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WHERE BOARDWALK ESTABLISHMENTS WENT UP IN FLAMES AT ATLANTIC CITY
QUICK NEWS
KAISKR GIVES IRON CROSS TO SOCIALIST LEADER
AMSTH11DAM, Aug. 20. Political importances it is reported
fium Berlin, is attached to th" announcement by the newspaper Vor-
waerta tlml BliipdTor William has bestowed the iron erosa of the
iiist clat on Albart Sudekum, a Socialist leader, for bravery in battle.
he section that suffered most Is
tne stecpiecnusc, wuii uio
fO AMERICANS
iPORTED LOST
ATTACK ON
tf Least Twenty Persons Perish on
steamship Sent to
pedo No Warning Given
by German Commander.
iVfkh the official confirmation by White Star Line official in London of
t of two American live in the tinning ot the liner Arabic by a uerman
trine, the German-American situation ha become more acute, but by
m itriou, not at leat until full report are received from Ambassador
i eiid American Consular representative in London and Queenstown on
iWtt circumstances surrounding the
Tfttyi i a strong intimation among
, juj. have been convoyed by a warship part of the distance from
)M(nd that the convoy Was within close call when the submarine
ir these circumifance, if they
0merwtth'ihthehoundr of rtKt
iy stviiiw waa,. a..
1MERICANS LOST
IN SINKING. OF ARABIC
LONDON, Aug. 20.
I tha Americans who were pas-
Eh tho White Star liner Arabic
was sunk by a German sub-
Fyesterday were definitely given up
I this afternoon,
( search of many noura h wan
at the American embassy thai
i 'could be found of Mrs. Josephine
; Srugulerc, of New York, and Dr.
. Woods, of Janesville. wis.
I reports received at the White Star
Indicated that at least 20 nersons
Maay be more lost their lives.
tm reported during tne morning
Mrs. Brugulere had been saved, but
utnt advices from queenstown,
her son Louis was trying to get
trade of her, stated definitely that
erican woman had perished.
'American Embassy here began an
te Investigation of tho clrcum-
l surrounding the torpedoing of the
i'yiy a German submarine. It Is
19a mat a navai auacne was ais
to Queenstown last night. The
ul at Queenstown will submit
from the American survivors
there.
'dispatches received here today
that the Arabic was torpedoed
lwtfrntng, At offices of the White
tit It was stated that all the pass-
i,1Hh whom officials at Queenstown
corroborated the statement of
t! Finch that the German U-boat
Meet the Arabic o the bottom with
ning blow was not even seen,
1, Cwtlaued on Pace Two, Column Two
C, OF WHITE STAR
, ALSO TORPEDOED
Mine Sinks Craft Bound
kttr New York Six
Others Lpst.
iK. Aug. 20.-Another White
the Boyle, 6583 ton, was re-
Wrpedeed and sunk today while
rrom New York to Manchester
1 ffneral cargo. The Bovlc carried
about 150 men.
Meh from Queenqtown brought
fD0rt of the Bovlc"a destruction
Wig agencies here. It gave" no
byt as the vessel sailed from
Ik On AlleilBt t wnu tillavri
Utbat it was passing the south
, (Ireland, either last nlcht or
rjiy.
te la the smallest of the 'White
t Ot merchant Yeatnfil un4 Ann
MlJV She wag capable of mak-
w xnots an hour.
na liner Nlceatan aiao was at-
German a h marina and rtnm.
.. torpedo tedav. Tli damage
Strioua. ifrvild. ,dlnnlntf
rtchAi( nd Bh Wa.a abl tp
rfh li a ittf.tetf uteamer owned
UHd Ar Hfi. rI T.lvnnnl dnrf
44 thai nort Hb. wdm LitJJt at
I 111 aul L. ua -. l , ..
