tWre "" sb;, ..?. ...u VjpJu tl ' EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 191-t. T GERMANS YIOLMBD ALL RULES OF WAR, BELGIANS CHARGE English Parliament Investi gates Numerous and Grave Atrocities Alleged in Sec ond Report. LONDON, Sept. 15. New charges against tha German troops which Invaded Belgium wero made public hers today by tha Belgian legation In the second detailed report of atrocities, that the commission, now In Amortca, will call to the attention of President Wilson. The report of the commission which Investigated the nl loged atrocities, after citing numerous outrages at Louvaln and elsewhere, makes the following conclusions! "That the occupation of any town by Germans was systematically accompa nied by acts of violence against the civil population contrary to both the usages of war and tho most elementary princi ples of humanity. "Tlio procedure everywhere was tho same. The Germans, advancing along tho roads, shot Inoffensive passers-by and peasants working In the fields. They re quisitioned food In the t Hinges. They continued to consumo all liquor to bo obtained until thoy became Intoxicated and then followed Ore, murder, pillage and deliberate cruelties against the Inhabi tants, without respect for ago or sex. "Prom several places the male popula tion was sent to Germany to work In the harvest fields. The women, left alone and unprotected, wero then ordered to return to their houses, but to leave tho doors open throughout the night. "Numerous witnesses have declared that tho Germans, when attacking a town, placed civilian men and women In the front rank. They used white flag and Ited Cross flags for the purpose, of being able to approach our troops with Impun ity: fired on our ambulances and maltreat ed and even killed wounded. There Is also absolute evidence of tho use of dum dum bullets. Among numerous details the commis sion reports: "The German army entered I.ouvaln August 19, having burned villages throuch which they passed. They burst In tho doors of untenanted houses, pillaged and committed other excesses. The Mayor of the city, the lco rector of the univer sity and a number of other notihles. In cluding a member of the Senate, were seized as hostages. All of the weapon of the residents of the city had previous ly been turned over to the municipal nuthorltles. Fire raged in Louvaln three days. "At Hofstnde tho Belgians found the corpse of an old woman who had been stabbed to death with bayonets. Nearby . lay the body of a 15-year-old boy. his -body pierced In many places. The corpse oY a non-combatant was found hanging in a tree. "Belgian Red Cross workers, wounded Belgian soldiers and priests wero mal treated. It seemed as though tho Ger mans picked out the clergymen particu larly for their brutal acts. "At Esmael the bodies of two men, partly burned, were found. One witness ays ho saw an old man tied up to the rafters of a farmhouse near Mallnes The trur'c had then been burned, but the head, " . u.' v-"l feet were untouched by (ire. "Numerous corpses of peasants lay upon the ground In positions of supplication. "At Wackerzell seven German soldiers mistreated a woman and then killed her. At Buecken many Inhabitants weie killed. Including an octogenarian priest. Near Wolverth the Germans picked up two wounded Belgian soldiers and threw them Into a burning house. "Witnesses counted 50 corpses along the road from Termonde to Louvaln, which the German army had traversed. "Occupation of any community was Fystematleally accompanied by violence against the civilian population." LONDON, Sept. 15. Premier Asqnith announced In the House, of Commons this afternoon that the Government had begun formal step to Investigate the charges of German atrocities In Belgium. DEAD SUPPORTED BY DEAD HAVE NO PLACE TO FALL Terrible Scenes of Carnage During Wild Flight of Germans Told by Wound ed French Soldier. it 1 M CAMDEN TAX BOARD ADDS '"" T0 UTILITY ASSESSMENT Total Increased to 501,875 on Hold ings in That County. The Camden County Boar I of Taxation today sent letters to the Camden Board of City Assessors noticing them that the assessments on utility companies nave i been increased to a total of W1,S75 About tx weeks ago the Board of Taxation ' lade a request to the utility companies i oat they make statements showing the i ature and amount of property undr their control: this request was Ignored id the present Increase of assessments I , a direct result of their failure to com p y with the request. The companies may file appeals to the decision until December 15. The effects of this Increase on soma of the larger companies follows: Former Now assess- juss- Jne. meat mnt. l.c. Camdn and Suburban Hailroad Jt W tfie.Min w Same l.Vi.000 2I3.WO So Btockton Water fo.. . 130. SGA SCO : 5) Bnuth Jersey Gas and Klectrlo Traction rD. . . 110,000 S30,0"jO 100 Eime (on property eper- ated by Public Service Corpnralton) .. J31.7M 34T,5 BO Delaware and Atlantic Teletihotia and Tele graph Co inlli lOO.OrtO 1,-ACOO 50 Eastern Telephone and Telegraph (Kts'.ionai. 