I EVENINft LljJPQER-PHTLADBLPHIA, PBIDAY, JANTJABY 22, 191S. ITALIANS GLAMOR -FOR WAR AS KAISER RECALLS SUBJECTS Long Threatened Break With Germany Believed to Be Imminent Mobs Wreck Consulate. triio long-threatened break between Italy mid flermany appears Imminent. Recognition of strained relatlnnn In con mined In ilerlln's reported general order to Germans resident In tlnly to return home. Antl-Clermiin demonstrations nro continual In Italian cities, nnd tlio popu lar mind Is Inflamed nnnlnst Germany. In Genoa a mob attacked tlio German Consulate nnd destroyed the Imperlnl eoal-of-arms. Diplomats look for Italy's varly severance ot tlio Triple. Alliance bonds and consequent entry Into the war on tho side of the Allies. aiJNBVA. Jan. 22 A rrlsln Is rapidly developing In Hie re latione of Germany and Italy, according to Information received from reliable Sources, Swiss newspapers declared today. They state that all German residents of Italy have been notified by Berlin tn leave at once and return to dermuny. While the Swiss papers mako no pre diction that Italy will Immediately enter the war on the filde of tho Allies, they Intimate that bucU a step will not ha lone delayed. AMBTMIIDAM, Jan. 22. An nttack by an Italian mob upon the German Consulate nt Genoa Sunday is reported In a dispatch from Berlin, it Buys that tho Imperial arms on the con uUlnte were, torn down before the police, could Interfere. Tho Genoa chief of police wim dismissed and Germany Is not expected to take any action. HOME, Jnn. 22. A dispatch to tho .Mes aagero from Its correspondent nt Vienna rays that the Italian Ambassador to the Court ot AuBtrla, after a three hours' Interview with Baron Ilurlan, the new Austrian Foreign Minister, sent a long report to Home. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA Vessols Arriving Today Str, Jemtlund (Swed.), Shields, merchandise, Gwoden-Norway Line. Str. Delaware, New York, merchandise, Clyde Steamship Comrnny. Bchr. Coral Lout (Mr.) Windsor, N. S., laths, A. D, Cummins & Co. Vessels Sailing Today Str. Crown Point (Hr.). Uunstnn, London, Fnlladrlptiln Trnmutlnmlc Line. Btr. Cunsdlu (Dan.), Jiti'crten. OothenburK Tla llaltlmors and UaUeston, rin'cden-Xonwvy Line. Htr. Geonto W. Clyde, Forrest, Norfolk, etc., Clyde Steamship Company. Schr. Elizabeth Gilbert, Chlpmnn, Norfolk. A, V, Cummins & Co. Steamships to Arrive I'ASSCNUnit. Name. From. iloncollan nintgow Dominion Liverpool .... Date. .Jan. ' .Jan. It rnmaiiT. Name. Waddon . Thtmlsto From. ..Ifombay ... Date .Nov. in .Doc. is .Dei. uri .Dec. is . ..Itotterdam lirytsol . .Tyno Ty Kinssn trini Clirlstlanla Shield ... jcmtiand Jan. 1 Jdaartensdyk Itotterdam Jan. Auchencrajr Crujt flrnndn. . . .Jnn. :i Oldfleid Orange Shields Jnn. II Tunlslana Cnrdin Jan. tl Jonisborg- Ardrossan Jan. II South Point London Jan. 7 Ekneonl Sydney, C. JJ.. .Jan. Manchester Mariner.... Manchester Jan. 0 Bkjoldborz Copenhagen ....J. in. 11 Florentine Jluelva Jan It! Wlco Fanl Jan. IS Tottenham S'arvlk StlklssMa Santiago ...... .Jan. in IVashlnstonlan ltalboa Jan 37 Lulclllne Cardlft Jim. 17 Mackinaw Ixindon .. Jan. 17 Fella Port Antonio . . . Jan. 20 PUturla Shields Jan. 20 Steamships to Leave PASSENGER. Name. For. Itonzollan aiasgow ... Dominion Liverpool.. FlXEaOHT. Name. For. Vaartensdtk Rotterdam Tunisians, Leith , Caterlna ., London Manchester Mariner Manchester Date. .Jan 2fl .Jan CO Date. .Jon 23 .Jan 21) .Jan "0 .Jan. I!U PORT OF NEW YORK (Steamships Arriving' Today Name. From. Dale. IJJsltanla Liverpool Jan ID Baltic Liverpool Jan It; Itcsenla d'ltalla fjenoa Jan. D dub tomorrow. Name. For. Date. Vndorma Marseilles Jan. 3 JtlnnewssVa ,. ..London Jan.lt Steamships to Leave Name. For. Anaonla Glasgow . Potsdam .....Rotterdam, Transylvania Liverpool St. Louis Liverpool Tourslne Havre ... JLncona , Genoa .... Date. ..Jan. 23 ..Jan, 23 ..Jan. 23 . .Jan. 23 ..Jan 2:1 ..Jan. 23 Hovements of Vessels tr Gargoyle (Atr.fr.), for. New York, teamed from Alexander January 31, Sir Lutetian llr.), from Philadelphia, ar rled at Havre January 13. Str Arabic tBr.). for New York, steamed from Liverpool January 20, Str, Missouri (Jlr.), from Philadelphia, ar rived at London January 20. Str Kansan (Amer.), for New York, steamed from London January 21, Btr. Mongolian. Liverpool for Philadelphia, arrived at Halifax, January IS, Btr Lexington, from J'hlladelphia, arrived t Uoston January 22. Str Grecian, for Philadelphia, steamed from Ronton January 2L Btr Lasaell, for Philadelphia, ateamed