!iTwS. ""' '
klHB WEATHER
rOHKQAUT
W:lpM M4 VrcMtU-lti'
"OtoiiHeM followed au rata
9ht or an aiu.tn. ..aWL tn
ds Incteatfat? htl VtUdav.
shown in the lower left-hand corner of
long atcei ana me unrucn piers oeyonu.
OFFICIALLY
IN SUBMARINE
LINER ARABIC
Bottom by Tor-
tubmarine attack.
official in Washington that the
are confirmed, the attack will mot
iWrffJ:i,fr
i
ARABIC, IF CONVOYED,
WAS SUNK LEGALLY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.
The Arabic, perhaps, was not entitled to
'consideration as an "unarmed Bhlp." The
doubt was raised by a high State Depart
ment official today.
"A merchantman under convoy," said
the official who suggested the question,
"loses Its status as an unarmed vessel.
It becomes liable to submarine attack
without warning." The Administration
was known to have taken the point Into
account In Its calculations concerning the
policy It must adopt as a sequel to the
White Star liner's destruction by a Ger
man undersea boat.
The Issue, It was said, was one of fact
was the Arabic, though without a con
voy when attacked, within tho zone of
tho convoy's protection?
All .accounts at the State Department's
hand Indicated that tho liner was con
voyed from port, but as soon as its cap
tain deemed his craft out of danger,
dropped the. convoy and proceeded on Its
vpyage alone.
Whether the convoy was still within
sight or easy call the Department did not
know. Chi? was to be determined and It
was Intimated that the German, as well
as the British version, would havo to be
taken Into account. '
Officially the State Department with
held all comment pending further advices
from Ambassador Page and Consul Gen
eral Skinner, In London, and Vice Con
sul Thompson, In Queenstown. Until def
inite word was received from them. It
Continued on Page Two, Column Bis
GUERRA IMMINENTE
TRA ITALIA E TURCHIA
La Serbia Dara' la Macedonia ai
Bulgari e Questi Faranno
Guerra alia Turchia
Due notlzle Importantlslme portano
oggl J telegrammi dall'Italla. Una e che
l'Jtalla e' alia vigllla della guerra con, la
Turchia, dal momento che questa non
vjiol permettere la partenza degu nai
laid che si trovano nel territorio dell'Im
poro. Ma oltre a questa raglone, ve ne e'
un-'altra pin grave assal, a e' che le
autorlta' turche. tra eUI prlmissimo 11
mlnlstro della Guerra Enver pascla,
hanno Invlato uinciaii. a,vn .
nclla Libia per foroentarvl ma ribelllone
contro Ell Italian!, ed In parte sono il
uscf tl nel loro Intento. giaccho' la sltua
zlone nella Llpla non e' preclsamente
L'aitra notUla assal Importante e che
la Sernbla ha flnalmente ceduto alio in
.Utenze delle Pot.nze della Quadrup Ice
Inteft d .ha accettato dl dare alia BuN
wrla la Macedonia. Kw rlcevera' n
compenso meta- dell'Albania ed un tratto
deUa coeta dalmata. L'ltalla manterra'
IIpWho dl Vallona e del suo hlnter-
and. In consegi.enta dl cio', la Bulger a
annunclera' prto che essa si e' alletata
?n 1'lntesa. e presto II suo eaerclto. che
e'gla pronto, marclera' contro Adrlano
po e? attaccare la Turchia e rendere
inutile ognl ulterlore resiatnnzs i del Tut.
chl nello Stretto del Dardanelll. L'ltn
Dortania dl questa; soluzlone della quls-
P.'"' wfi ..(.. .' amndlma. glacche'
con l'apertura dllo Stretto del DardanelU
Sk iSn rUornlre sbblto dl mun,
"onl dl arml 1'esercito russo e pennet
terg I d rlprendere In breve I pffenslva,
Sul fronte italo-austrlaco vi e' pochls-
stottufllltt noUzle (Wil , -4
laao.)
the picture, situated between Pennsylvania and North Carolina avenues. The
ine picture was iukuu recently irom
SLAVS PLAN
TO ABANDON
PETROGRAD
Mos'cow Chosen as New
Seat of Government as
Peter's City Is Men
aced WAS ANCIENT CAPITAL
Drive on Riga Forces Czar to
Seek Seat Farther From
Teutonic Assault
By HERBERT TEMPLE
LONDON. Aug. 20.