7,1 W 08.710 ;j $1000 TOWARD RELIEF FUND FOR PALESTINE Contributions at Meeting Addressed by Brandeis and Doctor Levin. An appeal for aid for about 1000 Jews Mattered throughout the Zionist colonies in Palestine and who are now suffering privation as a result of the European war was made by Iiuls D. Branduis, lawyer and publicist of Boston, and Dr. Shinirlyuha Levin", a former member of tha Douma and would-renowned Jeutbh. Nationalist leader, nt a meeting last night In Musical Fund Hall. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Zionist Federation. It was explained that because of the war In Europe the material support that Jews In Palestine hitherto had received from their brethren In all parts of Europehas been cut off It Is the purpose f the Zionist Federation to col lect a fund of J100.OQ0 in this country fdr the relief of the destituto In Pales tine. Contributions of ll&"0 were received t last night's meeting In addition to the two speakers brought here, Dr. Solo mon Bolls-Cohen, of this city, made un address. FIND MISSING PHILADELPHIA! ATLANTIC CITV. N. J.. Sept. IS -Jacob Llchtcnstcin, 73 ears old, a wealthy Phil adelphlan, who disappeared from the home of hU sons here with a large sum of money In his possession and who. It wsj feared, had met with foul play, has been found in Youngstown, O. Itelatlves of the aged wanderer left today to bring bla home. LONDON, Sept 15. "The Hermans fled like animals who knew they had been cornered," Is the graphic description of the Gorman retreat given by an English correspondent, tele graphing from Melun, southeast of Paris. Ills story follows: "I have Just come from Orleans, where the hospltnls are full of men, young men and men In the prime of life, who havo laid their youth and strength upon the blood-drenched altar of freedom T have seen lghts too horrible to speak of sights which cannot be described by one who In the selfishness of his own health, tries to blot thorn from memory. "I havo seen, too. heroism of the most exalted kind by splendid women, whoso work of love and mercy Is so great that no praise ever can recompense It. "I have traveled through dark forcts and witnessed hundreds of Innelv biv ouacs; farm carts with a couple of goats tethered to the wheels, n team of oxen browsing nearby, and the peasant and his wife nnd children gathered about a little tire I havo seen women, famished and terrified, fleeing across the long stretches of the country with their chil dren. Every mllo held an Invisible terror for them. "I have Just spoken with n soldier who has returned wounded from the pursuit that will go down In history along with tho terrible retreat from Moscow ns one of the crowning catastrophes of the world "This soldier, speaking of the German retreat, snld to me: " 'They fled like animals who knew they had been cornered. Their retreat at times eomed Incredible to me. As we followed them we found the roadways for mile after mile littered with guns. knnparks and cartridge belts, which the German hail dropped so as to llchten the load they had to carrv. We also found Mnlms and heavy cannon. " 'And along the roads we found piles of dead horse, stacks of dead men. In ome of the righting the German were eo close together that when the dead and wounded fell thoy formed little piles around the IKIng, and when others of the living were shot they had no place to fall. The dead supported them and the iat to be shot remained standing on their feet. " "The sights that met our eyes wer horrible and lnrredl'ile horrible beyond the power of words to tell "Tremendous efforts have been mndo to bury the dead, but the tak Is a colos sal one. One cannot bury whole armies In a dav, To ndd to the horrors of the situation are the birds of carrion, which hover over the fields waiting a chance to swoop down and tear to pieces all that is left now of what was once an army of living, breathing men In tho prime of health. "I have heard, too, that ghoul? have been operating among the dead, rushing to the fields where the dea dlle nnd tak ing from the clothes of the dead nil the valuables that may be therein. "In the villages the dead and wounded make nn endles multitude. Doctor. nnd nurse are working feverishly reseuing the wounded from among the plies of dead, nnd then they try hard to bring hack the ebbing spirit of those whom thev have rescued. Thev eare lust as tenderly for the wounded German ns thev do for thoe of France nnd Kng'and. "Whenever a wounded soldier I found he Is at once given 'first aid to t!ie In jured ' Ambulances, moving from over 100 different points, then rarrv the wound ed back to their temporarv hnpital. from which big staffs of nures and doc tors give them further aid "The bravery and the stoicism nf the wounded amazed me. I saw hundred of them, some almost shot to pieces, lifted from the ground Into nn ambulance. Every move meant terrible agony to them. Yet none winced Nn com plained. The face of some were white and drawn with pain, hut thev never uttered a word of protest. Pome even smiled through their suffering, passed some, lltle Joke, and graciously thanked the nurse. nnd doctor for the aid that had been given to them. FRENCH OFFICER SHOT AS TRAITOR TO COUNTRY Wife Was Germnn-born, Reported Cause of His Conduct nt Kamur, NEW YORK. Sept 15.