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ALSACE DRIVE GAINS
, Important Position Northwest
' ' vof Kolmar Captured by
j Forces Pushing on From
Vosges Passes.
EVENING LEPGER-PHILADELPHtA; Bg JAJjABY g. 30l5
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
TAIUS, Jan. 6.
Occupation of a .new position at Creux
o'Argcnt, west of Orbey (14 miles north
west of Kolninr, In AlsaCc), nnd Im
portant gains of territory in the north
by taking advantage of tho unprepared
hess of tho Germans, who wero not ox
pcctlnp: nn offensive movement while the
wcrtllior continued bad, were announced
hero this afternoon. At the same tlmo
It became known that tho Belgium artll
lerv, which hits been reorganized, was
again In action.
t Tho gains reported in Alsace Indicate
progress mado In a new drlvo eastward
from tho Vosges passes. This offensive
In tho direction of Kolmar apparently Is
qulto distinct from tho drlvo upon Muel
hauscn from Thnnn.
Tho gnlns In tho north aro Important.
They range from MO to 600 yards on tho
dunes at Nleuport nnd enst of St.
Georges, Tho Uelglan artillery has been
usd to. silence tho German guns In thin
vicinity.
Determined attempts on tho part of tho
German sappers to mlno tho French posi
tions to tho west of Lons wero prevented
by shelling tho German positions with
short rango heavy mortars, which liter
ally blew their trenches to pieces. Tho
Germans wero moro successful near Lille,
destroying a long lino of trenches along
the main highway there. The Fronch,
however, shelled tho victorious Germans
with their three-Inch pieces nnd finally
charged them, retaking tho positions at
tho point of tho bayonet.
In tho Ithelms-Crnonno region tho long-rango-artlllery
duels continue without any
material chango In tho situation result
ing. Tho fighting is reported increasing In
Vtolenco In Alsace, and the slogan of
"On to tho Rhine" la again being voiced
hero In Paris. Nothing happening at other
points on tho battle line can create so
much enthusiasm ns an announcement of
gains, even though they bo only Inches
and feet In tho, "lost provinces."
Stelnbach, tho Alsatian village, for tho
possession of which tho two armies have
been lighting desperately for a week, Is
now In tho hnnds of tho French, who aro
pressing on toward Jtuelhausen. Steln
bach has been destroyed by artillery fire,
and tho French nro bending their cnerglos
to tako Ccrnay (Sonnhelm). which lies on
tho railway leading Into Muellmusen.
TRENCH
In Belgium, (lcnpltc the condition of
thn terrain and the difficulties re
suiting therefrom, our Infantry! has
made progress on tho dunes before
Nleuport. in the region of St George,
It has gained at various points 200, 300
and BOO yards, capturing houses and
parts of trenches at numerous points.
From Jho Lys to the Olse, In the
region of Notro Dame do Lorcttc, west
of L'ens, wo have, thanks to our mor
tars and our grenades, completely
stopped tho sapping operations of tho
enemy. In the vicinity of tho Llilo
highway the Germans blew up one of
bur trenches with a mlno -and cap
tured It, but a counter attack mado
us again master of the operations.
In Alsace, to tho southeast of Don
hommo, we havo entered tho hamlet of
Crcux d'Argcnt, two kilometres west
of Orbey (14 miles northwest of Knl
mar), where wo aro fortifying our
positions. Tho gains made on the
road from Thann to Ccrnny havo been
maintained as fnr as ono kllometro to
the east of Old Thann, nnd our heavy
artillery has silenced that of tho
enemy at a point two miles east of
Upper Uuruhaupt.
GERMAN
In the western theatro wo blew up
a trench 200 yards long nnd havo
taken some prisoners. Tho enemy's
counter attack failed.
tn tho lArgonne wp repelled several
Frcnph advances. A French attack
botween Stelnbach nnd Aufholz, In
Alsace, was repulsed after a bayonot
encounter.
Tho situation Is unchanged In East
Prussia nnd northern Poland. Our
nttacks eait of tho Bzurn nenr Koss
lowblskupl and south thereof aro pro
gressing. Northeast of Dollmow wo
havo also advanced, as well ns east
of tho Rawka.
RUSSIAN
During January 3 no Important
change took placo on tho left bank
of tho A'lstula. In many sections thcro
havo been tho usual artillery engage
ments and secondary action.
aioro despcrnto lighting took place
on tho night of January 2-3 In the re
gion of Bollmow, whero tho Germans,
nftcr an energetic nttack, forced ono
of our trenches, but woro Immediately
dislodged from It by our countcr-nt-tack,
abandoning six machine guna
and a numbor of prisoners.
In "West Gnllca on Jnnunry 2 wo
mado progress again, taking moro
thnn 1000 Austrian prisoners and sev
eral cannon and machlno guns.
