P'WBM'JMWM'iHIiu HfJUPSyi -wpw sen n&iiTTTJLJmWVWiJlM-yAMVk-L-JfTTii siiiiii it iiiTurin oniiB rare- w .rwiJ Mii'Vjii p evening ledger--philadelphia Thursday, 'atpgust id, iois.- 4 er ffALIAN GUNS BATTER GORIZIA FORTS; GAINS , MADE NEAR TOLMINO General Offensive Launched Against Isonzo Positions by General Cadorna Aus- trians Lose Trenches I 200 P R I S O N E R S TAKEN HOME, Aug. ID. Heavy bombnrdment of tho Austrian forts before Oorlzla nntl Infantry assaults loutli nnd west of Tolinlno murk llio bo ginning of a determined nttenitit by Gen eral Cadorna to break tho whole Austrian front along the Isonzo. Northwest of Oorlzla a regiment of BcrgsaRllerl rushed the Asulrlnns from iMcrnl rows of trenches between fan Marllno and Blghnno, Indicting heavy "losses. Later they wcro forced to relin quish tho ground under artillery attack from an adjacent height. Eanta Lucia, defending Tolinlno from the south, is under violent nttnek. Ofll clal dispatches report tho capturo of mora Austrian trenches and about 200 pris oners. "On tho Tyrol-Trentlno front Intense ar tillery activity continues. In tho Hncher Valley on August 17, our troops occupied a second line of Intrcnchmcnts, capturing two olllcers and fourteen men, ns well as many rifles and n largo quantity of am munition. "In tho Jlonto Nero region an Itntlan detachment, advancing from tho crest of Verslc In tho direction of Javozcok, dis lodged the Austrlans after a lively strug gle and occupied an extensive lino of trenches. '"In tho operations against Tolinlno wo mado progress, especially against tho height of Santa Lucia, capturing trenches and MO prisoners and some olllcers. "Our troops had a brilliant success on tho Carso plateau. Tho Austrlans at tempted to deliver a counter-attack against the centre of our front. Its effect was neutralized by our artillery and our men then delivered an infantry attack, as a result of which wo occupied nn Im portant position east of Marcottlnl. STONE TIGER SALUTED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS Every Day "Tommies" Must Pay Respect to Beloved Indian Deity Most peoplo know that all soldiers nro required to salute "tho dag" when thoy aro on regular duty, stand at "attention" during the hinging of tho nntlonal anthem, to acknowledge the prcsenco of one of higher lank by a salute, but It Is not generally known that thcro nro other things which British soldiers, in certain parts of tho world, aro required to honor thus. In India, a British guard of honor pre sents arms to a stone tiger every day. Tho tiger Is regarded by the natives ns a god who drives away all danger and 'calamity, and onco somo soldiers. In a spirit of mischief, overthrow tho Imago from Its resting place, nnd sent It roll ing Into tho valley below. So shocked and scandalized were tho natives that -a revolt seemed imminent, nnd Lord Combcrmcre quietened tho outraged na tives by restoring tho Image to its pedes tal nnd ordering the regiment to saluto It In full view of all. Slnco that tlmo a British troop has kept watch over tho tiger-Idol day by day. eVnothor Indian Idol which is watched over by British "Tommies," Is the god whose nnmo Is Klak Klak, equivalent to "Lord of Lords," which Is supposed to be asleep for C00O years and whoso nwak enlng will bo the end of nil things. Hence the natives of tho city of Pegu, In Burma, uro terribly afraid that somo one will arouse tho god; so tho British Government, to avert trouble, stationed a sentry thcro to prevent this catas trophe. Another object which Is honored with a saluto is tho sacred coflln of tha Prophet, which lests at Medina, tho sacred town, nnd which onco in his life, at least, every Turkish officer must salute. lie is expected to throw himself flat beforo tho coflln, clad In his full regi mentals, and is said to receive his com mission In this manner straight from the Prophet himself. In Itussla, at Vladimir, there is an Image of the Virgin with clothes of pure Sold and Invaluable gems and precious atones, which must bo saluted by every soldier whenever It Is seen. The honor Paid to this Icon is said to bo duo to the fact that It was present with the troops when they gained a wondrous victory over a largo Tartar army. The Russian authorities evidently sympathize with this act of ceremony, for they ac tually raised this Icon to the rank of major general in tho army, so that It Is saluted by all Russian soldiers as an officer today. 