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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 19J4.
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ZEPPELIN FLEET HOVERS OVER NORTH SEA AND THREATENS INVASION OF ENGLAND
were erected to repel the German at
tack, thoro nro no less than IB forts
around Verdun, on both sides of the
Mcuso River. The most of theso oro
fortresses of tha flrst-clnss, which were
erected when the German advance
niralnst the city began. They aro pro
tected with the finest artillery In the
French army and the garrison contains
an army In Itself.
It was learned at the War omco to
day that the French havo captured
Hvo aeroplanes, although tho location
of this exploit was not divulged. The
quintet of German Taubes wero taken
by a French cavalry patrol. Twenty
cavalrymen entered a clearing whero
tho prize awaited them. The aviators
and a number of mechanics at tho
ttmo wero engaged In overhauling tho
machines. The patrol made a dash to
round Up the lot, but the German air
men drew their magazine pistols and
began nrlng. Twelve cavalrymen were
killed before the aviators wero over
powered and the aeroplanes seized,
SURRENDER OF VERDUN
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BBIIL1N, Sept. 25.
That tho main lino of tho French
forts, extending from Verdun to Tout,
Is being battered to pieces by tho
German siege guns tho 42-centItnetro
mortars was nnnounced by the War
Office today.
Official announcement Is mado that
elcgo guns havo been taken from Metz
to bombard Verdun and tho strong
French forts In the vicinity of that
stronghold.
Tho official statement is:
"Tho German troops are attacking
the entire lino of the French fortifica
tions along the French eastern fron
tier from Verdun to Toul. In an at
tempt to raise tho siege and prevent
the demolition of their forts, already
suffering severely from the German
Bhcll Are, tho French have made sev
eral attacks In force on the German
lines.
"All have been repulsed with heavy
losses to the enemy, who has also been
driven back on his main supports.
"Tho right wing of the German
army has been under severe pressure
from the combined British-French
forces, but at no point has the enemy
succeeded In making an Impression on
our lines. The main chain of de
fenses along tho River Olse and tho
Alsno Is Intact, and tho efforts of tho
enemy to carry the forts by night at
tacks havo proved futile.
"Along the line from our right
through the Argonne forests no Im
portant engagements havo taken place.
Fast of tho Argonncs tho German lines
havo been extended through Varcnncs,
which was taken by a series of bril
liant assaults, In which tho enemy lost
heavily.
"The French are striving to prevent
the arrival of the guns from Metz, but
the guns are steadily approaching
nearer. The reduction of Verdun can
not be averted when they reach a posi
tion where they can bo operated with
full effect.
"Tho situation In Belgium and the
eastern theatre Is unchanged.
"In French Lorraine and on
Alsace frontier, lighting proceeds, but
there has been little change there from
tho situation as previously reported.
"Summed up. It can be stated that,
while a series of violent combats have,
and are. taking place, at no point is
the battle seemingly approaching a de
cisive stage. The spirit of the German
troops Is wonderful. They have met
the most desperate attacks with coun
ter assaults and have inflicted great
damage on tl.- enemy."
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The encircling movement of the Allies is continuing and their occupation of Peronne is confirmed. There is stiff fighting all along the line of
General von Kluk's right, and General von Boehn's advance guard?, who are defending the Mons route are in contact with the French and English forces all
along a line running from Cambrai, north through Bouchain, Denain and St. Amand to the Belgian frontier. In the centre both sides entrenched are hold
ing their own, with little change, though the French claim to have made a slight advance north of Bcrry-au-Bac. On the German left their attacks on Ver
dun and the Verdun-Toul line of forts are said to have been repulsed, and their activities south of Thiancourt near Beaumont, Domevre and Nancy without
special advantage.
VERDUN SITUATION GRAVE
IS LONDON ADMISSION
LONDON. Sept. 25.
Slight gains for the Allies at Pe
ronne and before St. Quentin on the
German right in the last 24 hours are
offset by advantage gained by tho
Kaiser's troops against the French
right, southeast of Verdun.