from Charleston January 21. Str Winifred, for Philadelphia, steamed flora Port Arthur, Tex,. January 21. Str Washlngtonlan, Honolulu for Phllsdat. fids, wa eito miles northeast ot Cristobal at p n ro. January 21. Str Evelyn, San Francisco for New York. aa 100 miles north of Availing Island at 8 p. m. January 21. Str. Persian, Philadelphia for Jacksonville, passed Diamond Shoal lightship at T 0, m. Jan. pary 21. Str Lyra, Philadelphia for Ban Francisco, lira (XVI miles north ot Balboa at 8 p. ro. Jan uary 2J Str. Toledo, towing schr, Delaware Bun. Philadelphia for Sabine, was BO miles west of Tortus" at a p. m January 21. Sir Gulfoll, towing tig. Shenango. Phlladei. Ehia. for Port Arthur. , was 48 miles north of Demand Shoal lightship at noon January 21. Str. Paraguay. Biblne for Philadelphia, was 4 mile east ot Bablne Bar at a p, in. Jan uary ji. Srhr Pendleton Bisters. Philadelphia for Calais sullsd from Nsw London January 31. Schr Henry S. Utile, from Philadelphia, arrtved at Providence, J I., January 21, FREIGHTS AND CHARTERS drain carrier continue In demand In the ataem market, with all other trade fighting bard for ship, tjcarelty of them limit fcusi Seas, Hate ar well supported. BTBAM8IIIP3. Kalbrir 1 Br , PblUdelphla to Malta, grain. so.ftOO quarters, lis., prompt. N IVr.) Pwtland to Avonmouth; grain, M.m auartera. 7s. (U.. Psbruarv. ageid (Her.). Boston to Norway, train, Ulka, t"t iwnu. pruiepi' inr, iiiiiniw rang 10 nraus, gram, ttuarttra. 10,, February. O)'), a W Ushorn and Spesls, TlfcBW auartus. 10. d . Februarr ayalga staaaie. from New York to, Cain WJ Btumghal. tAtroteuin.ifXi.0O0 cases. Core, or rang Naawpt (Or). Io3t toss. Ilaiifs a tVtat ainuun or jhuk irtiasa. iiroidui deals, private- terms. t land (Nor) 61 loas, NerfoU f Wn- nw ivmt mv9 twaw, vwtV y uresiaa aiea-mer. VUxlnia, to Bermuda. oi H. JHJ r rtiM Kon New tojfc te "imjn. ua jirvuw w, uui we,, uaaiu. 5b G.M-. IMH. ST t(lf, VUgKUa to !':; ..'' vibitw trK. OFFICIAL WAR. REPORTS PBfcWOH In Belgium, the enemy has Very Violently bombarded Nletiport. Our Infantry has made orrte slight prog rei to the east of the highway of I.ombhertzdyc. 'tctween Ypres and the OIe our artillery has conducted successful operations against earth works, batteries of nrtlllcry nnd In fantry eoticentrntlng there. From tho OlBe to the Argonno, Hip nlltintlon on the outskirts of Solisons Is Unchanged. Near Berry-Ail-Bac a trench, which wo had been obliged to evneuate following n violent bombard ment, Ims been tetnken by us, In the region of Perthes the rncmy mndo nn attack without success during tho night or .Inntinry 20-21 to the northwest ot lleauHcJour. Between the Mouse and tho Moselle to tho southwest of St. Mlhlet, In th forest nf Aprctnotil, 11 bombardment of extreme vlolonce prevented us from holdlnu possession of the Oerinah t rendu r captured jtostitlay on a front 150 yards Innn. To the north west uf Pont-n-Mousson, In the for est nf La Pretie, the rnomy recap tured a portion of the trenches taken by us on .Inntinry 30. We are now maintaining our positions on nil the lest nr the lotitlcr tliere. In tho Vosges, tho enemy has thrown upon St. Wo six projectiles of hr-nvy calibre without causing serloun dnm ngo. Between tlio hills nt Hon hommo mid ot Schlucht there wns un aitlllory duel, In which the Ocrman bnttcrlrq were reduced to silence. In Alsace, 1111 Infantry buttle taking plnce In thn region of Hiirlrlimiiswller Kopf continues with great violence, tho lighting being veritably body to bod). Before Hiinnctnnrlp our ar tillery dispersed troops of tlio enemy rcnsselnblliig there. GERMAN In the western thentro cf uor a con tinuous rnln rendered Inipt sslb e all Important lighting between tho ionst and Iiii Bnsso Canal, Artillery duels are occurring nt Arras. Yesterday wc nbniidoiicd nnd blow up 0110 of tho trenches we took Wednes day sotitltnest of llcrry-au-llac. It hail been partly destroyed by the col lapsing of a factory wall. A French attack north of Verdun was easily repulsed. After battles 011 Wednesday south ot St. Mihlcl small French detachments still held out In the neighborhood of our positions. By means of nn nd vunco Into the legion before our front wo cleared It of Frenchmen as far as their old positions. Tho battle for Crolx-dcs-Lnrmee, northwest o Pnnt-a-Mousson, contin ue!". A strong Fiench attack recap tured part of the positlmia there, but the enemy was Inter repulsed with heavy louses. In tho Vosgcs, north of Scnnhcim, wo drove tho