-According to a story related here today by Ralph Dewey, an American merchant of 5S1 Fifth nve nue, who has lived In Paris 13 years, General Pereln. of the French army, nan sentenced to death nnd shot following Pereln's conviction before a field court martial on charges of being a traitor. Reports have reached this country that h? was killed by another Fronch officer because the alleged traitor had surren dered Namur to the Germans without a good flsht, but no confirmation of the Incident has been received except Mr. Dewey's assertion. Mr. Dewey said Pereln commanded about CO.OX) troops and had received or ders to rush to tho relief of tho British Belgian forces operating near Namur, but the Frenchman did not obey them. "It was brought out at General Percln's trial that ho was married to a German woman," said Mr. Dewey, "that he was a member of a secrot society which Is strong In Germany, and that he had fre qumily Ulted that country. 'When Mueationed as to why ho had not otityed his orders he mndo n trivial cxtuse, and he was sentenced tu death and bhot within an hour." 400 DESERT AUSTRIAN ARMY Reported to Have, Joined Movement Against Serejevo, CRTTINJE. Sept. 15. It is stated here that I.leuteant l.lacoff, an Austrian officer, and 400 Austrian Slavs have deserted from tho Austrian army and volunteered for service with the combined Servian-Montenegrin armies which are moving against Serejevo. COLOGNE PAPER SUPPRESSED AMSTERDAM. Sept. 13. A dispatch from Culugne says that the Cologne Vulks Zeltung was suspended (.n September 11 because It published an ankle criticising the Kaiser's accusation that Belgian priests had committed cruel, ties upon Injured German nurses. UNIONIST RUMORS DENIED Lord Lansdowne Declares They Will Support the Government. LONDON. Sept 15 -Flat denials of rumors that the ("nionlsts would refits to back the Government In its war pol icy was made in the House of Loid to day by Lord lansdowne He di .orecl the Opposition would continue Vt sup port the Government. wBF - --d - w-" iyt W$' $ ''WSSSx mm ;v "; f o "!.' , Inn !- ' "m--jf!rSr il .. iiiHBifif niifTrmrrr 'n P FIRST-PRIZE WINNER AT "INFANT EFFICIENCY" SHOW John Mullin, 14 months old, picked his mother from a throng, played games and won honors at Woman's Hospital contest. STORIES OF ADVENTURE FROM THE SCENE OF WAR The proposal by the British to wear whlto In memory of the gallant dead means the revival of nn old custom. Until five centuries ago white wns tho accepted mourning color In Europe, nnd Anne, Queen of Charles II of France, who In 1403 dressed In black on her husband's death, seems to have been tho originator of what Is now tho general custom. An Incident of the German rout comes from a tourist agency whero great de light Is expressed at a recaptured "rub berneck" wagon which was necustomed throughout tho summer to carry Ameri can visitors around the city to the Hols, suburbs and race courses. Requisitioned for the transport of troops, Its driver a familiar figure In the Tlace de I'Opern, who was nicknamed Cent Kilos because ho Is barely five feet tall managed to avoid capture when tho machine was selezd by the Germans near Complegne. Since then ho has accompa nied the French forces disconsolate, but wns overjoyed on Friday to discover that his beloved wagon had been nbandoned near Meaux. Tt Is still Intact, though bat tered and riddled by bultets. "One of the most venerable Ikons In Russia, representing a vision of tho Virgin to the Russian Saint Scrglus Radonejsky at tho time of the overthrow ing of the Tartar Yoke, has arrived from Moscow at the headquarters of the Grand Duke Xlcholaevltch at the front. It ua received by tho Grand Duke and his staff and a procession of clergy. "This Ikon has nccompanled the Rus sian armies since the time of Alexis, father of Peter the Great." Territorials are largely temperance men; tho old Eervlce recruit got blind drunk a. n wny of celebrating his enlist ment. Your "terrlor" drinks ginger beer or lemonade and has a sneaking pen chant for chocolate. What they ate In 1ST0 during the slego of Paris Is of Interest at the present Junc ture. Elephant soup took tho placo of turtle, kangaroos and bears wero In the entree division, while stuffed donkey's head wns considered n delicacy. Later roast wolf and roast cat garnished with rats were not de.spifed. Altogether a culi nniy icgime more curious than appetiz ing. Indignant advertisements "Wanted, petticoats for nil able-bodied men" Is a fair example are appearing In the agony columns of tho English papers. But tho fact Is that recruiting Is progressing wonderfully. The news of the first big battle greatly stimulated It, men flocked to Scotland Yard ti enlist. The record recruiting day, so far. was Tuesday, Sep tember 1, when S00O enlisted. The olllcers are much plasscd with the kind of ma terial that is coming in. Lord Portsmouth recently visited the French I'mpress Eugenie nt her homo in Hampshire. Ho found the Illustrious l.tdy full of courage ami devotion to tho French cause. In explaining her failure to treat her guest as she would havo de sired, the Empress snld: "1 cannot give you dinner because most of tho men of my kitchen havo griw to war." A correspondent In France describe. an Incident at Havre when the U. S. S. Tennessee lay In the harbor and a Brit ish transport with her decks thronged with toldiers passed her. The American battleship dipped tho Stars and Stripes and suddenly tho British Tommies lm.ku Into "Ru'.o Britannia." Then says the coruspi.ndcnt the most amazing thing happened. 