The Germans are undoubtedly rush
ing reinforcements from the garrisons
left in Belgium to bolster the defenses
of General von Kluk and. despite tho
optimistic reports from the roar of the
Allies, apparently are succeeding in
holding their positions there. Dis
patches received the day before yes
terday told of tho occupation of Pe
ronne four days previous by the
French and English. Today's dis-
SCHWAB TO FURNISH
ARMORED TRUCKS TO
WARRING NATIONS
patches assert Just as Jubilantly that
the Allies have occupied Peronne.
That the Germans have, on the other
hand, made substantial advances
against the French right is shown by
the olHclal statement of the French
War Office this afternoon.
"The Germans have occupied tho
, heights of the Mouse and are marching
i In the direction of St. Miliiel," says the
statpment. This can mean nothing but
that Verdun, long the object of a -stubborn
attack by the Germans, is now
attacked on three sides, with the rail
road to Chalons, to the west, open still
tb its line of communication and source
of supplies and reinforcements Tho
' Germans hold the heights east of tho
.Mouse on the banks of which Verdun
i stands, and hold the river both north
anil south of Verdun
agedmjshprIce"
! is detained as spy
IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL
CRACOW IN PERIL
AS RUSSIANS GAIN
OUTER DEFENSES
Austrians Are Pushed West
of San Przemysl Sortie
Repulsed Winter March
on Berlin Planned.
had planned tho reduction of France In
five weeks and then to utilize the main
Germnn army in a defensive movement
along the enrtern frontier, there i a be
lief here that Germany Is not supplied
for an ai: winter flKht. And the Russian
General Staff Intends to take the most
complete advantage of this fact.
ADVANTAGE ON VISTULA
IS CLAIMED BY VIENNA
Said to Have Been Commis-!
i
sioned by Two European !
Countries to Supply Hun
dreds of Equipped Autos.
BETHLEHEM. Pa., Sept. 55.-DurinS
the lost few days a large number ot
representatives of automobile concerns
have been hre. and the reason for tholr
presnce was Indicated today in the re
port that two European countries now at
war have commissioned Charles M,
Echwab to have built for them several
hundred armored and gun-equipped motor
trucks. The order will cost hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
Mr. Bchwab will not talk about tho mat
ter, closely adhering to the policy of
the State Department, which recently Is
inert directions to concerns in thi coun
try whose business U to manufacture
munitions to avoid publicity in matura
uhere they have dealings with European
countries nom at war and thus avoid poa.
flble violation of neutrality.
It Is believed Mr Schwab wm com.
missioned to give out the order fir mo.
tor trucks because he is well known by
heads of many European countries hav
ing built warships for them. The armor
plates and guns for thwfe war truclts
vlll be made by the local steel company
ad also tho axle work for tho cars.
Court-martial Awaits Reich-,
stag Leader Berlin Also j
Reports Resignation of j
South African Leader.
7AR WILL PROFIT JEWS
BY EXTENDING LIBERTIES.
rael Zangwill Foresees Enfranchise,
ment in Russia.
NEW YOHK, Sept. Si -In a letter writ.
ten by Israel Zangnill, noted author, to
Human Bernstein, who Is to edit the Day.
0, new Jewish dally newspaper that will
be started here next week, Zangwill says
the present European war probably will
result In the political freedom of Jew
In ituasla. After referring to the post,
ponement of the Ito conference, whi''h
was to have be?n held in Zurich several
days ago, Zanswill sa)s:
"But the World war mut so seriously
transform the Jewish question that It is
impossible to ra now what should be the
next ktep in the war of Jewish liberation
IVrsonally. I think It should be th en
franchisement Ot the Russian Jew anJ
I hare been working at that even at the
risk of belnp called 'anti Uruisli at this '
terrible moment
BERLIN' (by wireless to Sayvlllo, I.. I).
Sept. "J.
German Polish residents hore have re
calved word that the ased .Prince Hadz!
will, leader of the Tollsh party In the
flerman Reichstag, who was arrested In
Tetrosrad by the Russian authorities, is
now flatty charted with bolng a tpy and
is to be couu-martl.iloU.
