe1ing Public Iedpe,
'''Dr'oht. 19rS. ty the Ncr York Times RI
WIZ" the American Army in France,
ABOUT the 4th Of July Ludendorff had
II all worked out what wop,d b,,,o, >,
-N'"ed forces II they made a bold
attack on the German lines. In n long
'Foer lated July he outlined the great
'"e'he OF defensive tactics. and wound
up by saying:
" could only be to our benefit II the
entente should attack"
:, "nlic with a good many OF his sol
elers thiS is now the case, Herr Luden-
aoril ana MS imperial master forgot the
"'irS "hlch have been wished for by
inc Allies for their own enjoyment. bene-
fits which have been reaned and ne co
which are still to come.
Too Many Captured
hoderdorff's order seems predicated
upon the principle that the best wav for
the German infantry to beat the Allied
,IitantrS was to get out of the way and
,et the artillery do II. His secret order
oeean by calling attention to the large
number of Germans captured in recent
attacks, which included the performance
OF the Americans in the region Of Cha
teau-Thierry
The order said that this showed the
German front lines were too strongly
heid. and that n more elastic front
should he used. keeping the main line
or resistance from 500 to 1000 meters
BACK. Then 1t outlined system Of out
posts to he sacrificed to engage the
enemy until "annihilatIng" artillery fire
fell On the fields of combat The order
does not specify what was to happen to
the Hun fighters in the zone of combat.
Ludendorff then tells the army there
is no need to bother about Allied attacks
In force. because the soldiers we're alto
gethtr lacking for such efforts. Never
theless he tells in these words what to
dc in such an eventuality:
when in Doubt, Retire
Tn case of attack methodically pre-
pared by artillery fire we lust as method
ically renounce the intention Of fighting
to keep hold of an advance zone, II Is
much better to evacuate it. It will
perhaps. he necessary later to determine
upon new line of resistance II we do
not succeed by our annihllating fire in
preventing the enemy establishing him
self in thc advance zone. We Will lGSe
some ground. It Is true. but the fear that
the troops of the Entente may be able
to cause us to fall back some kilometers
is absolutely unjustifiable. because the
Entente mas at its disposal just as few
men as we have for such attack. The
enemy generally attacks in dense lines.
We could not wish a more propitious oc-
cascn to infict losses upon him. The
command and troops should be prepared
for this and make the enemy suffer.
avoiding at the same time losses on our
side"
In conclusion the order says:
"If the manner in which the enemy
leaves any doubt as to whether
the garrison of an advanced zone should
retire or hold its ground. retirement
shall be ordered. 1t is always better
than to suffer losses in useless defense
of this advanced zone"
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When viii the Var End?
Next Year, Fighters Say

General March, Chief Of Staff
with eighty divisions of Amer
ican troops in France by June 80,
1919, we should be able to bring
the war to successful conclusion
before the end of next year"
The men in fighting line-"It
seems to be the consensus of the
best-informed army circles that the
war will be over next year. The
month of September. 1919, is often
mentioned as the time when the
Germans will have had enough"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
BRITISH

London, Aug. 20.
A successful minor operation was
carried out by us last evening be-
tween Vieux-Berquin and Outtersteen.
to the right Of our recent advance in
that sector. Our line was brought
forward to the neighborhood of the
Viex-B Berquin- road. We
took 1872 prisoners.
Last night the enemy four times
attacked posts established by us
northeast of Chilly. On each occasion
he was repulsed.
We successfully raided a German
post west Of Bray.
Our patrols made progress during
the night In the area between the
Lave and the Lys Rivers, and now.
are east of the Paradis-Merville road
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
USED Boys AS TARGETS
Youth. Training for War, Sent TO
Stone Pile for Practice

S'xteen-yPar-old John Maroney. of
Thirty-tourth and Wallace streets, be-
lieyes he win soon be called on to go
to war. To improve his aim when he
meets the Germans he used several boys
in the neighborhood for targets.
As Maroney is a s.rong-willed youth
the youngsters were afraid to complain
when he lined them up against the wall
of house and pelted them with stones,
Policeman Hendricks arrived and stop
ped Maroney's offensive.
Magistrate Harris told the prisoner
that breaking stones at the House OF
Correction was good preparation for war
and sent him there for three months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
By the Associated Press