On our extreme left wing our troops
passing through tho whole of Buko
wlna, have occupied tho town of Suc--rawa,
two-thirds of a mllo distant
from tho Austro-Humnnlan frontier.
&SikE IZ2Y REAM o? GDeMENTED WlLU
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BOY SCOUTS
CopjrIKtit, London Dally Express
JANUARY I TAKE DOVER
U.S. WARNS SHIPPERS
TO AVOID DECEPTION
IN FILING MANIFESTS
ATTJEMPT TO RETAKE ANGOLA
LISBON, Jan. B. An official statement
from Angola, Portugucso Southwest Af
rica, says that tho Portuguese forces
there aro concentrating, and It is ex
pected that tho troops, aided by tho con
tingent shortly to arrlvo from Portugal,
will reoccupy tho positions recently lost
to tho German Invaders.
ATTSTRrlN
In tho sovero battles In the district
south of Gorllcc, which wero fought
under tho worst weather conditions,
our troops assured themselves,
through getting possession of nn Im
portant lino of hills, of n, favorable
base for further operations.
During tho battles In the northern
theatro at Christmas tlmo wo captured
37 officers and 12,093 men.
Government Calls Exporters'
Attention to Necessity of
Accuracy in Order to Stop
Delays to Cargoes.
SANSOM ST. REALTY
BOOMED BY DEMAND
OF JEWELRY TRADE
GERMANS CAPTURE LINE
OF TRENCHES AT ARRAS'
Prisoners .Taken, and Counter As
saults Repulsed, Berlin Reports.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.
That a 200-metre trench has been taken
from, tho Allies north of Arras, whllo sev
eral French assaults at other points have
been repulsed, was today's latest word
from tho western war zone. In the flght
r log: near Arras tho Germans not only
trained tho Allied defenses, but also cap
tured a. number of prisoners.
xno jri-erich aro showing great activity
In tho Argonne region, whero they have
tried several times to break through tho
German positions. In each Instance tho
'assaults havo been repelled with heavy
losses to tho attacking columns.
Bayonot encounters continue to fenture
tho fighting In Alsace according to tho
reports reaching here. An assault In
force by the Fronch between Stelnbach
and Aufholz failed, although it was
marked by hand-to-hand fighting in which
the bayonet was freely used.
CZAR DASHES
INTO HUNGARY
Continued from rose One
severo along thB Dunajco River. Three
divisions that crossed tho river wero
routed In an attack by the Anstrtnns and
hundreds wero drowned in attempting to
SWlm back across thn ntronm atla- h
Russian pontoon bridges had been de
stroyed by the Austrian artillery.
BERLIN. Jan, 5.
The correspondent of tha Zeltung- am
illttag, at Austrian headquarters. In u
dispatch, says tho Russians are conduct
ing a series of violent frpntnl attneks on
the Austrian positions along tho Dopajea
River, cast of Cracow, and aro bending
their every effort to push toward the
fortress, which has been their goal for
two months.
All these attacks up to yesterday even
ing, the correspondent adds, had been
repulsed with heavy losses, owing to the
excellence of the Austrian positions.
CZAR SWEEPS FORWARD v
IN HUNGARY INVASION
Moro Than 200,000 Russians Re
Ported Past the Carpathians.
ROME, Jan. S.
Advices sfrom Vienna brought by mes
senger to escape the censor indicate that
tho Russian advance Into Hungary Is
" gaining1 strength rapidly. Already more
than 200,000 Russians, including all classes
of troops are reported to have penetrated
the Carpathian passes and to be follow
ing the railway ami highways . south
toward Budapest.
The Hungarian capital Js declared to be
greatly excited over this latest develop,
meat and many Hungarians are urging a
revolutionary movement to aid the Rus
3g on the ground that the Slavs should
protect themselves and that, Inasmuch as
tfnaiy baa been of no real aid to the
Dual Bmpjra fee latter should make ln
dependwit peace, terms and thus prevent
Ha entire annihilation.
RUSSIANS HAMMER
GERMANS TO REGAIN
BORJIMOW, BUT FAIL
Seven Desperate Assaults
Repulsed by Kaiser in Bat
tle for Strategic Key to
Warsaw.
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BEHLIX, Jan. 5.
Seven desperate assaults by tho Rus
sians havo failed to retakt. the heights
at BorJImow, possesMon of which ad
vances the German movement on War
saw u few miles eastward.
German mllltnry experts assort that
the fall of BorJImow is of great im
portance In the campaign against War
saw. BorJImow lies nearly four miles cast
of the confluence of tho Bzura and Rawka
Rivers and commands a highway from
Lowlcz to Warsaw. The little town and
tha height upon which It rests had been
strongly fortified by the Russians and
they mado desperate attempts to hold It.