Th German Government's Independent
Inquiry Into the happeninss at Louvaln
continues. It Is being held by a lawyer,
who has been given full authority to In.
vestiKate the military reports. Witnesses
o far confirm the report that on a slven
signal from near the L,ouvain railway
station, through the sending up of red
and green rockets, tho civilian population
started tiring at the German troops
Thi- German prss prints emphatic
protests against the bonilardmunt by
a British cruiser of th open port of
rar-e-8alaam in Geiman East Africa
According to the newspaper I'etit l'a
rlslen the French .'mmauder-in-chiei
has been compelled to send back the
iui'tn troops to atoroceo as they are
not fitted to winter campaigning.
The South African comrnunderln-chlef
in explaining his reasons for resigning
his command, the War Qtlleo says de
clared that even part of the British
mlnlnters were not convinced that there
was any justification for war with Ger
many. Inasmuch as i.ngl.tnd had ri
pratedly violated the inderndnee of
oth-r nations, and in the rioutii African
Rar perpetrated eerj possibio atrocity.
LORD KITCHENER CONFERS
WITH CHIEFS FROM FRONT
Army Officials Work Oyer Plans of
Campaign
UiN'DQN, Sept. X.
Important dispatcher. which were
brought from th front by the Duke of
Westminster and the Duke of Marlbor.
ouKh. were delivered at the War Office
immediately after their arrival late last
night.
XJarl this morning Ijrd Kitohener. the
.Secretary of State for War. conferred
with rremU-rs of his ataft on the con
lnt of lhxv dispatches which undoubt
edly deal with the progress of the Allies
ogiinst the Germans in France.
PETROGRAD. Sept. 23.
That the Russian armies marching
against Cracow hao nlrcady pushed on
almost to the oufr fortifications of that
strong Austrian position is unnounced
here. Th troop are moving along the
main lin of tho railway thnt extends
from Jaroslaw". The main body of the
nrmv is reported in the neighborhood of
Tarnow. with another army which crossed
the San at a point sou'tli of Przemjsl,
and has already occupied Wlslol: and
Snnok, moving to effect a Junction with
It a'.ong the southern railway line from
rianok.
According to a Rome report the Rus
sians have seized all the passes In the
Carpathians and hav. occupied Stanlhlav
and Kolomea. both of which ure cities
of considerable s!o and both Junction
points on the railroad that crosses the
furpathians into Hungary from eastern
U.ilieU.
The fiercest fighting pieUous to the
capture of Jaroslaw by the Russians was
at Sadowa-Wlsznla, whero a battle was
In progress for a week.
i Sadowa-Wlsznla lies on a railway line
extending from tho RubsUn frontier
through Prwmyal. It Is SO miles south
east of Jaroslaw and about the same
dlktance northwest from I.emherg.)
PR55EMVSL SORTIE FAILS
Russian troops have captured several
fortified tosvns In Gallcla. opening the
wa to a final assault(on C'hyrow, an Im
portant railway center, and have de
feated the garrison of Przemysl, the lasi
Austrian stronghold on the River San,
In a sortie that it made In an attempt
to raise the siege that has been In
progress for live days. The Przemysl
troops aro now bottled up within the
fort- The Russians are keeping up u
(.easeless bombardment.
Tho moln Russian army, under Grand
Duk Nicholas, seconded by Oenernls
Kukzlty and Brusstlof, is operating
4tt4msi th Austrians and their German
reinforcements, and the General Huff be
lieves the Austrian last stand "111 take
pUce at i.'racow, and after that It will
be pubiMule far tho Russians, to devote
theli entire attention to the Germans.
The following olltrial fctatemetil was
Issued by the general staff today:
On our southwestern front Russian
troops have occupied the fortified
pokitwna of Krukenics and Felaztyn.
which commanded the district, with all
the enemy's artillery. Tue garrlsun of
l'iz.-my.-l attempted a sortie, but was
defeated 4nd driven back within the
line of forts, which uie being bom
barded night and day. Medyka, a few
nlh-a east of Przemysl, was evacu
ated without a fight, and we took
Urge iiuanlltlcs or supplies. i
The pursuit of the Austrian west
of the river San mill continues The
RussUns advane lapldly. desptu the
destruction of bridges by the Aus.
trlans. who are retreating to Cracow
The Germans and Austrians will de
fend Cracow to the last minute, be
cause Its surrender would Jeopardize
the German positions in East P-j.sla.