Plans for the removal of the Russian
capital to Moscow are now under con
sideration at Petrograd, according to
word reaching here today,
Though .Petrograd Is, In no danger at
..theGeVman field- armies?
.. niwioti float Infaaf rAnnht tvna
the German fleet, at latest report, was
menacing Riga, the capture of which
would permit the landjng of troops from
transports.
The length of the Russian front prob
ably would prevent long defense by the
Czar'a troops In the Baltic provinces.
From a strategic standpoint. Moscow
would make a much better military cen
tre than Petrograd. Enormous difficul
ties would have to be overcome by the
Germans before they could reach tho
ancient capital.
HUMAN BEINGS COLLIDE;
ONE BITES OFF AN EAR
Trophy Taken in Fierce Fight Caused
by Excessive Thinking
Deep thinking cost Barman Garasano
his liberty today and Albert Montgomery
his left ear. Barman lives at 160S nuKner
street and Montgomery at 2217 North
American street.
Each man was approaching Colorado
and Blavls streets, one headed north and
the other south. Each was rapt In
thought, his head on his chest and his
attention elsewhere than on the pathway
ahead.
A certain spot on the sidewalk was
reached simultaneously by the two men.
The shock of the Impact hurled each to
tho ground. Slowly, wrathfully they
arose. For one second they glared at each
other. Then each rushed.
Barman was getting the worst of the
encounter, so he clinched. He tried to
subdue Montgomery by bear hugs, but,
finding this wouldn't work, bit off his op
ponent's left ear.
Tho howls of Montgomery drew Police
man Weln, of tho NIcetown station.
Magistrate Wrlgley held Garasano with
out bail for a further hearing. Physicians
at St. Luke's Hospital found that Mont
gomery's ear was too badly gnawed to
be attached to his head again, and they
will attempt to provide him with a new
one.
RECTOR'S BODY HOME
Remains of the Rov. H. McK. Moore
Found in River at Trenton
The body of the Rev, il. McKnlght
Moore, assistant rector of Et. Philip'
Episcopal Church, 42d street and Balti
more avenue, has been shipped from
Trentdn to the family home at 4081 Wal
nut street, this city.
It was recovered yesterday under the
CalhOUn' street bridge, over the Delaware
River at Trenton, two hours after a re
ward of I50 had been offered by the
Oliver II. RIr Undertaking Company,
representing the family of Mr, Mqore.
Captain Frank P. Nelson, manager of
a boating establishment near the bridge,
found th'e body, which was not multllated,
although It had been swept over many
rocks on Its way down stream from Wells
Falls, above Trenton, where the tragedy
occurred. ,
PEACHES "DIRT CHEAP"
Forty Carloads on Sale at 8 and 10
Cents a Basket
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 20.-Forty
carloads of peaches without a destination
are lying along the Delaware Railroad,
They were loaded In refrigerator cars to
be shipped to market, but prices are so
low that the growers have not consigned
them.
Owing to the large quantities of peaches
the best price which can be obtained Is
g to 10 cent a basket, The cars will keep
the peaches tor a few days while await
ng orders for the fruit.
T)w KelKtlaii Says;
joe Buck went fishing to Anglema iov
.rii antii auo. and tckra he was five mile
rem shore he suddenly became seattck
la afcera and SK h wUettaler mtemt
Ms return.
an acropiana oy an evening jjcugur
GERMANS TAKE
NOVO GEORGIEVSR
AND 85,000 MEN
Great Russian Fortress and
Huge, Slav Army Cap
tured By Teutons
SIX GENERALS PRISONERS
Last Vistula Stronghold
Smashed by Howitzers After
Siege of Twelve Days
BERLIN, Aug. 20.