0NLY57,272 BLIND -IN UNITED STATES "Nevada and New Mexico Show Largest Percentage of Afflicted The total number of blind persons In the world Is estimated at J.iK-O.OOO. accord ing to a bulletin Issued by the Census Uureau. Of this number, 57,:73 were in the United States in 1310. Blindness is ely much moro prevalent among In dliiis than any other race, and moro Prevalent among negroes than whltos. figures show that there are more blind Persons m Nevada and New Mexico, In Proportion to population, than in any other State, Of the 7076 blind males reported as gain fully employed, 1768, or 22 per cont. were returned as farmers, 683 as broommakers, J as musicians and teuchcrb of music, 9 as retail merchants and dealers (other than hucksters and peddlers), 101 as hucksters and peddlers, 3 as piano tuners and 313 as ohalr cansrs. On Tolerance At the German-American Chamber of Commerce, In New York, Dr. Adolph Wuller, an agent for the purchase of Woolens, said: "A better spirit, a spirit of tolerance, w now manifesting lUelf. On the boat coming over, a French shoe buyer and an English cloth buyer shared my table Wli me, and we got on well. " 'Gentltjmen,' I said to those chaps one morning, 'we German and you English and you French are not all thieve, van data and murdetra. With us it Is like the dog riddle " 'Why is a. dog like a man'" a boy asked tiive it uu. aid anulher buy Because It' bow li-K'. J but said tht. touil buy all dok ' Iiul butt ieJ eu, Be. in aj-e U men ' " CHEER-UP BLONDES, PERHAPS THERE IS AN EXCUSE FOR YOU But an English Biographer Says That More Than J)0 Per Cent, of the Men of Genius Are Dark NAPOLEON AN EXCEPTION ! Illstorv shown flint tow prrnf i?ftiiiinoa hnd red hnlr. Alnn among the poets of tho world was Swinburne, whoo hair wnrt distinctly reddish, nnd nmong the great reformers only John Iiunynn's hnlr wan really red Tho n.neii-halred blonde, or the mnn whose hnlr when nn adult Is a true yel low, also remains marked npnrt ns belnr unlikely to possess gcnlun. Should on' such bo, his only companion will do Thackrrny, whose hnlr is described as yellow. Charles Kassel ban cnrcfullv reviewed the biographies of most of the eminent people of the world, nnd lino tubulated the results of his work so far ns thu color of the hair Is concerned. Dark brown to black Is the prevailing hue on the heads of great men. A list of SO mimrfl has been compiled, In which tho color of the hair Is given by biograph ers, nnd SO per cent nro dark brown or blnck. There Is not, strnngo to sav, a single mention of premature grnyncss, nor n slnglo case of that ashen brown hnlr known as "singed" or "moiiBo color." The structure of tho hair whether strnlght or curlcy is given In 26 of Mr. Knssel's list of geniuses, nnd of theso all but four possessed curly or wavy hnlr. It Is extremely notnblo that of tho re maining four, Napoleon nnd President Jackson were tho two remarkable for "wiry hair," nnd thnt James Ilusscll Lowell and Grieg wero thoso having lank, straight hair. The poet's "ringlets" nnd tho musician's nhock of hnlr are by this list seen not to bo mcro necidents, but In some striinso way aro co-ordinated to their powers, and tho general popular Instinct Is not at fault. The color of beards also arouncs many points of Interest. All tho nnclcnt tapes tries show Cain and Judas Iscarlot with yellow or red beards, and Pontius Pilate, In ancient art, nlwuys wiih given a beard. A i eddish beard, however, docs not carry the sigiiKlcnnce that rocs with red hair, for a largo number of eminent men with dark-brown hair hao had reddish beards. Sometimes tho cyelashcrt have hern ruddy, Savonarola, who had nlmost black hair, having stnrtllngly led eyebrows and eyclnshes. But, as a general lulo hero also, a silky brown bentd, when accom panied by line curling duik-brown hair, In tho most usual chaiactorlstlc shown In tho biographies of men whoso names have been handed down to fame. GREAT ARTILLERY DUEL RAGES ON WEST LINES French and German Guns Roar From Artois to Vosgcs PARIS, Aug. 19. Big guns, both French nnd German, nro again actlvo along tho entire French front from Artois to Alsace. Infantry fighting 13, however, apparently conllncd to tho Vosges, where tho Germans made nn effort today to rccapturo tho Sondcr nnch heights stormed yesterday by tho French. Tho German counter attacks wero repulsed and tho position is held hi tho French in spite of a fierce bom bardment. Tho night communique was ns follows: "Thero was Intenso cannonading on both sides of Artois, In Champagne, In tho Apromont forest, at Lo Louvlrle, and at La Vaux Pery, ns well as In Lo Pretrc wood. In tho region of La Croix des Carmos nnd on tho Selllo front tho ox ploslon of mines by each sldo continues nt several points. Nenr Bouvralgnes, south of Royc, tho explosion of one of our mine chambers destroyed tho sapping works of tho Germans. "In tho Argonno efforts of tho enemy to progress In tho region of Mario Thcreso by means of hand grcnudo lighting nil failed. "In tho Vosgc3 tho position conquered by us on tho Sondernach ridge has been held against a violent bombardment." MUSIC IN THE PARK Band Plays nt Lemon Hill Afternoon and Night The Falrmount Park Band will play this afternoon and evening. Tho program: PAIIT I-ATTUnNOON, 4 TO 0 O'CLOCK. 