With the British Army In France,
Aug. 20.-By withdrawing their forces
in the Merville sector of the Lys
salient the Germans definitely have
given up one of the points from which
drive for Calais logically would be
launched. This is taken to indicate
that the German high command has
at least for the time being, abandoned
hope of reaching the coast, and now,
perhaps, is chiefly concerned with get
ting the German lines back to a place
Of greater security.
The withdrawal here has been ex-
pected for some time, and it con-
tinued last night and today even on
slightly broader front than that Of
yesterday. The retirement marked the
conclusion and failure of the effort
which Germany launched early in the
spring to finish off" the British army
by driving through to the sea.
Other Withdrawals Continue
Other Withdrawals continue and the
British. taking advantage of the op-
portunity. have at various places
pushed forward where the enemy has
left small garrisons. The British also
have battered in the enemy at places
where he was not quite ready to re-
tire, such as between VieuX-Berquin
and the Hazebrouck. .Bailleul Railway.
Here a local operation gained all the
cbjectives. the British advancing their
positions some distance and capturing
one officer and 1S1 Of other ranks.
South of the Scarpe River (Arras
'front.' the British still further ad-
v4nced their lines, while their posi-.
tf6ns south of the River Somme We're
Improved by local actions. An enemy
attack which developed here yesterday
was a complete failure in every re-
spect, the Germans suffering heavy
casualties.
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FOE QUICKLY YIELDS
ON OISE.AISNE LINE
By the Associated Press


WIN the French Army In France. Aug
The initial gain of the plateau over
the entire front of the French attack
berween the Aisne and the Disc was
1900 yards, all detectives being reached
Prisoners say that the spirit of the Ger
man troops holding that part Of the
Hpe was depressed greatly. Widening
snd coppleting the operation on Sunday
ueneraV Mangin's troops advanced to
the ravine of Audignicourt and 10 the
heights that dominate the Carlepoint
Flair. The German artillery came into
attion only when the French had pene-
trated the lines.
The sparse number of troops in the
nont lineeaEd the delay in the reaction
81 the German artillery recalled General
Ludendorff's order that in View of pre-
vfous heavy losses the front lines should
not be hem heavily and the the weaker
the artillery was the deeper should be
the advanced zone. The Germans here
appear to have carried out the order
In spirit ard to the letter except that
portion enIoining them when in doubt
whether 10 hold out or TO retire to
ebandon their positions. General Man
gtn's advance was SO swift that the
enemy had nc choice.
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Lieut.. Mccall Home for Visit

Joseph B. Mccall. .Ir.. brother Of the
late Captain Howard C, Mccall. has Just
been graduated from the officers trail
sion as second lieutenant in the field ar
tillery. He and his wife. who was Miss
Louisa Gibbons Davis. are spending his
leave of absence with their families. and
he returns to Camp Zachary Taylor,
near Louisville. KY, on Thursday. where
he reports for duty with the United
states army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
U. S. STIRS "QUIET" SECTORS
Boches Complain at Being Dis
turbed in Vosges

-, with the French Army. Aug. 90
Inc capture of the village of Frapelle
py American troops Is an Interesting de-
.elopment of recent operations. bring
ing attention back to the Vosges front.
which had been dormant for n long time.
The soldiers under command of Duke
aiprecht of Wurttemberg complain that
tne Americans have started the war all
over again on the quiet" sectors Of the
front in Alsace- Lorraine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
MILAN GREETS AMERICANS
Delegates From United States
Welcomed to Italian City

Milan, Italy. Aug. 20.-Members. of
Social Democratic League delegation
from the United States, which is visiting
European countries were given an en-
thusiastic reception here today.
Manifestos were distributed through
out the streets urging the workmen TO
give brotheriy welcome to the dele
gates