More than 2000 Russians, mostly Siberian
troops, were captured by tho Germans
at BorJImow. From tho position they
now occupy tho Germans command a
wide sweep of tho country.
"The Germans aro going through the
Russians hero unless the Czar's troops
forestall this by a general retreat," says
tho military expert of tho Lokal Anzelger.
"Tho situation south of tho Vistula is
men-o promising than at any other time.
Our troops are nlmost at tho height of
their goal. News from the Gnllclan thea
tre as conveyed In tho Austrian ofilcial
reports is moro reassuring than It had
been for several days past. The Aus
trlans state that the reported efforts of
the Russians to break through their lines
west and northwest of Gerllce wero de
feated with heavy losses to the attacking
troops. During this fighting tho Aus
trlans took by storm the heights south of
Gerllce after a violent conflict and cap-
iurea eou prisoners.
WASHINGTON1, Jan. 5.
Tho Treasury Department today called
tho attention of exporters to tho Im
portant of having foreign shipping
manifests complcto and accurate. In or
der to avoid delay Incident to search
whllo In transit on tho high seas.
Tho warning was sent out because of
tho numerous cases whero manifests have
been incomplete or Inaccurate, nnd where,
It Is snld, efforts havo been made to con
ceal the naturo of the goods carried.
"Even a few coses of this character
mny throw suspicion upon other Ameri
can shipping nnd, through delay, work
Injury to our foreign trade," says a
statement issued by authority of Acting
Secretary of the Treasury Peters, Sec
retary of State Bryan nnd Secretary of
Commorce Kedtlold. "Whllo a ship
owner who knowingly becomes a party
to ouch transaction may bo llnblo to such
of his patrons as may unjustly suffer
thereby, still this Is not sufllclcnt pro
tection, since It docs not tafeguurd other
shippers who suffer Inconvenience be
cnuso of occasional derelictions of those
who Inaccurately describe ,or conceal tho
character of their shipments.
"The Government Is making every
pinctlcnble effort," tho statcmont con
tinues, "to secure the uulntcriupted flow
of American commorce to reduce to a
minimum such delays as may bo un
avoidable In tlmo of war. It looks with
confidence for co-operation from the.
American business public to prevent such
action on the part of shippers as adds
unnecessarily to tho difficulties of busi
ness at this time.
"As a further precaution, it is suggest
ed that shippers accompany ships' mani
fests with affidavits stating that tho arti
cles shipped aro correctly shown by tho
manifest, nnd that the packages contain
nothing except that which Is shown
thereon."
BRITISH PASS ITALIAN SHIPS,
BUT HOLD UP U. S. VESSELS
LONDON, Jan. 5. A conference, re
ported to be tho final one, was held by
Government officials today at tho For
eign OfTlco to consider the British reply
to President Wilson's note protesting
ngnlnst tho uttitude of tho English navy
toward American mercantile shipping.
Those taking part were Sir Edward
Grey, British Foreign Minister; First
Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill,
and the Solicitor General of England.
Tho discussion lasted about an hour. A
copy of the reply will be submitted to
I' ranee before it Is transmitted to tho
United States.
A statement probably will be issued
shortly, showing that Italy and England
and tho Allies have arrived at an under
standing concerning contraband.
It Is understood Oreat Britain will not
Intorforo with shipments to well-known
Italian firms If they are mado in Italian
ships.
Only five carnoes destined for Italy
have been stopped at Gibraltar since No
yember 15. Two were released within
three days and the others as soon as
aliened contraband could be removed,
Since December 4 no carnoes destined for
Italy have been Intercepted,
Negotiations are In progress with the
neutral European countries looking to a
tightening of tho export regulations from
reaching Germany and Austria.
Values Between Seventh
and Eighth Streets In
creased After Thorough
fare Became'Business Centre.
REWARDS POR 200 MARINES
Men Who Fought In Nicaragua to
Get Badges.
Men of Uio marine corps who put down
the revolution In Nicaragua in 1912 will
be rewarded with badges this week by
tho Navy Department,
Two hundrod badges will be presented
in all by Colonel L. W. T, Waller, com
mender of tho local corps. All who will
receive them took part in tho capture of
Coyetepetl Hill, which was taken with
out tiring a shot. The men were taken,
up the 'hill on an antiquated train, but
as the rails had been greased by the.
enemy the entire train slid back to the
starting point when near the top. Then
the marines climbed the hill, and. after
scaling barbed wire fences which had
been charged with electricity, routed tho
enemy.
GERMANS RAID BRITISH BASE
Aviators Drop Bombs on Suburbs of
Dunkirk.
BERLIN. Jan. S.
Oerman airmen, it Is officially an
nounced today, have d roped bombs on
file British ammunition bases at Coude
kerque and Rosendael, suburbs of Dun
kirk. According to the announcement, the
aviators destroyed a large quantity ot
ammunition at both places and set fire
to Coudekerque, parti destroying the Vll
lPBa,nnd killing and wounding 100.