1, Overture "Mlrella" Counod S. Uraml scenes from "Dlo Melsteralnser," Wanner U. (n) "Intormezro meganta" Offenbach (li) "Tho Flying flag" 1'ryor 4. "Hungarian Funtaale No. 2" Tola n I .1. Exiprpts fronr-"The Two Pigeons".. Messagcr U. (a) "lirand Turantelle" Heller lb) Marcia "The rederal" ,..Sous.i 7. Waltz "Loelan" llols-mann c. Mflodles from "Oh, Oh, Dolphlno",..Caryll PAIIT II EVENINd, 8 TO 10 O'CLOCK. 1. Overture "181S" Tnchalkowsliy 2. (a) "Melody In F" Ilublnateln (b) "Dance of tho Hours," from "La tiloconda" Ionchlelll 3. Suite "I'eer Qynl" Urles (a) Morning, lb) Aeo's death, (c) Danco of Anttru. (d) In tho hall of the Moun tain King. i. Xylophone nolo "Operatic Fantasia". .Lowln Soloist 1'eter I.ewln. 5. Orund pastoral aril hunting fantasia "l.e Frememberg" Kuennemann II, (a) 'Valse I'otiyce" 1'oldlnt U) "latrlotlo Airs" Calvin T. Valso de Concert "Dlo Hydronaten"..Gungl b. Melodies from "The Only Olrl1' ....Herbert "Star Spangled Banner." MUSIC AT CONVENTION HALL Philadelphia Dand Will Play Thero Tonight The Philadelphia llapd will play In Convention Had, Broad street and Alleg heny avenue, tonight. The program! 1. Vorsplel to "Lohengrin" Wagner i. Bxcerpts from "The Army Chaplin,",. lllllocker 3, Fluta aolo from suite. Uodard (a) Allegretto, lb) Valie. Q. La Monaca, sololat. -1. MUed chorus. (a) "Hie Hlmmel Ituehmen" Ileethoven lb) "Unfold Ye Portals" Qounod Chorus and band. Leopold J. Srro. conductor, 6. UJllet musle, "KgyptUn" Lulilnl ta) Allegro non troppo. lb) Allegretto fc) And.inte aoatenuto. (d) Andanto tspresalvo. 6. Male ihoros. . ... . . (a) "The Hermit's Night Son" ...Kern lb) "The Day of the Lord" Kreutzer A capejta. A. H. Tenune. conductor. 7. Operatic potpourri, "Creme de la. Creme," 8. Orand March from Tanrhaeuter".'. Wagner Chorus and band. Leopold J. Byre, conductor. "The Star-Spangled Banner." Theatrical Baedeker KBITH'S Josph IS. Howard and Mabel Mo Cane la new songe and chatter; Joe Jackson, uantomlmlst ; Jack Corcoran and Tom Din. ili the dancers of "Hello, nroadwayt" John' aid M Purke. oBtrlog "A Itagtlme Soldier"! vruiur and Green, In "The 'armors"; the Clown Seal; Itobert Emmet Keane, "The American Bocllshman"; Pearl and Irene cubs la "Twelve Minutes Out of a Fashion Uook''; Bolger Brothers, ban Joists, and Hear't-Sellg News Weekly. NIXON'S ORAND The Ft Sullye, In "The Information Bureau"; Young and Moore, biackraoe comedians, in "The Porter aad the Bellboy"; tbe Monte Trio, musicians; Mr. sad Mrs. Harry Thome and Company In "An UntouB Flat"! BUset a4 Boott, dancers; tbAerlal Bartletta. and Fun Foto FUnu. ntlnaa KBYS Second half of week. "A Day & ciiM". CrawJord and, Broderlck- Whit' SivVDoU. Uttta 'operatic wondera'', Far Sanditler In aCalng and talking , nd Wood1 Musical Trio. WOODSIOM P4HK- La Relne-lUmU aad Comoauy m demonstration o electricity, ibe CieuTolun biiei ihree singing and darning minxes Jromo and v arson lii lnliuj. dnc li nd mroUuu ;.. Iuis . ka.sh.un "ine SUUlcihal diSntl.t Jgbl"'. S..UU.1 izad ui lite tuast H t i"d Jlmiuj 1 .t-jgliiln. ' iflMtl M.'fc- " l iara in Uiikae it tbe J.urtO. a, Jt.sa.t-" fOowj.iny, SEA WALL WHICH Late dispatches intimate that hurricane of 1900, dcspito tho THE DAILY STORY The Honeymoon Yacht The moment tho yacht came within ImilliiK dlatnnco of tho doclt at Old Har bor, Karlottn recognized her father and Bavo a funny little Kitspy ort of laugh. "Ho Is there, Don, right In front! Ho must havo taUcn the train donn from I'rovldenco and cnught tho boat at Now port. I think Toss wan a cat to tell him whoro wo were going." "Maybe Bho didn't. Ho could have found out from tho hotel. I had mall for warded hero." Don Btuclt his hands In tho pockets of his blue coat nnd stood with feet npart, head down belligerently, eyeing his fathcr-liijlaw. Then he wns struck with an Idea. TVilIng ("arlotta to go below Into tho pretty, cosy cabin, he went forward nnd spoke to tho captain. Thereupon tho "Southorn Hello" anchored nt a goodly dlstnnco from the dock, nnd no movement was mado to launch her tender. Don got out somo magazines and sat under tho gay awning, reading leisurely. On tho dock the mnjor walked up and iloun. Ho wns six feet tall, with lion grny hair, mustacho and Imperial. Car lotta had always held that her fnthor was the handsomest man creatuto until she hnd met