That a winter march on Berlin is
plannsd Is iow a certainty. The winter
eupplles are being sent to the entire
uctive arm of i.360.( now in the field
H Is believed by the ottlcers of the Gen
eral SUIT that In a winter campaign the
Tlusslans will have all the bost of it.
Inasmuch as it is realized the Germans
"War Office Denies Victories of Rus
sians and Servians.
VIENNA, Sept. S3.
It was officially announced today thnt
the Austrian troops had come In con
tact with Russian forces in northern
Gallcla and driven them back across
the Vistula River with heavy losses.
Our position against the enemy
Russians and Servians is meeting
with success everywhere, says tho
official statement. The troops In
Gallcla. now on the offensive, are
enthusiastic. Heavy rnlns prevent
them from pursuing the beaten
enemy far, but they have taken
many prisoners.
Fears of an epidemic of cholera
and dysentery are no longer felt.
The meiiienl staff reports that tho
situntlon Is in hand.
Since the beginning of the war thou
sands of refugees havo arrived here
from Bukawina and Gallcla. They have
InctPiieed the number of unemployed,
which otherwise would have been com
paratively small.
SPAIN ENLISTS U. S. AID
IN MISSION OF MERCY
Proposes Plan for Expediting Hospi
tal Supplies to War Zone.
WVSHINGTON'. Spt. 25 -Spain Is en
deavoring to make an arrangement with
the I'nlted States, whereby shipment of
hospital supplies to the warring coun
tries of Europe will he expedited.
This Information was conveyed In offi
cial mei-fliiges here today, and authori
ties were Inrllned to believe that the
reported conference between King Al
fonso and Ambassador WilMrd, at Mad
rid eierdny, Interpreted ai a pence
conference, dealt holely with this question.
ITALIAN ARMY NEEDS SHOES
Government Wants to Buy 500,000
Pairs in This Country.
Five hundred thousand pairs of regula
tion army shoes for the Italian Govern
ment form a conspicuous pait of a large
order of army ond navy supplies which
that country Is attempting to buy In the
I'nlted States through the medium of
pizzottl ft Ghlo, a large Italian con.
trading concern They have inquired at
the Foreign Trade Bureau of the Phila
delphia Commercial Museums for bids on
the consignment. The Trade Bureau has
forwarded copies of the order to manu
facturers In this country and antlclpata
tnat Uttlo difficulty will be encountered
In filling It.
Doctor Wilson, of the Trade Bureau,
sas that large shoe manufacturing con
cerns are located In Boston, New York
city. Philadelphia and St. Louis, and be
hoves that Philadelphia manufacturers
will be In a position to compete success,
fully with those of other cities.
GERMAN FINANCES SOUND
PETROGRAD "NEWS"
FALSE, AVERS LOCAL
AUSTRIAN CONSUL
Discounts Reports of Exten
sive Action in Galicia and
Announces Continued Tri
umph Over Serbs.
?
Deutsche Bank Assures Country's ,
Ability to Go Through War.
tlEULIN. Sent S I
At a meeting of the Hoard of Directors
of the Deutsche Bank It Is stated that
its sound economic structure and splendid
and economic moMlUation will enable
Germany to tight throughout the wnr
until Germany's future is politically jnd
economically secured.
dEVEN DEATHS FROM PLAGUE
CATANIA Sicily, Sept 3S. -Seven per
sons have died here from the plague
and 10 other cases have been reported
In suburban towns
MINE SINKS AUSTRIAN SHIP
ROME Rr M
The Austrian steamship Uaron Gautch 1
has been sunk by a mine In the Adriatic.
' I
Official news of great victories by the
Austro-Hungarlnn army over the Ser
vians was received b wireless today
from the Foreign Office at Vienna. The
Austrians have penetrated Into Scrvla
more than 20 miles and captured strong
positions on the Drlna River, according
to the icport. Like messages conveyed the
news that the attack of the French Ileet
on Cattaro had proved a falluie, only
slight damage being done.