KAISER REPORTED WORSE
Suffers Relapse and la Rushed Back
to Berlin,
A1ISTBRDAM. Jan. 5.-A dUpateh re.
JU & a ixjiot on tM SaH4i
mujt, iua uiai at w items ran
Montis Mi ta iBuwrtel uU.
GERMAN SEIZURES OF V. S.
SHIPS MAY PAUSE PROTEST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The American
shipping protest may "become a double
edged knife and be aimed at Germany
as well as Great Britain, it was reported
today. Coal shipments. It Is declared,
may become the subject of complaint to
Germany.
On good authority it was stated today
th.a i'olv(ili " li shipping discussion
with Great Britain Is the question of
Germany's having obtained coal, oil and
other contraband from the United Btates
In alleged violation of both navigation
and neutrality laws. Shipments of coal
which have fallen Into German hands,
upon clearance papers believed mislead
ing, have been the subject of complaint
by Great Britain. To prevent Buch Inci
dents the British contraband patrol was
tightened up. it Is believed.
Cargoes of coal which were "seized"
by German warships in both the Paciflo
?, .. AHa.ntlQ after beln shipped from
united states ports and consigned to
neutral pprts, it Is said, may become tho
subject of representations to Germany.
HEYNE, ONCE IN CHARGE
OF GERMAN CHOIR, MISSING
His Son, Who Is & Policeman, Starts
Search for Father.
Edmund Ifeyne, El years old, former
president of the Arbelter Slaennerohor,
left his home, 960 North Lawrence street.
early Saturday morning and has been
missing Blnce. Ills wife, Marie, is almost
prostrated with fc-rlef.
Policeman Robert Weyne, of the Front
and Master streets station, a son of the
missing man, has Instituted a thorough
search for his father Iieyne was a
carpenter at tha DIsstdn Satr Company.
of 'i'ctony.
When he left home he wore a bhie
sen Br at, uuk wtr,
Tho firm hold tho Jewelry business has
obtained upon Sansom street from 7th
strcot to 8th street, clearly shows that
certain sections aro getting more nnd
more allotted to certain lines of trade.
Tho street was well selected. This
block Is 60 feet wide, from houscllne to
housollnc, although towards the cast and
tho west It Is only 43 feet. On the north
side of the street properties go back to
Ionic street, and on tbo south side to a
three-foot wldo nlley, which runs In a
straight lino from 7th to 8th streets.
Tho Improvement of the block from 6th
to 7th streets and from Walnut to San
som streets, by tho Curtis Publishing
Company Building, and tho effort of tho
printing nnd publishing trade to nnd
locations around Washington Square, have
taken considerable property out of tho
market for many years to come, and
strengthened the Sansom street position.
SALES ON SANSOM STREET.
Comment has been often made that It
Is remarkable that prices havo changed
as llttlo at this point as they havo. A
lecord of sales shows tho following:
1W3 April 4 South sldo or Sansom
street. 160 feet west or 7th street,
ulrard Trust company to Clarence V.
Wolsh, lot 18x04 0 feet sold ror . . . J10.000
1007, Wanh at 73a Sansom atroet,
l.SxfM.O feet, Henry M. Koll to August
O Frank, sold 20.000
1007, November 15729. lot 121.4x01 feet,
Matilda Melz to l.ouls Marker!, sold . 21,000
Tlia eara 1P0S and 1000 wcio absolutely dead
as far as tills noctloit uhs concerned.
1010, May 7721. lot 21.(1x01 feet, John
8 Gerhard to David AHob J20.000
1011, January 17714, Henry J. Weber
to Adolph Mark, lot 18x1)4.0 feet, as
sessed SIB. (KM. sold for 1R"nn
1011, Juno 10722, Joseph D. Thomas to
Joseph Fisher, lot 18x04 ft, sold 20,000
These sales nro at about the rate of
$1000 a front foot over a period of four
years. At present there Is very llttlo
with a sign "to tent" upon It, and
whllo there has been Inquiry In tho block
to purchase, buyers and sellers nro far
apart.
For some tlmo It was claimed tho pollco
protection was entirely Inadequate. This
has, however, been remedied.
Eighth street, between Chestnut and
Walnut streets, has also shared tho same
trado for some years. Tho Jewelry busi
ness now has a pretty strong hold on
Chestnut street, the northwest corner of
8th nnd Chestnut streets being fully
rented, and the Jewelry trade taking a
large part of It, Including the Chestnut
street front
The former location of the Common
wealth Trust Company, at 813 Chestnut
Btreet, which has been Idle for 13 years,
slnco that company removed to the
northwest corner of Chestnut and 12th
streets, has been leased by a firm of
Jewelers.