Don Travers. But now ho was on tho warpath. The glances lio shQt nt tho trim mahogany outline of tho yacht wero not friendly. If thcro was one thing the major considered thor oughly ridiculous and beneath one's per sonal dignity, so to speak, It was an elopement. And Don, after having been assured that hd might pay hla court to C'ailotta for the next two years with a fair chanco of success, hud dellbciatcly run away with her after tho Fanshawo's Oriental foto at Newport tho night be foro. It wns nftor D now. Very properly, Tess, his other daughter, had called him up on tho long-dlstnnco and notified him of tho cscnpnde ns soon as she had missed Carlottn, nnd found a note from her. Ho hnd caught the boat from Newport, and arrived at Illock Island at 3:31). Slnco then he had paced tho dock nnd stated at tho bluo ocean for signs of tho errnnt honeymoon craft. And, nil nt onco, as ho paced and fumed Inwardly, ho heard a delighted little ex- "Sure," he said, finally, "I'm an old chump." clnmatlon at his elbow, and wheeled about to face Sue AVInthrop, Don's wid owed aunt. "How perfectly splendid of you to coma to meet them, major!" aho exclaimed. "I Juat came over on tho. Now London nont, and tan down to too If they 'Aero Bafe In harbor yet." "Thcte they arc," said the major, grim ly, motioning, with his cane, toward tho placid llriuro under tho uwniugs. "Car lottn went below when she saw me." "Did she?" Sue shook her pretty head, musingly, her hand tucked around tho major's arm. "I supposo It was unex pected. And wo did havo quHo a rough tlmo gcttlns out of Newport " "Wo?" repeated the major, stiffening. "Mrs. "VVInthrop, I'm amazed. Did you countenance this ridiculous business?" Sue nodded her head at him, with mer ry eyes. 'Let's go and sit in that nlco little ar bor up In the Ocean View grounds," sho Bald. "We can wat'h them Just as well from there as here, and they'll never coma ashore as long; as you stand guard, you know. You look positively terrific, major." "Tut! tut!" said tho majo.-, broodlngly. Hut you mustn't look llko an indignant old gray cockatoo when you know you're the handsomest, dearest man allvel" He glanced down nt her with a sllnt of returning humor In his uray eyes. "Sue, you're a wise little flatterer, and you know all my weak points." "I've forgotten them," said Sue. giving him her black and white parasol to carry. Tho major glanced at her thoughtfully as she led tho way up the Sons Hlght of stops to tho arbor on the terrace aboe the dock. She must be every day of W, and yet she was slender and vivacious; yes, evon girlish. Ho breathed a little sljh. It had been his last year in col lege. Somewhere among the thing treas ured in his desk now there was a little reddish ourl, clipped Just above her ear one night in fun. She had cuffed his eara for stealing It, too. And there had followed more. "Now, Isn't that nice?" Sue said, hap pily. "Carlotta had oome out on deck again, You did frighten the ehlW, aw fully. Funny, you frighten every one a little bit, excepting; roc." "Why did you coax me up here?" de manded the- major. "It's no use pleading for Don Travers. He lias uoted outside the bounds of honor and " You dear old silly thlnz," Sue said, slowly. "And you say it as it you meant it Don U Just 3. and Carlotta is 38. Isn t slieT And you talk of them actineT ouislde the bounds of honor I've got a leitci from soj Tomm Necrson. whvro yju bitct-U nic to elope with oa alter fathei had lorbtdden uu to .omc near rut iuu pluuin-U the whule altaii i SAVED GALVESTON tho Texas port, has suffered worse in the storm just past than in tho expensive safeguards erected on the waterfront. Scores of lives have been lost in tho affected area. ORGANIZED LABOR WILL BE BIG PEACE FACTOR, GOMPERS SAYS By SAMUEL GOMPERS Preiident American Federation of Labor. Organized labor hopew to have a material part in the bringing about of univcrtal peace. A call hat been prepared for the assembling of a Congress of Labor to meet at the close of the present European War. It will meet in the same city and at the same time as the Peace Congress which will adjust claims anil differences between the several nations. Correspondence with the Various European organizations of labor that must be represented at such a congress has been carried on for months past, in the hope of hastening the close of the conflict now existing. The call for a congress of labor represents the desire of the American Federation of Labor, as the organized body of the workers of the United States, thus far exempt from the burdens and sacrifices of War, to assist their European brothers. I believe that our influence will be only second to that