1 heard It, thrilled The gal lant American sailors took up the roll ing chorus, "Rule Britannia: Britannia rules tho waves, Britons never, nbver, never shall be slaves." It wns tho mot perfect net of brothcr Ilness which I have ever witnessed. A report from rarl3 says that somo of the French soldiers have discovered that the Germans are very unwilling to face the black troops from Senegal. Taking advantago of this fact they havo enro fully blacked their faces with burnt cork before charging the enemy. This, added to tho horrible yells to which they glvo vent, seems to have had considerable ef fect. On ono occasion a body of Ger mans simply turned tall nnd fled llko rabbits when they saw these Christy minstrel Sencgalcso charging them. This Is a story of a soldier who took part In defenso of Mnubcugo: "The Germans commenced the nttack on August 23. On September 1 a shell fell on the fort nnd exploded In tho com mander's room. He then led us Into the entrance of tho tower, which was brought down two hours later. Wo could hardly breatho In this Btufty little corridor nnd thought that our last mlnuto had ar rived. "All of tis, even the most optimistic, prayed on bonded knee. When things became n little calmer the commander told us to save ourselves tho best way we could. Ho advised us to change our military uniforms for clvlllnn clothes If possible. This most of us did at neigh boring farms. For several days we hid In tho woods all of tho time, knowing that we were being tracked llko stags. Four or five nights passed without sleep and we only ate wild pears. Later, how ever, I managed to escape to Roubaix, tired out, famished." A wounded private told of the breaking up of an English tea pnrty In relating the story of a surprise attack by the Ger mans. British soldiers wero boiling water for the tea when tho Germans dropped a shell In their midst and drove them to cover. A wounded Scots Grey in London said: "The mistake tho German mako is In assuming you can go on forever without noticing your butcher's. Some of these days the German mnchlne will break down because the men directing It mako no allowance for the limitations of lltsh and blood." A veteran of the South African War said of the lighting in France: "The Boer War was a gumo of skit tles to this. The Germans came In masses. It was like shooting rabbits, only as toon as you shot one another came up In his place." The German strategy of concentrating artillery lire on one point for consider able time had a terrible effect on the nerves of some soldiers. Tho din nnd noise and screeching of shells Is ter rible. Many of the men stuff their ears with cotton wool nnd tear up hand kerchiefs for tho same purpose. Tulip bread Is being eaten In Amster dam with a relish. The scareltv of wheat forced the bakers to stop making whole wheat loaves, and they nre now making their brend with one part wheat and two parts ground tulip bulbs. The bread is pronounced very good and nourishing. Tho War Department has commended Its use for the army. England hns forgotten the Sultan of Zanzibar. The ruler has been hard hit by the war. Ho Is marooned In I'ails with onlv J.", and has IS dusky wives to feed. Ills regular pension has not been paid by England and the Sultnn applbd to Ambassador Herrlck for relief. The latter will tako It up with Sir Edward Orty, the British Foreign Secretary. REMNANTS OF AUSTRIANS RALLY AGAINST RUSSIANS Torn Troops Reform Behind San River Defenses. VIENNA By way of Rome), Sept. 15. Although no effort Is being made to tlis gutee th fact that th Austrian army Buffered an overwhelming defeat In the earlier fighting In Gallclu, it is now stated at headquarters of the General Staff that the situation U Improving. Tho Austrtans lire bolng reformed under the protection of the San river defenses and are exptcted to hold their positions there Indefinitely. It Is stated that from the inception of the war the Austrians have been outnumbered four and five to ono by the Russians. Yet despite the dis parity In odda the army has fought hard and Its feplrit Is declared to be excellent. The Ut classes of the landsturm have been called to tho colors, but there are no uniforms or equipment for them and they will be held at the concentration camps until uniforms and rtlles can be procured from the outlying fortresses. une of the serious problems confront ing tho commanders at the front Is the fact that thu Russian artillery Is far superior to the Austrian. It