Novo Georglevsk, mightiest fortress of
tho Czar, has fallen. Tho capturo by
German troops of tho great stronghold
at the Junction of tho Vistula and Narew
Rivers was officially announced here to
day. '
Six Russian generals and 83,000 meh
wero captured by General von Bceeler's
troops when the fortress surrendered.
More than 700 guns were also taken,
The. reduciisn, of NpynGeorgJevsk.Js 1
another yletory for tho famous 42-centf
meter guns Of tho Germans, ane destruc
tion of Russia's mightiest fortress within
less than two weeks shows that no fort
known to modern military engineering
can stand before these giants of war
fare. The attacks against the fortress began
about the samo time that "Warsaw fell.
On August 7 tho German War 'Office an
nounced that the siege forts of Slegro.
at Novo Georglevsk, has been taken On
the following day It was announced at
the fortress had been cut oft on the o st
ern Bide, between the Vlstu,a and Narew
Rivers. Tho Fort Bcnjamanow, defend-
Ing Novo Georglevsk on the northeastern
side, was smashed to bits beneath the
pounding of the German howitzers.
TWELVE DAYS'SIEGE.
Novo Georglevsk fell after a Blege of
13 days, during which tho mighty Gor
man guns poured a rain of shells upon
Its fortifications. Tho outlying forts were
taken one by one. while the German
circle drew closer dally to the main forti
fications. The German general staff accompanied
Emperor William to Novo Georglevsk to
watch tho closing act of the military
drama enacted there.
With tho capture of Novo Georglevsk
the Germans have taken tho last of the
Vistula fortresses and removed a danger
that existed as long as that stronghold
was held by tho Russians. The pursuit
of the retreating Russian armies can be
continued without any possibility of a
sudden sortie.
KAISER ON SCENE.
Novo Georglevsk was captured under
tho eyes of Emperor William himself, he
having arrived there while tho German
troops wero making their attacKs.
Novo Georglevsk was defended by 21
redoubts and several big forts and Inter
mediate works, all mounting 10, 11 and
12-lnch guns. Tho fortress has two pow
erful citadels and eight bridgehead posi
tions. It was attacked from tho air al
most dally during the siege.
On August 13 strong outposts northeast
of Novo Georglovsk were taken by storm
and 1800 prisoners captured.
Two days later the German general
staff issued this significant statement:
"The ring around Novo Georglevsk is be
coming narrower."
On the ISth two more Russian field forts
at Novo Georglevsk were taken, together
'Continued on l'age luo, Column Seven
NURSE SACRIFICES LIFE
TO SAVE DYING WOMAN
Miss Mary Eva Waidelich, .of
Woman's Medical Staff,
a Martyr to Duty
On a rainy night In November, WIS, a
woman went from door to door of4lttle
streets In a congested district downtown.
She could not find, the "charity case" she
had gme to nurse. She had no umbrella.
She was two hours finding the small home
where, In soaking wet clothing, she sat
down to a night's hard worlc over a
woman seriously 111. She saVed the
woman's lite, but today, as a result of
that night's wcrk, the nuise died.
Miss Mary Eva Watdellch, daughter of
Sheriff Waidelich, of Allentown, Pa., was
tho nurse. After graduating from the
Allentown Hospital she entered the
Women's Medical College In this city.
One cold njght there came a message that
a former patient at the hospital had bad
a relapse. Miss Waidelich knew about
the case. She was sent out, with the ad
dress on a piece of paper. It wm 'the
wrong address
Instead of going buck to the hospital
to get the right address, she thought
she could save valuable time by asking
nelehbora where tha sick woman lived.
It began to iratn, but still Us Waidelich
plodded on. The exposure resulted in a
severe eojav ana tuberculosis, which set In
later, mao hr a
short pier in the foreground is
siui pauiutrupaer.