of the Govern ment of the United States in bringing about peace now and in laying a basis for permanent peace in the world. I feel that a congress of labor will influence the peace conference toward a better standard of justice and right, of freedom and higher idealism. Already some of the Governments include Ministers that repre sent the workers. Perhaps some of these will be delegates to the peace conference, yet the congress of labor will have influence with the dele gates of each country. Behind its action will be seen the reserve power of the millions of workers, who for once in human history will have been given a voice in the settlement of a World-wide conflict. The congress will in all probability throw its influence upon the side of gradual disarmament of all nations by common agreement. I, per sonally, never have favored disarmament by the United States while other great Powers remained under arms. Violation of an international agreement for gradual reduction of armament could best be met by economic boycott of the offending nation a measure more effective and less brutalizing than any other. maid, and tell her I had nn engagement for luncheon with Aunt Iloxnna remem ber dear old Aunt Iloxy, who thought you were adorable? Then wo wero to bo married at once, nnd tuko tho first outgoing btenmer for Italy, or somo haunt of otern.il love " "You'o got thnt letter still, Suo?" Tho major's eyebrows wero raised Intoiostod ly. "I've got tho answer to It. Why didn't ou como?" "Because," Sue Wlnthrop mcnsuiod her words, "I didn't havo tho courage that llttlo girl yonder hns. I was bound by convention and nfrnld of father, and I let tho man I loved slip away from mo. Oh, I don't mind saying 'I to you ono bit, major, if It can help Don now. You've lather forgotten what It mi'iins to bo in love, haven't you, Just how you felt when you wrote that letter to mc, nnd waited for mo? I was to leavo tho old uth ave nuo stago at JIadlson Huunio, and you wero to meet mo nnd tako n'o to tho llt tlo church that Btanda buck In Its gar den." "Bless mc, B ic, don't cry, dear. There, there." Tho major put his arm around the slender, Rtncoful shoulders, hnd patted her. "I shoiild havo followed you, nnd carried you on.' "I was suro you'd understand If you Just thought back. Last night Carlotta looked wonderful. Sho has your eyes and charm, and poor Don was half mad with dread that Bho would slip uway from him. Tess said you wero going to tako thorn both abroad In September. And his yacht lny down In tho harbor, and I took Carlotta. over with me, and packed a lot of my clothes for her wo nro Just of n size until sho could get her own, and wo set sail for Now Lodou around 2 In tho morning. They wcro married Just after breakfast, and I left them holding hands on tho dock when I caught tho steamer over here. I'vo got a. cottage, you know, hero over on tho bluffs, and thoy'ro going to stay up thcro for a fow days. I'm Just going to mako them comfortable, and then run back to Now port." Tho mnjor pursed his lips and mused, leaning on tho carved ivory handle of tho black and whlto umbrella. "Sue," ho said, tlnully, "I'm nn old chump. I lost you onco through not chasing you. Let tho youngsters go up to their honoymoon cottage, and you come back to New London on tho yacht with mo and gat married. I'm not going to let a boy teach mo how to wing tho bird of happiness." Suo smiled up at him, a world of understanding In her eyes,, of amuse ment mingled with sympathy and love. Down on tho deck of the yacht Carlotta was signaling to them. "They'ro anxious to get up to tho cottage," said Sue. "I think wo had botter go on board." The major looked at his watch. "Clod bless them both," he said fervently. "Wo'll mako Now London about 7.30." "It's fearfully sudden, Tom." "Sudden!" The major leaned back his head and laughed. "After twenty years? Aro you afraid, Sue? Look at Carlotta." "I've been looking at her and envy ing her for hours," answered the llttlo wldo-v. "I'll so, Tom." Copyright, 1011, by the McCluro Newspaper Bind lea te. FIVE FINED ON I'. It. T.'S CHARGE Accused of Trafficking in Company's Free Transfers Five men accused of sailing or giving away free transfers issued by the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company for use at certain junction points wero arraigned before Magistrate Haggerty at the 19th and Pine streets police station today. Four had the alternative of paying a fine of IS and costs or spending live dajs in the county prison, and one was fined 1Q and costs or 10 daya in the County prison. The five were arrested this morning near 3d and Dock streets by City Hall Detectives Klcli and Hill