BETTER PRICES TO RULE.
In the goneral Improvement of business,
confidently expected, It is a safe pre
diction that better prices will rule on
Sansom street In the 700 block, and that
such advance will spread Into tho sec
tion nearby.
The new year starts well, with permits
taken out for several manufacturing
buildings.
The first two business days of the year
show mortgages recorded as follows:
21T.100
Letters front men whose opinions havo
weight In the city, State nnd nation have
been sought by tho nvEttmd LficaBn for
these columns to show What representa
tive men think of the Boy Scout move
ment Tho letters will bo printed from
tlmo to time.
Tho following Is from Governor-elect
Martin G. Brumbaugh:
Dear Sir: I am Interested In tho
Boy Scout movement becauso whoever
helps tho Boy scouts makes a better
nnd great Philadelphia tomorrow, for
the Boy Scouts make good citizens,
and good citizens make a good city.
Sincerely yours,
M. G. BllUMBAUGH.
Walter S. Cowing,
Boy Scouts of America,
Philadelphia.
A challenge for a band contest de
livered by tho brass band of Troop 21
has been accepted by tho Boy Scouts
of Buffalo. Ni T.
J. Henry Gnlae, of Buffalo, has made
known tho acceptance of tho challenge
through W. W. Brundage, Scout execu
tive of the Buffalo Boy Scouts, who sent
nord to tho Philadelphia headquarters
yesterday. Tho contest Is to tako plnco
at a tlmo and placo mutunlly agreed upon,
probably In May, cither In Philadelphia
or In a city approximately half way bo
tween Buffalo nnd Philadelphia. C.
Stanley Mackoy, of the Philadelphia Or
chestra, and Joseph Klcffor, bandmaster
of tho Philadelphia Pollco Bana, nave
volunteered their Bervlccs as Judges. Buf
falo will also probably furnish additional
Judges.
Although tho Buffalo band Is only a
year old, It has a flno record, having
played at every Boy Scout function In
Buffalo slncp Its organization. It con
tains 16 pieces. Tho 17-ploco band of
Troop 21, which Is led by "Joe" Wnnds
leben, was tho first Scout band founded
In tho city nnd tho second In tho State,
Founded by Deputy Scout Commissioner
Patton, then scoutmaster of Troop 21, It
has attained a remarkablo record under
tho leadership of Wandslebcn, who was
ono of tho first Philadelphia boys to bo
como a Boy Scout.
Tho band played at tho Inauguration
of Woodrow Wilson, at tho Gettysburg
encampment, and nt tho Treasure Island
summer camp. Tho training of tho play
ers has earned favorable comment from
many sources wherever It has played.
Scouts Lynch and Lloyd of Troop 28,
passed the cooking test at Wayno Log
Cabin, Delaware County, Saturday nftcr
noon. Tho examination was conducted
by Deputy Scout Commissioner Patton
during tho three-day winter camp estab
lished by Scoutmaster Hubert L. Ruther
ford. Commissioner Patton arrived at tho
camp on a flying visit ns hungry as a
bear. Thoy camp was clctrcd for tho
test and the scouts gathered around the
fire to witness tho examination, which
consisted of oral questions on tho
culinary art and practical demonstra
tions of cooking flapjacks, fried potatoes,
stow nnd cocoa. Only tho most primitive
utensils wero used, the applicants for tho
test being limited to a frjlng pan and a
pot.
"These flapjacks require a thorough
test," said tho examiner when ho enmo
to that part or tho menu which was pre
pared from self-rising flour, water, a
pinch of salt and a bit of grease. "Get
some moro maple syrup. I believe this
last batch needs closer attention."
Flapjack after flapjack ho tested as
tho anxious scouts dumped the hot cakes
from the pan Into his plate. His knife
and fork piled busily whllo ho rovolved
In Ills mind tho merit of the cooking.
"Thoy aro flno," ho nt last announced,
using tho old-fashioned camper's nap-
cVViw,,- " '
DEPUTY SCOUT COMMIS
SIONER PATTON
Testing Boy Scout flapjacks and
maple syrup at Wayne Log
Cabin.
kin. "With maplo syrup they aro simply
great." ,
Tho two successful scouts will recclvo
merit badges for passing the test.
Seventy-five Boy Scouts havo respond
ed to tho offor of Dr. Hubley It. Owen,
pollco Burgeon of Philadelphia, lo form
flrst-ald classes under tho instruction of
tho corps of pollco surgeons. Tho nppll
ennto will meet in City Hall tonight nt
7:30 o'clock, where they will bo formed
Into classes. They will learn all the
flrst-ald methods employed by tho Pollco
Department. '
The Philadelphia Boy Scouts hope that
tho action of tho Curtis Publishing Com
pany In Inviting tho Boy Scouts to make
a tour of inspection ot its building De
cember 28 will provide tho Impetus in
Philadelphia for a widespread movement
whereby Scouts con obtain a general
knowledge of Industrial methods through
visits to various plants. In Cincinnati
tho plan has been adopted with benefit
for both tho companies nnd tho Boy
Scouts. Frequent visits aro made by
troops of Scouts to various plants, whero
they aro shown through the departments
nnd tho working of tho particular manu
factory are explained.