FIRE SWEEPS
BLOCK ALONG
BOARDWALK
Hotel Strand and Haddon
Hall at Atlantic City
Menaced by Flames
MANY STORES ABLAZE
Shops Between Pennsylvania
and North Carolina Avenues
Quickly Consumed
By a Staff Correspondent
"ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 20. Fire Imme
diately on the beach front, which threat
ened the $500,000 Strand Hotel and Haddon
Hall nearby, and which has already
gutted a half dozen small shops adjoin
ing tho hotel on tho Boardwalk, is raglrn;
along tho entire block between Pennsyl
vania and North Carolina , avenue?. Eoqr.
men effected hair-breadth escapes By
sjldlngdawj. jppeaJtrom'-a-.secnndsstoryj
wfndow-'bf a cafe.
Hmoko, was llrst scon at 12: Issuing
from th8 Porto Rico shop, at 1109 Board
walk. The Boardwalk was thronged
'with Its usual sightseers, and Instantly a
crowd of 20,000 persons pressed around
tho place, being held back with difficulty
by tho police. Tho Strand Is the head
quarters of David II. Lane. Within three
minutes the fire department had reached
the scene and started chemical engines
to work. But the flames spread fiercely
through the flimsy wooden shops and
almost tho whole block was ablaze within
19 minutes.
From tho Porto Rico Shop the Are
spread to the Dlttrlch Photograph Gal
lery, at J107, where the highly Inflamma
ble materials sent out sheets of flame,
almost overcoming the firemen.
Properties in which the Are started are
owned by Mayor William Riddle and held
In the name of the Mar' A. Riddle Com
pany, one of the stockholders of which is
Louis Kuehnle. The block of wooden
buildings was erected In 1S97 at a cost of
$30,000. They rent for $70,000 annually.
Mayor Riddle said he carried $23,000 Insur
ance on the rentals and $12,000 on the
buildings. The stocks carried In the shops
nre easily worth $100,000, said he, all of
which are destroyed.
The fire started in the kitchen of the
Quaker Inn, a small restaurant In tho
rear of the Pennsylvania avenue end of
the two-story section of frame buildings
known as the Steeplechase Pier Block,
being immediately In front of the en
trance to the Strand from the Board
walk. Fire Department officials are not
yet certain, but they believe a pan of
grease exploded
A negro tried to extinguish the flames
with water and spread the blaze all over
the place.. Great clouds of dense smokj
curled toward the Strand Hotel, one of
the costliest and most modern of hotels
on the beach front.
The four or five hundred guests made
a rush for the exits, and as a consequence
a small-sized panic seemed Inevitable.
The greater majority of these guests
were women and children, who had Just
Continued on Pace Two, Column Three
COTTON CONTRABAND,
U. S. TOLD OFFICIALLY
Allied Governments to Stand Behind
Market to Prevent Depression
of Prices
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-"The allied
Governments have agreed In principle
that cotton Is contraband of war. The
exact date when this announcement shall
be made la still under consideration as
well as other details connected with the
proclamation." This statement waa
authorized last night at the British
Embassy.
As soon as the official announcement
Is made, it will be disclosed also that
the allied Governments have prepared to
stand behind the market to prevent ruin
ous depression of prices and minimize
hardships to planters.
BRIDE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Shoots Herself Because She Thinks
Her Husband No Longer
Loves Her
"My husband didn't love me any more
and I decided to end It all," moaned Mrs.
Frances New, a young bride, to the
police, after attempting suicide In her
home by shooting herself. She is In the
Northwestern General Hospital with a
bullet wound over her heart. Physicians
say her chances for recovery are slight.
Mrs. New, who Is the wlfo of Harry
New, driver for a milk dealer, lias been
married about seven weeks j nd accord
ing to the story relate to the police of
the th and Oxford streets station she
planned also to kill her daughter by a
fermer marriage before shooting herself.
New, the police say, told them his wife
WM jealous, lie oenica us mm
loved her.