enemy out of tho heights of Hnrtmaimswiler'-Kopf and took two ofllcors and 123 men. In the eastern theatre of war tho situation Is unchanged. Uur attacks .ilong a branch of tho Szuchln rilzura) hnvo progressed slow ly. There Ib nothing now on tho east bank of tho Pllicn. RUSSIAN There has been tin change In Ori ental Prussia. In the vicinity of Mlawa we are In close contact with tin- enemv, and every effort on tho Tinit nf tltc (termnns to penetrate our lines dm lug the lust 21 hours hns been repulsed. We took by Hssnult tho place called Skempe, which was rap idly cvneiM'ecl by the enemy. On tho Itlver Bzura nnd on the Itlvcr Itnwku there has been cannon udlng and heavy rifle llrlng along al most nil the front. Our artillery was engaged successfull) with that of the enomv, nnd leductd In silence (.everul German halteile1). Our tumps wero successful In repulsing ovctnl partial attacks of the mrrav nn this front. South of the Itlver Plllea, nnd In Ottllcln thcro hns been no fighting Only hero and there ban tho sound of cannon tiring been heard In Buliowlnn wc captured the town of Vornkhta and ilrovn bock dot.irh ments of the enemy that wero en deavoilng un offeunive movement In the region of Klillhnbn. Hero wo enptured a major, several other offi cers nnd more than K.0 soldleis. FOUR CARRIED TO SAFETY, OTHERS FLEE FROM FIRE Nino Persons Escape Over Hoofs of Houses, Four children were carried elown a smoke-flllcrt stairway to tlio street by Po liceman Collins, of tho 4th antl Snyder avenue station, and nine persons were forced to fleo from their beds to Bafuy oer rooftops durlnn an early mornln? fire which started In the shoe Btore ot Max Finl'.elstcln, 3017 South 7th street. The damage to the building; and stock Is estimated at J2000. Mrs. Mnx Flnkesteln. who fainted dur ing the excltemsnt, and Fred llclman, a watchman, who was asleep on the third floor of the building, aro In Mt. Sln.u Hospital. Helmun was cut by flying glass from the plate sines windows. The blare was discovered by Collins as ho was passlnc; the house nt 2:30 this mornlnff. lift sent In an alarm nnd then broke Into the bulldlnif, arousing tho members of two families who wero nsleeo on the second and third floors. Flnkel steln, his wife nnd four children were on the second floor. Joseph Birch, his wife and two children, and Mary and John Hughes, a niece and nephew, occupied tho third floor. Collins carried Annie Flnkelsteln, s years old, nnd John Hughes, 4 years, down the back stairway to the street. IIu made a second trip to the upper floor and rescued Bessie Birch, E years, and Mary Hughes, also 5, to the street. Meanwhile the smoke had completely filled the rooms occupied by the sleepers, who were compelled to run to the roof and make their escape by climbing through a trap door and across several roots. Firemen who were summoned had a stiff fight to prevent the flames from destroy lng the building. LONDON VIVIDLY PICTURED Mrs. Pennell's Story Ilustrated by Husband in Sunday's Public Ledger. London under the spell of war Is vividly described by Elizabeth Iloblns Pennell, the noted Philadelphia writer, In two artlclen written for the Punuo Lbdobr, Mm. Pennell. who Is now In London with her husband, Joseph Pennell, the artr 1st, has graphically described the effect of the war on the world's biggest city how London, In peace, stretching it mas sive bulk along the Thames, hag suddenly become an armed camp, with searchlights tirelessly seeking the raiding foe in the clouda by night. The stories are Illustrated by Mr. Pen nell. The first of the two articles, "A City or Dreadful Night," will appear In the Magazine Section of thd Public LrjtmEu on Sunday, January U. Congressman Speaks on Canal WBST CHB8TKR. Jan. 23. Congress, man Martin B. Madden, of Chicago, a close friend of Congressman Thomas H. Butler, of this place, lectured on the Pan am Canal here last night under the aus ptcea of the) local Are department Two thousand person attended. The proceeds will be added to s. fund for the relief of the needy In Weet Cheater Several hun dred dollar war realized by the Iwur. wbitstt wag !Uutrii;4. LEADERS OF CITYJS BUSINESS LIFE PLAN "BOOM" CAMPAIGN Five Hundred Will Meet February 9 to Start Move ment to Advertise Phila delphia's Goods. The greatest trade development cam paign ever undertaken In this city will shortly bo started. For two montliB lend lng representatives of Philadelphia n banking, transportation, manufacturing. Incrchandlso nnd maritime