and Gaskll, of the P. It. T. Investigating force. On Paula Torto, 36 years old, of S3w Kimball street, who received the heaviest sen tence, woVTound a razor, a blackjack and a number of P. R- T. employes' free tickets. The other men arrested were "William Mai ken. 4U yeais. of 207 Walnut tr.ci. Uwl doltroft, H yeaia. ut Hit boutn lieulah stieit Jm-i-li Vno 19 .aio .tJ lim-eiri ijimivu ui.a Jin.iuUicubci( 4k, tiu iltitt sucet FROM HEAVY LOSS LABORERS OF WORLD UNITE TO URGE PEACE; MAY HELP FIX TERMS Gompers, Head of Unions in United States, Co-operates With Workers' Leaders in Europe HOPE TO TEMPER HATRED Would Accomplish World Amity and Wipe Out Bitterness Engendered hy Wnr WASIIINOTON. Aug-. lP.-Orgnnlzed In bor of tho world today Is creating senti ment for n speedy ending of tho Kuropcnn war. Tho movement Is central In tho United States. It Is being directed by Samuel Gompers, president of tho Ameri can Federation of Labor, nnd In every capital of tho war-torn nations of Huropo efforta not only nro being mndo to nd vanco an ugltatlou for an early and hon orablo pence, but tho orgaiil.cd wago workers, on whom tho burden of war falls heaviest, nro preparing themselves to be come a factor In tho negotiations that will end in tho Blgnlng of general pcaco trea ties. Tho labor movement now In progress has absolutely no connection with tho "Lnbor I'eaco Council" which Is headed by Ileprcscntatlvo Frank Buchanan, of Illinois. This ono Involves tho American Federation of Labor and tho national or ganizations that direct tho labor unions of Great Britain, France, Austria, Ger many, Russia, the Balkans, Scandinavia, Switzerland and Holland. President (lompers has prepared a, call for a congress of labor und awaits only tho calling of a pcaco conference to Issuo it. He has been carrying on negotiations with tho foreign labor chiefs over Blnco tho last Hcsslon of the American Federa tion of Lubor, which met In Philadel phia last fall. Tho congress of labor, it was agreed by ofllclals In Washington today, would pre sent a now force In international politics. No such gathering ever was planned be fore. Ono thing of which every one scorned convinced was that It would be ablo to assist In wiping out a part at least of the bitter hatreds engendered by the war. President Gompers declined at this tlmo to mako public any part of his corre spondence with the other labor leaders dealing with the subject, feeling It un wise, t.s It might defeat the very object which It was hoped to attain. Hla an nouncement that tho call for tho congress already was drafted was sulllclont In his mind to show that the movement would be a success. 1G.O0O Tons of Munitions Leave NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-Anothcr huge cargo of military necessaries for the Al lies left this port yesterday for Liverpool on the White Star liner Baltic. She car ried about 18,W0 ton of munitions and ammunition. She had only 16 saloon passengers. The second cabin had 98 passengers and the steerage 1W. LEG SUPPORTS VAItlCOSB VHINS. ULCEUS. Week Ankles, Swollen Less, Etc. AUK EVtSNLY tilU'l'OUI'lSU BY TUB USB Of TUB Corliss Laced Stocking SAKITAKY. as they may be washed or belled. Comfortable, made to measure. NO BLASTlCj adjustablei lucss like a lor Elan lis tat uud durable. ECONOMICAL. Cost tl.1t tush, or two for the same llsub. fl.ee, uostyald. Call aad be measured free, or write for elf-wcusure-meut lltauk No 19 Hours V to s Uallj. bat S to J Pcooi- Lorllj I tmabpiiiaiiy t tsa U?ed Uldc l'taour M si 831 lill-U la illicit tt., V fcUa. MASTERY OF WORLD'S SEAS GERMANY'S SECRET DESIGN, DECLARES GABRIEL HANOTAUX Oafcrfcl llanotaux, historian and statesman, teas formerly Minister of Vorclon Affairs for the 1'rcnch ltcpubllo and has held many other rjublld offices. Recently he has been unsparing In criticism of Urltlsh Inactivity on tho Inlanders front. By GABRIEL HANOTAUX I'AUIS, Aug-. 10. A frco sen Is tho futtiro condition of pcaco on which tho I Ormnnn will most Insist. What is the real sense of this formula7 What I timhltlon, what nlttt, what bluff Is hidden In these words? At first sight It would appear It Is Unglatitl nt which It Is mostly aimed. Ir is nlso designed, doubtless, to nrouso certain regrets on the part of certain 1 neutral Powers, but tho moro closely It Is scrutinized tho moro It will seem that it implies an ambition on tho part of Germany to bo dangerous to all. a frro Fca for Ocrmnny means German maritime domination ns a complp innnt to German rotttlucnlnl hegemony. First let us hear tlio German claims. It Is a wioHllun," say the Germans, "of our re-entering tho world's eco nomical system lit spllo of Knglalid. Wo must havo freedom of tho sea. To not this a. strong position confiontlng England on tho Calais coast Is necessary. 