FREE POSTAGE FOR SOLDIERS OT FRONT
PARIS, Aug. 2D, An agreement has been signed between
Tip uce an Italy by whioh letters and postal cards from the soldiers
of one country to correspondents in another shall be carried postnge
fiee, while letters from civilians living in either country shall bear
domestic postnge only.
EIGHT CARS DITCHED; PASSENGERS ESCAPE DEATH
DENVER, Aug. SO. Eight cars are reported to havo been-ditched yester
day, Injuring u score of the 200 passengers on the Western Pacific's No. 1
westbound train, today. Reports at the local omces merely say there waa an
an accident at Hnlleck, Nev. The Injured are being taken westward.
1300 STRIKE FOR EIGHT-HOUR DAY
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Aug. 20. Thirteen hundred operatives at the Bryan
Electric Company, mostly women, walked out today. In a demand for an eight
hour day and other concessions.
D'ANNUNZIO AND PUCCINI TO WRITE OPERA ON WAR
VENICE, Aug. 20. Glueomo Puccini, the Italian composer, has arrived In
Venice from n visit to the front. During his trip ho met Gabrlele d'Annunzlo,
tho poet, who Is serving as a lieutenant In tho army. D'Annunzlo has Agreed
to write the libretto of an opera dealing with the European war In an allegorical
manner. Puccini Is to compose tho score.
WILSON AUTOS HERE;
CAPITAL WORRIES
WHEN HE VANISHES
Comes to Consult Dr. De
Schweinitz, Oculist, and Will
Return to Washington Late .
This Afternoon
NATION SUFFERS A CHILL
President AVilson arrived In this city at
1:35 o'clock this afternoon by automobile
from Washington. In another car that
kept Ju?t bhlnd the one occupied by the"
"President were six secret service men.
- Sheachiis3t--alrectataihei;
office of Dr. George E. De Scnweiniiz. ai
1703 Chestnut street Before the door of
tho President's car had been opened, the
secret service men were on the sidewalk.
The President waved his hand to them
and to newspaper men who had gathered,
and walked rapidly Into the house.
The trip to this city, made by way of
Baltimore, was uneventful. The Presi
dent will return to Washington late to
day by motorcar. He came to this city
to have his eyes examined.
A shiver ran up the spinal column of
the United States today. Sensitive points
like Washington, D. C, and Wall street,
Manhattan, reported shocks of unusual
violence. At other points nothing out of
the ordinary was observed, and, after
two hours of extreme trepidation. It be
came known generally that the President
was on his way to this city and the ex
citement abated.
The President left the White House at
7:30 o'clock this morning. Ho didn't think
It necessary to have placards telling of
his departure, with a map of his route
pasted up hero and there In Washington,
so it was not generally known that he
had gone.
About two hours latPr some one asked
for tho President, however, and learned
that he had left Washington In a White
House motorcar, trailed by another occu
pied by secret service men. It was not
known where ho had gone. Instantly
that part of the nation's spine that passes
through Washington began to tremble.
At 9:4S the tension became unbearable.
The following dispatch was sent speeding
over tho wires to a calm, unworrled
nation:
"The President has left Washington.
Nobody knows where he has gone."
That was nil, but It was enough. The
shivering In the spine became more vio
lent. Special correspondents Started to
reserve wires to their newspapers. One
minute after the first dispatch came an
other: "President Wilson was reported In Bal
timore at 9:45 o'clock today."
TERROR FOLLOWS LULU
A lull In the dispatches followed until
10:05. In the interval Washington had
become fi antic. Then the following was
shunted along:
"The President was believed some
where In Baltimore, althoi gh up to 10
a. m. he could not be located."
Followed more Intlmato dcails of how
he "slipped away from the V.'"- House
about 7:30 a. m.," all written in the same
bated breath style that warns the country
between the lines to expect the worst.
Later a dispatch told of a telephone call
from Baltimore to the effect that the
President's car didn't even hesitate there.
"Tho two cars were Been there run
ning vry fast," said Washington. "It was
not known where they were bound."
