1 EVEjNIffGr L&PGBK-PHlLADflkPglA. TUESDAY, FEBBtTARY 2, 1915. c trrr-" ' . j IS GERMAN AMEN RAINB0MBS0N5 FRENCHTOMS Raiders From Melz Cross limqs Southeast of Verdun, One Noncombatant Killed Near Pont-a-Mousson. Dunkirk Agnin Assailed by ' Squadron of Taubes Sixty Shells Dropped on City Cause , BUt. Little Damage. A 1 , ,4 A 1 German s, PAniS, Feb. 2. avlntors hurled bombs with deadly effect in the reRlon southeast of Verdun, according to word received hore today. One noncoSnbatant was killed near Pont-a-Moueton: a little boy was frightfully maimed at Nancy, whrrc an explosive missile droppod In a schoolyard, and a maternity hospital at nemlremont, 15 miles southeast of Eplnal, was slightly damaged. , Nowa of the latest German air raid reached Paris on the heels of the an nouncement that German Tnubes had again successfully bombarded Dunkirk, raining 60 shells upon the seacoast town It aroused the most bitter Indignation here. Paris newspapers 'olced the pop ular demand that the Allies' aviators take the aggressive at onco and shell German cities In retaliation. RAIDERS STARTED FROM JIETZ. The latest German sky raids wore exe cuted from Metx, At least six Germnn aviators, with observers, crossed the French lines near Tont-a-Mousson and rained bombs upon Nancy, Luncvllle, Remtrcmont and other towns within a radius of 75 miles. Low-hung clouds protected the blrdmeh as they crossed the French lines In tlie woods near Pont-a-Mousson. They first came into view over Pont-a-Mousson ns they awoorud earthward and began spit ting explosives Into the streets. No seri ous damage was dono In the town Itself, bat In one of the suburbs a 68-year-old man, who failed to hear the cry, "to the cellars i" was torn to pieces when a bomb dropped at his feet. Sweeping south from Pont-a-Mousson, Nancy. A rattling rllle fire from the children, playing In the courtyard, had filled Indoors. A 9-year-old bpy, lingering man Taube's victim. A fragment of the outskirts) of the city, hurling bombs. One missile exploded In the narrow courtyard of a school. A few rrilnutcs be fore thn recess period had ended and 200 chlldrun, playing in the courtyard had file Indoors. A 9-year-old boy, lingering behind for a few moments, was the Ger man Ttaube's victim. A fragment of the bomb tore a gaping wound in his leg. The windows of the school were smashed, but no other children were Injured. Lunevllle hod 'been paid frequent visits by hostile aviators. "When the first mono plane was sighted rushing down upon the city from Nancy all residents promptly took to their cellars. The Germans tossed several bombs at a large factory, but their aim was poor and little damage was done. A crippled engine forced one of the raiders to descend In an open square at Lunevllle, where he was taken prisoner by. French soldiers. Dispatches from Remiremont said that only one German aviator visited that town. One bomb crashed to earth at the dcor of a maternity hospital, but no dam age was done. The squadron of six German aviators Who paid the latest visit to Dunkirk drop ped both explosive bombs and flaming torches according to advices from the sea coast town. More' then 60 bombs were dropped with but little damage. Allies' aviators chased the Germans to the Bel gian frontier. POOR WILL SUFFER, POLITICIANS PROFIT Continued from Fare One Bureau of Charities, Bureau of Health and Bureau of Sanitation and Housing. The new bill alms to have a chief ap pointed to each division and have him outline a set of rules relating to the regulation of health laws. "I feel certain Governor Brumbaugh will never algn the bill so cleverly drawn by certain gentlemen," ' said Bishop -Suffragan Thomas J. Garland, of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. "The housing code passed by the last Legislature and signed by Governor Tener Js a good measure, and if properly en forced by our city fathers would have decreased the number of deaths In Phila delphia." "Every self-respecting citizen should be come interested In the measure which Councils' Finance Committee Is so eager to railroad through the Legislature. Peti tions should be forwarded to Governor Brumbaugh urging him not to sign the bill in the event the Legislature passes It Common Councilman Drlpps, of the 22d "Ward, who Is In favor of the measure y&eaed two years ago, said: "Councils' Finance Committee Is simply trying- to carry out a plan by which Jobs can be created for political friends. I hope Governor Brumbaugh, who has al ready expressed himself as being- In favor of better homes In his message, will not permit himself to be fooled by men who are opposed to sanitary dwellings." Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, of the Temple Keneseth Israel, said: "Again certain disloyal men ore trying to hurt the poor who live In lnsantary houses. Governor Brumbaugh should Veto the bill." COSSACKS DRIVE WAY TEN MILES FROM PRUSSIA BORDER SUBsIan Left Nov Only 30 Miles Irom Thorn Objective. ' PETROORAD. Kta s -On ik vlftht luinlr nt tk. VI... .1. ,L. p. Kuajlan right continued its successful . Jfr Biesun, on the Wkra River, a Cob. ask charge drove back a regiment of phsrman Infantry from the army of Gen. era! Francois and captured a position only 10 miles from the Prussian frontier. Th Russian left, now so miles from tfee. Prussian fortress of Thorn, beat back f"1 & au h l'n from Llpno jfalpabrsm The Germans attacked des $Miy, attempting to outflank the Rus TrJr J?y '""""n wedge along the rift,: t,f the Vistula. TQOOP TURKS LOST Tr Pasha Crushed by Busslans in Pierce Conflicts. -STD' ytiL -flvfni thou JM Tllrlfl war.. kilt...! !.. .? . 3 SJ by the Russians In the d- " v we i-auoasus, which wih the rout of Bnxr Pmhi Karft-Vrgas and l&ri-Karaysh. v ek ta in course, , an official sawmasar 2f ar4 Mj flgyr 0V9tM rm W b W Trkjp have jMahmPi i; tae Turkish ajjay. foFFlGIAX, WAU REPORTS IltTSStAM On Sunday the German concentrated a great force with artillery in the region of Sochaczow, BorJImow and Bollmow (east of Lowlcz In Poland) and developed nn offensive of great tenacity which compelled us to retire to our second line of trenches Counter attacks by the Hutslans turned the Oermans out of all tho trenches they hnd occupied, causing them colossal tosses. Simultaneously with the' llorjlmow attack the Oer mans carried out a series of assaults along the front from the village of Goulme to the hamlet of MoghelJ, these being supported by heavy ar tillery fire. We repulsed alt these attacks partly by artillery nnd rifle fire and pnrtly by the bayonet Between noon and 2 o clock. Sun day afternoon the Germans, thanks to the activity of their artillery against our trenches, succeeded In carrying a part of them, At 2 o'clock we begnn a general counter attack, with the result that toward evening on Sunday the onemy retained only a small part of our advanced trenches and n castle Thin tho German suc cess on Sunday In the vicinity of BorJImow was Insignificant compared with tho losses Buffered by thm through our fire and bayonet attacks. According to our military com manders, our artillery Inflicted Im mense damngo upon the Germans, dispersing dense gatherings of the enemy and reducing to silence a num ber of German batteries As a ro- sult of this wo were able to with stand the withering fire of the enemy. righting continues "In tho Carpa thians. We continue to advnnco with success all nlong the Nljnla-Pollanka-Lodovlska front. After the fighting In tho Mpno-Dob-rryn front (against Thorn! It required CO carriages to remove the enemy's wounded. Germnn prisoners taken In the Bor JImow district say that the German attacks on this front over n distance 1M kilometers long cost the Germans between January 23 and Jnnuary 30 over 6000 killed, besides many wound ed. In the Carpithlnns from January 20 to January 29, on the Nljnln-Poll-anka-Wjslok front, we captured 78 officers nnd 4065 men, and took 10 rapld-flru guns nnd 4 cannon (Appended to tho official statement woi the following note: "Tho severe encounters on the Sochaczew-Bollmow front and on tho Rawka and Bzura Rivers Indicates that the Oermnns aro making another attempt to move on Warsaw. The scene of the fighting In this region Is about 80 miles from Warsaw,") FBENCH The day of February 1 was marked by an increase In tho intensity of the artillery duelo on both sides. It was also noted by a scries of Ger man attacks of secondary Importance, which we:e all repulsed with heavy losses to tho enemy In proportion to the forces engaged In Belgium, the German heavy artil lery has shown a great deal of activ ity upon tho whole front occupied by the Belgian troops and especially against the several points of support, which tho Belgians had captured