1 Besides, tho Hngllsli naval clinln formed of naval baBes circling tho earth must I br broken. I "Special attention must ho given ,lo Egypt. Tho Suez Canal must bo llbcr ! nioil ft urn Urltlsh control. "The British monopoly of ocean telegraphs and the transmission of news, etc , mutt bo abolished." OBJECT OF ATTACK. "This wholesale iittuck till England evidently luui for Its object tho grouping of all neutral elements that have grievances against British enterprises. Tho English Channel, tho Gibraltar, the Malta, tho Sues! Canal, tho Dardanelles thoso nro nil passages over which tho now reglmo by which tho wholo world will benefit should bo placed. Tho Idea Is that Spain. America nnd . other nations perhaps will not bo lndlf foront to these llborntory suggestions. But suppose this great revolution of which Germany suddenly constitutes her self tho champion to have been accom plished. Will nil those pnsaages bo frco In wartime as In peace time, and tho Beas ns well? That Is tho iciil question In tho first place, will Ocrmnny consent, according to tho principle sho herself hns proclaimed, to level nil tho fortresses which protect her own coasts, to llber ato tho strnllB which connect tho Noith Sen and tho Bnltie, and even the Kiel Canal? Sho clnlius a base on the Dngllsh Channel. 1h It In order to permit fico navigation onco who lias occupied n pott which will glvo her command of tho North Sea nnd mnko It hor own? And as to tho Stialt of Gibraltar. Of what vnluo will bo tho scrap of paper by which it will be freed If Gcriunny ob tnlns what sho claims Morocco nnd Tan gier while In tho menntlmo tho posses sion of tho Dai dandles Is consolidated In tho hands of Turkey, a vassal of Ocr mnny nnd Austrla7 Of comse, In the name of tho freedom of the seas Austiln will occupy Salonika and the nnclcnt light of Turkey will bo lo-estatillshed over tho Suez Canal, and so on and so forth. Tho fieidom of tho sens means Ger man domination of tho nous nnd nothing else. II Is. under n moio seductive form. Kaiser Wllhdm'.t old motto, "In Vlstus, by which present events uro taking place, "Our empho Is on tho waves." Lot us hear her Intellectuals onco more. At the BJiim tlmo wo must create on tho continent adjoining our frontlets us large tin economic ssono ns possible. In this connection wo must protect Atistiln llungaty, the rjiilkuns, Turkey nnd Asia Minor, ns fm as the Poislan Gulf, against Russian nnd British cupidity. And for that icnson. too, we must hold Belgium nnd acquire a portion of the northern coast of France on Dover Stialt. MORE LAWS HAMPER "FREEDOM" IN OHIO Now Legislation Affects Medi- vine, Voting, Automobiles and Fishing A3 soon ns tho Ohio Stato Medical Board shall bo able to hold oMiuiln.itlons all nonmedical healers In Ohio, excepting dlvlno healers, will havo to bo licensed by tho state. This is tho icsult of tho sweep ing provisions of tho Platt-EIUs bill, which became opcrntivo recently. Practitioners who havo been operating In tho Stato for live years or moro need not tako nn examination to show fitness, but all must bo licensed. Tho now law does not affect osteopaths, who opcrato under a separate law. Other now lows, effective for tho ilrst, havo provisions us follows: For tho Stuto registration of nurecs; for tho prevention of tho defacing of nuto moblles to conceal their Identity; for the requirement thnt primary condldates may not bo nominated by tho writing In of their names on tho ballot unless 8 per cont. of tho voters so cast their ballots; for tho grunting to County Commissioners of tho right to abolish grado crossings outside municipalities; for a chnngo In automobile leglstratlou laws so that nn nutomobllo ownor, when obtaining a now car, need pay only il for a renewal of tng instead of being compelled to purchase a now tng; for limitation of gamc-1lsh catches. First Guns in England When Edward IV returned to England in 1171, 10 years after he succeeded to tho throne, ho obtained some forces from his brother-in-law, tho Duke of Her gundy. Including 300 Flemings armed with hand guns. Thus, ho was tho llrst to tntroduio theso weapons into England. Afterward thoy became common. At llrst they wero llred by tlio, impli cation of a lighted match to the powder by tho hand, Tho match was a wick, lighted and pressed against the powder In tho pan. Tho invention of a lock to flro the powder In placo of tho hand was suggested hy the trigger of the crossbuw. Tho matchlock tired tho arquebus, or harquebus, used by the soldiers of tho 15 th and lGtli centuries, in projecting a ball