"Tho Invitation to visit the Curtis
Building was enthusiastically received by
tho boys," said Deputy Scout Commis
sioner J. W. Patton. "Nearly 1000 availed
themselves of tho privilege, and every boy
who went through tho building got p
good Idea of the working of tho com
pany. Kach one was given a typewritten
sheet explaining the departments through
which ho was shown and tho visit was
mado more Instructive by tho corps of
guides.
"This should Inaugurate a general edu
cation In a vocational work leading to
exploration of tho various plants nnd in
stitutions for which Philadelphia Is
noted. They havo nlready visited tho
navy yard and tho Untvorslty of Penn
sylvania, In addition to tho Curtis
Building.
Charles llcaly, a member of Troop 50,
won a warm plnco In the hearts of the
fliemen battling tho groat flro which
devastated the lumber yard of the Charles
Este Lumber Company, '20th street and
Glcnnood avenue, Sunday night by dis
tributing hot coffee to the ilrcmen. Healy,
who wns In uniform, got the coffeo from
his home, nt 21st stieet and Glen wood
avenue. Ho Is 11 years old.
Waller S. Cowing, Scout executive,
whoso health broke down under the severe
strain of overwork connected with the
Iiov Scouts and nnrtlciilnrlv j
tWWl ramnnlml. tftff T)ViI1a.i..ii..jE
tw,vwV ....... ...wo.., .u. ..u44uipnl ij
tlnv for n. week's comnlrtn m&1
order of his physician, his dtiH
HOil BCtia, f ji
Tho first Issue ot flcout Llfe
sine puoiisucu lor tne Boy
Philadelphia by1 Troop 62, Is ju
press. It contains 30 pages, tiyTtl
And Ineliiilon ihren ntnrli. ':;.
puzzles, troop notes, hendqtiarul
mm wii uuu tiuinor. unaor lh
tvuii mo acuuiinaaicra Is fcjni
vy utwiso u uuiuouil, SCOUtlhl
Troop 62, entitled "A Scout tfi
WUI IIIJ.
The famous "lied Book" off
acout uommissionor Patton il
quarters Is no more, having ka
planted by tho "Black Book." iS
Book," which wns employed bf
masters for writing memornn.fi
deputy commissioner is now fill
scoutmasters desiring visits fnSrtl
quartors aro requested to wrtleTvl
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Forty crippled children In lhff
the Merciful Saviour for Crlnni.'
drcn, 46th street nnd BaltlmonMfc
forgot their afflictions for a brltK
Saturday, January 2, when waT
under J. B. Hill, scoutmaster, vtiS
Institution nnd gave on exhiwtb
seoutcruft. The scouts' protrram'iv
singing and tha building of a fevi-
pyramms. u-j
Tho children wero delighted ia
performance. Jviior ino scouts Ktri
ducted through tho bulldlnir onv.
of Inspection, thoy rctUmod to(hif
cnl ward, whero tho oxhtbltlon
jjculvu wt o ut.iii.iii. wi uiu cnuofts
wero confined to their beds.
Samuel Schulte. 323 South T.ih
quartermaster of Troop C, Has a in
which was taken by mistake fna
sumDmer camp at urcaauro Islanl
mombor of tho troop. It contains n
master's coat. Quartermaster Bchtlii,
roturn tno suitcaso to tno owner on
cation, ii no ono claims it before
ary 5 ho will dlsposo of It.
Edwin It. Smiley, assistant eci
of Troop 40, who won tho Indian
belt offorcd by Doctor Hart ns tti
in tno bow-anu-onii itro-maklnz
nt tho 2d Regiment Armorv Nt,
Day, has the distinction of holdlrj
worm a recoru ior iire-maKing is
matches. His record is 18 secondi'i
than any Indian ever anado a fat,
safe to say. ,Jj
Less than a year ago in a cosW
a genuine Indian, Smiley defettd
reusitin, and tno latter was so dls
with himself that ho threw his In
drill away with a grunt. Smlley'i
at tho 2d Regiment Aimory was w
good as ho can usually record, M i
being tho official tlmo. Robert Bfji!
Troop 00, was second, and Donald Hi.
of Troop 62, third. -a
Lantern slides, showing Boy Sm
tivltlcs, will accompany an addra
Deputy Scout Commissioner Pattoj
"Scouting ' at tho Walnut Street Pit
terlan Church, 40th and Walnut fe
tomorrow evening. The object of Jfci
lure is to torin a troop ot scouuu
the boys of the church.