some time ago. In the region of tho Yser, around Vpres, a crj violent cannonnade has taken place. Between the Lys and the Somme a German regiment attacked an English post near Culnchy nnd succeeded in throwing back the English, but the British by a series of counter-attacks reorcupled the ground lost, and then made some progress, capturing some of the enemy's trenches. The action referred to In the com munique of February 1, 11 p. m.., as having taken placo along the road from Bethune to La Bassee was par ticularly brilliant for our infantry. The number of troops employed by the Germans In this fighting seems to have been at least a battalion. The two opening attacks were checked by our fire; the first succeeded in entering one of our trenches, but a counter attack mode Immediately with the bayonet permitted us to repulse the enemy. Some Germans alone succeeded In re gaining their trenches. All the others were killed or made prisoners. Between the Somme and the Olse and along the front of the Alsne no Important event has taken place, with tho exception of the German attack made upon Beaumont Hamel, which was not renewed, Our heavy artillery hai bombarded the railroad station at Noyon, where the enemy wns carrying out his com missary work. Our guns caused two explosions, the smoke of which hung In the air for more than two and a half hours. In the region of Perthes our meth odical progress continues. We have occupied another small forest to the northwest of this village. In the Woevre tho enemy has at tempted an attack upon the western corner of the forest of Boucholt to the northeast of Troyon. This at tack was immediately stopped. There is nothing new to report from the front of Lorraine or the Vos ges, GERMAN In the western theatre of war, ex cept artillery duels which took place at several points, there were no de clslvo developments. In the eastern theatre of war noth ing of Importance has happened on the East Prussian frontier. In Polund, north of the Vistula, en gagements with Russian cavalry oc curred in the neighborhood of Llpno. northwest of Serpez. Our attacks south of the Vistula aro progressing. (The following note, signed by the chief of army administration, was ap pended to the statement: "The recent French official reports are pure Inventions.") KAISER AND HIS FAMILY HAVE $51,500,000 N. Y. BONDS British. See Abdication Provision In Safely Placing Funds. LONDON, Feb. t-The Dally Express today prints a special cablegram from Its New York correspondent saying that the reigning Hoheniollern family of Germany purchased IS1.600.O00 worth of New York State bonds during the last of last year. This Indicates, accenting in h. n.i.u view, that the far-sighted Kaiser was looking toward possible abdication. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA Vessels Arriving: Today A.S'&eCrhtrn",,r (Dr-- Crus Or.nd., or., J. Steamships to Arrive PASSKNCIKB. Nam Sardinian . Hivtrford TbsmUta . Jomshnrg; Bkjoldborf KlorentlBQ Mackinaw ....... Luclllne 1'Uturla Nik lUncfceiter Mllltr ?JW, Jin W Mvtrpoel . .. .Jan. 2T FREIOIIT. ??iti",,m ...Ce.l Ardroasan Jan! ...... ajpwhaon ....jJSi? rr- "r" Jin ia Jan jl Jan, 3o Jan. in caram- ::js rauiniua .CahJI .llacthtstar i .Biuaias j, ' 3 !". ..iraia ,, i, ,t Id Jan. is an. si IaU ffiKoli';i. US' SffiiS-v:::.v;::.:Afi8rl ;: :r:i:s-a WOQhhkj CliilatoUl Steamships to Leave rRJUOHT , . .L. Bl t 3 an. JT n. in Jan. a rb, t -AT1 CANADIANS REGAIN LOST TRENCHES IN LA BASSEE FIGHT Brilliant Counter Attack by "Princess Patricians" Regi ment Turns Tide of Battle Along Canal. BOY SCOUTS CANADIAN BRIDGE WRECKED. The map shows the relation of the towns of Vanceboro, Me., and McAdam Junction, New Bruns wick, between which the bridge over the St. Croix River on the Canadian Pacific Railroad was wrecked by dynamite. The bridge connects the Canadian Pacific tracks with those of the Maine Central. V. S. BRIDGE TO CANADA DYNAMITED Continued from race One of the road In which tho bridgo Is situ ated. "Tho pastern end of the structure was damaged by a bomb, detonated with u time fuse, probabb set a consldeioblo time before tho explosion. Thero has been a guard and a watchman on duty at tho bridge, the guard during tho dny and the wntchman during the night. Tho bomb must have been placed during the cnango or guards." SNOW-COVERED FOOTPRINTS Until tho arrest of Van Horn was an nounced neither the Canndlau searchers nor those on the American side of the river ould obtain any clue to those who might htue been responsible for the ex plosion. The high wind and the falling snow obliterated any footprints that might otherwise have proved valuable In iiimilnsi down thcli trail All the search ers could find was tho wreckage that covered tho Ice. Jamts Hawthorn, constable, the only Canadian official near the bridge when the explosion occurrod, Immediately got In touch with the telephone exchange at Woodstock, N. B, He told tho telephone operator to notify tho Canadian authrltles at Frederlcton, N. B. Tho Maine Central telegraph operator at Vanceboro Immediately notified the superintendent of tho eastern division at B.nngor, M. B. Dunn. Assistant General Manager A. Price, of tho Canadian Pacific, at Montreal, wns notified by the railroad operator of the Maine Central at Vanceboro. After or dering out several special detectives and wiecklng crews, Mr. Price sent an official notification of tho explosion to the Gov ernor of New Brunswick, nt Frederlcton, with a request for an international In vestigation of whatever sort might seem necessary to the Governor. Tho wrecking crew of the Canadian Pacific at Woodstock, N. B., was called out Immediately. SPIES SUSPECTED OP TRYING TO WBECK TBAIN IN CANADA LINDEN. N. B., Feb. 2 German rule are suspected of nn attempt to wreck a British military train near Avonmouth today. Stones were placed upon the track. DILLON'S CRIME RECALLED The case of Luke Dillon, the Irish pa trlot of this city, who served a sentence of II years In prison for complicity In the Fenian plot to Blow up tho Welland Canal on April 21, WOO, finds an exact re production in the reported plot to blow up the steel bridge over the St. Croix River In April of 1900 Luko Dillon, who was then a teller In a savings bank company In Chestnut street and who was formerly connected with the old Dime SaWngs Bank, mysteriously disappeared. This disappearance followed an explosion which destroyed Lock No. 21, of 'the Welland Canal In Canada. The explosion came at the time when feeling was running high In Canada over the Boer War. There was bitter opposition to Canada gvlng any aid to the mother country, especially by those Irishmen who were laboring for home rule. Detectives at once ascribed the plot and the explosion to Irish opponents of the Boer War. At the same time Dillon dls appeared from his home here, and In vestigation proved this his financial af fairs were In good order and his home life happy, A man who gave the name of Karl Pullman was Luke Dillon, who had given a false name to shield his family. He was hurried into Canada, there tried and there sent to the Jail at Kingston, Ont, to begin a life term. It was only when he realUed that he probably would die In prison that h communicated to his family and Intimate friends in the Irish patriotic organiza tions the Identity of Karl Dullman. After serving H years Dillon was paroled through the efforts of friends In the Clan-na-GaeL PARIS, Feb. 2. The tide of battle on tho La Bassee front, In northern Franco, has swung In faVor of the British after n terrltlc en gagement. The ofllcia! statement Issued by the Wnr Ofllcc this afternoon stated that the Get mans launched n fierce as sault against the British lines at Culnchy, near La Bassee, and succeeded In throw ing back the British; but the latter rallied and In counter attacks not only regained all the ground they had lost, but took some German trenches In addition. Tho "Princess Patricia" Regiment, Cnnada's crack organization, boro tho brunt of this charge. Tho Canadians fought brilliantly. In their counter at tack they captured n position along the canal to Bethuno which was occupied by tho Germons In last week's fighting. Renewal of tho bloody Infantry engage ments between La Bassco nnd Bethune and violent cannonading of the Belgian positions near Ypres wero the principal features In todnj's dispatches from the front. These advices snld that tho Ger mans, who wero beaten off In an Infantry attack nenr Ypres at da tight jestcrdny, are now shelling tho Belgian trendies Another series of lnfnntry charges Is ex pected. French shells set fire to n German sup ply depot near Noyon. Along the Alsne the French gunners silenced several Gor man batteries nnd effectually broke up sporadic infantry charges. Slight progress has been made in the Pertho region Ehowhero there was a lull In the fighting in tho last 21 hours. PRIZES FOR MAP.PnAWINQ. The ETENINO LEDGER tcW pive a irte d il for the betl mop drawn til a Eoj Scout from the data owen In these columns Friday lv Mr. Potts, and a prtte of to cents for the sec ond test map. The maps will oe Oiaded on accuracy "id neafrtM. Scouts should observe the toltouHnp directions! Draw maps on a scale of 200 feet to the Inch,' use pen and Ink on white paper; write name, ape, address and troop numocr on back of paper; mail to reach Boy Bcout Editor, EVEXWQ LEDGER, not later than Tuesday evening, Feb ruary S. A cut of the prlxe-wlnning map and the names of the tolnnor will be published Friday, Febru ary 5. MEDDLING ALIENS TO BE SHOT, DECREE OF MEXICAN CHIEF Gonzales' Declaration May Imperil Americans Gen. Carranza's Brother and Nephews Killed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. A decree Is sued by General Pablo Gonzales, who holds Tamplco for Carranza, declares for eigners whose connivance with the en emy enn be proved will be executed. TJnttqd States officials at Tamplco have been instructed to get details of the pur poses of General Gonzales. He Justifies his decree by tho following statement: Some foreigners, forgetting their position ns guests In this country, have taken nn nctlve part In politi cal nnd military matters, and these punishable acts retard the general tagerness to bring about peace. Recently Carranza Intimated owners of oil mills had been In "sympathy with the enemy." LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 2. First Chief Carranza has telegraphed from Vera Cruz to his sister-in-law here that his brother. General Jesus Carranza, her hus band, has been put to death, together with her son, Abelardo, and Ignaclo Per aldl, a nephew. A telegram signed "Jesus Carranza," but dictated by Snntlhanez. was sent to tho first chief, Indicating that tho cap tive was held for ransom. Venustlano Carranza replied that he would not pay ranisom even for his brother, nor con sent to any one else doing so. Troops Rent to the rescue had no trou ble In pulflng Santlbanez to flight, but they found that Immediately after re ceipt of the telegram refusing to pay ransom all of tho captives were shot ex cept Jesus Carranza, his son and his nephew, whom Santlbanez carried with him to the Sierra of Oaxaca. Now tho first chief saa they, too, have been slain. MAY BATTLE NEAR BORDER Carranza Forces Plee Prom Vlllalataa at Monclova. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. - General An geles and 2000 Vlllalata troops are march ing on Pledras Ncgras, just across the border from Eagle Pass, Tex., advices to Washington today stated. The Carranza forces driven out o'f Mon clova are fleeing before tho Villa soldiers, the dispatches stated, and a battle near the border may result. Troop 1 to Celebrato A Joint celebration of the fourth an niversary of Troop 1 and of the fifth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of Amer ica will be ushered In Sunday morning, I'V-bmaty 7, at 9:45 o'clock, whon every member of the troop, the largest In the city, will gather nt the Tioga Presby terian Church, ICth and Tioga streets. The celebration will close Tuesday, Feb ruary 1C. Devotional exercises wilt bo hold Sun day morning. Thnt evening, at 7:30 o'clock, the Rev. Forest 13. Dager, pas tor of St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church, Broad and Vcnanso streets, wilt address tho troop at the church. Monday afternoon tho troop's "birthday good tuin" will be carried out, when the mem bers will carry magazines to patients In hospitals. In the evening tho national anniversary will bo observed nt troop headquarters, ICth and Tioga streets At thlt tlmo every Boy Scout In tho United Stntcs will roreat the Boy Scout oMh. Scoutmaster Dayton, of Troop 0, n mem ber of the Executive Scout Council, will speak. A birthday, banquet will bo held nt tho troop's headquarters, Thursday, Feb ruary 11, nt !:30 p: m: Tho Scouts will ba tho guctts of the ladles' auxiliary to the troop. Speakers will bo Dr. Calvin O. Althouso, head of tho school of com mons, Central High School; Alexander M. Wilson, ns'lstnnt director of the De partment of Public Health nnd Cliaittlei, and Wnltcr S. Cowing. Scout executive. Scoutmaster E. t'rncr Goodman will pre side nnd will call for toasts from tho Scouts, After the troop's photograph Is tnken on Saturday, February 13, an Indoor nthletlo meet will be held In the gymnn slum of St. Paul's, under the direction of tho troop'a phslcnl director, John I! Vnn Alst, the former University of Penn sylvania athlete. Tho celebration will end Tuesday evening, February 16, with n mock trial nt the headquarters. Judgi MnrXIele, of tho Juvcnllo Court, will prosldo nnd tho prosecuting nttornoy will bo Charles Edwin Fox, assistant dis trict attorney. DAILY "GOOD TURNS" Edward Klenle. Gl West Dauphin j street, of Troop S7, helped the centor, man In tho Jewelers' Building with some , I--.,.... ... mi.... fA. nnn pnCKUKCB yeaiciimj iw iiimii; tut wit 1 man to nanaio Charles Anderson, 3028 Edgmont street, of Troop 43, chops wood nnd does other work nround his nomo every nay; 11 no gets through In tlmo ho goes out to look , for people needing "good turns." 1 Bernard Brodley, of Trorp 18, carried a basket from Broad Street Station to a trolley car for a woman yesterday. Max Kendcl, Smith Building, East Fair mount Park, of Troop !)5, gave a womap a Beat In a car yestoruay. H. Abbott Fuller, 6714 Ashland avenue, of Troop 67, went to the grocery for n neighbor before starting on tho troop's weekly hike Saturday. " Samuel Derringer, of Troop SI, helped nn old woman to a car at 7th and Car pentor streets yesterday. Ho Is 12 years old and Is a new Boy Scout. Norman Itosen, 13 years old, dodged be tween nutomoblllsts at Juniper nnd Fil bert streets yesterdny nnd stopped a home that had stnrted to run i.way. Fri day he bandaged the hand of a woman who burned horself at his home, 471 North 3d street. Jay Burrlson, of Troop 62, broke the Ice In a horse's watering trough so that a horse uiuld drink. Ho nnd Leo Stein, of the same troop, helped a horso to Its feet on an Ice-covered street. William Welntraub. 13 years old, 1031 South 4th street, of Troop 61, put a blan ket on a horse on his way from school yesterday. Emanuel Wnchter, of the same troop, raised the window sash for his teacher In school yesterday. Troop 72 kept a record of, Its "good turns" last week. Randolph Cnloway carried a bundle for a woman and helped another on a car Tuesday. Joseph White,, Lion patrol leader, stopped n fight among boys at 41th and Ludlow streets Tuesday, Edgar Blank, assistant leader of the First Patrol, stopped an other fight and put out a fire Monday, Raymond Green sawed wood for his mother Monday, helped a blind man acrpss the street Tuesday and put blan kets on two horses Wednesday, Onnle Checkerman Btopped some big boys who were teasing a smaller one Tuesday, helped a blind man acioss the Btreet Wednesday and stopped a fight Thurs day. Clifford Brown helped blind men on two days. Edward Dolbey, Wolf Va trol leader, helped two fallen horses get up Monday) helped n chauffeur push a broken down nutomoblle Tuesday, put blankets on a horse Wednesday and chased some hoys tinkering with an au tomobile Thursday. Edward Dobbins helped nn old woman pick up chips Mon day, bandaged a boy's cut finger Tues day and helped a little girl, whu felt on the Ice nnd hurt her nrm. Decide Indian Hunt Today The committee In charge of tho Indian Hunt for all the Philadelphia troops will meet at headquarters, 6lh nnd Chestnut streets, this afternoon to make final plans for tho hunt It will bo held Feb ruary 22. nnd will bo similar to tho "treasure hunt" last year. Troop 43 at Tabernacle The fife nnd drum corps of Troop 43 will visit the "Billy" 8unday Tabernacle this evening. It wilt be In charge of Scout Arthur Corlett. Tho corps will be com posed of Robert Collins, Charles Ander son, Leroy Biggs, Raymond Hyde, John Morris, Robert WesterhOod, Sterling Bry ant, William Saxton, Arthur Ireland, Brlnton Burnwood, Elmer Allen, unanes Wilson. Robert Moore nnd Theodoro Page. Scoutmasters Booth nnd Morrywcather and Scouts Walter Benson, Jack Mc Kcnzlc, Wnlter Krcbs, William Jewell, Harry Rlepon, Edward Klenle and "Kid" Phillips, of Troop 87, ate supper Saturday ovenlng with the Camp Flro Girls of tho Light House Beacon, at 1W West Lehigh avenue, Instead of taking their regular Saturday hike. Miss Welscr Is guardian of the camp. Scouts Scarce in West "Bov Scouts arc scarcer than hen's toeth In the