which weighed nearly two ounces. I BECKERS5 I sbsBBBsbV ssssseBsBEB eBssssBss7 S Jkek bssbSESsBD O Sm Bssssssssssesssss7 C Prices Smashed at Final Clean-Up Stocks are rushing out for prices have dropped to the last ditch to insure quick and absolute clearance. All goods are Becker-standard all prices mean the biggest values of the year. H I R T q proportionately reduced. AT THESE ADDRESSES ONLY 908 Chestnut Street, Juniper and Filbert Sts., 20 and 22 South 15th Street And so It Is both tho earth nnd us. I would really llko to Know wlrut will remain afterward to tho other nations In their enjoyment of that freedom which Is claimed in their mime. What would bo the weight of American authority over tho Panama Canal when onco Gormnny should have established her system of mailtlmo freedom. These Insolent pretentions nro so noisily proclaimed that they compel reflection. Thero 1 no German publication In favor of "tensonablo" penco In which thero nro not repented exactly tho samo terms, evidently by general order. Of nil conditions penro. It is evidently this to which tho grcntest importance Is attached. On might bcllove, reduced to Ub narrowest expression, that It would. If oj tallied, justify la tho eyes of tho Gcrnmn people tho whole folly of this wnr ngnlnst the rest of mankind. If nt tho day of pcaco It could bo pro claimed In grandiloquent tones to tho Ger mun peoplo, "Wo bring you tho freedom'' of tho seas." even If It were tho questlqn of only a single Belgian poit or of a port opening upon tho ocean, tho single bonst would be made that tho famous great design, so much vaunted In these SO years, nnd to which all resources of con tinental Ocrmnny hnd been sacrlllccd, had ben rcnllzcd. AS SUPREME OBJECT "War for tho future 13 on tho waves." All lies In that. This, then, Is what Is offered to the Germans bb the supremo object of their efforts. But It Is a hopo that will crum blo like so many othcis. It is well that tho world be put upon Its guard. Absolute liberation of Belgium that is the solo and simple tctort to tho seductive formula, "tho free ocean." Bismarck sold Gormnny wns a ground rat. A ground rat sho ought to be, and a ground rnt sho will remain. CRIPPLE TEACHES SOLDIERS TO SWIM Armless Wonder Trains Wounded Germans in Nat atorial Art Ono of tho most useful ofllclals engaged. In assisting nnd teaching crippled Ger man soldiers is tho well-known artist, Untlian, who was born without urms, but who, nevertheless, has become a re markablo violin player, a painter and ex pert swimmer. Unthan is a firm believer In swimming ns nn uld to the physique of the crippled, and maintains that aims really aro a hindrance rather than ti help In the water. Ho recently lectured to a group of persons Interested In eating fpr crippled soldiers, nnd then gavo an ex hibition of his remarkable armless swim ming. Ho Is being pointed out ns an example of courage nnd Independence, to be fol lowed In tho German soldiers invalided, back home. ' Rumania Rumania is ono of tho richest of tho countries of tho Balkan region, and, al though It hits an area of only a llttlo moro than CO.OOO squaro miles, It has a population of nearly 7,000.000, the most compact In racial assoclatlna of all that vast region of centrnl Europo extending from tho seas of tho North to those ot the South. More than 02 per cent, ot tho popula tion nro Rumanians. Theie nre Jews, 1 3 per cent , and tho remainder ure sprinkling of Germans, Bulgarians and Hungarians, with no fewer than 00.000 gipsies. Rumanians nre practically all ot tho Greek Orthodox religion. Mosquitoes Near Pole The presence of mosquitoes In myriads within tho bare, uninhabited Arctic clrclo Is in some degree a mstery. The mos quito is a blood-sucker, but In these uni versal plains he Is, for the most part, and or strict necessity, a vegetarian. A few birds cxcipted (and tho birds are fur nished with impervious feathers) there Is no local llfo whatever Vet, in this region, "seemingly the most unsuitable for its ef fecUe working." tho mosquito nourishes, ' a primeval and enduring curse, inex plicably developed to Its utmost." $1.50 White Pleated Attached and Detached Shirts (not all sizes) ,.,...,,,.....,... ,.69c $1.50 Shirtst broken sizes , ...75c (6 for $4.00) $2.00 Shirts, now $1.00 $2.50 and $3.00 Shirt. $1.35 $3.50 and $4 Sol de Lux Silk and Linen Shirts; dress pleats . .$1.85 $4, $5 and $6 Tub Silk Shirts.$2.65 $6.50 and $7 Crepe de Chine. $4.05 BALM AC A AN COATS , $12, $15, $18 Priestley Crave n$C ette, guaranteed waterproof. . v All other things that Men wear tii 1 -& f!' Oil H 'sni It ii 1 M 1 .! tfc 4l 'ts m A n j i . A'l 1 ,M VI l 1: n ; M Mj im 51 'M H ! f; U.4 1: