- E V flIANCE PRODUCES GENERAL JOFlSFT if' TrTTnTrTanriT WUKMiJilN W BRITAIN MEET CRISIS; - SMASH SLAV OFFENSIVE EVENING tEDGEB-PHirADBEPHIA', THtTttHTVAV JtJLY 20, lOiBi f liMMANS Sh Hindenburg proves Hero of the IWar and Frees Ger many of Doubt. Wheat articles are the fourth of the nprehcnsive review of the first year Ifie war. iney wxu oe continued f day during the week. ,ny CARL W. ACKERMAN BEltLltt 3iy 29. In the western cam- IIRtin uermnny mei now conditions or I"?., wnrfaro and overcame iliem be Sri the enemies were nlilo to do so. In Tf.nntern war area old conditions of ifillpK l(lVe proVnllcd throtigliout the fSnnths. and Germany again has shown Sft ehe Is as skilful with the old as with ;nw. hit more valuable territory which has "ilea to German arms In this war Is 6lgUm aim huiuiuijl rnuice. incHQ Sfniurcd districts are far moro wealthy fflfn re the captured Polish and Baltic fjtM. Yet, without doubt, tho chief juries Oi ino jemmii uruups nave uecn iSSitin the east. Qermany is proud of rtjfj ear's magnificent record In tho west, WM Is tho march of ovents In the cast 'list" thrills tho Gorman people to their jy, souls, In popular Imagination tho BigM of tho Russian Empire was the jjojffdlsqulotlng fact of the war. k belldf was encouraged by tho Ken- rai feeling that If Germany Were to hold tepOTTi In tho great war. Franco must HTnrerwhcImed before Russia's mighty pillions could be mobilized. But Russia fsme on before Franco was overwhelmed, eirmany had to meet her enemies on Kwo fronts nt once. The people ot tho Empire trcmDicu last summer an iiussia s loMes crept further and further Into Eait Prussia while tho campaign against tie western Allies was yet to reach lti ltdtht. Germany was not afraid of tho western campaign, but tho fact Is prl- fcar'tho outcomo of tho Slavonic rush. SLAVS CHECKED .Then, almost over night, came tho news that tho battlo of the Mazurlan Lakes had teGrt fought and had resulted In ono of Uia greatest victories ior uermany in uii history. Seldom is a nation thrilled even lit wartime as Germany was thrilled by the news that Marshal von Hindenburg' had cleared East Prussia of tho Invaders. KotMng that has happened since and nothing that Is likely to happen will equal (Germany's estimation tho brilliance of IPS Hlndenburg's succesi. Until tho miurlan battle, uermany was not suro Mlherself. Von Hindenburg gavo con tjenco to his country and demonstrated otabsoluto a superiority over the Rus- jliiis that tho fear of tho Slavs vanished ulllght dispels tho terrors of tho dark. yonjlllndenburg- turned the light on tho Rajjfans and they are now tho chief aspiration of the contributors to Ger many's humorous weeklies. Warsaw has not yet fallen, but Instead thjLpermans have captured Russia's great suuaport oc utiaa, wntcn is second in tapnttneo only to Warsaw and Riga as aaVeutern ohlcctlve. The "Baltic oner- fySsiii fact, would be considered a gwwy record oi tne year b warraro " xwusaia. uvea il nuiuui uiau uuu n accomplished on that, oldo of rope. But, In fact, the Baltic cam- gn ranks last In Importnnco among tho 'eo great offensives which the Germans .ve successfully develoDed ntralnat the tlavs since last August. Khe first of this Is the advance across Ittstern Poland to the gates of AVarsaw. rmany uelloves this drive alone, cqmlng tfter tho earlier rotreat from AVarsaw, Is Hgreater success, Judged purely as a iwlitary problem, than nil' the victories Jffit the Allies can claim. It1 W flAT.mTA .(Second In importance among successes ualnst the Slavs Is tho freeing of gaucia, Tnis campaign Is ranked In Ger many as an offensive one, differing from BSrescue of East Prussia, which was a jgifenslvo thrust. TJie Gallclan province )& German territory, but had passed. iJEmosl entirely under Russian control agen tne yermans unaertooK to rescue it BoAustro-Kungary. The offenBlvo cam gyrn developed by Marshal von Mack Msen during the laBt three months is jgylally praised by Gpfman critics, bo tause, tho Slavs had so long a time to srepare their defenses. When tho Gall uan operations began It was becoming iffSjr general conclusion of militarist stu igSts that n properly entrenched army gguia not oe driven back lor any consid erable distance. The Germans, however, Stowed that It could be done. Ittbe winning of Gallcla has bound tro-Huncrarv closer to th German .Empire, and has banished all hope among WAiues ot enticing Vienna or iiucia gt Into making a separate peace. Fully important, too, the Gallclan campaign Lbeen the culminating Influence which preventing tho neutral Balkan coun sels fromN-nterlnir the war. Tho dlDlo- w worn oi maintaining tne neutrality Rumania. Bulgaria and Greece has Pied marly sleepless nights at the Ger- n rorctgn Oulce In the past months, srnaps when the historians Degin to Qe about the events ot tho past year win rank above everything else in sortanco the Influence which Ger- yiJTs mighty victories In the east has ,wn me uantan mates ti tne mroo heastern neutrals had Joined the S earlier in the war, when Russia's ngth was nt Its full, Germany doesn't M think about the possible conse- Masterly Tactics of Leader, in Retreat Saved French Army From Destruction. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS PARIS, July 29,-Gcneral Joe Joffre must bo enumerated among tho great French successes of the first 12 months of the war. This goei as It stands, whatever ho may ?r. m?y not do ' th8 'uture. I say th s because Joffre Is not without his i rites There are those who say ho ought to movo faster. Joffre already deserves the undying gratitude of his country If ho never strikes another blow. Ho refused, nt Charlarol, to sacrifice his men for brilliant but temporary success, though ho rnust have known tho country was waiting for him to make good; ho or acrd that soul-slckcning retreat before a superior foe when he knew that every heart In France was weighted down by doubt, concerning him and his army; ho patiently sought and seized tho oppor tunity ho was looking for; then Instantly transformed tho BWlft German advanco on Paris Into a disorderly rotreat; he stopped short the mighty second Ger man offensive in tho west against tho Chnnncl ports and pinned his enemy down for a long winter trench campaign, where he held tho advantage; he won the confidence of his men, Individually tin most Intelligent soldleis In tho world, giving them reason for their cheerful coiirage, which never faltered, even on tho coldest, wettest midwinter days. Lastly, but by no means least, ho so handled his resources In material and men that now, at the beginning of the second year of tho war, tho French army Is tho finest fighting body in the melee. Joffro was tho ono man In France's 40, 000,000 for tho Job. JOFFRE AN ACCIDENT. At that, Joffre was an accident! That France had the right man for tho place and at tha moment ho was most needed was utmost pure accident, for her sjstom of running tho ormy, until a year or so before the war broke out, was not calculated to develop tho man for tho Job. For some reason Franco had not seen fit to nominate a generalissimo, a commander-in-chief of her army, until Just prior to tho war. There was simply a Board of Generals and this board was su preme. Maneuvers were conducted Just as ono would expect a board to conduct them. Tho Bluo Army, under one Bet of gen erals, would take such and such a position at iuch and such a time. Tho Red Army, under another set of generals, would op poso tho Blues, and to do this they would hold fuch and such a line. Tho action wo lid begin at a specified time, would tjike a specified form and cease at a pre arranged hour, the Blues and Reds then to be occupying this or that position. For a given number ot dajs this sort of thing -would continue until tho final event, which took place before tho Picsl dent of the republic and his guests, for eign military attaches, and the rest, whoso tlnscl-tasselled tents were pitched on the eminence overlooking the field where the climax (according to arrangement) would unfold Itself. Naturally maneuvers under such cir cumstances scarcely developed Initiative on tho part of generals and their staffs. Thje weaker ones and Indolent fellows wero able to make about as good a show ing as the best. MADE GENERALISSIMO. Suddenly all this was changed. Joffre camo on the scene. The general unrest In Europe showed to France tho unwisdom of letting this situation continue and Joffro was named generalissimo of the army. How he came to be named Is not cUSarly known; I have heard that General Pau was tho tlrst choice, but he, for rea sons of his own, thought Joffre ought to be named. And Joffre it was. Joffre was destined to have but one go at playing war before actual war began, but ho changed the rules radically for this one. He gave tho Blue Army a city and Its surrounding country to hold and he told the Red Army to take it. He told them to go to It. All methods were good, there was no "time out" for anything and he hoped tho best man would win. There was, the dickens to pay, of course. Easy-going officers were left far behind; incompetency deyeloped in unlooked-for places; whole commands got captured, generals commanding, staffs and all. There were all sorts of mix-ups, but Joffre looked on and took in every de tail. The newspapers hinted that the maneuvers were a fiasco and that the French army was in a bad way, But Joffre considered the war game the most successful he had ever -witnessed. Ho had found tho weak spots In the machine, and knowing them, he could npply the remedy. He applied It and a number of officers were retired. War caught Joffro in tho middle of his reorganlaztlon. But he fought It out like a man until he won a breathing spell, then he dispassionately continued his merciless looping off of ofticlal heads. His generals now average 10 years younger than at the start and he has a tried man ai every part of th? line, Joffre has accomplished all this in a year. British Arouse From Early. Apathy and Face Serious Prob lems Cheerfully. By ED. L. KEEN LONDON, July 29.-"Are we down hearted? Not" wllh a hcavj accent on Hie "no." This is the slogan of British football fans In the bleuchers tor the English equivalent thereof) when tho home team appears to be getting tho -worst of It, And the more precarious the situation tho heavier the accent. Since the failure of tho Anglo-French spring- offensive In Flanders, tho disas trous defeats of tho Russians, the news of the unsatisfactory progress of the Dar danelles campaign, the development of tho Flsher-Churchlll scandal, tho French Kltchciier row, and the disclosures re garding Britain's woeful lack of tho Im plements of warfare, culminating In the disruption of tho Cabinet, this attitude of tho blcacherltes has become the attitude of tho British public. And when tho British public sas It Is not downhearted It means It. Proof of this lies In tho splendid fashion In which tho worktngmen of the nation have nn swercd the call for Industrial reinforce ments (bear In mind that SO per cent, of tho British public consists of working men, their women nnd children); also In the marvelous rcsponso to the Prime Min ister's appeal for nn adequate supply ot silver bullets. Never In the history of any nation has a popular war loan met -with such success. APATHY AT FIRST. For the apathy displayed by tho masses In tho tlrst ten months of tho war tho British Government has only ItBelf to blnmc. Tho leaders ot the nation made tho mlstako of entrusting the entire con duct of tho war on land to one man per haps a military genius, but with serious limitations on the human side, Including an utter Inability to understand tho civil ian temperament. For seven months tho wnr wm conducted In secret. Through tho anonymous "Eyewitness" tho public wan fed with nn occasional optimistic but colorless story from tho front, the bur den ot which was that everything was go ing along splendidly, that tho Germans wero losing heart, that they had been compelled to put their old men and young boys In tho tiring line and always convey ing the Impression that ultimata victory was a foregone conclusion. Not -dintll March was a single newspaper correspond ent permitted at the front, and even then they were not allowed to tell tho whole truth. No wonder