Five members of Troon 12, CamdaJ
several membcis of Troop 13, Hrj
coffee und sandwiches to tho flrcacl
tho Kalghn's Point ferryhous,9 flrjll
uay. iney woro in unuorm anewi
In shifts nil day. The coffeo end I
wlchcs wero furnished by Georgollra
a cafe proprietor at Front street!
Knlghn avenue. The Troop 12 vsM
wero Dory Green, Raymond Hall, Jfel
Starr, Marcus Cooper and George Cw
DECKS CLEARED FOR AFRICA NEW WAR
ACTION IN THE CITY'S
HIGH-SPEED BATTLE
Big Demonstration of Janu
ary 14 to Be Preceded by
Rally in Kensington Next
Thursday.
400,03.1
251, bOO
By building aoaodatlona
I)y Individuals ,
uy trust companies ana savins funds. ,
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Among tho large ones are tho following:
tIO.000 II. W. Qreen to Philadelphia Savins
Fund Society, on 1US-18 Market atreet.
1101,000 c. C. A. BaJdt to Commonwealth
ot Pennsylvania, couth alda o( Christian
atrnt. 130.8H (eet eaat Oth atreet.
(SO,O0O-.j. A. Patterson Company to 8. S.
Fels, 1B1T Walnut street.
J60.0O0-w. I. Miller to Fidelity Mutual
LKu Insurance Company, HO North 6th atreet,
JIO 000 u. Schneider o C. P, Artman,
southwest sldo Mill street, 00.11H feet north
west Pau) street.
123.000 II. tirolth to Bavins; Fund Society
e( Germantown, southwest side of Qermantown
aenuo, icu.&it ice norinweni or ttcnooinouiu
lane.
The trend of brokers' opinion as given
in all reviews of the year Is on the side
of a better outlook for business. Trust
companies have about the usual amount
of trust funds seeking investment In
mortgages and all satisfactory proposi
tions can be placed. The straw builder
and bonus house builder will And money
tight- LESSOR.
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DISMOUNT PRZEMYSL GUNS
Beleaguered Fortress Witnesses
' Thrilling; Conflict in the Air,
LBilDERG, Gallcla, Jan- B. Two Rus
plan aeroplanes engaged In a battle In
midair with three Austrian airships yes
terday above Pnemysl. Flying at a
height of 4500 feet, the Russian aviators
dropped six bombs upon the forts at
Preetnysl and dismounted three guns.
After the Russians passed the strong
hold on their course to the southwest the
Austrian aviators rose from their hangar
and attempted to cut them off. The Rus
sians gave battle and succeeded in dam
aging one of the Austrian aeroplanes.
The other two descended and the Rus
sians returned to their station undamaged.
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$$00,000,000 ITALIAN XOAN
ROMS, Jan. 6 The loan of SWQ.000,000
arrang4 ttt by the Govsnuneut for use
to MteaUa with Its SBUitsrjr Bywara
ftow has -been fully ukrlU4 6w. a
PIh to att lndioaUoas Tha loan U
fft tmt eiia sjtUl rtU fcaar later-
(H ns vxr Mtlit,
Decks aro cleared for action on high
speed transit
Every progiesslvo organization in Phila
delphia has declared for It,
A resolution has been Introduced Into
Councils to appropriate tho half million
dollars voted for by the people for pre
paratory work in tho transit loop.
And to prove whero they stand on tho
question, citizens In all sections of this
city havo arranged to participate In a big
high-speed demonstration, consisting of a
parade followed by a mass meeting In
the Academy of Muslo on January II.
A touch of the plcturesaue will be added
to the occasion by the presence pf tho
marines and bluejackets of the League
Island navy yard In uniform. They will
be accompanied by the otllcers of the
yard and the workmen In the shops, all
of whom aro members of tho League
Island Employes' Association. This or
ganization conceived the Idea of a cen
tral mass meeting about two weeks ago,
after being addressed by Director Taylor
upon the necessity of better transit.
Those who went to tho sectional tran
sit meetings expecting to hear oratory,
anecdotes or sensational exposes were
greatly disappointed. But those who
went to hear how Philadelphia could be
transformed and bound together, as It
were, by high-speed car lines were elated.
'iney rauna tnai mere waB no con
jecture about the Director's talk. He
gave them facts and figures, which were
the results of investigations made by
expert engineers, and these were em
phasized with maps and diagrams which
showed the feasibility ot Director's Tay
lor's plan.
The recommended high-speed lines com
prising the Broad street subway with
branches and a delivery loop under Arch,
Locust and Stli streets will cost $35,000,000,
An elevated railway extending from the
present Market street subway at Front
and Arch Streets over Front street, Ken
sington avenue and Frankford avenue to
Bride street will cost KWO.ooo.