In Philadelphia this afternoon George
von Grivlclc, Austro-IIungnriuii Consul
General, gave out this statement, an
nouncing tho successes of the Austrians:
"Accoidlng to wireless news received
r.c light occurred In Gallcla during the
last few days except soma unimportant
skliinlshes. The w cither Is said to bo
very unfavorable, but the tioops of the
Austro-Hungaiiun tinny are in excel
lent condition.
"News cliculating and asserting that
the Russlnns were defeating and cutting
oif General Dankl's irmy near Przemysl
end that his troops were In dissolution
pursued by tho enemy, is therefore
ng.iln pure Inventions with the avowed
Intent to Imput.s public opinion in neu
tral countries The allegid two days'
battle of Jaroslaw probably was not
more than an engagement with outposts
of the Austro-Iluugnrlnn army, the main
forces of which uie concentrating cast
of the fortress of Cracow, while Its
light wing Is using the foi tress of
Przemysl as a basis.
"Equally Incorrect is all news which
persistently contend that n timlii- had
broken out In A usti la-Hungary, and that
H dipicssfd feeling prevail among tho
soldiers of the army and among the il
lation of the monarchy. A wiioless tcl.
gram Just received emphasizes to tin
contrary that thu people, an well as the
armv, uro in le6t of piilts and have full
ci-nildi ni-M In llnal victory.
'I'aitlc-ularlv pleading was news of re
cent successful engagements with Servi
ans After several das of hard lighting
impnrtunt .Snrvlnn positions west of Km
panj, a town ubout 2o miles Into HtvIuii
territory east of .vornlk on the lirlna
River, were taken and many Servian guns
captui.d, while the attacks of the 1'icnch
(hot on the loitltlcatlons of the harbor of
'attaro during more than four weeks
proved to hi a complete failure, tile only
rinmnKA done bring a doftiuctlun of two
'Ightl.ouset on a smnll Island whereupon
said squadron left the Adriatic.
'Extraordinary courage was displayed
by our forces lighting on the Servian
borders, among tin-.-, the CM C-oit'ini
Honved Division. This news Is significant
and is the best denial ot the repeated
statements made liy the Russian and
Servian Governments claiming that the
toaihern Slavs are anxious to Join Servla.
'It lh reported. tinall, that the Rus
sians brutalize the- Jewish Inhabitants in
all occupied plates in Ualtci.t nnJ in lie
the ituthenlan ptasants aga'nt the Jews
The cruelties of Russians against Jewish
Inhabitants are grttlng worse and worse,
and are In striking contnut to the Char's
It anifesto to his 'beloved Jew-.'"
FRANCE PROTESTS
AGAINST PRACTICES
IN GERMAN WARFARE
Embassy Statement to United
States Declares Violations
of Hague Convention
Were Premeditated.
MONSIGNOR FISHER HOME
FROM SOJOURN IN ITALY
Rector of St. John the Evangelist
Church Attended Pope's Coronation.
Monslgnor N F. Fisher, of the Churih
of sit John the Evangelist, Uth ubove
Chestnut street, returned to Philadelphia
last night after an extended stay In Italy,
where he had been with Bishop Thomas
F Kennedy, rector of the American
College In Rome, who had been ill for
some time, but Is now in a much Im
proved condition
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Tcn official
reports, showing German barbarities In
French territory during tho present wnr
havo been committed systematically aru
upon Instructions from officers, rather
than by tho chance excesses of the sol
diers themselves, have been communicated
to tho Powers signatory to the Hague
convention, according to a statement is
sued by the French Kmbassy here toduy.
The United Slates Government has been
given ono of the scries of reports.
Tho statement fiom the Embassy reads:
"By order of the Government of the
French republic, a series of ofilclul ie
ports, implying incontrovertible, testimony
ns to the way in which tho present war
is being carried on in French territory
by German troops, has been communi
cated to ,the Powers who signed The
Hague, convention, the United .Status be
ing one of them.