enlistments were slow. Tho fact that Lord Kitchener was able to enroll more than two million volunteers In this period Is sure proof of the latent spirit of patriotism in the British pub lic But there was no entnuslasum such as had been aroused In Germany by the first-hand stories from the trenches told by correspondents who were permitted to go practically wherever they chose and to wrlto pretty much what they liked. WORKMEN BLAMED. Tho worklngmen of the nation have been severely criticised for their failure to appreciate the gravity of the situation for their strikes, their slackness and their nlleged overlndulgenco in liquor. The fact is they did not understand because they were not told. So far as they knew vic tory was assured anyhow. They went along much the. same as In peace times, and when they had reason to bellqve that their employers were taking advantago of them they struck. They didn't speed up, either, because they didn't regard, It nec essary or because It was their employers and not they themselves who would profit. As to tho charge of wholcsalo drunken ness, the mere fact that tho Government quickly abandoned Its proposed drastic temperance measure Is sufficient answer. But now It Is no longer "Kitchener's war," It la the EmpIro'B. Lloyd-George has told not only tne worklngmen but tho entire nation the truth. And the most striking illustration of the British worklngman's wllllgness to help tho Empire In Its grent need Is the fact that, although it was Lloyd-GeorKe himself who first accused him of slack ness and drunkenness, the recruiting of his new Munitions Army started with an average enlistment of 10,000 per day, WILL OBEY If Industrial conscription should become desirable, there need be no fear of indus trial revolution. 8ald Lord Mllner In the House of Lords the other day: "Theie Is an idea that organized labor will re sent being commandeered for the service of the State, That Is Just what It will not resent. 'If we are ordered to work for England,' I heard some typical represen tatives of tho working class opinion say the other day. 'we will obey.' The only trouble has been that so many working men have feared that their labor would not simply be requisitioned for tho de fenso of the country, but exploited for the benefit of Individuals." The govern ment has guaranteed that there will be no exploitation, and that guarantee has been signed by labor's own representative In the new Cabinet, Arthur Henderson, nnd by Us various leaders in the House of Commons. This spirit of antl-downheartedness is eeneral In England today. Tho attitude of complacency on tho part of the upper classes and or apatny among tne lower classes has given way to ono of united determination TOREIGN VESSELS 0 GET U.S. REGISTRY cetary Lansing Approves plication of Company Meed by Germans. BIIINGTON, July .-Seretary ot Winslng and Aotlng necrewwr f th nn.rtm.nt of Commerce, fgreed that American registry could denied to U foreign-built siem- urchased for the American - Company, a corporation nuw rd Q Wagner, of New York Th ra according to t& inierniai Department of Ctmnurw, were ed in British. ScanainanviBn ou tanean ports by a Danish agent Jensen, and Thdr Lshr. ft Prchnt with meow uppu apltalist named Stlnnes. ox awo. nr Wd by the discovery that Germn wa baik ot the enterprise, wu Mn had been convii ted in .e"- J having vloteUd that country a tX in tiada With uerman in" on. fur American n.iain n by the Bureau ui fcavtauun liive.t nation TUe department afld iui the f8U valued V of J . (KAi ieprentd Uerman -ut ife t uhiiti onipany otter- . i ti i. . Delaware ,( -! 'A. and ment held that the fact th i, an Ameri can corporation, with American officers, owns a, vessel entitles It to registry, no matter where the bulk of the stock of the corporation may be owned, or where tne working funds come from. The Bureau of Navigation however, warned Wagner that'll" his veseU sought to engage In European trade they prob ably would nnd their way to a prize court. POUT OF PHILADELPHIA Vessels Arriving Today Str Bio Colorado (Br), Klo Jsnetro, nwr- ?