Interests hav. been mnrshnllng forces, nnd with plan., virtually completed now more than COO of these representative Phlladclphlaus will meet nt a dinner ot tho Manufac turcis' Club, on February 9, to formally , tnnugurato the movement for trado ro i vlval. I Tho aim of the movement will bo to I ndverttso Philadelphia throughout the world as tho pre-eminent producer ot "world-sellers." No longer satisfied with merely a homo market for this clt' wares, a world market will be tho goal. Tho slogan of tho campaign will he "Philadelphia, tho World's aroatost Woikshop," and the keynote will bo to advertise this city by advertising the prin cipal articles mndo hero. Twelve men, whose executive gonlus to a great extent dominates tho lending In dustries ot this city, will address tho meet ing, llnch will toll why Philadelphia's branch of the Industry ho represents leads tho world and each will explain the cotiroo of development by which this pro-eml-licnco was attained. "TO TBACH CITY FIItST." When these Inspiring word pictures have been painted plana will be an nounced for making Philadelphia's wares a household phraso for standard quality In every lending city In this country nnd abroad. Phllndctphltins themselves will be taught first what position this city really occupies In the Industry of tho world, Later this Maine iicwb will bo spread broadcast. Tho trade bodies directly back of tho new movement are the Manufacturers' Club, the Chamber of Commerce, tho Merchants and Manufacturers' Associa tion nnd tho Board of Trade. The committee, which for weeks hns been devlBlng ways and means for launching the movement, conulfltd of tho following mon: Chulrmtiu Ernest I,. Trigg, vlco presi dent and general manugrr of John Lucas At Co., pnlnt muntifuctureis; Frmtcis II. Reeves, Jr., piculdent or the (Ilrnrd N'n tlonnl llnnlc and tho Phlltutolnhla Clear ing House Association, Charles 7.. Tryon, president of the Edward I" Tryon Com pany, sporting goods; William II. Welmur, president nf thi Welmtr, Wright At Wnt kln Company; Oeorge T. I.ilng, of the l.nlng, Ilarrar tb. Chamlieilln Company; Frank W. Huff, of tho Supplee-lilddle Unnlwnie Company; Edward J. Cnttoll, city statistician; .V. B. KclIo, sec letary of the Chamber of Commerce; Charles W. Summerfleld, secretary of tho Merchants nnd MniitifnvtuieiH' Associa tion, Walter P. Miller, dialer In papoi boxce; Joseph II. IlaltKH, secretary of the Unities, Junes & Oiulbury Campuiiv; Ocnrge L Mitchell, nf (loorgo L. Jlltchell Ik Stnff, advertising tLieiits; Walter Whet stone, of Whetstone A; Co., lion pipe; Irving Kchn, of Kolm, Adler At Co.; F.' .1. Lnlfcity. treusunr of the K. A. Wilght Banknote Company, John Flsler, treus urer of tho Yewriall & Jones Company; Wilson II. Brown, president of Jonathan King & Son. and Elmer 1. Welsol, accro tury of tho Manufacturers' Club. "LIGHT HID UNDEIt I1USHFL." Mr. Trigg declared today that Phila delphia's industrial light must no longer bo hid under n bushel. Not even Phlla delphians themselves, he said, knew what this city stood for Industrially. Tho cam paign, therefore, will be educational as well as n trade boom. It wl 1 show that ' tho sun never sets on Phllndulphla-mado goods. And, what is more s gnltlcant. It will bo shown from statistics umt l per cent, of all the manufactured articles ex- ported fiom the United States to Buropo are maue in inn city. Tho chaotic conditions of tho world's trado on iiccount of the European war make the prcreut time thn mi.st utispli-imiii for the inauguration of such a move ment, Its leaders soy. Further, It Is pointed out thut the new commorclal era In thl3 country now beginning will awaken all cities to their new opportuni ties. If Philadelphia, then, Is to main, tnln Its commercial prc-omlnonco nnd to have that pre-cmlnenco recognized at homo and abroad, Industrial leudors say tho present movement must be made an unparalleled success. RUSSIAN SPIRIT CRAVEN, GERMAN OFFICIAL CHARGES Czar's Troops Have to Be Driven Into Battle Like Cattle. BBBLIN, Jan. 22. That Russian soldiers have to be driven Into battle "like cattle" is the declaration inado by an "eyewitness" attached to the staff of tho German commander In i'oiana. in a narrative written by him and given out by the C.clal German News Bureau today there appears tho following: "All of the Russian prisoners of war tell of tha Czar's soldiers being driven Into battle by officers with revolvers. Tho Russian army Is plainly disheartened be cause successes havo