has a much longer range with the result that In etery battle to date the Auktrian artll Itry has been practically useless In sup porting the Infantry. This condition will change when the Austrians begin fighting under the pro tection f their foj-tlhcutlons. which nre all iupplled with Krupp guns of tho lat ent type. The economic situation Is most serious. Food prices are constantly advancing and the supply -of fresh meats Is dwindling alarmingly. Effoits of the Government to float a loan have so far proven a failure and only the general moratorium pre vents the failure of a number of leading Austrian firms. The army of the unem ployed Is a growing; menace at the capital. DISSATISFIED BANKS TO HAVE NO HEARING NOW Re-districting Petitions Must Walt Until New System la Orgnaized. WASHINGTON, Sept. lS.-Demands of New Jersey banks to bo Included In the New York regional rescrvo bank dis trict; of Baltimore to be excluded from the Richmond district: of Omaha to be excluded from the Kansas City district, nnd other similar protests will not be acted upon until after the new currency stem Is organized und placed In oper ation, members of the Federal Reserve Board suld today. To suspend opera tion of tha new bank system until such protests can be settled would lay the board open to criticism, members stated. Full and formal hearings will be given the complaining cities, which may consumo months tho board pointing out that It has power to redUtrict cities at ttny time, but pending the hearings, the divisions of the "organzatlon committee" will be put Into effect. BERLIN DISTRUSTS WAR OFFICE DENIAL OF ALLIES' VICTORY Crowds Gather on Streets, Demanding the Truth. Whispers of Socialist Up rising in Interior of Germany. LONDON, Sept. IB, Gloom prevails throughout Germany In spite of tho German War Oulco's denial thnt tho Invasion of Franco has been checked, according to dispatches received here. Excitement over reports of Ger man defealn persist and In Berlin people are congregating on the streets, demand ing to know the truth. In Munich news paper ofllccs nre besieged. Advises from Berlin admit repulses nt tome points owing to the preponderance of tho allies' forces, but dcclaros that these at tho most nre but partial victories, not hindering tho general German ad vance. It declares that the battlo In France was without decision up till Mon day night The Government Is making public only somo of the losses and tho newspapers are carrying only a small pcrcentngo of even tho official lists. Tliero Is declared to bo grave discontent bccauBo tho Government hns failed to make any provision for the unemployed. Business generally Is at a standstill and tho leading Socialist news papers are complaining because tho Gov ernment Is employing prlsonern on road work Instead of hiring German unem ployed. Some of the reports received from Inte rior Germany say that already there nre whispers of an uprising by the Socialists, who feel that tho country lias been de ceived by the Knlsor. These reports, how ever, arc extremely vague and Impossible of verification. Letters to the Dally Telegraph from Its correspondent at Stockholm say that Ber lin has undergone stnrtllng changes In the last two weeks. Tho Blnglng, shout ing, enthusiastic mob that thronged the streets a fortnight ago hns divided Into hundreds of little groups thnt stand nbout discussing news of the day In low voices. The stream of humanity that nightly .nnvoAii ,,n nnri ilmvn TTnter den Linden -"' " ..,' .... - . - -- - hns thinned. It hn lost us ooisteroua ncss. Lnndsturm call to colors has drawn heavily on tho male population In Ber lin. Women fill beer garden now, with a sprinkling of older mon nnd, here nnd there, soldiers In gray carrying nrms In slings. Confidence was the spirit of nil two weeks ago; today It Is doubt. MAYOR BLANKENBURG HOME AND READY FOR WORK Loan nnd Transit Messngo Completed. To Discuss Penrose Later. The Mayor and Mrs. Blankenburg ar rived nt North Philadelphia Station this morning from Atlantic City, and the for mer said with a broad smilo that ho was ready for action. Ills first ofllclnl net was to close the straw hat season. Mrs Blankenburg brought tho Mayor's black fedora from Atlantic City, and, at her resquest, he donned It ns he got In his automobile. When questioned concerning Pennsyl vania politics and the opposition to Sen ntor Penrose, Mr. Blankenburg said sig nificantly, "I will havo something to say nbout that In a few days." He said thnt his message to Councils on the loan prop osltion was virtually completed, and that the transit situation would also bo dealt with In the communication. Although he looked tired, the Mayor said ho felt very well und would prob ably bo In his office tomorrow. He went to Atlantic City two weeks ago after closing his home at Pocono Pines, CHILDREN SAVE FATHERS FROM SENTENCE BY COURT Clemency Is Granted Because of Large Family. The nine children of Frederick Hart man, 2210 Pratt street, Baved him from prison today. Hartman w-as arrested on it charge of cruelty preferred by his wife. lie was arraigned before