SIGH OF RELIEF.
At 10:11 o'clock the first suggestion that
all was not lost came over the wires.
"That the President has gone to Phila
delphia for an examination of his eyes
was learned at 10:10 a. m today," It said,
and the telegraph wires sighed with re
lief.
The disturbances In the nation's spine
came to a full stop shortly after this,
and Washington, having set forth again
that the President had gone to have his
eyes treated, sat dpwn and wrote the
following dignified explanation:
"The reason for the mystery of the
President's trip was not explained. The
belef was. however, that combining the
necessity for visiting au oculist with his
desire to think over the Arable situation,
by himself, he slipped away as quietly as
possible by deliberate Intention. The ex
amination was said to be one of those he
periodically has made of his eyes." ,
This explanation was followed later by
the infonnatlon that the distinguished
traveler had come here to consult Doctor
Do Schweinllx, the eminent oculist.
Washington ma net cniae nt resident
for this further than tha delicate touch
of reproach la the words' "by deliberate
Intention", and It la still an open question
whether this wss a gentle reprimand itt
the nation's chief executive or an ex
am&la (. that Justly celebrated exploit.
"IAMHENRYBARTH,"
SAYS VOICE, BUT BOY
OF 15 IS STILL MISSING
Friends Who Receive Mysteri
qus Messages Say Speaker
Is Not Youth Who Dis
appeared Saturday
THINK THIEVES HAVE HIM
"Tell my mother not to worry; I am
all right," were the words which. In a
man's voice, came over the wire to
Charles Woodland, Viola street and Bel
mont avenue4gjw,
. J'wj&jk fm?;.,,
ig
"1 am Henry.Barth." ,
"You are not Henry Barth "
The connection was cut, and although
Mr. Woodland tried to get the number
which had called him, It was futilo.
That was the last of several mysterious
telephone calls that have reached the
family or friends of 15-year-old Henry
Barth since he disappeared last Satur
day night. Mr. Woodland said today he
had know Henry since early childhood
and that It was not his voice but that
of a man. Henrietta Rues, sister of
Mrs. Barth and aunt of the boy, said that
a similar mysterious phone call came to
the boy's home, 4365 Leldy avenue, last
Tuesday. She declared that the speaker
at the other end of tho wire was not her
nephew, but a full-grown man.
Mrs. Barth said today that her son was
happy at his home and that she Is certain
he Is being detained against his will. It
Is her belief that he has fallen into tha
hands of thieves who are training him to
follow their profession.
"Otherwise, why should they keep
him?" asked Mrs. Bartli. "They are not
holding him for ransom, for wo have re
ceived no demand."
Both the father and the mother say
they are only too anxious to forgive their
son for running away if he wjll return
home. The police are conducting an In
vestigation and every effort Is being made
to locate the boy.
Henry worked In a store near 9th and
Chestnut streets and had received his
pay when he disappeared Saturday night.
He wore dark, short trousers, an office
coat, black and white shirt, black shoes
and stocking and a brown cap.
1000 ARMENIAN WOMEN
AND CHILDREN BURNED
Kurds Lock Up Victims in House and
Set Fire to It
PETROGRAD, Aug, 20. One thousand
Armenian women and children weie
locked In a wooden building by Kurdish
tribesmen near Van and the building
then set atlro, according to dispatches
received here today, reporting the re
newal of atrocities against the Armen
ians. A few of the women broke out, but
the majority perished.
In one village all the Armenians but ii
wero massacred by the Kurds, the, dis
patches said. In another a score of
women were bound, together with some
children, and thrown into Lake Van.
Hundreds Visit P. & R.'a New Office
Hundreds of persons' today visited the
new city ticket office of the Phli-'elphla
and Reading Railway, In the Wldener
Building. Juniper and Chestnut streets, U
is the second day of the Inspection VJ
which Edson J. Weeks, general passenger
agent, has Invited the public. The office
will be open fur the sale of tickets Au
gust 23.
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