An elevated railway extending from Oie
present Market street elevated line at
30th and Market streets, generally on
private right-of-way, over Woodland ave
nue to Darby will cost t,ipo,000.
Later a northwest subway-elevated line
extending- from the delivery loop at City
Hall station beneath the Parkway to a
point near the Qreen street entrance to
the Park, thence northward over th
street to Henry avenue and over Henry
avenue to Roxborough, will cost 13,600,000.
There la ono extremely Important step
necessary. Councils should call a special
election so that the people could vote
for an Increase in the city's indebtedness
and thus obtain money for the construc
tion of the proposed high-speed eyatem.
As a preliminary step to the bis cen
tral meetings residents of tha northeast
ern sestlott of tbe elty win hold, a anj4
transit denionstiatlon In that Mek&r
hoa4 on Thursday nisst. Tfc wiU lw
a PWMl pi ftOly . eittseiM, Mto-wtd
W tn.aJi la faMTlliJl,3Ka
amgtaa 4. eta iua Cftmbetiaj Sret
FIELD AS BRITISH
RAID GERMAN CITY
Warships Work Havoc at
Dar-es-Salaam on East
Coast Kaiser's Dream of
Expansion.
LONDON. Jan. D.
A dispatch received hero last night from
Nairobi, British East Africa, says:
"Tho British battleship OoIIath and tho
light cruiser Fox havo carried out suc
cessful operations against Dar-es-Salaam,
capital of German East Africa. The war
ships bombarded the' town. Inflicting con
siderable damage. All tho German ves
sels In tho harbor wero disabled, Four
teen Europeans and 20 natives were taken
prisoners. Tho British loss was ono killed
and 12 wounded." '
Dar-es-Salaam, the bcst-bullt town on
tho coast of German East Africa, Is a
military station, with an excellent harbor,
situated 40 miles south of Zanzibar, It Is
mo leuuiiiuo ui an important caravan
route, the resldenco of a Governor and
hus large commercial interests. The white
population In 1309 was estimated at 1000;
tho total populatloi at more than 20,000
In his book, "The Last Frontier," E.
Alexander Powell, in writing of Germany
In Africa, says:
"What tho Kaiser has longed to ac
compllsh Is to connect tha German ,pos.
sessions below the equator and to make
a belt of German dominion across the
Continent, The plans ot railway con.
Btmctlon adopted and partly carried out
In German East Africa and German
Southwest Africa plainly Indicate some
such purpose of acquisition and consoll.
datton,
"But will the Kaiser dare try the
hazard of aggressive action In Africa
or will Great Britain and France press
tho warIn that part of tho world against
their mutual foe and deprive him of his
colonial possessions altogether? In either
event It Is inconceivable that the terri
torial divisions of Africa will remain as
they are today when the treaty of peace
shall have been signed at the end of the
present conflict,"
LATE ENTRANTS HA'
CHANCE TO WIN ffl
TO TWO EXPOSITIl
Today's Leaders in
May Fall Back Bel
Vote Getting of Late Gal
ers.
The glories of the magnificent VM
Pacific Exposition, brought fronf2
corner of tho earth at vast exptw,"!
evldontly of deep interest to Tmi
phlans, who aro flocking into tbe
imu jjEnaEn-punua Ledqeh conttni
a steadily Increasing number.
Fifty men and women will "I
free of charsro to thin ovnmltlnn. sal1
twin at San Diego, ono of thelff
flnwAflnr f1n1l,.l ,., A II..1 ,rt
..wn,,,,a .ihvi iiiu, cuics, at WB f
uib contest now in full swing unwL1
auspices of the Contest Editor Ml
Evening- LEDann and Public Lewis
me mcKy ntty w be those who
tho leaders In the contest, who hsve
talned tho most subscrlotlons to the
newspapers. It la still too early to
any definite idea of who will tsktl
trip. The leader today may be oiwf
from that position by some hard ww
and ambitious late entrant within iwi
Time la fleeting and points are JHi
with remarkable rapidity, however,
behooves all Phtladelphlans who vm
take this big trip through the &,
wonders of the West to the balntf
cine coast who never have h4y
necessary funds, to make haste toy
the contest, 4
Tho only work required Js that oiiVS
Ing new subscriptions to the jm
Ledqer and Pvbuio Ledobb, aigJJ1
points aro made up as follows: IW
new six months' subscription to ttfc5
HP Ledqeh, 7C0 vredltsi to the EVSf
LEnqBB, SCO credits. 'M
For oald In bdvnnm subscriDtlOBir
follows: m
Publlii
Ledftr
m nrco months , , wxi
Six months. 1000
Nine months .. 1500 -J
t-weivo months , .. SOW ,
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