"These documents, ten in number, show
that the destruction und ns.s.iislnatlonf,
which huve taken placo have been sjs
tematlc, and performed In accordance
with orders from the officers, and not as
a result of an accidental lack of disci
pline. "The facts quoted aro given only as
sumples and not as complete t-mimcru.
tlons; they cover, moreover, only the llrst
line week.-, after the beginning of hoi
tillties (two weeks of actual warfare)
and worse deeds have Uec-r. committed
".Such as they are, they show, among
other things that wounded soldiers have
been finished in laige numbers, by shots
llled right against the faces of tho
wounded, that l-ont-a-Mom-Hou. an open
and undefended town, was bombarded,
tha hospital which Is an historical build
ing, having c-sp. clally aulfercd. a M .
MYievn "i-3- !"",J"e w,,Bh ''"" " 1
AlTlcvlIe have been methodically de
stroyed, house by house, soldiers being
as It seems, provided with linpleme ts
enabling them to perform that kind o"
work with a minimum of trouble; nurses
.oaring conspicuously the badge of the
Red Cross have been assassinated; num.
eious inhabitants have been put to Sh
without pretext or pi evocation, among
whom at Hadenvlliier, tli- wife ,,f the
Major; In some cases, notably at III fly
on August 10. the German troops ".&
hoy marched out of the place to charge
..;,..., . "' '""' or them. :
Attention Is called ns regard such
deeds to two texts. Artie e 3 of ,
vent.on t of the Hagu !h,t-h wa pr -"
ms.d by the Geiman delegates thc-i
. ft,f tbat the Lllteerw,,1 w ,V,
might cause micI, deduction ,,,
mentioned above would lie bound to n
dtmnlfy the Injured parties and would
be responsible for any acts committed by
members of ills army.
"In the second place, even If clvH'ann
had taken arms upon the Invasion of
rrench territory by the Germuiis, which
was nowhere the case, they would havo
been within the-r rluhts. and thu killing
of them wholesale v.'nnl.i i,,,t... i ....
def-nduble, for Article J of th-s same con
vention res-ivcd to the population of a
non-occuplcd territoiy tho right upon the
appioarh of the enemy spuntaneoiibly to
take arms and repel the invud'ng troops
"Appended to this convention, besides
the signature of the United States, Fiance
und manv other countries, is to be found
that of Gcimuny "
ITAXIAN BAN ON AIKSHIPS
ROME. Sept. a. The Government Issued
& decree today forbidding aviators from
dying over Italian soil.
SCANDAL OF JURY
WHEEL AGAIN HEARD
BY GRAND INQUEST
Delaware County's District
Attorney Submits Fraud
Charges Against ex-Sheriff
and Two Commissioners.
Tho cose of ox-Sherlff '& E. Sproul and
Jury Commissioner Jacob Wise and
James Stuart, charged with malfcasanca
In office, was called before tho Grand Jury
In Media today by District Attorney John
B. Hannum. Until a late hour this aft
ernoon no decision had been reached.
In December, 1912, the community of
Media was shocked by the discovery that
moro than DO names had been found In
tho Jury whoel which had not been select
ed by the court. When this discovery was
made by tho court It was pointed out
that a Jury solcctcd for the trial of crim
inals would not bo an unbiased one, but
would consist mostly of those whose
names, It was alleged, had been improp
erly placed on the list of Jurymon.
Tho reason given at tho time of tin
exposure was that tho names had been
placed there to protect several prominent
Republicans accused of forging Washing
ton party and Bull Mooee nomination pa
pers. A petition was presented before Judge
Isaac Johnson In Media this morning by
the Bnr Committee of Delaware County,
asking that tho court permit the "bod
slips," which were discovered In the Jury
scandal, to bo turned over to an expert
for Identlllcatlon. The Judge held tho
tequcst under advisement.
Tho expert who Is to be named by the
liar Committee will examine the slips,
which will remain In the custody of Dis
trict Attorney Hnnnum, ns soon as per
mission Is grnntcd by tho court. This
Is thought to be a matter of only a few
days.
Tho petition was presented to the court
by A. B. Geary, H. A. Howell and Frank
n. Rhoadcs, who formed the committee
named by the members of tho local bar
association which Is conducting the Jury
scnndnl Investigation. This Is the fourth
or tlfth time the Jury senndat has been
aired in some way or other since early
In 1913.
John B. Hannum, Jr., tho present Dis
trict Attorney, has done all In his power
to bring the guilty persons to Justice und
with the experts' expected testimony as
to the handwriting on the many alleged
fiaudulent slips, many men prominent
In affairs in Media and surrounding
towns will be called to explain.
SENT TO THEC0RRECTI0.7'
Man Brenlcs Promise After Wifj
Gives Him Another Chance.
Failure to keep his promise aflci i-n
wlfo had given him another chance i
week ngo, resulted today In James Dono
hue, of 2136 North Clarion street, bcl:-:
sent to the Houso of Correction for thr o
months, by Muglstrato Emcly, at I a
Park and Lehigh avenues station.
Donohue was arraigned In tho Deseitii i
Court on the complnlnt of his wife f
ccntiy, but she ngrecd to give him a -other
chance. She testified today til t
ho took a sho was saving toward the
lent of their home and went on a spre-o
with It. According to his wife Donohue
had not worked for a year.
HELD ON TnEFT CHARGE
Man Accused of Including Fire E:
tlngulsher in Rubbish Collection.
A lire extinguisher collected, tho police
say, by William McLaughlin, of KO North
Klevcnth slreet, along with a pile of
papers and itibblsh in the carpenter shop
of Iiwln & Lelghton. at IK North Twelfth
strict, resulted In the arrest of the man
today. He was held In $C0O bail for court
by Magistrate Kuiely, at the Eleventh
and Winter streets station.
McLaughlin cleans out the shop each
morning and after ho left tho oxtlngulshir
was missed. Policeman Gurt found tho
man hiding It under his coat
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
In Fnrmer Ware's Suit Again Rall
wny Company.
After being out all night, tho Jury in
the casii of George V, Ware a farmer,
agnlnst tho West Jeisey ond Sonshnrs
Railroad Company, failed to ngreo In the
Camden Circuit Court today.
Ware was Injured sorao tlmo ago while
crotslng the tracks near Berlin, N J.
He contended that a whlstlo of a loco
motive freightcned his horse, throwing
him out of tho currlago and Injuring hl
neck. Tho Jury was discharged nnd an
other trial was ordered by tho court
LEWIS J. SEGREST
Lewis J. Segrest, S7 years old, dlel
yesterday at the homo of his son. Lewis
F. Segrest. 3120 Diamond street. He had
been III splendid health until two years
ago, when he broke down on nccount of
the death of his brother. Segrest retired
thirty cars ago from his business ss
contractor nnd builder. One son, Lewis
F , n drugglM, who has been retired for
the last fifteen years, survives.
SIR JAMES WHITNEY DIES
TORONTO, Ont., Sept. 25 -Sir James
Whitney. Premier of Dutaiio, dixi at
noon today. He was 74 years old Ho
succeeded to the leadeishlp of the Coiit
servativu opposition In U and becanio
I'luinltr In l&ul
MAN DYING, HIT BY BOARD
Richard Chambers, of 1527 Wood street,
a laborer employed on a building opera
Hon nt Thirteenth nnd Cherry street',
was stiuck on the head this morning by
a ten-foot board that fell from tlio sev
enth llorr of tho structuie The maij Is
dying at tho Hahnemann Hospital Sev
eial other workmen narrowly escaped be
ing hit by the board.
WAR WORRY CAUSES SUICIDE
LANCASTKR. Pa. Sept. 23 -Two
pnlnu-is today found tho dead bod still
warm, of Charles Groubner. a German
furm laborer. 70 eais old bai.gins from
n rafter In the carriage shed at Stein
inetxV Mennonlto Church, near Si-hoe-neck
Fiom icmurks mode by him yes
terday. it is believed he committed sui
cide through brooding over t.. jubicJ
of Geiman
WORKMEN INJURED BY CAR
While loading dlit In n cable cmt al the
Belmont Tumping station tills alteinoon.
l.,jr. iiio i. tllia. of 6M FiUwatei atrre'i
vv.es struck unconscliua b anothr t
which Jiad broken awa IXtllla Is H t"
German II sp!Ul with contusions c' ' '
shoulder and breast.
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