West." R. G. Boyd, former scoutmaster of Troop 96, told tho troop nt Its last meeting. "Tnko the number of scouts In Philadelphia, divide by 10 nnd divide again by 10, and you will havo tho number of scouts I saw In Iowa." Charles Longstreth, chairman of the Nautlcnl Committee and admiral of the Boy Scout nautlcnl troops, hno announced that these troops aro nbout to be formed for 1916. At least four troops of 25 scouts each arc expected. The houseboat nnd the rowing and sailing boats will bo kept nt Island Heights, N. J., and cruises will bo taken into Barnegat Bay and sur rounding waters. Nautical scouts will not be required to furnish uniforms, j$2L I jjh(Sd m 1 ......': -m u-very pay occur. crOOB in PilfM dtlphia U invited to aiteHdM anniveraarv of the founding 0f3( DouScouta of America. to&V$2 ue bcib m me istnirai Conner. i tional Church, 18th andi$ strccte, Sunday evening, Ftbmft 7, at 7 0 clock. aa The Rev. Dr. William V r,. tcfutinaater of Troon 2 and palffl of the church, will nf.ir,75 meeting on "Cooking Your G0w He will wear hia Boy Scout wj form. The Rev. Hr. n... K2 rTn,z:ha' vm come to Philadelphia. Deputy Seaii Commissioner Patton will fait s? the results p the Scout movimM' xn Philadelphia nnd the XM&Y oiaics in general. ; That the meeting will be ferflff attended ta certain, as mostWiift cifiy troops have no annivtrttft program planned. Troop In 3 send tfs brass band td furnM music. The invitation, to aa troops was issued in purtaiM' with a suggestion, from. aS headquarters m New York andj indorsed at the last meetino of Wr Scoutmasters' Round Table, j Schaum and John Bonno are new 'm.S'i bers of the troop. Troop 23 will hM nrst annual fathers' and mothr1 Si ceptlon ut Its headquarters this -;ffil ccpuon at us headquarters thjs M3 a 8 o'clock Brand new moving plS Illustrating Deputy Comml.ii. ?, tons lecture, "Roughing it WithSffi .., .,.,, U 9IIUWII, Jorsoy Troop Forma Tho first troop of Boy Scout, i S side Heights, N. J., has neon orgAnuS! nu mero is a rush among the boriffl enroll. Geori-n rrniin.. ,i. i.HbJ Ico during tho Spanlsh-Amerlcaa, Wl has been selected by the boys at uKS. nrst scoutmaster. Clarence Ellis At! thony. Jr.. hns been Mt, ....... ' the other officials. Including to titSS hi 1 Scoutcraft. will bo appointed S Tho Scouts already enrolled iS1. Clarence , E. Anthony, Milton S' George Holland. Chnri,.. -Do.. .."' R!nVe,tt,Grd0,'J Homer' Chart. HinTi? Daniel Allen. Harold Hlbler. EIIUvMmS son nnd I-rancls Johnson. The boyahi' been granted t,rT,,u0i . .... 7' ..nV Churnh m- .r. ,""." lu uo lno " . u. invuiitiurj, ji NAUTICAL TRoo?S FORfA FOR 5QfMYER " AUSTRIANS ROLLED BACK TO HUNGARIAN FROM Czar Checks Forco In CarpathllfJ Near Lutoviska. PETROORAD, Feb. 2.I the QS pnthlans the Austro-German forces 4ik"ro been unsuccessful In attempting tb fcrrS their way northward to rellove .Prxenffl An Austrian hrmy that penetrated til mountains south of Lutoviska Is befjf rolled back toward the HunjTuSJ lrontler. Tho War Office today had no dlspatctai bearing out a report from rounddl sources that the Austrlans had. 'btea overwhelmed near Tarnow, 60 miles ei of Cracow. Tho report wns not crtdllil In otnclal circles. Thn AllRtrlnnn hnv. lnaf Mnr. IV77 4000 In recent Carpathian cngngerrfenti which will be kept In stock; the only ox penso will be railroad fare to and from Island Heights and 60 cents per dny for food and other expenses. All first-class scouts nte eligible scouts who nro ul- I ready members of the Nautical Troops j lltf und 117 :n.i rc-eutci. Mr. L.onrrtioii, 1 will receive- the names of prospective members at headquarters, 6th and Chest nut streets. Thirteen members of Troop 72, under Patrol Leader Edward Dolbey, hlkod to Wissahlckon Saturday afternoon. Tho trail wns laid by Joseph White and Onnle Checkerman. On the return they met Troops 56 nnd 62 and all hiked Into tho city together. Troop 28 "Swears Off" Every scout on Troop 28 has promised not to spend any more money for candy during tho week. Instead, nil the scouts bring a pound of sugar each to troop headquarters, 42d street and Cedar ave nue, every Friday ovenlng, where they make tnffy under tho direction of Scout master Rutherford. The candy thus made costs ench boy about five cents a week George Little, Joseph Bourne, Edward Wood, Charles Shoemaker. 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