& w&.. t AST",JUanr,N''TKrtAntonio. (mil. United Fr 'mwKu. 8tr.tb.tro (Greek). Bilbao. ,"i'. . Stli.Hitt T&1 Mlslnr Company "S!"'; liAunfllli. MMrtr. and iihadlSa, Mwetwnt. nd " Tranwor UKr0SlKKa, La Fallta. MlU.t, JJ C. Steamships to Arrive FRP1QIW. Nam. jJfHKS 2lttl2Maiiuwu ".'"BSm . Amirallan TrWO" S2iiJ Roomey (Jpo Mnil DaYouiD N..to. U av ai ! Ui a MU.MiiUu Mam.kur Uarlaar ulcau Calif ornU KtlwtuuUig TMr Oueau Si oral Udrau, bdWmu ii ir-.i BUd July .Jy SS5B Jiy?1 Iiualva A tftiA A mA rffa HUo li Algiers i.ii Pom Talbot J" Mmel Ju y 8 Haaoawter TurUt CbrlatUnU gas FUc HoUwoam London laulqu Uufl'. Almoin uili I li li July It July ii July 17 July lti JulylJ July July " Joiy ii J uii . luiy U Marriage Licenses Today Henry O Itetnhard, Allentown, Pa., and Minnie If. Bower., Scr.nton, Pa. William Sl!er. 3901 N. 8th t.. nJ Loui Miyer, 4102 N. Ke . Itobert It Hunter, 11T W. Lehlih aie., anl Miry Beat, 3J01 Illjbee. at. Sercei Kraweiy.ko, 721 Eiffel at., and M.rya Popltya, IKS Titan at Michael Popusa. 01S N. Hancock at., and Marra Kepak. 28 Naweombe, t. nuaaell L. lioodley. 2315 N. Tth at., and Mamie, B. Lut. 2S N. 10th at. Dr Otto Itelter. 2813 WJf ava., and Holly Davldowlti, Cheater Pa, Edwin McCarthy. 1217 8. 21at St., and Sadie Phillip., 5004 Market at. Harry Cooperateln, 403 Taaker at. and Lena Cutler. 403 Taaker at ...... Francla M. Oroaa 233 i K Bodtne at., and Laura Adaroa. 443 Diamond a(. Arthur M ZJeiW 22IS N. 15th it., and NellU M V McCarthy. 621 N 16th at. . William L. Zwlnk, 2120 S Colorado at,, and Carila Fltiilmmona. 1124 Tre at. Johanna Italic h. 131 N Marvine at., and Ma tilda Keltbert, IMS Jeup at .... Mariano J- Asuaro. 26 BrWe at., and Edlln U. Ytartak.. 2463 Bridfa at Jae. It Devlin 2246 FaWtharpe at., and Sophia BiIbo 28M N Howard at. Lewis M Sioltn. 413 Praaton at., and CwaUa Boco"l 4SwatUh60ai N Marvtoa at . nd Edith M Jahaaon. 400 Terraca t Auaelo Sulla, 1218 Oarritt at . and Catartaa iKtolomeo. 1218 Carrttt at. r (Yltaeon Bavenaon 4111 Laneaatar ava., and HloBOfa H Fattraoo. Palmyra-jr. J. Wllttaw J JJallyi Tacony. and Httwsa Hohea atein..Vraakfora. .,, . . , .. Stern. 2401 N lHh it. Four Couple Wedded at Elkton RLKTON Md . July -four Paonayl vania and one Maryland eoupla were mar ried here tola momtoeT They war Wal ter O Smith ad Kdlcn J Harri, John Warita aud Anna Blown and Edward A Faaaett and ilu M ualiahr aii of l nu.rl.bbla Mum I Iv f.ll J IN WILDWQOD'S BOABDWALK PAGEANT tilllL 8TABBED FOll LEAVING L0VEH SHE FOUND MARRIED T r, a. intatunicd Asseiinnt Escapes as loung Wonjan Goes to Hospital,' ALfcEftTOWfr, fa., July .-Clfazed with a fierce Infatuation Tor fcretty iiarjr 6ab6, U years old, Charlea ituestr, alio U, stabbed her In the, abdomen as he extended his hand to gay good night, and the lies at the point ot death In the Allchtown Hospital. Musser feared that the girl wdutd never their relations and lie made thteats tn her frlenda that he "would kill her first." The girl, tiring ot Stutter, who ehe had heard had A wife, had told lilm sho would see him no more. A few moments later, when Muitser took loive of hi "amnlty," he Inflicted tho possibly fatal wound Mutter escaped. HUSBAND PLEADS FOR WIFE Jinn Intercedes When Woman Is Sen tenced to "Correction." After havlnir hla wlfo arrested as tho was about to desert him, Charles Dudh, Ot 2845 North Woodstock street, raved her from a threes months' sentence In the Hoilse of Correction by pleading for her. Mrs. Duck was about to leave her hus band und her 1-jcnr-old child when she uns arrested nt 13th and Huntington etrccts by Policeman Qrendtc She had taken IZ3 ot her husband's money for ex penses. At tha hearing she could give no reasons for her act and after a repri mand she was sentenced by Magistrate Qrells. The husbnnd pleaded for his wife and she was freed on her promlso to sbiy home. TWO MINERS H$IT WHffif , Htiv tmtrm r-'-Bi1 - t ii Carelessness of laborer Alleged Oaosw of Accidatit. MOUNT-CAtUlfet-, P ftn S8.