not been attained. "nussla, with Its great resources of men, Is able to reinforce Its armies fre quently, but the fresh troops often ar rive without arms and have to be held in reserve until death In the tiring lino puts weapons at their disposal. "Many of the Russians have Inflicted wounds upon themselves In order to get out of fighting. Others have lied front the battlefield under cover of darknevs, An order Issued by the commander of the lMth Russian Regiment forbids both theso practices under penalty of death, This shows a complete disintegration of mili tary spirit and discipline." GERMANS RAID NIEUPORT AS ALLIES GAIN ON COAST French, Infantry Rushes forward East; of Lomhaertzyde. PARIS. Jan. 22. The battle of Flanders has been re sumed after a lull caused by recent heavy etorms. -me uermans are -violently bom bardlng Nleuport, while ths Allies have brought infantry Into action and have made some progress to the east of Lorn baertzyde highway This U officially an nounced In a communique issued by the French War Office this afternoon. French artillery still maintains Its ad vantage over that of the German be tween Yprea and the 01 e. Near Berry-au-Be, on the Alsne, the French have reeapturep a trench that they were compelled to evacuate because of it vtqlant bombardment by tho Ger man. Tin) situation at the outskirts of SolMon U uaofeanged. a&eording to the uoiumunlqut. IM 1 M 1. MasHsT '&9s"aBaSeH! 5 9i ' lJeaBaeBBBy WmjMtWlSm'Wmik Mi 1 Uv9Mi ADMIRAL VON TIRP1TZ German naval chief, whose threat to starve Britain is recalled by the sinking of a British merchant ship by a German cubmarinc. It is believed this new mode of war fare ha3 been launched. STATE COMMISSION DUE FOR SHAKE-UP, HARRISBURG HEARS Personnel and Size of Public Service Board May Be Changed at Administra tion's Behest. KHOM A RTAI1 COimKBPONtJCNT. llAnniBIIUItO. Jnn. 22. - Several changes in tho personnel of tho Pennsyl vania Public Service Commission and tho reduction of thut body from seven to live members Is tlio Intention of tho Brum baugh Ailmlnlstiutloii, according to the general belief on Capitol Hill today. It Is rumored, also, that the resignation of Finnic M. Wnlnce, of Bile, ulicudy Is in tlio hund.'i of Oovcrnor Brumbaugh, as Is tlio oppolnlnient of Walter Guiltier, secie lary to e-;iicrnnr Tenor. Governor Brumbnuuh loduv would not I admit that Wnllure'n resignation has hnn received nor that he Is opposed to tho conllrmntlon of Gnlther as a member of tliu body, but thn report generally cur rent In the Capitol is that an amendment to tho picaerit Public Utilities Act will bo Intioduced enily in tho session, i educ ing tho number of commissioners to five. In tliajJliui for reducing the numbir of commiBBioneiB is seen a move to dls laco tho present body with another moio sult abla to tlio Governor. Tho mere Intro duction of a resolution i educing the num ber of commissioners would abolish tho resent commission and cnablo tho Gov ernor to name his own commission. So far the only objection to the present members of tho boiud that tho exectitlvo has been heard to iniike Is tlint Mr. Wal lace is not suitable and that Mr. Galthcr Is not ciiulpped for tbo position. Governor Brumbaugh today was non committal legardlug the plnn to reduce the number nf commissioners from seven to nvo. no wuh asked whether he fnvoreil ''li a plan. "' 'lo "ot care t0 no Quoted on that,' he snid. .,, ,,,,"' , LT '",rouu" ntomatlcnllj ttZJlh!'Jlt'mH0V, .C.n ''",""?". "..j ""?S'"le" t.?f ""V1"61 i'lie bill when Introduced ntitomatlcolly Gnlther and automatically will accent his reslcna. tlon. Governor Brumbaugh must detlno his nttltude regarding tho present com mission when tho bill Ib Intioduced, since it will give him tho power to oust every memher of tho present board and appoint mon of his own choice Public ciltlclsm gcnorally was directed against tho board early In tho present controversy between the commuters .and tho ralliond companies over tho increase In pnisenger tariffs and tho proposed abolition of certain forms of commuta tion tickets. At this tlmo, It wns charged, tho Commission, whllo conduct ing the formal hearings on tho rate case, advised tho railroads In advance whnt the decision would be, thus making the linn! hearing a furce. RUSSIANS FORCE GIBRALTAR IN NEW DRIVE ON GERMANY Dissipated . Forces Now Appear Bent on Terrific Sweep Against Thorn, With Modern Defenses of Vistula Blocking the Way. By J. W. T. MASON . NHW YORK. Jan. 22.-Tho Russians nro pushing their new advance vigor ously toward Thorn, tho Intrenched camp which guards the German frontier at the point where tho Vistula flows Into German territory. This has suddenly be come the most Important movement in the various war zones. The Slavs ap pear once more to have changed their plans of campaign and to have returned to their original resolve to overthrow the German Vistula defenses, second In strength only to the defenses of the Rhine. The absence of news concerning the Russian advance toward Budapest, and the apparent inability of the Slav to follow up the recent defeat of the Turks In the Caucasus, suggest that Instead of sending sufnolont reinforcements to sup port these movements the new offensive against the German Vistula Is for the moment the dominant factor of Russia's trategy. There are, In fact, six different cam palons now being conducted by ths Rua. slant) the first, In Eait Prussia; the sec ond, toward Thorn) the third, before Warsaw the fourth, In Oallclai the fifth, In Bukowlna and toward Budapest! the sixth, In the Caucasus. Six campaigns require a serloua division of the Slav offensive, and what is mor satisfactory to the German General Staff. Petrograd I tempted into a continuous policy of Indecision There appear to be various cliques of strategists at Petro grad, each of whom In turn seems to lm press It desires on the Ooatral Staff Instead, therefore, of holdltwr fast to an otytetlv dplve all ofes-tartes, every 31 BRITISH WARSHIPS DESTROYED IN WAR; GERMANY LOSES ff Naval Casualties of Other Belligerents Far Less Than Those of Two Leading Maritime Powers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 72. England has lost In the war, from Au gust I. 1911. to January 1, 1915, n total of 31 vessels of war and Germany hns lost 47. according tn statistics published In tho navy year book Issued today by tho Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. Tho total losses of othor belligerents nre: Bussln, I; Franco, 8; Jnpan, 5; Turkey, 2, and Austria, C. Tho British losses wero three battle ships, thrco armored cruisers, tlnco cruisers, four light cruisers, two auxiliary cruisers, two torpedo gunboats, two do- . stroyers, three submarines, eight mlno I HWflntiitrn nnd (rnwlera nnil nnn trfllntn? ship. Germany lost threo armored cruisers, eight protocted cruisers, ono small crulsor, 11 auxiliary cruisers, eight gunboats, nlno destroyers, two submarines and tlnco mine layers, besides tho battlo crulsor Ooeben nnd the light cruiser Breslau, sold to Turkey. Tho Bussliin losses woro: Ono armored cruiser, ono cruiser, ono auxiliary cruiser and ono gunboat. France lost one gunboat, threo destroy, ers and ono submarine. Japan lost a cruiser, a destroyer, a tor pedoboat and two spoclal service boats, Turkey lost a battleship and n gunboat. Austria lost two rmlsois, a monitor, a turpedobont nnd a tialnlng ship. BERLIN REPORTS GAINS IN VV0EVRE AND ARG0NNE Fierce Battle In Progress Northwest of Pont-n-Mousson. BERLIN, Jon. 22. French rorces operating near St. Mlhlel havo been driven back Into their old po sitions, according to nn ofllclal report fiom gcnernl heudriuarters Issued here this afternoon. It udmlts that tho Ger mans abandoned a trench near Berry-nu-Bac. but says that a French attack north of Verdun was repulsed. A florco battlo for the possession of Croix de.i Lnrtnca, northwest of Pont-ri-Mousson, continues. Tho French gained a tempornry ndvantage there, but woro later driven back. For onco tho ofllclal reports from Palis and Berlin substantially ngreo, the Ger mans admitting what the French claim and clnlmlng what tho French ndmlt. MARTIAL LAW IN STRASSBURG Commander of Fortress Prepares Against French Advnnce in Alsace. IJEBNE, Switzerland, Jan. 22. Martini law hns been proclnlmed at riti.issbtirg by the commander of the Ger mon fortress on tho upper Ithlne. Swiss obsorVorB take this ns an Indica tion thut the Germans expect tho French forces to mako a further advance Into Al sace. MAN DISROBES FOR SLICK "DOCTOR," WHO GETS ROLL Body Examined for "Symptoms" nnd His Clothing for Monoy. "I am a doctor uiid have to exercise great caro la choosing n rooming hotiso. If you will be kind enough to disrobe nnd let me examine you, I would be sntls llcd better that thcro Is no danger of contracting consumption from you, re your cough makes mo susplclouH." This preamble by way of engaging n room was made by a auavo Btrnnger '( day to Herman KurUman, who conductH an apartment houxo nt 1S22 South 7th street. Even tho fact that tho stronger had a companion, whom ho Introduced as a "private detective, failed to arouau Kurtzman's susplclouu. He said ho would bo glad to "obllgo too doctor" and tho police aro now looking for tho pair and J51 belonging to Kurtzman. Kuitzmnn admits It was some time be fore a light dawned on him. He told tho police tho "doctor" was a dis tinguished looking gentleman who ox amlned him from head to foot. The "dotectlvo'.' hold his clothes dm lng tho examination. "My surmises wero wrong," Kurtzman suys the doctor declared after ho had thumped every Inch of him and listened Intently to his heart beats. The visitors then snld they would wait until Kurtzman dressed before looking through the rest of tha hotiso and Kurtz man lelBUrly donned Ills clothing, tlrst modestly retiring to the buthroom. About the samo time that he discovered a suspicious emptiness about Ills trousers' pocket, whoro his "roll" had been stowed, the front door closed downstalra on tho slick doctor and his "pal." stumble sends the Slavs off seeking an easier track. Presumably the situation In. the south east Is more puzzling that at first was thought, so the Petrograd military au thorltlea have decided to try their troops again In the Russo-German northwestern war zone. While trying to reach Thorn early In the war the Slavs suffered their first great defeat amid the marshes of East Prussia. The experience thuu gained doubtless accounts for the fact that the now advance Is not through the East Prussian glacial bogs, but is along the Russian roads soma mile to the south. The seriousness of tho Thorn offensive depends on the strength of the Slav armies. It will require an enormous forcu 'i?.-1 . "" rovement successful. The difficulties of crossing the undefended portion of the Vistula River In Russia are so great that Von Hlndenburg has been .unable to move his army from the foro, as If the problem of forcing the Vli. tulu In Germany, defended as It Is by a Una of modern fortifications, may be a perplexing one for the Blavs to solve, LETTER'S Best Coal Egg 37, Stove $7.23, Chestnut 57.50 Large Round Pea Coal, $5J50 I?JSf!SJ?a$1J'JiI in -PoiiiJsW OWEN LETTER'S SONS Trenton Ave. & Westmoreland St. ST. DIE IN PANIC WHEN BIG GERMAN SHOTS HIT TOWN Freneb. Town In Vosges Bombarded With Heavy duns. PARIS, Jan. 22. German bombardment of St, Dlo, ono of the most picturesque of tho old cities of the Vosges region, was reported In of ficial dispatches today. Six shells of heavy cnllbro were hurlnl Into the heart ot St. Die. Ono fell near the historic old cathedrAt, a rello of tho 11th century, and unofficial reports assert that a school building, erected In the 8lh century whr slightly damaged, Residents of tho town fled In panic. The capture of 1B0 yards of German trenches In the forest of Apremonl Is ro ported today, with the admission, how ever, that this gain was later lost because of a heavy bombardment by tho Ger mans, TURKS, FROM PERSIA, ROUTED BY RUSSIANS IN NEW BORDER RAID Ottoman Forces at Tabriz Attempt to Halt Foe From Caucasus Suffered Heavy Losses. PETROORAD, Jnn. 22. Another Turk ish defent was reported In an ofllclal dis patch received today from Tlllls. It stated that Ottoman troops and Kurd ttlbesmcn ndvnnclng from tho captured Persian city of Tabriz had been defeated when they attempted to Invado tho Cau casus nnd wero driven back with heavy losses. Tho Bourse Gazotto's Tlflls correspond ent reports that tho Turkish forces at tempted to cross the Russo-Perslan fron tier nt DJulfn on tha Araxcs Itlver. but suffered so severely from tho Russians' nrtlllcry fire that they retired to Marand, several miles south of tho river. The defeat of tho Kurds at Kara Urgan has permitted the Russlnns to strcngthrn their forces on tho Persian frontier. Another dispatch from Tlflls reports that the advanco of the Russian troops ngalnst Brzerum hns been temporarily halted bocauso of terrific snowstorms. GERMANS SHELL WISZ0GR0D TO FORCE VISTULA PASSAGE Offensive Against Warsaw Halted, However, Petrograd Says. PISTROaitAD, Jan. 22. The German forward movement ngalnst Warsaw from the west again hns 'been ha'tcd, nccordlng to unofilclnl reports. The Germnns, however, continue bom barding Wlszogrod on tho east bank of the Vistula, preparatory to an attompt to force a passage. The Russian advanco In Bukowlna nnd In tho Caucasus continues, It la ofilclally reported. ABCHANOEL NOW ICEBOUND LONDON, Jan. 22. A dispatch fiom Petrograd says tho Canadian Ico breaker with which It wbb expected to keep open the port ot Archangel through tho winter has broken down and 16 steamships aro already frozen In with little prospect of releasing them for sovernl months. wd( efi mtr Bstabllshcil l.'