Magistrate Campbell In the Belgrade and Clearfield streets police station. The Magistrate wns about to end Hart man to the House of Correction when he learned that he had nine chlldien to sup port. After scathingly denouncing him for his neglect, ho sent Hartman back to work nnd advised Mrs. Ilaitmnn to take the matter up with the Municipal Court, if her husband again failed to provide for his family. Six little children and his wlfo saved Harry Barr, a Gladwyn. Montgomery County farmer, from being fined today by Magistrate Grellls, for driving Into Phila delphia with a horse that was badly crippled. McCurry and Venule, agents for tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, arrested Barr In Manuyunk. Ho said ho bought the horse for J12 two days ago, nnd was compelled to uso It to make money to support his large family. The horse was taken from him and he was released, COLONEL PUSEY RETURNS PALMEU-M'CORMICK LEAGUE Executive Committee Will Meet To morrow Afternoon, The Palmer-Mcf'ormick Lcugue has Is sued a call for a .nesting of the Executive I'ommlttee at 3 u'cluck tomorrow after noon, and tor a meeting of the general body at . tomorrow night. Announce ments of fui titer ward organizations will te announced at that time. I'p tu toda organizations have been perfected In 39 wards. The last of these was In the Second Ward last night, where John C. MrClnnis was chosen chairman. Interested While in Canada in Mo bilization of the Troops, Colonel Fred. Taylor Pusey, of Gover nor Tenor's staff, has returned from a motor trip through Canada, mado spe cially Interesting by tho sight of mobil ization of the Canadian troops for the European war. Colonel Pus-jy said that the patriotism of tho Canadians ran high, and even lone soldiers In uniform were greeted by cheers of tho men and the hand-clapping of tho women. Cclonel Pusey did not Bee any of the troops dpart, but the men were armed and ready for the cnll. At Quebec the Col onel nnd Mrs. Pusey saw the cruisers Nlobo. Essex nnd Glory In the harbor. There wns a constant stream of visitors tu the ships. The Canadians, according to Colonol Pusey. are confident of the victory of tho English arms, and are lending loyal aid to the mother country. Colonel and Mrs. Pusey were away three weeks. COFFEE LEADS TO PLEDGE PARTY TITLE PRE-EMPTED An affldait. pro-empting the title "The Federated CitUen Party of the Four teenth Representative District" as a political appellation has been filed in Court of Common PJcaa No. h Magistrate Makes One Sign and Holds Another. Because a cup of coffee had not been raid for, Magistrate Grellls made one man sign the pledge, and held another In 1500 ball for causing a disturbance today In the restaurant of Mrs. Rose Bowman, 4451 Ridge avenue. Thomas Murphy, a laborer, agreed not to drink intoxicants again, while Clarence Leffler. also a laborer, who said he hail no home, went to jail In default. He eald he had been drinking The men were arrested by McLaughlin, a policeman, and bad hearings In the Thirteenth District station. $5,000,000 FUND Foft NEEDY Methodist Ministers Plan Relief for Aged, Sick and Dependent. CHICAGO, 8ept IS. A plan to ralso a fund of $5,000,000 for aged and sick Metho dist ministers and their dependents was outlined here today nt the Methodist ministers meeting by J, C, Hlngely, cor responding secretary of the board of conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the World. A committee was appointed to further tho suggestion, Methodist clergymen hero were much Interested when told today of the Chi cagp plan. Thoy gavo It their Indorse ment nt tho last annual meeting of the Philadelphia Conference. Tho Itev, Dr. Frank P. Parkin, a dis trict superintendent, said church people wero beginning to believe that tho men who gavo their lives, after spending much time and money for education, to the cause of Christianity, were deserving of as much consideration as policemen, fire men, soldiers, sailors nnd others when old nnd unablo to work. According to tho plan of Dr. Hlngely, Philadelphia clergymen unablo to work, or those dependent on them for support, would recclvo $10 pension nnnually for each year tho minister had been In nctlvo pastoral work. Between 80 and 100 per sons In tho conference would benefit. CANADA BECOMES FERTILE FIELD FOR AMERICAN EXPORTS Interdiction of. Austro-Gcr-man Wars and Stoppage of European Trade Creates Receptive Market. Great opportunities nro available for tho establishment of an enormously In creased export trado with Canada In "mado In America" goods, according to Dudley Bartlctt, chief of tho Forolgn Trado Bureau of tho Philadelphia Com mercial Museums. These opportunities nro a direct result of tho European war, through the action of the Canadian Min ister of Customs In prohibiting the Im portation Into Canada of goods from Ger many and Austria-Hungary. Tho Im ports from theso two countries Into Can ada amounted In round numbers to ?1C, 000,000 annually. It was also pointed out that tho Imports from Frnnce, Belgium and Russia, which for the time being arc as effectively cut oft ns If they wero forbidden, nmounted approximately to J20.000.COO a year. So this prohibited nnd Interrupted Import trade of Canada totals $30,000,000. "It Is reasonable," Chief Bartlctt says, "to assumo that Canada will be In tho market for substitutes for tho goods which mako up this total. That thoy will havo to be Imported 1 a rcasonablo assumption. It Is hardly likely that tho Canadian manufacturers at this time nro In a position to mako up the deficit, though they may selzo tho moment to develop along the necessary manufactur ing lines. This leaves two alternatives: Importation from Great Britain or from the United States. It Is hardly reason able to expect that British manufac turers will be able to tako advantage of the present opportunity. On the other hand, It would not be surprising If Im ports from the mother country, which amounted to $130,&I6,35 last year, should bo temporarily curtailed." The present opportunity for American manufacturers in Canada Is principally In the lines here enumerated. And to mako the Information of practical valuu the Importation on the lines glvui from each of the belligerent countries are also given for tho fiscul year ending March 31, 131S: Daikots nelBlum, $13,32t: Trance, JG.173; armany, tL'.'t.'.iO'J. I)room France, $t.in,SH; Germany. JW.OIO. Clocks-Germany. J11H.5W. Cutlery Herman, JlOU.oon. Glass tahlerfra and cut glass -Austria-Hun-eary. 31,'J1S; (Jermany, f (VI "(HI. Hosiery, cottnn fiermany, $111,80. Lamp chlmnHy Austrla-lluniwry, I1,1M: Germany, fli'.W. huuar Germany, $300, W. Tahlewaro nnd china Austrla-llunmry, 7.1.7SS. Germany. fP.00.5V!. Tires, locomotive unj car wheels Germany, SR20,noo, Woolen underwear Germany, ISIMM. Woolen knit Koods Germany, JKU.lS'l. Regarding tho Canadian tariff, British goods enter Canada under tho "preferen tial tariff," mst of tho Fiench goods under tho "Intermediate tariff" and nil American goods under the "general tar iff." The preference plven to British goods Is geneially from 20 to 10 per cent, of tho duties en American goods SCOTCH GIANT HERE Alien Is Asked to Be Seated During Immigrant Investigation. A Scotch giant confronted Inspector Dames, of the Immigration Bureau, to dav when he boarded the British tteam Bhlp Graclana. upon her arrival here from I.elth, Scotland. Barnes Is no mldgit, but the youth towered so far above him that tho Inspector Invited the passenger to be seated while tho usual alien examination was being conducted. The Scotihmnti gavo his nge aH P) years. He was sU feet live nnd nic-quaitor Incites, and weighed nearly i pounds. He fluid he wns John f'herrv, from Mnsse boro, Scotland bound for New Oi leans to make his homo with his uncle. William S. Shlll. When asked why he did not enlist In the army to help England crush Gennanv, he said he felt that the British army could take care of ItEilf without his assistance, but If he felt that ho was needed ho would return. CZAR'S AMBITION ' TO COMMAND TROOPS THAT TAKE BERLIN Embittered at Kaiser, Planj to Occupy German Capital at Any Cost Abandons Hungarian Campaign. PETROGEAD, Sept. 1J, That the proposed Invasion of Hon gnry by a strong ItUBslan body has btea definitely abandoned was Intimated hi today. It Is realized by the Ituiilm General Staff that tho German resistance will be very strong, and It has been dell, nltely decided that the entire IUusn field army, first and second line troops, will be retained for tho capturo of Berlin. The Czar Is determined that Berlin shall be taken If It costs tho EussUo Empire Its entlro fighting strength. Hi, former friendship for the Kaiser hai been replaced by an enmity which cowl ofllclnls say Is tho most bitter he hit Indicated ngalnst any one. He Is deter, mined that his forces will tako Berlin and that ho will ride Into the city at the head of his troops. Because of this It Is officially stated that thero will bo no sldo movements. The crown land of Buckovlna was taken nnd tho passes through tho Carpathians havo been held purely ns defensive measures, Tho Russians Intend to utlllie part of Austria for tho passage of their troops toward Berlin, but It Is unlikely that' any real attempt will bo made to Invade Hungary proper. Tho Servian troops may do so nnd will bo aided by tho Russians In every way, but tho main Russian columns, after tho Austria's nrmy Is completely disposed of, will be sent directly across Germany If possible. There Is a growing feeling hero that Austria will soon admit Inability to con tinue the war. Tho fact that hor main nrmy boo been crushed nnd Its capture Is considered a strong possibility meant she will soon bo no longer active. Discussing tho general situation todajr, Minister of War Sukhomllnoft declared! Tho Russian nrmy Is going to cap turo Berlin. That Is the task as signed to It by tho allies In the pres ent war. Tho entlro strength of th Russians will be used to this purpose. Wo havo boon compelled to remove the Austrlnna ns a source of danger, but wo have not planned uny general Invasion of Hungary or any attempt to tako cither Budapest or Vienna. Tho Austrian nrmy Is crushed. Its