-4aMt Kottl, S years old and married, l Mm rataehaley", & j-eara, stiiirle, ars 1 ttt Miner ltospltal at fountain Hjirtori tat a serious condition, as the ireanilt ot at) etploslon of ga In the mine at drum Itldge, hear here Kostl It thi miner and FaKshaley 1 hU laborer. They wero working In h daft gerous place, and 11 Is alleged oHe of te men opened nia sarety lamp, lsnltl ti quantity ot gas. Doth are badly born4 on the head and may not recover. Mill Intpector Evans in Invettigallcs. -"" ..., ii B,iaim, "Jacklcs" tnjoy Nnral Plitme Bailors at the Navy Tartl are Wt "aughlng today at filillo Jolua i-5 Navy." That I tha name of a mr.tf.jn plcturo film they saw last night on Uai bat Ilea hip Alabama. It showed them Jaat how they might have acted when thy first became ota of Uncle Bam'a aallors If they had been tha subjects ot tha facile pen of Lieutenant John J McCraeken, of tho Alabama, who wrote th acenarlo. They Baw themtelvcs In motion on their good ship and they watched tha ontlea of "Jllllle" Reeves in the leading part. Bathtub Murderer Must Die LONDON. July 3 -George Joseph Smith, "bathtub" murderer, convicted ohd sentenced to death after a trial1 for killing three wives, -was denied a new trial today. The Judges of tha Court ut Appeals upheld the conviction and over ruled tho argument of Smith's Mimol that nO prima fade saso had been mttda 'against tbe accused man. . JACOB REED'S SONS All Wkite and Tho seashore resort gave ltselt up to various Rayeties lost night, nmong which were groups and individuals in picturesquo costume. Tho picture shows Miss Dorothea Grob and her pet bear, who wero prominent in tho parade. RYAN HALTS PAYMENT City Solicitor Says Company Cannot Receive Money From City. After litigation covering a period of flvo years In an nttfcmpt to collect JSO, (00 or a part of that sum. In payment for making n special Investigation of tnxablo real estate In this city,, tho Man ufacturers" Appraisal Company, of Cleve land, Ohio, faces another obstnelo to day In an opinion Issued by City So licitor Ityan. Instructing Controller Wnl ton not to countersign warrants for pay ment to the company. The Investigation carried on by tho Cleveland firm was In tho section bounded by Arch and Walnut, 10th nnd 16th streets. Unable to collect tho ?S3. 000 demanded for the services, the com pany and Councils compromised on $41, COO, and before adjourning on July 2 Councils made an appropriation for this amount to(be paid to tho company. It is this pament which Is held up by the City Solicitor, who holds that, ns tho contrnct under which tho work was done vn later Bet aside by Common Pleas Court. Councils exceeded Its au thority In recognizing any claim pressed !.. II.. HfnHM'nnliiNiMi' A nnrnlanl tssrri- pany, Appraisal Com- Striped Flannel Trousers of our regular $5.00 grade, are now repriced $3.75 v ' On sale at Doth our GarJen Pier Store at Atlantic City, and our Chestnut Street Store, Jacob, Reed's Sons 1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET tnd Garden Pier, Atlantic City, N. J. Hill '' 1 . How At HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY w Look ter the First Year Next Sunday the Public Ledger publishes the year's review of the European war. All important events in the unhappy family of nations are chronicled by journalists, statisticians, historians and military experts. x Each side of the controversy that diplomacy failed to settle is presented by capable writers, and the results or diooav titanic struggles ac !"$ with the present status of field movements and official, parleys clearly outlined, heven ot me Magazine Section's eight pages, as well as the entire Intaglio, aredevoted topfull Magazi history of the war. " 'it. Special articles, late news, maps, photos and interesting AcommWl?JM collected from the highest sources of information. Included -thfe unequaled presentation of.ar features are The HUtpry of th,W. by C. W. TT. War Means tp the Kest ot tne wona. . oy ww j .. .. S.-- r -- : raiJL nftkt war"t e&ct alee for Mstliig reaee AUr tne var, By ueorge . uw, f .. "What the "Rlements That M on business and international trade PUBLIC Be ture to get your Wh Numb In the SUNDAY, AUGUST t LEDGE Ot&t fctim pm M . M & t z mil 3 Ui