.l" Silks You Will Want for Spring At less than the cost to make, are included in our January Silk sale DOLLY VARDEN SILKS, in white ground with satin stripe and the quaint color prints. This style is evident for the coming spring (La Circular skirt). 0 . 33 and 38 Inched Wide. Value $1.25 Yard. For (oCya, $1.50 Quality White Silk Broadcloth Special for 85c Another lot of this wonderful silk value. Kor blouses, wash dreJies and negligees. Limited to Friday and Saturday selling. 38 Inches Wide. $1.50 Quality. For 85c yd CHECKED TAFFETA in black-and-white and navy-and-white. A good lustrous quality. From Switzerland. ne j 30 Inches Wide. Value $2.00. For 5C ya. t White Silk Pongee Waisting A quality of silk that's cool and serviceable for summer waists. The' price has always been $1.00 yard. 32 Irenes Wide. Special for 68c yd. Men's Silk Shirtings For Friday and Saturday wc will open a new lot ot the extra heavy tub silks for men's shirts. The last opportunity for this exlt grade at less than regular prices. t-i en ,'. . 32 Inches Wide. Regular Prices $2.00. and ?2.25. For v ,i3U ' A New Lot of 100 Foulards In all the desirable colors for street frocks, A quality from a well known manufacturer. 85c and ?1.00 Grades. Marked Special for 63c yd' SILKS in Odd Lot Taken From Stock Reduced to Leu Than Half Price, on Sale on Ahle Tablet, arltnston'S far tntv &$ NET TOP LACES5 in. to 12 in. wide. Reduced one-third & one-half former prices. Remnants of Lace and Nets, Half Price, White Goods) 5S'in' wWa Organdie, $1.00 value 60c Specials (S3'inch wide ftw Baliate, ft, 00 value.. 60c H ) 53-inch wide Voile Neguiex, fl.00 valu.60c High Class Leather Goods and Novelties At Half and Less Than Half Regular Prices SHOPPING AND DRESS BAGS. FITTED VANITY .BAGS, iY.Hllr AND GOLD BAGS, CARD CaSES, FITTED !iTJP.WY ATTACHE CASKSVFOLDING PICTURE FRAMES, MAGAZINE AND BOOK CASES. GLOVFS WOMEN'S DOESKIN Twelvc-button-Iength mousquetaire. pique-sewn, drawn points. n.wimunr, 4'rvWV, CU ,r r"lv-vnii, HIUWII I1UW11J. hhown In pongee, ecru, mode and white. U26'lt28 BRITISH AVIATORS?"; RAID BELGIAN TM mw m Kaiser's Soldiers Killed combs Dropped on 0i J andZeebrugge OneAl man Captured. ABr- i n... ... - .".1""D.)tt.a ., . " r "" "c:,ni " uvoKriSv '-Mhy the Germans, waXS'i today. It was made hv ii.i...I' M lfl nccordlng to th siuls corr.-. "!M the Tyd, who fnyfl th, Z. ?w fil tors wns forced to descend at z.H Un Is believed to have CnZ'M prisoner. " 'v According to tho advices ,.. l tho Tyd, tho aviators Km.., . .h?. frl German soldiers at n...., ".numb"WJ tho railroad stations .,i "SMI depots In both towns win, .. .?. TaM ; "'r DombHl ARNHEM, Netherlands, Jttn a . ' senger arriving here from GcrmsT. hitii mat nllied nlrincn ii.i.j ' 53 bombs upon tho town , o f E.n1.?,M a number of houses. ' d,,tiii(fl ritsen is uio homo of the fnm ft steel works. 'amou Kity? i KARLSRUHE AGAIN SIGHTED Irreprosslblo German Cruiser 3 ported Off Snn .t... S SAN JUAN, P. R., Jan. 22.The ship Conmo, Captain Barb.r, S sailed from Now York January lltotTi Juan, report having ighUa " crulsur Knrlftriilin on t ' " "" 'wiro vague Rinl Juan, yesterday morning bofors dayMI? Tho ri-nlon.. ,,,....1 ... .. 'HIHU, tho bridge of the Coamo, the ship', $ ....o .,.,,, ,.,u,K i0 entrance of mi' vessol Into the harbor difficult. Thewt ship icfuscd to onswer wireless sinnjj nnd disappeared In tho darkness, -; Tho Karlsruhe hno been variously m? ported sunk, riddled, wrecked, ruh.i1? inmmed, routed nnd Interned. But muniigen to return to activity Mih J varying regularity. " J MUTINY IN RUSSIAN FLEET Black Sea Fighters Reported in Bj.1 liolllnn S7 Ct . . CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 22.-.Thii i.ui-Kisn umciai iows Bureau todav is 9 nounccd that tho Government had learnel of a mutiny In the Ruwlan Black gnl C7 sailors having been sentenced t I yenrs Imprisonment as a result f three Even beforo tho European wsr rumorij " stcKt. sit. ouumiupoi, TRUSSES gftftc, AUDO.MINAI. StlPPOHTKiia Lsdy attendant. I'urchasr pr AVPTTtua direct from the factory. l "A VliljLSa IU1I KI'IIINn (1AIIIIEN ST. I Pieces Shower-Proof SUEDE GLOVES, a nn nntr mum Lr7f iyy.iijfl O-I 5 GsClOr rf6tltlS7l V? JSO-k yrsl 'sf (j$tmtt street IIIl!SliH