losses In killed, wounded and prlsone-o exceed 230,000. They have lost a grc.it part of their artillery, Tho position of the remnants of their army Is precarious, and Its surrender would be no surprise. On the other hand, tho Bplrlt of the Russian troops was neve; better, and they nre ready to press forward without further delay, Rus sia Is administering the captured terri tory, but It will not forcibly annex any of Austria's territory. Questions of thnt sort must bo left until after the war Is over. Russia will bo Inclined to bo mon lenient with Austria than with Germany, Pctrograd officials declare. KAISER DARES FOE'S BULLETS A CAPTURES FUGITIVE GIRL Patrolman Overtakes One Who Fled Trom Social Service Home. One of the thn-o girls who cucapwl Sat urday night fiom the Court of Social Service Home. 1701 Summer Mieet was captured utl o'clock this morning at hixtn and Walnut streets by Patrolman Warren, of the Third and Do I.ancoy streets station. The policeman noticed a Bin trying to shield herself from tho glow of the elcctrii nre lami as she walk(d vei-y tautlously acrojs tht strict. When the policiiuan approached, the girl starUd to iuh. but was soon overtaken by the policeman. Being unable tu give a. satisfactory explanation of her actions, the was taken tu tho Central police sta tion. The girl gave her name as Josephine Boklque. 20 years old. married, and said her home wns In Sit. C'armel. Pa, On further questioning the prisoner told of . viaj ir-jin tn iionif SaturJ inula by tying bed clothes togither and uiiw them as a rope to descend from a second-story window. One of the girls who escaped Is still 2T i2" namo l3 Iulen Ga"a6-' German Emperor in Sanger Zone at Pontoiso Fight. LONDON, Sept. 15. Reports received hero say that Emperor William is causing his staff great anxiety by gettltuj Into tho danger zone. The Telegraph's correspondent reports from Pontoiso that during tho fighting about Nanncy his staff had to force hlra to withdraw to a safer place. MISSIONARY ARMY PLANS MEXICAN "INVASION" Weapons Will Be Bibles nnd Booki Instead of Firearms. Mexico Is to bo Invaded again, prob ably beforo Christmas. But this time the army will bo composed of both men and women and they will carry books and Bibles Instead of rifles and cart ridges. The Invasion will bo a campaign In which almost evory foreign mission board thnt has over been In the Mexican field wilt unite. Tho great plans for tho Invasion were explained today at tho first autumn meeting of tho Woman's Foreign Mis sionary Society of the Presbyterian Church. In Westminster Hall, by Miss Blnnche B. Bonlne, one of the mission aries who had to return to America. She ha3 since been staying at her old home In I.nncnster. As tho outcome) of a conference of tho foreign boards Interested In the work In Mexico, held In Cincinnati, O., It has been decided to throw denominational prejudice aside nnd to have all the ml' slonarles return In a body and to labor unitedly. It Is planned to have one Trotestant Church to be known as the "evangelical' Chinch, and to havo a school with each congregation. Also one theological school Is to be conducted, tho object of which will be to trnln all the native mission aries, and eventually a union college H to be established. Miss Bonlne said Dr. A. W. Halsey, of New York, ' one of tho leaders In the movement to unite the work, advised Mr that ho hoped the Invasion might soon take place. The missionary told of receiving letter from friends, saying that the Llberil leaders weie tinning Catholic church Into schools and fraternal buildings, tn convents Into playgrounds, and priests homes Into barracks for soldiers. On this account. Miss Bonlne said, there wsi much fear among missionaries that the people might ubandon nil Christian churches before they can get back tu labor unions them. . Mrs. W. S. Holt, who led the meeting praised President Wilson for setting asla it day of prayer for peace In Kurope, ana prayers were offered for on early n1 of the conflict by several of the women present. Mrs. Holt expressed fear that the war might be detrimental to the for eign missionary finances. Mrs. William II, Green spoke of tn West Africa mission. WAR HERO'S BODY UNCLAIMED NnV YORK, Sept. 15.-John Green. 63 years uld, one of the heroes of the liott war. wlm was praised for bracry bj tho Into King l.'dwmd VII, of England, will be burkd in Potter's Field here unleM his slbter or some other person claims bU body. Oieen died last Sunday night. He w born near Iondon, and berved many ear In tho British urmy. In ono of the en gagements against the Boers, the color bear, r of his nglment was killed Oreeu graoped the colors, and running to In' head of his troops, swung 'he batde scuirrd Hug In from of them Tb- '" litluiK nt ttuii tin tight bit '" ii i''1' font .'.as !,; !ti uil I i n Hl.r.11 and 84 w.. ...... w......w ,. ,, u fc.... , umpututcd In a field hospital Ai i tloiu. nf (lift unr ti., ',.,,,. Krtre nnd fue- sequently taught Sunday Schco1 "Bc jonn u. tiocKcreiier, Jr. talfceAggt JifAri
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